for him fret not thy self c. because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass c. Fret not thy self in any wise to do evil c. Wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt thee c. Psalm 37. 5 7 8 34. And now Lord what wait I for my hope is in thee Psal 39. 7. I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined unto me and heard my cry he brought me up out of an horrible pit out of the mire Psalm 140. 1 2. Why art thou cast down O my soul why art thou disquieted in me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him Psalm 42. 6 11. Psalm 43. 5. God our refuge c. a very present help in time of trouble Psalm 46. 1. O God thou my God early will I seek thee my soul thirâ—teth for thee c. My soul wait thou only upon God for my expectation is only from him he only my rock and c. Psalm 62. 1 5. I am weary of my crying my throat is dried mine eyes fail while I wait for my God Psal 69. 3. Psalm 119. 123. Isa 38. 14. But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more Psalm 71. 14. Psalm 52. 9. Thou O Lord art a God full of compassion and gracious long suffering and plenteous in mercy and truth Psalm 86. 15. Psalm 111. 4. Even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Thou turnest Man to destruction and sayest Return ye children of men Psalm 90. 2 3. The Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Psalm 94. 14. Deut. 31. 6 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious slow to anger plenteous in mercy he will not always chide neither will he keep anger for ever c. Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who fear him c. The mercy of God is from everlasting to everlasting Psalm 103. 8 9 13 17. Psalm 78. 38 39. These all wait on thee that thou mayest give them their meat in due season Psalm 104. 27. They soon forgat his works they waited not for his counsel Psalm 106. 13. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion he hath given meat unto them who fear him he will ever be mindful of his covenant Psalm 111. 4 5. Psalm 116. 5. Psalm 112. 4. My soul fainteth for thy salvation I hope in thy word Psalm 119. 49 81. Behold as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters c. so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God until he have mercy upon us Psalm 123. 2. I wait for the Lord my soul doth wait and in his word do I hope c. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they who watch for the morn let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord is mercy and plenteous redemption Psal 130. 5 6 7. Our bones are scattered c. but mine eyes are unto thee O God the Lord Psalm 141. 7 8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy the Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works c. The Lord upholdeth all that fall c. The eyes of all wait upon or look unto thee and thou givest them their meat in due season Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing Psalm 145. 8 9 14 15 16. Happy is he c. whose hope is in the Lord his God Psalm 146. 5. The Lord taketh pleasure in them c. who hope in his mercy Psalm 147. 11. Hope deserred maketh the heart sick but when it cometh c. Prov. 13. 12. Say not thou I will recompence evil wait on the Lord and he shall save thee Prov. 20. 22 If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small Prov. 24. 10. I will wait upon the Lord who hideth his face from the house of Jacob and I will look for him c. Should not a people seek unto the Lord Isa 8. 17 19. At that day shall a man look to his Maker and his eyes shall have respect unto the holy One of Israel and he shall not look to the altars Isa 17. 7 8. And it shall be said in that day Lo this is our God we have waited for him and he will save us this the Lord we have waited for him Isa 25. 9. In the way of thy judgment O Lord have we waited for thee the desire of our soul is to the remembrance of thy name With my soul have I desired thee in the night c. Isa 26. 8 9. He who believeth shall not make haste Isa 28. 16. Wo to the rebellious children who take counsel but not of me and who cover with a covering but not of my Spirit c. Their strength is to sit still c. For thus saith the Lord the holy One of Israel In returning and rest shall ye be saved In quietness and conâ—idence shall be your strength and ye would not c. therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you c. for the Lord is a God of judgment blessed are all they who wait for him Isa 30. 1 7 15 18. Wo to them who go down to Egypt for help c. but they look not to the holy One of Israel neither seek the Lord Isa 31. 1. O Lord be gracious to us we have waited for thee Isa 33. 2. Hast thou not known c. the everlasting God the Lord the Creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not neither is weary there is no searching of his understanding he giveth power c. But they who wait upon the Lord shall renew strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not be faint Isaiah 40. 28 29 30 31. Look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of earth for I am God and there is none else Isa 45 22. Thou shalt know that I am the Lord for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me Isaiah 49. 23. Who is among you who feareth the Lord c. and walks in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God Isa 50. 10. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him who waiteth for him Isaiah 64. 4. I am the Lord who exercise loving-kindness judgment and righteousness in the earth for in these things I delight saith the Lord Jer. 9. 24. O the hope of Israel the saviour thereof in time of trouble c. Are there any among the vanities of the heathen who can cause rain c. Art not thou he O Lord our God therefore will we want upon thee for thou hast made all these things Jer. 14. 8 22. ch 17. 13. Blessed is
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.
