Zech. 14. 16. If then I be a father where is mine honour c. And if ye offer the blind and the lame c. offer it now unto your governour will he be pleased with thee or accept thy person c ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick thus ye brought an offering should I accept this at your hand saith the Lord But cursed the deceiver who hath in his flock a male and voweth and sacrificeth unto God a corrupt thing for I am a great king saith the Lord of hosts and my name is dreadful among the heathen Mal. 1. 6 8 13 14. Get thee behind me Satan for it is written thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Matt. 4. 10. Where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them Matt. 18. 20. There is one God and there is none other but he Mark 12. 32. Our father 's worshipped in this mountain and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship c. The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain nor at Jerusalem worship the father ye worship ye know not what c. but the hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 20 21 22 23 24. The father himself c. ye have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his shape John 5. 37. Exod. 33. 20. And he said Lord I believe and he worshipped him John 9. 38. The most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands c. Heaven is my throne c. hath not my hands made all c Act. 7. 48 49 50. Whom ye ignorantly worship him declare I unto you God who made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands neither is worshipped with mens hands as though he needed any thing seeing he gave to all life and breath and all things and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitations c. Acts 17. 24 25 26. After the way they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers Act. 24. 14. God whom I serve with my spirit c. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are cleerly seen being understood by the things which are made his eternal power and godhead so that they are without excuse because that when they knew God they glorified him not as God c. but became vain c. Changed the truth of God into a lye and served and worshipped the creature more than the Creator who is blessed for ever Amen Rom. 1. 9 20 21 23 25. 2 Tim. 1. 3. Not slothful in business fervent in spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. We know that an Idol is nothing in the world and there is none other God but one For though there be that are called Gods c. but to us there is but one God the father of whom are all things and we in or for him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him 1 Cor. 8. 4 5 6. 1 Tim. 2. 5. So falling down on his face he will worship God and report that God is in you of a truth 1 Cor. 14. 25. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit Phil. 3. 3. When he bringeth in the first begotten into the world he saith and let all the Angels of God worship him Heb. 1. 6. God c. because he could swear by no greater he sware by himself c. The living God c. Heb. 6. 13. ch 9. 14. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved let us have grace or hold fast whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear for our God is a consuming fire Heb. 12. 28 29. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house a holy priest-hood to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. No man hath seen God at any time 1 John 4. 12. Fear God and give glory unto him c. And worship him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters Rev. 14. 7. chap. 15. 4. Worship God Rev. 19. 10. chap. 22. 9. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts 1 Pet. 3. 15. See more of Idolatry and worshipping strange Gods c. Chap. 39. See the order of Publick worship Ordinances Officers c. Chap. 27. Believe imbrace and be found in the practice of nothing in the things of God and about his worship but that which clearly according to Precepts Rules and Examples of the Scriptures appears to be Christs mind upon which we can in faith expect acceptance And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the judgments and all the people answered with one voice and said All the words which the Lord hath said will we do And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord c. And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people and they said All that the Lord hath said will we do and be obedient Exod. 24. 2 4 7. And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them according unto all that I shew thee after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all the instruments thereof even so shall ye make Exod. 25. 8 9. In the tabernacle without the vail which is before the testimony Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening till morning before the Lord c. Exod. 27. 21. And these are the garments which they shall make a breast-plate c. And they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother and his sons that they may minister unto me in the Priests office c. Exod. 28. 4 5 8 c. They made the holy garments for Aaron as the Lord commanded Moses Exod. 39. 1. Thus did Moses according unto all that the Lord commanded him so did he c. he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle c. as the Lord commanded Moses c. And he lighted the lamps before the Lord as the Lord commanded Moses c. When they came near unto the Altar they washed as the Lord commanded Moses Exod. 40. 16 19 21 23 25 27 29. Levit. 8. 4 5 36. Nadab and Abihu the sons of Aaron c. offered strange fire which he commanded them not and there went out fire from the Lord and devoured them and they dyed before the Lord. And Moses said unto Aaron This is that the Lord spake I will be sanctified in
hardness as a good soldier of Christ no man who warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier 2 Tim. 2. 4. In the last times c. men shall be lovers of their own selves c. lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God 2 Tim. 3. 4. Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world c. 2 Tim. 4. 10. The earth c. bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed receiveth blessing from God Heb. 6. 7. Ye c. took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and enduring substance c. Hebr. 10. 34. By faith Moses when he came to years refused to be called the son of Pharoahs daughter chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt Heb. 11. 24 25 26. Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee so that we may boldly say The Lord is my helper c. Heb. 13. 5. 6. Let the brother of low degree rejoyce in that he is exalted but the rich in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away for the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat but it withereth the grass and the flower thereof falleth and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth so also shall the rich man perish in his ways c. James 1. 9 10 11. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith c but ye have despised the poor Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment-seat do not they blaspheme that worthy name c James 2. 5 6 7. Know ye not that the friendship of this world is enmity with God whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God c. Go to now ye that say To day or to morrow we will go into such a City and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour c. for that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that but now you rejoyce in your boastings all such rejoycings are evil James 4. 4 13 14 15 16. Acts 18. 21. Go to now ye rich men weep and howl for your misery which shall come upon you your riches are corrupted your garments moth eaten your gold and silver cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire ye have heaped treasures together for the last days Behold the hire of your labourers who reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud cryeth c. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth ye have been wanton ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter c. ye have condemned the just James 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6. All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass the grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away 1 Pet 1. 7 24. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God c. casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 6 7. Love not the world neither the things which are in the world if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him for all that is in the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world passeth away and the lust thereof 1 John 2. 15 16 17. Greater is is he who is in you than he who is in the world they are of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth them 1 John 4. 4 5. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the World and this is the victory which overcometh the World even our faith Who is he who overcometh the World but he who believeth that Jesus is the Son of God 1 John 5. 4 5. The kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief Captains and the mighty men c. hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains and said to the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne c. Revel 6. 15 16 17. Heaven and earth shall pass away all these things shall end Psal. 102. 25 26. Isa. 51. 6. Matth. 24. 35. 2 Pet. 3. 7 10 11. 1 John 2. 17. CHAP. XL. Of Idolatry setting up and worshipping of strange gods graven Images LAban said to Jacob Wherefore hast thou stollen my gods Gen. 31. 30. Jacob said unto his houshold Put away the strange gods that are among you c. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hands and all their ear-rings which were in their ears and Jacob hid them under the Oak Gen. 35. 2 4. I am the Lord thy God thou shalt have no other god before me thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image or any likeness that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thy self to them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God c. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold Exod. 20. 2 3 4 5 23. Psal. 81. 9 10. He who sacrificeth unto any god save unto the Lord only he shall be utterly destroyed Exod. 22. 20. Make no mention of the names of other gods neither let it be heard out of thy mouth c. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods nor serve them c. Thou shalt utterly overthrow them and quite break down their Images c. Thou shalt make no covenant with them nor with their gods c. if thou serve their gods it will surely be a snare unto thee Exod. 23. 13 24 32 33. The people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him Up make us gods which shall go before us for as for this Moses c. we wot not what is become of him And Aaron said unto them Break off the ear-rings c. and bring them unto me c. and he received them at their hands and fashioned it with a graving-tool after he had made it a molten calf and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee up c. Aaron saw it he built an altar before it c. and they rose up early in the morning
a god and worshippeth it and prayeth to it and saith deliver me for thou art my god They have not known nor understood c. And none considereth in his heart neither is there knowledg or understanding to say I have burned part c. Shall I make the residue thereof an abomination shall I fall down to the stock of a tree Isa. 44. 14 15 16 17 18 19. They have not known me they are sottish children they have no understanding Jer. 4. 22. The word of the Lord is unto them a reproach they have no delight in it Jer. 6. 10. Though Nebuchadnezzar had acknowledged the God of Daniel to be the God of Gods and a Lord of Kings c. Yet he presently makes a molten image and commands his people to worship it c. And said who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands Dan. 2. 47. ch 3. 1 4 5 6 15. Belshazzer and his princes c. Praised the gods of gold and of silver c. Dan. 5. 3 4. The Gergesons so ignorant that because of the loss of their swine The whole city came out to meet Jesus c. And besought him to depart out c. Matt. 8. 32 33 34. O Jerusalem c. How often would I have gathered c. And ye would not Luk. 13. 34. Christ was in the world c. And the world knew him not c. He came to his own and his own received him not John 1. 10 11. Light is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light Joh. 3. 19. Jesus said to the woman ye worship ye know not what John 4. 22. Ye will not come to me that ye may have life John 5. 40. Jesus said the world c. Me it hateth because I testify of it that c. John 7. 7. The spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him John 14. 17. The world c. It hated me before it hated you Because I have chosen you c. Therefore the world hates you c. These things will they do c. Because they know not him who sent me they hated both me and my father John 15. 18 19 21 24. Simon Magus so sottish that he offered money for power to confer the holy Ghost by imposition of hands Acts 8. 18 19 20. When Paul was at Athens c. He saw the city wholly given to idolatry or full of Idols c. Certain Philosophers c. incountred him and some said what will this habler or base fellow say Other some he seemeth to be a setter sorth of strange gods because he preached unto them Jesus and the resurrection c. I perceive saith Paul ye are too superstitious c. I found an Altar with an Inscription To the unknown God Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship him declare I Act. 17. 16 18 22 23. When Paul preached many believed not but spake evil of that way before the multitude c. Demetrius and his company cry up great is Diana the goddess c. And cryed out against Paul for saying that they were no gods which were made with hands and endeavouring to turn men to the true God c. The Town-clark said the whole city is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana and of the Image which fell down from Jupiter Act. 19. 9 24 25 26 to the end Certain questions c. Of one Jesus which was dead whom Paul affirmed to be alive Act. 25. 19. The way of peace they have not known Rom. 3. 17. The carnal mind is enmity against God for it cannot be subject c. Rom. 8. 7. The preaching of the cross is to them who perish foolishness c. After that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God 1 Cor. 1. 18 21. The natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him neither can he know for they are spiritually discerned 1 Cor. 2. 14. In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not lest the light of the glorious Gospel c. Should shine unto them 2 Cor. 4. 4. Act. 26. 17 18. Howbeit then when ye knew not God ye did service unto them who by nature are no Gods Gal. 4. 8. Walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds having the understanding darkened being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them because of the blindness c. Ephes. 4. 17 18. Ye were sometimes darkness but now c. Ephes. 5. 8. Not in the lust of concupiscence even as the Gentiles who knew not God 1 Thes. 4. 5. See ignorance in Divine things Chap. 37. 3dly In servitude and subjection to Satan and Sin In the parable of the sower Christ saith the tares are the Children of the wicked one c. The enemy who soweth them is the Devil Matt. 13. 38 39. When the strong man armed keepeth his palace his goods are in peace but when a stronger than he shall come upon him c. Luk. 11. 21 22. Ye are of your father the Devil and the lusts of your father ye will do John 8. 44. To whom ye yield your selves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death c. Ye were servants of sin Rom. 6. 16 20. Them who are lost in whom the God of this world hath blinded the mind c. 2 Cor. 4. 3 4. The Prince of the power of the air the spirit who now worketh in the children of disobedience Ephes. 2. 2. Thanks be to God c. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness c. Col. 1. 12 13. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil who are taken captive by him at his will 2 Tim. 2. 26. In this c. Are manifest and the children of the Devil whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God neither he who loveth not his brother and Cain who was of that wicked one c. 1 John 3. 8 9 10 12. The fad fruit and end of such a state When Adam and Eve had sinned they hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God c. And was afraid because naked Gen. 3. 8 10. Aaron made Israel naked by sin Exod. 32. 25. If there be any among you c. That he bless himself in his heart saying I will have peace though I walk in the imagination or stubbornness of my heart to add drunkenness to thirst The Lord will not spare him but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousie shall smoke against that man and all the curses which are written in this book shall lye upon him and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven Deut. 29. 19 20. If a man sin against the Lord who shall intreat for him They who despise me saith the Lord shall be lightly esteemed 1
