c. and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you c. Abram took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house c. and circumcised the flesh c. And Abraham was ninety and nine years old when he was circumcised c. and Ishmael his son 13 years old when he was circumcised Gen. 17. 9 10 11 12 13 23 24 25. Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of Heaven and he laid his hands on them Matth. 19. 13 14 15. Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Matth. 28. 19. John said I indeed baptize you with water but one mightier than I cometh c. he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire Luke 3. 16. Acts 11. 15 16. John 1 26 31 33. Acts â— 5. Jesus himself baptized not but his disciples John 4. 1 2. Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins for the promise is unto you and to your children c. then they who gladly received the word were baptized Acts 2. 38 39 41. ch 22. 26. But when they believed c. they were baptized both men and women c. Simon was baptized c. The Eunuch said Here is water what hinders me to be baptized and Philip said If thou believest with all thine heart thou maist c. they went down into the water and he baptized him Acts 8. 12 13 36 37 38. Saul arose and was baptized Acts 9. 18. chap. 22. 16. Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized who have received the holy Ghost as well as we and he commanded them to be baptized in the name c. Acts 10. 47 48. Who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved Acts 11. 14. Lydia c. whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul and when she was baptized and her houshold c. believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved thou and thine house c. and he took them the same hour c. and was baptized he and all his straightway Acts 16. 14 15 30 31 32 33 34. Some who were baptized with John's baptism were baptized again Acts 19. 3 4 5. Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death buried c Rom. 6. 3 4. I baptized also the house of Stephanus besides I know not whether I c. 1 Cor. 1. 16. The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband otherwise were your children unclean but now they are holy 1 Cor. 7. 14. Leaving the principles c. of the doctrine of Baptisms Heb. 6. 1 2. The ark wherein few c. were saved by water the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 3. 20 21. IV. Breaking of Bread or the Lord's Supper THE Passover instituted and all the directions about it Exod. 12. The doubt whether one unclean might eat the passover resolved by God unto Moses Numb 9. 6 7 c. The people not prepared yet did eat Hezekiâ—h prayed for them 2 Câ—r 30. 18 1â— As they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed it and bâ—ake it and gave it to his Disciples and said Take eat this is my body and he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying Drink ye all of it for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins but he said unto them I will not drink it henceforth c. and when they had sung c. Matth. 26. 26 27 28 29 30. They all drank of the cup Mark 14. 23. He sate down and the twelve Apostles with him c. He took the cup and gave thanks and said Take this and divide it among your selves c. And he took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which is given for you this do in remembrance of me Likewise also the cup after supper saying This cup is the new Testament in my blood which is shed for you Luke 22. 14 16 17 18 19 20. When Judas had received the sop at supper he went immediately out John 13. 26 30. And they continued stedâ—astly c. in breaking of bread Acts 2. 42. Upon the first day of the week when the Disciples came together to break bread c. Paul preached to them c. in the upper chamber where they were gathered together c. When he therefore was come up again and had broken bread c. Acts 20. 7 8 9 10 11. Purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump c. let us keep the feast not with old leaven c. but with the unleavened bread of sincerity 1 Cor. 5. 7 8. The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the blood of Christ the bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ for we being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread c. ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils ye cannot c. 1 Cor. 10. 16 17 21 22. When ye come together therefore into one place this is not to eat the Lord's supper or ye cannot eat for in eating every one taketh before other his own supper and one is hungry and another is drunken what have ye not houses to eat and to drink in or despise you the Church of God and shame them that have not or are poor for I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he brake it and said Take eat this is my body which is broken for you this do in or for a remembrance of me After the same manner also he took the cup when he had supped saying This cup is the new Testament in my blood this do ye as often as ye drink it in remembrance of me for as often as ye eat thus bread and drink this cup ye do shew 〈…〉 ye the Lord's death till he come wherefore whosoever shall eat this breadâ— and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord c. he who eateth c. unworthily eateth and drinketh dâ—mnation to himself not discerâ—ing the Lord's body c. When ye come together to eat tarry one for another and if any man hunger
this thy day the things which belong to thy peace c. Luke 19. 10 41 42. Mark 3. 5. And the word was made flesh c. full of grace and truth John 1. 14. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping c. 〈◊〉 groaned in the spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept Then said the Jews Behold how he loved him John 11. 33 35 36. Luke 7. 12 13 14. 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. Matth. 14. 27. I have many things to say unto you but ye cannot hear them now howbeit c. John 16. 12 13. 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 Acts 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. ch 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 1. He is Mediator THere is one God one Mediator 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 Mediator of a better testament which was established upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament that c. Heb. 9. 15. And to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant or testament Heb. 12. 24. II. He took upon him the Nature of Man a Body of Flesh and humbled himself GOD said to the serpent c. I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel Gen. 3. 15. Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call his name Immanuel Isa 7. 14. And there shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him c. Isa 11. 