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The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace
The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the sovereignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the soveraignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...
Edinburgh: printed by Andro Anderson for Robert Brown, 1655
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.
3. The Lord could not but have punished the Elect with hating & aversion of mind, they being intrinsically and inherently sinners. He punished Christ, who was not inherently, but only by imputation the sinner, with no hatred at all, but with anger and desire of showing and exercising revenging justice, but still loving him dearly, as his only Son. But upon this account, Christ must stand in our room, and because of the five-fold oneness and Law-identity and sameness. For,
3. The Lord could not but have punished the Elect with hating & aversion of mind, they being intrinsecally and inherently sinners. He punished Christ, who was not inherently, but only by imputation the sinner, with no hatred at all, but with anger and desire of shewing and exercising revenging justice, but still loving him dearly, as his only Son. But upon this account, Christ must stand in our room, and because of the five-fold onenesse and Law-identity and samenesse. For,
1. Though physically the surety and the debtor be two different men, yet in Law they are one and the same person,1 and one and the same legal party, and the same object of justice. Whoso pursues in Law the surety, does also pursue the debtor.
1. Though physically the surety and the debter be two different men, yet in Law they are one and the same person,1 and one and the same legall party, and the same object of justice. Whoso pursues in Law the surety, does also pursue the debter.
- 1A fivefold oneness & law identity & sameness between Christ the surety, and sinners for whom he satisfied.A fivefold onenes & law identity & samenes betweē Christ the surety, and sinners for whom he satisfied.