mayest be clothed that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou mayest see Rev. 3. 18. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. CHAP. IX God's free Choice of his in Christ to Eternal Life and calling them according to his Purpose and Grace I Will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful to whom I will be merciful Exod. 33. 19. And ye shall be holy unto me for I the Lord am holy and have severed you from other people that ye should be mine Levit. 20. 26. Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth the Lord did not set his love upon you nor chuse you because ye were more in number than any people for ye were the fewest of all people but because the Lord loved you c. Deut. 7. 6 7 8 ch 14. 2. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them and he chose their seed after them even you above all people as at this day Deut. 10. 15. The Lord will not forsake his people for his names sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people 1 Sam. 12. 22. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and to make him a name and to do for you great things c. For thou hast confirmed to thy self thy people Israel a people unto thee for ever and thou Lord art become their God 2 Sam. 7. 23 24. Woe unto him who striveth with his maker let the Potsherd strive with the Potsherds of the earth Shall the clay say to him who fashioneth it What makest thou Woe unto him who saith unto his father What begettest thou c. Isa 45 9 10. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction c. for mine own sake will I do c. Isa 48. 10 11. Zech. 13. 9. The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit a wife of youth when thou wast refused saith thy God Isa 54. 5 6. I am found of them who sought me not I said Behold me behold me unto a nation which was not called by my name Isa 65. 1. Rom. 10. 20. ch 15. 21. Isa 55. 5. The Lord said to Jeremy Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest out of the womb I sanctified thee I ordained thee a Prophet unto the nation Jer. 1. 5. I have loved thee with an everlasting love therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee Jer. 31. 3. Hosea 14. 4. When God gives out the great promises of a new heart a new spirit c. he said Not for your sakes do I do this be it known unto you be ashamed c. Ezek. 36. 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32. ch 20. 43 44. When I c. saw thee polluted in thy blood I said unto thee in thy blood Live c. Ezekiel 16. 6 8. It shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them Ye are not my people there it shall be said unto them Ye are the sons of the living God Hosea 1. 10. I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy and will say to them which were not my people Thou my people and they shall say Thou my God Hosea 2. 23. Zechar. 2. 10 11. Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God c. and shall fear the Lord c. Hosea 3. 5. ch 2. 19 20. Zechar. 13. 9. When Israel a child then I loved him c. I taught Ephraim also to go taking them by their arms but they knew not that I healed them I drew them with cords of a man with bands of love c. Hosea 11. 1 2 3 4. O children of Israel c. You only have I known of all the families of the earth Amos 3. 2. I have loved you faith the Lord c. Is not Esau Jacob's brother c. yet I loved Jacob and hated Esau Malachi 1. 2 3. At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight Matth. 11. 25 26. Luke 10. 21. It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given c. Therefore spake I to them in parables because they seeing not c. Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear Matth. 13. 11 13 16. Mark 4. 12 34. I will give unto this last even as unto thee Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own Is thine eye evil because I am good So the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen c. To sit on my right hand or my left is not mine to give but to them for whom it is prepared of my Father Matth. 20. 14 15 16 21 23. Mark 10. 10. Jesus called Simon and Andrew and James and John to follow him and they did Mark 1. 16 17 18 19 20. Except that the Lord had shortned those days no flesh should be saved but for the Elects sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortned the days Mark 13. 20. Thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John He shall be great in the sight of the Lord c. He shall be filled with the holy Ghost even from his mother's womb Luke 1. 13 15. Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias c. when great famine was throughout all the land but unto none of them was Elias sent save unto Sarepta c. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elizeus the Prophet and none of them was cleansed saving Naaman c. Luke 4. 25 26 27. Christ called Zacheus to come down c. and he received him joyfully and Christ said to him This day is Salvation come to thy house for 〈◊〉 much as he also is the Son of Abraham For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost Luke 19 5 6 8 9 10. All which the Father hath given me shall come to me and him who cometh to me I will in no wife cast out c. This is the Father's will c. That of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing c. There are some of you who believe not c. No man can come unto me except it were given him of my Father John 6. 37 â—9 64 65. Jesus called the blind man whom he had healed and discovers himself to him
in my God Isa 61. 10. Hath a nation changed their gods which yet are no gods But my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit c. My people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the Fountain of living waters and have hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns c. Have I been a barren wilderness unto Israel c. Can a maid forget her ornaments a bride her attire yet my people have forgotten me days without number Jer. 2. 11 13 31 32. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might c. But let him who glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exerciseth loving-kindness c. Jerem. 9. 23 24. 2 Cor. 10. 17. 1. Cor. 1. 29. 31. The portion of Jacob is not like them for he is the Former of all things c. The Lord of hosts is his name Jer. 10. 16. ch 51. 19. O the hope of Israel the Saviour thereof in time of trouble why shouldst thou be as a stranger in the land and as a way-faring man turneth aside to tarry for a night Why shouldst thou be as a man astonied c. Yet thou O Lord in the midst of us and we are called by thy name c. Jer. 14. 8 9. ch 17. 13. The Lord is my portion saith my soul therefore will I hope in him Lam. 3. 24. Woe also unto them when I depart from them Hos 9. 12. Fear not O land be glad and rejoyce for the Lord will do great things c. Be glad then ye children of Zion and rejoyce in the Lord your God Joel 2. 21 23. But the Lord the hope or harbour of his people and the strength of the children of Israel Joel 3. 16. Arise and depart ye for this is not your rest because it is polluted Micha 2. 10. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither fruit in the vine c. yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation The Lord God is my strength c. Habbak 3. 17 18 19. Rejoyce because your names are written in heaven Luke 10. 20. Zacheus came down and received Christ joyfully Luke 19. 5 6. Lord to whom shall we go Thou hast the words of eternal life c. Thou art that Christ the Son of the living God John 6. 68 69. Philip said unto him Shew us the Father and it sufficeth John 14. 8. These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full John 15. 11. Peter said Lord thou knowest I love thee John 21. 17. The Eunuch went on his way rejoycing Acts 8. 38 39. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoyce in hope of the glory of God c. We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 5. 2 11. Rejoycing in hope Rom. 12. 12. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing Rom. 15. 13. Our consolation also aboundeth by Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 1. 5. Now thanks be to God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ 2 Cor. 2. 14. God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ Gal. 6. 14. My brethren rejoyce in the Lord c. We are the circumcision c. who rejoyce in Christ c. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord Philip. 3. 1 3 8. Rejoyce in the Lord alway and again I say rejoyce c. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your heart and mind c. Philip. 4. 4 7. Rejoyce evermore 1 Thes 5. 16. That by two immutable things wherein it is impossible for God to lye we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Heb. 6. 18. In whom though now ye see not yet believing ye rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1. 8. 1 John 1. 4. II. To obey and hearken to the Laws and Word of God in Christ THere is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4. 12. Now the Lord had said unto Abram Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto a land I will shew thee c. So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him Gen. 12. 1 4 5. Heb. 11. 8. So in putting away Ishmael and Hagar Gen. 21. 11 11 13 14. God said unto Abraham Take now thy son thine only Isaac whom thou lovest c. and offer him there for a burnt-offering c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took Isaac c. He stretched forth his hand and took his knife to slay his son c. In blessing I will bless thee c. because thou hast obeyed my voice Gen. 22. 1 2 3 10 17 18. In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws Gen. 26. 4 5. God bid Moses go and said he would be with his mouth c. He refused God was angry Exod. 4. 13 14. Thus did the children of Israel as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron so did they Exod. 12. 50. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and will give ear unto his commandments and keep all his statutes I will put none of these diseases upon thee Exod. 15. 26. Deut. 28. 1 2 3 c. I will rain bread c. that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no c. How long refuse ye to keep my commandments c. Exod. 16. 4 28. Now therefore if ye will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people c. And all the people answered together and said All that the Lord hath spoken we will do Exod. 19. 5 7 8. chap. 24. 3 7. Deut. 26. 16 17 18. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them who love me and keep my commandments Exod. 20. 6. Behold I will send an Angel before thee c. Beware of him and obey his voice provoke him not for he will not pardon you c. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice and do all that I spake then c. Exod. 23. 21 22. That ye seek not after your own heart c. Do all my commandments and be holy Numb 15. 39 40. We will hear it and do it And the Lord said c. They have well said all that they have spoken Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and
Ezek. 11. 5. The upright shall dwell in thy presence Ps 140. 13. If thou seek wisdom as silver c. and seek it as hid treasures c. then shalt thou understand c. The Lord is a buckler to them who walk uprightly Prov. 2. 4 5 6 7. My son c. let thine heart keep my commandments Prov. 3. 1. ch 23. 26. Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life Prov. 4. 23. For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord and he pondereth all his goings Prov. 5. 21. He who walketh uprightly walketh surely c. Prov. 10. 9. The integrity of the upright shall guide them c. the righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way c. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver him c. Such as are upright in the way are his delight Prov. 11. 3 5 6 20. He who walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord Prov. 14. 2. The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good c. the prayers of the upright is his delight c. A man of understanding walketh uprightly Prov. 15. 3 8 21. All the ways of man are clean in his own eyes but the Lord weigheth the spirits Prov. 16. 2. The just man walketh in his integrity Prov. 20. 7. Every way of man is right in his own eyes but but the Lord pondereth the hearts Prov. 21. 2. My son give me thine heart Prov. 23. 26. Joe 2. 12 13. If thou sayest Behold we know it nor doth not he who pondereth the heart consider Prov. 24. 12. A faithful man shall abound with blessings Prov. 28. 20. The upright love thee or they love thee uprightly Cant. 1. 4. The way of the just is uprightness thou most upright dost weigh the path of the just Isa 26. 7. Hezekiah c. Remember now O Lord I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart c. Isa 38. 2. Hearken unto me c. the people in whose heart is my Law fear ye not Isa 51. 7. Is it such a fast I have chosen c. to bow down his head as a bull-rush c. Is not this the fast I have chosen to loose the bands of wickedness Isa 58. 5 6 7 8. From the prophet to the Priest every one dealeth falsly for they have healed the nurt of the daughter of my people lightly saying Peace c. Jer. 8. 20. 11. O Lord of Hosts who judgest righteously who triest the reins and the heart Jer. 11. 20. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it I the Lord search the heart and try the reins even to give every man according to his ways according to the fruit of his doings Jer. 17. 9 10. ch 32. 19. Rom. 8. 27. I am God at hand c. not a God afar off Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth Jer. 23. 23 24. Heb. 4. 12 13. Job 34. 22. Cursed be he who doth the work of the Lord deceitfully or negligently Jer. 48. 10. I know the things which come to your mind every one Ezek. 11. 5. Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the Kings meat c. Dan. 1. 8. Do not my word do good to him who walketh uprightly Micah 2. 7. Behold his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him Habbak 2. 4. When ye fasted and mourned c. did ye at all fast unto me unto me Zechar. 7. 5 6 7. Ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick c. sacrificed to the Lord a corrupt thing c. Mal. 1. 13 14. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart Matth. 5. 23. When thou dost alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth c. No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other ye cannot serve God and Mammon Matth. 6. 3 24. Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life c. Not every one who saith Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom c. Matth. 7. 13 14 21. Because they had not root they withered away Matth. 13. 5 6. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man but that which cometh out c. those things which proceedeth out of the mouth cometh from the heart and they defile the man Matth. 15. 11 18. ch 23. 25 26. Jesus said If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Matth. 16. 24 25. The Lord said unto him who had improved his talents Well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things I will make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy c. Matth. 25. 20 21. Watch c. the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak Matth. 26. 41. Teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you Matth. 28. 20. When Jesus called the blind man he cast away his garment rose and came unto Jesus Mark 10. 50. Zacharias and Flizabeth walked in all the Ordinances and Commandments of the Lord blameless Luke 1. 5 6. Mary c. kept all these sayings in her heart Luke 2. 51. Simon James and John they forsook all and followed Christ c. Levi left all rose up and followed Christ when he had called him Luke 5. 10 11 27 28. Jesus said unto another Follow me but he said Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father c. Another said Lord I will follow thee but let me first go and bid them farewel c. Jesus said unto him No man having put his hand to the Plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God Luke 9. 59 61 62. ch 8. 14. Take heed of hypâ—risie for there is nothing hid which shall not be uncovered Luke 12. 1 2. If any man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters yea and his own life also he cannot be my disciple and whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple c. Whosoever he be among you who forsaketh not all he hath cannot be my disciple Luke 14. 26 27 33. No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one c. you cannot serve God and Mammon Ye are they who justifie your selves before men but God knoweth your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Luke 16. 13 15. Jesus saw Nathaniel c. and said of him Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile John 1. 47. God