1 2. Acts 13. 22 23. His visage was so marred more than any man and his form more than the sons of men Isa 52. 14. He hath no form nor comeliness and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him he is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows c. We hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed him not Isa 53. 2 3. The Lord hath created a new thing in the earth a woman shall compass a man Jer. 31. 22. They shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek Micah 5. 1. The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise c. Mary was sound with child of the Holy Ghost c. She had brought forth her first-born Son and he called his name Jesus Matth. 1. 18 20 23 25. Thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and shall call his name Jesus the holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God Luke 1. 31 35. He was tempted of the devil Matth. 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. And Jesus said unto them The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head Matth. 8. 20. Is not this the Carpenter's Son Is not his mother called Mary and his brethren James c. And they were offended in him Matth. 13. 55 56 57. He rode upon an Ass into the city of Jerusalem Matth. 21. 2 4 7. She brought forth her first-born Son and wrapped him in swadling-clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn c. He went down with them c. and was subject to them But his mother kept c. Luke 2. 7 51. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among 〈◊〉 John 1. 14. Jesus therefore being weary with his journey sate thus on the well John 4. 6. The bread which I give is my flesh which I give for the life of the world John 6. 51. The high priest prophesied that Jesus should die c. and gather the dispersed sons of God into one John 11. 49 50 c. David c. knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh he would raise up Christ c. Acts 2. 29 30. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh Rom. 2. 3. 2 Tim. 2. 8. Reâ— 22. 16. God sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh Rom. 8. 3. Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came Rom. 9. 5. Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor c. 2 Cor. 8 â— Though he was cruâ—ified through weakness yet he lived 2 Cor. 13. 4. God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the law Gal. 4. 4. But made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men and being found in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient c. Phil. 2. 7 8. Hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death c. Col. 1. 21 22. Great is the mystery of godliness God was manifested in the flesh 1 Tim. 3. 16. Jesus who was made a little lower than the Angels for the suffering of death c. He who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren c. As the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part of the same that through death c. Verily he took not on him the nature of Angels but he
stricken smitten of God and afflicted he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes or bruises we are healed c. We have turned every one to his own way and the Lord hath laid the iniquity of us all upon him or he hath made the Iniquity of us all to meet upon him He was oppressed he was afflicted c. he was taken from prison and from judgment c. he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people was he stricken or was the stroke upon him He made his grave with the wicked c. It pleased the Lord to bruise him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make his soul an offering or when his Soul shall make an offering for sin c. he shall bear their iniquities c. he hath poured out his soul unto death and he was numbred with the transgressors and he bare the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors Isa 53. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. Psal 116. 3. Luke 22 37. Matth. 27. 38. Who is this who cometh from Edom with dyed garments from Bosrah c. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel c. I have trodden the Wine-press alone and of the people there was none with me Isa 63. 1 2 3. Gen. 49. 11. Shall Messiah be cut off but not for himself c. and he shall confirm the covenant with many c. He shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease Dan. 9. 26 27. By the blood of thy covenant or whose Covenant is by Blood I have sent forth thy prisoners Zech. 9. 11. What are these wounds in thine hands then shall he answer Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends Awake O Sword against my shepherd and against the man my fellow saith the Lord of Hosts smite the shepherd c. Zechar. 13. 6 7 Matth. 26. 31 47 48 49. From that time forth began Jesus to shew c. how that he must suffer many things of the Elders c. and be killed c. When Peter had said Be it far from thee Lord he turned and said to Peter Get thee behind me Satan c. thou savourest not the things of God c. Matth. 16. 21 22 23. Luke 17. 25. Likewise also shall the Son of man suffer of them c. the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men and they shall kill him Matth. 17. 12 22 23. Acts 3. 13 15. The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of the chief priests c. and they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucifie him Matth. 20. 17 18 19. Luke 18. 31 32 33. and Acts 10. 39. The chief priests c. assembled and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty and kill him c. Jesus c. began to be sorrowful and very heavy then said he unto them My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death c. Put up thy sword thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of Angels But how then shall the Scripture be fulfilled that thus it must be They spit in his face and buffeted him Matth. 26. 2. 37 38 52 53 54 67. John 12. 27. Mark 14. 33 34. The soldiers mocked him they spit upon him and smote him on the head c. they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall c. they crucified him between two thieves c. they parted his garments c. He cried with a loud voice saying My God my God Why hast thou forsaken me c. Jesus when he had cried again with a loud voice yielded up the Ghost Matth. 27. 27 28 29 30 34 35 46 50. John 19. 23 24 c. Psal 69. 21. The Son of man came to give his life for a ransom for many Mark 10 45. I have a baptism to be baptized with and how am I straitned till it be accomplished Luke 12. 50. And being in an Agony he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground Luke 22. 44. Thus it is written and thus it behoveth Christ to suffer Luke 24. 46. My flesh which I will give for the life of the world John 6. 