freedome better things propounded and promised which Believers doe for the present in some measure enjoy and shall have a most certaine and full possession of afterwards Wantest thou Grace comfort deliverance blessing or any good thing Behold here thou maist have them to the great joy of thine heart and content of thy Spirit Set faith a work to draw out what thou wantest and thou shalt have it Sucke these sweet and heavenly breasts of God by the mouth of thy faith open these pipes and veines of the promises which runne so full of mercy grace truth comfort joy and peace for every Believer by faith and thou shalt bee satiate with every good thing Lest I should make too great a porch for this little house and too great gates for this little Citty I will conclude with an exhortation to all my beloved brethren and sisters which are Believers to perfect their faith by application of the promises both of these in this sweet little Book and of all others contained in the Old and New Testament Suffer not Gods promises as J may so say to milke themselves doe you draw them let not good rest with God which you may have by believing and begging to your great comfort and enriching but take Gods commodities off his hand trade with that wealthy Merchant in the farre Countrey the Lord Iesus in heaven for his rich commodities of graces and comforts and glorious hopes untill you be rich and wealthy and for this purpose cause those two good factours Faith and Prayer founded upon and quickned and confirmed by the pretious promises alway to trade for you in heaven untill you come thither your selves I would desire all Believers to make this their pocket booke that it may sollicite and woe them to prayer make solid and firme their faith increase their graces comforts and heavenly hopes prepare them for enduring the stormes of trouble and tempests of temptations and may encourage them in holy well-doing and Christian perseverance unto the end Heb. 6.12 Now brethren my hearts desire is that ye be not slothfull but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the Promises That you may be inheritours of them it shall bee my daily prayer unto the Lord my God to bestow upon your hearts to use all good meanes for the attaining of the good in these and other promises of God unto his people That he would teach and enable you to meditate upon them diligently day and night to believe them firmely to apply them severally particularly personally to sue for them earnestly by prayer constant and fervent to waite for their promised accomplishment by patience that so you may enjoy the good of them here and hereafter which God in mercy grant unto me and also you AMEN To the Reader MAN which at the beginning was created happy Gen. 1.26 Ephes 2.10 having now lost God and his Image is of all earthly creatures become most miserable no lesse then a slave of the Devill a child of wrath an heire of eternall damnation Eph. 2.2 3. This is not the estate of a few onely but of all mankind out of Christ for we are all by nature under the curse 2. Cor. 4.4 Rom. 5.19 Gal. 3.10 The best before their conversion were by nature children of wrath even as others Eph. 2.3 Rom. 5.12 for every womans child did fall equally in Adam hence it comes to passe that no man by nature is now in better esteem with God then other Cain and Abel as children of the first Adam onely were equally miserable the like may bee said of us all for both Iewes and Gentiles are come under sin Rom. 3.9 And as the Psalmist saith We all are gone out of the way we are altogether become filthy there is none righteous no not one Psal 14.3 O that men and women had their eyes enlightened and judgements convinced of that woeful plight in which naturally they are Oh! were their hearts throughly loaden therewith surely they would not long content themselves therein The truth is most in the world are spiritually blind and cannot discerne their owne misery and spiritually dead too 1. Iohn 5.19 Eph. 2.1.5 and cannot be affected with it The Holy Ghost saith thus of them Eph. 4.18 19. They walke in the vanity of their mind having their understanding darkned and are strangers from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them because of the hardnesse of their hearts who being past feeling have given themselves unto wantonnesse to worke all uncleanesse with greedinesse Such as these are so farre from having any right to Gods promises that for the present they are under the curse and consequently in the â—â—nt of all the plagues threatnings in Gods Book Deut. 27. ult Deut. 28.56.63 Wherefore let not such as yet challenge any comfort from the Promises but let them after labour to the uttermost of their power in using all good meanes to bee made capable and fit subjects for mercy revealed in the Promises Is it not pitty so many sweet Promises of life should bee made and yet thou dye and bee damned notwithstanding Pray fervently to God that hee would touch thy heart with griefe for all thy sins and worke in thee a cleare apprehension of thine owne unworthinesse Acts 2.37 Luke 15.19 and that he would bestow faith on thee that by it thou maist bee able to goe wholly out of thy selfe to God through Iesus Christ for salvation Wee having departed from him who is the God of all grace and consolation are fallen into an estate of all basenesse desolation and misery and cannot bee recovered againe into the former estate of spirituall life and happinesse unlesse wee be brought againe to him who is the foundation of life and happinesse even the living God and brought to him we can never be but by Faith Heb. 11.6 which is nothing else but the going out of