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A sermon preached by the Reverend, Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church…
A sermon preached by the Reverend, Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church in Boston in New-England. Delivered at Salem, 1636. : To which is prefixed, a retraction of his former opinion concerning baptism, uttered by him immediately preceding the sermon emitted. He dyed on the 23. day of December, 1652. Entering [sic] on the 68 year of his age. : [Seven lines from I Corinthians]A sermon preached by the Reverend, Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church in Boston in New-England. Deliver'd at Salem, 1636. : To which is prefixed, a retraction of his former opinion concerning baptism, utter'd by him immediately preceeding the sermon emitted. He dyed on the 23. day of December, 1652. Entring [sic] on the 68 year of his age. : [Seven lines from I Corithians]
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2. Another principal Reason is taken from the Surety; though the Israelites had Moses for a Mediator, yet they had him not for a Surety. Now Jesus Christ is made the Surety of the Covenant, Heb. 4.6. A Surety is not for a Testament, but for a Covenant; no need is of a Surety on God's part, He never brake Covenant with any: but if a Surety be needful, doubtless it lieth on our part; and therefore it is said, I will give thee for a Covenant, even Christ Himself: Isai. 55.2, 3. I will make an everlasting Covenant with thee, even the sure Mercies of David: Behold, I have given him for a witness to the People. And hence it is that all the Promises of this Covenant are made directly to Jesus Christ; the Old Covenant was made to the People, but this is made to Christ. To Abraham and to his Seed were Promises made, he speaketh not of his Seeds, as ⟨p. 19⟩of many, but as of One even Christ, Gal. 3.16. And in Him the Promises are yea and Amen to us; yea, that is affirmed, Amen; that is, confirmed: so long therefore as this Church keepeth her to Christ, and holdeth Christ for her Head and Husband, the Lord doth keep Covenant; and he hath Promised to the Elect Seed, That they shall keep Covenant, for he hath said, They shall not depart from Christ, and then they can never depart from the Covenant, and tho' they break Covenant, yet if they keep close unto Christ, they have the Covenant, although they break it. And tho' you read of a Temporary faith, that doth endure for a season, Matt. 13.20, 21. And so in the parallel place, Luk. 3 13. You shall read. That they are of the Stony Soil, that receive the word with joy, and for a time believe; and so for a time receive sundry Spiritual gifts, and that with joy; and some with fear and trembling also, as the thorny Soil, for they want not depth of Earth, but are deeply humbled, and yet bring forth no fruit unto perfection, because they are not brought to that faith in Jesus Christ by which they are Sanctified. Now therefore so long as this Covenant is kept, and so long as the Members of the Church keep close to Christ, so long this Covenant is not broken. And hence it is that when the Jews had committed the greatest Sin that ever was committed upon the face of the Earth, yet the Apostles did not break Communion with them,