in my God Isa 61. 10. Hath a nation changed their gods which yet are no gods But my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit c. My people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the Fountain of living waters and have hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns c. Have I been a barren wilderness unto Israel c. Can a maid forget her ornaments a bride her attire yet my people have forgotten me days without number Jer. 2. 11 13 31 32. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might c. But let him who glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exerciseth loving-kindness c. Jerem. 9. 23 24. 2 Cor. 10. 17. 1. Cor. 1. 29. 31. The portion of Jacob is not like them for he is the Former of all things c. The Lord of hosts is his name Jer. 10. 16. ch 51. 19. O the hope of Israel the Saviour thereof in time of trouble why shouldst thou be as a stranger in the land and as a way-faring man turneth aside to tarry for a night Why shouldst thou be as a man astonied c. Yet thou O Lord in the midst of us and we are called by thy name c. Jer. 14. 8 9. ch 17. 13. The Lord is my portion saith my soul therefore will I hope in him Lam. 3. 24. Woe also unto them when I depart from them Hos 9. 12. Fear not O land be glad and rejoyce for the Lord will do great things c. Be glad then ye children of Zion and rejoyce in the Lord your God Joel 2. 21 23. But the Lord the hope or harbour of his people and the strength of the children of Israel Joel 3. 16. Arise and depart ye for this is not your rest because it is polluted Micha 2. 10. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither fruit in the vine c. yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation The Lord God is my strength c. Habbak 3. 17 18 19. Rejoyce because your names are written in heaven Luke 10. 20. Zacheus came down and received Christ joyfully Luke 19. 5 6. Lord to whom shall we go Thou hast the words of eternal life c. Thou art that Christ the Son of the living God John 6. 68 69. Philip said unto him Shew us the Father and it sufficeth John 14. 8. These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full John 15. 11. Peter said Lord thou knowest I love thee John 21. 17. The Eunuch went on his way rejoycing Acts 8. 38 39. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoyce in hope of the glory of God c. We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 5. 2 11. Rejoycing in hope Rom. 12. 12. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing Rom. 15. 13. Our consolation also aboundeth by Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 1. 5. Now thanks be to God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ 2 Cor. 2. 14. God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ Gal. 6. 14. My brethren rejoyce in the Lord c. We are the circumcision c. who rejoyce in Christ c. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord Philip. 3. 1 3 8. Rejoyce in the Lord alway and again I say rejoyce c. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your heart and mind c. Philip. 4. 4 7. Rejoyce evermore 1 Thes 5. 16. That by two immutable things wherein it is impossible for God to lye we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Heb. 6. 18. In whom though now ye see not yet believing ye rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1. 8. 1 John 1. 4. II. To obey and hearken to the Laws and Word of God in Christ THere is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4. 12. Now the Lord had said unto Abram Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto a land I will shew thee c. So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him Gen. 12. 1 4 5. Heb. 11. 8. So in putting away Ishmael and Hagar Gen. 21. 11 11 13 14. God said unto Abraham Take now thy son thine only Isaac whom thou lovest c. and offer him there for a burnt-offering c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took Isaac c. He stretched forth his hand and took his knife to slay his son c. In blessing I will bless thee c. because thou hast obeyed my voice Gen. 22. 1 2 3 10 17 18. In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws Gen. 26. 4 5. God bid Moses go and said he would be with his mouth c. He refused God was angry Exod. 4. 13 14. Thus did the children of Israel as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron so did they Exod. 12. 50. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and will give ear unto his commandments and keep all his statutes I will put none of these diseases upon thee Exod. 15. 26. Deut. 28. 1 2 3 c. I will rain bread c. that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no c. How long refuse ye to keep my commandments c. Exod. 16. 4 28. Now therefore if ye will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people c. And all the people answered together and said All that the Lord hath spoken we will do Exod. 19. 5 7 8. chap. 24. 3 7. Deut. 26. 16 17 18. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them who love me and keep my commandments Exod. 20. 6. Behold I will send an Angel before thee c. Beware of him and obey his voice provoke him not for he will not pardon you c. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice and do all that I spake then c. Exod. 23. 21 22. That ye seek not after your own heart c. Do all my commandments and be holy Numb 15. 39 40. We will hear it and do it And the Lord said c. They have well said all that they have spoken Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and
45. 1 Kings 8. 56. 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 Lord's and he hath set the world upon them 1 Sam. 2. 2 6 7 8. Luke 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. 2 Chron. 14. 11. 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 hosts 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 47. 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 or their fathers 2 Chron. 13. 18. ch 16. 7. ch 20. 20. ch 14. 11. Hezekiah said unto the people when the king of Assyria came against him Be strong and courageous be not afraid or dismayed for 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 Deut. 31. 6 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. I would seek unto God unto him would I commit my cause Job 5. 8. 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 with-holden 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 thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety Psal 4. 8. Psal 3. 5 6. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble and they who know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast not forsaken them who seek thee Psal 9. 9 10. In the Lord put I my trust how say ye to my soul Flee as a bird c. Psal 11. 1. Psal 31. 1 6. The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress c. in whom I will trust c. Psal 18. 2. 31. Psal 91. 2. In the name of our God we will set up our banners c. Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God Psal 20. 5 7. The king trusteth in the Lord and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved Psal 21. 7. Our father 's trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver c. They trusted in thee and were not confounded Psal 22. 4 5. Who is this King of glory The Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battel c. The Lord of hosts he the King of glory Psal 24. 7 8. The Lord my strength and my shield my heart trusteth in him and I am helped Psal 28. 