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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90521	The Scriptures stability or, the Scripture cannot be broken. Proved, explained, and several wayes applied, whereby all Scripture may with singular advantage come to be improved. Very seasonable and usefull in these last and worst dayes, wherein the authority and truth of the Scripture is now much oppugned, and by few so improved as it ought. By Robert Perrot, B.M. and minister of Gods word, at Deane in Bedfordshire.	R. P. (Robert Perrot)	1658 (1658)	Wing P1646; Thomason E1928_2; ESTC R209990	89,342	222

shall but only allude to it here and apply it in this sense O it 's a blessed thing when the Lord deals well with us and blesses us according to his word I mean in this sense as his word Judges and determines as concerning dealing well with and blessing and this is not when meerly he gives us wealth and riches and abundance or when he gives us health or ●ase when we are not in trouble as other men nor plagued like other men this indeed the world counts the only dealing well with but it may be ill enough with us and we may be far enough from being blessed for all this Psa 73. 3 4 12. Zach. 1. 15. that rich man in the 12th of Luke he no doubt thought it well with himself and therefore he sings a requiem to his soul v. 19. because he had heapt so much wealth together Soul thou hast goods laid ●p for many years take thine ease eat drink and be merry But what saith God to him thou fool this night thy soul shall be required of thee then whose shall those things be wch thou hast provided so is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God Thus for God meerly to give us wealth and riches or health and ease this is not to bless us according to his word but then the Lord blesses us and deals well with us according to his word when he gives us himself his Son his Spirit his Grace his Favour when he makes his face to shine upon us and teaches us his Statutes as David prayes Psal 119. 135. make thy face to shine upon me and teach me thy Statutes when he gives faith forgives us our sins turns us away from our iniquities makes us rich towards himself with 2 Cor. 8. 9. those riches which Jesus Christ became poor to inrich our souls withall then God deals well with us and blesses us according to his word and that is a dealing well with and a blessing indeed for the word cannot be broken It 's said in Isay 65. 16. that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth O it 's a blessed thing when we ground our blessedness upon God and his truth I am blessed because I am such a one whom Gods truth whom Gods word which cannot be broken pronounces blessed I such are blessed indeed And so I might adde that this point informs us gives us to see who are indeed excellent and honourable and noble and so who are indeed base vile and contemptible namely such whom the Scripture saith and affirms to be so for that cannot err or mistake and therefore such as the Scripture saith are excellent are indeed excellent and such as the Scripture saith are vile are indeed vile Now the Scripture saith and affirms that the Saints are excellent Psal 16. 11. Prov. 12. 26. that such as search the Scripture are Noble Acts 17. 11. that such as are pretious in Gods sight are honourable Isay 43. 4. and these now are indeed excellent noble and honourable the Scripture so affirming and we can never indeed be truly such till we come to be of the number of these the very heathens themselves had a kind of notion of this e Claudius his Motto Generis virtus nobilitas is virtue not Scutchions or images of Ancestors makes men noble Aemilias Motto Non gens sed mens non genus sed genius ●ot race or place but grace truly sets forth a man and Very observable to this purpose is that of Juvenal Satyr 8. Stemmana quid faciunt quid prodest Pontice longo Sanguine censeri pictosque ostendere vultus Majorum c. Tota licet veteres exornent undique cerae Atria Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus So the Scripture saith and affirms of the wicked that they are vile though otherwise never so great high and honourable in the eyes of the world Psa 15. 4. 12. 8. when the vilest men are exalted vile though exalted thus Antiochus though otherwise great is called a vile person Dan. 11. 21. And man in honour and not having a saving understanding in the things of God is like the heasts that perish Psa 49. 20. Hence God is said to tread down the wicked even as mire in the street and to put them all away like dross the Hebrew is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Scorias drosses that is vilest dross Pro. 10. 20. the heart of the wicked is little worth it may be his House Lands or Revenues are somewhat worth but his heart is little worth And so I might likewise add that this point it informs us also who are indeed wise and who foolish namely such whom the Scripture saith and affirms to be so for that cannot err or mistake and therefore such as that affirms to be wise are indeed wise and such as that pronounces to be foolish are indeed foolish now the Scripture saith such are wise That fear God and depart from evill Job 28. 11. Psal 111. 10. That understand and consider their latter end Deut. 32. 29. That hear Christs sayings and do them Matth. 7. 24. that walk circum spectly Eph. 5. 15. That foresee the evill and hide themselves Prov. 22. 3. That win souls Prov. 11. 30. Dan. 12. 3. And so the Scripture saith likewise of all wicked men that they are foolish Psa 5. 5. Job 5. 3. Prov. 9. 6. 10. 23. And so I might give you many other places but they are every where obvious more particularly such as hear Christs sayings and do them not Matth. 7. 26. That reject the word of the Lord Jer. 8. 9. that leave off to do good Psal 36. 3. That lay up treasure for themselves and are not rich towards God● Luke 12. 20 21. that trust in their own heart Prov. 28. 26. And thus I might further dilate but this at present shall suffice 3. Again Cannot the Scripture be broken then this further informs us and gives us to see what a firm and strong prop such lean and rely upon that make the Word of God their stay that there trust and hope and bear up themselves that can say as David For I trust in thy Word and but I hope in thy Word Psalm 119. 49 81. I say if the Scripture cannot be broken if it cannot be unloosed or dissolved what a firm and strong prop do such lean and rely upon even such as cannot fail as is more firm than Heaven and Earth it self for Heaven and Earth shall pass away sayes Christ but my words shall not pass away For ever O Lord thy Word is setled in Heaven Solomon tells us the rich mans wealth is his strong City and an high Wall but it is but in his own conceit Prov. 18. 11. For he that trusteth in his riches shall fall Prov. 11. 28. But so shall never such do who trust in the Word no for all flesh is as grass and all the glory of Man