a sin unto death I do not say that he shall pray for it 1 John 5. 16. 2dly Particular instances of the Saints failings recorded Noah was a just man perfect in his generation Noah walked with God Gen. 6. 9. chap. 7. 1. Noah drank of the wine and was drunken and was uncovered within his tent Gen. 9. 21. Abraham believed the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness c. Abraham my friend He staggered not through unbelief Gen. 15. 6. Isa. 41. 8. Rom. 4. 16 18 19 20. They will kill me they will save thee alive say I pray thee thou art my sister c. And when God had promised him to inherit the land he said Lord God whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it c. When the promise was made to him of a child he fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart Shall a child c. O that Ishmael might live before thee c. He said of his wife she is my sister again at Gerer for fear of being slain c. Gen. 12. 12 13. Gen. 15. 8. Gen. 17. 16 17 18. Gen. 20. 2 11. Good Isaac said of his wife also She is my sister for fear of the men of the place lest they should kill him for her Gen. 26. 7. Just Lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man c. 2 Pet. 2. 7 8. He lingered the men laid hold upon his hand c. and said Go escape for thy lise c. And Lot said unto him Oh not so my Lord c. I cannot escape to the mountains lest some evil take me and I dye Behold this City is near to flye unto is it not a little one c. He afterwards drinks wine and then lay with his two daughters Gen. 19. 16 17 18 19 20 33 34 35 36. Jacob when he heard his brother Esau was coming with 400 men against him he was greatly afraid and distressed c. Gen. 32. 6 7. Moses was very meek above all the men upon the face of the earth c. Moses my servant is dead c. who was faithful to him in all his house c. and Moses verily was faithful in all his house as a servant Numb 12. 3 7. Jof 1. 2 13. Heb. 3. 2 5. When God was sending Moses he saith O my Lord I am not eloquent c. And the Lord said unto him Who hath made mans mouth c. and he said O my Lord send I pray thee by the hand thou wile send or shouldst send and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses c. Moses returned unto the Lord and said Wherefore hast thou so evilly entreated this people Why is it that thou hast sent me c. Moses was very wroth c. now ye rebels Must we fetch out water out of the rock c. I am not able to bear this people c. If thou deal thus with me kill me I pray thee out of hand c. And Moses said c. shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them c. He spake unadvisedly with his lips being provoked in his spirit Exod. 4. 10 11 12 13 14. Exod. 5. 22 23. Numb 11. 11 12 14 15 21 22 23. Numb 16. 15. Numb 20. 10 11. Psal. 106. 32 33. Numb 27. 14. Aaron made a molten calf for Israel c. he built an altar before it and Aaron made proclamation and said To morrow a feast to the Lord c. And Moses saw that the people were naked for Aaron had made them naked to their shame amongst their enemies Exod. 32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 25. When God had told Gideon Surely I will be with thee and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man He said unto him c. Shew me a sign that thou talkest with me c. If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said behold I will put a fleece of wool in the floor c. Let not thine anger be hot against me and I will speak but this once Let me prove I pray thee but this once with the fleece c. Heb. 11. 32. Judges 6. 16 17 36 37 38 39 40. My servant David who kept my commandments and who followed me with all his heart to do that only which is right in mine eyes c. 1 King 14. 8. Acts 13. 22. And David c. was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath. And he changed his behaviour before them and feigned himself mad in their hands c. David said in his heart I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul c. He went on with the Philistines against Israel c. He sent messengers to fetch Uriahs wife and he lay with her c. to cover it made Uriah drunk and then sent to Joab to put Uriah into the hottest battel and then retire from him that he mighe be smitten and dye c. O my son Absolom my son my son Absolom would God I had dyed for thee c. He caused the children of Israel to be numbred c. I said in my haste I am cut off from before thine eyes c. I said in my haste that all men are lyars c. 1 Sam. 21. 12 13 14. 1 Sam. 27. 1. 1 Sam. 29. 2. 2 Sam. 11. 2 3 4 13 14 15. 2 Sam. 18. 33. 2 Sam. 24. 1 2 3 4 c. Psal. 31. 22. Psal. 116. 11. And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord as did David his father c. Asa his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days 1 King 15. 11 14. He took out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord c. made a league with the King of Assyria and Hanani the Seer came to him and said Because thou hast relyed on the King of Syria and not relyed on the Lord thy God c. Then Asa was wroth with the Seer and put him in a prison-house for he was in a rage with him because of this thing And Asa oppressed or crushed some of the people at that time c. In his disease he sought not to the Lord but to the Physicians 2 Chron. 16. 1 2 3 4 7 10 12. When Elijah the Prophet was in trouble he said enough Now O Lord take away my life for I am not better than my fathers 1 King 19. 4. And Jehoshaphat walked c. doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord 2 Chron. 20. 32. 1 King 22. 42 43. The Seer meets him after he had gone out with the wicked King of Israel and said unto him Shouldst thou help the ungodly and love them who hate the Lord therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord 2 Chron. 19. 1 2. chap. 20. 33. Hezekiah did that which was right in the sight of the Lord he removed the high-places c. he trusted in the Lord
my soul have I desired thee in the night yea with my spirit within me will I seek thee early Isa. 26. 8 9. In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people Isa. 28. 5. As for our redeemer the Lord of hosts is his name the holy one of Israel Isa. 47. 4. I will greatly rejoyce in the Lord my soul shall be joyful 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 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. Jer. 9. 23 24. 2 Cor. 10. 17. 1 Cor. 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 his name Jer. 10. 16. chap. 51. 19. O the hope of Israel the saviour thereof in time of trouble why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land and as a wayfaring man turneth aside to tarry for a night why shouldest 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. chap. 17. 13. The Lord is my portion saith my soul therefore will I hope in him Lam. 3. 24. Wo also unto them when I depart from them Hosea 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 figtree shall not bloâ—…om 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 Luk. 10. 20. Zacheus came down and received Christ joyfully Luk. 19. 5 6. Lord to whom shall we go thou hast the words of eternal â—…ife 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. 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 knowledg of Christ Jesus my Lord Phil. 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. Phil. 4. 4 7. Rejoyce evermore 1 Thess. 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. 2dly 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 countrey and from thy kindred and from thy fathers 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. 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. 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. 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. ch 24. 3. 7. 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 O 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 their children for ever c. You shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left you shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you Deut. 5. 27 28 29 32 33. Levit. 18. 3 4 26. Hear therefore O Israel and observe to do that it may be well with thee Deut. 6. 3. The Lord thy God is a faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love and keep his commandments to a thousand generations Deut. 7. 9. Levit. 20. 22. 1 Kings 6. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God and keep his charge and his statutes and his judgments and his commandments alway c. And it shall come to pass if you will hearken diligently unto my commandments c. then will I give you c. Deut. 11. 11 13 14. ch 10. 12 13. See I have set before you this day life and good and death and evil c. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you that I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore chuse life c. that thou maist love the Lord thy God that thou maist obey his voice and that thou maist cleave unto him for he is thy life c. Deut. 30. 15 16 19 20. ch 13. 4. Take diligent heed to do the commandments and laws c. to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep all his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart c. Joshua 22. 5. If ye will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord then shall both ye and the king who reigneth over you continue c. 1 Sam. 12. 14. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice to hearken then the fat of rams for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft c. 1 Sam. 15. 22. David charged Solomon to keep the charge of the Lord his statutes his commandements c. as it is written in the law of Moses 1 Kings 2. 1 2 3. ch 9. 4 5. Hear O my people and I will testifie unto thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me c. But my people would not hearken unto me and Israel would none of me so I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and they walked in their own counsels O that my people had hearkened unto me and Israel had walked in my ways I should soon have subdued their enemies c. Psal. 81. 8 11 12 13 14 16. 2 Kings 21. 8 9. Because they rebelled against the word of God and contemned the counsel of the most high therefore he brought down their heart with labour Psal. 107. 11 12. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently c. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandements c. I will run the ways of thy commandements when thou shalt enlarge my heart c. O how love I thy law c. I love thy testimonies c. It is time for thee O Lord to work they have made void thy law therefore I love thy commandments above gold c. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law c. My soul hath kept thy testimony and I love them exceedingly Psal. 119. 4 6 3â—… 97 119 126 127 136 158 167. Because I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded but ye have set at nought my counsel and would none of my reproof I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh c. Prov. 1. 24 25 26 30 31. Blessed is the man who heareth me watching dayly at my gates waiting at the post of my doors Prov. 8. 34. Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer c. O that thou hadst hearkned to my commandments then had thy peace been as the river c. Isa. 48. 17 18. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people who walketh in a way that is not good after their own thoughts Isa. 65. 2. I will bring their fears upon them because when I called none did answer when I spake they did not hear but they did evil c. Isa. 66. 4. Be thou instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee Jer. 6. 8. I spake not unto your fathers c. But this thing commanded I them saying obey my voice and I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all my ways which I have commanded you that it may be well unto you But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the imaginations of their evil heart c. Jer. 7. 22 23 24. chap. 11. 7 8. The Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets rising early and Israel and the tabernacle or Israel shall be sanctified by my glory c. Exod 25. 22. ch 29. 42 43. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see my face and live Exod. 33. 20. Thou shalt worship no other God for the Lord whose name is jealous is a jealous God Exod. 34. 14. Deut. 6. 15. When the tabernacle was set up the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle Exod. 40. 33 34 35. When Aarons sons were consumed for offering strange fire Moses said unto Aaron This that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them who come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified Levit. 10. 1 2 3. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him c. thou shalt not go after other gods c. The Lord our God is one Lord c. Deut. 6. 4 13 14 And now Israel what doth the Lord require of thee but to fear the Lord c. and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul c. Behold the heavens and the heaven of heavens is the Lords thy God the earth with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords a great God a mighty and a terrible who regardeth not persons c. Deut. 10. 12 14 17 20. ch 11. 13. Thou may not sacrifice the passover within any of the gates c. But at the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse to place his name in there thou shalt sacrifice Deut. 16. 5 6. Serve ye the Lord and if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord c. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods c. He is a holy
would abound c. 1 Thes. 4. 1. Prove all things hold fast that which is good 1 Thes. 5. 21. Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our Epistle 2 Thes. 2. 15. Hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me 2 Tim. 1. 13. Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of knowing of whom thou hast learned And that from a Child thou hast known the holy scriptures c. 2 Tim. 3. 14 15. Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth Titus 1. 14. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip Heb. 2. 1. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the begining 1 John 2. 24. It was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints for there are certain men crept in c. Jude vers 3 4. The children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God c. And had walked in the statutes of the heathen whom c. and of the kings of Israel which they had made c. Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made 2 Kings 17. 7 8 18 19. That which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Luk. 16. 15. Some affirm that we say Let us do evil that good may come whose damnation is just Rom. 3. 8. To Pray unto God of Prayer at large Abraham prayed for Abimelech unto God and God healed him and his Gen. 20. 17. O Lord God of master Abraham I pray thee send me good speed this day c. Let it come to pass that the damosel to whom I shall say c. Gen. 24. 12 13 14 15. And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife because she was barren and the Lord was intreated of him and Rebekah his wife conceived Gen. 25. 21. Jacob prayed unto God in his distress about Esau and prevailed Gen. 32. 9 10 11 12 24 25 26 28. ch 33. 4. Hosea 12. 4 5. Moses prayed unto God for Pharoah to remove their Plagues Exod. 8. 12 13. ch 9. 33. ch 10. 18. Moses prayed hard and often for Israel and prevailed Exod. 32. 11 12 13 14 31 32. Num. 14. 13 to the 20. The forms Moses and Aaron and his sons used in blessing the people and in their march Num. 6. 23 24 25 26. chap. 10. 35 36. I besought the Lord at that time saying O Lord God thou hast begun to shew thy servant c. Deut. 3. 23 24 c. If from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thy heart c. Deut. 4. 29. Joshua prayed when Israel had fled before the men of Ai Joshua 7 6 7 8 9. Then Manoah intreated the Lord and said O my Lord let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us and teach us what we shall do unto the child c. And God hearkened unto the voice of Manoah Judges 13. 8 9. Sampson called on the Lord and said Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hands of thy servant and now shall I dye for thirst and God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw and there came water thereout Judges 15. 18 19. And Sampson called unto the Lord and said O Lord God remember me I pray thee and strengthen me I pray thee only this once O God c. Judges 16. 28. Hanna prayed unto the Lord and wept sore c. She spake in her heart only her lips moved but her voice was not heard 1 Sam. 1. 10 11 12 13. As for me God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you 1 Sam. 12. 23. David prays that it may be with him and his house as God had said to him by Nathan the Prophet 2 Sam. 7. 17 18 19 to the 29. While the child was alive I fasted and I said Who can tell whether God will be gracious 2 Sam. 12. 22. Jonah 3. 8 9. God said to Solomon ask what I shall give thee And Solomon asked wisdom to govern and God was pleased so with that and in that he had not asked long life and riches that God gave him wisdom and understanding and riches and honour also 1 Kings 3. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. King Solomon prayed at large at the dedication of the Temple and God heard him 1 Kings 8. 22 23 24 c. ch 9. 2 3. 2 Chron. 1. 7 8 c. Elijah the Prophet prayed that it might be made known that God was God in Israel when others were for Baal And God he heard him and caused fire to come down and consume the sacrifice 1 Kings 18. 36 37 38. Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face continually 1 Chron. 16. 11. If thou seek him he will be found of thee 1 Chron. 28. 9. Judah c. fought him with their whole desire and he was found of them 2 Chron. 15. 15. There are good things found in thee thou hast taken away c. and hast prepared thine heart to seek God 2 Chron. 19. 3. Asa prayed for help against the Ethiopian Army of 1000000 and prevailed 2 Chron. 14. 10 11 12. When Moab c. came against Jehosaphat he stood in the congregation in the house of the Lord and prayed for help and God heard and answered 2 Chron. 20. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 24. Hezekiah being sick prayed 2 Chron. 32. 24. Nehemiah when he heard of the affliction of the Jews he wept and mourned and fasted and prayed Nehem. 1. 4 5 6 7 8 c. So again when Israel were building and in danger of enemies Nehem. 4. 4 5 9. I would make supplication to my judg Job 9. 15. My God for unto thee will I pray my voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct unto thee and look up Psal. 5. 2 3. I acknowledged my sin c. for this shall every one who is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou maist be found Psal. 32. 5 6. They who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing Psal. 34. 10. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee c. Psal. 50. 15. Though Nathan had told David his sin was forgiven him yet he prays earnestly to be delivered from blood-guiltiness c. Psal. 51. 1 2 3 4 to the 15. As for me I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me evening and morning at noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my voice Psal. 55. 16 17. O thou who â—…rest prayer unto thee shall all
