all saints c. And the smoke of the incense which came 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 Gods Goodness and Mercy keep memorials thereof celebrate his praises extol him and stir up others so to do 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 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 unto 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. 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 Amalekites 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 Pharoah and to the Egyptians for Israels sake c. and Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the Lord had done unto Israel c. and said Blessed be the Lord who hath delivered you c Now I know that the Lord is greater than all Gods c. 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. Moses song Deut. 32. Joshua pitched stones in Gilgal in memory of Israels passing dry thorow Jordan that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty Josh. 4. 20 21 22 23 24. The song of Deborah and Barak which they sang after the victory against Sisera and his Army Judges 5. Hannah sang praise when she brought Samuel her son to the house of the Lord whom the Lord had given her upon her prayer 1 Sam. 2. 1 2 3 4 to the 11. When the Philistines were beaten Samuel set up a stone called the name thereof Eben-Ezer saying Hitherto hath the Lord helped us 1 Sam. 7. 10 11 12. When Abigail met David and prevented him in his hasty purpose concerning Nabals house he said unto Abigail Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me and blessed be thy advice c. And when David heard that Nabal was dead he said Blessed be the Lord who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and hath kept his servant from evil c. 1 Sam. 25. 32 33 39. When God had promised many things unto David he saith set thy name be magnified for ever saying the Lord of Hosts is the God over Israel c. 2 Sam. 7. 26. And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hands of Saul And he said the Lord is my rock my fortress and my deliverer c. 2 Sam. 22. Upon the return of the Ark to the City of David he prepares a song and delivers it to be sang by way of thanksgiving unto God 1 Chron. 16. 8 9 to the 37. When the people had offered willingly towards the building of the house of the Lord David blessed the Lord before all the congregation and David said Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel our father for ever and ever c. Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious name c. that we should be able to offer so willingly c. the congregation did so 1 Chron. 29. 9 10 11 12 13 14 to the 20. Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord and he spake unto him c. but Hezekiah rendred not again according to the benefit done unto him c. 2 Chron. 32. 24 25. Ezra takes notice of a little favour and acknowledgeth it to the praise of God Ezra 9. 8 9. Chap. 7. 27 28. Stand up bless the Lord your God for ever and ever and blessed by thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise c. Nehem. 9. 5 6 7 8 c. When Job had lost all than he said The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken blessed be the name of the Lord Job 1. 20 28. I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness and will sing to the name of the Lord most high Psal. 7. 17. O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy name in all the earth who hast fet thy glory above the heavens c. Psal. 8. 1 9. I will praise thee O Lord with my whole heart I will shew forth all thy marvellous works I will sing praise to thy name O thou most high c. Sing to the Lord who dwelleth in Sion declare among the people his doings Psal. 9. 1 2 11. I will sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with mâ—… Psal. 13. 6. Thou art holy who inhabiteth the praises of Israel c. ye who fear the Lord praise him all ye the seed of Jacob glorifie him Psal. 22. 3 23. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works Psal. 26. 7. The Lord is my strength c. with my song will I praise him Psal. 28. 7. Sing unto the Lord O ye Saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance or to the memorial of his holy name c. thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing c. to the end that my glory may sing praise unto thee amd not be silent O Lord my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Psal 30. 4 11 12. Blessed be the Lord for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness Psal. 31. 21. Praise is comely for the upright Psal. 33. 1. Psal. 147. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth c. O magnifie the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together I sought the Lord and he heard me c. O taste and see that the Lord is good c. Psal. 34. 1 3 4 6 8. My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness of thy praise all the day Psal. 35. 28. Great is the
In time of affliction ch 22. p. 354 U Unbelief the evil ch 11. p. 103 Union between Christ and his see Relation among the Saints ch 17. p. 261 Uprightness see Sincerity W Wait on God see Hope for Christs coming ch 16. p. 231 Watch against sin and apostacy ch 16. p. 248 Wickedness of man see Sin Wives ch 18. p. 268 Word see Scriptures Words ch 16. p. 207. ch 19. p. 277 World ch 39. p. 476 Worship God ch 16. p. 153 according to the Word p. 158 X Â Y Â Z Zeal see Sincerity CHAP. I. Of the Scriptures Written Word of God the Word of Truth their Authority Use End and Excellency Heb. 1. 1. ch 2. 3 4. THerefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul and bind them for a sign upon your hand that they may be as frontlets between your eyes And you shall teach them your children speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way when thou lyest down and when thou risest up And thou shalt write them upon the dore-post of thy house and upon thy gates That your days may be multiplied c. Deut. 11. 18 19 20. Thou shalt read the Law before all Israel in their hearing c. That they may hear that they may learn and fear the Lord your God and observe to do all the words of this Law And that their Children who have not known may hear and learn to fear the Lord c. Deut. 31. 11 12 13. When Josiah heard it read he rent his cloths 2 Kings 22. 11 c. I have esteemed hid or laid up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food or appointed portion Job 23. 12. The word of the Lord is tryed or refined Psal. 18. 30. Psal. 12. 6. The law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul the Testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple The statutes of the Lord are right rejoycing the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure enlightning the eyes c. The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether more to be desired than fine gold sweeter also than the honey and the honey-combs c. Moreover by them is thy servant warned Psal. 19. 7 8 9 10 11. Lo I come in the volume of the Book it is written of me c. Psal. 40. 7. He established a Testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel which he commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children that the generation to come might know the children who should be born should arise and declare to their Children that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments and might not be as their fathers c. Psal. 78. 5 6 7 8. Because they rebelled against the words of God and contemned the counsel of the most high Therefore he brought down their heart c. Psal. 107. 11 12. Wherewithall shall a young man cleanse his ways by taking heed according to thy word c. Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee c. Remember thy word unto thy servant upon which thou caused me to hope c Thy word hath quickened me c. Unless thy law had been my delight I had perished in my affliction c. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies c. I have more understanding than all my teachers for thy Testimonies are my meditation I understand more than the ancients c. How sweet are thy words to my taste thy word is a lamp to my feet c. I hope in thy word the entrance of thy words giveth light it giveth understanding to the simple Psal. 119. 9 11 49 50 92 96 98 99 103 105 114 130. All the kings of the earth shall praise thee O Lord when they hear the words of thy mouth Psal. 138. 