A Collection of the Promises of the

Gospel
by John Colquhoun, D.D.
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Introduction

PART 1: CONTAINING ABSOLUTE OR INDEFINITE PROMISES.

CHAP. 1. ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE INCARNATION,

OBEDIENCE, AND DEATH OF CHRIST, FOR THE REDEMPTION
OF SINNERS. .....

CHAP. 2. ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE GLORIOUS

EXALTATION, AND UNIVERSAL DOMINION OF CHRIST, . .

CHAP.3. ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF CHRIST'S COMING AT THE

LAST DAY, TO JUDGE THE WORLD, . .

CHAP. 4. ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS, IN

THIS WORLD, .....
Sect. 1. Of God in Christ to be our God, . .
2. Of the Quickening Spirit, or spiritual life,
3. Of converting Grace, . • .
4. Of Supernatural and saving Knowledge, .
5. Of Justifying and Saving Faith, . .
6. Of unfeigned Love to God, . .
7. Of Justification, . . . .
8 Of Reconciliation with God, . .
9. Of Adoption,
10. Of Sanctifying Grace in general,
11. Of the Grace of Repentance in particular,
12. Of godly Fear,
13. Of Access to God in Christ with Acceptance,
14. Of Grace to Pray to God,
15. Of Grace to Mortify the Body of Sin,
16. Of Victory over the World,
17 Of Victory over the Devil,
18. Of spiritual Strength and Courage,
19. Of the Means of Grace,
20. Of Spiritual Fruitfulness, .
21. Of Divine Teaching and Guidance,
22. Of sanctified Afflictions, .
23. Of Meekness,
24. Of Grace to the Children of Believers,
25. Of the Love of God, . :
26. Of his Mercy,
27. Of his Help,
28. Of the Intercession of Christ,
29. Of Eternal Life,

CHAP. 5, ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE CONVERSION AND

RESTORATION OF THE JEWS, . . . .

CHAP. 6 ABSOLUTE PROMISES OF THE CONVERSION OF THE

GENTILES, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, . .
PART 2: CONTAINING RESTRICTED OR DEFINITE PROMISES.

CHAP. 1. DEFINITE PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS TO

BELIEVERS, IN THIS LIFE,
.
Sect. 1. Of general Promises to Believers,
2. Of Pardon and Acceptance as Righteous in the sight of God,
3. Of Reconciliation to God,
4. Of Adoption,
5. Of Access to God, and of the Acceptance of their spiritual
sacrifices,
6. Of Converting Grace,
7. Of Sanctifying Grace,
8. Of Saving Faith,
9. Of Evangelical Repentance,
10 Of Spiritual and Saving Knowledge,
11. Of Spiritual Wisdom,
12. Of Divine Guidance, ...
13. Of Grace to Mortify indwelling Sin,
14. Of Grace to Overcome Temptation,
15. Of Victory over the World,
16. Of Victory over the devil,
17. Of Spiritual Strength and Courage,
18. Of Spiritual Fruitfulness,
19. Of Increase of Grace,
20. Of Perseverance in Grace,
21. Of a continued Interest in God, as their God,
22. Of a continued Interest in God as their Portion,
23 Of his redeeming Love to them,
24. Of his gracious Presence with them,
25. Of his Mercy,
26. Of his tender Care,
27. Of his present Help,
28. That He will never Forsake them,
29. Of Life from Christ,
30. Of Redemption by Christ,
31. Of all Supplies of Grace from the fulness of Christ,
32. Of his Love to his Redeemed,
33. Of his unwearied Care of them,
34. Of his making Intercession for them,
35. Of his Comforting Presence with them,
36. Of the Influences of his Spirit,
37. Of the Spirit's Teaching,
38. Of his Sealing of Believers,
39. Of his Help in Prayer,
40. Of God's Hearing of Prayer,
41. Of Peace of Conscience,
42. Of Spiritual Comfort,
43. Of Joy in God as their own God,
44. Of the Means of Grace,
45. Of Ability for edifying Discourse,
46. Of a Blessing upon the Ordinances, .
47. Of Sanctified Affliction, . , .
48. Of Grace to the offspring of believers,
49. Of their being made Kings and Priests,
50. Of the Ministration of Angels to them,
51. Of their Union and Communion with the Church,
52. Of Support and Safety to them in dying,

CHAP. 2 DEFINITE PROMISES OF TEMPORAL BLESSINGS TO

BELIEVERS,

Sect. 1. Of temporal Blessings in general, .

2. Of Food, . . . .
3. Of Raiment, . . . .
4. Of Divine Protection, . . .
5. Of Health, . . . .
6. Of long Life, . . .
7. Of external Peace, . , .
8. Of Divine Direction, . . .
9. Of Sanctified Prosperity, . .
10. Of Plenty and Riches, . . .
11. Of Honour, . . . .
12. Of a Divine Blessing upon all that they have,
13. Of Children, . . . .
14. Of a Blessing upon their Children, .
15. Of a Blessing upon their Families, .

CHAP. 3. DEFINITE PROMISES CONCERNING THE

AFFLICTIONS OF BELIEVERS.

Sect. 1. Of Support under Trouble,

2. Of Deliverance out of Trouble,
3. Of Preservation from Trouble,
4. Of Support in Child-bearing,
5. Of Support in old Age,
6. Of Support under Sickness,
7. Of Deliverance from Sickness, . .
8. Of Deliverance from Famine, , ,
9. Of Deliverance from War, , ,
10. Of Deliverance from Enemies, . .
11. Of Deliverance from false Reproach, .
12. Of Deliverance from Oppression, .
13. To such believers as are Poor and Needy,
14 To such as are Widows or Fatherless, .
15. To those who are Childless, . .
16. To those who are Strangers, . .
17. To such as are Captives or Prisoners, .
18. Of Preserving them from untimely Death,

CHAP.4. DEFINITE PROMISES BOTH OF TEMPORAL AND

SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS,
TO THOSE WHO EVIDENCE THEIR UNION WITH CHRIST, BY
YIELDING SINCERE OBEDIENCE TO ALL HIS COMMANDS.
Sect. 1. To those who Know God and Christ, ,
2. To those who Believe in Christ, . .
3. To those who confess Christ, . .
4. To those who trust in and Walt for God,
5. To those who Love Christ and God in him,
6. To those who sincerely repent of their sins,
7. To those who sincerely Repent in their Affliction,
8. To those who Mourn for the sins of the Nation,
9. To such as ingenuously Confess their Sins,
10. To those who are Sincere or Upright, .
11. To those who yield New Obedience to God,
12. To those who Obey Christ, . ,
13. To those who Fear God, . . ,
14. To such as Honour God, . . .
15. To those who Pray in faith to God, .
16. To those who truly Seek God, . .
17. To those who sincerely Desire the Grace of God,
18. To those who Praise God, . .
19. To those who have Spiritual Wisdom, .
20. To those who Love and Study true Wisdom,
21. To such as Read and Hear diligently the Word of God, . . . . .
22. To those who Love and Tremble at his Word,
23. To such as Meditate in his Word, .
24. To those who Speak often one to another of the things of Christ, .
...
25. To those who Govern their Tongues aright,
26. To such as Keep good, and Shun evil Company,
27. To those who are Watchful, . .
28 To those who Humble themselves with Fasting,
29. To those who Perform their Oaths, .
30 To those who duly Keep the Sabbath, .
31 To such as have been Baptized, . .
32. To such as are Worthy Communicants, .
33 To such as Obey their Parents in the Lord,
34. To such parents, as Train up their Children in the way they
should go, . . .
35. To those who wisely correct their Children,
36. To good Wives, . . . .
37. To good Servants, . . .
38. To good Kings and Magistrates, . .
39. To good Subjects, . . .
40 To faithful Ministers, . . .
41. To those who Receive, and Hearken to faithful Ministers, . . . .
42. To those who support the Worship, and the Ministers of God, . . .
43. To such as give and Receive Reproofs aright,
44. To those who Love the Brethren, and live in Unity, ....
45. To those who are Peace-makers, . .
46. To such as are Merciful and Liberal to the Poor, .....
47. To those who forgive Injuries, . .
48. To those who are Chaste and Pure in heart,
49. To such as Improve their Talents and are Diligent, . ....
50. To those who are Just and Honest, .
51. To those who speak the Truth and abhor Slander,
52 To such as do not Judge nor Censure their Brethren, . . . . .
53. To those who Mortify the Body of Sin in them,
54. To those who are Content with their Condition,
55. To the Meek, . . . .
56. To the Humble
57. To those who are of a Contrite spirit, .
58. To such as are Patient and Submissive to the will of God, . . .
59. To such as are Persecuted for Righteousness sake,
60. To such as are unjustly Excommunicated,
61. To those who Persevere to the End, .
62. To those who Overcome, . . .

Chapter 5. DEFINITE PROMISES OF BLESSINGS IN THE WORLD

TO COME.

Sect. 1. Of Preservation from Hell, . .

2. Of Blessedness immediately after Death,
3. Of a glorious Resurrection, . .
4. Of eternal Happiness in Heaven, . .
5. Of Heaven as an Inheritance, . .
6. Of Heaven as a Kingdom, . .
7. Of Perfect Freedom from all Sorrow in Heaven,
8. Of inexpressibly great Joy in heaven, .
9. Of eternal Glory in Heaven, . .
10. Of the eternal Enjoyment of God, or eternal Life, . . . .

CHAP.6. DEFINITE PROMISES RESPECTING THE STATE OF THE

CHURCH,

Sect. 1. Of the Glory of the Church, . .

2. Of the Extension of the Church, .
3. Of the Increase of Means of Grace, and of Knowledge in the
Church, . . .
4. Of Holiness and Righteousness in the Church,
5. Of Peace and unity in the Church, .
6. Of the submission, or Destruction of the Enemies of the Church, . .
.
7. Of the Destruction of Antichrist, .
8. Of the Favour and Submission of Kings to the Church, ....
9. Of the Security, Peace, and Prosperity of the Church, . . . .
10. Of the Perpetuity of the Church .

CONCLUSION.

That God who is infinitely faithful, will Fulfil all his Promises, ......

Reflections and Exhortations, . . .

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As the absolute Promises of the covenant of grace which comprehend
all its other promises, are directed in the offers of the gospel, to
sinners of mankind indefinitely, in order that any convinced sinner,
trusting cordially in Jesus Christ for all his salvation, may
warrantably apply and trust them; and as the restricted Promises
are, in the dispensation of the gospel, addressed only to true
believers; the Author has endeavoured, under distinct chapters and
sections, to distinguish the one sort from the other. Although he has
done this as exactly as he could; yet he doubts not, that the
intelligent and judicious reader may detect inaccuracies in the
distinction.

His design in framing this distinction, is, to teach those exercised

Christians who are often disquieted with doubts of their union and
communion with Christ, to discern, notwithstanding, their Divine
and ample warrant for coming as sinners to Him, and for relying on
the absolute promises, directed in offer to them as sinners of Adam's
race, as if this were but their first acting of faith, or the beginning of
their confidence; and to direct those who are assured of their
personal interest in the Saviour, to embrace also and trust the
restricted promises, as their security for all the blessings contained in
them.

If the following Pages, under the illuminating influences of the Holy

Spirit of Promise, shall prove useful but to one humble believer, the
Author's labour will be more than remunerated.

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THE

INTRODUCTION
CONTAINING
A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE, EXCELLENCE,
AND RIGHT USE OF
THE PROMISES OF THE GOSPEL
A Divine Promise, is a declaration of the goodwill of God, in which,
he signifies what good things he will freely bestow, or, it is a
declaration of his will concerning good to be received, and evil to be
removed. It may be styled, an act of God's free grace, by which, he
has engaged to bestow upon believers, all the spiritual and temporal
blessings, which were purchased for them, by the obedience and
death of the second Adam. A promise of the Gospel is, a gracious
declaration of the goodwill of God, towards sinners of mankind, and
an engagement, to bestow some spiritual or temporal good upon
them, or to remove some spiritual or temporal evil from them; or, it
is an affirmation of his readiness, freely to bestow his favors, upon
sinners who believe in his dear Son.

Sometimes, the word promise is, by metonymy, put for the blessing
promised. Thus the Holy Spirit, in his saving and miraculous
operations, is called “the promise of the Father”. (Acts 1:2) And this
is the promise says an Apostle, “that he has promised us, even
eternal life”.(1John 2:25) The truth of a promise, consists in the
certainty of its performance: the goodness of it, in the quality of the
blessing promised.

The promises of the Gospel, are the promises of God, Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit. They are accordingly styled, “the promises of God”.
(2Corinthians 1:20) God the Father is the glorious contriver, and the
gracious author, of the promises. The promise of spiritual gifts and
graces, is called the promise of the Father; and it is the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is said to bless believers with all
spiritual blessings. (Ephesians 1:3) They are also the promises of
Christ. When he was about to leave his disciples, and go out of the
world, he gave them manifold promises. He invites sinners to
himself, by the encouragement of a gracious promise.

“Come unto me,” saith He, “all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) They are the promises of the
Holy Spirit likewise. What are all the promises of scripture, but the
voice of the blessed Spirit, whose voice we are commanded to hear?
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.”—They are the promises of God in Christ, by the Spirit.
“All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him amen”.
(2Corinthians 1:20) That they are the promises of God, by the Holy
Spirit, is evident from his office, in the glorious work of redemption;
which is, to bring home the promises, and the grace promised, to the
hearts of elect sinners. (John 14:26; John 16:8,14)) God is not only
the author, but the Matter of the promises. “I will be their God, and
they shall be my people”. (Jeremiah 31:33) Christ also is the matter
of the promises. I will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a
light of the Gentiles. (Isaiah 42:6) He is called the mercy promised.
(Luke 1:72) The spirit likewise is the matter of the promises. Thus
saith Jehovah, “I will put my Spirit within you”. (Ezekiel 36:27) And
saith the Lord Jesus, I will send the comforter on to you. (John 16:7)
As God has promised himself, and promised Christ, so God and
Christ have promised the Spirit.

All the promises of God in Christ, are promises of the Covenant of

grace.—According to this eternal contract, God the Father, before the
world began, made them to his eternal Son as second Adam, the
Head and Representative of his elect, and to the elect in him. “Now
to Abraham and his seed, were the promises made. He saith not, and
to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ”.
(Galatians 3:16) He, as the firstborn among many Brethren, is the
primary heir of all the promises of God; and his redeemed are the
heirs of promise, in and under Him.
The promises were first made to him, as the federal Representative
of his spiritual seed; and they are made to them, in and through him.
The Apostle Paul says, That the grace of the promise was given us in
Christ Jesus, before the world began. (2Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2) They
were made to him as the last Adam, in order to be performed to his
spiritual seed, upon condition of his fulfilling all righteousness in
their stead. Sinners must then be united to Christ, and be clothed
with his righteousness, in order to have a personal interest in them;
and as the covenant of grace is, as it were, the fountain of all the
promises, sinners must also be instated in this covenant, in order to
possess them, and to enjoy the blessings promised.

Of the promises made, in the Covenant of Grace, to Christ the second

Adam, there are two sorts. Those of the one sort, were to be
performed to Christ himself, as Mediator and Man; and those of the
other, to the elect his spiritual seed. The promises, which have been
performed to, or have their immediate effect, on Christ himself, are
the promises of Assistance, Acceptance, and Reward. According to
the Everlasting Covenant, the Eternal Father promised to assist him,
as Mediator and man, in his arduous work of service and suffering;
he promised to accept of that work, as soon as it should be finished;
and promised also, to confer upon him a glorious reward for it. The
promises, which are immediately performed to Christ himself, were
made solely to him.

Of these, the promises of furniture for, and assistance in, his work,
having been performed, in order to his fulfilment of his service and
suffering, have their foundation, along with our eternal election, in
the sovereign grace of God. (Isaiah 42:1-7) But the promises, of
God's acceptance of his work, and all of his rewarding him for it,
depend immediately, as to their performance, on his finishing of that
work. (Hebrews 13:20; Isaiah 53:10-12) Accordingly, Christ's
fulfilment of the conditions of the covenant, flowed from his
reception of his father's promised furniture and assistance, and
issued in his reception of his promised acceptance and reward.
(Isaiah 50:4,7,9; Psalm 22:27-31) The other class of promises, which
are performed to, or have their immediate effect on, the elect, were
made primarily to Christ himself, as the federal Representative of
the elect. (Psalm 89:4, 28-36) They were made to him, upon
condition of his fulfilling all righteousness, as their Surety; and were
made to him in order to be performed to them, in union with him. All
the promises respecting the elect, are comprehended in the promise
of eternal life; (Titus 1:2; 1John 2:25) or in this one, “ I will be to
them a God, and they shall be to me a people.” (Hebrews 8:10) And,
in several passages, they are called, in the singular number, the
promise; to teach us, that it is as easy for God to perform them all, as
if they had been but one promise.—So near, is the relation between
Christ and the elect, that every promise performed to Him, issues in
their welfare, and every promise fulfilled to them, terminates in his
glory.

Some of the promises, which are performed to the elect, are absolute
and indefinite, and all the rest of them, are restricted or definite.—
The absolute promises, are such as are absolutely free, being
directed, in the gospel, to sinners of mankind as such, for their
acceptance; whereas the restricted or definite ones, though set before
all, are yet limited, in the gospel, to such as believe. The absolute
promises, I say, are absolutely free: their fulfillment, instead of
depending on any proper condition, to be performed by the
impudent sinner, flows from sovereign, superabundant, self-
influenced grace. In the offers of the gospel they are freely given.
“Whereby are given to us,” says an apostle, “exceeding great and
precious promises”. (2Peter 1:4) They are indeed absolute, in the
strictest sense, as to any proper conditionality in sinners; yet, not to
the exclusion of the use of means. After enumerating some absolute
promises, Jehovah saith, “I will yet for this be enquired of by the
house of Israel, to do it for them”. (Ezekiel 36:37) Though the
diligent use of instituted means, and the exercise especially, of faith
and repentance, be required of sinners; yet, the absolute promises
are so gratuitous, that no acts nor deeds of sinners, are the proper
conditions of them. The quickening spirit, coming to work faith and
repentance in the heart, by his creating power, is promised
absolutely. “I will put my spirit in you and ye shall live.” “Thy people
shall be willing in the day of thy power”.

The promise of the spirit and of faith, must be absolutely free; for if it
be not, where is the man who can inform us, what the condition is,
that a sinner dead in sin can perform, to entitle him to the spirit of
faith, and the grace of faith? And as the promise of faith, is absolutely
free, so is the promise of every grace and blessing, that follow faith.
The exercise of faith, and the use of other means, give no right
whatever, to the contents of the promises. Indeed, were sinners to
depend on their exercise of faith, or the use of means, they would
thereby turn the covenant of grace, into a conditional covenant of
works; so that, Christ should become of no effect unto them.
(Galatians 5:4)—Those promises are not only absolute, but
indefinite. In and with Christ himself, they are left or directed, in the
gospel offer, to sinners of mankind indefinitely. They are presented
or directed in offer, to the hearers of the gospel indiscriminately, as a
ground of faith to all of them. (Proverbs 1:22,23) And seeing, they are
addressed to sinners in common, or in general, they exclude no
particular sinner. No man therefore who hears the gospel, can truly
say, That he is not intended in them. “The promise is unto you and to
your children”; (Acts 2:39) as if the Apostle has said, ‘the promise is
directed so to you, and to your children, that everyone of you, has an
ample warrant for an immediate application of it, and reliance on it,
as a promise to him in particular’. The Apostle adds, “and to all that
are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” It is the
external call of the gospel, that the Apostle here mentions: for he
uses the expression, as a motive to their faith, who yet, were only
“pricked in their hearts”, but were not believers with the heart.
Sinners, then, upon the ground of the direction of the indefinite
promises to them, have a divine warrant to apply and trust them;
and, as they are addressed equally, to all who hear the gospel, all
have an equal warrant. As to restricted or definite promises, they, in
the dispensation of the gospel, are not expressly directed to sinners
indiscriminately, but only to true believers. They are limited to such
as, by faith and the fruits of faith, evidence their vital union with
Christ. At the same time, faith and the fruits of faith, are not the
proper conditions, upon which, they are either directed or
performed; but are merely descriptive of the persons, to whom they
are made.

Every definite promise is reductively absolute. It may, by the

exercised believer, be reduced to an absolute promise; for an
absolute one, is implied or supposed in it. Although it is addressed to
a man, who has already some gracious qualities implanted in him;
yet, it may be reduced to an absolute promise, suspended on no
condition to be fulfilled by the sinner, and directed to sinners
indefinitely. Definite promises, are merely declarations of the
connection between the manifold blessings, contained in absolute
promises, and also, all of the order in which the Lord is pleased to
bestow them. When, therefore, we take a view of the whole of the
promises, we find that, all those blessings are made over to unworthy
sinners, in the same gratuitous and absolute manner. Accordingly,
that, which has been taken for the condition of a definite promise, in
one place, is absolutely promised in another. Thus it is promised,
that he “who believeth, shall have everlasting life”; and, that he “who
endureth to the end, shall be saved”. But in Matthew 12:21, faith is
absolutely promised; and in Jeremiah 32:40 perseverance to the end,
is the subject of an absolute promise. In this definite promise; “unto
you that fear my name, will the Sun of righteousness arise with
healing in his wings”, (Malachi 4:2) we are to consider an absolute
promise as supposed; as if Jehovah had said, ‘I will put my fear in
your hearts, and to you, will the Sun of righteousness arise, with
healing in his wings’. In this definite promise, “If ye through the
Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live,’ (Romans 8:13)
it is not to the work of mortification, that life is promised, but to the
worker; and to the worker, not for his work, but for Christ's sake. It is
promised to him who mortify the deeds of the body, not for his
exercise of mortification; but because he is united to Christ, of which
his mortification is the evidence. Such characters as these, may be
evidences, but cannot be conditions, of the promised blessings which
are annexed to them. Both the blessing promised, and the gracious
quality of him to whom it is promised, are contained in the absolute
promise. Indeed, there is not one definite promise in the gospel, but
what may be reduced to an absolute promise; because the blessing
promised, is one absolutely free gift, and the holy quality of the
person to whom it is promised, is another. They are both equally
free; only the promise of the former, is addressed to believers, and
that of the latter, to sinners indefinitely, and even to believers,
considered in themselves as sinners.
The absolute promises begin to be performed to elect sinners, in
regeneration, and continue to be performed in a still higher degree to
them, in progressive sanctification.—As has been already said, the
absolute promises are directed in offer to sinner's indefinitely, who
hear the gospel. They are presented to unregenerate sinners in
common; to sinners who are totally destitute of any of the blessings
contained in them. The promise of the quickening Spirit, is
addressed to those who have not the Spirit; the promise of spiritual
life, is directed in offer to those who are dead in trespasses and sins:
the promise of faith, to those who have no faith, who are under the
dominion of unbelief; the promise of repentance, to the impenitent;
the promise of godly fear, to such as have no fear of God before their
eyes; the promise of pardon and of purification, to those who are
under the guilt and pollution of sin; the promise of taking away the
stony heart, to such as are under the dominion of an hard heart; and
the promise, that God will be their God, and that they shall be his
people, to those who are without God and are not his people. They
are presented to sinners indiscriminately; to sinners, who are totally
destitute of the gracious qualities, and spiritual blessings contained
in them. Indeed, if sinners possessed those qualities and blessings
already, they would have no need of such promises. In the new
covenant, there are not only promises of more grace, to them who
have grace, which may be styled definite promises; but promises of
the first grace, to those who are entirely destitute of it, which are
indefinite promises, and suppose a total want. (Ezekiel 36:25-29;
Hebrews 8:8-12) —No sinner can begin to exercise faith and
repentance, till after the promises of faith and repentance, have
begun to be performed to him. Now, at the moment of regeneration,
the Lord begins to fulfill these promises to the elect sinner, dead in
sin. The consequence is, that the sinner now spiritually alive, begins
to exercise faith, repentance, and other spiritual graces. To begin the
exercise of these, before the promises of them, begin to be performed
to him, is impossible. These promises, therefore, cannot be
conditional to him; they must be absolutely free. For what conditions
can a sinner fulfill, in that unregenerate state in which, he cannot but
continue, till they begin to be performed to him? The promises, at
least, of the quickening spirit and of faith, must begin to be
performed to the elect sinner, before he can possess a single good
qualification, or perform a single act, that will be acceptable to the
Lord. And no sooner do these absolute promises begin, in
regeneration, to be fulfilled to him, than he begins, by a saving faith,
to apply and trust all the absolute promises. And so, in proportion to
the strength and exercise of his faith, by which he continues to trust
them, they continue to be performed more and more to him, in
sanctification. But, though the renewed exercise of faith be requisite,
as the instrument of divine grace from them; yet, as it affords no title
to that grace, they remain as free and absolute, as if it had no
existence. They are as absolute to the believer, as to the sinner; and
they are directed to the believer, not as a saint, but as in himself a
sinner. At the same time, they are far from being absolute, in
opposition to the use of those means which God has appointed, as
necessary to attain the performance of them.

None possesses, or has a saving interest in, either the indefinite or

definite promises, but the true believer; and yet saving faith, is not
the proper condition of them.—The absolute or indefinite promises
are, in the gospel, directed to many, who shall eventually come short
of them; because the performance of them is not to be attained, but
by means of unfeigned faith. They who have not this faith, do not as
yet, actually possess any other spiritual blessing. Hence, in
regeneration, the Holy Spirit begins to fulfil the absolute promise of
faith, to the elect; and when he implants faith in them, they begin to
receive Christ, and all the absolute promises, in and with Him. And
no sooner do they take these promises, as their security for all their
salvation, than they take possession of them, and of all the blessings
contained in them. Now, that they have applied or taken these
promises of God, as their security for every promised blessing, his
faithfulness becomes engaged to perform them to them. The freest
gifts, the most absolute promises, cannot be possessed nor enjoyed,
unless they be accepted. The most free and unconditional, promise
may be rejected. Many examples in scripture show, that faith is
requisite, as the instrument of receiving that, which is absolutely
promised. It cannot be shown, that the promise of Isaac would have
been performed to Abraham, or that the promise of the throne of
Israel, would have been fulfilled to David, otherwise than by faith in
these promises; and yet, the promise given to each of them, was free
and absolute. That the Lord may give absolute promises to many,
who, in the event, never attain the performance of them, is evident,
from the instance of a promise given to the Israelites, of the land of
Canaan. (Exodus 3:17; Exodus 6:8) This promise was free and
absolute; and yet, it was not performed to any of that generation, but
such as applied and trusted it, as their security for entering upon the
possession of that good land. All of that generation, who despised
and distrusted that promise, were excluded from the promised land.
“They could not enter in,” says an apostle, “because of unbelief”.
(Hebrews 3:19) That promise, accordingly, was a type of the absolute
Promises of the Gospel, in which, Christ and eternal life are
promised as free gifts. They who will not believe with application,
these promises, nor accept of the free gift, will come short of the
blessings promised. The Lord saith to all such, as he said to the
unbelieving Israelites, “ye shall know my breach of Promise”;
(Numbers 14:34) as if he had said, ‘as it is to believers, according to
their faith; so it shall be to you, according to your unbelief.’

But some man will say, ‘If God has directed an absolute promise to
me, will it not be performed to me, whether I believe it or not?’
Answer. Since it is given only in the gospel-offer to you, as it is to all
the hearers of the Gospel; this lays no obligation upon God, to
perform it to you. If you offer a man your bond for a sum of money,
and he refuses it; you are under no obligation by that bond, to give
him the sum mentioned in it. If he accept your bond, then you are
obliged by it; but if he rejects it, you are free, and cannot be charged
with unfaithfulness, and not fulfilling your bond. So here, if you
cordially take God at his word, he is bound by his faithfulness, to
perform his promise to you. But, if you will not take God's promise,
but reject it by unbelief; then, you make him a liar, and his promise
an untruth. In this case, he is so far from being bound to perform his
promise to you, that he is bound on the contrary, to execute his
threatening upon you. “He that believeth not shall be damned”.
(Mark 16:16) —See some Sermons by Mr. R. Erskine, entitled, The
Pregnant Promise But although none can take possession of the
absolute promises, or blessings contained in them, except by faith;
yet, faith is not the proper condition of them. It affords no title to the
blessings promised. It is the promises themselves, that give the right,
and not faith. Faith is only the instrument of receiving the right,
which the promises convey; or, of taking possession of the promises,
and of the blessings promised. The promises, therefore, remain as
free and unconditional, as ever. “He that believeth shall be saved”.
Why? Not because Faith gives a right to the promised salvation; but,
because it takes possession of that salvation, which God freely gives
in those promises. To say, that those promises are not free and
absolute, because what is thus promised, cannot be possessed unless
it be received, is in effect to say, that there never was, nor can be,
such a thing as a free or unconditional gift of anything: for no gift can
be so free, no promise so absolute, but that a man must accept or
take possession of it before he can have possession.

The direction of the absolute promises, in the gospel offer, to sinners

indefinitely, is a sufficient ground to every hearer of the gospel, for
an immediate trust in Christ, and reliance on these promises. The
direction of these promises, to sinners of mankind in common, forms
a part of their warrant for trusting in Jesus Christ; and so, it is a
sufficient ground, for an immediate application of them, and reliance
on the faithfulness of God in them, for all the blessings contained in
them. Accordingly, it is the duty of the convinced sinner, without
waiting for the smallest good qualification, to recommend him or
procure his welcome, to come as a sinner, and trusting in the Lord
Jesus for all his salvation, to apply without delay, and trust those
promises. Seeing they are directed in offer to him as a sinner, the
Divine direction of them to him, is an authentic ground for his
immediate belief and trust, that God who cannot lie speaks as
particularly in them to him, as if he had spoken to him alone; and
that he will do to him as he hath said. The direction of them to him
as a sinner, authorizes him, immediately to take God in them at his
word, and to take them as his security, for all the blessings of
salvation. Indeed, were he to persuade himself, that he ought to
delay applying and trusting those promises, for a time, till he became
conscious of some laudable qualification in himself; —it would be
much the same, as if he were to persuade himself, that Christ gave
him an allowance, to continue for that time in unbelief. And though
he will not apply cordially, the offers and promises of the Gospel, till
he be truly convinced of sin; yet, he must not consider this
conviction, as a qualification for procuring his welcome, to Christ
and the promises. It is not necessary for him, then, to be conscious
that his conviction is of the right sort, before he attempt applying
Christ and the promises to himself; but as soon as he is urged by a
sense of need, he ought immediately to apply and trust them. He
should not remain in unbelief one moment. “Behold, now is the
accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation.” (2Corinthians
6:2) It is a great mistake to think, that he should not exercise faith in
Christ and the absolute promises, but upon the sight of a condition
in himself. This would be, to ground his faith, rather upon something
seen or felt in himself, than upon the Divine offer of Christ, and of
the promises in him. The indefinite grant of Christ, and of the
promises in and with him, is a sufficient ground for the immediate
confidence of the heart in him. When Peter was preaching the gospel,
to the murderers of the Lord of glory, he said to them, “the promise
is unto you and to your children”; (Acts 2:39) as if he had said, ‘the
promise is so directed to you and to your children, that each of you,
has a sufficient ground for an immediate reliance on it, as a promise
to him in particular; and upon the profession of this faith, he and his
children have a right to Baptism’.

