on purpose that it might appear they are the Failings of Saints and so proper to the Head 2 dly Note also That the words within a Parenthesis beginning with or are the Marginal Readings 3 dly Some General Heads have no Particulars following but the whole placed under that General Head This is so done either because the Texts which the Scripture affords to that Subject are but few in the whole and so easily run through or that the Matters are so various that almost every Verse carries a distinct thing in it yet still relating to the General Head as that Of the Saints Privileges each Text almost a distinct Privilege So that Of the Character of Saints and some other of like Nature And here to have descended to Particular Heads would have been tedious and unnecessary for the words being there transcribed the Reader may presently inform himself in the whole and in every particular Lastly A little pains in observing the Contents or Table in the Front of the Book which doth contain the General and Particular Heads therein and also the References thereto and directs to Chapter and Page where each lieth will enable thee to discern more of the Method and usefulness of the Work than can be well expressed in a short Epistle Therefore this shall suffice supposing the Work it self will shew its own Usefulness and Advantage to the Meditation about Divine Matters holding a Man to one Subject and yielding variety of Matter to enforce upon the mind and leave impression there When bare reading a Chapter or two as some use to do as a task proves not effectual for that end and searching proves laborious and to many by reason of the difficulty of finding discouraging also In this Edition the Errata of the former Edition are Corrected and the Work is enlarged about a fourth Part. ADVERTISEMENT THERE is now Printing a New Edition of the large Cambridge Concordance in Folio with very great Improvements to which Edition is added the Concordance to the Aprocrypha never before Published to be sold by A. and J. Churchil THE CONTENTS OR A TABLE OF THE Several HEADS herein Contained AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS In Order as they lie AND Directing to Chapter and Page Chap. I. OF the Scriptures their Authority Use and Excellency Page 1. Chap. II. Of God Page 5. His Name and Title 5 He is a Spirit ibid. His Excellency Majesty Greatness Perfection Glory Soveraignty and Absoluteness ibid. See more in the Duty of fearing God c. 16 p. 102 He is Invisible 10 He is Incorruptible ibid. He is the most strong Almighty Omnipotent God A Rock ibid. He is Omniscient Omnipresent 11 He is most Wise 12 He is most Holy ibid. He is most Just ibid. He is compassionate pitiful and merciful 1â— He is long-suffering and patient ibid. He is gracious good kind and bountiful ibid. He is Faithfulness and Truth 14 He is Unchangeable ibid. He is infinite and unsearchable ibid. He is Eternal 15 He only is the true and living God ibid. Chap. III. Of the one God Father Son and Spirit or the Trinity See more of the Christ's Excellency Chap. 7 Page 31 See more of the Spirit Chap. 21 Page 173 Chap. IV. Of Man in his first Estate wherein he was Created and his Fall Page 18 Chap. V. Of Man's state by Nature since Sin entred Page 18. 1. Corrupt unclean and desperately wicked 18 See more of Sin Chap. 16 Page 125 2. Ignorant and sottishly opposing the true God and adoring Idols 21 See more of Ignorance Chap. 38 Page 264 3. In servitude to Sin and Satan 28 4. The sad fruit and end of such a state ibid. See more of Gods Judgment against Sinners Chap. 16 Page 125 Chap. VI. The Case the Law concludes Men under Page 25. Under Sin and Guilt 25 Under the Curse thereof ibid. The Deeds of the Law or Sacrifices under it cannot Justifie or Purge Sin but still leaves Sinners under Guilt Condemnation and Wrath. 26 Chap. VII Of Man's Salvation and Redemption how it came and by what means Page 27. From God only and no otherwise 27 Who is he and by whom this Salvation is conveyed and wrought Jesus Christ 28 The Excellency of this Saviour his Dignity and Authority in his Person and Nature his Person and Authority 31 his Nature 34 See more in Pardon and Salvation by Christ alone Chap. 10 Page 48 Chap. VIII How Christ wrought this Salvation for Sinners what he was made and what he did in order to it Page 35. 1. He is Mediator 35 2. He took upon him the Nature of Man and humbled himself ibid. 3. He is made an High Priest 36 4. He offered himself to God as a Sacrifice suffered for the Sins of Mankind made Peace through the shedding of his own Blood by which he entred into the Holiest 37 5. He fulfilled all Righteousness of the Law bore the Curse took away the Hand-writing of Ordinances is our Righteousness 39 See more of Justification Chap. 10 Page 50 6. He Sanctifieth us is our Sanctification 40 7. He Riseth from the Dead ibid. 8. He Ascended into Heaven is our way to the Father our Advocate and Intercessor there 41 9. He is made our King and Head to Encounter and Conquer our Enemies to Rule for and in us 42 10. He is our Prophet and Shepherd to Teach Guide and Feed us 43 11. He is our All in all things our Compleatness and Perfection 44 Chap. IX God's free choice of his in Christ Jesus to Eternal Life and calling of them according to his Purpose and Grace Page 45 Chap. X. Pardon and Remission of Sins Reconciliation and Peace with God Justification and Sanctification before God Eternal Life and Salvation free through the Grace of God by the Death Sacrifice and Sufferings of Christ without works Page 48 1. In General 48 2. In particular Pardon of Sins ibid. 3. Reconciliation and Peace with God 49 4. Justification and Sanctification before God 50 5. Eternal Life and Salvation 51 See more in Chap. 11 of Faith Page 53 Chap. XI How Men have the benefit of this Salvation or by what means it becomes theirs in particular P. 53. By Faith 53 Of Faith in its Nature and Objects Use Benefits and Advantages further then as before relating to this Salvation 1. In its Nature and Objects 54 2. In its Use Benefits and Advantages further 57 See more Trusting in God Chap. 16 p. 106 The Effects or Fruits by which Faith is known to be true 58 Also See Fruits of the Spirit Chap. 21 Page 176 The dangerous State and Issue of Unbelief 59 Chap. XII Characters of Saints good Men Believers appearing in Word and Deed Page 60. 1. That such may be known from others by their Fruits 60 2. The particular Fruits of the Spirit in them or good things appearing or necessary to be in such who are real Saints 61 See more of the Fruits of Faith Chap. 11 Page 58 Of the Fruits of the Spirit
Which in other ages was not made known c. That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ Ephes 3. 5 6 11. Work out your own salvation c. for it is God who worketh in you both to will and 〈◊〉 do of his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. Giving thanks to 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 hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son Col. 1. 12 13. Knowing c. your election of God For our Gospel came not unto you in word but also in power c. 1 Thes 1. 4 5. 1 Cor. 1. 18 24. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord 1 Thes 5. 9. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation c. Whereunto he called you by our Gospel 2 Thes 2. 13 14. God who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began 2 Tim. 1. 8 9 10. Rom. 1. 6. I endure all things for the elects sake c. Who concerning the truth have erred c. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure having this seal the Lord knoweth them that are his 2 Tim. 2. 10 18 19. If they shall enter into rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world Hebr. 4. 3. By one sacrifice he hath for ever perfected them who are sanctified Hebr. 10. 14. To the strangers c. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father 1 Pet. 1. 1 2. Titus 1. 1. Being disobedient whereto they were appointed but ye are a chosen generation a royal Priesthood a peculiar or a purchased people that ye may shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness c. 1 Pet. 2. 8 9 10. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. They went out from us c. that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us 1 John 2. 19. We love him because he first loved us 1 John 4. 19. All who dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the Book or life of the Lamb Rev. 13. 8. ch 17 18. And they who dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the Book of life from the foundation of the world when c. Rev. 17. 8. Whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire c. Rev. 20. 15. There shall in no wise enter into the new Jerusalem but those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of Life Rev. 2â— 27. CHAP. X. Pardon and Remission of Sins Reconciliation and Peace with God Justification and Sanctification before God Eternal Life and Salvation free through the Grace of God only by the Death Sacrifice and Sufferings of Christ without Works In General THE life of the flesh is in the blood and I have given it to you c. For it is the blood maketh an atonement for the soul Levit. 〈◊〉 11. This is the true grace of God wherein ye stand 1 Pet. 5. 12. The law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ John 1. 17. If by grace then is it no more works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be of works then is it no more of grace otherwise work is no more work c. That he might have mercy on all O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom c. Rom. 11. 6 32 33. 2 Thes 2. 16. Ephes 2. 8. We are chosen adopted accepted have remission of sin c. and all in and through Jesus Christ Ephes 1. 2 3 c. We are the Circumcision who worship God in spirit rejoice in Christ have no confidence in the the flesh Phil. 3. 3. We are come c. to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel Hebr. 12. 24. Who testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow 1 Pet. 1. 11. In Particular I. Pardon of Sins THE Lord proclaimed himself The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth c. forgiving iniquity transgression and sin Exod. 34. 6 7. Numb 14. 17 18 19. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psalm 32. 1 2 5. Rom. 4. 7 8. As for our transgressions thou shall purge them away Psalm 65. 3. Thou wast a God who forgave them thou tookest vengeance on their inventions Psalm 90. 8. But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared Psalm 130. 4. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red as crimsâ—n they shall be as wooll Isa 1. 18. I am he who blotteth out thy transgression for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins Isa 43. 35. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sins Sing O Heavens for the Lord hath done it Isa 44. 22 23. He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities c. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all c. he shall bear their iniquities Isa 53 5 6 11. Let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and unto our God for he will abundantly pardon or multiply pardons for my thoughts are not your thoughts c. Isa 55. 7 8 9. Ezek. 33. 14 15 16. I will make a new covenant c. for I will forgive their iniquity and will remember their sins no more Jer. 31. 31 34. Hebr. 10. 17 18. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned against me and whereby they have transgressed against me Jer. 33. 8. In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve Jer. 50. 20. Isa 33. 24. Seventy weeks are determined c. to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity c. The Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself c. Dan. 9. 24 26. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage c. thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea Micah 7.
