For the first there is a truth in it, though not the whole truth, that the Covenant made with Abraham, was of temporal blessings, (such as deliverance from Egypt, and the inheritance of Canaan) but not of temporal blessings only nor chiefly, even as the Covenant of grace with us, though it chiefly convey spiritual and eternal mercies, yet it reacheth also to temporal blessings also, Hos. 2.18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Reasons hereof from the word are plain and strong. 1. From the Tenor of the Covenant, I will be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee, Gen. 17.7. Now God to be a God to us and our seed, is more then a temporal blessing, even all-sufficient goodness for us and ours, for our souls, and for our bodies, for this life and for ever: God giving himself to be our God, the Father giveth himself to be our Father; God the Son giveth himself to be our Redeemer; and God the holy Ghost giveth himself to be our Sanctifier and Comforter. And indeed, that Christ was promised and given in this Covenant, is clear from Luke 1.54, 55. and Verse 69, 72, 73. The holy Ghost also is here promised and given in this Covenant as well as Christ the Angel of the Covenant, Esa. 63.9, 10, 11.
For the first there is a truth in it, though not the whole truth, that the Covenant made with Abraham, was of temporall blessings, (such as deliverance from Egypt, and the inheritance of Canaan) but not of temporall blessings onely nor chiefly, even as the Covenant of grace with us, though it chiefly convey spirituall and eternall mercies, yet it reacheth also to temporall blessings also, Hos. 2.18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Reasons hereof from the word are plaine and strong. 1. From the Tenor of the Covenant, I will bee a God to thee and to thy seed after thee, Gen. 17.7. Now God to be a God to us and our seed, is more then a temporall blessing, even all-sufficient goodnesse for us and ours, for our soules, and for our bodies, for this life and for ever: God giving himselfe to be our God, the Father giveth himselfe to be our Father; God the Son giveth himself to be our Redeemer; and God the holy Ghost giveth himself to be our Sanctifier and Comforter. And indeed, that Christ was promised and given in this Covenant, is clear from Luke 1.54, 55. and Verse 69, 72, 73. The holy Ghost also is here promised and given in this Covenant as well as Christ the Angel of the Covenant, Esa. 63.9, 10, 11.
