of the Covenant. . 219 ners,untojuflificatirmoflife,as the phrafe is,R.pm.v. 18. Fourthly, The new covenant-right to God is in his perfon as Mediator : and he is aCl:ualJy poffefi of the fulnefs of the Godhead, as he is Adminifirator of the covenant, to communicate of that fulnefs to all who iliall b~li~ve, Col. ·ii. 9· ' For in him dwelleth ;all the fulriefs of the Godhead bodily,, Ver. 10. And ye are complea.t in him, which is the Head.' Our Lord Je..: fus, as the eternal Son of God, had a natural indefea- . fible right to the fulnefs o f the Godhead : but, as the fe.– CQnd Adam, he took out a new right th~reto, purchaf- , i11:g the fame by _his obedience and death; and as fuch it is now lodged with him, to be communicate by him. And thus the peace of the cqvenant, pf:ace V(ith God, is in him, Eph. ii. 14•. The Son!hip of !he covenaP..t) the adoption into the family of God, is in hfm, . as ' the firfi-born among many brethren,' Pfalm lxxxix. 27. with John i. 12. The covenant-inter'efi in God, · as one's own God, is in him, John xx. I 7. And to . obtain all thefe in one, let the finner but receive Chrifi by f-aith, and he bath them : for .they are all under his hand as Tru.fiee of the covenant, yea, in him as the fiore·houfe of the covenant. Fifthly, The covenant-fulnefs of die Spirit offanc· tification is in him, whereby to make finners holy• .col. i. 29. ' It pleafed the Father that in him fuould ~11 fulnefs dwell.' John i. 16. ' And of his fulnefs have, we all received, and grace for grace.' Having purchaf.. ed the fame with his own blood, 'tis lodged in him as adminifl:rator of the covenant, in refpect of which he is faid to be made unto us fonilification, 1 Cor. i. 30. Therefore out of his pierced fide c~rne there forth /Jlood ~!ld wattr; blood, to remove the guilt of fin ·; water~· to walh away the defilement thereof. So he i~ , the' Fountain opened, for Jin and for uncleannefs :, . not a velfel of that water of purification, which, how , ~ full foeyer' would Jack as much as it fuould commu– nicate; but a foriptain, a living fpring of it, to fupply the needs of the unclean 1 witho1.1t any lt1ck in itfelf: ' For
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