no room, no need, no occasion for God to enter into a Covenant of Peace with his own blessed Son, in behalf of Mankind a War foreseen, there could I say, be no occasion of a Covenant of Peace and Reconcilation. II. Proposition, That this Covenant of Peace was entered into between the Father and the Son before the World began. Hence the Apostle saith, (aluding to this Covenant) God hath saved us,* and called us with an holy Calling, not according to our Works, but according to his own purpose and
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