I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

The death of none, but of the Testator, can confirm the Testament; but Christ only (and not the Martyrs) is the Testator, Heb. 9.17. 4. Then also the Miracles that Christ wrought, and the Apostles preaching, with the Gifts that Christ gave to them upon his Ascension, should confirm the Covenant; for saith the Apostle, Heb. 2.3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation? which at the first, began to be preached by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers Miracles, and Gifts of the Holy Ghost, verse 4. It seems then, that the Truth of the Gospel was confirmed to us by Miracles, and the Apostles preaching; yet the Miracles, and preaching of the Apostles, are not said in Scripture to confirm the Covenant, which yet might very well be said, if Christs Death should confirm it by way of Testimony. 5. If the Death of Christ, doth confirm the Covenant by way of Testimony, then the blood of Bulls and Goats, might have confirmed the Covenant; for when God testified the Truth of his Promise to Adam, Gen. 15. He said to him, Take thee an Heifer of three years old, and a she Goat of three years old, and a Turtle Dove, and a young Pigeon; and he took them, and divided them in the midst, ver. 9, 10. But the Apostle tells us plainly, Heb. 9. That the blood of Bulls and Goats could not confirm the Covenant. 6. The Ordinance of the Lords Supper, doth testify Gods willingness to forgive sinners; That Cup is the New Testament in Christs blood, shed for many for the remission of sins: But though the Lords Supper be a Seal of the Covenant, sealing to us, evidencing, testifying, and assuring us of Gods Love b• Christ; yet it is not a Seal of the Covenant, as Christs blood was, which did not only •eal to us, but was a Seal of the Covenant it self, as it lay between God the Father, and him. But if Christs death, did only confirm the Covenant by way of Testimony, then the Lords Supper might as well be said to confirm the Covenant, which is no where affirmed in the Scripture. But 7. Look how the Obedience of the first Adam, should have confirmed the Covenant, in case he had stood; and look how he