7. Psal 3. 3. In thee O Lord do I put my trust let me not be ashamed c. Oh how great is thy goodness c. which thou hast wrought for them who trust in thee c. Thou shalt hide them c. Psal 31. 1 6 14 19 20 24. He who trusteth in the Lord Mercy shall compass him about Psal 32. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the Heathen to nought c. The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever Psal 33. 10 11. Prov. 19. 21. Isa 46. 10. Trust in the Lord and do good so shalt thou dwell in the land c. Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass c. The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he their strength in time of trouble and the Lord shall help them c. He shall deliver them c. because they trust in him Psal 37. 3 5 39 40. Blessed is the man who maketh the Lord his trust Psal 40. 4. Psal 84. 12. He maketh wars to cease c. Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted c. The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob our refuge Psal 46. 9 10 11. I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever Psal 52. 8. Cast thy burthen on the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal 55. 22. What time I am afraid I will trust in thee c. In God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me Psal 56. 3 4 11. For my soul trusteth in thee yea in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until calamities be over-passed Psal 57 1. Psal 61. 3 4. Through God we shall do valiantly for we shall tread down our enemies Psal 60. 12. In God is my salvation and my glory the rock of my strength my refuge is in God Trust in him at all times ye people c. God hath spoken once twice have I heard this that power belongeth unto God Psal 62. 7 8 11 12. Psal 61. 2. The God of Israel is he who giveth strength and power unto his Psal 68. 35. They spake against God they said Can God furnish a table in the wilderness c. A fire was kindled against Jacob c. because they believed not God and trusted not in his salvation though he commanded the clouds c. Psal 78. 19 21 22 23. Psal 106. 24 25 26. The
12. They profess they know God but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient c. Titus 1. 16. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach Heb. 13. 13. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God 1 John 4. 15. I know thy works and where thou dwellest where Satan's seat is and thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith Rev. 2. 13. See more of owning Christ in Times of Persecution Chap. 22. See more of Perseverance Chap. 16. To wait for Christ's Second Coming WAtch ye therefore for you know not what hour your Lord will come c. Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh Mat. 24. 42 44. ch 25. 13. Rev. 16. 15. The wise and foolish virgins slumbered and slept while the bridegroom tarried Mat. 25. 5. Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning and ye your selves like unto men who wait for the Lord c. Blessed are those c. whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching c. Luke 12. 35 36 37. Take heed your hearts be not overcharged c. and so that day come upon you unawares Luke 21. 34. I will come again and receive you unto my self John 14. 3. See that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1. 7. For our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 20. 21. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory Col. 3. 4. Ye turned to God c. and to wait for his Son from heaven 1 Thes 1. 10. To you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels 2 Thes 1. 6 7. The Lord direct your hearts in the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ 2 Thes 3. 5. A crown of righteousness which the Lord c. shall give me at that day c. but unto them also who love his appearing 2 Tim. 4. 8. Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Titus 2. 13. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9. 28. Ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise for yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry c. Heb. 10. 36 37. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord Behold the husband-man waiteth for the precious fruits be ye also patient stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth near James 5. 7 8. Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 13. There shall come in the last day scoffers c. saying Where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were c. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise c. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night c. What manner of persons ought ye to be c. Looking for and hastening unto the day of God c. 2 Peter 3. 3 4 5 9 10 11 12. Abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed c. at his coming 1 John 2. 28. We know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 John 3. 2. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life Jude verse 21. Surely I come quickly Amen even so come Lord Jesus Rev. 22. 7 12 22. See his coming to judge the world Chap. 36. To walk with God heartily uprightly sincerely and to follow him fully and zealously The reasons thereof ENoch walked with God Gen. 5. 22 24. Noah was a just man and perfect or upright in his generation Noah walked with God c. according unto all which God commanded him so did he c. Gen. 6. 9 22. The Lord said unto Abram Get thee out of thy country c. so Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him Gen. 12. 1 4. The Lord appeared unto Abram and said unto him I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect or upright Gen. 17. 1 2. Abimelech said In the integrity of my heart c. have I done this c. And God said c. I know c. Gen. 20. 5 6 7. God said unto Abraham Take thy son c. and offer him c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning to go about it c. Gen. 22. 1 2 3 4 c. The Lord said to Moses Go I will be with thy mouth c. and he said O my Lord Send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses Exod. 4. 12 13 14. Jerem. 1. 6 7. Bring me an offering of every man who giveth it willingly with his heart Exod. 25. 1. My servant Moses who is faithful in all mine house with him will I speak mouth to mouth Num. 12. 7 8. Heb. 3. 2 5. But my servant Caleb because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land Num. 14. 24. ch 32. 12. Josh 14. 8 14. Take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget c. lest they depart from thine heart c. thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 4. 9 29. The Lord said They have well said all that they have spoken O that there were such an heart in them that they would fear c. Deut. 5. 28 29. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee but c. to serve the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. 12. 1 Sam. 12. 20. Thou shalt be perfect or upright or sincere with the Lord thy God Deut. 18. 13. The Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 26. 16. Cleave unto the Lord your God as ye have done unto this day Josh 23. 8. Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in truth Josh 24. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 24. Because Israel did not destroy all the inhabitants of the land according to command God said I will not drive them out
