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Precious promises the portion of overcomers. / By John Lougher, minister of the Gospel.
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Lougher, John, d. 1686.
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differs not really but intellectually only from them the Covenant being the whole of the Promises and the Promises the parts of the Covenant I say this new Covenant containing in it the most blessed and glorious discovery of that wonderful mystery of the ever-to-be adored grace of God to sinners in Jesus Christ the Mediator thereof about their redemption and salvation the Promises thereof must needs be most refreshing and consolatory to all the heirs of them amongst whom Reader if thou beest one I doubt not but thou wilt find a sweet savour and spiritual relish in these discourses for they breathe forth nothing but love and sweetness pleasure and delight to those that are Overcomers as all the heirs of Promise shall at last assuredly be It is observable in all these Promises that though they are in the conclusion of the Epistles to several Churches yet they are all made to the same persons vid. to Overcomers now victory at least in the spiritual warfare supposeth a fight conquest a combat they only shall obtain the conquest over all their spiritual enemies who have strenuously maintained the combat with them and that to the end Here therefore thou art directed so to fight the good fight of faith as that at last thou maist fully lay hold of and be crowned with eternal life As to the manner of handling these things I shall only say that I judge the Author hath throughout the whole Discourse taken Paul's advice to Timothy 2 Tim. 2.15 vid. studied to shew himself approved unto God and as to men he hath shewn himself a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of Truth in his Doctrine shewing uncorruptness gravity sincerity as the same Apostle exhorts Titus Tit. 2.7 8. using sound speech that cannot be condemned and as the same Apostle also speaks of himself and the other Apostles 1 Cor. 2.13 speaking of these great things not in the words which mans wisdom teacheth but which the holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things with spiritual This little vessel I assure thee Reader brings thee Gold and Silver not Apes and Peacocks as some of the Vessels of Solomons Tharshish Navy did of old 1 Kings 10.22 Here are no empty notions airy speculations jingling and rhyming phrases or such phantastical things but sound and wholesom practical Divinity not a flood of words and a drop of matter not vox praeterea nihil but multum in parvo much in a little the most excellent necessary and seasonable truth prospicuously opened and as pertinently and profitably applied Whouldest thou then know who are thy worst enemies how thou maist so fight against them as to overcome them what it is to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of God how thou maist be secured from the hurt of the second death Wouldest thou know what it is to eat of the hidden Manna and to have the white Stone c What it is to have Power over the Nations and to have the Morning-Star How thou maist be clothed with white Rayment c Be made a Pillar in the Temple of God to go no more out c And have it granted to thee to sit down with Christ in his Throne as he having overcome is set down with the Father in his Throne Read consider and diligently mind these following Sermons and earnestly pray for a Blessing upon what thou readest upon the Author and upon thy true Friend it thou lovest the truth March 16. 1680. John Green THE EPISTLE TO THE READER Christian Reader IT hath seemed good to the alwise God that our lot should be to live in these last and worst of days In which our Gracious God is going on in the ways of his alwise providence in order to the fulfilling of his good Word wherein our Lord hath frequently forewarned us of many tribulations that his followers if they will be faithful must meet with Joh. 16.33 in this World also the great Apostle Paul from his own abundant experience telleth us 2 Tim. 2.12 That they who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions And Peter in like manner telleth us Acts 14.22 That through much tribulation we must enter the Kingdom of God To the end that we being forewarned might be forearmed and that when these things shall come to pass we might not be anxiously troubled The sad experience of the Church of Christ in all ages do abundantly seal to this and surely even in our present time it may truly be said that this day these Scriptures are fulfilling in our eyes The Woman is now Rev. 12.16 forced to flie into the Wilderness as formerly she did in those primitive days being constrained for to wander up and down in Deserts and in Mountains and hi Caves of the Earth But the same God who then not only took care of the Manchild but of the Mother also providing and preparing a place for her where she was nurrished and fed I say the same God who hath preserved her he doth still preserve and will preserve her even to his Heavenly Kingdom And although that great red Draggon the Devil and his Instruments viz. Papists and Atheists are continually casting forth Rev. 12.15 floods of Reproaches Slanders and Callumninations after her that if possible they might carry her away yet God will stir up some who shall help her though but earthly minded and self-ended in what they do And though he should proceed on to make war with her yet shall he not overcome and although a Troop shall follow her yet she shall overcome at the last And though this Lion roareth and rageth at her having great wrath because his time is short yet shall the Lion of the tribe of Judah tread him under his feet How be it Psal 74.9 As sometimes the Church of Christ being under great persecutions groaned under this as agravating of her misery that she saw not her signs of deliverance out of captivity neither was there amongst them a Prophet or any that knew how long even so such is our case at this day Nevertheless seeing that the Vision is but for an appointed time our duty is to wait upon God and to keep his way being confident concerning this That the time is not very far off when God will graciously say to Jerusalem that her sins are pardoned and her warfare is accomplished his thoughts to her ward being thoughts of peace to give her an expected end And in the mean time we are to stand and admire at the great goodness of our God That in such a day as this is when the most of the Sons of men are bending of their tongues like bows for lyes and falshood there should be found amongst us some who are valiant for the truths of the Gospel And when a many among us pretending to be leaders are found to be but blind guides we should yet have some seers who in all faithfulness can say as he Acts