Secondly, §2Their title to God as their portion, is founded upon Gods free and voluntary donation of himself to them in the Covenant of grace. 1In the Covenant of grace God hath freely bestowed himself upon his people, Jer. 32.38, 40. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. And I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. The Covenant of grace is the great Chapter, 'tis the Magna Charta of all a Saints spiritual privileges and immunities: ⟨p. 110⟩now in this great Charter the Lord hath proclaimed himself to be his peoples God: Jer. 10.16. The portion of Jacob is the former of all things, the Lord of Hosts is his Name. He that is the former of all things, even the Lord of Hosts, is the portion of Jacob, and he is Jacobs portion, by virtue of that Covenant of grace, which is a free, a full, a rich, and an everlasting Covenant, a Covenant that he will never break, nor alter, nor falsify, a Covenant that he hath sworn to may good, as you may see by comparing the Scriptures in the Margin together. 2That Covenant of grace, whereby God gives himself to be his peoples God and portion, he is bound to make good by his oath; and therefore certainly whoever is forsworn, God will never be forsworn. The Egyptians (though Heathens) so hated perjury, that if any man did but swear By the life of the King, and did not perform his oath, that man was to die, and no gold ⟨p. 111⟩was to redeem his life, as Paulus Fagius observeth in his Comment on Genesis. To think that God will not make good that Covenant that he hath bound himself by Oath to make good, is blasphemy, yea, it is to debase him below the very Heathens. All Laws, both divine and humane, have left no such bond of assurance to tie and fasten one to another, as that of an Oath or Covenant; which as they are to be taken in sincerity, so they are to be kept inviolably. Certainly, the Covenant and Oath of the great God is not like a Cypsies knot that is fast or loose at pleasure: Whoever breaks with him, yet he will be sure faithfully and inviolably to keep his Covenant and his Oath with his. But
Secondly, §2Their title to God as their portion, is founded upon Gods free and voluntary donation of himself to them in the Covenant of grace. 1In the Covenant of grace God hath freely bestowed himself upon his people, Jer. 32.38, 40. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. And I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. The Covenant of grace is the great Chapter, 'tis the Magna Charta of all a Saints spiritual priviledges and immunities: ⟨p. 110⟩now in this great Charter the Lord hath proclaimed himself to be his peoples God: Jer. 10.16. The portion of Jacob is the former of all things, the Lord of Hosts is his Name. He that is the former of all things, even the Lord of Hosts, is the portion of Jacob, and he is Jacobs portion, by vertue of that Covenant of grace, which is a free, a full, a rich, and an everlasting Covenant, a Covenant that he will never break, nor alter, nor falsifie, a Covenant that he hath sworn to may good, as you may see by comparing the Scriptures in the Margin together. 2That Covenant of grace, whereby God gives himself to be his peoples God and portion, he is bound to make good by his oath; and therefore certainly whoever is forsworn, God will never be forsworn. The Egyptians (though Heathens) so hated perjury, that if any man did but swear By the life of the King, and did not perform his oath, that man was to die, and no gold ⟨p. 111⟩was to redeem his life, as Paulus Fagius observeth in his Comment on Genesis. To think that God will not make good that Covenant that he hath bound himself by Oath to make good, is blasphemy, yea, it is to debase him below the very Heathens. All Lawes, both divine and humane, have left no such bond of assurance to tie and fasten one to another, as that of an Oath or Covenant; which as they are to be taken in sincerity, so they are to be kept inviolably. Certainly, the Covenant and Oath of the great God is not like a Cypsies knot that is fast or loose at pleasure: Whoever breaks with him, yet he will be sure faithfully and inviolably to keep his Covenant and his Oath with his. But
- 1Ezek. 11.19 Heb. 8.10. to the end, &c.
- 2Psal. 89.34 Isa. 54.9, 10. Psal. 111.5. Psal. 89.35. Psal. 105.9 Mic. 7. ult. Heb. 6.13. to the 19. Luke 1.73.
