-8 6 Book. II. Looking unto 1efus.- chap. ~.sea:. ·/3. It is Cbrift reprefentative, Chrift-Mediatour,Chrifi a publick perfon, to whom the promifes were made, for Chrift and his heirs ar~ but all of them one confederate family ; and as the Covenant of works was made with Adam, and all his : and there were not two Covenants,fo here,the Covenant is made withthe fecond Adam and his children: 'But every man in his own order Cor, I p 3 , C:hrift the firfl-fruits,andafterwar1s they that are Chrifts. ' - · I have now propounded the Object we are to loolz. tttJto; it is [e· f;u in thateternity before all time until the Creation; Our next bulineffe is to drrect us in the Art orMyftery of Grace, how we are to loo/z.unto him in this refpect. ~"~;1!r~rf'<C>cb+ rt>{••: +¢'rf>.;ocf>¢'r~+.;•wr%'~r,t.?rbr~;r~t'f1r~¢'~r;,wit C H A P. I I. S E CT. I. of knowing Jefus tU carryittg OrJ the great work of IJUr · Jalvationin that eternity. · II . Ookjng cotnp~eqends _kJtewin$, confid:ring, deftring, hepmg,be!eevzng,lovmg,;oymg,callzngupon Je[m,and - conforming to JefUJ. If then we will have an inward " experimental look upon [e[UJ, we muft act, and ex-: ' ercife all thefe particulars. r. We muft kz:ow {efus, carrying on tbe great work of eur falvation in that eternity before all time. Come, learn what this 'jefUJ is, I. 1n his relation to God, and fo he is Gods Sonne, eter· nally begotten before all worlds. See above, and learn it throughly, who it is that was begotten,fo.r the perfon, when it was' for the time, how it was for the manner, and what was the mutual kindneife and love of him that begot, and ofhim that was begotten, 0 the height and depth of this knowledge 1 z. 'Come, learn what this Jefus is in his relation to us before all worlds; and to that purpofe fiudy clofe that great tranfaction betwixt God and Chrifl: for our falvation. I. Study that project of God, that he would glorifie his grace ; and to this end that he would predeftinate Chrift, and in Chrift he would choofe fome of the foules of men, and amongft the refl:, that he would choofe thee,whom notwithftanding tlnne, he would make holy, and without blame bef<>re him in love. 2. Study the counfels of God concerning - • · - man
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