an account thereof in the day of judgment for by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned Matth. 12. 34 35 36 37. Every Scribe instructed c. is like to a master of a family who bringeth forth c. both new and old Matth. 13. 52. Those things which proceed out of the mouth cometh forth from the heart and they defile the man Matth. 15. 18. And all wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth Luke 4. 22. Peter too rashly said unto Christ Thou shalt never wash my feet John 13. 8. Bless and curse not Rom. 12. 14. In the Church I had rather speak five words with my understanding that I might teach others also than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue c. It is a shame for a woman to speak in the Chruch 1 Cor. 14. 19 35. Evil communication corrupts good manners 1 Cor. 15. 33. Wherefore putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbour c. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying or to edifie profitable that it may minister grace unto the hearers and grieve not the holy Spirit of God c. Let all bitterness c. and clamour and evil-speaking be put away Ephes 4. 25 29 30 31. But fornication c. let it not be once named amongst you as becometh saints neither filthy nor foolish talking nor jesting which are not convenient Ephes 5. 3 4. But now also put off all these c. blasphemy filthy communication out of your mouth Lye not one to another c. Col. 3. 8 9. Let your speech be always with grace seasoned with salt that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man Col. 4. 6. Neither give heed to fables c. which minister questions rather than godly edifying 1 Tim. 1. 4. They learn to be idle c. and not only idle but tatlers also and busi-bodies speaking things which they ought not 1 Tim. 5. 13. Doting about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh envy strife railing c. perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds c. 2 Tim. 6. 4 5. Charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit to the subverting of the hearers c. Shun prophane and vain bablings for they will increase to more ungodliness and their word will eat as doth a canker c. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid knowing that they do gender strifes 2 Tim. 2. 14 16 17 23. In all things shew thy self a pattern c. Sound speech which cannot be condemned that he who is of the contrary party may be ashamed Titus 2. 7 8. Speak evil of no man to be no brawler c. Titus 3. 2. Let every man be swift to hear slow to speak c. It any man among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his own heart this man's religion is vain James 1. 19 26. If any man offend not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle the whole body Behold we put bits in horses mouths c. The ships though great c. yet are they turned about with a small helm whithersoever the governer listeth so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things c. And the tongue is a fire a world of iniquity so is the tongue among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature and it is set on fire of hell For every kind of beast c. hath been tamed of man but the tongue can no man tame an unruly evil full of deadly poyson Therewith bless we God even the Father and therewith curse we men c. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blassings and cursings My brethren these things ought not so to be James 3. 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10. Speak not evil one of another brethren for whoso speaketh evil of his brother and judgeth his brother speaketh evil of the law James 4. 11. Wherefore laying aside all malice c. and evil-speaking 1 Pet. 2. 1. Not rendring c. railing for railing but contrariwise blessing c. He who would love life and see good days let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile 1 Pet. 3. 9 10. But these as natural brute beasts c. speak evil of the things they understand not 2 Pet. 2. 12. The Lord c. to convince all c. of all their hard speeches which ungodly c. have spoken against me Jude vers 14 15. All lyars shall have their part in the lake which burneth c. and there shall in no wise enter in c. whosoever worketh c. and maketh a lye Rev. 21. 8 27. Without are dogs c. and whatsoever loveth and maketh a lye Rev. 22. 15. To acknowledge and mourn for Sin dâ—part from it and watch against it The Arguments God complains of it Reasoning with Sinners about it Threatnings and Judgments against Sin and Sinners I. What Sin is BY the law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 20. ch 7. 7 13. Sin is the transgression of the law 1 John 3. 4. All unrighteousness is sin 1 John 5. 17. II. Acknowledge Sin unto God both their own and others and mourn for them AND Moses returned unto the Lord and said Oh this people have sinned a great sin and have made them gods of gold c. Exod. 32. 31. Deut. 9. 16 18 19 20. And Aaron shall lay both of his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel and all their transgressions and all their sins c. Levit 16. 21. If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers with their trespasses which they have trespassed against me and that also they have walked contrary unto me c. then will I remember my covenant Levit. 26. 40 42. When a man or woman shall commit any sin c. then they shall confess their sins which they have done Numb 5. 6 7. Joshua said to Achan Give glory to the God of Israel and make confession c. â—osh 7. 19. And David said to Nathan I have sinned against the Lord 2 Sam. 12 13. David's heart smote him c. And David said unto the Lord I have sinned greatly in that I have done 2 Sam. 24. 10. Wicked Ahab his mourning kept off the threatned Judgments in his days 1 Kings 21. 27 29. Ezra said I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee my God for our iniquities are increased over our head and our-trespasses c. Ezra 9. 5 6 7 c. ch 10. 6. 2. Kings 22. 11 13 19. Nehemiah confesseth thus Both I and my father's house have sinned we have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept c. Nehem. 1.