4. He shewed his words to Jacob and his statutes and his judgments unto Israel He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his Judgments they have not known them Psal. 147. 19 20. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed but he who feareth the commandments shall be rewarded or in peace Prov. 13. 13. To the Law and to the Testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light or morning in them Isaiah 8. 20. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who bringeth good-tidings who publisheth peace who bringeth good-tidings of good who publisheth salvation who saith unto Zion thy God reigneth Isaiah 52. 7. As the rain cometh c. So shall my word be which goeth out of my mouth It shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it Isa. 55. 10 11. To this man will I look to him who is poor c. And trembleth at my word c. Hear the word of the Lord ye who tremble at his word c. He shall c. Isa. 66. 2 5. Behold the word of the Lord is to them a reproach they have no delight in it Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord c. Jer. 6. 10 11. The prophet who hath a dream let him tell a dream and he who hath my word let him speak my word faithfully what is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord Is not my word like as fire saith the Lord and like a hammer which breaketh the rock in pieces Jer. 23. 28 29. Because Ephraim hath made many altars c. I have written unto him the great things of my law but they were counted as a strange thing Hose 8. 11 12. Behold c. I will send a famine c. not of bread c. but of hearing the words of the Lord and they shall wander from sea to sea c. to seek the word of the Lord and shall not find Amos 8. 11 12. Christ when the Devil tempted him said to him it is written man lives not by bread alone c. It is written again thou shall c. Matt. 4. 4 7 10. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doth them I will liken him to a wise man who buildeth his house upon a rock c. Matt. 7. 24 25. When the Pharisees contended Christ said unto them have ye not read what David did when he was an hungry c Or have ye not read in the law how that on the sabbath-day c Matt. 12. 2 3 4 5. Have ye not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female c. What God hath joyned together let no man c. Matt. 19. 4 5 6. Did ye never read in the Scriptures that the stone which the builders refused the same is become the head of the corner Matt. 21. 42. Have you not read that
Deut. 4. 24 33 39. chap. 5. 24 25 26. The Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible Deut. 7. 21. Nehem. 1. 5. ch 4. 14. The Lord thy God he who goeth before thee is a consuming fire c. Thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness c. Deut. 9. 3 26. Isa. 60. 16. Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lords thy God the earth also with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords a great God mighty and terrible who regardeth not persons nor taketh rewards Deut. 10. 14 17. And know you c. The Lord your God his greatness his mighty hand and his stretched-out arm and his miracles and his acts which he did c. Deut. 11. 2 3. Thou maist fear this glorious and fearful name the Lord thy God Deut. 28. 58. Ascribe ye greatness unto our God the Rock his work is perfect all his ways are judgment c. When the most high divided c. See now that I I am he and there is no God with me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hands For if I lift up my hand to heaven c. Deut. 32. 3 4 8 39 41 42 c. There is none like unto the God of Jesurun who rideth upon the heavens in thy help and in his excellency on the sky The eternal God thy refuge and underneath are everlasting arms and he shall thrust out c. Deut. 33. 26 27. There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like our God c. The Lord is a God of knowledg and by him are actions weighed c. The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up He raiseth up the poor c. So the pillars of the earth are the Lords and he hath set the world upon them He will keep the feet of his Saints c. 1 Sam. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 c. Job 9. 5 6 7 8 9. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6. 20. Thou art great O Lord God For none is like thee neither is there any God beside thee 2 Sam. 7. 22. The earth shook and trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wrath There went up a smoke out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured c. 2 Sam. 22. 8 9 10 11 12. The Glory of the Lord had filled the house 1 King 8. 11. Thou art the God thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth thou hast made heaven and earth 2 King 19. 15. Declare his glory c. For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised to be feared above all Gods For all the Gods of the people are Idols but the Lord made the heavens Glory and honour are in his presence strength and gladness in his place c. Give unto the Lord the glory due to his name 1 Chron. 16. 24 25 26 27 28 c. Psal. 96. 4 5. Thine O Lord is the greatness and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all in heaven and earth is thine thine the kingdom O Lord and thou art exalted as head above all Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand to make great and to give strength unto all 1 Chron. 29. 11 12. Blessed be thy glorious name who art exalted above all blessing and praises thou thou art Lord alone thou hast made heaven c. And thou preservest them all Nehem. 9. 5 6. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away Job 1. 21. God c. Who doeth great things and unsearchable without number Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields to set up on high those who are low c. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform c. Job 5. 8 9 10 11 12 c. Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection c If he cut off or make a change and shut up or gather together then who can hinder him c. Job 11. 7 8 9 10. chap. 9. 10 11 12 13 c. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all manking c. With him is wisdom and strength he hath counsel and understanding Behold he breaketh down and it cannot be built up again He shutteth up a man and there can be no opening he withholdeth the waters and they dry up c. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled and maketh the judges fools He looseth the bond of kings c. He leadeth princes away spoiled and overthroweth the mighty c. Job 12. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 c. Shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon you Job 13. 11. He stretcheth out the north over the empty places and hangeth the earth upon nothing he bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds c. He hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and night come to an end the pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof He divideth the sea c. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens c. Lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him But the thunder of his power who can understand Job 26. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Destruction from God was a terrour to me and by reason of his highness I could not endure Job 31. 23. God is greater than man Why dost thou strive against him For he giveth not account of any of his matters Job 33. 12 13. ch 9. 12. He thundereth with the voice of his excellency c. God thundereth marvellously with his voice great things doth he which we cannot comprehend For he saith to the snow be thou on the earth likewise to the small rain c. He sealeth up the hand of every man that all men may know his works c. With God is terrible majesty c. Job 37. 4 5 6 7 8 9 c. 22 23. The Lord said unto Job c. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth c Who hath laid the measures thereof c Job 38. toto Who is able to stand before me who hath prevented me that I should repay Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine Job 41. 10 11. The kings of the earth set themselves c. He that sitteth in heaven shall laugh The Lord shall have them in derision Then shall he speak unto him in his wrath c. Yet have
