CHAP. 14. Mr. Baxter's fenfe of cbr f's Sur yshipe examined. to; a. King. z Eat. 36. 8. o(ì. a Hence ii11v.. arrabon, a pledge 3 j3 7: 3. Gen. 38: 17:zo. & ,v_ fidejuffion, fponfio , pignut , furetiship, & a pledge. I Sam. 17:1S. e king. a4: 14. This ord then denoteth the Conjundtion & Mixture , that is betweena Surety, & him for whom he is Surety ; for the word fignifieth to mix or mingle together, fo that they become hereby one perfon in Law; & an engaging. 3er. 3o: zr. to Phew , that the Surety flan - deth engaged to performe what he hath promifed , & become Surety for, having now ftricken hands , as it is rendered Prey. zz: 26. Whence we fee that there is a neer and clots Union betwixt Chrift and Beleevers; fo as they ( to fpeak fo ) become one perfon in Law : for a Sponfor , as fuch , ftandeth engaged with and for the debtor as if they were both but one ; for the Su- rety maketh himfelfthe debtor ; & the Creditor may purfue either of them for payment , and when payment is made by the one , both are free of the obligation : fo that if the Surety pay the debt , the creditor cannot reach the Principal debtor. Thefe things are clear and univerfally known and re- ceived. And hereby , we fee hew Chrift , being a Surety , and Beleevers become one perfon , in Law-fenfe ; fo that as He did voluntarily engage for them , and put Himfelf in their Law place ; fo His payment and Satisfaction is accounted theirs , and juftice cannot reach them , for that , which He, as their Surety , hath paid. But Mr. Baxter , in his book ag. DoEt. Tully. rag. IoS. in anfwere to the firft objeEtion , which he there moveth , tels us , That when aril! is thus cal- led the fideju for ofa better Covenant , it feemeth plaine , that it is God's Covenant, as fuch; and jo God' s fponfor, that is meant. And for this hecitethGnaw & D.1 Hamrnond, in their Annot. íinf. This is the very farne anfwere , that S®- cinians give, with whom both Grotius & Ham-nand do too well agree : and it is not much for Mr. Baxter's honour, nor for the credite of his caufe, that he will forfake all The Orthodox , and embrace rather the Socinians , & fuch , as joine with them , than abandon what he thinketh contributive to his Hi pothefis. Whether Chrift was at all a Surety, upon God's part, or not, needeth not here be difcuí %d ; force Orthodox being of the judgment, that He was, as we fee in Mr. Gillefpie's late Piece Chap. zr. others thin- king , that He was not , as may be Peen in D. Otven's book of the Dottrineof juftificacion by faith. It is Sufficient againft Mr. Baxter & the Socinians, to prove , that He was a Surety and Sponfor for man to.God; & this is aboun- dandy made good by what both thefe forementioned Authors have laid , in the books mentioned that more needeth not be added. But what doth Mr. Baxter mean by God's Covenant? He can meane nothing here, but God's part of the Covenant; & fo make Chrift only a Surety for that part. But what ground is there for this in the Text, or context ? The Apoftle is pro- ving, that Chrilt's Priefthood ( which refpedteth not God towards man, but man towards God; for every Prieft is ordained for men in things to God, that he may offer both gifts and Sacrifices for fin Hob. g: 1.) is more excel- lent than the leviticajiHe being made a Prieft by oath,& a Surety of a better Covenant,i. 7V r F4701, 82 therefore his furetifhip &HisPriefthood mutt both re- fpe tmen , & the things of men to God; or the one should not be a fitMedium h to
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