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A42773	The ark of the covenant opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of redemption between God and Christ, as the foundation of the covenant of grace the second part, wherein is proved, that there is such a covenant, the necessity of it, the nature, properties, parties thereof, the tenor, articles, subject-matter of redemption, the commands, conditions, and promises annexed, the harmony of the covenant of reconciliation made with sinners, wherein they agree, wherein they differ, grounds of comfort from the covenant of suretiship / written by a minister of the New Testament.	Gillespie, Patrick, 1617-1675.	1677 (1677)	Wing G766; ESTC R3490	407,671	492

man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the Cross Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name There is a reciprocation of Covenant-performances 5. There is betwixt Jehovah and Christ asking and giving the Father asketh a satisfaction to his Justice for the sins of all the Elect Isa 53.10 It pleased the Lord to bruise him he hath put him to grief and the satisfaction which his Father asked was that he should make his soul an offering for sin and Christ yieldeth and giveth the satisfaction which was asked Psal 40.6 Lo I come saith he to do thy will Isa 53.5 But he was wounded for our transgressions and he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Again Christ asketh of his Father a reward and satisfaction for the travel of his Soul in that great work of our Redemption and Salvation And his Father gives it him according to the encouraging-Proposals whereby he had invited him to the undertaking so great a work Psal 2.8 Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession Isa 53.11 He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied Joh. 17.4 5 I have glorified thee on earth I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do And now O father glorifie thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was This kind of asking and giving on both sides amounteth to a formal explicite Covenant here is emptio venditio which is a Covenant strictly so called 6. There is betwixt Jehovah and Christ work and wages there is working propounded upon the one part and undertaken upon the other and a reward promised upon the one part and expected upon the other craved upon the one part and payed upon the other and this is a formal Covenant strictly so taken Ad similitudinem contractus inter operarium locatorem operis inter herum servum not unlike the manner of Covenants betwixt the work-man and work-master betwixt the Servant and his Lord. Here is indeed do ut faoias facio ut des I give this upon condition you do that and I do this upon condition you give that I fay there was working and rewarding 'twixt God and Christ and that by no necessity of nature but by a voluntary compact his work and reward are both propounded to him Isa 53.11 12 He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied by his knowledg shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquity Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto death and he was numbred with the transgressours and he bare the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressours And 49.3 6 And said unto me Thou art my servant O Israel in whom I will be glorified And he said it is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou maist be my salvation unto the end of the earth And agreed unto by him Joh. 10.17 Therefore doth my father love me because I lay down my life that I might take it again Heb. 10.7 Then said I lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God Therefore we find upon the one part and the other God promising a reward and Christ expecting it Isa 53.12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great with Isa 49.4 Surely my judgment is with the Lord and my work with my God Again we find God proposing the reward for Christ's encouragement in so hard a work and Christ eying the reward under all discouragements Psal 110.7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up the head with Heb. 12.2 Looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God We find also Christ craving his reward and challenging it as due to him Joh. 17.4 I have glorified thee on earth I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do And his Father paying the promised reward Phil. 2.8 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him c. The fourth Proof of a Covenant betwixt Jehovah and Christ I take from the Offices Imployments Trusts Powers Authorities and Relations which Christ did bear and wherewith he was vested for doing the work of his peoples Redemption All and every of these prove strongly an eternal Covenant and Compact betwixt Jehovah and Christ I put these together that the proofs may be more ponderous than numerous I shall therefore 1. Reckon up some particulars that fall under this head each whereof might afford a particular proof and then draw an argument from them 1. His Offices and Employments Christ is Lord Mediator of the New Covenant Heb. 8.6 9.15 He is Lord Ambassador and Messenger of the Covenant Mal. 3.1 He is the Lord's Shepherd and his Servant in the work of Redemption Zech. 13.7 Isa 42.1 Not by nature but by condescension and agreement to be in these employments Christ Mediator is a King not by nature but by Covenant and Agreement he receives a dispensatory Kingdom Psal 2.6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill Zion Act. 2.36 God hath made the same Jesus both Lord and Christ Heb. 1.2 whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds Psal 89.27 Also I will make him my first born higher than the kings of the earth Christ is a Prophet and a Teacher of his people not by nature but by appointment Act. 3.22 For Moses truly said unto the Fathers a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you Isa 55.4 Behold I have given him for a witness to the people Christ is a Priest not by nature but by divine appointment and that in the way of agreement and consent Heb. 5.4 5 6 And no man taketh this honour unto himself but he that is called of God as was Aaron So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest but he that said unto him Thou art my Son to day have I begotten thee As he saith also in another place Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec And 7.21 The Lord sware and will not repent thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec 2. The like I say of the

