Every command is a covered promise
We may yet further observe that every command in holy Scripture is only a covered promise. For by that solemn declaration, this is the covenant I will make after those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws in your minds and write them in your hearts (Hebrews 8:10), God has engaged to give whatever he commands. Does he command us then to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)? To rejoice always (1 Thessalonians 5:16)? To be holy as he is holy (1 Peter 1:16)? It is enough. He will work in us this very thing. It shall be to us according to his word.
1771 text
We may yet farther observe, that every command in holy writ, is only a covered promise. For by that solemn declaration, This is the covenant I will make after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws in your minds, and write them in your hearts, God hath engaged to give whatsoever he commands. Does he command us then to pray without ceasing? To rejoice evermore? To be holy as he is holy? It is enough. He will work in us this very thing. It shall be unto us according to his word.
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Sermon 25 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:17-20.
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