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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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And I live (saith Paul) yet not I but Christ liveth in me.
So that it is Christ who makes the Covenant good on both sides, as Gods to his people, so his peoples to God; And so it follows in that place of Isaiah, I have given thee for a Covenant to the people, to establish the earth; Establishment must come from Christ, the undertaker; the surety of the Covenant; as he paid the Debt for the time past, so he must see the Articles of the Covenant kept for the time to come. For want of such an undertaker or surety, the first Covenant miscarried; It was between God and the Creature without a Mediator; and so the Creature changing, the Covenant was dissolved; but the second, 1God meant should not miscarry, and therefore puts it into sure hands; I have laid help upon one that is mighty, speaking of Christ; And I will give thee for a Covenant to the People: God hath furnished Christ wherewith all, to be a surety; to make good his Covenant to his People, and their Covenant to him.
So that it is Christ who makes the Covenant good on both sides, as Gods to his people, so his peoples to God; And so it follows in that place of Isaiah, I have given thee for a Covenant to the people, to establish the earth; Establishment must come from Christ, the undertaker; the suretie of the Covenant; as he paid the Debt for the time past, so he must see the Articles of the Covenant kept for the time to come. For want of such an undertaker or suretie, the first Covenant miscarried; It was between God and the Creature without a Mediator; and so the Creature changing, the Covenant was dissolved; but the second, 1God meant should not miscarry, and therefore puts it into sure hands; I have laid help upon one that is mighty, speaking of Christ; And I will give thee for a Covenant to the People: God hath furnisht Christ wherewith all, to be a suretie; to make good his Covenant to his People, and their Covenant to him.