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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

ever setled in heaven however the effects thereof through the over-cloudings of manifold troubles and temptations may not sometimes appear on earth yet O Lord for ever thy word is setled in heaven there it s established and is not subject to those It a amplum ut omnes terminos metas superet ad omnia tempora aetates se extendat id est ut sit durabile firmum perpetuum nec unquam aboleri queat Moller in locum Ita ut finis illius vider● non potest i. e. infinitum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Junius mutations as things on earth are so Psal 119. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection but thy Commandement is exceeding broad or large that is it lasteth for ever it reacheth and extendeth to all eternity I can see an end of all other things even the perfectest that are I can see they shall have an end but I cannot see an end of thy word that shall never have an end that 's so broad as it reacheth beyond all limits and bounds and perpetually abides so Matth. 24. 34 35. verily I say unto you this generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled You may probably think that what I have spoken shall not come to pass at least in all the circumstances thereof but there are some now alive shall see every whit fulfilled that I have spoken as concerning the destruction of Jerusalem heaven and earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away * Promissi●num certitudo constat verbo dei quo nihil potest esse constantius aut firmius Pet Mart. in Rom. 4. these words may be taken and understood as spoken either comparatively or possitively 1. Comparatively the heavens and the earth shall sooner pass away than any of my words pass away or prove false and so Luke expresses it Luk. 16. 18. and it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the Law to fail 2. Or secondly positively thus heaven and earth shall indeed pass away as at the end of the world as the Apostle Peter expresses it 2 Pet. 3. 10. but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away and verse 12. wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and v. 11. seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved he speaks of the heavens and the earth and the works that are therein these all shall pass away P●● 75. 3. 1 Cor. 7. 31. 1 John 2. 17. and be dissolved but the word shall not pass away or be dissolved but shall have its full and perfect accomplishment The earth saith the Prophet Isay is utterly broken down the earth is clean dissolved the earth is moved exceedingly the earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard and shall be removed like a Cottage c. Isay 24. 19 20. But now the Scripture never is nor can be broken at all or dissolved or be removed but remains most firm Thus the Scripture the word that which God hath said is more firm than the Fabrick of heaven and earth it self and shall remain firm and inviolable for ever for the mountains shall depart and the hills shall be removed but my kindness shall not depart from thee neither shall the Covenant of my peace be removed saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee Isay 54. 10. So Isay 55. 11. So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth it shall not return to me void but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it I will accomplish and make it good it shall not be without effect nor fall to the ground God may as well cease to be as his word be broken disanull'd and not effected and hence are those frequent expressions in Scripture that it might be fulfilled which was spoken Matth. 1. 22. 4. 14. 8. 17. 12. 17. 13. 35. 21. 4 c. implying that God will have what he hath spoken fulfill'd 2. From Reason The Scripture cannot be broken Reas 1 Because all Scripture as the Apostle speaks in the 2 Tim. 3. 16. is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 divinitus inspirata given by the inspiration of God it is divine as is likewise exprest elsewhere Heb. 1. 1. God who at sundry times and in divers maners spake in time past unto the Fathers by the Prophets mark it was God who spake by them so Hosea 8. 12. I have written to him it is Gods writing so 2 Pet. 1. 21. Luk. 1. 70. Acts 4. 24. 25. And therefore it cannot be broken or made void because it is divine and that in a proper and more peculiar sense being immediately revealed from God what indeed is humane is subject to mutation and change as man himself is it s like himself his breath goeth forth he returns 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hic titulus etsi omni veritati de quacunque re sit significatione largiori possit tribui quoniam spiritus est in hominibus inspir at io omnipotentis dat intelligentiam Job 32. 8. attamen immediatè à Deo revelata doctrina merito titulum illum sibi proprie vendicat River in Isagog pag. 9. to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish but the Scripture being divine and that which in a proper and peculiar way is the writing of God that cannot alter or change or be dissolved 2. Because as it is given by inspiration of God so it is the Scripture of that God who is a God of truth and faithfulness and cannot lye 1 Tit 2. In hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised before the world began and therefore the Scripture cannot be broken being the Scripture of such a God who cannot lye whose Psal 36. 5 57. 20. faithfulness and truth reacheth unto the clouds and is great unto the heavens yea above the heavens that is it cannot be traced who though we believe 2 Tim. 2. 13. not yet abides faithful and cannot deny himself and also the strength of Israel 1 Sam. 13. 29. will not lye nor repent for he is not a man that he should repent and thus David makes the Stability of Gods word to depend on the Stability of Gods truth and faithfulness because he is most faithful his word is most stable and firm Psa 119. 89 90. thy word for ever O Lord is setled in heaven thy faithfulness is unto all generations Gods truth and faithfulness being firm his word is so likewise thus the Scripture cannot be broken because of Gods truth and fidelity which is infinite yea he is truth it self 3. Because it is the Scripture of that God who is Iehovah who is the Lord as he proclaimed his name before Moses Exod. 34. 6. and the Lord passed by before him and proclained Iehovah Iehovab which we render the Lord the Lord now this name properly belongs unto God

