g So the Jews were by natural Deſcent, wid. Gen. 29, 14, | 4 * Who are lſraelites bh; to whom peru} the «| adoption : and the glory k, and the || covenants !, yy the * giving of the law »,, and the ſervice of Godn, yy 10) * the promiles 0; — In this and the following Verſe, he rehearſeth the privilce.; i and Advantages the Jews had from God. above all other Nativy, of the Earth; and this he doth ro ſhew, that he had good Re: C to make ſuch a Wiſh as in the foregoing Verſe: As aMo, that why he ſhould declare conc.rning rhe Jews and their Eje#ton, did 1; proceed from any diſreſpe& or diſeſteem of them. þ 5. e, The 9: ſpring of that Holy Patriarch 1ſrazl ; *'This was the Jews firſt Titles: Honour; that they deſcended from him who by God himzf x; ſir-named Ijrael, or a Prince that had Power with God, and prevail; Gen. 32.28. i Adeption is not here to be underſtood as befi;: in chap .8. 15. or asin Eph. i. 5. (& alibi.) But thereby wen underſtand the peculiar Privilege of the Seed of Jacob; that th: of 211 the Nations of the Earth, were pitch'd upon to be nexty Related to God, to be his Children (as they are called) and i; Firſt- born, vid. Exod 4. 22. Deut. 14. ti. Fer. 31.9, 20, Mat 1; 26, k The Ark and the Temple; ſo called, becauſe in them Go did manifeſt his Glorious Preſence, 1 Sam. 4. 21, 22. Pſal. 26, and 78. 61, 4 Someunderſtand by Covenants, the Tables of i Law, vid. Heb. 9. 4. Others rather underſtand the Coven: made with 4brahem, Gen. 15. 8. and 17. 2. 7. and with th Jewiſh Nation, Exod. 24. 7, 8. and 34. 27, &Cc. Circumciſin 1. ſo may be intended, for that is called God's Covenant , Gen. 17. 12, mm The Judicial, Ceremonial, but eſpecially the Moral Law. This i ſpoken of as a great Privilege, Deut. 4. 8, 32. It may refer boti to the Law its ſelf, and to the Circumſtances alſo, with which tt: Law was given. » Thetrue manner of Wotſhipping God, which was a great Privilege : Other Nations knew there was a God, al that He muſt be Worſhipped, but they knew not how ; and ſotkey ran 1nto Szperſt:tion and Idolatry. o Of this Life, and that ro cone. Particularly of the Meſſiah, and of the Benefits and Bleflingshj Him. Theſe are found in Moſes and the Prophets, and were entil- ed upon the Jews, and their Children, 4#. 2. 39. Eph. 2.12. til God at laſt Cut off the Entai]. Whoſe are the fathers p, and * of whom as concz: ning the fleſh Chriſt came q, * who is over all, God bk: ſed for ever. r Amen. [ p Who are Lineally deſcended of the Holy Patriarchs, Aran, Iſaac, and Jacob, with other Holy Fathers and Prophers, and «& the ſame Blood. This was alſo a great Privilege of which tix Jews boaſted. q Or, out of whom, underſtand the People c ti Jews, not the Fathers. The meaning is, Chrif/ took his hun!
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