When true Christians are, at any time, in the dark about their
personal interest in Christ, they should as sinners, apply and trust
the indefinite promises, directed in the gospel-offer to sinners as
such; but, when they are assured of their interest in him, they may
besides, apply and trust the definite promises, addressed to believers
as such. The absolute promises, as they are directed in offer to
sinner's indefinitely, are of general use. (Hebrews 8:10-12) They
serve as a ground of faith to such sinners, as are beginning to believe
in Jesus Christ; and also to such believers, as are not assured by
reflection, that they are already saints. Presented as they are, to
sinners indefinitely, they are of course addressed, as a warrant for
trusting in Jesus for salvation, to believers, considered in themselves
as sinners. They are directed, not only to sinners without exception,
who hear the gospel; but to saints, and that not as saints, but as
sinners in themselves and in their own view. The Apostle Paul, long
after his conversion, accounted himself the chief of sinners. In
proportion as believers grow in grace, and in spiritual knowledge, the
more sin, do they perceive in their hearts, and in all their thoughts,
words, and actions. The less of remaining sin they have, the more of
it do they see and feel. And sometimes, when their evidences of grace
are veiled from their view, they can discern nothing in their hearts
but sin; nothing in their past experience, but what appears
counterfeit; and nothing in their present frame of mind, but strong,
impetuous, and prevailing corruption. Now, the absolute promises
are perfectly adapted to believers, when in such distressing cases.
They are directed to sinners, and to believers as sinners; in order that
they may warrantably apply, and trust, and plead them anew; or, that
it may be warrantable for them, to come as sinners and trust them,
as if this were but the beginning of their confidence. They are
promises, not only of the first grace, but of all the future degrees of
grace. Believers, therefore, have need to apply and trust them, at all
times, and more especially, when they cannot discern their evidences
of union with Christ. They are addressed in offer to them as sinners;
that they may see their Divine warrant, for applying and pleading
them, even in their deepest dejection of spirit. When they can discern
nothing in themselves, but sinfulness, then, they have the more need
to look to, and fasten upon, the Lord Jesus in absolutely free
promises. Whatever grace or degree of grace, they want, they are
commanded, as sinners in themselves, to believe in the
compassionate Savior, and in believing, to take and trust those most
comprehensive promises, as their security for it. —On the other
hand, when a believer is assured of his personal interest in Christ, he
may then apply and trust the definite promises, which are addressed,
in the gospel, to believers as such. Now that he is satisfied of his
evidences of vital union with Christ, and so, of the reality of his union
and communion with Him, he should embrace and trust, not only
the indefinite, but the definite promises; in order that, he may be
filled with all joy and peace in believing, and may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghost.

The surety-righteousness of the second Adam, is the federal

condition of all the promises of the Gospel.—They were all strictly
conditional to the adorable Surety; and, therefore, they are
absolutely free to unworthy sinners. In the making of the Everlasting
Covenant, they were all made to him, as the Representative of elect
sinners, upon condition of his fulfilling all the righteousness of the
violated law, for them. (Isaiah 53:10-12) This arduous condition, He,
in wonderful condescension, completely fulfilled. “He became
obedient unto death”. As the promises, then, were strictly conditional
to him, they are absolutely free to poor sinners. They are suspended
on no federal, or proper, condition to be fulfilled by sinners. Faith,
indeed, is indispensably requisite, as the instrument of taking
possession of them, and of the blessings contained in them; but it is
not the federal condition of them: it affords no right, title, or claim to
them. It merely applies, accepts, or takes possession of them, in and
with Christ himself, as offered freely to sinners in the gospel; and it
takes possession of them upon the ground of the direction of them in
offer, to sinners indefinitely. The absolute promises, accordingly, are
as absolutely free, after they are received by faith, as before. The offer
of them is absolutely gratuitous, and so is the performance of them.
—As to the restricted or definite promises, the righteousness of Jesus
Christ, is also the condition of them. Though, in the dispensation of
the new covenant, they are addressed, not to sinners in common, but
to believers, who possess good qualities, and perform good works;
yet, these good qualities and works, are not the conditions of them,
but are only the evidences of union with Christ; and therefore, of the
begun possession of them, and of all the other promises in him.
Consequently, in their own nature, they are as free, as the indefinite
promises are. Though they are in the gospel restricted to believers;
yet neither is faith, nor any other grace or duty, the proper condition
of them. A definite promise is, indeed, a promise of one blessing of
the New Covenant, to those who have begun to possess another; but
the begun possession of the latter, is not the proper condition of
possessing the former. Both of them are absolutely free, for the sake
of Him, whose name is Jehovah our righteousness. The definite
promises, are only declarations of the order, according to which, the
Lord is pleased to bestow the blessings contained in them, and also
of the inseparable connexion, of these blessings with each other.
Hence that, which has been understood to be the condition of a
promise, in one passage of Scripture, is itself promised absolutely in
another.

God's love, mercy, and grace, are the reasons why he has made
promises; but his justice, faithfulness, power, and glory, are the
reasons why he performs them.—The Lord Jesus purchased, with a
price of infinite value, the blessings promised; but he did not
purchase the promises themselves, or the love from which they flow.
They all spring from the free, and unmerited love, mercy, and grace
of God, to sinners of the human race. He had no motive but free, self-
moving, love and mercy, to induce him to make the promises. Moses,
in assigning reasons of the promises, which Jehovah had made to the
Israelitish church, said, “The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor
choose you, because you were more in number than any people; but
because the Lord loves you”. (Deuteronomy 7:7,8) His love to his
people, moved him to make promises to them; and this love was
infinitely free. He set his love upon them, because he loved them.
There is no reason of unmerited, unsolicited love, but love itself. “For
thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart,” says David, “hast
thou done all these great things, to make the servant know them.”
(2Samuel 7:21) According to thine own heart, that is, out of free and
self excited love, thou hast given me that I promise, and for thy
word’s sake, thou hast performed it. “Thou wilt perform,” says
Micah, “the mercy to Abraham;” (Micah 7:20) that is, the promise,
which springs from covenant-mercy. They are all promises of the
covenant of grace, and therefore they proceed from sovereign grace.
(2Timothy 1:9) —On the other hand, the performance of the
promises, proceeds from the justice, truth, power, and glory of God
in Christ. God's performance of them to his elect, flows from his
justice. Since their Divine Surety, completely fulfilled the conditions
of them, and merited the blessings contained in them, Divine justice
requires, that they be all performed to believers. Besides, the Lord in
his promises, made himself a debtor to his faithfulness; and what he
thus owes, his immutable justice requires him to pay. Accordingly
David prays thus: “In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy
righteousness”. (Psalm 143:1) And an Apostle says, “If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, &c.” (1John 1:9)

The Lord, the righteous Judge, says another Apostle, shall give me at
that day, a crown of righteousness. (2Timothy 4:8) The performance
of God's promises, flows also from his truth or faithfulness. “Thou
wilt perform the truth to Jacob” (Micah 7:20) that is, the promise,
which the truth of God binds him to perform to Jacob. “In hope of
eternal life”; says our Apostle, “which God that cannot lie, promised
before the world began”. (Titus 1:2) “Forever, O Lord, thy word is
settled in heaven,” says the Psalmist; and the ground of it, he
expresses thus: “Thy faithfulness is unto all generations.” (Psalm
119:89,90) The power of God, is another reason why he performs his
promises. All things are possible to him. Nothing is too hard for him.
He can bring forth the performance of his promises, notwithstanding
all the obstacles in his way. Abraham was fully persuaded, that what
God had promised to him, he was able also to perform. (Romans
4:20,21) He accounted, that God was able to raise up Isaac, even
from the dead. (Hebrews 11:19) In a word, the glory of a promising
God, secures the performance of his promises. They “are all in Christ
yea and in him Amen, unto the glory of God.” As it is to the glory of
his love, mercy, and grace, that ever he made those promises; so it
will be to the praise of the glory of his faithfulness, justice, power,
and goodness, that he performs them.

All that the Lord, either in his law as a covenant, or in his law as a
rule, requires of his elect, he graciously promises to do for them, and
in them.—In his law as a covenant of works, he requires from them
perfect obedience, and complete satisfaction for sin; and, in the
offers and promises of his glorious gospel, he affords them the
consummate righteousness of Jesus Christ, to answer for them, those
high requirements. In his law as a rule of duty, he requires from
them, as soon as they become believers, holy obedience to all his
commands, and even perfection of obedience. But in his blessed
gospel, he promises them grace, sufficient for enabling them to yield
sincere obedience in time, and perfect obedience through eternity.
Every duty that they are required to do, the Lord is engaged by
promise, to work in them both to will and to do. Is the knowledge of
God in Christ, required of them? This is promised to them: “They
shall all know me, from the least of them onto the greatest of them,
saith the Lord.” (Jeremiah 31:34) Are they commanded to believe in
Jesus Christ? Faith is promised. “Thou shalt call me my father”.
(Jeremiah 3:19) “In his name shall the Gentiles trust.” (Matthew
12:21) The mortification of sin, is a duty required of them; and it also
is promised. “I will also save you from all your uncleannesses.”
(Ezekiel 36:29) Are they commanded to fear the Lord? This too is
promised. “I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not
depart from me.” (Jeremiah 32:40) Indeed, grace for every instance
of duty, is matter of promise to believers. All supplies of grace and
strength, for the spiritual performance of every duty, and the patient
enduring of every trial, are freely promised to them. The promises
are to them, as Samson's locks were to him: in these their great
strength lies.

When the exercised Christian is, at any time, distressed in mind, and
can find no comfort, by reflecting upon his past or present
attainments, he find sweet composure and satisfaction, in applying
and trusting absolute promises, directed to him as a sinner of
mankind.—In such a case, these words have often been verified:
“Thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, in returning and
rest shall ye be saved: in quietness and in confidence, shall be your
strength”. (Isaiah 30:15) The Apostle Paul accordingly says, “We
which have believed do enter into rest”. (Hebrews 4:3) And says the
psalmist, “His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is
established, he shall not be afraid”. (Psalm 112:7,8) This good news
from a far country, is as cold waters to his thirsty soul; namely, that
he, not as a person so and so qualified, but as a sinner of mankind, is
warranted to trust in Jesus Christ, as his righteousness and strength,
and to trust the promises, as in him yea and Amen. After Jeremiah
had prophesied of the captivity of Judah and Benjamin, he, in order
to keep them from despondency, and to comfort them under all their
trials, not only assured them that they should return, but
foreshadowed the new covenant, consisting of absolute promises.
(Jeremiah 31:31-34) Our Apostle informs us, that it is by means of
the promise and oath of God, these two immutable things, that
believers attain strong consolation. (Hebrews 6:18) It is, in believing
with application, and trusting his promises, that the God of hope,
usually fills his redeemed with all joy and peace, and makes them
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. (Romans
15:13)

To take and trust the promises cordially, is to take hold of God's

Covenant of Grace.—This august contract is a covenant of promises,
of absolutely free promises. For when the Covenant itself was made
with Christ, as the last Adam, the Representative of God's elect, the
promises of it were made to him, in their name. These were all made
to him, upon his covenanting to fulfill by his obedience and death,
the conditions of them. These he completely fulfilled. He finished the
work, which the Father had given him to do; (John 17:4) so that,
nothing now remains to be fulfilled, but the promise to his spiritual
seed. Hence, when Christ himself is given in offer to sinners
indefinitely, as ‘a covenant of the people’, his righteousness, as the
federal condition of the promises, and they, as promises whose
condition is already fulfilled, are also given in offer. In and with
Christ himself, they are given or directed in offer to sinner's
indiscriminately; in order that, any sinner may warrantably apply
and trust them. When any sinner, then, embraces and trusts the free
promises, in and with Christ and his righteousness, he hereby takes
hold of the covenant itself. By relying on the promises, as given in
offer to him, he relies on Christ and his righteousness, as presented
to him in the same offer. This exercise of trusting cordially in Christ,
and on his righteousness, for all the blessings contained in the
promises, is always accompanied with a hearty approbation of, and
consent to, all the articles of that well-ordered, and sure covenant.
Seeing the conditions of the covenant, were perfectly fulfilled by the
second Adam, it is, to the believing sinner, a covenant of absolutely
free promises. His applying and trusting of these promises,
therefore, is his taking hold of the Covenant. It is remarkable that,
wherever that glorious Covenant is expressly repeated in Scripture,
this is almost always the burden of the song, “I will be their God, and
they shall be my people”. To embrace, then, this all-comprehensive
promise, in and with Christ, is surely to take hold of God's Covenant
of Grace.

The promises of the New Covenant, are exceedingly great and

precious. “Whereby are given to us”, says an apostle, “exceeding
great and precious promises”, (2Peter 1:4) as if he had said, ‘The
promises which, is the gospel-offer, are given or directed to us, as
sinners of the human race, are exceeding great and precious’. They
are exceedingly, or super eminently great, far beyond our utmost
conceptions, and much more, our deserts. They are exceeding great,
in respect of their author, who is the great God of heaven and earth;
and who was under no obligation to make promises of good things,
to rebellious creatures. They must therefore flow from great grace,
and immense love, of which they are largely expressive. They are like
God himself, are such as become his transcendent greatness and
goodness, are confirmed by his oath, and performed by his
faithfulness and power. They are exceeding great, with respect to
their ultimate end,—the manifested glory of God. They are
exceedingly great also, with regard to their object, the great God our
Savior. To Him, as the Representative of God's elect, they were
primarily made. They are so great and precious, that God would not
trust them in the hands of men or of angels; but only, in the hands of
that Redeemer who is faithful and true. They are also divinely free,
immutable, and eternal, ordered in all things and sure. They contain
the great salvation; all the inestimable blessings of pardon and peace,
of life and godliness, of grace and glory. The treasure that is in the
promises is so great, that it can never be, either computed or
exhausted. They must therefore be exceeding precious, of more value
than thousands of gold and silver, and to be rejoiced at, more than at
finding great spoil. They are precious also, in respect of their price,
the precious blood of the Lamb of God. If we estimate their value,
according to the price paid for the blessings contained in them, how
inexpressibly, how infinitely, precious they are! They cost the blood
of the only begotten Son of God, a price of infinite value. Besides,
they are full of blessings, admirably adapted to all the diversified
cases, and exigencies of the saints; and they, in and with Christ, the
pearl of great price, are the objects of precious faith.

Definite promises are either direct or indirect, formal, or by

consequence.—They are expressed in different forms. Many are
direct and formal. Of these, some are made to all believers in general.
(Psalm 34:9,10) Others are in Scripture addressed to particular
believers, which yet every believer may warrantably apply to himself.
This promise made to Joshua, “I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,”
(Joshua 1:5) is applied by an apostle to true Christians in general.
(Hebrews 13:5,6) Whatsoever promises are, in Scripture, made to
particular believers, in cases and for reasons, which equally
concerned other believers; they are applicable to the latter, and may
be trusted and pleaded by them. “Whatsoever things were written
aforetime”, says our apostle, “were written for our learning; that we,
through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope”.
(Romans 15:4) Promises, which were made in particular cases to
saints in Scripture, may be applied by other saints, so far as the cases
agree, though not in the whole extent of their meaning. What is the
promise made to Solomon, (2Chronicles 1:12) of wisdom, and also of
riches and honor, beyond all who had been before him, gives
encouragement to every believer, who seeks heavenly wisdom above
all other things, to hope that, he shall attain a large measure of it,
and also so much of worldly prosperity, as God sees to be best for
him. In like manner, the promises, which Christ made to his
disciples, of the Holy Spirit to teach them all things, to bring all
things to their remembrance, whatsoever he had said unto them, and
to guide them into all truth; (John 14:26; 16:13) though they are not
to be performed to others, in the same degree as to the Apostles; yet
they encourage other believers, to expect all the illumination,
instruction, and direction, which, in their diversified circumstances,
are necessary for them. In the same manner, promises made to
particular churches, may be applied to the church in general; as
those in the Old Testament, to the Israelitish church, and those in
the New, to the church universal.

Indirect promises, are such as are implied by consequence, in the

examples, and prayers, of saints in Scripture. They are implied in the
examples of those saints. God's having bestowed blessings upon one,
is an indirect promise of them, to all other saints. The Apostle James
urges that end, which the Lord gave to the afflictions of Job, as a
ground of faith and hope, to all other afflicted saints. (James 5:11)
And Paul assures the believers at Corinth, that God comforted him in
all his tribulation, that he might be able to comfort them who were in
any trouble, by the comfort wherewith he himself was comforted of
God. (2Corinthians 1:4) The declarations of those blessings, which
commonly attend the several exercises of grace, and duties of
holiness, are so many indirect promises; (Psalm 111:5; Proverbs
18:10) as also, the declarations concerning Christ, and his
inestimable benefits, as they represent a necessity of there being
bestowed upon believers. They are implied likewise in the prayers
recorded in Scripture. The petitions put up by the Lord Jesus, for his
church, are equal to the most express promises; (John 17) for we may
be sure that, whatever he asks of the Father for his redeemed, will be
granted. The prayers also of saints, especially their Prophetical
prayers, (Genesis 49) and God's hearing of them, are as much as a
formal promise, that he will hear the prayers, that are now offered up
in faith to him, for the same or similar blessings.

The blessings promised, are either of a spiritual or of a temporal

kind.—The promises of spiritual blessings, are either indefinite, or
definite. The indefinite or absolute promises of spiritual benefits,
must be applied and trusted in, upon the ground, as I have said
above, of the direction of them to sinners in common, who hear the
gospel, and be trusted in and with Christ himself. The restricted or
definite promises, on the other hand, should be applied by believers,
upon the ground of their being, in the dispensation of the New
Covenant, addressed to them, as already united to Jesus Christ. And
as these especially, are promises both of grace and of glory, the order
of them, is to be carefully observed. The promises of mercy and
grace, ought first to be accepted of, and relied on, and then the
promises of glory. Believers, in their exercise of faith and prayer,
should not trust and plead the promises of glory in eternity, in order
to those of grace in time; but on the contrary, the promises of grace,
in order to those of glory; the promises of growth and perseverance
in grace, in order to those of the perfection of grace.—As to the
promises of temporal benefits, believers ought neither to trust nor
plead them absolutely, but with this limitation; as far as the
performance of them, may be for the glory of God, and the good of
their souls. Nor will this limitation, in the smallest degree, lessen
their value, in the esteem of any man who is spiritually minded: for
outward things are capable, in different circumstances, of being
either good or evil to a believer. Afflictions may, in some cases, be of
great advantage to him; and then, the inflicting of them, would be a
token of favor, and the preventing of them, would be a judgment,
rather than the performance of a promise. Riches, for example, may,
in some circumstances, be very beneficial, and in others, very
hurtful: none who is wise unto salvation, would, in this case, trust or
pray for them. Now it is obvious, that of all of those circumstances,
the infinitely wise and gracious God, he is the best Judge. It is the
believer’s duty then, never to neglect, but on the contrary, to plead
the promises of those outward things, with a firm reliance on the
grace and faithfulness of God, and yet with an entire submission to
his infinite wisdom, which will always choose that which is best for
him.—Were believers more frequently to trust, and plead, the
promises of temporal blessings, they should enjoy them in a higher
degree, than they commonly do.—Here it may be proper to observe,
That the Lord, in performing these promises, either gives the
temporal blessing itself, that is desired of him, or something either
equivalent, or preferable to it;—that such promises, are to be always
explained and understood, with reservation of the cross; that the
performance of them is never to be sought primarily, but
secondarily; (Matthew 6:33) and that it is not to be attained,
otherwise than by the prayer of faith. (James 1:6)

The Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, are seals of all
the promises.—The Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Testator of the
Covenant of Grace, hath turned all the promises of it to elect sinners,
into the form of a Testament in their favor. This testament he ratified
by his death, and affixed to it, the broad seals of Baptism and the
Supper. So that now, it is a testament ratified and sealed. It is ratified
by the death of the blessed Testator; and therefore, as the last will of
the dead, written, signed, and attested in due form, it must remain
unalterable. (Hebrews 9:17) It is also a deed sealed in proper form,
for the confirmation of our faith. And, therefore, though the
promises contained in it, are not thereby rendered more sure in
themselves; yet they are made more credible to us. Those seals, are
not only pledges to confirm our faith, but authentic proofs, that the
testament is completely ready to be presented, in the hand of faith, to
God on the throne of grace, and pleaded with assurance of success.
Thus, in Baptism, the Lord says to the believing soul, ‘this washing
with water, seals my promises of cleansing, from the guilt and
pollution of all thy sins; promises, which are as sure to faith, as this
washing or sprinkling with water, is, to the outward senses’. In the
sacrament of the Supper also, he thus says to the believer, ‘This
bread is my body broken for thee: This cup is the New Testament in
my blood, shed for thee, for the remission of thy sins’. As these
ordinances were intended for the weakest, as well as for the strongest
believer; so, the smallest measure of saving faith, answers as really to
what the Lord saith to it, in each of them, as the greatest.

Prophecies of the enlargement and glory of the church, in New-

Testament times, may be regarded as so many promises of these.—
Predictions, either of deliverance from evil, or of good to the Church,
when addressed to her members, are to be accounted promises to
her.—Seeing many of the prophecies, respecting the extension and
glory of the Church, are so hard to be understood, that it is scarcely
to be expected, that exercised Christians in general, should know
how to use them; I have, in the following collection, selected those
only, which are most full to my purpose, and most easy to be
understood by an attentive reader. Several of the prophecies, which I
have considered as applicable to the Church in general, are, by some
Expositors, understood of the Church of the Jews, when converted in
the latter days. Nor do I deny, that they may be more immediately
intended, in those prophecies. But, seeing the Jewish and Gentile
churches shall become one, there will be a communication of
privileges; and, therefore, in what measure so ever, the spirit of God
will be poured out, and the glory of God be manifested, among the
converted Jews, the members of the Gentile church, shall enjoy their
share of both. For the apostle Paul says, “If the fall of them be the
riches of the world, and the diminishing of them, the riches of the
Gentiles, how much more their fullness”? (Romans 11:12)

In conclusion: the promises, with respect to their performance, are

either fixed to one person, or time, or providential dispensation; or,
they are running and permanent, intended to be performed in every
age, and that to multitudes of persons. Of the former sort, is the
promise of the birth and life of Messiah, in this world: of the latter,
are those which are performed to his spiritual seed, in every age.

Part 1

Of Absolute or Indefinite Promises.

 Chapter 1
Absolute Promises of the Incarnation, obedience, and
death of Christ
for the Redemption of sinners.

I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Genesis 3. 15.

In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Genesis 22.
18.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering
of the people be. Genesis 49. 10.

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee, a prophet from the midst of
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.
Deuteronomy 18. 15.

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter
day upon the Earth. Job 19. 25

My flesh also shall rest in hope; for thou Wilt not leave my soul in
Hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou
wilt show me the path of Life. Psalm 16. 9 - 11.

I am a worm and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the

people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn. Psalm 22. 6, 7.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to

my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. The
assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands
and my feet. Psalm 22. 15, 16.
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from
the God of his salvation. Psalm 24. 5

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou
opened. Then said I, Lo, I come; in the volume of the book it is
written of me; I delight to do thy will, oh my God; yea, thy law is
within my heart. Psalm 40. 6, 7, 8.

I restored that which I took not away. Psalm 69. 4.

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor;

mine adversaries are all before thee. Psalm 69. 19

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink. Psalm 69. 21 .

He shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the
oppressor. Psalm 72. 4

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that
water the Earth. Psalm 72. 6

He shall spare the poor and needy, he shall save the souls of the
needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence. Psalm
72. 13, 14.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man
whom thou madest strong for thyself. Psalm 80. 17.

Behold, Oh God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Psalm 89. 9

Mercy and Truth are met together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth; and
righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yea, the Lord shall give
that which is good. Psalm 85. 10-12.
Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set us in the way of his
steps. Psalm 85. 13.

Verses on obedience and death of Jesus Christ.

I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; Thy Faithfulness shalt

thou establish in the very heavens. I have made a covenant with My
Chosen One; I have sworn on to David my servant, thy seed will I
establish forever, and build up by thrown to all generations. Psalm
84. 2-4

I have laid help upon one that is mighty ; I have exalted one chosen
out of the people ; with whom my hand shall be established ; mine
arm also shall strengthen him. Psalm 84. 19, 21.

He shall cry unto me, thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my
salvation. My Mercy will I keep for him forever more, and my
Covenant shall stand fast with him. Psalm 84. 26, 28.

The Lord has made known his salvation; his righteousness, half he
openly showed in the sight of the Heathen. He hath remembered his
mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the
Earth have seen the salvation of our God. Psalm 93. 2,3.

The Lord has sworn, and will not repent, thou art a priest Forever,
After the order of Melchizedek. He shall drink of the brook in the
way; therefore shall he lift up the head Psalm 110. 4,7.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Psalm 118.26.

With the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Psalm 130. 7-8.

I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the
habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of
men. Proverbs 8 30,31.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh leaping upon the
mountains, skipping upon the hills. Song of Solomon 2. 8.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,
and be thou like a roe, or a young hart, upon the mountains of
Bether. Song of Solomon 2. 17.

Make haste, my beloved, and be though like a roe or a light young

hart, upon the mountains of spices. Song of Solomon 8. 14.

In that day, shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious,
and the fruit of the Earth shall be excellent and comely, for them that
are escaped of Israel. Isaiah 4. 2.

Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel. Isaiah 6. 14.

And he shall be for a sanctuary. Isaiah 8. 14.

Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Isaiah 9. 6.

There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots. Isaiah 11. 1.

Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the

girdle of his reins. Isaiah 11. 5.

In that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an
ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and his rest shall be
glorious. Isaiah 11. 10.

Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a
stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; he
that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28. 16.

He shall send them a savior, and a great one, and he shall deliver
them. Isaiah 19. 20.
A man shall be as in hiding place from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place; as the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32. 2.

Be strong, fear not; behold, your God will come with vengeance, even
God with a recompense; he will come and save you. Isaiah 35. 4.

He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the
earth; and the Isles shall wait for his law. Isaiah 42. 4.

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine
hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people,
for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the
prison house.”
Isaiah 42:6-7

The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake; he will magnify
the law, and make it honorable. Isaiah 42. 21.

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength;
even to him shall men come. Isaiah 45. 24.

He said, it is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant, to raise

up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will
also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my
salvation unto the end of the earth. Isaiah 49. 6.

“Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and
in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and
give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause
to inherit the desolate heritages; That thou mayest say to the
prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves.
They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high
places.” Isa 49:8-9
Thus saith the Lord, ye have sold yourselves for not; and you shall be
redeemed without money. Isaiah 52. 3.

He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a

dry ground. Isaiah 53. 2.

Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Isaiah 53. 4.

He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our

iniquities. Isaiah 53. 5.

The lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53. 6.

He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of
my people he was stricken. Isaiah 53. 8.

It pleased the Lord to bruise him; he has put him to grief. Isaiah 53.
10.

He was numbered with the transgressors; and he bear the sin of

many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53. 12.

Thy maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy
Redeemer the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 54. 5.

Their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. Isaiah 54. 17.

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader, and
Commander to the people. Isaiah 55. 4.

The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. Isaiah 59. 20.

The Apostle Paul, in citing this Promise, expresses it thus: There

shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob. Romans 11. 26.
In his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bear them, and
carried them all the days of old. Isaiah 58. 9.

I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of
my mountains. Isaiah 65. 9.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and
this is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our
righteousness. Jeremiah 23.6.

I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach onto me: for
who is this that engaged his heart to approach onto me? saith the
Lord. Jeremiah 30. 21.

“In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord
our righteousness.” Jer 33:16 *

*The original had: This is the name wherewith she shall be called, or
rather, this is he that shall call her, the Lord our Righteousness.

Their redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name; he shall

thoroughly plead their cause. Jeremiah 50. 34.

“When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit,
with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the
earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit,
that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the
living;” Eze 26:20 *

* The original had: I shall set Glory, or ornament in the land of the
living. Ezekiel 26. 20.

I will set up one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even
my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their
Shepherd. Ezekiel 34. 23.
I will raise up for them a plant of renown. Ezekiel 34. 29.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy Holy
City, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to
make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness. Daniel 9. 24.

“And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not
for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood,
and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall
confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of
the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and
for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even
until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.” Da 9:26-27

They shall smite the judge of Israel, with a rod upon the cheek.
Micah 5. 1.

This man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come onto our
land. Micah 5. 5

I will shake All Nations, and the desire of all Nations shall come; and
I will fill this house with Glory, saith the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2. 7.

Behold the man whose name is the branch ; and he shall grow up out
of his place, and he shall build the Temple of the Lord ; even he shall
build the Temple of the Lord ; and he shall bear the glory. Zechariah
6. 12 - 13.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is

my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts; Smite the shepherd, and the sheep
shall be scattered. Zechariah 13. 7.

The Lord who ye seek, shall suddenly come to his Temple; even the
messenger of the Covenant whom ye delight in; behold, he shall
come, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3. 1.

Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their
sins. Matthew 1. 21.

I am not come to call the righteous, but Sinners to repentance.

Matthew 9. 13.

The son of man is come, to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke
19. 10.

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ

Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1. 15.

Chapter 2
Absolute Promises of the Glorious exaltation, and
Universal Dominion of Christ.

I have set my king upon my Holy Hill of Zion. Psalm 2. 6.

Ask of me, and I shall give Thee the Heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the Earth for thy possession. Psalm 2. 8

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt Dash them in
pieces like a Potter's vessel. Psalm 2. 9

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his
wrath is kindled but a little. Psalm 2. 12.

Thou Hast made him a little lower than the angels, and Hast
crowned him with Glory and Honor. Thou madest him to have
dominion over the works of thy hands; thou Hast put all things
under his feet, Psalm 8: 5-8.
Thou has made me the head of the heathen. As soon as they hear of
me, they shall obey me, Psalm 18. 43, 44.

“It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.” Ps
18:47

The kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor among the

Nations. Psalm 22. 28.

All they that go down to the dust, shall bow before him, and none can
keep alive his own soul. A seed Shall Serve him ; it shall be accounted
to the Lord for a generation. Psalm 22:29, 30

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye Everlasting

doors, and the king of glory shall come in. Who is this king of glory?
The lord of hosts, he is the king of glory. Psalm 24. 9, 10.

The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his

anointed. Psalm 28. 8

Thy Throne, oh God, is forever and ever; the scepter of the kingdom
is a right scepter Psalm 45. 6

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy

God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psalm 45. 7

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore

shall the people praise thee forever and ever. Psalm 45. 17

God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalm 47. 5

God is the king of all the Earth. God reigneth over the heathen: God
sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Psalm 47. 7, 8.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of
the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he
is greatly exalted. Psalm 47:9

Thou hast ascended on high, thou has led captivity captive: thou hast
received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God
might dwell among them. Psalm 68. 18

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto
the ends of the earth. Psalm 72. 8.

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his
enemies shall lick the dust. Psalm 72. 9

All Kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him.
Psalm 72. 11

He shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Psalm
72. 15

His name shall endure forever: his name shall be continued as long
as Sun; and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him
blessed. Psalm 72. 17

Blessed be his glorious name forever: and let the whole earth be filled
with his glory. Amen and Amen. Psalm 72. 19.

I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate
him. Psalm 89. 23.

But my faithfulness and my Mercy shall be with him; and in my

name shall his horn be exalted. Psalm 89. 24.

Also I will make him my first born, higher than the kings of the earth.
Psalm 89. 27.
His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the
days of Heaven. Psalm 89. 29.

His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Psalm 89. 36.

The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: ruled out in
the midst of thine enemies. Psalm 110. 2.

My people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of

holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy
youth. Psalm 110. 3.

He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the
dead bodies: he shall wound the heads over many countries. Psalm
110. 6.

The stone which the builders refused, is become the head stone of
the corner. Psalm 118. 22.

His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his
crown flourish. Psalm 132. 18.

The government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9. 6.

Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end,

upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to
establish it with judgment and with Justice, from henceforth even
forever : the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. Isaiah 9. 7.

With righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity,
for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with the rod
of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isaiah 11. 4.
In that day shall ye say, praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare
his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Isaiah 12. 4.

