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But before I enter upon the unfolding of this great Role of Promises, I must preface about five things, which tend to make us more fit to receive them.

But before I enter vpon the vnfolding of this great Role of Promises, I must preface about fiue things, which tend to make vs more fit to receiue them.

First, it will be profitable for us to consider briefly the worth of ¹the promises; they are called, the unsearchable riches of Christ, to assure us that he is a very rich man that hath his hart stored with the promises of God well applied. The Apostle Peter saith, that they are great, and precious promises, ⟨p. 284⟩²which God hath given to us. Promises in our hearts, are better then pearls or precious st•nes in our Chests. They are the inheritance God gives to his people in this life, & therefore they are called the heirs of promise; a greater ³portion then any King on earth can give to his Child. The very keeping of the Records of these promises, was a great prerogative to the Jewish nation: and it is accounted ⁴a singular happiness for the Gentiles, that they may now partake of those promises. Little do ⁵we know what wrong we do to our souls, when we keep them ignorant of the promises: & it is one of the greatest offices under the Sun, to dispense these promises to man, […] Tim. 1. 1. Tit. 1. 1, 2, 3