The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

It was not meet that such an Office should be forced upon him: that it should be put upon him to d•e for sinners, without his own choice; and that if we consider the innocency and excellency of his person, but he did freely consent to take this task upon him: his will as he is God, is the same with the Fathers; and as man he closed with it, he voluntarily undertook this work of redeeming and saving sinners: Heb. 10.6. then said I, lo•• come in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy Will O God, Gal. 2 20. he loved me, and gave himself for me. John 10.18. no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self.

It was not meet that such an Office should be forced upon him: that it should be put upon him to d•e for sinners, without his own choice; and that if we consider the innocency and excellency of his person, but he did freely consent to take this task upon him: his will as he is God, is the same with the Fathers; and as man he closed with it, he voluntarily undertook this work of redeeming and saving sinners: Heb. 10.6. then said I, lo•• come in the volumn of the book it is written of me, to do thy Will O God, Gal. 2 20. he loved me, and gave himself for me. John 10.18. no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self.

The consent of the Father and the Son is represented to us in Scripture, after the manner of a covenant, called by Divines the covenant of redemption: in which transaction we may take notice of these five Articles.