for God is love c. If God so loved us we ought also to love one another c If any man say he loveth God and hateth his brother he is a lyar c. This commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his brother also 1 John 4. 7 8 11 12 20 21. 2 John ver 5. Levit. 19. 17 18. I have this against thee that thou hast gone back from thy first love Rev. 2. 4. III. From Love to sympathize with each other in Pity and Compassion Help and Comfort one another and bear one another's Burthen Have mutual Care THE children of Israel when they had in battel cut off the Benjamites they bemoan â—hem lift up their voices and wept sore and said O Lord God of Israel Why is this come to pass in Israel that their should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel c. and it repented them for Benjamin their brother and said There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day How shall we do for wives for them c. Judges 21. 1 2 3 6 7 12 13 14 15 16. With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful 2 Sam. 22. 26. Psal 18. 25. Prov. 17. 17. Thus saith the Lord of Host c. Shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother and oppress not the widow Zech. 7. 9 10. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Matth. 5. 7. Come ye blessed c. I was hungry and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me c. Verily I say unto you Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Matth. 25. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. Whosoever shall give you a cup of cold water c. because ye belong to Christ c. he shall not lose c. Mark 9. 41. In the parable of the man who fell among the thieves one looked upon the wounded man and another did so but a certain Samaritan saw him had compassion on him bound up his wounds c. He who shewed mercy was his neighbour Go and do thou likewise Luke 10. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37. I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Luke 22. 32. Rejoice with them who do rejoice and weep with them who weep Be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 15 16. We then who are strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weak and not to please our selves Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification Rom. 15. 1 2. 1 Cor. 8. 1. To the weak became I as weak that I might gain the weak c. 1 Cor. 9. 22. Let no man seek his own but every man another's wealth c. As I please all men 1 Cor. 10. 24 33. Phil. 2. 4. By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body c. that the members should have the same care one of another and whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured all the members rejoice with it Now are ye the body of Christ and members in particular 1 Cor. 12. 12 13 18 25 26 27. Rom. 12. 5. Charity c. seeking not her own 1 Cor. 13. 4. 5. Blessed be God c. the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort who comforteth us c. that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we our selves are comforted of God 2 Cor. 1. 3 4. Who is weak and I am not weak who is offended and I burn not 2 Cor. 11. 29. Bear ye one anothers burthens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 1 2. We are members one of another c. Be ye kind one to another tender-hearted Ephes 4. 25 32. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy kindness c. Col 3. 12. Remembring without ceasing c. your labour of love 1 Thes 1. 3. Comfort the feeble minded support the weak 1 Thes 5. 14. ch 4. 18. If â—he have washed the saints feet c. if she have relieved the afflicted c. 1 Tim. 5. 10. Ye endured a great fight of afflictions c. by reproaches and afflictions and partly whilst ye became conpanions of them who were so used for ye had compassion on me in my bonds Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels c. Remember them who are in bonds as bound with them and them who suffer adversity as being your selves also in the body Heb. 13. 2 3. Pure religion c. is this to visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions James 1. 27. The Lord is very pitiful and tender mercy James 5. 11. Be ye all of one mind having compassion one of another c. Be pitiful c. 1 Pet. 3. 8. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren c. Whoso hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him 1 John 3. 16 17. He shall have judgment without mercy who hath shewed no mercy and mercy rejoyceth against judgment James 2. 13. See this duty in time of Affliction or Persecution Chap. 22. III. To honour and respect each other and be kind and affectionate LOrd who shall abide in thy tabernacle c. he in whose eyes a vile person is contemned But he honoureth them who fear the Lord Psal 15. 1 4. My goodness extendeth not unto thee but to the Saints who are in the earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight Psal 16. 2 3. Ye are all brethren c. he who is greatest of you shall be a servant Matth. 23. 8 10 11. When Christ had washed his Disciples feet he said If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet Joh. 13. 12 13 14 15. Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another Rom. 12. 10. Eph. 4. 32. 2 Pet. 1. 7. Charity suffereth long and is kind 1 Cor. 13. 4. As we have opportunity let us do good unto all men especially to them who are of the houshold of saith Gal. 6. 10. Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God Eph. 5. 21. In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better then themselves Phil. 2. 3 4. Salute every Saint in Christ Jesus c. all the Saints salute you Phil. 4. 21 22. Have not the saith of our Lord Jesus c. with respect of persons For c. James 2. 1. Use hospitality one to another without
Work not intermedling with others nor idle or trifling SEek peace and pursue it Psalm 34. 14. Psalm 120. 7. Let thy feet be seldom in thy neighbours house lest he be weary of thee and hate thee Prov. 25. 17. Accuse not a servant to his master lest he curse thee c. Prov. 30. 10. Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the children of God c. Whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek turn to him the other c. Matth. 5. 9 38 39 40. If it be possible as much as lieth in you live peaceably with all men Dearly beloved avenge not your selves Rom. 12. 18 19. If the unbelieving depart let him depart c. but God hath called us to peace 1 Cor 7. 15. That ye study to be quiet and to do your own business and to work c. 1 Thes 4. 11. We hear that there are some among you who walk disorderly working not at all but are busie-bodies now them who are such we command and exhort c. that with quietness they work c. 2 Thes 3. 11 12. Withal they learn to be idle wandring about from house to house and not only idle but tatlers also and busie-bodies I will c. that they give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully 1 Tim. 5. 13 14 15. That they which have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works these things are good and profitable unto men c. and let ours also learn to maintain good works or profess honest Trades for necessary uses c. Tit. 3. 8 14. Follow peace with all men Heb. 12. 14. But if ye have bitter envying and strife c. this wisdom descends not from above but is c. The wisdom that is from above is c. peaceable gentle and easie to be intreated c. c. And the fruit of peace is sown in peace of them who make peace James 3. 14 15 17 18. From whence comes wars and fighting amongst you come they not hence even of your lusts c. James 4. 1. Let none of you suffer c. as a busie-body in other mens matters c. 1 Pet. 4. 15. He will love life c. let him seek peace and ensue it 1 Pet. 3. 11. 5. Not to be Discontented Angry or Revengeful against them But to behave themselves meekly gently and patiently towards them bearing Wrong LOT speaks to the wicked men tâ—us I pray you brethren do not so wickedly c. Gen. 19. 5 6 7. Simeon and Levi's cruelty in slaying the Shechemites greatly blamed Gen. 34. 25 26 30. ch 49. 5 6 7. David resolved in haste to destroy Nabal's house because of Nabal's unkindness but Abigail having interposed he blessed God for her counsel and forbore his revenge 1 Sam. 25. 32 33 34. Levit. 19. 18. Prov. 20. 22. ch 24. 29. Israel's rage against Judah was rebuked by the prophet 2 Chron. 28. 9 10. Fret not thy self because of evil-doers neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity for they shall soon be cut down Psal 37. 1 2. Prov. 24. 1 19. Envy not the oppressor and chuse none of his his ways Prov. 3. 31. Let not thine heart envy sinners but be in the fear of the Lord all the day Prov. 23. 17. Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause is in danger c. Matth. 5. 22. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you but if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive c. Matth. 6. 14 15. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart Matth. 11. 29. One of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and stroke a servant of the high-priest c. Then said Jesus unto him Put up again thy sword into his place for all they who take the sword shall perish by the sword Matth. 26. 51 52. ch 5. 39. The Samaritans did not receive Christ and when his Disciples James and John saw this they said Lord wilt thou that we command fire from heaven and consume them as Elias did and he turned and rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of for the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives c. Luke 9. 52 53 54 55 56. Charity suffereth long and is kind charity envieth not c. is not easily provoked thinketh no evil 1 Cor. 13. 4 5. In malice be ye children but in understanding be ye men 1 Cor. 14. 20. The fruit of the Spirit is c. long-suffering gentleness c. meekness temperance Gal. 5. 22 23. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour c. be put away from you Ephes 4. 31. Col. 3. 8. Let your moderation be known unto all men Phil. 4 5. Be patient towards all men see that none render evil for evil unto any man 1 Thes 5. 14 15. 1 Pet. 3. 9. The servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle unto all men c. patient in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves if God peradventure c. 2 Tim. 2. 2 4 25. Speak evil of no man to be no brawlers gentle shewing all meekness to all men Titus 3. 2. Let every man be slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God James 1. 19 20. The wisdom which is above is c. gentle and easie to be intreated c. James 3. 17. Not rendring evil for evil or railing for railing c. knowing that ye are c. Be ready always to give an answer unto every man c. with meekness 1 Pet. 3. 9 15. See the Duty of not Revenging on Enemies Persecutors Chap. 2. See the Duty of Moderation Meekness Patience c. in General Chap. 16. VI. To pity them shew them mercy pray for them and requite them Good for Evil Love for Hatred IF thou meet thine enemies ox or ass going astray thou shalt surely bring him back again to him If thou see the ass of him who hateth thee under his burtheâ— and wouldst forbear to help him thou shalt surely help with him or wouldst cease to leave thy Business for him thou shalt surely leave it to join with him Exod. 23. 4 4. Deut. 22. 1 2 3 4. If thy brother be waxen poor c. thou shalt relieve him a stranger or a sojourner that he may live Levit. 25. 35. David rewarded Saul good for evil which Saul acknowledgeth 1 Sam. 24. 17 18 19. Israel were charged to cloth feed and help the men of Judah then their captives 2 Chron. 28. 11. 15. With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful Psal 18. 25. The righteous is ever merciful Psal 37 25 26. He who considereth the poor or sick the Lord will strengthen him upon his bed of languishing Psaâ—m 41. 1 2 3. The merciful man doth good unto his own soul but he who is cruel
