CHAP. III Promises against evills in the world,
1. In generall.
WHosoever is borne of GOD overcommeth the world, and this is the victory
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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"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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that overcommeth the world, even our faith, 1 Joh. 5.4. CHRIST prayed to his Father, To keepe his from the evill of the world, Joh. 17.15.* 1.1 Who gave himselfe for our sinnes that hee might deliver us from this present evill world, Gal. 1.4. Our Saviour, Iohn 16.33. tells his Disciples, That in the world they should have tribulation, but be of good cheere (saith hee) I have overcome the world.
2. A promise to those that dislike evill company.
I will dwell in them, and walke in them, and I will be their GOD, and they shall be my people. Where∣fore come out from among them, and be yee separate saith the LORD, and touch not the uncleane thing, and I will receive you, and I will be a Father unto you, and yee shal be my sonnes and daughters, saith the LORD Almighty, 2 Cor. 6.16, 17, 18.
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3. Promises against worldly cares and covetousnesse.
To curbe our hearts from co∣vetousnesse, we should meditate upon these places, Heb. 13.5. * 1.2 I will never leave thee nor for∣sake thee. Hee that gave us his owne sonne, how shall hee not with him freely give us all things, Rom. 8.32. See Matth. 6.25. to the end. Phil. 4.6. 1 Tim. 4.8. 1 Pet. 5.7.
4. Promises against Scandales.
GOD will secure his peo∣ple and save them from being en∣snared by scandals, Psal. 119.165. and nothing shall offend them, or they shall have no stumbling block. Ier. 31.9.
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* 1.1
2 Pet. 1.4.
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* 1.2
There are five nega¦tives toge∣ther in the Originall that strongly affirme, as if hee should say, tell thee I will never for∣sake thee, I tell thee I will never forsake thee and so five times.
We are to pray that every thing which cau∣seth offence in the Church may be re∣moved, for which we have an ex∣presse pro∣mise, Mat. 13 41.