Of that
distinct communion which we have with the person of the Father we have
treated in the foregoing chapters; we now proceed to the consideration of
that which we have with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Now the fellowship
we have with the second person, is with him as Mediator, — in that office
whereunto, by dispensation, he submitted himself for our sakes; being “made
of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption of sons,” Gal. iv. 4,
5. And herein I shall do these two things:— I. Declare that we
have such fellowship with the Son of God. II. Show wherein that fellowship
or communion doth consist:—