will Work and who shall let it or turn it back or reverse it who indeed certainly none no all the power in heaven and carth cannot in the least hinder him from accomplishing his work what he hath spoken in his word no he is above all obstacles of men or devils there is no putting of a barr in his way so as that there should not be an accomplishing of his word c He hath broken the gares of Brass and cut the barrs of Iron assunder Psa 107. 16. Amos. 4. 5 Isay 40. 17. no I will work and who shall let none could ever take up this challenge and say I I will let no for lo it is he who formeth the Mountains and createth the wind and declareth unto man what is his thought that maketh the morning darkness and treadeth upon the high places of the earth the Lord the God of Hosts is his name all Nations before him are as nothing and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity so that by the greatness of his might for that he is strong in power not one of his words shall fail the greatest Mountains before him shall become a plain Psal 2. 6. there was a great combination of the Princes and potentates of the earth to keep Christ from the throne yet for all that saith God I have set my King upon my holy Hill of Zion And secondly as men are frail so they quickly fail and so their enterprises fail with them Psal 146. 4. his breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish and therefore put not your trust in greatest in Princes for what ever their thoughts and intentions promises or purposes may be to do this or that alas their breath goeth forth and they immediately perish and therefore cease ye saith the Prophet from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of or what can he do his breath goeth forth and he soon perisheth But now the Lord as he is the mighty God so he is the living God I lift up my hand to heaven and say I live for ever Deut. 32. 40. He lives for ever to see what he hath said accomplished and therefore saith the Apostle it is a Heb. 10. 30 fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God as an adversary as one against whom God threatens indignation and wrath vengeance and woe why because he is a living God and so for ever lives to execute what he hath threatned as Gods eternity his living for ever doth exceedingly sweeten and make pretious and most comfortable the promises so it makes as terrible his threatnings thus the Scripture cannot be broken because it is the Scripture of that God who is of so great and infinite power every way able to accomplish what he speaks and this was the ground of Abrahams not staggering at the promise of God through unbelief his being fully perswaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform Rom. 4. 20 21. he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory unto God and being fully perswaded that what he had promised he was able to perform and upon this ground happy is he pronounced that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord because of his power and ability as well as his truth and faithfulness to perform what ere he promises Psal 146. 5 6. Reas 6 That the Scripture cannot be broken it appears and is proved from experience and by an induction of several particulars this is that which experience in all ages hath and still doth evidence to the truth of to which we may appeal As concerning that destruction of the old world did not God do what he said was he not as good as his word so concerning bringing Israel out of Egypt that 's very observable to this purpose which we read Exod. 12. 40 41. now the sojourning of the Children of Israel which dwelt in Egypt were 430. years and it came to pass at the end of the 430. years even the self same day it came to pass that all the Hosts of the Lord went out from the Land of Egypt So I might instance as concerning Iudahs bringing into Babylon was not God as good as his word as themselves were forc'd to acknowledge Lam. 2. 17. the Lord hath done that which he had devised he hath fulfilled the word he had commanded in the dayes of old and Lam. 4. 12. the Kings of the Earth would not have believed the enemy should enter into the gates of Ierusalem but no matter for that God having said it though they would not have believed it yet it was accomplished And so for Iudahs bringing out of captivity out of Babylon which he promised Ier. 29. 10. And this seemed so difficult and a thing so hard to be effected that the Lord appeals to his own heart the more to assure them of it v. 11. for I know the thoughts that I think towards you saith the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evill to give you an expected end and Psal 126. 1. when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion we were like them that dream we could scarce believe we were delivered though we were delivered I but how difficult and unlikely soever it seemed yet being promised it was performed and so as concerning the ruine of Ierusalem afterward Luke 19. 