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The everlasting covenant, a sweet cordial for a drooping soul, or, The excellent nature…
The everlasting covenant, a sweet cordial for a drooping soul, or, The excellent nature of the covenant of grace opened in a sermon preached January the 29th, at the funeral of Mr. Henry Forty, late pastor of a Church of Christ, at Abingdon, in the county of Berks, who departed this life Jan. 25th 1692/3 and was interred at Southwark ... : to which is added, An elegy on the death of the said minister / by Benjamin Keach ...The everlasting covenant, a sweet cordial for a drooping soul, or, The excellent nature of the covenant of grace opened in a sermon preached January the 29th, at the funeral of Mr. Henry Forty, late pastor of a Church of Christ, at Abingdon, in the county of Berks, who departed this life Jan. 25th 1692/3 and was interr'd at Southwark ... : to which is added, An elegy on the death of the said minister / by Benjamine Keach ...
London: printed for H. Barnard, 1693
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2. Also, in respect of the time of the making of the Covenant, and the Revelation, Execution, and the Application thereof.
1. Christ in the Covenant, First Articled with the Father, to be a Mediator, and in the Execution of the Covenant, actually discharges that Office, and the like, as a Surety.
Obj. 5. Christ performed his Part in the Covenant of Redemption: and by virtue of his Mediatory Covenant, performed the Covenant of Works, but he did confirm, not perform, the Covenant of Grace.
Obj. 5. Christ performed his Part in the Covenant of Redemption: and by vertue of his Mediatory Covenant, performed the Covenant of Works, but he did confirm, not perform, the Covenant of Grace.
Answ. This is the worst of all, and it seems to be calculated, rather to unfold Arminianism, then to establish sound Divinity.