the ftc-ond Head. . 75 J otii1 i. I 2. So the original expreffion plainly carries it, !fa. lvi. 4, 6. 'That fa.flen in my tovenant.In which phrafeology the correlate word, Hand .(exp~efi Gen. xxi. 18.) is underHood; q. d . That faflen (their hand,) in my covenant; that is to fiq, ' w-ho by the hand ofbith, take faH hold of my 'covenant,' as Adonijah di_d of the horns of lhe a,ltar, 1 Kings i. 50. wherein , the fame manner of expreffion is uled. And this you do, by taking hold ofChrill: in the free promile of the golpel ; believing that he is held forth to you in par- ·, 1 ticular, .confiding and trufiir1g in him as your Savi– our,- for your falvation from fin and wrath , upon the ground of God's faithfulnefs in the promife, th at whofoever believeth in him fhal] not perifh, but have eve~·lall:ing life : for he is given for a 'covenant to you, Il.1 ~ xlix. 8. and to receive him is to ' believe on his name,' John i. I 2. This is our making a covenant with God by h1.cri– fice, w~ich is mentioned, Pfalm I. 5· The original expreffion is, ' ,That cut my covenant upon a facri– fice ;' namely, by laying their hands, in faith, on the head of the facrifice, thereupon cut down in their fiead : and fo, ceremonially transferring their guilt on the facrifice; but really and fpiritually, approving of the device of falvation by a crucified Saviour, and fal – ling in with it as the method of falvation for ' them. In this way of cove·nanting, the free grace ofthe .co– venant is preferved pure and entire : For ' to him that wotketh not, but believeth on him that jufiifieth the ·ungodly, his faith is counted for · righteoufr1efs,' Rom. iv. _s. Here the honour of foie undertaker and Party-contraB:er in the covenant, is according to the Father's appointment, _left to Chrifi: the One that is mighty, Pfal. lxxxix. 19. Here the fecond Adam builds the temple, without our I'aying one. Hone therein, in ~ur own perfoh~; even as the firfi: Adam laid it in ~uins, without our pulling down of one Hone of ir, m our own perfons : and Chrifl bears the perfonal glory
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