fasted wept lay in sack-cloth Ester 4. 1 2 3 16. The Psalmist makes complaint and prays to God earnestly for the church in great calamity Psal 74. Psal 79. Psal 80. By the rivers of babylon there we sate down we wept when we remembred Zion c. If I forget thee O Jerusalem c. Psal 137. 1. 4. 5 6. Despise not the chastening of the Lord nor be weary c. Prov. 3. 11 12. The people turned not to him who smote them neither do they seek the Lord of hosts Isa 9. 13 14. I will weep bitterly labour not c. And in that day did the Lord of hostscall to weeping and to mourning and to baldness c. and behold joy and gladness slaying of oxen c. This iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die saith the Lord Isa 22. 4 12 13 14. In the way of thy judgments O Lord we have waited for thee c. Come my people enter into your chambers c. until the indignation be overpast Isa 26. 8 12 20 21. Hezekiah spread Rabshakehs letter before the Lord and prayed unto the Lord c. Isa 57. 14 15 c. There is none c. who stirreth up himself to take hold of thee for thou hast c. consumed c. Isa 64. 7 8 9 10. Thou hast stricken them but they have not grieved thou hast consumed them but they have refused to receive correction c. They refused to return Jer. 5. 3. ch 2. 30. Oh that my head were water and mine eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people c. Jer. 9. 1. Mine eyes shall weep in secret places for your pride and mine eye shall weep sore and run down with tears because the Lords flock is carried away captive Jer. 13. 17. In the great famine Jeremy confesseth sin and prays to and pleads with God for Israel at large Jer. 14. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to pluck up and to pull down and to destroy If that nation c. turn from their evil I will repent of the evil which I thought Behold I frame evil against you c. return ye now every one from c. Jer. 18. 7 8 11. God complained against Judah that thô they were destroyed yet not humbled Jer. 3. 44 6 10. The Lord blamed Baruch for seeking great things for himself in such a day Jer. 45. Arise c. pour out thy soul like water before the Lord lift up thine hands c. for the life of thy children c. Lam. 2. 19 20. Let us search and try our ways and turn again to the Lord let us lift up our heart with our hand unto God in the heavens Lam. 3. 39 40 41 42. Set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof Ezek. 9. 4. I sought for a man among them who should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it but I found none Ezek. 22 30. Daniel in the captivity confesseth and prayeth Dan. 9. 3 4 c. Come let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn and he will heal Hosea 6. 1. God calls upon Israel to sanctifie a fast and to â—y unto the Lord Joel 1. 13 14. Zeph. 2. 1 2 3. Turn to me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning and rent your heart and not your garments and turn unto the Lord c. Who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him c. Blow the trumpet in Zion sanctifie a fast Joel 2. 12 13 14 15 16 17 Deut. 30. 1 2 3 c. Because I will do this prepare to meet thy God O Israel Amos 4. 11 12. The prudent shall keep silent in that time for it is an evil time c. let judgment run down like water c. Amos 5. 13 14 15 24. Micah 7. 5 6. 7. Wo to them who are at ease in Zion c. but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph Amos 6. 1 3 6. Isa 57. 1. The mariners call upon Jonah to pray and enquired for what cause they were in that danger Jonah 1. 5 6 7 c. The people of Nineveh upon a threatning fast pray and return from their evil Jonah 3. 5 6 c. Though there be no ox in the stall c. yet will I rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God c. Hab. 3. 17 18 19. Is this a time for you to dwell in your cieled houses and this house lie waste c. therefore thus saith the Lord consider or set your heart upon your ways Haggai 1. 4 5 7. When ye fasted and mourned did ye at all fast unto me c Execute true judgment c. Zech. 7. 5 9 10. Isa 58. 3 4 5 6 7 8. When ye hear of wars c. be not troubled for such things must be Mark 13. 7. Jesus said unto them Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Gaâ—leans because they suffered such things I tell you nay but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloe fell and slew them think ye that they were sinners above all men who dwelt in Jerusalem I tell you nay but except ye repent c. Luke 13. 1 2 3 4 5. See more in Prayer and Affliction Chap. 22. See more of Humility Chap. 16. CHAP. XXIV Of Magistrates and Magistracy an Ordinance of God 1. That Magistracy is an Ordinance of God That by him are Magistrates Advanced to Offices c. The Titles given them THE kingdom is the Lords and he is the governor among the nations Psal 22. 28. Dan. 4. 17. John 3. 27. ch 19. 11. Against all the gods or Princes of Egypt I will execute judgment c. Exod. 12. 12. And the Lord said to Moses Gather unto me seventy of the Elders of Israel c. and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee and will put it upon them and they shall bear the burthen of the people with thee c. Numb 11. 16 17 25. Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee throughout all the tribes and they shall judge the people Deut. 16. 18. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust lifteth the beggar from the dunghil to sit among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory 1 Sam. 2. 8. When the people asked a king the Lord said to Samuel c. For they have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them 1 Sam. 8. 5 6 7. ch 10. 18. 19. ch 12. 12 17 18 19 20. Saith Cirus c. the Lord God of heaven hath given me all
7. 1 2 3 4 5. Uriah said unto David The Ark and Israel and Judah abide in tents and my Lord Joab and the servants are encamped in the open field shall I then go into mine house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife c. I will not do this thing 2 Sam. 11. 11. I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God for all his judgments were before and as for his statutes I did not depart from them I was also upright before or to him I have also kept me from mine iniquity 2 Sam. 22. 22 23 24. And David's heart smote him after that he had numbred the people And David said unto the Lord I have sinned greatly c. And the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel for it c. And David said Lo I have sinned I have done wickedly but these sheep what have they done let thine hand be against me and against my father's house 2 Sam. 24. 10 15 17. 1 Sam. 24. 5. When Josiah heard the book of the law he rent his clothes c. was tender c. 2 Kings 22. 11 13 13 19. Ezra 9. 4. Esther when the Jews were in danger by Haman ventured her life and all for their security she said Go fast for me c. I also and my maidens will fast likewise and so will I go unto the King which is not according to the law and if I perish I perish Esther 4. 16. Job a man perfect and upright fearing God and departing from all evil Job 1. 1 8. chap. 31. 13 14 c. His delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law doth he meditate day and night he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water Psalm 1. 2 3. Psalm 92. 12 13 14. Joh. 23. 12. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord and who shall stand in his holy place He who 〈◊〉 clean hands and a pure heart who hath not 〈◊〉 up soul unto vanâ—y nor sworn deceitfully c. This is the generation of them who seek him that seek thy face c. Psalm 24. 3 4 5 6. Psalm 15. 1 2. I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwefleth Psalm 26. ◠〈◊〉 ye my face my heart said unto thee Thy face Lord will I seek Psalm 27. 