A80637:182
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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God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me. But will not this make a Christian wanton against God, and cause him to abuse his liberty to hardness of heart? no, no, brethren, this is the kindly melting of a godly heart, to consider a Redeemers love drawing him from the power of the grave, and that he should by his sins pierce the Lord Jesus Christ; this melteth his heart more then all his other sins, specially considering the abounding Grace of God, which where sin hath abounded, grace aboundeth much more: thus when a man doth not look for life by his own Righteousness, but knoweth the Redemption of souls to be more precious then so; this showeth a man not to be under a Covenant of Works, and then his very iniquity shall not make him afraid; there is such a state in Christianity, and let all men know it. But will it not make men think the worse of Christian profession? No, David will have all to know it, that they may see the difference between all worldly confidences, and the confidence of Christians; all their glory will leave them, to be like the Beasts that perish, and cannot redeem their souls, that the Lord only might be exalted.
God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me. But will not this make a Christian wanton against God, and cause him to abuse his libety to hardness of heart? no, no, brethren, this is the kindly melting of a godly heart, to consider a Redeemers love drawing him from the power of the grave, and that he should by his sins pierce the Lord Jesus Christ; this melteth his heart more then all his other sins, specially considering the abounding Grace of God, which where sin hath abounded, grace aboundeth much more: thus when a man doth not look for life by his own Righteousness, but knoweth the Redemption of souls to be more precious then so; this sheweth a man not to be under a Covenant of Works, and then his very iniquity shall not make him afraid; there is such a state in Christianity, and let all men know it. But will it not make men think the worse of Christian profession? No, David will have all to know it, that they may see the difference between all worldly confidences, and the confidence of Christians; all their glory will leave them, to be like the Beasts that perish, and cannot redeem their souls, that the Lord onely might be exalted.