of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things which are made even his eternal Power and Godhead so that they are without excuse because when they knew God they did not glorifie him as God c. Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them up c. Rom. 1. 19 20 21 28. Psal 19. 1 2 c. Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness c. not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance c. Thou art called a Jew c. and kâ—â—west his will c. Rom. 2. 4 18 19. The way of peace they have not known c. By the law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 17 20. ch 7. 7. We glory also in tribulation knowing that tribulation worketh patience c. Rom. 5. 3 4. They have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own c. have not submitted c. Rom. 10. 2 3. I would not brethren that ye should be ignorant in this mystery lest ye should be wise in your own conceits that blindness in part is happened to Israel c. O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out for who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor Rom. 11. 25 33 34. That ye may prove what is that good and acceptable will of God Rom. 12. 2. I my self also am perswaded of you my brethren that ye also are full of goodness and filled with all knowledge able also to admomsh one another Rom. 15. 14. The mystery which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest and by the Scriptures of the Prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God made known to all nations Rom. 16. 25 26. In every thing ye are enriched c. and in all knowledge c. The world by wisdom knew not God c. 1 Cor. 1. 5 21. I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified c. We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery c. which none of the Princes of this world knew for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory c. God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit c. The things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God Now we have received the spirit which is of God that we might know the things which are freely given to us of God c. the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God c. neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned c. Who hath known the mind of the Lord c. but we have the mind of Christ 1 Cor. 2. 2 7 8. 10 11 12 14 16. Psal 92. 5 6. If any c. seemeth to be wise in this world let him become a fool that he may be wise 1 Cor. 3. 18. Do ye not know that the Saints shall judge the world c. Know ye not c. 1 Cor. 6. 2 3 15. We know that we all have knowledge knowledge pusseth up but charity edisieth and if any man thinketh he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know c. We know that an Idol is nothing c. howbeâ—t there is not in every man that knowledge 1 Cor. 8. 1 2 4 7. I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud 1 Cor. 10. 1 2. To another the word of knowledge by the same spirit 1 Cor. 12. 8. Though I c. understand all mysteries and all knowledge c. and have no charity I am nothing c. Whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away for we know in part c. now we see through a glass darkly or in a riddle but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known 1 Cor. 13. 2 8 9 10 12. Job 8 9. If any man be ignorant let him be ignorant 1 Cor. 14. 38. Some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame 1 Cor. 15. 34. Lest Satan should get an advantage of us for we are not ignorant of his devices 2 Cor. 2. 11. But their minds were blinded for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old Testament c. When Moses is read the vail is upon their heart 2 Cor. 3. 14 15. If our Gospel be hid it is hid to them who are lost in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not lest the light of the glorious gospel c. should shine in them c. God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the c. 2 Cor. 4. 3 4 6. We know that if our earthly house c. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we perswade men c. Henceforth know we no man after the flesh yea though we have known Christ after the flesh yet now henceforth know we him no more 2 Cor. 5. 1 11 16. Therefore as ye abound in every thing c. in knowledge 2 Cor. 8. 7. Howbeit then when ye knew not God ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have known God or rather are known of God c. Gal. 4. 8 9. Having made known unto us the mystery of his will c. That God c. may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him the eyes of your understanding being enlightned that ye may know what is the hope c. Ephes 1. 9 17 18 19. The mystery of Christ which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as c. that ye may be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the breadth c. and to know the love of Christ which surpasseth knowledge Ephes 3. 4 5 18 19. He gave some Apostles c. till we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God c. Walk not as other Gentiles c. having the understanding darkned being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them because of the blindness or hardness of their hearts Ephes 4. 11 12 13 17 18. 1 Thes 4. 5. Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord 〈◊〉 understanding what the will of the Lord is 〈◊〉 5. 10 17. That your love may abound c. in knowledge and in all judgment c. Phil. 1. 9. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus c. that I may know him and the power of
53 54 56. Luke 19. 46. ch 22. 37 38. Jesus said Do ye not therefore err because ye know not the scriptures c. Mark 12. 24. Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away Mark 13. 31. Luk. 16. 17. Joh. 10. 35. They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them c. If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead Luk. 16. 29 31. When Jesus taught his Disciples he said O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken c. And beginning at Moses c. he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself c. All things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms concerning me Then opened he their understandings that they might understand the scriptures and he said unto them Thus it is written and thus it behoved Christ to suffer c. Luke 24. 25 27 44 45 46. ch 10. 25 26. 27. Ye have not his word abiding in you for whom he hath sent ye believe not Search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life and they are they which testifie of me c. Had ye believed Moses ye would have believed me for he wrote of me But if ye believe not his writings how shall ye believe my words John 5. 38 39 46 47. ch 2. 22. ch 7. 52. Christ said It is written in the prophets And they shall be all taught of God Every man therefore who hath heard and learned of the Father c. Joh. 6. 45. ch 7. 38 42. The word I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day Joh. 12. 48. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me and they have received them c. That the Scriptures might be fulfilled Neither pray I for these alone but for them also who shall believe on me through their word Joh. 17. 8 12 20. Matt. 10. 14 15. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life Joh. 20. 31. That Scripture ought to be fulfilled which the Holy Ghost forespoke by the mouth of David Act. 1. 16 20. When the Apostles preached they proved their Doctrine by the Scriptures but this is that which was spoken by the Prophet c. And David c. Act. 2. ch 3. ch 4. ch 5. ch 7. ch 17. 