universal is his Suretiship that it reacheth all possible emergent transgressions of his people upon whatsoever occasion Jer. 3.5 Will he reserve his anger for ever will he keep it to the end behold thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest Jer. 31.37 Thus saith the Lord if heaven above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done saith the Lord. Heb. 7.25 Wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost 7. Among men the Surety being by a Legal substitution the Debtor the broken man he pays the Debt Jo. Calv. lex jurid p. 362. Fide jussores a pretis ita disserint quod hi sue proprio morbe laborant illi vero alieno tenentur c. but doth not yea cannot take away the blot evil sin and unjustice of the Debtors breach of Covenant of his borrowing and not paying again but still the Debtor when the Law is satisfied and the Debt payed he remains the unjust man carrying the blot of a person who violated his Covenant in borrowing and not paying again but Christ is a Surety who doth not only by paying the Debt remove the punishment due unto the Debtor for his unjustice but he removeth also the blot and the evil of sin by infusing inherent righteousness and holiness by expelling of sin out of its subject and introducing the contrary form to wit the habit of grace which no other Surety but he can do Tit. 2.14 Who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works 1 Cor. 6.11 And such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God 1 Cor. 1.30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption 8. Among men Justin ubi supra si quid autem fide jussor pro reo solverit ejusrecuperandi causa habet cum to mandati judicium the Surety hath repetition of the Debt payed and whatsoever satisfaction he hath made to the Creditor he is allowed repetition of that from the Debtor but Jesus the Surety of this Covenant hath no repetition of the satisfaction made by him for his people nay he never intended nor demanded any such satisfaction to be made to him by us as he made to God for us all the satisfaction desired by him from us is to accept of his free discharge and to thank him for it Isa 53.11 He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied by his knowledg shall my righteous servant justific many for he shall bear their iniquities Who ever heard of such a Surety who payeth Debt and seeks no repetition of it no restitution of his losses but to thank him for it and not to frustrate the grace of God which he intendeth to make conspicuous in his free gift of his own satisfaction 2 Cor. 5.14 15 For the love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judg that if one died for all then were all dead Add that he died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him which died for them and arose again Gal. 2.20 21 And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me I do not frustrate the grace of God for if righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vain 9. Among men usually the broken Debtors name stands still in the bond even after the responsal Surety hath intervened but here Jesus the Surety of the new Covenant when he put in his own name he puts out our names that the Law might reach him and might not at all reach us except in fo far as it is annexed to the new Covenant and established in the hands of a Mediator which hath no likeness to the old bloody bond he wrote himself the sinner Legally and wrote us the righteous persons 2 Cor. 5.21 For he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him Jer. 50.20 In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquitie of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve 10. Among men the Surety hath a bond of relief from the Debtor to keep him harmless of all that may follow upon his obligation and undertaking as Surety but it is far otherwise in this Covenant for here the Surety hath no bond of relief from the Debtor but he hath a bond of relief from the Creditor Christ had his fathers bond of relief to keep him harmless in that undertaking he had as it were a back-bond that he should not succumb in his undertaking but that when he went into the prison he should come out again with honour and victory and so should be kept harmless from the hurt of the broken mans Debt Read it at length Isa 53.10 11 12 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied by his knowledg shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquities Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto death and he was numbred with the transgressors and he bare the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors Isa 42.1 4 Behold my servant whom I uphold mine elect in whom my soul delighteth I have put my spirit upon him he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in the earth and the Isles shall wait for his law Psal 16.10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption Psal 110 throughout 11. Among men usually the discharging and performance of the Sureties undertaking how willing soever is a burden Sureties after striking hands with the Creditor could willingly desire to be freed from the engagement Prov. 6.1 2 My Son if thou be Surety for thy friend if thou hast stricken hands with a stranger thou art snared with the words of thy mouth thou art taken with the words of thy mouth But it is not so in Christs undertaking who dischargeth his Suretiship as willingly and chearfully as he undertook it Heb. 10.7 Then said I Lo