43 44. was not all fulfilled Thus the proof of this point is proved by long experience d Scripturae si verae fuerunt praedictiones rerum futurarum ut eventus comprobavit cur vera non sint rerum praesentium testimonia Rivit page 20. Isag c. it was never yet known in any age but what God spake came to pass there is no instance to be given to the contrary and this is that which indeed God himself appeals unto Zachary 1. 5 6. your Fathers where are they and the Prophets do they live for ever this seems to be spoken by way of concession e Quod dicit patres vestri ubi sunt prophetae an in perpetuum vivunt per concessionem positum est quasi diceret fateor patres vestros prophetas meos jam mortuos esse sed verba mea an mortua sunt distinguit in summum deus naturam verbi sui ab hominum conditione quasi diceret hominum vitam caducam esse finiri paucis annis sed doctrinam suam nunquam intermori Calv Zach. 1. 5 6. Quum ergo effectū doctrinae meae senseritis in vestris patribus cur non statuitis apud vos quum idem semper sim non posse fieri ut hodie verba mea frustra diffluant careant omni effectu Idem ibidem your Fathers indeed as also the Prophets are dead and gone they have made their beds in the grave I but mark what followes v. 6. but my
wicked man come from Hell and tell others what he there suffers and what they were like to suffer if they did not mend their manners O this would prevail with them by this they would be perswaded no they would not for the Scripture sayes and that cannot be broken if they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead such as are not perswaded by the Word preached such would not be perswaded though one rose from the dead So Isay 27. 11. There it is said It is a people of no understanding therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them and he that formed them will shew them no favour Now the World thinks otherwise O say they he that made us will save us but let this prevail with us to seal to this truth because it is Scripture and cannot be broken So Matthew 19. 23. Then said Jesus unto his Disciples Verily I say unto you that a rich Man shall hardly enter into the Kingdom of Heaven And again I say unto you it is easier for a camel to go through c. So 1 Cor. 1. 26 27. For ye see your calling Brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called c. So Matthew 16. 25. Whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall finde it So Mark◠10. 29 30. Verily I say unto you there is no Man that hath left house or Brethren or Sisters or Father or Mother or Wife or Children or Lands for my sake and the Gospels but he shall receive an hundred fold now in this time houses and Brethren and Sisters and Mothers and Children and Lands with Persecutions and in the world to come eternal life Now these and many the like are Paradoxes to the World but what ever they be to the World let this prevail with us for to seal to them they being Scripture and the Scripture being that which cannot be broken And let us seal to these and the like not not onely Verbally but really not onely in point of Judgement and opinion but of practice as when it is said Straight is the gate narrow is the way that leadeth unto life and few there be that finde it Matthew 7. 14. And the righteous shall scarcely be saved 1 Peter 4. 18. i. e. not without much difficulty and ado not without great labour the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is used of such things as with much labour are brought about as Acts 27. 7. Now it being certainly thus let us really and practically seal to the truth hereof by labouring so much the more to be saved and to enter in at the straight gate Thus when it is said What is a Man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul i. e. a Man is no whit at all profited let us really seal to the truth hereof by more minding our souls and less regarding the profits of the World so that we must appear before the judgement seat of Christ 2 Cor. 5. 10. by labouring that we may be accepted of him and found in peace To that that Satan goes up and down like a roaring Lion c. 1 Peter 5. 8. by being as the Apostle exhorts the more sober and vigilant And so I might instance as concerning what the Scripture saies of the upright Psalm 84. 11. 37. 37. Of Godlinesse 1 Tim. 4. 8. Hebrews 12. 14. Of Christ washing us of Christ being in us John 13. 8 2 Cor. 13. 5 Let us really seal to these by labouring so much the more to be upright to be godly to have Christ wash us and to get Christ in us c. And thus should wecome to reap the fruit and benefit of Scriptures those happy ends would be made good for which they were written 5. Cannot the Scripture be broken can it not err or mistake or be deceived but are things so as the Scripture affirms of them if the Scripture saith that Princes are Gods in some sense are they so as our Saviour here affirms and proves because the Scripture cannot be broken then let us labour so to see and so to discern things to be as the Scripture saith of them as the Scripture affirms concerning them why why because the Scripture cannot be broken it cannot err and therefore they most certainly are as the Scripture saith of them and therefore let us labour yea and never let us rest till we come so to see them and so to be able to say of them as the Scripture saith of them till we and the Scripture come to be of a judgement and opinion and that however at present they may seem quite otherwise but as the Apostle saith give me leave a little to Rom. 3. 