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mercy_n	pardon_v	sin_n	transgression_n	2,321	5	9.8948	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29699	Paradice opened, or, The secreets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom, and of wonderful counsel laid open to publick view also, the covenant of grace, and the high and glorious transactions of the Father and the Son in the covenant of redemption opened and improved at large, with the resolution of divers important questions and cases concerning both covenants ... : being the second and last part of The golden key / by Thomas Brooks ...; Golden key to open hidden treasures. Part 2	Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.	1675 (1675)	Wing B4953; ESTC R11759	249,733	284

7. 2 Sam. 22. 5. Heb. 7. 25. 1 Joh. 2. 1 2. Isa 54. 10. whom I reserve Now Oh holy God I cannot but observe that in the New Covenant thou hast made such necessary choice absolute and blessed provision for thy poor people that no sin can disanul the Covenant or make a final separation between thee and thy Covenant-people Breaches made in the first Covenant were irreparable but breaches made in the New Covenant are not so because this New Covenant is established in Christ Christ lies at the bottom of the Covenant the New Covenant is an everlasting Covenant and all the breaches that we make upon that Covenant are repaired and made up by the blood and intercession of dear Jesus Every jar doth not break the marriage Covenant between husband and wife no more doth every sin break the new Covenant that is between God and our souls Every breach of peace with God is not a breach of Covenant with God That free that rich that infinite that sovereign and that glorious grace of God that shines in that Covenant of Grace tells us that our eternal estates shall never be judged by a Covenant of works and that the want of an absolute perfection shall never damn a believing soul and that the obedience that God requires at our hands is not a legal but an Evangelical obedience So long as a Christian doth not renounce his Covenant with God so long as he doth not wilfully wickedly and habitually break the bond of the Covenant the main the substance of the Covenant is not yet broken though some articles of the Covenant may be violated As among men there be some trespasses against some particular clauses in Covenants which though they be violated yet the whole Covenant is not forfeited 't is so here between God and his people And oh blessed God I cannot but observe that in the Heb. 8. 12. Jer. 31. 34. He is a forgiving God Nehem. 9. 31. None like him for that Mic. 7. 18. He forgives naturally Ex●d 2 2. abundantly Isa 55. 7. 3. constantly Psal 130. 4. Mal. 3. 6. New Covenant thou hast engaged thy self to pardon all my sins I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more Here are two things worthy of our notice 1. The reconciliation of God with his people I will be merciful to their unrighteousness he will be merciful or propitious appeased and pacified towards them which hath respect to the ransome and satisfaction of Christ 2. That God will pardon the sins of his people fully compleatly perfectly here are three words unrighteousness sins and iniquities to shew that he will forgive all sorts kinds and degrees of sins The three Original words here expressed are all in the plural number 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 unrighteousnesses This word is by some appropriated to the wrongs and injuries that are done against men 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sinnes is a general word and according to the notation of the Greek may imply a not following of that which is set before us for he sinneth that followeth not the rule that is set before him by God The third word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iniquities according to the notation of the Greek signifieth in general transgressions of the Law This word is by some appropriated to sins against God The Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is frequently translated iniquity is a general word which signifieth a transgression of the Law and so it is translated 1 Joh. 3. 4. The word iniquity is of as large an extent as the word unrighteousness and implyeth an unequal dealing which is contrary to the rule or law of God And all this heap of words is to intimate to us that 't is neither the several sorts of sins nor degrees of sin nor aggravations of sin nor yet the multitude of sins that shall ever prejudice those souls that are in Covenant with God God hath mercy enough and pardons enough for all his Covenant-people's sins whether original or actual whether against the Law or against the Gospel whether against the light of nature or the rule of grace whether against mercies or judgments whether against great means of grace or small means of grace The Covenant Remedy against all sorts and degrees of sin doth infinitely transcend and surpass all our infirmities and enormities our weaknesses and wickednesses our follies and unworthinesses c. What is our unrighteousness to Christ's righteousness our debts to Christ's pardons our unholiness to Christ's holiness our ● C●r 1. 