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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Title: 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.
Publication: 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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Promises against Oppression.

It is one of the LORDS most royall titles, to be the Fa∣ther of the Fatherlesse, and a Iudge of the widdowes, Psal. 68.5. To be a Refuge for the oppressed,* 1.1 Psal. 9.9, 10, 14. Esay 25.4. For the oppressi∣on of the poore, for the sighing of the

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needy, now will I arise (saith the LORD) I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him,* 1.2 Psal. 12.5. He executeth iudgement for the oppressed, preserveth the stran∣gers, relieveth the fatherlesse and widdow, Psal. 146.7, 9. In thee the fatherlesse findeth mercy, Hosea 14.3.

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* 1.1

Psal. 22.24. Psal. 140.12.

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* 1.2

Exod. 22.23. Deut. 10.8. & 14.29. & 24.20.

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