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
and God in him c. It 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. 6 7 16 20. ch 5. 1. Whsoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and whosoever loveth him c. 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. 1 4 18. He who doth good is of God but he who doth evil hath not seen God 3 John Vers 11. He who abideth in the doctrine or Christ hath both the Father and the Son 2 John Vers 9. Those whose names are written in the book of life they will not subscribe to Antâ—christ Rev. 13. 8. ch 14. 4. ch 17. 8. ch 21. 27. See more in the Fruits of the Spirit Chap. 21. See more in the Fruits of Faith Chap. 11. See more in Duties Chap. 10. 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 I. 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. The rod of the wicked shall not rest c. lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity Psal 125. 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 a day and riseth up Prov. 24. 16. For that there is not a just man upon earth who doeth 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. Rom. 7. 14 15 16 17 c. 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 Christ's Philip. 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 Philip. 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 It 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 1 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 a sin unto death I do not say that he shall pray for it 1 John 5. 16. II. Particular Instances of the Saints Failings recorded NOah was a just man perfect in his generation Noan walked with God Gen. 6. 9. ch 7. 1. Noah drank of the wine and was drunken and was uncovered within his tent Gen. 9. 21. Abraham believed the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness c. Abraham my Friend He staggâ—red not through unbelief Gen. 15. 6. Isa 41. 8. Rom. 4. 16 18 19 20. They will kill me they will save thee alive Say I pray thee thou are my sister c. And when God had promised him to inherit the Land he said Lord God Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it c. When the Promise was made to him of a Child he fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart Shall a child c. Oh that Ishmael might live before thee c. He said of his Wife She is my sister again at Gerer for fear of being slain Gen. 12. 12 13. ch 15. 8. ch 17. 16 17 18. ch 20. 2 11. Sarah laughed at the Promise and then denied that she had laughed Gen. 18. 12 13 15. Good Isaac said of his Wife also She is my sister for fear of the Men of the place lest they should kill him for her Gen. 26. 7. Just Lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man c. 2 Pet. 2. 7 8. He lingered the men laid hold upon his hand c. and said Go escape for thy life c. And Lot said unto him Oh not so my Lord c. I cannot escape to the mountains lest some evil take me and I die Behold this city is near to flee unto Is it not a little one c. He afterwards drinks Wine and then lay with his two Daughters Gen. 19. 16 17 18 19 20 33. 34 35 36. Jacob when he heard his Brother Esau was coming with four hundred men against him he was greatly afraid and distressed c. Gen. 32. 6 7. He was sore distressed when one of his Sons was kept by Joseph and another sent for Gen. 42. 36 37 c. Moses was very meek above all the men upon the face of the earth c. Moses my servant is dead c. Who is faithful to him in all his house c. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house as a servant Numb 12. 3 7. Jos 1. 2 13 Heb. 3. 2 5. When God was sending Moses he saith O my Lord I am not eloquent c. And the 〈…〉 unto him Who hath made man's mouth c. And he said O my Lord Send I pray thee by the hand thou wilt send or shouldest send And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses c. Moses returned unto the Lord and said Wherefore hast thou so evilly intreated this people Why is it that thou hast sent me c. Moses was very wrath c. Now ye rebels Must we fetch water out of the rock c. I am not able to bear this people c. If thou deal thus with me kill me I pray thee out of hand
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. 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. Rev. 3. 20. 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. John 9. 31. Rom. 10. 12 13. The Father himself loveth you because ye have loved me c. John 16. 27. 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 Acts 10. 34 35. Being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ c. The love of God is shed abroad into our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us Rom. 5. 1 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 your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life Rom. 6. 14 22. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus c. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death c. As many as are led by the spirit of God are the sons of God for ye have not received the spirit of bondage c. but the spirit of adoption c. And if children then heirs heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ c. We know that all things work together for good to them who love God c. If God be for us who can be against us He who spared not his own Son c. how shall he not with him also freely give us all things Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect is it not God that justifies Who is he that condemns c. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ c. We are more than conquerors c. Rom. 8. 1 2 14 15 16 17 28 31 32 33 34 35 37. Gal. 4. 5 6 7. Psal 25. 10. Whosoever believeth c. shall not be ashamed c. They that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved Rom. 10. 11 12 13. The God of peace shall tread Satan under your feet shortly Rom. 16. 20. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God c. Whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours and ye are Christ's and Christ is God's 1 Cor. 3. 16 22 23. chap. 6. 19. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world c. We shall judge Angels how much more things which pertain unto this life 1 Cor. 6. 2 3. The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband else were your children unclean but now are they holy c. He who is called in the Lord being a servant he is the Lord's free-man 1 Cor. 7. 14 22. If any man love God the same is known of him 1 Cor. 8. 3. To the glory of God by us 2 Cor. 1. 20. Ye are the temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people c. I will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the Lord Almighty 2 Cor. 6. 16 18. 1 Cor. 6. 19. Christ gave himself c. that he might deliver us from this present evil world Gal. 1. 4. Ye are all the children of God c. And if Christ's then Abram's seed and heirs according to the promise Gal. 3. 26 29. ch 4. 28. And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father c. And if a son then an heir of God through Christ Gal. 4. 6 7. Brethren ye have been called unto liberty only use not liberty for an occasion unto the flesh c. If ye are led by the spirit ye are not under the law Gal. 5. 13 18. Blessed be God who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things c. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children c. What is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints c. The church which is his body the fulness of him who filleth all in all Ephes 1. 3 5 18 23. God who is rich in mercy and hath made us to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus c. We are no more strangers c. but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God c. Ye are built together for an habitation for God through the spirit Ephes 2. 4 6 13 19 22. For me to live is Christ and to die is gain Philip. 1. 21. The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ c. The God of peace shall be with you Philip. 4. 7 9. Giving thanks to 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 hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son c.
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 establish 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 fight of God our Saviour c. I will therefore that men pray every where listing 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 Hebr. 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. Hebr. 10. 19. 20 21 22. Ephes 3. 11 12. He who prays to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him Hebr. 11. 6. 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 sick 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 hindered c. 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 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 verse 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 with or add it to the prayers of all saints c. And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints ascended up before God out of the Angels hand Rev. 8. 3 4. See more of Prayer in Affliction Chap. 22. See more of Common Calamities Chap. 23. See more in Duty towards all Men Chap. 19. See Prayer for Magistrates Chap. 24. To take special notice of the Acts of God's Goodness and Mercy keep memorials thereof celebrate his Praises extol him and stir up others so to do THY glorious name c. is exalted above all blessing and praises Nehem. 9. 5. Abraham's Servant when God had heard his request he bowed down his head and worshipped the Lord. And he said Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth c. When he he heard their words he worshipped the Lord c. Gen. 24. 26 27 52. I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God that thou wast pleased with me Gen. 33. 10. Then Jacob said c. Let us arise and go to Bethel and I will make there an altar unto God who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me in the way which I went c. And he built there an altar and called the place El-Bethel because there God appeared unto him when he fled from the face of his brother Gen. 35. 2 3 7 14 15 ch 28. 18 19 c. God commanded Israel to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt once in every year Exod. 13. 3 4 5 c. Moses and Israel solemnly celebrated his praise for their deliverance at the Red Sea in a Song of Praise Exod. 15. 2 3 to the 22. When Israel got victory over the Amalâ—kites he built an Altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi that is the Lord my banner Exod. 17. 13 14 15. And Moses told unto Jethro his Father-in-law all that the Lord had done unto Pharoch and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake c. And Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the Lord had done unto Israel c. and said Blessed be the Lord that hath delivered you c. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods Exod. 18. 8 9 10 11. When thou hast eaten and art full then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee Deut. 8. 10.
