20. 17. Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth 1 Cor. 1. 2. As I teach every where in every Church 1 Cor. 4. 17. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together c. 1 Cor. 5. 4. When ye come together in the Church c. when ye come together therefore into one place c. despise ye the Church of God c. wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tarry one for another 1 Cor. 11. 16 18 20 21 22 33 34. If therefore the whole Church be come together in one place c. let him keep silence in the Church c. as in all the Churches of the saints c. let women keep silence in the Churches c. it s a shame for a woman to speak in the Church 1 Cor. 14. 23 28 33 34 35. As I have given order to the Churches of Galatia so do c. The Churches of Asia 1 Cor. 16. 1 19. The Churches of Macedonia c. thorowout all the Churches c. chosen of the Churches c. brethren the messengers of the Churches c. shew c. before the Churches 2 Cor. 8. 1 18 19 23 24. Paul c. unto the Churches of Galatia c. unknown by face unto the Churches Gal. 1. 1 2 22. Ye Philippians c. no Church c. but ye only Phil. 4. 15. When this Epistle is read among you cause it that be read also in the Church of Laodicea Col. 4. 15 16. To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God 1 Thes. 1. 1. The Churches of God which in Judea are in Christ c. 1 Thes. 2. 14. The Church at Babylon c. salute you 1 Pet. 5. 13. Born witness of thy charity before the Church c. I wrote unto the Church but Diotrephes c. casteth them out of the Church 3 Joh. vers 6. 9 10. The seven Churches of Asia c. Ephesus Smirna Pergamus c. Rev. 1. 4 11. The Dignity Priviledges and Blessings belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ in general as such I will set my tabernacle among you and my soul shall not abhor you and I will walk among you and will be your God and ye shall be my people Levit. 26. 11 12. Ezek. 37. 26 27 28. The cloud filled the house of the Lord so that the Priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud for the glory of the Lord had filled the house 1 Kings 8. 10 11. chap. 9. 3. There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high God in the midst of her she shall not be moved God shall help her c. the Lord of hosts is with us the God c. Psal. 46. 4 5 7. Out of Sion the perfection of beauty God hath shined Psal. 50. 2. The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan an high hill why leap ye ye high hills this is the hill God desireth to dwell in the Lord will dwell in it for ever Psal. 68. 15 16. In Judah is God known his name is great in Israel in Salem also is his tabernacle and his dwelling-place in Sion Psal. 76. 1 2. He delivered his strength into captivity and his glory into the enemies hand he gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance Psal. 78. 61 62. How amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of hosts c blessed are they who dwell in thy house they will be still praising of thee c. they go from strength to strength every one of them in Zion appearing before God Psal. 84. 1 4 7. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more then all the dwellings of Jacob glorious things are spoken of thee O city of God c. of Zion it shall be said This and that man was born in her and the highest himself shall establish her Psal. 87. 2 3 5. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish c. still bring forth fruit Psal. 92. 13 14. Holiness becomes thine house for ever O Lord Psal. 93. 5. The Lord is great in Zion and he is high above all people Psal. 99. 2. The Lord hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation this is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it I will abundantly bless her provision I will satisfie her poor with bread c. Psal. 132. 13 14 15 16 17. The Lord shall reign for ever thy God O Zion unto all generations Psal. 146. 10. He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgments unto Israel he hath not dealt so with any nation c. Psal. 147. 19 20. The mountain of the Lords house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills c. out of Zion shall go forth the law Isa. 2. 2 3. Micah 4. 1. The Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion and upon her assembly a cloud and smoak by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night for upon all the glory shall be a defence c. Isa. 4. 5 6. The Lord of hosts who dwelleth in mount Zion Isa. 8. 18. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb c. they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain Isa. 11. 6 7 8 9. Cry out and shout thou inhabitant of Zion for great is the holy one of Israel in the midst of thee Isa. 12. 6. The Lord hath founded Zion and the poor of his people shall trust in it Isa. 14. 32. The moon shall be confounded c. when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion Isa. 24. 23. In this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things a feast of wines on the lees c. and I will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people c. Isa. 25. 6 7. A vineyard of red wine I the Lord do keep it I will water it every moment left any hurt it I will keep it night and day Isa. 27. 2 3. As when an hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth and he awaketh and his soul is empty c. so shall the multitude c. be who fight against Zion Isa. 29. 8. The Lord whose fire is in Zion and his furnace in Jerusalem Isa. 31. 9. Look upon Zion the city of our solemnities thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation a tabernacle which shall not be taken down c. but there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams c. the Lord is our judg our law-giver the Lord our King c. the inhabitants shall not say I am sick the people c. shall be forgiven Isa. 33. 20 21 22 24. God threatens nations as recompences for the controversy of Zion Isa. 34. 1 2 8. The
