I i 3 Dtfplap of to2totto ewe + Or, lieb. 9. Tefltament is, there mull alfo of neceffity be the 15, i6 Death of the Teflator. 3. Italfodenotes, that he theTeaator hath; or is Invefted with force Elate, and hath a proper Right to difpofe of it ; JefusChrift in this Covenant had all theRiches of Grace and Glorygiven tohim as Mediator. See John i 3. 3. Yefus knowing that the Father hadgiven all things into his Hands, &c. 4. Moreover it denotes, that whatfoever he gives as a Teftator, is of sneer Grace, or of the Good Pleafure of his Will. 5. Alfo it gives a Juft Right to all filch (to whom he bequeaths any Legacies) to what is / given, fo that fuch m *fue out for them as their own. Furthermore it imports the Revelation and Declaration of his Will, Love, and Affeaions toall his Relations and Friends : So did Jefus Chrift, in his Lail Will andTeftament, reveal his Will, Love, and rich Bounty to all God's Elea. Now the Defign of God and Chrift here, in, was. 1. To give, or fuperadd a newTitle toall Believers (as one well obferves) of all Cove, rant Bleilìngs, that we might have all manner of Security imaginable to the Inheritance. 2. Alfo to Ihew the AbfoluteFreeness of the Conveyance of all Covenant Grants, and Bleff fangs to Believers. 3. And more direaly to the purpofe in hand, Jefus Chrift came under this Relation td ratifieand confirm the Covenant of Peace, and our
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