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 ...

Promises. To children obeying their Parents.

Honour thy Father and thy Mo∣ther, that thy dayes may be long upon the Land which the LORD thy GOD giveth thee, Exod 20.12.

The Apostle, Ephes. 6.2. saith this is the first Commandement with promise.

The second Commandement hath a Promise annexed unto it,* 1.1 and a large one, of shewing mercy unto thousands, to them that love GOD, Exod. 20.6.

The Greeke * 1.2 word used by the Apostle,* 1.3 properly signifieth an affirmative precept, as our English word [Commande∣ment] doth, of the affirmative precepts it is the first with pro∣mise; Secondly, the promise in the second Commandement is only a generall promise made to observers of the whole Law, and therfore he useth the plurall number [Commandements] and saith in the generall shewing mer∣cy to thousands, but this is a spe∣ciall promise made to them that

keep this particular Comman∣dement:* 1.4 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live; this answer is given by many Lear∣ned Divines.

It followeth, ver. 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou maist live long on the Earth.

The promise mentioned before in generall, is particularly set down.

Whatsoever belongeth to a mans well-fare and wel-being in this life is here promised, saith D. Willet.

All manner of blessings, Spi∣rituall and Temporall, belonging to soule and body, concerning this life and the life to come, make to a mans well-being; but temporall prosperity is here prin∣cipally intended,* 1.5 saith Doctor Gouge.

And Ieremiah saith unto the house of the Rechabites;* 1.6 Thus saith the LORD of Hosts the GOD of Israel, because yee have obeyed the commandement of Ionadab your

father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: Therfore thus saith the LORD of Hoasts, the GOD of Israel, Ionadab the sonne of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

My sonne, heare the instructi∣on of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head and chains about thy neck, Prov. 1.8, 9. See 6.20.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Obiect.
• * 1.2

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Ambrose and Piscator say, this is the first precept of the se∣cond Table with pro∣mise.
• * 1.3

  Answ.
• * 1.4

  Boza, V••sin, R••vet on 20. of Exo Zan∣chtu•• on Eph 6. B Bahing¦ton B. An∣drews.

  D. Gouge and others.
• * 1.5

  Deut. 5 1••.
• * 1.6

  Ier 35.18, 19