thee into the land which thy fathers possessed and thou shalt possess it c. and the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart c. to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart c. Deut. 30. 1 2 3 4 5 6. The Lord shall judge his people and repent himself for his servants when he seeth that power is gone and there is none shut up or least c. rejoyce O ye nations his people for he will avenge the blood of his servants c. and will be merciful to his land to his people Deuteronomy 32. 36 43. O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people Jacob shall rejoyce Israel shall be glad Psal 14. 7. And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established or prepared in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow in unto it And many people shall say come ye let us go up c. for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem Isa 2. 2 3. And it shall come to pass in that day the remnant of Israel c. shall stay upon the Lord the holy one of Israel in truth the remnant shall return the remnant of Jacob unto the mighty God for though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea a remnant of them shall return c. Isai 10 20 21 22 23. And it shall come to pass in that day the Lord shall fet his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be lest from Assyria c. and from the Island of the sea and he shall set up an ensign for the nations and shall assemble the out-casts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth Isa 11. 11 12. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will yet refuse Israel and set them in their own land c. Isa 14. 1 2. 3 32. He shall cause them who came out of Jacob to take root Israel shall blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit c. ye shall be gathered one by one O ye children of Israel c. and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria and the out-casts in the land of Egypt and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem Isa 27. 6 12 13. Look upon Zion the city of our solemnities thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation a tabernacle which shall not be taken down nor one of the stakes there of shall ever be removed neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken but there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers Isa 33. 20 21 c. Look unto Abram your father and unto Sarah who bare you c. for the Lord shall comfort Zion he will comfort all their wast places and he will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the Lord joy and gladness shall be found therein thanksgiving and the voice of melodie Isa 51. 2 3. ch 52. 1 2 3 4. ch 60. ch 61. 4 5 6 c. ch 62. ch 65. 18. 19 20 21 22 23 ch 66. 8 9 10 11 12 13 15. Micah 4. Zephan 3. 14 15 c. At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord and all the nations shall be gathered unto it to the name of the Lord to Jerusalem c. in those days shall the house of Judah walk with the house of Israel and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land which I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers but I said c. Jerem. 3. 14 15 16 17 18. The days come saith the Lord that it shall no more be said the Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt but the Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands whither he had driven them and I will bring them again into their land which I gave to their fathers Jerem. 16. 14 15. ch 23. 3 4 5 6 7 8. I will be the God of all the families of Israel and they shall be my people c. again I will build thee and thou shalt be built O virgin of Israel c. then shall ye plant vines upon the mountain of Samaria the planters shall plant and shall ear c. for this saith the Lord sing with gladness for 〈◊〉 and shout among the chief of the nations c. behold I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the coasts of the earth c. a great company shall return thither c. for I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my first-born hear the word of the Lord O ye nations and declare it in the Isles of the nations and say He who scattereth Israel will-gather him and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock for the herd hath redeemed Jacob and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger then he therefore shall they come and sing in the height of Zion c. if heaven above can be measured c. I will also cast of all the seed of Israel for all that they have done saith the Lord behold the days come saith the Lord that the city shall be built to the Lord c. Jerem. 31. 1 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 27 28 38 c. ch 30. Behold I will gather them out of the countries whither I have driven them in mine anger c. and I will bring them again into this place and I will cause them to dwelt safely and they shall be my people c. Jer. 32. 37 38. Thus saith the Lord If my covenant be not with day and night c. then will I cast off the feed or Jacob and David my servant that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham Isaac and Jacob For I will cause their captivity to return and have mercy on them Jer. 33. 25 26 ch 46. 27 28 In those days the children of Israel shall come they and the children of Judah together going and weeping c. Jer. 59. 4 20. Thus saith the Lord God although I have cast them far off among the heathen and although I have scattered them among the Countreys yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the Countreys where they shall come therefore c. I will even gather you from the people and assemble you out of the Countreys where ye have been scattered and I will give you the land of Israel and they shall come thither and they shall take away all the detestable things c. Ezek. 11. 16 17 18 Ye shall
know that I am the Lord when I shall bring you into the land of Israel into the Countries for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers and there shall ye remember your ways c. Ezek. 20. 42. 43. ch 28. 24 25 26. Thus saith the Lord God Behold I will both search my sheep c. and deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered c. and will bring them to their own land c. and I will set up the shepherd over them c. Ezek. 34. 11. 12 13 23 24 c. Mountains of Israel ye shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people of Israel for they are at hand to come behold I am for you and I will turn unto you and ye shall be tilled and sowed c. and the city shall be inhabited and the wasts builded c. I will settle you after your old estates and will do better unto you then at your beginnings and ye shall know that I am the Lord c. I will take you from among the heathen and gather you from all countryes and will bring you into your own land c. and ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers and ye shall be my people c. then shall ye remember your own ways c. not for your sakes do I this saith the Lord God be it known to you c. then the heathen who are left round about you all know that I the Lord build the ruined places and plant that which was desolate I the Lord have spoken it and I will do it c. I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel Ezek. 36 8 9 10 11 19 23 24 28 31 32 33 Hosea 2. 14 15. Amos 9. 11 14 15. By the dry bones is typified the Israelites returned These bones are the whole house of Israel behold they say our bones are dryed and our hope is lost and we are cut off for our part therefore prophesy c. O my people I will open your graves cause you to come out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel c. I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel and one king shall be king to them all and they shall no more be divided into two nations c. and they shall dwell in the land which I have given unto Jacob c. 37. Hosea 1. 10 11. Joel 3. 6 7. Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel but I have gathered them in their own land c. and will hide my face no more Ezek. 39. 25 c. Jerusalem shall be inhabited c. Flee from the land of the north saith the Lord for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven c. Deliver thy self O Zion who dwellest with the daughters of Babylon c. for he who toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye Zech. 2. 4 5 6 7 8 12. Joel 3. Zeph. 3. 14 15 c. Thus saith the Lord I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem c. There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem c. and the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof c. Behold I will save my people from the east countries and from the west country and I will bring them and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and they shall be my people and I will be their God c. As I thought to punish you when your Fathers provoked me to wrath c. and I repented not so again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah Fear ye not c. Yea many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem and to pray c. Zech. 8. 3 4 5 7 8 13 14 15. ch 12. 7 8 9. ch 14. 10 11 20 21 22 23. In that day I will make Jerusalem a burthensom stone for all people c. They shall be cut off though the people of the earth gather c. Zech. 12. 3 4 c. I would not brethren that ye should be ignorant of this mystery lest ye should be wise in your own conceits that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come And so all Israel shall be saved as it is written There shall come out of Sion the deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob for this is my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sin c. they are beloved for the Father's sake c. Rom. 11. 25 26 27 28. See the Dignity and Blessings belonging to the Church of God as such Chap. 27. CHAP. LVIII Of the Seventh Day or Sabbath in Old Testament days and the Laws about it and of the Change to the First Day ON the seventh day God ended his work c. and rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it he had rested c. Gen. 2. 2 3. To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord bake that which you will bake to day c. for to morrow is a sabbath unto the Lord c. Six days ye shall gather it but on the seventh day the sabbath in it there shall be none c. Abide ye every man in his place let no man go out of his place on the sabbath day So the people rested on the sabbath day Exod. 16. 23 to the 30. Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy Six days shall thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh day the sabbath of the Lord thy God thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son c. for in six days the Lord made heaven c. and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it Exod. 20. 8 9 10 41. Deut. 5. 12 13 14. On the seventh day thou shalt rest that thine ox and thine ass may rest and the son of thine handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed Exod. 23. 12. ch 34. 21. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore for it is holy unto you every one who defileth it shall surely be put to death for whosoever doth work therein that soul shall be cut off from among his people and he shall surely be put to death Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath c. it is a sign between me and the children for ever for in six days the Lord made heaven c. Exod. 31.
mayest be clothed that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou mayest see Rev. 3. 18. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. CHAP. IX God's free Choice of his in Christ to Eternal Life and calling them according to his Purpose and Grace I Will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful to whom I will be merciful Exod. 33. 19. And ye shall be holy unto me for I the Lord am holy and have severed you from other people that ye should be mine Levit. 20. 26. Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth the Lord did not set his love upon you nor chuse you because ye were more in number than any people for ye were the fewest of all people but because the Lord loved you c. Deut. 7. 6 7 8 ch 14. 2. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them and he chose their seed after them even you above all people as at this day Deut. 10. 15. The Lord will not forsake his people for his names sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people 1 Sam. 12. 22. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and to make him a name and to do for you great things c. For thou hast confirmed to thy self thy people Israel a people unto thee for ever and thou Lord art become their God 2 Sam. 7. 23 24. Woe unto him who striveth with his maker let the Potsherd strive with the Potsherds of the earth Shall the clay say to him who fashioneth it What makest thou Woe unto him who saith unto his father What begettest thou c. Isa 45 9 10. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction c. for mine own sake will I do c. Isa 48. 10 11. Zech. 13. 9. The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit a wife of youth when thou wast refused saith thy God Isa 54. 5 6. I am found of them who sought me not I said Behold me behold me unto a nation which was not called by my name Isa 65. 1. Rom. 10. 20. ch 15. 21. Isa 55. 5. The Lord said to Jeremy Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest out of the womb I sanctified thee I ordained thee a Prophet unto the nation Jer. 1. 5. I have loved thee with an everlasting love therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee Jer. 31. 3. Hosea 14. 4. When God gives out the great promises of a new heart a new spirit c. he said Not for your sakes do I do this be it known unto you be ashamed c. Ezek. 36. 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32. ch 20. 43 44. When I c. saw thee polluted in thy blood I said unto thee in thy blood Live c. Ezekiel 16. 6 8. It shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them Ye are not my people there it shall be said unto them Ye are the sons of the living God Hosea 1. 10. I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy and will say to them which were not my people Thou my people and they shall say Thou my God Hosea 2. 23. Zechar. 2. 10 11. Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God c. and shall fear the Lord c. Hosea 3. 5. ch 2. 19 20. Zechar. 13. 9. When Israel a child then I loved him c. I taught Ephraim also to go taking them by their arms but they knew not that I healed them I drew them with cords of a man with bands of love c. Hosea 11. 1 2 3 4. O children of Israel c. You only have I known of all the families of the earth Amos 3. 2. I have loved you faith the Lord c. Is not Esau Jacob's brother c. yet I loved Jacob and hated Esau Malachi 1. 2 3. At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight Matth. 11. 25 26. Luke 10. 21. It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given c. Therefore spake I to them in parables because they seeing not c. Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear Matth. 13. 11 13 16. Mark 4. 12 34. I will give unto this last even as unto thee Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own Is thine eye evil because I am good So the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen c. To sit on my right hand or my left is not mine to give but to them for whom it is prepared of my Father Matth. 20. 14 15 16 21 23. Mark 10. 10. Jesus called Simon and Andrew and James and John to follow him and they did Mark 1. 16 17 18 19 20. Except that the Lord had shortned those days no flesh should be saved but for the Elects sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortned the days Mark 13. 20. Thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John He shall be great in the sight of the Lord c. He shall be filled with the holy Ghost even from his mother's womb Luke 1. 13 15. Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias c. when great famine was throughout all the land but unto none of them was Elias sent save unto Sarepta c. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elizeus the Prophet and none of them was cleansed saving Naaman c. Luke 4. 25 26 27. Christ called Zacheus to come down c. and he received him joyfully and Christ said to him This day is Salvation come to thy house for 〈◊〉 much as he also is the Son of Abraham For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost Luke 19 5 6 8 9 10. All which the Father hath given me shall come to me and him who cometh to me I will in no wife cast out c. This is the Father's will c. That of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing c. There are some of you who believe not c. No man can come unto me except it were given him of my Father John 6. 37 â—9 64 65. Jesus called the blind man whom he had healed and discovers himself to him
bringeth forth evil things Matth. 12. 33 34 35. John 3. 6. Luke 6. 43 44 45. Ye cannot serve God and mammon c. That which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination c. Luke 16. 13 15. Some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame 1 Cor. 15. 34. Examine your selves whether ye be in the faith prove your own selves know ye not your own selves how that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates 2 Cor. 13. 5. Gal. 6. 4. Psalm 4. 4. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his Rom. 8. 9. If a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself Gal. 6. 3 7. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter Can the fig-tree my brethren bear olive-berries either a vine figs So no fountain both yields salt-water and fresh Who is a wise man and indued with knowledge among you let him shew out of a good conversation his work with meekness of wisdom But if ye have bitter envying c. this wisdom descendeth not from above but is earthly sensual c. James 3. 11 12 13 14. Be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear 1 Pet. 3. 15. Let every man prove his own works and then shall he have rejoycing in himself alone c. Gal. 6. 4. II. Of the particular Fruits of the Spirit in them or good things appearing or neccssary to be in such who are real Saints A Good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good c. Luke 6. 45. And Enoch walked with God c. three hundred years c. and Enoch walked with God and was not c. or walked according to God continually Gen. 5. 22 24. Noah was a just man perfect in his generation Noah walked with God Gan. 6. 9. And the Lord said unto Noah Come c. for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation c. And Noah did according to all that God commanded him Gen. 7. 1 5. Abraham went into a strange place out of his own country when God bid him Gen. 12. 1 2 3 4. And Abraham said unto Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee c. for we be brethren Is not the whole land before thee c. If thou go to the left hand then will I go to the right or if thou to the right hand then will I go to the left Gen. 13. 8 9. And the Angel of the Lord said c. Abraham c. for now I know that thon fearest God seeing thou hast not with-held thy son thine only begotten son from me Gen. 22. 11 12 ch 18 19. The saints are grieved at the wickedness of men Gen 34. 7. Nehem. 13. 8. Jer. 9. 1 2. ch 13. 17. Mark 3. 50. When Joseph's Mistress tempted him to sin hesaid How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God Gen. 39. 9. When Pharoah said to Joseph I have heard say of thee thou canst understand a dream to interpret it And Joseph answered Pharoah saying It is not in me God shall give Pharoah an answer of peace Gen. 41. 15 16. ch 40. 8. The midwives feared God and obeyed not the king's command to kill the male children Exod. 1. 16 17. And the Lord said unto Moses I have seen this people c. now let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and I will make of thee a great nation And Moses besought the Lord c. saying Wherefore should the Egyptians say For mischief did he bring them out to stay them in the mountains c. Remember Abraham Isaac c. to whom thou swearest by thine own self c. Now if thou wâ—t forgive their sins and if not I pray thee blot me out of thy book which thou hast written Exod. 32. 9 10 11 12 31 32. When Moses was told that Eldad and Medad did prophesie in the camp and his servant had said to him My Lord Moses forbid them Moses said unto them Enviest thou for my sake Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them Numb 11. 26 27 28 29. God said to Moses I will smite them c. and make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they And Moses said unto the Lord Then the Egyptians shall hear for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from amongst them and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land they have heard that thou Lord art among this people c. Now it thou shalt kill all this people as one man then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak saying Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness c. Numb 14. 12 13 14 15 16 c. Deut. 9. 26 27 28. When God had told Moses that he must die Moses prays for Israel Let the Lord the God of the Spirits of all flesh set a man over the congregation who may go out before them c. that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd c. And he appointed Joshus Numb 27. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. He exhorts Israel at large to cleave to the Lord when he was to die Deut. 4. 22 23 c. When Israel fell before Ai c. Joshua said O Lord what shall I say when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear c and what wilt thou do unto thy great name Joshua 7. 4 5 6 8 9. Joel 2 17. Chuse c. whom you will serve c. 〈◊〉 as for me and my house we will serve the Lord Joshua 24. 15. Eli when he heard the Ark of the Lord was taken he fell backward and died and his daughter-in-law cried out The glory is departed from Israel for the Ark of God is taken Yet she was noâ— so much concerned with the news of her Husband's death and her own being near death at the same time 1 Sam. 4. 17 18 19 20 21 22. David's heart smote him when he cut off Saul's skirt 1 Sam. 24. 5. When David's Wife had blamed him for dancing before the Ark he told her It was before the Lord c. I will play before the Lord and I will yet be more vile than than thus and will be base in mine own sight 2 Sam. 6. 20 21 22. When King David sate in his house and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies that the King said to Nathan the Propâ—et See now I dwell in an house of Cedar but the Ark of God dwelleth within curtains c. 2 Sam.
