66 be Eirtb-friviledge and Covenant-holirn' 'e Ch.36 annuntiata oblatz ef, 0° oGhtio Ciçu,rcifrone obfgnata , uncle cranes Ifraelirx frlii fiedcris dicuntur communi.ter Ado.. ;. z j. ) sed non ration vocationts interna &' e,icacis fecundúrn propoftum elçElionis , qu î f álus non folura cxterius ,cum conditione fidei viva annuntiata oblata cfi verbo ac fgnatá Sacramentts , fed etíarn interi ús egicaciter donata conditione feu fide con fertur Spiritu fàngó. Hoc ert,irn folrim gcnuinis fíüs é9 vcrd eta #is Ifraelitis convenir, non autem p-rornifoztè omniEres. fie fh, but alfo by rod fen of acceptance of the Covenants and promifes, yet there rs no condradieiion ; For though the Fathers, and adoption, and Covenants , and Promifes belong to all the Ifraelttes ; yet all are not therefore true children , and heirs of falvation. For thofe things which are objeEled, viz., the Imes great priviledges are attributed by the t,4pofllc to the unbeleeving jewes,byvifteseof their outward call, becaufe fa'vation ù revealed and offered to them under condition, of Gbrdieaace, and that offer fealed iVith Circnmcifìon, fr ones whence all, ìf aclïtes are promifcsoufly called children oft/ac Covenant, u As 3. z5 ) and not by reaf on of their inward call according to the purpofe of Eleeiiort e ffeEluall becaufe J'alvation is not only outward- ly, under condition of a liv `ly Faith revealed and offered in the word,, and fealed in the Sacrament ; but alto initnardly and efficaciot jly, (the condition,that i,Faith being given them) is conferred by the Holy Ghofl. For :hit belongs not indifferently to all tut only to the mine Sonnes and true eleEl lfraelites. Thus farce golharus , in which we have there three things. t. Mafter Tombes his ob e- cion wholly folved. 2, The Apoftle reconciled to himfelf. And ;. The Doc`.l:rine of Covenant- holineffe from the Apoftle fully c, ftablifhed, which when Matter Tombes hath well confidered with that which was fpoke before, (having the whole current of scri- pture againft him) he will have little lift to make this one Scri- pture hisAfyluret. It is farther raid that when the Pharifees and Sadduces came to f obits Baptifme, and were about to plead this Birth- priviledge; 7,hn beats them off it, and takes that plea out of their ,mouthes: Think not to fay within your (elves,' we have Abraham to Our father, Matth. 3. 9,, that plea could not Rand when, the mein were carnall. a3ol I anfwer, Firft, when thofe that were no better then theft, make the fame plea, John 8.33', We be Abrahamsfeed and were never in bon age to any; Chrift yields it, verf. 37.. 1 know that ye are Abraláarns feed, he alloives, them all that upon this account:: they Obj eiz. II
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