The doctrine of the covenant of redemption. Wherein is laid the foundation of all…

2 To remove all the doubts that may arise: in you respecting the Covenant, of Grace. In this very Covenant, Satan the adversary of Gods People seeks to find many flaws, and thereupon to pester their minds and disturb their tranquility, so as that many times they cannot with that quietness repose themselves upon it, or suck that sweet and comfort out of it, which is therein provided for them: and the usual stratagem which he is wont to entangle them by, is the consideration that though there are very great and Precious Promises held out to the Children of God in that Covenant, enough to satisfy their most enlarged desires, if they could appropriate them to themselves; yet in the Gospel all these Promises come with conditions annexed to them, and therefore they are no farther ours than the condition is to be found wrought in us, and we can no more use Them for our Establishment, than we are able to make out these conditions & these conditions are ⟨p. 145⟩two sorts; viz. either such as are required in order to our being made Partakers in these Promises, or such as are requisite in order to our coming to the complete fruition of the good laid up in them. Respecting the former, there is so much Counterfeit in the world, and it is a thing so easy to be mistaken about: and led into a vain presumption, yet he troubles them with doubts whether they are indeed true Believers, or have sincerely Repented and Turned to God. Now for the clearing up of this, they are to confer the Rules given in the Scriptures, and wait for the Co-Witness of the Spirit.

2 To remove all the doubts that may arise: in you respecting the Covenant, of Grace. In this very Covenant, Satan the adversary of Gods People seeks to find many flaws, and thereupon to pester their minds and disturb their tranquility, so as that many times they cannot with that quietness repose themselves upon it, or suck that sweet and comfort out of it, which is therein provided for them: and the usual stratagem which he is wont to entangle them by, is the consideration that though there are very great and Precious Promises held out to the Children of God in that Covenant, enough to satisfy their most enlarged desires, if they could appropriate them to themselves; yet in the Gospel all these Promises come with conditions annexed to them, and therefore they are no farther ours than the condition is to be found wrought in us, and we can no more use Them for our Establishment, than we are able to make out these conditions & these conditions are