c. I have seen God face to face Gen. 32. 28 30. When Jacob and his family were journying the terrors of God were upon the cities round about them God appeared unto Jacob again c. and blessed him c. Gen. 35. 5 9 13. The Lord was with Joseph and he was a prosperous man c. and his master saw that the Lord was with him c. and made all that he did to prosper in his hand c. The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's fake c. The Lord was with Joseph c. and gave him favour in the fight of the keeper c. When Joseph had the custody of the prisoners that which he did the Lord made it to proâ—per Gen. 39. 2 3 5 21 22 23. Joseph said unto his brethren c. As for you ye thought evil against me but God meant it unto good to bring to pass as at this day c. Gen. 50. 20. God gave Israel favour in the fight of the Egyptians and Pharoah's servants and so Moses c. There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt such as there was none like it c. But against any of the children oâ— Israel shall not a dog move his tongue against man or beast that ye may know how that the Lord dâ—th put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel Exod. 11. 3 6 7. I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the first-born c. and the blood shall be to you for a token c. when I see the blood I will pass over you and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you c. Exod. 12. 12 13. I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God c. Exod. 29. 45. When God had said to Moses Let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them that I may consume them c. Moses prayed for Israel and prevailed often for them And the Lord said I have pardoned according to thy word Exod. 32. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. Numb 14. 11 12 13 19 20. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face as a man speaketh unto his friend c. When Moses had said I beseech thee shew me thy glory He said I will make all my goodness pass before thee c. Exod. 33. 11 17 18 19. ch 19. 19 20. ch 34. 2 3 5 6. My servant Moses is not so who is faithful in all mine house with him will I speak mouth to mouth apparently and not in dark speeches and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold Numb 72. 7 8. He hath blessed and I cannot reverse it He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob neither hath he seen perversness in Israel The Lord his God is with him and the shout of a King is among them c. Surely there is no inchantment against Jacob neither is there any divination against Israel Numb 23. 20 21 23. Deut. 23. 5. For what nation so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God in all things which we call upon him for And what nation so great which hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law c. Did ever people hear the voice of God c. as thou hast heard and live Deut. 4. 7 8 33. Rom. 3. 1 2. Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself above all the nations which are upon the earth Deut. 14. 1. ch 26. 17 18. 19. For the Lord's portion is his people Jacob the lot of his inheritance c. He led him about he instructed him he kept him as the apple of his eye Deut. 32. 9 10. 1 Pet. 5. 3. Jer. 12. 7 8 9 10. The eternal God thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms c. Happy thou O Israel Who is like unto thee O people saved by the Lord the Shield of thy help and who is the Sword of thine exceliency Deut. 33. 27 29. At the Word of Jeshua the Sun stood still and the Moon staid Josh 10. 12 13 14. When Gidâ—on asked signs of God he gave them to him Judg. 6. 17 21 36 37 38 39 40. Manoah inâ—eated the Lord c. and God hearkned c. And the Angel came again c. Judges 13. 8 9 23. He will keep the feet of his saints 1 Sam. 2. 9. she Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people 1 Sam. 12. 22. David went on and grew great and the Lord God of hosts was with him 2 Sam. 5. 10. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee c. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake c. I will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen 1 Kings 11. 11 12 13. ch 15. 4. He only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave because in him is found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel 1 Kings 14. 13. The Prophet Elijah was taken up into Heaven 2 Kings 2. 12. When the King of Israel and Jehoshaphat the King of Judah went together and wanted Water Elisha the Prophet said c. Were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah I would not look towards thee not see thee But now c. 2 Kings 3. 6 7 9 10 14 15 c. God hearkened to Hezekiah and gave him a Sign that God would heal him he brought the Shadow ten Degrees backward 2 Kings 20. 9 10. Isa 38. 7 8. Behold God will not cast away a perfect man c. Job 11. 20. Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly c. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water which bringeth forth his fruit in his season his fruit shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper Psal 1. 1 3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him who is godly for himself Psal 4. 3. A seed shall serve him it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation c. Psal 22. 30. The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want he maketh me to lie down in green pastures he leadeth me besides the still waters c. Psal 23. 1 2. All the paths of the Lord are goodness and truth unto such who keep his covenant c. What man is he who fearêth the Lord him shall he teach in the way which he shall chuse his soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the earth The secret of the Lord is with them who fear him and he will shew them his covenant or make them know it Psal 25. 10 12 13 14. Oh! how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them who fear thee thou hast wrought
in my God Isa 61. 10. Hath a nation changed their gods which yet are no gods But my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit c. My people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the Fountain of living waters and have hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns c. Have I been a barren wilderness unto Israel c. Can a maid forget her ornaments a bride her attire yet my people have forgotten me days without number Jer. 2. 11 13 31 32. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might c. But let him who glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exerciseth loving-kindness c. Jerem. 9. 23 24. 2 Cor. 10. 17. 1. Cor. 1. 29. 31. The portion of Jacob is not like them for he is the Former of all things c. The Lord of hosts is his name Jer. 10. 16. ch 51. 19. O the hope of Israel the Saviour thereof in time of trouble why shouldst thou be as a stranger in the land and as a way-faring man turneth aside to tarry for a night Why shouldst thou be as a man astonied c. Yet thou O Lord in the midst of us and we are called by thy name c. Jer. 14. 8 9. ch 17. 13. The Lord is my portion saith my soul therefore will I hope in him Lam. 3. 24. Woe also unto them when I depart from them Hos 9. 12. Fear not O land be glad and rejoyce for the Lord will do great things c. Be glad then ye children of Zion and rejoyce in the Lord your God Joel 2. 21 23. But the Lord the hope or harbour of his people and the strength of the children of Israel Joel 3. 16. Arise and depart ye for this is not your rest because it is polluted Micha 2. 10. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither fruit in the vine c. yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation The Lord God is my strength c. Habbak 3. 17 18 19. Rejoyce because your names are written in heaven Luke 10. 20. Zacheus came down and received Christ joyfully Luke 19. 5 6. Lord to whom shall we go Thou hast the words of eternal life c. Thou art that Christ the Son of the living God John 6. 68 69. Philip said unto him Shew us the Father and it sufficeth John 14. 8. These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full John 15. 11. Peter said Lord thou knowest I love thee John 21. 17. The Eunuch went on his way rejoycing Acts 8. 38 39. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoyce in hope of the glory of God c. We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 5. 2 11. Rejoycing in hope Rom. 12. 12. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing Rom. 15. 13. Our consolation also aboundeth by Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 1. 5. Now thanks be to God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ 2 Cor. 2. 14. God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ Gal. 6. 14. My brethren rejoyce in the Lord c. We are the circumcision c. who rejoyce in Christ c. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord Philip. 3. 1 3 8. Rejoyce in the Lord alway and again I say rejoyce c. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your heart and mind c. Philip. 4. 4 7. Rejoyce evermore 1 Thes 5. 16. That by two immutable things wherein it is impossible for God to lye we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Heb. 6. 18. In whom though now ye see not yet believing ye rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1. 8. 1 John 1. 4. II. To obey and hearken to the Laws and Word of God in Christ THere is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4. 12. Now the Lord had said unto Abram Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto a land I will shew thee c. So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him Gen. 12. 1 4 5. Heb. 11. 8. So in putting away Ishmael and Hagar Gen. 21. 11 11 13 14. God said unto Abraham Take now thy son thine only Isaac whom thou lovest c. and offer him there for a burnt-offering c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took Isaac c. He stretched forth his hand and took his knife to slay his son c. In blessing I will bless thee c. because thou hast obeyed my voice Gen. 22. 1 2 3 10 17 18. In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws Gen. 26. 4 5. God bid Moses go and said he would be with his mouth c. He refused God was angry Exod. 4. 13 14. Thus did the children of Israel as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron so did they Exod. 12. 50. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and will give ear unto his commandments and keep all his statutes I will put none of these diseases upon thee Exod. 15. 26. Deut. 28. 1 2 3 c. I will rain bread c. that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no c. How long refuse ye to keep my commandments c. Exod. 16. 4 28. Now therefore if ye will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people c. And all the people answered together and said All that the Lord hath spoken we will do Exod. 19. 5 7 8. chap. 24. 3 7. Deut. 26. 16 17 18. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them who love me and keep my commandments Exod. 20. 6. Behold I will send an Angel before thee c. Beware of him and obey his voice provoke him not for he will not pardon you c. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice and do all that I spake then c. Exod. 23. 21 22. That ye seek not after your own heart c. Do all my commandments and be holy Numb 15. 39 40. We will hear it and do it And the Lord said c. They have well said all that they have spoken Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and
Lord reigneth the Lord is cloathed with majesty the Lord is clothed with strength c. Psal 93. 1. Psal 97. 1. Psal 146. 10. Rev. 19. 6. The righteous c. he shall not be afraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord Psal 112. 6 7. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes Psal 118. 8 9. My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth c. Behold he who keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep Psal 121. 2 3 4. They who trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion which cannot be removed c. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever Psal 125. 1 2. The Lord great and our God above all gods Whatsoever the Lord pleaseth did he in heaven and in earth Psal 135. 5 6. Happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the Lord his God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that therein if who keepeth truth for ever Psal 146. 5 6. He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds He telleth the number of the stars Great is our God and of great power his understanding is infinite c. Psal 147. 2 3 4 c. Trust to the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 3. 5 6. Commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall be established c. Man's heart deviseth his way but the Lord directeth his steps c. Whoso trusteth in the Lord happy is he Prov. 16 3 9 20. The name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and are safe Prov. 18. 10. There is no wisdom or understanding nor counsel against the Lord. The horse is prepared against the day of battel but safety or Victory is of the Lord Prov. 21. 30 31 ch 19. 21. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be sate Many seek the rulers favour but every mans judgment is from the Lord Prov. 29. 25 26. If ye will not believe surely ye shall not be established Isa 7. 9. Associate your selves c. take counsel together and it shall come to nought speak the word and it shall not stand for God is with us Isa 8. 9 10. Jer. 1. 18 19. I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my refuge Isa 12. 2. For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Isa 14. 27. There shall be desolation because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength Isa 17. 10. Thou hast been a strength to the poor a strength to the needy in his distress a refuge from a storm a shadow from the hear when the blast of the terrible ones is a storm against the wall Isa 25. 4. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee trust ye in the Lord for ever for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength for he bringeth down c. Isa 26. 3 4. Behold the Lord a mighty and a strong one Isa 28. 2 6. The Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose therefore have I cried concerning this Their strength is to sit still c. For thus saith the Lord God the holy one of Israel In returning and rest shall ye be saved in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength and ye would not c. Isa 30. 7 15 16. Behold the Lord God will come c. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd c. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meted out heaven c. Isa 40. 10 11 12. I the Lord the first and with the last I am he c. Isa 41. 4. ch 44. 6. When thou passest â—horow the waters c. they shall not overflow thee c. For I am the Lord thy God the holy one of Israel thy Saviour c. And besides me there is no Saviour c. I will work and who shall let it c. Isa 43. 2 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. ch 45. 21. Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer and he who formed thee from the womb I the Lord who maketh all things who stretcheth forth the heavens c. who confirmeth the word of his servant and performeth the counsel of his messengers c. who saith to the deep Be dry Isa 44. 24 25 26 27. I am the Lord and there is none else I form the light and create darkness c. O God of Israel the Saviour Isa 45. 6 7 15 21. My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure Isa 46. 10. Is my hand shortned at all that I cannot redeem or have I no power to deliver Behold at my rebuke I dry up the sea c. Who is among you who feareth the Lord c. who fit in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord c. and stay upon his God Isa 50. 2 3 10. Isa 8. 17. ch 59. 1. Psalm 115. 11. Fear not c. for thy maker is thy husband the Lord of hosts is his name and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel the God of the whole earth Isa 54. 4 5. But he who putteth his trust in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain Isa 57. 13. Behold the Lord's hand is not shortned that it cannot save neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear but your iniquities have separated Isa 59. 1 2. ch 50. 2. Blessed is the man who trusteth in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is for he shall be as a tree planted by the waters c. O Lord the hope of Israel Jer. 17. 7 8 13. Behold I am the Lord the God of all flesh is there any thing too hard for me Jer. 32. 27. I will surely deliver thee c. because thou hast put thy trust in me saith the Lord Jer. 39. 18. Leave thy fatherless c. and let the widows trust in me Jer. 49. 11. Their Redeemer is strong the Lord of hosts the Lord of hosts is his name he shall throughly plead their cause c. Jer. 50. 34. I the Lord have spoken and will do Ezek. 22. 14. Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us c. and he will deliver us Dan. 3. 17 28. Daniel was taken out of the den and no manner of hurt was found upon him because he believed in his God Dan. 6. 23. Blesâ—ed be God c. for wisdom and might are his he changeth the times c. removeth kings c. Dan. 2. 20 21 22