such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and their children for ever c. You shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left you shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you Deut. 5. 27 28 29 32 33. Levit. 18. 3 4 26. Hear therefore O Israel and observe to do that it may be well with thee Deut. 6. 3. The Lord thy God is a faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love and keep his commandments to a thousand generations Deut. 7. 9. Levit. 20. 22. 1 Kings 6. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God and keep his charge and his statutes and his judgments and his commandments alway c. And it shall come to pass if you will hearken diligently unto my commandments c. then will I give you c. Deut. 11. 11 13 14. ch 10. 12 13. See I have set before you this day life and good and death and evil c. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you that I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore chuse life c. that thou maist love the Lord thy God that thou maist obey his voice and that thou maist cleave unto him for he is thy life c. Deut. 30. 15 16 19 20. ch 13. 4. Take diligent heed to do the commandments and laws c. to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep all his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart c. Joshua 22. 5. If ye will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord then shall both ye and the king who reigneth over you continue c. 1 Sam. 12. 14. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice to hearken then the fat of rams for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft c. 1 Sam. 15. 22. David charged Solomon to keep the charge of the Lord his statutes his commandements c. as it is written in the law of Moses 1 Kings 2. 1 2 3. ch 9. 4 5. Hear O my people and I will testifie unto thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me c. But my people would not hearken unto me and Israel would none of me so I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and they walked in their own counsels O that my people had hearkened unto me and Israel had walked in my ways I should soon have subdued their enemies c. Psal. 81. 8 11 12 13 14 16. 2 Kings 21. 8 9. Because they rebelled against the word of God and contemned the counsel of the most high therefore he brought down their heart with labour Psal. 107. 11 12. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently c. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandements c. I will run the ways of thy commandements when thou shalt enlarge my heart c. O how love I thy law c. I love thy testimonies c. It is time for thee O Lord to work they have made void thy law therefore I love thy commandments above gold c. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law c. My soul hath kept thy testimony and I love them exceedingly Psal. 119. 4 6 3â—… 97 119 126 127 136 158 167. Because I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded but ye have set at nought my counsel and would none of my reproof I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh c. Prov. 1. 24 25 26 30 31. Blessed is the man who heareth me watching dayly at my gates waiting at the post of my doors Prov. 8. 34. Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer c. O that thou hadst hearkned to my commandments then had thy peace been as the river c. Isa. 48. 17 18. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people who walketh in a way that is not good after their own thoughts Isa. 65. 2. I will bring their fears upon them because when I called none did answer when I spake they did not hear but they did evil c. Isa. 66. 4. Be thou instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee Jer. 6. 8. I spake not unto your fathers c. But this thing commanded I them saying obey my voice and I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all my ways which I have commanded you that it may be well unto you But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the imaginations of their evil heart c. Jer. 7. 22 23 24. chap. 11. 7 8. The Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets rising early and Israel and the tabernacle or Israel shall be sanctified by my glory c. Exod 25. 22. ch 29. 42 43. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see my face and live Exod. 33. 20. Thou shalt worship no other God for the Lord whose name is jealous is a jealous God Exod. 34. 14. Deut. 6. 15. When the tabernacle was set up the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle Exod. 40. 33 34 35. When Aarons sons were consumed for offering strange fire Moses said unto Aaron This that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them who come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified Levit. 10. 1 2 3. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him c. thou shalt not go after other gods c. The Lord our God is one Lord c. Deut. 6. 4 13 14 And now Israel what doth the Lord require of thee but to fear the Lord c. and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul c. Behold the heavens and the heaven of heavens is the Lords thy God the earth with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords a great God a mighty and a terrible who regardeth not persons c. Deut. 10. 12 14 17 20. ch 11. 13. Thou may not sacrifice the passover within any of the gates c. But at the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse to place his name in there thou shalt sacrifice Deut. 16. 5 6. Serve ye the Lord and if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord c. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods c. He is a holy