When they shall deliver you up c. study not before what to say it shall be given you then c. Mark 13. 11. Luke 24. 14 15 c. God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape 1 Cor. 10. 13. We should not trust in our selves but in God c. who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver 2 Cor. 1. 9 10. Judges 13. 22 23. 1 Sam. 17. 34 35 36 37. In nothing terrified by your adversaries Phil. 1. 28. Be careful for nothing but in every thing c. let your request be made known unto God Phil. 4. 6. We our selves glory in you c. for your patience and faith in all your persecutions 2 Thes 1. 4. Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example c. When he suffered he threatned not but committed his cause to him who judgeth righteously 1 Pet. 2. 21 23. If ye suffer c. be not afraid of their terror c. but sanctifie the Lord c. 1 Pet. 3. 14 15. Hebr. 13. 16. Rev. 2. 10. Wherefore let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their soul to him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. See more of Trust in God Chap. 16. See of Waiting for God Ibid. See more of not Fearing Ibid. Secondly The Duties of Saints and how they ought to behave themselves towards Enemies and Persecutors in a time of Persecution and Suffering from them 1. To be patient quiet and sober towards them not revenge or return Evil for Evil or Reviling for Reviling but forgive them JOseph instead of revenging upon his Brethren for their injuring of him speaks kindly to his Brethren and said Be not grieved nor angry with your selves that ye sold me hither for God did send me before you to preserve life c. So now it was not you who sent me hither but God c. Gen. 45. 6 7 8. Gen. 50. 19 20 21. Though Saul hunted for David's life yet would not David avenge himself upon him 1 Sam. 24. ch 26. When Shimei cursed David he bore it quietly and would not avenge himself 2 Sam. 16. 7 8 9 10 11. And afterward Abishai said to David Shall not Shimei be put to death for this because he cursed the Lord's anointed c. David said to Shimei Thou shalt not die 2 Sam. 19. 21 22 23. Job quarrelled not with the Instruments which spoiled him but acknowledged 't was the Lord Job 1. 20 21. O God to whom vengeance belong c. shew thy self Psalm 94. 1. Envy thou not the oppressor or the Man of Violence Prov. 3. 31. Say not thou I will recompence evil wait on the Lord and he shall save Prov. 20. 22. Say not I will do so to him as he hath done to me I will render to the man c. Prov. 24. 29. He was oppressed c. yet he opened not his mouth c. as a sheep c. so he opened not his mouth Isa 53. 7. Psalm 38 13 14. Jeremy said As for me behold I am in your hand do with me as seemeth good c. Jer. 26. 11 14. Resist not but whosever shall finite thee on the right cheek turn to him the other Matth. 5. 38 39. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you Matth. 6. 14 15. When one of Christ's Disciples drew his Sword c. he bid him put it up c. Matthew 26. 51 52. James and John said Lord Wilt thou that we command fire down from heaven and consume them c. but he turned and rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of for the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives c. Luke 9. 53 54 55 56. Ye shall be hated c. in your patience possess ye your souls c. Luke 21. 16 17 19. Paul said to Festus when he had said He was beside himself I am not mad most noble Festus c. Acts 26. 24 25. Recompence to no man evil for evil c. Avenge not your selves but rather give place to wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will repay faith the Lord Rom. 12. 17 19. Deut. 32. 35. Being reviled we bless c. being defamed we intreat 1 Cor. 4. 12 13. See that none render evil for evil unto any man 1 Thes 5. 15. Ye have condemned and killed the just and he doth not resist you James 5. 6. So is the will of God that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men c. Christ suffered c. leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps c. who when he was reviled reviled not again when he suffered he threatned not 1 Pet. 2. 15 21 23. Not rendring evil for evil or railing c. 1 Pet. 3. 9. 2. Not to desire or rejoice in the hurt of Enemies and Persecutors DAvid mourned and wept when Saul was slain although he had been his deadly enemy hated and pursued him several years 2 Sam. 1. 4 5 to the end Abner his great enemy who set up Ishbosheth in opposition to him being slain David said I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever c. He commands all to mourn for him and himself mourned followed him to his funeral 2 Sam. 3. 27 28 29 31 32. So David instead of rejoycing that Ishbosheth was slain commanded his young men to kill those who slew him 2 Sam. 4. 8 9 10 11 12. When Israel had conquered Judah the Prophet commanded them to let the Captives go feed them and clothe them and not insult over them 2 Chron. 28. 9 10 c. If I rejoice at the destruction of him who hated me or lift up my self when evil found him neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul Job 31. 28 29 30. He who is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished Prov. 17. 5. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth lest the Lord see it and it displease him and he turn away his wrath from him Prov. 24. 17 18. 3. To pray for and do good to Persecutors and Enemies IF thou seest the ass or ox of thine enemy going astray thou shall c. bring it back c. Exod. 23. 4 5. Miriam had spoken against Moses yet he prays for her against her Leprosie Numb 12. 1 10 13. Saul said to David Thou hast rewarded me good whereas I have rewarded thee evil 1 Sam. 24. 17. Israel came and fought against Judah and being overcome Judah shews them kindness 2 Chron. 28. If thine enemy hunger give him bread to eat and if he be thristy give him water to drink c. Prov. 25. 21. Rom. 12. 20. Seek
his voice at any time nor seen his shape John 5. 37. Not that any man hath seen the Father save he which is of God he hath seen the Father c. John 6. 46. The invisible things of him even his eternal Power and Godhead Rom. 1. 20. Who is the Image of the Invisible God Col. 1. 15. Who c. dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto whom no man hath seen nor can see 1 Tim. 6. 16. Now to the King eternal immortal invisible c. 1 Tim. 1. 17. V. Incorruptible WHO changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image c. Rom. 1. 23. To the King c. immortal c. 1 Tim. 1. 17. ch 6. 16. VI. He is the most Strong Almighty and Omnipotent God a Rock THE Lord appeared to Abraham and said c. I am the Almighty God c. Gen. 17. 1. ch 28. 3. ch 35. 11. And the Lord said c. Is any thing too hard for the Lord Gen. 18. 13 14. Jer. 32. 27. His hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob c. By the Almighty c. Gen. 49 24 25. I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm Exod. 6. 6. Jer. 30. 54. The Lord is a Man of War c. Thy right hand O Lord is become glorious c. Exod. 15. 3 6. He who saw the vision of the Almighty c. Numb 24. 4 16. Thou hast shewed thy servant c. thy mighty hand For what god is there c. who can do according to thy works and according to thy might Deut. 3. 24. Thou shalt not fear c. for the Lord thy God is among you a mighty God Deut. 7. 21. The Lord thy God c. he is a consuming fire Deut. 9. 3. Jehovah c. is the God of gods c. the most strong the greatest and the most powerful c. Deut. 10. 17. He is the Rock his work is perfect c. Jesurun c. forsook God c. and lightly esteemed of the Rock of his salvation c. Of the Rock who begat thee thou art unmindful c. Their rock is not as our Rock the enemies themselves being judges c. neither is there any who can deliver out of my hand Deut. 32. 4 15 18 31 39. 1 Sam. 2. 2. 2 Sam. 22. 3. 32. Psal 3. 3. That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty that ye may fear c. Josh 4. 24. ch 5. 14. The Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me c. And the Almighty hath afflicted me Ruth 1. 20 21. John 8. 3. There is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few 1 Sam. 14. 6. The Strength of Israel will not lie c. 1 Sam. 15. 29. Behold God is mighty c. mighty in strength c. Job 36. 5. Isa 28. 2. Shall he who contendeth with the Almighty instruct c. Hast thou an arm like God or canst thou thunder c. Job 40. 2. 9. ch 9. 13. I know that thou canst do every thing and that no thought can be with-holden Job 42. 2. Luke 1. 37. Matt. 19. 26. Who is a strong Lord like unto thee c. Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thine hand high is thy right hand Psal 89. 8 9 13. Isa 63. 1. Psal 24. 8. Rev. 18. 8. The Lord is cloathed with strength Psal 93. 1. They shall fight against thee but they shall not prevail against thee for I am with thee saith the Lord Jer. 1. 19. James 4. 12. The everlasting God never faints neither is weary c. He giveth power to the faint c. Isa 40. 28 29. The Lord is c. a strong-hold in the day of trouble Nahum 1. 7. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty Zephan 3. 17. 2 Cor. 6. 18. Isa 50. 2. ch 59. 1. With God all things are 〈◊〉 Mark 10. 27. Luke 1. 37. Do we provoke the Lord c. are we stronger than he 1 Cor. 10. 22. To him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us Ephes 3. 20. Rom. â—4 4. Strengthened c. according to his glorious power c. Col. 1. 11. Ephes 1. 19 20 c. Our God is a consuming 〈◊〉 Hâ—b 12. 29. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God c. 1 Pet. 5. 6. Lord God Almighty Rev. 4. 8. ch 11. 17. ch 15. 3. ch 21. 22. The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth Rev. 19. 6. VII He is Omniscient Omnipresent Immense THou Lord seest me for she said Have I here looked after him that seeth me Gen. 16. 13. The Lord is a God of knowledge and by him actions are weighed 1 Sam. 2. 3. Job 37. 16. ch 21. 22. The Lord seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart 1 Sam. 16. 7. Luke 16. 15. Thou thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men 1 Kings 8. 39. The Lord searcheth all hearts and understandall the imaginations of the thoughts If thou seek him he c. 1 Chron. 28. 9. Deut. 31. 21. Psal 147. 5. Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee c. 2 Chron. 6. 18. Jer. 23. 24. Hell is naked before him and destruction hath no covering Job 26. 6. God understandeth the way thereof and he knoweth the place thereof for he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven Job 28. 10 23 24. Isa 40. 28. His eyes are upon the ways of man and he seeth all his goings c. No darkness where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves Job 34. 21 22. Psal 11. 4 5. Job 31. 4. The righteous God trieth the hearts and reins Psal 7. 9. Jer. 11. 20. The Lord looketh from heaven and beholdeth all the sons of men c. Psal 33. 13 14 15. Heaven is thy throne earth is thy foot-stool Psal Understand ye brutish c. He that planteth the ear shall he not hear He that formeth the eye shall he not see c. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity Psal 94. 8 9 11. 1 Cor. 3. 20. Thou c. understandest my thoughts afar off thou c. art acquainted with all my ways For not a word in my tongue but loe O Lord thou knowest it altogether c. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me c. Whither shall I go from thy spirit or whither shall I flee from thy presence If I ascend up into heaven thou art there c. Psal 139. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 c. Prov. 5. 21. Jer. 23. 23 24. Job 9. 11. The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the good and the bad c. Hell and destruction are before the Lord how much more then the hearts of the children of men
Prov. 15. 3 11. 2 Chron. 16. 9. Woe unto them who seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord and say Who seeth us who knoweth us Shall the thing framed say of him that framed it He had no understanding Isa 29. 15 16. Mine eyes are upon all their ways they are not hid from my face neither is their iniquity hâ—d from mine eyes Jer. 16. 17. ch 32. 19 27. I the Lord search the heart I try the reins Jer. 17. 10. ch 20. 12. Psal 44. 21 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him c. Do not I fill heaven and earth Jer. 23. 23 24. I know the things which come into thy mind every one of them Ezek. 11. 5. Amos 4. 13. He revealeth the deep and secret things He knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him Dan. 2. 22 28. Job 12. 22. Thy Father who seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly c. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him Matt. 6. 4 6 8 18. Rom 8. 27. But of that day and hour knoweth no man c. but the Father Mark 13. 32. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world Acts 15. 18. That should seek the Lord c. though he be not far from every one of us Acts 17. 27. O the depth of the riches c. of the knowledge of God c. Rom. 11. 33 34. Pleasing c. God who trieth our hearts c. 1 Thes 2. 4. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 12 13. This is the message That God is light and that in him is no darkness 1 John 1. 5. VIII He is most Wise HE is wise in heart and mighty in strength c. Job 9. 4. ch 12. 13. Shall any teach God knowledge seeing he judgeth them who are high Job 21. 22 23. The Lord of hosts wonderful in counsel Isa 28. 29. The Lord is a God of judgment Isa 30. 18. He hath established the world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion Jer. 10. 12. ch 51. 15. Prov. 3. 19 20. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments c. Who hath been his counsellor c. Rom. 11. 33 34 35. To God only wise be glory c. Rom. 16. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 17. The foolishness of God is wiser than men 1 Cor. 1. 25. That by the Church might be made known c. the manifold wisdom of God c. Ephes 3. 10. To the only wise God our Saviour be glory c. Jude vers 25. IX He is most Holy WHO like thee O Lord c. glorious in holiness c. Exod. 15. 11. 〈◊〉 Lord thy God 〈◊〉 a jealous God visiting the iniquiry c. Exod. 20. 5. 〈◊〉 1. 2. Ye shall be holy for I am holy c. Levit. 11. 44. 45. ch 19. 2. ch 20. 26. I the Lord who sanctifieth you am holy Lev. 21. 8. For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you Deut. 6. 15. The Lord for he is an holy God he is a jealous God he will not forgive c. Josh 24. 19. There is none holy as the Lord for there is none besides 1 Sam. 2. 2. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6. 20. Josh 5. 14 15. Shall mortal man c. be more pure than his Maker Job 4. 17. ch 15. 15 16. The Holy One of Israel is our King Psal 89. 18. Psal 99. 9. The knowledge of the holy is understanding Prov. 9. 10. Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts Isa 6. 3. Behold from the habitations of thy holiness c. The people of thy holiness have possessed c. Isa 63. 15. 18. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel c. And the Heathen shall know that I am the Lord the Holy One in Israel Ezek. 39. 7. Isa 43. 14 15. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness c. Amos 4. 2. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look at iniquity Habak 1. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempteth he any man James 1. 13. Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is c. Rev. 4. 8. Who shall not fear thee O Lord c. for thou only art holy c. Rev. 15. 4. X. He is most Just SHall mortal man be more just than God Job 4. 17. A God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he Deut. 32. 4. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right c. Nâ—hem 9. 33. Jer. 12. 1. Lam. 1. 18 20. Surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment c. Wilt thou condemn him who is most just Job 34. 10 12 17 23. Psal 9. 8. Job 8. 3. He is excellent c. and in plenty of justice Job 37. 23. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness c Psal 11. 7. Psal 33. 5. Psal 7. 9. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne Psal 89. 14. No God besides me a just God c. Isa 45. 21. I am the Lord who exercise c. judgment and righteousness in the earth c. Jer. 9. 24. Psal 145. 17. Psal 19. 9. The justice of God both towards the righteous and wicked argued at large Ezek 18. ch 33. 8 9 c. The Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doth Dan. 9. 14. The just Lord is in the midst thereof he will not do iniquity every morning he doth bring his judgment to light Zeph. 3. 5. Hos 14. 9. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed c. Heb. 6. 10. Ezek. 33. 11 12 c. to 17. Lord God Almighty just and true are thy ways c. Rev. 15. 3. XI He is Compassionate Pitiful and Merciful THE men laid hold upon his hand c. the Lord being merciful to him Gen. 19. 16. The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious c. keeping mercy for thousands c. Exod. 34. 6 7. The Lord is c. of great mercy Numb 14. 18. Psal 108. 4. The Lord thy God is a merciful God he will not forsake thâ—e neither destroy thee c. Deut. 4. 31. O give thanks unto the Lord c. for his mercy endures for ever 1 Chron. 16. 34. 2 Chron. 20. 21. Psal 118. 1 2 3 4. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return c. 2 Chron. 30. 9. Psal 116. 5. Thou a God c. merciful slow to anger c. For thy great mercy sake thou didst not consume them
c. for thou art a gracious and merciful God Nehem. 9. 17 31. Psal 145. 8. Lam. 3 21 22 23. Joel 2. 13. Thy mercy O God is in the heavens c. Psal 36. Psal 57. 10. Thou a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering and plenteous in mercy c. Psal 86. 15. Psal 111. 4. Psal 145. 8. Psal 78. 38 39. Mercy c. shall go before thy face Psal 89. 14. The Lord is God his mercy is everlasting Psal 100. 5. The Lord is merciful c. he will not alway chide c. As the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy towards them who fear him c. Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who fear him for he knoweth our frame he remembreth that we are dust Psal 103. 8 9 11 13 14 c. Hos 11. 8 9. James 5. 11. His mercy endureth for ever c. Psal 136. 1 2 c. Luke 1. 50. Where c. is the founding of thy bowels and of thy mercies Isa 63. 15. I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you for I am merciful saith the Lord I will not keep anger for ever c. Jer. 3. 12. Judges 10. 15 16. Ephraim my dear son c. my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy on him c. Jer. 31. 20. 2 Chron. 36. 15. To the Lord our God belongs mercy c. Dan. 9. 9. I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful flow to anger and of great kindness and repentest thee of the evil c. Jonah 4. 2. Joel 2. 13. Hos 11. 8 9. Judg. 2. 18. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity c. He retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy Micah 7. 18. I am the Lord who change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed Mal. 3. 6. Lam. 3. 22. Remission of their sins Through the tender mercies or bowels of mercy of our God whereby the day-spring from on high c. Luke 1. 50 77 78. Blessed be God c. Father of mercies and God of all comfort 2 Cor. 1. 3. But God who is rich in mercy for his great love c. Ephes 2. 4. See Chap. 33. XII He is Long-suffering and Patient MY Spirit shall not always strive c. yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years Gen. 6. 3. The Lord c. long-suffering c. Exod. 34. 6. Psal 86. 15. The Lord is long-suffering c. Num. 14. 18. Thou art a God c. slow to anger c. Neh. 9. 17. Psal 104. 8. Joel 2. 13. Jonah 4. 2. Despisest thou the c. forbearance and long-suffering c. Rom. 2. 4. The Lord is not slack c. but his long-suffering to usward c. 2 Pet. 3. 9 15. XIII He is Gracious Good Kind and Bountiful I Am gracious Exod. 22. 27. The Lord God merciful and gracious c. abundant in goodness c. Exod. 34. 6. Psal 33. 5. Thou a God c. gracious c. and of great kindness Nem. 9. 17. 31. For the Lord God is a sun and shield no good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly Psal 84. 11. For the Lord is good c. Psal 100. 5. Psal 86. 5. Psal 136. 1 2 3 c. Great is thy bounty above the heavens Psal 108. 4. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness c. The Lord is gracious c. The Lord is good to all c. Psal 145. 7 8 9. Therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious to you c. and that he may have mercy c. Isa 30. 18. Let him who glorieth glory in this That c. he knoweth me that I am the Lord who exerciseth loving-kindness c. in the earth For in these things I delight saith the Lord c. Jer. 9. 2â— Matt. 5. 45. The Lord your God for he is c. of great kindness c. Joel 2. 13. Jonah 4. 2. Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance Rom. 2. 4. The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace wherein he hath abounded towards us c. Ephes 1. 7. That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Jesus Christ Ephes 2. 7. God who giveth unto all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given c. James 1. 5. The God of all grace who hath called us c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. XIV He is Faithfulness and Truth THE Lord c. abundant in goodness and truth Exod. 34. 6. God is not a man that he should lye c. Hath he said and shall not he do it or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Numb 23. 19. Heb. 6. 18. 1 Sam. 15. 29. Tit. 1. 2. Rom. 3. 4. Know therefore that the Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant c. to a thousand generations c. Deut. 7. 9 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Tim. 2. 13. Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you all are c. Josh 23. 14. ch 21. 45. Thou art that God and thy words be true and thou hast promised 2 Sam. 7. 28. Heb. 10. 23. 1 Kings 8. 56. Thy faithfulness reacheth to the clouds Psal 36. 5. Psal 108. 4. The heavens shall praise thy wonders O Lord thy faithfulness also in the congregation of thy saints c. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face c. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail Psal 89. 5 14 33. Psal 36. 5. Deut. 32. 4. Psal 108. 4. The Lord is good c. his truth endureth to all generations Psal 100. 5. Psal 117. 2. Psal 119. 89 90. He will ever be mindful of his covenant c. The works of his hands are verity c. are done in truth and uprightness Psal 111. 5 7 8. Happy is he c. whose hope is in the Lord his God c. who keepeth truth for ever Psal 146. 5 6. Heb. 10. 23. He who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth and he who sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth Isa 65. 16. Great is thy faithfulness c. Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good c. Lam. 3. 23 38. God is faithful and will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able c. 1 Cor. 10. 13. 1 Thes 5. 24. 1 Cor. 1. 9. Two immutable things wherein it is impossible for God to lye c. Heb. 6. 18. Commit the keeping of their souls c. as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. How long O Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge c. Rev. 6. 10. XV.
in peace but when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcometh him he taketh from him all his armour c. Luke 11. 21 22. We will not have this man to rule over us c. Those mine enemies c. bring hither and slay them c. Luke 19. 14 27. When he is come he will convince the world c. of judgment because the prince of this world is judged c. Be of good chear I have overcome the world John 16. 8 11 33. God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Acts 2. 36. Psal 110. 1 2 3. Luke 20. 42 43. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour c. Acts 5. 31. O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory c. Thanks be unto God who gave us the victory through our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 15. 54 55 56 57. Christ c. He set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers and might and dominion c. And hath put all things under his feet and given him to be head over all things to the Church Ephes 1. 20 21 22. Grow up in him in all things who is the head Christ c. Ephes 4. 15. Christ is the head of the Church and Saviour of the body Ephes 5. 23. He is the head of the body the Church c. that in all things he might have the pre-eminence Col. 1. 18. John 13. 13. He blotted out the hand-writing of ordinances which was against us which was contrary unto us and took it out of the way c. and having spoiled principalities and powers he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in it or in himself Col. 2. 14 15. It became him c. in bringing many sons unto glory to make the Captain of their salvation perfect c. He also himself took part likewise 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 on bondage Heb. 2. 10 14 15. But this man c. sate down at the right hand of God from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his foot-stool Heb. 10. 12 13. There is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4. 12. Even as I also have overcome and am sate down with my Father in his throne Rev. 3. 21. These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them for he is Lord of lords and King of kings Rev. 17. 14. X. He is our great Prophet and Shepherd to teach guide and feed us THE Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him thou shalt hearken c. And the Lord said They have well spoken c. I will raise them up a Prophet c. and I will put my words into his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him Deut. 18. 15 16 â—7 18 19. Acts 3. 22 23. ch 7. 37. I will declare thy name unto my brethren Psal 22. 22. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation c. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation c. Psal 40. 9 10. Thou hast received gifts for men yea for the rebellious also Psal 68. 18. Unto us a Son is given c. He shall be called Wonderful Counsellor Isa 9. 6. Behold the Lord God will come c. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arms and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those who are with young Isa 40. 10 11. A bruised reed shall he not break and the smoaking flax shall he not quench he shall bring Forth judgment unto truth c. The Isles shall wait for thy law I the Lord give thee c. 2 light of the Gentiles to open the blind eyes to bring out the prisoners from the prison them who sit in darkness out of the Prison-house Isa 42. 3 4 6 7. Behold I have given him c. a Leader and Commander unto the people Isa 55. 4. The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek c. to bind up the broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them who are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord c. To appoint unto them who mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning c. Isa 61. 1 2 3. I will feed them in goodly pasture and they shall lie in a good sold and in a far pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel I will feed my flock and will cause them to lie down faith the Lord God I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away I will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick c. And I will set up one Shepherd over them and he shall feed them my servant David he shall feed them and he shall be their shepherd Ezek. 34 14 15 16 23. Luke 19. 10. Out of thee shall come a Captain or Governor who shall rule or feed my people Matth. 2. 6. All things are delivered to me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him c. 〈◊〉 of me Matth. 11. 27. Luke 10. 22 23. The day-spring on high hath visited us to give light to them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide their feet in the way of peace Luke 1. 78 79. ch 2. 32. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist Luke 21. 15. Matth. 10. 19 20. Jesus beginning at Moses and all the Prophets he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself c. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures Luk. 24. 26 27 45. I am the Light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life c. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth c. John 8. 12 32. I am the good Shepherd The good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep c. I know my sheep c. Other sheep I have which are not of this fold and them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold one Shepherd John 10 11 12 14 16. I have manifested
