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A48873 A common-place book to the Holy Bible or, The scriptures sufficiency practically demonstrated wherein whatsoever is contain'd in scripture, respecting doctrine, worship, or manners, is reduced to its proper head, weighty cases resolved, truths confirmed, difficult texts illustrated, and explained by others more plain. Locke, John, 1632-1704. 1697 (1697) Wing L2737; ESTC R19113 610,875 458

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the people rescued Jonathan that he died not 1 Sam. 14. 43 44 45. Hezekiah the Lord was with him c. and he rebelled against the king of Asiyria 2 Kings 18. 7. Mordecai bowed not to Haman notwithstanding the King's Commandment Esther 3. 1 2 3. ch 5. 9. When King Nebuchadnezzar had commanded the Worshipping of an Image Shadrach Meshach and Abednego refused to obey and said Be it known unto thee O king that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the image c. Dan. 3. 15. to 18. When Darius had established a Decree that none should ask any Petition of any God or Man for thirty Days Daniel went into his house after his wonted manner and prayed three times a day Dan. 6. 7 to 10. When the Apostles were forbid to preach in the name of Christ they answered c. Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judge you Acts 4. 18 19 20. When the Council charged them with preaching contrary to their Commands c. Peter c. said We ought to obey God father than man Acts 5 27 28 29. Moses was hid by his parents c. and they feared not the king's edict c. He feared not the wrath of the king Heb. 11. 23 27. Secondly What they ought to do or wherein they 〈◊〉 should acknowledge and obey them 1. Submit to and obey them in all Lawful Things MIriam and Aaron spoke against Moses and God smote Miriam with a Leprosie Numb 12 1 9 10 11. The Lord destroyed Korah and his Company for their Rebellion against Moses c. Numb 16. 1 c. Keep the king's commandment and that in regard of the oath of God c. Eccles 8. 2 3 4. God threatned the Jews for revolting from the King of Babylon and breaking their Oath and Covenant with him Ezek. 17. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Though there was no Tribute due from Christ yet he said to Peter Lest we should offend them go thou c. give unto them for me and thee Matth. 17. 24 to 27. Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's Matth. 22. 21. Let every soul be subject to the higher power c. Whosoever therefore resisteth the powers resisteth the ordinance of God c. shall receive to themselves damnation c. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the powers Do that which is good c. Ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience-sake c. For this cause pay you tribute c. Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour Rom. 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers to obey magistrates c. Titus 3. 1. Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake whether it be to the king as supream or unto Governors as unto them who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers c For so is the will of God that with well-doing ye shall put to silence the ignorance of foolish men 1 Pet. 2. 13 14 15. 2. Give them due Honour and Respect Not contemn their Persons or speak Evil of them THou shalt not revile the gods or Judges nor curse the ruler of thy people Exod. 22. 28. David said to Saul My Lord the King And when Saul looked behind him David stooped with his face to the earth and bowed himself c. He said I will not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed 1 Sam. 24. 6 8 10. ch 26. 9 11. Nathan the prophet when he was come in before the king he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said My Lord O king c. 1 Kings 1. 23 24. Is it fit to say to a king Thou art wicked To princes Ye are ungodly Job 34. 18. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion c. Prov. 19. 12. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul Prov. 20. 2. ch 16. 14 15. Put not forth thy self in the presence of a king c. Prov. 25. 6 7. Where the word of a king is there is power And who may say unto him What doest thou Eccles 8. 4. Curse not the king no not in thy thoughts Eccles 10. 20. Daniel said to Darius the King O king live for ever Dan. 6. 21. When the Apostle had spoken sharply to the High-Priest and some who stood by had said Revilest thou God's high-priest Then said Paul I wist not brethren that he was the high-priest for it is written Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people Acts 23. 2 3 4 5. Paul said I think my self happy king Agrippa because I shall answer for my self this day before thee c. Festus said c. Paul Thou art beside thy self much learning doth make thee mad But he said I am not mad most noble Festus but speak forth the words of truth and soberness c. Acts 26. 1 2 3 24 25. ch 24. 10. Render therefore to all their dues c. fear to whom fear honour to whom honour Rom. 13. 7. Honour the king 1 Pet. 2. 17. But chiefly them who walk in the lust of uncleanness and despise government c. a dominion c. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignities whereas Angels who are greater in power and might bring not railing accusations against them before the Lord 2 Pet. 2. 10 11 Jude vers 8 9. 3. To pray for them EXhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and for all who are in authority or eminent place that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all godliness and honesty For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour 1 Tim. 2. 1 2 3. 4. To endeavour to get good Magistrates WHen Adonijah exalted himself saying I will be king and preparation was made for it Then Bathsheba the Queen and Nathan the prophet made application to David to set up Solomon to be King and accordingly prevailed 1 Kings 1. 5. To discover Treasons MOrdecai discovered the Design of the King 's two Servants against him Esther 2. 21 22 23. 6. To be content with such Magistrates which God hath set over us although they be not such as they should be WHen Samuel was old he made his sons judges over Israel c. and his sons walked not in or followed not his ways but turned aside after lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel c. and said unto him Behold thou art old and thy sons walk not in thy ways Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations
6 7 8 9. See the faithfulness and industry of Abraham's servent in the business of fetching a wife for his master's son Gen. 24. With all my power I have served your father and your father hath deceived me c. Gen. 31. 6 7. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant poor and needy of thy brethren or of thy strangers c. At his day thou shalt give him his hire neither shall the su● go down upon it for he is poor and ferteth his heart upon it Deut. 24. 14 15. Lev. 19. 13. If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me what then shall I do when God riseth up and when he visiteth what shall I answer him Did not he who made me in the womb make him And did not one fashion us in the womb Job 31. 13 14 15. As the eyes of servants unto the hand of their masters as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress so our eyes upon the Lord Psal 123. 2. The king's favour is towards a wise servant c. Prov. 14. 35. A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causeth shame c. Prov. 17. 2. Accuse not a servant to his master lest he curse thee c. Prov. 30. 10. Wo unto him c. who useth his neighbour's service without wages and giveth him not for his work Jer. 22. 13. A servant honoureth his master c. If I am master where is my fear Mal. 1. 6. The disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his Lord Mat. 10. 24. Which of you having a servant plowing or feeding cattel will say unto him by and by when he is come out of the field Go and sit down to meat and will not rather say unto him Make ready wherewith I may sup and gird thy self and serve me c. and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink Doth he thank that servant c. I trow not Luke 17. 7 8 9 10. Art thou called being a servant care not for it but if thou mayest be made free use it rather For he who is called in the Lord being a servant 〈◊〉 the Lord's free-man c. Let every man abide●● the same calling wherein he was called 1 Cor. 〈◊〉 21 22 24. Servants be obedient to them who are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart as unto Christ Not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as the servants of Christ c. from the heart with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men c. And ye masters do the same things unto them forbearing or moderating threatning knowing that your master also is in heaven neither is there respect of persons with him Eph. 6. 5 6 7 8 9. Col. 3. 22 23 24. Masters give unto your servants that which is just and equal knowing that ye also have a master in heaven Col. 4. 1. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed And they who have believing-masters let them not despise them because they are brethrea but rather do service because they are faithful or believing and beloved partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholsome words c. he is proud knowing nothing c. 1 Tim. 6. 1 2 3 4. Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to please them well in all things not answering again or gainsaying Not purloining but shewing all good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine or God our saviour in all things Tit. 2. 9 10. Go to now ye rich men weep and howl for your misery c. Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud crieth and the cries of them who have reaped are entred into the ears of the Lord James 5. 1 4. Servants be subject to your own masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward For this is thank-worthy if a man for conscience sake towards God endure grief suffering wrongfully For what glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently But if when ye do well and suffer for it ye take it patiently this is acceptable with God For even hereunto were ye called 1 Pet. 2. 18 19 19 20 21. 4. Magistrates to Subjects and Subjects to Magistrates See Magistrates and Magistracy at large Chap. 24. CHAP. XIX Saints Believers Duties towards all Men those who are with out Unbelievers Enemies I. In General THou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him for ye were strangers in the land Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless c. Exod. 22. 21 22. Curse not the deaf put no offence or stumbling block before the blind c. Levit. 19. 13 14. He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow and loveth the stranger c. Love ye therefore the stranger for ye were strangers Deut. 10. 18 19. Job 31. 32. Who shall dwell in thy holy hill c. he who doth no evil to his neighbour Psalm 15. 1 3. Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts saying Execute true judgment and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother and oppress not the widow nor the fatherless the stranger nor the poor and let none of you imagin evil against his brother in your heart Zech. 7. 9 10. ch 8. 16 17. Prov. 3. 29. Isa 58. 6 7. Give not that which is holy unto dogs neither cast you your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rent you c. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so unto them for this is the law and the prophets Matth. 7. 6 12. Luke 6. 31. Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves Matth. 10. 16. And herein do I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men Acts 〈…〉 Recompence to no man evil provide things honest in the sight of all men Rom. 12. 17. Levit. 19. 18. Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour Owe no man any thing but to love one another for he who loveth another hath fulfilled the law c. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 7 8 9 10. Give none offence neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles c. even as I please all men in all things not seeking mine own profit 1 Cor. 10. 32 33. Charity thinketh no evil 1 Cor. 13. 5. Providing for honest things not only in the sight of the Lord but in
