______ _....~----------··~---·----..... •, Luoki11g tmto'Jefru. Chap.I.Se~. 3· by faith Enoch was tranjlated that he /bouid not fee death : by faith H,b,JI,:z,4, ~; Noah became heire of the righteoufneffe of Chrift ; and how iliould 7• it but revive us in thefe !aft of times, to heare, that the fir~ thing that ever God did afce~ the world. was fallen, it was ~his ad: of mercy; to make a promtfe ofChnft , and to reconetle 1oft man to himfelfthrough the fame Jefus Chrifi? furely he began to do that foon, which he meant to be alwayes a doing, even to the end oftbe world. Thus far of the promffe as it was manife!led from Adam to Abraham. ---..--.-----. __ ,_" ____ . SECT. lli. of the Covenant ofpromifetH manifefted to Abraham. The fecond breaking ~orth.oft~is gracious C?vena.nt, was t~)' Abraham; and now tt ,ili.tnes tn a more glonous !tght then 1t did before: at firft it was propounded in very dark and cloudy termes,not eafie to be underftood, and moft things fparingly expreffed,but in this fecond rife and manifellation, we have it laid · down i,n plainer termes, I will eft(iblifh my Covenant between me Gen.1;.17;. and thee , and thy feed .after thee in their genm1tions for an everlafting Co".Jenant , to be a God to thee , and to thy feed after thee.-Por the right underftanding of this, we !hall examine thefe particulars,- !. What a Covenant is? 2. What is tl}e eftablifbing of this Covenant? 3. Betwixt whom isthe Covenant to be eftablifhed ? ' 4· For what time is the efta bli{hed Covenant to endure '? 5. What are the privtledges ofthis Covenant ? 6 . What is the condition of this Covenant ? z, W(1o is the head both as undertaker , · and purchafer , and treafurer upon whom this Covenant is eftabli· fued. . I. ~hat is ~ Cove?ant ? It is a contraEl of mutuat'peace and good w1ll; obltgmg partw.on both hands tothe performing of mutual · benefits and offices. Thus was the COVei]ant betwixt God. and ' .Ah,~ham ; there was a mutual £\:ipulatiQJl in it ; . on Gods part - t()J
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