grudgings 1 Pet. 4. 9. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren 1 John 9. 16. Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves Phil. 2. 3. See Walking Humbly Chap. 16. IV. Not rashly easily and unadvisedly to judge or take up a prejudice against any believe reports take offence or be angry but tenderly to forgive cover faults restore such as have offended in meekness love and privacy NOah was uncovered Ham saw his fathers nakedness and told his two brethren without and Shem and Japhet took a garment and laid it upon their shoulders and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father c. and they saw not their fathers nakedness c. Gen. 9. 21 22 23 24 25. When Joseph had told his dream his brethren envied him but his father observed the saying Gen. 37. 8 9 10 11. Thou shalt not raise or receive a false report Exod. 23. 1. Thou shalt not avenge or bear any grudge against the children of thy people Levit. 19. 18. When the children of Reuben the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh had built an Altar to a good end the rest of their brethren heard of it and presently concludes it to be a turning away from the Lord and they resolve rashly to go to war against them Joshua 22. 10 11 12 16 17 18 c. Eli thought Hannah was drunk when 〈◊〉 she was praying 1 Sam 1. 12 13 14 15 c. When Absalom desigued his rebellion there went two hundred men out of Jerusalem with him and they went in their simplicity and they knew not any thing 2 Sam. 15. 10 11. David conceived evil of Mephibosheth without cause through Ziba's lye 2 Sam. 16. 3. 4. ch 19â— 24 25 c. Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle c. he who backbiteth not c. nor taketh up or receiveth or endureth a reproach against his neighbour Psal 15. 1 3. The Lord is merciful c. slow to anger Psal 103. 8. Hatred stirreth up strife but love covereth all sins c. He who uttereth a slander is a fool Prov. 10. 12 18. The simple believeth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his goings c. He who is soon angry dealeth foolishly Prov. 14. 15 17. A wicked doer giveth heed to lying lips a lyar gives ear to a naughty tongue c. He who covereth a transgression seeketh love or procureth love Prov. 17. 4 9. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger and it is his glory to pass over a transgression Prov. 19. 11. All who watch for iniquity are cut off Who make a man an offender for a word Isa 29. 21 22. Whosoever is angry with his Brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment Matth. 5. 22. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you But if ye forgive not men their trespasses c. Mat. 6. 14 15. Judge not that ye be not judged c. Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beam which is in thine own eye or how wilt thou say to thy brother let me pull out c. Mat. 7. 1 3 4. Gen. 38. 13 c. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee alone if he shall hear thee thou hast gained thy brother c. Peter said Lord how oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him till seven times Jesus said unto him I say not unto thee until seven times but until seventy-times-seven c. I forgave thee all that debt c. Shouldest thou not also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant even as I had pity on thee c. and his Lord was wroth c. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you if ye from your hearts forgive 〈◊〉 every one his brother their trespasses Mat. 18. 15 21 22 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35. The disciples blamed the woman as wasting the oyntment but Christ justified her Matth. 26. 7 8 c. If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him If he trespass against thee seven times a day c. thou shalt for 〈◊〉 him Luke 17. 3 4. 〈◊〉 not according to the appearance but judge 〈◊〉 judgment Joh. 7. 24. Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple yet confessed not openly for fear John 19. 38 39. The believers of the circumcision rashly judged of Peter and contended with him for eating with the Gentiks But when Peter gave them an account of the cause they held their peace c. Acts 11. 1 2 3 4 18. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 10. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of mans judgment or day c. Judge nothing before the time until the Lord come who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness c. 1 Cor. 4. 3 4 5. Charity suffereth long c. seeketh not her own is not eaily provoked thinketh no evil c. beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things 1 Cor. 13. 4 5 7. In malice be ye children 1 Cor. 14. 20. The fruit of the spirit is c. long-suffering gentleness c. meekness Gal. 5. 22 23. Titus 3. 2. Brethren if or although a man be overtaken in a fault ye who aâ—e spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness considering thy self lest thou also be tempted Bear ye one anothers burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 1 2. Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness with long-suffering forbearing one another in love c. be tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you Eph. 4. 1 2 32. But now you also put off all these anger wrath malice c. Put on therefore as the elect of God c. bowels of mercies c. meekness long-suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another If any man have a complaint or quarrel against any even as Christ forgave you so also do ye Col. 3. 8 12 13. Let every man be c. slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God James 1. 19 20. Speak not evil one of another brethren for he who speaketh evil of his brother speaketh evil of the Law c. Who art thou who judgest another James 4. 11 12. Above all things have servent charity among your selves for Charity shall or will cover the multitude of sins 1 Pet. 4. 8. V. To live peaceably among themselves avoid whispering tale-bearing and whatsoever tends to provake divide or disturb the peace among them ABram said unto Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee c. for we be brethren c.
up he woundeth and his hands make whole Job 5. 18 19. God brings his very low and then delivers them Job 33. 19 20 21 22 c. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job c. also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before Job 42. 10. Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress Psalm 4. 1. The needy shall not always be forgotten the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever Psalm 9. 18. Lord thou hast heard the desire of the humble c. to judge the fatherless and the oppresied that the man of the earth may no more oppress or terrifie Psal 10. 17 18. Psal 146. 7 8 9. Prov. 22. 22 23. For the oppression of the poor for the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him who would ensnare him or puffeth at them Psal 12. 5. Sing unto the Lord O ye saints of his c. for his anger endureth but a moment c. weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning Psal 30. 4 5. The righteous cry and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles c. many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of them all Psal 34. 17 19. Psal 37. 39 40. I waited patiently for the Lord c. he brought me up also out of an horrible pit out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock c. Psal 40. 1 2. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee and thou c. Psal 50. 15. Psal 46. 1. Thou who hast shewed me great and sore troubles shalt quicken me again and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side Psal 71. 20 21. I will hear what God the Lord will speak for he will speak peace to his people but let them not turn again to folly Psal 85 8. The Lord will not cast of his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Psal 94. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 22. The Lord is merciful and gracious c. he will not always chide neither will he keep his anger for ever Psal 103 8 9 13 14 Jer. 3. 12. Our soul is escaped c. a bird c. the snare is broken and we are escaped Psal 124. 7. The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put forth their hands unto inâ—qury Psal 125. 2 3. When the Lord returned the captivity of Zion we were â—â—ke 〈◊〉 who dream c. They who sow in tears shall reap in joy he who goeth forth and weepeth c. shall doubtless come again with rejoycing c. Psal 126. 1 2 5 6. The Lord will judge his People and he will repent himself concerning his servant Psal 135. 14. He healeth the broken heart and bindeth up their wounds Psal 147. 3. For yet a very little while and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction Isa 10. 25. Though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away and thou comfortedst me Isa 21. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will yet chuse Israel and set them in their own land c. and they shall rule over their oppressors c. the Lord will give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve Isa 14. 1 2 3. chap. 35. 3 4. Comfort ye my people c. her warfare is accomplished Isa 40. 1 2. God hath comforted his people and will have mercy upon his afflicted Isa 49. 13. The redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion c. they shall obtain gladness and joy Sorrow and mourning shall flee away I I am he who comforteth you c. hear now this thou afflicted c. I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling c. thou shalt no more drink it again Isa 51. 11 12 21 22. For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercy will I gather thee in a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee Isa 54. 