I.TheCove· nantmade withAhAJi.cm All bleffings iaChrill the promifed feede. to be un?erll:ood by you.; Th_erefore you fhall obferve m Gods preachmg of the Gofpell to A6raham. . • Firfi,theCNvtnant. . ' · Secondly,the conditionofit. Thirdly, the confirmation ofit. Fourthly,the parts ofthe Covenar.Jt. . Fifthly, the objections the !ewes might be ready to make againfi: it. And £hewing thofe five, we will open it fully unto you. · . Fjrfi, The Covenant tqat God made with A6raham, was after this manner: A6raham, faith the Lurd, I will give thee a feede, and in that feede, both thou thy felfe, and all the Nations ofthe Earth ihall be blelfed; And the quefiion is, how this !hall be done-! Saith the Lord, he !hall blelfe thee, he fhall have power in his hands to blelfe thee ;for I will make him a Prophet,a Priefr, and a King. All the blef– fings that the people ever had, they were con– veyed to them,bythefe three, by their Pridl:s, bytheir Prophets) and by their. Kings: Saith he, this promife I have made to thatfeede,that he iliall be a Prophet,a Priefr, and aKing; Yea, faith he,that feede of mine that I !hall fend; that !ball be borne of thee, he fhall be my Sonne, and my heyre,anditl himlikewifethou !halt he made an heyre,and a fonne; An heyre ofall theWorld, as he is a Sonne,as he is en– dowed whh allfpirituall priviledges belonging to him; yea, thou fhalt not onely h2ve thi~, but)f~ith he>thouihalt evenhavethe Spirit~~ · ilie . ~ ~--- --- ------ . '
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