) j THE ·p RE FA C £, ' . L~~~.,_,~T is a gr:eat Promife concerning the Perfon of Chriil:, as he was to be .give~.-1_.,~.nnto the Church, _(for he was a ,(fbi!d born, aSon gt<Verz unto us, Ifo. 9· 6.) that God would lay hitn inZion for afounda"' tion, aStone, atr:yedStoJ!e, apreciotr.r corner Stone, aJure foundation, whereon he 'that believrth, Jhallnot make hajle, Ifa. 2 8. 1 6. Yet y.ras it alfo foretold concern– ing him, that this precious fot1ndation :fhould be for a ftone offlumbling, and for arock of offence, to both the houfes , o[Ifrael; for agin, and for afnare unte the Inhabitants cf J e– , , rufaletn : [o as that many a mong them Jhoulcl ftwnble and _fall, and be broken, and be fnared, and be taken, Ifa. 8. 1 4, 1 5. According unto this Protnife and Predicri.on, it ha th fallen out in all Ages qf the Church, as the ApofHe Pe– - ~~ ~eclares concerning the firfl: of them ; Wherefore– ___ ------ -- ~- --- -~. ~ --- ,A 2 -- -- --- -· -(C1id~ I•
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