tabernacle to stir you up by putting you in remembrance 2 Pet. 1. 12 13. chap. 3. 1 2. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the father and with his son Jesus Christ 1 John 1. 3. Blessed is he who readeth and they who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein Revel 1. 3. See Ministers of the Gospel in general Chap. 26. See gifts of the members of Churches before See of the word of God chap. 1. 3dly Baptisms God said unto Abram Thou shalt keep my covenant c. Every man-child among you shall be circumcised c. and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you c. Abram took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house c. and circumcised the flesh c. And Abraham was ninety and nine years old when he was circumcised c. and Ishmael his son thirteen years old when he was circumcised Gen. 17. 9 10 11 12 13 23 24 25. Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of heaven and he laid his hands on them Matth. 19. 13 14 15. Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Matth. 28. 19. John said I indeed baptize you with water but one mightier than I cometh c. he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire Luke 3. 16. Acts 11. 15 16. Jesus himself baptized not but his disciples John 4. 1 2. Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins for the promise is unto you and to your children c. then they who gladly received the word were baptized Acts 2. 38 39 41. But when they believed c. they were baptized both men and women c. Simon was baptized c. The Eunuch said Here is water what hinders me to be baptized and Philip said If thou believest with all thine heart thou maist c. they went down into the water and he baptized him Acts 8. 12 13 36 37 38. Saul arose and was baptized Acts 9. 18. Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized who have received the holy Ghost as well as we and he commanded them to be baptized in the name c. Acts 10. 47 48. Who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved Acts 11. 14. Lydia c. whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul and when she was baptized and her houshold c. believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved thou and thine house c. and he took them the same hour c. and was baptized he and all his straightway Acts 16. 14 15 30 31 32 33 34. Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death buried c Rom. 6. 3 4. I baptized also the house of Stephanus besides I know not whether I c. 1 Cor. 1. 16. The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband otherwise were your children unclean but now they are holy 1 Cor. 7. 14. Leaving the principles c. of the doctrine of Baptisms Heb. 6. 1 2. The ark wherein few c. were saved by water the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 3. 20 21. 4thly Breaking of bread or the Lords Supper The Passover instituted and all the directions about it Exod. 12. The people not prepared yet did eat Hezekiah prayed for them 2 Chr. 30. 18 19. As they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed it and brake it and gave it to his disciples and said Take eat this is my body and he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying Drink ye all of it for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins but he said unto them I will not drink it henceforth c. and when they had sung c. Matth. 26. 26 27 28 29 30. They all drank of the cup Mark 14. 23. He sate down and the twelve Apostles with him c. He took the cup and gave thanks and said Take this and divide it among your selves c. And he took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which is given for you this do in remembrance of me Likewise also the cup after supper saying This cup is the new Testament in my blood which is shed for you Luke 22. 14 16 17 18 19 20. When Judas had received the sop at supper he went immediately out John 13. 26 30. And they continued stedfastly c. in breaking of bread Acts 2. 42. Upon the first day of the week when the disciples came together to break bread c. Paul preached to them c. in the upper chamber where they were gathered together c. When he therefore was come up again and had broken bread c. Acts 20. 7 8 9 10 11. Purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump c. let us keep the feast not with old leaven c. but with the unleavened bread of sincerity 1 Cor. 5. 7 8. The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the comunion of the blood of Christ the bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ for we being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread c. ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils ye cannot c. 1 Cor. 10. 16 17 21 22. When ye come together therefore into one place this is not to eat the Lords supper or ye cannot eat for in eating every one taketh before other his own supper and one is hungry and another is drunken what have ye not houses to eat and to drink in or despise you the Church of God and shame them that have not or are poor for I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you that the the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he brake it and said Take eat this is my body which is broken for you this do in or for a remembrance of me After the same manner also he took the cup when he had supped saying This cup is thenew Testament in my blood this do ye as often as ye drink it in remembrance of me for as often as
ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew or shew ye the Lords death till he come wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord c. he who eateth c. unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lords body c. When ye come together to eat tarry one for another and if any man hunger let him eat at home 1 Cor. 11. 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 33 34. 5thly Discipline Church-censures or removing of Scandals If a soul fin and hear the voice of swearing and is a witness whether he hath seen or known of it if he do not utter it then shall he bear his iniquity Levit. 5. 1. If there were a leper in the camp of Israel he was to be pronounced unclean and his habitation without the camp alone Levit. 13. 44 46. When he was to be brought into the camp again he was first to be pronounced clean by the Priest after he had viewed him and offered sacrifices for him and performed other things so for other uncleannesses they were to be separated from the congregation c. and so brought in again Levit. 14. 1 2 3 4 5 c. chap. 15. Matth. 8. 4. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him or that thou bear not sin for him Levit. 19. 17. If the people of the land do any way hide their eyes from the man when he giveth of his seed unto Molech and kill him not then I will set my face against that man and against his family Levit. 20. 3 4 5. The Priests or people who were unclean c. by any uncleanness were not to eat or touch the holy things that they might not profane the holy name of the Lord if they did before they were cleansed they were to be cut off from the presence of God no stranger was to eat of the holy thing Levit. 22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15. Put out of the camp every leper and every one who hath an issue c. both male and female shall ye put out c. that they defile not their camp in the midst whereof I dwell and the children of Israel did so c. Numb 5. 1 2 3 4. Deut. 23. 14. Uzziah the king was a leper and being in the temple the Priests thrust him out from thence c. he dwelt in a several house being a leper for he was cut off from the house of the Lord 2 Chron. 26. 19 20 21. The people of Israel the Priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the land c. for they have taken of their daughters c. so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people c. yea the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass c. Ezra 9. 1 2. They read in the book of Moses c. that the Ammonite c. should not come into the congregation of God for ever c. Now it came to pass when they had heard the law that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude Nehem. 13. 1 3. He who spareth his rod hateth his son but he who loveth him c. Prov. 13. 24. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself and discover not a secret to another or the secret of another Prov. 25. 9. Open rebuke is better than secret love Prov. 27. 5. If thou take forth the precious from the vile thou shalt be as my mouth Jer. 15. 19. Her priests have violated my law and have prophaned 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. They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane and cause men to discern between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 44. 23. Ephraim hath mixed himself among the people c. a cake not turned Hosea 7. 8. Jesus said unto Peter c. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven Matth. 16. 18 19. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee if he will hear thee thou shalt gain thy brother but if he will not hear thee then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established and if he shall neglect to hear them tell it to the Church but if he neglect to hear the Church let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth c. Matth. 18. 15 16 17 18. John 20. 21 22 23. If thy brother trespass c. rebuke him and if he repent forgive him c. if seven times a day Luke 17. 3 4. I beseech you brethren mark them who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye bave learned and avoid them for they are such who serve not our Lord Jesus but their own bellies c. Rom. 16. 17 18. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you and such c. and ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he who hath done this deed might have been taken away from among you c. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus c. know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump c I wrote to you in an Epistle not to keep company with fornicators yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world c. But if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolator c. with such a one no not to eat for what have I to do with them who are without do not ye judg them who are within c therefore put away from among your selves that wicked person 1 Cor. 5. Sufficient to such a man was this punishment or censure which was inflicted of many so that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him c. wherefore I beseech you that you would confirm your love to him c. to whom ye forgive any thing I also forgive 2 Cor. 2. 6 7 8 9 10 11. Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers c. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness c Are ye not the temple of the living God
