L E C T. 291 pre/rued 1x Jefus Cbriß, as well as Paved by Him. In Quality of Mediator, He ítands as the colletlive Body of all the EIehh ; and, therefore, in f.ving them, He is faid to fave Himfelf. And hence it is, that, in whatever He did and fuffered as Mediator, the Scope of his Heart eyed his People, as doing their Work therein. And the Lord Jefus is thus the Reprefentative, as GOD's ELECT (for He is the FATHER'S Elected One), in whom the Redeemed were ele&ted before the World began."* From this Title of Chrif, we may learn two Things : I. That an Elect Saviour, . who could fave by his own Power, Wifdom, and Merit, a Multitude of poor Sinners which no Man can number, j muff be a DIVINE Saviour. GODwould not have chufen amere Creature to perform; what no mere Creature can poflïbly perform. 2. That the Number of thofe eleEted in Him is prmdetermined; without any Poffibility, either of Failure, or of Increafe. Upon which Accounts, Grace is faid to be free, that is, independent of Man, who is in his fallen Nature a Slave to Sin and Satan, and can never become, but through GOD's Will and Power, the Servant of Holi- nefs and of Chr. Unfpeakable Comfort is to be derived from thefirft of thefe Confiderations. Jefus, who faves, is Jehovah, who lives, and will live for ever. Eternal Efficacy fup- ports his Salvation, and eternal Duration carries it on, with Perfeflion and Glory. What Chrift was chofen to do, he did unalterably, inimitably, and completely. The Wifdom of GOD is magnified in his Eleecion ; becaufe the Work of GOD is wholly accompliíhed by his Power, and becaufe the Attributes of GOD are infinitely dif- played by his Righteoufnefs and Sufferings. The fecond Reflection alto affords an inexhauflible Fund of Hope and Joy. For, fince the Believer finds within himfelf the Token of his Elution to Life, and the Pledge of his Saviour's Love ; he may be affured, that the Decree, which is gone forth, is more unaltcr- * Fide DOREST on Salvation, p. 75. zd Edit. U 2 t Rev. vii. 9. able
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