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CA P. V.4:
z,3,4.
A
Generall Dcfcription
of
Gofpéll
Promifes.
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rit
and Grace,
that
they fbal1
never depart
from
him
,
to
their
due and
proper
place,
4'
a.
Tam
not unacquainted with
the
ufuall
Exception,that lyeth
againft the
De-
monftration
of
the
Truth
in
hand , from the Promifes
ofGod
;
to
wit,
that
they
are
conditionall,
depending on fome things
in
the
Perlons
themfelves
to
whom
they aremade,
upon whole change, or Alteration , they alto
may
be
fruftrated, and not
receive
their
accomplithment.
Whether
this plea
may
be
admitted
againft
the particular
Promifes,
that
we (hall
infift
upon, will
be
put
upon the tryall,
when
We
come
to the particular
handling
of
them. For
the
prefent being refolved (
by Gods Afiiftance)
to
purfue
the
Detnonfkration
propofed from
them,
it may not
be amiffe, yea
rather it
may be very
uiefull,
to
infift
a
little
upon the
Promif
es
themfelves, their
Nature
and
Excellency,that
we may
be the more ftirred
up
to
enquire after
every
Truth,&
fweetneffe
of
the
Love,Grace,and
kindneffe
(they
being the peculiar
way
chofen
of
God,
for the
manifeftation
of
his
good
will
to
(inners)
that
is
in
them; and I
(hall
doe
it
briefely,
that
I
may
proceed with
the
bufineffe
of
my prefent
Intend-
ment.
p.3.
Gofpell Promifes
then are,
T.
The free
,
and gracious difpenfations,
and
2,
Difcoveries
of
Gods good
will
and Love
to
3.
Sinners
,
q.
through
Chrifr,
5
In
a
Covenant
of
Grace,
6.
Wherein upon
his
Truth
and Faithfulneffe,
he
engageth
himfelfe
to
be
their
God
,
to
give
his Sotine
unto them,
and
for
them, and
his
Holy Spirit
to
abide with them
,
with
all
things
that
are
either
required
in
them, or
are
neceflàry for
them,
to
make them accepted before
him, and
to
bring them
to
an
enjoyment
of
him.
`4:
4-
I
call
them
Gofpell Promifes`:
not
as
though they
were onely contained
in
the
Bookes
of
the New
Teftament, or
given only by Chrift
after
his coming
Gal
3
''s
in
the
flefh
; for they were given from the beginning
of
the World ,
or
Thus
1.2.
firft
entrance offinne: and
the Lord made plentifull provi
(ion
of
them and
by
them
for
his
People, under
theOld Teftament: but
only
to
diftinguifh them
from
the Promifes
of
the
Law,which hold
out
a
word
of
Truth
&
Faithfaalnes
engaged for
a
reward
of
Life,
to
them
that
yeeld obedience
thereunto
(there
being
an indiffolveable
connexion between
entring into
life,
and keeping the
Gat3''z' Commandements) and
fotomanifefk
that
they
all
to the
Gofpell
ro-
Luks.ro.
x
belong
fp
P
Eplref.2.
r
5.
perly
fo
called,
or the
tidings
of
that
peace for (inners, which was wrought
1ta.52.7.
out,
and
manifefked
by
Jeff's Chrift.
2.
Farther,
I
doe
not
give this for
the defcription
of
any one (ingle, indi-
vidual!
Promife,as
it lyeth
in
any place
ofScripture,as though
it expreflycon-
tained
all
the
things
mentioned therein
(though
vertually it doth fo) but
ra-
ther
to
(hew
what
is
the defigne,
ayme
,
and good
will
of
God
in them
all,
which he dilcovers
and
manifefts in
them by
[overall
parcells, according
as
they
maybe
fuited
to the
Advancement
ofhisGlory, in
reference
to
the
per-
fons,to whom they are made. Upon
the matter,all the
Promifes
of
the
Gofpell
are
but
one ,and every one
of
theta comprehend, and
tender the
Came
Love,
the
fame Chrift,
the
fame Spirit,which
are
in
them
all.
None
can have
an
in-
tereft
in
any
one,
but
he
bath
an
intereft
in
the
good
of
them
a11,
that
being
only reprefented varioufly for
the advantage
of
them
that
believe.My defigne
Gat.16.
r7.
is,
to
defcribe
the
generali
intention
of
God
in
all
Gofpell
Proinifes, whereby
¿:6.r2.
the
being equally spirited,
become
as one;
and concerning there
I
fay.
t
7.
y
g
q
y`
P
o
4
g
t.
That
they arefree and
Gracious as
to
the
rife,and fountain
of
them.
They.
Tir.1.2.
aTe
given
unto us,
meerely
through the good
will
and
pleafure
ofGod.
That
2
Per.
I.
3,4
which
is
of
Pro
n1
f
e,
is
every where oppofed
to
that,
which
is
ofdeybt,
or
that
which
is
any way
deferved or procured by
us.
Gal,3,
i 8.
If
the inheritance
be
of
the Law,
(which
includes
all
that
in
us
is
defireable,
acceptable and
defer-
ving)
Ws.,...,.