@fthe ofthe f)iede. f"'tles-,<~sS.lolf•fainh, 1 ./oh,,.S;ft., th•t co"!-~l· A ~lainlyd<ny, that rl\erewasb_r coutd bet~c ll'ilt!!h{in f< of,-,, di(<e/t, And a~cot.l10g to th!• , lik~ vnbehe.fe aadc.ontempt Ol Gods g.ace 10 dillin~ion'io.tiaJOJ•followu\gY!Mudbeltl\Ceh thelrpofren:y, which for the moll pa~;t neuer ,, f t u~dioto the coU<:liiint,&G•iv,reie&l!d : fomet : fo much as.heard ofany couenant ; their-anceGc:n,6.•· \<~exet~( fom ofG•4 ip the da.il\i.ofi_NP.•, fom.e: ' frours indeauouring alwaies to bury& extin- · •• tf· .~ ......7. ~ti[:;':~dt'~~I~~~::;;;ii:tiilh~~·irqz~c'~ gut~b:~;.lll;~oli'i~~t,~:;~dh!~~:~;;·~h~i~i,·~ RO"J:9• 'liHeHsio.ed, er~i'S.h;ttd, Aild;tl'lis:~ifrinCI:i~ ~uen~~~WM made with .Abroh•mandwith fJ-' ' boiothe.families ofiAbr•h'am..,lfir~c,.& l•cob't all manjuad after hlm,Bec••ft(fauh theL'Otd) P•ulapproouetlr;when he maki:tlrfumeto be tho~ h.p oboed my voi<•, int}>j feed• fo•O •»•tht 1~~fMdr.enoftheflifh"; and fomeother the chtf" nlliiOnt •f•be:<~rth b• bltJjtd,Gen. a>-.18•?>:•·, •dt_tpofthepromifo,Rom.9.8• .Acq-againe, the An(. P•J<I glues adoubl•,anfwer,Jirll:jf!iat 1Ic;wes a peqplc::of 9od in.th~oue~aot, ~he the place mull bee V!'derl\ood of mahy.mti- , .~litiles no people• Bor.P•ulmakcSit apnu1• ons : fec~ndly! that lt mufr be vnderfi®d.not l l~c;dge0fthe !ewes to haue the,..l'option,«~~d•eJ ofall nations m all ages, but of ~ll, n:mons Rom.9.1, :•J,•ni;cndtbt'{erNICUJGoJ;and'rhepromifir be' & ofthe !aft a$e.ofthe world-.For fa1th..hi'~ qd. 1,. ·10 nging.vnto them1whereas he (,lthofthe E, 3•8.Th• Scroptoreforefo<,9g t~., GodwouliJ,fhfir I ,plteiians,.Eph.• ·I~· that they wereali:mfo"'. rh• Gtn:•ltl (hrOHghfairh, prt<~Chedbefo;e..tfitGo· rh..-•ownnnwealt~ofJfael, & werefor•ngersfoo f}tN 'Unto Ab.-h•m,foymgHln.thtt fh•,«·•lltlom~- 'tb! ,.,In~•" o{pr4mifi,•ndh•d.no b.pr,•ndwed tion, btbieffid. Well, to conclude th>s pomt, m 'wi!hout Chrifl,•ndwithout'Godinth"'"ld.And the making of thecoue\uot there mufl:·bce a ehe.&!llc may be faid ofthe whole bodyofthe mutuallconfentoftheparties on bath ftdes,& .Gentilesexcepdng here & there a mln, whd befide the promife on God> part; there muH wereconuerted.and became J'rofel)•tes. And be alfo a refripulation on mans p.nt >otherl:bisismanifcfr in that they wanted the word , wifethecouenantisnot made. Now•thC:n·, it k!i!.<l-the Sacraments, and teachers. And this mufr needes follow that all vnbelceuers con- :CayingofthePropqetOfte, 1 '*iil•aflthtmmJ temninggrace offered in Chdfr,are out o£the 'people,whi•h '*"' 1111 "'! P"''': and her belo•ed, Couenaot,as alfo fuch as neuer heard ofit;'for 'whi•.oit>.u Q9t~el·~•d, is alleadged by 'P••I to wbererhere is no knowledge,thereisno.conp.robuethec.dlillg<>ftheGentib:s. Cent ;andbeforethecomming of Chrifr, the · , Obietl, I. Somedoealleadgo to the contragreatefr part of the world neuer knew the ry,thatwhenthccouenantwasmadewithour C Mefsias, norbeardofthe Couenant, asP••I fu:ft paren~, itwasalfo in them.made with all faith to the learned Athenians, ACt. '7· 30• mankinde. net one man excepted : and that Tbeti"'e •f thu it"''""" Godr<Kordtthnot, hot thedifrindion and diff:rence betweene man ·.,., h,.d,.nijhrth •0 men tHtrJ where •• repr•t. aud man, arifeth oftheir vnbeliefe and conThe foundation and ground-worke ofthe tempt ofthe cauenant afterward. Co~enantis Chrifl: Iefus the Mediatour, iil 'J,~7.