The Covenant of Grace is like a Court of Law

Whosoever they are who look for righteousness and salvation by the power of their free will, or by the inherent goodness of their nature, or by virtue of their merit, they are all under the covenant of works. They do not submit to the righteiousness of faith. Therefore they are bound to keep the wole law, and in case of failure, they are condemned. The covenant of grace is like a court of law to relieve the sinner and help him who is cast by the first covenant. Such will stand upon their own inherent righteousness, free will, and merit, but all under the first conenat of works, and they are in a perishing state.

Let us labor by faith to get into the second covenent of grace, and then the curse of the first covenent will be taken away by Christ. If we once get to be heirs of the conenat of grace, we are in a better state than before. Adam stood on his own legs, and therefore he fell; we stand in the strength of Christ. Under the first covenant, the justice of God, as an avenger of blood, pursues us., but if we get into the second covenent, we are in the city of refuge. We are safe, and the justice of God is pacified toward us for all eternity.

"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved."

Acts 16:31

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