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A72054	The saints legacies: or, A collection of certaine promises out of the word of God Collected for private use, but published for the comfort of Gods people: by Anne Phoenix.; Collection of certaine promises out of the word of God.	Fawkner, Antony, b. 1601 or 2, attributed name.; Farindon, Anthony, 1598-1658, attributed name.	1633 (1633)	STC 10635.3; ESTC S124923	43,955	285

legacies in our fathers wil and setting us a work both by penne and practise to sue for the same The volume is little but the vertue contained in the same is great The booke is extraordinarie being altogether for application and practise The scope and drift of it is to furnish beleevers with abundance of good to free them from all sins inward outward secret and open To fill them with all graces in life power and exercise To bring them comfort in and seasonable deliverance from all their troubles To draw downe upon their soules bodies abundance of blessings of all sorts and natures to give them full assurance of certaine and seasonable entrance into glory and to give them fast hold of heaven There are many I know that will little regard it the prophane person wil not like it for it is full of holinesse the carnall protestant will not discerne of it nor relish it for it is spirituall the dissembling hypocrite wil not wel approve of it for it will rob him of his Rimmon slay his M rs his Delilah his Herodias his daling sinne it will tell him if he applyes promises hee must keepe the conditions obey praecept and put every iniquitie though never so pleasurable or profitable far way from his Tabernacles But the honest hearted and sinceere beleever will approve of it prize it use it and profit by it And not to over-commend my commoditie as one desirous to make it more vendible and sailable for neither I nor its author God is witnesse ayme at any such thing but at the spiritual good of their soules unto whom it shall come this little booke like a well filled little Apothecaries shop containes within it heavenly receipts of all sorts wholsome physick of every kind for expelling and curing all sorts of diseases and sicknesses incident to Saints and for the corroborating and strengthning of new nature and for keeping the spirituall man in good health lustie and strong able for Gods service d Phil. 2.12 for working out his owne salvation with feare and trembling What here I speak unto one beleever I intend for all Hath sin that deadly poyson infected thee Lo here in this little booke an Antidote a preservative which will extract and expell this poyson Hath this serpent so fierie stung thee e Numb 21.8 Lo here the Brasen Serpent upon the pole Hath it beggered and undone thee Ioh. 3.14 15. Behold a way in this booke how thou maist become rich Doth it dayly trouble thee will it needs tyranize and dominere over thee This little book will learne thee to depose this Tyrant f Rom. 6.14 and tell thee hee shall not haue dominion and Lordship over thee Hath it stricken thee dead Lo here meanes of reviving and inliving thee to an happie life of grace Doth it threaten thy ruine Lo here physicke for thy feares g 1 Cor. 15.35 death hath lost its sting sinne is destroyed death shall fully and finally free thee from it Art thou hunted like a poore lambe by the hellish devouring Lion Sathan and chased before this infernal dog like a silly Deere in temptations Lo here a thicket a shelter a shepheard under which thou mayest repose and rest thy selfe in safetie Art thou overcome with his wilie stratagems Lo here wisedome Art thou beaten down with his power Lo here strength Fearest thou the fierie darts of this evill one Lo here a little house-full of targets sheilds and buklers h Ephes 6.16 promises applyed by faith which will repel and quench them i Iob. 6.4 Do Gods terrours set themselves in array against thee are Gods arrowes in thee doth his flaming wrath burne in thy bosome and is likely to consume thee Lo streames of mercy grace from a refreshing fountaine fluent in the pipes of the promises by thy hand of faith turn the cock and the coole water of Gods grace mercy shall flow forth upon thy soule and allay its burning heat and scorching inflamations Doth the wilie world endevour to intangle and inveagle thee by its lures and snares Lo here liberty freedome better things propoūded and promised which beleevers doe for the present in some measure enjoy and shall have a most certaine and full possession of afterwards Wantest thou Grace comfort deliverance blessing or any good thing Behold here thou mayest have them to the great joy of theine heart and content of thy Spirit Set faith a worke to draw out what thou wantest thou shalt have it Sucke these sweet and heavenly breasts of God by the mouth of thy faith open these pipes and veines of the promises which run so full of mercy grace truth comfort joy peace for every beelever by faith and thou shalt be satiate with every good thing Lest I shold make too great a porch for this little house and too great gates for this little citie I will conclude with an exhortation to all my beloved brethren and sisters which are beleevers to perfect their faith by application of the promises both of these in this sweet little booke and of all others contained in the Old and New Testament Suffer not GODS promises as I may so say to milke themselves doe you draw them let not good rest with God which you may have by beleeving and begging to your great comfort and inriching but take Gods commodities off his hand trade with that wealthy Merchant in the farre Countrey the Lord Iesus in heaven for his rich commodities of graces and comforts and glorious hopes untill you be rich and wealthy and for this purpose cause those two good factours Faith and Prayer founded upon and quickned confirmed by the pretious promises alway to trade for you in heaven untill you come thither your selves I would desire all beleevers to make this their pocket book that it may sollicite and wooe them to prayer make solid firme their faith increase their graces cōforts and heavenly hopes prepare them for induring the stormes of trouble tempests of temptations and may incourage them in holy weldoing and christian perseverance unto the end k Heh 6.12 Now bretheren my hearts desire is that yee bee not slothfull but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises That you may bee inheritours of them it shal be my daily prayer unto the Lord my God to bestow upon your heartes to use all good meanes for the attaining of the good in these other promises of God unto his people That he would teach and enable you to meditate upon them diligently day and night to beleeve thē firmly to apply thē severally particularly personally to sue for them earnestly by prayer constant and fervent to wait for their promised accomplishment by patience that so you may enjoy the good of them here hereafter which God in mercie grant unto mee and also you Amen To the Reader MAn which at the beginning was created happy Gen. 1.26 Eph.

