14 c. Behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none cut it down why cumbreth it the ground c Strive to enter in at the strait gate Luke 13. 7 24. When ye have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17 10. In every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him Act. 10. 35. Walk while ye have the light lest darkness come upon you John 12. 35. Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 13. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit c. Herein is my father glorified that ye bring forth much fruit c. I have chosen you and ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain John 15. 2 8 16. Herein do I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men Acts 24. 16. We also should walk in newness of life c. Yeild your selves unto God as those who are alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God c. Know ye not that to whom ye yield your selves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness Rom. 6. 4 13 16. Ye also are become dead unto the Law c. that we should bring forth fruit unto God c. That we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter Rom. 7. 4 6. We are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh for if ye live after the flesh ye shall dye but if ye through the spirit mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Rom. 8. 12 13. I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God your reasonable service and be not conformed unto this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good that acceptable will of God c. Provide things honest in the sight of all men Rom. 12. 1 2 17. Ephes. 5. 10. It is high time to awake out of sleep c. The night is far spent the day is at hand Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness c. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof Rom. 13. 11 12 13 14. None of us liveth to himself and no man dyeth to himself for whether we live we live unto the Lord c. Whether we live therefore or dye we are the Lords c. Righteousness and peace c. For he who in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men Rom. 14. 7 8 9 17 18. I would have you wise to that which is good and simple concerning evil Rom. 16. 19. The body is not for fornication but for the Lord c. Your bodies are the members of Christ c. And ye are not your own for ye are bought with a Price Therefore glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirit which are Gods 1 Cor. 6. 13 15 19 20. chap. 3. 16 17. Be ye steadfast c. always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord 1 Cor. 15. 58. Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God 1 Cor. 10. 31. Wherefore we endeavour or labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him c. The love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judg that if one dyed for all then were all dead c. That they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him who dyed for them 2 Cor. 5. 9 14 15. Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7. 1. Providing for honest things not only in the sight of the Lord but in the sight of men 2 Cor. 8. 20. Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap for he who soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption But he who soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life c. Gal. 6. 7 8. ch 5. 16. According as he hath chosen us in him c. that we should be holy and without blame before him in love Ephes. 1. 4. Created c. unto good works which God hath foreordained that we should walk in them Ephes. 2. 10. I therefore c. beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called c. This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles in the vanity of their mind c. But ye have not so learned Christ c. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts And be renewed in the spirit of your minds and that ye put on that new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness Ephes. 4. 1 17 20 22 23 24. Col. 3. 9 10. Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children c. Ye were sometimes darkness but now light in the Lord Walk as children of the light c. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them c. See then that ye walk circumspectly not as fools redeeming the time Ephes. 5. 1 8 11 15 16. That ye may approve things which differ or try things which are excellent that ye be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ c. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God c. According to my earnest expection c. Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death c. Let your conversation be as becometh the Gospel of Christ Phil. 1. 10 11 20 27. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling c. That ye be blameless and harmless the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom ye shine or shine ye as lights in the world c. All seek their own things not the things of Jesus Christ Phil. 2. 12 15 21. Brethren be ye followers of me and mark them who walk so as ye have us for an ensample for many walk of whom I have told you c. even weeping the
glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased 2 Pet. 1. 16 17. 1 Pet. 1. 21. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and for ever 2 Pet. 3. 18. Jude vers 25. In him is no sin c. Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us 1 John 3. 5 16. 1 Pet. 3. 18. His son Jesus Christ This is the true God and eternal life 1 John 5. 20. Jesus Christ c. The Prince of the kings of the earth c. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending saith the Lord which is and which was and which is to come the Almighty c. I am the first and the last I am he who liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keys of hell and death Rev. 1. 5 6 8 17 18. I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts Rev. 2. 23. Those things saith he who hath the seven spirits of God c. Who is holy c. Who hath the key of David he who openeth and no man shutteth c. Rev. 3. 1 7. Worthy is the lamb which was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing c. Blessing honour and glory and power be unto him who sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb for ever c. The elders fell down and worshipped him who liveth for ever Rev. 5. 12 13 14. And the kings of the earth and the great men c. Said to the mountains c. Hide us from the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the lamb For the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. 15 16 17. The Lamb shall overcome them for he is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings Rev. 17. 14. ch 19. 16. See more of the one God Father Son and Spirit or the Trinity Chap. 3. In his Nature He shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard in the street A bruised reed shall he not break smoaking or daily burning flax shall he not quench Isa. 42. 2 3. Matt. 12. 18 19 20. I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to them who plucked off hair I hid not my face from shame and spitting Isa. 50. 6. Matt. 26. 67. He was oppressed c. He opened not his mouth he is brought as a Lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth c. He had done no violence neither was guile found in his mouth Isa. 53. 7 9. Mal. 2. 6. Thy king cometh unto thee he is just c. lowly and riding upon an Ass c. Zech. 9. 9. The son of righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings Mal. 4. 2. Jesus sate at meat c. Many publicans and sinners came c. The Pharisees said why eat your Master with Publicans and sinners c. Jesus said unto them they who are whole need not a Physician but they who are sick but go and learn what that meant I will have mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance c. When he saw the multitude he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted or were tired and were scattered abroad as sheep having no sheepherd c. He healed their sick c. Would not send them away fasting c. Matt. 9. 10 11 12 13 36. chap. 14. 14. ch 15. 30 32. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly of heart Matt. 11. 29. When Peter was sinking and cryed out Lord save me and immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him and said unto him c. wherefore didest c. Matt. 14. 30 31. O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou who killest the prophets c. how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not Matt. 23. 37. Christ excused his Disciples when they slept c. He said the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak Matt. 26. 41. When he came neer the City he wept over it saying if thou hadest known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong to thy peace c. Luk. 19. 41 42. And the word was made flesh c. full of grace and truth John 1. 14. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping c. He groaned in the spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept then said the Jews behold how he loved him John 11. 33 35 36. Let not your hearts be troubled ye believe in God c. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you c. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid John 14. 1 27. When Mary sought Jesus weeping he appeared to her to comfort her c. He shewed himself also to his Disciples his hands and feet and the second time to Thomas when he would not believe the report of the rest John 20. 11 14 15 16 19 25 27. Christ gives charge three times to Peter that if he loved him he should feed his lambs and his sheep John 21. 15 16 17. Ye denied the holy and just one Act. 3. 14. I obtained mercy for this cause that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering for a pattern to them who should hereafter believe on him 1 Tim. 1. 16. In that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them who are tempted Heb. 2. 18. chap. 4. 15. Who is holy harmless undefiled c. Heb. 7. 26. Christ as of a Lamb without spot and blemish 1 Pet. 1. 19. Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us c. 1 John 3. 16. Behold I stand at the door and knock if any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him and sup with him and he with me Rev. 3. 20. CHAP. VIII How Christ wrought this Salvation for sinners and what he was made and is what he undertook and did in order to it First He is Mediatour THere is one God one Mediatour between God and man the man Jesus Christ 1 Tim. 2. 5. By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament Heb. 7. 22. He is made the Mediatour of a better Testament which was established upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. And for this cause he is the mediatour of the New-testament that c. Heb. 9. 15. And to Jesus the Mediatour of the new Covenant or Testament Heb. 12. 24. 2dly He took upon him the nature of man and humbled himself God said to the serpent c. I will put enmity between thee and
purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works Titus 2. 7 14. All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 2. Let us go on unto perfection not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works c. We desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end that ye be not slothsul but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises Heb. 6. 1 11 12. The wisdom which is from above is pure c. without partiality and without hypocrisie c. James 3. 17. Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God whosoever therefore will be a friend unto the world is the enemy of God c. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you c. Purifie your hearts ye double-minded James 4. 4 8. Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying c. unto unfeigned love of the brethren See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently 1 Pet. 1. 22. Wherefore laying aside c. all guile and hypocrisie c. Neither was guile found in Christs mouth 1 Pet. 2. 1 22. Whose adorning let it not be that outward c. but the hidden man of the heart 1 Pet. 3. 3 4. Give all diligence to add to your faith virtue c. wherefore the rather brethren give diligence to make your calling and election sure for if ye do these things ye shall never fall c. 2 Pet. 1. 5 6 7 8 9 10. Seeing that ye look for such things c. be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace without spot and blemish c. but grow in grace and in the knowledg of our Lord Jesus c. 2 Pet. 3. 14 18. If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lye and do not the truth 1 John 1. 6. Let us not love in word c. but in deed and in truth c. If our hearts condemn us God is greater c. 1 John 3. 18 19 20 21. I rejoyce greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth 2 John verse 4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth Beloved thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou dost to the brethren and to strangers 3 John verse 4 5. But ye beloved building up your selves in your most holy faith c. Jude verse 20. Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life Revel 2. 10. Thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead be watchful and strengthen the things which remain I have not found thy work perfect before God c. Thou hast a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments c. I know thy work that thou art neither hot nor cold I would thou wert cold or hot so then because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot I will spew thee out of my mouth Because thou sayest I am rich c. and knowest not that thou art wretched c. As many as I love I rebuke c. be zealous therefore c. Rev. 3. 1 2 4 15 16 17 19. These are they who were not defiled with Women for they are Virgins these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth Revel 14. 4. Let every man prove his own work c. for every man shall bear his own burthen c. Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap c. Gal. 6. 3 4 5 6 7. See the spirits and practises of Hypocrites and the danger of Hypocrites Chap. 28. To stick fast to God and not to depart from him abide in the faith and practice of what we know of his Will and persevere to the end The reasons That the Saints shall be kept To persevere and abide with God in the faith and practise c. That thou keep this Commandment without spot unrebukable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Tim. 6. 14. Enoch walked with God and he was not for God took him Gen. 5. 23 24. Jesurun waxed fat and kicked then he forsook God who made him and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation c. of the Rock which begat thee thou art unmindful and hath forgotten God who formed thee and when the Lord saw it he abhorred them Deut. 32. 15 16 17 18 19. Cleave unto the Lord your God as ye have done unto this day Josh. 23. 8. Chuse you whom ye will serve c. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord Josh. 24. 15. Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face continually 1 Chron. 16. 11. Thou Solomon c. know thou the God of thy fathers c. If thou seek him he will be found of thee but if thou forsake him he will cast thee off for ever 1 Chron. 28. 9. Hear ye me Asa and all Judah c. the Lord is with you while ye be with him and if ye seek him he will be found of you but if ye forsake him he will forsake you 2 Chron. 15. 2. The righteous also shall hold on his way Job 17. 9. I have kept the ways of the Lord I have not wickedly departed from my God c. I did not put away his Statutes from me Psalm 18. 21. 22. Wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt thee Psalm 37. 34. All this is come upon us yet have we not forgotten thee c. Our heart is not turned back neither have our steps declined from thy way though thou hast sore broken us c. If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to strange gods shall not God search this out Psal. 44. 17 18 19 20 21. He will speak peace to his people but let them not turn again to folly Psal. 85. 8. Then believed they his words they sang his praise they soon forgat his works they waited not for his counsel c. they forgat God their Saviour who had done great things Psal. 106. 12 13 21. As for such who turn aside unto their crooked ways the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity Psal. 125. 5. My son forget not my law Prov. 3. 1. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways Prov. 14. 14. My son give me thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways Prov. 23. 26. I have nourished and brought up children c. they have forsaken the Lordâ—… they have provoked the holy one of Israel unto anger they are gone away backward why should ye â—…e stricken any more ye will revolt more and more c. they who forsake the Lord shall be consumed Isa. 1. 2 4 5 28. There shall be desolation because thou hast forgotten the God of thy Salvation and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy
2 Thes. 12. r. 2. p. 309 f. Joh. 4. 14 15. r. 4. 23 24 f. 1 Cor. 12. 18. r. 14. 15. p. 314 f. Ps. 3. 12. r. 3. 2. p. 315 f. Psalm 38. r. 83. p. 320 f. Rev. 3. 24. r. 3. 10. p. 321 f. Ezek. 40. r. 20. p. 334 f. Psalm 114. r. 124. p. 337 f. Acts 16. r. 26. p. 345 f. Heb. 17. 29. r. 11. 27. p. 349 f. Isa. 28. r. 8. p. 351 f. Acts 6. r. 16. p. 352 f. Job 34. 23. r. 34. 28. p. 360 f. Matth. 50. r. 5. p. 365 f. Psalm 5. r. Job 5. p. 375 f. Acts 41. r. 4. p. 406 f. Numb 17 r. 27. p. 418 f. Jer. 41. r. 42. p. 430 f. Matth. 5. r. Mark 5. p. 431 f. 1 Thess. 5. 3. r. 3. 5 p. 444 f. Psalm 95. r. 90. p. 451 f. Job 41. r. 14. p. 453 f. Hos. 13 4. r. 13. 14. p 462 f. Luke 21. 18. r. 21. 28. An Alphabetical Table of the most and principal things contained in this Book A ACts of Churches Chap. 27. p. 395 Admonition ch 17. p. 259 Afflictions ch 22. p. 311 Gods ends in it p. 319 Comforts therein p. 325 Duties then p. 344 Affections ch 32. p. 441 Altars before the Law ch 45. p. 507 Angels ch 41. p. 494 Anger among Saints ch 17. p. 155 Apostacy see Watchfulness Attributes see God B Belief see Faith Believers Character ch 12. p. 106 Blessings belonging to the Church God as such ch 27. p. 309 Baptism see Ordinances C Christ see Saviour salvation Calling see Election Calamities common ch 23. p. 364 Character of Believers see Believers Confess sin see sin Confess Christ chap. 16. p. 229 In Persecution ch 22. p. 348 Charitable walking see Offences Children ch 18. p. 271 Considerations comforting in Afflictions ch 22. p. 325 Church of God ch 27. p. 388 Coming of Christ ch 36. p 457 Conscience ch 29. p. 427 Consideration ch 31. p. 437 D Duties towards God ch 16. p. 138 Of Saints to each other ch 17. p. 251 Of relations in the flesh ch 18. p. 268 Of Saints to all men ch 19. p. 276 Towards the Spirit ch 21. p. 309 In times of affliction towards God and man ch 22. p. 344 In common calamities ch 23. p. 364 Of Subjects to Magistrates ch 24. p. 375 Of Churches to their Ministers ch 27. p. 404 In relation to the World ch 39. p. 481 Devil ch 30. p. 432 Deceivers ch 30. p. 432 Death ch 34. p. 450 Dignity of Christ see Excellency Dignity of the Church see Blessings Discipline in the Church ch 27. p. 413 E Election of God ch 9. p. 71 Election of Officers in Churches ch 27. p. 405 Eternal life ch 10. p. 91 Excellency of Christ ch 7. p. 54 Excellency of Saints see Priviledges F Faith ch 11. p. 93 its nature and objects p. 96 use and advantage p. 100 effects p. 102 who gives it ch 20. p. 291 Failings of Saints ch 13. p. 117 Fear of God ch 16. p. 177 Forgiveness in Saints one to another ch 17. p. 155 Forsake sin see Sin Fruits of love to God ch 16. p. 144 of love to Saints ch 17. p. 253 of the spirit in Saints ch 21. p. 307 Fruitfulness in Saints bow ch 20. p. 292 Free Grace ch 9 10. p. 71 84 G Giver of knowledg faith power c. who ch 20. p. 288 Glory to be given to the Saints at last ch 37. p. 462 God his name and attributes ch 2. p. 8. 9 c. Grace free ch 9 10. p. 71 84 H Heart see Sincerity Hands laying on ch 27. p. 406 Hope ch 16. p. 193 Humility ch 16. p. 198. ch 19 p. 281 Hypocrites Hypocrisie ch 28. p. 417 I Idolatry ch 4. p. 487. ch 5. p. 37 Jesus see Saviour Invitations and encouragements to come to Christ for all ch 20. p. 297 Justification ch 10. p. 88 The Judgment ch 36. p. 457 K Kindness of Saints to each other ch 17. p. 153 to all men ch 19. p. 180 Kings of Israel and Judah ch 44. p. 503 Knowledg of divine things ch 38. p. 466 The giver of it ch 20. p. 288 L The Law Sinners cast under it ch 6. p. 44 Life see Eternal Live to God ch 16. p. 138 Love to God ch 16. p. 142 to Saints ch 17. p. 251 to Christ and Christ to them see Relation Lords Supper ch 27. p. 412 M Man in his Fallen-state ch 5. p. 32 Man's salvation see Salvation Man's impotency ch 20. p. 284 Masters ch 18. p. 274 Magistrates Magistracy ch 24. p. 369 Meekness see Patience Mercy in saints to all ch 19. p. 280 Mediator see salvation How wrought Meditation see Consideration Mind see Thoughts Miracles ch 43. p. 501 Ministers see Preachers Officers Mourn see Sin N Nature of Man ch 5. p. 32 O Oaths of Testimony ch 25. p. 379 Obedience ch 16. p. 149 Offences amongst Saints avoid ch 17. p. 262 Officers of Churches ch 27. p. 491 Order in Churches ch 27. p. 395 Ordination see Election Ordinances of Christ ch 27. p. 407 P Pardon of sin ch 10. p. 84 Parents ch 18. p. 271 Parables ch 42. p. 499 Patient ch 16. p. 205 Peace with God see Reconciliation Saints with Saints ch 17. p. 257 with all men ch 19. p. 278 Perseverance ch 16. p. 241. ch 22. p. 248. ch 20. p. 295 Poor Relief ch 17. p. 264 Persecution ch 22. p. 211 Prayer ch 16. p. 161 Praises ch 16. p. 170 Preachers in general ch 26. p. 382 Preaching see Ordinances Priviledges of saints ch 14. p. 124. ch 16. p. 246 In afflictions ch 22. p. 325 In common calamities c. 23. p. 365 Punishment of sin see Sin Q Â R Reconciliation ch 10. p. 87 Redemption see salvation Repentance in God ch 33. p. 444 In man p. 445 Relation between Christ and his Church ch 15. p. 135 Resurrection ch 35. p. 455 Righteousness towards God see Justisication towards men ch 19. p. 277 S Sacrifices before the Law ch 45. p. 507 Satan see Devil Salvation ch 7. p. 47 The Saviour Jesus ch 7. p. 49 How he wrought salvation ch 8. p. 62 Saints Character ch 12. p. 106 Saints failings see Failings Their Priviledges see Priviledges Scriptures ch 1. p. 1 Signs of love to God see Fruits Society with the wicked ch 19. p. 282 Sin What ch 16. p. 211 confess mourn for it p. 211. ch 22. p. 347 forsake it p. 213 Threatning c. against it p. 218 Effects or Punishment ch 5. p. 40 ch 13. p. 122 Sinfulness of mans nature ch 5. p. 32 Sins Pardon ch 10. p. 84 Servants ch 18. p. 274 Sincerity in following God ch 16. p. 232 Similitudes see Parables Seducers see Deceivers Speeches see Words Spirit of God ch 21. p. 31 Submission to God in affliction ch 22. p. 345 Subjects see Duties T Trinity ch 3. p. 27 Thoughts ch 32 p. 441 Threatning against sin see Sin Trust in God only ch 16. p. 144
saviour the Lord Jesus Christ Phil. 3. 20. It pleased the father that in him all fulness should dwell c. By him to reconcile all things to himself c. Christ in or among you the hope of glory Col. 1. 19 20 27. Your life is hid with Christ in God When Christ who is our life shall c. Col. 3. 3 4. His son Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thes. 1. 10. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief 1 Tim. 1. 15. One mediatour between God and man the man Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransome for all to be testified in due time 1 Tim. 2. 5 6. Is now made manifest by the appearing of our saviour Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light 2 Tim. 1. 10. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people c. Titus 2. 14. Ephes. 5. 2. His son c. When he had by himself purged our sins sate down c. Heb. 1. 3. Christ c. He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them c. Heb. 5. 5 9. Christ now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Unto them who look for him he shall appear the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9. 24 26 28. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all c. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 10 14. Who hath begotten us again to a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ c. The Prophets c. who prophesied of the grace c. Searching what c. The spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie before hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow c. Ye were not redeemed with silver and gold c. But with the precious blood of Christ c. Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world c. 1 Pet. 1. 3 10 11 18 19 20. Our Lord Jesus Christ c. He received from God the father honour and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased 2 Pet. 1. 16 17. Jesus Christ c. He is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. Who is a lyer but he who denyeth that Jesus is the Christ 1 John 2. 2 22. For this purpose the son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the Devil 1 John 3. 8. God sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him c. We c. testify that the father sent the son the saviour of the world 1 John 4. 9 14. God hath given us eternal life and this life is in his son 1 John 5. 11 12. Unto him who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Rev. 1. 5. Col. 1. 14. They fell down before the lamb c. Saying thou art worthy c. For thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation and hast made us unto God c. Rev. 5. 8 9 10. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world c. Rev. 13. 8. I Jesus have sent mine Angel to testify unto you these things c. I am the root and the off-spring of David and the bright and morning-star Rev. 22. 16. See pardon and reconciliation by Christ only Chap. 9. The excellency of this Saviour and his fulness and dignity In his person and authority Yet have I set my king or anointed upon my holy hill of Sion c. The Lord hath said thou my son this day have I begotten thee c. I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance c. Thou shalt break them with a rod of Iron c. Psal. 2. 6 7 8 9. Thou art fairer than the children of men grace is poured into thy lips c. Gird thy sword upon thy Thigh O Mighty with thy glory and thy majesty and in thy majesty ride c. Thine arrows sharp in the hearts of the kings enemies whereby the people shall fall under thee Thy throne O God for ever and ever The scepter of thy kingdom a right scepter c. God thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows c. The king c. He is thy Lord and worship thou him Psal. 45. 1 2 3 4 5 6 11. Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts Psal. 68. 18. Ephes. 4. 8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth They c. shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust c. All kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him c. His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun or shall be as a son to continue his fathers name for ever c. And all nations shall call him blessed Psal. 72. 8 9 11 17 18. I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers c. Also I will make him first-born higher than the kings of the earth c. His Throne as the days of heaven c. As the sun before me Psal. 89. 25 27 29 36. The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool c. Rule thou in the middest of thine enemies Psal. 100. 1 2. The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner Psal. 118. 22. Act. 4. 11 12. Matt. 21. 42. Wisdom is better than rubies and all the things which may be desired are not to be compared unto it c. Counsel is mine and sound wisdom I understanding I strength by me kings reign and princes decree justice By me princes rule and nobles yea all the judges of the earth c. Riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousness My fruit better than gold c. I may cause those who love me to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures c. The Lord possessed me in the beginning c. When he appointed the foundation of the earth then was I by him c. His delight whoso findeth me findeth life c. Prov. 8. 11 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 35. Thy name is as ointment poured out c. Cant. 1. 3. The beauty of his person described by the parts thereof and said in the close to be altogether
Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses to them He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. A man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ. Even we believe c. that we may be justified by the faith of Christ and not c. Gal. 2. 19. Paul to the Galatians doth argue this at large Gal. 3. We through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith c. Gal. 5. 5. Christ gave himself c. that he might sanctifie and cleanse it c. that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish Ephes. 5. 25 26 27. When Paul above any others had whereof to boast for his exactness in keeping the Law he said But what things were gain to me them or those I counted loss for Christ c. that I may win Christ and be found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the law but that which is through the faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Phil. 3. 4 5 6 7 8 9. And you c. hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight Colos. 1. 21 22. And ye are compleat in him who is the head of all principalities c. Col. 2. 10. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people Tit. 2. 14. After that the loving-kindness of God appeared c. not by works of righteousness which we have done c. that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs c. Tit. 3. 4 5 7. Who c. when he had by himself purged our sins sate down c. Heb. 1. 3. If the blood of bulls c. sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ who c. purge your consciences from dead works c. Heb. 9. 13 14. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all c. by one offering he hath for ever perfected them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 10 14. Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the gate c. Heb. 13. 12. Who his own self bare our sins c. by whose stripes we were healed 1 Pet. 2. 24. Isa. 53. 5. Jesus c. who hath loved us and washed us with his own blood c. Rev. 1. 5. These were redeemed or bought from among men c. they were without fault before the throne of God Rev. 14. 4 5. Eternal life and Salvation The just shall live by his faith Hab. 2. 4. Christ said unto Zacheus This day is salvation come to this house c. for the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luk. 19. 9 10. So must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life c. He who believeth on the Son hath everlasting life c. John 3. 14 15 16 36. Ye will not come unto me that ye may have life John 5. 40. The bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world c I am the bread of life c. This is the will of him who sent me that every one who seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day c. This is the bread which came down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not dye I am the living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever and the bread that I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world c. Whoso eateth my flesh c. hath eternal life c. As c. I live by the Father so he who eateth me even he shall live by me c. Lord to whom shall we go thou hast the words of eternal life John 6. 33 35 40 50 51 54 57 58 68. John 5. 24. I am the dore by me if any man enter in he shall be saved c. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly My sheep hear my voice c. and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10. 9 10 27 28. Because I live ye shall live also John 14. 19. As thou hast given him power over all flesh that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him John 17. 2. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20. 31. Why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of his disciples c. But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved even as they Acts 15. 10 11. I send thee said Christ to Paul to open their eyes c. that they might receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among them who are sanctified through faith that is in me Acts 26. 17 18. Being justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath through him c. much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life c. If by one offence death reigned by one much more they who receive abundance of grace c. shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ c. that as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 5. 9 10 17 21. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 6. 23. Whom he justifies them also he glorifies What shall we say c. Rom. 8. 30 31. I declare unto you the Gospel c. by which also ye are saved if c. 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3. In Christ c. in whom also we have obtained an inheritance Ephes. 1. 11. God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he hath loved us even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ. By grace are ye saved that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace c. for by grace are ye saved through faith c. not by works lest any man should boast Ephes. 2. 4 5 7 8 9. Christ
