20. 17. Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth 1 Cor. 1. 2. As I teach every where in every Church 1 Cor. 4. 17. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together c. 1 Cor. 5. 4. When ye come together in the Church c. when ye come together therefore into one place c. despise ye the Church of God c. wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tarry one for another 1 Cor. 11. 16 18 20 21 22 33 34. If therefore the whole Church be come together in one place c. let him keep silence in the Church c. as in all the Churches of the saints c. let women keep silence in the Churches c. it s a shame for a woman to speak in the Church 1 Cor. 14. 23 28 33 34 35. As I have given order to the Churches of Galatia so do c. The Churches of Asia 1 Cor. 16. 1 19. The Churches of Macedonia c. thorowout all the Churches c. chosen of the Churches c. brethren the messengers of the Churches c. shew c. before the Churches 2 Cor. 8. 1 18 19 23 24. Paul c. unto the Churches of Galatia c. unknown by face unto the Churches Gal. 1. 1 2 22. Ye Philippians c. no Church c. but ye only Phil. 4. 15. When this Epistle is read among you cause it that be read also in the Church of Laodicea Col. 4. 15 16. To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God 1 Thes. 1. 1. The Churches of God which in Judea are in Christ c. 1 Thes. 2. 14. The Church at Babylon c. salute you 1 Pet. 5. 13. Born witness of thy charity before the Church c. I wrote unto the Church but Diotrephes c. casteth them out of the Church 3 Joh. vers 6. 9 10. The seven Churches of Asia c. Ephesus Smirna Pergamus c. Rev. 1. 4 11. The Dignity Priviledges and Blessings belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ in general as such I will set my tabernacle among you and my soul shall not abhor you and I will walk among you and will be your God and ye shall be my people Levit. 26. 11 12. Ezek. 37. 26 27 28. The cloud filled the house of the Lord so that the Priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud for the glory of the Lord had filled the house 1 Kings 8. 10 11. chap. 9. 3. There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high God in the midst of her she shall not be moved God shall help her c. the Lord of hosts is with us the God c. Psal. 46. 4 5 7. Out of Sion the perfection of beauty God hath shined Psal. 50. 2. The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan an high hill why leap ye ye high hills this is the hill God desireth to dwell in the Lord will dwell in it for ever Psal. 68. 15 16. In Judah is God known his name is great in Israel in Salem also is his tabernacle and his dwelling-place in Sion Psal. 76. 1 2. He delivered his strength into captivity and his glory into the enemies hand he gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance Psal. 78. 61 62. How amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of hosts c blessed are they who dwell in thy house they will be still praising of thee c. they go from strength to strength every one of them in Zion appearing before God Psal. 84. 1 4 7. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more then all the dwellings of Jacob glorious things are spoken of thee O city of God c. of Zion it shall be said This and that man was born in her and the highest himself shall establish her Psal. 87. 2 3 5. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish c. still bring forth fruit Psal. 92. 13 14. Holiness becomes thine house for ever O Lord Psal. 93. 5. The Lord is great in Zion and he is high above all people Psal. 99. 2. The Lord hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation this is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it I will abundantly bless her provision I will satisfie her poor with bread c. Psal. 132. 13 14 15 16 17. The Lord shall reign for ever thy God O Zion unto all generations Psal. 146. 10. He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgments unto Israel he hath not dealt so with any nation c. Psal. 147. 19 20. The mountain of the Lords house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills c. out of Zion shall go forth the law Isa. 2. 2 3. Micah 4. 1. The Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion and upon her assembly a cloud and smoak by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night for upon all the glory shall be a defence c. Isa. 4. 5 6. The Lord of hosts who dwelleth in mount Zion Isa. 8. 18. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb c. they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain Isa. 11. 6 7 8 9. Cry out and shout thou inhabitant of Zion for great is the holy one of Israel in the midst of thee Isa. 12. 6. The Lord hath founded Zion and the poor of his people shall trust in it Isa. 14. 32. The moon shall be confounded c. when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion Isa. 24. 23. In this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things a feast of wines on the lees c. and I will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people c. Isa. 25. 6 7. A vineyard of red wine I the Lord do keep it I will water it every moment left any hurt it I will keep it night and day Isa. 27. 2 3. As when an hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth and he awaketh and his soul is empty c. so shall the multitude c. be who fight against Zion Isa. 29. 8. The Lord whose fire is in Zion and his furnace in Jerusalem Isa. 31. 9. Look upon Zion the city of our solemnities thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation a tabernacle which shall not be taken down c. but there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams c. the Lord is our judg our law-giver the Lord our King c. the inhabitants shall not say I am sick the people c. shall be forgiven Isa. 33. 20 21 22 24. God threatens nations as recompences for the controversy of Zion Isa. 34. 1 2 8. The
