II. The sum of the Covenant of Redemption is this, God having freely chosen unto life, a •ertain number of lost mankind, for the glory •f his rich Grace did give them before the world began, unto God the Son appointed Redeemer, that upon condition he would humble himself so far as to assume the humane nature •f a soul and body, unto personal union with •is Divine Nature, and submit himself […] ⟨image 102⟩Law as surety for them, and satisfy Justice for them, by giving obedience in their name, even unto the suffering of the cursed death of the Cross, he should ransom and redeem them all from sin and death, and purchase unto them righteousness and eternal life, with all saying graces leading thereunto, to be effectually, by means of his own appointment, applied in due time to every one of them. This condition the Son of God (who is Jesus Christ our Lord) did accept before the world began, and in the fullness of time came into the World, was born of the Virgin Mary, subjected himself to the Law, and completely payed the ransom on the Cross: but by virtue of the foresaid bargain made before the World began, he is in all ages since the fall of Adam, still upon the work of applying actually the purchased benefits unto the elect: and that he doth by way of entertaining a Covenant of free grace and reconciliation with them, through faith in himself, which Covenant he makes over to every believer a right and interest to himself, and to all his blessings.
II. The sum of the Covenant of Redemption is this, God having freely chosen unto life, a •ertain number of lost mankind, for the glory •f his rich Grace did give them before the world began, unto God the Son appointed Redeemer, that upon condition he would humble •imself so far as to assume the humane natur• •f a soul and body, unto personal union with •is Divine Nature, and submit himself 〈…〉 ⟨image 102⟩Law as surety for them, and satisfie Justice for them, by giving obedience in their name, even unto the suffering of the cursed death of the Cross, he should ransom and redeem them all from sin and death, and purchase unto them righteousness and eternal life, with all saying graces leading thereunto, to be effectually, by means of his own appointment, applyed in due time to every one of them. This condition the Son of God (who is Jesus Christ our Lord) did accept before the world began, and in the fulness of time came into the World, was born of the Virgin Mary, subjected himself to the Law, and compleatly payed the ransome on the Cross: but by vertue of the foresaid bargain made before the World began, he is in all ages since the fall of Adam, still upon the work of applying actually the purchased benefits unto the elect: and that he doth by way of entertaining a Covenant of free grace and reconciliation with them, through faith in himself, which Covenant he makes over to every believer a right and interest to himself, and to all his blessings.
