The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Lastly, ⁱThose that are of Faith, they are the sons of ABRAHAM, for ^kto all his seed, the promise is firm by Faith, and his title is ^lThe father of the faithful. But the Scripture maketh him, ^mthe father of us all, and that all ⁿthe children of the promise, that is, the whole number of Gods Elect (for of that primary cause of our salvation, Gods holy Election, Paul there disputeth) are reckoned in his seed: for since the cause why we are said the seed of Abraham, is ^osigned to be for the interest we have in that blessed seed, in whom Abraham and all his posterity are partakers of the heavenly Inheritance. To exclude Infants from being Abraham's seed, were as much as to bar them from having part in Christ: whereupon it followeth, and so the Apostle doth conclude, Gal. 3. 8, 13, 14. that in the same manner as he obtained the blessing (which was by Faith) so do ⟨p. 411⟩all Nations of the World, Jews, and Gentiles, and every particular person, all and as many as lay under the curse before.

Lastly, ⁱThose that are of Faith, they are the sonnes of ABRAHAM, for ^kto all his seed, the promise is firme by Faith, and his title is ^lThe father of the faithfull. But the Scripture maketh him, ^m