in or amongst you the hope of glory Col. 1. 27. Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thes. 1. 10. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ who dyed for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thes. 5. 9 10. 2 Tim. 1. 9. Chap. 2. 10 11. Believe on him to life everlasting 1 Tim. 1. 16. Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel 2 Tim. 1. 10. Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he hath saved us c. Tit. 3. 5. He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them who obey him Heb. 5. 9. Ephes. 5. 23. By his own blood he entred in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us c. they who were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance c. He shall appear c. unto salvation Heb. 9. 12. 15 28. Receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls 1 Pet. 1. 9. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory by Jesus 1 Pet. 5. 10. And this is the promise which he hath promised us eternal life 1 Joh. 2. 25. 2 Tim. 1. 1. In this was manifest the love of God towards us because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him 1 Joh. 4. 9. This is the record that God hath given to us eternal life and this life is in his Son he who hath the Son hath life c. 1 John 5. 10 11 12. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus unto eternal life Jude v. 21. See more in the next Chapter CHAP. XI How Men have the benefit of this Salvation or by what means it becomes theirs in particular By Faith THE just shall live by his faith Habak 2. 4. Abram believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness Gen. 15. 6. Rom. 4. 3. He who believeth and is baptised shall be saved Mark 16. 16. Blessed is she who believeth that there or for there shall be a performance of those thing which were told her from the Lord Luk. 1. 45. Jesus said to the woman thy sins are forgiven c. Thy faith saved thee go c. Luk. 7. 48 50. But to as many as received him to them he gave power or the right or priviledg to become the sons of God to them who believe on his name John 1. 12. The son of man must be lifted up That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life c. He who believeth on him is not condemned c. He who believeth on the son hath everlasting life John 3. 14 15 16 18 36. He who heareth my word and believeth on him who sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life c. Whom he hath sent him ye believe not c. And ye will not come to me that ye might have life John 5. 24 38 40. What shall we do that we may work the works of God Jesus answered and said unto them this is the work of God that ye believe on him whom he hath sent c. He who cometh to me shall never hunger and he who believeth on me shall never thirst c. This is the will of him who sent me that every one who seeth the son and believeth on him may have everlasting life c. He who believeth on me hath everlasting life c. I am the living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever c. Whosoever eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life John 6. 28 29 35 40 47 51 54. He who believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never dye c. John 11. 25 26. Jesus said unto Thomas reach hither thy finger c. Be not faithless but believing c. Jesus said unto him because thou hast seen thou hast believed blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed c. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name c. John 20. 27 29 31. Through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Act. 10. 43. By him all who believe are justified from all things c. Act. 13. 39. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus we shall be saved Act. 15. 11. Sirs what must I do to be saved And they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thine house Act. 16. 30 31. I kept back nothing which was profitable c. Testifying both to the Jews and also to 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 Act. 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 may 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 rightecusness 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 if we believe on him who raised up Jesus our Lord c. Rom. 4. 5 9 16 22 23 24. Being justified by faith we have peace with God c. We have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand c. Rom. 5. 1 2. We are saved by hope c. Rom. 8. 24. The Gentiles c. have attained unto the righteousness which is of faith c. But Israel hath not attained c. because they sought it not by faith Rom. 9. 30 32. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
partiality and without hypocrisie and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace c. James 3. 13 14 15 16 17 18. Jesus Christ whom having not seen ye love c. seeing that you have purified your souls in obeying the truth c. unto unfeigned love of the brethren 1 Pet. 1. 8 22. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word of God that ye may grow thereby if so be ye have tasted c. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the virtues or praises of him who hath called you c. 1 Pet. 2. 2 9. The time of our life may suffice c. when we walked in lasciviousness c. wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excess of riot 1 Pet. 4. 3 4. Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust Add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledg c. for if these things be in you and abound they make you that ye shall neither be barren and unfruitful in the knowledg of our Lord Jesus but he who lacketh these things is blind and cannot see afar off c. 2 Pet. 1. 4 5 6 7 8 9. Just Lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man dwelling among them in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with unlawful deeds 2 Pet. 2. 7 8. God is light c. if we say we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lye c. but if we walk in the light c. If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves 1 John 1. 6 7 8 Hereby we know that we know him if we keep his commandments He who faith I know him and keepeth not his commandments is a lyar and the truth is not in him c. he who abideth in him ought himself also so to walk even as he walked c. He who faith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now He who loveth his brother abideth in the light c. if any man loveth the world the love of the father is not in him c. if ye know that he is righteous ye know or know ye that every one who doth righteousness is born of God 1 John 2. 3 4 6 9 10 11 15 29. We shall see him as he is and every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself as he is pure c. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not c. he who committeth sin or giveth his labour to sin is of the devil c. whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God neither is he who loveth not his brother c. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brethren c. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him c. Whosoever hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up the bowels of his compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him c. Let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth And hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before God c. And hereby we know that he abideth in us by the spirit which he hath given us 1 John 3. 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 14 15 17 18 19 24. Chap. 4. 12. Love is God and every one who loveth is born of God and knoweth God If a man say I love God and hateth his brother he is a lyar for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen 1 John 4. 7 16 20. chap. 5. 1. Whosoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that c. Whosoever is born of God sinneth not but he who is begotten of God keepeth himself and that wicked one toucheth him not 1 John 5. 4 18. He who doth good is of God but he who doth evil hath not seen God 3 John v. 11. See more in the fruits of the Spirit Chap. 21. See more in the fruits of Faith Chap. 11. See more in Duties Chap. 16 under each Duty And Chap. 22 under each Duty in Affliction And Chap. 24 Duties to Magistrates CHAP. XIII Saints Believers the Children of God themselves may be overtaken with faults are not altogether free from sinful dispositions and inclinations in this Life and may be corrected of God for them 1st In general it is affirmed FOR there is no man who sinneth not 1 Kings 8. 46. How should man be just with God or before God If he will contend with him he cannot answer him one of a thousand c. Whom though I were righteous yet would I not answer I would make supplication to my judge c. If I justifie my self my own mouth shall condemn me If I say I am perfect it shall also prove me perverse Job 9. 1 2 3 15 20. Who can understand his errours Cleanse thou me from secret faults keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins let them not have dominion over me Psal. 19. 12 13. If thou Lord shouldest mark iniquity O Lord who shall stand Psal. 130. 3. Who can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from my sins Prov. 20. 9. A just man falleth seven times and riseth up Prov. 24. 16. For that there is not a just man upon earth who doth good and sinneth not Eccles. 7. 20. The flesh lusteth against the spirit c. so that ye cannot do the things that ye would Gal. 5. 17. If any man be overtaken in a fault ye who are spiritual restore such c. Considering thy self lest thou also be tempted Gal. 6. 1 2. I have no man like minded c. For all seek their own not the things which are Jesus Christs Phil. 2. 20 21. Paul saith I count not my self to have apprehended but this one thing c. I press towards the mark c. Let us therefore as many as be perfect be thus minded Phil. 3. 13 14 15. For in many things we offend all if any man offend not in word the same is a perfect man James 3. 2. If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins c. If we say that we have not sinned we make him a lyar and his word is not in us John 1. 1 8 9 10. If any man see his brother sin a sin not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them who sin not unto death There is
God of Israel so that after him was none like him c. for he clave to the Lord departed not from following of him c. 2 King 18. 1 3 4 5 6. When Isaiah had told Hezekiah being sick that he should be healed c. He said unto Isaiah what shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me c. He shewed his treasures unto the messenger of the king of Babylons son for which God was angry c. Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him for his heart was lifted up therefore there was wrath upon him c. In the business of the Ambassadours of the king of Babylon c. God left him to try him that he might know all that was in his heart 2 Kings 20. 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 2 Chron. 32. 25 31. Job that man was perfect and upright one who feared God and eschewed evil hast thou considered my servant Job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and an upright man c Ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right like my servant Job c. Ye have heard of the patience of Job Job 1. 1 8. Job 42. 8. James 5. 11. After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day c. See at large Job 3. 1 2 c. O that I might have my request and that God would grant me the thing which I long for even that it would please God to destroy me that he would let loose his hand and cut me off c. so that my soul chuseth strangling death rather than my life c. He confessed thus I have uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes Job 6. 8 9. Job 7. 15. Job 42. 3 6. As for me my feet were almost gone c. for I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked c. Verily I have cleansed my hands in vain c. so foolish was I and ignorant as a beast c. Psal. 73. 2 3 13 22. Will the Lord cast off for ever will he be favourable no more is his mercy clean gone for ever doth his promise fail for evermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious hath he in anger shut up his tender mercy I said this is mine infirmity Psal. 77. 7 8 9 10. The Prophet Jeremy in his affliction curseth the day of his birth Jer. 20. 14 15 c. The Prophet Jonah was very angry because God spared Nineveh and said Therefore now O Lord take I beseech thee my life from me for it is better for me to dye than to live Then said the Lord Dost thou well to be angry c. again he said so And Jonah said I do well to be angry even unto death Jonah 4. 1 2 3 4 8 9. chap. 1. 1 2 3. John sent two of his disciples to Christ and said unto him Art thou he who should come or do we look for another Mat. 11. 2 3. When Zacharias had a son promised him he said unto the Angel Whereby shall I know this for I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years c. Behold thou shalt be dumb c. Because thou believest not my words c. Luk. 1. 13 18 20. Jesus said unto Peter blessed art thou Simon c. Matt. 16. 16. Jesus said unto Peter O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt Matt. 14. 31. When Jesus spake of his being killed Peter said Be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee But he turned and said unto Peter get the behind me Satan thou art an offence to me for thou savourest not the things that be of God but those which be of men c. Thou wast with Jesus c. But he denyed before them all saying I know not what thou sayest c. And again he denyed with an Oath I do not know the man Then began he to curse and to swear I know not the man c. Matt. 16. 21 22 23. Matt. 26. 69 70 72 74. When Peter came to Antioch I withstood him to the face because he was to be blamed for before that certain came from James he did eat with the Gentiles but when they were come he withdrew and separated himself fearing them who were of the Circumcision and the other Jews dissembled likewise with him insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation Gal. 2. 11 12 13. The wise Virgins as well as the foolish while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbred and slept Matt. 25. 5. When the mother of Zebedees Children asked of Christ that her sons might set one at his right hand and the other on his left in the kingdom c. The Ten heard it they were moved with indignation against the two brethren c. Matt. 20. 20 21 24. One of his Disciples stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck a servant of the High-Priest and smote off his ear Christ rebuked for it c. Then all the Disciples forsook him and fled c. Jesus said unto them why reason ye because ye have no bread Perceive ye not yet neither understand have ye your hearts yet hardened c. Do ye not remember when I brake five loaves c Matt. 26. 51 56. Joh. 16. 32. Mark 8. 17 18 19. And there was also a strife amongst them which of them should be accounted the greatest c. Jesus appeared unto the Eleven c. and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them who had seen him c. Luk. 22. 24. Mark 16. 14. Luke 24. 21 25. Master we saw one cast out Devils in thy name and we forbad him because he followed not with us And Jesus said forbid him not c. James and John would have had fire from Heaven upon the Samaritans Jesus rebuked them and said ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of c. Thomas said except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails c. I will not believe c. Luk. 9. 49 50 54 55. John 20. 25. Paul said I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day Paul and Barnabas men who have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Act. 23. 1. Act. 15. 25 26. Barnabas determined to take with them John c. But Paul thought not good to take him with them c. And the contention was so sharp that they departed asunder one from the other c. Act. 15. 37 38 39. When we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest c. Without fightings within were fears 2 Cor. 7. 5. Paul did what he hated c. and said O wretched man that I am c. Rom. 7. 15 18 19 24. Many
