Legacie IF thou wouldest have deliverance out of trouble apply Psal 149.4 He wil beautifie the meek with salvation or He wil make the meek glorious by deliverance Ps 34.17.19 The righteous crie the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of them al. Job 5.17 18 19. Happy is the man whom God correcteth for he maketh sore bindeth up he woundeth his hands make whole Hee shall deliver thee in sixe troubles in seaven there shall no evill touch thee Ps 50.15 Call upon mee in the day of trouble I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie mee When thou art in many troubles and fearest thou shalt never get out of all apply The Lord will deliver thee out of al. If the Lord hath delivered thee once or twice and thou fearest he wil not continue so still as often as thou fallest into troubles ap He shall deliver thee in sixe troubles and the seaventh it shal not touch thee The 99. Legacie WHen thine enemies prevaile apply Ps 125.3 The rod of the wicked shal not rest upon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquitie Psal 18.3 I will call upon the Lord so shall I be saved from mine enemies 1 Sam 2.10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces the eies of the wicked shall faile their refuge shall perish their hope shall be sorrow of minde Job 11 20. Deut. 28.7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face Seest thou many to rise up to trouble thee apply thine enemies that rise against thee shall fall before thy face Hope they to prevaile against thed apply their hope shall be sorrow of minde Have they great meanes to cause them to prosper apply their refuge shall perish Have they long oppressed thee apply the rod of the wicked shall not alwaies rest upon the lot of the righteous Seest thou no meanes to get from them say with the Prophet David will call upon the Lord so shall I bee safe from mine enemies The 100. Legacie THat thou maiest be delivered and thine enemies afflicted in thy stead apply Deut. 30.7 The Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee which persecute thee Prov. 21.18 The wicked shall bee a ran some for the righteous and the transgressour for the upright The 101. Legacie IF thou wouldest have thine enemies destroyed apply Job 8.22 They that hate thee shall be cloathed with shame and the dwelling place of the wicked shal come to naught Isaiah 41.11.13.15 Behold all they which were incensed against thee shall bee ashamed and confounded they shall be as nothing and they that strive with thee shall perish for I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand saying unto thee Feare not I will helpe thee Thou shalt thresh the mountaines and beat them small and shalt make the hils as chaffe by which mountaines and hils is meant the greatest enemies 1. Sam. 2.30 They that despise mee shall bee lightly esteemed These promises are to be applyed by us as they are the enemies of God and his Gospell and ours for his sake The 102. Legacie IF the wicked plot against thee apply Psal 37.12 The wicked plot against the just their sword shall enter into their owne heart their bow shall be broken The Lord shall laugh at him Isai 54.15 The enemies shall surely gather themselves together against thee but not by me whosoever shall gather themselves together against thee shall fall The 103. Legacie IN the troubles of the Church apply Psalme 128.6 Thou shalt see peace upon Israel Thou shalt see the good of Ierusalem all the dayes of thy life Jer. 31.12 Thou shalt come and sing in the height of Sion when thou hast applyed the promises and used all the meanes and yet findest not thy selfe filled with God as thou desirest then comfort thy selfe with this Yet is little while and when thou awakest thou shalt be satisfied with his image Psal 17.15 The 104 Legacie BEcause the time draweth neere of the fall of Antichrist wee must stirre up our selves to hasten the Lord by earnest prayers and for the strengthning of our faith apply these promises Rev. 17.16 And the ten horned which thou sawest upon the Beast thest shall hate the Whore and shall make here desolate and naked and shall cate her flesh and shall burne her with fire Reu. 18.8.21 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and mourning and famine and she shall be utterly burnt with fire for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her And a mighty Angell tooke up a great stone like a great Milstone and cast it into the Sea saying Thus with violence shall that great City Babylon bee throwne downe and shall be found no more at all Even so down Lord Josus and hallen this happie day The 105. Legacie SEEing the Lord hath promised many glorious things to the Jewes with much grace and pouce both to the Jewes so Gentiles at their conversion when the tonne tribes shall bee reunited to the two which never yet was let us never give him rest till he set up Jerusalem the praise of the world and for the strengthning of us in prayer apply these promises Ezek. 37.21 22. Thus saith the Lord God Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their owne land and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountaines of Israel and one King shall bee King to them all and they shall be no more two Nations neither shall they bee divided into two kingdoms any more at all Jer. 3.18 In those dayes the house of Iudah shall walke with the house of Israel and they shall come together out of the land of the North to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers Isaiah 60.2 3 4 5 15 16. The Lord shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be seene upon thee And the Gentiles shall come to the light and Kings to the brightnesse of thy rising thy sonnes shall come from farre and thy daughters shall bee nursed at thy side then thou shalt see and flow together and thine heart shall feare and be enlarged because the Sea shall bee converted unto thee the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee Whereas thou hast beene forsaken and hated so that no man went through thee I will make thee an eternall excellencie a joy of many generations Thou shalt also sucke the milke of the Gentiles and shalt sucke the breast of Kings Isaiah 62.2 3 49. The Gentiles shall see thy righteousnesse and all Kings thy glory and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord shalt name thou shalt also bee a crowne of glory
in the hand of the Lord and a roy all diadem in the hand of thy God Isaiah 61.4 5 6. They shall build the old wastes they shall raise up the former desolations they shall repaire the wast Cities the desolations of many generations And strangers shall stand and feed your flockes and the sonnes of the alien shall be your plow-men and your vine-dressers but yee shall bee named the priests of the Lord men shall call you the mintsters of our God yee shall cate the riches of the Gentiles and in their glory shall you boast your selves Isaiah 49.22 23. Thus saith the Lord. Behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles set up my standard to the people and they shall bring thy sons in their armes and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders and Kings shall be thy nursing fathers and their Queenes thy nursing mothers they shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth and licke up the dust of thy feet THese promises I have observed many more there bee of most excellent use but because they need opening for the understanding of them I would not set them downe lest through the shallownesse of my understanding I should wrong the precious promises but I picked out the most plaine and those that I found of continuall use for Soule and Body which I have found much good by for the promises are our Legacies bequeathed to us in the will of our Father wee are to claime them as wee stand in need of any of them and surely that God which would not have children wronged in that which is bequeathed to them in the will of their fathers much lesse will he withhold that which his Son hath bequeathed to us in his last will which he sealed with his blood Therfore let us sue for them for the saith hee will bee sought to to performe them to us And when thou applyest any promise seeke unto the condition and labour to keepe it and doubt not of the performance of what is promised for he is both able and faithfull that hath promised FINIS A TABLE FOR THE right and ready finding out of any Promise in this Booke for the comfortable supplie of present necessitie the number shewes the page where the Promise wee would have is to bee found RVles for reading the Promises If wee finde nothing in our selves that may move God pag. 1. If wee feare God will remember our sinnes to punish them pag. 5 If often suing cause thee doubt of pardon pag. 6 If thou despaire pag. 7 If thou findest sin an heavy burden and Satan pursuing pag. 10 If thou turne from sinne and yet doubt of pardon pag. 13 If thou wouldest have thy many felt rebellions subdued pag. 16 If thy heart be hard and full of corruption pag. 18 If unbridled nature break out into passion pag. 20 If thou be in bondage to some sinne pag. 22 If thou fearest the breaking out of strong sinnes pag. 23 When thou art stayed from sinne by admonition pag. 26 If thou fearest God will destroy thee for sinne pag. 27 If thou be tempted to uncleannesse pag. 28 If thou