2. The Elect were God's People Federally, or by virtue of that Holy Covenant made betwixt the Father and the Son (as I hinted before) and now that this Relation also arises from those Covenant Transactions, is most evident; for Jesus Christ struck Hands with the Father, in behalf of all God's Elect, to procure this Privilege: But a little further to open this, pray consider that there is a Federal Union and Relation, as when the Father of a Young Man, and the Father, or Guardian of a Young Damsel shall mutually agree and Covenant, that they two shall be Man and Wife; even thus God the Father and God the Son Agreed and Covenanted in behalf of all the Elect: Christ was, as I may say, their Guardian, yea, and also he Covenanted to Espouse and Marry them to himself for ever, and God the Father gave the Elect to Christ in this Covenant. Moreover, herein he had the advantage of others; for may be such a ⟨p. 244⟩Young Man, as before mentioned, might not Love the Person his Father Covenanted with her Guardian to be his Wife, or he might not be able to obtain her Affections, but Christ's Love was set upon his intended Spouse from everlasting, and also he knew how to gain our Love, and unite our Hearts to himself, and that by shedding his Love abroad in our Hearts by the Holy Ghost, Rom. 5.5. The Love of Christ, hath in it a Physical Operation.
2. The Elect were God's People Foederally, or by virtue of that Holy Covenant made betwixt the Father and the Son (as I hinted before) and now that this Relation also arises from those Covenant Transactions, is most evident; for Jesus Christ struck Hands with the Father, in behalf of all God's Elect, to procure this Priviledge: But a little further to open this, pray consider that there is a Foederal Union and Relation, as when the Father of a Young Man, and the Father, or Guardian of a Young Damsel shall mutually agree and Covenant, that they two shall be Man and Wife; even thus God the Father and God the Son Agreed and Covenanted in behalf of all the Elect: Christ was, as I may say, their Guardian, yea, and also he Covenanted to Espouse and Marry them to himself for ever, and God the Father gave the Elect to Christ in this Covenant. Moreover, herein he had the advantage of others; for may be such a ⟨p. 244⟩Young Man, as before mentioned, might not Love the Person his Father Covenanted with her Guardian to be his Wife, or he might not be able to obtain her Affections, but Christ's Love was set upon his intended Spouse from everlasting, and also he knew how to gain our Love, and unite our Hearts to himself, and that by sheding his Love abroad in our Hearts by the Holy Ghost, Rom. 5.5. The Love of Christ, hath in it a Physical Operation.
