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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. The soul of God must be eternally well pleased with his Son eternally God-Man, and he stands resting in his love,1 Zeph. 3.17. and delighting for ever in all his Sons actings and transactions in the work of Redemption, if therefore God have once given to him, God•Man, the Throne of David to reign over the house of Jacob, he must make empty that Throne, if he shall leave off to reign. And the Angel, Luk. 1. speaks of his birth and conception. 31. Thou shalt bring forth a son, and he shall be great, and the Lord God shall give unto him the Throne of his Father David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever: And he speaks of the eternity of Davids Throne over Jacobs house, so that▪ as he shall be a man (and he shall never lay down our nature) so shall he be a King upon Davids Throne for ever and ever.
3. The soul of God must be eternally well pleased with his Son eternally God-Man, and he stands resting in his love,1 Zeph. 3.17. and delighting for ever in all his Sons actings and transactions in the work of Redemption, if therefore God have once given to him, God•Man, the Throne of David to raign over the house of Jacob, he must make empty that Throne, if he shall leave off to raign. And the Angel, Luk. 1. speaks of his birth and conception. 31. Thou shalt bring forth a son, and he shall be great, and the Lord God shall give unto him the Throne of his Father David, and he shall raign over the house of Jacob for ever: And he speaks of the eternity of Davids Throne over Jacobs house, so that▪ as he shall be a man (and he shall never lay down our nature) so shall he be a King upon Davids Throne for ever and ever.