the soule to God through Christ to fetch a new principle of spirituall life and grace which once in Adam we lost and now need The which worke of faith is not wrought but by the promises and being wrought in our hearts gives us a most sure right and interest unto all the promises of Grace Rom. 10.8.17 Heb. 6.12.17 Thus we through faith and patience are said to inherit the promises therefore we are called the heires of the promise the promises are as well ours who truly believe as heaven it selfe is Now by these heavenly Promises God our Father hath engaged himselfe as a debtour to us his poore children for all things needfull to life and godlinesse 2. Pet. 1.3 untill that blessed time comes when wee shall be put into full possession of all things which wee have now only in promise at that time Faith shall end in fruition and Promises in performance As the soule is the life of the body and faith the life of the soule so are Gods promises the life of faith For from whence hath faith his
29.11 The Lord will blesse his people with peace Is thine heart troubled with many temptations of Satan or with feares of sinne and misery apply The peace of God shall preserve your hearts Hast thou many troubles outwardly apply The Lord shall blesse his people with peace THE XC LEGACY If thou wouldst have thy purpose to prosper IF thou wouldst have thy purposes to prosper apply Iob. 22.28 Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee and the light shall shine upon thy wayes Psal 1.3 Whatsoever he doth shall prosper Psal 37.5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to passe When thou often purposest to doe good both for thy soule and body and yet findest thy purposes broken apply Thou shal decree a thing and the Lord shall stablish it unto thee He shall bring it to passe When thou art in doing of any thing apply Whatsoever he doth shall prosper THE XCI LEGACY When thou art called to a great worke WHen thou art called to a great work wherein thou shalt have great opposition apply Deut. 31.8 The Lord he it is that doty goe before thee he will be with thee he will not faile thee neither forsake thee feare not neither be dismayed 2. Chro. 16.9 The Lord will shew himselfe strong in the behalfe of them whose heart is perfect towards him Psal 91.11 12 13. Hee shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy wayes They shall beare thee up in their hands least thou dash thy foot against a stone Thou shalt tread upon the Lyon and Adder the young Lyon and Dragon shalt thou trample under feet It matters not what bee that lets oppose us when the Lord goes before us hee will easily beat them downe nor what strength resists such as hee hath promised to shew his strength for nor how many bee our dangers when his Angels have charge over us to keep us Therefore goe on in the worke and feare not the issue being strengthened by the promises of him that never faileth his THE XCII LEGACY In times of danger IN the time of danger apply 1. Sam. 2.9 The Lord will keep the feet of his Saints Prov. 1.33 Who so harkeneth unto me shall dwell sasely and shall bee quiet from feare of evill Iob. 11.18.19 Thou shalt be seeure because there is hope yea thou shalt digge about thee and thou shalt take thy rest in safety also thou shalt lye down and none shall make the afraid Psal 125.1 2. They which trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion which cannot bee removed but abideth for ever As the mountaines are round about Ierusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever Psal 121.3 4 5. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved hee that keepeth thee will not slumber Behold he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep The Lord is thy keeper the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand Seeing the Lord is our keeper wee need not feare the danger THE XCIII LEGACY When thou art in great trouble c. WHen thou art in great trouble apply Isai 43.2 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 vers 20. I will give waters in the wildernesse and Rivers in the desart to give drinke to my people my chosen Psal 32.6 7. Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him Thou art my hiding place thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance When thou seest thy felse compassed with many troubles and beginnest to feare apply I will be with thee they shall not overflow thee In the fire of affliction thou shalt not onely not bee burnt but the flame shall not kindle upon thee the greatest trouble shall doe thee the least harme for God being with thee will bring thee out as he did Israel through the sea and the three children out of the fire with not so much as the savour of fire about them so shall not so much as the savour of evill bee upon his but hee will compasse them about with songs of deliverance THE XCIV LEGACY When thou seemest to be forgotten in affliction WHen thou seemest to be forgotten in affliction apply Psal 9.9.18 The Lord also will be a resnge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble For the needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poore shall not perish for ever Isai 48.50 Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the sonne of her wombe yea they may forget yet will not I forget thee Psal 103.9 He will not alwaies chide neither will he keep his anger for ever Lam. 3.31 32. The Lord will not cast off for ever But though he cause griefe yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies THE XCV LEGACY When thou fearest to dye in misery When thou fearest thou shalt end thy dayes in misery apply Iob. 36.11 They shall spend their dayes in prosperity and their yeares in pleasures THE XCVI LEGACY When thy sorrowes grow great WHen thy sorrowes grow great apply Iob. 11.16 Thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as waters that passe away Iob. 8.20.21 Behold God will not cast away a perfect man till he fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoycing Psal 27.14 Be of good courage and hee shall strengthen thy heart Psal 112.4 Vnto the upright there ariseth light in the darknesse Psal 126.5.6 They that sow in teares shall reape in joy He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed shall doubtlesse come againe with rejoycing bringing his sheaves with him Prov. 10.28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladnesse Matth. 