Coveflll1ff ofGrpce. 4S · exalted ene chofen out of the people.' 1 Cor. xv.47· ' ' The iecond man is the Lord from Heaven.' The~ breach betweep God and man, was greater than to be done away by a mere intermeifenger, who travel– ling between parties at variance, reconciles themwith bare words. · There could be no covenant of peace , 'twixt God and finncrs, without reparation ofdamagei done to the honour of G<:>d through fin ; and with.; out honouring of the holy law, by an exalt obedience,; but thefe things b.eing quite beyond their reach, Chrifi the Son ofGod faith, Lo, Tcome, I'm content to take ' their place, and put myfelf in their room, a~ a fecond /ldam. . Now the effeil ofth~s was, that hereby' hewas con• fiituted lafi Adam, or the fecond 1fltln, 1 Cor. xv. 47· and official Mediator, or Mediator in refiJ~et of office·, between God .and man; 1 Tim~ ii. 5, o. ' There is one God, and oae-Mediator between God and man, the 'man Chrifi Jefus; who gave himfe}fa ranfom for all.' Being called of his Father unto that office, and having €mbraced :the call thereto, he was invefied with the office, and treated with as fu~h, ' before the world began,' Tit. i. 2. And indeed he, and he only, was fit for it. The two fam1fies of heaven and earth being at war, there could' be no .peace between them, but through a Mediator. But where could a Mediator be found, to interpofe between fuch parties, who would not either have been too high, or elfe too low, in refpecr ofone of the parties at variance ? man or an· gel would have been too low h1 refpeet: ·of God: and an unvei!'d God would have been too high', in refpeCl: of finful men; unable ' to bear intercoui·fe with fuch heavenly Majefiy.· Wherefore, the Son of God, that he might be·fir to medi2tte .; as he being God equal with the -Father was high enough in refpecr of the party 'offended ; foheconfented to become low enough in refpeB: ofthe party' offendmg by his becoming man. S~c~ndly, It is to be enquired, ' How the covenant was
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