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A57966 The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the soveraignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ... Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661. 1655 (1655) Wing R2374; ESTC R20879 369,430 394

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we_o q._n hence_o 1._o case_n may_v not_o the_o conscience_n be_v quiet_a by_o the_o way_n of_o socinus_n do_v which_o lay_v aside_o a_o ransom_n give_v to_o justice_n ans._n the_o experience_n of_o the_o godly_a man_n waken_v in_o conscience_n say_v to_o this_o when_o he_o be_v chastened_a with_o pain_n in_o his_o bed_n and_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o bone_n with_o strong_a pain_n and_o the_o man_n soul_n draw_v ●ear_v to_o the_o g●ave_n and_o his_o life_n unto_o the_o destroyer_n and_o the_o man_n stand_v on_o need_n of_o a_o interpreter_n one_o among_o a_o thousand_o to_o show_v unto_o man_n his_o righteousness_n job_n 33.19_o 20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o then_o god_n be_v gracious_a to_o he_o and_o say_v deliver_v he_o from_o go_v down_o to_o the_o pit_n i_o have_v find_v he_o a_o ransom_n he_o be_v not_o quiet_a while_n god_n say_v my_o prophet_n deliver_v he_o from_o hell_n and_o the_o pit_n which_o he_o so_o much_o fear_n for_o my_o offend_a justice_n have_v find_v a_o ransom_n in_o 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but_o take_v not_o away_o covenant-mercy_n from_o the_o seed_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o covenant_n v_o 34._o my_o covenant_n i_o will_v not_o break_v etc._n etc._n if_o then_o the_o elect_a and_o choose_v of_o christ_n shall_v fall_v away_o god_n shall_v break_v and_o alter_v his_o covenant_n but_o impossible_a be_v the_o latter_a hence_o 1._o the_o question_n of_o the_o stability_n of_o our_o state_n be_v once_o internal_o in_o covenant_n with_o god_n be_v a_o reproach_v of_o god_n and_o to_o make_v he_o a_o liar_n v_o 35._o once_o have_v i_o swear_v say_v he_o by_o my_o holiness_n that_o i_o will_v not_o lie_v unto_o david_n though_o 1._o we_o seem_v to_o reproach_v ourselves_o in_o question_v our_o state_n be_v once_o in_o christ_n yet_o the_o truth_n be_v truth_n the_o plea_n be_v against_o god_n and_o his_o truth_n and_o holiness_n 2._o it_o be_v easy_a to_o believe_v general_a truth_n then_o to_o believe_v particular_a truth_n in_o 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destroy_v christ_n blood_n be_v shed_v to_o buy_v we_o from_o our_o vain_a conversation_n as_o well_o as_o from_o wrath_n and_o this_o suit_n not_o with_o pagan_n state_n remonstr_n in_o decla_n c._n 17._o thes_n 1._o deus_fw-la statuit_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la potentiam_fw-la confer_v homi●i_fw-la peccatori_fw-la perquam_fw-la idoneus_fw-la &_o aptus_fw-la redderetur_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la ●●ne_n praestandum_fw-la quod_fw-la ab●●o_fw-la in_o euangelio_fw-la postulatur_fw-la remonstr_n in_o synod_n dordrac_n art_n 2._o p._n 327._o mediate_v vel_fw-la immediate_a deum_fw-la omnes_fw-la vocare_fw-la corvinus_n contra_fw-la molin_n cap._n 31._o sect_n 15._o deum_fw-la sempersecundum_fw-la se_fw-la para●um_fw-la esse_fw-la ad_fw-la eandem_fw-la uberiorem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la promovendam_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la qui_fw-la parciore_fw-la recte_fw-la utuntur_fw-la freewill_n do_v all_o coru._n cont_n moli_fw-la cap._n 3●_n sect_n ●_o quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la sufficientia_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dicimus_fw-la monemus_fw-la assistentiae_fw-la spiritus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tribui_fw-la minime_fw-la vero_fw-la habitualem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la communis_fw-la sit_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la statui_fw-la sect._n 29._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr potentia_fw-la infusa_fw-la cap._n 32._o secundum_fw-la concilia_fw-la &_o patres_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la tale_n gratiae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la singulos_fw-la actus_fw-la detur_fw-la cujus_fw-la auxilio_fw-la nititur_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la singula_fw-la adjuvetur_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la martmez_n de_fw-fr ripul_n de_fw-fr enter_fw-la supernat_fw-la lib._n 1._o dis._n 20._o n._n 57_o