Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1768 edition. Excerpt: ... his Son before all A; For, that 9. That See Dr. JFIMy on the five Points p. 48, 49, 50.. 9. That it should be possible for Christ to fail of doing his Father's Will, is, inconsistent with the promise made to the Father by the Son, by the Logos that was with the Father from the Beginning, before he took the human Nature: as may be seen in Psal. xl. 6, 7, 8. (compared with the Apostle's Interpretation, Heb. x. 5--9.) Sacrifice and Offering thou didst not desire: mine Earshast thou opened, ( or bored; ) Burnt-Offering and SinOffering 'Thou hast not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: In the Volume of the Book it is written of me: I delight to do thy Will, O my God, and thy Law is within my Heart. Where is a manifest Allusion to the Covenant which the willing Servant, who loved his Master's Service, made with his Master, to be his Servant for ever, on the Day wherein he had his Ear bored; which Covenant was probably inserted in the publick Records, called the Volume of the Book, by the Judges, who were called to take Cognizance of the Transaction; Exod. xxi. If the Logos, who was with the Father, before the World, and who made the World, thus engaged in Covenant to do the Will of the Father in the human Nature, and the Promise, was as it were recorded, that it might be made sure," doubtless it was impossible that it should fail; and so it was impossible that Christ should fail of doing the Will of the Father in the human Nature. 10. If it was possible for Christ to have failed of doing the Will of his Father, and lb to have failed of effectually working out Redemption for Sinners, then the Salvation of all the Saints, who were saved from the Beginning of the World, to the Death of Christ, was not built on a firm Foundation. The Messiah, ...