7 8. I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wroth for the spirit should sail before me and the souls I have made For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him I hid me c. and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart I have seen his ways I will heal him I will lead him also and restore comforts unto him and c. Isa 57 15 16 17 18. In my wrath I smote thee but in my favour have I had mercy on thee Isa 60. 10. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me c. to bind up the broken hearted c. to comfort all who mourn to appoint unto them who mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes and the oyl of joy for mourning c. Isa 60. 1 2 3. I know the thoughts that I think towards you saith the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end Jer. 20. 10. 11. Alas c. it is the time of Jacob's trouble but he shall be saved out of it for it shall come to pass c. I will heal thee of thy wounds saith the Lord because they called thee an outcast saying This is Zion whom no man seeketh after Jer. 30. 7 8 17. He who scattereth Israel will gather him c. I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoyce from their sorrow c. Is Ephraim my dear son c. I will surely have mercy on him saith the Lord c. As I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down c. so will I watch over them to build and to plant saith the Lord Jer. 31. 10 13 20 28. For the Lord will not cast off for ever but tho he cause grief yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies for he doth not afflict willingly Lam. 3. 31 32. Therefore thus saith the Lord God Now will I bring again the Captivity of Jacob and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for mine holy name after that they have born their shame c. Ezek. 39. 25 26. Ps 106. 8. Come let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn and he will heal us he hath smitten and he will bind us up c. Hosea 6. 1. Rejoyce not against me O mine enemy though I fall I shall rise c. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him until he plead my cause c. he will bring me forth to the light and I shall be-behold his righteousness c. Who is a God like
c. And Moses said c. Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them c. He believed not God to sanctifie him He spake unadvisedly with his lips being provoked in his spirit Exod. 4. 10 11 12 13 14 ch 5. 22 23. Numb 11. 11 12 14 15 21 22 23. ch 16. 15. ch 20. 10 11 12. Psal 106. 32 33. Numb 27. 14. Joshua also erred and wished they had not come over Jordan Josh 7. 7. Aaron made a Molten Calf for Israel c. He built an Altar before it and Aaron made Proclamation and said To morrow a feast to the Lord c. And Moses saw that the people were naked for Aaron had made them naked to their shame amongst their enemies Exad 32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 25. When God had told Gideon Surely I will be with thee and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man He said unto him c. Shew me a sign that thou talkest with me c. If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said behold I will put a fleece of wool in the floor c. Let not thine anger be hot against me and I will speak but this once Let me prove I pray thee but this once with the fleece c. Heb. 11. 32. Judges 6. 16 17 36 37 38 39 40. 1 Kings 12. 28. Eli is charged with iniquity in not restraining his Sons from violence 1 Sam. 3. 13. My servant David who kept my commandments and who followed me with all his heart to do that only which is right in mine eyes c 1 Kings 4. 18. Acts 13. 22. David hastily resolved to have avenged himself on Nabal by cutting off him and his of the Males c. And David c. was fore afraid of Achish 〈◊〉 king of Gath And he changed his behaviour before them and seigned himself mad in their hands c. David said in his heart I shall now perish one day by the harâ—â—â—â— of Saul c. He went on with the Philistines against Israel c. He sent Messengers to fetch Uriah's Wite and he lay with her c. To cover it made Uriah drunk and then sent to Joab to put Uriab into the hottest Battel and then retire from him that he might be smitten and die c. O my son Absalom my son my son Absalom Would God I had died for thee c. He caused the Children of Israel to be numbred c. I said in my haste I am 〈◊〉 off from before thine eyes c. I said 〈◊〉 my haste that all men are lyars c. 1 Sam 11. 12 13 14. ch 25. 5 6 7 8 c. ch â— 1. ch 29. 2. 2 Sam. 11. 2 3 4 13 14 15. ch 18. 33. ch 24. 1 2 3 4 c. Psal 31. 22. Psal 116. 11. 1 Sam. 20. 6 29. When God bid Samuel go he said How can I go if Saul hear he will kill me 1 Sam. 16. 1 2. And Asa did thaâ— which was right in the eyes of the Lord as did David his father c. Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days 1 Kin. 15. 11 14. He removed not the High Places 1 Kings 15. 