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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
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.
A Table of the Contents.
Doct. The Coherence of the Text Pag. 1 In the Covenant which God made with Abraham, God gave himself to be a God to him and his seed; and received Abraham and his seed to be a people unto himself; and the chiefest of this seed, the Lord Jesus Christ, he took to be the Mediator or Surety of this Covenant between them both Pag. 3 In the Covenant, these three things are implied Pag. 4 Viz. 1. That God gave himself to be a God unto Abraham, and his seed. 2. That God did receive Abraham, and his seed to be his people. 3. That God takes the Lord Jesus Christ to be the Mediator, and Surety of this Covenant. 1. God gave himself unto Abraham; containeth three things. 1. The Blessing given, viz. 1. The whole Nature of God and all the Persons Pag. 6 2. All the Ordinances, Creatures, and works of God Pag. 8 2. The Order in which it is given. 1. God doth first give, and not the Creature Pag. 11 ⟨image 5⟩2. God is the first thing that is given ib. 3. The Manner of giving; wherein the Freedom Of the Gift Pag. 12 Eternity Of the Gift Pag. 12 Object. The Lord did require, that he should give himself again. Answ. Pag. 13 Object. The Lord did require, that himself and seed should be circumcised. Answered ib. 2. The Lord did take Abraham and his seed, by a double act Pag. 15 1. By preparing them by a spirit of Bondage Pag. 16 Burning ibid 2. By giving of himself to them, and taking possession of them by his Spirit Pag. 19 Quest. How doth the Lord give himself unto his people, and they receive him? ib. Answ. 1. The Spirit takes up his seat in the soul, making it his Temple ib. 2. The Spirit also worketh faith in the soul, to Give it self to the Lord. Pag. 20 Receive Jesus Christ. Pag. 20 Which Faith is built upon some absolute Promise of grace Pag. 22 From Union with Christ, there springeth Communion with him in spiritual blessings Pag. 24 Viz. 1. Relative blessings, not created in us, adoption and justification ib. 2. Positive blessings, created in us, sanctification and glorification Pag. 25 3. The Lord did take Jesus Christ (the chiefest of Abraham's seed) to be the Mediator of his Covenant. Pag. 27 ⟨image 5⟩