as the flower of the grass the grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever The Words of the Lord are pure Words as silver tryed in a fornace of earth purified seven times that is many times ●ully sufficiently seven being a perfect number 1 Sam. 2. 5. The baren hath born seven that is many all contain'd therein is firm and solid there is not in them the least dross of vanity or falshood David seals to this Psal 119. 65. Tho● hast dealt well with thy Servant O Lord according to thy Word as if he should have said O Lord I have found thee as good as thy Word to me thou didst not fail in performing what thou promisedst what thou spakest came to pass thy Word was not violated or made void and hence sayes David Psa 56. 4. In God will I praise his Word and again in the 10. Verse in God will I praise his Word in the Lord will I praise his Word that is as I suppose we may ●●terpret it among other things in God that are so observable and praise-worthy I will praise his Word I will observe and take notice of that and praise and extol that which is so true so firm so solid so indissoluble this Faith especially looks at in God and there leanes and relies and well it may it being so firm being that which cannot fail hence sayes David Psalm 119. 74. They that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have hoped in thy Word I and well they might there is great cause why we should rejoyce and be glad when we see such as hope in Gods Word O that there were more such that did it in truth because such hope well they fix their hope upon what is most firm upon what will hold and they cannot place their hopes better such shall never be ashamed of their hope Heaven and Earth shall pass away but that Word in which they hope shall never pass away for the Mountains shall depart and the Hills be removed but my kindnesse shall not depart from thee neither shall the Covenant of my peace be removed saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee God may break his peoples estates he may break their relations yea he may break their bones break their limbs break their loines break them with breach upon breach as he did Job Job 16. 14. God brake his estate his relations laid waste his family made desolate all his company Job 16. 7. 29. 5. 1. 18 19. and brake his body 7. 5. So Isay 38. 13. I reckoned sayes Hezekiah till Morning that as a Lion so will he break all my bones from Day even to Night wilt thou make an end of me But though God break all else he never doth nor will nor can break his Word and therefore sayes Job still though he slay me yet I will trust in him Job 13. 15. And Hezekiah Isay 38. 16. O Lord by these things men live i. e. by the promises and therefore as Elizabeth told Mary Luke 1. 45. Blessed is she that believeth for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord thus Elizabeth by the instigation of the Holy Ghost pronounces Mary and all such as believe and rely on Gods Word blessed upon this ground because the Word of God cannot be broken but shall certainly be performed Blessed is she that believeth yea blessed are all that believe and rely on the Word but woeful is their estate that rely on any thing else for they shall come down wonderfully we may say of all other things that people trust in or leane on let them he what they will as is said of Egypt they trust but in the staff of a broken reed whereon if a man lean it will go into his hand and peirce it so are all other things to all those that trust in them and lean on them but the word is most firm and abideth for ever and therefore on a most firm prop do such lean and rely that stay themselves thereon 4. Again cannot the Scripture be broken nor Gods word therein fail or be found false then this it further informs us and gives us to see how exceeding abundant God is in his goodness and gratious condescention to his people p Consideranda exosculanda dei immensa 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quasese ad nostram infirmitatem in tantum demisit ut quasi aliquis nostrum verbis suis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 etiam jure jurando a●thoritatem conciliare voluerit Pare●s in Locum and how exceeding tender he is of their comfort and consolation who as concerning what he hath promised hath not only given his people his word though that cannot be broken as you have heard proved but hath likewise added his oath hath not only spoke but sworn O how abundant herein doth appear the goodness of God and his tenderness of his peoples comfort and consolation as the Apostle expresses it in the Heb. 6. 17 18. wherin God willing more abundantly to shew unto the h●irs 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 lie we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us q In Deo tam dicere quam jur are immutabile est hominum longe alia est ratio c. Sermo vero dei certa est veritas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cum vero additur jus jurandum quasi c●mulus ad plenam mensur●m a●●●dit hinc nobis valida consolatio quod deus qui fallere lo● 〈◊〉 ●o● potest promittere non contentus etiam jurat Calv. in loc For God saith Calv. to add his Oath to his promise is as when a heap is put to a full measure by two immutable chings that is his immutable promise and his immutable Oath we might have strong consolation God would have his people joyful Iohn 15. 11. and their consolation strong the ground there of being so firm and strong and solid O let us admire and adore Gods wonderful goodness and gratious condescention herein that we should have two such immutable things that God should both say and swear God cannot lie nor deceive whether he say or swear his nature makes it impossible and yet he is pleased to do both both to say and swear such is his wonderful goodness and condescention and if yet notwithstanding both these we shall so far dishonour God and be wanting to our own comfort as not to believe and rely on both these how sad and unworthy a thing will it be how derogatory to Gods glory as well as to our own comfort Nudis ejus promissis fidem haberi oportuit c. we ought saith Pareus upon the place to give credit to his bare promises because he is truth it self and goodness it self wisedom it self and power