89. 14. The Lord is God his mercy is everlasting Psal. 100. 5. The Lord is merciful c. He will not alway chide c. As the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy towards them who fear him c. Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who fear him for he knoweth our frame he remembreth that we are dust Psal. 103. 8 9 11 13 14. His mercy endureth for ever c. Psal. 136. 1 2 c. Where c. is the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies Isa. 63. 15. I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you for I am merciful saith the Lord I will not keep anger for ever c. Jer. 3. 12. To the Lord our God belongs mercy c. Dan. 9. 9. I knew that thou a gracious God and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repentest thee of the evil c. Jonah 4. 2. Joel 2. 13. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity c. he retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy Micah 7. 18. Remission of their sins Through the tender mercies or bowels of mercy of our God whereby the day-spring from on high c. Luk. 1. 77 78. 12thly He is long-suffering and patient The Lord c. Longsuffering c. Exod. 34. 6. Psal. 86. 15. The Lord is long-suffering c. Num. 14. 18. Thou art a God c. slow to anger c. Nehem. 9. 17. Psal. 103. 8. Despisest thou the c. forbearance and long-suffering c. Rom. 2. 4. 13. He is Gracious Good Kind and Bountiful I am gracious Exod. 22. 27. The Lord God merciful and gracious c. abundant in goodness c. Exod. 34. 6. Thou a God c. gracious c. and of great kindness Nehem. 9. 17 31. For the Lord God a sun and shield no good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly Psal. 84. 11. For the Lord is good c. Psal. 100. 5. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness c. The Lord is gracious c. The Lord is good to all c. Psal. 145. 7 8 9. Let him who glorieth glory in this that c. he knoweth me That I am the Lord who exerciseth loving kindness c. in the earth for in these things I delight saith the Lord c. Jer. 9. 24. The Lord your God for he is c. Of great kindness c. Joel 2. 13. Jonah 4. 2. Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance Rom. 2. 4. The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace wherein he hath abounded towards us c. Ephes. 1. 7. That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Jesus Christ Ephes. 2. 7. The God of all grace who hath called us c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. 14. He is faithfulness and truth The Lord c. abundant in goodness and truth Exod. 34. 6. God is not a man that he should lye c. Hath he said and shall he not do it Or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Numb 23. 19. Heb. 6. 18. Know therefore that the Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant c. To a thousand generations c. Deut. 7. 9. 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Tim. 2. 13. Thou art that God and thy words be true and thou hast promised 2 Sam. 7. 28. Heb. 10. 23. The heavens shall praise thy wonders O Lord thy faithfulness also in the congregation of thy saints c. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face c. Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail Psal. 89. 5 14 33. Psal. 36. 5. Deut. 32. 4. The Lord is good c. His truth endureth to all generations Psal. 100. 5. Psal. 117. 2. He will ever be mindful of his covenant c. The work of his hands are verity c. Are done in truth and uprightness Psal. 111. 5 7 8. Happy is he c. whose hope is in the Lord his God c. Who keepeth truth for ever Psal. 146. 5 6. He who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth and he who sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth Isa. 65. 16. Great is thy faithfulness c. Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not evil and good c. Lam. 3. 23 38. God is faithful and will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able c. 1 Cor. 10. 13. 1 Thes. 5. 24. Commit the keeping of their souls c. as unto a faithful creatour 1 Pet. 4. 19. How long O Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge c. Rev. 6. 10. 15. He is unchangeable I am the Lord I change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed c. Mal. 3. 6. God willing c. To shew to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye c. Heb. 6. 17 18. The father of lights with whom is no variableness or shadow of turning James 1. 17. 16. He is infinite and unsearchable Unto God would I commit my cause Who doth great things and unsearchable c. Job 5. 9. chap. 37. 5. Who doeth great things past finding out c. Lo he goeth by me and I see him not he passeth on also but I perceive him not Job 9. 10 11. Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection Job 11. 7. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens c. lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him Job 26. 14. Behold God is great and we know him not neither can the number of his years be searched out Job 36. 26. Touching the Almighty we cannot find him out he is excellent in power c. Job 37. 23. Thy way is in the sea and thy path in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known Psal. 77. 19. O Lord how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep Psal. 92. 5. Great is the Lord c. and his greatness is unsearchable Psal. 145. 3. Great is our Lord c. his understanding is unsearchable Psal. 147. 5. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit nor how the bones do grow in the womb c. even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all Eccl. 11. 5. Hast thou not known hast thou not heard the everlasting God c. There is no searching of his understanding Isa. 40. 28. Neither knoweth any man the father save the son and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him Matt. 11. 27. O the depth of the riches both
c. Zech. 9. 9. Matt. 21. 5 7 8. That which is conceived in her is of the holy Ghost and she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Matt. 1. 21. The spirit of God like a dove lighted upon Jesus and loe a voice from heaven saying this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased Matt. 3. 16 17. John said unto him art thou he who should come or do we look for another Jesus said c. Shew John c. The blind receive their sight c. And blessed is he who shall not be offended in me c. For this is he of whom it is written c. Come unto me all that labour c. Matt. 11. 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 28 29. The voice out of the cloud said This is my beloved son in whom c. I am well pleased hear ye him Matt. 17. 5. And the Angel said c. I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people For unto you is born this day in the City of David a saviour who is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign to you you shall find the babe wrapped in swadling clothes lying in a manger c. Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace good-will towards men c. Symeon to whom it was revealed by the holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord Christ took up the child Jesus into his arms and blessed God and said c. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation c. Luke 2. 10 11 12 14 25 26 28 30. They who are whole need not a Physician c. I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Luke 5. 31 32. Jesus said unto Zacheus this day is salvation come to this house c. For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19. 8 9 10. John seeing Jesus coming unto him said behold the Lamb of God who taketh away or beareth the sins of the world c. We have found the Messias which is being interpreted the Christ and he brought him to Jesus c. Phillip said to Nathaniel we have found him whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets did write Jesus c. John 1. 29 30 41 42 45. As Moses lifted up the Serpent c. Even so must the son of man be lifted up that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life c. That the world through him should be saved John 3. 14 15 17. Num. 21. 8 9. I know that Messias cometh which is called Christ when he cometh he will tell us all things Jesus said unto her I who speak unto thee am he John 4. 25 26. The works that I do bear witness of me that the father sent me c. And ye will not come to me that ye might have life John 5. 