A view of the covenant of grace - Boston - XI - Head III continued

Required reading
A view of the covenant of grace by Thomas Boston (Available from Amazon or free here) -  Continue the Third Head by reading up to the heading 'Period III'.

My summary
This week Boston concludes his examination of the period from union with Christ until death. 

In previous weeks we've seen that the period includes the promises of:
(i) justification;
(ii) a new and saving covenant relation to God.
(iii) sanctification.

Now Boston teaches us about the fourth promise, the promise of perseverance in grace.  There are two branches:
(i) a promise of continued influences of grace;
(ii) a promise of continued pardon for the sins of our daily walk.

To conclude the period, Boston discusses the fifth promise, the promise of temporal benefits.  The two branches of this promise are:
(i) a promise of provision of good things necessary for this life;
(ii) a promise of protection from the evil things that concern this life.

What grabbed me
I liked Boston's comments on the promise of perseverance: 'The promise of continued influences secures not only the preservation, but the renewed exercise of their grace, particularly of their faith and repentance: and the promise of continued pardon to them believing and repenting, secures the removal of the guilt of fatherly anger. The Spirit of Christ ever dwells in them, and so continues an inviolable bond of their union with him; and dwelling in them, he recovers them when they are fallen, stirs up the holy fire of grace lying hid with ashes of corruption. Then the withered hand of faith is again stretched out; and the man believes the promise of the pardon of guilt of eternal wrath, as to all his sins; this melts his heart in kindly repentance; and so he believes the promise of continued pardon, as to fatherly anger, with respect to the sins the causes of God's present controversy with him, and obtains pardon accordingly. By these means, matters are always kept from coming to a total rupture.'

What a wonderful promise! Although there may be troubled times in the life of the Christian, there is never rupture with the Father.

Next week's reading
Conclude the Third Head by reading 'Period III'.

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.