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A80141	A discourse of the true gospel blessedness in the New Covenant, or The distinction of the two Covenants, new and old, first and second. With the doing away of the first, and the establishment of the second, and likewise the mediatorship of Christ in the New Covenant, with some principles, duties, promises, and priviledges of the New Covenant. A useful companion for all saints at all times. / Written by Tho. Collier.	Collier, Thomas, fl. 1691.	1659 (1659)	Wing C5277; Thomason E1801_2; ESTC R35633	88,221	142

in and giving to are all free Christ a free gift so is the work of faith Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth Jam. 1. 18. So is the kingdom and the glory Luke 12. 32. It is your fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom 2 It is free in relation to man there being nothing in us to procure it neither of desert or desire after it which puts a very great lustre and beauty in the grace of the covenant that is extended to such worthless creatures and not desiring their own good but would rather have chosen the way of sin and death then the way of righteousness and life if mercy had not prevented The Lord meets with poor souls in a way of mercy when they are posting headlong to hell and destruction 2 It is a powerful covenant it effecteth what it requireth in point of power it requireth faith and gives power to believe it requireth obedience and gives power to obey viz. God in it and by it doth effect it for God is the power of this covenant as the grace of making so the power of effecting belongs to God Hence it is that the language of God is as hath been ●lready minded when he speaks of the work of conversion I will take away the stony heart and give them a heart of flesh and will put my spirit in them c. and the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God and live c. and when he speaks of the state of Saints in the covenant I will keep them that none shall pluck them out of my hands none shall be able to pluck them out of my fathers hands and I will put my fear in them that they shall not depart away from me Thus it appears that the covenant of grace is a powerful covenant Oh let the Saints learn to live by faith more in the Gospel power and strength which is able to keep them unto that day See Isay 40. 29 30. 3 It s an holy covenant Luke 1. 72. To remember his holy covenant And that not onely in the matter of it so was the old a holy covenant The commandement is holy just and good but this is holy as it effects and works holiness in those who are gathered into it and this the other did not But this is an holy covenant It makes holy as well as it requires to be holy 1 Thes 5. 23. Now the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout c. the God of peace sanctifieth in this covenant 4 It is a gracious covenant a covenant of mercy and a covenant of Peace hence it is that we call it a Covenant of Grace because its free and effecteth what it requireth and pardoneth the defects of those that are in it Hence it is that God hath made known himself to be a God of mercy indeed a God pardoning iniquity transgression and sin Oh my beloved friends in whose hearts God hath written this covenant look up and be comforted It is a covenant of grace mercy and preace from God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ 5 It is a rich covenant Oh the riches of this covenant It s filled full of Precious Pearls So that it greatly inricheth those that are in it Prov. 8. 18 19. Riches and honour are with me yea durable Riches an● Righteousness My fruit is better then gold yea the fine gold and my revenue then choice silver I lead in 〈◊〉 way of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgement that I may cause them that love me to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures Oh my beloved friends here is a rich covenant filled with riches and honour better then gold and silver that is not to be compared with it but its spiritual riches not outward worldly riches but it s so much the better for that is it indeed that it so much exceeds gold and silver c. because it is spiritual and eternal above and beyond the sight of carnal men Oh the blessed state of those that are in this covenant they are greatly inriched in all spiritual wisdom and knowledge they are interessed in a covenant filled with great and precious promises of grace and glory an inheritance a kingdom an everlasting kingdome that shall never be taken from them Here is riches indeed riches of substance that will fill all the Saints treasures remember this it is a rich covenant Hearken my beloved brethren God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom Jam. 2. 5. This covenant gives an interest in God and Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge Col. 2 3. Eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither hath the heart of man conceived what riches God hath prepared and will bestow upon those that love him 6 It is an everlasting covenant in the councel of God it was from everlasting and in the execution of it it shall be to everlasting Isay 55. 