The fort-royal of the Scriptures, or, The vade-mecum concordance presenting unto the world an hundred heads of Scripture, most of them common-placed for publique use : wherein all (especially the weaker sort of Christians) may suddenly command most of all the rarities in the book of God / by an admirer of the word.

Encouragements.

Such are blessed who keep his testimonies, & that seek him with their whole heart, Ps. 119.3.

Those who keep the Commandment, keep their own soul, Prov. 19.16.

Those who keep it, shall feel no evil thing, Eccles. 8.5.

Such who hear it and do it, are of Christs neerest kindred, Luke 8.21.

Our submission there unto is our wisdome and understanding be∣fore men, Deut. 4.6.

Hearkning thereunto makes our peace like a river, our righteousnes as the waves of the sea,

Our seed as the sand the off-spring of our bowels, like the gravell, with a lasting name, Isa. 48.14.

God meets such who rejoyce in him, and work righteousnesse, Isa. 64.5.

If Christs words a∣bide in us, aske what wee will and hee will

do it, Iohn 15.7.

By obedience there∣unto, wee become friends unto Christ, Iohn 15.24.

Their praise en∣dures for ever, Psal. 111.10.

They are blessed that delight mightily in his Commandments, Ps. 112.1.

Their seed shal bee mighty on the earth, Psal. 112.2.

Such who love the same, shal have great peace, and nothing shal offend them, Psal. 119 165.

It is commanded for our good, and our chil∣dren after us, that we may prolong our dayes upon the earth, Deut. 4.40. Deut. 5.29.

By obedience there∣unto we increase migh∣tily, Deut. 6.3.

In keeping thereof, there is great reward, Psal. 19.11.

It is our righteous∣nesse to obey all Gods Commandments, Deut 6.25.

God is faithfull to keep mercy and Cove∣nant with them to a thousand generations, who keep his Com∣mandements, Deut. 7.8

By keeping of them we are loved, blessed, multiplied the fruit of our wombe, and of our goods blessed and fruit∣full, Deut. 7.13.

Thereby we are freed from noysome sicknes∣ses, have our enemies destroyed, Deut. 6.16

It procures power to gather wealth, Deu. 8.18.

It is the way to have God go before us like a devouring fire, to con∣sume our enemies Deu. 9.3.

It is the way to have seasonable raine, both first and latter raine, a seasonable gathering of the fruits of the ground, for the com∣fort of our beasts, Deut. 11.12, 13.

It is the way to have long life, as heaven up∣on earth multiplied, Deut. 11.2.

Obedience thereunto is the way to put the dread of us upon o∣thers, Deut. 11.25.

It brings plenty of all sorts of blessings Deut. 28.3.

We ought to be o∣bedient to God, be∣cause it is our life, and the length of our dayes Deut. 30.20.

This obedience is the way to make our way prosperous, and to have good successe in all things, Josh. 1.8.