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faith , the grand condition of the covenant of Christ , by which we are in Christ :
This is what brings us into the Lord . For a person explicitly or professedly to enter
into the union or relation of the covenant of grace with Christ , is the same as ...
faith , the grand condition of the covenant of Christ , by which we are in Christ :
This is what brings us into the Lord . For a person explicitly or professedly to enter
into the union or relation of the covenant of grace with Christ , is the same as ...
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I . There is no such thing as moral sincerity , in the covenant of grace , distinct
from gracious sincerity . If any sincerity at all be requisite in order to a title to the
seals of the covenant of grace , doubtless it is the sincerity which belongs to that ...
I . There is no such thing as moral sincerity , in the covenant of grace , distinct
from gracious sincerity . If any sincerity at all be requisite in order to a title to the
seals of the covenant of grace , doubtless it is the sincerity which belongs to that ...
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self often allows ( as has been observed ) that persons must , comply with the
terms of the covenant of grace , in order to come to sacraments . Yet because he
also in effect denies it , I shall say something further in confirmation of it . ( 1 . ) ...
self often allows ( as has been observed ) that persons must , comply with the
terms of the covenant of grace , in order to come to sacraments . Yet because he
also in effect denies it , I shall say something further in confirmation of it . ( 1 . ) ...
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covenant ( as the reader sees ) and yet in the next page but two , he contemns
and utterly disallows my interpreting the same phrase in the same manner . Mr .
Williams says , p . 21 . “ As to the words of Hezekiah , when he called the
Israelites ...
covenant ( as the reader sees ) and yet in the next page but two , he contemns
and utterly disallows my interpreting the same phrase in the same manner . Mr .
Williams says , p . 21 . “ As to the words of Hezekiah , when he called the
Israelites ...
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The pretended argument , so far as I can find out what it is , is this : The children
of visible saints are born in covenant ; and being already in covenant , they must
have a right to the privileges of the covenant , without any more ado : Such ...
The pretended argument , so far as I can find out what it is , is this : The children
of visible saints are born in covenant ; and being already in covenant , they must
have a right to the privileges of the covenant , without any more ado : Such ...
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| Title | The Works of President Edwards ... American culture series, Reel 495.6-496.1 Issue 14925 of Early American imprints Volume 1 of The Works of President Edwards, Jonathan Edwards |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
| Editor | Samuel Austin |
| Publisher | Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 May 2008 |
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