charitate facta possint mortificari Part. 3. q. 89. and hee affirms it from that in Ezek. 18.24 All his righteousness which he hath done shall not be mentioned Observ 1. It concerns every man to look narrowly to his righteousnesse some righteousnesse or other every man looks at fixes his heart upon and there be deceivable righteousnesses if our righteousnesse be legall a duty righteousnesse and not Euangelicall a righteousnesse of faith it will deceive us Matth. 5.20 Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees you shall in no case enter into the Kingdome of heaven let that righteousnesse be what it will a man is in an ill case that cannot enter into heaven with it yet the Scribes and Pharisees were exact keepers of the Law but the righteousnesse of the Law and of duties will never send or help a man into heaven Paul laboured to win Christ to be found in him not having his own righteousnesse but the righteousness which is of God by faith Phil. 3.8 9. Paul durst not stick to a legall and duty righteousnesse hee knew it was too short to satisfie divine justice to cover mans nakednesse or comfort his conscience it was a higher a better righteousnesse he minded even the righteousnesse of Christ and that 's the righteousnesse God will accept and he that 's righteous with that righteousnesse shall not fall away but shall enter into heaven 2 Pet. 1.10 11. Brethren give diligence to make your calling and election sure that is their calling to Christ and election in him and what followes if yee do these things yee shall never fall for so an entrance shall be administred unto you abundantly into the everlasting Kingdome 2. No man should boast of or confide in his own righteousnesse Luke 18.9 there was some trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others but this neither pleased God nor profited them as the Parable insuing shewes If men have excellencies they should be humble and fearing not boasting and confident escpecially when their excellencies are in the number of movables and changeables 1 Cor. 1.29 30. Christ is made unto us wisdome and righteousnesse that no flesh should glory in it self but in the Lord and so that no flesh should have confidence in it self but in the Lord Phil. 3.3 We rejoyce in Christ saith Paul and have no confidence in the flesh what ever wee have or do let us not repose upon it we are apt to do it but there are Apostolicall rules to help us Gal. 6.3 If a man thinks himself any thing when hee is nothing hee deceives himself we are nothing and it 's nothing wee do and shall wee glory in nothing or confide in nothing Christ is something and God is something in them we may wee must glory and confide the more we do it the better wee cannot sin in going too far that way Another rule is Phil. 2.3 Let each esteem others better then themselves their righteousnesse may be a lasting righteousnesse when thine is a perishing one Another rule is Rom. 11.20 Be not high minded but feare Let mens righteousnesse be Legall or Euangelicall they should not swell but feare lest they fall and besides they should watch pray and persevere in prayer remembring what our blessed Saviour hath said Hee that shall indure to the end the same shall be saved Matth. 24.13 Let none be secure but serve the Lord with feare Psal 2.11 3. Apostasie from God and his wayes is a dreadfull condition when men fall from their righteousnesse great mischief is done they stain the Society they were of they blast the Church they make their friends mourn and enemies laugh they wrong God much yea more then Infidels and Heretikes Plura vincula conjunctionis violantur Deus ipse tacite accusatur quasi iniquus which causeth God to complain O my people what have I done unto thee wherein have I wearied thee testifie against mee you are withdrawn fallen to Idolatrous passages I brought you out of Egypt and sent before you Moses and Aaron I delivered you from Balak c. many ties are upon you to keep close to mee and to cause you to honour me but you have forgotten all my kindnesses are gon away and do sleight me as if Idoll gods and wayes were better then Jehovah and his wayes this made God to say Heb. 10.38 If any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him and what an ill condition is that man in in whom God hath no pleasure There be four great evils in the words of our Prophet First hee will commit iniquity when a man turns from righteousnesse he turns to sin imbraces it serves it walks in the wayes of it and fulfils the ends of it and this is a sad condition for such a man is a worker of iniquity and so hated of God Psal 5.5 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity it 's more then having no pleasure and notes God is against them