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Show G 0 s ti aJ 10 ( 32 ) 8. A particular Family chofen, for the lingular Piety of Abraham, its Head, to the one true God, amidft the umverfal Idolatry and Polythcifm of all Nations, and the Defcendcnts of it declared by Prediction to be God"< peculiar People, feparated from the idolatrous Nations, to lle a Light to the reft of the World, and to preferve his W orfhip from being loft ; and Promifes given, that from among them fhou\d anfe the Rdlorer of Mankind. T he Defcendents of Abraham by a peculiar Providence carried into Egypt, to communicate fomething of, the Knowledge of the true God to the People of that Country, and by the fame Means to other Countries: Eg)pt being cfteemed the Mother of Learning and Arts, and having a great Influence over the other Nations. His numetous P ofl erity after a certain Time brought out of .Egypt again, and~ with ma.ny miraculous lnterpolitions of Prov1dence, conduC\ed through a ,,aft Wildernef, , and at \aft eftabiifhed in a Country affigned them. The ancient Pagan Inhabitants of that Country driven out before tb<:rn. a~ a Token of God's I)ifelejlfur~ with their Idolatry and other Crimes, as ·a Wa:ning to t~~ lfra!lites, to av01d what thi'Y faw, brmg on tl)elf R~in, al)d as a J'ropf to all N atiqns, that the ViClorious God of Ifrael was the, true God, a11d the impotent Gods of the Nations only Idols. The fame People appointed to be an Exa;nple to all Nations of God's Good11efs to the Obedient, and his Severity againfl Difobcdience. 1£ they continued attached to the \V or01ip of the true Gqd, they were to be a Repofitory of the. true Religion ; and if tbey re-r olted · "' ( 33 ) volted from him th to be fcattered ;bro~~ ~~~e, al~s ~ Puni!hnoent, their D lfperfion was to "'rov ountnes, and the Know\edo-e f h I· e the fpreadlllg <if .W II o o t e true Cod ' or <. But after all their D • over the their Punilhment th Tlobedlence and 'bll, and to be s,·r.dey were to be Jeflored at raJic to hi!'h~"r D ever. All which peculia Ir{ . JgnJty than this People (the p {l . r onours bc ff<J v<ed on tended for a fland,~g e[,~~ofofd.t!brabam) were in-near 4 000 Years a!Iend ~ndurmg a Pellod of God knows, of what v!' how much longer Supreme Being, the fing~~~u: p"' the ~Tght of the of Abraham was and ! ih lety an Conllanoy he could not rfo to ol>k ed:• !hat he thought even to the lateff P fl . ) J! avours enou"'h good Man who 1 ? enty1 of that emlllendy f< ' Jau great y fi d or the \Vorfhtp of th oo up, alone idolatrous \Vorld; in w:ic;;uc. God,_ againfl a~ of NoaiJ and hT F , 1 L•ght alfo the faving L , s ami y at th FJ ot at the Del!rucbon of S d e ood, anJ of fidered. A Body of civil oLm, ar~ to be conIfrae/ rtes by G od himfc/f aws g•ven to the them a VTft ble Glor . ~ ·iwho places among ,p f. Y> aS a !Y. ark of hi )> r Ge ence, and declares IHmfelt th . K recu lar . overnor. A Body of rclJO'i eJr mg and Interwoven Wtth th . . I ~~ous Ceremomes th Cll C!Vi t'O)JtV em for m.my wT{e and r. c \ R'' appomted as, ~· T'o t f l . u c u eafons, fuch war~s tu b/%,~~~et~cJ' EJxcpl_,atiCo•lt, .!hat was after-a Y k " ' llUr 2 T b o c and PunJil: ll ent to the J.ew . o .e frequent Dcviattoll::. toto lJolatr s for thetr them always .n M:mj of· thci[" b . 3· To keep Theocracy, ro wh:ch a Set f ~~~~g un,der a vances enjoined b L · o r:-.Tglous U ''fer. Y .tw was fu1tabk ''ur ~~ e i. '· I· 7· ii. S· .z. Vl . the |