The Lord giving himself, Diff. 2 his Son, and Spirit upon condition, though it be but to Works, yet he is pleased to receive, them into some kind of Relative Union, expressed, Jer. 32.32. Which my Covenant they brake, although I was an Husband to them. He was married unto them in Church-Covenant, this was some kind of union: He was their God, and they were his peculiar people; and yet the Lord cast them off, a generation of his wrath, from this Marriage-Covenant between them and him: from this union there springeth a kind of Faith, by which the soul cleaveth unto the Lord in some measure; else there could not be this Marriage-Union; and this Faith is that of which you read, Psal. 106.12, 13. They ⟨p. 31⟩believed his words; they sang his praise: they soon forgot his works: they waited not for his counsel: So also Exod. 14.31. it is said, They believed the Lord, and his servant Moses: this is that Faith which men may receive, and yet may Apostate from it, spoken of, Heb. 6.3, to 6. For a while some do believe, and in time of temptation fall away, Luk. 8.13. But all that Faith was never grounded upon any free promise of Grace, but all was built upon Ordinances, and Duties, and upon no higher ground. In the 2 Chron. 13.8, to 12. marvellously strong are the expressions of Abijah, when Jeroboam came against him; You think to withstand the Kingdom of the Lord in the hand of David, &c. Have not you cast out the Priests of the Lord? saith he, &c. But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the Priests which minister unto the Lord are the Sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business; and they burn unto the Lord every morning, and every evening Burnt-sacrifices, and sweet Incense; the Show-bread also they set in order upon the pure Table, and the Candlestick of gold, with the Lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but ye have forsaken him. And behold, God himself is with us for our Captain, and his Priests with sounding Trumpets to cry Alarm against you. O ye children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper. Thus we see what Faith he did express; and hereupon (vers. 18.) the children of Israel were brought under, and the children of Judah prevailed; and yet this ⟨p. 32⟩Kings heart was not perfect with the Lord his God: 2 King. 15.3.
The Lord giving himself, Diff. 2 his Son, and Spirit upon condition, though it be but to Works, yet he is pleased to receive, them into some kinde of Relative Ʋnion, expressed, Jer. 32.32. Which my Covenant they brake, although I was an Husband to them. He was married unto them in Church-Covenant, this was some kinde of union: He was their God, and they were his peculiar people; and yet the Lord cast them off, a generation of his wrath, from this Marriage-Covenant between them and him: from this union there springeth a kinde of Faith, by which the soul cleaveth unto the Lord in some measure; else there could not be this Marriage-Union; and this Faith is that of which you read, Psal. 106.12, 13. They ⟨p. 31⟩beleeved his words; they sang his praise: they soon forgat his works: they waited not for his counsel: So also Exod. 14.31. it is said, They beleeved the Lord, and his servant Moses: this is that Faith which men may receive, and yet may Apostate from it, spoken of, Heb. 6.3, to 6. For a while some do beleeve, and in time of temptation fall away, Luk. 8.13. But all that Faith was never grounded upon any free promise of Grace, but all was built upon Ordinances, and Duties, and upon no higher ground. In the 2 Chron. 13.8, to 12. marvellously strong are the expressions of Abijah, when Jeroboam came against him; You think to withstand the Kingdom of the Lord in the hand of David, &c. Have not you cast out the Priests of the Lord? saith he, &c. But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the Priests which minister unto the Lord are the Sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business; and they burn unto the Lord every morning, and every evening Burat-sacrifices, and sweet Incense; the Shew-bread also they set in order upon the pure Table, and the Candlestick of gold, with the Lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but ye have forsaken him. And behold, God himself is with us for our Captain, and his Priests with sounding Trumpets to cry Alarm against you. O ye children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper. Thus we see what Faith he did express; and hereupon (vers. 18.) the children of Israel were brought under, and the children of Judah prevailed; and yet this