God he is a jealous God Joshua 24. 14 15 16 19. Elkanah went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts 1 Sam. 1. 1 3. Prepare your hearts unto the Lord and serve him only 1 Sam. 7. 3 4. Only fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart 1 Sam. 12. 24. And Elijah came unto all the people and said how long halt ye between opinions or thoughts if the Lord be God follow him but if Baal follow him 1 Kings 18. 21. That the heart be prepared to serve God is expected commended and the contrary taken notice of 2 Chron. 12. 14. ch 19. 3. ch 29. 36. ch 30. 18 19. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Psalm 2. 11. But as for me I will come unto thy house c. and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy temple or the Temple of thy holiness Psal. 5. 7. Who is God save the Lord Psal. 18. 31. All the ends of the world shall remember and return unto the Lord and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee for the kingdom is the Lords and he the governour among the nations All they who are fat on earth shall eat and worship c. A seed shall serve him Psal. 22. 27 28 29 30. I will wash my hands in innocency so will I compass thine altar O Lord c. I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth Psal. 26. 6 8. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto or the honour of his name worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in his glorious sanctuary Psal. 29. 2. Psal. 96. 4 6 7 8 9. For he is thy Lord and worship thou him Psal. 45. 11. All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee c. Psal. 66. 4. Psal. 63. 1 2 3 c. Neither shalt thou worship any strange God I the Lord thy God Psal. 81. 9 10. How amiable are thy tabernacles c my soul longeth c. a day in thy courts is better c. Psal. 84. 1 2 c. I will call upon thee among the gods none like unto thee O Lord neither are there any works like unto thy works all nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee O Lord and shall glorifie thy name for thou art great and dost wonderful things thou art God alone Psal. 86. 7 8 9 10. Rev. 15. 4. For who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them about him Psal. 89 6 7. Before the mountains were c. even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Psal. 90. 2. The Lord is great and a great King above all gods c. O come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our Maker for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture Psal. 95. 3 6 7. The Lord reigneth c. worship him all ye gods c. for thou Lord art high above all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods Psal. 97. 1 7 9. Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship at his footstool he is holy Psal. 99 5 9. Holy and reverend is his name Psal. 111. 9. I will worship toward his holy temple Psal. 138. 2. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools c. Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing or word before God for God in heaven and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few Eccles 5. 1 2. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand c. to whom then will ye liken God or what c Isa. 40. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. I am the Lord that is my name and my glory will I not give unto another Isa. 42. 8. That ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he before me there was no God formed or nothing formed of God neither shall there be after me I the Lord and besides me no Saviour I have declared and have saved and I have shewed when there no God among you Therefore ye my witnesses saith the Lord that I am God yea before the day I am he and there is none who can deliver out of my hand I will work and who shall let it Thus saith the Lord your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel c. But thou hast not called upon me O Jacob Isa. 43 10 11 12 13 14 15 22. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his redeemer the Lord of Hosts I am the first and I the last and besides me no God c. Ye are my witnesses is there a God besides me yea no God I know not any c. Thus saith the Lord c. I am the Lord who maketh all things who stretcheth forth the heavens alone who spreadeth abroad the earth by my self c. Isa. 44. 6 8 24. Psal. 96. 5. I am the Lord and none else no God besides me I girded thee though thou hast not known me That they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west that there is none besides me I am the Lord and none else I form the light and create darkness I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things c. Thus saith the Lord who created the heavens God himself who formed the earth and made it he hath established it c. I am the Lord and there is none else Isa. 45. 5 6 7 18 21 22. I am God and there is none besides me I am God and none like me declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things which are not done saying My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure Isa. 46. 9 10. chap. 41. 4. But the Lord is the true God he is the living God and an everlasting king at his wrath the earth shall tremble c. he hath made the earth by his power he hath established the world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion when he uttereth his voice c. Jer. 10. 10 12 13. Heb. 9. 14. Yet I am the Lord thy God and thou shalt know no God but me for there is no saviour besides me Hosea 13. 4. Isa. 37. 20. I hate I despise your feasts and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies c. But let judgment run down c. Amos 5. 21 22 23 24. And it shall come to pass that every one who is least of all the Nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King the Lord of Host c.
