The mystery of Christ opened and applied. In several sermons, concerning the person, office,…The mystery of Christ opened and applyed. In several sermons, concerning the person, office,…

Propos. VIII. Jesus Christ is an eternal Mediator. There was before the world began an eternal Transaction between the Father and the Son concerning the work of Redemption, wherein the Father agreed with the Son, that if he would satisfy divine Justice, that then the Elect should be saved; and the Son engaged that he would do it: And in order thereunto would become a man, and make himself an Offering for Sin. Isai. 53, 10. ⟨p. 137⟩In this Respect He was set up as a Mediator from everlasting. Prov. 8. 23. Also the Mediation of Christ has taken place in all ages of the world, from the very Beginning of it. He was slain from the foundation of the world. Rev. 13. 8. He was so Typically in respect of those Sacrifices which were once of Divine Institution, and began with the first •ge of the world, and in respect of the De•ree of God; also in respect of the Efficacy of his Death. Indeed, The Son of God actually began the work of a Redeemer when he became Incarnate, and first entered upon his […] of Humiliation. But before that God took the Word of his Son concerning this matter: so that his Mediation was effectual before his Incarnation. And thence the sins of the Elect who dyed before Christ came in•o the world were pardoned, as well as those who have been born since that. Heb. 9. 15. He is the Mediator of the New-Testament, that […] means of death, for the Redemption of the Transgressions that were under the first Testament, they which were called might receive the promise of eternal Inheritance. It is therefore also said concerning Old-Testament Believers, that they without us should not be made perfect. Heb. 11. 11. 40. The meaning of which ⟨p. 138⟩may be, that they were not brought to h•• ven and happiness in one way, and we in another; but both we and they are made perfect by the Death and Mediation of Christ. So that the first Believers that ever were is the world, had their sins pardoned and their souls saved by virtue of the Merit and Med ation of Jesus Christ. And He will continue to mediate to the end of the world. He is a priest for ever, after the Order of Melchizedek,