Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

and those things which in regard of his Word are his promises, are also in regard of his command our Duties. And therefore we must take the promises in that Connection, and dependency which they have amongst themselves.

and those things which in regard of his Word are his promises, are also in regard of his commaund our Duties. And therefore we must take the promises in that Connexion, and dependencie which they have amongst themselves.

Fourthly, promises, though always necessary, are yet most useful in Extremities, and therefore it is best for us to store up of all sorts; though we see no present use of some particulars, yet we know not what time may bring forth, what ways God my please to try us by. Secondly, It is best to acquaint our hearts with those which are most general, precious, fundamental, wherein Gods Power and Goodness is principally seen, and from them it will be easy to infer the rest. As Job argues from the¹ final resurrection to a deliverance from the dunghill. And² David from the deliverance of his Soul from Hell, to the deliverance of his feet from falling. And Habakkuk, ³from the deliverance out of Egypt and the wilderness, to the deliverance out of Babylon. And Abraham from⁴ a miraculous generation in a dead womb to a miraculous restitution of Isaac from the dead again. And Paul from a deliverance out of the mouth of the Lion, to a deliverance from every evil work. Some notable act of⁵ Gods mercy and providence may be appliable to several more particulars; because experience worketh hope. ⁶