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 ...
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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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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 18, 2024.

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A promise. To delighting in GOD.

Delight thy selfe in the LORD,* 1.1 and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart, Ps. 37.4.

Promises to godlines or grace exercised, or to godly and gra∣cious men which act the graces, and exercise themselves in the duties above specified.

True Godlinesse hath the promi∣ses both of this life and of that which is to come,* 1.2 (of this life) Seeke ye first the kingdome of GOD and

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the righteousnesse therof,* 1.3 and al these things shall be administred unto you, Matth. 6.33. (and of the life to come) To him that orderth his conversation aright, will I shew the salvation of GOD, Ps. 50.23.

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