Although then that God should do justly in punishing such as had done amiss- yet should his promise be vain and void, if he performed not the thing that he promised, and so would men blame him of unfaithfulness. But -as I said- he finds means to punish them that deserve it, and yet notwithstanding reserves and keeps still a people to himself, and suffers not his truth to fall to the ground, or to die without effect. And hereof we have a notable example in this-place. For we see that God had made a covenant with Abraham, and had promised him to give the land of Canaan for an heritage of his offspring. As soon as the time came, the promise was performed.