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 Clark, Samuel, 1684-1750. 
 
 A collection of the promises 
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 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. 
 
 <e A promise,” according to Dr. Johnson’s defini¬ 
 tion, “ is the declaration of some benefit to be con¬ 
 ferred.” A mere resolution in our minds to bestow 
 a benefit, is not a promise: to constitute it such, it 
 must be intimated to the party for whom the benefit 
 is designed. The intimation may be conveyed in 
 various ways; by word, by writing, by look, by ges¬ 
 ture, by whatever is capable of expressing the inten¬ 
 tions and purposes of the mind. These various 
 modes of intimation may be regarded as implying 
 various degrees of solemnity; but, whatever be the 
 mode, if the intimation be actually made, it is pro¬ 
 missory and binding. To a verbal, or even to a 
 written declaration, (the most formal and explicit of 
 all,) there may be superadded, an appeal to the God 
 of truth for the sincerity of our purpose. The pro¬ 
 mise then assumes the character of a promissory oath; 
 and the adding of the oath to the promise, adds to 
 the falsehood involved in its violation the guilt of 
 perjury. But the sanction of an oath, although war¬ 
 ranted by the word and exemplified by the conduct 
 of Jehovah, never ought to be necessary. The neces- 
 
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 sity conceived in any case to exist, can arise only 
 from the deficiency in human nature of right prin¬ 
 ciple, and the mutual distrust which the experience 
 of this deficiency inspires. There ought to be at all 
 times on our minds such an impression of the inti¬ 
 mate presence, the paramount authority, and the 
 judicial righteousness, of the infinite Being 66 with 
 whom we have to do,” as should preclude all occasion 
 for any formal recognition and appeal, and should 
 maintain the conviction on our consciences, that with 
 the simple passing of our word there is associated 
 the whole of the obligation to truth. 
 
 To most of our readers it will seem a very strange 
 and useless question,— <e Why am I bound to keep 
 my word?” We are so habituated to regard truth 
 as a sacred duty—however much we may be tempted 
 to deviate from it, and however frequently the temp¬ 
 tation may prevail—that to our minds the inquiry 
 appears a more reasonable one, 66 Whether, in any 
 circumstances, the obligation to keep it can be super¬ 
 seded ?” And more reasonable it assuredly is. If 
 there be any thing at all in what philosophers have 
 called the natural fitness of things , surely there is such 
 a fitness in the relation of a promise to its fulfilment. 
 It is fitting that truth should be kept. The moral 
 relation of propriety is, in this instance, as palpably 
 manifest as any natural relation can be of one thing 
 to another in the physical universe.—From facts and 
 relations, indeed, in the moral world, the moral per¬ 
 fections of the divine character may as conclusively 
 be deduced, as his natural attributes are from facts 
 and relations in the natural world. There is a con¬ 
 sciousness in the human mind of the obligation to 
 
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 truth, which may safely be affirmed universal. Lies, 
 it is true, are told: but unless the dictates of the 
 judgment have become strangely perverted by some 
 local and extraneous influence, and by the force of 
 custom thence arising, there is in every lie some con¬ 
 scious violation of right, and some indication of the 
 predominance of selfishness over moral principle. De¬ 
 based as our nature is, it is seldom that a lie is told 
 for its own sake. Such universal consciousnesses 
 are amongst the remnants of attestation, afforded by 
 fallen humanity, to the moral character of its Crea- 
 
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 tor; an attestation which was originally perfect, every 
 quality in the work bearing witness to the unsullied 
 excellence of its Author.—To this may be added, 
 that the Author of our nature has endowed it with a 
 social principle. He has constituted us for society, 
 and has, by our very constitution, made it necessary 
 to our happiness and to all the great ends of our be¬ 
 ing. Now, to the comfort, to the utility, to the very 
 existence of society, mutual confidence is indispen¬ 
 sable : it cannot hold together without it. And as 
 confidence is necessary to society, no less essential 
 is truth to confidence. Truth is the sole basis of 
 mutual confidence; and mutual confidence the sole 
 bond of social life.—Such facts as these are justly 
 regarded, apart from the more direct assurances of 
 his word, as forming one of the natural proofs by 
 which the Creator and Governor of the Universe is 
 evinced to be a c< God of truth,” and to require truth 
 as one of the virtues of his intelligent offspring. 
 
 The question, indeed, with regard to the principle 
 of the obligation to fulfil a promise, resolves itself into 
 the more comprehensive question respecting the prin- 
 
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 ciple of moral obligation in general:—Whence the 
 obligation to any moral duty ? We are accustomed 
 to answer, (and the answer, we are persuaded, is the 
 only safe one for fallible creatures,)—From the will 
 of God. We are hound to do one thing, and to 
 refrain from another, because God wills it. But, 
 admitting the will of God to be the rule of obliga¬ 
 tion, we may, I think, without departing from this 
 safe and simple ground, venture upon a distinction 
 between the rule and the principle. The will of 
 God is the rule of duty to all the subjects of his mo¬ 
 ral government. But when we speak of the prin¬ 
 ciple of moral obligation, we seem to go higher than 
 even the divine will; to that, I mean, whatever it be, 
 by which the divine will itself is determined. We 
 cannot for a moment conceive of that will as arbitrary 
 —of its volitions as regulated by no principle. There 
 must, in every case, be something on account of which 
 God wills; some consideration by which, in his uner¬ 
 ring estimate, one thing is determined and pronounced 
 right, and another wrong. Is it for us either to ask 
 or to answer the question, what this something, this 
 consideration, is? There are only two things of 
 which we can form any conception, as determining 
 the will of Deity, or as constituting one thing right 
 and another wrong. These are, his own glory , and 
 the good of the universe . Those philosophers who 
 have represented utility as the test of virtue, may be 
 allowed to be substantially right; only that in general 
 they have been guilty of a double oversight in the 
 manner in which they have spoken of it. They have 
 seldom, in the first place, taken a sufficiently compre¬ 
 hensive view of the import of the term; and they have 
 
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 forgotten, in the second place, by whom alone such 
 a test can competently be applied. They have too 
 often estimated utility simply by conduciveness to the 
 benefit of the creature, leaving out of their calcula¬ 
 tion the still higher branch of it, the glory of the 
 Creator; and they have argued, too, as if the crea¬ 
 ture’s intellect were capable of applying the criterion, 
 and determining by it the boundaries of right and 
 wrong. Alas for the results ! How very limited 
 must the conceptions of even a holy creature be on 
 such a subject! and how biassed, diversified, and in¬ 
 consistent, those of a creature under the influence of 
 sin ! Numberless are the mistakes to which the 
 mind of such a creature is liable, both as to the good 
 of creation, and as to the glory of its Maker. He is, 
 in regard to the former, necessarily liable to form 
 partial and false conceptions even of what may be for 
 his own benefit; he is in danger, too, from self-love, 
 of attending more to personal than to general utility ; 
 as well as of forming his estimate from what is pre¬ 
 sent and immediate, to the overlooking of (what he 
 is indeed incapable of at all taking in) the remote, 
 and future, and to him contingent consequences — 
 and as for the latter, the divine glory—where is the 
 creature, however exalted, that is competent either 
 to appreciate its importance or to settle its claims ? 
 These are matters which come within the compass of 
 none but an infinite mind. The good of the universe, 
 and the glory of Deity, are phrases very easily ut¬ 
 tered ; but they are of vast import, beyond the grasp 
 of any intellect but that by which the universe in all 
 its amplitude, and Deity in all its infinitude, are fully 
 comprehended.—Supposing it then admitted, that 
 
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 utility is the test of virtue, it must equally be admit¬ 
 ted, that it is a test which no mind but the divine is 
 capable of applying with sufficient extension and cer¬ 
 tainty of discernment. It must, therefore, be applied 
 by Deity for us; and Deity, in whatever way he 
 may see best, must give us to know the results : and 
 this is, in other words, the same thing with inform¬ 
 ing us of his will, which becomes the rule or law of 
 our conduct.—With this will, all holy creatures, 
 made in the image of God, and retaining that image, 
 possess a clear and competent acquaintance; an ac¬ 
 quaintance that is adequate to all the purposes of 
 their respective circumstances and relations. They 
 are at no loss about it; they discern it intuitively; 
 their minds being in perfect unison with the divine. 
 —If fallen creatures lose their intuitive discernment 
 and infallible knowledge of his will, so as to require 
 a direct revelation of it from himself; this is only 
 one of the effects and indications of their fallen state, 
 and a part of their sin and guilt. Can there be any 
 wonder, that creatures should lose the knowledge of 
 their Maker’s will, who lost universally the know¬ 
 ledge of their Maker himself ? 
 
 We conceive, then, that while the will of God is 
 the rule of duty to his creatures, there must be 
 something by which that will is determined. There 
 must be a sense in which it is true, respecting every 
 moral virtue, that it is not merely right because God 
 wills it, but that God wills it because it is right; and 
 of this rectitude we are incapable of conceiving to 
 ourselves any other standard than general utility, 
 provided this utility be understood with sufficient 
 comprehensiveness, as including, along with the good 
 
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 of the universe, the glory of its Creator. The ori¬ 
 ginal grounds of moral obligation must, in strictness 
 of speech, be the immutable principles of rectitude 
 by which the divine will is determined;—for God is 
 not only the Governor of moral agents; he is an 
 agent himself; and, in all his own procedure, we 
 must conceive him to act in harmony with those im¬ 
 mutable principles.—Perhaps, indeed, were we to 
 venture a little further into the interesting metaphy¬ 
 sics of such inquiries, we might be led a step still 
 higher than we have yet gone. When we speak of 
 the good of the universe, and the glory of God, as 
 forming unitedly the standard of utility, and of that 
 utility as the standard of virtue, we are apt to forget 
 that the nature of God was antecedent to the exis¬ 
 tence of the universe, and, by consequence, antece¬ 
 dent also to the manifestation of his own glory. 
 All that his nature then was, whether as to its es¬ 
 sence or its attributes, it was by an eternal and im¬ 
 mutable necessity. In that nature, while it thus 
 subsisted alone, there were all the principles of moral 
 excellence, or holiness; and the principles of holiness 
 in the Creator must be essentially the same as the 
 principles of moral goodness in the creature. Here, 
 then, we have these principles existing before crea¬ 
 tion,—existing, therefore, before the standard of 
 utility could be applied for ascertaining them. Are 
 we not, therefore, constrained rather to say, that by 
 these principles, essentially and eternally inherent in 
 the divine nature, Deity was guided in the formation 
 of the universe; and that the universe was so con¬ 
 stituted, that these principles, transferred from the 
 nature of the Creator to that of his creatures, became. 
 
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 in their exercise and effects, its happiness, as they are 
 his own ? and that, as a necessary consequence, the 
 happiness of the universe has become, reciprocally, 
 a test of moral rectitude, having been in the bene¬ 
 volent Creator’s view in fixing its constitution, and 
 the end having, at the same time, been prosecuted 
 in full conformity with the principles of his all-perfect 
 nature, so as that these principles should be discerni¬ 
 ble in their results, and ascertainable from them. 
 In the same way, we are accustomed to speak of the 
 law as a transcript of the moral excellence of Deity. 
 That excellence, having subsisted before and inde¬ 
 pendently of creation, must be regarded as the origin, 
 at once, and the standard of all existing goodness. 
 The essential principles of that excellence are inde¬ 
 pendent of creation: for in the divine nature they 
 existed before it:—and we cannot go higher or fur¬ 
 ther back than God. Why Deity is what he is,— 
 is a question which cannot be asked but by a com¬ 
 bination of presumptuous impiety and egregious folly. 
 We can only say that he is what he is by an eternal 
 and unalterable necessity; and it matters little whe¬ 
 ther we speak of moral goodness as conformity to his 
 will, or conformity to his nature; his will being neces¬ 
 sarily the counterpart of his nature, and the expres¬ 
 sion and indication of it to his intelligent creatures. 
 
 Now, amongst the moral excellencies which his 
 own word, by its universal tenor and in numberless 
 specific instances, affirms to belong to Him, is truth, 
 —including veracity, in all his statements; sincerity, 
 in all his invitations; and faithfulness, in all his pro¬ 
 mises and threatenings. It is needless to quote pas¬ 
 sages. 66 God that cannot lie,” is his character 
 
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 throughout. And his will respecting the conduct of 
 his creatures, the subjects of his moral government, 
 corresponds, in this as in every other respect, with 
 his own character. It binds us to truth. It obliges 
 us to keep our word. He exhibits himself, in this, 
 as our example. He makes promises to us his crea¬ 
 tures; and by doing so, voluntarily brings himself 
 (and no other being in the universe could have 
 brought him) under obligation. His promises are 
 all free,—the spontaneous dictates of his own good¬ 
 ness,—the self-imposed engagements of his own will. 
 But, although no one could oblige him to make them, 
 since he has no superior; and although, when made, 
 there is no authority to which he is amenable for the 
 keeping of them; yet are they binding upon him by 
 those immutable principles of his moral nature of 
 which we have spoken. He “ cannot lie”—“ it is 
 impossible for God to lie.” This moral necessity is 
 absolute. There is no power in the universe that 
 could hinder his breaking them, and no authority that 
 could call him to account for the breach : so that the 
 impossibility lies not, and cannot lie, in any thing of 
 this kind. To the independent and almighty there 
 can be neither inducement nor intimidation. The 
 impossibility is moral. It arises from the inalien¬ 
 able principles of his nature. He can as soon cease 
 to be what he is, as do any thing inconsistent with 
 what he is. Truth enters essentially into his moral 
 character; and there can be nothing but truth in his 
 dealings with his creatures. The impossibility, 
 though moral, is as absolute as the impossibility of 
 the cessation of the divine existence. We cannot 
 have a stronger or more perfect security. And 
 
what can be more delightful to us than this impossi¬ 
 bility ?—the absolute assurance, that nothing said or 
 done by him can ever deceive us ! 66 He is not a 
 
 man that he should lie. 5? What a sad but too just 
 reflection on the human character, but what a glori¬ 
 ous and not less just tribute to the divine ! Were 
 there a possibility that God should lie or deceive, 
 where would be the worth of all his promises? 
 They are called by the apostle Peter, <c exceeding 
 great and precious.’’ And so, in themselves con¬ 
 sidered, they are. Who can estimate their value ? 
 But the very excellence of their nature, and richness 
 of their amount, make us only the more solicitous 
 about the validity of the word which constitutes their 
 sole security. A promise can be of little account, if 
 we can have no dependence upon the promiser; and 
 every suspicion of his trust-worthiness becomes a 
 proportional deduction from its value.—Had the 
 Most High, the true God and the God of truth, 
 been found, in any one instance, to depart from his 
 word and to fail of fulfilling it—that solitary instance 
 would throw a gloom of uncertainty over all the hopes 
 which his promises inspire. We could then have no 
 absolute assurance, no undoubting confidence. One 
 instance of the kind, fairly substantiated, would ne¬ 
 cessarily take from Deity the power of imparting to 
 the minds of his creatures this unhesitating reliance 
 on his word; and this would take from his creatures 
 that repose of the soul, that <£ peace which passeth 
 all understanding,” which is introduced and main¬ 
 tained by such reliance. The soul could not then, 
 with unshaken security, (( rest in the Lordand it 
 would thus be bereft of one of the sources of its chief 
 
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 joy. But “ he is faithful who hath promisedand 
 it is the union of fidelity in the promiser with pre¬ 
 ciousness of blessing in the promises, that completes 
 the soul’s happiness in the exercise of faith and hope. 
 
 There are certain principles, or maxims of moral 
 casuistry, which have been laid down by ethical writ¬ 
 ers, with regard to the circumstances in which pro¬ 
 mises are or are not binding; which are of no small 
 importance in regard to human engagements, but 
 which are not susceptible of application to the pro¬ 
 mises of God. Two or three of the principal of 
 these may just be noticed:— 
 
 There has been, first of all, a question, as to the 
 sense in which promises are to be interpreted. The 
 rule, as laid down by Paley, is,—that when the 
 terms of a promise admit of more senses than one, it 
 is to be performed in the sense in which the promiser 
 apprehended the promissee to have understood and re¬ 
 ceived it; it being the business of the former to be 
 explicit, and to see to it that the latter has a correct 
 understanding of the terms of his engagement, and 
 of his bona Jide intention. When God, in olden 
 time, gave promises to individuals, he caused those 
 to whom they were given clearly to understand the 
 nature and extent of what he engaged to do for them; 
 and the expectation thus excited, bearing conformity 
 to his purpose, he bound himself, by the voluntary 
 and gracious engagement, to fulfil. But there are 
 promises now recorded in his word, which are not to 
 individuals, but to classes or descriptions of men, 
 whose principles and character are delineated. There 
 they are; and it becomes our concern to see that we 
 rightly understand them. It is very plain, that they 
 
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 can be binding on tbe gracious Promiser only in his 
 own sense, not in any sense which we may choose to 
 affix to them. If we misapprehend them, and are 
 by this means led to form erroneous and unfounded 
 expectations, the fault is ours. The Divine Being 
 can never be brought under obligation by our mis¬ 
 takes. He could not, because the Jews had formed 
 such gross misconceptions of the import of Old Tes¬ 
 tament promises, and had cherished, on the ground 
 of those misconceptions, corresponding expectations 
 as to their Messiah’s coming and reign—be bound to 
 send them a temporal prince, and to institute a worldly 
 kingdom : nor can he be bound to verify modern, any 
 more than ancient misconceptions. When, indeed, 
 we fall into such mistakes, and found our hopes upon 
 them, we expose ourselves to a twofold hazard. 
 There is the obvious hazard of our suffering the pain 
 of frustrated expectations: but there is also another, 
 and even a greater,—the hazard of our being tempted 
 to distrust of the divine word. We fancy it has 
 failed, and our confidence in it is secretly shaken; 
 while, in fact, it is not God’s promise that has been 
 unfulfilled, but only our own false interpretation of it. 
 
 Promises, among men, are not binding in cases 
 where the performance is impossible. They may be 
 made at the time in the full persuasion of their prac¬ 
 ticability ; otherwise, the making of them would be 
 dishonourable and fraudulent: but if afterwards, 
 and contrary to anticipation, the fulfilment is found 
 to be beyond the promiser’s power, the obligation of 
 necessity ceases.—Now, this is a case which can have 
 no existence in regard to divine promises; because 
 “ with God all things are possible:”—all things, 
 
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 that is, which do not involve contradiction, and which 
 are not incompatible with the perfections of his moral 
 nature; and such things he can never promise. His 
 engagements can never go beyond his ability. The 
 range of the universe is within his command for their 
 accomplishment. The laws of nature are his own 
 laws, the rules for the government of his own power; 
 which he can control and suspend at his pleasure. 
 They can never stand in the way of his word. No¬ 
 thing can. Omnipotence cannot be withstood. Our 
 God, who has given us those precious promises, on 
 which our enlarged and confident expectations are 
 founded, can never, on any ground of incapacity, re¬ 
 quire to be released from his voluntary engagements. 
 ££ Has he said, and will he not do ? has he spoken, 
 and will he not make it good ?” Power is not less 
 necessary to the inspiring of confidence than faith¬ 
 fulness : and power that is infinite can in no case in¬ 
 spire a confidence that is excessive. It was in tri¬ 
 umphing over all that unbelieving nature would have 
 pronounced impossibilities, that the peculiar strength 
 of Abraham’s faith was evinced; when ££ against hope 
 he believed in hope,”—when he ££ staggered not at 
 the promise of God through unbelief,” but was 
 6 fully persuaded,” in despite of all difficulties, 
 ££ that what he had promised, he was able also to 
 
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 Promises, it is further said, are not binding, when 
 they are, in the performance, unlawful . We need 
 enter into no discussion of the different cases of hu¬ 
 man engagement which come under this exception. 
 The general principle of the exception is, that a pro¬ 
 mise of what is in its nature unlawful it was wrong 
 
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 to make, and therefore never can be right to fulfil; 
 for, whether the promise was made in ignorance or 
 in consciousness of wrong, it cannot change wrong to 
 right, or render it lawful to do what it was unlawful 
 to engage to do.—Nothing, however, can be plainer, 
 than that the exception admits of no application to 
 the promises of God. No promise can ever be made 
 by Him, but what is in perfect harmony with the 
 principles of moral rectitude. He has always, too, 
 before his mind, a full view of every circumstance that 
 can intervene between the making of the promise and 
 the time of its fulfilment; so that no unanticipated 
 change can, in the meantime, so alter the relative 
 position of things, as to throw any moral hinderance 
 in the way; a case far from uncommon with the pro¬ 
 mises of short-sighted creatures, whose vision of the 
 future is so obscure and limited,—who t£ know not 
 what shall be on the morrow.” 
 
 A third case, in which human promises are not 
 obligatory is, when they are in contrariety to previous 
 engagements. But neither is this a case that can 
 ever occur in regard to divine promises. A man 
 may let slip the recollection of what he had formerly 
 engaged to do, and may bring himself under the ob¬ 
 ligation of a counter-promise, at variance with the 
 former. But with the omniscient God this can never 
 be. He C£ knoweth the end from the beginning;” 
 he forgets nothing; and all his engagements, at what¬ 
 ever distances of time they may be made, are in the 
 most perfect harmony; every one being made in the 
 full remembrance of all the rest. To his infinite 
 mind, indeed, they were all present from eternity : 
 all, as we shall afterwards see, in connexion with 
 
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 Christ; one harmonious scheme of promissory kind¬ 
 ness, gradually unfolding itself from the beginning 
 till the fulness of time; and, in regard to its final 
 accomplishment, reaching forward to the close of the 
 church’s and the world’s history, and embracing eter¬ 
 nity. 
 
 Moral casuists have also debated, to what extent 
 promises are or are not binding, which have been ex¬ 
 torted from the promiser by violence or fear. The 
 very imagination of such a case in regard to the pro¬ 
 mises of God, would be the most fearful impiety. 
 He is infinitely above all such influence. All crea¬ 
 tion is dependent upon him: he is independent of all 
 creation. Immutably blessed in himself, he has no¬ 
 thing to desire, nothing to hope for, from any other 
 being ; and, possessed of almighty power, he can have 
 nothing to fear, were all beings besides to combine 
 against him. A word could annihilate them, as a 
 word gave them existence. Given freely, the divine 
 promises stand sure for ever. 
 
 It may be at once pleasing and profitable for us, 
 to take a hasty glance of what may be called the 
 history of divine promises. We mean, of course, 
 divine promises in reference to our own world; for 
 with any other we are not acquainted: and they are 
 promises which relate to man, both in his unfallen 
 and in his fallen state.— God is love.” Such 
 is the brief but comprehensive character which he 
 has given us of himself. Benevolence belongs 
 essentially and pre-eminently to his moral nature, 
 and is inseparably associated in its exercise with all 
 his other perfections. When we contemplate Deity 
 as Creator, we cannot imagine him, in bringing de- 
 
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 pendent creatures into being, actuated by any other 
 than a benevolent principle. All creation, accord- 
 ingly, is stored with the most irresistible proofs that 
 He who made it is good—supremely good. The 
 Creator of the universe is, at the same time, its 
 moral Ruler; and as such, he is not only good, but 
 righteous. This, too, is a part of his revealed char¬ 
 acter, of which, as well as of the former, there are 
 natural indications. It is discernible in many parts 
 of his providential procedure towards our world; and 
 it is apparent, also, in those sentiments of right and 
 wrong, which, however much modified by peculiar 
 circumstances, may fairly be pronounced common to 
 men. One of these natural sentiments is, that there 
 should be no inflicted suffering except for evil desert. 
 When the principle of this sentiment is in any in¬ 
 stance transgressed, we are immediately sensible of a 
 shock to our moral feelings, of a violation of every 
 conception we are able to form of what is right. We 
 may surely, with safety, regard this natural senti¬ 
 ment as indicating the existence of some counterpart to 
 it in the mind of Deity, forming one of the settled 
 laws or principles of his own administration. Under 
 that administration, we may rest satisfied, there is 
 no such thing as suffering inflicted in sovereignty. 
 Wherever it is endured, it must invariably have been 
 deserved by some act or course of evil; and may al¬ 
 ways be regarded as the expression, not of mere ar¬ 
 bitrary will, but of retributive equity. Suffering is 
 in no case the lot of creatures as such; it belongs to 
 them only as transgressors. So firmly settled should 
 be our assurance of this, that if, in any part of the 
 universe, (supposing we could traverse its bounds,) 
 
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 we were to find suffering, we might, with unhesita¬ 
 ting confidence, even previously to any acquaintance 
 with the actual character of the sufferers, infer the 
 existence of moral delinquency. 
 
 The point to which these observations lead, may 
 not to our readers be at once apparent. It is this— 
 We think that, upon the principles thus laid down, 
 the very bringing of a moral and accountable agent 
 into being may, without impropriety, be considered 
 as implying a promise . The promise may not be 
 formally embodied in words; but it is involved in the 
 essential moral elements, if we may so term them, of 
 the divine character. As, when any man of integrity 
 places another in a situation of dependence, and ser¬ 
 vice, and responsibility, there is tacitly involved, in 
 the very act of so placing him, an engagement for 
 whatever is due to him in the situation on which he 
 enters; so is it, when the Divine Being creates an 
 intelligent agent, and places him in a situation of 
 moral responsibility. I am aware, that the terms in 
 this comparison may, by some, be deemed objection¬ 
 able. What, they may ask, can ever be due from 
 the Creator to the creature? Under what obliga¬ 
 tion can the former ever lie to the latter? or what 
 natural claim of right can the latter ever have upon 
 the former ? Such questions, meant as they are to 
 convey a strong negation, express a sentiment, which 
 is true , and which is not true. It is true in one re¬ 
 spect, and not true in another. It is true, that no 
 creature can properly merit any thing from God. 
 With regard to existence itself, it is self-evident that 
 no creature can, in the nature of things, be entitled 
 to it. There could be no title to it before it was be- 
 
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 stowed,—a title belonging to a nonentity; and, the 
 bestowment of it being an act of God’s sovereign 
 pleasure, there can be as little to its subsequent con¬ 
 tinuance. He who gave it at his pleasure, may at 
 his pleasure resume it. He who has the right to 
 create, has an equal right to annihilate. And, could 
 we imagine such a procedure consistent with his in¬ 
 finite wisdom, he might, without the violation of any 
 claim upon him, have gone on alternately creating 
 and annihilating individuals and worlds every succes¬ 
 sive hour, filling and emptying space with all the 
 endless varieties of inexhaustible contrivance. But 
 still, when existence has been given, so deeply rooted 
 in our moral convictions is the principle we have before 
 stated, as to force upon us the conclusion, without the 
 hesitation of a moment, that the rational agent, when 
 brought into being, shall not, during the continuance 
 of its existence, be a sufferer at the hand of its 
 Maker, unless on account of evil desert. To repre¬ 
 sent Deity as having a right, if he will, to create 
 miserable beings, or to render them miserable at his 
 sovereign pleasure, is to speak without reflection, and 
 to discover a wretchedly mistaken conception of what 
 constitutes the divine glory. So far from glorifying 
 God, it is in the highest degree dishonouring him, 
 to entertain the very supposition of his ever willing 
 such a thing. It is inconsiderately claiming for 
 him a right to do wrong: for if such a supposition 
 can be legitimately made, all our notions of moral 
 principle are thrown into utter confusion, and all 
 the natural sentiments of equity implanted in our 
 bosoms are torn up by the roots.—Creation, then, 
 does, we think, involve a promise; and in the very 
 
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 act of giving existence to intelligent creatures, the 
 Creator appears in the character of a promiser. He 
 could not make any such creatures otherwise than 
 happy, because he could not make them otherwise 
 than holy. Either was morally impossible. His 
 benevolence forbade the former; his purity, the lat¬ 
 ter ;—and in the very creation of such existences as 
 angels and men, their Maker engaged for their con¬ 
 tinuing happy, so long as they continued holy. His 
 moral nature binds him to this, irrespectively of any 
 formally announced promise. Might it not be on 
 this very account, because this principle was so un¬ 
 derstood as to render its formal announcement un¬ 
 necessary, that at man’s creation we do not find any 
 promise directly given him, but only conveyed by im¬ 
 plication under the denunciation of a threatening? 
 When God said to Adam, <e In the day thou eatest 
 thereof, thou shalt surely die,”—there can be no 
 reasonable doubt that his words, although they did 
 not express a promise, involved one. The implica¬ 
 tion is as evident and forcible as any direct expres¬ 
 sion. The amount of the promise may be matter of 
 legitimate question. It may be a point of contro¬ 
 versy, whether it implied merely the continuance of 
 the happy life then enjoyed, or (as is generally be¬ 
 lieved, although revelation is silent about it) the re«- 
 moval of the already blessed tenants of the earthly 
 paradise, after retaining their innocence during a 
 suitable period of probation, to some still more ex¬ 
 alted and glorious state of happiness. We enter not 
 at present into such questions. All that we now 
 seek to affirm is, that promise was implied,—pro¬ 
 mise of at least the continuance of blessedness, so 
 
XXIV 
 
 long as there should be a continuance of obedience. 
 And this is, in strict propriety, the first promise; 
 although we are accustomed, naturally enough, to 
 apply the designation otherwise. This promise was 
 made to man in innocence . 
 
 But that innocence was early lost. Man became 
 a sinner. And the promise which use has designated 
 the first, is one of the very deepest interest to us, 
 as partakers of a fallen and sinful nature. It is the 
 first made to man in his new circumstances. The 
 instant sin was committed—the instant the inter¬ 
 dicted fruit was plucked and eaten—every thing in 
 man’s moral relations to his Maker assumed a new 
 aspect. Suffering, of which, as an innocent creature, 
 he could not be the subject, became to him, as a sin¬ 
 ner, his desert, and his perpetual patrimony. And 
 immediately on his having incurred the threatened 
 penalty, forfeited the promise of life on the condition 
 of obedience, and brought himself under the curse, 
 Jehovah came forward in a new character; or rather, 
 we should say, in a new manifestation of the charac¬ 
 ter that had belonged to him from eternity. O ! how 
 happy for us, that this new discovery of himself was 
 still in the capacity of a promiser ! The promis¬ 
 sory engagement of continued life to continued obe¬ 
 dience, implied in the terms of probation originally 
 announced to man, he had faithfully kept. He 
 might now simply have fulfilled the denunciation, and 
 have made his faithfulness farther apparent, by con¬ 
 signing the transgressor without remedy to all that 
 was included in the threatened death. But he 
 shows himself still true to his character, as combin¬ 
 ing benevolence with truth. He immediately an¬ 
 nounces his purpose of mercy. He makes a promise, 
 
XXV 
 
 —a voluntary, unsolicited, gracious* promise. It is 
 the promise of a Saviour. And this promise became 
 the commencing point of divine revelation; the germ 
 of the tree of life; the little fountain-head of that 
 <£ river of God’s pleasures,” which, receiving sup¬ 
 plies in its course from all the tributary rills of divine 
 discovery, was at length to flow, a mighty tide, pure, 
 deep, and broad, to the ocean of eternity. 
 
 The promise to man was conveyed in the terms of — / 
 a curse upon his malignant seducer: ££ I will put en¬ 
 mity,” said Jehovah to the serpent, ££ between thee 
 and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; 
 it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his 
 heel.” We cannot enter into any disquisition on 
 the terms of this singular declaration. That it was 
 a figurative assurance of the Son of God’s coming, 
 in the fulness of time, to ££ destroy the works of the 
 devil,” and to emancipate from their degrading and 
 miserable thraldom the victims of his too-successful 
 wiles—the whole subsequent tenor of Scripture for¬ 
 bids us to doubt. With whatever obscurity the 
 truth was expressed, and however imperfectly it might 
 be understood, enough was assuredly learned from it 
 to impart consolation, hope, and joy to the guilty and 
 forlorn pair. Believing in the promised Redeemer, 
 and in their justly-offended God as through him the 
 God of peace, their spirits were relieved from the 
 tormenting agitations of shame and fear, and restored 
 to tranquillity. The inward storm was hushed, and 
 there was a calm. The blessed God, although on a 
 new ground, was still their friend. Turning away 
 from them his merited anger, he won back to himself 
 their alienated affections by unmerited love. The 
 
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 chief of their dreaded evils was thus removed; and 
 the removal of this lifted such a load from their hearts 
 as to give them comfort and gladness under all that 
 remained. When God addresses them after their 
 fall, it is not entirely in the language of promise. 
 There is also judicial sentence, dooming them to cer¬ 
 tain penal results of their trespass, to which, notwith¬ 
 standing the new promise of life, they were to con¬ 
 tinue subject. But the promise is introduced first, 
 to sustain and cheer them under the labours and the 
 woes denounced in the sentence. 
 
 ft is a circumstance worthy of special notice, how 
 the very penalties denounced are associated with 
 good, and made the means of its production. Thus, 
 when God says to the woman , 44 I will greatly 
 multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow 
 shalt thou bring forth children —how beautiful is 
 this association ! her consolation springing from the 
 very specialty in which her peculiar curse consisted ! 
 the fountain that was to send forth the bitter waters, 
 sending forth also the sweet! From that very pe¬ 
 culiarity in her condition, in which she was most to 
 experience, during the present life, the bitter conse¬ 
 quences of her sin, was, at the same time, to proceed 
 her chief joy, both for the present and the future:— 
 for it was 44 the seed of the woman” that was to 
 46 bruise the head of the serpent.” If 44 in sorrow she 
 was to bring forth children,” it was still, even amidst 
 nature’s anguish, to be the 44 cordial of her sinking 
 heart,” that this promised seed, the 44 Child to be 
 born, the Son to be given,” in the fulness of time, 
 was to be her Saviour from sin and death. This 
 seems to be the sentiment expressed by Paul in 
 
XXV11 
 
 1 Tim. ii. 15. where, after stating the special hein- 
 ousness of the woman’s part in the first transgression, 
 he adds, “ Notwithstanding, she shall be saved in 
 child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, 
 and holiness, with sobriety.” The words, more 
 literally rendered, are — 66 Notwithstanding, she shall 
 be saved by child-bearing;” which, in this connexion, 
 amounts to the same thing as by the child horn . The 
 meaning is, that that was to prove her salvation with 
 which, as to her, the temporal curse was especially con¬ 
 nected. In child-bearing she was to have sorrow; but by 
 this very child-bearing she was to obtain her redemption. 
 The thought is an interesting and pleasing one; and 
 is fitted to impart consolation and joy to the believing 
 daughters of Eve in every age.—With regard, 
 again, to the curse pronounced <c for man's sake” on 
 the ground, and the requisition of weary toil in or¬ 
 der to its productiveness; may we not truly and 
 gratefully say, that God has been even better to man 
 than his word ? Not only is the necessity of labour 
 a blessing to a fallen creature, the subject of so many 
 evil tendencies, which idleness would serve to cherish 
 into luxuriant rankness; but in the very pronounc¬ 
 ing of the curse there is involved a promise—-the 
 promise of “ bread” as the product of the 66 sweat of 
 the brow.” And how ample has been the accom¬ 
 plishment ! There is a curse. But in how many 
 instances does it appear as if kindly mitigated by the 
 God of promise ! If in one place nature is barren 
 and dreary, yielding with reluctant hand her scanty 
 produce; in how many places is it otherwise ! the 
 earth teeming in some with spontaneous abundance, 
 and garnished with all the rich profusion of uncultured 
 
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 loveliness; and in others, returning to the husband¬ 
 man’s labour a luxuriant and joyful recompense ! It 
 is as the God of promise, that, having <£ framed and 
 stored,” he 
 
 --“ still upholds a world, 
 
 So fraught with beauty for rebellious man.” 
 
 The first promise ought to be regarded as the 
 source of all that contributes, even in the present life, 
 to man’s comfort and happiness. But it is more; 
 it is transcendently, it is infinitely more. It is the 
 fountain of life eternal. How unspeakably delight¬ 
 ful must it have been to our first parents, when their 
 offended God came forward in this way as the God 
 of salvation ! It was fitted to produce two effects, 
 seemingly opposite, but really consistent—sorrow and 
 joy. How could it but melt them to humble peni¬ 
 tential sorrow for their sin, when that gracious Be¬ 
 ing, from whom they had nothing to expect but to 
 be frowned away from his presence, to suffer the due 
 reward of their guilt and folly,—instead of dealing 
 thus with them, came forward not to condemn, but to 
 save,—his eye, not kindling in anger, but beaming 
 with compassion,—his hand, not armed with ven¬ 
 geance, but filled with the gifts of grace,—his lips, 
 not giving utterance to the denunciations of wrath, 
 but, in the “ still small voice of love,” soothing them 
 with the promises of kindness and life ! And, while 
 such unmerited mercy melted them to contrite grief, 
 how must it, at the same time, have diffused through 
 their souls the blessed sunshine of joy, and have in¬ 
 spired the sacred resolution, which this joy would be 
 their strength to fulfil, to “ glorify God,” in his ap- 
 
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 propriate character as the God of salvation, “ in their 
 body and in their spirit,” which were thus, by a new 
 obligation, 66 his !” And how cheering to us is this 
 retrospect to the first promissory intimations of divine 
 love to fallen man ! to contemplate Jehovah thus im¬ 
 mediately showing his “ delight in mercy !”—not 
 lingering, and delaying, and leaving the poor con- 
 science-stricken culprits to pine and tremble in uncer¬ 
 tainty, and doubt, and apprehension of the worst; 
 but instantly making known his salvation,—giving 
 them, with the smile of reconciliation and peace, the 
 embryo promise of all his purposes of mercy to them¬ 
 selves and their fallen progeny ! 
 
 It is impossible for us, without exceeding due 
 bounds, to travel through all the details of this in¬ 
 teresting subject. That the promise of the Saviour 
 became the theme of early prophecy, we learn from 
 Jude, who, speaking of certain unprincipled teachers of 
 false doctrines, says, 66 Enoch also, the seventh from 
 Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord 
 cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute 
 judgment upon all, and to convict all that are ungodly 
 among them of all their ungodly deeds which they 
 have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches 
 which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” As¬ 
 suredly he who thus predicted the second, was not si¬ 
 lent as to the first coming of the Lord.—This first pro¬ 
 mise, too, became the substance of what Jehovah calls 
 i his covenant —his covenant of promise : a covenant, 
 when the term is applied to divine transactions with 
 men, meaning simply an engagement voluntarily made 
 and revealed, and usually confirmed by oath, or rati¬ 
 fied by sacrifice. This promissory covenant was estab- 
 
XXX 
 
 lished with Noah, at the very time—the interesting 
 and awful time—when the decree was intimated to him 
 of the universal desolation by the waters of the deluge: 
 Gen. vi. 18. And after the second father of man¬ 
 kind had, according to divine engagement, been pre¬ 
 served, and his family with him, in the ark, a promise 
 is given of temporal blessings to be continued to all 
 the successive generations of men; but this promise 
 is so associated, as to make it strikingly manifest how 
 intimately all the good which God engages to bestow 
 is connected with the mediation of 44 the seed of the 
 woman”—Gen. viii. 20—22: 46 And Noah builded an 
 altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, 
 and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings 
 on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour: 
 and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse 
 the ground any more for man’s sake; for” (or rather, 
 although) 44 the imagination of man’s heart is evil from 
 his youth : neither will I again smite any more every 
 thing living, as I have done. While the earth re¬ 
 main eth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, 
 and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not 
 cease.”—He must be very ignorant of his Bible, who 
 is at a loss to know whence arose the 44 sweet sa¬ 
 vour,” or savour of rest, from Noah’s sacrifice. It 
 was not merely, nor chiefly, from the devotion of the 
 worshipper, (though that also was doubtless pleasing 
 to Jehovah,) but from the typical nature of the offer¬ 
 ing, as pointing to the great atonement of the fulness 
 of time. And thus it is that men are indirectly in¬ 
 debted to the mediation of Christ, in ways of which 
 they little think. They talk, and sometimes elo¬ 
 quently, of the great Author of nature, of his good- 
 
XXXI 
 
 ness in stocking the world with his bounties, and of 
 his skill in adapting his various provisions to the wants 
 of the various branches of the human family: but 
 “ this they are willingly ignorant of,” that, all good 
 whatever having been forfeited by sin, all is now en¬ 
 joyed, even life itself, by the merciful sufferance, and 
 relenting kindness, of the God of grace. All the 
 benefits of <e seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, 
 and summer and winter, and day and night,” are 
 enjoyed in virtue of a promise made by Jehovah when 
 he smelled the sweet savour of a typical sacrifice,— 
 having respect, in the making of it, to the atonement 
 of the promised Redeemer. In the same connexion, 
 therefore, ought we to regard the more amplified pro¬ 
 mise, that the flood should no more go over the earth, 
 accompanied as it was with the beautiful emblem of 
 peace, the bow set in the cloud: Gen. ix. 8—17. This, 
 indeed, is the same promise as the other, in different 
 terms; and it must be traced to the same divine satis¬ 
 faction in the appointed Mediator. To this satisfac¬ 
 tion, then, do men owe, without being aware of it, 
 the very preservation of their earthly dwelling-place : 
 —so that, when we look on the lovely arch of hea¬ 
 ven, itself produced by rain, and the pledge from 
 God that rain shall never again lay the earth deso¬ 
 late, we look upon it not only with an eye captivated 
 by its unrivalled beauties, but with a heart swelling 
 with gratitude for Jehovah’s mediatorial covenant of 
 promise. 
 
 The next great stage, in the history of Divine 
 promises, is the calling of Abraham, and the estab¬ 
 lishing of God’s covenant with him. That covenant 
 is substantially the same as the first promise. That 
 
XXX11 
 
 promise, at least, is the basis on which all the other 
 promises in the Abrahamic covenant rest. The seed 
 of the woman and the seed of Abraham are the same 
 person : and when the patriarch was called out of 
 Ur of the Chaldees, this was the promise first made 
 to him,—that in him” (that is, as the progen¬ 
 itor of the promised seed) fiC all the families of the 
 earth should be blessed Gen. xii. 1—3. The seed 
 of Abraham being the same with the seed of the 
 woman, the connexion of all the other promises of 
 God with this remained as it had been before. All 
 blessings, temporal and spiritual, were associated 
 with it.—When God says to Abraham, “ My cove¬ 
 nant will I establish with thee,” he does not, we 
 apprehend, speak of a covenant that was now for 
 the first time to be introduced. We are accus¬ 
 tomed to call it by the patriarch’s name, because then 
 it was more fully revealed, and more formally rati¬ 
 fied : but it was the same covenant, of which God 
 had spoken in the same language to Noah; and 
 the same that had existed from the giving of the 
 original promise, which became the ground and the 
 prototype of all Jehovah’s subsecjuent covenants and 
 gracious dealings with men. The promise, accord¬ 
 ingly, of the land of Canaan, of the multiplication of 
 Abraham’s seed, of his being the father of many na¬ 
 tions, and of Jehovah’s being a God to him and to 
 his seed after him, were not promises of mere tem¬ 
 poral blessings, and of earthly, secular, transitory re¬ 
 lations between God and his people. They are, 
 every one of them, in the New Testament, spiritually 
 interpreted. The promise of Canaan is, at the same 
 time, the promise of heaven, the “ better country 
 
XXXill 
 
 the promise of the multiplication of his seed is ex¬ 
 plained, not merely of the increase of Israel after the 
 flesh, but of his spiritual children, the true Israel, 
 partakers with him of " like precious faith;” his 
 being the 66 father of many nations,” as intimating 
 that this spiritual progeny should consist, not of Jews 
 only, but of Gentiles also of every kindred; and 
 Jehovah’s being his God and the God of his seed, 
 is interpreted of his being (although with a primary 
 reference to his offspring after the flesh, among 
 whom the first portion of the spiritual family was to 
 arise,) the reconciled God, the Father, the Friend, 
 and the <c exceeding great Reward,” of all the seed 
 to whom, in Christ, the promises were made. See 
 Heb. xi. 13—16. 
 