his life c. If by one offence death reigned by one how much more they who received abundance of grace c. shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ c. That as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 5. 9 10 17 21. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 6. 23. Whom he justifies them also he glorifies What shall we say c. Rom. 8. 30 31. I declare unto you the gospel c. by which also ye are saved if c. 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3 4. In Christ c. in whom also we have obtained an inheritance Ephes 1. 11. God who is rich in mercy for the great love wherewith he hath loved us even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ By grace are ye saved that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace c. for by grace are ye saved through faith c. not by works lest any man should boast Ephes 2. 4 5 7 8 9. Christ in or amongst you the hope of glory Colos 1. 27. Ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God and Christ who is our life c. Col. 3. 3 4. Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thes 1. 10. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thes 5. 9 10. 2 Tim. 1. 9. ch 2. 10 11. Believe on him to life everlasting 1 Tim. 1. 16. Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel 2 Tim. 1. 10. Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he hath saved us c. Tit. 3. 5. He became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them who obey him Heb. 5. 9. Ephes 5. 23. By his own blood he entred in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us c. that they who were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance c. He shall appear c. unto salvation Heb. 9. 12 15 28. Receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls 1 Pet. 1. 9. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory by Jesus 1 Pet. 5. 10. 2 Tim. 2. 10. And this is the promise which he hath promised us eternal life 1 John 2. 25. 2 Tim. 1. 1. In this was manifest the love of God towards us because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him 1 Joh. 4. 9. This is the record that God hath given unto us eternal life and this life is in his Son he who hath the Son hath life c. 1 John 5. 10 11 12. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus unto eternal life Jude vers 21. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. ch 10. 26 27 28 29. See more in the next Chapter CHAP. XI How Men have the Benefit of this Salvation On by what Means it becomes theirs in particular By Faith 1 Tim. 6. 12. THE kingdom of God is at hand repent ye and believe the gospel Mark 1. 15. This is the commandment That we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ 1 John 3. 23. John 6. 29. Let us put on the breast-plate of faith 1 Thes 5. 8. The just shall live by his faith Habak 2. 4. Abram believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness Gen. 15. 6. Rom. 4. 3. He who believeth and is baptized shall be saved Mark 16. 16. Blessed is she who believeth that there or for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord Luke 1. 45. Acts. 27. 25. Jesus said to the woman Thy sins are forgiven c. Thy faith hath saved thee go c. Luke 7. 48 50. But to as many as received him to them he gave power or the right or privilege to become the sons of God to them who believe on his name John 1. 12. The Son of man must be lifted up that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have eternal life c. He who believeth on him is not condemned c. He who believeth on the Son hath everlasting life John 3. 14 15 16 18 36. Whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst c. John 4. 14. He who heareth my word and believeth on him who sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life c. Whom he hath sent him ye believe not c. And ye will not come to me that ye might have life John 5. 24 38 40. What shall we do that we may work the works of God Jesus answered and said unto them This is the work of God that ye believe on him whom he hath sent c. He who cometh to me shall never hunger and he who believeth on me shall never thirst c. This is the will of him who sent me that every one who seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life c. He who believeth on me hath everlasting life c. I am the living bread which caâ—e down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever c. Whosoever eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life c. he dwelleth in me and I in him c. I live by the Father so he who eateth me even he he shall live by me This is c. John 6. 28 29 35 40 47 51 54 56 57. He who believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live and whosoever â—iveth and believeth in me shall never die c. John â— 25 26. Jesus said unto Thomas Reach hither thy finger c. Be not faithless but believing c. Jesus 〈◊〉 unto him Because thou hast seen thou 〈◊〉 believed Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed c. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20. 27 29 31. Through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10. 43. By him all who believe are justified from all things c. Acts 13. 39. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus we shall be saved Acts 15. 11. Sirs What must I do to be saved And they said Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thine house Acts 16. 30 31. I kept back nothing which was profitable c. Testifying both to the Jews and also to
with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen saying Blessed be the King who cometh in the name of the Lord c. Jesus said c. If these should hold their peace the stones c. would cry out c. Luke 19. 37 38 40. And they continued daily with one accord in the temple c. did eat their meat with gladness and with singleness of heart praising God Acts 2. 46 47. Luke 24. 52 53. When the lame man was healed he stood up and entred with them into the temple walking and leaping and praising God Acts 3. 8 9. We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard Acts 4. 20. He took bread and gave thanks in presence of them all Acts 27. 35. Having therefore obtained help of God I continue unto this day Acts 26. 22. Paul and Silas being in Prison sang Praises to God that the Prisoners heard Acts 16. 24 25. Who shall deliver I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 7. 24 25. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor or who hath first given unto him c. For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Amen Rom 11. 33 34 35 36. He who eateth eateth unto the Lord for he giveth God thanks Rom. 14. 6. To God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever Amen Rom. 16. 27. I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you c. 1 Cor. 1. 4 5. I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with understanding also 1 Cor. 14. 15. The sting of death is sin c. But thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. Blessed be God c. who comforteth us in all our tribulations that we may be able to c. You also helping together by prayer for us that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf 2 Cor. 1. 3 4 11. Now thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ and maketh manifest the the savour of his knowledge by us in every place 2 Cor. 2. 14. We having the same spirit of faith c. and therefore speak c. All things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound unto the glory of God 2 Cor. 4. 13 15. Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness which causeth through us thanksgiving unto God for the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God whilst by the experiment of this ministration they glorifie God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ c. 2 Cor. 9. 11 12 13. God and our Father to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen c. They glorified Gal. 1. 4 5 24. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings c. that we should be to the praise of his glory c. I also c. cease not to give thanks for you c. Ephes 1. 3 12 14 15. Unto him who is able to do exceedingly c. unto him be glory in the Church by Jesus Christ Ephes 3. 20 21. Speaking to your selves in Psalms c. giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Ephes 5. 19 20. Colos 3. 16. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you Philip. 1. 3. 1 Thes 1. 2. 2 Tim. 1. 3. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known c. Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever Amen Philip. 4. 6 20. We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ c. Since we heard of your faith c. Giving thanks unto the Father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints Col. 1. 3 12 13. 1 Thes 1. 2 3. In the faith c. abounding therein with thanksgiving Col. 2. 7. Be ye thankful c. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks to God and the Father by him Col. 3. 15 17. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving Col. 4. 2. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing because when ye received the word of God c. 1 Thes 2. 13. In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 1 Thes 1. 18. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me c. who was before a blasphemer c. Now unto the King eternal immortal invisible the only wise God be honour and glory for ever and ever Amen 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 17. Every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving 1 Tim. 4. 3 4. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks or confessing to his name c. Heb. 13. 15 21. Psal 116. 17. Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen 2 Pet. 3. 18. Is any merry Let him sing Psalms James 5. 13. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according unto his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope c. 1 Pet. 1. 3. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you c. 1 Pet. 2. 9. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope which is in you with meekness and fear 1 Pet. 3. 15. If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God c. that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen 1 Pet. 4. 11. ch 5. 11. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and for ever 2 Pet. 3. 18. Now unto him who is able c. to the only wise God our Saviour be glory majesty and dominion c. Jude Vers 4 24 25. Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things c. Rev. 4. 11. And they sung a new song Thou art worthy c. for thou wast slain c. Worthy is the Lamb which was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing
the man c. whose hope the Lord is Jer. 17. 7. The Lord is good to them who wait for him to the soul which seeketh him It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord c. for the Lord will not cast off for ever For though he cause grief yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies Lam. 3. 21 22 23 24 25 26 31 32. Hosea 11. 8 9. Wait on thy God continually Hosea 12. 6. There is no Saviour besides me c. Hosea 13. 4. The Lord your God he is gracious and merciful flow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil Who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him Joel 2. 13 14. Jonah 4. 2. ch 3. 9. The Lord is the hope of his people the strength of the children of Israel Joel 3. 16. Jer. 3. 23. Seek ye me and ye shall live but seek not Bethel c. seek the Lord and ye shall live Amos 5. 4 5 6. Then I said I am cast out of thy sight yet I will look again towards thy holy temple c. When my soul fainted within me I remembred the Lord and my prayer came in unto him Jonah 2. 4 7. ch 3. 8 9. Thou hast had pity on or spared the gourd c. And should not I spare Nineveh that great City where are more than 120000 persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left Jonah 4. 10 11. A man's enemies are the men of his own house therefore I will look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation c. Micah 6. 6 7. For the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speak and shall not lye though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry Behold his soul which is lifted up is not right in him but the just shall live by his faith Habbak 2. 3 4. Take no thought c. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature Matth. 6. 25 26 c. ch 10. 19. Though Christ put off the woman of Canaan by sharp words often yet she still waited on him and looks for good till she had it Matth. 15. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. So the two blind men would not be put off but called and waited till Christ heard and answered them Matth. 20. 30 31 32 33 34. The impotent man waited at the Pool long to be cured John 5. 2 3 4 5 6 7. Tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God c. Rom. 5. 3 4 5. For we are saved by hope but hope which is seen is not hope for what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for but if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it Rom. 8. 24 25. Whatsoever things were written afore-time were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope c. Now the God of hope fill you c. that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost Rom. 15. 4 13. God is faithful 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Thes 3. 3. God is saithful who will not suffer you to be temped about you are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape 1 Cor. 10. 13. 2 Thes 5. 24. Who delivered us c. and doth deliver us in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us 2 Cor. 1. 10. 1 Sam. 17. 34 35 36. God who comforteth them who are cast down c. 2 Cor. 7. 6. God who is rich in mercy Eph. 2. 4. Be not mot moved away from the hope of the Gospel Col. 1. 23. Remembring c. your patience of hope 1 Thes 1. 3. We both labour and suffer reproach because we hope in the living God who is the Saviour c. 1 Tim. 4. 10. He abideth faithful he cannot deny him 2 Tim. 2. 13. Heb. 10. 23. Be followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises c. Abraham c. after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise c. God willing to shew c. the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye c. Hebr. 6. 12 15 17 18. 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 Now the just shall live by faith c. Hebr. 10. 36 37 38. Let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus c. Heb. 12. 1 2. The trial of your faith worketh patience and let patience have her perfect work that ye may be perfect and entire c. James 1. 3 4. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husband-man waiteth c. Be ye also patient stablish your hearts c. Behold we count them happy who endure ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of Lord That the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercies James 5. 7 8 10 11. Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought to you c. 1 Pet. 1. 13. Wherefore let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 7. Perfect love casts our fear c. he who feareth is not made perfect in love 1 John 4. 18. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Jude vers 21. See more of Faith in its Nature and Use Chap. 11. To walk humbly before God abasing self opposing all high thoughts within us and avoid beasting of our selves The Reasons THE inhabitants of the world after the flood said they would build a Tower up to Heaven and make to themselves a name c. but God scattered them Gen. 11. 1 2 c. Abraham said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto thee who am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. Exod. 3. 11. Jacob said c. I am not worthy of the least of all or I am less than all the mercy and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staff I passed over c. Gen. 32. 10. Pharaoh said unto Joseph c. I have heard say of thee thou canst understand a dream and interpret it And Joseph answered Pharaoh and said It is not in me God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace Gen. 41. 15 16.
