in Christ c. Chosen us predestinated us to the adoption of sons by Jesus c. made us accepted in the Beloved in whom we have c. the remission of sins of the riches of his grace Ephes 1. 3 4 5 6 c. God c. hath quickned us with Christ c. raised us and set us in heaven in Christ Jesus and made us nigh c. Jesus himself being the chief corner-stone in whom all the building c. Ephes 2. 5 6 13 14 20 21. Christ is the Head of the Church and the Saviour of the body Ephes 5. 23. We look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ Phil. 3. 20. It pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell c. By him to reconcile all things to himself c. Christ in or among you the hope of glory Col. 1. 19 20 27. Your life is hid with Christ in God When Christ who is our life shall c. Col. 3. 3 4. His Son Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thes 1. 10. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I chief 1 Tim. 1. 15. One Mediator between God and man the Man Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time 1 Tim. 2. 5 6. Is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light 2 Tim. 1. 10. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people c. Titus 2. 14. Ephes 5. 2. His Son c. when he had by himself purgeâ— our sins â—ate down c. Heb. 1. 3. Christ c. He became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them c. Heb. 5. 5. 9. 2 Tim. â— 10. He remains for ever c. therefore able to save perfectly or for ever those who come to God by him Hebr. 7. 24 25. Christ now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Unto them who look for him he shall appear the second time without sin unto salvation Hebr. 9. 24 26 28. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all c. By one offering he he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 10 14. Looking to Jesus the Author and finisher of our saith Heb. 12. 2. Who hath begotten us again to a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ c. The Prophets c. who prophesied of the grace c. searching what c. the spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie before hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow c. Ye were not redeemed with silver and gold c. but with the precious blood of Christ c. who verily was ordained before the foundation of the world c. 1 Pet. 1. 3 10 11 18 19 20. We did not by art c. make known the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ c. but as those who had seen his majesty with our eyes c. He received from God the Father honour and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased and this voice we heard from heaven declared when we were with him c. 2 Pet. 1. 16 17 18. Jesus Christ c. he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. Who is a lyer but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ 1 John 2. 2 22. And ye know that he was made manifest to take away our sins and in him is no sin c. For this purpose was the Son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil 1 John 3. 5 8. God sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him c. We c. testifie that the Father sent the Son the Saviour of the world 1 John 4. 9 14. God hath given us eternal life and this life is in his Son 1 John 5. 11 12. Unto him who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Rev. 1. 5. Col. 1. 14. They fell down before the Lamb c. saying Thou art worthy c. for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation and hast made us unto God c. Rev. 5. 8 9 10. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the World c. Rev. 13. 8. I Jesus have sent mine Angel to testifie unto you these things c. I am the root and the off-spring of David and the bright and morning star Rev. 22. 16. See Pardon and Reconsiliation by Christ only Chap. 10. The Excellency of this Saviour and his Fulness and Dignity In his Person and Authority YET have I set my King or anointed upon my holy hill of Sion c. The Lord hath said Thou my Son this day have I begotten thee c. I will give thee the heathen for thy inheritance c. thou shalt break them with a rod of iron c. Psalm 2. 6 7 8 9. Psalm 18. 43 44. Thou art fairer than the children of men grace is poured into thy lips c. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh O Mighty with thy glory and thy majesty and in thy majesty ride c. Thine arrows sharp in the hearts of the kings enemies whereby the people shall fall under thee Thy throne O God for ever and ever The scepter of thy kingdom a right scepter c. God thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows c. The King c. he is thy Lord and worship thou him Psalm 45. 1 2 3 4 5 6 11. Isa 49. 2. Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts Psalm 68. 18. Ephes 4. 8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth they c. shall bow down before him and his enemies shall lick the dust c. All kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him c. His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun or shall be as a Son to continue his Father's name for ever c. And all nations shall call him blessed Psalm 72. 8 9 11 17 18. I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers c. Also I will make him first-born higher than the kings of the earth c. His throne as the days of heaven c. as the sun before me Psalm 89. 25 27 29 36.