36 40. Labour c. for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life which the son of man shall give you for him hath God the father sealed c. The bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world c. And Jesus said unto them I am the bread of life he who cometh to me shall never hunger c. I am the living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever c. John 6. 27 33 35 51. When ye have lift up the son of man then shall ye know that I am he c. John 8. 28. Jesus said doest thou believe on the son of God he said c. who is this Lord that I might believe on him And Jesus said unto him thou hast both seen him and it is he who talketh with thee John 9. 35 36 37. I am the door said Jesus by me if any man enter in he shall be saved c. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly I am the good sheepherd c. I give them eternal life John 10. 9 10 11 15 28. I came not to judge c. but to save the world John 12. 47. I have glorified thee on earth I have finished the work thou gavest me to do John 17. 4. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is that Christ the son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20. 31. Jesus Christ c. Whom ye crucified whom God raised c. This is the stone which was set at nought c. Neither is their salvation in any other For there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved c. Against thy holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed both Herod and Pontius Pilate Act. 4. 10 11 12 27. Jesus whom ye slew c. Him hath God exalted c. to be a Prince and a saviour to give repentance unto Israel and forgiveness of sins Act. 5. 30 31. Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins Act. 13. 38. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus we shall be saved Act. 15. 11. Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth or fore-ordained to be a propitiation through faith in his blood Rom. 3. 24 25. Who was delivered for our offences and raised again for our justification Rom. 4. 25. When we were yet without strength in the set time Christ dyed for the ungodly c. While we were yet sinners Christ dyed for us c. If when we were enemies we were reconciled unto God by the death of his son c. our Lord Jesus by whom we have now received the atonement Rom. 5. 6 8 10 11. Who shall deliver me from this body of death I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 7. 24 25. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 3. 11. They were all baptized into Moses c. did all drink the same spiritual drink for they did all drink of the same spiritual Rock which followed or went with them and that Rock was Christ 1 Cor. 10. 4. All the promises of God into him are yea and in him are Amen unto the glory of God 2 Cor. 1. 20. God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ c. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins Gal. 1. 3 4. In him we are blessed chosen adopted accepted have remission of sins all things Ephes. 1. 3 4 c. The son of God who loved me and gave himself for me Gal. 2. 20. Jesus himself being the chief corner-stone in whom all the building c. Ephes. 2. 20 21. Christ is the head of the Church and the saviour of the body Ephes. 5. 23. We look for the
enemies of the cross of Christ c. who mind earthly things for our conversation is in heaven Phil. 3. 17 18 19 20. 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 virtue and 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. 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 hâ—…h called you unto his kingdom 1 Thes. 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 possess 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 Lord 1 Thes. 5. 23. Exercise thy self to godliness c. Godliness is profitable to all things have promise of this c. 1 Tim. 4. 7 8. Thou O man of God c. Follow after righteousness godliness c. 1 Tim. 6. 6 11. Flee also youthful lusts but follow righteousness c. 2 Tim. 2. 22. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation c. teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Titus 2. 11 12. Put them in mind c. to be ready to every good work c. A faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works Titus 3. 1 8. Let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us c. Follow peace c. and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord Heb. 12. 1 14. Who is a wise man c Let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom James 3. 13. As obedient children not fashioning your selves according to the former lusts in your ignorance but as he who hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation because it is written Be ye holy for I am holy 1 Pet. 1. 14 15. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you c. Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul having your conversation honest amongst the Gentiles that whereas or wherein they speak against you as evil doers they may by your good works which they behold glorifie God in the day of visitation c. We being dead unto sin should live unto righteousness Matt. 5. 16. 1 Pet. 2. 9 11 12 15 24. 1 Tim. 5. 14. Titus 2. 5 10. Let him eschew evil and do good c. Who is he who will harm you if you be followers of that which is good c Sanctifie the Lord in your hearts and he always ready to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you as of evil doers they may be ashamed who falsly accuse your good conversation in Christ 1 Pet. 3. 11 13 15 16. The time past of our life may â—…uffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles c. 1 Pet. 4. 2 3. Giving all dilligence add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledg and to knowledg temperance c. godliness c. Give dilligence to make your calling and election sure 2 Pet. 1. 5 6 10. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness c Wherefore beloved seeing ye loo for such things be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace without spot or blemish 2 Pet. 3. 11 14. God is light c. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lye and do not the truth but if we walk in the light as he is in the light c. 1 John 1. 5 6 7. He who saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk even as he walked 1 John 2. 6. Every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure c. He who doth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous 1 Joh. 3. 7. Beloved follow not that which is evil but that which is good he who doth good is of God but he who doth evil hath not seen God 3 John v. 11. In Particular 1st To love God and the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. I' the Lord thy God c. shewing mercy unto thousands of them who love me Exod. 20. 6. The Lord our God one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart with all thy soul and with all thy might Deut. 6. 4 5. The Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love him Deut. 7. 9. And now Israel what doth God require of thee but c. to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God c. If you shall hearken c. to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart c. that I will c. Deut. 11. 1 13. The Lord your God proveth you to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul Deut. 13. 3. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 30. 6. Take diligent heed to do the commandment c. to love the Lord your God Joshua 22. 5. Take good heed therefore unto your selves or souls that ye love the Lord your God Joshua 23. 11. O love the Lord all ye his saints c. Psal. 31. 23. I love the
