Congregation stone him 6. 2. Sam. 6. Vzzah put forth his hand to the Arke of God and tooke hold of it for the oxen shooke it 7. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Vzzah and God smote him there for his error and there he died by the Arke of God 19. 1. Sam. 6. And hee smote the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the Arke of the Lord euē hee smote of the people threescore thousand and threescore and ten men 30. Math. 25. Cast ye the vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenesse there shall bee weeping and gnashing of teeth Iam. 3. 2. In many things wee offend all 1. Iohn 1. 7. And the bloud of Iesus Christ cleanseth vs from all sinne Will. Gen. 6. 5. GOd saw that the wickednes of man was great in the earth and that euery imagination of the thoughts of his heart was onely euill continually 8. 21. The imagination of mans heart is euill from his youth 23. Ier. 10. O Lord I know that the way of man is not in himselfe it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps 18. 31. Thou hast chastised me and I was chastised as a bullocke vnaccustomed to the yoake turne thou me and I shall be turned thou art the Lord my God 24. Pro. 20. Mans goings are of the Lord how can a man then vnderstand his owne way 1. 16. The preparations of the heart of man and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 5. Iohn 15. I am the vine ye are the branches he that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth foorth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing Psal 32. 8. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way that thou shalt goe I will guide thee with mine eye Hosea 13. 9. O Israel thou hast destroyed thy selfe but in me is thine helpe Iohn 6. 44. No man can come to mee except the father which hath sent me draw him 2. Cor. 3. 5. We are not sufficient of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues for our sufficiency is of God 13. Philip. 2. It is God which worketh in you both to will and to doe of his good pleasure 17. Iames 1. Euery good gift and euery perfect gift is from aboue and cōmeth downe from the father of lights with whom is no variablenesse neither shadow of turning 18. Of his owne will begate hee vs with the word of truth that wee should bee a kinde of first fruits of his creatures 15. Ye ought to say Iames 4. if the Lord will we shall liue and doe this or that Acts 18 21. I will returne againe vnto you if God will 1. Cor. 4. 19. I will come vnto you shortly if the Lord will Heb. 6. 3. This will wee doe if God permit Ezech. 36. 26. A new heart will I giue you and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will giue you an heart of flesh 17. And I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walke in my statutes and ye shall keepe my iudgements and doe them 45. Luke 24. Then opened hee their vnderstanding that they might vnderstand the Scriptures 12. Iohn 1. As many as receiued him to them gaue he power to become the sonnes of God euen to them that beleeue on his name 13. Which were borne not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God Hipocrisie 8. Iames 4. CLeanse your hands ye sinners and purifie your hearts ye double minded Luke 12. 1. Beware ye of the leauen of the Pharises which is hypocrisie Pro. 30. 12. There is a generation that are pure in their owne eyes and yet is not washed from their filthinesse Iob 36. 13. The hypocrites in heart heape vp wrath Isay 58 2. They seeke mee dayly and delight to know my wayes as a nation that did righteousnesse and forsook not the ordinance of their God they aske of mee the ordinances of Iustice they take delight in aproaching to God 5. Mat. 23. But all their workes they doe for to be seene of men 23. Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharises Hypocrites for yee pay tythe of mynt and annise and cūmyne and haue omitted the weightier matters of the law iudgement mercy and faith these ought yee to haue done and not to leaue the other vndone 27. Ye are like to whited sepulchers which indeede appeare beautifull outward but are within full of dead mens bones and of vncleanenesse 28. Euen so yee also outwardly appeare righteous vnto men but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie Luk. 11. 39. Yee Pharisees doe make cleane the outside of the cup and platter but your inward part is full of rauening and wickednesse Mat. 23. 26. Cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outside of them may bee cleane also Luk. 11. 40. Ye fooles did not he which made that which is without make that which is within also 41. Rather giue almes of such things as you haue behold all things are cleane vnto you Riches 1. Eccles 6. THere is an euill which I haue seene vnder the Sunne and it is common among men 2. A man to whom God hath giuen riches wealth and honour so that hee wanteth nothing for his soule of all that hee desireth yet God giueth him not power to eate thereof but a stranger eateth it this is vanitie and it is an euill disease 1. Tim. 6. 