4 allude to it let God be true but every man a lyer i. e. let God be confest and acknowledged true so let his word let the Scripture be acknowledged and assented too as true for that cannot be broken but all contrary thoughts and apprehensions of things lookt upon as false and lying for as the same Apostle affirms we are sure the judgement of God is according to truth his sense and sentence of things and so the sense and sentence of the Scripture of his word we are sure that is according to truth that cannot be broken that cannot err or mistake and therefore never let us rest till we come to see things as that saith of them and then we shall certainly see things aright see things as they are indeed As to instance in some particulars the Scripture saith and affirms of God that he is good it saith and affirms so often Nahum 1. 7. The Lord is good Psa 106. 1. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever and so Psal 107. 1. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good c. And now he is so for the Scripture cannot be broken cannot err and therefore let us labour to see him so and never rest till we come so to see him till we be able from what we our selves see and experience to say as David Psal 86. 5. For thou Lord art good c. and how great is his goodness and how great is his beauty Zach. 9. 17. and O taste and see that the Lord is good blessed is the man that trusteth in him Psa 34. 8. So the Scripture saith of Jesus Christ that he is most pretious that he is fairer than the Children of men that he is the 1 Pet. 2. 4. 6. 7. Psa 45. 2. Hag. 2. 7. desire of all Nations that he is altogether lovely and the Scripture saying so of him and it being that which cannot be broken O let us never rest till we come so to see him till we can say from what our selves see perceive as the spouse in Cant. 5. 10. my beloved
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 spâ—ken it and for the Lord hath spoken it and ye shall know that I am the Lord â—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 consumeâ— which some interpret thus b though ye Sons of Iacob a Duplex potest elici expositio quamvis nondum â—stis consumpti ego tamen non mutor vel superstiâ—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 killâ—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
should be yet a Ministery in the World considering First the many Enemies on every hand that it still hath both open and secret potent and politick Atheists and Papists and Apostates and Schismaticks and Sectaries of all sorts as Quakers Ranters Anabaptists Familists and what not however they may in some things disagree among themselves yet herein have and do all agree for to oppose the Ministery And secondly considering how many wayes and meanes have been and still are attempted to ruine it what stones have been left unturned what designes unassayed to overthrow it many of which have notably of late been held forth v Jus Divinum Ministerij Evangelici Preface as 1. By railing upon and reviling the persons of Gods Ministers and raising all manner of Reproaches against them c. Secondly Crying down the present Ministery as Antichristian c. Thirdly By taking avvay their maintainance or at least attempting it Fourthly By setting up the basest and meanest of the People and such as have no Arts nor Knowledge in the Tongues to be Preachers that thereby they might make the World believe that the Ministerial Office is of all other the lowest and easiest Fifthly By denying the very Office it self these with divers others of the like nature have been and still are the vvayes and meanes vvhereby many seek to ruin the Ministery And if to all these we add the Worlds woful undervaluing and contemning of the Ministery treading that under their feet vvhich they should wear as a Crown upon their Head I Rev. 12. 1. mean the Ministers and their Gospel-doctrine O how much more wonderfull will it appear that there is yet a Ministery in the World but the Scriptures cannot be broken made void and therefore though it be wonderful yet it is so Thus that there is a Ministery yet in the World it is not that the Devil together with his instruments of all sorts have been wanting to overthrow it It is not that the ungrateful World hath not demerited the removal of it but because Gods Word cannot be made void I mean as to a Ministery somewhere though not it may be here or there in this or that place but in some place Thus that the Ministery of the Word shall continue to the end of the World is clearly held forth Eph. 4. 