li'a . $ ~ . 1 1: Na.4o.6. Ifa.4>.x .<S. H eb.7.1l, l'fz . ~. Z l£h 6, 13; !!E~! ~~~ Book .I[. Looking unto 1efus. · Chap; I. Sect,? take upon thee their nature and jinne.r, and undertalze to fatif fie my juftice and l11w, and takf: away that hatred that u in th~m towardJ me .and my Lnw , and mak.f thBm a beleeving holy people, then I will pardon :hem, and adopt. t~e~ ~n_ thee. for mj formes and daughters, , and makf: them·cohmer r;'ttb thee ·of an incorruptible crowne of life. And then faid Cnrifr, foe I come to do thy will 0 god; then Chrift as it were frruck hands with God to take upon him the nature and Iinne ofman, and to do and fuffer for him whatfoever God required of him. Certainly this was the whole bufineffe of our falvation firft tranfaCl:ed be(wixt God the Father and Chrift, before it was revealed to us. Hence we are faid, to be given unto Chrift, I have manifefted thy name (faid ChriH) unto the men which thou gaveft me out of the worl~, th~ne the1 were, and ~hou_gaveft !htm me, this very giving impltes, as 1fthe Father m h1s Etermty fhould have faid to the Sonne,thefe I takJ to be vef[els of mercy, and thefe thou foalt bring unto me, for they will deftroy themfelvts, hut thou /halt Jav e them out of their loft eftate. And then the Sortne takes them at .his Fathers -hand, ~hd looki!~g at his Fathers will; tbu u the Fathers will w.~ich haf~ fmt me, that of all which he hath given me, I jhould lofe nothing ; he thereupon takes care of fuch ; he would not for a world any of them fhould be loft which his Father hath given him, they are more dear then fo. · In Jfaiah 53 · I o,x r.and in Pfal. 40.7.Chrift is brought inasa. Surety -offering himfelf for us,a~d. readily ac~epting ofGods will in this very matter : and hence It IS that he IS called Gods f er- 'Vant . and his ears are faid to be opened. . . I~ I[a.42 : 6.this'very Covenant is expreffely mcnt}oned. Tlin5 Godfpeaks· of Chrift,'Behold my fervant whom I upho/J,mine et efJ in whom my foul deli'ghteth :- I will give thee for a Covenant of-tl;e people, for a light ef the Cjentiles. Yea, this Covenaat and agreement feemes to be wafirmed with an oath,.. 'in He.b, 7· 28. and tor th!s fervice Chrift is rcquir~d to ask.f of . qod and he wilt give him the heathen for his inheritance.,Ob- (erve'how theChurch of God is gi-ven to ·Chrift as a reward of that obedience which he fhewed in acceptine of the office of a Surety for us. This ftipulation fome make to be that counfel of pea£:e fpoken ofby the Prophet, and the counfel of peace foall he Ire tween them both~ (i.) ~e~~~en ~~~ ~~~d~ ~~~ ~h~ man whoft ·-- ·-· __ _.. _. ·- ~ ·~
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