The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace

Ans. But these to come in, and to be re-ingrafted are holy, intentionally, ¹in the decree of God, because of their beloved fathers, and when God shall call them, the same Covenant made with Abraham gives them right; and these branches not in being, and the unborn Generation are only intentionally holy by this federal holiness, and they shall be actually holy, when they shall be born, but it followeth not, but the present Generation not broken off through unbelief, as Paul and others called by the name of election, Rom. 11.7. have right, because of their fathers. For God hath not cast off his people, whom he hath fore-known For I am an Israelite (saith Paul, v. 1, 2.) of the seed of Abraham, and there are thousands of Jews now hid▪ as in Elijah his time, who bowed not their knee to Baal; but the body of them, the great bulk is fallen away and cut off. Hence the Jews are holy federally▪ ⟨p. 111⟩and not holy, beloved of the fathers federally, and not beloved federally, holy and keep Church right to Baptism, and Ordinances, in regard of the founder and invisible part: And not holy federally nor having any Church right to Baptism, in regard of the wilfully broken off body, that crucified Christ and stand to their fathers bloody deed, these have no more Church-part nor portion to Ordinances, then Simon Magus, Acts 8. notwithstanding of their carnal descent from Abraham.

Ans. But these to come in, and to be re-ingrafted are holy, intentionally, ¹in the decree of God, because of their beloved fathers, and when God shall call them, the same Covenant made with Abraham gives them right; and these branches not in being, and the unborn Generation are only intentionally holy by this federall holinesse, and they shall be actually holy, when they shall be born, but it followeth not, but the present Generation not broken off through unbeleef, as Paul and others called by the name of election,