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 Psal. 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 Psal. 114. 7 8. He will bless them who fear the Lord small and great Psal. 115. 13. He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear c. Psal. 145. 19. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him c. Psal. 147. 11. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledg Prov. 1. 7. Chap. 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 Eccl. 3. 14. It shall be well with them who fear God who fear before him Eccl. 18. 12. 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. 17 19 21. I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne c. and one cryed 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 feen 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 Isa. 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 shall stand c. The Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn 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 thornes against me in battel c. I would burn them together Isa. 27. 4. Forasmuch as this people draw near unto 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 hallow 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 ballance 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 faw it and feared the ends of the earth were afraid drew near c. Isa. 41. 4 5. The heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool where is the house Isa. 66. 1. Act. 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. O foolish people c. fear ye not me saith 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. Chap. 4. 17 32. O house of Israel cannot I do with you as this potter saith the Lord behold as the clay in the potters hand so ye in my hand O house of Israel Jer. 18. 6. Can any hide himself in secret praces that I shall not see him saith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth c Jer. 23. 24. The great the mighty God the Lord of Hosts is his name great in counsel and mighty in work c. I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me for ever c. I will put my fear into their hearts Jer. 32. 18 19 39 40. The Lord shall utter his voice before his army c. for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible and who can abide it Joel 2. 11. God is jealous the Lord revengeth c. He rebuketh the Sea and maketh it dry c. The mountains quake at him and the hills melt c. Nahum 1. 2 3 4 5 6. If I be a master Where is my fear c I am a great King saith the Lord of Hosts and my name is dreadful amongst the heathen Mal. 1. 6 14. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerer c. And fear not me saith the Lord of Hosts c. A book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought of his name And they shall be mine saith the Lord Mal. 3. 5 16 17. But unto you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall grow c. Mal. 4. 2. Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell Mat. 10. 28. His
such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and their children for ever c. You shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left you shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you Deut. 5. 27 28 29 32 33. Levit. 18. 3 4 26. Hear therefore O Israel and observe to do that it may be well with thee Deut. 6. 3. The Lord thy God is a faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love and keep his commandments to a thousand generations Deut. 7. 9. Levit. 20. 22. 1 Kings 6. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God and keep his charge and his statutes and his judgments and his commandments alway c. And it shall come to pass if you will hearken diligently unto my commandments c. then will I give you c. Deut. 11. 11 13 14. ch 10. 12 13. See I have set before you this day life and good and death and evil c. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you that I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore chuse life c. that thou maist love the Lord thy God that thou maist obey his voice and that thou maist cleave unto him for he is thy life c. Deut. 30. 15 16 19 20. ch 13. 4. Take diligent heed to do the commandments and laws c. to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep all his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart c. Joshua 22. 5. If ye will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord then shall both ye and the king who reigneth over you continue c. 1 Sam. 12. 14. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice to hearken then the fat of rams for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft c. 1 Sam. 15. 22. David charged Solomon to keep the charge of the Lord his statutes his commandements c. as it is written in the law of Moses 1 Kings 2. 1 2 3. ch 9. 4 5. Hear O my people and I will testifie unto thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me c. But my people would not hearken unto me and Israel would none of me so I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and they walked in their own counsels O that my people had hearkened unto me and Israel had walked in my ways I should soon have subdued their enemies c. Psal. 81. 8 11 12 13 14 16. 2 Kings 21. 8 9. Because they rebelled against the word of God and contemned the counsel of the most high therefore he brought down their heart with labour Psal. 107. 11 12. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently c. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandements c. I will run the ways of thy commandements when thou shalt enlarge my heart c. O how love I thy law c. I love thy testimonies c. It is time for thee O Lord to work they have made void thy law therefore I love thy commandments above gold c. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law c. My soul hath kept thy testimony and I love them exceedingly Psal. 119. 4 6 3â—… 97 119 126 127 136 158 167. Because I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded but ye have set at nought my counsel and would none of my reproof I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh c. Prov. 1. 24 25 26 30 31. Blessed is the man who heareth me watching dayly at my gates waiting at the post of my doors Prov. 8. 34. Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer c. O that thou hadst hearkned to my commandments then had thy peace been as the river c. Isa. 48. 17 18. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people who walketh in a way that is not good after their own thoughts Isa. 65. 2. I will bring their fears upon them because when I called none did answer when I spake they did not hear but they did evil c. Isa. 66. 4. Be thou instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee Jer. 6. 8. I spake not unto your fathers c. But this thing commanded I them saying obey my voice and I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all my ways which I have commanded you that it may be well unto you But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the imaginations of their evil heart c. Jer. 7. 22 23 24. chap. 11. 7 8. The Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets rising early and Israel and the tabernacle or Israel shall be sanctified by my glory c. Exod 25. 22. ch 29. 42 43. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see my face and live Exod. 33. 20. Thou shalt worship no other God for the Lord whose name is jealous is a jealous God Exod. 34. 14. Deut. 6. 15. When the tabernacle was set up the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle Exod. 40. 33 34 35. When Aarons sons were consumed for offering strange fire Moses said unto Aaron This that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them who come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified Levit. 10. 1 2 3. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him c. thou shalt not go after other gods c. The Lord our God is one Lord c. Deut. 6. 4 13 14 And now Israel what doth the Lord require of thee but to fear the Lord c. and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul c. Behold the heavens and the heaven of heavens is the Lords thy God the earth with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords a great God a mighty and a terrible who regardeth not persons c. Deut. 10. 12 14 17 20. ch 11. 13. Thou may not sacrifice the passover within any of the gates c. But at the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse to place his name in there thou shalt sacrifice Deut. 16. 5 6. Serve ye the Lord and if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord c. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods c. He is a holy