judgment who seeketh the truth and I will pardon it Jer. 5. 1. Gen. 18. 26 32. Is Ephraim my dear Son he a pleasant child since I spake against him I do earnestly remember him still therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy on him saith the Lord c. If the ordinances of heaven cease then the seed of Israel shall cease from being a Nation before me Jer. 31. 20 36 37. When Jerusalem was taken and Jeremiah the Prophet the King of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah c. Look well to him and do him no harm but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee Jer. 39. 11 12. The Precious sons of Zion comparable to fine gold how are they esteemed c. Lam. 4. 2. Though I have scattered them c. yet will I be unto them as a little sanctuary in the Countreys where they shall come Ezek. 11. 16. Though these three men Noah Daniel and Job were in it they should deliver their own souls by their righteousness saith the Lord c. They only shall be delivered themselves Ezek. 14. 14 16 18 20. I sought for a man amongst them who should make up the hedg and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it but I found none therefore c. Ezek. 22. 30 31. Because thou hast said c. These two Countreys shall be mine and we will possess it whereas the Lord was there or though the Lord was there Therefore c. Ezek. 35. 10 11. O Daniel a man greatly beloved c. O man greatly beloved fear not c. Dan. 10. 11 19. Jacob c. by his strength he had power with God yea he had power over the Angel and prevailed he wept c. There he spake with us even the Lord God of Hosts Hosea 12. 2 3 4 5. Gen. 32. 24 25. I will be as the dew unto Israel He shall grow as the Lilly c. Hosea 14. 5 6. For he who toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eyes Zech. 2. 8. We will go with you for we have heard God is with you Zech. 8. 23. Ezra 8. 22. The Lord hearkened and heard and a book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought upon his name And they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts in that day when I make up my Jewels or special treasure and I will spare them as a man spareth his son who serveth him then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked between him who serveth God and him who serveth him not Malachi 3. 16 17 18. Unto you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as Calves in the stall Mal. 4. 2. They are pronounced blessed and many priviledges mentioned by Christ. They are the salt of the earth the light of the world c. Matt. 5. 3 4 to the 14. The very hairs of your head are all numbred c. Ye are of more value then many sparrows Matt. 10. 30 31. Among them who are born of women there hath not risen a greater then John the Baptist. Notwithstanding he who is least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he Matt. 11. 11. It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven c. Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear c. Matt. 13. 11 16. Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me it were better for him that a Millstone were hanged about his neck c. Wo unto the world because of offences c. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you that in heaven their Angels do always behold the face of my father c. Matt. 18. 6 7 10. For the elects sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened the days c. Mark 13. 20. Rejoyce not that the spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoyce because your names are written in the book of life Luk. 10. 20. Fear not little flock it is your fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom Luk. 12. 32. Joy in Heaven over one sinner who repenteth more then over Ninety nine just persons c. There is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over him c. Luk. 15. 7 10. To as many as received him to them he gave power or the right or priviledge to become the sons of God even to them who believe on his name who are born not of blood c. but of God John 1. 12 13. Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst c. John 4. 14. Jesus said I am the light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life c. If the son therefore shall make you free ye shall be free indeed c. He who keeps my sayings shall never see death c. John 8. 12 36 51. ch 12. 46. My sheep c. I know them c. And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10. 27 28. 1 John 5. 12 13. If any man serve me let him follow me and where I am there also shall my servant be If any man serve me him will my father honour John 12. 26. I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you c. ye see me c. Because I live ye shall live also c. He who loveth me shall be loved of my father and I will love him and will manifest my self unto him c. And my father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him c. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you c. John 14. 18 19 21 23 27. ch 16. 27. ch 17. 23. Ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you c. Ye are my friends c. Henceforth I call you not servants c. But I have called you friends for all things which I have heard of my father I have made known unto you John 15. 7 14 15. 1 John 3. 22. Christ prays for them only not for the world John 17. 9 10. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my father and your father and to my God and your God John 20. 17. God is no respecter of persons but in every nation he who feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him Act. 10. 34 35. The love of God is shed abroad into our hearts by the holy Ghost which is given unto us Rom. 5. 5. Sin shall not have dominion over you because ye are not under the law but under grace c. Now being made free from sin and become servants to God ye have
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
Let him who speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret c. I will pray with the spirit and will pray with understanding also 1 Cor. 14. 13 14 15. You also helping together by prayer for us 2 Cor. 1. 11. For this cause I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart frâ—…m me and he said unto me My grace is sufficient c. 2 Cor. 12. 7 8 9. Making mention of you in my prayers That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledg of him c. Ephes. 1. 16 17 18 19. For this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus c. That he would grant unto you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith c. Ephes. 3. 14 15 16 17 18 19. Praying always with all manner of prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints and for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may c. Ephes. 6. 18 19. Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request c. And thus I pray that your love may abound c. Phil. 1. 4 9 10 11. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God c. Phil. 4. 6. For this cause we also c. do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledg of his will c. Col. 1. 9 10 11. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving withall praying also for us that God would open unto us a dore of utterance c. Labouring fervently for you in prayers that ye may stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God Col. 4. 2 3 4 12. 1 Pet. 4. 7. Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith Now God himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way unto you and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love c. 1 Thes. 3. 10 11 12. Pray without ceasing c. And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly c. Brethren pray for us 1 Thes. 5. 17 23 25. We pray always for you that our God would c. fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith 2 Thes. 1. 11. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our father who hath loved us comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word and work ' 2 Thes. 2. 16 17. Finally brethren pray for us that the word of the Lord may have free course or may run and be glorified and that we may be delivered c. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God c. 2 Thes. 3. 1 2 5. Exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and for all who are in authority or eminent place that we may lead a quiet c. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour c. I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy hands without wrath or doubting 1 Tim. 2. 1 2 3 8. Every creature of God is good c. if it be received with thanksgiving c. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer 1 Tim. 4. 4 5. She that is a widow indeed c. and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day 1 Tim. 5. 5. I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day 2 Tim. 1. 3. Philemon vers 4. Seeing then that we have a great high-priest that is passed into the heavens Jesus c. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need Heb. 4. 14 15 16. Who in the days of his flesh when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong cries and tears unto him who was able to save Heb. 5. 7. Having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest c. and having an High Priest over the house of God Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith c. Heb. 10. 19 20 21 22. Pray for us c. Now the God of peace c. make you perfect in every good work to do his will working in you that which is well pleasing c. Heb. 13. 18 20 21. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God who giveth unto all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him but let him ask in faith nothing wavering for he who wavereth is like a wave of the Sea c. And let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord James 1. 5 6 7. Ye have not because ye ask not ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your lusts or pleasures James 4. 2 3. Is any among you afflicted let him pray c. is any sick among you let him call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over him c. and the prayer of faith shall save the sicâ—… c. Pray one for another the effectual fervent prayer c. James 5. 13 14 15 16 17. And if ye call on the father who without respect of persons judgeth c. 1 Pet. 1. 17. Likewise ye husbands dwell with them c. that your prayers be not hindred â—… The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers 1 Pet. 3. 7 12. Be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer 1 Pet. 4. 7. Whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight 1 John 3. 22. This is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according unto his will he heareth us and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask we know that we have the petitions that we desire of him If any man see his brother sin a sin not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death There is a sin unto death I do not say that ye shall pray for it 1 John 5. 14 15 16. Praying in the holy Ghost Jude vers 20. The Elders c. having every one of them harps and golden viols full of odours or incense which are the prayers of the saints Rev. 5. 8. Another Angel came and stood at the Altar having a golden Censer and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it or add it to with the prayers of
is able c. To the only wise God our Saviour be glory and majesty dominion c. Jude vers 24. 25. Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things c. Rev. 4. 11. And they sung a new song Thou art worthy c. for thou wast slain c. Worthy is the lamb which was slain to receive power and riches and wisdome and strength and honour and glory and blessing c. unto him that sits on the throne and unto the lamb for ever and ever Rev. 5. 9 11 12 13. chap. 7. 11 12. Fear God give glory unto him Rev. 14. 7. And they sung the song of Moses c. saying Great and marvellous are thy works Lord God Almighty c. Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy name for thou only art holy c. Rev. 15. 3 4. Salvation and glory and honour and power unto the Lord our God for true and righteous are his judgments c. And again c. Praise our God all ye his servants and ye who fear him both small and great Rev. 19. 1. 2 5 7. To fear God alone and none else the Arguments for it Not to fear any elsâ—… or other fear Fear not Abram I am thy shield thy exceeding great reward Gen. 15. 1. God appeared unto Isaac the same night and said I am the God of Abram thy father fear not for I am with thee c. Gen. 26. 24. If thou shalt say in thine heart These nations are more than I how can I dispossess them thou shalt not be afraid of them but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharoah c. Thou shalt not be affrighted at them for the Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible c. Deut. 7. 17 18 21. Be strong and of a good courage fear not nor be afraid of them for the Lord thy God he who goeth with thee he will not fail thee nor forsake thee Deut. 31. 6 8. Joshua 1. 5 6 7 9. I will not be afraid of ten thousand of people that have set against me round about Psal. 3. 6. 2 Chron. 20. 15 16 17. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep for thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety Psal. 4. 8. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou with me c. Psal. 23. 4. The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid c though an host should encamp against me my heart shall not fear c. Psal. 27. 1 3. God is our refuge c. therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried c. Psal. 46. 1 2. In God will I put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me Psal. 56. 4 11. The righteous c. shall not be afraid of evil tidings c. Psal. 112. 6 7 8. Be not afraid of sudden fear neither of the defolation of the wicked when it cometh for the â—…rd shall be thy confidence c. Prov. 3. 25 26. The fear of man bringeth a snare Prov. 29. 25. Say ye not a confederacy c. neither fear ye their fear nor be afraid c. Isa. 8. 12. ch 7. 3 4 5 6. Say unto them who are of a fearful heart Be strong fear not behold your God will come Isa. 35. 4. Fear thou not for I am with thee be not dismayed for I am thy God c. fear not I will help thee c. Fear not thou worm Jacob Ye men of Israel I will help thee saith the Lord Isa. 41. 10 13 14. Thus saith the Lord who created thee O Jacob c. fear not for I have redeemed thee c. when thou passest through the waters I with thee Isa. 43. 1 2 5. Fear ye not neither be afraid have not I told thee c. is there a God besides me c. Isa. 44. 8. Hearken unto me ye who know righteousness c. Fear ye not the reproach of men neither be afraid of their revilings for the moth shall eat them c. I am he who comforteth you Who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall dye and of the son of man who shall be made as grass and forgettest the Lord thy maker Isa. 51. 7 8 12 13. Be not afraid of their faces for I am with thee to deliver thee c. Jer. 1. 7 8 17 18 19. Learn not the ways of the heathen and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens for the heathen are dismayed at them for the customs of the people are vain Jer. 10. 2. Be not afraid of them neither be afraid of their words c. nor be dismayed at their looks c. Ezek. 2. 6. chap. 3. 9. When Christ had told his disciples what persecutors would do to them he saith Fear them not c. And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul Matt. 10. 26 28. Luke 12. 4. Why are ye so fearful how is it that ye have no saith Mark 4. 40. We being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without fear Luke 1. 74. Fear not little flock for it is your fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom Luke 12. 32. Let not your hearts be troubled c. neither let it be afraid John 14. 1 27. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but c. Rom. 8. 15. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power 2 Tim. 1. 7. Moses parents feared not the kings edict nor did he the kings wrath Heb. 11. 25 27. We may boldly say The Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto me Heb. 13. 5 6. If ye suffer for righteousness sake happy and be not afraid of their terrour neither be troubled but sanctifie the Lord c. 1 Pet. 3. 14 15. There is no fear in love but perfect love casteth out fear because fear hath torment he who feareth is not made perfect in love 1 John 4. 18. Fear God Now I know that thou fearest God seeing thou hast not withheld thy son Gen. 22. 12. But the midwives feared God and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them but saved the men-children alive c. Therefore God dealt well with the Midwives c. Exod. 5. 17 20 21. I will at this time send all my plagues c. that thou maist know that there is none like me in all the earth c. He who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants c. flee into the houses Exod. 9. 14 20. Israel saw that great work of drowning the Egyptians c. which the Lord did and the
