Heb. 2:12. Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

Edwards cites this in Freedom of the Will while showing that though wickedness was prophesied and certain it was nonetheless culpable. Apparently he meant Hebrews 2:10 rather than Hebrews 2:12:

It was foretold under the Old Testament, that Messiah should suffer greatly through the malice and cruelty of men; as largely and fully set forth (Psalms 22, applied to Christ in the New Testament, Matthew 27:35; Matthew 27:43; Luke 23:34; John 19:24; Hebrews 2:12). And likewise in Psalms 69, which, it is also evident by the New Testament, is spoken of Christ (John 15:25; John 7:5, etc.; and John 2:17 Romans 15:3; Matthew 27:34; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:23; John 19:29). The same thing is also foretold, Isaiah 53 and Isaiah 50:6 and Micah 5:1. This cruelty of men was their sin, and what they acted as moral agents. It was foretold, that there should be an union of Heathen and Jewish rulers against Christ (Psalms 2:1; Psalms 2:2, compared with Acts 4:25-28). It was foretold, that the Jews should generally reject and despise the Messiah (Isaiah 49:5-7; Isaiah 53:1-3; Psalms 22:6; Psalms 22:7; Psalms 69:4; Psalms 69:8; Psalms 69:19; Psalms 69:20). And it was foretold, that the body of that nation should be rejected in the Messiah's days, from being God's people, for their obstinacy in sin (Isaiah 49:4-7; Isaiah 8:14-16, compared with Romans 10:19; Romans 10:21). It was foretold, that Christ should be rejected by the chief priests and rulers among the Jews (Psalms 118:22, compared with Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:7).

Edwards is on target again in End of Creation :

Ezekiel 20:34-35; Ezekiel 20:37-38, "And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries whither ye are scattered…. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people; and there I will plead with you, as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt…. And I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. And I will purge out the rebels…. And ye shall know that I am the Lord. " Verse 42, " And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel." Verse 44, " And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake. " See also Ezekiel 28:25-26; Ezekiel 36:11; Ezekiel 37:6; Ezekiel 37:13.

This is also spoken of as a great end of the work of redemption of Jesus Christ: both of the purchase of redemption by Christ, and the application of redemption. Romans 3:25-26, "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness… To declare I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus." Ephesians 2:4; Ephesians 2:7, "But God who is rich in mercy, etc…. That he might show the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness towards us through Jesus Christ." Chap. 3:8-10, "To preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see, what is the fellowship of that mystery which, from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places, might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God. " Psalms 22:21-22, "Save me from the lion's mouth. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee," compared with Hebrews 2:12 and John 17:26; Isaiah 64:1-2, "O that thou wouldest rend the heavens… to make thy name known to thine adversaries.

Heb. 2:13

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