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The Faulty Covenant and the Better Covenant | Particular Voices
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The Covenant it self was faulty, not positively, for it was a good Covenant, yet it answered all of the ends of God in making it; one great end of which (as I conceive) was the keeping of the Seed of Abraham in an entire Body, till the Messiah was brought forth, that it might appear that God had made good his Promise made to Abraham, that in his Seed all the Nations of the Earth should be blessed; but though this Covenant was sufficient to answer all the ends for which it was made, yet it was not sufficient to answer all the ends of God Pardon, and Peace, and Reconciliation, a new Heart, and a new Spirit, Grace here, and Glory hereafter, were never put into this Covenant: If there had been a Law given that could have given Life, verily Righteousness should have been by the Law. Dr. Owen will observes on this place, that though many of Israel that were under this Covenant went to Heaven, yet there was not one of them that went to Heaven by virtue of this Covenant, but by virtue of the Covenant of Grace; if this Covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second; this Covenant is a better Covenant, established on better Promises; Promises That God will write his Law in their Hearts, that he will forgive their Iniquities, and remember their Sins no more. If these are the better Promises that the New Covenant is established upon, then they were not in the first, for if these Promises had been in the first Covenant, that Covenant would have been as good as the second, and the same Promises would have been as good in the first Covenant as in the second; and this first Covenant which is said to be old, ver. 13 is distinguished from the Covenant of Grace, verse 9. by that same Mark I have mentioned already; it was the Covenant he made with them Deut. 29. 10, 11. as appears verse 25. and yet still you proceed to prove, that the Covenant last mentioned is the Covenant of Grace, by comparing Gen. 17. 7 with Deut. 29. 13. Heb. 8. 10. but seeing it is so near at hand, I shall return no other answer but this, pray compare Heb. 8.9. with Deut. 29. 25. and consider what I have last written, and you may see that they are distinct Covenants.
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The Covenant it self was faulty, not positively, for it was a good Covenant, yet it answered all of the ends of God in making it; one great end of which (as I conceive) was the keeping of the Seed of Abraham in an entire Body, till the Messiah was brought forth, that it might appear that God had made good his Promise made to Abraham, that in his Seed all the Nations of the Earth should be blessed; but though this Covenant was sufficient to answer all the ends for which it was made, yet it was not sufficient to answer all the ends of God Pardon, and Peace, and Reconciliation, a new Heart, and a new Spirit, Grace here, and Glory hereafter, were never put into this Covenant: If there had been a Law given that could have given Life, verily Righteousness should have been by the Law. Dr. Owen will observes on this place, that though many of Israel that were under this Covenant went to Heaven, yet there was not one of them that went to Heaven by virtue of this Covenant, but by virtue of the Covenant of Grace; if this Covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second; this Covenant is a better Covenant, established on better Promises; Promises That God will write his Law in their Hearts, that he will forgive their Iniquities, and remember their Sins no more. If these are the better Promises that the New Covenant is established upon, then they were not in the first, for if these Promises had been in the first Covenant, that Covenant would have been as good as the second, and the same Promises would have been as good in the first Covenant as in the second; and this first Covenant which is said to be old, ver. 13 is distinguished from the Covenant of Grace, verse 9. by that same Mark I have mentioned already; it was the Covenant he made with them Deut. 29. 10, 11. as appears verse 25. and yet still you proceed to prove, that the Covenant last mentioned is the Covenant of Grace, by comparing Gen. 17. 7 with Deut. 29. 13. Heb. 8. 10. but seeing it is so near at hand, I shall return no other answer but this, pray compare Heb. 8.9. with Deut. 29. 25. and consider what I have last written, and you may see that they are distinct Covenants.
