By Thomas Boston
By Thomas Boston
A VIEW
OF THE
COVENANT OF GRACE,
FROM THE
SACRED RECORDS
WHEREIN
THE PARTIES IN THAT COVENANT, THE MAKING OF IT, ITS PARTS, CONDITIONARY AND PROMISSORY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF ARE DISTINCTLY CONSIDERED
TOGETHER WITH
THE TRIAL OF A SAVING PERSONAL INBEING IN IT, AND THE WAY OF INSTATING SINNERS THEREIN, UNTO THEIR ETERNAL SALVATION
TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED
A MEMORIAL CONCERNING PERSONAL AND FAMILY FASTING AND HUMILIATION, PRESENTED TO SAINTS AND SINNERS
Table of Contents
A VIEW OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE FROM THE SACRED RECORDS
HEAD. I.—The parties in the covenant
-- Of the party contractor on Heaven's side
-- Of the party contractor on man's side
-- Of the party contracted and undertaken for
HEAD II.—The making of the covenant of grace
-- Christ the kinsman-redeemer in the covenant
-- Christ the surety of the covenant
-- Christ the priest of the covenant
-- Inferences from the second head
HEAD III.—The parts of the covenant
-- The conditionary part of the covenant
-- ARTICLE 1. Holiness of nature
-- ARTICLE 2. Righteousness of life
-- ARTICLE 3. Satisfaction for sin
-- Inferences from the conditionary part of the covenant
-- The second, or promissory part of the covenant
-- Of the promises in general
-- Of the promises peculiar to Christ
-- The promise of eternal life to the elect, considered in three periods
PERIOD I: Before union with Christ
—1. The promise of preservation
—2. The promise of the Spirit
PERIOD II. From union with Christ until death
—1. The promise of justification
—2. The promise of a new and saving covenant-relation to God
—3. The promise of sanctification
—4. The promise of perseverance in grace
—5. The promise of temporal benefits
PERIOD III. From death, through eternity
—1. The promise of victory over death
—2. The promise of everlasting life in heaven
—Inference from the promise of eternal life
—No proper penalty of the covenant of grace
HEAD IV. The administration of the covenant of grace
-- Christ the administrator of the covenant
-- Sinners of mankind the objects of the administration of the covenant
-- The ends of the administration of the covenant
-- The nature of the administration of the covenant
-- Christ the trustee of the covenant
-- Christ the testator of the covenant
-- Christ the prophet of the covenant
-- Christ the king of the covenant
-- Christ the intercessor of the covenant
HEAD V. The trial of a saving personal inbeing in the covenant of grace
HEAD VI. The way of instating sinners, personally and savingly, in the covenant of grace
-- Sinners instated in the covenant, by faith or believing
-- A faith of the law preparatory for the covenant
-- The faith of the gospel instating in the covenant
-- The faith of Christ's sufficiency
-- The faith of the gospel-offer
-- The faith of our right to Christ
-- The faith of particular trust for salvation