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Commit thy ways unto the Lord,
trust in him, and he shall bring
it to pass; cast your care upon the
Lord, for he careth for you -

Not barely the Promises, but the
person of Christ, is the object of
Faith: We are not to rest on the
promises alone, but to love? with
Christ in those promises; hold
therefore in receiveing of and having
recourse unto a promise,
we are first to reach out for
Christ in it, as being the foundation
of it, and to take hold
of the promise in him: Then
Philip directs the Eunuch,
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ:
the promise is but the Casket,
Christ the Jewel in it; the promise
but the field, Christ is
the Pearl hid in it, and to be
chiefly lookes at. Christ is
the grand promise, in whom all
the promises are yea and Amen