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 taken one or two more c. Matth. 18. 15 16 17. Luke 17. 3 4. Ye also are full of goodness filled with all knowledge able to admonish one another Rom. 15. 14. Paul rebuked Peter for not walking uprightly Gal. 2. 11 13 13 14. If a man be overtaken with a fault ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness Gal. 6. 1. 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. 1 Cor. 8. 1. 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 deceitfulness 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 anoother 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 ver 20 22 23. See Discipline Chap. 27. To take Rebuke Admonition c. mell from each other WHen David had rashly resolved to cut off all Nabal's family and Abigail had met him and humbly and wisely admonished him David accepts of the advice and faith 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 v. 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. He who rebuketh a scorner getteth to himself shame and he who rebuketh a wicked man getteth a blot 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. 7 8 9. chap. 19. 25. 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 knowledge but he who hateth reproof is brutish c. He who hearkneth unto counsel is wife Prov. 12. 1 15. A wise son heareth his father's 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. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than c. the song of fools Eccles 7. 5. 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 Ephess 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. VII To Confess 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 faults 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 sinneth not unto death 1 John 5. 16. VIII 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. John 17. 11 22. 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 joyned 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 saith I am of Paul c. 1 Cor. 3. 3 4. When ye come together in the Church I hear there
who believeth not is condemned already c. he shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 3 18 36. Ye are servants of sin and ye are of your father the devil John 8. 54. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men c. they are worthy of death Rom. 1. 18 32. Thinkest thou this c. that thou shalt escape the judgment of God c. Thou treasurest up unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgments of God c. Indignation and wrath tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who doth evil c. Rom. 2. 4 5 8 9. Destruction and misery are in their ways Rom. 3. 16. Sin entred and death by sin Rom. 5. 12. Whether of sin unto death c. what fruit had ye c. the end of those things is death c. the wages of 〈◊〉 is death Rom. 6. 16 21 23. James 1. 15. To be carnally minded is death So then they who are in the flesh cannot please God c. for if he live after the flesh ye shall die Rom. 8. 6 8 13. Vessels of wrath fitted to destruction Rom. 9. 22. The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God c. neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers c. shall inherit the kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. If any man love not the Lord Jesus let him be Anathema Maranatha 1 Cor. 16. 22. If our Gospel be hid it is hid unto them who are lost in whom the God of c. 2 Cor. 4. 3. The work of the flesh c. adultery fornication c. They who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God Gal. 5. 19 20 21. He who soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption Gal. 6. 8. Prov. 22. 8. You c. were dead in trâ—espasses and sins c. by nature the children of wrath as well as others Ye were without Christ being aliens of the Commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promises having no hope and without God in the world Ephes 2. 1 3 12. No whoremonger nor unclean person c. hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God c. Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience or unbelief Ephes 5. 5 6. â—owrdâ— 3. 5 6. Hebr. 13. 4. Many walk c. whose eâ—d is destruction Phil. 3. 18 19. When they say peace c. then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with-child and they shall not escape 1 Thes 5. 3. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven c. taking vengeance on them who know not God and who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power When c. 2 Thes 1. 7 8 9. Heb. 10. 26 27. That they all might be damned who believe not c. 2 Thes 2. 12. To them who are unbelieving is nothing pure c. Titus 1. 15. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Hebr. 10. 31. Psalm 2. 12. Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge Hebr. 13. 4. Judgment must begin at the house of God and if first at us what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God c. Where shall the ungodly and sinners appear 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. The Lord knows c. to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished c. the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men 2 Pet. 2. 9. ch 3. 7. Jude vers 15. Ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him 1 John 3. 15. And the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bond-man and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks c. and said to the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sitteth on 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. Whosoever was not found in the book of Life was cast into the lake of fire Rev. 20. 15. The fearful and unbelieving and the abominable c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death c. There shall in no wise enter into the new Jerusalem any thing which defile or worketh abomination or a lye Rev. 21. 8 27. For without are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers c. Rev. 22. 15. See more of God's Judgments against Sin and Sinners Chap. 16. See more of the Danger of Unbelief Chap. 11. CHAP. VI. The Case the Law concludes Men under I. Under Sin and Guilt IF thou Lord shouldest mark iniquities O Lord who shall stand Psalm 130. 3. Job 9. 1 2. Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father there is one who accuseth you even Moses in whom ye trust John 5. 45. We have before proved or charged both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin as it is written There is none righteous c. Whatsoever the law saith it saith unto them who are under law that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty or subject to the Judgment of God before God c. There is no difference for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Rom. 3. 9 19 23. Where no law is is no transgression Rom. 4. 15. Until the law sin was in the world but sin is not imputed when there is no law c. The law entred that the offence might abound c. Rom. 5. 13 20. I had not known sin but by the law c. Without the law sin was dead I was alive without the law once but when the commandment came sin revived and I died c. That sin might appear sin c. and by the commandment might become exceeding sinful Rom. 7. 7 8 9 13. For God hath concluded them all or shut them up together in unbelief c. Rom. 11. 32. The strength of sin is the law 1 Cor. 15. 56. The scripture hath concluded all men under sin Gal. 3. 22. Rom. 5. 12. Psalm 143. 2. Whoso shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one is made guilty of all c. James 2. 10. II. Under the Curse thereof CUrsed be he who confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them and c. Deut. 27. 26. If thou wilt not c. to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee c. all these curses shall come upon thee Cursed thou c. Deut. 28. 15 16 17 18 c. Thus saith the Lord
in peace but when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcometh him he taketh from him all his armour c. Luke 11. 21 22. We will not have this man to rule over us c. Those mine enemies c. bring hither and slay them c. Luke 19. 14 27. When he is come he will convince the world c. of judgment because the prince of this world is judged c. Be of good chear I have overcome the world John 16. 8 11 33. God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Acts 2. 36. Psal 110. 1 2 3. Luke 20. 42 43. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour c. Acts 5. 31. O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory c. Thanks be unto God who gave us the victory through our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 15. 54 55 56 57. Christ c. He set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers and might and dominion c. And hath put all things under his feet and given him to be head over all things to the Church Ephes 1. 20 21 22. Grow up in him in all things who is the head Christ c. Ephes 4. 15. Christ is the head of the Church and Saviour of the body Ephes 5. 23. He is the head of the body the Church c. that in all things he might have the pre-eminence Col. 1. 18. John 13. 13. He blotted out the hand-writing of ordinances which was against us which was contrary unto us and took it out of the way c. and having spoiled principalities and powers he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in it or in himself Col. 2. 14 15. It became him c. in bringing many sons unto glory to make the Captain of their salvation perfect c. He also himself took part likewise of the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject on bondage Heb. 2. 10 14 15. But this man c. sate down at the right hand of God from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his foot-stool Heb. 10. 12 13. There is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4. 12. Even as I also have overcome and am sate down with my Father in his throne Rev. 3. 21. These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them for he is Lord of lords and King of kings Rev. 17. 14. X. He is our great Prophet and Shepherd to teach guide and feed us THE Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him thou shalt hearken c. And the Lord said They have well spoken c. I will raise them up a Prophet c. and I will put my words into his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him Deut. 18. 15 16 â—7 18 19. Acts 3. 22 23. ch 7. 37. I will declare thy name unto my brethren Psal 22. 22. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation c. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation c. Psal 40. 9 10. Thou hast received gifts for men yea for the rebellious also Psal 68. 18. Unto us a Son is given c. He shall be called Wonderful Counsellor Isa 9. 6. Behold the Lord God will come c. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arms and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those who are with young Isa 40. 10 11. A bruised reed shall he not break and the smoaking flax shall he not quench he shall bring Forth judgment unto truth c. The Isles shall wait for thy law I the Lord give thee c. 2 light of the Gentiles to open the blind eyes to bring out the prisoners from the prison them who sit in darkness out of the Prison-house Isa 42. 3 4 6 7. Behold I have given him c. a Leader and Commander unto the people Isa 55. 