51. I lay down my life for the sheep c. I lay down my life that I may take it up c. no man taketh it from me but I lay it down of my self c. John 10. 15 17 18. It is expedient for us that one should die for the people c. He prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation and not for that nation only but c. John 11. 50 51 52. Greater love hath no man than this That a man lay down his life for his friends John 15. 13. The cup which my Father hath given me shall I not drink John 18. 11. Those things which God spake before by the mouth of all his prophets that Christ should suffer he hath so fulfilled Acts 3. 18. ch 10. 38 39. ch 13. 29. Gal. 3. 13. The Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Acts 20. 28. Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation for sin through faith in his blood Rom. 3. 24 25. Jesus who was delivered for our offences Rom. 4. 25. Christ died for the ungodly c. While we were yet sinners Christ died for us c. We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son Rom. 5. 6 8 10. 1 Thes 5. 10. God sent his Son c. and for sin or by a sacrifice for sins condemned sin in the flesh c. Who is he who condemneth It is Christ that died Rom. 8. 3 34. We preach Christ crucified Unto the Jews a stumbling-block c. 1 Cor. 1. 23. ch 2. 2. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us 1 Cor. 5. 7. Ye are bought with a price 1 Cor. 6. 20. Christ died for our sins according to the scripture 1 Cor. 15. 3. He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin 2 Cor. 5. 21. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins c. Gal. 1. 4. The Son of God c. who gave himself for me Gal. 2. 20. Christ hath loved us and given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling favour c. Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it Ephes 5. 2 25. He became obedient unto the death even the death of the cross Phil. 2. 8. Heb. 12. 2 3. We have redemption through his blood c. having made peace through the blood of his cross c. hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death Col. 1. 14 20 21 22. The Man Jesus Christ who gave
himself a ransom for all c. 1 Tim. 2 5 6. His Son who c. when he had by himself purged our sins c. Heb. 1. 3. Jesus made c. for the suffering of death c. that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man for it became him c. to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings c. that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil Heb. 2. 9 10 14. Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered Heb. 5. 8. Who needed not daily as those high priests to offer up sacrifice c. for this he did once when he offered up himself Heb. 7. 27. ch 10. 26. Christ being come c. by his own blood he entred in once into the holy Place c. How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God purge your consciences c. that by the means of death for the redemption of transgressions c. Where a testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the testator c. Neither was the first testament dedicated without blood c. And without shedding of blood is no remission c. Nor yet that he should offer himself often c. But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many c. Heb. 9. 11 14 15 16 18 22 24 25 26 28. Levit. 16. 14 c. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all c. This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sate down c. For by one-offering he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. To the blood of sprinkling which speaks better things than that of Abel Heb. 10. 10 12 14. ch 12. 24. Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the gate Heb. 13. 12. The Spirit of Christ c. When it testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ Ye were not redeemed with silver and gold from your vain conversation received of c. but by the precious blood of Christ 1 Pet. 1. 11 18 19. Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example c. who his own self bare our sins in his own body on or to the tree 1 Pet. 2. 21 24. Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust c. being put to death in the flesh c. 1 Pet. 3. 18. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh let us c. 1 Pet. 1. 1. Jesus Christ the just one c. he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only c. but c 1 John 2. 1 2. Jesus Christ who gave himself a ransom for all c. 1 John 2. 6. Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us 1 John 3. 16. Unto him who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Rev. 1. 5. Thou wast slain and hast redeemed us unto God by thy blood c. Rev. 5. 9. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world Rev. 13. 8. He treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God Rev. 19. 15. V. He fulfilled all Righteousness of the Law bare the Curse took away the Hand-writing of Ordinences is our Righteousness I Will make mention of thy name of thine only Psalm 71. 16. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted Psalm 89. 16. Surely shall one say In the Lord have I righteousness c. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory Isa 45. 24 25. The servants of the Lord and their righteousness is of me saith the Lord Isa 54. 17. I will cause the branch of righteousness to grow up unto David c. and this is the name wherewith he shall be called The Lord our Righteousness Jer. 33. 15 16. ch 23. 6. Seventy weeks are determined c. to make an end of sins c. and to bring in everlasting righteousness Dan. 9. 24. Jesus came to John to be baptized c. Jesus said Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Matth. 3. 13 15. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil Matth. 5. 17 18. The Spirit will convince the world c. of righteousness because I go to my Father John 16. 8 10. I am not ashamed of the Gospel for therein is the righteousness of God revealed Rom. 1. 16 17. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believeth Rom. 10. 4. Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us c. righteousness c. 1 Cor. 1. 30 31. He hath made him to be sin for us c. that we may be made the righteousness of God in him 2 Cor. 5. 21. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us For it is written Cursed is every one who hangeth on a tree Gal. 3. 13. Deut. 21. 23. But now in Christ Jesus ye are made nigh c. For he c. hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us having abolished in his flesh the enmity the law of commandments in ordinances c. Ephes 2. 13 14 15. Paul counted all things but dung that he might win Christ and be found 〈◊〉 him not having his own righteousness c. but that which is through the faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Phil. 3 8 9 Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances which was against us which was contrary to us and took it out of the way nailing it to his cross Col. 2. 13 14. See more of Justification Chap. 10. VI. He sanctifieth us is our Sanctification IN that day there shall be a fountain opened c. for sin and for uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. Peter said unto him Thou shalt never wash my feet Jesus saith unto him If I wash thee not thou hast no part in me Simon Peter saith unto him Lord not my feet only but also my hands and my head John 13. 8 9. And for their sakes I sanctifie my self that they also might be sanctified through the truth or truly Sanctified John 17. 19. Christ Jesus who is made of God unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification c. 1 Cor. 1. 30. Ye are washed ye are sanctified c. in the name of our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 6. 11. Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word that he might