14. He took out Silver and Gold out of the Treasures of the House of the Lord c. made a League with the King of Assyria And Hanani the Seer came to him and said Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria and not relied on the Lord thy God c. Then Asa was wroth with the Seer and put him in a prison-house for he was in a rage with him because of this thing And Asa oppressed or crushed some of the people at that time c. In his Disease he sought not to the Lord but to the Physicians 2 Chron. 16. 1 2 3 4 7 10 12. Solomon failed very greatly 1 Kings 11. 1 2 3 4 c. When Elijah the Prophet was in trouble he said enough Now O Lord take away my life for I am not better than my fathers 1 Kings 19. 4. And Jehoshaphat walked c. doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord 2 Chron. 20 32. 1 Kings 22. 42 43. The Seer meets him after he had gone out with the wicked King of Israel and said unto him Shouldst 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. ch 20. 33. ch 17. Hezekiah did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He removed the high places c. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel so that after him was none like him c. for he clave to the Lord departed not from following him c. 2 Kings 18. 1 3 4 5 6. 2 Chron. 31. 21. When Isaiah had told Hezekiah being sick that he should be healed c. he said unto Isaiah What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me c. He shewed his treasures to the Messenger of the King of Babylon's Son For which God was angry c. Hezekiah rendred not again according to the benefit done unto him for his heart was lift up Therefore there was Wrath upon him c. In the business of the Ambassadors of the King of Babylon c. God left him to try him that he might know all that was in his heart 2 Kings 20. 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2 Chron. 32. 25 31. Good Josiah though warned to the contrary followed Pharo Necho and was slain 2 Chron. 35. 20 21 22 23. Job that man was perfect and upright one who feared God and eschewed evil Hast thou considered my servant Job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and upright man c. Ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right like my servant Job c. Ye have heard of the patience of Job Job 1. 1 8. ch 42. 8. James 5. 11. After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day c. See at large Job 3. 1 2 c. O that I might have my request and that God would grant me the thing which I long for even that it would please God to destroy me that he would let loose his hand and cut me off c. so that my soul chuseth strangling death rather than my life c. He confessed thus I have uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes Job 6. 8 9. ch 7. 15. ch 42. 3 6. As for me my feet were almost gone c. for I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked c. Verily I have cleansed my hands in vain c. so foolish was I and ignorant as a beast c. Psalm 73. 2 3 13 22. Jer. 12. 1 2. Will the Lord cast off for ever will he be favourable no more is his mercy clean gone
for ever doth his promise fail for evermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious hath he in anger shut up his tender mercy I said this is mine infirmity Psalm 77. 7 8 9 10. The Prophet Jeremy in his affliction spake hard words of God said he would not speak in his name c. curseth the day of his birth Jer. 20. 7 9 14 15 c. ch 12. 1. The Church the Spouse of Christ in a sluggish posture Cant. 5. 2 3. Matth. 25. 5. The Prophet Jonah was very angry because God spared Nineveh and said Therefore now O Lord take I beseech thee my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live Then said the Lord Dost thou well to be angry c. again he said so And Jonah said I do well to be angry even unto death Jonah 4. 1 2 3 4 8 9. ch 1. 1 2 3. John sent two of his disciples to Christ and said unto him Art thou he who should come or do we look for another Matth. 11. 2 3. When Zacharias had a son promised him he said unto the Angel Whereby shall I know this for I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years c. Behold thou shalt be dumb c. because thou believest not my words c. Luke 1. 13 18 20. Jesus said unto Peter Blessed art thou Simon c. Matth. 16. 17. Jesus said unto Peter O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt Matth. 14. 31. ch 8. 24 25 26. When Jesus spake of his being killed Peter said Be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee Buâ— he turned and said unto Peter Get thee behind me Satan thou art an offence to me for thou favourest not the things that be of God but those which be of mâ—n c. Thou wast with Jesus c. But he denied before them all saying I know not what thou sayest c. And again he denied with an oath I do not know the man Then began he to curse and to swear I know not the man c. Matth. 16. 21 22 23. ch 26. 