answered He is of age ask him these words spake his parents because they feared the Jews for the Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ that he should be put out of the Synagogue therefore said his parents he is of age ask him c. but the son confessed him John 9. 19 20 21 22 23 30 31 32 c. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him lest they should he put out of the Synagogue for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God John 12. 42 43. Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Acts 2. 36. The God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus whom ye delivered up c. but ye denyed the holy and just one c. and killed the Prince of life c. Acts 3. 13 14 15. Be it known unto all c. that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye crucified c. even by him doth this man stand here before you whole This is the stone which was set at nought by you builders c. We cannot but speak c. Acts 4. 10 11 20. Did not we straightly charge you that you should not teach in this name c Then Peter and the other Apostles answered and said We ought to obey God rather than men The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew c. him hath God exalted with his right hand c. Acts 5. 28 29 30. Be it known to you therefore men and brethren that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins Acts 13. 38. This I confess unto thee that after the way which they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers Acts 24. 14. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus c. for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made to salvation Rom. 10. 9 10. As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup shew ye or ye do shew the Lords death till he come 1 Cor. 11. 26. And many of the brethren of the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear Phil. 1. 14. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him c. that at the name of Jesus c. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus is the Lord to the glory of God the Father Phil. 2. 11. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner c. I am not ashamed for I know whom I believe 2 Tim. 1. 8 12. If we fuffer we shall also reign with him If we deny him he also will deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. They profess they know God but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient c. Titus 1. 16. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God 1 John 4. 15. I know thy works and where thou dwellest where Satans seat is and thou holdest fast my name and hast not denyed my faith Rev. 2. 13. See more of owning Christ in times of persecution Chap 22. See more perseverance Chap. 16. To wait for Christs second coming Watch therefore for you know not what hour your Lord will come c. Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh Mat. 24. 42 44. The wise and foolish virgins slumbered and slept while the bridegroom tarried Mat. 25. 5. Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning and ye your selves like unto men who wait for their Lord c. Luke 12. 35 36. I will come again and receive you unto my self John 14. 3. See that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1. 7. For our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 20 21. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory Col. 3. 4. Ye turned to God c. and to wait for his Son from heaven 1 Thes. 1. 10. To you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels 2 Thes. 1. 6 7. The Lord direct your hearts in the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ 2 Thes. 3. 5. A crown of righteonsness which the Lord c. shall give me at that day c. â—…ut unto them also who love his appearing 2 Tim. 4. 8. Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Titus 2. 13. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and uâ—…â—…hem who look for him shall he appear the second time withou sin unto salvation Heb. 9. 28. Ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise for yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry c. Heb. 10. 36 37. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord Behold the husband-man waiteth for the precious fruits be ye also patient stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth near James 5. 7 8. Wherefore girt up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 13. There shall come in the last day scoffers c. saying Where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were c. The Lord is not flack concerning his promise c. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night c. What manner of persons ought ye to be c. Looking for and hastening unto the day of God c. 2 Peter 3. 3 4 5 9 10 11 12. Abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed c. at his coming 1 John 20. 28. We know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 John 3. 2. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life Jude verse 21. See his coming to judg the world Chap. 35. To walk with God heartily uprighty sincerely and to follow him fully and zealously The reasons thereof Enoch walked with God Gen. 5. 22 24. Noah was a just man and perfect or upright in his generation Noah walked with God c. according unto all which God commanded him so did he Gen. 6. 9 22. The Lord said unto Abram Get thee out of thy
him they worshipped him c. And Jesus came and spake unto them saying all power is given to me in heaven and earth go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy Ghost Matt. 28. 16 17 18 19 20. Why doth this man speak blasphemy Who can forgive sins but God only c. but that ye may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sin he saith unto the sick c. arise Mark 2. 7 9 10 11. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God c. The world was made by him c. And the word was made flesh c. John 1. 1 2 10 14. Jesus c. knew all men and needed not that any should testify of man For he knew what was in man John 2. 24 25. No man hath ascended c. but he who came down c. even the son of man who is in heaven John 3. 13. Jesus answered them my father worketh hitherto and I work c. The Jews sought the more to kill him c. Because c. He said God was his father making himself equal with God c. The son can do nothing of himself but what he seeth the father do for whatsoever things he doth these also doth the son likewise c. As the father raised up the dead and quickened them even so the son quickeneth whom he will c. That all men should honour the son even as they honour the father he who honoureth not the son honoureth not the father who sent him John 5. 17 18 19 21 22 23. What and if ye shall see the son of man ascend up where he was before John 6. 62. Jesus said unto them verily verily I say unto you Before Abraham was I am John 8. 58. Dost thou believe on the son of God and Jesus said c. Thou hast both seen him and it is he who talketh with thee c. and he worshipped him John 9. 35 36 37 38. My father who gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my fathers hand I and my father are one c. Believe the work that ye may know and believe that the father is in me and I in him John 10. 29 30 38. Jesus knew Lazarus was dead John 11. 14. He who believeth on me believeth not on me but him who sent me And he who seeth me seeth him who sent me John 12. 44 45. Jesus knowing c. That he was come from God and went to God John 13. 3. If ye had known me ye should have known my father also and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him Philip saith unto him Lord shew us the father and it sufficeth us Jesus faith unto him have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me Philip He who hath seen me hath seen the father and how sayest thou shew us the father believest thou not that I am in the father and the father in me The words I speak unto you I speak not of my self but the father who dwelleth in me he doth the works Believe me that I am in the father and the father in me c. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that will I do c. I will pray the father and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you for ever even the spirit of truth c. I will come to you c. He who loveth me I will love him and manifest my self to him c. My father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him c. The comforter the holy Ghost whom my father will send in my name he shall teach you John 14. 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 16 17 18 21 23 26. When the spirit of truth is come c. He will shew you things to come he shall glorify me for he shall receive of mine and shew it unto you All things which the father hath are mine therefore said I that he shall take of mine and shall shew it unto you c. Whatsoever ye shall ask the father in my name he will give it you c. I came forth from the father and am come into the world again I leave the world and go to the father c. John 16. 13 14 15 23 27 28 30. Now O Father glorify thou me c. With the glory which I had with thee before the world was c. And all mine are thine and thine are mine and I am glorified in them c. That they may be one as thou father art in me and I in thee John 17. 5 10 21. Thomas answered and said unto him my Lord and my God John 20. 28. Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lye to the holy Ghost c. Thou hast not lied unto men but to God c. How is it that ye are agreed together to tempt the spirit of the Lord Act. 5. 3 4 9. Stephen calling and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit Act. 7. 59. Peter said to Aeneas Jesus Christ maketh thee whole arise c. Act. 9. 34. The Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Act. 20. 28. Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came who is over all God blessed for ever Amen Rom. 9. 5. With all in every place who call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord 1 Cor. 1. 2. The spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God For what man knoweth the things of a man but the spirit of man which is in him even so the things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God 1 Cor. 2. 10 11. Know you not that ye are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you c. 1 Cor. 3. 16. He who is joyned unto the Lord is one spirit c. Know you not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost who is in you which ye have of God c. 1 Cor. 6. 17 19. To us there is but one God the father of whom are all things and one Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 8. 6. Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty c. Even as by the spirit of the Lord or the Lord of the spirit 2 Cor. 3. 17 18. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ the Love of God and the Communion of the holy Ghost be with you all 2 Cor. 13. 14. God hath sent forth the spirit of his son into our hearts c. Gal. 4. 6. Through him we both have an access by one spirit unto the father c. In whom you also are builded together for an habitation of God through the spirit Ephes. 2. 18 22. By him were all things created c. By him and for him and he is before all
saviour the Lord Jesus Christ Phil. 3. 20. It pleased the father that in him all fulness should dwell c. By him to reconcile all things to himself c. Christ in or among you the hope of glory Col. 1. 19 20 27. Your life is hid with Christ in God When Christ who is our life shall c. Col. 3. 3 4. His son Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thes. 1. 10. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief 1 Tim. 1. 15. One mediatour between God and man the man Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransome for all to be testified in due time 1 Tim. 2. 5 6. Is now made manifest by the appearing of our saviour Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light 2 Tim. 1. 10. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people c. Titus 2. 14. Ephes. 5. 2. His son c. When he had by himself purged our sins sate down c. Heb. 1. 3. Christ c. He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them c. Heb. 5. 5 9. Christ now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Unto them who look for him he shall appear the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9. 24 26 28. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all c. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 10 14. Who hath begotten us again to a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ c. The Prophets c. who prophesied of the grace c. Searching what c. The spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie before hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow c. Ye were not redeemed with silver and gold c. But with the precious blood of Christ c. Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world c. 1 Pet. 1. 3 10 11 18 19 20. Our Lord Jesus Christ c. He received from God the father honour and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased 2 Pet. 1. 16 17. Jesus Christ c. He is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. Who is a lyer but he who denyeth that Jesus is the Christ 1 John 2. 2 22. For this purpose the son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the Devil 1 John 3. 8. God sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him c. We c. testify that the father sent the son the saviour of the world 1 John 4. 9 14. God hath given us eternal life and this life is in his son 1 John 5. 11 12. Unto him who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Rev. 1. 5. Col. 1. 14. They fell down before the lamb c. Saying thou art worthy c. For thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation and hast made us unto God c. Rev. 5. 8 9 10. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world c. Rev. 13. 8. I Jesus have sent mine Angel to testify unto you these things c. I am the root and the off-spring of David and the bright and morning-star Rev. 22. 16. See pardon and reconciliation by Christ only Chap. 9. The excellency of this Saviour and his fulness and dignity In his person and authority Yet have I set my king or anointed upon my holy hill of Sion c. The Lord hath said thou my son this day have I begotten thee c. I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance c. Thou shalt break them with a rod of Iron c. Psal. 2. 6 7 8 9. Thou art fairer than the children of men grace is poured into thy lips c. Gird thy sword upon thy Thigh O Mighty with thy glory and thy majesty and in thy majesty ride c. Thine arrows sharp in the hearts of the kings enemies whereby the people shall fall under thee Thy throne O God for ever and ever The scepter of thy kingdom a right scepter c. God thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows c. The king c. He is thy Lord and worship thou him Psal. 45. 1 2 3 4 5 6 11. Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts Psal. 68. 18. Ephes. 4. 8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth They c. shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust c. All kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him c. His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun or shall be as a son to continue his fathers name for ever c. And all nations shall call him blessed Psal. 72. 8 9 11 17 18. I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers c. Also I will make him first-born higher than the kings of the earth c. His Throne as the days of heaven c. As the sun before me Psal. 89. 25 27 29 36. The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool c. Rule thou in the middest of thine enemies Psal. 100. 1 2. The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner Psal. 118. 22. Act. 4. 11 12. Matt. 21. 42. Wisdom is better than rubies and all the things which may be desired are not to be compared unto it c. Counsel is mine and sound wisdom I understanding I strength by me kings reign and princes decree justice By me princes rule and nobles yea all the judges of the earth c. Riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousness My fruit better than gold c. I may cause those who love me to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures c. The Lord possessed me in the beginning c. When he appointed the foundation of the earth then was I by him c. His delight whoso findeth me findeth life c. Prov. 8. 11 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 35. Thy name is as ointment poured out c. Cant. 1. 3. The beauty of his person described by the parts thereof and said in the close to be altogether
Jesus said I am the light of the world c. Jesus said unto them verily verily I say unto you before Abram was I am John 8. 12 58. ch 9. 5. Jesus knowing that the father had given all things into his hands and that he was come from God and went to God c. Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 3 13. Philip said unto him Lord shew us the father and Jesus said c. He who hath seen me hath seen the father c. Believe me that I am in the father and the father in me c. The Prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me John 14. 8 9 11 30. When the spirit of truth comes c. He shall glorify me for he shall receive of mine and shall shew it unto you All things which the father hath are mine therefore said I that he shall take of mine c. We are sure that thou camest forth from God c. John 16. 13 14 15 28 30. O Father glorify thou me c. with the glory which I had with thee before the world was John 17. 5. When Jesus said I am he those who came to take him went backward and fell to the ground John 18. 5 6. Thomas said unto Jesus my Lord and my God John 20. 28. chap. 21. 12. Jesus c. a man approved of God c. He hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Act. 2. 22 36. But ye denyed the holy one and killed the prince of life c. Act. 3. 14 15. ch 7. 52. Against the holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed c. Act. 4. 27 30. Jesus Christ he is Lord of all c. God anointed Jesus c. with the holy Ghost and power Act. 10. 36 38. 2 Cor. 4. 5. Feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Act. 20. 28. Concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord c. And declared to be the son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness c. Rom. 1. 3 4. Christ who is over all God blessed for ever Amen Rom. 9. 5. Christ both dyed and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 9. There is one Lord Jesus by whom are all things and we by him 1 Cor. 8. 6. When he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet 1 Cor. 15. 24 25. He hath made him c. who knew no sin c. 2 Cor. 5. 21. Heb. 4. 15. He raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers might and dominion and every name which is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come and hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church c. Who filleth all in all Ephes. 1. 20 21 22 23. The unsearchable riches of Christ c. God who created all things by Jesus Christ c. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named Ephes. 3. 8 9 15. He descended first into the lower parts of the earth He who descended is the same who ascended up far above all heavens Ephes. 4. 9 10. Jesus who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God c. God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord c. Phil. 2. 5 6 9 10 11. Jesus Christ who shall c. according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself Phil. 3. 21. Who is the image of the invisible God the first-born of every creature For by him were all things created that are in heaven and which are in the earth visible and invisible whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by him and for him and he is before all things and by him all things consist and he is the head c. That in or amongst all things he might have the preeminency for it pleased the father that in him all fulness c. Col. 1. 15 16 17 18 19. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Christ for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily c. The head of all principalities and powers c. Having spoiled principalities c. Col. 2. 9 10 15. God was manifested in the flesh justified in the spirit seen of Angels c. received up c. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Jesus Christ who in his times he shall shew who is the blessed and only potentate the King of Kings and Lord of Lords who only hath immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto which no man hath seen c. To whom honour c. 1 Tim. 6. 14 15 16. The doctrine of God our Saviour c. Titus 2. 10. chap. 3. 4. His son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sate down on the right hand of the majesty on high being made so much better than the Angels c. As he hath a more excellent name c. Unto which of the Angels said he at any time thou art my son c. He saith and let all the Angels of God worship him c. Thy God O God hath anointed thee Heb. 1. 2 3 4 5 6 c. chap. 8. 1. ch 10. 12. ch 12. 2. Col. 3. 1. We see Jesus c. crowned with glory and honour c. Heb. 2. 9. Having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the son of God c. Such a high priest became us holy c. And made higher than the heavens Heb. 7. 3 26. Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever Heb. 13. 8. Our Glorious Lord Jesus Christ or our Lord Jesus Christ of Glory c. That worthy name by which we are called James 2. 1 7. The precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without spot or blemish 1 Pet. 1. 19. 1 John 2. 1. A living stone c. chosen of God and precious c. Who did no sin 1 Pet. 2. 4 22. Jesus Christ who is gon into heaven and is on the right hand of God Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him 1 Pet. 3. 22. The power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ were eye-witnesses of his Majesty for he received from God the Father honour and
which we have as an anchor of the soul sure and stedfast and which entereth within the vail whither the fore-runner is for us entered Jesus made an high-Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck Heb. 6. 19 20. For this Melchisedeck king of Salem Priest of the most high God c. having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the son of God abideth a Priest continually c. After the similitude of Melchisedeck there ariseth another Priest who is made not after the law of a carnal commandment but after the power of an endless life for he testifieth thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck c. Not without an oath for those were made without an oath but this with an oath by him who said unto him the Lord sware and will not repent thou art a Priest c. And they truly were many priests because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death but this man because he continueth for ever hath an unchangeable Priesthood or which passeth not from one to another wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost or for evermore who come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them For such an high-Priest became us who was holy c. Who needeth not dayly as those high priests offer c. For this he did once when he offered up himself For the law maketh men high-Priests who have infirmities but the word of the Oath which was since the law maketh the son who is consecrated or perfected for evermore Heb. 7. 1 3 15 16 17 21 23 24 25 26 27 28. But Christ being come an high-Priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle c. Heb. 9. 11. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum We have such an high-Priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens A minister of the sanctuary or holy things which the Lord pitched and not man for every high-Priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices wherefore it is of necessity that this man should have somewhat also to offer Heb. 8. 1 2 3. 4thly He offered himself as a sacrifice to God suffered for the sins of mankind and so made peace through the shedding of his own blood by which he entered into the Holiest for us The Assembly of the wicked have enclosed me they pierced my hands and my feet c. they part my garment amongst them and cast lots for my vesture Psal. 22. 16 18. For thy sake I have born reproach shame hath covered my face I am become a stranger to my brethren an alien unto my mothers children for the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up and the reproaches of them who reproach thee are fallen upon me c. reproach hath broken my heart and I am full of heaviness c. they gave me also gall for my meat and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink Psal. 69. 7 8 9 20 21. I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to them who plucked off the hair I hid not my face from shame and spitting Isa. 50. 6. He is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief c. Surely he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem him stricken smitten of God and afflicted he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes or bruise we are healed c. We have turned every one to his own way and the Lord hath laid the iniquity of us all upon him or he hath made the iniquity of us all to meet on him He was oppressed he was afflicted c. He was taken from prison and from judgment c. He was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people was he stricken or was the stroke upon him He made his grave with the wicked c. It pleased the Lord to bruise him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make his soul an offering or when his soul shall make an offering for sin c. he shall bear their iniquities c. He hath poured out his soul unto death and he was numbered with the transgressors and he bare the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors Isa. 53. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. Who is this who cometh from Edom with dyed garments from Bosrah c Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel c I have trodden the Wine-press alone and of the people there was none with me Isa. 63. 1 2 3. Shall Messiah be cut off but not for himself c. And he shall confirm the Covenant with many c. He shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease Dan. 9. 26 27. By the blood of thy Covenant or whose Covenant is by blood I have sent forth thy prisoners Zech. 9. 11. What are these wounds in thine hands Then shall he answer Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends Awake O sword against my shepherd and against the man my fellow saith the Lord of Hosts smite the shepherd c. Zech. 13. 6 7. Mat. 26. 31. From that time forth began Jesus to shew c. how that he must suffer many things of the Elders c. and be killed c. When Peter had said Be it far from thee Lord he turned and said to Peter Get thee behind me Satan c. thou savourest not the things of God c. Mat 16. 21 22 23. Luk. 17. 25. Likewise also shall the Son of Man suffer of them c. The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men and they shall kill him Mat. 17. 12 22 23. Acts 3. 13 15. The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of the chief Priests c. and they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucifie him Mat. 20. 17 18 19. Luke 18. 31 32 33. and Acts 10. 39. The chief Priests c. assembled and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty and kill him c. Jesus c. began to be sorrowful and very heavy then said he unto them My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death c. Put up thy sword thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of Angels But how then shall the Scripture be fulfilled that thus it must be They spit in his face and buffeted him Mat. 26. 2 37 38 52 53 54 67. Joh. 12. 27. The Soldiers mocked him they spit upon him and smote him on the head c. They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall c. They crucified him between two thieves c. They parted his
might preach c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Blessed be God c. according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world c. Having predestinated us unto the Adoption of children by Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace c. Having made known to us the mistery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself c. Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will Ephes. 1. 4 5 6 9 11. Which in other ages was not made known c. That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ Ephes. 3. 5 6. Work out your own salvation c. for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. Giving thanks to the father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the Inheritance of the saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son Col. 1. 12 13. Knowing c. Your election of God for our Gospel came not unto you in word but also in power c. 1 Thes. 1. 4 5. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord 1 Thes. 5. 9. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation c. Whereunto he called you by our Gospel 2 Thes. 2. 13 14. God who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began 2 Tim. 1. 8 9. I endure all things for the elects sake c. Who concerning the truth have erred c. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure having this seal the Lord knoweth them that are his 2 Tim. 2. 10 18 19. If they shall enter into rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world Heb. 4. 3. To the strangers c. Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the father 1 Pet. 1. 1 2. Being disobedient whereto they were appointed but ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a peculiar or a purchased people that ye may shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness c. 1 Pet. 2. 8 9 10. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. They went out from us c. That they might be made manifest that they were not all of us 1 John 2. 19. All who dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the Book of life of the Lamb Rev. 13. 8. And they who dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the Book of life from the foundation of the World when c. Rev. 17. 8. CHAP. X. Pardon and remission of sins reconciliation and peace with God Justification and Sanctification before God eternal-life and Salvation free through the grace of God only by the death sacrifice and sufferings of Christ without Works In General THis is the true grace of God wherein ye stand 1 Pet. 5. 12. The Law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ John 1. 17. If by grace then is it no more works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be of works then is it no more of grace otherwise work is no more work c. That he might have mercy on all O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom c. Rom. 11. 6 32 33. We are the Circumcision who worship God in spirit rejoyce in Christ have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. We are come c. to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel Heb. 12. 24. Who testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow 1 Pet. 1. 11. In Particular Pardon of Sins The Lord proclaimed himself The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth c. Forgiving iniquity transgression and sin Exod. 34. 6 7. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psal. 32. 1 2 5. As for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away Psal. 65. 3. But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared Psal. 130. 4. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red as crimson they shall be as wooll Isa. 1. 18. I am he who blotteth out thy transgression for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins Isa. 43. 35. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sins Sing O Heavens for the Lord hath done it Isa. 44. 22 23. He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities c. the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all c. he shall bear their iniquities Isa. 53. 5 6 11. Let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and unto our God for he will abundantly pardon or multiply pardons for my thoughts are not your thoughts c. Isa. 55. 7 8 9. I will make a new Covenant c. for I will forgive their iniquity and will remember their sins no more Jer. 31. 31 34. Heb. 10. 17 18. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned against me and whereby they have transgressed against me Jer. 33. 8. In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve Jer. 50. 20. Seventy weeks are determined c. to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity c. the Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself c. Dan. 9. 24 26. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage c. thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea Mic. 7. 18 19. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Mat. 1. 21. Jesus said to the sick of the Palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee c. Ye may know that the Son
of man hath power on earth to forgive sins Mat. 9. 2 6. All manner of sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven to men but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him in this world neither in the world to come Mat. 12. 31 32. To give knowledg of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercies of our God whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us Luke 1. 77 78. I say unto thee Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little And he said unto her Thy sins are forgiven thee Luke 7. 48 49. It behoveth Christ to suffer c. and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name Luke 24. 46 47. Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world John 1. 29. Repent c. that your sins may be blotted out when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and he shall send Jesus c. Acts 3. 19 20. Jesus c. hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins Acts 5. 30 31. To him gave all the prophets witness That through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10. 43. Be it known unto you c. that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins Acts 13. 38. To open the eyes c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins c. Acts 26. 18. Whom God hath set forth or fore-ordained to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission or passing over of sins Rom. 3. 25. Christ dyed for our sins according to the Scriptures c. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. 3 56 57. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses unto them c. For he hath made him to be sin for us 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins Gal. 1. 3 4. In whom ye have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace wherein he hath abounded c. Eph. 1. 7 8. Col. 1. 14. And you c. hath he quickned together with him having forgiven you all trespasses Col. 2. 13. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity Tit. 2. 13 14. His Son c. when he had by himself purged our sins sate down Hebr. 1. 2 3. Wherefore it behoveth him to be made like unto his brethren c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb. 2. 17. I will be merciful unto their unrighteousnesses and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more Heb. 8. 12. If the blood of bulls c. sanctifieth c. how much more shall the blood of Christ who offered himself c. purge our consciences c. by means of death for the redemption of the transgression Without shedding of blood no remission of sin c. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many Heb. 9. 13 14 15 22 26 28. This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sate down Heb. 10. 12. Who his own self bear our sins in his own body on or to the tree c. by whose stripes ye were healed 1 Pet. 2. 24. Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us unto God 1 Pet. 3. 13. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin c. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 Joh. 1. 7 9. If any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. I write to you little children because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake 1 John 2. 1 2 12. He was manifested to take away our sins c. 1 John 3. 5. Herein is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins 1 John 4. 10. Jesus Christ c. who hath loved us and washed us with his own blood from our sins Rev. 1. 5. Reconciliation to and peace with God Fury is not in me c. Let him take hold of my strength he may make peace with me he shall make peace with me Isa. 27. 4 5. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake Isa. 42. 21. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Isa. 53. 5. Seventy weeks are determined c. to make reconciliation for iniquity Dan. 9. 24. He shall be a Priest upon his throne and the counsel of peace shall be between them both Zech. 6. 12 13. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Mat. 3. 17. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my Father and unto your Father and unto my God and your God John 20. 17. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ Acts 10. 36. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ c. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled c. We say in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the Atonement Rom. 5. 1 10 11. God who hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ and hath committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses c. 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. The glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved Eph. 1. 6. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by he blood of Christ for he is our peace who hath made both one hath broken down the middle-wall of partition between us hath abolished in his flesh the enmity the law of commandments in ordinances for to maâ—…e in himself of twain one new man so making peaâ—… That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity thereby or in himself and came and preached peace to you who were