17. Charge them that bee rich in this world that they bee not high minded nor trust in vncertaine riches but in the liuing God who giueth vs richly all things to enioy 18. That they doe good that they bee rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate 19. Laying vp in store for themselues a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternall life Iames 5. 1. Goe to now ye rich men weepe and howle for your miseries that shal come vpon you 2. Your riches are corrupted and your garments moth-eaten 3. Your gold and siluer is cankred and the rust of them shall be a witnesse against you and shall eate your flesh as it were fire yee haue heaped vp treasure together for the last dayes 24 Woe vnto you that are rich Luke 6. for ye haue receiued your consolation 19. Mar. 4. The cares of this world and the deceitfullnesse of riches and the lusts of other things entring in choake the word and it becommeth vnfruitfull Luk. 16. 13. Yee cannot serue God and Mammon 1 Tim 6. 6. Godlinesse with contentment is great gaine Psal 62. 10. If riches increase set not your heart vpon them 1 Tim. 6. 7. For we brought nothing into this world and it
to the hill of the Lord Isa 2.3 to the house of the GOD of Iacob and he will teach vs his wayes and wee shall walke in his pathes and let not obscuritie discourage vs. 〈…〉 The heads contained are these viz. A Preparation Fol. 2 God Fol. 5 The Scriptures Fol. 12 The Church Fol. 23 Traditions Fol. 28 Images Fol. 38 Inuocation Fol. 47 Adoration Fol. 53 Faith Fol. 61 Repentance Fol. 64 Confession Fol. 68 Faith and workes Fol. 73 Iustification Fol. 81 Fasting Fol. 90 Meates Fol. 98 Loue and Charity Fol. 105 Prayer Fol. 111 One Mediator Fol. 116 Our propitiation Purgatory and satisfaction Fol. 118 Sinnes Fol. 124. Will. Fol. 130 Hypocrisie Fol. 135 Riches Fol. 139 Patience Fol. 145 Humility Fol. 149 The holy Eucharist Fol. 155 The happinesse of Gods seruants Fol. 164 The vanitie of the world Fol. 167 The end of the world Fol. 171 The Iudgement Fol. 179 Psalmes Of Confession Fol. 200 Of contrition Fol. 203 For remission Fol. 206 For mercie and direction Fol. 209 For vnderstanding Fol. 212 In trouble Fol. 215. For deliuerance Fol. 217 Against our Enemies Fol. 220 Of Confidence in Gods mercie Fol. 225 Acknowledging Gods mercie Fol. 228 Magnifying Gods mercie and goodnesse Fol. 233 Of praise Fol. 236 Psalmes in Sicknesse 1 Psalme in sicknesse Fol. 242 2 Psalme Fol. 244 3 Psalme Fol. 246 4 Psalme Fol. 248 A Prayer Fol. 252 The soules Comfort Fol. 254 AN EPISTLE GENERALL Beloued 1. 1. Tim. 4. THe Spirit speaketh expressely that in the latter times some shall depart from the Faith giuing heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of diuels 2. Speaking lyes in hypocrisie hauing their conscience seared with a hot iron 3. Forbidding to marrie and commanding to abstaine from meats which God hath created to bee receiued with thankesgiuing of them which beleeue and know the truth 1. Tim 4. 4. For euery creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be receiued with thankesgiuing 5. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer Tit. 1. 10. There are many vnruly and vaine-talkers and deceiuers 11. Whose mouthes must be stopped who subuert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucres sake 14. Giue not heed to Iewish fables and commandements of men that turne from the truth 5. 1. Ioh. 4. They are of the world therefore speake they of the world and the world heareth them 6. We are of God hee that knoweth God heareth vs hee that is not of God heareth not vs hereby know wee the spirit of truth and the spirit of errour 8. Beware Col. 2. lest any man spoile you through phylosophie and vaine deceit after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world not after Christ 9. For in him dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily 10. And wee are compleate in him which is the head of all principalitie power 2. Tim. 2. 14. Striue not about words to no profit but to the subuerting of the hearers 23. Foolish and vnlearned questions auoide knowing that they do gender strifes Phil. 1. 27. Stand fast in one spirit with one mind striuing together for the faith of the Gospell 28. And in nothing terrified by your aduersaries which is to them an euident token of perdition but to you of saluation that of God 29. For vnto you it is giuen in the behalfe of Christ not onely to beleeue on him but also to suffer for his sake 12. Col. 3. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloued bowells of mercies kindnesse humblenesse of mind meekenesse long suffering 13. Forbearing one another and forgiuing one another if any man haue a quarrell against any euen as Christ forgaue you so also do ye 14. And aboue all things put on charitie which is the bond of perfectnesse 15. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts to the which also yee are called in one body and be ye thankfull 17. And whatsoeuer ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Iesus giuing thankes to God and the Father by him 6. Phil. 4. Bee carefull for nothing but in euery thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiuing let your requests bee made knowne vnto God 23. Col. 1. Continue in the faith grounded and setled and be not mooued away from the hope of the Gospell which ye haue heard and which was preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen 14 That ye henceforth bee no more children tossed too and fro Ephes 4. and carried about with euery wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lye in wait to deceiue 15. But speaking the truth in loue may grow vp into him in al things which is the head euen Christ Phil. 1. 9. And this I pray that your loue may abound yet more and more in knowledge in all iudgement 10. That yee may approue things that are excellent that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ 11. Being filled with the fruites of righteousnesse which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glorie and praise of God Amen ORACLES AND PSALTERIES OF THE HOLY GHOST WHat Nation is there so great Deut. 4.8 that hath Statutes Iudgments so righteous as all this Law which I set before you this day This is the way Isa 30.21 walke ye in it when ye turne to the right hand and when ye turne to the left Deut. 12.34 Thou shalt not adde thereto nor diminish from it Preparation Amos 4. 12. PRepare to meet thy God ô Israel 1. Sam. 12. 23. I will teach you the good and the right way 24. Only feare the Lord and serue him in truth with all your heart Mat. 6. 33. Seeke yee first the kingdome of God and his righteousnesse and all things shall be added vnto you Psal 37. 4. Delight thy selfe also in the Lord and he shall giue thee the desires of thine heart 5. Pro. 3. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstanding 6. In all thy wayes acknowledge him and hee shall direct thy paths 4. Psal 91. He shall couer thee with his feathers and vnder his wing shalt thou trust his truth shall be thy shield and buckler 8. 34. O tast and see that the Lord is good blessed is the man that trusteth in him 5. 146. Happy is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe whose hope is in the Lord his God Psal 27. 14. Waite on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Waite I say on the Lord. 125. 1. They that trust in the Lord shall bee as Mount Sion which cannot bee remoued but abideth for euer 2. As the mountaines are round about Ierusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth euen for euer God 8. HEare ô my
people Psal 8 1. and I will testifie vnto thee ô Israel if thou wilt hearken vnto me 9. There shall no strange God bee in thee neither shalt thou worship any strange God 3. Isa 43. For I am the Lord thy God the holy One of Israel thy Sauiour 10. Before mee there was no God formed neither shal there be after me 11. I euen I am the Lord and besides me there is no Sauiour 44. 6. I am the first and I am the last and besides me there is no God 24. Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer and he that formed thee from 〈◊〉 wombe I am the Lord that maketh all things that stretcheth foorth the heauens alone that spreadeth abroad the earth by my selfe 48. 12. Hearken vnto me O Iacob and Israel my called I am he I am the first and I am the last Act. 7. 49. Heauen is my Throne and earth is my footestoole Isa 45. 22. Looke vnto me and be ye saued all the ends of the earth for I am God and there is none else 6. 1. Cor. 8. To vs there is but one God the Father of whom are all things and we in him and one Lord Iesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him 6. Ephe. 4. There is one God Father of all who is aboue all and through all and in you all 28. In him we liue Act 17. and moue and haue our being for we are all his of spring 29. Forasmuch then as wee are the of-spring of God wee ought not to thinke that the Godhead is like vnto gold or siluer or stone grauen by 〈◊〉 and mans deuice 30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men euery where to repent 31. Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will iudge the world in righteousnesse by that man whom he hath ordained whereof hee hath giuen assurance vnto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead Reuel 4. 11. Thou art worthy O Lord to receiue glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created 3. This is eternall life Ioh. 17. that we might know thee the onely true God and Iesus Christ whom thou hast sent 27. Psal 73. They that are farre from thee shal perish thou hast destroyed all them that goe a whoring from thee 4. 16. Their sorrowes shall be multiplyed that hasten after another God 5. 96. All the Gods of the Nations are Idols but the Lord made the heauens 6. Honour and Maiesty are before him strength and beauty are in his Sanctuary 89. 