A47465:1213
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by S. Bridge, 1698
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. Jesus Christ (saith the same Author) is the Covenant eminently, because he is the chief Blessing of the Covenant; there is not such another Promise in all the Bundle of Promises contained in the Covenant;1 If thou knowest the Gift of God, &c. Christ is the Gift of God; yet certainly our Author forgot that God the Father, and the Holy Ghost are given as well as Christ in the Covenant; but when Christ is given, God the Father and the Holy Spirit is given; He that has the Son, has the Father also: All other things in the Covenant are (saith he) but as the Garnish of this Jewel.
5. Christ is the Covenant virtually, he is the just value of all the Bargain; he is of as much worth, as all that is promised: If you would know the worth of the Covenant, consider the worth of Jesus Christ. Moreover, my Brethren, they that have Christ, have all that is promised in the Covenant.
6. Jesus Christ purchased all that good which is in the Covenant; when we say, God ⟨p. 296⟩is our God, we must say, he is our God in Christ, or by Christ, or through his Redemption and Procurement.