the Greeks repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ Acts 20. 20 21. That they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me Acts 26 18. The gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation unto every one who believeth c. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith As it is written The just shall live by faith Rom. 1. 16 17. Now the righteousness of God without the law is manifest c. even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them who believe c. Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood c. That he might be just and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus c. We conclude that a man is justified by faith without c. It is one God who shall justifie the circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith Rom. 3. 21 22 25 26 28 30. To him who worketh not but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly his faith is accounted for righteousness c. We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness c. Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace c. It was imputed to him for righteousness c. For us also to whom it shall be imputed it we believe on him who raised up Jesus our Lord c. Rom. 4 5 9 16 22 23 24. Gen. 15 6. Being 〈◊〉 by faith we have peace with God c. We have access by faith into the grace wherein we 〈◊〉 c. Rom. 5. â— 2. We are 〈◊〉 hope c. Rom. â— 24. The 〈◊〉 c. have attained unto thâ—s righteousness which is of â—ath c. But Israel hath not attained c. 〈◊〉 they sought it not by faith Rom. 9 30 32. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believeth c. If thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness c. For the scripture faith Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed Rom. 10. 4 9 10 11. Isa 28. 16. For by faith ye stand 2 Cor. 1. 24. A man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ Even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law c. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God Gal. 2. 16 20. Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness c. They who are of faith the same are the children of Abraham And the scripture foreseeing that God would justifie the heathen through faith c. They who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham c. That the promise through faith of Jesus might be given unto them who believe c. We are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ Gal. 3. 6 7 8 9 11 22 26. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing but faith which worketh by love Gal. 5. 5 6. In whom also after that ye believed ye were sealed with the holy Spirit c. Ephes 1. 13. By grace are ye saved through faith Ephes 2. 8. We have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him c. that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith Ephes 3. 12 17. Not having mine own righteousness c. but that which is through the faith of Christ Phil. 3. 9. You are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God c. Col. 2. 12. God hath c. chosen you to salvation through sanctification c. and belief of the truth 2 Thes 2. 13. Now the end of the commandment is charity c. and of the faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1. 5. Fight the good right of faith lay hold of eternal life 1 Tim. 6. 12. Wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus 2 Tim. 3. 15. Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ c. Of faith towards God c. but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises Hebr. 6. 1 12. Unto them who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation Hebr. 9. 28. Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward c. Yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith c. We are not of them who draw back to perâ—â—tioâ— but of them who believe to the saving of the soul Hebr. 10. 22 35 37 38 39. Colos 1. 23. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain by which he obtained witness that he was righteous c. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death c. He had this testimony that he pleased God but without faith it is impossible to please God For he who cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him By faith Noah c. and became heir of righteousness which is by faith Hebr. 11. 4 5 6 7. Gen. 3. 3 4 5 c. For you who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation c. receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls c. For you who do believe in God who raised him c. 1 Pet. 5 9 21. Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone c. and he who believeth on him shall not be confounded 1 Pet. 2. 6. Isa 28. 16. This is his commandment That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love c. 1 John 3. 22 23. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God c. This is the victory which overcometh the world even our faith Who is he who overcometh the world but he who believeth that Jusus is the Son of God c. He who believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself c. You that believe c. that ye may know that ye have eternal life 1 John 5. 1 4 5 10 13. Blessed be God c. who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 1 Pet. 1. 3. Of Faith in its Nature and Objects and Use Benefits and Advantages further then as before as relating to this Salvation Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience c. Without controversie great is the mystery of godliness God was manifested in the
