A80637:130
A treatise of the covenant of grace, as it is dispensed to the elect…
A treatise of the covenant of grace, as it is dispensed to the elect seed, effectually unto salvation. Being the substance of divers sermons preached upon Act. 7. 8. / by that eminently holy and judicious man of God, Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the church at Boston in N.E.
London: printed by Ja. Cottrel for John Allen, 1659
THE COVENANT OF GRACE, As it is Dispensed to the Elect Seed, effect… › Part 5-100
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That true Christian Sanctification, Propos. 2 (which is a work of Faith) is many times dark to a sincere Christian; it is generally granted to be so, in the first conversion, and in time of Temptation, and desertion; as also when a man looketh at the Majesty, and Purity, and Glory of God: Woe is me, for I am unclean (saith the Prophet Isaiah) at such a time: there is so much power of flesh even in spiritual Christians, specially in young Christians, so much power in their lusts, and in their passions, as will put their best friends to a stand, what to think of them, and much more themselves, when as they come to be pressed with the power of their corruptions, specially when they compare with such Hypocrites, as run along with more freedom of spirit then themselves; for sometimes their corruptions do less appear, and they are more free from temptations; and not exposed to such sinful courses, as sometimes true-hearted Christians are subject unto: so a poor Christian is discouraged, and an hypocrite is emboldened, seeing himself more sanctified in the outward view then the other.
That true Christian Sanctification, Propos. 2 (which is a work of Faith) is many times dark to a sincere Christian; it is generally granted to be so, in the first conversion, and in time of Temptation, and desertion; as also when a man looketh at the Majesty, and Purity, and Glory of God: Wo is me, for I am unclean (saith the Prophet Esay) at such a time: there is so much power of flesh even in spiritual Christians, specially in young Christians, so much power in their lusts, and in their passions, as will put their best friends to a stand, what to think of them, and much more themselves, when as they come to be pressed with the power of their corruptions, specially when they compare with such Hypocrites, as run along with more freedom of spirit then themselves; for sometimes their corruptions do less appear, and they are more free from temptations; and not exposed to such sinful courses, as sometimes true-hearted Christians are subject unto: so a poor Christian is discouraged, and an hypocrite is imboldened, seeing himself more sanctified in the outward view then the other.
That the true sanctification of a sincere Christian is not discerned by him, Propos. 3 nor is indeed discernible, until he first discern his Justifying Faith. A double ground of it, and so leave it to your Christian disquisition, and search; they are