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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 200-250
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3. Thirdly, As the comfort of the Holy Ghost is more abundant, and constant, so it is more powerful; Luk. 24.49. Behold, I send unto you the promise of the Father: tarry ye at Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high: so Act. 1.8. You shall receive power from on high, after that the holy Ghost is come upon you; not by the gift of him, nor by his inhabitation, nor by sanctification, nor by revelation only; but in the power of all these, that in the middest of strong oppositions, you might have strong consolation: therefore this is the ground of the Apostle Pauls thanksgiving, 2 Cor. 1.5. and chap. 2.14. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also our consolation aboundeth by Christ; and thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ. Thus you see the truth of the Point, that the work of consolation doth in special manner belong ⟨p. 206⟩unto the Holy Ghost: yet for the further clearing of it, there is a Question or two to be answered: There is mention made, Ephes. 1.13, 14. of the seal of the Spirit, and of the earnest of the Spirit: Therefore it may be demanded, 1. What is the seal of the Spirit. 2. What is the earnest of the Spirit.
3. Thirdly, As the comfort of the Holy Ghost is more abundant, and constant, so it is more powerful; Luk. 24.49. Behold, I send unto you the promise of the Father: tarry ye at Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high: so Act. 1.8. You shall receive power from on high, after that the holy Ghost is come upon you; not by the gift of him, nor by his inhabitation, nor by sanctification, nor by revelation only; but in the power of all these, that in the middest of strong opppositions, you might have strong consolation: therefore this is the ground of the Apostle Pauls thanksgiving,