who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward he doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow Deut. 10. 17 18. Judges and officers c. and they shall judge the people with just judgment thou shalt not wrest judgment thou shalt not respect persons neither take a gift for a gift doth blind c. that which is altogether just shalt thou follow Deut. 16. 18 19 20. Thou shalt in any wise set a king over thee whom the Lord thy God shall chuse one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee thou mayest not set a stranger over thee who is not thy brother but he shall not multiply horses to himself c. And it shall be that when he shall sit upon the throne of the kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book c. and it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the Lord his God to keep all the words of this law c. that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren and that he turn not aside from the commandment Deut. 17. 15 to the end Joshua 1. 8. If there be any controversie between men and they shall come unto judgment that the Judges may judge them then they shall justifie the righteous and condemn the wicked Deut. 25. 1. Prov. 17. 15. Samuel his sons walked not in his ways but turned aside after lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment 1 Sam. 8. 1 3. Prov. 17. 23. Samuel said Whose ox have I taken Whom have I oppressed c. 1 Sam. 12. 3 4. And David executed judgment and justice unto all his people 2 Sam. 8. 15. He who ruleth over men must be or be thou ruler over men just ruling in the fear of God 2 Sam. 23. 3. When the plague was upon Israel for David's sins he said Lo I have sinned and done wickedly but these sheep what have they done Let thine hand be against me and against my father's house c. 2 Sam. 24. 17. Solomon said Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and bad c. And the speech pleased the Lord 1 Kings 3. 7 8 9 10. They set up false witnesses against Naboth so against Steven sought such against Christ 1 Kings 21. 10 13. Mat. 26. 59. Acts 6. 11 13. Rehoboam took the counsel of the young men and rejected the old men's advice and answered the people roughly and said He would add to their burdens and not ease them whereupon many of the tribes revolt and chuse them a king 2 Chron. 10. chap. 14. 7 8 9 c. He was going to fight against Israel but God forbid him 2 Chron. 11. 1 4. Jehoshaphat c. sent to his Princes to Benhail and to Obadiah c. to reach in the Cities of Judah and with them Levites even Shemajah c. and they taught in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them and went about throughout all the Cities of Judah and taught the people 2 Chron. 17. 7 8 9. Jehoshaphat said to the Judges Take heed what you do for ye judge not for man but for the Lord who is with you in the judgment wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts 2 Chron. 19. 6 7. Jehoshaphat in a time of danger stood in the congregation in the house of the Lord and prayed himself with them and for them there 2 Chron. 20. 2 to v. 13. 1 Sam. 12. 23. 2 Chron. 30. 18 19 20. Ezra 9. and ch 10. Hezekiah sent letters throughout Israel and Judah to invite them to return to the Lord 2 Chron. 30. 6 7 8 9. Nehemiah saith From the time that I was appointed to be their governour c. I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governour but the former governours c. were chargeable unto the people c. yea even their servants bear rule over their people but so did not I because of the fear of God c. Nehem. 5. 14 15 16 18. I gave my brother Hanani and Hanania c. charge over Jerusalem for he was a faithful man and feared God above many Nehem. 7. 2. Ahasuerus the king forbid any to compel another to drink but according to his pleasure Esth● 1. 8. I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out and I brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth Job 29. 16 17. Deut. 19. 18. The Almighty will not pervert judgment Job 34. 12. Be wise now therefore O ye kings be instructed ye judges of the earth serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Psal 2. 10 11. The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men or the vilest of the sons of men are exalted Psal 12. 10. Man in honour and understandeth not is like the beast who perisheth Psal 49. 20. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty he judgeth among the gods How long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked Selah Defend the poor and fatherless do justice to the afflicted and needy deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hands of the wicked Psal 82. 1 2 3 4. David said I will not know a wicked person whoso privily standereth his neighbour him will I cut off him who hath a high look and a proud heart him will I not suffer mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwell with me he who walketh in a perfect way shall serve me c. I will early destroy all the wicked of the land c. Psal 101. 3 to the end Where no counsel is the people fall but in the multitude of counsellors is safety Prov. 11. 14. ch 24. 6. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness for the throne is established by righteousness righteous lips are the delight of kings and they love him who speaketh right Prov. 16. 12 13. ch 29. 12. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked to overthrow the righteous in judgment Prov. 18. 5. A king who sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes c. A wise king scattereth the wicked and bringeth the wheel over them c. Mercy and truth preserve the king and his throne is upholden by mercy Prov. 20. 8 26 28. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice Prov. 21. 3. Isa 1. 17 18. It is the honour of a king to search out a matter c. Take away the wicked from before the king and his throne shall be established in righteousness Prov. 25. 2 5. As a roaring lion c. so is a wicked ruler over the poor