mercy is on them who fear him from generation to generation he hath shewed strength c. He hath put down the mighty c. Luke 1. 50 51 52 53. The most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands c. Heaven is my throne c. Hath not my hand made all these things Acts 7. 48 49 50. The Churches were edified and walked in the fear of the Lord Acts 9. 31. In every nation he who feareth him c. is accepted with him Acts 10. 35. God who made the world and all things therein seeing he is God c. Acts 17. 24 25 c. All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 13. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 31. Let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear For our God is a consuming fire Heb. 12. 28 29. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear 1 Pet. 1. 17. 2 Cor. 7. 1. Fear God 1 Pet. 2. 17. Fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his Judgment is come Rev. 14. 7. Great and marvellous are thy works Lord God Almighty c. Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy name for thou only art holy Rev. 15. 3 4. To trust in God and in none else in all Cases The Arguments thereto 1. Not in any else There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like unto God 1 Sam. 2. 2. Because thou hast relied on the King of Assyria and not relied on the Lord thy God therefore is the host of the King of Syria escaped out of thy hands c. Asa in his disease fought not to the Lord but to the Physicians 2 Chron. 16. 7. 12. There is no King saved by the multitude of an host a mighty man is not delivered by much strength A horse is a vain thing for safety neither shall he deliver by his great strength Psal. 33. 16. 17. They who trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches None can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransom for him c. that he should live for ever Psal. 49. 6 7 9. Lo this is the man who made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his riches c. But I trust in the mercy of God for ever Psal. 52. 7 8. Give us help from trouble for vain is the help of man Psal. 60. 11. 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 Trust not in oppression c. Psal. 62. 9 10. Put not your trust in Princes nor in the sons of men in whom is no help his breath goeth sorth he turneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish Psal. 146. 3 4. He who trusted unto his riches shall fall Prov. 11. 28. He who trusteth in his own heart is a fool Prov. 28. 26. Cease from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of Isa. 2. 22. Thou didst look in that day unto the armour of the house of the forest c. ye made also a ditch between the two walls c. But ye have not looked unto the maker thereof Isa. 22. 8 9 10 11. Wo unto the rebellious children c. who take counsel but not of me c. who walk to go down to Egypt and have not asked at my mouth to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharoah and to trust in the shadow of Egypt Therefore shall the strength of Pharoah be your shame and the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion c. for the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose c. their strength is to sit still Isa. 30. 1 2 3 5 7. Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness thou hast said None seeth c. Thou hast said in thine heart I am and none else besides me c. Stand now with thine enchantments c. let them stand up and save thee c. Behold they shall be as stubble c. None shall save thee Isa. 47. 10 11 12 13 14 15. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitudes of mountains c. Jer. 3. 23. Trust ye not in lying words Saying the Temple of the Lord c. Jer. 7. 4. Trust ye not in any brother for every brother will utterly supplant Jer. 9. 4 5. This is thy portion c. because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in falshood Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face c. Jer. 13. 25 26. Thus saith the Lord Cursed be the man who trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm and whose heart departeth from God for he shall be like the heath in the desert c. Jer. 17. 5 6. For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures thou shall also be taken c. Jer. 48. 7. Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys c. O back-sliding daughter who trusteth in her treasures saying Who shall come unto me Behold I will bring fear upon thee saith the Lord of Host Jer. 49. 4 5. As for us our eyes as yet failed for our vain hope in our watching we have wtached for a nation which could not save us Lam. 4. 17. Egypt shall know c. because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel when they took hold of thee by thy hand thou didst break and rent all their shoulders and when they leaned upon thee thou brakest all their loins c. Ezek. 29. 6 7. They shall know that I am the Lord when I have set a fire in Egypt and when all her helpers shall be destroyed Ezek. 30. 8. Ephraim also is like a silly Dove without heart they call to Egypt they go to Assyria when they shall go I will spread my net upon them I will bring them down c. Wo unto them for they have fled from me Hosea 7. 11 12 13. Ephraim feedeth upon wind c. they do make a covenant with the Assyrians c. Hosea 12. 1. Wo unto them who are at ease in Zion and trust in the mountains of Samaria Amos 6. 1. Trust ye not in a friend put ye not confidence in a guide keep the dore of thy mouth from her who lyeth in thy bosom For the son dishonoureth the father c. Micah 7. 5 6. We had the sentence of death in our selves that we should not trust in our selves 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2. In God alone a suitable Object God said Let there be light and there was light c. Gen. 1. 3 6 9 c. When Sarah doubted of the promise because of her age The Lord said to Abraham Wherefore did Sarah laugh saying Shall I of surety bear a child which am old Is any thing too hard
and he who shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith c. Heb. â—…0 36 37 38. Let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus c. Heb. 12. 1 2. The trial of your faith worketh patience and let patience have her perfect work that ye may be perfect and intire c. James 1. 3 4. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husband-man waiteth c. Be ye also patient stablish your hearts c. Behold we count them happy who endure ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord That the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercies James 5. 7 8 10 11. Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought to you c. 1 Pet. 1. 13. Wherefore let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 7. Perfect love casts out fear c. he who feareth is not made perfect in love 1 John 4. 18. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Jude verse 21. See more of Faith in its nature and use Chap. 11. To walk humbly before God abasing self opposing all high thoughts within us and avoid boasting of our selves the Reasons Abraham said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto thee who am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. Jacob said c. I am not worthy of the least of all or I am less than all the mercy and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staff I passed over c. Gen. 32. 10. Pharaoh said unto Joseph c. I have heard say of thee thou canst understand a dream and interpret it And Joseph answered Pharaoh and said It is not in me God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace Gen. 41. 15 16. I know that the Lord is greater then 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. Speak not thou in thine heart after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out 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. SauI hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands and Saul was very wrath and the saying displeased him and he said They have ascribed 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 mine own sight 2 Sam. 6. 22. But thine eyes are upon the haughty that thou mayst bring them down 2 Sam. 22. 28. 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. 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 2 Chron. 32. 25 26. 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. Psalm 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. 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. 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 visiteth him Psalm 8. 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.
apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness c. Pure religion is c. to keep himself unspotted from the world James 1. 21 27. Whosoever shall keep the whole Law and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all for c. James 2. 10 11. Cleanse your hands ye sinners and purifie your hearts c. James 4. 8. Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrifies and envies c. Dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers c. Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul 1 Pet. 2. 1. 11. He who will love lise c. let him eschew evil c. for the face of the Lord is against them who do evil 1 Pet. 3. 10 11 12. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness 2 Pet. 3. 11. These things write I unto you that ye sin not c. 1 Joh. 2. 1. Every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself as he is pure c. whosoever abideth in him sinneth not whosoever sinneth hath not seen him neither knoweth him c. he who committeth sin is of the Devil 1 John 3. 6 8. Hating the very garment spotted with the flesh Jude ver 23. I will therefore â—…hat the younger women c. give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully c. Some are already turned c. 1 Tim. 5. 14. That the word of God be not blasphemed c. not purloyning that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things Titus 2. 5 10. See Doings in general Chap. And words Chap. 4. Gods reasonings with complainings of and threatnings and judgments against Sinners for their several sins disobedience and rebellions 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. Sodom 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. Gen. 18. 20. chap. 19. 13 24 25. God met with Josephs brethren for their sin in selling Joseph Gen. 44. 16. chap. 42. 21. Many plagues and judgments against and upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians for their sins in not letting Israel go Exod. 7. chap. 8. chap. 9. chap. 10. chap. 11. chap. 12. 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 the Calf Exod. 32. 9 10 33 34 35. 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 Lev. 18. 24 25 26 28. But if ye will not hearken unto me c. I will appoint over you terror c. And if ye will not for all this hearken c. then will I punish you seven times more for your sins c. Lev. 26. 14 15 16 to the 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 the Camp c. And they fell a lusting c. and said Who shall give us flesh to eat c And while the flesh was â—…et 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 Num. 11. 1 4 5 32 33. And Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses c. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them c. And Miriam 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 unto this land to fall by the sword that our wives and our children should be a prey c Let us make us a Captain and let us return c. And the Lord said I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them c. Surely they shall not see the land c. Your carcasses 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. Numb 14. 1 2 3 4 12 22 23 29 31 32. Korah aod his company for rebelling against Moses and against Aaron was swallowed up of the earth c. The people murmured against Moses for this and 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 Gods word at the waters of Meribah Numb 20. 12 23 24. Deut. 3. 27. Deut. 32. 48 49 50 51. chap. 4. 21 22. 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. 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. If thy brother c. thy daughter or thy wise c. intice 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 observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee Cursed thou in the city and cursed thou in the field c. Deut. 28. 15 16 17 to the end chap. 29. 19 20. Achan sinned in taking the accursed thing and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel c. and the men of Ai smote them c. And God said He who is taken with this accursed thing shall be burned with fire he and all that he hath because that he hath transgressed c. and accordingly Achan and his was stoned and burned Josh. 7. 1 4 5 13 15 24 25 26 If ye forsake the Lord and serve strange gods then he will turn and do you hurt and consume you after he hath done you good Josh. 24. 20. Sampsons Delelah was his ruine Judg. 16. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. The Benjamites cut off and destroyed for the great sin in abusing the Levites concubine to death Judg. 18. chap. 19. God threatens Eli for his suffering his sons to sin so in the Priesthood 1 Sam. 2. 22 23 to the end The Lord said I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house c. for I have told him that I will judg his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vilâ—… and he restrained them not and therefore have I sworn unto the house of Eli That the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor burnt-offerings for ever 1 Sam. 3. 11 12 13 14. He smote the men of Bethshemesh because had looked into the ark of the Lord c. fifty thousand and seventy men 1 Sam. 6. 19. The elders of Israel came to Samuel and said Make us a king to judg us like all the nations c. And the Lord said unto Samuel c. they have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them c. and God said You shall cry out because of your king c. and the Lord will not hear you in that day 1 Sam. 8. 4 5 7 18 19. chap. 10. 19. The Lord sent thunder and rain in Wheat-harvest and all the people feared the Lord and Samuel We have added unto all our sins this evil to ask us a king c. if ye shall still do wickedly ye shall be consumed both ye and your king 1 Sam. 12. 12. 16 17 18 19 25. Saul offered sacrifice himself c. Samuel said to him Thou hast done foolishly c. but now the kingdom shall not continue 1 Sam. 13. 9 10 13 14. Samuel said to Saul Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord he hath also rejected thee from being King 1 Sam. 15. 9 11 23 26. The Lord also takes away his Spirit from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him 1 Sam. 16. 1 14. And when Saul enquired of the Lord the Lord answered him not neither by dreams nor by urim nor by Prophets c. Then he goes to a familar spirit c. Samuel said Why hast thou disquieted me c. Saul said God is departed from me and answereth me no more c. The Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand because thou obeyed not the voice of the Lord nor executed his fierce wrath upon Amalek c. therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day c. 1 Sam. 18. 6 7 15 16 17 18 19. Uzzah put forth his hand unto the Ark of God and took hold of it c. and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah and God smote him there for his error or rashness and there he dyed c. Michal Davids wife despised David for his dancing before the Ark c. therefore she had no child unto the day of her death c. 2 Sam. 6. 16 23. Davids sin in the matter of Uriahs wife c. displeased the Lord 2 Sam. 11. 27. And Nathan said unto David c. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel I anointed thee king over Israel c. and if that had been too little I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in his sight that thou hast killed Uriah c. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house c. Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house and I will take thy wives before thine eyes and give unto thy neighbour and he shall lye with thy wife in the sight of this Sun c. the child also shall surely dye c. And the child dyed 2 Sam. 12. 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 18. Then Amnon his son forceth Tamar sister of Absalom c. And Absalom killeth Aâ—…non 2 Sam. 13. 11 12 13 14 28 29. Absalom conspired against David and rebels 2 Sam. 15. Absalom went in unto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel 2 Sam. 16. 21 22. Absalom is slain himself 2 Sam. 18. 14 15. There was a famine c. and David enquired of the Lord and the Lord answered It is for Saul and his bloody house because he slew the Gibeonites c. The children of Israel had sworn unto them and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal c. 2 Sam. 21. 1. Josh. 9. 15. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel c. David said Go number the people c. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel c. And there dyed seventy thousand men 2 Sam. 24. 1 2 15. Adonijah put to death by Solomons order and Joab for his sin killing of Abner and Amasa also put to death and Shimei also put to death for his cursing of David 1 Kings 2. 24 25 28 31 32 33 34. If you shall at all turn from following of me you or your children and will not keep my commandments 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
