118 The Promiffory Part of the Covenant. the accompli.fhment of the promifes. The conditi~n · of the covenant was performed on earth, in the fpac~ · of abour. thirty three,years ; the promifes 1-!ave been<\ perform1ng, t:pp~e than five tboufand years on ,eanh, and will be a performing in heaven, thro' the ~ges of eternity. · Fifthly, The happinefs and comfort of all the elecr, for 'time and eternity, depend up~m the promiles of the covenant. What keeps unconverted eleCt: perfons from dying in that fiate, and fodropping down to hell, but the promif,e of the covenant ? What makes grace overtake them, when they arc fleeing from it, but the promife ? What preferves grace in them, like a fpar~ .-of fire in an ocean. that it i$ not ex.tinguifhed, but the promife ? And what is their fecurity and comfort in the. face ofd~arh,bpt the fame promife? 2 Sam. xxiii. 5· Sixth!y, The glory of the Man Chrifl~ as Media- . tor, dep~nds on the protnife of the covenant. This was the fecurity, in the faith of"which · he lived on earth, about the fpa,ce of thirty three years, in a very low concition ; and in end, died an ignominious death. Pf:1l. xxii. 4· ' Our fathers trufl:ed in thee; they · trufl:ed and thou didfi deliver them. ' He paid the price of the redemption of fin1;1ers, whUe as yet many of the redeemed were not born, nay nor as yet are, and feverai of them embrew'd their h<lnds in his blood : but be refied on the promife of the covenant. He pleaded it, when he was jufl: entring into the fweJJing waves of death, where he wa$i like Jonah, to be fwal- ' lowed up, John ,xvii~ 'i· ' Now, o · Fa,ther, glorify me with thyfelf.' And in the faith oftl1e accomplifhment of the p,romife, he compleated his performance of,the condition t ' For the joy that was fc t before him' in the promife, ' he endured the crofs, defpifing the fhame,' Heb. xii. 2 • .Lajify, God bath fwon=t the promife-of the cov.e– nam. ' I have made a covenant with my chofen: I {l;~Y~ fwor~1 · uilto' David my fervant.' The Apo£1-.}e ~ells \
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