The promises

First, it will be profitable for us to consider briefly the worth of the promises; ¹they are called the unsearchable riches of Christ, to assure us that he is a very ²rich man, that hath his heart stored with the promises of God well applied. The Apostle Peter saith, ³that they are great, and precious promises, which God hath given to us. Promises in our hearts, are better then pearls or precious stones in our chests. They are the inheritance God gives to his people in this ⟨p. 5⟩life, and therefore they are called the heirs of promise; ⁴a greater portion 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 ⁵nation: and it is accounted a singular happiness for the Gentiles, that they may now partake of those promises. Little do we ⁶know what wrong we do to our souls, when we keep them ignorant of the promises; and it is one of the greatest offices under the Sun, to dispense these promises to man. ⟨p. 6⟩2. Tim. 1. 1. Titus. 1. 1. 2. 3.

First, it will be profitable for vs to consider briefly the worth of the promises; ¹they are called the vnsearchable riches of Christ, to assure vs that he is a very ²