A treatise of the divine promises in five bookes : in the first, a generall description of their nature, kinds, excellency, right use, properties, and the persons to whom they belong : in the foure last, a declaration of the covenant it selfe .../ by Edvvard Legh ...

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A treatise of the divine promises in five bookes : in the first, a generall description of their nature, kinds, excellency, right use, properties, and the persons to whom they belong : in the foure last, a declaration of the covenant it selfe .../ by Edvvard Legh ...
Author
Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671.
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London :: Printed by George Miller, and are to be sold by Thomas Underhill ...,
1641.
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Subject terms
God -- Promises.
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Man (Theology)
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"A treatise of the divine promises in five bookes : in the first, a generall description of their nature, kinds, excellency, right use, properties, and the persons to whom they belong : in the foure last, a declaration of the covenant it selfe .../ by Edvvard Legh ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47631.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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  • CAlling, promises to diligence in a calling, 209 210.
  • Effectuall calling, 280, 281.
  • Captivity, comforts against it, 187, 188.
  • Children, promises concerning chil∣dren, 449, &c.
  • Promises to children obeying their Parents, 454, 455.
  • Christ, promises belong to him as Head of the Church, 104, &c.
  • Promises of Christ, 274, 275.
  • Church, promises to the Church in generall or particular Churches, 428, &c.
  • Company, a promise to those that dislike evill company. 232.
  • Promises to good company 457.
  • Conditionall promises, 15, 16, 59, 60.
  • ...

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  • Conference, promises of and to it, 41, 42.
  • Confession of sinne, promises to it, 332, 333.
  • Confidence, promises of and to it, 309, &c.
  • Conversion, promises of and to it, 347, 348.
  • Correction, See Afflictions.
  • GOD corrects in great wisdom and in love, 157, 158.
  • They are blessed whom the LORD correcteth, 161, &c.
  • Promises to correction of children, 453, 454.
  • Covenant is mutuall between God and us, 94.95.
  • What the word covenant signifies, 111, 112.
  • How it is taken in Scripture, 113.
  • The definition of a covenant in ge∣nerall, 114, 115.
  • The division of a covenant in gene∣rall, 114, 115.
  • The covenants of works and grace, 15, 116.
  • their severall appel∣lations, agreements, and diffe∣rences, 116— 219.
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  • Why the Covenant of grace is cal∣led a Covenant and Testament▪ and why it is termed old and new, 126, 127, 128, 129.
  • How the old Covenant made with the Jews agrees and dif∣fers from the covenant of works 129, 130, 131.
  • How the old and new covenant or Testament agree and differ, 132, 133.
  • The covenant of grace handled in a speciall manner, as it is a cluster of all the promises, 137, 138.
  • The priviledges of those that are in Covenant with GOD, 140, &c.
  • How to know whether we be in Covenant with GOD, 144, 145.
  • What use we are to make of the covenant, 146, 147. &c.
  • Covetousnesse, promises against it, 233.
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