30. Phil. 1. 3 9 10. Mal. 4 2. emptiness to Christ's fulness our weakness to Christ's strength our poverty to Christ's riches our wounds to that healing that is under the wings of the Sun of Righteousness Parallel to this Heb. 8. 12. is that noble description Exod. 34. 6 7. that Moses gives of God in that book of Ex●dus The Lord the Lord merciful and gracious forgiving iniquity transgression and sin Some by these three words do understand such sins as are committed against our neighbour against God or against our selves A merciful God a gracious God will pardon all sorts of sinners and all sorts and degrees of sin by what names or titles soever they be stiled or distinguished Some by iniquity do understand sins of infirmity and by transgression they understand sins of malice and by sin they understand sins of ignorance God is said to keep mercy and to forgive all sorts of sins as if his mercy were kept on purpose for pardoning all sorts of sinners and all sorts of sins The Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gnavon that is here translated iniquity signifies that which is unright unequal crooked or perverse it notes the vitiosity or crookedness of nature it notes crooked offences such as flow from malice hatred and are committed on purpose Secondly the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pashang that is here translated transgression signifies to deal unfaithfully it notes such sins as are treacherously committed against God such sins as flow from pride and contempt of God Thirdly the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chataah generally signifieth sin but is more especially here taken for sins of ignorance and infirmity Oh! what singular mercy what rich grace is here that God will not only pardon our light our small offences but our great and mighty sins c. And I cannot oh dear father but further observe that in the New Covenant thou hast frequently and deeply engaged thy self that thou wilt remember the sins of thy people no more Oh my God thou hast told me six several times in thy word that thou wilt remember my sins no more In the New Covenant thou hast engaged thy self not only to forgive but also to forget and that thou wilt cross thy debt book and never question or call me to an account for my sins that thou wilt pass an

thee Though huge mountains should remove which is not probable or though heaven and earth should meet which is not likely yet his Covenant shall stand immoveable and his mercy and kindness to his people shall be immutable This new Covenant of grace is like the new heavens and new earth which will never wax old or vanish away Isa 66. 22. But Secondly The Covenant of grace is called an everlasting Covenant ●x parte confaederatorum in respect of the people of God who are brought into Covenant and shall continue in Covenant for ever and ever You have both these expressed in that excellent Scripture Jer. 32. 40. M●● 3. 6. H●● 2 19. Gen. 17. 7. I will make an everlasting Covenant with them Heb. I will cut out with them a Covenant of perpetuity that I will not turn away from them to do them good but Heb. and I will put my fear into their hearts that they shall not depart from me Seriously dwell upon the place it shews that God will never ●●rcease to pur 〈…〉 and follow his Covenant-people with 〈◊〉 and blessings i●cess●●● the Covenant is everlasting on God's part and also on our part On God's part I will never turn away from them to do them good and on our part They shall never depart from me How so I will put my fear into their hearts that they shall not depart from me That they may continue constant with me and not constrain me by their Apostasie to break again with them I will so deeply riv●t a reverend dread of my self in their souls as shall cause them to cling and cleave and keep close to me forever In the Covenant of grace God undertakes for both parts For his own that he will be their God i. e. that all he is and all he has shall be employed for their external internal and eternal good And for ours that Jer. 32. 38. we shall be his people i. e. That we shall believe love E●●k 36. 26 27. fear repent obey serve him and walk with him as he requires and thus the Covenant of grace becomes an everlasting Covenant yea such a 〈◊〉 as hath the sure o● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Covenant of grace 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 ment which God hath made with sinful man out of his mere mercy and grace wherein he undertakes both for himself and for fallen man and wherein he engages himself to make fallen man everlastingly happy In the Covenant of Grace there are two things considerable First the Covenant that God makes for himself to us which consists mainly of these branches 1. That he will be our ult 〈◊〉 9. 