suarez_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la necessi_fw-it gratiae_fw-la c._n 4._o per_fw-la totum_fw-la curiel_n in_o 12_o q_o 109._o art_n 2._o n._n 1._o duvallius_n tract_n de_fw-fr necess_n gratiae_fw-la q_o 1._o art_n 2_o molina_n de_fw-fr concor_fw-fr q._n 14_o art_n 13._o disp._n 9_o per_fw-mi totum_fw-la did._n ruiz_n tom._n the_o volinider_n tom._n de_fw-fr praed●fini_n vasquez_n 12._o disp._n 138._o bellar._n de_fw-fr great_a &_o libe_n arbit_fw-la lib._n 6._o c._n 13._o &_o per_fw-la totum_fw-la gamachaeus_n in_o 12_o q._n 85._o cap._n 1._o &_o seq_n estius_fw-la lib._n 2._o dist._n 41._o sect._n 1_o sect._n 2._o &_o seq_n tolet._n com._n ●n_n joan._n 6._o in_o rom._n 14._o pirer_n in_o rom._n 8._o &_o rom._n 14._o remonst_z in_o scriptis_fw-la synod_n art_n 4._o p._n 158_o 159._o smalcius_n con_v fran●z_n disp._n 8._o graviter_fw-la halucinatur_fw-la fran●zius_n dum_fw-la ait_fw-la hominem_fw-la non_fw-la renatum_fw-la nihil_fw-la posse_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la nempe_fw-la in_o sensu_fw-la interno_fw-la in_fw-la verbum_fw-la divinum_fw-la in_o conversione_n ad_fw-la deum_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la catech._n raccov_n c._n 6._o nun_n a●_n credendum_fw-la euangelio_fw-la sp._n sancti_fw-la interiore_fw-la dono_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o scripture_n legimus_fw-la cviquam_fw-la id_fw-la donum_fw-la conferri_fw-la nisi_fw-la credenti_fw-la s●ci_fw-la prael_n 0_o theol._n c._n 4_o fol._n 14._o qui_fw-la ex_fw-la adamo_n nascuntur_fw-la ●adem_fw-la conditi_fw-la one_o omnes_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la nihilque_fw-la ei_fw-la ademptum_fw-la quod_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la haberet_fw-la vel_fw-la habiturus_fw-la esset_fw-la corvinus_n contra_fw-la molin_n cap._n 34._o sect._n 3._o pag._n 619._o mr._n hooker_n survey_v of_o discipline_n part._n 1._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 36_o 37_o 38._o there_o be_v no_o place_n of_o scripture_n or_o warrant_n in_o the_o word_n that_o nation_n and_o society_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o covenant_v people_n of_o god_n &_o visible_a church_n since_o god_n so_o esteem_v they_o in_o multitude_n of_o place_n of_o holy_a scripture_n except_o man_n judge_v they_o first_o invisible_a and_o real_a saint_n or_o convert_n suru._n part._n 1._o cap._n 3._o p._n 39_o 40._o tho._n hook_n argue_v from_o confederacy_n with_o god_n to_o prove_v that_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v all_o visible_a professor_n to_o be_v justify_v internal_o call_v and_o they_o be_v no_o church-member_n except_o they_o be_v so_o in_o our_o esteem_n the_o invisible_a and_o mystical_a body_n of_o christ_n ●nd_v church_n be_v the_o only_a first_o principal_a and_o proper_a subject_n of_o the_o promise_n and_o privilege_n of_o special_a note_n give_v in_o the_o mediator_n christ._n mr._n hooker_n sur●_n of_o the_o sum_n of_o church_n discipline_n part._n 1_o c._n 3._o p._n 35_o 36_o 37._o mr._n ruther_n fur●_n due_a right_n of_o presbytery_n p._n 1_o c._n 9_o sect._n 9_o pag._n 35_o 36_o 37_o the_o command_n of_o god_n be_v not_o the_o b●st_n nor_o any_o warrant_n at_o all_o as_o grave_a mr._n hooker_n say_v why_o graceless_a man_n shall_v challenge_v the_o seal_n there_o be_v a_o active_a right_n in_o the_o church_n to_o confer_v the_o seal_n when_o there_o be_v no_o passive_a right_n in_o many_o visible_a member_n either_o to_o receive_v or_o to_o challenge_v the_o seal_n what_o a_o hypocrite_n be_v it_o be_v hard_a to_o counterfite_a grace_n and_o thing_n not_o obvious_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o see_v many_o hate_v hypocrite_n and_o so_o do_v be_v hypocrite_n themselves_o what_o be_v not_o hypocrisy_n what_o be_v the_o power_n of_o self-deceit_n believer_n be_v proper_o party_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n but_o not_o as_o believer_n as_o choose_v of_o god_n to_o life_n the_o word_n and_o the_o spirit_n the_o first_o revelation_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o first_o principle_n can_v be_v try_v by_o any_o former_a doctrine_n or_o rule_n the_o immediate_a word_n and_o the_o most_o immediate_a fountain-word_n and_o the_o try_v of_o both_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o prophecy_n that_o now_o be_v and_o scripturall_a prophecy_n the_o difference_n between_o revelation_n of_o what_o be_v truth_n and_o what_o be_v lawful_a or_o not_o lawful_a and_o revelation_n