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A treatise I. Of faith. II. Twelve fundamental articles of Christian religion. III. A…
A treatise I. Of faith. II. Twelve fundamental articles of Christian religion. III. A doctrinal conclusion. IV. Questions and answers upon church-government. Taken from written copies long since delivered by the late Reverend Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church in Boston, in New-England.
Boston: printed by Bartholemew Green?, 1713
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Reason VI.
The Sixth Reason is taken from the Law written in our hearts under the Covenant of Grace; thus if there be a Law written in our hearts under the New-Covenant; then, either this is the Holy Ghost himself, or Spiritual gifts of Grace, wrought in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, whereby we are fitted and enabled (through his leading) to walk in the Law of God, and to keep it. But there is a Law written in our hearts under the New-Covenant Jer. 31.33. And this Law is not the Holy Ghost himself, for it is the effect and work of the Holy Ghost. 2 Cor. 3.3. where it is said to be written by him. A Law or an Epistle written by any man, cannot be the man himself that wrote it; nor is this Law the acts of Holiness, for it is the power and authority that inwardly commands them, and powerfully (as a Law) inclineth them.
Reason VII.
The Seventh Reason is taken from the voluntary concourse of every Child of God, with the Holy Ghost in every Spiritual Work: The Reason is framed thus? If there be no Spiritual Gifts of Grace in the Soul united to Christ, then in every good action, the Holy Ghost acteth immediately in natural faculties & affections to super-natural effects; as suppose he then acteth by natural love, to the Supernatural Love of God But in every good action, the Holy Ghost doth not act immediately