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iCovenant, new, exacts perfect, but accepts sincere, obedience, vii. 319.
New, quickening and enlivening grace promised in, ix. 94 ; both, generally and particularly, ib. ; encouragement to pray for grace, 95.
x\. manifest abuse of, to imagine tbat it countenancetb any licentious- ness or liberty in sin, xi. 300 ; shown from God's desigu in setting it up, ib. ; from its tenor and constitution, 301.
New, is a law, xi. 398 ; man, being God's creature, is his subject, and standeth related to him as his rightful governor, and therefore is to receive what laws he is pleased to impose upon him, ib. ; man, as a reasonable and free agent, is bound voluntarily to yield up himself in subjection to his proper Lord, ib. ; man, being bound to obey the will of God, needeth a law from God to constitute his duty, and direct Mm in it, ib. ; the gospel, which is both our rule and charter, is the law which in Christ's name is given to the world, 399 ; agreeth with human laws in the promulgation of it with full authority, 400 ; iu -obligation and force, ib. ; in having a sanction, ib. ; in the sanction supposing an exercise of government according to law, 401 ; differs from ordinary human laws in that man in these laws barely enjoins authoritatively, but God condescends to reason, persuade, and beseech, 402 ; in that the law of God binds the conscience and the immortal souls of men, ib.
Of works, what it is, xvi. 438 ; all are by nature under this covenant, ib. ; this is that which natural conscience sticks to, 439 ; this cove- nant, rightly understood, is the most ready way to convince justi- ciaries, and to prepare men for Christ, ib.
^od's, with his people, xviii. 75 ; made to show the freeness of his grace, ib, ; and the sureness of his mercy, 76 ; to leave the greater bond and obligation upon us, ib. ; to make us more willing to serve him, entering upon his service by choice, 77 ; to put an honour upon his creatures, ib. ; that both parties might be engaged to each other by mutual consent, ib. ; none can be made with God without the inter- posing of a sacrifice, 78.
Legal, tenor of, xviii. 237; life promised to perfect obedience, a curse threatened to disobedience, 238.
God's people not only keep covenant with him, but the covenant keepeth them, xviii. 351 ; seal of, 352 ; those in covenant witli him are his, ib. ; by eternal election, ib. ; by effectual calling, 353 ; by entering into covenant with him, ib. ; he knoweth them, ib. ; as elected, called in covenant, ib. ; taketh notice of them with love, delight, approbation, 354 ; communicates to them saving benefits, ib. ; their obligation to depart from all iniquity, 355. ■Covenants, two, agree in their author, viii. 371 ; in the moving cause, which in both was the grace of God, 372 ; in the parties, God and man in both, ib. ; in that God giveth sufficiency of strength to the parties with whom he made them to fulfil the conditions thereof, ib. ; in that in both God kept up his sovereignty, and did not by his con- descension part with anything of his dominion over men, 373 ; in both there is a mutual obligation on both parties, ib. ; the conditions in both were suitable to the ends and scope appointed, ib. ; differ in the ends, that of the first being to preserve and continue man in the happiness in which it found him ; of the second, to restore him to the Ijappiness which he had lost, 374 ; as to God, the glory of his creating ■bounty was the end of the first, the glory of his redeeming grace of
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the second, ib. ; in flieir nature, the first stood more by commands and less by promises, the second more by promises and less by com- mands, 375 ; in the terms ; unsinning obedience the condition of the first, pardon offered in the second, 376. Covenanting with God pressed, viii. 90 ; God's laws holy, just, and good, therefore we should not be backward to swear to him, ib. ; we are obliged by God's command, ib. ; actual consent and resolution quickens our sense of duty, ib. ; profitalale to choose the strictest engagements, 91 ; necessity of, because of our laziness, ib. ; fickleness, ib. See Oath and Resohition. Covetousness sold Christ, and envy delivered him ; these two sins still enemies to the christian profession, iv. 303.
And carnality compared, v. 272.
A base aflfection, that will put a man upon the basest and most un- worthy practices, iv, 336.
Bringeth God's curse upon our estates, iv. 404.
Is an inordinate desire of having more wealth than the Lord alloweth ia the fair course of his providence, vi. 379 ; and a delight in worldly things as our chiefest good, ib. ; its causes, 380 ; distrust of God's providence, and discontent with God's allowance, ib. ; shown by greedy getting, 381; and unworthy detention, 382; a great hin- drance to compliance with God's testimonies, 383.
Scripture always representeth as an odious and detestable thing, xix. 192. Creation distinguished from emanation, i. 436.