and is not communicable to any creature in heaven or earth and as it doth denote as concerning God that he hath his being of himself as also that he gives being to all creatures so likewise that he gives being to what he speaks and doth fully accomplish and make good the same that he is most true in his promises his threatnings and in his Prophecies and makes them as really in their time to be as if they were already as himself is so he makes all to be and to be brought about that he speaks and hence it is an ordinary thing in Scripture that when the Lord promises or threatens any great matter he useth to adjoyn thereto this name Iehovah as a firm Seal and pledge of performing it as in the 31. Ier. it is observed that in that Chapter where are made many great and pretious promises the name Iehovah is used above twenty times and so oft do we meet with these expressions thus saith the Lord and I the Lord have sp●ken it and for the Lord hath spoken it and ye shall know that I am the Lord ●zek 6. 10. and they shall know that I am the Lord and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evill unto them a word is then in vain when it is not fulfilled but thus shall none of Gods words be but shall be accomplished because the Lord hath spoken them so v. 13. 14. So 7 4 9 27. 21. 17. 24. 14 27 c. Reas 4 Because it is the Scripture of that God who is unchangeable who is still in one mind and therefore what he saith he will do what he speaks shall certainly come to passe Mal. 3. 6. for I am the Lord I change not a Deus semper idem idem perpetuo manet and as God himself is unchangeable so all that is in God is unchangeable for this saith one is an attribute that like a Silken string thorow a Chain of Pearls runneth thorow all the rest God is un changeable in his essence in all his divine attributes in his purposes and decrees yea and in his promises and threatnings so as they cannot but be performed for I am the Lord I change not men they change their minds alter they are of one mind it may be to day and of another to morrow and so what they purpose is many times not performed but it is not so with God he changes not nay with him saith the Apostle Iames 1. 17 is no variableness nor shadow of turning he is still constant and continues the same yesterday to day and for ever and therefore he will perform and bring to pass what he hath spoken both according to his promises and according to his threatnings I am the Lord I change not therefore ye Sons of Iacob are not consume● which some interpret thus b though ye Sons of Iacob a Duplex potest elici expositio quamvis nondum ●stis consumpti ego tamen non mutor vel supersti●es manetis quia rationem habeo naturae meae potius quam rependere vobis quod meriti estis Calv. in Locum are not consumed yet I change not I am the same Lord and ye shall find so in the end however because I forbear you long you may deem otherwise but at length know ye that all shall come to passe and not one thing shall fall to the ground howsoever it be not so speedily as you think executed yet it shall in its time others thus you have deserved over and over again to be consumed and considering your demerits it may seem a wonder I have not done it but that it is thus it is because of me and my nature that I am Iehovah and change not and so will perform what I have promised be as good as my word and this Balaam himself is forced to confess Numb 23. 19. God is not a man that he should lye neither the Son of man that he should repent hath he said and shall he not do it hath he spoken and shall he not make it good for he is in one mind saith Iob and who can turn him and what his soul desireth even that he doth this notes the Job 23 13 stability unchangeableness of God he is alwayes like himself fixt and constant to his own purposes and to the dictates of his own will and wisdom and therefore the Scripture being the Scripture of that God which is unchangeable it cannot be broken but as he continues still the same so likewise doth that Reas 5 Because it is the Scripture of that God who is every way able and hath full and all-sufficient power to accomplish what ever he speaks be it matter of promise or matter of threatning what ever it be he is I say every way able to accomplish it is any thing too hard for the Lord ah Lord God saith Jer. 32. 19 the Prophet Ier. thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm and there is nothing too hard for thee I know saith Iob that thou canst do every thing and that no thought can be with-holden from thee Iob. 42. 2. that is thou dost not want power to bring to pass what ever thou hast said or decreed no be it what it will seem it never so difficult thou art able to bring it to pass and no thought of thine can be hindred i. e. thou canst not be hindred from doing what ever thou purposest or intendest to do no the Councel of the Lord standeth for ever the thoughts of his heart to all generations for the Lord of hosts hath purposed and who shall disanul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Isay 14. 28. Men indeed many times purpose and resolve and say what they will do I but cannot effect it cannot bring it about why because they are frail creatures and want power or are hindred by a greater so that their hands cannot effect what their heads have contrived a greater than themselves disappoints them Iob. 5. 12. he disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise in the 23. Acts 12 we find there certain of the Jewes banding together and binding themselves under a curse saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had kill●d Paul and there were more than forty which had made this conspiracy I but their hands could not perform their enterprise if they had not eaten nor drunk till they had killed Paul they must have starved why because a greater force than themselves rescued and delivered him out of their hands but who can deliver out of the hands of God none as the Prophet Isay expresses it Isay 43. 13. yea before the day was I am he and there is none that can deliver out of my hands no not all the creatures in heaven and in earth should they joyn their power and force together and it follows I