caust not finde out thy sin for which God corrects thee pag. 29 If thou doubt of salvation pag. 30 If thine heart bee as a wildernesse barren of good pag. 31 If thou wantest holinesse pag. 37 When thou canst not offer up any sacrifice pag. 38 When thou feelest but little grace pag. 40 When all thy graces are weake pag. 41 When thy heart is drie for want of grace pag. 41 If thou wantest the spirit pag. 45 If looking on Gods love thou canst not love God againe pag. 48 If thou canst not bring thine heart to delight in the Lord ibid. If thou seelest not Gods feare in thine heart pag. 53 If thine heart wil not praise the Lord pag. 54 If thou wantest wisdome pag. 56 If thou canst not understand Gods voyce pag. 57 If thou canst not see into the mysteries of the Gospell pag. 58 If thou seest a good way and hast no power to walke in it pag. 59 If thou wantest memory pag. 62 When thou seest thine ignorance pag. 68 If thou desirest grace art not satisfied pag. 68 If thine heart bee dead pag. 70 If thou fearest falling away pag. 72 If thou art falne pag. 76 When the Lord hath forsaken thee pag. 78 When thou feelest thy vilenes pag. 81 When thou feelest thy spirituall poverty pag. 83 When thou art in a strait pag. 85 If thou fearest Satan wil cause thee to fall pag. 88 If thou canst not profit by the word of God pag. 90 If thou findest thy selfe unlike Gods people pag. 91 If thou wouldest have Gods blessing rest upon thee pag. 92 If thou wouldest be a blessing in thy place pag. 94 If thou separatest from the wicked in their corrupt worship ib. A promise to be applied in every ordinance pag. 96 When thou prayest pag. 97 Whē thou meditatest pag. 99 In meditating conferring reading Gods word pag. 101 In reading of the word if thou understandest not pag. 102 If thou canst not conferre pag. 103 When thou art to goe to the assemblies pag. 106 Wouldest thou enjoy the ordinances of God and a blessing upon them pag. 114 If thou enjoyest grace or meanes of grace pag. 117 When thou art banished from Gods ordinances pag. 120 Whilst thou art banisht from Gods house pag. 124 When wicked shepheards are over us pag. 127 When through wicked shepheards thou art come to great miserie pag. 129 When thou settest thy selfe to fast pag. 132 If thou art railed upon for well doing pag. 133 If thou art persecuted pag. 134 In partaking with Gods people in suffering pag. 137 When thou art called to defend the truth ib. If thou wouldest bring forth seasonable fruit for every estate pag. 139 If thou hast children pag. 141 If thou wantest children pag. 143 If the Lord deny thee Children pag. 145 If thou wouldest have a comfortable and holy vse of thy habitation ibid. If thou wouldest have thy going out and comming in blessed pag. 147 When thou eatest or enjoyest any blessing that it may satisfie and be sanctified pag. 148 When thou takest thy rest at night c. pag. 150 When thou puttest thy hand to any worke pag. 151 If thou wouldest have thine outward blessings blessed pag. 152 If thou desirest to enjoy the labours of thine hands pag. 154 If thou art diligent in thy calling pag. 155 When thou seest wicked men follow unsatisfying things with restlesse desires and thou desirest content pag. 156 If thou fearest thou shalt lose by following the Lord pag. 157 When thou hast lost blessings by sinne pag. 159 If thou fearest losse of thy good name pag. 160 If the world despise thee c. pag. 161 When thou art in want for soule or body pag. 163 In liberall giving pag. 165 If sicknesse be among us pag. 168 If thou fearest death pag. 170 If thou fearest untimely death pag. 171
Prov. 3.6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him and hee shall direct thy pathes Prov. 16.3 Commit thy workes unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall bee established Isai 30.21 And thine eare shall heare a word behinde thee saying This is the way walke yee in it when yee turne to the right hand and when yee turne to the left Isai 58.11 The Lord shall guide thee continually Isai 61.8 I will direct their worke in truth Jer. 31.9 I will cause them to walke by the rivers of waters in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble When thou doubt'st of some truth apply Hee shall teach him the way that he shall chuse his soule shall dwell at ease Thine eares shall heare a voice behinde thee saying this is the way walke in it I will direct thy way in truth When thou art thinking what course to take and fearest thou shalt not know what the Lord would have thee to do apply Thy thoughts shall be directed hee shall direct thy wayes When thou fearest thy weakenesse will at sometimes carry thee astray apply The Lord will