A little cabinet richly stored with all sorts of heavenly varieties, and soul-reviving influences.: Wherein there is a remedy for every malady, viz. milk for babes, and meat for strong men, and the ready way for both to obtain and retain assurance of salvation: being an abridgement of the sum and substance of the true Christian religion; wherein the cause of our salvation, the way, the guide, the rule, the evidence, the seals, &c. and the connection of these points together, and dependancy of them one upon another: this I have endeavoured to do orderly, exactly, methodically, with much plainness and clearness. / By Robert Purnell.

The second thing to be enquired into, is with whom this Covenant was first made.

THis Covenant was not made with us, but with Christ for us; God did not immediately make this Covenant with us, we were children of disobedi∣ence and of wrath, who were not capable of any such Covenant and conditions, but it was made with Christ for us, that upon the making of his soul an offering for sin, he would give unto his seed eternall life, Zech. 9. 11. As for thee also by the blood of thy Covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water: Adam lost his righteousness▪ the foundation of the first Covenant: But the righte∣ousness of Christ the second Adam, can never be lost, it being grounded upon better promises, Heb. 8. 6.

The Covenant made with Christ, hath these pro∣mises, Gen. 12. 3. In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed, 2 Cor. 1. 20. All the promises of God, are Yea and Amen in him; so then this Cove∣nant

was made with him actively, as a person that performed all the conditions upon which the pro∣mises were grounded; but with us passively, as the Persons to whom the benefits of these promises do belong: if Christ merited nothing for himself, but wholly for the Elect of God, then all the promi∣ses made to him do belong to them; or the Cove∣nant which was made with him as Mediator, doth belong to us, for whom he doth mediate. Now the parties concerned in this Covenant, are first God the Father, and Jesus Christ the Mediator, and the Church or body of Christ, for whom he was to me∣diate. Now this Covenant being made with Christ, he as a Surety is bound to perform and see perform∣ed, all the duties that God requires of believers; so he was arrested, and brought to the bar of Gods ju∣stice, where he is convicted, adjudged, and ar∣raigned as a sinfull transgressor, so he suffered the uttermost rigor of the Law, and not one grain of justice abated him, nor a farthing of the debt for∣given him, no nor so much as one sin unaccounted for or blotted out, till satisfaction was first made and given. But after the full account and perfect payment, this Surety Christ Jesus pleaded for a dismission, and discharge, and so got a generall discharge, acquit∣tance, and releasment, under the King of Heavens hand and seal for us, &c.

If any man desire further satisfaction, whether this Covenant was first made with Christ for us, yea or no. Let him consult with these precious Scrip∣tures, Psalm 89. 24, 27, 28. Hebr. 13. 20. Isaiah 42. 6. Isa. 55. 3. Zach. 6. 13. Isa. 50. 56. Zach. 9. 11. Isa. 53. 10.

Now if any one ask, what were the conditions between the Father and the Son, when this Cove∣nant was made, they are as followeth. First see what God the Father promised unto Christ on his part.

1. That he would anoint him, and fill him with the Spirit above all others, Heb. 1. 9. Isa. 11. 2.

2. That he would prepare him a body to sacrifice for sins, Heb. 10. 5, 10.

3. That he would uphold him, and strengthen him, that he should not be ashamed by the things he should suffer, Isa. 42. 6. & 50. 5, 7.

4. That he would justifie and glorifie all his seed, Isa. 50. 8. Joh. 17. 22, 24, Isa. 53. 11.

5. That he should see and enjoy the travell of his soul, and the purchases of his blood, Isa. 53. 10. Heb. 2. 7.

6. That he should have all power in heaven and in earth given him, till all his enemies were made his footstool, Ephes. 5. 25, 27, Matthew 28. 18. 1 Cor. 15. 28.

Next let us examine what Christ did perform or promise to perform on his part,

1. To become a Mediator, Surety and Saviour for all those that his Father should give him, Heb. 8. 6. Heb. 7. 22. Act. 13. 23. Ioh. 17. 11, 12. Ephes. 1. 10. Col. 1. 20. 1 John 2. 1.

2. To take upon him the nature of man, and so to become flesh, in his Fathers appointed time, Gal. 4. 4. Mat. 11. 27. John 17. 4.

3. That he would glorifie his Father, by keep∣ing, revealing and doing his will, John 15. 10. John 6. 39.

4. That he would suffer and satisfie personally and perfectly for the sins of men, Luke 24. 46. Hos. 13. 14. 1 Pet. 2. 24.

5. That he would bring himself, and all those gi∣ven him by his Father unto glory, Heb. 10. 14. Joh. 14. 4, 9. Iohn 10. 18.

The word of God doth contain the Articles of this Covenant; those that desire further satisfacti∣on, search the Scriptures, wherein you shall find that Christ did willingly undertake this work, Heb. 10. 7, 9. and did faithfully discharge it, Heb. 10. 5, 6, 7, &c. so our reconciliation was wrought by the Son, Isa. 61. 1. Iohn 1. 3. Iohn 5. 36, 37. Col. 1. 16, 17. Hebr. 1. 3. Iohn 5. 17. & 3. 17. and seal∣ed by the Holy-Ghost, Ephes. 1. 13. & 4. 30.