2 3. Is it reason we should leave the word of God and serve tables c. Act. 6. 2 4 7. ch 13. 7. Samaria had received the word of God yet had not received the holy Ghost The Eunuch reading the scripture had Philip sent to him to convert him by it Act. 8. 14 15 16 29 30 31 32 c. Luk. 8. 11. Call for Simon who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved Act. 11. 13 14. ch 10. 33. Sergius Paulus desired to hear the word of God c. The whole city came together to hear the word of God c. Acts 13. 7 44 45 46. Acts 19. 20. Those were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so Act. 17. 11. Apollos c. Mighty in the scriptures c. Mightily convinced the Jews and that publickly shewed by the scriptures that Jesus was christ Act. 18. 24 25 28. ch 17. 2 3. Paul said I wist not brethren that he was the high priest for it is written Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler c. Act. 23. 5. After the way they call heresie so worship I c. believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets Act. 24. 14. Joh. 2. 22. Saying saith Paul none other things than those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come Act. 26. 22. There came many to Paul c. to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God persuading them concerning Jesus both out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets from morning c. Act. 28. 23. Which he had promised c. by his prophets in the holy scriptures c. The gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation c. Rom. 1. 2 16 c. What advantage c. Much Because that unto them were committed the oracles of God By the law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 2 20. Ye have obeyed that form of doctrine whereinto ye were delivered Rom. 6. 17. I had not known sin but by the law c. Unless the law had said Thou c. Rom. 7. 7. For the scripture saith Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed c. So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God Rom. 10. 11 17. It is written The reproaches c. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope Rom. 15. 3 4. The mystery which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest and by the scriptures of the prophets c. made known c. Rom. 16. 25 26. Ephes 5. 13. ch 3. 5 6. The preaching of the cross is to them who perish foolishness c. For it is written I will destroy the wisdom of the wise c. 1 Cor. 1. 18 19. Which things we speak not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth but which the holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things c. 1 Cor. 2. 9 13. When the apostle had mentioned many things Israel did c. he faith Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come 1 Cor. 10. 11. Rom. 4. 23 24. Ye keep the ordinances or traditions I as delivered them unto you 1 Cor. 11. 2. I declare unto you the gospel which I preached c. By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory c. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures that he was buried that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3 4. We are not as many who corrupt the word of God or deal falsly with the word 2 Cor. 2. 17. God who commandeth the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 2 Cor. 4. 6. ch 3. 18. 2 Tim. 1. 10. There are some who would pervert the gospel c. But though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed as we have said before so say I now again If
they were moved with indignation against their two brethren but Jesus called them unto him and said â— Ye know that the Princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they who are great exercise authority upon them but it shall not be so amongst you But whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister c. even as the son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister Matth. 20. 24 25 26 27 28. ch 23. 11 12 Luke 22. 24 25 c. One is your master Christ and all ye are brethren c. Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted Matth. 23. 8 12. When Christ had said one should bettay him each Disciple said Is it I Is it I c. Peter notwithstanding his confidence denied Christ three times being left to himself Matth. 26. 22 69 70 71 c. Luke 22. 32 33 34 55 56 57 58 59 60 61. Peter fell down at Jesus knees and said Depart from me for I am a sinful man O Lord. Luke 5. 8. Rejoice not that the Spirits are made subject to you but rather that your names are written in heaven Luke 10. 17 20. When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest a more hohourable man than thou be bidden Luke 14. 8. When ye have done all c. say ye are unprofitable servants Luke 17. 10. He spake this parable unto certain who trusted c. that they were righteous and despised others c. The Publican standing afar off would not lift so much as his eyes to heaven but smote upon his breast saying Lord be merciful to me a sinner c. Luke 18. 9 13 14 c. Beware of the Scribes who desire to walk in long robes love greetings c. The highest seats in the Synagogues Luke 20. 4 6. This my joy therefore is fulfilled he must increase but I must decrease John 3. 29 30. Jesus washed his disciples feet c. If I then your Lord and master have washed your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet for I have given you an example John 13. 4 5 14 15. Ye men of Israel why marvel ye at this or why look you so earnestly at us as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk c. Through faith in his name hath made this man strong Acts 3. 12 13 16. ch 4. 9 11. Cornelius met Peter fell at his feet and worshipped him but Peter took him up saying Stand up I my self am a man Acts 10. 25 26. When the Priests of Jupiter and the people would have done Sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas they said We are men of like passions with you and preach to you that you should turn from these vanities c. Acts 14. 13 14 15. Apollos an eloquent Man and mighty in the Scripture yet submits to be taught the way of God more perfectly by Aquilla and Priscilla Tent-makers Acts 18. 24 25 26. I have been with you c. serving the Lord with all humility of mind Acts 20. 18 19. The Apostle blames the Jewes for boasting of the Law and of their knowledge and ability to instruct others c. Rom. 2. 17 18 19 20 21. For I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing Rom. 7. 18. They being studious to establish their own righteousness were not subject to the righteousness of God c. Rom. 10. 3. Boast not against the branches but if thou boast thou bearest not the root but the root thee Thou wilt say The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in well because of unbelief they were broken off and thou standest by faith be not high-minded but fear c. Rom. 11. 18 19 20 21. For I say c. to every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but to think soberly according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith c. Mind not high things but condescend to men of low estate or be content with mean things be not wise in your own conceits Rom. 12. 3 16. God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise c. that no flesh should glory in his presence 1 Cor. 1. 27 28 29. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world let him become a fool that he may be wise for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God c. therefore let no man glory in men 1 Cor. 3. 