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The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis…
The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preached in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preach'd in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nicholas Buttolph, 1700
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5. Or as Faith is the Condition of the Covenant of Grace We read the very word [Condition] in Luk. 14.32 [Conditions of Peace] And for the thing, it is evident of it self, because there cannot be a Covenant without a Condition; our blessed Saviour expressed the Sum of the Gospel, or Covenant of Grace, in a Conditional Promise, Mark 16.16. He that Believeth shall be Saved We cannot partake the Spiritual Good of the Promise, except we perform […] Condition of it, though it is the Grace of God that must enable us thereunto. Phil. 2.13. Eph. 2.7, 8. Col 2.1, 2.
5. Or as Faith is the Condition of the Covenant of Grace We read the very word [Condition] in Luk. 14.32 [Conditions of Peace] And for the thing, it is evident of it self, because there cannot be a Covenant without a Condition; our blessed Saviour expressed the Sum of the Gospel, or Covenant of Grace, in a Conditional Promise, Mark 16.16. He that Believeth shall be Saved We cannot partake the Spiritual Good of the Promise, except we perform 〈…〉 Condition of it, though it is the Grace of God that must enable us thereunto. Phil. 2.13. Eph. 2.7, 8. Col 2.1, 2.
Justification is one of the Principal blessings of the Covenant of Grace, which cannot be enjoyed but in the way and by the means of believing