and will pursue them as enemies Secondly God will lay a stumbling block before him one thing or other at which he shall fall God denies him assistance gives Satan leave to tempt and seduce propounds objects to draw out his corruptions to the full 2 Tim. 4.10 Demas forsook Paul and the truth and loved the present world there was an object sufficient to draw out his covetous disposition sometimes the afflictions of the godly is a stumbling block unto the wicked sometimes the prosperity of the wicked is a stumbling unto them c. It 's a dreadfull thing when God shall make any thing a stumbling unto a man but more dreadfull when he makes every thing so Thirdly Hee shall die in that condition Julian apostatiz'd and by the stroke of God hee died in his apostasie and what heavier judgement then to die in a mans sinfull condition therefore Christ told the Pharisees they should die in their sins John 8.21 they would not receive him believe in him therefore they should die in their unbeliefe and no place is left unto them for repentance Fourthly His righteousnesse which he hath done shall not be remembred If a man die yet if his righteousnesse might follow him and help him it were some comfort but that shall not be thought upon he loseth all he hath done and suffered Suppose he have done much for the Church for poor Ministers prisoners and other Christians for Truth it self and for the glory of God no good shall come of it unto him now All Adams righteousnesse would not advantage him what ever he had done before when he comes to eat of the forbidden fruit hee must surely die Gen. 2.17 his former righteousnesse is forgotten Jam. 2.10 Whosoever shall keep the whole Law and offend in one point is guilty of all Antecedent righteousnesse will not make up the present breach nor prevent future wrath Gal. 3.4 When the Galatians began to fall off Paul intimates to them that all their
they that feare God speake often one to another they fast they pray they redeeme the time they worke out their salvation with feare and trembling they give God no rest they will be at it at midnight In a word you shall finde the carriage of the godly to be exceeding contrary to the carriage of the wicked 5. Here you shall find Gods new Covenant wherein you shall see the riches of free grace God doing all both making the Covenant and performing it both commanding and giving what he doth command unto your soules 6. You shall finde that this Prophet is an Evangelicall Prophet for he points at Christ he will shew you where he is he will lead you to the Temple where you shall see Christ with his line in his hand and measuring out a Temple for the times of the Gospel measuring of his worship his worshippers and all that doth concerne the new Jerusalem Much of Christ will be found at least in the conclusion of this Prophet 7. You shall have a lively representation of the uncertainty of all things and of all conditions in this world In Lament 4.12 it is said there that the Kings of the earth and all the Inhabitants of the world would not have beleeved that the adversary and the enemy should have entred into the gates of Jerusalem None thought none of the Kings of the earth none of the Kings of Israel beleeved that ever Jerusalem which was so fortified by mountaines round about should be taken by the enemy But you shall see in this Prophet that even Jerusalem the Citie of God the Temple that was the glory of the world and Sion the perfection of beauty they are all laid wast Neither Prince Priest Prophet Nobles nor any are spared but all are destroyed all are carried into captivitie all are brought under the sonnes the precious sonnes of Sion are carried away into Babylon So that there is no place no condition no prerogative that can priviledge any from the hand of God where once sinne is come to a perfection Prov. 14.34 Righteousness exalteth a Nation but sinne is a reproach to any people Let them be Jewes or Gentiles let them be Kings Priests or Prophets when sin is growne to a height then the wrath of God comes to a perfection and God will lay a Sion wast God will raze a Temple God will carry a Iehojakin a Zedekiah Prince and Prophet Priest and People into captivitie Is Sion gone is the Temple razed is Ierusalem laid in the dust What confidence then can any Kingdome can any Citie have Let not England let not London be secure Feare and Tremble Repent of sinne Take heed of provoking God Looke beyond the Kingdomes of the earth Looke up to heaven and make sure of that Kingdome which cannot be shaken which cannot be taken from you Thus you have some of the benefits that are to come by this Prophet We are now to fall upon the generall division of the Prophecy In this Prophet you have 1. The Preface