The key of the House of David will I lay upon his shoulder: so he
shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall
open. Isaiah 22. 22.

It shall be said in that day, low, this is our God ; we have waited for
him, and he will save us : this is the Lord ; we have waited for him,
we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Isaiah 25. 9.

In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a Crown of Glory, and for a
diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people, and for a spirit of
judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them
that turn the battle to the gate. Isaiah 28. 5,6.

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold the land
that is very far off. Isaiah 33. 17.

The Glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and

streams. Isaiah 33. 21

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our
King; he will save us. Isaiah 33. 22.

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it
together. Isaiah 40. 5.

Behold, the Lord God will come with a strong hand, and his arm shall
rule for him : behold, his reward is with him, and his work before
him. Isaiah 40. 10.

I have put my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the
Gentiles. Isaiah 42. 1.
The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like
a man of war: he shall cry, yea roar ; he shall prevail against his
enemies. Isaiah 42. 13.

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in

righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall
bow, every tongue shall swear. Isaiah 45. 23.

Thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken
away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered ; for I will
contend with him that contendeth with me, and I will save thy
children. Isaiah 49. 25.

The Lord has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations;
and all the ends of the Earth shall see the salvation of our God. Isaiah
52. 10.

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and

extolled, and be very high. Isaiah 52. 13.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied. Isaiah 53.
11.

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall
divide the spoil with the strong. Isaiah 53. 12.

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from
Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness
of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Isaiah
63. 1.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David A
righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall
execute judgment and Justice in the earth. Jeremiah 23. 5.

Thus saith the Lord God, I will also take of the highest branch of the
High Cedar, and will set it ; I will crop off from the top of his young
twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high-mountain and
eminent. Ezekiel 17. 22.

In the mountain of the height of Israel, will I plant it ; and it shall

bring forth bows, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar. Ezekiel 17.
23.

I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among
them. Ezekiel 34. 24.

There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all
people, Nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom
that which shall not be destroyed. Daniel 7. 14.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though thou be little among the

thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that
is to be ruler in Israel ; whose going forth have been from of old,
from everlasting. Micah 5. 2.

The Lord shall be king over all the Earth: in that day shall there be
one Lord, and his name one. Zechariah 14. 9.

All power is given unto me in heaven and in Earth. Matthew 28. 18.

He raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in
the Heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might,
and dominion, and, every name that is named, not only in this world,
but also in that which is to come; and put all things under his feet,
and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is
his body. Ephesians 1. 20 - 23.

God has highly exalted him, and given him a name that is above
every name ; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in Earth, and things under the Earth ;
and that every tongue should confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2. 9-11.
The spirit testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory
that should follow. 1 Peter. 1. 11.

Chapter 3
Absolute Promises of Christ coming, at the last day,
to judge the world.

So after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see
God; whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall Behold, and
not another. Job 19. 26, 27.

He cometh to judge the Earth; he shall judge the world with

righteousness, and the people with his truth. Psalm 96. 13.

He cometh to judge the Earth; with righteousness shall he judge the

world, and the people with Equity. Psalm 98. 9.

They shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 24. 30, 31.

When the son of man shall come in his glory, and all the Holy Angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory : and before
him shall be gathered all the nations ; and he shall separate them one
from another, as a Shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25. 31, 32.

Enoch the seventh from Adam, prophesied of thee, saying, behold,

the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment
upon all. Jude 14.
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose
face the earth and the heavens float away; and there was no place for
them. Revelation 20. 11.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God : and the
books were opened ; and another book was opened which is The
Book of Life : and the dead were judged out of those things which
were written in the books, according to their works. Revelation 20.
12.

We shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ. Romans 14.
10.

Because God has appointed a day, in which, he will judge the world
in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained. Acts 17. 31.

Chapter 4
Absolute Promises of the spiritual blessings in this world.

Section 1: Of God in Christ to be our God.

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Exodus 20.2.
I Am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, that you should not be there bondman. Leviticus 26. 13.
I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31. 33.
I the Lord will be their God. Ezekiel 34. 24.
I am your God, saith the Lord God. Is Ezekiel 34. 31.
I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 2 Corinthians 6. 16.
I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Hebrews 8.
10.

Section 2: Of the Quickening Spirit, or

Spiritual Life.
Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my
words unto you. Proverbs 1. 23.

Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the Wilderness
be a fruitful field. Isaiah 32. 15.

I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry
ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon
thine offspring. Isaiah 44. 3.

I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my judgments and do them. Ezekiel 36. 27.

I shall put my spirit in you, and you shall live. Ezekiel 37. 14.

It shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all
flesh. Joel 2. 28.

And also upon the servants, and upon the handmaid's, in those days,
will pour out my spirit. Joel 2. 29.

Section 3: Of Converting Grace.

My people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Psalm 110. 3.
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they
shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto
me with their whole heart. Jeremiah 24. 7.

They shall ask the Way to Zion with their faces the other word,
saying, come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a Perpetual
Covenant that shall not be forgotten. Jeremiah 1. 5.

I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit within you; and I
will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them a
heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11. 19.

That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and
do them. Ezekiel 11. 30.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you
; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give
you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36. 26.

Then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; For then
was it better with me than now. Hosea 2. 7.

Who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to
our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was
given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 2 Timothy 1. 9.

Section 4: Of Supernatural and saving

knowledge.
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the
way. Psalm 25. 8.

the Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters
cover the sea. Isaiah 11. 9.
And in that day, shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the
eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Isaiah 29. 18.

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they
that murmur shall learn doctrine. Isaiah 29. 24.

I will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles
; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. Isaiah 42. 6, 7.

My people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that

day, that I am he that doth speak. Isaiah 52. 6.

I will give them and heart to know me, that I am the Lord. Jeremiah
24. 7.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man
his brother, saying know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from
the least of them onto the greatest of them, saith the Lord. Jeremiah
31. 34.

He has sent me to preach recovering of sight to the blind. Luke 4. 18.

Of Spiritual wisdom

“For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge
and understanding.” Pr 2:6

Section 5: Of justifying and saving faith.

They shall come. Psalm 22. 31.
My people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Psalm 110. 3.

At that day shall a man look to his maker, and his eyes shall have
respect to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 17. 7.

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength;
even to him shall men come. Isaiah 45. 24.

The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah 51. 5.

It shall be at that day, saith the Lord that thou shalt call me Ishi, and
shall call me no more Baali. Hosea 2. 16.

I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people;
and they shall say, thou art my God. Hosea 2. 23.

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and
they shall trust in the name of the Lord. Zephaniah 3. 12.

And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. Matthew 12. 21.

Section 6: Of Unfeigned Love to God.

The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the Heart of thy
seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
Soul. Deuteronomy 30. 6.

There shall come out of Zion the deliver, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob. Romans 11. 26.

The fruit of the spirit is love. Galatians 5. 22.

 Section 7: Of justification.
Keeping Mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression,
and sin. Exodus 34. 7.

He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger forever.
Psalm 103.9.

though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though

they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1. 18.

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own

sake, and will not remember thy sins. Isaiah 43. 25.

I have blotted out as a thick Cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud

thy sins: return unto me, for I have redeemed thee. Isaiah 44. 22.

I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah 31. 34.

I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned
against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have
sinned, why they have transgressed against me. Jeremiah 33. 8.

I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your Idols, will I cleanse you. Ezekiel 36.
25.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely. Hosea 14.4.

in that day, there shall be a fountain opened to the House of David,

and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
Zechariah 13. 1.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1.29.

By the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life. Romans 5. 18.

For by the obedience of one, shall many be made righteous. Romans

5. 19.

I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their

iniquities, will I remember no more. Hebrews 8. 12.

Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Hebrews 10. 17.

He was manifested to take away our sins. 1 John 3. 5.

Section 8: Of reconciliation with God.

Let him take hold of my strength, that He may make peace with me;
and he shall make peace with me. Isa. 27. 5.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy
city,---to make reconciliation for iniquity. Dan. 9. 24.

He shall speak peace unto the heathen. Zech. 9. 10.

God is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing

their trespasses unto them and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation. 2 Cor. 5. 19.

He came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them
that were nigh. Eph. 2. 17.

I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting

covenant with them. Ezek. 37. 26.
 Section 9: Of Adoption
It shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them,
Ye are not my people; there shall they be called, the children of the
living God. Romans 9. 26.

God sent forth his Son, - - -to redeem them that were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal. 4. 4,5.

Section 10: Of Sanctifying Grace in

general.
I am the Lord which sanctifieth you. Lev.20.8.

They shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them. Jer. 30. 9.

This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel,
after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward
parts, and write it in their hearts. Jer. 31. 33.

I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you: and
I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an
heart of flesh. Ezek. 11. 19.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you
: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give
you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel. 36. 26.

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. Ezekiel 36.
27.

Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Titus 2. 14.

Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood,
suffered without the gate. Heb. 13. 12.

Section 11: Of the Grace of Repentance in

particular
All the ends of the world, shall remember and turn unto the Lord.
Psalm 22. 27.

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men
shall be bowed down; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa. 2. 11.

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and
the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them
away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isa. 30. 22.

They shall return unto me with their whole heart. Jer. 24. 7.

Ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for all your evils that ye
have committed. Ezek. 20. 43.

Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that
were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your
iniquities. and for your abominations. Ezek. 34. 31.
They shall look upon Him whom they have pierced, and they shall
mourn for him. Zech. 12. 10.

Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I
will make known my words unto you. Proverbs 1. 23.

Section 12: Of Godly Fear.

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout
all generations. Psalm.72.5.

So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory
from the rising of the sun. Isa, 59.19.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me
forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them. Jer.
32.39.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not
turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Jer. 32.40.

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and shall fear the Lord
and his goodness in the latter days. Hos. 3. 5.

Section 13: Of Access to God in Christ

with Acceptance.
In my holy mountain. will I accept them, and there will I require
your offerings. Ezek. 20. 40.

They shall come up - -- with acceptance on mine altar. Isa. 60. 7.

 Section 14: Of Grace to Pray to God
O THOU that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Psal. 65.
2.

It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer, and while
they are yet speaking, I will hear. Isa. 65. 24.

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead
them. Jer. 31. 9.

Then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call
upon the name of the Lord. Zeph. 3. 9.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications. Zech. 12. 10.

Section 15: Of Grace to Mortify the body

of Sin
Ephraim shall say, what have I to do anymore with idols? Hos 14. 8.

Section 16: Of Victory over the World

Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this
present evil world. Gal. 1. 4.
 Section 17: Of Victory over the Devil

I WILL put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed: It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel. Gen. 3. 15.

Thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken
away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. Isa. 49. 25.

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3. 8

Section 18: Of spiritual Strength and

Courage
I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk up and down
in his name, saith the Lord. Zech. 10. 12.

In that day, the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and
he that is feeble among them at that day, shall be as David; and the
house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
Zech. 12. 8.

Section 19: Of the Means of Grace.

Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of
affliction; yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any
more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers, Isa. 30. 20.

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the
valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land
springs of water. Isa. 41.18.

They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high
places. Isa. 49.9.

I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you
with knowledge and understanding. Jer. 3. 15.

Their soul shall be like a watered garden. Jer. 31.12.

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people
shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord God. Jer. 31.14.

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord
God. Ezek.34.15.

Section 20: Of Spiritual Fruitfulness

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast
forth his roots as Lebanon. Hosea 14.5

I am like a green fir tree; from me is thy fruit found. Hosea 14.8

Section 21: Of Divine Teaching and

Guidance
He led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his
eye. Deut. 32.10.

Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the
way. Psal.25.8.
I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I
will guide thee with mine eye. Psal. 32.8.

Thine ears shall hear a word "behind thee, saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the
left. Isa. 30.21.

The heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of
the stammerers, shall be ready to speak plainly. Isa. 32.4.

I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldst go. Isa. 48.17.

He that hath mercy on them shall lead them; even by the springs of
water shall he guide them. Isa. 49.10

Section 22: Of Sanctified Afflictions

As a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
Deut. 8.5.

Happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou
the chastening of the Almighty. Job 5.17.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands
make whole. Job 5.18.

I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and
take away all thy tin, Isa. 1.25.

Many shall be purified, and made white and tried. Dan. 12.10.

I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as
silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. Zechariah 13.9
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Revelation 3.19

Section 23: Of Meekness

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them. Isa. 11.6.

The cow and the bear shall feed, and their young ones shall lie down
together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Isa. 11.7.

Section 24: Of Grace to the Children of

Believers.
I WILL establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed
after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a
God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Gen.17. 7.

I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring. Isa. 44. 3.
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the
watercourses. Ver. 4.

All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the
peace of thy children. Isa.54. 13.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are
afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Acts 2. 39.
 Section 25: Of the Love of God.
He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee. Deut. 7:13

I will call her Beloved, which was not beloved. Rom. 9. 25

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us. 1 John 4.
10.

Section 26: Of His Mercy.

Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and
therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you. Isaiah
30. 18

for my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I
refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Isaiah 48. 9

I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have mercy upon her
that had not obtained Mercy. Hosea 2. 23

Section 27: Of His Help

O Israel, thou Hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. Hosea
13. 9

Section 28: Of Christ’s Intercession

He made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53. 12

The angel of the Lord answered and said, oh lord of hosts, how long
wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Judah,
against which thou Hast had indignation, these three score and ten
years. Zechariah 1. 12.

Section 29: Of Eternal life

The gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Romans 6. 23
in Hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promised before
the world began. Titus 1. 2

Chapter 5
Absolute Promises of the conversion and restoration of the
Jews,
especially in the latter days.

He shall set up an Ensign for the Nations, and shall assemble the
outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah, from
the four corners of the earth. Isaiah 11. 12.

They shall serve the Lord their God, and David their King, whom I
will raise up unto them. Jeremiah 30. 9.

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither
be thou dismayed; for for low, I will save thee from afar, and by seed
from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be
in rest and quiet, and none shall make him afraid. Jeremiah 30. 10.
At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families
of Israel, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31. 1.

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, oh Virgin of Israel;
Thou shalt again be adorned with tabrets, and shall go forth in the
dances of them that make merry. Jeremiah 31. 4.

He that scattered Israel will gather him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jeremiah 31. 10.

There is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall
come again to their own border Jeremiah 31. 17.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a New
Covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;
Jeremiah 31. 31

Not according to the Covenant that I made with their fathers

Jeremiah 31. 32

But this shall be the Covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their
inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and
they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31. 33

Yeah, I Will Rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them
in this land assuredly, with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Jeremiah 32. 41

And I will cause the captivity of Judah, and the captivity of Israel to
return, and I will build them as at the first. Jeremiah 33. 7

And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have
sinned against me, Jeremiah 33. 8.

And it shall be to me a name of Joy, a praise and an honor, before all

of the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do
unto them, Jeremiah 33. 9.

In those days, and at that time, will I cause the branch of

righteousness to grow up unto David, and he shall execute judgment
and righteousness in the land. Jeremiah 33. 15.

In those days shall Judah be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and
this is he that shall call her the Lord our righteousness. Jeremiah 33.
16.

Consider if thou not what this people have spoken, saying, the two
families which the Lord hath chosen, will he even cast them off?
Jeremiah 33. 24

Thus saith the Lord, if my Covenant be not with day and night, and if
I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Jeremiah
33. 25

Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so
that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them. Jeremiah 33. 26

“Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou
shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give
them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.” Eze 16:61

“And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of
the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with
a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you
into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face
to face.” Eze 20:34-35

“And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into
the bond of the covenant:” Eze 20:37
 “For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in
the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require
your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy
things.” (Eze 20:40 AV)

“ And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them,
even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their
shepherd. And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a
prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.” (Eze 34:23-24 AV)

“And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the
beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none
shall make them afraid.” (Eze 34:28 AV)

“And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase
and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do
better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am
the LORD.” (Eze 36:11 AV)

“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of
all countries, and will bring you into your own land. ¶ Then will I
sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your
filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart
also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will
take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an
heart of flesh.” (Eze 36:24-26 AV)

“Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you
from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and
the wastes shall be builded.” (Eze 36:33 AV)

“And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell
therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children
for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.” (Eze
37:25 AV)
 “ …Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of
the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come
to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living
God. 11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel
be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they
shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.”
(Ho 1:10-11 AV)

Ҧ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the
wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her
vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope:
and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day
when she came up out of the land of Egypt.” (Ho 2:14-15 AV)

“16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call
me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 17 For I will take away the
names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be
remembered by their name. 18 And in that day will I make a
covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of
heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break
the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make
them to lie down safely. 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever;
yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment,
and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20 I will even betroth thee
unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. 21 And it
shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear
the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 22 And the earth shall
hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy
upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which
were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou
art my God.” (Ho 2:16-23 AV)

“4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king,
and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image,
and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the
children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David
their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter
days.” (Ho 3:4-5 AV)

“1 ¶ For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring
again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all
nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat,
and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage
Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my
land.” (Joe 3:1-2 AV)

“So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion,
my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no
strangers pass through her any more.” (Joe 3:17 AV)

“But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to
generation.” (Joe 3:20 AV)

“14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and
they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall
plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make
gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon
their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land
which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.” (Am 9:14-15 AV)

“But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be

holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.”
(Ob 1:17 AV)

“And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of

Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.” (Ob 1:21 AV)

“12 ¶ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather
the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of
Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great
noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13 The breaker is come up
before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate,
and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the
LORD on the head of them.” (Mic 2:12-13 AV)

“And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a

dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not
for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.” (Mic 5:7 AV)

“Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of
the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine
hands.” (Mic 5:13 AV)

“The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither
shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed
and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” (Zep 3:13 AV)

“At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather
you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the
earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the
LORD.” (Zep 3:20 AV)

“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell
in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.” (Zec 2:10 AV)

“And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and
shall choose Jerusalem again.” (Zec 2:12 AV)

“And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth
forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the
earth.” (Zec 5:6 AV)

“8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of

the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out
two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like
the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth
and the heaven.” (Zec 5:8-9 AV)
 “In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire
among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall
devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left:
and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in
Jerusalem.” (Zec 12:6 AV)

“And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall
look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for
him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for
him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.” (Zec 12:10 AV)

“And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter
destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.” (Zec 14:11 AV)

“And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the
Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” (Lu 21:24 AV)

“But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their
heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be
taken away.” (2Co 3:15-16 AV)

“Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the
diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their
fulness?” (Ro 11:12 AV)

“For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what
shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?” (Ro 11:15 AV)

“For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and
wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much
more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their
own olive tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the
Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob:” (Ro 11:24-26 AV)

“As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as
touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.” (Ro
11:28 AV)

“For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have
mercy upon all.” (Ro 11:32 AV)

Chapter 6
Absolute Promises of the Conversion of the Gentiles
Throughout the World

“God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
and Canaan shall be his servant.” (Ge 9:27 AV)

“As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall
submit themselves unto me.” (Ps 18:44 AV)

“All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:
and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the
kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations.”
(Ps 22:27-28 AV)

“God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.” (Ps
67:7 AV)

“Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her
hands unto God.” (Ps 68:31 AV)

“He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river
unto the ends of the earth.” (Ps 72:8 AV)
 “Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve
him.” (Ps 72:11 AV)

“His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long
as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him
blessed.” (Ps 72:17 AV)

“All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before
thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.” (Ps 86:9 AV)

“So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of
the earth thy glory.” (Ps 102:15 AV)

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the
LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and
shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And
many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will
teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion
shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
(Isa 2:2-3 AV)

“And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for
an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest
shall be glorious.” (Isa 11:10 AV)

“And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall
know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea,
they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.” (Isa 19:21 AV)

“In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,
even a blessing in the midst of the land: Whom the LORD of hosts
shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work
of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.” (Isa 19:24-25 AV)

“And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it
shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for
them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable
clothing.” (Isa 23:18 AV)

“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of
the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every
valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made
low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places
plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh
shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.” (Isa
40:3-5 AV)

“Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul

delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles.” (Isa 42:1 AV)

“He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the
earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.” (Isa 42:4 AV)

“I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine
hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people,
for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the
prison house.” (Isa 42:6-7 AV)

“I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in

righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall
bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the LORD
have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and
all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.” (Isa 45:23-24
AV)

“And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to

raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I
will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my
salvation unto the end of the earth.” (Isa 49:6 AV)
 “Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and
from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.” (Isa 49:12 AV)

“Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather
themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and
bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.” (Isa 49:18 AV)

“The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other,
shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place
to me that I may dwell.” (Isa 49:20 AV)

“Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the
Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring
thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their
shoulders.” (Isa 49:22 AV)

“My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine

arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on
mine arm shall they trust.” (Isa 51:5 AV)

“The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the
nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our
God.” (Isa 52:10 AV)

“So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths
at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and
that which they had not heard shall they consider.” (Isa 52:15 AV)

Ҧ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his
seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall
be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify
many; for he shall bear their iniquities.” (Isa 53:10-11 AV)
 Ҧ Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing,
and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the
children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith
the LORD. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth
the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and
strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand
and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the
desolate cities to be inhabited.” (Isa 54:1-3 AV)

“Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations
that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God,
and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.” (Isa 55:5
AV)

“So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his
glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a
flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.”
(Isa 59:19 AV)

“And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness
of thy rising.” (Isa 60:3 AV)

“8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their
windows? 9 ¶ Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of
Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold
with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One
of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.” (Isa 60:8-9 AV)

“Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the
earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at
once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”
(Isa 66:8 AV)

“For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will
gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my
glory. And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that
escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw
the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard
my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory
among the Gentiles.” (Isa 66:18-19 AV)

“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before
me, saith the LORD.” (Isa 66:23 AV)

“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man
came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and
they brought him near before him. And there was given him
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and
languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed.” (Da 7:13-14 AV)

“And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of
the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey him.” (Da 7:27 AV)

“But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the
house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains,
and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he
will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law
shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
(Mic 4:1-2 AV)

“And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and
shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou
shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.” (Zec 2:11
AV)

“And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the
LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto
you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of
the LORD your God.” (Zec 6:15 AV)

“And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go

speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I
will go also.
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of
hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass,
that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even
shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go
with you: for we have heard that God is with you.” (Zec 8:21-23 AV)

“For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same
my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place
incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my
name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.”
(Mal 1:11 AV)

“And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west,
and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the
kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 8:11 AV)

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world
for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Mt
24:14 AV)

“And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and
one shepherd.” (Joh 10:16 AV)

“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”
(Joh 12:32 AV)

“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever
and ever.” (Re 11:15 AV)

“And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of
it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.”
(Re 21:24 AV)

PART 2

CONTAINING RESTRICTED OR
DEFINITE PROMISES

CHAPTER 1
DEFINITE PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL. BLESSINGS TO
BELIEVERS, IN THIS WORLD

Section 1: Of General Promises to

Believers

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his
covenant and his testimonies.” (Ps 25:10 AV)
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew
them his covenant.” (Ps 25:14 AV)

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and

mercy, and upon the Israel of God.” (Ga 6:16 AV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath
blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:”
(Eph 1:3-4 AV)

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of

sins, according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded
toward us in all wisdom and prudence;” (Eph 1:7-8 AV)

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that
pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that
hath called us to glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2Pe 1:3-4
AV)

Section 2: Of Pardon and of Acceptance as

righteous in the sight of God
PARDON OF SIN

“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression

and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s
children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.” (Ex 34:7 AV)

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no guile.” (Ps 32:1-2 AV)

“Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt

purge them away.” (Ps 65:3 AV)

“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;” (Ps
103:3 AV)

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according
to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy
toward them that fear him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.” (Ps 103:10-12 AV)

“And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.” (Ps 130:8 AV)

“And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell
therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.” (Isa 33:24 AV)

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his
own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isa
53:6 AV)

“Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,
thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine
anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will
not keep anger for ever.” (Jer 3:12 AV)

“Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.

Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.” (Jer
3:22 AV)
 “None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto
him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.”
(Eze 33:16 AV)

“How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel?
how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim?
mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to
destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the
midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.” (Ho 11:8-9 AV)

“Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth
by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not
his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again,
he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and
thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” (Mic 7:18-19
AV)

“And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be

forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it
shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world
to come.” (Mt 12:32 AV)

“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many
for the remission of sins.” (Mt 26:28 AV)

“Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven;
for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth
little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.” (Lu 7:47-48 AV)

“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through
this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:” (Ac 13:38 AV)

“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how
that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;” (1Co 15:3
AV)
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of his grace;” (Eph 1:7 AV)

“For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the
world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put
away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” (Heb 9:26 AV)

“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them
that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto
salvation.” (Heb 9:28 AV)

“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are
sanctified.” (Heb 10:14 AV)

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes
ye were healed.” (1Pe 2:24 AV)

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but
also for the sins of the whole world.” (1Jo 2:2 AV)

“I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you
for his name’s sake.” (1Jo 2:12 AV)

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship

one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin.” (1Jo 1:7 AV)

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto
him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,”
(Re 1:5 AV)

Justification, or Acceptance as Righteous

“He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen
perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout
of a king is among them.” (Nu 23:21 AV)

“In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.”
(Isa 45:25 AV)

“He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear
their iniquities.” (Isa 53:11 AV)

“And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which
ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.” (Ac 13:39 AV)

“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in

Christ Jesus:” (Ro 3:24 AV)

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through

our Lord Jesus Christ:” (Ro 5:1 AV)

“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be

saved from wrath through him.” (Ro 5:9 AV)

“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that
justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us.” (Ro 8:33-34 AV)

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2Co 5:21 AV)

“To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.” (Eph 1:6 AV)

“That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs

according to the hope of eternal life.” (Tit 3:7 AV)
 Section 3: Of Reconciliation to God
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the
death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by
his life.” (Ro 5:10 AV)

“And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by

Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;”
(2Co 5:18 AV)

“But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made
nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both
one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of
commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of
twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile
both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity
thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off,
and to them that were nigh.” (Eph 2:13-17 AV)

“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind
by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh
through death, to present you holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in his sight:” (Col 1:21-22 AV)

“Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his

brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people.” (Heb 2:17 AV)
 Section 4: Of Adoption
“They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead
them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight
way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and
Ephraim is my firstborn.” (Jer 31:9 AV)

“Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us,

and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our
redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.” (Isa 63:16 AV)

“But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou
our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” (Isa 64:8 AV)

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the

sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” (Joh 1:12 AV)

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but
ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father.” (Ro 8:14-15 AV)

“And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and

daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” (2Co 6:18 AV)

“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” (Ga 3:26
AV)

“Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then
an heir of God through Christ.” (Ga 4:7 AV)

“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus

Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,” (Eph 1:5
AV)
 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world
knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the
sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is.” (1Jo 3:1-2 AV)

Section 5: Of Access to God, and the

Acceptance of our spiritual Sacrifices.
“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”
(Eph 2:18 AV)

“In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith
of him.” (Eph 3:12 AV)

“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the

blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated
for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;” (Heb 10:19-20 AV)

“I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from
the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been
scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.” (Eze
20:41 AV)

“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men,

but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up
a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” (1Pe 2:4-5 AV)

Section 6: Of Converting Grace

“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the
yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my
God.” (Jer 31:18 AV)

“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew

our days as of old.” (La 5:21 AV)

“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,” (2Ti 1:9
AV)

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according

to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ our Saviour;” (Tit 3:5-6 AV)

Section 7: Of Sanctifying Grace

“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and
glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
(Ps 84:11 AV)

“That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the
hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and
righteousness before him, all the days of our life.” (Lu 1:74-75 AV)

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (Joh 17:17 AV)

“And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be
sanctified through the truth.” (Joh 17:19 AV)
“And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,
but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of
our God.” (1Co 6:11 AV)

“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of

ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;” (2Co 3:5 AV)

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2Co 3:18 AV)

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good

works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in
them.” (Eph 2:10 AV)

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.” (Php 2:13 AV)

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Php

4:13 AV)

“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be

partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:” (Col 1:12 AV)

“In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and
unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:” (Col 1:22 AV)

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your
whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Th 5:23 AV)

“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren
beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen
you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the
truth:” (2Th 2:13 AV)
 Section 8: Of Saving Faith
“But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art
converted, strengthen thy brethren.” (Lu 22:32 AV)

“It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.
Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,
cometh unto me.” (Joh 6:45 AV)

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:” (Eph 2:8 AV)

“For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe
on him, but also to suffer for his sake;” (Php 1:29 AV)

“Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count
you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his
goodness, and the work of faith with power:” (2Th 1:11 AV)

Section 9: Of Evangelical Repentance

“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the
yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my
God.” (Jer 31:18 AV)

“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew

our days as of old.” (La 5:21 AV)

“Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to
bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.” (Ac
3:26 AV)
“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a
Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.” (Ac
5:31 AV)

Section 10: Of Spiritual and Saving

Knowledge
“What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the
way that he shall choose.” (Ps 25:12 AV)

“Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the
knowledge of God.” (Pr 2:5 AV)

“Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and

equity; yea, every good path.” (Pr 2:9 AV)

“Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD
understand all things.” (Pr 28:5 AV)

“And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them
that hear shall hearken.” (Isa 32:3 AV)

“And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The
way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for
those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.” (Isa
35:8 AV)

“Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going

forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the
rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” (Ho 6:3 AV)

“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.” (Mt 11:25 AV)
 “Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from
on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and
in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” (Lu
1:78-79 AV)

“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it
be of God, or whether I speak of myself.” (Joh 7:17 AV)

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the
world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
the light of life.” (Joh 8:12 AV)

“But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of

no man.” (1Co 2:15 AV)

“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath
shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2Co 4:6 AV)

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him
that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
eternal life.” (1Jo 5:20 AV)

Section 11: Of Spiritual Wisdom

“Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden
part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.” (Ps 51:6 AV)

“He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to

them that walk uprightly.” (Pr 2:7 AV)

“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and
to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also
is vanity and vexation of spirit.” (Ec 2:26 AV)

“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to
them that know understanding:” (Da 2:21 AV)

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” (Jas 1:5 AV)

Section 12: Of Divine Guidance

“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;
he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his
eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her
wings: So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange
god with him.” (De 32:10-12 AV)

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside

the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name’s sake.” (Ps 23:2-3 AV)

“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I
will guide thee with mine eye.” (Ps 32:8 AV)

“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to

glory.” (Ps 73:24 AV)

“And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” (Isa 58:11
AV)
 “For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;
and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them.” (Isa 61:8 AV)

Section 13: Of Grace to Mortify Indwelling

Sin
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
(Joh 8:32 AV)

“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every
branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit.” (Joh 15:2 AV)

“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for
the ungodly.” (Ro 5:6 AV)

“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them

that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who
is the figure of him that was to come.” (Ro 5:14 AV)

“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of
this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with
the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of
sin.” (Ro 7:24-25 AV)

“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that
it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That
the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” (Ro 8:2-4 AV)
 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of
the flesh.” (Ga 5:16 AV)

Section 14: Of Grace To Overcome

Temptation
“It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this
withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of
them all.” (Ec 7:18 AV)

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us.” (Ro 8:37 AV)

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:

but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that
ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.” (1Co 10:13 AV)

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength
is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2Co
12:9 AV)

“For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to

succour them that are tempted.” (Heb 2:18 AV)

“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and
to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:” (2Pe
2:9 AV)

“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because
greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (1Jo 4:4 AV)
 Section 15: Of Victory Over The World
“To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that
speaketh froward things;” (Pr 2:12 AV)

“To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger
which flattereth with her words;” (Pr 2:16 AV)

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have

peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I
have overcome the world.” (Joh 16:33 AV)

“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that
thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” (Joh 17:15 AV)