lying lips are an abomination to the Lord but they who deal truly are his delight Prov. 12. 17 22. He who keepeth his mouth keepeth his life but he who openeth wide his lips shall have destruction c. a righteous man hateth lying Prov. 13. 3 5. A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger The tongue of the wise useth knowledg aright but the mouth of fools poureth forth foolishness c. A wholsom tongue is a tree of life but perversness therein is a breach in the spirit c. The lips of the wise disperseth knowledg c. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth and a word spoken in due season how good it is The heart of the righteous studieth to answer but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things Prov. 15. 1 2 4 7 23 28. Righteous lips are the delight of kings and they love him who speaketh right c. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and addeth learning unto his lips Pleasant words are as an honey-comb sweet to the soul Prov. 16. 13 23 24. Excellent speech becomes not a fool much less do lying lips a Prince c. He who hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief c. He who hath knowledg spareth his words c. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wife He who shutteth his lips is a man of understanding Prov. 17. 7 20 27 28. A fools lips enter into contention and his mouth calleth for strokes c. His mouth is his destruction and his lips the snare of his soul c. The word of a tale-bearer or whisperer are as wounds c. He who answereth a matter before he heareth it is folly and shame unto him c. Death and life is in the power of the tongue c. The rich man answereth roughly Prov. 18. 6 7 8 13 21 23. He who speaketh lyes shall perish c. shall not escape Prov. 19. 5 9. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles Prov. 21. 23. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver Prov. 25. 11. Answer not a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit Prov. 26. 4 5. Let another man praise thee not thine own mouth a stranger not thine own lips Prov. 27. 2. A fool uttereth all his mind but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards c. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words there is more hope of a fool than of him Prov. 29. 11 20. Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God c. Let thy words be few c. for in many words also divers vanities but fear thou God Eccl. 5. 2 3 7. The words of wise men are heard in quiet Eccl. 9. 17. The words of a wise mans mouth are gracious or grace c. A fool also is full of words a man cannot tell what shall be Eccl. 10. 12 14. I hearkned and heard they spake not aright c. Jer. 8. 6. They bent their tongue like their bow for lyes but are not valiant for the truth c. will not speak the truth they have taught their tongue to speak lyes c. Their tongue is an arrow shot out it speaketh deceit one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth in his heart he layeth in wait Jer. 9. 3 5 8. The Lord hath a controversie c. because there is no truth c. by swearing and lying c. Hosea 4. 1 2. The prudent shall keep silence in that day for it is an evil time Amos 5. 13. Keep the dores of thy mouth from her who lieth in thy bosom Micah 7. 5. Speak ye every man truth to his neighbour Zech. 8. 16. How can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things But I say unto you That every idle word which men shall speak they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment for by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned Mat. 12. 34 35 36 37. Those things which proceed out of the mouth cometh forth from the heart and they defile the man Mat. 15. 18. And all wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth Luke 4. 22. Peter too rashly said unto Christ Thou shalt never wash my feet Joh. 13. 8. Bless and curse not Rom. 12. 14. In the Church I had rather speak five words with my understanding that I might teach others also than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue c. It is a shame for a woman to speak in the Church 1 Cor. 14. 19 35. Evil communication corrupt good manners 1 Cor. 15. 33. Wherefore putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbour c. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying or to edifie profitable that it may minister grace unto the hearers and grieve not the holy Spirit of God c. Let all bitterness c. and clamour and evil speaking be put away Eph. 4. 25 29 30 31. But fornication c. let it not be once named amongst you as becometh Saints neither filthy nor foolish talking nor jesting which are not convenient Eph. 5. 3 4. But now also put off all these c. blasphemy filthy communication out of your mouth lye not one to another c. Col. 3. 8 9. Let your speech be always with grace seasoned with salt that you may know how ye ought to answer every man Col. 4. 6. Neither give heed to fables c. which minister questions rather than godly edifying 1 Tim. 1. 4. They learn to be idle c. and not only idle but tatlers also and busie-bodies speaking things which they ought not 1 Tim. 5. 13. Doting about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh envy strife railing c. perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds c. 1 Tim. 6. 4 5. Charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit to the subverting of the hearers c. Shun prophane and vain bablings for they will increase unto more ungodliness and their word will eat as doth a canker c. but foolish and unlearned questions avoid knowing that they do gender strifes 2 Tim. 2. 14 16 17 23. In all things shew thy self a pattern c. sound speech which cannot be condemned that he who is of the contrary party may be ashamed Titus 2. 7 8. Speak evil of no man to be no brawler c. Titus 3. 2. Let every man be swift to hear
and abound in love one towards another 1 Thes. 3. 12. As touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you for ye your selves are taught of God to love one another c. that ye increase more 1 Thes. 4. 9 10. We are bound to thank God c. because that your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth 2 Thes. 1. 3. Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart 1 Tim. 1. 5. Follow c. love 2 Tim. 2. 22. I thank my God c. hearing of thy love c. toward all saints Philem. v. 4 5. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name in that ye have ministred to the saints and do Heb. 6. 10. Let brotherly love continue Heb 13. 1. If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self ye do well James 2. 8. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts glory not c. this wisdom descendeth not from above c. James 3. 14 15 16. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unseigned love of the brethren see that ye love one another with a pure heart servently 1 Pet. 1. 22. Love the brotherhood 1 Pet. 2. 17. Finally c. love as brethren or loving to brethren 1 Pet. 3. 8. And above all things have fervent charity among your selves 1 Pet. 4. 8. Add c. to brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity 2 Pet. 1. 7. He who saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now he who loveth his brother abideth in the light 1 John 2. 9 10 11. Is not of God neither he who loveth not his brother for this is the message that ye heard from the beginning that we should love one another c. We know that we are passed from death to life because we love the brethren c. we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth 1 John 3. 10 11 12 14 16 18 19. Let us love one another for love is of God and every one who loveth is born of God and knoweth God he who loveth not knoweth not God for God is love c. if God so loved us we ought also to love one another c. if any man say he loveth God and hateth his brother he is a lyar c. this commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his brother also 1 John 4. 7 8 11 12 20 21. 2 Epist. Joh. v. 5. 2dly From love to sympathize with each other in pity and compassion help and comfort one another and bear one anothers burthen have mutual care The children of Israel when they had in battel cut off the Benjamites they bemoan them lift up their voices and wept sore and said O Lord God of Israel Why is this come to pass in Israel that their should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel c and it repented them for Benjamin their brother and said There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day How shall we do for wives for them c Judges 21. 1 2 3 6 7 12 13 14 15 16. With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful 2 Sam. 22. 26. Psal. 18. 25. Thus saith the Lord of Host c. shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother and oppress not the widow Zech. 7. 9 10. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Mat. 5. 7. Come ye blessed c. I was hungry and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me c. Verily I say unto you Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Mat. 25. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. In the parable of the man who fell among the thieves one looked upon the wounded man and another did so but a certain Samaritan saw him had compassion on him bound up his wounds c. He who shewed mercy was his neighbour Go and do thou likewise Luke 10. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37. I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Luke 22. 32. Rejoyce with them who do rejoyce and weep with them who weep Be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 15 16. We then who are strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weak and not to please our selves Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification Rom. 15. 1 2. 1 Cor. 8. 1. To the weak became I as weak that I might gain the weak c. 1 Cor. 9. 22. Let no man seek his own but every man anothers wealth c. As I please all men 1 Cor. 10. 24 33. By one spirit are we all baptized into one body c. that the members should have the same care one of another and whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured all the members rejoyce with it Now are ye the body of Christ and members in particular 1 Cor. 12. 12 13 18 25 26 27. Charity c. seeketh not her own 1 Cor. 13. 4 5. Blessed be God c. the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort who comforteth us c. that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we our selves are comforted of God 2 Cor. 1. 3 4. Who is weak and I am not weak who is offended and I burn not 2 Cor. 11. 29. Bear ye one anothers burthens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 1 2. We are members one of another c. Be ye kind one to another tender-hearted Eph. 4. 25 32. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy kindness c. Col. 3. 12. Comfort the feeble minded support the weak 1 Thes. 5. 14. Ye endured a great fight of afflictions c. by reproaches and afflictions and partly whilest ye became companions of them who were so used for ye had compassion on me in my bonds Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels c. Remember them who are in bonds as bound with them and them who suffer adversity as being your selves also in the body Heb. 13. 2 3. Pure religion c. is this to visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions James 1. 27. The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy James 5. 11. Be ye all of one mind having compassion one of
love Prov. 27. 5. He who rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he who flattereth with the tongue Prov. 28. 23. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee alone c. If he will not hear thee then take one or two more c. Matth. 18. 15 16 17. Luke 17. 3 4. Ye also are full of goodness filled with all knowledg able to admonish one another Rom. 15. 4. Paul rebuked Peter for not walking uprightly Gal. 2 11 12 13 14. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly c. teaching and admonishing one another Col. 3. 16. Comfort or exhort your selves together and edifie one another even as also ye do c. Warn them who are unruly or disorderly comfort the feeble-minded 1 Thes. 5. 11 14. If any man obey not c. have no company with him c. but admonish him as a brother 2 Thes. 3. 14 15. 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 c. Them that sin rebuke before all that others also may fear 1 Tim. 5. 1 2 20. Exhort one another daily c. lest any of you be hardned through the decitsulness of sin Heb. 3. 12 13. Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works not forsaking the assemblings of your selves c. but exhorting one another Heb. 10. 24 25. Brethren if any one of you do err from the truth and one convert him let him know that he c. shall save a soul from death and shall hide c. James 5. 19 20. Of some have compassion making a difference and others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh Jude verse 20. 22 23. See Discipline Chap. 27. To take rebuke admonition c. well from each other When David had rashly resolved to cut off all Nabals family and Abigail had met him and humbly and wisely admonished him David accepts of the advice and saith Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me and blessed be thy advice and blessed be thou who hast kept me this day from shedding of blood c. I have hearkned to thy voice 1 Sam. 25. 22 23 24 25 to the 35. When Nathan had told David his sin in the matter of Uriah David said I have sinned against the Lord 2 Sam. 12. 7 13. When Joab had told the King of his errour in mourning so for Absalom as to discourage his subjects who had fought for him David hearkned and arose and sate in the gate as Joab advised 2 Sam. 19. 5 6 7 8. Let the righteous smite me it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me it shall be as excellent oyl which shall not break my head Psal. 141. 5. A wise man will hear and will increase learning Prov. 1. 5. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate thee rebuke a wise man and he will love thee give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser c. Prov. 9. 8 9. He is in the way of life who keepeth instruction but he who refuseth reproof erreth or causeth to err Prov. 10. 17. Whosoever loveth instruction loveth knowledg but he who hateth reproof is brutish c. he who hearkneth unto counsel is wise Prov. 12. 1 15. A wise son heareth his fathers instruction but a scorner heareth not rebuke c. Poverty and shame to him who refuseth instruction but he who regardeth reproof shall be honoured Prov. 13. 1 18. A fool despiseth his fathers instruction but he who regardeth reproof is prudent c. He who hateth reproof shall die c. A scorner loveth not one who reproveth c. The ear which heareth reproof of life abideth among the wise He who refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul c. Prov. 15. 5 10 12 31 32. A reproof entreth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool Prov. 17. 10. As an ear-ring of gold c. so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear Prov. 25. 12. He who being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy c. The rod and reproof gives wisdom Prov. 29. 1 15. Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth Gal. 4. 16. Submit your selves one to another in the fear of God Ephes. 5. 21. Ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility 1 Pet. 5. 5. 7thly To confess sin to and pray each for other When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit to do a trespass against the Lord c. then they shall confess their sin which they have done and he shall recompence his trespass c. and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed Numb 5. 6 7. And many who believed came and confessed and shewed their deeds c. Acts 19. 18 19. Paul confesseth that beyond measure he persecuted the Church of God and wasted it c. Gal. 1. 13. 1 Tim. 1. 12 13. Confess your fault one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed Jam. 5. 16. If a man see his brother sin a sin not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them who sin not unto death 1 John 5. 16. 8thly To be of one mind Behold how good and how pleasant is it for brethren to dwell together in Unity like the precious ointment upon the head c. Psal. 133. 1 2. Christ prays that they may be kept that they may be one as we are c. Joh. 19. 11 12. And the multitude of them who believed were of one heart and of one soul c. Acts 4. 32. We being many are one body in Christ and every one members one of another c. Be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 5 16. Now the God c. grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God even the father Rom. 15. 5 6. I beseech you brethren c. that ye all speak the same things and that there be no division but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment 1 Cor. 1. 10 12. Whereas there is among you c. divisions Are ye not carnal c One faith I am of Paul c. 1 Cor. 3. 3 4. When ye come together in the Church I hear there be divisions among you c. 1 Cor. 11. 18 23. Finally brethren c. be of one mind 2 Cor. 13. 11. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace c. one body and one spirit Ephes. 4. 3 4 5. That ye stand fast in one spirit with one mind striving
