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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.
According to mens ways so are men white and painted Hypocrites; Herod professeth to worship Christ and minds to kill him, Math. 2. And Absalom covers treason and rebellion against his father and prince, with the whiteness of a vow at Hebron, what better is the whore and what more devout to say, Prov. 7.14. I have peace offerings with me, to day have I payed my vows? under the veil of zeal (they think it) service to God to kill the Apostles, Joh. 16.
According to mens wayes so are men white and painted Hypocrites; Herod professeth to worship Christ and mindes to kill him, Math. 2. And Absolom covers treason and rebellion against his father and prince, with the whitenesse of a vow at Hebron, what better is the whoore and what more devoute to say, Prov. 7.14. I have peace offerings with me, to day have I payed my vowes? under the vail of zeal (they think it) service to God to kill the Apostles, Joh. 16.
But the worst of Hypocrites is he who makes himself a Hypocrite, not before God only, and before men, but whitens and paints himself before himself, and deceives himself, 1 Joh. 1.8. It is strange a man hath such a power over himself, as to persuade himself that he hath no sin, not only in point of faith, as such as deny any original sin in themselves or others; as many seducers now do, Socinians, Arminians, diverse Anabaptists ▪ and such as say, the Law may be fulfilled by Grace, we are justified by Works: It is possible to be free of sin in this life and to be perfect,