5.4 Blessed are they that mourne for they shall be comforted Iohn 16.62 Yee now have sorrow but I will see you again and your hearts shall rejoyce and your joy no man taketh from you Hath sorrow taken deep root in thy soule that thou fearest thou shalt never find hearty joy apply Hee shall comfort thine heart Is such a crosse upon thee that thou fearest thou shalt never forget it apply Thou shalt forget thy misery as waters that passe away THE XCVII LEGACY When thou knowest no way out of misery for soule or body WHen thou art in such an estate as thou knowest no way out of misery either for soule or body or both apply Ier. 33.3 Call unto me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not THE XCVIII LEGACY If thou wouldst have deliverance out of trouble IF thou wouldst have deliverance out of trouble apply Psal 149.4 He will beautifie the meek with salvation or Hee will make the meek glorious by deliverance Psal
things worketh God oftentimes with man Wherefore believe not Satan that perswades the contrary nor let thy corruptions make thee bold to presume of pardon for though God promise pardon yet it is to the penitent not to the presumptuous as vers 27. THE IV. LEGACY If thou despaire WHen thou art at the pits brinke of despaire and art dryed up with sorrow then goe to some faithfull Preacher that is able to preach Christ unto thee and apply these promises Iob. 33.24 25 26. Then he is gracious unto him and saith deliver him from going downe to the pit I have found a ransome His flesh shall bee fresher then a childs hee shall returne to the dayes of his youth He shall pray unto God and he shall be favourable unto him and he shall see his face with joy for he will render unto man his righteousnesse Isai 57.19 I create the fruit of the lips peace peace to him that is farre off and to him that is neare saith the Lord and I will heale him When thou commest to the uttermost extremity for sinne apply I will have mercy on him and deliver him that he goe not downe to the pit When thou fearest that God or his Ministers will not speake peace unto thee apply I have received a reconciliation I create the fruit of the lips to be peace to them that are farre off and to them that are neare When thy sorrowes have withered thee up apply He shall returne as in the dayes of his youth and his fiesh shall be as the flesh of a child If in this estate thou fearest God will not heare prayers for thee apply He shall pray to God and he will be favourable to him When thou fearest thou shalt not be able to looke upon the Lord with joy apply Hee shall see his face with joy When thou seest not any thing in thy selfe that should cause thee not to believe this apply He will render to man his righteousnesse which is I thinke Christs righteousnesse for whose sake he will doe it THE V. LEGACY If thou findest sinne an heavy burden and Satan pursuing VVHen thou feelest sin an heavy burden and Satan pursuing thee with many feares by reason of the same flye to Christ and apply Matth. 11.28 29. Come unto me all yee that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Mat. 1.21 He shall save his people from their sinnes Rom. 16.20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Isai 32.2 And a man shall bee as a hiding place from the wind and a covert from the tempest as rivers of waters in a dry place as the shadow of a great rocke in a weary land Thus doth Christ to the soule that flyes to him If Satan pursue thee apply He is an hiding place If stormes of temptations and afflictions doe arise apply He is a refuge against the tempest If thy soule bee ready to faint through weakenesse apply He is a river of water in a dry place to revive thy spirits and as the shadow of a great rocke under which thou maist safely repose thy selfe When thou findest thy sinnes very heavy apply I wil ease you When thou hast no rest in thy foule because of sinne apply You shall find rest to your soules Hee shall save his people from their sinnes both from the punishment and the power If thou fearest length of time in temptations apply The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly THE VI. LEGACY If thou turne from sinne and yet doubt of pardon WHen thou turnest from sin and doubtest of the pardon of it apply Isai 1.18 Though your sins be as sckarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall bee as wooll Isai 55.7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him returne unto the Lord and he will have mercy on him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon Micah 7.18 19. Who is a God like unto thee that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his beritage hee retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy He will turne againe he will have compassion upon us he will subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all their sinnes into the depths of the sea Prov. 21.13 He that confesseth and forsaketh his sinnes shall