69 70 72 74. When Peter came 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 and separated himself fearing them who were of the Circumcision and the other Jews dissembled likewise with him insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation Gal. 2. 11 12 13. The wise Virgins as well as the foolish while the Bridegroom tarried they all slumber'd and slept Matth. 25. 5. When the mother of Zebedee's children asked of Christ that her sons might sit one at his right hand and the other on his left in the kingdom c. The ten heard it they were moved with indignation against the two brethren c. Matth 20. 20 21 24. One of his disciples stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck a servant of the High-priest and smote off his ear Christ rebuked him for it c. Then all the Disciples forsook him and fled c. Jesus said unto them Why reason ye because ye have no bread Perceive ye not yet neither understand Have ye your hearts yet hardened c. Do ye not remember when I brake five loaves c. Matth. 26. 51 56. John 16. 32. Mark 8. 17 18 19. John 6. 52. And there was also a strife amongst them which of them should be accounted the greatest c. Jesus appeared unto the eleven c. and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them who had seen him c. Lukâ— 22. 24. Mark 16. 14. Luke 24. 21 25. Christ rebuked his Disciples for their great fear in the storm Mark 4. 37 38 39 40 41. Master we saw one cast out devils in thy name and we forbad him because he followed not with us And Jesus said Forbid him not c. James and John would have had fire from heaven upon the Samaritans Jesus rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of c. Thomas said Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails c. I will not believe c. Luke 9 49 50 54 55. John 20. 25. Joseph of Aâ—imathea though a disciple yet secretly for fear of the Jews c. John 19. 38 39. The Church praying for Peter did not believe for his deliverance â—or when he knocked at the door and the Damsel had acknowledged the heard his voice they believed not Acts 12 5 12 13 14 15 16. Paul said I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day Paul and Barnabas men who have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Acts 23. 1. ch 15. 25 26. Barnabas determined to take with them John c. but Paul thought not good to take him with with them c. And the contention was so sharp that they departed asunder one from the other c. Acts 15. 37 38 39. ch 23. 3. When we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest c. without fightings within were fears 2 Cor. 7. 5. Paul did what he hated c. and said O wretched man that I am c. Rom. 7. 14 15 18 19 24. Many saints being compelled did blaspheme Acts 26. 10 11. I brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carnal as unto babes in Christ I have fed you with milk and not with meat For hitherto ye were not able neither yet now are ye able for ye are yet carnal c. There is among you envying and strife and divisiors or Factioâ—s Are ye not carnal and walk as men c. They were greatly disorderly in the Lords supper 1 Cor. 3. 1 2 3. 1 Cor. 11 Nay you do wrong and defraud and that your brethren 1 Cor. 6. 8. Ye suffer fools gladly c. Ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour you if a man take of you if a man exalt himself if a man smite you on the face 2 Cor. 11. 19 20. I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I would c. Lest there be debates envyings wraths strites backâ—itings whisperings swellings tumults Lest when I come again my God will humble me among you and that I shall bewaâ—l many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and â—â—civioâ—sness which they have committed 2 Cor. 12. 20 21. I marvel that you are so soon removed from him who called you â—nto the grace of Christ unto anâ—â—r Gospel c. And now after that ye have 〈◊〉 God or â—ather are known of God how tâ—â—n ye back to the weak and beggerly elements or Ruâ—iments whereunto ye denre again to be in bondage Ye observe days and
unto thee who pardoneth iniquity c. he retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy he will turn again he will have compassion upon us Micah 7. 8 9 18 19. Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted Mat. 5. 4. Verily verily I say unto you that ye shall were and lament c. but your sorrow shall be turned into joy c. ye now therefore have sorrow but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce John 16. 20 22. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Rom. 16. 20. God is faithful c. but will with the temptation also make a way to escape 1 Cor. 10. 13. God who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver 2 Cor. 1. 10. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them who trouble you and to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus c. 2 Thes 1. 6 7. What persecutions I endured but out of them all the Lord delivered me 2 Tim. 3. 11. The Lord stood with me c. and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion 2 Tim. 4. 