6. For who in the heauen can be compared vnto the Lord who among the sonnes of the mightie can be likened vnto the Lord 95. 7. He is our God and wee are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hands Iosh 2◠16. God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serue other gods 23. Put away the strange gods which are among you incline your hearts vnto the Lord God of Israel 24. The Lord our God will we serue and his voice will we obey 18. Isa 30. The Lord is a God of iudgement blessed are they that waite for him 10. Psal 34. They that seeke the Lord shall not want any good thing 13. For he is gracious Ioel 2. and mercifull slow to anger and of great kindnesse 50. Luke 1. And his mercy is on them that feare him from generation to generation 12. Psal 33. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and the people whom hee hath chosen for his owne inheritance Rom. 11. 36. For of him and through him and to him are all things To whom be glory for euer Amen The holy Scriptures Mat. 22. 29. YE doe erre not knowing the Scripture nor the power of God Ier. 23. 29. Is not my word like as a fire saith the Lord like a hammer that breaketh the rocke in peeces Ioh. 5. 39. Search the Scriptures for in them ye think yee haue eternall life and they are they which testifie of me 〈◊〉 Receiue with meeknesse the ingrafted word which is able to saue your soules 31. These are written Ioh. 20. that ye might beleeue that Iesus is the Christ the Son of God and that beleeuing yee might haue life through his name 4. Rom. 15. For whatsoeuer things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope 3. 1. Tim. 6. If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholsome words euen the words of our Lord Iesus Christ and to the doctrine which is according to godlinesse 4. He is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions and strifes of words whereof commeth enuie strife raylings euill surmises 5. Peruerse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth supposing that gaine is godlinesse from such withdraw thy selfe Ioh. 8. 31. If ye continue in my word then are yee my disciples indeed 32. And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free 8. Pro. 8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousnesse there is nothing froward or peruerse in them 9. They are all plaine to him that vnderstandeth and right to them that find knowledge 47. He that is of God Ioh. 8. heareth Gods words 9. 2. Ioh. 1. Whosoeuer transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ hee hath both the Father and the Sonne 10. If there come any vnto you and bring not this doctrine receiue him not into your house neither bid him God speed 2 Chron. 17. 9. The Leuites and the Priests sent by Iehosaphat taught in Iuda had the booke of the Law of the Lord with them and went about throughout all the Cities of Iuda and taught the people 34. 31. Iosiah made a couenant before the Lord to walke after the Lord and to keepe his commandements his testimonies and his Statutes with all his heart and with all his soule to performe the words of the couenant which are written in this booke 32. And hee caused all that were present in Ierusalem Beniamin to stand to it And the Inhabitants of Ierusalem did according to the couenant of God the God of their fathers 35. Act. 15. Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch teaching and preaching the word of the Lord with many others also 11. 17. The Iewes of Berea were more noble then those in Thessalonica in that they receiued the word with all readinesse of minde and searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so 12. Therefore many of them belieued also of honourable women which were Greekes and of men not a fewe Acts. 17. 1. When Paul and Silas had passed throrough Amphipolis
vpon the graues of them that had sacrificed vnto them 5. And hee burnt the bones of the Priests vpon their altars and cleansed Iudah and Ierusalem 1. Sam. 7 3. If ye doe returne vnto the Lord with all your hearts then put away the strange Gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your hearts vnto the Lord and serue him onely 4. The children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth and serued the Lord onely 10. Ier. 10. The Lord is the true God he is the liuing God and an euerlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation Inuocation 13. Rom. 10. WHosoeuer shall call vpon the name of the Lord shall be saued 15. Psal 50. Call vpon mee in the day of trouble I will deliuer thee and thou shalt glorifie me 9. Zepha 3 I will turne to the people a pure language that they may all call vpon the name of the Lord to serue him with one consent Act. 7. 59 They stoned Steuen calling vpon God and saying Lord Iesus receiue my spirit Luk. 11. 