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 COLLECTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROMISES OF THE GOSPEL, 
 
 ARRANGED UNDER THEIR PROPER HEADS, 
 WITH 
 
 REFLECTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS 
 
 DEDUCED FROM THEM ; 
 
 By JOHN COLQUHOUN, D.D. 
 
 HINISIER OF THE GOSPEL, tEIIH. 
 
 All the promises of God in him ate yea, and in him Amen, imto the glory of 
 God by us.— 2 Cor. L 20. 
 
 Having therefore these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness 
 of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.— 2 Cor. vii. 1. 
 
 For he is faithful that promised.— He/Ei. x. 23. 
 
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 PUBLISHED BY THOMSONS, BROTHERS ; 
 
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 CHALMERS & COLLINS, GLASGOW; JAMES DUNCAN, 
 LONDON ; AND WESTLEY & TYRRELL, DUBLIN. 
 
 MDCCCXXV. 
 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 As the absolute Promises of the cove- 
 nant of grace which comprehend all its 
 other promises, are directed in the offers of 
 the gospel, to sinners of mankind indefin- 
 itely, in order that any convinced sinner, 
 trusting cordially in Jesus Christ for all his 
 salvation, may warrantably apply and trust 
 them ; and as the restricted Promises are, 
 in the dispensation of the gospel, addressed 
 only to true believers ; the Author has en- 
 deavoured, under distinct chapters and sec- 
 tions, to distinguish the one sort from the 
 other. Although he has done this as ex- 
 actly as he could ; yet he doubts not, that 
 the intelligent and judicious reader may de- 
 tect inaccuracies in the distinction. 
 
VI ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 His design in framing this distinction, is, 
 to teach those exercised Christians who are 
 often disquieted with doubts of their union 
 and communion with Christ, to discern, not- 
 withstanding, their Divine and ample war- 
 rant for coming as sinners to Him, and for 
 relying on the absolute promises, directed 
 in offer to them as sinners of Adam's race, 
 as if this were but their first acting of faith, 
 or the beginning of their confidence ; and 
 to direct those who are assured of their per- 
 sonal interest in the Saviour, to embrace 
 also and trust the restricted promises, as 
 their security for all the blessings contain- 
 ed in them. 
 
 If the following Pages, under the illum- 
 inating influences of the Holy Spirit of Pro- 
 mise, shall prove useful but to one humble 
 believer, the Author's labour will be more 
 than remunerated. 
 
 Lkith, Februay 1825. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 Introduction, . . • • • • 1 
 
 PART I. 
 
 CoNTArNiNO Absolute or Indefinite Promises. 
 
 CHAP. I. Absolute Promises of the Incarnation, Obe- 
 dience, AND Death of Christ, for the redemption of 
 
 SINNERS, . ..... 
 
 CHAP. IV. Absolute Promises of Spiritual Blessings, 
 in this world, ..... 
 
 37 
 
 CHAP. II. Absolute Promises OF THE Glorious Exalta- 
 tion, AND Universal Dominion of Christ, . . 43 
 
 CHAP. Til. Absolute Promises of Christ's Coming at 
 the last day, to Judge the World, . . .48 
 
 49 
 
 Sect. I. Of God in Christ to be our God, . . 49 
 
 II. Of the Quickening Spirit, or spiritual life, 40 
 
 III. Of converting Grace, . • . 50 
 
 IV. Of Supernatural and saving Knowledge, . 51 
 
 V. Of Justifying and Saving Faith, . . 52 
 
 VI. Of unfeigned Love to God, . . 52 
 
 VII. Of Justification, . . . .53 
 
 VIII. Of Reconciliation with God, . . 54 
 
VIU 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Sect. IX. Of Adoption, 
 
 X. Of Sanctifying Grace in general, 
 
 XI. Of the Grace of Repentance in particular, 
 
 XII. Of godly Fear, 
 
 XIII. Of Access to God in Christ with Acceptance, 
 
 XIV. Of Grace to Pray to God, 
 
 XV. Of Grace lo IMortify the Body of Sin, 
 
 XVI. Of Victory over the World, 
 
 XVII. Of Victory over the Devil, 
 
 XVIII. Of spiritual Strength and Courage, 
 
 XIX. Of the Means of Grace, 
 
 XX. Of Spiritual Fruitfulness, . 
 
 XXI. Of Divine Teaching and Guidance, 
 
 XXII. Of sanctified Afflictions, . 
 
 XX HI. Of Meekness, 
 
 XXIV. Of Grace to the Children of Believers, 
 
 XXV. Of the Love of God, . : 
 
 XXVI. Of his Mercy, 
 
 XXVII. Of iiis Help, 
 
 XXVIII. Of the Intercession of Christ, 
 
 XXIX. Of Eternal Life, 
 
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 CHAP. V, Absolute Promisks of the Conversion and 
 
 Restoration of the Jews, . . . .62 
 
 CHAP. VI. Absolute Promises or the Conversion of 
 THE Gentiles, throughout the World, . . 68 
 
 PART II. 
 Containing Restricted or Definite Promises. 
 
 CHAP. I. DEFIKITE PHOiMISES OF SPIBITUAL BLESS- 
 INGS TO Belieters, in tuis life, . . .75 
 
 Sict. I. Of general Promises to Believers, . . 75 
 
 II. Of Pardon and Acceptance as Righteous in the 
 
 sight of God, . ... 76 
 
CONTENTS. JX 
 
 Page, 
 
 Sect. III. Of Reconciliation to God, . . 78 
 
 IV. Of Adoption, .... 79 
 
 V. Of Access to God, and of the Acceptance of 
 
 their spiritual sacrifices, . . .60 
 
 VI. Of Converting Grace, ... 80 
 
 VII. Of Sanctifying Grace, ... 81 
 
 VIII. Of Saving Faith, .... 82 
 
 IX. Of Evangelical Repentance, . . 83 
 
 X. Of Spiritual and Saving Knowledge, . 83 
 
 XI. Of Spiritual Wisdom, . . .84. 
 
 XII. Of Divine Guidance, ... 85 
 
 XIII. Of Grace to Mortify indwelling Sin, . 85 
 
 XIV. Of Grace to Overcome Temptation, . 86 
 XV. Of Victory over the World, . . 86 
 
 XVI. Of Victory over the devil, . .97 
 
 XVII. Of Spiritual Strength and Courage, . 87 
 
 XVIII. Of Spiritual Fruitfulness, . . . 88 
 
 XIX. Of Increase of Grace, . . . 89 
 
 XX. Of Perseverance in Grace, . . 89 
 
 XXI. Of a continued Interest in God, as their God, 91 
 
 XXII. Of a continued Interest in God as their Portion, 91 
 
 XXIII. Of his redeeming Love to them, . . 92 
 
 XXIV. Of his gracious Presence with them, . 93, 
 XXV. Of his Mercy, .... 93 
 
 XXVI. Of his tender Care, . . . 9i 
 
 XXVII. Of his present Help, . . . 9t 
 
 XXVIII. That he will never Forsake them, . . 95 
 
 XXIX. Of Life from Christ, . . .96 
 
 XXX. Of Redemption by Christ, . . 97 
 
 XXXI. Of all Supplias of Grace from the fulness of 
 
 Christ, ..... 98 
 
 XXXII. Of his Love to his Redeemed,. . . 98 
 
 XXXIII. Of his unwearied Care of them, . . 99 
 
 XXXIV. Of his making Intercession for them, • iOO 
 XXXV. Of his Comforting Presence with them, 100 
 
 XXXVI. Of the Influences of his Spirit, . .. 101 
 
 XXXVII. Of the Spirit's Teaching, . . J02 
 
 XXXVIIl. Of his Seahngof Believers, . . 102 
 
 XXXIX. Of his Help in Prayer, . . .103 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 Sbct. XL. Of God's Hearing of Prayer, . . 103 
 
 XLI. Of Peace of Conscience, . . , 105 
 
 XLII. Of Spiritual Comfort, . . . 105 
 
 XLIII. Of Joy in God as their own God, . 107 
 
 XLI V. Of the Means of Grace, . . .109 
 
 XLV. Of Ability for edifying Discourse, HO 
 
 XLVL Of a Blessing upon the Ordinances, . HO 
 
 XLVIL Of Sanctified Affliction, . , .111 
 
 XLVIII. Of Grace to the offspring of believers, 113 
 
 XLIX. Of their being made Kings and Priests, 114 
 
 jL. Of the Ministration of Angels to them, 1 14 
 
 LL Of their Union and Communion with the Church, 115 
 
 LIL Of Support and Safety to them in dying, 116 
 
 CHAP. II. Definite Promises of tempobal Bless- 
 ings TO BELIEVEIIS, 
 
 Sect. 1. Of temporal Blessings in general, . 1 17 
 
 XL Of Food, . . . .118 
 
 in. Of Raiment, . . . .119 
 
 IV. Of Divine Protection, . . . 119 
 
 V. Of Health, . . . .122 
 
 VI. Of long Life, . . „ .122 
 
 VII, Of external Peace, . , . 123 
 
 VIIL Of Divine Direction, . . . 123 
 
 IX. Of Sanctified Prosperity, . . 124 
 
 X. Of Plenty and Riches, . . .125 
 
 XI. Of Honour, . . . .126 
 
 XII. Of a Divine Blessing upon all that they have, 127 
 
 XIIL Of Children, . . . .128 
 
 XIV. Of a Blessing upon their Children, . 188 
 
 XV. Of a Blessing upon their Families, . 129 
 
 CHAP. III. Definite Promises concerkino the Afflic- 
 • TiONs of Believers. 
 
 Sect. I. Of Support under Trouble, 
 II. Of Deliverance out of Trouble, 
 
 III. Of Preservation from Trouble, 
 
 IV. Of Support in Child-bearing, 
 V. Of Support in old Age, 
 
 VI. Of Support under Sickness, 
 
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CONTENTS. Xi 
 
 Page. 
 
 Sect. VII. Of Deliverance from Sickness, . . 135 
 
 VIII. Of Deliverance from Famine, , , i36 
 
 IX. Of Deliverance from War, , , 137 
 X. Of Deliverance from Enemies, . . i3g 
 
 XI. Of Deliverance from false Reproach, . 140 
 
 XII. Of Deliverance from Oppression, . I41 
 
 XIII. To such believers as are Poor and Needy, 142 
 
 XIV. To such as are Widows or Fatherless, . I43 
 XV. To those who are Childless, . . 143 
 
 XVI. To those who are Strangers, . . 14^ 
 
 XVII. To such as are Captives or Prisoners, . I44 
 
 XVIII. Of Preserving them from untimely Death, I45 
 
 CHAP. IV. Definite Promises both of tejiporal and spirit- 
 ual Blessings, to those who evidence their union with 
 Christ, by yielding sincere Obedience to all his Commands. 
 
 Sect. I. To those who Know God and Christ, , 146 
 
 II. To those who Believe in Christ, . . 14Q 
 
 III. To those who confess Christ, . . 149 
 
 IV. To those who trust in and Walt for God, 148 
 
 V. To those who Love Christ and God in him, ] 50 
 
 VI. To those who sincerely repent of their sins, 153 
 
 VII. To those who sincerely Repent in their Affliction, 153 
 
 VIII. To those who Mourn for the sins of the Nation, 1541 
 
 IX. To such as ingenuously Confess their Sins, I54i 
 
 X. To tliose who are Sincere or Upright, . I55 
 XI, To those who yield New Obedience to God, 157 
 
 Xll. To those who Obey Christ, . , IqQ 
 
 XIII. To those who Fear God, . . , jgj 
 
 XIV. To such as Honour God, . . . igj 
 XV. To those who Pray in faith to God, . 163 
 
 XVI. To those who truly Seek God, . . 153 
 
 XVII. To those who sincerely Desire the Grace of God, 164 
 
 XVIII. To those who Praise God, . . 165 
 
 XIX. To those who have Spiritual Wisdom, . 165 
 
 XX. To those who Love and Study true Wisdom, 167 
 
 XXI. To such as Read and Hear diligently the Word of 
 
 God, . . . . . 168 
 
 XXII. To tliose who Love and Tremble at his Word, 169 
 
XU CONTENTS. 
 
 Page, 
 
 Stcx. XXIII. To such as Meditate in his Word, . 170 
 
 XXIV. To those who Speak often one to another of the things 
 
 of Christ, . . . . 171 
 
 XXV. To those who Govern their Tongues aright, 172 
 
 XXVI. To such as Keep good, and Shun evil Company, 172 
 
 XXVII. To those who are Watchful, . .173 
 
 XXVIII. To those who Humble themselves with Fasting, 173 
 
 XXIX. To those who Perform their Oaths, . 174 
 
 XXX. To those who duly Keep the Sabbath, . 174 
 
 XXXI. To such as have been Baptized, . . 175 
 
 XXXII. To such as are Worthy Communicants, . 176 
 
 XXXIII. To such as Obey their Parents in the Lord, 177 
 
 XXXIV. To such parents, as Train up their Children in the 
 
 way they should go, . . .178 
 
 XXXV. To those who wisely correct their Children, 179 
 
 XXXVI. To good Wives, . . . .179 
 
 XXXVII. To good Servants, . . .180 
 
 XXXVIII. To good Kings and Magistrates, . . 180 
 
 XXXIX. To good Subjects, . . .180 
 
 XL. To faithful Ministers, . . .18) 
 
 XLI. To those who Receive, and Hearken to faithfuT 
 
 Ministers, . . . .184 
 
 XLII. To those who support the Worship, and the Mi- 
 nisters of God, . . .184 
 XLIII. To such as give and Receive Reproofs aright, 185 
 XLIV. To those who Love the Brethren, and live in 
 
 Unity, • .... 186 
 
 XLV. To those who are Peace-makers, . . 187 
 
 XLVI. To such as are Merciful and Liberal to the 
 
 Poor, ..... 187 
 XLVII. To those who forgive Injuries, . . 191 
 XLVIII. To those who are Chaste and Pure in heart, 192 
 XLIX. To such as Improve their Talents and are Dili- 
 gent, . .... 192 
 L. To those who are Just and Honest, . 19o 
 LI. To those who speak the Truth and abhor Slan- 
 der, 194 
 
 LI I. To such as do not Judge nor Censure their Bre- 
 thren, . . . . . 195 
 
CONTENTS. XIU 
 
 Page. 
 
 Sect. LI II. To those who Mortify the Body of Siu in them, 195 
 
 LIV. To those who are Content with their Condition, 196 
 
 LV. To the Meek, . . . .196 
 
 LVI. To the Humble 197 
 
 LVII. To those who are of a Contrite spirit, . 198 
 
 LVI II. To such as are Patient and Submissive to the 
 
 will of God, . . .199 
 
 LIX. To such as are Persecuted for Righteousness sake, 200 
 
 |LX. To such as are unjustly Excommunicated, 201 
 
 LXI. To those who Persevere to the End, . 202 
 
 LXII. To those who Overcome, . . . 203 
 
 CH.\P. V. Definite Promises of Blessings in the World 
 TO cosie. 
 
 Sect. I. Of Preservation from Hell, . . 204 
 
 II. Of Blessedness immediately after Death, 205 
 
 III. Of a glorious Resurrection, . . 205 
 
 IV. Of eternal Happiness in Heaven, . . 208 
 V. Of Heaven as an Inheritance, . . 210 
 
 VI. Of Heaven as a Kingdom, . . 211 
 
 VII. Of Perfect Freedom from all Sorrow in Heaven, 21 1 
 
 VIII. Of inexpressibly great Joy in heaven, . 212 
 
 IX. Of eternal Glory in Heaven, . . 212 
 
 X. Of the eternal Enjoyment of God, or eternal 
 
 Life, . . . .213 
 
 CHAP. VI. Deeinite Promises respecting the State or 
 THE Church, 
 
 Sect. I. Of the Glory of the Church, . . 214 
 
 II. Of the Extension of the Church, . 215 
 
 III. Of the Increase of Means of Grace, andof Know- 
 ledge in the Church, . . . 217 
 IV. Of Holiness and Righteousness in the Church, 218 
 V. Of Peace and unity in the Church, . 219 
 
 VI. Of the submission, or Destruction of the Enemies 
 
 of the Church, . . . 220 
 
 VII. Of the Destruction of Antichrist, . 222 
 VHI. Of the Favour and Submission of Kings to the 
 
 Church, .... 2«8 
 
XIV CONTENTS. 
 
 Sect. IX. Of the Security, Peace, and Prop crity of the 
 
 Church, . . . .22+ 
 
 X. Of the Perpetuity of the Church . 226 
 
 CONCLUSIOIC. 
 
 That God who is infinitely faithful, will FoLFil all his Pao- 
 MisEs, ...... 227 
 
 Reflections and Exhortations, . . . 229 
 
THE 
 
 INTRODUCTION, 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE, EXCELLENCE, 
 AND RIGHT USE:, OF THE PROMISES OF THE 
 GOSPEL. 
 
 A Divine Promise, is a declaration of the good 
 will of God, in which, he signifies what good things 
 he w^ill freely bestow, or, it is a declaration of his 
 will concerning good to be received, and evil to be 
 removed. It may be styled, an act of God's free 
 grace, by which, he has engaged to bestow upon 
 believers, all the spiritual and temporal blessings, 
 which were purchased for them, by the obedience 
 and death of the second Adam. A promise of the 
 gospel is, a gracious declaration of the good will 
 of God, towards sinners of mankind, and an en- 
 gagement, to bestow some spiritual or temporal 
 good upon them, or to remove some spiritual or 
 temporal evil from them ; or, it is an affirmation 
 of his readiness, freely to bestow his favours, upon 
 sinners who believe in his dear Son. Sometimes, 
 the word promise is, by metonymy, put for the bless- 
 ing promised. Thus the Holy Spirit, in his sa\'- 
 
2 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 ing and miraculous operations, is called " the pro- 
 mise of the Father'." " And this is the promise," 
 says an Apostle, "that he hath promised us, even 
 eternal life ''." The truthofa. promise, consists in tlie 
 certainty of its performance : the goodness of it, in 
 the quality of the blessing promised. 
 
 The promises of the gospel, are the promises of 
 God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They are ac- 
 cordingly styled, " the promises of God."" God 
 the Father is the glorious contriver, and the graci- 
 ous author, of the promises. Tlie promise of spir- 
 itual gifts and graces, is called the promise of the 
 Father ; and it is the God and Father of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, who is said to bless believers witli 
 all spiritual blessings'". They are also the promises 
 of Christ. When he was about to leave his disciples, 
 and go out of the world, he gave them manifold 
 promises. He invites sinners to himself, by the 
 encouragement of a gracious promise. " Come 
 »nto me," saitli he, " all ye that labour and are 
 lieavy laden, and I will give you rest^." They 
 are the promises of the Holy Spirit likewise. 
 Wliat are all the promises of scripture, but the 
 voice of the blessed Spirit, whose voice we are com- 
 manded to hear ? " He that hath an ear, let him 
 hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." — 
 Tliey are the promises of God in Christ, by tlie 
 Spirit. " All the promises of God in him are yea, 
 and in him Amen'." That they are the promises of 
 
 a Acts i. 2. b 1 John ii. 25. c 2 Cor. i. 20. 
 
 d Eph. i. 3. e Matth. ji. 28. ^ 2 Ck)r. i. 20. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 3 
 
 God, by the Holy Spirit, is evident from his office, 
 in the glorious work of redemption ; which is, to 
 bring home the promises, and the grace promised, 
 to the hearts of elect sinners ^ God is not only 
 the author, but the Matter of the promises. " I 
 will be their God, and they shall be my people'."" 
 Clirist also is the matter of the promises. " I will 
 give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light 
 of the Gentiles^" He is called the mercy pro- 
 mised'. The Spirit likewise is the matter of the 
 promises. Thus saith Jehovah, " I will put my 
 Spirit within you""." And saith the Lord Jesus, 
 I will send the Comforter unto you.° As God 
 hath promised himself, and promised Christ, so 
 God and Christ have promised the Spirit. 
 
 All the promises of God in Christ, are pro- 
 mises of the Covenant of grace. — According to this 
 eternal contract, God the Father, before the world 
 began, made them to his eternal Son as second 
 Adam, the Head and Representative of his elect, 
 and to the elect in Him. " Now to Abraham and 
 his seed, were the promises made. He saith not, 
 and to seeds, as of many ; but as of one, and to 
 thy seed, which is Christ."" He, as the First-born 
 among many Brethren, is the primary Heir of all 
 the promises of God ; and his redeemed are the 
 heirs of promise, in and under Him. The pro- 
 
 g John xiv. 26. and xvi. 8. 14. J Jer. xxxi. 33. 
 
 k Isa. xlii. 6. » Luke i. 72. m Ezek. xxxvi. 27. 
 
 "John xvi. 7. " Gal. iii. 16. 
 
4 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 mises were first made to him, as the federal Rc- 
 ])resentative of his spiritual seed ; and they are 
 made to them, in and through him. The apostle 
 Paul says, That the grace of tlie promise was giAen 
 lis in Christ Jesus, before the world began ^ They 
 were made to him as the last Adam, in order to be 
 performed to his spiritual seed, upon condition of his 
 fulfilling all righteousness in their stead. Sinners 
 must then be united to Christ, and be clothed with 
 Ids righteousness, in order to have a personal in- 
 terest in them ; and as the coA^enant of grace is, 
 fis it were, the fountain of all the promises, sinners 
 must also be instated in this covenant, in order to 
 possess them, and to enjoy the blessings promised. 
 
 Of the promises made, in the covenant of grace, 
 to Christ the second Adam, there are two sorts. 
 Those of the one sort, were to be performed to Christ 
 himself, as Mediator and Man ; and tliose of the 
 other, to the elect his spiritual seed. The pro- 
 mises, which have been performed to, or have had 
 their immediate effect, on Christ himself, are the 
 promises of Assistance, Acceptance, and Reward. 
 According to the everlasting covenant, the eter- 
 nal Father promised to assist him, as Mediator and 
 man, in his arduous work of ser^dce and suifering ; 
 he ])romised to accept of that work, as soon as it 
 should be finished; and promised also, to confer 
 upon him a glorious reward for it. The promises, 
 which are immediately performed to Christ him- 
 
 P 2 Tim. i. 9. Tit. i. 3. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 5 
 
 self, were made solely to Hira. Of these, the pro- 
 mises of ftirniture for, and assistance in, his work, 
 having- heen performed, in order to his fulfilment 
 of his ser^^ce and suffering-, have their foundation, 
 along with our eternal election, in tlie sovereign 
 grace of God '^ But the promises, of God's accep- 
 tance of Ids work, and of Ids rewarding him for it, 
 depend immediately, as to their performance, on 
 Jiis finishing of that worlc ^ Accordingly, Chi'ist's 
 fulfilraent of tlie conditions of the covenant, flow- 
 ed from his reception of his Father's promised 
 furniture and assistance, and issued in his recep- 
 tion of his promised acceptance and reward '. The 
 other class of promises, which are performed to, 
 or have their immediate effect on, the electa were 
 made primarily/ to Christ himself, as the federal Re- 
 presentati ve of the elect'. They were made to him, 
 upon condition of his fufilling all righteousness, as 
 their Surety ; and were made to him in order to 
 be performed to them, in union with him. All 
 the promises respecting the elect, are comprehend- 
 ed in tlie promise of eternal life "; or in this one, 
 *' I will be to tbem a God, and they shall be to 
 me a people"." And, in several passages, they are 
 called, in the singular number, the promise; to 
 teach us, that it is as easy for God to perform them 
 all, as if they had been but one promise. — So near, 
 is the relation between Christ and the elect, that 
 every promise performed to Han, Issues in tlieir 
 
 q Isa. xlii. 1—7. r Heb. xiii. 20. Isa. liii. 10—12. 
 
 s Isa. 1. 4, 7, 9. Psal. xxii. 27—31. t p^al. Ixxxix. 4, 28— 3G. 
 
 »i Tit. i. 2. 1 John ii. 25. w Heb. viii. lO. 
 
6 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 welfare, and every promise fulfilled to them, ter- 
 minates in his glory. 
 
 Some of the promises, which are performed to 
 the elect, are absolute and indefinite, and all the 
 rest of them, are restricted or definite. — The abso- 
 lute promises, are such as are absolutely free, be- 
 ing directed, in the gospel, to sinners of mankind 
 as such, for their acceptance; whereas the re- 
 stricted or definite ones, though set before all, are 
 yet limited, in the gospel, to such as believe. The 
 absolute promises, I say, are absolutely free : their 
 fulfilment, instead of depending on any proper 
 condition, to be performed by the impotent sin- 
 ner, flows from sovereign, superabundant, self- 
 influenced grace. In the offers of the gospel they 
 are freely given. " Wliereby are given to ns," 
 says an Apostle, " exceeding great and precious 
 promises'^." They are indeed absolute, in the 
 strictest sense, as to any proper conditionality in 
 sinners ; yet, not to the exclusion of the use of 
 means. After enumerating some absolute pro- 
 mises, Jehovah saith, " I vrill yet for this be en- 
 ((uired of by the house of Israel, to do it for 
 themy." Though the diligent use of instituted 
 means, and the exercise especially, of faith and 
 repentance, be required of sinners ; yet, the ab- 
 solute promises are so gi'atuitous, that no acts nor 
 deeds of sinners, are the proper conditions of 
 them. The quickening spirit, coming to Avork 
 
 X 2 Pet. i. 4. y Ezek. xxxvi. 37. 
 
INTRODUCTION. -t 
 
 faith and repentance in the heart, by liis creating 
 power, is promised ahsohitely. " I will put my 
 Spirit in yon and ye shall live." " Thy people 
 shall be willing in the day of thy power." The 
 promise of the Spirit and of faith, must be abso- 
 lutely free ; for if it be not, where is the man who 
 can inform us, what the condition is, that a sin- 
 ner dead in sin can perform, to entitle him to the 
 spirit of faith, and the grace of faith? And as the 
 promise of faith, is absolutely free, so is the pro- 
 mise of every grace and blessing, that follow faith. 
 The exercise of faith, and the use of other means, 
 give no right whatever, to the contents of the pro- 
 mises. Indeed, were sinners to depend on their 
 exercise of faith, or use of means, they would 
 thereby turn the covenant of grace, into a condi- 
 tional covenant of works ; so that, Christ should 
 become of no effect unto them^'. — Those promises 
 are not only absolute, but indefinite. In and with 
 Christ himself, they are left or directed, in the 
 gospel-offer, to sinners of mankind indefinitely. 
 They are presented or directed in offer, to the 
 hearers of the gospel indiscriminately, as a ground 
 of faith to all of them ". And seeing, they are 
 addressed to sinners in common, or in general, 
 they exclude no particular sinner. No man there- 
 fore who hears the gospel, can truly say. That he 
 is not intended in them. " The promise is unto 
 you and to your children *■ ;" as if the Apostle had 
 said, ' The promise is directed so to you, and to 
 
 z Gal. V. 4. a Frov. i. 22, 23. t* Acts ii. 39. 
 
8 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 your cliildrcn, that every one of you, has an ample 
 warrant for an immediate application of it, and 
 reliance on it, as a promise to him in particular.' 
 The apostle adds, " And to all that are afar off, 
 even as many as the Lord our God sliall call." It 
 is the external call of the gospel, that the Apostle 
 liere mentions : for he uses the expression, as a 
 motive to their faith, who yet, were only " prick- 
 ed in their hearts," but were not believers with 
 the heart. Sinners, then, upon the ground of 
 the direction of the indefinite promises to them, 
 have a divine warrant to apply and trust them ; 
 and, as they are addressed equally, to all who 
 hear the gospel, all have an equal warrant. As 
 to restricted or definite promises, they, in the dis- 
 pensation of the gospel, are not expressly directed 
 to sinners indiscriminately, but only to true be- 
 lievers. They are limited to such as, by faith and 
 the fruits of faith, e^ddence their vital union with 
 Christ. At the same time, faith and the fruits 
 of faith, are not the proper conditions, upon 
 which, they are either directed or performed ; but 
 are merely descriptive of the persons, to whom they 
 are made. 
 
 EvEKY definite promise is reductively absolute. 
 It may, by the exercised believer, be reduced to 
 an absolute promise ; for an absolute one, is im- 
 plied or supposed in it. Although it is addressed to 
 a man, who has already some gracious qualities 
 implanted in him ; yet, it may be reduced to an 
 absolute promise, suspended on no condition to be 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 fulfilled by the sinner, and directed to sinners in- 
 definitely. Definite promises, are merely decla- 
 rations of the connexion between the manifold bless- 
 ings, contained in absolute promises, and also, of 
 the order in which the Lord is pleased to bestow 
 them. When, therefore, we take a view of the 
 whole of the promises, we find that, all those bless- 
 ings are made over to unworthy sinners, in the 
 same gratuitous and absolute manner. Accord- 
 ingly, that, which has been taken for the condi- 
 tion of a definite promise, in one place, is abso- 
 lately promised in another. Thus it is promised, 
 That he " wlio believcth, shall have everlasting 
 life ;" and, That he " who endureth to the end, 
 shall be saved." But in Matth. xii. 21. faith is 
 absolutely promised ; and in Jer. xxxii. 40. perse- 
 verance to the end, is the subject of an absolute 
 promise. In this definite promise; " Unto you 
 that fear my name, shall the Sun of righteousness 
 arise with healing in his wings '^j" we are to con- 
 sider an absolute promise as supposed ; as if Jeho- 
 vah had said, ' I will put my fear in your hearts, 
 and to you, shall the Sun of righteousness arise, 
 with healing in his wings.' In this definite pro- 
 mise, " If ye through the Spirit do mortify the 
 deeds of the body, ye shall live "^5" it is not to the 
 work of mortification, that life is promised, but to 
 the worker ; and to the worker, not for his work, 
 but for Christ's sake. It is promised to him who 
 mortifies the deeds of the body, not for his exer- 
 
 c Mai. iv. 2. d Rom. viii. 13. 
 
 A 2 
 
10 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 cise of mortification ; but because he is united to 
 Christ, of whicli his mortification is the evidence. 
 Such characters as these, may be evidences, but 
 cannot be conditions, of the promised blessings 
 w^hich are annexed to them. Both the blessing 
 promised, and the gracious quality of him to whom 
 it is promised, are contained in the absolute pro- 
 mise. Indeed, there is not one definite promise 
 in the gospel, but vehat may be reduced to an ab- 
 solute promise ; because the blessing promised, is 
 one absolutely free gift, and the holy quality of 
 the person to whom it is promised, is another. 
 They are both equally free ; only the promise of 
 the former, is addressed to believers, and that of 
 the latter, to sinners indefinitely, and even to be- 
 lievers, considered in themselves as sinners. 
 
 The absolute promises begin to be performed to 
 elect sinners, in regeneration, and continue to be 
 performed in a still higher degree to them, in pro- 
 gressive sanctification. — As luis been already said, 
 the absolute promises are directed in offer to sin- 
 ners indefinitely, who hear the gospel. They are 
 presented to unregenerate sinners in common ; to 
 sinners who are totally destitute of any of the 
 blessings contained in them. The promise of the 
 <{uickening Spirit, is addressed to those who have 
 not the Spirit; the promise of spiritual life, is direct- 
 ed in offer to those who are dead in trespasses and 
 sins : the promise of faith, to those who have no 
 faith, who are under the dominion of unbelief; the 
 promise of repentance, to the impenitent ; the 
 
INTRODUCTION. 11 
 
 promise of godly fear, to sucli as liave no fear of 
 God before their eyes; tlve promise of pardon and 
 of purification, to those who ai-e under tlie guilt 
 and pollution of sin ; the promise of taking away 
 the stony heart, to such as are under tlie dominion 
 of an hard heart ; and the promise, That God will 
 be their God, and that they shall be his people, to 
 those who are without God, and are not his peo- 
 ple. They are presented to sinners indiscrimin- 
 ately ; to sinners, who are totally destitute of the 
 gracious qualities, and spiritual blessings contain- 
 ed in them. Indeed, if sinners possessed those 
 qualities and blessings already, they would have 
 no need of such promises. In the new cove- 
 nant, there are not only promises of more gi*ace, 
 to them who have grace, which may be styled de- 
 finite promises ; but promises of the first grace, to 
 those who are entirely destitute of it, which are 
 indefinite promises, and suppose a total want* — 
 No sinner can begin to exercise faith and repent- 
 ance, till after the promises of faith and repent- 
 ance, have begun to be performed to him. Now, 
 at the moment of regeneration, the Lord begins to 
 fulfil these promises to the elect sinner, dead in 
 sin. The consequence is, that the sinner now 
 spiritually alive, begins to exercise faith, repent- 
 ance, and other spiritual graces. To begin the 
 exercise of these, before the promises of them, be- 
 gin to be performed to him, is impossible. These 
 promises, therefore, cannot be conditional to him ; 
 
 e Ezek. xxxvi. 25 — 29. Heb. viii. 8—12. 
 
12 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 they must be absolutely free. For wliat condi- 
 tions can a sinner fulfil, in that unregenerate state 
 in which, he cannot but continue, till they begin 
 to be performed to him ? The promises, at least, 
 of the quickening Spirit and of faith, must begin 
 to be performed to the elect sinner, before he can 
 possess a single good qualification, cr perform a 
 single act, that will be acceptable to the Lord. 
 And no sooner do these absolute promises begin, 
 in regeneration, to be fulfilled to him, than he be- 
 gins, by a saving faith, to apply and trust all the 
 absolute promises. And so, in proportion to the 
 strength and exercise of his faith, by which he 
 continues to trust them, they continue to be per- 
 formed more and more to him, in sanctification. 
 But, though the renewed exercise of faith be re- 
 quisite, as the instrument of deriving grace from 
 them ; yet, as it affords no title to that grace, they 
 remain as free and absolute, as if it had no exis- 
 tence. They are as absolute to the believer, as to 
 the sinner ; and they are directed to the believer, 
 not as a saint, bxit as in himself a sinner. At the 
 same time, they are far from being absolute, in 
 opposition to the use of those means which God 
 has appointed, as necessary to attain the perform- 
 ance of them. 
 
 None possesses, or has a saving interest in, 
 either the indefinite or definite promises, but the 
 true believer ; and yet saving faith, is not the pro- 
 per condition of them. — The absolute or indefinite 
 promises are, in the gospel, directed to many, who 
 
INTRODUCTION. 13 
 
 shall eventually come short of them ; because the 
 performance of tliem is not to be attanied, but by- 
 means of unfeigned faitli. Thoy who have not this 
 faith, do not as yet, actually possess any other 
 spiritual blessing. Hence, in regeneration, the 
 Holy Spirit begins to fulfil the absolute promise of 
 faith, to tlie elect ; and when he implants faith ra 
 them, they begin to receive Christ, and all the ab- 
 solute promises, in and with Him. And no sooner 
 do they take these promises, as their security for 
 all their salvation, than they take possession of 
 them, and of all the blessings contained in them. 
 Now, that they have applied or taken these pro- 
 mises of God, as their security for every proraisetl 
 blessing, his faithfulness becomes engaged to per- 
 form them to them. The freest gifts, the most 
 absolute promises, cannot be possessed nor enjoyed, 
 unless they be accepted. The most free and un- 
 conditional, promise may be rejected. Many ex- 
 amples in Scripture show, that faith is requisite, 
 as the instrument of recei\ang that, which is ab- 
 solutely promised. It cannot be shown, that th« 
 promise of Isaac would have been performed to 
 Abraham, or that the promise of the throne of Is- 
 rael, would have been fulfilletl to Da\'id, otherwise 
 than by faith in these promises ; and yet, the pro- 
 mise given to each of them, was free and absolute. 
 That the Lord may give absolute promises to many, 
 who, in the event, never attain tlie performance of 
 them, is evident, from the instance of a -promise 
 given to the Israelites, of the land of Canaan*^. 
 <■ Exod. iii. 17. and vL 8. 
 
14. INTRODUCTION. 
 
 This promise was free and absolute ; and yet, it 
 was not performed to any of that generation, but 
 such as applied and trusted it, as their security for 
 entering upon the possession of that good land. 
 All of that generation, who despised and distrusted 
 that promise, were excluded from the promised 
 land. " They could not enter in," says an Apostle, 
 " because of unbelief^." Tliat promise, accord- 
 ingly, was a i'fpG of the absolute promises of the 
 gospel, in which, Christ and eternal life are pro- 
 mised as free gifts. They who will not believe 
 with application, these promises, nor accept of the 
 free gift, shall come short of the blessings promised. 
 The Lord saith to all such, as he said to the im- 
 believing Israelites, " Ye shall know my breach of 
 promise ^;" as if he had said, ' As it is to believers, 
 according to their faith ; so it shall be to you, ac- 
 cording to your unbelief.* But some man will say, 
 ' If God has directed an absolute promise to me, 
 will it not be performed to me, Avhether I believe 
 it or not ?' Answer. Since it is given only in the 
 gospel-offer to you, as it is to all the hearers of 
 the gospel; this lays no obligation upon God, to 
 perform it to you.' If you offer a man your bond 
 for a sum of money, and he refuses it ; you are un- 
 der no obligation by that bond, to give him the 
 sum mentioned in it. If he accept your bond, then 
 you are obliged by it ; but if he reject it, you are 
 free, and cannot be charged with unfaithfulness, 
 in not fidfilliug your bond. So here, if you coi*- 
 
 e Heb. iii, 19. ^ Num. xiv. 3+. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 15 
 
 dially take God at his word, he is bound by his 
 faitlifulness, to perform his promise to you. But, 
 if you will not take God's promise, but reject it 
 by unbelief; then, you make him a liar, and his 
 promise an untruth. In this case, lie is so far from 
 being bound to perform Ids promise to you, that 
 he is bound on the contrary, to execute his tlu-eat- 
 ening upon you. " He tliat believeth not shall be 
 damned'." — But although none can take'possession 
 of the absolute promises, or blessings contained in 
 them, except by faith ; yet, faith is not the proper 
 condition of them. It affords no title to the bless- 
 ings promised. It is the promises themselves, that 
 give the right, and not faith. Faith is only 
 the instrument of receiving the right, which the 
 promises convey ; or, of taking possession of the 
 promises, and of the blessings promised. The pro- 
 mises, therefore, remain as free and unconditional, 
 as ever. " He that believeth sJiall be saved." Why ? 
 not because faith gives a right to the promised sal- 
 vation ; but, because it takes possession of that sal- 
 vation, which God freely gives in those promises. 
 — To say. That those promises are not free and 
 absolute, because what is thus promised, cannot 
 be possessed unless it be received, is in effect to 
 say. That there never was, nor can be, such a 
 thing as a free or unconditional gift of any thing ; 
 for no gift can be so free, no promise so absolute, 
 but that a man must accept or take possession of 
 it, before he can have possession. 
 
 ' Mark xvi, 16. — See some Seinioiis by Mr R. Erskine, entitled, 
 The 5Pre;'tiant Promise. 
 
16 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The direction of the absolute promises, in the 
 gospel offer, to sinners indefinitely, is a sufficient 
 ground to every hearer of tlie gospel, for an im- 
 mediate trust in Christ, and reliance on these pro- 
 mises. The direction of these promises, to sinners 
 of mankind in common, forms a part of their war- 
 rant for trusting in Jesus Christ ; and so, it is a 
 sufficient ground, for an immediate application of 
 them, and reliance on the faithfidness of God in 
 them, for all the blessings contained in them. 
 Accordingly, it is the duty of tlie convinced sin- 
 ner, without waiting for the smallest good qualifi- 
 cation, to recommend liim or procure his welcome, 
 to come as a sinner, and trusting in the Lord Jesus 
 for all his salvation, to apply without delay, and trust 
 those promises. Seeing they are directed in offer 
 to him as a sinner, the Divine direction of them to 
 him, is an authentic ground for his immediate be- 
 lief and trust, that God who cannot lie speaks as 
 j)tu*ticularly in them to him, as if he had spoken 
 to him alone ; and that he will do to him as he hath 
 tjaid. The direction of them to him as a sinner, 
 authorizes him, immediately to take God in them 
 at his word, and to take them as his security, for 
 all the blessings of salvation. Indeed, were he to 
 }3ersuade himself, that he ought to delay applying 
 and trusting those promises, for a time, till he be- 
 came conscious of some laudable qualification in 
 himself; — it would be much the same, as if he were 
 to persuade himself, that Christ gave him an allow- 
 ance, to continue for that time in unbelief. And 
 though he will not apply cordially, the offers and 
 
INTRODUCTION. It 
 
 promises of the gospel, till he be truly convinced of 
 sin; yet, he must not consider this conviction, as a 
 qualification for procuring his welcome, to Christ 
 and the promises. It is not necessary for him, 
 then, to be conscious that his conviction is of the 
 right sort, before he attempt applying Christ and 
 the promises to himself; but as soon as he is urged 
 by a sense of need, he ought immediately to apply 
 and trust them. He should not remain in unbelief 
 one moment. " Behold, now is the accepted time : 
 behold, now is the day of salvation''." It is a great 
 mistake to think, that he should not exercise faith 
 in Christ and the absolute promises, but upon the 
 sight of a condition in himself. This would be, 
 to gi'ound his faith, rather upon something seen or 
 felt in himself, than upon the Divine offer of Christ, 
 and of the promises in him. The indefinite grant of 
 Christ, and of the promises in and with him, is a 
 sufiicient gi'oimd for the immediate confidence of 
 the heart in him. When Peter was preaching the 
 gospel, to the murderers of the Lord of glory, he 
 said to them, " The promise is unto you and to 
 your children' ;" as if he had said, ' The promise 
 is so directed to you and to your children, that 
 each of you, has a sufficient ground for an imme- 
 diate reliance on it, as a promise to him in parti- 
 cular ; and upon the profession of this faith, he and 
 liis children have a right to Baptism.' 
 
 When true Christians are, at any time, in 
 
 I' 2 Cor. vi. 2. 1 Acts ii. 39- 
 
16 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 the dark about their personal interest in Christ, 
 they sliould as sinners, apply and trust the indefi- 
 nite promises, directed in the gospel-offer to si?mers 
 as such ; but, when they are assured of tlieir in- 
 terest in him, they may besides, apply and trust 
 the definite promises, addressed to believers as such. 
 The absolute promises, as they are directed in 
 offer to sinners indefinitely, are of general use'". 
 They serve as a ground of faith to such sinners, 
 as are beginning to believe in Jesus Christ ; and 
 also to such believers, as are not assured by reflec- 
 tion, that they are already saints. Presented as 
 they are, to sinners indefinitely, they are of course 
 addressed, as a warrant for trusting in Jesus for 
 salvation, to believers, considered in tliemselves 
 as sinners. They are directed, not only to sinners 
 without exception, who hear the gospel ; but to 
 saints, and that not as saints, but as sinners in 
 themselves and in their oAvn ^dew. The apostle 
 Paul, long after his conversion, accounted himself 
 the chief of sinners. In proportion as believers 
 grow in grace, and in spiritual knowledge, the 
 more sin, do they perceive in their hearts, and in 
 all their thoughts, words, and actions. The less 
 of remaining sin they have, the more of it do they 
 see and feel. And sometimes, when their evi- 
 dences of gi'ace are vailed from theii* view, they 
 can discern nothing in their hearts but sin ; no- 
 thing in their past experience, but what appears 
 counterfeit ; and nothing in their present frame of 
 
 m Heb. viii. 10—12. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 1^ 
 
 mind, but strong, impetuous, and prevailing cor- 
 ruption. Now, the absolute promises are perfectly 
 adapted to believers, when in such distressing cases. 
 They are directed to sinners, and to believers as 
 sinners ; in order that they may warrantably ap- 
 ply, and trust, and plead them anew ; or, that it 
 may be warrantable for them, to come as sinners 
 and trust them, as if this were but the beginning 
 of their confidence. They are promises, not only 
 of the first grace, but of all the future degrees of 
 grace. Believers, therefore, have need to apply 
 and trust them, at all times, and more especially, 
 when they cannot discern their evidences of union 
 with Christ. They are addressed in offer to them 
 as sinners ; that they may see their Divine warrant, 
 for applying and pleading them, even in their deep- 
 est dejection of spirit. When they can discern 
 nothing in themselves, but sinfulness, then, they 
 have the more need to look to, and fasten upon, 
 the Lord Jesus in absolutely free promises. What- 
 ever grace or degi'ee of grace, they want, they are 
 commanded, as sinners in themselves, to believe 
 in the compassionate Saviour, and in believing, to 
 take and trust those most comprehensive promises, 
 as their security for it. — On the other hand, when 
 a believer is assured of his personal interest in 
 Christ, he may then apply and trust the definite 
 promises, which are ad(b'essed, in the gospel, to 
 believers as such. Now that he is satisfied of his 
 evidences of vital union with Christ, and so, of the 
 reality of his union and communion with Hira, 
 he should embrace and trust, not only tlie indefi- 
 
20 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 nlt«, but the definite promises ; in order that, lie 
 may be filled with all joy and peace in believing, 
 and may abound in hope, through the power of 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 The surety-righteousness of the second Adam, 
 is the federal condition of all the promises of the 
 gospel. — They were all strictly conditional to the 
 adorable Surety ; and, therefore, they are abso- 
 lutely free to unwortliy sinners. In the making of 
 the everlasting covenant, they were all made to 
 Him, as the Representative of elect sinners, upon 
 condition of his fulfilling all the righteousness of 
 the violated law, for them". This arduous condi- 
 tion. He, in wonderful condescension, completely 
 fulfilled. " He became obrdient unto death." As 
 the promises, then, were strictly conditional to 
 Him, they are absolutely free to poor sinnei's. 
 They are suspended on no federal, or proper, con- 
 dition to be fulfilled by sinners. Faith, indeed, 
 is indispensably requisite, as the instrument of 
 taking possession of them, and of the blessings 
 contained in them ; but it is not the federal condi- 
 tion of them : it affords no right, title, or claim to 
 them. It merely applies, accepts, or takes pos- 
 session of them, in and with Christ himself, as 
 offered freely to sinners in the gospel ; and it takes 
 |)ossession of them upon the ground of the direc- 
 tion of them in offer, to sinners indefinitely. Tiic 
 absolute promises, accordingly, are as absolutely 
 
 " Isa. liii. 10—12. 
 
INTRODUCTION. at 
 
 free, after tliey are received by faith, as before. 
 The offer of tliem is absolutely gratuitous, and so 
 is the performance of them. — As to the restricted 
 or definite promises, the righteousness of Jesus 
 Christ, is also the condition of them. Though, 
 in th«? dispensation of the new covenant, they are 
 addressed, not to sinners in common, but to be- 
 lievers, who possess good qualities, and perform 
 good works ; yet, these good qualities and works, 
 are not the conditions of them, but are only tlu": 
 evidences of union with Christ; and therefore, of 
 the begun possession of them, and of all the other 
 promises in him. Consequently, in their own na- 
 ture, they are as free, as the indefinite promises 
 are. Though they are in the gospel restricted to 
 believers ; yet neither is faith, nor any other grace 
 or duty, the proper condition of them. A defi- 
 nite promise is, indeed, a promise of one blessing 
 of the new covenant, to those who have begun to 
 possess another ; but the begun possession of the 
 latter, is not the proper condition of possessing 
 the former. Both of them are absolutely free, 
 for the sake of Him, whose name is jehovah our 
 RIGHTEOUSNESS. The definite promises, are only 
 declarations of the order, according to which, the 
 Lord is pleased to bestow the blessings contained 
 in them, and also of the inseparable connexion, of 
 these blessings with each other. Hence that, 
 which has been understood to be the condition of 
 a promise, in one passage of Scripture, is itself 
 promised absolutely in another. 
 
3!» INTRODUCTION. 
 
 God's love, mercy, and gi'ace, are the reasons 
 why he has made promises ; but his justice, faith- 
 fuhiess, power, and glory, are the reasons why lie 
 performs them. — The Lord Jesus purchased, with 
 a price of infinite value, the blessings promised ; 
 but he did not purchase the promises themselves, 
 or the love from which they fl(#w. They all 
 spring from the free, and unmerited lovt^ mercy, 
 and grace of God, to sinners of the human race. He 
 liad no motive but free, self-moving, love and 
 mercy, to induce him to make the promises. Mo- 
 ses, in assigning reasons of the promises, whicli 
 Jehovah had made to the Israelitish church, said, 
 " The Lord did not set Ids love upon you, nor 
 choose you, because ye were more in number 
 than any people ; but because the Lord loved 
 you°." His love to his people, moved him to 
 make promises to tliera ; and this iove was in- 
 finitely free. He set his love upon them, because 
 he loved them. There is no reason of unmerited, 
 unsolicited love, but love itself. " For thy word's 
 sake, and according to thine own heart," says 
 David, " hast thou done all these gi-eat things, to 
 make thy servant know them''." According to 
 thine own heart, that is, out of free and self-ex- 
 cited love, thou hast given me thy promise, and 
 for thy word's sake, thou hast performed it. " Thou 
 wilt perform," says Micah, " the mercy to Abra- 
 ham '';" that is, the promise, which springs from 
 covenant-mercy. They are all promises of tlie 
 o Deut. vii. 7, 8. P 2 Sam. vii. 21. ^ Mic, vii. 20. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 23 
 
 covenant of grace, and therefore they proceed 
 from sovereign grace'. — On the other Ijand, the 
 performance of the promises, proceeds from the 
 justice, truth, power, and glory of God in Christ. 
 God's performance of them to his elect, flows from 
 his Justice. Since., their Divine Surety, complete- 
 ly fulfilled the conditions of them, and merited 
 the blessings contained in them. Divine justice 
 I'equires, that they be all performed to believers. 
 Besides, the Lord in his promises, hath made him- 
 self a debtor to his faithfulness ; and what he 
 thus owes, his immutable justice requires him to 
 pay. Accordingly David prays thus : "In thy 
 faithfidness answer me, and in thy righteousness'." 
 And an Apostle says, " If we confess our sins, he 
 is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, &c'." 
 The Lord, the righteous Judge, says another 
 Apostle, shall give me at that day, a crown of 
 righteousness". The performance of God's pro- 
 mises, flows also from his truth or faithfulness. 
 "Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob":" that 
 is, the promise, which the truth of God binds 
 him to perform to Jacob. " In hope of eternal 
 life;" says our Apostle, "which God that cannot 
 lie, promised before the world began ^." "For 
 ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven," 
 says the Psalmist ; and the ground of it, he ex- 
 presses thus : " Thy faithfulness is unto all gene- 
 rations''." The power of God, is another reason 
 why he performs his promises. All things are 
 
 ' 2 Tim. i. 9. « Psal. cxliii. 1. t i John i. 9. "2 Tim iv. 8. 
 * Mic. vii. 20. * Tit. i. 2. T PsaL cxix. 89, 90. 
 
24 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 possible to liim. Nothing is too hard for liim. 
 He can bring forth the performance of his pro- 
 mises, notwithstanding all tlie obstacles tliat are 
 in his way. Abraham was fully persuaded, that 
 what God had promised to him, he was able also 
 to perform \ He accounted, ^lat God was able 
 to raise up Isaac, even from the dead". In a word, 
 the glory of a promising God, secures the per- 
 formance of his promises. They " are all in 
 Christ yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of 
 God''." As it is to the glory of his love, mercy, 
 and grace, that ever he made those promises ; so 
 it will be to the praise of tlie glory of his faith- 
 fulness, justice, power, and goodness, that he per- 
 forms them. 
 
 All that the Lord, either in his law as a cove- 
 nant, or in his law as a rule, requires of his elect, 
 he graciously promises to do for them, and iu 
 them. — In his law as a covenant of ivorks, he re- 
 quires from them perfect obedience, and complete 
 satisfaction for sin : and, in the offers and pro- 
 mises of his glorious gospel, he affords them tlie 
 consummate righteousness of Jesus Christ, to an- 
 swer for them, those high requirements. In his 
 law as a rule of duty, he requires from them, as 
 soon as they become believers, holy obedience to 
 all his commands, and even perfection of obedience. 
 But in his blessed gospel, he promises them grace, 
 sufficient for enabling them to yield sincere obe- 
 
 1 Rom. iv. 20, 21. » Heb. xi. 19. »> 2 Cor. i. 20. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 25 
 
 dlence in time, and perfect obedience through 
 eternity. Every duty that they are required to 
 do, the Lord is engaged by promise, to work in 
 them both to will and to do. Is the true know- 
 ledge of God in Christ, required of them ? This 
 is promised to them : " They shall all know me, 
 from the least of them unto the greatest of them, 
 saith the Lord^" Are they commanded to be- 
 lieve in Jesus Christ ? Faith is promised. " Thou 
 shalt call me, My Father'^." "In his name shall 
 the Gentiles trusts" The mortification of sin, is 
 a duty required of them ; and it also is promised. 
 " I will also save you from all your uncleanness- 
 esV Are they commanded to fear the Lord? 
 This too is promised. " I will put my fear in 
 their hearts, that they shall not depart from me^." 
 Indeed, grace for every instance of duty, is mat- 
 ter of promise to believers. All supplies of grace 
 and strength, for the spiritual performance of 
 every duty, and the patient enduring of every 
 trial, are freely promised to them. The promises 
 are to them, as Samson's locks were to him : in 
 these their great strength lies. 
 
 When the exercised Christian is, at any time, 
 distressed in mind, and can find no comfort, by 
 reflecting upon his past or present attainments, 
 he finds sweet composure and satisfaction, in ap~ 
 plying and trusting absolute promises, directed to 
 
 e Jer. xxxi. 34. ^ Jer. iii. 19. <= Matth. xii. 21. 
 
 ' £zek. xxxvi. 29. 8 Jer. xxxii. 40. 
 
26 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 liim as a sinner of mankind. — In sucli a case, 
 these words have often been vei'ified : " Thus saith 
 the Lord God, the holy One of Israel, In return- 
 ing and rest shall ye be saved : in quietness and 
 in confidence, shall be your strength *■.'' The 
 apostle Paul accordingly says, " We which have 
 believed do enter into rest'." And says the 
 Psalmist, " His heart is fixed, trusting in the 
 Lord. His heart is established, he shall not be 
 afraid"^." This good news from a far coimtry, is 
 as cold waters to his thirsty soul ; namely, that 
 be, not as a person so and so qualified, but as a 
 sinner of mankind, is warranted to trust in Jesus 
 Christ, as his righteousness and strength, and to 
 trust the promises, as in him yea and Amen. Af- 
 ter Jeremiah had prophesied of the captivity of 
 Judah and Benjamin, he, in order to keep them 
 from despondency, and to comfort them under all 
 their trials, not only assured them that they 
 should return, but foreshowed the new covenant, 
 consisting of absolute promises'. Our Apostle 
 informs us, That it is by means of the promise and 
 oath of God, these two immutable things, that be- 
 lievers attain strong consolation '". It is, in believ- 
 ing with application, and trusting his promises, 
 that the God of hope, usually fills his redeemed 
 with all joy and peace, and makes them abound in 
 hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost". 
 
 To take and trust the promises cordially, is to 
 
 ^ Isa. XXX. 15. ' Heb. iv. 3. '' Psal. cxii. 7, 8. 
 
 1 Jer. xxx!. 31—34.. »' Heb. vi. 18. « Rom. xv. 13. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 27 
 
 take hold of God's covenant of grace.—r-This august 
 contract is a covenant of promises, of absolutely 
 free promises. For Avlien the coa enant itself was 
 made with Christ, as the last Adam, the Represent- 
 ative of God's elect, the promises of it were made 
 to him, in their name. These were all made to 
 him, upon his covenanting- " to fulfil by his obedi- 
 ence and death, the conditions of them. These 
 he completely fulfilled. He finished the work, which 
 the Father had given him to do^ ; so that, nothing 
 now remains to be fulfilled, but tlie promises to his 
 spiritual seed. Hence, when Christ himself is given 
 in offer to sinners indefi-nitely, as ' a covenant of 
 the people,' his righteousness, as the federal con- 
 dition of the promises, and they, as promises whose 
 condition is already fulfilled, are also giA-en in offer. 
 In and AAatli Christ himself, they are given or di- 
 rected in offer to sinners indiscriminately ; in order 
 that, any sinner may warrantably apply and trust 
 them. When any sinner, then, embraces and trusts 
 the free promises, in and Avith Christ and his right- 
 eousness, he hereby takes hold of the coA^enant it- 
 self. By relying on the promises, as giA'en in offer 
 to him, he relies on Christ and his righteousness, 
 as presented to him in the same offer. This ex- 
 ercise of trusting cordially in Christ, and on his 
 righteousness, for all the blessings contained in the 
 promises, is ahvays accompanied Avith a hearty 
 approbation of, and consent to, all the articles of 
 that well-ordered, and sure covenant. Seeing the 
 
 o J ohn xvii. 4. 
 
28 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 conditions of the covenant, were perfectly fulfilled 
 by the second Adam, it is, to the belie^-ing sinner, 
 a covenant of absolutely fi'ee promises. His ap- 
 plying- and trusting of these promises, therefore, is 
 his taking hold of the covenant. It is remarkable 
 that, wherever that glorious covenant is express- 
 ly repeated in Scripture, this is almost always the 
 burden of the song, " I will be their God, and they 
 shall be my people." To embrace, then, this 
 all-comprehensive promise, in and with Christ, is 
 surely to take hold of God's covenant of grace. 
 
 The promises of the new covenant, are exceed" 
 ing great and precious. " Whereby are given to us," 
 says an apostle, " exceeding great and precious 
 promises'"," as if he had said, ' Tlie promises which, 
 in the gospel-oifcr, are given or directed to us, as 
 sinners of the human race, are exceeding great and 
 precious.' They are exceedingly, or supereminently 
 great, far beyond our utmost conceptions, and much 
 more, our deserts. They are exceeding gi-eat, in 
 respect of their aidlior^ who is the great God of 
 heaven and of earth ; and who was under no ob- 
 ligation to make promises of good things, to re- 
 bellious creatures. They must therefore flow 
 from great grace, and immense love, of Avhieh they 
 are largely expressive. They are like God himself, 
 are sucli as become his transcendent greatness and 
 goodness, are confirmed by his oath, and perform- 
 ed by his fathfidness and power. They are ex- 
 
 P 2 Pet. i. 4. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 29 
 
 ceeding great, witli respect to their ultimate end, 
 — the manifested glory of God. They are exceed- 
 ingly great also, with regard to their object, the 
 great God our Saviour. To Him, as the Repre- 
 sentative of God's elect, they were primarily made. 
 They are so gi'eat and precious, that God would not 
 trust tliera in the hands of men or of angels ; but 
 only, in the hands of that Redeemer who is faith- 
 ful and true. They are also divinely free, im- 
 mutable, and eternal, ordered in all things and 
 sure. They contain the gi-eat salvation ; all the 
 inestimable blessings of pardon and peace, of life 
 and godliness, of grace and glory. The treasure 
 that is in the promises is so great, that it can never 
 be, either computed or exhausted. They must 
 therefore be exceeding precious, of more value 
 than thousands of gold and silver, and to be rejoic- 
 ed at, more than at finding great spoil. They are 
 precious also, in respect of their price, the precious 
 blood of the Lamb of God. If we estimate their 
 value, according to the price paid for the blessings 
 contained in them, how inexpressibly, how infin- 
 itely, precious are they ! They cost the blood of 
 the only begotten Son of God, a price of infinite 
 value. Besides, they are full of blessings, admir- 
 ably adapted to all the diversified cases, and ex- 
 igencies of the saints ; and they, in and with Christ, 
 the pearl of great price, are the objects of pre- 
 cious faith. 
 
 Definite promises are either direct or indirect^ 
 formal, or hy consequence. — They are expressed in 
 
80 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 different forms. Many are direct and formal. Of 
 these, some are made to all believers in general"". 
 Others are in Scripture addressed to particular be- 
 lievers, which yet every believer may warrantably 
 apply to himself. This promise made to Joshua, 
 *' I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee'," is ap- 
 plied by an Apostle to true Clu'istians in general*. 
 Whatsoever promises are, in Scripture, made to 
 particular believers, in cases and for reasons, which 
 equally concern other believers ; . they are ap- 
 plicable to the latter, and may be trusted and 
 pleaded by them. " ^^^latsoever things were 
 written aforetime," says our Apostle, "were wi'itten 
 for our learning ; that we, through patience and 
 comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope^" Pro- 
 mises, which Avere made in particular cases to 
 saints in Scripture, may be applied by other saints, 
 so far as the cases agree, though not in the whole 
 extent of their meaning. Thus, the promise made 
 to Solomon", of wisdom, and also of riches and 
 honour, beyond all who liad been before him, gives 
 encouragement to every believer, wiio seeks heaven- 
 ly wisdom above all other things, to hope tliat, he 
 shall attain a large measure of it, and also so much 
 of worldly prosperity, as God sees to be best for 
 him. In like manner, the promises, which Christ 
 made to his disciples, of the Holy Spirit to teach 
 them all things, to bring all things to their re- 
 membrance, whatsoever he had said unto them, 
 
 q Psal. xxxiv. 9. 10. r Josh. i. .5. s Heb, xiii. 5, 6. 
 
 t Rom. XV. 4. u2. Cliron. i. 12. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 31 
 
 and to guide tliem into all truth'' ; though they are 
 not to be performed to others, in the same degree 
 as to the Apostles; yet they encourage other believ"- 
 ers, to expect all the illumination, instruction, and 
 dii'ection, which, in their diversified circumstances, 
 are necessary for them. In tlie same manner, 
 promises made to particular churches, may be ap- 
 plied to the church in general ; as those in the Old 
 Testament, to the Israelitish church, and those in 
 the New, to the church universal. — Indirect pro- 
 mises, are such as are implied by consequence, 
 in thB examples, and prayers, of saints in Scrip- 
 ture. They are implied in the examples of those 
 saints. God's having bestowed blessings upon one, 
 is an indirect promise of them, to all other saints. 
 The apostle James urges that end, which the Lord 
 gave to the afflictions of Job, as a gi'ound of faith 
 and hope, to all other afflicted saints ^. And Paul 
 assures the believers at Corinth, that God comforted 
 him in all his tribulation, that he might be able to 
 comfort them who were in any trouble, by the 
 comfort wherewith he himself was comforted of 
 God^ The declarations of tliose blessings, which 
 commonly attend the several exercises of grace, 
 and duties of holiness, are so many indirect pro- 
 mises ^; as also, the declarations concerning Christ, 
 and his inestimable benefits, as they represent a 
 necessity of their being bestowed upon believers. 
 They are implied likewise in the prayers recorded 
 in Scripture. The Petitions put up by the Lord 
 
 * John ziv. 26. and xvi. 13. * James v. 1 1. V 2. Cor. i. •4. 
 z Psa). cxi. 3. Prov. xviii. 10. 
 
32 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Jesus, for his church, are equal to the most express 
 promises '; for we may be sure that, whatever He 
 asks of the Father for his redeemed, will be grant- 
 ed. The prayers also of saints, especially their 
 Prophetical prayers ^ and God's hearing of them, 
 are as much as a formal promise, that lie will hear 
 the prayers, that are now offered up in faith to him, 
 for the same or similar blessings. 
 
 The blessings promised, ai-e either of a spirit- 
 ual or of a tempoi'al kind. — The promises of «/»i- 
 ritual blessings, are either indefinite, or definite. 
 The indefinite or absolute promises of spiritual be- 
 nefits, must be applied and trusted in, upon the 
 gi'ound, as I have said above, of the direction of 
 them to sinners in common, Avho hear the gospel, 
 and be trusted in and with Christ himself. Tlie 
 restricted or definite promises, on the other hand, 
 should be applied by believers, upon the ground 
 of their being, in the dispensation of the new co- 
 venant, addressed to them, as already united to 
 Jesus Christ. And as these especially, are pro- 
 mises both of gi'ace and of glory, the oi'der of 
 them, is to be carefully observed. The promises 
 of mercy and grace, ought first to be accepted of, 
 and relied on, and then the promises of glory.. 
 Believers, in their exercise of faith and prayer, 
 should not trust and plead the promises of gloiy 
 in eternity, in order to those of grace in time ; 
 but on the contrary, the promises of grace, in or- 
 der to those of glory; the promises of growth and 
 
 « John xvii. t) Gen. xlix. Dcut. sxxii. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 33 
 
 perseverance in grace, in order to those of the 
 perfection of grace. — As to the promises of tempo- 
 ral benefits, believers ought neither to trust nor 
 plead them absolutely, but with this limitation ; 
 as far as the performance of them, mav be for the 
 glory of God, and the good of their souls. Nor 
 will this limitation, in the smallest degree, lessen 
 their value, in the esteem of any man who is spi- 
 ritually minded : for outward things are capable, 
 in different circumstances, of being either good or 
 evil to a believer. Afflictions may, in some cases, 
 be of great advantage to him ; and then, the in- 
 flicting of them, would be a token of favour, and 
 the preventing of them, would be a judgment, ra- 
 ther than the performance of a promise. Riches, 
 for example, may, in some cu'cumstanccs, be very 
 beneficial, and in others, very hurtful : none who 
 is wise unto salvation, would, in this case, trust 
 or pray for them. Now it is obvious, that of all 
 those circumstances, the infinitely wise and gra- 
 cious God, is the best Judge. It is the believer's 
 duty then, never to neglect, but on the contrary, 
 to plead the promises of those outward things, with 
 a firm reliance on the grace and faithfulness of 
 God, and yet with an entire submission to his in- 
 finite wisdom, which will always choose that 
 which is best for him. — Were believers more fre- 
 tjuently to trust, and plead, the promises of tem^ 
 poral blessings, they should enjoy them in a higli- 
 er degi'ee, than they commonly do. — Here it may 
 be proper to observe. That the Lord, in perform- 
 ing these promises, either gives the temporal bless.- 
 
84 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 ing itself, that is desired of him, or something 
 either equivalent, or preferable to it ; — that such 
 promises, are to he always explained and imder- 
 stood, with reservation of the cross ; that the per- 
 formance of them is never to be sought primarily, 
 but secondarily" ; and that it is not to be attain- 
 ed, otherwise than by the prayer of faiths 
 
 The Sacraments of Baptism and tlie Lord'g 
 Supper, are seals of all the promises. — The Lord 
 Jesus Christ, the glorious Testator of the cove- 
 nant of grace, hath turned all the promises of it 
 to elect sinners, into the form of a Testament in 
 their favour. This testament he ratified by his 
 death, and affixed to it, the broad seals of Bap- 
 tism and the Supper. So that now, it is a testa- 
 ment ratified and sealed. It is ratified by the 
 death of the blessed Testator ; and therefore, as 
 the last will of the dead, written, signed, and at- 
 tested in due form, it must remain unalterable*. 
 It is also a deed sealed in proper form, for tlie 
 confirmation of our faith. And, therefore, tliougli 
 the promises contained in it, are not tliereby rtn- 
 dei'ed more sure in themselves ; yet they are 
 made more credible to us. Those seals, are not 
 only pledges to confirm our faitli, but authentic 
 proofs, that the testament is completely ready to 
 be presented, in the hand of faith, to God on the 
 throne of grace, and pleaded with assurance of 
 success. Thus, in Baptism, the Lord says to the 
 believing soul, ' This washing with water, seals 
 
 « Matth. vi. 3a '' James i. 6. •= Heb. ix. 1 7. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 85 
 
 my promises of cleansing thee, from the guilt and 
 pollution of all thy sins ; promises, which are avS 
 sure to faith, as this washing or sprinkling with 
 water, is, to the outward senses.' In the sacra- 
 ment of the St(ppe7- also, he thus says to the believer, 
 ♦ This bread js my body broken for thee : This 
 cup is the new testament in my blood, shed for 
 thee, for the remission of thy sins.' As these or- 
 dinances were intended for the weakest, as well 
 as for the strongest believer; so, the smallest 
 measure of saving faith, answers as really to what 
 the Lord saith to it, in each of them, as the great- 
 est. 
 
