A80637:143
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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Before union with Christ, Benefit 1 there is a threefold use of Promises.
1. They are of use for Doctrine, to teach all the people of God what great and glorious things are laid up in Jesus Christ, even the unsearchable riches of Christ, Eph. 3.8. and this all the Promises of God do hold forth: if the Lord promise to be your Father, your Husband, your Shepherd, your Head, your Root; ⟨p. 64⟩if he promise to be any other blessing in the world to you; what ever promise you read, or hear, the Lord showeth you by it, the unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ; and that is no vain use of Promises, for a man to know by them the great good things that are treasured up in Jesus Christ by the Father: therefore they are called great and precious promises, 2 Pet. 1.4. Why so? because they declare the great and precious privileges and blessings in Jesus Christ: therefore it is that the Lord will have all his people to look at him in his Word, and Promises, and to know what great good he hath in store for all them that trust in him, and seek after him in Jesus Christ. Thus all the promises of Grace declare his excellency, as Cant. 5.10. My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand: so do all the Promises declare him to be a plentiful Saviour, and a mighty Redeemer of all his people.
1. They are of use for Doctrine, to teach all the people of God what great and glorious things are laid up in Jesus Christ, even the unsearchable riches of Christ, Eph. 3.8. and this all the Promises of God do hold forth: if the Lord promise to be your Father, your Husband, your Shepherd, your Head, your Root; ⟨p. 64⟩