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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90521	The Scriptures stability or, the Scripture cannot be broken. Proved, explained, and several wayes applied, whereby all Scripture may with singular advantage come to be improved. Very seasonable and usefull in these last and worst dayes, wherein the authority and truth of the Scripture is now much oppugned, and by few so improved as it ought. By Robert Perrot, B.M. and minister of Gods word, at Deane in Bedfordshire.	R. P. (Robert Perrot)	1658 (1658)	Wing P1646; Thomason E1928_2; ESTC R209990	89,342	222

they are turned from their iniquities 4. Whose transgressions are forgiven and whose sins are covered Psal 32. 1 2. blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is covered blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity c. 5. Whose God is the Lord who have an interest in him and his favour Psal 33. 12. Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance Psal 144. 15. happy is that people whose God is the Lord Numb 6. 23 24 25 26. speak unto Aaron saith the Lord to Moses and tell him on this wise shall ye bless the Children of Israel saying The Lord bless thee and keep thee the Lord make his face shine on thee and be gratious unto thee the Lord lift up his countenancs upon thee and give thee peace 6. Who fear the Lord and walk in his wayes and delight in his Commandements Psal 128. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord that walketh in his wayes and Psa 112. 1. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord and delighteth greatly in his Commandementt 7. Who trust in the Lord. Psal 34. 8. blessed is the man that trusteth in him Psa 40. 4. blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust and respecteth not the proud nor such as turn aside to lyes Psal 84. 12. O Lord of hosts blessed is the man that trusteth in thee Jer. 17. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is for he shall be as a tree planted by the waters that spreadeth out her roots by the Rivers and shall not see when heat commeth but her leaf shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought neither shall cease from yielding fruit 8. Who hear the word of God and keep it who hearken to it so as to obey it Luke 11. 2 8. But he said yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it James 1. 25. But who so looketh into the perfect Law of liberty and continueth therein he being not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the work this man shall be blessed in his deed John 13. 17. if ye know these things happy are ye if ye do them 9. Who have a part in the first resurrection Rev. 20. 6. blessed and holy is he that hath his part in the f●rst resurrection on such the second death hath no power 10. Whom God corrects and withall instructs whom he chasteneth and withall teacheth out of his Law Psa 94. 12. blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest out of thy Law In a word we have in the fifth of Matthew a whole Catalogue of such summ'd up whom Christ in the Scripture pronounces blessed Mat. 5. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit Blessed are they that mourn Blessed are the meek Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness Blessed are the pure in heart Blessed are the peace-makers c. So the Scripture pronounceth several cursed as 1. Such as trust in man and make flesh their Arm Jer. 17. 5. 2. Such as enjoy pretious means and yet bear pernitious fruit thorns and Briers Heb. 6. 7 8. 3. Who are deceivers who have in their flock a Male and vow and sacrifice to the Lord a corrupt thing c. Mal. 1. 14. In a word the Scripture pronounces all wicked and ungodly men cursed all proud and impenitent Persons who customarily and contemptuously do err from Gods Commandements Psa 119. 21. thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed which do err from thy Commandements or cursed are they who do err c. but the difference is of no great moment it being through pride and for want of having their spirits made humble and low that men wander and go away from the rule as Psa 10. 4 5. the wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seek after God his wayes are alwayes grievous Thus I have given you a view of several of those which the Scripture pronounces blessed and so a view of some whom the Scripture pronounces cursed and now the Scripture being that which cannot be broken those whom the Scripture pronounces blessed must needs be blessed and so those whom the Scripture pronounces cursed must needs be cursed and therefore as ever we would be found among the number of such as are truly blessed O let us never rest till we come to find our selves among the number of those whom the Scripture pronounceth blessed and as ever we would not be found among the number of such who are indeed miserable or cursed let us take heed how we be found among the number of those whom the Scripture pronounces miserable or cursed for such are indeed so Do not think thy self blessed because thou art rich or great or honourable or set up in high place in the world or because thou hast health and strength and art at ●ase when others it may be are sick and weak and in pain for where doth the Scripture pronounce such blessed blessed are the rich blessed are such as are great and high and honourable in the world blessed are such as are at ●ase and in health produce if thou canst one place one Scripture it is that I could never yet see or find or meet withall my self nay I have found rather the contrary Luke 6. 24 but ●wo unto you that are rich for you have received your co●solation c. not that this woe belongs to all that are rich but people may be rich and yet their case woful enough and so do not think thy self miserable or cursed because thou art mean and poor and base and contemptible in the world because thou art sickly it may be and crazy and weak for where doth the Scripture pronounce such miserable produce one Scripture if thou canst nay some that are poor and afflicted are pronounced blessed and happy Luke 6. 20 21 22. blessed be the poor c. behold we count them happy which endure c. James 2. 5. 5. 11. therfore as ever you would be blessed indeed labour to be such whom you can find Scripture for that you are blessed Remember me O Lord saith David with the favour of thy people Psa 106. 4. and so pray remember me and mine O Lord with the blessedness of the Scripture O bless us with that blessedness which the Scripture counts and calls blessedness and then shall I and mine be blessed indeed for that it cannot be broken O bless me in inabling me to find wisdom and to get understanding in inabling me to believe and close with Christ in turning me away from mine iniquities in forgiving my transgressions and covering my sins c. and then shall I be indeed blessed for such doth the Scripture pronounce blessed and that cannot be broken Thou hast saith David dealt Psa 1 19. 65. well with thy servant O Lord according to thy word I

