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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
Chapter 3: Scripture Evidence that there is such a Covenant of Redemption.
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CHAP. 3. Scripture Evidence that there is such a Covenant of Redemption.
That the Word of God doth not in Terms mention such a Covenant by such a Title, must be acknowledged: but that it doth give us the account of a Covenant, which cannot be Interpreted of any other, yea which fully amounts to the thing, may safely be affirmed. We read, Psal. 89.3. I have made a Covenant with my Chosen, I have Sworn to David my Servant. There are divers Texts in Scripture, especially in the Old Testament, which have a double re•erence, partly to the Type, partly to the Antitype; or to the Antitype under the Type: This Psalm is one of those portions of Scripture, in which David is made a notable Type ⟨p. 10⟩of Christ: Him therefore it mainly aims at. The Covenant wit• […], is here made the foundation of all Consolation to the People of God: Here ••en we have.
THat the Word of God doth not in Terms mention such a Covenant by such a Title, must be acknowledged: but that it doth give us the account of a Covenant, which cannot be Interpreted of any other, yea which fully amounts to the thing, may safely be affirmed. We read, Psal. 89.3. I have made a Covenant with my Chosen, I have Sworn to David my Servant. There are divers Texts in Scripture, especially in the Old Testament, which have a double re•erence, partly to the Type, partly to the Antitype; or to the Antitype under the Type: This Psalm is one of those portions of Scrip•ure, in which David is made a notable Type ⟨p. 10⟩of Christ: Him therefore it mainly aims at. The Covenant wit , is here made the foundation of all Consolation to the People of God: Here en we have.