z70 VERSE 2. ROM.3.I.2. R°111', 4. a Ier.31.9. Warn. ta8. c Matth.8.12. dEph.a.u. e Matth.15.26. fgal.4.z6.6.16. Roma. a9. Heb.11.1Z, gRore. h Mattha5.24. I Matthao.5.6. k R0111.11.116 12. 15.30. I I Theft:2.14e mAft.x 5. 2.22. ROMa5.27. o Rotriat.25, 16. The Church oftheyeves ailiar*.ameases illwi high. TheApatite faith that they had the'advantage or precedence and excellencieaboveother people, becaufe unto them were committed the Oracles ofGod. To them didpertain the Adoption, and the glory , and the cove- nants, and thegiving ofthe Law, and the firviceof God, and the promifis. Of them was Chria after the fieth. All the Fathers , Patriarchs , Prophets, Apoales, and I writers oftheHoly Scriptures were ofthem.There is no Church can thew fuch Priviledges, nor produce fuch au- thentique records for her precedency as the Church of the Iewes. Therefore they are calledby an excellency Gods afirfl.korne and 6 the RI _fruits ofthecreatures, they are called The e Children ofthe Kingdome,whereas otherswere at firft d Digs, and grangers. Their f Titles, Sion, Hiern(alem, tinsel, are ufed asproper names to ex- preffe the whole Church ofGodby, though amonga theGentiles. ChriaIefus, thoughhee came as aSavior untoAll , yet hee was lent tobee a Prophet anda Prea- cher onely unto them. Therefore the Apoflle calleth him g the Mirsifierof the Circtimcifion, that is, of the lewes,and hee faith,hIam notfent butunto the tofl (beeps ofthehoure offlue'. And when hee gave his Apotiles their firftcommiffion, i he lent them only into the Cities of the Iewes;thek Gentiles were incorporated into them, were brought in upon their rejeCtion, and refufall ofthe Gofpc11,itooke theChriflians ofIticlea for their patterne in their profeflion; fromm that Churchwere Rules and conflitutions fentLabroad into other Churches , as bin- ding andneceffary things. To n that Church the ChurI chesof the Gentiles weredebtors, as having been made partakers oftheir fpirituall things; and though they bee now a reje&edpeople,yet 0 when the oftheGen- tiles is come in,Ifrael (hall begathered againe, and made a glorious Church. And in the theane time ,their difperfion tended unto theconverfion of the Gentiles. For though theywereenemies to the faithofChritlians, P vet
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