and abound in love one towards another 1 Thes. 3. 12. As touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you for ye your selves are taught of God to love one another c. that ye increase more 1 Thes. 4. 9 10. We are bound to thank God c. because that your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth 2 Thes. 1. 3. Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart 1 Tim. 1. 5. Follow c. love 2 Tim. 2. 22. I thank my God c. hearing of thy love c. toward all saints Philem. v. 4 5. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name in that ye have ministred to the saints and do Heb. 6. 10. Let brotherly love continue Heb 13. 1. If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self ye do well James 2. 8. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts glory not c. this wisdom descendeth not from above c. James 3. 14 15 16. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unseigned love of the brethren see that ye love one another with a pure heart servently 1 Pet. 1. 22. Love the brotherhood 1 Pet. 2. 17. Finally c. love as brethren or loving to brethren 1 Pet. 3. 8. And above all things have fervent charity among your selves 1 Pet. 4. 8. Add c. to brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity 2 Pet. 1. 7. He who saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now he who loveth his brother abideth in the light 1 John 2. 9 10 11. Is not of God neither he who loveth not his brother for this is the message that ye heard from the beginning that we should love one another c. We know that we are passed from death to life because we love the brethren c. we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth 1 John 3. 10 11 12 14 16 18 19. Let us love one another for love is of God and every one who loveth is born of God and knoweth God he who loveth not knoweth not God for God is love c. if God so loved us we ought also to love one another c. if any man say he loveth God and hateth his brother he is a lyar c. this commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his brother also 1 John 4. 7 8 11 12 20 21. 2 Epist. Joh. v. 5. 2dly From love to sympathize with each other in pity and compassion help and comfort one another and bear one anothers burthen have mutual care The children of Israel when they had in battel cut off the Benjamites they bemoan them lift up their voices and wept sore and said O Lord God of Israel Why is this come to pass in Israel that their should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel c and it repented them for Benjamin their brother and said There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day How shall we do for wives for them c Judges 21. 1 2 3 6 7 12 13 14 15 16. With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful 2 Sam. 22. 26. Psal. 18. 25. Thus saith the Lord of Host c. shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother and oppress not the widow Zech. 7. 9 10. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Mat. 5. 7. Come ye blessed c. I was 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 clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me c. Verily I say unto you Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Mat. 25. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. In the parable of the man who fell among the thieves one looked upon the wounded man and another did so but a certain Samaritan saw him had compassion on him bound up his wounds c. He who shewed mercy was his neighbour Go and do thou likewise Luke 10. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37. I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Luke 22. 32. Rejoyce with them who do rejoyce and weep with them who weep Be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 15 16. We then who are strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weak and not to please our selves Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification Rom. 15. 1 2. 1 Cor. 8. 1. To the weak became I as weak that I might gain the weak c. 1 Cor. 9. 22. Let no man seek his own but every man anothers wealth c. As I please all men 1 Cor. 10. 24 33. By one spirit are we all baptized into one body c. that 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 are ye the body of Christ and members in particular 1 Cor. 12. 12 13 18 25 26 27. Charity c. seeketh not her own 1 Cor. 13. 4 5. Blessed be God c. the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort who comforteth us c. 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. Who is weak and I am not weak who is offended and I burn not 2 Cor. 11. 29. Bear ye one anothers burthens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 1 2. We are members one of another c. Be ye kind one to another tender-hearted Eph. 4. 25 32. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy kindness c. Col. 3. 12. Comfort the feeble minded support the weak 1 Thes. 5. 14. Ye endured a great fight of afflictions c. by reproaches and afflictions and partly whilest ye became companions of them who were so used for ye had compassion on me in my bonds Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels c. Remember them who are in bonds as bound with them and them who suffer adversity as being your selves also in the body Heb. 13. 2 3. Pure religion c. is this to visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions James 1. 27. The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy James 5. 11. Be ye all of one mind having compassion one of
another c. Be pitiful c. 1 Pet. 3. 8. Whoso hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him 1 John 3. 17. He shall have judgment without mercy who hath shewed no mercy and mercy rejoyceth against judgment James 2. 13. See this duty in time of affliction or persecution Chap. 22. 3dly To honour and respect each other and be kind and affectionate Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle c he in whose eyes a vile person is contemned But he honoureth them who fear the Lord Psal. 15. 1 4. My goodness extendeth 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. When Christ had washed his Disciples feet he said If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet Joh. 13. 12 13 14 15. Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another Rom. 12. 10. Eph. 4. 32. 2 Pet. 1. 7. Charity suffereth long and is kind 1 Cor. 13. 4. As we have opportunity let us do good unto all men especially to them who are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6. 10. Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God Eph. 5. 21. Salute every Saint in Christ Jesus c. all the Saints salute you Phil. 4. 21 22. Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus c. with respect of persons For c. James 2. 1. Use hospitality one to another without grudgings 1 Pet. 4. 9. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren 1 John 3. 16. Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves Phil. 2. 3. 4dly Not rashly easily and unadvisedly take up a prejudice against any believe reports take offence or be angry but tenderly to forgive cover faults restore such as have offended in meekness love and privacy Noah was uncovered Ham saw his fathers nakedness and told his two brethren without and Shem and Japhet took a garment and laid it upon their shoulders and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father c. and they saw not their fathers nakedness c. Gen. 9. 21 22 23 24 25. When Joseph had told his dream his brethren envied him but his father observed the saying Gen. 37. 8 9 10 11. Thou shalt not raise or receive a false report Exod. 23. 1. When the children of Reuben the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh had built an Altar to a good end the rest of their brethren heard of it and presently concludes it to be a turning away from the Lord and they resolve rashly to go to war against them Joshua 22. 10 11 12 16 17 18 c. When Absolom designed his rebellion there went two hundred men out of Jerusalem with him and they went in their simplicity and they knew not any thing 2 Sam. 15. 10 11. Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle c he who backbiteth not c. nor taketh up or receiveth or endureth a reproach against his neighbour Psal. 15. 1 3. The Lord is merciful c. slow to anger Psal. 103. 8. Hatred stirreth up strife but love covereth all sins c. He who uttereth a slander is a fool Prov. 10. 12 18. The simple believeth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his goings c. He who is soon angry dealeth foolishly Prov. 14. 15 17. He who covereth a transgression seeketh love or procureth love Prov. 17. 9. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger and it is his glory to pass over a transgression Prov. 19. 11. All who watch for iniquity are cut off Who make a man an offender for a word Isa. 29. 21 22. Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment Mat. 5. 22. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you But if ye forgive not men their trespasses c. Mat. 6. 14 15. Judg not that ye be not judged c. Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beam which is in thine own eye or how wâ—…t thou say to thy brother let me pull out c Mat. 7. 1 3 4. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee alâ—…ne if he shall hear thee thou hast gained thy brother c. Peter said Lâ—…rd hâ—…w ost shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him till sâ—…ven times Jesus said unto him I say not unto thee until seven times but â—…ntil seventy times-seven c. I forgave thee all that debt c. Shouldest thou not also have had compassion on thy fâ—…llow-servant even as I had pity on thee c. and his Lord was wrath c. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trâ—…spasses Mat. 18. 15 21 22 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35. If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him If he trespass against thee seven times a day c. thou shalt forgive him Luke 17. 3 4. Judg not according to the appearance but judg righteous judgment Joh. 7. 24. The believers of the circumcision rashly judged of Peter and contended with him for eating with the Gentiles But when Peter gave them an account of the cause they held their peace c. Acts 11. 1 2 3 4 18. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 10. But with me it is a very small thing that I should he judged of you or of mans judgment or day c. Judg nothing before the time until the Lord come who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness c. 1 Cor. 4. 3 4 5. Charity suffereth long c. seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil c. beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things 1 Cor. 13. 4 5 7. In malice be ye children 1 Cor. 14. 20. The fruit of the spirit is c. long-suffering gentleness c. meekness Gal. 5. 22 23. Brethren if or although a man be overtaken in a fault ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness considering thy self lest thou also be tempted Bear ye one anothers burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 1 2. Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness with long-fuffering forbearing one another in love c. Be tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you Eph. 4. 1 2 32. But now you also put off all these anger wrath malice c. Put on therefore as the elect of
together for the faith Phil. 1. 27. If therefore there be any consolation in Christ c. fulfill ye my joy that ye be like-minded c. being of one accord of one mind let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory c. Phil. 2. 1 2 3 4 5. Whereto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Phil. 3. 16. I beseech Euodias c. that they be of the same mind in the Lord Phil. 4. 2. Finally be all of one mind 1 Pet. 3. 8. 9thly To walk wisely and charitably one towards another and in things indifferent to have respect to the meek to avoid offenoes The Pharisees would have accused the disciples for plucking corn and Christ for healing a withered hand on the Sabbath day till he said unto them Which of you having one sheep c. fall into a pit on the Sabbath day will he not lay hold on it and lift it out c it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath day Matth. 12. 1 2 3 4 10 11 12. Luke 6. 1 2 c. Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me it were better that a milstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the midst of the sea Wo unto the world because of offences for it must needs be that offences come but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh Mat. 18 6 7. Luk. 17. 1 2. His disciples say unto him If the case of the man be so with his wife it is not good to marry But he said unto them All men cannot receive this saying save they to whom it is given for there are fome Eunuchs which were so born c. and there are some Eunuchs who have made themselves c. He who is able to receive it let him Matth. 19. 10 11 12. Jesus said I have yet many things to say unto you but ye cannot bear them now howbeit when he the spirit of truth is come he will guide John 16. 12 13. Him who is weak receive but not with doubtful disputations or not to judg his doubtful thoughts for one believeth that he may eat all things another who is weak eateth herbs let not him who eateth despise him who eateth not and let not him who eateth not judg him who eateth for God hath received him c. One man esteemeth one day above another another esteemeth every day alike let every man be fully perswaded in his own mind he who observeth a day observeth it to the Lord c. Why dost thou judg thy brother why dost thou set at nought thy brother c Let us not therefore judg one another any more but judg this rather that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brothers way I know c. that there is nothing unclean of it self but to him who esteemeth any thing to be unclean to him it is unclean And if thy brother be grieved with thy meat now walkest thou not charitably c. Let us therefore follow after things which make for peace c. All things indeed are pure but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence it is good neither to eat flesh c. whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or made weak c. he who doubteth is damned if he eat c. for whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom. 14. 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 14 15 19 20 21 23. We then who are strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weak and not to please our selves let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification Rom. 15. 1 2 3. I have fed you with milk and not with meat for hitherto ye were not able to â—…ear it neither yet now are ye able to bear it 1 Cor. 3. 1 2. All things are lawful unto me but all things are not expedient or profitable all things are lawful for me but I will not be brought under the power of any c. 1 Cor. 6. 12. chap. 10. 23. I would that all men were even as I my self but every man hath his proper gift of God one after this manner c. Is any man called being circumcised let him not become uncircumcised and is any called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised Circumcision is nothing c. 1 Cor. 7. 7 18 19. We know that an Idol is nothing in the world c. howbeit there is not in every man that knowledg for some with conscience of the Idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered to Idols and their conscience being weak is defiled But meat commendeth us not to God c. 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 who hast knowledg sit at meat in the Idols temple shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldned to eat those things which are offered to Idols and through thy knowledg shall thy weak brother perish for whom Christ died but when ye sin so against the weak brethren and wound their weak conscience ye sin against Christ wherefore if meat make my brother to offend I will eat no flesh while the world standeth lest I make my brother to offend 1 Cor. 8. 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. For though I be free from all men yet have I made my self a servant unto all that I might gain the more and unto the Jews I became as a Jew that I might gain the Jew c. To the weak became I as weak c. I am made all things unto all men that I might by all means save some c. 1 Cor. 9. 19 20 21 22. All things are lawful for me but all things are not expedient c. all things edifie not let no man seek his own but every man anothers wealth whatsoever is sold in the shambles that eat asking no question for conscience sake for the earth is the Lords c. If any of them who believe not bid you and ye be disposed to go whatsoever is set before you eat asking no question for conscience sake But if any man say unto thee this is offered in sacrifice unto Idols eat not for his sake who shewed it and for conscience sake c. conscience I say not thine own but of the others c. Give none offence neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles nor to the Church of God even as I please all men in all things not seeking mine own profit but the profit of many that they may be saved 1 Cor. 10. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33. chap. 11. 1. Charity seeketh not her own 1 Cor. 13. 4 5. Let all your things be done with charity 1 Cor. 16. 14. Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others let this mind be in you which was also
