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

1 To silence all the accusations which may arise from the Covenant of Works. A Believer is sometimes greatly Puzzled, and in a Shock of sore Temptation he is hurried to the Old Covenant, where sin is declared against, and the sinner is condemned, and Justice stands engaged to do execution accordingly: and now he is greatly perplexed to think how the Law and Grace can consist, and so how such a Sinner as he is can be Saved, and he is ready to sink under it. Indeed in the Covenant of Grace he hears of pardon and forgiveness, which are assured to the Sinner up on believing, and that is a precious thing; but he knows not how to reconcile this to what the Law saith; that God is Holy and of purer eyes than to behold Iniquity, ⟨p. 143⟩that Sinners shall not stand in his sight; & such an one hath he notoriously been; and how should he make those things to bear? Now Repair to the Covenant of Redemption, and take a through view of it, and there you shall find that all this is sufficiently taken care about, and every difficulty that you can think of, is altogether removed. The Covenant of Grace indeed speaks of favour and mercy to Sinners, freely to be bestowed upon them by God through Christ, but in the Covenant of Redemption you may see how all this is brought about, and be satisfied in it: for in this Covenant there is an Offering provided, a complete Sacrifice laid in: here is the Blood of a Saviour to be shed, his precious life to be laid down in exchange for the life of the Sinner, in which there is infinitely more value than in the lives of all the World; and therefore all the Law requires at the hands of the Sinner is here answered. Here is Justice sitting in Triumph, Holiness gloriously Exalted, the Law fulfilled to the utmost of all that it can demand: here God declares his hatred against Sin sufficiently, and all that was demanded in the Covenant of Works, is made good to the utmost farthing; and now what ⟨p. 144⟩should hinder the flowing down of the Grace of the New Covenant to the Salvation of Gods Elect, since it appears, that he can be both Just and the Justifier of them that believe?

1 To silence all the accusations which may arise from the Covenant of Works. A Believer is sometimes greatly Puzled, and in a Shock of sore Temptation he is hurried to the Old Covenant, where sin is declared against, and the sinner is condemned, and Justice stands engaged to do execution accordingly: and now he is greatly perplexed to think how the Law and Grace can consist, and so how such a Sinner as he is can be Saved, and he is ready to sink under it. Indeed in the Covenant of Grace he hears of pardon and forgiveness, which are assured to the Sinner up on believing, and that is a precious thing; but he knows not how to reconcile this to what the Law saith; that God is Holy and of purer eyes than to behold Iniquity,