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

1 That he would assume to his person the nature of man, and thereby put himself into a capacity of performing Redemption work. That the Covenant was made with the Son of God not considered as God man, but only as Son, hath been already made to appear. This undertaking then is to be considered as an Article belonging to it, and it must needs be so, for the Son of God could not be appointed to be a Man but by a Covenant, because his consent was absolutely requisite in such an appointment, it being a Covenant between equals, as is granted on all hands: hence we must either unnecessarily multiply Covenants, or else assign it unto this. The Scripture mentions no more but three covenants in which God is concerned about man; viz: that of works ⟨p. 59⟩that of Grace and this of Redemption; and it must belong to this, if to any of these; for in the other two, men themselves are parties. Besides, the Humane Nature to be assumed needs not to be respected as Covenanting, but only • Covenanted for, inasmuch as the Divine Nature assuming the Humane, wrought it into a perfect subordination to itself: for it was not to have an Humane Personality, but to be of the Person of the Son of God, and to be an organ or instrument in and with which the Son of God was to do this work. It was a body, i. e. (an Humanity) Prepared for him, Heb. 10. 5.

2 That in this nature he would become sponsor or surety for Gods Elect, and so put himself under the law, and stand responsible to it for all that was demanded of them whether of active obedience as they were Gods subjects, or Passive, as they were sinners. Hence that Gal. 4. 4. 5. He was not only to be in our nature, but also in our stead, he was to do that we might be happy, and to die that we might be delivered from misery. This is included in