8. The righeous sheweth mercy and giveth c. is over 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 c. the 〈◊〉 of the righteous speaketh wisdom and his tongue talketh of judgment the law of his God is in his heart Psalm 37. 21 26 31 32. Psalm 112. 5. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long Psalm 71. 24. Psalm 119. 46. Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion c. for thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favour the dust thereof Psalm 102. 13 14. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord Psalm 112. 7. I have rejoyced in the ways of thy testimonies as in all riches c. I will delight my self in thy statutes c. Thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellor c. I am a companion to all who fear thee and keep thy statutes c. O how love I thy law it is my meditation all the day c. Better to me than thousands of gold c. How sweet are thy words c. Psalm 119. 14 16 20 24 63 72 97 103 172 174. I was glad when they said unto me Let us go into the house of the Lord Psalm 122. 1. If I forget thee O Jerusalem c. If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy Psalm 137. 5 6. Psalm 74. 1 2 3 4 c. I hate them who hate thee am not I grieved when men rise up against thee Psalm 139. 21 22. Psalm 119. 53 126 136 158. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works and shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and will declare thy greaness They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness c. Thy saints shall bless thee they shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power to make known unto the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom Psalm 145 5 6 7 10 11 12. The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day Prov. 4. 18. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil pride and arrogancy and the evil way Prov. 8. 13. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast Prov. 12. 10. He who walks righteously and speaketh uprightly he who despiseth the gain of oppression who snaketh his hands from holding of bribes who stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood and shutteth his eyes from seeing of evil he shall dwell on high c. Isa 33. 15 16. I remember c. the love of thine espousal when thou wentest after me in the wilderness c. Jer. 2. 2. When the King asked Daniel thus Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen and the interpretation thereof Daniel answered in the presence of the King and said The secret which the King hath commanded cannot the wise-men c. shew unto the King But there is a God in heaven who revealeth secrets and maketh known to the king c. Dan. 2. 26 27 28. Then they who feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkened and heard c. Mal. 3. 16. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted Blessed are the meek c. Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Matth. 5. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. John 16. 20. Prov. 27. 7. He who loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he who taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me Matth. 10. 36 37 38. ch 16. 24. Luke 14. 33. He who is not with me is against me and he who gathereth not with me scattereth abroad Matth. 12. 30. The kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hid in a field the which when a man hath found he hideth and for joy thereof he goeth and selleth all he hath and buyeth that field Matth. 13. 44. Luke 10. 39 42. Verily I say unto you
c. My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness thy salvation all the day Psal 71. 6 15 24. We will not hide them from their children shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord c. Psal 78. 4. Psal 89. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing unto thy name O most High to shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness every night Psal 92. 1 2. O come let us sing unto the Lord let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation let us come before his presence with thanksgiving c. Psal 95. 1 2. Psal 96. 1 2. Psal 100. 1 2 4. Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory c. Psal 98. 1 2. Psal 105. Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name c. and forget not all his benefits who forgiveth thee all thy iniquities who healeth all thy diseases c. Psal 103. 1 2 3 4 22. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise to my God while I have my being Psal 104. 33. Psal 146. 2. Praise ye the Lord O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord Who can shew forth all his praises c. Then believed they his words they sang his praise they soon forget his works c. Psal 106. 1 2 12â— 13. Psal 147. 1. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good c. let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath redeemed c. Oh that men would praise the Lord c. let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the assembly of the elders Whose is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal 107. 1 2 6 8 15 21 22 31 32 43. Psal 135. 1 2 3 4 5. Psal 118. 1 2 3 c. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation Psal 111. 1 2 Psal 86. 12. Praise ye the Lord praise O ye servants of the Lord c. from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised Psal 113. 1 3. Psal 135. 1 2 3. Psal 68 32. Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy name give glory c. But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore Psal 115. 1 18. I believed therefore have I spoken Psal 116. 10. At midnight will I arise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous judgments Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments Psal 119. 62 164. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side we had been swallowed up quick or alive Psal 124. 1. 2 c. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good c. O give thanks unto the God of gods for his mercy is for ever O give thanks to the Lord of lords Psal 136. 1 2 3 26. I will praise thee with my whole heart before the gods will I sing praise unto thee c. for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth c. Psal 138. 1 2. I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made c. Psal 139. 14. I will extol thee my God O King and I will bless thy name for ever and ever c. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised and his greatness is unsearchable c. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works and shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and will declare thy greatness they shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness c. Thy saints shall bless thee they shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power to make known unto the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious Majesty c. Psal 145. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12. Praise c. for it is good to â—ing praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely c. Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion Psal 147. 11 12. All persons and things called upon to praise the Lord Psal 148. Psal 149. Psal 150. The Church's Song propheâ—â—ed of which she shall sing in the Day of her Glory Isa 12. O Lord thou my God I will exalt thee I will praise thy name for thou hast done wonderful things c. Isa 25. 1. ch 26. Sing unto the Lord a new song c. The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man c. Isa 42. 