J ' NEvv G 0 V E N ANT. I ------------------~------------- ' he, with thefame Faith rhon '!]fo bdeevdl: rhe promife of the 0Y~(Jiah, that a certaine feede iliall.begiventhee, in whom all the Nations of the-Earth ilull be bldfed. S.Jirhhf', this Fai;th ofthine1take for the condition of theCqvemtnt on thypart, I wiH for this reckon rhe'e righte- · ous,I willaccount thee )tS a man fit to be en. tred into Cfivenant wirhall. Againc, the Lord tryed him afterward, when Ifaac was growne, ver.22.Goe, faith he, and kill thy fonne::wefee Abrtthamwasabie to keepe it,- he went,. and ~59 .meant to haue doneit in' good earneft; fo ·there The ground WJS the fameground f.Or beleeving· flOW; that O~.A~rAhttmJ .there was before: For, faith he, Goi could· fa•th. haue raifedhim from the dead,when I. hadkll– Jed him,afweH as. make me, when I ·was dead, - ..arid~ Sara-hs wombe, wheq that· ·was dead, to .bring f.::>rth as.onne: God can afwell raife hiiU ,from the dead, a.S he could· give him me from :a dead womheat fidl:. .:we fee that God upon .this renewes the Covenantagaine, an-d renewes ir'wirhan Oath:;-Sl.1r.e, faith he)I will perform~ :myCovenanr,lince I fee thatthou.beleevefr;and - fearefl: me, and preferrefi me.hcfote thine onely .fonne: Thefe are 'but the Concomitants of . ,his Faith. So that it was this act ofAbraham:, · .bywhich he did beleeve the promife of God-, , . t~at made him parta~er ' of · ithe Cov.e,nant• .And if you ~ iske now what is tne condition ~ that makes every man parta:l<e~r,. O·t ·rhis . Cbl venarit of _GJ·ace.? It is nothing but onely- ' . faith) . abilifie~to. Bel~.cv;e 'it,. tQ~t 'coi(·wonld' ·. , · D d fend
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