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& are his immediate offspring. So that in like manner as Adam is t natural father of all Mkd, So Ct. is t. spiritual Father of all who are sanctified & belong to his spiritual body. In this sense he is t. Everlasting Father, & fr. him t. whole family of Saints in Hn & earth are named. They are born of him, by his grace & spririt, they are made to drink into his spirit, and rejoice in him as their supreme portion & felicity. As all Adam's natural seed bear his image while in their natural state, so all Christs childn bear his spiritual & Hnly image. Further As Adam was a covenant head, for himself & posterity, so likewise Ct. t second Adam was a