1● 17 18. God that is as if he said you shall have as true an interest in all my attributes for your good as they are mine for my own glory My grace saith God shall be yours to pardon you and my power shall be yours to protect you and my wisdom shall be yours to direct you and my goodness shall be yours to releive you and my mercy shall be yours to supply you and my glory shall be yours to crown you This is a comprehensive promise for God to be our God it includes all Deus meus omnia said Luther 2. That he will give us his spirit 〈◊〉 44. ● 〈◊〉 31. 33. 〈◊〉 2. 28. 〈◊〉 14. 16 20. 〈◊〉 ● 23. 〈◊〉 2● 4● 〈◊〉 15. ●6 cap. 16. 7. hence the spirit is called the holy spirit of promise The giving of the Holy Ghost is the great promise which Christ from the father hath made unto us It is the spirit that reveils the promises that appli●s the promises and that helps the soul to live upon the promises and to draw marrow and fatness out of the promises The great promise of the Old Testament was the promise of Christ Gen. 3. 16. and the great promise of the New Testament is the promise of the spirit as you may see by the Scriptures in the margent That in this last Age of the world there may be a more clear and full discovery of Christ of the great things of the Gospel of Antichrist and of the glorious conquests that are in the last days to be made upon him the giving of the spirit is promised as the most excellent gift 3. That he will take away the heart 〈◊〉 36. 26. J●r ●2 40. 〈◊〉 36. 25. Jer. 33. 9 10. Jer. 32. 41. of stone and give a heart of flesh i. e. a soft and tender heart 4. That he will not ●u●n away his ●a●e from us 〈◊〉 doing of us good and that he will put his fear into our hearts 5. That he will cle●●se us from all our ●ilthiness and f●om all our Idols 6. That he will r●j●yce ouer us to do us good The second thing considerable in the Covenant of Grace is the Covenant which God doth make for us to himself which consists mainly in these things 1. That we shall Jer. 32. 38 40. Ezek. 36. 27. Job 17. 9. Prov. 4. 18. Psal 1. 3. ●●●s●a 14. 5 6 7. Za●h 12. 18. Mal. 4. ● Jer. 24. 5. R●m 8. 28. Luk. 12. 3● Rev. 2. 10. Psal 84. 11. John 10. 28. See the truth of this fully evidenced in 12 particular● in my box of precious ●vnt●n●nt 〈◊〉 364 365 366 367 be his people 2. That we shall fear him for ever 3. That we shall walk in his Statutes keep his Judgments and do them 4. That we shall never depart from him 5. That w● shall persevere and hold out to the end 6. That we shall grow and ●lourish i● gr●●e 7. A true right to the creatures 8. That all providences changes and conditions shall work for our good 9. Vnion and communion with Christ 10. That ●● s●all 〈◊〉 Kingdom a Crown and glory at last and wh● would w● have more By these short hints 't is most evident that the Covenant of Grace is an entire Covenant an everlasting Covenant made by God both for himself and for us Oh sirs this is the glory 〈…〉 the Covenant of Grace That whatsoever God r●qui●●s of us that he stands engaged to give unto us whatever in the Covenant of Grace God requires on 〈◊〉 's put that he undertakes to perform for man That this Covenant of Grace is an everl●●ing Covenant may be mad● further clear from God's denomination who hath 〈◊〉 stiled it an everlasting Covenant In the Old Testament he frequently calls it in Heb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Berith ●●olam A Covenant of ●ternity In the New Testament he calls it in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diatheke Aioni●s The eternal Covenant or the everlasting Covenant And those whom God has taken into Covenant with himself they have frequently acknowledged it to be an everlasting Covenant as is evident up and down the Scripture The Covenant of works was not everlasting it was soon overthrown by Adam's sin but the Covenant of grace is Is● ●5 10. D●● 9. 24. everlasting The joy

utter any thing to the prejudice of them that put him to death but prayed for them that crucified Luk. 23. 34. Mat. 26. ●3 cap. 27. 12 14. him He was led as a lamb to the slaughter properly as an ewe-lamb or she lamb the ewe is mentioned as the quieter of that kind because the rams are sometimes more unruly and as a sheep that is dumb before the face of her shearers A lamb doth not bite nor push him that is going about to kill it but goeth as quietly to the shambles or the slaughter-house as if it were going to the fold wherein it is usually lodged or the field where it is wont to feed But Sixthly Observe with me That the original cause of this compact or Covenant between the father and the son by vertue of which God the father demands a price and Jesus Christ pays the price according to God's demands is only from the free grace and favour of God vers 10. It pleased the Lord to bruise him he hath put him to grief God the father looks upon Jesus Christ as sustaining our person and cause he looks upon all our sins as laid upon him and to be punished in him Sin could not be abolished the justice of God could not be satisfied the wrath of God could not be appeased the terrible curse could not be removed but by the death of Christ and therefore God the father took a pleasure to bruise him and to put him to grief according to the agreement between him and his son It must be readily granted that God did not incite or instigate the wicked Jews to those vile and cruel courses and carriages of their to Jesus Christ but yet that his sufferings were by God predetermined for the salvation of mankind is most evident by the Scriptures in the margin and accordingly it pleased Act. 2. 