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them that curse thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed this promise I say was the great promise made to Abraham when hee was in his own Country now he was but seventy and five years old vers 4. how old was hee when the promise was fulfilled Chap. 21.5 And Abraham was an hundred years old when his Son Isaac was born unto him and he beleeved all that time and hast thou beleeved and waited twenty and five years for the mercy Abraham waited twenty and five years and yet beleeved all that time and have you waited long it may be not a year not three years not ten years and is that a great while Abraham waited as long and longer and yet had the mercy at the end so though you have been waiting a long while yet wait beleeving wait still there have been those that have waited as long as you and have had the mercy Consider further that there is a set time for the mercy wait for it Quest But when is the set time then I could wait for it if I knew but that Ans That is only known to God but sometimes some hints there are that wee may come to guesse when the set time of the mercy is come It shall he then when thy extremity is great and thou canst live no longer and wait no longer that is the set time Isa 33.10 Now will I arise faith the Lord now will I be exalted now will I lift up my self now when they were brought to great extremity utmost extremity vers 9. you have been waiting it may be you have not been in utmost extremity and it may be you can bear more and art not in such great extremities and darkness as God will give it in when the extremity is great then is Gods time Secondly again then is Gods time when God shall be mostly exalted in giving in the mercy Isa 33.10 Now will I be exalted then is the time wherein God wil be exalted in giving the mercy that is the time when God wil give the mercy and so in that place now will I arise and now will I be 〈…〉 that is the time when the soul shall exalt God and so poor soul for answer know the time of this extremity and when God should be most exalted is the time of the expected mercy Quest But how shall I come to wait upon God in way of faith Ans First Labour to work the promise much upon thy heart What ever mercy it is that you wait upon God for there is a promise for it in the word of God a promise Now labour to work the promise much upon thy heart Hast thou a hard heart and dost thou wait for a broken heart the Lord hath promised to give a broken and soft heart now labour that promise much upon your heart and beleeve it and this is that that will inable you to wait upon God and so is your sin great and you say I have been a great sinner and a notorious sinner why the Lord hath promised to pardon sin and that our iniquities hee will remember no more and so art thou blinde and ignorant of the truth of God why the promise is that Christ is a light to the Gentiles to open blinde eyes and hee promises to send the Comforter to teach and to guide you into all truth and they shall bee all taught of God Labour to get the Promise upon thy heart And art thou unfruitful Dost thou bring forth little or no fruit And would you bring forth fruit and bee fruitful Get the promise of fruitfulness Isa 41.18 I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water I will plant in the Wilderness the Cedar the Shittah tree and the Mirtle● and the Oyl tree So in Chap. 35.6 7. For in the Wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the Desart and the parched ground shall become a Pool and the thirsty land springs of water In the habitation of Dragons where each lay shall be grass with reeds and rushes Labour to work the promise home upon your heart Dost thou want strength to perform duty There is a promise that the Lords strength is made perfect in weakness Labour to work this promise home upon thy heart And hast thou lost strength in departing from God and art weakned and is strength gone There is a promise of renewing strength Isa 40.31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not bee weary they shall walk and not faint Now labour to work this upon thy heart They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength and so go out in the promise and wait upon God and so what ever mercy it is there 's no mercy that thou canst wait for and expect but there 's a promise for it in the Word of God Secondly Do not advise too much with your own reason If you would wait upon God do not advise too much with your own reason Reason will beat you off from waiting upon God What you waiting upon God and hast so many sins and will God regard such as you So long you have waited and no mercy come and dost thou ever think to have any thing Thus Carnal reason will beat us off from waiting do not hearken therefore unto reason If you will wait upon God then beg the Spirit spiritual work must bee done by the Spirit and wee cannot wait upon God without die Spirit Wee through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith Gal. 5.5 6. Go and beg this Spirit of God that is the great Gospel-promise Now hath God promised the Spirit and cannot you wait upon God and live by faith without the Spirit Go home and say Lord Lord I Give mee thy Spirit and spirituallize this thy poor creature Have I been a stranger to the Spirit no wonder then that I cannot wait upon God no more therefore would you wait upon God in faith Beg his Spirit A Postscript REader Thou art desired to take notice That whereas here is wanting The life of Faith in Perseverance And The Excellency of the life of Faith That neither the Notes of the Author nor any person can yet bee found though much pains hath been taken herein that hath taken the remainder from his mouth to perfect this Subject Yet because the matters handled are so Excellent and Usefull wee were unwilling the World should bee without them The Saints Anchor Rightly cast OR The Saints sure Anchor-hold Heb. 6.19 Which hope we have as an Anchor of the soul both sure and stedfast and which entreth into that within the vail IN the twelfth Verse of this Chapter the Apostle exhorts Beleevers to bee followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the Promises This exhortation the Apostle inforceth in the 13 14 and 15 Verses from the example of Abraham to whom God having

