The Answer was this: That Christ is made the Head of a second Covenant; for, as the foundation of the Breach, that was between God and us at the first came by the first man Adam, who was the Head of the first Covenant, in whom we all Sinned, and so turned enemies ⟨p. 90⟩unto God: So Jesus Christ is made a Second Adam, and the head of a Second Covenant; and all those that are looked upon as the posterity of the Second Adam, (for so it must be) they are looked upon as one in him. As all that were of the posterity of the first Adam were looked upon as one man in him, and so the Breach was made, and enmity came between God, and all that one mans posterity: so, all that are to be of the Posterity of the Second Adam, that are either actually of him, or are to be born of him by a Spiritual generation, (which in the Scripture is termed Regeneration); all those are looked upon as one with him: and hence it is that in the 1. Cor. 15.47. the Apostle speaks of the first, and second Adam as if there were no more but two men in the world, for indeed there are no more in that sense; nor ever were. The first man (saith the apostle) is of the Earth, Earthly; the second man is the Lord from Heaven, Heavenly. here is the first man, and the Second man. Why, you will say, are there but two men in the world? No, not in that sense; that is, there were never but two men that did represent all others; and under those two men are all other men in the world represented before God. Al the children of men that fell from God, the are represented in the first Adam, who was the Head of the first Covenant, and they stand under that covenant: And all those that God intends to be reconciled unto, and to glorify; they are represented before God in the second Adam who is the Head of the Second Covenant. It is true, if we speak properly; Cain was in order the second man in the world; but Christ is the Second man; that is, the Head of a second Covenant, the Second man that God did enter into the Covenant withal for other men, and in that sense he alone was the second man: As in the same sense Adam is Called the first man so that God is Reconciled to the world in Christ; that is, as in the first Adam, the Breach was made between God, and man: so in the second ⟨p. 91⟩Adam Reconciliation is made between God, and man. And as God imputeth that which the first Adam did, to his Posterity for Condemnation:
The Answeer was this: That Christ is made the Head of a second Covenant; for, as the foundation of the Breach, that was between God and us at the first came by the first man Adam, who was the Head of the first Covenant, in whom we al Sinned, and so turned enimies ⟨p. 90⟩unto God: So Jesus Christ is made a Second Adam, and the head of a Second Covenant; and al those that are looked upon as the posterity of the Second Adam, (for so it must be) they are looked upon as one in him. As al that were of the posterity of the first Adam were looked upon as one man in him, and so the Breach was made, and enmity came between God, and al that one mans posterity: so, al that are to be of the Posterity of the Second Adam, that are either actually of him, or are to be born of him by a Spiritual generation, (which in the Scripture is tearmed Regeneration); al those are looked upon as one with him: and hence it is that in the 1. Cor. 15.47. the Apostle speakes of the first, and second Adam as if there were no more but two men in the world, for indeed ther are no more in that sense; nor ever were. The first man (saith the apostle) is of the Earth, Earthly; the second man is the Lord from Heaven, Heavenly. here is the first man, and the Second man. Why, you wil say, are there but two men in the world? No, not in that sense; that is, there were never but two men that did represent al others; and under those two men are al other men in the world represented before God. Al the children of men that fel from God, the are represented in the first Adam, who was the Head of the first Covenant, and they stand under that covenant: And al those that God intends to be reconciled unto, and to glorifie; they are represented before God in the second Adam who is the Head of the Second Covenant. It is true, if we speake properly; Caine was in order the second man in the world; but Christ is the Second man; that is, the Head of a second Covenant, the Second man that God did enter into the Covenant withal for other men, and in that sense he alone was the second man: As in the same sense Adam is Called the first man so that God is Reconciled to the world in Christ; that is, as in the first Adam, the Breach was made between God, and man: so in the second ⟨p. 91⟩Adam Reconciliation is made between God, and man. And as God imputeth that which the first Adam did, to his Posterity for Condemnation:
