he never intends to own Luk. 6.35 117. He beleeves that none is as mercifull as God is mercifull and yet he beleeves that every saint is mercifull even as God is mercifull Luke 8.36 118. He beleeves that a man may be going to die when as yet he hath not begun to live 119. He beleeves that the wicked are not a Psal 73.5 plagued like other men and yet he beleeves that the wicked b Job 15.20 travelleth in pain all his dayes 120 He beleeves that where there is not the fear of God there is no true love to God 1 Joh. 4.18 and yet he beleeves that true love casteth out fear 121. He looks beyond Ordinances and yet is not above Ordinances 122. He dares not say that he is Christ and yet he beleeves that himself with the saints and Christ are called one a 1 Cor. 12.12 CHRIST 123. He knows he sinnes in having a b To make a mock at sin as fools do Pro. 14.9 light esteem of sin and yet he knows he sins not in esteeming it lightly or nothing worth 124. He knows that when he begins to die then he shall begin to live and yet hee beleeves that he shall not nay cannot then begin to live except he had begun to live before he had begun to die 125. He walks continually with God in heaven and yet he is yet to go to heaven 126. He beleeves that c Rev. 18.2 Babylon is fallen is fallen and yet he beleeves that it 's yet to fall 127. He beleeves that his own salvation is wrought out already for him and yet he beleeves that he is to work out his own salvation with fear and trembling Phil. 2.12 128. He prayes hears and reads but beleeves it 's not these can save him and yet he prayes hears and reads as if he beleeved to be sav'd by these 129. He is one that lives in heaven Phil. 3.20 and yet d Surely where the supreme Majesty pleases to manifest his presence there is heaven B. Hall Soli. 19. pa. 69. heaven lives in him 130. He beleeves that God is ready to pardon Neh. 9.17 and yet he beleeves that pardon cannot be got readily 131. He is one who though he hath not a foot of land of his own yet hath a large inheritance in the land of the living No greater riches Lord have I then thee In God Iv'e all can I then richer be 132. He beleeves that what ever God doth or intends to do for him is all of free grace and yet he beleeves there 's nothing God doth or intends to do for him but it was bought first with a price 1 Cor. 8.20 133. He loves father and mother and wife Luk. 14 26 and children and brethren and sisters and yet hates them 134. He is a peace-maker and yet continually quarrelling 135. He is no fighter 1 Tim 6.12 and yet alwayes fighting the good fight of faith 136. He knows that Christ hath commanded him to love his enemies Luke 6.35 he beleeves he sins if he doth not yet he hath a Sin the world and the flesh enemies that he cannot nay will not love and beleeves he sins not in so doing 137. When he is sitting lying or standing he is still b With God walking 138. He beleeves that no man hath two hearts and yet he beleeves that many men seek unto God with a c With an heart and in heart â—oh 6.56 double heart 139. He is one that dwels in Christ and yet hath Christ dwelling in him 140. He hath no abiding place though a place to abide in 141. He lives peaceably with all men Rom. 12.18 and yet all men live not peaceably with him 142. His fellowship is with the Saints and yet his fellowship is with the Father 1 Joh. 3.3 and his Son Jesus Christ 143. He is one that 's joyfull or full of joy yet full of sorrow or sorrowfull 144. He beleeves that he is a cleansed from all unrighteousnesse 1 Joh. 1.9 and yet he beleeves that all unrighteousnesse is not clean cleansed from him 145. He beleeves that all the Saints though many Thousands Rom. 12.5 are yet ONE in Christ 146. He beleeves that one may be in the true Church and yet not of the true Church 147. He beleeves he cannot fall from grace and yet some times he thinks he hath no grace at all 148. He beleeves that Gods face cannot be seen Exod. 33.20 and yet he is ever beholding the face of God Psal 17.15 149. He knows that God cannot forget him and yet he is often praying Esay 49.15 that God would remember him 150. He beleeves that he hath a body of flesh Rom. 7.24 and a body of sin and yet he beleeves that he hath not two bodies 1 Joh. 2 3 4 151. He beleeves that who ever keeps Gods commandements knows God Tit. 1.16 but not who ever knows God keeps his commandements 152. He beleeves that if we confesse our sins God is faithfull and just to forgive us our sins and yet he beleeves that one may confesse his sins and yet God neither unfaithfull nor unjust though he forgive not his sins 153. He beleeves that every one hopes for glory and yet he beleeves that the HOPE OF GLORY is not in every one Rom 5.2 154. He beleeves that God himself Quicquid est in Deo est ipse Deus is love it self mercy it self goodnesse it self c. and that goodnesse it self mercy it self love it self is God himself 155. He will not say that he is no sonne yet will say that he is unworthy to be called a sonne 156. He beleeves that there 's no person so just as that he needs no repentance and yet our Saviour makes mention of just persons that need no repentance Luke 15.7 157. He beleeves that sin shall never have power over him Rom. 6.14 and yet he beleeves that he may be over-power'd by a sin 158. He beleeves that though evil be not good yet it 's good evil be 159. He learns to stand by his falls and gets strength by weaknesse discover'd 160. He dares not say that he wants grace and yet confesseth that he is very much wanting in grace 161. He beleeves that little children are uncapable of the knowledge of God and yet he beleeves that the Apostle said true 1 Joh. 2.13 I write unto you little children because yee have known the Father 162. He is one that knows all things 1 Joh. 2.20 and yet complains of Ignorance in many things 163. He beleeves that the body of death is one thing and the death of the body another 164. He beleeves that some have the light of knowledge which yet have not the saving knowledge of that light 165. He beleeves that a dead man cannot complain yet when he 's dead he complains of his deadnesse 166. He beleeves that he is Antichrist that denieth
not bound never to cease praying 72. He beleeves upon good c Or grounds reasons that God loves him and yet sees no reason why he should love him 73. He beleeves that we are d 2 Tim. 1.9 called not according to our works and yet he beleeves that according to our works we may know whether we are called 74. He beleeves that there 's a a Of Gods Elect. common faith Titus 1.4 and yet he beleeves that faith is not common for all men have not faith 2 Thes 3.2 75. He beleeves that b 1 Tim 4.4 every creature of God is good and yet he beleeves that there 's none good but one and that is God Mat. 19.17 76. He beleeves that the way to gain a mans life is to lose it Mat. 10.39 77. He beleeves that the Spirit of Christ dwells not essentially in beleevers and yet he beleeves that he that hath not the Spirit of Christ dwelling in him is none of his Rom. 8.9 11. 78. He beleeves that this is as great a Gospel truth that he that repents not shall be damn'd as he that beleeves not shall be damn'd 79. He beleeves that the way to preserve self is to kill self 80 He beleeves that Jesus Christ is God the Fathers onely Son and c Hebr. 1.2 heir and yet he beleeves that every beleever is his sonne and heir Rom. 8.17 81. He beleeves that Christ is the King of Saints and they his subjects Revel 15.3 and yet he beleeves that every Saint is a king Revel 1.6 and hath subjects 82. He beleeves that the way to have all is to d For Christ part with all 83. He beleeves that the Saints are Christs a Cant. 4.11 Spouse and yet he beleeves they are his brethren Heb. 2.11 12. 84. He beleeves that there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved but onely by the name of Christ Act. 4.12 and yet he beleeves we are saved by hope Rom. 8.24 85. He beleeves that none are chosen but who are called and yet he beleeves that many are called which shall never be chosen Mat. 22.14 86. He beleeves that sin is the greatest evil and yet he heleeves that God can work good out of it 87. He beleeves that the a Compar'd to God least sin is the greatest evil 88. He beleeves that Jesus Christ was begotten of his Father from eternity and yet he beleeves that he was born in time 89. He beleeves that ther 's no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus Rom. 8.1 and yet he beleeves there 's none think themselves more worthy of condemnation then those that are in Christ Jesus 90. He prayes that he might be heard and yet he thinks he shall not be heard for his praying 91. He beleeves there 's none that doth good Psal 14.3 no not one and yet he beleeves there are many which are good and do good 92. He beleeves that God justifieth the a Rom. 4.5 ungodly and yet he beleeves that b Such that live and delight in actuall sins sure are not yet actually justified the ungodly are not justified 93. He beleeves that many which say they love God do yet hate him 94. He beleeves that God may be a c By creation Father to them he is not a Friend to 95. He beleeves that heaven is Gods dwelling place 1 King 8.39 and yet he beleeves that he filleth heaven and earth Jer. 23.24 96. He beleeves that his sins are not hid from God Psal 89.5 and yet he beleeves that God hath hid them 97. He beleeves that he sins in d Pro. 28.13 covering of sin from God and yet he beleeves that all his sins are covered by God Psal 32.1 98. He beleeves that God is not the worse for our sins and yet he beleeves that in a sence e Sin is an injury to God because God hath lesse external glory God doth receive injury by our sins 99. He beleeves that a Saint is one in whom there is f Joh. 1.47 no guile and yet he beleeves that every Saint may complain of guile being in him 100. A little of God g More then any thing in the world besides contents him and yet he is not contented with that little The second Century 101. HE beleeves that in all labor there is profit Pro. 14.23 and yet hee beleeves the words of Solomon are true What profit bath a man in all his labour Eccles 1.3 and 2.11 102. He beleeves that there 's a provoking one another that 's unlawfull Gal. 5.26 and yet that there 's a provoking one another that 's lawfull Heb. 10.24 Or thus 103. He thinks it not good we should provoke one another and yet thinks wee should provoke one another to that which is good Heb. 10.24 104. He beleeves that a good man in some cases may be justly punisht and yet he beleeves that to punish the just is not good Pro 17.28 105. He beleeves that every one that is gracious desires grace and yet he beleeves that one may a If there be desires without endeavours desire grace and not be gracious 106. He cannot beleeve that David could be poor and needy and yet a King and yet he beleeves that David said true when he confest but I am poor and needy Psal 70.5 107. He beleeves that he is to a Dan. 8.10 Psal 55.16 17 task himself to an every-dayes performance of duty and yet he beleeves that he must by no means look upon duty as a b Or burden task 108. He beleeves that God will be good onely to them that seek him Matt. 7.7 8. and yet he beleeves that God is good to them that seek him not Psal 145.9 109. He beleeves that a man doth not sin in sorrowing for sin and yet he beleeves that that sorrowing for sin which keeps a man from closing with Christ is sinfull 110. He knows death to be the King of terrours yet it 's not terrour to him Job 18.14 111. He beleeves that Christ was tempted in all points like as we are Heb. 4.15 yet without sin 2 Cor. 5.21 and yet he beleeves that he was made sin for us 112. He beleeves that God cannot be deceived and yet he beleeves that hypocrites deceive him Mal. 1.14 113. He beleeves that God hath promised to give to them that ask and yet he beleeves that many ask to whom God will never give 114. He beleeves that the Saints are very vile Job 40.4 42.6 Psal 18.3 base lothsome creatures in their own eyes yet the excellent on earth in whom is all Christs delight 115. He beleeves that though Gods presence may be withdrawn from him yet he cannot withdraw himself from the presence of God Psal 139.7 116. He beleeves that those whom God intends to own he is kind to and yet hee beleeves that God is kind to those whom
the Father and the Son 1 Ioh. 2.22 and yet he beleeves that the Father and the Son are not denied by a The Papists are right in the Trinity ANTICHRIST 167. He wonders how the cleanest water should cleanse his soul from the filth of sin and yet he beleeves that from the filth of sin his soul is cleansed with the sprinkling of clean water Ezek. 36.25 168 He beleeves that he hath his old heart and yet he beleeves that he hath a new heart 169 He takes no thought for the morrow Matth. 6.34 and yet none so full of cares as he Act. 16.30 170. He beleeves he a 1 Ioh. 2.27 needs not that any man teach him and yet he beleeves he shall never be above the teaching of any man 171. He beleeves that every one that is born of God doth righteousnesse and yet he beleeves that every one that doth righteousnesse is not born of God 172. He beleeves that Christ is never neerer him in power to uphold him then when he seemeth most to hide his presence and to depart from him 173. Nothing will content him but prevailing in prayer yet many times he prayes and prevails not and yet is contented 174. He beleeves he shall be filled with all the fulnesse of God Ephes 3.19 and yet he beleeves that God will remain as full as ever 175. He beleeves that God from eternity hath set down and decre'd with himself that such a number onely shall be saved Ioh. 3.15 16 and yet he beleeves that whosoever beleeveth shall be saved 176. He beleeves that God did not a Damnation is not 〈◊〉 the end of reprobation but the manifestation of the glory of Gods justice Hos 13.9 reprobate a man to damn him and yet he beleeves he shall be damn'd because he is reprobated 