You are to Remember, That the Foundation, ⟨p. 8⟩upon which our Lord Jesus Christ brings in a Righteousness for His Chosen People, is the Eternal Covenant of Redemption, made between God and Him. Albeit some with Impiety enough, put the Name of A Fiction, on that Eternal Covenant of Redemption, which God the Father made with our Lord Messiah; yet we cannot read the Eighty Ninth Psalm, or the Forty Ninth and Fifty Third Chapters of Isaiah, or a considerable part of the New Testament, without Believing it. Yea, that Covenant, is the Foundation of our whole Salvation, and most particularly of our Lords Coming to answer the Law of God, for our Justification In that Eternal Covenant, our Lord Jesus Christ is by God Constituted a Surety for us. The Lord-Messiah, is now Expressly called, in Heb. 7.22. A Surety: Which is as much as to say, That He came under Obligation, to pay our Debt unto God. And tho' this Name, is but once in the New Testament, put upon our Saviour, yet the Thing thereby intended, is •ss•rted the whole Bible over▪ Well; That our Lord, in pursuance of this Covenant, might actually appear in the Quality of our Surety, He became a Man. His mere becoming a Man, or, His Incarnation simply Considered, seems therefore no part of the Righteousness, which our Lord ha's provided for us. But in short, That Righteousness is, His perfect Conformity to the Law of God, which in becoming a Man, born of a Woman, He became Subject unto. Now, there are Two parts of this Righteousness. ⟨p. 9⟩We owe a Double Debt unto the Law: A Debt of Satisfaction, and a Debt of Observation. As Criminal Creatures, we Owe a Debt of Satisfaction: as Rational Creatures, we Owe a Debt of Observation, to the Law of our God. Both the Penalty and the Precept of the Law, are alike Requisite now to be complied withal, for the Honour of that glorious Governor of the world, who gave the Law. Accordingly our Lord Jesus Christ, hath answered the Law for us, and in Answering it hath fulfilled all Righteousness. Our Surety had a most Holy Heart, and led a most Holy Life ▪ The Exceeding Broad Law of God, could never tax Him for any thing amiss: And He then endured a most bitter Death, even the Substance of that very Curse, which was by the Law of God, our due for our Sin. Instead of all other Sacrifice and Offering, our Lord Messiah said, in Heb. 10.7. Lo, I Come to do thy Will, O God.
You are to Remember, That the Foundation, ⟨p. 8⟩upon which our Lord Jesus Christ brings in a Righteousness for His Chosen People, is the Eternal Covenant of Redemption, made between God and Him. Albeit some with Impiety enough, put the Name of A Fiction, on that Eternal Covenant of Redemption, which God the Father made with our Lord Messiah; yet we cannot read the Eighty Ninth Psalm, or the Forty Ninth and Fifty Third Chapters of Isaiah, or a considerable part of the New Testament, without Believing it. Yea, that Covenant, is the Foundation of our whole Salvation, and most particularly of our Lords Coming to answer the Law of God, for our Justification In that Eternal Covenant, our Lord Jesus Christ is by God Constituted a Surety for us. The Lord-Messiah, is now Expressly called, in Heb. 7.22. A Surety: Which is as much as to say, That He came under Obligation, to pay our Debt unto God. And tho' this Name, is but once in the New Testament, put upon our Saviour, yet the Thing thereby intended, is •ss•rted the whole Bible over▪ Well; That our Lord, in pursuance of this Covenant, might actually appear in the Quality of our Surety, He became a Man. His meer becoming a Man, or, His Incarnation simply Considered, seems therefore no part of the Righteousness, which our Lord ha's provided for us. But in short, That Righteousness is, His perfect Conformity to the Law of God, which in becoming a Man, born of a Woman, He became Subject unto. Now, there are Two parts of this Righteousness. ⟨p. 9⟩We owe a Double Debt unto the Law: A Debt of Satisfaction, and a Debt of Observation. As Criminal Creatures, we Owe a Debt of Satisfaction: as Rational Creatures, we Owe a Debt of Observation, to the Law of our God. Both the Penalty and the Precept of the Law, are alike Requisite now to be complyed withal, for the Honour of that glorious Governour of the world, who gave the Law. Accordingly our Lord Jesus Christ, hath answered the Law for us, and in Answering it hath fulfi•led all Righteousness. Our Surety had a most Holy Heart, and led a most Holy Life ▪ The Exceeding Broad Law of God, could never tax Him for any thing amiss: And He then endured a most bitter Death, even the Substance of that very Curse, which was by the Law of God, our due for our Sin. Instead of all oth•r Sacrifice and Offering, our Lord Messiah said, in
