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A32762 The divine institution of congregational churches, ministry and ordinances [as has bin professed by those of that persuasion] asserted and proved from the word of God / by Isaac Chauncy ... Chauncy, Isaac, 1632-1712. 1697 (1697) Wing C3748; ESTC R38739 70,081 155

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b Heb. 11.5.7 8. which by many are esteemed to have bin so many distinct Churches and accordingly distinguish particular Churches into Oeconomick or Family and Congregational But others think that tho God appointed to those Patriarchs a solemn Family-Worship yet that a Church was not instituted till Abraham's time when the first Foundation of an Instituted Church was laid in the Covenant that God made with and Sealed to Abraham and his Seed c Gen. 12.2 17.1 2 for before this Covenant tho God was Worshipped in Families there seems not to have bin any Churches made up of divers Families and therefore not Congregational nor any Church-Covenant or Seals thereof Hence he is said to have received the Sign of Circumcision the Seal of the Righteousness of Faith which he had being uncircumcised that he might be the Father of all that believe both circumcised and uncircumcised d Ro. 4.11 i. e. of Believers whose Church-Covenant was Sealed by an Instituted Seal appropriated thereto or else how was Abraham said to be a Father to all that should afterward believe any more than Noah was or Sem and moreover because in this Covenant Christ the Head of the Church was explicitely contained e Ro. 4.13 Gal. 3.18 19. who indeed was promised as Heir of the World through the Righteousness of Faith therefore the Apostle tells us that the Promise of Christ and all Church-Priviledges and Ordinances of his Institution are sure not only to Abraham's natural Seed but to all who are of the Faith of Abraham who is the Father of all Professing Believers and Covenanting with God for themselves and Seed by vertue of his receiving the Seal of the Righteousness of Faith which he had in his uncircumcision f Ro. 4.16 so that the stress of Abraham's Father-hood to the Faithful is not laid upon his Eminent Faith alone but upon his receiving an Instituted Seal of the Righteousness of Faith to himself and his infant-Seed g Rom. 4.11.16 and in this respect as he is called the Father so each Believer is his Seed in Christ h Gal. 3.26 27 28. receiving a Seal of the Righteousness of Faith to himself and Seed as Isaac did i Gal. 4.28 § 4. In Abraham's Covenant was contained the Promise and Blessing of Christ to his Church in all Ages both in respect of its Mystical and Visible relation to him as its Head a Gal. 3.8 9 14. Ephes 1.3 and therefore the establishment of Church-Membership was made in Abraham to the professing covenanting-Believer un-alterably as a substantial part of the Blessing which was to come on the Gentiles and not to be removed b Gal. 3.14 15 16 17 18. Heb. 12.27 There were two things manifestly in Abraham's Covenant 1. The substantial and abiding part of that Covenant both to Jews and Gentiles both internal and Mystical yea and external as to a Church visible state Membership and Priviledges all which came upon the Gentiles c Gen. 17.13 19. Eph. 3.6 c. 1.3 2. There was the peculiar and moveable part of Abraham's Covenant which was the increase of his Seed into a National Church d Gen. 12.2 18.18 the growth and progress it should make through Bondage and Pilgrimage to an external and Typical Rest e Gen. 15.13 14 16 18. with all worldly Plenty and Prosperity f Josh 5.6 7. 22.4 21.43 and most especially the form and manner of that Church-Worship according as was after established by God's Ordination and Institution g Deut. 4.7 8.31 32. to 37. Exo. 25.40 for the time then being till the coming of Christ h Heb. 9.9 10. Circumcision it self being a part of that moveable Fabrick begun in Abraham and perfected in Moses i Act 7.8.32.37 38. Heb. 3.2 3 8.5 Gal. 5.3 4. it was taken away with the other observances k Heb. 8.5.8.13 9.9 Col. 2.11 17. but a Seal of the Righteousness of Faith whereby Abraham became the Father of all Believers Jews and Gentiles was not taken away l Rom. 4.11 15.8 but was a great part of the Blessing that came on the believing Gentiles m Gal. 3.9 14. viz. that the Professing Covenanting-Believer should both he and his Infant-Seed receive a Seal of the Righteousness of Faith as the great Priviledge of Church-Membership belonging to both as to Abraham and his they being his Seed by Faith as Isaac was n Ro. 4.12 16. Gal. 3.26 27. 4.28 Col. 2.10 11 12. Acts 2.39 Ro. 15.8 9. Isa 61.9 ch 65.9 § 5. The Church of Israel before Moses was Congregational and in a visible Covenant with God and truly an essential Church a Ex. 12.3 Num. 20.4 Ex. 12.40 41. 16.22 Act. 7.38 but not organized with a Ministry and Ordinances of God's Institution for a due and orderly Worship of God till Moses b Act 7.38.44 45. which state and standing of that Church from Abraham to Moses and partly in its Wilderness condition was a great Type of the Gospel-Church in its persecuted bewildred and unsettled state under its great Adversaries wherein it hath been mostly fed by God and preserved by him in its Mystical State and standing as was before hinted c Rev. 12.6.13 § 6. The Administration of the external Constitution by Christ in the Ministry and Ordinances of the Church of Israel a Acts 7.38 was of a distinct form and manner from the Church Administration according to the Gospel Oeconomy Ordinances and Order b Heb. 9.1.9 10 11. For the Administration of the Ecclesiastical State and standing of that Church was faulty in respect of the Ordinance of Circumcision it self c Acts 7.8 Gal. 5.3 4. 2 Cor. 3.14 and Mosaick Vail drawn over Gospel Mysteries d Heb. 8.6 the encouragement to Gods Service by temporal Promises the Typical and Legal Nature of the Sanctuary Ministry e Heb. 8.9 2 Cor. 3.9 Heb. 8.5 and Ordinances called carnal f Heb. 9.10 7.16 and worldly g Heb. 9.1 imperfect not reaching the Conscience h ch 9.11 10.1 2. 7.19 Moses the Mediator i Gal. 3.20 thereof and Aaronick Priesthood k Heb. 7.11 23. both typical of the true Mediator l 8.4 5. 3.1 and High-Priest of our Profession It was a faulty Covenant m Heb. 8.7 and called by the Apostle the Old Testament n 2 Cor. 3.14 and is all done away as a shadow in the coming of Christ o Ibid. and his bringing in to us a better because clearer ground of Faith and Hope p Heb. 7.19 by spiritual Promises q Eph. 1.3 and a more Heavenly Gospel Ministry and Ordinances r Heb. 8.5 9.23 and is therefore called a New Covenant ſ Heb. 8.8 the blessings whereof are Abraham's now come on the Gentiles t Gal. 3.14 heavenly and spiritual in high places v Eph. 2.6 much