SERMON VIII. (Book 8)
THe condition of the covenant is Faith: ho∣liness and sanctification is the condition of Covenanters,* 1.1 Gal. 4.21.22.23.24. Rom. 10.4.5.6.7. This do was the condition of the Cove∣nant of Works: This beleeve, is the condition of this Covenant; because Faith sendeth a per∣son out of himself, and taketh him off his own bottom, that in Christ he may have his righte∣ousnesse: works is a more selfy condition, and giveth therefore, 2. lesse glory to God: Faith holdeth forth God in Christ in the most lively and lovely properties of Free-grace, mercy, love transcendent; hence a believer as such cannot possibly glory in himself; all that Faith hath, is by way of receiving, and begging wise.
But some teach, that this Covenant hath no condition at all:* 1.2 So Dr. Crispe and other Li∣bertines; For this is an everlasting Covenant, Man is not now so confirmed in grace, but he may fail in beleeving, and so soon as the Con∣dition faileth, the Covenant faileth, as we see in the first Covenant. Ans. 1. That we have