c. Gal. 5. 26. For if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself Gal. 6. 3. Unto me who am less than the least of all Saints is this grace given Eph. 3. 8. Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness c. unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ Ephes 4. 1 2. Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God Ephes 5. 21. Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than himself look not every man on his own things c. Let the same mind be in you which also was in Christ c. He humbled himself c. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling Philip. 2. 3 4 5 8 10. Not that I am already perfect but I press forward c. Philip. 3. 12 13 14. I know how to be abased and I know how to abound Every where and in all things I am instructed c. Philip. 4. 12. Charge them who are rich that they be not high-minded c. 1 Tim. 6. 3 4. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved c. humbleness of mind meekness c. Col. 3. 12. If any man teacheth otherwise c he is proud knowing nothing doing c. 1 Tim. 6. 3 4. Let us therefore fear lest a promise being left of entring into his rest any of us should seem to come short of it Heb. 4. 1. The rich in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away James 1. 10 11. Isa 40. 6 7. 8. 1 Pet. 1. 24. Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus with respect of persons for if there come into your assemblies a man with a gold ring in goodly apparel and there come in also a poor man in vile rayment and ye have respect unto him who weareth the gay cloathing and say unto him Sit thou here in a good place or well or seemly and say unto the poor Stand thou there or sit here under my foot-stool are you not then partial in your selves c. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith c. Ye have despised the poor James 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6. My brethren be not many masters knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation For in many things we offend all c. James 3. 1 2. God resisteth the proud but giveth grace unto the humble Submit your selves therefore to God c. humble your selves in the sight of the Lord and he shall liâ—t you up James 4. 6 7 10. All flesh is as grass and the glory of man as the flower of grass the grass withereth the flower falleth 1 Pet. 1. 24. Likewise ye younger submit your selves to the elder yea all be subject one to another and be cloathed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time 1 Pet. 5. 5 6. Thou sayest I am rich and increased with goodâ— and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked Rev 3. 17. See more Chap. 22. Of Submission to God in Affliction See Death Chap. 34. See Saints Sayings Chap. 13. Psal 117. To be moderate meek patient and quiet in all things And the Encouragement thereto SImeon and Levi are brethren instruments of cruelty or their swords are weapons of violence O my soul come not thou into their secret c. for in their anger they slew a man and in their self-will they digged down a wall Cursed be their anger for it was fierce and their wrath for it was cruel Gen. 49. 5 6 7. Gen. 34. 2â— 26 27. Now the man Moses was very meek above all the men upon the face of the earth Numb 12. 3. When Eli had charged Hannah with Drunkenness she meekly answered No my lord c. 1 Sam. 1. 15 16 17. David had rashly and hastily resolved to have avenged himself upon Nabal and his house And he blessed God for Abigail's Counsel which hindred him 1 Sam. 25. 22 32 33 34. With the froward thou wilt shew thy self unsavoury or thou wilt wrestle 2 Sam. 22. 27. The meek shall eat and be satisfied Psal 22. 26. The meek will he guide in judgment and the meek will he teach his way Psal 25. 9. Fret not thy self because of evil-doers neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity Fret not c. because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass c. Cease from anger and forsake wrath fret not thy self in any wise to do evil c. But the meek shall inherit the earth Psal 37. 1 7 8 11. The earth feared c. when God arose to judgment to save all the meek of the earth Psal 76. 8 9. Psal 149. 4. A froward heart shall depart from me Psal 101. 4. It went ill with Moses for their sakes because they provoked his spirit so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips Psal 106. 32 33. The Lord lifteth up the meek Psal 147. 6. Put away from thee a froward mouth and perverse lips put far Prov. 4. 24. They who are of a froward heart are an abomination to the Lord Prov. 11. 20. A fool's wrath is presently known but a wise man hideth shame Prov. 12. 16. Onâ—y by pride cometh contention but with the well-advised is wisdom Prev 13. 10. He who is soon angry dealeth foolishly c. He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding but he who is hasty or short of spirit exalteth folly Prov. 14. 17 29. A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger c. A wrathful man stirreth up strife but he who is slow to anger appeaseth strife Prov. 15. 1 18. A froward man soweth strife c. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty and he who ruleth his spirit than he who taketh a city Prov. 16. 28 32. ch 25. 28. The beginning of strife is as the letting out of water c. He who hath a froward heart findeth no good and he who hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief Prov. 17. 14 20. The discretion of a man deferreth anger his glory to pass over a transgression c. A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment for if thou deliver him yet thou must do it again Prov. 19. 11 19. It is an honour to a man to cease from strife but every fool will be medling Prov. 20. 3. Make no friendship with an angry man and with a furious man thou shalt not go Prov. 22. 24. As coals to burning coals and wood to fire so is a contentious man to kindle strife Prov. 26. 21. A stone is heavy c. but a fool's wrath is heavier
c. Prov. 11. 17. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel Prov. 12. 10. He who is glad at calamities shall not go unâ—â—â—ushed Prov. 17. 5. If thine enemy be hungry give him bread to eat and if he be thirsty give him water to drink for thou shalt heap up coals c. and the Lord shall reward thee Prov. 25. 21 22. 2 Chron. 28. 11 15. Prov. 24. 11 12. Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive and pray unto the Lord for it for in the peace thereof ye shall have peace Jer. 29. 7. Blessed are the merciful c. love your enemies bless them who curse you do good to them who hate you and pray for them who despitefully use you c. that you may be the children of your heavenly Father for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good c. For if ye love them who 〈◊〉 you 〈◊〉 reward have ye Do not even the Publicans the same Matth. 5. 7 44 45 46. Luke 6. 32 33 35 36. Christ had compassions on the multitude and did them good Matth. 9. 36. ch 14. 14. ch 15. 32. The Samaritan's compassion and care of the wounded in the Parable commended Luke 10. 30 31 c. Recompence to no man evil for evil c. avenge not your selves c. If thine enemy hunger feed him c. Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good Rom. 12. 17 19 20 21. As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men Gal. 6. 10. Put on bowels of mercy kindness c. Col. 3. 12. Micah 6. 8. The Lord make you to encrease in love c. towards all men 1 Thes 3. 12. See that none render evil for evil unto any man but ever follow that which is good both among your selves and unto all men 1 Thes 5. 15. Exhort c. that supplications and prayers c. be made for all men 1 Tim. 2. 1. The wisdom that is from above is c. full of mercy and good fruits c. James 3. 17. Not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing but contrariwise blessing 1 Pet. 3. 9. He shall have judgment without mercy who doth not shew mercy James 2. 13. See this Duty towards Persecutors Chap. 22. See giving to the Poor at large Chap. 17. VII To behave themselves humbly and courteously towards all giving them due respect THE children of Heth said to Abraham Hear us my Lord thou art a mighty Prince amongst us in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead c. And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land c. Gen. 23. 5 6 7 11 12. Jacob bowed himself seven times to the ground until he came near his brother Esau c. Let my Lord I pray thee pass over before his servant c. let me find grace in the sight of my Lord Gen. 33. 3 14 15. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head and honour the face of the old man and fear thy God I am the Lord Levit. 19. 32. Rom. 13. 7. If thou meet any man salute him not and if any salute thee answer him not again 2 Kings 4. 29. Let me not give flattering titles to any man c. my maker would soon take me away Job 32. 21 22. God threatned it as an evil that the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient and the base against the honourable Isa 3. 5. If ye salute your brethren only what do you more than others do not even the Publicans the same Be ye therefore perfect as your Father which is is in heaven is perfect Matth. 5. 47 48. When ye come into an house salute it Matth. 10. 12. When thou art bidden c. sit not down in the highest room lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him and he who bade thee and him come and say to thee Give this man place and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room c. Sit in the lowest room c. then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them who fate at meat with thee Luke 14. 8 9 10. I am not mad most noble Festus said Paul but speak forth the word c. Acts 26. 24 25. I c. communicated that gospel c. but privately to them who were of reputation Gal. 2. 2. Honour or esteem all men 1 Pet. 2. 17. Finally c. be courteous 1 Pet. 3. 8. The elder unto the elect lady c. And now I beseech thee lady 2 John vers 1 5. VIII To avoid all unnecessary Society and Fellowship with wicked Men. THey shall not dwell in the land lest they make thee sin against me Exod. 23. 31 32 33. When Jehoshaphat had helped the wicked King of Israel Jehu the Son of Hanani the Seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat Shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them who hate the Lord Therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord 2 Chron. 19. 1 2. Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of scorners Psal 1. 1. Who shall abide in thy tabernacle c. He in whose eyes a vile person is contemned Psal 15. 1 4. I have not sate with vain persons neither will I go in with dissemblers I have hated the congregation of evil-doers I will not sit with the wicked Psal 26. 4 5. I will not know a wicked person c. He who worketh deceit shall not dwell in my house He who telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight Psal 101. 4 6 7. Psal 119. 115. Wo is me that I sojourn in Mesech c. with him who hateth peace I for peace c. they for war Psal 120. 5 6 7. Do not I hate them who hate thee O Lord c. Am not I grieved with those who rise up against thee I hate them with a perfect hatred Psal 139. 21 22. My son if sinners entice thee consent not c. Walk not thou in the way with them refrain thy foot from their path Prov. 1. 10 15. He who walketh with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed Prov. 13. 20. Go from the presence of a foolish man 〈◊〉 thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge Prov 14. 7. Make no friendship with an angry man and with a furious man thou shalt not go left thou learn his ways and get a snare unto thy soul Prov. 22. 24 25. Be not thou envious against evil men neither desire to be with them Prov. 24. 1 2. I wrote to you in an epistle not to keep company with fornicators yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world c. for then muâ—t 〈◊〉 needs go out of this world 1 Cor. 5. 9 10. Ephâ—s 5. 5 6
you c. that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all well-pleasing being fruitful in every good work c. strengthened with all might according to his glorious power c. And he is the head of the body the Church c. for it pleased the father that in him should all fulness dwell Col. 1. 9 10 11 18 19. The head from which the body c. having nourishment c. increaseth with the increase of God Col. 2. 19. Ye received it as the word of God which effectually worketh also in you who believe for ye brethren became followers of the Churches 1 Thess 2. 13 14. Now our Lord Jesus Christ c. establish you in every good word and work 2 Thess 2. 17. Now the God of Peace c. make you perfect in every good work to do his will working or doing in you that which is well-pleasing in his â—ight Heb. 13. 20 21. God gives more grace to the humble James 4. 6. V. To give Power and Ability to persevere in Faith and Obedience through Straits and Tentations to Eternal Life THE Lord thy God he will go over before thee c. Be strong and be of good courage fear not nor be afraid of them for the Lord thy God he it is who doth go with thee he will not fail thee not forsake thee Deut. 31. 3 6 8. Hebr. 13. 5 6. Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart Psal 27. 14. The steps of a good man are ordered or established by the Lord c. Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Psal 37. 23 24. 1 Sam. 2. 9. Psal 17. 5. Renew a constant or right spirit in me c. uphold me with thy free spirit Psal 51. 10 12. Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee he shall never suffer the righteous to be removed Psal 55. 22. Thou shalt guide me by thy Counsel and afterwards receive me to glory Psal 73. 23 24. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God they shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be sat c. Psal 92. 13 14. Hold thou me up and I shall be safe and I will c. Psal 119. 116 117. The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all that are cast down Psal 145. 14. Be not afraid c. for the Lord shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken Prov. 3. 25 26. When thou goest thy steps shall not be straitned and when thou runnest thou shalt not stumble Prov. 4. 12. Who is this coming out of the wilderness leaning upon her beloved c. Cant. 8. 5. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is staid on thee Isa 26 3. A vineyard of red-wine I the Lord do keep it I will water it every moment I will keep it night and day Isa 27. 2 3. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk ye in it when ye turn to the right-hand and when ye turn to the left Isa 30. 21. And a man shall be an hiding-place from the wind a covert from the tempest c. Isa 32. 2. The everlasting God c. fainteth not neither is weary c. He giveth power to the faint and to them who have no might he encreaseth strength even the youths shall faint c. but they who wait on the Lord shall renew or change their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and walk and not faint Isa 40. 28 29 30 31. I will bring the blind by a way they know not c. These things will I do unto them and not forsake them Isa 42. 16. Fear not for I have redeemed thee c. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the Rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned c. for I am the Lord thy God Isa 43. 1 2 3. The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary Isa 50. 4. Thus saith the high and lofty one c. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones for I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wroth for the spirit should fail before me and the soul I have made Isa 57. 15 16. I will make an everlasting covenant with them and I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me Jer. 32. 40. Rejoycè not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall rise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Micah 7. 8. Ye shall be brought before governours and before kings for my sake c. take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what we shall speak Matth. 10. 18 19 20. Luke 21. 15. Simon Simon Behold Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. Whosoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give them shall never thirst but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life John 4. 14. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish nei her shall any man pluck them out of my hand my father who gave them me is greater than I and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hands I and my father one John 10. 27 28 29 30. Holy father keep through thine own name those thou hast given me c. while I was with them in the world I kept them in thy name c. I pray c. that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one John 17. 11 12 15. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ tribulation or distress c. nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us for I am perswaded that neither death nor life c. shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom. 8. 25 30 37 38 39. Who art thou who judgest another man's servant yea he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand Rom. 14. 4. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly c. Now to him who is of power to establish you according to my Gospel c.
