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Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shown the connection…Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shewn the connexion…
Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shown the connection which there is between the promise, on God's part; and duty, on our part, in the covenant of grace: as it was delivered in several sermons, preached in order to solemn renewing of covenant. / By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Seven lines from Deuteronomy]Covenant-keeping the way to blessedness, or, A brief discourse wherein is shewn the connexion which there is between the promise, on God's part; and duty, on our part, in the covenant of grace: as it was delivered in several sermons, preached in order to solemn renewing of covenant. / By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Seven lines from Deuteronomy]
printed by James Glen, 1682
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.
3. Because all God's Mercies, that are Covenant-Blessings, or Fulfillings of the Promise, are leading to Everlasting good: It is the difference whereby Mercies in themselves, or Materially, the same, become (as it were) of another kind to the People of God. God only blesseth the wicked, but in blessing He blesseth His Children: i. e. puts real sure Blessings into their Mercies: The Mercies of common Providence are every way fading Mercies, ⟨p. 44⟩they are Snares and Traps, and being misused become a Curse to those that possess them, the comfort of them soon dyes, but the bitterness abides. But Covenant-Mercies are Sanctified Mercies, have a stamp of Love upon them, and contribute to the eternal welfare of the souls of God's People, Rom. 8.28.
3. Because all God's Mercies, that are Covenant-Blessings, or Fulfillings of the Promise, are leading to Everlasting good: It is the difference whereby Mercies in themselves, or Materially, the same, become (as it were) of another kind to the People of God. God only blesseth the wicked, but in blessing He blesseth His Children: i. e. puts real sure Blessings into their Mercies: The Mercies of common Providence are every way fading Mercies, ⟨p. 44⟩they are Snares and Traps, and being misused become a Curse to those that possess them, the comfort of them soon dyes, but the bitterness abides. But Covenant-Mercies are Sanctified Mercies, have a stamp of Love upon them, and contribute to the eternall welfare of the souls of God's People, Rom. 8.28.