 The same covenant was, in substance, repeated in 
 the divine engagements of a promissory nature with 
 Isaac, and Jacob, and Joseph. The promise of Ca¬ 
 naan, in its temporal and typical meaning, Moses was 
 subsequently chosen to fulfil: and Jehovah, in his 
 first appearance to the deliverer and legislator of his 
 people, with the view of giving him his commission, 
 recognises, as the ground and reason of that commis¬ 
 sion, the promises of his covenant with the ancient 
 fathers of Israel: Exod. iii. 6, 15. vi. 4. That 
 which Moses, then, was commissioned to do, and ac¬ 
 tually did, was no more than the partial following 
 out, in their accomplishment, of preceding promises. 
 And to Moses himself, and through him to Israel, 
 the promissory intimations of God related to the same 
 seed of the woman and seed of Abraham; only under 
 new designations. It was he of whom Moses said,— 
 and pointed reference is made to the promise by New 
 
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XXXIV 
 
 Testament writers—“ The Lord thy God will raise 
 up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy 
 brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken 
 Deut. xviii. 15—19.—'The entire ceremonial law w r as 
 a system of typical prediction and promise, having spe¬ 
 cial reference to the priesthood, and sacrifice, and 
 mediation in general, of the Son of God, with all their 
 concomitant and consequent blessings. And all the 
 prophets, those “ holy men of God who spake as they 
 were moved by the Holy Ghost,” in the successive 
 periods of the Jewish history, bore their testimony, 
 predictive and promissory, to the same things. They 
 warned, it is true, and they threatened, in the name 
 of a righteous and merciful, but ill-requited and justly- 
 offended God: but the burden of their song, the 
 grand theme of their anticipative celebration, was still 
 the same. They abounded in promise : and of all 
 that they promised, Christ was the ground, and 
 Christ indeed the sum. 44 The testimony of Jesus 
 was the spirit of prophecy.” 66 The truth to Jacob, 
 and the mercy to Abraham,” was what God fi£ sware 
 unto the fathers from the days of old ;” and from 
 Enoch to Malachi, this was the point in which all 
 the promises centered. This was the promise of 
 promises; containing in it all the rest, as the germ 
 contains in miniature all the parts of the branching 
 tree. It was to the fulfilment of this that Jehovah 
 stood peculiarly pledged ; and in the fulfilment of 
 this, all the variety of new covenant engagements 
 might be said to find their accomplishment;—all that 
 the God of salvation had promised either to do or to 
 give in behalf of his church, in this world, or in the 
 world to come. Hence, in the New Testament, and 
 
XXXV 
 
 especially in the preaching and writings of the apos¬ 
 tles, the constant allusion to the ancient promises as 
 having substantially found their fulfilment in the 
 coming, and work, and commencing kingdom, of Jesus 
 of Nazareth. If the reader will look to Acts iii. 
 22—26. Acts xiii. 32—41. 1 Pet. i. 10—12, he will 
 find a specimen of a great deal to the same purpose. 
 
 All along, then, it has been the fact,—and it is a 
 fact well deserving of universal and attentive con¬ 
 sideration, that the God with whom sinners have to 
 do has never appeared in the character of a promiser 
 of good, except in connexion with the discovery of a 
 Mediator. All divine promise has been in the name 
 of Jesus. And so it continues. All the good that 
 the Divine Being engages to do for man, is in virtue 
 of the mediation of his Son. Having faithfully ve¬ 
 rified the grand promise which had, from the begin¬ 
 ning, been the joy and hope of the ancient church; 
 he now holds forth all remaining promises on this 
 ground. Out of Christ, therefore, sinners look in 
 vain for any good at God’s hand. Without him, all 
 is curse. From the exercise of that providential good¬ 
 ness, which “ is kind to the evil and unthankful 
 which evinces the force of its operation in the magni¬ 
 tude of the obstacles overcome by it in the bestow- 
 ment of its gifts; and by which he so graciously, so 
 constantly, but, alas ! in most cases so ineffectually, 
 wooes them to himself,—men may enjoy many and 
 valuable temporal blessings. But, if they refuse 
 Christ, his chief mercy, his C( unspeakable gift,” 
 66 their very blessings are cursed.” Pie can have no 
 complacency in those who show no regard to Him 
 whom he 6( delighteth to honour.” He cannot ac- 
 
XXXVI 
 
 eept, but must reject as insults, professions of grati¬ 
 tude for his providential bounties, coming from lips 
 which never thank him for the gift of his Son. To 
 all, on the contrary, who are in Christ, their very 
 trials are blessings ,— 44 all things working together 
 for their good.” And when both shall stand before 
 the judgment-seat of Christ, the address to the one 
 will be — 44 Come, ye blessed,” and to the other— 
 46 Depart, ye cursed;” and upon the one shall come all 
 the blessings that are promised, and upon the other 
 all the curses that are threatened, in this book. 
 
 When Jehovah made the promise of a Redeemer, 
 that promise included of course all that the Redeemer 
 was to do, and all the blessings that were to arise to 
 sinful men from his mediation. The Redeemer’s 
 work, as the designation implies, was to redeem ; and 
 in the promise of a Redeemer were involved the pro¬ 
 mises of all the blessings of the redemption he was to 
 accomplish. That promise was a germinating one, 
 prolific of many more : or rather, it was a stock on 
 which a multitude of others were engrafted, bearing all 
 the varieties of nutritious and refreshing fruits, which 
 are needed by the children of God in passing through 
 this wilderness; and which, indeed, shall form their 
 provision for eternity. These promises are, in their 
 contents, 44 exceeding great and precious,” and in 
 number and variety they are more than co-extensive 
 with all the diversity of temporal and spiritual need 
 of which his people can be the subjects. To satisfy 
 our readers of this, we have only to refer them to the 
 work which these introductory remarks are intended to 
 recommend. Look at its table of contents. Glance, 
 however cursorily, over its pages. You will at on|e 
 
XXXV11 
 
 see what an inexhaustible fulness there is in the pro¬ 
 missory engagements of a covenant God. The ne¬ 
 cessity is thus superseded of attempting any enumera¬ 
 tion of them here. But it may be at once interest¬ 
 ing and instructive, if we now endeavour to reduce 
 these promises of God under some common princi¬ 
 ple. We know nothing of greater consequence than 
 this. We are apt to view the promises in too uncon¬ 
 nected and insulated a light; each by itself, as an¬ 
 swering a present purpose. They ought rather to be 
 regarded as forming a harmonious scheme, arranged 
 in subserviency to one great object, and fitted, in 
 various ways, for working out its attainment. And 
 what can this object be ? What, but the great end 
 of the Redeemer’s mission and work ! Of that end 
 we cannot suppose the God of salvation ever to lose 
 sight: and we conceive all the promises to have an 
 ultimate relation to it; every one of them, directly or 
 indirectly, contributing to bring it about. This ob¬ 
 ject, then, is, in one word, eternal life. In this 
 scripture phrase all is summed up that is contained in 
 the promises of God: eternal life including deliver¬ 
 ance from ignorance, from guilt, from sin, and from 
 all the miseries which are their result; and restora¬ 
 tion to the knowledge, the favour, the image, and the 
 enjoyment of God. To the final attainment, then, 
 of this eternal life,—this consummation of glory and 
 blessedness,—all the promises point. The glory of ’ 
 
 God, we are aware, is here, as in every thing else, 
 the first object; but we speak at present of the end 
 in regard to those to whom the promises are made. 
 
 To this end, then, even the promises of the com¬ 
 ing and work of the Redeemer, must, in as far as man 
 
XXXV111 
 
 is concerned, be considered as subordinate. Not that 
 the gift promised was inferior in intrinsic excellence. 
 No; it was incomparably superior. It was the great¬ 
 est possible. The gift of his own Son was the richest 
 boon which it was in the power of Deity himself to con¬ 
 fer. The promise which contained it, contained more 
 than all the rest together. What we mean by call¬ 
 ing it subordinate is, that, with regard to man, the 
 mission and work of the promised Saviour were de¬ 
 signed for this end. Even the bestowment of a gift 
 so truly and literally divine, would have been of no 
 essential benefit to man, but for its connexion, as a 
 mean, with his final and eternal happiness. It is in 
 this sense, as being a means to an end, that we speak 
 of it as subordinate; not in its own intrinsic value, 
 but in its value to man. There was another end 
 answered, which had reference to God; namely, the 
 securing and showing forth of his glory in man’s sal¬ 
 vation. This was indispensable: and it was the in¬ 
 finite weight of this end that rendered necessary the 
 mediation of one whose dignity was commensurate to 
 the grandeur of the design. It was divine glory that 
 was to be secured and illustrated; and no one was 
 competent to this but a divine Mediator. But the 
 two ends were inseparable; and to man, the value of 
 the gift of God’s Son certainly lay in the relation 
 which it bore to his everlasting happiness. But for 
 this, it could not, properly speaking, have been a pro¬ 
 mise or a gift to us. Such is the representation of 
 the case in Scripture. Why did God give his only- 
 begotten Son ? It was in love to the world, “ that 
 whosoever helieveth in him might not perish , but have 
 everlasting life.” John iii. 16. See also 1 John 
 iv. 9. v. 11, 12. ii. 25. Tit. i. 2. 
 
XXXIX 
 
 With regard to the two great classes of promises 
 which are made in Christ to believers, they also have 
 the same end. They regard 66 the life that now is, 
 and that which is to come,” including all things that 
 pertain, in the phrase of another apostle, u to life 
 and to godliness.’’ They are thus usually divided 
 into spiritual and temporal promises. But, when con¬ 
 templated in relation to the great end of which we 
 have just spoken, they may, with the strictest pro¬ 
 priety, and in perfect accordance with the clear inti¬ 
 mations of divine writ, be divided into the directly 
 and the indirectly spiritual . 
 
 Let us explain our meaning. There are, first ol' 
 all, the promises that are directly spiritual. These 
 may be considered as summed up in one,—the pro¬ 
 mise of the Holy Spirit, in all the variety of his in¬ 
 fluences. The work of the Spirit forms a most es¬ 
 sential part of the scheme of salvation. Without it, 
 Christ must have died in vain; all the present and 
 eternal results of his mediation being the product of 
 the Spirit’s agency. Divine influence, accordingly, 
 stands prominent among the promised blessings of 
 God’s covenant. It is so in the prophetic intima¬ 
 tions of that covenant: Jer. xxxi. 33, 34. Ezek. 
 xxxvi. 25—27. The apostle Paul represents this 
 promise as including the fulfilment of all that was con¬ 
 tained in the spiritual import of the covenant with 
 Abraham: Gal. iii. 13, 14. The Lord Jesus him¬ 
 self gives the promise in his Father’s name, Luke xi. 
 9 —13.—he gives it as peculiarly characteristic of 
 the new covenant dispensation, John vii. 37—39. 
 and he makes it his chief promise to his disciples on 
 his leaving the world. He dwells upon it in his fare- 
 
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 well discourse to them; and in terms which clearly 
 show, that while they and others were to be super- 
 naturally qualified, by inspiration and miraculous 
 powers, for the fulfilment of their commission, it was 
 not in such communications only that the Spirit was 
 to be bestowed, but in all the variety of his saving 
 influences,—to enlighten, to renew, to gladden, to 
 purify,—to bring sinners, by the truth, to God and 
 to eternal life! John xvi. T-—11, Even inspiration 
 
 and miraculous agency had themselves an end beyond 
 the communication and establishment of truth. Why 
 was the truth communicated? Why were the proofs 
 accumulated of its being from God ? Were not both 
 designed for the purpose of bringing sinners, through 
 faith, to spiritual and eternal life ? All the means 
 of imparting and confirming truth would have been 
 a vain and idle expenditure, in as far as men were con¬ 
 cerned, but for this benevolent result. And it is for 
 the sake of the same result that the gracious influences 
 of the Spirit are promised, to render the truth effica¬ 
 cious in bringing sinners to God, and to carry for¬ 
 ward in the souls of believers the principles of the 
 spiritual life. The promise is inseparably connected 
 with this growth in grace, and so with the final con¬ 
 summation of the soul’s life in heaven. This is the 
 issue to which the whole scheme of spiritual communi¬ 
 cation is subservient. As the Holy Spirit carries 
 on his gracious work by means , it becomes our pro- 
 \ince to use the prescribed means with diligence and 
 constancy 5 but still the energy which gives the means 
 efficiency must come from above! and this energy is 
 in piomise. We have the most ample encourage¬ 
 ment to seek and to expect it. Our sin is, that*we 
 
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 do not expect more largely, and with greater assur¬ 
 ance of faith. The promise of the blessing is neces¬ 
 sarily implied in the very command to employ the 
 means. What could otherwise be done by us ? All 
 that is truly good must be wrought in us. With¬ 
 out the influences of heaven, we can make no pro¬ 
 gress. We should have minds dark, and hearts im¬ 
 pure ; we should fail in every duty, we should fall 
 before every temptation ; we should sink under every 
 trial, we should be seduced by every pleasure; we 
 should have no inward principle or affection in proper 
 exercise; we should go back, and not forward, and 
 become more conformed to the world instead of more 
 meet for heaven—but for the supply of the Spirit of 
 God. This being the case, every injunction laid upon 
 us to <c grow in grace,” to 6i cleanse ourselves,” to 
 (i work out our own salvation,” must of necessity im¬ 
 ply the perfect freeness of the needed influences to all 
 who ask them. The God of truth and love can never 
 contradict himself: he can never tantalize his people by 
 commanding what can only be done with his Spirit’s 
 aid, and yet keeping back that aid when looked for 
 in order to the fulfilment of the command. Far from 
 us be so unworthy an imputation. Such injunctions 
 amount to injunctions to have the Spirit, and imply 
 the unqualified readiness of God to bestow it. And 
 the bestowment, we repeat, is invariably connected 
 with his purpose to bring believing sinners to the final 
 possession of eternal life. To this consummation the 
 whole points; and the tendency, which is immediate 
 and direct, to the attainment of this end, is the prin¬ 
 ciple according to which all the divine supplies of 
 grace are regulated. 
 
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 The same principle is delightfully applicable to the 
 whole administration of Providence towards the sub¬ 
 jects of his grace; and applicable, on grounds that 
 are not factitious and imaginary, but. sound and satis¬ 
 factory to the spiritually-enlightened judgment. The 
 promises of God in regard to the present life we have, on 
 this account, denominated, indirectly spiritual. They 
 are temporal in their nature, but spiritual in their end. 
 They are not, by any means, to be considered as hav¬ 
 ing their sole reference to the comfort arising in this 
 world from the supplies of which they pledge the pro¬ 
 vision. As the miracles which Jesus wrought were 
 not designed merely for the sake of the temporal 
 benefits immediately conferred by them, but for an 
 ulterior and higher purpose, even the confirmation of 
 truth, in order to the salvation of souls;—so is it 
 with all the divine arrangement of the temporal cir¬ 
 cumstances of his people. The arrangement pro¬ 
 ceeds upon a principle,—a settled principle,—from 
 which no truly spiritual mind can ever allow itself to 
 wish a departure. The principle is—that every thing 
 temporal shall he subservient to what is spiritual and 
 eternal. All things in providence are ordered with 
 the view of confirming and advancing the spiritual 
 life in the soul, and so of bringing to the final pos¬ 
 session of life everlasting. A due attention to this 
 simple principle, will remove from our minds a great 
 deal of the perplexity (sometimes so painful) in re¬ 
 gard to those promises wdiich relate to the 6( life that 
 now is.” It is a principle by which they are all har¬ 
 monized and brought into consistency. 
 
 Let us take for an illustrative example the words 
 of Jesus, Matth. vi. 31—33. “ Therefore, take no 
 
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 thought, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we 
 drink, or wherewithal shall we be clothed ? for after all 
 these things do the Gentiles seek : for your heavenly 
 Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 
 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his right¬ 
 eousness ; and all these things shall be added unto 
 you.” Here is a promise of temporal good things 
 to those who fit seek first the kingdom of God.” 
 What, then, is the spirit of the promise? Every 
 promise is, from its nature, an expression of kindness ; 
 and that which is promised can never be evil, but 
 always good. Now, is it not quite conceivable, that 
 temporal blessings, bestowed in certain measures, and 
 in particular circumstances, may be prejudicial in their 
 tendency to the spiritual interests of those on whom 
 they are bestowed ? Conceivable ! Alas, it is no 
 matter of mere conception, or imagination. Many 
 a time has the injurious tendency been verified in ex¬ 
 perience. Here, then, comes in our principle. The 
 purpose of God is, to bring his people to the full en¬ 
 joyment of eternal life. This is the good which 
 he has mercifully destined them to obtain,—the grand 
 definitive purpose of his grace concerning them. Of 
 this he never loses sight; and the principle is, that 
 every act of his providence, in withholding, confer¬ 
 ring, or withdrawing, the good things of time, is re¬ 
 gulated in due subserviency to the attainment of this 
 purpose. He promises good. But temporal good, 
 he sees, would, in certain cases, be spiritual evil; the 
 health of the body, the debility of the soul; the gain 
 of earth, the loss of heaven; the gratification of a 
 passing day, the jeopardy of eternity. Would it, 
 then, be consistent with the spirit of his promises to 
 
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 bestow this temporal good ? Would it not cease to 
 be a good? Would it not become the very worst of 
 evils ? not a blessing, but a curse ? And must it 
 not, in that case, be excluded from among the sub¬ 
 jects of promise? It would be a promise of evil. 
 
 •—The correctness of this principle is involved in the 
 very terms of the promise by which these remarks 
 have been suggested. For, what is it his disciples 
 are enjoined by the Saviour to do? It is to 46 seek 
 first the kingdom of God.” Must not the promise 
 that follows, then, be in harmony with this principle 
 of their character ? Is not it necessarily to be un¬ 
 derstood as implying, that the promised temporal sup¬ 
 plies shall be dealt out to them in such a way, both 
 as to time and measure, as shall not hinder but pro¬ 
 mote the great object on which they are enjoined to 
 set their first desires ? Could they be said to “ seek 
 first the kingdom of God,” if they indulged the wish 
 for any temporal good, at the hazard of coming short 
 of that kingdom ? And does not the state of mind 
 which they were enjoined to cultivate, include a full 
 acquiescence in the principle, that temporal benefits 
 should be given or withheld, accumulated or stinted, 
 just as our heavenly Father, in his infinite wisdom, 
 knows will be most conducive to the grand end he 
 has himself in view for the objects of his love, and on 
 which his grace has taught them to fix their own su¬ 
 preme desires ? Surely. And the very thought of 
 this being the principle by which the promises of 
 temporal good are to be interpreted, and according to 
 which the procedure of our heavenly Father is uni¬ 
 formly guided, is most comfortable and cheering 
 to our souls. How happy for us, that the regula- 
 
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 tion of our temporal lot is not left in our own hands ! 
 Even were we always sensible of the importance of 
 the principle, and desirous to apply it; yet so great 
 is our self-ignorance, so deficient our acquaintance 
 with the deceitfulness of our hearts, and with the 
 tendencies of different circumstances upon our char¬ 
 acters and conduct, that we should be liable to inces¬ 
 sant mistakes, such as would be to the detriment 
 rather than to the benefit of our best interests. We 
 might introduce many changes; and some of them 
 might for the time have the appearance of improve¬ 
 ments : but ultimately they would all be for the worse. 
 The present and temporary benefit would, in every 
 case, turn out an ulterior and permanent injury. It 
 is delightful to contemplate the providence of God, 
 as, in this way, only a branch of the administra¬ 
 tion of his grace. When the apostle Paul says, 
 (i We know that all things work together for good 
 to them who love God,” we may fairly hold his in¬ 
 spired assurance as equivalent to a direct and spe¬ 
 cial divine engagement. In our interpretation of the 
 promises, then, we must never overlook this principle. 
 It is the only legitimate one; and it is the only one 
 that can save us from misapprehension and distrust. 
 W e are not to fancy, when our blessed Master says, 
 <e All these things shall be added unto you,” that he 
 engages to supply us with temporal blessings accord¬ 
 ing to the measure of our own wishes; for this would, 
 in many instances, be an engagement to injure us. 
 The rule of his procedure is not our judgment, but 
 his own. We are to have our temporal supplies, 
 according to the will of Him who knows infallibly what 
 is best for us; and who uniformly determines what 
 
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 is best by one criterion,—what will most effectually 
 conduce to the advancement of our spiritual, and the 
 security of our eternal interests. Surely, in leaving 
 ail in his hands to be regulated by this principle, well 
 may 66 the peace of God, which passeth all under¬ 
 standing, keep our hearts and minds by Christ Jesus.” 
 
 The same principle applies, in its full force, to 
 those promises which relate to the answer of 'prayer. 
 Jesus has said—-“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever 
 ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it 
 you :”—and the apostle John—“ This is the confi¬ 
 dence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing 
 according to his will he heareth us; and if we know* 
 that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that 
 we have the petitions that we desired of him John 
 xvi. 23. 1 John v. 14, 15.-—What mean such de¬ 
 clarations ? That every thing which we may think 
 fit to ask shall be literally bestowed upon us ? As¬ 
 suredly not. That would not have the effect of a 
 promise, but of a threatening. Alas ! for us, if the 
 dispensations of God were, in every case, to be de¬ 
 termined by the letter of our petitions ! How often 
 would answers to prayer be curses instead of bless¬ 
 ings ! Still, then, we keep hold of our principle. 
 The obvious spirit of the assurances in question is, 
 that no believing prayer shall be unheard and unan¬ 
 swered. It may not be answered according to the 
 letter; but an answer it shall have. If we are in 
 our right senses, we cannot, we dare not, desire more . 
 than this. More would be no privilege. “ If a 
 son,” says Jesus, “ shall ask bread of any of you 
 that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he 
 ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or 
 
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 if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ?” 
 How unnatural would be the father that could act 
 such a part! But suppose a self-willed child, in 
 ignorance of their noxious qualities, were to ask for 
 the serpent or the scorpion, and even to insist upon 
 having it; would the father be less unnatural, who 
 would gratify his child’s wayward and incredulous 
 humour at the peril of his life ? Thus it may be 
 with us. We may ask the serpent or the scorpion. 
 We may ask what to our minds seems innoxious and 
 even good, but what our heavenly Father sees would 
 in the end tc bite like a serpent, and sting like an 
 adder.” Would there be love in his granting it ? 
 Happily for his children, he resembles not those 
 weak-minded parents who are guided by the mere 
 impulse of present feeling. He never overlooks fu¬ 
 ture injury for the sake of present indulgence; nor 
 will grant, even to importunity, a mistaken request. 
 If a child of his, indeed, should be wayward and 
 fretful, and fancy, like Jonah, he 6£ does well to be 
 angry,” he may correct him for his presumption by 
 “ giving him his heart’s desire;” teaching him thus, 
 by bitter experience, a salutary lesson. But in this 
 case, the principle still operates. The temporal is 
 made subservient to the spiritual. The lesson does 
 good to the soul.—That prayer may be really and 
 satisfactorily answered, even when the letter of the 
 petition is denied, we have a fine exemplification in 
 the case of Paul, when he 66 prayed thrice” that 
 “ the thorn in the flesh might depart from him.” 
 It did not depart. The evil, whatsoever it might 
 be, was not removed. Was his prayer, then, un¬ 
 attended to, and unanswered ? Far from it. The 
 
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 answer given was, to the spirit of the petitioner, 
 satisfactory and cheering— cc He said unto me, My 
 grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made 
 perfect in weakness.” This was enough. It as¬ 
 sured him that neither himself nor his cause should 
 suffer; but rather that his divine Master would make 
 the weakness of his servant to illustrate and magnify 
 his own power. He therefore exults in the gracious 
 answer; not satisfied merely, but delighted, that any 
 suffering of his should, through the grace that ena¬ 
 bled him to bear it, contribute to the honour of his 
 Lord: “ Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory 
 in my infirmities; that the power of Christ may rest 
 upon me !” 
 
 The divine promises comprehend a rich and end¬ 
 less variety. They embrace time and eternity; and 
 therefore include all descriptions of temporal and 
 spiritual blessings, suited to all the diversities of 
 temporal and spiritual condition in which believers 
 may be placed. There is no one of these for which 
 the promises do not make provision. Our necessi¬ 
 ties may all be reduced under the two heads just 
 mentioned. They must belong either to the tem¬ 
 poral or to the spiritual life. And with regard to both, 
 there are general , and there are special promises; 
 whose respective designations sufficiently define their 
 nature. With respect to the things of this life, we 
 have great comprehensive promises of all good; by 
 which is to be understood every thing consistent with 
 our best and highest interests:—and with respect to 
 the concerns of our souls and of the life to come, we 
 have promises of all the supplies of grace that are 
 needful for “ keeping us through faith unto salva- 
 
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 tion.”—These two classes of promises may be re¬ 
 garded as comprehending all our need: for, if we are 
 assured of every thing really good as to temporal life, 
 and of all the gracious communications necessary for 
 maintaining, promoting, and perfecting the life of 
 the soul, what is there remaining, to be the subject 
 of reasonable desire ? 
 
 There are, at the same time, scattered through 
 the divine Volume, like diamonds in a mine of gold, 
 many promises of a more special and appropriate na¬ 
 ture; some of them incidentally introduced in the 
 history of individuals. But those which are thus 
 made to particular persons, in peculiar circumstances 
 and seasons, the people of God in general, as we 
 learn from the use made of them in Scripture itself, 
 are, in all similar situations, warranted to appropriate. 
 Thus, Jehovah gives a promise, by Moses, to Joshua, 
 and repeats it afterwards more directly to Joshua 
 himself, for his encouragement in accepting and ful¬ 
 filling the arduous charge to which he was succeed¬ 
 ing:—Deut. xxxi. 7, 8. Joshua i. 5. Yet, in writ¬ 
 ing to the Hebrew believers, under the New Cove¬ 
 nant dispensation, Paul generalises this promise, 
 adducing it as a ground of trust and a source of com¬ 
 fort to all the people of God:— 44 Be content with 
 such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will 
 never leave thee nor forsake thee. So that we may 
 boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not 
 fear what man can do unto me.” Heb. xiii. 5. Does 
 not this instance present us with a legitimate general 
 principle ? Does it not warrant our making the same 
 use of other promises similarly circumstanced?—of 
 the promise, for example, quoted a little ago, as made 
 
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 to this servant of God himself, when he sought de¬ 
 liverance from a particular trial — 6i My grace is suf¬ 
 ficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in 
 weakness ?” To many a servant of Jesus in entering 
 on his ministerial work, and to many a soul ready to 
 sink under the load of affliction, have these gracious 
 words administered invigorating and cheering influ¬ 
 ence. And the influence has been perfectly legiti¬ 
 mate. Though, in the first instance, spoken to Paul, 
 for his own support and incitement, they were not 
 meant for him only, but as an encouragement to 
 others to 66 come boldly to the throne of grace, that 
 they might find grace to help in time of need.”— 
 Such promises as these, although given on special 
 occasions, become comprehensive in their import, and 
 universal in their extent of application; and they 
 have in them a peculiar interest, as affording exem¬ 
 plifications of the manner in which the great general 
 principles of the promises are applied to individual 
 cases by the God himself who has given them. 
 
 There are, as we have seen, no absolute unquali¬ 
 fied promises of temporal prosperity. What true 
 child of God could possibly desire them ? If we 
 have just conceptions and impressions of the com¬ 
 parative value of temporal and eternal interests, we 
 can never indulge any wish for the one at the expense 
 or even at the risk of the other. All that we can 
 desire is that which is good: and this Jehovah has 
 promised. And while we have this divine assurance 
 as to the present life, we have what is infinitely better 
 than all that this world could furnish; we have pro¬ 
 mises of a providential management which orders all 
 divine bestowments upon the one principle before 
 
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 illustrated, and of supplies of grace to keep us from 
 being corrupted and seduced by the enjoyments of 
 time and sense. These latter promises should be 
 deemed peculiarly precious; for the experience of all 
 the successive generations of God’s children has con¬ 
 firmed the sentiment, that the world is most perilous 
 in its smiles; most apt to fascinate and entice by the 
 abundance and variety of its sweets and blandish¬ 
 ments. Then especially is our £C time of need.” 
 We apply the phrase most commonly to the season 
 of adversity; but, in as far as danger to our spiritual 
 character is concerned, it is more strongly applicable 
 to that of prosperity. Then is the soul exposed to 
 the most imminent hazard; and then, therefore, are 
 the promises of the Spirit’s aids most valuable. As 
 the man who should 66 gain the whole world” at the 
 expense of 66 his own soul,” would be an infinite 
 loser; so the man who, by the loss of the world, in 
 whatever measure he may have possessed it, has his 
 spiritual interests advanced, and his soul secured, is 
 an infinite gainer. The purpose of Christ’s death 
 was to deliver believers tc from this present evil world.” 
 Nothing could be more inconsistent with this design, 
 than to keep them constantly in the midst of what 
 was manifestly deteriorating the spirituality of their 
 character, and drawing them away from God: and 
 none require so much to cry earnestly to the Lord 
 for the promised grace of his Spirit, as those of his 
 children who, from their situation in life, stand more 
 than usually exposed to such earthly and secularizing 
 influences. 
 
 Still, however, the word of God, of S£ the Father 
 of mercies and the God of all comfort,” abounds in 
 
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 gracious promises to those in trouble. The trials of 
 the present life come, heavily and variously, upon 
 the children of God as well as upon others. It is 
 then that the consolatory assurances of their heavenly 
 Father are especially needed ; and oh ! how often, 
 and how sweetly, has their preciousness been experi¬ 
 enced ! How inexpressibly soothing has been the 
 voice of a covenant God, saying in his word, and 
 applying his word to the heart by the power of his 
 Spirit— 44 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 burned, neither shall the flames 
 kindle upon thee : for I am the Lord thy God, the 
 Holy One of Israel thy Saviour.” 44 Fear not, for 
 I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God : 
 I will strengthen, yea I will help thee, yea I will 
 uphold thee with the right hand of my righteous¬ 
 ness.” 44 The mountains may depart, and the hills 
 be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart 
 from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be 
 removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.” 
 44 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will de¬ 
 liver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” 44 Zion said, 
 The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath for¬ 
 gotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, 
 that she should not have compassion on the son of 
 her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will I not 
 forget thee.”—The promises of God with regard to 
 the trials of life, are not promises of mere deliverance. 
 The principle already laid down respecting the be- 
 stowment of temporal blessings, applies here in its 
 full force. Trials are sent for good : never willingly; 
 
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 never from indifference; never in caprice. They are 
 selected, and timed, and measured, by the Father of 
 mercies, with a view to the spiritual and eternal 
 benefit of his children. How rich in comfort is this 
 assurance, of which the word of God is full! They 
 are the corrections of a wise and benignant Parent, 
 not for his own pleasure, but for our profit.” The 
 divine promises are in harmony with this view of the 
 design of trials. They are promises of strength to 
 bear them, of consolation under them, of grace to 
 improve them. This last is the most important of 
 all. How sad are trials, if they are not sanctified ! 
 
 —if they are not accompanied with those divine in¬ 
 fluences, which are necessary to their answering the 
 ends for which they are sent! How sad, when the 
 furnace fails to purify! when the rod does not drive 
 folly from the heart! when the lessons of the school 
 of adversity teach no wisdom ! when there is ground 
 for the question, 66 Have ye suffered so many things 
 in vain ?” But to those who trust in him, God’s 
 promises engage that they shall not suffer in vain; 
 that he will not chasten to no purpose; that in an¬ 
 swer to prayer (to which trials are meant to lead) he 
 will grant the needed supplies of grace, both to sus¬ 
 tain under the correction, and to render it productive 
 of its salutary results. 
 
 With regard to spiritual blessings, the promises • 
 are ample and diversified, beyond the utmost extent 
 of possible need. There is no variety of condition, 
 no peculiarity of character, that is not attended to, 
 and provided for. There are promises of the for¬ 
 giveness of sin, the purification of the heart, the 
 healing of backsliding; of free access to God, and 
 
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 intimate filial communion with him; of the hearing 
 of prayer; of paternal instruction, provision, correc¬ 
 tion, counsel, and guidance ; of comfort in adversity, 
 and safety in prosperity; of strength in temptation; 
 of victory over Satan, and the world, and the flesh; 
 of resolution and courage in difficulties; of an interest 
 in God, as their father, friend, and portion; of peace 
 of conscience, and spiritual joy; of all spiritual bless¬ 
 ing through life, and of support, and peace, and good 
 hope, in death. All these, indeed, may be consi¬ 
 dered as included in the one promise of the Spirit; 
 inasmuch as it is by his influence that they are all 
 enjoyed.—For a general view and impression of the 
 amount and variety of blessing provided by the pro¬ 
 mises—its comprehensive abundance, and minute¬ 
 ness of detail—we again refer the reader to the 
 table of contents prefixed to the Work, which this 
 Introductory Essay is intended to recommend. O 
 ye children of God, ye can never be straitened in 
 him ! What is there that he hath not provided for 
 you in these u exceeding great and precious pro¬ 
 mises ?” Here they are—in his own word; wells 
 of salvation, ever full, even to overflowing; and ever 
 open and accessible. He turns no one empty away. 
 We have but to come for our supplies, with simpli¬ 
 city of heart, in the name of Jesus, and he will give 
 us all. 66 The Lord God is a sun and shield: he 
 will give grace and glory; and no good thing will 
 he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Yes, 
 he gives glory as well as grace. His promises em¬ 
 brace not time merely, but eternity: not earth only, 
 but heaven, with all its 6 ‘ fulness of joy and pleasures 
 for evermore.” They are 66 according to his riches 
 
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 in glory,” every way worthy of his unbounded 
 munificence. The blessedness of the soul when it 
 quits the body; the resurrection of the body itself, 
 in glorious conformity to the risen Redeemer; the 
 re-union of the one with the other; and the perfec¬ 
 tion of personal and social happiness in 66 the full 
 enjoyment of God to all eternity;”—all this is in the 
 promises of the covenant. How inexhaustible the 
 treasury of blessing ! 66 Behold what manner of 
 
 love the Father hath bestowed upon us !” 
 
 All the promises of God are in Christ Jesus;” 
 and in him they are “ yea and amen.” On God’s 
 part they are all given in his name; and it is through 
 faith in that name that, on the sinner’s part, an in¬ 
 terest in them is obtained. Christ too, we may add, 
 is the pledge of their fulfilment. We ought not, it 
 is true, to desire any security for the verification of 
 his word, with whom it is impossible to lie. But he 
 has graciously given it. And, although his word 
 cannot fail, yet is it delightful for us to look at the 
 security we have, in the gift of his Son, for the be- 
 stowment of every thing else. God’s own Spirit 
 has, in terms the most explicit, taught us this lesson, 
 by directing an inspired apostle to say, 66 He who 
 spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for 
 us all, how shall he not, with him, also freely give 
 us all things ?” Christ himself is God’s unspeakable 
 gift. It transcends, by infinite degrees of excellence, 
 every thing else it is possible for him to bestow. 
 And on this intrinsic preciousness of the gift itself, 
 may the apostle’s inference be conceived chiefly to rest. 
 What is there that is truly good, which <c He who 
 
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 spared not his own Son” can consistently withhold 
 from the objects of his love ? While there is nothing 
 so little as that we can deserve it, there is nothing so 
 great as that he is not ready to bestow it as a testi¬ 
 mony of his delight in his Son.—There is another 
 ground, too, on which the conclusion may with equal 
 fairness be founded. God gave his Son for a certain 
 end. That end is salvation. If, then, he gave him 
 for the express purpose of saving us, how can it ever 
 be, that he should withhold the grace that is neces¬ 
 sary for securing and perfecting that salvation ?— 
 On these grounds, why should we, and how can we, 
 be 44 of doubtful mind ?” When at any time we feel 
 doubts arising, and our confidence in danger of being 
 unsettled, as to any of the divine promises, let us 
 46 look unto Jesus.” A believing view of God’s 
 unspeakable gift will banish our despondency, make 
 us ashamed of our apprehensions, and re-assure our 
 agitated or sinking spirits. 
 
 There is only one topic remaining, on which we 
 would offer a few remarks, before closing this already 
 too lengthened Essay. It is one of much theoretical 
 and practical importance. We refer to the distinc¬ 
 tion, usually and justly made, amongst the divine 
 promises, as being some of them absolute , others con¬ 
 ditional . The distinction is intelligible and simple: 
 yet, to prevent misapprehension, some little explana¬ 
 tion of terms may be necessary. Absolute, or un¬ 
 conditional promises, are those which are unconnected 
 with the requirement of any thing on the part of the 
 creature, in order to their fulfilment: conditional pro¬ 
 mises, are such as are, in any way, made to depend 
 
on any state of mind, or on any duty to be performed 
 by the creature.—As an illustrative example of the 
 former class, the unconditional, we may adduce the 
 first -promise , together with all that regarded the ac¬ 
 complishment of the mediatorial work of the Re¬ 
 deemer ;—all that was to be done on God’s part, in 
 providing for our guilty race the ground of reconci¬ 
 liation, acceptance, and blessing,—in opening and 
 clearing a way for the sinner’s return. This was to 
 be done, independently of the exercise of any princi¬ 
 ple, or the performance of any duty, by man. All 
 that sinners of mankind had to do with the execution 
 of this scheme was, alas ! a wicked instrumentality,— 
 the instrumentality of crucifying the Prince of life; 
 which, although, in the mysterious counsels of Heaven, 
 it was the appointed means of effecting the world’s 
 redemption, and glorifying God in the highest, was 
 yet so far from being a commanded duty, that of all 
 the crimes ever perpetrated on our globe it was the 
 most atrocious; concentrating in it all the elements of 
 moral turpitude that could be conceived to unite in 
 any action. In this matter, then, the purpose and 
 promise of God w r ere absolute, unaccompanied by any 
 if of conditionality—by any thing the creature was 
 required to do in order to its accomplishment. The 
 unqualified assurance was given, that in the fulness 
 of time, his own Son should appear, to c( bruise the 
 head” of the old serpent, or, in other words, to 66 de¬ 
 stroy the works of the devilthat in his person Deity 
 should be united with humanity; and that, born of a 
 virgin, and untainted by the hereditary pollution of 
 man’s nature, he should, in that nature, obey, and 
 suffer, and die, as a propitiation for human guilt. 
 
 c 3 
 
Iviii 
 
 In these promises, the Father and the Son are one; 
 the Son voluntarily undertaking to fulfil, in behalf 
 of a guilty world, the gracious purposes of the God¬ 
 head. 
 
 Then there follows a second class of promises, which 
 are conditional. But still the condition is nothing 
 to be done by the creature; it is the work of the Me¬ 
 diator himself. We refer to those promises under 
 which, according to the constitution of the scheme 
 of redemption, the Divine Father comes to the in¬ 
 carnate Son, or to the Eternal Word engaging to be¬ 
 come incarnate. These promises were dependent, 
 of course, on the condition of his fulfilling this en¬ 
 gagement, and 66 finishing,” in his incarnate state, 
 44 the work given him to do.” He has the assurance 
 given him, that, on his completing that work, he 
 should be raised from the dead, and exalted to glory 
 at the right hand of God; that his work should not 
 be in vain, but should obtain the salvation of a count¬ 
 less multitude of perishing men; that he should 44 see 
 his seed, and prolong his days, and that the pleasure 
 of Jehovah should prosper in his hand;” that, in order 
 to these results, he should be invested, in his media¬ 
 torial capacity, with the government of the church 
 and of the world; with 44 power over all flesh, to give 
 eternal life to as many as the Father had given him.” 
 —These were conditional engagements. But the 
 condition was at once infallibly sure, and infinitely 
 meritorious; so that their fulfilment was, in the strict¬ 
 est propriety of speech, a matter of desert on the part 
 of the Mediator, and of due reward on the part of 
 the Father. The condition having been fulfilled by 
 the one, the promissory engagements are implemented 
 
lix 
 
 by the other. He is raised up, and exalted; and all 
 the results of his work, to which the Father stood 
 pledged by covenant engagement, are put into a train 
 of faithful and glorious realization. 
 
 Connected with these is a third description of pro¬ 
 mises, the more immediate subject of our present 
 consideration,—the promises made to men in his 
 name, and on his account. Now these promises, 
 while the sole ground of them is his finished work, 
 are, at the same time, connected with faith, or the 
 belief of the divine testimony, on the part of the re¬ 
 cipient. Faith, then, which is necessarily inclusive 
 of repentance, may, in this general sense, be called 
 the condition on which depends the enjoyment of the 
 promised blessings. But it is of great importance 
 that a correct conception be attached to the term, 
 when so applied. The sense is materially different 
 from that in which we have used it, when speaking of 
 the promises to the Redeemer as resting on the con¬ 
 dition of his 66 finishing the work given him to do.” 
 This was, in the strictest sense and in the highest pos¬ 
 sible degree, meritorious. The desert of his work was 
 infinite. But when we speak of conditions on the 
 part of sinners, in order to their enjoying the promised 
 blessings of God’s covenant, we mean nothing of 
 this kind,—nothing that has aught in it of the na¬ 
 ture of merit or desert, or on account of which the 
 blessings are bestowed. We mean no more than 
 that, according to the divine constitution of the scheme 
 of redemption, the blessings cannot be received and 
 enjoyed otherwise. The work of Christ has been 
 finished independently of man. It is his own solitary 
 and glorious achievement. But, that the benefits 
 
lx 
 
 arising from that work may become the portion of 
 sinners, the testimony in which that work is revealed 
 as the ground of their bestowment, must be under¬ 
 stood and believed. This is God’s appointment. 
 Nor is it to be regarded as altogether arbitrary—the 
 dictate of mere sovereignty. The benefits are inse¬ 
 parably connected with the testimony; and, with re¬ 
 gard to most, and even the chief of them, they are 
 such as cannot, in the nature of things, be enjoyed 
 otherwise than in the reception of the testimony. It 
 is not so, indeed, with the first in order, the pardon 
 of sin. We can imagine it to be conferred, although 
 we cannot imagine the sense of it to be enjoyed, in¬ 
 dependently of the belief of the truth. The promise 
 of pardon, however, is, in point of fact, made to them 
 who believe: so that if the testimony which makes 
 known the ground of pardon be rejected, the pardon 
 itself cannot be obtained. With regard to the pro¬ 
 mise of sanctification, or conformity to the holy image 
 of God, which is the grand source of true happiness 
 and honour, it is very clear that, in the nature of the 
 thing, it cannot be enjoyed independently of the 
 knowledge and belief of the truth : for the truth is 
 the very means by which it is effected ; and the truth 
 cannot operate on the mind and heart with its puri¬ 
 fying influence, unless it be understood and believed. 
 This is true of all the spiritual principles, desires, 
 and affections, which form the character of the new 
 man,—hope, love, gratitude, peace, joy, patience, 
 and the whole assemblage of Christian graces. They 
 derive their very being from the truth; and can have 
 no exercise, no subsistence, apart from it. But in 
 the belief of the truth, which thus justifies and sane- 
 
lxi 
 
 tifies, there is nothing meritorious,—nothing that 
 gives the sinner any title or claim to the blessing. 
 On the contrary, from the nature of the testimony 
 believed, the very principle of the belief of it con¬ 
 tains the exclusion from the believing mind of every 
 idea of desert and self-glorying. The merit is in 
 Christ; the desert is his: and the blessings of the 
 promises are connected with believing, because be¬ 
 lieving connects with Christ. 
 
 We must go a little further. Faith is to be 
 shown in duty. When duty is not practised, the 
 truth is not believed. There are, accordingly, many 
 of the promises to believers, which are associated con¬ 
 ditionally with particular duties; in such a way, that, 
 unconnected with the duties, the promises have no 
 existence. In such cases,—and they are many and 
 important—the fulfilment of the promise is not to be 
 expected apart from the performance of the duty. 
 Such expectation would be equal presumption and en¬ 
 thusiasm. It would be presumption; for it would 
 be looking for the fulfilment of a promise which God 
 has not made,—there being, in such cases, no pro¬ 
 mise given independently of the duty:—and it would 
 be enthusiasm; for it would be expecting ends with¬ 
 out means,—those duties with which particular pro¬ 
 mises are associated, being all of the nature of means 
 to ends. Thus, for example, 66 godliness has pro¬ 
 mise of the life that now is.” Jesus has said, <c Seek 
 ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, 
 and all these things”—what they should eat, and 
 what they should drink, and wherewithal they should 
 be clothed — 66 shall be added unto you.” Have the 
 believers of these promises, then, nothing to do but 
 
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 Ixii 
 
 to sit still, and expect supplies ? By no means. 
 The promises are, throughout the sacred word, asso¬ 
 ciated with duty. They are made to diligence, and 
 its various kindred virtues. It is the hand of the 
 diligent that maketh rich; nor is there, in all the Bible, 
 any promise of temporal good to indolence and sloth; 
 any promise warranting the expectation that food is 
 to drop spontaneously into the mouth of the yawning 
 sluggard. This worthless character is remanded to 
 the busy and provident ant for lessons of industry; 
 and the maxim of apostolic morality is— {C If any 
 man will not work, neither should he eat.”—The pro¬ 
 mise of temporal prosperity is at times associated also 
 with another virtue,—the legitimate and liberal use 
 of what has been already bestowed: “ Honour the 
 Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of 
 all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with 
 plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new 
 wine (C Bring ve all the tithes into the storehouse, 
 that there may be meat in my house; and prove me 
 now herewith, if I will not open you the windows of 
 heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall 
 not be room enough to receive it.” It must be pre¬ 
 sumption, then, to expect the divine blessing, if these 
 and similar duties, with which the divine Promiser 
 has associated it, are violated or neglected. At the 
 same time, the observations formerly made as to the 
 principle by which the distribution of temporal good 
 to his people is regulated, must not be forgotten. 
 We merely refer to it, to avoid repetition. 
 