18 19. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Matth. 1. 21. Jesus said to the sick of the palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee c. Ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins Matth. 9. 2 6. All manner of sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven to men but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him in this world neither in the world to come Matth. 12. 31 32. This is my blood c. which was shed for many for the remission of sins Matth. 26. 28. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercies of our God whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us Luke 1. 77 78. I say unto thee Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little And he said unto her Thy sins are forgiven thee Luke 7. 48 49. It behoveth Christ to suffer c. and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name Luke 24. 46 47. Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world John 1. 29. Repent c. that your sins may be blotted out when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and he shall send Jesus c. Acts 3. 19 20. Jesus c. hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins Acts 5. 30 31. To him gave all the prophets witness that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10. 43. Be it known unto you c. that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins Acts 13. 38. To open the eyes c. that they may â—eceive forgiveness of sins c. through faith in me c. Acts 26. 18. Whom God hath set forth or fore-ordained to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remissiâ—n or or passing over of sins Rom. 3. 25. Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures c. If Christ be not raised c. ye are yet in your sins c. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law but thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. 3 17 56 57. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses unto them c. For he hath made him to be sin for us 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins Gal. 1. 3 4. In whom ye have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace wherein he hath abounded c. Ephes 1. 7 8. Col. 1. 14. And you c. hath he quickned together with him having forgiven you all trespasses Col. 2. 13. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity Titus 2. 13 14. His Son c. when he had by himself purged our sins sate down Hebr. 1. 2 3. Wherefore it behoveth him to be made like unto his brethren c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Hebr. 2. 17. I will be merciful unto their unrighteousnesses and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more Hebr. 8. 12. If the blood of Bulls c. sanctifieth c. how much more shall the blood of Christ who offered himself c. purge our consciences c. by means of death for the redemption of the transgression Without shedding of blood no remission of sin c. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many Hebr. 9. 13 14 15 22 26 28. This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sate down c. moreover where is remission of those there is no more offering for sin c. Hebr. 10. 12 18. Who his own self bear our sins in his own body on or to the tree c. by whose stripes ye were healed 1 Pet. 2. 24. Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us unto God 1 Pet. 3. 18. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin c. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1. 7 9. If any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. I write to you little children because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake 1 John 2. 1 2 12. He was manifested to take away our sins c. 1 John 3. 5. Herein is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins 1 John 4. 10. Jesus Christ c. who hath loved us and washed us with his own blood from our sins Rev. 1. 5. Reconciliation to and Peace with God MErcy and truth are met righteousness and peace have kissed c. Psalm 85. 10. Fury is not in me c. Let him take hold of my strength he may make peace with me he shall make peace with me Isa 27. 4 5. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake Isa 42. 21. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Isa 53. 5. Seventy weeks are determined c. to make reconciliation for iniquity Dan. 9. 24. He shall be a Priest upon his throne and the counsel of peace shall be between them both Zech. 6. 12 13. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased Mâ—tth â— 17. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my Father and unto your Father and unto my God and your God John 20. 17. The Word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ Acts 10. 36. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ c. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled c. We say in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the atonement Rom. 5. 1 10 11. God who hath reconciled us unto himself
