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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. Hence the making of a Covenant was by cutting a calf or a beast in twain, and passing between the parts thereof,1 Jer. 34.18. and so they entered into a curse, Nehem. 10.29. devoted themselves to destruction, wishing they might be cut […] (which is a strange kind of death, Math. 24.51.) if they should break the Covenant. Hence the Phrase of striking a Covenant. So the Romans slew a sow: So the Romans and Albani made a Covenant, as Livius. A Herald or Officer at Arms slew the beast and prayed a curse on the people of Rome, that they might be the same way stricken, if they should break the Covenant. Its like they had it from the Jews. So Christ died to ratify and confirm the Covenant, Exod. 24.6. This is the blood of the Covenant. Now the Covenant hath no blood. This blood of slain beasts (for it is a figurative speech) is a sign confirming the Covenant that believers shall have remission of sins in that blood of Christ which is shadowed forth by the blood of these beasts. So Christ the great Shepherd of the flock, Heb. 13.20. is said to be brought from the dead, [Greek or Hebrew], by the blood of the everlasting Covenant. Julius, the Article is understood: Or as the Hebrew Phrase, [Greek or Hebrew] is put for [Greek or Hebrew], as Calvin and Piscator. The question may be, How did ⟨p. 320⟩God b•ing Christ again from the death by the blood of the everlasting Covenant, had the blood of Christ any influence to bring himself back from the dead? Or did he, by dying, merit his own resurrection?
3. Hence the making of a Covenant was by cutting a calf or a beast in twain, and passing between the parts thereof,1