wherein is contained Gods appearing to Ezekiel his calling of him and strengthning of him in his office And these are laid downe in the three first Chapters 2. You have the Prophecy it selfe wherein you have these foure things 1. The destruction of the Iewes by the Babylonish captivitie with the causes thereof viz. their sinnes This is laid downe in the next 21. Chapters 2. Threatning of judgement and destruction to severall Nations that had insulted over the people of God being carried away captive and the hand of God being upon them these were the Ammonites the Moabites the Edomites the Philistines the Assyrians and Babylonians And this he doth from the 25. to the 33. Chapter 3. Sharpe reproving of the Iewes for their iniquitie for their hard-heartednesse for their not improving the hand of God upon them exhorting them to repentance he tels them of freedome some mercy and deliverance and after that againe of affliction and trouble that shall befall them And this he doth from the 33. to the 39. Chapter 4. A typicall Prophecy concerning Christ and spirituall freedome through him laid downe in the vision of the new Temple and of the new Ierusalem from the 39. Chapter to the end wherein there will be many glorious things made knowne in due time Thus you have the generall division of the Prophecy To come to the Chapter Ver. 1 2 3. Now it came to passe c. In this Chapter you have 1. Ezekiels first vision from the fourth verse to the end of the Chapter 2. In the three first verses you have 1. The time what yeare what moneth what day this vision was ver 1 2. 2. The place 1. generall the land of the Chaldeans 2. particular by the river of Chebar ver 3. 3. Together with this you have the occasion his being there among the Captives 3. The subject of this Vision Ezekiel Described 1. From his office a Priest 2. From his parentage the sonne of Buzi 4. The Author of this Vision God I saw visions of God such visions as came from God Now it came to passe c. Now The word in the Originall is And And it came to passe It seemes a strange beginning of a booke especially when it referres to nothing said or writ before There are many of the books of sacred Writ begin on this manner as Exodus Leviticus Numbers Iosuah Ruth Samuel Kings and divers others In historicall books it may note the series connect things antecedent with things consequent but in propheticall books it cannot note or make a connexion with things foregoing Jonas begins his Prophecy so and what was the antecedent to make up the connexion Here is the Quere and difficultie why the Prophet should begin his book on this manner And it came to passe Some satisfie the doubt thus They make it an idiome or proprietie of the Hebrew tongue to begin books with this particle And or Now and so they make nothing of it But surely this is not all there is something wrapped up in this Now or And Van. which may be of instruction and use to us Now or And it came to passe The Prophet doubtless was meditating upon the condition he was in meditating of the condition that he had been in Time was that we were at Jerusalem that we went with joy to the Temple to the solemne Assemblies that we heard the voyce of God that we saw his glory his beauty his power and his strength there Time was that we had communion with the Saints that we sung songs of Sion together with chearfulnes and with joy we had precious Ordinances honourable Sabbaths Sacrifices that did cheare our hearts and seale up pardon of our sinnes to us and intimate the good will of God in Christ to our soules wee sate under our Vines and under our fig-trees and were in safetie But now now we eate the bread of mourners wee drinke our own teares Now wee are deprived
a wheele in a wheele not the gnave stocke in the midst of the wheele to which the spokes are fasten'd for that hath not the forme of a wheele but there was one wheele in another as the orbes of the heavens comprehend one another as in some Water-works and Watches there be wheeles one in another and then the meaning is that there is a secret hidden motion or wheele that moves the wheeles which way soever they run Observe first that the motions of the world and kingdomes are perplexed and crosse motions like a wheele in a wheele Saul moved with all his strength to settle the kingdome upon his own Son but he met with a contrary motion David is anointed to be King and the men of warre came to David to Hebron to turne the kingdome of Saul to him 1 Chron. 