Exod. 3. 11. Moses c. said c. Thus saith the Lord c. How long wilt thou refuse to humble thy self before me Exod. 10. 3. I know that the Lord is greater than all gods for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them Exod. 18. 11. Hath the Lord spoken only by Moses hath he not spoken also by us And the Lord heard c. and the anger of the Lord was kindled against them Numb 12. 1 2 9. Korah Dathan and Abiram and others gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron and said unto them Ye take too much upon you or it is much for you seeing all the Congregation are holy every one of them and the Lord is among them Wherefore then lift you up your selves above the Congregation of the Lord c. Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram c. who said We will not come up c. God was angry and the earth opened and swallowed them up Numb 16. 1 2 3 12 21 31 32. Israel warned that when they should be full they should not be lifted up in heart Deut. 8. 10 11 12 13 14. Speak not thou in thine heart after that the Lord thy God hath cast them cut from before thee saying For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land c. Understand therefore that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness for thou a stiff-necked people c. Deut. 9. 4 5 6. Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands and Saul was very wrath and the saying displeased him and he said They have asscribed unto David ten thousands and to me they have ascribed one thousand and can he have more but the kingdom 1 Sam. 18. 7 8. I will yet be more vile than thus and will be base in my mine own sight 2 Sam. 6. 22. But thine eyes are upon the haughty that thou mayst bring them down 2 Sam. 22. 28. Obadiah vers 3 4. Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself c. because he humbleth himself before me I will not bring the evil in his days 1 Kings 21. 25 27 29. Naaman was wroth and went away and said Behold I thought he would surely have come out unto me c. Are not c. rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel c. So he went away in a rage c. 2 Kings 5. 10. 11 12 13 14. Because thine heart was tender and thou hast humbled thy self before the Lord c. behold therefore c. thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring c. 2 Kings 22. 19 20. What am I what is my people that we should be able to offer c. of thine own have we given thee 1 Chron. 29. 14. When Uzziah was strong his heart was lifted up to his destruction 2 Chron. 26. 16. But Hezekiah rendred not again according to the benefit done unto him for his heart was lifted up therefore there was wrath upon him c. Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart or lifting up of his heart so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah God left them c. that he might know all that was in his heart 2 Chron. 32 25 26 31. Isai 39. Haman his Pride put him upon Revenge and Blood and that proved his ruine Hester 3. 5 6. ch 5. 5 9 10 c. ch 7. What is man that thou shouldst magnifie him and that thou shouldst set thine heart upon him Job 7. 17. Psalm 144. 3. Psalm 90. 5 6. For vain or empty man would be wise though man be born like a wild Asses colt Job 11. 11 12. Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble for thou writest bitter things against me Job 13. 25 26. Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble he cometh forth like a flower and is cut down he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not and dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one Job 14. 1 2 3 4. Psal 144. 3. When men are cast down then thou shalt say There is lifting up and he shall save the humble person Job 22. 29. The stars are not pure in his sight how much less man a worm Job 25. 5 6. ch 35. 5 6 7 8. Elihu being young would not speak before the old men had spoken Job 32. 4 5 6. Job said Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay my hand upon my mouth Once have I spoken c. but I will proceed no farther Job 40. 2 3 4. Ezra 9. 10 13. Now mine eye seeth thee wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes Job 42. 5 6. When I consider the heavens c. what is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou visitest him Psalm 8. 3 4. Hebr. 2. 6. Psal 144. 3 4. He forgetteth not the cry of the humble Psalm 9. 12. Psalm 10. 17. But I a worm and no man Psalm 22. 6. The Lord is nigh unto them who are of a broken heart and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit Psalm 34. 18. Every man at his best estate is altogether vanity Psalm 39. 5 11. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Psalm 51. 17. Surely men of low degree are vanity men of high degree a lye to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity Psalm 62. 9. Psalm 146. 3 4. So foolish and ignorant was I as a beast before thee Psalm 73. 22. If thou Lord shouldst mark iniquities O Lord who shall stand Psalm 130. 3. Lord my heart is not haughty nor mine eyes lofty c. Psalm 131. 1 2. Though the Lord be high yet hath he respect unto the lowly but the proud he knoweth afar off Psalm 138. 6. Lord what is man that thou takest knowledge of him c. that thou makest account of him Man's like vanity Psalm 144. 3 4. Be not wise in thine own eyes c. Surely he scorneth the scorners but he giveth grace unto the lowly Prov. 3. 7 34. These things doth the Lord hate a proud look or haughty eyes Prov. 6. 16 17. Pride cometh then cometh shame but with the lowly is wisdom Prov. 11. 2. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes Prov. 12. 15. Only by pride cometh contention Prov. 13. 10. Before honour is humility Prov. 15. 33. ch 18. 12. All the ways of man are clean in his own eyes c. every one who is proud in heart is an abomination unto the Lord c. Pride goeth before destruction and an haughty look before a fall better be of an humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil
our Saviour in all things Titus 2. 5. 10. See Repentance Chap. 33. See Subduing of Sin Chap. 20. IV. God's Reasonings with Complainings of and Threatnings and Judgments against Sinners for their several Sins Disobedience and Rebellions IT is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Hebr. 10. 31. For our God is a consuming fire Hebr. 12. 29. With Adam and Eve for eating of the forbidden fruit Gen. 3. 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19. Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him And the Lord said unto Cain c. Now art thou cursed from the earth c. Gen. 4. 8 9 10 11 12. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth c. and it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him at heart And the Lord said I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth c. for it repenteth me that I have made them Gen. 6. 5 6 7. Accordingly he did destroy them by the Flood Gen. 7. 4 22 23. I will require of man the life of man He who sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed Gen. 9. 5 6. Sâ—dom and Gomorrah because their sin was very grievous and the cry of them waxed great before the Face of the Lord he rained upon them Brimstone and Fire from the Lord out of Heaven and he overthrew those Cities and all the Plain and all the Inhabitants of the Cities c. Lot's Wife for her disobedience in looking back was turned into a Pillar of Salt Gen. 18. 20. ch 19. 13 24 25 26. God slew Er and Onan for their wickedness Gen. 38. 7 10. God met with Joseph's Brethren for their Sin in selling Joseph Gen. 44. 16. ch 42. 21. Many Plagues and Judgments against and upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians for their sins in not letting Israel go Exod. 7. ch 8. ch 9. ch 10. ch 11. ch 12. God said he would send his angel before Israel but he would not go up because they had sinned Exod. 33. 2 3 c. And the Lord said unto Moses I have seen this people and behold it is a stiff-necked people now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them c. Whosoever hath sinned against me him will I blot out of my book c. I visit their sin upon them And the Lord plagued the people because they made a calf Exod. 32. 9 10 33 34 35. God's Judgment upon Nadab and Abihu for offering strange Fire c. Levit. 10. 1 2. Defile not your selves in any of these things for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you c. therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it and the land it self vomiteth out her inhabitants c. Ye shall not commit any of these abominations c. that the land spue not you out also when ye defile it as it spued out the nations which were before you Levit. 18. 24 25 26 28. But if ye will not hearken unto me c. I will appoint over you terrour c. And if you will not for all this hearken c. then will I punish you seven times more for your sins Levit. 26. 14 15 to 39. The people murmured or complained and it displeased the Lord and his anger was kindled and the fire of the Lord burned amongst them and consumed in the uttermost parts of their camp c. And they fell a lusting c. and said Who shall give us flesh to eat c. And while the flesh was yet between their teeth ere it was chewed the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people and the Lord smote the people with a great plague Numb 11. 1 4 5 20 32 33. And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses c. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them c. And Miriaâ— became leprous Numb 12. 1 2 9 10. The children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron and said Would God we had died in the land of Egypt c. Wherefore hath the Lord brought us into this land to fall by the sword that our wives and children should be a prey c. Let us make us a captain and let us return c. And the Lord said c. How long will it be ere they believe me c. I will smite them with the pestilence and dis-inherit them c. Surely they shall not see the land c. Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness c. But your little ones which you said should be a prey them will I bring in and they shall know the land which ye have despised c. Those who brought up the evil report upon the land died of the plague c. Numb 14. 1 2 3 4 11 12 22 23 29 31 32 36 37. Korah and his Company for rebelling against Moses and against Aaron were swallowed up of the earth c. The People murmured against Moses for this And God sent the plague amongst them Numb 16. 1 2 3 30 31 32 33 41 45 46. Aaron and Moses both died and were not suffered to enter into the Land because they rebelled against God's Word at the Waters of Meribah Numb 20. 12 23 24. Deut. 3. 27. ch 32. 48 49 50 51. ch 4. 21 22. O that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me c. Deut. 5. 29. The people spake against God and against Moses Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the Wilderness for there is no bread neither is there any water and our soul loatheth this light bread And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people and much people of Israel died Numb 21. 4 5 6. The people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab c. and bowed down to their gods c. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel and there was a plague amongst them whereof twenty and four thousand died Numb 25. 1 2 3 8 9. All the men who followed Baal Peor the Lord thy God hath destroyed them Deut. 4. 3. If thou do at all forget the Lord thy God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them I testifie against you this day that you shall surely perish as the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face Deut. 8. 19 20. ch 31. 16 17 18. For the iniquity of the nations the Lord thy God hath cast them out c. Deut. 9. 5. ch 18. 9 10 11 c. If thy brother c. thy daughter or thy wife c. entice thee secretly saying Let us go and serve other gods c. thou shalt not spare him thou shalt surely kill him c. Deut. 13. 6 7 8 9 c. If thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God to
punished for their Pride c. Dan. 4. 31 32. ch 5. Let her therefore put her whoredoms out of her sight c. lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day she was born c. and I will not have mercy upon her children c. Hosea 2. 2 3 4 5. The Lord hath a controversie with the land because no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of God in the land by swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood therefore shall the land mourn c. Ephraim is joined to Idols let him him alone Hosea 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. 17. The pride of Israel doth testifie to his face therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity Judah also shall fall with them they shall go with the flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord but they shall not find he hath withdrawn himself from them They have dealt treacherously against the Lord Hosea 5. 3 4 5 6 7. Zechar. 7. 11 12 13. They consider not c. now their own doings have beset them about they c. Wo unto them for they have fled from me destruction unto them because they have transgressed c. They return not to the most high they are like a deceitful bow their princes shall fall by the sword c. Hosea 7. 2 13 14 15 16. Wo unto them when I depart from them for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house I will love them no more c. Hosea 9. 12 15 17. They hate him who rebuke in the gate they abhor him who speaketh uprightly c. I hate I despise your feast days and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies c. Amos 5. 10 11 12 21 22 23. Wo unto them who are at ease in Zion c. ye who put far away the evil day c. who lie upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches c. who chaunt to the sound of the viol and invent to themselves instruments of musick like David who drink wine in bowls c. but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph therefore now shall they go captive c. I abhor the excellency of Jacob and hate his palaces Amos 6. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8. Isa 5. 11 12 13 22. Though they dig into hell thence shall my hand take them though they clamb up c. thence will I c. Amos 9. 2 3 c. They shall cry unto the Lord but he will not hear them he will ever hide his face from them as they behaved themselves ill in their doings c. They build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity the heads thereof judge for reward and the priests thereof teach for hire and the prophets thereof divine for money yet will they â—â—an upon the Lord and say Is not the Lord among us none evil can come upon us Therefore shall Zion for your sakes be plowed as a field and Jerusalem become heaps c. Micah 3. 