"I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. I will receive you, and be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty ;" 2 Cor. vi. 16-18.

"There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit;" Rom. viii. 1.

"As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God; even to them that believe on his name: which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God;" John i. 12.

" In every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him;" Acts x. 35.

"He hath made us accepted in the beloved;" Ephes. i. 6. ii. 14. 16. Col. i. 20.

"The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and believed that I came out from God;" John xvi. 27. 4. Promises of renewed pardon of sins after conversion.

" If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world;" 1 John ii. 1, 2.

"Forgive us our trespasses. For if we forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you;"Matt. vi. 14.

" If he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him;" James v. 15.

" I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit;" Matt. xii. 31.

"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;" Psal. ciii. 3. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins;" 1 John i. 9.

5. Promises of the Spirit of sanctification to believers; and of Divine assistances of grace.

"How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him;" Luke xi. 13.

" If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. This he spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on him shall receive;" John vii. 37-39.

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"If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is, wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living waters;"-- John iv. 10. 14.

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh: and I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes;"-- Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 27.

"And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new Spirit within you;"-- Ezek. xi. 19.

"Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost: for the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call;" Acts ii. 38, 39.

"And because you are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father;" Gal. iv. 6.

"Turn you at my reproof; behold I will pour out my Spirit unto you; I will make known my words unto you;" Prov. i. 23.

"Likewise the Spirit helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us, with groanings which cannot be uttered;" Rom. viii. 26.

6. Promises of God's giving his grace to all that truly desire and seek it.

"Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled;" Matt. v. 6.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you. - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;" Isa. lv. 1. 6.

"Let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely;" Rev. xxii. 17.

7. Promises of God's giving us all that we pray for according to his promises and will.

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: for every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. If ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" Matt. vii. 7, 8. 11.

Pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly;" Matt. vi. 6. " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you;" John xiv. 13, 14. xv. 16. xvi. 23. xv. 7.

"And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we desired of him;" 1 John v. 14, 15.

"And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight;" 1 John iii. 22.

"The prayer of the upright is his delight. He heareth the prayer of the righteous;" Prov. xv. 8. 29.

"The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers;" 1 Pet. iii. 12.

8. That God will accept weak prayers and groans, which want expressions, if they be sincere.

"The Spirit helpeth our infirmities. -- The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us, with groanings which cannot be uttered: and he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit;" Rom. viii. 26, 27.

--" Crying, Abba, Father;" Gal. iv. 6.

" I remembered God, and was troubled, and my spirit was overwhelmed;" Psal. lxxvii. 3.

Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee;" Psal. xxxviii. 9.

"God be merciful unto me a sinner;" Luke xviii. 14. 9. Promises of all things in general which we want, and which are truly for our good.

"For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly;" Psal. lxxxiv. 11.

"O fear the Lord, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him--They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing;" Psal. xxxiv. 9, 10.

"All things work together for good to them that love God--He that spared not his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" Rom. viii. 28. 32.

"Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you;" Matt. vi. 33. "According as his Divine Power hath given us all things that pertain to life and godliness;" 2 Pet. i. 3.

"But godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come;" 1 Tim. iv. 8.

10. Promises of a blessing on them that sincerely hear and read God's word, and use his sacraments and other

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"Incline your ear and come unto me; hear and your souls shall live;" Isa. lv. 3.

Read the eunuch's conversion, in Acts viii., who was reading the Scripture in his chariot.

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"Laying aside all malice, and all guile and hypocrisy, and envies, and evil speakings, as newborn babes desire the milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby;" 1 Pet. ii. 1.

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things that are written therein;" Rev. i. 3.

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly-But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night;" Psal. i. 1, 2. "Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doth them, I will liken him to a wise man, that built his house upon a rock," &c.; Matt. vii. 24, 25.

"Rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and do it;" Luke viii. 21.

"Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken from her;" Luke x. 42.

"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear--And unto you that hear shall more be given --;" Mark iv. 23, 24.

"Who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy household shall be saved;" Acts xi. 14. "Take heed to thyself and unto the doctrine, and continue therein; for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee;" 1 Tim. iv. 16.

"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound! they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance; in thy name shall they rejoice all the day--;" Psal. lxxxix. 15.

"The word of God is quick and powerful," &c.; Heb. iv. 12.

"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?" 1 Cor. x. 16.

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them;" Matt. xviii. 20.

"And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory shall be a defence;" Isa. iv. 5.

11. Promises to the humble, meek and lowly.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit; for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth;" Matt. v. 3-5.

"Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls: for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light;" Matt. xi. 28, 29.

"The Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit;" Psal. xxxiv. 18. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise;" Psal. li. 17.

"For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy, I dwell in height and holiness (or in the high and holy place), with him also that is of a contrite spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones;" Isa. lvii. 15.

"To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word;" Isa. lxvi. 2.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor: he hath sent me to