in Christ Jesus Phil. 2. 4 5. Let us therefore as many as be perfect be thus minded and if in any thing ye be otherwise-minded God shall reveal even this unto you Nevertheless whereunto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Phil. 3. 15 16. Let no man therefore judg you in meat or in drink or in eating or in drinking or in respect of an holy day or of the new moon or of the Sabbath which are a shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ Col. 2. 16 17. We exhort you brethren c. comfort the feeble minded support the weak be patient towards all men 1 Thes. 5. 14. Neither give heed to fables c. which minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith now the end of the commandment is charity c. 1 Tim. 1. 4 5. Some shall depart from the faith c. forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received c. 1 Tim. 4. 3 4 5. Unto the pure all things are pure Tit. 1. 15. When Paul was writing many things concerning Christ he said Of whom we have many things to say and hard to be uttered seeing ye are dull of hearing c. ye are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat c. strong meat belongs unto them who are of full age Heb. 5. 10 11 12 13 14. It is a good thing that the heart be established with grace not with meats which have not profited them who have been occupied therein Heb. 13. 9. I will put upon you no other burden but that which ye have already hold fast till I come Rev. 2. 24 25. 10thly To distribute and communicate to one anothers necessities give to the poor If thou lend money to any of my people who is poor by thee thou shalt not be unto them as an usurer neither shalt thou lay upon him usury c. Exod. 22. 25 26. When ye reap the harvest of your land thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy fields neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard c. Thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger I am the Lord your God Lev. 19. 9 10. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethen within any of thy gates c. thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand against thy poor brother but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth Beware that there be not a thought or word in thy wicked heart saying The seventh year the year of release is at hand and thine eye be evil against thy brother and thou givest him nought and he cry unto the Lord against thee and it be sin unto thee thou shalt surely give him and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy work c. for the poor shall never cease out of the land therefore I command thee c. Deut. 15. 7 8 9 10 11. If I have withheld from the poor their desire c. or have eaten my morsel alone and the fatherless have not eaten thereof c. If I have seen any perish for want of clothing or any poor without covering If his loins have not blessed me c. Job 31. 16 17 18 19 20. The righteous sheweth mercy and giveth c. He is ever merciful and lendeth Psal. â—…7 21 26. Blessed is he who considereth the poor or weak the Lord will deliver him Psal. 41. 1. A good man sheweth favour and lendeth c. He hath dispersed he hath given unto the poor c. Psal. 112. 5 9. Say not unto thy neighbour Go and come again and tomorrow I will give when thou hast it by thee Prov. 3. 28. There is who scattereth and yet increaseth c. The liberal soul shall be made fat and he who watereth shall be watered also himself Prov. 11. 24 25. He who hath mercy on the poor happy is he c. He who oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker but he who honoureth him hath mercy on the poor Prov. 14. 21 31. He who hath pity on the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again Prov. 19. 17. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard Prov. 21. 13. He who hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed for he giveth of his bread to the poor Prov. 22. 9. He who giveth unto the poor shall not lack Prov. 28. 27. Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days Give a portion to seven and also to eight c. Eccles. 11. 1 2 3. Is not this the fast that I have chosen c Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor which are cast out to thy house when thou seest the naked that thou cover him and that thou hide not thy self from thine own flesh Then shall thy light break forth as the morning c. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfie the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise in obscurity c. Isa. 58. 6 7 8 9 10 11. I have desired mercy and not sacrifice Hosea 6. 6. Give to him who asketh thee and from him who would borrow of thee turn not away Mat. 5. 42. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them c. when thou doest thine alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do c. that they may have glory of men c. But when thou doest thine alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth Mat. 6. 1 2 3. Ask and it shall be given you Mat. 7. 7. Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple verily I say unto you He shall in no wise lose his reward Mat. 10. 42. Mark 9. 41. Christ shall say 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 clothed me c. when saw we thee an hungry c Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me c. Mat. 25. 35 36 37 38 39 40 c. The poor widow threw in two mites c. Jesus said This poor widow hath cast more in than all they c. For all they did cast in of their abundance but she of her want did cast in all she had Mark 12. 42 43 44. Luke 21. 1 2 3 4. When thou makest a feast
nakedness I am the Lord the nakedness of thy father or thy mother c. Lev. 18. 6 7 8 9 10 11 to the 19. The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth to a man neither shall a man put on a womans garment for all who do so are an abomination unto the Lord thy God Deut. 22. 5. Hannah wept and did not eat Then said Elkanah her husband to her Hannah why weepest thou and why eatest thou not and why is thy heart grieved am not I better unto thee than ten sons so Hannah rose c. 1 Sam. 1. 8. Saul sent messengers to Davids house to watch him and slay him c. And Michal Davids wife told him c. And let him down through a window and he went and fled and escaped 1 Sam. 19. 11 12 13 c. Jobs wife said unto him Dost thou still retain thine integrity curse God and die But he said unto her Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh What shall we receive good c Job 2. 9 10. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband but she who maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones Prov. 12. 4. The contentions of a wife are a continual dropping c. A prudent wife is from the Lord Prov. 19. 13 14. It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman Prov. 21. 19. Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rubies The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her so that he shall have no need of spoil She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands Prov. 31. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 c. Whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her who is divorced committeth adultery Mat. 5. 31 32. ch 19. 9. The Pharisees said Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause And he answered and said unto them Have ye not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female c. Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh What therefore God hath joined together let no man put asunder c. Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered c. But it was not so from the beginning Mat. 19. 3 4 5 6 7 8. The woman who hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth but if the husband be dead she is free from the law of the husband So then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man she shall be called an adultress but if her husband be dead c. Rom. 7. 2 3. It is good for a man not to touch a woman nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife and let every woman have her own husband Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence and likewise also the wife unto the husband The wife hath not power over her own body but the husband and likewise also the husband hath not power of his but the wife Defraud you not one the other except with consent for a time that you may give your selves to fasting and to prayer and come together again that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency c.. I say to the unmarried and widows it is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn And unto the married I command not I but the Lord Let not the wife depart from the husband but if she depart let her remain unmarried c. Let not the husband depart from his wife c. And if any brother hath a wife who believeth not and she be pleased to dwell with him let him not put her away c. for the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife c. else were your children unclean but now they are holy c. For what knowest thou O wife whether thou shalt save thy husband c The time is short it remains that they who have wives be as though they had none c. An unmarried life commended 1 Cor. 7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 29 32 33 to the end Have we not power to lead about a sister a wife as well as other Apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas 1 Cor. 9. 5. The head of the woman is the man c. The man is not of the woman but the woman of the man Neither was the man created for the woman but the woman for the man c. Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman neither is the woman without the man in the Lord for as the woman is of the man even so is the man also by the woman c. 1 Cor. 11. 3 8 9 11 12. Let your women keep silence in the Churches for it is not permitted to them to speak but to be under obedience as also saith the law And if they will learn any thing let them ask their husbands at home for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the Church 1 Cor. 14. 34 35. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness 2 Cor. 6. 14. Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord For the husband is the head of the wife c. therefore as the Church is subject to Christ so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing Husbands love your wives even as Christ also Ioved the Church c. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies he who loveth his wife loveth himself for no man ever yet hated his own flesh c. Let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself and the wife see that she reverence her husband Eph. 5. 22 23 24 25 28 33. Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands love your wives and be not bitter against them Col. 3. 18 19. In like manner also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel c. Let the women learn in silence with all subjection But I suffer not a woman to teach or usurp authority over the man but to be in silence For Adam was first formed then Eve and Adam was not deceived c. 1 Tim 2. 9 10 11 12 13 14. I will therefore that the younger women marry bear children guide the house give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully 1 Tim. 5. 14. The aged women likewise that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness c. that they may teach the young women to be sober to love their husbands c. discreet chast keepers at home good obedient to their own husbands that the
in all things not answering again or gainsaying Not purloining but shewing all good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things Tit. 2. 9 10. Go to now ye rich men weep and howl for your misery c. Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud cryeth and the cries of them who have reaped are entred into the ears of the Lord James 5. 1 4. Servants be subject to your own masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward For this is thank-worthy if a man for conscience sake towards God endure grief suffering wrongfully For what glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently but if when ye do well and suffer for it ye take it patiently this is acceptable with God For even hereunto were ye called 1 Pet. 2. 18 19 20 21. 4thly Magistrates to subjects and subjects to magistrates See magistrates and magistracy at large Chap. 24. CHAP. XIX Saints Believers Duties towards all men those who are without Unbelievers Enemies 1st In general THou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him for ye were strangers in the land Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless c. Exod. 22. 21 22. He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow and loveth the stranger c. love ye therefore the stranger for ye were strangers Deut. 10. 18 19. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts saying Execute true judgment and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother and oppress not the widow nor the fatherless the stranger nor the poor and let none of you imagin evil against his brother in your heart Zech. 7. 9 10. ch 8. 16 17. Give not that which is holy unto dogs neither cast you your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rent you c. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so unto them for this is the law and the prophets Mat. 7. 6 12. Luk. 6. 31. Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves Mat. 10. 16. And herein do I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men Act. 24. 16. Recompence to no man evil c. provide things honest in the sight of all men Rom. 12. 17. Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour Owe no man any thing but to love one another for he who loveth another hath fulfilled the law c. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 7 8 9 10. Give none offence neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles c. even as I please all men in all things not seeking mine own profit 1 Cor. 10. 32 33. Charity thinketh no evil 1 Cor. 13. 5. Providing for honest things not only in the sight of the Lord but in the sight of men 2. Cor. 8. 21. Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others c. Do all things without murmuring or disputings that ye may be blameless and harmless or sincere 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 Phil. 2. 4 14 15. Let your moderation be known unto all men the Lord is at hand Phil. 4. 5. Walk in wisdom towards them who are without c. Let your speech be always with grace c. that ye may know how to answer every man Col. 4. 5 6. That ye study to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands c. That we may walk honestly towards them who are without and that ye may have lack of nothing or of no man 1 Thess. 4. 11 12. We exhort you brethren c. be patient towards all men See that none render evil for evil unto any man but ever follow that which is good both among your selves and to all men 1 Thess. 5. 14 15. In all things shew thy self a pattern of good works c. sound speech that cannot be condemned that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed having no evil thing to say of you Titus 2. 7 8. Put them in mind c. to be ready to every good work c. To be no brawler but gentle shewing all meekness unto all men for we c. Titus 3. 1 2 3. Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and envies and evil speakings c. abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul having your conversation honest amongst the Gentiles that whereas they or wherein they speak against you as evil doers they may by your good works which they shall behold glorifie God in the day of visitation c. for so is the will of God that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men c. Honour or esteem all men 1 Pet. 2. 1 11 12 15 17. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope which is in you with meekness and fear having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you as of evil-doers they may be ashamed who falsly accuse your good conversation in Christ c. 1 Pet. 3 14 15 16 17. 2dly In particular not to judg them or speak evil of them Thou givest thy mouth to evil c. thou sittest and speakest against thy brother c. thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thy self c. Psal. 50. 19 20 21. Judg not that ye be not judged for with what judgment ye judg ye shall be judged Matth. 7. 1 2. Judg nothing before the time until the Lord come 1 Cor. 4. 5. Charity c. thinketh no evil 1 Cor. 13. 5. Put them in mind to speak evil of no man c. for we our selves were sometimes foolish disobedient Titus 3. 1 2 3. 3dly Be just righteous true and faithful to and with them in all things of trust and dealing Ye shall not c. deal falsly neither lye one to another c. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour nor rob him c. Ye shall do no unrighteousness injudgment in meteyard in weight or in measure just ballances just weights a just Ephah and a just Hin shall ye have I the Lord your God Levit. 19. 11 13 34 35 36. If thou sell ought unto thy neighbour or buyest ought of thy neighbours hand ye shall not oppress one another Levit. 25. 14. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness Psal. 11. 7. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord but a just weight
is his delight Prov. 11. 1. ch 16. 11. Divers weights or a stone and a stone and divers measures or an Ephah and an Ephah are both alike abomination to the Lord Prov. 20. 10. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice c. it is the joy of the just to do judgment Prov. 21. 3 15. Remove not the ancient land-marks or bound which thy father have set Prov. 22. 28. chap. 23. 10. As a mad-man c. so is he who deceiveth his neighbour and saith Am I not in sport Prov. 26. 18 19. God complained against Israel None calleth for justice nor any pleadeth for truth Isa. 59. 4. Wo to him who buildeth his house by unrighteousness and his chamber by wrong Jer. 22. 13. In thee they deal by oppression with the stranger Ezek. 22. 7 29. Daniel was faithful in his trust neither was there any errour or fault found in him Dan. 6. 4 5. What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly c. Micah 6. 8. The just Lord in the midst thereof he will not do iniquity Zeph. 3. 5. Have we not all one father hath not one God created us Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother Malachi 2. 10. Jesus said unto the Publicans Exact no more than that which is appointed you c. And to the Soldiers he said Do no violence to any man c. be content with your wages c. Luke 3. 13 14. Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute c. owe no man any thing but to love c. Rom. 13. 7 8. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter because the Lord is the avenger of such 1 Thess. 4. 6. 4thly Live at peace with them every one doing their own work not intermedling with others nor idle or trifling Seek peace and pursue it Psal. 34. 14. Accuse not a servane to his master lest he curse thee c. Prov. 30. 10. Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God c. Whosoever shall finite thee on the right cheek turn to him the other c. Matth. 5. 9 38 39 40. If it be possible as much as lieth in you live peaceably with all men Dearly beloved avenge not your selves Rom. 12. 18 19. If the unbelieving depart let him depart c. but God hath called us to peace 1 Cor. 7. 15. That ye study to be quiet and to do your own business and to work c. 1 Thess. 4. 11. We hear that there are some among you who walk disorderly working not at at all but are busie-bodies now them who are such we command and exhort c. that with quietness they work c. 2 Thess. 3. 11 12. Withal they learn to be idle wandring about from house to house and not only idle but tatlers also and busie-bodies I will c. that they give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully 1 Tim. 5. 13 14 15. That they which have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works these things are good and profitableâ—… unto men c. and let ours also learn to maintain good works or profess honest trades for necessary uses c. Titus 3. 8 14. Follow peace with all men Heb. 12. 14. The wisdom that is from above is c. peaceable gentle and easie to be intreated c. And the fruit of peace is sown in peace of them who make peace James 3. 17 18. From whence comes wars and fighting amongst you come they not hence even of your lusts c James 4. 1. Let none of you suffer c. as a busie-body in other mens matters c. 1 Pet. 4. 15. He will love life c. let him seek peace and ensue it 1 Pet. 3. 11. 5thly Not to be discontented angry or revengeful against them But to behave themselves meekly gently and patiently towards them bearing wrong David resolved in haste to destroy Nabals house because of Nabals unkindness but Abigail having interposed he blessed God for her counsel and forbore his revenge 1 Sam. 25. 32 33 34. Fret not thy self because of evil-doers neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity for they shall soon be cut down Psal. 37. 1 2. Prov. 24. 19. Let not thine heart envy finners but be in the fear of the Lord all the day Prov. 23. 17. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you but if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your father forgive c. Matth. 6. 14 15. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart Matth. 11. 29. One of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and stroke a servant of the high-Priest c. Then said Jesus unto him Put up again thy sword into his place for all they who take the sword shall perish by the sword Matth. 26. 51 52. The Samaritans did not receive Christ and when his disciples James and John saw this they said Lord wilt thou that we command fire from heaven and consume them as Elias did and he turned and rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of for the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives c. Luke 9. 52 53 54 55 56. Charity suffereth long and is kind charity envieth not c. is not easily provoked thinketh no evil 1 Cor. 13. 4 5. In malice be ye children but in understanding be ye men 1 Cor. 14. 20. The fruit of the spirit is c. long-suffering gentleness c. meekness temperance Gal. 5. 22 23. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour c. be put away from you Eph. 4. 31. Col. 3. 8. Let your moderation be known unto all men Phil. 4. 5. Be patient towards all men see that none render evil for evil unto any man 1 Thess. 5. 14 15. The servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle unto all men c. patient in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves if God peradventure c. 2 Tim. 2. 24 25. Speak evil of no man to be no brawlers gentle shewing all meekness to all men Titus 3. 2. Let every man be slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God James 1. 19 20. The wisdom which is above is c. gentle and easie to be intreated c. James 3. 17. Be ready always to give an answer unto every man c. with meekness 1 Pet. 3. 15. See the Duty of moderation meekness patience c. in general Chap. 16. 6thly To pity them shew them mercy pray for them and requite them good for evil love for hatred If thou meet thine enemies ox or asse going astray thou shalt surely bring him back again to him If thou see the asse of him who hateth thee under his burden and wouldst forbear to help him
