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Of his own will; out of his mere good pleasure, as the original cause, and not moved to it by any dignity or merit in us, Eph_1:9 2Ti_1:9.
Begat he us; by a spiritual generation, whereby we are new born, and are made partakers of a Divine nature, Joh_1:13 1Pe_1:3,23.
With the word of truth; i.e. the word of the gospel, as the instrument or means whereby we are regenerated: why it is called
the word of truth, see Eph_1:13.
That we should be a kind of first-fruits; i.e. most excellent creatures, being singled out and separated from the rest, and consecrated to God, as under the law the first-fruits were, Rev_14:4.
Of his creatures; viz. reasonable creatures; the word creature being elsewhere restrained to men: see Mar_16:15 Col_1:15.