guide thee continually The Lord will lead thee in a strait way that thou shalt not stumble The 42. Legacie WHen thou fearest that Satan by his power and subtiltie will cause thee to fall and art troubled with his temptations apply Gen. 3.15 Hee shall bruise his head Therefore feare not for Christ hath overthrowne all his power and subtilty that hee cannot do us any harme Psal 19.3.4 Surely hee shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust his truth shall thy shield and buckler Rom. 16.20 The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Doth Sathan presse thee with strong temptations fearest thou his power apply He shall bruise his head Hee will cover thee under his wings and thou shalt be safe under his feathers his strength shall be thy buckler Fearest thou his subtilty apply Hee shall deliver thee from thee snare of the fowler and bruise his head wherein lyes all his power and plots The 43. Legacie WHe thou canst mot profit by the Word of God or his workes of mercy or afflictions apply Isai 48.17 I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest goe Mat. 21.41 The Kingdome of God shall bee taken from you and given to a Nation bringing forth the fruites thereof This is a promise that the Gentiles shall bring forth the fruits of the Gospell therefore every beleeving Gentile may apply it The 44. Legacie WHen thou findest thy selfe not like the people of God either in heart or life apply Jer. 32.39 I will give them one heart and one way When thou seest thine heart not like the people of God either in their affection of God or his people or ordinances or in their forrowing for sinne apply I will give them one heart When thou seest thy life and conversation not so holy as the people of God apply I will give them one way The 45. Legacie IF thou wouldest have the blessing of the Lord to rest upon thee apply Psalme 5.12 The Lord will blesse the righteous Deut. 7.13 I will blesse thee Psalm 3.8 Thy blessing is upon thy people Psal 24.5 Hee shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousnesse from the God of his salvation Psal 115.12.13 The Lord will blesse us hee will blesse the house of Israel he will blesse the house of Aaron Hee will blesse them that feare the Lord both small and great The 46. Legacie IF thou wouldest bee a blessing in thy place apply Gen. 12.2 I will blesse thee and thou shalt be a blessing Ezek. 34.26 I will make them about my hill a blessing The 47. Legacie VVHē thou separatest thy selfe frō the wicked in their corrupt worship and manners apply 2 Cor. 6.16 17 18. I will dwell in them and walke in them and I will be their God and they shall bee my people Wherefore come out from among them and be yee separate saith the Lord and touch not the uncleane thing and I will receive you and will be a father unto you and yee shall bee my sonnes and daughters saith the Lord Almighty Thus farre of Grace the next Promises are about the meanes of Grace either ordinarie or extraordinarie The 48. Legacie IN every Ordinance thou maist apply this promise Isai 12.3 With joy shall you draw water out of the Wels of salvation Now in that it is said out of the Wels of salvation and not Well I thinke we ought to apply it to every ordinance of God so as wee are to use them with a comfortable perswasion that wee shall receive abundance of grace from them As the Lord promiseth wee shall draw waters from out of them wee shall not onely use them but draw from them with joy Therefore when we pray meditate heare conferre fast in every duty apply this promise and you shall finde him faithfull which promiseth The 49. Legacie WHen thou prayest apply these promises for the strengthening of thy faith and for thy hearing Mat. 7.7 Aske and it shall bee given you seeke and you shall find knocke and it shall bee opened unto you Matth. 6.6 Pray to the Father which seeth in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Mat. 21.22 And all things whatsoever ye shall aske in prayer beleeving yee shall receive it John 14.13.14 Whatsoever yee shall aske in my name I will doe it John 16.24 Aske and yee shall receive that your joy may be full John 15.7 Aske what you will and it shall be done unto you Isai 65.24 Before they call I will answere and whiles they are yet speaking I will heare Job 22.7 Thou shalt make thy prayers unto him and he shall heare thee and if thou seeke him he will be found The 50. Legacie WHen thou meditatest apply these promises Prov. 14.22 Mercy and truth shall bee to them that devise good Psalm 103.17.18 The loving kindnesse of the Lord endureth for ever to them which thinke upon his commandements to doe them Phil. 4.8 9. Thinke on these