Temporal Benefitt. . 183 ·But the fecond Adam having undertaken. to bear the curfe, and to give perfe'Ct: obedience to the law, in t he · n'4me of his Jiritual feed; there was. thereupon made a promife of r!rroring to them the forfeited life, :\Vith all the ~eans thereof; and particularly a promife of the good things requdite for the fupport ~ndcomfort of their temporal life in this ~orlq, till at de~th they be car– ried home to heaven. And the performance of thii promife to them, is begun, immed·ia~tely upon their u– niting whh Chrifi : then their c~wenant relation to the firfi Aclam -is found to be lawfully di!folved; the forfeiture is taken off; and a new covenant-right to the creatures is given them, 1Cor.iii.22, 23.' All areyours~ and ye are Chrifi's.' And it goes on, all along till death ; fo much of this their fiock, beirlg from tin;te' to time put in to their hands, as the great Adminifira– tor fees needful for them. And whether that be lit– tle or much, they do from \hat moment poffefs it, by a new title: it is theirs by covenant. Now this promife is grafted upon the promife n:tade to Chrifi, of his 'i~heriring all things. For they that ;tre his, are joint-heirs with him, E.om. viii. 17• . to inherit all things -mo, through him, Rev. xxi. 7• .· ·T,he eftate and honour, which the firfi Adam loft, for himfelf and family, by his difobedience in breaking of the firfi covenant,.was, in the fecond covenant, made ov.er by promife, to Chrifi the fecond Adam, for him and his, upon the condition of his obedience. ' The which obedience being performed, the whole ancient eHate of the family was recovered; together with the honours thereunto belonging. The ancient domini– on was refiored, in the Perfon of Chrifl as fecond Adam : and ~11 his myfiical members partake thereof Jn him. This the Pjalmifl teacheth, Pfal,m viii. 4· ' What is man that thou art mindful ofhin1 ?and the fon of man that thou vifirefi him? Ver. 5· ,For thou ha£1: made him a little lower than the angels, and ha!l: , crowned him with glory and·honour. Ver. 6. Thou ·madeft
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