Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 3:25

25 Ye are the children of the prophets , and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham , And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed .

The Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, are called Prophets, Psal. 105.15. and did Prophesie, foretelling things to come, &c. The Disciples of the Prophets are also called their Children or Sons, 2 Kings 2.3. and so these pretended and desired to be accounted.

Children of the Covenant, are such unto whom the Covenant belong, which God made with Abraham and his seed; hence they are called the children of promise, Rom. 9.8. Gal. 4.28. and the children of the Kingdom, Matth. 8.12. [illegible: 1 letter]nd this Covenant of God with Abraham, was the cause, that notwithstanding all the for[illegible: 1 letter] and heavy calamities of that people, God did always preserve some, and there was a remnant saved.

Families or Nations.

Through Christ who is this seed of Abraham, all mercies in this World, and Eternal Life in the World to come are bestowed; grace, and glory, and every good thing.

Marginal references: Gen. 12.3. and 18.18. [illegible: 1 word] 2[illegible: 1 letter].18. & 26.4.