EpifkofS. Pandto Visa. CiHAP.1.I i itedgementsIngo lfrae l,hedealt not fowith every nation ,n*ither have they'' 445 knowne hierages. But now in this laft age ofthe world , this couenant of grace and life at ieaa,for propounding , is madecommon toall people: Ak.17.3e. now euery man is inuited onto repentance, the partition wall is broken downe,the valle is rent,and the myfteriewhichwas keptfecretfrom ¡he be- ginningofthe world,ispab1:flied to all nations,Rom. t 6.26. This place thus rightly interpreced,yeeldethnopatronage to vniueth e1e. that deuife of Vniuerfall ele6lion, which they draw from the vniuerfall b.áiávn from vocation ofmen to the knowledgeofcheGofpel.But mazy areealled,not this place. euery particular man,and the greaten part of the world haue alwaicsbin Maca2.t4. out of the couenànt; betides ofthem that are called, few come, fo as all towhom this grace is publifhed,participatenot in it. Vfe. 2. Note the extent of this couenant farre aboue the other: Í whence it is fitly called by lude,thecommonfaltsation, as in regard of the ends, and meanes ofic, fo alto in refpea of the fubieóìs called vnto it:' fo in the former Chapter,verf.4. it is called the commonfaith, not onely in regardof the kind,and obieh of it, but altoof the fubiedìs, perlons of all kinds beeing called thereunto : which confederation fhould tlir vp our reioyfeng,in that the barren anddefolace bath more children , then the married wife,that the placeofthe tents of the Church is fo enlarged, and the courtaines of herhabitation fprcad ou:;as we are exhorted,Ifa. 54.1. Yfe. 3. Note that the kingdome of Chritî admitteth no difrin&2ion ofmen;- it is not ofthis world , which accepte:h of men for their place, commie, calling: but all countries and callingsare alike unto God , in euery nation ánd calling he that feareth him, it accepted of him:he nei- ther accepteth the petlòuof thePrince , nor of the poore, for they both kb 3.1.4g. are the worke of his hands: he called) theGentile, the fcruant,the poore, and there recciue theGofpel. Whei eagainewewho arc Gentiles , and wereLo Ammi, and LoRwhania, may reioyce that we are received topi- tie,and that the wing of Godsmercy is firetched over vs , who isflifictb 11o2+.ta0. the clrcamcii on offaith, and the vncircnmcifion thorough faith. Hence ,; °Éóä o may the poorebeleeuer, be he a thrall , a feruanr, and bale in the world, Pore defptftd raffe his heart to comfor:,that caen he, whommen defpife , is called and chrilaans. that effe6Inally,to fee the grace and fainationof God ; cues he who is perhaps a feruant to fomc meanman,is a free citizen inGods kingdom; caen he that bath neuer a Foote inearth,is become a purchafer in heaué. Here is no complaint that theprodigal tonne is entertained,and the fer- uiceable fonnc negleeked. The Eunuch need not fay , lama Brie tree, rta.3c.;. ì nor the tonne of the i ranger, the Lord bathRarely feparated me from his people: but vvhofoeuet cleauethunto the Lord. to lone the Lord and forme hirn.
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