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Thattlie
Promifes
are dircoveries
of
Gods good
will
&c.
C
A
P.
V.4
:6,
ken, both
on
the part
of
God and ours, whatever
is
needfulI for confirmati-
1
i
5
on thereof.
3.
Becaufe
that
himfel
fe
is
the great
Subject
of
all
thefe
Promi-
fes,
and
in him
(it
being
of
his
own Purchafe and procuring, he
having
obtai-
ned Eternali Redemption
for
us,
Heb
:9.)
there
is
treafured
up all
the
fulneffe
awn,
i.,e.
thofeMercies, which
in them
God hath
gracioufly engaged himfelfe
to
be-
coi.i.i8,r9,;
ftow; they being all annexed
to
him,
as
the portion
he brings with him
to
the
Rpm
$
&
°°
Soule.
Then I
flay,
5.
That
they
aredifcoveriesofGodsgoodwill, in
a Covenant
o
fGrace: they
are indeed the
Branches, Streames,and manifefling conveyances
of
the Grace
of that
Covenant, and
of
the GoodWill
of
God, puttin
g it felfe
forth
there-
in. Hence
the
Apoftle
mentions
the
Covenant
of
Promif
e.
Ephef 2.
i
2.
either
for
the
Promifes
of
the
Covenant,
or
its
manifé&ation,aslfaid
before-
Indeed
as
to the
Sub
jet
Matter
and eminently, the Promife
is
but
one,
as
the
Cove
nant
is
no more;
but both
come
under
a
plurali
Expreffìon,
becaufe they
have
beenvarioufly delivered, and renewed upon feverall
occafions
So
the Co-
venant
of
Grace,
is Paid
to
be
eflablifhed
upon
thefe Promifes:
He
b:
8.6.
that
is,
the
Grace
and
Mercy
of
the Covenant,
and
the ufefulnefe
of
it
to
the
Ends
of
a Covenant,
to
keep God and man
together
in
Peace and Agreement
,
is
laid
upon
thefe Promifes,
to
beby them confirmed and eftablifhed
unto
us
:
God
having
by them
revealed
his
Good Will
unto
us,
with
an
attendency
offlipu-
lation
of
duty.
Their
ufe, for
the
begetting and continuing Communion
be-
tweene God and us, with the concomitancy
of
precepts, places
them
in
the
capacity
of
a
Covenant.
And
then,
6.
I mentioned
the
foundation
of
the
Certainty
and
Vnchangeableneffe
of
thefe Promifes, with our
Affurance
of
ccomplifhment._
The
Engage-
ments, and Undertakings
of
God upon
his Truth
and
Faithfulneffe,
is
the
flock, and unmoveable
fundation
of
this refpe&
ofthem. Therefore
fpeak-
ing
of
them,
the
Holy Ghoftoften backs them with
that Property
of
God:
He
cannot lye,
fo
Heb
:6.17.18.
God willing more abundantly
to
thew unto
the heirs
of
.Promife,
the
immutability
of
his Councell,
confirmed
it
by
an Oath,
that
by
two
immutable things, wherein
it
was
not
poble
for
God to
lye
&c.
So Tit:1.2.
God,
which
cannot
lye,,
bathpromifed
us
eternal! life.
There
is
no one makes
a
fo.
lemne Promife,
but
as
it ought
to
proceed from
him in fincerity
and
Truth,,
fo he
engageth his
Truth
and
Faithfúlnefl'e, in all
the
credit
of them,
for
the
Accomplifhment
thereof, what lyeth
in him. And on this
account,
doth
Da-
vid
fo
often appeale
unto,
and
call
upon
the
Righteoufne/fe
of
God,
as
to
the
rfai.;1.
t.
fulfilling
of
his
Promifes,
and the word,
which
he capfed him
to
put
his
truft
ifa4154t9'
in. It
is
becaufe
of
his
engagement
of
his
Truth
and Faithfulnefle,
whenceit
2
Per' is
t.
becometh
a
righteous
thing
with him,
to
performe
what
he
bath
fpoken.
How
farre this
Refpe&
of
the
Promifes extends, and wherein
it
is
capable
of
a
di-
fpenfation,
is
the
fumme
of
our
prefent Controverfy:
but
of
this
afterwards.
Then,
7.A
briefe defcription
of
the Matter
of
thefePromifes,and what God
freely
engageth
himfelfe
unto
in
them, was'intifted on.
Of
this,
of
the
Promifes in
this regard,
there
is
one
maine Fountaine
or
spring, whereof
there are two
e-
verlafling
Streames,whence
Thaufands
of
refrefhing
Rivolets
doe
flow.
The
ori-
ginall
Fountain and
fpring
of
all good
unto
us,
both in
refpe&
of
its
being
f
and
mani
eftatiòn,
is,
that
He
will
be
our God.
Gen
:17.1,
2.
I
am Almighty God:
walke
before
me,
and
be
thou
perfell,
and
I
will
make
my
Covenant. So
every
where,asthe
bottomeofhis
dealing with
us in Covenant lerem
:31.33
I
will
be
their
God,
and theyfhall
be my People,
Ifai:
5q,.
5.
And
in
very many
other
Ros: 2.25.
places.
Now
that
he may thus
be our God,
two things are required.
Q2
1.