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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.
AND
1237
LONDON:
BALNE, PRINTER, GRACECHURCH-STREET.
CONTENTS.
PART I
The Preface
The Dedication
Address to the Reader
Introduction.
Page ix
xiii
XV
Sect. I. Difference about the law, 1.-2. A threefold law, 2
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.