And when God made the Covenant with Abraham, Gen. 17. and renewed the same, Deut. 29. he made it with these who were not there standing, v. 14, 15. not with you only, &c, but virtually, radically with us Gentiles, who were not then born, as touching the substantials, for Priest-hood, Law-service, Types, Sacrifices,1 Circumcision, yea Baptism, the Lords Supper, Pastors, Teachers, Elders to rule, Deacons, were all accidents, to the substance of the Covenant, to wit, to believe in Christ and to obtain righteousness and life by Christ: As the same way to the same City hath other hedges, way-marks, bridges, this year which it had not 500. years ago. And look as a father that knows he shall beget so many hundred sons who shall all be Kings, and have the same royal inheritance, writeth a Charter intituling them all, before they be born, to the same inheritance: They have all virtual and radical right, ere they be born, with the first heir; And when they are born, he makes not another Covenant with them. So Deut. 29.14, 15. he sayeth not, He shall make another Covenant with these when they shall be born: but I make a Covenant with you, and with these that are not here, not born. Hence by way of excellency he calleth it the Covenant, the Covenant of the Lord, Jer. 2•.9. Deut. 4.23. Josh 23.11. My Covenant, saith the Lord, Gen. 17.7, 9, 10. Exod. 19.5. Psal. 50.16. His Covenant, Psal. 105.8. He remembered his Covenant for ever, Psal. 111.5. He will remember his Covenant for ever, 5.9. His Covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 2 King. 13.23. When Hazael King of Syria oppressed Israel, in their saddest afflictions, Levit. 26.42, 43. The Scripture is called the Book of the Covenant, Exod. 24.7. 2 King. 23.4. 2 Chron. 34.30, 21. The Question is easily determined, it can be the Book of no Covenant, but of that made with Abraham, the ⟨p. 112⟩oath unto Jacob, 21 Chron. 16.16, 17. Psal. 105.9. Jer. 11.5. Dan. 9.11. Luke 1.73. Heb. 6.15, 17. and to the fathers, the everlasting Covenant, Gen. 9.16. Gen. 17.9, 13. which relates to Adam also, Levit. 24.8. 2 Sam. 23.5. made unto David, 1 Chro. 16.17. Psal. 105.10. Isa. 61.8. Heb. 13.20. which cannot be, if there be so many Covenants, as some speak of: the new Covenant, and the better Covenant, Heb. 8.8, 13. Heb 12.20▪ Jer. 3.81. Heb. 7.21.
And when God made the Covenant with Abraham, Gen. 17. and renewed the same, Deut. 29. he made it with these who were not there standing, v. 14, 15. not with you only, &c, but virtually, radically with us Gentiles, who were not then born, as touching the substantialls, for Priest-hood, Law-service, Types, Sacrifices,1 Circumcision, yea Baptism, the Lords Supper, Pastors, Teachers, Elders to rule, Deacons, were all accidents, to the substance of the Covenant, to wit, to beleeve in Christ and to obtain righteousnesse and life by Christ: As the same way to the same City hath other hedges, way-marks, bridges, this year which it had not 500. years agoe. And look as a father that knowes he shall beget so many hundreth sons who shall all be Kings, and have the same royall inheritance, writeth a Charter intituling them all, before they be born, to the same inheritance: They have all virtuall and radicall right, ere they be born, with the first heir; And when they are born, he makes not another Covenant with them. So Deut. 29.14, 15. he sayeth not, He shall make another Covenant with these when they shall be born: but I make a Covenant with you, and with these that are not here, not born. Hence by way of excellency he calleth it the Covenant, the Covenant of the Lord, Jer. 2•.9. Deut. 4.23. Josh 23.11. My Covenant, saith the Lord, Gen. 17.7, 9, 10. Exod. 19.5. Psal. 50.16. His Covenant, Psal. 105.8. He remembred his Covenant for ever, Psal. 111.5. He will remember his Covenant for ever, 5.9. His Covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 2 King. 13.23. When Hazael King of Syria oppressed Israel, in their saddest afflictions,
- 1The same Covenant in the substantials, is in the Old and New Test.The same Covenant in the substantialls, is in the Old and New Test.
- 2The one Covenant of Grace is called the Covenant of the Lord, by way of excellency in the Old and New Test.