find mercy 1. Ioh. 1.9 If we confesse our sins he is faithfull and just to forgive us our sinnes and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnesse When thou seest thy soule of a sinfull colour apply Though they be red like crimson they shall be as white as wool If thou fearest God will hardly be intreated apply He will have mercy for he is ready to forgive If we feare that our sinnes have taken such strong hold upon us as wee shall never get from them apply He will cleanse us from all our unrighteousnesse Seeing God promiseth to be the cleanser feare not the hardnesse of the worke THE VII LEGACY If thou wouldst have thy manifold rebellions subdued VVHen thou feelest many rebellions in thine heart and life and wouldst have them not only pardoned but subdued apply Hos 14.5 I will heale their backe-sliding Which promise as I thinke containes thus much that God will not only pardon but heale us and instead of rebellious hearts and lives will give us obedient hearts and lives for as healing followeth the curing of sicknesse so obedience doth the curing of rebellion Micah 7.19 He will subdue our iniquities When thou feelest sin very strong flye to this promise and apply the strength of him that promiseth against then strength of sinne it is the Lord that hath promised to subdue it what though Sinne and Satan joyne their force together yet the Lord is stronger then all their force wee need not doubt THE VIII LEGACY If thy heart bee hard and full of corruption VVHen thou feelest thine heart hard and full of corruption apply Ezek. 36.26 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 Deut. 30.6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule that thou maist live When thou feelest thine heart worldly carnall apply I will circumcise thy heart A new heart will I give thee When nothing will breake thine heart apply the power of Iehovah that hath promised to cure thee in taking away thy stony heart THE IX LEGACY If unbridled nature break out into passion VVHen thou canst not bridle nature but it breakes forth into violent passions to contention apply Isai 11.6 The Wolfe also shall dwell with the Lambe and the Leopard shall lye downe with the Kid and the Calfe and the young Lyon the fatling together a
little child shall lead them Such shall bee the power of the Gospell that those which are by nature like Wolves and devouring beasts shall dwell very peaceably and if wee find our nature such we must apply the Wolfe shall dwell with the Lambe Micah 7.19 He will subdue our iniquities and will cast all our sinnes into the depth of the sea that which is cast into the Sea as it appeareth not in sight so wee cannot get it againe though wee would so will God doe by your sinnes cast them out of his sight so as wee shall not returne to them any more presse him with his promise and you shall find more then you thinke THE X. LEGACY If thou be in bondage to some sin VVHen thou feelest thy selfe in bondage to some sinne apply Iohn 8.32 You shall know the Truth and the truth shall make you free Rom. 6.14 Sinne shall not have dominion you When thou feelest thy bondage that thou canst not doe good or keep thy selfe from evill apply The truth shall make you free If thy sinnes often prevaile against thee apply Sinne shall not have dominion over you Psal 130.8 He shall redeeme Israel from all his iniquities THE XI LEGACY If thou fearest the breaking out of strong sinnes VVHen thou feelest some sinne so strong in thee that thou fearest it will breake out to Gods dishonour and the blemishing of Religion apply 1. Thess 5.23.24 That your whole spirit soule and body may be preserved blamelesse unto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ Faithfull is he that calleth you who also will doe it That God which hath called thee will keep thee blamelesse unto the comming of Christ therefore use the meanes and rest upon the Lords faithfulnesse which never faileth them which trust in him 2. Thes 3.3 But the Lord is faithfull who shall stablish you and keepe you from evill 1. Ioh. 1.9 If we confesse our sinnes he is faithfull and just to forgive us our sinnes and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnesse By cleansing as I thinke is meant not onely from the guilt of sinne but the the power of it that the filthinesse of it shall not appeare in our lives and conversations When sinne pursues thee hard to make thee fall doe thou pursue the Lord with prayers for performance of this promise and doubt not of the issue Micah 7.19 Hee will subdue our iniquities And to these adde the prayer of Christ Iohn 17.15 I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world but that thou shouldst keepe them from the evill Now what greater evill than sinne therefore though thy prayers bee but weake against it yet hee hath prayed that was alway heard therefore fight and be sure of victory THE XII LEGACY When thou art stayed from sinne by admonition WHen thou art stayed from sinne by admonition appy Ezek. 3.21 If thou warne the righteous man that the righteous sinne not and he doth not sin he shall surely live because he is warned When any admonish thee obey and it shall bee life to thy soule therefore receive the admonition and apply He shall live because he is admonished THE XIII LEGACY If thou fearest God will destroy thee for sin IF thou fearest God will destroy thee for thy sinnes apply Ezek. 18.30 Turne your selves from all your transgressions so iniquity shall not be your ruine Matth. 