First, The Covenant 1that GOD made with Abraham, was after this manner: Abraham, saith the LORD, I will give thee a seed, and in that seed, both thou thy self, and all the Nations of the Earth shall be blessed; and the question is, how this shall be done? Saith the Lord, he shall bless thee, he shall have power in his hands to bless thee; for I will make him a Prophet, a Priest, and a King. All the blessings that the people ever had, they were conveyed to them by these three, by their Priests, by their Prophets, and by their Kings: saith he, this promise I have made to that seed, that be shall be a Prophet, a Priest, and a King; yea, saith he, that seed of mine that I shall send, that shall be borne of thee, he shall be my Son, and my Heir, and in him likewise thou shalt be made an heir, and a son; an heir of all the World, as he is a Son, as he is endowed with all spiritual privileges belonging to him; yea, thou shalt not only have this, but, saith he, thou shalt even have the Spirit of ⟨p. 109⟩the Son, and be made like to him, thou shalt be made a Prophet, as he is a Prophet, he shall •each thee so, by infusing of the same Spirit that dwells in himself, he shall •each thee such knowledge, that thou shal• be a Prophet, as he: Yea, he shall make thee a Priest, as himself; thine own person shall be accepted aswell as what thou dost: yea, he shall make thee a King, as he is a King; that is, thou shalt have the spirit of a King, to rule over all thy sinful lusts and dispositions, thou shalt have the peace of a King, the joy, the comfort, the riches of a King, and the victory of a King, I will deliver thee from all thine enemies: and for a Type of this, (for the Covenant was made after Melchizedek came to him, as we may see, Chap. 14.) thou shalt see a resemblance of it, in that Melchizedek hath done to thee, he came to thee, and blessed thee, and he was a King, a a Priest, and a Prophet; he was the King of peace, and the Priest of the most high God; and what was the blessing that Melchizedek brought to Abraham? Saith he, The LORD bless thee; he blessed him, that is, he bade him go on, and prosper, he wished that all blessings might come upon him, that he might overcome his enemies, &c. that he might have blessings of all sorts, they are not set down particularly; and in a word, he made him heir of all things:
First, The Couenant 1that GOD made with Abraham, was after this manner: Abraham, saith the LORD, I will giue thee a seede, and in that seede, both thou thy selfe, and all the Nations of the Earth shall be blessed; and the question is, how this shall be done? Saith the Lord, hee shall blesse thee, he shall haue power in his hands to blesse thee; for I will make him a Prophet, a Priest, and a King. All the blessings that the people euer had, they were conueyed to them by these three, by their Priests, by their Prophets, and by their Kings: saith he, this promise I haue made to that seede, that be shall be a Prophet, a Priest, and a King; yea, saith he, that seede of mine that I shall send, that shall bee borne of thee, hee shall bee my Sonne, and my Heire, and in him likewise thou shalt be made an heyre, and a sonne; an heyre of all the World, as he is a Sonne, as hee is endowed with all spirituall priuiledges belonging to him; yea, thou shalt not onely haue this, but, saith he, thou shalt euen haue the Spirit of ⟨p. 109⟩the Sonne, and be made like to him, thou shalt be made a Prophet, as he is a Prophet, he shall •each thee so, by infusing of the same Spirit that dwels in himselfe, hee shall •each thee such knowledge, that thou shal• be a Prophet, as he: Yea, he shall make thee a Priest, as himselfe; thine owne person shall bee accepted aswell as what thou dost: yea, hee shall make thee a King, as he is a King; that is, thou shalt haue the spirit of a King, to rule ouer all thy sinfull lusts and dispositions, thou shalt haue the peace of a King, the ioy, the comfort, the riches of a King, and the victory of a King, I will deliuer thee from all thine enemies: and for a Type of this, (for the Couenant was made after Melchizedeck came to him, as we may see, Chap. 14.) thou shalt see a r•semblance of it, in that Melchizedeck hath done to thee, hee came to thee, and blessed thee, and hee was a King, a a Priest, and a Prophet; hee was the King of peace, and the Priest of the most high God; and what was the blessing that Melchizedeck brought to Abraham? Saith hee, The LORD blesse thee; he blessed him, that is, hee bade him goe on, and prosper, hee wished that all blessings might come vpon him, that he might ouercome his enemies, &c. that hee might haue blessings of all sorts, they are not set down particularly; and in a word, hee made him heyre of all things:
- 11. The Covenant.1. The Couenant.
