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A
P.V.§.
8.
OfPaticular Promifes,
flowing
from
Gods Love.
r
r
6
X.
That
all
Breaches,
and
Differences
between
him
and
us
be
removed;
perfe&
Peace
and Agreement
made,
and
we
rendred
acceptable
,
and
well
pleating
in hisfight.
Thefe are
the
termes,whereon they
Eland
to"whom
he
is
aGod
in
Covenant: For the
Accompli{b.ment
of
this,
is
the
firfl inaine
fireame,
that
floweth from
the former Fountaine,
namely the great
Promife
of
giving
Chrifl
to
us,
and
for us,
who
is
Peace: Ephef.
2. rq..
And
who
of
God is made
unto
usWifdome,
Righteoufneffè,
Santlification, and
Redemption,
a
Cor:
r.
3o.
Who
loves
us, and
wafbeth
is
in his
owne
blood,
and
makes us Kings,
and
Priefis
to
God
and
his
Father.
Revel:
r
.
6.
Giving himfelfe
for
his Church
that
he
might
purify,
and
cleanfe
it,
with the
wafhing
of
water,
by
the
word,
that
he
might
pre-
font
it
to
himfelfe
a glorious Church,
not having
fpot
or
wrinkle, or
any
fuch
thing,
Eph.5,26,27
but
that
itfhouldbe
Holy
and
withoutblemifh.
Doing and
accomplifhing
all
Tit.2.t4.
Gen.3.15.
things,
that
are
required
for
the
fore
-
mentioned
Ends
;
And this
is
the
firfl
Job.19.25.
maine Streame,
that
Howes
from
that
Fountaine. Chrifl
as
a
Remdeemer,
a
Sa-
Eph.2.14.
9eó.2.17.
viour,
a
Mighty one,
a
Prieft,
a Sacrifice, an
Oblition,
a
Rnfoe,
our
Peace,
"Ep11.
s.2.
Righteoufnefle
,
and
the Author
of
our
Salvation
,
is
the
Subject
matter
ITim.2.6.
thereof.
2.
That
we may be
kept
and preferved meet for communion with
him,
as
our God,
and for
the
enjoyment
of
him,
as
our Reward. For
this End,flows
forth
the
other great
Streame from the former Fountaine,
namely,
the
Pro-
mile
of
the
Holy
spirit,
which he gives us,
to
make us meet
for
the inheritance
coat.
ix.
with
the
Saints
in
Light,
to
put forth and
exercife
towards
us,all the
A&s
ofhis
Love,
which
are
needfull
for
us,
and
toworke
in
us
the
Obedience,
which he
requires,and accepts
of
us in Jefus
Chrifl,
fo
preferving
us
for
himfelfe. This
n
59
2t
Promife
ofthe
Spirit in
the Covenant, with
his
worke and
peculiar difpenla-
Ezek,
n.21.
tions,
is
plentifully
witneffed
in
very
many places
of
the Old Teftament,
and
01.36.26,27
New;
fore
whereof
muff
afterwards be
infifted on
:
Hence
he
is
fometimes
John
14.
t s,
16.&c.
called
"the Promife
o
f
the Covenatt,
Aeris
2.59.
The
Pronrif
è
isto
you; which
Pro-
mife
is
that
which Chrift receiveth from
his
Father
v:3
3.
even
the
'Promife
of
the
HPly
Ghofl.
I (hall
only
adde,
that
though
this be
a
great Streame,
flow-
ing from the
firfl
Fountaine, yet it
comes
not
immediately
thence, but
iffues
put
from
the
Streame before mentioned,the Promife
of
the Lord
Jefus
Chrifl;
John
14.
16
for he
is
given by him
unto
us,
as
procured
for
us ,
and
given only
unto
Ga1.4:6.
his.
4:
8.
Now from thefetwograndSreames, doe
a
thoufand
Rivolets flow
forth
for
our
refreshment.
All
the
mercy
that
Chrift
hath
purchafed , all the
Graces
that
the
Spirit'cloth
bring
forth,
(
which
in
the former defcription
I call , all
things
,that
are either required
in
them',
or needfull
to
them, to make them
accep-
ted
before God,
and
to
bring them
to
an
enjoyment
of
him)
all Promifes
of
Mer-
cy, and Forgiveneffe, all Promifes
ofFaith
and
Holineffe,
of
Obedience
and
Perfeverance,
of
Joy and
Confolation,
of
Corre&ion,
Affliéìion;
and Delive-
rance; they all flowfrom
thefe:
that is,
from the matter
of
thofe
Promifes,
doth the matter ofthefe
arife, and hence
are the
enfuing Corollaries.
r.
Who
ever
bath
an
interefl
in any one
Promife,
bath an
interefl
in
them
all, and in
the Fountaine-
Love,from whence
they
flow.
He
to
whom
a-
ny droppe
of
their
fweetnefle
floweth,
may follow it up
unto
the Spring:
Were
we
wife,
each
tall
of
Mercy
would lead
us
to
the
Ocean
ofLove.Have
we
any
hold on
a
Promife, we may get upon it
,
and
it will
bring
us
to
the
Maine, Chrifl himfelfe,
and the Spirit, and
fo
into the
bofome
of
the Father.
It
is
our folly to
abide upon
a
little, which
is
given
us
meerely
to
make
us
preffe
for more.
2.
That
the
moll
Conditionall
Promifes, are
to
berefolved into
abfolute,
,
and inconditionall
Love.
God,who
hathpromifed
life
upon
Believing,
bath
pro-