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

3. As he hath a Mystical Union with all the Members of his Church, or with all Believers, in which sense he is also called Christ, 1 Cor. 12.12. and under which of these considerations, he is a party in this Covenant, is variously apprehended. Here then we may conclude.

1. That Christ Mystical is not the party in this Covenant; my meaning is, that the Members of Christ, or his Spiritual Seed, were not jointly Covenanters with him here. The People of God are considered as a party in the Covenant of Grace, with whom God Indents through a Mediator: but they have no such consideration here. It is true, they are taken notice of in this Covenant, yea, it is for them that Happiness was contrived and secured in it, but that is as they stand related to the Terms of it. The Elect are not Agents, but Patients here. There is nothing in it required of them to be done by them, but all is to be done for ⟨p. 25⟩them. They are not Undertakers, but are Undertaken for, Isa. 53.10. and this is one difference between these two Covenants.

1. That Christ Mystical is not the party in this Covenant; my meaning is, that the Members of Christ, or his Spiritual Seed, were not joyntly Covenanters with him here. The People of God are considered as a party in the Covenant of Grace, with whom God Indents through a Mediator: but they have no such consideration here. It is true, they are taken notice of in this Covenant, yea, it is for them that Happiness was contrived and secured in it, but that is as they stand related to the Terms of it. The Elect are not Agents, but Patients here. There is nothing in it required of them to be done by them, but all is to be done for ⟨p. 25⟩them. They are not Undertakers, but are Undertaken for,