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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
Part 1 › Chapter 26: Of the property of the Covenant of Grace, the perpetuity thereof.
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CHAP. XXVI. Of the property of the Covenant of Grace, the perpetuity thereof.
Quest. Wherein stands the eternity of the Covenant of Grace? And what other properties there be of the Covenant?
Quest. VVHerein stands the eternity of the Covenant of Grace? And what other properties there be of the Covenant?
1Ans. The Law and Covenant of Works is a rule of everlasting righteousness, and so may be called an everlasting righteousness containing precepts of the Law of nature intrinsically good, such as to know love, fear, trust in him as the only true God: and in this sense it is an eternal Covenant.
1Ans. The Law and Covenant of Works is a rule of everlasting righteousnesse, and so may be called an everlasting righteousnesse containing precepts of the Law of nature intrinsecally good, such as to know love, fear, trust in him as the only true God: and in this sense it is an eternall Covenant.
- 1How the Covenant of works is eternal.How the Covenant of works is eternall.