pleased him since he was no more tyed to Men than to Angels to whom he sent no Saviour when they fell nor hath designed any of the fallen Angels unto Redemption 2 Pet. 2.4 For if God spared not the Angels that sinned but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto the day of Judgment Heb. 2.16 For verily he took not on him the nature of Angels but he took upon him the seed of Abraham It remains therefore that the Covenant of Redemption is an act of soveraignty and freedom upon God's part who designed a Redeemer and upon Christ's part who consented unto the designation 4. This Property of the Covenant of Redemption is further confirmed by the negation and removal of all things contrary to soveraign freedom 1. There was nothing from himself abstracting from his own decrees and love-designs that could trench upon the freedom of this eternal act of his will for there was no necessity of nature upon Jehovah nor upon the Son of God that did determine God to enter in this Covenant as is already cleared 2. There was nothing from without that could trench upon the freedom of this eternal act as nothing could necessarily determine so neither compel nor constrain God to lay such a service upon his own Son Christ nor him to undertake it For 1. This transaction having been from eternity it was a concluded bargain before the creatures had a being Prov. 8.23 I was set up from everlasting from the beginning or ever the earth was 2. Put case they had then had a being what could the being of Men and Angels and all the works of his hands have trenched upon the soveraign freedom of their Makers will and actings for who hath resisted his will hath not the potter power over the clay Rom. 9.19 21. 3. The Father and the Son were not only free from all natural necessity and outward compulsion but also from all hire allurement or motive from any thing without their own will there was nothing in man no not foreseen that could allure or move far less hire the Father to give Christ to engage him in this work nor Christ to engage his name in our bond since he well foresaw what it would cost him It 's true he values his seed as a satisfying return of his travel Isa 53.11 He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied but beside that there is no proportion betwixt his work and this poor wages was man a price for the Lord of glory to work for or was he a reward for him to wrestle for could he be hired for so low a wager if the soveraign freedom of his own will had not acted him Consider I say who gave this price to the Lord did man give himself to the Lord or did the Lord give his elect people to Christ from eternity and afterward he is the first giver also Now there can be no hire given by man to the Lord unless he were the first giver Rom. 11.35 For who hath first given to him and it shall be recompenced to him again 1 Chr. 29.14 Of thine own have we given thee Jer. 30.21 And I will cause him to draw neer and he shall approach unto me for who is he that engageth his heart to approach unto me saith the Lord 2. Another Property of this Covenant is Graciousness it is not only the Covenant transacted with us the Gospel-Covenant that is pure Grace but this also that was transacted betwixt Jehovah and Christ even while it was yet in his purpose and as it was the eternal act of his will is frequently called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Grace and his good pleasure or gracious pleasure Eph. 1.5 6 9. 2 Tim. 1.9 his purpose and grace Now Graciousness is attributed to the Covenant of Redemption in a far other sense than 't is attributed to the Covenant of reconciliation For 1. Graciousness is attributed to the Covenant of Redemption in regard of both Parties transacting it was pure Grace that determined both the Parties and engaged them both the Father to send and the Son to come and this Grace was equally in both the Parties and did shine equally and by way of efficiency in them both Zech. 6.13 The counsel of peace was between them both But graciousness is attributed to the Covenant of reconciliation because of the shining glory and activity of the Grace of God through Jesus Christ that is therein manifested which Grace is in us subjectively and though the acts thereof be ours in a vital formal manner yet it is from God by way of efficiency and it is his Grace not ours from which the Covenant hath its name of Grace Tit. 2.11 1 Tim. 1.14 Eph. 1.6 7. And 2.5 7 8. 1 Cor. 15.10 2. Graciousness is attributed to the Covenant of Reconciliation not only in regard of God's making such a Covenant with us but also in regard of the tenor of that Covenant and whole dispensation the promises conditions and reward therein is all pure Grace as the same is opposed unto and contra-distinguished from works which signifie nothing in that Covenant as it is a Court of Righteousness and Life Eph. 2.8 9 For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God Not of works lest any man should boast But of this Covenant of Redemption Graciousness is a property thereof mainly because of the reasons following but not because the whole tenor thereof as well the conditions as promises were pure Grace considered as such and contra-distinguished from works For though pure Grace made this Covenant of Redemption yet the condition thereof upon both sides were works 1. Christ is a doer and fulfiller of the Covenant of works most exactly in all points both the command and the curse and penalty of the Covenant is satisfied by him this is works and this was the condition required upon his part Heb. 10.7 Then said I lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God Gal. 3.13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law being made a curse for us 2. Christ as a doer and obedient fulfiller of the Law hath a reward in Justice by the promise of this Covenant For I humbly conceive he had his reward of debt and merit having payed a condign price to the Justice of God therefore his reward is due to him by commutative Justice Phil. 2.7 8 But made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of man And being found in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the Cross wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and is craved by him Joh. 17.4 5 I have glorified thee on earth I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do And now O

