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A47631 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 ... Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671. 1641 (1641) Wing L1014; ESTC R19654 173,632 533

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makes expresly this promise unto a godly King that if he decline not from the commandement to the right hand or to the left he shall prolong his dayes in the kingdome he and his sonnes in the midst of Israel Deut. 17.19.20 His enemies will I cloath with shame but upon himselfe shall his crowne flourish Psalme 132.18 Promises to Ministers 1. Extraordinary the Apostles 2. Ordinary all faithfull Ministers Promises to the Apostles 1. To worke miracles Mar. 6.17 That promise was made by CHRIST unto his Church to be fullfilled immediately after his ascension It extended only to the times of the Primitive Church and to such as then lived Perkins 2. To cast out Divels Mat. 10.1 3. The Spirit promised to le●de them into all truth Iohn 16.13 so that they were free from errour in doctrine Promises to faithfull Ministers 1. For sufficiency and a competent measure of the blessings of this life GOD promiseth this as a blessing to his Church that in the plenty and aboundance he would give to his people his Ministers also should be plentifully provided for And I will satiate the soule of the Priests with fatnesse and my people shall be satisfied with goodnesse saith the Lord Ier. 31.14 Levi hath no part nor i●heritance with his brethren the LORD is his inheritance according as the LORD thy GOD promised him Deut. 10.9 2. Of protection and deliverance from trouble I will cloath her Priests with salvation Ps. 132.16 I am with thee saith the LORD to Ieremy to deliver thee Ier. 1.18 19. See 7. 8. verses Jer. 15.19 20. 20.11 Ezek. 2.6 3.9 He holdeth the starrs in his right hand Rev. 2.1 by which is signified his power in protecting and governing his Ministers 2. GOD will take their part against their enemies and revenge their wrongs He suffered no man to doe them wrong yea he reproved Kings for their sakes saying Touch not mine Annoynted and do my Prophets no harme Ps. 105.14 15. Hitherto belongeth that benediction and propheticall prayer that Moses made for Levi Blesse LORD his substance and accept the worke of his hands smite thorow the loynes of them that rise against him and of them that hate him that they rise not again Deut. 33.11 4. GOD hath promised to give good successe to their labours He walketh in the middest of the seven golden candlesticks Rev. 2.1 by which action is noted his presence in the middst of his Church guiding and blessing his Ministers with all the members therof Loe I am with you alwayes even unto the end of the world Matth. 28.20 CHRIST was present with his Apostles and now is with their Successours by his protection of their persons and co-operation in their worke But if they had stood in my counsell and had caused my people to heare my words then th●y shoul● have turned them from their evill way and from the evill of their doings Jeremy 23.22 5. Their reward shall bee great They shal receive a crowne of glory that fadeth not away 1 Pet. 5.2 4. Their reward is with God Esa. 49.4 6. They shall agree together and joyne force against the common Adversary It is promised as a blessed fruite of the Gospell That Ephraim shall not envy Iudah and Iudah shall not vexe Ephraim But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines towards the West CHAP. VI. Promises To Masters of families and godly Servants IN ordering and guiding the affairs of our family wee should depend by faith upon GODS blessing See Ps. 127. Promises to godly servants 1. They have a generall promise 1 Tim. 4.8 2. More speciall ones Servants be obedient unto them that are your masters c. Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doth the same shall he receive of the LORD whither he be bond or free whatsoever yee doe doe it heartily as to the LORD and not to men knowing that of the LORD yee shall receiv● the reward of inheritance for yee serve the LORD CHRIST Col 3.23 24. The Apostle Peter shews that a poore servant when he suffers hard words and ill usage from his master doth herein find acceptation from GOD ● Pet. 2.19 GOD hath promised to the faithfull to keepe their houses and blesse them in their going out and comming in It is a speciall blessing oft promised to the godly that their habitation and dwelling shall prosper Pro. 3.33 that GOD will make the habitation of their righteousnes prosperous Job 8.6 yea that they shall know and feel that peace shall be in their tabernacles Job 5.24 There shall no evill befall thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling Pro. 14.11 The tabernacle of the upright shall flourish the house of the righteous shall stand Pro. 12.7 GOD keepes such a fence about them and their houses and all that they have as Satan cannot hurt them Iob 1.10 Blessed shalt thou be when thou commest in and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out Deut. 28.6 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth and even for evermore Ps. 121.8 It is the protection of GOD that keeps our houses from the calamities of fire within and lightening from Heaven and from the annoyance and molestation of evill spirits and other judgements governours of families should therfore put sinne farre from their Tabernacles Job 22.23 CHAP. VII Promises To Husband and Wife IF the Husband or wife be godly they have a promise from the Lord for their comfort David bestowes a whole Psalme upon them to this purpose viz. 128. the summe whereof was this that he should eat the labours of his hands that he is well and should be happy that his wife should be as the fruitfull vine upon the walls of his house comfortable as well as fruitfull that his children should be like the olive branches round about his Table profitable and beneficiall as well as many those are of the best fruits the one for chearing the heart the other for clearing the face Psal. 104.15 the one for sweetnesse the other for fatnesse Iudg. 9.13 that he should see Hierusalem in prosperity all his life long that he should see his childrens children as Iob 42.16 and peace upon Israel See also Prov. 31.28 and 30. verses promises made to the vertuous woman and Proverbes 11.16 Promises Concerning children GOD promiseth the godly 1. To give them the fruit of the wombe It is promised as a blessing and favour of GOD to his people to multiply their seed and to make them fruitfull I will make you fruitfull and multiply you Lev. 26.9 He will blesse thee and multiply thee There shall neither be male nor female barren among you Deu. 7.13 14. The like is Deu. 6.3.8 ● 28.11 Thy seed shall be great and thine off-spring as the grasse of the earth Job 5.25 Thy wife shall be as a fruitfull vine by the sides of thine house thy children like olive plants round about the table Lo