by Jesus Christ and hath committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses c. 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. The glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved Ephes 1. 6. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ for he is our peace who hath made both one hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us hath abolished in his flesh the enmity the law of commandments in ordinances for to make in himself or twain one new man so making peace That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity thereby or in himself and came and preached peace to you who were far off and to them who are near c. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God Ephes 2. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19. And having made or making peace through the blood of his cross by him to reconcile all things to himself by him whether they be things c. And you who were sometimes alienated and enemies in your minds by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable c. Col. 1. 20 21 22. It behoveth him to be made like unto his brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb. 2. 17. Who his own self bare our sins c. by whose stripes ye were healed for ye were as sheep going altray but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls 1 Pet. 2. 24 25. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins the 〈◊〉 for the unjust that he might bring us to God 1 Pet. 3. 18. III. Justification and Sanctification before God LET not them who wait on thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed for my sake Let not those who seek thee be confounded for my sake O God of Israel Because for thy sake I have born reproach shame hath covered my face I am become a stranger unto my brethren c. for the zeal of shine house c. and the reproaches of them who reproached thee have fallen upon me c. Psal 69. 6 7 8 9 10 c. Surely shall one say In the Lord have I righteousness and strength c. in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory Isa 45. 24 25. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquities Isa 53. 11. I will sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you c. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses c. Not for your sakes do I this saith the Lord God be it known unto you Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways O house of Israel Thus saith the Lord God In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities c. Ezek. 36. 22 25 29 32 33. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come c. for he is like a refiner's fire c. He shall purifie the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver c. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord Mal. 3. 1 2 3 4. The Pharisee prayed thus God I thank thee that I am not as other men are extortioners c. I fast twice a week c. And the Publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven c. saying God be merciful unto me a sinner I tell you This man went down unto his house justified rather than the other Luke 18. 10 11 12 13 14. For their sakes I sanctifie my self that they also might be sanctified c. John 17. 19. And by him all who believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses Acts 13. 39. Therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written The just shall live by faith Rom. 1. 17. The righteousness of God without the là w is manifested being witnessed by the law and the prophets even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ ùnto all and upon all them who believe c. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth c. to declare his righteousness c. to declare I say his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of them who believe in Jesus Where is boasting then c. Wherefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law Rom. 3. 2◠22 24 25 26 27 28. Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness Now to him who worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt But to him who worketh not but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted unto him for righteousness even as David describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works c. He received the sign of circumcision a seal of the righteousness of the faith c. that he might be the father of them who believe though they be not circumcised that righteousness might be imputed unto them also c. for the promise c. not to Abraham or to his feed through the law but through the righteousness of faith c. It was imputed to him for righteousness Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed unto him but for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on him who raised up Jesus c. who was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification Rom. 4. 3 4 5 6 11 13 22 23 24 25. Gen. 15. 6. Being justified by faith c. much more then being now justified by his blood we shall be saved c. The free gift of many offences unto justification c. As by one offence judgment came upon all to condemnation even so by the righteousness of one or by one righteousuess the free gift came upon all men to justification of life c. By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Rom. 5. 1 9 16 17 18 19. There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus c. Whom he did foreknow them he also justified c. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect It is God who justifieth Who is he who condemneth It is Christ who died yea rather that is risen again c. Rom. 8. 1 29 30 33 34. The Gentiles who followed not after righteousness have attained
6 7. There are diversities of operations but it is the same God who worketh all in all 1 Cor. 12. 6. But by the grace of God I am that I am c. I labour c. but the grace of God with me 1 Cor. 15. 10. Gal. 1. 15. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature c. But all these things are of God c. 2 Cor. 5. 17 18. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down imaginations c. 2 Cor. 10. 4 5. I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live c. I live by faith Gal. 2. 20. What is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe c. Ephes 10. 19 20. Col. 1. 11 12 13. We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath c. Ephes 2. 10. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ Ephes 4. 7. Work out your own salvation c. For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Philip. 2. 12 13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthneth me Philip. 4. 13. In meekness instruct c. If God peradventure will give them repentance to the c. 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. The just shall live by faith c. Heb. 10. 38. 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 in his sight through Jesus Heb. 13. 20 21. 2 Thes 5. 23 24. Every good and perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variableness c. James 1. 17. Giving thanks unto the Father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son Col. 1. 12 13. 2. In Particular To give Knowledge of himself and of Jesus Christ and of the Mystery of Salvation by him in the Gospel and of our Duty 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. 3 4. There is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding Great men are not wise neither do the aged understand judgment Job 32. 8 9. Psal 94. 10. Job 38. 36. Behold God c. Who teacheth like him Job 36. 22. ch 38. 36. Good and upright is the Lord therefore will he teach sinners in the way the meek will he guide in judgment and the meek will he teach his way c. What man is he who feareth the Lord hâ—â— shall he teach in the way that he shall chuse c. The secret of the Lord is with them who â—ear him and he will shew them his covenant Psal 25. 