4. Fullness and exactness of performance, not failing his people in any one 1promise, Jer. 32. 42. I will bring upon them all the good that I have promised them, Josh. 23. 14. Ye know that in all your hearts, and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath 2failed thereof. 1 Kings 8. 5, 6. There hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant: This is the faithfulness of God, and this is your exceeding comfort, that your God is a faithful God; he remembers his Covenant for ever, and his word to a thousand generations, Psal. 105. 8. Were he (as he is) an all-sufficiency and full of mercy, and Omniscient, and Wise, and Omnipotent, and never so abundant in goodness, yet if he were not faithful, you could have no comfort in any of his Attributes, nor in any of his promises, nor yet any confidence or assurance at all: But this faithfulness of God gives life (as it were) unto all his Attributes, and unto all his Promises, and unto all our hopes and confidences. What are a thousand Bonds and Indentures if they were not sealed? what are a million of promises and protestations from a man who is unfaithful, who regards not his word, who will break his word with you; faithfulness is all in all; a faithful heart, a faithful friend, a faithful God, and this is the great satisfaction of all our doubts and fears: But will God do me good? but will he perform what he hath promised? if I were sure that he were sure, he will not fail me, this would stay me, this would satisfy me, I had enough. Now you have it cleared out unto you, that your God is a faithful God.
4. Fulnesse and exactnesse of performance, not failing his people in any one 1promise, Jer. 32. 42. I will bring upon them all the good that I have promised them, Josh. 23. 14. Ye know that in all your hearts, and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to passe unto you, and not one thing hath 2failed thereof. 1 Kings 8. 5, 6. There hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant: This is the faithfulness of God, and this is your exceeding comfort, that your God is a faithful God; he remembers his Covenant for ever, and his word to a thousand generations, Psal. 105. 8. Were he (as he is) an all-sufficiency and full of mercy, and Omnifcient, and Wise, and Omnipotent, and never so abundant in goodness, yet if he were not faithful, you could have no comfort in any of his Attributes, nor in any of his promises, nor yet any confidence or assurance at all: But this faithfulness of God gives life (as it were) unto all his Attributes, and unto all his Promises, and unto all our hopes and confidences. What are a thousand Bonds and Indentures if they were not sealed? what are a million of promises and protestations from a man who is unfaithful, who regards not his word, who will break his word with you; faithfulness is all in all; a faithful heart, a faithful friend, a faithful God, and this is the great satisfaction of all our doubts and fears: But will God do me good? but will he performe what he hath promised? if I were sure that he were sure, he will not faile me, this would stay me, this would satisfie me, I had enough. Now you have it cleared out unto you, that your God is a faithful God.
- 1Fullness and exactness of performance.Fulnesse and exactnesse of performance.
- 2This faithfulness is your exceeding comfort.This faithfulnesse is your exceeding comfort.
