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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 1-50
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3. God gave him the Covenant of Circumcision, in the words of the Text. And Abraham in the strength of the Blessing of God begat Isaac, and circumcised him according to Gods direction; and all this before Moses gave any Ordinances unto them to keep; and before either Temple, or Tabernacle was built. From hence we have heard, that the soul may have very spiritual and gracious communion with God, before it partake in any seal of Church-fellowship. For Abraham's Faith was throughly tried before he had the Seal of Church-Covenant given him. We heard also this propounded, which is the words of ⟨p. 3⟩the Text, that God gave unto Abraham the Covenant of Circumcision: which Doctrine doth imply in it four principal parts, all of them serving to clear Stevens meaning.
3. God gave him the Covenant of Circumcision, in the words of the Text. And Abraham in the strength of the Blessing of God begat Isaac, and circumcised him according to Gods direction; and all this before Moses gave any Ordinances unto them to keep; and before either Temple, or Tabernacle was built. From hence we have heard, that the soul may have very spiritual and gracious communion with God, before it partake in any seal of Church-fellowship. For Abrahams Faith was throughly tryed before he had the Seal of Church-Covenant given him. We heard also this propounded, which is the words of ⟨p. 3⟩the Text, that God gave unto Abraham the Covenant of Circumcision: which Doctrine doth imply in it four principal parts, all of them serving to clear Stevens meaning.
1. The Author and manner of dispensing it: God gave, so it was by Gift.