a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding great men are not wise neither do the aged understand judgment Job 32. 8 9. Good and upright is the Lord therefore will he teach sinners in the way the meek will he guide in judgment and the meek will he teach his way c. what man is he who feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the way that he shall chuse c. the secret of the Lord is with them who fear him and he will shew them his covenant Psal. 25. 8 9 12 14. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go I will guide thee with mine eye Psal. 32. 8. O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me let them bring me unto c. Psal. 43. 3 4. Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I shall keep it to the end give me understanding and I shall keep thy law Psal. 119. 33 34. He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgments unto Israel Psal. 147. 19. Wisdom cryeth c. how long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c and fools hate knowledg turn you at my reproof behold I will pour out my spirit upon you I will make known my words unto you Prov. 1. 20 22 23. If thou cryest after knowledg c. then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledg of God For the Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth cometh knowledg and understanding Prov. 2. 3 4 5 6. In all thy ways acknowledg him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 3. 6. I have taught them the way of wisdom I have led thee in the right paths Prov. 4. 11. The earth shall be full of the knowledg of the Lord as the waters cover the sea Isa. 11. 9. Heb. 2. 14. And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness c. They also who erred in the spirit shall come to understanding c. They shall learn doctrine Isa. 29. 18 24. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left Isa. 30. 21. And the eyes of them who see shall not be dim c. the heart also of the rash shall understand knowledg and the tongue of the stammerers be ready to speak plainly Or elegantly Isa. 32. 3 4. Your God will come c. then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped Isa. 35. 4 5. I the Lord have called thee c. for a light to the gentiles to open the blind eyes c. And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not I will lead them in paths they have not known I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight Isa. 42. 6 7 16. I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord c. Jer. 24. 7. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them Jer. 31. 34. Heb. 8 11. Jesus said I thank thee O father c. because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Neither knoweth any man the father but the son and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him Matth. 11. 25 27. It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given Matth. 13. 11 13. Mark 4. 11 12. Peter said Thou art that Christ c. And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou Simon Bar-Jona for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my father who is in heaven Matth. 16. 15 16 17. The day-spring from on high hath visited us to give light to them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our 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 Luke 21. 15. These are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you c. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures Luke 24. 44 45. That was the true light which lighteth every man who cometh into the world John 1. 9. As it is written in the prophets And they shall be all taught of God Every man therefore who hath heard and hath learned of the father cometh unto me John 6. 45. Isa. 54. 13. If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speak of my self John 7. 17. Then spake Jesus again unto them saying 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 John 8. 12 32. Jesus said For Judgment I am come into the world that they who see not might see and that they who see might be made blind John 9. 39. I am come a light c. that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness John 12. 46. I have called you friends for all things which I have heard of my father I have made known unto you John 15. 15. This is life eternal that they may know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent c. I have manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world John 17. 2 3 6. God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts the light of the knowledg of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us 2 Cor. 4. 6 7. But when it pleased God c. to reveal his son in me c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Having made known the mystery of his will unto us according unto his good pleasure c. making mention of you in my prayers That the God of our Lord Jesus c. may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledg of him the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling c. Eph. 1. 9 16 17 18 19. ch 3. 18 19. If in any thing ye be otherwise minded God shall reveal even this unto you Phil. 3. 15. The mystery which hath been hid c. but now is made manifest to his Saints to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit by which he spake then they stirred up the people c. and came upon him and caught him and brought him to the Council and set up false witnesses Acts 6. 9 10 11 12 13. Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the Church and he killed James the brother of John with the sword and because he saw it pleased the Jews he proceeded to take Peter and imprison him c. Acts 12. 1 2 3 4. They caught Paul and Silas and drew them into the market-place unto the rulers and brought them to the Magistrates saying These men being Jews do exceedingly trouble our City and teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive neither to observe being Romans c. they beat them put them into prison Acts 16. 19 20 21 22 23 24. ch 19. 9. The Philosophers c. say unto Paul What will this babler or base fellow say Acts 17. 18. There arose no small stir about that way for a certain man c. who made silver shrines for Diana c. complained against Paul made a great uproar laid hold of Pauls companions Acts 19. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29. We would not have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia 2 Cor. 1. 8 9. I suffer trouble unto bonds 2 Tim. 2. 9. Ye endured a great fight of afflictions partly whiles ye were made a gazing-stock both by reproaches and afflictions c. Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods c. Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Others were tortured c. Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings yea moreover of bonds and imprisonments c. of whom the world was not worthy Heb. 11. 35 36 37 38. Ye have condemned and killed the just and he doth not resist you James 5. 6. They speak evil of you as of evil doers c. 1 Pet. 3. 16. chap. 4. 4. Marvel not my brethren if the world hate you 1 John 3. 13. 〈◊〉 John c. was in the Isle that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the Testimony of Christ Jesus Rev. 1. 9. 2dly From hypocritical professors of the true God Jews men zealous of the law and traditions The Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering But unto Cain and his offering he had no respect c. Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him Gen. 4. 4 5 8. 1 Joh. 3. 12. Josephs brethren hate him and could not speak peaceably unto him c. they conspired against him to slay him c. they cast him into a pit c. they sell him to the Ishmaelites c. Gen. 37. 4 11 11 18 20 24 27 28. Saul eyed David that day and forward c. He said I will smite David c. he became his enemy continually often attempted to take away his life from him 1 Sam. 18. 8 9 11 17 29. ch 19. 1 9 10 11. Absalom conspired against his father David 2 Sam. 15. Shimei cursed David when he fled from Absalom 2 Sam. 16. 5 6 7 8 13. Ahab pursued Elijah in every nation c. he said to Elijah when he saw him Art thou he who troubleth Israel 1 Kings 18. 10 17. Jeremy saith O Lord c. revenge me of my persecutors c. for thy sake I have suffered rebuke Jer. 15. 15. Matth. 5. 12. They hate him who rebuketh in the gate and they abhor him who speaketh uprightly c. they afflict the just Amos 5. 10 12. John came neither eating nor drinking and they say he hath a devil the Son of man came eating and drinking and they say behold a man gluttonous c. Math. 11. 18 19. Behold I send unto you Prophets and wise men and Scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie and some of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues and persecute them from City to City Math. 23. 34. Some said Christ was a good man others said no but he deceiveth the people howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews Joh. 7. 12 13. The Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ he should be put out of the Synagogue c. They reviled the man who owned Christ to them they say Thou wast altogether born in sins and dost thou teach us and they cast him out or excommunicated him John 9. 22 28 33 34. The chief Priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus Joh. 12. 10 11. When Peter had spake unto the people the Priests and the rulers of the temple came upon them being grieved that they taught the people and preached c. the resurrection c. And they laid hands on them and put them in hold c. that it spread no further among the people let us straitly threaten them c. So when they had further threatned them c. Act. 4. 1 2 3 17 21. The high Priest rose up and all who were with him c. and were filled with indignation or envy and laid their hands on the Apostles and put them into the common Prison c. when the Apostles had spoke to them they were cut to the heart and they took counsel to slay them Acts 5. 16 17 18 33. They suborn witnesses against Stephen and said We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God c. That Jesus shall destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered us Act. 6. 10 11 12 13 14. They run upon Stephen with one accord and cast him out of the City and stoned him Act. 7. 57 58. There was a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem and they were all scattered abroad c. Saul made havock of the Church entering into every house and haling men and women committing them to prison Act. 8. 1 3 ch 26. 10 11. Saul breathed out threatning and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord Went unto the high Priest and desired of him letters c. that if he found any of this way whether they were men or women he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem c. When he was converted the Jews took counsel to kill him c. and they watched the gates day and night to kill him Act. 9. 1 2 22 23 24. Gal. 1. 13 14. 1 Tim. 1. 13. Herod having killed James and because he saw it pleased the Jews be proceeded Act. 12. 2 3. When the Jews saw the multitude they were filled with envy and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul contradicting and blaspheming c. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women and the chief men of the City and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coasts Act. 13. 45 50. In Iconium they went both together into the Synagogue to
be trodden down by it Isa. 28. 14 15 16 18. He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth c. who bringeth the Princes of the earth to nothing he maketh the Judges of the earth as vanity Isa. 40. 22 3. Say to the Prince of Tyrus Thus saith the Lord God because thine heart is lifted up and thou hast said I am a god I sit in the seat of God c. yet thou art a man and not God though thou set thine heart as the heart of God c. therefore thus saith the Lord God c. I will bring strangers upon thee c. and they shall bring thee down to the pit and thou shalt die the death of them c. but thou shalt be a man and no God in the hand of him who slayeth thee Ezek. 28. 2 6 7 8 9. Nebuchadnezzar the king in the height of his pride driven out among the beasts Dan. 4. 30 31 32 33. There is no respect of persons with God Rom. 2. 11. 3dly What are the Duties of Magistrates and what they should be negatively and affirmatively Thou shalt provide out of all the people able men such as fear God men of truth hating covetousness and place over them to be rulers Exod. 18. 16 20 21. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the poor in his cause c. and thou shalt take no gift for gifts blindeth the wise c. Exod. 23. 6 8. Deut. 16. 19. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment thou shalt not respect the person of the poor nor honour the person of the mighty in righteousness thou shalt judg thy neghbour Levit. 19. 15. Moses when the people had sinned prayed earnestly for them c. Numb 14. 13 c. Deut. 9. 25 26 c. Joshua 7. 7 8 c. Take ye wise men and understanding and known among your tribes and I will make them rulers over you c. And I charged your Judges at that time saying Hear between your brethren and judg righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger with him ye shall not respect persons in judgment you shall hear the small as well as the great you shall not be afraid of the face of a man for the judgment is Gods and the cause which is too hard for you bring it unto me c. Deut. 1. 13 15 16 17. The Lord your God is a God of gods c. who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward he doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow Deut. 10. 17 18. Judges and officers c. and they shall judg the people with just judgment thou shalt not wrest judgment thou shalt not respect persons neither take a gift for a gift doth blind c. that which is altogether just shalt thou follow Deut. 16. 18 19 20. Thou shalt in any wise set a king over thee whom the Lord thy God shall chuse one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee thou maist not set a stranger over thee who is not thy brother but he shall not multiply horses to himself c. And it shall be that when he shall sit upon the throne of the kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book c. and it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the Lord his God to keep all the words of this law c. that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren and that he turn not aside from the Commandment Deut. 17. 15 16 17 18 19 20. If there be a controversie between men and they shall come unto judgment that the Judges may judg them then they shall justifie the righteous and condemn the wicked Deut. 25. 1. Samuel his sons walked not in his ways but turned aside after lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment 1 Sam. 8. 1 3. And David executed judgment and justice unto all his people 2 Sam. 8. 15. He who ruleth over men must be or be thou ruler over men just ruling in the fear of God 2 Sam. 23. 3. When the plague was upon Israel for Davids sins he said Lo I have sinned and done wickedly but these sheep what have they done Let thine hand be against me and against my fathers house c. 2 Sam. 24. 17. Solomon said Give therefore thy servant an understanding-heart to judg thy people that I may discern between good and bad c. And the speech pleased the Lord 1 Kings 3. 7 8 9 10. Rehoboam took the counsel of the young men and rejected the old mens advice and answered the people roughly and said He would add to their burdens and not ease them whereupon many of the tribes revolt and chuse them a King 2 Chron. 10. He was going to fight against Israel but God forbid him 2 Chron. 11. 1 4. Jehoshaphat c. sent to his Princes to Benhail and to Obadiah c. to teach in the Cities of Judah and with them Levites even Shemajah c. and they taught in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them and went about throughout all the Cities of Judah and taught the people 2 Chron. 17. 7 8 9. Jehoshaphat said to the Judges Take heed what you do for ye judg not for man but for the Lord who is with you in the judgment wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts 2 Chron. 19. 6 7. Jehoshaphat in a time of danger stood in the congregation in the house of the Lord and prayed himself with them and for them there 2 Chron. 20. 2 3 to the 13. Nehemiah saith From the time that I was appointed to be their governour c. I and my brethren have eaten the bread of the governour but the former governours c. were chargeable unto the people c. yea even their servants bear rule over the people but so did not I because of the fear of God c. Nehem. 5. 14 15 16 18. I gave my brother Hanani and Hanania c. charge over Jerusalem for he was a faithful man and feared God above many Nehem. 7. 2. I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out and I brake the jaws of the wicked and pluckt the spoil out of his teeth Job 29. 16 17. Be wise now therefore O ye kings be instructed ye Judges of the earth serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Psal. 2. 10 11. The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men or the vilest of the sons of men are exalted Psal. 12. 10. Man in honour and understandeth not is like the beast who perisheth Psal. 49. 20. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty he judgeth among the gods How long will ye judg unjustly and accept the
