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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Section 3: Of the Covenant of promise as manifested to Abraham
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The second breaking forth of this gracious Covenant, was to Abraham; and now it shines in a more glorious light then it did before: at first it was propounded in very dark and cloudy terms, not easy to be understood, and most things sparingly expressed; but in this second rise and manifestation, we have it laid down in plainer terms, I will establish my Covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generation, 1for an everlasting Covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. —For the right understanding of this, we shall examine these particulars.—
THe second breaking forth of this gracious Covenant, was to Abraham; and now it shines in a more glorious light then it did before: at first it was propounded in very dark and cloudy termes, not easie to be understood, and most things sparingly expressed; but in this second rise and manifestation, we have it laid down in plainer termes, I will establish my Covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generation, 1for an everlasting Covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. —For the right understanding of this, we shall examine these particulars.—
- 1Gen. 17 1•.
1. What a Covenant is? 2. What is the establishing of this Covenant? 3. Betwixt whom is the Covenant to be established? 4. For what time is the established Covenant to endure? 5. What are the privileges of this Covenant? 6. What is the condition of this Covenant? 7. Who is the head, both as undertaker, and purchaser, and treasurer, upon whom this Covenant is established?
1. What a Covenant is? 2. What is the establishing of this Covenant? 3. Betwixt whom is the Covenant to be established? 4. For what time is the established Covenant to endure? 5. What are the priviledges of this Covenant? 6. What is the condition of this Covenant? 7. Who is the head, both as undertaker, and purchaser, and treasurer, upon whom this Covenant is established?