people feared the Lord and believed the Lord Exod. 14. 31. The Sea covered them c. Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the Gods or mighty ones who like thee glorious in holiness fearful in praises doing wonders Exod. 15. 10 11. When God appeared upon the mount with a sound of a trumpet c. All the people that was in the camp trembled Exod. 19. 16 18. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain Exod. 20. 7. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live Exod. 33. 20 21 23. Thou shalt not curse the deaf c. but shalt fear thy God I the Lord c. Levit. 19. 14 32. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another but thou shalt fear thy God for I am the Lord your God c. Levit. 25. 17 36 43. Did ever people hear the voice of God c. as thou hast heard and live c. unto thee it was shewed that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God there is none else besides him Deut. 4. 32 33 35. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him c. Deut. 6. 13. chap. 10. 20. Understand therefore this day that the Lord thy God he who goeth over before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy c. Deut. 9. 3. And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God c Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens are the Lords c. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords a great God and a mighty and terrible who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward Deut. 10. 12 14 17. I I am he and there is no God with me I kill c. Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hands c. If I whet my glittering sword c. Deut. 32. 39 41. That all the people of the earth may know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever Joshua 4. 24. Deut. 3. 24. There is none holy as the Lord c. the Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down unto the grave and bringeth up the Lord maketh poor c. 1 Sam. 2. 1 6 7 8. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God! 1 Sam. 6. 20. Then the earth trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth there went up a smoke out of his nostrils c. 2 Sam. 22. 8 9 10 11 12. My servant Job c. one who feareth God and escheweth evil Job 1. 1 8. How should man be just with God! c. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who hath hardened against him and hath prospered who removeth the mountains and they know not who overturneth them in his anger who shaketh the earth out of her place and the pillars thereof tremble who commandeth the sun and it riseth not and sealed up the stars who alone spreadeth out the heavens c. Job 9. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty Job 11. 7 8 9 10. The Lord hath wrought this in whose hand is the soul or life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind Job 12. 9 10. Will you speak wickedly for God c shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon you Job 13. 7 8 11. And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom Job 28. 28. God said to Job None is so fierce who dare stir him up speaking of a creature Who then is able to stand before me Job 41. 10. Stand in awe and sin not Psal. 4. 4. Who is the king of glory the Lord of hosts he is this king of glory Psal. 24. 10. What man is he who feareth the Lord him he shall teach in the way which he shall choose c. The secret of the Lord is with them who fear him and he will shew them his Covenant Psal. 25. 12 13 14. O! how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them who fear thee Psal. 31. 19. He gathereth the waters of the sea together c. Let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him for he spake and it was done c. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them who feareth him c. Psal. 33. 6 7 8 9 18. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them who fear him and delivereth them c. O fear the Lord ye his saints for there is no want unto them who fear him c. hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord Psal. 34. 7 9 11. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart there is no fear of God before his eyes Psal. 36. 1. He uttereth his voice the earth melteth Psal. 46. 6. The Lord most high is terrible he is a great king over all the earth Psal. 47. 2. Because they have no changes therefore they fear not God Psal. 55. 19. To him who rideth upon the heavens of heavens of old lo he doth send or give out his voice a mighty voice c. His excellency over Israel and his strength in the clouds or heavens O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places Psal. 68. 33 34 35. At thy rebuke O God of Jacob both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep Thou thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry c. The earth feared and was still Psal. 76. 6 7 8. Surely his salvation is nigh them who fear him Psal. 85. 9. 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 Psal. 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 Psal. 93. 1 2 4. The Lord a great God and a great King above all gods Psal. 95. 3. Psal. 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 Psal. 96. 4 5 6 9. A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about his lightnings enlighteneth 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 Psal 97. 3 4 5 9. The Lord reigneth let
for the Lord Gen. 18. 12 13 14. Luk. 1. 37. When Hagar was fainting and thought there was no way but death with her child God shewed her a well of water c. Gen. 21. 15 16 17 18 19. When Josephs brethren had conspired to kill him God works for his deliverance Gen. 37. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 c. When God was sending Moses upon a great work Moses said unto the Lord O my Lord I am not eloquent c. but I am slow of speech c. And the Lord said unto him Who hath made mans mouth or who maketh the dumb or the deaf or the seeing or the blind Have not I the Lord Now therefore go and I will be with thy mouth c. Exod. 4. 10 11 12. And Moses said unto the people Fear ye not stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which he will shew to you to day c. the Lord shall fight for you c. And the Angel of God which went before the Camp removed and went behind them c. between the Camp of the Egyptians and the Camp of Israel c. Led them through the Red-Sea Exod. 14. 13 14 19 20 21 22. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever Exod. 15. 18. The Lord c. proclaimed the name of the Lord The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity transgression and sin c. Exod. 34. 5 6 7. And Moses said The people amongst whom I am are 600000 c. shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them or shall all the fish of the Sea be gathered together for them c. And the Lord said unto Moses Is the Lords hand waxed short thou shalt see c. Numb 11. 21 22 23. God is not a man that he should lye neither the Son of man that he should repent Hath he said and shall he not do or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Behold c. He hath blessed and I cannot reverse it Heb. 6. 18. Numb 23. 19 20. Tit. 1. 2. What God is there in heaven or earth that can do according to thy works and according to thy might Deut. 3. 24. Unto thee it was shewed that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God there is none else besides him c. Deut. 4. 35 39. Know therefore that the Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love him c. Deut. 7. 9. Understand therefore this day that the Lord thy God he who goeth before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy them and he shalt bring them down before thy face so shall thou drive them out c. Deut. 9. 3. There shall be no man able to stand before you for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you c. Deut. 11. 25. Joshua 5. 1. 2 Chron. 14. 14. Chap. 17. 10. Their rock is not as our rock the enemies themselves being judges c See now that I I am he and there is no God with me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal neither is there any who can deliver out of my hand for I lift up my hand to heaven and say I live for ever Deut 32. 31 39 40. There is none like unto the God of Jesurun who rideth upon the heaven for thy help and in his Excellency on the sky The eternal God thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee c. Deut. 33. 26 27. Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you c. Joshua 3. 10. Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you all are come to pass unto you and not one thing hath failed thereof c. Joshua 23. 