 The same important principle, of connexion be¬ 
 tween promise and duty, holds in full force in regard 
 to the interests of the spiritual life. It is by divine 
 
lxiii 
 
 influence that the soul’s new life is begun; and by 
 the same influence it is sustained and advanced to its 
 maturity: and this influence God, in Christ, has 
 promised to them that believe. Are they, then, to 
 expect the influence, and the vigour, and the growth, 
 in a state of indolent lassitude,—idly waiting till God 
 shall do the work in them ? No. There is nothing 
 so preposterous and out of nature in any of the di¬ 
 vine arrangements. The admonition of heaven is, 
 (i Work out your own salvation, with fear and trem¬ 
 bling ; for it is God that worketh in you, both to will 
 and to do of his good pleasure.” Here is the true 
 principle. The promise of the influence is the en¬ 
 couragement to the duty. He does not promise to 
 bless without means, but in the use of them. The 
 word must be read, and studied, and <£ inwardly di¬ 
 gested;” the ordinances must be attended upon with 
 regularity and constancy, with an intelligent regard 
 to their design, and a sincere desire to profit by them; 
 Christian converse must be maintained, 6i they that 
 fear the Lord speaking often one to another;” the 
 dispensations of Providence must be duly noted and 
 improved; and, along with all this, there must be 
 much of simple-hearted, fervent, believing prayer. It 
 is when we thus use the instituted means of spiritual 
 progress, working out our own u salvation with fear 
 and trembling,”—that is, with a solicitude about the 
 issue corresponding to its magnitude, and a shrinking 
 dread of whatever might interfere with its attainment 
 —it is then that the God of all grace i( worketh in 
 us.” So that, while we know that without divine 
 aid we can do nothing—-that the influence of the 
 promised Spirit is indispensable to our making a single 
 
lxiv 
 
 step of advancement in the spiritual life,—yet the 
 progress and ultimate result are connected with our 
 own diligence, as closely and as peremptorily as they 
 are with the divine communications. Let no one say, 
 How can we “ work out our own salvation ?” Believers 
 are addressed. The command is to them. It is theirs 
 to use the means, and in the use of them*to look for 
 the needed communications; the command itself in¬ 
 volving in it (as formerly hinted) a promise of all that 
 is necessary for the successful accomplishment; but 
 the promise, at the same time, having no existence in¬ 
 dependently of the required duty; so that relying on 
 the one without attending to the other is relying on 
 a nonentity. There are promises of God to those 
 who do use the instituted means; but to those who 
 do not there are none: so that when the neglecters 
 of means profess dependence on the promise, they are 
 depending on nothing; such a promise having no ex¬ 
 istence.—Believing parents should apply the same 
 principle to the promises which relate to their off¬ 
 spring. Jehovah has promised to be his people’s 
 God, and the God of their seed; to “ pour his Spirit 
 upon their seed, and his blessing upon their offspring.” 
 But has he given any such promises apart from du¬ 
 ties enjoined on the parents? Never. His com¬ 
 mands are —“ Train up a child in the way he should 
 go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it 
 “ The word which I give unto thee this day shall be 
 in thy heart; and thou shalt teach it diligently to 
 thy children, and shalt speak of it when thou sittest 
 in the house, and when thou walkest by the way, 
 when thou liest down, and when thou risest up 
 “Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, 
 
lxv 
 
 but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of 
 the Lord 66 He established a testimony in Jacob, 
 and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded 
 our fathers that they should make them known unto 
 their children; that the generation to come might 
 know them, even the children who should be born, 
 who should arise and declare them unto their chil¬ 
 dren ; that they might set their hope in God, and 
 not forget the works of God, but keep his command¬ 
 ments.^” There is too little attention shown to this. 
 If it be wrong to depend on means without the bless¬ 
 ing, and to ascribe success to our own skill and dili¬ 
 gence apart from the grace of God; it is not less 
 wrong, to depend on the promised blessing apart from 
 th e use of means, or, because grace is free, to act as 
 if means were unavailing, and then please cur con¬ 
 sciences by accounting in this way for our failure. 
 We are persuaded that, although there may be no¬ 
 thing in Scripture to warrant the assurance, that every 
 child in every family that has a believing Head shall 
 be a partaker of the grace of God, yet, in a very 
 large proportion of cases of failure, the want of suc¬ 
 cess has been owing to some error, or deficiency, or 
 neglect, in the discharge of the parental trust—to 
 something wrong, or something wanting, either in 
 what is done, or in the manner of doing it. O let 
 Christian parents, as they value the souls of their 
 children, lay this to heart, and see that they unite 
 dependence on the promise with diligence and dis¬ 
 cretion, constancy, tender affection, perseverance, and 
 prayer, in the fulfilment of the duty!—The spirit 
 of these remarks, it is almost needless to say, has 
 full application also to all the promises relative to the 
 
lxvi 
 
 prosperity and final triumph of the church and cause 
 of God. By all who are concerned for the divine 
 glory and the happiness of mankind, these promises 
 must be esteemed 44 great and precious.” We can¬ 
 not now rehearse them. The prophetic writings, 
 both of the Old and New Testaments, are full of 
 them. But do any of them, any more than of the 
 former, stand disjoined from duty, and from the use 
 of means ? Are we in this, any more than in the 
 former cases, to trust merely, and not to act?—to 
 44 stand still, and see the salvation of God ?”—to 
 wait for his day of power, looking for the coming 
 down of his Spirit, and doing nothing? Here too 
 the answer is, No. All our energies are to be put 
 forth; all our resources are to be laid down, in will¬ 
 ing consecration, at our Master’s feet. His word 
 must be translated, printed, and circulated in all lan¬ 
 guages ; his gospel must be preached to men of every 
 kindred; missionaries must, for these purposes, be 
 every-where sent forth; tracts must be distributed; 
 schools must be instituted; every means within the 
 compass of human power must be used, personally 
 and unitedly, with all diligence and perseverance, to 
 44 fill the earth with the knowledge of the Lord as 
 the waters cover the sea.” The word is not to spread 
 of itself; but, 44 God having given it, great is to be 
 the company of them that publish it.” 
 
 There is still another condition , closely connected 
 with all that has been mentioned, and of which no¬ 
 tice has already been more than once incidentally 
 taken. It is 'prayer . This is one of the duties 
 with which the promises are invariably associated. 
 God has given us promises, 44 exceeding great and 
 
lxvii 
 
 precious promises;” promises in the name of his Son. 
 But he has no where promised the fulfilment of them 
 unasked. The use we are to make of them is, to 
 plead them at his throne; to turn them into prayer. 
 Thus David did, when God, by the prophet Nathan, 
 gave him the promise of the everlasting establish¬ 
 ment of his throne under Messiah as his seed:—he 
 forms his prayer in the terms of the promise, and he 
 assigns the promise as the reason of the prayer;— 
 “ therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to 
 pray this prayer unto thee.” Let us £< do likewise.” 
 The promises of temporal good; the promises of 
 spiritual prosperity; the promises of blessing upon 
 our children; the promises of Zion’s advancement 
 and triumph ; are all to be used in the same way :— 
 we are to come to God with his own assurances in 
 our hearts and on our lips, and seek their accomplish¬ 
 ment. We are not warranted to expect it other¬ 
 wise. Thus, he has promised to tc give his Holy 
 Spirit:” but to whom?— £< to them that ask him.” 
 He has promised the prosperity of Zion: but what 
 is the duty of his people, while resting on his en¬ 
 gagements ? He himself, in terms most wonderful 
 for their condescension and grace, but, at the same 
 time, most explicit and peremptory, tells them— <£ I 
 have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
 who shall not hold their peace day nor night: ye that 
 make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and 
 give him no rest, until he establish, and until he 
 make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”—Let us not, 
 then, in regard to any of God’s promises, forget this. 
 If we do, we forget the very use for which they are 
 given; which is not at all to encourage confidence 
 without prayer, but to animate to and in prayer: 
 
lxviii 
 
 “ yet for all this, I will be inquired of by the bouse 
 of Israel to do it for them.” We lose much, it is 
 to be feared, for want of prayer; and perhaps still 
 more for want of faith in prayer,-—of a firm per¬ 
 suasion of the ability and willingness of God to grant 
 our requests, for the sake of Him in whose name 
 they are presented. We come, fearing lest we ask 
 too much; or we come with large petitions and slen¬ 
 der expectations,—great words, and little confidence. 
 Jesus himself has said— se Whatsoever ye shall ask 
 the Father in my name, he will give it you:” and 
 again—“ If two of you shall agree on earth, as 
 touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be 
 done for them of my Father who is in heaven.” 
 Yet, notwithstanding such assurances, do we not too 
 often come to God, not believing that we shall ob¬ 
 tain, but hoping that peradventure we may obtain, an 
 answer ? Our prayers ought surely to be, in enlarge¬ 
 ment and in confidence, proportioned to our encour¬ 
 agements. They should be enlarged according to the 
 amplitude of the divine engagements : we should pray 
 up to the amount of the promises: and they should 
 be confident according to the divine sufficiency of our 
 plea,—a plea never presented at the throne of God 
 in vain—the name of Jesus : we should pray, up 
 to the amount of influence in that name .—God hath 
 said—“ Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it 
 an d he is £C able to do exceeding abundantly above 
 all that we can ask or think.” u To him be glory 
 in the church, by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, 
 world without end ! Amen.” 
 
 Had the work, which this Introductory Essay is 
 intended to recommend, been itself a treatise on the 
 
lxix 
 
 subject of the divine promises, we should have felt it 
 imperative to confine ourselves within narrower limits. 
 But, while the pleasantness of the subject has in¬ 
 clined us to expatiate, the consideration of the Vol¬ 
 ume being only a classified collection of the promises, 
 without comment, may sufficiently justify our yield¬ 
 ing to the inclination. The volume is like an ar¬ 
 ranged museum of “gems, and precious stones, and 
 pearls,” of inestimable value. The value, however, 
 is various in kind and in degree; for while each of 
 the promises has an absolute, it has, at the same 
 time, a relative worth,—a worth arising from its ap¬ 
 propriateness to existing circumstances. Here lies 
 one of the excellencies of such a collection; that it 
 brings before the mind so rich a variety, and, by 
 means of classification, enables it to select what may 
 be most suitable to its peculiar situation. Tor, to 
 vary our comparison, the Book resembles a well- 
 furnished provision-store, containing “ food for all,” 
 —every description of aliment for every variety of 
 constitution; and, at the same time, a well-filled and 
 well-assorted medicine-chest, with means of relief 
 and healing, for all kinds of spiritual ailment.— 
 And these very comparisons suggest the propriety of 
 a caution or two as to the mode of using such a col¬ 
 lection. 
 
 In the first place, It must never be allowed to su¬ 
 persede the Scriptures. This were a sad abuse, very 
 opposite to the excellent author’s design. Publica¬ 
 tions have frequently appeared under the title of 
 “ Beauties” of particular authors; of which the 
 effect has sometimes been to supersede the volumes 
 from which they had been extracted, by leading 
 
lxx 
 
 readers to think that here they have got all that is 
 really valuable in them. And with human authors, 
 this may, in not a few cases, be true. But it can 
 never be so with the word of God. That word is a 
 mine of cc unsearchable richesand this collection 
 of specimens, however precious in themselves, is only 
 meant to stimulate investigation; and the believer 
 whom these grains of precious ore shall lure to fur¬ 
 ther search in the mine itself, will find his pleasing 
 toil amply repaid from the endless store which re¬ 
 mains behind of “ hidden treasure.” 
 
 Moreover, secondly, these very promises them¬ 
 selves, which are here cited in such rich profusion, 
 should all be examined in their respective connexions, 
 as they stand in the sacred record. For, although 
 we have compared that record to a mine, the com¬ 
 parison in this respect fails. The diamond that is 
 got from the mine has its own purity and its own 
 splendour, independently of all that might lie near it. 
 It is otherwise with a text. Its value depends upon 
 its meaning; and its meaning very often upon its 
 connexion. Or, if the sentence have a distinct and 
 obvious sense by itself, yet are there, many a time, 
 beautiful and interesting modifications of that sense, 
 as well as associated thoughts and trains of thought, 
 which can in no way be ascertained but by examin¬ 
 ing it in its own position. Much is often lost, by 
 taking bits of divine truth out of their connexion. 
 The meaning of the Spirit of God is frequently, by 
 this means, mistaken; and it is needless to say, that 
 a text is of no worth except in the meaning which 
 his Spirit intended it to convey. The comfort is 
 false, the fears groundless, the conduct unauthorized, 
 
lxxi 
 
 that arise from a misunderstood text.—It is by ex¬ 
 amining texts, too, in their connexion, and “ com¬ 
 paring spiritual things with spiritual,” that we arrive 
 at an enlarged and consistent view of the full extent 
 and lovely harmony of divine truth: and the more 
 our minds can embrace of this, the richer will be 
 their satisfaction, and the more stable their peace. 
 These texts, indeed, have each their own light and 
 their own beauty; but it is only as sparks struck 
 from the sun: and we must not be satisfied with 
 sparks, but seek to walk in the sun’s full light and 
 warmth. They have each their attractive loveliness— 
 
 “ Like atoms of the rainbow flutt’ring round”— 
 
 but it is to the full-arched bow itself that we look, as 
 the blessed symbol of God’s covenant of peace.— 
 That we may not lose ourselves in figures,—we mean 
 by all this, that the promises here collected should 
 be examined in their original connexion; their true 
 meaning thus ascertained; and the comfort received 
 from them which they were designed to yield; and that 
 thus there should be diligently sought a growing ac¬ 
 quaintance with the entire and harmonious scheme of 
 divine discovery.—If these principles be understood, 
 the Book will never be used (as some have used, or 
 rather misused, the Bible itself) in the way of a lot¬ 
 tery. This consists in making a practice of opening 
 it at random, and taking the promise that chances 
 jfirst to catch the eye, as being thus divinely sent: 
 and, when this is done, the words are too often taken 
 with very little concern about their being rightly un¬ 
 derstood. We have not time to expose either the 
 delusive principle in which such a practice originates, 
 or the mischievous consequences to which it leads. 
 
lxxii 
 
 We must conclude with one caution more:—Let 
 all the promises be, in the third place, contemplated 
 practically. —We seldom, if ever, find the apostles 
 bringing forward either the truths or the promises of 
 the gospel, vierely to comfort . There is a way of 
 comforting, that is any thing but practical. It is 
 rather a soothing and lulling of the spirit into an in¬ 
 dolent and sentimental repose, than the animating of 
 it w T ith that joy of the Lord which is its strength for 
 active service. When the apostles comfort, they at 
 the same time excite to duty. They turn every 
 thing to a practical account. Does Paul remind be¬ 
 lievers of the paternal relation of God to them, and 
 of the cheering light in which this places all his afflic¬ 
 tive dispensations towards them? It is to animate them 
 to 6i resist unto blood, striving against sin;” and he 
 follows all up with the pointed admonition—Where¬ 
 fore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble 
 knees; and make straight paths for your feet.” Does 
 John put them in remembrance 4C what manner of love 
 the Father had bestowed upon them,” in making them 
 his children, and in giving them hopes, through 
 Christ, so holy and so elevated ? Fie instantly sub¬ 
 joins— u And every man that hath this hope in 
 Christ purifieth himself even as he is pure.” Does 
 Peter speak to them of the promises as 66 exceeding 
 great and precious ?” For what purpose does he, 
 at the same time, represent them as given ?— i6 that 
 by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, 
 having escaped” (literally, fleeing away from) 6i the 
 corruption that is in the world through lust.” Does 
 Paul specify any of these promises — 66 I will be to 
 you a God, and ye shall be to me a people”—“ I 
 
lxxiii 
 
 will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and 
 daughters ?” What is his inference ?— 6i Having, - 
 therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let us 
 cleanse ourselves from all pollution of the flesh and 
 spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” 
 
 With these practical counsels, we earnestly re¬ 
 commend to Christian use this cabinet of spiritual 
 jewels. “ Here are laid up,” says a high commen¬ 
 datory authority, the great Dr. Isaac Watts, 66 Here 
 are laid up the true riches of a Christian, and his 
 highest hopes on this side heaven.”— cc Those who 
 have little leisure for reading,” says the same emi¬ 
 nent authority, “ may find their account in keeping 
 this book always near them: and, with the glance 
 of an eye, they may take in the riches of grace and 
 glory, and derive many a sweet refreshment from 
 hence, amidst their labours and travels through this 
 wilderness. It is of excellent use to lie on the table 
 in a chamber of sickness, and now and then to take 
 a sip of the River of Life , which runs through it in 
 a thousand little rills of peace and joy.” 
 
 “ The field of promise, how it flings abroad 
 Its perfume o’er the Christian’s thorny road! 
 
 The soul, reposing on assured relief, 
 
 Feels herself happy amidst all her grief; 
 
 Forgets her labours, as she toils along, 
 
 Weeps tears of joy, and bursts into a song!” 
 
 R. W. 
 
 Glasgow, February , 1831. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 Introduction, ........ 81 
 
 PART I. 
 
 CONTAINING THE SEVERAL BLESSINGS PROMISED 
 
 TO THE GOOD. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 PROMISES OF TEMPORAL BLESSINGS. 
 
 1. General Promises,.107 
 
 2. Promises of Temporal Blessings in general, . 109 
 
 3. Particularly of Food and Raiment, . . . .109 
 
 4. Of Long Life, 110. Health, . . . . Ill 
 
 5. Safety under the Divine Protection, . , .111 
 
 6. Peace,.115 
 
 7. Direction, . . . . . , . .115 
 
 8. Honour, . . . . . . » . 116 
 
 9. Success and Prosperity, . . . . . .117 
 
 10. Plenty and Riches, ...... 118 
 
 11. Of Children, .119 
 
 12. A Blessing upon all a good Man has, . . . 119 
 
 13. A Blessing upon his Children, .... 121 
 
 14. A Blessing upon his Family, .... 122 
 
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Ixxvi 
 
 CONTENTS, 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 PROMISES RELATING TO THE TROUBLES OF LIFE. 
 
 Page 
 
 !. Iii general, 122. Of Preservation from Trouble, 122. 
 
 Deliverance out of Trouble, 123. Support under it, 125 
 
 2. Promises relating to Sickness, 128. In Child-bearing, 
 
 129. In Old Age,.129 
 
 3. Deliverance from Famine and Want, . . . 129 
 
 4. War and Enemies, . . . . . . 131 
 
 5. Oppression and Injustice,.134 
 
 6. Slander and Reproach,.135 
 
 7. Witchcraft,.136 
 
 8. Promises to the Stranger, . . . . . 136 
 
 9. Poor and Helpless, . . . . . .136 
 
 10. Fatherless and Widow,.137 
 
 11. Childless, . . . . . . * .138 
 
 12. Prisoner and Captive, . . . . . 139 
 
 13. Deliverance from Death, . . . . J40 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE. 
 
 1. In general,.141 
 
 2. Of Justification, 142. Pardon of Sin, 143. Of the most 
 
 heinous Sins, 144. Of all Sins, 144. Of Backslid- 
 ings, 145. Pardon through Christ, 145. Reconcilia¬ 
 tion, ........ 3 46 
 
 3. Adoption,.148 
 
 4. Union and Communion with the Church, . . 149 
 
 5. Free Access to God, with Acceptance, . . .150 
 
 6. Of Hearing Prayer,.151 
 
 7. Of Sanctifying Grace in general, .... 153 
 
 8. Particularly of Converting Grace, 155. The Grace of 
 
 - Repentance, 156. The Grace of Faith, 157. Grace 
 to fear God,.157 
 
 9. Of Knowledge, 157. Wisdom, 159. Divine Teaching, 
 
 160. Divine Guidance, 160. Ability for good Dis¬ 
 course, . . . . .< . . . 16! 
 
CONTENTS 
 
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 10. Of the Means of Grace, 161. A blessing upon the Or- 
 
 dinances, . . . . . . . 16a? 
 
 11. Of Grace against Sin and Temptation, 164. Grace to 
 
 mortify sin, 164. Grace against temptation, 165. 
 
 To preserve from the enticements of sinners, 165. 
 Victory over the world, 165. Victory over the devil, 166 
 
 12. Strength, Courage, and Resolution, . . . 167 
 
 13. Fruitfulness, and Increase of Grace, 168. In old age, 
 
 169. Increase of grace, 169. The grace of meek¬ 
 ness, ........ 169 
 
 14. Grace to Persevere, . . . . . .170 
 
 15. Sanctified Afflictions, . . . . . . 171 
 
 16. Grace to the Children of Believers, . . .174 
 
 17. Promises of an Interest in God, 175. As our God, 175. 
 
 Our Portion, 176. Our Glory, 176. Of his Pre¬ 
 sence with us, 176. His Love, 177. His Mercy, 
 
 178. His Help, 179. His Care, 180. His Cove¬ 
 nanting with his people, 181. That God will not 
 forsake them, . . . . . . 181 
 
 18. Promises of Christ, 182. Of all Grace from Christ, 183. 
 
 Of Redemption by Christ, 183. Life from him, 185. 
 
 His Intercession, 186. His Love, 186. His Care 
 of his church, 187. His Presence with his people, 187 
 
 19. Promises of the Spirit, 188. His Teaching, 189. His 
 
 Help in Prayer, 189. ' To witness our Adoption, 
 
 190. To seal our Redemption, 190. To be our 
 Comforter, 190. Of the joys of the Holy Ghost, 191 
 
 20. Of the Ministry of Angels, . . . . .191 
 
 21. That we shall be Kings and.Priests unto God, . 191 
 
 22. Peace of Conscience, 192. Comfort and Hope, . 192 
 
 23. Delight and Joy in God, . . . . . 194 
 
 24. Support in Death, . . . . . . .196 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 PROMISES OF BLESSINGS IN THE OTHER WORLD. 
 
 1. Deliverance from Hell,.198 
 
 2. Happiness immediately after Death, . . . 199 
 
 ^-S. A Glorious Resurrection,.200 
 
lxxviii 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
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 4. Everlasting Happiness in Heaven, 203. Freedom from 
 all Sorrow in Heaven, 205. Great Joy, 206. Glory, 
 
 206. Kingdom of Heaven, 207. Heavenly Inheri- 
 ance, 207. Enjoyment of God, 208. Eternal Life, 208. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 PROMISES TO SEVERAL GRACES AND DUTIES. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 PROMISES TO DUTIES OF THE FIRST TABLE. 
 
 1. To Faith, partieularly Faith in Christ, 209. Confessing 
 
 Christ, ........ 211 
 
 2. To Repentance, 211. To them that Mourn for the 
 
 Wickedness of the Land, 214. Repentance in Afflic¬ 
 tion, 214. Confession of Sin, .... 215 
 
 3. To Obedience, 216. Obeying Christ, . , . 220 
 
 4. To Sincerity and Uprightness,.221 
 
 5. To the Love of God, 223. Love to Christ, . . 224 
 
 6. To Trusting, Hoping in, and patiently Waiting on God, 224 
 
 7. To the Fear of God, 227. Honouring God, . . 228 
 
 8. To Prayer, 228. Seeking God, 230. Secret Prayer, 
 
 231. Praising God, 231. Desires of Grace, . 231 
 
 9. Wisdom and Knowledge, 232. The Love and Study of 
 
 Wisdom, 234. The Knowledge of God and Christ, 
 
 235. Learning of Christ, ..... 235 
 
 10. Hearing and Reading the Word of God, 235. Loving 
 
 the Word, 237. Trembling at it, 238 
 
 11. Meditation,.238 
 
 12. Fasting, 239. Fasting in Secret, . . . 239 
 
 13. Baptism, . 240 
 
 14. The Lord’s Supper,.241 
 
 15. Good Discourse, 242. Government of the Tongue, 243 
 
 16. Watchfulness,. . 243 
 
 17. Keep Good Company, 244. Avoiding Evil Company, 244 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
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 18. Performing of Oaths, ...... 244 
 
 19. Keeping the Sabbath,.244 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 PROMISES TO DUTIES OF THE SECOND TABLE. 
 
 1. Obedience to Parents, ..... 245 
 
 2. Good Education, 247. The Correcting of Children, 247 
 
 3. A Good Wife,.247 
 
 4. Faithful Servants,.248 
 
 5. Good Kings and Magistrates,.249 
 
 6. Obedient Subjects,.249 
 
 7. Faithful Ministers, .250 
 
 8. To them that Receive and Hearken to Ministers, 252 
 
 9. Love and Unity, 253. The Peace-makers, 253. Love 
 
 to God’s people,.253 
 
 10. To the Charitable, the Merciful, and Liberal, 254. To 
 
 Alms in Secret, 258. To supporting God’s Ministers 
 and Worship, 258. The Merciful, . . . 259 
 
 11. Reproving Faithfully, 260. And regarding Reproof, 260 
 
 12. Forgiveness of Injuries,.260 
 
 13. Chastity and Purity,.261 
 
 14. Diligence, 262. Moderation in Sleep, . . . 263 
 
 15. The Just and Honest,.263 
 
 16. Truth,.264 
 
 17. Candour, 265. In Judging, 265. In Speaking, . 265 
 
 18. Contentment, 265. Mortification, 265. The Spiritually 
 
 Minded,.266 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 PROMISES TO DUTIES BELONGING TO BOTH TABLES. 
 
 1. To the Meek, 266. The Humble, 267. The Contrite 
 
 and Mourners,.268 
 
 2. To them that Suffer for Righteousness’ sake, 269. To 
 
 them that are unjustly excommunicated, . .271 
 
 3. Patience and Submission,.271 
 
 4. Perseverance, 272. To him that overcometh, . . 272 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
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 op 
 
 PROMISES RELATING TO THE STATE OF THE CHURCH. 
 
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 1. Of the Enlargement of the Church, and Spreading the 
 
 Gospel and Kingdom of Christ through the world, 275 
 
 2. The Glory of the Church, ..... 283 
 
 3. Increase of Light and Knowledge, and Means of Grace, 285 
 
 4. Increase of Purity, Holiness, and Righteousness in the 
 
 Church, ........ 286 
 
 5. Peace, Love, and Unity in the. Church, . . . 288 
 
 6. Submission and Destruction of the Enemies of the 
 
 Church, 289. Destruction of Antichrist, of Babylon, 290 
 
 7. Favour and Submission of Kings to the Kingdom of 
 
 Christ, ..292 
 
 8. Security, Tranquillity, and Prosperity of the Church, 293 
 
 9. The Perpetual Continuance of the Church, . . 295 
 
 10. The Conversion and Restoration of the Jews, . . 296 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 That God will perform all his Promises, 
 
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THE 
 
 INTRODUCTION, 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 Some Observations upon the Excellency and Use of the 
 Promises, and Directions for the right Application 
 of them. 
 
 Besides the many other evidences the Holy Scrip¬ 
 ture carries in it of a divine original, there are espe¬ 
 cially remarkable, the sublimity, excellency, and rea¬ 
 sonableness of the doctrines it teaches; the wisdom, 
 holiness, and perfection of the rules of life it lays 
 down; and the strength and efficacy of those sanc¬ 
 tions with which it enforces its precepts. As the 
 Threatenings have the greatest tendency to strike an 
 awe upon the mind, and to lay a powerful restraint 
 upon every irregular inclination; so the Promises are 
 of such a nature, as most strongly to excite to, and 
 give the greatest encouragement in, a course of piety 
 and universal holiness. It is therefore with the high¬ 
 est reason the apostle says of them, that c ‘ there are 
 given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, 
 that by these we might be partakers of the divine 
 nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the 
 
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world through lust.” They are great and excellent ; 
 whether we consider the nature and variety of the 
 blessings contained in them, the manner in which 
 they are expressed, the certainty with which we may 
 depend upon them, or their happy influence upon the 
 mind. 
 
 They contain blessings of all sorts, of the most 
 excellent nature, and suited to every circumstance. 
 As man is made up of body as well as spirit, and the 
 necessities of this present life must be provided for, 
 as well as his happiness secured in the next; in the 
 Promises abundant care is taken of both, and provi¬ 
 sion is made for the peace, comfort, and welfare of 
 the Christian, both in this and in the other world. 
 He is assured of the several necessaries and conveni¬ 
 ences of this life, in such a measure as Infinite Wis¬ 
 dom sees best for him. And since we are exposed 
 to various troubles and calamities, there are many 
 promises made with relation to them; either that we 
 shall be preserved from those afflictions, or, if it be 
 necessary we should be exercised with them, that we 
 shall be powerfully supported under them, and in the 
 best time and way delivered from them, after they 
 have been made to answer the most excellent ends 
 upon us. Nor is it easy to say what a vast variety 
 of consolations are provided for our relief in those 
 trials. But however valuable, considering the cir¬ 
 cumstances of our present state, the promises relating 
 to temporal enjoyments and afflictions may be, they 
 are not to be compared with the excellency and glory 
 of those spiritual and eternal blessings with which we 
 are blessed in Christ Jesus, and of which we have the 
 
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 most clear, full, and express promises in the gospel. 
 Therein how great, how particular a regard is had to 
 the condition of fallen, sinful man! What care is 
 taken to ease the conscience under the burden of 
 guilt, and the apprehensions of divine wrath, by the 
 most gracious promises of pardon and mercy ! What 
 assurances given of reconciliation and acceptance with 
 God, through the blood and intercession of the Re¬ 
 deemer ! To what glorious privileges and high hon¬ 
 ours is the Christian advanced ! Such as, the adop¬ 
 tion of children, a kind regard to all his prayers, the 
 ministry of angels, and an interest in the grace, love, 
 and fellowship of God the Father, and of his eternal 
 Son and Spirit. In the Promises is contained all 
 that grace which is requisite to refine and ennoble 
 our natures, to enlighten our understandings, to re¬ 
 gulate our wills, and purify our affections; to pre¬ 
 serve us from sin, and all the contrivances and snares 
 of the devil and the world, and to exalt us to the 
 highest perfection of holiness and happiness. 
 
 The manner in which these blessings are promised, 
 still further adds to their value. They are not ex¬ 
 pressed in general or ambiguous terms, but with the 
 greatest clearness and perspicuity. God would not 
 leave his people at an uncertainty concerning his kind 
 intentions towards them. If the meaning of the pro¬ 
 mise seem doubtful in one place, it is abundantly 
 cleared up in several others. Nor is it only here and 
 there in some few passages, or in a cold and re¬ 
 served manner, that God has signified his good-will; 
 but, upon the account of our dulness and slowness to 
 believe what God has promised, he has both made 
 
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 use of the strongest words and phrases that language 
 could furnish, and has, over and over, in great variety 
 of expression, repeated the assurances of his favour. 
 He has contrived his promises so as to meet with all 
 our objections, and remove all our doubts and fears: 
 and herein he has been pleased to show an affection, 
 tenderness, and condescension, which could not be 
 expected from an earthly prince to his subjects, much 
 less from the great and glorious Majesty of heaven 
 and earth, to sinful dust and ashes. 
 
 But what doth in the highest degree enhance the 
 worth and excellency of the Promises, is, the evi¬ 
 dences we have that they shall certainly be made 
 good ; since, as the apostle argues, we have for them 
 both the word and oath of that God that cannot lie, 
 64 that so we might have strong consolation, who have 
 fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before 
 us.” And of the covenant thus confirmed, Christ the 
 Son of God is made the Surety, (Heb. vii. 22.) hav¬ 
 ing ratified it by his own blood. And that all the 
 ever-blessed Trinity might concur in establishing our 
 faith upon the strongest foundation, the Holy Spirit 
 of God witnesses to the truth of the Promises, by his 
 miraculous operations, when first poured forth upon 
 the apostles, and by his sanctifying influences upon 
 the hearts of all true Christians, both then and ever 
 since. Hereby he inspires into them a lively hope, 
 and furnishes them with well-grounded evidences of 
 their interest in the Promises; and their {£ hope makes 
 them not ashamed, because the love of God is shed 
 abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is 
 given unto them.” 
 
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 The Promises therefore of the gospel, being of so 
 excellent a nature, and confirmed to us by such au¬ 
 thority and evidence, cannot but have very great and 
 happy influences upon the mind, when seriously at¬ 
 tended to, and applied with faith; especially as they 
 are the means by which the Spirit of God carries on 
 his work upon the soul. They are the strongest 
 arguments to persuade the sinner to turn to God, 
 the greatest encouragements to an humble, believing 
 dependence upon the grace of Christ in the gospel, 
 and the most powerful motives to sincere and univer¬ 
 sal obedience : since by them we are assured, that 
 every penitent sinner shall find the most gracious 
 acceptance; that from the grace of Christ we shall 
 derive sufficient strength and capacity for every duty ; 
 and that in keeping God’s commands there is great 
 reward. So that, would we but duly consider the 
 several promises made to every exercise of grace, and 
 every performance of duty, what a spur would this be 
 to quicken our slow pace in the ways of holiness ! 
 what an encouragement to be (6 steadfast and im¬ 
 moveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; 
 forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain 
 in the Lord !” 
 
 A fixed, constant attention to the Promises, and 
 a firm belief of them, would prevent solicitude and 
 anxiety about the concerns of this life. It would 
 keep the mind quiet and composed in every change, 
 and support and keep up our sinking spirits under 
 the several troubles of life. <c In the multitude of 
 my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my 
 
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 soul.” Christians deprive themselves of their most 
 solid comforts, by their unbelief and forgetfulness of 
 God’s promises. For there is no extremity so great, 
 but there are promises suitable to it, and abundantly 
 sufficient for our relief in it. 
 
 A thorough acquaintance with the Promises would 
 be of the greatest advantage in prayer. With what 
 comfort may the Christian address himself to God in 
 Christ, when he considers the repeated assurances 
 that his prayers shall be heard ! With how much 
 satisfaction may he offer up the several desires of his 
 heart, when he reflects upon the texts wherein those 
 very mercies are promised ! And with what fervour 
 of spirit, and strength of faith, may he enforce his 
 prayers, by pleading the several gracious promises 
 which are expressly to his case ! 
 
 Further, great assistance and encouragement may 
 the Christian derive in his spiritual warfare, when he 
 takes a view of the many promises of grace and 
 strength, to mortify sin, and to resist the devil; of 
 success, and a final victory, in his conflicts with the 
 enemies of his salvation; and of an incorruptible 
 crown of glory to be given him, as the reward of his 
 firmness, constancy, and perseverance. A great deal 
 more may be said, but that I would not too much 
 enlarge this Introduction, to show of what excellent 
 use the Promises would be, if duly attended to, to 
 promote all the exercises of the divine life, and to 
 inspire into a good man comfort and joy in every 
 state of life. 
 
 That the Christian might have before him, in one 
 view, the many great and precious promises scattered 
 
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 up and down in Scripture, and in such a method, as 
 easily to find what is suitable to his case, I have 
 drawn up the following collection. The occasion, 
 indeed, of my first entering upon it, was to assist 
 some young persons, who, very commendably, and 
 to their great advantage, are employed in improving 
 themselves, and one another, in the knowledge of the 
 Scriptures; one of their exercises being, to treasure 
 up in their memories, and question one another upon, 
 the Promises, under their several heads. At first I 
 intended to put together a small number, upon some 
 principal subjects; but, upon searching the Scriptures, 
 more and more texts still offering themselves, which 
 I thought equally to my purpose, the collection at 
 length grew so large, that the taking so many copies 
 as were wanted would have been a tedious work: for 
 which reason, and in hopes it might serve the same 
 useful end to others, I at last gave way to its being 
 made public. Since I completed it, I have examined 
 some other collections I have met with, and have 
 added, out of them, those few texts which I had not 
 before observed; so that, I believe, this is the fullest 
 collection of the kind of any extant, at least that I 
 have seen. 
 
 I have endeavoured to put them together in such a 
 method, as might be easiest and fittest for common 
 use. I have not increased the heads to so great a 
 variety of particulars as some may expect; both be¬ 
 cause too many divisions rather confound, than assist 
 the memory—and also, the applying of the Promises 
 to cases too particular, would have too much confined 
 their use, when capable of a more extensive applica- 
 
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 tion. If any, therefore, want the promises for some 
 case they do not find here mentioned, they may meet 
 with them under some more general head, within 
 which that case is comprehended. And, for the 
 same reason, some of the promises may seem not so 
 properly to belong to the head under which they are 
 ranged; but, as they are near akin to it, I chose ra¬ 
 ther to put them together, than to multiply heads. 
 There are also other texts, which some may think 
 should have been placed elsewhere. For instance, 
 some of the promises under the head of Temporal 
 Blessings , are by some understood, in a figurative 
 sense, of spiritual; and so on the contrary. I have 
 taken them in the sense that appeared to me most 
 agreeable to the design of the Spirit of God; though 
 sometimes, where I thought the words were capable 
 of both senses, I have written them in both places. 
 Many other texts, also, might be ranged under dif¬ 
 ferent heads: for example, either in the First Part, 
 among the Blessings Promised; or in the Second, 
 containing the Graces and Duties to which Promises 
 are made; and sometimes under either of those heads 
 which, being nearly related, follow one another; as 
 the heads of, Sanctifying Grace in general —and, 
 Converting Grace . If, therefore, what you look for 
 be not in one place, you may expect to find it in the 
 other. For which purpose, the references in the 
 Table of Contents will be useful; for I have generally 
 endeavoured to avoid repetitions. Sometimes, in¬ 
 deed, the same texts may be met with in different 
 places, but then it is applied to different purposes; 
 as when several blessings or duties are comprised in 
 one text, as Prov. xxii. 4. 
 
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 Though all the scriptures here collected, under the 
 name of Promises, are useful, for the comfort and 
 encouragement of Christians, in the cases specified, 
 yet they are expressed in different forms. Some 
 contain direct promises and assurances of such and 
 such blessings. Of these, some are made to all in 
 general, according to the rules and limitations of the 
 gospel, as Ps. lxxxiv. 11. p. 107. and Ps. xxxiv. 9, 
 10. p. 109. But others are addressed to particular 
 good men in Scripture, which yet every Christian 
 may take comfort in. So that promise made to 
 Joshua, Josh. i. 5. <c I will not fail thee, nor forsake 
 thee,” is, by the apostle, applied to Christians in 
 general, Heb. xiii. 6. In the same manner, pro¬ 
 mises made to particular churches are applicable to 
 the church of God in general; as those in the Old 
 Testament to the Jewish church, Isa. xxvii. 3. and 
 Zech. ii. 5. and those to the churches in the New 
 Testament, Phil. iv. 19. p. 109. Rom. xvi. 20. and 
 many more. The rule in both these cases is, That 
 whatsoever promises are made in Scripture to parti¬ 
 cular persons, in cases, and for reasons, that equally 
 concern other good men, they are applicable to the 
 comfort of all, and may be pleaded, with faith, in 
 prayer. The words of the apostle afford a sufficient 
 foundation for this observation— u Whatsoever things 
 were written aforetime, were written for our learning, 
 that we through patience and comfort of the scrip¬ 
 tures might have hope.” 
 
 The promises also made in particular cases to per¬ 
 sons in Scripture, may be applied to the encourage¬ 
 ment of others, so far as the case and circumstances 
 
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 agree, though not absolutely, and in their whole ex¬ 
 tent. Thus the promise made to Solomon, 2 Chron. 
 
 i. 11, 12. of wisdom, and also of riches and honour, 
 beyond all that were before him, because he asked of 
 God wisdom rather than riches, &c. is applicable to 
 Solomon only, in its whole extent; but yet gives en¬ 
 couragement to every good man to hope, that if he 
 seek of God wisdom above all other things, he shall 
 obtain a large measure of it, according to what his 
 station requires, and also so much of other worldly 
 advantages as God sees best for him, according to 
 those more general promises, Prov. viii. 17, 18. In 
 the same manner, the promises made by Christ to his 
 apostles of the Holy Spirit, “ to teach them all things, 
 and bring all the things he had said to them to re¬ 
 membrance,John xiv. 26. and to guide them into 
 all truth, chap. xvi. 13. though they are not to be 
 applied to others in the same degree as to the apos¬ 
 tles, who were by the Spirit extraordinarily inspired, 
 and instructed in the whole revelation of the gospel, 
 and infallibly secured from error, this being peculiar 
 to their character as apostles; yet they encourage all 
 other Christians to expect from the Spirit all that 
 illumination, instruction, and guidance, which is ne¬ 
 cessary for them in their several circumstances, upon 
 the diligent use of all appointed means, so that they 
 shall be preserved from all dangerous and fatal mis¬ 
 takes and errors, according to those promises, 1 John 
 
 ii. 20, 27. Psalm xxv. 12. and others, made to good 
 men in general. 
 
 Beside those scriptures that run in the form of 
 promises, there are others, which are observations or 
 
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 declarations of the blessings that generally attend the 
 several exercises of piety and holiness ; as Psalm cxi. 
 5. in p. 109. and Prov. xviii. 10. in p. 111. and most 
 of those collected out of the Proverbs and Eccle¬ 
 siastes. But as these are observations made under 
 the inspiration of the Spirit of God, they give the 
 same encouragement to expect the blessings men¬ 
 tioned in them, as if they were in the form of pro¬ 
 mises. 
 
 Some of the texts do only express the experiences 
 of good men in Scripture, or their expectations from 
 God ; as Psal. xvi. 6. in p. 107. Psal. xxiii. through¬ 
 out, p. 109. and Psal. Ixxi. 20. Of which scriptures 
 the same may be said as of those above, that as holy 
 men therein spake under the direction of the Spirit 
 of God, and what they say of themselves is recorded 
 for our instruction and comfort, consequently other 
 good men may assure themselves, in like circum¬ 
 stances, of the like favour and mercy. Thus, where¬ 
 as the Psalmist expresses his confidence in God’s 
 help against all his enemies, Psal. cxviii. 6. the 
 apostle applies it to all Christians, Heb. xiii. 6. 6< So 
 that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and 
 I will not fear what man can do unto me.” 
 
 Some of the texts are petitions put up by Christ 
 for his church; as those taken out of John xvii. 
 These give the same encouragement as the promises 
 do; for we are assured, that whatever Christ asks for 
 his people, is certainly granted. 
 
 The same may be said, in some degree, of the 
 prayers put up by other saints in Scripture, for them¬ 
 selves and others; especially the prophetical prayers* 
 
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 Gen. xlix. Deut. xxxiii. and in other places. Since 
 those prayers were delivered under the inspiration of 
 the Spirit, we know they were agreeable to the will 
 of God; and so far as circumstances are the same, all 
 other good men may hope to be heard in asking the 
 same blessings of God. But of this sort I have 
 taken but few, both because it is more difficult rightly 
 and with judgment to apply them, and lest I should 
 too much swell this collection. 
 
 The blessings promised, are either of a temporal, 
 or of a spiritual and eternal nature. It may be ne¬ 
 cessary to lay down some rules, to direct the serious 
 Christian in the right application of these different 
 sorts of promises. 
 
 As to the Promises of temporal blessings, and 
 those that relate to temporal evils, it is acknowledged 
 by all, they are not to be understood absolutely or 
 universally, but with the limitation, as far as may be 
 for God’s glory, and our good; both which are, in 
 effect, one. Nor will these limitations lessen their 
 value, with any thinking serious person. For all 
 outward things are of such a nature, as to be capable 
 of being either good or evil to us, as circumstances 
 vary. Riches, though in some circumstances they 
 may be very useful and valuable, in which case God 
 will bestow them according to the tenor of his pro¬ 
 mises ; yet in others they may be, and often prove, 
 very pernicious: no wise man, in that case, would 
 desire them. Thus afflictions, in some instances, may 
 be of the greatest advantage to us. Then they are 
 mercies; the inflicting them is a token of favour, and 
 
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 the preventing them would be a judgment, instead of 
 fulfilling a promise. Now it must be allowed, that 
 of all these circumstances, the infinitely wise and 
 good God is the best judge; since he has before him 
 in one view, the whole compass of every case, in all 
 its circumstances, and is more concerned and watch¬ 
 ful for our good, than we can be ourselves. The 
 promises, therefore, relating to these things, should 
 not lie by neglected; but we should fix our faith 
 upon them for the mercies we want, with a firm de¬ 
 pendence upon the power and faithfulness of God, 
 though with an entire submission to his superior 
 wisdom, to choose what is best for us. I verily be¬ 
 lieve, Christians often deprive themselves even of 
 temporal favours from God, for want of a more fre¬ 
 quent steadfast exercise of faith upon the promises 
 relating to these things. They either ask not, or 
 not in faith, and therefore receive nothing from God, 
 James i. 6, 7 . Or they desire and ask, but not for 
 right ends, (to take notice of another limitation hinted 
 at by the same apostle, James iv. 3.) not for God’s 
 honour, but to consume it upon their lusts; and so 
 they ask amiss, and therefore receive not. This 
 collection, therefore, will give great assistance to the 
 faith of Christians, when they observe how full and 
 express the Promises are, and how suitable to their 
 several exigencies, even in things concerning this life. 
 
