in andconcerning the Perfon ofChrifl. _I 09 any Prophets or Trfl'i[e men could have done of old. Therefore they alwaies earnefrly longed for their accompli1bment; that the day might break, and the Shadows fly away by the riling ofthe Sun of Righteoufnefs with healing in his Wings. But as unto his P~rjon, they had glorious Revelations concerning it, and their Faith in him was the life ofall theirOoedience. ;-(.. , The.ftrfl Promife which efl:ablifhed a new intercourfe bec;: _,_0; tween God and man was concerning his--Incarnation, ·thatv"3~ ... heJhould !Je the feed of the wom:m, Gen. 3· r 5. that is, that the~ "ft-_,AI. . Jd.. Sop of God il10uld be ':'~de of a woman, m_ade under .the Law,- f:,....-f. Gal. 4· 4· From the gtvmg of that Prom1fe the Fatth of the ~,- J- -~ whole Church was fixed op. him, whom God would fend h~ $.~:'" -= our Nature, to redeem and fave them Other way of Ac-~ ceptance with him there was none provided, none declared;~ I£ -but only by Faith in this Promife. The defign of God in~ _.h 9 , this Promife, which was to reveal and propofe the -only -~~·~:~ Wa:; which in ?is Wi~dom and SJrace he had prepareqJq~·.;P!J,e~~!/J, dehverance ot mankmd fro~ the fiate of fin and·Ap.~ft:a·cy~~ · whereunto they were cafi, wtth the nature of the Fatth and Obedience of the Church, will not admit ofany tJther Way · of Salvation, but only Faith in him who was thus promifed · to be a Saviour. To fuppofe that men might fall off from Faith in God by the Revelation of hi·nfelf in this Promife, and yet be faved by attendllfg to Infirucrions given by the ·Tf'orks .ofCreation and Providence, is an Imagination that will no longer poffefs the minds of m~n~ than whilfi they are ignorant of, or do forge~ what it is t<J believe and to be f~lVed. The- great Promife made unto Abraham was,. that he fl)ould take his feed upon him, in whom all the Nations of the Earth :lhould be bleffed, Gen. I 2. ) . chap. r 5 r 8. chap;22 . I 8; which Promife is explained by the Apofl:le, and applied un ·o Chrifi) G-1l. 3· ro. Hereon A!Jraham believed on the Lord, ar.d
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