Calamities Chap. 23. In the Glory Believers shall have Chap. 37. In the next Chapter Of their Relation to Christ See perseverance that the Saints shall be kept Chap. 16. CHAP. XV. The Union and Relations between Christ and his Church and the mutual Love and Esteem each of other and the manifestation thereof I Will declare thy name unto my brethren c. Psalm 22. 22. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy love is better than wine c. Thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore do the Virgins love thee Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thou feedest c. For why should I be as one who turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions If thou know not O thou fairest among women go c. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts c. Behold thou art fair my love c. Cant. 1. 2 3 7 8 13 15 16. As the lilly among thorns so is my love among the daughters As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood so my beloved among the sons I sate down or delighted and sate down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit sweet c. I am sick of love his left hand under my head and his right hand doth embrace me c. O my dove let me see thy countenance let me hear thy voice for sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely Cant. 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 14. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth I sought him but I found him not I will rise now and go about the City c. I will seek him whom my soul loveth c. Saw ye whom my soul loveth I found him c. I held him and would not let him go Cant. 3. 1 2 3 4. Thou art all fair my love there is no spot in a thee come with me c. Thou hast ravished or taken away my heart my sister spouse Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes c. How fair is thy love my sister spouse How much better is thy love than wine c. A garden inclosed is my sister c. Let my beloved come into his garden c. Cant. 4. 7 9 10 12 16. It is the voice of my beloved who knocketh saying Open to me my sister my love my dove my undefiled c. I opened to my beloved but my beloved had withdrawn himself was gone my soul failed when he spake I sought him but could not find I called him but he gave me no answer c. Tell him I am sick of love c. My beloved is c. he is altogether lovely Cant. 5. 2 6 10 16. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine c. Thou beautiful O my love c. my dove my undefiled c. Who is she who looketh forth as the morning fair as the moon clear as the sun Cant. 6. 3 4 9 10. ch 2. 16. I am my beloved's and his desire is towards me Cant. 7. 10. Prov. 8. 31. Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a seal upon thine arm for love is strong as death Cant. 8. 6. Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me Isa 8. 18. Heb. 2. 13. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me c. When saw we thee an hungry c. and did not minister c. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me Matth. 25. 34 35 40 45. Mark 9. 41 42. Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall they see me Matth. 28. 10. Mark 3. 35. Rom. 8. 29. He who eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him John 6. 56. I am the good shepherd the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep c. I c. know my sheep and am known of mine John 10. 11 14. I am glad for your sakes that I was not there to the intent ye may believe John 11. 14 15. Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 13. Let not your hearts be troubled c. I will come again and receive you to my self that where I am there ye may be also c. I will not leave you comfortless c. Ye see me because I live ye shall live also c. You in me and I in you c. Peace I leave with you c. I will love him and manifest my self to him c. Let not your hearts be troubled John 14. 1 3 18 19 20 21 23 27. 2 John 3. 24. I am the vine ye are the branches c. As the Father hath loved me so have I loved you continue ye in my love c. These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you that your joy might be full c. I have loved you greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends c. Ye are my friends c. John 15. 5 9 11 12 13 14. Luke 12. 4. These things have I spoken that I should not be offended c. I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce and your joy no man taketh from you c. The Father himself loveth you c. John 16. 1 22 27. Christ prays for his Church at large John 17. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my Father and your Father to my God and to your God John 20. 17. Jesus said Food my sheep seed my lambe John 21. 15 16 17. When Saul persecuted the Church Christ said unto him Why persecutes thou me c. I am Jesus whom thou persecutest Acts 9. 4 5. Ye are become dead unto the law that ye should be married unto another even to him who is raised from the dead Rom. 7. 4. ch 14. 9. Thou bearest not the root but the root thee Rom. 11. 17. Ye are Christ's 1 Cor. 3. 23. Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ c. He who is joyned unto the Lord is one spirit 1 Cor. 15 17. When ye sin so against the brethren ye sin against Christ c. 1 Cor. 8. 12. The head of every man is Christ 1 Cor. 11. 3. All the members of that one body being many are one body so also is Christ c. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body 1 Cor. 12. 12 13. Gal. 3. 28. The love of Christ constraineth us 2 Cor. 5. 14. I have espoused you unto one husband that that I may present you a chast virgin to Christ 2 Cor. 11. 2. Gave him to be the head over all things to the Church which is the body the fulness of him who filleth all in all Ephes 1. 22 23. Col. 1. 18. To know the
you c. that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all well-pleasing being fruitful in every good work c. strengthened with all might according to his glorious power c. And he is the head of the body the Church c. for it pleased the father that in him should all fulness dwell Col. 1. 9 10 11 18 19. The head from which the body c. having nourishment c. increaseth with the increase of God Col. 2. 19. Ye received it as the word of God which effectually worketh also in you who believe for ye brethren became followers of the Churches 1 Thess 2. 13 14. Now our Lord Jesus Christ c. establish you in every good word and work 2 Thess 2. 17. Now the God of Peace c. make you perfect in every good work to do his will working or doing in you that which is well-pleasing in his â—ight Heb. 13. 20 21. God gives more grace to the humble James 4. 6. V. To give Power and Ability to persevere in Faith and Obedience through Straits and Tentations to Eternal Life THE Lord thy God he will go over before thee c. Be strong and be of good courage fear not nor be afraid of them for the Lord thy God he it is who doth go with thee he will not fail thee not forsake thee Deut. 31. 