~!r An(. Indeedin theefl:ateo~innocencie, Awaom all thepremifes of God areye• and•- the eo. j d4m by croatiori.receiued grace. for himfelfe "''"• and therefore he is called the ••geN •f thr "'"'"'· and his pofrerity; & in his fall he traafgrefii:d eo••••••,& theGouen•llt ofthe ptoplt to be made "''l·l·'· notonly for himfelfe, but for all hi~pofrerity: - with all nations in the lafr age.Now then that .Er,, 9,8. butin receiuingtbecouenant of grace it canwe may pr.oceede at large to open the fubnot be proouod tha(he receiued itfor himfelf fl:ance ofthe Couenant, we are in the next andforallmaddnde: nay thedifrindionbepla~e ID come to that part of the Creede, tweenethefoedeofthewomanand thefcede which concernes the fecond perfon in Triofthe Serpent, mentioned in the very firll: ginity fetdown in thefc words: Ani ie('" Chr.fl ~tngofthe couen.mt,fhewes the contrary; for hu ••'J Son,&c.from which words to the very tf,aftertho fall, all and euerypart ofmankind D end ofthe Creed, fuch poiuts onely are !aide were receiued int<> theconenant, then all men· downe, as do notably vnfold the benefits and without refrraiM: thould bee the feede of the the matter ofthe couenant. Now the fecond woman, bruifing the Serpents head, and the perfon isdefcribed tovsby three things ; firfr Serpent lhouldhaue no feed at all. And again, his titles : fecondly, his incarnation : thirdly> all men cannot be charged W>th vnbeltefe and his two-fold efrate. His titles are in number . contempt in refpcCtofthe Euaugelicall couefonre.I. /ef"'· II. Chrijl_ III.h¥ontiJSon.I V, ,nant,butonly fuch perfons as hauc knownc ir, our Lord, His incarnation, and his twocfoJdeor at theleafl: heard ofit. And therfore fundry !late are fetdowne afterward: , heads ofthe nationsmay be charged withvnTo~ome to his titles,. the firfHs feJifl i io behefe, as c.. n, (h•m, l•phtt, ,A,m.,, M•- wh1ch 1fwee addethe claufe I btlttut, on this "b,lfm~e( Efan, MaiiAn, for t~eybeing m~cre manner,I bekeNtin lejH4,&c.~he article which to the fathers, heard the prom>Ces concerning we now hauein hand will appc:are to be mofl: <:hnfr,off<red facnfices,& obferued externa!l excellent ;becaufe it bath moll notable promesofthe Church, but afterward fell away mifes annexed to it. When Pem confe!fed fromthe finccreworfhip ofthetrue God to ChrifrtobetheSonneoftheljuingGod, he tdo!arry and all mannerof~~•ckednes,and be· anfwered, vp•n thi< rock.! will 1bNildmyChurch, came encmtesofGod and hts people. B:Jt we and th~ gtues of htB ]hall n9t preuaile a~.:~i.nff i:. ~~:1·'6• P 'l A~d
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