A85428:145
Christ Set Forth
Christ set forth in his [brace] death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at Gods right hand, intercession, [brace] as the [brace] cause of justification. Object of justifying faith. Upon Rom. 8. ver. 34. Together with a treatise discovering the affectionate tenderness of Christs heart now in heaven, unto sinners on earth. / By Tho: Goodwin, B.D.Christ set forth in his [brace] death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at Gods right hand, intercession, [brace] as the [brace] cause of justification. Object of justifying faith. Upon Rom. 8. ver. 34. Together with a treatise discovering the affectionate tendernesse of Christs heart now in heaven, unto sinners on earth. / By Tho: Goodwin, B.D.
London: printed by W.E. and J.G. for Robert Dawlman, 1642
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.
Concerning the first of those two Heads at first propounded, namely, the Evidence which Christs Resurrection affords unto our faith in point of non-condemnation: I have two things to handle in this Chap. to make this out: First, how Christ was made a Surety for us, and what manner a Surety he did become: secondly, what the consideration hereof will contribute to that evidence which faith hath from Christs Resurrection.
COncerning the first of those two Heads at first propounded, namely, the Evidence which Christs Resurrection affords unto our faith in point of non-condemnation: I have two things to handle in this Chap. to make this out: First, how Christ was made a Surety for us, and what manner a Surety he did become: secondly, what the consideration hereof will contribute to that evidence which faith hath from Christs Resurrection.
For the first,1 Christ was appointed by God, (and himself also undertook) to be our Surety. 2This you have, Heb. 7. 22. He was made Surety of a better Testament, or Covenant; namely, of the New. The Hebrew word for Covenant, the Septuagint still translated [[Greek or Hebrew]] Testament: the word in the Hebrew being of a large signification, & comprehending both a Covenant, and Testament; and so in the New Testament it is used promiscuously for either: And indeed, this new Covenant of Grace is both. Of this Covenant Christ is the [Greek or Hebrew], the plighter of his troth for it, the Surety, the Promiser, the Undertaker. The Verb this comes of, is [Greek or Hebrew], [promittere] which comes form [Greek or Hebrew], [in manibus] striking hands, or giving ones hand, as a sign of a covenant; and so, to bargain with, or make up a covenant. Prov. 22. 26. Be not thou ⟨p. 51⟩