2I6 The Nalure ofthe Iooft thefeals, for .Jte 1sworthy, Rev. v. 2,- 5· Aholy jealous God· ' put n·o trufl: in his ferv ants, and his ari- .. gels"he charged with folly :' for they, were fa lible; there was ·a pofffbiJiry of their berraying thejr trufi, Joh iv. t8. -But it ' pleafed him to rrufi the ble!ft d ]efos rliat in him, as an infallible adminifirator, all fulnefl · Jhould dwell. ·. · , This high trufi was a necelTary prerequifite of the ad– minifl:ration : and therefore, npon his engagement to fulfil the condition oLthe Cl V(:n::mr, reputed in hea– ven as fure as _if it 4ad bc~ n aCluaHy performed; all the benefits of the covenant, were nor only made o· ver to him in poi :1 t of right, but. were delivered over into his hc:md in actual po!feffion; tha.r he might dif: penfe them 1 o finners , according to the method there– in ftated and agreed upan, John iii .·35. 'The Father lbveth the Spn, and hath given all thi,ngs into his hand. Mat. xi 27. ' All th ings are delivered untd me of my Fat her.' Ver. 28. 'Come ·unto me all ye that l<l bour · a.nd are heavy laden, and I will give you -refi. ' Hence it was, that he· entred upon the admi nifirarion of the cov,enant, long befxe his·incarnation ; .e ven a!foon as there \Vas any place.,. for adrninifiring-rhereof, which was in Paradifc after rhe · fii ll : tho' rhe folemnity of his invefiiture and raking po!feffion, was refervtd un to his afcenfion i-nto heaven._ when the Man Ch ri fi was fet at God's right hand, Gen. iii. 8, 1 5· with Pf.:1lm lxviii . 18. Eph. i. 20, 21, 2~ . ' - Thus the fulnels of the covenant is in him : and this tru(l makes the tmfearchable riches ofChr ifi, not to be par ' icularly inven :aried by us; fin ce they a:e ·· unfearchJble. ;sur agreeable ro what bath been f<Hd before, we £hall, tor opening thereof, mark the .following things. - - Fitj }, The un!een guard of the covenant ,is under l1is hand . T here is gi v~ n unto him all power over p atural and fp i:r:i tua i thi ngs , to manage the , fame for t he prcicrvation, proteCt: ion, and refirai?t of rh~fe fome·
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