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A Divine Cordial
A divine cordial, or, The transcendent privilege of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1663
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.
How do the Promises work for good?1
- 1Quest. Ans. 1.
1. They are food for Faith; and that which strengthens Faith works for good. The Promises are the Breast-milk of Faith; Faith sucks nourishment from them, as the child by drawing ⟨p. 8⟩[…] ⟨p. 9⟩[…] ⟨p. 10⟩[…] ⟨p. 11⟩[…] ⟨p. 12⟩the Breast. Gen. 32.7. Jacob feared exceedingly: His spirits were ready to faint; now he goes to the Promise, vers. 12. Lord, thou hast said, thou wilt do me good. This Promise was his food; he got so much strength by sucking this Promise, that he was able to wrestle with the Lord all night in prayer, and would not let him go till he had blessed him.
1. They are food for Faith; and that which strengthens Faith works for good. The Promises are the Breast-milk of Faith; Faith sucks nourishment from them, as the child by drawing ⟨p. 8⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 9⟩〈…〉