them and not forsake them Isa. 42. 16. Fear not for I have redeemed thee c. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned c. for I am the Lord thy God Isa. 43. 1 2 3. The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary Isa. 50. 4. Thus saith the high and lofty one c. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones for I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wrath for the spirit should fail before me and the soul I have made Isa. 57. 15 16. I will make an everlasting covenant with them and I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me Jer. 32. 40. Rejoyce not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Micah 7. 8. Ye shall be brought before governours and before kings for my sake c. take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak Matth. 10. 18 19 20. Luke 21. 15. Simon Simon Behold Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. Whosoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give them shall never thirst but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life John 4. 14. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand my father who gave them me is greater than I and no man is able to pluck them out of my fathers hands I and my father one John 10. 27 28 29 30. Holy father keep through thine own name those thou hast given me c. while I was with them in the world I kept them in thy name c. I pray c. that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one John 17. 11 12 15. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ tribulation or distress c nay in all these things we are more than conquerours through him who loved us for I am perswaded that neither death nor life c. shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom. 8. 25 36 37 38 39. Who art thou who judgest another mans servant yea he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand Rom. 14. 4. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly c. Now to him who is of power to establish you according to my Gospel c. To God only wise c. Rom. 16. 20 25 27. Jesus Christ who shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be also blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ God is faithful c. 1 Cor. 1. 7 8 9. There hath no tentation taken you but what is common or moderate unto man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it 1 Cor. 10. 13. Now he who establisheth us with you in Christ and hath anointed us is God who hath also sealed us c. 2 Cor. 1. 21 22. I sought the Lord c. and he said unto me My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness most gladly therefore will I glory in mine infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me for when I am weak then am I strong 2 Cor. 12 7 8 9 10. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand c. Ephes. 6. 10 11 13. Being confident of this very thing that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect or finish it until the day of Christ Phil. 1. 6. Every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry c. I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me Phil. 4. 12 13. And I pray God your whole spirit soul and body be preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ faithful is he who called you who also will do it 1 Thess. 5. 23 24. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself c. stablish you in every good word and work 2 Thess. 2. 17. The Lord is faithful who shall stablish you and keep you from evil 2 Thess. 3. 3. I know whom I have believed and am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day 2 Tim. 1. 12. No man stood with me c. notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthened me c. and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom 2 Tim. 4. 16 17 18. To an inheritance c. reserved for you or for us who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation 1 Pet. 1. 4 5. But the God of all grace who hath called us c. after that you have suffered a while make you perfect stablish strengthen settle you 1 Pet. 5. 10. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God 1 John 3. 9. chap. 5. 18. Ye are of God little children and have overcome them because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4. 4. Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory c. to the only wise God c. Jude verse 24. 25. God in Christ doth command invite and encourage by promises to come to him for teachings spiritual life and strength to bring forth fruit ond persevere and to east our care upon him for all The Lord he it is who doth go before thee he will be with thee he will not fail thee neither forsake thee fear not neither be dismayed Deut. 31. 8. Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Wait I say on the Lord Psal. 27. 14. Cast thy burthen upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal. 55. 22. Wisdom cryeth without she uttereth her voice in the streets c. How long ye simple ones
c. but I will proceed no farther Job 40. 4 5. I have heard of thee c. but now mine eyes see thee wherefore I abhor my self c. Job 42. 5 6. Hath he smitten bim c By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sin Isa. 27. 7 8 9. My fury and mine anger was poured out c. They are not humbled unto this day neither have they feared nor walked in my law Jer. 44. 6 10. I will cause you to pass under the rod c. and you shall remember your wayes c. and ye shall loath your selves in your own sight Ezek. 40. 37 38 43. Some of them of understanding shall fall c. to purge and to make them white Dan. 11. 35. I will bring the third part through the fire and will refine them as silver Zech. 13. 9. Lest I should be exalted above measure c. there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of Satan to buffet me 2 Cor. 12. 7. 3dly To make them to remember God and things above look to own them and close with them Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed and Jacob said O God of my father Abraham c. the Lord who saidst unto me Return c. Gen. 32. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. He suffered thee to hunger c. that thou mayst know that man lives not by bread alone but c. Deut. 8. 3. When Manasseh was in affliction he besought the Lord his God c. then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God 2 Chron. 33. 12 13. God hath overthrown me and hath encompassed me with his net c. for I know my redeemer liveth and he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth c. in my flesh shall I see God Job 19. 6 25 26 27. When my heart is overwhelmed lead me to the rock that is higher than I for thou hast been a shelter Psal. 61. 2 3. When he slew them then they sought him and they returned and enquired early after God and they remembred that God was their rock c. Psal. 78. 34 35. It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy statutes the law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold c. Psal. 119. 71 72. Such as escape of the house of Jacob shall no more again stay upon him who smote them but shall stay upon the Lord the holy one of Israel in truth Isa. 10. 20 21. In that day it shall come to pass that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin c. At that day shall a man look to his maker and his eyes shall have respect to the holy One of Israel and he shall not look to the altars c. Isa. 17. 4 5 6 7 8. Wherefore doth a living man complain c let us search and try our ways and turn again unto the Lord Lam. 3. 39 40. I will cause you to pass under the rod c. and ye shall know that I am the Lord Ezek. 20. 37 38. Behold I will hedg up thy way c. Then shall she say I will go and return to my first husband for then was it better with me than now c. Hos. 2. 6 7 8. chap. 5. 15. We had the sentence of death in our selves that we should not trust in our selves but in God who raiseth the dead who delivered us c. 2 Cor. 1. 8 9 10. Our light affliction c. worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen c. 2 Cor. 4. 17 18. 4thly For Gods own glory and the furtherance of the Gospel I will harden Pharoahs heart that he shall follow after them and I will be honoured upon Pharoah and upon all his host that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord c. And the Egyptians pursued after them c. and the children of Israel were sore afraid c. Exod. 14. 4 9 10 17 18. He fed thee with Manna c. that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone but by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live Deut. 8. 3. Howbeit because by this deed thou hast given great cause to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die 2 Sam. 12. 14. Hast thou considered my servant Job c and still he holdeth fast his integrity although thou movest me against him to destroy him without cause Job 2. 3. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain Psal. 76. 10. The three childrens sufferings made persecutors acknowledg and give honour to God Dan. 3. 27 28 29. So Daniels sufferings made Darius the king who had caused him to be cast into the lions den to acknowledg and honour God Dan. 6. 20 26 27. Master Who did sin this man or his parents that he was born blind Jesus answered Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents but that the work of God might be made manifest in him John 9. 1 2 3. Jesus said This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God that the Son of God might be glorified thereby John 11. 3 4. This spake he signifying by what death he should glorifie God John 21. 18 19. We are troubled on every side c. that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body for we who live are always delivered unto death that the life of Jesus might be manifest in our mortal flesh 2 Cor. 4. 8 9 10 11. When Paul was buffeted c. he besought the Lord thrice that it might depart and it was said My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness most gladly will I therefore rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me c. 2 Cor. 12. 7 8 9 10. I would have you understand c. that the things which have happened to me have fallen out to the furtherance of the Gospel c. and many of the brethren of the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear Phil. 1. 12 13 14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ c. the spirit c. on your part he is glorified 1 Pet. 4. 14. 5thly For the effecting of great good and advantage to those who are exercised with trouble c. Josephs afflictions and sufferings his being sold by his brethren and after being imprisoned happened through God to his great honour and advantage He advanced to be next the king his brethren who sold him made to bow to him and honour him and are nourished by him His fathers sorrow also recompensed in that Joseph provided for
of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father c. Mark 8. 36. These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended Joh. 16. 1. Gal. 5. 11. ch 6. 12. When the Apostles had been commanded not to speak at all c. in the name of Jesus they say Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judg ye For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard Act. 4. 19 20. Again when they were charged with preaching contrary to their command the Apostle said We ought to obey God rather than men And they preached Christ before the council who caused them to be beaten and gave them a new charge not to preach yet they daily in the temple and in every house ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ Act. 5. 27 28 29 30 40 41 42. None of these things move me c. so that I may finish my course with joy and the ministry c. Act. 20. 23 24. I am ready not only to be bound but also to die c. for the name of the Lord Jesus Act. 21. 13. Paul before Felix said After the way they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers Act. 24. 14. Many of the brethren in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear c. that ye stand fast c. striving together for the faith of the Gospel and in nothing terrified by your adversaries Phil. 1. 14 27 28. Be thou not therefore ashamed of the testimony of the Lord nor of me his prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel c. I suffer these things nevertheless I am not ashamed 2 Tim. 1. 8 12. If we suffer c. if we deny him he also will deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. Nor faint when thou are rebuked of him Heb. 12. 5. If any man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but glorifie God 1 Pet. 4. 16. Thou shalt suffer c. be thou faithful unto the death and I will give thee a crown of life Rev. 2. 10. See more of perseverance Chap. 16. 5thly To be chearful under affliction and rejoyce to be counted worthy to suffer for Christ. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vine c. yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation Hab. 3. 17 18. When they shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake rejoyce and be exceeding glad Math. 5. 11 12. In the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good chear I have overcome the world Joh. 16. 33. When the Apostles had been put into the common prison brought before the council and been beaten there they departed from the presence of the council rejoycing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name Act. 5. 18 27 40 41. Paul and Silas being thrust into the inner prison and their feet made fast in the Stocks sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard Act. 6. 24 25. Bonds and afflictions abide me but none of these things move me Act. 20. 23 24. What mean we to weep c. I am ready not to be bound only but also to die Act. 21. 13. And not only so but we glory in tribulation also Rom. 5. 3. As sorrowful yet always rejoycing 2 Cor. 6. 10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses for Christs sake 2 Cor. 12. 9 10. I Paul am made a minister who now rejoyce in my sufferings for you Col. 1. 23 24. Thou therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of â—â—rist 2 Tim. 2. 3. For ye c. took joyfully the spoyling of your goods knowing in your selves c. Heb. 10. 34. Moses chusing rather to suffer c. esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt Heb. 11. 25 26. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees Heb. 12. 12. My brethren count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations knowing this that the trying of your faith worketh patience c. Blessed is the man who endureth temptation for when he is tryed he shall receive the crown James 1. 1 2 12. Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery tryal which is to try you c. but rejoyce inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also If any suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorifie God in this behalf for the time is come when judgment c. 1. Peter 4. 12. 13. 16. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach Heb. 13. 13. 6thly To cry to the Lord for help support and salvation Jacob in his distress when Esau pursued him prayed earnestly Gen. 32. 8 9 24. Jacob in his great distress when Joseph had kept Simeon and required Benjamin also said God almighty give you mercy before the man that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin If I be bereaved c. Gen. 43. 14. The children of Israel lifted up their eyes and behold the Egyptians marched after them and they were sore afraid and the children of Israel cryed out unto the Lord Exod. 14. 10. When all the waters were bitter that the people could not drink Moses cryed unto the Lord Exod. 15. 23 24 25. Moses cryed unto the Lord saying What shall I do unto this people they be almost ready to stone me c. So when Amalek fought with Israel Moses held up his hand and then Israel prevailed c. Exod. 17. 1 2 3 4 11 12. The Lord shall scatter you among the nations c. But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 4. 27 29. When Israel were delivered into the hand of their enemies they cryed unto the Lord and the Lord raised up a deliverer Judg. 3. 8 9. Hannah was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore 1 Sam. 1. 10 11 12 13. David in his distress prayed the Lord to turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishnâ—… 2 Sam. 15. 31. ch 12. 22. In my distress I called upon the Lord and cryed to my God and he did hear my voice out of his temple 2 Sam. 22. 7. When Jerusalem was in distress by reason of the Assyrians and Rabshakehs railing and threatning Hezekiah spread the letter before the Lord and prayed before the Lord and said O Lord God c. 2 Kings 19. 14 15 16 c. Hezekiah was sick unto death c. he turned his face
