1. In the Covenant of Redemption he made with God concerning us before this World had a being; for such Covenants and Promises did really pass betwixt him and the Father before all time, or else I know not how to understand that Scripture, Tit. 1. 2. In hope of eternal Life, which God that cannot lye, promised before the World began. To whom could that Promise be made, but unto Christ, which bears date before the Creation? what else can this mean but the Covenant of Redemption, made betwixt the Father and the Son; the terms whereof are set down, in Isa. 53. 10, 11. where you find what Christ was to do, Viz. To put ⟨image 111⟩his Soul an offering for sin? And what should be his reward for pouring out his Soul unto Death, viz. To see his Seed, to see the travail of his Soul, even a Church purchased with his own Blood? Whether this be not a great demonstration of the propension and inclination of Christs Heart and Desire towards union and communion with poor sinners, let all Men judge. O what a value did Christ set upon our Souls, that upon such costly terms he would consent to redeem them? Unto this agreement God the Father held him, Rom. 8. 32. God spared not his own Son. And this very covenant Christ pleaded with the Father, John 17. 6. I have manifested thy Name to the Men which thou gavest me out of the World; thine they were, and thou gavest them me. This plainly shows the vehement desire of Christs Heart to be in union with Men; according to that, Prov. 8. 31. Rejoicing in the habitable parts of his Earth, and my delights were with the Sons of Men. Blessed Jesus! nothing but the strength of thine own desire and love could ever have drawn thee out of that Bosom of delights to suffer so many things for the sake of poor sinners.
1. In the Covenant of Redemption he made with God concerning us before this World had a being; for such Covenants and Promises did really pass betwixt him and the Father before all time, or else I know not how to understand that Scripture, Tit. 1. 2. In hope of eternal Life, which God that cannot lye, promised before the World began. To whom could that Promise be made, but unto Christ, which bears date before the Creation? what else can this mean but the Covenant of Redemption, made betwixt the Father and the Son; the terms whereof are set down, in Isa. 53. 10, 11. where you find what Christ was to do, Viz. To put ⟨image 111⟩his Soul an offering for sin? And what should be his reward for pouring out his Soul unto Death, viz. To see his Seed, to see the travail of his Soul, even a Church purchased with his own Blood? Whether this be not a great demonstration of the propension and inclination of Christs Heart and Desire towards union and communion with poor sinners, let all Men judge. O what a value did Christ set upon our Souls, that upon such costly terms he would consent to redeem them? Unto this agreement God the Father held him, Rom. 8. 32. God spared not his own Son. And this very covenant Christ pleaded with the Father, Iohn 17. 6. I have manifested thy Name to the Men which thou gavest me out of the World; thine they were, and thou gavest them me. This plainly shews the vehement desire of Christs Heart to be in union with Men; according to that, Prov. 8. 31. Rejoycing in the habitable parts of his Earth, and my delights were with the Sons of Men. Blessed Jesus! nothing but the strength of thine own desire and love could ever have drawn thee out of that Bosom of delights to suffer so many things for the sake of poor sinners.