and saist Return ye children of men Psal 90. 3. When the Lord returned the captivity of Zion we were like men who dream Psal 126. 1 2. God â—lew the the Assyrians and saved Judah when they were low Isalm 30. ch 37. God delivered Jeremy out of the Dungeon when ready to perish Jer. 38. 6 7 c. So when Jerusalem was taken God delivered Jeremy Jeremiah 39. 11 12 13 14. ch 4. 1 2 3. I will heal thee c. because they call thee an out-cast saying This is Zion whom no man looks after Thus saith the Lord behold I will bring again the captivity of Jacobs tents Jer. 30. 17 18. God appeared for his when in the fire and in the lyons den and delivered them Dan. 3. ch 6. God delivered Jonah when cast into the Sea by a fish Jonah 1. 15 17. ch 2. 10. When Peter through unbelief was sinking into the sea Christ stretched out his hand and caught him and saved him Matth. 14. 28 29 30 31. When the Apostles were put into the prison the Angel of the Lord brought them out Acts 5. 18. 19. Peter being imprisoned in order to his being brought out to the people and being fettered and lying between two souldiers the angel of the Lord came said Arise the chains fell off the gates open of their own accord he is delivered Acts 12. 1 2 3 4 to the 12. When Paul and Silas were thrust into the inner prison and their feet fast in the stocks God made the foundation of the prison to shake and doors fly open and delivered Paul and Silas Acts 16. 23 24 26 29 30 39. Paul when the Jews went about to kill him was delivered by the captain c. Acts 2. 30 31 31. ch 23. 12 13 14 15 c. Paul and his company strangely saved in their voyage by sea and shipwrack Acts 27. Cons 9. That Afflictions and Persecutions shall be for the great good of Saints JAcobs and Josephs affliction proved for the advantage of both Gen. ch 37. ch 41. to the 47. Before I was afflicted I went astray but c. it is good for me that I have been afflicted c. Psal 119. 67 71. They who sow in tears shall reap in joy he who goeth forth and weepeth c. Psal 126. 5 6. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go into the house of feasting for that is the end of all men and the living will lay it to his heart Sorrow is better than laughter for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better Eccles 7. 2 3. By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sin Isa 27. 9. Eprahim's chastisement was greatly for his good Isa 31. 18 19 20. I will bring the third part through the fire c. they shall call on my name and I will hear them I will say it is my people and they shall say the Lord is my God Zech. 13. 9. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you c. rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven Matth. 5. 11 12. 2 Cor. 4. 17. Whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it Matth. 16. 25. John 12. 25. Every one who hath forsaken houses c. for my name sake shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life Matth. 19. 29. Luke 18. 29. 30. Heb. 10. 34 35 36. Blessed are ye who hunger now for ye shall be filled blessed are ye who weep now for ye shall laugh Luke 6. 21. We know that all things move together for good to them that love God Rom. 8. 28. In nothing terrified c. which is to them an evident token of c. but to you of salvation and that of God Phil. 1. 28. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation unto them who trouble you and to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord c. 2 Thess 1. 5 6 7. Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and an c. Heb. 10. 34. Moses c. choosing rather affliction with the people of God c. esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches c. for he had respect unto the recompence of reward Heb. 11. 24 25 26. Now no chastening for the present c. nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness Heb. 12. 11. The tryal of your faith worketh patience c. blessed is the man who endureth temptations for when he is tryed he shall receive the crown of life James 1. 3 12. We have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord James 3. 11. Rejoyce in as much as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also with exceeding joy if ye be reproached for the name of Christ happy for the spirit of God and glory shall rest upon you 1 Pet. 4. 13. 14. These are they who came out of great tribulations c. therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple and he who sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them c. shall feed them c. and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Rev. 7. 13 14 15 16 17. ch 20. 4 6. See some of the Ends of Gods Afflicting his Chap. 22. Cons That God will not always chide nor suffer his to be under Afflictions and Persecutions they shall have an End he will bring Deliverance and restore Joy THO Joseph was hated sold and imprisoned yet God did deliver him at last Gen. 37. ch 30. ch 40. ch 41. After Israel had been long and sorely oppressed and afflicted by the Egyptians the Lord sent Moses for their deliverance and said I have surely seen the afflictions of my people which are in Egypt and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters c. and I am come down to deliver them out of their hand c. and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land Exod. 3. 7 8 9 10. ch 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. 1 Sam. 9. 15. 16. Exod. 2. 24 25. Yet for all that when they be in the land of their enemies I will not cast them away neither will I abhor them to destroy them utterly c. but I will for their sakes remember the covenant c. I am the Lord Levit. 26. 43 44 45. For the Lord will judge his people and repent him for his servants when he sees that their power is gone c. he will be merciful to his land c. Deut. 32. 36 43. 2 Kings 14. 16. so did God often for his people Israel Judges 3. ch 4. c. I will for this afflict the house of David but not for ever 1 Kings 11. 39. He maketh sore and bindeth
endured such c. lest ye be weary and faint in your minds c. Fathers of our flesh who correct us c. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the father of spirits and live for they c. chasten us after their pleasure but he for our profit Hebr. 12. 3. 9 10. James 1. 12. Submit your selves therefore to God resist the Devil James 4. 7. The husbandman waiteth c. Be ye also patient stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord c. James 5. 7 8 11. If ye do well and suffer for it and take it patiently this is acceptable to God 1 Pet. 2. 20. Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial c. as though some strange thing happened c. 1 Pet. 4. 12. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time 1 Pet. 5. 6. I know thy work c. and thy patience c. Rev. 2. 2 3 19. 3. To confess their Sins and justifie God PHaraoh c. said I have sinned c. the Lord is righteous and I and my people are wicked Exod. 9. 27. If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers with their trespasses c. then will I remember my covenant c. Levit. 26 40 41 42. The princes c. and the king humbled themselves and they said The Lord is righteous 2 Chron. 12. 6. 1 Kings 21. 27 28 29. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right but we have done wickedly c. Ezra 9. 10 11 12 13. Neh. 9. 33 34 c. Judg. 10. 13 14 15. Dan. 9. 14. I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men Job 7. 20. How should man be just with God if he will content with him he cannot answer him one of a thousand c. If I justifie my self mine own mouth shall condemn me Job 9. 2 3 20. ch 4. 17. Psal 143. 2. He looked unto men and if any say I have sinned c. he will deliver his soul from going into the pit c. Job 33. 27 28. He will not lay upon man more than is right c. Job 34. 23. Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee c. Job 40. 3 4. I uttered that I understood not things to◠wonderful for me which I knew not c. I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes Job 42. 3 5 6. Against thee thee only have I sinned c. that thou mayest be justified c. Psal 51. 4. He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities Ps 103. 10. Ezra 9. 13. The church in her affliction confesseth her sin Isa 59. 11 to v. 16. Thou art wroth for we have sinned c. Isa 64. 5 6 7. Thou sayest Because I am innocent surely his anger shall turn from me behold I will plead with thee because thou sayest I have not sinned Jer. 2. 35. Only acknowledge thine iniquity c. Jer. 3. 12 13 25. Daniel confesseth to God at large in the time of the captivity Dan. 9. 5 to v. 16. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned therefore she is removed c. Zion spreadeth forth her hands c. The Lord is righteous for I have rebelled Lam. 1. 8 9 18 20. It is the Lord's mercy we are not consumed c. wherefore doth the living man complain c. Let us search and try our ways and turn again c. Lam. 3. 22 39 40 42. The crown is fallen from our head wo to us that we have sinned Lam. 5. 16. I will go and return to my place till they acknowledge their offence and seek my face i◠in their afflictions they will seek me early Hos 5. 15. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him Micah 7. 9. Dost thou not fear God seeing thou art in the same condemnation and we indeed justly for we receive the due reward of our deeds c. Luke 23 40 41. See more of Confession at large Chap. 16. See more of Confession of Sins in time of Common Calamities Chap. 23. One to another Chap. 17. See Prayer Chap. 16. 4. To hold fast to God own the Lord Jesus his People and Ways in the midst of Trouble Afflictious and Persecutions SHall such an one as I flee c. and go into the temple to save his life Nehem. 6. 11. Job's Wife said unto him in his great Affliction Dost thou still retain thy integrity Curse God and die But he said unto her Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh What c. In all this did not Job sin with his lips Job 2. 9 10. All this is come upon us yet have we not forgotten thee neither have we dealt falsly in thy covenant Our heart is not turned back neither have our steps declined from thy way Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragous and covered us with the shadow of death if we have forgotten the name of our God c. Psal 44. 17 18 19 20. The proud have had me greatly in derision yet have I not declined from thy law c. Many are my persecutors and mine enemies yet do I not decline from thy testimonies c. Princes have persecuted me without a cause yet doth my heart stand in awe of thy word Psal 119. 51 87 157 161. The Lord spake unto me c. and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people saying Say ye not A confederacy to all them to whom this people shall say A confederacy neither fear ye their fear nor be afraid Sanfie the Lord of hosts himself and let him be your fear and your dread and he shall be for a sanctuary Isa 8. 11 12 13 14. When Jeremiah had prophesied to Judah then spake the priest and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people saying This man is worthy to die for he hath prophesied against this city c. Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people saying The Lord sent me to prophesie against this house c. therefore now amend your ways c. But as for me behold I am in your hand do with me as seemeth good c. Jer. 26. 11 to 15. Daniel when a Captive in Babylon he purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the Portion of the King's Meat nor with the Wine which he drank and therefore he requested 〈◊〉 that he might not defile himself c. denied Pulse to eat and Water to drink Dan. 1. 8 to 13. When a strict Law had been made by the King that every one should fall down and worship the 〈◊〉 image he had set up under pain of being cast into the Fiery Furnace Shadrach Meshach and 〈◊〉 refuse to do it and in the presence of the King said We are not careful to answer thee in
instructing them who oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth and that they may recover themselves out of theâ—â—are of the Devil 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. To day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts c. Heb. 4. 7. ch 3. 15. Ps 95. 7 8. Let us go on to perfection not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works c. for it is impossible for those who were once enlightened c. if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance seeing they crucifie to themselves c. Heb. 6. 1 4 5 6. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you cleanse your hands ye sinners c. James 4 8 9 10. Brethren if any of you do err from the truth and one convert him let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the errour of his way shall save a soul from death c. James 5 19 20. The Lord is not slack c. but is long-suffering to us-ward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance 2 Pet. 3. 9. Thou hast left thy first love remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first worâ—s or the I will come unto 〈◊〉 quickly c. thou hast there them who hold the doctrine of Balaam c. 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 I will come c. I gave her space to 〈◊〉 of her fornication and she repented not behold I will cast her into a bed c. Rev. 2. 4 5 14 15 16 20 21 22. I have not found thy works perfect before God remember therefore how thou hast received and heard and hold fast and repent c. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Rev. 3 2 3 19. And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands that they should not worship Devils and idols of gold c. neither repented they of their murders c. Rev. 9. 20 21. And men were scorched or burned with great heat and blasphemed the name of God c. and they repented not to give him glory c. and repented not of their deeds Rev. 16. 8 9 10 11. See more of departing from Sin Chap. 16. See more of Invitations and incouragements to come to God and Christ for it Chap. 20. CHAP XXXIV Of Death the laying down of these Tabernacles AND the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground or dusâ— of the ground Gen. 2. 7. Job 4. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the ground for out of it wast thou taken for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return Gen. 3. 19. God said unto Abraham Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace thou shalt be buried in a good old age Gen. 15. 15. ch 25. 8. I have undertaken to speak unto the Lord who am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. Sarah died c. and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her Gen. 23. 2. Abraham dyed c. and was gathered to his people c. Ishmael c. gave up the ghost and was gathered unto his people Gen. 25. 8 17. Isaac c. said Behold now I am old I know not the day of my death Gen. 27. 1 2. ch 35 28 29. Rachel died in bearing Benjamiâ— by the way buryed there and a stone put upon her grave Gen. 35. 