with God and Christ, all would be to no purpose, and ’tis the work of the Holy Ghost to bring this to pass. All the three persons are concerned in the salvation of man, as they were in his creation. When man was first created, there was a consultation among the persons of the Trinity. God said, “Come and let us make man in our image, after our likeness” [Gen. 1:26]. So it is in the work of redemption: the Father chooses the Christ, provides, chooses, sends and accepts a savior; the Son is the Savior