Lord because he hath heard my voice Psal. 116. 1. Thy name is as ointment poured out therefore do the virgins love thee Cant. 1. 3. Thus faith the Lord I remember thee or for thy sake the kindness of thy youth the love of thine espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness Jer. 2. 2. Judah hath prophaned the holiness of the Lord whom he loved or ought to love Malachi 2. 11. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment c. On these c. hang all the law and the prophets Matt. 22. 37 38 39 40. Iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold Matt. 24. 12. Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little Luk. 7. 47. He who loveth me shall be loved of my father and I will love him and will manifest my self to him c. VVe will come unto him and make our abode with him John 14. 21 23. Peter c. lovest thou me more than these he saith unto him yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee c. Again the second and third time John 21. 15 16 17. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy Ghosts Rom. 5. 5. If any man love God the same is known of him 1 Cor. 8. 3. Though I speak with the tongue of men and angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling-cymbal and though I have the gift of prophesie and understand all mysteries c. I have all faith c. and have no charity I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have no charity it profiteth me nothing c. Charity never faileth c. Now abideth faith hope charity but the greatest of these is charity 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3 8 13. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be anathema maranatha 1 Cor. 16. 22. Whether we are besides our selves it is to God c. for the love of Christ constraineth us 2 Cor. 5. 13 14. Circumcision availeth nothing c. but faith which worketh by love c. fruit of the spirit is love Gal. 5. 6 22. The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God 2 Thes. 3. 5. Hearing of thy love c. which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus c. Phil. ver 5. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name Heb. 6. 10. Jesus Christ whom having not seen ye love 1 Pet. 1. 7 8. God is love and he who dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him c. there is no fear in love but perfect love casteth out fear c. He who feareth is not made perfect in love We love him because he first loved us If any man say I love God and hateth his brother is a lyar for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen 1 John 4. 16 17 18 19 20. By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God c. 1 John 5. 2. I have something against thee because thou hast left thy first love remember therefore from whence thou art fallen c. Rev. 2. 4 5. As fruits of love to God and Christ. To delight themselves in him long for and pant after him make their boast of and glory and rejoyce in God and Christ as their portion all and rest and to obey and hearken to him First To delight in long for pant after make their boast of glory and rejoyce in God and Christ as their portion all and rest My presence shall go and I will give thee rest and he said unto him If thy presence go not carry us not up hence Exod. 33. 4 14 15. Their rock is not as our rock even our enemies themselves being Judges Deut. 32. 31. I rejoyce in thy salvation there is none holy as the Lord for there is none besides thee neither is there any rock like our God c. 1 Sam. 2. 1 2. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer the God of my rock c. my shield and the horn of my salvation my high tower and my refuge and my saviour who is God save the Lord and who a rock save our God 2 Sam. 22. 3 32. When he giveth quietness who can make trouble and when he hideth his face who then can behold him c. Job 34. 29. Thou O Lord a shield for or about me my glory and the lifter up of my head Psal. 3. 3. There be many who say who will shew us good Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us Thou hast put gladness into my heart more than in the time that their corn and their wine encreaseth Psal. 4. 6 7. I will be glad and rejoyce in thee I will sing praises to thy name c. Psal. 9. 2. Why standest thou afar off O Lord why hidest thou thy self in times of trouble Psal. 10. 1. How long wilt thou forget me O Lord for ever how long wilt thou hide thy face from me Psal. 13. 1. The Lord the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou maintainest my lot the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places yea I have a goodly heritage c. in thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore Psal. 16. 5 6 11. O Lord my strength and my redeemer Psal. 19. 14. We will rejoyce in thy salvation and in the name of our God we will set up our banners Psal. 20. 5. The king shall joy in thy strength O Lord and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoyce Psal. 21. 1. My God my God why hast thou forsaken me why art thou so far from helping me c Be not far from me for trouble is near c. be not thou far from me O Lord O my strength c. Psal. 22. 1 11 19. The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want c. thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me Psal. 23. 1 4. The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in his temple c. My heart said Thy face Lord will I seek hide not thy face far from me put not thy servant away in anger thou hast been my help leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation c. Psal. 27. 1 4 8 9. Sing unto the
c. such as are for death to death c. Who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem who shall bemoan thee c. Thou hast for saken me saith the Lord Jer. 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. Ye have done worse than your fathers sor behold ye walk every one after the imaginations of his own heart that ye may not hearken unto me therefore will I cast you out of this land c. Jer. 16. 9 11 12 13. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond is graven upon the tables of their heart c. Jer. 17. 1. Return ye c. And they said there is no hope but we will walk after our ow◅ doings c. Jer. 18. 11 12 15 16 c. The land is full of adulterers for because of swearing or cursing the land mourneth the pleasant places of the Wilderness are dried up Jer. 23. 10. As the evil figs c. so will I give the King and the Princes and the residue of Jerusalem which remain in this land and them who dwell in the land of Egypt I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt to be a reproach c. And I will send the sword the famine and the pestilence among them till they be consumed from off the land Jer. 24. 8 9 10. chap. 25. 7 8 9 10 11. Thus saith the Lord If they will hearken and turn every man from his evil way that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do because of the evil of their doings c. If ye will not c. then will I make this house like Shilo and will make this City a curse to all the nations of the earth Jer. 26. 2 3 4 5 6. Thus saith the Lord Thy bruise is incurable c. for the multitude of thine iniquity thy sins were increased I have done these things unto thee Jer. 30. 12 13 14 15. Because of all the evil of the children of Israel c. this City c. shall be delivered into the hand c. Jer. 32. 32 c. Ye have not hearkned unto me in proclaiming liberty every man unto his brother and every man to his neighbour Behold I proclaim a liberty for you saith the Lord to the sword and to the pestilence c. Jerem. 34. 1 17. This Jerusalem c. hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations c. Therefore thus saith the Lord I even I am against thee c. therefore the fathers shall eat the sons c. Ezek. 5. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. When God had shewed Ezekiel Judahs abominations he saith unto him Therefore will I also deal in fury mine eyes shall not spare neither will I have pity And though they cry c. will I not hear them Ezek. 8. 18. chap. 9. 8 9 10. But as for them whose heart walketh c. I will recompence their way upon their own head The glory of the Lord left the City Ezek. 11. 21 22 23. When the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of bread thereof and will send famine upon it and will cut off man and beast c. Though these three men Noah Daniel and Job were in it they should deliver but their own souls c. Ezek. 14. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Thus saith the Lord God Are ye come to enquire of me As I live saith the Lord God I will not be enquired of by you c. Ezek. 20. 1 2 3 4. God reckons up many sins of Jerusalem and then says Can thine heart indure Can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee I the Lord have spoken and will do it and will scatter thee c. Ezek. 22. 1 2 to the 15. When the righteous man turneth from his righteousness and committeth iniquity he shall even dye thereby Ezek. 33. 12 13 18. The heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against me therefore c. Ezek. 39. 23 24. The Kings of Babylon punished for their pride c. Dan. 4. 31 32. ch 5. Let her therefore put away her whōredoms out of her sight c. lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day she was born c. and I will not have mercy upon her children c. Hosea 2. 2 3 4 5. The Lord hath a controversie with the land because no truth nor mercy nor knowledg of God in the land by swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood therefore shall the land mourn c. Ephraim is joyned to Idols let him alone Hosea 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. 17. The pride of Israel doth testifie to his face therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity Judah also shall fall with them they shall go with the flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord but they shall not find he hath withdrawn himself from them They have dealt treacherously against the Lord Hosea 5. 3 4 5 6 7. Wo unto them for they have fled from me destruction unto them because they have transgressed c. they return not to the most high they are like a deceitful bow their princes shall fall by the sword c. Hosea 7. 13 14 15 16. Wo unto them when I depart from them Hosea 9. 12. They hate him who rebuke in the gate they abhor him who speaketh uprightly c. I hate I despise your feast days and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies c. Amos 5. 10 11 12 21 22 23. Wo unto them who are at ease in Zion c. who lye upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches c. who chaunt to the sound of the viol and invent to themselves instruments of musick like David who drink wine in bowls c. but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph therefore now shall they go captive c. I abhor the excellency of Jacob and hate his palaces Amos 6. 1 4 5 6 7 8. They shall cry unto the Lord but he will not hear them he will ever hide his face from them as they behaved themselves ill in their doings c. They build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity the heads thereof judg for reward and the Priests thereof teach for hire and the Prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean upon the Lord and say Is not the Lord among us none evil can come upon us therefore shall Zion for your sakes be plowed as a field and Jerusalem become heaps c. Micah 3. 3 4 5 10 11 12. Hear ye O mountains the Lords controversie c. for the Lord hath a controversie with his people and he will plead with