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the
world.” (Ga 6:14 AV)

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is

the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that
overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of
God?” (1Jo 5:4-5 AV)

Section 16: Of Victory Over The Devil

“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to
have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee,
that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy
brethren.” (Lu 22:31-32 AV)

“And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.” (Ro 16:20
AV)

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will

flee from you.” (Jas 4:7 AV)

“I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is
from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye
are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have
overcome the wicked one.” (1Jo 2:14 AV)

“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is
begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him
not.” (1Jo 5:18 AV)

Section 17: Of Spiritual Strength and

Courage
“Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be.” (De 33:25 AV)

“For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be
stedfast, and shalt not fear:” (Job 11:15 AV)

“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless
his people with peace.” (Ps 29:11 AV)

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that
hope in the LORD.” (Ps 31:24 AV)

“O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is
he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.”
(Ps 68:35 AV)
 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the
LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my
salvation.” (Isa 12:2 AV)

“Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to
them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God
will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will
come and save you.” (Isa 35:3-4 AV)

“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he
increaseth strength.” (Isa 40:29 AV)

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isa 40:31 AV)

“The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD
will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of
Israel.” (Joe 3:16 AV)

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my

strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I
rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon
me.” (2Co 12:9 AV)

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind.” (2Ti 1:7 AV)

Section 18: Of Spiritual Fruitfulness

“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” (Ps 1:3 AV)
 “They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing;” (Ps 92:14 AV)

“For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth

out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but
her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of
drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” (Jer 17:8 AV)

“Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall
flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine,
and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their
soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any
more at all.” (Jer 31:12 AV)

“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every
branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit.” (Joh 15:2 AV)

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in

him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.” (Joh 15:5 AV)

“For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye
shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ.” (2Pe 1:8 AV)

Section 19: Of Increase of Grace

“The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.” (Job 17:9 AV)

“They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion

appeareth before God.” (Ps 84:7 AV)
 “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a
cedar in Lebanon.” (Ps 92:12 AV)

“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.” (Pr 4:18 AV)

“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves
of the stall.” (Mal 4:2 AV)

“For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away
even that he hath.” (Mt 13:12 AV)

“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the

proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” (Jas 4:6 AV)

Section 20: Of Perseverance in Grace

“When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.” (Ps
94:18 AV)

“The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O
LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.”
(Ps 138:8 AV)

“As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the

righteous is an everlasting foundation.” (Pr 10:25 AV)

“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which
gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them
out of my Father’s hand.” (Joh 10:28-29 AV)
 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
(Ro 8:38-39 AV)

“Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless
in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Co 1:8 AV)

“Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed

us, is God;” (2Co 1:21 AV)

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good
work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” (Php 1:6
AV)

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your
whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who
also will do it.” (1Th 5:23-24 AV)

“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from
evil.” (2Th 3:3 AV)

“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1Pe 1:5 AV)

“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling

and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:” (2Pe
1:10 AV)

“And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not
turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me.” (Jer 32:40 AV)
Section 21: Of a Continued Interest in God
as Their God
“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed
after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a
God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.” (Ge 17:7 AV)

“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even
unto death.” (Ps 48:14 AV)

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” (Isa 41:10 AV)

“For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name;
and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth
shall he be called.” (Isa 54:5 AV)

“And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your

God, saith the Lord GOD.” (Eze 34:31 AV)

“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:

wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.” (Heb 11:16 AV)

“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the

tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they
shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their
God.” (Re 21:3 AV)

Section 22: Of a Continued Interest in

God as Their Portion
“After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
great reward.” (Ge 15:1 AV)

“The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou

maintainest my lot.” (Ps 16:5 AV)

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.” (Ps 73:26 AV)

“I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my

portion in the land of the living.” (Ps 142:5 AV)

“The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all
things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is
his name.” (Jer 10:16 AV)

“The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in

him.” (La 3:24 AV)

Section 23: Of His Redeeming Love to

Them
“And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and
thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.” (De
7:13 AV)

“Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and
in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of
my life.” (Ps 42:8 AV)
 “Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies;” (Ps 103:4 AV)

“The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them
that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:” (Ps 146:8 AV)

“The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he

loveth him that followeth after righteousness.” (Pr 15:9 AV)

“Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable,

and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people
for thy life.” (Isa 43:4 AV)

“Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any
more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and
thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall
be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons
marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall
thy God rejoice over thee.” (Isa 62:4-5 AV)

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved
thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I
drawn thee.” (Jer 31:3 AV)

“Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them
in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
(Jer 32:41 AV)

“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he
will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over
thee with singing.” (Zep 3:17 AV)

“For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and
have believed that I came out from God.” (Joh 16:27 AV)

“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;
and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved
them, as thou hast loved me.” (Joh 17:23 AV)

“And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that
the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in
them.” (Joh 17:26 AV)

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved
us,” (Eph 2:4 AV)

“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and
good hope through grace,” (2Th 2:16 AV)

“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God
is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in
him.” (1Jo 4:16 AV)

“We love him, because he first loved us.” (1Jo 4:19 AV)

Section 24: Of His Gracious Presence

With Them
“And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
rest.” (Ex 33:14 AV)

“He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen

perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout
of a king is among them.” (Nu 23:21 AV)

“And the LORD, he it is that “Thus shall they know that I the LORD
their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are
my people, saith the Lord GOD.” (Eze 34:30 AV)
“And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee,
he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be
dismayed.” (De 31:8 AV)

“Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright
shall dwell in thy presence.” (Ps 140:13 AV)

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” (Isa 41:10 AV)

“Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and
that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord
GOD.” (Eze 34:30 AV)

“And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am

the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be
ashamed.” (Joe 2:27 AV)

“Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep
my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him.” (Joh 14:23 AV)

Section 25: Of His Mercy

“And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will
proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew
mercy.” (Ex 33:19 AV)

“(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he
sware unto them.” (De 4:31 AV)

“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that
fear him.” (Ps 103:13 AV)

“But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon

them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;”
(Ps 103:17 AV)

“And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings
shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my
favour have I had mercy on thee.” (Isa 60:10 AV)

“Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake

against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels
are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the
LORD.” (Jer 31:20 AV)

“How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel?
how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim?
mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to
destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the
midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.” (Ho 11:8-9 AV)

“And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to

generation.” (Lu 1:50 AV)

Section 26: Of His Care

“Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them
that hope in his mercy;” (Ps 33:18 AV)
 “Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the
house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are
carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am he; and even
to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will
carry, and will deliver you.” (Isa 46:3-4 AV)

“In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence
saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he
bare them, and carried them all the days of old.” (Isa 63:9 AV)

“For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me
unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you
toucheth the apple of his eye.” (Zec 2:8 AV)

“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Mt 10:30 AV)

“But there shall not an hair of your head perish.” (Lu 21:18 AV)

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (1Pe 5:7 AV)

Section 27: Of His Help

“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting
arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall
say, Destroy them.” (De 33:27 AV)

“Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by
the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy
excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and
thou shalt tread upon their high places.” (De 33:29 AV)

“But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art
my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.” (Ps 40:17
AV)
 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Ps
46:1 AV)

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” (Isa 41:10 AV)

“For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee,
Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of
Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy
One of Israel.” (Isa 41:13-14 AV)

“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be
against us?” (Ro 8:31 AV)

“So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear
what man shall do unto me.” (Heb 13:6 AV)

Section 28: That He Will Never Forsake

His People
“And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not
abhor you.” (Le 26:11 AV)

“For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake:
because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.” (1Sa
12:22 AV)

“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou,
LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” (Ps 9:10 AV)

“For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they
are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.”
(Ps 37:28 AV)
 “For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his
inheritance.” (Ps 94:14 AV)

“Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee
from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant;
I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.” (Isa 41:9 AV)

“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead
them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light
before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto
them, and not forsake them.” (Isa 42:16 AV)

“Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I

have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be
forgotten of me.” (Isa 44:21 AV)

“But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath
forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should
not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget,
yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms
of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.” (Isa 49:14-16 AV)

“For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I
sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the
mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness
shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.” (Isa 54:9-10 AV)

“And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not
turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me.” (Jer 32:40 AV)

“For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.”
(La 3:31-32 AV)
 “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content
with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,
nor forsake thee.” (Heb 13:5 AV)

Section 29: Of Life From Christ

“For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so
the Son quickeneth whom he will.” (Joh 5:21 AV)

“As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he
that eateth me, even he shall live by me.” (Joh 6:57 AV)

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.” (Joh 10:10 AV)

“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:
because I live, ye shall live also.” (Joh 14:19 AV)

“Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live

with him:” (Ro 6:8 AV)

“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but

alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Ro 6:11 AV)

“For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the

power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him
by the power of God toward you.” (2Co 13:4 AV)

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ

liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Ga
2:20 AV)
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and
made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” (Eph 2:5-6
AV)

“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
him in glory.” (Col 3:3-4 AV)

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the

promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,” (2Ti 1:1 AV)

“He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God
hath not life.” (1Jo 5:12 AV)

Section 30: Of Redemption By Christ

“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Mr 10:45 AV)

“Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as
ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”
(1Co 5:7 AV)

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a
tree:” (Ga 3:13 AV)

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of

sins, according to the riches of his grace;” (Eph 1:7 AV)

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given
himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling
savour.” (Eph 5:2 AV)
 “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the
mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the
redemption of the transgressions that were under the first
testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal
inheritance.” (Heb 9:14-15 AV)

“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible

things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as
of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” (1Pe 1:18-19 AV)

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the
book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast
redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue,
and people, and nation;” (Re 5:9 AV)

Section 31: Of All Supplies of Grace From

Christ
“Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and
strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed
against him shall be ashamed.” (Isa 45:24 AV)

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace
and truth.” (Joh 1:14 AV)

“And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the
law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
(Joh 1:16-17 AV)
 “But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:”
(1Co 1:30 AV)

“Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” (Eph
1:23 AV)

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in
glory by Christ Jesus.” (Php 4:19 AV)

“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;” (Col
1:19 AV)

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my

strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I
rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon
me.” (2Co 12:9 AV)

“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the

proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” (Jas 4:6 AV)

Section 32: Of His Love To His Redeemed

“So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and
worship thou him.” (Ps 45:11 AV)

“He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me

was love.” (So 2:4 AV)

“Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast

ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.”
(So 4:9 AV)

“I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.” (So 7:10 AV)

 “Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his
hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them
unto the end.” (Joh 13:1 AV)

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as

I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” (Joh 13:34 AV)

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my
love.” (Joh 15:9 AV)

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us.” (Ro 8:37 AV)

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given
himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling
savour.” (Eph 5:2 AV)

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto
him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,”
(Re 1:5 AV)

“Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they
are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come
and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.” (Re
3:9 AV)

Section 33: Of His Tender Care Of Them

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He
restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his
name’s sake.” (Ps 23:1-3 AV)
 “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs
with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead
those that are with young.” (Isa 40:11 AV)

“A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not
quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.” (Isa 42:3 AV)

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but
that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Eph 5:25-27 AV)

“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:” (Eph 5:29 AV)

“Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith
he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the
midst of the seven golden candlesticks;” (Re 2:1 AV)

Section 34: Of His Making Intercession

for Them
“Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall
divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul
unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he
bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
(Isa 53:12 AV)

“Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that

is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us.” (Ro 8:34 AV)
 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of
need.” (Heb 4:15-16 AV)

“Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come

unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for
them.” (Heb 7:25 AV)

“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,
which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us:” (Heb 9:24 AV)

Section 35: Of His Comforting Presence

With Them
“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” (Joh 14:18 AV)

“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that

loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I
will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” (Joh 14:21 AV)

“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye
also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” (1Jo 1:3 AV)

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and
he with me.” (Re 3:20 AV)
 Section 36: Of The Spirit Of Christ
“As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit
that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall
not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor
out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth
and for ever.” (Isa 59:21 AV)

“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him?” (Lu 11:13 AV)

“Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have
asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.” (Joh 4:10
AV)

“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall
never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well
of water springing up into everlasting life.” (Joh 4:14 AV)

“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit,
which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost
was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)” (Joh
7:38-39 AV)

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom
the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth
him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”
(Joh 14:16-17 AV)

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit
which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given
to us of God.” (1Co 2:12 AV)
“That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy
Ghost which dwelleth in us.” (2Ti 1:14 AV)

Section 37: Of The Spirit’s Teaching

“For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought
to say.” (Lu 12:12 AV)

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will
send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to
your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” (Joh 14:26
AV)

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” (Joh
16:13 AV)

“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” (1Co 2:10 AV)

“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,

and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing
teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it
hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.” (1Jo 2:27 AV)

Section 38: Of His Sealing Of Believers

“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the “And hope maketh not ashamed;
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy
Ghost which is given unto us.” (Ro 5:5 AV)

“Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts.” (2Co 1:22 AV)

“Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who
also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.” (2Co 5:5 AV)

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were
sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our
inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto
the praise of his glory.” (Eph 1:13-14 AV)

“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto
the day of redemption.” (Eph 4:30 AV)

“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from
the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the
Father, he shall testify of me:” (Joh 15:26 AV)

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God:” (Ro 8:16 AV)

Section 39: Of His Help In Prayer

“LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:” (Ps 10:17 AV)

“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
(Ro 8:15 AV)
 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not
what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he
that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of
God.” (Ro 8:26-27 AV)

“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” (Ga 4:6 AV)

Section 40: Of God’s Hearing Of Prayer

“Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and
thou shalt pay thy vows.” (Job 22:27 AV)

“But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.” (Ps 4:3 AV)

“This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out
of all his troubles.” (Ps 34:6 AV)

“The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are
open unto their cry.” (Ps 34:15 AV)

“The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out
of all their troubles.” (Ps 34:17 AV)

“And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt glorify me.” (Ps 50:15 AV)

“O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.” (Ps 65:2
AV)
 “He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their
cry, and will save them.” (Ps 145:19 AV)

“The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the
righteous.” (Pr 15:29 AV)

“For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no
more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when
he shall hear it, he will answer thee.” (Isa 30:19 AV)

“When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their
tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of
Israel will not forsake them.” (Isa 41:17 AV)

“Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry,
and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee
the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;” (Isa
58:9 AV)

“Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
will hearken unto you.” (Jer 29:12 AV)

“And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them
as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call
on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and
they shall say, The LORD is my God.” (Zec 13:9 AV)

“For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” (Mt 7:8 AV)

“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give
good things to them that ask him?” (Mt 7:11 AV)

“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall

receive.” (Mt 21:22 AV)
 “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the
Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my
name, I will do it.” (Joh 14:13-14 AV)

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.” (Joh 15:7 AV)

“And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it
you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be full.” (Joh 16:23-24 AV)

“And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”
(Jas 5:15 AV)

“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his

commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”
(1Jo 3:22 AV)

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any
thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he
hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that
we desired of him.” (1Jo 5:14-15 AV)

Section 41: Of Peace Of Conscience

“His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.” (Ps
25:13 AV)

“I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace
unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to
folly.” (Ps 85:8 AV)
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” (Ps
147:3 AV)

“And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of

righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” (Isa 32:17 AV)

“And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.”
(Lu 7:50 AV)

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid.” (Joh 14:27 AV)

“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Php 4:7 AV)

“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye
are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” (Col 3:15 AV)

“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means.
The Lord be with you all.” (2Th 3:16 AV)

Section 42: Of Spiritual Comfort

“In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my
soul.” (Ps 94:19 AV)

“And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though
thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou
comfortedst me.” (Isa 12:1 AV)

“Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into

singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and
will have mercy upon his afflicted.” (Isa 49:13 AV)
 “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man
which shall be made as grass;” (Isa 51:12 AV)

“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies
will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a
moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee,
saith the LORD thy Redeemer.” (Isa 54:7-8 AV)

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me
to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and
the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the
acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be
called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might
be glorified.” (Isa 61:1-3 AV)

“That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her

consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the
abundance of her glory.” (Isa 66:11 AV)

“As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye
shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” (Isa 66:13 AV)

“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” (Joh 14:18 AV)

“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in
all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in
any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of
God.” (2Co 1:3-4 AV)

“For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but
we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were
fears.” (2Co 7:5 AV)

“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and
good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in
every good word and work.” (2Th 2:16-17 AV)

“That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God

to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to
lay hold upon the hope set before us:” (Heb 6:18 AV)

Section 43: Of Joy In God As Their Own

God
“Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the
sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared:
for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of
the LORD is your strength.” (Ne 8:10 AV)

21 ¶ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good

shall come unto thee.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his
words in thine heart.
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt
put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the
stones of the brooks.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have
plenty of silver.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt
lift up thy face unto God.” *(Job 22:21-26 AV)
* Original had verse 26 only, (context for the promise was added for
clarity)
“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their
corn and their wine increased.” (Ps 4:7 AV)

“For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
holy name.” (Ps 33:21 AV)

“My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my

mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:” (Ps 63:5 AV)

“The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and
all the upright in heart shall glory.” (Ps 64:10 AV)

“But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let
them exceedingly rejoice.” (Ps 68:3 AV)

“Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O
LORD, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice
all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.” (Ps 89:15-
16 AV)

“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in
heart.” (Ps 97:11 AV)

“The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the

righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.” (Ps 118:15
AV)

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” (Ps 126:5-6 AV)

“Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his
chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy
love more than wine: the upright love thee.” (So 1:4 AV)

“Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy
before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when
they divide the spoil.” (Isa 9:3 AV)

“Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the
whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD,
and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.” (Isa 41:16 AV)

“Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with
singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they
shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee
away.” (Isa 51:11 AV)

“For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the
mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and
all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” (Isa 55:12 AV)

“For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall
rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the
double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.” (Isa 61:7 AV)

“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my

God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath
covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh
himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her
jewels.” (Isa 61:10 AV)

“Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.” (Isa 65:14 AV)

“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”
(Hab 3:18 AV)

“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in
you, and that your joy might be full.” (Joh 15:11 AV)

“And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and
your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.” (Joh
16:22 AV)
 “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we
stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Ro 5:2 AV)

“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness,
and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” (Ro 14:17 AV)

“For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and
rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.” (Php 3:3
AV)

“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him
not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:”
(1Pe 1:8 AV)

Section 44: Of The Means Of Grace

“I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the
valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land
springs of water.” (Isa 41:18 AV)

“That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in
darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their
pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst;
neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on
them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide
them.” (Isa 49:9-10 AV)

“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth
good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of
good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice
together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD
shall bring again Zion.” (Isa 52:7-8 AV)
 “Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful
in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house
of prayer for all people.” (Isa 56:7 AV)

“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall

never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the
LORD, keep not silence,” (Isa 62:6 AV)

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,

evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ:” (Eph 4:11-13 AV)

Section 45: Of Ability For Edifying

Discourse
“The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward
tongue shall be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is
acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.” (Pr
10:31-32 AV)

“The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue,
is from the LORD.” (Pr 16:1 AV)

“For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the
word of knowledge by the same Spirit;” (1Co 12:8 AV)

“For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.” (Lu 21:15 AV)
 Section 46: Of A Blessing Upon The
Ordinances
“An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice
thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and
thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto
thee, and I will bless thee.” (Ex 20:24 AV)

“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;

and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For
with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.” (Ps
36:8-9 AV)

“To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the
sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips
shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my
hands in thy name.” (Ps 63:2-4 AV)

“Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach

unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with
the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.” (Ps 65:4 AV)

“Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the

furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the
springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy
paths drop fatness.” (Ps 65:10-11 AV)

“Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O
LORD, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice
all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.” (Ps 89:15-
16 AV)

“Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the
courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they
shall be fat and flourishing;” (Ps 92:13-14 AV)
 “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved
among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and
his fruit was sweet to my taste.” (So 2:3 AV)

“Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”
(Isa 12:3 AV)

“All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the
rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with
acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.”
(Isa 60:7 AV)

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am

I in the midst of them.” (Mt 18:20 AV)

Section 47: Of Sanctified Affliction

“And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they
have exceeded. He openeth also their ear to discipline, and
commandeth that they return from iniquity.” (Job 36:8-10 AV)

“Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest

him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of
adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.” (Ps 94:12-13 AV)

“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.”
(Ps 119:67 AV)

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy
statutes.” (Ps 119:71 AV)

“I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.” (Ps 119:75 AV)
“For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son
in whom he delighteth.” (Pr 3:12 AV)

“By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is
all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the
altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images
shall not stand up.” (Isa 27:9 AV)

“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee
in the furnace of affliction.” (Isa 48:10 AV)

“And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to

purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because
it is yet for a time appointed.” (Da 11:35 AV)

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a
wall, that she shall not find her paths. And she shall follow after her
lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but
shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first
husband; for then was it better with me than now.” (Ho 2:6-7 AV)

“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience;” (Ro 5:3 AV)

“But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we

should not be condemned with the world.” (1Co 11:32 AV)

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish,
yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory;” (2Co 4:16-17 AV)

“For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer,
and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,” (Php 1:19 AV)

“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as
with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” (Heb
12:6-7 AV)

“For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure;
but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now
no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” (Heb 12:10-11
AV)

“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.” (Jas
1:3 AV)

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,

he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to
them that love him.” (Jas 1:12 AV)

“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold
that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:” (1Pe
1:7 AV)

“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and

repent.” (Re 3:19 AV)

Section 48: Of Grace To The Offspring Of

Believers
“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the
dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing
upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as
willows by the water courses. One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and
another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall
subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the
name of Israel.” (Isa 44:3-5 AV)

“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto
them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them
not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” (Mr 10:14 AV)

“And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and
blessed them.” (Mr 10:16 AV)

“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.” (Ac 16:31 AV)

Section 49: Of Their Being Made Kings

And Priests
“And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of
Israel.” (Ex 19:6 AV)

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,

a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who
hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:” (1Pe 2:9
AV)

“And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to
him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” (Re 1:6 AV)

“And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall
reign on the earth.” (Re 5:10 AV)
Section 50: Of The Ministration Of Angels
To Them
“The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,
and delivereth them.” (Ps 34:7 AV)

“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone.” (Ps 91:11-12 AV)

“Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto
you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.” (Mt 18:10 AV)

“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them
who shall be heirs of salvation?” (Heb 1:14 AV)

Section 51: Of Their Union And

Communion With The Church
“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild
olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of
the root and fatness of the olive tree;” (Ro 11:17 AV)

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there
is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if
ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the
promise.” (Ga 3:28-29 AV)

“But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”

(Ga 4:26 AV)
 “Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.” (Ga
4:28 AV)

“But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made
nigh by the blood of Christ.” (Eph 2:13 AV)

“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow

citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;” (Eph 2:19 AV)

“In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God

through the Spirit.” (Eph 2:22 AV)

“But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of
angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which
are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits
of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things
than that of Abel.” (Heb 12:22-24 AV)

“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye
also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” (1Jo 1:3 AV)

Section 52: Of Support And Safety In

Dying
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort
me.” (Ps 23:4 AV)
“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that
man is peace.” (Ps 37:37 AV)

“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even
unto death.” (Ps 48:14 AV)

“But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he
shall receive me. Selah.” (Ps 49:15 AV)

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.” (Ps 73:26 AV)

“The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath
hope in his death.” (Pr 14:32 AV)

“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he
take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.” (Isa
25:8 AV)

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
(Ro 8:38-39 AV)

“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting
of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to
God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(1Co 15:55-57 AV)

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish,
yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” (2Co 4:16 AV)

“For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not
ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that
he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that
day.” (2Ti 1:12 AV)

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he

also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he
might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And
deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage.” (Heb 2:14-15 AV)

Chapter 2
Definite Promises Of Temporal Blessings To Believers

Section 1: Of Temporal Blessings In

General
“Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.” (Ps 3:8 AV)

“For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.” (Ps 5:12 AV)

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.” (Ps 23:6 AV)

“O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that
fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that
seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.” (Ps 34:9-10 AV)

“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and
glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
(Ps 84:11 AV)

“Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the
mouth of the wicked.” (Pr 10:6 AV)

“The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the
righteous shall be granted.” (Pr 10:24 AV)

“The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth

righteousness shall be a sure reward.” (Pr 11:18 AV)

“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall
flourish as a branch.” (Pr 11:28 AV)

“A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked

devices will he condemn.” (Pr 12:2 AV)

“Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.”

(Pr 13:21 AV)

“He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,

righteousness, and honour.” (Pr 21:21 AV)

“Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be

prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear
God, which fear before him:” (Ec 8:12 AV)

“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall
eat the fruit of their doings.” (Isa 3:10 AV)

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.” (Mt 6:33 AV)
 “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” (Ro 8:32
AV)

“Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death,
or things present, or things to come; all are yours;” (1Co 3:21-22 AV)

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in
glory by Christ Jesus.” (Php 4:19 AV)

“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto

all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is
to come.” (1Ti 4:8 AV)

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not
highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who
giveth us richly all things to enjoy;” (1Ti 6:17 AV)

Section 2: Of Food
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed.” (Ps 37:3 AV)

“They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of
famine they shall be satisfied.” (Ps 37:19 AV)

“He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be
mindful of his covenant.” (Ps 111:5 AV)

“I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with
bread.” (Ps 132:15 AV)
 “He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of
the wheat.” (Ps 147:14 AV)

“The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the
wicked shall want.” (Pr 13:25 AV)

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat,
but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall
be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be
ashamed:” (Isa 65:13 AV)

“And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my
people shall never be ashamed.” (Joe 2:26 AV)

“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye
not much better than they?” (Mt 6:26 AV)

Section 3: Of Raiment
“She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her
household are clothed with scarlet.” (Pr 31:21 AV)

“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the

elders of the land.” (Pr 31:23 AV)

“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall
put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
(Mt 6:25 AV)

“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What
shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.” (Mt
6:30-32 AV)

Section 4: Of Divine Protection

“And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of
the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon
the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
delivered.” (Ge 9:2 AV)

“And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in

safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he
shall dwell between his shoulders.” (De 33:12 AV)

“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.” (1Sa 2:9 AV)

“For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the
beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.” (Job 5:23 AV)

“And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Also thou shalt lie
down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit
unto thee.” (Job 11:18-19 AV)

“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only
makest me dwell in safety.” (Ps 4:8 AV)

“«A Psalm of David.» The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom

shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be
afraid?” (Ps 27:1 AV)
“He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.” (Ps 34:20 AV)

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide
under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my
refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” (Ps 91:1-2 AV)

“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt
thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” (Ps 91:4 AV)

“There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.” (Ps 91:10 AV)

“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in
the LORD.” (Ps 112:7 AV)

“Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The
LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.” (Ps
121:4-5 AV)

“The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy
soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from
this time forth, and even for evermore.” (Ps 121:7-8 AV)

“As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is

round about his people from henceforth even for ever.” (Ps 125:2 AV)

“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of
sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.” (Ps 127:2 AV)

“Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not
stumble. When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou
shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.” (Pr 3:23-24 AV)

“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet
from fear of evil.” (Pr 1:33 AV)
 “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth
into it, and is safe.” (Pr 18:10 AV)

“And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion,
and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining
of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the
heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from
rain.” (Isa 4:5-6 AV)

“He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions
of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” (Isa
33:16 AV)

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and
through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest
through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of
Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba
for thee.” (Isa 43:2-3 AV)

“And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the
evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the
wilderness, and sleep in the woods.” (Eze 34:25 AV)

“And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the
beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none
shall make them afraid.” (Eze 34:28 AV)

“And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of
the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things
of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle
out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.” (Ho 2:18
AV)

“For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about,
and will be the glory in the midst of her.” (Zec 2:5 AV)
 “And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is
good?” (1Pe 3:13 AV)

Section 5: Of Health
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who
redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with
good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” (Ps 103:3-
5 AV)

“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.” (Pr 3:7-8
AV)

“For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their
flesh.” (Pr 4:22 AV)

Section 6: Of Long Life

“Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath
commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you,
and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall
possess.” (De 5:33 AV)

“That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes
and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son,
and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
prolonged.” (De 6:2 AV)
 “Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season.” (Job 5:26 AV)

“What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he
may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking
guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.” (Ps
34:12-14 AV)

“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” (Ps
91:16 AV)

“For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”
(Pr 3:2 AV)

“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and
honour.” (Pr 3:16 AV)

“For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life
shall be increased.” (Pr 9:11 AV)

“The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked
shall be shortened.” (Pr 10:27 AV)

Section 7: Of Peace
“And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none
shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land,
neither shall the sword go through your land.” (Le 26:6 AV)

“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless
his people with peace.” (Ps 29:11 AV)

“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend
them.” (Ps 119:165 AV)
 “As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall
lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon
Israel.” (Ps 125:5 AV)

“LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all
our works in us.” (Isa 26:12 AV)

“And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure

dwellings, and in quiet resting places;” (Isa 32:18 AV)

Section 8: Of Divine Direction

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he
delighteth in his way.” (Ps 37:23 AV)

“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even
unto death.” (Ps 48:14 AV)

“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to

glory.” (Ps 73:24 AV)

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Pr
3:6 AV)

“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked
shall fall by his own wickedness.” (Pr 11:5 AV)

“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.”
(Pr 16:9 AV)

“For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.”
(Isa 28:26 AV)
 “And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead
them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light
before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto
them, and not forsake them.” (Isa 42:16 AV)

Section 9: Of Sanctified Prosperity

“And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine
forth, thou shalt be as the morning.” (Job 11:17 AV)

“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:
and the light shall shine upon thy ways.” (Job 22:28 AV)

“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that

bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” (Ps 1:3 AV)

“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall
bring it to pass.” (Ps 37:5 AV)

“I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things
for me.” (Ps 57:2 AV)

“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,
and it shall be well with thee.” (Ps 128:2 AV)

“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and
another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days
of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy
the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth
for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and
their offspring with them.” (Isa 65:21-23 AV)
 Section 10: Of Plenty And Riches
“That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first
rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,
that thou mayest eat and be full.” (De 11:14-15 AV)

“The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to
give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of
thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt
not borrow.” (De 28:12 AV)

“And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of
thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and
in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over
thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:” (De 30:9 AV)

“Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the
stones of the brooks. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and
thou shalt have plenty of silver.” (Job 22:24-25 AV)

“Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness

endureth for ever.” (Ps 112:3 AV)

“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and
honour.” (Pr 3:16 AV)

“Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and
righteousness.” (Pr 8:18 AV)

“In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues
of the wicked is trouble.” (Pr 15:6 AV)

“Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the
ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be
fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.”
(Isa 30:23 AV)

Section 11: Of Honour

“And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I
command thee this day, to observe and to do them:” (De 28:13 AV)

“Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy
house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever:
but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me
I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”
(1Sa 2:30 AV)

“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I
will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call
upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honour him.” (Ps 91:14-15 AV)

“Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in

everlasting remembrance.” (Ps 112:6 AV)

“He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness

endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.” (Ps 112:9
AV)

“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and
honour.” (Pr 3:16 AV)

“Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to
honour, when thou dost embrace her.” (Pr 4:8 AV)
 “The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall
rot.” (Pr 10:7 AV)

“The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the
righteous.” (Pr 14:19 AV)

“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and
life.” (Pr 22:4 AV)

“If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall
also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father
honour.” (Joh 12:26 AV)

“Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they
are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come
and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.” (Re
3:9 AV)

Section 12: Of A Blessing Upon All That

They Have
“And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.”
(Ex 23:25 AV)

“And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God
hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and
the stranger that is among you.” (De 26:11 AV)

“Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the
field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy
ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed
shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when
thou goest out.” (De 28:3-6 AV)

“The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy

storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall
bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” (De
28:8 AV)

“A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many
wicked.” (Ps 37:16 AV)