c. But he who believed not shall be damned Mark 16. 14 16. Thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because thou believest not my word which shall be c. Luke 1. 19 20. The Son of man when he comes shall he find faith on earth Luke 18. 8. But those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them bring hither and stay them before me Luke 19. 27. John 5. 40 43. He who believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God c. He who believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 18 36. Verily verily I say unto you Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you John 6. 53. I said therefore unto you That you shall die in your sins for if ye believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins John 8. 24. Ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep as I said unto you My sheep hear my voice c. John 10. 26 27. ch 5. 38. If any man hear my words and believe not c. He who rejecteth me and receives not my words hath one who judgeth him the word which I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day John 12. 47 48. If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned John 15. 6. He will reprove the world of sin c. of sin because they believe not on me John 16. 8 9. Beware therefore lest that come upon you c. Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I will work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you Acts 13. 40 41. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed Rom 10. 14. Well because of unbelief they were broken off c. and thou standest by faith c. God spared not the natural branches c. Rom. 11. 20 21. He who doubteth is damned if he eat because not of faith for whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom. 14. 23. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven taking vengeance on them c. who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction c. 2 Thes 1. 8. Antichrist shall prevail upon such who shall perish because they received not the truth in the love thereof or the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they shall believe a lye that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2 Thes 2. 8 9 10 11 12. Holding faith c. which some haying put away concerning faith have made shipwrack of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that being chastised they might learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. Unto them who are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their minds and consciences are defiled Titus 1. 15. If the word spoken by Angels was stedfast and every transgreision and disobedience received a just recompence of reward How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord c. Hebr. 2. 2 3. I swear in my wrath they shall not or if they shall enter into my rest Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God c. And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest but to them who believed not So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief Hebr. 3. 11 12 18 19. Numb 14. 21 22 23. Psalm 106. 24 25 26. The word preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith or because they were not united by Faith to it in them who heard c. They to whom it was first preached or the Gospel was first Preached entered not in because of unbelief Hebr. 4. 2 6. If we sin c. there is no more sacrifice c. but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation c. The just shall live by faith but if any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of those who draw back to perdition but of them who believe to the salvation of the soul Hebr. 10. 26 27 28 29 38 29. Without faith it is impossible to please God for he c. Heb. 11. 6. See that ye refuse not him who speaketh For if they escaped not who refused him who spake on earth much more shall not we if turn away from him who speaketh from heaven Hebr. 12. 25. Let him ask in faith c. for he that wavereth is like c. Let not that man think he shall receive c. James 1. 5 6 7. Unto you who believe he is very precious but unto them who are disobedient the Stone which the builders disallowed of the same is made the head of the corner and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence unto them who stumble at the Word being disobedient whereunto also they were appointed 1 Pet. 2. 7 8. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. He who believeth not God hath made him a lyar because he believeth not the record which God gave of his Son and this is the record That God hath given unto us eternal life and this life is in his Son c. He who hath not the Son hath not life 1 John 5. 10 11 12. The fearful and unbelieving c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 8. He who despised Moses law died without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the Son of God c. Hebr. 10 28 29. See more of trusting in God Chap. 16. CHAP. XII Characters of Saints good Men and Believers appearing in Word and Deed. I. That such may be known from others by their Fruits We should try SEarch and try me O Lord and know my heart try me and know my thoughts Psalm 139. 23 24. Ye shall know them by their fruits Do men gather grapes of thorns c. Matth. 7. 16 17 18 c. The tree is known by his fruit O generation of vipers how can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh A good man our of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure
ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come into the unity of the saith c. Ephes 4. 11 12 13 14. To all the Saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the Bishops and Deacons Phil. 1. 1. Say to Archippus Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord that thou fulfil it Col. 4. 17. If a man desire the office of a Bishop he desireth a good work a Bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour or modest given to hospitality apt to teach not given to wine no striker nor greedy of filthy lucre but patient not a brawler not covetous one who ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity for if a man know not how to rule his own house how shall he take care of the Church of God not a novice or one newly come to the faith lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil Likewise must the Deacons be grave not double-tongued not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience let these also first be proved then let them use the office c. husband of one wife ruling their children well and their own house 1 Tim. 3. 1 to v. 13. If thou put the brethren in mind of these things thou shalt be a good minister c. but refuse profane and old c. Be thou an example to believers in word in conversation in charity c. give attendance unto reading to exhortation to doctrine c. meditate on these things give thy self wholly unto them c. take heed to thy self and thy doctrine 1 Tim. 4. 6 7 11 12 13 15 16. Rebuke not an elder but admonish him as a father and the younger men as brethren the elder women c. Let the elders who rule well c. especially they who labour in the word and doctrine 1 Tim. 5. 1 17. O Timothy keep that which is committed to thy trust avoiding prophane and vain babbling 1 Tim. 6. 20. I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee c. 2 Tim. 1. 6 7. The things thou hast heard of me among many witnesses the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also c. a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word c. shun profane and vain babbling c. The servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle unto all men apt to teach patient or forbearing in meekness instructing them who oppose themselves if God peradventure c. 2 Tim. 2 2 15 16 23 24 25. Ordain Elders in every City c. If any be blameless c. not accused of riot or unruly for a Bishop must be blameless as the steward of God not self-willed not soon angry not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre but a lover of hospitality a lover of good men sober just holy temperate holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers Titus 1. 5 6 7 8 9. Shewing thy self a pattern c. in doctrine uncoruptness gravity sincerity c. sound speech which cannot be condemned c. these things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority Titus 2. 7 8 15. Them who have the rule c. watch for your souls as they who must give account Heb. 13. 17. Is any sick c. call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over them c. James 5. 14. The Elders who are among you I exhort c. seed the flock of God which is among you or as much as in you is taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucre but of a ready mind neither as being lords or over-ruling over God's heritage but being examples of the flock 1 Pet. 5. 1 2 3 4. Diotrephes who loveth to have the preheminence received us not 3 John v. 9 10. See more in Gospel-Preachers in general Chap. 26. II. Complaints of and Threatnings against Evil Officers or Ministers of the Church HIS watchmen are blind they are all ignorant they are all dumb dogs they cannot bark sleeping lying down loving to slumber yea they are greedy dogs who can never have enough and they are shepherds who cannot understand they all look to their own way every one for his gain from his quarter come ye say they I will fetch wine and we will fill our selves with strong drink and to morrow shall be as to day Isa 56. 10 11 12. The Priests said not Where is the Lord and they who handled the law knew me not the Pastors also transgressed against me c. Wherefore I will yet plead c. Jer. 2. 8 9. The Prophets prophesie falsly and the Priests bear rule by their means and my people love to have it so and what will ye do in the end thereof Jer. 5. 30 31. From the Prophet unto the Priest every one dealeth falsly they have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly saying Peace c. when c. Jer. 6. 13 14. ch 8. 10 11. The Pastors are become brutish and have not sought the Lord therefore they shall not prosper and all their flocks shall be scattered Jer. 10. 21. Many Pastors have destroyed my vineyard they have trodden my portion c. Jer. 12. 10 11. Wo unto the Pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture saith the Lord therefore thus saith the Lord c. against the Pastors who feed my people Ye have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not visited them Behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings c. The Prophets c. They strengthen the hands of evil-doers so that none do return from his wickedness Jer. 23. 1 2. The Priests and the Prophets advise to put Jeremiah to death because he told them what God spake Jer. 26. 10 11 16. Her Priests have violated my law and have profaned mine holy things they have put no difference between the holy and profane neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 22. 26. Wo to the shepherds of Israel who do feed themselves should not the shepherds feed the flock ye eat the fat and ye clothe your selves with the wool c. ye feed not the flock the diseased have ye not strengthened neither have ye healed that which was sick c. but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled Ezek. 34. 2 3 4 8 10. The priests thereof teach for hire and the prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean upon the Lord c. therefore shall Zion c. be plowed Micah 3. 11. Her priests have done violence to the law polluted the
Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees which i◠hypocrisie c. He who knoweth his master's will and doth not according shall be beaten with many stripes Luke 12. 1 47. James 4. 17. They shall begin to say We have eat and drank in thy presence c. but he shall say I know you not whence you are depart from me all ye workers c. Ye shall see Abraham c. in the kingdom of God and you thrust out Luke 13. 25 26 27 28. Ye are they who justifie your selves but God knows your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Luke 16. 15. Every branch which beareth not fruit in me he taketh away John 15. 2. Ananias and Saphira both smote with death for their hypocrisie Acts 5. 5 10. They are not all Israel who are of Isreal c. Rom. 9. 6 7. ch 2. 28. 1 Cor. 10. 1 to 6. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against c. men who hold the truth in unrighteousness Rom. 1. 18. If a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself Gal. 6. 3. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways James 1. 8. The Jews c. forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved to fill up their sins always for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost 1 Thes 2. 16. See Sincerity Chap. 16. CHAP. XXIX Of the Conscience AND it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt and he said unto his men The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the Lord 's anointed to stretch forth my hand against him c. 1 Sam. 24. 5 6. And David's heart smote him after that he had numbred the people and David said unto the Lord I have sinned greatly in that I have done 2 Sam. 24. 10. ch 12. 13. When Josiah had heard the words of the book of the law that he rent his clothes c. and he commanded c. Go and enquire of the Lord for me and for the people c. for great is the wrath of the Lord c. Tell the man that sent you to me c. I will bring evil upon this place c. But to the king c. because thine heart was tender and thou hast humbled thy self c. thine eyes shall not see all the evil c. 2 Kings 22. 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20. I will not remove mine integrity c. my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live Job 27. 5 6. Throw the first stone at her c. they c. being convicted by their own conscience went out c. John 8. 7 9. Now when they heard this they were pricked in their heart and said c. What shall we do Acts 2. 37. Paul said c. I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day Acts 23. 1. And herein do I exercise my 〈◊〉 to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards man Acts 24. 16. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts their conscience also bearing them witness or the Conscience witnessing with them and their thoughts the mean while or between themselves accusing or else excusing one another Rom. 2. 15 16. I say the truth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost Rom. 9. 1. Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but for conscience sake Rom. 13. 5. Whatsoever is sold in the shambles eat asking no question for conscience sake for the earth is the Lord's c. If any of them who believe not bid you c. Whatsoever is before you eat asking no question for conscience sake but if any man say unto thee This is offered to idols eat not for his sake c. and for conscience-sake c. Conscience I say not thine own but of the others for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience c. Give none offence neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles nor to the Church of God 1 Cor. 10. 25 26 27 28 29 32. ch 8. 7. Our rejoicing is this the testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity nor with sleshly wisdom c. 2 Cor. 1. 12. By the manifestation of the truth commended our selves to every man's conscience in the sight of God 2 Cor. 4. 2. We are made manifest unto God and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences 2 Cor. 5. 11. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good conscience c. holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck 1 Tim. 1. 5 19. Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience 1 Tim. 3. 9. The Spirit speaketh expresly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith c. speaking lyes in hypocrine having their consciences seared with a hot iron forbidding to marry c. 1 Tim. 4. 1 2 3. I thank God whom I serve c. with a pure conscience 2 Tim. 1. 3. Unto them who are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their mind and conscience is defiled Titus 1. 15. In which were offered both gifts and sacrifices which could not make him who did the service 〈◊〉 as pertaining to the conscience c. If the blood of bulls and goats sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ c. purge your consciences from dead works to serve the living God Heb. 9. 9◠13 14. The law having a shadow of good things c. can never with those sacrifiees they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect then would they not have ceased to be offered because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins but in those sacrifices there is a remembrance c. Let us draw near c. having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience c. Heb. 10. 1 2 3 22. We trust we have a good conscience in all things willing to live honestly Heb. 13. 18. This is thank-worthy if a man for conscience towards God endure grief suffering wrongfully 1 Pet. 2. 19. Having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you c. Baptism doth also now save us not the putting away the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus 1 Pet. 3. 16 21. Let us not love in word c. Hereby we know c. For if our heart condemn us God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things Beloved if our heart condemn us not then have we confidence towards God 1 John 3. 18 to 22. CHAP. XXX Of the Devil Of his Subtilty Wiles and Ways by himself and in
