. of the Covenant. : Q7 the former : and fo the reward is, in part, of debt unto him, as well as to the furety. The application hereof to the cafe in hand is obvious. The fum of the matter lies here : If Chrifi did, in the covenant, become furety in way of caution for his people's per~ for~ing fame deed ; the performing of the condition of the covenant, properly fo called, is divided betwixt ChrHl: and them, however unequal their !hares are : and if the performing of the condition is ·divided be– ·twixt Chrifi and them; fo far as their part of the performance goes~ the reward is of debt to them, ·which obfcures the grac6 of the cove~ant~ · Secondly, According ·to the Scripture, the eleCt's believing, repenting, and flncere obedience, do be- .long to the promiilbry part of the covenant; if we confidered them in their original fituation, they are bC::ndi.ts promifed in the covenant, by God, unto Chrifi the Surety, as a reward of his fulfilling the condition of the covenant~ And fa · they are, by the unchangeable trut~ of God, and his exalt jufiice, .in– fun~d beyond all po!Iibility of failure. Pfalm xxii 27. ' All the cl1ds of the world !hall remember and turn ·Unto the Lord. Ver. 30. A feed ihall ferve him. Ver. 31. They fh~ll come, and !hall declare his righteoufnefs unto a people that tball be born.' Pf.1l. c~. 3· ' Thy people !hall be willing in the day of thy power.' See lf:'l. liii. 10. with ver. I. Ezek. - xxxvi. 26, 27, 3r. Heb. viii. 10, 11 . If it be afked, To whom are thefe promifes .made, and the promifes of the like nature through the Bible ? 'Tis evident, thatfeveral ofthem are made to Chrifi exprefly, and the Apofile ~nfwers as to them all, Gal. iii. 16. ' To Abraham and his feed were the promifes made~ ---To thy feed, which is Chrifi.' And whereas • · there are found promifes wherein Chfi!l: l~imfel f is the undertaker, as John vi. 37. ' All th~lt rhe Father , giveth me, lhall cot:ne to me ;' they are nor to be ta– ~en 'for Chrifi's engaging to his Father, as Cautioner .E 3 for
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