A57966:772

The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace

Name: The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace
Author: 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 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 ...

Samuel Rutherford 1600?–1661Edinburgh: printed by Andro Anderson for Robert Brown, 1655

[16], 368 p. · 159k words · Wing R2374 · ESTC R20879

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Part 2 › Chapter 8: The differences between the Covenant of Suretyship or Redemption made with Christ, & th…

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.

[ Earlier:769–784 of 902

:769p. 309–310¶3

3. There be two parts (as it were) of the Covenant of Redemption. 1. A Covenant of Designation. 2. Of actual Redemption. The former is eternal; for the Lord does not begin in time to design Covenant-ways the Son to be the Consenter to be our Surety: nor doth the Son in time begin to consent.¹ But the Covenant-consent in, 1. Designing of one Person the Son, and no other. Of 2. Decreeing and fore-ordaining of Him. 3. Of mutual delighting in love and in eternal thoughts in the sons of men to be redeemed, 1 Pet. 1.20. Prov. 30.31. Was closed and concluded in an ended bargain from everlasting: for the Parties were coexistent and together, and rejoicing in one another: and in the common work, to borrow that expression, thinking long till the day of marrying of God and man, and until Immanuels day should dawn, Joh. 8. Abraham rejoiced to see my day. But as touching the other part, the Man Christ, until he should be Man ⟨p. 310⟩and have a mans will, he could not in two wills close with the Covenant of actual Redemption.

3. There be two parts (as it were) of the Covenant of Redemption. 1. A Covenant of Designation. 2. Of actuall Redemption. The former is eternall; for the Lord does not begin in time to d•signe Covenant-wayes the Son to be the Consenter to be our Surety: nor doth the Son in time begin to consent.¹ But the Covenant-consent in, 1. Designing of one Person the Son, and no other. Of 2. Decreeing and fore-ordaining of Him. 3. Of mutuall delighting in love and in eternall thoughts in the sons of men to be redeemed, 1 Pet. 1.20. Prov. 30.31. Was closed and concluded in an ended bargain from everlasting: for the Parties were coexistent and together, and rejoicing in one another: and in the common work, to borrow that expression, thinking long till the day of marrying of God and man, and untill Immanuels day should dawn,

[ Earlier passages Later passages ]

The book

Title as printed

Author

Samuel Rutherford 1600?–1661

Place

Edinburgh

Printer

Andro Anderson

Bookseller

Robert Brown

Year

1655

Size

[16], 368 p.

Words

158,620

Catalogue

Wing R2374 · ESTC R20879

Text

EEBO-TCP A57966

Passages

902

Sections

Title page

The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace

CHAP. IX. The 13. Argument, from the necessity of Gods call. 2. Of Typical sprinkling of the blood of the Covenant, and of the Testament: The place, Heb. 13.20. the blood of the everlasting Covenant opened. Of the place, Heb. 7.22. the act of suretyship, the assurance of our state.

CHAP. IX. The 13. Argument, from the necessity of Gods call. 2. Of Typicall sprinkling of the blood of the Covenant, and of the Testament: The place, Heb. 13.20. the blood of the everlasting Covenant opened. Of the place, Heb. 7.22. the act of suretyship, the assurance of our state.

Transcription key

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. IX. The 13. Argument, from the necessity of Gods call. 2. Of Typical sprinkling of the blood of the Covenant, and of the Testament: The place, Heb. 13.20. the blood of the everlasting Covenant opened. Of the place, Heb. 7.22. the act of suretyship, the assurance of our state.

CHAP. IX. The 13. Argument, from the necessity of Gods call. 2. Of Typicall sprinkling of the blood of the Covenant, and of the Testament: The place, Heb. 13.20. the blood of the everlasting Covenant opened. Of the place, Heb. 7.22. the act of suretyship, the assurance of our state.

Transcription key