An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications…

but not so as to limit himself, or so as to oblige himself to bestow it on all of that Blood, or not to bestow it on others that were not of that Blood. He affixed his Blessing to both these, both to the Place and Nation, by sovereign Election. Psal. cxxxii. 13, 14, 15. He annexed and fixed his Blessing to both by Covenant. To that Nation he fixed his Blessing by his Covenant with the Patriarchs. Indeed the main Thing, the Substance and Marrow of that Covenant which God made with Abraham and the other Patriarchs, was the Covenant of Grace, which is continued in these Days of the Gospel, and extends to all his spiritual Seed, of the Gentiles as well as Jews: But yet that Covenant with the Patriarchs contained other Things that were as it were Appendages to that great everlasting Covenant of Grace, Promises of lesser Matters, subservient to the grand Promise of the future Seed, and typical of Things appertaining to him. Such were those promises, that annexed the Blessing to a particular Country, viz. the Land of Canaan, and a particular Blood, viz. the Progeny of Isaac and Jacob. Just so it was also as to the Covenant God made with David that we have an Account of, 2 Sam. vii. and Psal cxxxii. If we consider that Covenant with Regard to what the Soul and Marrow of it was, it was the Covenant of Grace: But there were other Promises which were as it were Appendages of Things subservient to the grand Covenant, and typical of it's Benefits; such were Promises of the Blessing to the Nation of the literal Israel, and of continuing the temporal Crown of Israel to David's Posterity, and of fixing the Blessing to Jerusalem or Mount Zion, as the Place that he chose to set his Name there. And in this Sense it was that the very Family of Jacob were God's People by Covenant, or his Covenant-People, and his chosen People; yea and this even when they were no visible Saints, when they were educated and lived in Idolatry, and made no Profession of the true Religion.

but not so as to limit himself, or so as to oblige himself to bestow it on all of that Blood, or not to bestow it on others that were not of that Blood. He affixed his Blessing to both these, both to the Place and Nation, by sovereign Election. Psal. cxxxii. 13, 14, 15. He annex'd and fix'd his Blessing to both by Covenant. To that Nation he fix'd his Blessing by his Covenant with the Patriarchs. Indeed the main Thing, the Substance and Marrow of that Covenant which God made with Abraham and the other Patriarchs, was the Covenant of Grace, which is continued in these Days of the Gospel, and extends to all his spiritual Seed, of the Gentiles as well as Jews: But yet that Covenant with the Patriarchs contain'd other Things that were as it were Appendages to that great everlasting Covenant of Grace, Promises of lesser Matters, subservient to the grand Promise of the future Seed, and typical of Things appertaining to him. Such were those promises, that annexed the Blessing to a particular Country, viz. the Land of Canaan, and a particular Blood, viz. the Progeny of Isaac and Jacob. Just so it was also as to the Covenant God made with David that we have an Account of,