The Sum of Saving Knowledge: Head II
By David Dickson and James Durham - Posted at The Westminster Standard: Head II. The remedy provided in Jesus Christ for the elect by the covenant of Grace. “O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.” Hos 13.9 I. Albeit man, having brought himself into this woeful condition, is neither able to help himself, nor willing to be helped by God out of it, but rather inclined to lie still, insensible of it, till he perish; yet God, for the glory of his rich grace, has revealed in his word a way to save sinners, that is, by faith in Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, by virtue of, and according to the tenor of the covenant of redemption, made and agreed upon between God the Father and God the Son, in council of the Trinity, before the world began. II. The sum of the covenant of redemption is this: God having freely chosen to life a certain number of lost mankind, for the glory of his rich grace, did give them, before the world began, to God the Son, appointed Redeemer...