18 19 21. That ye might learn in us not to think above that which is written that no one of you be puffed up for one against another for who maketh thee to differ or distinguisheth thee and what hast thou which thou didst not receive Now if thou didst receive it why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it c. The kingdom of God is not in word but in power 1 Cor. 4. 6 7 20. If any man think he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing as he ought to know 1 Cor. 8. 2. Wherefore let him who thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall 1 Cor. 10. 12. Matth. 26. 33 35 70 72 74. John 13. 37. 38. To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom c. but all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit dividing to every man severally as he will c. The eye cannot say unto the hand I have no need of thee Nor again the head to the foot I have no need of you c. 1 Cor. 12. 8 9 10 11 20 21. Charity vaunteth not it self or is not rash is not puffed up 1 Cor. 13. 4. I am the least of the Apostles who am not meet to be called an Apostle c. but by the grace of God I am that I am c. not I but the grace of God with me 1 Cor. 15. 9 10. 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 15. Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. 3. 5 6. We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not us 2 Cor. 4. 7. Some who commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves c. are not wise but we will not boast of things without our measure c. But he who glorieth let him glory in the Lord for not he who commendeth himself is approved but whom the Lord commendeth 2 Cor. 10. 12 13 17 18. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations there was given to me a thorn in the flesh c. I am nothing 2 Cor. 12. 7 11. God accepteth no man's person c. I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Gal. 2. 6 20. Eph. 6. 9. Let us not be desirous vain-glory provoking one another
6 7. There are diversities of operations but it is the same God who worketh all in all 1 Cor. 12. 6. But by the grace of God I am that I am c. I labour c. but the grace of God with me 1 Cor. 15. 10. Gal. 1. 15. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature c. But all these things are of God c. 2 Cor. 5. 17 18. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down imaginations c. 2 Cor. 10. 4 5. I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live c. I live by faith Gal. 2. 20. What is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe c. Ephes 10. 19 20. Col. 1. 11 12 13. We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath c. Ephes 2. 10. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ Ephes 4. 7. Work out your own salvation c. For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Philip. 2. 12 13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthneth me Philip. 4. 13. In meekness instruct c. If God peradventure will give them repentance to the c. 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. The just shall live by faith c. Heb. 10. 38. Now the God of peace c. make you perfect in every good work to do his will working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Heb. 13. 20 21. 2 Thes 5. 23 24. Every good and perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variableness c. James 1. 17. Giving thanks unto the Father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son Col. 1. 12 13. 2. In Particular To give Knowledge of himself and of Jesus Christ and of the Mystery of Salvation by him in the Gospel and of our Duty Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear unto this day Deut. 29. 2. 3 4. There is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding Great men are not wise neither do the aged understand judgment Job 32. 8 9. Psal 94. 10. Job 38. 36. Behold God c. Who teacheth like him Job 36. 22. ch 38. 36. Good and upright is the Lord therefore will he teach sinners in the way the meek will he guide in judgment and the meek will he teach his way c. What man is he who feareth the Lord hâ—â— shall he teach in the way that he shall chuse c. The secret of the Lord is with them who â—ear him and he will shew them his covenant Psal 25. 4 5 8 9 12 14. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go I will guide thee with mine eye Psal 32. 8. O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me let them bring me unto c. Psal 43. 3 4. Open thou mine eyes that I may behold the wondrous things out of thy law c. Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I shall keep it to the end Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law Psal 119. 18 33 34. Psal 86. 11. He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgments unto Israel Psal 147. 19. Wisdom crieth c. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c. and fools hate knowledge Turn ye at my reproof Behold I will pour out my spirit upon you I will make known my words unto you Prov. 1. 20 22 23. If thou criest after knowledge c. then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God For the Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding Prov. 2. 3 4 5 6. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 3. 6. I have taught them the way of wisdom I have led thee in the right paths Prov. 4. 11. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea Isa 11. 9. Heb. 2. 14. Habak 2. 14. And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness c. They also who erred in the spirit shall come to understanding c. they shall learn doctrine Isa 29. 18 24. 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 the eyes of them who see shall not be dim c. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge and the tongue of the stammerers be ready to speak plainly or elegantly Isa 32. 3 4. Your God will come c. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped Isa 35. 4 5. I the Lord have called thee c. for a light to the Gentiles to open the blind eyes c. And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not I will lead them in paths they have not known I will make darkness light before them and crooked things streight Isa 42. 6 7 16. I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord c. Jer. 24. 7. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them Jer. 31. 34. Heb. 8. 11. Isa 54. 13. Jesus said I thank thee O Father c. because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Neither knoweth any man the Father but the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him Matth. 11. 25 27. It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given Matth. 13. 11 13. Mark 4. 11 12. Peter said Thou art that Christ c. And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou Simon Bar-Jona for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father who is in heaven Matth. 16. 15 16 17. The day-spring from on high hath visited us to give light to them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our seet into the way of peace Luke 1. 78 79. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gain-say nor resist Luke 25. 15. These are the words which I spake