12.23 And so Adonijah said to Bathshebah the kingdome that was mine is turned about and become my brothers hee met with a crosse wheele that carried the kingdome from him 1 King 2.15 How perplexed intangled were the motions of the Jewish affaires both in Babylon and at Jerusalem when the Prophet saw this vision The Papists doe erect regnum in regno an ecclesiasticall monarchy in the temporall exempt from temporall jurisdiction onely subject ob pacem or bonum commune if subject at all and so they give Monarchs a broken right in some things but defeasible in other things by their spirituall Monarchie Nebuchadnezzars wheele was in theirs and intangled them much in both places What crosse motions were in France when the King of Navarre Prince of Condee the Admirall and all that were of the Religion looked for peace and met with a massacre Are not there Romish Spanish French and Popish wheeles moving in our Kingdome Armies and Councels Look at this instant upon the motions of this Kingdome in Parliament or out of it and they are exceeding intricate Never was skaine of silke or thread so knotty or involved as the affaires of the kingdome and world are never bird so intangled in the Limetwigs or Net as things are at this time 2. The motions to mutations and ruines are very swift things move faster then we conceive to their ends The Jewes hasted out of Aegypt and destruction hasted on the Aegyptians A wheele in a wheele notes intension of motion as Elias prayed in prayer Jam. 5.17 That is he was intense so a wheele in a wheele intimates intensenesse of the motion All things make speed to their owne ruine 3. There is a secret motion which carries on the wheeles and moves them that way they goe there is a wheele in a wheele and that sets the other a moving as a spring in a Watch sets all the wheeles agoing some latent engine stirs the wheels of the world in some places you shall see the waters suddenly fly all about you the cause of that motion is hidden so in all the motions turnes and stirres of the world there is a secret wheele divine providence that sets on worke and carries on That was a great wheele and turne when ten tribes at once fell from Rehoboam and ran to Jeroboam Politicians and Statesmen could see sedition rebellion and treason in that motion the outward wheele was obvious but the wheele in the wheele was not seene by every eye Behold I will rend the Kingdome out of Solomons hands and give ten Tribes to thee 1 King 11.31 If there be divisions ruines plunderings in a Kingdome there is a wheele in those wheeles a providence that acts and orders Job 6.5 Afflictions come not forth of the dust nor trouble out of the ground they come out of the wheele God turnes that upon Kingdomes and families as Micah 1.12 Evill came downe from the Lord to the gates of Jerusalem God hath a wheele in all the wheeling businesses of the world Anastasius the Emperour being inform'd of a conspiracy against him and the State Zonar commanded Justinian and Justinus with many others to be executed by a voice in the night he was bid to spare Justinian and Justinus for they were to doe good service and they both afterward were Emperours the motion of the wheele in the wheele sav'd their lives and advanc'd them to honour At the Battell of Keinton was a wheele in a wheele the wheele at first ran for the adverse partie but the wheele in the wheele turn'd it on our side At Brainford there was a wheele in a wheele When the enemies plots have been their plagues and their doings their undoings the wheele in the wheele both moved and turn'd their owne workes upon them Psal 9.16 4. The motions of divine providence in the things of the world are beyond the reach of the ablest braines Providence walkes works so darkly deeply changeably wheeles about so that mortalls cannot tell what conclusions to make when the issues of things are extant we can see what the antecedent motions carried in their wombe otherwise not unlesse wee have it by vision as here Ezekiel had or some extraordinary way Providence hath such bouts and fetches as puzzle the thoughts and hearts of the ablest and best when the Children of Israel were at the borders of Canaan they were carried backe againe to Ezion-gabor Numb 33. Exod. 13.18 it 's said God led them about through the way of the Wildernesse by the red Sea and so providence leads businesses about they goe backwards and forwards so that we cannot make sense of Gods motions in the world As in Characters till a man learne be instructed in them he can make no sense of them and men now of rare abilities cannot tell what sense to make of the motions of the wheeles Mounsieur Chastileon Admirall of France at the match of Charles the 9th his Sister with the King of Navarre was invited with the chiefe of the Protestants by the King to celebrate the marriage at Paris and to confirme Peace the Protestants at Rochel advised him not to goe but importunitie of others prevailed with him he went and was massacred for it