 Prophecies of the enlargement and glory of 
 the Church, in New- Testament times, may be re- 
 garded as so many promises of these. — Predictions, 
 either of deliverance from e^dl, or of good to 
 the Church, when addressed to her members, are 
 to be accounted promises to her. — Seeing many of 
 the prophecies, respecting the extension and glory 
 of the Church, are so hard to be understood, that 
 it is scarcely to be expected, that exercised Chris- 
 tians in general, should know how to use them; 
 I have, in the following- Collection, selected those 
 only, which are most full to my purpose, and most 
 easy to be understood by an attentiA^e reader. Se- 
 veral of the prophecies, which I have considered 
 as applicable to the Church in general, are, by 
 some Expositors, understood of the Cliurch of tb« 
 Jews, when coi verted in the latter days. Nor do 
 I deny, that they may be more immediately in- 
 
36 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 tended, in those prophecies. But, seeing the 
 Jewish and Gentile churches shall then become 
 one, there will be a communication of privileges ; 
 and, tliercfore, in what measure soever, the Spirit 
 of God will be poured out, and the glory of God 
 be manifested, among the converted Jews, the 
 members of the Gentile church, shall enjoy their 
 share of both. For the apostle Paul says, " If the 
 fall of them be the riches of the world, and th© 
 diminishing of them, the riches of tlie Gentiles,, 
 how much more their fulness^?" 
 
 In conclusion : The promises, with respect to 
 their performance, are either fixed to one person, 
 or time, or providential dispensation ; or, they are 
 running and permanent, intended to be performed 
 in every age, and that to multitudes of persons. Of 
 the former sort, is the promise of the birth and 
 life of Messiah, in this world : of the latter, are 
 those which are performed to his spiritual seed^ 
 in every age. 
 
 i Rom. xi. 12.. 
 
A 
 COLLECTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROMISES OF THE GOSPEJL, 
 
 ARRANGED UNDER DISTINCT HEADS. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 OF ABSOLUTE OR INDEFINITE PROMISES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE INCARNATION, OliKDI- 
 ENCE, AND DEATH OF CHRIST, FOR THIS REDEMP- 
 TION OF SINNERS. 
 
 I WILL put enmity be- 
 tween thee and the wo- 
 man, and between thy seed 
 and her seed : It shall 
 bruise thy head, and thou 
 shall bruise his heel. Gen. 
 iii. 15. 
 
 In thy seed shall all the 
 nations of the earth be 
 blessed. Gen. xxii. 1 80 
 
 The sceptre shall not 
 depart from Judah, nor a 
 lawgiver from between his 
 feet, until Shiloh come ; 
 and unto him shall the ga- 
 thering of the people be. 
 Gen. xlix. 10. 
 
 The Lord thy God will 
 raise up unto thee, a Pro- 
 phet from the midst of 
 thee, of thy brethren, like 
 unto me ; unto him ye 
 shall hearken. Deut. xviii. 
 15. 
 
 I know that my Re- 
 deemer liveth, and that he 
 shall stand at the latter 
 day upon the earth. Job 
 xix. 25. 
 
 My flesh also shall rest 
 in hope : for thou wilt not 
 leave my soul in hell ; 
 neither wilt thou suffer 
 thine holy One to see coc- 
 
38 OF CHRIST'S INCARNATION, 
 
 ruption. Thou wilt show 
 me the path of life. Psal. 
 xvi. 9—11. 
 
 I am a worm and no 
 man ; a reproach of men, 
 and despised of the people. 
 All they that see me laugh 
 me to scorn. Psal. xxii. 
 6, 7. 
 
 My strength is dried up 
 like a potsherd, and my 
 tongue cleaveth to my 
 jaws; and thou hast brought 
 me into the dust of death. 
 The assembly of the wick- 
 ed have enclosed me : they 
 pierced my hands and my 
 feet. Ver. 15, 16. 
 
 He shall receive the 
 blessing from the Lord, 
 and righteousness from the 
 God of his salvation. Psal. 
 xxiv. 5. 
 
 Sacrifice and offering 
 thou didft not desire ; mine 
 ears hast thou opened. — 
 Then said I, Lo, I come ; 
 in the volume of the book 
 it is written of me : I de- 
 light to do thy will, O my 
 God ; yea, thy law is with- 
 in my heart. Psal. xl. 6, 
 7,8. 
 
 I restored that which I 
 took not away. Psal. Ixix. 
 4. 
 
 Thou hast known my 
 reproach, and my shame, 
 and my dishonour : mine 
 adversaries are all before 
 thee. Ver. 19. 
 
 They gave me also gall 
 for my meat : and in my 
 thirst they gave me vine- 
 gar to drink. Ver. 21. 
 
 He shall save the chil- 
 dren of the needy, and 
 shall break in pieces the 
 oppressor. Psal. Ixxii. 4. 
 
 He shall come down 
 like rain upon the mown 
 grass; as showers that wa- 
 ter the earth. Ver. 6. 
 
 He shall spare the poor 
 and needy, and shall save 
 the souls of the needy. 
 He shall redeem their soul 
 from deceit and violence. 
 Ver. 13, 14.. 
 
 Let thy hand be upon 
 the man of thy right hand, 
 upon the Son of man whom 
 thou madest strong for 
 thyself. Psal. Ixxx. 17. 
 
 Behold, O God our 
 shield, and look upon the 
 face of thine anointed. 
 Psal. Ixxxiv. 9. 
 
 Mercy and truth are 
 met together ; righte- 
 ousness and peace have 
 kissed each other. Truth 
 shall spring out of the^ 
 earth ; and righteousness 
 shall look down from 
 heaven. Yea, the Lord 
 shall give that which is 
 good. Ps. Ixxx V. 10,11,12. 
 Righteousness shall go 
 before him, and shall set 
 us in the way of his steps. 
 Ver. 13. 
 
OBEDIENCE, AND DEATH. 
 
 39 
 
 I have said, Mercy shall 
 be built up for ever: thy 
 faithfulness shalt thou e- 
 stablish in the very hea- 
 vens. I have made a co- 
 venant with ray chosen 
 One ; I have sworn unto 
 David my servant, Thy 
 seed will I establish for 
 ever, and build up thy 
 throne to all generations. 
 Psal. Ixxxix. 2, 3, 4. 
 
 I have laid help upon 
 one that is mighty ; I have 
 exalted one chosen out of 
 the people : — with whom 
 my hand shall be esta- 
 blished ; mine arm also 
 shall strengthen him. Ver. 
 19, 21. 
 
 He shall cry unto me, 
 Thou art my Father, my 
 God, and the rock of my 
 salvation. My mercy will 
 1 keep for him for ever- 
 more, and my covenant 
 shall stand fast with him. 
 Ver. 26, 28. 
 
 The Lord hath made 
 known his salvation : his 
 righteousness, hath he o- 
 pe;^!}' showed in the sight 
 of the heathen. He hath 
 remembered his mercy and 
 his truth toward the house 
 of Israel; all the ends of 
 the earth have seen the 
 salvation of our God. Psal. 
 xcviii. 2, S. 
 
 The Lord hath sworn, 
 and will not repent, Thou 
 
 art a Priest for ever, after 
 the order of Melchizedek. 
 He shall drink of the brook 
 in the way ; therefore shall 
 he lift up the head. Psal. 
 ex. 4, 7. 
 
 Blessed be he that com- 
 eth in the name of the 
 Lord. Psal. cxviii. 26. 
 
 With the Lord there is 
 mercy, and with him is 
 plenteous redemption. Arwl 
 he shall redeem Israel from 
 all his iniquities. Psal. 
 cxxx. 7, 8. 
 
 I was daily his delight, 
 rejoicing always before 
 him ; rejoicing in the ha- 
 bitable part of bis earth ; 
 and my delights were with 
 the sons of men, Prov. 
 viii. 30, 31. 
 
 The voice of my Be- 
 loved ! behold, he cometh 
 leaping upon the niour»- 
 tains, skipping upon th« 
 hills. Song li. 8. 
 
 Until the day break, and 
 the shadows flee away, 
 turn, my Beloved, and I>8 
 thou like a roe, or a young 
 hart, upon the mountains 
 of Bether. Ver. 17. 
 
 Make haste, my Belov- 
 ed, and be thou like to a 
 Foe, or to a young hart, 
 upon the mountains of 
 spices. Song viii. 14. 
 
 In that day, shall tb« 
 Branch of the Lord be 
 beautiful and gloriousj and 
 
40 OF CHRIST'S INCARNATION, 
 
 the fruit of the earth shall 
 be excellent and comely, 
 for them that are escaped 
 of Israel. Isa. iv, 2. 
 
 Behold, a virgin shall 
 conceive and bear a son, 
 and shall call his name 
 Immanuel. Isa. vii. 14. 
 
 And he shall be for a 
 sanctuary. Isa. viii. l^. 
 
 Unto us a child is born, 
 unto us a Son is given. 
 Isa. ix. 6. 
 
 There shall come forth 
 a Rod out of the stem of 
 Jesse, and a Branch shall 
 grow out of his roots. Isa. 
 xi, 1. 
 
 Righteousness shall be 
 the girdle of his loins, and 
 faithfulness the girdle of 
 his reins. Ver. 5. 
 
 In that day there shall 
 be a Root of Jesse, which 
 shall stand for an ensign 
 of the people: to it shall 
 the Gentiles seek ; and his 
 rest shall be glorious. Ver. 
 10. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord 
 God, Behold, I lay in 
 Zion for a foundation a 
 stone, a tried stone, a 
 precious corner-stone, a 
 sure foundation : he that 
 believeth shall not make 
 haste. Isa. xxviii. 16. 
 
 He shall send them a 
 Saviour, and a great one, 
 and he shall deUver them. 
 Isa. xix. 20. 
 
 A man shall be as an 
 hiding place from the wind, 
 and a covert from the 
 tempest ; as rivers of wa- 
 ter in a dry place; as the 
 shadow of a great rock in 
 a weary land. Isa. xxxii. 2. 
 
 Be strong, fear not ; 
 behold, your God will 
 come v/ith vengeance, e- 
 ven God with a recom- 
 pense ; he will come and 
 save you. Isa. xxxv. 4. 
 
 He shall not fail, nor be 
 discouraged, till he have 
 set judgment in the earth : 
 and the isles shall wait for 
 his law. Isa. xlii. 4. 
 
 I the Lord have called 
 thee in righteousness, and 
 will hold thine hand, and 
 will keep thee, and give 
 thee for a covenant of ths 
 people, for a light of the 
 Gentiles ; to open the 
 blind eyes, to bring out 
 the prisoners from the pii- 
 son, and them that sit in 
 darkness out of the prison- 
 house. Isa. xlii. 6, 7. 
 
 The Lord is well pleas- 
 ed for his righteousness* 
 sake ; he will magnify the 
 law, and make it honour- 
 able. Ver. 21. 
 
 Surely, shall one say. 
 In the Lord have I light- 
 eousness and strength ; 
 even to him shall men 
 come. Isa. xlv. 24. 
 
 He said, It is a liglit 
 
OBEDIENCE, AND DEATH. 
 
 41 
 
 tiling that thou sltouldst 
 be my servant, to raise up 
 the tribes of Jacob, and to 
 restore the preserved of 
 Israel ; I will also give thee 
 for a light to the Gentiles, 
 that thou mayest be my 
 salvation unto the end of 
 the earth. Isa. xlix. 6. 
 
 I will preserve thee, and 
 give thse for a covenant 
 of the people, to establish 
 the earth, to cause to in- 
 herit the desolate herit- 
 ages ; that thou mayest 
 say to the prisoners. Go 
 forth ; to them that are in 
 darkness, show yourselves. 
 Ver, 8, 9. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 Ye have sold yourselves for 
 nought ; and ye shall be 
 redeemed without money. 
 Isa. lii. 3. 
 
 He shall grow up be- 
 fore him as a tender plant, 
 and as a root out of a dry 
 ground. Isa. liii. 2. 
 
 Surely he hath borne our 
 griefs, and carried our sor- 
 rows. Ver. 4. 
 
 He w^as wounded for 
 our trangressions, he was 
 bruised for our iniquities. 
 Ver. 5. 
 
 The Lord hath laid on 
 him the iniquity of us all. 
 Ver. 6. 
 
 He was cut off out of 
 the land of the living : for 
 the transgression of my 
 
 people was he stricken. 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 It pleased the Lord to 
 bruise him ; he hath put 
 him to grief. Ver. 10. 
 
 He was numbered uiih 
 the trangressors ; and he 
 bare the sin of many, and 
 made intercession for the 
 transgressors. Ver. 12. 
 
 Thy Maker is thine 
 Husband ; the Lord of 
 hosts is his name ; and thy 
 Redeemer the holy One 
 of Israel. Isa. liv. 5. 
 
 Their righteousness is 
 of me, saith the Lord. 
 Ver 17. 
 
 Behold, I have given 
 him for a witness to the 
 people, a Leader, and com- 
 mander to the people. 
 Isa. Iv. 4. 
 
 The Redeemer shall 
 come to Zion, and unto 
 them that turn from trans- 
 gression in Jacob, saith the 
 Lord. Isa. lix. 20. 
 
 The apostle Paul, in 
 citing this promise, ex- 
 presses it thus : — There 
 shall come out of Zion the 
 Deliverer, and shall turn 
 away ungodliness from Ja- 
 cob. Rom. xi. 26. 
 
 In his love and in his 
 pity he redeemed them ; 
 and he bare them, and car- 
 ried them all the days of 
 old. Isa. Ixiii. 9. 
 
 I will bring forth a seed 
 
42 OF CHRIST'S INCARNATION. 
 
 out of Jacob, and out of 
 Judah an inheritor of my 
 mountains. Isa. Ixv. 9. 
 
 In his days Judah shall 
 be saved, and Israel shall 
 dwell safely ; and this 
 is his name whereby he 
 shall be called. The Lord 
 ourRighteousness. Jer. 
 xxiii. 6. 
 
 I will cause Him to draw 
 near, and he shall approach 
 unto me : for who is this 
 that engaged his heart to 
 approach unto me ? saith 
 the Lord. Jer. xxx. 21. 
 
 This is the name where- 
 with she shall be called, or 
 rather, — this is he that 
 shall call her, The Lord 
 OUR Righteousness. Jer. 
 xxxiii. 16. 
 
 Their Redeemer is 
 strong ; the Lord of hosts 
 in his name : he shall 
 thoroughly plead their 
 cause. Jer. 1. 34-. 
 
 I shall set Glory, or. 
 Ornament in the land of 
 the living. Ezek. xxvi. 20. 
 
 I will set up one shep- 
 herd over them, and he 
 shall feed them, even my 
 servant David ; he shall 
 feed them, and he shall 
 be their shepherd. Ezek. 
 xxxiv. 23. 
 
 I will raise up for them 
 a Plant of renown. Ver. 29. 
 
 Seventy weeks are de- 
 
 termined upon thy people, 
 and upon thy holy city, to 
 finish the transgression, 
 and to make an end of sins, 
 and to make reconciliation 
 for iniquity, and to bring 
 in everlasting righteous- 
 ness. Dan. ix. 2 k 
 
 And after threescore 
 and two weeks, shall Mes- 
 siah be cut off, but not for 
 himself : — and he shall 
 confirm the covenant with 
 many for one week ; and 
 in the midst of the week, 
 he shall cause the sacrifice 
 and the oblation to cease. 
 Ver. 26, 27. 
 
 They shall smite the 
 Judge of Israel, with a rod 
 upon the cheek. Mic. v. i. 
 
 This man shall be the 
 peace, when the Assyrian 
 shall come unto our land. 
 Mic. v. 5. 
 
 1 will shake all nations, 
 and the desire of all na- 
 tions shall come ; and I 
 will fill this house wiih 
 glory, saith the Lord of 
 hosts. Hag. ii. 7. 
 
 Behold, I will brini; 
 forth my servant The 
 Branch. Zech. iii. 8. 
 
 Behold the man whose 
 name is The Branch ; 
 and he shall grow up out 
 of his place, and he shall 
 build the temple of t!ie 
 Lord : Even he shall build 
 
OF CHRIST'S EXALTATION. 43 
 
 the temple of the Lord ; 
 and he shall bear the glory. 
 Zcch. vi. 12, 13. 
 
 Awake, O sword, against 
 my shepherd, and against 
 the man that is my fellow, 
 saith the Lord of hosts : 
 smite the shepherd, and 
 the sheep shall be scatter- 
 ed. Zech. xiii. 7. 
 
 The Lord whom ye seek, 
 shall suddenly come to his 
 temple; even the Mes- 
 senger of the covenant 
 whom ye delight in : be- 
 hold, he shall come, saith 
 the Lord of hosts, Mai. 
 iii. 1. 
 
 Thou shnll call his name 
 Jisus, for he shall save his 
 people from their sins. 
 Matth. i. 21. 
 
 1 am not come to call 
 the righteous, but sinners 
 to repentance. Mat. ix. 
 13. 
 
 The son of man is come, 
 to seek and to save that 
 which was lost. Luke 
 xix. 10. 
 
 This is a faithful saying, 
 and worthy of all accept- 
 ation, that Christ Jesus 
 came into the world to 
 save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15, 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE GLORIOUS EXALTA. 
 TION, AND UNIVERSAL DOMINION OF CHRIST. 
 
 I HAVE set my King 
 upon my holy hill of Zion, 
 Psai. ii. 6. 
 
 Ask of me, and I shall 
 give thee the heathen for 
 thine inheritance, and the 
 uttermost parts of the 
 earth for thy possession. 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 Thou shalt break them 
 with a rod of iron ; thou 
 shalt dash them in pieces 
 like a potter's vessel. Ver. 
 9. 
 
 Kiss the Son, lest he be 
 
 angry, and ye perish from 
 the way, when his wrath 
 is kindled but a little. Ver. 
 12. 
 
 Thou hast made him a 
 little lower than the an- 
 gels, and hast crowned 
 him with glory and ho- 
 nour. Thou madest him 
 to have dominion over the 
 works of thy hands ; thou 
 hast put all things under 
 his feet, &c. Psal. viii. 
 5—8. 
 
 Thou hast made me the 
 
44 OF CHRIST'S EXALTATION, 
 
 Head of the heathen. As 
 soon as tliey hear of me, 
 they shall obey me. Psal. 
 xviii. 43, 44. 
 
 It is God tliat avengeth 
 me, and subdueth the peo- 
 ple under me. Ver. 47. 
 
 The kingdom is the 
 Lord's ; and he is the Go- 
 vernor among the nations. 
 Psal. xxii. 28. 
 
 All they that go down 
 to the dust, shall bow be- 
 fore Him, and none can 
 keep alive his own soul. 
 A seed shall serve Him ; 
 it shall be accounted to 
 the Lord for a generation. 
 Ver. 29, 30. 
 
 Lift up your heads, O 
 ye gates, even lift them 
 up, ye everlasting doors, 
 and the King of glory shall 
 come in. Who is this 
 King of glory ? the Lord 
 of hosts, He is the King 
 of glory. Psal. xxiv. 9, 10. 
 The Lord is their 
 strength, and he is the 
 eaving strength of his an- 
 ointed. Psal. xxviii. 8. 
 
 Thy throne, O God, is 
 for ever and ever : the 
 sceptre of thy kingdom is 
 a right sceptre. Psal. xlv. 
 6. 
 
 Thou lovest righteous- 
 ness, and hatest wicked- 
 ness : therefore God, thy 
 God, hath anointed thee 
 
 with the oil of gladness 
 above thy fellows. Ver. 7. 
 I will make thy name to 
 be remembered in all gen- 
 erations : therefore shall 
 the people praise thee for_ 
 ever and ever. Ver. 17. 
 
 God is gone up with a 
 shout, the Lord with the 
 sound of a trumpet. Psal. 
 xlvii. 5. 
 
 God is the King of all 
 the earth. God reigneth 
 over the heathen : God 
 sitteth upon the throne of 
 his holiness. Ver. 7, 8. 
 
 The shields of the carlh 
 belong unto God : he is 
 greatly exalted. Ver. 9. 
 
 Thou hast ascended on 
 high, thou hast led cap- 
 tivity captive: thou hast 
 received gifts for men ; 
 yea, for the rebellious also, 
 that the Lord God might 
 dwell among them. Psal. 
 Ixviii. 18. 
 
 He shall have dominion 
 also from sea to sea, and 
 from the river unto the 
 ends of the earth. Psal. 
 Ixxii. 8. 
 
 They that dwell in the 
 wilderness shall bow be- 
 fore him ; and his enemies 
 shall lick the dust. Ver. 
 9. 
 
 All kings shall fall down 
 before him ; all nations 
 shall serve him. Ver. 11. 
 
AND UNIVERSAL DOMINION. 45 
 
 He shall live, and to him 
 shall be given of the gold 
 of Sheba. Ver. 15. 
 
 His name shall endure 
 for ever : his name shall 
 be continued as long as 
 the sun ; and men shall be 
 blessed in him : all na- 
 tions shall call him bless- 
 ed. Ver. 17. 
 
 Blessed be his glorious 
 name for ever : and let the 
 whole earth be filled with 
 his glory. Amen and 
 amen. Ver. 19. 
 
 I will beat down his 
 foes before his face, and 
 plague them that hate 
 him. Psal. Ixxxix. 23. 
 
 But my faithfulness and 
 my mercy shall be with 
 him ; and in my name 
 shall his horn be exalted. 
 Ver. 24<. 
 
 Also I will make him 
 my first-born, higher than 
 the kings of the earth. 
 Ver. 27. 
 
 His seed also will I 
 make to endure for ever, 
 and his throne as the days 
 of heaven. Ver. 29. 
 
 His seed shall endure 
 for ever, and his throne 
 as the sun before me. Ver. 
 36. 
 
 The Lord shall send the 
 rod of thy strength out of 
 Zion : rule thou in the 
 midst of thine enemies. 
 Psal. ex. 2. 
 
 Thy people shall be 
 willing in the day of thy 
 power, in the beauties of 
 holiness from the womb of 
 the morning : thou hast 
 the dew of thy youth. Ver. 
 3. 
 
 He shall judge among 
 the heathen, he shall fill 
 the places with the dead 
 bodies : he shall wound 
 the heads over many coun- 
 tries. Ver. 6. 
 
 The stone which the 
 builders refused, is be- 
 come the head stone ot 
 the corner. Psal. cxviii. 
 22. 
 
 His enemies will I clothe 
 with shame ; but upon 
 himself shall his crown 
 flourish. Psal. cxxxii. 18. 
 The government shall 
 be upon his shoulder ; and 
 his name shall be call- 
 ed Wonderful, Counsellor, 
 The mighty God, The 
 everlasting Father, The 
 Prince of peace. Isa. ix. 
 6. 
 
 Of the increase of his 
 government and peace, 
 there shall be no end, 
 upon the tlirone of David, 
 and upon his kingdom, to 
 order it, and to establish 
 it with judgment and with 
 justice, from henceforth 
 even for ever : the zeal of 
 the Lord of hosts will per- 
 form this. Ver. 7. 
 
46 OF CHRIST'S EXALTATIONj 
 
 With righteousness shall 
 he judge the poor, and re- 
 prove with equity, for the 
 meek of the earth ; and he 
 shall s.nite the earth with 
 the rod of his mouth, and 
 with the breath of his lips 
 shall he slay the wicked. 
 Isa. xi. 4. 
 
 In that day shall ye say, 
 Praise the Lord, call upon 
 his name, declare his do- 
 ings among the people, 
 make mention that his 
 name is exalted. Isa. xii. 
 4. 
 
 The key of tlie house 
 of David will I la}' upon 
 his shoulder : so he shall 
 open, and none shall shut; 
 and he shall shut, and none 
 shall open. Isa. xxii. 22. 
 
 It shall be said in that 
 day, Lo, this is our God ; 
 we have waited for him, 
 and he will save us : this 
 is the Lord ; we have wait- 
 ed for him, we will be glad 
 and rejoice in his salva- 
 tion. Jsa. XXV. 9. 
 
 In that day shall the 
 Lord of hosts be for a 
 crown of glory, and for a 
 diadem of beauty unto the 
 residue of his people, and 
 for a spirit of judgment to 
 him that sitteth in judg- 
 ment, and for strength to 
 them that turn the battle 
 tojthe gate. Isa. xxviii. 
 5.6. 
 
 Thine eyes shall see tlie 
 King in his beauty j they 
 shall behold the land that 
 is very far off. Isa. xxxiii. 
 17. 
 
 The glorious Lord will 
 be unto us a place of 
 broad rivers and streams. 
 Ver. 21. 
 
 For the Lord is our 
 Judge, the Lord is our 
 Lawgiver, the Lord is our 
 King ; he will save us. 
 Ver 22. 
 
 The glory of the Lord 
 shall be revealed, and all 
 flesh shall see it together. 
 Isa. xl. 5. 
 
 Behold, the Lord God 
 will come with a strong 
 hand, and his arm shall 
 rule for him : behold, his 
 reward is with him, and 
 his work before him. Ver. 
 10. 
 
 I have put my Spirit 
 upon him, he shall bring 
 forth judgment to the Gen- 
 tiles. Isa. xlii. 1. 
 
 The Lord shall go forth 
 as a mighty man, he shall 
 stir up jealousy like a man 
 of war : he shall cry, yea 
 roar ; he shall prevail a- 
 gainst his enemies. Ver. 
 13. 
 
 I have sworn by myself, 
 the word is gone out of 
 my mouth in righteous- 
 ness, and shall not return. 
 That unto me every knee 
 
AND UNIVERSAL DOMINION. 4t 
 
 sliall bow, every tongue 
 shall swear. Isa. xlv. 23. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 Even the captives of the 
 mighty shall be taken 
 away, and the pre)' of the 
 terrible shall be delivered ; 
 for I will contend with 
 him that contendeth with 
 thee, and I will save thy 
 children. Isa. xlix. 25. 
 
 The Lord hath made 
 bare his holy arm in the 
 eyes of all the nations ; 
 and all the ends of the 
 earth shall see the salva- 
 tion of our God. Isa. lii. 
 10. 
 
 Behold, my servant shall 
 deal prudently, he shall be 
 exalted and extolled, and 
 be very high. Ver. 13. 
 
 He shall see of the tra- 
 vail of his soul, and shall 
 be satisfied. Isa. liii. 11. 
 
 Therefore will I divide 
 him a portion with the 
 great, and he shall divide 
 the spoil with the strong. 
 Ver. 12. 
 
 Who is this that cometh 
 from Edom, with dyed 
 garments from Bozrah ? 
 this that is glorious in his 
 apparel, travelling in the 
 greatness of his strength ? 
 I that speak in righteous- 
 ness, mighty to save. Isa. 
 Ixiii. 1. 
 
 Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that I will 
 
 raise unto David a righte* 
 ous Branch, and a King 
 shall reign and prosper, 
 and shall execute judg- 
 ment and justice in the 
 earth. Jer. xxiii. 5. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord 
 God, I will also take of 
 the highest branch of the 
 high cedar, and will set it ; 
 ,will crop oif from the 
 Jop of his young twigs a 
 tender one, and will plant 
 it upon an high mountain 
 and eminent. Ezek. xvii. 
 22. 
 
 In the mountain of the 
 height of Israel, will I 
 plant it ; and it shall 
 bring forth boughs, and 
 bear fruit, and be a good- 
 ly cedar. Ver. 23. 
 
 I the Lord will be their 
 God, and my servant Da- 
 vid a Prince among them. 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 24'. 
 
 There was given him 
 dominion, and glory, and 
 a kingdom, that all peo- 
 ple, nations, and langua- 
 ges should serve him : his 
 dominion is an everlasting 
 dominion, which shall not 
 pass avva}', and his king- 
 dom that which shall not 
 be destroyed. Dan. vii. 
 U. 
 
 But thou, Bethlehem 
 Ephratah, though thou be 
 little among the thousands 
 of Judah, yet out of thee 
 
48 
 
 CHRIST'S COMING, &c. 
 
 shall he come forth unto 
 me, that is to be Ruler in 
 Israel ; whose goings forth 
 have been from of old, 
 from everlasting. Mic. v. 
 2. 
 
 The Lord shall be King 
 over all the earth : in that 
 day shall there be one 
 Lord, and his name one. 
 Zech. xiv. 9. 
 
 All power is given unto 
 me in heaven and in earth. 
 Matth. xxviii. IS. 
 
 He raised him from the 
 dead, and set him at his 
 own right hand in the hea- 
 venly places, far above all 
 principality, and power, 
 and might, and dominion, 
 »nd^ every name that is 
 named,*Enot only in this 
 "trorid, but also in that 
 
 which is to come ; and 
 hath put all things under 
 his feet, and gave him to 
 be the Head over all things 
 to the church, which is 
 his body. Eph. i. 20—23. 
 
 God hath highly exalt- 
 ed him, and given him a 
 name which is above every 
 name ; that at the name 
 of Jesus every knee should 
 bow, of things in heaven, 
 and things in earth, and 
 things under the earth; 
 and that every tongue 
 should confess, that Jesus 
 Christ is Lord, to the glo- 
 ry of God the Father. 
 Phil. ii. 9—11. 
 
 The Spirit testified be- 
 fore hand the sufferings of 
 Christ, and the glory that 
 should follow. 1 Pet. i; 11. 
 
 CHAPTER HL 
 
 ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF CHRIST's COMING, AT THE 
 LAST DAY, TO JUDGE THE WORLD. 
 
 Though after my skin 
 worms destroy this body, 
 yet in my flesh shall 1 see 
 God ; whom I shall see 
 for myself, and mine eyes 
 shall behold, and not ano- 
 ther. Job xix. 2;i, 27. 
 
 He Cometh to judge the 
 earth j he shali judge the 
 
 world with righteousness, 
 and the people wath his 
 truth. Psal. xcvi. 13. 
 
 He Cometh to judge 
 the earth; with righteous- 
 ness shall he judge the 
 world, and the people with 
 equity. Psal. xcviii. 9. 
 
 They shall see the Son 
 
PROMISES OF GOD AS OUR GOD. 49 
 
 of man coming in the 
 clouds of heaven, with 
 power and great glory. 
 And he shall send his an- 
 gels with a great sound of 
 a trumpet, and they shall 
 gather together his elect 
 from the four winds, from 
 one end of heaven to the 
 other. Matth.xxiv, SO, 31. 
 
 When the Son of man 
 shall come in his glory, 
 and all the holy angels 
 with him, then shall he sit 
 upon the throne of his 
 glory : and before him 
 shall be gathered all na- 
 tions ; and he shall sepa- 
 rate rhem one from ano- 
 ther, as a shepherd divid- 
 eth his sheep from the 
 goats. Matth. xxv.31,'32. 
 
 Enoch the seventh from 
 Adam, prophesied of these, 
 saying, Behold, the Lord 
 Cometh with ten thousand 
 of his saints, to execute 
 judgmentuponall.Judel4. 
 
 And I saw a great white 
 throne, and Him that sat 
 on it, from whose face the 
 earth and the heaven fled 
 away; and there was found 
 no place for them. Kev. 
 XX. Jl. 
 
 And I saw the dead, 
 small and great, stand be- 
 fore God : and the books 
 were opened ; and ano- 
 ther book was opened 
 which is the book of life : 
 and the dead were judged 
 out of those things which 
 were written in the books, 
 according to their works. 
 Ver. 12. 
 
 We shall all stand be- 
 fore the judgment-seat of 
 Christ, Rom. xiv. 10. 
 
 Because God hath ap- 
 pointed a day, in which, 
 he will judge the world 
 in righteousness, by that 
 man whom he hath or- 
 dained. Acts xvii. 31. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF SPIRITDAI. BLESSINGS, IN 
 THIS WORLD. 
 
 SECT. I. 
 Of God in Christ to be our God. 
 I AM the Lord thy God, out of the house of bond- 
 which have brought thee age. Exod. xx. 2. 
 out of the land of Egypt, I ara the Lord your 
 
50 OF THE QUICKENING SPIRIT, &c. 
 
 God, which brought you 
 forth out of the land of 
 Egypt, that ye should not 
 be their bondmen. Lev. 
 xxvi. 13. 
 
 I will be their God, and 
 they shall be my people. 
 Jer. X. xi. 33. 
 
 I the Lord will be their 
 
 God, Ezek. xxxiv. 24. 
 
 I am your God, saith 
 the Lord God. Ver. 31. 
 
 I will be their God, and 
 they shall be my people. 
 2 Cor. vi. 16. 
 
 I will be to them a God, 
 and they sha'l be to me a 
 people. Heb. viii. 10. 
 
 II. 
 Of the Quickening Spirit, or Spiritual Life. 
 
 Behold, I will pour out 
 my Spirit unto you, I will 
 make known my words 
 unto you. Prov. i. 23. 
 
 Until the Spirit be pour- 
 ed upon us from on high, 
 and the wilderness be a 
 fruitful field. Isa. xxxii. 15. 
 
 I will pour water upon 
 him that is thirsty, and 
 floods upon the dry ground; 
 I will pour my Spirit upon 
 thy seed, and my blessing 
 upon thine offspring. Isa. 
 xliv. 3. 
 
 I will put my Spirit 
 
 within you, and cause you 
 to walk in my statutes, 
 and ye shall keep my 
 judgments and do them. 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 27. 
 
 I shall put my Spirit in 
 you, and ye shall live. 
 Ezek. xxxvii, 1 4. 
 
 It shall come to pass 
 afterward, that I will pour 
 out my Spirit upon all 
 flesh. Joel ii. 28. 
 
 And also upon the ser- 
 vants, and upon the hand- 
 maids, in those days, will 
 pour out my Spirit. Ver. 29. 
 
 III. 
 
 0/" Converting Grace, 
 Thy people shall be will- God : for they shall return 
 
 ing in the day of thy power. 
 Psal. ex. 3. 
 
 I will give them a heart 
 to know me, that I am the 
 Lord ; and they shall be my 
 people, and I will be their 
 
 unto me with their whole 
 heart. Jer. xxiv. 7. 
 
 They shall ask the way 
 to Zion with their faces 
 thitherward, saying. Come, 
 and let us join ourselves to 
 
OF SAVING KNOWLEDGE. 
 
 51 
 
 the Lord, in a perpetual 
 covenant that shall not be 
 forgotten. Jer. 1. 5. 
 
 1 will give them one 
 heart, and will put a new 
 spirit within you ; and I 
 will take the stony heart 
 out of their flesh, and I 
 will give them an heart of 
 flesh. Ezek. xi. 19. 
 
 That they may walk in 
 my statutes, and keep mine 
 ordinances, and do them. 
 Ver. 30. 
 
 A new heart also will I 
 give you, and a new spirit 
 will I put within you ; and 
 
 I will take away the stony 
 heart out of your flesh, and 
 1 will give you an heart of 
 flesh. Ezek. xxxvi. 26. 
 
 Then shall she say, I 
 will go and return to my 
 first husband ; for then was 
 it better with me than now. 
 Hos. ii. 7. 
 
 Who hath saved us and 
 called us with a holy call- 
 ing, not according to our 
 works, but according to his 
 own purpose and grace, 
 which was given us in 
 Christ Jesus before the 
 world began. 2 Tim. i. 9. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Of Supernatural and Saving K^fowLEDGE. 
 
 Good and upright is the 
 Lord; therefore will he 
 teach sinners in the way. 
 Psal. XXV. 8. 
 
 The earth sliall be full 
 of the knowledge of the 
 Lord, as the waters cover 
 the sea. Isa. xi, 9. 
 
 And in that day, shall 
 the deaf hear the words of 
 the book, and the eyes of 
 the blind shall see out of 
 obscurity, and out of dark- 
 ness. Isa. xxix. 18. 
 
 They also that ei-red 
 in spirit shall come to un- 
 derstanding, and they that 
 murmured shall learn doc- 
 trine. Ver, 2^. 
 
 I will give thee for a 
 covenant of the people, for 
 a light of the Gentiles; to 
 open the blind eyes, to 
 bring out the prisoners 
 from the prison, and them 
 that sit in darkness out of 
 the prison-house. Isa. xlii. 
 6,7. 
 
 My people shall know 
 my name : therefore they 
 shall know in that day, 
 that I am he that doth 
 speak. Isa. lii. 6. 
 
 I will give them an heart 
 to know me, that I am the 
 Lord. Jer. xxiv. 7. 
 
 And they shall teach 
 no more every man his 
 
53 
 
 OF JUSTIFYING FAITH. 
 
 neighbour^ and every man 
 his brother, saying, Know 
 the Lord : for they shall 
 all know me. from the least 
 of them unto the greatest 
 of them, saith the Lord. 
 Jer. xxxi. S'l-. 
 
 He hath sent me to 
 
 preach - - - recovering of 
 sight to the blind. Luke 
 iv. 18. 
 
 Of spiritual Wisdom. 
 — The Lord giveth wis- 
 dom ; out of his mouth 
 Cometh knowledge and un- 
 derstandinff. Prov. ii. 6. 
 
 V. 
 
 Of Justifying and Saving Faith. 
 
 They shall come. Psal. 
 xxii. 31. 
 
 Thy people shall be will- 
 ing in the day of thy 
 power. Psal. ex. S. 
 
 At that day shall a man 
 look to his Maker, and his 
 eyes shall have respect to 
 the holy One of Israel. 
 Isa. xvii. 7. 
 
 Surely, shall one say, 
 In the Lord have I right- 
 eousness and strength ; 
 even to Him shall men 
 come. Isa. xlv. 24-. 
 
 The isles shall wait up- 
 on me, and on mine arm 
 shall they trust. Isa. li. 5. 
 
 It shall be at that day, 
 saith the Lord, that thou 
 shall call me Ishi, and shall 
 call me no more Baali. 
 Hos. ii. 16. 
 
 I will say to them which 
 were not my people. Thou 
 art my people ; and they 
 shall say, Thou art my 
 God. Ver. 2^. 
 
 I will also leave in the 
 midst of thee an afflicted 
 and poor people, and they 
 shall trust in the name of 
 the Lord. Zeph. iii. 12. 
 
 And in his name shall 
 the Gentiles trust. Matt, 
 xii. 21. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Of unfeigned Love to God. 
 
 The Lord thy God will 
 circumcise thine heart, and 
 the heart of thy seed, to 
 love the Lord thy God 
 with all thine heart, and 
 with all thy soul. Deut. 
 XXX. 6. 
 
 There shall come out of 
 Zion the Deliverer, and 
 shall turn away ungodli- 
 ness from Jacob. Rom. 
 xi. 26. 
 
 The fruit of the Spirit 
 is love. Gal. v. 22. 
 
OF JUSTIFICATION. 
 
 53 
 
 VII. 
 
 0/" Justification. 
 
 Keeping merc}'^ for 
 thousands, forgiving in- 
 iquity, and transgression, 
 and sin. Exod xxxiv. 7. 
 He will not always chide ; 
 neither will he keep his 
 anger for ever. Psai. 
 ciii. 9. 
 
 Though your sins be as 
 jcarlet, they shall be as 
 white as snow ; though 
 they be red like crimson, 
 they shall be as wool. Isa. 
 i. 18. 
 
 1, even I, am he that 
 blotteth out thy transgres- 
 sions for mine own sake, 
 and will not remember 
 thy sins. Isa. xliii. 25. 
 
 I have blotted out as a 
 thick cloud thy transgres- 
 sions, and as a cloud thy 
 sins : return unto me, for 
 I have redeemed thee. 
 Isa. xliv. 22. 
 
 I will forgive their in- 
 iquity, and I will remem- 
 ber their sin no more. 
 Jer. xxxi. 34. 
 
 1 will cleanse them from 
 all their iniquity, whereby 
 they have sinned against 
 me ; and I will pardon all 
 their iniquities whereby 
 they have sinned, and 
 
 whereby they have trans- 
 gressed against me. Jer. 
 xxxiii. 8. 
 
 I will sprinkle clean wa- 
 ter upon you, and ye shall 
 be clean: from all your 
 filthiness, and from all your 
 idols, will I cleanse you. 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 25. 
 
 I will heal their back- 
 sliding, I will love them 
 freely. Hos. xiv. 4. 
 
 In that day, there shall 
 be a fountain opened to the 
 house of David, and to the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
 for sin and for unclean- 
 ness. Zech. xiik I. 
 
 Behold the Lamb of 
 God, which taketh awiiy 
 the sin of the world. John 
 i. 29. 
 
 By the righteousness 
 of One, the free gift came 
 upon all men unto justi- 
 fication of life. Rom. v. 
 18. 
 
 For by the obedience of 
 One, shall many be made 
 righteous. V'er. 19. 
 
 I will be merciful to 
 their unrighteousness, and 
 their sins and their ini- 
 quities, will I remember 
 no more. Heb. viii. 12. 
 
64 OF RECONCILIATION, &c. 
 
 Their sins and iniquities He was manifested to 
 will I remember no more, take away our sins. 1 John 
 Pleb. X. 17. iii. 5. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 0/ Reconciliation xvilh God. 
 
 Lnx him take hold of 
 my strength, that lie may 
 make peace with me; and 
 he shall make peace with 
 me. Isa. xxvii. 5. 
 
 Seventy weeks are de- 
 termined upon thy people, 
 and upon thy holy city, 
 - - -to make reconciliation 
 for iniquity. Dan. ix. 
 24. 
 
 He shall speak peace 
 unto the heathen. Zech. 
 ix. 10. 
 
 God is in Christ, recon- 
 
 ciling the world unto him- 
 self, not imputing their 
 trespasses unto them 5 and 
 hath committed unto us 
 the word of reconciliation. 
 2 Cor. V. 19. 
 
 He came and preached 
 peace to you which were 
 afar off, and to them that 
 were nigh. Eph. ii. 17. 
 
 I will make a covenant 
 of peace with them ; it 
 shall be an everlasting co- 
 venant with them. Ezck. 
 xxxvii. 26. 
 
 IX. 
 
 0/" Adoption. 
 
 It shall come to pass, 
 that in the place where it 
 was said unto them, Ye are 
 not my people ; there shall 
 they be called, The child- 
 ren of the living God. 
 Horn. ix. 26. 
 
 God sent forth his Son, 
 - - -to redeem them that 
 were under the law, that 
 we mightreceive the adop- 
 tion of sons. Gal. iv. 4, 
 5. 
 
 X. 
 
 Of SANCTIFYING Grace in general. 
 
 I AM the Lord which 
 sanctifiethyou. Lev.xx.8. 
 
 They shall serve the' 
 Lord their God, and David 
 
OF THE GRACE OF REPENTANCE. 35 
 
 their king, whom I will 
 raise up unto them. Jer. 
 XXX. 9. 
 
 This shall be the covenant 
 that I will make with the 
 house of Israel, after those 
 days, saith the Lord, I will 
 put my law in their inward 
 parts, and write it in their 
 hearts. Jer. xxxi. 33. 
 
 I will give them one 
 heart, and i will put a new 
 spirit within you : and I 
 will take the stony heart 
 out of their flesh, and will 
 give them an heart of flesh. 
 Ezek. xi. 19. 
 
 A new heart also will I 
 give you, and a new spirit 
 will 1 put within you : and 
 I will take away the stony 
 
 heart out of your flesh, and 
 I will give you an heart of 
 flesh. Kzek. xxxvi. 26. 
 
 And I will put my spirit 
 within you, and cause you 
 to walk in my statutes, and 
 ye shall keep my judg- 
 ments, and do them. Ver. 
 27. 
 
 Christ gave himself for 
 us, that he might redeem 
 us from all iniquity, and 
 purify unto himself a pe- 
 culiar people, zealous of 
 good works. Tit. ii. 14. 
 
 Jesus also, that he might 
 sanctify the people with 
 his own blood, suffered 
 without the gate. Heb. 
 xiii. 12. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Of the Grace (3/^ Repentance in particular. 
 
 All the ends of the 
 world, shall remember and 
 turn unto the Lord. Psal. 
 xxii. 27. 
 
 The lofty looks of man 
 shall be humbled, and the 
 haughtiness of men shall 
 be bowed down ; and the 
 Lord alone shall be exalt- 
 ed in that day. Isa. ii. 11. 
 
 Ye shall defile also the 
 covering of thy graven 
 images of silver, and the 
 ornament of thy molten 
 images of gold : thou shalt 
 cast them away as a men- 
 
 struous cloth ; thou shalt 
 say unto it, Get thee 
 hence. Isa. xxx. 22. 
 
 They shall return unto 
 me with their whole heart. 
 Jer. xxiv. 7. 
 
 Ye shall loathe yourselves 
 in your own sight, for all 
 your evils that ye have 
 committed. Ezek. xx. 'tS. 
 
 Then shall ye remember 
 your own evil ways, and 
 your doings that were not 
 good, and shall loathe 
 yourselves in your own 
 sight, for your iniquities. 
 
56 
 
 OF GODLY FEAR. 
 
 and for your abominations. 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 31. 
 
 They shall look upon 
 rae whom they have pier- 
 ced, and they shall mourn 
 for him. Zech. xii. 10. 
 
 Turn you at my reproof; 
 behold, I will pour out my 
 spirit unto you, I will make 
 known my words unto you. 
 Prov. i. 23. 
 
 XII. 
 
 0/ GODLY Fear. 
 
 They shall fear thee as 
 long as the sun and moon 
 endure, throughout all 
 generations. Psal.lxxii.5. 
 
 So shall they fear the 
 name of the Lord from the 
 west, and his glory from 
 the rising of the sun. Isa, 
 lix. 19. 
 
 I will give them one 
 heart and one way, that 
 they may fear me for ever, 
 for the good of them, and 
 of their children after them. 
 Jer. xxxii. 39. 
 
 And I will make an 
 
 everlasting covenant with 
 them, that I will not turn 
 away from them to do 
 them good ; but I will put 
 my fear in their hearts, 
 that they shall not depart 
 from me. Ver. 40. 
 
 Afterward shall the 
 children of Israel return,— 
 and shall fear the Lord 
 and his goodness in the 
 latter days. Hos. iii. 
 5. 
 
 XIIL 
 
 Of Access to God in Christ tvith Acceptance. 
 
 In my holy mountain. They shall come up 
 
 - --will I accept them, and with acceptance on mine 
 
 there will I require your altar. Isa. Ix. 7. 
 offerings. Ezek. xx. 40. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Of Grace to Pray to God. 
 
 O THOU that hearest flesh come. Psal. Jxv. 2. 
 prayer, unto thee shall all It shall come to pass. 
 
OF GRACE TO MORTIFY SIN. 57 
 
 that before they call I will 
 answer, and while they 
 are yet speaking, I will 
 hear. Isa. Ixv. 24'. 
 
 They shall come with 
 weeping, and with suppli- 
 cations will I lead them. 
 Jer. xxxi. 9. 
 
 Then will I turn to the 
 people a pure language, 
 
 that they may all call up- 
 on the name of the Lord. 
 Zeph. iii. 9. 
 
 1 will pour upon the 
 house of David, and upon 
 the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
 lem, the spirit of grace 
 and of supplications. Zech. 
 xii. 10. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Of Grace to Mortify the body of Sin. 
 
 Ephraim shall say, more with idols ? Hos. 
 what have I to do any xiv. 8. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 0/"VicT0UY over the World. 
 
 Christ gave himself for liver us from this present 
 our sins, that he might de- evil world. Gal. i. 4. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Of Victory over the Devil. 
 
 I WILL put enmity be- 
 tween thee and the woman, 
 and between thy seed and 
 her seed : It shall bruise 
 thy head, and thou shalt 
 bruise his heel. Gen. iii. 
 15. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 Even the captives of the 
 
 mighty shall be taken awav, 
 and the prey of the terrible 
 shall be delivered. Isa. 
 xlix. 25. 
 
 For this purpose the 
 Son of God was manifest- 
 ed, that he might destroy 
 the works of the devil. 
 1 John iii. 8. 
 
 c 2 
 
58 OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH, &c. 
 
 XVIIJ. 
 
 Of spiritual Strength and Courage. 
 
 I WILL strengthen them 
 in the Lord, and they shall 
 walk up and down in his 
 name, saith the Lord. 
 Zech. X. 12. 
 
 In that day, the Lord 
 shall defend the inhabi- 
 
 tants of Jerusalem ; and 
 he that is feeble among 
 them at that day, shall be 
 as David ; and the house 
 of David shall be as God, 
 as the angel of the Lord 
 before them. Zech. xii. 8. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Of the Means o/'Grace. 
 
 Though the Lord give 
 you the bread of adversity 
 and the water of affliction ; 
 yet shall not thy teachers 
 be removed into a corner 
 any more, but thine eyes 
 shall see thy teachers, 
 Isa. XXX. 20. 
 
 I will open rivers in high 
 places, and fountains in 
 the midst of the valleys ; 
 I will make the wilderness 
 a pool of water, and the 
 dry land springs of water. 
 Isa. xli. 18. 
 
 They shall feed in the 
 ways, and their pastures 
 shall be in all high places. 
 Isa. xlix. 9. . 
 
 I will give you pastors 
 according to mine heart, 
 which shall feed you with 
 knowledge and under- 
 standing. Jer. iii. 15. 
 
 Their soul shall be like 
 a watered garden. Jer. 
 xxxi. 12. 
 
 And I will satiate the 
 soul of the priests with 
 fatness, and my people 
 shall be satisfied with my 
 goodness, saith the Lord 
 God. Ver. 14. 
 
 I will feed my flock, 
 and I will cause them to 
 lie down, saith the Lord 
 God. Ezek. xxxiv. 15. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Of spiritual Fruitfulness, 
 
 I WILL be as the dew 
 unto Israel : he shall grow 
 
 as the lily, and cast forlli 
 his roots as Lebanon. 
 
OF DIVINE TEACHING. 
 
 59 
 
 Hos. xiv. 5. tree ; from me is thy fruit 
 
 I am like a green fir- found. Ver. 8. 
 
 XXI. 
 
 Of Divine Teaching and Guidance. 
 
 He led him about, he 
 instructed him, he kept 
 him as the apple of his eye. 
 Deut. xxxii. 10. 
 
 Good and upright is the 
 Lord; therefore will he 
 teach sinners in the way. 
 Psal. XXV. 8. 
 
 I will instruct thee, and 
 teach thee in the way which 
 thou shalt go ; I will guide 
 thee with mine eye. Psal. 
 xxxii. 8. 
 
 Thine ears shall hear a 
 word "behind thee, saying, 
 This is the way, walk ye 
 in it, when ye turn to the 
 right hand and when ye 
 
 turn to the left. Isa. xxx. 
 21. 
 
 The heart of the rash 
 shall understand know- 
 ledge, and the tongue of 
 the stammerers, shall be 
 ready to speak plainly. 
 Isa. xxxii. 4. 
 
 I am the Lord thy God 
 which teacheth thee to 
 profit, which leadeth thee 
 by the way that thou 
 shouldst go. Isa. xlviii. 17. 
 
 He that hath mercy on 
 them shall lead them ; 
 even by the springs of wa- 
 ter shall he guide them. 
 Isa. xlix. 10. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 0/" SANCTIFIED AFFLICTIONS. 
 
 As a man chasteneth 
 his son, so the Lord thy 
 God chasteneth thee. 
 Deut. viii. 5. 
 
 Happy is the man whom 
 God correcteth ; tiierefore 
 despise not thou the chas- 
 tening of the Almighty. 
 Job V. 17. 
 
 For he maketh sore, and 
 bindeth up : he woundeth, 
 
 and his hands make whole. 
 Ver. 18. 
 
 I will turn my hand up- 
 on thee, and purely purge 
 away thy dross, and take 
 away all thy tin, Isa. i. 25. 
 
 Many shall be purified, 
 and made white and tried. 
 Uan. xii. 10. 
 
 I will bring the third 
 part through the fire, and 
 
60 
 
 OF MEEKNESS. 
 
 will refine them 
 is refined, and 
 them as gold 
 Zech. xiii. 9. 
 
 as silver As many as I love I re- 
 will try buke and chasten. Rev. 
 is tried, iii. 19. 
 
 XXITI. 
 
 0/" Meekness. 
 
 The wolf also shall 
 dwell with the lamb, and 
 the leopard shall lie down 
 with the kid ; and the calf, 
 and the young lion, and 
 the falling together ; and 
 a little child shall lead 
 them. Isa. xi. 6. 
 
 The cow and the bear 
 shall feed, and their young 
 ones shall lie down toge- 
 ther ; and the lion shall 
 eat straw like the ox. 
 Ver. 7. 
 
 And the sucking child 
 shall play upon the hole of 
 the asp, and the weaned 
 child shall put his hand on 
 the cockatrice-den. Ver. 
 8. 
 
 They shall not hurt nor 
 destroy in all my holy 
 mountain ; for the earth 
 shall be full of the know- 
 ledge of the Lord, as the 
 waters cover the sea. Ver. 
 9. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Q/'Grace to the Children of Believers. 
 
 I WILL establish my co- 
 venant between me and 
 thee, and thy seed after 
 thee, in their generations, 
 for an everlasting cove- 
 nant, to be a God unto 
 thee, and to thy seed after 
 thee. Gen. xvii. 7. 
 
 I will pour my Spirit 
 upon thy seed, and my 
 blessing upon thine off- 
 spring. Isa. xliv. 3. 
 
 And they shall spring 
 
 up as among the grass, as 
 willows by the water- 
 courses. Ver. 4. 
 
 All thy children shall be 
 taught of the Lord, and 
 great shall be the peace of 
 thy children. Isa. liv. 13. 
 
 For the promise is unto 
 you, and to your children, 
 and to all that are afar off, 
 even as many as the Lord 
 our God shall call. Acts 
 ii. 39. 
 
OF THE LOVE OF GOD. 61 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Of the Love of God. 
 
 He will love thee, and Rom. ix. 25. 
 bless thee, and multiply Herein is love, not that 
 
 thee. Deut. vii. 1 3. vve loved God, but that h« 
 
 I will call her Beloved, loved us. 1 John iv. 10. 
 which was not beloved. 
 
 XXVL 
 
 Of his Mercy. 
 
 Therefore will the for my praise will I refrain 
 
 Lord wait, that he maybe for thse, that I cut thee 
 
 "racious unto you ; and not off. Isa. xlviii. 9- 
 Therefore will he be ex- 1 will sow her unto me 
 
 alted, that he may have in the earth, and I will 
 
 mercy upon you. Isa.xxx. have mercy upon her that 
 
 J 3^ had not obtained mercy. 
 
 For my name's sake will Hos. ii. 23. 
 I defer mine anger, and 
 
 XXVIL 
 
 Of his Help. 
 
 O Israel, thou hast me is thine help. Hos. 
 destroyed thyself; but in xiii. 9. 
 
 XXVHL 
 
 (yC^mi's Intercession. 
 
 He made intercession thou not have mercy on 
 
 for the transgressors. Isa. Jerusalem, and on the ci- 
 
 Ijjj^ 12. ties of Judah, against 
 
 The' Angel of the Lord which thou hast had in- 
 
 answered and said, O Lord dignation, these threescore 
 
 of hosts, how long wilt and ten years. Zech. i. 12. 
 
63 
 
 OF ETERNAL LIFE. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 (^Eternal Life. 
 
 Th e gift of God is eter- 
 nal life, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Rom. 
 vi. 23. 
 
 In hope of eternal life, 
 which God that cannot 
 
 lie, promised before the 
 world began. Tit. i. 2. 
 
 This is the promise that 
 he hath promised us, even 
 eternal life. 1 John ii. 25. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE CONVERSION AND RE- 
 STORATION OF THE JEWS, ESPECIALLY IN THE 
 LATTER DAYS. 
 
 He shall set up an en- 
 sign for the nations, and 
 shall assemble the outcasts 
 of Israel, and gather toge- 
 ther the dispersed of Ju- 
 dah, from the four corners 
 of the earth. Isa. xi. 12, 
 
 They shall serve the 
 Lord their God, and Da- 
 vid their king, whom I will 
 raise up unto them. Jer. 
 XXX. 9. 
 
 Therefore fear thou not, 
 O my servant Jacob, saith 
 the Lord, neither be thou 
 dismayed ; for lo, I will 
 save thee from afar, and 
 thy seed from the land of 
 their captivity ; and Jacob 
 shall return, and shall be 
 
 in rest and quiet, and none 
 shall make him afraid. 
 Ver. 10. 
 
 At the same time, saith 
 the Lord, will I be the 
 (iod of all the families of 
 Israel, and they shall be 
 my people. Jer. xxxi. 1. 
 
 Again I will build thee, 
 and thou shalt be built, O 
 virgin of Israel ; thou shalt 
 again be adorned with thy 
 tabrets, and shalt go forth 
 in the dances of them that 
 make merry. Ver. 4. 
 
 He that scattered Israel 
 will gather him, and keep 
 him, as a shepherd doth 
 his flock. Ver. 10. 
 
 There is hope in thine 
 
OF THE CONVERSION, &c. 
 
 63 
 
 end, saith the Lord, that 
 thy children shall come 
 again to their own border. 
 Ver. 17. 
 
 Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that I will 
 make a new covenant with 
 the house of Israel, and 
 with the house of Judah ; 
 Ver. 31. 
 
 Not according to the 
 covenant that I made with 
 their fathers, &c. Ver. 32. 
 
 But this shall be the co- 
 venant that I will make 
 with the house of Israel, 
 after those days, saith the 
 Lord, I will put my law in 
 their inward parts, and 
 write it in their hearts ; 
 and I will be their God, 
 and they shall be my peo- 
 ple. Ver. 3S. 
 
 Yea, I will rejoice over 
 them to do them good, 
 and I will plant them in 
 this land assuredly, with 
 my whole lieart and with 
 ray whole soul. Jer. xxxii. 
 4J. 
 
 And I will cause the 
 captivity of Judah, and the 
 captivity of Israel to re- 
 turn, and I will build them 
 as at the first. Jer. xxxiii. 
 7. 
 
 And I will cleanse them 
 from all their iniquity, 
 virhereby they have sin- 
 ned against me, &c. Ver. 
 
 And it shall be to me a 
 name of joy, a praise and 
 an honour, before all the 
 nations of the earth, which 
 shall hear all the good 
 that I do unto them, &c. 
 Ver. 9. 
 
 In those days, and at 
 that time, will I cause the 
 Branch of righteousness to 
 grow up unto David, and 
 he shall execute judgment 
 and righteousness in the 
 land. Ver. 15. 
 
 In those days shall Ju- 
 dah be saved, and Israel 
 shall dwell safely ; and this 
 is he that shall call her. 
 The Lord our Righteous- 
 ness. Ver. 16. 
 
 Considerest thou not 
 what this people have 
 spoken, saying, The two 
 families which the Lord 
 hath chosen, he will even 
 cast them off? &c. Ver. 
 24.. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, If 
 my covenant be not with 
 day and night, and if I 
 have not appointed the 
 ordinances of heaven and 
 earth ; Ver. 25. 
 
 Then will I cast away 
 the seed of Jacob, and Da- 
 vid my servant, so that I 
 will not take any of his 
 seed to be rulers over the 
 seed of Abraham, Isaac, 
 and Jacob: for I will 
 cause their captivity to 
 
64 
 
 OF THE CONVERSION 
 
 return, and have mercy on 
 them. Ver. 26. 
 
 Thou shalt remember 
 thy ways and be ashamed, 
 when thou shalt receive 
 thy sisters, thine elder and 
 thy younger, (Sodom and 
 Samaria ;) and I will give 
 them unto thee for daugh- 
 ters, but not by thy cove- 
 nant. I'zek. xvi. 61. 
 
 I will bring you out 
 from the people, and I will 
 gather you out of the coun- 
 tries wherein ye are scat- 
 tered, with a mighty hand. 
 Ezek. XX. S4: 
 
 And I will bring you 
 into the wilderness of the 
 people, and there will I 
 plead with you face to face. 
 Ver. 35. 
 
 And I will cause you to 
 pass under the rod, and I 
 will bring you into the 
 bond of the covenant. 
 Ver. 37. 
 
 In my holy mountain, 
 in the mountain of the 
 height of Israel, saith the 
 Lord God, there shall all 
 the house of Israel, all of 
 them in the land, serve 
 me : there will I accept 
 them, and there will i re- 
 quire your offerings, and 
 the first fruits of your ob- 
 lations, with all your holy 
 things. Ver. 40. 
 
 And I will set up one 
 Shepherd over them, and 
 
 he shall feed them, even 
 my servant David; he shall 
 feed them, and he shall 
 be their Shepherd. Ezek. 
 xxxiv. 23. 
 
 And I the Lord will be 
 their God, and my servant 
 David a Prince among 
 them ; I the Lord have 
 spoken it. Ver. 24. 
 
 And they shall no more 
 be a prey to the heathen, 
 neither shall the beasts of 
 the land devour them ; but 
 they shall dwell safely, and 
 none shall make them a- 
 fraid. Ver. 28. 
 
 I will multiply upon 
 you, (the mountains of Is- 
 rael,) man and beast; and 
 they shall increase and 
 bring fruit : and I will set- 
 tle you after your old e- 
 states, and will do better 
 unto you than at your be- 
 ginnings ; and ye shall 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 Ezek. XXXV!. 11. 
 
 I will take you from a- 
 mong the heathen, and ga- 
 ther you out of all coun- 
 tries, and will bring you 
 into your own land. Ver. 24. 
 
 Then will I sprinkle 
 clean water upon you, and 
 ye shall be clean : from 
 all your filthiness, and from 
 all your idols, will I cleanse 
 you. Ver. 25. 
 
 A new heart also will I 
 give you, &c. Ver. 26. 
 
OF THE JEWS. 
 
 65 
 
 In the day that I shall 
 have cleansed you from all 
 your iniquities, I will also 
 cause you to dwell in the 
 cities, and the wastes shall 
 be builded. Ver. 33. 
 
 And they shall dwell in 
 the land that I have given 
 unto Jacob my servant, 
 wherein your fathers have 
 dwelt; and they shall dwell 
 therein, even they, and 
 their children, and their 
 children's children, for e- 
 ver ; and my servant Da- 
 vid shall be their prince for 
 ever. Ezek. xxxvii. 25. 
 
 And it shall come to 
 pass, that in the place 
 where it was said unto 
 them, Ye are not my peo- 
 ple, there it shall be said 
 unto them. Ye are the sons 
 of the living God. Hos. i. 
 10. 
 
 Then shall the children 
 ofJudah, and the children 
 of Israel, be gathered to- 
 gether, and appoint them- 
 selves one head, and they 
 shall come up out of the 
 land ; for great shall be the 
 day of Jezreel. Ver. 11. 
 
 Behold, I will allure her, 
 and bring her into the wil- 
 derness, and speak com- 
 fortably unto her. Hos. 
 ii. U. 
 
 And I will give her her 
 vineyards from thence, and 
 the valley of Achor for a 
 
 door of hope ; and she 
 shall sing there, as in the 
 days of her youth, and as 
 in the day when she came 
 up out of the land of E- 
 gypt. Vtr. 15. 
 
 And I will betroth thee 
 unto me for ever, &c. Ver. 
 1 9. See from ver. 1 Qth 
 to the end of the chapter. 
 
 The children of Israel 
 shall abide many days 
 without a king, and with- 
 out a prince, and without 
 a sacrifice, and without an 
 image, and without an e- 
 phod, and without tera- 
 phim. Hos. iii. 4. 
 
 Afterward shall the chil- 
 dren of Israel return, and 
 seek the Lord their God, 
 and David their king ; and 
 shall fear the Lord and his 
 goodness in the latter days. 
 Ver. 5. 
 
 Behold, in those days, 
 and in that time, when I 
 shall bring again the cap- 
 tivity of Judah and Jeru- 
 salem ; I will also gather 
 all nations, and will bring 
 them down into the val- 
 ley of Jehoshaphat, and will 
 plead with them there for 
 my people, and for my 
 heritage Israel, whom they 
 have scattered among the 
 nations. Joel iii. 1, 2. 
 
 So shall ye know that 
 I am the Lord your God 
 dwelling in Zion, my holy 
 
OF THE CONVERSION 
 
 mountain; then shall Je- 
 rusalem be holy, and there 
 shall no strangers pass 
 through her any more. 
 Ver. 17. 
 
 Judah sliall dwell for 
 ever, and Jerusalem from 
 g^eneration to generation. 
 Ver. 20. 
 
 I will bring again the 
 captivity of my people of 
 Israel, and they shall build 
 the waste cities, and in- 
 habit them ; and they 
 shall plant vineyards, and 
 drink the wine thereof: 
 they shall also make gar- 
 dens and eat the fruit 
 of them. Amos ix. 14<. 
 
 And I will plant thera 
 upon their land, and they 
 shall no more be pulled 
 up out of their land which 
 I have given them, saith 
 the Lord thy God. Ver. 15. 
 Upon mount Zion shall 
 be deliverance, and there 
 shall be holiness ; and the 
 house of Jacob shall pos- 
 sess their possessions. — 
 Obad. ver. 17. 
 
 And saviours shall come 
 up on mount Zion, to 
 judge the mount of Esau ; 
 and the kingdom shall be 
 the Lord's. Ver. 2L 
 
 I will surely assemble, 
 O Jacob, all of thee ; I 
 will surely gather the rem- 
 nant of Israel ; I will put 
 them together as the sheep 
 
 of Bozrah, as the flock in 
 the midst of their fold : 
 they shall make great 
 noise, by reason of the 
 multitude of men. Mic. 
 ii. 12. 
 
 The breaker is come up 
 before them : they have 
 broken up, and have pass- 
 ed through the gate, and 
 are gone out by it ; and 
 their king shall pass be- 
 fore thera, and the Lord 
 on the head of thera. Ver. 
 13. 
 
 The remnant of Jacob 
 shall be in the midst of 
 many people, as a dew 
 from the Lord, as the 
 showers upon the grass, 
 that tarrieth not for man, 
 nor waiteth for the sons of 
 men. Mic. v. 7. 
 
 Thy graven images also 
 will 1 cut off, and thy 
 standing images, out of 
 the midst of thee ; and 
 thou shall no more wor- 
 ship the work of thine 
 hands. Ver. 13. 
 
 The remnant of Israel 
 shall not do iniquity, nor 
 speak lies ; neither shall a 
 deceitful tongue be found 
 in their mouth. Zeph. iii. 
 13. 
 
 At that time will I bring 
 you again, even in the 
 time that 1 gather you ; 
 for I will make you a 
 name and a praise among 
 
OF THE JEWS. 
 
 67 
 
 all people of the earth, 
 when 1 turn back your 
 captivity before your eyes, 
 saith the Lord. Ver. 20. 
 
 Sing and rejoice, O 
 daughter of Zion ; for lo, 
 I come, and I will dwell 
 in the midst of thee, saith 
 the Lord. Zech. ii. 10. 
 
 And the Lord shall in- 
 lierit Judah his portion in 
 the holy land, and shall 
 choose Jerusalem again. 
 Ver. 12. 
 
 I will strengthen the 
 house of Judah, and I will 
 save the house of Joseph, 
 and I will bring them a- 
 gain to place them: for I 
 have mercy upon them, 
 and they shall be as though 
 I had not cast them off; 
 for I am the Lord their 
 God, and will hear them. 
 Zech. X. 6. 
 
 I will hiss for them,'and 
 gather them ; for 1 have 
 redeemed them : and they 
 shall increase as they have 
 increased. Ver. 8. 
 
 And I will sow them a- 
 mong the people ; and 
 they shall remember me 
 in far countries ; and they 
 shall live with their child- 
 ren, and turn again. Ver. 
 9. 
 
 In that day, will I make 
 the governors of Judah 
 like an hearth of fire a- 
 
 mong the wood, and like 
 a torch of fire in a sheaf; 
 and they shall devour all 
 the people round about, 
 on the right hand and on 
 the left ; and Jerusalem 
 shall be inhabited again in 
 her own place, even in 
 Jerusalem. Zech. xii. 6. 
 
 And I will pour upon 
 the house of David, and 
 upon the inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem, the spirit of 
 grace and of supplication ; 
 and they shall look upon 
 me whom they have pier- 
 ced, and they shall mourn 
 for him, &c. Ver. 10. 
 
 And men shall dwell in 
 it, and there shall be no 
 more utter destruction ; 
 but Jerusalem shall be 
 safely inhabited. Zech. 
 xiv. 11. 
 
 Jerusalem shall be trod- 
 den down of the Gentiles, 
 until the times of the 
 Gentiles be fulfilled. Luke 
 xxi. 24. 
 
 Even unto this day, 
 when Moses is read, the 
 vail is upon their heart. 
 2 Cor. iii. 15. 
 
 Nevertheless, when it 
 shall turn to the Lord, the 
 vail shall be taken away. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 If the fall of them be 
 the riches of the world, 
 and the diminishing of 
 
68 
 
 OF THE CONVERSION 
 
 them the riches of the 
 Gentiles, how much more 
 their fulness ? Kom. xi. 12. 
 
 For if the casting away 
 of them, be the reconcil- 
 ing of the world, what shall 
 the receiving of thera be, 
 but life from the dead ? 
 Ver. 15. 
 
 How much more shall 
 tliese which be the natu- 
 ral branches, be grafted 
 into their own olive-tree ? 
 Ver. 24. 
 
 I would not, brethren, 
 that ye should be ignorant 
 of this mystery, (lest ye 
 should be wise in your 
 own conceits,) that blind- 
 ness in part is happened 
 
 to Israel, until the fulness 
 of the Gentiles be come 
 in. Ver. 25. 
 
 And so all Israel shall 
 be saved ; as it is written, 
 There shall come out of 
 Zion the Deliverer, and 
 shall turn away ungodli- 
 ness from Jacob, Ver. 26. 
 
 As concerning the gos- 
 pel, they are enemies for 
 your sakes : but as touch- 
 ing the election, they are 
 beloved for the fathers' 
 sakes. Ver. 28. 
 
 God hath concluded 
 them all in unbelief, that 
 he might have mercy upon 
 all. Ver. 32. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE CONVERSION OF THE 
 GENTILES THROtJGHOUT THE WORLD. 
 
 God shall enlarge Ja- 
 pheth, and he shall dwell 
 in the tents of Shem. 
 Gen. ix. 27. 
 
 As soon as they hear of 
 rae they shall obey me. 
 Psal. xviii. ^i. 
 
 All the ends of the 
 world, shall remember and 
 turn unto the Lord ; and 
 all the kindreds of the 
 nations, shall worship be- 
 fore thee. Psal. xxii. 27. 
 
 For the kingdom is the 
 Lord's, and he is the Go- 
 vernor among the nations. 
 Ver. 28. 
 
 God shall bless us ; and 
 all the ends of the earth 
 shall fear him. Psal Ixvii. 
 7. 
 
 Princes shall come out 
 of Egypt; Ethiopia shall 
 soon stretch out her hands 
 unto God. Psal. Ixviii. 31. 
 
 Pie shall have dominion 
 
OF THE GENTILES. 
 
 69 
 
 from sea to sea, and from 
 the river unto the ends of 
 the earth. Psal. Ixxii. 8. 
 
 Yea, all kings shall fall 
 down before him ; all na- 
 tions shall serve hira. Ver. 
 11. 
 
 Men shall be blessed in 
 him : all nations shall call 
 him blessed. Ver. 17. 
 
 All nations whom thou 
 hast made, shall come and 
 vporship before thee, O 
 Lord ; and shall glorify 
 thy name. Psal. Ixxxvi. 9. 
 
 The heathen shall fear 
 the name of the Lord, and 
 all the kings of the earth 
 thy glory. Psal. cii. 15. 
 
 And it shall come to 
 pass in the last days, that 
 the mountain of the Lord's 
 house shall be established 
 in the top of the moun- 
 tains, and shall be exalted 
 above the hills ; and all 
 nations shall flov/ unto it. 
 Isa. ii. 2. 
 
 And many people shall 
 go and say, Come ye, and 
 let us go up to the moun- 
 tain of the Lord, to the 
 house of the God of Ja- 
 cob ; and he will teach us 
 of his ways, and we will 
 walk in his paths : for out 
 «rf Zion shall go forth the 
 law, and the word of the 
 Lord from Jerusalem. Ver. 
 3. 
 
 In that Jay there shall 
 
 be a root of Jesse, which 
 shall stand for an ensign 
 of the people ; to it shall 
 the Gentiles seek : and his 
 rest shall be glorious. Isa. 
 xi. 10. 
 
 The Lord shall be known 
 to Egypt, and the Egyp- 
 tians shall know the Lord 
 in that day, and shall do 
 sacrifice and oblation ; yea, 
 they shall vow a vow unto 
 the Lord, and perform it. 
 Isa. xix. 21. 
 
 In that day shall Israel 
 be the third with Egypt, 
 and with iVssyria, even a 
 blessing in the midst of 
 the land ; Ver. 24-. 
 
 Whom the Lord of hosts 
 shall bless, saying. Blessed 
 be Egypt my people, and 
 Assyria the work of my 
 hands, and Israel mine in- 
 heritance. Ver. 25. 
 
 Her (Tyre's)merchandise 
 and her hire shall be holi- 
 ness to the Lord : it shall 
 not be treasured nor laid 
 up ; for her merchandise 
 shall be for them that dwell 
 before the Lord, to eat 
 sufficiently, and for dur- 
 able clothing. Isa. xxiii. 
 18. 
 
 The voice of him that 
 crieth in the wilderness, 
 prepare ye the way of the 
 Lord, make straight in the 
 desert a highway for our 
 God. Isa. xl. 3. 
 
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 Every valley shall be 
 exalted, and every moun- 
 tain and hill shall be made 
 low ; and the crooked shall 
 be made straight, and the 
 rough places plain. Ver. 
 4. 
 
 And the glory of the 
 Lord shall be revealed, 
 and all flesh shall see it 
 together ; for the mouth 
 of the Lord hath spoken 
 it. Ver. 5. 
 
 Behold my Servant 
 whom I uphold ; mine 
 elect, in whom my soul 
 delighteth : I have put my 
 spirit upon him ; he shall 
 bring forth judgment to 
 the Gentiles. Isa. xlii. 1. 
 
 He shall not fail, nor 
 be discouraged, till he 
 have set judgment in the 
 earth ; and the isles shall 
 wait for his law. Ver. 4'. 
 
 I the Lord have called 
 thee in righteousness, and 
 will hold thine hand, and 
 will keep thee, and give 
 thee for a covenant of the 
 people, for a light of the 
 Gentiles ; Ver. 6. 
 
 To open the blind eyes, 
 to bring out the prisoners 
 from the prison, and them 
 that sit in darkness, out 
 of the prison-house. Ver. 
 7. 
 
 I have sworn by myself, 
 the word is gone out of 
 my mouth in righteousness, 
 
 and shall not return, That 
 unto me every knee shall 
 bow, every tongue shall 
 swear. Isa. xlv, 23. 
 
 Surely, shall one say. 
 In the Lord have I right- 
 eousness and strength : 
 even to him shall men 
 come ; and all that are 
 incensed against him shall 
 be ashamed. Ver. 24. 
 
 And he said, It is a light 
 thing that thou shouldst 
 be my servant, to raise up 
 the tribes of Jacob, and to 
 restore the preserved of 
 Israel ; I will also give thee 
 for a light to the Gen- 
 tiles, that thon mayest be 
 my salvation unto the end 
 of the earth. Isa. xlix. 6. 
 
 Behold, these shall come 
 from far ; and lo, these 
 from the north and the 
 west ; and these from the 
 land of Sinim. Ver. 12. 
 
 Lift up thine eyes round 
 about, and behold : all 
 these gather themselves 
 together and come to thee. 
 As I live, saith the Lord, 
 thou shalt surely clothe 
 thee with them all, as with 
 an ornament, and bind 
 them on thee as a bride 
 doeth. Ver. 18. 
 
 The children which thou 
 shalt have, after thou hast 
 lost the other, shall say 
 again in thine ears, The 
 place is too strait for me : 
 
OF THE GENTILES. 
 
 71 
 
 give place to me that I 
 may dwell. Ver. 20. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord 
 God, Behold, I will lift up 
 mine hand to the Gentiles, 
 and set up my standard 
 to the people ; and they 
 shall bring thysons in their 
 arms, and thy daughters 
 shall be carried upon their 
 shoulders. Ver. 22. 
 
 My righteousness is 
 near, my salvation is gone 
 forth, and mine arms shall 
 judge the people : the 
 isles shall wait upon me, 
 and on mine arm shall 
 they trust. Isa. li. .5. 
 
 The Lord hath made 
 bare his holy arm in the 
 eyes of all the nations ; and 
 all the ends of the earth 
 shall see the salvation of 
 our God. Isa. lii. 10. 
 
 So shall he sprinkle 
 many nations. Ver. 15. 
 
 W^hen thou shalt make 
 his soul an offering for sin, 
 he shall see his seed, he 
 shall prolong his days, and 
 the pleasure of the Lord 
 shall prosper in his hand. 
 Isa. liii. 10. 
 
 He shall see of the tra- 
 vail of his soul, and shall 
 be satisfied : by his know- 
 ledge shall my righteous 
 servant justify many; for 
 he shall bear their iniqui- 
 ties. Ver. 11. 
 
 Sing, O barren, thou 
 
 that didst not bear ; break 
 forth into singing, and cry 
 aloud, thou that didst not 
 travail with child ; for 
 more are the children of 
 the desolate, than the chil- 
 dren of the married wife, 
 saith the Lord. Isa. liv. 
 1. 
 
 Enlarge the place of 
 thy tent, and let them 
 stretch forth the curtains 
 of thine habitations : spare 
 not, lengthen thy cords, 
 and strengthen thy stakes. 
 Ver. 2. 
 
 For thou shalt break 
 forth on the right hand, 
 and on the left ; and thy 
 seed shall inherit the Gen- 
 tiles, and make the deso- 
 late cities to be inhabited. 
 Ver. 3. 
 
 Behold, thou shalt call 
 a nation that thou knowest 
 not, and nations that knew 
 not thee shall run unto 
 thee, because of the Lord 
 thy God, and for the holy 
 One of Israel ; for he hath 
 glorified thee. Isa. Iv. 5. 
 So shall they fear the 
 name of the Lord from the 
 west, and his glory from 
 the rising of the sun ; 
 when the enemy shall 
 come in like a flood, the 
 Spirit of the Lord shall 
 life up a, standard against 
 him. Isa.|;iix. 19. 
 
 The Gentiles shall corae 
 
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 to thy light, and kings to 
 the brightness of thy ris- 
 ing. Isa. Ix. 3. 
 
 Who are these that fly 
 as a cloud, and as the 
 doves to their windows ? 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 Surely the isles shall 
 wait for me, and the ships 
 of Tarshish first, to bring 
 thy sons from far, their 
 silver and their gold with 
 them, unto the name of 
 the Lord thy God, and to 
 the holy One of Israel, be- 
 cause he hath glorified 
 thee. Ver. 9. 
 
 Who hath heard such a 
 thing ? who hath seen 
 such things ? Shall the 
 earth be made to bring 
 forth in one day? or shall 
 a nation be born at once ? 
 for as soon as Zion travail- 
 ed, she brought forth her 
 children. Jsa. Ixvi. 8. 
 
 It shall come, that I will 
 gather all nations and 
 tongues ; and they shall 
 come and see my glory. 
 Ver. 18. 
 
 And I will set a sign 
 among them, and I will 
 send those that escape of 
 them, unto the nations, to 
 Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, 
 that draw the bow, to Tu- 
 bal, and Javan, to the isles 
 afar off, that have not 
 heard my fame, neither 
 have seen my glory; and 
 
 they shall declare my glo- 
 ry among the Gentiles. 
 Ver. 19. 
 
 And it shall come to 
 pass, that from one new 
 moon to another, and from 
 one Sabbath to another, 
 shall all flesh come to wor- 
 ship before me, saith the 
 Lord. Ver. 23. 
 
 I savv in the night vi- 
 sions, and, behold, one 
 like the Son of man came 
 with the clouds of heaven, 
 and came to the Ancient 
 of days, and they brought 
 him near before him. Dan. 
 vii. 13. 
 
 And there was given 
 him dominion, and glory, 
 and a kingdom, that all 
 people, nations, and lan- 
 guages, should serve him. 
 Ver. 14. 
 
 And the kingdom and 
 dominion, and the great- 
 ness of the kingdom under 
 the whole heaven, shall be 
 given to the people of the 
 saints of the most High ; 
 whose kingdom is an ever- 
 lasting kingdom, and all 
 dominions shall serve and 
 obey him. Ver. 27. 
 
 In the last days, it shall 
 come to pass, that the 
 mountain of the house of 
 the Lord, shall be esta- 
 blished in the top of the 
 mountains, and it shall be 
 exalted above the hills. 
 
OF THE GENTILES. 
 
 73 
 
 and people shall flow unto 
 it. Mic. iv. 1. 
 
 And many nations shall 
 come and say, Come, and 
 let us go up to the moun- 
 tain of the Lord, and to 
 the house of the God of 
 Jacob, and he will teach 
 us of his ways, and we will 
 walk in his paths ; for the 
 law shall go forth of Zion, 
 and the word of the Lord 
 from Jerusalem. Ver. 2. 
 
 Many nations shall be 
 joined to the Lord in that 
 day, and shall be my peo- 
 ple ; and I will dwell in 
 the midst of thee ; and 
 thou shall know that the 
 Lord of hosts hath sent me 
 unto thee. Zech. ii. IL 
 
 They that are far off, 
 shall come and build in 
 the temple of the Lord. 
 Zech. vi. 15. 
 
 And the inhabitants of 
 one city shall go to an- 
 other, saying, Let us go 
 speedily to pray before 
 the Lord, and to seek the 
 Lord of hosts : I will go 
 also. Zech. viii. 2L 
 
 Yea, many people, and 
 strong nations, shall come 
 to seek the Lord of hosts 
 in Jerusalem, and to pray 
 before the Lord. Ver. 22. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, In those days it shall 
 come to pass, that ten men 
 shall take hold, out of all 
 
 languages of the nations, 
 even shall take hold of the 
 skirt of him that is a Jew, 
 saying, We will go with 
 you; for we have heard 
 that God is with you. Ver. 
 23. 
 
 From the rising of the 
 sun, even unto the going 
 down of the same, ray 
 name shall be great among 
 the Gentiles ; and in every 
 place incense shall be of- 
 fered unto my name, and 
 a pure offering : for my 
 name shall be great among 
 the heathen, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. Mai. i. H. 
 
 I say unto you. That 
 many shall come from the 
 east and west, and shall 
 sit down with Abraham, 
 and Isaac, and Jacob, in 
 the kingdom of heaven. 
 Matth. viii. 11. 
 
 This gospel of the king- 
 dom, shall be preached in 
 all the world, for a wit- 
 ness unto all nations, and 
 then shall the end come. 
 Matth. xxiv. 14. 
 
 Other sheep I have, 
 which are not of this fold: 
 them also I must bring, 
 and they shall hear my 
 voice. John x. 16. 
 
 And I, if I be lifted up 
 from the earth, will draw 
 all men unto me. John 
 xii. 32. 
 
 The seventh angel 
 
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 sounded ; and there were 
 great voices in heaven, 
 saying, The kingdoms of 
 this world, are become the 
 kingdoms of our Lord and 
 of his Christ ; and he shall 
 reign for ever and ever. 
 Rev. xi. 15. 
 
 The nations of them 
 which are saved, shall 
 walk in the light of it ; 
 and the kings of the earth 
 do bring their glory and 
 honour into it. Rev. xxi. 
 24". 
 
I ^^5 ] 
 PART II. 
 
 COXTAINING RESTRICTED OR DEFINITE PROMISES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 DEFINITE PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL. BLESSINGS TO 
 BELIEVERS, IN THIS WORLD. 
 
 SECT. I. 
 
 Of General Promises to Believers. 
 
 All the paths of the 
 Lord are mercy and truth, 
 unto such as keep his co- 
 venant and his testimonies. 
 Psal. XXV. 10. 
 
 The secret of the Lord 
 is with them that fear him, 
 and he will show them his 
 covenant. Ver. 14. 
 
 As many as walk ac- 
 cording to this rule, peace 
 be on them and mercy, 
 and upon the Israel of 
 God. Gal. vi. 16. 
 
 -Blessed be the God and 
 Father of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, who hath blessed 
 us with all spiritual bless- 
 ings in heavenly places in 
 Christ. Eph. i. 3. 
 
 According as he hath 
 chosen us in Hira, before 
 
 the foundation of the 
 world, that we should be 
 holy, and without blame 
 before him in love. Ver. 4. 
 
 According to the riches 
 of his grace, wherein he 
 hath abounded toward us 
 in all wisdom and pru- 
 dence. Ver. 7, 8. 
 
 According as his Divine 
 power hath given us all 
 things that pertain unto 
 life and godliness, through 
 the knowledge of him that 
 hath called us to glory and 
 virtue. 2 Pet. i. 3. 
 
 Whereby are given unto 
 us exceeding great and 
 precious promises ; that by 
 these ye might be partak- 
 ers of a Divine nature. 
 Ver. 4. 
 
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 OF PARDON OF SIN. 
 
 II. 
 
 Of Pardon and of Acceptance as righteous in the 
 sight of God. 
 
 PARDON OF SIN. 
 
 Kelping mercy for 
 thousands, forgiving ini- 
 quity, and transgression, 
 and sin. Exod. xxxiv. 7. 
 
 Blessed is he whose 
 transgression is forgiven, 
 whose sin is covered. 
 Psal. xxxii. 1. 
 
 Blessed is the man unto 
 whom the Lord imputeth 
 not iniquity, and in whose 
 spirit there is no guile. 
 Ver. 2. 
 
 As for our transgres- 
 sions, thou shalt purge 
 them away. Psal. Ixv. 3. 
 He forgiveth all thine ini- 
 quities ; he healeth all 
 thy diseases. Psal. ciii. 3. 
 
 He hath not dealt with 
 us after our sins, nor re- 
 warded us according to 
 our iniquities. Ver. 10. 
 
 As the heaven is high 
 above the earth, so great 
 is his mercy toward them 
 that fear him. Ver. 11. 
 
 As far as the east is 
 from the west, so far hath 
 he removed our transgres- 
 sions from us. Ver. 12. 
 
 He shall redeem Israel 
 from all his iniquities. 
 Psal. cxxx. 8. 
 
 The inhabitant shall 
 
 not say, I am sick : the 
 people that dwell therein, 
 shall be forgiven their in- 
 iquity. Isa. xxxiii. 24. 
 
 All we like sheep have 
 gone astray, we have turn- 
 ed every one to his own 
 way ; and the Lord hath 
 laid on Him the iniquity 
 of us all. Isa. liii. 6. 
 
 Return, thou backslid- 
 ing Israel, saith the Lord, 
 and I will not cause mine 
 anger to fall upon you. 
 Jer. iii. 12. 
 
 Return, ye backsliding 
 children, and I will heal 
 your backslidings. Ver. 
 22. 
 
 None of his sins that 
 he hath committed, shall 
 be mentioned unto him. 
 Ezek. xxxiii. 16. 
 
 My heart is turned 
 within me, my repentings 
 are kindled together. Hos. 
 xi. 8. 
 
 I will not execute the 
 fierceness of mine anger ; 
 I will not return to destroy 
 Epiiraim ; for 1 am God 
 and not man. Ver. 9. 
 
 Who is a God like unto 
 thee, that pardoneth ini- 
 quity, and passeth by the 
 
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 transgression of the rem- 
 nant of his heritage ? he 
 retaineth not his anger for 
 ever, because he dehght- 
 eth in mercy. Mic. vii. 
 18. 
 
 He will turn again, he 
 will have compassion up- 
 on us ; he will subdue our 
 iniquities ; and thou wilt 
 cast all their sins into the 
 depths of the sea, Ver. 19. 
 
 Whosoever speaketh a 
 word against the Son of 
 man, it shall be forgiven 
 him. Matth. xii, 32. 
 
 This is my blood of the 
 new testament, which is 
 shed for many for the re- 
 mission of sins. INIatth. 
 xxvi. 28. 
 
 Her sins which are 
 many, are forgiven ; for 
 she loved much. Luke 
 vii. 4-7. 
 
 He said unto her. Thy 
 sins are forgiven. Ver, 48. 
 Through this man, is 
 preached unto you the for- 
 giveness of sins. Acts xiii. 
 38. 
 
 Christ died for our sins 
 according to the Scrip- 
 tures. 1 Cor. XV. 3. 
 
 In whom we have re- 
 demption through his 
 blood, the forgiveness of 
 
 sins, according to the 
 riches of his grace. Eph. 
 i. 7. 
 
 He hath appeared to 
 put away sin, by the sacri- 
 fice of himself. Heb. ix. 
 26. 
 
 Christ was once offered 
 to bear the sins of many. 
 Ver. 28. 
 
 By one offering, he hath 
 perfected for ever them 
 that are sanctified. Heb. 
 X. 14. 
 
 Who his own self bare 
 our sins in his own body 
 on the tree, that we, being 
 dead to sins, should live 
 unto righteousness: by 
 whose stripes ye were 
 healed. 1 Pet. ii. 24. 
 
 He is the propitiation 
 
 lor our sins ; and not for 
 
 urs only, but also for the 
 
 i is of the whole vi'orld. 
 
 1 John ii. 2. 
 
 I write unto you, little 
 children, because your 
 sins are forgiven you for his 
 name's sake. Ver. 12. 
 
 The blood of Jesus 
 Christ his Son, cleanseth 
 us from all sin. 1 John i. 
 7. 
 
 He loved us, and wash- 
 ed us from our sins in 
 his own blood. Rev. i. 5. 
 
 JUSTinCATIOK, OR ACCEPTANCE AS RIGHTEOUS. 
 
 He hath not beheld in- hath he seen perverseness 
 iquity in Jacobs neither in Israel. Num. xxiii. 21. 
 
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 OF RECONCILIATION. 
 
 In the Lord shall all the 
 seed of Israel be justified, 
 and shall glory. Isa. xlv. 
 25. 
 
 By his knowledge shall 
 my righteous Servant jus- 
 tify many ; for he shall 
 bear their iniquities. Isa. 
 liii. 11. 
 
 By him all that believe 
 are justified from all 
 things, from which ye 
 could not be justified by 
 the law of Moses. Acts 
 xiii. 39. 
 
 Being justified freely by 
 his grace, through the re- 
 demption that is in Christ 
 Jesus. Rom. iii. 24-. 
 
 Being justified by faith, 
 we have peace with God, 
 through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. Rom. v. 1. 
 
 Being now justified by 
 his blood, we shall be 
 
 saved from wrath through 
 him. Ver. 9. 
 
 Who shall lay any thing 
 to the charge of God's e- 
 lect? It is God that jus- 
 tifieth. Kom. viii. 33. 
 
 Who is he that con- 
 deraneth i It is Christ that 
 died ; yea rather, that is 
 risen again, who is even at 
 the right hand of God, 
 who also maketh interces- 
 sion for us. Ver. 34-. 
 
 For he hath made him 
 to be sin for us, who knew 
 no sin ; that we might be 
 made the righteousness of 
 God in him. 2 Cor. v. 2K 
 
 He hath made us ac- 
 cepted in the beloved. 
 Eph. i. 6. 
 
 That, being justified by 
 his grace, we should be 
 made heirs, according ta 
 the hope of eternal life. 
 Tit. iii. 7. 
 
 IIL 
 
 Q/" Reconciliation to God. 
 
 It, when we were en- 
 emies, we were reconciled 
 to God by the death of his 
 Son ; much more, being 
 reconciled, we shall be 
 saved by his life. Kom. 
 V. 10. 
 
 All things are of God, 
 
 who hath reconciled us to 
 himself by Jesus Christ, 
 and hath given to us the 
 ministry of reconciliation. 
 2 Cor. V. 18. 
 
 Now in Christ Jesus, ye 
 who sometime were far 
 oft^ are made nigh by the 
 
OF ADOPTION. 
 
 79 
 
 blood of Christ. Eph. ii. 
 13. 
 
 For he is our peace, 
 who hath made both one, 
 and hath broken down the 
 middle wall of partition 
 between us. Ver. 14. 
 
 Having abolished in his 
 flesh the enmity, even the 
 law of commandments 
 contained in ordinances ; 
 for to make in himself of 
 twain one new man, so 
 making peace ; Ver. 15. 
 
 And that he miglit re- 
 concile both unto God in 
 one body by the cross, 
 having slain the enmity 
 thereby; Ver. 16. 
 
 And came and preached 
 
 peace to you which were 
 afar off, and to them that 
 were nigh. Ver. 17. 
 
 You, that were some- 
 time alienated, and ene- 
 mies in your mind by 
 wicked works, yet now 
 hath he reconciled ; Col. 
 i. 21. 
 
 In the body of his flesh 
 through death, to present 
 you holy, and unblama- 
 ble, and unreprovable, in 
 his sight. Ver. 22. 
 
 That he might be a 
 merciful and faithful high 
 Priest, in things pertain- 
 ing to God, to make re- 
 conciliation for the sins 
 of the people. Heb. ii. 17. 
 
 IV. 
 
 0/ Adoption. 
 
 I AM a Father to Israel, 
 and Ephraim is my first- 
 born. Jer. xxxi. 9. 
 
 Doubtless thou art our 
 Father, though Abraham 
 be ignorant of us, and 
 Israel acknowledge us not: 
 thou, O Lord, art our Fa- 
 ther, our Redeemer ; thy 
 name is from everlasting. 
 Isa. Ixiii. 16. 
 
 But now, O Lord, thou 
 art our Father : we are the 
 clay, and thou our Potter ; 
 and we are all the work of 
 thy hand. Isa. Ixiv. 8. 
 
 As many as received him, 
 to them gave he power to 
 become the sons of God, 
 even to them that believe 
 on his name. John i. 12. 
 
 As many as are led by 
 the Spirit of God, they are 
 the sons of God. Rom. 
 viii. 14. 
 
 Ye have received the 
 Spirit of adoption, where- 
 by we cry, Abba, Father. 
 Ver. 1.5. 
 
 I will be a Father unto 
 you, and ye shall be my 
 sons and daughters, saith 
 
80 
 
 OF ACCESS TO GOD, &c. 
 
 the Lord Almighty. 2 Cor. 
 vi. 18. 
 
 Ye are all the children 
 of God by faith in Christ 
 Jesus. Gal. iii, 26. 
 
 Wherefore thou art no 
 more a servant, but a son ; 
 and if a son, then an heir 
 of God through Christ. 
 Gal. iv. 7. 
 
 Having predestinated 
 us unto the adoption of 
 
 children, by Jesus Christ 
 to himself, according to 
 the good pleasure of his 
 will. Eph. i. 5. 
 
 Behold, what manner 
 of love the Father hath 
 bestowed upon us, that 
 we should be called the 
 sons of God ! 1 John iii. 
 1. 
 
 Beloved, now are we 
 the sons of God. Ver. 2. 
 
 V. 
 
 Of Access io God, and the Acceptance of our 
 spiritual Sacrijices. 
 
 Through Him, we 
 both have access by one 
 Spirit unto the Father. 
 Eph. ii. 18. 
 
 In whom we have bold- 
 ness and access with con- 
 fidence, by the faith of 
 him. Eph. iii. 12. 
 
 Having, therefore, bre- 
 thren, boldness to enter 
 into the holiest by" the 
 blood of Jesus : Heb. x. 
 19. 
 
 By a new and living 
 way which he hath con- 
 secrated for us, through 
 
 the vail, that is to say, 
 his flesh. Ver. 20. 
 
 I will accept you with 
 your sweet savour. Ezek. 
 XX. 41. 
 
 To whom coming, as 
 unto a living stone, dis- 
 allowed indeed of men, 
 but chosen of God, and 
 precious ; 1 Pet. ii. 4. 
 
 Ye also, as lively stones, 
 are built up a spiritual 
 house, anholy priesthood, 
 to offer up spiritual sacri- 
 fices, acceptable to God 
 by Jesus Christ. Ver. 5. 
 
 VI. 
 
 O/" CONVERTING GrACE. 
 
 Turn thou me and I art the Lord my God. 
 hall he turned ; for thou Jer. xxxi. 1 8. 
 
OF SANCTIFYING GRACE. 
 
 81 
 
 Turn thou us unto thee, 
 O Lord, and we shall be 
 turned. Lam. v. 21. 
 
 Who hath saved us and 
 called us with an holy call- 
 ing, not according to our 
 works, but according to 
 his own purpose and grace, 
 which was given us in 
 Christ Jesus, before the 
 world began. 2 Tim. i. 9. 
 
 Not by works of right- 
 eousness which we have 
 done, but according to 
 his mercy he saved us, by 
 the washing of regenera- 
 tion, and renewing of the 
 Holy Ghost ; which he 
 shed on us abundantly, 
 through Jesus Christ our 
 Saviour. Tit. iii. 5, 6. 
 
 VIL 
 
 (y SANCTIFYING GrACE. 
 
 The Lord God is a sun 
 and shield ; the Lord will 
 give grace and glory : no 
 good thing will he with- 
 hold fpom them that walk 
 uprightly. Psal. Ixxxiv. 
 H. 
 
 That he would grant 
 unto us, that we, being 
 deliveredoutofthehand of 
 our enemies, might serve 
 him without fear. Luke 
 i. 74. 
 
 In holiness and right- 
 eousness before him all the 
 days of our life. Ver. 75. 
 
 Sanctify them through 
 thy truth : thy word is 
 truth. John xvii. 17. 
 
 For their sakes I sanc- 
 tify myself, that they also 
 may be sanctified through 
 the truth. Ver. 19. 
 
 Such were some of you ; 
 
 but ye are washed, but ye 
 are sanctified, but ye are 
 justified, in the name of 
 the Lord Jesus, and by the 
 Spirit of our God. 1 Cor. 
 vi. 11. 
 
 Not that we are suffi- 
 cient of ourselves, to think 
 any thing as of ourselves ; 
 but our sufficiency is of 
 God. 2 Cor. iii. 5. 
 
 We all with open face, 
 beholding, as in a glass, 
 the glory of the Lord, are 
 changed into the same im- 
 age, from glory to glory, 
 even as by the Spirit of 
 the Lord. Ver. 18. 
 
 We are his workman- 
 ship, created in Christ 
 Jesus unto good works, 
 which God hath before 
 ordained, that we should 
 walk in them. Eph. ii. 10. 
 D 2 
 
82 
 
 OF SAVING FAITH. 
 
 It is God which work- 
 eth in you, both to will 
 and to do of his good plea- 
 sure. Phil. ii. 13. 
 
 I can do all things 
 through Christ which 
 strengtheneth me. Phil, 
 iv. 13. 
 
 Giving thanks unto the 
 Father, which hath made 
 us meet to be partakers 
 of the inheritance of the 
 saints in light. Col.i. 12. 
 
 Nowhath he reconciled, 
 in the body of his flesh 
 through death, to present 
 you holy, and unblamable, 
 and unreprovable in his 
 sight. Ver. 22. 
 
 The very God of peace 
 sanctify you wholly ; and 
 I pray God your whole 
 spirit, and soul, and body, 
 be preserved blameless 
 unto the coming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 1 
 Thess. V. 23. 
 
 We are bound to give 
 thanks alway to God for 
 you, brethren, beloved of 
 the Lord, because God 
 hath from the beginning 
 chosen you to salvation, 
 through sanctification of 
 the Spirit, and belief of 
 the truth. 2 Thess. ii. 
 13. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Of Saving Faith. 
 
 I HAVE prayed for thee 
 that thy faith fail not. 
 Luke xxii. 32. 
 
 It is written in the pro- 
 phets. And they shall be 
 all taught of God. Every 
 man, therefore, that hath 
 heard and hath learned of 
 the Father, cometh unto 
 me. John vi. 45. 
 
 By grace are ye saved 
 through faith ; and that 
 
 not of yourselves : it is the 
 gift of God. Eph. ii. 8. 
 
 Unto you it is given in 
 the behalf of Christ, to be- 
 lieve on him. Phil. i. 29. 
 
 We pray always for you, 
 that our God would count 
 you worthy of this calling, 
 and fulfil all the good plea- 
 sures of his goodness, and 
 the work of faith with 
 power. 2 Thess. i. 11. 
 
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 IX. 
 
 Of Evangelical Repentance. 
 
 Turn us, O God of our 
 salvation. Psal. Ixxxv. 4. 
 
 Turn thou me, and I 
 shall be turned; for thou 
 art the Lord my God. Jer. 
 xxxi. 18. 
 
 Turn thou us unto thee, 
 O Lord, and we shall be 
 turned. Lam. v. 21. 
 
 Unto you first, God hav- 
 ing raised up his Son Je- 
 
 sus, sent him to bless you, 
 in turning away every one 
 of you from his iniquities. 
 Acts iii. 26. 
 
 Him hath God exalted 
 with his right hand to be 
 a Prince and a Saviour, 
 for to give repentance to 
 Israel, and forgiveness of 
 sins. Acts v. 31. 
 
 X. 
 
 Of Spiritual and Savi7ig Knowledge. 
 
 What man is he that 
 feareth the Lord ? him 
 shall he teach in the way 
 that he shall choose. Psal. 
 XXV. 12. 
 
 Then shalt thou under- 
 stand the fear of the Lord, 
 and find the knowledge of 
 God. Prov. ii. 5. 
 
 Then shalt thou under- 
 stand righteousness, and 
 judgment, and equity ; 
 vea, every good path. 
 Ver. 9. 
 
 Evil men understand 
 not judgment ; but they 
 that seek the Lord under- 
 
 stand all things. Prov. 
 xxviii. 5. 
 
 The eyes of them that 
 see shall not be dim, and 
 the ears of them that hear 
 shall hearken. Isa. xxxii. 
 3. 
 
 An high way shall be 
 there, and a way, and it 
 shall be called, The way of 
 holiness-, the unclean shall 
 not pass over it ; but it 
 shall be for those: the 
 way-faring men, though 
 fools, shall not err therein. 
 Isa. xxxv. 8. 
 
 Then shall we know, if 
 
84 
 
 OF SPIRITUAL WISDOM. 
 
 we follow on to know the 
 Lord. Hos. vi. 3. 
 
 I thank thee, O Father, 
 Lord of heaven and earth, 
 because thou hast hid these 
 things from the wise and 
 prudent, and hast revealed 
 them unto babes. Mattb. 
 xi. 25. 
 
 Through the tender mer- 
 cy of our God, whereby 
 the day-spring from on 
 high hath visited us ; Luke 
 i. 78. 
 
 To give light to them 
 that sit in darkness, and 
 in the shadow of death, to 
 guide our feet into the way 
 of peace. Ver. 79. 
 
 If any man will do his 
 will, he shall know of the 
 doctrine whether it be of 
 God, or whether I speak 
 of myself. John vii. 17. 
 
 Then spake Jesus again 
 
 unto them, saying, I am 
 the light of the world : he 
 that followeth me shall not 
 walk in darkness, but shall 
 have the light of life. John 
 viii. 12. 
 
 He that is spiritual, 
 judgeth all things. 1 Cor. 
 ii. 15. 
 
 God, who commanded 
 the light to shine out of 
 darkness, hath shined in 
 our hearts, to give the light 
 of the knowledge of the 
 glory of God, in the face 
 of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. 
 iv. 6. 
 
 We know that the Son 
 of God is come, and hath 
 given us an understanding, 
 that we may know him that 
 is true ; and we are in him 
 that is true, even in his 
 Son Jesus Christ. I John 
 V. 20. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Of Spiritual Wisdom. 
 
 Behold, thou desirest 
 truth in the inward parts ; 
 and in the hidden part 
 thou shalt make me to 
 know wisdom. Psal. li. 6. 
 
 He layeth up sound 
 wisdom for the righteous. 
 Prov. ii. 7. 
 
 For God giveth to man 
 that is good in his sight. 
 
 wisdom, and knowledge, 
 and joy. Eccles. ii. 26. 
 
 He giveth wisdom to 
 the wise. Dan. ii. 2L 
 
 If any of you lack wis- 
 dom, let him ask of God, 
 that giveth to all men li- 
 berally, and upbraideth 
 not ; and it shall be given 
 him. James i. 5. 
 
OF DIVINE GUIDANCE. 
 
 85 
 
 XII. 
 
 Of Divine Guidance. 
 
 He led him about, he 
 instructed him, he kept 
 him as the apple of his 
 eve. Deut. xxxii. 10. 
 
 As an eagle stirreth up 
 her nest, fluttereth over 
 her young, spreadeth a- 
 broad her wings, taketh 
 them, bearelhthera on her 
 wings ; so the Lord alone 
 did lead him. Ver. II, 12. 
 
 He restoreth my soul ; 
 he leadeth me in the paths 
 of righteousness for his 
 
 name's sake. Psal. xxiii. 
 3. 
 
 He leadeth me beside 
 the still waters. Ver. 2. 
 
 I will guide thee with 
 mine eye. Psal, xxxii. 8. 
 
 Thou shall guide me 
 with thy counsel. Psal. 
 Ixxiii. 24'. 
 
 The Lord shall guide 
 thee continually. Isa» 
 Iviii. 11. 
 
 I will direct their work 
 in truth. Isa. Ixi. 8. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Of Grace to Mortify indwelling Sin, 
 
 Ye shall know the truth, 
 and the truth shall make 
 you free. John viii. 32. 
 
 Every branch that bear- 
 eth fruit he purgeth it, 
 that it may bring forth 
 more fruit. John xv. 2. 
 
 Knowing this, that our 
 old man is crucified with 
 him, that the body of sin 
 might be destroyed, that 
 lienceforth we should not 
 serve sin. Rom. vi. 6. 
 
 Sin shall not have do- 
 minion over you; for ye 
 
 are not under the law, but 
 under grace. Ver. 14. 
 
 wretched man that I 
 am ! who shall deliver me 
 from the body of this 
 death ? Rom. vii. 24'. 
 
 1 thank God, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 So then with the mind, I 
 myself serve the law of 
 God ; but with the flesh, 
 the law of sin. Ver. 25. 
 
 The law of the Spirit 
 of life in Christ Jesus, hath 
 made me free from the 
 
86 VICTORY OVER THE WORLD. 
 
 'aw of sin and death. 
 Rom. viii. 2. 
 
 For what the law could 
 not do, in that it was weak 
 through the flesh, God 
 sending his own Son in the 
 likeness of sinful flesh, and 
 for sin, condemned sin in 
 the flesh : Ver. 3. 
 
 That the righteousness 
 of the law might be fulfil- 
 led in us, who walk not 
 after the flesh, but after 
 the Spirit. Ver. 4-. 
 
 Walk in the Spirit, and 
 ye shall not fulfil the lust 
 of the flesh; Gal. v. 16. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Of Grace^ to Overcome Temptation. 
 
 He that feareth God 
 shall come forih of them 
 all. Eccles. vii. 18. 
 
 In all these things, we 
 are more than conquerors 
 through him that loved us. 
 Rom. viii. 37. 
 
 God is faithful, who will 
 not suffer you to be tempt- 
 ed above that ye are able ; 
 but will with the tempta- 
 tion also make a way to es- 
 cape, that ye may be able 
 to bear it. I Cor. x. 13. 
 
 My grace is sufficient 
 for thee ; for my strength 
 
 is made perfect in weak- 
 ness. 2 Cor. xii. 9. 
 
 In that he himself hath 
 suffered, being tempted, 
 he is able to succour them 
 that are tempted. Heb. ii. 
 18. 
 
 The Lord knoweth how 
 to deliver the godly out of 
 temptations. 2 Pet. ii. 9. 
 
 Ye are of God, little 
 children, and have over- 
 come them ; because great- 
 er is he that is in you, than 
 he that is in the world. I 
 John iv. 4. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Of Victory over the World. 
 
 To deliver thee from 
 the way of the evil man, 
 from the man that speak- 
 eth froward things. Prov. 
 ii. 12. 
 
 To delirer thee from 
 
 the strange woman, even 
 from the stranger which 
 flattereth with her lips. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 Be of good cheer; I 
 
VICTORY OVER THE DEVIL. 8"/ 
 
 have overcome the world. 
 John xvi, 33. 
 
 I pray not that thou 
 shouldst take them out of 
 the world, but that thou 
 shouldst keep them from 
 the evil. John xvii. 15. 
 
 By whom (Christ) the 
 world is cruciHed unto me, 
 and I unto the world. Gal. 
 vi. 14. 
 
 Whatsoever is born of 
 God overcometh the world; 
 and this is the victory that 
 overcometh the world, e- 
 ven our faith. 1 John v. 4. 
 
 Who is he that over- 
 cometh the world, but he 
 who believeth that Jesus 
 is the Son of God ? Ver. 
 5. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Of Victory over the Devil. 
 
 Simon, Simon, behold, 
 Satan hath desired to have 
 you, that he may sift you 
 as wheat. Luke xxii. 31. 
 
 But I have prayed for 
 thee, that thy faith fail 
 not. Ver. 32. 
 
 The God of peace shall 
 bruise Satan under your 
 feet shortly. Rom. xvi. 20. 
 
 Resist the devil and he 
 will flee from you. James 
 iv. 7. 
 
 I have written unto you, 
 young men, because ye are 
 strong, and the word of 
 God abideth in you, and 
 ye have overcome the 
 wicked one. 1 John ii. 14- 
 
 We know that whoso. 
 e\er is born of God, sin- 
 neth not ; but he that is 
 begotten of God keepeth 
 himself, and that wicked 
 one toucheth him not. 1 
 John V. 18. 
 
 XVIL 
 
 0/ spiritual Strength and Courage. 
 
 Tht shoes shall be iron 
 and brass ; and as thy 
 days, so shall thy strength 
 be. Deut. xxxiii. 25. 
 
 Thou shalt be steadfast, 
 
 andshalt not fear. Job xi. 
 15. 
 
 The Lord will give 
 strength unto his people ; 
 the Lord will bless his 
 
88 OF SPIRITUAL FRUITFULNESS. 
 
 people with peace. Psal. 
 xxix. 1 1. 
 
 Be of good courage, and 
 he shall strengthen your 
 heart, all ye that hope in 
 the Lord. Psal. xxxi. 24-. 
 
 The God of Israel is he, 
 that giveth strength and 
 power unto his people. 
 Psal. Ixviii. 35. 
 
 The Lord Jehovah is 
 my strength and my song ; 
 he also is become my sal- 
 vation. Isa. xii. 2. 
 
 Strengthen ye the weak 
 hands, and confirm the 
 feeble knees. Isa. xxxv. 3. 
 
 Say to them that are of 
 a fearful heart, Be strong, 
 fear not: behold, your 
 God will come with ven- 
 geance, even God with a 
 recompense ; he will come 
 and save you. Ver. 4. 
 
 He giveth power to the 
 faint ; and to them that 
 have no might, he increas- 
 eth strength. Isa. xl. 29. 
 
 They that wait upon the 
 Lord shall renew their 
 strength ; they shall mount 
 up with wings as eagles ; 
 they shall run and not be 
 w^eary, and they shall walk 
 and not faint. Ver. 3L 
 
 The Lord will be the 
 hope of his people, and 
 the strength of the chil- 
 dren of Israel. Joeliii. 16- 
 
 My strength is made 
 perfect in weakness. 2 Cor. 
 xii. 9. 
 
 God hath not given us 
 the spirit of fear ; but of 
 power, and of love, and of 
 a sound mind. 2 Tim. i. 
 7. 
 
 xvin. 
 
 Of spiritual Fruitfulness. 
 
 He shall be like a tree 
 planted by the rivers of 
 water, that bringeth forth 
 his fruit in his season ; his 
 leaf also shall not wither ; 
 and whatsoever he doeth 
 shall prosper. Psal. i. 3. 
 
 They shall still bring 
 forth fruit in old age; they 
 shall be fat and flourish- 
 ing. Psal. xcii. l^. 
 
 He shall be as a tree 
 planted by the waters, and 
 that spreadeth out her 
 roots by the river, and 
 shall not see when heat 
 Cometh ; but her leaf shall 
 be green, and shall not 
 be careful in the year of 
 drought, neither shall cease 
 from yielding fruit. Jer. 
 xvii. 8. 
 
OF INCREASE OF GRACE. 
 
 89 
 
 Their soul shall be as a 
 watered garden, and they 
 shall not sorrow any more 
 at all. Jer. xxxi. 12. 
 
 Every branch that bear- 
 eth fruit he purgeth it, 
 that it may bring forth 
 Kiore fruit. John xv. 2. 
 
 He that abideth in me 
 and I in him, the same 
 
 bringeth forth much fruit ; 
 for without me ye can do 
 nothing. Ver. 5. 
 
 If these things be in 
 you, and abound, they 
 make you that ye shall 
 neither be barren, nor un- 
 fruitful, in the knowledge 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 2 Pet. i. 8. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Of Increase of Grace. 
 
 The righteous also shall 
 hold on his way ; and he 
 that hath clean hands, 
 shall be stronger and 
 stronger. Job. xvii. 9. 
 
 They go from strength 
 to strength ; every one of 
 them in Zioi) ,';ieareth 
 before God. Psai. Ixxxiv. 
 7. 
 
 The righteous shall 
 flourish like the palm-tree; 
 he shall grow like a cedar 
 in Lebanon. Psal. xcii. 
 12. 
 
 The path of the just is 
 as the shining light, that 
 shineth more and more un- 
 
 to the perfect day. Prov. 
 iv. 18. 
 
 Unto you that fear my 
 name, shall the Sun of 
 righteousness arise with 
 healing in his wings ; and 
 ye shall go forth, and grow 
 up as calves of the stall. 
 Mai. iv. 2. 
 
 Whosoever hath, to him 
 shall be given, and he shall 
 have more abundance. 
 Matth. xiii. 12. 
 
 He giveth more grace : 
 wherefore he saith, God 
 resisteth the proud, but 
 giveth grace unto the hum- 
 ble. James iv. 6. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Of Perseverance in Grace. 
 
 When I said, My foot Lord, held me up. Psal. 
 slippelh ; thy mercy, O xciv. 18. 
 
90 OF PERSEVERANCE IN GRACE. 
 
 The Lord will perfect 
 that which concerneth me : 
 thy mercy, O Lord, endu- 
 reth for ever : forsake not 
 the works of thine own 
 hands. Psal. exxxviii. 8. 
 
 The righteous is an 
 everlasting foundation. 
 Prov. X. 25. 
 
 I give unto them eternal 
 life, and they shall never 
 perish, neither shall any 
 pluck them out of my hand. 
 John X. 28. 
 
 My father that gave 
 them me, is greater than 
 all ; and none is able to 
 pluck them out of my Fa- 
 ther's hand. Ver. 29. 
 
 lam persuaded, that nei- 
 ther death, nor life, nor 
 angels, nor principalities, 
 nor powers, nor things 
 present, nor things to come, 
 Rom. viii. 38. 
 
 Nor height, nor depth, 
 nor any other creature, 
 shall be able to separate 
 us from the love of God, 
 which is in Christ Jesus our 
 Lord. Ver. 39. 
 
 Who shall also confirm 
 you unto the end, that ye 
 may be blameless in the 
 day of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 1 Cor. i. 8. 
 
 He which stablisheth 
 us with you in Christ, and 
 
 hath anointed us, is God. 
 2 Cor. i, 21. 
 
 Being confident of this 
 very thing, that he which 
 hath begun a good work 
 in you, will perform it un- 
 til the day of Jesus Christ. 
 Phil. i. 6. 
 
 I pray God your whole 
 spirit, and soul, and body, 
 be preserved blameless un- 
 to the coming of our Lord 
 JesusChrist. lThcss.v.23. 
 
 Faithful is he that call- 
 eth you, who also will do 
 it. Ver. 24.. 
 
 The Lord is faithful, 
 who shall stablish you, and 
 keep you from evil. 2 
 Thess. iii. 3. 
 
 Who are kept by the 
 power of God, through 
 faith unto salvation. 1 Pet. 
 15. 
 
 Wherefore the rather, 
 brethren, give diligence to 
 make your calling and 
 elect; in sure: for if ye do 
 these things ye shall never 
 fall. 2 Pet. i. 10. 
 
 I will make an ever- 
 lasting covenant with 
 them, that I will not turn 
 away from them, to do 
 them good ; but I will put 
 my fear in their hearts, 
 that they shall not depart 
 from me. Jer. xxxii. 40. 
 
OF A CONTINUED INTEREST IN GOD. 91 
 
 XXI. 
 
 Of a continued Interest in God as their God. 
 
 I WILL eBtablish my co- 
 venant between me and 
 thee, and thy seed after 
 thee, in their generations, 
 for an everlasting cove- 
 nant ; to be a God unto 
 thee, and to thy seed after 
 thee. Gen. xvii. 7. 
 
 This God is our God for 
 ever and ever ; he will be 
 our guide even unto death. 
 Psal. xlviii. 14. 
 
 Fear thou not, for I am 
 with thee ; be not dismay- 
 ed, for I am thy God. 
 Isa. xli. 10. 
 
 Thy Maker is thine 
 husband, the Lord of hosts 
 
 is his name, and thy Re- 
 deemer the holy One of 
 Israel ; the God of the 
 whole earth shall he be 
 called. Isa. liv. 5. 
 
 And ye, my flock, the 
 flock of my pasture, are 
 men, and 1 am your God, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 31. 
 
 God is not ashamed to 
 be called their God ; for 
 he hath prepared for them 
 a city. Heb. xi. 16. 
 
 God himself shall be 
 with them, and be their 
 God. Rev. xxi. 3. 
 
 XXIL 
 
 Of a continued Interest in God as their Portion. 
 
 I AM thy shield, and 
 thy exceeding great re- 
 ward. Gen. XV. 1. 
 
 The Lord is the portion 
 of mine inheritance, and of 
 ray cup. Psal. xvi. 5. 
 
 My flesh and my heart 
 faileth ; but God is the 
 strength of my heart, and 
 ray portion for ever. Psal. 
 Ixxiii. 26. 
 
 I said, Thou art my re- 
 
 fuge, and my portion in 
 the land of the living. 
 Psal. cxiii. 5. 
 
 The Portion of Jacob is 
 not like them ; for he is 
 the former of all things. 
 Jer. X. 16. 
 
 The Lord is my por- 
 tion, saith my soul -, there- 
 fore will I hope in him, 
 Lara. iii. 24?. 
 
92 OF HIS REDEEMING LOVE. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Of his REDEEMING LovE to them. 
 
 He will love thee, and 
 bless thee, and multiply 
 thee. Deut. vii. 13. 
 
 The Lord will command 
 his loving kindness in the 
 day-time. Psal. xlii. 8. 
 
 Who crowneth thee 
 with loving-kindness, and 
 tender mercies. Ps. ciii. 4. 
 
 The Lord loveth the 
 righteous. Psal. cxlvi. 8. 
 
 He loveth him that fol- 
 loweth after righteousness. 
 Prov. XV. 9. 
 
 Since thou wast preci- 
 ous in my sight, thou hast 
 been honourable, and I 
 have loved thee. Isa. 
 xliii. 4. 
 
 Thou shalt be called 
 Hephzebah, - - - - for the 
 Lord delighteih in thee. 
 Isa. Ixii. 4. 
 
 As the bridegroom re- 
 joiceth over the bride, so 
 shall thy God rejoice over 
 thee. Ver. 5. 
 
 I have loved thee with 
 an everlasting love ; there- 
 fore with loving kindness 
 have I drawn thee. Jer. 
 xxxi. 3. 
 
 I will rejoice over them 
 to do them good. Jer. 
 xxxli. 41. 
 
 The Lord thy God in 
 the midst of thee is migh- 
 ty ; he will save, he will 
 rejoice over thee with joy ; 
 he will rest in his love, he 
 will joy over thee with 
 singing. Zeph. iii. 17. 
 
 The Father himself lov- 
 eth you, because ye have 
 loved me. John xvi. 27. 
 
 That the world may 
 know that thou hast sent 
 me, and hast loved them, 
 as thou hast loved me. 
 John xvii. 23. 
 
 ' That the love where- 
 with thou hast loved me, 
 may be in them, and I in 
 them. Ver. 26. 
 
 For his great love 
 wherewith he loved us. 
 Eph. ii. 4. 
 
 Now our Lord Jesus 
 Christ himself, and God 
 even our Father, which 
 hath loved us, &c. 2 Thess. 
 ii. 16. 
 
 We have known and 
 believed the love that God 
 hath to us. God is love. 
 1 John iv. 16. 
 
 We love him because 
 he first loved us. Ver. 
 19. 
 
OF HIS GRACIOUS PRESENCE. 93 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Of his GRACIOUS Presence with them. 
 
 My presence shall go 
 with thee, and 1 will give 
 thee rest. Exod. xxxiii. 
 
 14. 
 
 The Lord his God is 
 with him, and the shout 
 of a king is among them. 
 Num. xxwi. 21. 
 
 The Lord, he it is that 
 doth go before thee, he 
 will be with thee, he will 
 not fail thee, neither for- 
 sake thee. Deut. xxxi. 8. 
 
 The upright shall dwell 
 in thy presence. Psal. 
 cxl. 13. 
 
 Fear thou not, for I am 
 with thee. Isa. xli. 10. 
 
 Thus shall they know, 
 that - the Lord their God 
 am with them. Ezek. 
 xxxiv. 30. 
 
 And ye shall know that 
 1 am in the midst of Is- 
 rael, and that I am the 
 Lord your God, and none 
 else : and my people shall 
 never be ashamed. Joel 
 
 ii. 27. 
 
 If a man love me, he 
 will keep my words ; "and 
 my Father will love him, 
 and we will come unto 
 him, and make our abode 
 with him. John xiv. 23. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Of his Mercy. 
 
 I WILL be gracious to 
 whom I will be gracious, 
 and will show mercy on 
 whom I will show mercy. 
 Exod. xxxiii. 19. 
 
 The Lord thy God is a 
 merciful God ; he will not 
 forsake thee, neither de« 
 stroy thee. Deut. iv. 31. 
 Like as a father pitieth 
 his children, so the Lord 
 pitieth them that fear him. 
 Psal. ciii. 1 3. 
 
 The mercy of the Lord 
 
 is from everlasting to ever- 
 lasting, upon them that 
 fear him. Ver. 17. 
 
 In my wrath I smote 
 thee, but in my favour 
 have I had mercy on thee. 
 Isa. Ix. 10. 
 
 My bowels are troubled 
 for him ; I will surely have 
 mercv upon him, saith the 
 Lord"^ Jer. xxxi. 20. 
 
 How shall 1 give thee up, 
 Ephraim ? how shall I de- 
 liver thee, Israel? how 
 
94 
 
 OF HIS CARE. 
 
 shall I make thee as Ad- 
 mah ? how shall I set thee 
 as Zeboim ? mine heart is 
 turned within me, my re- 
 pentings are kindled toge- 
 ther. Hos. xi. 8. 
 
 I will not execute the 
 
 fierceness of mine anger, 
 1 will not return to destroy 
 Ephraira. Ver. S. 
 
 His mercy is on them 
 that fear him, from gene- 
 ration to generation. Luke 
 i. 50. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 Of his Care. 
 
 Behold, the eye of the 
 Lord is upon them that 
 fear him, upon them that 
 hope in his mercy. Psal. 
 xxxiii. 18. 
 
 Hearken unto me, O, 
 house of Jacob, and all 
 tlie remnant of the house 
 of Israel, which are borne 
 by me from the belly, 
 which are carried from the 
 womb. Isa. xlvi. 3. 
 
 Even to your old age I 
 am he, and even to hoar 
 hairs will I carry you : I 
 have made, and I will 
 bear •, even I will carry 
 and will deliver you. Ver. 
 4. 
 
 In all their affliction he 
 
 was afflicted, and the An- 
 gel of his presence saved 
 them: In his love and in 
 his pity he redeemed 
 them ; and he bare them, 
 and carried them all the 
 days of old. Isa. Ixiii. 9. 
 
 He that toucheth you, 
 toucheth the apple of his 
 eye. Zech. ii. 8. 
 
 The very hairs of your 
 head are all numbered. 
 Matth. X. 30. 
 
 There shall not an hair 
 of your head perish. Luke 
 xxi. 18. 
 
 Casting all your care 
 upon him, for he careth 
 for you. 1 Pet. v. 7. 
 
 xxvn. 
 
 Of his Help. 
 
 The eternal God is thy 
 refuge, and underneath 
 are the everlasting arms : 
 and he shall thrust out the 
 enemy from before thee, 
 
 and shall say. Destroy 
 them. Deut. xxxiii. 27. 
 
 Happy art thou, O Is- 
 rael : who is like unto 
 thee, O people, saved by 
 
HE WILL NEVER FORSAKE THEM. 95 
 
 the Lord, the shield of 
 thy help, and who is the 
 sword of thy excellency ! 
 and thine enemies shall be 
 found liars unto thee, and 
 thou shalt tread upon their 
 high places. Ver. 29. 
 
 Thou art my help and 
 my deliverer ; make no 
 tarrying, O my God. Psal. 
 xl. 17. 
 
 God is our refuge and 
 strength, a very present 
 help in trouble. Ps. xlvi. 1. 
 
 I. will strengthen thee ; 
 yea, I will help thee ; yea, 
 1 will uphold thee with the 
 right hand of my right- 
 eousness. Isa. xli. 10. 
 
 I the Lord thy God will 
 hold thy right hand, say- 
 ing unto thee, Fear not; 
 I will help thee. Ver. 13. 
 
 Fear not, thou worm 
 Jacob, and ye men of Is- 
 rael ; I will help thee, saith 
 the Lord, and thy Re- 
 deemer, the holy One of 
 Israel. Ver. 14. 
 
 If God be for us w^ho 
 can be against us ? Rom. 
 viii. 31. 
 
 We may boldly say, 
 The Lord is my helper, 
 and I will not fear what 
 man shall do unto me. 
 Heb, xiii. 6. 
 
 XXVIIL 
 
 That he mil never Forsake his People. 
 
 I WILL set my Taber- 
 nacle among you ; and 
 my soul shall not abhor 
 you. Lev. xxvi. 11. 
 
 The Lord will not for- 
 sake his people, for his 
 great name's sake. 1 Sam. 
 xii. 22. 
 
 Thou, Lord, hast not 
 forsaken them that seek 
 thee. Psal. ix. 10. 
 
 The Lord forsaketh not 
 his saints ; they are pre- 
 served for ever. Psal. 
 xxxvii. 28. 
 
 The Lord will not cast 
 off his people, neither will 
 
 he forsake his inheritance. 
 Psal. xciv. 14. 
 
 Thou art my servant ; I 
 have chosen thee, and not 
 cast thee away. Isa. xli. 
 9. 
 
 These things will I do 
 unto them, and not for- 
 sake them. Isa. xlii. 16. 
 
 O Israel, thou shalt not 
 be forgotten of rae. Isa. 
 xliv. 21. 
 
 But Zion said, The Lord 
 hath forsaken rae, and my 
 Lord hath forgotten me. 
 Isa. xlix. 14. 
 
 Can a woman forset her 
 
96 
 
 OF LIFE FROM CHRIST. 
 
 sucking child, that she 
 should not have compas- 
 sion on the son of her 
 womb ? yea, they may for- 
 get, yet will I not forget 
 thee. Ver. 15. 
 
 Behold, I have graven 
 thee upon the palms of 
 my hands ; thy walls are 
 continually before me. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 As I have sworn that 
 the waters of Noah should 
 no more go over the earth; 
 so have I sworn that I 
 would not be wroth with 
 thee, nor rebuke thee. Isa. 
 li?. 9. 
 
 For the mountains shall 
 depart, and the hills be re- 
 moved ; but my kindness 
 
 shall not depart from thee, 
 neither shall the covenant 
 of my peace be removed, 
 saith the Lord, that hath 
 mercy on thee. Ver. 10. 
 
 I will make an everlast- 
 ing covenant with them, 
 that I will not turn away 
 from them to do them good. 
 Jer. xxxii. 40. 
 
 The Lord will not cast 
 off for ever. Lam. iii. 31. 
 
 But though he cause 
 grief, yet will he have 
 compassion, according to 
 the multitude of his mer- 
 cies. Ver. 32. 
 
 I will never leave thee, 
 nor forsake thee. Heb. 
 xiii. 5. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 OfLlTE FROM ChUIST. 
 
 As the Father raiseth 
 up the dead and quicken- 
 eth them ; even so the Son 
 quickeneth whom he will. 
 John v. 21. 
 
 He that eateth me, even 
 he shall live by me. John 
 vi. 57. 
 
 I am come that they 
 might have life, and that 
 they might have it more 
 abundantly. John. x. 10. 
 
 Because I live, ye shall 
 live also. John xiv. 19. 
 
 If we be dead with Christ, 
 we believe that we shall 
 also live with him. Rom. 
 vi. 8. 
 
 Reckon ye yourselves 
 to be dead indeed unto 
 sin, but alive unto God, 
 through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Ver. 11. 
 
 For though he was cru- 
 cified through weakness, 
 yet he liveth by the power 
 of God ; for we also are 
 weak in him, but we shall 
 
OF REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 9T 
 
 live with him by the power 
 of God toward you. 2 Cor. 
 xiii. 4. 
 
 I am crucified with 
 Christ; nevertheless I live: 
 yet not I, but Christ liveth 
 in me : and the life which 
 I now live in the flesh, I 
 live by the faith of the 
 Son of God, who loved 
 me, and gave himself for 
 me. Gal. ii. 20. 
 
 Even when we were 
 dead in sins, he hath 
 quickened us together 
 with Christ ; (by grace 
 ye are saved,) Eph. ii. 
 5, 
 
 And hath raised us up 
 together, and made us sit 
 together in heavenly places 
 in Christ Jesus. Ver. 6. 
 
 For ye are dead, and 
 your life is hid with Christ 
 in God. Col, iii. 3. 
 
 When Christ who is our 
 life shall appear, then shall 
 ye also appear with him 
 in glory. Ver. 4. 
 
 According to the pro- 
 mise of life which is in 
 Christ Jesus. 2 Tim. i. 
 1. 
 
 He that hath the Son, 
 hath life. 1 John v. 12, 
 
 XXX. 
 
 (y Redemption by Christ. 
 
 The Son of man came, 
 . - - to give his life a ran- 
 som for many. Mark x. 
 45. 
 
 Even Christ our passo- 
 ver is sacrificed for us. 
 1 Cor. v. 7. 
 
 Christ hath redeemed 
 us from the curse of the 
 law, being made a curse 
 for us. Gal. iii. 13. 
 
 In whom we have re* 
 demption through his 
 blood, the forgiveness of 
 sins, according to the rich- 
 es of his grace. Eph. i. 7. 
 
 Walk in love, as Christ 
 also hath loved us, and 
 hath given himself for us, 
 an offering and a sacrifice 
 to God for a sweet-smell- 
 ing savour. Eph. v. 2. 
 
 How much more shall 
 the blood of Christ, who, 
 through the eternal Spirit, 
 offered himself without 
 spot to God, purge your 
 conscience from dead 
 works, to serve the living 
 God? Heb. ix. 14. 
 
 And for this cause he is 
 the Mediator of the new 
 
98 OF ALL SUPPLIES OF GRACE, &c. 
 
 testament, that by means 
 of death, for the redemp- 
 tion (expiation) of the 
 transgressions that were 
 under the first testament, 
 they which are called, 
 might receive the promise 
 of eternal inheritance. 
 Ver. 15. 
 
 Ye know that ye were 
 not redeemed with cor- 
 ruptible things, as silver 
 
 and gold, from your vain 
 conversation, received by 
 tradition from your fa- 
 thers 1 Pet. i. IS. 
 
 But with the precious 
 blood of Christ, as of a 
 Lamb without blemish and 
 without spot. Ver. 19. 
 
 Thou wast slain, and 
 hast redeemed us to God 
 by thy blood. Kev. v. 9. 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 Of all Supplies of G^Ac^-Jrom Christ. 
 
 Surely, shall one say, 
 In the Lord have I right- 
 eousness and strength. 
 Isa. xlv. 24-. 
 
 The word was made 
 flesh, and dwelt among us, 
 full of grace and truth. 
 John i. 14. 
 
 Of his fulness have all 
 we received, and '" grace 
 for grace. Ver. 16. 
 
 The law was given by 
 Moses, but grace and truth 
 came by Jesus Christ. 
 Ver. 17. 
 
 Of him are ye in Christ 
 Jesus, who of God is 
 
 made unto us wisdom, 
 and righteousness, and 
 sanctification, and re- 
 demption. 1 Cor. i. 30. 
 
 Tie fulness of him that 
 filleth all in all. Eph. i. 23. 
 
 My God shall supply all 
 your need, according to 
 his riches in glory, by 
 Christ Jesus. Phil, iv. 19. 
 
 For it pleased the Fa- 
 ther, that in him should. all 
 fulness dwell. Col. i. 19. 
 
 My grace is sufficient 
 for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9. 
 
 He giveth more grac 
 James iv. 6. 
 
 XXXIL 
 
 Of his Love to his Redeemed. 
 
 So shall the king great- 
 ly desire thy beauty. Psal. 
 xlv. 11. 
 
 His banner over me was 
 love. Song ii. 4. 
 
 Thou hast ravished ray 
 
OF HIS TENDER CARE OF THEM. 99 
 
 irt, my sister, my spouse. 
 Song iv. 9. 
 
 I am ray Beloved's, and 
 his desire is toward me. 
 Song vii. 10. 
 
 Having loved his own 
 which were in the world, 
 he loved them unto the 
 end. John xiii. 1. 
 
 A new commandment I 
 give unto you, That ye love 
 one another ; as I have 
 loved you, that ye ^Iso 
 love one another. Ver. S^. 
 