“The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow

with it.” (Pr 10:22 AV)

“Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and
trouble therewith.” (Pr 15:16 AV)

“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and
to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also
is vanity and vexation of spirit.” (Ec 2:26 AV)

“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of
all his labour, it is the gift of God.” (Ec 3:13 AV)

“Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and
hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to
rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. For he shall not much
remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy
of his heart.” (Ec 5:19-20 AV)

Section 13: Of Children

“And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and
thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.” (De
7:13 AV)

“Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of
thy sheep.” (De 28:4 AV)

“And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of
thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and
in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over
thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:” (De 30:9 AV)

“Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine
offspring as the grass of the earth.” (Job 5:25 AV)

“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the
womb is his reward.” (Ps 127:3 AV)

“Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be
ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.” (Ps
127:5 AV)

“The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your
children.” (Ps 115:14 AV)

Section 14: Of A Blessing Upon The

Children Of Believers
“Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,
which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and
with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days
upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.” (De
4:40 AV)

“The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be
established before thee.” (Ps 102:28 AV)

“His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.” (Ps 112:2 AV)

“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful,
and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.” (Ps 37:25-26 AV)

“For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy
children within thee.” (Ps 147:13 AV)

“Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but
the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.” (Pr 11:21 AV)

“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and

the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.” (Pr 13:22 AV)

“In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall
have a place of refuge.” (Pr 14:26 AV)

“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after
him.” (Pr 20:7 AV)

“And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me
for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:” (Jer
32:39 AV)

Section 15: Of A Blessing Upon Their

Families
“And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou
shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.” (Job 5:24 AV)

“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy
children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus
shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. The LORD shall
bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all
the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and
peace upon Israel.” (Ps 128:3-6 AV)

“The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he

blesseth the habitation of the just.” (Pr 3:33 AV)

“The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the
righteous shall stand.” (Pr 12:7 AV)

“The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of

the upright shall flourish.” (Pr 14:11 AV)

Chapter 3
Definite Promises Respecting The Afflictions of Believers

Section 1: Of Support Under Trouble

“For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter
into judgment with God.” (Job 34:23 AV)
 “The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times
of trouble.” (Ps 9:9 AV)

“The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God,

my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.” (Ps 18:2 AV)

“For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him,
he heard.” (Ps 22:24 AV)

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen

thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” (Ps 27:14 AV)

“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand.” (Ps 37:24 AV)

“But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their

strength in the time of trouble.” (Ps 37:39 AV)

“I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my
trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;” (Ps 31:7 AV)

“«To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» Blessed is he that

considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.”
(Ps 41:1 AV)

“«To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon
Alamoth.» God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though
the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake
with the swelling thereof. Selah.” (Ps 46:1-3 AV)

“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall
never suffer the righteous to be moved.” (Ps 55:22 AV)
 “Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and
my fortress.” (Ps 71:3 AV)

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.” (Ps 73:26 AV)

“Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious,

and full of compassion, and righteous.” (Ps 112:4 AV)

“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou
shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and
thy right hand shall save me.” (Ps 138:7 AV)

“The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be
bowed down.” (Ps 145:14 AV)

“For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in
his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when
the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.” (Isa 25:4
AV)

“In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he
stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.” (Isa 27:8 AV)

“O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of

affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the
earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,
and things wherein there is no profit.” (Jer 16:19 AV)

“For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a
full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not
make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will
not leave thee altogether unpunished.” (Jer 30:11 AV)

“For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.” (La
3:31-33 AV)

“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;
when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. I will bear
the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him,
until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring
me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.” (Mic 7:8-
9 AV)

“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he

knoweth them that trust in him.” (Na 1:7 AV)

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have

peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I
have overcome the world.” (Joh 16:33 AV)

“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also

aboundeth by Christ.” (2Co 1:5 AV)

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are

perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast
down, but not destroyed;” (2Co 4:8-9 AV)

Section 2: Of Deliverance Out Of Trouble

“Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help
the evil doers: Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with
rejoicing.” (Job 8:20-21 AV)

“Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters

that pass away:” (Job 11:16 AV)
 “Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad
place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on
thy table should be full of fatness.” (Job 36:16 AV)

“For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high
looks. For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten
my darkness.” (Ps 18:27-28 AV)

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Ps 30:5 AV)

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth
him out of them all.” (Ps 34:19 AV)

“Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of
a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.” (Ps
68:13 AV)

“Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken
me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.”
(Ps 71:20 AV)

“Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them
out of their distresses.” (Ps 107:19 AV)

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” (Ps 126:5-6 AV)

“The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them
that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:” (Ps 146:8 AV)

“The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just
shall come out of trouble.” (Pr 12:13 AV)

“The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in

his stead.” (Pr 11:8 AV)
 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” (Jer
29:11 AV)

“Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall
flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine,
and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their
soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any
more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young
men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will
comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.” (Jer 31:12-
13 AV)

“Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he
will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.” (Ho 6:1 AV)

Section 3: Of Preservation From Trouble

“He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil
touch thee.” (Job 5:19 AV)

“O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.” (Ps 31:23 AV)

“For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall
not come nigh unto him. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt
preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs
of deliverance. Selah.” (Ps 32:6-7 AV)

“There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.” (Ps 91:10 AV)
“There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled
with mischief.” (Pr 12:21 AV)

“The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of
the righteous is made plain.” (Pr 15:19 AV)

Section 4: Of Support In Child-Bearing

“Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the
Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of
the womb:” (Ge 49:25 AV)

“And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and
thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.” (De
7:13 AV)

“Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue

in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.” (1Ti 2:15 AV)

Section 5: Of Support In Old Age

“Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my
strength faileth.” (Ps 71:9 AV)

“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of

righteousness.” (Pr 16:31 AV)
 “And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I
carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will
deliver you.” (Isa 46:4 AV)

Section 6: Of Support Under Sickness

“Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be.” (De 33:25 AV)

“The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou
wilt make all his bed in his sickness.” (Ps 41:3 AV)

“The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped
me.” (Ps 116:6 AV)

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” (Isa 41:10 AV)

“And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his
death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in
his mouth.” (Isa 53:9 AV)

Section 7: Of Deliverance From Sickness

“And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD
thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear
to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of
these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians:
for I am the LORD that healeth thee.” (Ex 15:26 AV)

“And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy
bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of
thee.” (Ex 23:25 AV)

“And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put
none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee;
but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.” (De 7:15 AV)

“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going
down to the pit: I have found a ransom. His flesh shall be fresher
than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: He shall pray
unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his
face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.” (Job
33:24-26 AV)

“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see
the light.” (Job 33:28 AV)

“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from
the noisome pestilence.” (Ps 91:3 AV)

“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow
that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.” (Ps 91:5-6 AV)

“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;” (Ps
103:3 AV)

“Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will
reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.” (Jer 33:6 AV)
 Section 8: Of Deliverance From Famine
“In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the
power of the sword.” (Job 5:20 AV)

“At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be
afraid of the beasts of the earth.” (Job 5:22 AV)

“Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them
that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep
them alive in famine.” (Ps 33:18-19 AV)

“They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of
famine they shall be satisfied.” (Ps 37:19 AV)

“For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.” (Ps 107:9 AV)

“Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to

the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:” (Ps 146:7 AV)

“I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for
the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. And I will
multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye
shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.” (Eze
36:29-30 AV)

“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no
herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God
of my salvation.” (Hab 3:17-18 AV)

“Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD
shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one
grass in the field.” (Zec 10:1 AV)
 “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
(Mt 4:4 AV)

Section 9: Of Deliverance From War

“For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.” (De 20:4 AV)

“For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver
thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy
camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away
from thee.” (De 23:14 AV)

“And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests
with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of
Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall
not prosper.” (2Ch 13:12 AV)

“In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the
power of the sword.” (Job 5:20 AV)

“Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down

our enemies.” (Ps 60:12 AV)

“For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from
being taken.” (Pr 3:26 AV)

“Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed
and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with
thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,
even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall
be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.” (Isa 41:11-12 AV)
 “But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt
not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. For I
will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy
life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in
me, saith the LORD.” (Jer 39:17-18 AV)

Section 10: Of Deliverance From Enemies

“The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be
smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,
and flee before thee seven ways.” (De 28:7 AV)

“And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than
they that be with them.” (2Ki 6:16 AV)

“But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out
of the hand of all your enemies.” (2Ki 17:39 AV)

“And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing
with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no
power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy
name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let
not man prevail against thee.” (2Ch 14:11 AV)

“They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling
place of the wicked shall come to nought.” (Job 8:22 AV)

“Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right

hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up
against them.” (Ps 17:7 AV)

“For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the

secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a
rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies
round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of
joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.” (Ps 27:5-6
AV)

“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The
LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is
judged.” (Ps 37:32-33 AV)

“And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.” (Ps
37:40 AV)

“But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.” (Ps 92:10 AV)

“The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I
see my desire upon them that hate me.” (Ps 118:7 AV)

“For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the
righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.” (Ps
125:3 AV)

“When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him.” (Pr 16:7 AV)

“Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry
place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the
terrible ones shall be brought low.” (Isa 25:5 AV)

“Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever
shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.” (Isa 54:15
AV)

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.” (Isa 54:17 AV)
 “That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of
all that hate us;” (Lu 1:71 AV)

“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night
unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will
avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh,
shall he find faith on the earth?” (Lu 18:7-8 AV)

“For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I
have much people in this city.” (Ac 18:10 AV)

“So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear
what man shall do unto me.” (Heb 13:6 AV)

Section 11: Of Deliverance From False

Reproach
“Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou
be afraid of destruction when it cometh.” (Job 5:21 AV)

“For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be
stedfast, and shalt not fear:” (Job 11:15 AV)

“Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of
man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of
tongues.” (Ps 31:20 AV)

“And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy
judgment as the noonday.” (Ps 37:6 AV)

“He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him
that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and
his truth.” (Ps 57:3 AV)
 “Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose
heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid
of their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and
the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for
ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.” (Isa 51:7-8
AV)

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice,
and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so
persecuted they the prophets which were before you.” (Mt 5:11-12
AV)

“Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures

in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.”
(Heb 11:26 AV)

“If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the
spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil
spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.” (1Pe 4:14 AV)

Section 12: Of Deliverance From

Oppression
“If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt
deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: For that is his
covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep?
and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for
I am gracious.” (Ex 22:26-27 AV)

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now
will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that
puffeth at him.” (Ps 12:5 AV)
 “All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which
deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor
and the needy from him that spoileth him?” (Ps 35:10 AV)

“He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of
the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.” (Ps 72:4 AV)

“He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious
shall their blood be in his sight.” (Ps 72:14 AV)

“For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his soul.” (Ps 109:31 AV)

“Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to

the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:” (Ps 146:7 AV)

“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he
that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than
they.” (Ec 5:8 AV)

“In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from

oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not
come near thee.” (Isa 54:14 AV)

Section 13: Promises As Such Believers As

Are Poor And Needy
“But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from
the hand of the mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth
her mouth.” (Job 5:15-16 AV)

“He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in
oppression.” (Job 36:15 AV)
 “For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the
poor shall not perish for ever.” (Ps 9:18 AV)

“Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of

thy goodness for the poor.” (Ps 68:10 AV)

“For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.”
(Ps 69:33 AV)

“He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with
judgment.” (Ps 72:2 AV)

“For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and
him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall
save the souls of the needy.” (Ps 72:12-13 AV)

“He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their
prayer.” (Ps 102:17 AV)

“Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him
families like a flock.” (Ps 107:41 AV)

“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of
the dunghill;” (Ps 113:7 AV)

“I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with
bread.” (Ps 132:15 AV)

“And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie
down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay
thy remnant.” (Isa 14:30 AV)

“Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the
soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.” (Jer 20:13 AV)

“Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:” (Jas 1:9
AV)
 “Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of
this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath
promised to them that love him?” (Jas 2:5 AV)

Section 14: To Such Of Them Who Are

Widows And Fatherless
“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them
in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and
your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.” (Ex 22:22-
24 AV)

“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and
loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.” (De 10:18 AV)

“Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite
it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the
helper of the fatherless.” (Ps 10:14 AV)

“To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth
may no more oppress.” (Ps 10:18 AV)

“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his

holy habitation.” (Ps 68:5 AV)

“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and

widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.” (Ps 146:9
AV)

“The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish
the border of the widow.” (Pr 15:25 AV)
 “Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause
with thee.” (Pr 23:10-11 AV)

“Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy
widows trust in me.” (Jer 49:11 AV)

“Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will
we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in
thee the fatherless findeth mercy.” (Ho 14:3 AV)

“God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.” (Ps 68:6
AV)

“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful

mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.” (Ps 113:9 AV)

“For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,
and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place
and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an
everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.” (Isa 56:4-5 AV)

Section 16: To Such As Are Strangers

“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and
loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.” (De 10:18 AV)

“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and

widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.” (Ps 146:9
AV)
 “Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them
far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them
among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the
countries where they shall come.” (Eze 11:16 AV)

Section 17: To Such As Are Captives Or

Prisoners
“If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he
fetch thee:” (De 30:4 AV)

“God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.” (Ps 68:6
AV)

“He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and
brake their bands in sunder.” (Ps 107:14 AV)

“Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to

the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:” (Ps 146:7 AV)

“But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be
taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy
children.” (Isa 49:25 AV)

“The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he

should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.” (Isa 51:14
AV)
 “The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will
cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the
time of affliction.” (Jer 15:11 AV)

Section 18: Promises Of Preserving Them

From Untimely Death
“See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill,
and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can
deliver out of my hand.” (De 32:39 AV)

“The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave,
and bringeth up.” (1Sa 2:6 AV)

“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see
the light.” (Job 33:28 AV)

“Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer

of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of
death:” (Ps 9:13 AV)

“O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be
heard: Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be
moved.” (Ps 66:8-9 AV)

“He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord
belong the issues from death.” (Ps 68:20 AV)

“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right
hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.” (Ps 91:7 AV)

“For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from
heaven did the LORD behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the
prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;” (Ps 102:19-20
AV)

“Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto
the gates of death. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and
he saveth them out of their distresses.” (Ps 107:18-19 AV)

“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.” (Ps
116:15 AV)

Chapter 4
Definite Promises of both Temporal and Spiritual Blessings
To Those Who Evidence Their Union With Christ, By
Yielding Sincere Obedience To All His commandments

Section 1: Promises To Those Who Know

God In Christ
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I
will set him on high, because he hath known my name.” (Ps 91:14
AV)

“O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy
righteousness to the upright in heart.” (Ps 36:10 AV)

“And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by

flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and
do exploits.” (Da 11:32 AV)
 “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of
God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:” (2Pe 1:2-3
AV)

Section 2: To Those Who Believe In Christ

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure
foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.” (Isa 28:16 AV)

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am
God, and there is none else.” (Isa 45:22 AV)

“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to
him that believeth.” (Mr 9:23 AV)

“And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.”
(Lu 7:50 AV)

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the

sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” (Joh 1:12 AV)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on
him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.” (Joh 3:16-18 AV) * Original had Jn 3:16,18,
(verse 17 added for context)
 “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him.” (Joh 3:36 AV)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath

everlasting life.” (Joh 6:47 AV)

“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to
me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never
thirst.” (Joh 6:35 AV)

“I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me

should not abide in darkness.” (Joh 12:46 AV)

“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou
hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have
believed.” (Joh 20:29 AV)

“To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.” (Ac
10:43 AV)

“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.” (Ac 16:31 AV)

“As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of

offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Ro
9:33 AV)

“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
believeth.” (Ro 10:4 AV)

“So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”
(Ga 3:9 AV)

“But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by
faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.” (Ga 3:22
AV)

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:” (Eph 2:8 AV)

“For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust

in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those
that believe.” (1Ti 4:10 AV)

“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises.” (Heb 6:12 AV)

“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul
shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back
unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
(Heb 10:38-39 AV)

“Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion

a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him
shall not be confounded.” (1Pe 2:6 AV)

Section 3: To Those Who Confess Christ

“Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I
confess also before my Father which is in heaven.” (Mt 10:32 AV)

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Ro 10:9-10
AV)

“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth
in him, and he in God.” (1Jo 4:15 AV)
 Section 4: To Those Who Trust In And
Wait For God
“As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a
buckler to all those that trust in him.” (Ps 18:30 AV)

“«A Psalm of David.» Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine
integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not
slide.” (Ps 26:1 AV)

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen

thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” (Ps 27:14 AV)

“Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that
fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before
the sons of men!” (Ps 31:19 AV)

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that
hope in the LORD.” (Ps 31:24 AV)

“Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the

LORD, mercy shall compass him about.” (Ps 32:10 AV)

“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that
trusteth in him.” (Ps 34:8 AV)

“The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them
that trust in him shall be desolate.” (Ps 34:22 AV)

“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed.” (Ps 37:3 AV)
 “For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD,
they shall inherit the earth.” (Ps 37:9 AV)

“And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.” (Ps
37:40 AV)

“Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth
not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.” (Ps 40:4 AV)

“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of
God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.” (Ps 46:4
AV)

“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in
the LORD.” (Ps 112:7 AV)

“«A Song of degrees.» They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount
Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.” (Ps 125:1 AV)

“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be
established.” (Pr 16:3 AV)

“He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso
trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.” (Pr 16:20 AV)

“He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his
trust in the LORD shall be made fat.” (Pr 28:25 AV)

“The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the
LORD shall be safe.” (Pr 29:25 AV)

“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited
for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for
him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” (Isa 25:9 AV)
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.” (Isa 26:3 AV)

“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning
and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be
your strength: and ye would not.” (Isa 30:15 AV)

“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto
you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon
you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that
wait for him.” (Isa 30:18 AV)

“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing
mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the
earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am
the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.” (Isa
49:23 AV)

“When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall
carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his
trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy
mountain;” (Isa 57:13 AV)

“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the
LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that
spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat
cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the
year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” (Jer 17:7-8
AV)

“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait
for the salvation of the LORD.” (La 3:25-26 AV)

“Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me.” (Mic 7:7 AV)
 “The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he
knoweth them that trust in him.” (Na 1:7 AV)

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (1Pe 5:7 AV)

Section 5: To Those Who Love Christ And

God In Him
“And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep
my commandments.” (Ex 20:6 AV)

“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep
his commandments to a thousand generations;” (De 7:9 AV)

“And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my

commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD
your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first
rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil.” (De 11:13-14 AV)

“So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him
be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest
forty years.” (Jud 5:31 AV)

“And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and
terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love
him and observe his commandments:” (Ne 1:5 AV)

“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.” (Ps 37:4 AV)
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I
will set him on high, because he hath known my name.” (Ps 91:14
AV)

“The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will
he destroy.” (Ps 145:20 AV)

“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find
me.” (Pr 8:17 AV)

“That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will
fill their treasures.” (Pr 8:21 AV)

“And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession,

and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant
and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his
commandments;” (Da 9:4 AV)

“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that

loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I
will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” (Joh 14:21 AV)

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Ro
8:28 AV)

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him.” (1Co 2:9 AV)

“But if any man love God, the same is known of him.” (1Co 8:3 AV)

“Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Amen.” (Eph 6:24 AV)

“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which

the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” (2Ti 4:8 AV)

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,

he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to
them that love him.” (Jas 1:12 AV)

“Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of

this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath
promised to them that love him?” (Jas 2:5 AV)

Section 6: To Those Who Repent

Sincerely Of Their Sins
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land.” (2Ch 7:14 AV)

“For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your
children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive,
so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God
is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if
ye return unto him.” (2Ch 30:9 AV)

“If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put
away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.” (Job 22:23 AV)

“Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.” (Ps 37:27
AV)

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” (Isa 55:7
AV)
 “If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their
evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.” (Jer
18:8 AV)

“Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the
voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the
evil that he hath pronounced against you.” (Jer 26:13 AV)

“But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed,
and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he
shall surely live, he shall not die.” (Eze 18:21 AV)

“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord
GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?” (Eze
18:23 AV)

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to

his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all
your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.” (Eze 18:30
AV)

“For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord
GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.” (Eze 18:32 AV)

“If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed,
walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall
surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed
shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and
right; he shall surely live.” (Eze 33:15-16 AV)

“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all
your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:”
(Joe 2:12 AV)

“And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the
LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he
will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat
offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?” (Joe 2:13-14
AV)

“Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn
ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith
the LORD of hosts.” (Zec 1:3 AV)

“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Ac 2:38 AV)

“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be

blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord;” (Ac 3:19 AV)

Section 7: To Those Who Repent In Their

Affliction
“When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon
thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and
shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the LORD thy God is a merciful
God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the
covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.” (De 4:30-31 AV)

“And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children,
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the LORD thy
God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will
return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy
God hath scattered thee.” (De 30:2-3 AV)
 “And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all
his commandments which I command thee this day.” (De 30:8 AV)

“He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted
that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul
from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.” (Job 33:27-28
AV)

Section 8: For Those Who Mourn For The

Sins Of The Nation
“And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city,
through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads
of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be
done in the midst thereof.” (Eze 9:4 AV)

“Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and
begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which
were before the house.” (Eze 9:6 AV)

“I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who
are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.” (Zep 3:18 AV)

“And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the
wicked:” (2Pe 2:7 AV)

Section 9: To Those Who Confess Their

Sins
“If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also
they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked
contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their
enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they
then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I
remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac,
and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
remember the land.” (Le 26:40-42 AV)

“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.
I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou
forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” (Ps 32:5 AV)

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth
and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” (Pr 28:13 AV)

“Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,
thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine
anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will
not keep anger for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou
hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy
ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed
my voice, saith the LORD.” (Jer 3:12-13 AV)

“And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven,
and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the
father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on
him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:” (Lu 15:21-22
AV)

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1Jo 1:9 AV)
Section 10: To Those Who Are Sincere Or
Upright
“Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and
on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD:
so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the
sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.” (2Ch 29:17 AV)

“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole
earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from
henceforth thou shalt have wars.” (2Ch 16:9 AV)

“If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee,
and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.” (Job 8:6
AV)

“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance

doth behold the upright.” (Ps 11:7 AV)

“LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.” (Ps 15:1-2 AV)

“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright
man thou wilt shew thyself upright;” (Ps 18:25 AV)

“The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance
shall be for ever.” (Ps 37:18 AV)

“Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.” (Ps

119:80 AV)

“Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are
upright in their hearts.” (Ps 125:4 AV)
 “He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to
them that walk uprightly.” (Pr 2:7 AV)

“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain
in it.” (Pr 2:21 AV)

“The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction

shall be to the workers of iniquity.” (Pr 10:29 AV)

“The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness
of transgressors shall destroy them.” (Pr 11:3 AV)

“The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but

transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.” (Pr 11:6 AV)

“They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but
such as are upright in their way are his delight.” (Pr 11:20 AV)

“Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but

wickedness overthroweth the sinner.” (Pr 13:6 AV)

“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the

prayer of the upright is his delight.” (Pr 15:8 AV)

“The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the

transgressor for the upright.” (Pr 21:18 AV)

“Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall

himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in
possession.” (Pr 28:10 AV)

“Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in

his ways shall fall at once.” (Pr 28:18 AV)

“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh

haste to be rich shall not be innocent.” (Pr 28:20 AV)
 “O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD
straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him
that walketh uprightly?” (Mic 2:7 AV)

“Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that

condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.” (Ro 14:22
AV)

“Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence

toward God.” (1Jo 3:21 AV)

Section 11: To Those Who Yield New

Obedience To God
“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all
people: for all the earth is mine:” (Ex 19:5 AV)

“Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do

them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield
her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.” (Le
25:18-19 AV)

“Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and
go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers
giveth you.” (De 4:1 AV)

“Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people.” (De 4:6 AV)
 “O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me,
and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with
them, and with their children for ever!” (De 5:29 AV)

“Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well

with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy
fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and
honey.” (De 6:3 AV)

“And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and
possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, To
cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.” (De 6:18-19 AV)

“Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments,

and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee
the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:” (De
7:12 AV)

“A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God,

which I command you this day:” (De 11:27 AV)

“And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:
that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew
thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he
hath sworn unto thy fathers; When thou shalt hearken to the voice of
the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command
thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy
God.” (De 13:17-18 AV)

“Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye

may prosper in all that ye do.” (De 29:9 AV)

“See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and
evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes
and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the
LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to
possess it.” (De 30:15-16 AV)

“And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to
observe to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for
you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong
your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.” (De
32:46-47 AV)

“If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not
rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and
also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD
your God:” (1Sa 12:14 AV)

“And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to
keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and
his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest
prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest
thyself:” (1Ki 2:3 AV)

“Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee
charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD
thy God. Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the
statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with
concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be
dismayed.” (1Ch 22:12-13 AV)

“Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your
work shall be rewarded.” (2Ch 15:7 AV)

“If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.” (Job 36:11 AV)

“All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his
covenant and his testimonies.” (Ps 25:10 AV)
 “Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.” (Ps 50:23 AV)

“Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth

righteousness at all times.” (Ps 106:3 AV)

“ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law
of the LORD. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that
seek him with the whole heart.” (Ps 119:1-2 AV)

“Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy
commandments.” (Ps 119:6 AV)

“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the
law, happy is he.” (Pr 29:18 AV)

“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:” (Isa
1:19 AV)

“O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy

peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:”
(Isa 48:18 AV)

“But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will
be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways
that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.” (Jer 7:23
AV)

“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,

and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 5:19 AV)

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is
in heaven.” (Mt 7:21 AV)
 “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” (Mt 12:50 AV)

“If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.” (Joh 13:17 AV)

“Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard,
and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” (Php 4:9
AV)

“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this
man shall be blessed in his deed.” (Jas 1:25 AV)

“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth
the will of God abideth for ever.” (1Jo 2:17 AV)

“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his

commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”
(1Jo 3:22 AV)

Section 12: To Those Who Obey Christ

“But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then
I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine
adversaries.” (Ex 23:22 AV)

“Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of
his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust
in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.” (Isa 50:10 AV)

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth

them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a
rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded
upon a rock.” (Mt 7:24-25 AV)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and

believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not
come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” (Joh
5:24 AV)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall

never see death.” (Joh 8:51 AV)

“If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I

have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.” (Joh
15:10 AV)

“And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation

unto all them that obey him;” (Heb 5:9 AV)

Section 13: To Those Who Fear God

“The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew
them his covenant.” (Ps 25:14 AV)

“Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that
fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before
the sons of men!” (Ps 31:19 AV)

“Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell
in our land.” (Ps 85:9 AV)

“For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy
toward them that fear him.” (Ps 103:11 AV)
 “He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.” (Ps
115:13 AV)

“«A Song of degrees.» Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD;
that walketh in his ways.” (Ps 128:1 AV)

“The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope
in his mercy.” (Ps 147:11 AV)

“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.” (Pr 3:7-8
AV)

“In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall
have a place of refuge. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to
depart from the snares of death.” (Pr 14:26-27 AV)

“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD
men depart from evil.” (Pr 16:6 AV)

“The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide
satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.” (Pr 19:23 AV)

“Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be

prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear
God, which fear before him:” (Ec 8:12 AV)

“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves
of the stall.” (Mal 4:2 AV)

“And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to

generation.” (Lu 1:50 AV)

“But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness,

is accepted with him.” (Ac 10:35 AV)
 “Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and
whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this
salvation sent.” (Ac 13:26 AV)

Section 14: To Such As Honor God

“Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy
house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever:
but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me
I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”
(1Sa 2:30 AV)

“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all
thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine.” (Pr 3:9-10 AV)

Section 15: To Those Who Pray In Faith

To God
“For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders:
neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to
appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.” (Ex 34:24 AV)

“For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?” (De
4:7 AV)

“He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of

the mighty.” (Job 12:21 AV)
 “He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he
shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his
righteousness.” (Job 33:26 AV)

“The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my

prayer.” (Ps 6:9 AV)

“LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:” (Ps 10:17 AV)

“I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be

saved from mine enemies.” (Ps 18:3 AV)

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and
he shall hear my voice.” (Ps 55:17 AV)

“But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the
Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.” (Ps 73:28 AV)

“For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon thee.” (Ps 86:5 AV)

“In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer
me.” (Ps 86:7 AV)

“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call
upon him in truth.” (Ps 145:18 AV)

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not.” (Jer 33:3 AV)

“Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the
house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a
flock.” (Eze 36:37 AV)

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of
the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant
whom the LORD shall call.” (Joe 2:32 AV)

“For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the
same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Ro 10:12-13
AV)

“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of
need.” (Heb 4:15-16 AV)

“For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” (Mt 7:8 AV)

Section 16: To Those Who Truly Seek God

“But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt
find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.”
(De 4:29 AV)

“And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and
serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD
searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou
forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.” (1Ch 28:9 AV)

“And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa,
and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with
him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake
him, he will forsake you.” (2Ch 15:2 AV)

“For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and

horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had
spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them
for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all
them that forsake him.” (Ezr 8:22 AV)

“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou,
LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” (Ps 9:10 AV)

“The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live
that seek God.” (Ps 69:32 AV)

“Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the
LORD.” (Ps 105:3 AV)

“I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not
unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak
righteousness, I declare things that are right.” (Isa 45:19 AV)

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with
all your heart.” (Jer 29:13 AV)

“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.” (La 3:25 AV)

“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your

fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain
righteousness upon you.” (Ho 10:12 AV)

“For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and
ye shall live:” (Am 5:4 AV)

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh

to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.” (Heb 11:6 AV)

Section 17: To Those Who Desire The

Grace Of God
“LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:” (Ps 10:17 AV)

“I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of
Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” (Ps 81:10 AV)

“He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their
cry, and will save them.” (Ps 145:19 AV)

“The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the
righteous shall be granted.” (Pr 10:24 AV)

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:

for they shall be filled.” (Mt 5:6 AV)

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that
believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water.” (Joh 7:37-38 AV)

Section 18: To Those Who Praise God

“I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or
bullock that hath horns and hoofs.” (Ps 69:30-31 AV)
 “«A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.» It is a good thing to give
thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most
High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy
faithfulness every night,” (Ps 92:1-2 AV)

“Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his
name; for it is pleasant.” (Ps 135:3 AV)

“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be
saved: for thou art my praise.” (Jer 17:14 AV)

Section 19: To Those Who Have Spiritual

Wisdom
“Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall
understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.” (Ps 107:43 AV)

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a
proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark
sayings.” (Pr 1:5-6 AV)

“Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the
merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is
more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are
not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and
in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of
pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them
that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.”
(Pr 3:13-18 AV)
 “The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of
fools.” (Pr 3:35 AV)

“Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall
keep thee.” (Pr 4:6 AV)

“Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to
honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an
ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.” (Pr
4:8-9 AV)

“If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest,
thou alone shalt bear it.” (Pr 9:12 AV)

“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool
shall be servant to the wise of heart.” (Pr 11:29 AV)

“A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is

of a perverse heart shall be despised.” (Pr 12:8 AV)

“Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is

hard.” (Pr 13:15 AV)

“The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell
beneath.” (Pr 15:24 AV)

“He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso
trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.” (Pr 16:20 AV)

“Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the
instruction of fools is folly.” (Pr 16:22 AV)

“He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth
understanding shall find good.” (Pr 19:8 AV)

“There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;

but a foolish man spendeth it up.” (Pr 21:20 AV)
 “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is
established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all
precious and pleasant riches. A wise man is strong; yea, a man of
knowledge increaseth strength.” (Pr 24:3-5 AV)

“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb,
which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be
unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation shall not be cut off.” (Pr 24:13-14 AV)

“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh
wisely, he shall be delivered.” (Pr 28:26 AV)

“Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a

thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of
his face shall be changed.” (Ec 8:1 AV)

“For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency

of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.” (Ec
7:12 AV)

“If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put
to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.” (Ec 10:10 AV)

“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to
them that know understanding:” (Da 2:21 AV)

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the

firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for
ever and ever.” (Da 12:3 AV)

“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked
shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the
wise shall understand.” (Da 12:10 AV)
 “Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he
shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just
shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.” (Ho 14:9
AV)

Section 20: To Those Who Love And

Study True Wisdom
“And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou
hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine
enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and
knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom
I have made thee king: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee;
and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of
the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any
after thee have the like.” (2Ch 1:11-12 AV)

“Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as
for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD,
and find the knowledge of God.” (Pr 2:3-5 AV)

“Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy
life.” (Pr 4:13 AV)

“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in

thy latter end.” (Pr 19:20 AV)

“Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going

forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the
rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” (Ho 6:3 AV)
Section 21: To Those Who Read And Hear
Devoutly The Word Of God
“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony
of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the
LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD
is pure, enlightening the eyes.” (Ps 19:7-8 AV)

“Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them

there is great reward.” (Ps 19:11 AV)

“NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
(Ps 119:105 AV)

“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto

the simple.” (Ps 119:130 AV)

“For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs
of instruction are the way of life:” (Pr 6:23 AV)

“Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates,

waiting at the posts of my doors.” (Pr 8:34 AV)

“Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and

your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me,
and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in
fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul
shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the
sure mercies of David.” (Isa 55:2-3 AV)

“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the
eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall
not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out
with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills
shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field
shall clap their hands.” (Isa 55:10-12 AV)

“And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure
ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall
more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that
hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.” (Mr
4:24-25 AV)

“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and
they are they which testify of me.” (Joh 5:39 AV)

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of

God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek.” (Ro 1:16 AV)

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
(Ro 10:17 AV)

“For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not
God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that
believe.” (1Co 1:21 AV)

“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which
are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in
Christ Jesus.” (2Ti 3:15 AV)

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Heb 4:12 AV)

“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness,

and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save
your souls.” (Jas 1:21 AV)
 “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until
the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:” (2Pe 1:19 AV)

“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the
time is at hand.” (Re 1:3 AV)

Section 22: To Those Who Love And

Tremble At His Word
“Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that
delighteth greatly in his commandments.” (Ps 112:1 AV)

“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend
them.” (Ps 119:165 AV)

“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth

the commandment shall be rewarded.” (Pr 13:13 AV)

“For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things
have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him
that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.” (Isa
66:2 AV)

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
grow thereby:” (1Pe 2:2 AV)

Section 23: To Such As Meditate In His

Word
“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as
frontlets between your eyes.” (De 11:18 AV)

“That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in
the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as
the days of heaven upon the earth.” (De 11:21 AV)

“But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also
shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” (Ps 1:2-3
AV)

“The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.” (Ps
37:31 AV)

“My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my

mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon
my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.” (Ps 63:5-6 AV)

“But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon

them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his
commandments to do them.” (Ps 103:17-18 AV)

“BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking

heed thereto according to thy word.” (Ps 119:9 AV)

“Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.” (Pr
4:26 AV)

“Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to
them that devise good.” (Pr 14:22 AV)

“Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those

that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have
sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.” (Isa 64:5 AV)

Section 24: To Those Who Speak Often

One To Another, Of The Things Of Christ
“The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth
of the upright shall deliver them.” (Pr 12:6 AV)

“A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the
recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.” (Pr 12:14
AV)

“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue
of the wise is health.” (Pr 12:18 AV)

“A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the
transgressors shall eat violence.” (Pr 13:2 AV)

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a

breach in the spirit.” (Pr 15:4 AV)

“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in
due season, how good is it!” (Pr 15:23 AV)

“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health

to the bones.” (Pr 16:24 AV)

“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh

haste to be rich shall not be innocent. To have respect of persons is
not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.” (Pr
28:20-21 AV)

“Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and
the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was
written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought
upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in
that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man
spareth his own son that serveth him.” (Mal 3:16-17 AV)

“And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and
reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.” (Lu 24:14-
15 AV)

“And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them,
and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.” (Lu 24:36 AV)

Section 25: To Those Who Govern Aright

Their Tongues
“He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth
wide his lips shall have destruction.” (Pr 13:3 AV)

“In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise
shall preserve them.” (Pr 14:3 AV)

“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from
troubles.” (Pr 21:23 AV)

“He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that

despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from
holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and
shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of
defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his
waters shall be sure.” (Isa 33:15-16 AV)

“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou
shalt be condemned.” (Mt 12:37 AV)
 “For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his
tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:” (1Pe 3:10 AV)

Section 26: To Such As Keep Good And

Shun Evil Company
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.” (Ps 1:1 AV)

“Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.”

