15'2 The Spirituall-atlings of Faith Obj. erfnfiv. the Effea of his Faith , He gave glory to God. .E irft of all for the SubjeEl,or the Matter that he beleeved; more plainly expreffed in the 18. v. who againfi hope beleeved in hope, that hefhould become thefather ofmany Nations , ac- cording to that Which w44 ffioken , fo [hall thyfeed be: Aggra- vated and inlarged in this J9. verfe ; The Matter that he beleeved was inclofed with many difficulties , he beleeved that he fhould be the father of many Nations , and that in his feed all the Nations of the world fhould be bleffed , herein he had an eye unto Jefus Chriff ; but now his owne body was dead , being about an hundred years old , and Sarah: wombe dead , yet notwithftanding fayes the text, Reingnot weakin thefaith , he confidered not his own bodynow dead , nor yet the deadnere of Sarahs wombe. You will fay , How can this be that the Apoftle here fayes, crelbraham confidered not his oWn body being not dead, when we read in the 17. Chapter of and verf. 17, (unto which Story this Chapter relates) it is aid , That A- brahamfell upon hi: face and laught in his heart , andfaid, Shalla child be born unto him that is an hundredyeares old? and 17741/ Sarah that is ninetyyeares old,beare ? Did not eAbraham bere,confider thedeadneffe of his own body ? and the dead- nefs of Sarah: wombe? why does the Apoftle fay thus then? Some anfwer it thus , That the Apoille here fpeakes of the firfl giving out of the promife unto eAbra- ham , which we read of in the 12. of Genefis ; but that cannot be , hewas not then an hundred years old ; He confidered not his own body noWdead When he was about an hun- dredyears old, and fo t'is faid , heWas an hundred yearsold in the 17. Chapter, of Genefis and the 17. verfe; therefore it mull relate unto that. Others, theyanfwer it thus, That eXbraham indeed at the firff did confider his owne body , and did doubt through un- beliefe : but afterwards efbrahamrecolle6ted himfelf, , and got over that unbeliefe ; but the,Apoftle he fpeakes the con- trary in the 20. veae, Heftaggered not at the promire through unbeliefe. Others
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