A41329:117
The plea of the children of believing-parents for their interest in Abraham's covenant, their…
The plea of the children of believing-parents for their interest in Abraham's covenant, their right to church-member-ship with their parents, and consequently their title to baptism. The cause of publishing this discourse after so many learned men have laboured in this province, is declared in the preface to the reader. By Giles Firmin.
London: printed for Tho. Simons, 1683
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.
First, I call it a Gracious Covenant: We read of several Promises God made to Abraham, Gen. 12.2, 3, 7. and Chap. 13, 14, 15, 16. and Chap. 15.1, 4, 5. But the word Covenant we read not of till this 17th Chapter, here we have it several times: and this Covenant between Abraham and his Seed, being the last branch of the Covenant [for Canaan in the next Verse, was promised three times before] God now adds a Sign, verse 11. which the Apostle calls a Seal, Rom. 4.11. So that now all the former Promises, God binds them up, and seals them up in a Covenant. The great Promise of all Chap. 12.3. In thy Seed shall all the Nations be blessed, is not mentioned in this Chapter, since God began to speak of a Covenant; but this was a part of the Covenant, the Apostle Peter tells the Jews, Acts 3.25. Ye are the Children of the Covenant which God made with our Fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy Seed shall all the Kindreds of the earth be blessed.
First, I call it a Gracious Covenant: We read of several Promises God made to Abraham, Gen. 12.2, 3, 7. and Chap. 13, 14, 15, 16. and Chap. 15.1, 4, 5. But the word Covenant we read not of till this 17th Chapter, here we have it several times: and this Covenant between Abraham and his Seed, being the last branch of the Covenant [for Canaan in the next Verse, was promised three times before] God now adds a Sign, verse 11. which the Apostle calls a Seal, Rom. 4.11. So that now all the former Promises, God binds them up, and seals them up in a Covenant. The great Promise of all Chap. 12.3. In thy Seed shall all the Nations be blessed, is not mentioned in this Chapter, since God began to speak of a Covenant; but this was a part of the Covenant, the Apostle Peter tells the Jews, Acts 3.25. Ye are the Children of the Covenant which God made with our Fathers, saying to Abrabam, And in thy Seed shall all the Kindreds of the earth be blessed.