NEvv G.o.vE NANT. then Gedunloofeth the collar ofthe creature,as it were,and-fets him upon fuch aman,and faith unto ·him, Goc and worryfi1chaman,wounci him,be an enemy to him,hurt him. This obje– Clion isfo to be anfwercd, that thofe that are within taeCovmanttheyare often m<:>lefted and troubled, the Creatures feeme to hurt them, though they be in League a.nd at peace with them, and can doethem no:hurt. Secondly,it is objeded,~that@thers that are out ofthecovenant,they live at peace. -- .Beltived,Ibefeech you confider this,andit is . profitable to confider,thathe tha.t belongs not to theCovenant,he may live inhisFathers houfe he may fit at Tlblc with the Children, hemay have thefame maintenance, the fame cloathing the fameufage;thefame libertie,the fame privi– ledgesofthe family as the children have, ~utd yet forallthis,this is.one that belongs not to the · Covmant,butone whomGodintends to call: out• . Ifmael,youknow, livedinthefamily,as well as . Ifaac, and was as we11ufed as IfoaC>, tiH the time thatGodwould have him cafr out,andtherefore- ~· deceivenotthy{elfe with outward peace,tofay . Godand the creature art at.peace with:me:£or I h•weprofperitiein all thatIdoe.No,itma,~be; the ·tirileof cafi<ing out isnot yet come, but in ~ue·time,when·toorightfeafon lhall (!ome,then . Jfmael fh.all ,be caft out, and every one.with wnomth~Covenant indeede isnot eftablifued•. Cainrcmainedforatime,but he was call out; &·made a·.vagaburuiupQn 1 he,:Eart/9, Saul remai• ned Nut;. 06jetl,. An(w• Wicked·mea. mayhav. peatefor atime.·
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