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The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace
The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the sovereignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the soveraignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...
Edinburgh: printed by Andro Anderson for Robert Brown, 1655
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.
and in their glory shall ye boast your selves, Isa. 62.2. Thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord hath named. v. 12. And they shall call them the holy people, the Redeemed of the Lord: And thou shalt be called, Sought out, A City not forsaken. Isa. 65.22. As the days of a tree, are the days of my people: and mine Elect (by calling) shall long enjoy the work of their hands. Sure he Prophesies of a visibly Covenanted people under the New Testament: For he adds, v. 23. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble: for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their off-spring with them. Now to any Godly Reader, there is here. 1. • Prophecy to be fulfilled of the Gentiles brought in, as is clear, Isai. 6•.1, 2▪ 3, 4. Christ, Luke 4. applies that Text to himself. And 9. Their seed shall be known among the Gentiles. Isa. 62.2.1 The Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness. And for Chapter 65.1, 2, 3, 4. Paul expounds it of the in-coming of the Gentiles, Rom. 9.24.26. Rom. 10.20. Eph. 2.12.13. Rom. 15.20. (2.) He speaks of a Visible Church and of their seed, known among the Gentiles, all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed, Isa. 5•.9. But they did not see the white Stone (the seal of their election) and a new Name which none can read but he that receives it, Rev. .1. And they see them a seed and off-spring of the Covenanted people of God.