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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.
Que. But you will say then, What encouragement is there for Parents to Pray for, to instruct and take pains with their Children, and give them up to God in the Covenant, if they cannot do all this in Faith? What is not of Faith is of Sin.
Ans. There are other ways for Faith to act us in our Duty, besides this particular confident persuasion of ⟨p. 79⟩this fruit and effect. Consider then,
Ans. There are other wayes for Faith to act us in our Duty, besides this particular confident perswasion of ⟨p. 79⟩this fruit and effect. Consider then,
1. That Faith is to eye the Precept as well as the Promise: Faith is to influence our duty as well as our assurance. Faith is the principle of our obedience: And if we believe this is our duty, to perform, because God commands it, and are hereby animated to our duty, this is Obedience of Faith: it is our duty to sow our Seed in the Morning, &c. Although we know not which shall prosper this or that: because Faith works by Love.
1. That Faith is to eye the Precept as well as the Promise: Faith is to influence our duty as well as our assurance. Faith is the principle of our obedience: And if we believe this is our duty, to perform, because God commands it, and are hereby animated to our duty, this is Obedience of Faith: it is our duty to sow our Seed in the Morning, &c. Although we know not which shall prosper this or that: because Faith workes by Love.