388 Q F ]~ H E . Childof.A._ ~rAs.tm,what. Alfthatpar; take of chri/1 cerivcd from, or graft~d in; to .4braha.m, Rom.u 17. Hew thcGeu. 1 lilt5receivc ! rhepromHc l ia..<hr,_, I !that in A!Jraham allthe Nations fljthe Earthjhall be hlejfed? The n~eaning of it is this , there was none that ever was partaker f the promifes, b~tthcshildren ofAbraham,a.nd the reforethey , were det:ived from Abraham to all the nien in the world befides,that ever havebin ft nce Now whatisit to be a Childeof AGraham ~ Not to be borne afAbrah~maccording to the fldh,but tobe like<.Abraham: You are the childrenof the Deviti: Why~ You are like him. So that all that have Faith, are the Children of A6raham: but more is meant than that; I fay, all that do . partake ofthis promifed <M~/Ji~th, are derived fi'omAbraham, eyther derived from him,or in– grafted into him, one of thefe two ; all that were 6ved before the commingofchrijf)were eyther fuch as defcended from him,or were in– grafredintorhefam~ Nation.But what do you fay of the Gentiles,that are now come in-:How do they receive from Ahraham?How can it be f.:>lid,in Abrah~tmjha!lallthe Nationsofthe Earth he blejfetl r ' You know, it is faid, .Rom, n .that the natu– ra!l !tranches were Grokm off, andthe wi!de·Olivt is ingraftedin: That is thereafon likewifewhy the Law comes from Sion, the Lordwill have the Gentile~ to be ingrafted into the fiocke, as it were, he will have the-Law proceede from Ierufolem,he willhavethem putinto that family as the Profelytcs, and fowere all Nations: for they received it from Ierufalem: For they had the Oracles of God committed to them, all
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