74 Cafes of the en, Covenant. Covenant. So his Exhibition in the flefh, his work of Me- diation thereinwith our deliverance thereby, was the fub- jeS of that firfi Promife, which virtually contained this whole Covenant. So he was of the Renovation of it unto Abraham when it was folemnly confirmed by the Oath of God, Gai. 3. Y 6, 17. And Chrift did not by his Death pro- cure the promife of his Death, nor of his Exhibition in the flefh, or his coming into theWorld, that he might dye. 2. The making of this Covenant is every where in the Scri- pture afcribed ( as is alto the fending of Chrift himfelf to dye) unto the L ove, Grace and Wifdom of God alone ; no where unto the Death of Chrifi, as the aéival Communicati- on of all Grace and Glory are. Let all the places be confi- dered, where either the giving of the Promije, the fending of Chrift, or the making of the Covenant are mentioned, either exprefly or virtually, and in none of them are they aligned unto any other caufe, but the Grace, Love, and Wifdom of God alone, alito be made effeftual unto . us, by the Mediation of Chrifi. ;.. The affignation of the foie end of the Death of Chrift to be the procurement of the new Covenant in the fence con- tended for , doth indeed evacuate all the vertue of the Death of Chrift and of the Covenant it felf For (: z) the Covenant which they intend,, is nothing but the Confl'itutiom and propofal of new Terms and Conditions for life and fàl- vation unto all men. Now whereas the acceptance and ac complifhment of thefe conditions, depend upon the Wills of men no way determined by effettual . Graces. it was poífible that notwithfianding all Chrift did by his Death, yet no one Sinner might be faved thereby, but that the whole end and defign of God therein might be frufirate. (2 ) Whereas the advantage of thefe conditions lieth herein,. that God will now for the fake of Chrifi, accept of an Obedience,.. inferior unto that required, in the Law, and fo as, that the, Grace
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