The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism

Which Covenant he declareth, shall be in substance the assignation, and the making over of all the saving graces, which David (who is Jesus Christ, Act. 13.34.) hath brought for us in the Covenant of Redemption, I will make a Covenant with you (saith he) even the sure mercies of David. By sure mercies he means saving graces, such as are righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, Adoption, Sanctification, and Glorification, and whatsoever belongs to Godliness, and life eternal.

8. To confirm and assure us of the real grant of these saving mercies, and to persuade us of the reality of the Covenant betwixt God and the believer of this word, the Father hath made a fourfold gift of his eternal and only begotten Son.

8. To confirm and assure us of the real grant of these saving mercies, and to perswade us of the reality of the Covenant betwixt God and the believer of this word, the Father hath made a fourfold gift of his eternal and only begotten Son.

First, to be incarnate and born, for our sake, of the seed of David, his type, for which cause he is called here, and Act. 13.34. (David the true and everlasting King of Israel.) This is the great gift of God to man, John. 4.10. And here [I have given him to be David, or born of David to the people]

First, to be incarnate and born, for our sake, of the seed of David, his type, for which cause he is called here, and