to . A Y.iew of the Covenant o/Orace. a. and liv. IO. Heb. viii. '· and 'xiii. 20·. But the f"ol– iowing account of it#ihall be ranged un?er thefe fix heads: namely, Firfl, The parties in the covenant. · of grace : Secondly, The making of that covenant: Yhird!y,The parts of it: Fourthly, The adminifiration of it: Fif?hly,The trial of a faving perfonalinbeing in it: Sixthly, The way ofinfiating finners perfonally and favingly in it. ·- H E A D -- 1. The PARTIEs in the Crn1enant ofGrace. -~· N all covemints of whatfoever nature .they be, whe· , th{lr covenan.ts ofabfolute promife, or conditional on:es, there mu£1: needs be difiinB: parties .:. for, how– beit, one may decree, refolve, or purpofe with him– felf, without another party; yet one's covenanting or bargaining, vowing, or promiGng, fpeaks an obliga· tion thence arifing to_ano~her difiinB: party. Accord 7 ingly, ih the covenant of ~grace, there are three p:a~ties to be confidered; Firfi,'The party-contraB:er on Heaven's fide: Secondly,T:he party·contraB:er onman'$ fide; a.nd Thirdly, The party-contraCted and under– taken far ; Of which in order. And •'I ,, c ... ., · I. Ofthe Party-contrdtler on Heaven's fide. . ..,_ ' AS it was in the'Covenamt ofWor~s, in this point; ~-"' - fo it is likewife in the Covenant of Grace: the ,·· ' party upon the one fide, is God himfelf, and he only. '. ·· There was no need ofany other, to fee to the intere{ls · ofHeaye11, in ·this cov~nant ; and there was np·other when it was made, being made from eternity~ '~be· , fore the world began,' Tit. i . .2 .. This is plain fr0m the words of, the covenant, ' I \vill be their God/ ]er. xxxi. jj. · But,
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