_ when all things ſhall be reſtored to that condition from which mm ron put them : for the fall hath maim d and difordered the whole Uni- Fu verſe; and probably, there is not that excellency in any of the "3s Crcarures, which there was at firſt, before wan (for whom they were My made) by his fin brought death to himlelt, and as 1t were a dead "ay colour over all them ; this makes th: whole Creation groan and mY mvail in pain unt!l now, Rom. 8. 22. But the end of the World and will bz a time of reſtitution of all rhings, unto man eſpecially ; who Fs ſhall be then reſtored unto God, and tO a bletizd Immortality : tor the unleſs this be granted, all their Preaciung and Propheſying was in vain, 1 Cor. 15. 14. ; ard -, 22 * For Moſes truly ſaid unto the fatherse, A Prophet
" ſhall the Lord your God raiſe up unto you, of your bre- oice chren, like unto mef: him ſhall ye hearin all things g mer whatloever he ſhall ſay unto you. out, » Their Anceſtors in the wilderneſs, Dewz. 18. 15. as alſo in the | ated 8 ver. St. Peter names here but one of their Prophets, but a moſt 019 remarkable one. f 1. In Wiſdom. 2. In Miracles. 3. In being a they Mediator betwixt God and his people. 4. In their being both our of pre- their brethren, ( i. e. of the ſeed of Abraham) 5, In that they were _ both ſent from God after an extraordinary manner. g If any Pro- 4 phe did come amongſt them, and did foretel future things which 5040: came to paſs, or did work a real miracle, they were bound ro believe vie. Heb him, if he did not endeavour to draw them to worſhip a falſe God ;
(1 and by conſequence they were bound to have believed our Saviour, tout whotaught chem onely to fear that crue God, whom the Law and iſ all the Prophers tad ſpoken of. ; a6 3 And it ſhall comeo pals, ha: every ſoul 4 which g, ct will not hear that Prophet z, ſhall be deſtroyed from the mong the people F. their þ That is every one. 2 That is, believe and obey him. & Asthoſe Vpon that diſobeyed Meſes were deſtroyed, many perithing by ſtrange and
ſudden deaths, Numb. 16. 3. Oc. We read of Korah, Dathan, and eta 4:ram, and all that belonged to them, ſwallowed up for this ſin. | the Thz Apoſtle demands, Heb. 2. 2. How ſhall we eſcape, rf we negle& ſo and} great ſalvation ? For a greater than Moſes 15 here, and God hath un- dzrtaken ro require it of every one that will not hearken unto him, | » Dt. 18. 19. | Kos 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel J, and ith on thoſe that follow after, as many as have ſpoken, have | 1d and likewiſe foretold of theſe days. | ay It [Though'there were ſome Prophets betwixt Moſes and Samnzl, yet 7 twice they were but ſuch as Propheſied in ſome particular exigencies and P2241 caſes; and in Samuel's days the word of the Lord was precious or rare, 1 Saws. 3. 1. but then David, that lively Type of Chriſt, appearing Jrance*L at the Throne, the Meſſiah began to be more diſcovered in, and by 10 him: Bzſides, Samuel was the firſt who wrote his Prophecies, and nofit ereed the Schools of the Prophers, and therefore he 15 firſt mentioned; | _"—_ and the date of the Prophets 15 here begun from him. great 1 25 Ye are the children of the prophets 7, and of the | Vile covenant » which God made with our fathers, ſaying w—_ 3, unto Abraham *, And in thy ſeed ſh3llall the kindreds o , gt «of the earth be bleſies p. | duced ” ® The-Patriarchs, Abraham, Iſaac, and Facos, are called Pro- ; even phers, P/al. 105. 15. and did Prophetie, foretelling things to come, | Oc The Diſciples of the Prophets are alſo called their Children or ed by 90nS, 2 Kings. 2. 3. and fo theſe pretended and defired to be ac- fr counted, 2 Children of the Covenant, are ſuch unto whom the Mt Covenant belongs, which God made with Abraham and his ſeed ; ice they are called the children of promiſe, Rom. 9. $ Gal, 4. 28. | ſpoken and the children of the Kingdom, Mas. 8. 12. And this Covenant of aicd tit God with Abraham, was the cauſe, that notwithſtanding all the ſore ly ends: and heavy calamities of that people, God did always preierve ſome, y ple *Md tiiere was a remnant ſaved. o Families or Nations. p Through Chriſt who is this ſeed of Arraham, all mercies in this World, and at your *v Erernal Life in the World ro come are beſtowed ; grace, and glory, ſhing 5 ad every good thing.
7. 26* Unto you firſt q, God having raiſed up his Son che pre: Jeſus, 7 tent him to bleſs you, in turning away every z1Ce one of you from his iniquities 5.
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