The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace

Q. 3. What are the special differences of one under the Covenant of Works, and of one under the Covenant of Grace? ¹Answ 1. The dominion and kingly power of sin, to condemn and judge to eternal wrath, and also to command against all shadow of reason, such crying sins, 1 Cor. 6.9, 10. Rom. 1.29, 30. Gal. 5.20, 21. Eph. 4.17, 18, 19. Col 3.5. 1 Tim. 1.9. Rev. 21.8. Rev. 22.15, 16. without exception makes an universal slave; for as far as the lusts of sin go, as far goes the dominion of sin, and this is to be under the Law, Rom. 6.14. (2.) There is subjection to the Law when men are agents in resigning and giving themselves over, or offer themselves as sacrifices at the altar, or servants that tender their service to their masters, Rom. 6.16. to sin, which hath strength from the Law to condemn, 1 Cor. 15.56. and to be a captive is not intended, but comes on by occasional force, Rom. 7. such are patients as it were. But 3. Then they are sins servants, when there is a Law of sin and a Covenant, as there is between a master and a servant, And 2. full consent, and men give themselves, ⟨p. 68⟩and willingly commit and deliver themselves (the word spoken of Christs willingness to offer himself for us,