Job 2. 3 4 5 6 7. And he shewed me Joshua the High-priest standing before the Angel of the Lord and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him And the Lord said unto Satan The Lord rebuke thee O Satan even the Lord who hath chosen c. Zechar. 3. 1 2. Jesus c. in the wilderness to be tempted of the devil when he had fasted c. the tempter came to him he said If thou be the son of God command that these stones be made bread But he answered and said It is written c. Then the devil taketh him c. and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple and saith unto him If thou be the son of God cast thy self down for it is written He shall give his Angels charge c. Jesus said It is written again c. The devil c. shews him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them and saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me c. Get thee hence Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Matth. 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. When Jesus was come on the other side c. there met him two possessed wâ—…h devils c. they cryed out saying What have we to do with thee Jesus thou son of God art thou come hither to torment us before our time c so the devils besought him saying If thou cast us out suffer us 〈◊〉 go away into the herd of swine and he said unto them Go c. The whole City came out and besought him that he would depart out of their coasts Matth. 8. 28 29 30 31 32 33 34. Matth. 5. 2 3 4. 5 c. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and finding none then he saith I will return to my house from whence I came out and when he is come he findeth it empty swept and garnished then goeth he and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man is worse c. Matth. 12. 43 44 45. The tares are the children of the wicked one the Enemy who sowed them is the devil Matth. 13. 38 39. Jesus rebuked the devil and he departed out of him and the child was cured c. howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting Matth. 17. 18 21. Lord Even the devils are subject unto us through thy name and he said unto them I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven Luke 10. 17 18. And he was casting out a devil c. Some of them said He casteth out devils by Beelzebub the chief of the devils c. If Satan also be divided against himself how shall his kingdom stand c If I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your children cast them out Luke 11. 14 15 17 18 19 20. Simon Simon behold Satan hath desired you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that â—…hy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do he was a Murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him when he speaketh of a lye he speaketh of his own for he is a lyar and the father of it John 8. 44. After Jesus had given the sop to Judas Satan entred into him John 13. 2 26 27. Luke 22. 12. The Prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me John 14. 30. When the Spirit is come c. he will reprove or convince the world of c. of judgment because the prince of this world is judged John 16. 8 9 11. I pray c. that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one John 17. 15. Peter said Ananias Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lye to the holy Ghost Acts 5. 3. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Rom. 16. 20. Confirm your love towards him c. lest Satan should get an advantage of us for we are not ignorant of his devices 2 Cor. 2. 7 8 9 10 11. If our Gospel be hid it is hid to them who are lost in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not lest the light of the glorious Gospel c. 2 Cor. 4. 3 4. But I fear lest by any means as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty so your mind should be corrupted c. No marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of light 2 Cor. 11. 3 14. There was given me a thorn in the flesh the messenger of Satan to buffet me 2 Cor. 12. 7. Ye walked c. according to the Prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience Ephes. 2. 2. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath neither give place to the Devil Ephes. 4. 26 27. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickednesses or wicked spirits in high places wherefore take unto you the whole armour c. above all things the shield of faith whereby ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one Ephes. 6. 10 11 12 13 16. We would have come unto you even I Paul once and again but Satan hindered us 1 Thess. 2. 18. I sent to know your faith lest by some means the tempter have tempted you 1 Thess. 5. 3. That wicked c. whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders 2 Thess. 2. 8 9. In meekness instruct c. that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are taken captive or alive by him at his will 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. Through death he might destroy death and him who had the power of death even the devil Heb. 2. 14. Resist the devil and he will flee from you James 4. 7. Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished c. 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. I write unto you young men because ye have overcome the wicked one 1 John 2. 13 14. chap. 5. 18. He who committeth sin is of the Devil for the devil sinneth from the beginning for this purpose the Son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil not as Cain who was of that wicked one and slew his brother 1 John 3. 8 12. The Archangel when contending with
10. Return unto me and I will return unto you saith the Lord of hosts Mal. 3. 7. John Baptist preached c. saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is c. Matt. 3. 1 2 6. From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent for the kingdom c. Matt. 4. 17. I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Matt. 9. 13. Mark 1. 15. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done because they repented not c. if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Tyre c. they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes Matt. 11. 20 21 22. The men of Niniveh c. because they repented at the preaching of Jonas Matt. 12. 41. Son go work c. but he said I will not but afterwards he repented and went c. ye when ye had seen repented not afterward that ye might believe him Matt. 21. 28 29 32. Judas repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces c. I have sinned Matt. 27. 3 4. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Luk. 13. 2 3 5. Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner who repenteth more than over ninety nine just persons who need no repentance c. there is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over one sinner who repenteth c. the prodigal returned Luk. 15. 7 10 17 18 19 20 21. If one went from the dead to them they would repent c. If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead Luk. 16. 30 31. If he trespass against thee seven times c. and he turn again to thee saying I repent Luk. 17. 3 4. It behoveth Christ to suffer c. that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations Luk. 24. 46 47. When they heard this they were pricked in their hearts and said c. men and brethren what shall we do Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized Act. 2. 37 38. Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out Act. 3. 19. Him hath God exalted c. for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness Act. 5. 31. Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life c. a great number believed and were turned unto the Lord Act. 11. 18 21. And the times of this ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men every where to repent Act. 17. 30. I kept back nothing c. testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Act. 20. 20. 21. But shewed c. that they should repent and turn to God and do works meet for repentance c. Act. 26. 20. Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance Rom. 2. 4. Though I made you sorry c. I do not repent c. ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry after a godly manner c. for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of 2 Cor. 7. 8 9 10. I shall bewail many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness c. which they have committed 2 Cor. 12. 21. How ye turned to God from Idols to serve the living and true God and to wait for his son from heaven c. 1 Thes. 1. 9 10. In meekness instructing them who oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. Let us go on to perfection not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works c. for it is impossible for those who were once enlightened c. if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance seeing they crucify to themselves c. Heb. 6. 1 4 5 6. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you cleanse your hands ye sinners c. James 4. 8. Brethren if any of you do err from the truth and one convert him let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the errour of his way shall save a soul from death c. James 5. 19 20. The Lord is not slack c. but is long-suffering to us-ward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance 2 Pet. 3. 9. Thou hast left thy first love remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first works or else I will come unto thee quickly c. thou hast there them who hold the doctrine of Balaam c. Repent or else I will come c. I gave her space to repent of her fornication and she repented not behold I will cast her into a bed c. Rev. 2. 4 5 14 15 16 20 21 22. I have not found thy works perfect before God remember therefore how thou hast received and heard and hold fast and repent c. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Rev. 3. 2 3 19. And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands that they should not worship Devils and idols of gold c. neither repented they of their murders c. Rev. 9. 20 21. And men were scorched or burned with great heat and blasphemed the name of God c. and they repented not to give him glory c. and repented not of their deeds Rev. 16. 8 9 10 11. CHAP. XXXIV Of Death the laying down of these Tabernacles AND the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground or dust of the ground Gen. 2. 7. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the ground for out of it wast thou taken for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return Gen. 3. 19. God said unto Abraham Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace thou shalt be buried in a good old age Gen. 15. 15. chap. 25. 8. I have undertaken to speak unto the Lord who am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. Sarah dyed c. and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her Gen. 23. 2. Abraham dyed c. and was gathered to his people c. Ishmael c. gave up the ghost and dyed and was gathered unto his people Gen. 25. 8 17. Isaac c. said Behold now I am old I know not the day of my death Gen. 27. 1 2. Jacob said c. The days of the years of my pilgrimage are 130 years few and evil have the days of the years of my life been Gen. 47. 9. He mourned for Joseph refused to be comforted but said I will go down unto my grave mourning Gen. 37. 34 35. Joseph wept for his father Israel when he dyed
are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire taking vengeance of them who know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power 2 Thess. 1. 6 7 8 9. We beseech you by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye be not soon shaken in mind c. as that the day of Christ is at hand c. except there come first a falling away and that man of sin be revealed c. 2 Thess. 2. 1 2 3. The Lord Jesus who shall judg the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom c. a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judg shall give me at that day c. unto them also who love his appearance 2 Tim. 4. 1 8. Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Titus 2. 13. Not laying again the foundation c. of eternal judgment Heb. 6. 1 2. It is appointed for all men once to dye but after this the judgment so Christ c. unto them who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin Heb. 9. 27 28. A certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversary c. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 27 31. Ye are come unto mount Zion c. and to God the Judg of all c. Heb. 12. 22 23. Be patient therefore brethren to the coming of the Lord c. for the coming of the Lord draweth near c. James 5. 7 8. That the tryal of our faith c. might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ c. the father who without respect of persons judgeth according unto every mans works 1 Pet. 1. 7 17. Who shall give account unto him who is ready to judg the quick and the dead c. the end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer c. The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God c. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God and if the righteous scarcely be saved Where shall the ungodly and sinners appear 1 Pet. 4. 5 7 17 18. When the chief shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown c. 1 Pet. 5. 4. The Lord knoweth how c. to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished 2 Pet. 2. 9. There shall come in the last days scoffers c. and saying Where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning c. the heavens and the earth which now are by the same word are kept in store reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men c. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day c. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise c. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be c looking for and hasting unto the day of God 2 Pet. 3. 3 4 7 8 10 11 12. Psal. 102. 25 26. Abide in him that when he appears we may have confidence at his coming 1 John 2. 28. That we may have boldness in the day of judgment because as he is so are we 1 John 4. 16 17. The Angels who kept not their first state c. hath he reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day c. Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his Saints to execute judgment upon all c. Jude ver 6 14 15. Behold he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him and they also who pierced him c. Rev. 1. 7. And the heavens departed as a scroul c. and the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief Captains and the mighty men c. hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains and said unto the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. 14 15 16 17. The nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and thou shouldst give unto thy servants a reward c. Rev. 11. 18. I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away c. and I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened c. and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works Rev. 20. 11 12 15. Behold I come quickly and my reward is with me to give every man according as his works shall be c. And the Spirit and the Bride say Come c. He who testified these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so Come Lord Jesus Rev. 22. 12 17 20. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who do such things Rom. 2. 2. Be not deceived c. for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap for he who soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap c. Gal. 6. 7 8. CHAP. XXXVII Of the glory prepared for the Saints and reserved to be given to them at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ. IF in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable 1 Cor. 15. 19. After I awake c. yet in my flesh or out of my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another Job 19. 26 27. Death shall feed on them and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning Psal. 49. 14. Many of them who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life c. and they who be wise or teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they who turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever Dan. 12. 2 3. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Matth. 5. 8. Lay up for your selves treasure in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal c. Matth. 6. 20. Many shall come c. and shall sit down with Abraham c. in the kingdom of heaven Matth. 8. 11.
