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A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…
A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of divinity, in a method entirely new. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey[.]
Boston: printed by Draper & Folsom, 1782
A HISTORY Of the WORK of REDEMPTION. › Period 1 › Part 5: From David to the Babylonish captivity.
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That this covenant that God now established with David by Nathan the prophet, was the covenant of grace, is evident by the plain testimony of scripture, in Is. lv.1.2.3. There we have Christ inviting sinners to come to the waters, &c. And in the 3d verse, he says, "Incline your ear, come unto me; hear, and your souls ⟨p. 82⟩shall live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, […] the sure mercies of David." Here Christ offers to poor […] they will come to him, to give them an interest in the same […] covenant that he had made with David, conveying to them […] ••me sure mercies. But what is that covenant that sinners obtain an interest in, when they come to Christ, but the covenant of grace?
That this covenant that God now established with David by Nathan the prophet, was the covenant of grace, is evident by the plain testimony of scripture, in Is. lv.1.2.3. There we have Christ inviting sinners to come to the waters, &c. And in the 3d verse, he says, "Incline your ear, come unto me; hear, and your souls ⟨p. 82⟩shall live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, 〈…〉 the sure mercies of David." Here Christ offers to poor 〈…〉 they will come to him, to give them an interest in the same 〈…〉 covenant that he had made with David, conveying to them 〈…〉 ••me sure mercies. But what is that covenant that sinners obtain an interest in, when they come to Christ, but the covenant of grace?
This was the fifth solemn establishment of the covenant of grace with the church after the fall. The covenant of grace was revealed and established all along. But there had been particular seasons, wherein God had in a very solemn manner renewed this covenant with his church, giving forth a new edition and establishment of it, revealing it in a new manner. This was now the fifth solemn establishment of that covenant. The first was with Adam, the second was with Noah, the third was wih the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the fourth was in the wilderness by Moses, and now the fifth is this made to David.