14. There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like our God c. The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up he raiseth up the poor out of the dust lifteth up the beggar from the dunghil to set among Princes and make them to inherit the throne of glory for the pillars of the earth are the Lords and he hath set the world upon them 1 Sam. 2. 2 6 7 8. Luk. 1. 51 52 53. It may be the Lord will work for us for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few 1 Sam. 14. 6. Then said David to the Philistine Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield but I come unto thee in the name of the Lord of Host the God of the armies of Israel c. I will smite thee c. that all the earth may know there is a God in Israel 1 Sam. 17. 45 46. And David was greatly distressed for the people spake of stoning him c. but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God 1 Sam. 30. 6. The Lord is my rock c. the God of my rock in him will I trust c. He is a buckler to all them that trust in him For who is God save the Lord and who a rock save our God 2 Sam. 22. 2 3 31 32. Alas my master how shall we do And he answered Fear not for they with us are more than they with them And Elisha prayed c. 2 Kings 6. 16. The children of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers 2 Chron. 13. 18. Hezekiah said unto the people when the king of Assyria came against him Be strong and courageous be not afraid or dismayed for the the king of Assyria nor for all the multitude that is with him for there are more with us than with them with him an arm of flesh but with us the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battels 2 Chron. 32. 6 7 8. The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus to make proclamation for the building of Jerusalem the Temple and restoring the vessels of the house of the Lord when the Jews were in captivity Ezra 1. 1 2 3 4 7 11. Canst thou by searching find out God c. If he cut off and shut up and gather together then who can hinder him or turn him away Job 11. 7 10. Though he slay me yet will I trust in him Job 13. 15. Job reckons up many works of God and concludes thus Lo these parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him Job 26. 14. I know that thou canst do every thing and no thought can be withholden from thee or no thought of thine can be hindred Job 42. 2. Kiss the Son c. blessed are they who put their trust in him Psal. 2. 12. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep for
word of God be not blasphemed Tit. 2. 3 4 5. Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled but whoremongers c. Heb. 13. 4. Wives be in subjection to your own husbands that if any obey not the word c. Holy women c. being in subjection to their own husbands even as Sarah obeyed Abram calling him lord c. Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledg giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindred 1 Pet. 3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. 2dly Parents to their Children and Children to their Parents Noah being uncovered within his tent Ham saw it and told his brethren without who took a garment and laid it on their shoulders and went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father who afterwards blessed them and cursed their brother who told them Gen. 9. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27. Abram shall surely become a great and mighty nation c. For I know him that he will command his children and his houshold after him that they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgment Gen. 18. 19. Thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell but thou shalt go unto my country and my kinred and take a wife to my son Isaac c. Gen. 24. 3 Isaac when he was old called his son Esau that he might bless him before he died Gen. 27. 1 2 3 4 5. When Esau saw the women and the children with Jacob he asked him Whose are these with thee and he said The children which God hath graciously given thy servant Gen. 33. 4 5. Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age c. therefore his brethren hated him and could not speak peaceably to him c. When Jacob supposed him to be dead he rent his cloaths and put sackcloth upon him c. refused to be comforted and he said For I will go down into the grave with my son mourning thus his father wept for him Gen. 37. 3 33 34 35. When Jacob was told that Joseph is yet alive his heart fainted for he believed them not c. after he revived and said I will go see him before I die Gen. 45. 26 27 28. Joseph met his father and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while and Israel said unto Joseph Now let me die since I have seen thy face Gen. 46. 29 30. When Joseph brought his sons unto his father Israel Joseph bowed himself to the earth Gen. 48. 9 10 11 12. The sons of Israel did unto him according as he commanded them for c. Gen. 50. 12 13. That thou mayst tell in the ears of thy son and of thy sons son what things I have wrought in Egypt and my signs c. that ye may know that I am the Lord Exod. 10. 1 2. When thy son shall ask What means the offering of the first born c thou shalt say unto him By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt c. and slew all the first-born Exod. 13. 12 13 14 15. chap. 12. 25. 26 27. Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and did obeisance and kissed-him and they asked each other of their welfare Exod. 18. 5 6 7. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land c. Exod. 20. 12. He who smiteth his father or mother shall be surely put to death c. He who curseth or revileth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death Exod. 21. 15 17. Levit. 20. 9. I will make them to hear my word c. and that they may teach their children c. Deut. 4. 10. These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart and thou shalt teach them diligently or whet or sharpen unto thy children and shall talk of them c. Deut. 6. 6 7. chap. 11. 18 19. If any man have a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother and that when they have chastned him will not hearken unto them then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him c. and all the men of his City shall stone him c. Deut. 21. 18 19 20 21. Gather c. men women and children c. that they may hear c. that they may learn and fear the Lord c. Deut. 31. 11. 12 13. Set your hearts unto all the words c. which ye shall command your children to observe to do all the words of this law Deut. 32. 46. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come saying What mean these stones then ye shall let your children know saying Israel came over Jordan on dry land for the Lord your God dryed up c. Josh. 4. 20 21 22 23. Ruths great love to her mother-in-law recorded Ruth 1. 15 16 17. Eli was old and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel and how they lay with the women c. and he said unto them Why do you such things for I hear of your evil dealings c. nay my sons for it is no good report that I hear c. If a man sin against the Lord who shall intreat for him 1 Sam. 2. 22 23 24 25. I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken c. for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not or frowned not upon them 1 Sam. 3. 11 12 13 14. Bathsheba king Solomons mother came to him he rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her c. caused a seat to be set for her on his right-hand 1 Kings 2. 19. Job offered burnt offerings for his sons continually for Job said It may be that my sons have sinned c. Job 1. 4 5. I will utter dark sayings of old which we have heard and known and our fathers have told us we will not hide them from their children shewing the generations to come the praises of the Lord c. that the generation to come might know the children which should be born who should arise and declare them to their children that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God c. Psal. 7. 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Lo children are an heritage of the Lord the fruit of the womb a reward happy is the man who hath his quiver full of them Psal. 127. 3 4 5. Psal. 128. 3. My son hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother Prov. 1. 8. A wise son maketh a glad father but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother Prov. 10. 1. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his childrens children c.