charg'd upon them as if effected but in vain do they attempt this it cannot really and indeed be abolished or made voyd no all his Commandements are sure and they stand fast for ever and ever Psalm 111. 7 8. it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the Law to fail and thus the Commandements cannot be broken and I might add further in another respect that though the Law be broke by sinners in regard of their disobedience to it yet shall it certainly be fulfilled in regard of the penalty and punishment threatned by it to such as so break it either by them or their surety one way or other if we do not take hold of the preceptive part of the Law by obedience the Penal part of the Law will take hold of us for our disobedience The second objection answered But there is another objection yet in 2. Objection answered our way and that is this How can it be affirmed the Scripture cannot be broken when as we find the threatnings which are part of the Scripture have not many times been fulfilled nor accomplish'd but in that sense broken as among many to instance only in one as most remarkable that in the Prophecy of Jonah we find there the Prophet Jonah sent to Nineveh with this direct threatning against it Jonah 3. 4. and he cryed and said Yet forty dayes and Niniveh shall be destroyed and yet we find afterward this threatning was not fulfilled God did not do what he said he would do for it is said vers 10. that God repented of the evill that he said he would do and did it not and how then can this place and other the like and the point in hand be reconciled how can it be said the Scriptures cannot be broken and yet the threatnings which are part of the Scripture not be fulfilled nor be accomplished but in some sense be broken yet forty dayes and Nineveh shall be overthrown and yet not overthrown To this I answer That this and the like places and the point in hand may very well be reconciled for this threatning was conditional as all other threatnings are of the Law m Deunciatio ypotheti● prout ●nt minae ●y promisiones legis ●y confirnant se●uentia Junius Intelligenda conditionaliter nimirum cum ●ac exceptione nisi egerint paenitentiam Piscat in locum So Gen. 20. 3. Behold thou art but a dead man sub conditione ●isi mulierem hanc restituas So Isay 38. 1. God said to Hezekiah Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live Denunciati● ista non intelligenda simpliciter sed cum tacita conditione nempe nisi Hezek vitam diuturniorem is deo petiverit idque ●o modo qu● petivit and though in this place it be not exprest yet is it to be understood else what needed the Lord to have sent the Prophet unto them he might have destroyed them without that sending and warning but he sends Ionah that by his warning they might speedily provide for their own safety by timely repentance hence it is said vers 10. and God saw their works that they turned from their evill way and God repented of the evill that he said he would do unto them and he did it not i. e. he recalled his sentence which was but conditional in his decree and mind though he gave little or no notice thereof to and by Ionah thus God he did not change properly but Nineveh changed the change is in man not in God when that which God threatens conditionally concerning man is changed he is still the same and his word and all the change is in man The application of the point But to come to the application of the point and now to build upon this foundation thus laid which is indeed the life and soul of Sermons when sacred truths are brought home to each mans particular conscience and case and this is indeed the main which in all this discourse I drive at and truly there is as I think I may safely say no one point as in reference to the Scripture of greater use nor any of which more singular improvement in the application thereof may be made than of this one indeed the right improvement of this one point as concerning the Scripture that it cannot be broken is the way to improve all Scripture I may say of this point as to the usefulness of it what is said of Ioseph in another case Gen. 49. 22. that it is fruitful bough or rather a fruitful Tree even a fruitful Tree by a well whose branches run over the wall But all that I shall speak as to the application of this point I shall reduce to these six uses in general 1. Of Information and Instruction 2. Of Humiliation 3. Of Exhortation 4. Warning and Admonition 5. Of Terror and Trembling 6. Of Consolation Of Information and Instruction if Use 1. ●f Infor●ation the Scripture cannot be broken but what it speaks shall certainly come to pass then 1. This it informs us and gives us to see what a desperat hazard most people run and what a desperat course most people take even all who still persist and go on in their sins for if the Scripture cannot be broken but what it speaks shall certainly come to pass then certainly such continuing so must be broken and must perish and be destroyed for this is it the Scripture speaks and holds forth Psa 68. 21. But God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one that goeth on still in his trespasses Job 31. 3. is not destruction to the wicked and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity Prov. 10. 29. the way of the Lord is strength to the upright but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity Prov. 6. 12 13 14 15. A naughty person a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth he winketh with his eyes he speaketh with his feet he teacheth with his fingers frowardness is in his heart he deviseth mischief continually he soweth discord therefore mark that shall his calamity come suddenly and suddenly shall he be broken without remedy 1 Sam. 2. 10. the adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces out of heaven shall he thunder upon them and now the Scripture cannot be broken that is the point we have proved and abundantly confirmed it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one jot of the Scripture to fail and not be fulfilled and what a desperat hazard therefore do such run and what a desperat course do such take who still go on in their trespasses for they must needs be destroyed they must be broken for the Scripture cannot be broken and therefore it's blessed Counsel for such to break off their sins by repentance or else their sins will break them body and soul for ever this is the Counsel given by Daniel to Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 4. 27. wherefore let my Counsel O King