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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
THE COVENANT OF GRACE, As it is Dispensed to the Elect Seed, effect… › Part 100-150
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.
There is need that the Holy Ghost should dwell in us, Answ. notwithstanding. 1. To keep these gifts in us. 2. To act them in us. 3. To witness these unto our souls, for our comfort, and the good one of another. Some Scriptures for all these.
1. That there is need of the Holy Ghost to keep these things in us, 2 Tim. 1.14. That good thing which was committed unto thee, keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. There is a very worthy thing committed to us, how shall we keep it? not by our own wit and wisdom, careful watchfulness, and faithfulness, (though such things ought not to be wanting) but the charge is, Keep those things by the Holy Ghost, which dwelleth in us. We stand in need of Gifts, to be fit instruments in the hand of God; we stand in need of the Spirit of God, to maintain that which God giveth us: and though Adams Gifts were in perfection, yet not having the holy Ghost to keep them for him, they all fly from him, as soon as ever he had tasted of the forbidden fruit, and left him naked and desperate. Therefore in the Covenant of Grace the Lord giveth the Holy Ghost to keep strong possession in his servants, against the strong man armed. This is the first ground why the Holy Ghost dwelleth in us.
1. That there is need of the Holy Ghost to keep these things in us, 2 Tim. 1.14. That good thing which was committed unto thee, keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. There is a very worthy thing committed to us, how shall we keep it? not by our own wit and wisdom, careful watchfulness, and faithfulness, (though such things ought not to be wanting) but the charge is, Keep those things by the Holy Ghost, which dwelleth in us. We stand in need of Gifts, to be fit instruments in the hand of God; we stand in need of the Spirit of God, to maintain that which God giveth us: and though Adams Gifts were in perfection, yet not having the holy Ghost to keep them for him, they all flie from him, as soon as ever he had tasted of the forbidden fruit, and left him naked and desperate. Therefore in the Covenant of Grace the Lord giveth the Holy Ghost to keep strong possession in his servants, against the strong man armed. This is the first ground why the Holy Ghost dwelleth in us.