3 4 5 10 11 12. ch 1. 1 2 3 4 5 6. God warned Ninevah of her Desolation for her sin if she repented not Jonah 1. 2. ch 3. 2 3 4. Hear ye O mountains the Lord's controversie c. for the Lord hath a controversie with his people and he will plead with Israel O my people what have I done unto thee and wherein have I wearied thee testifie against me for I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt c. There are yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked c. the rich men thereof are full of violence c. therefore also will I make thee sick c. Micah 6. 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 15. Amos 2. 4 5 6 c. Several woes pronounced against Persons for divers Sins Habbak 2. 6 9 12 15 19. Micah 2. 1 2 c. I will punish the princes and the king's children and all such who are clothed with strange apparel c. all those who leap on the threshold who fill their master's house with violence and deceit c. I will punish the men who are setled on their lees and say in their heart The Lord will not do good neither will he do evil c. and I will bring distress upon men c. because they have sinned c. He shall make a speedy riddance of all them who dwell in the land Zeph. 1. 8 9 12 17 18. Is this a time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lie waste c. Because of mine house that is waste and ye run every man to his own house therefore the heavens over you is stayed from dew and the earth is stayed from fruit and I called for a drought upon the land Haggai 1. 4 9 10 11. Cursed be the deceiver who hath in his flock a male and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing Mal. 1. 13 14. I will be a swift witness against the forcerers and against adulterers and against false-swearing and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages the widow and the fatherless that turn aside the stranger c. Ye are gone away from mine ordinances c. ye are cursed with a curse for ye have robbed me c. your words have been stout against me saith the Lord yet ye say What have we spoken so much against thee ye have said It is in vain to serve God c. Mal. 3. 5 9 10 13 14. Behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven and all the proud yea and all who do wickedly shall be stubble and the day which cometh shall burn them up saith the Lord of Hosts that it shall leave them neither root nor branch Mal. 4. 1. Christ pronounceth a wo against Chorazin Bethsaida and Capernaum for not repenting Matth. 11. 21 22 23 24. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto your selves that ye are the children of them who killed the prophets fill ye up then the measure of your fathers Ye serpents ye generation of vipers how can ye escape the damnation of hell Wherefore behold I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias c. whom ye slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say unto you All these things shall come upon this generation O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou who killest the prophets and stonest them who are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together c. and ye would not Behold your house is left to you desolate Matth. 23. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. Annanias and Sapphira for their Lying to the Holy Ghost
12. They profess they know God but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient c. Titus 1. 16. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach Heb. 13. 13. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God 1 John 4. 15. I know thy works and where thou dwellest where Satan's seat is and thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith Rev. 2. 13. See more of owning Christ in Times of Persecution Chap. 22. See more of Perseverance Chap. 16. To wait for Christ's Second Coming WAtch ye therefore for you know not what hour your Lord will come c. Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh Mat. 24. 42 44. ch 25. 13. Rev. 16. 15. The wise and foolish virgins slumbered and slept while the bridegroom tarried Mat. 25. 5. Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning and ye your selves like unto men who wait for the Lord c. Blessed are those c. whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching c. Luke 12. 35 36 37. Take heed your hearts be not overcharged c. and so that day come upon you unawares Luke 21. 34. I will come again and receive you unto my self John 14. 3. See that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1. 7. For our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 20. 21. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory Col. 3. 4. Ye turned to God c. and to wait for his Son from heaven 1 Thes 1. 10. To you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels 2 Thes 1. 6 7. The Lord direct your hearts in the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ 2 Thes 3. 5. A crown of righteousness which the Lord c. shall give me at that day c. but unto them also who love his appearing 2 Tim. 4. 8. Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Titus 2. 13. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9. 28. Ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise for yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry c. Heb. 10. 36 37. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord Behold the husband-man waiteth for the precious fruits be ye also patient stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth near James 5. 7 8. Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 13. There shall come in the last day scoffers c. saying Where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were c. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise c. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night c. What manner of persons ought ye to be c. Looking for and hastening unto the day of God c. 2 Peter 3. 3 4 5 9 10 11 12. Abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed c. at his coming 1 John 2. 28. We know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 John 3. 2. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life Jude verse 21. Surely I come quickly Amen even so come Lord Jesus Rev. 22. 7 12 22. See his coming to judge the world Chap. 36. To walk with God heartily uprightly sincerely and to follow him fully and zealously The reasons thereof ENoch walked with God Gen. 5. 22 24. Noah was a just man and perfect or upright in his generation Noah walked with God c. according unto all which God commanded him so did he c. Gen. 6. 9 22. The Lord said unto Abram Get thee out of thy country c. so Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him Gen. 12. 1 4. The Lord appeared unto Abram and said unto him I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect or upright Gen. 17. 1 2. Abimelech said In the integrity of my heart c. have I done this c. And God said c. I know c. Gen. 20. 5 6 7. God said unto Abraham Take thy son c. and offer him c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning to go about it c. Gen. 22. 1 2 3 4 c. The Lord said to Moses Go I will be with thy mouth c. and he said O my Lord Send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses Exod. 4. 12 13 14. Jerem. 1. 6 7. Bring me an offering of every man who giveth it willingly with his heart Exod. 25. 1. My servant Moses who is faithful in all mine house with him will I speak mouth to mouth Num. 12. 7 8. Heb. 3. 2 5. But my servant Caleb because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land Num. 14. 24. ch 32. 12. Josh 14. 8 14. Take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget c. lest they depart from thine heart c. thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 4. 9 29. The Lord said They have well said all that they have spoken O that there were such an heart in them that they would fear c. Deut. 5. 28 29. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee but c. to serve the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. 12. 1 Sam. 12. 20. Thou shalt be perfect or upright or sincere with the Lord thy God Deut. 18. 13. The Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 26. 16. Cleave unto the Lord your God as ye have done unto this day Josh 23. 8. Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in truth Josh 24. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 24. Because Israel did not destroy all the inhabitants of the land according to command God said I will not drive them out
To God only wise c. Rom. 16. 20 25 27. Jesus Christ who shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be also blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ God is faithful c. 1 Cor. 1. 7 8 9. There hath no tentation taken you but what is common or moderate unto man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it 1 Cor. 10. 13. Now he who establisheth us with you in Christ and hath anointed us is God who hath also sealed us c. 2 Cor. 1. 21 22. I sought the Lord c. and he said unto me My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness most gladly therefore will I glory in mine infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me for when I am weak then am I strong 2 Cor. 12. 7 8 9 10. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand c. Ephes 6. 10 11 13. ch 3. 16. Being confident of this very thing that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect or finish it until the day of Christ Phil. 1. 6. Every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry c. I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me Phil. 4. 12 13. And I pray God your whole spirit soul and body be preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ faithful is he who called you who also will do it 1 Thess 5. 23 24. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself c. establish you in every good word and work 2 Thess 2. 17. The Lord is faithful who shall stablish you and keep you from evil 2 Thess 3. 3. I know whom I have believed and am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day 2 Tim. 1. 12. No man stood with me c. notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthened me c. and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom 2 Tim. 4. 16 17 18. To an inheritance c. reserved for you or for us who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation 1 Pet. 1. 4 5. But the God of all grace who hath called us c. after that you have suffered a while make you perfect stablish strengthen settle you 1 Pet. 5. 10. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God 1 John 3. 9. ch 5. 18. Ye are of God little children and have overcome them because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4. 4. Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory c. to the only wise God c. Jude v. 24 25. See more That Saints shall be kept Chap. 16. God in Christ doth Command Invite and Encourage by Promises to come to him for Teachings Spiritual Life and Strength to bring forth Fruit and persevere and to cast our Care upon him for all THe Lord he it is who doth go before thee he will be with thee he will not fail thee neither forsake thee fear not neither be dismayed Deut. 31. 8. Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Wait I say on the Lord Psal 27. 14. Cast thy burthen upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal 55. 22. Wisdom cryeth without she uttereth her voice in the streets c. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity turn ye at my reproof Behold I will pour out my spirit unto you I will make known my words unto you Prov. 1. 20 21 22 23. ch 8. v. 1 to v. 11. Happy is the man who findeth wisdom and the man who getteth understanding c. She is more precious than rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her c. Then shalt thou walk in the way safely and thy foot shall not stumble Prov. 3. 13 14 15 23. I wisdom c counsel is mine and sound wisdom I am understanding I am strength By me kings reign c. I love them who love me and those who seek me early shall and me Riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousness My fruit is better than gold yea fine gold and my revenue than choice silver I lead in the ways of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgment that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures c. Now therefore hearken unto me O ye children for blessed are they who keep my ways Hear instruction and be wise and refuse it not Blessed is the man who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors for whoso findeth me findeth life Prov. 8. 1 12 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 32 33 34 35. ch 9. 1 2 3 4 5 6. When the poor and needy seek water and there is none and their tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear them I the God of Israel will not forsake them I will open rivers in high places and fountains in the midst of the valleys I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water Isa 41. 17 18. Psalm 69. 3. I said not to the seed of Jacob Seek ye my face in vain c. Look unto me and be ye saved all ye ends of the earth for I am God Isaiah 45. 19 22. Who is among you who â—eareth the Lord c. who walketh in darkness and hath no light let hin trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God Isa 50. 10. Ho every one who thirsteth come ye to the waters and ye who have no money come ye buy and eat yea come buy wine and milk without money and without price wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not Hearken diligently to me and eat ye that which is good and let your souls delight it self in fatness incline your ear and come unto me hear and your souls shall live and I will make an everlasting covenant with you c. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near Let the wicked forsake his ways c. and let him return unto the Lord Isa 55. 1 2 3 6 7. I have seen thy adulteries c. Wilt thou not be made clean when shall it once be Jerem. 13. 27. As I live saith the Lord God I have no pleasure in