things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seene in mee and the God of peace shall be with you If thou desirest mercie or the truth of God to bee for thy good or the loving kindnesse of the Lord to bee for ever towards thee and that God which brings peace with him to bee with thee then meditate on good things and with such a meditation as may stirre thee up to practise and then all these promises shall surely be performed to thee And because meditation is an hard duety therefore encourage thy selfe to it by the benefit it brings it being a way of God hee will give thee his Spirit to cause thee to walke in it The 51. Legacie IN meditating conferring and reading of the word of God apply Joshua 1.8
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 theÌ„ Pro. â—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 WHeÌ„ 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
things for thē apply His seed shall bee mighty upon earth The 68. Legacie IF thou wantest children apply Deut 7.14 Thou shalt bee blessed above all people there shall neither be male nor female barren among you Deut. 28.11 The Lord shall make thee plentifull in the fruit of thy body Psalm 128.3 Thy wife shall bee as a fruitfull vine by the sides of thine house thy children like Olive plants round about thy table vers 4.6 Loe thus shall the man bee blessed that feareth the Lord. Thou shalt see thy childrens children If thou hast conceived apply this promise for keeping of it Exod. 23.26 There shall none cast their young nor bee barren in thy land This and all other promises of earthly things are to bee applyed so farre as is good for us wee are not to doubt of them The 69. Legacie IF the Lord deny thee children apply Isai 56.5 To them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better then of Sonnes and of Daughters I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off The 70. Legacie IF thou wouldest have the comfortable and holy use of thine habitation apply Iob. 5.24 Thou shalt know that thy Tabernacle shal be in peace and thou shalt visit thine habitation and not sinne Psal 91.10 There shall no evill befall thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling Prov. 14.11 The Takernacle of the upright shall flourish Prov. 12.7 The house of the righteous shall stand If thou wouldest prosper in thine house apply Peace shall be in it No plague shall come neare it It shall flourish If thou wouldest have it continne so apply It shall stand That they may not bee a snare to thee but thou maist use thy blessing and not sinne apply Thou shalt visit thy habitation and not sinne The 71. Legacie IF thou wouldest have thy comming in and going out blossed apply Deut. 28.6 Blessed shalt thou bee when thou commest in and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out Psalm 121.8 The Lord shall preserve thy goin out and thy comming in from this time forth and even for evermore When thou goest out if thou wouldest have the heavens and earth and all creatures blessed to thee and bee made able to make the spirituall use of them apply Blessed shalt thou bee when thou goest out and when thou commest in The Lord shal preserve thy going out and thy comming in If thou wouldest haue the continuance of it apply From this time forth for evermore The 72. Legacie WHen thou eatest or enjoyest any blessing that it may satisfie thee and thou mayest have the sanctified use of it apply Ioel 2.26 Ye shall eate in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord your God That thy meate and outward blessings may give thee content and satisfie thee apply Thou shalt eat and be satisfied That thou maist have the sanctified use of it apply Thou shalt praise the Lord. The 73. Legacie WHen thou takest thy rest at night apply Prov. 3.24 When thou lyest downe thou shalt not bee afraid yea thou shalt lie downe and thy sleepe shall be sweet Job 11.19 Also thou shalt lie downe and none shall make thee afraid If thou art troubled with feares of the night apply Thou shalt not bee afraid When thou takest thy rest apply None shall make thee afraid If thou art troubled with any thing that breakes thy rest apply Thy rest shall be sweet The 74. Legacie WHen thou puttest thine hand to any worke that it may bee blessed apply Deut. 28.12 The Lord shall blesse all the worke of thine hand Deut. 30.9 The Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every worke of thine hand The Lord will not onely blesse some of thy workes but every one therefore in every worke send up short prayers for the clayming of them and so at our going out and comming in or eating or sleeping renew these promises upon thy selfe