3 6 8. Hebr. 13. 5 6. Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart Psal 27. 14. The steps of a good man are ordered or established by the Lord c. Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Psal 37. 23 24. 1 Sam. 2. 9. Psal 17. 5. Renew a constant or right spirit in me c. uphold me with thy free spirit Psal 51. 10 12. Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee he shall never suffer the righteous to be removed Psal 55. 22. Thou shalt guide me by thy Counsel and afterwards receive me to glory Psal 73. 23 24. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God they shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be sat c. Psal 92. 13 14. Hold thou me up and I shall be safe and I will c. Psal 119. 116 117. The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all that are cast down Psal 145. 14. Be not afraid c. for the Lord shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken Prov. 3. 25 26. When thou goest thy steps shall not be straitned and when thou runnest thou shalt not stumble Prov. 4. 12. Who is this coming out of the wilderness leaning upon her beloved c. Cant. 8. 5. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is staid on thee Isa 26 3. A vineyard of red-wine I the Lord do keep it I will water it every moment I will keep it night and day Isa 27. 2 3. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk ye in it when ye turn to the right-hand and when ye turn to the left Isa 30. 21. And a man shall be an hiding-place from the wind a covert from the tempest c. Isa 32. 2. The everlasting God c. fainteth not neither is weary c. He giveth power to the faint and to them who have no might he encreaseth strength even the youths shall faint c. but they who wait on the Lord shall renew or change their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and walk and not faint Isa 40. 28 29 30 31. I will bring the blind by a way they know not c. These things will I do unto them and not forsake them Isa 42. 16. Fear not for I have redeemed thee c. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the Rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned c. for I am the Lord thy God Isa 43. 1 2 3. The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary Isa 50. 4. Thus saith the high and lofty one c. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones for I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wroth for the spirit should fail before me and the soul I have made Isa 57. 15 16. I will make an everlasting covenant with them and I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me Jer. 32. 40. Rejoycè not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall rise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Micah 7. 8. Ye shall be brought before governours and before kings for my sake c. take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what we shall speak Matth. 10. 18 19 20. Luke 21. 15. Simon Simon Behold Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. Whosoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give them shall never thirst but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life John 4. 14. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish nei her shall any man pluck them out of my hand my father who gave them me is greater than I and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hands I and my father one John 10. 27 28 29 30. Holy father keep through thine own name those thou hast given me c. while I was with them in the world I kept them in thy name c. I pray c. that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one John 17. 11 12 15. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ tribulation or distress c. nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us for I am perswaded that neither death nor life c. shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom. 8. 25 30 37 38 39. Who art thou who judgest another man's servant yea he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand Rom. 14. 4. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly c. Now to him who is of power to establish you according to my Gospel c.
in peace but when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcometh him he taketh from him all his armour c. Luke 11. 21 22. We will not have this man to rule over us c. Those mine enemies c. bring hither and slay them c. Luke 19. 14 27. When he is come he will convince the world c. of judgment because the prince of this world is judged c. Be of good chear I have overcome the world John 16. 8 11 33. God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Acts 2. 36. Psal 110. 1 2 3. Luke 20. 42 43. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour c. Acts 5. 31. O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory c. Thanks be unto God who gave us the victory through our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 15. 54 55 56 57. Christ c. He set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers and might and dominion c. And hath put all things under his feet and given him to be head over all things to the Church Ephes 1. 20 21 22. Grow up in him in all things who is the head Christ c. Ephes 4. 15. Christ is the head of the Church and Saviour of the body Ephes 5. 23. He is the head of the body the Church c. that in all things he might have the pre-eminence Col. 1. 18. John 13. 13. He blotted out the hand-writing of ordinances which was against us which was contrary unto us and took it out of the way c. and having spoiled principalities and powers he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in it or in himself Col. 2. 14 15. It became him c. in bringing many sons unto glory to make the Captain of their salvation perfect c. He also himself took part likewise of the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject on bondage Heb. 2. 10 14 15. But this man c. sate down at the right hand of God from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his foot-stool Heb. 10. 12 13. There is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4. 12. Even as I also have overcome and am sate down with my Father in his throne Rev. 3. 21. These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them for he is Lord of lords and King of kings Rev. 17. 14. X. He is our great Prophet and Shepherd to teach guide and feed us THE Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him thou shalt hearken c. And the Lord said They have well spoken c. I will raise them up a Prophet c. and I will put my words into his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him Deut. 18. 