(Pr 9:6 AV)

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of
fools shall be destroyed.” (Pr 13:20 AV)

“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his

friend.” (Pr 27:17 AV)

“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith

the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,”
(2Co 6:17 AV)

Section 27: To Those Who Are Watchful

“Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep
his soul shall be far from them.” (Pr 22:5 AV)

“Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his
heart shall fall into mischief.” (Pr 28:14 AV)
 “Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall
find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and
make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch,
and find them so, blessed are those servants.” (Lu 12:37-38 AV)

“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth

his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.” (Re 16:15
AV)

Section 28: To Those Who Humble

Themselves With Fasting
“Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the
bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch
and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give
not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their
God? Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his
people.” (Joe 2:15-18 AV)

Secret Fasting

“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is
in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee
openly.” (Mt 6:17-18 AV)
Section 29: To Those Who Perform Their
Oaths
“ LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill?” (Ps 15:1 AV)

“In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them

that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.” (Ps 15:4 AV)

“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the
blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his
salvation.” (Ps 24:4-5 AV)
 Section 30: To Those Who Keep The
Sabbath Duly
“For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD
blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” (Ex 20:11 AV)

“Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth
hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth
his hand from doing any evil.” (Isa 56:2 AV)

“Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to
serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants,
every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold
of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and
make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and
their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house
shall be called an house of prayer for all people.” (Isa 56:6-7 AV)

“If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of
the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own
ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken
it.” (Isa 58:13-14 AV)

“And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and

you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.” (Eze 20:20
AV)
 Section 31: To Believers Who Have Been
Baptized
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned.” (Mr 16:16 AV)

“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Ac 2:38 AV)

“And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away
thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” (Ac 22:16 AV)

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ

were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead
by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life.” (Ro 6:3-4 AV)

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be
Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all
made to drink into one Spirit.” (1Co 12:13 AV)

“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on
Christ.” (Ga 3:27 AV)

“Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him
through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from
the dead.” (Col 2:12 AV)

“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of

God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,
wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure
whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away
of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward
God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:” (1Pe 3:20-21 AV)
 Section 32: To Such As Are Worthy
Communicants
“As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved
among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and
his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting
house, and his banner over me was love.” (So 2:3-4 AV)

“I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered

my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my
honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink,
yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.” (So 5:1 AV)

“And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.” (Isa 25:6 AV)

“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake
it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Mt 26:26-28 AV)

“Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood*, hath eternal life;

and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed,
and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh
my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath
sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall
live by me.” (Joh 6:54-57 AV)

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the
words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (Joh
6:63 AV)

“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the

blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion
of the body of Christ?” (1Co 10:16 AV)

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be
Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all
made to drink into one Spirit.” (1Co 12:13 AV)

*Though this be a figurative expression of the exercise of faith in the

Person, righteousness, and fulness of Christ, as offered in the
gospel; yet it is more especially expressive of the exercise of it upon
Him, at His Table.

Section 33: To Such Who Obey Their

Parents In The Lord
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of
thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.” (Pr 1:8-9 AV)

“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:” (Pr 6:20 AV)

“When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall
keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.” (Pr 6:22
AV)

“And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the
commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and
done according unto all that he hath commanded you: Therefore
thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of
Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.” (Jer
35:18-19 AV)

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour
thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with
promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on
the earth.” (Eph 6:1-3 AV)

“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing
unto the Lord.” (Col 3:20 AV)

“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to
shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and
acceptable before God.” (1Ti 5:4 AV)

Section 34: To Such Parents Who Train

Up Their Children In The Way They
Should Go
“For I know him, that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do
justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that
which he hath spoken of him.” (Ge 18:19 AV)

“And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou
liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon
the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days
may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which
the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of
heaven upon the earth.” (De 11:19-21 AV)
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will
not depart from it.” (Pr 22:6 AV)
Section 35
To Those Who Wisely Correct Their Children

“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of

correction shall drive it far from him.” (Pr 22:15 AV)

“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with
the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt
deliver his soul from hell.” (Pr 23:13-14 AV)

“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself
bringeth his mother to shame.” (Pr 29:15 AV)

“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give
delight unto thy soul.” (Pr 29:17 AV)

Section 36: To Good Wives

“A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.”
(Pr 11:16 AV)

“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh

ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.” (Pr 12:4 AV)

“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it
down with her hands.” (Pr 14:1 AV)

“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”
(Pr 31:10 AV)
 “Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time
to come.” (Pr 31:25 AV)

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and
he praiseth her.” (Pr 31:28 AV)

“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth

the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands;
and let her own works praise her in the gates.” (Pr 31:30-31 AV)

Section 37: To Good Servants

“The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against
him that causeth shame.” (Pr 14:35 AV)

“A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and
shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.” (Pr 17:2 AV)

“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master shall be honoured.” (Pr 27:18 AV)

“Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to

the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as
unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants
of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing
service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever
good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord,
whether he be bond or free.” (Eph 6:5-8 AV)

“Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not
with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing
God:” (Col 3:22 AV)
 “Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the
inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” (Col 3:24 AV)

Section 38: To Good Kings And

Magistrates
“And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that
he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is
before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall
read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the
LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to
do them: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that
he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to
the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he,
and his children, in the midst of Israel.” (De 17:18-20 AV)

“It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne

is established by righteousness.” (Pr 16:12 AV)

“Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by
mercy.” (Pr 20:28 AV)

“The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be
established for ever.” (Pr 29:14 AV)

“And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for
strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.” (Isa 28:6 AV)

Section 39: To Good Subjects

“Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a
wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.” (Ec 8:5 AV)

“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake:

whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto
them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for
the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with
well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:” (1Pe
2:13-15 AV)
*Additional verse added
*Tit 3:1 ¶ Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and
powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Section 40: To Faithful Ministers

“Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the
LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised
him.” (De 10:9 AV)

“Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands:
smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them
that hate him, that they rise not again.” (De 33:11 AV)

“I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall
shout aloud for joy.” (Ps 132:16 AV)

“Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the
feet of the ox and the ass.” (Isa 32:20 AV)

“Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for

nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and
my work with my God.” (Isa 49:4 AV)
 “But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go
to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou
shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver
thee, saith the LORD.” (Jer 1:7-8 AV)

“And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against
thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.” (Jer 1:19
AV)

“And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and
they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee:
for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will
redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.” (Jer 15:20-21 AV)

“But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my

persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be
greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting
confusion shall never be forgotten.” (Jer 20:11 AV)

“And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people
shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.” (Jer 31:14 AV)

“Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy
forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than
flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at
their looks, though they be a rebellious house.” (Eze 3:8-9 AV)

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the

firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for
ever and ever.” (Da 12:3 AV)

“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded

you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.” (Mt 28:20 AV)
 “And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward,
whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them
their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom
his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto
you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.” (Lu 12:42-44
AV)

“For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.” (Lu 21:15 AV)

“And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice
together.” (Joh 4:36 AV)

“Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:
for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear
thee.” (1Ti 4:16 AV)

“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder,
and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the
glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among
you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not
for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over
God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief
Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth
not away.” (1Pe 5:1-4 AV)

“Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith
he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the
midst of the seven golden candlesticks;” (Re 2:1 AV)

Section 41: To Those Who Receive And

Hearken To Faithful Ministers
“And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in
the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets,
so shall ye prosper.” (2Ch 20:20 AV)

“He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me

receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name
of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a
righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a
righteous man’s reward.” (Mt 10:40-41 AV)

“He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you
despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.”
(Lu 10:16 AV)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send

receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”
(Joh 13:20 AV)

Section 42: To Those Who Support The

Worship And The Ministers Of God
“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are
within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the
LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which
thou doest.” (De 14:29 AV)

“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all
thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine.” (Pr 3:9-10 AV)
 “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat
in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts,
if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will
rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the
fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the
time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. And all nations shall call
you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of
hosts.” (Mal 3:10-12 AV)

“Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that
teacheth in all good things.” (Ga 6:6 AV)

“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;
but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting.” (Ga 6:8 AV)

“Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to
your account. But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received
of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a
sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. But my God
shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.” (Php 4:17-19 AV)

Section 43: To Such As Give And Receive

Reproofs Aright
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he
that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.” (Pr 13:18 AV)

“The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. He
that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth
reproof getteth understanding.” (Pr 15:31-32 AV)

“But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing
shall come upon them.” (Pr 24:25 AV)

“As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise

reprover upon an obedient ear.” (Pr 25:12 AV)

“He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he
that flattereth with the tongue.” (Pr 28:23 AV)

Section 44: To Those Who Love The

Brethren And Live In Unity
“He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir
him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that
curseth thee.” (Nu 24:9 AV)

“«A Psalm of David.» LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who
shall dwell in thy holy hill?” (Ps 15:1 AV)

“In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them

that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.” (Ps 15:4 AV)

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”
(Ps 122:6 AV)

“«A Song of degrees of David.» Behold, how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious
ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s
beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of
Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of
Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for
evermore.” (Ps 133:1-3 AV)

“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love
one to another.” (Joh 13:35 AV)

“Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one

mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.”
(2Co 13:11 AV)

“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love,
which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to
the saints, and do minister.” (Heb 6:10 AV)

“He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none
occasion of stumbling in him.” (1Jo 2:10 AV)

“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love
the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.” (1Jo
3:14 AV)

“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in
deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and
shall assure our hearts before him.” (1Jo 3:18-19 AV)

“No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God
dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” (1Jo 4:12 AV)

Section 45: To Those Who Are

Peacemakers
“Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the
counsellors of peace is joy.” (Pr 12:20 AV)
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of
God.” (Mt 5:9 AV)

“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his
tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him
eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.” (1Pe
3:10-11 AV)

Section 46: To Such As Are Merciful And

Liberal To The Poor
“Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved
when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy
God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine
hand unto.” (De 15:10 AV)

“And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: In any
case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth
down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it
shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.” (De
24:12-13 AV)

“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright
man thou wilt shew thyself upright;” (Ps 18:25 AV)

“He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.” (Ps 37:26
AV)

“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him
in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive;
and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him
unto the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him upon the
bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.” (Ps
41:1-3 AV)

“He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness

endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.” (Ps 112:9
AV)

“Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in

everlasting remembrance.” (Ps 112:6 AV)

“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour
and good understanding in the sight of God and man.” (Pr 3:3-4 AV)

“There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that

withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal
soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also
himself.” (Pr 11:24-25 AV)

“He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that

seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.” (Pr 11:27 AV)

“He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on
the poor, happy is he.” (Pr 14:21 AV)

“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that
which he hath given will he pay him again.” (Pr 19:17 AV)

“He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his
bread to the poor.” (Pr 22:9 AV)

“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall
gather it for him that will pity the poor.” (Pr 28:8 AV)

“He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his
eyes shall have many a curse.” (Pr 28:27 AV)
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many
days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not
what evil shall be upon the earth.” (Ec 11:1-2 AV)

“But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he
stand.” (Isa 32:8 AV)

“Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that
thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before
thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.” (Isa 58:7-8 AV)

“And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted
soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the
noonday: And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy
soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a
watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”
(Isa 58:10-11 AV)

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” (Mt 5:7 AV)

“But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which
seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.” (Mt 6:3-4 AV)

“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup
of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he
shall in no wise lose his reward.” (Mt 10:42 AV)

“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me
in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.” (Mt 25:34-36 AV)
 “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me.” (Mt 25:40 AV)

“Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing
thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the
cross, and follow me.” (Mr 10:21 AV)

“Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use
you.” (Lu 6:28 AV)

“But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all
things are clean unto you.” (Lu 11:41 AV)

“Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax
not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief
approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.” (Lu 12:33 AV)

“But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,
the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense
thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.”
(Lu 14:13-14 AV)

“And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of

unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.” (Lu 16:9 AV)

“For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a

man hath, and not according to that he hath not.” (2Co 8:12 AV)

“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every
man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God
is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:” (2Co
9:6-8 AV)

“Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for
your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of
your righteousness;)” (2Co 9:10 AV)

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not
highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who
giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be
rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time
to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.” (1Ti 6:17-19 AV)

“But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such

sacrifices God is well pleased.” (Heb 13:16 AV)

Section 47: To Those Who Forgive

Injuries
“Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he
shall save thee.” (Pr 20:22 AV)

“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be

thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire
upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.” (Pr 25:21-22 AV)

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your
Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Mt
5:44-45 AV)
 “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you:” (Mt 6:14 AV)

“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any:

that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.” (Mr 11:25 AV)

“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.” (Lu 6:35 AV)

“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall
not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:” (Lu 6:37 AV)

“Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise
blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit
a blessing.” (1Pe 3:9 AV)

Section 48: To Those Who Are Chaste

And Pure In Heart
“With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself froward.” (Ps 18:26 AV)

“Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in
his holy place?” (Ps 24:3 AV)

“«A Psalm of Asaph.» Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as

are of a clean heart.” (Ps 73:1 AV)

“But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, And hath
not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the
idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife,
neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,” (Eze 18:5-6 AV)

“Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal

truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.” (Eze 18:9
AV)

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” (Mt 5:8 AV)

“If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel

unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared
unto every good work.” (2Ti 2:21 AV)

“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled
and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience
is defiled.” (Tit 1:15 AV)

Section 49: To Such As Improve Their

Talents And Are Diligent
“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of
the diligent maketh rich.” (Pr 10:4 AV)

“The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be
under tribute.” (Pr 12:24 AV)

“The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but
the substance of a diligent man is precious.” (Pr 12:27 AV)

“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that
followeth vain persons is void of understanding.” (Pr 12:11 AV)
 “The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of
the diligent shall be made fat.” (Pr 13:4 AV)

“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth

by labour shall increase.” (Pr 13:11 AV)

“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to
penury.” (Pr 14:23 AV)

“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and
thou shalt be satisfied with bread.” (Pr 20:13 AV)

“The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of

every one that is hasty only to want.” (Pr 21:5 AV)

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before

kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” (Pr 22:29 AV)

“He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that
followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.” (Pr 28:19
AV)

“For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away
even that he hath.” (Mt 13:12 AV)

“His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” (Mt 25:23 AV)

“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that
which he hath.” (Mt 25:29 AV)
 Section 50: To Those Who Are Just And
Honest
“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” (De
16:20 AV)

“But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just
measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” (De 25:15 AV)

“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his

delight.” (Pr 11:1 AV)

“There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled
with mischief.” (Pr 12:21 AV)

“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own
glory is not glory.” (Pr 25:27 AV)

“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without

right.” (Pr 16:8 AV)

“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than

sacrifice.” (Pr 21:3 AV)

“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh

haste to be rich shall not be innocent.” (Pr 28:20 AV)

“He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that

despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from
holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and
shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of
defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his
waters shall be sure.” (Isa 33:15-16 AV)
 “Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my
salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth
hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth
his hand from doing any evil.” (Isa 56:1-2 AV)

“But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,” (Eze
18:5 AV)

“And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his
pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; He that hath
not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that
hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment
between man and man, Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept
my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the
Lord GOD.” (Eze 18:7-9 AV)

Section 51: To Those Who Speak The

Truth And Abhor Slander
“ LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach
against his neighbour.” (Ps 15:1-3 AV)

“What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he
may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking
guile.” (Ps 34:12-13 AV)
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is
but for a moment.” (Pr 12:19 AV)

“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly
are his delight.” (Pr 12:22 AV)

“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his
tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:” (1Pe 3:10 AV)

Section 52: To Such As Do Not Judge Nor

Censure Their Brethren
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you again.” (Mt 7:1-2 AV)

“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall
not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:” (Lu 6:37 AV)

Section 53: To Those Who Mortify The

Body Of Sin In Them
“And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right
hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable
for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy
whole body should be cast into hell.” (Mt 5:29-30 AV)
 “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace.” (Ro 8:6 AV)

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” (Ro 8:13 AV)

Section 54: To Those Who Are Content

With Their Outward Condition
“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the
bones.” (Pr 14:30 AV)

“All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart
hath a continual feast.” (Pr 15:15 AV)

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth
the bones.” (Pr 17:22 AV)

“Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the
LORD all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine
expectation shall not be cut off.” (Pr 23:17-18 AV)

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.” (1Ti 6:6 AV)

“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content

with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,
nor forsake thee.” (Heb 13:5 AV)

Section 55: To The Meek

“The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that
seek him: your heart shall live for ever.” (Ps 22:26 AV)

“Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a
secret to another:” (Pr 25:9 AV)

“But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in
the abundance of peace.” (Ps 37:11 AV)

“The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the
ground.” (Ps 147:6 AV)

“For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the
meek with salvation.” (Ps 149:4 AV)

“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is

hasty of spirit exalteth folly.” (Pr 14:29 AV)

“A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger

appeaseth strife.” (Pr 15:18 AV)

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” (Pr 16:32 AV)

“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to

pass over a transgression.” (Pr 19:11 AV)

“It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be
meddling.” (Pr 20:3 AV)

“But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the
rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked.” (Isa 11:4 AV)

“The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor
among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.” (Isa 29:19 AV)
 “Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be
hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.” (Zep 2:3 AV)

“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” (Mt 5:5 AV)

“But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not
corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is
in the sight of God of great price.” (1Pe 3:4 AV)

Section 56: To The Humble

“When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;
and he shall save the humble person.” (Job 22:29 AV)

“When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he

forgetteth not the cry of the humble.” (Ps 9:12 AV)

“LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:” (Ps 10:17 AV)

“Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but
the proud he knoweth afar off.” (Ps 138:6 AV)

“Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the

lowly.” (Pr 3:34 AV)

“When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is
wisdom.” (Pr 11:2 AV)

“The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before

honour is humility.” (Pr 15:33 AV)
 “Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the proud.” (Pr 16:19 AV)

“Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour

is humility.” (Pr 18:12 AV)

“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and
life.” (Pr 22:4 AV)

“A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the
humble in spirit.” (Pr 29:23 AV)

“Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the

same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 18:4 AV)

“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.” (Mt 23:12 AV)

“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the

proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” (Jas 4:6 AV)

Section 57: To Those Who Are Of A

Contrite Spirit
“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.” (Ps 34:18 AV)

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite

heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” (Ps 51:17 AV)

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” (Ps
147:3 AV)
 “Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.” (Ec 7:3 AV)

“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also
that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” (Isa 57:15 AV)

“For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things
have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him
that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.” (Isa
66:2 AV)

“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” (Mt 5:4
AV)

Section 58: To Such As Are Patient And

Submissive To The Will Of God
“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the
salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in
his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath
borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there
may be hope.” (La 3:26-29 AV)

“For the Lord will not cast off for ever:” (La 3:31 AV)

“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and
experience, hope:” (Ro 5:3-4 AV)
“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises.” (Heb 6:12 AV)

“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great

recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye
have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a
little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.”
(Heb 10:35-37 AV)

“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.” (Jas 1:2-4 AV)

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,

he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to
them that love him.” (Jas 1:12 AV)

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you
up.” (Jas 4:10 AV)

“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,
and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter
rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the
Lord draweth nigh.” (Jas 5:7-8 AV)

“Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the

patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is
very pitiful, and of tender mercy.” (Jas 5:11 AV)

“For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God.” (1Pe 2:20 AV)

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that

he may exalt you in due time:” (1Pe 5:6 AV)
Section 59: To Those Who Are Persecuted
For Righteousness’ Sake
“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall
revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against
you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is
your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which
were before you.” (Mt 5:10-12 AV)

“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my
sake shall find it.” (Mt 10:39 AV)

“And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or

father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake,
shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.” (Mt
19:29 AV)

“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.” (Ro 8:17 AV)

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or

distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
(Ro 8:35 AV)

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us.” (Ro 8:37 AV)

“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also
will deny us:” (2Ti 2:12 AV)

“For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the

spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven
a better and an enduring substance.” (Heb 10:34 AV)

“But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be
not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;” (1Pe 3:14 AV)

“For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing,
than for evil doing.” (1Pe 3:17 AV)

“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to

try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But
rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that,
when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding
joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the
spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil
spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.” (1Pe 4:12-14 AV)

Section 60: To Such Who Are Unjustly

Excommunicated
“Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your
brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said,
Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they
shall be ashamed.” (Isa 66:5 AV)

“Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall
separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast
out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that
day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for
in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.” (Lu 6:22-23
AV)
 Section 61: To Those Who Persevere To
The End
“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that
endureth to the end shall be saved.” (Mt 10:22 AV)

“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” (Mt
24:13 AV)

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue

in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Joh 8:31-32 AV)

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.” (Joh 15:7 AV)

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always

abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your
labour is not in vain in the Lord.” (1Co 15:58 AV)

“For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our

confidence stedfast unto the end;” (Heb 3:14 AV)

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall
reap, if we faint not.” (Ga 6:9 AV)

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for
he is faithful that promised;)” (Heb 10:23 AV)

“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great

recompence of reward.” (Heb 10:35 AV)

“Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the
beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall
remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.”
(1Jo 2:24 AV)
 “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear,
we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his
coming.” (1Jo 2:28 AV)

“Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,

hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son.” (2Jo 1:9 AV)

“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil
shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall
have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give
thee a crown of life.” (Re 2:10 AV)

Section 62: To Those Who Overcome

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life,
which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” (Re 2:7 AV)

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.”
(Re 2:11 AV)

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden
manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name
written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” (Re 2:17
AV)

“And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to

him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a
rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers:
even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning
star.” (Re 2:26-28 AV)
 “He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;
and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will
confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.” (Re 3:5
AV)

“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,

and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of
my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new
Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I
will write upon him my new name.” (Re 3:12 AV)

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,

even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his
throne.” (Re 3:21 AV)

“He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God,
and he shall be my son.” (Re 21:7 AV)

Chapter 5
Definite Promises Of Blessings In The World To Come

Section 1: Of Preservation From Hell

“For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul
from the lowest hell.” (Ps 86:13 AV)

“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness

delivereth from death.” (Pr 10:2 AV)
 “The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell
beneath.” (Pr 15:24 AV)

“But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation:

ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.” (Isa
45:17 AV)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.” (Joh 3:16 AV)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall

never see death.” (Joh 8:51 AV)

“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be

saved from wrath through him.” (Ro 5:9 AV)

“And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the
dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” (1Th
1:10 AV)

“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by

our Lord Jesus Christ,” (1Th 5:9 AV)

“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on

such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God
and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” (Re 20:6
AV)

Section 2: Of Blessedness Immediately

After Death
“There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.” (Job 3:17-18 AV)

“But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he
shall receive me. Selah.” (Ps 49:15 AV)

“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to

glory.” (Ps 73:24 AV)

“He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one
walking in his uprightness.” (Isa 57:2 AV)

“But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime

receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now
he is comforted, and thou art tormented.” (Lu 16:25 AV)

“And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou
be with me in paradise.” (Lu 23:43 AV)

“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord.” (2Co 5:8 AV)

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Php 1:21 AV)

“For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be

with Christ; which is far better:” (Php 1:23 AV)

“To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect,” (Heb 12:23 AV)

“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow
them.” (Re 14:13 AV)
 Section 3: Of A Glorious Resurrection
“And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh
shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall
behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.”
(Job 19:26-27 AV)

“Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they
arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew
of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.” (Isa 26:19 AV)

“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting
contempt.” (Da 12:2 AV)

“But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and
the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the
angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the
resurrection.” (Lu 20:35-36 AV)

“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are
in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that
have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” (Joh 5:28-29 AV)

“And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he
hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at
the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one
which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:
and I will raise him up at the last day.” (Joh 6:39-40 AV)
 “Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;
and I will raise him up at the last day.” (Joh 6:54 AV)

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” (Joh 11:25
AV)

“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in
you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your
mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” (Ro 8:11 AV)

“Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the
world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest
matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more
things that pertain to this life?” (1Co 6:2-3 AV)

“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of
the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made
alive.” (1Co 15:21-22 AV)

“So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is

raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it
is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a
spiritual body.” (1Co 15:42-44 AV)

“And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear
the image of the heavenly.” (1Co 15:49 AV)

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put
on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when
this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall
have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1Co 15:51-54 AV)
“Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us
also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.” (2Co 4:14 AV)

“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were

dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:” (2Co 5:1-2 AV)

“For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for
that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might
be swallowed up of life.” (2Co 5:4 AV)

“Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto
his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even
to subdue all things unto himself.” (Php 3:21 AV)

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” (1Th 4:14 AV)

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1Th 4:16-17 AV)

“But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus

Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel:” (2Ti 1:10 AV)

Section 4: Of Eternal Happiness In

Heaven
“Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and
the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their
beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.” (Ps 49:14
AV)

“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also.” (Joh 14:2-3 AV)

“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they
may be one, even as we are one:” (Joh 17:22 AV)

“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me
where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given
me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.” (Joh
17:24 AV)

“To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory
and honour and immortality, eternal life:” (Ro 2:7 AV)

“But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to
the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:” (Ro 2:10 AV)

“For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they
which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)” (Ro 5:17 AV)

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him.” (1Co 2:9 AV)

“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall
be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,” (2Th 1:7 AV)

“When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired

in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was
believed) in that day.” (2Th 1:10 AV)

“That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and
ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus
Christ.” (2Th 1:12 AV)

“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which

the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” (2Ti 4:8 AV)

“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” (Heb 4:9

AV)

“And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by
means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were
under the first testament, they which are called might receive the
promise of eternal inheritance.” (Heb 9:15 AV)

“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them
that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto
salvation.” (Heb 9:28 AV)

“By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange

country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” (Heb 11:9-10 AV)

“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:

wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.” (Heb 11:16 AV)

“Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.”
(1Pe 1:9 AV)

“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the
end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ;” (1Pe 1:13 AV)
 “Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.” (2Pe 3:13 AV)

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall
be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1Jo 3:2 AV)

“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil
shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall
have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give
thee a crown of life.” (Re 2:10 AV)

“Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their
garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.”
(Re 3:4 AV)

“Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and
night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell
among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes.” (Re 7:15-17 AV)

“And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of
the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give
reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them
that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them
which destroy the earth.” (Re 11:18 AV)

“And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it,
and the Lamb is the light thereof.” (Re 21:22-23 AV)

“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall
reign for ever and ever.” (Re 22:5 AV)

Section 5: Of Heaven As An Inheritance

“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may
know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory
of his inheritance in the saints,” (Eph 1:18 AV)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,” (1Pe 1:3-4 AV)

Section 6: Of Heaven As A Kingdom

“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world:” (Mt 25:34 AV)

“Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you
the kingdom.” (Lu 12:32 AV)

“And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed

unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and
sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Lu 22:29-30 AV)

“And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will
preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever
and ever. Amen.” (2Ti 4:18 AV)
 “For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into
the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” (2Pe
1:11 AV)

Section 7: Of Perfect Freedom From All

Sorrow In Heaven
“Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw
itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of
thy mourning shall be ended.” (Isa 60:20 AV)

“But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth

nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal:” (Mt 6:20 AV)

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Re 21:4 AV)

