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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.
Quest. 2. What are we to judge of these truths revealed to Professors, when they are in much nearness to God, and the Lord is pleased to shine upon them in some fullness of manifestation of himself to their souls, especially in particular facts? Answ. There is a wide difference betwixt revelations, which speak what is lawful or unlawful, agreeable unto or repugnant to the Word; And what is good in jure, and what in facto, shall come to pass or not come to pass, what ever is given to revelations of the former sort, is taken from the Scripture, whose peculiar perfection it is to show ⟨p. 140⟩what is good and just, what not; Therefore to say that revelations now do guide us in disobeying higher Powers or killing men, &c. is a wronging of the Word, especially of the first, second and sixth Commands. As to the other, God may and doth lead his own, especially when they are near glory, under fewest prejudices touching time and eternity, to speak what shall be, but it is not our rule. It's an Argument of nought, Such a thing was mightily born in upon my spirit as lawful and as certainly to come to pass, when I was most near to GOD in a full manifestation of himself: therefore such a way is right, 1or such a way shall come to pass; For not to say 1. that this is a wronging of the perfection of Scripture, and 2. That there is a bastard Logic in the affections where God and nature hath seated discursive power; And we often prophesy, because we love, not because we see the visions of God. 3. Peter might, the same way, reason, I saw the glory of heaven at the transfiguration, and the Peers of the higher house, Moses and Elijah, and this was then mightily born in upon my spirit, It is good for us to be here, let us build three Tabernacles: therefore this is true, It is good for us to be here: But the Conclusion is a dream; who should preach the Gospel as witnesses and suffer for it,2 and write Canonic Scripture, if these Disciples should be for ever there? And if they should be separated from the whole glorified body, and make up a Church eternally glorified in that Mount, of only six persons: And the word saith, Peter being drunk with glory, Mark 9.6. [Greek or Hebrew] knew not what he said, and the Disciples were sleeping, not prophesying,