10 11 12 c. This people have I formed for my self that they should shew forth my praise but thou hast not called upon me c. Isa 43. 21 22. Give glory to the Lord your God before he cause darkness c. Jer. 13. 16. Daniel said Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever for wisdom and might are his and he changeth the times and the seasons He removeth kings and setteth up kings he giveth wisdom to the wise c. He revealeth the deep and secret things c. I thank thee and praise thee O thou God of my fathers who hast given me wisdom and might and hast made known unto me now what I desired of thee for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter Dan. 2. 19 20 21 22 23. Nebuchadnezzar when his Understanding returned to him blessed and praised God Dan. 4. 34 37. When Christ had healed the two blind Men they spread abroad his Fame in all that Country Matth 9. 30 31. Luke 5. 25. ch 18. 43. Mary upon the Promise made to her praiseth at large My soul doth magnifie the Lord c. The Heavenly Host praised God saying Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace c. Simeon took up Jesus and blessed God saying c. Anna the Prophetess coming in at that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord Luke 1. 46 c. ch 2. 13 14 28 29 38. Christ said unto the Man out of whom he had cast Devils Return to thine own house and shew how great things God hath done unto thee And he went his way and published it throughout the whole city c. Luke 8. 38 39. When Christ had healed ten Lepers one of them returned back and with a loud voice glorified God and fell down on his face at his feet giving him thanks c. Jesus answered and said Were there not ten cleansed but where are the nine There are not found who returned to give glory to God save this stranger Luke 17. 14 15 16 17 18. The whole multitude of the Disciples began to rejoyce and to praise God
with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen saying Blessed be the King who cometh in the name of the Lord c. Jesus said c. If these should hold their peace the stones c. would cry out c. Luke 19. 37 38 40. And they continued daily with one accord in the temple c. did eat their meat with gladness and with singleness of heart praising God Acts 2. 46 47. Luke 24. 52 53. When the lame man was healed he stood up and entred with them into the temple walking and leaping and praising God Acts 3. 8 9. We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard Acts 4. 20. He took bread and gave thanks in presence of them all Acts 27. 35. Having therefore obtained help of God I continue unto this day Acts 26. 22. Paul and Silas being in Prison sang Praises to God that the Prisoners heard Acts 16. 24 25. Who shall deliver I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 7. 24 25. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor or who hath first given unto him c. For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Amen Rom 11. 33 34 35 36. He who eateth eateth unto the Lord for he giveth God thanks Rom. 14. 6. To God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever Amen Rom. 16. 27. I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you c. 1 Cor. 1. 4 5. I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with understanding also 1 Cor. 14. 15. The sting of death is sin c. But thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. Blessed be God c. who comforteth us in all our tribulations that we may be able to c. You also helping together by prayer for us that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf 2 Cor. 1. 3 4 11. Now thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ and maketh manifest the the savour of his knowledge by us in every place 2 Cor. 2. 14. We having the same spirit of faith c. and therefore speak c. All things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound unto the glory of God 2 Cor. 4. 13 15. Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness which causeth through us thanksgiving unto God for the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God whilst by the experiment of this ministration they glorifie God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ c. 2 Cor. 9. 11 12 13. God and our Father to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen c. They glorified Gal. 1. 4 5 24. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings c. that we should be to the praise of his glory c. I also c. cease not to give thanks for you c. Ephes 1. 3 12 14 15. Unto him who is able to do exceedingly c. unto him be glory in the Church by Jesus Christ Ephes 3. 20 21. Speaking to your selves in Psalms c. giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Ephes 5. 19 20. Colos 3. 16. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you Philip. 1. 3. 1 Thes 1. 2. 2 Tim. 1. 3. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known c. Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever Amen Philip. 4. 6 20. We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ c. Since we heard of your faith c. Giving thanks unto the Father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints Col. 1. 3 12 13. 1 Thes 1. 2 3. In the faith c. abounding therein with thanksgiving Col. 2. 7. Be ye thankful c. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks to God and the Father by him Col. 3. 15 17. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving Col. 4. 2. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing because when ye received the word of God c. 1 Thes 2. 13. In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 1 Thes 1. 18. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me c. who was before a blasphemer c. Now unto the King eternal immortal invisible the only wise God be honour and glory for ever and ever Amen 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 17. Every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving 1 Tim. 4. 3 4. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks or confessing to his name c. Heb. 13. 15 21. Psal 116. 17. Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen 2 Pet. 3. 18. Is any merry Let him sing Psalms James 5. 13. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according unto his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope c. 1 Pet. 1. 3. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you c. 1 Pet. 2. 9. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope which is in you with meekness and fear 1 Pet. 3. 15. If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God c. that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen 1 Pet. 4. 11. ch 5. 11. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and for ever 2 Pet. 3. 18. Now unto him who is able c. to the only wise God our Saviour be glory majesty and dominion c. Jude Vers 4 24 25. Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things c. Rev. 4. 11. And they sung a new song Thou art worthy c. for thou wast slain c. Worthy is the Lamb which was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing
with the proud Prov. 16. 2 5. 18 19. ch 18. 12. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his maker Prov. 17. 5. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness or bounty Prov. 20. 6. Every way of man is right in his own eyes but the Lord pondereth the heart Prov. 21. 2. Put not forth thy self in the presence of the King and stand not in the place of great men For better it is that it be said unto thee Come up hither than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the Prince Prov. 25. 6 7. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit there is more hope of a fool than of him Prov. 26. 12. Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth a stranger and not thine own lips The full soul loatheth the honey-comb but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet Prov. 27. 2 7. He who is of a proud heart stirreth up strife Prov. 28. 25. A man's pride shall bring him low but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit Prov. 29. 23. Surely I am more brutish than man and have not the understanding of a man c. There is a generation pure in their own eyes and yet not washed from their filthiness c. how lofty are c. Prov. 30. 2 12 13. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the haughtiness of man shall be brought down c. for the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be upon every one who is proud and lofty and upon every one who is lifted up and he shall be brought low c. Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of Isaiah 2. 11 12 13 17 22. ch 5. 15. Job 9. 13. Wo unto them who are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight Isa 5. 21. Wo is me c. I am of unclean lips c. for mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Hosts Isa 6. 5. I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks for he saith By the strength of my hand I have done it c. Shall the ax boast it self against him that heweth therewith c. Therefore shall the Lord the Lord of Hosts send among his fat ones leanness and under his glory he shall kindle a fire c. The high ones of stature shall be hewn down and the haughty shall be humbled Isa 10. 12 13 15 16 33. ch 14. 11 12 13 14 15. The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it to stain or pollute the pride of all glory to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth Isa 23. 9. Hear you scornful men c. because you say we have made a covenant with death c. it shall be broken c. Isa 28. 14 15 18. Thus saith the high and lofty One c. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also who is of an humble and contrite spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite Isa 57. 15. Thus faith the Lord The heaven is my throne c. but to this man will I look to him who is pure and contrite in spirit and trembleth at my word Isa 66. 1 2. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom nor the mighty man in his might c. Jer. 9. 23. I will mar the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem c. who shall refuse to hear my word c. Jer. 13. 9 10 15 17 18. O house of Israel cannot I do with you as this potter faith the Lord behold as the clay is in the potters hands so ye in mine hand O house of Israel Jer. 18. 6. When the prophet Jeremiah had spoken the words of the Lord to the people then spake Azariah c. and all the proud men saying unto Jeremiah Thou speakest falsly The Lord our God hath not sent thee to say c. Jer. 42. 1 2. Behold I am against thee O thou most proud or pride faith the Lord God of Hosts c. And the most proud shall stumble and fall c. Jer. 50. â—1 32. Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom pride c. and the more haughty c. Ezek. 16. 49 50. Thus faith the Lord c. exalt him that is low and abase him who is high Ezek. 21. 26. God threatens the Prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious Pride Ezek. 28. 1 c. When the King said unto Daniel Art thou able to make known unto me the dream c. Daniel answered c. There is a God in heaven who revealeth secrets c. but as to me this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living Dan. 2. 25 26 27 28 30. Is not this great Babylon which I have built by the might of my power and for the honour of my Majesty While the word was in the king's mouth there fell a voice c. saying c. The kingdom is departed from thee c. He was driven from men and did eat grass as oxen c. Those who walk in pride he is able to abase Dan. 4. 29 30 31 32 33 37. Isa 27. 4. When his heart was lifted up and his mind hardened in pride or to deal proudly he was deposed from his kingly throne and took his glory from him c. and thou his son Belshazzar hast not humbled thine heart although thou knewest all this but hast lifted up thy self against the Lord of heaven c. Dan. 5. 20 21 22 23. Their heart was exalted therefore have they forgotten me Hosea 13. 6. He hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly c. and walk humbly with thy God Micah 6. 8. Behold his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him Habbak 2. 4. Moab shall be as Sodom c. This shall they have for their pride because they reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of Hosts Zephan 2. 9 10 Jerem. 48. 26 27 29. Behold thy King cometh unto thee he is just c. lowly Zech. 9. 9. The day cometh that shall burn as an oven and all the proud c. shall be stubble Mal. 4. 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Matth. 5. 3. The Centurion answered and said Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof Matth. 8. 7 8 Luke 7. 6 7. Thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shall be brought down to hell For if the c. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest Matth. 11. 23 29. Whosever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven Matth. 18. 4. Luke 9. 46 47 48. Mark 10. 15. When the ten heard it
from the Lord of Hosts Isa 28. 24 to the 30. All flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth c. Isa 40. 6 7 8. Thou saidst I shall be a Lady for ever c. Hear now this thou who art given to pleasures who dwellest carelesly who sayest in thine heart c. I shall not sit a widow neither shall I know the loss of children but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day the loss of children and widowhood and they shall come upon thee in their perfection Isa 47. 7 8 9. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause â—â—in c Art not thou he O Lord c. Jer. 14. 22. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might let not the rich man glory in his riches c. Jer. 9. 23. He who getteth riches and not by right shall leave them in the midst of his days and at his end shall be a fool Jer. 17. 11. I have made the earth the man and the beast upon the ground c. I have given them to whom c. Jer. 27. 5 6. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord they shall not satisfie their soul nor fill their bowels Ezek. 7. 19. Zephan 1. 17 18. Thou hast gotten thee riches and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasury c. and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches therefore thus saith the Lord c. Ezek. 28. 4 5 6 7. She said I will go after my lovers who give me my bread and my water my wool and my flax mine oyl and my drink c. She did not know that I gave her corn wine and oyl and multiplied her silver and gold therefore I will return and take away my corn in the time thereof c. Hosea 2. 5 6 7 8 9. God threatens such who took their pleasures in those things and not afflicted c. Amos 6. 3 4 c. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vines the labour of the Olive shall fail c. yet I will rejoyce in the Lord c. Habbak 3. 17 18. When will the new moon be over that we may sell corn and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat c. Amos 8. 