The Covenant of Works Chapó, motives take with God to enter fuch engagement ? if this be the meaning, I (hall freely yield that there is no fuch conditional Co- venant, there is no fuch condition in any Covenant of God with man. In this fenfe Mr. 04/v611341 in his Treatife of faith,page 143. takes it having mentioned feveral conditional promiles, (in which faith is exprefly required, and fuch wherein it is neceffarily underftood) he faith, In all which faith is neceffarily underflood, for the obtaining of the benefit promifed. `But yet,in all thefe, faith rs no condition properly fo called, moving God to promife life. But ta- king it in this retrained fenfe he much miftakes himfelf, page 141. where he faith, That it confound; the .Card and the Gofpel, taking a- way a chief difference between the Covenant of work and the Cove- nant ofgrace. Seeing there was no condition thus underftood in the Covenant of works, there was not any fuch good accruing to God by any thing that Adam was to do, that upon it or for it God fhould make the promife of life. God bath no moti'es out of himfelf to conferre lais rewards, conditions taken in fuch a fenfe will make the Covenant of grace and the Covenant of worm all .unconditional. But taking the word in the fenfe as it is in ordina- ry ufe, and it properly fignifies for that duty in Covenant indent - ed, agreed upon and of tinted to, on performance or negleci of which the promife Rands or falls, it is plain that there are fuch conditions in both Covenants, equally in one as the other. i he neceffìty of the concurrence of grace to the work of faith, will as foon make it no duty as no condition, and many denying the one, have learn't to deny either of both duties and conditions. Mr. Culvertvell therefore confeffeth, that faith in force fort may be called a condition, becaufe the promife of life is made to per - fons qualified with faith, page i43. and this conditional promife well und.erftood (faith he) page 141. may be borne. And if under- flood with fuch a reftraint as the word will not fuller (we con- feffe) Chriftians muff not acknowledge it. This being premifed, let us look into Mr, Owens Reafons. Firft, roll fuck conditions, i f jjri- ritualblefngs, are p.rtofthe purchafe of the death of Chrifl, and if not, are no way fit to be conditions offuch an attainment. 'in ¡b; They are fo parts of his purchafe, that they are alfo our ac`i, the a.& of man by the power of God ; God gives faith and gives repentawe yet we beleeve and we repent, we may as eafily reconcile Chrills purchafe with the nature of a condition, as our duty
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