1.21 He shall save his people from their sinnes When thou fearest the greatnesse or multitude of thy sinnes will bee thy destruction apply Iniquity shall not be your ruine When thou seest no meanes of safety apply He that is Christ shall save his people from their sinnes THE XIV LEGACY If thou be tempted to uncleannes IF thou be tempted to uncleannesse apply Prov. 2.16 Hee shall deliver thee from the strange woman 1. Thes 5.24 Thy body shall bee kept blamelesse untill the comming of Christ THE XV. LEGACY If thou canst not find out thy sin for which God corrects thee IF thou canst not find out thy sinne for which God correcteth thee apply Iob. 39.9 If they bee tyed with the cords of affliction then will I shew them their worke and their sins A wise Father will not correct his child but hee will shew him wherefore how else should hee amend his fault much more will the Lord. But we enjoy not many promises because we sue not for them Thus farre about Sin the next about Grace THE XVI LEGACY If thou doubt of salvation In doubt of salvation apply God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Sonne that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Iohn 3.16 Iohn 5.24 Hee that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life Iohn 8.51 If any many keepe my saying he shall never see death Iohn 11.25 Hee that believeth in me though hee were dead yet shall hee live And whosoever believeth in mee shall never see death If thou doubt that thou shalt perish and not be saved apply Hee that believes in Christ shall not perish but shall have everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation Labour to believe these Promises for that is required of thee for the obtaining of what is promised THE XVII LEGACY If thine heart bee as a wildernesse barren of good WHen thou findest thine heart as a wildernesse barren of good apply Esai 35.1 2. The wildernesse and the solitary place shall bee glad for them and the desart shall rejoyce and blossome as the Rose It shall blossome abundantly and rejoyce even with joy and singing This promise is made to the Church and every member of it may apply it to themselves therefore when thou feelest thine heart as a desart wildernesse and wast ground void of good full of bryers and thornes of sinne then know thou shalt not only bring forth sweet smelling graces like Roses but also all abundance of them Pro. 11.28 The righteous shal flourish as a branch Prov. 13.4 The soule of the diligent shall be made fat Hos 14.5.6 I will be as the dew to Israel he shall grow as the Lilly and cast forth his roots like Lebanon His branches shall spread his beauty shall be as the Olive tree his smell as Lebanon When wee want meanes to make us fruitfull apply The Lord will be a dew to Israel When wee desire to flourish and grow vp in grace apply He shall grow as the Lilly his branches shall spread If thou wouldest shine forth in the beauty of holynes apply His beauty shall be as the Olive-tree and as the Lillies whose glory is greater then Solomons in all his Royalty If thou wouldest have thy graces send forth a sweet smell apply His smell shall be as Lebanon If thou fearest the continuance of this estate apply He shal fasten his roots as ahe trees of Lebanon It matters not how great our barrennesse be when God will
Lord upholdeth him with his hand For the Lord loveth judgement forsaketh not his Saints they are preserved for ever Ier. 32.40 I will put my feare in their hearts that they shall not depart from me When thou art fallen and feelest a great load of sinne or misery upon thee and no power to unloade thy selfe thy graces so weak that they will not help thee and therefore thou thinkest thy state desperate apply Though he fall he shall not be cast off for the Lord putteth under his hand Therefore though sinne and misery be never so heavy to presse thee downe yet that powerfull hand of God when thou art at the lowest being under thee shall easily lift thee up thou hast his promise hee will not suffer thee to fall for ever THE XXXVIII LEGACY When the Lord hath forsaken thee WHen the Lord hath forsaken thee in thine owne feeling and thou fearest he will not returne againe apply Isa 54.7 8 9 10. For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercies will I gather thee In a litle wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindnesse will I have mercy on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer For this is as the waters of Noah unto me for as I have sworne that the waters of Noah shall no more goe over the earth so have I sworne that I would not be wroth with thee nor rebuke thee For the Mountaines shall depart and the Hils shall be removed but my kindnesse shall not depart from thee neither shall the covenant of my peace bee removed saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee Gen. 17.7 I will establish my covenant betwixt thee and me an everlasting covenant to be a God unto thee Deut. 31.8 I will be with thee I will not faile thee neither forsake thee feare not neither be dismayed 1. Kings 6.13 I will not forsake my people 2. Chron. 15.2 The Lord is with you while you be with him Iob. 8.20 Behold God will not cast away a perfect man Iob 36.5 Behold God is mighty and despiseth not any Hos 2.19 20. I will betroth thee unto me for ever yea I will betroth thee unto me in righteousnesse and in judgement and in loving kindnesse and in mercies I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulnesse THE XXXIX LEGACY When thou feelest thy vilenesse VVHen thou feelest thy vilenesse and fearest the Lord will loath thee for it apply Levit. 