of the Covenant. - 8r Now to apply thefe things to our purpofe~ In the order of the covenant of grace, forafmuch as the hav– ing of , the Spirit mu.fi go before faith, faith b~fore jufiification, jufiification before fanctification, holi- ' nefs before heaven's happinefs ; thefe may be ca11ed ·conJitions in the covenant of grace, to wit, conditi– ,ons of certain connel1i<Jn: and this belongs to the e– fiablifhed order of the prorriifes of the covenant, which . are contradifiinguifhed to the condition of the cove– nant. Howbeit fuch conditions can in no proper fenfe 9e called, the condition or conditions of the eo-, v~nant of grace; more than the buyer's receiving of the 'commodity, can be~ called the condition of the cov~_pant or bargain ~ffale . But the comlition ofthe covehant ofgrace, properly fo called is, Chrifi in the form of·a bond-fervant, as lafi Adam, Reprefentat~ye, ' Kinfman-Redeemer, Surety, and Priefi, his fulfilling all righteoufnefs owing, in virtue of the broken eo- . venant of works, unto God"', by his fpiritual feed, Matth. iii. IS . 'That it becometh us to fulfil all righ– , teoufnefs.' ·For clearing of this purpofe, I iliall, (I.) Evince this to be the condition of the covenant ; (2.)'Ex– plain and unfold that righteoufn~fs, the fulfilling whereof was made the condition of the ~ovenant. · · Firfl, To evince that this is the condition of the c~venant of grace, confider, · · , .firjl, Chrifi's fulfilling all righteoufnefs, as fe– cond Adam, is, what the Father propofed unto hint u the terms oq which his, feed fhould be faved, and, upon which ·he founded his promife of eternal life to be given them ; and not any work or deed of theirs. Ifa. liii. Io. ' When thou ilialt ma'ke his foul an of– fering for fin, hr£hall fee his feed. Ver. I 1. He fhall f~e of the 'travel of his foul, and lhall be fatisfied; by his lmowledge £hall my righteous ftrvant jufiify many; for he !hall bear their iniquities.' Luke xxii . 1o. '_This cup is the New Teftament ill my blood, ,, F ~ · whlch
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