love Prov. 27. 5. He who rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he who flattereth with the tongue Prov. 28. 23. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee alone c. If he will not hear thee then take one or two more c. Matth. 18. 15 16 17. Luke 17. 3 4. Ye also are full of goodness filled with all knowledg able to admonish one another Rom. 15. 4. Paul rebuked Peter for not walking uprightly Gal. 2 11 12 13 14. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly c. teaching and admonishing one another Col. 3. 16. Comfort or exhort your selves together and edifie one another even as also ye do c. Warn them who are unruly or disorderly comfort the feeble-minded 1 Thes. 5. 11 14. If any man obey not c. have no company with him c. but admonish him as a brother 2 Thes. 3. 14 15. 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 c. Them that sin rebuke before all that others also may fear 1 Tim. 5. 1 2 20. Exhort one another daily c. lest any of you be hardned through the decitsulness of sin Heb. 3. 12 13. Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works not forsaking the assemblings of your selves c. but exhorting one another Heb. 10. 24 25. Brethren if any one of you do err from the truth and one convert him let him know that he c. shall save a soul from death and shall hide c. James 5. 19 20. Of some have compassion making a difference and others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh Jude verse 20. 22 23. See Discipline Chap. 27. To take rebuke admonition c. well from each other When David had rashly resolved to cut off all Nabals family and Abigail had met him and humbly and wisely admonished him David accepts of the advice and saith Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me and blessed be thy advice and blessed be thou who hast kept me this day from shedding of blood c. I have hearkned to thy voice 1 Sam. 25. 22 23 24 25 to the 35. When Nathan had told David his sin in the matter of Uriah David said I have sinned against the Lord 2 Sam. 12. 7 13. When Joab had told the King of his errour in mourning so for Absalom as to discourage his subjects who had fought for him David hearkned and arose and sate in the gate as Joab advised 2 Sam. 19. 5 6 7 8. Let the righteous smite me it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me it shall be as excellent oyl which shall not break my head Psal. 141. 5. A wise man will hear and will increase learning Prov. 1. 5. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate thee rebuke a wise man and he will love thee give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser c. Prov. 9. 8 9. He is in the way of life who keepeth instruction but he who refuseth reproof erreth or causeth to err Prov. 10. 17. Whosoever loveth instruction loveth knowledg but he who hateth reproof is brutish c. he who hearkneth unto counsel is wise Prov. 12. 1 15. A wise son heareth his fathers instruction but a scorner heareth not rebuke c. Poverty and shame to him who refuseth instruction but he who regardeth reproof shall be honoured Prov. 13. 1 18. A fool despiseth his fathers instruction but he who regardeth reproof is prudent c. He who hateth reproof shall die c. A scorner loveth not one who reproveth c. The ear which heareth reproof of life abideth among the wise He who refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul c. Prov. 15. 5 10 12 31 32. A reproof entreth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool Prov. 17. 10. As an ear-ring of gold c. so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear Prov. 25. 12. He who being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy c. The rod and reproof gives wisdom Prov. 29. 1 15. Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth Gal. 4. 16. Submit your selves one to another in the fear of God Ephes. 5. 21. Ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility 1 Pet. 5. 5. 7thly To confess sin to and pray each for other When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit to do a trespass against the Lord c. then they shall confess their sin which they have done and he shall recompence his trespass c. and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed Numb 5. 6 7. And many who believed came and confessed and shewed their deeds c. Acts 19. 18 19. Paul confesseth that beyond measure he persecuted the Church of God and wasted it c. Gal. 1. 13. 1 Tim. 1. 12 13. Confess your fault one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed Jam. 5. 16. If a man see his brother sin a sin not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them who sin not unto death 1 John 5. 16. 8thly To be of one mind Behold how good and how pleasant is it for brethren to dwell together in Unity like the precious ointment upon the head c. Psal. 133. 1 2. Christ prays that they may be kept that they may be one as we are c. Joh. 19. 11 12. And the multitude of them who believed were of one heart and of one soul c. Acts 4. 32. We being many are one body in Christ and every one members one of another c. Be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 5 16. Now the God c. grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God even the father Rom. 15. 5 6. I beseech you brethren c. that ye all speak the same things and that there be no division but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment 1 Cor. 1. 10 12. Whereas there is among you c. divisions Are ye not carnal c One faith I am of Paul c. 1 Cor. 3. 3 4. When ye come together in the Church I hear there be divisions among you c. 1 Cor. 11. 18 23. Finally brethren c. be of one mind 2 Cor. 13. 11. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace c. one body and one spirit Ephes. 4. 3 4 5. That ye stand fast in one spirit with one mind striving
2. 10. 5thly That God doth sometimes make enemies and the persecutors themselves to acknowledg the Saints innocency when they suffer And will surely avenge them upon their adversaries He will revenge the blood of his servants and will render vengeance to to his adversaries and will be merciful to his land c. Deut. 32. 43. When David had spared Saul being in his hands Saul said to David Is this thy voice my son David c Thou art more righteous than I for thou hast rewarded me good whereas I have rewarded thee evil and thou hast shewed this day how thou hast done well with me forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hands thou killedst me not c. 1 Sam. 24. 16 17 18 19. Again in the like case Saul said I have sinned c. Behold I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly 1 Sam. 26. 21. Haman Mordecai's great enemy forced to honour Mordecai c. Esther 6. 7 8 9 10 11. Haman is hanged upon the same gallows he erected for Mordecai Esther 7. 9 10. He ordained his arrows against the persecutors Psal. 7. 13. They have digged a pit for me into the midst of which they are fallen Psal. 57. 6. The righteous shall rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance c. so that a man shall say c. Verily he is a God who judgeth in the earth Psal. 58. 10 11. The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed Psal. 103. 6. Be not afraid c. for yet a very little while and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction Isa. 10. 24 25. When thine hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed for envy at thy people or towards thy people c. Isaiah 26. 11. All who watch for iniquity are cut off who make a man an offender for a word Isa. 29. 20 21. I was wrath with my people c. thou didst shew them no mercy c. therefore these two things shall come upon thee in a moment c. Isa. 47. 5 6 7 8 9. Fear ye not the reproach of men c. for the moth shall eat them up like a garment and the worm shall eat them like wood c. Thus saith the Lord c. who pleadeth the cause of his people Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling the dregs of the cup of my fury c. but I will put it into the hands of them who afflict thee who have said to thy soul Bow down c. Isa. 51. 7 8 21 22 23. Your brethren who hated you c. he shall appear to your joy and they shall be ashamed Isa. 66. 5. God threatens several nations for their insolent insulting over his people the Jews and for their cruel usages of them and declares the vengeance he would take against them Ezek. 25. chap. 26. chap. 35. chap. 36. Nebuchadnezzar who had caused Shadrach Meshech and Abednego to be cast into the fiery-furnace now said unto them Ye servants of the most high God come forth c. and the king promoted them Dan. 3. 26 30. So did Darius when Daniel by the prosecution of the Presidents and Princes was cast into the lions den came and said O Daniel servant of the living God c. And the king commanded and they brought those men who had accused Daniel and they cast them into the den of lions them their children and their wives c. Dan. 6. 20 24. I have heard the repâ—…ch of Moab and the revilings of the children of Ammon whereby they have reproached my people c. therefore as I live saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel Surely Moab shall be as Sodom Zephan 2. 8 9 10 11. Whoso shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo unto the world because of offences Matth. 18. 6 7 10. Luke 17. 1 2. I send unto you Prophets c. some of them you shall kill c. that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel c. All these things shall come upon this generation Matth. 23. 34 35 36. Shall not God avenge his own elect who cry day and night unto him though he bear long with them I tell you that he will avenge them speedily Luke 18. 7 8. Pilate himself said of Christ I find no fault in him c. Luke 23. 14. King Agrippa and Festus both said of Paul This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds Acts 26. 30 31. In nothing terrified by your adversaries which is to them an evident token of perdition c. and that of God Phil. 1. 28. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them who trouble you c. 2 Thess. 1. 6. He who leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity he who killeth with the sword must be killed c. Here is the patience and the faith of the Saints Rev. 13. 10. Babylon is fallen here is the patience of the Saints Revel 14 8 9 10 11 12. Thou art righteous O Lord c. because thou hast judged thus for they have shed the blood of Saints and Prophets and thou hast given them blood to drink for they are worthy Rev. 16. 5 6. 6thly That God will comfort uphold and preserve his in all their troubles and not lay more on them than they can bear In that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them who are tempted Heb. 2. 18. chap. 4. 15. chap. 5. 2. And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistins although that was near for God said Lest peradventure the people repent when they fee war and they return to Egypt c. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light to go by day and night Exod. 13. 17 21. Thou shalt not be afraid c. for the Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible and the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little Deut. 7. 19 20 21 22. The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee Deut. 33. 27. David was greatly distressed c. but David encouraged himself in the Lord 1 Sam. 30. 6. Will he plead against me with his great power no but he would put strength into me Joh 23. 6. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in time of trouble thou wilt save the afflicted people Psal. 9. 9. Psal. 18. 27. Though I walk through the
