2._____ Moreover, man having brought himself under the curse of the
law by his fall, it pleased the Lord to make a covenant of grace, wherein
he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring
of them faith in him, that they may be saved; and promising to give unto
all those that are ordained unto eternal life, his Holy Spirit, to make
them willing and able to believe.
(
Genesis
2:17; Galatians
3:10; Romans
3:20, 21; Romans
8:3; Mark
16:15, 16; John
3:16; Ezekiel
36:26, 27; John
6:44, 45; Psalms
110:3 )
3._____ This covenant is revealed in the gospel; first of all to Adam
in the promise of salvation by the seed of the woman, and afterwards by
farther steps, until the full discovery thereof was completed in the New
Testament; and it is founded in that eternal covenant transaction that
was between the Father and the Son about the redemption of the elect; and
it is alone by the grace of this covenant that all the posterity of fallen
Adam that ever were saved did obtain life and blessed immortality, man
being now utterly incapable of acceptance with God upon those terms on
which Adam stood in his state of innocency.
(
Genesis
3:15; Hebrews
1:1; 2
Timothy 1:9; Titus
1:2; Hebrews
11;6, 13; Romans
4:1, 2, &c.; Acts
4:12; John
8:56 )