are they who came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple and he who sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them they shall hunger no more nor thirst no more neither shall the sun light on them or any heat for the Lamb c. shall feed them c. and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Rev. 7. 9 13 14 15 16 17. The new Jerusalems glory described at large c. Behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them c. and wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away Rev. 21. 1 2 3 4. chap. 22. 1 2 3 4 5. See more of eternal-Eternal-life Chap. 10. See the sad end of wicked men Chap. 5. CHAP. XXXVIII Of knowledg and understanding in and about Divine things and of the want thereof Ignorance about such things and the evil thereof WHen Abimelech had taken Sarah Abrams wife though in the integrity of his heart not knowing her to be Abrams wife because he had said She was his sister yet God said unto him Behold thou art a dead man for the woman thou hast taken for she is a mans Wife Gen. 20. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring forth the children of Israel from among them Exod. 7. 5. Ezek. 6. 7 10 13. According to thy word that thou mayst know that there is none like unto the Lord Exod. 8. 10. I have hardned his heart and the heart of his servants that I might shew these my signs c. that ye may know how that I am the Lord Exod. 10. 1 2. Deut. 4. 35. Jethro said when Moses had told him what God had done Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he c. Exod. 18. 11. Under the law they were to offer sacrifices for sins of ignorance whether of a person or of the Congregation Levit. 4. 2 3 4 13 14 15. chap. 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 17 18 19. Ye have seen all that the Lord did c. yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear unto this day Deut. 29. 2 4. They sacrificed c. not to God to gods whom they knew not to new gods Deut. 32. 17. Sampson said to his father Get her for me c. but his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord that he sought an occasion against the Philistines Judges 14. 3 4. The sons of Eli wicked men knew not the Lord 1 Sam. 2. 12. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him 1 Sam. 3. 7. Elijah prayed that God would by an extraordinary means let it be known that thou art a God in Israel c. that this people may know that thou art the Lord God 1 Kings 18. 36 37 38. Because the Syrians have said The Lord is God of the hills but he is not God of the valleys therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hands and ye shall know that I am the Lord 1 Kings 20. 28. Solomon asked wisdom and knowledg and God gave it and riches also 2 Chron. 1. 9 10 11 12. Nevertheless they shall be his servants that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the Countreys 2 Chron. 12. 8. Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection c Job 11 7 8. Lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him Job 26. 14. There is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding great men are not always wise neither do the aged understand judgment Job 32. 8 9. I uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee wherefore I abhor my self c. Job 42. 5 6. They who know thy name will put their trust in thee c. The Lord is known by the judgments he executeth Psal. 9. 10 16. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledg who eat up my people c Psal. 14. 4. Psal. 53. 4. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shew his handy-work day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night teacheth knowledg c. The testimonies of the Lord are sure making wise the simple c. The commandments of the Lord is pure inlightning the eyes Psal. 19. 1 2 3 4 7 8. Consume them c. and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth Selah Psal. 59. 13. When I thought to know this it was too painful for me until I went into the Sanctuary of God then understood I their end c. so foolish and ignorant was I I was as a beast before thee Psal. 73. 16 17 22. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen who have not known thee Psal. 79. 6. They know not neither will they understand they walk on in darkness Psal. 82. 5. Let them be confounded c. that they may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth Psal. 83. 18. Understand O ye brutish among the people and fools when will ye be wise He who planted the ear shall he not hear c Psal. 94. 7 8 9 10 11. It is a people who do err in their hearts and they have not known my ways Psal. 95. 10. Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal. 107. 43. For I know that the Lord is great and our Lord above all gods Psal. 135. 5. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk Psal. 143. 8. Psal. 146. 8. He shewed his word unto Jacob c. He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgments they have not known them Psal. 147. 19 20. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c and fools hate knowledg c they shall call upon me but I will not answer c. for that they hated knowledg and did not chuse the fear of the Lord Prov. 1. 22 28 29. Apply thine heart to understanding yea if thou cryest after knowledg c. if thou seek her as silver c. then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord c. for the Lord giveth wisdom c. understanding shall keep thee Prov. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 10 11. Happy is the man who findeth wisdom
and c. I write to you fathers because ye have known him c. ye know all things c. as the same anointing teacheth you all things c. 1 Joh. 2. 3 4 13 20 21 27. Therefore the world knew us not because it knew him not c. we know that we have passed from death to life c. hereby we know that we are of the truth c. 1 Joh. 3. 1 14 19. ch 5. 2. Hereby know ye the spirit of God c. he who knoweth God heareth us c. hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of errour c. he that loveth God knoweth God he who loveth not knoweth not God we have known and believed the love that God hath to us 1 John 4. 2 6 7 8 16. That ye may know that ye have eternal life c. we know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not c. we know that we are of God c. we know the son of God is come c. 1 Joh. 5. 13 18 19 20. These speak evil of those things which they know not Jude vers 10. See the Ignorance of natural men Chap. 5. See the giver of knowledg Chap. 20. CHAP. XXXIX Of this present World and the Riches Honours Pleasure and other things in this World the use of them the snares and tentations in them and of the Saints duty in relation to them AND Abraham was very rich in Cattel in Silver and in Gold c. Lot also went with Abraham c. their substance was great so that they could not dwell together Gen. 13. 2. When Rachel said Give me children c. Jacob said Am I in Gods stead who withheld c Gen. 30. 1 2. chap. 33. 5. All the earth is mine said the Lord to Moses Exod. 19. 5. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house c. nor any thing that is thy neighbours Exod. 20. 17. Israel wept again and said Who shall give us flesh to eat c and God was angry Numb 11. 4 10. 1 Cor. 10. 6 10. He fed thee with Manna c. that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only but c. thy raiment waxed not old c. The Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land c. wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness c. when thou hast eaten and art full then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land c. beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God c. lest when thou hast eaten and art full and hast built godly houses c. then thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the Lord c. and thou say in thine heart My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth but thou shalt remember the Lord thy God for it is he who giveth thee power to get wealth Deut. 8. 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18. Matt. 4. 4. Jesurun waxed fat c. then he forsook God which made him and lightly esteemed c. Deut. 32. 14 15. Achans covetousness and worldliness was Israels trouble and his own ruine Joshua 7. 1 20 21 25 26. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up he raiseth up the poor out of the dust lifteth up the beggar from the dunghil to sit among princes c. 1 Sam. 2. 7 8. Saul said to Samuel I have sinned yet honour me now I pray thee before the Elders of my people and before Israel and turn again with me c. 1 Sam. 15. 30. The women c. said Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands and Saul was very wroth and the saying displeased him and he said they have ascribed unto David ten thousands c. and what can he have more but the kingdom and Saul eyed David from that day forward 1 Sam. 18. 6 7 8 9. God said unto Solomon Because thou hast asked for thy self this thing and hast not asked long life neither hast asked riches c. I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked both riches and honour 1 Kings 3. 9. 10 11 12 13. Ahabs covetous desire of Naboths vineyard made him sick with discontent 1 King 21. 1 2 3 4. Gehazi Elisha his servant for his covetousness punished with Leprosie 2 Kings 5. 20 21 22 to the 27. Thine O Lord is the greatness c. both riches and honour come of thee c. 1 Chron. 29. 11 12. Haman then next the king boasted of his riches honour and worldly advantages yet so ambitious that because Mordicai did not bow to him he saith All the rest availeth me nothing Hester 5. 9 10 11 12 13. Job said when he was spoiled of all Naked came I out of my mothers womb and naked shall I return thither the Lord gave and the Lord taketh away blessed be the name of the Lord Job 1. 21. The wicked c. he hath swallowed down riches and he shall vomit them up again God shall cast them out of his belly c. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits Job 20. 15 22. What is the hope of the hypocrite though he hath gained when God taketh away his soul c. though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare raiment as the clay he may prepare it but the just shall put it on Job 27. 8 16 17. If I have made gold my hope or said to fine gold thou art my confidence If I have rejoyced because my wealth is great and because my hand had gotten much c. Job 31. 24 25. Who accepteth not the persons of Princes nor regardeth the rich more than the poor for they are all the works of his hands Job 34. 19. Deliver my soul c. from men of the world who have their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest c. they leave the rest of their substance to their babes Psal. 17. 14. The earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof c. Psal. 24. 1. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked c. I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread c. I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay-tree yet he passed away c. Psal. 37. 16 25 35 36. Every man walketh in a vain shew surely they are disquieted in vain he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them Psal. 39. 6. They who trust in their wealth and boast themselves in their riches none can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransome for him c. wise men dye c. likewise the fool c. and leave their wealth to others c. their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever c. they call their lands by their own name