4. The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek c. to bind up the broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them who are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord c. To appoint unto them who mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning c. Isa 61. 1 2 3. I will feed them in goodly pasture and they shall lie in a good sold and in a far pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel I will feed my flock and will cause them to lie down faith the Lord God I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away I will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick c. And I will set up one Shepherd over them and he shall feed them my servant David he shall feed them and he shall be their shepherd Ezek. 34 14 15 16 23. Luke 19. 10. Out of thee shall come a Captain or Governor who shall rule or feed my people Matth. 2. 6. All things are delivered to me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him c. 〈◊〉 of me Matth. 11. 27. Luke 10. 22 23. The day-spring on high hath visited us to give light to them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide their feet in the way of peace Luke 1. 78 79. ch 2. 32. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist Luke 21. 15. Matth. 10. 19 20. Jesus beginning at Moses and all the Prophets he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself c. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures Luk. 24. 26 27 45. 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 ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth c. John 8. 12 32. I am the good Shepherd The good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep c. I know my sheep c. Other sheep I have which are not of this fold and them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold one Shepherd John 10 11 12 14 16. I have manifested
c. But he who believed not shall be damned Mark 16. 14 16. Thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because thou believest not my word which shall be c. Luke 1. 19 20. The Son of man when he comes shall he find faith on earth Luke 18. 8. But those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them bring hither and stay them before me Luke 19. 27. John 5. 40 43. He who believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God c. He who believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 18 36. Verily verily I say unto you Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you John 6. 53. I said therefore unto you That you shall die in your sins for if ye believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins John 8. 24. Ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep as I said unto you My sheep hear my voice c. John 10. 26 27. ch 5. 38. If any man hear my words and believe not c. He who rejecteth me and receives not my words hath one who judgeth him the word which I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day John 12. 47 48. If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned John 15. 6. He will reprove the world of sin c. of sin because they believe not on me John 16. 8 9. Beware therefore lest that come upon you c. Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I will work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you Acts 13. 40 41. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed Rom 10. 14. Well because of unbelief they were broken off c. and thou standest by faith c. God spared not the natural branches c. Rom. 11. 20 21. He who doubteth is damned if he eat because not of faith for whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom. 14. 23. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven taking vengeance on them c. who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction c. 2 Thes 1. 8. Antichrist shall prevail upon such who shall perish because they received not the truth in the love thereof or the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they shall believe a lye that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2 Thes 2. 8 9 10 11 12. Holding faith c. which some haying put away concerning faith have made shipwrack of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that being chastised they might learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. Unto them who are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their minds and consciences are defiled Titus 1. 15. If the word spoken by Angels was stedfast and every transgreision and disobedience received a just recompence of reward How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord c. Hebr. 2. 2 3. I swear in my wrath they shall not or if they shall enter into my rest Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God c. And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest but to them who believed not So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief Hebr. 3. 11 12 18 19. Numb 14. 21 22 23. Psalm 106. 24 25 26. The word preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith or because they were not united by Faith to it in them who heard c. They to whom it was first preached or the Gospel was first Preached entered not in because of unbelief Hebr. 4. 2 6. If we sin c. there is no more sacrifice c. but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation c. The just shall live by faith but if any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of those who draw back to perdition but of them who believe to the salvation of the soul Hebr. 10. 26 27 28 29 38 29. Without faith it is impossible to please God for he c. Heb. 11. 6. See that ye refuse not him who speaketh For if they escaped not who refused him who spake on earth much more shall not we if turn away from him who speaketh from heaven Hebr. 12. 25. Let him ask in faith c. for he that wavereth is like c. Let not that man think he shall receive c. James 1. 5 6 7. Unto you who believe he is very precious but unto them who are disobedient the Stone which the builders disallowed of the same is made the head of the corner and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence unto them who stumble at the Word being disobedient whereunto also they were appointed 1 Pet. 2. 7 8. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. He who believeth not God hath made him a lyar because he believeth not the record which God gave of his Son and this is the record That God hath given unto us eternal life and this life is in his Son c. He who hath not the Son hath not life 1 John 5. 10 11 12. The fearful and unbelieving c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 8. He who despised Moses law died without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the Son of God c. Hebr. 10 28 29. See more of trusting in God Chap. 16. CHAP. XII Characters of Saints good Men and Believers appearing in Word and Deed. I. That such may be known from others by their Fruits We should try SEarch and try me O Lord and know my heart try me and know my thoughts Psalm 139. 23 24. Ye shall know them by their fruits Do men gather grapes of thorns c. Matth. 7. 16 17 18 c. The tree is known by his fruit O generation of vipers how can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh A good man our of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure
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 Psalm 77. 7 8 9 10. The Prophet Jeremy in his affliction spake hard words of God said he would not speak in his name c. curseth the day of his birth Jer. 20. 7 9 14 15 c. ch 12. 1. The Church the Spouse of Christ in a sluggish posture Cant. 5. 2 3. Matth. 25. 5. 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 die 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. ch 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 Matth. 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. Luke 1. 13 18 20. Jesus said unto Peter Blessed art thou Simon c. Matth. 16. 17. Jesus said unto Peter O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt Matth. 14. 31. ch 8. 24 25 26. When Jesus spake of his being killed Peter said Be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee Buâ— he turned and said unto Peter Get thee behind me Satan thou art an offence to me for thou favourest not the things that be of God but those which be of mâ—n c. Thou wast with Jesus c. But he denied before them all saying I know not what thou sayest c. And again he denied with an oath I do not know the man Then began he to curse and to swear I know not the man c. Matth. 16. 21 22 23. ch 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 slumber'd and slept Matth. 25. 5. When the mother of Zebedee's children asked of Christ that her sons might sit 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. Matth 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 him 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. Matth. 26. 51 56. John 16. 32. Mark 8. 17 18 19. John 6. 52. 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. Lukâ— 22. 24. Mark 16. 14. Luke 24. 21 25. Christ rebuked his Disciples for their great fear in the storm Mark 4. 37 38 39 40 41. 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. Luke 9 49 50 54 55. John 20. 25. Joseph of Aâ—imathea though a disciple yet secretly for fear of the Jews c. John 19. 38 39. The Church praying for Peter did not believe for his deliverance â—or when he knocked at the door and the Damsel had acknowledged the heard his voice they believed not Acts 12 5 12 13 14 15 16. 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 Acts 23. 1. ch 15. 25 26. Barnabas determined to take with them John c. but Paul thought not good to take him with with them c. And the contention was so sharp that they departed asunder one from the other c. Acts 15. 37 38 39. ch 23. 3. 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. 14 15 18 19 24. Many saints being compelled did blaspheme Acts 26. 10 11. I brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carnal as unto babes in Christ I have fed you with milk and not with meat For hitherto ye were not able neither yet now are ye able for ye are yet carnal c. There is among you envying and strife and divisiors or Factioâ—s Are ye not carnal and walk as men c. They were greatly disorderly in the Lords supper 1 Cor. 3. 1 2 3. 1 Cor. 11 Nay you do wrong and defraud and that your brethren 1 Cor. 6. 8. Ye suffer fools gladly c. Ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man take of you if a man exalt himself if a man smite you on the face 2 Cor. 11. 19 20. I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I would c. Lest there be debates envyings wraths strites backâ—itings whisperings swellings tumults Lest when I come again my God will humble me among you and that I shall bewaâ—l many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and â—â—civioâ—sness which they have committed 2 Cor. 12. 20 21. I marvel that you are so soon removed from him who called you â—nto the grace of Christ unto anâ—â—r Gospel c. And now after that ye have 〈◊〉 God or â—ather are known of God how tâ—â—n ye back to the weak and beggerly elements or Ruâ—iments whereunto ye denre again to be in bondage Ye observe days and