ransomed of the Lord shall return and come unto Zion c. and they shall obtain gladness and sorrow and sighing shall fly away Isa. 35. 10. ch 51. 11 12. I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory Isa. 46. 13. Zion said the Lord hath forsaken me c. can a woman forget her sucking child c yea they may yet will I not forget thee Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of mine hands thy walls are continually c. Isa. 49. 14 15 16. The Lord shall comfort Zion he will comfort all her waste places Isa. 51. 3. Zion thy God reigneth Isa. 52. 7. I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house Isa. 56. 6 7. Say to the daughter of Zion Behold thy salvation cometh c. and they shall call them the holy people the redeemed of the Lord and thou shalt be called Sought out a city not forsaken Isa. 62. 11 12. I will take you one of a city c. and bring you unto Zion and will give You pastours according to mine heart Jer. 3. 14 15. Do not abhor us for thy names sake do not disgrace the throne of thy glory Jer. 14. 21. The place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever Ezek. 43. 7. And ye shall know that I am the Lord in the midst of Israel c. for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance as the Lord hath said Joel 2. 27 32. The Lord also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem and heaven and earth shall shake but the Lord is the hope of his people c. I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain c. and a fountain shall come out of the house of the Lord and shall water the valley c. Judah shall dwell for ever c. for the Lord dwelleth in Zion Joel 3. 16 17 18 19 20 21. For I faith the Lord will be unto her a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her c. many nations shall be joyned to the Lord in that day and shall be my people and I will dwell in the midst of thee c. and the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion c. Zech. 2. 5 10 11 12. Upon this rock will I build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her Matt. 16. 18. For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them Matt. 18. 20. Feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Act. 20. 28. The Churches the glory of Christ 2 Cor. 8. 23. To the intent that unto principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God c. unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus thorowout all ages c. Ephes. 3. 10 11 21. That he might present to himself a glorious Church without spot Ephes. 5. 27. The house of God which is the Church of the living God the pillar c. 1 Tim. 3. 15. See Union and Relation between Christ and his Church Chap. 15. Of the Qualification of the Members of the Churches what they should be And the Lord spake to Aaron saying Do not drink wine nor strong drink thou nor thy sons with thee when ye go into the tabernacle c. That ye may put difference between holy and unholy and between unclean and clean c. Levit. 10. 9 10. Holiness becometh thine house O Lord for ever Psal. 93. 5. They shall call them the holy people the redeemed of the Lord Isa. 62. 12. Her Priests have violated my law c. have put no differenee between the holy and profane neither have they shewed c. between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 22. 26. Ephraim he hath mixed himself among the people is a cake not turned Hosea 7. 8. Can two walk together except they be agreed Amos 3. 3. To all that be in Rome beloved of God called Saints Rom. 1. 7. Grant you to be like-minded one towards another c. that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God c. I my self am perswaded of you brethren that ye also are full of goodness filled with all knowledg c. Rom. 15. 5 6 14. Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth to them who are sanctified in Christ Jesus called Saints c. I beseech you c. that ye all speak the same thing c. that ye be perfectly joyned together in the same mind and in the same judgment 1 Cor. 1. 2 10. By one spirit we are all baptized into one body c. 1 Cor. 12. 13. Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness what communion hath light with darkness c Ye are the temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them and c. wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord c. I will receive you 2 Cor. 6. 14 15 16 17 18. First they gave their own selves to the Lord and unto us by the will of God 2 Cor. 8. 5. Ye are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord in whom you also are built together for an habitation of God through the spirit Ephes. 2. 19 20 21 22. To the Saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colosse Col. 1. 2. Ye are the children of the light and of the day we are not of the night nor of darkness c. that this Epistle be read unto all the holy brethren 1 Thess. 5. 5 17. Be ready always to give an answer unto every man who asketh you a reason of the hope which is in you with meekness and fear 1 Pet. 3. 15. See more of Discipline c. Chap. 27. Of the propriety that particular Churches had in their members and of others joyning themselves to them And great fear came upon all the Church c. and they were all with one accord in Solomons Porch and of the rest durst no man joyn himself to them but the people magnified them Acts 5. 11 12 13. And when Saul was come to Jerusalem he assayed to joyn himself to the disciples and they were all afraid of him and believed not that he was a disciple but Barnabas took him and brought him unto the Apostles and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord c. and he was with them coming c. at Jerusalem Acts 9. 26 27 28. It pleased the Apostles c. with the whole Church to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch c. Judas and
