NEv-v CovBNANT. ---~--~~~~--~~----~--~--- ~--==~~ bee~ th·at fo fmaU a condiriqn as this, <that to beleeve, iliould ma·ke a Man partaker of the Covenant~ That upon which all the promifes lfa11ginitially, is. nothing but beleeving. You .fee ,.46rahamdtd no more but beleeve G o-n, when he told him bee fhould haue a Sonne,. you fee how much Gtid made of that: Soitis with us,ifwe doe but bdeeve this, G o n will - make as much of it, he will make gooci all the promifes ofthe Covenant to us: But, I fay, this hath.neede ofa reafon,why it is fufpended one1 .h dbl · c. Th r.. h WhyFaith is y upon Flit , an e 1e.1e; e rea ton IS t is,. the condition· markeit well, it isapoint of exceeding g.reat oftheCove· m0ment. n~O:~(on r. , Firft, though therewere nothing but Faith, Flirhdraweth _. yetthatbdeeving brings with it, and workes hohneswith fandification, and ho1ineffe ofiife: For where 1 k . as yonmight object, May a man beleeve this promife, and yet walke according to rhe1ull:s oF ·his owne ignorance,,andfo to bee made~uta,. , ker o.f the Covenant ~ Let him, if he can be– leeve truly, and doethis;but itisimpoffible, let ~ _,him bdee.ve, and the other willfollow. Behold) · 1. Abr.aham himfelfe, (to·g:ive.you an inll:ance \ of it_, he bdeeved G o », and it was.ac-coun.. ,; 1 .ted to-him for righteoufneffe; I fay, it was. , .: iCnough for him to beleeve G·o D: .For that ' .Qrawe-s after ie:inherent righteou fnelfe offan-. , [ dification, and ·holineffe.o.fHfe: For,.faith the ." ' Text, Rom.4. t,..A!Jnzht~m is faid to beleeve ·G.() D , when ne faid he fhould haue .a fonne,. · he .gave himglory, rhat ·is the groutul,,which D d% 'drawes. ·
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