23. cap. 4. 28. the Lord to bruise him and to put him to grief The singular pleasure that God the father takes in the work of our Redemption is a wonderful demonstration of his love and affection to us Seventhly Observe with me That it is agreed between the father and the son that our sins shall be imputed unto him and that his righteousness should be imputed unto us and that all the redeemed shall believe in him and so be justified vrrs 11. He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied by his knowledg or faith in him shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall hear their iniquities Or as some render it He shall see the fruit of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied That is Jesus Christ shall receive and enjoy that as the effect and issue of all the great pains that he hath taken and of all the grievous things that he hath suffered as shall give him full content and satisfaction when Christ hath accomplished the work of Redemption he shall receive a full reward for all his sufferings Christ takes a singular pleasure in the work of our Redemption and doth herein as it were refresh himself as with the fruits of his own labours God the father engages to Jesus Christ that he should not travel in vain but that he should survive to see with great joy a numerous issue of faithful souls begotten unto God you know when women after sore sharp hard labour are delivered they are so greatly refreshed delighted gladded and satisfied that they forget their former pains and sorrow for joy that a manchild is born into the world God the father undertakes Joh. 16. 21. that Jesus Christ should have such a holy seed such a blessed issue as the main fruit and effect of his passion as should joy him please him and as he should rest satisfied in Certainly there could be no such joy and satisfaction to Christ as for him to see poor souls reconciled justified and saved by his sufferings and satisfaction as 't is the highest joy of a faithful minister to see souls 1 Thes 2. 19 20. Gal. 4. 19. won over to Christ to see souls built up in Christ Christ did bear the guilt of his peoples sins and thereby he made full satisfaction and therefore he is said here to justifie many not all promiscuously but those only whose sins he undertook to discharge and for whom he laid down his life Christ's justifying of many is his discharging of many from the guilt of sin by making satisfaction to God for the same But Eighthly Observe with me That it is agreed between the Father and the Son that for those persons for whom Besides the Ele●t be i●terceeds for none Joh. 17. 9 10. Jesus Christ should lay down his life he should stand intercessour for them also that so they may be brought to the possession of all those noble favours and blessings that he has purchased with his dearest blood vers 12. He bare the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors saying father forgive them for they know not what they Luk. 23. 24. do For those very transgressors by whom he suffered he does intercede for the article here is emphatical and seems to point unto that special act and those particular persons Not but that these words have relation also to Christ's intercession for all those sinners that belong to him and that have an interest in him which intercession continues still and shall do to the end of the world Heb. 7. 25. But The Sixth Scripture is that Isa 59. 20 21. And the The Sixth Proof redeemer shall come to Zion and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob saith the Lord. As for me this is my covenant with them saith the Lord my spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth no● out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed saith the Lord from hence forth and for ever Out of this blessed Scripture you may observe these following things First the parties covenanting and agreeing and they are God the father and Jesus Christ God the father in those words saith the Lord and Jesus Christ in those words The redeemer shall come to Zion Secondly You have God the father first covenanting with Jesus Christ and then with his seed as is evident in the 21. vers Thirdly You have the persons described that shall be sharers in Redemption mercies and they are the Sionites the people of God the citizens of Zion but lest any should think that all Zion should be saved it is added by way of explication that only such of Zion 〈…〉 urn from transgression in Jacob shall have benefit by the Redeemer The true Citizens of Rom. 11. 26. Zion the right Jacobs the sincere Israelites in whom there is no guile are they and only they that turn from their sins None have interest in Christ none have redemption by Christ but converts but such as