A choiceBed of Spices. God ; flefh and bloud looks upon the commands of Gocl'as impoirible to be obeyed, like the unbelieving fpies ; 0 ge cannot conquer the Land ; but faith and love, like Caleb and !Oro, conclude the Land may be conquered, the cominands may be Evangelically o')eyed, and accordingly they readily undertake it. Nov, to filch a frame of heart the promifes are entail'd. But, Thirdly, If in the face of all obje&ions, difcouragetnents and difficulties, thy foul be kept up in a waiting frame, for the fulfilling of the promifes, as Abrahams was, Rorn.4.. then certainly the promifes belong to thee. There are fome pro- m fifes that relate to the fubduing of fin, as that ler. 33. 8. Ezell. 36. 25,26, 27. Mich. 7.19. Pfal. 65. 3. And there are other precious prottifes that relate to a growth in grace, as that, Mal. 4. 2. fob 17. 9. TR!. 92. 12, 131 14. Prov. 4.18. Hof. 14. 5, 6, 7. Now if thy heart be kept up in a waiting frame, for the accon'iplifhment of thefe promifes, then they do certainly belong to thee ; the fame I may fay of all other promifes) The waiting foul flail be fure'to fpeed, pf4/. I 2,, 3. 40. 29, 30, 31. if ,e. 3o. 18. Heb: 6. &c. dod never did, nor never will, fructrate the ex;- peaations of the patient waiter, -84c. But, Fourthly, He that hath thofe divine qualities or fuper- natural graces in him, to which the promifes are made, as faith, repentance, love, fear, hope, uprightnefs, patience, a waiting frame, &c. He has an undoubted intereft in the promifes, he may lay his hand upon any promife, and fay, this promife is mine, and all the bleffings ' the benefits, the heavenly treafure that it laid up in it, is nine. But, Fifthly, He t hat lives upon the promifes as his daily rood, he has an unqueflionable intereft in the promifes ; wicked men may Make ufe of promifes as of phyfick, in fome cafes, as when they are under anguifh of fpirit, or gripes of con- fcience, or in fear of hell ; or elfe when they are under force =Ward wants or freights, &c. but he that lives upon C therri The longer, fail the Emperor's fon,the Cooks are preparing the meat, rise better cheat I (hall have.I4 is. meaning was, that the longer he Raid for the Empire, the better and greater it would be:; fo the longer the foul waits for a mercy, the bet.. ter and greater it will be when it comes, &c. 5.
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