43 44 45. Hezekiah the Lord was with him c. and he rebelled against the king of Assyria 2 Kings 18. 7. When king Nebuchadnezzar had commanded the worshiping of an Image Shadrach Meshach and Abednego refused to obey c. and said Be it known unto thee O King that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the Image c. Dan. 3. 15 16 17 18. When Darius had established a decree that none should ask any petition of any God or man for thirty days Daniel went into his house after his wonted manner and prayed three times a day Dan. 6. 7 8 9 10. When the Apostles were forbid to preach in the name of Christ they answered c. Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judg you Act. 41. 18 19 20. Then the council charged them with preaching contrary to their commands c. Peter c. said We ought to obey God rather than men Act. 5. 27 28 29. Moses was hid by his parents c. and they feared not the kings edict c. He feared not the wrath of the king Heb. 11. 23 27. 2dly What they ought to do or wherein they should acknowledg and obey them Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses and God smote Miriam with a leprosie Numb 12. 1 9 10 11. The Lord destroyed Korah and his company for their rebellion against Moses c. Numb 16. 1 c. God threatned the Jews for revolting from the king of Babylon and breaking their oath and covenant with him Ezek. 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Though there was no tribute due from Christ yet he said to Peter Lest we should offend them go thou c. give unto them for me and thee Mat. 17. 24 25 26 27. Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesars Mat. 22. 21. Let every soul be subject to the higher power c. Whosoever therefore resisteth the powers resisteth the ordinance of God c. shall receive to themselves damnation c. wilt thou then not be afraid of the powers do that which is good c. Ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake c. For this cause pay you tribute c. render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour Rom. 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers to obey magistrates c. Tit. 3. 1. Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the king as supream or unto governours as unto them who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers c. For so is the will of God that with well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men 1 Pet. 2. 13 14 15. 3dly Give them due honour and respect not contemn their persons or speak evil of them Thou shalt not revile the Gods or Judges nor curse the ruler of thy people Exod. 22. 28. David said to Saul My Lord the King and when Saul looked behind him David stooped with his face to the earth and bowed himself c. He said I will not put forth my hand against the Lords anointed 1 Sam. 24. 8 10. Nathan the prophet when he was come in before the king he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground c. and said My Lord O king c. 1 Kings 1. 23 24. Is it fit to say to a king Thou art wicked to princes Ye are ungodly Job 34. 18. The kings wroth is as the roaring of a Lion c. Prov. 19. 12. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a Lion whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul Prov. 20. 2. Put not forth thy self in the presence of a king c. Prov. 25. 6 7. Where the word of a king is there is power and who may say unto him What doest thou Eccles. 8. 4. Curse not the king no not in thy thoughts Eccles. 10. 20. Daniel said to Darius the king O king live for ever Dan. 6. 21. When the Apostle had spoken sharply unto the High-priest and some who stood by had said Revilest thou Gods High-priest Then said Paul I wist not brethren that he was the High-priest for it is written Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of my people Act. 23. 2 3 4 5. Paul said I think my self happy king Agrippa because I shall answer for my self this day before thee c. Festus said c. Paul thou art beside thy self much learning doth make thee mad But he said I am not mad most noble Festus but speak forth the words of truth and soberness c. Act. 26. 1 2 3 24 25. ch 24. 10. Render therefore to all their dues c. fear to whom fear honour to whom honour Rom. 13. 7. Honour the king 1 Pet. 2. 17. But chiefly them who walk in the lust of uncleanness and despise government c. or dominion c. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignities whereas Angels who are greater in power and might bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord 2 Pet. 2. 10 11. Jude vers 8 9. 4thly To pray for them Exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and for all who are in authority or eminent place that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all godliness and honesty For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour 1 Tim. 2. 1 2 3. 5thly To endeavour to get good Magistrates When Adonijah exalted himself saying I will be king and preparation was made for it Then Bathsheba the Queen and Nathan the prophet made application to David to set up Solomon to be king and accordingly prevailed 1 Kings 1. 6thly To be content with such Magistrates which God hath set over us although they be not such as they should be When Samuel was old he made his sons Judges over Israel c. and his sons walked not in his ways but turned aside after lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel c. and said unto him Behold thou art old and thy sons walk not in thy ways Now make us a king to judg us like all the nations c. This greatly displeased God and he said to Samuel They have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them c. The people said Nay but there shall be a king over us 1 Sam. 8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 19 20. Samuel afterwards tells them their wickedness was great in the sight of the Lord in asking a king Which sin the people acknowledged when God had sent thunder and rain in harvest
love to have it so and what will ye do in the end thereof Jer. 5. 30 31. From the Prophet unto the Priest every one dealeth falsly they have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly saying peace c. when c. Jer. 6. 13 14. chap. 8. 10 11. The Pastors are become brutish and have not sought the Lord therefore they shall not prosper and all their flocks shall be scattered Jer. 10. 21. Many Pastors have destroyed my vinyard they have trodden my portion c. Jer. 12. 10 11. Wo unto the Pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture saith the Lord therefore thus saith the Lord c. against the Pastors who feed my people Ye have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not visited them Behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings Jer. 23. 1 2. Her Priests have violated my law and have profaned mine holy things they have put no difference between the holy and profane neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 22. 26. Wo to the shepherds of Israel who do feed themselves should not the shepherds feed the flock ye eat the fat and ye clothe your selves with the wool c. ye feed not the flock the diseased have ye not strengthned neither have ye healed that which was sick c. but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled Ezek. 34. 2 3 4 10. The Priests thereof teach for hire and the Prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean upon the Lord c. therefore shall Zion c. be plowed Micah 3. 11. Her Priests have done violence to the law polluted the Sanctuary Zephan 3. 4. Wo to the Idol-shepherd who leaveth the flock the sword shall be upon his c. Zechar. 11. 17. O Priests who despise my name c. ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar c. if ye offer the blind and the lame ye say It is not evil c. Malachi 1. 6 7 8. The Priests lips should keep knowledg c. but ye are departed out of the way ye have caused many to stumble at the law ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi c. therefore have I also made you contemptible c. before the people Malachi 2. 7 8 9. He who is an hireling c. seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep c. John 10. 12 13. 3dly The Churches duty towards their Officers and such other who labour among them Provide neither gold nor silver c. for the workman is worthy of his meat Matth. 10. 9 10. They all weptfore c. sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake that they should see his face no more Acts 20. 37 38. If the Gentiles are made partakers of their spiritual things their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things Rom. 15. 27. Have we not power to eat and drink c. to sorbear working c who goeth to warfare at any time at his own charges c Say I these things as a man or saith not the law the same also Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox which treadeth out the corn c. Doth God take care for oxen or saith he it not altogether for our sakes for our sakes no doubt c. If we have sown unto you in spiritual things is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things c Nevertheless we have not used this power c. lest we should hinder the Gospel Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live or feed of the things of the temple c even so hath the Lord ordained that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel 1 Cor. 9. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Know the house of Stephanus c. that you submit your selves unto such and to every one who helpeth with us and laboureth 1 Cor 16. 15 16. Ye received me as an Angel c. am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth Gal. 4. 14 15 16. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him who teacheth in all good things Gal. 6. 6. Praying always c. and for me that utterance may be given unto me c. Ephes. 6. 18 19. 1 Thess. 5. 26. I suppose it necessary to send unto you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labour c. but your messenger c. receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness and hold such in reputation or honour such because for the work of Christ c. Phil. 2. 25 28 29 30. Ye sent once and again unto my necessity not because I desire a gift but I desire fruit that may abound to your account c. I received the things sent from you an odour of a sweet-smelling sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God Phil. 4. 15 16 17 18. We beseech you brethren to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you and esteem them very highly in love for their work-sake 1 Thess. 5. 12 13. Let the Elders who rule well be counted worthy of double-honour especially they who labour in the word and doctrine for the Scripture saith Thou shalt not muzzle the oxe c. the labourer is worthy of his hire against an Elder receive not an accusation but before two or three witnesses 1 Tim. 5. 17 18 19. Obey them who have the rule over you or guide you and submit your selves for they watch for your souls c. pray for such c. salute all them who have the rule over you Heb. 13. 7 17 18 24. Is any sick among you let him call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over them James 5. 14 15. Likewise ye younger submit your selves to the elder 1 Pet. 5. 5. Of the Election and ordination of Officers in Churches And the Lord spake to Moses saying Take Aaron and his sons with him c. and gather thou all the congregation together c. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him c. and said unto the congregation This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them c. Levit. 8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 c. Thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together and thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord and the children of Israel shall put their hands c. Numb 8. 9 11. Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples and said the number about 120 c. Wherefore of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us c. must one be ordained to be a witness with us c.
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 circumcision c. he said to them Ye did run well who did hinder you that that ye should not obey the truth this perswasion cometh not from him who calleth you a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump I have confidence in you through the Lord that you will be none otherwise minded but he who troubleth you shall bear his judgment whosoever he be c. I would they were even cut off who trouble you for brethren ye have been called to liberty Gal. 1. 6 7 8. Gal. 5. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. If any man be overtaken in a fault ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness considering thy self lest thou also be tempted Gal. 6. 1. Have no fellwoship with unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them for it is a shame even to speak of such things c. Ephes. 5. 11 12. Now we exhort or beseech you brethren warn them who are unruly 1 Thess. 5. 14. Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus that ye withdraw your selves from every brother who walketh disorderly and not after the traditions which he received of us for your selves know how ye ought to follow us c. If any man obey not our word by this Epistle note or signifie that man and have no company with him that he may be ashamed yet count him not as an enemy but admonish him as a brother 2 Thess. 3. 6 7 14 15. Holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwrack of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that they learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. Rebuke not an Elder but intreat him as a father and the younger men as brethren the elder women as mothers the younger as sisters with all purity c. Against an Elder receive not an accusation but before or under two or three witnesses them who sin rebuke before all that others also may fear 1 Tim. 5. 1 2 19 20. Men of corrupt minds c. from such withdraw thy self 1 Tim. 6. 5. 2 Tim. 3. 5. A man who is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject knowing that he who is such is subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself Tit. 3. 10 11. Follow peace with all men and holiness c. looking diligently lest any man fail or fall from the grace of God lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and thereby many be defiled lest there be any fornicator or profane person as Esau who for one morsel c. Heb. 12. 14 15 16. I know thy works c. and how thou canst not bear them who are evil and thou hast tryed them who say they are Apostles and are not and thou hast found them lyars c. The Church in Pergamus c. I have a few things against thee because thou hast there them who hold the doctrine of Balaam c. So also hast thou them who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which thing I hate c. The Church of Thyatira c. I have a few things against thee because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel who calleth her self a prophetess to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols c. All the Churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the heart c. Revel 2. 2 14 15 20 23. See Rebuke and Reproof Chap. 17. CHAP. XXVIII Of Hypocrites and Hypocrisie The spirits and practises of such who are very formal and earnest in the external part of worship and profession and in a shew for God yet high in their opposition of Christ the truth of the Gospel and power of Godliness in others THE hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 23 24. They are not all Israel who are of Israel neither because they are the seed of Abraham are all children c. Rom. 9. 6 7. Abel offered unto God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain Cain was therefore angry and slew his brother Gen. 4. 3 4 5 6 7 8. Heb. 11. 4. Absolom pretended to justice and to pay a vow which he had vowed to the Lord in Hebron but he purposed to steal away the hearts of the people and to rebel against the king and advance himself into the throne 2 Sam. 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Ahaziah the king when rebuked by Elijah for departing from God and sending to an idol gives order to his soldiers to fetch Elijah and though one company and another were consumed with fire yet he sent again 2 Kings 1. 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13. Jehu met Jehonadab and said unto him Is thine heart right as my heart c and he said Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord c. But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam c. 2 Kings 10. 15 16 25 26 27 29 31. What is the hope of the hypocrite c will he delight himself in the Almighty will he always call upon God Job 27. 8 10. The hypocrites in heart c. they cry not when he bindeth them Job 36. 13. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak Psal. 12. 2. When he slew them then they sought him early and they returned and enquired early after God and they remembred that God was their rock and the high God their redeemer nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth and they lyed unto him with their tongue for their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his covenant Psal. 78 34 35 36 37. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes Prov. 12. 15. There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet is not washed from their filthiness Prov. 30. 12. This people draw near to me with their mouth and with their lips they honour me but have removed their heart far from me and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men Isa. 29. 13. chap. 48. 1 2. Shew my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins yet they seek me daly and delight to know my ways as a nation who did righteousness and forsook not the ordinances of their God they ask of me the ordinances of justice they take delight in approaching to God Wherefore