 It may be objected to many of the texts, that they 
 are taken out of the Old Testament, and were pro¬ 
 mises made to the Jews under a dispensation wherein 
 a greater stress is laid upon temporal blessings, than 
 under the gospel; and consequently, that Christians 
 cannot expect so much from those promises. 
 
94 . 
 
 I answer, that it is true the gospel has a much 
 greater tendency to draw our affections from, and 
 lessen our regard to, outward felicity and prosperity, 
 than the law, since it has brought in a better hope, 
 and mves more clear discoveries, and more full assur¬ 
 ances of spiritual and eternal blessings, and recom¬ 
 mends these as our main concern; and therefore our 
 desires and expectations of temporal blessings ought 
 to be very moderate, and bear no proportion with our 
 concern for spiritual. But yet, that Christians may 
 take comfort in, and apply to themselves the promises 
 of the Old Testament, and in things relating to this 
 life, is evident from that declaration of the apostle, 
 Godliness is profitable unto all things, having pro¬ 
 mise of the life that now is, and of that which is to 
 come.” Where the apostle affirms, not only that 
 godliness is profitable to this, as well as another life, 
 but that it has promises relating to both; by which, 
 it is probable, he meant those of the Old Testament, 
 a great part of the New being not then committed 
 to writing, or not published among the churches. 
 Besides, as was observed before, the promises made 
 in the Old Testament, the apostle applies to Chris¬ 
 tians, and that upon the principle above mentioned, 
 Rom. xv. 4. an instance of which we have, among 
 others, in his pressing obedience to parents on Chris¬ 
 tians, Eph. vi. 2, 3. from the temporal promise an¬ 
 nexed to the fifth commandment, delivered to the 
 Jews. To which may be added, that there are many 
 promises of temporal blessings to be found in the 
 gospel, as full and as expressive as those in the Old 
 Testament, as will appear upon the perusal of this 
 collection. 
 
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 Nor do I think the case of good men under the 
 law so different from that of Christians, with rela¬ 
 tion to outward blessings, as some may apprehend. 
 It is plain, those promises were not to them absolute 
 or universal, but to be understood with the same 
 limitations as now; and that in those times, as well 
 as since, the righteous were frequently exercised with 
 severe afflictions, and the wicked had many times a 
 greater share of outward prosperity than even the 
 best of men; the want of a due attention to which, 
 was the reason of the heavy censures Job met with 
 from his friends. The sentences, therefore, which 
 in Job, in the Proverbs, and other places, express 
 the earthly advantages attending righteousness in its 
 several branches, and the ill consequences of vice, 
 are not to be looked upon as universal positions, but 
 rather as observations of the proper tendency of vir¬ 
 tue and vice, and their natural connection with such, 
 and such benefits and mischiefs, though liable to 
 some exceptions in particular cases, as most general 
 observations and maxims are. And there is now the 
 same connection established by God, in the course of 
 things, between moral good and evil, and several ad¬ 
 vantages and mischiefs, though subject to such varia¬ 
 tions as God in his wise providence sees fit to make 
 from his more settled rules. 
 
 As to the Promises of spiritual and eternal bless¬ 
 ings, they are to be applied according to the tenor of 
 the gospel. It is to faith, repentance, love, and sin¬ 
 cere obedience, that the Promises in general are 
 made of pardon, grace, and glory, as appears from a 
 great multitude of texts here collected. And indeed 
 
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 without these dispositions, none can justly lay claim 
 to any of the temporal promises. But because, in 
 many cases, a serious person may be doubtful whe¬ 
 ther he is converted or not, whether there be in him 
 that faith, repentance, and holiness, which may be a 
 proof that he is in a state of favour with God, and 
 so entitled to the promises—I observe, that as there 
 is a difference between grace begun, in its first exer¬ 
 cises, and when it is arrived to a confirmed habit; so 
 many of the promises are made to the first beginning 
 and exercises of grace, in praying and seeking after 
 God, in the use of appointed means, in turning from 
 sin, and coming to Christ. Thus the promises of 
 a new heart are made to those who inquire after God, 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 27 . of wisdom to them that search 
 for it, Prov. ii. 4, 5. of the Spirit to them that ask 
 it, Luke xi. 13. and of rest in Christ to them that, 
 being weary and heavy laden, come to him, Matth. 
 xi. 28. Which, therefore, every one who finds, in 
 himself, those beginnings of grace, may apply to 
 himself as an encouragement to go on. 
 
 It is also to be observed, that the other promises 
 of divine influences, of the increase of grace, of pre¬ 
 servation from sin, of grace to persevere to the end, 
 &c. and so of everlasting life and glory, though every 
 sincere Christian may apply them, and depend upon 
 them, yet they all suppose the diligent use of all the 
 means of grace, watchfulness, a constant application 
 to, and dependence upon the strength of Christ, and 
 the grace of his Holy Spirit, and a sincere regard to 
 all the other duties of the gospel; as appears from 
 John xv. 4, 10. and many other passages to be found 
 in this collection, especially in the latter part. 
 
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 To obtain the comfort of the Promises in the 
 second part, every one must see that they be in a 
 good degree possessed of the graces, and that they 
 diligently perform the duties, to which the Promises 
 are made; and that from a principle of faith in Christ, 
 and love to God, expressed in an habitual care and 
 endeavour to please him. For whatever duty we 
 do, without a real regard to God therein, depending 
 upon Christ for acceptance, cc in whom all the pro¬ 
 mises are yea and amen,” we can expect no reward 
 from him. God may justly reject such a claim, with, 
 Did ye it at all to me, even to me ?” And for 
 the same reason, the observing of some duties, while 
 we knowingly allow ourselves in acts of disobedience 
 to other commands, will not support our claim to the 
 Promises; because, if we acted with a sincere re¬ 
 spect to God, we should show the same regard to all 
 his known laws, James ii. 10, 11. 
 
 As a Christian ought to be concerned not only for 
 himself, but for the whole church of God, and the 
 interest of Christ’s kingdom here on earth, I thought 
 it very necessary to lay before him what the Scripture 
 affords for the raising of his hopes, and encouraging 
 his prayers upon those important subjects. And this 
 is the design of that collection of texts in the Ap¬ 
 pendix. But this I found more difficult than any 
 other part whatsoever; for in searching the Scripture 
 upon those subjects, I met with so many passages 
 that had a relation to the state of the church, that a 
 complete collection of them was inconsistent with my 
 intended brevity; and many of the prophecies were 
 so difficult to be understood, that it could not be ex- 
 
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 pected that the generality of Christians should know 
 how to make use of them. I have, however, endea¬ 
 voured to avoid both these ineonveniencies, by select¬ 
 ing those texts which are most full to my purpose, 
 and most easy to be apprehended by an attentive 
 reader; hoping that those scriptures being here laid 
 together which treat of the same subject, they would 
 mutually illustrate and explain one another. 
 
 I am sensible that many of the texts I have brought, 
 which foretell the enlargement and glory of the church, 
 have already had, in some degree, their accomplish¬ 
 ment in the conversion of the Gentiles to the Chris¬ 
 tian faith; but upon a thorough consideration of 
 several of the prophecies concerning the spreading of 
 the gospel throughout all nations, the subjection of 
 all kings to the authority of Christ, and the glorious 
 state of the church in the latter days, as Ps. lxxxvi. 
 9. Isa. lxvi. 18. Dan. vii. 27. Zech. xiv. 9, &c. it 
 appears to me, there is still to be expected a fuller 
 accomplishment of them than has yet been. But 
 which have been already fulfilled, and which still re¬ 
 main to be so, I leave to every one’s judgment, upon 
 considering and comparing the texts. 
 
 Some of the texts I have applied to the church in 
 general, are by some interpreters understood of the 
 church of the Jews, when converted to Christ in the 
 latter ages of the world ; as Isaiah iv. 3. and xxvii. 
 (>. and lx. and Ixii. Nor do I deny but it is pro¬ 
 bable, that people is more immediately pointed at in 
 those prophecies. But as the Gentile and Jewish 
 church will then be one, there will be a communica¬ 
 tion of privileges and glory; and consequently, in 
 whatever measures the Spirit of God is poured out, 
 
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 and the glory of God manifested among the Jews when 
 converted, the Gentile church will enjoy their share of 
 the benefit; for, tfi if the fall of them be the riches 
 of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches 
 of the Gentiles, how much more their fulness ?” 
 
 As to the conversion of the Jews, it has indeed, 
 been the opinion of many learned men, that nothing 
 more is to be expected than what has already been 
 done in the several, but especially the first, ages of 
 Christianity; but I do not see what sense can be 
 made of the eleventh chapter to the Romans, but 
 upon the supposition of a further and more general 
 conversion of the Jews, even of that part of the Jew¬ 
 ish nation which were then cut off from the true 
 church for their infidelity ; and as the apostle applies 
 to this purpose a passage quoted out of one of the 
 prophets, it seems to me to serve as a key for the 
 right understanding of a great number of places in 
 the prophets concerning the state of the Jews in the 
 latter days,—a great part of which 1 have therefore 
 collected or referred to in the last section. I know, 
 indeed, those prophecies are supposed by Grotius, 
 and other learned commentators, to have been ful¬ 
 filled by the return of the Jews from the Babylonish 
 captivity, the favour they obtained from several 
 princes, and the victories gained by the Maccabees 
 over the enemies of the Jews. And perhaps the 
 foretelling of those remarkable events, was in part 
 the design of at least some of those prophecies. But 
 they must be allowed also to have had a further view, 
 if we consider the low, afflicted, and persecuted state 
 of the Jewish nation, most part of the time after their 
 return to their own land, under the Persian, Grecian, 
 
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 and at length the Roman empire, and the corruptions 
 and disorders that crept into, and at last quite over¬ 
 run their church; of which Dr. Prideaux has given 
 a very full account in his excellent history. Now 
 this no ways agrees with those sublime and lively 
 descriptions of the peace, prosperity, holiness, and 
 flourishing condition, both of their church and state, 
 foretold in those prophecies; as particularly in Jer. 
 xxx. 9, 16. Ezek. xxxiv. 28. andxxxvi.il. Joel iii. 
 17, 20, &c. Besides that, in many of those prophe¬ 
 cies, the latter days, or the days of the Messiah, are 
 expressly pointed at as the time of their accomplish¬ 
 ment. This has therefore led many to apply all 
 those passages to the Gentile church, which they 
 suppose to be spoken of under names and characters 
 proper to the Jewish church, as being typified by it. 
 But whoever will carefully observe the connection of 
 the several parts of those prophecies, must acknow¬ 
 ledge that the Jewish nation is in some of the verses 
 plainly spoken of, and that, hf other verses of the 
 same context, the promises of conversion and restora¬ 
 tion to their own land are made to the very same per¬ 
 sons : of which see instances in the chapters above 
 mentioned, and in Hos. ii. and iii. 
 
 There are many, indeed, of those who expect a 
 more general conversion of the Jews, that yet will 
 not admit of their restoration to their own land, but 
 suppose they shall be, upon their conversion, embo¬ 
 died with the several nations among which they live. 
 But in those prophecies concerning them, which evi¬ 
 dently refer to the gospel times, there are several 
 passages which speak so fully and positively of their 
 return to their own country, and that Jerusalem shall 
 
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 be rebuilt and re-inhabited by them, that it seems to 
 me impossible to understand them in any other than 
 the literal sense, without doing them great violence; 
 as Jer. xxxii. 41. and xxxiii. 16. Ezek. xxxvi. 11, 
 24, 28. and xxxvii. 25. Zech. xii. 6. and xiv. 11, &c. 
 It is beyond my present design, and the compass of 
 this Introduction, to give all the reasons that incline 
 me to these sentiments; they that please to search 
 further into the matter, may consult Dr. Whitby, 
 and other learned writers. I shall conclude what I 
 have to say upon this head, with recommending it to 
 Christians, to make use of these texts to raise their 
 hopes and expectations of those future happy times, 
 when the gospel shall be preached more universally 
 throughout the world, the Christian church receive 
 a vast accession by the calling of the Jews, and the 
 coming in of the fulness of the Gentiles; and holi¬ 
 ness, peace, and love, shall flourish probably in a 
 greater measure than ever, at least since the apostles’ 
 time. Let this be the subject of their daily and most 
 fervent prayers, and these Promises be made use 
 of, as pleas to enforce their petitions and support 
 their faith. 
 
 Though this collection has cost me not a little 
 time and pains, I think it very well bestowed, not 
 only upon the account of the advantage I have my¬ 
 self received from the study of the Promises, and 
 the assistance I still expect from this book, for my 
 private thoughts and composures for the pulpit, by 
 having it continually before me; but also in hopes it 
 may be useful to others in several respects, for pro¬ 
 moting the holiness and comfort of Christians. Here 
 
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 they have before them, in one view, the riches of the 
 covenant of grace; here are all the strongest argu¬ 
 ments to persuade to real religion, to recommend 
 every duty, and to support in every afflicted and per¬ 
 plexed case. This book may be very useful to assist 
 in prayer, both for the reasons before mentioned, and 
 also, because from hence one may be furnished with 
 variety of proper matter and expression upon all the 
 eases we are concerned to represent to God. And 
 as the study of these Promises would be to the 
 advantage of all sorts of persons, it might be a very 
 useful and easy exercise for children, to be employed 
 in learning some of the plainest texts, under those 
 heads which are most proper for them, and to ques¬ 
 tion one another upon them, being instructed by their 
 teachers in their sense and use. In this way, the 
 directors of the education of children in the charity 
 schools, may make this book serve good purposes, for 
 the instruction and improvement of their children in 
 the knowledge of the Scriptures. And I know no 
 better way of enriching the minds of children with 
 useful and solid knowledge, than by making them 
 well acquainted with the Scriptures themselves, those 
 pure unmixed fountains of excellent and divine wis¬ 
 dom, and treasuring up in their memories a great 
 number of select scriptures most suited to their capa¬ 
 city and use. 
 
 If we would reap the comfort and benefit of these 
 Promises, it is not enough that we have them by 
 us, or now and then look into them : but we must 
 thoroughly acquaint ourselves with them, store them 
 up in our memories, and be often meditating upon 
 
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 them, that they may be ready for use when we most 
 want them. And whatever pains w T e may be at on 
 this account, the pleasure and advantage we shall re¬ 
 ceive will be a sufficient recompense; for these are 
 pleasant words, c< that are as a honeycomb; sweet to 
 the soul, and health to the bones,” and therefore well 
 deserve to be (( bound upon our fingers, and written 
 upon the table of our hearts.” And would serious 
 Christians make the Promises the frequent subject 
 of their conversation together, and at the same time 
 take notice of the several instances wherein they have 
 been made good to themselves and others, within their 
 observation, it would both impress them upon their 
 memories, and very much increase their force and in¬ 
 fluence upon their hearts. 
 
 But care must be taken to understand them in 
 their true sense, and rightly to apply them. Mis¬ 
 taken apprehensions of Scripture have often been 
 the cause of people’s deceiving themselves with un¬ 
 grounded comforts and expectations; or, at least, they 
 have not built their comforts upon proper texts, though 
 they may have had sufficient foundation for them in 
 other places. The comparing one scripture with an¬ 
 other, as they lie here together, will be, in many 
 cases, of great use to assist in the right understand¬ 
 ing them. And, in most instances, it will be still a 
 further advantage to turn to the place quoted, and 
 consider the circumstances of the text, and its con¬ 
 nection with the context. This will show how far 
 there is an agreement of your case with that referred 
 to in the text; and, consequently, how far the pro¬ 
 mise is to be applied, whether absolutely, and in its 
 whole extent, or only in some degree, and with limi¬ 
 tations. 
 
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 In particular cases, we may draw comfort, not only 
 from the promises peculiar to that case, but also from 
 those that are of a more general nature. As under 
 sickness, we may have relief, not only from those 
 scriptures which expressly relate to that circumstance, 
 but also from the promises relating to trouble in gen¬ 
 eral, and the assurances of God’s love, care, and 
 readiness to help his people, &c. which the table of 
 contents will easily direct to. 
 
 That we may have the comfort of the Promises, a 
 steady exercise of faith is, above all things, necessary. 
 For this purpose, we must impress upon our minds 
 the power, goodness, and faithfulness of God, and 
 the experience of good men in every age; and by this 
 means, and by an attentive consideration of the pro¬ 
 mises, <c suck at those breasts of consolation till we 
 are satisfied,” Isa. lxvi. 11. But, at the same time, 
 our eyes must be fixed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, 
 as the only foundation of our hopes, in and through 
 whom alone all the promises are made good to us; 
 and upon the Holy Spirit the Comforter, that through 
 his powerful influences we may rightly understand 
 and apply, firmly believe, and clearly discover the 
 excellency of the promises, and so taste that the Lord 
 is gracious. 
 
 Constantly plead the Promises with God in prayer. 
 Fie has thereby bound himself to his people, as with 
 a note under his hand. Go with it therefore to God, 
 firmly depending upon his faithfulness; he will ac¬ 
 knowledge his own hand-writing, and answer your 
 demands accordingly. Rest yourself therefore upon 
 God, and wait patiently for him, being assured he 
 will not be unmindful of his promise; but leave it to 
 
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 his infinite wisdom to fulfil it, in that way, and at 
 that time, he sees best. 
 
 But remember, the promises of God do not dis¬ 
 charge from, but encourage and oblige to, the dili¬ 
 gent use of all proper and lawful means. Christ has 
 promised food and raiment; but the slothful and care¬ 
 less must not expect the benefit of that promise. 
 The same may be said of the spiritual blessings pro¬ 
 mised. (( The soul of the slothful desireth, and 
 hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be 
 made fat.” 
 
 To conclude: Let the Christian live a life of 
 faith upon the Promises. A great part of the riches 
 of the nation at this day, consists in the credit that is 
 given to notes, bonds, assignments, &c. I am sure 
 the riches of the Christian lie chiefly in the assign¬ 
 ments he has under God’s hand, of the most valuable 
 blessings both of this and a better life. Let him 
 then know how to value these as the truest riches, 
 and to make use of them upon all occasions: he will 
 find no want of any good thing. If he has it not in 
 hand, he has it in the promise whenever he needs it. 
 So that he may live entirely free from solicitude and 
 anxious care, committing himself, and all his con¬ 
 cerns, to that God who careth for hi^. 
 
 I am willing to take this opportunity of recom¬ 
 mending it to those young persons, for whose benefit 
 this collection was first undertaken, to persevere in 
 their endeavours to improve themselves, and one an¬ 
 other, in the knowledge of the Promises, and other 
 parts of Scripture, which may be most useful to 
 them, that ‘ c the word of Christ may dwell in them 
 
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 richly in all wisdomand to others, especially of 
 their age, to imitate their example in the same com¬ 
 mendable way of employing their time. To how 
 much better account will this turn, than the vanities 
 that ordinarily fill up the conversation of youth, or 
 those wrangling disputes and controversies, which 
 eat out the heart of serious practical religion ! The 
 advantage which those who have tried this course 
 have reaped from it, sufficiently encourages their per¬ 
 severance in it. May they, and all others who with 
 them delight in, and search after the treasures of 
 divine wisdom in the Scriptures, not only have their 
 minds beautified and enriched with it, but feel its in¬ 
 fluence in their hearts and lives. May they be 
 fi4 filed with the knowledge of the will of God, in all 
 wisdom and spiritual understanding, that they may 
 walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being 
 fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the 
 knowledge of God.” 
 
THE 
 
 CHRISTIAN’S INHERITANCE; 
 
 OR, A 
 
 COLLECTION OF THE PROMISES. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 THE BLESSINGS PROMISED TO THE GOOD. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 PROMISES OF TEMPORAL BLESSINGS. 
 
 I. General Promises to the Good. 
 
 Psalm xvi. 6. The lines are fallen unto me in 
 pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 
 
 Ps. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord God is a sun and 
 shield; the Lord will give grace and glory: no good 
 thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 
 
 Eccl. viii. 12. Surely I know that it shall be well 
 with them that fear God, which fear before him. 
 
 Isa. iii. 10. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall 
 be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their 
 doings. 
 
 Ps. lviii. 11. Verily there is a reward for the 
 righteous. 
 
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 To him that soweth righteousness 
 
 Ps. v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; 
 with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 
 
 Ps. iii. 8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : 
 thy blessing is upon thy people. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteous¬ 
 ness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness, and honour. 
 
 Prov. x. 6. Blessings are upon the head of the 
 just. 24. The desire of the righteous shall be 
 granted. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be 
 gladness. 
 
 Prov. xi. 18. 
 
 shall be a sure reward. 19. Righteousness tendeth 
 to life. 28. The righteous shall flourish as a branch. 
 
 Prov. iii. 32. His secret is with the righteous. 
 
 Prov. xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the 
 Lord. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 9. The light of the righteous rejoiceth. 
 21. To the righteous good shall be repayed. 
 
 Ps. xxiii. 6. 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. 
 
 Rom. viii. 32. 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 ? i 
 
 1 Cor. iii. 21, 22. All things are yourfc; whether 
 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, 
 or death, or things present, or things to come; all 
 are yours. 
 
 1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto all 
 things, having promise of the life that now is, and of 
 that which is to come. 
 
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 II. Promises of temporal blessings in general, 
 
 Ps. xxiii. 1. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall 
 not want. 5. Thou preparest a table before me, 
 in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my 
 head with oil, my cup runneth over. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 9. There is no want to them that fear 
 him. 10. They that seek the Lord shall not want 
 any good thing. 
 
 Matth. vi. 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, 
 and his righteousness; and all these things shall be 
 added unto you. 
 
 Phil. iv. 19. My God shall supply all your need, 
 according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 
 
 I Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great 
 gain. 17. Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. 
 
 III. Particularly of Food and Raiment. 
 
 Of Food. —Ps. xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, 
 and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and 
 verily thou shalt be fed. 
 
 Ps. cxi. 5. He hath given meat unto them that 
 fear him : he will ever be mindful of his covenant. 
 
 Ps. cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless her provi¬ 
 sion : I will satisfy her poor with bread. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 14. He filleth thee with the finest of 
 the wheat. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 25. The righteous eateth to the satis¬ 
 fying of his soul. 
 
 Matth. vi. 26. Behold the fowls of the air: for 
 they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into 
 barns: yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. 
 Are ye not much better than they ? 
 
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 Joel ii. 26. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be 
 satisfied. 
 
 'Isa. lxv. 13. Behold, my servants shall eat, but 
 ye shall be hungry : behold, my servants shall drink, 
 but ye shall be thirsty. 
 
 Raiment. —Matth. vi. 25. I say unto you, 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? 30. 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 ? 31. Therefore take 
 no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? or, What 
 shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? 
 32. For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have 
 need of all these things. 
 
 IV. Promises of Long Life and Health. 
 
 Deut. v. 33. 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. vi. 2. That thou mightest fear the Lord 
 thy God, to keep all his statutes, and his command¬ 
 ments, which I command thee; thou, and thy son, 
 and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life, and that 
 thy days may be prolonged. 
 
 Job v. 26. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a 
 full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his 
 season. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 12. What man is he that desireth 
 
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 life, andloveth many clays, that he may see good? 
 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 
 speaking guile. 14. Depart from evil, and do good ; 
 seek peace, and pursue it. 
 
 Ps. xci. 16. With longlife will I satisfy him, and 
 show him my salvation. 
 
 Prov. iii. 2. Length of days, and long life, and 
 peace, shall they add to thee. 16. Length of days 
 is in her [Wisdom’s] right hand. 
 
 Prov. ix. 11. By me thy days shall be multiplied, 
 and the years of thy life shall be increased. 
 
 Prov. x. 27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth 
 days. 
 
 Health .—Ps. ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine 
 iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4. Who 
 
 redeemeth thy life from destruction. 5. Who satis- 
 fieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth 
 is renewed like the eagle’s. 
 
 Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes: 
 fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8. It shall 
 be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 
 
 Prov. iv. 22. They are life unto those that find 
 them, and health to all their flesh. 
 
 V. Promises of Safety under the Divine Protection. 
 
 Deut. xxxiii. 12. The beloved of the Lord shall 
 dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover 
 him all the day long. 
 
 Prov. xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a 
 strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is 
 safe. 
 
 Ps. xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always before 
 me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be 
 moved. 
 
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 Ps. cxii. 7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: 
 his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 13. And who is he that will harm you, 
 if ye be followers of that which is good ? 
 
 Job iv. 7 . Remember, I pray thee, who ever 
 perished, being innocent ? Or where were the right¬ 
 eous cut off:* 
 
 Job xi. 18. Thou shalt be secure, because there 
 is hope. 
 
 Job v. 23. Thou shalt be in league with the 
 stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall 
 be at peace with thee. 
 
 Hos. ii. 18. And in that day will I make a co¬ 
 venant for them with the beasts of the field, and with 
 the fowls of heaven, 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 will make 
 them to lie down safely. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a cove¬ 
 nant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease 
 out of the land; and they shall dwell safely in the 
 wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 28. 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 afraid. 
 
 Gen. ix. 2. And the fear of you, and the dread 
 of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and 
 upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon 
 the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into 
 your hand are they delivered. 
 
 Job xi. 18. Thou shalt dig about thee, and thou 
 shalt take thy rest in safety. 19. Also thou shalt 
 lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. 
 
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 Ps. iv. 8. I will both lay me down in peace, and 
 sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in 
 safety. 
 
 Ps. cxxvii. 2. He giveth his beloved sleep. 
 
 Prov. iii. 24. When thou best down, thou shalt 
 not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep 
 shall be sweet. 
 
 1 Sam. ii. 9. He will keep the feet of his saints, 
 and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by 
 strength shall no man prevail. 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 1. The Lord is my light and my sal¬ 
 vation ; whom shall I fear ? The Lord is the strength 
 of my life; of whom shall I be afraid ? 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 20. He keepeth all his bones, not one 
 of them is broken. 
 
 Ps. xci. 1. He that dwelleth in the secret place 
 of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of 
 the Almighty. 2. 1 will say of the Lord, He is my 
 refuge, and my fortress: my God; in him will I 
 trust. 4. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and 
 under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be 
 thy shield and buckler. 10. There shall no evil 
 befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy 
 dwelling. 
 
 Ps. cxxi. 1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, 
 from whence cometh my help. 2. My help cometh 
 from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 
 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that 
 keepeth thee will not slumber. 4. Behold, he that 
 keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5. 
 The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade 
 upon thy right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite 
 thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7. The 
 
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 Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall pre¬ 
 serve thy soul. 8. The Lord shall preserve thy go¬ 
 ing out, and thy coming in, from this time forth, and 
 even for evermore. 
 
 Ps. cxxiv. 8. Our help is in the name of the 
 Lord, who made heaven and earth. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 2. As the mountains are round about 
 Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, 
 from henceforth even for ever. 
 
 Prov. iii. 23. Then shalt thou walk in thy way 
 safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 
 
 Prov. i. 33. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall 
 dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. 
 
 Isa. iv. 5. And the Lord will create upon every 
 dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assem¬ 
 blies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of 
 a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall 
 be a defence. 6. 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. 
 
 Isa. xxxiii. 16. Pie shall dwell on high; his place 
 of defence shall be the munition of rocks. 
 
 Isa. xliii. 2. 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 kindle upon thee. 3. P'or I am the 
 Lord thy God, the Ploly One of Israel, thy Saviour. 
 
 Isa. xxvii. 3. I, the Lord, do keep it, I will 
 water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep 
 it night and day. 
 
 Zech. ii. 5. For I, saith the Lord, will be unto 
 
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 her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory 
 in the midst of her. 
 
 VI. Promises of Peace. 
 
 Lev. xxvi. 6. And I will give peace in the land, 
 and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you 
 afraid; and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, 
 neither shall the sword go through your land. 
 
 Ps. xxix. 11. The Lord will give strength unto 
 his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 5. Peace shall be upon Israel. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 165. Great peace have they which love 
 thy law, and nothing shall offend them. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders. 
 
 Isa. xxvi. 12. Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for 
 us; for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 
 
 Isa. xxxii. 18. My people shall dwell in a peace¬ 
 able habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet 
 resting-places. 
 
 VII. Direction. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good man are 
 ordered by the Lord; and he deligbteth in his way. 
 
 Ps. xlviii. 14. He will be our guide, even unto 
 death. 
 
 Ps. lxxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy 
 counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 
 
 Prov. iii. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, 
 and he shall direct thy paths. 
 
 Prov. xi. 5. The righteousness of the perfect 
 shall direct his way. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 9. A man’s heart deviseth his way, but 
 the Lord directeth his steps. 
 
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 Isa. xxviii. 26. His God doth instruct him to 
 discretion, and doth teach him. 
 
 Isa. xlii. 16. And I 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. 
 
 VIII. Honour. 
 
 Deut. xxviii, 13. And the Lord shall make thee 
 the head and not the tail; and thou shalt be above 
 only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou 
 hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy 
 God, which I command thee this day, to observe and 
 to do them. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 6. Surely he shall not be moved for 
 ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remem- 
 brance. 9. His horn shall be exalted with honour. 
 
 1 Sam. ii. 30. Them that honour me, I will 
 honour. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 4. By humility and the fear of the 
 Lord, are riches, honour, and life. 
 
 Prov. iii. 16. In her left hand are riches and hon¬ 
 our. 
 
 Prov. iv. 8. Exalt her, and she shall promote 
 thee; she shall bring thee to honour, when thou 
 dost embrace her. 
 
 Prov. x. 7. The memory of the just is blessed. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 19. The evil bow before the good, and 
 the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 
 
 Ps. xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon me, 
 therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, 
 because he hath known my name. 15. He shall call 
 
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 upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him 
 in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. 
 
 John xii. 26. 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. 
 
 Rev. iii. 9. Behold, I will make them of the syna¬ 
 gogue of Satan (who say they are Jews, and are not, 
 but do lie) to come and worship before thy feet, and 
 to know that I have loved thee. 
 
 IX. Success and Prosperity. 
 
 Ps. i. 3. 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 doth shall prosper. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 5. Commit thy way unto the Lord, 
 trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. 
 
 Ps. cxxviii. 2. Thou shalt eat the labour of thine 
 hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with 
 thee. 
 
 Ps. lvii. 2. I will cry unto God most High: 
 unto God that performeth all things for me. 
 
 Isa. lxv. 21. And they shall build houses, and 
 inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat 
 the fruit of them. 22. They shall not build, and 
 another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another 
 eat: for as the days Gf a tree are the days of my 
 people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of 
 their hands. 23. They shall not labour in vain, nor 
 bring forth for trouble: for they are the seed of the 
 blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. 
 
 Job xi. 15. Thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not 
 fear: 17. And thine age shall be clearer than the 
 
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 noon-day; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the 
 morning. 
 
 Job xxii. 28. Tbou shalt also decree a thing, and 
 it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall 
 shine upon thy ways. 
 
 X. Plenty and Riches. 
 
 Deut. xi. 14. I will give you the rain of your 
 land in his due season, the first rain, and the latter 
 rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy 
 wine, and thine oil. 15. And I will send grass in 
 thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat, and 
 be full. 
 
 Deut. xxviii. 12. The Lord shall open unto thee 
 his good treasure, the heaven to give the 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. xxx. 9. 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 cattle, and 
 in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Lord will 
 again rejoice over thee for g.ood, as he rejoiced over 
 thy fathers. Deut. xxviii. 11. 
 
 Job xxii. 24. Thou shalt lay up gold as dust, and 
 the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25. 
 And thou shalt have plenty of silver. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 38. He blesseth them also, so that they 
 are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle 
 to decrease. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 3. Wealth and riches shall be in his 
 house; and his righteousness endureth for ever. 
 
 Prov. iii. 16. In her [Wisdom’s] left hand are 
 riches and honour. 
 
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 Prov. viii. 18. Riches and honour are with me; 
 yea, durable riches and righteousness. 19. My fruit 
 is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my re¬ 
 venue than choice silver. 
 
 Prov. xv. 6. In the house of the righteous is much 
 treasure. 
 
 Isa. xxx. 23. 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 plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in 
 large pastures. 
 
 XI. Of Children. 
 
 Deut. vii. 13. He will love thee, and bless thee, 
 and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy 
 womb. 
 
 Deut. xxx. 9. And the Lord thy God will make 
 thee plenteous—in the fruit of thy body. 
 
 Job v. 25. Thou shalt know that thy seed shall 
 be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. 
 
 Ps. cxxvii. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the 
 Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4. 
 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are 
 children of the youth. 5. 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. 
 
 Ps. cxv. 14. The Lord shall increase you more 
 and more, you and your children. 
 
 XII. A Blessing upon all a good Man has . 
 
 Exod. xxiii. 25. And ye shall serve the Lord your 
 God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water. 
 
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 Deut. xxvi. 11 . And thou shalt rejoice in every 
 good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto 
 thee, and unto thine house. 
 
 Deut. xxviii. 3. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, 
 and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4. Blessed 
 shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy 
 ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of 
 thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5. Blessed 
 shall be thy basket and thy store. 6. Blessed shalt 
 thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou 
 be when thou goest out. 8. The Lord shall com¬ 
 mand the blessing upon thee in thy store-houses, and 
 in all that thou settest thine hand unto : and he shall 
 bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giv- 
 eth thee. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 16. A little that a righteous man hath, 
 is better than the riches of many wicked. 
 
 Prov. x. 22. The blessing of the Lord, it maketh 
 rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. 
 
 Prov. xv. 16. Better is a little with the fear of 
 the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith. 
 
 Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is good in 
 his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to 
 the sinner he giveth travail, to gather, and to heap 
 up, that he may give to him that is good before God. 
 
 Eccl. iii. 13. Also that every man should eat and 
 drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour: it is the 
 gift of God. 
 
 Eccl. v. 19. 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. 20. For he shall 
 not much remember the days of his life; because 
 God answereth him in the joy of his heart. 
 
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 XIII. A Blessing upon the Children of the Good, 
 
 Deut. iv. 40. Thou shalt keep his statutes—that 
 it may go well with thee, and with thy children after 
 thee. Deut. v. 29. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance 
 to his children’s children ; and the wealth of the sin¬ 
 ner is laid up for the just. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong 
 confidence; and his children shall have a place of 
 refuge. 
 
 Prov. xi. 21. The seed of the righteous shall be 
 delivered. 
 
 Prov. xx. 7. The just man walketh in his in¬ 
 tegrity ; his children are blessed after him. 
 
 Ps. cii. 28. The children of thy servants shall con¬ 
 tinue, and their seed shall be established before thee. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth : 
 the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 
 
 Ps. xxv. 13. His seed shall inherit the earth. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 25. I have been young, and now am 
 old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor 
 his seed begging bread. 26. He is ever merciful, 
 and lendeth: and his seed is blessed. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 13. He hath blessed thy children within 
 thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxii. 39. 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. 
 
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 XIV. A Blessing upon the Families of the Good. 
 
 Job v. 24. Thou shalt know that thy tabernacle 
 shall he in peace : and thou shalt visit thy habitation, 
 and shalt not sin. 
 
 Job viii. 6. If thou wert pure and upright, surely 
 now he would awake for thee, and make the habita¬ 
 tion of thy righteousness prosperous. 7. Though 
 thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should 
 greatly increase. 
 
 Ps. cxxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine 
 by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive- 
 plants round about thy table. 4. Behold, thus shall 
 the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 5. The 
 Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt 
 see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 
 t>. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and 
 peace upon Israel. 
 
 Prov.iii. 33. He blesseth the habitation of the just. 
 
 Prov. xii. 7. The house of the righteous shall stand. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 11. The tabernacle of the upright shall 
 flourish. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 PROMISES RELATING TO THE TROUBLES OF LIFE. 
 
 I. In general. 
 
 Of Preservation from Trouble .—Job v. 19. He 
 shall deliver thee in six troubles : yea, in seven there 
 shall no evil touch thee. 
 
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 Ps. xxxi. 23. The Lord preserveth the faithful. 
 
 Ps. xxxii. 6. 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 waters they shall not 
 come nigh unto him. 7. Thou art my hiding-place : 
 thou shalt preserve me from trouble : thou shalt com¬ 
 pass me about with songs of deliverance. 
 
 Ps. xci. 10. There shall no evil befall thee, neither 
 shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 
 
 Prov. xii. 21. There shall no evil happen to the 
 just. 
 
 Prov. xv. 19. The way of the slothful man is as 
 an hedge of thorns; but the way of the righteous is 
 made plain. 
 
 Delivercirice out of Trouble .—Job viii. 20. Be¬ 
 hold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither 
 will he help the evil-doers : 21. Till he fill thy mouth 
 with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 
 
 Job xi. 16. Thou shalt forget thy misery, and 
 remember it as waters that pass away. 
 
 Job xxxvi. 16. Even so would he have removed 
 thee out of the strait into a broad place where there 
 is no straitness, and that which should be set on thy 
 table should be full of fatness. 
 
 Ps. xxx. 5. His anger endureth but a moment; 
 in his favour is life : weeping may endure for a night, 
 but joy cometh in the morning. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 19. Many are the afflictions of the 
 righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 
 
 Ps. xlii. 11. Why art thou cast down, O my 
 soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me ? Hope 
 thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the 
 health of my countenance, and my God. 
 
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 Ps. lxviii. 18. Though ye have lain among the 
 pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered 
 with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. 
 
 Ps. lxxi. 20. Thou, which hast showed me great 
 and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt 
 bring me up again from the depths of the earth. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 27. Thou wilt save the afflicted people; 
 but wilt bring* down hig*h looks: 28. For thou wilt 
 
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 light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten 
 my darkness. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 8. The Lord openeth the eyes of the 
 blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 19. They cry unto the Lord in their 
 trouble; and he saveth them out of their distresses. 
 
 Ps. cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears shall reap 
 in joy. 6. Fie that goeth forth and weepeth, bear¬ 
 ing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with 
 rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 
 
 Prov. xi. 8. The righteous is delivered out of 
 trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 
 
 Prov. xii. 13. The wicked is snared by the trans¬ 
 gression of his lips; but the just shall come out of 
 trouble. 
 
 Prov. xxiv. 16. A just man falleth seven times, 
 and riseth up again. 
 
 Jer. xxix. 11. I know the thoughts that I think 
 towards you, saith the Lord; thoughts of peace, and 
 not of evil, to give you an expected end. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 12. Their souls shall be as a watered 
 garden; and they shall not sorrow any more. 13. 
 I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort 
 them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 
 
 Hos. vi. 1. Come, and let us return unto the 
 
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 Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath 
 smitten, and he will bind us up. 
 
 Support under Troubles. —Ps. ix. 9. The Lord 
 will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times 
 of trouble. 
 
 Ps. xxii. 24. 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. 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord: be of good 
 courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, 
 I say, on the Lord. 10. When my father and my 
 mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 24. Though he fall, he shall not be 
 utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth him with 
 his hand. 39. The salvation of the righteous is of 
 the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my rock, and my for¬ 
 tress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in 
 whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my 
 salvation, and my high tower. 
 
 Ps. xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength, a 
 very present help in trouble: 2. Therefore will not 
 we fear, though the earth be removed, and though 
 the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 
 3. Though the waters thereof roar and he troubled, 
 though the mountains shake with the swelling there¬ 
 of. 
 
 Ps. lv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and 
 he shall sustain thee : he shall never suffer the right¬ 
 eous to be moved. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy 
 mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou 
 hast known my soul in adversities. 
 
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 Exod. iii. 7. I have surely seen the affliction of 
 my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their 
 cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know their 
 sorrows. 
 
 Ps. xli. 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor 
 the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 
 
 Ps. Ixxi. 3. Thou hast given commandment to 
 save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 4. Unto the upright there ariseth light 
 in the darkness. 
 
 Ps. cxxxvi. 23. Who remembereth us in our low’ 
 estate; for his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Ps. cxxxviii. 7. Though I walk in the midst of 
 trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth 
 thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and 
 thy right hand shall save me. 
 
 Ps. lxxiii. 26. My flesh and my heart faileth; 
 but God is the strength of my heart. 
 
 Ps. cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 
 and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 
 
 Isa. xxv. 4. 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. xxvii. 8. In measure, when it shooteth forth, 
 thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind 
 in the day of the east wind. 
 
 Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon man more 
 than is right, that he should enter into judgment 
 with God. 
 
 Isa. 1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the 
 Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that 
 
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 walketh in darkness, and hath no light ? let him trust 
 in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. 
 
 Lam. hi. 31. The Lord will not cast off for ever: 
 
 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have 
 compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 
 
 33. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the 
 children of men. 
 
 Jer. xxx. 11. I am with thee, saith the Lord, to 
 save thee: I will correct thee in measure, and will 
 not leave thee altogether unpunished. 
 
 Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my for¬ 
 tress, and my refuge in the day of affliction. 
 
 Mic. vii. 8. Rejoice not against me, O mine ene¬ 
 my : when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in dark¬ 
 ness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. 9. 1 will 
 bear the indignation of the Lord, because I 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 behold his righteousness. 
 
 Nah. i. 7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in 
 the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust 
 in him. 
 
 Matth. xi. 28. Come unto me, all ye that labour 
 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 
 
 John xvi. 33. 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. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 5. For as the sufferings of Christ abound 
 in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 8. We are troubled on every side, yet 
 not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 
 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not 
 destroyed. 
 
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 II. Promises relating to Sickness, Old Age, fyc. 
 
 Of Deliverance from Sickness. —Exod. xxiii. 25. 
 Ye shall serve the Lord your God, and I will take 
 sickness away from the midst of thee. 
 
 Exod. xv. 26. If thou wilt diligently hearken to 
 the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that 
 which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his 
 commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put 
 none of these diseases upon thee, which I have 
 brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that 
 healeth thee. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 24. He is gracious unto him, and saith, 
 Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have 
 found a ransom. 25. His flesh shall be fresher than 
 a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: 
 26. He shall pray unto God, and he will be favour¬ 
 able unto him; and he shall see his face with joy: 
 for he will render unto man his righteousness. 28. 
 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and 
 his life shall see the light. 
 
 Ps. xci. 3. Surely he shall deliver thee from the 
 snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 
 5. Thou shalt not he afraid for the terror by night, 
 nor for the arrow that flieth by day: 6. Nor for the 
 pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the de¬ 
 struction that wasteth at noon-day. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities : 
 who healeth all thy diseases. 
 
 Deut. vii. 15. The Lord will take away from thee 
 all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of 
 Egypt upon thee. 
 
 Jer, xxxiii. 6. Behold, I will bring health and 
 
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 cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them 
 the abundance of peace and truth. 
 
 Support under Sickness. —Ps. xli. 3. The Lord 
 will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: 
 thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 
 
 Ps. cxvi. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple: I 
 was brought low, and he helped me. 
 
 In Child-bearing .—1 Tim. ii. 15. Notwithstand¬ 
 ing she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they con¬ 
 tinue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. 
 
 Deut. vii. 13. He will bless the fruit of thy womb. 
 
 Gen. xlix. 25. Even by the God of thy father, 
 who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall 
 bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings 
 of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts 
 and of the womb. 
 
 In Old age. —Ps. lxxi. 9. Cast me not off in the 
 time of old age; forsake me not when my strength 
 faileth. 
 
 Isa. xlvi. 4. And even to your old age I am he; 
 and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: I have 
 made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will 
 deliver you. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 31. The hoary head is a crown of glory, 
 if it be found in tbe way of righteousness. 
 
 III. Of Deliverance from Famine and Want. 
 
 Job. v. 20. In famine he shall redeem thee from 
 death. 22. At destruction and famine thou shalt 
 laugh. 
 
 Ps. xxxiii. 18. Behold, the eye of the Lord is 
 upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his 
 
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 mercy; 19. To deliver tlieir soul from death, and to 
 keep them alive in famine. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 19. They shall not be ashamed in the 
 evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be 
 satisfied. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 7. Which giveth food to the hungry. 
 
 Isa. xli. 17. When the poor and needy seek wa¬ 
 ter, 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. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 29, I will call for the corn, and will 
 increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 80. 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. 
 
 Zech. x. 1. 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. 
 
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 Ps. evil. 9. He satisfieth the longing soul, and 
 filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 
 
 Hab. iii. 17. Though the fig-tree shall not blos¬ 
 som, neither shall fruit be in the vines; 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: 18. Yet I will 
 
 rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my 
 salvation. 
 
 Matth. iv. 4. Man shall not live by bread alone, 
 but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth 
 of God, 
 
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 IV. Deliverance from War and Enemies. 
 
 Deliverance from War .—Deut. xx. 4. The Lord 
 your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you 
 against your enemies, to save you. Deut. xxiii. 14. 
 