 As the Father hath loved 
 me, so have I loved you ; 
 continue ye in my love. 
 John XV. 9. 
 
 In all these things we 
 are more than conquerors, 
 through him that loved us. 
 Rom. viii. 37- 
 
 Christ also hath loved 
 us, and hath given himself 
 for us. Eph. V. 2. 
 
 Unto him that loved 
 us, and washed us from 
 our sins in his own blood ; 
 - - - to him be glory and 
 dominion for ever and 
 ever. Amen. Rev. . i. 
 5. 
 
 I will make them - - - to 
 know that I have loved 
 thee. Rev. iii. 9. 
 
 XXXIH. 
 
 Of his TENDER Care of them. 
 
 The Lord is my Shep- 
 herd, I shall not want. 
 Psal. xxiii. 1. 
 
 He maketh me to lie 
 down in green pastures : 
 he leadeth me beside the 
 still waters. Ver. 2. 
 
 He restoreth my soul : 
 he leadeth me in the paths 
 of righteousness for his 
 name's sake. Ver. 3. 
 
 He shall feed his flock 
 like a shepherd ; he shall 
 gather the lambs with his 
 arm, and carry them in 
 his bosom, and shall gently 
 lead those that are with 
 young. Isa. xl. 11. 
 
 A bruised reed shall he 
 not break, and the smok- 
 ingflaxshallhenotquench: 
 he shall bring forth judg- 
 ment unto truth. Isa. xlii. 
 
 Christ also loved the 
 church and gave himself 
 for it ; that he might sanc- 
 tify and cleanse it, with 
 the washing of water by 
 the word ; Eph. v. 25, 
 26. 
 
 That he might present 
 it to. himself a glorious 
 church, not having spot, 
 or wrinkle, or any such 
 thing. Ver. 27. 
 
100 OF HIS INTERCESSION FOR THEM. 
 
 No man ever yet hated his 
 own flesh, but nourisheth 
 and cherisheth it, even as 
 theLord the church. V. 29. 
 
 Who walketh in the 
 midst of" the seven golden 
 candlesticks. Rev. iu 1. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 Of his making Intercession ^or them. 
 
 He made intercession 
 for the transgressors. Isa. 
 liii. 12. 
 
 It is Christ who also 
 
 meketh intercession for us. 
 Rom. viii. 34. 
 
 We have not an high 
 Priest, which cannot be 
 touched with the feeling 
 of our infirmities; but was 
 in all points tempted like 
 as we are, yet without sin. 
 Heb. iv. 15. 
 
 Let us, therefore, come 
 boldly unto the throne of 
 grace, that we may obtain 
 mercy, and find grace to 
 
 help in time of need. Ver. 
 16. 
 
 He is able also to save 
 them to the uttermost, 
 that come unto God by 
 him, seeing he ever liveth 
 to make intercession for 
 them. Heb. vii. 25. 
 
 For Christ is not enter- 
 ed into the holy places 
 made with hands, which 
 are the figures of the true ; 
 but into heaven itself, now 
 to appear in the presence 
 of God for us. Heb. ix. 
 24. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Of his Comforting Presence mth them. 
 
 I WILL not leave you 
 comfortless ; I will come 
 to you. John xir. 18. 
 
 I will love him, and will 
 manifest myself to him. 
 Ver. 21. 
 
 Truly our fellowship is 
 with the Father, and with 
 
 his Son Jesus Christ. 1 
 John i. 3. 
 
 Behold, I stand at the 
 door and knock : if any 
 man hear my voice, and 
 open the door, I will come 
 in to him, and will sup 
 with him, and he with me. 
 Rev. iii. 20. 
 
OF THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST. 101 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 Of the Spirit of Christ. 
 
 This is my covenant 
 with them, saith the Lord ; 
 My Spirit that is upon thee, 
 and my words which I 
 have put in thy mouth, 
 shall not depart out of thy 
 mouth, nor out of the mouth 
 of thy seed, nor out of the 
 mouth of thy seed's seed, 
 saith the Lord, for hence- 
 forth and for ever. Isa. 
 lix. 21. 
 
 If ye then, being evil, 
 know how to give good 
 gifts unto your children ; 
 how much more shall your 
 heavenly Father give the 
 Holy Spirit to them that 
 ask him ? Luke xi. 13. 
 
 Jesus answered and said 
 unto her. If thou knewest 
 the gift of God, and who 
 it is that saith to thee. Give 
 me to drink ; thou vvouldst 
 have asked of him, and he 
 would have given thee liv- 
 ing water. John iv. 10. 
 
 Whosoever drinketh of 
 the water that I shall give 
 him, shall never thirst ; but 
 the water that I shall give 
 him, shall be in him a well 
 of water springing up into 
 everlasting life. Ver. 14. 
 
 He that believeth on me, 
 
 as the Scripture hath said, 
 out of his belly shall flow 
 rivers of living water. John 
 vii. 38. 
 
 But this spake he of the 
 Spirit, which they that be- 
 lieve on him should re- 
 ceive. Ver. 39. 
 
 I will pray the Father, 
 and he shall give you an- 
 other Comforter, that he 
 may abide with you for 
 ever. John xiv. 16. 
 
 Even the Spirit of truth, 
 whom the world cannot 
 receive, because it seeth 
 him not, neither knoweth 
 him : but ye know him ; 
 for he dwelleth with you, 
 and shall be in you. Ver. 
 17. 
 
 Now we have received, 
 not the spirit of the world, 
 but the Spirit which is of 
 God ; that we might know 
 the things, that are freely 
 given to us of God. 1 Cor. 
 ii. 12. 
 
 That we might receive 
 the promise of the Spirit 
 through faith. Gal. iii. 14. 
 
 Keep, by the Holy Ghost 
 which dwelleth in us. 2 
 Tim. i. 14. 
 
102 OF THE SPIRIT'S TEACHING. 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 Of the Spirit's Teaching. 
 
 The Holy Ghost shall 
 teach you in thesame hour, 
 what ye ought to say. 
 Luke xii. 1 2. 
 
 He shall teach you all 
 things, and bring all things 
 to your remembrance, 
 whatsoever I have said un- 
 to you. John xiv. 26. 
 
 "SVhen he, the Spirit of 
 truth is come, he will guide 
 you into all truth. John 
 xvl. 13. 
 
 God hath revealed them 
 
 unto us by his Spirit ; for 
 the Spirit searcheth all 
 things, yea, the deep things 
 of God. 1 Cor. ii. 10. 
 
 The anointing which ye 
 have received of him, abid- 
 eth in you, and ye need 
 not that any man teach 
 you : but as the same a- 
 nointing teacheth you of 
 all things, and is truth and 
 is no lie ; and even as it 
 hath taught you, ye shall 
 abide in him. 1 John ii. 27. 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 Of his Sealing of Believers. 
 
 Hope maketh not asham- 
 ed ; because the love of God 
 is shed abroad in our hearts 
 by the Holy Ghost, which 
 is given unto us. Rom. v. 
 5. 
 
 Who hath also sealed 
 us, and given the earnest 
 of the Spirit iu our hearts. 
 2 Cor. i. 22. 
 
 Now he that hath wrought 
 us for the self-same thing 
 is God, who also hath giv- 
 en unto us the earnest of 
 the Spirit. 2 Cor. v. 5. 
 
 After that ye believed, 
 or, believing, ye were seal- 
 ed with that Holy Spirit 
 of promise. Eph. i. 13. 
 
 Which is the earnest of 
 our inheritance, until the 
 redemption of the purchas- 
 ed possession, unto the 
 praise of his glory. Ver. 
 14. 
 
 Grieve not the Holy 
 Spirit of God, whereby ye 
 are sealed unto the day of 
 redemption. Eph. iv. 30. 
 
 The Spirit of truth. 
 
OF HIS HELP IN PRAYER. 108 
 
 which proceedeth from same Spirit, beareth wit- 
 
 the Father, he shall testi- ness with our spirit, that 
 
 t'y of me. John xv. 26. we are the children of 
 
 The Spirit itself, or, the God. Rom. viii. 16. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 Of his Help in Prayer. 
 
 LoKD, thou hast heard 
 the desire of the humble ; 
 thou wilt prepare, or, fix 
 their heart, thou wilt cause 
 thine ear to hear. Psal. 
 X. 17. 
 
 Ye have received the 
 Spirit of adoption, where- 
 by we cry, Abba, Father. 
 Rom. viii. 15. 
 
 The Spirit helpeth our 
 infirmities : for we know 
 not what we should pray 
 for as we ought ; but the 
 Spirit itself maketh inter- 
 
 cession for us with groan- 
 ings which cannot be ut- 
 tered. Ver. 26. 
 
 And he that searcheth 
 the hearts, knovveth what 
 is the mind of the Spirit, 
 because he maketh inter- 
 cession for the saints ac- 
 cording to the will of God. 
 Ver. 27. 
 
 Because ye are sons, 
 God hath sent forth the 
 %)irit of his Son into your 
 hearts, crying, Abba, Fa- 
 ther. Gal. iv. 6. 
 
 XL. 
 
 Of God's Hearing of Prayer. 
 
 Tiiou shalt make thy 
 prayer unto him, and he 
 shall hear thee. Job xxii. 
 27. 
 
 The Lord will hear 
 when I call unto him. 
 Psal. iv. 3. 
 
 This poor man cried, 
 and the Lord heard him, 
 and saved him out of all 
 
 his troubles. Psal. xxxiv. 
 6. 
 
 The eyes of the Lord 
 are upon the righteous, 
 and his ears are open unto 
 their cry. Ver. 15. 
 
 The righteous cry, and 
 the Lord heareth, and de- 
 livereth them out of all 
 their troubles. Ver. 17. 
 
104 OF GOD'S HEARING OF PRAYER. 
 
 Call upon me in the 
 day of trouble ; I will de- 
 liver thee, and thou shall 
 glorify me. Psal. 1. 15. 
 
 O thou that hearest 
 prayer, unto thee shall all 
 flesh come. Psal. Ixv. 2. 
 
 He shall call upon me, 
 and I will answer him. 
 Psal. xci. 15. 
 
 He will fulfil the desire 
 of them that fear him ; he 
 also will hear their cry, 
 and will save them. Psal. 
 cxlv. 19. 
 
 The Lord is far from 
 the wicked ; but he hear- 
 eth the prayer of the 
 righteous. Prov. xv. 29. 
 
 He will be very graci- 
 ous unto thee at the voice 
 of thy cry ; when he shall 
 hear it he will answer 
 thee. Isa. xxx. 19. 
 
 When the poor and 
 needy seek water, and 
 there is none, and their 
 tongue faileth for thirst, I 
 the Lord will hear them, 
 I the God of Israel will 
 not forsake them. Isa. 
 xli. 17. 
 
 Then shall thou call, 
 and the Lord shall answer; 
 thou shall cry, and he 
 shall say. Here I am. Isa. 
 Iviii. 9. 
 
 Then shall ye call upon 
 me, and ye shall go and 
 pray unto me, and I will 
 hearken unto you. Jer. 
 xxix. 12. 
 
 They shall call on my 
 name, and I will hear 
 them ; I will say, It is my 
 people ; and they shall 
 say, The Lord is my God. 
 Zech. xiii. 9. 
 
 Every one that asketh, 
 receiveth ; and he that 
 seeketh, findeth ; and to 
 him that knocketh, it shall 
 be opened. Matth. vii. 8. 
 
 If ye then, being evil, 
 know how to give good 
 gifts unto your children ; 
 how much more shall your 
 Father which is in heaven, 
 give good things to them 
 that ask him ? Ver. 11. 
 
 All things whatsoever 
 ye shall ask in prayer, be- 
 lieving, ye shall receive. 
 Matth. xxi. 22. 
 
 Whatsoever ye shall ask 
 in my name, that will I 
 do, that the Father may 
 be glorified in the Son. 
 John xiv. 13. 
 
 If ye shall ask any thing 
 in my name, I will do it. 
 Ver. 14. 
 
 If ye abide in me, and 
 my words abide in you, ye 
 shall ask what ye will, and 
 it shall be done unto you. 
 John XV. 7. 
 
 In that day ye shall ask 
 me nothing. Verily, ve- 
 rily, I say unto you, What- 
 soever ye shall ask the Fa- 
 ther in my name, he will 
 give it you. John xvi. 23. 
 
 Hitherto have ye asked 
 
OF PEACE OF CONSCIENCE. 105 
 
 nothing in my name : ask, 
 and ye shall receive, that 
 your joy may be full. Ver. 
 24.. 
 
 The prayer of faith shall 
 save the sick, and the 
 Lord shall raise him up ; 
 and if he have committed 
 sins, they shall be forgiven 
 him. James v. 15. 
 
 Whatsoever we ask we 
 receive of him, because we 
 keep his commandments, 
 and do those things that 
 
 are pleasing in his sight. 
 1 John iii. 22. 
 
 And this is the confi- 
 dence that we have in 
 him, that, if we ask any 
 thing according to his 
 will, he heareth us. 1 John 
 v. 14-. 
 
 And if we know that he 
 hear us whatsoever we ask, 
 we know that we have the 
 petitions that we desired 
 of him. Ver. 15. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 QfFKACE of Conscience. 
 
 His soul shall dwell at 
 ease. Psal. xxv. 13. 
 
 He will speak peace 
 unto his people, and to his 
 saints. Psal. Ixxxv. 8. 
 
 He healeth the broken 
 in heart, and bindeth up 
 their wounds. Ps. cxlvii. 3. 
 
 The work of righteous- 
 ness shall be peace, and 
 the effect of righteousness, 
 quietness, and assurance 
 for ever. Isa. xxxii. 17. 
 
 Thy faith hath saved 
 thee ; go in peace. Luke 
 vii. 50. 
 
 Peace I leave with you. 
 
 my peace 1 give unto you: 
 not as the world giveth, 
 give 1 unto you. John 
 xiv. 27. 
 
 The peace of Godj which 
 passeth all understanding, 
 shall keep your hearts and 
 minds, through Christ Je- 
 sus. Phil. iv. 7. 
 
 Let the peace of God 
 rule in your hearts, to the 
 which also ye are called 
 in one body. Col, iii. 15. 
 
 Now, the Lord of peace 
 himself give you peace al- 
 ways, by.all means. 2 Thes. 
 iii. 16. 
 
 XLIL 
 
 Of spiritual Comfort. 
 
 In the multitude of my comforts delight my soul 
 thoughts within me, thy Psal. xciv. 19. 
 
 E 2 
 
106 OF SPIRITUAL COMFORT. 
 
 In that day thou shalt 
 say, O Lord, I will praise 
 thee: though thou wast 
 angry with me, thine anger 
 is turned away, and thou 
 comfortedst me. Isa. xii. 
 1. 
 
 The Lord hath comfort- 
 ed his people, and will 
 have mercy upon his af- 
 flicted. Isa. xlix. 13. 
 
 I, even I, am he that 
 comforteth you. Isa. li. 12. 
 
 For a small moment 
 have I forsaken thee ; but 
 with great mercies will I 
 gather thee. Isa. liv. 7. 
 
 In a little wrath I hid 
 my face from thee for a 
 moment; but with ever- 
 lasting kindness will I have 
 mercy on thee, saith the 
 Lord, thy Redeemer. 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 He hath sent me to 
 bind up the broken-heart- 
 ed ; Isa. Ixi. 1 . 
 
 To proclaim the accept- 
 able year of the Lord, and 
 the day of vengeance of 
 our God; to comfort all 
 that mourn ; Ver. 2. 
 
 To appoint unto them 
 that mourn in Zion, to give 
 unto them beauty for ashes, 
 the oil of joy for mourn, 
 ing, the garment of praise 
 for the spirit of heaviness; 
 that they might be called 
 Trees of Righteousness, 
 The planting of the Lord, 
 
 that he might be glorified. 
 Ver. 3. 
 
 That ye may suck, and 
 be satisfied with the breasts 
 of her consolations ; that 
 ye may milk out, and be 
 delighted with the abun- 
 dance of her glory. Isa. 
 Ixvi. 11. 
 
 As one whom his mo- 
 ther comforteth, so will I 
 comfort you ; and ye shall 
 be comforted in Jerusa- 
 lem. Ver. 13. 
 
 Stand ye in the ways 
 and see, and ask for the 
 old paths, where is the 
 good way, and walk there- 
 in, and ye shall find rest 
 for your souls. Jer. vi. 16. 
 I will not leave you com- 
 fortless ; I will come to 
 you. John xiv. 18. 
 
 Blessed be God, even 
 the Father of our Lord 
 JesMS Christ, the Father of 
 mercies, and the God of 
 all comfort ; 2 Cor. i. 3. 
 
 Who comforteth us in 
 all our tribulation, that we 
 may be able to comfort 
 them which are in any 
 trouble, by the comfort 
 wherewith we ourselves 
 are comforted of God. 
 Ver. 4'. 
 
 God, that comforteth 
 those that are cast down, 
 comforted us by the com- 
 ing of Titus. 2 Cor. vii. 
 5. 
 
OF JOY IN GOD. 
 
 107 
 
 Now our Lord Jesus 
 Christ himself, and God 
 even our Father, which 
 hath loved us, and hath 
 given us everlasting con- 
 solation, and good hope 
 through grace, comfort 
 your hearts. 2 Thess. ii. 
 16, 17. 
 
 That by two immutable 
 things, in which it was im- 
 possible for God to lie, we 
 might have a strong con- 
 solation, who have fled for 
 refuge to lay hold upon 
 the hope set before us. 
 Heb. vi. 18. 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 Of Joy in God as their own God. 
 
 The joy of the Lord is 
 your strength. Neh. viii. 
 10. 
 
 Then shalt thou have thy 
 delight in the Almighty, 
 and shalt lift up thy face 
 unto God. Job xxii. 26. 
 
 Thou hast put gladness 
 in my heart, more than in 
 the time that their corn 
 and their wine increased. 
 Psal. iv. 7. 
 
 Our heart shall rejoice 
 in him ; because we have 
 trusted in his holy name. 
 Psal. xxxiii. 21. 
 
 My soul shall be satis- 
 fied as with marrow and 
 fatness; and my mouth 
 shall praise thee with joy- 
 ful lips. Psal. lxiii.*5. 
 
 The righteous shall be 
 glad in the Lord, and shall 
 trust in him •, and all the 
 upright in heart shall glo- 
 ry. Ps. Ixiv. 10. 
 
 Let the righteous be 
 glad ; let them rejoice be- 
 fore God ; yea, let them 
 exceedingly rejoice. Psal. 
 Ixviii. 3. 
 
 Blessed is the people 
 that know the joyful 
 sound : they shall walk, O 
 Lord, in the light of thy 
 countenance. Ps. Ixxxix. 
 15. 
 
 In thy name shall they" 
 rejoice all the day ; and 
 in thy righteousness shall 
 they be exalted. Ver. 16. 
 
 Light is sown for the 
 righteous, and gladness for 
 the upright in heart. Psal. 
 xcvii. 11. 
 
 The voice of rejoicing 
 and salvation, is in the ta- 
 bernacles of the righteous. 
 Psal. cxviii. 15. 
 
 They that sow in tears 
 shall reap in joy. Psal. 
 cxxvi. 5. 
 
108 
 
 OF JOY IN GOD. 
 
 He that goeth forth and 
 weepeth, bearing precious 
 seed, shall, doubtless, 
 come again with rejoicing, 
 bringing his sheaves with 
 him. Ver. 6. 
 
 We will be glad and re- 
 joice in thee ; we will re- 
 member thy love more than 
 wine. Song i. 4. 
 
 They joy before thee ac- 
 cording to the joy in har- 
 vest, and as men rejoice 
 when they divide the spoil. 
 Isa. ix. 3. 
 
 Thou shalt rejoice in the 
 Lord, and shalt glory in the 
 holy One of Israel. Isa. 
 xli. 16. 
 
 The redeemed of the 
 Lord shall return, and 
 come with singing unto 
 Zion ; and everlasting joy 
 shall be upon their head : 
 they shall obtain gladness 
 and joy ; and sorrow and 
 mourning shall flee away. 
 Isa. li. 11. 
 
 Ye shall go out with joy, 
 and be led forth with 
 peace. Isa. Iv. 12. 
 
 For confusion they shall 
 rejoice in their portion ; 
 therefore in their land shall 
 they possess the double ; 
 everlasting joy shall be un- 
 , to them. isa. Ixi. 7. 
 
 I will greatly rejoice in 
 the Lord, my soul shall be 
 joyful in my God. Isa. 
 Ixi. 10. 
 
 Behold, my servants 
 shall sing for joy of heart. 
 Isa. Ixv. 14. 
 
 I will rejoice in the 
 Lord, I will joy in the God 
 of my salvation. Hab. iii. 
 18. 
 
 These things have I spo- 
 ken unto you, that my joy 
 might remain in you, and 
 that your joy might be full. 
 John XV. 11. 
 
 I will see you again, and 
 your heart will rejoice, and 
 your joy no man taketh 
 from you. John xvi. 22. 
 
 We rejoice in hope of 
 the glory of God. Rom. v. 
 2. 
 
 The kingdom of God is 
 not meat and drink ; but 
 righteousness, and peace, 
 and joy in the Holy Ghost. 
 Rom. xiv. 17. 
 
 We are the circumci- 
 sion, which rejoice in 
 Christ Jesus. Phil. iii. 3. 
 
 Whom having not seen, 
 ye love ; in whom though 
 now ye see him not, yet 
 believing, ye rejoice with 
 joy unspeakable, and full 
 of glory. 1 Pet. i. 8. 
 
OF THE MEANS OF GRACE. 109 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 Of the Means of Grace. 
 
 I WILL open rivers in 
 high places, and fountains 
 in the midst of the valleys : 
 I will make the wilderness 
 a pool of water, and the 
 dry land springs of water. 
 Isa. xli. 18. 
 
 They shall feed in the 
 ways, and their pastures 
 shall be in all high places. 
 Isa. xlix. 9. 
 
 They shall not hunger 
 nor thirst, neither shall the 
 heat nor sun smite them. 
 Ver. 10. 
 
 How beautiful upon the 
 mountains, are the feet of 
 him that bringeth good 
 tidings, that publisheth 
 peace, that bringeth good 
 tidings of good, that pub- 
 lisheth salvation ; that 
 saith unto Zion, Thy God 
 reigneth I Isa. Hi. 7. 
 
 Thy watchmen shall lift 
 up the voice ; with the 
 voice together shall they 
 sing : for they shall see 
 eye to eye, when the Lord 
 «hall bring again Zion. 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 Them will I bring to my 
 
 holy mountain, and make 
 them joyful in my house of 
 prayer: their burnt-offer- 
 ings and their sacrifice* 
 shall beaccepteduponmine 
 altar; for mine house shall 
 be called an house of pray- 
 er for all people. Isa. Ivi. 
 7. 
 
 r have set watchmen 
 upon thy walls, O Jerusa- 
 lem, which shall never 
 hold their peace day nor 
 night. Isa. Ixii. 6. 
 
 He gave some, apostles; 
 and some, prophets; and 
 some, evangelists ; and 
 some, pastors and teach- 
 ers ; Eph. iv. 11. 
 
 For the perfecting of 
 the saints, for the work of 
 the ministry, for the edify- 
 ing of the body of Christ : 
 Ver. 12. 
 
 Till we all come in the 
 unity of the faith, and of 
 the knowledge of the Son 
 of God, unto a perfect man, 
 unto the measure of the 
 stature of the fulness of 
 Christ. Ver. 13. 
 
110 BLESSING ITPON THE ORDINANCES. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 Of A-BiLiTY Jbr edifying Discourse. 
 
 The mouth of the just 
 bringeth forth wisdom. 
 Prov. X. 31. 
 
 The lips of the righte- 
 ous know what is accepta- 
 ble. Ver. 32. 
 
 The preparations of the 
 heart in man, and the an- 
 swer of the tongue, is from 
 the Lord. Prov. xvi. 1. 
 
 To one is given by the 
 Spirit the word of wisdom ; 
 to another the word of 
 knowledge by the same 
 Spirit. 1 Cor. xii. 8. 
 
 I will give you a mouth 
 and wisdom, which all your 
 adversaries shall not be 
 able to gainsay nor resist. 
 Luke xxi. 15. 
 
 XLVL 
 
 Of a Blessing upon the Obdinances. 
 
 In all places where I re- 
 cord my name, I will come 
 unto thee, and I will bless 
 thee. Exod. xx. 24. 
 
 They shall be abundant- 
 ly satisfied with the fatness 
 of thy house ; and thou 
 shalt make them drink of 
 the river of thy pleasures. 
 Psal. xxxvi. 8. 
 
 For with thee is the 
 fountain of life: in thy light 
 shall we see light. Ver. 9. 
 
 To see thy power and 
 thy glory, so as I have seen 
 thee in the sanctuary. Ps. 
 Ixiii. 2. 
 
 Because thy loving kind- 
 ness is better than life, my 
 lips shall praise thee. Ver. 3. 
 
 Thus will I bless thee 
 while I live : I will lift up 
 my hands in thy name. 
 Ver. 4. 
 
 Blessed is the man whom 
 thou choosest, and causest 
 to approach unto thee, that 
 he may dwell in thy courts; 
 we shall be satisfied with 
 the goodness of thy house, 
 even of thy holy temple. 
 Psal. Ixv. 4. 
 
 They have seen thy go- 
 ings, O God; even the 
 
OF SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION. Ill 
 
 goings of my God, my 
 king, in the sanctuary. Ps. 
 Ixviii. 24. 
 
 Blessed are they that 
 dwell in thy house ; they 
 will be still praising thee. 
 Psal. Ixxxiv. 4. 
 
 For a day in thy courts 
 is better than a thousand : 
 I had rather be a door- 
 keeper in the house of my 
 God, than to dwell in the 
 tentsof wickedness. V. 10. 
 
 For the Lord God is a 
 sun and shield ; the Lord 
 will give grace and glory. 
 Ver. 11. 
 
 Blessed is the people that 
 know the joyful sound : 
 they shall walk, O Lord, in 
 the light of thy counte- 
 nance. Psal. Ixxxix. 15. 
 
 In thy name shall they 
 rejoice all the day; and in 
 thy righteousness shall they 
 be exalted. Ver. 16. 
 
 Those that are planted 
 in the house of the Lord, 
 shall flourish in the courts 
 of our God. Psal. xcii. 
 13. 
 
 They shall still bring 
 forth fruit in old age ; they 
 shall be fat and flourishing. 
 Ver. 14. 
 
 I sat down under his 
 shadow with great delight, 
 and his fruit was sweet to 
 my taste. Song ii. 3. 
 
 With joy shall ye draw 
 water out of the wells ot 
 salvation. Isa. xii. 3. 
 
 They shall come up with 
 acceptance on mine altar, 
 and I will glorify the house 
 of my glory. Isa. Ix. 7. 
 
 Where two or three are 
 gathered together in my 
 name, there am I in the 
 midst of them. Matth, 
 xviii. 20. 
 
 XL VII. 
 
 O/" SANCTIFIED Affliction. 
 
 If they be bound in fet- 
 ters, and be holden in 
 cords of affliction ; Job 
 xxxvi. 8. 
 
 Then he showeth them 
 their work, and their trans- 
 
 gressions that they have 
 exceeded. Ver. 9. 
 
 He openeth also their 
 ear to discipline, and com- 
 mandeth that they return 
 from iniquity. Ver. 10. 
 
112 OF SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION. 
 
 Blessed is the man whom 
 thou chastenest, O Lord, 
 and teachest him out of 
 thy law ; Psal. xciv. 12. 
 
 That thou mayest give 
 him rest from the days of 
 adversity, until the pit be 
 digged for the wicked. 
 Ver. 13. 
 
 Before I was afflicted I 
 went astray ; but now have 
 I kept thy word. Psal. 
 cxix. 67. 
 
 It is good for me that 
 I have been afflicted : that 
 I might learn thy statutes. 
 Ver. 71. 
 
 I know, O Lord, that 
 thy judgments are right, 
 and that thou in faithful- 
 ness hast afflicted me. 
 Ver. 75. 
 
 Whom the Lord loveth 
 he correcteth, even as a 
 father the son in whom he 
 delighteth. Prov. iii. 12. 
 
 By this, therefore, shall 
 the iniquity of Jacob be 
 purged ; and this is all the 
 fruit to take away his sin. 
 Isa. xxvii. 9. 
 
 Behold, I have refined 
 thee, but not with silver ; 
 I have chosen thee in the 
 furnace of affliction. Isa. 
 xlviii, 10. 
 
 Some of them of under- 
 standing shall fall, to try 
 them, and to purge, and 
 to make them white, even 
 
 to the time of the end. 
 Dan, xi. 35. 
 
 Behold, I will hedge up 
 thy way with thorns, and 
 make a wall that she shall 
 not find her paths. Hos. 
 ii. 6. 
 
 And she shall follow af- 
 ter her lovers, but she shall 
 not overtake them ; and 
 she shall seek them, but 
 shall not find them : then 
 shall she say, I will go and 
 i-eturn to my first husband; 
 for then was it better with 
 me than now. Ver. 7. 
 
 We glory in tribulations 
 also ; knowing that tribu- 
 lation worketh patience ; 
 and patience, experience : 
 and experience, hope. 
 Rom. V. 3. 
 
 When we are judged 
 we are chastened of the 
 Lord, that we should not 
 be condemned with the 
 world. 1 Cor. xi. 32. 
 
 For which cause we 
 faint not ; but though our 
 outward man perish, yet 
 the inward man is renew- 
 ed day by day. 2 Cor. iv. 
 16. 
 
 For our light affliction, 
 which is but for a moment, 
 worketh for us a far more 
 exceeding and eternal 
 weight of glory. Ver. 17. 
 
 I know that this shall 
 turn to my salvation, 
 
OF GRACE, afc. 
 
 lis 
 
 through your prayer, and 
 the supply of the Spirit of 
 Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 19. 
 
 Whom the Lord loveth 
 he chasteneth, and scourg- 
 eth every son whom he 
 receiveth. Heb. xii. 6. 
 
 If ye endure chastening, 
 God dealeth with you as 
 with sons ; for what son is 
 he whom the Father chast- 
 eneth not ? Ver. 7. 
 
 They verily for a few days 
 chastened us after their 
 own pleasure; but he for 
 our profit, that we might 
 be partakers of his holi- 
 ness. Ver. 10. 
 
 Now, no chastening for 
 the present seemeth to be 
 joyous, but grievous ; ne- 
 vertheless, afterward it 
 yieldeth the peaceable 
 fruit of righteousness, un- 
 
 to them which are exer- 
 cised thereby. Ver. 11. 
 
 The trying of your faith 
 worketh patience. James 
 i. 3. 
 
 Blessed is the man that 
 endureth temptation; for 
 when he is tried he shall 
 receive the crown of life, 
 which the Lord hath pro- 
 mised to them that love 
 him. Ver. 12. 
 
 That the trial of your 
 faith, being much more 
 precious than of gold that 
 perisheth, though it be 
 tried with fire, might be 
 found unto praise, and ho- 
 nour, and glory, at the ap- 
 pearing of Jesus Christ. 
 1 Pet. i. 7. 
 
 As many as I love I re- 
 buke and chasten. Rev. 
 iii. 19. 
 
 XLVIIL 
 
 0/* Grace to the Offspring of Believers. 
 
 I WILL pour my Spirit 
 upon thy seed, and my 
 blessing upon thine off- 
 'spring. Isa. xliv. 3. 
 
 And they shall spring 
 up as among the grass, as 
 willows by the water-cour- 
 ses. Ver. 4. 
 
 One shall say, I am the 
 
 Lord's ; and another shall 
 call himself by the name 
 of Jacob ; and another 
 shall subscribe with his 
 hand unto the Lord, and 
 surname himself by the 
 name of Israel. Ver. 5. 
 
 Suffer the little children 
 to come unto me, and for- 
 
114 OF THEIR BEING MADE KINGS, &c. 
 
 bid them not ; for of such 
 is the kingdom of God. 
 Mark x. M-. 
 
 And he took them up in 
 his arras, put his hands up- 
 
 on them, and blessed them. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 They said, BeHeve on 
 the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 thou shalt be saved, and 
 thy house. Acts xvi. 31. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 Of their being made Kings and Priests. 
 
 Ye shall be unto me a 
 kingdom of priests, and an 
 holy nation. Exod. xix. 6. 
 
 Ye are a chosen gene- 
 ration, a royal priesthood, 
 an holy nation, a peculiar 
 people ; that ye should 
 show forth the praises of 
 him, who hath called you 
 out of darkness into his 
 
 marvellous light. 1 Pet. 
 ii. 9. 
 
 He hath made us kings 
 and priests unto God and 
 his Father. Rev. i. 6. 
 
 And hast made us unto 
 our God kings and priests; 
 and we shall reign on the 
 earth. Rev. v. 10. 
 
 L. 
 
 Of the Ministration o;^ Angels to them. 
 
 The angel of the Lord 
 encampeth round about 
 them that fear him, and 
 delivereth them. Psal. 
 xxxiv. 7. 
 
 He shall give his angels 
 charge over thee, to keep 
 thee in all thy ways. Psal. 
 xci. 11. 
 
 They shall bear thee up 
 in their hands, lest thou 
 dash thy foot against a 
 stone. Ver. 12. 
 
 Take heed that ye des- 
 pise not one of these little 
 ones ; for I say unto you. 
 That in heaven, their an- 
 gels do always behold the 
 face of my Father which 
 is in heaven. Matth. xviii. 
 10. 
 
 Are they not all minis- 
 tering spirits, sent forth to 
 minister for them who shall 
 be heirs of salvation? Heb. 
 i. 14. 
 
COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH. 115 
 
 LI. 
 
 Of their Union and Communion iKitli the Church. 
 
 Thou, being a wild olive- 
 tree, wert grafted in a- 
 mong them, and with 
 them partakest of the root 
 and fatness of the olive- 
 tree. Rom. xi. 17. 
 
 There is neither Jew 
 nor Greek, there is neither 
 bond nor free^ there is ne- 
 ther male nor female ; for 
 ye are all one in Christ 
 Jesus. Gal. iir. 28. 
 
 And if ye be Christ's, 
 then are ye Abraham's 
 seed, and heirs according 
 to the promise. Ver. 
 ,29. 
 
 Jerusalem which is above 
 is free, which is the mother 
 of us all. Gal. iv. 26. 
 
 Nov/ we, brethren, as 
 Isaac was, are the children 
 of promise. Ver. 28. 
 
 But now in Christ Je- 
 sus, ye who sometime were 
 far off, are made nigh by 
 the blood of Christ. Eph. 
 ii. 13. 
 
 Now, therefore, ye are 
 no more strangers and fo- 
 reigners, but fellow-citi- 
 zens with the saints, and 
 
 of the household of God. 
 Ver. 19. 
 
 In whom ye also are 
 builded together for an ha- 
 bitation of God, through 
 the Spirit. Ver. 22. 
 
 Ye are come unto mount 
 Zion, and unto the city of 
 the living God, the hea- 
 venly Jerusalem, and to an 
 innumerable company of 
 angels ; Heb. xii. 22. 
 
 To the general assembly 
 and church of the first- 
 born, which are written in 
 heaven, and to God the 
 judge of all, and to the 
 spirits of just men made 
 perfect ; Ver. 23. 
 
 And to Jesus the media- 
 tor of the new covenant, 
 and to the blood of sprink- 
 ling, that speaketh better 
 things than that of Abel. 
 Ver. 24-. 
 
 That which we have 
 seen and heard declare we 
 unto you, that ye also may 
 have fellowship with us; 
 and truly our fellowship is 
 with the Father, and with 
 his Son Jesus Christ. 1 
 John i. 3. 
 
116 SUPPORT AND SAFETY IN DYING. 
 
 LII. 
 
 Of Support and Safety iu dying. 
 
 Yea, though I walk 
 through the valley of the 
 shadow of death, I will 
 fear no evil : for thou art 
 with me ; thy rod and thy 
 staff they comfort me. Ps. 
 xxiii. 4. 
 
 Mark the perfect man, 
 and behold the upright ; 
 for the end of that man is 
 peace. Psal. xxxvii. 37. 
 
 For this God is our God 
 forever and ever; he will 
 be our guide even unto 
 death. Psal. xlviii. 14. 
 
 God will redeem ray 
 soul from the power of the 
 grave ; for he shall receive 
 me. Psal. xlix. 15. 
 
 My flesh and my heart 
 faileth : but God is the 
 strength of my heart, and 
 my portion for ever. Psal. 
 Ixxiii. 26. 
 
 The righteous hath hope 
 in his death. Prov. xiv. 
 32. 
 
 He will swallow up death 
 in victory ; and the Lord 
 God will wipe away tears 
 from off all faces. Isa. xxv. 
 8. 
 
 I am persuaded that nei- 
 ther death, nor life, nor 
 angels, nor principalities, 
 nor powers, nor things pre- 
 sent, nor things to come, 
 
 nor height, nor depth, nor 
 any other creature, shall 
 be able to separate us from 
 the love of God, which is 
 in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 Rom. viii. 38, 39. 
 
 death ! where is thy 
 sting ? O grave ! where is 
 thy victory ? 1 Cor. xv. 
 5b. 
 
 The sting of death is sin ; 
 and the strength of sin is 
 the law. Ver. h^. 
 
 But thanks be to God 
 which giveth us the victory, 
 through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. Ver. 57. 
 
 For which cause we faint 
 not ; but though our out- 
 ward man perish, yet the 
 inward man is renewed 
 day by day. 2 Cor. iv. 16. 
 
 1 know whom I have be- 
 lieved, or, trusted, and am 
 persuaded that he is able 
 to keep that which I have 
 committed unto him, a- 
 gainst that day. 2 Tim. i. 
 12. 
 
 That, through death, he 
 might destroy him that had 
 the power of death, that is, 
 the devil ; and deliver them 
 who, through fear of death, 
 were all their life-time sub- 
 ject to bondage. Heb. ii. 
 14, 15. 
 
TEMPORAL BLESSINGS. 
 
 U7 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 DEFIlflTE PROMISES OF TEMPORAL BLESSINGS TO 
 BELIEVERS. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 Of temporal Blessings in general. 
 
 Salvation belongeth 
 unto the Lord ; thy bless- 
 ing is upon thy people. 
 Psal. iii. 8. 
 
 Thou, Lord, wilt bless 
 the righteous ; with favour 
 wilt thou compass him as 
 with a shield. Psal. v. 12. 
 
 Surely goodness and 
 mercy shall follow me all 
 the days of my life ; and I 
 will dwell in the house of 
 the Lord for ever. Psal. 
 xxiil. 6. 
 
 There is no want to them 
 thatfearhim. Psal.xxxiv. 9. 
 
 They that seek the Lord 
 shall not want any good 
 thing. Ver. 10. 
 
 No good thing will be 
 withhold from them that 
 walk uprightly. Ps. Ixxxiv. 
 11. 
 
 Blessings are upon the 
 
 head of the just. Prov. x. 
 6. 
 
 The desire of the right- 
 eous shall be granted. Ver. 
 24. 
 
 To him that soweth 
 righteousness, shall be a 
 sure reward. Prov. xi. 18. 
 
 The righteous shall flou- 
 rish as a branch. Ver. 28. 
 
 A good man obtaineth 
 favour of the Lord. Prov. 
 xii- 2. 
 
 To the righteous good 
 shall be repaid. Prov. xiii. 
 21. 
 
 He that followeth after 
 righteousness and mercy, 
 findeth life, righteousness 
 and honour. Prov. xxi. 21. 
 
 Surely I know that it 
 shall be well with them that 
 fear God, which fear before 
 him. Eccles. viii. 12. 
 
118 
 
 OF FOOD. 
 
 Say ye to the righteous, 
 that it shall be well with 
 him ; for they shall eat the 
 fruit of their doings. Isa. 
 iii. 10. 
 
 Seek ye first the king- 
 dom of God, and his right- 
 eousness ; and all these 
 things shall be added unto 
 you. INIatth. vi. 33. 
 
 He that spared not his 
 own Son, but delivered 
 him up for us all, how shall 
 he not with him also freely 
 give us all things ? Rom. 
 viii. 32. 
 
 All things are yours, 
 whether Paul, or Apollos, 
 
 or Cephas, or the world, 
 or life, or death, or things 
 present, or things to come; 
 all are yours. 1 Cor. iii. 
 21, 22. 
 
 My God shall supply all 
 your need, according to 
 his riches in glory, by 
 Christ Jesus. Phil. iv. 19. 
 
 Godh'ness is profitable 
 unto all things, having pro- 
 mise of the life which now 
 is, and of that which is to 
 come. 1 Tim. iv. 8. 
 
 Who giveth us richly all 
 things to enjoy. 1 Tim. vi. 
 17. 
 
 II. 
 
 Of Food. 
 
 Trust in 'he Lord and 
 do good ; so shalt thou 
 dwell in the land, and ve- 
 rily thou shalt be fed. 
 Psal. xxxvii. 3. 
 
 In the days of famine 
 they shall be satisfied. 
 Ver. 19. 
 
 He hath given meat un- 
 to them that fear him ; he 
 will ever be mindful of 
 his covenant. Psal. cxi. 5. 
 
 I will abundantly bless 
 her provision ; I will satis- 
 fy her poor with bread, 
 Psal. cxxxii. 15. 
 
 He filleth thee with the 
 finest of the wheat. Psal. 
 cxlvii. 14. 
 
 The righteous eateth to 
 the satisfying of his soul., 
 Prov. xiii. 25. 
 
 Behold, myservants shall 
 eat, but ye shall be hun- 
 gry: behold, my servants 
 shall drink, but ye shall be 
 thirsty. Isa. Ixv. 13. 
 
 Ye shall eat in plenty, 
 and be satisfied. Joel ii. 
 26. 
 
 Behold the fowls of the 
 air : for they sow not, nei- 
 
OF RABIENT. 
 
 119 
 
 ther do they reap, nor eth them. Are ye not 
 gather into barns; yet much better than they? 
 your heavenly Father feed- Matth. vi. 26. 
 
 III. 
 
 Of Raiment. 
 
 She is not afraid of the 
 snow for her household ; 
 for all her household are 
 clothed with scarlet. Frov. 
 xxxi. 21. 
 
 Her husband is known 
 in the gates, when he sit- 
 teth among the elders of 
 the land. Ver. 23. 
 
 Take no thought for 
 your life, what ye shall 
 eat, or what ye shall drink ; 
 nor yet for your body, 
 what ye shall put on. Is 
 not the life more than 
 meat, and the body than 
 raiment ? Matth. vi. 25. 
 
 Wherefore, if God so 
 clothe the grass of the 
 field, which to-day is, and 
 to-morrow is cast into the 
 oven, shall he not much 
 more clothe you, O ye of 
 little faith ? Ver. SO. 
 
 Therefore take no 
 thought, saying, What 
 shall we eat ? or, What 
 shall we drink ? or Where- 
 withal shall v.'e be clothed? 
 For your heavenly Father 
 knoweth, that ye have 
 need of all these things. 
 Ver. 31, 32. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Of Divine Pkotection. 
 
 The fear of you, and the 
 dread of you, shall be upon 
 every beast of the earth, 
 and upon every fowl of the 
 air, and upon all that mov- 
 eth upon the earth, and 
 upon all the fishes of the 
 sea; into your hand are 
 
 they delivered. Gen. ix. 
 2. 
 
 The beloved of the Lord 
 shall dwell in safety by 
 him; and the Lord shall 
 cover him all the daylong. 
 Deut. xxxiii. 12. 
 
 He will keep the feet of 
 
120 OF DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 his saints, and the wicked 
 shall be silent in darkness ; 
 for by his strength shall 
 no man prevail. 1 Sam. 
 ii. 9. 
 
 Thou shall be in league 
 with the stones of the 
 field ; and the beasts of the 
 field shall be at peace with 
 thee. Job v. 23. 
 
 Thou shalt dig about 
 thee, and thou shalt take 
 thy rest in safety. Job. 
 xj. 18. 
 
 Also thou shalt lie down, 
 and none shall make thee 
 afraid. Ver. 19. 
 
 I will both lay me down 
 in peace and sleep ; for 
 thou, Lord, only makest 
 me dwell in safety. Psal. 
 iv. 8. 
 
 The Lord is my light, 
 and my salvation ; whom 
 shall I fear ? the Lord is 
 the strength of my life ; of 
 whom shall I be afraid ? 
 Psal. xxvii. 1. 
 
 He keepeth all his 
 bones; not one^of them is 
 broken. Psal. xxxiv. 20. 
 
 He that dwelleth in the 
 secret place of the Most 
 High, shall abide under 
 the shadow of the Almigh- 
 ty. Psal. xci. 1. 
 
 I will say of the Lord, 
 He is my refuge, and my 
 fortress ; my God, in him 
 will I trust. Ver. 2. 
 
 He shall cover thee with 
 
 his feathers, and under his 
 wings shalt thou trust : his 
 truth shall be thy shield 
 and buckler. Ver. 4. 
 
 There shall no evil be- 
 fall thee, neither shall any 
 plague come nigh thy 
 dwelling. Ver. 10. 
 
 He shall not be afraid 
 of evil tidings ; his heart 
 is fixed, trusting in the 
 Lord. Psal. cxii. 7. 
 
 Behold, he that keepeth 
 Israel, shall neither slum- 
 ber nor sleep. Psal. cxxi. 
 4. 
 
 The Lord is thy keeper ; 
 the Lord is thy shade upon 
 thy right hand. Ver. 5. 
 
 The Lord shall preserve 
 thee from all evil ; he shall 
 preserve thy soul. Ver. 7. 
 
 The Lord shall preserve 
 thy going out, and thy 
 coming in, from this time 
 forth, and even for ever- 
 more. Ver. 8. 
 
 As the mountains are 
 round about Jerusalem, so 
 the Lord is round about 
 hispeoplefrom henceforth, 
 even for ever. Psal cxxv. 
 2. 
 
 He giveth his beloved 
 sleep. Psal. cxxvii. 2. 
 
 Then shalt thou walk in 
 thy way safely, and thy 
 foot shall not stumble. 
 Prov. iii. 23. 
 
 When thou liest down 
 thou shalt not be afraid -, 
 
OF DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 121 
 
 yea, thou thalt lie down, 
 and thy sleep shall be 
 sweet. Ver. 24-. 
 
 Whoso hearkeneth unto 
 me shall dwell safely, and 
 shall be quiet from fear of 
 evil. Prov. i. 33. 
 
 The name of the Lord 
 is a strong tower ; the 
 righteous runneth into it 
 and is safe. Prov. xviii. 
 10. 
 
 The Lord will create 
 upon every dwelling place 
 of mount Zion, and upon 
 her assemblies, a cloud and 
 smoke by day, and the 
 shining of a flaming fire 
 by night ; for upon all the 
 glory shall be a defence. 
 Isa. iv. 5. 
 
 And there shall be a 
 tabernacle for a shadow in 
 the day-time from the 
 heat, and for a place of re- 
 fuge, and for a covert from 
 storm and from rain, Ver. 
 6. 
 
 He shall dwell on high ; 
 his place of defence shall 
 be the munition of rocks ; 
 bread shall be given him, 
 his waters shall be sure. 
 Isa. xxxiii. 16. 
 
 When thou passest 
 through the waters, I will 
 be with thee ; and through 
 the rivers, they shall not 
 overflow thee : when thou 
 
 walkest through the fire, 
 thou shalt not be burnt; 
 neither shall the flame kin- 
 dle upon thee. Isa. xliii. 
 2. 
 
 For I am the Lord thy 
 God, the holy One of Is- 
 rael, thy Saviour. Ver. 3. 
 
 I will make with them 
 a covenant of peace, and 
 I will cause the evil beasts 
 to cease out of the land ; 
 and they shall dwell safely 
 in the wilderness, and sleep 
 in the woods. Ezek. xxxiv. 
 25. 
 
 And they shall no more 
 be a prey to the heathen, 
 neither shall the beasts of 
 the land devour them ; but 
 they shall dwell safely, and 
 none shall make them a- 
 fraid. Ver. 28. 
 
 And in that day will I 
 make a covenant for them 
 with the beasts of the field, 
 and with the fowls of hea- 
 ven, and with the creeping 
 things of the ground ; and 
 I will break the bow, and 
 the sword, and the battle, 
 out of the earth, and I 
 will make them to lie down 
 safely. Hos. ii. 18. 
 
 For I, saith the Lord, 
 will be unto her a wall of 
 fire round about, and will 
 be the glory in the midst 
 of her. Zech. ii. 5. 
 
122 
 
 OF HEALTH, &c. 
 
 And who is he that will 
 harm you, if ye be follow- 
 
 ers of that which is good ? 
 1 Pet. iii. 13. 
 
 Of Health. 
 
 Who forgiveth all thine 
 iniquities; who healeth all 
 thy diseases. Psal. ciii. 3. 
 
 Who redeemeth thy life 
 from destruction. Ver. 4. 
 
 Who satisfieth thy mouth 
 with good things ; so tliat 
 thy youth is renewed like 
 the eagle's. Ver. 5. 
 
 Be not wise in thine own 
 
 eyes: fear the Lord, and 
 depart from evil. It shall 
 be health to thy navel, and 
 marrow to thy bones. Prov. 
 iii. 7, 8. 
 
 They are life unto those 
 that find them, and health 
 to all their flesh. Prov. 
 iv. 22. 
 
 VL 
 
 Of long Life. 
 
 Ye shall walk in all the 
 ways which the Lord your 
 God hath commanded you, 
 that ye may live, and that 
 it may be well with you, 
 and that ye may prolong 
 your days in the land 
 which ye shall possess. 
 Deut. V. 33. 
 
 That thou mightest fear 
 the Lord thy God, to keep 
 all his statutes and com- 
 mandments, which I com- 
 mand thee ; thou, and thy 
 son, and thy son's son, all 
 the days of thy life, and 
 
 that thy days may be pro" 
 longed. Deut. vi. 2. 
 
 Thou shalt come to thy 
 grave in a full age, like as 
 a sheaf of corn cometh in 
 in his season. Job v. 26. 
 
 What man is he that 
 desircth life, and loveth 
 many days that he may 
 see good ? Psal. xxxiv. 12. 
 
 Keep thy tongue from 
 evil, and thy lips from 
 speaking guile. Ver. 13. 
 
 Depart from evil, and 
 do good ; seek peace and 
 pursue it. Ver. H. 
 
OF PEACE. 123 
 
 With long life will I sa- (wisdom's) right hand, 
 
 tisfy him, and show him Ver. 16. 
 
 my salvation. Psal. xci. By me thy days shall be 
 
 16. mu]ti|)lied, and the years 
 
 Length of days, and of thy life shall be increas- 
 
 long life, and peace, shall ed. Prov. ix. 11. 
 
 they add to thee. Prov. The fear of the Lord 
 
 iii. 2. prolongeth days. Prov. 
 
 Length of days is in her x. 27. 
 
 vn. 
 
 0/ Peace. 
 
 I wiLii give peace nothing shall offend them. 
 
 in the land, and ye shall Psal. cxix. 165. 
 
 lie down, and none shall Peace shall be upon Is- 
 
 make you afraid ; and I rael. Psal. cxxv. 5. 
 
 will rid evil beasts out of He niaketh peace in thy 
 
 the land, neither shall the borders. Psal. cxivii. 14.. 
 
 sword go through your Lord, thou wilt ordain 
 
 land. Lev. xxvi. 6. peace for us ; for thou also 
 
 The Lord will give hast wrought all our works 
 
 strength unto his people, in us. Isa. xxvi. 12. 
 
 the Lord will bless his My people shall dwell 
 
 people with peace. Psal. in a peaceable habitation, 
 
 xxix. 11. and in sure dwellings, and 
 
 Great peace have they in quiet resting-places. Isa. 
 
 which love thy law; and xxxii. 18. 
 
 vin. 
 
 Of Divine Direction-. 
 
 The steps of a good He will be our guide 
 
 man are ordered by the even unto death. Psak 
 
 Lord ; and he delighteth xlviii. 14. 
 
 in his way. Psal. xxxvii. Thou sbalt guide me 
 
 ^3. yi'ith thy counsel, and af- 
 
124 OF SANCTIFIED PROSPERITY. 
 
 terward receive me to 
 
 glory. Psal. Ixxiii. 24-. 
 
 In all thy ways acknow- 
 ledge him, and he shall 
 direct thy paths. Prov. 
 iii. 6. 
 
 The righteouness of the 
 perfect shall direct his way. 
 Prov, xi. 5. 
 
 A man's heart deviseth 
 his way ; but the Lord di- 
 recteth his steps. Prov. 
 xvi. 9. 
 
 His God doth instruct 
 him to discretion, and doth 
 teach him. Isa. xxviii. 26. 
 
 1 will bring the blind by 
 a way that they know not ; 
 I will lead them in paths 
 that they have not known : 
 I will make darkness light 
 before them, and crooked 
 things straight. These 
 things will I do unto them, 
 and not forsake them. Isa. 
 xlii. 16. 
 
 IX. 
 
 O/' SANCTIFIED PROSPERITY. 
 
 Thine age shall be clear- 
 er then the noon-tlay ; thou 
 shalt shine forth, thou shall 
 be as the morning. Job 
 xi. 17. 
 
 Thou shalt also decree 
 a thing, and it shall be es- 
 tablished unto tliee ; and 
 the light shall shine upon 
 thy ways. Jobxxii. 28. 
 
 He shall be like a tree 
 planted by the rivers of 
 water, that bringeth forth 
 his fruit in his season : his 
 leaf also shall not wither ; 
 and whatsoever he doeth 
 shall prosper. Psal. i. 3. 
 
 Commit thy way unto 
 the Lord ; trust also in 
 him, and he shall bring it 
 to pass. Psal. xxxvii. 5. 
 
 i will cry unto God 
 
 most high ; unto God that 
 performeth all things for 
 me. Psal. Ivii. 2. 
 
 Thou shalt eat the la- 
 bour of thine hands : hap- 
 py shalt thou be, and it 
 shall be well with thee. 
 Psal. cxxviii, 2. 
 
 They shall build houses 
 and inhabit them ; and they 
 shall plant vineyards, and 
 eat the fruit of them. Isa. 
 Ixv. 21. 
 
 They shall not build, 
 and another inhabit; they 
 shall not plant, and an- 
 other eat : for as the days 
 of a tree, are the days of 
 my people, and mine elect 
 shall long enjoy the work 
 of their hands. Ver. 22. 
 
 They shall not labour in 
 
OF PLENTY AND RICHES. 
 
 125 
 
 vain, nor bring forth for Lord, and their offspring 
 trouble ; for they are the with them. Ver. 23. 
 seed of the blessed of the 
 
 X. 
 
 Of Plenty and Riches. 
 
 I WILL give you tlie rain 
 of your land in his due sea- 
 son, the first rain and the 
 latter rain ; that thou may- 
 est gather in thy corn, and 
 thy wine, and thine oil. 
 Deut. xi. 14". 
 
 And I will send grass in 
 thy fields for thy cattle, 
 that thou mayest eat and 
 be full. Ver. 15. 
 
 The Lord shall open 
 unto thee his good trea- 
 sure, the heaven to give 
 thee rain unto thy land in 
 his season, and to bless all 
 the work of thine hand ; 
 and thou shalt lend unto 
 many nations, and thou 
 shalt not borrow. Deut. 
 xxviii. V2. 
 
 And the Lord thy God 
 will make thee plenteous in 
 every work of thine hand, 
 in the fruit of thy body, 
 and in the fruit of thy cat- 
 tle, and in the fruit of thy 
 land for good ; for the Lord 
 will again rejoice over thee 
 for good, as he rejoiced 
 over thy fathers. Deut- 
 XXX. 9. 
 
 Thou shalt lay up gold 
 as dust, and the gold of 
 Ophir as the stones of the 
 brooks. Job xxii. 24. 
 
 Yea, the Almighty shall 
 be thy defence, and thou 
 shalt have plenty of silver. 
 Ver. 25. 
 
 Wealth and riches shall 
 be in his house ; and his 
 righteousness endureth for 
 ever. Psal. cxii. 3. 
 
 In her left hand are rich- 
 es and honour. Prov. iii. 
 16. 
 
 Riches and honour are 
 with me ; yea, durable rich- 
 es and righteousness. Prov, 
 viii. 18. 
 
 In the house of the right- 
 eous is much treasure. 
 Prov. XV. 6. 
 
 Then shall he give the 
 rain of thy seed, that thou 
 shalt sow the ground 
 withal; and bread of the 
 increase of the earth, and 
 it shall be fat and plent- 
 eous : in that day shall thy 
 cattle feed in large pas- 
 tures. Isa. XXX. 23. 
 
126 
 
 OF HONOUR. 
 
 XT. 
 
 Of Honour. 
 
 The Lord shall make 
 thee the head and not the 
 tail-, and thou shale be a- 
 bove only, and thou shalt 
 not be beneath ; if tliat 
 thou hearken unto the 
 commandments of the 
 Lord thy God, which I 
 command thee this day, to 
 observe and to do them. 
 Deut. xxviii. 13. 
 
 Them that honour me 
 I will honour. 1 Sam. ii. 
 30. 
 
 I will set him on high 
 because he hath known 
 my name. He shall call 
 upon me, and I will an- 
 ilwer him : I will be with 
 him in trouble ; I will de- 
 liver him and honour him. 
 Psal. xci. 14-, 15. 
 
 Surely he shall not be 
 moved for ever; the right- 
 eous shall be in everlasting 
 remembrance. Psal. cxii. 
 6. 
 
 His horn shall be exalted 
 with honour. Ver. 9. 
 
 In her left hand are rich- 
 es and honour. Prov. iii. 
 16. 
 
 Exalt lier and slie shalF' 
 promote thee ; she shall 
 bring thee to honour, 
 when thou dost embrace 
 her. Prov. iv. 8. 
 
 The memory of the just 
 is blessed. Prov. x. 7. 
 
 The evil bow before the 
 good ; and the wicked at 
 the gates of the righteous. 
 Prov. xiv. 19. 
 
 By humility and the fear 
 of the Lord, are riches and 
 honour and life. Prov. xxii. 
 4. 
 
 If any man serve me, 
 let him follow me ; and 
 where I am, there shall 
 also my servant be: if any 
 man serve me, him will my 
 Father honour. John xii. 
 i'6. 
 
 Behold, I will make them 
 of the synagogue of Satan, 
 (wliicli tay iliey are Jews 
 and are not, but do lie,) 
 behold, I will make them 
 to come and worship be- 
 fore thy feet, and to know 
 that 1 have loved theq, 
 Pev. iii. 9. 
 
OF A BLESSING, &c. 
 
 127 
 
 XII. 
 
 Of a Blessing uj)Qn all that they have. 
 
 Ye shall serve the Lord 
 your God, and he shall 
 bless thy bread and thy 
 water. Kxod. xxiii. 25. 
 
 And thou shalt rejoice 
 in every good thing, which 
 the Lord thy God hath 
 given unto thee, and unto 
 thine house. Deut. xxvi. 
 IL 
 
 Blessed shalt thou be in 
 the cit)'^, and blessed shalt 
 thou be in the field. Deut. 
 xxviii. 3. 
 
 Blessed shall be the 
 
 fruit of thy ground, and the 
 fruit of thy cattle, the in- 
 crease of thy kine,and the 
 flocks of thy sheep. Ver. 
 4. 
 
 Blessed shall be thy bas- 
 ket and thy store. Ver. 5. 
 
 B!es?ed shalt thou be 
 when thou comest in, and 
 blessed shalt thou be when 
 thou goest out. Ver. 6. 
 
 The Lord shall com- 
 mand the blessing upon 
 thee in th};^ store-houses, 
 and in all that thou settest 
 thine hand unto ; and he 
 shall bless thee in the land, 
 which the Lord thy God 
 giveth thee. Ver. 8. 
 
 A little that a righteous 
 
 man hath, is better than 
 the riches of many wicked. 
 Psal. xxxvii. 16. 
 
 The blessing of the Lord 
 it maketh rich, and he add- 
 eth no sorrow with it. 
 Prov. x. 22. 
 
 Better is a little with the 
 fear of the Lord, than great 
 treasure, and trouble there- 
 with. Prov. XV. 16. 
 
 For God giveth to a 
 man that is good in his 
 sight, wisdom, and know- 
 ledge, and joy. Eccles. 
 ii. 26. 
 
 Also that every man 
 should eat and drink, and 
 enjoy the good of his la- 
 bour, it is the gift of God. 
 Eccles. iii. \?t. 
 
 Every man, to whom 
 God hath given riches and 
 wealth, and hath given him 
 power to eat thereof, and 
 to take his portion, and to 
 rejoice in his labour; this 
 is the gift of God. Eccles. 
 v. 19. 
 
 For he shall not much 
 remember the days of his 
 life ; because God answer- 
 eth him in the joy of his 
 heart. Ver. 20. 
 
128 
 
 OF CHILDREN. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 O/'Childken. 
 
 He will love thee, and 
 bless thee, and multiply 
 thee; he will also bless the 
 fruit of thy womb. Deut. 
 vii. 1 3. 
 
 Blessed shall be the 
 fruit of thy body. Deut. 
 xxvlii. 4. 
 
 The Lord thy God will 
 make thee plenteous - - - 
 in the fruit of thy body. 
 Deul. XXX. 9. 
 
 Thou shall know that 
 thy seed shall be great, 
 and thine offspring as the 
 grassof theearth. Jobv. 25. 
 
 Lo, children are an 
 heritage of the Lord ; and 
 the fruit of the womb is 
 his reward, t'sal. cxxvii. 
 3. 
 
 Happy is the man that 
 hath his quiver full of" them : 
 they shall not be ashamed, 
 but they shall speak with 
 the enemies in the gate. 
 Ver. 5. 
 
 The Lord shall increase 
 you more and more, you 
 and your children. Psal. 
 cxv. l^. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Of a Blessing uipon the Children of Believers. 
 
 Thou shalt keep his sta- 
 tutes and his command- 
 ments, that it may go well 
 with thee, and thy child- 
 ren after thee. Ueut. iv. 
 40. 
 
 The children of thy ser- 
 vants shall continue, and 
 their seed shall be esta- 
 blished before thee. Psal. 
 oil. 28. 
 
 His seed shall be mighty 
 upon earth : the genera- 
 
 tion of the upright shall 
 be blessed. Psal. cxii. 2. 
 
 His seed shall inherit 
 the earth. Pial. xxv. 13. 
 
 I have been young, and 
 now am old ; yet have I 
 not seen the righteous for- 
 saken, nor his seed beg- 
 ging bread. Psal. xxxvii. 
 25. 
 
 He is ever merciful 
 and lendeth ; and his seed 
 is blessed. Ver. 26. 
 
OF A BLESSING, &c. 
 
 129 
 
 He hath blessed thy 
 children within thee. Psal. 
 cxivii. IS. 
 
 The seed of the right- 
 eous shall be delivered. 
 Prov. xi. 21. 
 
 A good man leaveth an 
 inheritance to his children's 
 children ; and the wealth 
 of the sinner is laid up for 
 the just. Prov. xiii. 22. 
 
 In the fear of the Lord 
 is strong confidence ; and 
 
 his children shall have a 
 place of refuge. Prov. 
 xiv. 26. 
 
 The just man walketh 
 in his integrity : his child- 
 ren are blessed after him. 
 Prov. XX. 7. 
 
 I will give them one 
 heart, and one way, that 
 they may fear me for ever, 
 for the good of them, and 
 of their children after them. 
 Jer. xxxii. 39. 
 
 XV. 
 
 0/a Blessing upon their Families. 
 
 Thou shalt know that 
 thy tabernacle shall be in 
 peace ; and thou shalt vi- 
 sit thy habitation, and shalt 
 not sin. Job. v. 2i<. 
 
 Thy wife shall be as a 
 fruitful vine by the sides 
 of thine house ; thy child- 
 ren like olive-plants round 
 about thy table. Psal. 
 cxxviii. 3. 
 
 Behold, that thus shall 
 the man be blessed, that 
 feareth the Lord. Ver. 4. 
 
 The Lord shall bless 
 thee out of Zion ; and 
 
 thou shalt see the good of 
 Jerusalem all the days of 
 thy life. Ver. 5. 
 
 Yea, thou shalt see thy 
 children's children, and 
 peace upon Israel. Ver. 6. 
 
 He blesseth the habita- 
 tion of the just. Prov. iii. 
 33. 
 
 The house of the right- 
 eous shall stand. Prov. xii. 
 7. 
 
 The tabernacle of the 
 upright shall flourish. 
 Prov. xiv. 11. 
 
130 OF SUPPORT UNDER TROUBLE. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 DEFINITE PROMISES EESPF.CTING THE AFFLICTIONS, 
 OF BELIEVERS- 
 
 SECTION 1. 
 
 O/* SUPPORT under Trouhle. 
 
 He will not lay upon 
 man more than right ; that 
 he should enter into judg- 
 ment with God. Job xxxiv. 
 23. 
 
 The Lord will be a re- 
 fuge for the oppressed, a 
 yefuge in times of trouble. 
 Psal. ix. 9. 
 
 The Lord is my rock, 
 and my fortress, and my 
 deliverer ^ my strength, in 
 whom \ will trust ; my 
 buckler, ard the horn of 
 my salvation, and my high 
 tower. Psal. xviii. 2. 
 
 He hath not despised 
 nor abhorred the affliction 
 of the afflicted, neither 
 hath he hid his face from 
 him ; but when he cried 
 unto him he heard. Psal. 
 %jX\. 24:. 
 
 "Wait on the Lord ; be^ 
 of good courage, and he 
 shall strengthen thine 
 heart : wait, I say, on the 
 Lord. Psal. xxvii. 14. 
 
 Though he fall he shall 
 not be utterly cast down; 
 for the Lord upholdeth 
 him with his hand. Psal. 
 xxxvii. 24-. 
 
 The salvation of the 
 righteous is of the Lord ; 
 he is their strcngili in 
 the time of trouble. Ver. 
 
 I will be glad and rejoice 
 in thy mercy ; for thou 
 hast considered my trou- 
 ble : thou hast known my 
 soul in adversities. Psal. 
 xxxi. 7. 
 
 Blessed is he that con- 
 siderc'th tlie poor ; the- 
 
OF SUPPORT UNDER TROUBLE. 131 
 
 Lord will deliver him in 
 time of trouble. Psal. xli. 
 1. 
 
 God is our refuge and 
 strength, a very present 
 help in trouble, Fsal. xlvi. 
 1. 
 
 Therefore will not we 
 fear, though the earth be 
 removed, and though the 
 mountains be carried into 
 the midst of the sea ; 
 though the waters thereof 
 roar and be troubled, 
 though the mountains 
 shake with the swelling 
 thereof. Ver. 2, 3. 
 
 Cast thy burden upon 
 the Lord, and he shall sus- 
 tain thee : he shall never 
 suffer the righteous to be 
 moved. Psal. Iv. 22. 
 
 Thou hast given com- 
 mandment to save me ; for 
 thou art my rock and my 
 fortress. Psal. Ixxi. 3. 
 
 My flesh and my heart 
 faileth ; but God is the 
 strength of my heart. Ps. 
 Ixxiii. 26. 
 
