Big-bellied mercies – Thomas Brooks

“He has given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.” 2 Peter 1:4

The promises are a precious book; every leaf drops myrrh and mercy. The promises are golden vessels, which are laden with the choicest jewels which heaven can afford, or the soul can desire. All our spiritual, temporal, and eternal good is to be found in the belly of the promises.

The promises are precious beds of spices; they are bottles filled with those heavenly dews that will never fail but will uphold and nourish the soul to life eternal.

Promises are big-bellied mercies. There is nothing you can truly call a mercy but you will find it in the belly of a promise.