into the fire or into the water would he stand to deliberate whether he should recover himself yea or no no he would not and thou art in such a condition as that thou art falling into the fire of hell into everlasting fire and wilt thou stand to deliberate whether thou should'st get out of such a condition or no no what thou dost do do speedily lest thy self be broken before thou gettest out of that estate in which thou canst not be saved except the Scripture be broken Again cannot the Scripture be broken Use 5. Of Terror but what ever it speaks will it certainly come to pass then here 's matter and ground of terror and trembling First to all wicked and ungodly in general to all such as are enemies to God and persist and go on still in their sins for if the Scripture cannot be broken then look what ever the Scripture threatens against them they continuing such it shall certainly be fulfill'd upon them and made good to them and truly the Scripture threatens such heavy and sad things which being such they continuing such as cannot but be fulfill'd for the Scripture cannot be broken may well fill their hearts with horror and amazement As there is great cause why the Saints the Scripture being that which cannot be broken should be comforted in regard of what is promised so upon the like ground there is as great cause why the wicked should tremble and be terrified in regard of what is threatned it being that which shall as certainly be fulfill'd as if it were already fulfill'd We find in the prophecy of Hab that Hab. 3. 2. the Prophet there though he had matter enough of joy in the Lord himself yet he fears and trembles at what was threatned against others for their invincible obstinacy in their sins O Lord I have heard thy speech and was afraid at thy threatnings and v. 16. when I heard my belly trembled my lips quivered at thy voice rottenness entred into my bones and I trembled in my self c. here are various expressions to shew how deeply he was affected and afflicted with Gods threatnings why because he knew they would be fulfilled and if the holy Prophet thus trembled and was affected how much more cause was there for the sinners themselves to tremble and be fill'd with terror upon whom they were certainly to be fulfill'd O let all wicked and ungodly men take a survay of the threatnings God hath made in his word let them look over them and that from one end of the Bible to the other and look how many or grievous soever they be they continuing such they shall none of them all fall to the ground but shall all certainly be performed and fulfill'd which might well fill their hearts with terror and amazement so as to cause with Belshazzar the joints of their loins to be loosed and their knees to smite one against another And they shall know saith God that I am the Lord and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evill unto them no but I will do it I will not leave what I have threatned unfulfilled and Eze. 12. 25. for I am the Lord I will speak and the word that I shall speak shall come to passe some expound these words I am the Lord as being an asseveration or an Oath and the sense to be this As sure as I am Jehovah the Lord that have my being of my self and give being to all others so sure will I give being to my promises and threatnings so that not only heaven and earth must pass away before any tittle of any truth of the Lords shall fall to the ground But even the Lord himself must cease to be before his word shall be without effect If the Scripture cannot be broken then many sorrows shall be to the wicked for this is part of the Scripture one of the Scripture threatnings and so cannot be broken Psal 32. 10. If the Scripture cannot be broken Pro● 11. ●1 then though hand joyn in hand the wicked shall not go unpunished Then it shall Eccl. 8. 13. not be well with the wicked nay it shall be ill with the wicked the wicked shall 1 Sam. 2 9 10. be silent in darkness and the adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces out of heaven shall be thunder upon them Then destruction shall be to the workers Prov. 10. 29. 11. 3. 19 16 29. 1. of iniquity and the perversness of transgressors shall destroy them Then he that despiseth his wayes shall dye Then he that being often reproved h●rdneth his neck shall be suddenly and that without remedy Then God shall wound the head of his Psa 68. 21. enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses Then upon the wicked he shall rain Ps 11. 6. snares fire and brimston and an horrible tempest this shall be the portion of their cup. Then the wicked shall wring out and Psa 75. 8. drink the dreggs of that cup that is in the hand of the Lord the wine of which is red and full of mixture Then the wicked shall be turned into Psa 9. 17. hell Then as the tares are gathered and Matth. 13. 40 41 42. burnt in the fire so in the end of the world the Son of man shall send forth his Angels shall gather out of his Kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity and shall cast them in a furnace of fire there shall be wayling and gnashing of teeth For the Scripture cannot be broken and all these are Scripture and therefore cannot but be fulfill'd and so I might instance in many others but these may ●uffice to let all wicked and ungodly ones see what matter of terror and trembling this truth is to them that the Scripture cannot be broken for if it cannot then these and all other threatnings in the Word against them shall certainly be fulfilled they not getting reform'd Indeed at present they are as secure as if they had made a Covenaut with Death and as if Hell and they were at an agreement and they promise themselves when as the overflowing Scourge shall passe through it shall not come unto them for they have made lies their refuge and under falshood have they hid themselves but God tells such their Covenant with Death shall be disanulled and their agreement with Hell shall not stand No but Gods Word shall stand for it is said when the overflowing Scourge stall pass through then they shall be trod down by it and it shall take them Isa 28. 15 18 19. And as this that the Scripture cannot be broken is matter and ground of terror and trembling to wicked men in general so to several in particular As 1. First to all unregenerate ones for if the Scripture cannot be broken then all such continuing such cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven for this