4 5 8 9 12 14. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go I will guide thee with mine eye Psal 32. 8. O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me let them bring me unto c. Psal 43. 3 4. Open thou mine eyes that I may behold the wondrous things out of thy law c. Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I shall keep it to the end Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law Psal 119. 18 33 34. Psal 86. 11. He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgments unto Israel Psal 147. 19. Wisdom crieth c. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c. and fools hate knowledge Turn ye at my reproof Behold I will pour out my spirit upon you I will make known my words unto you Prov. 1. 20 22 23. If thou criest after knowledge c. then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God For the Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding Prov. 2. 3 4 5 6. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 3. 6. I have taught them the way of wisdom I have led thee in the right paths Prov. 4. 11. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea Isa 11. 9. Heb. 2. 14. Habak 2. 14. And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness c. They also who erred in the spirit shall come to understanding c. they shall learn doctrine Isa 29. 18 24. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left Isa 30. 21. And the eyes of them who see shall not be dim c. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge and the tongue of the stammerers be ready to speak plainly or elegantly Isa 32. 3 4. Your God will come c. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped Isa 35. 4 5. I the Lord have called thee c. for a light to the Gentiles to open the blind eyes c. And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not I will lead them in paths they have not known I will make darkness light before them and crooked things streight Isa 42. 6 7 16. I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord c. Jer. 24. 7. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them Jer. 31. 34. Heb. 8. 11. Isa 54. 13. Jesus said I thank thee O Father c. because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Neither knoweth any man the Father but the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him Matth. 11. 25 27. It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given Matth. 13. 11 13. Mark 4. 11 12. Peter said Thou art that Christ c. And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou Simon Bar-Jona for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father who is in heaven Matth. 16. 15 16 17. The day-spring from on high hath visited us to give light to them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our seet into the way of peace Luke 1. 78 79. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gain-say nor resist Luke 25. 15. These are the words which I spake
he spake of them but when they sought to lay hands on him c. Mat. 21. 15 23 33 34 35 36 37 45 46. Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might intangle him in his talk c. asked himâ— Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar or not c. Jesus said Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites c. Matth. 22. 15 16 17 18. John 8 3 4 5 c. Luke 6. 7. ch 11. 53 54. ch 20. 20 21 22. The Scribes and Pharisees c. they say and do not for they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born and lay them on men's shoulders but will not move them with one of their fingers but all their works they do for to be seen of men they make broad their phylacteries and inlarge the borders of their garments and love the upper most rooms at feaâ—ts and the chief seats in the Synagogues and greetings in the markets and to be called of men Rabbi Rabbi c. But wo unto you Scribes Pharisees hypocrites ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men for ye neither go in your selves neither suffer ye them who are entring to go in c. Ye devour widows houses and for a pretence make long prayers c. Ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte and when he is made ye make him two-fold more the child of hell c. Blind guides who say Whosoever shall swear by the temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple he is a debtor c. Ye pay ty the of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted the weightier matters of the law judgment mercy and faith c. strain at a great and swallow a camel c. Ye make clean the outside of the cup c. but within they are full of extortion and excess ye outwardly appear righteous unto men but within ye are full of hypocriâ—ie Mat. 23. 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 14 15 16 17 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31. The chief Priest and the Scribes c. consulted that they might take Jesus and kill him c. Judas betrayed Christ with a kiss c. The chief Priests c. sought false witnesâ—es against Jesus to put him to death Matth. 26. 3 4 49 59. Luke 4. 28 29. Judas said to the high Priests c. I have sinned in betraying innocent blood and they said What is that to us look thou to that c. they perswade the multitude to ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus when the governour would have â—â—leased Jesus they said Let his blood be upon us and our children c. They mocked him and said He trusted in God let him deliver him now c. and norwithstanding all the wonders aâ— his death which made the Centurion 〈◊〉 Truly this was the Son of God yet the chief priests c. came to Pilate and said c. That deceiver said c. desired and set a watch upon the sepulchre Matth. 27 3 4 17 18 19 20 24 25 41 42 43 53 54 62 63 64 66. Mark 15. 10 11 14 29 31 32. When they were convinced that Christ was risen they gave large money to the soldiers to hide it with a lie and promised the soldiers to secure them Maâ—th 28. 11 to 15. Herâ—d heard John gradly and did many things Mark 6. 20. But the Pharisees and Lawyers rejected the counsel of God against or â—ithin themselves being not baptized of him Luke 7. 30. Then shall ye begin to say We have eaten and 〈◊〉 in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets But he shall say c. Depart from me ye workerâ— of iniquity Luke 13. 26 27. ch 15. 7. Ye are those who justifie your selves before men but God knows your hearts that which is highly c. Luke 16. 15. And he spake this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were or as being righteous and despised others Two went up into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other a Publican the Pharisee stood and prayed thâ—s with himself God I thank thee that I am not as as other men are extortioners c. I fast 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 I give â—ythes c. Luke 18. 