Gen. 4. 26. And he was the Priest of the Most High God Gen. 14. 18 19 20. The Lord appeared unto Abraham and said c. I am the Almighty God c. Gen. 17. 1. chap. 28. 3. Rev. 21. 22. The Lord the God of Heaven and the God of the Earth Gen. 24. 3 7. And God said unto Moses I am that I am c. Thus shall you say c. I am hath sent me unto you c. The Lord God of your fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath sent me c. This is my name for ever and this is my memorial unto all generations c. The Lord God of the Hebrews c. Exod. 3. 6 14 15 18. chap. 9. 1 13. I appeared unto Abraham c. By the Name of God Almighty but by my name Jehovah was not known to them Exod. 6. 2 3. Isa. 12. 2. chap. 26. 4. And the Lord c. proclaimed the name of the Lord c. The Lord God merciful and gracious c. The Lord whose name is Jealous is a jealous God c. Exod. 34. 5 6 14. chap. 33. 19. The Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh Numb 27. 16. That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name the Lord thy God Deut. 28. 58. To sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shilo c. 1 Sam. 1. 3 11. The Lord of hosts the God of the Armies of Israel c. 1 Sam. 17. 45. The God of Israel said The rock of Israel speak to me c. 2 Sam. 23. 3. Extol him who rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah c. Psal. 68. 4. That men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah the most high over all the earth c. Psal. 83. 18. Holy and Reverend is his name Psal. 111. 9. They have provoked the holy one of Israel Isa. 1. 4. Ezek. 39. 7. I am the Lord that is my name and my glory will I not give unto another Isa. 42. 8. Jer. 16. 21. As for our redeemer the Lord of hosts is his name the holy one of Israel Isa. 47. 4. ch 54. 5. Jer. 32. 18. O the hope of Israel the Saviour thereof c. Jer. 14. 8. I will sanctify my great name c. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord Ezek. 36. 23. So will I make my holy name known in the middest of my people Israel and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord the holy one of Israel Ezek. 39. 7. The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob Amos 8. 7. Now the God of patience and consolation grant c. Rom. 15. 5 33. Now the God of peace be with you all c. 1 Thes. 5. 2 3. God is not the author of confusion but of peace 1 Cor. 14. 33. Heb. 13. 20. God is light and in him is no darkness 1 John 1. 5. James 1. 17. God is love 1 Joh. 4. 8 16. And the Lord God of the holy Prophets sent c. Rev. 22. 6. 2dly He is a Spirit God is a spirit John 4. 24. 3dly His Excellency Majesty Greatness Perfection Glory and Soveraignty and Absoluteness He created the world and all things in it Gen. 1. ch 2. And the fear of you c. shall be upon every beast c. Into your hands are they delivered c. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you c. Have given you all things c. Neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth Gen. 9. 21. 3. 11. And the Lord said to Abraham c. Lift up thine eyes c. For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever c. Gen. 13. 14 15 16 17. The Priest of the most high God c. The most high God possessour of heaven and earth Gen. 14. 18 19 20 22. Psal. 9. 2. I am the Lord and I will bring you out from under the burthens of the Egyptians and I will rid you of their bondage and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm and with great judgment c. Exod. 6. 6 7. That thou maist know that there is none like unto the Lord our God c. I will sever c. To the end thou maist know that I am the Lord in the middest of the earth Exod. 8. 10 22. Thy right hand O Lord is become glorious in power c. hath dasned in pieces the enemy And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown c. With the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered c. Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the Gods c. Glorious in holiness fearful in prayses doing wonders c. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever Exod. 15. 6 7 8 11 15 16 17 18. I now that the Lord is greater than all Gods for in the thing they dealt proudly he was above them Exod. 18. 11. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke because the Lord descended c. And the whole mount quaked greatly Exod. 29. 18. ch 20. 18 19. And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai c. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount c. Exod. 24. 16 17. Ezek. 3. 23. chap. 8. 4. ch 9. 3. There will I meet with the children of Israel and they shall be sanctified by my glory Exod. 29. 4. 3. I beseech thee shew me thy glory c. Thou canst not see my face For there shall no man see me and live c. And it shall come to pass while my glory passeth by that I will put thee in a clift c. Exod. 33. 18 19 20 22. I will do marvails such as have not been done in all the earth c. And all the people shall see the work of the Lord for it is a terrible thing that will do with thee Exod. 34. 10. The glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle Exod. 40. 34 35. Levit. 9. 23. Num. 14. 10. ch 16. 42. As truly as I live all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord because all those men who have seen my glory and my miracles c. Numb 14. 21 22. Balaam said c. All that the Lord speaketh that I must do Numb 23. 26. Let the Lord God of the spirits of all flesh set a man Numb 27. 16. O Lord God thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hands for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy work and according to thy might Deut. 3. 24. The Lord thy God is a consuming fire a jealous God c. Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the middest of the fire as thou hast heard and live c. The Lord he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath there is none else
