288 EL EC T. EL E C T. THE Redeemer bears this Title for two RefpeEs. Firíl; becaufe He was chofen and appointed by the Father, before all Worlds, in the Covenant ofGrace, for the Work ofMan's Salvation : And, fecondly, be- caufe all the People, or Church, of GOD are eleéted to the, Participationof Life eternal in 1-Iim, who is the Head over all Things * unto them. He being the Head, and they the Members ; there is a Wifdom of Defign, a Love in Ele6tion, a Completenefs ofFormation, in every conftituent Part of that glorious Fabric, in which GOD will dwell, as in his peculiar Temple, to all Eternity. t Thus the Prophet points him out, when fpeaking, by the Spirit of GOD, to thofe who waited for Salvation in Zion. Behold (fays the LORD) my SERVANTwhom I up- bold, mine ELECT in whommy Soul delighteth : I haveput my SPIRIT upon him; he Jhall bring forth Judgement to the Gentiles4 An infallible Expofitor applied this Text to refus, when he faw the mighty Works which he performed, and became a Witnefs of the Grace and Truth, which ran through all his Actions, and of the Dignity and Love, which diétated, as well as guarded, all his incomparable Words. § Greater Witnefs than that of an Apoftle did he alto receive, when he began to * Eph. i. zz. t Eph. ii. zz. Ifaiah xlii, t. § Matt. xü, 48. publifh
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