 Job. v. 20. In war he shall redeem thee from the 
 power of the sword. 
 
 Ps. lx. 12. Through God we shall do valiantly: 
 for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 
 
 2 Chron. xiii. 12. Behold, God himself is with 
 us for our captain. 
 
 Prov. iii. 25. Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither 
 of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh : 26. 
 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep 
 thy foot from being taken. 
 
 Isa. xli. 11. 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 perish. 12. 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. 
 
 Jer. xxxix. 17. I will deliver thee in that day, 
 saith the Lord; and thou shalt not be given into the 
 hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18. For 
 I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by 
 the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; 
 because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord. 
 
 Deliverance from Enemies .—2 Kings vi. 16. Fear 
 not, for they that be with us are more than they that 
 be with them. 
 
 2 Chron. xiv. 11 . Lord, it is nothing with thee 
 to help, whether with many, or with them that have, 
 no power. 
 
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 2 Kings xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye shall 
 fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all 
 your enemies. 
 
 Ps. xvii. 7. 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. 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 5. In the time of trouble he shall hide 
 me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle 
 shall he hide me; he shall set me upon a rock. 6. 
 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine 
 enemies round about me : therefore will I offer in his 
 tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will 
 sing praises unto the Lord. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 32. The wicked watcheth the right¬ 
 eous, and seeketh to slay him. 33. The Lord will 
 not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when 
 he is judged. 40, And the Lord shall help them, 
 and deliver them : he shall deliver them from the 
 wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xcvii. 10. He preserveth the souls of his saints; 
 he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 8. His heart is established, he shall not 
 be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. 
 
 Ps. cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part with 
 them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire 
 upon them that hate me. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 3. The rod of the wicked shall not rest 
 upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put 
 forth their hands unto iniquity. 
 
 Job viii. 22. They that hate thee shall be clothed 
 with shame; and the dwelling-place of the wicked 
 shall come to nought. 
 
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 Prov. xvi. 7. When a man’s ways please the Lord? 
 he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 
 
 Isa. xxv. 5. Thou shalt bring down the noise of 
 strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat 
 with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the ter¬ 
 rible ones shall be brought low. 
 
 Isa. liv. 17. No weapon that is formed against thee 
 shall prosper ; 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 right¬ 
 eousness is of me, saith the Lord. 15. Whosoever 
 shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy 
 sake. 
 
 Deut. xxviii. 7. The Lord shall cause thine ene¬ 
 mies that rise up against thee to be smitten before 
 thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, 
 and flee before thee seven ways. 
 
 Luke xviii. 7, 8. 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. 
 
 Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee, and no man shall 
 set on thee to hurt thee. 
 
 Heb. xiii. 6. So that we may boldly say, The Lord 
 is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do 
 unto me. Ps. cxviii. 6. 
 
 Luke i. 71. That we should be saved from our 
 enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us. 74. 
 That he would grant unto us, that we, being deli¬ 
 vered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve 
 him without fear, 75. In holiness and righteous¬ 
 ness before him, all the days of our life. 
 
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 V. From Oppression and Injustice. 
 
 Exod. xxii. 26. If thou at all take thy neigh¬ 
 bour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him 
 by that the sun goeth down. 27. For that is his 
 covering only; it is his raiment for his skin: where¬ 
 in shall he sleep ? And it shall come to pass, when he 
 crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 
 
 Ps. xii. 5. For the oppression of the poor, for the 
 fighting of the needy, now will I arise, saith the 
 Lord; I will set him in safety, from him that puffeth 
 at him. 
 
 Ps. xxxv. 10. 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 ? 
 
 Ps. lxxii. 4. He shall judge the poor of the people, 
 he shall save the children of the needy, and shall 
 break in pieces the oppressor. 14. He shall redeem 
 their soul from deceit and violence; and precious 
 shall their blood be in his sight. 
 
 Ps. cix. 31. He shall stand at the right hand of 
 the poor, to save him from those that condemn his 
 soul. 
 
 Ps. clxvi. 7. Which executeth judgment for the 
 oppressed. 
 
 Eccl. v. 8. If thou seest the oppression of the 
 poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice 
 in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that 
 is higher than the highest regardeth, and there be 
 higher than they. 
 
 Isa. liv. 14. In righteousness shalt thou be estab¬ 
 lished : thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou 
 
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 shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come 
 near thee. 
 
 VI. From Slander and Reproach. 
 
 Job v. 21. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of 
 
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 the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of the de¬ 
 struction when it cometh. 
 
 Job xi. 15. Thou shalt lift up thy face without 
 spot. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 6. He shall bring forth thy righteous¬ 
 ness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 20. Thou shalt hide them in the secret 
 of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt 
 keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of 
 tongues. 
 
 Ps. lvii. 3. He shall send from heaven, and save 
 me from the reproach of him that would swallow me 
 up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and 
 his truth. 
 
 Reproach. —Isa. li. 7. Hearken unto me, ye that 
 know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my 
 law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ve 
 afraid of their revilings. 8. For the moth shall eat 
 them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them 
 like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, 
 and my salvation from generation to generation. 
 
 Matth. v. 11. Blessed are ye when men shall revile 
 you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of 
 evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12. Rejoice, 
 and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in 
 heaven** 
 
 Heb. xi. 26. Esteeming the reproach of Christ 
 greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he 
 had respect unto the recompense of the reward. 
 
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 1 Pet. iv. 14. 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. 
 
 VII. From Witchcraft. 
 
 Num. xxiii. 23. Surely there is no enchantment 
 against Jacob, neither is there any divination against 
 Israel. 
 
 VIII. Promises to the Stranger. 
 
 Deut. x. 18. He loveth the stranger, in giving 
 him food and raiment. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers. 
 
 Ezek. xi. 16. Thus saith the Lord God, Although 
 I have cast them far off among the heathen, and al¬ 
 though I have scattered them among the countries; 
 yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary, in the 
 countries where they shall come. 
 
 IX. To the Poor and Helpless. 
 
 Ps. ix. 18. The needy shall not alway be forgot¬ 
 ten ; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for 
 ever. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 10. Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy 
 goodness for the poor. 
 
 Ps. lxix. 33. The Lord heareth the poor. 
 
 Ps. cxxxii. 15. I will satisfy her poor with bread. 
 
 Isa. xiv. 30. The first-born of the poor shall feed ; 
 and the needy shall lie down in safety. 
 
 Ps. lxxii. 2. He shall judge thy people with right¬ 
 eousness, *and thy poor with judgment. 12. He shall 
 deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, 
 
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 and him that hath no helper. 13. He shall spare 
 the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the 
 needy. 
 
 Ps. cii. 17. He will regard the prayer of the des¬ 
 titute, and not despise their prayer. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 41. He setteth the poor on high from 
 affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. 
 
 Ps. cxiii. 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the 
 dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill. 
 
 Jer. xx. 13. Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the 
 Lord, for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from 
 the hand of evil-doers. 
 
 Job. v. 15. He saveth the poor from the sword, 
 from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 
 16. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her 
 mouth. 
 
 Job xxxvi. 15. He delivereth the poor in his 
 affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 
 
 James i. 9. Let the brother of low degree rejoice, 
 iu that he is exalted. 
 
 James ii. 5. 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 ? 
 
 Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said, Son, remember 
 that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, 
 and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is 
 comforted, and thou art tormented. 
 
 X. To the Fatherless and Widow. 
 
 Exod. xxii. 22. Ye shall not afflict any widow, 
 or fatherless child, 23. If thou afflict them in any 
 wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear 
 
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 their cry. 24. And my wrath shall wax hot, and I 
 will kill you with the sword: and your wives shall be 
 widows, and your children fatherless. 
 
 Deut. x. 18. He doth execute the judgment of 
 the fatherless and the widow. 
 
 Ps. x. 14. The poor committeth himself unto 
 thee: thou art the helper of the fatherless. 18. To 
 judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man 
 of the earth may no more oppress. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 5. A father of the fatherless, and a 
 judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 9. He relieveth the fatherless and widows. 
 
 Prov. xv. 25. The Lord will destroy the house of 
 the proud; but he will establish the border of the 
 widow. 
 
 Prov. xxiii. 10. Remove not the old land-mark: 
 and enter not into the fields of the fatherless. 11. 
 For their Redeemer is mighty: he shall plead their 
 cause with thee. 
 
 Jer. xlix. 11. Leave thy "fatherless children,* I 
 will preserve them alive: and let thy widows trust in 
 me. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 3. In thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 
 
 XI. To the Childless. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 6. God setteth the solitary in families. 
 
 Ps. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman to keep 
 house, and to be a joyful mother of children. 
 
 * Though the Chaldee Paraphrase understands these words as 
 a promise to the families of the Jews in their captivity; others, 
 more agreeably to the context, look upon them as a threatening 
 against the Edomites, and thus join them to the tenth verse, and 
 render them, ‘ There is none to say, Leave thy fatherless chil¬ 
 dren,’ &c. 
 
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 Isa. lvi. 4. Thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs 
 that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that 
 please me, and take hold of my covenant: 5. 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. 
 
 XII. To the Prisoner and Captive. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 6. He bringeth out those which are 
 bound with chains. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 7. The Lord looseth the prisoners. 
 
 Deut. xxx. 4. If any of thine be driven out unto 
 the utmost parts of heaven, from thence will the 
 Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he 
 fetch thee. 
 
 Ps. lxix. 33. He despiseth not his prisoners. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 14. He brought them out of darkness 
 and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in 
 sunder. 
 
 Isa. li. 14. The captive exile hasteneth, that he 
 may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, 
 nor that his bread should fail. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 25. 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 con¬ 
 tend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will 
 save thy children. 
 
 Jer. xv. 11. Verily it shall be well with thy rem¬ 
 nant ; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee 
 well in the time of evil, and in the time of affliction. 
 
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 XIII. Promises of Deliverance from Death. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 28. He will deliver his soul from go¬ 
 ing into the pit, and his life shall see the light. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 20. He that is our God, is the God of 
 salvation ; and unto God the Lord belong the issues 
 from death. 
 
 Ps. lxvi. 8. O bless our God, ye people; and 
 make the voice of his praise to be heard : 9. Who 
 
 holdeth our soul in life, and sulfereth not our feet to 
 be moved. 
 
 Ps. cii. 19. From heaven did the Lord behold 
 the earth; 20. To hear the groaning of the pris¬ 
 
 oner, to loose those that are appointed to death. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 18. Their soul abhorreth all manner of 
 meat, and they draw near unto the gates of death. 
 19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble; 
 and he saveth them out of their distresses. 
 
 Ps. cxvi. 15. Precious in the sight of the Lord 
 is the death of his saints. 
 
 Ps. xci. 7. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and 
 ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come 
 nigh thee. 
 
 Ps. ix. 13. Thou that liftest me up from the 
 gates of death. 
 
 1 Sam. ii. 6. The Lordkilleth, and maketh alive; 
 he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 
 
 Deut. xxxii. 39. See now, that I, even 1 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. 
 
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 CHAPTER III. 
 
 PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE. 
 
 I. In general . 
 
 Ps. xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy 
 and truth, unto such as keep his covenant and his 
 testimonies. 14. The secret of the Lord is with 
 them that fear him, and he will show them his cove¬ 
 nant. 
 
 Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spi¬ 
 ritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4. Ac¬ 
 
 cording; as he hath chosen us in him before the 
 foundation of the world, that we should be holy and- 
 without blame before him in love: 7. According to 
 the riches of his grace; 8. Wherein he hath 
 abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence. 
 
 Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to this 
 rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the 
 Israel of God. 
 
 Rom. viii. 30. Whom he did predestinate, them 
 he also called: and whom he called, them he also 
 justified: and whom he justified, them he also glo¬ 
 rified. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 3. 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: 4. Whereby are given 
 unto us exceeding great and precious promises. 
 
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 II. Of Justification, Pardon, and Reconcilia¬ 
 tion. 
 
 Justification .—Numb, xxiii. 21. He hath not be¬ 
 held iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverse¬ 
 ness in Israel. 
 
 Isa. xlv. 25. In the Lord shall all the seed of Is¬ 
 rael be justified, and shall glory. 
 
 Isa. liii. 11. By his knowledge shall my righteous 
 servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniqui¬ 
 ties. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 25. I will sprinkle clean water upon 
 you, and ye shall be clean; from all your filthiness, 
 and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 
 
 Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by his grace, 
 through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Rom. v. 1. Being justified by faith, we have peace 
 with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 9. Be¬ 
 ing justified by his blood, we shall be saved from 
 wrath through him. 18. By the righteousness of 
 one, the free gift came upon all men unto justifica¬ 
 tion of life. 19. For by the obedience of one, shall 
 many be made righteous. 
 
 Rom. viii. 1. There is therefore now no condem¬ 
 nation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk 
 not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 33. Who 
 shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect ? It 
 is God that justifieth. 34. Who is he that con¬ 
 demned! ? It is Christ that died; yea, rather, that 
 is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, 
 who also maketh intercession for us. 
 
 2 Cor. v. 21. He hath made him to be sin for us, 
 who knew no sin; that we might be made the right¬ 
 eousness of God in him. 
 
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 Acts xiii. 39. By him all that believe are justified 
 from all things, from which ye could not be justified 
 by the law of Moses. 
 
 Tit. iii. 7. That being justified by his grace, we 
 should be made heirs according to the hope of eter¬ 
 nal life. 
 
 Pardon of Sin. —Exod. xxxiv. 7. Keeping mercy 
 for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, 
 and sin. 
 
 Ps. lxv. 3. As for our transgressions, thou shalt 
 purge them away. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 9. He will not always chide, neither will 
 he keep his anger for ever. 10. He hath not dealt 
 with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to 
 our iniquities. 11. As the heaven is high above the 
 earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear 
 him. 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far 
 hath he removed our transgressions from us. 
 
 Ps. cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee, that 
 thou mayest be feared. 8. He shall redeem Israel 
 from all his iniquities. 
 
 Isa. xxxiii. 24. The inhabitant shall not say, I am 
 sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven 
 their iniquity. 
 
 Isa. xiiii. 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out 
 thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not 
 remember thy sins. 
 
 Isa. xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick cloud 
 thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins: return 
 unto me, for I have redeemed thee. 
 
 Hos. xi. 8. Mine heart is turned within me, my 
 repentings are kindled together. 9. I will not exe¬ 
 cute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to 
 destroy Ephraim. 
 
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 Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that 
 pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression 
 of the remnant of his heritage ? He retaineth not 
 his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 
 19. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon 
 us : he will subdue our iniquities : and thou wilt cast 
 all their sins into the depths of the sea. 
 
 Heb. x. IT. Their sins and iniquities will I re¬ 
 member no more. 
 
 Ps. xxxii. 1. Blessed is he whose transgression is 
 forsriven, whose sin is covered. 2. Blessed is the 
 man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and 
 in whose spirit there is no guile. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 84. I will forgive their iniquity, and I 
 will remember their sin no more. 
 
 Heb. viii. 12. I will be merciful to their unright¬ 
 eousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I re¬ 
 member no more. 
 
 Matth. xii. 31. All manner of sin and blasphemy 
 shall be forgiven unto men: 32. And whosoever 
 
 speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be 
 forgiven him. 
 
 Luke vii. 47. Her sins, which are many, are for¬ 
 given : for she loved much. 48. And he said unto 
 her, Thy sins are forgiven. 50. Thy faith hath 
 saved thee : go in peace.* 
 
 Of the most heinous Sins. —Isa.i. 18. Though your 
 sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; 
 though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 
 
 Of all Sins. —Ps. ciii. 3. He forgiveth all thine 
 iniquities; he healeth all thy diseases. 
 
 Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all their 
 
 * See Repentance , Part II. Chap. I, Sect. 11. 
 
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 iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and 
 I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have 
 sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiii. 16. None of his sins that he hath 
 committed, shall be mentioned unto him. 
 
 Of Backslidings. —Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou 
 backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not 
 cause mine anger to fall upon you. 22. Return, ye 
 backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 4. I will heal their backslidings, I will 
 love them freely. 
 
 Pardon through Christ. —Isa. liii. 5. He was 
 wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for 
 our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace was upon 
 him, and with his stripes we are healed. 6. All we 
 like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every 
 one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him 
 the iniquity of us all. 
 
 Zech. xiii. 1. In that day there shall be a foun¬ 
 tain opened to the house of David, and to the in¬ 
 habitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 
 
 Matth.i.21. He shall save his people from their sins. 
 
 Acts xiii. 38. Through this man is preached unto 
 you the forgiveness of sins. 
 
 Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through 
 his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the 
 riches of his grace. 
 
 Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our sins. 
 
 1 Tim. i. 15. This is a faithful saying, and worthy 
 of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the 
 world to save sinners. 
 
 1 Cor. xv. 3. Christ died for our sins, according 
 to the scriptures. 
 
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 Heb. i. 3. When he had by himself purged our 
 sins. 
 
 Heb. ix. 26. He hath appeared to put away sin 
 by the sacrifice of himself. 28. Christ was once 
 offered to bear the sins of many. 
 
 Heb. x. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for 
 ever them that are sanctified. 
 
 John i. 29. The Lamb of God, which taketh away 
 the sin of the world. 
 
 Matt. xxvi. 28. This is my blood, which is shed 
 for many, for the remission of sins. 
 
 1 John i. 7. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth 
 us from all sin. 9. If we confess our sins, he is 
 faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse 
 us from all unrighteousness. 
 
 1 John ii. 1. If any man sin, we have an advocate 
 with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2. He 
 is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, 
 but also for the sins of the whole world. 12. I write 
 uuto you, little children, because your sins are for¬ 
 given you for his name’s sake. 
 
 1 John iii. 5. He was manifested to take away 
 our sins. 
 
 1 Pet. ii. 24. Who his ownself bear our sins in 
 his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sin, 
 should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye 
 were healed. 
 
 Rev. i. 5. That loved us, and washed us from our 
 sins in his own blood. 
 
 Reconciliation .— Isa. xxvii. 5. Let him take hold 
 of my strength, that he may make peace with me, and 
 lie shall make peace with me. 
 
 Rom. v. 9. Being now justified by his blood, wc 
 
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 shall be saved from wrath through him. 10. For if, 
 when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God 
 by the death of his Son; much more, being recon¬ 
 ciled, we shall be saved by his life. 
 
 2 Cor. v. 18. All things are of God, who hath 
 reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath 
 given to us the ministry of reconciliation : 19. To 
 
 wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to 
 himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. 
 
 Eph. ii. 13. Now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some¬ 
 times were far off are made nigh by the blood of 
 Christ. 14. For he is our peace, who hath made 
 both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of 
 partition between us; 15. Having abolished in his 
 flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments con¬ 
 tained in ordinances, for to make in himself of twain 
 one new man, so making peace; 16. And that he 
 might reconcile both unto God in one body by the 
 cross, having slain the enmity thereby; 17. And 
 came, and preached peace to you which were far olf, 
 and to them that were nigh. 
 
 Col. i. 21. You that were sometime alienated, and 
 enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath 
 he reconciled, 22. In the body of his flesh, through 
 death, to present you holy and unblameable, and un- 
 reproveable in his sight; 23. If ye continue in the 
 faith, grounded and settled, and be not moved away 
 from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, 
 and which was preached to every creature which is 
 under heaven. 
 
 Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful and 
 faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to 
 make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 
 
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 III- Adoption. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 9. I am a Father to Israel, and Eph¬ 
 raim is my first-horn. 
 
 Isa. lxiii. 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, 
 though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ac¬ 
 knowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our Father, 
 our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 
 
 Isa. lxiv. 8. But now, O Lord, thou art our Fa¬ 
 ther: we are the clay, and thou our potter; and 
 we all are the work of thy hand. 
 
 Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the Spirit 
 of God, they are the sons of God. 15. For ye 
 have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; 
 but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby 
 we cry, Abba, Father. 
 
 Rom. ix. 26. And 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 children of 
 the living God. 
 
 2 Cor. vi. 18. I will be a Father unto you, and 
 ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord 
 Almighty. 
 
 Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God by 
 faith in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Gal. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son—5. To re¬ 
 deem them that were under the law, that we might 
 receive the adoption of sons. 7. Wherefore thou 
 art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then 
 an heir of God through Christ. 
 
 Eph. i. 5. Having predestinated us to the adop¬ 
 tion of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according 
 to the good pleasure of his will. 6. To the praise 
 
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 of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us 
 accepted in the Beloved. 
 
 John i. 12. As many as received him, to them 
 gave he power to become the sons of God, even to 
 them that believe on his name. 
 
 1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner of love the 
 Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be 
 called the sons of God! 2. Beloved, now are we 
 
 the sons of God. 
 
 IV. Union and Communion •with the Church. 
 
 Heb. xii. 22. Ye are come unto Mount Sion, and 
 unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jeru¬ 
 salem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 
 23. 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 per¬ 
 fect, 24. And to Jesus the Mediator of the new 
 covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh 
 better things than that of Abel. 
 
 Phil. iii. 3. For we are the circumcision, which 
 worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ 
 Jesus. 
 
 Gal. iii. 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, 
 there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male 
 nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29. 
 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, 
 and heirs according to the promise. 
 
 Gal. iv. 26. Jerusalem which is above is free, 
 which is ihe mother of us all. 28. Now we breth¬ 
 ren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 
 
 1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and heard 
 declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellow- 
 
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 ship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the 
 Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 
 
 Eph. ii. 12. That at that time ye were without 
 Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, 
 and strangers from the covenants of promise, having 
 no hope, and without God in the world. 13. But 
 now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off 
 are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 19. Now 
 therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but 
 fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household 
 of God. 22. In whom [Christ] ye also are budded 
 together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. 
 
 Rom. xi. 17. Thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert 
 grafted in among them, and with them partakest of 
 the root and fatness of the olive-tree. 
 
 V. Free Access to God, with Acceptance. 
 
 Eph. ii. 18. Through him we both have access by 
 one Spirit unto the Father. 
 
 Eph. iii. 12. In whom we have boldness and ac¬ 
 cess with confidence by the faith of him. 
 
 1 Pet. ii. 4. To whom coming, as unto a living 
 stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, 
 and precious, 5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built 
 up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer 
 up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by. Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Heb. x. 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness 
 to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20. 
 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated 
 for us through the vail, that is to say, his flesh. 
 
 Eph. i. 6. Wherein he hath made us accepted in 
 the Beloved. 
 
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 Ezek. xx. 40. In mine holy mountain—I will 
 accept them, and there will I require your offerings. 
 41. I will accept you with your sweet savour. 
 
 VI. Of hearing Prayer. 
 
 Job xxii. 27. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto 
 him, and he shall hear thee. 
 
 Ps. iv. 3. But know that the Lord hath set apart 
 him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear 
 when I call unto him. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 6. This poor man cried, and the Lord 
 heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon 
 the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 
 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and 
 delivereth them out of all their troubles. 
 
 Ps. 1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, I 
 will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 
 
 Ps. lxv. 2. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee 
 shall all flesh come. 
 
 Ps. xci. 15. He shall call upon me, and I will 
 answer him. 
 
 Ps. cxlv. 19. He will fulfil the desire of them that 
 fear him : he also will hear their cry, and will save 
 them. 
 
 Prov. xv. 29. The Lord is far from the wicked: 
 but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. 
 
 Isa. xxx. 19. He will be very gracious unto thee 
 at the voice of thy cry : when he shall hear it, he 
 will answer thee. 
 
 Isa. lviii. 9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord 
 shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here 
 I am. 
 
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 Isa. lxv. 24. And it shall come to pass, that be¬ 
 fore they call, I will answer; and while they are yet 
 speaking, I will hear. 
 
 Jer. xxix. 12. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye 
 shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto 
 you. 
 
 Zech. xiii. 9. 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. 
 
 Matth. vii. 7. Ask, and it shall be given you; 
 seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened 
 unto you: 8. For every one that asketh, receiveth; 
 
 and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that 
 knocketh, it shall be opened. 11. If ye then, be¬ 
 ing evil, know how to give good gifts unto your chil¬ 
 dren, how much more shall your Father which is in 
 heaven give good things to them that ask him ? 
 
 Matt. xxi. 22. And all things whatsoever ye shall 
 ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 
 
 John xv. 7. 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 xvi. 23. And in that day ye shall ask me 
 nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever 
 ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it 
 you. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my 
 name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may 
 be full. 
 
 John xiv. 13. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my 
 name, that will I do, that the Father may be glori¬ 
 fied in the Son. 14. If ye shall ask any thing in 
 my name, I will do it. 
 
 James v. 15. And the prayer of faith shall save 
 
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 the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he 
 have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16. 
 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for 
 another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fer¬ 
 vent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 
 
 1 John iii. 22. And whatsoever we ask, we re¬ 
 ceive of him, because we keep his commandments, 
 and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 
 
 1 John v. 14. And this is the confidence that we 
 have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to 
 his will, he heareth us. 15. And if we know that 
 he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have 
 the petitions that we desired of him. 16. If any 
 man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, 
 he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that 
 sin not unto death. 
 
 VII. Of sanctifying Grace in general . 
 
 Ps. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord God is a sun and 
 shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good 
 thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 
 
 John xvii. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth: 
 thy word is truth. 19. And for their sakes I sanc¬ 
 tify myself, that they also might be sanctified through 
 the truth. 
 
 Eph. ii. 10. We are his workmanship, created in 
 Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath be¬ 
 fore ordained that we should walk in them. 
 
 Phil. ii. 13. For it is God which worketh in you, 
 both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 
 
 Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ 
 which strengthened me. 
 
 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of our- 
 
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 selves to think any thing as of ourselves; but out 
 sufficiency is of God. 
 
 2 Thess. ii. 18. 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 be¬ 
 lief of the truth. 
 
 Col. i. 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which 
 hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance 
 of the saints in ligffit. 21. Yet now hath he recon- 
 
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 ciled, in the body of his flesh through death, to pre¬ 
 sent you holy and unblameable, and unreproveable in 
 his sight. 
 
 1 Thess. v. 23. And the very God of peace sanc¬ 
 tify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit 
 and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the 
 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Tit. ii. 14. Who gave himself for us, that he 
 might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto 
 himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 33. 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; and I will be their 
 God, and they shall be my people. 
 
 Jer. xxx. 9. They shall serve the Lord their God, 
 and David their king, whom I will raise up unto 
 them. 
 
 Luke i. 74. That he would grant unto us, that 
 we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, 
 might serve him without fear, 75. In holiness and 
 righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 
 
 1 Cor. vi. 11. And such were some of you: but 
 
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 ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are jus¬ 
 tified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the 
 Spirit of our God. 
 
 2 Cor. iii. 18. But we all, with open face behold¬ 
 ing as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed 
 into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by 
 the Spirit of the Lord. 
 
 VIII. Particularly of Converting Grace. 
 
 Deut. xxx. 6 . And the Lord thy God will cir¬ 
 cumcise thine heart, -and the heart of thy seed, to love 
 the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all 
 thy soul, that thou mayest live. 
 
 Jer. xxiv. 7. And I will give them an heart to 
 know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my 
 people, and I will be their God : for they shall return 
 unto me with their whole heart. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 18. Turn thou me, and I shall be 
 turned, for thou art the Lord my God. 
 
 Ps. cx. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day 
 of thy power. 
 
 Jer. 1. 4. In those days, and in that time, saith 
 the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and 
 the children of Judah together, going and weeping: 
 they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. 5. 
 They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces 
 thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves 
 to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be 
 forgotten. 
 
 Ezek. xi. 19. And 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; 20. That they may walk iu 
 
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 my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: 
 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 26. 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 
 I will give you an heart of flesh. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 9. Who hath saved us,*and called us 
 with an holy calling, not according to our works, but 
 according to his own purpose and grace, which was 
 given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 
 
 Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness which 
 we have done, but according to his mercy he saved 
 us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 The Grace of Repentance .—Ezek. xx. 43. And 
 there shall ye remember your ways, and all your 
 doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall 
 loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils 
 that ye have committed. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 31. 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, and for your abominations. 
 
 Matth. ix. 18. I am not come to call the right¬ 
 eous, but sinners to repentance. 
 
 Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right 
 hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give re¬ 
 pentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 
 
 Acts iii. 26. Unto you first, God, having raised 
 up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning 
 away every one of you from his iniquities. 
 
 Hos. ii. 6. Behold, I will hedge up thy way with 
 thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her 
 
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 paths. 7. And she shall follow after 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 return to my first husband; for then was it 
 better with me than now. 
 
 The Grace of Faith. —Zech. xii. 10. They shall 
 look upon me whom they have pierced. 
 
 John vi. 45. It is written in the prophets, And 
 they shall be all taught of God. Every man there¬ 
 fore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, 
 cometh unto me. 
 
 Phil. i. 29. Unto you it is given to believe in 
 Christ. 
 
 Eph. ii. 8. For by grace are ye saved through 
 faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of 
 God. 
 
 Grace to fear God .—Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give 
 them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me 
 for ever. 
 
 IX. Knowledge, Wisdom, 8$c. 
 
 Knowledge .—Prov. ii. 5. Then shalt thou un¬ 
 derstand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge 
 of God : 9. Then shalt thou understand righteous¬ 
 ness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 5. Evil men understand not judg¬ 
 ment : but they that seek the Lord understand all 
 things. 
 
 Isa, ii. 3. He will teach us of his ways, and we 
 will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth 
 the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 
 
 Isa. xxix. 18. And in that day shall the deaf hear 
 the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall 
 
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 see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 24. They 
 also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, 
 and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. 
 
 Isa. xxxv. 8. And an highway 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 
 ear therein. 
 
 Isa. lii. 6. My people shall know my name: there¬ 
 fore they shall know in that day that I am he that 
 doth speak. 
 
 Isa. xxxii. 3. And the eyes of them that see shall 
 not be dim; and the ears of them that hear shall 
 hearken. 
 
 Isa. xlii. 7. To open the blind eyes, to bring out 
 the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in 
 darkness out of the prison house. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 34. And they shall teach no more every 
 man his neighbour, and every man his brother, say¬ 
 ing, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, 
 from the least of them unto the greatest of them, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 Hos. vi. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on 
 to know the Lord. 
 
 Matth. xi. 25. 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. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 6. 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. 
 
 1 John v. 20. And we know that the Son of God 
 
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 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. 
 
 Luke iv. 18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, 
 because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to 
 the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, 
 to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering 
 of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are 
 bruised. 
 
 Luke i. 77. To give knowledge of salvation unto 
 his people, by the remission of their sins, 78. Through 
 the tender mercy of our God; whereby the day¬ 
 spring from on high hath visited us, 79. To give 
 light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow 
 of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. 
 
 John viii. 12. Then spake Jesus again unto them, 
 saying, I am the light of the world: he that follow- 
 eth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the 
 light of life. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 14. The natural man receiveth not the 
 things of the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness 
 unto him: neither can he know them, because they 
 are spiritually discerned. 15. But he that is spiri¬ 
 tual judgeth all things. 
 
 Wisdom. —Prov. ii. 6. The Lord giveth wisdom: 
 out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understand¬ 
 ing. 9. He layeth up sound wisdom for the right¬ 
 eous. 
 
 Ps. xvi. 7. I will bless the Lord, who hath given 
 me counsel; my reins also instruct me in the night- 
 seasons. 
 
 Ps. Ii. 6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the in¬ 
 ward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make 
 me to know wisdom. 
 
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 James i. 5. If any of you lack wisdom, let him 
 ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and up- 
 braideth not; and it shall be given him. 
 
 Eccl. ii. 26. For God giveth to a man that is 
 good in his sight wisdom and knowledge. 
 
 Divine Teaching .—Ps. xxxii. 8. I will instruct 
 thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: 
 I will guide thee with mine eye. 
 
 Ps. xxv. 8. Good and upright is the Lord: there¬ 
 fore will he teach sinners in the way. 12. What 
 man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach 
 in the way that he shall choose. 
 
 John vii. 17. If any man will do his will, he shall 
 know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whe¬ 
 ther I speak of myself. 
 
 Divine Guidance .—Ps. xxiii. 3. He restoreth 
 my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness 
 for his name’s sake. 
 
 Ps. lxxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy 
 counsel. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them shall 
 lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide 
 them. 
 
 Isa. lviii. 11. And the Lord shall guide thee con- 
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 Isa. lxi. 8. I will direct their work in truth. 
 
 Deut. xxxii. 10. He led him about, he instructed 
 him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11. As 
 an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her 
 young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, 
 beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did 
 lead him. 
 
 Isa. xxx. 21. Thine ears shall hear a word behind 
 
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 thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye 
 turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 
 
 Ability for good Discourse .—Prov. x. 31. The 
 mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom. 32. The 
 lips of the righteous know what is acceptable. 
 
 Isa. xxxii. 4. The heart of the rash shall under¬ 
 stand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers 
 shall be ready to speak plainly. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 1. The preparations of the heart in 
 man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 
 
 1 Cor. xii. 7. To one is given, by the Spirit, the 
 word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge, 
 by the same Spirit. 
 
 Luke xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth and wis¬ 
 dom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to 
 gainsay or resist. 
 
 X. Of the means of G race. 
 
 Isa. xxx. 20. And 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. xlix. 9. They shall feed in the ways, and 
 their pastures shall be in all high places. 10. They 
 shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat 
 nor sun smite them. 
 
 Ps. xxiii. 2. He maketh me to lie down in green 
 pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 
 
 Isa. lii. 7. How beautiful upon the mountains are 
 the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that pub¬ 
 lished peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, 
 that published salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy 
 God reigneth ! 8. Thy watchmen shall lift up the 
 
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 voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for 
 they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring 
 again Zion. 
 
 Isa. lvi. 7, Them will I bring to my holy moun¬ 
 tain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: 
 their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be ac¬ 
 cepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be 
 called an house of prayer for all people. 
 
 Isa. lxii. 6. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, 
 O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day 
 nor night. 
 
 Isa. xli. 18. 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. 
 
 Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors according to 
 mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and 
 understanding. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 12. Their soul shall be as a watered 
 garden. 14. And I will satiate the soul of the 
 priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied 
 with my goodness, saith the Lord. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 15. I will feed my flock, and I will 
 cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. 
 
 Eph. iv. 11. He gave some, apostles; and some, 
 prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors 
 and teachers; 12. For the perfecting of the saints, 
 for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the 
 body of Christ: 13. 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. 
 
 A blessing upon the ordinances .—Ps. xxxvi. 8. 
 
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 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness 
 of thy house; and thou shalt make them to drink of 
 the river of thy pleasures. 9. For with thee is the 
 fountain of life; in thy light shall we see light. 
 
 Ps. lxiii. 2. To see thy power and thy glory, so 
 as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3. Because 
 thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall 
 praise thee. 4. Thus will I bless thee while I live: 
 1 will lift up my hands in thy name. 5. My soul 
 shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and 
 my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips. 
 
 Ps. lxv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou clioos- 
 est, 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. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 24. They have seen thy goings, O God; 
 even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanc¬ 
 tuary. 
 
 Ps. lxxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy 
 house : they will be still praising thee. 10. 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 tents of wickedness. 11. For the Lord 
 God is a sun and shield : he will give grace and glory. 
 
 Ps. lxxxix. 15. Blessed is the people that know 
 the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the 
 light of thy countenance. 16. In thy name shall 
 they rejoice all the day; and in thy righteousness 
 shall they be exalted. 
 
 Ps. xcii. 13. Those that be planted in the house 
 of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 
 
 Cant. ii. 3. I sat under his shadow with great de¬ 
 light, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 
 
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 Isa. xii. 3. With joy shall ye draw water out of 
 the wells of salvation. 
 
 Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God, which 
 teacheth thee to profit. 
 
 Isa. lx. 7. They shall come up with acceptance 
 on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my 
 
 Matth. xviii. 20. Where two or three are ga¬ 
 thered together in my name, there am I in the midst 
 of them. 
 
 XI. O/’Grace against Sin and Temptation. 
 
 Of grace to mortify sin. —Hos. xiv. 8. Ephraim 
 shall say, What have I to do any more with idols ? 
 
 Rom. vi. 6. Knowing this, that our old man is 
 crucified with him, that the body of sin might be de¬ 
 stroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 
 14. Sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye 
 are not under the law but under grace. 
 
 Korn. vii. 24. O wretched man that I am ! who 
 shall deliver me from the body of this death ? 25. 
 
 I 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. 
 
 Rom. viii. 2. The law of the Spirit of life in 
 Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin 
 and death. 3. 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. 4. That the righteous¬ 
 ness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not 
 after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 
 
 Gal. v. 16. Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not 
 fulfil the lust of the flesh. 
 
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 John vii. 32. Ye shall know the truth, and the 
 truth shall make you free, [i. e. from sin, ver. 34.] 
 
 John xv. 2. Every branch that beareth fruit, he 
 purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 
 
 Grace against temptation .—Rom. viii. 37. In all 
 these things we are more than conquerors, through 
 him that loved us. 
 
 1 Cor. x. 13. God is faithful, who will not suffer 
 you to be tempted above that ye are able; b it will 
 with the temptation also make a way to escape, that 
 ye may be able to bear it. 
 
 2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee ; for 
 my strength is made perfect in weakness. 
 
 Heb. ii. 18. In that he himself has suffered, be¬ 
 ing tempted, he is able to succour them that are 
 tempted. 
 
 2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver 
 the godly out of temptations. 
 
 1 John iv. 4. Ye are of God, little children, and 
 have overcome them; because greater is he that is in 
 you, than he that is in the world. 
 
 Eccl. vii. 18. He that feareth God shall come 
 forth of them all. 
 
 To preserve from the enticements of sinners .— 
 Prov. ii. 12. To deliver thee from the way of the 
 evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things. 
 16. To deliver thee from the strange woman, even 
 from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 
 
 Eccl. vii. 26. I find more bitter than death the 
 woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands 
 as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her, 
 but the sinner shall be taken by her. 
 
 Victory over the world. —John xvi. 33. Be of 
 good cheer, I have overcome the world. 
 
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 John xvii. 15. I pray not that thou shouldest 
 take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest 
 keep them from the evil. 
 
 Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our sins, that he 
 might deliver us from this present evil world. 
 
 Gal. vi. 14. By whom [Christ] the world is cru¬ 
 cified unto me, and I unto the world. 
 
 1 John v. 4. For whatsoever is born of God 
 overcometh the world: and this is the victory that 
 overcometh the world, even our faith. 5. Who is 
 he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth 
 that Jesus is the Son of God ? 
 
 1 John iv. 4. Ye are of God, little children, and 
 have overcome them ; because greater is he that is in 
 you, than he that is in the world. 
 
 Victory over the devil. —Gen. iii. 15. I will put 
 enmity between thee and the woman, and between 
 thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and 
 thou shalt bruise his heel. 
 
 Luke xxii. 31. Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath 
 desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 
 32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. 
 
 Rom, xvi. 20. And the God of peace shall bruise 
 Satan under your feet shortly. 
 
 1 John ii. 14. 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 v. 18. We know that whosoever is born 
 of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God 
 keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him 
 not. 
 
 James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he will flee from 
 you. 
 
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 XII. Strength, Courage, and Resolution. 
 
 Isa. xii. 2. Behold, God is my salvation; I will 
 trust, and not be afraid : for the Lord Jehovah is my 
 strength and my song; he also is become my salvation, 
 
 Isa. xl. 29. He giveth power to the faint; and 
 to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 
 30. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and 
 the young men shall utterly fall: 31. But they that 
 wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they 
 shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, 
 and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. 
 
 Isa. xlii. 3. Abruised reed shall he not break, 
 and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall 
 bring forth judgment unto truth. 
 
 Ps. xxix. 11. The Lord will give strength unto 
 his people, the Lord will bless his people with peace. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 24. Be of good courage, and he shall 
 strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 35. O God, thou art terrible out of thy 
 holy places; the God of Israel is he that giveth 
 strength and power unto his people. 
 
 Zech. xii. 8. In that day shall the Lord defend 
 the inhabitants 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. 
 
 Job xi. 15. Thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not 
 fear. 
 
 Isa. xxxv. 3. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and 
 confirm the feeble knees. 4. Say to them that are 
 of a fearful heart, be strong, fear not: behold your 
 God will come with vengeance, even God with a re¬ 
 compense ; he will come and save you. 
 
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 Zech. x. 12. I will strengthen them in the Lord; 
 and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee; for 
 my' strength is made perfect in weakness. 
 
 Joel iii. 16. The Lord will be the hope of his 
 people, and the strength of the children of Israel. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the spirit of 
 fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind, 
 
 XIII. Fruitfulness, and Increase of Grace. 
 
 Fruitfulness .—Ps. i. 3. 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 doth shall prosper. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing in the 
 height of Zion, and shall flow together to the good¬ 
 ness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for 
 oil and for the young of the flock and of the herd: 
 and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they 
 shall not sorrow any more at all. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he 
 shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Le¬ 
 banon. 8. I am like a green fir tree, from me is 
 thy fruit found. 
 
 John xv. 2. Every branch that beareth fruit he 
 purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 5. 
 He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
 bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do 
 nothing. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 8. If these things be in you, and abound, 
 they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor 
 unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
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 In old age. —Ps. xcii. 14. They shall still bring 
 forth fruit in old age: they shall be fat and flourish¬ 
 ing. 
 
 Increase of grace .—Job xvii. 9. The righteous 
 also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean 
 hands shall be stronger and stronger. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxiv. 7. They go from strength to strength ; 
 every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 
 
 Ps. xcii. 12. The righteous shall flourish like the 
 palm-tree'; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 
 
 Prov. iv. 18. The path of the just is as the shin¬ 
 ing light, that shineth more and more unto the per¬ 
 fect day. 
 
 Mai. iv. 2. But 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. 
 
 Matth. xiii. 12. Whosoever hath, to him shall be 
 given, and he shall have more abundance. 
 
 James iv. 6. But he giveth more grace: where¬ 
 fore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth 
 grace unto the humble. 
 
 The grace of meekness. —Isa. xi. 6. 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 fading together: and a little child shall lead 
 them. 7. The cow and the bear shall feed; their 
 young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall 
 eat straw like the ox. 8. And the sucking child 
 shall play upon the hole of the asp, and the weaned 
 child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. 9. 
 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
 
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 mountain: for the earth shall be full of the know¬ 
 ledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 
 
 XIV. Grace to Persevere. 
 
 John x. 28. And I give unto them eternal life ; 
 and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck 
 them out of my hand. 29. My Father, which gave 
 them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to 
 pluck them out of my Father’s hand. 
 
 John xvii. 11. Floly Father, keep through thine 
 own name those whom thou hast given me, that they 
 may be one, as we are. 
 
 Rom. viii. 38. I am persuaded, that neither death, 
 nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, 
 nor things present, nor things to come, 39. 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. 
 
 1 Cor. i. 8. Who shall also confirm you unto the 
 end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 21. He which stablisheth us with you 
 in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God. 
 
 Phil. i. 6. Being confident of this very thing, that 
 he which hath begun a good work in you, will per¬ 
 form it until the day of Jesus Christ. 
 
 1 Thess. v. 23. I pray God your whole spirit, and 
 soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto the 
 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24. Faithful is 
 he that calleth you, who also will do it. 
 
 2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who shall 
 stablish you, and keep you from evil. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 10. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give 
 
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 diligence to make your calling and election sure : for 
 if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. 
 
 1 Pet. i. 5. Who are kept by the power of God 
 through faith unto salvation. 
 
 Prov. x. 25. The righteous is an everlasting- 
 foundation. 
 
 Jude 24. Unto him that is able to keep you 
 from falling, and to present you faultless before the 
 presence of his glory with exceeding joy. 
 
 1 John v. 18. We know that whosoever is bom 
 of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God 
 keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him 
 not. 
 
 Ps. cxxxviii. 8. The Lord will perfect that which 
 concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for 
 ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. 
 
 Ps. xciv. 18. When I said my foot slippeth, thy 
 mercy, O Lord, held me up. 
 
 XV. Sanctified Afflictions. 
 
 Deut. viii. 5. As a man chasteneth his son, so the 
 Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 
 
 Job xxxvi. 8. And if they be bound in fetters, and 
 holden in cords of affliction, 9. Then he showeth 
 them their work, and their transgressions that they 
 have exceeded. 10. He openeth also their ear to 
 discipline, and commandeth that they return from 
 iniquity. 
 
 Job v. 17. Happy is the man whom God correct¬ 
 ed! ; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the 
 Almighty: 18. For he maketh sore, and bindeth 
 
 up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 
 
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 Ps. xciv. 12. Blessed is the man whom thou 
 chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy 
 law ; 13. That thou mayest give him rest from the 
 
 days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the 
 wicked. 
 
