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

3. That Jesus Christ in making mention of this Covenant, acknowledgeth the Father ⟨p. 23⟩to be the Party whom he had Indented withal. See Psal. 2.7, 8. the mentioning of the Son here spoken to, and owned, points us to the Father under the Personal Relation. So also in Psal. 89.26. which Psalm hath a proper reference to this Covenant; and how often in the Gospel have we Christ declaring his Mission to be from his Father? more particularly in John 17. he challengeth of him the performance of the Promises of this Covenant, and truly, as this Covenant is the beginning of all our Salvation, and the spring or Original from which all the good that we hope for, so it is fitly attributed to him, who is the first of the persons.

2. The other Party is the Son of God, the Second Person in the Trinity, who is Coeternal with the Father. The Covenant being Eternal, there could not be any party in it, but one who was an Eternal Person. Whosoever is engaged in a Covenant, which is a voluntary act, must be presumed to Exist, cither in himself, or in his Representative. Nor is this disputed whether the Son of God be the other party: but yet there is no little difference in the notions about the quality or respect in which he stands as a ⟨p. 24⟩party in this Covenant. The Son of God is considered under a treble notion.

2. The other Party is the Son of God, the Second Person in the Trinity, who is Coeternal with the Father. The Covenant being Eternal, there could not be any party in it, but one who was an Eternal Person. Whosoever is engaged in a Covenant, which is a voluntary act, must be presumed to Exist, cither in himsef, or in his Representative. Nor is this disputed whether the Son of God be the other party: but yet there is no little difference in the notions about the qualility or respect in which he stands as a