3. Incline thine ear and come to me and I will make an everlasting covenant with you even the sure mercies of David Jer. 32. 40. I will make an everlasting covenant with them c. It is a covenant that shall never fail Object The old covenant is said to be everlasting Answ It is so but that relates to the time of that ministration for so is the priesthood said to be everlasting yet that is ended as all who know and acknowledge the Gospel will confess But this is said to be everlasting because it shall endure for ever in heaven it shall stand to eternity For if we might suppose any time when this covenant might be broken we might suppose a possibility of falling from God even from the state of glory But the ground of assurance for the Saints eternal standing and not falling after they come to the perfect glory as the Angels fell is in this everlasting covenant where the eternal blessedness is contained and promised to the Saints God hath promised and sworn that he will not lye to David viz. to Christ in this covenant Object This covenant is said to be made with the house of Israel viz. with believers after they believe and not before believing Therefore it doth not so clearly appear that God doth work all in and for the Saints by virtue of the covenant but they are first to believe and then God enters into covenant with them Answ It s true on one account it is so but not on the account supposed for the house of Israel must be considered either 1 As the natural Israel or 2 As believers or 3 The elect in Christ considered in Gods councell and purpose to whom the Promise and Covenant did indeed belong The first viz. natural Israel as natural to wit all the seed of Abraham cannot be understood because the covenant is to the spiritual seed The second viz. all believers of Jew and Gentile cannot be properly understood

believe and conclude that now he is ascended to the Father and is in the work of mediation he is much more exercised in that work of mediating by praying for them Reason 2. From the nearness of relation and that both to the Father and the Saints the onely Son of the Father and elder brother to the Saints John 20. 17. Go tell my brethren I ascend to my Father and your Father to my God and your God Now may we suppose that this onely son of God so near to Saints hath nothing to say to the Father in behalf of his poor people now he is in heaven with him that had so much to say for them when here on earth 3. This appears from the various titles given to the work of Christ in heaven as an Advocate that is one to plead for us an intercessor 1 John 2. 2. Heb. 7. 25. Which clearly demonstrates the truth that Christ mediates in way of praying for the Saints and on these grounds I do believe it in a measure with joy 3. He is a tender and faithfull Mediator one that the Saints may confide in and trust with their cause Men here on earth may and often do choose such Mediators or Umpires that they are much in doubt of their tenderness and faithfulness in the cause but Jesus Christ is both tender and faithfull to both parties in his mediation he will not he cannot be unfaithfull to either 1. The one is his dear and Almighty Father 2. The other are his Brethren his children flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone c. See both these to wit his tenderness and faithfulness stated in one Scripture Heb. 2. 17 Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren that he might be a mercifull and faithfull high priest in things pertaining to God c. and cbap 3. 2. Who is faithfull to him that appointed him 4. He is a powerfull and prevailing Mediator he accomplishes what he mediates for he was never denied by the Father of what he asked nor fails in a title of all the good he undertakes to ask for his people Hence it is Christ saith John 11. 41. 42. Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me and I know that thou hearest me alwaies He is called a great high-priest Heb. 4. 14. Great in power able to give what he pleads for and therefore doubtless he will do it All power in heaven and earth is given to me saith Christ Matth. 28. 18. and John 3. 35. The Father loveth the son and hath given all things into his hand He is great in favor with God the onely beloved son of his bosom and therefore must needs be a powerfull prevailing Mediator He mediates by vertue of all his offices King Priest and prophet and therefore must needs obtain what he mediates for 5. He mediates particularly and distinctly for all Saints for all wants 1. For all his people he is no respecter of persons he respects not the rich more then the poor The poorest Saints are as near and dear to him as the richest He bears them all upon his heart before his Father A blessed word of comfort it is for poor Christians whether outwardly poor or spiritually poor Blessed are ye poor for yours is the kingdom of heaven Luke 6. 20. and Jam. 2. 5. Hearken my beloved brethren hath not God chosen the poor in this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom 2 For the particular wants of his people He mediates knowingly he knows the wants of all the Saints and all their various temptations He knows it first as it is their case distinctly and he knows it secondly by experience and therefore mediates sutable to their wants Heb. 4. 