 Unto tlie upright there 
 ariseth light in the dark- 
 ness. Psal. csii. 4. 
 
 Though I walk in the 
 midst of trouble, thou wilt 
 revive me ; thou shalt 
 stretch forth thine hand 
 against the wrath of mine 
 enenaies, and thy right 
 
 hand shall save me. Psal. 
 cxxxviii. 7. 
 
 The Lord upholdeth all 
 that fall, and raiseth up all 
 those that be bowed down. 
 Psal. cxlv. 14'. 
 
 Thou hast been a 
 strength to the poor, a 
 strength to the needy in 
 his distress, a refuge from 
 the storm, a shadow from 
 the heat, when the blast of 
 the terrible ones is as a 
 storm against the wall. 
 Isa. XXV, 4. 
 
 In measure, when it 
 shooteth forth, thou wilt 
 debate with it ; he stayeth 
 his rough wind in the day 
 of his east wind. Isa. 
 xxvii. 8. 
 
 Lord, my strength, 
 and my fortress, and my 
 refuge in the day of afflic- 
 tion. Jer. xvi. 19. 
 
 1 am with thee, saith 
 the Lord, to save thee :- - - 
 I will correct thee in mea- 
 sure, and will not leave 
 thee altogether unpunish-- 
 ed. Jer. xxx. 1 1. 
 
 The Lord will not cast 
 off for ever ; but though he 
 cause grief, yet will he 
 have compassion, accord- 
 ing to the multitude of his 
 mercies. Lam. iii. 31^ 
 32. 
 
 For he doth not afflict. 
 
132 DELIVERANCE OUT OF TROUBLE. 
 
 willingly, nor grieve the 
 
 children of men. Ver. 33. 
 
 Rejoice not against me, 
 
 mine enemy : when I 
 fall I shall arise ; when I 
 sit in darkness the Lord 
 shall be a light unto me. 
 Mic. vii. 8. 
 
 I uiil bear the indigna- 
 tion of the Lord, because 
 
 1 have sinned against him, 
 until he plead my cause and 
 execute judgment for me : 
 he will bring me forth to 
 the light, and I shall be- 
 hold his righteousness. 
 Ver. 9. 
 
 The Lord is good, a 
 strong hold in the day of 
 trouble ; and he knoweth 
 them that trust in him. 
 Nah. i. 7. 
 
 These things I have 
 spoken unto you, that in 
 me ye might have peace. 
 In the world ye shall have 
 tribulation : but be of good 
 cheer; 1 have overcome 
 the world. John xvi. 
 33. 
 
 As the sufferings of 
 Christ abound in us, so 
 our consolation also a- 
 boundeth by Christ. 2 
 Cor. i. 5. 
 
 We are troubled on e- 
 very side, yet not dis- 
 tressed ; we are perplex- 
 ed, but not in despair ; 2 
 Cor. iv. 8. 
 
 Persecuted, but not for- 
 saken ; cast down, but not 
 destroyed. Ver. 9. 
 
 IL 
 
 Of Deliverance out of Trouble. 
 
 Behold, God will not 
 cast away a perfect man, 
 neither will he help the 
 evil doers ; Job viii. 20. 
 
 Till he fill thy mouth 
 with laughing, and thy lips 
 with rejoicing. Ver. 2L 
 
 Thou shalt forget thy 
 misery, and remember it 
 as waters that pass away. 
 Job xi, ] 6. 
 
 Even so would he have 
 
 removed thee out of the 
 strait, into a broad place, 
 where there is no strait- 
 ness ; and that which 
 should be set on thy table> 
 should be full of fatness. 
 Job xxxvi. 16. 
 
 Thou wilt save the af- 
 flicted people ; but wilt 
 bring down high looks. 
 Psal. xviii. 27. 
 
 For thou wilt light my 
 
DELIVERANCE OUT OF TROUBLE. 133 
 
 candle ; the Lord my God 
 will enlighten my darkness. 
 Ver. 28. 
 
 His anger endureth but 
 a moment ; in his favour 
 is life : weeping may en- 
 dure for a night, but joy 
 Cometh in the morning. 
 Psal. XXX. 5. 
 
 Many are the afflictions 
 of the righteous ; but the 
 Lord delivereth him out 
 of them all. Psal. xxxiv. 
 19. 
 
 Though ye have lien a- 
 mong the pots ; yet shall 
 ye be as the wings of a 
 dove covered with silver, 
 and her feathers with yel- 
 low gold. Psal. Ixviii. 13. 
 
 Thou, which hast show- 
 ed me great and sore 
 troubles, slialt quicken me 
 again, and shalt bring me 
 up again from the depths 
 of the earth. Psal. Ixxi. 
 20. 
 
 They cry unto the Lord 
 in their trouble, and he 
 saveth them out of their 
 distresses. Psal. cvii. 19. 
 
 They that sow in tears, 
 shall reap in joy. Psal. 
 cxxvi. 5. 
 
 He that goeth forth 
 and weepeth, bearing pre- 
 cious seed, shall, doubt- 
 less, come again with 
 
 rejoicing, bringing his 
 sheaves with him. Ver. 6- 
 
 The Lord openeth the 
 eyes of the blind ; the 
 Lord raiseth them that 
 are bowed down. Psal. 
 cxlvi. 8. 
 
 The wicked is snared 
 by the transgression of his 
 lips ; but the just shall 
 come out of trouble. Prov. 
 xii. 13. 
 
 The righteous is deliver- 
 ed out of trouble, and the 
 wicked cometh in his stead. 
 Prov. xi. 8. 
 
 I know the thoughts 
 that 1 think toward you, 
 saith the Lord, thoughts 
 of peace, and not of evil, 
 to give you an expected 
 end. Jer. xxix. 11. 
 
 Their soul shall be as a 
 watered garden ; and they 
 shall not sorrow any more 
 at all. Jer. xxxi. 12. 
 
 I will turn their mourn- 
 ing into joy, and will com- 
 fort them, and make them 
 rejoice from their sorrow. 
 Ver. 13. 
 
 Come, and let us return 
 unto the Lord : for he 
 hath torn, and he will heal 
 us ; he hath smitten, and 
 he will bind us up. Hos. 
 vi. 1. 
 
lU PRESERVATION FROM TROUBLE, 
 
 III. 
 
 0/" PRESERVATioKyrom Trouble. 
 
 He will deliver thee in 
 six troubles; yea, in seven 
 there shall no evil touch 
 thee. Job v. 19. 
 
 The Lord preserveth 
 the faithful. Psal. xxxi. 
 23. 
 
 For this shall every one 
 that is godly pray unto 
 thee, in a time when thou 
 mayest be found: surely 
 in the floods of great wa- 
 ters, they shall not come 
 nigh unto him, Ps. xxxii. 
 6. 
 
 Thou art my hiding 
 pliace ; thou shalt preserve 
 
 me from trouble : thou 
 shalt compass me about 
 wiih songs of deliverance. 
 Ver. 7. 
 
 There shall no evil be- 
 fall thee, neither shall any 
 plague come nigh thy 
 dwelling. Psal. xci. 10. 
 
 There shall no evil hap- 
 pen to the just. Prov. xii. 
 21. 
 
 The way of the slothful 
 man, is as an hedge of 
 thorns ; but the way of 
 the righteous is made plain. 
 I'rov. XV. 19. 
 
 IV. 
 
 O/" Support in Child-bearing. 
 
 Even by the God of thy 
 father, who shall help 
 thee; and of the Almighty, 
 who shall bless thee with 
 blessings of heaven above, 
 blessings of the deep that 
 IJeth under, blessings of 
 the breasts, and of the 
 womb. Gen. xlix. 25. 
 
 He will bless the fruit 
 of thy womb. Deut. vii. 
 13. 
 
 Notwithstanding she 
 shall be saved in child- 
 bearing, if the}' continue 
 in faith, and charity, and 
 holiness, with sobriety. I 
 Tim. ii. 15. 
 
OF SUPPORT IN OLD AGE. ISS. 
 
 V. 
 
 Of Support in Old Age. 
 
 Cast me not off in the Even to your old age 
 
 time of old age, forsake me I am lie ; and even to hoar 
 
 not when my strength hairs will I carry you : I 
 
 faileth. Psal. Ixxi. 9. have made, and I will 
 
 The hoary head is a bear ; even I will carry and 
 
 crown of glory, if it be will deliver you. Isa. xlvik 
 
 found in the way of right- 4. 
 eousness. Pro v. xvi. 31. 
 
 Of Support under Sickness. 
 
 Tut shoes shall be iron low, and he helped me. 
 
 and brass ; and as thy days Psal. cxvi. 6. 
 so shall thy strength be. I will strengthen thee; 
 
 Deut. xxxiii. 25. yea, I will help thee; yea, 
 
 The Lord will strength- I will uphold thee with 
 en him upon the bed of the right hand of my right- 
 languishing ; thou wilt eousness. Isa. xli. 10. 
 make all his bed in his In all their affliction he 
 sickness. Psal. xli. 3. was afflicted, and the angel 
 
 The Lord preserveth of his presence saved them, 
 
 thesiaiple : I was brought Isa. Ixiji. 9.. 
 
 VIL 
 
 QT Deliverance yrom Sickness. 
 
 I WILL put none of upon the Egyptians ; foj 
 these diseases upon thee, I am the Lord that heaf- 
 which I have brought eth thee. Exod. xv. 26; 
 
136 OF DELIVERANCE FROM FAMINE. 
 
 Ye shall serve the Lord 
 your God ; - - - and I will 
 take sickness away from 
 the midst of thee. Exod. 
 xxiii. 25. 
 
 The Lord will take a- 
 way from thee all sickness, 
 and will put none of the 
 evil diseases of Egypt up- 
 on thee. Deut. vii. 15. 
 
 He is gracious unto him 
 and saith, Deliver him from 
 going down to the pit ; I 
 have found a ransom. 
 Job xxxiii. 24. 
 
 His flesh shall be fresh- 
 er than a child's ; he shall 
 return to the days of his 
 youth. Ver. 25. 
 
 He shall pray unto God, 
 and he will be favourable 
 unto him ; and he shall 
 see his face with joy. Ver. 
 26. 
 
 He will deliver his soul 
 from going into the pit, 
 and his life shall see the 
 light. Ver. 28. 
 
 Surely he shall deliver 
 thee from the snare of the 
 fowler, and from the noi- 
 some pestilence. Ps. xci. 
 3. 
 
 Thou shalt not be afraid 
 for the terror by night, nor 
 for the arrow that flieth by 
 day. Ver. 5. 
 
 Nor for the pestilence 
 that walketh in darkness, 
 nor for the destruction 
 that wasteth at noon-day. 
 Ver. 6. 
 
 Who forgiveth all thine 
 iniquities ; who healeth all 
 thy diseases. Psal. ciii. 3. 
 
 Behold, I will bring it 
 health and cure, and I will 
 cure them. Jer. xxxiii. 6. 
 
 VIIL 
 
 Of Deliverance from Famine. 
 
 In famine he shall re- 
 deem thee from death. 
 Job. v. 20. 
 
 At destruction and fa- 
 mine thou shalt laugh. Ver. 
 22. 
 
 Behold, the eye of the 
 Lord is upon them that 
 fear him ; upon them that 
 
 hope in his mercy ; Psal. 
 xxxiii. 18. 
 
 To deliver their souls 
 from death, and to keep 
 them alive in famine. Ver. 
 19. 
 
 They shall not be a- 
 shamed in the evil time ; 
 and in the days of famine 
 
OF DELIVERANCE FROM WAR. 137 
 
 they shall be satisfied. 
 Psal. xxxvii. 19. 
 
 He satisfieth the long- 
 ing soul, and tillelh the 
 hungry soul with good- 
 ness. Psal. cvii. 9. 
 
 He giveth food to the 
 hungry. Psal. cxlvi. 7. 
 
 I will call for the corn, 
 and will increase it, and 
 lay no famine upon you. 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 29. 
 
 And I will multiply the 
 fruit of the tree, and the 
 increase of the field, that 
 ye shall receive no more 
 reproach of famine among 
 the heathen. Ver. 'M. 
 
 Although the fig-tree 
 iihall not blossom, neither 
 shall fruit be in the vine ; 
 the labour of the olive 
 
 shall fail, and the fields 
 shall yield no meat ; the 
 flock shall be cut off from 
 the fold, and there shall 
 be no herd in the stalls; 
 yet 1 will rejoice in the 
 Lord, I will joy in the God 
 of my salvation. Hab. iii. 
 17, 18. 
 
 Ask ye of the Lord rain 
 in the time of the latter 
 rain ; so the Lord shall 
 make bright clouds, and 
 give them showers of rain, 
 to every one grass in the 
 field. Zech. x. 1. 
 
 Man shall not live by 
 bread alone, but by every 
 word that proceedeth out 
 of the mouth of God. 
 Matth. iv. 4. 
 
 IX. 
 
 0/" Deliverance yrow War. 
 
 The Lord your God is 
 he that goeth with you, to 
 fight for you against your 
 enemies, to save you. 
 Deut. XX. 4. 
 
 The Lord thy God 
 walketh in the midst of 
 thy camp, to deliver thee, 
 and to give up thine ene- 
 mies before thee. Deut. 
 xxiii. 14. 
 
 Behold, God himself is 
 with us for our Captain. 
 2 Chron. xiii. 12. 
 
 In war he shall redeem 
 thee from the power of 
 the sword. Job v. 20. 
 
 Through God we shall 
 do valiantly ; for he it is 
 that shall tread down our 
 enemies. Psal. Ix. 12. 
 
 The Lord shall be thy 
 
138 OF DELIVERANCE FROM ENEMIES. 
 
 confidence, arfd shall keep 
 thy foot from being taken. 
 Prov. iii. 26. 
 
 Behold, all they that 
 were incensed against 
 thee, shall be ashamed and 
 confounded : they shall be 
 as nothing ; and they that 
 strive with thee shall per- 
 ish. Isa. xli. 11. 
 
 Thou shalt seek them, 
 and shalt not find them, 
 even them that contended 
 with thee : they that war 
 against thee shall be as 
 
 nothing, and as a thing of 
 nought. Ver. 12. 
 
 I will deliver thee in 
 that day, saith the Lord ; 
 and thou shalt not be giv- 
 en into the hand of the 
 men, of whom thou art a- 
 fraid. Jer. xxxix. 17. 
 
 For I will surely deliver 
 thee, and thou shalt not 
 fail by the sword, but thy 
 life shall be for a prey un- 
 to thee : because thou hast 
 put thy trust in me, saith 
 the Lord. Ver. 18, 
 
 X. 
 
 Of Deliver AiiCEyrom Enemies. 
 
 The Lord shall cause 
 thine enemies that rise up 
 against thee, to be smitten 
 before thy face : they shall 
 come out against thee one 
 way, and flee before thee 
 seven wa3^s. " Deut. xxviii. 
 7. 
 
 Fear not, for they that 
 be with us are more than 
 they that be with them. 2 
 Kings vi. 16. 
 
 The Lord your God ye 
 shall fear ; and he shall de- 
 liver you out of the hand 
 of all your enemies. 2 
 Kings xvii. 39. 
 
 Lord, it is nothing with 
 thee to help, whether with 
 
 many, or with them that 
 have no power. 2 Chron. 
 xiv. 1 1. 
 
 They that hate thee 
 shall be clothed with 
 shame ; and the dwelling 
 place of the wicked shall 
 come to nought. Job viii. 
 22. 
 
 Show thy marvellous 
 loving kindness, O thou 
 that savest by thy right 
 hand them which put their 
 trust in thee, from those 
 that rise up against them. 
 Psal. xvii. 7. 
 
 In the time of trouble 
 he shall hide me in his pa- 
 vilion ; in the secret of his 
 
OF DELIVERANCE FROM ENEMIES. 139 
 
 tabernacle shall he hide 
 nie : he shall set me up 
 upon a rock. Psal. xxvii. 
 5. 
 
 And now shall mine 
 head be lifted up above 
 mine enemies round about 
 me. Ver. G. 
 
 The wicked watcheth 
 the righteous, and seeketh 
 to slay him. The Lord 
 will not leave him in his 
 hand, nor condemn him 
 when he is judged. Psal. 
 xxxvii. 32, 33. 
 
 The Lord shall help 
 them, and deliver them; 
 he shall deliver them from 
 the wicked, and save them, 
 because they trust in him. 
 Ver. 40. 
 
 He preserveth the souls 
 of his saints ; he delivereth 
 them out of the hand of 
 the wicked. Psal. xcvii. 
 10. 
 
 The Lord taketh my 
 part with them that help 
 me : therefore shall I see 
 ray desire upon them that 
 hate me. Psal. cxviii. 7- 
 
 The rod of the wicked 
 shall not rest upon the lot 
 of the righteous ; lest the 
 righteous put forth their 
 hands unto iniquity. Psal. 
 cxxv. 3. 
 
 When a man's ways 
 please the Lord, he mak- 
 eth even his enemies to be 
 
 at peace with him. Prov. 
 xvi. 7. 
 
 Thou shalt bring down 
 the noi^-e of strangers, as 
 the heat in a dry place ; . 
 even the heat with the 
 shadow of a cloud : the 
 branch of the terrible ones 
 shall be brought low. Isa« 
 XXV. 5. 
 
 Whosoever shall gather 
 together against thee, shall 
 fall for thy sake. laa. liv. 
 15. 
 
 No weapon that is form- 
 ed against thee shall pros- 
 per; and every tongue that 
 shall rise against thee in 
 judgment, thou shalt con- 
 demn. Ver. 17. 
 
 That we should be saved 
 from our enemies, and 
 from the hand of all tliat ^ 
 hate us. Luke i. 71. 
 
 Shall not God avenge 
 his own elect, which cry 
 day and night unto him, 
 though he bear long with 
 them ? I tell you that he 
 will avenge them speedily* 
 Luke xviii. 7, 8. 
 
 1 am with thee, and no 
 man shall set on thee to 
 hurt thee. Acts xviii, 10. 
 
 So that we may boldly 
 sav. The Lord is my help- 
 er^ and I will not fear what 
 man shall do unto me, 
 Heb. xiii. 6. 
 
uo 
 
 OF DELIVERANCE, &c. 
 
 XI. 
 
 'Of Deliver AiJCEjrom False Reproach. 
 
 Thou shall be hid from 
 the scourge of the tongue ; 
 neither shalt thou be a- 
 fraid of destruction when 
 it Cometh. .Job v. 21. 
 
 Thou shalt lift up thy 
 face without spot. Job xi. 
 15. 
 
 Thou shalt hide them in 
 the secret of thy presence, 
 from the pride of man ; 
 thou shalt keep them se« 
 cretly in a pavilion, from 
 the strife of tongues. Ps. 
 xxxi. 20. 
 
 He shall bring forth thy 
 righteousness as the light, 
 and thy judgment as the 
 noon-day. Psal. xxxvii. 6. 
 
 He shall send from hea- 
 ven, and save me from the 
 reproach of him that would 
 swallow me up. Selah. 
 God shall send forth his 
 mercy and his truth. Ps. 
 Ivii. 3. 
 
 Hearken unto me ye 
 that know righteousness, 
 the people in whose heart 
 is my law ; fear ye not the 
 
 reproach of men, neither 
 be ye afraid of their revil- 
 ings. Isa. li. 7. 
 
 For the moth shall eat 
 them up like a garment, 
 and the worm shall eat 
 them like wool. Ver. 8. 
 
 Blessed are ye when 
 men shall revile you, and 
 persecute you, and shall 
 say all manner of evil a- 
 gainst you falselj', for my 
 sake. Matth. v. 11. 
 
 Rejoice, and be exceed- 
 ing glad ; for great is your 
 reward in heaven. Ver. 12. 
 
 Esteeming the reproach 
 of Christ, greater riches 
 than the treasures in E- 
 gypt; for he had respect 
 unto the recompense of 
 the reward. Heb. xi. 26. 
 
 If ye be reproached for 
 the name of Christ, happy 
 are ye ; for the Spirit of 
 glory and of God resteth 
 upon you : on their part 
 he is evil spoken of, but 
 on your part he is glori- 
 fied. 1 Pet. iv. 14. 
 
OF DELIVERANCE, &c. 
 
 141 
 
 XII. 
 
 (yDELiv£RANCE/ro?n Oppression. 
 
 If thou at all take thy 
 neighbour's raiment to 
 pledge, thou shalt deliver 
 it unto him by that the 
 sun goeth down. Exod. 
 xxii. 26. 
 
 For that is his covering 
 only ; it is his raiment for 
 his skin : wherein shall he 
 sleep? and it shall come 
 to pass, when he crieth 
 unto me, that I will hear; 
 for I am gracious. Ver. 
 
 27. 
 
 For the oppression of 
 the poor, for the sighing 
 of the needy, now will I 
 arise, saith the Lord ; I 
 will set him in safety from 
 him that puffeth at him. 
 Psal. xii. 5. 
 
 All my bones shall say, 
 Lord, who is like unto 
 thee, which deliverest the 
 poor from him that is too 
 strong for him ; yea, the 
 poor and the needy from 
 him that spoileth him ? 
 Psal. XXXV, 10. 
 
 He shall judge the poor 
 of the people, he shall 
 save the children of the 
 needy, and shall break in 
 
 pieces the oppressor. Psal. 
 Ixxii. 4. 
 
 He shall redeem their 
 soul from deceit and vio- 
 lence ; and precious shall 
 their blood be in his sight. 
 Ver. U. 
 
 He shall stand at the 
 right hand of the poor, to 
 save him from those that 
 condemn his soul. Psal. 
 cix. 31. 
 
 Which executeth judg- 
 ment for the oppressed. 
 Psal. cxlvi. 7. 
 
 If thou seest the oppres- 
 sion of the poor, and vio- 
 lent perverting of judg- 
 ment and justice in a pro- 
 vince, marvel not at the 
 matter; for he that is high- 
 er than the highest re- 
 gardeth,and there be high- 
 er than they. Eccles. v. 
 8. 
 
 In righteousness shalt 
 thou be established : thou 
 shalt be far from oppres- 
 sion, for thou shalt not 
 fear ; and from terror, for 
 it shall not come near thee. 
 Isa. liv. 14. 
 
142 PROMISES TO BELIEVERS. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Promises to such Believers as are Poor and Nekdy. 
 
 ' He savetli the poor from 
 tlie sword, from their 
 mouth, and from the hand 
 of the mighty. Job v. 15. 
 
 So the poor hath hope, 
 and iniquity stoppeth lier 
 mouth. Ver. 16. 
 
 He delivereth the poor 
 in his affliction, and open- 
 eth their ears in oppres- 
 sion. Job xxxvi. 15. 
 
 The needy shall not al- 
 ways be forgotten ; the 
 expectation of the poor 
 shall not perish for ever. 
 Psal. ix. 18. 
 
 Thou, O God, hast pre- 
 pared of thy goodness for 
 the poor. Psal. Ixviii. 10. 
 
 The Lord hcareth the 
 poor. Psal. Ixix. 33. 
 
 He shall judge thy peo- 
 pie with righteousness, 
 and thy poor with judg- 
 ment. Psal. Ixxii. 2. 
 
 He shall deliver the 
 needy when he crieth : 
 the poor also, an,d him 
 that hath no helper. Ver. 
 12. 
 
 He shall spare the poor 
 and needy, and shall save 
 the souls of the needy. 
 Ver. 13. 
 
 He will regard the pray- 
 
 er of the destitute, and 
 not despise their prayer. 
 Psal. cii. 17. 
 
 He setteth the poor on 
 high from affliction, and 
 maketh him families like 
 a flock. Psal. cvii. 41. 
 
 He raiseth up the poor 
 out of the dust, and lifteth 
 the needy out of the dung- 
 hill. Psal. cxiii. 7. 
 
 I will satisfy her poor 
 with bread. Psal. cxxxii. 
 15. 
 
 The first-born of the 
 poor shall feed, and the 
 needy shall lie down in 
 safety. Isa. xiv. 80. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord, 
 praise ye the Lord ; for he 
 hath dtlivered the soul of 
 the poor from the hand 
 of evil-doers. Jer. xx. 13. 
 
 Let the brother of low 
 degree, rejoice in that he 
 is cxalteil. James i. 9. 
 
 Hearken, my beloved 
 brethren, Hath not God 
 chosen the poor of this 
 world rich in faith, and 
 heirs of the kingdom, 
 which he hath promised 
 to them that love him ? 
 James ii. 5. 
 
TO WIDOWS OR FATHERLESS. U3 
 
 XIV. 
 
 To such of them as are Widows or Fatherless. 
 
 Ye shall not afflict any widows, is God in his holy 
 widow, or fatherless child, habitation. Psal. Ixviii. 5. 
 If thou afflict them in any He relieveth the father- 
 wise, and they cry at all less and widow. Psal. cxlvi. 
 unto me, I will surely hear 9. 
 
 their cry. Exod. xxii. 22, The Lord will destroy 
 
 23. the house of the proud ; 
 
 And my wrath shall wax but he will establish the 
 
 hot, and I will kill you border of the widow. Prov. 
 
 with the sword ; and your xv. 25. 
 
 wives shall be widows, and Remove not the old land- 
 
 your children fatherless, mark; and enter not into 
 
 Ver. 24. the fields of the fatherless. 
 
 He doth execute the Prov. xxiii. 10. 
 
 judgment of the fatherless For their Redeemer is 
 
 and widow. Deut. x. 18. miyhty ; he shall plead 
 
 The poor committeth their cause with thee. Ver. 
 
 himself unto thee; thou 11. 
 
 art the helper of the fa- Leave thy fatherless 
 
 therless. Psal. x. H. children, I will preserve 
 
 To judge the fatherless them alive; and let thy 
 
 and the oppressed, that widows trust in me. Jer. 
 
 the man of the earth may xlix. 11. 
 
 no more oppress. Ver. 18. In thee the fatherless 
 
 A father of the father- findeth mercy. Hos. xiv. 
 
 less, and a judge of the 3. 
 
 XV. 
 To such as are Childless. 
 
 God setteth the solitary woman to keep house, and 
 
 in families. Psal. Ixviii. to be a joyful mother of 
 
 6. children. Psal. cxiii. 9. 
 
 He maketh the barren Thus saith the Lord un« 
 
144 TO SUCH AS ARE STRANGERS. 
 
 to the eunuchs that keep 
 ray sabbaths, and choose 
 the things that please me, 
 and take hold of my cove- 
 nant ; Isa. Ivi. 4. 
 
 Even unto them will I 
 give in mine house, and 
 
 within my walls, a place and 
 a name better than of sons 
 and of daughters: I will 
 give them an everlasting 
 name, that shall not be 
 cut off. Ver. 5. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 To such as are Strangers. 
 
 He loveth the stranger, 
 in giving him food and rai- 
 ment. Deut. X. 18. 
 
 The Lord preserveth the 
 strangers. Psal. cxlvi. 9. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord 
 God, although 1 have cast 
 them far off among the 
 
 heathen, and although I 
 scattered them among the 
 countries j yet will I be 
 to them as a little sanctu- 
 ary, in the countries where 
 they shall come. Ezek. 
 xi. 16. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 To such as are Captives or Prisoners. 
 
 If any of thine be driven 
 out unto the utmost parts 
 of heaven, from thence 
 will the Lord thy God ga- 
 ther thee, and from thence 
 will he fetch thee. Deut. 
 XXX. 4. 
 
 He bringeth out those 
 which are bound with 
 chains. Psal. Ixviii. 6. 
 
 He despiseth not his 
 prisoners. Psal. Ixix. 33. 
 
 He brought them out of 
 
 darkness, and the shadow 
 of death, and brake their 
 bands in sunder. Psal. 
 cvii. 14. 
 
 The Lord looseth the 
 prisoners. Psal. cxlvi. 7. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 Even the captives of the 
 mighty shall be taken away, 
 and the prey of the terrible 
 shall be delivered : for I 
 will contend with him that 
 contendeth with thee, and 
 
OF PRESERVING THEM, &c. 145 
 
 I will save tliy children. 
 Isa. xlix. 25. 
 
 The captive exile has- 
 teneth that he may be 
 loosed, and that he should 
 not die in the pit, nor that 
 his bread should fail. Isa. 
 li. U. 
 
 The Lord said, Verily 
 it shall be well with thy 
 remnant ; verily I will 
 cause the enemy to in- 
 treat thee well in the time 
 of evil, and in the time of 
 affliction. Jer. xv. 11. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Promises of Preserving themjrom Untimely 
 Death. 
 
 See now that I, even I, 
 am he, and there is no 
 God with me : I kill, and 
 I make alive ; I wound, 
 and I heal : neither is 
 there any that can deliver 
 out of my hand. Deut. 
 xxxii. 39. 
 
 The Lord killeth and 
 maketh alive ; he bringeth 
 down to the grave, and 
 bringeth up. 1 Sam. ii. 
 6. 
 
 He will deliver his soul 
 from going into the pit, 
 and his life shall see the 
 light. Job xxxiii. 28. 
 
 Thou that liftest me up 
 from the gates of death. 
 •Psal. ix. 13. 
 
 O bless our God, ye 
 people, and make the voice 
 of his praise to be heard ; 
 who holdeth our soul in 
 
 life, and suffereth not our 
 feet to be moved. Psal. 
 Ixvi. 8, 9. 
 
 He that is our God, is 
 the God of salvation: and 
 unto God the Lord be- 
 long the issues from death. 
 Psa!. Ixviii. 20. 
 
 A thousand shall fall at 
 thy side, and ten thousand 
 at thy right hand ; but it 
 shall not come nigh thee. 
 Psal. xci. 7. 
 
 From heaven did the 
 Lord behold the earth ; to 
 hear the groaning of the 
 prisoner : to loose those 
 that are appointed to 
 death. Psal. cii. 19, 20. 
 
 Their soul abhorreth all 
 manner of meat, and they 
 draw near unto the gates 
 of death. Psal. cvii. 18. 
 
 Then they cry unto the 
 
 G 
 
146 
 
 DEFINITE PROMISES, &c. 
 
 Lord in their trouble, and 
 he saveth them out of their 
 distresses. Ver. 19. 
 
 Precious in the sight of 
 the Lord, is the death of 
 his saints. Psal. cxvi. 15. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 DiFiNiTE Promises BOTH of temporal and spirit- 
 ual Blessings, to those who evidence their 
 UNION WITH Christ, by yielding sincere obedi- 
 ence TO ALL HIS commandments. 
 
 Section I. 
 Promises to those ivJio Know God and Christ. 
 
 I WILL set him on high, 
 because he hath known 
 my name. Psal. xci. 14. 
 
 O continue thy loving- 
 kindness unto them that 
 know thee. Psal. xxxvi. 
 10. 
 
 The people that do 
 know their God, shall be 
 strong, and do exploits. 
 Dan. xi. 32. 
 
 Grace and peace be mul- 
 
 tiplied unto you, through 
 the knowledge of God, 
 and of Jesus our Lord. 
 2 Pet. i. 2. 
 
 According as his Divine 
 power hath given unto us 
 all things that pertain unto 
 life and godliness, through 
 the knowledge of him that 
 hath called us to glory and 
 virtue. Ver. 3. 
 
 IL 
 
 To those voho Believe in Christ. 
 
 Behold, I lay in Zion a tried stone, a precious 
 for a foundation a stone, corner-stone, a sure foun- 
 
DEFINITE PROMISES, &c. 
 
 U7 
 
 dation : he that believeth 
 shall not make haste. Isa. 
 xxviii. 16. 
 
 Look unto me, and be 
 ye saved, all the ends of 
 the earth. Isa. xlv. 22. 
 
 If thou canst believe, 
 all things are possible to 
 him that believeth. Mark 
 !X. 23. 
 
 Thy faith hath saved 
 thee ; go in peace. Luke 
 vii. 50. 
 
 As many as received him, 
 to them gave he power to 
 become the sons of God, 
 even to them that believe 
 on his name. John i. 12. 
 
 God so loved the world, 
 that he gave his only be- 
 gotten Son, that whosoever 
 believeth in him should 
 not perish, but have ever- 
 lasting life. John iii. 16. 
 
 He that believeth on 
 him, is not condemned. 
 Ver. 18. 
 
 He that believeth on 
 the Son, hath everlasting 
 life. Ver. 36. 
 
 He that believeth on 
 me, hath everlasting life. 
 John vi. 47. 
 
 He that cometh to me 
 shall never hunger, and 
 he that believeth on me 
 shall neTer thirst. Ver. 
 35. 
 
 I am come a light into 
 the world, that whosoever 
 
 believeth on me should 
 not abide in darkness. 
 John xii. 46. 
 
 Blessed are they that 
 have not seen, and yet 
 have believed. John xx. 
 29. 
 
 To him give all the pro- 
 phets witness, that through 
 his name, whosoever be- 
 lieveth in him, shall re- 
 ceive remission of sins. 
 Acts X. 4'3. 
 
 Believe on the Lord 
 Jesus Christ, and thou 
 shalt be saved, and thy 
 house. Acts xvi. 31. 
 
 Behold, I lay in Zion a 
 stumbling stone, and rock 
 of offence; and whosoever 
 believeth on him, shall not 
 be ashamed. Rom. ix. 
 33. 
 
 Christ is the end of the 
 law for righteousness, to 
 every one that believeth. 
 Rom. X. 4'. 
 
 They which be of faith, 
 are blessed with faithful 
 Abraham. Gal. iii. 9. 
 
 The scripture hath con- 
 cluded all under sin, that 
 the promise by faith of 
 Jesus Christ, might be 
 given to them that believe, 
 Ver. 22. 
 
 By grace are ye saved 
 through faith. Eph. ii. 8. 
 
 We trust in the living 
 God, who is the Saviour 
 
U8 
 
 WHO CONFESS CHRIST. 
 
 of all men, especially of 
 those that believe. 1 Tim. 
 iv. 10. 
 
 That ye be not slothful, 
 but followers of them, who 
 through faith and patience 
 inherit the promises. Heb. 
 vi. 12. 
 
 The just shall live by 
 
 faith, or^ The just by faith, 
 shall live. Heb. x. 38. 
 
 We are - - - of them 
 that believe to the saving 
 of the soul. Ver. 39. 
 
 He that believeth on 
 him, shall not be con- 
 founded. 1 Pet. ii. 6. 
 
 in. 
 
 To those ixiho Confess Christ. 
 
 Whosoever shall con- 
 fess me before men, him 
 will I confess also before 
 my Father which is in 
 heaven. Matth. x. 32. 
 
 If thou shall confess 
 with thy mouth the Lord 
 Jesus, and shalt believe in 
 thine heart, that God hath 
 raised him from the dead, 
 thou shalt be saved. Rom. 
 X. 9. 
 
 For with the heart man 
 believeth unto righteous- 
 ness ; and with the mouth 
 confession is made unto 
 salvation. Ver. 10. 
 
 Whosoever shall confess 
 that Jesus is the Son of 
 God, God dwelleth in him, 
 and he in God. 1 John 
 iv. 15. 
 
 IV. 
 
 To those ivho Trust in and Wait Jbr God. 
 
 He is a buckler to all 
 those that tru;t in him. 
 Psal. xviii. 30. 
 
 I have trusted in the 
 Lord ; therefore I shall 
 not slide. Fsal. xxvi. 1. 
 
 Wait on the Lord ; 
 be of good courage, and 
 he shall strengthen thine 
 heart ; wait, I say, on the 
 Lord. Psal.xxvii. 14-. 
 
 O how great is thy 
 
WHO TRUST IN GOD. 
 
 149 
 
 goodness, wliich thou hast 
 laid up for them that fear 
 thee ; which tliou hast 
 wrought for them that 
 trust in thee, before the 
 sons of men ! Psal. xxxi. 
 19. 
 
 Be of good courage, and 
 he shall strengthen your 
 heart, all ye that hope in 
 the Lord. Ver. S^. 
 
 He that trusteth in the 
 Lord, mercy shall com- 
 pass him about. Psal. 
 xxxii.' 10. 
 
 O taste and see that the 
 Lord is good : blessed is 
 the man that trusteth in 
 him. Psal. xxxiv. 8. 
 
 The Lord redeemeth 
 the soul of his servants ; 
 and none of them that trust 
 in him shall be desolate. 
 Ver. 22. 
 
 Trust in the Lord, and 
 do good; so shalt thou 
 dwell in the land, and 
 ▼erily thou shalt be fed. 
 Psal. xxxvii. 3. 
 
 Those that wait upon 
 the Lord, they shall in- 
 herit the earth. Ver. 9. 
 
 The Lord shall help 
 them and deliver them ; 
 he shall deliver them from 
 ' thewicked, and save them, 
 because they trust in him. 
 Ver. 40. 
 
 Blessed is the man that 
 maketh the Lord his trust. 
 Psal. xl. 4. 
 
 In God I have put my 
 trust : I will not fear what 
 flesh can do unto me. 
 Psal. Ivi. 4. 
 
 He shall not be afraid 
 of evil tidings ; his heart 
 is fixed, trusting in the 
 Lord. Psal. cxii. 7. • 
 
 They that trust in the 
 Lord, shall be as mount 
 Zion, which cannot he re- 
 moved, but abideth for 
 ever. Psal. cxxv. 1. 
 
 Commit thy works' 
 unto the Lord, and thy 
 thoughts shall be establish- 
 ed. Prov. xvi. 3. 
 
 Whoso trusteth in the 
 Lord, happy is he. Ver. 
 20. 
 
 He that putteth his trust 
 in the Lord, shall be made 
 fat. Prov. xxviii, 25. 
 
 Whoso putteth his trust 
 in the Lord, shall be safe. 
 Prov. xxix. 25. 
 
 Lo, this is our God; we 
 have waited for him, and 
 he will save us : this is the 
 Lord, we have waited for 
 him, we will be glad and 
 rejoice in his salvation. 
 Isa. XXV. 9. 
 
 Thou wilt keep him in 
 perfect peace, whose mind 
 is stayed on thee ; because 
 he trusteth in thee. Isa. 
 xxvi. 3. 
 
 In returning and rest 
 shall ye be saved ; in quiet- 
 ness and in confidence shall 
 
150 WHO LOVE CHRIST, &c. 
 
 be your strength. Isa. 
 XXX. 15. 
 
 Blessed are all they 
 that wait for him. Ver. 
 18. 
 
 They shall not be a- 
 shamed that wait for me. 
 Isa. xlix. 23. 
 
 He that putteth his 
 trust in me shall possess 
 the land, and sliall inherit 
 my holy mountain. Isa. 
 Ivii. 13. 
 
 Blessed is the man that 
 trusteth in the Lord, and 
 whose hope the Lord is. 
 Jer. xvii. 7. 
 
 For he shall be as a tree 
 planted by the waters, and 
 that spreadeth out her roots 
 by the river, and shall not 
 see when heat cometh, 
 but her leaf shall be green; 
 
 and shall not be careful in 
 the year of drought, nei. 
 ther shall cease from yield- 
 ing fruit. Ver. 8. 
 
 The Lord is good unto 
 them that wait for him, to 
 the soul that seeketh him. 
 Lam. iii. 25. 
 
 It is good that a man 
 should both hope, and 
 quietly wait for the salva- 
 tion of the Lord. Ver. 26. 
 
 I will look unto the 
 Lord, I will wait for the 
 God of my salvation ; my 
 God will hear me. Mic. 
 vii.7. 
 
 He knoweth them that 
 trust in him. Nah. 1. 7. 
 
 Cast all your care upon 
 him ; for he careth for 
 you. 1 Pet. V. 7. 
 
 V. 
 
 To those •who Love Christ and God in Him. 
 
 Showing mercy unto 
 thousands of them that love 
 roe, and keep my command- 
 ments. Exod. XX. 6. 
 
 God keepeth covenant 
 and mercy with them that 
 love him, and keep his 
 commandments, to a thou- 
 sand generations. Deut. 
 vii. 9. 
 
 It shall come to pass, if 
 
 ye shall hearken diligently 
 unto my commandments, 
 M'hich I command you 
 this day, to love the Lord 
 your God, and to serve 
 him with all your heart, 
 and with all your soul; 
 Deut. xi. 13. 
 
 That I will give you the 
 rain of your land in his 
 due season, the fust rain. 
 
WHO LOVE CHRIST, &c. 
 
 151 
 
 and the latter rain, that 
 thou mayest gather in thy 
 corn, and thy wine, and 
 thine oil. Ver. 14. 
 
 Let them that love him 
 be as the sun, when he 
 goeth forth in his might. 
 Judg. V. 31. 
 
 God keepeth covenant 
 and mercy for them that 
 love him. Neh. i. 5. 
 
 Delight thyself in the 
 Lord, and he shall give 
 thee the desires of thine 
 heart. Psal. xxxvii. 4. 
 
 Because he hath set his 
 love upon me, therefore 
 will I deliver him. Psal. 
 xci. 14. 
 
 The Lord preserveth all 
 them that love him. Psal. 
 cxiv. 20. 
 
 I love them that love me. 
 Prov. viii. 17. 
 
 That I may cause those 
 that love me, to inherit 
 substance. Ver. 21. 
 
 O Lord, the great and 
 dreadful God, keeping the 
 covenant and mercy to 
 them that love him, and 
 to them that keep his com- 
 mandments. Dan. ix. 4. 
 
 He that loveth me shall 
 
 be loved of my Father, 
 
 . and I will love him, and 
 
 will manifest myself to hinj. 
 John xiv. 21. 
 
 All things work toge- 
 ther for good to them that 
 love God. Rom. viii. 28. 
 Eye hath not seen, nor 
 ear heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart of 
 man, the things which 
 God hath prepared for 
 them that love him. 1 
 Cor. ii. 9. 
 
 If any man love God 
 the same is known of him. 
 1 Cor. viii. 3. 
 
 Grace be with all them 
 that love our Lord Jesus 
 Christ in sincerity. Eph. 
 vi. 24. 
 
 A crown of righteous- 
 ness, which the Lord, the 
 righteous judge, shall give 
 me at that day ; and not 
 to me only, but unto all 
 them also that love his 
 appearing. 2 Tim. iv. 8. 
 He shall receive the 
 crown of life, which the 
 Lord hath promised to 
 them that love him. James 
 i. 12. 
 
 God hath chosen the 
 poor of this world---heirs 
 of the kingdom, which he 
 hath promised to them 
 that love him. James ii. 5. 
 
152 WHO SINCERELY REPENT. 
 
 VI. 
 
 To those •uoho Repent sincerely of their sins. 
 
 If my people, ■which 
 are called by my name, 
 shall humble themselves, 
 and pray, and seek my 
 face, and turn from their 
 wicked ways ; then will I 
 hear from heaven, and 
 will forgive their sin, and 
 will heal their land. 2 
 Chron. vii. 14. 
 
 The Lord your God is 
 gracious and merciful, and 
 will not turn away his face 
 from you, if ye return un- 
 to him. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 
 
 If thou return to the 
 Almighty, thou shalt be 
 built up. Job xxii. 23. 
 
 Depart from evil and 
 do good J and dwell for 
 evermore. Psal. xxxvii. 
 27. 
 
 Let the wicked forsake 
 his way, and the unright- 
 eous man his thoughts ; 
 and let him return unto 
 the Lord, and he will have 
 mercy upon him ; and to 
 our God, for he will a- 
 bundantly pardon. Isa. 
 Iv. 7. 
 
 If that nation, against 
 whom I have pronounced, 
 turn from their evil, I will 
 repent of the evil that I 
 
 thought to do unto them. 
 Jer. xviii. 8. 
 
 Amend your ways and 
 your doings, and obey the 
 voice of the Lord your 
 God : and the Lord will 
 repent him of the evil, 
 that he hath pronounced 
 against you. Jer. xxvi. 13. 
 
 If the wicked will turn 
 from all his sins that he 
 hath committed, and keep 
 all my statutes, and do 
 that which is lawful and 
 right, he shall surely live, 
 he shall not die. Ezek. 
 xviii. 21. 
 
 Have I any pleasure at 
 all that the wicked should 
 die, saith the Lord God ; 
 and not that he should 
 return from his ways, and 
 live ? Ver. 23. 
 
 Repent, and turn your- 
 selves from all your trans- 
 gressions; so iniquity shall 
 not be your ruin. Ver. 30. 
 
 For I have no pleasure 
 in the death of him that 
 dieth, saith the Lord God; 
 wherefore turn yourselves, 
 and live ye. Ver. 32. 
 
 If the wicked restore 
 the pledge, give again that 
 he had robbed, walk in 
 
WHO SINCERELY REPENT, &c. 153 
 
 the statutes of life, without 
 committing iniquity ; he 
 shall surely live, he shall 
 not die. Ezek. xxxiii. 15. 
 
 None of his sins that he 
 hath committed shall be 
 mentioned unto him ; he 
 hath done that which is 
 lawful and right. Ver. 16. 
 
 Turn ye even to me 
 with all your heart, and 
 with fasting, and with 
 weeping, and with mourn- 
 ing. Joel ii. 12. 
 
 And rend your heart, 
 and not your garments, 
 and turn unto the Lord 
 your God ; for he is gra- 
 cious and merciful, slow 
 to anger, and of great 
 kindness, and repenteth 
 him of the evil. Ver. 13. 
 
 Who knoweth if he will 
 return and repent, and 
 
 leave a blessing behind 
 him, even a meat-offering 
 and a drink-offering unto 
 the Lord your God. Ver. 
 14. 
 
 Turn ye unto me, saith 
 the Lord of hosts, and I 
 will turn unto you, saith 
 the Lord of hosts. Zech. 
 i. 3. 
 
 Repent, and be baptiz- 
 ed every one of you, in 
 the name of Jesus Christ, 
 for the remission of sins, 
 and ye shall receive the 
 gift of the Holy Ghost. 
 Acts ii. 38. 
 
 Repent ye, therefore, 
 and be converted, that 
 your sins may be blotted 
 out, when the times of re- 
 freshing shall come from 
 the presence of the Lord. 
 Acts iii. 19. 
 
 vn. 
 
 To those toho Repent m their Amliction. 
 
 When thou art in tri- 
 bulation, and all these 
 things are come upon thee, 
 fiven in the latter days, if 
 thou turn to the Lord thy 
 God, and^shalt be obedient 
 to his voice, (for the Lord 
 thy God is a merciful 
 Gody) he will not forsake 
 
 thee, neither destroy thee, 
 nor forget the covenant 
 of thy fathers, which he 
 sware unto them. Deut. 
 iv. 30, 31. 
 
 If thou shalt return un- 
 to the Lord thy God, and 
 shalt obey his voice, ac- 
 cording to all that I com- 
 
 G 2 
 
154 WHO CONFESS THEIR SINS. 
 
 manti thee this day, thou 
 and thy children, with all 
 thine heart, and with all 
 thy soul ; that then the 
 Lord thy God will turn 
 thy captivity, and have 
 compassion upon thee, 
 and will return and gather 
 thee from all the nations, 
 whither the Lord thy 
 God hath scattered thee. 
 Deut. XXX. 2, 3. 
 
 And thou shalt return 
 and obey the voice of the 
 
 Lord, and do all his com- 
 mandments, which I com- 
 mand thee this day. Ver. 
 8. 
 
 He looketh upon men, 
 and if any say, I have 
 sinned, and perverted that 
 which was right, and it 
 profited me not ; he will 
 deliver his soul from going 
 unto the pit, and his life 
 shall see the light. Job 
 xxiii. 27, 28. 
 
 VIIT. 
 
 To those toho Movb.^ Jbr the sins of the Nation. 
 
 Go through the midst 
 
 of the city, and set a 
 
 mark upon the foreheads 
 of the men that sigh, and 
 that cry, for all the abomi- 
 nations that be done in the 
 midst thereof. Ezek. ix. 4. 
 
 Slay utterly old and 
 young; - - - but come not 
 near any man upon whom 
 is the mark. Ver. 6. 
 
 I will gather them that 
 are sorrowful for the so- 
 lemn assembly, who are of 
 thee, to whom the re- 
 proach of it was a burden. 
 Zeph. iii. 18. 
 
 God delivered just Lot, 
 vexed with the filthy con- 
 versation of the wicked. 
 2 Pet. ii. 7. 
 
 IX. 
 
 To those who Confess their Sins. 
 
 If they shall confess 
 ^heir iniquity, and the in- 
 
 iquity of their fathers, 
 with their trespass which 
 
WHO ARE SINCERE OR UPRIGHT. 155 
 
 they trespassed against 
 me, and that also they 
 have walked contrary un- 
 to me ; Lev. xxvi. 40. 
 
 And that I also have 
 walked contrary unto 
 them, and have bi-ought 
 them into the land of their 
 enemies ; if then their 
 uncircumcised hearts be 
 humbled, and they then 
 accept of the punishment 
 of their iniquity ; Ver. 41. 
 
 Then will I remember 
 my covenant with Jacob, 
 and also n»y covenant with 
 Isaac, and also my cove- 
 nant with Abraham will I 
 remember; and I will re- 
 member the land. Ver. 
 42. 
 
 I said, I will confess my 
 transgressions unto the 
 Lord ; and thou forgavest 
 the iniquity of my sin. 
 Psal. xxxii. 5. 
 
 He that covereth his 
 sins shall not prosper ; but 
 whoso confesseth and for- 
 saketh them, shall have 
 mercy. Pro v. xxviii. 13. 
 
 Return, thou backslid- 
 ing Israel, saith the Lord, 
 
 and I will not cause mine 
 anger to fall upon you ; 
 for I am merciful, saith 
 the Lord, and I will not 
 keep anger for ever. Jer. 
 iii. 12. 
 
 Only acknowledge thine 
 iniquity, that thou hast 
 transgressed against the 
 Lord thy God, and hast 
 scattered thy ways to the 
 strangers under every 
 green tree, and ye have 
 not obeyed my voice, saith 
 the Lord. Ver. 13. 
 
 The son said unto him, 
 Father, I have sinned a- 
 gainst Heaven, and in thy 
 sight, and am no more 
 worthy to be called thy 
 son. Luke xv. 21. 
 
 But the father said to 
 his servants, Bring forth 
 the best robe and put it 
 on him ; and put a ring 
 on his hand, and shoes on 
 his feet. Ver. 22. 
 
 If we confess our sins, 
 he is faithful and just to 
 forgive us our sins, and to 
 cleanse us from all un- 
 righteousness. 1 John i. 9. 
 
 X. 
 
 To those tuho are Sincere or Upright. 
 
 I KNOW also, ray God, and hast pleasure in up- 
 that thou triest the heart, Tightness. 2 Chr. xxix. 17. 
 
156 WHO ARE SINCERE OR UPRIGHT. 
 
 The eyes of the Lord 
 run to and fro throughout 
 the whole earth, to show 
 himself strong in the be- 
 half of them whose heart 
 is perfect toward him. 
 2 Chron. xvi. 9. 
 
 If thou wert pure and 
 upright, surely now he 
 would awake for thee, and 
 make the habitation of thy 
 righteousness prosperous. 
 Job viii. 6. 
 
 The righteous Lord 
 loveth righteousness ; his 
 countenance doth behold, 
 or, regard the upright. 
 Psal. xi. 7. 
 
 Lord, who shall abide 
 in thy tabernacle ? who 
 shall dwell in thy holy 
 hill ? He that walketh up- 
 rightly, and worketh right- 
 eousness, and speaketh 
 the truth in his heart. 
 Psal. XV. 1, 2. 
 
 With an upright man, 
 thou wilt show thyself up- 
 right. Psal. xviii. 25. 
 
 The Lord knoweth the 
 days of the upright ; and 
 their inheritance shall be 
 for ever. Psal. xxxvii. 18. 
 
 Let my heart be sound 
 in thy statutes, that I may 
 not be ashamed. Psal. 
 cxix. 80. 
 
 Do good, O Lord, unto 
 those that be good, and to 
 them that are upright in 
 their hearts. Psal. cxxv. 4. 
 
 He layeth up sound wis- 
 dom for the righteous ; he 
 is a buckler to them that 
 walk uprightly. Prov. ii. 
 7. 
 
 The upright shall dwell 
 in the land, and the perfect 
 shall remain in it. Ver. 21. 
 
 The way of the Lord is 
 strength to the upright. 
 Prov. X. 29. 
 
 The integrity of the up- 
 right shall guide them. 
 Prov. xi. S. 
 
 The righteousness of 
 the upright shall deliver 
 them. Ver. 6. 
 
 Such as are upright in 
 their way are his delight. 
 Ver. 20. 
 
 Righteousness keepeth 
 him that is upright in the 
 way. Prov. xiii. 6. 
 
 The prayer of the up- 
 right is his dehght. Prov. 
 XV. 8. 
 
 The wicked shall be a 
 ransom for the righteous, 
 and the transgressor for 
 the upright. Prov. xxi.18. 
 
 The upright shall have 
 good things in possession. 
 Prov. xxviii. 10. 
 
 Whoso walketh upright- 
 ly shall be saved. Ver, 18. 
 
 A faithful man shall a- 
 bound with blessings. Ver. 
 20. 
 
 Do not my words do 
 good to him that walketh 
 uprightly ? Mic, ii. 7. 
 
WHO YIELD NEW OBEDIENCE, &c. 157 
 
 Happy is he that con- 
 deraneth not himself in 
 that thing which he allovv- 
 eth. Rom. xiv. ^2. 
 
 If our heart condemn 
 us not, then have we con- 
 fidence towards God. 1 
 John iii. 21. 
 
 XL 
 
 To those ivho yield new Obedience to God. 
 
 If ye will obey my voice 
 indeed, and keep my co- 
 venant, then ye shall be a 
 peculiar treasure unto me 
 above all people. Exod. 
 xix. 5. 
 
 Ye shall do my statutes, 
 and keep my judgments, 
 and do them ; and ye shall 
 dwell in the land in safe- 
 ty. Lev. XXV. 18. 
 
 And the land shall yield 
 her fruit, and ye shall eat 
 your fill, and dwell there- 
 in in safety. Ver. 19. 
 
 Hearken, O Israel, unto 
 the statutes, and unto the 
 judgments which I teach 
 you, for to do them, that 
 ye may live, and go in 
 and possess the land which 
 the Lord God of your 
 fatherg giveth you. Deut. 
 iv. 1. 
 
 Keep, therefore, and 
 do them ; for this is your 
 wisdom, and your under- 
 standing in the sight of 
 the nations, which shall 
 
 hear all these statutes, and 
 say, Surely, this great na- 
 tion is a wise and under- 
 standing people. Ver. 6. 
 
 O that there were such 
 an heart in them, that 
 they would fear me and 
 keep all my command- 
 ments always, that it might 
 be well with them, and 
 with their children for 
 ever. Deut. v. 29. 
 
 Hear, therefore, O Is- 
 rael, and observe to do it : 
 that it may be well with 
 thee, and that ye may in- 
 crease mightily, as the 
 Lord God of thy fathers 
 hath promised thee, in the 
 land that floweth with milk 
 and honey. Deut. vi. 3. 
 
 Thou shalt do that 
 which is right and good in 
 the sight of the Lord; 
 that it may be well with 
 thee, and that thou mayest 
 go in and possess the good 
 land which the Lord swam 
 unto thy fathers ; to cast 
 
158 NEW OBEDIENCE TO GOD. 
 
 out all thine enemies from 
 before thee, as the Lord 
 hath spoken, Ver. 18, 19. 
 It shall come to pass, 
 if ye hearken unto these 
 judgments, and keep and 
 do them ; that the Lord 
 thy God shall keep unto 
 thee, the covenant and the 
 mercy which he sware un- 
 to thy fathers. Deut. vii. 
 12. 
 
 A blessing, if ye obey 
 the commandments of the 
 Lord your God, which I 
 command you this day. 
 Deut. xi. 27. 
 
 That the Lord may turn 
 from the fierceness of his 
 anger, and show thee 
 mercy, and have compas- 
 sion upon thee, and mul- 
 tiply thee as he hath sworn 
 unto thy fathers. Deut. 
 xiii. 17. 
 
 When thou shalt heark- 
 en to the voice of the Lord 
 thy God, to keep all his 
 commandments, which I 
 command thee this day, to 
 do that which is right in 
 the eyes of the Lord thy 
 God. Ver. 18. 
 
 Keep, therefore, the 
 words of this covenant, 
 to do them, that ye may 
 prosper in all that ye do. 
 Deut. xxix. 9. 
 
 See, 1 have set before 
 thee this day life and good, 
 and death and evil ; in that 
 
 I command thee this day 
 to love the Lord thy God, 
 to walk in his ways, and 
 to keep his command- 
 ments, and his statutes, 
 and his judgments, that 
 thou mayest live and mul- 
 tiply ; and the Lord thy 
 God shall bless thee in the 
 land, whither thou goest to 
 possess it. Deut. xxx. 15. 
 16. 
 
 Set your hearts unto all 
 the words which I testify 
 among you this day •, which 
 ye shall command your 
 children to observe, to do 
 all the words of this law. 
 Deut. xxxii. 46. 
 
 For it is not a vain thing 
 for you, because it is your 
 life ; and through this 
 thing ye shall prolong 
 your days in the land, 
 whither ye go over Jor- 
 dan to possess it. Ver 47. 
 
 If ye will fear the Lord 
 and serve him, and obey 
 his voice, and not rebel 
 against the commandment 
 of the Lord ; then shall 
 both ye and also the king 
 that reigneth over you, 
 continue following the 
 Lord your God. 1 Sam. 
 xii. 14. 
 
 Keep the charge of the 
 Lord thy God, to walk in 
 his ways, to keep his sta- 
 tutes, and his command- 
 ments, and his judgments. 
 
NEW OBEDIENCE TO GOD. 159 
 
 and his testimonies, as it 
 is written in the law of 
 Moses, that thou mayest 
 prosper in all that thou 
 doest, and whithersoever 
 thou turnest thyself. 1 
 Kings ii. 3. 
 
 The Lord give thee 
 wisdom and understand- 
 ing, and give thee charge 
 concerning Israel, that 
 thou mayest keep the law 
 of the Lord thy God. 1 
 Chron. xxii. 12. 
 
 Then shalt thou pros- 
 per, if thou takest heed 
 to fulfil the statutes and 
 judgments, which the Lord 
 charged Moses with con- 
 cerning Israel. Ver. 13. 
 
 Be ye strong and let 
 not your hands be weak; 
 for your work shall be re- 
 warded. 2 Chron. xv. 7. 
 
 If they obey and serve 
 him, they shall spend their 
 days in prosperity, and 
 their years in pleasures. 
 Job xxxvi. 11. 
 
 All the paths of the 
 Lord are mercy and truth, 
 unto such as keep his co- 
 venant and his testimonies. 
 Psal. XXV. 10. 
 
 To him that ordereth 
 his conversation aright, 
 will I show the salvation 
 of God. Psal. 1. 23. 
 
 Blessed are they that 
 keep judgment, and he 
 that doeth righteousness 
 
 at all times. Psal. cvi. 3. 
 
 Blessed are the unde- 
 filed in the way, who walk 
 in the law of the Lord. 
 Psal. cxix, 1. 
 
 Blessed are they that 
 keep his testimonies, and 
 that seek him with the 
 whole heart. Ver. 2. 
 
 Then shall I not be a- 
 shamed, when I have re- 
 spect unto ail thy com- 
 mandments. Ver. 6. 
 
 He that keepeth the 
 commandment, keepeth his 
 own soul. Prov. xix. 16. 
 
 He that keepeth the law 
 happy is he. Prov. xxix. 
 18. 
 
 If ye be willing and o- 
 bedient, ye shall eat the 
 good of the land. Isa. i. 
 19. 
 
 Oh that thou hadst 
 hearkened to my com- 
 mandments! then had thy 
 peace been as a river, and 
 thy righteousness as the 
 waves of the sea. Isa. 
 xlviii. 18. 
 
 Obey my voice, and I 
 will be your God, and ye 
 shall be my people ; and 
 walk ye in all the ways 
 that I have commanded 
 you, that it may be well 
 with you. Jer. vii. 23. 
 
 Whosoever shall do and 
 teach these command- 
 ments, the same shall be 
 called great in the king- 
 
160 
 
 WHO OBEY CHRIST. 
 
 dom of heaven. Matth. v. 
 19. 
 
 Not every one that 
 saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
 shall enter into the king- 
 dom of heaven ; but he 
 that doeth the will of my 
 Father which is in heaven. 
 Matth. vii. 21. 
 
 Whosoever shall do the 
 will of my Father which is 
 in heaven, the same is my 
 brother, and sister, and 
 mother. Matth. xii. 50. 
 
 If ye know these things, 
 happy are ye if ye do them. 
 John xiii. 17. 
 
 Those things which ye 
 have both learned and re- 
 ceived, and heard and seen 
 
 in me, do ; and the God of 
 peace shall be with you. 
 Phil. iv. 9. 
 
 Whoso looketh into the 
 perfect law of liberty, and 
 continueth therein, he be- 
 ing not a forgetful hearer, 
 but a doer of the work, 
 this man shall be blessed 
 in his deed. James i. 25. 
 
 He that doeth the will 
 of God abideth for ever. 
 1 John ii. 17. 
 
 Whatsoever we ask, we 
 receive of him, because we 
 keep his commandments, 
 and do those things that 
 are pleasing in his sight, 
 1 John iii. 22. 
 
 XIL 
 
 To those voho obey Christ, 
 
 If thou shalt indeed 
 obey his voice, and do all 
 that I speak ; then will I 
 be an enemy unto thine 
 enemies, and an adversary 
 unto thine adversaries. 
 Exod. xxiii. 22. 
 
 Who is among you that 
 feareth the Lord, that 
 obeyeth the voice of his 
 servant, that walketh in 
 darkness, and hath no 
 light ? let him trust in the 
 name of the Lord, and 
 stay upon his God. Isa. 
 1.10. 
 
 Whosoever heareth these 
 sayings of mine, and doeth 
 them, I will liken him un- 
 to a wise man, which built 
 his house upon a rock. 
 Matth. vii. 24. 
 
 And the rain descended, 
 and the floods came, and 
 the winds blew, and beat 
 upon that house ; and it 
 fell not, for it was founded 
 upon a rock. Ver. 25. 
 
 He that heareih my 
 word, and believeth on 
 him that sent me, hath 
 everlasting life, and shall 
 
WHO FEAR GOD. 
 
 161 
 
 not come into condemna- 
 tion ; but is passed from 
 death unto life. John v. 
 24-. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say un- 
 to you, If a man keep my 
 saying, he shall never see 
 death. John viii. 51. 
 
 If ye keep my com- 
 mandments, ye shall abide 
 in my love. John xv. 10. 
 
 He became the Author 
 of eternal salvation, unto 
 all them that obey him. 
 Heb. v. 9. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 To those xvho fear God, 
 
 The secret of the Lord 
 is with them that fear him; 
 and he will show them his 
 covenant. Psal. xxv. 14?. 
 
 O how great is thy good- 
 ness, which thou hast laid 
 up for them that fear 
 thee ! Psal. xxxi. 19. 
 
 Surely his salvation is 
 nigh them that fear him. 
 Psal. Ixxxv. 9. 
 
 As the heaven is high 
 above the earth, so great 
 is his mercy toward them 
 that fear him. Psal. ciii. 
 11. 
 
 He will bless them that 
 fear the Lord, both small 
 and great. Psal. cxv. 13. 
 
 Blessed is every one that 
 feareth the Lord ; that 
 walketh in his ways. Psal. 
 ' cxxviii. 1. 
 
 The Lord taketh plea- 
 sure in them that fear him. 
 Psal. cxlvii. 11. 
 
 Fear the Lord, and de- 
 part from evil. It shall 
 
 be health to thy navel, 
 and marrow to thy bones. 
 Prov. iii. 7, 8. 
 
 In the fear of the Lord 
 is strong confidence. Prov. 
 xiv. 26. 
 
 The fear of the Lord is 
 a fountain of life, to depart 
 from the snares of death. 
 Ver 27. 
 
 By the fear of the Lord 
 men depart from evil. 
 Prov. xvi. 6. 
 
 The fear of the Lord 
 tendeth to life, and he that 
 hath it shall abide satisfi- 
 ed ; he shall not be visited 
 with evil. Prov. xix. 23. 
 
 It shall be well with 
 them that fear God, which 
 fear before him. Eccles. 
 viii. 12. 
 
 Unto you that fear my 
 name, shall the Sun of 
 righteousness arise with 
 healing in his wings. Mai. 
 iv. 2. 
 
 His mercy is on them 
 
162 WHO HONOUR GOD, &c. 
 
 that fear him, from gene- 
 ration to generation. Luke 
 i. 50. 
 
 In every nation he that 
 feareih him, and workelh 
 righteousness, is accepted 
 
 with him. Acts x. S5. 
 Whosoever among you 
 feareth God, to you is the 
 word of this salvation 
 sent. Acts xiii. 26. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 To such as Honour God. 
 
 Them that honour me 
 I will honour. 1 Sam. ii.30. 
 
 Honour the Lord with 
 thy substance, and with 
 the first-fruits of all thine 
 
 increase. Prov. iii. 9. 
 
 So shall thy barns be 
 filled with plenty, and thy 
 presses shall burst out 
 with new wine. Ver. 10. 
 
 XV. 
 
 To those "who Pray in Faith to God. 
 
 Neither shall any man 
 desire thy land, when thou 
 shalt go up to appear be- 
 fore the Lord thy God, 
 thrice in the year. Exod. 
 xxxiv. 24. 
 
 What nation is there so 
 great, who hath God so 
 nigh unto them, as the 
 Lord our God is, in all 
 things that we call upon 
 him for ? Deut. iv, 7. 
 
 Acquaint now thyself 
 with him, and be at peace, 
 thereby good shall come 
 unto thee. Job xii. 2L 
 
 He shall pray unto God, 
 and he will be favourable 
 
 unto him ; and he shall 
 see his face with joy. Job 
 xxxiii. 26. 
 
 The Lord hath heard 
 my supplication; the Lord 
 will receive my prayer. 
 Psal. vi. 9. 
 
 Lord, thou hast heard 
 the desire of the humble : 
 thou wilt prepare their 
 heart, thou wilt cause 
 thine ear to hear. Psal. 
 X. 17. 
 
 I will call upon the 
 Lord, who is vvortiiy to be 
 praised ; so shall 1 be saved 
 from mine enemies. Psal. 
 xviii. 3. 
 
TO THOSE WHO SEEK GOD. 163 
 
 Evening, and morning, 
 and at noon, will I pray, 
 and cry aloud ; and lie shall 
 hear my voice. Psal. lv,17. 
 
 It is good for me to 
 draw near to God. Psal. 
 Ixxiii. 28. 
 
 Thou, Lord, art good, 
 and ready to forgive ; and 
 plenteous in mercy to all 
 ihem thai call upon thee. 
 Psal. Ixxxvi. 5. 
 
 In the day of my trou- 
 ble I will call upon thee ; 
 for thou wilt answer me. 
 Ver. 7. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto 
 all them that call upon 
 him, to all that call upon 
 him in truth. Psal. cxlv. 
 18. 
 
 Call unto me, and I 
 will answer thee, and show 
 thee great and mighty 
 things, which thou know- 
 est not. Jer. xxxiii. 3. 
 