Although he was of great wisdome hee could not discerne what way the wheeles would move the wisest man is too weake to spell out the meaning of the wheels and mysteries of providence once before he had refused to come to Court at the Kings sending who sent Mounsieur Du Tore his cousen to advertise him of important affaires he had to communicate he suspecting answered the King means me no good and tell him there be no Count Egmonds in France I will not suffer my head so easily to be cut off as he did in Flanders Roderick King of Spaine to assure himselfe against the children and friends of King Vitiza whom he had deposed dismounted all the strong holds and disarm'd the people this strengthened him against domestick enemies not forein attempts For the Moores invading him shortly after overthrew him and finding little resistance in seven or eight moneths conquer'd almost all Spaine The Britains molested by the
the wicked and that for speciall ends I have set thee in the midst of the nations and God had peculiar ends in it The nations and countrey about was full of ignorance Idolatry and prophaneness God recorded his name at Jerusalem set his worship there and them in the midst of the nations that they might make known the true God the true Religion the true way of Worship that they might by their holy lives win those that were without bring them in to serve the God of Israel and had the Jewes been consciencious of their wayes faithfull and spirituall in their worship they might have prevail'd much with the nations to have turned from their Idols and other sins to the living God at least have convinc'd them of the evill of their own wayes and the excellencie of Gods wayes Therefore Moses used this Argument to perswade the Jewes to keep Gods Statutes Deut. 4.6 Keep and do them saith he for this is your wisdome and understanding in the sight of the nations which shall bear all those statutes and say Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people Examples of ciâ—â—es and nations are convincing and perswasive Orators if they be â—â—lly â—eakons on a hill whose light extends far great cities have influence into all the counties and countreys round about they came from all places to Jerusalem from Sheba 1 King 10.1 from Ethiopiae Acts 8.27 from Parthia Mosopotamia Lybia Rome and many other parts Acts 2.9 10. and what they saw and heard at Jerusalem that fastned upon them What is done in great cities is much observed and goes forth to the ends of the earth Rev. 17.5 Babylon the Mother of Harlots and abominations of the earth 4. Ingratitude is a sin that provokes heaven it self it caused God the giver to upbraid Jerusalem the receiver I set thee in the midst of the nations I made thee the head put honour upon thee call'd thee my city was thy defence glory strength I gave thee my Judgements and Statutes and what hast thou done corrupted thy self corrupted the nation changed my judgements into wickednesse and rejected them this troubled the Lord greatly in all ages Deut. 32.6 Do you thus requite the Lord Oh foolish people and unwise is not he thy father that hath bought thee hath hee not made thee c. and notwithstanding all that God had done for them and was to them yet they corrupted bespotted themselves dealt perversly and crookedly with God so Isai 1.2 Heare O heavens and give eare O earth I have brought up children and they have rebelled against mee Oxen and Asses were more respective of their owners then they were of their God and therefore God upbraids them with it God had done much for that people his Law Prophets Temple Worship Miracles choycest blessings of heaven and earth were for them and yet they were ingratefull therefore God calls heaven and earth to witnesse against them how unreasonable they were in their carriage towards the Lord so in Jer. 2.12 he puts it higher Be astonished O yee heavens at this be horribly afraide very desolate and why should there be such a change in the heavens because Gods people had made a dreadfull change on earth God had been a fountain of living waters unto them fill'd them with comforts of all sorts made them green and flourishing and now they had forsaken him for puddle and broken cisterns of their own ingratitude troubles heaven and earth Bernard saith mans ingratitude troubled Christ more then his crosse nails whippings reproaches yea his death for Christ to become man to suffer all for man and he to be unthankfull this pierced him to the heart most and when God doth much for kingdomes and cities and they prove ingratefull it puts God into an upbraiding way Isa 5.4 I did so and so for my Vineyard Oh what could have been done more I will take away the hedge thereof and it shall be eaten up trod downe