15. For we have not an High-priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin 6. He is a constant Mediator with the Father for his people he doth not mediate for a time and then have done but he waits upon the work continually it is his office he is thereunto appointed by the Father Heb. 3. 2. He is gone into heaven for that very end now to appear in the presence of God for us Heb. 9. 24. My friends Jesus Christ is not like unto a bad Lawyer that will plead suitable to his fee and it may be when it is most need be away about another business or forget his client no no beloved friends although he hath undertaken the cause of all the Saints in the world yet he will not forget one nor be away while any business is past for he waits on that very work but to proceed 6 The sixth particular is the Priviledges and advantages that comes to the Saints by the mediatorship of Christ and that is 1 Acceptance and through it boldness with the Father Oh my friends believers may come with boldness to the throne of grace Heb. 4. 15 16. Having such a high Priest let us come with boldness c. God hath given by Jesus Christ a liberty for a humble holy boldness to his people Therefore let them improve it 2 An assured care taken for the well being of Saints The Father hath taken care in appointing his Son to such a work Jesus Christ taketh care in the performance thereof See both these in Job 6. 39. This is the Fathers will which hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should loose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day Chap. 10. 27 28. My sleep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish c. and this is accomplished by the mediatorship of Christ Rom. 5. 10. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life Note we shall be saved by his life that is by his mediatorship for he ever lives to make intercession and his ability to save is stated upon his ever living to make intercession Heb. 7. 25. 3 Every thing that is good and best for them they shall have Know Christians that your Father y●●r Mediator knows what is best for you and that you shall have assuredly Oh that Saints did all believe this how would it tend to quiet and comfort their hearts in all estates how would they learn that lesson in all estates wherewith to be contented Phil. 4 11. It is with the Lords people many times as it is with children they would fain have their own wills when it may be sometimes it would be to their hurt but their Father knows best what is good for them and therefore denies their will and gives what he will So doth the Lord the Mediator of the new Covenant mediate for and give that which is best to his people though it may be they murmur at it through

a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedeck Heb. 5. 6. and chap. 7. 21. but they of the Old Testament were not so Heb. 7. 8 23 24. And they truly were many Priests because they were not suffered to continue by reason of Death But this man because he continueth ever hath an unchangeable Priest-hood a great ground of consolation for the Lords poor people See vers 27 28. 4. Christ differs from the Old Testament Priesthood in his ability to save They were not able to save themselves or others But Jesus Christ the Minister of the new covenant is able to save all those to the uttermost that come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them A great ground for encouragement of poor sinners to come to him and believe in him and likewise of consolation to those who already are truly come unto God by him A fifth difference was in the Sacrifice They offered Bulls and Goats Heb. 9. 12. But Jesus Christ offered up himself a Sacrifice for sin Oh precious High-priest to give himself a sacrifice for sin that not as these high priests did offer their Sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of others But he that was without sin Holy Harmless Undefiled there was no guile found in him even he offered himself for sinners Heb. 7. 27. and 9. 12 13. 8. The difference between the old and new covenants is in the Tabernacle and Ordinances 1. They were Ministers to the Typical Tabernacle Temple and Altar but Jesus Christ is the Minister of the true Tabernacle and Temple Heb. 8. 1 2. We have such an High Priest who is sate down at the right hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the Heavens A mininister of the Sanctuary and true Tabernacle which God hath pitched and not men chap. 9. 24. For Christ is not entered into the Holy Places made with hands which are the figures of the true but into Heaven it self now to appear in the presence of God for us Note this friends That Jesus Christ the Minister of the New covenant and of the true Tabernacle is entred into Heaven it self now to appear in the presence of God for his People A blessed ground of comfort and encouragement to every truly gracious soul to come with boldness to the Throne of grace Jesus Christ is there for them A second difference is in the ordinances that covenant had ordinances also and a Sanctuary but comparatively they were but wordly carnal ordinances to the ordinances of the new covenant Heb. 9. 