 Ps, cxix. 67. Before I was afflicted, I went astray; 
 but now have I kept thy word. 71. It is good for 
 me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn 
 thy statutes. 75. I know, O Lord, that thy judg¬ 
 ments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast 
 afflicted me. 
 
 Prov. iii. 12. Whom the Lord loveth he correct- 
 eth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 
 
 Isa. i. 25. I will turn my hand upon thee, and 
 purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy 
 tin. 
 
 Isa. xxvii. 9. By this, therefore, shall the iniquity 
 of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take 
 away his sin. 
 
 Isa. xlviii. 10. Behold, I have refined thee, but 
 not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of 
 affliction. 
 
 Hos. ii. 6. I will hedge up thy way with thorns, 
 and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 
 7. And she shall follow after 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 re¬ 
 turn to my first husband; for then was it better with 
 me than now. 
 
 Rom. v. 3. We glory in tribulations also, know¬ 
 ing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience 
 experience, and experience hope. 
 
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 1 Cor. xi. 32. When we are judged we are chas¬ 
 tened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned 
 with the world. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 16. For which cause we faint not; but 
 though our outward man perish, yet the inward man 
 is renewed day by day. 17. For our light affliction, 
 which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more 
 exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 
 
 Phil. i. 19. I know that this shall turn to my 
 salvation, through your prayer, and the supply of the 
 Spirit of Jesus Christ. 
 
 Heb. xii. 6. Whom the Lord loveth he chasten- 
 eth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 
 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as 
 with sons; for what son is he whom the father chas- 
 teneth not? 10. They, verily, for a few days chas¬ 
 tened us after their own pleasure; but he for our 
 profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 
 11. Now, no chastening for the present seemeth to 
 be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it 
 yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto 
 them which are exercised thereby. 
 
 Rev. iii. 19. As many as I love, I rebuke and 
 chasten. 
 
 James i. 3. The trying of your faith worketh pa¬ 
 tience. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temp¬ 
 tations : for when he is tried, he shall receive the 
 crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them 
 that love him. 
 
 1 Pet. i. 7. 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 honour, and glory, at the appearing of 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
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 Dan. xi. 35. Some of them of understanding shall 
 fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them 
 white, even to the time of the end. 
 
 Dan. xii. 10. Many shall be purified, and made 
 white, and tried. 
 
 Zech. xiii. 9. I will bring the third part through 
 the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and 
 will try them as gold is tried: 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. 
 
 XVI. Grace to the Children ^Believers. 
 
 Gen. xvii. 7. I will establish my covenant between 
 me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their genera¬ 
 tions, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto 
 thee, and to thy seed after thee. 9. Thou shalt 
 keep my covenant therefore; thou, and thy seed after 
 thee, in their generations. 
 
 Deut. xxx. 6. And the Lord thy God will cir¬ 
 cumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love 
 the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all 
 thy soul, that thou mayest live. 
 
 Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, 
 and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4. And they 
 
 shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the 
 water-courses. 5. 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. 
 
 Isa. liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of 
 the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 
 
 Acts ii. 39. The promise is unto you and to your 
 children. 
 
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 Acts xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
 and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 
 
 Mark x. 14. Suffer the little children to come 
 unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the 
 kingdom of God. 16. And he took them up in his 
 arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. 
 
 1 Cor. vii. 14. Now are they [your children] holy. 
 
 XVII. Promises of an Interest in God. 
 
 As our God. —Gen. xvii. 7. I will establish my 
 covenant—to be a God unto thee. 
 
 Lev. xxvi. 12. And I will walk among you, and 
 will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 
 
 Psalm xlviii. 14. This God is our God for ever 
 and ever; he will be our guide, even unto death. 
 
 Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; 
 be not dismayed, for I am thy God. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 24. I the Lord will be their God, 
 and my servant David a prince among them. 31. 
 Ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and 
 I am your God, saith the Lord God. 
 
 2 Cor. vi. 16. I will be their God, and they shall 
 be my people. 
 
 Heb. viii. 10. I will be to them a God, and they 
 shall be to me a people. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 3. God himself shall be with them, and 
 be their God. 
 
 Heb. xi. 16. God is not ashamed to be called their 
 God, for he hath prepared for them a city. 
 
 Isa. liv. 5. For thy Maker is thine husband; The 
 Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the 
 Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth 
 shall he be called. 
 
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 Jer. xxx. 22. Ye shall be my people, and I will 
 be your God. 
 
 Our Portion. —Ps. xvi. 5. The Lord is the portion 
 of mine inheritance, and of my cup. 
 
 , Psalm lxxiii. 26. My flesh and my heart faileth; 
 but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion 
 for ever. 
 
 Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my 
 soul, therefore will I hope in him. 
 
 Gen. xv. 1. I am thy shield, and thy exceeding 
 great reward. 
 
 Our Glory. —Isa. xxviii. 5. In that day shall the 
 Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a dia¬ 
 dem of beauty, unto the residue of his people. 
 
 Of his Presence with us. —Exod. xxxiii. 14. My 
 presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 
 
 Ps. cxl. 13. The upright shall dwell in thy pre- 
 sence. 
 
 Numb, xxiii. 21. The Lord his God is with him, 
 and the shout of a King is among them. 
 
 Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee. 
 
 John xiv. 23. 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. 
 
 Deut. xxxi. 8. The Lord, he it is that doth go 
 before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail 
 thee, neither forsake thee. 
 
 2 Cliron. xv. 2. The Lord is with you, while ye 
 be with him ; and if ye seek him, he will be found 
 of you. 
 
 Joel. ii. 27. And ye shall know that I am in the 
 midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, 
 and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. 
 
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 Ezek. xxxiv. 30. Thus shall they know that I the 
 Lord their God am with them. 
 
 His Love. —Deut. vii. 13. He will love thee, and 
 bless thee, and multiply thee. 
 
 Ps. iv. 3. The Lord hath set apart him that is 
 godly for himself. 
 
 Ps. xlii. 8. The Lord will command his loving¬ 
 kindness in the day-time. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 8. The Lord loveth the righteous. 
 
 Prov. xv. 9. He loveth him that followeth after 
 righteousness. . 
 
 Isa. xliii. 4. Since thou wast precious in my sight, 
 thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee. 
 
 Isa. Ixii. 5. As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the 
 bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an everlasting 
 love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn 
 thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxii. 41. I will rejoice over them to do them 
 good; and I will plant them in this land assuredly 
 with my whole heart, and with my whole souL 
 
 Hos. xiv. 4. I will heal their backsliding; I will 
 love them freely. 
 
 Zeph. iii. 17. The Lord thy God in the midst of 
 thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee 
 with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over 
 thee with singing. 
 
 Isa. Ixii. 4. Thou shalt be called Ilephzibah—for 
 the Lord delighteth in thee. 
 
 John xvi. 27. For the Father himself loveth you, 
 because ye have loved me. 
 
 John xvii. 23. That the world may know that thou 
 hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast 
 
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 loved me. 26. That the love wherewith thou hast 
 loved me may be in them, and I in them. 
 
 Rom. ix. 25. I will call her beloved, which was 
 not beloved. 
 
 Eph. ii. 4. For his great love wherewith he loved 
 us. 
 
 2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ him¬ 
 self, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us. 
 
 1 John iv. 10. Herein is love, not that we loved 
 God, but that he loved us. 16. We have known 
 and believed the love that God hath to us. God is 
 love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, 
 and God in him. 19. We love him because he first 
 loved us. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 4. Who crowneth thee with loving-kind¬ 
 ness and tender mercies. 
 
 His Mercy. —Ps. ciii. 13. Like as a father pitieth 
 his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 
 IT. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to 
 everlasting upon them that fear him. 
 
 Deut. iv. 31. The Lord thy God is a merciful 
 God; he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee. 
 
 Isa. xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that 
 he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he 
 be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you. 
 
 Isa. xlviii. 9. For my name’s sake will I defer mine 
 anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that 
 I cut thee not off. 
 
 Isa. lx. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in my 
 favour have I had mercy on thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxi/20. My bowels are troubled for him; I 
 will surely have mercy upon him. 
 
 Hos. ii. 23. I will sow her unto me in the earth, 
 
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 and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained 
 mercy. 
 
 Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? 
 how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make 
 thee as Admah ? how shall I set thee as Zeboim ? 
 Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are 
 kindled together. 9. I will not execute the fierce¬ 
 ness of my anger; I will not return to destroy 
 Ephraim. 
 
 Exod. xxxiii. 19. I will make all my goodness pass 
 before thee; and I will proclaim the name of the Lord 
 before thee: and will be gracious to whom I will be 
 gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show 
 mercy. 
 
 Job xi. 6. God exacteth of thee less than thine 
 iniquity deserveth. 
 
 His Help .—Deut. xxxiii. 27. 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. 29. Happy art 
 thou, O Israel! who is like unto thee, O people saved 
 by 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. 
 
 Ps. xlvi. 11. The God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 
 Ps. xl. 17. Thou art my help and my deliverer; 
 make no tarrying, O my God. 
 
 Isa. xli. 10. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help 
 thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of 
 my righteousness. 13. I the Lord thy God will 
 hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, I 
 will help thee. 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and 
 
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 ye men of Israel: I will help thee, saith the Lord, 
 and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 Hos. xiii. 9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; 
 but in me is thine help. 
 
 Rom. viii. 31. If God be for us, who can be 
 against us ! 
 
 Heb. xiii. 6. We may boldly say, The Lord is 
 my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto 
 me. 
 
 His Care .—Deut. xxxii. 11. As an eagle stirreth 
 up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth 
 abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her 
 wings; ‘ 12. So the Lord alone did lead him, and 
 there was no strange god with him. 
 
 Ps. xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon them 
 that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. 
 
 Isa. xlvi. 3. Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, 
 and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are 
 borne by me from the belly, which are carried from 
 the womb : 4. And even to your old age I am he; 
 
 and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: I have 
 made, and I will bear; even I will carry and will de¬ 
 liver you. 
 
 Isa. lxiii. 9. In all their affliction he was afflicted, 
 and the angel 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. 
 
 Zech. ii. 8. He that toucheth you toucheth the 
 apple of his eye. 
 
 1 Pet. v. 7. Casting all your care upon him; for 
 he careth for you. 
 
 Matth. x. 30. The very hairs of your head are all 
 numbered. 
 
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 Luke xxi. 18. There shall not an hair of your 
 head perish. 
 
 His Covenanting with his people .—2 Sam. xxiii. 
 5. He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, 
 ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my sal¬ 
 vation, and all my desire. 
 
 Isa. lv. 3. 1 will make an everlasting covenant with 
 you, even the sure mercies of David. 
 
 Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me for ever; 
 yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, 
 and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in 
 mercies: 20. I will even betroth thee unto me in 
 
 faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. 
 
 That God will not forsake them .—Lev. xxvi. 11. 
 1 will set my tabernacle among you; and my soul 
 shall not abhor you. 
 
 Ps. ix. 10. Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them 
 that seek thee. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 28. The Lord forsaketh not his saints; 
 they are preserved for ever. 
 
 Ps. xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his peo¬ 
 ple, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 
 
 Isa. xli. 9. Thou art my servant, I have chosen 
 thee, and not cast thee away. 
 
 Isa. xlii. 16. These things will I do unto them, 
 and not forsake them. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 14. Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken 
 me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15. Can a 
 woman forget her sucking child, that she should not 
 have compassion on the son of her womb ? Yea, 
 they may forget, yet will I not forget thee? 16. 
 Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my 
 hands; thy walls are continually before me. 
 
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 Isa. xlv. 21.0 Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten 
 of me. 
 
 Isa. liv. 9. 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 re¬ 
 buke thee. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and 
 the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not de¬ 
 part from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace 
 be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxii. 40. 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. 
 
 Lam. iii. 31. The Lord will not cast off for ever: 
 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have com¬ 
 passion, according to the multitude of his mercies. 
 
 Heb. xiii. 5. I will never leave thee, nor forsake 
 thee. 
 
 XVIII. Promises of Christ. 
 
 Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a child is born, unto us a son 
 is given: and the government shall be upon his shoul¬ 
 der ; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Coun¬ 
 sellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, 
 The Prince of Peace. 
 
 Isa. xlii. 6. I the Lord have called thee in right¬ 
 eousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, 
 and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light 
 of the Gentiles. 
 
 Isa. lv. 4. Behold, I have given him for a witness 
 to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 
 
 Mai. iv. 2. But unto you that fear my name shall 
 the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his 
 
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 wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves 
 of the stall. 
 
 John iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave 
 his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 
 him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 
 
 John vi. 87. All that the Father giveth me shall 
 come to me: and him that cometh to me I will in no 
 wise cast out. 
 
 Cant. ii. 16. My beloved is mine, and I am his. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 23. I will set up one Shepherd over 
 them, and he shall feed them, even my servant Da¬ 
 vid ; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shep¬ 
 herd. 
 
 Of all grace from Christ .—John i. 16. Of his 
 fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 
 17. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and 
 truth came by Jesus Christ. 
 
 Isa. xlv. 24. Surely, shall one say, In the Lord 
 have I righteousness and strength. 
 
 Eph. i. 23. The fulness of him that filleth all in 
 all. 
 
 1 Cor. i. 30. Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who 
 of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, 
 and sanctification, and redemption. 
 
 Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right 
 hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give re¬ 
 pentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 
 
 Of Redemption by Christ .—1 Pet. i. 18. Ye 
 know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible 
 things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversa¬ 
 tion received by tradition from your fathers; 19. 
 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb 
 without blemish and without spot. 
 
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 Isa. xlii. 7. 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. xlix. 9. That thou mayest say to the prison¬ 
 ers, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show 
 yourselves. 
 
 Mark x. 45. The Son of man came-—to give his 
 
 life a ransom for many. 
 
 Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through 
 his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the 
 riches of his grace. 
 
 Gal. iii. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the 
 curse of the law, being made a curse for us. 
 
 Gal. iv. 4. When the fulness of the time was 
 come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, 
 made under the law, 5. To redeem them that were 
 under the law, that we might receive the adoption of 
 sons. 
 
 Heb. ix. 14, How much more shall the blood of 
 Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered him¬ 
 self without spot to God, purge your conscience from 
 dead works, to serve the living God? 15. And for 
 this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, 
 that by means of death, for the redemption of the 
 transgressions that were under the first testament, 
 they which are called might receive the promise of 
 eternal inheritance. 
 
 Eph. v. 2. 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-smelling savour. 
 
 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. 
 
 Rev. v. 9. Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us 
 to God by thy blood. 
 
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 Life from him .—John v. 21. As the Father rais- 
 eth up the dead, and quickeneth them, even so the 
 Son quickeneth whom he will. 
 
 John vi. 57. He that eateth me, even he shall live 
 by me. 
 
 John xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. 
 
 2 Cor. xiii. 4. Though he was crucified through 
 weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God : for we 
 also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by 
 the power of God toward you. 
 
 Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Christ: never¬ 
 theless 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. 
 
 Eph. ii. 1. You hath he quickened, who were dead 
 in trespasses and sins. 5. Even when we were dead 
 in sins, he hath quickened us together with Christ; 
 (by grace ye are saved;) 6. And hath raised us up 
 together, and made us sit together in heavenly places 
 in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we believe 
 that we shall also live with him. 11. Reckon ye also 
 yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto 
 God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Col. iii. 3. For ye are dead, and your life is hid 
 with Christ in God. 4. When Christ, who is our 
 life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him 
 in glory. 
 
 1 John v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life. 
 
 John x. 10. I am come that they might have life; 
 
 and that they might have it more abundantly. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 1. The promise of life which is in Christ 
 Jesus. 
 
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 His intercession .— Isa. liii. 12. He made interces¬ 
 sion for the transgressors. 
 
 Rom. viii. 34. It is Christ—who maketh interces¬ 
 sion for us. 
 
 Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore 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. ix. 24. Christ is not entered 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. iv. 14. Seeing then that we have a great 
 High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus 
 the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15. 
 For 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. 
 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of 
 grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
 help in time of need. 
 
 His Love .—John xv. 9. As the Father hath loved 
 me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 
 
 John xiii. 1. Having loved his own which were in 
 ' the world, he loved them unto the end. 34. A new 
 commandment I give unto you, That ye love one 
 another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
 another. 
 
 Rom. viii. 37. In all these things we are more 
 than conquerors, through him that loved us. 
 
 Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and washed 
 us from our sins in his own blood. 
 
 Rev. iii. 9. And to know that I have loved thee. 
 
 Ps. xlv. 11. So shall the King greatly desire thy 
 
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 Cant. ii. 4. His banner over me was love. 6, 
 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand 
 doth embrace me. 
 
 Cant. iv. 9. Thou hast ravished my heart, my 
 sister, my spouse. 
 
 Cant. vii. 10. I am my beloved’s, and his desire 
 is towards me. 
 
 Eph. v. 2. Christ also hath loved us, and hath 
 given himself for us. 
 
 His Care of his church. —Isa. xl. 11. 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. xlii. 3. A bruised reed shall he not break, 
 and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall 
 bring forth judgment unto truth. 
 
 Eph. v. 25. Christ also loved the church, and 
 gave himself for it; 26. That he might sanctify and 
 cleanse it with the washing of water by the word; 
 27. That he might present it to himself a glorious 
 church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such 
 thing. 29. For no man ever yet hated his own 
 flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the 
 Lord the church. 
 
 Rev. ii. 1. Who walketh in the midst of the seven 
 golden candlesticks. 
 
 His Presence with his people .—John xiv. 18. I 
 will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. 
 21. I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 
 
 1 John i. 3. And truly our fellowship is with the 
 
 Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 
 
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 Rev. iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and 
 knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, 
 
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 I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he 
 with me. 
 
 XIX. Promises of the Spirit. 
 
 Prov. i. 23. Behold, I will pour out my Spirit 
 unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 
 
 Isa. xxxii. 15. Until the Spirit be poured upon us 
 from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field. 
 
 Isa. lix. 21. 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 henceforth and for ever. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 27. And I will put my Spirit within 
 you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye 
 shall keep my judgments, and do them. 
 
 Luke xi. 13. 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 ? 
 
 John iv. 10. 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 wouldst have 
 asked of him, and he would have given thee living 
 water. 14. 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. 
 
 John vii. 38. He that believeth on me, as the 
 Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers 
 of living water. 39. But this spake he of the Spi¬ 
 rit, which they that believe on him should receive. 
 
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 John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, and he shall 
 give you another Comforter, that he may abide with 
 you for ever; 17. 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. 
 
 Gal. iii. 14. That ye might receive the promise 
 of the Spirit through faith. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 14. The Holy Ghost which dwelleth 
 in us. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 12. 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. 
 
 His Teaching —Luke xii. 12. The Holy Ghost 
 shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to 
 say. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 10. God hath revealed them unto us 
 by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, 
 the deep things of God. 
 
 John xvi. 13. When he, the Spirit of truth, is 
 come, he will guide you into all truth. 
 
 1 John ii. 27. But the anointing which ye have 
 received of him abideth in you; and ye need not 
 that any man teach you: but as the same anointing 
 teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, 
 and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 
 
 His Help in Prayer .—Zech. xii. 10. I will pour 
 upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants 
 of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications. 
 
 Rom. viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit of 
 adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 26. The 
 Spirit helpeth our infirmities, for we know not what 
 
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 we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit it¬ 
 self maketh intercession for us with groanings which 
 cannot be uttered. 27. And he that searcheth the 
 hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, be¬ 
 cause he maketh intercession for the saints according 
 to the will of God. 
 
 Gal. iv. 6. And because ye are sons, God hath 
 sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, 
 crying, Abba, Father. 
 
 Ps. x. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the 
 humble; thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause 
 thine ear to hear. 
 
 To witness our Adoption.— Rom. viii. 16. The 
 Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we 
 are the children of God. 
 
 To seal our Redemption .—2 Cor. i. 22. Who 
 hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spi¬ 
 rit in our hearts. 
 
 2 Cor. v. 5. Now he that hath wrought us for the 
 self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us 
 the earnest of the Spirit. 
 
 Eph. i. 13. After that ye believed, ye were sealed 
 with that Holy Spirit of promise. 14. Which is 
 the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption 
 of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his 
 glory. 
 
 Eph. iv. 30. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, 
 whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 
 
 Rom. v. 5. And hope maketh not ashamed, be¬ 
 cause the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, 
 by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 
 
 To b e our Comforter .—John xiv. 16. He shall 
 give you another Comforter, that he may abide with 
 
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 you for ever. 18. I will not leave you comfortless, 
 
 I will come to,you. 
 
 Acts ix. 31. Then had the churches rest through¬ 
 out all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were 
 edified; and, walking in the fear of th£ Lord, and in 
 the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 
 
 Of the Joys of the Holy Ghost .—Rom xiv. 17. 
 The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but 
 righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 
 
 XX. Of the Ministry of Angels. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth 
 round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 
 
 Ps. xci. 11. He shall give his angels charge over 
 thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12. They shall 
 bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot 
 against a stone. 
 
 Matth. xviii. 10. Take heed that ye despise not 
 one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in 
 heaven their angels do always behold the face of my 
 Father which is in heaven. 
 
 Heb. i. 14. Are they not all ministering spirits, 
 sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of 
 salvation ? 
 
 XXI. That tve shall he Kings and Priests unto God. 
 
 Exod. xix. 6. Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of 
 priests, and an holy nation. 
 
 1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, 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. 
 
 Rev. i. 6. And hath made us kings and priests 
 unto God and his Father. 
 
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 Rev. v. 10. And hast made us unto our God kings 
 and priests, and we shall reign on the earth. 
 
 XXII. Peace of Conscience, Comfort, and Hope. 
 
 Peace of Conscience .—Isa. xxxii. IT. The work 
 of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of 
 righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever. 
 
 Isa. lvii. 19. I create the fruit of the lips, peace; 
 peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 Ps. lxxxv. 8. He will speak peace unto his people, 
 and to his saints. 
 
 Luke vii. 50. Thy faith hath saved thee, go in 
 peace. 
 
 John xiv. 27. Peace I leave with you, my peace 
 I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I 
 unto you. 
 
 Phil. iv. 7. The peace of God, which passeth all 
 understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds, 
 through Christ Jesus. 
 
 Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your 
 hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body. 
 
 2 Thess. iii. 16. Now the Lord of peace himself 
 give you peace always, by all means. 
 
 Ps. xxv. 13. His soul shall dwell at ease. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and 
 bindeth up their wounds. 
 
 Comfort .—Prov. xiv. 14. A good man shall be 
 satisfied from himself. 
 
 Isa. xii. 1. And 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 com- 
 fortedst me. 
 
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 Isa. xlix. 13. The Lord hath comforted his peo¬ 
 ple, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 
 
 Isa. li. 12. I, even I, am he that comforteth you. 
 
 Isa. liv. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken 
 thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8. 
 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a mo¬ 
 ment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy 
 on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 
 
 Isa. lvii. 18. I have seen his ways, and will heal 
 him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto 
 him, and to his mourners. 
 
 Isa. lxi. 1. He hath sent me to bind up the 
 broken-hearted; 2. To proclaim the acceptable 
 year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our 
 God; to comfort all that mourn; 3. To appoint 
 unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them 
 beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, 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. 
 
 Isa. lxvi. 11. That ye may suck, and be satisfied 
 with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk 
 out, and be delighted with the abundance of her 
 glory. 13. As one whom his mother comforteth, so 
 will I comfort you: and ye shall be comforted in 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 Jer. vi. 16. Stand ye in the ways, and see, and 
 ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and 
 walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. 
 
 John xiv. 18. I will not leave you comfortless, I 
 will come to you. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 3. Blessed be God, even the Father of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and 
 
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 the God of all comfort; 4. Who comforteth us in 
 all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort 
 them that are in any trouble, by the comfort where¬ 
 with we ourselves are comforted of God. 
 
 2 Cor. vii. 6. God, that comforteth those that are 
 cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus. 
 
 2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ him¬ 
 self, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, 
 and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good 
 hope through grace. 
 
 Heb. vi. 18. That by two immutable things, in 
 which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have 
 a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay 
 hold upon the hope set before us : IS. Which hope 
 we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and 
 steadfast, and which entereth into that within the 
 vail. 
 
 Ps. xciv. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts 
 within me, thy comforts delight my soul. 
 
 XXIII. Delight and Joy in God. 
 
 Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is your strength. 
 
 Job xxii. 26. Then shalt thou have thy delight 
 in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 
 
 Ps. iv. 7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, 
 more than in the time that their corn and their wine 
 increased. 
 
 Ps. Ixiii. 5. My soul shall be satisfied as with 
 marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee 
 with joyful lips. 
 
 Ps. lxiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad in the 
 Lord, and shall trust in him : and all the upright in 
 heart shall glory. 
 
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 Ps. Ixviii. 3. Let the righteous be glad: let them 
 rejoice before God; yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 
 
 Ps. lxxxix. 15. Blessed is the people that know 
 the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the 
 light of thy countenance; 16. In thy name shall 
 they rejoice all the day; and in thy righteousness shall 
 they be exalted. 
 
 Ps. xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, 
 and gladness for the upright in heart. 
 
 Ps. cxviii. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salva¬ 
 tion is in the tabernacles of the righteous. 
 
 Ps. cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears shall reap in 
 joy. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing 
 precious seed, shall doubtless come again with re¬ 
 joicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 
 
 Ps. xxxiii. 21. Our heart shall rejoice in him, 
 because we have trusted in his holy name. 
 
 Cant. i. 4. We will be glad and rejoice in thee; 
 we will remember thy love more than wine. 
 
 Isa. ix. 3. They joy before thee according to the 
 joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide 
 the spoil. 
 
 Isa. xli. 16. Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and 
 shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 Isa. Iv. 12. Ye shall go out with joy; and be led 
 forth with peace. 
 
 Isa. lxi. 7. For confusion they shall rejoice in their 
 portion; therefore in their land they shall possess the 
 double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 10. 
 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall be 
 joyful in my God. 
 
 Isa. lxv. 14. Behold, my servants shall sing for 
 joy of heart. 
 
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 Isa. li. 11. The redeemed of the Lord shall re¬ 
 turn, and come with singing unto Zion, and everlast- 
 ing joy shall be upon their head; they shall obtain 
 gladness and joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee 
 
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 away. 
 
 Hab. iii. 18. I will rejoice in the Lord, I will 
 joy in the God of my salvation. 
 
 John xv. 11. These things have I spoken unto 
 you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your 
 joy might be full. 
 
 John xvi. 22. I will see you again, and your heart 
 shall rejoice; and your joy no man taketh from you. 
 
 Rom. v. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of 
 God. 
 
 1 Pet. i. 8. 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. 
 
 XXIV. Support in Death. 
 
 Ps. xxiii. 4. 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 staff they comfort me. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold 
 the upright; for the end of that man is peace. 
 
 Ps. xlviii. 14. For this God is our God, forever 
 and ever; he will be our guide even unto death. 
 
 Ps. xlix. 15. God will redeem my soul from the 
 power of the grave; for he shall receive me. 
 
 Ps. lxxiii. 26. My flesh and my heart faileth; but 
 God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for 
 ever. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in his 
 death. 
 
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 Isa. xxv. 8. He will swallow up death in victory; 
 and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all 
 faces. 
 
 Hos. xiii. 14. I will ransom them from the power 
 of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O 
 death, I will be thy plague ! O grave, I will be thy 
 destruction ! 
 
 Rom. viii. 38. For I am persuaded, that neither 
 death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor 
 powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 
 39. 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. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 16. For which cause we faint not; but 
 though our outward man perish, yet the inward man 
 is renewed day by day. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 12. I know whom I have believed, and 
 am persuaded that he is able to keep that which 1 
 have committed unto him against that day. 
 
 Heb. ii. 14. That through death he might destroy 
 him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 
 15. And deliver them who, through fear of death, 
 were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 
 
 1 Cor. xv. 55. O death ! where is thy sting ? O 
 grave! where is thy victory ? 56. The sting of 
 
 death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law; 57. 
 
 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
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 CHAPTER.IV. 
 
 PROMISES OF BLESSINGS IN THE OTHER WORLD. 
 
 I. Of Deliverance from Hell. 
 
 Psalm lxxxvi. 13. Great is tliy mercy toward me; 
 and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.* 
 
 Prov. x. 2. Righteousness delivereth from death. 
 Chap. ii. 4. 
 
 Prov. xv. 24. The way of life is above to the 
 wise, that he may depart from hell* beneath. 
 
 Isa, xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the Lord 
 with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed 
 nor confounded, world without end. 
 
 Rom.v. 9. Much more, then, being now justified by 
 his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 
 
 1 Thess. i. 10. Jesus, which delivered us from 
 the wrath to come. 
 
 1 Thess. v. 9. God hath not appointed us to 
 wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 John iii. 15. That whosoever believeth in him 
 should not perish, but have eternal life. 
 
 John viii. 51. If a man keep my saying, he shall 
 never see death. 
 
 Rev. xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath 
 part in the first resurrection: on such the second 
 death hath no power. 
 
 * The word hell, in these passages, is probably to be understood 
 of death and the grave. 
 
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 II. Of Happiness immediately after Death. 
 
 Ps. lxxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy coun¬ 
 sel, and afterward receive me to glory. 
 
 Job iii. 17. There the wicked cease from troub¬ 
 ling; and there the weary be at rest. 18. There 
 the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice 
 of the oppressor. 
 
 Isa. lvii. 2. He shall enter into peace; they shall 
 rest in their beds, each one walking in his upright¬ 
 ness. 
 
 Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said, Son, remember that 
 thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and 
 likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is com¬ 
 forted, and thou art tormented. 
 
 Luke xxiii. 43. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say 
 unto thee, This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 
 
 Phil. i. 21. For to me to live is Christ, and to 
 die is gain. 23. Having a desire to depart, and to 
 be with Christ, which is far better. 
 
 2 Cor. v. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing 
 rather to be absent from the body, and to be present 
 with the Lord. 
 
 Heb. xii. 23. And to the spirits of just men made 
 perfect. 
 
 Rev. xiv. 13. 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. 
 
 Ps. cxlix. 15. God will redeem my soul from the 
 power of the grave; for he shall receive me. 
 
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 III. A Glorious Resurrection. 
 
 Job xix. 26. Though after my skin, worms de¬ 
 stroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 
 27. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes 
 shall behold, and not another; though my reins he 
 consumed within me. 
 
 Isa. xxvi. 19. 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. 
 
 Dan. xii. 2. Many of them that sleep in the dust 
 of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, 
 and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 
 
 Ps. xvi. 9. My flesh also shall rest in hope: 10. 
 
 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt 
 thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 
 
 Luke xx. 85. They which shall be accounted 
 worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from 
 the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage : 
 36. Neither can they die any more: for they are 
 equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, 
 beincf the children of the resurrection. 
 
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 John v. 28. The hour is coming, in the which all 
 that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29. 
 And shall come forth: they that have done good, 
 unto the resurrection of life; and they that have 
 done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 
 
 John vi. 39. 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 again at the last 
 day. 40. And this is the will of him that sent me, 
 that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth 
 
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 on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise 
 him up at the last day. 54. Whoso eateth my flesh, 
 and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will 
 raise him up at the last day. 
 
 John xi. 25. I am the resurrection and the life: 
 he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet 
 shall he live. 
 
 Rom. viii. 11. 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 quicken your mortal 
 bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 
 
 1 Cor. xv. 21. Since by man came death, by man 
 came also the resurrection of the dead. 22. For as 
 in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made 
 alive. 42. So also is the resurrection of the dead : 
 it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: 
 43. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: it 
 is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: 44. It 
 is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 
 49. As we have borne the image of the earthy, we 
 shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 51. Be¬ 
 hold, I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, 
 but we shall all be changed, 52. In a moment, in 
 the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; (for the 
 trumpet shall sound;) and the dead shall be raised in¬ 
 corruptible, and we shall be changed. 53. For this 
 corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal 
 must put on immortality. 54. So when this corrup¬ 
 tible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal 
 shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought 
 to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed 
 up in victory. 
 
 1 Cor. vi 2. Do ye not know, that the saints shall 
 
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 judge the world ? 3. Know ye not, that we shall 
 
 judge angels? 
 
 2 Cor. v. 1. We know, that if our earthly house 
 of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building 
 of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in 
 the heavens. 2. For in this we groan, earnestly de¬ 
 siring to be clothed upon with our house which is 
 from heaven: 3. If so be that being clothed, we 
 
 shall not be found naked. 4. 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 swallowed up of life. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 14. Knowing that he which raised up 
 the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and 
 shall present us with you. 
 
 Phil. iii. 21. Who shall change our vile body, 
 that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, 
 according to the working whereby he i§ able even to 
 subdue all things unto himself. 
 
 1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus died, 
 and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Je¬ 
 sus will Go.d bring with him. 15. For this we say 
 unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which 
 are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, 
 shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16. 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: 
 17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be 
 caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet 
 the Lord in the air. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 10. Jesus Christ who hath abolished 
 death, and hath brought life and immortality to light 
 through the gospel. 
 
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 IV. Of Everlasting Happiness in Heaven. 
 
 Ps. xlix. 14. The upright shall have dominion 
 over them in the morning. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 9. 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. 
 
 Rom. ii. 7. To them who, by patient continuance 
 in well-doing, seek for glory, and honour, and im¬ 
 mortality, eternal life. 10. Glory, honour, and 
 peace, to every man that worketh good: to the Jew 
 first, and also to the Gentile. 
 
 Rom. v. 10. We shall be saved by his life. 17. 
 They which receive abundance of grace, and of the 
 gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 2 Th ess. i. 5. That ye may be counted worthy 
 of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer. 7. 
 To you who are troubled, rest with us, when the 
 Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his 
 mighty angels. 10. He shall come to be glorified 
 in his saints, and to be admired in all them that be¬ 
 lieve, in that day. 12. 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. 
 
 Heb. xi. 9. By faith he sojourned in the land of 
 promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in taber¬ 
 nacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of 
 the same promise: 10. For he looked for a city 
 which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is 
 God. 16. They desire a better country, that is, an 
 heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called 
 their God, for he hath prepared for them a city. 
 
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 John xiv. 2. In my Father’s house are many 
 mansions : if it were not so I would have told you. 
 I go to prepare a place for you. 3. And if I go 
 and prepare a place for you, I will come again and 
 receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye 
 may be also. 
 
 2 Tim. iv. 8. There is laid up for me a crown of 
 righteousness, 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. 
 
 Heb. iv. 9. There remaineth therefore a rest to 
 the people of God. 
 
 Heb. ix. 15. Fie is the mediator of the new tes¬ 
 tament, that by means of death, for the redemption 
 of the transgressions that were under the first testa¬ 
 ment, they which are called might receive the promise 
 of eternal inheritance. 28. Unto them that look for 
 him, shall he appear the second time without sin unto 
 salvation. 
 
 2 Pet. iii. 13. We, according to his promise, look 
 for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth 
 righteousness. 
 
 1 Pet. i. 9. Receiving the end of your faith, even 
 the salvation of your souls. 13. 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. 
 
 Rev. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I 
 will give thee a crown of life. 
 
 Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names even in Sar¬ 
 dis which have not defiled their garments; and they 
 shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 
 
 Rev. vii. 15. Therefore are they before the throne 
 
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 of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; 
 and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among 
 them. 16. They shall hunger no more, neither 
 thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, 
 nor any heat. 17. 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. 
 
 Rev. xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the time of 
 the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou 
 shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, 
 and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small 
 and great. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 22. I saw no temple therein, for the 
 Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple 
 of it. 28. 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. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 5. 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. Isa. lx. 19, 20. 
 
 1 John iii. 2. 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 be like 
 him ; for we shall see him as he is. 
 
 John xvii. 22. The glory which thou gavest me 
 I have given them; that they may be one, even as 
 we are one. 24. Father, I will that they also whom 
 thou hast given me be with me where I am; that 
 they may behold my glory, which thou hast given 
 me. 
 
 Freedom from all sorrow in heaven .—Rev. xxi. 
 
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 4. 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 former things are passed away. 
 
 Isa. lx. 20. The Lord shall be thine everlasting 
 light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 
 
 Matth. vi. 20. Treasures in heaven, where neither 
 moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not 
 break through nor steal. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 3. And there shall be no more curse. 
 
 Great 'pleasure and joy in heaven .—Ps. xvi. 11. 
 Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence 
 is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are plea¬ 
 sures for evermore. 
 
 Matth. xxv. 21.1 will make thee ruler over many 
 things : enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. 
 
 Jude 24. He is able to present you faultless be¬ 
 fore the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. 
 
 Glory in heaven. —Matth. xiii. 43. The right¬ 
 eous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of 
 
 their Father. 
 
 Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the 
 brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many 
 to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever. 
 
 Rom. viii. 17. 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 glorified to¬ 
 gether. 18. The sufferings of this present time are 
 not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall 
 be revealed in us. 30. Whom he justified, them he 
 also glorified. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 17. Our light affliction, which is but 
 for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding 
 
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 and eternal weight of glory, 18. While we look not 
 at the things which are seen, but at the things which 
 are not seen: for the things which are seen are tem¬ 
 poral ; but the things which are not seen are eternal, 
 
 1 Pet. iv. 13. That, when his glory shall be re¬ 
 vealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 
 
 Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our life, shall 
 
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 appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 
 
 2 Tim. ii. 10. That they (the elect) may also 
 obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with 
 eternal glory. 
 
 The kingdom of heaven .—Matt. xxv. 34. Come, 
 ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom pre¬ 
 pared for you from the foundation of the world. 
 
 Luke xii. 32. It is your Father’s good pleasure to 
 give you the kingdom. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 11. An entrance shall be ministered unto 
 you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our 
 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me unto 
 his heavenly kingdom. 
 
 Luke xxii. 29. I appoint unto you a kingdom, as 
 my Father hath appointed unto me; 30. That ye 
 may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and 
 sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
 The heavenly inheritance. —Eph. i. 18. The eyes 
 of your understanding being enlightened, that ye 
 may know what is the hope of his calling, and what 
 the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. 
 
 1 Pet. i. 3. Who hath begotten us again unto a 
 lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from 
 the dead, 4. To an inheritance incorruptible, and 
 undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in hea¬ 
 ven for you. 
 
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 The enjoyment of God .—Ps. xvii. 15. As for me, 
 I will behold thy face in righteousness: 1 shall be 
 satisfied, when I aw’ake, with thy likeness. 
 
 Ps. xxxvi. 9. With thee is the fountain of life : 
 in thy light shall we see light. 
 
 1 Thess. iv. 17. So shall we ever be with the 
 Lord. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 3. The throne of God and of the 
 Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve 
 him : 4. And they shall see his face; and his name 
 shall be in their foreheads. 
 
 Eternal life .—Matth. xxv. 46. The righteous 
 shall go away into life eternal. 
 
 John vi. 47. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
 that believeth on me hath everlasting life.—See ver. 
 51, 54. 
 
 Rom. vi. 23. The gift of God is eternal life 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 1 John ii. 25. This is the promise that he hath 
 promised us, even eternal life. 
 
 1 John v. 11. God hath given to us eternal life; 
 and this life is in his Son. 13. That ye may know 
 that ye have eternal life. 
 
PART II. 
 
 PROMISES TO SEVERAL GRACES AND DUTIES. 
 
 CHAPTER I, 
 
 PROMISES TO DUTIES OF THE FIRST TABLE. 
 
 I. To Faith in Christ. 
 
 Isa. xxviii. 16. Behold, I lay in Zion for a foun¬ 
 dation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, 
 a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make 
 haste. 
 
 1 Pet. ii. 6. He that believeth on him shall not 
 be confounded. 
 
 Isa. xlv. 22. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all 
 the ends of the earth. 
 
 Mark ix. 23. If thou canst believe, all things are 
 possible to him that believeth. 
 
 John i. 12. 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 iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave 
 his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 
 him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 18. 
 He that believeth on him is not condemned. 36. 
 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. 
 John vi. 47. 
 
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 John xii. 46. I am come a light into the world, 
 that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in 
 darkness. 
 
 Luke vii. 50. Thy faith hath saved thee; go in 
 peace. 
 
 Acts x. 43. To him gave all the prophets witness, 
 that, through his name, whosoever believeth in him 
 shall receive remission of sins. 
 
 Acts xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
 and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 
 
 Rom. ix. 33. Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling- 
 stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth 
 on him shall not be ashamed. 
 
 Rom. iv. 5. To him that worketh not, but believ¬ 
 eth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is 
 counted for righteousness. 
 
 Rom. x. 4. Christ is the end of the law for right¬ 
 eousness to every one that believeth. 
 
 Gal. iii. 9. They which be of faith are blessed 
 with faithful Abraham. 7. They which are of faith, 
 the same are the children of Abraham. 22. The 
 scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the pro¬ 
 mise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them 
 that believe. 
 
 Heb. x. 38. The just shall live by faith. 39. We 
 are of them that believe to the saving of the soul. 
 
 Eph. ii. 8. By grace are ye saved through faith. 
 
 Heb. vi. 12. That ye he not slothful, but followers 
 of them who through faith and patience inherit the 
 promises. 
 
 1 Tim. iv. 10. We trust in the living God, who 
 is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that be¬ 
 lieve. 
 
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 John xx. 29. Blessed are they that have not seen, 
 and yet have believed. 
 
 Matth. xi. 28. Come unto me, all ye that labour 
 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 
 
 John vi. 35. And Jesus said unto them, I am the 
 bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hun¬ 
 ger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 
 37. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; 
 and him that cometh to me, 'I will in no wise cast 
 out. 
 
 1 Pet. ii. 4. To whom coming, as unto a living 
 stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, 
 and precious, 5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built 
 up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up 
 spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.* 
 
 Confessing Christ .—Matth. x. 32. Whosoever 
 shall confess me before men, him will I confess also 
 before my Father which is in heaven. 
 
 Rom. x. 9. If thou shalt 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. 10. For with the heart man believeth unto 
 righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made 
 unto salvation. 
 
 1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus 
 is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in 
 God. 
 
 II. To Repentance. 
 
 2 Chron. vii. 14. If my people, which are called 
 by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and 
 
 * See Justification , Part I. Chap. III. Sect, II. 
 
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 seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then 
 will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin. 
 
 2 Chron. xxx. 9. The Lord your God is gracious 
 and merciful, and will not turn away his face from 
 you, if ye return unto him. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 27. Depart from evil, and do good; 
 and dwell for evermore. 
 
 Prov. i. 23. Turn you at my reproof: behold, I 
 will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known 
 my words unto you. 
 
 Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from 
 wickedness, that thou mayest be saved: how long 
 shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? 
 
 Isa. lv. 7. Let the w r icked forsake his way, and 
 the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him re¬ 
 turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon 
 him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 
 Jer. xviii. 8. 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. xxvi. 3. If so be they will hearken, and turn 
 every man from his evil way, that I may repent me 
 of the evil which I purpose to do unto them, because 
 of the evil of their doings. 13. 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. xxxvi. 3. That they may return every man 
 from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity 
 and their sin. 
 
 Ezek. xviii. 21. 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 
 
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 shall surely live, he shall not die. 22. All his trans¬ 
 gressions that he hath committed, they shall not be 
 mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he 
 hath done he shall live. 23. 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? 30. Repent, and turn yourselves from 
 all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your 
 ruin. 31. Cast away from you all your transgres¬ 
 sions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you 
 a new heart, and a new spirit: for why will ye die, 
 O'house of Israel? 32. For I have no pleasure in 
 the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : 
 wherefore, turn yourselves, and live ye. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiii. 14. When I say unto the wicked, 
 Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and 
 do that which is lawful and right; 15, If the wicked 
 restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, 
 walk in the statutes of life, without committing ini¬ 
 quity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16. 
 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be 
 mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is 
 lawful and right. 19. If the wicked turn from his 
 wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, 
 he shall live thereby. 
 
 Joel ii. 12. Turn ye even to me with all your 
 heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with 
 mourning; 13. And rent your heart, and not your 
 garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he 
 is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 
 kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14. Who 
 knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a 
 blessing behind him, even a meat-olfering and a 
 drink-offering unto the Lord your God 
 
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 Zech. i. 3. Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of 
 hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of 
 hosts. Mai. iii. 7. 
 
 Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Almighty, 
 thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity 
 far from thy tabernacles. 
 
 Eph. v. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, and arise 
 from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 
 
 Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized 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 iii. 19. Repent ye therefore, and be con¬ 
 verted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the 
 times of refreshing shall come from the presence of 
 the Lord. 
 
 To them that mourn for the 'wickedness of the 
 land. —Ezek. ix. 4. Go through the midst of the 
 city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark 
 upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry 
 for all the abominations that be done in the midst 
 thereof. 6. Slay utterly old and young—but come 
 not near any man upon whom is the mark. 
 
