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 ...

An Alphabeticall Table of the principall things contained in this Treatise.

A.

• ABsolute promises, pag. 12.
• Adoption, promises of it, 289.
• 2. To it, 291.
• Afflictions, promises to prevent them, 155, 156.
• Or qualifie them if they do come, 157, 158.
• Affliction is momentary, 159.
• GOD afflict•• his children for their good, 161, 162.
• Afflictions are tryals, 163.
• Afflictions purge sin, 165, 166.
• and quicken graces, faith, hope, pati∣ence, 168.
• GOD promiseth to help his to bear afflictions, and in due time to re∣move them, 169, 170.
• The use of faith in respect of Gods promises concerning afflictions, 173. to 176.
• Alms-giving, promises to it, 402, 403.
• ...

• Angels guard the godly, 272.
• Antichrist, promises against him, 434, 435.
• Apostles, promises to them, 441.
• Application of the promises, 30, 72.
• Means to apply them, 32, 33.
• Rules to be observed in applying them, 41.
• Examples of such as have applied them 35, & 74.
• The divel would hinder the faith∣full from a right applying of them 37.
• The wicked misapply them, 39, 67, 74, 75.
• Assurance, 74, 75, 306, 307.

B

• BAckesliding, comforts against it, 243, 244.
• Baptisme, promises to it, 393.
• Barrennesse, comforts against spiri∣tuall barrennesse, 262, 263.
• Blesse, GOD will blesse all outward things to his children, 212, 213.
• Blessings by CHRIST to the god∣ly, 280.
• ...

• Body, promises to Gods children in respect of the Body, 198.
• Bounty, promises to bounty to ••ODS Ministers, 406.
• Buriall, 420.

C

• 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.
• ...

• 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.
• ...

• 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.

D

• DAngers, see Afflictions.
• Damnation, promises against it, 415.
• ...

• De••f••nesse, comforts against spi∣••i••••all deafenesse, 240.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 comforts against the feare of death, 417.
• and the feare of untimely death, 419.
• Delighting in GOD, promises of it, and a promise to it, 410, 411.
• Desertions, comforts to GODS people in spirituall desertions, 265, 266.
• Desire, promises to such as unfainedly desire grace, 308, 309.
• Distractions, comforts against them, 251, 252.
• Duties, GOD hath promised to assist his children by his Spirit in holy duties, 368, 369.
• he will also accept the services of his chil∣dren, and reward them. 371, 372.

E

• ELect, the promises belong to them only, 180, &c.
• Estate, promises to Gods chil∣dren

• for their outward estate, 205, 206, 207.
• Eternall life, promises of it, 423, 424.
• Evills, promises against evils in the world, 231, 232.
• Comforts to the godly for evils of good done, 252, 253.
• Self-examination, promises to it, 399.
• Excellency of the promises, 18, 19, &c.
• Experience of God in his promises, confirmeth faith, and nourish∣eth hope, 46, 47. &c.

F

• FAith, promises of and to it, 303, 304.
• How Faith and hope agree and differ, 6, 213, 314, 315.
• How Faith and presumption dif∣fer, 39, 40.
• Live by Faith, 34, 35.
• Gods promises are faithfull, 15, 77, 102, 103.
• Falling away, comforts against fears

• of falling-away, 253, 254, &c.
• Famine, promises for helpe in fa∣mine, and deliverance from it, 184, 185
• Fasting, promises to it, 396.
• Feare, promises of and to it, 324, 325, 326.
• Food, promises of it, 204, 205.
• Forgetfullnesse, a promise against it, 249.
• Forgiving iniuries, promises to it, 322, 323.
• Forgivenesse of sinnes, promises of it, 282, 283. &c.
• Frailties, comforts in regard of slips and frailties, 241, &c.
• Free, Gods promises are free. 65, 66, 67, 68.

G

• GEnerality of the promises, 68, 69, 70.
• Gentiles, promises for bringing them in, 438, 439.
• Give, promises to liberall and

• chearfull giving, 405.
• Godlinesse, promises to it, 411, 412.
• Godly, promises to them, 412, 413.
• Glorification, promises for the glorification of our soules and bodies, 423.
• Glory, promises for the glory of heaven, 425, 426.
• Growth in grace, promises of and to it, 365, 366, 367.