15 16 â—7 18 19. Acts 3. 22 23. ch 7. 37. I will declare thy name unto my brethren Psal 22. 22. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation c. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation c. Psal 40. 9 10. Thou hast received gifts for men yea for the rebellious also Psal 68. 18. Unto us a Son is given c. He shall be called Wonderful Counsellor Isa 9. 6. Behold the Lord God will come c. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arms and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those who are with young Isa 40. 10 11. A bruised reed shall he not break and the smoaking flax shall he not quench he shall bring Forth judgment unto truth c. The Isles shall wait for thy law I the Lord give thee c. 2 light of the Gentiles to open the blind eyes to bring out the prisoners from the prison them who sit in darkness out of the Prison-house Isa 42. 3 4 6 7. Behold I have given him c. a Leader and Commander unto the people Isa 55. 4. The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek c. to bind up the broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them who are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord c. To appoint unto them who mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning c. Isa 61. 1 2 3. I will feed them in goodly pasture and they shall lie in a good sold and in a far pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel I will feed my flock and will cause them to lie down faith the Lord God I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away I will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick c. And I will set up one Shepherd over them and he shall feed them my servant David he shall feed them and he shall be their shepherd Ezek. 34 14 15 16 23. Luke 19. 10. Out of thee shall come a Captain or Governor who shall rule or feed my people Matth. 2. 6. All things are delivered to me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him c. 〈◊〉 of me Matth. 11. 27. Luke 10. 22 23. The day-spring on high hath visited us to give light to them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide their feet in the way of peace Luke 1. 78 79. ch 2. 32. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist Luke 21. 15. Matth. 10. 19 20. Jesus beginning at Moses and all the Prophets he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself c. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures Luk. 24. 26 27 45. I am the Light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life c. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth c. John 8. 12 32. I am the good Shepherd The good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep c. I know my sheep c. Other sheep I have which are not of this fold and them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold one Shepherd John 10 11 12 14 16. I have manifested
thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world c. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me and they received them c. While I was with them in the world I kept them c. I have given them thy word c. I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it John 17. 6 8 12 14 26. ch 1. 18. To this end was I born and for this cause came I into the world that I should bear witness unto the truth Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice John 18. 37. God who c. spake in times past to the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoke unto us by his Son c. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard c. Heb. 1. 1 2. ch 2. 1. Wherefore c. consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession Jesus Christ who was faithful to him who appointed him as also Moâ—es was faithful in all his house c. Christ as a Son in his own house whose house are we c. Wherefore c. to day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts Heb. 3. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8. Our Lord Jesus Christ that great Shepherd of the sheep Heb. 13. 20. Ye were as sheep going astray but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls 1 Pet. 2. 25. XI He is our ALL in all things our Compleatness and Perfection I Will make him First-born c. My covenant shall stand fast with him Psal 89. 27 28. Let him take hold of my strength he may make peace with me he shall make peace c. Isa 27. 5. By the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit Zech. 9. 11. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased c. Matth. 17. 5. Of his fulness have all we received grace for grace c. John 1. 16. I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture John 10. 9. I am the way the truth and the life John 14. 6. As the branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the Vine ye are the branches he who abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me or severed from me ye can do nothing John 15. 4. 5. It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace in the world ye shall have tribulation John 16. 7 33. I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfect in one John 17. 23. Jesus Christ c. He is that Stone which the builders counted foâ—â—nothing is made the Head of the corner Acts 4. 10 12. Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ c. All things are yours whether Paul or Apollos c. all are yours and ye are Christ's 1 Cor. 3. 11 21 22 23. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. All the promises of God in him are yea and in him Amen to the glory of God 2 Cor. 1. 20. He became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich 2 Cor. 8. 9. I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Gal. 2. 20. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ c. There is neither Jew nor Greek there is neither bond nor free there is neither male nor female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus and if Christ's then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise Cal. 3. 14 28 29. Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places or things in Jesus Christ c. Chosen us in him c. predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ c. he hath made us accepted in the beloved c. that he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth even in him c. who filleth all in all Ephes 1. 3 4 5 6 10 23. Hath quickned us together with Christ c. and hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner-stone in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God c. Ephes 2. 5 6 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22. That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promises in Christ c. The unsearchable riches of Christ Ephes 3. 6 8. Grow up into him in all things who is the head Christ from whom the whole body is fitly joyned together Ephes 4. 