56 The Nature of Chrift's Suretifhip. In our prefent enquiry into the nature of this Suretifhip of Chrift, the whole will be refolved into this one queftion, namely, whether the Lord Chrifi was made a Surety only on the part of God unto ur, to affizre us , that the Promife of the Covenant on his part fl.ould be accomplifhed; or alto and principally an undertaker on our part, for the perfor- mance of what is required, if not of us, yet with refpeer unto us, that the Promife may be accomplifhed. The firft of there is vehemently aflérted by the Socinians, who are fol - lowed by Grotius and Hammond in their Annotations on this place. The words of Schlií`lingiuc are, Sponf r fcederh appellatur yefirs, quod nomine Dei nobis fpoponderit, id of fidem feeerit, Deum fiederis promifflones f rvaturum. Non vero quay pro r. obis f oponderit Deo, not rorumve debitorum folutionem in fi receperit. Nec enim nos mi%gmua Chriflum fed Deus, cujus no- mine Chriuc ad nos venit, fcedus nobifeum panxit, ejufq; pro- mi tones ratas fore f opondit & in fi recepit ; ideoque nec fpon- for (impliciter , fed frderisfonfor nominator ; f popondit auteur Chrif us pro frderis divini veritate, non tantum quatenus id fir - mum ratumq; fire verbis perpetuo tef atus of ; fed etiam pate- nus muneris fui fadem, maximis rerum ipfarum cor4probavit Do- cumentir, cum perfeela vitae innocentia & Sanc`litate, cum divinis plane que patravit operibus; cum mortis adeo truculente, quam pro Da Trine fie veritate frbijt, perpej zone. After which he f'abjoyns a long Difcourfe about the Evidences which we have of the veracity of Chrift. And herein we have a brief account of their whole Opinion concerning the Mediation of Chrift. The words of Grotius are ; fopondit Chrif us, ï. e. Nos certos Pronrif zfecit, non fi lis verbis, fed perpetua vite Sand itate, morte ob id tolerata & miraculis plarimis ; which are an Abridgment of the Difcourfe of Schlidlingius. To the fame purpofe Dr. Hammond expounds it, that he was Sponfor or Surety for God unto the confirmation of the Promifes of the Covenant. On
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