4 5 6 c. Is it a time for you O ye to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lie waste c. Consider your ways ye have sown much and bring in little ye eat but ye have not enough c. I did blow upon it Why saith the Lord of Hosts because of mine house that is waste and ye run every man unto his own house Haggai 1. 4 5 6 7 8 9. Ask of the Lord rain in the time of the latter c. the Lord shall c. give them showers c. Zech. 10. 1. Lay not up treasure on earth where moth and rust corrupt and thieves break in c. for where your treasure is there will your hearts be c. No man can serve two masters c. ye cannot serve God and Mammon c. Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat c. Is not your life more than meat c. Behold the fowls c. are ye not much better than they they Which of you by taking thought can add a cubit unto his stature c. your heavenly Father knoweth you need these things c. but seek ye first the kingdom of God c. and these things shall be added unto you Matth. 6. 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 to ver 35. When Christ had suffered the evil spirit to go into the herd of Swine so that they were drowned the whole City came out and besought Jesus to depart Matth. 8. 31 32 33 34. He who loveth father or mother c. or son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me c. and he who taketh not up his cross and followeth me is not worthy of me c. he who loseth his life for my sake shall find it Matth. 10. 37 38 39. Luke 14. 26. He who received seed among the thorns is he who heareth the word and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choak the word c. Matth. 13. 22. Luke 8. 14. Mark 4. 19. Herod to please Herodia's Daughter and others orders cutting off John Baptist's head Matth. 14. 3 4 to the 10. Mark 15. 15. What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul Matth. 16. 26. Luke 9. 25. Mark 8. 36 37. Judas his covetousness made him to betray Christ into the hands of the Jews Matth. 26. 15. Go and sell that thou hast and give c. but when the young man heard that saying he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions Then said Jesus c. That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven Matth. 19. 21 22 23. Luke 18. 24. The Disciples ambition made them to envy each other Christ rebuked them Matth. 20. 21 22 23 c. Those who were invited to the feast made light of it and went their ways one to their farm another to their merchandize c. Matth. 22. 4 5. Luke 14. 16 to 21. The devil tempted Christ with the things of this world Luke 4. 4 5 6. Wo unto you who are rich for ye have received your consolation wo unto you who are full for ye shall be hungry wo unto you who laugh now for you shall mourn and weep wo unto you when all men shall speak well of you Luke 6. 24 25 26. Christ said to one Follow me but he would bury his father first another would go and bid them farewell who were at home Luke 9. 59 60. 61. Martha Martha Thou art careful about many things but one thing is needful c. Luke 10. 40 41. Jesus said Take heed and beware of covetousness for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth c. The rich man said to his soul Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thine ease eat drink and be merry but God said unto him Thou fool this night thy soul shall be required of thee then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided So is he who layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God Luke 12. 15 to 22. The Parable of the rich Man and poor Lazarus Luke 16. 20 c. Take heek to your selves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life and so that day come c. Luke 21. 34. Judas for Money betrays Jesus Christ Luke 22. 3 4 5 6. Matth. 26. 14 15. How can ye believe who receive honour from one another
up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to time 1 Tim. 6. 6 7 8 9 10 11 17 18 19. Endure hardness as a good soldier of Christ no man who warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier 2 Tim. 2. 4. In the last times c. men shall be lovers of their own selves c. lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God 2 Tim. 3. 4. Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world c. 2 Tim. 4. 10. The earth c. bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed receiveth blessing from God Heb. 6. 7. Ye c. took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and enduring substance c. Heb. 10. 34. By faith Moses when he came to years refused to be called the son of Pharoah's daughter chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt Hebr. 11. 24 25 26. Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee so that we may holdly say The Lord is my helper c. Heb. 13. 5 6. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted but the rich in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away For the fun is no sooner risen with a burning heat but it withereth the grass and the flower thereof falleth and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth so also shall the rich man perish in his ways c. James 1. 9 10 11. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith c. but ye have despised the poor Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment-seat do not they blaspheme that worthy name c. James 2. 5 6 7. Know ye not that the friendship of this world is enmity with God whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God c. Go to now ye that say To day or to morrow we will go into such a City and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour c. for that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that but now you rejoice in your boastings all such rejoicings are evil James 4. 4 13 14 15 16. Acts 18. 21. 1 Cor. 16. 7. Go to now ye rich men weep and howl for your misery which shall come upon you Your riches are corrupted your garments moth eaten your gold and silver cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire ye have heaped treasures together for the last days Behold the hire of your labourers who reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud crieth c. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth ye have been wanton ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter c. ye have condemned the just James 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6. 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 1 Peter 1. 7 24. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God c. casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 6 7. Love not the world neither the things which are in the world if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world and the world passeth away and the lust thereof 1 John 2. 15 16 17. Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world they are of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth themâ— 1 John 4. 4 5. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory which overcometh the world even our faith Who is he who overcometh the world but he who believeth that Jesus is the Son of God 1 John 5. 4 5. The kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men c. hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains and said to the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne c. Revel 6. 15 16 17. Heaven and earth shall pass away all these things shall end Psalm 102. 25 26. Isa 51. 6. Matth. 24. 35. 1 Pet. 4. 7. 2 Pet. 3. 7 10 11. 1 John 2. 17. CHAP. XL. Of Idolatry Setting up and Worshipping Strange Gods Graven Images IDols are called Dunghill-Gods 1 Kings 21. 