An infallible vvay to farewell in our bodies, names, estates, precious souls, posterities : together with, mens great losse of happinesse, for not paying, the small quitrent of thankfulness : whereunto is added remaines of the P.A., a subject also of great concernment for such as would enjoy the blessed promises of this life, and of that ot come / by R. Younge ...

CHAP. XXIII. (Book 23)

Thirdly, God hath further promised to confirm, strengthen, and con∣tinue, as well as increase his prosperous and flourishing estate, and that in sundry places of scripture already cited and elsewhere. He is graci∣ous and full of compassion, he sheweth favour and lendeth, he hath given to the poore, &c. And what shall be his reward? Wealth and Riches shall be in his house, he shall not be moved for ever: his righteousness (aye and his riches too, as is implied in the close) shall endure for ever, he shall be in everlasting remembrance, he shall not be afraid of evill tidings, his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord, his horn shall be exalted with honour, Psal. 112. 1. to 10. All grace shall abound towards him, that he always having al sufficien∣cy in all things, may abound to every good work, and hold out to the end, 2 Cor. 9. He deviseth liber••ll things, and by his liberallity he shall stand, Isa. 32. 8. He drawes out his soul to the hungry, and comforteth the afflicted: therefore his light shall rise in obscurity, and his darkness shall be as the noon day; and the Lord shall guide him continually, and satisfie his soul in draught, and make fat his bones, he shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not: and they that shall be of him, shall build the old waste places, he shall raise up the foundations of many generations, ••nd he shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of pathes to dwell in, Isa. 58. 6 to 13. And the like Pro. 28. 27. He that giveth unto the poor, shall not lack: And so Psalm 37. 25. I have been young, and now am old, y •• have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread: and why so? He is ever merciful and lendeth, and his seed is blessed, as it fol∣lowes in the next verse, and in the next to that; He that does good shall

dwell for ever more, Verse 27. He shall not be forsaken, but the Lord will preserve him for ever, Verse 28. He shall inherit the Land, and dwell therein for ever, Vers. 29. and a great deal more to the same effect, Verse 31, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40. See more Jer 17. 25. Psal. 1. 3. and 32. 10. Job 1. 10. which are all pregnant places, and full to the point in hand. But I may not stand upon it; Onely read these Scriptures and remember them.

Fourthly, he shall be blessed in his person, and that many waies: yea the benefits and blessings, temporall, spirituall, and corporall, for soul and body, which God hath promised to bestow upon the mercifull, for a reward of their bounty, are infinite, of which observe with me these few.

First, touching corporall benefits and blessings. Blessed is the saith the Psalmist, that considereth the poore, the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble, he will keep and preserve him alive, he shall be blessed upon the earth, and not delivered unto the will of his enemies, Psalm 41. 1, 2, 3. Great pri∣viledges! but to these are added, Isa. 58. If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, then shall thy health spring forth speedily, &c. verse 7. 8. But ad∣mit the mercifull man be long sick, God will preserve him alive, strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; yea make all his bed in his sickness, the Lord will stir up the feathers under him, his soul shall be at ease, and his bo∣dy sweetly refreshed, mercy shall be his cordiall or pillow of repose, untill he be raised up again, Psalm 41. 1. to 11.