Christ is promised in this covenant ; he is the resurrection and the life, John 11, 25 ; he is risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept, as death came by Adam, so by Christ came also the resurrection of the dead. 1 Cor. 15, 20 21. Now if by virtue of this covenant, Christ was given, and by him came the resurrection of the dead, then this covenant must include infinitely more than temporal blessings, for it extends to the resurrection of the righteous.

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