I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Answ. 3 But Thirdly: If a Promise given out by the Lord, shall never be reversed, and a Threatening may be repealed; then you have no cause to fear in this respect. Now, a Threatening is therefore given, that it may not be fulfilled. Joshua knew this so well, that he professeth to the Lord, That therefore he fled to Tarshish, because, saith he, O Lord, I knew that thou art a merciful God. As if he should say, I knew, O Lord, thou art so merciful a God, that though thou hast threatened Nineveh, yet thou wilt reverse thy Threatening. But a Promise once given unto a soul, shall never be reversed or repealed. It may rise up to an Oath (as sometimes it doth) for, when God gives a Promise to a soul, and opposition ariseth, if then God gives out the same Promise again, it amounts to an Oath; As I live▪ saith the Lord, I will never reverse this Promise that I have made to thee. But a Promise once given, shall never be reversed, or re•ealed: Gal. 3. you have the case that is now before you: Saith Paul, at verse 15. I speak after the manner ⟨p. 121⟩of men; though it be but a mans Covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereunto. Now to Abraham, and his Seed, were the Promises made. And therefore (saith the Apostle) the Promise shall not be disannulled, although the Law came after the Promise. But if the Promise that the Lord gave to Abraham, was not disannulled by the Law, that came four hundred and thirty years after; verse 17. Wherefore then serves the Law? Verse 19, he tells you, It was added because of transgression. So now say you, If that the Promise that God hath given heretofore, be not disannulled, and made void, by the Threatening that follows after, wherefore then was the Law, or the Threatening given unto my soul? It was added because of transgression: God had some transgression of yours to discover unto you, that you did not think of, and therefore the Threatening, and the Law came after. But the Promise is quite out of sight, and I have lost it. And did not the Jews also lose the sight of the Promise which was given to Abraham? When the Lord gave the Law, and they stood quaking and trembling before Mount Sinai, did not they then lose the sight of the Promise that was given to Abraham?

Answ. 3 But Thirdly: If a Promise given out by the Lord, shal never be reversed, and a Threatening may be repealed; then you have no cause to fear in this respect. Now, a Threatening is therefore given, that it may not be fulfilled. Joshuah knew this so well, that he professeth to the Lord, That therefore he fled to Tarshish, because, saith he, O Lord, I knew that thou art a merciful God. As if he should say, I knew, O Lord, thou art so merciful a God, that though thou hast threatened Nineveh, yet thou wilt reverse thy Threatening. But a Promise once given unto a soul, shal never be reversed or repealed. It may rise up to an Oath (as somtimes it doth) for, when God gives a Promise to a soul, and opposition ariseth, if then God gives out the same Promise again, it amounts to an Oath; As I live saith the Lord, I will never reverse this Promise that I have made to thee. But a Promise once given, shal never be reversed, or reealed: