down saith the Lord God I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away I will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick c. And I will set up one sheepherd over them and he shall feed them my servant David he shall feed them and he shall be their sheepherd Ezek. 34. 14 15 16 23. Luk. 19. 10. Out of thee shall come a Captain or Governour who shall rule or feed my people Matt. 2. 6. All things are delivered to me of my father and no man knoweth the son but the father neither knoweth any man the father save the son and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him c. Learn of me Matt. 11. 27. Luk. 10. 22 23. The day-spring on high hath visited us to give light to them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace Luke 1. 78 79. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gain-say nor resist Luk. 21. 15. Matt. 10. 19 20. Jesus beginning at Moses and all the Prophets he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself c. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures Luke 24. 26 27 45. I am the light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life c. If ye continue in my word then are ye my Disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth c. John 8. 12. 32. I am the good sheepherd the good sheepherd giveth his life for the sheep c. I know my sheep c. Other sheep I have which are not of this fold and them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold one sheepherd John 10. 11 12 14 16. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world c. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me and they received them c. While I was with them in the world I kept them c. I have given them thy word c. I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it John 17. 6 8 12 14 26. To this end was I born and for this cause came I into the world that I should bear witness unto the truth every one who is of the truth heareth my voice John 18. 37. God who c. spake in times past to the fathers by the Prophets hath in these last days spoke unto us by his son c. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard c. Heb. 1. 1 2. chap. 2. 1. Wherefore c. Consider the Apostle and high Priest of our profession Jesus Christ who was faithful to him who appointed him as also Moses was faithful in all his house c. Christ as a son in his own house whose house are we c. Wherefore c. to day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts Heb. 3. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8. Our Lord Jesus Christ that great sheepherd of the sheep Heb. 13. 20. Ye were as sheep going astray but are now returned unto the sheepherd and Bishop of your souls 1 Pet. 2. 25. 11thly He is our all in all things our compleatness and perfection I will make him first-born c. My covenant shall stand fast with him Psal. 89. 27 28. By the blood of thy Covenant I have sent forth thy Prisoners out of the pit Zech. 9. 11. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased c. Matt. 17. 5. Of his fulness have all we received grace for grace c. John 1. 16. I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture John 10. 9. I am the way the truth and the life John 14. 6. As the branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the vine ye are the branches he who abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me or severed from me ye can do nothing John 15. 4 5. It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you these things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace in the world ye shall have tribulation John 16. 7 33. I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfect in one John 17. 23. Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ c. All things are yours whether Paul or Apollos c. All are yours and ye are Christs 1 Cor. 3. 11 21 22 23. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. All the promises of God in him are yea and in him Amen to the glory of God 2 Cor. 1. 20. He became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich 2 Cor. 8. 9. I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Gal. 2. 20. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ c. There is neither Jew nor Greek there is neither bond nor free there is neither male nor female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus and if Christs then are ye Abrahams feed and heirs according to promise Gal. 3. 14 28 29. Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places or things in Jesus Christ c. Chosen us in him c. Predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ c. He hath made us accepted in the beloved c. That he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth even in him c. who filleth all in all Ephes. 1. 3 4 5 6 10 23. Hath quickened us together with Christ c. And hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord in whom you also are builded together for an habitation of God c. Ephes. 2. 5 6 20 21 22. That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promises in Christ c. The unsearchable riches of Christ Ephes. 3. 6 8. Grow up into him in all things who is the head Christ from whom the whole body fitly joyned together Ephes. 4. 15 16. We are the circumcision c. who rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh Phil.
of man hath power on earth to forgive sins Mat. 9. 2 6. All manner of sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven to men but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him in this world neither in the world to come Mat. 12. 31 32. To give knowledg of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercies of our God whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us Luke 1. 77 78. I say unto thee Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little And he said unto her Thy sins are forgiven thee Luke 7. 48 49. It behoveth Christ to suffer c. and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name Luke 24. 46 47. Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world John 1. 29. Repent c. that your sins may be blotted out when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and he shall send Jesus c. Acts 3. 19 20. Jesus c. hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins Acts 5. 30 31. To him gave all the prophets witness That through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10. 43. Be it known unto you c. that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins Acts 13. 38. To open the eyes c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins c. Acts 26. 18. Whom God hath set forth or fore-ordained to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission or passing over of sins Rom. 3. 25. Christ dyed for our sins according to the Scriptures c. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. 3 56 57. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses unto them c. For he hath made him to be sin for us 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins Gal. 1. 3 4. In whom ye have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace wherein he hath abounded c. Eph. 1. 7 8. Col. 1. 14. And you c. hath he quickned together with him having forgiven you all trespasses Col. 2. 13. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity Tit. 2. 13 14. His Son c. when he had by himself purged our sins sate down Hebr. 1. 2 3. Wherefore it behoveth him to be made like unto his brethren c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb. 2. 17. I will be merciful unto their unrighteousnesses and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more Heb. 8. 12. If the blood of bulls c. sanctifieth c. how much more shall the blood of Christ who offered himself c. purge our consciences c. by means of death for the redemption of the transgression Without shedding of blood no remission of sin c. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many Heb. 9. 13 14 15 22 26 28. This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sate down Heb. 10. 12. Who his own self bear our sins in his own body on or to the tree c. by whose stripes ye were healed 1 Pet. 2. 24. Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us unto God 1 Pet. 3. 13. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin c. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 Joh. 1. 7 9. If any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. I write to you little children because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake 1 John 2. 1 2 12. He was manifested to take away our sins c. 1 John 3. 5. Herein is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins 1 John 4. 10. Jesus Christ c. who hath loved us and washed us with his own blood from our sins Rev. 1. 5. Reconciliation to and peace with God Fury is not in me c. Let him take hold of my strength he may make peace with me he shall make peace with me Isa. 27. 4 5. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake Isa. 42. 21. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Isa. 53. 5. Seventy weeks are determined c. to make reconciliation for iniquity Dan. 9. 24. He shall be a Priest upon his throne and the counsel of peace shall be between them both Zech. 6. 12 13. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Mat. 3. 17. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my Father and unto your Father and unto my God and your God John 20. 17. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ Acts 10. 36. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ c. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled c. We say in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the Atonement Rom. 5. 1 10 11. God who hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ and hath committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses c. 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. The glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved Eph. 1. 6. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by he blood of Christ for he is our peace who hath made both one hath broken down the middle-wall of partition between us hath abolished in his flesh the enmity the law of commandments in ordinances for to maâ—…e in himself of twain one new man so making peaâ—… That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity thereby or in himself and came and preached peace to you who were
7. 1 2. A living dog is better than a dead Lion c. there is no work c. in the grave whither thou goest Eccles. 9. 3 4 5 10. Then shall the dust return unto the earth as it was and the spiriâ—… shall return unto God who gave it Eccles. 12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. He will swallow up death in victory and the Lord God will wipe away tears c. Isa. 25. 8. Set thine house in order for thou must die c. I said in the cutting off of my days I shall go to the gates of the grave c. The grave cannot praise thee c. the living the living he shall praise thee as I do this day Isa. 38. 1 2 10 11 18 19. All flesh is grass and the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it Isa. 40. 6 7 8. James 1. 10 11. 1 Pet. 1. 24. That thou shouldst be afraid of man who shall dye c. and be made as grafs Isa. 51. 12. The righteous perish and no man layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come Isa. 57. 1 2. Lamentation and bitter weeping Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children because they were not Jer. 31. 15. Matth. 2. 16 17 18. Son of man I will take away from thee the desire of thine eyes at a stroke yet neither shall thou mourn nor weep neither shall thy tears run down c. My wife dyed c. this was for a sign Ezek. 24. 16 17 18 24. Go thou thy way till the end for thou shalt rest and stand in the lot at the end Dan. 12. 13. I will ransom them from the power of the grave I will redeem them from death O death I will be thy plagues c. Hos. 13. 4. 1 Cor. 15. 55. Jesus said unto the man on the cross Verily c. to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Luke 23. 42 43. Simeon said Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for mine eyes have seen thy salvation Luke 2. 26 29. I must work c. while it is day the night cometh wherein no man can work John 9. 4. And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother c. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping c. he groaned in his spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept John 11. 19 33 35. Ananias and Saphira both fell down and yeelded up the ghost Acts 5. 5 10. And they stoned Stephen calling and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit Act. 7. 59. And devout men carried Stephen and made great lamentation over him Acts 8. 2. He hath made of one blood all nations of men c. and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation Acts 17. 26. Whether we live we live unto the Lord and whether we dye we dye unto the Lord whether we live therefore â—…r dye we are the Lords for to this end Christ both dyed and rose again and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 7 8 9. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks c. 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. We have this treasure in earthen vessels 2 Cor. 4. 7. If our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissoved we have a building of God c. We groan being burdened c. Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord we are c. willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Cor. 5. 1 2 6 7 8. To dye is gain c. having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better Phil. 1. 21 23. Indeed he was c. nigh unto death but God had mercy on him and not on him only but on me also lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow Phil. 2. 27. Who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 21. I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others who have no hope 1 Thess. 4. 13. Christ who dyed for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thess. 5. 10. We brought nothing into the world and it is certain we can carry nothing out 1 Tim. 6. 7. Job 1. 21. I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I have fought c. 2 Tim. 4. 6 7. He took part of the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject to bondage Heb. 2. 14 15. It is appointed unto men once to dye but after this the judgment Heb. 9. 27. We have no continuing City here but we seek one to come Heb. 13. 14. Go to now ye who say to day c. we will go into such a City c. whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour which appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away for that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that James 4. 13 14 15. chap. 1. 10. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear 1 Pet. 1. 17. I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain c. 1 Pet. 2. 11. Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle even as our Lord c. 2 Pet. 1. 14. Blessed are the dead who dye in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labour and their works do follow them Rev. 14. 13. The beggar dyed and was carried by the Angels into Abrams bosom Luke 16. 22. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching Luke 12. 37 38. CHAP. XXXV Of the Resurrection of the Dead SO man lyeth down and riseth not till the heavens be no more they shall not awake Job 14. 12. I know my redeemer liveth c. and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another c. Job 19. 25 26 27. Psal. 49. 15. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness Psal. 17. 15. Thy dead men shall live together with my dead body shall they arise awake and sing ye who dwell in dust for thy dew is as the dew of herbs and the earth shall cast out the dead Isa. 26. 19. And many who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life c. Thou shalt rest and stand in the lot at the end of the days
obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power When c. 2 Thes. 1. 7 8 9. That they all might be damned who believe not c. 2 Thes. 2. 12. To them who are unbelieving is nothing pure c. Titus 1. 15. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 31. Whoremongers and adulterers God will judg Heb. 13. 4. Judgment must begin at the house of God and if first at us what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God c. Where shall the ungodly and sinners appear 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. The Lord knows c. To reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished The day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men 2 Pet. 2. 9. chap. 3. 7. Jude vers 15. And the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich-men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bond-man and every free-man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks c. And said to the mountains and rocks fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. 15 16 17. The fearful and unbelieving and the abominable c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 8. See more of Gods judgments against sin and sinners Chap. 15. CHAP. VI. The Case the Law concludes men under Under sin and guilt DO not think that I will accuse you to the father there is one who accuseth you even Moses in whom ye trust John 5. 45. We have before proved or charged both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin as it is written there is none righteous c. Whatsoever the law saith it saith unto them who are under the law that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty or subject to the judgment of God before God c. There is no difference for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Rom. 3. 9 19 23. Where no law is is no transgression Rom. 4. 15. Until the law sin was in the world but sin is not imputed when there is no law c. The law entered that the offence might abound c. Rom. 5. 13 20. I had not known sin but by the law c. Without the law sin was dead I was alive without the law once but when the commandment came sin revived and I dyed c. That sin might appear sin c. And by the commandment might become exceeding sinful Rom. 7. 7 8 9 13. For God hath concluded them all or shut them up together in unbelief c. Rom. 11. 32. The strength of sin is the law 1 Cor. 15. 56. The scripture hath concluded all men under sin Gal. 3. 22. Under the curse thereof Cursed be he who confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them And c. Deut. 27. 26. If thou wilt not c. To do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee c. All these curses shall come upon thee Cursed thou c. Deut. 28. 15 16 17 18. c. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel cursed the man who obeyeth not c. Jer. 11. 3 4. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse for it is written cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them Gal. 3. 10. The Deeds of the Law or sacrifices under it cannot justifie oâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but still leave sinners under guilt condemnation and wrath How should man be just with God or before God if he will 〈◊〉 with him he cannot answer one of a thousand Job 9. 2 3. Enter not into judgment c. For in thy sight shall no flesh be justified Psal. 143. 2. When ye have done all that is commanded you say we are unprofitable servants c. Luk. 17. 10. The parable to such who trusted in themselves that they were righteous c. Two men went into the temple c. The Publican went away justified rather than the Pharisee who had much to boast of his doings Luke 18. 9 10 11 12 13 14. Matt. 3. 9. There is one who accuseth you even Moses in whom ye trust Joh. 5. 45. By him all who believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses Act. 13. 39. By the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight Rom. 3. 20. For if they who are of the law be heirs faith is made void and the promise is made of none effect Because the law worketh wrath Rom. 4. 14 15. For when we were yet without strength in due time Christ dyed c. Rom. 5. 6 10. What the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh c. Rom. 8. 3. Israel who followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained to the law of righteousness Wherefore because not by faith but as it were by the works of the law for they stumbled at that stumbling stone Rom. 9. 31 32. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believe Rom. 10. 3 4. I know nothing by my self yet am I not hereby justified but he that judgeth me is the Lord 1 Cor. 4. 4. The strength of sin is the law 1 Cor. 15. 56. A man is not justified by the works of the law c. For by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified c. If righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vâ—…in Gal. 2. 16 21. That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God it is evident for the just shall live by faith and the law is not of faith but the man who doth them shall live in them c. Wherefore then serveth the law it was added because of transgression till the seed should come c. If there had been a law given which could have given life verily righteousness should have been by the law c. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster unto Christ Gal. 3. 11 12 19 21 24. Christ is become of none effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law ye are fallen from grace Gal. 5. 4. By grace ye are saved c. Not of works lest any man should boast Ephes. 2. 8 9. Paul was very zealous of the law and if any man had whereof to boast in that respect he more yet he accounted all but loss and dung for Christ and that he might be found in him not having his own righteousness which is of the law
might preach c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Blessed be God c. according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world c. Having predestinated us unto the Adoption of children by Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace c. Having made known to us the mistery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself c. Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will Ephes. 1. 4 5 6 9 11. Which in other ages was not made known c. That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ Ephes. 3. 5 6. Work out your own salvation c. for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. Giving thanks to the father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the Inheritance of the saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son Col. 1. 12 13. Knowing c. Your election of God for our Gospel came not unto you in word but also in power c. 1 Thes. 1. 4 5. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord 1 Thes. 5. 9. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation c. Whereunto he called you by our Gospel 2 Thes. 2. 13 14. God who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began 2 Tim. 1. 8 9. I endure all things for the elects sake c. Who concerning the truth have erred c. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure having this seal the Lord knoweth them that are his 2 Tim. 2. 10 18 19. If they shall enter into rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world Heb. 4. 3. To the strangers c. Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the father 1 Pet. 1. 1 2. Being disobedient whereto they were appointed but ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a peculiar or a purchased people that ye may shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness c. 1 Pet. 2. 8 9 10. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. They went out from us c. That they might be made manifest that they were not all of us 1 John 2. 19. All who dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the Book of life of the Lamb Rev. 13. 8. And they who dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the Book of life from the foundation of the World when c. Rev. 17. 8. CHAP. X. Pardon and remission of sins reconciliation and peace with God Justification and Sanctification before God eternal-life and Salvation free through the grace of God only by the death sacrifice and sufferings of Christ without Works In General THis is the true grace of God wherein ye stand 1 Pet. 5. 12. The Law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ John 1. 17. If by grace then is it no more works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be of works then is it no more of grace otherwise work is no more work c. That he might have mercy on all O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom c. Rom. 11. 6 32 33. We are the Circumcision who worship God in spirit rejoyce in Christ have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. We are come c. to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel Heb. 12. 24. Who testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow 1 Pet. 1. 11. In Particular Pardon of Sins The Lord proclaimed himself The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth c. Forgiving iniquity transgression and sin Exod. 34. 6 7. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psal. 32. 1 2 5. As for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away Psal. 65. 3. But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared Psal. 130. 4. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red as crimson they shall be as wooll Isa. 1. 18. I am he who blotteth out thy transgression for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins Isa. 43. 35. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sins Sing O Heavens for the Lord hath done it Isa. 44. 22 23. He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities c. the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all c. he shall bear their iniquities Isa. 53. 5 6 11. Let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and unto our God for he will abundantly pardon or multiply pardons for my thoughts are not your thoughts c. Isa. 55. 7 8 9. I will make a new Covenant c. for I will forgive their iniquity and will remember their sins no more Jer. 31. 31 34. Heb. 10. 17 18. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned against me and whereby they have transgressed against me Jer. 33. 8. In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve Jer. 50. 20. Seventy weeks are determined c. to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity c. the Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself c. Dan. 9. 24 26. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage c. thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea Mic. 7. 18 19. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Mat. 1. 21. Jesus said to the sick of the Palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee c. Ye may know that the Son
14 c. Behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none cut it down why cumbreth it the ground c Strive to enter in at the strait gate Luke 13. 7 24. When ye have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17 10. In every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him Act. 10. 35. Walk while ye have the light lest darkness come upon you John 12. 35. Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 13. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit c. Herein is my father glorified that ye bring forth much fruit c. I have chosen you and ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain John 15. 2 8 16. Herein do I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men Acts 24. 16. We also should walk in newness of life c. Yeild your selves unto God as those who are alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God c. Know ye not that to whom ye yield your selves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness Rom. 6. 4 13 16. Ye also are become dead unto the Law c. that we should bring forth fruit unto God c. That we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter Rom. 7. 4 6. We are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh for if ye live after the flesh ye shall dye but if ye through the spirit mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Rom. 8. 12 13. I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God your reasonable service and be not conformed unto this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good that acceptable will of God c. Provide things honest in the sight of all men Rom. 12. 1 2 17. Ephes. 5. 10. It is high time to awake out of sleep c. The night is far spent the day is at hand Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness c. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof Rom. 13. 11 12 13 14. None of us liveth to himself and no man dyeth to himself for whether we live we live unto the Lord c. Whether we live therefore or dye we are the Lords c. Righteousness and peace c. For he who in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men Rom. 14. 7 8 9 17 18. I would have you wise to that which is good and simple concerning evil Rom. 16. 19. The body is not for fornication but for the Lord c. Your bodies are the members of Christ c. And ye are not your own for ye are bought with a Price Therefore glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirit which are Gods 1 Cor. 6. 13 15 19 20. chap. 3. 16 17. Be ye steadfast c. always 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. Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God 1 Cor. 10. 31. Wherefore we endeavour or labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him c. The love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judg that if one dyed for all then were all dead c. That they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him who dyed for them 2 Cor. 5. 9 14 15. Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7. 1. Providing for honest things not only in the sight of the Lord but in the sight of men 2 Cor. 8. 20. Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap for he who soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption But he who soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life c. Gal. 6. 7 8. ch 5. 16. According as he hath chosen us in him c. that we should be holy and without blame before him in love Ephes. 1. 4. Created c. unto good works which God hath foreordained that we should walk in them Ephes. 2. 10. I therefore c. beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called c. This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles in the vanity of their mind c. But ye have not so learned Christ c. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts And be renewed in the spirit of your minds and that ye put on that new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness Ephes. 4. 1 17 20 22 23 24. Col. 3. 9 10. Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children c. Ye were sometimes darkness but now light in the Lord Walk as children of the light c. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them c. See then that ye walk circumspectly not as fools redeeming the time Ephes. 5. 1 8 11 15 16. That ye may approve things which differ or try things which are excellent that ye be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ c. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God c. According to my earnest expection c. Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death c. Let your conversation be as becometh the Gospel of Christ Phil. 1. 10 11 20 27. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling c. That ye be blameless and harmless the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom ye shine or shine ye as lights in the world c. All seek their own things not the things of Jesus Christ Phil. 2. 12 15 21. Brethren be ye followers of me and mark them who walk so as ye have us for an ensample for many walk of whom I have told you c. even weeping the
mighty works there because of their unbelief Mat. 13. 58. Peter began to sink through unbelief Jesus said unto them O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt Mat. 14. 29 30 31. He appeared unto the eleven and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them who had seen him after he was risen c. but he who believed not shall be damned Mark 16. 14 16. Thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because thou believest not my word which shall be c. Luke 1. 19 20. But those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me Luke 19. 27. He who believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God c. He who believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 18 36. Verily verily I say unto you Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you John 6. 53. I said therefore unto you That you shall dye in your sins for if ye believe not that I am he ye shall dye in your sins John 8. 24. Ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep as I said unto you My sheep hear my voice c. John 10. 26 27. If any man hear my words and believe not c. He who rejecteth me and receives not my words hath one who judgeth him the word which I have spoken the same shall judg him in the last day John 12. 47 48. If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned John 15. 6. He will reprove the world of sin c. of sin because they believe not on me John 16. 8 9. Beware therefore lest that come upon you c. Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I will work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you Acts 13. 40 41. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed Rom. 10. 14. Well because of unbelief they were broken off c. and thou standest by faith c. God spared not the natural branches c. Rom. 11. 20 21. He who doubteth is damned if he eat because not of faith for whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom. 14. 23. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven c. taking vengeance on them c. who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction c. 2 Thes. 1. 8. Antichrist shall prevail upon such who shall perish because they received not the truth in the love thereof or the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they shall believe a lye that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2 Thes. 2. 8 9 10 11 12. Holding faith c. which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwrack of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that being chastised they might learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. Unto them who are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their minds and consciences are defiled Titus 1. 15. If the word spoken by Angels was stedfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord c. Heb. 2. 2 3. I swear in my wrath they shall not or if they shall enter 〈◊〉 rest Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God c. And to whom swear he that they should not enter into his rest but to them who believed not So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief Heb. 3. 11 12 18 19. The word Preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith or because they were not united by faith to it in them who heard c. They to whom it was first preached or the Gospel was first Preached entered not in because of unbelief Heb. 4. 2 6. The just shall live by faith but if any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of those who draw back to perdition but of them who believe to the salvation of the soul Heb. 10. 38 39. Without faith it is impossible to please God For he c. Heb. 11. 6. See that ye refuse not him who speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him who spake on earth much more shall not we if turn away from him who speaketh from heaven Heb. 12. 25. Let him ask in faith c. For he that wavereth is like c. Let not that man think he shall receive c. James 1. 5 6 7. Unto you who believe he is precious but unto them who are disobedient the stone which the builders disallowed of the same is made the head of the corner and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence unto them who stumble at the word being disobedient whereunto also they were appointed 1 Pet. 2. 7 8. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. He who believeth not God hath made him a lyar because he believeth not the record which God gave of his Son and this is the record That God hath given unto us eternal life and this life is in his son c. He who hath not the son hath not life 1 John 5. 10 11 12. The fearful and unbelieving c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 8. He who despised Moses law dyed without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who have trodden under foot the son of God c. Heb. 10. 28 29. See more of trusting in God chap. 16. CHAP. XII Characters of Saints Good men and Believers appearing in word and deed 1. That such may be known from others by their fruits THE tree is known by his fruit O generation of vipers how can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things Mat. 12. 33 34 35. John 3. 6. 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
ways by taking heed thereto according to thy word Psal. 119. 9. Set a watch O Lord before my mouth keep the dore of my lips Psal. 141. 3. Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it the issues of life Prov. 4. 23. A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself c. Prov. 27. 12. Happy is the man who feareth always but he who hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief Prov. 28. 14. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it Jer. 17. 9. And my people are bent to backsliding from me Hosea 11. 7. Jesus said Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of c. Matt. 16. 6. Jesus said Take heed that no man deceive you for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many Matt. 24. 4 5. Watch and pray that ye enter not into tentations Matt. 26. 41. Take ye heed Behold I have foretold you all things c. the day and hour knoweth no man c. take ye heed watch and pray for ye know not c. Mark 13. 23 32 33 35 36 37. Take heed and beware of covetousness c. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching Luk. 12. 15 36 37 38. Take heed to your selves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life c. watch ye therefore Luk. 21. 34 36. Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them who are weak for if any man see thee c. 1 Cor. 8. 8 9 10. These things happened unto them for ensamples and they were written for our admonition c. wherefore let him who thinketh he standeth takâ—… heâ—…d lest he fall 1 Cor. 10. 11 12. Watch ye stand ye fast c. 1 Cor. 16. 13. See that ye walk circumspectly not as fools but as wise Ephes. 5. 15. Beware of dogs beware of evil workers beware of the concision Phil. 3. 2. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men c. not after Christ Col. 2. 8. Continue in praying and watch in the same Col. 4. 2. We are not of the night nor of darkness therefore let us not sleep as others but let us watch and be sober for they who sleep sleep in the night c. 1 Thes. 5. 5 6 7. Some shall depart from the faith c. some are already turned aside c. have erred concerning the faith 1 Tim. 4. 1. ch 5. 15. ch 6. 10 21. Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God c. lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin Heb. 3. 12 13. Let us therefore fear lest a promise being left us of entring into rest any of you should seem to come short of it c. lest any man fall c. Heb. 4. 1 11. The end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer 1 Pet. 4. 7. Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the Devil like a roaring Lyon walketh about seeking whom he may devour 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. Seeing ye know before beware left ye also being led away with the error of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness 2 Pet. 3. 17. Look to your selves that we lose not those things which we have gained 2 John v. 8. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain c. If thou shalt not watch c. Rev. 3. 2 3. Behold I come as a thief blessed is he who watcheth and keepeth his garments lest he walketh naked and they see his shame Rev. 16. 15. See the Saints aptness to fall into sin Chap. 13. See the Devil and Deceivers ways to draw aside Chap. 30. CHAP. XVII Of the Duties of Saints Believers Brethren in the Lord each to other as such and as standing in that relation one to another 1st To love one another the kinds of it THou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self I am the Lord Levit. 19. 18. My goodness extends not unto thee but to the saints who are in the earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight Psal. 16. 2 3. I am a companion of all them who fear thee c. Psal. 119. 63. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is then a stalled ox where hatred is Prov. 15. 17. Love is as strong as death c many waters cannot quench love Cant. 8. 6 7. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self on these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets Matt. 22. 39 40. The love of many shall wax cold Matt. 24. 12. A new commandment I give unto you That ye love one another as I have loved you that ye also love one another by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye love one another John 13. 34 35. This is my commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you Joh. 15. 12 13 17. We being many are one body in Christ and every one members one of another c. let love be without dissimulation c. be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love or in the love of the brethren Rom. 12. 5 9 10. 1 Cor. 12. 13 25 27. Owe no man any thing but to love one another for he who loveth another hath fulfilled the law c. it is briefly comprehended in this saying namely Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 8 9 10. Gal. 5. 13 14. Though I speak with the tongue of men or angels c. have the gift of prophesie c. have all faith c. bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth me nothing charity suffereth long c. charity never faileth c. 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13. Follow after charity 1 Cor. 14. 1. Let all your things be done with charity 1 Cor. 16. 14. There is neither Jew nor Greek c. for ye are all one in Christ Jesus Gal. 3. 28. The sruit of the spirit is love c. Gal. 5. 22. Walk in love as Christ also hath loved us c. Ephes. 5. 2. I pray that your love may abound more and more in knowledg c. Phil. 1. 9. Having the same love c. look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others Phil. 2. 2 4. We give thanks c. since we heard c. of the love which ye have unto all saints Col. 1. 3 4. Ephes. 1. 15. That their hearts might be comforted being knit together in love Col. 2. 1 2. Above all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectness Col. 3. 14. The Lord make you to increase
God 1 Pet. 2. 20. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time 1 Pet. 5. 6. 3dly To confess their sins and justifie God If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers with their trespasses c. then will I remember my covenant c. Levit. 26. 40 41 42. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right but we have done wickedly c. Neh. 9. 33 34 c. I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men Job 7. 20. How should man be just with God if he will contend with him he cannot answer him one of a thousand c. If I justifie my self mine own mouth shall condemn me Job 9. 2 3 20. He looketh unto men and if any say I have sinned c. he will deliver his soul from going into the pit c. Job 33. 27 28. He will not lay upon man more than is right c. Job 34. 23. Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee c Job 40. 3 4. I uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not c. I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes Job 42. 3 5 6. He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities Psal. 103. 10. The church in her affliction confesseth her sin Isaiah 59. 11 12 13 14 15. Thou sayest Because I am innocent surely his anger shall turn from me behold I will plead with thee because thou sayest I have not sinned Jer. 2. 35. Only acknowledg thine iniquity c. Jer. 3. 12 13. Daniel confesseth to God at large in the time of the captivity Dan. 9. 5 to the 16. Zion spreadeth forth her hands c. The Lord is righteous for I have rebelled Lam. 1 18 20. It is the Lords mercy we are not consumed c. wherefore doth the living man complain c Let us search and try our ways and turn again Lam. 3. 22 39 40. The crown is fallen from our head wo to us that we have sinned Lam. 5. 16. I will go and return to my place till they acknowledg their offence and seek my face in their afflictions they will seek me early Hosea 5. 15. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him Micah 7. 9. Dost thou not fear God seeing thou art in the same condemnation and we indeed justly for we receive the due reward of our deeds c. Luk 23. 40 41. See more of confession at large Chap. 16. See more of confession of sins in time of common calamities Chap. 23. One to another Chap. 17. See prayer Chap. 16. 4thly To hold fast to God own the Lord Jesus his people and ways in the midst of trouble afflictions and persecutions Job his wife said unto him in his great affliction Dost thou still retain thy integrity Curse God and die But he said unto her Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh what c. In all this did not Job sin with his lips Job 2. 9 10. All this is come upon us yet have we not forgotten thee neither have we dealt falsly in thy covenant Our heart is not turned back neither have our steps declined from thy way Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death If we have forgotten the name of our God c. Psal. 44. 17 18 19 20. The proud have had me greatly in derision yet have I not declined from thy law c. Many are my persecutors and mine enemies yet do I not decline from thy testimonies c. Princes have persecuted me without a cause yet doth my heart stand in awe of thy word Psal. 119. 51 157 161. The Lord spake unto me c. and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people saying Say ye not a confederacy to all them to whom this people shall say a confederacy neither fear ye their fear nor be afraid Sanctifie the Lord of host himself and let him be your fear and your dread and he shall be for a sanctuary Isa. 28. 11 12 13 14. When Jeremy had prophesied to Judah then spake the priest and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people saying This man is worthy to dye for he hath prophesied against this city c. Then spake Jeremy unto all the princes and to all the people saying The Lord sent me to prophesie against this house c. therefore now amend your ways c. But as for me behold I am in your hand do with me as seemeth good c. Jer. 26. 11 12 13 14 15. Daniel when a captive in Babylon he purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the kings meat nor with the wine which he drank and therefore he requested c. that he might not defile himself c. desired pulse to eat and water to drink Dan. 1. 8 9 10 11 12 13. When a strict law had been made by the king that every one should fall down and worship the golden Image he had set up under pain of being cast into the fiery furnace Shadrach Meshach and Abednego refuse to do it and in the presence of the king said We are not careful to answer thee in this matter c. our God whom we serve is able to deliver us c. and he will c. But if not be it known unto thee O king that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up Dan. 3. 13 14 15 16 17 18. When a decree was passed that whosoever should ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days save of the king he should be cast into the Lions den And Daniel knew that the writing was signed He went into his house and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks as he did aforetime Dan. 6. 7 8 9 10. Ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake but he who endureth unto the end shall be saved c. He who loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me c. And he who taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me c. He who loseth his life for my sake shall find it Mat. 10. 22 37 38 39. ch 16. 24 25 26. He heareth the word and anon with joy receiveth it yet hath he not root in himself but dureth for a while for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended Mat. 13. 20 21. When Christ was taken his disciples fled Peter denied him but afterwards wept bitterly for his so doing Mat. 26. 56 70 72 74 75. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and