 I will yet for this be in- 
 quired of by the house of 
 Israel, to do it for them ; 
 I will increase them with 
 
 men like a flock. Ezek. 
 xxxvi. 37. 
 
 Whosoever shall call on 
 the name of the Lord, 
 shall be delivered. Joel ii. 
 32. 
 
 The same Lord over all, 
 is rich unto all that call 
 upon him. Rom. x. 12. 
 
 For whosoever shall call 
 upon the name of the Lord, 
 shall be saved. Ver. 13. 
 
 We have not an high 
 priest which cannot be 
 touched with the feeling 
 of our infirmities ; but was 
 in all points tempted like 
 as we are, yet •without 
 sin. Heb. iv. 15. 
 
 Let us, therefore, come 
 boldly unto the throne of 
 grace, thac we may obtain 
 mercy, and find grace to 
 help in time of need. Ver. 
 16. 
 
 Every one that asketh, 
 receiveth ; and he that 
 seeketh findeth ; and to 
 him that knocketh it shall 
 be opened. Matt. vii. 8. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 To those tvho Truly Seek God. 
 
 Ir thou shall seek the 
 Lord thy God, thou shall 
 find him ; if thou seek him 
 with all thy heart, and 
 with all thy soul. Deut. iv. 
 29. 
 
 If thou seek him, he 
 will be found of thee. 1 
 Chron. xxviii. 9. 
 
 The Lord is with you, 
 while ye be with him ; if 
 ye seek him, he will be 
 
164 WHO DESIRE THE GRACE OF GOD. 
 
 found of you. 2 Chron. 
 XV. 2. 
 
 The hand of our God 
 is upon all them for good 
 that seek him. Ezra viii. 
 22. 
 
 Thou, Lord, hast not 
 forsaken them that seek 
 thee. Psal. ix. 10. 
 
 Your heart shall live 
 that seek God. Psal. Ixix. 
 S2. 
 
 Let the heart of them 
 rejoice that seek the Lord. 
 Psal. cv. 3. 
 
 I said not unto the seed 
 of Jacob, seek ye me in 
 vain. Isa. xlv. 19. 
 
 Ye shall seek me, and 
 
 find me, when ye shall 
 search for me with all your 
 heart. Jer. xxix. 13. 
 
 The Lord is good unto 
 them that wait for him, to 
 the soul that seekelh him. 
 Lam. iii. 25. 
 
 It is time to seek the 
 Lord, till he come and rain 
 righteousness upon you. 
 Hos. X. 12. 
 
 Seek ye me, and ye shall 
 live. Amos v. 4. 
 
 He that cometh to God, 
 must believe that he is, 
 and that he is a rewarder 
 of them that diligently 
 seek him. Heb.xi. 6. 
 
 XVIL 
 
 To those toho Desire the Grace of God. 
 
 Lord, thou hast heard 
 the desire of the humble. 
 Psal. X. 17. 
 
 Open thy mouth wide 
 and I will fill it. Psal. 
 Ixxxi. 10. 
 
 He will fulfil the desire 
 of them that fear him. 
 Psal. cxiv. 19. 
 
 The desire of the right- 
 eous shall be granted. 
 Prov. X. 24'. 
 
 Blessed are they which 
 
 do hunger and thirst af- 
 ter righteousness; for they 
 shall be filled. Matt. v. 6. 
 
 Jesus stood and cried, 
 saying if any man thirst, 
 let him come unto me and 
 drink. John vii. 37. 
 
 He that believeth on 
 me, as the Scripture hath 
 said, out of his belly shall 
 flow rivers of living water. 
 Ver. 38. 
 
TO THOSE WHO PRAISE GOD. 165 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 To those toho Praise God. 
 
 I WILL praise the name of 
 God with a song, and will 
 magnify him with thanks- 
 giving. Psal. Ixix. SO. 
 
 This also shall please 
 the Lord, better than an 
 ox or bullock that hath 
 horns and hoofs. Ver. 31. 
 
 It is a good thing to 
 give thanks unto the Lord, 
 and to sing praises unto thy 
 name, O most high : Psal. 
 xcii. 1. 
 
 To show forth thy lov- 
 ing-kindness in the morn- 
 ing, and thy faithfulness 
 every night. Ver. 2. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord, for 
 the Lord is good : sing 
 praises unto his name, for 
 it is pleasant. Psal. cxxxv. 
 3. 
 
 Save me, and I shall be 
 saved ; for thou art my 
 praise. Jer. xvii. l-t. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 To those ixho have Spiritual Wisdom. 
 
 Whoso is wise, and will 
 observe these things, even 
 they shall understand the 
 loving-kindness of the 
 Lord. Psal. cvii. 43. 
 
 A wise man will hear, 
 and will increase learning ; 
 and a man of understand- 
 ing shall attain unto wise 
 counsels. Prov. i. 5. 
 
 To understand a pro- 
 verb, and the interpreta- 
 tion; the words of the 
 wise, and their dark say- 
 ings. Ver. 6. 
 
 Happy is the man that 
 findeth wisdom, and the 
 man that getteth under- 
 standing. Prov. iii. 13. 
 
 For the merchandise of 
 it is better than the mer- 
 chandise of silver, and the 
 gain thereof than fine gold. 
 Ver. 14. 
 
 She is more precious 
 than rubies ; and all the 
 things thou canst desire, 
 are not to be compared 
 unto her. Ver. 15. 
 
 Length of days is in her 
 
166 WHO HAVE SPIRITUAL WISDOM. 
 
 right hand ; and in her left 
 hand riches and honour, 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 Her ways are ways of 
 pleasantness, and all her 
 paths are peace. Ver. 17. 
 
 She is a tree of life to 
 them that lay hold upon 
 her, and happy is every 
 one that retaineth her. 
 Ver. 18. 
 
 The wise shall inherit 
 glory. Ver. 35. 
 
 Forsake her not, and 
 she shall preserve thee : 
 love her and she shall 
 keep thee. Prov. iv. 6. 
 
 Exalt her and she shall 
 promote thee : she shall 
 bring thee to honour when 
 thou dost embrace her. 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 She shall give to thine 
 head an ornament of grace ; 
 a crown of glory shall she 
 deliver to thee. Ver. 9. 
 
 If thou be wise, thou 
 shalt be wise for thyself. 
 Prov. ix. 12. 
 
 The fool shall be servant 
 to the wise of heart. Prov. 
 xi. 29. 
 
 A man shall be com- 
 mended according to his 
 wisdom. Prov. xii. 8. 
 
 Good understanding giv- 
 eth favour. Prov. xiii. 15. 
 
 The way of life is above 
 to the wise, that he may 
 depart from hell beneath. 
 Prov. XV. 24-. 
 
 He that handleth a 
 matter wisely, shall find 
 good. Prov. xvi. 20. 
 
 Understanding is a well- 
 spring of life, unto him 
 that hath it. Ver. 22. 
 
 He that getteth wisdom, 
 loveth his own soul : he 
 that keepeth understand- 
 ing, shall find good. Prov. 
 xix. 8. 
 
 There is a treasure to 
 be desired, and oil in the 
 dwelling of the wise. Prov. 
 xxi. 20. 
 
 Through wisdom is an 
 house builded, and by un- 
 derstanding it is establish- 
 ed ; Prov. xxiv. 3. 
 
 And by knowledge shall 
 the chambers be filled 
 with all pleasant and pre- 
 cious riches. Ver. 4. 
 
 A wise man is strong; 
 yea, a man of knowledge 
 increaseth strength. Ver. 
 5. 
 
 My son, eat thou honey, 
 because it is good ; and 
 the honeycomb, which 
 is sweet to thy taste. Ver. 
 13. 
 
 So shall the knowledge 
 of wisdom be unto tliy 
 soul when thou hast found 
 it, then there shall be a 
 reward, and thy expecta- 
 tion shall not be cut ofiF. 
 Ver. U. 
 
 Whoso walketh wisely, 
 
WHO LOVE TRUE WISDOM. 167 
 
 he shall be delivered. Prov. 
 xxviii. 26. 
 
 A man's wisdom maketh 
 his face to shine, and the 
 boldness of his face shall 
 be changed. Eccles. viii. 
 1. 
 Wisdom is a defence, and 
 money is a defence ; but 
 the excellence of know- 
 ledge is, that wisdom giv- 
 eth life to them that have 
 it. Eccles. vii. 12. 
 
 Wisdom is profitable to 
 direct. Eccles. x. 10. 
 
 He giveth wisdom unto 
 the wise, and knowledge 
 to them that know under- 
 standing. Dan. ii. 21. 
 
 They that be wise, shall 
 shine as the brightness of 
 the firmament. Dan. xii. 
 3. 
 
 The wise shall under- 
 stand. Ver. 10. 
 
 Who is wise, and he 
 
 shall understand these 
 
 things ? prudent, and he 
 
 shall know them ? Hos. 
 
 xiv. 9. 
 
 XX. 
 
 To those "who love and study true Wisdom. 
 
 God said to Solomon, be- 
 cause thiswasin thine heart, 
 and thou hast not asked 
 riches, wealth, or honour, 
 nor the life of thine ene- 
 my, neither yet hast asked 
 long life ; but hast asked 
 wisdom and knowledge for 
 thyself, that thou mayest 
 judge my people, over 
 whom I have made thee 
 king ; 2 Chron. i. 11. 
 
 Wisdom and knowledge 
 
 is granted unto thee, and 
 
 I will give thee riches, and 
 
 ' wealth, and honour. Ver. 
 
 12. 
 
 If thou criest after 
 knowledge, and liftest up 
 thy voice for understand- 
 ing J Prov. ii. 3. 
 
 If thou seekest her as 
 silver, andsearchestforher 
 as for hid treasures ; Ver. 
 4. 
 
 Then shall thou under- 
 stand the fear of the Lord, 
 and find the knowledge of 
 God. Ver. 5. 
 
 Take fast hold of in- 
 struction ; let her not go: 
 keep her, for she is thy 
 life. Prov. iv. 13. 
 
 Hear counsel, and re- 
 ceive instruction, that thou 
 mayest be wise in thy lat- 
 ter end. Prov. xix. 20. 
 
 Then shall we know, if 
 we follow on, or, and shall 
 follow on to know the 
 Lord. Hos. vi. 3. 
 
168 WHO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. 
 
 XXI. 
 
 To those who Read and Hear devoutly the Word of 
 God. 
 
 The law of the Lord 
 is perfect, converting the 
 soul ; the testimony of the 
 Lord is sure, making wise 
 the simple. Psal. xix. 7. 
 
 The statutes of the Lord 
 are right, rejoicing the 
 heart ; the commandment 
 of the Lord is pure, en- 
 lightening the eyes. Ver. 
 8. 
 
 Moreover, by them is 
 thy servant warned ; and 
 in keeping of them there is 
 great reward. Ver. 11. 
 
 Thy word is a lamp un- 
 to my feet, and a light unto 
 my path. Psal. cxix. 105. 
 
 The entrance of thy 
 words giveth light, it givelh 
 understanding untothe sim- 
 ple. Ver. 130. 
 
 The commandment is a 
 lamp, and the law is light ; 
 and reproofs of instruction 
 are the way of life. Prov. 
 vi. 23. 
 
 Blessed is the man that 
 heareth me, watching daily 
 at my gates, waiting at the 
 posts of my doors. Prov. 
 viii. 34. 
 
 Hearken diligently unto 
 me, and eat ye that which 
 is good, and let your soul 
 delight itself in fatness. 
 Isa. Iv. 2. 
 
 Incline your ear and 
 come unto me ; hear, and 
 your soul shall live ; and I 
 will make an everlasting 
 covenant with you, even 
 the sure mercies of David. 
 Ver. 3. 
 
 For as the rain cometh 
 down, and the snow from 
 heaven, and returneth not 
 thither, but watereth the 
 earth, and maketh it bring 
 forth, and bud, that it may 
 give seed to the sower, and 
 bread to the eater ; Ver. 
 10. 
 
 So shall my word be 
 that goeth forth out of my 
 mouth : it shall not return 
 unto me void; but it shall 
 accomplish that which I 
 please, and it shall prosper 
 in the thing whereto I sent 
 it. Ver. 11. 
 
 For he shall go out with 
 joy, and be led forth with 
 peace. Ver. 12. 
 
WHO TREMBLE AT HIS WORD, 169 
 
 Unto yon tliat hear, sliall 
 more be given,, Mark iv. 
 24. 
 
 For he that hath, to him 
 shall be given. Ver. 25. 
 
 Search the Scriptures, 
 for in them ye think ye 
 have eternal life : and they 
 are they which testify of 
 me. John v. i59. 
 
 The gospel of Christ is 
 the power of God unto 
 salvation, to everyone that 
 believeth. Rom. i, 16. 
 
 Faith cometh by hear- 
 ing, and hearing by the 
 word of God, Rom. x. 17. 
 
 It pleased God, by the 
 foolishness of preaching, 
 to save them that believe. 
 1 Cor. i. 21. 
 
 From a child thou hast 
 known the holy Scriptures, 
 which are able to make 
 thee wise unto salvation, 
 through faith which is in 
 Christ Jesus. 2 Tim. iii. 
 15. 
 
 For the word of God is 
 quick and powerful, and 
 
 sharper than any two-edg- 
 ed sword, piercing even to 
 the dividing asunder of 
 soul and spirit, and of the 
 joints and marrow, and is 
 a discerner of the thoughts 
 and intents of the heart. 
 Heb. iv. 12. 
 
 Wherefore lay apart all 
 filthiness, and superfluity 
 of naughtiness, and re- 
 ceive with meekness the 
 ingrafted word, which is 
 able to save your souls. 
 James i. 21. 
 
 We have also a more 
 sure word of prophecy ; 
 whereunto ye do well that 
 ye take heed, as unto a 
 light that shineth in a dark 
 place, until the day dawn, 
 and the day-star arise in 
 your hearts. 2 Pet. i. 19. 
 
 Blessed is he that read- 
 eth, and they that hear 
 the words of this prophecy, 
 and keep those things 
 which are written therein. 
 Rev. i. 3. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 To those ijoko Love and Tremble at his Word. 
 
 Blessed is the man 
 that feareth the Lord, 
 that delighteth greatly in 
 
 his commandments. Psal. 
 cxii. 1. 
 
 Great peace have they 
 
 H 
 
170 WHO MEDITATE IN HIS WORD. 
 
 which love thy law ; and 
 nothing shall offend them. 
 Psal. cxix. 165. 
 
 He that feareth the 
 commandment shall be re- 
 warded. Prov. xiii. 13. 
 
 To this man will I look, 
 even to him that is poor, 
 
 and of a contrite spirit, 
 and trembleth at my word. 
 Isa. Ixvi. 2. 
 
 As new-born babes, de- 
 sire the sincere milk of 
 the word, that ye may 
 grow thereby. 1 Pet. ii. 
 2. 
 
 XXIIT. 
 
 To suck as Meditate i7i his Word. 
 
 Ye shall lay up these 
 my words in your heart, 
 and in your soul, and bind 
 them for a sign upon your 
 head, that they may be 
 as frontlets between your 
 eyes. Deut. xi. 18. 
 
 That your days may be 
 multiplied, and the days 
 of your children, in the 
 land which the Lord sware 
 unto your fathers to give 
 them, as the days of hea- 
 ven upon the earth. Ver, 
 21. 
 
 The book of the law 
 shall not depart out of thy 
 mouth ; but thou shalt 
 meditate therein day and 
 night, that thou mayest 
 observe to do according 
 to all that is written there- 
 in ; for then shalt thou 
 make thy way prosperous, 
 and then thou shalt have 
 good success. Josh. i. 8. 
 
 His delight is in the law 
 
 of the Lord ; and in his 
 law doth he meditate day 
 and night. Psal. i. 2. 
 
 And he shall be like a 
 tree planted by the rivers 
 of water, that bringeth 
 forth his fruit in his sea- 
 son ; his leaf also shall 
 not wither, and whatso- 
 ever he doeth shall prosper. 
 Ver. 3. 
 
 The law of his God is 
 in his heart ; none of his 
 steps shall slide. Psal. 
 xxxvii. 31. 
 
 My soul shall be satis- 
 fied as with marrow and 
 fatness, and my mouth 
 shall praise thee with joy- 
 ful lips ; Psal. Ixiii. 5. 
 
 When I remember thee 
 upon my bed, and medi- 
 tate on thee in the night- 
 watches. Ver. 6. 
 
 The mercy of the Lord 
 is from everlasting to ever- 
 lasting, upon them that 
 
WHO SPEAK OF CHRIST, &c. ]71 
 
 fear him, and his righte- 
 ousness unto children's 
 children ; Psal ciii. 17. 
 
 To such as keep his 
 covenant, and to those 
 that remember his com- 
 mandments to do them. 
 Ver. 18. 
 
 Wherewithal shall a 
 young man cleanse his 
 way? By taking heed 
 thereto according to thy 
 word. Psal. cxix. 0. 
 
 Ponder the path of thy 
 feet, and let all thy ways 
 be established, or, all thy 
 ways shall be ordered a- 
 right. Prov. iv. 26. 
 
 Mercy and truth shall 
 be to them that devise 
 good. Prov. xiv. 22. 
 
 Thou meetest him that 
 rejoiceth, and worketh 
 righteousness ; those that 
 remember thee in thy 
 ways. Isa. ixiv. 5. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 To those ivho Speak qflen one to another, of the things 
 of Christ. 
 
 The mouth of the up- 
 right shall deliver them. 
 Prov. xii. 6. 
 
 A man shall be satisfied 
 with good by the fruit of 
 his mouth ; and the re- 
 compense of a man's hands 
 shall be rendered unto 
 him. Ver. 14. 
 
 The tongue of the wise 
 is health. Ver. 1 8. 
 
 A man shall eat good 
 by the fruit of his mouth. 
 Prov. xiii. 2. 
 
 A wholesome tongue is 
 a tree of life. Prov. xv. 4. 
 
 A man hath joy by the 
 answer of his mouth ; and 
 a word spoken in due sea- 
 son, how good is it - Ver. 
 23. 
 
 Pleasant words are as 
 an honey-comb, sweet to 
 the soul, and health to the 
 bones. Prov. xvi. 24. 
 
 A man's belly shall be 
 satisfied with the fruit of 
 his mouth ; and with the 
 increase of his lips shall he 
 be filled. Prov. xviii. 20. 
 
 Death and life are in 
 the power of the tongue ; 
 and they that love it shall 
 eat the fruit thereof. Ver. 
 21. 
 
 Then they that feared 
 the Lord, spake often one 
 to another, and the Lord 
 hearkened and heard it ; 
 and a book of remem- 
 brance was written before 
 him, for them that feared 
 
172 WHO GOVERN THEIR TONGUES. 
 
 the Lord, and that thought 
 upon his name. Mai. iii. 
 16. 
 
 And they shall be mine, 
 saith the Lord of hosts, in 
 that day when I make up 
 my jewels ; and I will 
 spare them, as a man 
 spareth his own son that 
 serveth him. Ver. 17. 
 
 They talked together 
 of all these things which 
 
 had happened. Luke xxiv. 
 
 And it came to pass, 
 that, while they commun- 
 ed together and reasoned, 
 Jesus himself drew near, 
 and went with. them. Ver. 
 15. 
 
 And as they thug spake, 
 Jesus himself stood in the 
 midst of them, and saith 
 unto them, Peace be unto 
 you. Ver. 36. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 To those who govern arijrht fheir tongues. 
 
 He that keepeth his 
 mouth, keepeth his life. 
 Prov. xiii. 3. 
 
 The lips of the wise 
 shall preserve them. Prov. 
 xiv. 3. 
 
 Whoso keepeth his 
 mouth and his tongue, 
 keepeth his soul from trou- 
 bles. Prov. xxi. 23. 
 
 He that walketh righte- 
 ously, and speaketh up- 
 rightly ;- - - he shall dwell 
 on high ; his place of de- 
 fence shall be the muni- 
 
 tions of rocks ; bread shall 
 be given him ; his waters 
 shall be sure. Isa. xxxiii. 
 15, 16. 
 
 By thy words thou shall 
 be justified, and by thy 
 words thou shalt be con- 
 demned. Matth. xii. 37. 
 
 He that will love life, 
 and see good days, let him 
 refrain his tongue from 
 evil, and his lips that they 
 speak no guile. 1 Pet. 
 iii. 10. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 To such as Keep rrood, and SunN evil Company. 
 
 Blessed is the man counsel of the ungodly, 
 that walketh not in the nor standeth in the way. of 
 
TO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHFUL. 173 
 
 sinners, nor sitteth in the 
 seat of the scornful. Psal. 
 i. 1. 
 
 Forsake the foolish, and 
 live ; and go in the way of 
 understanding. Prov. ix. 6. 
 
 He that walketh with 
 wise men shall be wise ; 
 but a companion of fools 
 shall be destroyed. Prov. 
 xiii. 20. 
 
 Iron sharpeneth iron ; 
 so a man sharpeneth the 
 countenance of his friend. 
 Prov. xxvii. 17. 
 
 Come out from among 
 them, and be ye separate, 
 saith the Lord, and touch 
 not the unclean thing ; 
 and I will receive you. 
 2 Cor. vi. 17. 
 
 xxvn. 
 
 To those tvho are Watchful. 
 
 Thorns and snares are 
 in the way of the froward : 
 he that doth keep his soul, 
 shall be far from them. 
 Prov. xxii. 5. 
 
 Happy is the man that 
 feareth alway ; but he that 
 hardeneth his heart, shall 
 fall into mischief. Prov. 
 xxviii. 14. 
 
 Blessed are those ser- 
 vants whom the Lord, 
 when he cometh, shall find 
 watching: verily I say un- 
 to you. That he shall gird 
 
 himself, and make them 
 to sit down to meat, and 
 will come forth and serve 
 them. Luke xii. 37. 
 
 And if he shall come in 
 the second watch, or come 
 in the third watch, and 
 find them so, blessed are 
 those servants. Ver. 38. 
 
 Behold, I come as a 
 thief: blessed is he that 
 watchcth, and keepeth his 
 garments, lest he walk na- 
 ked, and they see hisshame. 
 Rev. xvi. 15. 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 To those uiho Humble themselves voith Fasting. 
 
 Blow the trumpet in a solemn assembly. Joel 
 Zion, sanctify a fast, call ii. 15. 
 
174 WHO PERFORM THEIR OATHS. 
 
 Gather thepeople, sanc- 
 tify the congregation, as- 
 semble the elders ; gather 
 the children, and those 
 that suck the breasts : let 
 the bridegroom go forth of 
 his chamber, and the bride 
 out of her closet. Ver. 
 
 Let the priests, the mi- 
 nisters of the Lord, weep 
 between the porch and the 
 altar, and let them say. 
 Spare thy people, O Lord, 
 and give not thine heri- 
 tage to reproach. Ver. 17. 
 
 Then will the Lord be 
 jealous for his land, and 
 pity his people. Ver. 18. 
 Secret Fasting. 
 
 But thou, when thou 
 fastest, anoint thine head 
 and wash thy face ; Matt, 
 vi, 17. 
 
 That thou appear not 
 unto men to fast, but un- 
 to thy Father which is in 
 secret; and thy Father, 
 which seeth in secret, shall 
 reward thee openly. Ver. 
 18. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 To those xiiho Perform their Oaths. 
 
 Lord, who shall abide 
 in thy tabernacle? who 
 shall dwell in thy holy 
 hill ? Psal. XV. 1. 
 
 He that sweareth to his 
 own hurt, and changeth 
 not. Ver. 4. 
 
 He who hath not lifted 
 
 up his soul unto vanity, 
 nor sworn deceitfully ; 
 Psal. xxiv. 4. 
 
 He shall receive the 
 blessing from the Lord, 
 and righteousness from the 
 God of his salvation. Ver. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 To those "who Keep the Sabbath duli/. 
 
 The Lord blessed the 
 Sabbath-day, and hallowed 
 it. Exod. XX. 11. 
 
 Blessed is the man that 
 doeth this, and the son oi 
 
 man that layeth hold on 
 it ; that keepeth the Sab- 
 bath from polluting it, 
 and keepeth his hand from 
 doing any evil. Isa. Ivi. 2. 
 
WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 175 
 
 Also the sons of the 
 stranger that join them- 
 selves to the Lord, to serve 
 him, and to love the name 
 of the Lord, to be his ser- 
 vants ; every one that 
 keepeth the Sabbath from 
 polluting it, and taketh 
 hold of my covenant ; Ver. 
 6. 
 
 Even them will I bring 
 to my holy mountain, and 
 make them joyful in my 
 house of prayer: their 
 burnt-offerings and their 
 sacrifices shall be accept- 
 ed upon mine altar ; for 
 mine house shall be called 
 an house of prayer for all 
 people. Ver, 7. 
 
 If thou turn away thy 
 foot from the Sabbath, 
 from doing thy pleasure 
 
 on my holy day, and call 
 the Sabbath a delight, the 
 holy of the Lord, honour- 
 able; andshalt honour him, 
 not doing thine own ways, 
 nor finding thine own plea- 
 sure, nor speaking thine 
 own words: Isa. Iviii. 13. 
 
 Then shall thou delight 
 thyself in the Lord ; and 
 I will cause thee to ride 
 upon the high places of 
 the earth, and feed thee 
 with the heritage of Jacob 
 thy father : for the mouth 
 of the Lord hath spoken 
 it. Ver, 14. 
 
 Hallow my Sabbaths ; 
 and they shall be a sign 
 between me and you, that 
 ye may know that I am 
 the Lord your God. Ezek. 
 XX, 20. 
 
 XXXL 
 
 To Believers volio have been Baptized. 
 
 He that believeth, and 
 is baptized, shall be saved. 
 Mark xvi. 16. 
 
 Repent, and be baptiz- 
 ed, every one of you in 
 the name of Jesus Christ, 
 for the remission of sins, 
 and ye shall receive the 
 gift of the Holy Ghost. 
 Acts ii. 38. 
 
 Arise, and be baptized, 
 and wash away thy sins, 
 
 calling on the name of 
 the Lord. Acts xxii. 16. 
 
 Know ye not, that so 
 many of us as were bap- 
 tized into Jesus Christ, 
 were baptized into his 
 death. Kora. vi. 3. 
 
 Therefore we are buried 
 with him by baptism into 
 death ; that like as Christ 
 was raised up from the 
 dead by the glory of the 
 
176 WHO ARE WORTHY COMMUNICANTS. 
 
 Father, even so we also 
 ghoulcl walk in newness of 
 life. Ver. 4. 
 
 By one Spirit we are all 
 baptized into one body, 
 whether we be Jews or 
 Gentiles, whether we be 
 bond or free. 1 Cor. xii. 
 J 3. 
 
 For as many of you as 
 have been b:iptized into 
 Christ, have put on Christ. 
 Gal. iii. 27. 
 
 Buried with him in bap- 
 tism, wherein also ye are 
 risen with him, through 
 
 the faith of the operation 
 of God, who hath raised 
 him from the dead. Col. 
 ii. 12. 
 
 Wherein I'aw, that is, 
 eight souls, were saved by 
 water. The like figure 
 whereunto, even baptism, 
 doth also now save us, 
 (not the putting away oi' 
 the filth oi' the flesh, but 
 the answer of a good con- 
 science toward God,) by 
 the resurrection of Jesus 
 Christ. 1 Pet. iii. 2t>, 21. 
 
 xxxn. 
 
 To such as are Worthy Communicants. 
 
 I SAT down under his 
 shadow with great delight, 
 and his fruit was sweet to 
 my taste. Song ii. 3. 
 
 He brought me to the 
 banqueting house, and his 
 banner over me was love. 
 Ver. 4. 
 
 Eat, O friends ; drink, 
 yea, drink abundantly, O 
 beloved. Song v. 1. 
 
 In this mountain shall 
 the Lord of hosts make 
 unto all people a feast of 
 fat things, a feast of wines 
 on the lees ; of fi^t things 
 full of marrow, of wines 
 
 on the lees well refined. 
 Isa. XXV. 6. 
 
 Jesus took bread, and 
 blessed it, and brake it, 
 and gave it to the disciples, 
 and said. Take, eat ; this 
 is my body. Mat. xxvi. 26. 
 
 And he took the cup, 
 and gave thanks, and gave 
 it to them, saying, Drink 
 ye all of it. Ver. 27. 
 
 For this is my blood of 
 the new testament, which 
 is shed for many for the 
 remission of sins. Ver. 
 28. 
 
 Whoso eateth ray flesh. 
 
WHO OBEY THEIR PARENTS, &c. 17^ 
 
 and drinketh my blood*, 
 hath eternal life ; and I 
 will raise him up at the 
 last day. John vi. 54. 
 
 For my flesh is meat in- 
 deed, and my blood is 
 drink indeed. Ver. 55. 
 
 He that eateth my flesh, 
 and drinketh my blood, 
 dwelleth in me, and I in 
 him, Ver. 56. 
 
 As the living Father 
 hath sent me, and I live 
 by the Father ; so he that 
 eateth me, even he shall 
 live by me. Ver. 57. 
 
 It is the Spirit that 
 
 quickeneth ; the flesh pro- 
 fiteth nothing : the words 
 that I speak unto you, 
 they are Spirit, and they 
 are life. Ver. 63. 
 
 The cup of blessing 
 which we bless, is it not 
 the communion of the 
 blood of Christ ? the bread 
 which we break, is it not 
 the communion of the 
 body of Christ ? 1 Cor. 
 X. 16. 
 
 We have been all made 
 to drink into one Spirit. 
 1 Cor. xii. ly. 
 
 xxxni. jp 
 
 To such as Obey their Parents in the Lord. 
 
 My son, hear the in- 
 struction of thy fiither, 
 and forsake not the law of 
 thy mother. Prov. i. 8. 
 
 For they shall be an 
 ornament of grace unto 
 thy head, and chains a- 
 bout t1iy neck. Ver. 9. 
 
 My son, keep thy fa- 
 ther's commandment, and 
 forsake not the law of thy 
 mother. Prov. vi. 20. 
 
 When thou goest, it 
 shall lead thee ; when thou 
 
 sleepest, it shall keep thee; 
 and when thou awakest, it 
 shall talk with thee. Ver. 
 22. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, 
 Because ye have obeyed 
 the commandment of Jo- 
 nadab your father, and 
 kept all his precepts, and 
 done according unto all 
 that he hath commanded 
 you ; Jer. xxxv. J 8. 
 
 Therefore thus saith the 
 
 ♦ Though this be a figurative expression of the exercise of faith 
 in the Person, righteousness, and fulness of Christ, as offered in 
 the gospel ; yet it is more especially expressive of the exercise of 
 it upon him, at his Table. 
 
 H 2 
 
178 WHO TRAIN UP CHILDREN, &«. 
 
 Lord of hosts, the God of 
 Israel, Jonadab the son of 
 Rechab, shall not want a 
 man to stand before me 
 for ever. Ver. 19. 
 
 Children, obey your 
 parents in the Lord ; for 
 this is right. Eph. vi. 1. 
 
 Honour thy father and 
 mother, (which is the firgt 
 commandment with pro- 
 mise,) Ver. 2. 
 
 That it may be well 
 with thee, and thou may- 
 
 est live long on the €arth,i 
 Ver. 3. 
 
 Children, obey your pa- 
 rents in all things ; for this 
 is well-pleasing unto the 
 Lord. Col. iii. 20. 
 
 If any widow have child- 
 ren or nephews, (grand- 
 children,) let them learn 
 first to show piety at home , 
 and to requite theirparents; 
 for that is good and ac- 
 ceptable before God. 1 
 Tim. V. 4. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 To such Parents as Train up their Children in the 
 ivay they should go. 
 
 I KNOW him, that he 
 will command his children 
 and his household after 
 him, and they shall keep 
 the way of the Lord, to 
 do justice and judgment; 
 that the Lord may bring 
 upon Abraham, that which 
 he hath spoken of him. 
 Gen. xviii. 19. 
 
 Ye shall teach them 
 your children, speaking of 
 them when thou sittest in 
 thine house, and when 
 thou walkest by the way ; 
 when thou liest down, and 
 when thou risest up. Deut. 
 xi. 19. 
 
 And thou shalt write 
 them upon the door posts 
 of thine house, and upon 
 thy gates ; Ver. 20. 
 
 That your days may be 
 multiplied, and the days 
 of your children, in the 
 land which the Lord sware 
 unto your fathers to give 
 them, as the days of hea- 
 ven upon the earth. Ver. 
 21. 
 
 Train up a child in the 
 way he should go; and 
 when he is old, he will 
 not depart from it. Prov. 
 xxii. 6. 
 
WHO CORRECT THEIR CHILDREN. 179 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 To those ivho wisely Correct their Children. 
 
 Foolishness is bound 
 in the heart of a child, but 
 the rod of correction shall 
 drive it far from him. 
 Prov. xxii. 15. 
 
 Withhold not correction 
 from the child ; for if thou 
 beatest him with the rod 
 he shall not die. Prov. 
 xxiii. 13. 
 
 Thou shalt beat him 
 with the rod, and shalt 
 
 deliver his soul from hell. 
 Ver. 11. 
 
 The rod and reproof 
 give wisdom ; but a child 
 left to himself bringeth his 
 mother to shame. Prov. 
 xxix. 15. 
 
 Correct thy son, and he 
 shall give thee rest ; yea, 
 he shall give delight unto 
 thy soul. Ver. 17. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 To good Wives. 
 
 A GRACIOUS woman 
 i*etaineth honour. Prov. xi. 
 16. 
 
 A virtuous woman is a 
 crown to her husband ; but 
 she that maketh ashamed 
 is as rottenness in his 
 bones. Prov. xii. 4. 
 
 Every wise woman build- 
 eth her house. Prov. xiv. 
 1. 
 
 Who can find a virtu- 
 ous woman ? for her price 
 is far above rubies. Prov. 
 xxxi. 10. 
 
 Strength and honour 
 
 are her clothing, and she 
 shall rejoice in time to 
 come. Ver. 25. 
 
 Her children arise up 
 and call her blessed ; her 
 husband also, and he prais- 
 eth her. Ver. 28. 
 
 Favour is deceitful, and 
 beauty is vain; but a wo- 
 man that feareth the Lord, 
 she shall be praised. Ver. 
 30. 
 
 Give her of the fruit of 
 her hands ; and let her own 
 works praise her ia the 
 gates. Ver. 31. 
 
180 
 
 TO GOOD SERVANTS. 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 To good Servants. 
 
 The king's favour is to- 
 ward a wise servant. Prov. 
 xiv. 35. 
 
 A wise servant shall 
 have rule over a son that 
 causeth shame, and shall 
 have part of the inheritance 
 among the brethren. Prov. 
 xvii. 2. 
 
 Whoso keepeth the fig- 
 tree, shall eat the fruit 
 thereof; so he that waiteth 
 on his master, shall be ho- 
 noured. Prov. xxvii. 18. 
 
 Servants, be obedient 
 to them that are your mas- 
 ters according to the flesh, 
 with fear and trembling, 
 in singleness of your heart, 
 as unto Christ: Eph. vi. 
 5. 
 
 Not with eye-service, as 
 
 men-pleasers, but as the 
 servants of Christ, doing 
 the will of God from the 
 heart ; Ver. 6. 
 
 With good will doing 
 service, as to the Lord, 
 and not to men ; Ver. 7. 
 
 Knowing that whatso- 
 ever good thing any man 
 doeth, the same shall he 
 receive of the Lord, whe- 
 ther he be bond or free. 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 Servants, obey in all 
 things your masters ac- 
 cording to the flesh, &c. 
 Col. iii. 22. 
 
 Knowing that, of the 
 Lord ye shall receive the 
 reward of the inheritance : 
 for ye serve the Lord 
 Christ. Ver. 24. 
 
 XXXVIIL 
 
 To good Kings and Magistrates. 
 
 And it shall be, when 
 he sitteth upon the throne 
 of his kingdom, that he 
 shall write him a copy of 
 this law in a book, out of 
 
 that which is before ,the 
 priests the Levites : Deut, 
 xvii. 18. 
 
 And it shall be with him, 
 and he shall read therein 
 
TO GOOD SUBJECTS. 
 
 181 
 
 all the days of his life ; 
 that he may learn to fenr 
 the Lord his God, to keep 
 all the words of this law, 
 and these statutes, to do 
 them : Ver, 19. 
 
 That his heart be not 
 lifted up above his bre- 
 thren, and that he turn not 
 aside from the command- 
 ment, to the fight hand, 
 or to the left ; to the end 
 that he may prolong his 
 days in his kingdom, he, 
 and his children, in the 
 midst of Israel. Ver. 20. 
 
 The throne is establish- 
 
 ed by righteousness. Prov. 
 xvi. 12. 
 
 Mercy and truth pre- 
 serve the king ; and his 
 throne is upholden by 
 mercy. Prov. xx. 28. 
 
 The king that faithfully 
 judgeth the poor, his throne 
 shall be established for 
 ever. Prov. xxix. 14'. 
 
 In that day shall the 
 Lord of hosts be - - - for 
 a spirit of judgment to him 
 that sitteth in judgment, 
 and for strength to them 
 that turn the battle to the 
 gate. Isa. xxviii. 6. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 To s^ood Subjects. 
 
 Whoso keepeth the 
 commandment (the king's) 
 shall feel no evil thing; 
 and a whe man's heart 
 discerneth both time and 
 judgment. Eccles. viii. 5. 
 
 Submit yourselves to 
 every ordinance of man 
 for the Lord's sake ; whe- 
 ther it be to the king, as 
 supreme; 1 Peter ii. 13. 
 
 Or unto governors, aft 
 unto them that are sent by 
 him, for the punishment of 
 evil doers, and for the 
 praise of them that do well. 
 Ver. 14. 
 
 For so is the will of God, 
 that with well-doing ye 
 may put to silence the 
 ignorance of foolish men. 
 Ver. 15. 
 
 XL. 
 
 Tofaithful Ministers. 
 
 Levi hath no part nor 
 inheritance wUh his bre- 
 
 thren : the Lord is his in- 
 heritance, according as the 
 
182 TO FAITHFUL MINISTERS. 
 
 Lord thy God promised 
 him. Deut. x. 9. 
 
 Bless, Lord, his sub- 
 stance, and accept the 
 work of his hands: snaite 
 through the loins of them 
 that rise against him, and 
 of them that hate him, 
 that they rise not again. 
 Deut. xxxiii. 11. 
 
 I will clothe her priests 
 with salvation ; and her 
 saints shall shout aloud 
 for joy. Psal. exxxii. 16. 
 
 Blessed are ye that sow 
 beside all waters, that send 
 forth thither the feet of 
 the ox and the ass. Isa. 
 xxxii. 20. 
 
 Then I said, I have la- 
 boured in vain, I have 
 spent my strength for 
 nought, and in vain ; yet 
 surely my judgment is with 
 the Lord, and my work 
 with my God. Isa. xlix. 
 4. 
 
 The Lord said unto me. 
 Say not, I am a child; for 
 thou shalt go to all that 
 I shall send thee, and 
 whatsoever I command 
 thee thou shalt speak. Jer. 
 i. 7. 
 
 Be not afraid of their 
 faces ; for I am with thee 
 to deliver thee, saith the 
 Lord. Ver. 8. 
 
 They shall fight against 
 thee, but they shall not 
 prevail against thee ; for 
 
 I am with thee, saith the 
 Lord, to deliver thee. Ver. 
 19. 
 
 I will make thee unto 
 this people a fenced bra- 
 zen wall ; and they shall 
 fight figainst thee, but 
 they shall not prevail a- 
 gainst thee, &c. Jer. xv. 
 20. 
 
 And I will deliver thee 
 out of the hand of the 
 wicked, and I will redeem 
 thee out of the hand of 
 the terrible. Ver. 21. 
 
 The Lord is with me as 
 a mighty terrible one; 
 therefore my persecutors 
 shall stumble, and they 
 shall not prevail : they 
 shall be greatly ashamed ; 
 for they shall not prosper : 
 their everlasting confusion 
 shall never be forgotten. 
 Jer. XX. 11. 
 
 I will satiate the soul 
 of the priests with fatness, 
 and my people shall be 
 satisfied with my goodness, 
 saith the Lord. Jer. xxxi. 
 14. 
 
 Behold, I have made 
 thy face strong against 
 their faces, and thy fore- 
 head strong against their 
 foreheads. Ezek, iii. 8. 
 
 As an adamant, harder 
 than flint, have I made 
 thy forehead: fear them 
 not, neither be dismayed 
 at their looks, though they 
 
TO FAITHFUL MINISTERS. 183 
 
 be a rebellious house. Ver. 
 9. 
 
 They that be wise, shall 
 shine as the brightness of 
 the firmament; and they 
 that turn many to right- 
 eousness, as the stars, for 
 ever and ever. Dan. xii. 
 3. 
 
 Teaching them to ob- 
 serve all things whatsoever 
 I have commanded you ; 
 and, lo, I am with you al- 
 way, even unto the end of 
 the world. Amen. Matt, 
 xxviii. 20. 
 
 Who then is that faith- 
 ful and wise steward, whom 
 his lord shall make ruler 
 over his household to give 
 them their portion of meat 
 in due season ? Luke xii. 
 4-2. 
 
 Blessed is that servant, 
 whom his lord, when he 
 Cometh, shall find so do- 
 ing. Ver. 43. 
 
 Of a truth I say unto 
 you, That he will make 
 him ruler over all that he 
 hath. Ver. 44. 
 
 I will give you a mouth 
 and wisdom, which all 
 your adversaries shall not 
 be able to gainsay nor re. 
 sist. Luke xxi. 15. 
 
 He that reapeth receiv- 
 eth wages, and gathereth 
 fruit unto life eternal ; that 
 both he that soweth, and 
 he that reapeth, may re- 
 joice together. John iv. 
 36. 
 
 Take heed unto thyself, 
 and unto the doctrine; 
 continue in them : for in 
 doing this thou shalt both 
 save thyself, and them that 
 hear thee. 1 Tim. iv. 16. 
 The elders which are a- 
 mong you I exhort, - - - 
 Feed the flock of God 
 which is among you, tak- 
 ing the oversight thereof, 
 not by constraint, but 
 willingly; not for filthy 
 lucre, but of a ready mind ; 
 1 Pet. v. 1, 2. 
 
 Neither as being lords 
 over God's heritage, but 
 being ensamples to the 
 flock : Ver. 3. 
 
 And when the chief 
 Shepherd shall appear, ye 
 shall receive a crown of 
 glory that fadeth not a- 
 way. Ver. 4. 
 
 These things, saith he, 
 that holdeth the seven 
 stars in his right hand. 
 Rev. ii. 1. 
 
184 WHO RECEIVE AND HEARKEN, &c. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 To those xjoho Receive and Hearken to faithful 
 Ministers. 
 
 Believe in the Lord 
 your God, so shall ye be 
 established ; believe his 
 prophets, so shall ye pro- 
 sper. 2 Chron. xx. 20. 
 
 He that receiveth you, 
 receiveth me ; and he that 
 receiveth me, receivetli 
 him that sent me. Matt. 
 X. 40. 
 
 He that receiveth a 
 prophet in the name of a 
 prophet, shall receive a 
 
 prophet's reward ; and he 
 that receiveth a righteous 
 man in the name of a right- 
 eous man, shall receive a 
 righteous man's reward. 
 Ver. 41. 
 
 He that heareth you, 
 heareth me. Luke x. 16. 
 
 He that receiveth whom- 
 soever I send, receiveth 
 me ; and he that receiveth 
 me, receiveth him that 
 sent me. John xiii. 20. 
 
 XLII. 
 
 To those V)ho Support the Worship ajid the 
 Ministers of God. 
 
 The Levite, (because 
 he hath no part nor inheri- 
 tance with thee,) and the 
 stranger, and the father- 
 less, and the widow, which 
 are within thy gates, shall 
 come, and shall eat, and be 
 satisfied ; that the Lord 
 thy God may bless thee in 
 all the work of thine hand 
 which thou doest. Deut. 
 xiv. 29. 
 
 Honour the Lord with 
 thy substance, and with 
 the first-fruits of all thine 
 increase. Prov. iii. 9. 
 
 So shall thy barns be 
 filled with plenty, and thy 
 presses shall burst out with 
 new wine. Ver. 10. 
 
 Bring ye all the tythes 
 into the storehouse, that 
 there may be meat in mine 
 house^ and prove me now 
 
WHO RECEIVE REPROOFS, &c. 185 
 
 herewith, saith the Lord 
 of hosts, if I will not open 
 you the windows of hea- 
 ven, and pour you out a 
 blessing, that there shall 
 not be room enough to 
 receive it. Mai. iii. 10. 
 
 And I will rebuke the 
 devourer for your sakes, 
 and he shall not destroy 
 the fruits of your ground ; 
 neither shall your vine 
 cast her fruit before the 
 time in the field, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. Ver. 11. 
 
 And all nations shall 
 call you blessed ; for ye 
 shall be a delightsome land, 
 saith the Lord of hosts. 
 Ver. 12. 
 
 Let him that is taught 
 in the word, communicate 
 unto him that teacheth in 
 
 all good things. Gal. vi. 6. 
 
 He that soweth to his 
 flesh, shall of the flesh 
 reap corruption ; but he 
 that soweth to the Spirit, 
 shall of the Spirit reap life 
 everlasting. Ver. 8. 
 
 Not because I desire a 
 gift ; but I desire fruit 
 that may abound to your 
 account. Phil. iv. 17. 
 
 But I have all and a- 
 bound ; I am full, having 
 received of Epaphroditus, 
 the things which were sent 
 from you, an odour of a 
 sweet smell, a sacrifice 
 acceptable, well-pleasing 
 to God. Ver, 18. 
 
 But my God shall sup- 
 ply all your need, accord- 
 ing to his riches in glory, 
 by Christ Jesus. Ver. 19. 
 
 XLIIL 
 
 To such as Give and Receive Reproofs aright. 
 
 Poverty and shame 
 shall be to hlra that re- 
 fuseth iustruction ; but he 
 that regardeth reproof, 
 shall be honoured. Prov. 
 xiii. 18. 
 
 The ear that heareth 
 the reproof of life, abideth 
 among the wise. Prov. 
 XV. 31. 
 
 He that refuseth in- 
 struction, despiseth his 
 
 own soul ; but he that 
 heareth reproof, getteth 
 understanding. Ver. 32. 
 
 To them that rebuke 
 him (the wicked) shall be 
 delight, and a good bless- 
 ing shall come upon them. 
 Prov. xxiv. 25. 
 
 As an ear-ring of gold, 
 and an ornament of fine 
 gold, so is a wise repro- 
 
186 WHO LOVE THE BRETHREN. 
 
 ver upon an obedient ear. favour, than he that flat- 
 
 Prov. XXV. 12. tereth with the tongue. 
 
 He that rebuketh a roan, Prov. xxviii. 23. 
 afterward shall find more 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 To those "who Love the Brethren and live in Unity, 
 
 Blessed is he that 
 blesseth thee ; and cursed 
 is he that curseth thee. 
 Num. xxiv. 9. 
 
 Lord, who shall abide 
 in thy tabernacle ? who 
 shall dwell in thy holy 
 hill.^ Psal. XV. 1. 
 
 He in whose eyes a vile 
 person is contemned ; but 
 he honoureth them that 
 fear the Lord. Ver. 4. 
 
 Pray for the peace of 
 Jerusalem : they shall pros- 
 per that love thee. Psal. 
 cxxii. 6. 
 
 Behold, how good and 
 how pleasant it is for bre- 
 thren to dwell together in 
 unity ! Psal. cxxxiii. 1. 
 
 It is like the precious 
 ointment upon the head, 
 that ran down upon the 
 beard, even Aaron's beard ; 
 that went down to the 
 skirts of his garments ; 
 Ver. 2. 
 
 As the dew of Hermon, 
 and as the dew that de- 
 scended upon the moun- 
 tains of Zion ; for there 
 
 the Lord commanded the 
 blessing, even life for ever- 
 more. Ver. 3. 
 
 By this shall all men 
 know that ye are my dis- 
 ciples, if ye have love one 
 to another. John xiii. 35. 
 
 Be perfect, be of good 
 comfort, be of one mind, 
 live in peace j and the 
 God of love and peace 
 shall be with you. 2 Cor. 
 xiii. 11. 
 
 God is not unrighteous 
 to forgot your work and 
 labour of love, which ye 
 have shown toward his 
 name, in that ye have 
 ministered to the saints, 
 and do minister. Heb. vi. 
 10. 
 
 He that loveth his bro- 
 ther abideth in the light, 
 and there is none occasion 
 of stumbling in him. 1 
 John ii. 10. 
 
 We know that we have 
 passed from death unto 
 life, because we love the 
 brethren ; he that loveth 
 
WHO ARE PEACE-MAKERS. 18t 
 
 not his brother abideth in 
 death. 1 John iii. l^. 
 
 My little children, let 
 us not love in word, nei- 
 ther in tongue, but in 
 deed and in truth. Ver. 
 18. 
 
 And herebj we know 
 
 that we are of the truths 
 and shall assure our hearts 
 before him. Ver. 19. 
 
 If we love one another, 
 God dwelleth in us, and 
 his love is perfected in us. 
 1 John iv. 12. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 To those •who are Peace-makers. 
 
 To the counsellors of 
 peace is joy. Prov. xii. 
 20. 
 
 Blessed are the peace- 
 makers ; for they shall be 
 
 called the children of God. 
 Matth. v. 9. 
 
 He that will love life, 
 and see good days, - - - let 
 him seek peace and en- 
 sue it. 1 Pet. iii. 10, 11. 
 
 XLVL 
 
 To such as are Merciful and Liberal to the Poor. 
 
 Thou shalt surely give 
 him, (thy poor brother,) 
 and thine heart shall not 
 be grieved when thou giv- 
 est unto him ; because 
 that for this thing the 
 Lord thy God shall bless 
 thee in all thy works, and 
 in all that thou puttsst 
 thine hand unto. Deut. 
 XV. 10. 
 
 If the man be poor, 
 thou shalt not sleep with 
 
 his pledge. Deut. xxiv. 
 12. 
 
 In any case thou shalt 
 deliver him the pledge 
 again when the sun goeth 
 down, that he may sleep 
 in his own raiment and 
 bless thee ; and it shall 
 be righteousness unto thee 
 before the Lord thy God. 
 Ver. 13. 
 
 With the mepciful thou 
 
188 
 
 WHO ARE MERCIFUL. 
 
 wilt show thyself merciful. 
 Psal. xviii. 2.5. 
 
 He is ever merciful and 
 lendeth; and his seed is 
 blessed. Psal. xxxvii. 26. 
 Blessed is he that con- 
 sidereth the poor ; the 
 Lord will deliver him in 
 time of trouble. Psal xii. 
 1. 
 
 The Lord will preserve 
 him and keep him alive ; 
 and he shall be blessed 
 upon the earth : and thou 
 wilt not deliver him unto 
 the will of his enemies. 
 Ver. 2. 
 
 The Lord will strength- 
 en him upon the bed of 
 languishing : thou wilt 
 make all his bed in his 
 sickness. Ver. 3. 
 
 He hath despersed ; he 
 hath given to the poor ; 
 his righteousness endur- 
 eth for ever ; his horn 
 shall be exalted with ho- 
 nour. Psal. cxii. 9. 
 
 Surely, he shall not be 
 moved for ever : the right- 
 eous shall be in everlast- 
 ing remembrance. Ver. 6. 
 
 Let not mercy and truth 
 forsake thee ; bind them 
 about thy neck, write them 
 upon the table of thine 
 heart. Prov. iii. 3. 
 
 So shall thou find fa- 
 vour, and good understand- 
 ing in the sight of God 
 and man. Ver. l. 
 
 There is that scattereth, 
 and yet increaseth ; and 
 there is that withholdeth 
 more than is meet, but it 
 tendeth to poverty. Prov. 
 xi. 24. 
 
 The liberal soul shall 
 be made fat : and he that 
 watereth shall be watered 
 also himself. Ver. 25. 
 
 He that diligently seek- 
 eth good, procureth fa- 
 vour. Ver. 27. 
 
 He that hath mercy on 
 the poor, happy is he. 
 Prov. xiv. 21. 
 
 He that hath pity upon 
 the poor lendeth unto the 
 Lord; and that which he 
 hath given, will he pay 
 him again. Prov. xix. 17. 
 
 He that hath a bounti- 
 ful eye shall be blessed ; 
 for he giveth of his bread 
 to the poor. Prov. xxii. 
 9. 
 
 He that by usury and 
 unjust gain increaseth his 
 substance, he shall gather 
 it for him that will pity 
 the poor. Prov. xxviii. 8. 
 
 He that giveth unto the 
 poor shall not lack. Ver. 
 27. 
 
 Cast thy bread upon 
 the waters j for thou shalt 
 find it after many days. 
 Eccles. xi. 1. 
 
 Give a portion to seven, 
 and also to eight ; for thou 
 knowest not what evil shall 
 
WHO ARE MERCIFUL. 
 
 189 
 
 be upon the earth. Ver. 
 2. 
 
 The liberal devisetli lib- 
 eral things; and by liber- 
 al things shall he stand. 
 Isa. xxxii. 8. 
 
 Is it not to deal thy 
 bread to the hungrj', and 
 that thou bring the poor 
 that are cast out to thy 
 house ? when thou seest 
 the naked, that thou cover 
 him; and that thou hide 
 not thyself from thine own 
 flesh ? Isa. Iviii. 7. 
 
 Then shall thy light 
 break forth as the morn- 
 ing, and thine health shall 
 spring forth speedily ; and 
 thy righteousness shall go 
 before thee : the glory of 
 the Lord shall be thy rere- 
 ward. Ver. 8. 
 
 If thou draw out thy 
 soul to the hungry, and 
 satisfy the afflicted soul ; 
 then shall thy light rise in 
 obscurity, and thy dark- 
 ness be as the noon-day. 
 Ver. 10. 
 
 And the Lord shall 
 guide thee continually, 
 and satisfy thy soul in 
 drought, and make fat thy 
 bones; and thou shalt be 
 like a watered garden, 
 and like a spring of water, 
 whose watersfail not. Ver. 
 11. 
 
 Blessed are the merci- 
 
 ful ; for they shall obtain 
 inercy. Matth. v. 7. 
 
 When thou doest alms, 
 let not thy left hand know 
 what thy right hand doeth; 
 Matth, vi. 3. 
 
 That thine alms may 
 be in secret : and thy Fa- 
 ther which seelh in secret, 
 himself shall reward thee 
 openly. Ver. 4, 
 
 Whosoever shall give 
 to drink unto one of these 
 little ones, a cup of cold 
 water only, in the name 
 of a disciple : verily I say 
 unto you. He shall in 
 no wise lose his reward. 
 Matth. X. 42. 
 
 Then shall the king say 
 unto them on his right 
 hand, Come ye blessed of 
 my Father, inherit the 
 kingdom prepared for you 
 from the foundation of the 
 world. Matth. xxv. 34. 
 
 For I was an hungered, 
 and ye gave me meat : I 
 was thirsty, and ye gave 
 me drink : I was a stran- 
 ger, and ye took me in : 
 Ver. 35. 
 
 Naked, and ye clothed 
 me : I was sick, and ye 
 visited me : I was in pri- 
 son, and ye came unto me. 
 Ver. 36. 
 
 Verily I say unto you. 
 Inasmuch as ye have done 
 it unto one of the least 
 
190 
 
 WHO ARE MERCIFUL. 
 
 of these my brethren, ye 
 have done it unto me. 
 Ver. 40. 
 
 Go thy way, sell what- 
 soever thou hast, and give 
 to the poor, and thou 
 shalt have treasure in hea- 
 ven. Mark x. 21. 
 
 Give, and it shall be 
 given unto you ; good 
 measure, pressed down, 
 and shaken together, and 
 running over, shall men 
 give unto your bosom. 
 For with the same mea- 
 sure that ye mete withal, 
 it shall be measured to you 
 again. Luke vi. 38. 
 
 Give alms of such things 
 as ye have ; and, behold, 
 all things are clean unto 
 you. Luke xi. 41. 
 
 Sell that ye have, and 
 give alms ; provide your- 
 selves bags which wax 
 not old, a treasure in the 
 heavens that faiieth not, 
 where no thief approach- 
 eth, neither moth corrupt- 
 eth. Luke xii. 33. 
 
 When thou makest a 
 feast, call the poor, the 
 maimed, the lame, the 
 blind. Lukexiv. 13. 
 
 And thou shalt be bles- 
 sed ; for they cannot re- 
 compense thee : for thou 
 shall be recompensed at 
 the resurrection of the 
 just. Ver. 14. 
 
 I say unto you, Make 
 
 to yourselves friends of the 
 mammon of unrighteous- 
 ness; that, when ye fail, 
 they may receive you into 
 everlasting habitations . 
 Luke xvi. 9. 
 
 If there be first a will- 
 ing mind, it is accepted 
 according to that a man 
 hath, and not according 
 to that he hath not. 2 
 Cor. viii. 12. 
 
 He which soweth spar- 
 ingly, shall reap also spar- 
 ingly ; and he which sow- 
 eth bountifully, shall reap 
 also bountifully. 2 Cor. 
 ix. 6. 
 
 God loveth a cheerful 
 giver. Ver. 7. 
 
 God is able to make all 
 grace abound toward you ; 
 that ye always having all- 
 sufficiency in all things,may 
 abound to every good 
 work. Ver. 8. 
 
 Now he that minister- 
 eth seed to the sower, 
 both minister bread for 
 your food, and multiply 
 your seed sown, and in- 
 crease the fruits of yonr 
 righteousness. Ver. 10. 
 
 Charge them that are 
 rich in this world, - - - 
 that they do good, that 
 they be rich in goodworks, 
 ready to distribute, willing 
 to communicate; 1 Tim. 
 vi. 17, 18. 
 
 Laying up in store for 
 
WHO FORGIVE INJURIES. 
 
 191 
 
 themselves, a good found- 
 ation against the time to 
 come, that they may lay 
 hold on eternal life. Ver. 
 19. 
 
 To do good, and to com- 
 municate, forget not ; for 
 with such sacrifices God 
 is well pleased. Heb. xiii. 
 16. 
 
 XL VII. 
 
 To those who Forgive Injuries. 
 
 Say not ihou, I will re- 
 compense evil ; but wait 
 on the Lord, and he shall 
 save thee. Prov. xx. 22. 
 
 If thine enemy be hun- 
 gry, give him bread to eat ; 
 and if he be thirsty, give 
 him water to drink : Prov. 
 XXV. 21. 
 
 For thou shall heap coals 
 of fire upon his head, and 
 theLordshall reward thee. 
 Ver. 22. 
 
 Love your enemies, biess 
 them that curse you, do 
 good to them that hate 
 you, and pray for them 
 which despitefully use you, 
 and persecute you; Matth. 
 v. 44'. 
 
 That ye may be the 
 children of your Father 
 which is in heaven : for 
 he maketh his sun to rise 
 on the evil and on the 
 good, and sendeth rain on 
 the just and on the un- 
 just. Ver. 45. 
 
 If ye forgive men their 
 
 trespasses, your heavenly 
 Father will also forgive 
 you. Matth. vi. 14. 
 
 And when ye stand 
 praying, forgive, if ye have 
 ought against any ; that 
 3'^our Father also which is 
 in heaven, may forgive you 
 your trespasses. Mark xi. 
 25. 
 
 Love ye your enemies, 
 and do good, and lend, 
 hoping for nothing again ; 
 and your reward shall be 
 great, and ye shall be the 
 children of the Highest : 
 for he is kind unto the 
 unthankful and to the evil. 
 Luke vi. 35. 
 
 Forgive, and ye shall be 
 forgiven. Ver. 37. 
 
 Not rendering evil for 
 evil, or railing for railing, 
 but contrariwise blessing ; 
 knowing that ye are there- 
 unto called, that ye should 
 inherit a blessing. 1 Pet. 
 iii. 9. 
 
192 
 
 WHO ARE CHASTE, &c. 
 
 XLVni. 
 
 To those who are Chaste and Pure in Heart. 
 
 With the pure thou 
 wilt shew thyself pure. 
 Psal. xviii. 26. 
 
 Who shall ascend into 
 the hill of the Lord? and 
 who shall stand in his holy 
 place ? Psal. xxiv. 3. 
 
 He that hath clean hands, 
 and a pure heart. Ver. 4-. 
 
 Truly God is good to 
 Israel, even to such as are 
 of a clean heart. Psal. 
 Ixxiii. 1. 
 
 If a man be just, and do 
 that which is lawful and 
 right-, Ezek. xviii. 5. 
 
 And hath not defiled 
 his neighbour's wife, nei- 
 ther hath come near to 
 
 a menstruous woman ; Ver. 
 6. 
 
 Hath walked in my sta- 
 tutes, and hath kept my 
 judgments, to deal truly ; 
 he is just, he shall surely 
 live, saith the Lord God. 
 Ver. 9. 
 
 Blessed are the pure in 
 heart ; for they shall see 
 God. Matt. V. 8. 
 
 If a man, therefore, 
 purge himself from these, 
 he shall be a vessel unto 
 honour, sanctified and meet 
 for the master's use, and 
 prepared unto every good 
 work. 2 Tim. ii. 21. 
 
 Unto the pure all things 
 are pure. Tit. i. 15. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 To such as Tuvkove their Tale-nts and are Diligext. 
 
 The hand of the dili- 
 gent maketh rich. Prov. x. 
 4. 
 
 The hand of the dili- 
 gent shall bear rule ; but 
 the slothful shall be under 
 tribute. Prov. xii. 24. 
 
 The substance of a 
 diligent man is precious. 
 Ver. 27. 
 
 He that tilleth his land 
 shall be satisfied with 
 bread. Ver. II. 
 
 The soul of the diligent 
 
WHO ARE JUST AND HONEST. 193 
 
 shall be made fat* Prov. 
 xiii. 4. 
 
 He that gathercth by 
 labour shall increase. Ver. 
 11. 
 
 In all labour there is 
 profit ; but the talk of the 
 lips tendeth only to pen- 
 ury. Prov. xiv. 23. 
 
 Love not sleep, lest thou 
 come to poverty ; open 
 thine eyes, and thou shalt 
 be satisfied with bread. 
 Prov. XX. 13. 
 
 The thoughts of the 
 diligent tend only to plen- 
 teousness. Prov. xxi. 5. 
 
 Seest thou a man diligent 
 in his business ? he shall 
 stand before kings; he shall 
 
 not stand before mean men. 
 Prov. xxii. 29. 
 
 He that tilleth his land 
 shall have plenty of bread. 
 Prov. xxviii. 19. 
 
 Whosoever hath, to him 
 shall be given, and he shall 
 have more abundance. 
 Matt. xiii. 12. 
 
 Well done, good and 
 faithful servant ; thou hast 
 been faithful over a few 
 things ; I will make thee 
 ruler over many things : 
 enter thou into the joy of 
 thy Lord. Matt. xxv. 23. 
 
 Unto every one that 
 hath, shall be given, and 
 he shall have abundance. 
 Ver. 29. 
 
 L. 
 
 To those tvho are Just and Honest. 
 
 That which is alto- 
 gether just shalt thou fol- 
 low, that thou mayest live, 
 and inherit the land which 
 the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee. Deut. xvi. 2j. 
 
 Thou shalt have a per- 
 fect and just weight ; a 
 perfect and just measure 
 shalt thou have ; that thy 
 days may be lengthened 
 in the land, which the 
 Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 Deut. xxv. 15. 
 
 A false balance is abo- 
 mination to the Lord ; but 
 a just weight is his delight. 
 Prov. xi. 1. 
 
 There shall no evil hap- 
 pen to the just ; but the 
 wicked shall be filled with 
 mischief. Prov. xii. 21. 
 
 He that is greedy of 
 gain troubleth his own 
 house ; but he that hateth 
 gifts shall live. Prov. xv. 
 27. 
 
 Better is a little with 
 I 
 
194 WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH, &e. 
 
 righteousness, than great 
 revenues without right. 
 Prov. xvi. 8. 
 
 To do justice and judg- 
 ment, is more acceptable 
 to the Lord than sacrifice. 
 Prov. xxi. 3. 
 
 A faithful man shall a- 
 bound with blessings ; but 
 he thatmakcth haste to be 
 rich shall not be inr»ocent. 
 Prov. xxviii. 20. 
 
 He that walketh right- 
 eously, and speaketh up- 
 rightly ; he that despiseth 
 the gain of oppressions, 
 that shaketh his hands 
 from holding of bribes, 
 that stoppeth his ears from 
 hearing of blood, and shut- 
 teth his eyes from seeing 
 evil ; Isa. xxxiii. 15. 
 
 He shall dwell on high ; 
 his place of defence shall 
 be the munitions of rocks ; 
 bread shall be given him, 
 his water shall be sure. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 Keep ye judgment and do 
 justice : for my salvation is 
 near to come, and my 
 
 righteousness to be re- 
 vealed. Isa. Ivi. 1. 
 
 Blessed is the man that 
 doeth this, and the son of 
 man that layeth hold on it. 
 Ver. 2. 
 
 If a man be just, and 
 do that which is lawful 
 and right ; Ezek. xviii. 5. 
 
 And hath not oppressed 
 any, but hath restored to 
 the del)tor his pledge ; 
 hath spoiled none by viol- 
 ence, hath given his bread 
 to the hungry, and hath 
 covered the naked with 
 a garment ; Ver. 7. 
 
 He that hath not given 
 forth upon usur}', neither 
 hath taken any increase ; 
 that hath withdrawn his 
 hand from iniquity ; hath 
 executed true judgment 
 between man and man ; 
 Ver. 8. 
 
 Hath walked in my sta- 
 tutes, and hath kept my 
 judgments, to deal truly : 
 he is ju»t, he shall surely 
 live, saith the Lord God. 
 Ver. 9. 
 
 LL 
 
 To those "who Speak the Truth and abhor Slander. 
 
 Lord, who shall abide shall dwell in thy holy h ill? 
 in thy tabernacle? who Psal. xv. L 
 
WHO JUDGE NOT, &c. 
 
 195 
 
 He that speaketh the 
 truth in his heart. Ver. 2. 
 
 He that backbiteth not 
 with his tongue, nor doeth 
 evil to his neighbour, nor 
 taketh up a reproach a- 
 gainst his neighbour. Ver. 
 3. 
 
 What man is he that 
 desireth life, and loveth 
 many days, that he may 
 see good ? Psal. xxxiv. 12. 
 Keep thy tongue from 
 evil, and thy lips from 
 speaking guile. Ver. 13. 
 
 The lip of truth shall be 
 established for ever; but 
 a lying tongue is but for 
 a moment. Prov. xii. 19. 
 Lying lips are abo- 
 mination to the Lord ; but 
 they that deal truly are his 
 delight. Ver. 22." 
 
 He that will love life, 
 and see good days, let 
 him refrain his tongue 
 from evil, and his lips that 
 they speak no guile. 1 
 Pet. iii. 10. 
 
 LII. 
 
 To such as do not Judge nor Censure their Bret/:) 
 
 Judge not, that ye be 
 not judged. Matt. vii. 1. 
 
 For with what judgment 
 ye judge, ye shall be judg- 
 ed ; and with what mea- 
 sure ye mete, it shall be 
 
 you again. 
 
 measured to 
 Ver. 2. 
 