26. 2 Kings 21. 21. Ezek. 6. 6 9 13. Laban said to Jacob Wherefore hast thou stolen my gods Gen. 31. 30. Jacob said unto his houshold Put away the strange gods that are among you c. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hands and all their ear-rings which were in their ears and Jacob hid them under the oak Gen. 35. 2 4. I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have no other gods before me Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the waters under the earth thou shalt not bow down thy self to them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God c. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold Exod. 20. 2 3 4 5 23. Deut. 4. 15 16 17 18. Psal 81. 9 10. Hosea 13. 4. He who sacrificeth unto any god save unto the Lord only he shall be utterly destroyed Exod. 22 20. Deut. 30. 17 18. ch 31. 16 17 18. Make no mention of the names of other gods neither let it be heard out of thy mouth c. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods nor serve them c. Thou shalt utterly overthrow them and quite break down their images c. Thou shalt make no covenant with them nor with their gods c. If thou serve their gods it will surely be a snare unto thee Exod. 23. 13 24 32 33. Psal 106. 36. Judges 2. 3. The people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him Up make us gods which shall go before us for as for this Moses c. we wot not what is become of him And Aaron said
Prov. 28. 8. I have neither sent on usury nor men have lent to me on usury yet every one of them do curse me Jer. 15. 10. If a man be just c. and hath not opprest any c. hath given his bread to the hungry c. hath not given forth upon usury or taken increase Ezek. 18. 7 8 12 13. Thou hast taken usury and increase and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbour by extortion c. Ezek. 22. 12. CHAP. LX. Of Envy Wrath Hatred Malice Bitterness Emulation Discontent and Strife A Bram said unto Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee and between my Herdsmen and thine c. for we be brethren c. If thou go to the left hand then I will go to the right it thou to the right then I will go to the left c. Gen. 13. 7. When Rebekah saw that she bare Jacob no children Rachel envied her sister and said unto Jacob c. Gen. 30. 1 2. When Joseph's Brethren saw that their Father loved him more than all his Brethren they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him c. They hated him yet the more for his dream c. His Brethren envied him but his Father observed the sayings They conspire to slay him Gen. 37. 4 8 11 18. Thou shalt not hate thy Brother in thy heart c. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people c. Levit. 19. 17. 18. When Eldad and Medad had prophesied in the Camp Joshua desired Moses to forbid them Moses said unto him Enviest thou for my sake would all the Lord's people were Prophets c. Numb 29. 27 28 29. When the Women in their Song had ascribed to Saul his one thousand and to David his ten thousand Saul was very wroth and said c. What can he have more but the Kingdom And Saul eyed David from that day and forward c. became his enemy continually c. would have killed him 1 Sam. 18. 6 7 8 9 10 11. ch 19. 1. Ahab so sorely discontented and displeased with Naboth that he would eat no bread c. and that because he could not have the vineyard 1 Kings 21. 1 2 3 4. Haman went out joyful and with a glad heart but when Haman saw Mordecai in the King's gate that he stood not up nor moved for him he was full of Indignation against Mordecai c. And having told his Friends of his Glory c. yet said he all these avail me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the King's gate Esther 5. 9 10 11 12 13. Fret not thy self because of evil doers neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity for they shall soon be cut down c. fret not because of him who prospereth in his way c. who bringeth wicked devices to pass c. Fret not thy self to do evil c. Psalm 37. 1 2 7 8 9. As for me my feet are almost gone c. for I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked Psalm 73. 2 3 4. They envied Moses also in the Camp c. Aron the Saint of the Lord Psalm 106. 16. Strive not with a man without cause c. Envy thou not the oppressor or Man of Violence and chuse none of his ways c. Prov. 3. 30 31 32. Hatred stirreth up strife Prov. 10. 12. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith Prov. 15. 17. Let not thine heart envy sinners but be in the fear of the Lord all the day long Prov. 23. 17. Be not thou envious against evil men neither desire to be with them Fret not thy self because of evil men neither be thou envious at the wicked Prov. 24. 19 20. Wrath is cruel and anger cutragious but who is able to stand before envy or jealousie Prov. 27. 4. The forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife Prov. 30. 33. I consider c. every right work that for this a man is envied of his neighbour Eccles 4. 4. Lord thy hand is lifted up they will not see they shall see and be ashamed for their envy at or towards thy people yea the fire of thine enemies shall destroy them Isa 26. 11. Therefore c. saith the Lord God I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of hatred to them or against them Ezek. 35. 11. Pilate said to the Jews Will ye that I deliver Barabbas or Jesus who is Christ for he knew that for envy they had delivered him Matth. 27 17 13. The Patriarchs moved with Envy sold Joseph into Egypt Acts 7. 9. And when the Jews saw the multitude they were filled with envy and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul contradicting and blaspheming Acts 13. 49. Being filled with all c. maliciousness full of envy murder c. Rom. 1. 29. If by any means I might provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and might save some of them Rom. 11. 14. Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting c. not in strife and envying c. Rom. 13. 13. It hath been declared c. that there are contentions among you c. 1 Cor. 1. 11. Ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions or factions are ye not carnal 1 Cor. 3. 3. Charity envieth not 1 Cor. 13. 14. In malice be ye children but in understanding be ye men 1 Cor. 14. 20. The sorrow of the world worketh death 2 Cor. 7. 10. I fear lest when I come among you I shall find c. lest there be debates envyings wraths strifes c. swelling tumults 2 Cor. 12 20. Now the works of the fieth are c. hatred variance emulations wrath strifes seditions envies murders c. Let us not be desirous of vain glory provoking one another envying one another Gal. 5. 19 20 21 26. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour c. be put away from you with all malice Ephes 4. 31. Some preach Christ even out of envy and strife c. Of contention not sincerely supposing to add afflictions to my bonds Phil. 1. 15 16. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than himself Phil. 2. 3. Let your moderation be known unto all men the Lord is at hand c. I have learned in what state soever I am therewith to be content c. Phil. 4. 5 11. But now you also put off all these anger wrath malice c. Husbands love your wives be not bitter against them Colos 3. 8 19. Doting about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh envy strife railing evil surmising c. Godliness with contentment is great gain 1 Tim. 6. 4 5 6. Titus 3. 9. For we our selves also were