shall be satisfied c. but more particularly his reward and wages which was all his own asking comprised these three things which speaks these particulars to have been much upon his heart and in his design 1. That he should have a seed and a people that for all his labour he might have a redeemed people when he had his reward and satisfaction at his own asking he made the redeemed ones his end his asking his satisfaction this was the result of his transcendent love that he might be Immunuel God with us that he might enjoy his poor worthless people Isa 53.10 11 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make his Soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the Lord-shall prosper in his hand He shall see of the travel of his Soul and shall be satisfied 2. That he might have a Crown to himself I mean a peculiar glory of being Lord Mediator and Redeemer and of working this great work and this he had in Heaven before the foundation of the world even since the eternal designation and destination of him unto this work for thenceforward he was the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world Rev. 13.8 And was set up from everlasting Prov. 8.23 and was glorified with the Father not only with the essential glory that is common to all the three persons which was obscured in his humiliation for the work of Redemption but also with a peculiar glory as Lord Mediator which he had with him before the world began Joh. 17.5 and this glory he shall have in Heaven throughout eternity even after the last Judgment there shall be in Heaven a peculiar throne and glory following and a peculiar song to the Lamb whereof read Rev. 22.3 and 7.10 17. and 5.9 3. That he might have a crown and throne for each of these redeemed ones whom he took for a satisfaction to his Soul their crown and throne and robes was part of the reward and wages that he wrought for and asked of his Father Joh. 17.24 Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me And 14.3 I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also Luk. 12.32 Fear not little flock for it is your father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom Rev. 3.21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit in my throne with me even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his throne 7. By this Covenant it was agreed betwixt the parties what should be the mutual assurances given betwixt the parties for the performance of the Articles agreed upon There needed no Solemnities betwixt parties who knew one another and trusted one another so perfectly but for our sakes that we might be helped to conceive of this eternal inviolable transaction Therefore upon the one part 1. Jehovah giveth his word and faithful promise unto Christ Psal 110.1 The Lord said to my Lord and not his faithful promise only but his oath also Psal 89.35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lye unto David Heb. 7.21 For those priests were made without an oath but this with an oath by him that said unto him The Lord swore and will not repent Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedee 2. Upon the other part Christ does not only give his word of promise and consent to do this work Psal 40.6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire mine ears hast thou opened burnt offering and sin-offering hast thou not required c. But he also comes under a Judicial and Law-act of Suretiship whereby he did from eternity act himself in the volume of the book of God's eternal Records that he would fulfil all his undertaking Heb. 10.7 Then said I lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God And under this act of Suretiship I comprehend 1. His eternal consent to take our Nature and Law-condition upon him 2. His plighting of his faith and truth to act our part and to answer the Law and Demands of Justice in our Law-place and condition 3. His eternal agreement that by his own consent a Judicial act should be put upon him and stand in record for ever in Heaven and in the volume of books that are there that this person had voluntarily undertaken and promised by striking hands with Jehovah to answer all demands of Law and Justice against his elect people Having offered the before-mentioned sum of the Articles concluded and agreed upon the Covenant of Redemption betwixt Jehovah and Christ I come in the next place to distribute and divide that sum and the things comprised under it into the reciprocal and mutual engagements of the parties covenanting to wit 1. What were the commands and conditions laid upon Christ and voluntarily yielded unto by him in the Covenant of Redemption 2. What the promises and engagements that were given to Christ by the same Covenant And 1. Concerning the commands conditions and engagements which were required of Christ Mediator by the Covenant of Suretiship I shall in these eight Assertions open the nature of them and what they were Assert 1. All the commands of the Covenant of Redemption are conditions and are to be considered as such when they are laid upon Christ who came not under commands but upon terms and conditions It is not so in God's Covenant-dealings with us all the commands of the Gospel are not to us conditions of righteousness and life unless we understand conditions in a very large and improper sense neither is it of the essence of commands laid upon us to be conditions for God oweth nothing to our obedience nor is he obliged to make any promises to it but the commands of the Covenant of Redemption are all of them conditions of that same Covenant For 1. They are commands to the obedience whereof promises are made Isa 53.12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto death and he was numbred with the transgressors and he bare the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors 2. They are commands unto which Christ yielded upon terms Phil. 2.7 8 But made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of man And being found in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the Cross therefore God hath highly exalted him Assert 2. All the conditions of the Covenant of Redemption both these more general of obeying the Law and fulfilling all righteousness Mat. 3.15 For thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteausness

happiness in such way as may most highly advance his Fathers Honour one who is marvellously affected to the union of the disagreeing parties John 8.49 But I honour my father and ye do dishonour me with Tit. 2.14 Who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works 2 Cor. 5.19 God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself 4. A Mediator must be a Person which hath power over both the parties one that may determine the difference and engage the parties to stand to the decision one that can lay his hands on both Job 9.33 Such a person is Christ who hath power with God being his only Natural Son Matth. 3.17 This is my beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased John 11.41 42 Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me and I know that thou hearest me always And a person who hath power with us can draw us after him and make us do what he will John 12.32 And I if I be lifted up from the earth will draw all men unto me Psal 119.35 Make me to go in the path of thy Commandments Ezek. 36.27 And I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and ye shall keep my judgments and do them 2. There are other Requisites which relate more directly to the managing such a work And 1. A Mediator must be a condescending Person which can humble himself and bow for the compassing an union betwixt the parties Christ is such a Person Zech. 9.9 Behold thy king cometh he is lowly A condescending Mediator whose condescensions were eminent 1. He shewed himself very condescending in taking on the Office of a Mediator In this he bowed himself and stooped very low he came off the Throne and left it to take on a service Phil. 2.6 7 8 Who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God but made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men And b●ing found in fashon as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross 2. Condescending to take on the duties of that Office he became a servant to both parties that he might make peace betwixt them Isa 42.1 Behold my servant whom I uphold mine elect in whom my soul delighteth Ver. 53.11 By his knowledg shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquity Matt. 20.28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many 3. Condescending in his way of going about that Office and the things pertaining to it condescending to the weakest and lowest condition of his people and shewing his dealings accordingly Isa 42.2 3 He shall not cry nor lift nor cause his voice to be heard in the street a bruised reed shall be not break And 40.11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arms and shall gather them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young Ezek. 34.16 I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away and I will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick 4. Condescending in all his carriage not seeking his own honour nor affecting popularity but doing his greatest works with little noise and bidding tell no man of them John 6.15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force to make him a king he departed again into a mountain himself alone Mat. 12.18 19 Behold my servant whom I have chosen mine elect in whom my soul is well-pleased I will put my spirit upon him and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles he shall not strive nor cry neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets And 8.4 And Jesus saith unto him See thou tell no man 2. A Mediator in carrying his business must be mollifying to bring the parties from rigour and high courses and conditions to abate for peace and union-sake This did eminently shine forth in Christ he was a mollifying Mediator for 1. He brought God down and took him off high demands of Law 1. Instead of personal satisfaction from Sinners to accept of satisfaction in the person of another to wit Christ our Surety who was made a curse for us Gal. 3.13 Isa 53.8 For the transgressions of mp people was he stricken 2. In place of an inherent righteousness to accept an imputed Righteousness 1 Cor. 1.30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption 3. Instead of a perfect obedience from man to accept his poor endeavours after perfection and to pardon short-comings in duty to accept a perfection of sincerity where he requires the rigour of perfection 2 Cor. 8.12 For if there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not 2 Chron. 30.18 19 The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God the Lord God of his fathers though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary 2. He hath brought up man in his own body to come nearer to God and to leave the terms whereupon he stood at odds with God before 1. By quitting his own righteousness and his seeking to establish it Rom. 10.3 to submit to the righteousness of God and to the way of Justification by a free-gifted righteousness Rom. 3.24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ c. 2 Cor. 9.13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorifie God for your professed subjection unto the Gospel of Christ 2. Instead of personal satisfaction to offer to God satisfaction in the person of another to present Christ to God 2 Cor. 5. last For he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him 1 Tim. 2.6 Who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time 3. Instead of that extream undutifulness and aversness to yield any obedience to God to offer to God his utmost endeavours of obedience and service and not to think God his debtor when he hath so done 2 Cor. 5.15 And that he died for all that they which live should not henceforth live to themselves but to him which died for them and rose again 3. A Mediator must be affable one to whom both parties may freely tell their mind and have access to do so Christ is an affable Mediator a Person who courteously and kindly entertaineth both the parties in whatsoever they will employ him and this for the unions-sake that he may make them one 1. He is affable to both parties for he