for God hath avenged you on her Rev. 18. 20. ch 19. 2. Cons 6. That God will comfort uphold and preserve his in all their Troubles and not lay more on them than they can bear IN that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them who are tempted Heb. 2. 18. ch 4. 15. ch 5. 2. Although with hatred they shall persecute him c. yet shall his bow remain in his strength Gen. 49. 23 24. And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near for God said Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war and they return to Egypt c. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light to go by day and night Exod. 13. 17 21. Thou shalt not be afraid c. for the Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible and the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little Deut. 7. 19 20 21 22. The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee Deut. 33. 27. The Lord will not forsake his people c. 1 Sam. 12. 22. Psalm 94. 14. Psalm 9. 10. David was greatly distressed c. but David encouraged himself in the Lord 1 Sam. 30. 6. Ezra 5. 5. Psalm 145. 14. Will he plead against me with his great power no but he would put strength into me Job 23. 6. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in time of trouble thou wilt save the afflicted people Psalm 9. 9. Psalm 18. 27. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me thou preparest a table for me in the sight of mine enemies c. Psalm 23. 4 5. Psalm 41. 1 2 3. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me he shall set me upon a rock c. When my father and my mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up c. Wait on the Lord c. he shall strengthen thine heart Psalm 27. 5 10 14. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them who fear him c. to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine Psal 33. 18 19. Ezâ—a 5. 5. The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him the Lord will not leave him in his hand c. The Lord he is their strength in time of trouble and the Lord shall help them and deliver them c. Psalm 73. 32 33 39 40. Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved c. There is a river the streams thereof shall make glad the city of God c. God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved God shall help her right early Psalm 46. 1 2 3 4 5. Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee he shall never suffer the righteous to be removed Psalm 55. 22. Psalm 3. 5 6. Bless our God c. who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to be moved for thou O Lord hast proved us thou hast tried us as silver is tried thou broughtest us into the net thou laidst afflictions upon our loins thou hast caused men to ride over our heads c. Psalm 66. 8 9 10 11 12. But he full of compassion forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not yea many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up his wrath for he remembered they were but flesh a wind which passeth away and cometh not again Psalm 78. 38 39. Psalm 106. 43 44 45. He preseâ—veth the soul of his Saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked Psalm 97. 〈◊〉 Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who fear him for he knoweth our frame he remembreth we are but dust Psalm 103. 13 14. The Lord hath chastened me sore but he hath not given me over unto death Psalm 118. 18. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side now may Israel say c. When men rose up against us then they had swallowed us up quick c. Then the water had overwhelmed us the stream had gone over our soul then the proud waters had gone over our soul Psalm 124. 1 2 3 4 â— 8. Psalm 94. 17 18 19. Though I walk in the midst of trouble thou wilt revive me thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies Psalm 138. 7. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish Prov. 10. 3. Thou hast been a strength to the poor a strength to the needy in his distress a refuge from the storm a shadow from the heat when the blast of the terrible one is as a storm against the wall Isa 25. 4. ch 50. 4. He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind Isa 27. 8. A king shall reign c. and a man shall be a hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the tempest as rivers of water in a dry place as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land Isa 32. 1 2. ch 50. 4. When the poor and needy seek water and there is none and their tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear them I the God of Israel will not forsake them I will open rivers in high places c. I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water Isa 41. 17 18 19. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and thorow the rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned neither shall the flame kindle upon thee for I am the Lord thy God Isa 43. 2 3. The Lord hath comforted his people and will have mercy on his afflicted Isâ— 49. 13. Thus saith the high and lofty One c. I dwell c. with him also who is of a contrite spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones for I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wroth for the spirit should fail before me and the souls I have made Isa 57. 15 16. When the enemy shall come in like a flood the Spirit of the Lord shall 〈◊〉 up a standard against him Isa 59. 19. Your brethren who hate you that cast you out for my name's sake said Let the Lord be glorified but he shall appear unto your joy c. Isa 66. 5. Although I have cast them off among the heathen c. yet will I be unto them as a little
up he woundeth and his hands make whole Job 5. 18 19. God brings his very low and then delivers them Job 33. 19 20 21 22 c. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job c. also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before Job 42. 10. Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress Psalm 4. 1. The needy shall not always be forgotten the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever Psalm 9. 18. Lord thou hast heard the desire of the humble c. to judge the fatherless and the oppresied that the man of the earth may no more oppress or terrifie Psal 10. 17 18. Psal 146. 7 8 9. Prov. 22. 22 23. For the oppression of the poor for the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him who would ensnare him or puffeth at them Psal 12. 5. Sing unto the Lord O ye saints of his c. for his anger endureth but a moment c. weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning Psal 30. 4 5. The righteous cry and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles c. many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of them all Psal 34. 17 19. Psal 37. 39 40. I waited patiently for the Lord c. he brought me up also out of an horrible pit out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock c. Psal 40. 1 2. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee and thou c. Psal 50. 15. Psal 46. 1. Thou who hast shewed me great and sore troubles shalt quicken me again and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side Psal 71. 20 21. I will hear what God the Lord will speak for he will speak peace to his people but let them not turn again to folly Psal 85 8. The Lord will not cast of his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Psal 94. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 22. The Lord is merciful and gracious c. he will not always chide neither will he keep his anger for ever Psal 103 8 9 13 14 Jer. 3. 12. Our soul is escaped c. a bird c. the snare is broken and we are escaped Psal 124. 7. The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put forth their hands unto inâ—qury Psal 125. 2 3. When the Lord returned the captivity of Zion we were â—â—ke 〈◊〉 who dream c. They who sow in tears shall reap in joy he who goeth forth and weepeth c. shall doubtless come again with rejoycing c. Psal 126. 1 2 5 6. The Lord will judge his People and he will repent himself concerning his servant Psal 135. 14. He healeth the broken heart and bindeth up their wounds Psal 147. 3. For yet a very little while and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction Isa 10. 25. Though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away and thou comfortedst me Isa 21. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will yet chuse Israel and set them in their own land c. and they shall rule over their oppressors c. the Lord will give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve Isa 14. 1 2 3. chap. 35. 3 4. Comfort ye my people c. her warfare is accomplished Isa 40. 1 2. God hath comforted his people and will have mercy upon his afflicted Isa 49. 13. The redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion c. they shall obtain gladness and joy Sorrow and mourning shall flee away I I am he who comforteth you c. hear now this thou afflicted c. I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling c. thou shalt no more drink it again Isa 51. 11 12 21 22. For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercy will I gather thee in a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee Isa 54. 7 8. I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wroth for the spirit should sail before me and the souls I have made For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him I hid me c. and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart I have seen his ways I will heal him I will lead him also and restore comforts unto him and c. Isa 57 15 16 17 18. In my wrath I smote thee but in my favour have I had mercy on thee Isa 60. 10. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me c. to bind up the broken hearted c. to comfort all who mourn to appoint unto them who mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes and the oyl of joy for mourning c. Isa 60. 1 2 3. I know the thoughts that I think towards you saith the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end Jer. 20. 10. 11. Alas c. it is the time of Jacob's trouble but he shall be saved out of it for it shall come to pass c. I will heal thee of thy wounds saith the Lord because they called thee an outcast saying This is Zion whom no man seeketh after Jer. 30. 7 8 17. He who scattereth Israel will gather him c. I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoyce from their sorrow c. Is Ephraim my dear son c. I will surely have mercy on him saith the Lord c. As I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down c. so will I watch over them to build and to plant saith the Lord Jer. 31. 10 13 20 28. For the Lord will not cast off for ever but tho he cause grief yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies for he doth not afflict willingly Lam. 3. 31 32. Therefore thus saith the Lord God Now will I bring again the Captivity of Jacob and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for mine holy name after that they have born their shame c. Ezek. 39. 25 26. Ps 106. 8. Come let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn and he will heal us he hath smitten and he will bind us up c. Hosea 6. 1. Rejoyce not against me O mine enemy though I fall I shall rise c. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him until he plead my cause c. he will bring me forth to the light and I shall be-behold his righteousness c. Who is a God like
24 29 30. Peter therefore was kept in prison but prayers were made without ceasing of the Church to God for him Acts 12. 5 12. Paul when he was under the buffeting of Satan saith For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me 2 Cor. 12. 7 8. Is any among you afflicted Let him pray c. Is any sick among you Let him call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over him c. and the prayers of the faithful shall save the sick James 5. 13 14 15. See more of Prayer Chap. 16. See more of Duties in common Calamities 7. Not to fear but believing commit their Case to God and quietly wait for his Salvation HE hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee So that we may boldly say The Lord is my helper I will not fear what man can do unto me Heb. 13. 5 6. Israel's Impatience in waiting for God made them quarrel with Moses and Moses with God although God was in his way of delivering Exod. 5. 21 22 23. The children of Israel said unto Moses Because there were no graves in Egypt hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness c. And Moses said unto the people Fear ye not stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which he shall shew to you this day c. The Lord shall fight for you Exod. 14. 10 to 14. Because of Israel's Unbelief and Impatience in waiting for God they were not suffered to enter Canaan only their Children of whom they had said They should be a prey they did possess the land Deut. 1. 32 to 39. As an encouragement we should remember what God hath done formerly Dent. 7. 17 18 19. And David was greatly distressed c. but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God 1 Sam. 30. 6. ch 17. 34 35 36 37. It may be the Lord will lock on my affliction and that the Lord will requite good for his cursing this day 2 Sam. 16. 12. Elisha said when the City was environed with Enemies Fear not for they who be with us are more than they who be with them c. But when there was a Famine in Samaria the King because Deliverance hastned not said Behold this evil is from the Lord What should I wait for the Lord any longer 2 Kings 6. 14 15 16 33. 2 Chron. 32. 7 8. In the great Famine of Samaria the great Lord who would not believe the Plenâ—y the Prophet had fore-told was told by the Prophet that he should see it but not eat thereof And so it fell out unto him 2 Kings 7. 1 2 17 18 19 20. Though Judah was beset by Israel yet Judah prevailed because they relied upon the Lord God c. 2 Chron. 23. 14 18. Ezra 8. 21 22 23. God was angry with Asa for relying upon the King of Assyria and not on God 2 Chron. 16. Be not afraid nor dismayed for the battel is not yours but God's c. Stand ye and see the salvation of the Lord with you 2 Chron. 20. 15 16 17. To God I would commit my cause Job 5. 8. Psal 9. 10. Psal 10. 14. Psal 11. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined to me c. He brought me out of an horrible pit Psal 40. 1 2. Why art thou cast down O my soul why art thou disquieted in me Hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him Psal 42. 5 11. Psal 31. 24. Cast thy burthen upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal 55. 22. The Lord is merciful c. he will not always chide c. Psal 103. 8 9. Our bones are scattered at the graves mouth c. But mine eyes are unto thee O Lord Psal 141 7 8. Job 13. 15. Despise not the chastening of the Lord neither be weary of his correction Prov. 3. 11 12. Heb. 12. 5 6. If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small Prov. 24. 10. The fear of man bringeth a snare but whoso trusteth in the Lord shall be safe Prov. 29. 25. If thou seest the oppression of the poor c. marvel not c. for he who is higher than the highest regardeth c. Eccles 5. 8. Take heed and be quiet fear not neither be faint-hearted c. because Syria Ephraim c. have taken evil counsel against thee c. It shall not stand Isa 7. 3 to 7. And I will wait upon the Lord who hideth his face from the house of Jacob and I will look for him Isa 8. 17. It shall be said in that day Lo this is our God we have waited for him and he will save us Isa 25. 9. ch 26. 8. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee c. Come my people enter thou into thy chamber c. hide thy self c. until the indignation be over Isa 26. 3 20. The Egyptians shall help in vain c. therefore have I cried c. their strength is to sit still c. Thus saith the Lord In returning and rest you shall be saved in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength c. Isa 30. 7 15. Fear not for I am with thee Be not dismayed for I am thy God c. Isa 41. 10 13 14. Gen. 15. 1. ch 26. 24. Who is among you who feareth the Lord who obeyeth the voice of his servant who walketh in darkness and hath no light Let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God Behold all ye who kindle a fire c. Isa 50. 10 11. Fear ye not the reproach of men neither be afraid or their revilings c. I even I am he who comforteth you Who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die c. and forgettest the Lord thy Maker Isa 51. 7 12 13. Matth. 10. 28 31. It is the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not c. It 's good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord Lamen 3. 22 25 26. The three Children threatned said Our God c. will deliver us out of thy hand Daniel 3. 16 17. When my soul fainted within me I remembred the Lord Jonah 2. 7. None upright amongst men they all lie in wait to shed blood c. that they do evil with both hands earnestly c. The son dishonoureth the father c. therefore will I look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation Micah 7. 2 3 4 5 6 7. The Lord is good a strong hold in the day of trouble and he knoweth them who trust in him Nahum 1. 7. Take no thought c. for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak Matth. 10. 19 20 28 31. ch 6. 27. Come unto me all ye who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Matth. 11. 28.