ignorant was I I was as a beast before thee Psal â—3 16. 17 22. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen who have not known thee Psal 79. 6. They know not neither will they understand they walk on in darkness Psal 82. 5. Let them be confounded c. that they may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth Psal 83. 18. Understand O ye brutish among the people and fools when will ye be wise He who planted the ear shall he not hear c. Psal 94. 7 8 9 10 11. It is a people who do err in their hearts and they have not known my ways Psal 95. 10. Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal 107. 43. For I know that the Lord is great and our Lord above all gods Psal 135. 5. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk Psal 143. 8. Ps 146. 8. He shewed his word unto Jacob c. He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgments they have not known them Ps 147. 19 20. A wise man will hear and increase learning a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels c. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c. and fools hate knowledge c. they shall call upon me but I will not answer c. for that they hated knowledge and did not chuse the fear of the Lord Prov. 1. 5 7 22 28 29. Apply thine heart to understanding yea if thou cryest after knowledge c. if thou seek her as silver c. then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord c. for the Lord giveth wisdom c. understanding shall keep thee Prov. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 10 11. ch 4. 7. Happy is the man who findeth wisdom and the man who getteth understanding for the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver Prov. 3. 13 14. ch 8. 5 6 11. ch 16. 16. Job 28. 12 15 16 17 c. I beheld c. a young man void of understanding passing through the street c. Prov. 7. 7 8 c. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom the knowledge of the Holy understanding Prov. 9. 10. Wise men lay up knowledge Prov. 10. 14. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way Prov. 14. 8. Evil men understand not judgment but they who seek the Lord understand all things Prov. 28. 5. Surely I am more brutish than any man and have not the understanding of a man Prov. 30. 2. Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thâ— feedest c. if thou know not O thou fairest c. go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock Cant. 1. 7 8. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib Israel doth not know my people doth not consider Isa 1. 3. Therefore my people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledge Isa 5. 13. Hear ye indeed but understand not and see ye indeed but perceive not c. make their ears heavy and shut their eyes lest they see c. and understand Isa 6. 9 10. Mat. 13. 13 14. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea Isa 11. 9. Habak 2. 14. The Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day and shall do sacrifice c. Isa 19. 21. It is a people of no understanding therefore he who made them will not have mercy on them Isa 27. 11. The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep and hath closed your eyes c. and the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book sealed c. therefore c. The wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid c. In that day shall the eyes of the blind see out of obscurity c. They who erred in spirit shall come to understanding c Isa 29. 10 11 12 13 14 18 24. Save us c. that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord c. Isa 37. 20. Have ye not known c. it is he who â—tteth upon the circle of the earth Isa 40. 21 22. That they may know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord c. Isa 41. 20. I will bring the blind by a way they knew not c. in paths they have not known Isa 42. 16. They have not known nor understood for he hath shut their eyes and they cannot see and their hearts and they cannot understand c. neither is there knowledge or understanding to say I have 〈◊〉 part of it c. Isa 44. 18 19. Nations c. which knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord c. Isa 55. 5. They who handle the law knew me not Jer. 2. 8. I will give you Pastors c. who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding Jer. 3. 15. My people is foolish they have not known me they are 〈◊〉 children they have no understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge Jer. 4. 22. ch 8. 7. ch 9. 3 6. ch 5. 21. Hâ—sea 5. 4. Let him who glories glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exercise loving-kindness judgment and righteâ—â—sness Jer. 9. 24. I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord Jer. 24. 7. Hosea 2. 20. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least c. Jer. 31. 34. All the remnant c. shall know whose words shall stand mine or theirs Jer. 44. 28. Ezek. 6. 10. I will set my glory among the heathen so the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward c. And when I have brought them again c. then shall they know that I am the Lord their God who caused them to be led into captivity Ezek. 39. 21 22 23 27 28. ch 38. 23. Jer. 16. 21. To the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth c. They shall make thee eat grass as oxen c. till thou know that the most High ruleth c. Dan. 4. 17 25 32. But the people who do know their God shall be strong and do c. and they who understand among the people shall instruct many c. and some of understanding shall fall Dan. 11. 32 33 35. Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased c. And none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand Dan. 12. 4 10. For she did not know that I gave her corn and wine and oyl c. Hosea 2. 8. The Lord hath a controversie c.
his resurrection c. Phil. 3. 8 10. Since c. ye knew the grace of God in truth we desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and understanding c. increasing in the knowledge of God c. the Saints to whom God would-make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ c. Col. 1. 6 9 10 26 27. Unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God and of the Father and of Christ in whom or wherein are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge Col. 2. 2 3. The new man which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created c. Col. 3. 10. Knowing brethren c. your election of God for our Gospel came not to you in word only but also in power c. 1 Thes 1. 4 5. I would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep 1 Thes 4. 13. Taking vengeance upon them who know not God 2 Thes 1. 8. Desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm but we know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully c. but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief c. 1 Tim. 1. 6 7 8 9 13. Who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth 1 Tim. 2. 4. If any man teach otherwise c. he is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions c. 1 Tim. 6. 3 4. They profess that they know God but in works they deny him Titus 1. 16. They do err in their hearts not having known my ways Heb. 3. 10. Every high Priest taken from among men c. who can have compassion on the ignorant c. concerning whom I have many things to say and hard to be unfolded seeing ye are dull of hearing c. Heb. 5. 1 2 11 12. If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth c. Hebr. 10. 26. 2 Pet. 2. 20 21. If any man lack wisdom let him ask it of God who giveth to all men liberally c. James 1. 5. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you let him shew out of a good c. James 3. 13. To him who knoweth to do good and doth it not to him it is sin James 4. 17. Not fashioning your selves according to the former lusts in your ignorance c. 1 Pet. 1. 14. With well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men 1 Pet. 2. 15. Grace c. be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord c. Add c. to vertue knowledge c. If these things be in you c. ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus c. but he who lacketh these c. is blind c. knowing this first that no Scripture is of private interpretation 2 Pet. 1. 