9 10 11 12. When Jesus went unto Zacheus's house the Jews 〈◊〉 saying That he was gone to be guest with a man 〈◊〉 is a 〈◊〉 his citizens hated him and said They would not have this man râ—â—gn over them Luke 19. 6 7 14. The chief Priests and Scribes would kill Jesus c. Jâ—das offered to betray him they were glad and covâ—nanted with him c. Luke 22. 〈◊〉 They 〈…〉 before Pilate saying We have 〈…〉 perveâ—â—ing the nation and 〈…〉 to Cesar saying That 〈…〉 〈…〉 one of 〈…〉 〈…〉 ye 〈…〉 or the lâ—â—ves and were 〈◊〉 c. 〈…〉 c. No man can 〈◊〉 to me except it were given him of my Father From that time many of his 〈◊〉 went back and walked no more with him John 6. 2â— 65. 66. Some 〈…〉 He 〈◊〉 the people how 〈…〉 man 〈◊〉 openly of him 〈◊〉 â—ear of the Jews c. The chieâ— Priests and Pharisees said 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 Why have ye not brought him the officers answered Never man spake like this man theâ— answered them the Pharisees are ye also 〈…〉 any of the Rulers or Pharisees believed on him but this people who knoweth not the law are 〈◊〉 Nicodemus said c. â—word 〈◊〉 â—udge any man before it hear him and know what he doth And they said unto him Art thou also of Galâ—â—â—ce John 7. 12 13 45 46 47 48 50 51 52. This woman was taken in adultery c. what sayest thou This they said c. that they might have to accuse him c. We be Abraham's â—eed and were never in bondage to any to man c. Jesus said c. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin c. Ye seek to kill me a man who hath told you the truth c. this did not Abraham ye do the deeds of your father c. The Jews say Say we not well thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil John 8. 3 4 5 6 33 34 40 41 48. The Pharises said This man is not of God because he keepeth not the Sabbath-day c. The Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ he should be put oâ—t of the Synagogue c. They say of Christ he is a sinner we are Moses disciples as for this fellow we know not whence he is c. When they were convinced by the man who had been blind that Christ must be of God they say to him Thou wast altogether born in sin and dost thou teach us and they excommunicated him c. Christ said to the Pharisees Ye say you see c. John 9. 16 22 23 24 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 40 41. Some said of Christ he hath a devil and is mad why
sometimes foolish c. living in malice and envy hateful and hating one another Tit. 3. 3. Be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor c. Hebr. 13. 5. Let every man be c. flow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God James 1. 19 20. The tongue is a little member c. a fire a world of iniqusty c. setteth on fire the course of nature c. an unruly evil full of deadly poison c. Who is a wise man c. let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom But if ye have bitter envyings and strife in your hearts glory not c. This wisdom descendeth not from above but is earthly sensual or Natural devillish for where envy and strife is there is confusion or Tumults or Unquietness and every evil work James 3. 5 6 8 13 14 15 16. Grudge not or grieve not one against another brethren left ye be condemned c. James 5. 9. Wherefore laying aside all malice c. and envyings and evil speaking c. 1 Pet. 2. 1. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murtherer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him 1 John 3. 15. If any 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. 20. CHAP. LXI Of Murther and taking away the Life of Man BEcause God accepted of Abel's Offering and had no respect unto Cain and his Offering Cain rose up against his Brother Abel and flew him c. And the Lord said c. What hast thou done the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground And now thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand c. And Lamech said c. I have slain a man in my â—ounding and a young man to my hurt If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold truly Lamech seventy and seven fold Genesis 4. 5 6 8 10 11 12 23 24. Your blood of your lives I will require at the hand of every beast and at the hand of man at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed for in the image of God made he man c. Gen. 9. 5 6. Because Jacob had gotten his Father's blessing Esau hated him And Esau said in his heart the days of mourning for my father are at hand then will I slay my brother Jacob c. Gen. 27. 41. Joseph's Brethren hated him and conspired together to slay him Gen. 37. 4 11 18. Simeon and Levi Brethren Instruments of Cruelty c. O my Soul come not thou into their secrets c. For in their anger they slew a man and in their their self-will c. cursed their anger for it was fierce and their wrath for it was cruel c. Gen. 49. 5 6 7. ch 34. 25 26 c. Thou shalt not kill Exod. 20. 13. He who smiteth a man so that he die he shall surely be put to death c. If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour to slay him with guile thou shalt take him c. that he may die Exod. 21 12 13 14. Levit. 24. 17. If a thief be found breaking up and be smitten that he die there shall be no blood shed for him c. Exod. 22. 2 3. If he smite him with an instrument of iron so that he die c. or with throwing a stone c. or with an instrument of wood wherewith he may die and he die he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death c. If he thrust him of hatred or hurl at him by laying of wait that he die or in enmity smite him with his hand that he die he who smote him shall surely be put to death c. He is a murderer c. But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity or have cast upon him without lying in in wait or with any stone wherewith he may die seeing him not and cast upon him that he die and was not his enemy sought his harm Then the Congregation shall judge and deliver the slayer out of the hands of the avenger of blood c. The murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses but one witness shall not testifie against any person to die Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer but he shall be surely put to death c. So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are for blood defileth the land and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that 〈◊〉 shed therein or there can be no expiation for thâ—â—and but by the blood of him who shed it Numb 35. 16 17 c. Deut. 19. 4 5 6 10 11 12 13. When David had met with Saul who was pursuing his life upon an advantage in the Cave and might have slain him and moved thereto yet refused and said The Lord avenge me but mine hand shall not be upon thee 1 Sam. 24. 