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
10. Return unto me and I will return unto you saith the Lord of hosts Mal. 3. 7. John Baptist preached c. saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is c. Matt. 3. 1 2 6. From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent for the kingdom c. Matt. 4. 17. I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Matt. 9. 13. Mark 1. 15. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done because they repented not c. if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Tyre c. they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes Matt. 11. 20 21 22. The men of Niniveh c. because they repented at the preaching of Jonas Matt. 12. 41. Son go work c. but he said I will not but afterwards he repented and went c. ye when ye had seen repented not afterward that ye might believe him Matt. 21. 28 29 32. Judas repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces c. I have sinned Matt. 27. 3 4. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Luk. 13. 2 3 5. Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner who repenteth more than over ninety nine just persons who need no repentance c. there is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over one sinner who repenteth c. the prodigal returned Luk. 15. 7 10 17 18 19 20 21. If one went from the dead to them they would repent c. If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead Luk. 16. 30 31. If he trespass against thee seven times c. and he turn again to thee saying I repent Luk. 17. 3 4. It behoveth Christ to suffer c. that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations Luk. 24. 46 47. When they heard this they were pricked in their hearts and said c. men and brethren what shall we do Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized Act. 2. 37 38. Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out Act. 3. 19. Him hath God exalted c. for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness Act. 5. 31. Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life c. a great number believed and were turned unto the Lord Act. 11. 18 21. And the times of this ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men every where to repent Act. 17. 30. I kept back nothing c. testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Act. 20. 20. 21. But shewed c. that they should repent and turn to God and do works meet for repentance c. Act. 26. 20. Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance Rom. 2. 4. Though I made you sorry c. I do not repent c. ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry after a godly manner c. for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of 2 Cor. 7. 8 9 10. I shall bewail many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness c. which they have committed 2 Cor. 12. 21. How ye turned to God from Idols to serve the living and true God and to wait for his son from heaven c. 1 Thes. 1. 9 10. In meekness instructing them who oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. Let us go on to perfection not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works c. for it is impossible for those who were once enlightened c. if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance seeing they crucify to themselves c. Heb. 6. 1 4 5 6. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you cleanse your hands ye sinners c. James 4. 8. Brethren if any of you do err from the truth and one convert him let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the errour of his way shall save a soul from death c. James 5. 19 20. The Lord is not slack c. but is long-suffering to us-ward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance 2 Pet. 3. 9. Thou hast left thy first love remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first works or else I will come unto thee quickly c. thou hast there them who hold the doctrine of Balaam c. Repent or else I will come c. I gave her space to repent of her fornication and she repented not behold I will cast her into a bed c. Rev. 2. 4 5 14 15 16 20 21 22. I have not found thy works perfect before God remember therefore how thou hast received and heard and hold fast and repent c. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Rev. 3. 2 3 19. And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands that they should not worship Devils and idols of gold c. neither repented they of their murders c. Rev. 9. 20 21. And men were scorched or burned with great heat and blasphemed the name of God c. and they repented not to give him glory c. and repented not of their deeds Rev. 16. 8 9 10 11. CHAP. XXXIV Of Death the laying down of these Tabernacles AND the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground or dust of the ground Gen. 2. 7. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the ground for out of it wast thou taken for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return Gen. 3. 19. God said unto Abraham Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace thou shalt be buried in a good old age Gen. 15. 15. chap. 25. 8. I have undertaken to speak unto the Lord who am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. Sarah dyed c. and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her Gen. 23. 2. Abraham dyed c. and was gathered to his people c. Ishmael c. gave up the ghost and dyed and was gathered unto his people Gen. 25. 8 17. Isaac c. said Behold now I am old I know not the day of my death Gen. 27. 1 2. Jacob said c. The days of the years of my pilgrimage are 130 years few and evil have the days of the years of my life been Gen. 47. 9. He mourned for Joseph refused to be comforted but said I will go down unto my grave mourning Gen. 37. 34 35. Joseph wept for his father Israel when he dyed