15 16. We are the circumcision c. who rejoyce in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. It pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell c. Christ in or among you the hope of glory whom we preach warning every man c. That we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1. 19 27 28. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily and ye are compleat in him who is the head c. Not holding the head from which all the body by joynts and bands having nourishment administred and knit together increaseth with the increase of God Col. 2. 9 10 19. Your life is hid with Christ in God when Christ who is our life c. Put on the new man c. Where there is neither Greek nor Jew c. But Christ is all in all c. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus c. Col. 3. 3 4 10 11 17. 1 Cor. 1. 30. ch 2. 2. Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel 2 Tim. 1. 9 10. In that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them who are tempted Heb. 2. 18. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 14. Ye are built up c. To offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. Heb. 13. 15. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 5. 10. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou
was made by him c. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled amongst us and we beheld his glory as the glory of the only begotten Son of the Father full of grace and truth c. Is preferred before me for he was before me John 1. 3 9 10 14 15 18 27 30. ch 3. 16. 1 John 1. 1 2. 1 Cor. 10. 4. 9. Hebr. 3. 3 4. Jesus c. knew all men and needed not that any man should testifie of man for he knew what was in man John 2. 24 25. Luke 9. 47. No man hath ascended up to heaven but he who came down from heaven even the Son of man who is in heaven c. He who cometh from above is above all c. The Father loved the Son and hath given all things into his hands John 3. 13 31 34 35. Whatsoever things the Father doth those also doth the Son likewise c. For as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them even so the Son quickeneth whom he will c. He hath committed all judgment to the Son that all men should honour the Son even as they honour the Father c. As the Father hath life in himself so hath he given the Son to have life in himself and hath given him authority to execute judgment also because c. John 5. 19 21 22 23 26 27. Him hath God the Father sealed c. I came down from heaven c. If ye see the Son of man ascend up where he was before c. Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not and who should betray him c. We believe and are sure that thou art that Christ the Son of the living God John 6. 27 38 51 62 64 69. Jesus said I am the light of the world c. Jesus said unto them Verily verily I say unto you before Abram was I am John 8. 12 38. ch 9. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 4 9. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he was come from God and went to God c. Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 3 13. Philip said unto him Lord shew us the Father and Jesus said c. He who hath seen me hath seen the Father c. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me c. The Prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me John 14. 8 9 11 30. When the Spirit of truth comes c. he shall glorifie me for he shall receive of mine and shall shew it unto you All things which the Father hath are mine therefore said I that he shall take of mine c. We are sure that thou camest forth from God c. John 16 13 14 15 28 30. O Father glorifie thou me c. with the glory which I had with thee before the world was John 17. 5. When Jesus said I am he those who came to take him went backward and fell to the ground John 18. 5 6. Thomas said unto Jesus My Lord and my God John 20. 28. ch 21. 12. Jesus c. a man approved of God c. he hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Acts 2. 22 36. But ye denied the holy One and killed the Prince of life c. Acts 3. 14 15. ch 7. 52. Against the holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed c. Acts 4. 27 30. Jesus Christ he is Lord of all c. God anointed Jesus c. with the Holy Ghost and power Acts 10. 36 38. 2 Cor. 4. 5. Feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Acts 20. 28. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord c. and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of Holiness c. Rom. 1. â— 4. Christ who is over all God blessed for ever Amen Rom. 9. 5. Christ both died and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 9. There is one Lord Jesus by whom are all things and we by him 1 Cor. 8. 6. When he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet 1 Cor. 14. 24 25. He hath made him c. who knew no sin c. 2 Cor. 5. 21. Hebr. 4. 15. He raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers might and dominion and every name which is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come and hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church c. who filleth all in all Ephes 1. 20 21 22 23. The unsearchable riches of Christ c. God who created all things by Jesus Christ c. or whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named Ephes 3. 8 9 15. He descended first into the lower parts of the earth he who descended is the same who ascended up far above all heavens Ephes 4. 9 10. Jesus who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God c. God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord c. Phil. 2. 5 6 9 10 11. John 5. 17 18. ch 10. 33. Jesus Christ who shall c. according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself Phil. 3. 21. Who is the image of the invisible God the first-born of every creature For by him were all things created that are in heaven and which are in earth visible and invisible whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by him and for him and he is before all things and by him all things consist and he is the head c. That in or amongst all things he might have the pre-eminency for it pleased the Father that in him all fulness c. Col. 1. 15 16 17 18 19. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Heb. 3. 3 4 6. Christ for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily c. The Head of all principalities and powers c. Having spoiled principalities c. Col. 2. 9 10 15. God was manifested in the flesh justified in the spirit seen of Angels c. received up c. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Jesus Christ who in his times he shall shew who is the blessed and only Potentate the King of kings and Lord of lords who only hath immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto which no man hath seen c. To whom honour c. 1 Tim. 6. 14 15 16.