Lord 1 Thes 5. 23. The end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart a good conscience and faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1. 5. Exercise thy self to godliness c. Godliness is profitable to all things having promise of this c. 1 Tim. 4. 7 8. ch 2. 2. ch 6. 6. Thou O man of God c. Follow after righteousness godliness c. 1 Tim. 6. 6 11. Flee also youthful lusts but follow righteousness c. 2 Tim. 2. 22. For the Grace of God that bringeth salvation c. teacheth us that denying ungodliness and wordly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Titus 2. 11 12. Put them in mind c. to be ready to every good work c. A faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works Titus 3. 1 8. Let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us c. Follow peace c. and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord Hebr. 12. 1 14. Who is a wise man c. Let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom James 3. 13. As obedient children not fashioning your selves according to the former lusts in your ignorance but as he who hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all of manner conversation because it is written Be ye holy for I am holy 1 Pet. 1 14 15. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you c. Abstain from fleshly lust which war against the soul having your conversation honest amongst the Gentiles that whereas or wherein they speak against you as evil doers they may by your good works which they behold gloruie God in the day of visitation c. So is the will of God that with well doing ye may c. We being dead unto sin should live unto righteousness 1 Pet. 2. 9 11 12 15 24. 1 Tim. 5. 14. Titus 2. 5 1. Let him eschew evil and do good c. Who is he who will harm you if you be followers of that which is good c. Sanctifie the Lord in your hearts and be always ready to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you as of evil doers they may be ashamed who falsly accuse your good conversation in Christ 1 Pet. 3. 11 13 15 16. The time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles c. If any man minister c. that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 4. 2 3 6 11. Giving all diligence add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge and to knowledge temperance c. godliness c. If these things be in you and abound it shall effect that you shall not be unfruitful c. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure 1 Peter 1. 5 6 7 8 9 10. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness c. Wherefore beloved seeing ye look for such things be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace without spot or blemish 2 Pet. 3. 11 14. God is light c. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth but if we walk in the light as he is in the light c. 1 John 1. 5 6 7. These things write I unto you that ye sin not And if any man sin we have an advocate c. He who saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked 1 John 2. 1 6. Every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure c. He who doth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous 1 John 3. 7. Beloved follow not that which is evil but that which is good He who doth good is of God but he who doth evil hath not seen God John 3. 11. In Particular I. To love God and the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ I The Lord thy God c. shewing mercy unto thousands of them who love me Exod. 20. 6. The Lord our God one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart with all thy soul and with all thy might Deut. 6. 4 5. The Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him Deut. 7. 9. And now Israel what doth God require of thee but c. to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God c. If you shall hearken c. to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart c. that I will c. Deut. 11. 3 13 22. The Lord your God proveth you to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul Deut. 13. 3. And the Lord thy God shall circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 30. 6. Take diligent heed to do the commandment c. to love the Lord your God Joshua 22. 5. Take good heed therefore unto your selves or souls that ye love the Lord your God Joshua 23. 11. Oh love the Lord all ye saints c. Psal 31. 23. I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice Psal 116. 1. Thy name is as ointment poured out therefore do the virgins love thee Cant. 1. 3 4. If ye find my Beloved c. tell him that I am sick of love Cant. 5. 8. Thus saith the Lord I remember thee or for thy sake the kindness of thy youth the love of thine espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness Jer. 2. 2. Judah hath prophaned the holiness of the Lord whom he loved or ought to love Mal. 2. 11. He who loveth father or mother c. is not worthy of me c. Matth. 10. 37. Luke 14. 26. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment c. On these c. hang all the law and the prophets Matth. 22. 37 38 39 40. Iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold Matth. 24. 12. Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much But to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little Luke 7. 47. He who loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I