laid waste it shall have briers and no rain shall fall upon it 5. Those have the name and face of Gods people may become worse then Heathens Jerusalem changed Gods Statutes into wickednesse that was ill but she did it more then the nations which was exceeding ill hence you find Ezek. 16.46 47 48. that the sins of Jerusalem exceeded the Samaritans and Sodomites Thou hast not walked after their wayes nor done after their abominations but as if that were a very little thing thou wast corrupted more then they in all thy wayes their sins were inconsiderable to Jerusalems and because Sodoms sins being so great notorious as that they fetched fire from heaven and God could forbear them no longer it would hardly be received that Jerusalems sins were worse then Sodoms the Lord swears to it As I live saith the Lord God Sodom and her daughters have not done as thou and thy daughters have done the nations and countreys about never sinned so desperately against God as those professed his name and went for his people and you have the sentence of heaven for it Jer. 2.10.11 Passe over the Iles of Shittim and see send unto Kedar and consider diligently and see if there be such a thing hath a nation changed their gods which are yet no gods but my people hath changed their Glory for that which doth not profit the turpitude of their fact is fully set out it was such as could not be parallel'd among Heathens inquiry was made the report given in that the Gentiles changed not their gods they would not alter their lawes and worship they had from men but the Jewes parted with their glory when they would not part with their shame they let go their Religion which was divine Hos 9.10 and without any just cause changed Gods judgements and statutes into wickednesse into that which neither did nor could profit they were changelings chopt away heaven for earth God for Idols and his worship for mens inventions this made the Lord say of them Jer. 3.5 Behold thou hast spoken and done evill things as thou couldest What could they do worse then let the infinite glorious wise most holy and blessed God go for Idols and Idolatrous worship when the heathens would not let their gods goe that were of base and corruptible materialls made by the hands and art of men that could neither see heare or help them What could Manasses doe worse then he did 2 King 21.11 VER 7 8. Therefore thus saith the Lord God Because you multiplyed more then the Nations that are round about you and have not walked in my Statutes neither have kept my Judgements neither have done according to the judgements of the Nations that are round about you 8. Therefore thus saith the Lord Behold I even I am against thee and will execute judgements in the midst of thee in the sight of the Nations c. THe 7th verse is of the nature of the sixt and hath in it motives unto God to proceed in judgement
Gods glory be visible 198 how considerable 197 198 glory here is but appearance of glory 201 choyce ones have a sight of the glory of God 201 sight of glory is an humbling thing 205 368 manifestation of divine glory argues divine goodnesse 367 two things required to the sight of glory 367 Gnarum Vsed in a contrary sense 258 God Tied to no place 32 is carefull of his Church when lowest 34 he works invisibly 113 whether his essence may be seen 198 199 200 his presence and departure the greatest happiness misery of a people 311 God bears with the weaknesses of his 328 his proceedings are different with his and others 359 402 knowes things to come 387 hee yeelds to the weaknesses of his and mitigates what is grievous 414 415 Gods being against a people is dreadfull and wherein 437 438 439 how known 440 then he doth unheard of things 445 God no polygamist 227 Godly Mingled with wicked 34 they fare the better for the godly 36 God doth great things for the godly 50 51 there is opposition in the godly to the work of the Spirit 60 they must stir up themselves to farther reception of grace 293 may do the will of God unwillingly 319 whence that is 320 their condition is very changeable 325 they have need of new influence 363 the godly before Christ had the same Spirit and comforts that we now have 370 they will not defile themselves with little sins 413 414 Goiim 225 put upon the Jewes 226 Grace Where it is is ability to act 294 means of grace denyed to those would imbrace the same 299 grace insupportable 302 a gracious heart deprecates that is against it 413 H Haire Wherein citizens are resembled to the haire of the head 418 shaving off the hair what it notes 419 Hand Hand of the Lord what it is 56 it notes action 111 Heathens Truer to their God and principles then the Jewes 432 434 435 Heart A hard heart a great evill 238 it's the treasury