Abraham

Euen as Abraham beleeued God, and it was accounted to him for righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, imputed.

Knowe yee therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

And the Scripture foreseeing that God would iustifie the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

1611 marginal noteGen. 12.3.

So then, they which bee of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles, through Iesus Christ: that wee might receiue the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Now to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

For if the inheritance bee of the Law, it is no more of promise: but God gaue it to Abraham by promise.

For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.