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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
Chapter 2	In the Performance of Duty Toward Men	1. To obedience to parents	2. To good education
64	Correction of children	3. To a good wife	4. To faithful servants
65	5. To good kings and magistrates	6. To obedient subjects	7. To faithful ministers
66	8. To them that receive and hearken to ministers	9. To love and unity	To the peacemakers
67	Love to God's people	10. To the charitable, the merciful and the liberal to God's ministers	To alms in secret
68	To the supporting of God's ministers and worship	To the merciful	11. To the giving and the receiving of reproofs
69	12. To forgiving injuries	13. To chastity and purity	14. To diligence
70	To improving our talents	Moderation in sleep	15. To the just and honest
71	16. To truth	17. To candor	To contentment and mortification
72	Contentment	Mortification of sin	To the spiritually-minded
Chapter 3	In the Cultivation of Christian Character	To the meek, humble, contrite	The meek
74	To the humble	The contrite and mourners	2. To them that suffer for righteousness' sake
75	To them that are excommunicated unjustly	3. To patience and submission	4. To perseverance
76	To him that overcomes
PART 3	PROMISES OF THE GROWTH AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH	1. The enlargement of the church, and the spread of the Gospel and	2. Glory of the church
78	3. Increase of light and knowledge, and the means of grace	4. Increase of purity, holiness, and righteousness	5. Peace, love, and unity
79	6. Submission and destruction of the enemies of the church	The destruction of Antichrist, Babylon, etc.	7. Favor and submission of kings to the Kingdom of Christ
80	8. The security, tranquility, and prosperity of the church	9. The perpetual continuance of the church	10. #Conversion & Restoration\|The conversion and restoration of the Jew's
PART 4	PROMISES OF CHRIST'S SECOND COMING	That Christ will come again
CONCLUSION	That God will perform all his promises
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The Original Introduction by Samuel Clark

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+<td>[[#To Good Education|'''2. To good education''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Correction of Children|'''Correction of children''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To a Good Wife|'''3. To a good wife''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Faithful Servants|'''4. To faithful servants''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Good Kings & Magistrates|'''5. To good kings and magistrates''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Obedient Subjects|'''6. To obedient subjects''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Faithful Ministers|'''7. To faithful ministers''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Them that Receive|'''8. To them that receive and hearken to ministers''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Love & Unity|'''9. To love and unity''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#TO THE PEACEMAKERS|'''To the peacemakers''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#LOVE TO GOD'S PEOPLE|'''Love to God's people''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To the Charitable|'''10. To the charitable, the merciful and the liberal to God's ministers''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#TO ALMS IN SECRET|'''To alms in secret''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#SUPPORTING GOD'S MINISTERS|'''To the supporting of God's ministers and worship''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#TO THE MERCIFUL|'''To the merciful''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Giving & Receiving Reproofs|'''11. To the giving and the receiving of reproofs''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Forgiving Injuries|'''12. To forgiving injuries''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Chastity & Purity|'''13. To chastity and purity''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Diligence|'''14. To diligence''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#TO IMPROVING OUR TALENTS|'''To improving our talents''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#MODERATION IN SLEEP|'''Moderation in sleep''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To the Just & Honest|'''15. To the just and honest''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Truth|'''16. To truth''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Candor|'''17. To candor''']]</td>
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+<td>'''To contentment and mortification'''</td>
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+<td>[[#CONTENTMENT|'''Contentment''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#MORTIFICATION OF SIN|'''Mortification of sin''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#TO THE SPIRITUALLY-MINDED|'''To the spiritually-minded''']]</td>
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+<td>'''Chapter 3'''</td>
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+<td>'''In the Cultivation of Christian Character'''</td>
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+<td>'''To the meek, humble, contrite'''</td>
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+<td>[[#THE MEEEK|'''The meek''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#TO THE HUMBLE|'''To the humble''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#THE CONTRITE & MOURNERS|'''The contrite and mourners''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Them that Suffer|'''2. To them that suffer for righteousness' sake''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#EXCOMMUNICATED UNJUSTLY|'''To them that are excommunicated unjustly''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Patience & Submission|'''3. To patience and submission''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#To Perseverance|'''4. To perseverance''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH|'''To him that overcomes''']]</td>
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-<td>77</td>
+<td>'''PART  3'''</td>
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+<td>'''PROMISES OF THE GROWTH AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH'''</td>
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+<td>[[#Enlargement of the Church|'''1. The enlargement of the church, and the spread of the Gospel and''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Glory of the Church|'''2. Glory of the church''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Increase of Light|'''3. Increase of light and knowledge, and the means of grace''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Increase of Purity|'''4. Increase of purity, holiness, and righteousness''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Peace Love & Unity|'''5. Peace, love, and unity''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Submission & Destruction|'''6. Submission and destruction of the enemies of the church''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#DESTRUCTION OF ANTICHRIST|'''The destruction of Antichrist, Babylon, etc.''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#FAVOR & SUBMISSION|'''7. Favor and submission of kings to the Kingdom of Christ''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Security Tranquility|'''8. The security, tranquility, and prosperity of the church''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Perpetual Continuance|'''9. The perpetual continuance of the church''']]</td>
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+<td>[[#Conversion & Restoration|'''10. #Conversion & Restoration|'''The conversion and restoration of the Jew's''']]</td>
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-<td>81</td>
+<td>'''PART  4'''</td>
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+<td>'''PROMISES OF CHRIST'S SECOND COMING'''</td>
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+<td>[[#That Christ Will Come|'''That Christ will come again''']]</td>
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+<td>'''CONCLUSION'''</td>
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+<td> [[#God Will Perform Promises|'''That God will perform all his promises''']]</td>
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