c. Gal. 1. 6 7 8. Paul blames the Galatians for turning back to Circumcision and beggarly Rudiments and exhorts them to stick to the Faith and to stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ had made them free Gal. 3. ch 4. ch 5. ch 2. 4 5. Let us not be weary in well-doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not Gal. 6. 9. That ye henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro c. Let him who stole steal no more Ephes 4. 14 28. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil for we wrestie not with Flesh c. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand c. praying and watching with all perseverance Ephes 6. 11 12 13 18. Nevertheless whereunto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Philip. 3. 16. Stand fast in the Lord my dearly beloved Philip 4. 1. If ye continue in the faith grounded and setled and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard c. Col. 1. 23. I am with you in the spirit joying and beholding your order and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ As ye therefore received Christ the Lord walk ye in him rooted and built up in him and stablished in the faith as ye have been taught Col. 2. 5 6 7. For we live if ye stand fast in the Lord c. 1 Thess 3. 8. We exhort you c. that as you have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound more and more c. 1 Thess 4 1 10. Prove all things hold fast that which is good 1 Thess 5. 21. Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle c. Now our Lord Jesus himself and God even our Father c. stablish you in every good word and work 2 Thess 2. 15 17. Brethren be not weary or faint not in well-doing 2 Thess 3. 13. Holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith hath made shipwreck of whom is Hymeneus c. 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. They shall be saved in child-bearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety 1 Tim. 2. 15. I charge thee c. that thou keep this commandment c. until the appearing of our Lord c. 1 Tim. 6. 13 14. In the latter times some shall depart from the faith c. Some are already turned aside after Satan 1 Tim. 4. 1. ch 5. 12 15. ch 1. 5 6 18 19. ch 6. 10 21. 2 Tim. 2. 17 18. ch 4. 10. If we deny him he also will deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. But continue thou in the things thou hast learned and hast been assured of c. 2 Tim. 3. 14 15 16. ch 1. 13 14. I have fought a good fight I have finished 〈◊〉 course I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a crown c. 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. A bishop must be blameless c. holding fast the faithful word c. Tit. 1. 9. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip c. Heb. 〈◊〉 1 2 3. Whose house are we if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firmly unto the end c. We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end Heb. 3. 6 12 14. Seeing that we have a great High Priest c. let us hold fast our profession for we have not anâ— High Priest who cannot be touched with c. Heb. 4. 14 15. For it is impossible for those who are once enlightened c. if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance c. We desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end That 〈◊〉 be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and and patience inherit the promises Heb. 6. 4 5 6 11 12. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithful that promised c. For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth there remains no more sacrifice for sins but a certain fearful looking for of judgment c. Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward for ye have need of patience c. If any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him We are not of them who draw back into perdition Heb. 10 23 26 27 35 36 37 38 39. Let us run with patience the race set before us looâ—ing unto Jesus c. lest ye be weary and faint in your minds c. Heb. 12. 1 2 3 15 28. Jesus Christ the same c. Be not carried about c. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace Heb. 13. 8 9. Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty c. and continueth c. James 1. 25. To him who knoweth to do good and doth it not to him it is sin James 4. 17. Gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end 1 Pet. 1. 13. The devil c. whom resist stedfast in the faith 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world c. they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them 2 Pet. 2. 20 21. ch 3. 17 18. Matth. 12. 43 44 45. They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us no doubt they c. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning if that c. remain in you ye also shall continue in the Father and the Son c. And now little children abide in him that when he shall appear c. 1 John 2. 19 24 28. Look to your selves that ye lose not these things which we have wrought but that we c. 2 John vers 8 9. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth 3 John vers 4. 2 John vers 4. Earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints c. The angels who kept not their first state c. he hath reserved in chains c. Build up your selves in your most holy faith c. keep your selves in the love of God c. Jude vers 3 6 20 21. I know thy works c. thou hast laboured
