The doctrine of the covenant of redemption Wherein is laid the foundation of all…

1. We may consider the Engagement which the Son took upon himself. The work of Redemption was laid upon his Shoulders, he was the party agreed upon, and consenting to take that Province upon him in his own person: and it may suffice to speak generally of this, and so his Undertaking may be comprised in two things.

1. We may consider the Engagement which the Son took upon himself. The work of Redemption was laid upon his Shoulders, he was the party agreed upon, and consenting to take that Province upon him in his own person: and it may suffice to speak generally of this, and so his Undertaking may be comprized in two things.

1. He accepted of and took upon him to perform the work of Redemption, and thereby he received the Relative Title of Redeemer from Eternity. To this the Scripture ⟨p. 57⟩bears witness, when it tells us, that he was the Lamb slain from the Foundations of the World, Rev. 13. 8. and when it saith that we are Chosen in him, to obtain Redemption by him, Eph, 1. 4, 7. which Scriptures clearly express his designation to this Office […] Work, and this being personal, hence there was, not only the Father Propounding, but the Son also consenting and accepting: so that this amounts properly to one Article of the Covenant: for we cannot rationally suppose a person free, sovereign, and under no natural obligation to it, to be designed, constituted, and set apart to an Office, without his own free and voluntary consent. Hereupon it follows, that on this very score or account, all the old Testament believers, dying before his appearing in the flesh, went to heaven upon the credit of his undertaking; having their sins discounted, and their happiness conferred upon them, in the merit of that satisfaction and obedience which he had engaged for.

1. He accepted of and took upon him to perform the work of Redemption, and thereby he received the Relative Title of Redeemer from Eternity. To this the Scripture