come in the glory of his father with his Angels and then he shall reward every man according unto his works Matth. 16. 27. There was a man who had not on a wedding-garment and the king said unto him Friend how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment and he was speechless Then said the king to his servants Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping c. Matth. 22. 11 12 13. chap. 25. 30. As the lightning cometh out of the East and shineth to the West so shall also the coming of the Son of man be c. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds c. But of the day and hour knoweth no man no not the Angels in heaven but my father only but as the days of Noah were so shall also the coming of the Son of man be c. they were eating and drinking c. Watch therefore c. be ye therefore ready also for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh c. Matth. 24. 27 30 31 36 37 38 39 42 43 44 c. Luke 12 35 36. chap. 17. 24. When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all his holy Angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on the right hand but the goats on the left hand Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was an hungred c. Then shall he say unto them on the left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels for I was an hungred c. and these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into everlasting life Matth. 25. 31 32 33 35 41 42 46. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right-hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven Matth. 26. 64. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me c. in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with his holy Angels Mark 8. 38. The father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgment to the Son that all men should honour the Son c. and hath given him authority to execute judgment also because he is the Son of man c. As I hear I judg and my judgment is just because I seek not mine own will c. John 5. 22 23 27 30. He who rejecteth me c. hath one who judgeth him the word I have spoken the same shall judg him in the last day John 12. 48. I will come again and receive you John 14. 3. Ye now therefore have sorrow but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce c. John 16. 22. This same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven Acts 1. 11. He commanded us to preach unto the people c. That it is he who was ordained of God to be the Judg of quick and dead Acts 10. 42. He hath appointed a day in the which he will judg the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given an assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead Acts 17. 31. And as he reasoned of righteousness temperance and judgment to come Felix trembled Acts 24. 25. After thy hardness c. treasurest up unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God who will render to every man according to his deeds to them who by patient continuing in well-doing c. eternal life but unto them who are contentious c. indignation and wrath c. upon every soul of man who doth evil c. but glory honour and peace to every man who worketh good c. for there is no respect of persons with God c. in the day when God shall judg the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel Rom. 2. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16. Is God unrighteous c God forbid for then how shall God judg the world Rom. 3. 5 6. Why dost thou judg thy brother c we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ for it is written As I live saith the Lord Every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God so then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God Rom. 14. 10 11 12. Isa. 45. 23. If any man build on this foundation gold silver c. every mans work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare it because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is c. 1 Cor. 3. 12 13 14 15. He who judgeth me is the Lord therefore judg nothing before the time until the Lord come who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness c. 1 Cor. 4. 4 5. Do ye not know that the Saints shall judg the world c that we shall judg Angels 1 Cor. 6. 2 3. We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad knowing therefore the terror of the Lord c. 2 Cor. 5. 9 10 11. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him c. Col. 3. 4. To the end he may establish your hearts c. before God even our father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his Saints 1 Thess. 3. 13. The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel and with the trump of God 1 Thess. 4. 16 17. For your selves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night for when they shall say peace and safety then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travel upon a woman with child and they shall not escape c. I pray God your whole spirit soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord 1 Thess. 5. 2 3 23. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them who trouble you and to you who
