Christ the fountain of lifeChrist the fountaine of life

SERMON III.

1 JOHN 5.12. He that hath the Son, hath life, and he that hath not the Son, hath not life.

WE now come to speak of the third way of having Christ,¹ and that is by way of Covenant, Esa. 49.8. I will give thee for a Covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages, Psal. 50.5. Gather my Saints together unto me, those that have made a Covenant with me by Sacrifice; so that would you know to whom God is a God, and to whom it may be said, He is my God? Any of us that have made a Covenant with God by Sacrifice; no man hath him unless by way of covenant, for all these ways, though divers in explication, yet all co-incident to this having of Christ. And such as have made a covenant with God by Sacrifice, they are his people; of them it is said, I am thy God, vers. 7. according to the tenor of the Covenant, Gen. 17.7. Behold, I make a Covenant with thee this day, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed. God becomes a God to me, and to my seed by way of covenant; so Deut. 29.10. to 13. both your Children of understanding, and your little ones of no understanding, you are all here before God this day, to enter into a Covenant with him, to keep his Commandments for ever; you and yours enter into a Covenant with God, and this is the way of having him for our God,