11 12 13. And he gave some Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministery for the edifying of the Body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the Faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulnesse of Christ Till we all come that is here to be marked and observed that the Ministery is to continue to the end the use of it being to the end while we are in the World-Look as while a house is not fully built the Workmen may not be dismissed So until the House of God have every Believer every stone of it laid the Builders of it must be continued hence this Ministery of the Pastor and Teacher is called an induring Ministery a Ministery that remains 2 Cor. 3. 11. For if that which was done away was glorious much more that which remains is glorious Thus the Lord hath alwayes had Pastors and Teachers in his Church though they have not alwayes been so apparent and so will have to the end of the World maugre all the malice of Satan and his instruments thus it is said Revel 12. 6. That the Woman i. e. the Church fled into the Wilderness where she had a place prepared of God that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore dayes The Church here is in an obscure afflicted and solitary condition in the Wildernesse and yet she has a place prepared of God that they should feed her they who this seemes to refer to the 2. Witnesses Chapter 11. 3. Gods faithful Ministers they should feed her there for it falls out in the same time as appears by the number of dayes Chapter 11. 3. An Allusion to the feeding of the Israelites in the Wilderness Gods faithful Ministers are those that feed the Church Jer. 3. 15. John 21. 15. Acts 20. 28. And these here are sent forth by God for this very purpose to feed maintain and uphold the Church of God Now all the while she is in the Wilderness in her obscure retired afflicted and solitary state and condition So that the Church hath still in her obscurest state had her Pastors and Teachers that feed her and so shall have to the end of the World So 1 Cor. 12. 28. And God hath set some in the Church First Apostles Secondarily Prophets Thirdly Teachers c. Set 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 constituit setled confirmed established and if God have established them who shall extirpate them and Revel 2. 1. Christ is said to hold the Stars in his right Hand and this being Scripture that cannot be broken who should pull them thence where can they be safer than there it notes Christs Love to them and care of them to keep them safe so Matthâ—w 28. 20. And loe I am with you alway to the end of the World and if God be with us and for us who can be against us truly many may be and are against us but not so as to carry it there is no Wisdom nor Counsel nor Understanding against the Lord that is effectual that is able to prevail against the Lord As Gamaliel said Acts 5. 38 39. For if this Counsel or this work be of Man speaking of the work which the Apostles did act and carry on i. e. ordained of Men and taken up meerly by humane authority it will come to nought it will be broken the Greeks is loosed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but if it be of God i. e. ordained appointed by him undertaken and caried on by his authority command ye cannot overthrow it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dissolvere break it loose it lest haply ye be found to fight against God or beware take heed lest ye be found to fight against God so Beza videte ne etiam cum Deo pugnare comperiamini as if he should say it is vain and impious to fight against God and folly to think ever to prevail against that which is of him Thus we see whence it is that there is yet a Church and Ministery in the World that they are not utterly overthrown and broken it is because these and the like Scriptures cannot be broken and how comfortable is this to think that let Hell break loose and the World never so much rage yet God will still have a Church and Ministry in the World both those that shall teach and others that shall be taught even to end of the World for the word affirming it it cannot be made void 6. Again cannot the Scripture be broken but
fear the Lord I say assure but this and then in the serious consideration of this sovereign truth thou mayst sit down and say it is enough for view the promises look over them all and that from one end of the Bible to the other and see how many so ever they be or how great and pretious soever they be they shall all certainly be fulfilled be performed and made good My Covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gon out of my mouth Psalm 89. 34. God has spoken saies David in his holinesse I will rejoice i. e. he has promised so and so and I will rejoice I and there is great cause for what ever God has spoken and promised it shall certainly be performed it shall certainly be ful filled and made good it shall not fail no Heaven and Earth shall pass away but Gods Word shall not pass away Psalm 119. 89. For ever O Lord thy Word is setled in Heaven Here was Davids Comfort how ever things went on Earth how moveable or unsetled soever they were Gods Word on which he fixt his Faith was for â—ver setled in Heaven that was a sure rock still to bear up his Faith that would never fail what ever else did And this kept up his spirit Psal 27. 