lump I have confidence in you through the Lord that you will be none otherwise minded but he who troubleth you shall bear his judgment whosoever he be c. I would they were even cut off who trouble you for brethren ye have been called to liberty Gal. 1. 6 7 8. Gal. 5. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. If any man be overtaken in a fault ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness considering thy self lest thou also be tempted Gal. 6. 1. Have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them for it is a shame even to speak of such things c. Ephel 5 11 12. Now we eâ—hort or beseech you brethren warn them who are unruly 1 Thess 5. 14. Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus that ye withdraw your selves from every brother who walketh disorderly and not after the traditions which he received of us for your selves know how ye ought to follow us c. Some who walk among you disorderly working not at all c. If any man obey not our word by this Epistle note or signifie that man and have no company with him that he may be ashamed yet count him not as an enemy but admonish him as a brother 2 Thess 3. 6 7 11 12 14 15. Holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwrack of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that they learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. Rebuke not an Elder but intreat him as a father and the younger men as brethren the elder women as mothers the younger as sisters with all purity c. Against an elder receive not an accusation but before or under two or three witnesses them who sin rebuke before all that others also may fear 1 Tim. 5. 1 2 19 20. Men of corrupt minds c. from such withdraw thy self 1 Tim. 6. 5. 2 Tim. 3. 5. A man who is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject knowing that he who 〈◊〉 such is subverted and â—inneth being condemned of himself Tit. 3. 10 11. Follow peace with all men and holiness c. looking diligently lest any man fail or fall from the grace of God lest any root of 〈◊〉 springing up trouble you and thereby many 〈◊〉 defiled lest there be any fornicator or propâ—anâ— person as Esau who for one morsâ—l c. Heb. 12. 14 15 16. I know thy works c. and how thou canst not bear them who are evil and thou hast tryed them who say there are Apostles and are not and thou hast found them lyars c. The Church in Pergamus c. I have a few things against thee because thou hast there them who hold the doctrine of Balaam c. So also hast thou them who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which things I hate c. The Church of Thyatira c. I have a few things against thee because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel who calleth her self a propheress to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols c. All the Churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the heart c. Revel 2. 2 14 15 20 23. See Rebake and Reproof Chap. 17 CHAP. XXVIII Of Hypocrites and Hypocrisie The Spirits and Practices of such who are very Formal and Earnest in the External part of Worship and Profession and in a 〈◊〉 for God yet high in their Opposition of Christ the Truth of the Gospel and Power of Godliness in others THE hour â—â—mâ—th and now is when the 〈…〉 worship the father in spirit and in truth for the rather seeketh such to worship him God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 23 24. They are not all Israel who are of Israel neither because they are the seed of Abraham are all children c. Rom. 9. 6 7. Abel offered unto God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain Cain was therefore angry and â—lew his brother Gen. â— 3 4 5 6 7 8. Hâ—â— â—1 4. Absolom pretended to justice and to pay a 〈◊〉 which he had â—â—â—ved to the Lord in Hebron but he pâ—rposed to steal away the hearts of the people and to rebel against the king and advance himself into the throne 2 Sam. 15. 1 to v. 11. Ahaziah the king when rebuhed by 〈◊〉 for departing from God and sending to an idol gives order to his soldiers to fâ—tâ—h 〈◊〉 and though one company and another were consumed with fire yet he sent again 2 King 1. 3 4 â— 9 10 11 12 13. Jehu met Jehonadab and said unto him Is thine heart right as my heart c. and he said Come with me and see my zeal â—or the Lord c. But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart he departed not from the sins of Jeroâ—oam c. 2 Kings 10. 15 16 25 26 27 29 31. Ahaziah c. did that which was right in the sight of the Lord but not with a perfect heart 2 Chron. 25. 1 2. What is the hope of the hypocrite c. will he delight himself in the Almiâ—â—ty will he always call upon God â—ob 27. 8 10. The hypoâ—rites in heart c. they cry not when he bindeth them Job 36. 13. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak Psal 12. 2. Ps 62. 4. Prov. 23. 7. They speak peace to their neighbour but mischief in their hearts Psal 28. 3. Ps 55. 21. When he slew them then they sought him early and they returned and enquired early after God and they remembred that God was their rock and the high God their redeemer nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth and they lied unto him with their tongue for their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his covenant Psal 78. 34 35 36 37. Isa 26. 16. Hosea 11. 12. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes Prov. 12. 15. There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet is not waâ—hed from their filthiness Prov. 30. 12. This people draw near to me with their mouth and with their lips they honour me but have removed their heart far from me and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men Isa â—9 â—3 â—h â—8 1 2. Shew my people their transgression and the house of Jacoâ— their sins yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways as a nation who did righteousness and forsook not the ordinances of their God they ask of me the ordinances of â—ustice they take delight in approaching to God Wherefore have we fasted say they and thou seest it not have we afflicted our soul and thou takest no knowledge Behold in the day of