of_o fact_n what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o what_o not_o nearness_n to_o god_n in_o fullness_n of_o manifestation_n of_o himself_o be_v no_o sure_o concludent_fw-la rule_n that_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v truth_n or_o lawful_a peter_n at_o the_o transfiguration_n and_o john_n reve._n 19_o cap._n 22._o when_o they_o be_v most_o near_o to_o god_n do_v reel_v and_o stumble_v &_o err_v the_o deceit_n in_o liberty_n of_o pray_v it_o be_v good_a to_o keep_v the_o eye_n single_a for_o rottenness_n in_o the_o mind_n putrify_v the_o soul._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pain_n grief_n &_o aiking_n in_o spiritual_a motion_n speak_v that_o the_o spirit_n be_v there_o where_o such_o be_v to_o observe_v so_o the_o way_n of_o god_n in_o the_o soul_n as_o you_o may_v be_v able_a to_o give_v a_o particular_a account_n of_o all_o christ_n motion_n his_o go_n his_o coming_z and_o the_o act_n of_o his_o spirit_n speak_v a_o most_o spiritual_a disposition_n conviction_n for_o most_o spiritual_a sin_n speak_v much_o spiritualnes_n as_o christ-man_n have_v a_o new_a office_n to_o redeem_v so_o have_v the_o spirit_n a_o new_a office_n to_o comfort_n neither_o of_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v useful_a if_o man_n have_v not_o sin_v the_o spirit_n as_o the_o spirit_n act_v we_o to_o do_v all_o for_o god_n as_o god_n it_o be_v spiritualnesse_n of_o disposition_n to_o do_v our_o duty_n for_o the_o duty_n not_o for_o the_o pleasantness_n of_o the_o duty_n it_o be_v spiritualnes_n to_o do_v duty_n for_o the_o duty_n not_o for_o the_o success_n of_o the_o duty_n gospel-love_n enclose_v in_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o command_n render_v the_o obedience_n spiritual_a the_o heart_n be_v the_o man_n there_o be_v a_o heart_n with_o in_o a_o heart_n and_o a_o man_n within_o a_o man_n speak_v and_o act_v god_n only_o try_v the_o heart_n aug._n confess_v 10._o cap._n 27._o intus_fw-la tu_fw-la ●r●s_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la foras_fw-la what_o the_o good_a heart_n be_v and_o how_o it_o be_v make_v good_a 1._o creation_n of_o a_o better_a heart_n than_o the_o 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christ_n die_v now_o this_o end_n be_v not_o possible_a in_o pagan_n who_o never_o hear_v nor_o can_v hear_v the_o gospel_n therefore_o christ_n die_v not_o for_o pagan_n these_o who_o teach_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o and_o every_o one_o and_o make_v a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n with_o all_o &_o every_o one_o and_o send_v no_o more_o of_o the_o gospel_n to_o all_o &_o every_o one_o make_v the_o way_n of_o salvation_n more_o impossible_a under_o the_o second_o they_o under_o the_o first_o adam_n christ_n incarnation_n and_o death_n can_v be_v a_o fruit_n of_o the_o mediator_n death_n we_o have_v not_o proper_o right_a to_o christ_n satisfaction_n by_o faith_n christ_n death_n can_v be_v applicable_a to_o the_o reprobate_n by_o faith_n except_o faith_n be_v merit_v to_o they_o by_o that_o death_n davenantius_n dissert_v de_fw-fr morte_fw-la christi_fw-la pag._n 49._o respectu_fw-la mortis_fw-la christi_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la aliter_fw-la est_fw-la comparata_fw-la ad_fw-la 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adam_n sin_n be_v we_o not_o because_o adam_n be_v our_o father_n by_o nature_n but_o because_o he_o be_v our_o father_n both_o by_o nature_n and_o by_o law_n three_o part_n of_o original_a sin_n the_o freewill_n of_o god_n the_o ground_n of_o the_o lord_n impute_v adam_n sin_n to_o we_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o imputation_n of_o adam_n sin_n to_o we_o &_o of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n to_o we_o christ_n impute_a righteousness_n can_v remove_v inherent_a sin_n or_o make_v we_o such_o as_o never_o sin_v davenantus_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la christi_fw-la c._n 4._o pag._n 48._o exit_fw-la solâ_fw-la vi_fw-la horum_fw-la verborum_fw-la christus_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la inferri_fw-la christum_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ita_fw-la mortuum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la absolute_a decreverit_fw-la hac_fw-la sua_fw-la morte_fw-la omnium_fw-la salutem_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la &_o insallibiliter_fw-la operari_fw-la quia_fw-la 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