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The doctrine of the covenant of redemption. Wherein is laid the foundation of all…
The doctrine of the covenant of redemption. Wherein is laid the foundation of all our hopes and happiness. Briefly opened and improved. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Three lines from Psalms]
Boston: printed by Benj. Harris over against the Old-Meeting-House, 1693
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.
3. The […] to him all the supplies of all constant assistance in his Work, that so it might not fail in his Hand. It was a great work, and it was a frail nature in which it was to be performed; for this cause it would need mighty assistance to support or uphold it so as not to fail. There was Infinite Wrath which our Nature was to […], and therefore a mighty arm must be underneath to bear it up, else it would have been broken in pieces by it. Almighty Power therefore did stand engaged for him, whereby a good issue of this Affair was secured. God promised him that he should not sink under the weight of it, Psal. 89.21. Isa. 42.4, 6.
3. The 〈…〉 to him all the supplies of all constant assistance in his Work, that so it might not fail in his Hand. It was a great work, and it was a frail nature in which it was to be performed; for this cause it would need mighty assistance to support or uphold it so as not to fail. There was Infinite Wrath which our Nature was to 〈…〉, and therefore a mighty arm must be underneath to bear it up, else it would have been broken in pieces by it. Almighty Power therefore did stand engaged for him, whereby a good issue of this Affair was secured. God promised him that he should not sink under the weight of it, Psal. 89.21. Isa. 42.4, 6.
2. Such as relate to the Fruit and Efficacy of his Undertaking: and these are comprehended in two things.