let him eat at home 1 Cor. 11. 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 33 34. V. Discipline Church-Consares or removing of Scandals IF a soul sin and hear the voice of swearing and is a witness whether he hath seen or known of it if he do not utter it then shall he bear his iniquity Levit. 5. 1. If there were a leper in the camp of Israel he was to be pronounced unclean and his habitation without the campalone Levit. 13. 44 46. When he was to be brought into the camp again he was first to be pronounced clean by the Priest after he had viewed him and offered sacrifices for him and performed other things so for other uncleannesses they were to be separated from the congregation c. and so brought in again Levit. 14. 1 2 3 4 5 c. ch 15. March 8. 4. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart thou shalt in any wise rebake thy neighbour and not suffer in upon him or that thou bear not sin for him Levit. 19. 17. If the people of the land do any way hide their eyes from the man when he giveth of his seed unto Molech and kill him not then I will set my face against that man and against his family Levit. 20. 3 4 5. The Priests or people who were unclean c. by any uncleanness were not to eat or touch the holy things that they might not prophane the holy name of the Lord if they did before they were cleansed they were to be cut off from the presence of Godâ— no it anger was to eat of the holy thing Levit. 22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15. Put out of the camp every leper and every one who hath an issue c. both male and female shall â—e put out c. that they defile not their camp in the midst whereof I dwell and the children of Israel did so c. Numb 5. 1 2 3 4. Deut. 23. 14. Numb 5. 3◠〈◊〉 the King was a leper and being in the temple the Priests thrust him out from thence c. he dwelt in a several house being a leper 〈◊〉 he was cut off from the house of the Lord 2 Chron. 26. 15 20 21. The people of Israel the Priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the land c. for they have taken of their daughters c. so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people c. yea the hand of the princes and 〈◊〉 have been chief in this trespass c. Ezra 9. 1 2. They read in the book of Moses c. that the 〈…〉 should not come into the congregation◠〈◊〉 God for ever c. Now it came to pass when they had heard the 〈◊〉 that they separated from Israel all the mixed mâ—titude Neâ—em 13. â— â— He who spareth his rod hateth his son but he who loveth him c. Prov. 13. 24. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself and discover not a secret to another or the secret of another Prov. 25. 9. Open rebuke is better than secret love Pro. 27. 5. If thou take forth the precious from the vile thou shalt be as my mouth Jer. 15. 19. Her Priests have violated my law and have prophaned mine holy things they have put no difference between the holy and prophane neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 22. 26. They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and prophane and cause men to discern between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 44. 23. Ephraim hath mixed himself among the people c. a cake not turned Hosea 7. 8. Jesus said unto Peter c. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven Matth. 16. 18 19. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee if he will hear thee thou shalt gain thy brother but if he will not hear thee then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established and if he shall neglect to hear them tell it to the Church but if he neglect to hear the Church let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth c. Matth. 18. 15 16 17 18. John 20. 21 22. 23. If thy brother trespass c. rebuke him and if he repent forgive him c. if seven times a day Luke 17 3 4. I beseech you brethren mark them who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them for they are such who serve not our Lord Jesus but their own bellies c. Rom. 16. 17 18. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you and such c. and ye are pussed up and have not rather mourned that he who hath done this deed might have been taken away from among you c. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus c. know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump c I wrote to you in an Epistle not to keep company with fornicators yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world c. But if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolator c. with such a one no not to â—at for what have I do with them who are without do not ye judge them who are within c therefore put away from among your selves that wicked person 1 Cor. 5. Sufficient to such a man was this punishment or censure which was inflicted of many so that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him c. wherefore I beseech you that you would confirm your love to him c. to whom ye forgive any thing I also forgive 2 Cor. 2. 6 7 8 9 10 11. Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers c. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness c Are ye not the temple of the living God c come out from among them and touch no unclean thing c. 2 Cor. 6. 14 15 16 17 18. When Paul had written to the Galatians about some who troubled them and would pervert the Gospel of Christ c. had preached the circumciâ—ion c. he said to them Ye did run well who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth this perswasion cometh not from him who calleth you a little leaven leaveneth the whole
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
now I will go unto the Lord peradventure I shall make an attonement for your sin Exod. 32. 30. The Lord shall epent himself for his servants when he seeth that power is gone c. Deut. 32. 36. Ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you and from off your gods and from off your land 1 Sam. 6. 5. And Jonathan said c. Come and let us go over unto the garison of these uncircumcised it may be that the Lord will work for us for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or few 1 Sam. 14. 6. While the child was yet alive I fasted and wept for I said Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me that the child may live 2 Sam. 12. 22. Let him alone and let him curse c. it may be the Lord will look on mine affliction and that the Lord will requite good for his curing this day 2 Sam. 16. 12. Why sit we hear until we die If we enter into the city then the famine is in the city and we shall die there c. Now therefore come let us sall into the host of the Assyrians if they save us we shall live if they kill us we shall but die c. 2 Kings 7. 3 4 c. This day is a day of trouble c. it may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh c. and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard Wherefore lift up prayers for the remnant which are left 2 Kings 19. 3 4. We have trespassed against our God and have taken strange wives c. yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives c. Ezra 10. 2 3. O my God I cry in the day time and thou hearest not c. be not far from me c. Psalm 22. 2 3 to the 12. It is good for a man that beareth his yoke in his youth c. He putteth his mouth in the dust if so be there be hope Lam. 3. 27 29. Israel said Our bones are dried and our hope is lost we are cut off for our parts c. Thus saith the Lord Behold O my people I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel Ezek. 37. 11 12 13. O King c. break off thy sins by righteousness c. if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquility or healing of thine error Dan. 4. 27. Rent your hearts c. who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him c. Joel 2. 13 14. Hate the evil and love the good and establish judgment in the gates it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph Amos 5. 15. The ship was like to be broken c. Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship and he lay and was fast asleep and the Ship-master came to him and said to him c. Arise call upon thy God if so be that God will think upon us thaâ— we perish not Jonah 1. 4 5 6. Jonah when in the Fish's belly said I am cass out of thy fight yet will I look again unto thy holy temple c. when my soul sainted within me I remembred the Lord and my prayer came in unto thee into thine holy temple Jonah 2. 1 2 3 4 7. Let man and beast be covered with sack-cloth and cry mightily unto God yea let them turn every man from his evil way c. Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not Jonah 3. 8 9 10. Seek ye the Lord all ye meek c. It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger Zeph. 2. 3. The Woman who had had the bloody Issue twelve years and had spent much upon Physicians to no purpose came and touched Christ and was healed Luke 8. 43 44 45 46 47 48. John 5. 5 6 7 8 9. The Woman of Canaan though Christ answered her roughly cried still and prevailed Mark 7. 26 27 c. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee for I perceive thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity Acts 8. 22 23. In meekness instructing them who oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth and that they may recover them out of the snare of the Devil who are taken captive by him at his will 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. See Repentance Chap. 33. See Crying to God in time of Afflictions Chap. 22. See Salvations in such low Conditions Ibid. CHAP. L. God takes notice of a little Good and Humblings in any and requites it and commends it HE only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave because in him there is found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam 1 Kings 14. 12 13. Ahab c. rent his clothes and put sack-cloath upon his flesh c. and went softly c. Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me because he humbleth himself before me I will not bring the evil in his days 1 Kings 21. 27 28 29. Jehu commended and rewarded for his zeal in executing the Judgments of God upon Ahab's house 2 Kings 10. 30. Because thine heart was tender saith God to Josiah and thou hast humbled thy self before the Lord c. and hast rent thy clothes and hast wept before me I also have heard saith the Lord. Behold therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers c. in peace and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place 2 Kings 22. 18 19 20. When the Lord saw that Rehoboam and the princes humbled themselves he said I will not destroy them but I will grant them some deliverance c. God would not destroy him altogether 2 Chron. 12. 6 7 12. Thus saith the Lord I remember the kindness of thy youth the love of thine Espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness in a land which was not sown Jer. 2. 2. Thus God did note and commend the good of the Churches in Asia Rev. 2. 2 3 9 13 19. ch 3. 4 8 10 11. CHAP. LI. Of Vowes and Promises to God JAcob vowed a vow saying If God will be with me and will keep me in this way and will give me bread to eat c. then shall the Lord be my God c. Gen. 28. 20 21 22. ch 31. 13. The Law for redemption of the things vowed Levit. 17. The Law about â—ows where it binds and is to be kept and where not Numb 30. When thou shalt vow to the Lord thy God
blasphemest because I said I am the Son of God John 10. 33 36. They suborned men who said We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God Acts 6. 11 13. When Herod had spoken c. the people gave a shout saying It is the voice of a God not of a man And immediately the Angel of God smote him because he gave not God the glory c. Acts 12. 21 22 23. Paul testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed he c. said to them Your blood be upon your heads c. Acts 18. 5 6. ch 19. 9. ch 13. 45. I punished them oft in every Synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme being exceeding mad against them c. Acts 26. 11. The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you c. Rom. 2. 23 24. But now you also put off all these anger c. blasphemy c. Colos 3. 8. Putting me into the Ministry who before was a blasphemer c. Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 13 20. Servants c. count their own master worthy of all honour that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed 1 Tim. 6. 1. Men shall be lovers of their own selves c. blasphemers c. 2 Tim. 3. 2. Discreet chaste keepers at home good obedient to their own husbands that the word of God be not blasphemed Titus 2. 4 5. Do not rich men oppress you c. Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called James 2. 6 7. They think c. strange c. blaspheming or speaking evil of you c. 1 Pet. 4. 5. I know the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews and are not but the synagogue of Satan Rev. 2. 9. I saw a beast c. and upon his head the names of blasphemy c. And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies c. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them who dwell in heaven Rev. 13. 1 5 6. And men were scorched with great heat and blasphemed the name of God who hath power over these pl gues and they repented not to give him glory c. They gnawed their tongues for pain and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain and their sores and repented not of their deeds c. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail c. Rev. 16. 9 10 11 21. CHAP. LIII Israel's Murmurings against God and Moses when God was in his Way of Redeeming them WHen Moses and Aaron had been with Pharaoh and Pharaoh had made their burthen heavier they met Moses and Aaron who stood in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh and they said unto them The Lord look upon you and judge because you have made our favour to be abhorred or to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants to put a sword into their hands to slay us Exod. 5. 1 2 6 7 20 21. When they were pursued by the Egyptians they cried unto the Lord and they said unto Moses Because there were no graves in Egypt hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us to carry us forth out of Egypt Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt saying Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness Exod. 14. 8 to 13. They could not drink of the waters of Marah for they were bitter c. And the people murmured against Moses saying What shall we drink Exod. 15. 23 24. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness and c. said unto them Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt when we sate by the flesh-pots when we did eat bread to the full for ye have brought us forth into the wilderness to kill this whole congregation with hunger c. Ye shall see the glory of the Lord for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord And what are we that ye murmur against us c. Your murmurings are not against us but against the Lord Exod. 16. 2 3 7 8 12. The people did chide with Moses and said Give us water that we may drink And Moses said to them Why chide you with me wherefore do you tempt the Lord And the people thirsted there for water and the people murmured against Moses and said Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattel with thirst c. They tempted the Lord saying Is the Lord among us or not Exod. 17. 2 3 7. When the people complained it displeased the Lord and his anger was kindled and the fire of the Lord burnt c. And the mixed multitude who was among them fell a lusting And the children of Israel also wept again or murmured and wept and said Who shall give us flesh to eat We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely the cucumbers and the melons c. but now our soul is dried away there is nothing at all besides this Manna before our eyes c. God gave them flesh but while the flesh was yet between their teeth ere it was chewed the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague c. Numb 11. 1 4 5 6 10 20 31 32 33. Upon the report of the Spies of the difficulty of entring the Land all the Congregation of Israel listed up their voice and cried and the people wept that night And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron and the whole congregation said unto them Would God we had died in the land of Egypt or Would God we had died in this wilderness And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land to fall by the sword that our wives and our children should be a prey Were it not better for us to return into Egypt c. Let us make us a captain and return into Egypt Your carcases shall fall in the wilderness c. These men who saw my glory and my signs have tempted me c. Numb 14. 1 2 3 4 9 10 22 23 28 29 30 31 32. When Korah and his Company were swallowed up all the Congregation of the Children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron saying Ye have killed the people of the Lord Numb 16. 41. There was not water for the congregation and they gathered themselves against Moses and against Aaron and the people chod with Moses and spake saying Would God we had died when our brethren died