pardoned their disloyalty they shall never break forth in open rebellion again they shall never take up the arms again of enmity against God which once they laid down 2 Cor. 10.4 5 6 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledg of God and bringing into captivity every thought into the obedience of Christ and having in a readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled Psal 45.5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the kings enemies whereby the people fall under thee Christ is Surety for his peoples loyalty and keeping their peace treaties and Covenant with God inviolable Isa 54.9 10. 3. Christ is Surety for the appearing of his people before God that he shall present them all at the day appointed and not one of them shall be missing who shall not give his appearance at that day Eph. 5.27 That he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot nor wrinkle nor any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish Col. 3.4 When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory 4. Christ is Surety for compleating whatsoever concerns the Salvation of his people and their redemption from those evils which remain with them after that he hath fulfilled and satisfied the Law for them and hath also procured obedience to the Gospel in them 1 Cor. 1.30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption 5. Because there are many things remaining with them from which they need a delivery for compleating the discharge of his undertakings for them Rom. 7.24 25 O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord so then with the mind I my self serve the law of our God but with the flesh the law of sin 1 Cor. 15.53 to 57. 6. We shall take a view of some things which do commend Christs Suretiship that the excellency thereof and the matchless love which shineth forth in it may the more appear 1. This commendeth Christs Suretiship that he rendred himself Surety and came under an act of cautionry for his people before they needed a cautioner that upon the fore-knowledg of this that it was to come to pass that man should become a broken creature and needing one to undertake for him he by an eternal transaction and agreement with his father did so early provide this remedy before man was broken and stood in need of a Surety Prov. 8.23 I was set up from everlasting from the beginning or ever the earth was 2 Tim. 1.9 Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began 2. This commendeth Christs Suretiship that he came under this relation so freely unrequested and undesired according to his own heart he acted himself cautioner for us when there was none of the creatures once to hint such a motion that in the day when there was none found to help nor so much as to think of laying help on him then he freely offered himself and said Lo I come take me Surety for these poor broken men Heb. 10.7 Then said I Lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God Isa 63.5 And I looked and there was none to help and I wondred that there was none to uphold therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me and my fury it upheld me Isa 59.16 And he saw that there was no man and wondred that there was no intercessor therefore his arm brought salvation unto him and his righteousness it sustained him 3. The exceeding great reach and danger of his undertaking taking doth commend his Suretiship that he put his name in such a bond as he knew well should bring upon him the Debt of so many broken men and should oblige him to make satisfaction for the sins of all the Elect world Isa 53.5 6 11 12 But he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed All we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his own way and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all By his knowledg shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquities Because he hath poured out his soul unto death and he was numbred with the transgressors That he did knowingly put his soul in their souls stead that Justice might smite him and that the same eternal punishment of sin for kind that was due to us should be upon him Col. 3.13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us for it is written Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree Zech. 13.7 Awake O sword against my shepherd and against the man that is my fellow saith the Lord of hosts The same sword of Divine Justice that should have smitten us did smite him 4. This commendeth Christs Suretiship that he engaged for a party which deserved no pity for man who had willingly forfeited a fair inheritance when it was possible for him and in his power to have performed the commands and conditions of life laid upon him who would pity and undertake for such a person who being put into a fair and free inheritance with power to perform the conditions upon which he holds it should notwithstanding forfeit his good estate and run himself under debt irrecoverably yet in this condition Christ pitied us and undertook for us Rom. 5.6 7 8 For when we were yet without strength in due time Christ died for the ungodly For scarcely for a righteous man will one die yet peradventure for a good man some will even dare to die But God commended his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 5. This commendeth Christs Suretiship that he engaged for the debt of a people from whom he could expect no satisfaction nor relief of all the debt which he payed for them that so potent and responsal a party joined interests with such impotent and unresponsal broken creatures how wonderfully doth this commend his Suretiship that he came under an act of cautionry for such as we are knowing us to be what we are a people that shall never requite his kindness yea doing all this for us the rather that we shall be eternally in his debt and never able to recompence the satisfaction which he made for us Luk. 17.10 So likewise ye when ye shall have done all these things which are commanded you say We are unprofitable servants we