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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
THE DISPLAY OF Glorious Grace OR THE Covenant of Peace Opened: In S… › Sermon 2
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III. There was I say, a necessity for the Son of God to be both Mediator and Surety of this Covenant: I do not say, that there was a necessity laid either upon the Father or the Son to enter into this Covenant of Peace for us: No, no! But if God will in a way of Free and Sovereign Grace enter into such a Covenant for Mankind, there was a Necessity for Christ to be the Mediator and Surety of it; I say, Necessity, so far as we can, or are able to conceive, in respect of this Matter.
1. Because God hath not revealed,1 or made known any other way by which our Peace could be made, but by a Mediator, I do not say, that God could not any other way make our Peace, but that he could not in regard of his own Honour (so far as it appeareth unto us.) Moreover, if God hath not made known any other way, then there is no other way for us to obtain Peace with him: But no other way is made known.
1. Because God hath not revealed,1 or made known any other way by which our Peace could be made, but by a Mediator, I do not say, that God could not any other way make our Peace, but that he could not in reguard of his own Honour (so far as it appeareth unto us.) Moreover, if God hath not made known any other way, then there is no other way for us to obtain Peace with him: But no other way is made known.
- 1The necessity of a Mediator of the Covenant of Peace, and that Christ is he.