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. 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 voyce and shall come forth they who have done good unto the resurrection of life c. John 5. 28 29. I should lose 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 of the resurrection from the dead some mocked Acts 17. 32. Of the hope and resurrection of the dead am I called in question c. The Sadduces say There is no resurrection c. The Pharisees confess it Acts 23. 6 8. chap. 24. 21. They themselves also allow that there shall be a resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust Acts 24. 15. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead Acts 26. 8. The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God c. We our selves groan within our selves waiting for the adoption to wit the redemption of our body Rom. 8. 19 21 22 23. And God hath both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us by his own power 1 Cor. 6. 14. The resurrection of the dead proved at large and with what bodies and the manner of the resurrection 1 Cor. 15. 12 13 to the 56. That we should not trust in our selves but in God who raiseth the dead 2 Cor. 1. 9. He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall c. 2 Cor. 4. 14. The holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption Ephes. 4. 30. We look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body according unto the working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself Phil. 3. 20 21. He is the head c. the beginning the first-born from the dead c. Col. 1. 18. I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others who have no-hope for if we believe that Jesus dyed and rose again even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord That we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them who are asleep for the Lord himself shall descend c. and the dead in Christ shall arise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them c. 1 Thess. 4. 13 14 15 16 17. Hymeneus c. who concerning the truth have erred saying That the resurrection is past already and overthrow the faith of some 2 Tim. 2. 18. Not laying again the foundation c. of the resurrection of the dead Heb. 6. 1 2. Others were tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection Heb. 11. 35. Thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged Rev. 11. 18. I saw the souls of them who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus c. and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years but the rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand years were finished This is the first resurrection blessed and holy is he who hath part in the first resurrection on such the second death hath no power c. And I saw the dead small and great stand before God c. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and Hell or the grave delivered up the dead which were in them Rev. 20. 4 5 6 12 13. CHAP. XXXVI Of Christs second coming to the Judgment and rendring unto every man according to his deeds done in the body whether good or bad SHall not the Judg of all the earth do right Gen. 18. 25. The wicked is reserved to the day of destruction they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath Job 21. 30. I know my Redeemer liveth and he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth Job 19. 25. The ungodly shall not stand in judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous Psal. 1. 5. The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations which forget God Psal. 9. 17. God is Judg himself Psal. 50. 6. He cometh to judg the earth and he shall judg the world with righteousness and the people with his truth Psal. 96. 13. Psal. 98. 9. Rejoyce O young man in thy youth c. and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment Eccles. 11. 9. For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil Eccles. 12. 14. Thine eyes are upon all the ways of the sons of men to give every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings Jer. 32. 19. Agree with thine adversary c. lest at any time thine adversary deliver thee to the Judg c. Matth. 5. 25 26. Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in thy name c then will I profess unto them I never knew you depart from me ye who work iniquity Matth. 7. 21 22 23. Luke 13. 25 26 27. Whosoever shall not receive you c. it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that City Matth. 10. 14 15. chap. 11. 21 22 23 24. But I say unto you That every idle word which men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment Matth. 12. 36. So shall it be at the end of the world the Son of man shall send sorth his Angels and they shall gather c. them which do iniquity and shall cast them into a furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth then shall the righteous shine c. Matth. 13. 40 41 42 43 49 50. The Son of man shall
might preach c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Blessed be God c. according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world c. Having predestinated us unto the Adoption of children by Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace c. Having made known to us the mistery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself c. Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will Ephes. 1. 4 5 6 9 11. 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. Work out your own salvation c. for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to 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. 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. 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 Heb. 4. 3. To the strangers c. Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the father 1 Pet. 1. 1 2. 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. All who dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the Book of life of the Lamb Rev. 13. 8. 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. 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 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. We are the Circumcision who worship God in spirit rejoyce in Christ have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. We are come c. to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel Heb. 12. 24. Who testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow 1 Pet. 1. 11. In Particular 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. 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 Psal. 32. 1 2 5. As for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away Psal. 65. 3. But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared Psal. 130. 4. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red as crimson 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. I will make a new Covenant c. for I will forgive their iniquity and will remember their sins no more Jer. 31. 31 34. Heb. 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. 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 Mic. 7. 18 19. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Mat. 1. 21. Jesus said to the sick of the Palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee c. Ye may know that the Son
of man hath power on earth to forgive sins Mat. 9. 2 6. All manner of sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven to men but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him in this world neither in the world to come Mat. 12. 31 32. To give knowledg of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercies of our God whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us Luke 1. 77 78. I say unto thee Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little And he said unto her Thy sins are forgiven thee Luke 7. 48 49. It behoveth Christ to suffer c. and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name Luke 24. 46 47. Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world John 1. 29. Repent c. that your sins may be blotted out when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and he shall send Jesus c. Acts 3. 19 20. Jesus c. hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins Acts 5. 30 31. To him gave all the prophets witness That through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10. 43. Be it known unto you c. that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins Acts 13. 38. To open the eyes c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins c. Acts 26. 18. Whom God hath set forth or fore-ordained to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission or passing over of sins Rom. 3. 25. Christ dyed for our sins according to the Scriptures c. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. 3 56 57. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses unto them c. For he hath made him to be sin for us 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins Gal. 1. 3 4. In whom ye have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace wherein he hath abounded c. Eph. 1. 7 8. Col. 1. 14. And you c. hath he quickned together with him having forgiven you all trespasses Col. 2. 13. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity Tit. 2. 13 14. His Son c. when he had by himself purged our sins sate down Hebr. 1. 2 3. Wherefore it behoveth him to be made like unto his brethren c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb. 2. 17. I will be merciful unto their unrighteousnesses and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more Heb. 8. 12. If the blood of bulls c. sanctifieth c. how much more shall the blood of Christ who offered himself c. purge our consciences c. by means of death for the redemption of the transgression Without shedding of blood no remission of sin c. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many Heb. 9. 13 14 15 22 26 28. This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sate down Heb. 10. 12. Who his own self bear our sins in his own body on or to the tree c. by whose stripes ye were healed 1 Pet. 2. 24. Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us unto God 1 Pet. 3. 13. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin c. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 Joh. 1. 7 9. If any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. I write to you little children because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake 1 John 2. 1 2 12. He was manifested to take away our sins c. 1 John 3. 5. Herein is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins 1 John 4. 10. Jesus Christ c. who hath loved us and washed us with his own blood from our sins Rev. 1. 5. Reconciliation to and peace with God Fury is not in me c. Let him take hold of my strength he may make peace with me he shall make peace with me Isa. 27. 4 5. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake Isa. 42. 21. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Isa. 53. 5. Seventy weeks are determined c. to make reconciliation for iniquity Dan. 9. 24. He shall be a Priest upon his throne and the counsel of peace shall be between them both Zech. 6. 12 13. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Mat. 3. 17. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my Father and unto your Father and unto my God and your God John 20. 17. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ Acts 10. 36. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ c. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled c. We say in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the Atonement Rom. 5. 1 10 11. God who hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ and hath committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses c. 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. The glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved Eph. 1. 6. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by he blood of Christ for he is our peace who hath made both one hath broken down the middle-wall of partition between us hath abolished in his flesh the enmity the law of commandments in ordinances for to maâ—…e in himself of twain one new man so making peaâ—… That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity thereby or in himself and came and preached peace to you who were