by faith applying them and by prayer suing for them The 75. Legacie IF thou wouldest have thy outward blessings blessed of God apply Deut. 28.4 5. Blessed shall bee the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattell the increase of thy kind and the flockes of thy sheepe Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store Deut. 7.13 14 The Lord will also blesse the fruit of thy wombe and the fruit of thy land thy corne and thy wine and thine oyle the encrease of thy Kine and the flockes of thy sheepe There shall bee neither male or female barren a mong you or among your cattell That thy goods and thine house may be blessed apply Blessed shall bee thy basket and thy store If thou beest in debt apply Deuteron 28.12 Thou shalt lend unto many and shall not borrow The 76. Legacie IF thou desirest to enjoy the labours of thine hands apply Isai 65.21 23 23. They shall build houses and inhabit them they shall plant vineyards and eate the fruit of them They shall not build and another inhabit they shall not plant and another eate for as the dayes of a tree are the dayes of my people and mine elect shall long enjoy the workes of their hands They shall not labour in vaine nor bring forth for trouble Ps 128.2 Thou shalt cate the labour of thine hands The 77. Legacie WHen thou art diligent in thy calling apply Prov 12.14.24 The recompence of a mans hands shall bee rendered unto him The hand of the diligent shall beare rule When thou enjoyest that thou hast laboured for apply Psal 128.2 thou shalt cate the tabour of thine hands happie shalt thou bee andre shall be well with thee The 78. Legacie WHen thou seest the wicked to be carried with restlesse desires hungring and thirsting after those things which satisfie them not and thou desirest content apply Isaiah 65 13 14. Thus saith the Lord behold my servants shall cate but yee shall be hungry behold my servants shall drinke but yee shall be thirsty behold my servants shall rejoyce but yee shall be ashamed Behold my servants shall sing for joy of heart but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart and shall howle for vexation of spirit The 79. Legacie IF thou fearest thou shalt lose by following the Lord apply Psal 37.9 11 18 19 Those that waite upon the Lord shall inherit the earth their inheritance shall be for ever they shall not be ashamed in the evill time They shall inherit the earth and delight themselves in the abundance of peace Psal 112.3 Wealth and riches shall bee in his huse Iob 22.23 24. Thou shalt bee built up thou shalt lay up gold as dust the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brookes verse 25. Yea the Almighty shall be thy defence and thou shalt have plenty of silver Gen. 15.1 I am thy exceeding great reward Fearest thou the losse of thy land apply Thou shalt inherit the earth their inheritance shall bee
of you shall be vpon every beast of the earth and upon every fowle of the ayre upon all that moveth upō the earth upon all the fishes of the sea into your hand are they delivered Job 5.23 Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field and the beast of the field shall be at peace with thee The 89. Legacie WHen thine heart is troubled either for soule or body apply Phil. 4.7 The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keepe your hearts and minder Psal 29 11 The Lord will blesse his people with peace Is thine heart troubled with many temptations of Satan or with feares of sin and misery apply the peace of GOD shall preserve your hearts Hast thou many troubles outwardly ap the Lord shalt blesse his people with peace The 90. Legacie IF thou wouldest have thy purposes to prosper apply Iob. 22.28 Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee and the light shall shine upon thy wayes Psal 1.3 Whatsoever he doth shall prosper Psal 37.5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shal bring it to passe When thou often purposest to do good both for thy soule and body and yet findest thy purposes broken apply Thou shalt decree A thing and the Lord shall stablish it unto thee He shall bring it to passe When thou art in doing of any thing apply Whatsoever he doth shall prosper The 91. Legacie When thou art called to a great worke wherein thou shalt have great opposition apply Deut. 31.8 The Lord he it is that doth goe before thee he will bee with thee he will not faile thee neither forsake thee feare not neither be dismaied 2 Chron. 