as thou hast done what say you to Paul and others Object 5. But Christ doth not belong to me Answ 1. Thou shouldest not hearken to an objection which tends to drive thee from Christ when he commands to come to him 2 If God gives thee a heart to come then is the matter out of doubt Christ belongs to thee for beleeving gives thee a right Gal. 3.22 That the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might bee given to them that beleeve 3 Whether Christ belong to thee or no it s better to cast thy self upon him and dye in obedience than to run from him and dye in disobedience 4 Whatsoever makes against faith is assuredly from the Devil and not to bee beleeved this doth so Object 6. But I am not elected Answ 1. Election is a secret secrets belong to God I am not to question Gods secret will whether or no I am elected but to obey his revealed will which commands to beleeve 2 The way to know election being a secret is not to question the same but beleeve in hope against hope Heb. 11.1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen 3 Upon this ground thou shalt never beleeve for if thou canst not know thine election but by beleeving and wilt not beleeve till thou knowest thou art elected thou shalt never beleeve 4 By this thou wrongest Gods intention in revealing it who never revealed it to keep souls from coming to Christ but to strengthen their faith being come 5 Thou hereby settest one part of Gods will against another that which discovers election against that which requires beleeving 6 Thy questioning thou art not elected proves not the thing if any thing the contrary because Satan the father of lies tells thee so Object 7. But I have no power to come to Christ Ans Seek a power of God see a Promise for encouragement Isa 40.29 30 31. He giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he increaseth strength vers 30. Even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fall vers 31. But 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 and they shall walk and not faint Obj. 8. But I have not a heart to seek Ans Hast no tongue neither seek though with thy lips God may give a heart whilst thou art speaking Hos 14.1 2 Take words and turn to the Lord say unto him take away all iniquity and receive us graciously Obj. 9. But alas I have a long time sought a power and finde none which hath made me weary and to give over seeking Ans 1. God is a free Agent and therefore will not be limited to time or ways in working but will work when and how he pleaseth and likewise an infinite being and therefore a Creature may not comprehend him in time which destroys his infiniteness but leave him all time to work in his own It was Israels fault to limit God Psal 78.41 Yea they turned back and tempted God and limited the holy one of Israel 2 Thou hast not sought perhaps in faith therefore not found what thou seekest for Jam. 4.3 Yee ask and receive not because yee ask amiss Israel sought righteousness yet obtained not why Rom. 9.31 32 with Chap. 11.7 Israel which followed after the Law of righteousness hath not attained to the Law of righteousness vers 32. Wherefore because they sought it not by faith So 3 Wilt thou say because thou hast not thou never shalt this conclusion follows not 4 God works all for the glory of his grace which as yet may be more magnified in denying than giving when a soul can live no longer without a mercy it comes with a welcome and grace is exalted hence God oft seems to deny a mercy not because hee wil not give but because the extreamity is not so great as may stand with the advancement of his grace in giving Isa 30.18 And therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you Isa 33.10 Now will I rise saith the Lord now will I be exalted now will I lift up my self Isa 63.12 13 14 Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him that led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm dividing the water before them to make himself an everlasting name vers 13. That led them thorow the deep as an horse in the wilderness that they should not stumble vers 14. As a beast goeth down into the valley the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest so didst thou lead thy people to make thy self a glorious name 5 The longer a thing hath been sought the more sweet and satisfying when found long seeking will make Christ sweeter Mercy sweeter 6 Thou faintest and art weary see what God saith to one in this condition Isa 40.28 to the end Hast thou not known hast thou not heard that the everlasting God the Lord the Creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not neither is weary There is no searching of his understanding 7 Adde to thy seeking waiting if inferiors wait on Superiors much more should creatures on the Creator seeking shews want and desire this may have self-love in it waiting shews subjection to God and submission to his will this is true Self-denial to such a blessing is pronounced Isa 30.18 Blessed are all they that wait for him Object 10. But I am filled with fears as I think none that I am a rejected person a cast-away and therefore in vain to come Answ This ariseth onely from Israels mistake Isa 40.27 My way is hid from the Lord and my judgement is passed over from my God Yet see her folly vers 28 29 c. Hast thou not known Yea Sion from the same mistake saith as much yet false Isa 49.14 15 16. But Zion said The Lord hath forsaken mee and my Lord hath forgotten mee vers 15. Can a woman forget her sucking childe that she should not have compassion on the Son of her womb yea they may forget yet will not I forget thee vers 16. Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands thy walls are continually before mee It can be nothing but sin can make thee think thus See what God saith to it Jer. 51.5 For Israel hath not been forsaken nor Judah of his God of the Lord of hosts though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel Object 11. But I have been with Christ and since am a notorious backslider and dare not come again Answ Though it hath been thy sin to run from him yet now it is thy duty to come again to him thou hast not been so ready to run away but hee is as ready to receive thee Consider but one example of God to Israel Jer. 2.3 both Chapters 1

