A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records

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HE Introduction and general scheme

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HEAD I. The Parties in the Covenant

of Grace,

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I.

OD the party contractor on heaven's fide ib.

in a threefold view

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II. The Lord Jesus Christ the party contractor on

man's fide

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The covenant of grace

made with Christ, as

the Laft Adam, head and reprefentative, of

his fpiritual feed,

Evinced from five confiderations

Five reasons why it was so made

Inferences

III. The party contracted and undertaken for

The elect were the party represented and con-

tracted for in the covenant.

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Four proofs of it

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Three ways they are viewed in this cove-
nant-reprefentation

HEAD.II. The Making of the Covenant

Inferences

Object. I fear I am none of those whom Chrift re-

prefented in the covenant; how then can I take

hold of it by believing? Anfwer

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Quest. Are there no marks whereby a finner may
know himself to be one of those who were re-
prefented by Chrift in the fecond covenant?
Anfwer

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OW Chrift the Son of God became the Se-

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How the covenant was made with Christ as the

Second Adam

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Chrift giving his confent to the covenant, took

upon him a threefold character

I. The Kinfman-redeemer in the covenant 57

Performances of the Kinfman-redeemer

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II. The furety of the covenant

For whom Chrift became Surety

For what he became furety

Whether or not Chrift's furetifhip is alfo of

the nature of furetifhip for one's perform-

ing of a deed? Anfwer

III. The Prieft of the covenant

The neceffity of this proved

Inferences from the fecond head

I.

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HEAD III. The Parts of the Covenant

of Grace.

HE conditionary part of the covenant

Condition, the word explained

Chrift's righteoufnefs the condition of the cove-

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nant

Proved by five arguments

Cafe, How fhall I know that Chrift's righte

oufnefs is indeed mine in poffeffion?" An-

fwered

Chrift's righteoufnefs confifts of three parts

Holiness of nature

Righteoufness of life

Satisfaction for fin

Inferences from the conditionary part of

the covenant

Of perfons that have Chrift's righteousness
imputed to them, three characters

H. The promisory part of the covenant

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Importance

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Importance of the promiffory part of the co-

venant cleared by feven confiderations

Two general kinds of promifes

To whom were they made

Inferences

Promises peculiar to Chrift

Promise of eternal life to the elect

More generally confidered

More particularly in three periods

1. Before their union with Christ

Promife of prefervation

Promife of the Spirit

2. From their union with Chrift until death

Promife of juftification

-A new and faving covenant relation

to God

HEAD IV. The Adminiftration of the

3. From death through eternity

Promise of victory over death

-Everlafting life in heaven

Inference from the promife of eternal life 204

No proper penalty of the covenant of

HRIST the adminiftrator of the covenant ib.

ministration of the covenant

Confirmed by five arguments

Ends of the administration of the covenant 220

The

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The bringing of finners into the covenant 221

The management of them therein

The completing of their happiness

The nature of the adminiftration of the cove-

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nant

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The relations Chrift hath to the covenant as
the Adminiftrator thereof

ib.

I. The Trustee of the covenant, in nine parti-

culars

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II. The Teftator of the covenant; and here are

opened

The making of the teftament

Who are the legatees

Who is the executor of the teftament

What are the legacies left

III. The Prophet of the covenant

IV. The King of the covenant

V. The Interceffor of the covenant

CHA

HARACTERS of those who are favingly with-

in the covenant

HEADV. The Trial of a faving person-

al Inbeing in the covenant of Grace. 276

HEAD VI. The Way of inftating Sin-

ners perfonally and favingly in the

The import of the word believing, in the fcrip-
ture ufe of it

A twofold word to be believed: the law and

the gospel

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HE means of inftating a finner in the co-

venant, is faith

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It is most agreeable to the nature and end of

The faith of the law preparatory for the cove-

nant

The faith of the gofpel, inftating in the cove-

nant, carries in it four things

I. The faith of Chrift's fufficiency

II. The faith of the gofpel offer

Object. 1. But Chrift is now in heaven, and I

hear no voice from thence: how then can I

believe that he offereth himself to me in par-
ticular? Anfwer

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Object. 2. But Chrift in the word of the gofpel

doth not name me: how then can I believe

that he offereth himfelf to me in particular?

Anfwer

Object. 3. I fear I want the qualifications deter-

minative of thofe to whom the gofpel offer is

directed, &c.; how then can I believe that

Chrift offers himself to me in particular? Anf. 310

III. The faith of our right to Chrift
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Queft. How can I, a poor finner, by nature un-

der the curfe, believe that Chrift is my Savi-

our, that his righteoufnefs, and eternal life

are mine? Anfwer

Object. 1. If it be true, that Chrift is my Savi-

our, that his righteoufnefs, and eternal life

in him, are mine; then I may be eafy, I will

certainly be faved without any more ado?

Anfwer

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Object. 2. But Chrift a Saviour, his righteouf-

nefs, and eternal life, are things fo exceeding

precious and I am fo very finful and unwor-

thy, that it is mighty hard for me to believe

they are mine. Anfwer

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IV. The faith of particular truft for falvation 321

Object. 1. Since it is not true of all who hear the

gofpel, that they fhall be faved; there cannot

be, in the cafe of every one of them, a ground

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