for them who trust in thee before the sons of men Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues Psal 31. 19 20. Psal 27 5. Psal 36. 7 8. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sins are covered Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit is no guile I will instruct thee teach thee in the way that thou shalt guide thee with mine eye Psal 32. 1 2 8. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord the people he hath chosen for his own inheritance c. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them who fear him upon them who hope in his mercy to deliver their soul from death to keep them alive in famine Psal 33. 12 18 19. Psal 34. 7 9 10. 1 Kings 17. 3 4. Gen. 45. 6 7. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears open to their cries c. None of them who trust in him shall be desolate Psal 34. 15 22. Psal 5. 11 12. Delight thy self also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desire of thine heart c. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked c. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his way Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand c. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread c. For the Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his saints they are preserved for ever c. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he is their strength in time of trouble Psal 37. 4 16 23 24 25 28 37 39. Prov. 29. 7. Psal 128. The King's daughter is all glorious within her clothing is wrought gold Psal 45. 15. The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob our refuge Psal 46. 7 11. Gather my saints to me those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice Psal 50. 5. Blessed is he whom thou chusest to approach unto thee c. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house of thy holy temple Psal 65. 4. Psal 36. 8. Truly God is good to Israel to such who are of a clean heart Psal 73. 1. The Lord will give grace and glory no good thing will I withhold from them who walk uprightly Psal 84. 11. He will speak peace unto his people and to his saints c. His salvation is nigh unto them who fear him Psal 85. 8 9. Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound they shall walk in the light of his countenance Psal 89. 15 16 c. The righteous shall flourish like the Palm-tree he shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon Those who be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the Courts of our God they shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and flourishing Psal 92. 12 13 14. The Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Psal 94. 14. Psal 9. 10. He is our God and we the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hands Psal 95. 7. He preserveth the souls of his saints c. Light is sown for the righteous c. Psal 97. 10 11. Psal 72. 14. When they were few c. he suffered no man to do them wrong yea he reproved kings for their sakes saying Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm Psal 105. 12 13 14 15. Psal 124. 2 3. Psal 125. 1 2. Blessed is the man who feareth the Lord his seed shall be mighty on the earth The generation of the upright shall be blessed c. Surely he shall not be moved for ever the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance Psal 112. 1 2 3 4 6 7. As the mountains round about Jerusalem so the Lord is round about his people from hence for ever Psal 125. 2. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints Psal 116. 15. Psal 72. 14. The Lord hath chosen Jacob for himself and Isreal for his peculiar treasure Psal 135. 4. 1 Pet. 5. 3. Happy that people who is in such a case happy that people whose God is the Lord Psal 144. 15. He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them Psal 145. 19. Happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the Lord his God Psal 146. 5. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him in them who hope in his mercy Psal 147. 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in his people c. This honour hath all his saints Psal 149. 4 9. The froward is an abomination to the Lord but his secret with the righteous Prov. 3. 32. I love them who love me c. that I may cause those c. to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures c. Blessed are they who keep my ways c. who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors for whoso findeth me findeth life and shall obtain favour of the Lord Prov. 8. 17 21 34 35. Psal 119. 1 2. Righteousness shall deliver from death The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish c. Blessing upon the head of the just c. The memory of the just blessed c. The desire of the righteous shall be granted Prov. 10. 2 3 6 7 24. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted Prov. 11. 11. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour Prov. 12. 26. Psal 16. 3. When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him Prov. 16. 7. The righteous are as bold as a lion Prov. 28. 1. The woman whose heart is snares and nets c. Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her Eccles 7. 26. Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well for they shall eat the fruit of their doings Isa 3. 10. Eccles 8. 12. Psal 37. 10 11 17 18. Isa 65. 13 14. Bind up the testimony seal the law among my disciples Isa 8. 16. He walketh righteously or in righteousness c. he shall dwell on high his place of defence the munition of rocks bread shall be given him hâ—s waters sure thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty and shall behold the land that is far off Isa 33. 15 16 17. God caused the Sun to go backward ten degrees for a sign to Hezekiah of his recovery Isa 38. 6 7. This people have I formed for my self they shall shew forth my praise Isa 43. 21. Ask me of things to come concerning my sons and concerning the
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 dieth to himself for whether we live we live unto the Lord c. Whether we live therefore or die we are the Lord's 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. ch 11. 36. 1 Pet. 4. 2 6. 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 God's 1 Cor. 6. 13 15 19 20. ch 3. 16 17. Be ye stedfast 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. Be ye followers of me as I also am of Christ 1 Cor. 11. 1. 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 judge that if one died for all then were all dead c. That they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him who died 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. 1 Tim. 2. 2. Hebr. 13. 18. Walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfil or fulfil not the lust of the flesh Gal. 5. 16 17. 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. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing c. but a new creature c. Gal. 6. 7 8 15. 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. Titus 2. 14. 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 expectation 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 enemies of the cross of Christ c. who mind earthly things for our conversation is in heaven Phil. 3. 17 18 19 20. 1 Cor. 11. 1. Finally brethren whatsoever things are true whatsoever things honest whatsoever things just whatsoever things pure whatsoever things lovely whatsoever things of good report if there be any praise think on these things Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me do c. Phil. 4. 8 9. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitful in every good work Col. 1. 10. 2 Thes 1. 11. If ye then be risen with Christ seek those things which are above c. Set your affections on things above not on things on the earth c. Mortifie therefore your members which are upon earth fornication c. Col. 3. 1 2 5. Walk in wisdom towards them who are without redeeming the time c. That ye may stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God c. Col. 4. 5 12. That ye would walk worthy of God who hath called you unto his kingdom 1 Thess 2. 12. We exhort you by the Lord Jesus that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound more and more c. For this is the will of God your sanctification c. That every one of you should know how to posses his vessel in sanctification and honour c. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness 1 Thes 4. 1 3 4 7. Now the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
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 and 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. 7 8 13 14. ch 10. 12 13. Levit. 26. 3 4 5 c. God commanded thee that thou do these statutes c. and that with all thy heart and from thy whole soul Deut. 26. 16. 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 mayest love the Lord thy God that thou mayest obey his voice and that thou mayest cleave unto him for he is thy life c. Deut. 30. 15 16 19 20. ch 13. 4. ch 32. 46 47. Prov. 19. 16. Isa 1. 19 20. 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. Josh 22. 5. Deut. 10. 12 13. 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 than 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 Commandments 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 Oh that my people had hearkned 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 commandments c. I will run the ways of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart c. Oh 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 restimonies and I love them exceedingly Psal 119. 4 6 32 97 119 120 127 136 158 167. 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. My son forget not my law but let thy heart keep my commandments Prov. 3. 1. Blessed is the man who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors Prov. 8. 32 33 34. He who turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be abomination Prov. 28. 9. Thus saith the Lord Thy Redeemer c. Oh 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. Jer. 35. 17. Be thou instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee c. Their ear is uncircumcised they cannot hearken Jer. 6. 8 10. I speak 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. 22 23 24. chap. 11. 4 7 8. Cursed the man who obeyeth not the words of this covenant Jer. 11. 3 4. The Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets rising early and sending but ye have not hearkned nor inclined your ear c. Jer. 25. 4. ch 44. 4 5. Will ye not receive instruction to hearken unto my words faith the Lord The words of Jonab the son of Rechab that he command his sons not to drink wine are performed for unto this day they drink none but obey their fathers commandment notwithstanding I have spoken unto you rising early and speaking but ye hearkned not unto me Jer. 35. 13 14 15. As for the word thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord we will not hearken unto thee Jer. 44. 16. Thou shalt speak my words unto them whether they will hear or whether they will forbear Ezek. 2. 7. ch 3. 11 27. For they hear thy words but they do them not Ezek. 33. 32. Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts saying Execute true judgment c. but they refused to hearken and pulled away the shoulder and stopped their ears that they should not hear yea they made their hearts as an adamant-stone lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of Hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets c. Therefore it is come to pass as he cryed and they would not hear so they cried and I would not hear c. Zech. 7. 9 10 11 12 13. Not every one who saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into
