William Burkitt's Expository Notes

Hebrews 8:10

Observe here, 1. The persons with whom this covenant is made, the house of Israel, and the house of Judah; not made with them as. political body, because their policy was to be dissolved, but as. part of the universal church.

Observe, 2. The author of this covenant, and that is God himself, I will make it, saith the Lord.

Note, That the abolishing of the old covenant, and establishing the new, is an act of sovereign wisdom, grace, and authority in God: I will make. new covenant.

Observe, 3. What is the great and comprehensive promise of the new covenant: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them in their hearts; that is:

1. will make. clear and perspicuous revelation of my mind and will unto them, and give them. thorough knowledge and understanding of my laws, so that their own consciences shall condemn them when they do transgress them.

2. By my holy Spirit. will make. deep and efficacious impression of them upon their hearts and spirits.

Where note, That the precepts of the old covenant are all of them turned into promises under the new; ther preceptive and commanding power remaineth; but grace is promised for the performance of them.

Note farther, That the work of grace, in the new covenant, passeth on the whole soul, in all its powers and faculties, to their change and renovation: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them in their hearts.

And, consequently, to deny the necessity and efficacy of the sanctifying and renewing grace of God in the habits and acts of it, is plainly to overthrow the evangelical covenant.

Observe, 4. What is the relation which is here said to ensue between God and his people; I will be to them. God, and they shall be to me. people.

Here note, 1. God's relation to us. I will be to them. God,. who am all-sufficient in myself, will be your all-sufficient preserver, and your all-sufficient rewarder. As nothing less than God's becoming our God can relieve and help us; so nothing more can be required thereunto.

Note, 2. Our relation to God, they shall be to me. people; that is,. special and peculiar people, owning dependency upon him, and professing all subjection and obedience to him.

And observe, God undertakes for this, they shall be to me. people.

Learn thence, That God doth as well undertake for our being his people, as he doth for his being our God: He that assumes them into that relation freely will preserve them in it powerfully: I will be to them. God, and they shall be to me. people.

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