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The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer
The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believer by Thomas Watson.The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
THE CHRISTIANS Charter. › Chapter 2: The Arguments proving the Proposition.
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.
CHAP. II. The Arguments proving the Proposition.
There are two Reasons which will serve to illustrate and confirm the Proposition, All things are a believers.
THere are two Reasons which will serve to illustrate and confirm the Proposition, All things are a beleevers.
1. Because the Covenant of Grace is his.1 The Covenant is our Great Charter, by virtue of which God settles all things in heaven and earth upon us. By sin we had forfeited all, therefore if all things be ours, the title comes in by a Covenant; till then we had nothing to hold by. This Covenant is the issue and birth ⟨p. 8⟩of Gods love▪ it is the legacy of free-grace. This Covenant is enriched with mercy, it is embroidered with promises: you may read the Charter, *I will be their God. And there is a parallel to it, *I am God, even thy God: This is a sufficient dowry. If God be ours then all things are ours.
1. Because the Covenant of Grace is his.1 The Covenant is our Great Charter, by vertue of which God settles all things in heaven and earth upon us. By sin we had forfeited all, therefore if all things be ours, the title comes in by a Covenant; till then we had nothing to hold by. This Covenant is the issue and birth