8.1 It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, according[1] to the covenant made between them both, to be the mediator between God and man;^a the prophet,^b priest,^c and king;^d head and savior of the church,^e the heir of all things,^f and judge of the world;^g unto whom He did from all eternity give a people to be His seed and to be by Him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.^h

^a Isa. 42:1; 1 Pet. 1:19–20 ^b Acts 3:22 ^c Heb. 5:5–6 ^d Ps. 2:6; Luke 1:33 ^e Eph. 1:22–23 ^f Heb. 1:2 ^g Acts 17:31
^h Isa. 53:10; John 17:6; Rom. 8:30

[1] “...according to the Covenant made between them both,” added to the paragraph by Savoy and 2LBCF.