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A scheme and abstract of the Christian religion comprised in fifty two heads, with…A scheme and abstract of the Christian religion comprized in fifty two heads, with…
A scheme and abstract of the Christian religion comprised in fifty two heads, with the texts of scripture, on which they are grounded : and some short indications, how they were more largely handled / by a lover of truth and peace.A scheme and abstract of the Christian religion comprized in fifty two heads, with the texts of scripture, on which they are grounded : and some short indications, how they were more largely handled / by a lover of truth and peace.
London: printed by J.P. for Samuel Sprint, 1684
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.
What is a Covenant, a mutual agreement between Parties, whereby mutual Obligations are contracted. 2. That there was a Covenant. 3. What was this Covenant, whereby God did promise to bestow all Happiness on Adam and his posterity on condition of perfect Obedience, and did threaten the contrary upon his disobedience. 4. The End and Use of it. 5. The Quality of it; Equal, Honourable, and Advantageous. 6. How long the Duration of it. XIV. Mans next Estate is that by the Fall, where 1. His ⟨p. 7⟩Sin: And here 1. ORIGINAL SIN IMPUTED. Rom. 5.12.—For that all have sinned. Princ. Adam and all his Posterity in Him, sinned against God in Paradise. Here was showed 1. What Sin is; the transgression of Gods Law. 2. The Nature of Adams Sin; against the Law of Nature, and a Positive Law. 3. The Time of it. 4. The Cause; Outward, Satan; Inward, the Will of Man. 5. The Heinousness of it. 6. Its Derivation to us; by imputation through an hereditary and a Covenant right. XV. 2. ORIGINAL SIN INHERENT follows. John 3.6. That which is born of the flesh, is flesh. Princ. Original Corruption is in all men, by their Natural Generation. Here 1. Its Nature; It is that Natural Corruption, which defiles all Mankind, whereby they are wholly averse to all Good, and prone to all Evil. 2. Its Certainty: Proved from the Death of Infants, the Necessity of Regeneration, the Confession of the Saints, Express Scripture, and sad Experience. 3. Its Seat, in the Body and Soul. 4. Its Evil; for it is Universal, Secret, Active, Mortal and Inseparable. 5. Its Derivation. As Sin, by Natural Generation, and so Christ exempted. XVI. Next by the Fall comes 2. Mans MISERY by it. Ephes. 2.3.—And were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. Princ. All men by Nature are the Children of wrath, in a miserable Condition. ⟨p. 8⟩This Misery is 1. Privative, of the Image of God, Of Communion with God, Of Comfortable Relation to him. 2. His Positive Misery is 1. comprehended in the Wrath of God. 2. Declared in the Curse of the Law, which Indicts, Convicts, Sentences, Terrifies him. 3. Executed in that Death threatened; Temporal, Spiritual, and Eternal. This Misery descends upon us by Nature; And to it all are Obnoxious. XVII. Now follow Mans Third Estate; viz. Of Recovery, where the COVENANT of GRACE.