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of the father Matth. 13. 43. Jesus was transfigured c. his face did shine as the sun and his raiment white Matth. 17. 2 3. In the resurrection they shall neither marry c. but are as the Angels of God in heaven Matth. 22. 30. Then shall the king say c. inherit the kingdom prepared for you c. The righteous into life eternal Matth. 25. 34 46. Little flock it is your fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom Luke 12. 32. And the resurrection c. neither can they dye any more for they are equal unto the Angels and are the children of God Luke 20. 36. Lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh Luke 21. 18. I appoint unto you a kingdom c. that ye may eat and drink at my table and in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel Luke 22. 29 30. To day thou shalt be with me in Paradise Luke 23. 43. I give to them eternal life and they shall never perish John 10. 28. Rom. 2. 7. Whither I go thou canst not follow me now but thou shalt follow me afterwards John 13. 36. I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also John 14. 3 19. I will see you c. and your hearts shall rejoyce and your joy shall no man take from you John 16. 22. The glory which thou gavest me I have given them c. Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me John 17. 22 24. Glory honour and peace to every one who worketh good Rom. 2 7 10. We stand and rejoyce in the hope of the glory of God Rom. 5. 2. The end everlasting life c. the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus c. Rom. 6. 22 23 31. Gal. 6. 8. 2 Tim. 1. 10. Heirs of God joynt heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may-be also glorified together c. The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us for the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God c. We our selves c. waiting for the adoption the redemption of our body Rom. 8. 17 18 19 23. They to obtain a corruptible crown but we an incorruptible 1. Cor. 9. 25. We know in part c. but when that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away c. Now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known 1 Cor. 13. 10 12. As we have born the image of the earthly we shall also bear the image of the heavenly c. The dead shall be raised incorruptible c. this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality c. 1 Cor. 15. 19 49 52 53 54 55. 2 Cor. 5. 4. Our light affliction c. worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory c. the things which are not seen are eternal 2 Cor. 4. 17 18. We have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens 2 Cor. 5. 1. Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body Phil. 3. 20 21. For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven Col. 1. 5. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory Col. 3. 4. Then we c. shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore comfort one c. 1 Thess. 4. 17 18. You who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed c. when he shall come to be glorified in his Saints and admired in all them who believe 2 Thess. 1. 7 10 That they may obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ with eternal glory 2 Tim. 2. 10. There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord c. shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto them also who love his appearing 2 Tim. 4. 8. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God Heb. 4. 9. Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward Heb. 10. 34 35. Prov. 8. 21. Abram looked for a City which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God c. they desire a better country that is an heavenly wherefore God c. for he hath prepared for them a City c. others are tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection Heb. 11. 10 16 35. chap. 13. 14. Ye are come to mount Sion unto the city of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable company of Angels to the general assembly c. unto God the Judg of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect and to Jesus the mediatour c. Heb. 12. 22 23 24. Blessed be God c. who hath begotten us again unto a lively hope c. to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and which fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you c. The sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow c. Hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 3 4 9 11 13. chap. 5. 10. Ye are thereunto called that ye should inherit a blessing 1 Pet. 3. 9. When the chief shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown of glory which fadeth not away c. The God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus Christ c. 1 Pet. 5. 1 4 10. We c. look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness 2 Pet. 3. 13. He who doth the will of God abideth for ever 1 John 2. 17. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 John 3. 2. They shall walk with me in white c. clothed in white c. will I make a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out c. Will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also overcame and am set down c. Rev. 3. 4 5 11 12 21. chap. 2. 26 27 28. I beheld and lo a great multitude c. stood before the Throne c. clothed with white robes and palms in their hands c. These
