1. All Saints have a like share in the heavenly calling, They being Partakers thereof have every one g part therein as well as a right thereto, All the Israelites were in this sense partakers of the same privileges, They were all under the cloud, and all passed through the Red Sea, and were all baptized, &c. and did All eat the same spiritual meat, and did All drink the same spiritual drink, 1 Cor. 10, 2, 3, 4. Ye are all one in Christ Jesus, Gal. 3. 28. The eight unities mentioned by the Apostle, Eph. 4. 4, 5, 6. intend thus much, For all believers make one body; They have all one Spirit; They are all called in one hope; They are all servants of one Lord; There is one Faith belonging to them all, and one Baptism; They have all One God, and […] Father. In reference to that one Father all believers are styled, bdear children, Eph. 5. 1. Great is the emphasis of the Greek word translated dear; It signifieth a beloved one, one that is so loved as all love is cast on him. It is most properly attributed to an only child, where God saith to Abraham, Take cthine only Son, Gen. 22. 2. The LXX thu• translate it, Take dthy beloved Son. He who in Hebrew is called an eonly Son, is in Greek called a fbeloved Sonne. So also do other Authors use that Greek word both of male and female: as, gan only son, han only daughter. So when one hath but one only eye, that eye in Greek is called ia beloved eye. This title, kbeloved one, is oft attributed to Christ, and that most properly, for •e is lthe only begotten of God. This title beloved one is indeed oft used min the plural number, including many, as Eph. 5. 1. Rom. 1. 7. & 11. 28. But they are all in God• account as an one only child. Thus they are all as one spouse to Christ, Cant. 4. 8. 2 Cor. 11. 2. They are also all heirs (Rom. 8. 17.) and Kings (Rev. 1. 6.) and th• of the same inheritance, and of the same Kingdom. Now there useth to be b•t one heir of the same inheritance, and one King of the same Kingdom. These therefore are as one. For they have all one Spirit (Eph. 4. 4.) and they all make o• mystical body, which body is styled Christ, 1 Cor. 12. 12. In this respect the duties which are required of us as brethren (§. 3.) are by this unity further pressed upon us.
2. They to whom the Apostle wrote, were internally and effectually called.
1. All Saints have a like share in the heavenly calling, They being Partakers thereof have every one g part therein as well as a right thereto, All the Israelites were in this sense partakers of the same priviledges, They were all under the cloud, and all passed through the Red Sea, and were all baptized, &c. and did All eat the same spirituall meat, and did All drink the same spirituall drink, 1 Cor. 10, 2, 3, 4. Ye are all one in Christ Iesus, Gal. 3. 28. The eight unities mentioned by the Apostle, Eph. 4. 4, 5, 6. intend thus much, For all beleevers make one body; They have all one Spirit; They are all called in one hope; They are all servants of one Lord; There is one Faith belonging to them all, and one Baptism; They have all One God, and 〈…〉 Father. In reference to that one Father all beleevers are stiled, bdear children, Eph. 5. 1. Great is the emphasis of the Greek word translated dear; It signifieth a beloved one, one that is so loved as all love is cast on him. It is most properly attributed to an only childe, where God saith to Abraham, Take cthine only Son, Gen. 22. 2. The LXX thu• translate it, Take dthy beloved Son. He who in Hebrew is called an eonly Sonne, is in Greek called a fbeloved Sonne. So also do other Authors use that Greek word both of male and female: as, gan only sonne, han only daughter. So when one hath but one only eye, that eye in Greek is called i
- b[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- c[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- d[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- e[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- f[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- g[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- h[Greek or Hebrew], Xenoph. in [Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Xenoph. in 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- i[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- k[Greek or Hebrew], Mat. 3. 17. & 17. 5. & 18. 12.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Mat. 3. 17. & 17. 5