persons of the wicked Selah Defend the poor and fatherless do justice to the afflicted and needy deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hands of the wicked Psal. 82. 1 2 3 4. David said I will not know a wicked person whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I cut off him who hath a high look and a proud heart him will I not suffer mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwell with me he who walketh in a perfect way shall serve me c. I will early destroy all the wicked of the land c. Psal. 101. 3 4 5 6 7 8. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness for the throne is established by righteousness righteous lips are the delight of kings and they love him who speaketh right Prov. 16. 12 13. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked to overthrow the righteous in judgment Prov. 18. 5. A king who sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes c. A wise king scattereth the wicked and bringeth the wheel over them c. Mercy and truth preserve the king and his throne is upholden by mercy Prov. 20. 8 26 28. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice Prov. 21. 3. Take away the wicked from before the king and his throne shall be established in righteousness Prov. 25. 5. As a roaring lion c. so is a wicked ruler over the poor people a Prince who wanteth understanding c. Prov. 28. 15 16. When the righteous are in authority the people rejoyce but when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn c. The king by judgment stablisheth the land but he who receiveth gifts overthroweth it c. The king who faithfully judgeth the poor his throne shall be established for ever c. Many seek the rulers favour but every mans judgment is from the Lord Prov. 29. 2 3 14 26. It is not for kings to drink wine nor for Princes strong drink lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted Prov. 31. 4 5. Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished Eccles. 4. 13. If thou seest the oppression of the poor and violent perverting of judgment and justice c. he who is higher than the highest regardeth Eccles. 5. 8. Wo to thee O land when thy king is a child and thy Princes eat in a morning blessed thou O land when thy king is the son of Nobles and thy Princes eat in due season for strength and not for drunkenness Eccles. 10. 16 17. The Princes are rebellious and companions of thieves every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards they judg not the fatherless neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them c. Ah I will ease me c. Isa. 1. 22 24. I will give children to be their Princes and babes shall rule over them and the people shall be oppressed every one by another Isa. 3. 4. Wo unto them who decree unrighteous decrees c. to turn aside the needy from judgment c. what will ye do in the day of visitation c Isa. 10. 1 2 3. In that day shall the Lord of Hosts c. for a spirit of judgment to him who sits in judgment Isa. 28. 5 6. He who despiseth the gain of oppressions who shaketh his hands from holding of bribes c. he shall dwell on high Isa. 33. 15 16. Is not this the fast that I have chosen To loose the bands of wickedness to undo the heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go free and that ye break every yoke Isa. 58. 6. Judgment is turned away backward and justice standeth afar off for truth it is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter Isa. 59. 14. Hear the word of the Lord O king of Judah c. Thus saith the Lord Execute ye judgment and righteousness and deliver ye the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor do no wrong do no violence to the stranger c. neither shed innocent blood in this place c. Shalt thou reign because thou closest thy self in Cedar Did not thy father eat and drink and do judgment and justice and it was well with him he judged the cause of the poor then it was well with him c. but thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness and for to shed innocent blood and for oppression and for violence c. Jer. 22. 1 2 3 15 16 17. Ezek. 22. 27. O Princes of Israel remove violence and spoil and execuue judgment and justice Take away your exactions from my people saith the Lord God Ezek. 45. 9. King Nebuchadnezzar for his great pride was driven from men to eat grass as an ox Dan. 4. 30 31 32 33. I hate I despise your feasts c. let judgment run down as waters c. Amos 5. 21 24. Hear this ye Princes c. who abhor judgment c. the heads thereof judg for reward Micah 3. 9 11. chap. 7. 3. Judg not according to the appearance but judg righteous judgment John 7. 24. Refrain your selves from these men c. for if this counsel or this work be of men it will come to nought but if it be of God ye cannot overthrow it Acts 5. 34 35 36 37 38 39. Ye ought to c. do nothing rashly c. the law is open let them implead one another Acts 19. 36 38. It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any to die before he who is accused have the accusers face to face and have licence to answer for himself c. It seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and withal not to signifie the crime laid against him Act. 25. 16 27. Rulers are not a terror to good works but to the evil c. for he is the minister of God to thee for good c. a revenger to execute wrath upon him who doth evil c. Theyare Gods ministers attending continually upon this very thing Rom. 13. 3 4 16. Governours c. for the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of them who do well 1 Pet. 2. 14. The duties of subjects to their magistrates in respect both to their persons and decrees 1st What they may not do when and wherein they may not obey them Render to Cesar the things which are Cesars and to God the things which are Gods Mat. 22. 21. The king of Egypt commanded the midwives to kill the men-children of the Hebrews But they feared God and obeyed not the king And God took it well of them Exod. 1. 15 16 17 20 21. Saul said Jonathan should surely die c. And the people said c. As the Lord liveth there shall not one hair of his head fall c. So the people rescued Jonathan that he died not 1 Sam. 14.
7. 1 2. A living dog is better than a dead Lion c. there is no work c. in the grave whither thou goest Eccles. 9. 3 4 5 10. Then shall the dust return unto the earth as it was and the spiriâ—… shall return unto God who gave it Eccles. 12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. He will swallow up death in victory and the Lord God will wipe away tears c. Isa. 25. 8. Set thine house in order for thou must die c. I said in the cutting off of my days I shall go to the gates of the grave c. The grave cannot praise thee c. the living the living he shall praise thee as I do this day Isa. 38. 1 2 10 11 18 19. All flesh is grass and the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it Isa. 40. 6 7 8. James 1. 10 11. 1 Pet. 1. 24. That thou shouldst be afraid of man who shall dye c. and be made as grafs Isa. 51. 12. The righteous perish and no man layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come Isa. 57. 1 2. Lamentation and bitter weeping Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children because they were not Jer. 31. 15. Matth. 2. 16 17 18. Son of man I will take away from thee the desire of thine eyes at a stroke yet neither shall thou mourn nor weep neither shall thy tears run down c. My wife dyed c. this was for a sign Ezek. 24. 16 17 18 24. Go thou thy way till the end for thou shalt rest and stand in the lot at the end Dan. 12. 13. I will ransom them from the power of the grave I will redeem them from death O death I will be thy plagues c. Hos. 13. 4. 1 Cor. 15. 55. Jesus said unto the man on the cross Verily c. to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Luke 23. 42 43. Simeon said Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for mine eyes have seen thy salvation Luke 2. 26 29. I must work c. while it is day the night cometh wherein no man can work John 9. 4. And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother c. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping c. he groaned in his spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept John 11. 19 33 35. Ananias and Saphira both fell down and yeelded up the ghost Acts 5. 5 10. And they stoned Stephen calling and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit Act. 7. 59. And devout men carried Stephen and made great lamentation over him Acts 8. 2. He hath made of one blood all nations of men c. and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation Acts 17. 26. Whether we live we live unto the Lord and whether we dye we dye unto the Lord whether we live therefore â—…r dye we are the Lords for to this end Christ both dyed and rose again and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 7 8 9. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks c. 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. We have this treasure in earthen vessels 2 Cor. 4. 7. If our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissoved we have a building of God c. We groan being burdened c. Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord we are c. willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Cor. 5. 1 2 6 7 8. To dye is gain c. having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better Phil. 1. 21 23. Indeed he was c. nigh unto death but God had mercy on him and not on him only but on me also lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow Phil. 2. 27. Who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 21. I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others who have no hope 1 Thess. 4. 13. Christ who dyed for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thess. 5. 10. We brought nothing into the world and it is certain we can carry nothing out 1 Tim. 6. 7. Job 1. 21. I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I have fought c. 2 Tim. 4. 6 7. He took part of the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject to bondage Heb. 2. 14 15. It is appointed unto men once to dye but after this the judgment Heb. 9. 27. We have no continuing City here but we seek one to come Heb. 13. 14. Go to now ye who say to day c. we will go into such a City c. whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour which appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away for that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that James 4. 13 14 15. chap. 1. 10. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear 1 Pet. 1. 17. I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain c. 1 Pet. 2. 11. Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle even as our Lord c. 2 Pet. 1. 14. Blessed are the dead who dye in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labour and their works do follow them Rev. 14. 13. The beggar dyed and was carried by the Angels into Abrams bosom Luke 16. 22. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching Luke 12. 37 38. CHAP. XXXV Of the Resurrection of the Dead SO man lyeth down and riseth not till the heavens be no more they shall not awake Job 14. 12. I know my redeemer liveth c. and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another c. Job 19. 25 26 27. Psal. 49. 15. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness Psal. 17. 15. Thy dead men shall live together with my dead body shall they arise awake and sing ye who dwell in dust for thy dew is as the dew of herbs and the earth shall cast out the dead Isa. 26. 19. And many who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life c. Thou shalt rest and stand in the lot at the end of the days