1. The first covenant had also ordinances of Divine service and a wordly Sanctuary Their ordinances made not the comers thereunto perfect vers 9. were but a figure for the time being and are called carnal ordinances imposed on them till the time of reformation vers 10. But the Ordinances of the New Testament are more spiritual sutable to the Minister and ministration and likewise because our Minister ministers by his Spirit in and through all which that ministry could not do 9. They differ in their ends The ends of the first covenants were 1. To make sin become exceeding sinfull Rom. 7. 13. and chap. 3. 20. 2. To stop every month and to make all guilty before God Rom. 3. 19. And so it became a Killing Covenant A ministration of Death and not of life 2 Cor. 3. 6 7. A covenant that could not give life for if that covenant could have given life then verily righteousness had been by it even by the Law Gal. 3. 21. But Gods end in the new covenant is to give life by it Hence it s called a covenant of life and peace Isa 54. 10. Mal. 2. 5. It was to recover poor lost sinners out of their perishing state and condition it was to make the comers thereunto perfect which the other could not do Heb. 10. 1. It was to justifie believers from all those things from which they could not be justified by the law of Moses Acts 13. 39. viz. The first covenant In a word the end of G●●●n the new covenant was to save from the curse and condemnation of the old covenant without which there is no salvation Gal. 3. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law being made a curse for us c. 10. And finally the difference between the old and new covenant is as much as is between the type the shadow and the substance it was but a shadow and representation of the new covenant a typical covenant from first to last Hence it is that they had types and resemblances of every thing in the Gospel covenant but they were but shadows but resemblances 1. They had a righteousness commanded which was a righteousness of doing which they could not attain a representation of the righteousness of Christ who was to fulfill all and so become the end of the law for Righteousness to every one that believeth Rom. 10. 4 5. Secondly they had an election and Son-ship but it was of the natural seed the new covenant is of the spiritual seed Rom. 9. 7. 8. Gal. 3. 26 29. Thirdly they had Priest Sacrifice Tabernacle and Temple but all Typical Fourthly They had promises likewise but Typical as well as conditional so that it is as evident as the sun that shines at noon to all whose eyes are open that the differences between the covenants are clear and very great And therefore it much concerns you not to mistake in this matter least you live under the old in stead of the new for the old will prove a covenant of death to those who live and die in it But there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit Rom. 8. 1. viz. not after the law or old covenant but after the Gospel or new covenant which is called the ministration of the spirit 2 Cor. 3. 6 8. Objections answered Fourthly I come now to answer such Objections and Queries as are or may be raised against or made concerning the truth in hand Obj. 1. That the old and new covenants may be one and the same and are by many if not most taken so to be notwithstanding they are called Old and New First and Second because they differ in the manner of Ministration So that the difference lieth in the differing manner of administring and not in the covenants The Scripture speaking the same of the Commandments which may serve to clear those terms about the covenants John 13. 34. A new Commandment give I unto you c. And 1 Epist John 2. 7 8. Brethren I write no new Commandment unto you but an old Commandment which ye had from the beginning c. Again a new Commandment write I unto you c. The Commandment is old yet new and the same which they had from the beginning c. So may the Covenant likewise be taken Answ The covenants differ not onely in the

weakness and ignorance it may be they desire health and he gives sickness they desire riches and he gives Poverty c. why your Lord your Mediator knows sickness to be best and poverty to be best Therefore be content man with what the Lord gives down Paul prayes thrice that the thorne in the flesh might be taken away or depart from him c. God answers him in that which was best for him gives him another thing for the present and that is strength of grace to encounter with it resist and bear it till it should be removed My grace is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12. 8 9. And that was as good or better then the sudden removal of the tentation c. 4 Advantage is the preparation of the kingdom and the glory for them Christ is with his Father in heaven not onely mediating for present supplies and supports and giving a present acceptation to the persons and prayers of the Saints but he is preparing the kingdom for them that the Father giveth to them Joh. 14. 2. I go to prepare a place for you Hark you friends Jesus Christ is gone to prepare a Place for you a heavenly a glorious Place an inheritance that is incorruptible and u●●efiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you 1 Pet. 1. 