Arg. If the Covenants take their Denomination from the Promises, and the Promises are distinct, viz. some Evangelical, belonging to those that the Gospel belongs unto; and others Domestic or Civil Promises, especially and absolutely respecting the House, and Natural Seed of Abraham and Policy of Israel; then there were two Covenants made with Abraham: but this is so; Ergo, &c. To make it clear, and prove it, it is evident that that Promise was Evangelical, belonging to the Gospel-Covenant made with Abraham, Gen. 17. 5. I have made thee a Father of many Nations: And so is that Promise, Gen. 15. 5. So shall thy Seed be: in which it is promised that there shall be of the Nations many, or a great number, that shall be Abraham's Spiritual Children by believing, Rom. 4. 17, 18. Also it was Evangelical, which we find in Gen. 12. 3. And in thy Seed shall all the Kindreds of the Earth be blessed. These 'tis evident respect all Gospel-Believers, who are the Spiritual Seed of Abraham: See Gal. 3. 8. And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify the Heathen through Faith, preached the Gospel to Abraham, saying, In thee shall All the Nations of the Earth be blessed. And more directly to Christ, who is the Seed of Abraham, as Gal. 3. 16. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the Promises made: He saith not, And to Seeds, as of many, but as of one, and to thy Seed, which is Christ; that is, to Christ as the Head and Surety of the Covenant of Grace; and so primarily and directly to him, and then in ⟨p. 48⟩him to all who are his, according to that Gal. 3. 29. And if you be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's Seed, and Heirs according to the Promise. See also Acts 2. 25.
Arg. If the Covenants take their Denomination from the Promises, and the Promises are distinct, viz. some Evangelical, belonging to those that the Gospel belongs unto; and others Domestick or Civil Promises, especially and absolutely respecting the House, and Natural Seed of Abraham and Policy of Israel; then there were two Covenants made with Abraham: but this is so; Ergo, &c. To make it clear, and prove it, it is evident that that Promise was Evangelical, belonging to the Gospel-Covenant made with Abraham, Gen. 17. 5. I have made thee a Father of many Nations: And so is that Promise, Gen. 15. 5. So shall thy Seed be: in which it is promised that there shall be of the Nations many, or a great number, that shall be Abraham's Spiritual Children by believing, Rom. 4. 17, 18. Also it was Evangelical, which we find in Gen. 12. 3. And in thy Seed shall all the Kindreds of the Earth be blessed. These 'tis evident respect all Gospel-Believers, who are the Spiritual Seed of Abraham: See Gal. 3. 8. And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify the Heathen through Faith, preached the Gospel to Abraham, saying, In thee shall All the Nations of the Earth be blessed. And more directly to Christ, who is the Seed of Abraham, as Gal. 3. 16. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the Promises made: He saith not, And to Seeds, as of many, but as of one, and to thy Seed, which is Christ; that is, to Christ as the Head and Surety of the Covenant of Grace; and so primarily and directly to him, and then in ⟨p. 48⟩him to all who are his, according to that Gal. 3. 29. And if you be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's Seed, and Heirs according to the Promise. See also Acts 2. 25.
