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

1. If we consider the matter of it, and the terms which were agreed on between the Parties Covenanting, it fully agrees to a Covenant of Works; and indeed it bare a proper respect to the Covenant of Works which past between God and man at first. for Christ was to be the Second Adam; and therefore he was to do that for us which the other failed of doing, and to restore us from that misery, which he by his failure brought upon us: hence that, 1 Cor. 15.22. As in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But yet it was not the same Covenant with that; not only because he was a diverse party, but also because he was differently concerned: for Adam was only to obtain the Blessing by his Active Obedience and to fall under the Curse by his Disobedience, and that irrecoverably as to any power in himself, whereas the Son of God was to merit by his doing, and to make Satisfaction by his Suffering. But yet it ran in the tenor of a Covenant of Works, in which there is a work to be done, and a Reward to be given on the account of it. He was to purchase and pay for what he had, and that to the full price: on which account the Inheritance is said to be Purchased, Eph. 1.14. ⟨p. 44⟩and he is said to give himself a ransom, 1. Tim 2.6. but this will be more fully spoken to, with the reason of it hereafter.

1. If we consider the matter of it, and the terms which were agreed on between the Parties Covenanting, it fully agrees to a Covenant of Works; and indeed it bare a proper respect to the Covenant of Works which past between God and man at first. for Christ was to be the Second Adam; and therefore he was to do that for us which the other failed of doing, and to restore us from that misery, which he by his failure brought upon us: hence that, 1 Cor. 15.22. As in Adam all dy even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But yet it was not the same Covenant with that; not only because he was a diverse party, but also because he was differently concerned: for Adam was only to obtain the Blessing by his Active Obedience and to fall under the Curse by his Disobedience, and that irrecoverably as to any power in himself, whereas the Son of God was to merit by his doing, and to make Satisfaction by his Suffering. But yet it ran in the tenor of a Covenant of Works, in which there is a work to be done, and a Reward to be given on the account of it. He was to purchase and pay for what he had, and that to the full price: on which account the Inheritance is said to be Purchased,