290 EL E G T. by him, becaufe the Creation was a joint Effe& of that Will, which, though it exift in the three Perfons, is uni form and confentaneous. The whole Trinity purpofed that it fhouid be fo. And when the SPIRIT ofGODmoved or flowed, or brooded, upon the Face of the Waters ;* what are we to underhand, but the Concurrence of the Third Peafon to the Purpofe and Operation of the Firfi and Second? Thus, in the Redemption, and in the Crea- tion, of Man, we find the whole Trinity exprefling er one Approbation of their refpective Energies or Per-, formances, refulting from their primmval Covenant ; pronouncing, in the one Cafe, that all was good, and implying, in the other, that all was gracious. The everlalling Sou willed and delighted in the Choice of the FATHER, who delegated him to be the Author of eternal Salvation to thole that believe ; anti was therefore the ELECT GuE, in whom his Soul delighted. Thefe were given him of his FATHER, as Members of his myftical Body, for whom he fhould unite himfelf to the human Nature, and for whofe Sake alone he would be contented to endure, what they muff otherwife have endured ; and to do, what they could never have done viz. fatisfy the Juftice, and perform the Law, of their Creator. Thus he became their fcederal Head and Re- prefentative; fo that whatever he did, and whatever he fuffered, became as much their own in Him, as if they had done and fuffered all then-delves. He fuftained their Nature, their Work, their Punifhment, and their Per- fons. They received his Nature, his Merit, his Purifi- cation, and became united to his Perlon. " In Hine. they are gathered together in one, or, more properly,fum- med up ; and are really, through Union with Him, cru- cified with Him, and entered into Heaven with Him, their Forerunner, who there appears adorned with their Names, as fo many precious Stones, upon his Breaft, as well as borne upon his Shoulder, in all his Undertakings' for them. Hence we are laid to belayed to the Lord, and Gen. i. 2. preferve4
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