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A57966	The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the soveraignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...	Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661.	1655 (1655)	Wing R2374; ESTC R20879	369,430	394

condition of justifying faith laying hold on him who justifies the ungodly is required of us in our Covenant There is no such condition required of Christ in his Covenant of suretyship The faith of Christ is the faith of dependency but not as a condition of the Covenant of suretyship but in another account Q. But is it not hard that Christ is in one Covenant and beleevers in another It s not hard when the Lord Christs Covenant and our Covenant cannot be separated and when Christs room in the Covenant of Redemption is to be the designed person Covenanting who undertakes for us as the surety witnesse and Angel or Messenger of the New Covenant who makes sure our Writs makes valid and strong our Charters Rights and Evidences of our Inheritance Q. How is it that the promises are made to Christ as to the seed Gal. 3.16 Ans. Our Divines Beza Piscator Deodati the English Divines in their Annotations expound the Seed Christ of Christ Mystical as the Church the body 1 Cor. 12.12 is called Christ. Judicious Pareus saith that the Apostle expounds the Seed not collectivelie of many and of all the posterity of Abraham but individuallie of one Christ from whom flowes to the beleevers not so much the corporall blessing as the spirituall that is righteousnesse and eternall life And so saith he the Apostle saith that this blessing or the inheritance is given to Abraham and believers not by the Law that is by no merit in Abraham but by the promise and by faith in Christ. Among Papists Liranus the promises are made to the seed scilicet Christo in quo impletae sunt non in alio ideo dicitur semini in singulari numero that is to Christ in whom the promises are fulfilled and in none other therefore it is said to the seed in the singular number So also Cajetan Semini autem ejus tanquam cui promissa sunt in quo adimplenda erant promissa Corn. à lapide If the word seed semen were taken collectively the promise could not stand for its sure all the Jews were not blessed in the seed Yea many of them saith Calvin were a curse Estius saith the word seed is a collective name and notteth many and hath not in the Hebrew the Plurall Number Augustine saith he will have all Christians following the faith of Abraham to be here noted for they are that seed to which the promise is made whereas Christ is properly he in whom the promise is to be fulfilled and in whom all are one by faith and all are reduced to the Singular Number There is no reason to expound the Seed Christ of Mysticall Christ and of his Seed 1. Because the Seed is he in whom the Nations are blessed both Jews and Gentiles v. 14. And the Seed made a curse for us v. 13. But this seed is only Christ not mysticall Christ head and members for neither are we blessed in Christ mysticall nor was Christ mysticall the Church made a curse for us Nor did the Church mysticall pay a price of satisfaction to offended justice for us v. 19. The word seed seems to have the same signification v. 16. and v. 19. Consider then v. 19. Wherefore then serveth the Law It was added because of transgressions untill the seed come to whom the promise was made Now the seed coming is Christ coming in the flesh to take on our nature If the seed were taken for Christ mysticall the Apostle must say The Law was added because of transgression untill the seed should come that is untill Christ mysticall his Church should come in the flesh which is non-sense 3. Whether the promise be of Canaan and of life eternall thereby holden forth Or of Christ to come of Abraham in whom all flesh shall be blessed or of righteousnesse by faith not by the works of the Law Or of all these coming under the name of the inheritance the promise is made to many in number like the Stars For the Lamb and the hundreth fourty and four thousands standing with him on Mount Zion and the thousands of thousands which none can number Rev. 7.9 are many and may well be called seeds And though they be all one in Christ yet the Apostle must speak too ambiguously when he said The promise of righteousnesse and life is made to the seed that is to Christ head and members for the promise is so made to Christ especially of life pardon righteousnesse as the blessings promised are fulfilled given through for Christ as the only meritorious cause as all grant which way the promises are in no sense made to believers who cannot come in as joint satisfiers with Christ as joint meritorious procurers with Christ of the blessings promised to us 4. The promise is made to the seed coming in the flesh and assuming our nature in a personal union v. 19. as is by confession of all expounded Now this restricts the promise to God incarnate and must exclude the members 5. It runs most connaturally to the Text and comfortably to us if neither Christ Gal. 3.16 be understood as a private man the Sonne of Mary nor yet as Christ mysticall as 1 Cor. 12.12 But as Christ a publike person and Head and Lord-Mediator 1. He represents all the Elect and so the word seed is taken individually He takes all the promises and the weight of the whole Covenant of Grace and Covenant-promises off the Lords hand as the second Adam representing all the Family and House Behold I and the children that God hath given me As the weight of the Covenant of Works and of the promises thereof was upon the first Adam as he should manage these promises so should it fare ill or well with all his seed And so as Christ having the Gospel and Covenant-promises committed to him so should it be with us and this Tutor cannot miscarry and so shall it be well with the Pupils and Minors Were it no more but that Joh. 14.19 Because I live ye shall live also ye shall live by promise the free promise of life eternall it s no small vantage 2. The promises are laid down in Christ as in a publike Lord-Keeper Christ is that excellent Ark in which are the Tables of the Covenant and the Book of the Law and Covenant Deut. 31.26 1 King 8.9 and as the first subject of the promises he keepeth them Yea and Christ is the fountain and originall cause of all the promises for he merited by his blood remission righteousnesse perseverance eternall life all grace which the Lord makes ours by free promise 2. In Christ they are made and published to us so they are dear mercies to Christ they stand Christ at a dear rate they are ours freely for no price or hire 3. Hence nothing hinders but the promises as made to Christ the first Heir and Son of promise for Christ is the chief and principall thing promised and other things