2. When ye pray say Our father which art in heauen hallowed bee thy name Thy kingdome come thy will be done as in heauen so in earth 3. Giue vs day by day our dayly bread 4. And forgiue vs our sinnes for we also forgiue euery one that is indebted to vs. And lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill 23. Io. 16. Whatsoeuer yee shall aske the father in my name he will giue it you 28. Mat. 11. Come vnto me all ye that labour and are heauie laden and I will giue you rest 16. Heb. 4. Let vs come boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may obtaine mercie and find grace to helpe in time of need 14. Psal 50. Offer vnto GOD thanksgiuing and pay thy vowes vnto the most high 3. 18. I will call vpon the Lord who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saued from mine enemies 6. In my distresse I called vpon the Lord and cryed vnto my God Hee heard my voice out of his Temple and my crie came before him even into his eares 5. 3. My voice shalt thou heare in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct my prayer vnto thee and will looke vp 13. 3. Consider and heare me ô Lord my God lighten mine eyes least I sleep the sleepe of death 1. King 8. 39. Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place forgiue and doe and giue to euery man according to his waies whose heart thou knowest for thou euen thou onely knowest the hearts of all the children of men 16. Isa 63. Doubtlesse thou art our father though Abraham be ignorant of vs and Israell acknowledge vs not thou ô Lord art our father our redeemer thy name is from euerlasting 5. Eccle. 9. The liuing know that they shall die but the dead know not any thing neither haue they any more a reward for the memory of them is forgotten 6. Also their loue and their hatred and their enuy is now perished neither haue they any more a portion for euer in any thing that is done vnder the Sunne Iob 14. 21. His sonnes come to honour and he knoweth it not and they are brought low but hee perceiueth it not of them Psal 99. 6. Moses and Aaron among his Priests and Samuel among them that call vpon his name they called vpon the Lord and he answered them 7. He spake vnto them in the cloudy pillar they kept his testimonies and the ordinance that he gaue them 12. Rom. 10. The same Lord ouer all is rich to all that call vpon him Adoration 18. Psal 145. THe Lord is nigh vnto all them that call vpon him to all that call vpon him in truth 23. Io. 4. The true worshippers shall worshippe the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him 24. God is a spirit and they that worshippe him must worship him in spirit and in truth Psal 51. 17. The Sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart ô God thou wilt not despise 1. Cor. 6. 20. Ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods 1. Pet. 2. 5. Yee also as liuely stones are built vp a spirituall house an holy Priesthood to offer vp spirituall Sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ Philip. 3. 3. We are the circumcision which worship God in the spirit and reioyce in Christ Iesus and haue no confidence in the flesh 20. Ier. 6. To what purpose commeth there to me Incense from Sheba and the sweete cane from a farre countrie your burnt offerings are not acceptable nor your sacrifices sweete vnto me 23. Amos. 5. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs for I will not heare the melody of thy viols 24. But let iudgement run downe as waters and righteousnesse as a mighty streame 8. Micha 6. What doth the Lord require of thee but to do iustly and to loue mercy and to walke humbly with thy God Isa 1. 16. Wash ye make ye cleane put away the euill of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do euill 17. Learne to doe well seeke iudgement releeue the oppressed iudge the fatherlesse pleade for the widdow Deut. 13. 4. Ye shall walke after the Lord your God and feare him and keepe his commandements obey his voice and ye shall serue him and cleaue vnto him 12. 10. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to feare the Lord thy God to walke in all his waies and to loue him and to serue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule 13. To keepe the commandements of the Lord and his statutes which I command thee this day for thy good 30. Mar. 12. Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde and with all thy strength this is the first commandement Iosh 22. 5. Take diligent heed to doe the commandement and the law which Moses the seruant of the Lord charged you to loue the Lord your God and to walke in all his wayes and to keepe his commandements and to cleaue vnto him and to serue him with all your heart and with all your soule Col. 2. 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humilitie and worshipping of Angels intruding into those things which hee hath not seene vainely puft vp by his fleshly minde 8. When I had heard Reuel 22. and seene I fell downe to worship before the feete of the Angel which shewed me these things 9. Then saith hee vnto me see thou do it not for I am thy fellow seruant and of thy brethren the Prophets and of