 Judge not, and ye shall 
 not be judged ; condemn 
 not, and ye shall not be 
 condemned. Luke vi. 37. 
 
 LIIL 
 
 2'o those iKiho Mortify the body of Sin in them. 
 
 If thy right eye offend 
 thee, pluck it out, and cast 
 it from thee ; for it is pro- 
 fitable for thee, that one 
 of thy members should 
 perish, and not that thy 
 whole body should be cast 
 into hell. Matth. v. 29. 
 
 And if thy right hand 
 offend thee, cut it off, and 
 cast it from thee; for it is 
 profitable for thee, that 
 one of thy members should 
 perish, and not that thy 
 whole body should be cast 
 into hell. Ver. 30. 
 
196 
 
 WHO ARE CONTENT, &c. 
 
 To be carnally-minded 
 is death ; but to be spirit- 
 ually-minded is life and 
 peace. Rom. viii. 6. 
 
 If ye, through the Spi- 
 rit, do mortify the deeds 
 of the body, ye shall live. 
 Ver. 13. 
 
 LIV. 
 
 To those fjoho are Content xmith their oufward Condition. 
 
 A SOUND heart is the 
 life of the flesh ; but envy 
 the rottenness of the 
 bones. Prov. x'w. 30. 
 
 He that is of a merry 
 heart, hath a continual 
 feast. Prov. xv. 15. 
 
 A merry heart doeth 
 good like a medicine ; but 
 a broken spirit drieth the 
 bones. Prov. xvii. 22. 
 
 Let not thine heart en- 
 vy sinners ; but be thou in 
 the fear of the Lord all the 
 day long. Prov. xxiii. 17. 
 
 For surely there is an 
 end, and thine expectation 
 shall not be cut off. Ver. 
 IS. 
 
 Godliness with content- 
 ment is great gain. 1 Tim. 
 vi. 6. 
 
 Let your conversation 
 be without covetousness, 
 and be content with such 
 things as ye have ; for he 
 hath said, I will never leave 
 thee, nor forsake thee. 
 Heb. xiii. 5. 
 
 LV. 
 
 To the Meek. 
 
 Thk meek shall eat and 
 be satisfied. Psal. xxii. 
 26. 
 
 The meek will he guide 
 in judgment, and the meek 
 will he teach his way. Ps. 
 XXV. 9. 
 
 The meek shall inherit 
 the earth, and shall delight 
 themselves in the abun- 
 
 dance of peace. Ps. xxxvii. 
 11. 
 
 The Lord lifteth up the 
 meek : he casteth the 
 wicked down to the ground. 
 Psal. cxlvii. 6. 
 
 The Lord taketh plea- 
 sure in his people ; he will 
 beautify the meek with 
 salvation. Psal. cxiix. 4. 
 
TO THE HUMBLE. 
 
 IST 
 
 He that is slow to wrath 
 is of great understanding. 
 Prov. xiv. 29. 
 
 He that is slow to anger 
 appeaseth strife. Prov. xv. 
 18. 
 
 He that is slow to anger, 
 is better than the mighty ; 
 and he that ruleth his spi- 
 rit, than he that taketh a 
 city. Prov. xvi. 32. 
 
 The discretion of a nnan 
 deferreth his anger; and 
 it is his glory to pass over 
 a transgression. Prov. xix. 
 11. 
 
 It is an honour for a man 
 to cease from strife. Prov. 
 XX. 3. 
 
 With righteousness shall 
 he judge the poor, and re- 
 prove with equity for the 
 meek of the earth. Isa. 
 xi. 4. 
 
 The meek shall increase 
 their joy in the Lord, and 
 the poor among men shall 
 rejoice in the holy One of 
 Israel. Isa. xxix. 19. 
 
 Seek ye the Lord, all 
 ye meek of the earth, 
 which have wrought his 
 judgment ; seek righteous- 
 ness, seek meekness : it 
 may be ye shall be hid in 
 the day of the Lord's an- 
 ger. Zeph. ii. 3. 
 
 Blessed are the meek ; 
 for they shall inherit the 
 earth. Matth. v, 5. 
 
 Let it be the hidden 
 man of the heart, in that 
 which is not corruptible, 
 even the ornament of a 
 meek and quiet spirit, 
 which is, in the sight of 
 God, of great price. 1 
 Pet. iii. 4. 
 
 LVI. 
 
 To the Humble. 
 
 He shall save the humble 
 person. Job xxii. 29. 
 
 He forgetteth not the 
 cry of the humble. Psal. 
 ix. 12. 
 
 Lord, thou hast heard 
 the desire of the humble. 
 Psal. X. 17. 
 
 Though the Lord be 
 high, yet hath he respect 
 
 unto the lowly. Psalm 
 cxxxviii. 6. 
 
 Surely he scorneth the 
 scorners ; but he giveth 
 grace unto the lowly. 
 Prov. iii. 64. 
 
 When pride cometh, 
 then cometh shame ; but 
 with the lowly is wisdom. 
 Prov. xi. 2. 
 
198 WHO ARE OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT. 
 
 The fear of the Lord is 
 the instruction of wisdom ; 
 and before honour is hu- 
 mility. Prov. XV. 33. 
 
 Better it is to be of an 
 humble spirit with the 
 lowly, than to divide the 
 spoil with the proud. Pr. 
 xvi. 19. 
 
 Before destruction the 
 heart of man is haughty ; 
 and before honour is hu- 
 mility. Prov. xviii. 12. 
 
 By humility and the fear 
 of the Lord, are riches, 
 and honour, and life. Pr. 
 xxii. 4. 
 
 A man's pride shall 
 bring him low ; but honour 
 shall uphold the humble 
 in spirit. Prov. xxix. 23. 
 
 Whosoever shall humble 
 himself as this little child, 
 the same is greatest in the 
 kingdom of heaven. Mat. 
 xviii. 4. 
 
 Whosoever shall exalt 
 himself shall be abased ; 
 and he that shall humble 
 himself shall be exalted. 
 Mat. xxiii. 12. 
 
 God resisteth the proud, 
 but giveth grace unto the 
 humble. James iv. 6. 
 
 LVII. 
 
 2o those ivko are of a Contrite Spirit. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto 
 them that are of a broken 
 heart ; and saveth such as 
 be of a contrite spirit. Ps. 
 xxxiv. 18. 
 
 The sacrifices of God 
 are a broken spirit ; a bro- 
 ken and a contrite heart, 
 O God, thou wilt not des- 
 pise. Psal. li. 17. 
 
 He healeth the broken 
 in heart, and bindeth up 
 their wounds. Psal. cxivii. 
 3. 
 
 By the sadness of the 
 countenance, the heart is 
 made belter. Eccles. vii. 3. 
 
 Thus saith the high and 
 
 lofty One that inhabiteth 
 eternity, wliose name is 
 Holy, I dwL'U in the high 
 and holy j)]ace ; with him 
 also that is of a contrite 
 and humble spirit, to re- 
 vive the spirit of the hum- 
 ble, and to revive the heart 
 of the contrite ones. Isa. 
 Ivii. 15. 
 
 To this man will I look, 
 even to him that is poor, 
 and of a contrite spirit, and 
 trembleth at my word. Isa. 
 Ixvi. 2. 
 
 Blessed are they that 
 mourn ; for they shall be 
 comforted. Mat. v. 4, 
 
WHO ARE PATIENT, &c. 
 
 199 
 
 LVIII. 
 
 To such as are Patient and Submissive to the 
 xoill of God. 
 
 It is good that a man 
 ^should both hope, and 
 quietly wait, for the salva- 
 tion of the Lord. Lam. 
 iii. 26. 
 
 It is good for a man that 
 he bear the yoke in his 
 youth. Ver. 27. 
 
 He sitteth alone, and 
 keepeth silenw, because 
 he hath borne it upon him. 
 Ver. 28. 
 
 He putteth his mouth 
 in the dust, if so be there 
 may be hope. Ver. 29. 
 
 For the Lord will not 
 cast off for ever. Ver. 31. 
 
 We glory in tribulations, 
 knowing that tribulation 
 worketh patience ; Rom. 
 V. 3. 
 
 And patience, experi- 
 ence ; and experience, 
 hope. Ver. 4. 
 
 That ye be not slothful, 
 but followers of them, who 
 through faith and patience 
 inherit the promises. Heb. 
 vi. 12. 
 
 Cast not away your con- 
 fidence, which hath great 
 recompense of reward. 
 Heb. X. 35. 
 
 For ye have need of pa- 
 tience, that, after ye have 
 done the will of God, ye 
 might receive the promise. 
 Ver. 33. 
 
 For yet a little while, 
 and he that shall come 
 will come, and will not tar- 
 ry. Ver. 37. 
 
 My brethren, count it 
 all joy when ye fall into 
 diverse temptations ; Jam. 
 i. 2. 
 
 Knowing this, that the 
 trying of your faith work- 
 eth patience. Ver. 3. 
 
 But let patience have 
 her perfect work, that ye 
 may be perfect and entire, 
 wanting nothing. Ver. 4. 
 
 Blessed is the man that 
 endureth temptation ; for 
 when he is tried he shall 
 receive the crown of life, 
 which the Lord hath pro- 
 mised to them that love 
 him. Ver. 12. 
 
 Humble yourselves in 
 the sight of the Lord, and 
 he shall lift you up. James 
 iv. 10. 
 
 Be patient, brethren, 
 unto the coming of the 
 
200 WHO ARE PERSECUTED, &c. 
 
 Lord. Behold, the hus- 
 bandman waiteth For the 
 precious fruit of the earth, 
 and hath long patience for 
 it, until he receive the ear- 
 ly and latter rain. James 
 V. 7. 
 
 Be ye also patient ; sta- 
 blish your hearts : for the 
 coming of the Lord draw- 
 eth nigh. Ver. 8. 
 
 Behold, we count them 
 happy which endure. Ye 
 have heard of the patience 
 
 of Job, and have seen the 
 end of the Lord ; that the 
 Lord is very pitiful, and of 
 tender mercy. Ver. 11. 
 
 If when ye do well, and 
 suffer for it, ye take it pa- 
 tiently ; this is acceptable 
 with God. 1 Pet. ii. 20. 
 
 Humble yourselves un- 
 der the mighty hand of 
 God, that he may exalt 
 you in due time. 1 Peter 
 v. 6. 
 
 LIX. 
 
 To those ivho are PERSECuTEDybr Righleousness' Sake. 
 
 Blessed are they which 
 are persecuted for right- 
 eousness sake ; for theirs 
 is the kingdom of heaven. 
 Matth. v. 10. 
 
 Blessed are ye when 
 men shall revile you, and 
 persecute you, and shall 
 say all manner of evil a- 
 gainst you falsely for my 
 sake. Ver. 11. 
 
 Rejoice, and be exceed- 
 ing glad ; for great is your 
 reward in heaven : for so 
 persecuted they the pro- 
 phets which were before 
 you. Ver. 12. 
 
 He that findeth his life, 
 shall lose it ; and he that 
 loseth his life for my sake, 
 shall find it. Mat. x. 39. 
 
 Every one that hath for- 
 
 saken houses, or brethren, 
 or sisters, or father, or mo- 
 ther, or wife, or children, 
 orlands,formyname'ssake, 
 shall receive an hundred- 
 fold, and shall inherit ever- 
 lasting life. INIat. xix. 29. 
 
 If so be that we suffer 
 with him, that we may be 
 also glorified together. 
 Rom. viii. 17. 
 
 "Who shall separate us 
 from the love of Christ? 
 shall tribulation, or distress, 
 or persecution, or famine, 
 or nakedness, or peril, or 
 sword ? Ver. 35. 
 
 Nay, in all these things, 
 we are more than conque- 
 rors through him that loved 
 us. Ver. 37. 
 
 If we suffer, we shall al- 
 
WHO ARE UNJUSTLY, &c, SOI 
 
 so reign with him. 2 Tim. 
 ii. 12. 
 
 Ye had compassion of me 
 in my bonds, and took joy- 
 fully the spoiling of your 
 goods, knowing in your- 
 selves, that ye have in hea- 
 ven a better and an endur- 
 ing substance. Heb. x. Si. 
 
 If ye suffer for righte- 
 ousness sake, happy are ye ; 
 and be not afraid of their 
 terror, neither be troubled; 
 1 Pet. iii. U. 
 
 For it is better, if the 
 will of God be so, that ye 
 suffer for well-doing, than 
 for evil-doing. Ver. 17. 
 
 Beloved, think it not 
 strange concerning the 
 
 fiery trial which is to try 
 you, as th ough some strange 
 thing happened unto you. 
 1 Pet. iv. 12. 
 
 But rejoice, in as much 
 as ye are partakers of 
 Christ's sufferings; that, 
 when his glory shall be re- 
 vealed, ye may be glad al- 
 so with exceeding joy. V. 
 13. 
 
 If ye be reproached for 
 the name of Christ, happy 
 are ye ; for the Spirit of 
 glory and of God resteth 
 upon you: on their part he 
 is evil spoken of, but on 
 your part he is glorified. 
 Ver. 14. 
 
 LX. 
 
 To such as are Unjustly Excommunicated. 
 
 Hear the word of the 
 Lord, ye that tremble at 
 his word ; your brethren 
 that hated you, that cast 
 you out for my name's 
 sake, said, Let the Lord 
 be glorified ; but he shall 
 appear to your joy, and 
 they shall be ashamed. Is. 
 Ixvi. 5. 
 
 Blessed are ye when 
 
 men shall hate you, and 
 when they shall separate 
 you from their company, 
 and shall reproach you, 
 and cast out your name as 
 evil, for the Son of man's 
 sake. Luke vi. 22. 
 
 Rejoice ye in that day, 
 and leap for joy ; for, be- 
 hold, your reward is great 
 in heaven. Ver. 23. 
 i2 
 
l>02 WHO PERSEVERE TO THE END. 
 
 LXI. 
 
 To those tvho Persevere to the end. 
 
 He that endureth to the 
 end shall be saved. Mat. 
 X. 22. 
 
 He that shall endure 
 unto the end, the same 
 shall be saved. Mat. xxiv. 
 13. 
 
 If" ye continue in my 
 r/ord, then are ye my dis- 
 ciples indeed. John viii. 
 31. 
 
 And ye shall know the 
 truth, and the truth shall 
 make you free. Ver. 32. 
 
 If yo abide in me, and 
 my words abide in you, 
 ye shall ask what ye will, 
 and it shall be done unto 
 you. John xv. 7. 
 
 My beloved brethren, 
 be ye steadfast, immove- 
 able, aUvaj'S abounding in 
 the work of the Lord, for- 
 asmuch as ye know, that 
 your labour is not in vain 
 in the Lord. 1 Cor. xv. 
 58. 
 
 We are made partakers 
 of Christ, if we hold the 
 beginning of our confi- 
 dence steadfast unto the 
 end. Heb. iii. 1 1-. 
 
 Let us not be weary in 
 well-doing ; for in due sea- 
 
 son we shall reap, if we 
 faint not. Gal. vi. 9. 
 
 Let us hold fast the pro- 
 fession of our faith without 
 wavering ; for he is faith- 
 ful that promised. Heb. x. 
 23. 
 
 Cast not away therefore 
 your confidence, which 
 hath great recompense of 
 reward. Ver. 35. 
 
 Let that abide in you, 
 which ye have heard from 
 the beginning. If that 
 which ye liave heard from 
 the beginning, shall remain 
 in you, ye also shall con- 
 tinue in the Son, and in 
 the Father. 1 John ii. 24. 
 
 And now, little children, 
 abide in him ; that when 
 he shall appear we may 
 have confidence, and not 
 be ashamed before him at 
 his coming. Ver. 28. 
 
 He that abideth in the 
 doctrine of Christ, he hath 
 both the Father and the 
 Son. 2 John, ver. 9. 
 
 Be thou faithful unto 
 death, and I will give thee 
 a crown of life. Rev. ii. 
 10. 
 
WHO OVERCOME. 
 
 203 
 
 LXII. 
 
 To those rvho Overcome. 
 
 To him that overcom- 
 eth, will I give to eat of 
 the tree of life, which is 
 in the midst of the para- 
 dise of God. Rev. ii. 7. 
 He that overcometh 
 shall not be hurt of the se- 
 cond death. Ver. 11. 
 
 To him that overcom- 
 eth, will I give to eat of 
 the hidden manna ; and I 
 will give him a white stone, 
 and in the stone a new 
 name written, which no 
 man knoweth, saving he 
 that receiveth it. Ver. 17. 
 
 He that overcometh, and 
 keepeth my works unto the 
 end, to him will I give 
 power over the nations. V. 
 26. 
 
 And he shall rule them ^ 
 with a rod of iron : as the 
 vessels of a potter shall 
 they be broken to shivers, 
 even as I received of my 
 Father. Ver. 27. 
 
 And I will give him the 
 morning star. Ver. 28. 
 
 He that overcometh, 
 the same shall be clothed 
 
 in white raiment ; and I 
 will not blot out his name 
 out of the book of life ; but 
 I will confess his name be- 
 fore my Father, and before 
 his angels. Rev. iii. 5. 
 
 Him that overcometh, 
 will I make a pillar in the 
 temple of my God ; and he 
 shall go no more out : and 
 I will write upon him the 
 name of my God, and the 
 name of the city of my 
 God, which is New Jeru- 
 salem, which Cometh down 
 out of heaven from my 
 God ; and I will write up- 
 on him my new name. V. 
 12. 
 
 To him that overcom- 
 eth, will I grant to sit 
 with me in my throne ; e- 
 ven as I also overcame, and 
 am set down with my Fa- 
 ther in his throne. Ver. 
 21. 
 
 He that overcometh 
 shall inherit all things ; and 
 I will be his God, and he 
 shall be my son. Rev. xxi 
 7. 
 
204 OF PRESERVATION FROM HELL. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 DEFINITE PROMISES OF BLESSINGS IN THE WORLD 
 TO COME. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 0/" Preservation _/ro»i Hell. 
 
 Great is tliy mercy 
 toward me ; and thou hast 
 delivered my soul from the 
 lowest hell. Psal. Ixxxvi. 
 13. 
 
 Righteousness deliver- 
 eth from death. Pr. x. 2. 
 
 The way of life is above 
 to the wise, that he may 
 depart from hell beneath. 
 Prov. XV. 24. 
 
 Israel shall be saved in 
 the Lord, with an ever- 
 lasting salvation : ye shall 
 not be ashamed nor con- 
 founded, world without 
 end. Isa. xlv. 17. 
 
 Whosoever believeth in 
 him shall not perish, but 
 have everlasting life. John 
 iii. 16. 
 
 If a man keep my say- 
 ing, he shall never see 
 death. John viii. 51. 
 
 Much more, being now 
 justified by his blood, we 
 shall be saved from wrath 
 through him. Rom. v. 
 9. 
 
 Jesus, which delivered 
 us from the wrath to come. 
 1 Thess. i. U). 
 
 God hath not appointed 
 us to wrath ; but to obtain 
 salvation by our Lord Je- 
 sus Christ. 1 Thess. v. 9. 
 
 Blessed and holy is he 
 that hath part in the first 
 resurrection; on such the 
 second death hath no 
 power. Rev. xx. 6. 
 
OF BLESSEDNESS, &c. 
 
 203 
 
 11. 
 
 (y Blessedness immediately after Death. 
 
 There the wicked cease 
 from troubling ; and there 
 the weary be at rest. Job 
 iii. 17. 
 
 There the prisoners rest 
 together ; they hear not 
 the voice of the oppres- 
 sor. Ver. 18. 
 
 God will redeem my 
 soul from the power of the 
 grave ; for he shall receive 
 me. Psal. xlix. 15. 
 
 Thou shalt guide me 
 with thy counsel, and af- 
 terwards receive me to 
 glory. Ps. Ixxiii. 24. 
 
 He shall enter into 
 peace : they shall rest in 
 their beds, each one walk- 
 ing in his uprightness. Isa. 
 Ivii. 2. 
 
 Abraham said, Son, re- 
 member that thou in thy 
 lifetime receivedst thy good 
 things, and likewise Laza- 
 rus evil things ; but now he 
 is comforted, and thou art 
 tormented. Luke xvi. 2.5. 
 
 Jesus said unto him, 
 Verily I say unto thee, To- 
 day shalt thou be with rae 
 in paradise. Luke xxiii. 
 43. 
 
 We are confident, I say, 
 and willing rather to be 
 absent from the body, and 
 to be present with the 
 Lord. 2 Cor. v. 8. 
 
 For to me to live is 
 Christ, and to die is gain. 
 Phil. i. 21. 
 
 Having a desire to de- 
 part, and to be with Christ, 
 which is far better. Ver. 
 23. 
 
 And to the spirits of just 
 men made perfect. Heb. 
 xii. 23. 
 
 Blessed are the dead 
 which die in the Lord, 
 from henceforth: yea, saith 
 the Spirit, that they may 
 rest from their labours ; 
 and their works do follow 
 them. Rev. xiv. 13. 
 
 III. 
 
 Of a Glorious Resurrection. 
 
 Though after my skin 
 worms destroy this body, 
 
 yet in my flesh shall I see 
 God : Job xix. 26. 
 
206 OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION. 
 
 Whom I shall see for 
 myself, and mine eyes 
 shall behold, and not an- 
 other ; though my reins 
 be consumed within me. 
 Ver. 27. 
 
 Thy dead men shall 
 live, together with my 
 dead body shall they arise. 
 Awake and sing, ye that 
 dwell in dust : for thy dew 
 is as the dew of herbs, and 
 the earth shall cast out 
 the dead. Isa. xxvi. 19. 
 
 Many of them that 
 sleep in the dust of the 
 earth shall awake ; some 
 to everlasting life. Dan. 
 xii. 2. 
 
 They which shall be 
 accounted worthy to ob- 
 tain that world, and the 
 resurrection from the dead, 
 neither marry, nor are gi- 
 ven in marriage. Luke 
 XX. 35. 
 
 Neither can they die 
 any more ; for they are 
 equal unto the angels, and 
 are the children of God, 
 being the children of the 
 resurrection. Ver. 36. 
 
 The hour is coming, in 
 the which all that are in 
 the graves shall hear his 
 voice ; John v. 28. 
 
 And shall come forth ; 
 they that have done good 
 unto the resurrection of 
 life ; and they that have 
 done evil unto the resur- 
 
 rection of damnation. Ver. 
 29. 
 
 This is the Father's will 
 which hath sent me, that 
 of all which he hath given 
 me I should lose nothing, 
 but should raise it up a- 
 gain at the last day. John 
 vi. 39. 
 
 And this is the will of 
 him that sent me, that 
 every one which seeth the 
 Son, and believeth on 
 him, may have everlasting 
 life ; and I will raise him 
 up at the last day. Ver. 
 40. 
 
 Whoso eateth my flesh, 
 and drinketh my blood, 
 hath eternal life ; and 1 
 will raise him up at the 
 last day. Ver. 54'. 
 
 I am the resurrection 
 and the life ; he that be- 
 lieveth in me, though 
 he were dead, yet shall 
 he live. John xi. 25- 
 
 If the Spirit of him that 
 raised up Jesus from the 
 dead, dwell in you, he 
 that raised up Christ from 
 the dead, shall also quick- 
 en your mortal bodies by 
 his Spirit that dwelleth in 
 you. Rom. viii. 11. 
 
 Do ye not know, that 
 the saints shall judge the 
 world ? 1 Cor. vi. 2. 
 
 Know ye not that we 
 shall judge angels ? Ver. 
 3. 
 
OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION. SOT 
 
 Since by man came 
 death, by man came also 
 the resurrection of the 
 dead. 1 Cor. xv. 21. 
 
 For as in Adam all die, 
 even so in Christ shall all 
 be made alive. Ver. 22. 
 
 So also is the resurrec- 
 tion of the dead : it is sown 
 in corruption, it is raised 
 in incorruption : Ver. 42. 
 
 It is sown in dishonour, 
 it is raised in glory : it is 
 sown in weakness, it is 
 raised in power : Ver. 43. 
 
 It is sown a natural bo- 
 dy, it is raised a spiritual 
 body. Ver. 44. 
 
 As we have borne the 
 image of the earthy, we 
 shall also bear the image 
 of the heavenly. Ver. 49. 
 
 Behold, I show you a 
 mystery ; we shall not all 
 sleep, but we shall all be 
 changed. Ver. 51. 
 
 In a moment, in the 
 twinkling of an eye at the 
 last trump, (for the trum- 
 pet shall sound,) and the 
 dead shall be raised incor- 
 ruptible, and we shall be 
 changed. Ver. 52. 
 
 For this corruptible 
 must put on incorruption, 
 and this mortal must put 
 on immortality. Ver. 53. 
 
 So when this corrupti- 
 ble shall have put on in- 
 corruption, and this mor- 
 tal shall have put on im- 
 
 mortality, then shall be 
 brought to pass the saying 
 that is written. Death is 
 swallowed up in victory. 
 Ver. 54. 
 
 Knowing that he which 
 raised up the Lord Jesus, 
 shall raise up us also by 
 Jesus, and shall present 
 us with you. 2 Cor. iv. 14. 
 
 We know, that if our 
 earthly house of this ta- 
 bernacle were dissolved, 
 we have a building of God, 
 an house not made with 
 hands, eternal in the hea- 
 vens. 2 Cor. v. 1. 
 
 For in this we groan, 
 earnestly desiring to be 
 clothed upon with our 
 house which is from hea- 
 ven. Ver, 2. 
 
 For we that are in this 
 tabernacle do groan, being 
 burdened ; not for that 
 we would be unclothed, 
 but clothed upon, that 
 mortality might be swal- 
 lowed up of life. Ver. 4. 
 
 Who shall change our 
 vile body, that it may be 
 fashioned like unto his 
 glorious body, according 
 to the working, whereby 
 he is able even to subdue 
 all things unto himself. 
 Phil. iii. 21. 
 
 If we believe that Jesus 
 died and rose again, even 
 so them also which sleep 
 in Jesus will God bring 
 
208 ETERNAL HAPPINESS IN HEAVEN. 
 
 with him. 1 Thess. iv. 14. 
 
 For the Lord himself 
 shall descend from heaven 
 with a shout, with the 
 voice of the archangel, 
 and with the trump of 
 God •, and the dead in 
 Christ shall rise first. Ver. 
 16. 
 
 Then we which are a- 
 
 live, and remain, shall be 
 caught up together with 
 them in the clouds, to 
 meet the Lord in the air. 
 Ver. 17. 
 
 Jesus Christ hath abo- 
 lished death, and hath 
 brought life and immor- 
 tality to light through the 
 gospel. 2 Tim. i. 10. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Of eternal Happiness in Heaven. 
 
 The upright shall have 
 dominion over them in 
 the morning. Psal. xlix. 
 14. 
 
 In my Father's house 
 are many mansions ; if it 
 were not so, I would have 
 told you : I go to pre- 
 pare a place for you. 
 John xiv. 2. 
 
 And if I go and pre- 
 pare a place for you, I will 
 come again, and receive 
 you unto myself; that, 
 where I am, there ye may 
 be also. Ver. 3. 
 
 The glory which thou 
 gavest me, I have given 
 them; that they may be 
 one, even as we are one. 
 John xvii. 22. 
 
 Father, I will that they 
 also, whom thou hast gi- 
 ven me, be with me where 
 I am ; that they may be- 
 
 hold my glory which thou 
 hast given me. Ver. 24. 
 
 To them who, by pa- 
 tient continuance in well- 
 doing, seek for glory, and 
 honour, and immortality, 
 eternal life. Rom. ii. 7. 
 
 Glory, honour, and 
 peace, to every man that 
 worketh good ; to the Jew 
 first, and also to the Gen- 
 tile. Ver. 10. 
 
 They which receive a- 
 bundance of grace, and of 
 the gift of righteousness, 
 shall reign in life by 
 one^ Jesus Christ. Rom. 
 V. 17. 
 
 Eye hath not seen, nor 
 ear heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart of 
 man, the things which 
 God hath prepared for 
 them that love him. 1 Cor, 
 ii. 9. 
 
ETERNAL HAPPINESS IN HEAVEN. 209 
 
 To you who are troub- 
 led, rest with us, when the 
 Lord Jesus shall be reveal- 
 ed from heaven with his 
 mighty angels. 2 Thess. 
 i. 7. 
 
 He shall come to be 
 glorified in his saints, and 
 to be admired in all them 
 that believe, in that day. 
 Ver. 10. 
 
 That the name of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ may be 
 glorified in you, and ye 
 in him, according to the 
 grace of our God, and the 
 Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 
 12. 
 
 There is laid up for me 
 a crown of righteousness, 
 which the Lord, theVight- 
 eous Judge, shall give me 
 at that day ; and not to 
 me only, but unto all them 
 also that love his appear- 
 ing. 2 Tim. iv. 8. 
 
 There remaineth, there- 
 fore, a rest to the people 
 of God. Heb. iv. 9. 
 
 He is the mediator of 
 the new testament, that 
 by means of death, for the 
 redemption of the trans- 
 gressions that were under 
 . the first testament, they 
 which are called might re- 
 ceive the promise of eter- 
 nal inheritance. Heb. ix. 
 15. 
 
 Unto them that look 
 for him, shall he appear 
 
 the second time, without 
 sin, unto salvation. Ver. 
 2 8. 
 
 By faith he sojourned 
 in the land of promise, as 
 in a strange country, dwel- 
 ling in tabernacles with 
 Isaac and Jacob, the heirs 
 with him of the same pro- 
 mise. Heb. xi. 9. 
 
 For he looked for a city 
 which hath foundations, 
 whose builder and maker 
 is God. Ver. 10. 
 
 They desire a better 
 country, that is, an hea- 
 venly ; wherefore God is 
 not ashamed to be called 
 their God, for he hath 
 prepared for them a city. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 Receiving the end of 
 your faith, even the salva- 
 tion of your souls. 1 Pet. 
 i. 9. 
 
 Gird up the loins of 
 your mind, be sober, and 
 hope to the end, for the 
 grace that is to be brought 
 unto you at the revelation 
 of Jesus Christ. Ver. 13. 
 
 We, according to his 
 promise, look for new hea- 
 vens and a new earth, 
 wherein dwelleth righte- 
 ousness. 2 Pet. iii. 13. 
 
 Now are we the sons of 
 God : and it doth not yet 
 appear what we shall be ; 
 but we know that, when 
 he shall appear, we shall 
 
310 
 
 OF HEAVEN, &c. 
 
 be like him, for we shall 
 see him as he is. 1 John 
 iii. 2. 
 
 Be thou faithful unto 
 death, and I will give thee 
 a crown of life. Rev. ii. 
 10. 
 
 Thou hast a few names 
 even in Sardis, which have 
 not defiled their garments ; 
 and they shall walk with 
 me in white, for they are 
 worthy. Rev. iii. 4. 
 
 They are before the 
 throne of God, and serve 
 him day and night in his 
 temple ; and he that sit- 
 teth on the throne shall 
 dwell among them. Rev. 
 vii. 15. 
 
 They shall hunger no 
 more, neither thirst any 
 more, neither shall the 
 sun light on them, nor any 
 heat. Ver. 16. 
 
 For the Lamb, which is 
 in the midst of the throne, 
 shall feed them, and shall 
 lead them unto living 
 fountains of waters ; and 
 God shall wipe away all 
 
 tears from their eyes. Ver. 
 17. 
 
 Thy wrath is come, and 
 the time of the dead that 
 they should be judged, 
 and that thou shouldest 
 give reward unto thy ser- 
 vants the prophets, and to 
 the saints, and them that 
 fear thy name, small and 
 great. Rev. xi. 18. 
 
 1 saw no temple there- 
 in ; for the Lord God 
 Almighty and the Lamb 
 are the temple of it. Rev. 
 xxi. 22. 
 
 The city had no need of 
 the sun, neither of the 
 moon, to shine in it ; for 
 the glory of God did 
 lighten it, and the Lamb 
 is the light thereof Ver. 
 23. 
 
 There shall be no night 
 there ; and they need no 
 candle, neither light of 
 the sun ; for the Lord God 
 giveth them light, and 
 they shall reign for ever 
 and ever. Rev. xxii. 5. 
 
 V. 
 
 Of Heaven ns an Inheritance. 
 
 Th e eyes of your under- is the hope of his calling, 
 standing being enlighten- and what the riches of the 
 ed; ihatye may know what glory of his inheritance in 
 
OF HEAVEN, &c. 
 
 211 
 
 the saints. Eph. i. 18. 
 
 Who hath begotten us 
 again unto a lively hope, 
 by the resurrection of 
 Jesus Christ from the 
 dead ; 1 Pet. i. 3. 
 
 To an inheritance in- 
 corruptible and undefiled, 
 and that fadeth not away, 
 reserved in heaven for you. 
 Ver. 4. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Of Heaven as a Kingdom. 
 
 Come, ye blessed of my 
 Father, inherit the king- 
 dom prepared for you from 
 the foundation of the 
 world. Matth. xxv. S4>. 
 
 Fear not, little flock ; 
 for it is your Father's 
 good pleasure to give you 
 the kingdom. Luke xii. 
 32. 
 
 I appoint unto you a 
 kingdom, as my Father 
 hath appointed unto me. 
 Luke xxii. 29. 
 
 That ye may eat and 
 
 drink at my table in 
 my kingdom, and sit on 
 thrones, judging the twelve 
 tribes of Israel. Ver. 30. 
 
 The Lord shall deliver 
 me from every evil work, 
 and will preserve me unto 
 his heavenly kingdom. 2 
 Tim. iv. 18. 
 
 An entrance shall be 
 ministered unto you abun- 
 dantly, into the everlast- 
 ing kingdom of our Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 2 Pet. i. 11. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Of perfect I^rkevom from all Sorrow in Heaven. 
 
 The Lord shall be thine 
 everlasting light, and the 
 days of thy mourning shall 
 be ended. Isa. Ix. 20. 
 
 Lay up for yourselves 
 treasures in heaven, where 
 neither moth nor rust doth 
 corrupt, and where thieves 
 
 do not break through nor 
 steal. Matth. vi. 20. 
 
 God shall wipe away all 
 tears from their eyes ; and 
 there shall be no more 
 death, neither sorrow nor 
 crying, neither shall there 
 be any more pain : for the 
 
212 
 
 OF JOY IN HEAVEN. 
 
 former things are passed nations. Rev. xxii. 2. 
 away. Rev. xxi. 4. And there shall be no 
 
 The leaves of the tree more curse. Verr. 3. 
 were for the healing of the 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Of inexpresiibly great Jot in Heaven. 
 
 In thy presence is ful- 
 ness of joy ; at thy right 
 hand there are pleasures 
 for evermore. Psal. xvi. 
 11. 
 
 I will make thee ruler 
 over many things : enter 
 thou into the joy of thy 
 
 Lord. Matth. xxv. 21. 
 
 He is able to keep you 
 from falling, and to pre- 
 sent you faultless before 
 the presence of his glory, 
 with exceeding joy. Jude 
 24. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Of eternal Glory in Heaven. 
 
 '-They that be wise shall 
 shine as the brightness of 
 the firmament ; and they 
 that turn many to righte- 
 ousness, as the stars for 
 ever and ever. Dan. xii. 3. 
 
 The righteous shall shine 
 forth as the sun, in the 
 kingdom of their Father. 
 Matth. xiii. 43. 
 
 If children, then heirs ; 
 heirs of God, and joint- 
 heirs with Christ; if so be 
 that we suffer with him, 
 that we may be also glori- 
 fied together. Rom. viii. 
 J 7. 
 
 The sufferings of this 
 present time, are not 
 worthy to be compared 
 with the glory which shall 
 be revealed in us. Ver. 
 18. 
 
 Whom he justified, them 
 he also glorified. Ver. 
 30. 
 
 Our lightaffliction, which 
 is but for a moment, work- 
 eth for us, a far more ex- 
 ceeding and eternalweight 
 of glory. 2 Cor. iv. 17- 
 
 When Christ, who is 
 our life, shall appear, then 
 
OF ETERNAL LIFE. 
 
 218 
 
 shall ye also appear with 
 hira in glory. Col. iii. 
 4. 
 
 That they (the elect) 
 may obtain the salvation 
 which is in Christ Jesus, 
 
 with eternal glory. 2 Tim. 
 ii. 10. 
 
 That, when his glory 
 shall be revealed, ye may 
 be glad also with exceed- 
 ing joy. 1 Pet. iv. 13. 
 
 X. 
 
 Of the eternal Enjoyment of God, or eternal Life. 
 
 As for me, I will behold 
 thy face in righteousness : 
 I shall be satisfied, when I 
 awake, with thy likeness. 
 Psal. xvii. 15. 
 
 With thee is the foun- 
 tain of life : in thy light 
 shall we see light. Psal. 
 xxxvi. 9. 
 
 The righteous shall go 
 away into life eternal. 
 iMatth. XXV. 46. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say un- 
 to you, He that believeth 
 on me hath everlasting life. 
 John vi. 47. 
 My sheep hear ray voice, 
 
 and I know them, and 
 they follow me. John x. 
 27. 
 
 And I give unto them 
 eternal life. Ver. 28. 
 
 So shall we ever be with 
 the Lord. 1 Thess. iv. 
 17. 
 
 The throne of God and 
 of the Lamb shall be in 
 it ; and his servants shall 
 serve him. Rev. xxii. 3. 
 
 And they shall see his 
 face ; and his name shall 
 be in their foreheads. Ver. 
 4. 
 
214 
 
 OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 DEFlSriTE PROMISES RESPECTING THE STATE OF 
 THE CHURCH. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 Of the Glory of the Church. 
 
 The King's daughter is 
 all glorious within ; her 
 clothing is of wrought 
 gold. Psal. xlv. 13. 
 
 Beautiful for situation, 
 the joy of the whole earth, 
 is mount Zion ; on the 
 sides of the north, the 
 city of the great King. 
 Psal. xlviii. 2. 
 
 Walk about Zion, and 
 go round about her; tell 
 the towers thereof. Ver. 
 12. 
 
 Mark ye well her bul- 
 warks, consider her pala- 
 ces ; that ye may tell it to 
 the generation following. 
 Ver. IS. 
 
 Glorious things are spo- 
 ken of thee, O city of 
 God. Psal. Ixxxvii. 3. 
 
 I will i)lace salvation in 
 Zion for Israel my glory. 
 Isa. xlvi. 13. 
 
 O thou afflicted, tossed 
 with tempest, and not 
 comforted ! behold, I will 
 lay thy stones with fair 
 colours, and lay thy foun- 
 dations with sapphires. 
 Isa. liv. 11. 
 
 And I will make thy 
 windows of agates, and 
 thy gates of carbuncles, 
 and all thy borders of 
 pleasant stones. Ver. 12. 
 
 Arise, shine ; for thy 
 light is come, and the 
 glory of the Lord is risen 
 upon thee. Isa. Ix. 1. 
 
 The glory of Lebanon 
 shall come unto thee, the 
 fir-tree, the pine-tree, and 
 the box together, to beau- 
 tify the place of my sanc- 
 tuary ; and I will make 
 the place of my feet glo- 
 rious. Ver. 13. 
 
 Whereas thou hast been 
 
EXTENSION OF THE CHURCH, &c. 215 
 
 forsaken and hated, so that 
 no man went through thee, 
 I will make thee aa eter- 
 nal excellency, a joy of 
 many generations. Ver. 
 15. 
 
 The sun shall be no 
 more thy light by day, 
 neither for brightness shall 
 the moon give light unto 
 thee ; but the Lord shall 
 be unto thee an everlast- 
 ing light, and thy God thy 
 glory. Ver. 19. 
 
 Thy sun shall no more 
 go down, neither shall thy 
 moon withdraw itself; for 
 the Lord shall be thine 
 everlasting light. Ver. 20. 
 The Gentiles shall see 
 thy righteousness, and all 
 kings thy glory ; and thou 
 shalt be called by a new 
 name, which the mouth of 
 the Lord shall name. Isa. 
 Ixii. 2. 
 
 Thou shalt also be a 
 crown of glory in the hand 
 of the Lord, and a royal 
 diadem in the hand of thy 
 God. Ver. 3. 
 
 He carried me away in 
 the Spirit, to a great and 
 
 high mountain, and shew- 
 ed me that great city, the 
 holy Jerusalem, descend- 
 ing out of heaven from 
 God; Rev. xxi. 10. 
 
 Having the glory of 
 God : and her light was 
 like unto a stone most 
 precious ; even like a jas- 
 per stone, clear as crystal. 
 Ver. IL 
 
 And I saw no temple 
 therein ; for the Lord God 
 Almighty, and the Lamb, 
 are the temple of it. Ver. 
 22. 
 
 And the city had no 
 need of the sun, neither 
 of the moon, to shine in 
 it ; for the glory of God 
 did lighten it, and the 
 Lamb is the light thereof. 
 Ver. 23. 
 
 And the nations of them 
 which are saved, shall 
 walk in the light of it ; 
 and the kings of the earth 
 do bring their glory and 
 honour into it. Ver. 24<. 
 
 And they shall bring the 
 glory and honour of the 
 nations into it. Ver. 26. 
 
 IL 
 
 Of the Extension of the Church through the World. 
 
 Ask of me, and I shall thine inheritance, and the 
 give thee the heathen for uttermost parts of the 
 
216 EXTENSION OF THE CHURCH, &c. 
 
 earth for thy possession. 
 Psal, ii. 8. 
 
 Thou shalt break them 
 with a rod of iron ; thou 
 shalt dash them in pieces 
 like a potter's vessel. Ver. 
 9. 
 
 That thy way may be 
 known upon earth, thy 
 saving health among all 
 nations. Psal. Ixvii. 2. 
 
 God shall bless us, and 
 all the ends of the earth 
 shall fear him. Ver. 7. 
 
 When the Lord shall 
 build up Zion, he shall 
 appear in his glory. Psal. 
 ciii 16. 
 
 He shall cause them 
 that come of Jacob to take 
 root ; Israel shall blossom 
 and bud, and fill the face 
 of the world with fruit. 
 Isa. xxvii. 6. 
 
 Hearken unto me, m)' 
 people, and give ear unto 
 me, O my nation : for a 
 law shall proceed from 
 me, and I will make my 
 judgment to rest for a 
 light of the people. Isa. 
 li. 4. 
 
 For, behold, I create 
 new heavens and a new 
 earth ; and the former 
 shall not be remembered, 
 nor come into mind. Isa. 
 Ixv. 17. 
 
 Shall I bring to the 
 birth, and not cause to 
 bring forth ? saith the 
 
 Lord : shall I cause to 
 bring forth, and shut the 
 womb ? saith thy God. 
 Isa. Ixvi. 9. 
 
 They shall bring all 
 your brethren for an offer- 
 ing unto the Lord, out of 
 all nations. Ver. 20. 
 
 And I will also take of 
 them for Priests, and for 
 Levites, saith the Lord. 
 Ver. 21. 
 
 In the days of these 
 kings, shall the God of 
 heaven set up a kingdom, 
 which shall never be des- 
 troyed : and the kingdom 
 shall not be left to other 
 people; but it shall break 
 in pieces, and consume all 
 these kingdoms, and it 
 shall stand for ever. Dan. 
 ii. 4'4'. 
 
 In that day will I raise 
 up the tabernacle of David 
 that is fallen, and close up 
 the breaches thereof, and 
 I will raise up his ruins, 
 and I will build it as in 
 the days of old. Amos 
 ix. 11. 
 
 Sing and rejoice, O 
 daughter of Zion ; for, lo, 
 I come, and I will dwell 
 in the midst of thee, saith 
 the Lord. Zech. ii. 10. 
 
 And the Lord shall be 
 King over all the earth ; 
 in that day shall there be 
 one Lord, and his name 
 one. Zech. xiv. 9. 
 
OF THE INCREASE OF GRACE. 217 
 
 And I, if I be lifted up 
 from the earth, will draw 
 
 all men unto me. John xii. 
 
 32. 
 
 III. 
 
 Of the Increase of Means of Grace, and of Know- 
 ledge in the Church. 
 
 The earth shall be full 
 of the knowledge of the 
 Lord, as the waters cover 
 the sea. Isa. xi. 9. 
 
 And in this mountain, 
 shall the Lord of hosts 
 make unto all people a 
 feast of fat things, a feast 
 of wines on the lees ; of fat 
 things full of marrow, of 
 wines on the lees well re- 
 fined. Isa. XXV. 6. 
 
 And he will destroy in 
 this mountain, the face of 
 the covering cast over all 
 people, and the vail that 
 is spread over all nations. 
 Ver. 7. 
 
 In that day shall the 
 deaf hear the words of the 
 book, and the eyes of the 
 blind shall see out of ob- 
 scurity, and outof darkness. 
 Isa. xxix. 18. 
 
 They also that erred in 
 spirit shall come to under- 
 standing, and they that 
 murmured shall learn doc- 
 trine. Ver. 24-. 
 
 I will open rivers in high 
 places, and fountains in the 
 midst of the valleys : I will 
 raakethewilderness a pool 
 
 of water, and the dry land 
 springs of water. Isa. xli. 
 18. 
 
 I will plant in the wild- 
 erness the cedar, the shit- 
 tah-tree, tiie myrtle, and 
 the oil-tree ; I will set m 
 the desert the fir-tree, and 
 the pine, and the box-tree 
 together. Ver. 19. 
 
 How beautiful upon the 
 mountains are the feet of 
 him that bringeth good 
 tidings, that publisheth 
 peace ; that bringeth good 
 tidings of good, that pub- 
 lisheth salvation ; that 
 sailh unto Zion, Thy God 
 reigneth ! Isa. lii. 7. 
 
 Thy watchmen shall lift 
 up the voice ; with the 
 voice together shall they 
 sing ; for they shall see eye 
 to eye, when the Lord shall 
 bring again Zion. Ver. 8. 
 
 All thy children shall be 
 taught of the Lord, and 
 great shall be the peace 
 of thy children. Isa. liv. 
 IS. 
 
 Many shall run to and 
 fro, and knowledge shall 
 be increased. Dan. xii. 4. 
 K 
 
a 18 OF HOLINESS IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 IV. 
 
 0/ Holiness and RieHTEOusNESS in the Church. 
 
 They shall fear thee as 
 long as the sun and moon 
 endure, throughout all 
 generations. Psal. Ixxii. 5. 
 
 And it shall come to 
 pass, that he that is left 
 in Zion, and he that re- 
 maineth in Jerusalem, shall 
 be called holy, even every 
 one that is written among 
 the living in Jerusalem ; 
 Isa. iv. 3. 
 
 When the Lord shall 
 have washed away the 
 filth of the daughters of 
 Zion, and shall have purg- 
 ed the blood of Jerusalem 
 from the midst thereof, by 
 the spirit of judgment, and 
 by the spirit of burning. 
 Ver. 4. 
 
 Until the Spirit be pour- 
 ed upon us from on high, 
 and the wilderness be a 
 fruitful field, and the fruit- 
 ful field be counted for a 
 forest. Isa. xxxii, 15. 
 
 Then judgment shall 
 dwell in the wilderness, 
 and righteousness remain 
 in the fruitful field. Ver. 
 16. 
 
 The Lord is exalted, 
 for he dwelleth on high : 
 he hath filled Zion with 
 
 judgment and righteous- 
 ness. Isa. xxxiii. 5. 
 
 Wisdom and knowledge 
 shall be the stability of thy 
 times, and strength of sal- 
 vation ; the fear of the 
 Lord is his treasure. Ver. 
 6. 
 
 Drop down, ye heavens, 
 from above, and let the 
 skies pour dovvn righteous- 
 ness : let the earth open, 
 and let them bring forth 
 salvation, and let right- 
 eousness spring up toge- 
 ther. I the Lord have 
 created it. Isa. xlv. 8. 
 
 Thy people shall be all 
 righteous ; they shall in- 
 herit the land for ever, 
 the branch of my planting, 
 the work of my hands, 
 that I may be glorified. 
 Isa. Ix. 21.* 
 
 As the earth bringeth 
 forth her bud, and as the 
 garden causeth the things 
 that are sown in it, to 
 spring forth ; so the Lord 
 God will cause righteous- 
 ness and praise to spring 
 forth, before all the na- 
 tions. Isa. Ixi. 11. 
 
 In that day shall there 
 be upon the bells of the 
 
OF PEACE AND UNITY, &c. 219 
 
 horses, Holiness unto the 
 Lord ; and the pots in the 
 Lord's house, shall be like 
 the bowls before the altar. 
 Zech. xiv. 20. 
 
 Yea, every pot in Jeru- 
 salem and in Judah, shall 
 be Holiness unto the Lord 
 of hosts; and all they that 
 sacrifice, shall come and 
 take of them, and seethe 
 therein : and in that day, 
 there shall be no more the 
 Canaanite in the house of 
 the Lord of hosts. Ver. 
 21. 
 
 He shall sit as a refiner 
 and purifier of silver; and 
 
 he shall purify the sons of 
 Levi, and purge them as 
 gold and silver, that they 
 may offer unto the Lord 
 an offering in righteous- 
 ness. Mai. iii. 3. 
 
 Then shall the offering 
 of Judah and Jerusalem 
 be pleasant unto the Lord, 
 as in the days of old, and 
 as in former years. Ver. 
 4-. 
 
 And to her was granted, 
 that she should be arrayed 
 in fine linen, clean and 
 white : for the fine linen 
 is the righteousness of 
 saints. Rev. xix. 8. 
 
 V. 
 
 0/" Peace and Unity in the Church. 
 
 The mountains shall 
 bring peace to the people, 
 and the little hills by 
 righteousness. Psal. Ixxii. 
 3. 
 
 Ill his days shall the 
 
 righteous flourish ; and a- 
 
 bundance of peace, so long 
 
 as the moon endureth. 
 
 , Ver. 7. 
 
 They shall beat their 
 swords into plowshares, 
 and their spears into pi un- 
 ing-hooks : nation shall 
 not lift up sword against 
 nation, neither shall they 
 
 learn war any more. Isa. 
 ii. 4. 
 
 The wolf also shall 
 dwell with the lamb, and 
 the leopard shall lie down 
 with the kid ; and the 
 calf, and the young lion, 
 and the falling together; 
 and a little child shall 
 lead them. Isa. xi, 6. 
 
 And the cow and the 
 bear shall feed; theiryoung 
 ones shall lie down to- 
 gether ; and the lion shall 
 eat straw like the ox. 
 Ver. 7. 
 
OF THE SUBMISSION, &c. 
 
 220 
 
 And the sucking child 
 shall play on the hole of 
 the a.*p, and the weaned 
 child shall put his hand on 
 the cockatrice-den. Ver. 
 8. 
 
 They shall not liurt nor 
 destroy in all my holy 
 mountain. Ver. 9. 
 
 The envj' also of Eph- 
 ralm shall depart, and the 
 adversaries of Judah shall 
 be cut. off; Ephraim shall 
 not ^nvy Judah, and Ju- 
 dah shall not vex Ephraiin. 
 Ver. 13. 
 
 Neither pray I for these 
 alone, but for them also 
 which shall believe on me 
 through their word : John 
 xvii. 20. 
 
 That they all may be 
 one, as thou, Father, art 
 in me, and I in thee; that 
 the}' also may be one in 
 
 us, that the world may be- 
 lieve that thou hast sent 
 me. Ver. 21. 
 
 And the glory which 
 thou gavest me, 1 have 
 given them; that they may 
 be one, even as we are 
 one : Ver. 22. 
 
 I in them, and thou in 
 me, that they may be made 
 perfect in one ; and that 
 the world may know that 
 thou hast sent me, and 
 hast loved them, as thou 
 hast loved me. Ver. 23. 
 
 From whom the whole 
 body, fitly joined together, 
 and compacted by that 
 which every joint sup- 
 plieth, according to the 
 effectual working in the 
 measure of every part, 
 maketh increase of the 
 body unto the edifying oi 
 itself in love. Eph. iv. 16. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Of the Submission or Destruction of the Enemies of 
 the Church. 
 
 The Lord shall send the 
 rod of thy strength out of 
 Zion : rule thou in the 
 midst of thine enemies. 
 Psal. ox. 2. 
 
 The Lord at thy right 
 hand shall srrike through 
 kings, in the da}' of his 
 wrath. Ver. 5. 
 
 He shall judge among 
 the heathen, he shall fill 
 the places with the dead 
 bodies : he shall wound 
 (he heads over many coun- 
 tries. Ver. 6. 
 
 He shall smite the earth 
 with the rod of his niouth, 
 «nd with the breath of his 
 
OF THE SUBMISSION, &c. 
 
 221 
 
 lips shall he slay the wick- 
 ed. Isa. xi. 4'. 
 
 In that day the Lord, 
 with his sore, and great, 
 and strong sword, shall 
 punish leviathan the pierc- 
 ing serpent, even leviathan 
 that crooked serpent ; and 
 he shall slay the dragon 
 that is in the sea. Isa. 
 xxvii. 1. 
 
 Behold, all they that 
 were incensed against thee, 
 shall be ashamed and con- 
 founded ; they shall be as 
 nothing ; and they that 
 strive with thee shall per- 
 ish. Isa. xli. 11. 
 
 Thou shalt seek them, 
 and shalt not find them, 
 even them that contended 
 with thee : they that war 
 against thee shall be as no- 
 thing, and as a thing of 
 nought. Ver. 12. 
 
 Behold, I will make thee 
 a new sharp thrashing in- 
 strument having teeth ; 
 thou shalt thrash the moun- 
 tains, and beat them small, 
 and shalt make the hills as 
 chaff. Ver. 1.5. 
 
 Thou shalt fan them, 
 and the wind shall carry 
 them away, and the whirl- 
 wind shall scatter them ; 
 and thou shalt rejoice in 
 the Lord, and shalt glory 
 in the holy One of Israel. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 Even the captives of the 
 mighty shall be taken a- 
 way, and the prey of the 
 terrible shall be delivered ; 
 for I will contend with him 
 that contendeth with thee, 
 and 1 will save thy child- 
 ren. Isa. xlix. 25. 
 
 •And I will feed them 
 that oppress thee with 
 their own flesh ; and they 
 shall be drunken with 
 their own blood as with 
 sweet wine j and all flesh 
 shall know that I the Lord 
 am thy Saviour, and thy 
 Redeemer, the mighty One 
 of Jacob. Ver. 26. 
 
 When the enemy shall 
 come in like a flood, the 
 Spirit of the Lord shall 
 lift up a standard against 
 them. Isa. lix. 19. 
 
 The sons also of them 
 that afflicted thee, shall 
 come bending unto thee ; 
 and all they that despised 
 thee, shall bow themselves 
 down at the soles of thy 
 feet; and they shall call 
 thee, The city of the Lord, 
 The Zion of the holy One 
 of Israel. Isa. Ix. li. 
 
 And ye shall tread down 
 the wicked ; for they shall 
 be ashes under the soles of 
 your feet, in the day that 
 I shall do this, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. Mai. iv. 3. 
 
222 DESTRUCTION OF ANTICHRIST. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Of the Destruction o/" Antichrist. 
 
 The judgment shall sit, 
 and they shall take away 
 his dominion, to consume 
 and to destroy it unto the 
 end, Dan. vii. 26. 
 
 Then shall that wicked 
 be revealed, whom the 
 Lord shall consume with 
 the Spirit of his mouth, 
 and shall destroy with the 
 brightness of his coming. 
 2 Thess. ii. 8. 
 
 If any man worship the 
 beast and his image, and 
 receive his mark in his 
 forehead, or in his hand ; 
 Hev. xiv. 9. 
 
 The same shall drink of 
 the wine of the wrath of 
 God, which is poured out 
 without mixture, into the 
 cup of his indignation. 
 Ver. 10. 
 
 Come hither, I will 
 show unto thee the judg- 
 ment of the great whore, 
 that sitteth upon many 
 waters, &c. Rev. xvii. 1. 
 
 The ten horns which 
 thou sawest upon the 
 beast, these shall hate the 
 
 whore, and shall make 
 her desolate and naked, 
 and shall eat her flesh, 
 and burn her with fire. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 Babylon is fallen, is fall- 
 en, and is become the 
 habitation of devils, and 
 the hold of every foul spi- 
 rit, and a cage of every 
 unclean and hateful bird. 
 Rev. xviii. 2. 
 
 And I saw the beast, 
 and the kings of the earth, 
 and their armies, gathered 
 together to make war a- 
 gainst him that sat on the 
 horse, and against his 
 army. Rev. xix. 19. 
 
 And the beast was ta- 
 ken, and with him the false 
 prophet that wrought mi- 
 racles before him, with 
 which he deceived them 
 that had received the mark 
 of the beast, and them 
 that worshipped his image. 
 These both were cast alive 
 into a lake of fire burning 
 with brimstone. Ver. 20. 
 
SUBMISSION OF KINGS, &c. 223 
 
 VIIL 
 
 Of the Favour and Submission of Kings to the 
 
 Church. 
 
 Because of thy temple 
 at Jerusalem, shall kings 
 bring presents unto thee. 
 Psal. Ixviii. 29. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 the Redeemer of Israel, 
 and his holy One, to him 
 whom man despiseth, to 
 him whom the nation ab- 
 liorreth, to a servant of 
 rulers; kings shall see and 
 arise, princes also shall 
 worship ; because of the 
 Lord that is faithful, and 
 the holy One of Israel, 
 and he shall choose thee. 
 Isa. xlix. 7. 
 
 And kings shall be th}' 
 nursing-fathers, and their 
 iqueens thy nursing-mo- 
 ithers : they shall bow 
 dow^n to thee with their 
 face toward the earth, and 
 lick up the dust of thy 
 feet, and thou shall know 
 that I am the Lord ; for 
 they shall not be ashamed 
 that wait for me. Ver. 
 23. 
 
 So shall he sprinkle 
 many nations: the kings 
 shall shut their mouths at 
 him ; for that which had 
 
 not been told them shall 
 they see, and that which 
 they had not heard shall 
 they consider. Isa. lii. 15. 
 
 The sons of strangers 
 shall build up thy walls, 
 and their kings shall min- 
 ister unto thee ; for in my 
 wrath I smote thee, but 
 in my favour have I had 
 mercy on thee. Isa. Ix. 
 10. 
 
 Therefore thy gates shall 
 be open continually, they 
 shall not be shut day nor 
 night; that men may bring 
 unto thee the forces of the 
 Gentiles, and that their 
 kings may be brought. 
 Ver. 11. 
 
 Thou shalt suck the milk 
 of the Gentiles, and shalt 
 suck the breast of kings; 
 and thou shalt know that 
 I the Lord am thy Saviour, 
 and thy Redeemer, the 
 mighty One of Jacob. 
 Ver. 16. 
 
 The kings of the earth 
 do bring their glory and 
 honour into it. Rev. xxi. 
 24. 
 
224 
 
 OF SECURITY, &c. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Of the Security, Peace, and Prosperity nf the Church. 
 
 Thou shalt arise and 
 have mercy upon Zion ; 
 for the time to favour her, 
 yea, the set time is come. 
 Psal. cii. 13. 
 
 For thy servants take 
 pleasure in her stones, 
 and favour tlie dust there- 
 of Ver. 14. 
 
 When the Lord shall 
 build up Zion, he shall 
 appear in his glory. Ver. 
 16. 
 
 The Lord will create 
 upon every dwelling place 
 of mount Zion, and upon 
 her assemblies, a cloud 
 and smoke by day, and 
 the shining of a flaming 
 fire by night : for upon 
 all the glory shall he a de- 
 fence. Isa. iv. 5. 
 
 And there shall be a 
 tabernacle for a shadow in 
 the day-time from the 
 heat, and for a place of 
 refuge, and for a covert 
 from storm and from rain. 
 Ver. 6. 
 
 In that day sing ye un- 
 to her, a vineyard of red 
 wine. Isa. xxvii. 2. 
 
 1 the Lord do keep it, 
 I will water it every mo- 
 
 ment ; lest any hurt it, I 
 will keep it night and day. 
 Ver. 3. 
 
 Look upon Zion the 
 city of your solemnities : 
 thine eyes shall see Jerusa- 
 lem a quiet habitation, a 
 tabernacle that shall not 
 be taken down ; not one 
 of the stakes thereof shall 
 ever be removed, neither 
 shall any of the cords 
 thereof be broken. IsBi 
 xxxiii. 20. 
 
 For there the glorious 
 Lord will be unto us, a 
 place of broad rivers and 
 streams ; wherein shall go 
 no galley with oars, nei- 
 ther shall gallant ship pass 
 thereby. Ver. 21. 
 
 For the Lord is our 
 judge, the Lord is our 
 law-giver, the Lord is our 
 king ; he will save us. 
 Ver, 22. 
 
 The Lord will comfort 
 Zion : he will comfort all 
 her waste places, and he 
 will make her wilderness 
 like Eden, and her des- 
 ert like the garden of the 
 Lord ; joy and gladness 
 shall be found therein^ 
 
OF SECURITY, &c. 
 
 225 
 
 thanksgiving and the voice 
 of melody. Isa. li. 3. 
 
 In righteousness shalt 
 thou be established : thou 
 shalt be far from oppres- 
 sion, for thou shall not 
 fear ; and from terror, for 
 it shall not come near thee. 
 Isa. liv. 14. 
 
 Behold, they shall sure- 
 ly gather together, but 
 not by me ; whosoever 
 shall gather together a- 
 gainst thee, shall fall for 
 thy sake. Ver. 15. 
 
 No weapon that is form- 
 ed against thee shall pros- 
 per ; and every tongue 
 that shall rise against thee 
 in judgment, thou shalt 
 condemn. This is the 
 heritage of the servants 
 of the Lord ; and their 
 righteousness is of me, 
 saith the Lord. Ver. 17- 
 
 Be ye glad, and rejoice 
 for ever in that which I 
 create ; for, behold, I cre- 
 ate Jerusalem a rejoicing, 
 and her people a joy. Isa. 
 Ixv. 18. 
 
 And I will rejoice in 
 Jerusalem, and joy in my 
 people ; and the voice of 
 weeping shall be no more 
 heard in her, nor the voice 
 of crying. Ver, 19. 
 
 Rejoice ye with Jerus- 
 alem, and be glad with 
 her, all ye that love her; 
 
 rejoice for joy with her, 
 all ye that mourn for her. 
 Isa. Ixvi, 10. 
 
 That ye may suck, and 
 be satisfied with the breasts 
 of her consolations ; that 
 ye may milk out, and be 
 delighted with the abun- 
 dance of her glory. Ver. 
 11. 
 
 For thus saith the Lord, 
 Behold, I will extend peace 
 to her like a river, and the 
 glory of the Gentiies like 
 a flowing stream : then 
 shall ye suck, ye shall be 
 borne upon her sides, and 
 be dandled upon her knees. 
 Ver. 12. 
 
 In his days Judah shall 
 be saved, and Israel shall 
 dwell safely. Jer. xxiii. 
 6. 
 
 And the kingdom and 
 dominion, and the great- 
 ness of the kingdom un- 
 der the whole heaven, 
 shall be given to the peo- 
 ple of the saints of the 
 most High, whose king- 
 dom is an everlasting king- 
 dom, and all dominions 
 shall serve and obev him. 
 Pan. vii. 27. 
 
 Upon this rock I will 
 build my church, and the 
 gates of hell shall not pre- 
 vail against it. Matth. 
 xvi. 18. 
 
 B 2 
 
326 PERPETITTTY OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 X. 
 
 Of the Perpetuity of the Church. 
 
 As for me, this is my 
 covenant with them, saith 
 the Lord, my Spirit that 
 is upon thee, and my 
 words which I have put 
 in thy mouth shall not de- 
 part out of thy mouth, 
 nor out of the mouth of 
 thy seed, nor out of the 
 mouth of thy seed's seed, 
 saith the Lord, from hence- 
 forth and for ever. Isa. 
 lix. 21. 
 
 For as the new heavens 
 and the new earth, which 
 I will make, shall remain 
 before me, saith the Lord, 
 so shall your seed and 
 your name remain. Isa. 
 Ixvi. 22. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, 
 which giveth the sun for a 
 light by day, and the ord- 
 inances of the moon and 
 of the stars for a light by 
 night, which dividetii the 
 sea when the waves there- 
 of roar j the Lord of hosts 
 
 is 
 35. 
 
 lis name. Jer. xxxi. 
 
 If those ordinances de- 
 part from before me, saith 
 the Lord, then the seed 
 of Israel also shall cease 
 from being a nation be- 
 fore me for ever. Ver. 
 36. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, If 
 heaven above can be mea- 
 sured, and the founda- 
 tions of the earth search- 
 ed out beneath, I will also 
 cast off all the seed of 
 Israel, for all that they 
 have done, saith the Lord. 
 Ver. 37. 
 
 His dominion is an ever- 
 lasting dominion, which 
 shall not pass away, and 
 his kingdom that which 
 shall not be destroyed. 
 Dan. vii. l^. 
 
 Lo, I am with you al- 
 way even unto the end of 
 the world. Amen. Mat. 
 xxviii. 20. 
 
THE CONCLUSION. 
 
 227 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Thnt God, •who is infinitely failhfid^ toill fulfil all Ins 
 Promises to his people. 
 
 God is not a man that 
 he should lie ; neither the 
 son of man, that he should 
 repent : hath he said, and 
 shall he not do it ? or 
 hath he spoken, and shall 
 he not make it good ? 
 Num. xxiii. 19. 
 
 Know, that the Lord 
 thy God, he is God, the 
 faithful God, which keep- 
 eth covenant and mercy 
 with them that love him, 
 and keep his command- 
 ments, to a thousand gen- 
 erations. Deut. vii. 9. 
 
 Ye know in all your 
 hearts, and in all your 
 souls, that not one thing 
 hath failed, of all the good 
 things which the Lord 
 your God spake concern- 
 ing you ; all are come to 
 pass unto you, and not 
 one thing hath failed 
 thereof. Josh, xxiii. 14'. 
 
 There hath not failed 
 one word of all his good 
 promise which he promis- 
 ed by the hand of Moses 
 
 his servant. 1 Kings viii. 
 56. 
 
 The word of the Lord 
 is tried. Psal. xviii. 30. 
 
 My covenant will I not 
 break, nor alter the thing 
 that is gone out of my lips. 
 Psal. Ixxxix. 34!. 
 
 He hath remembered 
 his covenant for ever, the 
 word which he command- 
 ed to a thousand gener- 
 ations. Psal. cv. 8. 
 
 For ever, O Lord, thy 
 word is settled in heaven. 
 Psal. cxix. 89. 
 
 Thy faithfulness is unto 
 all generations. Ver. 90. 
 
 Thy word is true from 
 the beginning. Ver. 160. 
 Which keepeth truth 
 for ever. Psal. cxlvi. 6. 
 
 Thy counsels of old 
 are faithfulness and truth. 
 Isa. XXV. 1. 
 
 I have spoken it, I will 
 
 also bring it to pass; I 
 
 have purposed it, I will 
 
 also do it. Isa. xlvi. 11. 
 
 As the rain cometb 
 
228 
 
 THE CONCLUSION. 
 
 down, and the snow from 
 heaven, and returneth not 
 thither, but watereth the 
 earth and maketh it bring 
 forth and bud, that it may 
 give seed to the sower, 
 and bread to the eater. 
 Isa. Iv. 10. 
 
