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II. There accompanied this a more particular and full revelation and confirmation of the covenant of grace than ever had been before. There had before this been, as it were, two particular and solemn editions or confirmations of this covenant; one at the beginning of the first period, which was that whereby the covenant of grace was revealed to our first parents, soon after the fa•l; the other at the beginning of the second period, whereby God solemnly renewed the covenant of grace with Noah and his family soon after the flood: and now there is a third at the beginning of the third period, at and after the calling of Abraham. And it now •eing much nearer the time of the coming of Christ •han when the covenant of grace was first revealed, it being, as it was said before, about half way between the fall and the coming of C••ist▪ the revelation of the covenant now was much more f•ll then any that had been before. The covenant was now more particularly revealed. It was now revealed, not only that Christ should be; but it was revealed to Abraham, that he should be his seed; and it was now promised, that all the families of the earth should be blessed in him. God was much in the promises of this to Abraham. The first promise was when he first called him, Gen. xii.2. "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shall be a blessing." Again the same promise ⟨p. 44⟩was renewed after he came into the land of Canaan, […] 14. &c. The covenant was again renewed after Abraham and returned from the slaughter of the kings, chap. xv.5.6. Again after his offering up Isaac, chap. xxii.16.17.18.

II. There accompanied this a more particular and full revelation and confirmation of the covenant of grace than ever had been before. There had before this been, as it were, two particular and solemn editions or confirmations of this covenant; one at the beginning of the first period, which was that whereby the covenant of grace was revealed to our first parents, soon after the fal; the other at the beginning of the second period, whereby God solemnly renewed the covenant of grace with Noah and his family soon after the flood: and now there is a third at the beginning of the third period, at and after the calling of Abraham. And it now eing much nearer the time of the coming of Christ han when the covenant of grace was first revealed, it being, as it was said before, about half way between the fall and the coming of Cist the revelation of the covenant now was much more fll then any that had been before. The covenant was now more particularly revealed. It was now revealed, not only that Christ should be; but it was revealed to Abraham, that he should be his seed; and it was now promised, that all the families of the earth should be blessed in him. God was much in the promises of this to Abraham. The first promise was when he first called him,