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The Doctrine of Justification by Faith
The doctrine of justification by faith through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ, explained, confirmed, & vindicated by John Owen ...
London: printed for R. Boulter, 1677
Chapter 13: The nature of Justification proved from the difference of the Covenants.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XIII. The nature of Justification proved from the difference of the Covenants.
That which we plead in the third place unto our Purpose, is the Difference between the two Covenants. And herein it may be observed;
THat which we plead in the third place unto our Purpose, is the Difference between the two Covenants. And herein it may be observed;
1. That by the two Covenants I understand those which were absolutely given unto the whole Church, and were all to bring it [Greek or Hebrew] unto a complete and perfect State; that is the Covenant of Works, or the Law of our Creation as it was given unto us, with Promises and Threatenings, or Rewards and Punishments annexed unto it: and the Covenant of Grace revealed and proposed in the first Promise. As unto the Covenant of Sinai, and the New Testament as actually ⟨p. 397⟩confirmed in the Death of Christ, with all the Spiritual Privileges thence emerging, and the differences between them, they belong not unto our present Argument.
1. That by the two Covenants I understand those which were absolutely given unto the whole Church, and were all to bring it 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 unto a compleat and perfect State; that is the Covenant of Works, or the Law of our Creation as it was given unto us, with Promises and Threatnings, or Rewards and Punishments annexed unto it: and the Covenant of Grace revealed and proposed in the first Promise. As unto the Covenant of Sinai, and the New Testament as actually