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truth_n	father_n	son_n	spirit_n	9,815	5	5.8235	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03494	Great and precious promises; or, Some sermons concerning the promises, and the right application thereof whereunto are added some other concerning the usefulness of faith in advancing sanctification. As also, three more concerning the faith of assurance. / By Mr. Andrew Gray, late minister of the Gospel in Glasgow. All being revised since his death by some friends.	Gray, Andrew, 1633-1656.; Traill, Robert, 1642-1716.; Stirling, John, b. 1621?	1663 (1663)	Wing G1608A; ESTC R177624	115,304	218

been passing many excellent promises he strengtheneth their faith with this Thus saith the Lord God Almighty and no doubt where the word of this King is there is power and who can say unto him what dost thou O misbeliever of the precious promises of the Covenant be ashamed to cast up your eyes to heaven above or to the earth beneath we think the Stars the Sun the Moon and all the works of God they may speak that to you do not misbelieve God but trust in him That is wonderfull in counsell and excellent in working The second is the wisdom and infinit counsel of God he hath not only compleat ability to accomplish the promise that he hath given but he hath the depths and treasures of knowledge by which he hath contrived the 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 wisdom of God and then 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 infinit wisdom shining in it that it is called the counsel of God Heb. 6.17 That ye might know the immutability of his counsel The third golden pillar is the infinit love of God that though there be nothing in us that can put him to accomplish the promises yet he will take an argument from his own love to make out such a promise to us there is sometimes if not alwayes nothing in us but that which may speak forth delayes of the accomplishment of the promises but when God can bring no argument from us he can bring an argument from his own love as Deut. 7.7 8. where giving a reason of the accomplishment of many promises and of his love to them I loved you saith he because I loved you there being no reason that can be given for love but love The fourth is The unchangeablnesse of the Promiser that he is the same yesterday and to day and for ever and without all alteration and shaddow of change Hence ye may see Exod. 3.14 when God is repeating many preciou● Promises unto Moses He as it were 〈◊〉 strengtheneth Moses faith with this I am saith he that I am which we conceive to point forth the unchangeablnesse of God that what he hath said he will certainly accomplish in its own time and though the vision do tarry yet at last it shall speak The fifth is The faithfulnesse of God and that he is one that cannot lie but certainly will make out what he hath spoken Love it maketh the promises the faithfulnesse and power of God accomplisheth the promises and the infinit wisdom of God chooseth the most fit time for the performing of them Hence it is said Psal 119.89 90. Thy word O Lord is for ever setled in heaven and the ground of it is in the following verse For thy faithfulnesse is unto all generations Hence you may see that oftentimes when God is making promises to his own he putteth to that word I that speak in righteousnesse Isa 45.19 and Isa 63.1 O! must not the promises be unchangeable that are made by the Father who is the God of Truth Must not the promises be unchangeable that are received and merited by the Son that is Truth it self and the faithfull Witnesse and Amen Must not the promises be unchangeable that are applyed by the holy Ghost that is the Spirit of Truth And must not the promises be unchangeable that are made known unto us by the Gospel that is the word of Truth Was there ever any who could leave that upon record of God that he was unfaithfull in the accomplishment of his promises O what a clear sight of the faithfulnesse of God shall a Christian get whe● he shall be standing upon the our most line between Time and Eternity then he will see God faithful in accomplishing all his promises unto him from first to last The last golden pillar is The justice of God His justice it now putteth him to accomplish his promises mercy and righteousnesse have now kissed each other Hence is that word 1 Joh. 1.9 He is just and faithful to forgive So that now the accomplishment of the promises it is not only an act of love but it is an act of justice also We confesse indeed love and mercy maketh the promises but justice and truth also putteth God to the accomplishment of them Hence is that word Micah 7.20 To perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham Why is it mercy to Abraham and it is truth to Jacob It is in short this because mercy made the promises to Abraham but truth did accomplish the promises to Jacob. The third thing that we shall speak to from this That the promises are unchangeable shall be to presse these six duties upon you 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 And 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 surcease 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 unchangeablnesse The first is When dispensations seemeth to coutradict the truth of the Promises the promise it speaketh one thing and dispensations seem to speak another and this is the occasion that oftentimes Christians cry out Doth his promise fail for evermore This is clear from the practice of David 1 Sam. 27.1 when dispensations were