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THE COVENANT OF WORKS AND THE COVENANT OF GRACE.

PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG AND SON, 73, CHEAPSIDE;
R. GRIFFIN & CO., GLASGOW; T. T. & H. TEGG, DUBLIN;

AND J. WHETHAM, PHILADELPHIA.

1837.

CONTENTS.

PART I,

The Preface

Page ix

The Dedication

xiii

Address to the Reader

Introduction. Sect. I. Difference about the law, 1.-2. A threefold law, 2

XV

CHAP. I.-Of the Law of Works, or Covenant of Works.

Sect. I. The nature of the covenant of works, 7.-Sect. II. Adam's fall,

13.–Sect. III. The sinfulness and misery of mankind by the fall, 14.-

Sect. IV. No recovery by the law, or covenant of works, 16.-Sect. V.

The covenant of works binding, though broken, 19.

CHAP. II.-Of the Law of Faith, or Covenant of Grace.

Sect. I. Of the eternal purpose of grace, 20.-Sect. II. Of the promise,

24.-1. The promise made to Adam, ib.—2. The promise renewed to

Abraham, 29.-3. The law, as the covenant of works, added to the pro-

mise, 33.–4. The promise and covenant with Abraham, renewed with

the Israelites, 45.-5. The covenant of grace under the Mosaic dis-

pensation, 48.-6. The natural bias towards the covenant of works, 64.

—7. The Antinomian faith rejected, 74.-8. The evil of legalism, 78.-

Sect. III. Of the performance of the promise, 80.-1. Christ's fulfilling

of the law in the room of the elect, 81.-2. Believers dead to the law

as the covenant of works, 89.-3. The warrant to believe in Christ,

106.—4. Evangelical repentance a consequent of faith, 122.-5. The

spiritual marriage with Jesus Christ, 120.-6. Justification before faith,

refuted, 136.—7. Believers freed from the commanding and condemning

power of the covenant of works, 138.

CHAP. III.-Of the Law of Christ.

Sect. I. The nature of the law of Christ, 152.—2. The law of the ten

commandments a rule of life to believers, 156.-3. Antinomian objec-

tions answered, 160.–4. The necessity of marks and signs of grace,

166.-5. Antinomian objections answered, 170.-6. Holiness and good

works attained to only by faith, 172.—7. Slavish fear and servile hope

not the springs of true obedience, 180.--8. The efficacy of faith for

holiness of heart and life, 187.-9. Use of means for strengthening of

faith, 196.-10. The distinction of the law of works, and law of Christ,

applied to six paradoxes, 197.-11. The use of that distinction in prac-

tice, 201.-12. That distinction a mean betwixt legalism and Antino-

mianism, 213.-13. How to attain to assurance, 214.–14. Marks and

evidences of true faith, 217.-15. How to recover lost evidences, 219.

-16. Marks and signs of union with Christ, 220.