peculiar to Chrifl. . I 3.r· 2. The promife of a glorious exaltation, to be the Father's hononuy fervant, prime minifier of heaven, as a great minifirator of the covenant, Ifa. lii. 13. ' Behold, ·my Servant .!hall deal prudently, l11e !hall .. be exalted and extolled, and be very high.' Chap. xlix. 8. ' I will----give thee for a covenant to the people.' In fulfilling the condition of the covenant, he took up– on him the form ~1a bond-fervant, 'and humbled himfe!f even unto the death ofthe:croft : wherefore Getl a!fo, according to the promife of the ce>venant, hath highly exalted him to the prime minifiry of heaven, andgiven him a name, as great Adminifirator of the covenant, which is above every n4me; that at th~ na_me of Je(us every knee fhould bow, Philip.. ii. 7, 8, 9, J.O. The nature, vafl: extent, and importance of this promife, will afterwards be unfolded, when we come to .treat of the adminifiration of the covenant, in virtue thereof put in the Mediator's hand. · 3· The promife of a feed and offspring, numerous as the fiars ofheaven, Ifa. liii. 10. He fha/1 fee his fted,. Gen. xv. 5· So jhtill thy feed be; namely, as thejlars ~rthe (ky in multitude, Heb. xi. 12. Even the whole multitude of the eleCl:, all of rhem to live by })is death and to bear his image, as a child cloth that of his Fa– ther. He confented to fuffer the pangs of death: but they were travailing pains, to iffue in a numerous birth. He was as ' a corn of wheat to £:111 into the ground, and die :' but the promife fecured to him, on that condition, his bringing forth muchfruit, John xii. 24. 'Tis in purfuance of the accompli!hment of· this pro– mile, the gofpel c0ntinues to be preached from age to age; forafmuch as in virtue thereof, ' as many as are ordained to eternal life fhall believe.' 4· The ' promife of his inheriting all things, as pri– mary Heir, Pf.1lm lxxxix. 27· ' I will make him my firH-born.' So the Apo11le fays,' God bath ;lppointed him Heir ofa!l th,.ings,' Heb~ i. 2. And Chrifi himfelf 'tieclares his being put in .poife.ffion accordingly, Mat• . l 3 xi. Z7Q
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