saints and to be had in reverence of all about him Psalm 89. 7. Before the mountains were c. even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Thou turnest man to destruction and sayest Return ye children of men Who knoweth the power of thine anger even according to thy fear is thy wrath Psalm 90. 2 3 11. The Lord reigneth he is clothed with majesty the Lord is clothed with strength c. Thy throne is established of old thou from everlasting c. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters Psalm 93. 1 2 4. The Lord a great God and a great King above all gods Psalm 95. 3. Psalm 135. 5 6. 7. The Lord is great c. he is to be feared above all gods c. The Lord made the heavens honour and majesty are before him c. Fear before him all the earth Psalm 96. 4 5 6 9. 1 Chron. 16. 25. A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about his lightnings enlightneth the world the earth saw and trembled the hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth Psalm 97. 3 4 5 9. The Lord reigneth let the people tremble He sitteth between the Cherubins let the earth be removed or stagger The Lord is great in Zion he is high above all people let them praise the great and terrible name it is holy Psal 99. 1 2 3. As the heavens are high above the earth so great is his mercy towards them who fear him c. As a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who feareth him c. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting unto them who fear him Psalm 103. 11 13 17. He hath given meat unto them that fear him c. Holy and reverend is his name The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Psal 111. 5 9 10. Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob who turneth the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of water Psalm 114. 7 8. He will bless them who fear the Lord small and great Psalm 115. 13. Psalm 128. 1 2 c. He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear c. Psalm 145. 19. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him c. Psalm 147. 11. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge Prov. 1. 7. ch 9. 10. Fear the Lord and depart from evil Prov. 3. 7. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence c. It is the fountain of life to depart from the snares of death Prov. 14. 26 27. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasures c. Prov. 15. 16. By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil Prov. 16. 6. Let not thine heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long Prov. 23. 17. Whatsoever God doth it shall be for ever c. and God doth it that men should fear before him Eccles 3. 14. It shall be well with them who fear God who fear before him Eccles 8. 12. Fear God and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man Eccles 12. 13. The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day c. And they shall go into the holes c. for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth Isa 2. 10 17 19 21. I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne c. and one cried unto another and said Holy holy holy is the Lord of Hosts the whole earth is full of his glory c. Then said I Wo is me c. because I a man of unclean lips c. have seen the King the Lord of Hosts Isa 6. 1 3 5. Sanctifie the Lord of Hosts himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread Isaiah 8. 13. The Lord of hosts hath sworn saying Surely as I thought so shall it come to pass and as I have purposed it it shall stand c. The Lord of hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it And his hand is stretched out and who shall uurn it back Isa 14. 24 27. Thou hast made of a city an heap c. therefore shall the strong people glorifie thee The city of the terrible nations shall fear thee Isa 25. 1 2 3. Who would set the briers and thorns against me in battel c. I would burn them together Isa 27. 4. Forasmuch as this people draw near hnto me with their mouth c. and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men therefore c. they shall sanctifie my name and sanctifie the holy one of Jacob and shall fear the God of Israel Isa 29. 13 14 15 23. Behold the Lord God will come c. who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meeted heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure c. Behold the nations as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballâ—nce Behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing c. all nations before him are as nothing Isa 40. 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. I the Lord the first and with the last I am he the isles saw it and feared the ends of the earth were afraid drew near c. Isa 41. 4 5. ch 43. 10 11 12 13. The heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool where is the house Isa 66. 1. Acts 7 48 49 50. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God and that my fear is not in thee Jer. 2. 19. When God had put away Israel yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not but c. Jer. 3. 8. O foolish people c. fear ye not me faith the Lord Will ye not tremble at my presence Who hath placed the sands for the bounds of the sea by a perpetual decree that it cannot pass it c. But this people hath revolted c. Neither say they in their hearts Let us now fear the Lord our God who giveth rain c. Jer. 5. 21 22 23 24. None like unto thee O Lord thou great and thy name great in might who would not fear thee O King of nations for to thee it appertaineth c. The Lord is the true God he the living God an everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation c. Jer. 10. 6 7 10 12 13. Dan. 2. 20 21 22 47. ch 4. 17 32. O House of Israel cannot I do with you as this potter saith the Lord Behold as the clay in the potter's hand so ye in my hand O house of Israel Jer. 18. 6. Can any
and hast not sainted c. Thou hast left thy first love remember therefore from whence thou art fallen To him who overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life c. Be faithful to the death and I will give thee a crown c. He shall not be hurt by the second death c. I will give to eat of the hidden Manna and will give him a white stone c. Hold fast till I come and he who overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end to him will I give power over the nations c. Hold fast c. Rev. 2. 3 4 5 7 10 11 17 25 26. He who overcometh shall be cloathed with white raiment c. Because thou hast kept the word c. I also will keep thee from the hour c. I will confess his name c. Hold that fast which thou hast that no man take thy crown c. I will make him a pillar c. I will grant him to sit on my throne c. Rev 3. 5 10 11 12 21. He shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son Rev. 21. 7. He who is righteous let him be righteous still and he who is holy let him be holy still Rev. 22. 11. When a man shall turn from his righteousness and do iniquity he shall die his righteousness shall not be remembred c. Ezek. 33. 13 18. See Holding fast to God in time of Affliction c. Chap. 22. See Repentance Chap. 33. That the Saints Believers shall be kept Have power given them to persevere and abide in the Faith c. Christ will uphold them HE will keep the feet of his saints 1 Sam. 29. 35. The steps of a good man are ordered or established by the Lord c. though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth with his hand c. Psal 37. 23 24. Micah 7. 8. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterwards receive me into glory Psal 73. 24. I will bring the blind by a way they know not I will lead them in paths they have not known I will make darkness light before them and crooked things streight These things will I do unto them and not forsake them Isaiah 42. 16. I have loved thee with an everlasting love therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee Jer. 31. 3. I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear into their hearts that they shall not depart from me Jer. 32. 40. The Son of man is come to save that which was lost How think ye If a man have an hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray doth he not leave the ninety nine and go c. and seek that which was lost c. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish Matth. 18. 11 12 13 14. There shall arise false Christs c. insomuch that if it were possible they shall deceive the very Elect Matth. 24. 24. Satan hath desired to winnow you c. But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 32. 31 32. The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto everlasting life John 4. 14. All which the Father hath given unto me shall come to me and he who cometh I will in no wise cast out c. This is the Father's will c. that of all he hath given me I should lose nothing but raise it up at the last day John 6. 37 38 39. My sheep c. they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand c. No man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand I and my Father are one John 10. 27 28 29 30. Holy Father keep them through thy name c. While I was with them in the world I kept them in thy name those whom thou gavest me I have kept none of them is lost but the son of perdition that the scripture c. John 17. 11. 12. O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of death I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 7. 24 25. Whom he did predestinate them he called c. them he justified c. he glorified c. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ c. I am perswaded that neither death c. nor any other creature shall be able to separate us Rom. 8. 29 30 31 35 37 38 39. For the gifts and callings of God are without repentance Rom. 11. 29. Who art thou who judgeth another man's servant to his own master he standeth or falleth yea he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand Rom. 14. 4. The God of peace shall bruise or tread Satan under your feet shortly c. Rom. 16. 20. Jesus Christ c. who shall also confirm you to the end that ye may he blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ God is faithful by whom ye c. 1 Cor. 1. 7 8 9. God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able but will with the tentation 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 2 Cor. 1. 21. Being confident of this very thing that he who hath begun a good work in you will perform it or finish it until the day of Jesus Christ Phil. 1. 6. And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and your whole soul body and spirit be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ faithful is he who calleth you who also will do it 1 Thes 5. 23 24. But the Lord is faithful who shall establish you and keep you from evil or the eviâ— one 2 Thes 3. 3. I know whom I have believed and am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him 2 Tim. 1. 12. Who concerning the truth have erred c. Nevertheless the foundation God standeth sure having this seal The Lord knoweth them who are his 2 Tim. 2. 18 19. The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom 2 Tim. 4. 18. To an inheritance c. reserved in heaven for us who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation 1 Pet. 1. 4 5. They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us but if they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us c. The anointing which ye have received c. Ye shall abide in him 1 John 2. 18 19 26 27. He that is
