"Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world.

"Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

"He that overcometh, shall inherit all things."

That God will make good and perform all that he hath promised.

"And I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father. a”

"Know therefore that the Lord thy God,he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him.

"Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto his people: there hath not failed one word of all his good promises which he promised. "My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

"Thus saith the Lord, If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, that there should not be day and night in their season, then may also my covenant by broken.

"For all the promises of God in him are YEA, and in him AMEN.b

"Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law; yea, I will observe it with my whole

heart:

aGen. xxvi, 3. Deut. vii, 9. 1 Kings viii, 56. Psalm lxxxix. 34. Jer. xxxiii, 20, 21. b2 Cor i, 20. Psalm cxix, 34, 124. cxix, 103. cxvi, 12. cxix, 159, 10.

"Deal with thy servant according to thy mercies, and teach me thy statutes.

"How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.

"What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me?

"Consider how I love thy precepts; quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

"With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy command

ments.

"For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven; thy faithfulness is unto all generations.a

"Plead my cause and deliver me; quicken me according to thy word.

"Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven and in earth.

"Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

b

"Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. "Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high?

"Incline my heart unto thy testimony, and not unto covetousness.

a Psalm cxix, 89, 90, 154. cxxxv, 6. cxix, 27. b Psalm cxix, 49. cxiii, 5. cxix, 36. cxlii, 3. cxix, 109 38.

"When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest my paths.

"My soul is continually in my hand, yet do I not forget thy law.

"Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear."

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AUTHOR'S POSTSCRIPT.

THESE promises I have observed: many more there are of most excellent use; but because they need opening for the understanding of them, I would not set them down; lest through the shallowness of my understanding I should wrong the precious.. promises. But I picked out the most plain,. and those that were of continual use for soul and body, which I have found much good by. The promises are our legacies bequeathed to us in the will of our Father, and we are to claim them as we stand in need of any off them. And as God would not have his children wronged in that which is bequeathed to them in the will of their Father, much less will he withhold that which his Son hath bequeathed to us in his last will, which he sealed with his blood. Therefore let us sue for them; for He saith he will be sought. to to perform them to us. And when thou appliest any promise, seek unto the condition, and labour to keep it, and doubt not of the performance of what is promised; for he is both able and faithful wlio hath promised.

THIS holy sacrament is appointed as a sealing ordinance between Christ and you. The covenants are made; the terms are agreed to on both sides;-God is willing to be yours to all intents and purposes, your refuge, your rest and your guide. While Christ has it, you shall never want; and, what God is to him, that he (in your order) will be to you.

You again (through grace) are willing to be his: his in his own way, and on his own terms; willing to serve him; willing to be betrothed to him, and to be commanded by him, to use his remedies, to follow his counsels, and to acquiesce in him as your blessedness; thus all are agreed; the articles are drawn; the covenants both on God's part and yours, are ready written; and here you may come, to put all past controversy, and mutually to sell and subscribe. O happy and blessed meeting! Christians, do not forget your errand; remember where you are, and what are you come for; and know that you are upon the most solemn transaction that ever passed between the Creator and creature.