this thy day the things which belong to thy peace c. Luke 19. 10 41 42. Mark 3. 5. And the word was made flesh c. full of grace and truth John 1. 14. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping c. 〈◊〉 groaned in the spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept Then said the Jews Behold how he loved him John 11. 33 35 36. Luke 7. 12 13 14. Let not your hearts be troubled ye believe in God c. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you c. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid John 14. 1 27. Matth. 14. 27. I have many things to say unto you but ye cannot hear them now howbeit c. John 16. 12 13. When Mary sought Jesus weeping he appeared to her to comfort her c. He shewed himself also to his Disciples his hands and feet and the second time to Thomas when he would not believe the report of the rest John 20. 11 14 15 16 19 25 27. Christ gives charge three times to Peter that if he loved him he should feed his Lambs and his Sheep John 21. 15 16 17. Ye denied the holy and just One Acts 3. 14. I obtained mercy for this cause that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering for a pattern to them who should hereafter believe on him 1 Tim. 1. 16. In that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them who are tempted Heb. 2. 18. ch 4. 15. Who is holy harmless undefiled c. Heb. 7. 26. Christ as of a Lamb without spot and blemish 1 Pet. 1. 19. Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us c. 1 John 3. 16. Behold I stand at the door and knock If any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him and sup with him and he with me Rev. 3. 20. CHAP. VIII How Christ wrought this Salvation for Sinners and what he was made and is what he undertook and did in order to it 1. He is Mediator THere is one God one Mediator between God and man the man Jesus Christ 1 Tim. 2. 5. By so much was Jesus made a Surety of a better testament Heb. 7. 22. He is made the Mediator of a better testament which was established upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament that c. Heb. 9. 15. And to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant or testament Heb. 12. 24. II. He took upon him the Nature of Man a Body of Flesh and humbled himself GOD said to the serpent c. I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel Gen. 3. 15. Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call his name Immanuel Isa 7. 14. And there shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him c. Isa 11. 1 2. Acts 13. 22 23. His visage was so marred more than any man and his form more than the sons of men Isa 52. 14. He hath no form nor comeliness and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him he is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows c. We hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed him not Isa 53. 2 3. The Lord hath created a new thing in the earth a woman shall compass a man Jer. 31. 22. They shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek Micah 5. 1. The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise c. Mary was sound with child of the Holy Ghost c. She had brought forth her first-born Son and he called his name Jesus Matth. 1. 18 20 23 25. Thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and shall call his name Jesus the holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God Luke 1. 31 35. He was tempted of the devil Matth. 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. And Jesus said unto them The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head Matth. 8. 20. Is not this the Carpenter's Son Is not his mother called Mary and his brethren James c. And they were offended in him Matth. 13. 55 56 57. He rode upon an Ass into the city of Jerusalem Matth. 21. 2 4 7. She brought forth her first-born Son and wrapped him in swadling-clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn c. He went down with them c. and was subject to them But his mother kept c. Luke 2. 7 51. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among 〈◊〉 John 1. 14. Jesus therefore being weary with his journey sate thus on the well John 4. 6. The bread which I give is my flesh which I give for the life of the world John 6. 51. The high priest prophesied that Jesus should die c. and gather the dispersed sons of God into one John 11. 49 50 c. David c. knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh he would raise up Christ c. Acts 2. 29 30. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh Rom. 2. 3. 2 Tim. 2. 8. Reâ— 22. 16. God sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh Rom. 8. 3. Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came Rom. 9. 5. Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor c. 2 Cor. 8 â— Though he was cruâ—ified through weakness yet he lived 2 Cor. 13. 4. God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the law Gal. 4. 4. But made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men and being found in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient c. Phil. 2. 7 8. Hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death c. Col. 1. 21 22. Great is the mystery of godliness God was manifested in the flesh 1 Tim. 3. 16. Jesus who was made a little lower than the Angels for the suffering of death c. He who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren c. As the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part of the same that through death c. Verily he took not on him the nature of Angels but he
unto righteousness c. which is of faith But Israel who followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained unto the law of righteousness Wherefore Because they sought it not by faith but as it were by the works of the law Rom. 9. 30 31 32. They being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believeth c. The righteouness which is of faith saith on this wise c. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness Rom. 10. 3 4 6 7 8 9 10. ch 8. 3 4. Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification c. 1 Cor. 1. 30. But ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 6. 11. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses to them He 〈◊〉 made him to be sin for us who knew no sin 〈◊〉 we might be made the righteousness of God in hâ—m 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. A man is not justified by the works of the law but â—y the faith of Jesus Christ Even we believe c. â—hat we may be justified by the faith of Christ aâ—d â—ot c. Gal. 2. 16. Paul to the Galatians doth argue this at large 〈…〉 〈◊〉 â—hrough the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith c. Gal. 5. 5. Hâ—â— gâ—â—ce wherein he hath made us accepted in the â—eloâ—â—d Ephes 1. 6. Christ gave himself c. that he might sanctifie and cleanse it c. that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish Ephes 5. 25 26 27. When Paul above any others had whereof to boast for his Exactness in keeping the Law he said But what things were gain to me them or those I counted loss for Christ c. that I may win Christ and be found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the law but that which is through Faith in Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Philip. 