months and times and years c. Gal. 1. 6. Gal. 4. 9 10 11. Paul complains thus I have no man like minded whâ— will naturally â—re for your state for all 〈◊〉 their own not the things which are Jesus Christ's Phil. 2. 20. 21. Ye are dun of hearing for when for the time ye ought to bâ— teachers ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracies of God and are become such as have need of milk c. Hetr 5. 11 12. Thee hast born and hast patience and for my 〈◊〉 sake hast laboured and hast not fainted 〈◊〉 I have somewhat against thee because 〈…〉 thy first love c. So the Church of Pergamos c. and the Church of Thiatira c. See Rev. 2 3 4 12 13 14 15 18 19 20. III. That God will punish or correct his for sinning GOD was angry with Moses for his sin and would not suffer him to go into the good land Deut. 3. 25 26 27. ch 4. 21 22. God said to Moses Die in the mount as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel c. Because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel c. Because ye believed me not c. Deut. 32. 48 50 51. Psalm 106. 32 33. Numb 20. 12. Aaron shall be gathered unto his people he shall not enter into the land c. because ye rebelled against my word c. Numb 20. 24. I will be his Father and he shall be my son If he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men but my mercy shall not depart away from him 2 Sam. 7. 14 15. God punished Solomon for his sin in his old age 1 Kings 11. David said to Nathan I have sinned against the Lord and Nathan said unto David The Lord also hath put away thy sin thou shaet not die how be it because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme the child shall sureâ—y die 2 Sam. 12. 13 14. Hezekiah sinned and there was wrath upon him 2 Chron. 32. 25. 2 Kings 20. 12 13 c. If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments c. 〈◊〉 I will 〈◊〉 their transgreâ—â—ions with a rod and their iniquities with itripes Psalm 89. 30 31 32. The man of God for his disobedience was slain 1 Kings 13. 18 19 20 c. Thou wast a God who forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions Psalm 99. 8. Christ withdrew himself from his Spouse when she grew sluggish and mindless of him Cant. 5. 1 2 3 4 c. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him I hid me and was wroth and he went on frowardly or turning away in the way of his heart I have seen his way and I will heal him Isa 57. 17 18. I have forsaken my house c. I have given the dearly beloved c. into the hand of enemies Jer. 12. 7 8 9 10. I will correct thee in measure and will not leave thee altogether unpunished Jer. 30. 11. ch 46. 28. You only have I known of all the families in the earth therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities Amos 3. 2. When God sent Jonah to Nineveh he fled from God's presence c. but the Lord sent out a great wind c. And Jonah was east into the Sea for this Jonah 1. 1 4 10. 11 12. Zacharias struck dumb for not believing Luke 1. 19 20. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep c. When we are judged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world 1 Cor. 11. 30 31. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten Be zealous therefore c. Rev. 3. 19. Hebr. 12. 6 7 8. See more of God's Judgments for Sin Chap. 16. CHAP. XIV Of the Privileges of Saints and their Excellency above others What God bath done doth do and will do for and be unto them more than others and what they can do with God c. THE Lord had respect to Abel and his offerings c. If thou do well shalt thou not be accepted Gen. 4. 4 7. Enoch walked with God and was not for God took him Gen. 5. 24. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord Gen. 6. 8. And the Lord said unto Noah Come thou and all thy house into the Ark For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation Gen. 7. 1. 2 Pet. 2. 5. And the Lord plagued Pharoah and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife Gen. 12. 17. ch 20. 2 3. The word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision saying Fear not Abram I am thy shield thy exceeding great reward Gen. 15. 1. ch 17. 1 2 7. God said Shall I hide from Abram what I am about to do c. the cry of Sodom c. is greater c. Abram interceded with God for Sodom and God granted him as much as he asked See at large Gen. 18. 17 18 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 c. When God had sent his Angels to destroy Sodom they said unto Lot Hast thon any here besides Son-in-law and thy sons and thy daughters and whatsoever thou hast in the câ—y bring out of this place c. They hastened Lot saying Arise take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here lest thou be consumed c. And while he lingered the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters the Lord being merciful unto him and they brought him forth c. He prevailed with God to spare Zoar c. Haste thee escape thither for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither c. God remembred Abram and sent Lot out or the midst of the overthrow c. Gen. 19. 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 29. 2 Pet. 2. 6 7. And God said unto Abram c. Of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation because he is thy feed Gen. 21. 12 13. God spake to Jacob friendly when he fled from his brother Esau Gen. 28. 13 14 15. Laban said unto Jacob I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blesled me for thy sake c. Jacob said to him c. The Lord hath blessed thee since my coming or at my foot Gen. 30. 27 30. Prov. 11. 10 11. When Laban was pursuing Jacob God came to Laban c. and said Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad or from good to bad c. Laban said It is in the power of my hands to do thee hurt but the God of your father spake unto me yester-night saying Take thou heed c. Gen. 31. 24 29. Jacob prevailed with God
c. then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them and this house which I have hallowed for my Name will I cast out of my sight and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word c. 1 Kings 9. 6 7 8. And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel who had appeared unto him twice c. Therefore the Lord said unto Solomon Forasmuch as this is done of thee and thou hast not kept my covenant c. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and will give it to thy servant 1 Kings 11. 9 10 11. It was charged me by the word of the Lord saying Eat no bread c. Thus saith the Lord Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord c. and hast eaten bread and drank water c. thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers c. A Lion met him by the way and slew him c. It is the man of God 1 Kings 13. 8 9 21 22 24 25 26. Tell Jeroboam c. Forasmuch as I have exalted thee from among the people and made thee prince c. yet thou hast done evil above all that were before thee for thou hast gone and made thee other gods c. Therefore behold I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam him who pisseth against the wall c. Him who dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall dogs eat and him who dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat for the Lord hath spoken it 1 Kings 14. 7 to 11. Baasha smote all the house of Jeroboam he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed until he had destroyed him according to the saying of the Lord c. Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he had sinned and which he made Israel to sin 1 Kings 15. 27 29 30. 2 Chron. 12. 1 2 4 5. The very like threatning did God send to Baasha for his Sins c. and acordingly executed by Zimri his Servant 1 Kings 16. 1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 13. God threatens and sends a Famine in Israel for the Sins of Ahab c. 1 Kings 17. He killed Naboth and possessed his Vineyard c. Thus saith the Lord Hast thou killed and taken possession also c. In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood even thine c. All this executed against him Jezebel and Ahab's House 1 Kings 21. 14 19 21 22 23 24. ch 22. 38. 2 Kings 9. 33. Ahaziah fell down c. He sent to enquire of the God of Ekron c. And the Lord by Elijah sends thus Is it not because there is not a God in Israel ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron Now therefore thus saith the Lord Thou shalt not come down from thy bed c. but shalt surely die c. So he died according to the word of the Lord 2 Kings 1. 2 3 4 6 16 17. God punished Gehazi for his Covetousness with Leprosie 2 Kings 5. 20 21 22 c. So it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God c. and walked in the statutes of the heathen c. The Lord testified against them by the hand of all the prophets all the seers saying Turn ye from your ways c. Notwithstanding they would not hear but hardned their necks c. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight c. And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of the spoilers until he had cast them out of his sight 2 Kings 17. 7 8 9 13 14 15 18 19 20. Senacherib and his Army smitten for his Blasphemy and Pride 2 Kings 19. 21 22 23 35 37. Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did c. and hath made Judah also to sin c. therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel Behold I am bringing evil upon Jerusalem and Judah that whosoever heareth of it both his ears shall tingle c. I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies c. because they have done c. 2 Kings 21. 9 11 12 13 14 15. The Lord turned not from the fierceness of his wrath wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked withal And the Lord said I will remove Judah also out of my sight as I have removed Israel and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen and the house of which I have said my Name shall be there 2 Kings 23. 26 27. God accordingly gives them up wholly to their Enemies 2 Kings 24. ch 25. Jehoram's Wickedness surely punished by the Lord 2 Chron. 21. 4 6 11 13 14 15 c. Uzzia the king when he was strong his heart was lifted up to his destruction c. He went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense and when the priests withstood him he was wroth and while he was yet wroth with the priests the leprosie even rose up in his forehead c. The Lord had smitten him And Uzzia the king was a leper unto the day of his death 2 Chron. 26. 16 to 22. The Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz c. for he made Judah naked and transgressed c. 2 Chron. 28. 19. Moreover all the chief of the priests and the people transgressed very much c. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers c. But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his word and misused his prophets until the wrath of God arose against his people till there was no remedy therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees c. 2 Chron. 36. 13 14 15 16 17. Jer. 32. 31 32 34 35 36. ch 44. 2 3 4 c. The Psalmist reckons up the several Rebellions of Israel and God's Judgments against them for Sin Psal 78. My people would not hearken to my voice and Israel would none of me so I gave them up to their own hearts c. O that my people had hearkned unto me c. Psal 81. 11 12 13. Deut. 5. 29. ch 32. 28 29 30. Israel's Behaviour and Rebellions together with God's Dealings with them summed up by the Psalmist Psal 106. Psal 95. 9 10 11. Ezek. 20. Because they rebelled against the the words of God and contemned the counsel of the Most High therefore he brought down their heart with labour they fell down and none to help Psal 107. 11 12. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c. Turn you at my reproof c. Because I called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and
have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger they are gone away backward Why should ye be stricken any more ye will revolt more and more c. They who forsake the Lord shall be consumed Isa 1. 2 4 5 28. There shall be desolation because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength c. Isa 17. 10. They who wait upon the Lord shall renew strength they shall mount up c. they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not saint Isa 40. 31 This people have I formed for my self c. but thou hast not called upon me O Jacob but thou hast been weary of me O Israel Thou hast nor c. Isa 43 21 22 23. He feedeth upon ashes and a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul nor say Is there not a lye in my right hand Isa 44. 20. I remember c. the kindness of thy youth c. when thou wentest after me in the wilderness c. Thus saith the Lord What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain c. Pass over the Isles c. Hath a nation changed their gods c. But my people have changed their glory c. Be astonished O ye heavens c. for my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the Fountain of living waters hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns which can hold no water c. Hast thou not procured this to thy self in that thou hast forsaken the Lord c. Thy back-sliding shall reprove thee Know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God c. I had planted thee a noble vine c. how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me c. They have turned their back unto me and not their face c. Have I been a barren wilderness unto Israel a land of darkness Wherefore say my people We are lords we will come no more unto thee Can a maid forget her ornaments or a Bride her attire Yet my people have forgotten me days without number Jerâ—m 2. 2 5 6 10 11 12 13 17 19 21 27 31 32. Hos 13. 6. Weeping c. of the children of Israel for they have perverted their way c. forgotten the Lord c. Jer. 3. 21. How shall I pardon thee for this Thy children have forsaken me c. This people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart they are revolted and gone Jer. 5. 7 23. Hos 11. 7. Jer. 6. 28 30. ch 15. 5 6 7. Why is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual back-sliding Jer. 8. 5. O Lord the Hope of Israel all who forsake thee shall be ashamed and they who depart from me shall be written in the earth because they have forsaken the Lord the Fountain of living waters Jer. 17. 13. My people have been lost sheep c. and they have forgotten their resting-place c. Jerem. 50. 6. Hosea 8. 14. Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's meat Daniel 1. 8. Israel slideth back as a back-sliding heifer c. Ephraim is joined to idols let him alone Hos 4. 16 17. ch 11. 7. Wo unto them for they have fled from me Hos 7. 13. Keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually Hos 12. 6. I will stretch out my hand upon Judah c. and them who are turned back from the Lord and those who have not sought the Lord nor enquired for him Zeph. 1. 4 6. I am the Lord I change not Mal. 3. 6. He who endureth unto the end shall be saved c. Whosoever shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my Father c. Matth. 10. 22 33. ch 24. 13. But dureth for a while for when tribulation c. ariseth c. by and by he is offended Matth. 13 20 21. Whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it Matth. 16. 25. Luke 17. 32 33. Jesus said c. No man having set his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God Luke 9. 62. The Prodigal Son 's Wandering and the Issue thereof Luke 15. 11 12 13 c. Thou art made whole sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee John 5. 14. ch 8. 11. From that time many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him c. Will ye go also c. Lord Whither shall we go Thou hast the words of eternal life John 6. 66 67 68 69. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed John 8. 32. Abide in me c. If any man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered c. If ye abide in me and my words abide in you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you c. Continue ye in my love John 15. 4 6 7 9. Whether is it right in the sight of God to-hearken unto you more than unto God judge ye for we cannot but speak c. Acts 4. 18 19. Barnabas exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord Acts 11. 22 23. Many of the Jews followed Paul and Barnabas who speaking unto them persuaded them to continue in the grace of God Acts 13. 43. They exhorted them to continue in the faith Acts 14. 22. Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind or to a mind void of judgment Rom. 1. 28. To them who by patient continuing in well-doing seek for glory c. eternal life Rom. 2. 6 7. Behold then the goodness and Severity of God on them which fell severity but towards thee goodness if thou continue in his goodness otherwise thou also shalt be cut off Rom. 11. 22. Let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God 1 Cor. 7. 24. I praise you c. that you keep the ordinances as I delivered them unto you 1 Cor. 11. 2. Be ye stedfast unmoveable alway abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord 1 Cor. 15. 58. Stand fast in the faith quit you like men and be strong 1 Cor. 16. 13. Having therefore these promises c. let us cleanse our selves c. perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7. 1. I am jealous over you c. lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve c. so your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ 2 Cor. 11. 2 3. I marvel that you are so soon removed from him who called you c. But though we or
