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Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shown the connection…Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shewn the connexion…
Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shown the connection which there is between the promise, on God's part; and duty, on our part, in the covenant of grace as it was delivered in several sermons, preached in order to solemn renewing of covenant. By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England.Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shewn the connexion which there is between the promise, on God's part; and duty, on our part, in the covenant of grace as it was delivered in several sermons, preached in order to solemn renewing of covenant. By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England.
printed by James Glen for Samuel Sewall, 1682
Discourse › Pages 1-60: Covenant-Keeping the way to Blessedness.
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.
I. Concerning the nature of a Covenant in general: ethere is something Analogical for Gods transactions with his People, being suited to the condition of Mankind, hence, whatsoever is essential to a Covenant among Men, is here applicable by way of Analogy, and the consideration of humane dealings, by way of Paction, will serve to afford much of light for the clearing up of our understandings in the way of our communion with God.
I. Concerning the natnre of a Covenant in general: ethere is something Analogicall for Gods transactions with his People, being suited to the condition of Mankind, hence, whatsoever is essential to a Covenant among Men, is here applicable by way of Analogy, and the consideration of humane dealings, by way of Paction, will serve to afford much of light for the clearing up of our understandings in the way of our communion with God.
- eFoedus inter Deum & homines, non est proprie foedus; sed analogice Maccov.
A Covenant, in general, may then be thus described: It it a mutual Engagement between two Parties. Whatsoever is contained in this description, necessarily belongs to every Covenant, and if you take away any one syllable of it, it destroys the nature of a Covenant.
A Covenant, in generall, may then be thus described: It it a mutual Engagement between two Parties. Whatsoever is contained in this description, necessarily belongs to every Covenant, and if you take away any one syllable of it, it destroyes the nature of a Covenant.