26.11 My soule shall not abhorre you Hosea 14.4 I will love them freely for mine anger is turned away from them Deut. 7.13 I will love thee Iohn 14.21.23 He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my selfe to him my Father will love him and wee will come unto him and make our abode with him Ier. 32.41 I will rejoyce over them to doe them good When thou seest a multitude of sinnes so that thou seemest most loathsome apply My soule shall not loath you When thou seest nothing in thy selfe that should move him to love thee but all to the contrary apply I will love them freely If thou fearest thy many sinnes will cause the Lord not to delight in thee apply I will delight in thee If thou fearest thy sinne will cause the Lord to hide himselfe from thee apply I will shew mine owne selfe unto him THE XL. LEGACY When thou feelest thy spirituall poverty VVHen thou feelest thy spirituall poverty apply Matth. 5.3 Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the Kingdome of Heaven Isa 66.2 To him will I look saith the Lord that is poore and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my words When thou feelest thy sinnes many and thy graces very litle and therefore fearest that such a miserable creature as thou art shalt not inherit heaven apply Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the Kingdome of Heaven If thou feareh the Lord will not looke upon thee apply To him will I looke saith the Lord that is of a contrite spirit THE XLI LEGACY When thou art in a strait WHen thou art in a strait and knowest not what to chuse either in some truth or in something that is to be done that thou knowest not what to chuse apply Psal 25.22 Him shall he teach in the way that he shall chuse vers 13. His soule shall dwell at ease Prov. 3.6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 16.3 Commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall bee esiablished Isai 30.21 And thine eare shall heare a word behind thee saying This is the way walke ye in it when yee turne to the right hand and when ye turne to the left Isai 58.11 The Lord shall guide thee continually Isai 61.8 I will cause their worke in truth Ier. 31.9 I will cause them to walke by the rivers of waters in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble When thou doubt'st of some truth apply He shall teach him the way that hee shall chuse his soule shall dwell at ease Thine eares shall heare a voice behind thee saying this is the way walke in it I will direct thy way in truth When thou art thinking what course to take and fearest thou shalt not know what the Lord would have thee to doe apply Thy thoughts shall be derected he shall direct thy wayes When thou fearest thy weakenesse will at some times carry thee astray apply The Lord will guide thee continually The Lord will lead thee in a straight way that thou shalt not stumble THE XLII LEGACY If thou fearest Satan will cause thee to fall WHen thou fearest that Satan by his power and subtilty will cause thee to fall and art troubled with his temptations apply Gen. 3.15 He shall bruise his head Therefore feare not for Christ hath overthrowne all his power and subtilty that he cannot doe us any harme Psal 19.3 4. Surely hee shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust his truth shall be thy Shield and Buckler Rom. 16.20 The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Doth Satan presse thee with strong temptations and fearest thou his power apply He shall bruise his head Hee will cover thee under his wings and thou shalt be safe under his feathers his strength shall be thy Buckler Fearest thou his subtilty apply Hee shall deliver thee from the snare of the Fowler and bruise his head wherein lyes all his power and plots THE XLIII LEGACY If thou canst not profit by the word God WHen thou canst not profit by the word of God or his works of mercy or afflictions apply Isai 48.17 I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit which leadeth thee by the way that thou should goe Mat. 21.41 The Kingdome of God shall be taken from you and given to a Nation bringing forth fruits thereof This is a
losse of thy good name apply Iob. 5.21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue Iob. 11.15 Thou shalt lift up thy face without spot Psal 37.6 He shall bring forth thy righteousnesse as the light and thy judgement as the noone day Prov. 10.7 The memory of the just is blessed Fearest thou the wicked will take away thy good name apply Thou shalt bee hid from the scourge of the tongue Cast they blots upon thee apply Thou shalt lift up thy face without spot Seek they to darken the light of thy holy life apply He shall bring forth thy righteousnesse as the light and thy judgement as the noone day THE LXXXII LEGACY If the world despise thee c. IF the World despise thee comfort thy selfe with these promises Exo. 19.5 Ye shall be Gods peculiar treasure above all people 1. Sam. 3.30 Those that honour me will I honour saith the Lord. Ps 91.14 I will set him on him because he hath knowne my name Psal 112.9 His horne shall bee exalted with honour Iohn 12.26 If any man serve me him will my Father honour Prov. 4.7 8 9. Get wisdome exalt her and Shee shall promote thee Shee shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her Shee shall give to thine head an ornament of grace a crowne of glory shall Shee deliver to thee WHen the world counts thee as the off-scouring of the world vile nought-worth apply He shall be Gods chiefe treasure above all people Doth the world debase thee apply The Lord will exalt thee The Father will honour him THE LXXXIII LEGACY When thou art in want for soule or body WHen thou art in any want for soule or body apply Psalme 34.9.10 There is no want to them that feare him The young Lions doe lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing Psalme 84.11 No good thing will hee withhold from them that walke uprightly Mat. 6.33 Seek yee first the Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse and all these things shall be added unto you Art thou troubled with distracting cares for outward things apply Seek the Kingdome of Heaven and his righteousnesse and all other things shall bee cast upon you Fearest thou that thou shalt bee overpressed with want apply Those that seek the Lord shall want no good thing No good thing will bee withhold from them that walke uprightly THE LXXXIV LEGACY In liberall giveing IN liberall giving apply these promises Prov. 11.25 The liberall soule shall be made fat and hee that watreth shall be watred also himselfe Prov. 19.17 Hee that hath pitty on the poore lendeth to the Lord and that which he hath given will hee pay him again Matth. 