Their backslidings were many Jer. 3.22 I will heal your backslidings 2 They were backsliders in divers and sundry wayes Jer. 3.1 Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers 3 Their backslidings in world and deed were as foul and great as could bee Jor. 3.5 Thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest 4 They had been backsliders for a long time vers 25. Wee have sinned against the Lord our God wee and our fathers from our youth even unto this day and have not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God 5 Backslidings open and publick vers 6. Hast thou not seen that which backsliding Israel hath done she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree and there hath played the harlot They had before them examples of others going in such paths with Gods anger against them yet took no warning vers 7 8. And I saw when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not but went and played the harlot also 7 Against resolutions and promises Jer. 2.20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands and thou saidest I will not transgresse when upon every high hill and under every greene tree thou wandrest playing the harlot 8 Against corrections Jer. 2.30 In vaine have I smitten your children they received no correction 9 Against Intreaties Chap. 3.7 And I said after she had done all these things turn thou unto me but she returned not 10 Wilfully Chap. 2. v. 31.25 But thou saidest there is no hope no for I have loved strangers and after them will I go 11 They justified themselves in their doings Chap. 2.35 Yet thou sayest because I am innocent surely this anger shall turn from me behold I will plead with thee because thou sayest I have not finned Yet these backsliders are wooed again and again to return Jer. 3.1 Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers yet return again to me saith the Lord v. 4. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me My Father thou art the guide of my youth And vers 7. I said after shee had done all these things turn thou unto mee vers 12. Go and proclaime these words towards the North and say Return thou backsliding Israel saith the Lord vers 14. Turn O backsliding children saith the Lord for I am married unto you vers 22. Return yee backsliding children and I will heal your backslidings Behold wee come unto thee for thou art the Lord our God Object 12. But I fear I am but an hypocrite Answ Come that thou mayest bee sincere Christ calls at the door of Laodicea yet a formal hypocritical Church yea God spreadeth forth his hands to such Jsa 65.2 compared with 5. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people which walketh in a way that was not good after their own thoughts vers 5. Which say stand by thy self come not near to mee for I am holier than thou these are a smoak in my nose a fire that burneth all the day What now poot soul hast thou to object but that thou mayest come to Christ and cast thy self into his arms and bosome O Come Come Come behold everlasting arms open to receive thee Come prophane person formalist here 's heaven and salvation to bee had freely if you have hearts to take it all for a nothing-creature O Come Drunkard wilt thou lye and rowl like a Swine in thy drunkenness and not come to Christ and have a heaven Swearer wilt thou rend Gods name and reject a heaven Unclean person wilt thou prize thy lusts above a Christ a heaven O no no Fie for shame Come likewise poor doubting soul cast thy self into Christs arms hee will not cast thee out Take Hesters resolution If I perish I perish I will perish in doing my duty and going in to the King If I dye I dye however I will dye doing my duty and hanging upon Jesus Christ say to thine own soul as once the Lepers who sate in the gate of Samaria said one to another a King 7.4 If wee say wee will enter into the City then the famine is in the City and wee shall dye there and if we sit still here we dye also now therefore come and let us fall into the hoast of the Syrians if they save us alive wee shall live and if they kill us wee shall but dye So say If I stand where I am I dye if I return to old courses I dye likewise what then I will venture on Christ if hee save mee alive I live if hee kill mee I can but dye Amen Proposit 2 That all the promises of God made to sinners in Jesus Christ shall certainly and assuredly bee fufilled and accomplished It s cleared 1 King 8. v. 56. Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto his people Israel according to all that he promised there hath not failed one word of all his good promise which hee promised by the hand of Moses his servant God made a promise to Moses of giving rest c. to the people of Israel this promise God was punctual to a word in the fulfilling of it And this was a promise of the Law made to Moses the Law-giver on the behalf of that people Now if God were so punctual in fulfilling the promises of the Law which were made to Moses and given into his hand for that people that he would not fail in a tittle how much more punctual think you will hee bee in fulfill those promises which are made to Christ and given into his hand of the Saints such as all the promises of Law and Gospel now are to the people of God Now for the fuller clearing of this truth both that it is and must bee so I shall lay before you some Demonstrative grounds which may serve to strengthen and confirm our faith in this great point That all the promises made in Christ shall most certainly be fulfilled and accomplished Demonstrat 1. From the Text They are in Christ 2 From the great obligations lying upon God the Father and Jesus Christ to see to it that the promises be fulfilled Engagement 1. Promises cost Christ dear before he had them though they are a gift to us yet Christ paid for them The first Adam had the promises for nothing but he by his fall squandring away the promises none of his seed could ever have been partakers of any of them had not Christ the second Adam stepped in and by paying a price to his Father Justice redeemed the promises again Now the price was no less than his owne life and the promises having cost Christ so dear this obligeth him to look to it that they be fulfilled Engagem 2. Christ cannot put the promises to other use For for himself hee hath no need of them the evil Angels and good too God did in a manner