All other pro. mifeJ are •c· c.omphlhcd in Chritt. ·' 0 F THE . ' fend fuch :t c..Me!Jiah, before the Law, and that he hath exhibited, and fent him fince ; For you multknowthis, that ·allthe promifes~ the very giving of Ifaac the giving of the pro- · inifed Land, all rhefe werebut fhaddowes, as it were, of the great promife, of themaine Go~ venant in CH R Is T. So likewife, that ad: of A!;rahamsfaith, whereby he beleeved that he iliould have a Sonne, and bekeved that G o 1> · would give his Children poffeffion ofthat land where he had not a foote, but was likewife a branch, ;tnd a fhaddow, and a pledge, as it were,.ofthe maineactofFairh, whereby he be- . leeved thepromifed feed ihould be given him, in whom himfelfe,andall the Nations of the · Earth ihould be hldfed. So when we have . found out this, what -the condition is that God requires ofeveryman to .be made panaker of his Covenant; Iris nothing but to b eleev ein · Go n ;that is, Godfaith,lwillgivem¥ Sonne to you, 7otu aSonne is given, &c. that fhall-be · thepromifed feed, and I will make him a King, a Priefr, and a Prophet, to blefie you ; He ·ihaH·give you remiffion of finnes, &c. He fhall , teach you and infl:rutt you to mortifie your lufl:s, and fhall make you partakers of his Kingdome ; He lhall make you-heyres, and fonnes; This is a very great promife,Canyou heleeye this~ If a M-an will but bdeeve · G o n now, it ·makes · him partaker of the Covena-nt; this.puts him within the Covenant: You willfay)-thisis very fl:range; How can it 1 . . be
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