Excerpt from Two Discourses on the Perpetuity and Provision of God's Gracious Covenant With Abraham and His Seed By the covenant, made with Abraham, a church was formed, which was to be continued down, through all successive generations, and which was to embrace, not only his natural posterity, but the faithful of all nations. Of this church Abraham was' the covenant father and, in the capacity of covenant father, he received the prom lses. As the father Of the church, and the heir of the world, the whole inheritance was conveyed to him for himself and his seed; and the act of conveyance was solemnly ratified and sealed, by the Slgn of circumcision. The covenant made with him had respect to the whole church, of which he was the representative and father. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.