The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to Him as their creator, yet they could never have attained the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.1
1 <a href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2017.10;esv?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Luke 17:10</a>; <a href="https://ref.ly/Job%2035.7%E2%80%938;esv?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Job 35:7–8</a>

The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to Him as their creator, yet they could never have attained the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.1 1 Luke 17:10; Job 35:7–8

The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to Him as their creator, yet they could never have attained the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.1
1&nbsp;<a href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2017.10;esv?t=biblia" rel="noopener noreferrer">Luke 17:10</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://ref.ly/Job%2035.7%E2%80%938;esv?t=biblia" rel="noopener noreferrer">Job 35:7–8</a>

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