H

• HEalth, promises of it, 200, 201.
• Honour, promises of it, 196.
• Hope, what it is, 312, 313.
• Promises of and to hope, 313, 314.
• The agreement and difference betweene Faith and Hope, 6.313.
• Hope is preserved by a conside∣ration of foure attributes in God, 315.
• House, GOD hath promised to

• keep the houses and habitations of the godly, 446.
• Humility, promises to it, 349.
• Husband, promises to him, 448, 449.

I

• IEwes, promises for calling them, 436, 437.
• Ignorance, comforts against it, 238, 239.
• Imprisonment, promises to those that are imprisoned for the Gospel, 228, 229.
• Indisposition, comforts against it, 251.
• Infirmities, comforts against them, 235, 236, &c.
• Ioy, promises of it, 316, 317. &c.
• Iudgement, promises concerning the last judgement, 422.
• Iustification, promises of it, 281.

K

• KIlling of sin, see mortification.
• Knowledge, promises of and

• to it, 300, 301.

L

• LAmenesse, comforts against spirituall lamenesse, 244, &c.
• Law, 115, 116.
• Liberality, promises to liberality to the Saints. 405, 406.
• Long life, promises of it, 198, 199.
• Lords supper, promises to it. 194.
• Losses for Gods cause, promises to those that loose outward things and life it self for Christ, 229, 230
• Love, comforts to such as are troubled with doubts and fears of loosing Gods love, 248, 249.
• Promises of Gods love to us, 268, 269.
• A promise of our love to him, 319, 320.
• P••omises to the love of Christ, 327
• Promises to the love of our bre∣thren and enemies, 322, 323.
• Promises to such as love the word, 387.

M

• MAgistrates, promises to them, 440.
• Masters of Families, 445.
• Meanes, comforts to those who are troubled for want of the meanes, 261, 262.
• Meditation in the promises, 32.
• Promises to Meditation, 398, 399.
• Meeknesse, promises of and to it, 350, 351.
• Ministers, promises to faithfull Ministers, 441, 442, 443.
• Mortification, promises of and to to it, 340, 341, &c.
• Mothers, a promise that they shall give suck to their chil∣dren 453.
• Mourning for sin, see sorrow.

N

• NAme, promises of a good name, 198.
• Nature of the promises, 1. to 8.

O

• Oath, promises to a lawfull oath. 395.
• Obedience, promises of and to it, 327. to 330.
• Promises to willing and generall obedience, 331.
• Oppression, promises against it, 189.
• Ordinances, promises to the Ordi∣nances of GOD generally, 373.

P

• PArents, promises to give them children, and to blesse them e∣every way, 449. to 453.
• Promises to comfort them in the want of children, 454.
• Patience, a promise of it, and promises to it, 352, 353.
• Peace, promises of outward and inward peace, 359, 360.
• Promises to peaceable men, or peace-makers, 203. marg.
• Persecution, promises to those

• that are persecuted for the pro∣fession of truth, 221, 222.
• Promises to those that are perse∣cuted for practice of good, and for both together, 222, 223.
• Perseverance, promises of and to it, 330.
• Plenty, see wealth.
• Ponder, what it is, 32.
• Possession of the Divell, see witch∣craft.
• Poverty, promises in regard of it, 181, 182.
• Practice, promises to the practice of the word, 388.
• Promises to those that suffer for the practice of good, 222.
• Praising God, promises of and to it, 397.
• Prayer is a means to apply the pro∣mises, 33, 34.
• Prayer is to be grounded on Gods promises 49. to 60.
• Promises to give the godly hearts to pray, 374.
• Promises to help them to pray, and to heare their prayers, especially in trouble, 374. to 380.
• ...

• Promises to prayer, 381, 382.
• Promises to fervent, secret, private and publick prayer, 382. to 385.
• Preaching, promises to it, 386.
• Presence, promises of Gods graci∣ous presence with the godly, 269.
• Promises, the nature of them. 1. to 8.
• How distinguished from com∣mandements and threatnings, and from purposes, 1, 5.
• The explanation of the word, and the acceptations of it in Scrip∣ture, 1, 2, 3.
• The definition of a Promise in ge∣nerall, 3.
• The divine Promises diversly defi∣ned, 5.
• The division of a Promise in gene∣rall, and of the divine Promises, 3, 4, 11, to 16.
• Promises are the grounds of our hope, and objects of our Faith, 6, 7.
• The order wherin faith layes hold on the Promises, 8, 9.
• The excellency of the Promises, 18, to 26.
• ...