“In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was
there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded
her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing
of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of
God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:”
(Re 22:2-3 AV)

Section 8: Of Inexpressibly Great Joy In

Heaven
“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy;
at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” (Ps 16:11 AV)

“His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant:
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” (Mt 25:21 AV)

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present
you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,”
(Jude 1:24 AV)

Section 9: Of Eternal Glory In Heaven

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the
firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for
ever and ever.” (Da 12:3 AV)

“Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of
their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mt 13:43 AV)

“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with

Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
(Ro 8:17-18 AV)

“Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and

whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them
he also glorified.” (Ro 8:30 AV)

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” (2Co 4:17 AV)
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glory.” (Col 3:4 AV)

“Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may
also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.”
(2Ti 2:10 AV)

“But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings;

that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with
exceeding joy.” (1Pe 4:13 AV)

Section 10: Of The Eternal Enjoyment Of

God, Or Eternal Life
“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.” (Ps 17:15 AV)

“For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.”
(Ps 36:9 AV)

“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the

righteous into life eternal.” (Mt 25:46 AV)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath

everlasting life.” (Joh 6:47 AV)

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And
I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” (Joh 10:27-28 AV)

“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.” (1Th 4:17 AV)
 “And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the
Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall
see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” (Re 22:3-4
AV)

Chapter 6
Definite Promises Respecting The State Of The Church

Section 1: Of The Glory Of The Church

“The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought
gold.” (Ps 45:13 AV)

“Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on
the sides of the north, the city of the great King.” (Ps 48:2 AV)

“Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to
the generation following.” (Ps 48:12-13 AV)

“Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.” (Ps 87:3
AV)

“I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my

salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel
my glory.” (Isa 46:13 AV)
 “O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with
sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of
carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.” (Isa 54:11-12 AV)

“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is
risen upon thee.” (Isa 60:1 AV)

“The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine
tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and
I will make the place of my feet glorious.” (Isa 60:13 AV)

“Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went
through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many
generations.” (Isa 60:15 AV)

“The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness
shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee
an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go
down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be
thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.”
(Isa 60:19-20 AV)

“And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy
glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of
the LORD shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the
hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.” (Isa
62:2-3 AV)

“And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain,

and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like
unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;”
(Re 21:10-11 AV)

“And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it,
and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are
saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring
their glory and honour into it.” (Re 21:22-24 AV)

“And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.”
(Re 21:26 AV)

Section 2: Of The Extension Of The

Church Through The World
“Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt
break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a
potter’s vessel.” (Ps 2:8-9 AV)

“That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among
all nations.” (Ps 67:2 AV)

“God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.” (Ps
67:7 AV)

“When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.”
(Ps 102:16 AV)

“He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall
blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.” (Isa 27:6
AV)

“Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation:
for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest
for a light of the people.” (Isa 51:4 AV)
 “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.” (Isa 65:17 AV)

“Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the
LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy
God.” (Isa 66:9 AV)

“And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the
LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters,
and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain
Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering
in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. And I will also take of
them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.” (Isa 66:20-21 AV)

“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not
be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.” (Da 2:44 AV)

“In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and
close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will
build it as in the days of old:” (Am 9:11 AV)

“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell
in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.” (Zec 2:10 AV)

“And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall
there be one LORD, and his name one.” (Zec 14:9 AV)

“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”
(Joh 12:32 AV)

Section 3: Of The Increase Of Means Of

Grace, And Of Knowledge, In The Church
“They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover
the sea.” (Isa 11:9 AV)

“And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this
mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail
that is spread over all nations.” (Isa 25:6-7 AV)

“And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the
eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.” (Isa
29:18 AV)

“They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they
that murmured shall learn doctrine.” (Isa 29:24 AV)

“I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the
valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land
springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah
tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir
tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:” (Isa 41:18-19 AV)

“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth
good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of
good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice
together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD
shall bring again Zion.” (Isa 52:7-8 AV)

“And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be
the peace of thy children.” (Isa 54:13 AV)

“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to
the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased.” (Da 12:4 AV)
Section 4: Of Holiness And Righteousness
In The Church
“They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,
throughout all generations.” (Ps 72:5 AV)

“And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is
written among the living in Jerusalem: When the Lord shall have
washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged
the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of
judgment, and by the spirit of burning.” (Isa 4:3-4 AV)

“Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness
be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. Then
judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in
the fruitful field.” (Isa 32:15-16 AV)

“The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion

with judgment and righteousness. And wisdom and knowledge shall
be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the
LORD is his treasure.” (Isa 33:5-6 AV)

“Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down
righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation,
and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created
it.” (Isa 45:8 AV)

“Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for
ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be
glorified.” (Isa 60:21 AV)
 “For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth
the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will
cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”
(Isa 61:11 AV)

“In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be like
the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah
shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice
shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day
there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of
hosts.” (Zec 14:20-21 AV)

“And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall

purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they
may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Then shall the
offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in
the days of old, and as in former years.” (Mal 3:3-4 AV)

“And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,
clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.” (Re
19:8 AV)

Section 5: Of Peace And Unity In The

Church
“The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by
righteousness.” (Ps 72:3 AV)

“In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so
long as the moon endureth.” (Ps 72:7 AV)
 “And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” (Isa 2:4 AV)

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear
shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of
the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’
den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover
the sea.” (Isa 11:6-9 AV)

“The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of

Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah
shall not vex Ephraim.” (Isa 11:13 AV)

“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe
on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father,
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the
world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou
gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are
one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;
and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved
them, as thou hast loved me.” (Joh 17:20-23 AV)

“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by
that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working
in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the
edifying of itself in love.” (Eph 4:16 AV)
 Section 6: Of The Submission Or
Destruction Of The Enemies Of The
Church
“The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou
in the midst of thine enemies.” (Ps 110:2 AV)

“The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of
his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places
with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many
countries.” (Ps 110:5-6 AV)

“But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the
rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked.” (Isa 11:4 AV)

“In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword
shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that
crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.” (Isa
27:1 AV)

“Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed
and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with
thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,
even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall
be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.” (Isa 41:11-12 AV)

“Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having

teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and
shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall
carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou
shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.”
(Isa 41:15-16 AV)
 “But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be
taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy
children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh;
and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine:
and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy
Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.” (Isa 49:25-26 AV)

“So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his
glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a
flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.”
(Isa 59:19 AV)

“The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto
thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at
the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.” (Isa 60:14 AV)

“And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under
the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of
hosts.” (Mal 4:3 AV)

Section 7: Of The Destruction Of

Antichrist
“But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it unto the end.” (Da 7:26 AV)

“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming:” (2Th 2:8 AV)
 “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any
man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in
the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:”
(Re 14:9-10 AV)

“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,
and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto
thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:”
(Re 17:1 AV)

“And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall
hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat
her flesh, and burn her with fire.” (Re 17:16 AV)

“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great
is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the
hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful
bird.” (Re 18:2 AV)

“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and
against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived
them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that
worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire
burning with brimstone.” (Re 19:19-20 AV)

Section 8: Of The Favour And Submission

Of Kings To The Church
“Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto
thee.” (Ps 68:29 AV)

“Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to
him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a
servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall
worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of
Israel, and he shall choose thee.” (Isa 49:7 AV)

“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing
mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the
earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am
the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.” (Isa
49:23 AV)

“So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths
at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and
that which they had not heard shall they consider.” (Isa 52:15 AV)

“And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings
shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my
favour have I had mercy on thee. Therefore thy gates shall be open
continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring
unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be
brought.” (Isa 60:10-11 AV)

“Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the
breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour
and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.” (Isa 60:16 AV)

“And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of
it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.”
(Re 21:24 AV)
 Section 9: Of The Security, Peace and
Prosperity Of The Church
“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour
her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her
stones, and favour the dust thereof.” (Ps 102:13-14 AV)

“When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.”
(Ps 102:16 AV)

“And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion,
and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining
of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the
heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from
rain.” (Isa 4:5-6 AV)

“In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. I the LORD do
keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it
night and day.” (Isa 27:2-3 AV)

“Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see
Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken
down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither
shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious LORD
will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go
no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. For the
LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king;
he will save us.” (Isa 33:20-22 AV)

“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste
places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like
the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein,
thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.” (Isa 51:3 AV)
 “In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from
oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not
come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by
me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy
sake.” (Isa 54:14-15 AV)

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.” (Isa 54:17 AV)

“But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for,
behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I
will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of
weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.” (Isa
65:18-19 AV)

“Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her:
rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: That ye may suck,
and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may
milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus
saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and
the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye
shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.” (Isa
66:10-12 AV)

“In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and
this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.” (Jer 23:6 AV)

“And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of
the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey him.” (Da 7:27 AV)

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it.” (Mt 16:18 AV)

Section 10: Of The Perpetuity Of The

Church
“As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit
that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall
not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor
out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth
and for ever.” (Isa 59:21 AV)

“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain.” (Isa 66:22 AV)

“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and
the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,
which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of
hosts is his name: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith
the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation
before me for ever. Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be
measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I
will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith
the LORD.” (Jer 31:35-37 AV)

“And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that
all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is
an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom
that which shall not be destroyed.” (Da 7:14 AV)

“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded

you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.” (Mt 28:20 AV)
 Conclusion
That God Who Is Infinitely Faithful, Will Fulfil All His Promises To
His People

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he
should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he
spoken, and shall he not make it good?” (Nu 23:19 AV)

“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep
his commandments to a thousand generations;” (De 7:9 AV)

“And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye
know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath
failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake
concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing
hath failed thereof.” (Jos 23:14 AV)

“Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel,
according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of
all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his
servant.” (1Ki 8:56 AV)

“As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a
buckler to all those that trust in him.” (Ps 18:30 AV)

“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of
my lips.” (Ps 89:34 AV)
 “He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he
commanded to a thousand generations.” (Ps 105:8 AV)

“LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy

faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth,
and it abideth.” (Ps 119:89-90 AV)

“Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous
judgments endureth for ever.” (Ps 119:160 AV)

“Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:
which keepeth truth for ever:” (Ps 146:6 AV)

“O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;
for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are
faithfulness and truth.” (Isa 25:1 AV)

“Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my
counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to
pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.” (Isa 46:11 AV)

“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the
eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall
not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” (Isa 55:10-11 AV)

“Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for
the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:”
(Ro 15:8 AV)

“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto
the glory of God by us.” (2Co 1:20 AV)

“If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”

(2Ti 2:13 AV)
“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of
promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to
lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to
lay hold upon the hope set before us:” (Heb 6:17-18 AV)

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for
he is faithful that promised;)” (Heb 10:23 AV)

“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2Pe 3:9 AV)

*The end of this collection of Promises

As some of the Promises here collected, are very comprehensive,

and contain more spiritual blessings than one, I have the liberty to
repeat such, under different Sections.

REFLECTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS

From the preceding detail, the following reflections are obvious;

1. The devout reader may hence learn how to view the promises of
God, as on the one hand, exhibited or directed to sinners in common
who hear the gospel; and on the other, as made and performed to
true believers. The absolute promises of the gospel may be taken,
either in a more general, or in a more particular sense. In their more
general acceptation, they appear to be of the same extent as the
gospel-offer. As Christ with his righteousness and fullness, is freely
and wholly offered to all who hear the gospel; so, those promises
which are yea and Amen in him, are all in and with him, as has been
stated above, directed in offer to the hearers of the gospel
indefinitely. “The promise,” says an Apostle, “is unto you and to your
children.” (Acts 2:39) They are presented or directed, in the divine
record, to sinners indiscriminately; in order that every sinner may
have a Divine warrant to embrace them, and so be inexcusable if he
do it not. In the dispensation of the new covenant, they are left in
offer to sinners in common, that the direction of them to all, may be
a ground of faith, or a warrant for every hearer of the gospel to accept
of, or take them as his security for the blessings of salvation. But,
although God directs them in offer to all the hearers of the gospel, he
does not hereby engage or pledge himself, to perform them to all. He
performs them to those only, whom He enables to apply or embrace
them, or to rely on them as their security for all the blessings
contained in them. No promise, how free and absolute soever it may
be, infers an obligation on the promiser to fulfill it, except the party
to whom it is addressed, accept of and rely on it. When a convinced
sinner, in applying the offer of Christ, cordially applies and trusts, at
the same time, the promises; then God pledges his faithfulness, that
he will perform them to him. Though saving faith does not give
possession of the promises, nor entitle to the grace promised; yet it is
necessary as the instrument of taking possession of them: and if any
sinner is to apply and trust them, they must be previously directed to
him for that purpose.—But the promises are to be viewed in a more
particular and strict sense; namely, as expressive of a positive pledge
on the part of God, that he will surely perform them, by conferring
what he hath promised. This is the strict, the proper meaning of
them as promises. In this view they are not only addressed but made
to sinners who believe. God does not engage nor pledge his
faithfulness to every hearer of the gospel, but such only as believe
and trust his promises. But this view of the promises, respects no
exhibition of them to sinners in common, but the fulfilment of them
to believers. We ought, then, not to confound the direction of the
absolute promises to sinners indefinitely, as a warrant to believe,
with the performance of them to believers.
2. That the absolute promises of the new covenant, are directed to
sinners of mankind indefinitely, is evident. Jehovah, by the mouth of
the prophet Isaiah, addresseth his visible church thus: “Thou hast
brought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me
with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast made me to serve with thy
sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. I, even I, am he that
blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not
remember thy sins.” (Isaiah 43:24,25) And saith the Personal
Wisdom of the Father to sinners, “How long, ye simple ones, will you
love simplicity, and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools
hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my
spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.” (Proverbs
1:22,23) The holy Psalmist also, “Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore will he teach sinners in the way.” e (Psalm 25:8) It was to
the Jews as sinners, that Christ commissioned the seventy disciples
to preach his gospel. “Behold, I send you forth as lambs among
wolves.” (Luke 10:3) By calling them wolves, he marks them out as
sinners of the most malignant sort: and what were the disciples first
to say to those sinners? They were to say, “Peace be to this house.”
That this peace, was the peace proclaimed in the gospel, is manifest;
because those who refused it, rejected the kingdom of Christ. Again,
he commanded his gospel to be preached “to every creature.” (Mark
16:15) But it could not be preached to all men, except under the
consideration of there being sinners. The apostle Paul accordingly
declares, That the promises belong to the whole visible church of the
Jews.(Romans 9:4) And Peter, in his sermon to those sinners who
crucified the Lord of glory, says, “the promise is unto you, and to
your children,” etc.(Acts 2:39) Sinners, then, considered as sinners,
have such a right of access to the absolute promises, that it is
warrantable for any of them, to apply, and trust, and plead them.

3. They who look on the absolute promises of the gospel, as

addressed not to sinners indefinitely, but to saints, are under a great
and grievous mistake. While they retain such an error, they can
never attain steadiness in faith and hope. For if they be not satisfied
that they are already saints, they cannot, upon such a principle, see
that it is warrantable for them, to apply and trust those promises;
and then, they cannot but yield to unbelieving suspicion, and
despondent fear. Besides, they will be ready to faint under the
lightest affliction. They see no promise addressed to them in their
affliction; and, therefore, instead of relying on an encouraging
promise, they sink under the slightest burden. They also do little
acceptable service to God. For unless they see that they already are
saints, they think that it would be presumptuous in them, to apply
and trust the great promise of sanctification; and they cannot live a
life of holiness, but by appropriating and trusting that promise.— In
few words: upon that principle, they will not come to Christ as
sinners, but only as saints; and Jesus Christ will not save them but
under the notion of their being sinners in themselves, and of his
being the Savior of sinners. He “came into the world to save sinners:”
(1Timothy 1:15) he came “not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.” (Matthew 9:13) He could get no glory as a Savior, if he
had not sinners to save. Sinners therefore as sinners, are the persons
whom God, in the offers and promises of the gospel, calls to come to
Christ; the persons to whom the absolute promises, in and with
Christ, are directed in offer. Saints, indeed, are the only persons, who
have the absolute promises in right of possession; but sinners in
common who hear the gospel, are they who have a right of access to
them, and who may warrantably embrace and trust them. And it is
only as sinners in themselves, that even saints, can warrantably
renew their application of them.

4. Again, It is not upon the ground of a believer's graces or duties,

that he should apply and trust absolute promises; but only upon the
warrant of the direction of them in the gospel-offer, to him as a
sinner of Adam's race. It is not because he possesses graces, or
performs duties, that it is warrantable for him, to take to himself,
and to rely on those promises; but only, because they are directed to
him in common with all others who hear the gospel. His graces and
duties, indeed, are grounds for concluding, that he has cordially
trusted these gracious promises; but not grounds for renewing his
exercise of trust in them. If he is to renew his exercise of applying
them and relying on them, he must, as if this were but the beginning
of his confidence, attempted upon the warrant of the offer of them in
the gospel, to him as a sinner. If he make sense or feeling the ground
of his faith, instead of the direction of the absolute promises to him
as a sinner; this is not right believing, but rather sense or feeling.
His faith is like that of Thomas, who would not believe till he saw
and felt. It is the power of Christ only, that can enable him to believe;
but it is not his feeling of that power, that is his warrant to believe. If
he ground his faith of the promises of God, and of the power of
Christ, on his feeling of spiritual graces, on what will he ground it,
when instead of feeling these, he sometimes feels nothing within him
but prevalent and impetuous corruptions?— The exercise of saving
faith is grounded, not on feeling in the heart, but on the faithfulness
in the word.

5. The promises are not the primary object of faith, but the
secondary. Neither the indefinite nor definite promises, are the
primary object of saving faith. It is in Christ, that all the promises of
God are yea and Amen. In Christ they are all yea, for he hath
affirmed them in his veracity; and all Amen, for he has confirmed
them by his death. When Christ, then, is offered in the gospel to
sinners indiscriminately, the promises are offered in him, or offered
as they are in him. When, therefore, a convinced sinner is believing
with the heart, he first believes with application the offer of Christ,
and trusts in Him for all his salvation; and, then he believes the offer
of the promises in Christ with application, and relies on Divine
faithfulness in them for the performance of them. He trusts in the
Lord Jesus and on his righteousness, in order to trust the promises.
Relying on the righteousness of Jesus Christ, for a complete title to
the blessings of salvation, he relies on the faithfulness of God in the
promises, for the communication of these blessings. His vital union
with Christ by faith, is the ground of his communion with him in the
grace of the promise. His personal interest in Christ, is the
foundation of his saving interest in the promises, and the blessings
promised. The Lord Jesus has a fundamental interest in the
promises, because he fulfilled the conditions of them; and the
believer has a derived interest in them, because he is united to him.
Christ is the primary heir of the promises, and believers are heirs of
promise in communion with him. Trusting in him for the possession
of salvation, they possessed the promises of salvation in him. The
union which faith is the instrument of forming, is not so much
between a believer and the promise, as between a believer and Christ
in the promise. The promises are but as the field, and Christ is the
Pearl of great price, which is found in that field. They are as the
golden pot, and he is the manna which is laid up in them. They are as
the glass, and he is the infinitely glorious Object who is to be seen in
them. (2 Corinthians 3:18) The convinced sinner, therefore, must not
apply and trust the promises by themselves; but only as they are in
Christ. He must rely on Jesus Christ as he is offered to him, and on
the promises as they are, in and with Christ, directed in offer to him.
God hath offered his promises in his dear son, that our faith might
look further than to the bare promise; that it might fix on the Person
of Christ, in whom all the promises are yea and Amen.

6. It is not faith, that gives the believer his right of possession, to

what is in the absolute promises; and therefore it is not the proper
condition of them. Though faith be necessary to apply or embrace the
absolute promises, and so to take possession of them; yet, as was
hinted above, it is not it, that gives the believer his right to the
blessings promised, but the promises themselves. No sooner does the
convicted sinner, begin cordially to embrace and trust these
promises, that they give him a right to possess that which is
promised. These promises are, in Christ, left in offer to sinners
indefinitely; and when a sinner takes them as his security for the
blessings promised, they confer upon him, in particular, a right to
possess and enjoy what is promised. It is not his acting of faith, that
gives him the right of possession, but the promise which faith
applies. Then, and not till then, is the faithfulness of God pledged, to
confer upon him all that is promised. Faith gives no title to what is in
the promises; but only receives the promises which God freely gives,
and takes the right which the promises themselves convey. “He that
believeth shall be saved.” Why? not because faith gives a right to
salvation; but, because it is the mean or instrument of taking that
right to it, which the promises give to everyone who embraces them.
Seeing faith itself is absolutely promised, it cannot be the condition
of the absolute promises. The great condition of all the promises, and
of the promise of faith among them, is the surety- righteousness of
the second Adam. Precious faith, says an Apostle, is obtained
“through the righteousness of God, even our Savior Jesus Christ.” (2
Peter 1:1)

7. Is it in and with Christ himself, that the absolute promises are

given in offer to sinners indefinitely? It follows that, when a
convinced sinner cordially believes with application to himself, the
offer of Christ and of his righteousness, he should, at the same time,
believe with application, the offer of those promises in Christ. He
ought to believe, that the Lord speaketh in them as particularly to
him, as if he spoke to him alone. It follows also that, when, upon the
warrant of the unlimited offer, he trusts cordially in Jesus Christ for
his whole salvation, he should at the same time trust those promises,
considered as in Christ. When he places the confidence of his heart in
his faithful Redeemer, for all salvation to himself in particular, he
should not forget to rely also on the faithfulness of God pledged in
his promises, for all the salvation promised. Applying to himself the
offer of Christ, he ought to apply also the offer of the absolute
promises; and trusting with his heart in Christ, and on his
righteousness, he should in like manner trust these promises. Taking
them as his security for all the blessings of salvation, contained in
them, he should trust confidently, that God who cannot lie, will
perform them to him, and so perfect that which concerneth him.
When he thus applies and trust them, he may conclude, that they are
not only directed but made to him, and that they will surely be made
good to him.

8. The absolute promises are of great use, and that for various
purposes. They serve, in the hand of the blessed Spirit, to manifest in
an eminent degree, the exceeding riches of divine grace to sinners. If
much grace appears, in promising inestimable blessings upon a small
condition, surely more grace is manifested in promising the same, or
greater blessings, without any proper condition. Absolute promises
are eminent expressions of the richest grace and of the freest and
greatest love. Jehovah gave David an absolute promise, that he
would establish his throne forever; and the grace which appeared in
it, melted his heart into the deepest sense of his meanness and
unworthiness. They are also of special use in imparting first grace, to
sinners who have no grace. In the new covenant there are not only
promises of more grace, to them who have some grace, which may be
styled definite promises; but promises of grace, to them who have
none, which are absolute or indefinite promises, and presuppose a
total want of grace. Every degree of grace in the soul, is the issue of
absolute promises; for all the promises are absolutely reductively.
Every good qualification is therein promised, and no commendable
quality is to be found in the soul, till they begin to be fulfilled to it.
The moment before the promise of quickening grace begins to be
performed, the soul is dead in sin; the instant before that of the
remission of sin is fulfilled, the guilt of sin is found there;
immediately before that of reconciliation is made good, emnity to
God reigns there; and the moment before God becomes the sinner’s
God, the sinner is without God in the world. The sinner therefore,
notwithstanding his want of all good qualifications, has
encouragement to come to Christ, and to the absolute promises;
because every gracious qualification is therein promised freely to
him. Moreover, they are of great use to those believers, who are in
the dark, as to their evidences of being in a state of grace. Seeing
they are directed to the believer, as in himself a sinner, he may at all
times, apply and trust them, for every supply of grace of which he
feels his need. Not only are these promises of first grace, but of all
subsequent degrees of grace. When a disconsolate Christian, then, is
ready to say, I have not the good qualifications to which, definite
promises are annexed, he may find much in the indefinite promises,
to sustain and comfort him. They are a standing ground of trust and
hope; bread that will never fail; streams that will never dry. He has
no reason to stand aloof from these, because he wants this or the
other laudable qualification; but should the rather trust and plead
them, for every one that he sees he needs. Every sinner to whom the
gospel comes, has so far a right to the absolute promises, that it is his
duty to rely on them, for all the good qualifications that he wants;
else he could not be condemned for unbelief, as multitudes are.
(John 3:18) In a word, these promises are of special use to comfort
distressed souls, under their sorest trials and deepest
discouragements. (Hebrews 6:18)

9.The definite or restricted promises are likewise of great use. Under

the illuminating influence of the Holy Spirit they serve, in an
eminent degree, to discover the suitableness of redeeming grace, to
all the conditions and wants of needy sinners. “Come unto Me,”
sayeth the Lord Jesus, “all Ye that labor and are heavy laden and I
will give you rest”. (Matthew 11:28) Laboring and being heavy laden
are descriptions, not of commendable qualifications in those, whom
the Savior here invites to come to him, but of their sinfulness and
misery; and his promise is a promise of relief, admirably suited to
them in such a dismal condition. Besides, the promises not annexed
to laboring and being heavy laden, but to coming unto Christ. The
Lord Jesus, we read, hath been appointed to preach good tidings to
the meek or the poor, and to bind up the brokenhearted. (Isaiah 61:1)
The broken hearted, in these passages, are those whose hearts are
broken, not only by a sense of sin, but by outward affliction or
distress. Christ's design is, to show that his mercy and grace are
suitable to those, who are in such afflictive circumstances. These are
not qualifications to be desired, any more than those which follow; of
being captives, bound, blind, and bruised. But it is here declared,
that whatever the miseries be, to which sinners are exposed, suitable
relief is to be found in Christ and his promises. They are also of use
to excite believers to seek, in absolute promises, the holy attainments
to which they are annexed. Accordingly, the Lord Jesus saith to his
disciples, “you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will
also forgive you.” (Matthew 6:14) Here the promise of divine
forgiveness, is restricted to those who forgive injuries done to them;
in order to excite believers, to trust and plead diligently, the absolute
promise of a merciful and forgiving disposition. Such promises
likewise are of great use to show, how acceptable holiness of heart
and life is, to the Lord. An apostle speaking of the Lord Jesus says
that, “He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey him.” (Hebrews 5:9) This indirect promise is given to all them
who obey Christ; to show, how highly God approves of the obedience
of faith to his dear son. They serve, moreover, to declare the means
which believers are to employ, in order to attain the progressive, and
complete, enjoyment of the blessings promised. As the indefinite
promises, though exclusive of any proper condition to be fulfilled by
us, are yet not exclusive of means to be used by us; so the definite
promises are of special use, to teach us those means, and the
necessity of employing them. In few words, They are of special use to
show us, The order of connection between one blessing of the new
covenant, and another; which are like so many links of a chain closed
within each other there is a certain order according to which, we are
to expect the enjoyment of promised blessings. Thus we are not to
expect holiness, before faith in Jesus Christ; nor assurance of sense,
before some degree of the assurance of faith. Nor are we to expect
spiritual comfort, before we begin to love and to study true holiness.
We must live a life of grace here, before a life of glory hereafter.
According to the order established in the covenant of grace, it is they
who mourn for sin that shall be comforted, and they who endure to
the end, that shall be saved. The definite promises, then, are
declarations of the inseparable connexion among the several
blessings, contained in the promise of eternal life; and of the order
according to which, the Lord is pleased to bestow them.

10. From the preceding detail, the reader may see the way to attain
evangelical holiness, and to advance in the love and practice of it.
The way to attain that holiness which is evangelical and true, is to
attain union with Christ by faith, and communion with him in the
promises. When God gives Christ in offer, to sinners indefinitely who
hear the gospel, he at the same time gives in offer to them, exceeding
great and precious promises, in and with Christ; that by these, some
of them as believe, may be partakers of a divine nature, and escape
the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2Peter 1:4) The way
to become a partaker of true holiness, then, is, not only to trust in
Christ Jesus, for regenerating and sanctifying grace, but to apply and
trust the promises; not only to rely on the righteousness of Christ, for
a title to sanctification, but on the faithfulness of God in the
promises, for the possession and increase of it. The children of
promise have the image of a promising God, stamped upon them;
and inconsequence of union with the second Adam, they in some sort
are partakers of a divine nature. Having the promises directed and
made to them, it is both their privilege and their duty, to cleanse
themselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.(2Corinthians 7:1) The promises, are the
foundation of all their holy performances. The things which the Lord
commands them to do, he promises that he will enable them to do.
They by working, do not cause him to fulfill his promises; but he by
promising and fulfilling his promises, enables them to perform good
works. That holiness of heart and of life which he requires in his law,
he promises in his gospel. The way then to attain it, is to embrace
and trust his promises; and the way to make progress in it, is to
renew frequently our acting of trust in them. It is by the frequent
exercise of particular trust in the promises, as well as in Christ
himself, that we can derive from his fulness, those continued
supplies of grace which are necessary, both to strengthen habitual
grace, and to enable us to perform spiritual obedience.—The believer
is commanded to do nothing, but what God by his promises is
engaged to do in him and by him.

11.The objects of the promises, for whom they are intended, are the
elect of God, whom he hath chosen to inherit that “eternal life which
he who cannot lie promised before the world began”.(Titus 1:2) The
objects of them, by whom they are possessed, are true believers. “He
that believes in me,” saith Jesus Christ, “hath everlasting life.” (John
6:47) Believers have by faith taken possession of Christ, who is given
for a covenant of the people, and possession of the promises in and
with him. The charter of the promises, accordingly, is delivered to
them, and established in their persons. They have accepted of the
promises, and, therefore, the faithfulness of God is pledged for
performing the promises to them. Hence they are styled “the heirs of
promise.” The objects of the promises, to whom they are given or
directed in offer, that possession of them may be taken, are sinners
of mankind who hear the gospel. (Acts 2:39)—The objects of them in
the first sense, shall possess them; the objects of them in the second,
do possess them; and the objects of them in the third, may possess
them.

12. The infinite power of a promising God, is a part of the ground of

saving faith. The promises themselves are one ground of faith, and
the infinite ability of God in Christ to perform them, is another. We
read, in the New Testament, of two memorable acts of Abraham's
faith; and in each of them his faith was grounded, not only on the
promise, but on the power of God. The faith also of the three Hebrew
children, was grounded on his power. “Our God whom we serve,”
said they, “is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace”.
(Daniel 3:17) The Holy Spirit often lays down the power of a
promising God, as a sure ground of the faith and comfort of
believers. When the Apostle Paul had put up petitions in behalf of the
Ephesians, he concluded his prayer thus:—“Now unto Him, that is
able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us,” &c (Ephesians 3:20,21)
The saints are comforted against the fear of falling away, because
God is able to keep them from falling;(Jude 24) and they are assured
that they shall stand, because he “is able to make them stand.”
(Romans 14:4) The promises themselves, then, and God's power to
perform them, must go together, in order to form the ground of faith.
Though many true Christians are ready to think it easy to believe,
that God is able to perform his promises; yet, if they would follow up
their doubts to their proper source, they should find that the greater
part of them, springs from a secret distrust of his power to do as he
has said. ‘Is it possible,’ one will say, ‘that such inveterate
corruptions, as I have long contended with, and used all means to
mortify, and which are yet as vigorous as ever, should after all be
subdued? I fear that, I shall perish one day by the hand of these
powerful enemies.’, But no difficulties, no improbabilities, should
ever discourage our exercise of faith, because the power of God is
infinite.

