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An Historical Perspective|An Historical Perspective of Precious Bible Promises

Notice Recommendation by Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

PART ONE

BLESSINGS PROMISED TO BELIEVERS

Chapter 1

Promises of Temporal Blessings

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	General promises to believers	2.Temporal Blessings	3.Food & Raiment
1	Food	Raiment	4. Long life and health
	4. LONG LIFE AND HEALTH	Long life	Health
3	5. Safety under the divine protection	6.Promises of Peace	7.Direction
4	8.Honor	9. Success and prosperity	10. Plenty and riches
5	10. Plenty and riches	12. A blessing upon all the believer has	11.Of Children
6	13. A blessing upon the children of believers	14. A blessing upon the families of the Good
7		Chapter 2
1.In General	Promises Relating to the Troubles of Life	Preservation from trouble	Deliverance from trouble
9	Support in trouble	Promises relating to sickness, old age, etc.	Deliverance from sickness
10	Support in sickness	In old age	3. Deliverance from famine and want
11	Deliverance from war and enemies	From war	From enemies
12	5. From oppression and injustice	From slander and reproach	Slander
13	Reproach	7. From witchcraft	8. Promises to the stranger and exile
14	9. To the poor and helpless	10. To the fatherless and widow
15	11. To the childless	12. To the prisoner and captive	13. Deliverance from death
16	10.Fatherless & Widow	11.Childless
Chapter 3	Promises of Spiritual Blessings in This Life	1. In general	Of justification, pardon, and reconciliation
18	Justification	Pardon of sin
19	Of the most heinous sins	Of all sins	Of backsliding
20	Pardon through Christ	Reconciliation	3. Adoption
21	4. Union and communion with the church	5. Free access to God, with acceptance	6. Of hearing prayer
22	7. Sanctifying grace in general	8. Of converting grace	The grace of repentance
23	The grace of faith	Grace to fear God	Knowledge, wisdom, etc.
24	Knowledge	Wisdom	Divine teaching
25	Divine guidance	Ability for good discourse	10. The means of grace
26	A blessing upon ordinances	11. Of grace against sin and temptation	To mortify sin
27	Against temptation	From the enticement of sinners	Victory over the world
28	Victory over the devil	12. Strength, courage, and resolution	13. Fruitfulness and increase of grace
29	Fruitfulness	In old age	Increase of grace
30	The grace of meekness	14. Grace to persevere	15. Sanctified afflictions
31	16. Grace to the children of Israel	17. An interest in God	As our God
32	Our portion	Our glory	His presence with us
33	His love	His mercy	His help
34	His care	His covenant with his people	God will not forsake them
35	18. An interest in Christ	All grace from Christ	Redemption by Christ
36	Life from Him	His intercession	His love
37	His care of his church	His presence with his people	Promises of the Spirit
38	His teaching	Help in prayer	To witness our adoption
39	To seal our redemption	To be our comforter	The joys of the Holy Ghost
40	20. The ministry of angels	21. That we shall be kings and priests unto God	22. Peace of conscience, comfort, and hope
41	Peace of conscience	Comfort	Hope
42	23. Delight and joy in God	24. Support in death
Chapter 4	Promises of Blessings in the Future World	1.Deliverance from hell
44	2. Happiness immediately after death	3. A glorious resurrection	4. Everlasting happiness in heaven
45	Freedom from all sorrow in heaven	Joy in heaven	Glory in heaven
46	The kingdom of heaven	The heavenly inheritance	Enjoyment of God
47	Eternal life
PART TWO		PROMISES FOR THE EXERCISE OF DUTIES AND GLORIES
Chapter 1	In the Fulfilment of Duty Toward God	1. To faith in Christ	Confessing Christ
50	2. To repentance	To them that mourn for the wickedness of the land	Repenting in affliction
51	Confession of sin	3.Obedience	Obeying Christ
52	4.To sincerity and uprightness	5.To the love of God	To the love of Christ
53	6.To trusting and patiently waiting on God	7.To the fear of God	Honoring God
54	8.To prayer	Seeking God	Secret prayer
55	Praising God	Desires of grace	9. To wisdom and knowledge
56	To the wise	Love and study of wisdom	Knowledge of God and Christ
57	Learning of Christ	10. To a due regard to the Word of God	To hearing and reading the Word
58	Loving the Word	Trembling at the Word	11. Meditation
59	12. To fasting	Fasting in secret	13. To baptism
60	14. To the Lord's Supper	15. To good discourse	The government of the tongue
61	16. To watchfulness	17. To keeping good company	Avoiding evil company
62	18. To performing oaths	19. To the keeping of the Sabbath
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The Original Introduction by Samuel Clark

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+<td>[[#TO THE WISE|'''To the wise''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#LOVE & STUDY OF WISDOM|'''Love and study of wisdom''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#LEARNING OF CHRIST|'''Learning of Christ''']]</td>
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+<td>'''10. To a due regard to the Word of God'''</td>
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+<td>[[#LOVING THE WORD|'''Loving the Word''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To the LORD's Supper|'''14. To the Lord's Supper''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Good Discourse|'''15. To good discourse''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Keeping Good Company|'''17. To keeping good company''']]</td>
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+<td>'''Chapter 2'''</td>
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+<td>'''In the Performance of Duty Toward Men'''</td>
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