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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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4. See in what a sad Condition all Unbelievers and Impenitent Persons are: so long as they continue in their sins, they continue under the Curse of the first Covenant. Faith entitles us to the Mercy of the second Covenant: but while Men are under the power of their sins, they are under the Curse of the first Covenant, and if they die in this Condition, they are damned to Eternity.
4. See in what a sad Condition all Unbelievers and Impenitent Persons are: so long as they continue in their sins, they continue under the Curse of the first Covenant. Faith intitles us to the Mercy of the second Covenant: but while Men are under the power of their sins, they are under the Curse of the first Covenant, and if they die in this Condition, they are damned to Eternity.
5. See the wonderful goodness of God, who was pleased, when we had forfeited the first Covenant, to enter into a new Covenant with us. Well may it be called Foedus Gratiae, a Covenant of Grace; it is bespangled with Promises, as the Heaven with Stars. When the Angels, those glorious Spirits fell, God did not enter into a new Covenant with them to be their God, but let those golden Vessels lie broken; ⟨p. 76⟩but hath entered into a second Covenant with us, better then the first, Hebr. 8.6. It is better, because it is surer; it is made in Christ, and cannot be reversed; Christ hath engaged his strength to keep every Believer. In the first Covenant we had à posse stare, a power of standing: in the second we have à non posse cadere, an impossibility of Falling finally, 1 Pet. 1.5.
5. See the wonderful goodness of God, who was pleased, when we had forfeited the first Covenant, to enter into a new Covenant with us. Well may it be called Foedus Gratiae, a Covenant of Grace; it is bespangled with Promises, as the Heaven with Stars. When the Angels, those glorious Spirits fell, God did not enter into a new Covenant with them to be their God, but let those golden Vessels lie broken;