all your transgressions so iniquity shall not bee your ruine Mat. 1.21 Hee shall save his people from their sinnes When thou fearest the greatnesse or multitude of thy sinnes will be thy destruction apply Iniquity shall not bee your ruine When thou seest no meanes of safety apply Hee that is Christ shall save his people from their sinnes The 14. Legacie IF thou be tempted to uncleannesse apply Prov. 2.16 He shall deliver thee from the strange woman 1 Thess 5.24 Thy bodie shall be kept blamelesse untill the comming of Christ The 15. Legacie IF thou canst not finde out thy sin for which God correcteth thee apply Job 36.9 If they bee tyed with the cords of affliction then will I shew them their worke and their sins A wise father will not correct his childe but hee will shew him wherefore how else should hee amend his fault much more will the Lord. But wee enjoy not many promises because wee sue not for them Thus farre about Sinne the next promises are about Grace The 16. Legacie IN doubt of salvation apply God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Sonne that whosoever beleeveth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Joh. 3.16 John 5.24 Hee that heareth my word and be leeveth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life John 8.51 If any man keepe my saying he shall never see death John 11.25 He that beleeveth in me though he were dead yet shall hee live And whosoever beleeveth in me shall never see death If thou doubt that thou shalt perish and not be saved apply Hee that beleeves in Christ shall not perish but shall have everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation Labour to beleeve these Promises and that is all that is required of thee for the obtaining of what is promised The 17. Legacie WHen thou findest thine heart as a wildernesse barren of good apply Esa 35.1 2. The wildernesse and the solitarie place shall bee glad for them and the desart shall rejoyce and blossome as the Rose It shall blossome abundantly and rejoyce even with joy and singing This promise is made to the Church and every member of it may applie it to themselves therfore when thou feelest thine heart as a desart wildernes and waste ground void of good full of bryers thornes of sinne then know thou shalt not onely bring forth sweet smelling graces like roses but also all abundance of thē Pro. ●1 28 The righteous shal flourish as a branch Prov. 13 4 The soule of the diligent shall be made fat Hos 14.5 6. I will be as the dew to Israel hee shall grow as the Lilly and cast forth his roots like Lebanon His branches shall spread and his beauty be as the Olive tree and his smell as Lebanon When we want meanes to make us fruitfull apply The Lord will be a dew to Israel When wee desire to flourish and grow up in grace apply He shall grow as the Lilly his branches shall spread If thou wouldest shine forth in the beauty of holines apply His beauty shal be as the Olive-tree as the Lilies whose glorie is greater then Salomons in all his royalty If thou wouldest have thy graces send sorth a sweet smell apply His smell shall be as Lebanon If thou fearest the continuance of this estate apply Hee shall fasten his rootes as the trees of Lebanon It matters not how great our barrennes bee when God will be a dew to us it will quickly make us fruitful we shall bring forth fruits glorious to the sight as the Lilly and as the Olive tree and the sent of our graces shall bee a sweet smelling savour as the trees of Lebanon Therefore though thou feelest thy heart yet barren and thou hast used meanes long and yet art not fruitfull still use the meanes and beleeve for therein did Abraham glorifie God that hee beleeved above hope that Sarah should have a sonne whose wombe was barren and by yeares past child bearing so though thine heart remaine barren in thine owne feeling after long use of meanes yet still follow seeing in the meanes and beleeve for wee have as sure promises and as faithfull a performer as Abraham had Jesus Christ yesterday and to day and the same for ever John 7.38 He that be leeveth on mee out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life The 18. Legacie WHē thou art troubled for want of holinesse apply Exod. 19.6 You shall bee an holy nation Deut. 28.9 And the Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himselfe The Lord will make thee holy therefore Sin nor Satan nor wicked men cannot hinder thy holinesse for hee that makes thee holy is stronger then all and doth what he will 1 Thess 5.23.24 The God of peace shall sanctifie you throughout in spirit soule and body Faithfull is hee which calleth you which will also doe it The 19. Legacie WHen thou canst not offer up any sacrifice to God of prayer or praise or thy selfe in sacrifice apply Exod. 19.6 Yee shall be unto mee a kingdome of priests God promiseth that wee shall be priests that is such as shall offer up sacrifice unto him for that was the priests office Therefore when thou findest thy selfe unable to pray or praise the Lord or to offer up thy selfe to God soule and body strive in faith grounded on the promises that hee which commanded hath also promised to make us a-able to do it for he hath said Wee shall bee Priests Malac. 1.11 In every place incense shall bee offered to my name and a pure offering which is spoken of the beleeving Gentiles therefore thou being one of them shalt be able to offer up pure offerings The 20. Legacie WHen thou feelest littlegrace knowledge faith love repentance all very little apply Job 8.7 Though thy beginning be small yet thy latter end shall greatly increase Matth. 13.12 Whosoever hath to him shall be given and hee shall have abundance Therefore let not thy small beginnings discourage thee but if thou canst prove thou hast some grace then joyne faith and diligence together they will quickly make thee rich The 21. Promise WHen thou findest al thy graces very weake no strength to performe any spirituall duty either prayer or fasting or any other duty then apply Psalme 29.11 The Lord will give strength unto his people Isa 40.29.31 Hee giveth power to the faint and to them which have no might he increaseth strength They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walke and not faint When thou feelest thy selfe faint stay thy selfe with this promise Hee giveth strength to him that fainteth When thou feelest no power apply to him that hath no strength he increaseth power If thou hast lost thy power then stay thy selfe with this they shall renew their