2 3 5 8 9 20. But these c. speak evil of things they understand not c. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord c. it had been better c. not to have known c. 2 Pet. 2. 12. 20 21. Jude v. 1. This they are willingly ignorant of c. Paul c. in all his Epistles c. in which are some things hard to be understood which they who are unlearned wrest c. seeing ye know c. Grow in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus c. 2 Pet. 3. 5 15 16 17 18. Hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his commandments he that saith I know him and c. I write to you fathers because ye have known him c. ye know all things c. as the same anointing teacheth you all things c. 1 John 2. 3 4 13 20 21 27. Therefore the world knew us not because it knew him not c. whosoever sinneth hath not c. known him we know that we have passed from death to life c. hereby we know that we are of the truth c. 1 John 3. 1 6 14 19. ch 5. 2. Hereby know ye the spirit of God c. he who knoweth God heareth us c. hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of errour c. he that loveth God knoweth God he who loveth not knoweth not God we have known and believed the love that God hath to us 1 John 4. 2 6 7 8 16. That ye may know that ye have eternal life c. we know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not c. we know that we are of God c. we know that the son of God is come c. 1 John 5. 13 18 19 20. These speak evil of those things which they know not Jude v. 10. All the Churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and heart c. Rev. 2. 23. And knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind c. Rev. 3. 17. See the Ignorance of Natural Men Chap. 5. See the Giver of knowledge Chap. 20. CHAP. XXXIX Of this present World and the Riches Honours Pleasure and other Things in this World the use of them the Snares and Tentations in them and of the Saints Duty in Relation to them WHile the earth remaineth seed time and harvest cold and heat and summer and winter day and night shall not cease Gen. 8. 22. And Abraham was very rich in Cattel in Silver and in Gold c. Lot also went with Abraham c. their substance was great so that they could not dwell together Gen. 13. 2. Job 1. 3. Gen. 26. 12 13 14. If God will c. give me bread to eat and raiment to put on c. then c. Gen. 28. 20 21. When Rachel said Give me children c. Jacob said Am I in Gods stead who withheld c. Gen. 30. 1 2. ch 33. 5. All the earth is mine said the Lord to Moses Exod. 19. 5. God gave inventions to men to work of divers sorts Exod. 35. ch 36. ch 37 c. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours c. nor any thing that is thy neighbours Exod. 20. 17. Israel wept again and said Who shall give us flesh to eat c and God was angry Numb 11. 4. 10. 1 Cor. 10. 6 10. Balaam upon great news offers Balak went out being desired to curse Israel Numb 22. He sed thee with Manna c. that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only but c. thy raiment waxed not old c. The Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land c. wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness c. when thou hast eaten and art full then thou shalt bless the
then will I cause you to dwell in this place c. Behold ye trust in lying words which cannot profit Will ye steal murther c. and come and stand before me in this house c. Therefore I will do to this house which is called by my name wherein ye trust c. as I have done to Shiloh Jer. 7. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15. When I say to the righteous he shall surely live if he trust in his own righteousness and commit iniquity all his righteousness shall not be remembred c. he shall die Ezek. 33. 13 18. ch 23 38 39. I hate and despise your feast-days and will not smell in your solemn assemblies Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings I will not accept of them c. Let judgment run down as waters c. Amos 5. 21 to 26. Hear this c. ye heads of the house of Jacob and princes of the house of Israel who abhor judgment and pervert all equity c. The heads thereof judge for reward and the priests thereof teach for hire c. Yet will they lean upon the Lord and say Is not the Lord amongst us none evil can come upon us Therefore shall Zion for your sakes be plowed c. Micah 3. 9 to 13. Bring forth fruit meet for repentance and think not to say within your selves We have Abraham for our father c. Matth. 3. 8 9 10. Luke 3. 8. Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name cast out devils and in thy name done many wondrous works And then will I profess to them I never knew you depart from me ye who work iniquity Matth. 7. 21 22 23. Whosoever shall do the will of God the same is my brother and sister and mother Mark 3. 33 35. I know not whence you are Then shall ye begin to say We have eat and drank in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets But he shall say I tell you I know you not whence you are depart from me all ye workers of iniquity c. Luke 13. 25 26 27. Jesus said to the Pharisees Ye are they who justifie your selves before men but God knows your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst man is an abomination in the sight of God Luke 16 14 15. When ye have done all those things which ye are commanded say We are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17. 10. The Pharisee stood c. and said O God I thank thee I am not as other men are extortioners c. I fast twice in the week I give tythes of all I possess And the Publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven but sinote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other c. Luke 18. 10 to 15. Then said Jesus c. If ye continue in my word c. the truth shall make you free They answered him We be Abram's seed and were never in bondage to any man How sayest thou Ye shall be made free Jesus said c. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin I know ye are Abraham's seed but ye seek to kill me c. They said Abraham is our father Jesus said If ye were Abraham's children ye would do the works of Abraham c. They said We are not born of fornication we have one father even God Jesus said unto them If God were your father ye would love me c. Ye are of your father ther the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do John 6. 31 32 33 37 39 41 42 45. Behold thou art called a Jew restest in the law and makest thy boast of God and knowest c. and art confident that thou thy self art a guide to the blind an instructer c. Dost thou steal c. Thou makest the boast of thy law Through breaking the law dishonourest thou God Rom. 2. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28 29. Therefore by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight Rom. 3. 20. Gal. 2. 16. They have a Zeal of God but not according to knowledge for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God c. Rom. 10. 2 3. If a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself c. Gal. 6. If any other man thinketh he hath whereof he may trust in the flesh I more circumcised on the eighth day c. I count all things but loss c. that I may win Christ and be found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the law out that which is through the faith of Christ c. Philip. 3. 3 to 10. Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point is guilty of all c. James 2. 10 11. The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19. 10. CHAP. LXV Of Words Sayings and Doings neither true nor good spoken and done on Politick Grounds to effect Things designed or prevent Dangers ABraham said of his Wife when he was in fear She is my sister Gen. 20. 