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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.
2. Of things spiritual, thus we read, fear not Abraham, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward; I am God all-sufficient or omnipotent, the almighty God, 1& I will be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. O what precious promises are these? 1. I am thy shield, to keep thee from all evil; such a shield that no creature can pry through, such a shield as shall cover thee over; nay, such a shield as shall cover thee about; as sometimes God spoke of Jerusalem, I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about. So here,2 I will be a shield, a wall of fire round about; not only a wall to keep thee safe, but a wall of fire to consume all them that are against thee; as a fire which stands about like a wall, doth not only defend those that are within, but it burns those without that come near unto it; so is God to his people. 2. I am thy exceeding great reward; I am the almighty God; I will be a God unto thee. This is the very soul of the covenant, and of all the promises of God: q. d. quantus, quantus sim vester ero; all I am is thine, my self, my goods, my grace, my glory; whatsoever is in me, all that I have, and all my attributes are thine; my power, my wisdom, my counsel, my goodness, my riches, whatsoever is mine in the whole world; I will give it thee for thy portion; I, and all that I have are thine, for thy use; Christians! was not this an exceeding great reward? who can understand the height, and depth, and length, and breadth of this reward? surely happy is the people that is in such a case, yea, happy is that people whose God is the Lord, 3but more of this hereafter.
2. Of things spiritual, thus we read, fear not Abraham, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward; I am God all-sufficient or omnipotent, the almighty God, 1& I will be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. O what precious promises are these? 1. I am thy shield, to keep thee from all evil; such a shield that no creature can pry through, such a shield as shall cover thee over; nay, such a shield as shall cover thee about; as sometimes God spoke of Jerusalem, I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about. So here,