and there was great mourning and lamentation for him Gen. 50. 1 3 10 17. Aaron dyed in the mount c. all the house of Israel mourned for him thirty days Numb 20. 28 29. Deut. 34. 8. Balaam said Let me dye the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his Numb 23. 10. And the Lord said unto Moses c. When thou hast seen it thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people as Aaron thy brother was gathered for ye rebelled c. Numb 27. 12 13 14. Deut. 34. 5. O that they were wise c. that they would consider their latter end Deut. 32. 29. Joshua said Behold this day I am going the way of all the earth c. Josh. 23. 14. 1 Kings 2. 2. Now Samuel was dead and all Israel lamented him c. and Samuel said unto Saul Why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up 1 Sam. 28. 3 15. David and the men with him mourned and wept and fasted until even for Saul and for Jonathan c. 2 Sam. 1. 11 12. When Davids child was sick he fasted and prayed but when it was dead he rose up and did eat and said I shall go to him he shall not return to me 2 Sam. 12. 16 17. 20 22 23. David wept for Absolom his son and cryed O my son Absolom my son c. 2 Sam. 18. 33. chap. 19. 4. Elijah stretched himself upon the dead child c. and said O Lord my God I pray thee let this childs soul come into him again or into his inward parts 1 Kings 17. 21 22. Acts 20. 10. We are all strangers c. our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is none abiding 1 Chron. 29. 15. Job said Why dyed I not in the womb c for now should I have lien still and been quiet I should have slept then had I been at rest with Kings c. there the wicked cease troubling the weary are at rest c. they hear not the voice c. Job 3. 11 13 14 17 18 19. chap. 6. 8 9. Naked came I out of my mothers womb c. the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken blessed c. Job 1. 21. Is there not an appointed time to man on earth are not his days also like the days of an hireling Job 7. 1 2. We are of yesterday and know nothing because our days upon earth are a shadow Job 8. 9. Man who 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 c. seeing his days are determined the number of his months are with thee thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass c. man dyeth and wasteth away yea man giveth up the ghost and where is he c Man lyeth down and riseth not till the heavens be no more c. If a man dye shall he live again all the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come Job 41. 1 2 5 7 10 14. Acts 17. 26. The grave is mine house c. I have said to corruption thou art my father to the worm thou art my mother and my sister Job 17. 13 14. Shall any teach God knowledg c one dyeth in his full strength or very perfection being wholly at ease and quiet his breast full of milk c. And another dyeth in the bitterness of his soul and never eateth with pleasure they shall lye down alike in the dust Job 21. 22 23 24 25 26. I know that thou wilt bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living Job 30. 23. If he set his heart upon man if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath all flesh shall perish together and man shall turn again unto dust Job 34. 14 15. In death there is no remembrance of thee in the grave who shall give thee thanks Psal. 6. 5. Isa. 38. 18. Psal. 88. 10 11 12. Psal. 115. 17. Lord make me to know mine end and the measure of my days what it is that I may know how frail I am behold thou hast made my days an hand-breadth and mine age as nothing before thee c. Spare me c. before I go hence and be no more Psal. 39. 4 5 11 13. They who trust in their wealth c. none can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransom for him c. that he should also live for ever and not see corruption for he seeth wise men dye likewise the fool c. when he dyeth he shall carry nothing away Psal. 49. 6 7 8 9 10 14 16 17. The terrors of death are fallen upon me c. bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days Psal. 55. 4 23. Psal. 116. 3. And unto God the Lord belong the issues from death Psal. 68. 20. I have said Ye are gods c. but ye shall dye like men Psal. 82. 6 7. What man is he who liveth and shall not see death c shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave Selah Psal. 89. 48. Thou turnest man to destruction c. they are like grass which groweth up in the morning it flourisheth c. in the evening it is cut down and withereth c. the days of our years are threescore years and ten and if by reason of strength they be fourscore c. it is soon cut off c. so teach us to number our days c. Psal. 90. 3 5 6 10 12. He remembreth that we are dustâ—… as for man his days are as grass as the flower of the field so he flourisheth for the wind passeth over it and it is gone c. Psal. 103. 14 15 16. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints Psal. 116. 15. Man is like to vanity his days are as a shadow which passeth away Psal. 144. 4. Put not your trust in Princes c. his breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish Psal. 146. 3 4. When a wicked man dyeth his expectation shall perish Prov. 11. 7. The righteous hath hope in his death Prov. 14. 32. Boast not thy self of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth Prov. 27. 1. How dyeth the wise man as the fool Eccles. 2. 16. A time to be born and a time to dye c. all go to one place all are of the dust and all turn to dust again who knoweth the spirit of a man which goeth upward and the spirit of the beast which goeth downward to the earth Eccl. 3. 1 2 20 21. As he came forth of his mothers womb naked shall he return to go as he came and take nothing c. Eccles. 5. 15. Job 1. 21. The day of death is better than the day of ones birth it is better to go to the house c. Eccles.
and the man who getteth understanding for the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver Prov. 3. 13 14. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom the knowledg of the Holy understanding Prov. 9. 10. Wise men lay up knowledg Prov. 10. 14. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way Prov. 14. 8. Evil men understand not judgment but they who seek the Lord understand all things Prov. 28. 5. Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thou feedest c. if thou know not O thou fairest c. go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock Cant. 1. 7 8. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his masters crib Israel doth not know my people doth not consider Isa. 1. 3. Therefore my people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledg Isa. 5. 13. Hear ye indeed but understand not and see ye indeed but perceive not c. make their ears heavy and shut their eyes lest they see c. and understand Isa. 6. 9 10. Matth. 13. 13 14. The earth shall be full of the knowledg of the Lord as the waters cover the sea Isa. 11. 9. Habbak 2. 14. It is a people of no understanding therefore he who made them will not have mercy on them Isa. 27. 11. The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep and hath closed your eyes c. and the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book sealed c. therefore c. The wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid c. In that day shall the eyes of the blind see out of obscurity c. They who erred in spirit shall come to understanding Isa. 29. 10 11 12 13 14 18 24. Save us c. that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord c. Isa. 37. 20. Have ye not known c it is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth Isa. 40. 21 22. That they may know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord c. Isa. 41. 20. I will bring the blind by a way they knew not c. in paths they have not known Isa. 42. 16. They have not known nor understood for he hath shut their eyes and they cannot see and their hearts and they cannot understand c. neither is there knowledg or understanding to say I have burned part of it c. Isa. 44. 18 19. They who handle the law knew me not Jer. 2. 8. I will give you Pastors c. who shall feed you with knowledg and understanding Jer. 3. 15. My people is foolish they have not known me they are sottish children they have no understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledg Jer. 4. 22. chap. 8. 7. chap. 9. 3 6. chap. 5. 21. Let him who glories glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exercise loving-kindness judgment and righteousness Jer. 9. 24. I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord Jer. 24. 7. Hos. 2. 20. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least c. Jer. 31. 34. I will set my glory among the heathen so the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward c. And when I have brought them again c. then shall they know that I am the Lord their God who caused them to be led into captivity Ezek. 39. 21 22 23 27 28. To the intent that the living may know that the most high ruleth c. They shall make thee eat grass as oxen c. till thou know that the most High ruleth c. Dan. 4. 17 25 32. But the people who do know their God shall be strong and do c. and they who understand among the people shall instruct many c. and some of understanding shall fall Dan. 11. 32 33 35. And none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand Dan. 12. 10. The Lord hath a controversie c. because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledg of God in the land c. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledg because thou hast rejected knowledg I will also reject thee that thou shalt be no Priest Hos. 4. 1 2 6. Then shall we know if we follow on to know the Lord c. For I desire c. the knowledg of God more than burnt-offerings Hos. 6. 3 6. Who is wise and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them Hos. 14. 9. The Priests lips should preserve knowledg Malachi 2. 7. The light of the body is the eye c. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how great is that darkness Matth. 6. 22 23. If ye had known what this meaneth I will have mercy c. ye would not have condemned c. Matth. 12. 7. Because it is given to you to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given c. therefore speak I to them in parables c. Matth. 13. 11 13 19. One heareth the word of the kingdom and understandeth it not then cometh the wicked c. Mark 4. 11 34. Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God Matth. 22. 29. The Gadarenes through ignorance of Christ besought him to depart from them Luke 8. 37. Peter said c. Let us build three tabernacles one for thee c. not knowing what he said Luke 9. 33. I thank thee O father c. that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes c. for so it seemed good in thy sight c. No man knoweth who the son is c. but the son and he to whom the son will reveal him c. blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see c. Luke 10. 21 22 23. Wo unto you Lawyers for ye have taken away the key of knowledg ye entred not in your selves and them who were entring in ye hindred or forbad Luke 11. 52. That servant who knew his Lords will and prepared not neither did according c. shall be beaten with many stripes but he who knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes Luke 12. 47 48. Jesus took unto him the twelve and said unto them c. And they understood none of these things and this saying was hid from them neither knew they c. Luke 18. 31 32 33 34. John 12. 16. chap. 13. 7. chap. 20. 9. He beheld the City and wept over it saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace but
and offered burnt-offerings c. And the Lord said to Moses c. Let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them c. Exod 32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10. Psal. 106. 19 20. Ye shall destroy their Altars break their Images and cut down their groves for thou shalt worship no other god for the Lord whose name is Jealous c. lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice to their gods c. Thou shalt make thee no molten-gods Exod. 34. 12 13 14 15 16 17. Numb 33. 51 52. Turn you not to Idols nor make your selves molten-gods for I am the Lord your God Levit. 19. 4. Ye shall make you no Idols nor graven-Image neither rear you up a standing Image or Pillar nor set you up any Image or figure of stone in your land to bow down to it for I am the Lord c. Levit. 26. 1. They called the people unto the sacrifice of their gods and the people did eat and bowed down to their gods and Israel joyned himself to Baal-peor and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel Numb 25. 1 2 3. Psal. 106. 28. Upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments c. Numb 33. 4. Ye shall not go after other gods of the gods of the people which are round about you for the Lord thy God c. Deut. 6. 14 15. Deut. 11. 16. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them c. for they will turn away thy son from following me that they may serve other gods so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you c. Ye shall destroy their altars c. Deut. 7. 3 4 5 16 25. Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods c. you shall overthrow their altars Deut. 12. 2 3. Such who should endeavour to draw others to Idolatry were to be put to death Deut. 13. Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God which thou shalt make thee neither shalt thou set up any Image or statue which the Lord thy God hateth Deut. 16. 21 22. If any hath gone and served other gods and worshipped them either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven which I have not commanded he shall be stoned c. Deut. 17. 2 3 5. That they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they have done unto their gods so should you sin c. Deut. 20. 18. Ye have seen their abominations and their Idol-gods or dunghil-gods wood stone c. Deut. 29. 17 18. They provoked him to jealousie with strange gods c. they sacrificed to devils not to God to gods whom they knew not c. Deut. 32. 17 21. Psal. 106 37. Neither make mention of the names of their gods neither cause to swear by them neither serve them nor bow your selves to them Josh. 23. 7 16. Josh. 24. 14 23. When Joshua and that generation were dead and there arose a new generation who knew not the Lord they forsook the Lord and followed strange gods Judges 2. 10 12 13 14. Gideon made an Ephod and put it in his City c. and all Israel went thither a whoring after it which thing became a snare to Gideon and his house And when Gideon was dead the children of Israel turned again and went a whoring after Baalim and made Baal-berith their god Judges 8. 26 27 33 34. chap. 10. 6 7. Micahs mother sâ—…id I had wholly dedicated the silver to the Lord to make a graven-image c. And she made an Image c. Micah consecrated the Levite c. The Danites take away the Idol and the Priest c. Then Micah cryed out Ye have taken away my gods which I made and the Priest and yâ—… are gone away and what have I more c and the children of Dan set up the graven Image Judges 17. 3 4 5 12. chap. 18. 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24. Solomon in his old age was drawn away to commit idolatry 1 Kings 11. 4 5 6 7 8 9. Jeroboam lest Israel by going up to Jerusalem to worship should revolt to Rehoboam made two calves of gold and set one in Dan and the other in Bethel said Behold thy gods O Israel so Israel went and worshipped and he made a house of High-places and made priests of the lowest of the people c. ordained a feast c. which he had devised c. 1 Kings 12. 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33. chap. 14. 9 10. They built them High-places and Images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree 1 Kings 14. 23. 2 Kings 17. 9 10 11 12. Asa king of Judah removed the Idols c. but the High-places were not removed 1 Kings 15. 11 12 13 14. All the kings of Israel after Jeroboam did continue in thr same idolatry till Ahab and he served Baal and worshipped him 1 Kings 16. chap. 22. 51 52 53. Hezekiah destroyed Idolatry removed the High-places brake the Images cut down the groves and brake in pieces the brazen-serpent which Moses made for in those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it and called it Nehushtan c. so did Josiah the king 2 Kings 18. 4. chap. 23. 4 5 c. King Ahaz his Idolatry 2 Chron. 28. 23 25. If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god shall not God search this out for he knoweth the secrets of the heart Psal. 44. 20 21. Confounded be all they who serve graven-images who boast themselves of Idols worship him all ye gods Psal. 97. 7. Our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased their Idols are silver and gold the works of mens hands they have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not they have ears but they hear not noses have they but they smell not c. they who make them are like unto them so is every one who trusteth in them Psal. 115. 3 4 5 6 7 8. Psal. 135. 15 16 c. Their land also is full of Idols they worship the work of their own hands that which their own fingers have made and the mean man boweth down and the great man humbleth himself c. The Idols shall utterly pass away and they shall go into the holes of the rocks c. for fear of the Lord c. In that day a man shall cast his Idols of silver and his Idols of gold which they made each one for himself to worship to the moles and to the bats c. Isa. 2. 8 9 18 19 20. chap. 31. 7. In that day shall a man look to his maker c. and he shall not look to the altars the work of his hands neither shall respect that which his fingers