17 18 19 c. Jacob said c. The days of the years of my pilgrimage are 130 years few and evil have the days of the years of my life been Gen. 47. 9. He mourned for Joseph refused to be comforted but said I will go down unto my grave mourning Gen. 37. 34 35. Jacob ordered Joseph not to bury him in Egypt but to carry him to the burying place to his father Gen. 47. 29 30. Joseph wepâ— for his father Israel when he dyed and there was great mourning and lamentation for him 〈◊〉 50. â— 3 10 17. Aaron dyed in the mount c. all the house of Israel mourned for him thirty days Numb 20. 28 29. Deut. 34. 8. Balaam 〈◊〉 let me die the death of the righteous and let my laâ—t â—â—d be like his Numbers 2â— 10. And the Lord said unto Moses c. When thou hast seen it thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people as Aaron thy brother was gathered for ye 〈◊〉 c. Numb 27. 12 13 14. Deut. 34. 5. O that they were wise c. that they would consider their latter end Deut. 32. 29. Joshua said Behold this day I am going the way of all the earth c. Josh 23. 14. â— Kings 2. 2. Now Samuel was dead and all Israel lamented him c. and Samuel said unto Saul Why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up 1 Sam. 28. 3 15. David and the men with him mourned and wept and fasted until even for Saul and for Jonathan c. 2 Sam. 1. 11 12. When Davids child was sick he fasted and prayed he said who can tell if God will be gracious to me that the child may live but when it was dead he rose up and did eat and said I shall go to him he shall not return to me 2 Sam. 12. 16 17 20 22 23. David wept for Absolom his son and cryed O my son Absolom my son c. 2 Sam. 18. 33. ch 19 4. The child shall die and all Israel shall mourn c. for he only c. shall come to the grave 1 Kings 14. 12 13. Elijah stretched himself upon the dead child c. and said O Lord my God I pray thee let this childs soul come into him again or into his inward parts 1 Kings 17. 21 22. Acts 20. 10. We are all strangers c. our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is none abiding 1 Chron. 29. 15. Zech. 1. 5. Job said Why died I not in the womb c for now should I have lien still and been quiet I should have slept then had I been at rest with Kings c. there the wicked cease trroubling the weary are are at rest c. they hear not the voice c. Job 3. 11 13 14 17 18 19. ch 6. 8 9. ch 10 18 19 20 c. Naked came I out of my mothers womb c. the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken blessed c. Job 1. 21. Is there not an appointed time to man on earth are not his days also like the days of an hireling c. Swiâ—ter then a weavers shuttle c. thine eye upon me and I am not c. Job 7. 1 2 6 7 8 9 10. We are of yesterday and know nothing because our days upon earth are a shadow Job 8. 9. My days are swifter then a post c. as the swist ships as the eagle c Job 9. 25 26. Man who
him Matth. 4. 18 19 20 21 22. Mark 1. 16 17 18 19 20. One is your master and all ye are brethren c. whosoever exalteth himself c. Matth. 23. 8. 11 12. Jesus c. saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he saith unto him follow me and he arose and followed him Matth. 9. 9. Mark 2. 14. Luke 5. 27 28. Whatsoever ye bind on earth shall be bound in heaven Matth. 18. 18. He ordained twelve that they should be with him and that he might send then forth to preach and to have power to heal sickness and to cast out devils and Simeon he sirnamed Peter and James of Zebedee and John the brother of James c. and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James of Alpheus and Thaddeus and Simeon the Canaanite and Judas Mark 3. 14 15 16 17 18 19. By the way they had disputed among themselves who should be the greatest and he sat down and called the twelve and said unto them If any man desire to be first he the same shall be last of all and servant of all Mark 9. 34 35. James and John c. said grant us that we may sit one on thy right hand c. and when the ten heard it they began to be much displeased with James and John but Jesus called there unto him and said unto them Ye know that they who are account ed to rule over the Gentiles exercise Lorship over them c. but so it shall not be amongst you but whosoever will be great among you shall be your minister and whosoever among you will be perfect shall be servant of all for even the son of man came not to be ministred unto c. Mark 10. 35 36 37 38 41 42 43 44. Luke 22. 24 25 26 27. He called unto him his Disciples and of them he chose twelve whom also he named Apostles Simon whom he also named Peter Andrew his brother James and John Philip and Bartholomew Matthew and Thomas James the son of Alpheus and Simon called zealotes and Judas of James and Judas Iscacariot Luke 6. 13 14 15 16. Then he called his twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases and he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick and he said unto them take nothing c. Luke 9. 1 2 3 4 5. When Jesus had washed his Disciples feet he said I give you an Example that ye ought to wash one anothers feet now there was leaning on Jesus's bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved Simon Peter therefore beckoned unto him that he should ask whom it should be of whom he spake c. John 13. 13 14 15 22 23 24 25 ch 19. 26 27 ch 20. 2. ch 21. 7 20 21 22. Jesus came c. said peace be unto you c. as my father hath sent me even so send I you and c. he breathed on them and saith unto them receive ye holy ghost whosesoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them and whose soever sins ye retain they are retained John 20. 19 20 21 22 23. To whom ye forgive c. I also if I forgive c. for your sakes I forgive it in the person or sight of Christ 2 Cor. 2. 10. The twelve called the multitude of the Disciples and said c. look ye out among you seven men c. whom when they had set before the Apostles and they had prayed they laid their hands on them Acts 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6. Now when the Apostles who were at Jerusalem had heard that Samaria had received the word of God they sent unto them Peter and John who when they were come down c. Acts 8. 14 15. The believing Jews dispute with Peter for going to the Gentiles and he gives them an account of Gods work upon them Acts 11. 2 3 c. I speak to you Gentiles inasmuch as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles I magnifie mine office Rom. 11. 13 14. For I suppose I was not behind or in nothing inferiour to the very chiefest Apostles c. are they ministers of Christ c. I am more in labours more abundant c. besides those things which are without which cometh upon me daiâ—y the care of all the Churches 2 Cor. 11. 5 23 28. 1 Cor. 15. 10. I knew a man in Christ c. such a one caught up to the third heaven c. into Paradise and heard unspeakable words c. I ought to have been commended of you for in nothing am I behind or any inferior to the very chiefest Apostles c. 2 Cor. 12. 2 3 4 11. When it pleased God c. to reveal his son in me that I might preach him among the heathen immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood neither went I up to Jerusalem unto them who were Apostles before me but I went into Arabia c. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him fifteen days but other of the Apostles saw I none but James the Lord's brother Gal. 1. 15 16 17 18 19. When they saw that the Gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me as the Gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter for he who wrought effectually in Peter to the Apostleship of the circumcision the same was mighty in me towards the Gentiles And when James Cephas and John who seemed to be pillars perceived the grace which was given unto me they gave to me and Barnaias the right hand of fellowship that we should to go the heathen and they unto the circumcision c. but when Peter was come to Antioch I withstood him to the face because he was to be blamed for before that certain came from James he did eat with the Gentiles But when they were come he withdrew c. fearing them of circumcision c. but when I saw that they walked not uprightly c. I said unto Peter before them all if thou being a Jew livest after the manner of the Gentiles c. why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews c. Gal. 2. 7 8 9 11 12 13 14. I am constituted a preacher an Apostle and doctor of the Gentiles 2 Tim. 1. 11. CHAP. LVII Of the Restoration and Return of Israel from the Countreys into which they are scattered AND it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee c. and thou shalt call to mind among all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee c. that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity and have compassion upon thee and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee if any of thine be driven out unto the outmost part of heaven from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee c. and bring
eat ye that which is good Isa 55. 1 2. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Matth. 5. 6. They who are whole need not a physician but they who are sick I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Matth. 9. 12 13. Come unto me all ye who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Take my yoke upon you c. and ye shall find rest unto your souls c. Matth. 11. 28 29. Psal 34. 9 10. He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away Luke 1. 53. The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19 1 to 11. He who cometh unto me shall never hunger and he who believeth on me shall never thirst John 6. 35. When they heard this they were pricked in the heart and said c. Men and brethren What shall we do c. Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost c. Acts 2. 37 38. The Gaoler trembled c. and said Sirs What must I do to be saved And they said Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved and thine house Acts 16. 29 30 31. If any man lack wisdom let him ask of God who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him James 1. 5. I will give unto him who is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely Rev. 21. 6. And let him who is athirst come and whose ever will let him take of the water of life freely Rev. 22. 17. CHAP. LXVIII Of Man's Ignorance of the Men and Things of this World after his Departure hence THou destroyest the hope of man thou prevailest for ever against him and he passeth thou changest his countenance and sendest him away his sons come to honour and he knoweth it not and they are brought low and he perceiveth not of them Job 14. 19 20 21. The dead know not any thing c. they have no more a portion in any thing done under the sun Eccles 9. 5 6. Doubtless thou art our Father though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel knoweth us not Isa 63. 16. CHAP. LXIX Of Mary the Mother of our Lord according to the Flesh having Children by her Husband Joseph I Am become a stranger to my brethren an alien to my mother's children c. Psal 69. 7. Then Joseph c. took unto him his wife and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born Son Matth. 1. 24 25. While he yet talked to the people his mother and his brethren stood without desiring to speak with him Then one said unto him Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to speak with thee Matth. 12. 47 48. Mark 3. 31 to 35. Is not this the Carpenter's Son Is not his mother called Mary And his brethren James and Joses and Simon and Judas And his sisters Are not they with us Whence then hath this man these things Matth. 13. 55 56. She brought forth her first-born Son c. When Jesus was twelve years old Joseph and his mother went to Jerusalem and returning back missed him c. They sought him amongst their kinsfolk and acquaintance c. Luke 2. 7 42 43 44. Matth. 1. 25. After this he went down to Capernaum he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples and he continued there c. John 2. 12. His brethren therefore said unto him Depart hence and go into Judea c. For neither did his brethren believe in him c. But when his brethren were gone up then went he also up unto the feast c. John 7. 3 4 5 8 9 10. These all continued with one accord c. with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brethren Acts 1. 14. I went up c. to see Peter c. But other Apostles saw I none save James the Lord's brother Gal. 1. 18 19. AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE To the Whole Book A ABide in the Faith and Welldoing Chap. 16 Page 139 Accept Rebukes Admonitions c. c. 17 p. 150 Accord amongst Saints c. 17 p. 151 Acknowledge God in our Troubles c. 22 p. 197 Acknowledge Sin in general p. 16 c. 121 Acknowledge Sin in Affliction c. 22 p. 199 Acknowledge Sin to fellow Saints c. 17 p. 150 Acts of Churches as such c. 27 p. 227 Admire God and Christ c. 16 p. 83 Admouish one another c. 17 p. 149 Advocate Jesus c. 8 p. 41 Adultery c. 52 p. 304 Affiance See Trust in God   Afflictions in general c. 22 p. 178 Afflictions belong to Saints c. ibid. p. ibid. Afflictions have attended Saints c. ibid. p. 179 From God immediately c. ibid. p. ibid. From wicked Men c. ibid. p. 180 From formal Professors c. ibid. p. 181 Afflictions why sent c. ibid. p. 183 Afflicted's Comfort therein c. ibid. p. 186 There Duties therein c. ibid. p. 197 Almighty God Almightiness c. 2 p. 10 All-sufficient c. 2 p. 5 Altars before the Law c. 45 p. 286 Ambition See Humility See World   Amity See Love amongst Saints   Angels c. 41 p. 280 Anger in general c. 16 p. 117 Anger amongst Saints c. 17 p. 148 Anger not hasty toward Saints c. 17 p. 147 Anger prohibited towards all c. 19 p. 161 Anger prohibited towards Enemies c. 22 p. 204 Appearance of Evil to be avoided c. 16 p. 123 Apostacy See Perserverance   Apostacy to be watched against c. 16 p. 143 Apostacy total not in Saints c. 16 p. 142 c. 20. p. 170 Apostles Gall and Commission equal c. 16 p. 296 Arguings of God with Sinners c. 16 p. 125 Ascension of Christ c. 8 p. 41 Assault of Satan See Satan   Assemblies for Worshipping of God c. 27 p. 226 Associate not with the Wicked c. 19 p. 163 Attributes of God c. 2 p. 5 Avenge the Saints is Gods Perogative c. 22 p. 189 Avenge not upon Enemies c. 22 p. 204 Avoid Sin and the occasion of it c. 16 p. 123 Avoid trouble in Lawful ways c. 22 p. 205 Authority of Christ c. 7 p. 31 Authority of Magistrates See Magistrates   B BAbling See Peace amongst Saints   Backbiting See Peace among Saints   Baptisms c. 27 p. 234 Bear Afflictions patiently c. 22 p. 207 Bear Saints Burthens c. 17 p. 146 Belief See Faith   Belief what See Nature of Faith   Believers Characters c. 12 p. 60 Their failings c. 13 p. 67 Their Privileges in general c. 14 p. 71 Benefits of Faith c. 11 p. 53 57. Beware of Sin and Apostacy c. 16 p. 143 Bishops See Officers of Churches   Blasphemy c. 52 p. 291 Blessed God! See Praises   Blessedness of Afflicted ones c. 22 p. 189 Blindness See Ignorance