4. An house not made with hands but eternal in the heavens 2 Cor. 5. 1. and this is done by virtue of the mediatorship of Christ it s purchased by virtue of his death Hence it s called the purchased Possession Ephes 1. 14. But it shall be prepared and given to them by virtue of the mediatorship of Christ Joh. 17. 24. Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my glory c. 7 I come to the Reasons why the New Covenant which is free and absolute and all glorious must have Christ to be the Mediator of it The reasons are 1 Why it must be so 2 Why it is so 1 Why it must be so First because it was the Fathers eternal councel and will that although the fountain of love and all good was and is in God from all eternity yet he never intended to bring it forth to the sons of men any other way but by the death and mediatorship of Jesus Hence the Apostle saith 1 Pet. 1. 20. He was verily foreordained before the foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you who do by him believe in God c. 2 It being so there is a necessity that Christ should be the Mediator of this covenant without which it is impossible that his people should have the grace of the Covenant This being the way ordained by the Father for the conveyance of grace and glory to his people and the way for his people to come up to him Joh. 14. 6. Heb. 10. 19 20. So that here is a necessity for Christ to be the Mediator of the New Covenant 3 There was and is a necessity in respect of the fallen miserable state of man by nature and the weak poor state of believers through the remainders of the corruption of nature that without it there was no way of redemption from wrath nor of standing and persevering nor boldness to come to God but alone by and through the Mediator of the New Covenant So that it appears here was a necessity for Christ to be the Mediator of the New Covenant to wit for and in behalf of his people interested in the covenant for the giving forth of the good things of the covenant unto them 2 Why it is so First because he was thereunto appointed of God and it is his office and his work to be mediating in behalf of his People and therefore in it Christ answers the Fathers will and performs his office he is appointed unto And secondly it is so 1 because Christ hath accepted of and taken the office upon him and undertaken too for and in the behalf of all his poor people Loe I come to do thy will O God Christ came to undertake the office and to do the work for those that could not do it themselves 2 Christ was appointed by the Father and accepted of the office and work of Mediator That so salvation might be sure to all the seed this is the way of assurance that God hath given to his people that Christ hath undertaken he work for them and takes the care of them He is become their Good shepherd and Bishop to wit overseer of their souls He hath undertaken according to the Fathers will to take the care of all the sheep and to see that they do not perish and he is enabled to it by the very power of the Father that he might be able to accomplish it it is that salvation might be sure sure mercy Isay 55. 3. Sure support and preservation from enemies that they might be surely and safely kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation Quest If Christ hath undertaken the work of Mediatorship that is the bringing forth to his people and accomplishing all the blessings of the New Covenant why then do the Saints pray for it and endeavour after it as if it was their work to get every blessing c. Answ I must in my answer to this Question say as I have said before touching the Covenant it self viz. That although the Covenant be absolute yet there is the duty of the Covenant So I say although Jesus Christ be the Mediator of the New Covenant yet it is the duty of the Lords people to seek after every good thing they stand in need of what ever Christ hath undertaken to mediate for as far as they are enlightned in it they are to seek after it And indeed it is by virtue of the mediatorship of Christ that they have that liberty and priviledge and may have that boldness So that Christ is a Mediator to procure for the Saints whatever they pray for in faith according to the will of God to right ends and to procure all good for them even what they through ignorance pray not for The Saints prayers cannot be available but as in Christ their Mediator for out of him God is a consuming fire but in him and in him alone is he full of love and grace a God pardoning iniquity transgression and sinne Before I come to application I shall speak something briefly unto the two other Parts or Branches of the doctrine The second Part of which is That believers are come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant and this is a happy state indeed to come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant Quest What are we to understand by coming or being come to Jesus Answ 1. To come to Jesus is to believe in him He that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out Joh. 6. 37. To come to Christ by faith and to own him in all his offices to look