A choice Bed of Spices. promife, and truly fay this is mine, he may fafely lay his hand upon every promife, and fay thefe are mine ; he that is an heir to any one protife, he is an heir to every promife. Hence it is they are called heirs of promife, Hel,. 6. 17. not heiis of this promife, or that, but of promife ; that. is, of every promife, or th,e Covenant which comprehends all the precious.promifes of the Gofpel in it. Though the pro- mifes may be cliftinguiflied one from another, yet they may not be fevered one from another; he that has a right to any one promife, he may fafely infer his right to every promife. The whole Covenant (which is a bundle of .promifes) is cer- tainly thine, if any one promife be thine ; the promifes by a divine hand. are mutually tyed, and `linked together ; and thofe whom God has joyned together, no man may put afun- der. The promifes can be no more divided, than Chrifl can be divided, or than heaven can be divided ; the promifes are not like loofe and unfiringed pearls, but as pearls made into one entire chain. He that can lay, his -hand upon that pro- mife, Mat. 5. 6. Blejfed are they -4hich huger and thirft after righteogfnefs, for they "'mil be fatitfied, and truly fay; this pi o- mife is mine:, he may fafely lay his hand upon that promife, ver. 8. Blefed are the pure in heart, fi.r they fh.,11 fee God, and fay this promife is mine; and the fame he may fay of the refl of the precious promifes that are fpecified in v. 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, Y I. of that Chapter. He that can lay his hand upon any one promife, that God has made to them that love hit, and truly fay, this promife is mine l he may fafely lay his hand upon every promife that God has made to them that love him, and fay thefe are all mine. He that can lay his hand uponany. one promife that God . has made ,to them that fear; im, and truly fay this promife is mine, he may affured- ly lay his hand upon every - promife .ihat. God has made to tnem that fear him, and fay thefe are all:Mine. He that can lay his hand any one promife that God has made to faith in Chrifl, to believing in Cirift, and truly fay this promife is, mine, he may fafely lay his,hand upon every promife that God has made to faith ip chiift,', to believing inChrift, and fay all thefe promifes are mine. He that can lay-his hand upon any
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