12. No man speaking by the spirit of God ceileth Jesus accursed c. that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost c. There are diversity of gifts but the same spirit c. to one is given c. But all these worketh that one and the self same spirit dividing c. 1 Cor. 12. 3 4 5 6 7 c. Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of his spirit 2 Cor. 1. 22. ch 5. 5. Ye are our Epistle c. ye are manifestly declared the Epistle of Christ c. written not with ink but with the spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the heart c. The letter killeth but the spirit giveth life c. If the ministration of death c. were glorious c. How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious c. Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty 2 Cor. 3. 2 3 6 7 8 17. God hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying Abba father Gal. 4. 6. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other c. The fruit of the spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance Gal. 5. 17 22 23. Ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance until the purchased possession Eph. 1. 13 14. The holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption Eph. 4. 30. For the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth Eph. 5. 9. God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power of love and of a sound mind 2 Tim. 1. 7. Having received the word in much affliction with joy of the holy Ghost 1 Thes 1. 6. Acts 9. 31. Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself c. Heb. 9. 14. The anointing teacheth you c. and is truth and is no lye 1 John 2. 27. Try the spirits whether they are of God c. Hereby know ye the spirit of God every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ to have been come in the flesh is of God And every spirit which confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the fâ—esh is not of God c. Greater is he that is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4. 1 2 3 4. It is the spirit who beareth witness because the spirit is truth c. The Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these there are one 1 John 5. 6 7 8. The spirit and the bride say Come Rev. 22. 17. III. Saints Duty towards the Spirit 1. In following after him and making use of him THE manifestation of the spirit is given to â—â—ry man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7. The same anointing teacheth you of all things 1 John 2. 27. And the Lord said My spirit shall not always strive with man Gen. 6. 3. The true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 23 24. Fervent in the spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. The manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7. I will pray with the spirit c. I will sing with the spirit c. 1 Cor. 14. 15. Walk ye not in the same spirit 2 Cor. 12. 18. Are ye so foolish having begun in the spirit are ye now made perfect by the flesh Gal. 3. 3. Walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh c. If ye be led by the spirit ye are not under the law c. If we live in the spirit let us also walk in the spirit Gal. 5. 16 17 18 25. 1 John 2. 27. He who soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting Gal. 6. 8. Be not drunk c. but be ye filled with the spirit Eph. 5. 18. The sword of the spirit which is the word of God c. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit Eph. 6. 17 18. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit Phil. 3. 3. Wherefore as the holy Ghost saith If ye will hear his voice c. Hebr. 3. 7. Build up your selves c. praying in the holy Ghost Jude v. 20. He who hath an ear let him hear what the spirit saith to the Churches Rev. 2. 7 11 17 29. 2. Not to sin against grieve or quench the Spirit But they rebelled and vexed his holy spirit therefore he was turned to be their Enemy Isa 63. 10. But the blasphemy against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men c. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him out whosoever speaketh against the 〈…〉 shall not be forgiven him neither 〈…〉 Matth. 12. 31 32. Mark 3. 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Satan filled thine heart to 〈…〉 c. thou hast not lied unto 〈…〉 God c. How is it that ye have 〈…〉 to tempt the spirit of the Lord c. she 〈◊〉 down and died c. Acts 5. 2 3 5 8 9 10. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ye do always resist the holy Ghost as your fathers did so do ye c. Have not your fathers persecuted c. Acts 7. 51 52. Simon offered money for power to confer the holy Ghost Acts 8. 18 19. The Sadduces say that there is no resurrection neither angel nor spirit Acts 23. 8. Keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace c. and grieve not the holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed Eph. 4. 3 30. Quench not the spirit 1 Thes 5. 19. He who despised Moses law died without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the son of God c. and hath done despite unto the spirit of Grace Heb. 10. 28 29. The spirit of God and of Glory resteth upon you on their parts he is evil spoken of c. 1 Pet. 4. 14. CHAP. XXII Of Afflictions Troubles and Persecutions 1. To whom they belong or who way expect thom 1. Common to all MAN is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward Job 5. 7. Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble Job 14. 1. 2. More especially the Saints Believers such as are born of the Spirit First The Holy-Ghost affirms this I Will be his father and he shall be my son If he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men but my mercy shall not depart away from him c. 2 Sam. 7. 14 15. Psal
remembered that God was their rock c. Psal 78. 34 35. Isa 9. 13. 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. My beloved had withdrawn himself was gone my soul failed c. I sought him c. Cant. 5. 6. 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. In vain have I smitten your children they receive no correction Jer. 2. 30. Amos 4. 10. Wherefore doth a living man complain c. let us search and try our ways and turn again unto the Lord Lam. 3. 39 40. Isaiah 9. 13. Jeremiah 31. 18 19. I will cause you to pass under the rod c. and ye shall know that I am the Lord Ezekiel 20. 37 38. Behold I will hedge 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 ch 5. 15. I will bring a third part through the fire c. they shall call on my name and I will hear them Amos. 4. 10. We had the sentence of doath 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 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. See Repentance Chap. 33. 4. For Gods own Glory and the furtherance of the Gospel I will harden Pharaohs heart that he shall follow after them and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh 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 Psalm 76. 10. The Three Children's Sufferings made Persecutors acknowledge and give Honour to God Dan. 3. 27 28 29. So Daniel's Sufferings made Darius the King who had caused him to be cast into the Lions Den to acknowledge and honour God Dan. 6. 20 26 27. Master Who did sia 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 Philip. 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. 5. For the effecting of great Good and Advantage to those who are exercised with Trouble c. JOseph's Afflictions and Sufferings his being sold by his brethren and afterwards 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 Father's Sorrow also recompenced in that Joseph provided for him in the Famine Gen. 37. 28 34 35. ch 29. 5 20. ch 41 39 40 41 42 43 44. ch 45. 5 7 8. ch 47. 11 12. But as for you ye thought evil against me but God meant it unto good to bring to pass as at this day to save much people alive Gen. 50. 20 21. The more they afflicted them the more they multiplied and growed Exod. 1. 11 12. Ezra 5. ch 6. And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians and the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord and his servant Moses Exod. 14. 31. Who fed thee with Manna c. that he might humble thee c. to do thee good in the latter end Deut. 8. 16. Hezekiah left of God to try him that he might know all that was in his heart 2 Chron. 32. 31. When Manasseh was afflicted he sought the Lord the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers and prayed unto him c. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God c. He took away the strange gods c. 2 Chron. 3. 3 11 12 13 15 16. Tatnai the Governor opposing the Jews wrought for their advantage in the end Ezra 5. ch 6. If they be bound in fetters c. then he sheweth them their work and their transgressions that they may have exceeded He openeth also their ear to discipline Job 36. 8 9 10. Before I was afflicted I went astray but now I have kept thy word c. It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy statutes c. Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me Psal 119. 67 71 75. They who sow in tears
from death O death I will be thy plagues c Hos 13. 14. 1 Cor. 15. 55. Fear not them who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul c. Matth. 10. 28. Jesus said unto the man on the cross Verily c. to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise c. Father into thy hands I commend my spirit c. he gave up the Ghost Luke 23. 42 43 46. Psal 31. 5. Simeon said Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for mine eyes haue seen thy salvation Luke 2. 26 29. The beggar died also was carryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome Luke 16. 22. I must work c. while it is day the night cometh wherein no man can work John 9. 4. And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother c. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping c. he groaned in his spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept John 11. 19 33 35. Ananias and Saphira both fell down and yielded up the ghost Acts 5. 5 10. And they stoned Stephen calling and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit Acts 7. 59. And devout men carried Stephen and made great lamentation over him Acts 8. 2. He hath made of one blood all nations of men c. and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation Acts 17. 26. 2 Sam. 7. 12. 1 Chron. 17. 11. Whether we live we live unto the Lord and whether we die we die unto the Lord whether we live therefore or die we are the Lords for to this end Christ both died and rose again and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 7 8 9. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks c. 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. We have this treasure in earthen vessels 2 Cor. â— 7. If our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God c. We groan being burdened c. Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord we are c. willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Cor. 5. 1 2 6 7 8. I knew a man c. whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell 2 Cor. 12. 2. To die is gain c. having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better Phil. 1. 