are they who came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple and he who sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them they shall hunger no more nor thirst no more neither shall the sun light on them or any heat for the Lamb c. shall feed them c. and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Rev. 7. 9 13 14 15 16 17. The new Jerusalems glory described at large c. Behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them c. and wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away Rev. 21. 1 2 3 4. chap. 22. 1 2 3 4 5. See more of Eternal-life Chap. 10. See the sad end of wicked men Chap. 5. CHAP. XXXVIII Of knowledg and understanding in and about Divine things and of the want thereof Ignorance about such things and the evil thereof WHen Abimelech had taken Sarah Abrams wife though in the integrity of his heart not knowing her to be Abrams wife because he had said She was his sister yet God said unto him Behold thou art a dead man for the woman thou hast taken for she is a mans Wife Gen. 20. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring forth the children of Israel from among them Exod. 7. 5. Ezek. 6. 7 10 13. According to thy word that thou mayst know that there is none like unto the Lord Exod. 8. 10. I have hardned his heart and the heart of his servants that I might shew these my signs c. that ye may know how that I am the Lord Exod. 10. 1 2. Deut. 4. 35. Jethro said when Moses had told him what God had done Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he c. Exod. 18. 11. Under the law they were to offer sacrifices for sins of ignorance whether of a person or of the Congregation Levit. 4. 2 3 4 13 14 15. chap. 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 17 18 19. Ye have seen all that the Lord did c. yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear unto this day Deut. 29. 2 4. They sacrificed c. not to God to gods whom they knew not to new gods Deut. 32. 17. Sampson said to his father Get her for me c. but his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord that he sought an occasion against the Philistines Judges 14. 3 4. The sons of Eli wicked men knew not the Lord 1 Sam. 2. 12. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him 1 Sam. 3. 7. Elijah prayed that God would by an extraordinary means let it be known that thou art a God in Israel c. that this people may know that thou art the Lord God 1 Kings 18. 36 37 38. Because the Syrians have said The Lord is God of the hills but he is not God of the valleys therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hands and ye shall know that I am the Lord 1 Kings 20. 28. Solomon asked wisdom and knowledg and God gave it and riches also 2 Chron. 1. 9 10 11 12. Nevertheless they shall be his servants that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the Countreys 2 Chron. 12. 8. Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection c Job 11 7 8. Lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him Job 26. 14. There is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding great men are not always wise neither do the aged understand judgment Job 32. 8 9. I uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee wherefore I abhor my self c. Job 42. 5 6. They who know thy name will put their trust in thee c. The Lord is known by the judgments he executeth Psal. 9. 10 16. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledg who eat up my people c Psal. 14. 4. Psal. 53. 4. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shew his handy-work day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night teacheth knowledg c. The testimonies of the Lord are sure making wise the simple c. The commandments of the Lord is pure inlightning the eyes Psal. 19. 1 2 3 4 7 8. Consume them c. and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth Selah Psal. 59. 13. When I thought to know this it was too painful for me until I went into the Sanctuary of God then understood I their end c. so foolish and ignorant was I I was as a beast before thee Psal. 73. 16 17 22. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen who have not known thee Psal. 79. 6. They know not neither will they understand they walk on in darkness Psal. 82. 5. Let them be confounded c. that they may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth Psal. 83. 18. Understand O ye brutish among the people and fools when will ye be wise He who planted the ear shall he not hear c Psal. 94. 7 8 9 10 11. It is a people who do err in their hearts and they have not known my ways Psal. 95. 10. Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal. 107. 43. For I know that the Lord is great and our Lord above all gods Psal. 135. 5. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk Psal. 143. 8. Psal. 146. 8. He shewed his word unto Jacob c. He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgments they have not known them Psal. 147. 19 20. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c and fools hate knowledg c they shall call upon me but I will not answer c. for that they hated knowledg and did not chuse the fear of the Lord Prov. 1. 22 28 29. Apply thine heart to understanding yea if thou cryest after knowledg c. if thou seek her as silver c. then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord c. for the Lord giveth wisdom c. understanding shall keep thee Prov. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 10 11. Happy is the man who findeth wisdom