your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life Rom. 6. 14 22. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus c. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death c. As many as are led by the spirit of God are the sons of God for ye have not received the spirit of bondage c. but the spirit of adoption c. And if children then heirs heirsof God and joynt heirs with Christ c. We know that all things work together for good to them who love God c. If God be for us who can be against us he who spared not his own Son c. How shall he not with him also freely give us all things Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect is it not God who justifies who is he that condemns c Who shall separate us from the love of Christ c We are more then Conquerors c. Rom. 8. 1 2 14 15 16 17 28 31 32 33 34 35 37. Gal. 4. 5 6 7. Whosoever believeth c. shall not be ashamed c. They that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved Rom. 10. 11 12 13. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God c. Whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the World or Life or Death or things present or things to come all are â—…ours and ye are Christs and Christ is Gods 1 Cor. 3. 16 22 23. chap. 6. 19. Do ye not know that the Saints shall judg the world c We shall judg Angels how much more things which pertain unto this life 1 Cor. 6. 2 3. The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband else were your children unclean but now are they holy c. He who is called in the Lord being a servant he is the Lords free-man 1 Cor. 7. 14 22. If any man love God the same is known of him 1 Cor. 8. 3. To the glory of God by us 2 Cor. 1. 20. Ye are the Temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people c. I will be a father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the Lord Almighty 2 Cor. 6. 16 18. Christ gave himself c. that he might deliver us from this present evil world Gal. 1. 4. Ye are all the children of God c. And if Christs then Abrahams seed and heirs according to the promise Gal. 3. 26 29. ch 4. 28. And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying Abba father c. And if a Son then an heir of God through Christ Gal. 4. 6 7. Brethren ye have been called unto liberty only use not liberty for an occasion unto the flesh Gal. 5. 13. Blessed be God who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things c. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children c. What is the riches of the glory of his Inheritance in the Saints c. The Church which is the body the fulness of him who filleth all in all Ephes. 1. 3 5 18 23. God who is rich in mercy and hath made us to sit together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus c. We are no more strangers c. but fellow-Citizens with the Saints and of the houshold of God c. Ye are built together for a habitation for God through the spirit Ephes. 2. 4 6 19 22. For me to live is Christ and to dye is gain Phil. 1. 21. The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ c. The God of peace shall be with you Phil. 4. 7 9. Giving thanks to the father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son c. The mystery which hath been hid from ages c. but now is made manifest unto his Saints to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery c. Col. 1. 12 13 26 27. Your life is hid with Christ in God c. The elect of God holy and beloved Col. 3. 3 12. That ye would walk worthy of God who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory 1 Thes. 2. 12. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ who dyed for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thes. 5. 9 10. Brethren beloved of the Lord c. He called you by our Gospel to the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ c. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our father who hath loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace 2 Thes. 2. 13 14 16. Godliness is profitable unto all things having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come c. We trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men especially of those who believe 1 Tim. 4. 8 10. Godliness with contentment is great gain 1 Tim. 6. 6. Unto the pure all things are pure Tit. 1. 15. Being justified c. we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life Tit. 3. 7. The angels c. are they not all ministring-spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation Heb. 1. 13 14. There remaineth therefore a rest or keeping of a fabbath unto the people of God c. Heb. 4. 9. chap. 6. 19. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name c. wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath that by two immutable things wherein it was impossible for God to lye we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Heb. 6. 10 17 18. The excellency of the new Covenant and the Saints priviledges under it Heb. 8. 7 8 9 10 11. chap. 10. 16 17 18 19. Others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings c. of whom the world was not worthy Heb. 11. 36 37 38. Ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the City of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable company of angels to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are written or enrolled in heaven and to God the Judg of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect and to Jesus c. and to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh c. Heb. 12. 22 23 24.
A crown of life which the Lord hath promised to them who love him James 1. 12. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised unto them who love him James 2. 5. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain and it rained not c. and he prayed again and the heavens gave rain and the earth brought forth her fruit James 5. 16 17 18. Blessed be God c. who c. hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus c. 1 Pet. 1. 3. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house an holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ c. ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation a peculiar or a purchased people that ye should shew forth the praise or virtues c. 1 Pet. 2. 5 9. Rev. 1. 6. Rev. 5. 10. Ye are thereunto called that ye should inherit a blessing c. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayer 1 Pet. 3. 9 12. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 7. According to his divine power hath given us all things which pertain to life and godliness c. whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature c. so an entrance shall be administred unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 1. 3 4 11. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation 2 Pet. 2. 9. Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ 1 John 1. 3. We have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous c. he who doth the will of God abideth for ever c. ye have an unction from the holy one and ye know all things 1 John 2. 1 17 20. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God c. Beloved now we are the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be 1 John 3. 1 2. Ye are of God c. greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4. 4. This is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us 1 John 5. 14. The revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass c. he hath made us kings c. Rev. 1. 1 6. Hurt not the earth c. till we have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads Rev. 7. 2 3. And it was commanded them they should not hurt c. but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads Rev. 9. 4. The Lamb shall overcome them c. and they who are with him are called and chosen and faithful Rev. 17. 14. See the advantage of faith Chap. 11. See more of their priviledges in afflictions and persecutions Chap. 22. In common calamities Chap. 23. In the glory believers shall have Chap. 36. In the next Chapter of their relation to Christ. CHAP. XV. The Union and Relations between Christ and his Church and the mutual love and esteem each of other and the manifestation thereof I Will declare thy name unto my brethren c. Psal. 22. 22. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy love is better than wine c. Thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore do the Virgins love thee Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thou feedest c. For why should I be as one who turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions If thou know not O thou fairest among women go c. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me he shall lye all night betwixt my breasts c. Behold thou art fair my love c. Cant. 1. 2 3 7 8 13 15 16. As the Lilly among thorns so is my love among the daughters as the Apple-tree among the trees of the wood so my beloved among the sons I sate down or delighted and sate down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit sweet c. I am sick of love his left hand under my head and his right hand doth embrace me c. O my dove let me see thy countenance let me hear thy voice for sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely Cant. 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 14. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth I sought him but I found him not I will rise now and go about the City c. I will seek him whom my soul loveth c. Saw ye whom my soul loveth I found him c. I held him and would not let him go Cant. 3. 1 2 3 4. Thou art all fair my love there is no spot in thee come with me c. Thou hast ravished or taken away my heart my sister spouse thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes c. How fair is thy love my sister spouse how much better is thy love than wine c A garden inclosed is my sister c. Let my beloved come into his garden c. Cant. 4. 7 9 10 12 16. It is the voice of my beloved who knocketh saying open to me my sister my love my dove my undâ—…filed c. I opened to my beloved but my beloved had withdrawn himself was gon my soul failed when he spake I sought him but could not find I called him but he gave me no answer c. Tell him I am sick of love c. My beloved is c. He is altogether lovely Cant. 5. 2 6 10 16. I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine c. Thou beautiful O my love c. my dove my undefiled c. Who is she who looketh forth as the morning fair as the moon clear as the sun Cant. 6. 3 4 9 10. I am my beloveds and his desire is towards me Cant. 7. 10. Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a seal upon thine arm for love is strong as death Cant. 8. 6. Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me Isaiah 8. 18. Heb. 2. 13. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me c. When saw we thee an hungry c. and did not minister c Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me Matt. 25. 34 35 40 45. Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall they see me Matt. 28. 10. He