3. 4 5 6 7 8 9. And you c. hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight Colos 1. 21 22. And ye are compleat in him who is the head of all principalities c. Colos 2. 10. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people Tit. 2. 14. After that the loving-kindness of God appeared c. not by the works of righteousness which we have done c. that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs c. Tit. 3. 4 5 7. Who c. when he had by himself purged our sins sate down c. Heb. 1. 3. If the blood of bulls c sanctified to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ who c. purge your consciences from dead works c. Heb. 9. 13 14. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all c. By one offering he hath for ever perfected them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 10 14 29. Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the gate c. Heb. 13. 12. Who his own self bare our sins c. by whose stripes we were healed 1 Pet. 2. 24. Isa 53. 5. Jesus c. who hath loved us and washed us with his own blood c. Rev. 1. 5. These were redeemed or bought from among men c. they were without fault before the throne of God Rev. 14. 4 5. IV. Eternal Life and Salvation THE just shall live by his faith Hab. 2. 4. Fear not little flock for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom Luke 12. 32. Christ said unto Zacheus This day is salvation come to this house c. for the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19. 9 10. So must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have â—â—ernal life For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life c. He who believeth on the Son hath everlasting life c. John 3. 14 15 16 17 36. Ye will not come unto me that ye may have life John 5. 40. The bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world c. I am the bread of life c. This is the will of him who sent me That every one who seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day c. This is the bread which came down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not die I am the living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever and the bread that I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world c. Whoso eateth my flesh c. hath eternal life c. As c. I live by the Father so he who eateth me even he shall live by me c. Lord to whom shall we go Thou hast the words of eternal life John 6. 33 35 40 50 51 54 57 58 68. ch 5. 24. I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved c. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly My sheep hear my voice c. and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10. 9. 10 27 28. Because I live ye shall live also John 14. 19. As thou hast given him power over all flesh that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him John 17. 2. These things are written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20. 31. Why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of his disciples c. But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved even as they Acts 15. 10 11. I send thee said Christ to Paul to open their eyes c. that they might receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among them who are sanctified through faith that is in me Acts 26. 17 18. Being justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath through him c. Much more being reconciled we shall be saved by
love of Christ which passeth knowledge Ephes 3. 19. Grow up into him in all things who is the head Christ from whom the whole body fitly joyned together and compacted c. Ephes 4. 15 16. Christ hath loved us and given himself for us an offering c. Christ is the head of the Church and the saviour of the body c. Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it c. that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle c. No man ever hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it even as the Lord the Church for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones Ephes 5. 2 23 25 26 27 29 30. I am in a strait betwixt two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better Phil. 1. 23. What things were gain to me those I counted loss for Christ yea doubtless I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ Phil. 3. 7 8. Not holding the head from which all the body by joynts and bands having nourishment ministred and knit together increaseth with the increase of God Col. 2. 18 19. Both he who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren Saying I will declare thy name c. Heb. 2. 11 12. Christ as a son over his own house whose house are we if we hold fast c. Heb. 3. 6. Jesus Christ whom having not seen ye love c. 1 Pet. 1. 7 8. Unto you who believe he is precious c. 1 Pet. 2. 7. Jesus Christ c. who loved us and washed us c. Rev. 1. 5. If any hear my voice c. I will come to him and sup with him and he with me Rev. 3. 20. John 14. 21 23. See the Dignity of the Church Chap. 27. CHAP. XVI Of the Duties of Believers such as profess to be Saints First Towards God In the General to live to God not to themselves to be holy Fruitful walking in the Light in an honest heavenly and spiritual Conversation worthy of their high Calling glorifie God and mind things above FEar God and keep his Commandments for this the whole of man Eccles 12. 13 14. Enoch walked with God Gen. 5. 22 24. Noah walked with God Gen. 6. 9. And the Lord said to Noah Come thou c. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation c. And Noah did according unto all that the Lord had commanded him Gen. 7. 1 5. I am the Lord your God ye shall therefore sanctifie your selves ye shall be holy for I am holy Levit. 11. 44 45. ch 19. 2. Seek not after your own heart c. but be ye holy unto your God c. Numb 15. 39 40. Thou art an holy people to the Lord c. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing Deut. 14. 2 3. Those who honour me I will honour and they who despise me shall be lightly esteemed 1 Sam. 2. 30. Behold all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul which sinneth it shall die Ezek. 18. 4. Israel is an empty vine he bringeth forth fruit unto himself Hosea 10. 1. He hath shewed thee O man what is good c. but to do justly love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God Micah 6. 8. Is it time for you O ye to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lie waste c. Ye have sown much and brought in little c. Why saith the Lord of hosts because of mine house that is waste and ye run every man to his own house therefore c. Haggai 1. 4 6 9 10. Bring forth therefore fruit meet for repentance c. The axe is laid unto the root of the trees therefore every tree which bring forth not fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire Matth. 3. 8 10. Luke 3. 8. Let your lights so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven Matth. 5. 16. 1 Sam. 2. 30. John 15. 