The Promiffory Pttrt, &c; · 115 The SE C 0 N D Par.t of the Covenant, . \ Tht Pn;>miffory Part. · JN every covenant, whether it be a proper or ·im- ' proper ' covenant, there is a promife. And, in a · , proper covenant, the promiffory part anfwers to the . . conditionary part ; being an obHgation, which the party·covenanter to whom the-condition is perform– ed., comes under, for ·fome benefit to be beil:owed in view' of the perfm~mance of the condition. This is the promife of a proper covenant, binding' on him who makes it, providing the party contraCting with him do .his part. In every fuch cafe, where the thing is lawful and po!Iible, . it binds in point of _;ru~h and faithfulnefs, _by virtue of compaCt: : in fome cafes it binds alfo 'in point of remunerative jufiice ; to wit, where the condition performed is properly equivalent to the benefit promifed. · , The covenant of grace, made betwixt .God and Chriil: as the Head and Reprefentative of his fpiritual · feed, is a proper covenant. And iA it there is a pro– miffory· part, anfwering to the conditionary pctrt al· rready explained : and it is God'~ part of the covenant, as the othe.,.- was the Mediator's. Thereby God hatli obliged himfelf, to make the benefits therein ·conde– fcended on, forthcoming, upon the confideration of the performing of the condition. And forafmuch as the condition performed by Chrifi, was il:rietly meri– torious · of the benefits promifed ; the promifes are , binding and fit;'m, not only in refpecr of the tru'th and faithfulnefs, bpt alfo of the juil:ice of God. Of what weight and importance the promiffory part of the covenant is, will appear by the following confiderations. · H 3 Firjf,
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