break and the smoaking flax shall he not quench He was most compassionate to sinners inviting them to come Mat. 11.28 29. crying and shouting with a loud voice to the thirsty Joh. 7.37 journeyed from heaven to seek and to save the lost Luk. 19.10 came to serve them with his heart blood Mat. 20.28 his bowels were turned with compassion to perishing souls that wanted the feeding Pastors Mat. 9.36 He sighed deeply in his Spirit at the perverse unbeleef of his deadly enemies the Pharisees Mar. 8.12 wept and shed tears at the foreseen destruction of Jerusalem Mat. 23.37 Luk. 19.41 42. and yet that City slew him Loved as the tender Physician to be much in company with sick sinners Mat. 9.11 12. Luk. 15.1 2 3. Luk. 19.1 2 3 9 10. O what rejoicing when he layes the lost sheep on his shoulder Luk. 15.5 When v. 20. he sees the home-coming sinner he ran fell on his neck and had compassion upon him and kissed him and made a feast and sang and danced for joy There is no humility like his to wash the feet of his servants there is no patience like his who when he was reviled reviled not again when he suffered he threatned not but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously 1 Pet. 2.23 As a lamb dumb before the sh●arer Isa. 53. How gaining of souls was he who preached in the Temple in the Synagogues in the Villages in the Ship at the Sea side at every Table he came to at every Feast at every confluence of people at every way side and stood still and talked with a woman and wanted his dinner upon that occasion And thought he dined well when he gained to the Lord the soul of a woman and of them of Samaria who hated him and refused to lodge him How faithfull and free in rebuking the Pharisees and Rulers and in declaring the truth of the Gospel that he was the Son of God though they attempted to stone him for his free Teaching None mortified to honour as he that refused to be a King Joh. 6.15 and was willing to be worse lodged then birds and foxes Mat. 8.20 and being rich for our cause became poor 2 Cor. 8.9 and endured the crosse despised the shame suffered the contradiction of sinners Heb. 12. and did run and fainted not And was he not a patern of love who laid down his life for his friends Joh. 15.10 even when we were enemies Rom. 5.10 He pleased not himself Rom. 15.3 honoured his Father Joh. 8. sought not his own glory v. 49.50 and saith true Job 5.30 I seek not mine own will but the will of him that sent me Joh. 8.29 I do alwayes these things that please him He faithfully expounded the Law Mat. 5. refuted heresies Mat. 22. glorified God with his miracles he was subject to his Parents Luk. 2.51 payed tribute to the Prince himself Mat. 17.27 and taught others to obey lawfull Governours Mat. 22.21 would not usurpe the place of a Judge Luk. 12. v. 13 14. and witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate 1 Tim. 6.13 and was for that cause born and for that end came he into the world that he might bear witnesse unto the truth Joh. 18.37 none so self-denied he pleased not himself sought not his own glory nor his own ease nor his own will but submitted to the will of God In all which we are 1. to look upon Christ who went about do●ing good Act. 10. as one who 1. was Covenant-wise designed of God and anointed with the Holy Ghost and power to do what he did and to be what he was for our good and it s much for the establishing of our faith that Christ was all this for our salvations sake by counsell and Covenant These gracious qualifications Christ-God undertook to have for our good and they were not given to Christ as personall and proper for himself but as head for we may here distinguish the grace of the person and the grace of head-ship though they must not be divided But as the light and heat of the Sun is not if we may so speak private or personall for the Sun it self but for the earth and all that live and grow out of the earth that need the influences of the Sun and have eyes to injoy the light thereof The water of the fountain is not for that hole or cave of the earth from whence the fountain doth issue but it is very often to 〈◊〉 in strea●● to be a river for the use of the whole land All these excellencies and graces are in Christ not as his to speak so personall induements but as the publick treasure that we may receive of his fulnesse We should think it a strange exorbitancy in nature if all the trees flowers herbs on earth should refuse to receive influences and growing from the Sun and deny to be oblidged to the Sun for light and heat and our unwillingnesse to receive from Christ the publick grace that is made his by Covenant when a publick con●ignation by compact is made for our good proclaims our unbeleef and our wicked estrangement from Christ as if we had said let Christ be gracious for Christ only I shall not be his debt●r Nor is it from the naturall connexion between head and members or because simply Christ is man as we are though the humanity be ground thereof nor is it because Christ simply is anointed with the fulnesse of the Spirit for he is head of the body and Lord Generall Captain of his people no● by nature only not because of grace simply but by Covenant-purchase Rom. 14.9 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For this end Christ both died and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living There 's a Covenant between the Father and the Son that Christ should die not simply but for and in the name of the heirs of glory such as are designed friends for his dying is a relative and a legall binding and buying by Covenant of so many certain persons and upon this he is made Head and Prince and exalted to give of his fulnesse to give repentance and forgivenesse of sins to the house of Israel Act. 5.30 31. Ah! how do we love to be behold●● to nature to self for Heathen and Pagan vertues by education and morall exercise which is but wild corn and we se● not how unwilling we are to trade with Christ or to buy from him fine gold yet it was given to him without measure as to the universall fountain and head for all his 2. All these are in Christ that he should be a living coppie which we must follow And he is a more lively example then the Gospel it self for Christ is the acted Gospel And if ye look on Christ loving beleeving hoping praying there comes more life and warmnesse from his actions then from the word when we consider that as God would have the