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The promises
The promises: or, A treatise showing how a godly Christian may support his heart with comfort against all the distresses which by reason of any afflictions or temptations can befall him in this life. Containing all the most comfortable places through the whole Bible, orderly digested. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The promises: or, A treatise shewing how a godly Christian may support his heart with comfort against all the distresses which by reason of any afflictions or temptations can befall him in this life. Containing al the most comfortable places through the whole Bible, orderly digested. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by G. Purslowe for Ralph Rounthwaite, 1619
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Sol. So was our Saviour ⟨p. 83⟩Christ, & that by a whole Council of men, Mat. 27. 1. John. 11. 47. 48. and so was Stephen, Act. 6. 12. and so were the Apostles, Act. 4. 6. 15. and 5. 27. and so was Paul, Act. 23. 1. The most righteous may suffer as evil doers, 2. Tim. 2. 9. The wicked so compass about the righteous, that many times wrong judgment proceedeth, Hebr. 2. 3. 4. but this is his comfort, The Lord will not leave him in the hand of the wicked, nor condemn him, when he is judged, Psal. 37. 32. If God condemn us not, it matters not for the sentences of unjust men. ⟨p. 84⟩And the rather, because God hath further promised the godly man, that he will stand at his right hand, to save him from the judges of his soul, Ps. 109. 31.
Sol. So was our Sauiour ⟨p. 83⟩Christ, & that by a whole Councell of men, Mat. 27. 1. Iohn. 11. 47. 48. and so was Stephen, Act. 6. 12. and so were the Apostles, Act. 4. 6. 15. and 5. 27