13. It appears from the preceding collection, that a life of faith, is

altogether different from a life of spiritual sense or feeling. Faith is a
taking possession of the promises; but sense is the possession of the
blessings promised: faith is a trusting of the promises; but sense is
the enjoyment of the thing promised: faith is a taking and trusting of
God's word; but sense is a feeling of his work according to his word:
faith lives upon the promises; but sense, upon the performance of
them: by faith, the believer credits with application to himself, the
truth of the promises; but by sense, he tastes the goodness and
sweetness of them: by faith he is sure, because God saith it; but by
sense he is sure, because he himself feels it. A life of faith, is ever
grounded on something without; but a life of spiritual sense, on
something within the believer: sense looks only to the means, for
obtaining every blessing; but faith looks above and beyond the
means: by sense, a man believes only so far as he thinks he has
reason to believe; but by faith one believes above reason: the life of
sense, in almost all its reasonings, reasons itself from the Savior; but
the life of faith reasons itself to Him. The life of sense, is our living
upon grace in the heart; but the life of faith, is our living upon grace
in Christ, and in the promise. Indeed, as one has said, ‘he must be a
poor believer, that cannot form a living out of a promise’. In a word,
The life of sense, cast down a man's cheerful obedience, together
with his comfort; but the life of faith, keeps up his obedience, when
his comfort goes down. “Mine eyes fail for thy word saying when will
thou comfort me?... Yet do I not forget thy statutes”. (Psalms
119:82,83)

14.While it is the Oath of God, that renders his promises sure, it is

his Love, that makes them sweet. In order to confirm the faith of
believers, God hath not only passed his word, but added his oath.
“God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise, the
immutability of his council, confirmed it by an oath”. (Hebrews 6:17)
And what can be surer than the promises of God who cannot lie,
confirmed by the oath, and sealed with the blood of God? The
covenant of promise, therefore, is called “The sure mercies of David”.
Oh what a happy people are the heirs of promise, for whose sakes,
the God of truth is willing to swear! And, on the contrary, how great
must the sin, and how dreadful the punishment, of those be, who
refused to trust in his word and his oath! Is not the honor of his holy
name concerned in making good, that which he hath said and sworn?
He being the promiser, and so obliging himself to be the performer,
how can any question the certainty of his promises? Since God hath
added his oath, that broad seal of heaven, to his promises, he, to say
it with reverence, should violate his oath and forswear himself, if he
did not perform them. The form of his oath is peculiar to himself, “as
I live”. What will we believe, or whom will we ever believe, if we do
not believe the God of truth, swearing by his own life?—As the oath
of God makes his promises sure, so his loving kindness renders them
sweet. His favor is life: his loving kindnessis better than life. The
promises all spring from the infinitely free favor of God, to the
objects of his redeeming love. They are expressions of love, not
rewards of service; patents of grace, not bills of debt. Though God's
faithfulness binds him to fulfill them; yet it was his loving kindness
that moved him to make them. His promises, indeed, have made him
a debtor; but it was sovereign grace that made him a promiser. They
all flow from absolutely free favor, and are addressed, not to such as
deserve mercy, but to such as need it; not to the righteous, but to
sinners. They are wholly from free grace, as the first principle from
which they spring. This renders them to humbled souls, sweeter than
honey and the honey-comb. (Psalm 19:10)

15. The promises, accordingly, are grounds of strong consolation to

afflicted believers. “Thy word,” says David, “is my comfort in my
affliction; for it hath quickened me.” (Psalm 119:50) In the dreary
winter of desertion, when the verdure of all other comforts withers,
the promises delight and revive their drooping souls. Under
apprehensions of God's displeasure, with which, even the holiest of
saints are sometimes afflicted, they serve, in the hand of the blessed
Comforter, to allay the scorching heat, and to make that soul, which
was like a parched wilderness, to be like a watered garden. In such a
time of trouble, good tidings from heaven by the promises, are as
cold water to a thirsty soul. (Proverbs 25:25) In the tempestuous
seasons of inward or outward trouble, they are sure anchors to fix
believers amidst all their tossings, and to make them ride safely, so
as neither to sink in the gulf of despondency, nor to dash on the rock
of presumption. None of these things, can be affirmed of the best of
earthly comforts. When we weigh them in the balance together, we
shall soon find that the comforts of the promises, do far excel the
best comforts of the world. The consolation which the promises
yield, surpasses the sweetest of earthly comforts, especially in purity,
fulness, universality, and certainty. The absolute promises, are
directed in offer to men as sinners: this consideration rightly
understood, is such a ground of solid comfort, as no other principle
can be;—for it is fitted to answer every objection of Satan, and of the
distrustful and desponding heart. If Satan, and the evil heart of
unbelief can, at any time prevail to beat the believer off from relying
on the absolute promises, they will quickly rob him of his
consolation. He should, therefore, observe and ponder diligently,
every word and circumstance in these promises; and he will
gradually discern grounds of comfort in them, which he did not at
first discover. When through grace he embraces them, as his security
for eternal life, and has no hope from the law, no expectation from
himself, or his best endeavors; but all his expectation from them, as
addressed to him as a sinner, he cannot but find them sure grounds
of comfort to him. Jeremiah was commissioned, as was hinted above,
to prophecy of the captivity of Judah and Benjamin for seventy years;
yet, in order to comfort them, in the prospect of this and all their
other trials, he not only assures them of a return, but prophesies of
the new covenant, as consisting of absolute promises. (Jeremiah
31:31-34) An apostle refers believers to these two immutable things,
the promise and oath of God, as the things which the Lord appointed
to be grounds of strong consolation. (Hebrews 6:18) Many, alas!—in
consequence of the remains of a legal spirit in them, instead of
deriving their comfort, by direct believing, from Christ and
immutable promises, draw it from their faith and other graces; and
so, their comfort is ebbing and flowing, up and down daily, as their
frames are.

16. The promises are most apt to be deeply injured, by the two sinful
extremes of distrust and presumption. Above all the other parts of
Scripture, they are liable to be abused and injured, either by the one,
or the other, of these sinful extremes. The weak believer, whose
doubts and jealousies are too strong for his faith, puts away from him
the consolation of the promises, and considers them as cordials not
strong enough, to remove the inveterate distempers of his soul. He
questions if the promises be directed to him, or if the holy Lord God
will perform them to such a great sinner as he is. Thus he disbelieves,
distrusts, and dishonors them. The self confident and secure
formalist, on the other hand, either places his presumptuous hopes
in the room of the promises, or trusts them in an unreasonable, and
unwarrantable manner. He either trusts them apart from Christ, or
more than Christ, or that he may take encouragement from them to
continue in sin. He applies and trusts the promises of happiness in
eternity; but not the promises of holiness in time. Or it may be, he
applies them, upon the ground of some supposed good qualities
wrought in him, or some good works done by him. Thus he presumes
to come and give, when the Lord is inviting him to come and take;
not considering, that it is not only impossible for him to bring, but
presumptuous for him to pretend to bring, any good qualification
with him, to procure his welcome to Christ and to the free promise. It
is nothing but a presumptuous treating with God, upon the footing of
the old covenant; and that, even while God is treating with him,
according to the absolutely free promises of the new covenant. If the
devout reader, then, would guard effectually against these two
extremes, I would exhort him, to study always the case of his soul
and the promise together; and to adapt the case to the promise, and
the promise to the case. If he consider the case of his soul, what case
so ever it be, without the promise suited to it, he is in danger of
despairing; and if he study the promise, without considering his case,
he is in danger of presuming.—To attend to your case and the
promise together, is the way to honor and improve the promise.
17. Let the reader be exhorted, frequently to believe the promises,
with application of them to himself. They, as was often hinted above,
are, in and with Christ, directed in offer to sinners indefinitely who
hear the gospel, and to you in particular; in order that you, as a
sinner, may have a divine warrant, to believe them with particular
application to yourself. Believing that Christ is in the gospel offered
freely to you, believe cordially, that all the absolute promises in him
are also given in offer to you, as in yourself an unworthy and undone
sinner. Believe not only the truth and the goodness of them, but
embrace them. Believe that the God of all grace, speaks as
particularly in them to you, as if he had spoken to you alone. Apply
them to yourself willingly, affectionately, and cheerfully. Apply them
next to your heart; that they may lie nearest and closest to your
inmost soul. The softest garments, we usually wear next to our
bodies. The promises of redeeming mercy and grace, are objects of
the greatest delicacy; and, therefore, they should be applied next to
the heart. Suffer no earthly objects, to lie between them and your
heart. Apply them to your heart, with the most assured confidence,
and the most ardent love. And, as the absolute promises are directed
to sinners as such, you may always apply them; for, though you do
not always see, that you are a saint, yet you may at all times see, that
you are in yourself a sinner, one of those to whom they are
presented, as a ground of faith. O believe them, then, at all times,
with fiducial application to yourself. Take them, and rely on them, as
your security for all the blessings of salvation. Embrace them as your
only security; and renounce all expectation from the law of works, or
from your own righteousness or strength. If you did not believe the
commands in curses of the law, with application to yourself, you
could not have conviction of sin and misery by the law; so, if you do
not believe the promises, with application to yourself, you cannot
have relief by the gospel. Apply them, then, upon the authority of
God; apply them, upon the ground of their being directed to you, and
for the end for which they are directed, which is, to make you holy, as
well as happy. As to the restricted or definite promises, let not the
qualification required in any of them, detour you from applying it. If
you be not satisfied that you have the qualification, but take yourself
to the absolute promise in which it is contained; and if you do not
find that, at the time, look to Christ himself, in whom all fullness
dwells. Having Him, you have the condition of every promise.

18. Meditate seriously and frequently on the promises. Meditation,

indeed, imparts no degree of worth to the precious promises; but it
extracts the sweetness of them, which otherwise could scarcely be
tasted. When the true Christian first turns his thoughts toward the
promises, the light and comfort which shine from them, seem to be
like weak and imperfect rays, which neither dispel darkness, nor
scatter doubts. When again, through grace, he resolves them
distinctly in his mind, the sweetness of the comfort which they yield,
is more sensibly enjoyed. But, when the affections of the renewed
heart, are deeply fixed in the meditation of them, Oh, what a bright
mirror are they to the eye of faith! How does the believer,
sometimes, triumph in the fullness of mercy, which overflows in
them! How does he stay himself upon the stability of them, as being
founded upon infinite, and immutable strength! And how does he
admire the free and glorious grace, which move the most High God
to become, by his promises, a debtor to him! As the promises must
be read and heard, with diligence and prayer; so they should be
called to remembrance, by much serious musing upon them, else
they will never prove reviving, and cheering cordials. Roses are more
fragrant in the still, than on the stock; and promises are to the
believer, sweeter in the heart, than in the book. It is the promises as
pondered in the mind, that, under the consoling influences of the
blessed Spirit, produce joy and gladness in believing souls. Study
diligently, O believer, the inestimable value, and variety, of the
precious promises, your own interest in them, and the certainty of
their accomplishment: so shall your meditation of them, and of the
fullness of redeeming grace in them, be sweet to your soul.

19. When you apply the promises, be sure to trust in them. When
you believe cordially, that the absolute promises are directed in offer
to you, and that the Lord speaketh in each of them, to you in
particular, trust in them with all your heart. Rely on his faithfulness
in them, for the performance of them to you, in every time of need.
Taking them as your security for all your salvation, give to him the
honor of his faithfulness, by trusting confidently that, in his own
time and way, he will do to you as he has said. “Hath he said, and
shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good?”
(Numbers 23:19) God, in the gospel strictly taken, deals with you by
free promises; and, therefore, you are invited to deal with him by
relying on those words of grace, for all the blessings of his great
salvation. Your application of his precious promises, should always
be a fiducial application: it should constantly be attended with
assured trust, that your faithful Redeemer will perform them to you.
Seeing the promises are adapted to every case, rely on them in every
case. When dispensations of providence, seem to contradict the
promises, imitate the faith of the woman of Canaan. From the silence
of Jesus, from his denial, and from his calling her dog, she finds
ground to trust, that he will at length grant her request. When he
answers not, there is ground of hope, because he denies not. When
he denies, there is ground of more hope, because he speaks, and may
soon be prevailed upon. When he calls her dog, her expectation rises
higher; because, though the children only shall be filled, the dogs
shall not be suffered to famish. When faith is in lively exercise, the
believer, in the deepest distresses is that befalls him, loses almost
nothing of his courage, but cheerfully bears up in the midst of all. As
he who levels at a mark, closes one eye, that he may take aim the
better with the other; as you, believer, ought to close the eye of
depraved reason, that you may see the more distinctly with the eye of
faith. Consider for your encouragement to rely on the promises of
God, that the Lord Jesus hath fulfilled the conditions of them; and,
therefore, that He cannot put them to any other use, than that of
performing them to you who cordially believe in him. In the thirty-
first chapter of Jeremiah, where the promises of the new covenant
are recorded, the glorious name Jehovah is repeated thirty three
times; doubtless, to encourage every believer to trust, that he who
giveth us the promises, will assuredly give the performance of them,
to everyone who embraces them.
20. It is the duty and interest of every believer, to apply and trust
also, the promises of temporal blessings. How soon are tempestuous
cares and fears calmed, and how sweetly is the heart of the exercised
believer quieted, by casting all his care upon a promising God! How
quickly may he discern in these promises, the faithfulness of God
pledged, for food to satisfy his hunger, for clothing to cover his
nakedness, and for treasure to sustain his family! Godliness hath the
promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
(1Timothy 4:8) Be persuaded, believer, that your relying, through
grace, on the promises of the life that that now is, will, in a high
degree, sweeten the enjoyment of all your earthly blessings, how few
so ever they may be. When you are enabled to trust that, all your
outward enjoyments are fruits of redeeming love to you, and that
they flow to you in the channel of the blood of the everlasting
covenant; then, they become proportionably sweet to your taste, and
valuable in their use. “The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he
addeth no sorrow with it”. (Proverbs 10:22) Know, that it is not your
care and labour, that make rich, but the blessing of the Lord; that it
is not your wisdom, that renders your lawful endeavor successful, but
God's faithfulness in his promises. Rely, therefore, not on your own
skill and industry, for the good things of this life, but on the promise
of temporal blessings. Referring yourself to the wisdom, care, and
faithfulness, of the Lord Jesus, trust that, according to his promises,
he will give you that measure of outward enjoyments, which shall
best subserve your sanctification, and his glory in your salvation.

21. Wait upon the Lord, for the fulfilling of his promises to you.
Having applied and trusted his promises of spiritual blessings, wait
upon him for the performance of them. The Lord will take his own
time, and his own way, of performing his promises to his people. It is
your duty, then, to say with the Israelitish church, “I will look unto
the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear
me”. (Micah 7:7) “The Lord is a God of judgment, and blessed are all
they that wait for him” (Isaiah 30:18). Wait upon him in his own
way, otherwise you tempt him, and do what you can, to thrust his
promises from you. Wait in the use of appointed means; in the
exercise of internal means, such as, faith, and hope, resignation, and
patience, meditation and desire; and in the use of external means,
namely, the word, sacraments, prayer, in all other instituted
ordinances of God. Thus wait diligently upon God, watching daily at
his gates, waiting at the posts of his doors. (Proverbs 8:34) They who
thus “wait upon the Lord, shall renew, or, change their strength”.
They shall have strength to mount up, or strength to run, or strength
to walk, according as they need it: for it follows, “they shall mount up
with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, and they shall
walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31) Wait then upon the Lord. You
have his immutable and sure promises, as your security for all the
blessings of salvation; and, therefore you have as good ground now
to continue waiting, as you had at the first to begin to wait.

22. Be very thankful to a promising God, for his promises. They are
exceeding great and precious, free and suitable, good and faithful.
The faithfulness of Jehovah, pledged in them to believers, is
established in the very heavens. They are “ordered in all things and
sure”. All the mercies contained in them, are “the sure mercies of
David”. Let the believer, then, abound much in thanksgiving and
praise to the God of all grace, who is the fountain from which, all
those streams of living water do continually flow. Give thanks to his
blessed name, for he hath poured forth his redeeming mercy and
grace, in rich promises to you; in promises, which are more sweet to
holy souls than honey, and more satisfactory than marrow and
fatness. How well does it become you, believer, to pay unto the Lord,
a tribute of overflowing gratitude for them! He loves to make good
his gracious promises, and to bestow his covenant-mercies, where he
may hear of them again. This is the great end of all his promises, and
works of grace, That we should be to the praise of his glory, as a God
of grace. Seeing, then, that a thankful acknowledgment of the free
grace of God in his promises, is the only return that you can make; it
becomes you to abound in it, and to make it the duty, not only of
your lips, but of your heart and of your life. Pour out your very soul,
in adoring gratitude to him, who hath manifested the gracious
thoughts of his heart to you, in great and precious promises: and
express your thankfulness for his promises, by advancing daily in
purity of heart, and in holiness of life. (2 Corinthians 7:1) Express it
also, by blessing God with your soul, and all that is within you, for
the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom all his promises are yea and Amen;
for his consummate righteousness, the condition of them; and for his
adorable spirit, the revealer and Applier of them to your heart. Be
thankful, that the indefinite promises are directed in offer, to you as
a sinner; and that it is at all times warrantable for you, trusting in
Christ, to apply and trust them. Give thanks to him, for having made
it your duty, at all times to trust them. When you walk in darkness,
bless the Lord that you have his promises to rely on. (Psalm 56:4,10)
In a word, express your thankfulness for the promises, by longing
ardently for the full accomplishment of them. You have trials to
encounter, and death at the last; but you have the promises, That as
your days are, so shall your strength be; that the Lord will never
leave you; and that death shall be swallowed up in victory.

23. The believer ought, in the exercise of faith, to plead the promises
with God, and to plead them all in the name of Christ. The God of all
grace takes it well, when you remind him of his covenant, and press
him with his promises. Urge him importunately, then, with his words
of grace. Plead as David did, “Remember the word unto thy servant,
upon which thou hast caused me to hope”.(Psalm 119:49) Thus did
Jacob, (Genesis 32:9-12) Jehoshaphat, (2Chronicles 20:9) Daniel,
(Daniel 9:2-19) and Nehemiah.(Nehemiah 1:5-9) The right way of
pleading promises, is, to plead them in the name of Jesus Christ; To
plead that they may be performed to you, for His sake.(John
16:23,24) The proper condition of them all, has been fulfilled by him;
and therefore, upon the ground of his obedience unto death, you
ought to plead them: for, though they be absolute in point of proper
conditionality in you, yet not exclusively of the use of means. After an
enumeration of several absolute promises, the Lord saith, “I will yet
for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them”. Plead
them, then, and say, Thou who hast left to me the promises, O let me
not, through unbelief, come short of the blessings promised: Thou
who hast vouchsafed to me the outward means, give me, I pray thee,
the inward grace. Plead, that the Lord may give you more and more
of the new heart, of the new spirit, and of the heart of flesh; that he
may put his spirit within you, and cause you to walk in his statutes;
and that He may be your God, and make you one of his people,
according to his absolute promises. Know that, in proportion as you
trust the promises, you will be importunate in pleading them; for
trusting implies desire, and true desire is offered up to God by
prayer. When you trust, then that the Lord will perform his free
promises to you, pray and plead importunately, that for Christ’s sake
He may.

24. Take heed, that you do not abuse any of the promises. This in
you, believer, would be a highly aggravated sin. Do not resemble
those who are not for all the promises; who hug to their bosoms the
promise of pardon, but hate the promise of purity; who take the
promise of happiness, but reject the promise of holiness; and who
take the promises, but not as given, nor for the ends for which they
are given. The promises are given in offer to you, as an unworthy
sinner, in order to render you holy, as well as to make you happy. But
if you at any time apply them, to render you secure, to encourage you
in sin, and so to abuse the grace of God to licentiousness; then, you
are despising the grace, and perverting the promises, of the High and
Holy One. But, if you, by faith, take them out of the hand of God, or
take them as given, ans for the holy ends for which they are given;
then, you need not fear that you abuse them. If, under an affecting
sense of your extreme need of all promised blessings, you sincerely
desire them, in and with Christ himself, and so apply and trust the
promises, as your security for them; you hereby show your esteem of
the precious promises, and honor the faithfulness of God as pledged
in them. You apply them, not for your encouragement to continue in
any sin; but for your insight to advance daily, in the love and practice
of universal holiness.—In a word, if you embrace the promises, upon
the warrant of the direction of them in offer to you, and rely on them
for all promised blessings, in subservience to the glory of redeeming
grace, you make a good, and a profitable use of them.
25. Although it is on the ground of a promise being given objectively
in the word, that it should be applied and trusted; yet, when it is
given subjectively and powerfully, by the spirit, in the heart of a
believer, he should by no means overlook it. The Holy Spirit, in order
to direct and encourage the exercised Christian, in his use of the
promises, sometimes, impresses on his memory with power, a
promise suited to the particular case and exigence of his soul. When
it is thus impressed on his memory, or brought to his mind, he
should be far from despising it; because it may be a messenger
dispatched from heaven, to help him in time of need. This is one of
the ways in which, the Spirit of truth, as the Comforter, teaches
disciples. “He shall teach you all things”. How? “He shall bring all
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
(John 14:26) If, then, a seasonable and suitable promise is brought to
your mind, believer, see that, you give it due entertainment. “Thy
word have I hid in mine heart,” says David, “that I might not sin
against thee.” (Psalm 119:11). And that ye may without hesitation,
trust and plead a promise, brought with power to your heart, you
should examine, whether it may have been impressed on it, by the
Holy Spirit of God, or by an evil spirit. As Satan used scripture
phraseology, in some of the temptations with which, he assailed the
Lord Jesus; so, when he is permitted, he will sometimes transform
himself into an angel of light, and will employ scripture expressions,
to enforce the temptations with which, he assaults believers. He will
impress promises, or threatenings with power, on their minds. It is
of great importance for you, then, to be able to distinguish, whether a
promise brought to your mind, be from the Spirit of God, or from
Satan. Now, to guide you in resolving this, you should always
consider the case of your soul, at the time the promise comes to you,
and also the immediate tendency and influence of it upon you. You
should, I say, always consider at such a time, the case or frame of
your soul. If, when your heart is depressed, discouraged, and
disconsolate, and at the same time, resolved to look at the
compassionate Savior, for sanctifying and comforting grace; an
encouraging promise is impressed on your mind, you may conclude
that it is from the Holy Spirit; for it is suitable to your case, and
necessary to support your drooping heart. But if, when your frame is
dead and cold, remiss and secure, disposed to neglect known duty,
and to love and yield to motions of sin, an encouraging promise
powerfully impresses your mind; you may suspect that it comes from
the enemy, to lull you asleep in carnal security. It is unsuitable to
your present case. You need at such a time, to be alarmed and
aroused, and not to be encouraged to sleep in a dangerous security.—
Again, when a promise is powerfully impressed on your mind, you
should consider, what the immediate tendency and influence of it
are. If it dispose you to be indolent and secure, encourage you to sin,
lead you to presumptuous hope, and embolden you to turn the grace
of God into lasciviousness; you may conclude that, it has been
fastened on your mind by Satan. But on the contrary, if when it
comes, it humbles you, melts your heart, fills you with admiration of
the distinguishing grace of God, and endears the Savior more and
more to your heart; if it leads you to a more evangelical frame, to
trust cordially in the Lord Jesus for all his salvation, and to turn from
the love and practice of all sin, to an higher degree of the love and
practice of universal holiness; and if it influences you to a more
diligent use of the means of grace; you may conclude that, the Holy
Spirit has brought it with power to your mind. And you should apply,
trust, and plead it, not upon the ground of the impression of it on
your mind; but upon the warrant of it's being directed to you in the
gospel offer.

26. Take heed, believer, that you grieve not the Holy Spirit of
promise, by yielding to any motion of sin in you. The dependence,
which every true Christian has on the blessed Spirit is very great. The
spirit is to the holy soul, as the soul is to the body, the principle of all
life and motion. Grace in its vigor, abides in the heart, as light in a
room, rather by emanation, than by inheritance. It is requisite,
therefore, that you be always circumspect, in maintaining your
communion with the Holy Spirit; lest you so grieve Him, who is the
Fountain of all grace and consolation, as to provoke him to withhold
for a season, his enlivening and consoling influences, from your soul.
The necessity of this will more clearly appear, if you consider how
much you stand in need daily, of the almighty operation of the
adorable Spirit, to enable you affectionally to apply the promises,
both for holiness and consolation. He only it is, who is the effectual
worker of that saving faith, by which you can, not only apply and
trust the promises, but Christ himself; in whom they all meet, as so
many lines in their common center. It is He who enlightens the
understanding, to discern the inestimable value of the blessings,
which are freely given of God in the precious promises. He it is who,
in the time of need, brings the most suitable promises to your
remembrance, and impresses them powerfully and sweetly on your
heart. In few words, It is He who discloses to you, your warrant to
apply and trust the promises, and teaches you, in your daily
supplications, how to plead them; and it is He who confirms and
excites to exercise, your faith in the promises; who impresses them
and the faithfulness of God in them, so deeply on your heart, as to
assure you of the eternal salvation promised. Seeing, then, that the
blessed Spirit is the only Counsellor, to instruct you how to use and
plead the promises, and the most effectual Comforter, to fill your
heart with the confidence and joy of faith, whilst you wait upon the
Lord for the performance of them; you are under infinite obligations
to take heed, that you do not grieve, and provoke Him to suspend his
reviving, and consoling influences from your soul. If He be grieved
by your sins against him, and provoked to withdraw the light of his
countenance from you, it is not any promise, that can free you from
the darkness of mental trouble. Have you, believer, been in any
measure deprived of those tokens of redeeming love, of those
reviving and solacing influences of the Spirit, which you formerly
enjoyed; so that, you do not now experience such spirituality of
frame, as you were want to do? You have reason to suspect that, by
some iniquity unrepented of, you have grieved the Spirit, and moved
him to plead a controversy with you. To assist you, in finding out the
particular sin or sins, for which the Holy Spirit has withdrawn,
permit me to say, If you find, that you have lately fallen into some
gross and grievous sin, either of heart or of life; or, that you have
been alleviating, and excusing some of your sins; or, that you have
been unwilling to confess freely and particularly, some of them; or,
that you feel more unwillingness to strive against some particular
sin, than against others; you may suspect, that it is by one or other of
such iniquities, that you have provoked the Spirit, to withhold his
refreshing influences from your soul. And surely your duty is, as soon
as you detect the sin by which, you have grieved him, to renew your
flight to the Lord Jesus for the pardon of it, and for grace to turn
from it with full purpose of heart, as well as for grace, henceforth to
walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing.

27. In conclusion: Are the absolute promises of redeeming grace,

directed in offer to sinners indefinitely, as lost sinners? Then, how
just and how great, will the condemnation of those sinners be, who
reject or abuse these promises! Ah! Sinner, you have hitherto
despised, and rejected, the precious promises of the everlasting
covenant, the promises of an infinitely costly, and great salvation. If
you continue to reject them till death surprise you; how just, how
great, how inexpressibly dreadful, will your punishment be! “He that
believeth not is condemned already”. (John 3:18) “He that believeth
not shall be damned”. (Mark 16:16) If you, who justly deserve the
wrath of God, for your innumerable transgressions, continue,
notwithstanding, to disregard his promises of salvation from it; will
it not be just and right, that he cast you into the place of torment,
and that the smoke of your torment, ascend up forever and ever? I
appeal to your own conscience, if it will not be highly just. A good
man, being once in the presence of a professed atheist, who did not
believe the existence, either of God or the devil, either of heaven or
hell, and opening before him the glad tidings of the gospel, and the
riches of God's free grace to poor sinners, put this question to him:
What think you, will it not be just that you should be damned, if you
will not believe this, if you reject all this grace and love? Yes, said the
atheist, I confess, should I not believe and receive this, I should
deserve to be damned without mercy? Every sin has a demerit of its
own; but to sin obstinately, after the declarations and offers of
redeeming grace to the sinner, doubles, trebles,(triples) the demerit
of all such sins. To continue in unbelief, or in any sin whatever, after
you have heard, that the gracious offers and promises of a free
salvation, have been addressed to you; this renders the weight of
your iniquities, inconceivably more heavy and intolerable, than
before. It may be, you have not only rejected, but abused the
promises, by taking encouragement from them, to continue in sin
that grace may abound. Have you presumed to do this? Then, instead
of making the holy promises a sanctuary into which, you might flee
from sin and misery, you have made them a sanctuary, to protect you
in your sinful courses. Thus you have perverted them into occasions
of persisting in sin, that abominable thing which the Lord hateth. O,
how overwhelming, how intolerable, that endless wrath, to which,
such abuse of the divine promises exposes you! O presumptuous
sinner, Christ and the promises in Him, are still offered in the
glorious gospel to you; and you are peremptorily commanded, to
receive him by believing in his name, and to embrace the promises in
and with him. “To you is the word of this salvation sent”; And what
you are to do with it is this: under a conviction of your sinfulness and
misery in the first Adam, you are to receive the second Adam, and to
take him at his word: you are to trust cordially in him, to rely on his
righteousness, and to take his promises as your security, for all his
great salvation: you are to believe also in a promising God, and to
welcome his promises into your heart. Believe with particular
application his promises, and rely on them with cordial and settled
confidence. Never attempt believing them in your own strength; for
believing includes a renouncing of your own strength, and a trusting
in the Lord Jehovah, in whom is everlasting strength. It is a laying
hold of his strength, as presented to you in his offers and promises. It
is not a laying hold of it, by your own strength; but a taking hold of
his strength, for ability to trust in himself and his promises. It is a
deriving of strength from the promises, to enable you to embrace
them. Be persuaded that, you are as welcome to apply and trust the
absolute promises, as the offers of the blessed gospel, and the high
commandment of the God of heaven, can make you. You have as
good a warrant to receive Christ, and the promises in him, as ever
any believer had, the hour before he began to believe: And if you now
welcome Him into your heart, who is inviting you to come to him,
you will find in due time, that you shall be made as welcome to the
blessings of salvation, as ever any sinner was, that is now a glorified
saint. “Him that cometh to me,” says the compassionate Savior, “I
will in nowise cast out”: I will by no means, on no account, cast him
out. Believe the threatening of the violated law, with application to
yourself; that you may be so convinced of your sinfulness and misery,
as to see and feel your need of Christ, and of the grace of the
promises. Pray in the name of Christ, for the Holy Spirit to convince
you of your sin. He, has a spirit of bondage, must bind your
conscience and the awful threatening together, before you will feel
any due concern about embracing the promises. If you know not the
Lord, as a threatening God, you will not be anxious to know him, as a
promising God. If you do not, in some measure, see yourself under
the tremendous curse of the broken law, you will not relish the
promises of the glorious Gospel, nor see your need of promised
blessings. But having seen your extreme need, see also your warrant
to apply, and trust the indefinite promises. They are left in offer, to
the visible members of the Christian church, (Hebrews 4:1) and
belong to them, no less than to those of the Jewish church. (Romans
9:4) They are directed to you, as a member of the visible church, or
as a sinner within the pale of it; that it may be warrantable for you, to
believe them cordially, with application to yourself. Though you have
no possession of the blessings promised, until you believe; yet, you
have as good a right to take possession by believing, as the offer of
the gospel, and the command of God, can give you. Seeing the
promises are the vessels, in which, God conveys his grace into the
hearts of sinners, receive them; and seeing they are but the vessels,
and Christ himself is the Fountain of grace, bring them to Christ, as a
man would bring a vessel to the fountain, that out of his fulness you
may receive grace for grace. Those exceeding great and precious
promises are given to you; that by them, you may be a partaker of a
Divine nature, and escape the corruption that is in the world. (2Peter
1:4) O undone sinner, the promises of regenerating, of justifying, and
of sanctifying grace, are given in offer to you; and, therefore, when
you appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, you shall not have it
to say, That you wanted grace, and knew not where to find it; for God
in Christ, the God of all grace, is come near to you, with free offers
and promises, both of grace and glory. Embrace, then, without delay
his gracious promises, in order that, his faithfulness may be
illustriously displayed, not in your everlasting destruction, but in
your eternal salvation.

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