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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 2 › Chapter 2 › Section 5: Of believing in Jesus in that respect.
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.
1. We engage our selves by promise one to another. And so will I, saith God: poor soul, thou hast my promise, my faithful promise; I have made a promise both to Jews and Gentiles, and thou art the one of these two sorts; the promise is to you, and to your children, 1and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Be only satisfied in that ground of thy hope, that thou art called of God; and then every promise of Eternal life is thine, even thine. Thou mayest find a thousand promises scattered here and there in the book of God; and all these promises are a draught of that promise which was made from all Eternity, and therefore it is so much the more sure; it is as if Christ should say, wilt thou have engagement by promise? this is past long ago; my Father hath engaged himself to me before the World began; yea, and I have made many, and many a promise, since the World began? Read in the Volume, and thou wilt find here and there a Promise, here and there a draught of the first Copy of that great Promise, which my Father made unto me from all Eternity.
1. We engage our selves by promise one to another. And so will I, saith God: poor soul, thou hast my promise, my faithful promise; I have made a promise both to Jews and Gentiles, and thou art the one of these two sorts; the promise is to you, and to your children, 1and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Be only satisfied in that ground of thy hope, that thou art called of God; and then every promise of Eternal life is thine, even thine. Thou mayest find a thousand promises scattered here and there in the book of God; and all these promises are a draught of that promise which was made from all Eternity, and therefore it is so much the more sure; it is as if Christ should say, wilt thou have engagement by promise? this is past long agoe; my Father hath engaged himself to me before the World began; yea, and I have made many, and many a promise, since the World began? Read in the Volume, and thou wilt find here and there a Promise, here and there a draught of the first Copy of that great Promise, which my Father made unto me from all Eternity.