2 11 12. Isaac in the like fear said of his Wife She is my sister Gen. 26. 7 9. Rebeccah put her Son Jacob to go to Isaac for the Blessing and cloathed him with his Brother's Garments and put Skins upon his Neck and Hands to make him feel rough to Isaac that Isaac might think him to be Esau and bless him And Jacob said to his Father being asked who he was I am Esau thy first-born c. Isaac said Art thou my very son Esau And he said I c. Gen. 27. 9 10 to 29. Rachel having hid her Father's Images under the Camels Furniture and sate on them when Laban searched for them she said unto her Father Let not it displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee for the custom of women is upon me c. Gen. 31. 34 35. And the Sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Homer his Father deceitfully c. They said unto them We cannot give our sister to one who is uncircumcised c. If every male of you will be circumcised then will we give our daughters c. Which when they had done Jacob's Sons tell on them and slew them Gen. 34. 12 13 14 c. When Joseph's Brethren saw that their Father was dead they said Joseph will peradventure hate us and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him And they sent messengers to Joseph saying Thy father did command before he died saying So shall ye say to Joseph Forgive I pray thee now the trespasses of thy brethren and their sin
hear ye him c. Not for thy good works do we stone thee but for blaspemy c. John 10. 20 32 33. When Lazarus was raised from the dead the chief Priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said What do we for this man doth many miracles If we let him thus alone all men will believe on him and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation c. from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death John 11. 44 46 47 48 53 57. Judas said Why was not this ointment sold c. and given to the poor This he said not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief and had the bag c. The chief Priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus c. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing Behold the world is gone after him c. Among the chief Rulers also many believed on him out because of the Pharisees they did not confess him leâ—t they should be put out of the Synagogue for they loved the praise of meâ— more than the praise of God John 12. 5 6 10 11 19 42 4â— The time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God good service c. Theâ—e things they will do c. because they have not known the Father John 16. 2 3. Pâ—â—â—ate sought to release Jesus but the Jews cryed out saying If thou leâ— this man go thou are not 〈◊〉 â—riend whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar c. Pilate said Shall I crucifie your king the chief Priests answered We have no king but Caesar John 19. 12 15. Others mocking said These men are full of new wine c. Peter said c. These men are not drunken as ye suppose Acts 2. 13 14 15. As the Apostâ—es spake unto the people the Priests and the Captain of the Temple and the Sadduces came upon them being grieved that they taught the people c. And they laid hands on them c. said By what power or by what name do ye this c. They said What shall we do with these men for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all c. and we cannot deny it but that it spread no further among the people let us straitly threaten them that they speak henceforth to man in this name and they called them and commanded them not to speak at all c. Acts 4. 1 2 3 7 14 15 16 17 18. Ananias and Saphira brought part of the price and would have deceived the Holy Ghost c. multitudes were added to the Lord then the high Priests c. were filled with indignation and laâ—d their hands on them and put them in the common prison c. They doubted whither these things would grow c. Said to the Apostles Ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man's blood upon us c. When the Apostles had said That God had exalted that Jesus whom they slew they were cut to the heart and took counsel to slay them Acts 5. 1 2 3 14 15 16 17 18 24 28 30 31 33. ch 7. 54 55. When they could not resist the spirit and wisdom by which Stephen spake then they suborned men who said We have heard c. and they stirred up the people c. and they came upon him and caught him c. And they set up false witnesses Acts 6. 10 11 12 13. Simon when he saw the Apostles through laying on of hands conferred the Holy Ghost he offered them money for the like power c. was in the gall of bitterness Acts 8. 18 19 23. The next sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God but when the Jews saw the multitude they were filled with envy and spake against the things which were spoken by Paul contradicting and blaspheming c. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women and the chief men of the city and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them c. Acts 13. 44 45 49 50. The unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their minds evilly affected against the brethren c. perswaded the people to stone them Acts 14. 2 19. When Paul had preached and many believed the Jews who believed not moved with envy took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baâ—er sort and gathered a company and set all the city in an uproar c. They drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city crying These have turned the world upâ—ide down c. These do all contrary to the decrees of Caesar saying That there is another King one Jesus The Jews came also to Berea and â—tirred up the people Acts 17. 2 3 4 5 6 7 13. The Jews made an insurrection with one accord against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat saying This fellow perswaded men to worship God conttary to the law Acts 13. 12 13. Paul said I was zealous towards God as ye all are at this day and I persecuted this way unto the death c. Acts 22. 3 to 7. Certain Jews bound themselves under a curse to kill Paul c. The chief Priests and Elders agree to help it forward Acts 23. 12 13 14. ch 25. 2 3. They get an Orator to accuse Paul thus We found this man a pestilent fellow and a mover oâ—â—edition among all the Jews throughout the world and a ring-leader of the sect oâ— the Nazarens who also hath gone about to profane the temple c. When Paul reasoned of righteousness c. Felix trembled and answered Go thy way for this time when I have a convenient time I will call for thee c. Acts 24. 1 2 5 6 15. Paul said I verily thought with my self that I ought to do many things contrary to the name oâ— Jesus c. which thing I also did c. exceeding mad Acts 26. 9 10 11. The Jews told Paul That concerning this sect it was every where spoken against Acts 28. 21. Behold thou art called a Jew and restest in the law and makest thy boast of God and knowest his will c. and art confident that thou thy self art a guide to the blind c. Thou therefore who teachest another teachest thou not thy self Thou who preachest a man shall not steal dost thou steal c. He is not a Jew who is one outwardly neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh c. Rom. 2. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28. Israel who followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained to the law of righteousness Wherefore because they sought it not by faith but as it were by the works of the law for they stumble at that stumbling-stone Rom. 9. 31 32.
