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. 2. To it.

The patient abiding of the righ∣teous shall be gladnesse, Prov. 10.28.

Humble your selves under the mighty hand of GOD, (that is,* 1.1 bow and buckle under it with meekenesse and silence) that hee may exalt you in due time, 1 Pet. 5.6.

Yee have need of patience, that after yee have done the will of GOD,* 1.2 yee might receive the pro∣mise, Heb. 10.36. Behold we count them happy which endure, Jam. 5.11. To them who by patient conti∣nuance in well-doing, seeke for glory, and honour, and immortality, eternall life, Rom. 2.7.

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* 1.1

Rev. 3.10.

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* 1.2

Heb. 12.9. Who through faith and patience in∣herit the promise••, Heb. 6.12.

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