21 23. Indeed he was c. nigh unto death but God had mercy on him and not on him only but on me also left I should have sorrow upon sorrow Phil. 2. 27. Who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 21. I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others who have no hope 1 Thess 4. 13. Christ who died for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thess 5. 10. We brought nothing into the world and it is certain we can carry nothing out 1 Tim. 6. 7. Job 1. 21. I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I have fought c. 2 Tim. 4. 6 7. He took part of the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life time subject to bondage Heb. 2. 14 15. It is appointed unto men once to die but after this the judgment Heb. 9. 27. But ye are come c. unto the Spirits of just men made perfect c. Heb. 12. 23. We have no continuing City here but we seek one to come Heb. 13. 14. Go to now ye who say to day c. we will go into such a City c. whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour which appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away for that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that James 4. 13 14 15. ch 1. 10. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear 1 Pet. 1. 17. I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain c. 1 Pet. 2. 11. 1 Chron 29. 15. Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle even as our Lord c. 2 Pet. 1. 14. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labour and their works do follow them Rev. 14. 13. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching Luke 12. 37 38. CHAP. XXXV Of the Resurrection of the Dead SO man lieth down and riseth not till the heavens be no more they shall not awake Job 14. 12. I know my redeemer liveth c. and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my felt and mine eyes shall behold and not another c. Job 19. 25 26 27. Psal 49. 15. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness Psal 17. 15. He will swallow up death in victory c. Isa 25. 7 8. Thy dead men shall live together with my dead body shall they arise awake and sing ye who dwell in dust for thy dew is as the dew of herbs and the earth shall cast out the dead Isa 26. 19. And many who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life c. Thou shalt rest and stand in the lot at the end of the days Dan. 12. 2 13. I will ransom them from the power of the grave I will redeem them from death O death I will be thy plagues O grave I will be thy destruction Hosea 13. 14. But as touching the resurrection from the dead c. I am the God of Abraham c. God is not the God of the dead but the God of the living Matth. 22. 31 32. Luke 20. 35 37 38. Many of the bodies of the saints did arise at the death of Christ Matth. 27. 52. Thou shalt be recompenced at the resurrection of the just Luke 14. 14. The hour is coming in which all who are in the grave shall hear his voice and shall come forth they who have done good unto the resurrection of life c. John 5. 28 29. I should loose nothing but raise it up again at the last day c. and I will raise him up at the last day John 6. 39 40 44 54. I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day Jesus said unto her I am the resurrection and the life he who believeth c. John 11. 24 25 26. Because I live ye shall live also John 14. 19. They taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead Acts 4. 2. And when they heard
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
Faiths Nature c. 11 p. 54 Its Objects c. 11 p. ibid. It 's further benefit c. 11 p. 57 It 's Fruit and Operation c. 11 p. 54 Faith is Gods Gift c. 20 p. 168 Falling away See Apostacy   False Teachers c. 30 p. 246 Fasting See Prayers   Fathers See Parents   Favour of God to Saints in general c. 14 p. 71 In time of Afflictions c. 22 p. 185 In common Calamities c. 23 p. 209 Fear not Man c. 16 p. 101 Fear God c. 16 p. 102 Fear lest we Sin or fall away See Watching   Fervency of Spirit See Sincerity   Flesh of Christ c. 8 p. 35 Follow God fully c. 16 p. 132 Follow after the Spirit c. 21 p. 177 Forgive one another c. 17 147 Forgive Enemies c. 19 p. 161 c. 22 p. 204 Forgiveness in God c. 10 p. 48 Forgiveness of Sin See Pardon   Formality See Hypocrisie   Formal Professors fierce Persecutors c. 22 p. 181 Forsake Sin c. 16 p. 123 Forsake not God or his ways c. 16 p. 139 Fortress is God to his See Trust in God   Free Grace c. 9 p. 45 c. 10 p. 48 Frowardness of Spirit See Meekness   Fruits of Gods Love to Men c. 7 p. 27 c. 22 186 Fruits of Faith c. 11 p. 58 Fruits of the Spirit c. 21 p. 174 176 Fruits of Man's Love to God c. 16 p. 83 Fruits of our Love to the Saints c. 17 P. 146  c. 22 p. 207 Fruitfulness in good Works c. 16 p. 79 Fruitfulness therein is Gods Gift c. 20 p. 168 G GEntle towards all Chap. 19 Page 161 Gifts Extraordinary c. 27 p. 226 Giver of Knowledge and all Grace who c. 20 p. 164 Glory for Saints at last c. 37 p. 262 Glory not in our selves See Humility   Glory in God and Christ alone c. 16 p. 83 God his Name and Attributes c. 2 p. 5 His Greatness Majesty Perfection and Absoluteness c. 2 p. ibid. God's Repentings c. 33 p. 253 God knows Satan and Wicked Men's Devices and Over-rules them c. 22 p. 187 God will uphold his Saints in Trouble and deliver them c. 22 p. 190 195 Goodness of God See Bounty   Good Men's Spirit and Behaviour c. 12 p. 60 Good to all c. 19 p. 162 Good though little commended and rewarded c. 50 p. Governors See Magistrates in general   Grace of God free in Election c. 9 p. 45 In Calling c. 9 p ibid. In Pardon of Sin c. 10 p. 48 In Justification c. 10 p. 50 In Reconciliation c. c. 10 p. 49 In giving Eternal Life and Salvation c. 10 p. 51 Graces of the Spirit freely given of God c. 20 p. 164 Grave See Death   Graven Images c. 40 p. 276 Greatness of God c. 2 p. 5 Greatness in the World See World   Greedy of Gain See World   Grieve not the Spirit of God c. 21 p. 177 Grieve not Saints in the time of their Trouble c. 22 p. 207 Ground of Comfort and Support in a time of Trouble c. 22 p. 186 H. HAppiness of the Saints See Glory   Hard thing to be a true Saint Chap. 46 Page 286 Harmless and honest towards all c. 19 p. 159 Hate Sin c. 16 p. 123 Hear Rebuke willingly c. 17 p. 150 Hearken to God c. 16 p. 85 Heart for God See Sincertiy   Heart upright See Sincerity   Help such as are afflicted c. 22 p. 107 Help Saints in general c. 17 p. 146 Help all Men c. 19 p. 162 Holiness should be in Saints c. 16 p. 79 Holiness of God c. 2 p. 12 Honesty towards all c 19 p. 159 160 Honour God c. 16 p. 79 Honour Saints c. 17 p. 147 Honour Magistrates c. 24 p. 216 Honour Parents See Parents   Honour all Men c. 19. p. 162 Honour of the Saints c. 14 p. 71 Honours amongst men See World   Honour is of God c. 24 p. 211 Hope in God in general c. 16 p. 100 In Time of Trouble c. 22 p. 203 When all Hope seems to be gone c. 49 p. 289 Humane Nature of Christ See Humility of Christ   Humiliation of Christ c. 1 p. 35 37 Humility in Man c. 16 p. 113 Humble Behaviour towards all c. 19 p. 162 Husbands c. 18 p. 154 Hypocrites Hypocrisie c. 28 p. 237 Hypocrites Reward c. 28 p. 242 I. IDleness Chap. 54 Page 294 Id lâ—â—ry c. 40 p. 276 Jesus the Christ c. 7 p. 28 Jews Murmurings c. 53 p. 292 Ignorance in general c. 38 p. 264 Ignorance of Man by Nature c. 3 p. 21 Ignorance of each other when â—ead c. 68 p. 309 â—â—â—mination See Knowledge   Images See Idolatry   Imagination See Thought   Imperfection of Saints c. 13 p. 67 Impotency of Man in Spirituaâ—â— c. 20 p. 164 Imposition of Hands c. 27 p. 232 Inâ—lination to Sin in Saints c. 13 p. 67 In â—â—ruptibleness of God c. 2 p. 11 Incouragement in Afflictions c. 22 p. 186 Incouragement to come to Chrest for all Grace c. 20 p. 171 To look to God when but a Possibility left c. 49 p. 289 Indifferent things c. 17 p. 151 Industry in our Callings c. 54 p. 294 Infiniteness of God c. 2 p. 14 Intercession of Christ Chap. 8 Page 41 Invisible God c. 2 p. 10 Invitations to come to Christ See Incouragements   Joining of Church-Members together c. 27 p. 225 Israel's Restoration c. 57 p. 297 Judge not Saints rashly c. 17 p. 147 Judge not others c. 19 p. 160 Judgments denounced against Sinners c. 16 p. 125 Judgment of the Great Day c. 26 p. 260 Judgment righteous See Magistrates   Just to all Men c. 19 p. 160 Justice of God c. 2 p. 12 Justification not by Works or Legal Sacrifices c. 6 p. 25 Justification free by the Grace of God through Christ c. 10 p. 50 Justifie God under our Troubles c. 22 p. 199 K. KIndness of God Chap. 2 Page 13 Kindness of Saints to Saints c. 17 p. 147 Kindness of Saints to Enemies c. 22 p. 205 Kindness of Saints to all c. 19 p. 162 Kinds of Love See Nature of Love   King Jesus c. 8 p. 42 Kings of Israel c. 44 p. 284 Knowledge of Divine Things in general c. 38 p. 264 Knowledge in such Things not in Natural Men c. 5 p. 18 c. 20 p. 164 Knowledge therein God's Gift c. 20 p. 166 Known unto God are all things c. 2 p. 11 L. LAbour for Heaven Chap. 46 Page 286 Labour in our Calling c. 54 p. 299 Labour for the best Things See Encouragement to come to Christ   Lament Sins See Mourning for Sin   Last Times c. 48 p. 289 Laws of God to be obeyed c. 16 p. 85 Law concludes all under Sin c. 6 p. 25 Law 's Curse c. 6 p. ibid. Law 's Works or Sacrifices under it justifie not Men have no Cause to
170 Of the Spirit c. 21 p. 173 Promises to Affâ—icted Ones c. 22 p. 186 Promises to Zion â—he Church of God c. 27 p. 223 Promises for Israel's Return c. 57 p. 297 Promises for the Things of this Life See Worâ—d   Promises of Glory reserved for Saints c. 37 p. 262 Prophesies of Christ the Saviour See Salvation in general   〈◊〉 See World See Sovereignty of God   〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 another to Sin c. 17 p. 148 Punishment of Sin in general Chap. 5 Page 40  c. 16 p. 125 Punishment of Saints for Sin c. 13 p. 70 Q. QUalifications of Rulers Chap. 24 Page 212 Qualifications of Saints See Characters of Saints   Qualifications of Ministers of the Gospel in general c. 26 p. 219 Of Church-Officers in particular c. 27 p. 229 Qualifications of Church-Members c. ibid. p. 224 Quarrels amongst Church-Members c. ibid. p. 228 Amongst Christians in general c. 17 p. 148 Quench not the Spirit c. 21 p. 177 Quicken'd by the Spirit c. ibid. p. 173 Quiet Spirit in general c. 16 p. 117 Quiet towards all Men c. 19 p. 161 Quiet under Affliction and submissive to God c. 22 p. 198 Towards Men then c. 22 p. 204 R. RAiling See Words   Reading Scriptures Chap. 1 Page 1 Reading them in the Assemblies c. 27 p. 232 Reasonings of God with Sinners c. 16 p. 125 Rebuke each other for Sin c. 17 p. 149 Reconciliation to God c. 10 p. 49 Redemption of Fallen Man c. 7 p. 27. Rejoice in God and Christ c. 16 p. 83 Rejoice in Afflictions c. 22 p. 201 Rejoice not at Enemies Hurt c. ibid. p. 205 Relation of God to his own See Saints Privileges   Relation between Christ and his Church c. 15. p. 77. Relation of Church-Members to their particular Churches c. 27 p. 225 Relations in the Flesh c. 18 p 154 Relative Duties See Duties   Relye upon God See Trust   Remission of Sin c. 10 p. 48 Reward Good for Evil c. 19 p. 162 c. 22 p. 205 Repentance in God How c. 33 p. 253 Repentance in Man c. ibid. p ibid. 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