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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41840	Great precious promises, or, Some sermons concerning the promises and the right application thereof whereunto are added some other concerning the usefulnesse of faith in advancing sanctification, as also, three more concerning the faith of assurance / by Mr. Andrew Gray ... ; all being revised since his death by some friends, the last impression carefully corrected and amended.	Gray, Andrew, 1633-1656.	1669 (1669)	Wing G1609; ESTC R39446	117,294	219

the first of them is the omni●otency of God that there is nothing that he ●ath promised but he is able to effectuate ●nd to bring to passe Therefore 2 Cor. 6.8 when God had been passing many ex●ellent promises he strengtheneth their faith with this Thus saith the Lord God Almighty ●nd no doubt Where the word of this King 〈◊〉 there is power and who can say unto him ●hat dost thou O misbeliever of the pre●ious promises of the Covenant be ashamed ●o cast up your eyes to heaven above or to ●he earth beneath we think the Stars the ●un the Moon and all the works of God they ●ay speak out that to you do not misbelieve God but trust in him That is wonderfull in ●ounsell and excellent in working The se●ond is the wisdome and infinit counsel of God hee hath not only complea● ability to accomplish the promise that hee hath given but hee hath the depths and treasures o● knowledge by which hee hath contrived th● way of the accomplishment of such a promise Hence is that word 2 Sam. 23.5 that the Covenant is well ordered which speaketh out the wisdome of God and the● that word is subjoyned the Covenant is sure● yea the Covenant of Grace is such a thing● that there is so much of the arte of heaven● so much of infinite wisdom shining in it tha● it is called the counsel of God Heb. 6.17 Tha● ye might know the immutability of his counsel The third golden pillar is the infinite love 〈◊〉 God that though there be nothing in us tha● can put him to ●●complish the promises ye● he will take an argument from his own love to make out such a promise to us there i● sometimes if not alwayes nothing in us but that which may speak forth delayes o● the accomplishment of the promises but when God can bring no argument from us he can bring an argument from his own love 〈◊〉 Deut. 7.7 8. where giving a reason of the accomplishment of many promises and o● his love to them I loved you saith he because I loved you there being no reason that ca● bee given for love but love The fourth is The unchangeablenesse of the Promiser that he is the same yesterday and to day and for ever and without all alteration and shaddow of change Hence yee may see Exod. 3.14 when God is repeating many preciou● promises unto Moses Hee as it were ●trengtheneth Moses faith with this I am ●aith he that I am which wee conceive to point sorth the unchangeablenesse of God ●hat what he hath said he will certainly ac●omplish in its own time and though the ●ision do tarry yet at last it shall speak The 〈◊〉 i● The faithfulnesse of God and that hee 〈◊〉 one that cannot lie but certainly will ●ake out what hee hath spoken Love it ●aketh the promises the faithfulnesse and ●ower of God accomplisheth the promises ●nd the infinite wisdom of God chooseth the ●ost fit time f●r the performing of them ●ence it is said Psal. 119 89 90. Thy word 〈◊〉 Lord is for ever setled in heaven and the ●round of it is in the following verse For ●●y faithfulnesse is unto all generations Hence ●ou may see that oftentimes when God is ●aking promises to his own he putteth to ●●at word I that speak in righteousnesse Isa. 5 19. and Isa. 63.1 O! must not the ●●omises be unchangeable that are made by 〈◊〉 Father who is the God of Truth Must 〈◊〉 the promises bee unchangeable that are ●●ceived and merited by the Son that is ●ruth it self and the faithfull Witnesse and ●men Must not the promises be unchange●●le that are applyed by the holy Ghost that 〈◊〉 the Spirit of Truth And must not the ●●omises bee unchangeable that are made ●●own unto us by the Gospel that is the ●ord of Truth Was there ever any who 〈◊〉 leave that upon record of God that he ●as unfaithfull in the accomplishment of his ●●omises O what a clear sight of the faithfulnesse of God shall a Christian get whe● he shall be standing upon the outmost li●● between Time and Eternity then he will 〈◊〉 God faithfull in accomplishing all his pr●●mises unto him from first to last The 〈◊〉 golden pillar is The justice of God 〈◊〉 justice it now putteth him to accompli●● his promises mercy and righteousnesse ha● now kissed each other Hence is that wor● 1 Joh. 1.9 He is just and faithful to forgiv● So that now the accomplishment of t●● promises it is not only an act of love but 〈◊〉 is an act of justice also We confesse indee● love and mercy maketh the promises 〈◊〉 justice and truth also putteth God to the ac●complishment of them Hence is that word Micah 7.20 To perform the truth to Iaco● and the mercy to Abraham Why is it mercy to Abraham and it is truth to Iacob It i● in short this because mercy made the promises to Abraham but truth did accomplis● the promises to Iacob The third thing that we shall speak to fro●●his That the promises are unchangeable shall be to presse these six duties upon yo● from this point O Christians and Expectants of Heaven who have Christ in you the hope of Glory rejoyce and be exceeding glad that the promises are unchangeable 1. This is a duty that is pressed from that ground Heb. 6.18 That by two immutable things we might have strong consolation There is exceeding much joy that may come to a Christian from this that the promises shall be accomplished i● their own time We conceive that the word unchangeable it is engraven upon the head of many a Christians mercies Is not unchangeable written above the head of our promises Is not unchangeable written upon the head of our blessednesse Is not unchangeable written above the head of our enjoyment of God That day is coming when we shall have unchangeable love unchangeable enjoyment of God and all things unchangeable A●d we conceive that if these two were believed the truth of the promises and the unchangeablenesse of the promises a Christian might walk through this valey of tears with joy and comfort himself in hope The second duty we would presse is this that ye would sursease and give over your disputings and carnal reasonings about the accomplishment of the promises since the promises of God are unchangeable ought not we with this to silence misbelief and all that blind humane reason can say This is pressed Heb. 6.16 An oath for confirmation it is an end of all strife Gods confirming of his Covenant by an oath it ought to cut short the disputings of misbelief And here give me leave to point out a little these grounds upon which it is that Christians doth so much dispute the accomplishment of promises and to let you see how all these grounds may be answered from these six pillars that were given of their unchangeablenesse The first is When dispensations seemeth to contradict the truth of the Promises the promise it speaketh one thing and