Cbap. t .Setf.3. Looking rmto fefas. Book III. s. and KingJ foal! ccme out of thee, --nnd I will giw unto thee , t:nd thy feed after thee , t he land p;/'ertin thot4 art aJlrnnger, all the land of { anaanfor tm evtrlr:flint. p,Jfcfficn.--By my felf have G 6 1 I{wornfnit h the L ard ? tiM in bl·/Jin~ .!n·i!lbltj[e :hee, andin en.a.t ' 1 multiplying !'will m:·lr:p!y thy fee_d t'S r~e j1-t:1ns of the hea?Hn,and as the [ana upon tlx Scfl-foorzre , And thy Jeed p;al/ p·fJcj{e t he gate of his enemies. See here the tempora l hldfings that God promtfes · Abrahr:m; they are heapr:d togethet:_ in Gen. 12.. 2. 3. As Gcn.u,l,317 ~. I will mak! of thfe a ,freat N,u ion , and this he promifeth once and again; it (eem~d a thing incredible'· becaufe Abraham wa~- old, and S<rah was barren and old, and tt ceafed to be with S ar.th after- the ma:.ner of women; yet for all this Go~ is {dfufficient ; Abraham fhall have his delire, h~ thall be a father , notonelyofafewchi ldren, bmofa numerous Nation, yeaof many b:atwns; Ifhmaeiites , an? M_idianites, and that famous N<t tion oft be Jewes (of whom tr 1s fatd, what N atio~J isJo g ~eat) Dc ut ~4 - 7 ,S. mull alt defcendfrom Af,ral·am: Scripture and heathen Authors ufe three things prowrbially , ro lignifie an huge and exceeding great number, the dnfi of the ea;th, the fands of the Sea- ..• and the ftarre; of heaven :and all thefe are brought in to refemb)e the number into which the feed of Abrah.tm ibould break forth. 2. I will b!r f[r thee, faith God; and this bleffing had. relation to his wea_ltll ahd riches, 4braham w~s. v~ry rich in cam!., Gen I3·' ; . in jilver, .rnd zn geld. No quefi10n thofe. ncnes came from tlus hieffing ; the bit-fling tf the Led it maket h rich, . and henddetlrno Prov. 1o.: 1 ; . forrow wifh_it · Thts was Gods care of.the·children.of.Abraham, that he would give them riches , bur left . their hearts jlould be lifted up , and they fnould forget. the Lord.in the midft Qf their ric he~, he learns themand bids them remember this ·-leffon ;, [ IIJ'D:nts. 17,s,. not inthine heart, my power and the might of my-hand hath gotten · me this w•a!th; but remember the Lord thy God ,.for it .is ht- ·tiMt giveth thee p~wer to get wealth', that ' he may ejfab!ifo his covenant • which l1:[rr1re unto thy f atherJ, as it is this day. True riche> come from God.and by vertne ofthis covenant; 0 that none of us had any we'l lth , but fuch as comes by vert_ueofa promife, and f t!te covenant of grace ! 3. I will mflke t.h} name gw1t; faith God · no Monarch was .U· 3 ' , ev<:t\·
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