An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…

Christ was made under the whole Law, and the Redemption, which must be parallel to his being under the Law, must not only be a Redemption from the Bondage of the Ceremonial Law, but a Redemption from the curse of the Moral; of which the Apostle had discoursed but a little before, Gal. 3.13. Our Saviour was never made under the whole Law to redeem from a part of it only. Again, Redemption from the Ceremonial Law was peculiar to the Jews: But the Redemption here spoken of reaches as far as the Gentiles also; who, as I before noted, have a share in the Adoption of Sons, as well as the Jews: The Redemption here spoken of, is not a part or piece of ⟨p. 454⟩Redemption, but Redemption in its fullness and excellency. Christ by coming into the flesh, introduceth a better Covenant; that is, the beams of Evangelical Light were purer, and the effusions of the holy Spirit larger than before: But still we must remember, that the Covenant of Grace was for substance, one and the same under both Testaments: Under the Old Testament, true Believers had the Law in their heart, the Adoption of Sons, the free Spirit, and a true title to eternal Life: And on the other hand, under the New Testament, unbelievers have the Law and Gospel too, but in the Letter; their bondage is far greater than that of beggarly Elements: The unclean spirit dwells and works in them; and the dreadful wrath of God abideth on them. Christ's being under the Law, saith the Author, is his being such a person, as should exactly answer all the Types and Figures of the Law: Unto which I add: His being under the Law, is his being such a person, as should exactly answer all the demands of the Moral Law, in its mandatory and minatory parts.

Christ was made under the whole Law, and the Redemption, which must be parallel to his being under the Law, must not only be a Redemption from the Bondage of the Ceremonial Law, but a Redemption from the curse of the Moral; of which the Apostle had discoursed but a little before, Gal. 3.13. Our Saviour was never made under the whole Law to redeem from a part of it only. Again, Redemption from the Ceremonial Law was peculiar to the Jews: But the Redemption here spoken of reaches as far as the Gentiles also; who, as I before noted, have a share in the Adoption of Sons, as well as the Jews: The Redemption here spoken of, is not a part or piece of