17 18. Heb. 13. 5 6. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly 〈◊〉 of temptations 2 Pet. 2. 9. Cons 11. That Afflictions and Petsecutions have been the lot of Christ himself and of the Saints in all Ages THE disciple is not above his Lord nor the servant above his master it is enough for the dâ—â—ciple that he be as his Master c. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub how much more shall they call them of his houshold Fear them not therefore Mat. 10. 24 25 26. If the world hate you you know that it hated me before it hated you c. remember the word that I said unto you The servant is not greater than the Lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you John 15. 18 20. We are made a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men c. even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffetted and have no certain dwelling-place c. being reviled c. persecuted c. we are made as the filth of the world and the off-scouring of all things unto this day 1 Cor. 4. 9 11 12 13. There hath no temptation taken you but what is common to man 1 Cor. 10. 13. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus sake 2 Cor. 4. 11. But as then he who was born after the flesh persecuted him who was after the spirit even so it is now Gal. 4. 29. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses c. let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of faith who for the joy which was set before him endured the cross c. for consider him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest you be wearied and faint in your minds Heb. 12. 1 2 3. Take my Bâ—â—thren the Prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience Jam. 5. 10. Hereunto also are ye called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that ye should also follow his steps 1 Pet. 2. 21. Your adversary the Devil as a roaring lion c. whom resist stedfast in the saith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. How long O Lord c. dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them who dwell on the earth and it was said unto them That they should rest yet for a little season until their fellow-servants also and their brethren which should be killed as they were should be fulfilled Rev. 6. 10 11. IV. What are the Dúties of the Saints and how they ought to behave themselves under their Afflictions and Sufferings both towards God and Men. First Towards God 1. To eye God in them Afflictions being sent of him JOseph said to his Brethren it was not you who sent me hither but God Gen. 45. 5. 8. ch 50. 19 20. I will harden Pharaoh's heart that he shall follow after them c. Exod. 14. 1. ch 4. 21. When Israel wanted water in the desert they did not eye God in it but chide with Moses Numb 20. 2 3. But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate Deut. 2. 30. Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not amongst us Deut. 31. 17. See now that I even I am he c. I kilâ— and I make alive I wound and I heal neither is there any who can deliver you out of my hand Deut. 32. 39. The Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me c. God hath brought me home again empty Ruth 1. 20 21. When Samuel had told Eli what the Lord would do against his house he said It is the Lord 1 Sam. 3. 18. Shimei cursed David c. David said So let him curse because the Lord hath said unto him Curse David who then shall say wherefore 2 Sam. 16. 6 7 8 9 10. Satan said Put forth thine hand c. Job said The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken Job â— 11 21. chap. 2. 5. Afflictions cometh not forth of the dust neither doth trouble come out of the ground c. the chastening of the Lord for he maketh fore and bindeth up he woundeth c. Job 5. 6. 17 18. ch 9. 12. I will say unto God c. wherefore contendest thou with me Job 10 2. ch 30. 11. God hath overthrown me c. he hathâ— fenâ—â—â— up my way that I cannot pass c. Job 19. 6 7. 8 9 10 11 12. chap. 13. 26 27. Lam. 1. 12 13 c. chap. 2. 5 6. When he giveth quietness who then can make trouble and when he hideth his face who then can behold him Job 34. 22. I opened not my mouth because thou didst it c. when thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity thou makest his beauty to consume away c. Psal 39. 9 11. Thou hast cast us off and put us to shame c. thou hast given us like sheep for meat Psal 44. 9 10 c. Thou who hast shewed me great and sore troubles shalt quicken me Psal 71. 20. Thou turnest man to destruction Psal 90. 3. Their Enemies he turned their heart to hate his people and to deal subtilly with his servants Psal 105. 25. Despise not the chastening of the Lord c. Prov. 3. 11 12. Heb. 12. 5 6. O Assyrian the rod of thine anger c. I will send him against an hypocritical Nation c. Isa 10. 5 6. I make peace I create evil I the Lord do all these things Isa 45. 7.