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

he addresseth these with his power, and causeth them to hear his voice that they may live; we have such an expression in Acts 15.48. as many as ⟨p. 100⟩were ordained to Eternal life believed. Yea and our Saviour Christ lays that down as a Rule which never fails, John 6.37. All that the Father giveth me, shall come unto me. Christ first redeems them by Price, and then the spirit delivers them by Power: he first buys them out of the hands of Justice, and then the Holy Ghost comes and fetcheth them out of the Prison of Sin, and from under the Power of Satan, and enlargeth them. So that the Covenant of Grace in respect to the extensiveness of it, to the Subject, is made just as large as the Covenant of Redemption, that being the pattern according to which it is made, and the reason of this is grounded in the former consideration: for till men are bought out of the hands of the Law they are not free to be indented with in a way of Grace they are not Sui Juris, they cannot Covenant for themselves; they are the servants of sin and satan, and prisoners of the Law: except therefore Christ have paid the price for them, they are in no capacity for this Grace, but must abide under their former state of Condemnation.

he address•th these with his power, and causeth them to hear his voice that they may live; we have such an expression in Acts 15.48. as many as ⟨p. 100⟩were ordained to Eternal life believed. Yea and our Saviour Christ lays that down as a Rule which never fails, John 6.37. All that the Father giveth me, shall come unto me. Christ first redeems them by Price, and then the spirit delivers them by Power: he first buys them out of the hands of Justice, and then the Holy Ghost comes and fetcheth them out of the Prison of Sin, and from under the Power of Satan, and enlargeth them. So that the Covenant of Grace in respect to the extensiveness of it, to the Subject, is made just as large as the Covenant of Redempti•n, that being the pattern according to which it is made, and the reason of this is grounded in the former consideration: for till men are bought out of the hands of the Law they are not free to be indented with in a way of Grace they are not Sui Juris, they cannot Covenant for themselves; they are the servants of sin and satan, and prisoners of the Law: except therefore Christ have paid the price for them, they are in no capacity for this Grace, but must abide under their former state of Condemnation.