And indeed, the Inheritance promised to 1 Abraham, and which in, by, and under him, is defcended on the Gentiles, is not only a Cœleftial, but a Terreftrial one alfo: For by that Promife, Abraham was not only the Heir of Heaven, but alfo Heir of the World; and fo the Apostle ftiles him: And the fame Apostle tells Us, All is Ours; and Abraham being conftituted by the Promife, Heir of the World, He and his Defcendants, according to the Flesh, were to take Poffeffion of it, and to have Livery of Seifin given in Canaan; a Livery of Sei1 fin, which was given indeed, and taken but in Part of the World, (as Livery of Seifin ufually is) but in the Name of the Whole.

It is true, Canaan only was promised in the Letter, and was Inherited only by the Carnal Seed and Defcendants of Abraham : But then it must be confidered, that in the Covenant there is more implyed, than is expreffed in the Letter; and that as in the Letter it speaketh of the Seed which is Na1 tural, namely Ifaac; yet, in the Mystery, it meaneth Christ, and that Principally: So, though in the Letter it fpeaketh but of Canaan, as given for a Poffeffion, and enjoyed fo by the Carnal Seed; yet in the My1 ftery, it means the whole World, of which Canaan

Canaan was a Part: in which indeed he took Poffeffion, or had Livery and Seifin given him; but, as I faid, in the Name of the Whole. Abraham was Heir of the World; and fo are all Believers, as bra ham's Seed; for All is Ours: But how? For We are Chrift's, and Chrift is God's: And it is, I will be a God to Thee, and thy Seed; which Seed is Chrift. This is the Believer's Title, and this his Deed; his Charter, by which he holds All.

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And having evidenc'd the First Particu lar, That the Covenant made with Abra ham, or the Bleffing of Abraham, the Promife of the Spirit is ftill in force, and is that Covenant of Grace by which belie ving Gentiles, the true Seed, now both have and hold their Title to Heaven, and to Earth too. It will not, I fuppofe, require either much Time, or much Argument, to fecure the Second; which is, That the true Spiritual Seed of Abraham, the believing Gentiles, who have the Benefit and Advan tage of that Spiritual Promife and Bleffing, and to whom it is made as well as to Abraham, are under equal Obligation to the Du ty and Incumbense arifing from it, or annexed to it, with Abraham himself. For it is a common Notion, a Sentiment approved by the Light of Nature, That he that reap

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eth any Profit and Advantage by a Grant ought to bear the Burthen, and answer the Duty and Incumbence that accompanies It. And indeed, to hope for Salvation, and other Benefits convey'd in the Covenant and Charter of Abraham, without fubmitting to the Duties and Obligations that do arise there-from, or are annexed thereto; were for a Perfon to claim an Inheritance by a Deed of Conveyance, without holding himself obliged to the Covenants and Provifions with which It is granted Therein. Certain it is, as I have fhewn already, that the believing Gentile claimeth, hath, holdeth nothing, but in, by, and under Abraham: He is Chrift's, and fo Abraham's Seed; and fo Heir according to the Promife: And he that claimeth, hath, holdeth nothing but in, by, and under Abraham, muft claim, have, hold, as Abraham did, according to the Tenor and Obligation of the Deed of Gift, the Charter, the Covenant of Promife, which it pleafed God to convey by, and with the fame Incumbence and Duty.

And this remindeth me of the Third Par ticular, which I promised to demonftrate; namely, That the Dury and Incumbence to which Abraham was obliged, arifing from the Covenant or Bleing given to him, was,

in way of Reftipulation, to dedicate and give himself, and all his, to God; and in token of that Dedication of himself, and all his, to put the Sign of the Covenant, as the Cog nizance, and Mark, and Badge of God on all his that was capable of it, as well as to wear it himself.

I know it cannot be difficult to You, (if it can to any Other) to conceive that in Reftipulation unto God, who had made over unto Abraham, not Himself only, but All he has, (that) Abraham Correfpondently fhould give Himself, and All he had to God: And indeed, this Mutual Stipulation between God and Abraham, [That God and all His fhould be Abraham's, and Abraham and all his fhould be God's] is the very Effence and Subftance of the Covenant: I will be Theirs, and They shall be Mine; I will be a God to Thee and thy Seed, and Thou and thy Seed ftall keep my Covenant.

It is true, the Covenant doth run in Abfolute and Promiffory Terms, and therefore is called the Covenant of Promife; but yet to be a Covenant, as there must be Parties, fo there must be a Mutual Stipulation between them: And here, the Stipulation on the Part of Abraham, though it be not fo exprefs and literal, is plainly implied in the Duty and Incumbence God imposes on

him, in relation to the Covenant, as an Obligation and Confequence arifing from the Nature and Merits of It: Which Duty and Incumbence, and the Confequentialnefs of it from the Covenant, is, Gen, 17. Ver. 9. Toon fhalt keep my Covenant therefore, thou and thy Seed after thee in their Generations. Or, more confonantly to the Letter of the Original, but to the fame Sense, (and in Covenant-form;) I will be a God to thee and thy Seed, and I will give to thee and thy Seed, &c. and, Thon and thy Seed fhall keep my Covenant. In the Former, is the Stipulation or Promife God is pleafed to make to Abraham, and to his Seed: And in the Latter, the Obligation and Consequence it lies upon them; and which, therefore, God expects too, as importing Their Stipulation, and that Acknowledgment they owe for His. Thou shalt keep my Covenant therefore: Therefore, wherefore? Therefore, because I have Established my Covenant, to give my Self and all I have to thee; to give my 1 Self, and give Canaan, and in Canaan the World: Therefore, thoa fhalt give thy felf, and all thine to Me: And in token of it, (that thy felf and all thine is Mine) thou fhalt obferve my Covenant in the fign of it; and that fo, both as to wear the fign thy 1felf, and to put it upon all thine that is ca

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