21. chap. 11. 18 19. A man may not disinherit his first-born son If any man have a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother and that when they have chastned him will not hearken unto them then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him c. and all the men of his City shall stone him c. Deut. 21. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. Cursed be he who lightly esteems his father or mother Deut. 27. 16. Gather c. men women and children c. that they may hear c. that they may learn and fear the Lord c. Deut. 31. 11 12 13. Set your hearts unto all the words c. which ye shall command your children to observe to do all the words of this law Deut. 32. 46. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come saying What mean these stones then ye shall let your children know saying Israel came over Jordan on dry land for the Lord your God dryed up c. Josh 4. 20 21 22 23. Deut. 4. 9 10 ch 6. 20 21. Ruths great love to her mother-in-law recorded Ruth 1. 15 16 17. Eli was old and heard all that his sons did unto Israel and how they lay with the women c. and he said unto them Why do you such things for I hear of your evil dealings c. nay my sons for it is no good report that I hear c. If a man sin against the Lord who shall intreat for him 1 Sam. 2. 22 23 24 25. I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken c. for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not or frowned not upon them 1 Sam. 3. 11 12 13 14. Bathsheba king Solomon's mother came to him he rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her caused a seat to be set for her on his right-hand 1 Kings 2. 19. David prays for Solomon his son and instructs him to keep the law 1 Chron. 22. 11 12 13. Job offered burnt-offerings for his sons continually for Job said It may be that my sons have sinned c. Job 1. 4 5. I will utter dark sayings of old which we have heard and known and our fathers have told us we will not hide them from their children shewing the generations to come the praises of the Lord c. that the generation to come might know the children which should be born who should arise and declare them to their children that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God c. Psal 78. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Lo children are an heritage of the Lord the fruit of the womb a reward happy is the man who hath his quiver full of them Psal 127. 3 4 5. Ps 128. 3. Gen. 4. 1 25. ch 15. 2 3. ch 25. 21. ch 30. 22. 23 24. 1 Sam. 1. 5 6 10 11. Luke 1. 24 25. My son hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother Prov. 1. 8. ch 4. 1 2 c. ch 6. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother Prov. 10. 1. ch 17. 25. ch 18. 13. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his childrens children c. He who spareth his rod hateth his son but he who loveth him chasteneth him tâ— times Prov. 13. 22 24. Chasten thy son while there is hope and let not thy soul spire for his crying Prov. 19. 18. Whoso curseth his father or mother his lampshall be put out in obscure darkness Prov. 20. 20. Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it c. Foolishâ—â—ss is bound in the heart of a child the rod of correction shall drive it Prov. 22. 6 15. Withhold not correction from the child for if thou beat him with the rod he shall not die thou shalt beat him with a rod and shalt deliver his soul from hell Prov. 23. 13 14. Whoso robbeth his father or his mother and saith it is no transgression the same is a companion of a destroyer Prov. 28. 24. The rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left bringeth his mother to shame Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest c. Prov. 29. 15 17. The eye which mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother the Ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young Eagles shall eat it Prov. 30. 17. The sons of Jonadab commended by God himself for their obedience to their fathers commands and rewarded Jer. 35. 5 6 7 8 9 10 16 19. Leave thy fatherless children I will preserve them alive Jer. 49. 11. In thee they have set light by father and mother Ezek. 22. 7. A son honoureth his father Mal. 1. 6. He shall turn the heart of the father to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers Mal. 4. 6. I am come to set a man at variance against his father c. He who loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me Mat. 10. 35 37. God commanded saying Honour thy father and thy mother and he who curseth father or mother let him dye the death But ye say c. Mat. 15. 4 5 6. Jesus went down with his parents c. and was subject unto them Luke 2. 51. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents but the parents for the children 2 Cor. 12. 14. Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right honour thy father c. And ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord Eph. 6. 1 2 3 4. Children obey your parents in all things for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. Fathers provoke not your children lest they be discouraged Col. 3. 20 21. One who ruleth well in his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity 1 Tim. 3. 4. If a Widow have children c. let them learn to shew kindness at home and to requite their parents for that is good and acceptable before God c. If any provide not for his own house c. If any man or woman believeth not have widows let them relieve them c. 1 Tim. 5. 4 8 16. Perilous times shall come c. Men shall be disobedient to parents c. without natural affection 2 Tim. 3. 1 2 3. Teach the young men c. to love their children Tit. 2. 4. III. Masters to their Servants and Servants to their Masters HAgar despised her mistress Sarah dealt hardly with her she fled from her face c. And the Angel of the Lord said unto her Return to thy mistress and submit thy self under her hands Gen. 16. 4
the afflictions of Joseph Amos 6. 1 3 4 5 6 7. I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease for I was but a little displeased and they helped forward the affliction Zecha 1. 15. Obadiah v. 11. 12 13 14. When Jesus saw the multitude he had compassion on them because they fainted or were tyred and laid down c. Matth. 9. 36. I was an hungry and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye cloathed me I was in prison and ye came unto me I was sick and ye visited me c. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Matth. 25. 35 36 37 40. When Jesus had put forth the parable of a man falling among thieves and was wounded and the Priest and Levite passing by and looking on but the Samaritan had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds and took care of him he said Go and do thou likewise Luke 10. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37. Simon Simon Satan hath desired to have you that he might sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Luke 22. 31 32. Peter therefore was kept in prison but prayer was made without ceasing or earnest and instant prayer was made of the Church unto God for him Acts 12. 5. 12. Rejoyce with them who do rejoyce and weep with them who do weep be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 15 16. The members should have the same care one of another and whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured all the members rejoyce with it now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular 1 Cor. 12. 24 25 26 27. Blessed be God c. who comforteth us in all our tribulations that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we our selves are comforted of God 2 Cor. 1. 3 4. Bear ye one anothers burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 2. Be kind one to another render-hearted Ephe. 4. 32. Ye have done well that ye did communicate with mine afflictions c. Ye sent once and again to my necessity Phil. 4. 14 15 16. Isa 58. 10. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy Col. 3. 12 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel c. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain But when he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and found me the Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day c. how many things he ministred unto me at Ephesus thou knowest 2 Tim. 1. 8 16 17 18. At my first answer no man stood with me but all men forsook me I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge 2 Tim. 4. 16 Ye endured a great fight or affliction partly whiles ye were made a gazing-stock both by reproaches and afflictions and pâ—â—tly whilst ye became companions of them who were so used for ye had compassion on me in my bonds c. Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels unawares Remember them who are in bonds as bound with them them who suffer adversity as being your selves also in the body Heb. 13. 2 3. Pure religion c. is to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction James 1. 27. See Duties in common Calamities Chap. 23. See Duty of Christians one to another Chap. 17 CHAP. XXIII Of Publick or Common Calamities and Judgments whence they are I. That they are of Gods ordering and none can keep them off GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth c. And the Lord said I will destroy man whom I have created c. And behold I even I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh c. Accordingly he brings the flood Gen. 6. 5 7 17. ch 7. 4. Job 37. 11 12 13. The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven and he overthrew those Cities Gen. 19. 24 25. God said I will harden Pharaohs heart that he shall not let the people go Exod. 4. 21. ch 14. 4. Joshua 11. 20. See now that I am he and there is no God with me I kill I make alive I wound I heal neither is there any who can deliver out of my hand Deut. 32. 39. Gods anger was hot against Israel therefore he left their enemies amongst them Judges 2. 20 21 22 23. If ye turn away and forsake my statutes c. then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land c. 2 Chron. 7. 19 20. The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirits of the Philistines and of the Arabians c. and they came up into Judah and brake into it c. 2 Chron. 21. 16 17 2 Kings 24 2. 3. They mocked the messengers c. till the wrath of the Lord arose against his people and there was no remedy therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees who slew their young men c. 2 Chron. 36. 15 16 17. Afflictions come not out of the dust c. he maketh fore and bindeth up Job 5. 17 18. ch 9. 12. He turned their hearts to hate his people and to deal subtilly with his servants Psalm 105. 25. He gave them into the hand of the heathen and they who hated them ruled over them Psal 106. 41 42. Psal 44. 10. 11 12 13 14. Psal 60. 10. Lam. 2. 17. O Assyrian c. I will send him against an hypocritical nation c. to tread them down c. Isa 10. 5 6. Behold the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth Isa 26. 21. Ye scornful men c. when the over-flowing scourge shall pass through then shall ye be overthrown by it c. I have heard from the Lord of hosts a consumption determined upon the whole earth Isa 28. 14 15 18 22. Who gave Jacob for a spoil and Israel to the robbers did not the Lord against whom c Isa 42. 24. Ezek. 39. 23 24. Job 12. 23. I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things Isa 45. 7. I was wroth with my people I have c. given them into thine hand c. therefore shall evil come upon thee c. thou shalt not be able to put it off c. Isa 47. 6 11. Jer. 46. 15. I have forsaken mine house I have left mine
Lord thy God for the good land c. beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God c. lest when thou hast eaten and art full and hast built goodly houses c. then thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the Lord c. and thou say in thine heart My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth but thou shalt remember the Lord thy God for it is he who giveth thee power to get wealth Deut. 8. 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18. Matth. 4. 4. I will give you the rain c. that thou mayest gather in thy corn c. I will send grass c. 〈◊〉 11. 14 15. 〈…〉 waxed fat c. then he sorsook God which made him and hightly esteemed c. Deut. 32. 14 15. Achans covetousness and worldliness was Israels trouble and his own ruine Joshua 7. 1 20 21 25 26. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteht up he raiseth up the poor out of the dus◠lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill to sit among princes c. 1 Sam. 2. 7 8. Psal 75. 6 7. Dan. 4. 17 32. Saul said to Samuel I have sinned yet honour me now I pray thee before the Elders of my people and before Israel and turn again with me c. 1 Sam. 15. 30. The women c. said Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands and Saul was very wroth and the saying displeased him and he said they have ascribed unto David ten thousands c. and what can he have more but the kingdom and Saul eyed David from that day forward 1 Sam. 18. 6 7 8 9. God said unto Solomon Because thou hast asked for thy self this thing and hast not asked long life neither hast asked riches c. I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked both riches and honour 1 Kings 3. 9. 10 11 12 13. Ahabs covetous desire of Naboths vineyard made him sick with discontent 1 Kings 21. 1 2 3 4. Gehazi Elisha his servant for his covetousness punished with Leprosie 2 Kings 5. 20 21 22 to the 27. Thine O Lord is the greatness c. both riches and honour come of thee c. 1 Chron. 29. 11 12. Deut. 10. 14. Haman then next the king boasted of his riches honour and worldly advantages yet so ambitious that because Mordecai did not bow to him he saith All the rest availeth me nothing Hester 5. 9 10. 11 12 13. Hast thou not made a hedge about him c. thou hast blessed the works of his hands and his substance is increased c. Job said when he was spoiled of all Naked came I out of my mothers womb and naked shall I return thither the Lord gave and the Lord taketh away blessed be the name of the Lord Job 1. 10 21. The wicked c. he hath swallowed down riches and he shall vomit them up again God shall cast them out of his belly c. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits Job 20. 15. 22. The wicked live and prosper oft in every thing of this world Job 21. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. Jer. 12. 1 2. Psal 73. 3 4 5 6 7 c. What is the hope of the Hypocrite though he hath gained when God taketh away his soul c. though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare rayment as the clay he may prepare it but the just shall put it on c. Job 27. 8 16 17. It I have made gold my hope or said to fine gold thou art my confidence If I have rejoyced because my wealth is great and because my hand had gotten much c. Job 31. 24 25 38 39. Who accepteth not the persons of princes nor regardeth the rich more then the poor for they are all the works of his hands Job 34. 19. Deliver my soul c. from men of the world who have their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest c. they leave the rest of their substance to their babes Psal 17. 14. The earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof c. Psal 24. 1. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked c. I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread c. I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himseif like a green bay-tree yet he passed away c. Psal 37. 16 25 35 36. Every man walketh in a vain shew surely they are disquietted in vain he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them Psal 36. 6. They who trust in their wealth and boast themselves in their riches none can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransom for him c. wise men die c. likewise the fool c. and leave their wealth to others c. their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever c. they call their lands by their own name c. man in honour and abideth not is like the beast which perisheth c. be not afraid when one is made rich when the glory of his house is increased when he dieth he shall carry nothing away his glory shall not descend after him Psal 49. 6 7 10 11 12 16 17 20. Every beast of the forest is mine and the Cattel upon a thousands hills c. If I were an hungry I would not tell thee for the world is mine and the fulness thereof Psal 50. 9 10 12. Lo this is the man who made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his riches Psal 52. 7 9. Men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are a lie c. If riches increase set not your hearts upon them Psal 62. 9 10. Thou visitest the earth and waterest it thou greatly enrichest it c. thou preparest them corn c. thou waterest the ridges c. Psal 65. 9 10 11 c. Deut. 11. 14 15. Job 37. 11 12 13. ch 5. 10. These are the ungodly who prosper in the world they increase riches Psal 73. 7. 12. And they tempted God in their hearts by asking meat for their lusts Psal 78. 18. Psal 106. 14 15. He caused the grass to grow for the Cattel and herb for the service of man that he may bring forth food out of the earth and wine c. these all wait upon thee that thou maist give them their meat in due season c. Psal 104. 14 15 26 27 28. Psal 145. 15. Psal 147 8 9. The heavens are the Lords but the earth hath he given to the children of men Psal 115. 16. He turneth rivers into a wilderness and the water-springs into dry ground a fruitful land into barrenness c. he turneth the wilderness into a standing water c. he blessed them also so that they are multiplied greatly