13. I had fainted unlesse I had belived to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the Land of the Living And therefore the People of God should remember God of his promises and urge him with them and sue them out as Jacob Gen. 32. 9. Hast not thou said so and so and is it not Scripture Lord and the Scripture cannot be broken thus David does often in the 119. Psalm verse 41. Let thy mercies come unto me O Lord even thy Salvation according to thy Word and 49. Remember thy Word untâ— thy Servant upon which thou hast caused me to hope and 76. Let I pray thee thy merciful kindness be to my comfort according unto thy Word unto thy Servant and 107. I am afflicted very much quicken me O Lord according to thy word and 116 uphold me according to thy word that I may live and let me not be ashamed of my hope thus he pleads 2 Sa. 28 29. And now O Lord God thou art that God and thy Words be true and thou hast promised this Goodnesse therefore now let it please thee to bless the House of thy Servant that it may continue for ever before thee for thou O Lord God hast spoken it c. Whatsoever things saith the Apostle Rom. 15. 4. were written afore time were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scripture might have hope n Scriptur a Consolationem assurt cum promissiones innumeras de dei praesentia auxilio fiberatione ab aerumins de salutari malorum exitu de gloria denique in Câ—lis reposita nobis proporit Par. in Rom. 15. 4. And how does the Scripture more work Patience and cause comfort than in the consideration of these promises wchit propounds And in regard of this that they cannot be broken O if the Scripture cannot be broken how many wayes may this comfort and cheer the hearts of the People of God Give me leave a little to instance in some of them and as it were but to open this box of so pretious ointment that so you may the better resent the fragrancy and sweetnesse thereof and that your spirits may be the better cheered and refreshed therewith as 1. If the Scriptures cannot be broken then the People of God shall not want any good thing for this is part of the Scripture it is one of the Scripture promises Psalm 34. 10. 84. 11. They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing no good thing will he with-hold c. 2. If the Scripture cannot c. then all things are theirs for this likewise is Scripture promise 1 Coâ— 3. 21 22. All things are yours c. 3. Then they shall not be forgotten for this likewise is a Scripture-promise Isay 49. 15 16. Jer. 29. 10 11. Yet will I not forget thee c. For I know the thoughts that I think towards you c. 4. Then shall they not be left nor forsaken for this is c. Hebrewes 13. 5. I will not leave thee nor forsake thee 5. Then is and shall Gods Grace be sufficient for them for this is c. 1 Cor. 12. 9. And he said My Grace is sufficient for thee c. 6. Then shall all things work together for their good for this is c. Rom. 8. 28. That all things work together for good c. 7. Then shall they be upheld and sustained in their greatest weakness for this is c. Isay 40. 11 28 29 30 31. 1 Cor. 10. 13. Lam. 3. 31 32. He shall gather the Lambs with his Armes and carry them in his Boseme c. 8. Then shall nothing be able to separat them from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus their Lord for this is c. Romans 8. 35 38 39. John 13. 1. 9. Then they shall never perish for this is c. John 10. 28. 10. Then sin shall not have dominion over them for this is c. Romans 6. 14. 11. Then Satan shall shortly be bruised under their feet for this is c. Rom. 16. 14. 12. Then there is no condemnation to them for this likewise is c. Rom. 8. 1. And so I migh add then will God be with them when they pass through the waters and through the Rivers they shall not overflow them and through the fire it shall not burn them c. For this is a Scripture-promise Isay 43. 2. Then in 6. troubles shall they be delivered and in 7. there shall no evil touch them for this is c. Iob 5. 19. Then shall they shortly be received to Christ and be where he is for this is c. Iohn 14. 3 17. 24. 12. 26. And thus I might still further run forth and abundantly enlarge and expatiate my self but this I shall leave for the further inlarging of your own Meditations and Observations having shewen you the way Thus that the Scripture cannot be broken is matter and ground of singular comfort to the People of God â—or if the Scripture cannot be broken then the promises which are a main chief part thereof cannot be broken And as this is matter ground of singular comfort to the People of God so let them improve it and make use of it for their comfort let them suck out the sweetness of it cheer themselves with it Seeing the promises cannot be broken neither let your Faith nor your hopes be broken seeing the one cannot fail neither let the other fail stagger or â—efoiled but feal to the firmness and steadiness of what God has premised which shall certainly be performed by the firmness steadiness of your Faith say as David Psalm 42. 5. Why art thâ—â— cost down O