efir Otfplap of Stozio tO emcc i fprang, and he is the Foundation upon which ga.28. 6. ` it is grounded ; Behold, I fay, in Zion, for a Foundation, a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious corner Stone, a fure Foundation, &c. God fixt his Eye onChrift, and entered into Covenant with him, he is the Foundation Stone of this Covenant ; had there not been a Mediator found, there had been no Covenant of Peace ever made, nor any Redemption for poor Sinners. 2. When it was firft revealed, it was ex- oen.3.15. prèíièdby his Perfon, viz. The Seedof the Wo- man, nothing elfe is mentioned there, yet this contains the firft Revelation of this Cove- nant to Fallen Man : Andwhat was the Cove- nant of Grace as revealed to Abraham, but Je- Ge; ÿ2a3, fus "Christ ; In thy Seed (hall all the Kindreds of the Earth be BlefJ`éd. Thus Chrift is reprefent- ed as the Sum of the Covenant, 3. Chrift is the Covenant primarily (as the fame Authornotes) andby Propriety ; ` As Fire is hot for it felf, and all things hot for it, and by participation With Chrift the Co- ` venant was made as the chief Party ; with d Believers it was made in Subordination to him ; with him it was made at firft Rant, with us at fecond Hand. Now, Brethren, this certainly is true,' therefore all Promifes were made firft toCliriff, and firft fulfilledtó him, and all A&fs of God's Love terminate firft uponhim, and come tous through him, 1.6. Who bais made us accepted in the Beloved': Had not God's Love been fixt firft on him as Me- diator, it had never run out to us ; all Co- venan r
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