of the simple Rom. 16. 17 18. There must be also herenes among you that they who are approved might be made c. 1 Cor. 11. 19. How say some among you That there is no resurrection from the dead 1 Cor. 15. 12. We are not as many who corrupt the word of God c. 2 Cor. 2. 17. Them who desire occasion c. for such are false Apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ c. Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed into the ministers of righteousness whose ends shall be according to their works c. Ye suffer fools gladly c. ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour if a man take if a man exalt himself c. smite you on the face 2 Cor. 11. 12 13 14 15 19 20. There be some who trouble you and would pervert the Gospel of Christ Though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other Gospel unto you than that we have preached unto you let him be accursed As we have before so say I now again If any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have received let him be accursed Gal. 1. 7 8 9. False brethren who came in privily to spy out our liberty c. that they might bring us into bondage to whom we gave place by subjection no not for an hour that the truth of the Gospel may continue with you but of these who seem to be c. Gal. 2. 3 4 5 6. They zealously affect you but not well yea they would exclude you that you might affect them Gal. 4. 17. As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh they constrain you to be circumcised only left they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ for neither they themselves that are circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh Gal. 6. 12 13. Philip. 3. 2. Be no more children tossed c. with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive Ephes 4. 14. This I say lest any should beguile you with enticing words c. Beware lest any one spoil you through philosophy and vain deceits after the traditions of men after the rudiments of this world and not after Christ c. Let no man judge you in meat or for eating c. intruding into those things which he hath not seen c. and not holding the head c. Why are ye subject to ordinances c. Touch not c. Col. 2 4 8 16 to 24. Let no man deceive you by any means c. That man of sin c. who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God c. Then shall that wicked one be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them who perish Because they received not the love of the truth c. for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a lye that they all might be damned c. 2 Thes 2. 2 3 4 8 to 13. Rev. 13. 13 14. Charge some that they teach no other doctrine neither give heed to Jewish fables c. Some have swerved having turned aside to vain janglings desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm 1 Tim. 1. 3 4 6 7 8. Now the Spirit speaketh expresly that in the latter days some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lyes in hypocrisie having their consciences â—eared with a hot iron forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats c. 1 Tim. 4. 1 2 3. If any man teach otherwise c. he is proud knowing nothing but doting or sick about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh envy c. perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth supposing that gain is godliness from such withdraw thy self Some c. have erred 1 Tim. 6. 1 2 3 4 5 20 21. Strive not about words to no profit to the subverting of the hearers c. Shun prophane and vain babling for they will increase to more ungodliness and their word will eat as doth a canker or gangrene Of whom is Hymeneus c. Who concerning the truth have erred saying That the resurrection is past already and overthrow the faith of some nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure c. 2 Tim. 2. 14 16 17 18 19. Perilous times shall come for men shall be lovers of their own selves covetous boasters proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthankful unholy without natural affection truce-breakers false accusers incontinent fierce despisers of those who are good traitors heady high-minded lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof from such turn away for of this sort are they who creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins led away with divers lusts ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate or of no judgment concerning the faith c. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived but continue thou in the things c. 2 Tim. 3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 14. The time will come when they will not endure found doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap up to themselves teachers having itching ears and they shall turn away their ears from truth and shall be turned unto fables But watch thou c. 2 Tim. 4. 3 4 5. A bishop must be blameless c. holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught or in teaching that he may be able by found doctrine both to exhort and convince the gain-sayers for there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers especially they of the circumcision whose mouths must be stopped who subvert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre sake Rebuke them sharply c. not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth c. They profess that they know God but in works they deny him being c. Titus 1. 7 9 10 11 13 14 16. Be not carried about with divers and strange dectrines for it is a good thing that the heart c. Heb. 13. 9. But there were false prophets also among the people even as there shall be