6. The la.£1: difference is in the Mediator·; c.M'O- ; It bath~ bet.. fes·was the Mediator ofrhe Old.Te.fiatnent,that •. ter Medtator. , 1 • • h h d l d . . h . · - .. · ts, 1t was et at ec are tt, tt was e agame , ., thatwasthe~xe~ution~rof;butwehaveaHigh : Pritjl that liath obtained amoreexcellent office:~ in tU muc/J as he uthe Mediator ofabetter reftament; that is, nowchrift is the Mediator oftheCove– nant;itis he that declares the Covenant; And,. fecondly ;-it is hethatby the in tervemionof a cer– taine Compatt, of cenainp Articles of agree– ment,hath reconciled rhedifagreeing parties, he bath gone between them,asit were,and hath un– dertaken for both fides; he harh undertaken on· , Gods part, thefe and thefe ~hings fhall be done, all his promifes are Yea , and Amen in him : and againe, hehat~ - undertaken on our part to give fatisfattionby his death, and likewifetomake us obcdieot to his Father :This he doth, this is tobeaMediator ofrhe Covenant.. l wi1l fiand . no longeron this : I come briefly to-make fome ufe of it, and leave the other- foure things (that is, With whom this Covenant is made; .. Howaman£hall know whether hebe within the Covenant;When this Covenantis broken;and · The reafonwhy God will make this Covenant with men;)to another occafion. · · P(e I• Now this Ufe we will make ofir: Fir!t, we The·goodnes · may confider henc~ the great good neffe of God, . :a~:~c:~e. ·that he is 'Yilling to ·enter into, Covenantwith namwjch . mortal I men. My Btloved,it is a thing chat is maq. . not·filffidently conftdered of us; how great a l mercy it is-, that the glorious God of Heaven _ _ and
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