have made either the groves or the Images Isa. 17. 7 8. The Carpenter encouraged the Gold-smith or founder c. shew the things to come hereafter that we may know that ye are gods yea do good or do evil c. Behold ye are nothing or worse than nothing and your works of nought an abomination c. their molten-images are wind and confusions Isa. 41. 7 23 24 29. I am the Lord that is my name my glory will I not give to another neither my praise to graven-images c. they shall be turned back they shall be greatly ashamed who trust in graven-images who say to the molten-images Ye are our gods Isa. 42. 8 17. They who make graven-images are all of them vanity c. they see not nor know that they may be ashamed Who hath formed a god or molten a graven-image which is profitable for nothing behold all his fellows shall be ashamed and the workmen c. they shall be ashamed together c. The Carpenter c. heweth down Cedars c. he will take thereof and warm himself yea he kindleth it and baketh bread yea he maketh a god and worshippeth it he maketh it a graven-image and falleth down thereto he burneth part thereof in fire c. and the residue thereof he maketh a god his graven-image he falleth down and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith Deliver me for thou art my God c. None considereth in his heart neither is there knowledg or understanding to say I have burnt part of it in the fire c. and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination shall I fall down to the stock of or that which comes from a tree Isa. 44. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19. They shall be ashamed and also confounded all of them they shall go to confusions together who are makers of Idols c. they have no knowledg who set up the wood of their graven-image and pray unto a god who cannot save Isa. 45. 16 20. To whom will ye liken me c they lavish gold out of the bag c. hire a Goldsmith and he maketh it a god and they fall down yea they worship they bear him upon the shoulder they carry him and set him in his place and he standeth c. yea one shall cry to him yet can he not answer nor save him out of his trouble Isa. 46. 5 6 7. I have even from the beginning declared c. lest thou shouldst say Mine Idol hath done them and my graven-image and my molten-image hath commanded them Isa. 48. 5. A people who provoke me to anger continually to my face who sacrificeth in gardens and burneth incense upon altars of brick c. Isa. 65. 3 4. Jer. 1. 16. Hath a nation changed their gods which are yet no gods but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit c. The house of Israel ashamed c. saying to a stock Thou art my father and to a stone thou hast brought me forth c. but where are thy gods which thou hast made thee let them arise if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble for according to the number of thy Cities are thy gods O Judah Jer. 2. 10 11 26 27 28. chap. 11. 12 13. Israel is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree and there playeth the harlot c. her treacherous sister Judah feared not but went and played the harlot also c. committed adultery with stones and with stocks Jer. 3. 6 8 9. Seest thou what they do in the Cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the children gather wood and the fathers kindle a fire and the women knead their dough to make cakes to the Queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger Jer. 7. 17 18. They are altogether brutish and foolish the stock is a doctrine of vanities silver spread into plate c. but the Lord is the true God c. The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens c. every founder is confounded by the graven-image for his molten-image is falshood and there is no breath in them they are vanity and the work of errors Jer. 10. 8 9 10 11 14 15. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain Jer. 14. 22. The Gentiles shall come c. and say Surely our fathers have inherited lyes vanity and things wherein is no profit shall a man make gods unto himself and they are no gods Jer. 16. 19 20. Then all the men who knew that their wives had burnt incense unto other gods and all the women who stood by c. answered Jeremy saying c. We will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth to burn incense unto the Queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings unto her as we have done we and our fathers our kings and our princes in the Cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem for then had we plenty c. so the Lord could no longer bear c. Jer. 44. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. I am broken with their whorish heart which have departed from me and with their eyes which go a whoring after their Idols c. Ezek. 6. 9. These men have set up their Idols in their hearts and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face should I be enquired of at all by them c I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his Idols c. I the Lord will answer him by my self Ezek. 14. 1 4 5 6 7. Hosea 2. 2 3 4. The unsatiable idolatry of Jerusalem with all nations Ezek. 16. 15 16 c. I will do these things unto thee because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen because thou art polluted with their Idols Ezek. 23. 30. Such of the Levites who had offered before Idols God refused afterwards that they should offer any more unto him Ezek. 44. 10 11 12 13 14. The Image of Nebuchadnezzar set up Dan. 3. My people ask counsel at their stock and their staff declareth unto them for the spirit of whoredoms have caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God they sacrifice upon the top of mountains and burn incense upon the hills under Oaks c. Ephraim is joyned to Idols let him alone Hosea 4. 12 13 17. Of their silver and their gold have they made them Idols that they may be cut off thy calf O Samaria hath cast thee off mine anger is kindled c. The workman made it therefore it is not God but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces for they have sown the wind Hosea 8. 4 5 6 7. According to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars according unto