12 13. ch 26. 9 10 11. David's Murther of Uriah and Judgments from God on David's House for it 2 Sam. 11. ch 12. The Murdering of Naboth threatned and punished upon Ahab's House 1 Kings 21. ch 22. 38. Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah to remove out of his sight for the sins of Manasseth c. and for the innocent blood that he shed For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood which the Lord would not pardon 2 Kings 24. 2 3 4. The murderer riseth with the light killeth the poor and needy and in the night is as a thief Job 24. 14. Psalm 10. 4 8. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness O God thou God of my salvation c. Psalm 51. 14. 2 Sam. 11. They sleep not except they have done some mischief and their sleep is taken away except they cause some to fall Prov. 4. 16 17. Will ye steal murder c. and come and stand before me in this house which is called by my name Jer. 7. 9 10. The Mariners when they were to cast out Jonah into the Sea prayed to God That they might not perish for his life and that God would not lay innocent blood to their charge Jonah 1. 14. The Barbarians thought that Vengeance would not suffer a Murderer to live Acts 28. 3 4. Love one another not as Cain who was of that wicked one and slew his brother and wherefore slew he him because his own works were evil and his brother's righteous c. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him 1 John 3. 11 12 15. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders c. Matth. 15. 19. You are
unto righteousness c. which is of faith But Israel who followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained unto the law of righteousness Wherefore Because they sought it not by faith but as it were by the works of the law Rom. 9. 30 31 32. They being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believeth c. The righteouness which is of faith saith on this wise c. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness Rom. 10. 3 4 6 7 8 9 10. ch 8. 3 4. Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification c. 1 Cor. 1. 30. But ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 6. 11. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses to them He 〈◊〉 made him to be sin for us who knew no sin 〈◊〉 we might be made the righteousness of God in hâ—m 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. A man is not justified by the works of the law but â—y the faith of Jesus Christ Even we believe c. â—hat we may be justified by the faith of Christ aâ—d â—ot c. Gal. 2. 16. Paul to the Galatians doth argue this at large 〈…〉 〈◊〉 â—hrough the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith c. Gal. 5. 5. Hâ—â— gâ—â—ce wherein he hath made us accepted in the â—eloâ—â—d Ephes 1. 6. 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 Faith in Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Philip. 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. Colos 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 the 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 sanctified 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 29. 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. IV. Eternal Life and Salvation THE just shall live by his faith Hab. 2. 4. Fear not little flock for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom Luke 12. 32. 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 Luke 19. 9 10. So must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have â—â—ernal 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 17 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 die 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. ch 5. 24. I am the door 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 may 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 how much more they who received 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 4. In Christ c. in whom also we have obtained an inheritance Ephes 1. 11. God who is rich in mercy for the 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 Colos 1. 27. Ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God and Christ who is our life c. Col. 3. 3 4. 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 died for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thes 5. 9 10. 2 Tim. 1. 9. ch 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. that 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. 2 Tim. 2. 10. And this is the promise which he hath promised us eternal life 1 John 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 unto 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 vers 21. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. ch 10. 26 27 28 29. See more in the next Chapter CHAP. XI How Men have the Benefit of this Salvation On by what Means it becomes theirs in particular By Faith 1 Tim. 6. 12. THE kingdom of God is at hand repent ye and believe the gospel Mark 1. 15. This is the commandment That we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ 1 John 3. 23. John 6. 29. Let us put on the breast-plate of faith 1 Thes 5. 8. 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 baptized shall be saved Mark 16. 16. Blessed is she who believeth that there or for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord Luke 1. 45. Acts. 27. 25. Jesus said to the woman Thy sins are forgiven c. Thy faith hath saved thee go c. Luke 7. 48 50. But to as many as received him to them he gave power or the right or privilege 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 on 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. Whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst c. John 4. 14. 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 caâ—e 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 c. he dwelleth in me and I in him c. I live by the Father so he who eateth me even he he shall live by me This is c. John 6. 28 29 35 40 47 51 54 56 57. He who believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live and whosoever â—iveth and believeth in me shall never die c. John â— 25 26. Jesus said unto Thomas Reach hither thy finger c. Be not faithless but believing c. Jesus 〈◊〉 unto him Because thou hast seen thou 〈◊〉 believed Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed c. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20. 27 29 31. Through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10. 43. By him all who believe are justified from all things c. Acts 13. 39. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus we shall be saved Acts 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 Acts 16. 30 31. I kept back nothing which was profitable c. Testifying both to the Jews and also to