Of the Covenant in special.
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CHAP. II. Of the Covenant in special.
I Shall now descend to something more special, to show unto you, what that Covenant is which God makes between himself and his people.
I Shall now descend to something more special, to shew unto you, what that Covenant is which God makes between himself and his people.
There are who do distinguish of a twofold Covenant.
1. There is Foedus absolutum, which is such a promise of God, as takes in no stipulation or condition at all, that 1runs altogether upon absolute terms; such a Covenant was that which God made with Noah, that he would never drown the world any more, Gen. 9. 11. and such a kind of Covenant is that, when God promiseth to give faith and perseverance unto his elect, Heb. 8. 10, &c. Both these Covenants are absolute, and without any condition; there is nothing in them but what is folded up in the promises themselves.
1. There is Foedus absolutum, which is such a promise of God, as takes in no stipulation or condition at all, that 1runnes altogether upon absolute termes; such a Covenant was that which God made with Noah, that he would never drown the world any more,