• The right use of the Promises, 26, 27.
• Generall and particular rules di∣recting us how to use them, 5, 28, to 62.
• How spirituall and temporall things are promised, 15, 16, 56. to 59.
• God must be sought to for the per∣formance of his Promises, 60, 61.
• The properties of the Promises, 63 to 9••.
• The manner how God performeth his Promises, 96.
• He delayeth the fullfilling of his Promises, 56, 98, 99, 100.
• The persons to whom the Promi∣ses belong, 104. to 110.
• Prosperity, promises of it to the godly, both to their persons and purposes, 207, 208.
• Providence, promises of Gods spe∣ciall Providence over his people, 270, 27••.

R

• RAiment, promises of it, 204.
• ...

• Reading of the word, promises to it, 386, 387.
• Reconciliation, promises of it, 289.
• Redemption, promises of it, 280.
• Repentance, 331.
• • Promises 1. of it,
  • 2. to it,
  18.
• Reproaches, promises to those that are reproached for both truth and goodnesse, 224, to 227.
• Reproofe promises to it, 402.
• Resurrection, promises of it, 420.
• Righteousnesse, promises to make us righteous, 288. promises to righte∣ousnes, 353, 354, 355.

S

• SAbbath, promises to those that sanctifie it, 399, 400.
• Sacraments, a division of all the Sa∣craments. 119, 120, 121.
• promi∣ses to the Sacraments in generall 393.
• Safety, promises of it, ••01.
• Salvation by Christ, 278.
• Sanctification, promises of and to it, 294, to 298.
• ...

• Scandales, promises against them, 233.
• Scarcity, see famine.
• Seeking of GOD, promises to it, 407, 408.
• Servants, promises to godly ser∣vants, 4••6, 447.
• Sicknesse, promises in regard of it, 180.
• Sin, comforts in case of dismaied∣nesse under many and strong corruptions, 259, 260.
• Sleep, promises of quiet rest and safety in the night, 203.
• Sorrow, promises of and to godly sorrow, 334. to 339.
• Spirit, promises of the Spirit, 291, 292.
• A promise to those that have the Spirit, 293.
• Spirituall promises, 215.
• Spirituall graces promised, 300.
• How spirituall things are promi∣sed, 15, 55, 56, 57.
• Strength, promises of bodily strength, 201.
• Successe, see prosperity.
• Suffering, see persecution.

T

• TEachers, comforts to those who have no teachers, or such as are bad, 261, 262.
• Temporall promises in regard of evill things, 155. in regard of good things, 190. to 193.
• Temporall things how promised, 16, 58, 59.
• Temptations from the Divell and flesh, promises against them, 215, to 220.
• Threatnings, 2, 38.
• Testament, see Covenant.
• Tillage, promises to it, 209. marg.
• Tithes, a promise to paying of them, 407.
• Truth, comforts to such as suffer for the profession of the truth, 221, 222.
• Turning from sin, promises of and to it, 346, 347.

V

• VNcheerfullnesse, comforts a∣gainst it, 250, 251.
• Vocation, see effectuall calling.
• Vprightnesse, promises of and to it, of all sorts, 355, 356.
• ...

• Vse of the promises, 20. to 62.
• Vse of faith in respect of afflicti∣ons, 174. to 178.

W

• WAiting on God, promises to it, 409, 410.
• A promise to such as wait for the word, 388.
• Warre, promises to preserve from it. 186, 187.
• Watchfullnesse, promises to it, 400.
• Weak, comforts to weak Christians 244, to 247.
• Wealth, promises of it, 205, 206.
• Wise, promises to her, 448, 449.
• Wisdome, see Knowledge.
• Witch••raft, a promise against it, 189
• Word, promises that Gods children shall hearken to it, and to them that doe hearken to it, 388, 389.
• World, promises against evill in the world in generall, 231, 232.
• Worldly cares, see covetousnesse.

Z

• ZEale, promises to it, 361.

FINIS.