 Repenting in Affliction .—Deut. iv. 30. When 
 thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come 
 upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to 
 the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient to his 
 voice; 31. (For the Lord thy God is a merciful 
 God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, 
 nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware 
 unto them. 
 
 Deut. xxx. 2. If thou shalt return unto the Lord 
 thy God, and shalt obey his voice, according to all 
 that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, 
 
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 with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3. Then 
 the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have 
 compassion upon thee, and will return, and gather 
 thee from all the nations whether the Lord thy God 
 hath scattered thee. 8. And thou shalt return, and 
 obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his command¬ 
 ments, which I command thee this day. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 27. He looketh upon men ; and if any 
 say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was 
 right, and it profited me not; 28. He will deliver 
 his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see 
 the light. 
 
 Hos. vi. 1. 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. 
 
 Confession of Sin. —Ps. xxxii. 5. I said, I will 
 confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou 
 forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 13. Whoso confesseth and forsaketh 
 his sins shall have mercy. 
 
 1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful 
 and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from 
 all unrighteousness. 
 
 Lev. xxvi. 40. If they shall confess their iniquity, 
 and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass 
 which they trespassed against me, and that also they 
 have walked contrary unto me; 41. And that I also 
 have walked contrary unto them, and have brought 
 them into the land of their enemies: if then their 
 uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then ac¬ 
 cept of the punishment of their iniquity; 42. Then 
 will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also 
 my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with 
 
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 Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the 
 land. 
 
 Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding 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. 13. 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. 
 
 Luke xv. 21. The son said unto him, Father, I 
 have sinned against Heaven, and in thy sight, and 
 am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22. 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. 
 
 III. Obedience. 
 
 Exod. xix. 5. If ye will obey my voice indeed, 
 and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar 
 treasure unto me above all people. 
 
 Lev. xxv. 18. Ye shall do my statutes, and keep 
 my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in 
 the land in safety. 19. And the land shall yield her 
 fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in 
 
 Deut. iv. 1. 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 fathers giveth you. 
 6. Keep therefore, and do them: for this is your 
 wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the 
 nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, 
 
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 Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding 
 people. 
 
 Deut. v. 29. Oh that there were such an heart in 
 them, that they would fear me, and keep all my com¬ 
 mandments always, that it might be well with them, 
 and with their children for ever! 
 
 Deut. vi. 3. Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe 
 to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye 
 may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fa¬ 
 thers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth 
 with milk and honey. 18. 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 sware unto 
 thy fathers, 19. To cast out all thine enemies from 
 before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 
 
 Deut. vii. 12. It shall come to pass, if ye hearken 
 to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the 
 Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and 
 the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers. 
 
 Deut. xi. 27. A blessing, if ye obey the command¬ 
 ments of the Lord your God, which 1 command you 
 this day. 
 
 Deut. xiii. 17. That the Lord may turn from the 
 fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and 
 have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he 
 hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18. When thou shalt 
 hearken 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. 
 
 Deut. xxix. 9. Keep therefore the words of this 
 
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 covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all 
 that ye do. 
 
 Deut. xxx. 15. See, I have set before thee this 
 day life and good, and death and evil: 16. In that 
 I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, 
 to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, 
 and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou mayest 
 live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless 
 thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 
 
 Deut. xxxii. 46. 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. 47. For it is not a vain thingr 
 for you; because it is your life: and through this 
 thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither 
 ve go over Jordan to possess it. 
 
 I Sam. xii. 14. 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 follow¬ 
 ing the Lord your God. 
 
 1 Kings ii. 3. Keep the charge of the Lord thy 
 God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and 
 his commandments, and his judgments, and his tes¬ 
 timonies, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou 
 doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself. 
 
 1 Chron. xxii. 12, The Lord give thee wisdom 
 and understanding, and give thee charge concerning 
 Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord 
 thy God. 13. Then shalt thou prosper, if thou 
 takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which 
 the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel. 
 
 2 Chron. xv. 7. Be strong, and let not your hands 
 be weak; for your work shall be rewarded. 
 
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 Job xxxvi. 11. If they obey and serve him, they 
 shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years 
 ill pleasures. 
 
 Ps. xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy 
 and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his 
 testimonies. 
 
 Ps. 1. 23. To him that ordereth his conversation 
 aright will I show the salvation of God. 
 
 Ps. cvi. 3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, 
 and he that doeth righteousness at all times. 
 
 Ps. cxix: 1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, 
 who walk in the law of the Lord. 2. Blessed are 
 they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him 
 with the whole heart. 6. I shall not be ashamed, 
 when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 
 
 Prov. xix. 16. He that keepeth the commandment 
 keepeth his own soul. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 18. He that keepeth the law, happy 
 is he. 
 
 Isa. i. 19. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall 
 eat the good of the land. 
 
 Isa. xlviii. 18. Oh that thou hadst hearkened to 
 my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a 
 river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. 
 
 Jer. vii. 23. 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 unto you. 
 
 Matth. v. 19. Whosoever shall do and teach these 
 commandments, the same shall be called great in the 
 kingdom of heaven. 
 
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 Matth. vii. 21. Not every one that saith unto me, 
 Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; 
 
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 but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in 
 heaven. 
 
 Matth. xii. 50. Whosoever shall do the will of my 
 Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, 
 and sister, and mother. 
 
 John vii. 17. If any man will do his will, he shall 
 know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whe¬ 
 ther I speak of myself. 
 
 John xiii. 17. If ye know these things, happy are 
 ye if ye do them. 
 
 James i. 25. Whoso looketh into the perfect law 
 of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a for¬ 
 getful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall 
 be blessed in his deed. 
 
 1 John ii. 17. He that doeth the will of God 
 abideth for ever. 
 
 1 John iii. 22. Whatsoever we ask, we receive of 
 him, because we keep his commandments, and do 
 those things that are pleasing in his sight. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his com¬ 
 mandments, that they may have right to the tree of 
 life, and may enter in through the gates into the 
 city. 
 
 Phil. iv. 9. Those things, which ye have both 
 learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, 
 do: and the God of peace shall be with you. 
 
 Rom. ii. 13. The doers of the law shall be jus¬ 
 tified. 
 
 Obeying Christ. —Exod. xxiii. 22. If thou shalt 
 indeed obey his (the angel’s) voice, and do all that 
 I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine ene¬ 
 mies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 
 
 Isa. 1 . 10. Who is among you that feareth the 
 
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 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. 
 
 Matth. vii. 24. Whosoever heareth these sayings 
 of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise 
 man, which built his house upon a rock; 25. 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. 
 
 Heb. v. 9. He became the author of eternal sal¬ 
 vation unto all them that obey him. 
 
 John v. 24. He that heareth my word, and be- 
 lieveth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and 
 shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from 
 death unto life. 
 
 John viii. 51. If a man keep my saying, he shall 
 never see death. 
 
 John xv. 10. If ye keep my commandments, ye 
 shall abide in my love. 
 
 IV. To Sincerity and Uprightness. 
 
 1 Chron. xxix. 17. I know also, my God, that 
 thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. 
 
 2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run to 
 and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself 
 strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect 
 toward him. 
 
 Job viii. 6. If thou wert pure and upright, surely 
 now he would awake for thee, and make the habita¬ 
 tion of thy righteousness prosperous. 
 
 Ps. xi. 7. The righteous Lord loveth righteous¬ 
 ness ; his countenance doth behold the upright. 
 
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 Ps. xv. 1 . Lord, who shall abide in thy taber¬ 
 nacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2. He 
 that walketh uprightly,, and worketh righteousness. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 25. With an upright man thou wilt 
 show thyself upright. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the days of 
 the upright; and their inheritance shall be for ever. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 80. Let my heart be found in thy 
 statutes, that I be not ashamed. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 4. Do good, O Lord, unto those that 
 be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 
 
 Prov. ii. 7. He layeth up sound wisdom for the 
 righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk up¬ 
 rightly. 21. The upright shall dwell in the land, and 
 the perfect shall remain in it. 
 
 Prov. x. 29. The way of the Lord is strength to 
 the upright. 
 
 Prov. xi. 3. The integrity of the upright shall 
 guide them. 6. The righteousness of the upright 
 shall deliver them. 20. Such as are upright in their 
 way, are his delight. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 6. Righteousness keepeth him that is 
 upright in the way. 
 
 Prov. xii. 22. They that deal truly are his de¬ 
 light. 
 
 Prov. xv. 8. The prayer of the upright is his de¬ 
 light. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for 
 the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the righteous to 
 go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his 
 own pit; but the upright shall have good things in 
 possession. 18. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be 
 
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 ings. 
 
 1 John iii. 21. If our heart condemn us not, then 
 have we confidence toward God. 
 
 Rom. xiv. 22. Happy is he that condemneth not 
 himself in that thing which he alloweth. 
 
 Mic. ii. 7. Do not my words do good to him that 
 walketh uprightly ? 
 
 V. To the Love of God. 
 
 Exod. xx. 6. Showing mercy unto thousands of 
 them that love me, and keep my commandments. 
 
 Deut. vii. 9. God keepeth covenant and mercy 
 with them that love him, to a thousand generations. 
 
 Judges v. 31. Let them that love him be as the 
 sun when he goeth forth in his might. 
 
 Neh. i. 5. God keepeth covenant and mercy for 
 them that love him. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 4. Delight thyself in the Lord, and 
 he also shall give thee the desire of thine heart. 
 
 Ps. xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon 
 me, therefore will I deliver him. 
 
 Ps. cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth all them that 
 love him. 
 
 Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good 
 to them that love God. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 9. 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. 
 
 ] Cor. viii. 3. If any man love God, the same is 
 known of him. 
 
 James ii. 5. Heirs of the kingdom which he hath 
 
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 Deut. xi. 13. And it shall come to pass, if ye 
 shall hearken diligently unto my commandments, 
 which I command you this day, to love the Lord 
 your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and 
 with all your soul, 14. That I will give you the 
 rain of your land in his due season, the first rain, and 
 the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, 
 and thy wine, and thine oil. 
 
 Dan. ix. 4. O Lord, the great and dreadful God, 
 keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love 
 him, and to them that keep his commandments. 
 
 To the love of Christ. —Prov. viii. 17. I love 
 them that love me. 21. That I may cause those 
 that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their 
 treasures. 
 
 John xiv. 21. He that loveth me shall be loved of 
 my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest 
 myself to him. 
 
 Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all them that love our 
 Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 
 
 James i. 12. The crown of life, which the Lord 
 hath promised to them that love him. 
 
 2 Tim. iv. 8. The crown of righteousness, which 
 the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give—to them 
 that love his appearing. 
 
 VI. To Trusting and Hoping in, and patiently 
 
 Waiting on God. 
 
 Ps. ii. 12. Blessed are all they that put their 
 trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord; be of good 
 courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I 
 say, on the Lord. 
 
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 Ps. xxvi. 1. I have trusted also in the Lord, 
 therefore I shall not slide. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 30. He is a buckler to all those that 
 trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 19. O how great is thy goodness, 
 which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ! 
 which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, 
 before the sons of men ! 24. Be of good courage, 
 
 and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope 
 in the Lord. 
 
 Ps. xxxii. 10. He thattrusteth in the Lord, mercy 
 shall compass him about. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is 
 good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 
 Ps. lxxxiv. 12. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 22. The Lord redeemeth the soul of 
 his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall 
 be desolate. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good: 
 so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt 
 be fed. 9. Those that wait upon the Lord, they 
 shall inherit the earth. 40. The Lord shall help 
 them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from 
 the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xl. 4. Blessed is that man that maketh the 
 Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor 
 such as turn aside to lies. 
 
 Ps. lvi. 4. In God I will praise his word: in God 
 I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can 
 do unto me. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : 
 his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 8. His 
 
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 heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he 
 see his desire upon his enemies. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 1 . They that trust in the Lord shall be 
 as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abid- 
 eth for ever. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of 
 Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his 
 God. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 3. Commit thy works unto the Lord, 
 and thy thoughts shall be established. 20. Whoso 
 trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 25. He that putteth his trust in the 
 Lord shall be made fat. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the 
 Lord shall be safe. 
 
 Isa. xxv. 9. 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. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 
 whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth 
 in thee. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever; for in 
 the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 
 
 Isa. xxx. 15. In returning and rest shall ye be 
 saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your 
 strength. 18. Blessed are all they that wait for him. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 23. They shall not be ashamed that wait 
 for me. 
 
 Isa. lvii. 13. He that putteth his trust in me, 
 shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy 
 mountain. 
 
 Jer. xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in 
 the Lord, arid whose hope the Lord is: 8. For he 
 
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 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. 
 
 Neh. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them that trust in 
 him. 
 
 Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good unto them that 
 wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26. It 
 is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait 
 for the salvation of the Lord. 
 
 Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord ; I will wait 
 for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 
 
 1 Pet. v. 7. Casting all your care upon him; for 
 he careth for you. 
 
 Rom. viii. 24. We are saved by hope. 
 
 VII. To the Fear of God. 
 
 Ps. xxv. 14. The secret of the Lord is with them 
 that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 19. Oh how great is thy goodness, 
 which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ! 
 
 Ps. lxxxv. 9. Surely his salvation is nigh them 
 that fear him. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 11. As the heaven is high above the 
 earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 
 
 Ps. cxv. 13. He will bless them that fear the 
 Lord, both small and great. 
 
 Ps. cxxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth 
 the Lord, that walketh in his ways. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in them 
 that fear him. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 27. The fear of the Lord is a fountain 
 
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 of life, to depart from the snares of death. 26, In 
 the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his 
 children shall have a place of refuge. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 6. By the fear of the Lord men depart 
 from evil. 
 
 Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes : fear 
 the Lord, and depart from evil. 8. It shall be health 
 to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 
 
 Prov. xix. 23. The fear of the Lord tendeth to 
 life, and he that hath it shall abide satisfied: he shall 
 not be visited with evil. 
 
 Eccl. viii. 12. It shall be well with them that fear 
 God, which fear before him. 
 
 Mai. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name shall the 
 Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings. 
 
 Luke i. 50. His mercy is on them that fear him, 
 from generation to generation. 
 
 Acts x. 35. In every nation, he that feareth .him 
 and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 
 
 Acts xiii. 26. Whosoever among you feareth 
 God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 
 
 Honouring God .— 1 Sam. ii. 30. Them that hon¬ 
 our me, I will honour. 
 
 Prov. iii. 9. Honour the Lord with thy substance, 
 and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 10. 
 
 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy 
 presses shall burst out with new wine. 
 
 VIII. To Prayer. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 26. He shall pray unto God, and he 
 shall be favourable unto him; and he shall see his 
 face with joy. 
 
 Exod. xxxiv. 24. Neither shall any man desire 
 
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 thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the 
 Lord thy God thrice in the year. 
 
 Deut. iv. 7. 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? 
 
 Ps. x. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the 
 humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt 
 cause thine ear to hear. 
 
 Ps. vi. 9. The Lord hath heard my supplication; 
 the Lord will receive my prayer. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord, who is 
 worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine 
 enemies. 
 
 Ps. lv. 17. Evening, and morning, and at noon, 
 will I pray, and cry aloud; and he shall hear my 
 voice. 
 
 Ps. lxxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw near to 
 God. 
 
 Ps. lxxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and ready 
 to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that 
 call upon thee. 7. In the day of my trouble I will 
 call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. 
 
 Ps. cxlv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that 
 call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 
 
 Jer. xxxiii. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer 
 thee, and show thee great and mighty things which 
 thou knowest not. 
 
 Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call upon the name 
 of the Lord shall be delivered. 
 
 Rom. x. 12. The same Lord over all is rich unto 
 all that call upon him : 13. For whosoever shall call 
 
 upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 
 
 James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw 
 nigh to you. 
 
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 Job xxii. 21. Acquaint now thyself with him, and 
 be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 37. I will yet for this be inquired of 
 by the house of Israel to do it for them; I will in¬ 
 crease them with men like a flock. 
 
 Heb. iv. 14. Seeing then that we have a great 
 High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus 
 the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15. 
 For 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. 
 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of 
 grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
 help in time of need.* 
 
 To Seeking God .—Deut. iv. 29- If thou shalt 
 seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou 
 seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 
 
 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou seek him, he will be 
 found of thee. 
 
 Job viii. 5. If thou wouldst seek unto God be¬ 
 times, and make thy supplication unto the Almighty; 
 6. If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he 
 would awake for thee, and make the habitation of 
 thy righteousness prosperous. 
 
 Ps. ix. 10. Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them 
 that seek thee. 
 
 Ps. lxix. 32. Your heart shall live that seek God. 
 
 Isa. xlv. 19. I said not unto the seed of Jacob, 
 Seek ye me in vain. 
 
 Jer. xxix. 13. Ye shall seek me, and find me, 
 when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 
 
 * See Promises of Hearing Prayer , Part I. Chap. III. Sect. VI. 
 
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 Hos. x. 12. It is time to seek the Lord, till he 
 come and rain righteousness upon you. 
 
 Amos v. 4. Seek ye me, and ye shall live. 
 
 Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good unto them that 
 wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 
 
 Acts xvii. 27. That they should seek the Lord, 
 if haply they might feel after him and find him. 
 
 Heb. xi. 6. He that cometh to God must believe 
 that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that 
 diligently seek him. 
 
 2 Chron. xv. 2. The Lord is with you while ye 
 be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found 
 of you. 
 
 Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all 
 them for good that seek him. 
 
 Secret Prayer .-—Matth. vi. 6. Thou, when thou 
 prayest, enter into thy closet; and when thou hast 
 shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; 
 and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward 
 thee openly. 
 
 Pi •aising God. —Ps. lxix. 30. I will praise the 
 name of God with a song, and will magnify him with 
 thanksgiving. 31. This also shall please the Lord 
 better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and 
 hoofs. 
 
 Ps. xcii. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto 
 the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O 
 Most High. 2. To show forth thy loving-kindness 
 in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night. 
 
 Ps. cxxxv. 3. Praise the Lord; for the Lord is 
 good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 
 
 Desires of Grace. —Matth. v. 6. Blessed are they 
 which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for 
 they shall be filled. 
 
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 Isa. lv. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye 
 to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye, 
 buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without 
 money, and without price. 
 
 John vii. 37. Jesus stood and cried, saying, If 
 any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. 
 88. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath 
 said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of water. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 6. I am Alpha and Omega, the begin¬ 
 ning and the end: I will give unto him that is 
 athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 17. And let him that is athirst come; and 
 whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. 
 
 Ps. lxxxi. 10. Open thy mouth wide, and I will 
 fill it. 
 
 IX. To Wisdom, and Knowledge, and the Study of it. 
 
 To the Wise. —Prov. iii. 13. Happy is the man 
 that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth un¬ 
 derstanding : 14. For the merchandise of it is better 
 
 than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof 
 than fine gold. 15. She is more precious than ru¬ 
 bies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to 
 be compared unto her. 16. Length of days is in 
 her right hand; and in her left hand riches and hon¬ 
 our. 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and 
 all her paths are peace. 18. She is a tree of life to 
 them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one 
 that retaineth her. 35. The wise shall inherit glory. 
 
 Prov. iv. 6. Forsake her not, and she shall pre¬ 
 serve thee ; love her, and she shall keep thee: 8. 
 
 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall 
 bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her. 
 
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 9. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace; 
 a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 
 
 Prov. i. 5. A wise man will hear, and will increase 
 learning; and a man of understanding shall attain 
 unto wise counsels; 6. To understand a proverb, 
 
 and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and 
 their dark sayings. 
 
 Prov. viii. 35. Whoso findeth me [wisdom] find- 
 eth life; and shall obtain favour of the Lord. 
 
 Prov. ix. 12. If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise 
 for thyself. 
 
 Prov. x. 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth 
 instruction ; but he that refuseth reproof erreth. 
 
 Prov. xii. 8. A man shall be commended accord¬ 
 ing to his wisdom. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 15. Good understanding giveth favour 
 
 Prov. xv. 24. The way of life is above to the 
 wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 
 
 Prov. xix. 8. He that getteth wisdom, loveth his 
 own soul; he that keepeth understanding, shall find 
 good. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 20. He that handleth a matter wisely, 
 shall find good. 22. Understanding is a well-spring 
 of life unto him that hath it. 
 
 Prov. xi. 29. The fool shall be servant to the 
 wise of heart. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 20. There is a treasure to be desired, 
 and oil in the dwelling of the wise. 
 
 Prov. xxiv. 3. Through wisdom is an house 
 builded, and by understanding it is established: 4. 
 
 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with 
 all precious and pleasant riches. 5. A wise manj-is 
 strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 
 
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 13. My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and 
 the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste. 14. 
 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: 
 when thou hast found it, then there shall be a re¬ 
 ward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely, he shall 
 be delivered. 
 
 Eccl. viii. 1. A man’s wisdom maketh his face to 
 shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 
 
 Eccl. vii. 12. Wisdom is a defence, and money is 
 a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that 
 wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 
 
 Dan. ii. 21. He giveth wisdom unto the wise, 
 and knowledge to them that know understanding. 
 
 Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the 
 brightness of the firmament. 10. The wise shall 
 understand. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 9. Who is wise, and he shall understand 
 these things ? prudent, and he shall know them ? 
 
 Ps. evii. 43. Whoso is wise, and will observe these 
 things, even they shall understand the loving-kind¬ 
 ness of the Lord. 
 
 Eccl. x. 10. Wisdom is profitable to direct. 
 
 To the love and study of Wisdom. —Prov. ii. 3. 
 If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice 
 for understanding; 4. If thou seekest her as silver, 
 and searchest for her as for hid treasures: 5. Then 
 shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find 
 the knowledge of God. 
 
 Prov. iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruction; let her 
 not go : keep her; for she is thy life. 
 
 Prov. viii. 17. 1 love them that love me, and those 
 that seek me early shall find me. 
 
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 Prov. xix. 20. Hear counsel, and receive instruc¬ 
 tion, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 
 
 Hos. vi. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on 
 to know the Lord. 
 
 2 Chron. i. 11. And God said to Solomon, Be¬ 
 cause this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked 
 riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine ene¬ 
 mies, 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 : 
 12. Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; 
 and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour. 
 
 To the knowledge of God and Christ. —Ps. xci. 
 14. I will set him on high, because he hath known 
 my name. 
 
 John xvii. 3. And this is life eternal, that they 
 might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, 
 whom thou hast sent. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto 
 you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our 
 Lord, 3. 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. 
 
 To learning of Christ. —Matth. xi. 29. Take my 
 yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and 
 lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 
 
 X. To a due Regard to the Word of God. 
 
 To hearing and reading the Word. —Prov. viii. 
 34. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching 
 daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 
 
 Isa. ii. 3. Come ye, and let us go up to the moun- 
 
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 tain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; 
 and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in 
 his paths. 
 
 Isa. lv. 2. Hearken diligently unto me, and eat 
 ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself 
 in fatness. 3. 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. 10. 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; 11. So shall my w^ord 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. 12. For ye shall go out with joy, and be 
 led forth with peace. 
 
 John v. 39. Search the scriptures; for in them 
 ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which 
 testify of me. 
 
 Mark iv. 24. Unto you that hear shall more be 
 given. 25. For he that hath, to him shall be given : 
 and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even 
 that which he hath. 
 
 Rom. i. 16. The gospel of Christ is the power of 
 God unto salvation, to every one that believeth. 
 
 Rom. x. 17. Faith cometh by hearing, and hear¬ 
 ing by the word of God. 
 
 1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the foolishness 
 of preaching to save them that believe. 
 
 James i. 21. Wherefore, lay apart all filthiness and 
 superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness 
 the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 
 
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 2 Pet. i. 19. 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. 
 
 Rev. i. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, and they 
 that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those 
 things which are written therein. 
 
 2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy scriptures, which are able 
 to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which 
 is in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Heb. iv. 12. For the word of God is quick, and 
 powerful, and sharper than any two-edged 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. 
 
 Ps. xix. 7. The law of the Lord is perfect, con¬ 
 verting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, 
 making wise the simple: 8. The statutes of the 
 
 Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the command¬ 
 ment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 
 11. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: and 
 in keeping of them there is great reward. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 
 and a light unto my path. 130. The entrance of 
 thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto 
 the simple. 
 
 Prov. vi. 23. The commandment is a lamp, and 
 the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the 
 way of life. 
 
 Loving the Word. —Ps. cxix. 165. Great peace 
 have they which love thy law: and nothing shall 
 offend them. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that feareth the 
 Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 
 
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 1 Pet. ii. 2. As new-born babes, desire the sin¬ 
 cere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. 
 
 Trembling at the Word .—Prov. xiii. 13. He that 
 fearetb the commandment shall be rewarded. 
 
 Isa. lxvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him 
 that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at 
 my word. 
 
 XI. To Meditation. 
 
 Deut. xi. 18. Ye shall lay up these my words in 
 your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign 
 upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets be¬ 
 tween your eyes. 21. That your days may be mul¬ 
 tiplied, and the days of your children, in the land 
 which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, 
 as the days of heaven upon the earth. 
 
 Josh. i. 8. This 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 ac¬ 
 cording to all that is written therein: for then thou 
 shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt 
 have good success. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 9. Wherewithal shall a young man 
 cleanse his way ? By taking heed thereto, according 
 to thy word. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 31. The law of God is in his heart; 
 none of his steps shall slide. 
 
 Ps. i. 2. His delight is in the law of the Lord ; 
 and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3. 
 And 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. 
 
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 Ps. lxiii. 5. My soul shall be satisfied as with 
 marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee 
 with joyful lips; 6. When I remember thee upon 
 my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-watches. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 17. The mercy of the Lord is from ever¬ 
 lasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and 
 his righteousness unto children’s children; 18. To 
 such as keep his covenant, and to those that remem¬ 
 ber his commandments to do them. 
 
 Prov. iv. 26. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let 
 all thy ways be established, (or, All thy ways shall be 
 ordered aright.) 
 
 Prov. xiv. 22. Mercy and truth shall be to them 
 that devise good. 
 
 Isa. lxiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and 
 worketh righteousness; those that remember thee in 
 thy w r ays. 
 
 XII. To Fasting. 
 
 Joel ii. 15. Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a 
 fast, call a solemn assembly: 16. Gather the peo¬ 
 ple, sanctify the congregation, assemble 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: 17. Let the priests, the 
 ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and 
 the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, 
 &c. 18. Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, 
 and pity his people. 
 
 Fasting in secret. —Matth. vi. 17. Thou, when 
 thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 
 18. That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto 
 thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which 
 seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 
 
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 XIII. To Baptism. 
 
 Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, 
 shall be saved. 
 
 Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized 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 xxii. 16. Arise, and be baptized, and wash 
 away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 
 
 Rom. vi. 3. Know ye not, that so many of us as 
 were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into 
 his death ? 4. 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 Father, even 
 so we also should walk in newness of life. 
 
 1 Cor. xii. 13. By one Spirit are we all baptized 
 into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whe¬ 
 ther we be bond or free. 
 
 Gal. iii. 27. For as many of you as have been 
 baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 
 
 Col. ii. 12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein 
 also ye are risen with him through the faith of the 
 operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 20. Wherein [?. e. the ark] few, that 
 is, eight souls, were saved by water. 21. The like 
 figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also now save 
 us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but 
 the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the 
 resurrection of Jesus Christ. 
 
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 XIV. To the Lord’s Supper. 
 
 Mattli. xxvi. 26. Jesus took bread, and blessed 
 it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, 
 l ake, eat; this is my body. 27. And he took the 
 cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 
 Drink ye all of it: 28. For this is my blood of the 
 new testament, which is shed for many for the re¬ 
 mission of sins. 
 
 1 Cor. x. 16. The cup of blessing which we hless, 
 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. xii. 13. We have been all made to drink 
 into one Spirit. 
 
 John vi. 54. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drink- 
 eth my blood,* hath eternal life; and I will raise him 
 up at the last day. 55. For my flesh is meat indeed, 
 and my blood is drink indeed. 56. He that eateth 
 my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, 
 and I in him. 57. As the living Father hath sent 
 me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, 
 even he shall live by me. 63. It is the Spirit that 
 quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words 
 that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are 
 life. 
 
 Cant. ii. 3. I sat under his shadow with great 
 delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4. He 
 brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner 
 over me was love. 
 
 * Though this be a figurative expression of faith in Christ’s 
 death, yet it is applicable to the particular exercise of it at the 
 Lord’s table. 
 
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 Cant. v. 1. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink 
 abundantly, O beloved. 
 
 Isa. xxv. 6. 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 mar¬ 
 row', of wines on the lees well refined. 
 
 XV. To Good Discourse. 
 
 Prov. xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall de¬ 
 liver them. 14. A man shall be satisfied with good 
 by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a 
 man’s hands shall be rendered unto him. 18. The 
 tongue of the wise is health. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of 
 his mouth. 
 
 Prov. xv. 4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. 
 23. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; 
 and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! 
 
 Prov. xvi. 24. Pleasant words are as an honey¬ 
 comb; sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 
 
 Prov. xviii. 20. A man’s belly shall be satisfied 
 with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of 
 his lips shall he be filled. 21. Death and life are in 
 the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall 
 eat the fruit thereof. 
 
 Mai. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord 
 spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened 
 and heard it: and a book of remembrance was writ¬ 
 ten before him for them that feared the Lord, and 
 that thought upon his name. 17. 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. 
 
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 To the government of the tongue .—Prov. xiii. 3. 
 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 3. The lips of the wise shall preserve 
 them. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his 
 tongue, keepeth his soul from trouble. 
 
 Matth. xii. 37. By thy words thou slialt be jus¬ 
 tified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 10. He that will love life, and see good 
 days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his 
 lips that they speak no guile. 
 
 XVI. To Watchfulness. 
 
 Luke xii. 37. Blessed are those servants, whom 
 the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: 
 verily I say unto you, That he shall gird himself, and 
 make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth 
 and serve them. 38. And if he shall come in the 
 second watch, or come in the third watch, and find 
 them so, blessed are those servants. 
 
 Rev. xvi. 15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed 
 is he that w r atcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest 
 he walk naked, and they see his shame. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way 
 of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be 
 far from them. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 14. Happy is the man that feareth 
 alway : but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into 
 mischief. 
 
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 XVII. To them that keep Good Company. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 20. He that walketh with wise men 
 shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be de- 
 
 Prov. xxvii. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man 
 sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 
 
 Avoid evil company. —Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the 
 man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, 
 nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the 
 seat of the scornful. 
 
 Prov. ix. 6. Forsake the foolish, and live; and 
 go in the way of understanding. 
 
 2 Cor. vi. 17. Come out from among them, and 
 be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the un¬ 
 clean thing, and I will receive you. 
 
 XVIII. To them that Perform their Oaths. 
 
 Ps. xv. 1. Lord, who shall abide in thy taber¬ 
 nacle ? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? 4. He 
 
 that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 
 
 Ps. xxiv. 4. He who hath not lifted up his soul 
 unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully: 5. He shall re¬ 
 ceive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness 
 from the God of his salvation. 
 
 XIX. To the Keeping of the Sabbath. 
 
 Exod. xx. 11. The Lord blessed the sabbath-day, 
 and hallowed it. 
 
 Isa. lvi. 2. Blessed is the man that doth this, and 
 the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth 
 the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand 
 from doing any evil. 6. The sons of the stranger. 
 
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 that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and 
 to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, 
 every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it. 
 and taketh hold of my covenant; 7. 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 accepted upon mine altar; for 
 mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all 
 people. 
 
 Isa. lviii. 13. 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, 
 honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine 
 own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speak¬ 
 ing thine own words : 14. Then shalt 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. 
 
 Ezek. xx. 20. Hallow my sabbaths; and they 
 shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may 
 know that I am the Lord your God. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 PROMISES TO DUTIES OF THE SECOND TABLE. 
 
 I. To Obedience to Parents. 
 
 Eph. vi. 1. Children, obey your parents in the 
 Lord: for this is right. 2. Honour thy father and 
 
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 mother, (which is the first commandment with pro¬ 
 mise,) 3. That it may be well with thee, and that 
 thou mayest live long on the earth. 
 
 Col. iii. 20. Children, obey your parents in all 
 things: for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. 
 
 1 Tim. v. 4. But if any widow have children or 
 nephews, [grand-children,] let them learn first to 
 show piety at home, and to requite their parents : for 
 that is good and acceptable before God. 
 
 Prov. i. 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy 
 father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. 9. 
 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy 
 head, and chains about thy neck. 
 
 Prov. vi. 20. My son, keep thy father’s com¬ 
 mandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 
 21. Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie 
 them about thy neck. 22. When thou goest, it 
 shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep 
 thee; and when thou wakest, it shall talk with thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxv. 18. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel, Because ye have obeyed the command¬ 
 ment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his pre¬ 
 cepts, and done according to all that he hath com¬ 
 manded you; 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rechab 
 shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. 
 
 II. To Good Education. 
 
 Deut. xi. 19. And ye shall teach them your chil¬ 
 dren, 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. 20. And 
 thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thine 
 
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 house, and upon thy gates; 21. 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 heaven upon the earth. 
 
 Gen. xviii. 19. For 1 know him, [Abraham,] 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. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a child in the way he 
 should go; and when he is old, he will not depart 
 from it. 
 
 To correcting of children. —Prov. xxii. 15. Fool¬ 
 ishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod 
 of correction shall drive it far from him. 
 
 Prov. xxiii. 13. Withhold not correction from 
 the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he 
 shall not die. 14. Thou shalt beat him with the 
 rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 15. The rod and reproof give wis¬ 
 dom : but a child left to himself bringeth his mother 
 to shame. 17. Correct thy son, and he shall give 
 thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 
 
 III. To a Good Wife. 
 
 Prov. xi. 16. A gracious woman retaineth hon¬ 
 our; and strong men riches. 
 
 Prov. xii. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown to her 
 husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rotten¬ 
 ness in his bones. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 1. Every wise woman buildeth her 
 house. 
 
 Prov, xxxi. 10. Who can find a virtuous woman ? 
 
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 for her price is far above rubies. 25. Strength and 
 honour are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time 
 to come. 28. Her children arise up, and call her 
 blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 30. 
 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but a woman 
 that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 31. 
 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own 
 works praise her in the gates. 
 
 IV. To Faithful Servants. 
 
 Prov. xvii. 2. A wise servant shall have rule over 
 a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the 
 inheritance among the brethren. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 35. The king’s favour is toward a wise 
 servant. 
 
 Prov. xxvii. 18. Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall 
 eat the fruit thereof; so he that waiteth on his mas¬ 
 ter shall be honoured. 
 
 Eph. vi. 5. Servants, be obedient to them that 
 are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and 
 trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 
 6. Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as 
 the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from 
 the heart. 7. With good-will doing service, as to 
 the Lord, and not to men : 8. Knowing, that what¬ 
 
 soever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he 
 receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 
 
 Col. iii. 22. Servants, obey in all things your 
 masters according to the flesh, See. 24. Knowing, 
 that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the 
 inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 
 
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 V. To Good Kings and Magistrates* 
 
 Deut. xvii. 18. 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: 19. And it shall 
 
 be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of 
 his life; that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, 
 to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, 
 to do them: 20. That his heart be not lifted up 
 
 above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from 
 the commandment, to the right hand or to the left; 
 to the end that he may prolong his days in his king¬ 
 dom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 12. The throne is established by right¬ 
 eousness. 
 
 Prov. xx. 28. Mercy and truth preserve the 
 king; and his throne is upholden by mercy. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 14. The king that faithfully judgeth 
 the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 
 
 Isa. xxviii. 6. 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. 
 
 VI. To Obedient Subjects. 
 
 1 Pet. ii. 13. Submit yourselves to every ordi¬ 
 nance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to 
 the king, as supreme; 14. Or unto governors, as 
 unto them that are sent by him for the punishment 
 of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. 
 15. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing 
 ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. 
 
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 Eccl. viii. 5. Whoso keepeth the commandment 
 [the king’s] shall feel no evil thing: and a wise 
 man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment. 
 
 VII. To Faithful Ministers. 
 
 Luke xii. 42. Who is that faithful and wise 
 steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his 
 household, to give them their portion of meat in due 
 season ? 43. Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, 
 when he cometh, shall find so doing. 44. Of a 
 truth I say unto you, That he will make him ruler 
 over all that he hath. 
 
 Matth. xxviii. 20. Teaching them to observe all 
 things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, 
 I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. 
 
 1 Tim. iv. 16. 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 Pet. v. 1. The elders which are among you, I 
 exhort, Feed the flock of God which is among you, 
 taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but 
 willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 
 3. Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but 
 being ensamples to the flock: 4. And when the 
 
 chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown 
 of glory that fadeth not away. 
 
 Dan. xii. 3. And they that be wise shall shine as 
 the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn 
 many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 
 
 Isa. xxxii. 20. Blessed are ye that sow beside all 
 waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox, and 
 the ass. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 4. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, 
 
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 I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain; 
 yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my 
 work with my God. 
 
 John iv. 36. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, 
 and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that both he 
 that soweth, and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 
 
 Rev. ii. 1. These things saith he that holdeth the 
 seven stars in his right hand. 
 
 Ps. cxxxii. 16. I will also clothe her priests with 
 salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 14. And I will satiate the soul of the 
 priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied 
 with my goodness, saith the Lord. 
 
 Jer. i. 7. 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. 8. Re not afraid of their faces; for I am 
 with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 19. They 
 shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail 
 against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to 
 deliver thee. 
 
 Jer. xv. 19. Thus saith the Lord, If thou re¬ 
 turn, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt 
 stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious 
 from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them 
 return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 
 20. And I will make thee unto this people a fenced 
 brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but 
 they shall not prevail against thee, Sec. 21. And I 
 will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I 
 will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. 
 
 Jer. xx. 11. The Lord is with me as a mighty 
 terrible one; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, 
 
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 and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly 
 ashamed, for they shall not prosper: their everlast¬ 
 ing confusion shall never be forgotten. 
 
 Ezek. iii. 8. Behold, I have made thy face strong 
 against their faces, and thy forehead strong against 
 their foreheads. 9. As an adamant, harder than 
 flint, have I made thy forehead: fear them not, 
 neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a 
 rebellious house. 
 
 Matth. x. 19. And when they deliver you up, 
 take no thought how or what ye shall speak; for it 
 shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall 
 speak. 20. For it is not ye that speak, but the 
 Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 
 
 Fuke xxi. 15. I w ill give you a mouth and wis¬ 
 dom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to 
 gainsay nor resist. 
 
 Deut. x. 9. Fevi hath no part nor inheritance with 
 his brethren ; the Ford is his inheritance, according 
 as the Lord thy God premised him. 
 
 Deut. xxxiii. 11. Bless, Lord, his [Levi’s] sub¬ 
 stance, and accept the work of his hands : smite 
 through the loins of them that rise against him, and 
 of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 
 
 VIII. To them that Receive and Hearken to 
 
 Ministers. 
 
 Matth. x. 40. He that receiveth you, receiveth me ; 
 and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 
 [So John xiii. 20.] 41. He that receiveth a pro¬ 
 
 phet, in the name of a prophet, shall receive a pro¬ 
 phet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous 
 man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receive 
 a righteous man’s reward. 
 
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 Luke x. 16. He that heareth you heareth me. 
 
 2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe in the Lord your God, 
 so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so 
 shall ye prosper. 
 
 IX. To Love and Unity. 
 
 Ps. cxxxiii. 1. Behold, how good and how plea¬ 
 sant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! 
 2. 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; 3. 
 
 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that de¬ 
 scended upon the mountains of Zion; for there the 
 Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. 
 
 1 John ii. 10. He that loveth his brother abideth 
 in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling 
 in him. 
 
 John xiii. 35. By this shall all men know that 
 ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 
 
 2 Cor. xiii. 11. Be perfect, be of good comfort, 
 be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love 
 and peace shall be with you. 
 
 To the Peace-makers. —Matth. v. 9. Blessed are 
 the peace-makers; for they shall be called the children 
 of God. 
 
 Prov. xii. 20. To the counsellors of peace is joy. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 10. He that will love life, and see 
 good days—11. Let him seek peace, and ensue it. 
 
 Love to God’s People .— 1 John iii. 14. We know 
 that we have passed from death unto life, because we 
 love the brethren : he that loveth not his brother 
 abideth in death. 18. My little children, let us not 
 love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in 
 
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 truth. 19, And hereby we know that we are of the 
 truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 
 
 1 John iv. 12. If we love one another, God 
 dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 
 
 Ps. xv. 1. Lord, who shall abide in thy taberna¬ 
 cle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 4. He in 
 whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he hon- 
 oureth them that fear the Lord. 
 
 Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : 
 they shall prosper that love thee. 
 
 Heb. vi. 10. God is not unrighteous to forget 
 your work and labour of love, which ye have showed 
 towards his name, in that ye have ministered to the 
 saints, and do minister. 
 
 Numb. xxiv. 9. Blessed is he that blesseth thee; 
 and cursed is he that curseth thee. 
 
 X. To the Charitable, the Merciful, and the 
 Liberal to God’s Ministers. 
 
 Deut. xv. 10. Thou shalt surely give him, [thy 
 poor brother,] and thine heart shall not be grieved 
 when thou givest unto him: because that for this 
 thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy 
 works, and in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. 
 
 Ps. xli. 1. Blessed is he that considereth the 
 poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 
 
 2. 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. 
 
 3. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of 
 languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sick¬ 
 ness. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to 
 
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 the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his 
 horn shall be exalted with honour. 5. A good man 
 shovveth favour, and lendeth : he will guide his af¬ 
 fairs with discretion. 6. Surely he shall not be 
 moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting 
 remembrance. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 25. I have been young, and now am 
 old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor 
 his seed begging bread. 26. He is ever merciful, 
 and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 
 
 Prov. xi. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet 
 increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than 
 is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25. The liberal 
 soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth shall be 
 watered also himself. 27. He that diligently seek- 
 eth good procureth favour. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 21. He that hath mercy on the poor, 
 happy is he. 
 
 Prov. xix. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor 
 lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given 
 will he pay him again. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall 
 be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 8. He that by usury and unjust gain 
 increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him 
 that will pity the poor. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 27. He that giveth unto the poor 
 shall not lack. 
 
 Eccl. xi. 1. Cast thy bread upon the waters; for 
 thou shalt find it after many days. 2. Give a por¬ 
 tion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest 
 not what evil shall be upon the earth. 
 
 Isa. xxxii. 8. The liberal deviseth liberal things, 
 and by liberal things shall he stand. 
 
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 Isa. lviii. 7. Is it not [the fast that I have chosen] 
 to deal thy bread to the hungry, 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 ? 8. Then 
 
 shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine 
 health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteous¬ 
 ness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall 
 be thy rereward. 10. If thou draw out thy soul to 
 the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall 
 thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as 
 the noonday. 11. 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 waters fail 
 not. 
 
 Matth. x. 42. And 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 nowise lose his reward. 
 
 Matth. xxv. 34. 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: 35. For 1 was an 
 
 hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and 
 ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took 
 me in: 36. Naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, 
 and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came 
 unto me. 40. Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as 
 ye have done it unto one of the least of these my 
 brethren, ye have done it unto me. 
 
 Mark x. 21. Go thy way, sell whatsoever thou 
 hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have trea¬ 
 sure in heaven. 
 
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 Luke vi. 38. Give, and it shall be given unto 
 you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken to¬ 
 gether, and running over, shall men give into your 
 bosom: for with the same measure that ye mete 
 withal, it shall be measured unto you again. 
 
 Luke xi. 41. Give alms of such things as ye have: 
 and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 
 
 Luke xii. 33. Sell that ye have, and give alms; 
 provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure 
 in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief ap- 
 proacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 
 
 Luke xvi. 9. And I say unto you, Make to your¬ 
 selves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; 
 that, when ye fail, they may receive you into ever¬ 
 lasting habitations. 
 
 Luke xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call 
 the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind : 14. And 
 
 thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense 
 thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrec¬ 
 tion of the just. 
 
 2 Cor. ix. 6. He which soweth sparingly shall 
 reap also sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully 
 shall reap also bountifully. 7. God loveth a cheer¬ 
 ful giver. 
 
 2 Cor. viii. 12. If there be first a willing mind, 
 it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not 
 according to that he hath not. 
 
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 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18. Charge them that are rich in 
 this world—that they do good, that they be rich in 
 good works, ready to distribute, willing to communi¬ 
 cate: 19. Laying up in store for themselves a 
 
 good foundation against the time to come, that they 
 may lay hold on eternal life. 
 
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 Heb. xiii. 16. To do good, and to communicate, 
 forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 
 
 2 Cor. ix. 8. 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. 10. 
 No w he that ministereth seed to the sower, both mi¬ 
 nister bread for your food, and multiply your seed 
 sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness. 
 