16.9 The Lord will shew himselfe strong in the behalfe of thē whose heart is perfect to wards him Psal 91.11 12 13. He shall give his Angels charge over thee to keepe thee in all thy waies They shall beare thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foote against a stone Thou shalt treade upon the Lion and Adder The young Lion and Dragon shalt thou trāple under feet It maters not what be the lets to oppose us when the Lord goes before us hee will easily beat them downe nor what strength resists such as hee hath promised to shew his strength for nor how many bee our dangers when his Angels have charge over us to keepe us Therfore go on in the worke and feare not the issue being strengthned by the promises of him that never faileth his The 92. Legacie IN the time of danger apply 1 Sam. 2.9 The Lord will keepe the feet of his Saints Pro. 1.33 Who so harkneth unto me shall dwell safely shall be quiet from feare of evill Iob. 11.18 19. Thou shalt be secure because there is hope yea thou shalt digge about thee and thou shalt take thy rest in safety also thou shalt lie downe and none shall make thee afraid Psal 125 1 2. They which trust in the Lord shall bee as mount Sion which cannot be removed but abideth for ever As the mountaines are roūd about Ierusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever Psal 121.3 4 5. He will not suffer thy foot to be mooved be that keepeth thee will not slumber Behold he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord is thy keeper the Lord is thy shade vpon thy right hand Seeing the Lord is our keeper wee need not feare the danger The 93. Legacie WHen thou art in great trouble apply Isai 43.2 When thou passest through the waters I will bee with thee and through the Rivers they shall not over flow thee whē thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt neither shall the flame kindle upon thee vers 20. I wil give waters in the wildernesse and rivers in the desart to give drinke to my people my chose Psal 32.6 7. Surely in the flood 's of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him Thou art my hiding place thou shalt preserve mee frō trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance When thou seest thy selfe compassed with many troubles and beginnest to feare apply I will bee with thee they shall not over flow thee In the fire of affliction thou shalt not onely not be burnt but the flame shall not kindle upon thee the greatest troubles shall not doe thee the least harme for God being with thee will bring thee out as he did Israell through the sea and the three children out of the fire with not so much as the savour of fire about them so shall not so much as the savour of evill be upon his but he will compasse them about with songs of deliverance The 94. Legacie WHē thou seemest to bee forgotten in affliction apply Psal 9.9.18 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble For the needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poore shall not perish for ever Isa 49.15 Can a woman forget her sucking child that she shold not have compassion on the sonne of her wombe yea they may forget yet wil not I forget thee Psal 103.9 He will not alwayes chide neither will he keepe his anger for ever Lament 3.31 32. The Lord will not cast off for ever But though he cause griefe yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies The 95. Legacie WHen thou fearest thou shalt end thy dayes in misery apply Job 36.11 They shall spend their dayes in prosperity and their years in pleasures The 96. Legacie WHen thy sorrowes grow great apply Job 11.16 That shalt forget thy miserie and remember it as waters that passe away Job 8.20 21. Behold God will not cast away a perfect man till hee fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoycing Psa 27.14 Be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart Psal 112.4 Vnto the upright there ariseth light in the darkenesse Psal 126.5 6. They that sow in teares shall reape in joy He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed shall doubt lesse come againe with rejoycing bringing his sheaves with him Prov. 10.28 The hope of therighteous shal be gladnesse Mat. 5.4 Blessed are they that mourne for they shall be comforted John 16.22 Yee now have sorrow but I will see you againe and your hearts shall rejoyce and your joy no man taketh from you Hath sorrow taken deep roote in thy soule that thou fearest thou shalt never finde hearty joy apply Hee shall comfort thine heart Is such a crosse upon thee that thou fearest thou shalt never forget it apply thou shalt forget thy misery as waters that passe away The 97. Legacie WHen thou art in such an estate as thou knowest no way out of miserie either for soule or body or both apply Ier. 33.3 Call unto mee and I will answer thee and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not The 98.