in tht, Covenant ofGrace. 49 13:and iV'. 6.- Howbeit, fuch a one might refufe to do the kinfman's part; as Ruth's kinfman-redeemer did - who refig'ned his right to Boaz, and in token thereof, .drew offhis own !hoe; and gave it him, Ruth iv. 6, 7,8. Now Chrifi, the fecond Adam, faw finners, his ru· _ined kinfmeri, quite unable to aB: for themfe1.ves. Not 1 one of them all was able to redeem him(df, and far lefs his brother. Withal, the angels, bear a~kin to · them in the ratienal world, dudl: not meddle with the redemption, being fure they could not have miffed to '• mar their own inheritance thereby,' nor have deliver- , ed their poor kinfinan neither. If he fhould have de– clined it, and drawn off his fuoe to them, or to any other of the whole ' creation; there was none wh~ · du.rfi have v'entured to receive it, or put his foot in it. ' I looked,faith he, and there was none to help; and I wondred that there was· none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought falvation,' Ifa. lxiii. 5. He took on himfelf the charaCter of their kinfman -re· · deemer; and ofhimas fuch, 1ob fpeaks in the fore~ cited paifage, which I have conceive to be thus ex– prdfed in the original. 'Iknow, my kinfman-redeemer liveth: arsd the latter one, he lhall fiand upon the dufi.' In which words Job comforts himfelfwith a view of Chrijl, as his Kii1fmanuredeemer living, living even in his , day, in refpect of his Divine nature; and as the latter or fecond one (in oppofition to the former or fidl:, Exod. iv. 8, 9· Deut. xxiv. 3, 4·) l)amely, the l~tter or fecond Adam Rede-emer, in oppofition to the former or firfi AdamDeflroycr : firmly believing, tpat the one, united to himfelf a human nature, {hould as · fure fiand up upon the du£1: of the earth, ~nd do the kinfman's part for him ; as -the other, having the ~reath of life breathed into his nofi.rils,'llood ~p .upon ' tt, and ruined all. . ., Now there were four things, the kinfman·redeemer was to do fox his kinfman unable to aa for himfelf; D 2 aU
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