 To Alms in secret .—Matth. vi. 3. When thou 
 doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right 
 hand doeth; 4*. That thine alms maybe in secret: 
 and thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself shall 
 reward thee openly. 
 
 To the supporting God’s Ministers and Worship . 
 —Gal. vi. 6. Let him that is taught in the word 
 communicate unto him that teacheth in all good 
 things. 7. Be not deceived; God is not mocked : 
 for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. 
 8. For 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. 
 
 Mai. iii. 10. Bring ye all the tithes into the 
 store-house, that there may be meat in mine house; 
 and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, 
 if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and 
 pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room 
 enough to receive it. 11. 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. 12. And all nations shall call you blessed; 
 for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of 
 hosts. 
 
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 Phil. iv. 17. Not because I desire a gift, but I 
 desire fruit that may abound to your account. 18. 
 But I have all, and abound; I am full, having re¬ 
 ceived of Epaphroditus the things which were sent 
 from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice ac¬ 
 ceptable, well-pleasing to God. 19. But my God 
 shall supply all your need, according to his riches in 
 glory by Christ Jesus. 
 
 Deut. xiv. 29. And the Levite, (because he hath 
 no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, 
 and the fatherless, 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. 
 
 Prov. iii. 9. Honour the Lord with thy substance, 
 and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 10. 
 
 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy 
 presses shall burst out with new wine. 
 
 To the Merciful. —Matth. v. 7. Blessed are the 
 merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 25. With the merciful thou wilt show 
 thyself merciful. 
 
 Prov. iii. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; 
 bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table 
 of thine heart: 4. So shalt thou find favour and 
 
 good understanding in the sight of God and man. 
 
 Prov. xi. 17. Hie merciful man doeth good to his 
 own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 
 
 Deut. xxiv. 12. If the man be poor, thou shalt 
 not sleep with his pledge: 13. In any case thou 
 shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun go- 
 eth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and 
 bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee, 
 before the Lord thy God. 
 
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 XI. To the Giving and Receiving of Reproofs. 
 
 To the Reproving faithfully .—Prov. xxiv. 25. 
 To them that rebuke him [the wicked] shall be de¬ 
 light; and a good blessing shall come upon them. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a man, after¬ 
 wards shall find more favour than he that flattereth 
 with the tongue. 
 
 To them that regard Reproof —Prov. xiii. 13. 
 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth in¬ 
 struction ; but he that regardeth reproof shall be 
 honoured. 
 
 Prov. xv. 31. The ear that heareth the reproof 
 of life abideth among the wise. 32. He that refus¬ 
 eth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that 
 heareth reproof getteth understanding. 
 
 Prov. xxv. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an or¬ 
 nament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an 
 obedient ear. 
 
 XII. To Forgiving Injuries. 
 
 Prov. xx. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense 
 evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. 
 
 Prov. xxv. 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give 
 him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him wa¬ 
 ter to drink: 22. For thou shalt heap coals of fire 
 upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 
 Rom. xii. 20. 
 
 Matth. v. 44. Love your enemies, bless them that 
 curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray 
 for them which despitefully use you and persecute 
 you : 45. That ye may be the children of your 
 
 Father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to 
 
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 rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
 the just and on the unjust. 
 
 Matth. vi. 14. If ye forgive men their trespasses, 
 your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 
 
 Mark xi. 25. And when ye stand praying, forgive, 
 if ye have ought against any, that your Father also, 
 which is in heaven, may forgive you your trespasses. 
 
 Luke vi. 35. 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. 37. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or rail¬ 
 ing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing: knowing 
 that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit & 
 blessing. 
 
 XIII. To Chastity and Purity. 
 
 To Chastity. —Ezek. xviii. 5. If a man be just, 
 and do that which is lawful and right, 6. And 
 hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath 
 come near to a menstruous woman; 9. Hath walked 
 
 in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal 
 truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord 
 God. 
 
 To Purity. —Matth. v. 8. Blessed are the pure 
 in heart: for they shall see God. 
 
 Ps. xxiv. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the 
 Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? 4. 
 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 26. With the pure thou wilt show thy¬ 
 self pure. 
 
 Ps. lxxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, even 
 to such as are of a clean heart. 
 
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 2 Tim. ii. 21. If a man therefore purge himself 
 from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sancti¬ 
 fied and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto 
 every good work. 
 
 Tit. i. 15. Unto the pure all things are pure. 
 
 XIV. To Diligence. 
 
 Prov. x. 4. The hand of the diligent maketh rich. 
 
 Prov. xii. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear 
 rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute. 27. 
 The substance of a diligent man is precious. 11. 
 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth 
 and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall 
 be made fat. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be 
 diminished; but he that gathereth by labour shall in¬ 
 crease. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 23. In all labour there is profit; but 
 the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend 
 only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, 
 only to want. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his 
 business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not 
 stand before mean men. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 19. He that tilleth his land shall 
 have plenty of bread ; but he that followeth after vain 
 persons shall have poverty enough. 
 
 To improving our talents .—Matth. xxv. 23. 
 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. 29. Unto every one that hath, shall be given; 
 and he shall have abundance. Matth. xiii. 12. 
 
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 Moderation in Sleep. —Prov. xx. 13. Love not 
 sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, 
 and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 
 
 XV. To the Just and Honest. 
 
 Deut. xvi. 20. That which is altogether just shalt 
 thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the 
 land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 L)eut. xxv. 15. Thou shalt have a perfect 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. 
 
 Prov. xi. 1. A false balance is abomination to the 
 Lord; but a just weight is his delight. 
 
 Prov. xv. 27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth 
 his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 8. Better is a little with righteousness, 
 than great revenues without right. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 20. A faithful man shall abound with 
 blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall 
 not be innocent. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 3. To do justice and judgment is more 
 acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 
 
 Prov. xii. 21. There shall no evil happen to the 
 just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. 
 
 Isa. xxxiii. 15. Pie that walketh righteously, and 
 speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of 
 oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of 
 bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, 
 and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16. He shall 
 dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the mu¬ 
 nitions of rocks; bread shall be given him, his waters 
 shall be sure. 
 
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 Isa. lvi. 1. Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judg¬ 
 ment, and do justice : for my salvation is near to 
 come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2. 
 Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of 
 man that layeth hold on it. 
 
 Ezek. xviii. 5. If a man be just, and do that which 
 is lawful and right, 7. And hath not oppressed any, 
 but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath 
 spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the 
 hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 
 8. He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither 
 hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his 
 hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment 
 between man and man, 9. 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. 
 
 Ps. xv. 5. He that putteth not out his money to 
 usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He 
 that doeth these things shall never be moved. 
 
 XVI. To Truth. 
 
 Ps. xv. 1. Lord, who shall abide in thy taberna¬ 
 cle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? 2. He that 
 
 speaketh the truth in his heart. 
 
 Prov. xii. 19. The lip of truth shall he established 
 for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 
 22. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but 
 they that deal truly are his delight. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 10. He that will love life, and see good 
 days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his 
 lips that they speak no guile. Ps. xxxiv. 12, 13. 
 
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 XVII. To Candour. 
 
 In Judging. —Matth. vii. 1. Judge not, that ye 
 be not judged. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, 
 ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, 
 it shall be measured to you again. 
 
 In Speaking. —Ps. xv. 1. Lord, who shall dwell, 
 &c. 3. He that backbiteth not with his toneme, 
 
 nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a re¬ 
 proach against his neighbour. 
 
 XVIII. To Contentment and Mortification. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 30. A sound heart is the life of the 
 flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. 
 
 Prov. xv. 15. All the days of the afflicted are 
 evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a contin¬ 
 ual feast. 
 
 Prov. xvii. 22. A merry heart doeth good like 
 medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 
 
 Prov. xxiii. 17. Let not thine heart envy sinners : 
 but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 
 18. For surely there is an end; and thine expecta¬ 
 tion shall not be cut off. 
 
 1 Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great 
 gain. 
 
 Heb. xiii. 5. 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. 
 
 To Mortification. —Rom. viii. 13. If ye through 
 the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall 
 live. 
 
 Matth. v. 29. If thy right eye offend thee, pluck 
 
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 it out, 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. 30. 
 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. 
 
 To the spiritually minded. —Rom. viii. 6. To be 
 carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded 
 is life and peace. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 PROMISES TO DUTIES BELONGING TO BOTH TABLES. 
 
 I. To the Meek, Humble, and Contrite. 
 
 To the Meek. —Ps. xxii. 26. The meek shall eat 
 and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord that seek 
 him : your heart shall live for ever. 
 
 Ps. xxv. 9. The meek will he guide in judgment, 
 and the meek will he teach his way. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 11. The meek shall inherit the earth, 
 and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 
 
 Matth. v. 5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall 
 inherit the earth. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 6. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he 
 casteth the wicked down to the ground. 
 
 Ps. cxlix. 4. The Lord taketh pleasure in his 
 people: he will beautify the meek with his salvation. 
 
 Zeph. ii. 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the 
 
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 earth, which have wrought his judgments; seek right¬ 
 eousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid 
 in the day of the Lord’s anger. 
 
 Isa. xi. 4. With righteousness shall he judge the 
 poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the 
 earth. 
 
 Isa. xxix. 19. The meek also shall increase their 
 joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall re¬ 
 joice in the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 3. Whose adorning, let it not be that 
 outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing 
 of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4. But 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. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 29. He that is slow to wrath is of great 
 understanding. 
 
 Prov. xv. 18. He that is slow to anger appeaseth 
 strife. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 32. He that is slow to anger is better 
 than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than 
 he that taketh a city. 
 
 Prov. xix. 11. The discretion of a man deferreth 
 his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a trans¬ 
 gression. 
 
 Prov. xx. 3. It is an honour to a man to cease 
 from strife. 
 
 To the Humble .—Job xxii. 29. He shall save the 
 humble person. 
 
 Ps. ix. 12. He forgetteth not the cry of the 
 humble. 
 
 Ps. x. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of 
 the humble. 
 
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 Ps. cxxxviii. 6. Though the Lord be high, yet 
 hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he 
 knoweth afar off. 
 
 Prov. iii. 34. Surely he scorneth the scorners: 
 but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 
 
 James iv. 6. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth 
 the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 1 Pet. 
 v. 5. 
 
 Prov. xi. 2. When pride cometh, then cometh 
 shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 
 
 Prov. xv. 33. The fear of the Lord is the instruc¬ 
 tion of wisdom : and before honour is humility. 
 
 Prov. xviii. 12. Before destruction the heart of 
 man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 23. A man’s pride shall bring him 
 low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 19. Better is it to be of an humble 
 spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with 
 the proud. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 4. By humility, and the fear of the 
 Lord, are riches, and honour, and life. 
 
 Matth. xxiii. 12. Whosoever shall exalt himself, 
 shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself, 
 shall be exalted. Luke xviii. 14. 
 
 Matth. xviii. 4. Whosoever shall humble himself 
 as this little child, the same is greatest in the king¬ 
 dom of heaven. 
 
 To the Contrite and Mourners. —Ps. xxxiv. 18. 
 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
 heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 
 
 Ps. li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken 
 spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou 
 wilt not despise. 
 
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 Ps. cxlvii. 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and 
 bindeth up their wounds. 
 
 Eccl. vii. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter: for 
 by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made 
 better. 
 
 Isa. lvii. 15. Thus saith the high and lofty One 
 that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I 
 dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that 
 is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit 
 of the humble, and to revive the heart of the con¬ 
 trite ones. 
 
 Isa. lxvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him 
 that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at 
 my word. 
 
 Matth. v. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for 
 theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4. Blessed are 
 they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 
 
 II. To them that Suffer for Righteousness’ sake. 
 
 Matth. v. 10. Blessed are they which are perse¬ 
 cuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the king¬ 
 dom of heaven. 11. Blessed are ye when men 
 shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all 
 manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12. 
 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your 
 reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the pro¬ 
 phets which were before you. 
 
 Matth. x. 39. He that findeth his life, shall lose 
 it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it. 
 
 Matth. xix, 29. Every one that hath forsaken 
 houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, 
 or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, 
 shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall inherit ever¬ 
 lasting life. 
 
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 2 Cor. iv. 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken. 
 
 2 Tim. ii. 12. If we suffer, we shall also reign 
 with him. 
 
 Rom. viii. 17. If so be that we suffer with him, 
 that we may be also glorified together. 35. Who 
 shall separate us from the Jove of Christ? Shall 
 tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or 
 nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36. (As it is writ¬ 
 ten, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we 
 are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.) 37. Nay, 
 in all these things we are more than conquerors, 
 through him that loved us. 
 
 Heb. x. 34. For ye had compassion of me in my 
 bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, 
 knowing in yourselves that ye have a better and an 
 enduring substance. 35. Cast not away therefore 
 your confidence, which hath great recompense of re¬ 
 ward. 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 14. If ye suffer for righteousness* sake, 
 happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, nei¬ 
 ther be troubled. 17. For it is better, if the will or 
 God be so, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil- 
 doing. 
 
 1 Pet. iv. 12. Beloved, think it not strange con¬ 
 cerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though 
 some strange thing happened unto you: 13. But 
 rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Chrises suf¬ 
 ferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye 
 may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14. 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. 
 
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 To them that are excommunicated unjustly .—Isa. 
 lxvi. 5. 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. 
 
 Luke vi. 22. 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. 23. Re¬ 
 joice ye in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, 
 your reward is great in heaven. 
 
 III. To Patience and Submission. 
 
 Lam. iii. 26. It is good that a man should both 
 hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 
 27. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his 
 youth. 28. He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, 
 because he hath borne it upon him. 29. He put- 
 teth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be 
 hope. 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 
 
 Heb. x. 35. Cast not away your confidence, which 
 hath great recompense of reward. 36. For ye have 
 need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of 
 God, ye might receive the promise. 37. For yet a 
 little while, and he that shall come will come, and 
 will not tarry. 
 
 Heb. vi. 12. That ye be not slothful, but followers 
 of them who through faith and patience inherit the 
 promises. * 
 
 James i. 2. My brethren, count it all joy when ye 
 fall into divers temptations; 3. Knowing this, that 
 
 the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4. But 
 
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 let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be 
 perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 12. Blessed is 
 the man that endureth temptation: for when he is 
 tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the 
 Lord hath promised to them that love him. 
 
 Rom. v. 3. We glory in tribulations: knowing 
 that tribulation worketh patience; 4. And patience, 
 experience; and experience, hope. 
 
 Prov. x. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be 
 gladness. 
 
 1 Pet. v. 6. Humble yourselves therefore under 
 the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in 
 due time. 
 
 James iv. 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of 
 the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 
 
 James v. 7. Be patient, brethren, unto the coming 
 of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for 
 the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience 
 for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 
 8. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the 
 coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 11. 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. 
 
 1 Pet. ii. 20. If, when ye do well, and suffer for 
 it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 
 
 IV. To Perseverance. 
 
 Matth. x. 22. He that endureth to the end shall 
 be saved. Chap. xxiv. 13. 
 
 John viii. 31. If ye continue in my word, then are 
 ye my disciples indeed; 32. And ye shall know the 
 truth, and the truth shall make you free. 
 
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 John xv. 7. If ye abide in me, and my words abide 
 in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done 
 unto you. 
 
 1 Cor. xv. 58. My beloved brethren, be ye stead¬ 
 fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of 
 the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is 
 not in vain in the Lord. 
 
 Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in well-doing: for 
 in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 
 
 Heb. iii. 14. We are made partakers of Christ, if 
 we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto 
 the end. 
 
 Heb. x. 23. Let us hold fast the profession of our 
 faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that pro¬ 
 mised.) 35. Cast not away your confidence, which 
 hath great recompense of reward. 
 
 1 John ii. 24. Let that abide in you which ye have 
 heard from the beginning. If that which ye have 
 heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye 
 also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 
 28. 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. 
 
 2 John 8. Look to yourselves, that we lose not 
 those things which we have wrought, but that we 
 receive a full reward. 9. Whosoever transgresseth, 
 and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not 
 God: he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he 
 hath both the Father and the Son. 
 
 Rev. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I 
 will give thee a crown of life. 
 
 To him that overcomes. —Rev. ii. 7. To him that 
 overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which 
 
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 is in the midst of the paradise of God. 11. He that 
 overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 
 17. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the 
 hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and 
 in the stone a new name written, which no man 
 knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 26. And he 
 that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the 
 end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27. 
 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. 28. And I will 
 give him the morning star. 
 
 Rev. iii. 5. 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 before my Father, and before his angels. 12. 
 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 upon him my new name. 21. 
 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me 
 in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set 
 down with my Father in his throne. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 7. He that overcometh shall inherit all 
 things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my 
 son. 
 
AN 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 OF 
 
 PROMISES 
 
 RELATING TO 
 
 THE STATE OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 I. Of the Enlargement of the Church, and the 
 
 Spreading of the Gospel and Kingdom o/’Christ 
 
 through the World . 
 
 Ps. ii. 8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the 
 heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts 
 of the earth for thy possession. 9. Thou shalt break 
 them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in 
 pieces like a potter’s vessel. 
 
 Ps. xxii. 27. All the ends of the world shall remem¬ 
 ber, and turn unto the Lord; and all the kindreds of 
 the nations shall worship before thee. 28. For the 
 kingdom is the Lord’s; and he is the governor among 
 the nations. 
 
 Ps. lxvii. 2. That thy way may be known upon 
 earth, thy saving health among all nations. 7. God 
 shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall 
 fear him. 
 
 Ps. lxviii. 31. Princes shall come out of Egypt; 
 Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 
 
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 Ps. lxxii. 8. He shall have dominion from sea to 
 sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 
 11. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all 
 nations shall serve him. 17. His name shall endure 
 for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the 
 sun; and men shall be blessed in him: all nations 
 shall call him blessed. 19. Let the whole earth be 
 filled with his glory. 
 
 Ps. lxxxvi. 9. All nations whom thou hast made 
 shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and 
 shall glorify thy name. 
 
 Ps. cii. 15. The heathen shall fear the name of 
 the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 
 16. When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall 
 appear in his glory. 
 
 Ps. cx. 3. 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. 
 
 Isa. ii. 2. And it shall come to pass in the last days, 
 that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be estab¬ 
 lished in the top of the mountains, and shall be ex¬ 
 alted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto 
 it. 3. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, 
 and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the 
 house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of 
 his ways, and we will walk in his paths : for out of 
 Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the 
 Lord from Jerusalem. Mic. iv. 1, 2. 
 
 Isa. xi. 10. 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. 
 
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 Isa. xix. 21. And the Lord shall be known to 
 Egypt, and the Egyptians 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. 24. 
 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt, and 
 with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the 
 land. 25. Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, 
 saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria 
 the work of mine hands, and Israel mine inheritance. 
 See ver. 18—23. 
 
 Isa. xxiii. 18. And her [Tyre’s] merchandise and 
 her hire shall be holiness unto the Lord: it shall not 
 be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall 
 be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat suffi¬ 
 ciently, and for durable clothing. 
 
 Isa. xxvii. 6. 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. xl. 3. 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. 4. 
 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain 
 and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be 
 made straight, and the rough places plain : 5. 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. 
 
 Isa. xlii. 1. 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. 4. He shall not fail nor be dis¬ 
 couraged, till he have set judgment on the earth: 
 and the isles shall wait for his law. 6. I the Lord 
 
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 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; 7. 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. xlv. 23. 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. 24. Surely, shall one say, In 
 the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even 
 to him shall men come; and all that are incensed 
 against him shall be ashamed. See ver. 14. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 6. 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 Gentiles, that thou 
 mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 
 12. Behold, these shall come from far; and, lo, these 
 from the north and from the west; and these from the 
 land of Sinim. 18. 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 or¬ 
 nament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth. 20. 
 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; give place to me, that I 
 may dwell. See verses 8, 9, 11, 19, 21, 22. and 
 chap. lx. 4. 
 
 Isa. li. 4. Hearken unto me, my 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 
 
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 light of the people. 5. 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. 16. I have put my words in 
 thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of 
 mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the 
 foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou 
 art my people. 
 
 Isa. lii. 10. 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. liii. 10. When 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. 11. He shall see of the travail of his 
 soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall 
 my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear 
 their inquiries. 12. Therefore will I divide him a 
 portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil 
 with the strong. 
 
 Isa. liv. 1. 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 children of the mar¬ 
 ried wife, saith the Lord. 2. 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: 3. For thou shalt break forth 
 on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall 
 inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to 
 be inhabited. 
 
 Isa. lv. 4. Behold, I have given him for a witness 
 to the people; a leader and commander to the people. 
 
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 5, Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou know- 
 est 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. lix. 19. 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 lift up a standard against 
 him. 20. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, 
 and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 Isa. lx. 3. The Gentiles shall come to thy light, 
 and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 8. Who 
 are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their 
 windows ? 9. 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, because he hath glorified thee. 10. 
 And the sons of strangers shall build thy walls, &c. 
 See verses 4—7, 11, 16. 
 
 Isa. lxv. 17. Behold, I create new heavens and a 
 new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, 
 nor come into mind. 
 
 Isa. Ixvi. 8. 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 travailed she brought forth 
 her children. 9. 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. 
 18. It shall come, that I will gather all nations and 
 tongues; and they shall come and see my glory. 19. 
 
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 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send 
 those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tar- 
 shish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal 
 and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard 
 my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall 
 declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20. And 
 they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto 
 the Lord, out of all nations. 21. And I will also 
 take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the 
 Lord. 23. And it shall come to pass, that from one 
 new moon to another, and from one sabbath to an¬ 
 other, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 Dan. ii. 44. And in the days of these kings shall 
 the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall 
 never be destroyed: 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. vii. 13. And I saw in the night-visions, 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. 14. And there was 
 given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that 
 all people, nations, and languages, should serve him. 
 27. 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 everlasting kingdom, and all 
 dominions shall serve and obey him. 
 
 Amos ix. 11. In that day will I raise up the ta¬ 
 bernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the 
 breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and 
 
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 I will build it as in the days of old. 12. That they 
 may possess the remnant of Edom, [or, That the re¬ 
 sidue of men might seek after the Lord, Acts xv. 17.] 
 and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, 
 saith the Lord that doeth this. 
 
 Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of 
 Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst 
 of thee, saith the Lord. 11. And many nations 
 shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be 
 my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee; 
 and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent 
 me unto thee. 
 
 Zech. vi. 15. And they that are far off shall come 
 and build in the temple of the Lord. 
 
 Zech. viii. 21. And the inhabitants of one city 
 shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to 
 pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; 
 I will go also. 22. Yea, many people and strong 
 nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Je¬ 
 rusalem, and to pray before the Lord. 23. Thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts, In those days it shall come 
 to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all lan¬ 
 guages 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. 
 
 Zech. xiv. 9. And the Lord shall be King over 
 all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, 
 and his name one. 
 
 Mai. i. 11. From the rising of the sun, even unto 
 the going down of the same, my name shall be great 
 among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall 
 be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for 
 my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. 
 
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 Matth. viii. 11. 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. xxiv. 14. This gospel of the kingdom 
 shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto 
 all nations; and then shall the end come. 
 
 John xii. 32. And I, if I be lifted up from the 
 earth, will draw all men unto me. 
 
 Rev. xi. 15. And the seventh angel 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. See Rev. vii. 9, 10. Rev. xii. 10. 
 
 II. The Glory of the Church. 
 
 Ps. xlv. 13. The King’s daughter is all glorious 
 within; her clothing is of wrought gold. 
 
 Ps. xlviii. 2. Beautiful for situation, the joy of 
 the whole earth is Mount Zion, on the sides of the 
 north, the city of the great King. 12. Walk about 
 Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers 
 thereof: 13. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider 
 
 her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation fol¬ 
 lowing. 
 
 Ps. lxxxvii. 3. Glorious things are spoken of 
 thee, O city of God. 
 
 Isa. xlvi. 13. I will bring near my righteousness; 
 it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not 
 tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel 
 my glory. 
 
 Isa. liv. 11. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, 
 and not comforted ! behold, I will lay thy stones with 
 
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 fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 
 12. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy 
 gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant 
 stones. 
 
 Isa. lx. 1. Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and 
 the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2. For, 
 behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross 
 darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon 
 thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 13. 
 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir- 
 tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify 
 the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place 
 of my feet glorious. 15. Whereas thou hast been 
 forsaken and hated, so that no man went through 
 thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy 
 of many generations. 19. 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 everlasting light, and thy God thy 
 glory. 20. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither 
 shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall 
 be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourn¬ 
 ing shall be ended. 
 
 Isa. lxii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy righteous¬ 
 ness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be 
 called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord 
 shall name. 3. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory 
 in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the 
 hand of thy God. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 10. And he carried me away in the 
 spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me 
 that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out 
 of heaven from God, 11. Having the glory of God: 
 
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 and her light was like unto a stone most precious, 
 even like a jasper-stone, clear as crystal. (See ver. 
 18, 21.) 22. And I saw no temple therein : for the 
 
 Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple 
 of it. 23. 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. 
 24. 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. 25. And 
 the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day; for 
 there shall be no night there. 26. And they shall 
 bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 
 
 III. Promises of the Increase of Light and Know¬ 
 ledge, and of the Means o/’Grace. 
 
 Isa. xi. 9. The earth shall be full of the know¬ 
 ledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 
 
 Isa. xxv. 6. 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 mar¬ 
 row, of wines on the lees well refined. 7. And he 
 will destroy in this mountain the face of the cover¬ 
 ing cast over all people, and the veil that is spread 
 over all nations. 
 
 Isa. xxix. 18. 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 darkness. 24. They 
 also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, 
 and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. 
 
 Isa. xli. 18.1 will open rivers in high places, and 
 fountains in the midst of the valleys: 1 will make 
 the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land 
 
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 springs of water. 19. I will plant in the wilderness 
 the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the 
 oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the 
 pine, and the box-tree together. See chap. xxxv. 
 6 — 8 . 
 
 Isa. lii. 7. How beautiful upon the mountains are 
 the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that pub¬ 
 lished peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, 
 that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy 
 God reigneth ! 8. 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. 
 
 Isa. liv. 13. And all thy children shall be taught 
 of the Lord. 
 
 Dan. xii. 4. Many shall run to and fro, and 
 knowledge shall be increased. 
 
 IV. Promises of Purity, Holiness, and Right¬ 
 eousness in the Church. 
 
 Isa. iv. 3. And it shall come to pass, that he 
 that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jeru¬ 
 salem, shall be called holy, even every one that is 
 written among the living in Jerusalem: 4. When 
 
 the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the 
 daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood 
 of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the Spirit of 
 judgment, and by the Spirit of burning. 
 
 Isa. xxxii. 15. Until the Spirit be poured upon 
 us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful 
 field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest: 
 16. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, 
 and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 
 
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 Isa. xxxiii. 5. The Lord is exalted; for he dwell- 
 eth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and 
 righteousness. 6. And wisdom and knowledge shall 
 be the stability of thy times, and strength of salva¬ 
 tion : the fear of the Lord is his treasure. 
 
 Isa. xlv. 8. Drop down, ye heavens from above, 
 and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the 
 earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and 
 let righteousness spring up together: I the Lord 
 have created it. 
 
 Ps. lxxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met to¬ 
 gether; righteousness and peace have kissed each 
 other. 11. Truth shall spring out of the earth; 
 and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 13. 
 Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set us 
 in the way of his steps. 
 
 Isa. lx. 21. Thy people also shall be all right¬ 
 eous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the 
 branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I 
 may be glorified. 
 
 Isa. lxi. 11. 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 
 righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the 
 nations. 
 
 Mai. iii. 3. 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 righteousness. 4. 
 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be 
 pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as 
 in former years. 
 
 Ps. lxxii. 5. They shall fear thee as long as the 
 sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 
 
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 Zech. xiv. 20. In that day shall there be upon 
 the bells of the horses, holiness unto the lord ; 
 and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the 
 bowls before the altar. 21. 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. 
 
 Rev. xix. 8. And to her [the Lamb’s wife] was 
 granted, that she should be arrayed in fine linen, 
 clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteous¬ 
 ness of saints. 
 
 V. Promises of Peace, Love, and Unity. 
 
 Isa. ii. 4. And they shall beat their swords into 
 ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: 
 nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither 
 shall they learn war any more. 
 
 Isa. xi. 6. 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 fading to¬ 
 gether ; and a little child shall lead them. 7. And 
 the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones 
 shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw 
 like the ox. 8. And the sucking child shall play on 
 the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put 
 his hand on the;cockatrice’ den. 9. They shall not 
 hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. 13. The 
 envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adver¬ 
 saries of Judah shall be cut oft’: Ephraim shall not 
 envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 
 
 Ps. Ixxii. 3. The mountains shall bring peace to 
 
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 the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 7 . 
 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abun¬ 
 dance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 
 
 John xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, 
 but for them also which shall believe on me, through 
 their word. 21. That they all may be one, as thou, 
 Father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may 
 be one in us, that the world may believe that thou 
 hast sent me. 22. And the glory which thou gavest 
 me, I have given them, that they may be one, even 
 as we are one. 23. 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. 
 
 Eph. iv. 16. From whom [Christ] the whole body 
 fitly joined together and compacted by that which 
 every joint supplieth, according to the effectual work¬ 
 ing in the measure of every part, maketh increase of 
 the body, unto the edifying of itself in love. 
 
 VI. Promises of the Submission and Destruction of 
 the Enemies of the Church. 
 
 Ps. cx. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy 
 strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of 
 thine enemies. 5. The Lord at thy right hand shall 
 strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6. 
 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the 
 places with the dead bodies; h ' shall wound the 
 heads over many countries. 
 
 Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth with the rod 
 of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he 
 slay the wicked. 
 
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 Isa. xxvii. 1. In that day the Lord, with his sore, 
 and great, and strong sword, shall punish leviathan 
 the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked ser¬ 
 pent : and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 
 
 Isa. xli. 11. 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 perish. 12. 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. See ver. 15, 16. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 24. Shall the prey be taken from the 
 mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25. But 
 thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the 
 mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the ter¬ 
 rible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him 
 that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy chil¬ 
 dren. 26. 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: and all flesh 
 shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy 
 Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 Isa. lix. 19. When the enemy shall come in like 
 a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard 
 against him. 
 
 Isa. lx. 14. 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. 
 
 The destruction of Antichrist and of Babylon , &c. 
 —2 Thess. ii. 8. Then shall that Wicked be re¬ 
 vealed, whom the Lord shall consume w T ith the spi- 
 
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 rit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the bright¬ 
 ness of his coming. See Dan. vii. 24—26. 
 
 Rev. xiv. 9. If any man worship the beast and 
 his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or 
 in his hand, 10. The same shall drink of the wine 
 of the wrath of God, which is poured out without 
 mixture into the cup of his indignation. 
 
 Rev. xvii. 1. Come hither; I will show unto thee 
 the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon 
 many waters, &c. 16. And 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. 
 
 Rev. xviii. 2. Babylon the great is fallen, is 
 fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the 
 hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean 
 and hateful bird.—See to the end of the chapter. 
 
 Rev. xix. 19. And I saw the beast, and the kings 
 of the earth, and their armies gathered together, to 
 make war against him that sat on the horse, and 
 against his army. 20. And the beast was taken, 
 and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles 
 before him, with which he deceived them that had 
 received the mark of the beast, and them that wor¬ 
 shipped his image. These both were cast alive into 
 a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 
 
 Rev. xx. 7. And when the thousand years are 
 expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. 8. 
 And shall «-o out to deceive the nations which are in 
 the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to 
 gather them together to battle; the number of whom 
 is as the sand of the sea. 9. And they went up on 
 
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 the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of 
 the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came 
 down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 
 See Ezek. xxxviii. and xxxix. 
 
 VII. Promises of the Favour and Submission of 
 Kings to the Kingdom of Christ. 
 
 Isa. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer 
 of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man de- 
 spiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a ser¬ 
 vant 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. 
 23. And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their 
 queens thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to 
 thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the 
 dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the 
 Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for 
 me. 
 
 Isa. lii. 15. 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. lx. 3. And the Gentiles shall come to thy 
 light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 10. 
 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, 
 and their kings shall minister unto thee; for in my 
 wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had 
 mercy on thee. 11. 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. 
 16. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, 
 
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 and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt 
 know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Re¬ 
 deemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 VIII. Promises of the Security, Tranquillity, and 
 Prosperity of the Church. 
 
 Isa. iv. 5. And the Lord will create upon every 
 dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assem¬ 
 blies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of 
 a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall 
 be a defence. 6. 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. 
 
 Isa. xxvii. 2. In that day sing ye unto her, A 
 vineyard of red wine. 3. I the Lord do keep it; I 
 will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will 
 keep it night and day. 
 
 Isa. xxxiii. 20. Look upon Zion, the city of our 
 solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem, 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. 21. 
 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place 
 of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no 
 galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass 
 thereby. 22. For the Lord is our judge, the Lord 
 is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save 
 ns. 
 
 Isa. liv. 14. In righteousness shalt thou be estab¬ 
 lished : thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou 
 shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come 
 nearthee. 15. Behold, they shall surely gather together, 
 
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 butnot by me: whosoever shall gather together against 
 thee shall fall for thy sake. 17. No weapon that is 
 formed against thee shall prosper; 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. 
 
 Isa. lxv. 18. Be ye glad and rejoice for ever in 
 that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem 
 a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19. 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. 
 
 Isa. li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion: he will 
 comfort all her waste places; and he will make her 
 wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden 
 of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, 
 thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 
 
 Ps. cii. 13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy 
 upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set 
 time, is come. 14. For thy servants take pleasure 
 in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 16. 
 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear 
 in his glory. 
 
 Isa. lxvi. 10. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be 
 glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy 
 with her, all ye that mourn for her; 11. That ye 
 may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her con¬ 
 solations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted 
 with the abundance of her glory. 12. For thus 
 saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her 
 like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a 
 flowing stream : then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne 
 
upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 
 See ver. 13, 14. 
 
 Jer. xxiii. 6. In his days Judah shall be saved, 
 and Israel shall dwell safely. 
 
 Matth. xvi. 18. Upon this rock I will build 
 my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail 
 against it. 
 
 Dan. vii. 27. And the kingdom, and dominion, 
 and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole 
 heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of 
 the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting 
 kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 
 
 IX. Promises of the Perpetual Continuance of 
 
 the Church. 
 
 Isa. lix. 21. 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 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, from henceforth and for ever. 
 
 Isa. lxvi. 22. 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. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 35. Thus saith the Lord, which giveth 
 the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the 
 moon and of the stars for a light by night, which 
 divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The 
 Lord of hosts is his name: 36. If those ordinances 
 depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed 
 of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before 
 me for ever. 37. Thus saith the Lord, If heaven 
 
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 above can be measured, and the foundations of the 
 earth searched out beneath, I will also cast olf all 
 the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith 
 the Lord. See also chap, xxxiii. 20—26. 
 
 Dan. vii. 14. His dominion is an everlasting domi- 
 nion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that 
 which shall not be destroyed. 
 
 Matth. xxviii. 20. Lo, I am with you alway, even 
 unto the end of the world. 
 
 X. Promises of the Conversion and Restoration of 
 
 the Jews. 
 
 Jer. xxx. 9. They shall serve the Lord their God, 
 and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 
 10. Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, 
 saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: 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 be quiet, and none shall make 
 him afraid.—See to the end of the chapter. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 1. At the same time, saith the Lord, 
 will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and 
 they shall be my people. 4. 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. 10. Hear 
 the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it 
 in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel 
 will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth 
 his flock. 17. There is hope in thine end, saith the 
 Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own 
 border. 31. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
 that I will make a new covenant with the house of 
 
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 Israel, and with the house of Judah; 32. Not accord¬ 
 ing to the covenant that I made with their fathers, 
 &c. 33. But 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; and will be their God, 
 and they shall be my people. 38. Behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to 
 the Lord, from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate 
 of the corner.—See the whole chapter. 
 
 Jer. xxxii. 41. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do 
 them good, and I will plant them in this land assu¬ 
 redly with my whole heart, and with my whole soul. 
 See from ver. 37. to the end. 
 
 Jer. xxxiii. 7. And I will cause the captivity of 
 Judah, and the captivity of Israel, to return, and will 
 build them, as at the first. 8. And I will cleanse 
 them from all their iniquities, &c. 9. And it shall 
 
 be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour be¬ 
 fore all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all 
 the good that I do unto them, &c. 15. 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. 16. 
 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem 
 shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith 
 she shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness. 
 24. Considerest thou not what this people have 
 spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord 
 hath chosen, he hath even cast them off, &c. 25. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, If my covenant be not with 
 day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordi¬ 
 nances of heaven and earth; 26. Then will I cast 
 
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 away the seed of Jacob, and David 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 return, and have mercy on 
 them.—To the same purpose, see the whole chapter. 
 See also chap. 1. 4, 5, 19, 20. 
 
 Ezek. xvi. 60. Nevertheless, I will remember my 
 covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I 
 will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 61. 
 Thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, 
 when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and 
 thy younger, [Sodom and Samaria, ver. 55.] : and I 
 will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by 
 thy covenant. See ver. 62, 63. 
 
 Ezek. xx. 34. I will bring you out from the people, 
 and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye 
 are scattered, with a mighty hand: 35. And I will 
 
 bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there 
 will I plead with you face to face: 37. And I will 
 
 cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you 
 into the bond of the covenant: 38. And I will purge 
 
 out from among you the rebels, and them that trans¬ 
 gress against me. 40. In mine 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 require your offerings, and the first-fruits 
 of your oblations, with all your holy things. See 
 also ver. 41, 44. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 23. 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. 24. And I the Lord will be their God* 
 
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 and my servant David a prince among them : I the 
 Lord have spoken it. 28. And they shall no more 
 be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of 
 the land devour them; but they shall dwell sa fely, 
 and none shall make them afraid. 29. And I will 
 raise up for them a plant of renown.—See also ver. 
 11, 16. and from ver. 22. to the end of the chapter. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 11. I will multiply upon you [the 
 mountains of Israel] man and beast; and they shall 
 increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after 
 your old estates, and will do better unto you than 
 at your beginnings; and ye shall know that I am the 
 Lord. 24. I will take you from among the heathen, 
 and gather you out of all countries, and will bring 
 you into your own land. 25. 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. 26. 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. 33. 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.—See the whole chapter; as 
 also chapter xxxvii. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvii. 25. And they shall dwell in the 
 land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein 
 your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell there¬ 
 in ; even they, and their children, and their children’s 
 children, for ever: and my servant David shall be 
 their prince for ever. 
 
 Hos. i. 10. Yet the number of the children of 
 Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot 
 
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 be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to 
 pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, 
 Ye are not my people; there it shall be said unto 
 them, Ye are the sons of the living God, 11. Then 
 shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel 
 be gathered together, and appoint themselves one 
 head, and they shall come up out of the land: for 
 great shall be the day of Jezreel. 
 
 Hos. ii. 14. Behold, I will allure her, and bring 
 her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto 
 her. 15. 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 Egypt. 19. And I will betroth thee unto me 
 for ever, &c. See from verse 16. to the end. 
 
 Hos. iii. 4. The children of Israel shall abide 
 many days without a king, and without a prince, and 
 without a sacrifice, and without an image, and with¬ 
 out an ephod, and without teraphim. 5. Afterward 
 shall the children 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. See also 
 chapter xiv. 
 
 Joel iii. 1. Behold, in those days, and in that 
 time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah, 
 and of Jerusalem, 2. I will also gather all nations, 
 and will bring them down into the valley of Jehosha- 
 phat, and will plead with them there for my people, 
 &c. 17. So shall ye know that I am the Lord your 
 
 God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain : then shall 
 Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass 
 through her any more. 20. Judah shall dwell for 
 
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 ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 
 See also verses 7, 14, 16, 18, 21. 
 
 Amos ix. 14. And I will bring again the captivity 
 of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste 
 cities, and inhabit them. 15. And I will plant them 
 upon their land, and they shall no more he pulled up 
 out of their land which I have given them, saith the 
 Lord thy God. 
 
 Obad. 17. Upon mount Zion shall be deliver¬ 
 ance, and there shall be holiness; and the house 
 of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 21. And 
 saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the 
 mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s. 
 
 Mic. ii. 12. I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all 
 of thee; I will surely gather the remnant 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. 13. 
 The breaker is come up before them: they have 
 broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are 
 gone out by it; and their King shall pass before 
 them, and the Lord on the head of them. 
 
 Mic. v. 3. Therefore will he give them up, until 
 the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth; 
 then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto 
 the children of Israel. 4. And he shall stand and 
 feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of 
 the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: 
 for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 
 7. And 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. 13. Thy graven 
 
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 images also will I cut off, and thy standing images 
 out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more 
 worship the work of thine hands.—See the whole 
 chapter; and chapter iv. and chapter vii. 14, 17. 
 See also Zeph. iii. 9. to the end. 
 
 Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of 
 Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst 
 of thee, saith the Lord. 12. And the Lord shall 
 inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall 
 choose Jerusalem again. 
 
 Zech. x. 6. And I will strengthen the house of 
 Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I 
 will bring them again 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. 8. I will hiss for them, and 
 gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they 
 shall increase as they have increased. 9. And I 
 will sow them among the people: and they shall re¬ 
 member me in far countries; and they shall live with 
 their children, and turn again—See the whole chapter. 
 
 Zech. xii. 6. In that day will I make the gover¬ 
 nors of Judah like an hearth of fire among 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. 10. 
 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon 
 the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and 
 of supplications; and they shall look upon me whom 
 they have pierced, See .—See the whole chapter. 
 
 Zech. xiv. 11. And men shall dwell in it, [i. e. 
 all the land,] and there shall be no more utter de- 
 
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 struction : but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. 
 See the whole chapter. 
 
 Luke xxi. 24. Jerusalem shall be trodden down 
 of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be 
 fulfilled. 
 
 2 Cor. iii. 15. Even unto this day, when Moses 
 is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16. Neverthe¬ 
 less, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be 
 taken away. 
 
 Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people 
 which he foreknew. 12. If the fall of them be the 
 riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the 
 riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 
 15. For if the casting away of them be the reconcil¬ 
 ing of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, 
 but life from the dead ? 23. And they also, if they 
 
 abide not in unbeliefj shall be grafted in : for God is 
 able to graft them in again. 24. How much more 
 shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted 
 into their own olive-tree? 25. For I would not, 
 brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 
 (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits,) that 
 blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the ful¬ 
 ness of the Gentiles be come in. 26. And so all 
 Israel shall be saved; as it is written, There shall 
 come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away 
 ungodliness from Jacob: 27. For this is my cove¬ 
 nant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 
 28. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for 
 your sakes: but as touching the election, they are 
 beloved for the fathers’ sakes. 29. For the gifts 
 and calling of God are without repentance. (See 
 also ver. 30, 31.) 32. God hath concluded them 
 
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 all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 
 33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
 and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his 
 judgments, and his ways past finding out! 
 
CONCLUSION. 
 
 That God will perform all his Promises . 
 
 Deut. vii. 9. Know that the Lord thy God, he 
 is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant 
 and mercy with them that love him, and keep his 
 commandments, to a thousand generations. 
 
 Num. xxiii. 19. 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 ? 
 
 Josh, xxiii. 14. 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 
 concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and 
 not one thing hath failed thereof. 1 Kings viii. 56. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 30. The word of the Lord is tried. 
 
 Ps. lxxxix. 34. My covenant will I not break, 
 nor 31161* the thing that is gone out of my lips. 
 
 Ps. cv. 8. He hath remembered his covenant for 
 ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand 
 generations. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 89. For ever, O Lord, thy word is set¬ 
 tled in heaven. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all 
 generations. 160. Thy word is true from the be¬ 
 ginning. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 6. Which keepeth truth for ever. 
 
 Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness 
 and truth. 
 
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 Isa. xlvi. 11. I have spoken it, I will also bring 
 it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. 
 
 Isa. lv. 10. 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; 11. 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. 
 
 Rom. xv. 8. Jesus Christ was a minister of the 
 circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the 
 promises made unto the fathers. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 20. All the promises of God in him 
 [Christ] are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory 
 of God by us. 
 
 ° Tim. ii. 13. If we believe not, yet he abideth 
 faithful; he cannot deny himself. 
 
 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning 
 his promise, as some men count slackness. 
 
 Heb. vi. 17. God, willing more abundantly to 
 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of 
 his counsel, confirmed it by an oath; 18. That by 
 two immutable things, in which it was impossible for 
 God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who 
 have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set 
 before us. 
 
 Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that promised. 
 
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