8. Lay up for your selves treasure in heaven c. For where your treasure is there will your hearts be also c. seek ye first the Kingdom of God c. Matth. 6. 20 21 33. Luke 12. 33 33. John 6. 27. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things Matth. 12. 35. They are to improve their talents See the Parable Matth. 25. 14 c. Behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none cut it down why cumbreth it the ground c. Strive to enter in at the strait gate Luke 13. 7 24. When ye have done all those things which are commanded you say We are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17 10. In every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted to him Acts 10. 35. Walk while ye have the light lest darkness come upon you John 12. 35. Ye call me Master and Lord ye say well for so I am John 13. 13. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit c. Herein is my Father glorified that ye bring forth much fruit c. I have chosen you and ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain John 1â— 2 6 8 16. Herein do I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men Acts. 24. 16. I have declared c. that they should repent c. doing works convenient for repentance Acts 26. 20. We also should walk in newness of life c. Yield your selves unto God as those who are alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God c. Know ye not that to whom ye yield your selves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness c. Rom. 6. 4 10 13 16 19. Ye also are become dead unto the Law c. that we should bring forth fruit unto God c. That we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter Rom. 7. 4 6. We are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh for if ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the spirit mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Rom. 8. 12 13. I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God your
of the resurrection from the dead some mocked Acts 17. 32. Of the hope and resurrection of the dead am I called in question c. The Sadduces say There is no resurrection c. The Pharisees confess it Acts 23. 6 8. ch 24. 21. They themselves also allow that there shall be a resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust Acts 24. 15. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead Acts 26. 8. God who quickeneth the dead c. Rom. 4. 17. The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God c. We our selves groan within our selves waiting for the adoption to wit the redemption of our body Rom. 8. 19 21 32 23. And God hath both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us by his own power 1 Cor. 6. 14. The resurrection of the dead proved at large and with what bodies and the manner of the resurrection 1 Cor. 15. 12 13 to the 56. That we should not trust in our selves but in God who raiseth the dead 2 Cor. 1. 9. He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall c. 2 Cor. 4. 14. The holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day oâ— redemption Ephes 4. 30. We look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body according unto the working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself Phil. 3. 20 21. He is the head c. the beginning the first-born from the dead c. Col. 1. 18. When Christ c. shall appear then shall ye also appear with him c. Colos 3. 4. I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others who have no hope for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord That we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them who are asleep for the Lord himself shall descend c. and the dead in Christ shall arise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them c. 1 Thes 4. 13 14 15 16 17. Hymeneus c. who concerning the truth have erred saying That the resurrection is past already and overthrow the faith of some 2 Tim. 2. 18. Not laying again the foundation c. of the resurrection of the dead Heb. 6. 1 2. Others were tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection Heb. 11. 35. Thy wrath is come and the time of the dâ—â—d that they should be judged Rev. 11 18. I saw the souls of them who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus c. and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years but the rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand years were finished This is the first resurrection blessed and holy is he who hath part in the first resurrection on such the second death hath no power c. And I saw the dead small and great stand before God c. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and Death and Hell or the grave delivered up the dead which were in them Rev. 20. 4 5 6 12 13. CHAP. XXXVI Of Christ's Second Coming to the Judgment and rendring unto every Man according to his Deeds done in the Body whether good or bad IF thou do well shalt thou not be accepted and if thou doest not well sin lieth at thy door Gen. 4. 2. Shall not the judge of all the earth do right Gen. 18. 25. The wicked is reserved to the day of destruction they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath Job 21. 30. I know my Redeemer liveth and he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth Job 19. 25. The ungodly shall not stand in judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous Psal 1. 5. The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations which forget God Psalm 9 17. God is Judge himself Psal 50. 6. Verily there is a reward for the righteous verily he is a God who judgeth in the earth c. Psal 58. 11. He cometh to judge the earth and he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth Psal 96. 13. Psal 98. 9. Shall not he render to every man according to his works Prov. 24. 12. Rejoice O young man in thy youth c. and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment Eccles 11. 9. For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil Eccles 12. 14. ch 3. 17. Thine eyes are upon all the ways of the sons of men to give every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings Jer. 32. 19. ch 1â— 10. Ezek. 18. ch 33. 8 9 c. Agree with thine adversary c. lest at any time thine adversary deliver thee to the judge c. Matth. 5. 25 26. Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in thy name c. then will I protess unto them I never knew you depart from me ye who work iniquity Matth. 7. 21 22 23. Luke 13. 25 26 27. Whosoever shall not receive you c. it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city Matth. 10. 14 15. ch 11. 21 to 25. ch 12. 41 42. But I say unto you That every idle word which men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment Matth. 〈◊〉 36. So shall it be at the end of the world the Son of man shall send forth his Angels and they shall gather c. them which do iniquity and shall cast them into a 〈◊〉 of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth then shall the righteous shine c. Matth. 13. 40 41 42 43 49 50. Luke 3. 17. The Son of man shall 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. ch 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