177. He beleeves that though God hath immutably and unchangeably decreed the reprobation of some men yet that the ruine of every one of those men shall be of themselves for no man shall be miserable but where he hath been sinfull 178 He beleeves that God did not reprobate any upon the foresight of sinne The decree of God is one thing the execuon of his decree another nor elect any upon the foresight of faith and good works and yet he beleeves that as God decreed the end so the means conducing to that end 179. He beleeves that as many as are ordained to eternall life do beleeve Act. 13.48 but not because they do beleeve therefore they are ordained to eternall life 180. He subjects his reason to his faith but not his faith to his reason in what his reason cannot comprehend or fathom 181 He beleeves that he 's known in the world and yet he beleeves that the b 1 Joh. 3.1 world knows him not 182. He beleeves that whosoever sinneth hath not seen God 1 Joh. 3.6 neither known him and yet he beleeves that whosoever hath seen God or known him hath sinned and may sin 183 He beleeves that though a man comes to an untimely end yet his end comes not before it's time 184. He beleeves that Christ and his Father are two and yet he beleeves that Christ and his Father are one Joh. 10.30 185. He beleeves that by one man sin entred into the world Rom. 5.12 and yet he beleeves that sin entred into the world more then by the means of one man 186 He beleeves that he is not to have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of persons Jam. 2 1 and yet he beleeves that he may nay ought to respect those persons that have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ 187 He beleeves that the Lords portion is his people Deut. 32.9 and that Gods peoples portion is the Lord Lam. ◠24 188. As he lives a faithfull life so hee lives the life of faith Gal. 2.20 189. Though life to him is better then all Job 2.4 yet Christ to him is better then life 190. He beleeves that the soul shall never die and yet he beleeves that that man which hath not God hath a dead soul For as the body is dead without the soul so is the soul dead without God he is the soul of our souls 191. He beleeves that they which have not Paradise or heaven here shall never have Paradise hereafter 192. He beleeves that godlinesse is profitable to all things 1 Tim. 4.8 but not all things profitable to godlinesse 193. He beleeves he sins if he love not father and mother c. from his heart and from his soul and yet hee beleeves he sins if he love not God with all his heart and with all his soul Deut. 6.5 194. He beleeves that Christ was manifested to take away his sins 1 Joh. 3.5 and yet he beleeves that sin shall never while hee lives be quite taken away 195. He beleeves that every Covenant is a promise but not every promise a Covenant 196. He beleeves that where ever there is spirituall life from the Spirit of life it cannot be hid he find◠such a life in him by the effects of it and yet he beleeves that his life is hid with Christ in God Col. 3.3 197. He beleeves that his treasure is lockt up in heaven not in earth Mat. 6.19 and yet he beleeves that his a God Treasure is neither lockt up in earth or in heaven but fils both 198. Hee beleeves that hee that doth righteousnesse is righteous 1 Joh. 3.7 and yet he beleeves that he that is righteous is not righteous by doing righteousnesse 199. He is one that 's rich by riches invisible by wealth which the world knowes not of 200 He beleeves he cannot sin because he is born of God 1 Joh. 3.9 and yet he beleeves that though he be born of God he doth sin and may sin The third Century 201. HE beleeves that many question their true love to God whose true love to God is unquestionable 202. He beleeves that what is invisible cannot be seen and yet he beleeves that Moses did see him Heb. 11.27 who is invisible 203. What would prove to his hurt hee would not ask at any time and yet he beleeves that he asks many times those things which if God should grant would prove to his hurt 204. He beleeves that the children of light are wiser then the children of this world Luke 16.8 and yet he beleeves that the children of this world are wiser in their generation then the children of light 205. He beleeves that when a man begins to live he begins to die * Our days They end When scarce begun And ere we apprehend That we Begin to live our life is done Man count thy dayes and if they flee too fast For thy dull thoughts to count count every day thy last 206. He beleeves he must not do good works to be seen of men and yet he beleeves that though he be seen of men hee may and ought to do good