152 ' Of,t he Promife of &c. Now to the believer being jufiified, reconciled, and adopted into rhe family of God, this heritage falls., in accon;tplifhment of this promife, Rom. viii. 17. ' And if children, rhen heii·s, heirs of God.' 6al. iv. 7.' And if a fon, then an heir of God through GhriH ;' God hin:tlelf bt;!i ng the heritage .He becomes thei; God: they have a right to him) and are poifefi of him, as their own property; a property, which the thought ofmert and angels cannot fully reach the conten :s of. Not only are all the wbrks and creatures ofGod, in the hea– _vens, earth, and feas, theirs, I Cor. iiL 22. All are your_s: But himfelf is theirs, which is more than all that; as the bride-groom is more than all his marriage robes,or hi& l,arge·pofieffions.~ll his attributes are th~irs; .his infinite witaom to direct them, his power to afford them proteCtion, hisjufl:ice to make all the benefits pur– chafed by Chrifi for them forth-coming to them, his holinels to transform them into the fame image, his mercy to pity and fuccour them, his grace to deal bountifully with them, his JaithfuJnefs to fulfil all, the promifes to them ' in their time, and his all-fu~ciency to render them complcately happy. · He is theirs in all his relation5; their Shepherd, Provifor, Protector, King, Hufuand, Head, and whatever may ~ontribute to rhe.ir ha ppinefs. All the pedons of the glorious tri– nity are thei rs: the Father is theirs, the Son is theirs, and the.holy Spirit is theirs, Ifa. Iiv. ). Fof thy Mak– er i.s thine Hu.fband (the Lord oj hojls is. his name) Hebr. " Thy Makers are thine Hufbands,; Jeh'ovah Sabaoth is his n;1me.' This rich prmnifeis grafted upon the promife made to Chrifi, of a new ,kind ofintere!l: in God, as hi:: God, John :xx. 17 , lafcend to my Godand your God. God being the Mediator's God by pm·chafe, he becom~s our God in him. Chrifi having performed the c~md•.- . tion· of the covenant, t.alls Heir to the gteat Rentage; and we f:.dl to it alfo in him, being heirs ofGod,joint– /Jein 'with CIJrijt. Rom. viii. J 7 . Ill. The
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