for the Word 303 Heaven Opened how to be understood 48 49 heavenly things too high for us 80 they are pure and glorious 168 yea dreadfully glorious ibid. Hin How much it contain'd 406 Humble Fittest to heare divine things 206 quickely comforted 214 man hath in him principles of humiliation 214 the humble not long without the Spirit 370 Hunger Makes any thing pleasant 411 Holy They be holy are heavenly 103 holiness imboldens 274 holy men record their own infirmities 317 Holy-Ghost Is God 316 I Jehoiachin Observable things about him 37 Jehovah Of that name 202 Jerusalem The head City 426. how said to be in the midst of nations 427 Eulogies of it ibid. Jewes Vnconstant in Religion 435 Ignorance It will not excuse 346 Impudence 236 237 where the face is impudent the heart is hard 238 Infirmities Great best Saints have infirmities 317 they oft do Gods will unwillingly 319 they interrupt not Gods love 320 who heals helps them 321 Ingratitude It provokes God much 431 Josiah His posterity four times in 23. yeers carried captive 40 Israel Whence what 225 all not true Israelites are called so 230 house of Israel who meant by it 394 Judgements and Statutes 428 Judgements Of God upon Kingdomes cities are dreadfull 174 they speak 175 works of judgement glorious call'd glory 191 God is praise-worthy in them 312 they succeed one another 409 they are not casuall 413 end of them 416 they are sharp 422 irresistible ib. judicious and in measure 423 no escaping of them ibid. in great judgement some are spared 424 not all good that are spared 425 what makes God walk in the way of judgements 434 God is the great actor in all judgements 437 executeth them openly 442 severity in them 446 they are pleasing to God 460 judgements are instructions 465 Justice Execution of it makes glorious 78 K Kab How much it contain'd 411 Key Of heaven in Gods hand 50 Kingdome Wherein the happinesse and misery of kingdomes lyeth 311 Knowledge Should issue out into action 112 a tongue with a hand under it was the Egyptian Hieroglyphick ibid. L Law The godly under it had the same Spirit grace and comforts wee have under Christ 370 Living Creatures 82 83 Lifting up what it notâ—s 154 Life Power of life and death in Christs hand 342 Log How much 406 how many made a Hin 407 Looks of men daunt 256 M Magistrates should be forward to do justice 126 it makes them glorious 192 they must not be fearfull and why 269 Malice Nothing priviledges from it 375 entertains not the Word 461 Megillath 3 242 Man Not capable of immediate accesse to God 180 men in place meet with scratches 264 men of the world are politick for their own ends 324 his ruine is from himself 359 Mercy God addes one to another 54 Ministrations Service imployment in all these we must have instructions from Christ 101 God raiseth the spirit of the creature sometimes to great services 156 Ministers Subject to reproach 47 must deliver what they have from God 58 must see their call be clear ib. come with the Spirit of God 61 Ministers put upon hard things 238 their preaching provokes it 's plundring men of their lusts will c. 238 239 they must not look at event but their call 239 they witness for or against their hearers 249 not be fearfull 269 270 they must first digest truth and then deliver truth 292 they should feed upon the Word 294 what they have is given 301 they may not remove at pleasure from place to place 324 they are watchmen and must be men of knowledge 332 must indure hardship 334 they must depend upon Christ for more light 336 they must learne before they teach ib. warn others 337 343 do their office in the name of Christ 338 their power is declaratory 342 they may not impose upon conscience 342 their scope should be to save life 344 not to shew wit ib. not to please men not to get a living 345 their office is honourable ib. what Ministers are cruell and bloody 347 doing their duty shall save themselves if not others 349 unfaithfull Ministers perfidious to God and man 360 they need new supplie 363 they must expect bands and chains 374 oft are severely dealt with 375 it 's not new for them to be roughly handled 376 More No more opened 444 Mourning Why they used to mourn seven dayes 323 N Names Names given suitable to events 7 alteration of names 37 name of the wicked odious 41 Naturall abilities reach not spirituall things 219 O Oath Gods oath 447 lifting up the hand anciently the sign of an oath ibid. Obedient Obedience unto Christ must be absolute 291 what makes obedientiall 336 absolute obedience meets with mercies unexpected 366 Occasion God takes occasion from the sin of some to bring in judgement upon all 425 Officers Who fit for publike offices in State and Church 99 Christs officers indued with his Spirit 219 to set