 So shall my word be 
 that goeth forth out of my 
 mouth; it shall not return 
 unto me void ; but it shall 
 accomplish that which I 
 please, and it shall prosper 
 in the thing whereto 1 sent 
 it. Ver. 11. 
 
 I say, that Jesus Christ 
 was a minister of the cir- 
 cumcision for the truth of 
 God, to confirm the pro- 
 mises made unto the fa- 
 thers. Rom. XV. 8:. 
 
 All the promises of God 
 in him are yea, and in him 
 Amen, unto the glory of 
 
 God by us. 2 Cor. i. 20. 
 
 If we believe not, yet 
 he abideth faithful ; he 
 cannot deny himself. 2. 
 Tim. ii. 13. 
 
 God, willing more ab- 
 undantly to show unto the 
 heirs of promise the im- 
 mutability of his counsel, 
 confirmed it by an oath : 
 Heb. vi. 17. 
 
 That by two immutable 
 things, in which it was 
 impossible for God to lie, 
 we miglit have a strong 
 consolation, who have fled 
 for refuge to lay hold up- 
 on the hope set before us. 
 Ver. 18. 
 
 He is faithful that pro- 
 mised. Heb. X. 23. 
 
 The Lord is not slack 
 concerning his promise. 
 2 Pet. iii. 9. 
 
 ^The End of this Collection of Promises. 
 
 a As some of the Promises here collected, are very compre- 
 hensive, and contain more spiritual blessings than onc) I have 
 fVen the liberty to repeat such, under different Sections. 
 
REFLECTIONS 
 
 EXHORTATIONS. 
 
 From the preceding Detail, the following Re- 
 flections are obvious : 
 
 I. The deA out reader may hence learn how to 
 view the promises of God, as on the one hand, 
 exhibited or directed to sinners in common who 
 hear the gospel ; and on the other, as made and 
 performed to true believers. The absolute pro- 
 mises of the gospel may be taken, either in a more 
 general, or in a more particular sense. In their 
 more general acceptation, they appear to be of the 
 same extent as the gospel-offer. As Christ with 
 his righteousness and fulness, is freely and wholly 
 offered to all who hear the gospel ; so, those pro- 
 mises which are yea and Amen in him, are all in 
 and with him, as has been stated above, directed 
 in offer to the hearers of the gospel indefinitely. 
 *' The promise," says an Apostle, " is unto you 
 and to your children^." They are presented or 
 directed, in the divine record, to sinners indis- 
 criminately ; in order that every sinner may have 
 a Divine warrant to embrace them, and so be ia- 
 excusable if he do it not. In the dispensation of 
 
 ' , b Acts ii. 89. 
 
230 REFLECTIONS 
 
 the new covenant, they are left in offer to sinners 
 in common, that the direction of them to all, may 
 be a ground of faith, or a warrant for every hear- 
 er of the gospel to accept of, or take them as his 
 security for the blessings of salvation. But, al- 
 though God directs them in offer to all the hearers 
 of the gospel, he does not hereby engage or pledge 
 himself, to perform them to all. He performs 
 them to those only, whom he enables to apply or 
 embrace them, or to rely on them as their security 
 for all the blessings contained in them. No pro- 
 mise, how free and absolute soever it may be, in- 
 fers an obligation on the promiser to fulfil it, ex- 
 cept the party to whom it is addressed, accept of 
 and rely on it. When a convinced sinner, in ap- 
 plying the offer of Christ, cordially applies and 
 trusts, at the same time, the promises ; then God 
 pledges his faithfulness, that he will perform them 
 to him. Though saving faith does not give posses- 
 sion of the promises, nor entitle to the grace pro- 
 mised ; yet it is necessary as the instrument of 
 taking possession of them : and if any sinner is to 
 apply and trust them, they must be previously 
 directed to him for that purpose. — But the pro- 
 mises are to be viewed in a more particular and 
 strict sense ; namely, as expressive of a positive 
 pledge on the part of God, that he will surely per- 
 form them, by conferring what he hath promised. 
 This is the strict, the proper meaning of them as 
 promises. In this view they are not only address- 
 ed but made to sinners who believe. God does 
 not engage nor pledge his faithfulness to every 
 hearer of the gospel, but such only as believe and 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 231 
 
 trust his promises. But this view of the promises, 
 respects no exhibition of them to sinners in com- 
 mon, hut the fulfihnent of them to believers. We 
 ought, then, not to confound the direction of the 
 absolute promises to sinners indefinitely, as a war- 
 rant to belicA^e, with the performance of them to 
 believers. 
 
 II. That the absolute Promises of the new cove- 
 nant, are directed to sinners of mankind indefinitely^ 
 is evident. Jehovah, by the mouth of the prophet 
 Isaiah, addresseth his visible church thus : " Thou 
 hast brought me no sweet cane with money, neither 
 hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices ; 
 but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou 
 hast wearied me with thine iniquities. I, even I, 
 am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine 
 own sake, and will not remember thy sins "." And 
 saith the Personal Wisdom of the Father to sinners^ 
 " How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplici- 
 ty, and the scorners delight in their scorning, and 
 fools hate knowledge ? Turn you at my reproof; be- 
 hold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will 
 make known my words unto you ''." The holy 
 Psalmist also, " Good and upright is the Lord; 
 therefore will he teach sinners in the way *." It 
 .was to the Jews as sinners^ that Christ commis- 
 sioned the seventy Disciples to preach his gospel. 
 ** Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves '^.'* 
 By calling them wolves, he marks them out as sin- 
 
 e Isa. xliii. 24, 25. d Prov, i. 22, 23. e Psal. xxv. 8. 
 f Luke, X. 3. 
 
232 REFLECTIONS 
 
 ners of the most malignant sort : and what were the 
 disciples first to say to those sinners ? They were 
 to say, "Peace be to this house ^." That this peace, 
 was the peace proclaimed in the gospel, is mani- 
 fest; because those who refused it, rejected the 
 kingdom of Christ. Again, he commanded his 
 gospel to be preached " to every creatm'e '." But 
 it could not be preached to all men, except under 
 the consideration of their being sinners. The apostle 
 Paul accordingly declares, That the promises be- 
 long to the whole visible church of the Jews *"." 
 And Peter, in his sermon to those sinners who 
 crucified the Lord of glory, says, " The promise is 
 unto yoUf and to your children, &c '." Sinners, 
 then, considered as sinners, have such a right of 
 access to the absolute promises, that it is warrant- 
 able for any of them, to apply, and trust, and plead 
 them. 
 
 III. They who look on the absolute promises of 
 the gospel, as addressed not to sinners indefinitely, 
 but to saints, are under a gi'eat and grievous mistake. 
 While they retain such an error, they can never 
 attain steadiness in faith and hope. For if they be 
 not satisfied that they are already saints, they can- 
 not, upon such a principle, see that it is warrant- 
 able for them, to apply and trust those promises ; 
 and then, they cannot but yield to unbelieving 
 suspicion, and despondent fear. Besides, they will 
 be ready to faint under the lightest affliction. They 
 
 g Lukc.x. 5. li Ver. 11. ' Mark, xvi. 15. 
 
 »^ Rom. ix. 4. 1 Acts, ii. 39. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 233 
 
 see no promise addressed to them in their affliction ; 
 and, therefore, instead of relying on an encoura- 
 ging promise, they sink under the slightest burden. 
 They also do little acceptable service to God. For 
 unless they see that they already are saints, they 
 think that it would be presumptuous in them, to 
 apply and trust the great promise of sanctification j 
 and they cannot live a life of holiness, but by ap- 
 propriating and trusting that promise. — In few 
 words : Upon that principle, they will not come 
 to Christ as sinners, but only as saints ; and Jesus 
 Christ will not save them but under the notion of 
 their being sinners in themselves, and of his being 
 the Saviour of. sinners. He " came into the world 
 to save sinners'" :" He came " not to call the righte- 
 ous, but sinners to repentance "." He could get 
 no glory as a Saviour, if he had not sinners to save. 
 Sinners therefore as sinners, are the persons whom 
 God, in the offers and promises of his gospel, calls 
 to come to Christ ; the persons to whom the ab- 
 solute promises, in and with Christ, are directed in 
 offer. Saints, indeed, are the only persons, who 
 have the absolute promises in right of possession ; 
 but sinners in common who hear the gospel, are 
 they who have a right of access to them, and who 
 may warrantably embrace and trust them. And 
 it is only as sinners in themselves, that even saints, 
 can warrantably renew their application of them. 
 
 IV. Again, It is not upon the ground of a be- 
 liever's graces or duties, that he should apply and 
 
 m 1 Tim. i. 15. n Matth. is. l3. 
 
234 REFLECTIONS 
 
 trust absolute promises ; but only upon the warrant 
 of the direction of them in the gospel-offer, to him 
 as a sinner of Adam's race. It is not because he 
 possesses graces, or pei'forms duties, that it is wai*- 
 rantable for him, to take to himself, and to rely on 
 those promises ; but only, because they are directed 
 to him in common with all others who hear the 
 gospel. His graces and duties, indeed, are gi-ounds 
 for concluding, that he has cordially trusted these 
 gracious promises ; but not grounds for retietving 
 his exercise of trust in them. If he is to renew his 
 exercise of applying them and relying on them, 
 he must, as if this were but the beginning of his 
 confidence, attempt it upon the warrant of the 
 offer of them in the gospel, to him as a sinner. 
 If he make sense or feeling the ground of his faith, 
 instead of the direction of the absolute promises to 
 him as a sinner ; this is not right belie^-ing, but 
 rather sense or feeling. His faith is like that of 
 Thomas, who would not believe till he saw and 
 felt. It is the power of Christ only, that can enable 
 him to believe; but it is not his feeling of that 
 pow'er, that is his warrant to believe. If he ground 
 his faith of the promises of God, and of the power 
 of Christ, on his feeling of spiritual gi-aces, on 
 what will he ground it, when instead of feeling 
 these, he sometimes feels nothing within him but 
 prevalent and impetuous corruptions? — The ex- 
 ercise of saving faith is grounded, not on feeling in 
 the heart, but on faithfulness in the word. 
 
 V. The Promises are not tlie primary object of 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 235 
 
 faitli, but the secondary. Neither the indefinite nor 
 definite promises, are the primary object of saving 
 faith. It is in Christ, that all the promises of God 
 are yea and Amen. In Christ they are all yea, for he 
 hath affirmed them in his veracity ; and all Amen, 
 for he hath confirmed them by his death. When 
 Christ, then, is offered in the gospel to sinners in- 
 discriminately, the promises are offered in him, or 
 offered as they are in him. When, therefore, a 
 convinced sinner is believing with the heart, he 
 first believes with application the offer of Christ, 
 and Jrusts in Him for all his salvation ; and, then 
 he believes the offer of the promises in Christ with 
 application, and relies on Divine faithfulness in 
 them for the performance of them. He trusts in 
 the Lord Jesus and on his righteousness, in order 
 to trust the promises. Relying on the righteousness 
 of Jesus Christ, for a complete title to the bless- 
 ings of salvation, he relies on the faithfulness of 
 God in the promises, for the communication of 
 these blessings. His vital union with Christ by 
 faith, is the ground of his communion with him in 
 the gi*ace of the promise. His personal interest in 
 Christ, is the foundation of his saving interest in 
 the promises, and the blessings promised. The 
 Lord Jesus has a fundamental interest in the pro- 
 mises, because he fulfilled the conditions of them; 
 and the believer has a derived interest in them, 
 because he is united to Him. Christ is the primary 
 heir of the promises, and believers are heirs of 
 promise in communion with him. Trusting in 
 him for the possession of salvation, they possess 
 
236 REFLECTIONS 
 
 the promises of salvation in him. The union which 
 faith is the instrument of forming, is not so much 
 between a believer and the promise, as between a 
 believer and Christ in the promise. The promises 
 are but as the field, and Christ is the Pearl of 
 great price, which is found in that field. They are 
 as the golden pot, and He is the manna ^^'hich is 
 laid up in them. They are as the glass, and he is 
 the infinitely glorious Object who is to be seen in 
 them °. The convinced sinner, therefore, must not 
 apply and trust the promises by themselves ; but 
 only as they are in Christ. He must rely on Jesus 
 Christ as he is offered to him, and on the promises 
 as they are, in and with Christ, du'ected in offer 
 to him. God hath offered his promises in his dear 
 Son, that our faith might look further than to the 
 bare promise ; that it might fix on the Person of 
 Christ, in whom all the promises are yea and 
 Amen. 
 
 VI. It is not faith, that gives the believer his 
 right of possession, to what is in the absolute pro- 
 mises ; and therefore it is not the proper condition 
 of them. Though faith be necessary to apply or 
 embrace the absolute promises, and so to take pos- 
 session of them ; yet, as was hinted above, it is not 
 it, that gives the believer his right to the blessings 
 promised, but the promises themselves. No sooner 
 does the convinced sinner, begin cordially to em- 
 brace and trust these promises, than they give him 
 
 ° 2 Cor. iii. 18. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 237 
 
 a right to possess tliat wliich is promised. These 
 promises are, in Christ, left in offer to sinners in- 
 definitely; and when a sinner takes them as his 
 security for the blessings promised, they confer 
 upon him in particular, a right to possess and en- 
 joy what is promised. It is not his acting of faith, 
 that gives him the right of possession, hut the pro- 
 mises which faith applies. Then, and not till then, 
 is the faithfulness of God pledged, to confer upon 
 him all that is promised. Faith gives no title to 
 what is in the promises; but only receives the 
 promises which God freely gives, and takes the 
 right which the promises themselves convey. 
 " He that believeth shall be saved." Why ? not 
 because faith gives a right to salvation ; but, because 
 it is the mean or instrument of taking that right to 
 it, which the promises give to every one who em- 
 braces them. Seeing faith itself is absolutely pro- 
 mised, it cannot be the condition of the absolute 
 promises. The gi-eat condition of all the promises, 
 and of the promise of faith among them, is the 
 surety-righteousness of the second Adam. Pre- 
 cious faith, says an Apostle, is obtained " through 
 the righteousness of God, even our Saviour Jesus 
 
 Christ p;' 
 
 VII. Is it in and with Christ himself, that the 
 absolute promises are given in offer to sinners inde- 
 finitely ? It follows that, when a convinced sinner 
 cordially believes with application to himself, the 
 
 r2 Pet. i. I. 
 
238 REFLECTIONS 
 
 offer of Christ and of his righteousness, he should, 
 at the same time, believe with application, the 
 offei' of those promises in Christ. He ought to be- 
 lieve, that the Lord speaketh in them as particu- 
 larly to him, as if he spoke to him alone. It fol- 
 lows also that, when, upon the warrant of the un- 
 limited offer, he trusts cordially in Jesus Christ for 
 his whole salvation, he should at the same time 
 trust those promises, considered as in Christ. 
 Allien he places the confidence of his heart in his 
 faithful Redeemer, for all salvation to himself in 
 particular, he should not forget to rely also on the 
 faithfulness of God pledged in his promises, for all 
 the salvation promised. Applying to himself the 
 offer of Christ, he ought to apply also the offer of 
 the absolute promises ; and trusting with his heart 
 in Christ, and on his righteousness, he should in 
 like manner trust these promises. Taking them as 
 his security for all the blessings of salvation, con- 
 tained in them, he should trust confidently, that 
 God who cannot lie, will perform them to him, 
 and so perfect that which concerneth him. When 
 he thus applies and trusts them, he may conclude, 
 that they are not only directed but made to liim, 
 and that they will surely be made good to him. 
 
 VIII. The absolute promises are of great use, and 
 that for various purposes. They serve, in the 
 hand of the blessed Spirit, to manifest in an efni- 
 nent degree^ the exceeding riches of divine grace 
 to sinners. If much grace appears, in promising 
 inestimable blessings upon a small condition, surely 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 239 
 
 more grace is manifested in promising the same, 
 or greater blessings, ivithout any proper condition. 
 Absolute promises are eminent expressions of the 
 richest grace, and of the freest and greatest love'. 
 Jehovah gave David an absolute promise, that he 
 would establish his throne for ever ; and the gi-ace 
 which appeared in it, melted his heart into the 
 deepest sense of his meanness and unworthiness'. 
 They are also of special use in ivci^axivng first grace^ 
 to sinners who have no grace. In the new cove- 
 nant, there are not only promises of more grace, to 
 them who have some grace, which may be styled 
 definite promises ; but promises of grace, to them 
 who have none, which are absolute or indefinite 
 promises, and presuppose a total want of grace'. 
 Every degree of grace in the soul, is the issue of 
 absolute promises ; for all the promises are abso- 
 lute reductively. Every good qualification is there- 
 in promised, and no commendable quality is to be 
 found in the soul, till they begin to be fulfilled to 
 it. The moment before the promise of quicken- 
 ing grace begins to be performed, the soul is dead 
 in sins ; the instant before that of the remission of 
 sin is fulfilled, the guilt of sin is found there ; im- 
 mediately before that of reconciliation is made 
 good, enmity to God reigns there ; and the mo- 
 ment before God becomes the sinner's God, the 
 sinner is without God in the world. The sinner 
 therefore, notwithstanding his want of all good 
 qualifications, has encouragement to come to Christ, 
 
 1 Eph. ii. 4, 5< 'f 2 Sam. vii. 13, 21. » Heb. riii. 8, 12. 
 
240 REFLECTIONS 
 
 and to the absolute promises ; because every gra*- 
 cious qualification is therein promised freely to him. 
 Moreover, they are of great use to those believers, 
 who are in the dark, as to their evidences of being 
 in a state of grace. Seeing they are directed to 
 the believer, as in himself a sinner, he may at all 
 times, apply and trust them, for every supply of 
 grace of which he feels his need. Not only are 
 they promises of first grace, but of all subsequent 
 degrees of grace. WJien a disconsolate Christian, 
 then, is ready to say, I have not the good qualifi- 
 cations to which, definite promises are annexed, he 
 may find much in the indefinite promises, to sus- 
 tain and comfort him. They are a standing gi'ound 
 of trust and hope ; bread that will never fail ; 
 streams that will never dry. He has no reason to 
 stand aloof from these, because he wants this or 
 the other laudable qualification ; but should the 
 rather trust and plead them, for every one that he 
 sees he needs. Every sinner to whom the gospel 
 comes, has so far a right to the absolute promises, 
 that it is his duty to rely on them, for all the good 
 ..qualifications that he wants ; else he could not be 
 condemned for unbelief, as multitudes are'. In a 
 word, these promises are of special use to comfort 
 distressed souls, under their sorest trials and deep- 
 est discouragements". 
 
 IX. The definite or restricted promises are like- 
 wise of great use. Under the illuminating influ- 
 
 ' John iii. IS. u Heb. vi. 18. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 241 
 
 ences of the Holy Spirit, they serve, in an emi- 
 nent degree, to discover the suitableness of re- 
 deeming grace, to all the conditions and wants of 
 needy sinners. " Come unto Me," saith the Lord 
 Jesus, " all ye that labour and are heavy laden, 
 and I will give you rest*." Labouring and being 
 heavy laden are descriptions, not of commendable 
 qualifications in those, whom the Sa^dour here in- 
 vites to come to him, but of their sinfulness and 
 misery ; and his promise is a promise of relief, ad- 
 mirably suited to them in such a dismal condition. 
 Besides, the promise is not annexed to labouring 
 and being heavy laden, but to coming unto Christ. 
 The Lord Jesus, we read, hath been anointed to 
 preach good tidings to the meek or the poor, and to 
 bind up the broken-hearted*. The broken-hearted, 
 in these passages, are those whose hearts are brok- 
 en, not only by a sense of sin, but by outward af- 
 fliction or distress. Christ's design is, to shew 
 that his mercy and grace are suitable to those, 
 who are in such afflictive circumstances. These 
 are not qualifications to be desired, any more than 
 those which follow ; of being captives, bound, 
 blind, and bruised. But it is here declared, That 
 whatever the miseries be, to which sinners are ex- 
 posed, suitable relief is to be found in Christ and 
 his promises. They are also of use to excite be- 
 lievers to seek, in absolute promises, the holy at- 
 tainments to which they ai'e annexed. Accord- 
 ingly,, the Lord Jesus saith to his disciples, " If 
 
 w Matth. xi. 28. ^ Isa Ixi. 1. Luke iv. l8. 
 
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242 REFLECTIONS 
 
 ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly 
 Father will also forgive you''." Here the promise 
 of divine forgiveness, is restricted to those who 
 forgive injuries done to them ; in order to excite 
 believers, to trust and plead diligently, the abso- 
 lute promise of a merciful and forgiving disposi- 
 tion. Such promises likewise are of great use to 
 shew. How acceptable holiness of heart and life is, 
 to the Lord. An apostle, speaking of the Lord 
 Jesus, says that, " He became the author of eter- 
 nal salvation unto all them that obey him^." This 
 indirect promise is given to all them who obey 
 Christ ; to shew, how highly God approves of the 
 obedience of faith to his dear Son. They serve, 
 moreover, to declare The means which, believers 
 are to employ, in order to attain the progressive, 
 and complete, enjoyment of the blessings promised. 
 As the indefinite promises, though exclusive of any 
 proper condition to be fulfilled by us, are yet not 
 exclusive of means to be used by us ; so the defi- 
 nite promises are of special use, to teach us those 
 means, and the necessity of employing them. In 
 few words, They are of special use to shew us. 
 The order of connexion between one blessing of the 
 new covenant, and another; which are like so many 
 links of a chain closed within each other. There 
 is a certain order according to which, we are to 
 expect the enjoyment of promised blessings. Thus 
 we are not to expect holiness, before faith in Jesus 
 Christ ; nor assurance of sense, before some degree 
 
 y Matth. vi. 14. ^ Heb. t. 9. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 243 
 
 of the assurance of faith. Nor are we to expect 
 spiritual comfort, before we begin to love and to 
 study true holiness. We n>ust live a life of grace 
 here, before a life of glory hereafter. According to 
 the order established in the covenant of grace, it 
 is they who mourn for sin that shall be comforted, 
 and they who endure to the end, that shall be saved. 
 The definite promises, then, are declarations of the 
 inseparable connexion among the several blessings, 
 contained in the promise of eternal life ; and of the 
 order according to which, the Lord is pleased to 
 bestow them. 
 
 X. From the preceding detail, the reader may 
 see the way to attain evangelical holiness, and to 
 advance in the love and practice of it. The way to 
 attain that holiness which is evangelical and true, 
 is to attain union with Christ by faith, and com- 
 munion with him in the promises. When God 
 gives Christ in offer, to sinners indefinitely who 
 hear the gospel, he at tlie same time gives in offer 
 to them, exceeding great and precious promises, in 
 and with Christ ; that by these, such of them as 
 believe, may be partakers of a Divine nature, and 
 escape the corruption that is in the world through 
 lust*. The way to become a partaker of true holi- 
 ness, then, is, not only to trust in Christ Jesus, 
 for regenerating and sanctifying grace, but to ap- 
 ply and trust the promises ; not only to rely on 
 the righteousness of Christ, for a title to sanctifi- 
 
 a 2 Pet. i. 4. 
 
244 REFLECTIONS 
 
 cation, but on the faithfulness of God in the pro- 
 mises, for the possession and increase of it. The 
 children of promise have the image of a promising 
 God, stamped upon tliem ; and, in consequence of 
 union with the second Adam, they in some sort 
 are partakers of a Divine nature. Having the pro- 
 mises directed and made to them, it is both their 
 privilege and their duty, to cleanse themselves from 
 all filtliiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting ho- 
 liness in the fear of God". The promises, are the 
 foundation of all their holy performances. The 
 things which the Lord commands them to do, he 
 promises that he will enable them to do. They by 
 working, do not cause him to fulfil his promises ; 
 but he by promising and fulfilling his promises, 
 enables them to perform good works. That holi- 
 ness of heart and of life which he requires in his 
 law, he promises in his gospel. The way then to 
 attain it, is to embrace and trust his promises ; and 
 the way to make progress in it, is to renew fre- 
 quently our acting of trust in them. It is by th« 
 frequent exercise of particular trust in the promises, 
 as well as in Christ himself, that we can derive 
 from his fulness, those continued supplies of grace 
 which are necessary, both to strengthen habitual 
 grace, and to enable us to perform spiritual obe- 
 dience. — The believer is commanded to do nothing, 
 but what God by his promises is engaged to do in 
 him and by him. 
 
 »» 2 Cor. vJi. 1. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 246 
 
 XI. The objects of the promises, for whom they 
 are intended^ are the elect of God, whom he hath 
 cliosen to inherit that " eternal life, which he who 
 cannot lie promised before the world began*"." The 
 objects of them, by whom they are possessed, are 
 true believers. " He that believeth in me," saith 
 Jesus Christ, " hath everlasting life'^." Believers 
 have by faith taken possession of Christ, who is 
 given for a covenant of the people, and possession 
 of the promises in and witli Him. The charter of 
 the promises, accordingly, is delivered to them, 
 and established in their persons. They have ac- 
 cepted of the promises, and, therefore, the faith- 
 fulness of God is pledged for performing the pro- 
 mises to them. Hence they are styled " the heirs 
 of promise." The objects of the promises, to whom 
 they are given or directed in offer., that possession 
 of them may be taken, are sinners of mankind who 
 hear the gospel*. — The objects of them in the first 
 sense, slmll possess them ; the objects of them in 
 the second, do possess them ; and the objects of 
 th^n in the third, may possess them. 
 
 XII. The infinite power of a promising God, is 
 a part of the ground of saving faith. The promises 
 themselves are one ground of faith, and the infi- 
 nite ability of God in Christ to perform them, is 
 another. We read, in the New Testament, of two 
 memorable acts of Abraham's faith' ; and in each of 
 them his faith was grounded, not only on the pro» 
 
 "" Tit. i. 2. d John vi. 4.7. e Acts ii. 39. 
 
 f Rom. iv. 19-21. Heb. xi. l'if-19. 
 
246 REFLECTIONS 
 
 mise, but on the power of God. The faith also of 
 the three Hebrew children, was grounded on his 
 power. " Our God whom we serve," said they, 
 " is able to deliver us from the burning- fiery fur- 
 naces." The Holy Spirit often lays down the 
 power of a promising God, as a sure gi'ound of the 
 faith and comfort of believers. Wlien the apostle 
 Paul had put up petitions in behalf of the Ephe- 
 sians, he concluded his prayer thus : — " Now unto 
 him, that is able to do exceeding abundantly above 
 all that we ask or think, according to the power 
 that worketh in us, &c''." The saints are comfort- 
 ed against the fear of falling away, because God is 
 able to keep them from falling' ; and they are as- 
 sured that they shall stand, because he " is able to 
 make them standi" The promises themselves, 
 then, and God's power to perform them, must go 
 together, in order to form the gi'ound of faith. 
 Though many true Christians are ready to think 
 it easy to believe, that God is able to perform his 
 promises ; yet, if they would follow uj) their doubts 
 to their proper source, they should find that the 
 greater part of them, springs from a secret distrust 
 of his power to do as he hath said. ' Is it possi- 
 ble,' one will say, ' that such inveterate corrup- 
 tions, as I have long contended with, and used all 
 means to mortify, and which are yet as vigorous 
 as ever, should after all be subdued? I fear that, 
 I shall perish one day by the hand of these power- 
 ful enemies.' But no difficulties, no improbabili- 
 
 g Dan, iii. 17, '' Eph. iii. 20, 2l. ' Jude 24. ^ Rom. xlv. 4, 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 247 
 
 ties, should ever discourage our exercise of faith, 
 because the power of God is infinite. 
 
 XIII. It appears from the preceding Collection, 
 That a life of faith, is altogether different from a 
 life of spiritual sense or feeling. Faith is a taking 
 possession of the promises ; but sense is the pos- 
 session of the blessings promised : faith is a trust- 
 ing of the promises ; but sense is the enjoyment of 
 the things promised : faith is a taking and trust- 
 ing of God's woi-d ; but sense is a feeling of his 
 work according to his word : faith lives upon the 
 promises; but sense, upon the performance of 
 them : by faith, the believer credits with applica- 
 tion to himself, the truth of the promises ; but by 
 sense, he tastes the goodness and sweetness of 
 them : by faith he is sure, because God saith it ; 
 but by sense he is sure, because he himself feels it. 
 A life of faith, is ever grounded on something 
 without ; but a life of spiritual sense, on something 
 within the believer : sense looks only to the means, 
 for obtaining every blessing; but faith looks above 
 and beyond the means : by sense, a man believes 
 only so far as he thinks he has reason to believe ; 
 but by faith one believes above reason : the life of 
 sense, in almost all its reasonings, reasons itself 
 from the Saviour ; but the life of faith reasons it- 
 self to him. The life of sense, is our living upon 
 grace in the heart ; but the life of faith, is our 
 living upon grace in Christ, and in the promise. 
 Indeed, as one has said, ' He must be a poor be- 
 liever, that cannot form a Living out of a promise.' 
 
248 REFLECTIONS 
 
 In a word, The life of sense, casts down a man's 
 clieerful obedience, together with his comfort ; but 
 the life of faith, keeps up his obedience, when his 
 comfort goes down. " Mine eyes fail for thy word, 
 saying. When wilt thou comfort me ? - - - yet do 
 I not forget thy statutes^" 
 
 XIV. While it is the Oath of God, that renders 
 his promises swre^ it is his iore, that makes them 
 sweet. In order to confirm the faith of believers, 
 God hath not only passed his \7ord, but added his 
 oath. " God, willing more abundantly to sliew 
 unto the heirs of promise, the immutability of his 
 counsel, confirmed it by an oath""." And what 
 can be surer than the promises of God who can- 
 not lie, confirmed by the oath, and sealed with the 
 blood of God? The covenant of promise, there- 
 fore, is called " The sure mercies of David." O 
 what a happy people are the heirs of promise, for 
 whose sakes, the God of truth is willing to swear ! 
 And, on the contrary, how great must tltesin, and 
 how dreadful the punishment, of those ]je, who re- 
 fuse to trust in his word and his oath ! Is not the 
 honour of his holy name concerned in making 
 good, that which he hath said and sworn ? He 
 being the promiser, and so obliging himself to be 
 the performer, how can any question the certain- 
 ty of his promises? Since God hath added his 
 oath, that broad seal of heaven, to his promises, 
 he, to say it with reverence, should violate his 
 
 * Psal. cxix. 83, 83, °» Heb. vi. 17. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 249 
 
 oath and forswear himself, if he did not perform 
 them. The form of his oath is peculiar to him- 
 self, " AS I LIVE." What will we believe, or whom 
 will we ever believe, if we do not believe the God 
 of truth, sweariug by his Life ? — As the oath of 
 God makes his promises sure, so his loving-kindness 
 renders them sweet. His favour is life : his loAdng 
 kindness is better than life. The promises all 
 spring from the infinitely free favour of God, to 
 the objects of his redeeming love. They are ex- 
 pressions of love, not rewards of service ; patents 
 of grace, not bills of debt. Though God's faith- 
 fulness binds him to fulfil them ; yet it was his 
 loving kindness that moved him to make them. 
 His promises, indeed, have made him a debtor ; 
 but it was sovereign grace that made him a pro- 
 miser. They all flow from absolutely free favour, 
 and are addressed, not to such as deserve mercy, 
 but to such as need it ; not to the righteous, but 
 to sinners. They are wholly from free grace, as 
 the first principle from which they spring. This 
 renders them to humbled souls, sweeter than ho- 
 ney and the honey-comb". 
 
 XV. The promises, accordingly, are grounds of 
 Strang consolation to afflicted believers. " Thy 
 word," says David, " is my comfort in my afflic- 
 tion ; for it hath quickened me°." In the dreary 
 winter of desertion, when the verdure of all other 
 comforts withers, the promises delight and revive 
 
 ° Psal. Tsix. ID. o Psal. cxix. 50. 
 
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250 REFLECTIONS 
 
 their drooping souls. Under apprehensions of 
 God's displeasure, with which, even the holiest 
 of saints are sometimes afflicted, they serve, in 
 the hand of the blessed Comforter, to allay the 
 scorching heat, and to make that soul, which was 
 like a parched wilderness, to be like a watered 
 garden. In such a time of trouble, good tidings 
 from heaven by the promises, are as cold water to 
 a thirsty souP. In the tempestuous seasons of in- 
 ward or outward trouble, they are sure anchors 
 to fix believers amidst all their tossings, and to 
 make them ride safely, so as neither to sink in the 
 gulf of despondency, nor to dash on the rock of 
 presumption. None of these things, can be affirm- 
 ed of the best of earthly comforts. When we 
 weigh them in the balance together, we shall 
 soon find that the comforts of the promises, do far 
 excel the best comforts of the world. The consola- 
 tion which the promises yield, sui*passesthe sweet- 
 est of earthly comforts, especially in purity, ful- 
 ness, universality, and certainty. The absolute 
 promises, are tlirected in offer to men as sinners : 
 this consideration rightly understood, is such a 
 gi'ound of solid comfort, as no other principle can 
 be ; — for it is fitted to answer every objection of 
 Satan, and of the distrustful and desponding heart. 
 If Satan, and the evil heart of unbelief can, at any 
 time, prevail to beat the believer off from relying 
 on the absolute promises, they will quickly rob 
 liim of his consolation. He should, therefore, ob- 
 
 I' Prov. XXV. 25k 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 251 
 
 serve and ponder diligently, every word and cir- 
 cumstance in these promises ; and he will gra- 
 dually discern grounds of comfort in them, which 
 he did not at first discover. When through grace 
 he embraces them, as his security for eternal life, 
 and has no hope from the law, no expectation 
 from himself, or his best endeavours ; but all his 
 expectation from them, as addressed to him as a 
 sinner, he cannot but find them sure grounds of 
 comfort to him. Jeremiah was commissioned, as 
 was hinted above, to prophesy of the captivity of 
 Judah and Benjamin for seventy years ; yet, in 
 order to comfort them, in the prospect of this and 
 all their other trials, he not only assures them of 
 a return, but prophesies of the new covenant, as 
 consisting of absolute promises^ An Apostle 
 refers believers to these two immutable things, 
 the promise and oath of God, as the things which 
 the Lord appointed to be grounds of strong con- 
 solation"^. — Many, alas ! in consequence of the re- 
 mains of a legal spirit in them, instead of deriving 
 their comfort, by direct believing, from Christ 
 and immutable promises, draw it from their faith 
 and other graces ; and so, their comfort is ebbing 
 and flowing, up and down daily, as their frames 
 are. 
 
 XVI. The promises are most apt to be deeply 
 injured, by the two sinful extremes of distrust 
 and presumption. Above all the other parts of 
 
 1 Jer. xxxi. 31—34. ' Heb. vi. 18. 
 
252 REFLECTIONS 
 
 Scriptui'e, they are liable to be abused and injured, 
 either by the one, or the other, of these sinful ex- 
 tremes. The weak believer, whose doubts and 
 jealousies are too strong for his faith, puts away 
 from him the consolation of the promises, and 
 considers thera as cordials not strong enough, to 
 remove the inveterate distempers of his soul. He 
 questions if the promises be directed to him, or if 
 the holy Lord God will perform them to such a 
 great sinner as he is. Thus he disbelieves, dis- 
 trusts, and dishonours them. The self-confident 
 and secure formalist, on the other hand, either 
 places his presumptuous hopes in the room of the 
 promises, or trusts them in an unreasonable, and 
 unwarrantable manner. He either trusts them 
 apart from Christ, or more than Christ, or that 
 he may take encouragement from them to continue 
 in sin. He applies and trusts the promises of hap- 
 piness in eternity; but not the promises of holiness 
 in time. Or it may be, he applies them, upon the 
 ground of some supposed good qualities wrought in 
 him, or some good works done by him. Thus he 
 presumes to come and give, when the Lord is in- 
 viting him to come and take ; not considering, that 
 it is not only impossible for him to bring, but pre- 
 sumptuous for him to pretend to bring, any good 
 qualification with him, to procure his welcome to 
 Clmst and to the free promise. It is nothing but 
 a presumptuous treating with God, upon the foot- 
 ing of the old covenant; and that, even while 
 God is treating with him, according to the abso- 
 lutely free promises of the new covenant. If the 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 253 
 
 devout reader, then, would guard effectually a- 
 gainst these two extremes, I would exhort him, 
 to study always the case of his soul and the pro- 
 raise together ,- and to adapt the case to the pro- 
 mise, and the promise to the case. If he consider 
 the case of his soul, what case soever it be, with- 
 out the promise suited to it, he is in danger of de- 
 spairing; and if he study the promise, without con- 
 sidering his case, he is in danger of presuming.— 
 To attend to your case and the promise together, 
 is the way to honour and improve the promise. 
 
 XVII. Let the reader be exhorted, frequently 
 to believe the absolute promises, with application of 
 them to himself. They, as was often hinted above, 
 are, in and with Christ, directed in offer to sinners 
 indefinitely who hear the gospel, and to you in 
 particular; in order that you, as a sinner, may 
 have a divine warrant, to believe them with par- 
 tiewlar application to yourself. Believing that 
 Christ is in the gospel offered freely to you, be- 
 lieve cordially, that all the absolute promises in 
 him are also given in offer to you, as in yourself 
 an unworthy and undone sinner. Believe not 
 only the truth and the goodness of them, but em- 
 brace them. Believe that the God of all grace, 
 gpeaks as particularly in them to you, as if he had 
 spoken to you alone. Apply them to yourself 
 willingly, affectionately, and cheerfully. Apply 
 them next to your heart ; that they may lie near- 
 est and closest to your inmost soul. The softest 
 garraents, we usually wear next our bodies. The 
 
254 REFLECTIONS 
 
 promises of redeeming mercy and grace, are ob- 
 jects of the greatest delicacy ; and, therefore, they 
 should be applied next to the heart. Suffer no 
 earthly objects, to lie between them and your 
 heart. Apply them to your heart, with the most 
 assured confidence, and the most ardent love. 
 And, as the absolute promises are directed to sin- 
 ners as such, you may always apply them ; for, 
 though you do not always see, that you are a 
 saint, yet you may at all times see, that you are 
 in yourself a sinner, one of those to whom they are 
 presented, as a ground of faith. O believe them, 
 then, at all times, with fiducial application to 
 yourself. Take them, and rely on them, as your 
 security for all the blessings of salvation. Em- 
 brace them as your oidy security ; and renounce 
 all expectation from the law of works, or from 
 your own righteousness or strength. If you did 
 not believe the commands and curses of the law, 
 with application to yourself, you could not have 
 conviction of sin and misery by the law ; so, if 
 you do not believe the promises, with application 
 to yourself, you cannot have relief by the gospel. 
 Apply them, then, upon the authority of God ; 
 apply them, upon the ground of their being di- 
 rected to you, and for the end for which they are 
 directed, which is, to make you holy, as well as 
 happy. As to the restricted or definite promises, 
 let not the qualification required in any of them, 
 deter you from applying it. If you be not sat- 
 isfied that you have the qualification, betake your- 
 self to the absolute promise in whicji it is contain- 
 
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 ed ; and if you do not find that, at the time, look 
 to Christ himself, in whom all fulness dwells. 
 Having Him, you have the condition of every pro- 
 mise. 
 
 XVni. Meditate seriously and frequently on the 
 promises. Meditation, indeed, imparts no degree 
 of worth to the precious promises ; but it extracts 
 the sweetness of them, which otherwise could 
 scarcely be tasted. When the true Christian first 
 turns his thoughts toward the promises, the light 
 and comfort which shine from them, seem to be 
 like weak and imperfect rays, which neither dis- 
 pel darkness, nor scatter doubts. When again, 
 through grace, he revolves them distinctly in his 
 mind, the sweetness of the comfort which they 
 yield, is more sensibly enjoyed. But, when the 
 affections of the renewed heart, are deeply fixed 
 in the meditation of them. Oh, what a bright 
 mirror are they to the eye of faith ! How does the 
 believer, sometimes, triumph in the fulness of 
 mercy, which overflows in them ! How does he 
 stay himself upon the stability of them, as being 
 founded upon infinite, and immutable strength \ 
 And how does he admire the free and glorious 
 grace, which moved the most High God to be- 
 come, by his promises, a debtor to him ! As the 
 promises must be read and heard, with diligence 
 and prayer ; so they should be called to remem- 
 brance, by much serious musing upon them, else 
 they will never prove reviving, and cheering cor- 
 dials. Roses are more fragrant in the stUl, than on 
 
256 REFLECTIONS 
 
 the stalk ; and promises are to the believer, sweeter 
 in the heart, than in the book. It is the promises 
 as pondered in the mind, that, under the consol- 
 ing influences of the blessed Spirit, produce joy and 
 gladness in believing souls. Study diligently, O 
 believer, the inestimable value, and variety, of the 
 precious promises, your own interest in them, and 
 the certainty of their accomplishment : so shall 
 your meditation of them, and of the fulness of re- 
 deeming gi-ace iu them, be sweet to your soul. 
 
 XIX. When you apply the promises, be sure, 
 to trust in them. When you believe cordially, that 
 the absolute promises are directed in offer to you, 
 and that the Lord speaketh in each of them, to 
 you in particular, trust in them with all your heart. 
 Rely on his faithfulness in them, for the perfor- 
 mance of them to you, in every time of need. 
 Taking them as your security for all your salva- 
 tion, give to him the honour of his faithfulness, 
 by trusting confidently that, in his own time and 
 way, he will do to you as he hath said. " Hath 
 he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, 
 and shall he not make it good' ?" God, in the gos- 
 pel strictly taken, deals with you by free promises; 
 and, therefore, you are invited to deal with him 
 by relying on those words of grace, for all the 
 blessings of his great salvation. Your application 
 <rf his precious promises, should always be a fidu- 
 cial application : it should constantly be attended 
 
 •Nanu^riui. 19. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 257 
 
 with assured trust, that your faithful Redeemer 
 will perform them to you. Seeing the promises 
 are adapted to every case, rely on them in every 
 case. When dispensations of providence, seem to 
 contradict the promises, imitate the faith of the 
 woman of Canaan. From the silence of Jesus, 
 from his denial, and from his calling her dog, she 
 finds ground to trust, that he will at length grant 
 her request. When he answers not, there is ground 
 of hope, hecause he denies not. Wlien he denies, 
 there is ground of more hope, because he speaks^ 
 and may soon be prevailed upon. When he calls 
 her dog, her expectation rises higher ; because, 
 tliough the children only shall be filled, the dogs 
 shall not be suflFered to famish. When faith is in 
 lively exercise, the believer, in the deepest distresses 
 tliat befal him, loses almost nothing of his cou- 
 rage, but cheerfully bears up in the midst of all. 
 As he who levels at a mark, closes one eye, that 
 he may take aim the better with the other ; so you, 
 believer, ought to close the eye of depraved rea- 
 son, that you may see the more distinctly with 
 the eye of faith. Consider for your encouragie- 
 ment to rely on the promises of God, that the 
 Lord Jesus hath fulfilled the conditions of them ; 
 and, therefore, that he cannot put them to any 
 other use, than that of performing them to you 
 who cordially believe in him. In the thirty-first 
 chapter of Jeremiah, where the promises of the 
 new covenant are recorded, the glorious name 
 Jehovah is repeated thirty-three times ; doubt- 
 less, to encourage every believer to trust, that 
 
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 He who giveth the promises, will assuredly give 
 the performance of them, to every one who em- 
 braces them. 
 
 XX. It is the duty and interest of every believer, 
 to apply and trust also, the promises of temporal 
 blessings. How soon are tempestuous cares and 
 fears calmed, and how sweetly is the heart of the 
 exercised believer quieted, by casting all his care 
 upon a promising God ! How quickly may he 
 discern in these promises, the faithfulness of God 
 pledged, for food to satisfy his hunger, for cloth- 
 ing to cover his nakedness, and for treasure to 
 sustain his family ! Godliness hath the promise of 
 the life that now is, as well as of that which is to 
 corned Be persuaded, believer, that your relying, 
 through grace, on the promises of the life that now 
 is, will, in a high degree, sweeten the enjoyment 
 of all your earthly blessings, how few soever they 
 may be. Wlien you are enabled to trust that, all 
 your outward enjoyments are fruits of redeeming 
 love to you, and that they flow to you in the chan- 
 nel of the blood of the everlasting covenant ; then, 
 they become proportionably sweet to your taste, 
 and valuable in their use. " The blessing of the 
 Lord it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow 
 with it"." Know, that it is not your care and la- 
 bour, that make rich, but the blessing of the Lord ; 
 that it is not your wisdom, that renders your law- 
 ful endeavours successful, but God's faithfulness 
 
 t \ Tim. iv. 8. " Trov. X. 22. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 269 
 
 in his promises. Rely, therefore, not on your own 
 skill and industry, for the good things of this life, 
 but on the promise of temporal blessings. Re- 
 ferring yourself to the wisdom, care, and faithful- 
 ness, of the Lord Jesus, trust that, according to 
 his promises, he will give you that measure of 
 outward enjoyments, which shall best subserve 
 your sanctification, and his glory in your salva- 
 tion. 
 
 XXI. Wait upon the Lord, for ihe fulfilling of his 
 promises to you. Having applied and trusted his 
 promises of spiritual blessings, wait upon him for 
 the performance of them. The Lord will take his 
 own time, and his own way, of performing his 
 promises to his people. It is your duty, then, to 
 say with the Israelitish Church, " I will look un- 
 to the Lord ; I wHiX wait for the God of my salva- 
 tion; my God will hear me"." " The Lord is a 
 God of judgment, and blessed are all they that 
 wait for him." Wait upon him in his own way, 
 otherwise you tempt him, and do what you can, 
 to thrust his promises from you. Wait in the use 
 of appointed means ; in the exercise of internal 
 means, such as, faith and hope, resignation and 
 patience, meditation and desire ; and in the use of 
 external means, namely, the word, sacraments, 
 prayer, and all other instituted ordinances of God. 
 Thus wait diligently upon God, watching daily at 
 his gates, waiting at the posts of his doors *, They 
 
 "^ Mic. vii. 7. „ Prov. riii. 34. 
 
360 REFLECTIONS 
 
 who thus " wait upon the Lord, shall renew, or, 
 change their strength." They shall have strength 
 to mount up, or strength to run, or strength to 
 walk, according as they need it : for it follows, 
 " They shall mount up with wings as eagles ; they 
 shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk 
 ^■nd not faint y." Wait then upon the Lord. You 
 kave his immutable and sure promises, as your 
 security for all the blessings of salvation ; and, 
 therefore you have as good ground now to contmue 
 waiting, as you had at the first to begin to wait. 
 
 XXIL Be very thankful to a promising God,,/©/* 
 his promises. They are exceeding great and pre- 
 cious, free and suitable, good and faithful. The 
 faithfulness of Jehovah, pledged in them to be- 
 lievers, is established in the very heavens. They 
 are " ordered in all things and sure." All the 
 mercies contained in them, are " the sure mercies 
 of David." Let the believer, then, abound much 
 in thanksgiving and praise to the God of all grace, 
 who is the Fountain from which, all those streams 
 of living water do continually flow. Give thanks 
 to his blessed name, for he hath poured forth his 
 redeeming mercy and grace, in rich promises to 
 you ; in promises, which are more sweet to holy 
 souls than honey, and more satisfactory than mar- 
 row and fatness. How well does it become you, 
 believer, to pay unto the Lord, a tribute of over- 
 flowing gratitude for them ! He loves to make 
 
 V Isa. xl. 31. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 261 
 
 good his gracious promises, and to bestow his cov- 
 enant-mercies, where he may hear of them again. 
 This is the great end of all his promises, and 
 works of grace. That we should be to the praise of 
 his glory, as a God of grace. Seeing, then, that 
 a thankful acknowledgment of the free grace of 
 God in his promises, is the only return that you 
 can make ; it becomes you to abound in it, and to 
 make it the duty, not only of your lips, but of 
 your heart and of your life. Pour out your very 
 soul, in adoring gi-atitude to Him, who hath ma- 
 nifested the gracious thoughts of his heart to you, 
 in great and precious promises : and express your 
 thankfulness for his promises, by advancing daily 
 in purity of heart, and in holiness of life \ Ex- 
 press it also, by blessing God with your soul, and 
 all that is within you, for the Lord Jesus Christ, 
 in whom all his promises are yea and Amen ; for 
 his consummate righteousness, the condition of 
 them ; and for his adorable Spirit, the Revealer 
 and Applier of them to your heart. Be thankful, 
 that the indefinite promises are directed in offer, to 
 you as a sinner ; and that it is at all times warrant- 
 able for you, trusting in Christ, to apply and trust 
 them. Give thanks to him, for having made it 
 your duty, at all times to trust them. When yon 
 walk in darkness, bless the Lord that you have his 
 promises to rely on'. In a word. Express your 
 thankfulness for the promises, by longing ardent- 
 ly for the full accomplishment of them. You 
 
 "2 Cor. vii. I. »Psal. Ivi. 4, 10. 
 
262 REFLECTIONS 
 
 have trials to encounter, and death at the last ; 
 but you have the promises, That as your days are, 
 so shall your strength be ; that the Lord will never 
 leave you ; and that death shall be swallowed up 
 in victory. 
 
 XXIII. The believer ought, in the exercise of 
 faith, to plead the promises with God, and to plead 
 them all in the name of Christ. The God of all 
 grace takes it well, when you remind him of his 
 covenant, and press him with his promises. Urge 
 him importunately, then, with his words of grace. 
 Plead as David did, " Remember the word unto 
 thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to 
 hope ^." Thus did Jacob '', Johoshaphat*', Daniel^ 
 and Nehemiah ^. The right way of pleading pro- 
 mises, is, to plead them in the name of Jesus Christ ; 
 to plead that they may be performed to you, for 
 His sake^. The proper condition of them all, has 
 been fulfilled by Him ; and therefore, upon the 
 ground of his obedience unto death, you ought to 
 plead them : for, though they be absolute in point 
 of proper conditionality in you, yet not exclusive- 
 ly of the use of means. After an enumeration of 
 several absolute promises, the Lord saith, " I ^vill 
 yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, 
 to do it for them." Plead them, then, and say, 
 Thou who hast left to me the promises, O let me 
 not, through unbelief, come short of the blessings 
 
 b Psal. cxix. 49. c Gen. xxxii. 9 — 12. '^ 2 Chron. xx. 9. 
 c Dan. ix. 2—19. f Neh. i. 5—9. 8 John xvi. 23, 24. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 2m 
 
 promised : Thou who hast vouchsafed to me the 
 outward means, give me, I pray thee, the inward 
 grace. Plead, that the Lord may give you more 
 and more of the new heart, of the new spirit, and 
 of the heart of flesh ; that he may put his Spirit 
 within you, and cause you to walk in his statutes ; 
 and that he may be your God, and make you one 
 of his people, according to his absolute promises. 
 Know that, in proportion as you trust the pro- 
 mises, you will be importunate in pleading them ; 
 for trusting implies desire, and true desire is offer- 
 ed up to God by prayer. When you trust, then 
 that the Lord will perform his free promises to 
 you, pray and plead importunately, that for Christ's 
 sake he maj/. 
 
 XXIV. Take heed, that you do not abuse any of 
 the promises. This in you, believer, would be a 
 highly aggravated sin. Do not resemble those 
 who are not for all the promises ; who hug to 
 their bosoms the promise of pardon, but hate the 
 promise of purity ; who take the promise of hap- 
 piness, but reject the promise of holiness ; and 
 who take the promises, but not as given, nor for 
 the ends for which they are given. The promises 
 are given in offer to you, as an unworthy sinner, 
 in order to render you hoi?/, as well as to make 
 you happy. But if you at any time apply them, 
 to render you secure, to encourage you in sin, 
 and so to abuse the grace of God to licentiousness ; 
 then, you are despising the grace, and preverting 
 the promises, of the High and Holy One. But, 
 
264 REFLECTIONS 
 
 if you, by faith, take them out of the hand of God, 
 or take them as given, and for the holy ends for 
 which they are given ; then, you need not fear 
 that you abuse them. If, under an affecting 
 sense of your extreme need of all promised bless- 
 ings, you sincerely desire them, in and with Christ 
 himself, and so apply and trust the promises, as 
 your security for them ; you hereby shew yomr 
 esteem of the precious promises, and honour the 
 faithfulness of God as pledged in them. You ap- 
 ply them, not for your encouragement to continue 
 in any sin ; but for your incitement to advance 
 daily, in the love and practice of universal holi- 
 ness. — In a word, If you embrace the promises, 
 upon the warrant of the direction of them in oflFer 
 to you, and rely on them for all promised bless- 
 ings, in subservience to the glory of redeeming 
 grace, you make a good, and a profitable use of 
 them. 
 
 XXV. Although it is on the ground of a pro- 
 mise being given objectively in the word, that it 
 should be applied and trusted; yet, when it is 
 given subjectively and powerfully, by the Spirit, in 
 the heart of a believer, he should by no means 
 overlook it. The Holy Spirit, in order to direct 
 and encourage the exercised Christian, in his use 
 of thQ promises, sometimes, impresses on his me- 
 mory with power, a promise suited to the parti- 
 cular case and exigence of his soul. When it is 
 thus impressed on his memory, or brought to his 
 mind, he should be far from despising it ; because 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 265 
 
 it may be a messenger dispatched from heaven, to 
 help him in time of need. This is one of the ways 
 in which, the Spirit of truth, as the Comforter, 
 teaches disciples. " He shall teach you all things." 
 How ? " He shall bring all things to your remem- 
 brance, whatsoever I have said unto you''." If, 
 then, a seasonable and suitable promise is brought 
 to your mind, believer, see that, you give it due 
 entertainment. " Thy word have I hid in mine 
 heart," says DaAdd, " that I might not sin against 
 thee'." And that ye may without hesitation, trust 
 and plead a promise, brought with power to your 
 heart, you should examine, whether it may have 
 been impressed on it, by the Holy Spirit of God, 
 or by an evil spirit. As Satan used Scripture- 
 phraseology, in some of the temptations with which, 
 he assailed the Lord Jesus ; so, when he is per- 
 mitted, he will sometimes transform himself into 
 an angel of light, and will employ Scripture-ex- 
 pressions, to enforce the temptations with which, 
 he assaults believers. He will impress promises, 
 or threatenings with power, on their minds. It is 
 of great importance for you, then, to be able to 
 distinguish, whether a promise brought to your 
 mind, be from the Spirit of God, or from Satan. 
 Now, to guide you in resolving this, you should 
 always consider the case of your soul, at the time 
 the promise comes to you, and also the immediate 
 tendency and influence of it upon you. You should, 
 I say, always consider at such a time, the cast or 
 
 h John xiv. 26. ' Psal. cxix. 11. 
 
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266 REFLECTIONS 
 
 frame of your soul. If, when your heart is de- 
 pressed, discouraged, and disconsolate, and at the 
 same time, resolved to look to the compassionate 
 Saviour, for sanctifying and comforting grace ; an 
 encouraging promise is impressed on your mind, 
 you may conclude that it is from the Holy Spirit ; 
 for it is suitable to your case, and necessary to 
 support your drooping heart. But if, wlien yonr 
 frame is dead and cold, remiss and secure, dispos- 
 ed to neglect known duty, and to love and yield 
 to motions of sin, an encouraging promise power- 
 fully impresses your mind ; you may suspect that 
 it comes from the enemy, to lull you asleep in car- 
 nal security. It is unsuitable to your present case. 
 You need at such a time, to be alarmed and aroused, 
 and not to be encouraged to sleep in a dangerous 
 security. — Again, wlien a promise is powerfully 
 impressed on your mind, you should consider, what 
 the immediate tendency and influence of it are. 
 If it dispose you to be indolent and secure, encour- 
 age you to sin, lead you to presumptuous hope, 
 and embolden you to turn the grace of God into 
 lasciviousness ; you may conclude that, it has been 
 fastened on your mind by Satan. But on the con- 
 trary, if when it comes, it humbles you, melts 
 your heart, fills you with ad miration of the distin- 
 guishing grace of God, and endears the Saviour 
 more and more to your heart ; if it leads you to a 
 raore evangelical frame, to trust cordially in the 
 Lord Jesus for all his salvation, and to turn from 
 the love and practice of all sin, to an higher degree 
 of the love and practice of universal holiness ; and 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 26t 
 
 if It influences you to a more diligent use of the 
 means of grace ; you may conclude that, the Holy 
 Spirit has brought it with power to your mind. 
 And you should apply, trust, and plead it, not 
 upon the ground of the impression of it on your 
 mind ; but upon the warrant of its being directed 
 to you in the gospel-offer. 
 
 XXVI. Take heed, believer, that you grieve not 
 the Holy Spirit of promise, by yielding to any mo- 
 tion of sin in you. The dependence, which every 
 true Christian has on the blessed Spirit, is very 
 great. Tlie Spirit is to the holy soul, as the soul 
 is to the body, the principle of all life and motion. 
 Grace in its vigour, abides in the heart, as light 
 in a room, rather by emanation, than by inherence. 
 It is requisite, therefore, that you be always cir- 
 cumspect, in maintaining your communion with 
 the Holy Spirit ; lest you so grieve Him, who is 
 the Fountain of all grace and consolation, as to 
 provoke him to withhold for a season, his enliven- 
 ing and consoling influences, from your soul. The 
 necessity of this will more clearly appear, if you 
 consider how much you stand in need daily, of 
 the almighty operation of the adorable Spirit, to 
 enable you efi"ectually to apply the promises, both 
 for holiness and consolation. He only it is, who 
 is the eff'ectual worker of that saving faith, by 
 which you can, not only apply and trust the pro- 
 mises, but Christ himself; in whom they all meet, 
 as so many lines in their common centre. It is Ha 
 who enlightens the understanding, to discern the 
 
268 REFLECTIONS 
 
 inestimable value of the blessings, which are freely 
 given of God in the precious promises. He it is 
 who, in the time of need, brings the most suitable 
 promises to your remembrance, and impresses them 
 powerfully and sweetly on your heart. In few 
 words, It is He who discloses to you, your warrant 
 to apply and trust the promises, and teaches you, 
 in your daily supplications, how to plead them ; 
 and it is He who confirms and excites to exercise, 
 your faith in the promises ; who impresses them 
 and the faithfulness of God in them, so deeply on 
 your heart, as to assure you of the eternal salva- 
 tion promised. Seeing, then, that the blessed 
 Spirit is the only Counsellor, to instruct you how 
 to use and plead the promises, and the most effec- 
 tual Comforter, to fill your heart with the confi- 
 dence and joy of faith, whilst you wait upon the 
 Lord for the performance of them ; you are under 
 infinite obligations to take heed, that you do not 
 grieve, and provoke Him to suspend his reviving, 
 and consoling influences from your soul. If He 
 be gi'ieved by your sins against him, and provoked 
 to withdraw the light of his countenance from you, 
 it is not any promise, that can free you from the 
 darkness of mental trouble. Have you, believer, 
 been in any measure deprived of those tokens of 
 redeeming love, of those reviving and solacing in- 
 fluences of the Spirit, which you formerly enjoyed ; 
 ■o that, you do not now experience such spiritual- 
 ity of frame, as you were wont to do ? You have 
 reason to suspect that, by some iniquity unrepent- 
 ed of, you have grieved the Spirit, and moved him 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 269 
 
 to plead a controversy with you. To assist you, 
 in finding out the particular sin or sins, for which 
 the Holy Spirit has withdrawn, permit me to say, 
 If you find, that you have lately fallen into some 
 gross and gi'ievous sin, either of heart or of life ; 
 or, that you have been alleviating, and excusing 
 some of your sins ; or, that you have been unwill- 
 ing to confess freely and particularly, some of 
 them ; or, that you feel more unwillingness to strive 
 against some particular sin, than against others ; 
 you may suspect, that it is by one or other of such 
 iniquities, that you have provoked the Spirit, to 
 withhold his refreshing influences from your soul. 
 And surely your duty is, as soon as you detect the 
 sin by which, you have grieved him, to renew your 
 flight to the Lord Jesus for the pardon of it, and 
 for grace to turn from it with full purpose of heart, 
 as well as for grace, henceforth to walk worthy of 
 the Lord to all pleasing. 
 
 XXVII. In conclusion : Are the absolute pro- 
 mises of redeeming grace, directed in offer to sin- 
 ners indefinitely, as lost sinners ? Then, how just 
 and how great, will the condemnation of those sin- 
 ners be, who reject or abuse these promises ! Ah ! 
 sinner, you have hitherto despised, and rejected, 
 the precious promises of the everlasting covenant, 
 the promises of an infinitely costly, and great sal- 
 vation. If you continue to reject them till death 
 surprise you ? how just, how great, how inexpres- 
 sibly dreadful, will your punishment be ! " He 
 
270 REFLECTIONS 
 
 that believeth not is condemned already''." " He 
 that believeth not shall be damned^" If you, who 
 justly deserve the wrath of God, for your innu- 
 merable transgressions, continue, notwithstanding, 
 to disregard his promises of salvation from it ; will 
 it not be just and right, that he cast you into the 
 place of torment, and that the smoke of your tor- 
 ment, ascend up for ever and ever ? I appeal to 
 your own conscience, if it will not be highly just. 
 A good man, being once in the presence of a pro- 
 fessed Atheist, who did not believe the existence, 
 either of God or the devil, either of heaven or hell, 
 and opening before him the glad tidings of the 
 gospel, and the riches of God's free grace to poor 
 sinners, put this question to him : What think 
 you, will it not be just that you should be damned, 
 if you will not believe this, if you reject all this 
 grace and love ? Yes, said the Atheist, I confess, 
 should I not believe and receive this, I should de- 
 serve to be damned without mercy ? Eveiy sin 
 has a demerit of its o\Aai ; but to sin obstinately, 
 after the declarations and offers of redeeming grace 
 to the sinner, doubles, trebles, the demerit of all 
 such sins. To continue in unbelief, or in any sin 
 whatever, after you have heard, that the gracious 
 offers and promises of a free salvation, have been 
 addressed to you; this renders the weight of your 
 iniquities, inconceivably more heavy and intolera- 
 ble, than before. It may be, you have not only 
 rejected, but abused the promises, by taking en- 
 
 ^ John iii. 18. ^ Mark xvi. 16. 
 
AND EXHORTATIONS. 2T1 
 
 eouragement from them, to continue in sin that 
 grace may abound. Have you presumed to do this? 
 Then, instead of making the holy promises a sanc- 
 tuary into which, you might flee from sin and mi- 
 sery, you have made them a sanctuary, to protect 
 you in your sinful courses. Thus you have per- 
 verted them into occasions of persisting in sin, 
 that abominable thing which the Lord hateth. Oh, 
 how overwhelming, how intolerable, that endless 
 wrath, to which, such abuse of the divine promises 
 exposes you ! O presumptuous sinner, Christ 
 and the promises in Him, are still offered in the 
 glorious gospel to you ; and you are peremptorily 
 commanded, to receive him by believing in his 
 name, and to embrace the promises in and with 
 him. " To you is the word of this salvation sent ;" 
 and Avhat you are to do with it is this : under a 
 conviction of your sinfulness and misery in the 
 first Adam, you are to receive the second Adam, 
 and to take him at his word : you are to trust cor- 
 dially in him, to rely on his righteousness, and to 
 take his promises as your security, for all his great 
 salvation : you are to believe also in a promising 
 God, and to welcome his promises into your heart. 
 Believe with particular application his promises, 
 and rely on them with cordial and settled confi- 
 dence. Never attempt believing them in your own 
 strength ; for believing includes a renouncing of 
 your own strength, and a trusting in the Lord Je- 
 hovah, in whom is everlasting strength. It is a 
 laying hold of his strength, as presented to you in 
 his offers and promises. It is not a laying hold 
 
2T3 REFLECTIONS 
 
 of it, by your own strength ; but a taking hold of 
 his strength, for ability to trust in himself and his 
 promises. It is a deriving of strength from the 
 promises, to enable you to embrace them. Be per- 
 suaded that, you are as welcome to apply and trust 
 the absolute promises, as the offers of the blessed 
 gospel, and the high commandment of the God of 
 heaven, can make you. You have as good a war- 
 rant to receive Christ, and the promises in him, 
 as ever any believer had, the hour before he began 
 to believe : and if you now welcome Him into your 
 heart, who is inviting you to come to him, you 
 will find in due time, that you shall be made as 
 welcome to the blessings of salvation, as ever any 
 sinner was, that is now a glorified saint. " Him 
 that Cometh to me," says the compassionate Sa- 
 viour, " I will in no ^vise cast out :" I will by no 
 means, on no account, cast him out. 
 
 Believe the thi'eatening of the ^dolated law, with 
 application to yourself; that you may be so con- 
 vinced of your sinfulness and misery, as to see and 
 feel your need of Christ, and of the grace of the 
 promises. Pray in the name of Christ, for the 
 Holy Spirit to convince you of your sin. He, as a 
 Spirit of bondage, must bind your conscience and 
 the awful threatening together, before you will feel 
 any due concern about embracing the promises. 
 If you know not the Lord, as a threatening God, 
 you will not be anxious to know him, as a promis- 
 ing Grod. If you do not, in some measure, see 
 yourself under the tremendous curse of the broken 
 law, you will not relish the promises of the glo- 
 
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 rious Gospel, nor see your need of promised bless- 
 ings. But having seen your extreme need, see 
 also your warrant to apply, and trust the indefinite 
 promises. They are left in offer, to the visible 
 members of the Christian church"", and belong to 
 them, no less than to those of the Jewish church". 
 They are directed to you, as a member of the visi- 
 ble church, or as a sinner within the pale of it ; 
 that it may be warrantable for you, to believe them 
 cordially, with application to yourself. Though 
 you have no possession of the blessings promised, 
 until you believe ; yet, you have as good a right to 
 take possession by believing, as the offer of the 
 gospel, and the command of God, can give you. 
 Seeing the promises are the vessels, in which, God 
 conveys his grace into the hearts of sinners, re- 
 ceive them ; and seeing they are but the vessels, 
 and Christ himself is the Fountain of grace, bring 
 them to Christ, as a man would bring a vessel to 
 the fountain, that out of his fulness you may re- 
 ceive grace for grace. Those exceeding gi'eat and 
 precious promises are given to you ; that by them, 
 you may be a partaker of a Divine nature, and es- 
 cape the corruption that is in the world". O un- 
 done sinner, the promises of regenerating, of jus- 
 tifying, and of sanctifying grace, are given in offer 
 to you ; and, therefore, when you appear before 
 the judgment-seat of Christ, you shall not have it 
 to say, Tliat you wanted grace, and knew not 
 where to find it ; for God in Christ, the God of 
 
 ra Heb. iv. 1. " Rom. ix. 4. o 2 Tet. i. 4. 
 
274 REFLECTIONS, &c. 
 
 all grace, is come near to you, with free offers and 
 promises, both of grace and glory. Embrace, then, 
 without delay his gracious promises, in order that, 
 his faithfulness may be illustriously displayed, not 
 in your everlasting destruction, but in your eter- 
 nal salvation. 
 
 THE END. 
 
 Page 50, line 8, For Jer. x.xi. read Jer. xxxi. 
 154, line 13, For Job xxiii. read Job xxxiii. 
 
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