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An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications…
An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications requisite to a complete standing and full communion in the visible Christian church. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; With an appendix by Mr. Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines of quotations]An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications requisite to a compleat standing and full communion in the visible Christian church. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; With an appendix by Mr. Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines of quotations]
Boston: : Printed & sold by S. Kneeland in Queenstreet, 1749
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An Inquiry into the Qualifications for full Communion in the visibl… › Part 3
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3. It was the sovereign Pleasure of God to choose that Family, the Posterity of Jacob according to the Flesh, to reserve 'em for special Favours to the End of Time. And therefore they are still kept a distinct Nation, ⟨p. 89⟩being still reserved for distinguishing Mercy in the latter Day, when they shall be restored to the Church of God. God is pleased in this Way to testify his Regard to their holy Ancestors, and his Regard to their external Relation to Christ. Therefore the Apostle still speaks of 'em as an elect Nation, and beloved for the Fathers sakes, even after they were broken off from the good Olive by Unbelief. God's Covenant with Abraham is in some Sense in Force with Respect to that People, and reaches them even to this Day; and yet surely they are not God's Covenant People, in the Sense that visible Christians are. See Lev. xxvi. 42.
3. It was the sovereign Pleasure of God to chuse that Family, the Posterity of Jacob according to the Flesh, to reserve 'em for special Favours to the End of Time. And therefore they are still kept a distinct Nation, ⟨p. 89⟩being still reserved for distinguishing Mercy in the latter Day, when they shall be restored to the Church of God. God is pleased in this Way to testify his Regard to their holy Ancestors, and his Regard to their external Relation to Christ. Therefore the Apostle still speaks of 'em as an elect Nation, and beloved for the Fathers sakes, even after they were broken off from the good Olive by Unbelief. God's Covenant with Abraham is in some Sense in Force with Respect to that People, and reaches them even to this Day; and yet surely they are not God's CovenantPeople, in the Sense that visible Christians are. See Lev. xxvi. 42.
If it be here said, It was often foretold by the Prophets, that in the Days of the Gospel other Nations should be the People of God, as well as the Nation of the Jews: And when Christ sent forth his Apostles, he bid 'em go and disciple all Nations.