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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
Part 2 › Chapter 12: The condition and Properties of the Covenant of Redemption.
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. Eternity is a special property of the Covenant of suretyship: For 1. the parties are eternal▪ Jehovah the Lord and the Son of God never began to agree upon the designation of the Redeemer for that work, it was a bargain closed from everlasting▪ Only the question is, when the Son shall render the Kingdom to the Father, 1 Cor. 15. whether or not the Covenant shall then cea•e. For 1. Christ shall then end his work of Redemption, and shall fully and finally have purchased what his soul desires, and shall have received his wages, and enjoy with his conquished bride an eternal sabbath. 2. He shall intercede no more for sinners, for the sinning of his redeemed ones shall have an end.
3. Eternity is a speciall property of the Covenant of suretyship: For 1. the parties are eternall▪ Jehovah the Lord and the Son of God never began to agree upon the designation of the Redeemer for that work, it was a bargain closed from everlasting▪ Only the question is, when the Son shal render the Kingdom to the Father, 1 Cor. 15. whether or not the Covenant shal then cea•e. For 1. Christ shal then end his work of Redemption, and shal fully and finally have purchased what his soul desires, and shall have received his wages, and injoy with his conquished bride an eternal sabbath. 2. He shall interceed no more for sinners, for the sinning of his redeemed ones shall have an end.
2. The Son (saith Camero) shall leave off to raign,1 quod attinet ad regnandi actum, according to the act of reigning, but as touching the Kingdom it self, there shall be no end of the Kingdom.