.. Ahraham did bdeeve, andG-tul accflunted that Faithofhis for righteoufnelfe, that is,heaccep– ted himfor it:For that Faith he reckoned hima _, I man fit tomake~Covenant withaU,heaccoun– ted him a righteous p~rfon; that is, he was wil– lingt0 enter into Covenant with him, becaufe he beleeved him-. _Beloved, . this was not di.;. reetly the beleeving of the uttejfiah (hedid intend theMejfiah)but it was the beleevingthat helhould have a Jonne. You fee, the Textis plaine,Gen. 15.whenGodhad faid to Ahrah~tm, that he would be his exceeding great reward, ·faith AIPra_ham,Igochiltllef!e, ttndthe Stewardof · my houfi wiUhe mine heyre. Saith the Lord to !1im,Verfe4 Thu <-ManjbttUnr;t heethineheyre, { . ' Vcrfc 6. hut oneth~'tjhaUcom.e out ofthine owne howlsJbaU he thine heyre_;. Goe looke upon the Starres, if thou be anle to number them, then thoufhalt · numberthatfeed that· thou fhalt have. Saith theText.,Verf.6.t...Aiiraham1Yeleeved,andheactounted that to himfor righttou[nej[u. So like· wife he faid in the Verfes following, againe he l:1id, I am the Lord that /Jrought .thee OHt of rr oftheChaldees ,togive theethisLandto inherit it.S'o,Beloved,thiswtis thepromife. Now,when A6rah4mhadbele~ved this, f.1ith the L 0 R D to him; This Faith ofthine, that is ro fay, not this particula-raCt,by which thou bdeevelhhat . thou fhalt have afonne, that fhall be thine im• . mediate hey re, but that habit, that Grace of . faith,thatbdeelvingdifpofition in thee,where~ by thouart able to beleeve thispromife, faith \ h~ ·~--------------·-------~---
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