They have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God Rom. 10. 1 2 3. As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh they conâ—train you to be circumciâ—ed only leâ—t they should suffer persecution for the croâ—s of Christ for neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh Gâ—l 6. 12 13. The Jews who both killed the Lord Jesusâ— and their own prophets and have 〈…〉 us 〈◊〉 â—â— out they please not God and are contraâ—y unto all men 〈…〉 to speak to the 〈◊〉 that they might be saved to 〈◊〉 up their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Thes 2. 14 15 16. Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof c. These also resist the truth c. 2 Tim 3. 5 8. They profess they know God but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient and to every good work reprobate or void of Judgment Titus 1. 16 They went out from us but they were not of us c. they went out that they might be manifest c. 1 John 2. 19. Thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead c. I have not found thy work perfect before God c. The Church of the Laodiceans c. I know thy works that thou art neither hot nor cold c. Thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and poor and blind and naked c. Rev. 3. 1 2 14 15 17. See Persecution from Professors Chap. 22. See Sincerity Chap. 16. See Characters of Saints Chap. 12. The great danger of Hypocrisie and Formality and end of Hypocrites THE Israelites had sinned and though they had the Ark amongst them yet fell before Enemies 1 Sam. 4. The hypocrites hope shall perish whose hope shall be cut off and whose trust shall be a spiders web he shall lean upon his house but it shall not stand he shall hold it fast but it shall not endure Job 8. 13 14 15. He also is my salvation for an hypocrite shall not come before him Job 13. 16. The congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate c. Job 15. 34. He who speaketh flattery to his friend the eyes of his children shall fail Job 17. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment though his excellency mount up unto the heavens and his head reach unto the clouds he shall perish for ever like his own dung They who have seen him shall say Where is he and he shall flee away as a dream and shall not â—e found The eye also which â—aw him shall â—ee him no more c. c. Job 20. 5 6 c. What is the hope of the hypocrite when he hath gaâ—ned when God taketh away his soul will God 〈◊〉 his cry when trouble cometh upon him Job â—7 8 9. The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath Job 〈◊〉 13. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half 〈◊〉 days c. Psalm 55. 23. O Aâ—â—yrian the rod of mine anger c. I will 〈◊〉 him against an hypocritical nation and against the people of my wrath c. Isa 10. 5 6. Wâ— unto them who seek deep to 〈◊〉 then counsel from the Lord and their works are in the dark and they say Who seeth us and who knoweth Isa 29. 15 16. The sinners in Zion are afraid fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites c. Who amongst us shall dwell with the devouring fire c. Isa 33. 14. Behold all ye who kindle a fire who compass your selves about with sparks walk in the light of your fire and in your sparks which ye have kindled this shall ye have of my hand ye shall lie down in sorrow Isa 50. 11. I will declare thy righteousness and thy works for they shall not profit thee Isa 57. 12. Trust ye not in lying words saying The temple of the Lord c. Behold ye trust in lying words which cannot profit c. therefore will I do to this house c. wherein ye trust c. as I have done to Shiloh and I will cast you out of my sight Jer. 7. 4 8 9 10 11. I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised Egypt c. all these nations are uncircumcised and all the house of Israel uncircumcised in the heart Jer. 9. 25 26. Ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me unto the Lord your God c. Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword by the famine c. Jer. 42. 19 20 21 22. Isa 9. 17. Cursed be the deceiver who hath in his flock a male c. and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupt thing Mal. 1. 14. Think not to say within your selves We have Abraham to our father c. The ax is laid c. 3. 8 9 10. Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost his favour wherewith shall it be salted It is henceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men c. I say unto you That except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven Maâ—th 5. 13 20. Many will say unto me in that day Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in thy name c. and then will I profess unto them I never knew you depart from me ye who work iniquity Matth. 7. 22. 23. Luke 13. 25 26 27. He heareth the word c. receiveth it yet hath he not râ—ot in himself but dureth but for a while c. Matth. 13. 20 21. Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up Let them alone c. If the blind lead the blind both shall fall c. Matth. 15. 13 14. When Christ â—ound nothing but leaves on the fig-tree he said Let no fruit grow on thee henceforth for ever and presently it withered away c. Jesus said to the Priests c. Publicans and harâ—ots go into the Kingdom of God before you Matth. 2â— 19 23 29 30 31. When the king came c. he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment and he said unto him Friend how camest thou hither c. and he was speechless then said the king to his servants Bind him c. and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping c. Matth. 22. 11 12 13. Wo unto the Scribes and Pharisees Hypocrites often pronounced Matth. 23. 13 14 15 16 23 25 27 29. The foolish Virgins who had no Oil to put into their Lamps were shut out Matth. 25. 8 9 c. Whosoever hath not from him him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have or thinketh he hath Luke 8. 18.