6.4 Give in secret and thy Father himselfe shall reward thee openly 2. Cor. 9.6.10.11 He which soweth bountifully shall reape bountifully He that ministreth seed to the sewer doth minister bread for-your food and multiply your seed sowne and increase the fruits of your righteousnesse being enriched in every thing to all bountifulnesse Isai 58.10.11 If thou draw out thy soule to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soule then shall thy light rise in obscurity and thy darknesse bee as the noone day And the Lord shall guide thee continually and satisfy thy soule in drought and make fat thy bones and thou shalt be like a watred garden and like a spring of waters whose waters faile not When thou givest to the people of God and entreatest them kindly apply Matth. 10 41.42 He that receiveth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet shall receive a Prophets reward and he that receiveth arighteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous mans reward And whosoever shall give to drinke unto one of these litle ones a cup of cold water onely in the name of a Disciple verily I say unto you he shall in no wise loose hiw reward THE LXXXV LEGACY If sicknesse be among us IF sicknesse be amongst us apply Exod. 23.52 I will take sicknesse away from the midst of thee Psalme 43.3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing ' thou wilt make all his bed in his sick nesse Deut. 7.15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sicknesse and will put none of the evill diseases of Aegypt upon thee If the plague bee among us apply Psalme 91.3.6.7 Surely hee shall deliver thee from the noysome pestilence Thou shalt not be afraid of the pestilence that walketh in darknesse nor for the destruction that wasteth at noone day A thousand shall fall at thy side and tenne thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh theee Art thou sick apply The Lord wil strengthen him upn the bed of sorrow thou wilt make all his bed in his sicknesse Art thou there where the sick are apply I will take away all sicknesse from the midst of thee Fearest thou the pestilence apply I will deliver thee from the noysome pestilence THE LXXXVI LEGACY If thou fearest death IF thou fearest death apply Isai 57.2 He shall enter into peace they shall rest in their beds None feares to goe to bed when they know they shall rest being weary This resting is more sure and lasting for ever Rom. 8.11 He that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken our mortall bodies Therefore wee must not thinke of it but as a better life given by the spirit of God THE LXXXVII LEGACY If thou fearest untimely death IF thou fearest untimely death apply Iob. 5.26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a shock of corne commeth in in his season Exo. 23.26 The number of thy dayes will I fulfill Psal 91.16 With long life will I satisfy him and shew him my salvation Psal 41.2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth Hast thou many enemies and fearest the losse of thy life by them apply the number of thy dayes will I fulfill the Lord will preserve him and keep him alive therefore man cannot shorten it one day Fearest thou that thou shalt either live too long or dye too soone apply Thou shalt goe to thy gave in a full age as a rick of corne commeth in due season into the barne THE LXXXVIII LEGACY If thon fearest hurt by any of the creatures IF thou fearest hurt by any of the creatures apply Gen. 9.2 The feare of you and the dread of you shall beupon every beast of the earth and upon every fowle of the ayre upon all that mooveth upon the earth upon all the fishes of the sea into your hand are they delivered Iob. 5.23 Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field and the beast of the field shall be at peace with thee THE LXXXIX LEGACY When thou hast a troubled heart WHen thine heart is troubled either for soule or body apply Phil. 4.7 The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds Psal
the mouth of the Lord shall name thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the band of the Lord and a royall diadem in the hand of thy God Isai 61.4 5 6. They shall build the old wasts they shall raise up the former desolations they shall repayre the wast cities the desolations of many generations And strangers shall stand and feed your stocks and the sonnes of the alien shall by your plowmen and your vine-dressers but ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord men shall call you the ministers of our God ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles and in their glory shall you boast your selves Isai 48.22 23. Thus saith the Lord Behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles and set up my standard to the people and they shall bring thy sonnes in their armes and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders and Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers and their Queenes thy nursing Mothers they shall bow downe to thee with their face toward the earth and lick vp the dust of thy feet A Post-script sent from the Authour THese promises I have observed many more there be of most excellent use but because they need opening for the understanding of them I would not set them downe least through the shallownesse of my understanding I should wrong the precious promises but I picked out the most plaine and those that I found of continuall use for soule and body which I have found much good by for the promises are our Legacies bequeathed to us in the will of our Father and wee are to claime them as wee stand in need of any of them and surely that God which would not have children wronged in that which is bequeathed to them in the will of their Fathers much lesse will hee withhold that which his Sonne hath bequeathed to us in his last will which hee sealeed with his blood Therefore let us sue for them for he saith hee will bee sought to performe them to us And when thou applyest any promise seeke unto the condition and labour to keep it and doubt not of the performance of what is promised for he is both able and faithfull that hath promised FINIS AN EPITOME OF PROMISES FOR THE SAINTS SVPPORT IN TIME OF TROVBLE The sixth Edition PSAL. 119.140 Thy Word is very pure therefore thy servants love it OXFORD Printed by LEON LICHFIELD for Samuel Enderby An. Dom. 1640. AN EPITOME OF PROMISES FOR THE SAINTS SVPPORT IN TIME OF TROVBLE Promises I. THat God hath freely loved his Elect in Christ Iesus I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy Exod. 33.19 I even I am he that blotteth out thy transgression for mine owne sake Esa 43.25 I have blotted out as a thick Cloud thy transgressions Esa 44.22 I will heale their back-slidings I will love them freely Hosea 14.4 II. That GOD hath given Christ to death for his Elect. I will put emnity betweene thee and the woman it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heele Gen. 3.15 But he was wounded for our transgression Esa 53.5 When he shall make his soule an offering for sin 10. Hewas numbred with the transgressors and bare the sinnes of many 12. Seaventy weeks are determined upon the people to finish the transgressions and to make an end of sin Dan. 9.24 III. That wee are freely justified by Iesus Christ So by the obedience of one many shall be made righteous Rom. 5.19 And are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus Rom. 3.24 By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many Esa 53.11 IV. That GOD hath made a Covenant with his Children to be their GOD. I will establish my Covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting Covenant to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee Gen. 17.7 I will walk among you and will be yoür God and ye shall be my people Lev. 26.26 With great and eternall mercies will I gather thee Esa 54.7 I will be their God and they shall be my people Ier. 31.33 I will say to them Thou art my people and they shall say thou art my God Hosea 2.23 V. That GOD will call his Children to the knowledge of his Truth The meek will he teach his wayes Psal 25.9 I will instruct thee and teach thee in all the way that thou shalt goe Psal 32.8 All thy Children shall be taught of the Lord. Esa 54.13 For they shall all know me from the least of them to the greatest saith the Lord. Ier. 31.34 I am the Lordthy God which teacheth thee to profit and leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldst goe Esa 48.17 VI. That GOD will give his Spirit unto his children I will power out my spirit upon you Prov. 1.23 I will powre water upon him that is thirsty Esa 44.3 I will put my spirit within you Ezek. 36.27 I will powre out my spirit upon all flesh Ioel 2.28 I will powre upon the house of David the spirit Zach. 12.10 I will pray unto the Father and he shall give you even the spirit of Truth Iohn 14.16 17. VII That GOD will cause his Children to trust in him by faith Many shall see it and feare and shall trust in the Lord. Psal 40.3 Vnder his wings shalt thou trust 91.4 On my armes shall they trust Esa 51.1 The just shall live by his faith Hab. 2.4 They shall trust in the name of the Lord. Zeph. 3.12 In his Name shall the Gentiles trust Matth. 12.21 VIII That God will give his Children an humble and broken heart I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and I will give them a heart of flesh Ezek. 11.19 I will powre on them the spirit of supplication and they shall mourne for him as one mourneth for his Onely Sonne Zach. 12.10 Every mountaine and hill shall bee brought low Luk. 3.5 The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart Deut. 30.6 X. That Gods Children shall have power to mortify and overcome sin For sin shall not have dominion over you for ye are not under the Law but under Grace Rom. 6.12 I will sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be cleansed from all your filthinesse Ezek. 36.25 He will subdue our iniquities Micah 7.19 Every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it X. That the Children of God shall live a holy and sanctified life He shall be like a tree that bringeth forth fruit in his season Psal 1.3 I will put my Law into their inward parts Ier. 31.33 The sound thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon Hosea 14.7 For their sakes sanctify I my selfe that they may be sanctified through the Truth Iohn 17.19 In holinesse and righteousnesse all the days of our lives Luke 1.75 The Lord of peace sanctify you throughout 1. Thes 5.23 Faithfull is he that hath promised you vers