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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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Sermons › Sermon 1: The first Sermon Preached at Laurence Church, on the Fast-day, Septem. 27. 1643.
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And certainly the excellency of the matter is a transcendent aggravation of the violation of the Covenant, for men to trifle and prevaricate in things of such high concernment, in things so immediately appertaining to God, must needs be a business of an higher provocation, then the sons of men do ordinarily dream of. The Apostle reasons strongly and dreadfully in this very case: Heb. 10.28, 29. He that despised Moses Law, died without mercy; Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought worthy, who hath counted the blood of the Covenant, an unholy thing, &c.
And certainly the excellency of the matter is a transcendent aggravation of the violation of the Covenant, for men to trissle and prevaricate in things of such high concernment, in things so immediately appertaining to God, must needs be a businesse of an higher provocation, then the sonnes of men do ordinarily dream of. The Apostle reasons strongly and dreadfully in this very case: Heb. 10.28, 29. He that despised Moses Law, died without mercy; Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought worthy, who hath counted the blood of the Covenant, an unholy thing, &c.
The Covenant and the blood of it; the privilege and the purchase, are both trampled under feet in some degree or other, by Covenant-profanation.
The Covenant and the blood of it; the priviledge and the purchase, are both trampled under feet in some degree or other, by Covenant-prophanation.
Thirdly, A third reason, why Covenant-profanation is matter of so high a quarrel, is taken from the Form of it, which is, an Oath, an Oath on both sides. The Creature swears by God, and God swears by himself: This is the Form or Seal of Covenants, between men and men. So Jacob when he made a Covenant with his Uncle Laban, sware by the fear of his father Isaac.