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great
reward~
S-o
God
exprelfeth himfelfe to
Abra-
,
ham~
And
this is
the
Covenimt
on
Gods
part.
Now.
that,
which·
is-required on
Avrahams
part,
is.
that he betheLsrd.s,as theLordishis,forfoyou
feein the words following. Thequefl:iononely
is,}n
what
manner
Abrabam
£hall -be the
Lords ;
how
that fhall bedeclared 1·Sayrh -he,It .lsnoran
emptyrelat~on,butthou
mull: fhew
that
thou art
minebynMlking6efore
me.Andyetitmufrnot
be
I
any.kindofw~lking b'efo~e.the
Lord,
but
it
mull:be
!
a
perfec7w-alkzng.6ifore htm;Wdlke 6efore me,& 6e
j perfi8~and
therefore-it
is
~dded;
1
will
make
my
I
Covenant;rhat
is:, this
i~·
the
Covenant ,
of which
j
Circmncijionwas
b~t
a figne, for
it
was infHmred
1
prefenrly,as we fee m th(t words foHowing:
·'
There are three efpeciaii
poyms
that we will
gath~rour
ofthe words.
D~a.t;·
Doubting
of.·l
GodJ
..40·
fuffi•
'e~tde,th~
'
The firfl:is from the. connexi:on, and
we will
Beginwith that,beca'ufe
i.t
is ·a
preparation
to
the
·
othenwo: In
that the
Lord
vfeth
this-as an
argu-
'
menttoL/.1/Jrllham, 1
amA!lfoffidmt,
therefore
Wa!keheforeme,and/;ethbuperftc1.;
w:emay ob-
feruethis ;that
·
Thecaufo
of'illl
departure
from
-God;Ofa!l
:vn–
.
evenn1fo in our wttyes
toward~
'God, is from
hence,
that
we do not
thinke
God to·be
All·fuf
fi.:cient .._
- aufeofde..
arture from •
Goc:f,and of
A'
b. h"
fid . .
h'
r
f
-11 .
t;.
.
.
vnevenwal-:
·
SOllt ·
eot er
1
e,t
ecau1e.O
a-
our
1
tncert-
. !ngwith
!.
'
j
tieandpe~tfeC!neffi,arifethhence,that
wed6eap-
,m.
-
prehend·him.tohe
A11-fo.fjicient.
Thi-s
you
fee e-
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