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 divisions or factions 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. 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 strifes backbitings whisperings swellings tumults Lest when I come again my God will humble me among you and that I shall bewail many who have sinned already and have not repented of the â—…anness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed 2 Cor. 12. 20 21. I marvel that you are so soon removed from him who called you into the grace of Christ unto another Gospel c. And now after that ye have known God or rather are known of God how turn ye back to the weak and beggerly elements or rudiments whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ye observe days and months and times and years c. Gal. 1. 6. Gal. 4. 9 10 11. Paul complains thus I have no man like minded who will naturally care for your state for all seek their own not the things which are Jesus Christs Phil. 2. 20 21. Ye are dull of hearing for when for the time ye ought to be teachers ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk c. Heb. 5. 11 12. Thou hast borne and hast patience and for my names sake hast laboured and hast not fainted nevertheless I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first love c. So the Church of Pergamos c. And the Church of Thiatira c. See Rev. 2. 3 4 12 13 14 15 18 19 20. 3dly That God will punish or correct his for sinning God was angry with Moses for his sin and would not suffer him to go into the good land Deut. 3. 25 26 27. chap. 4. 21 22. God said to Moses Dye in the Mount as Aaron thy brother died in Mount Hor because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel c. Because ye sanctified me not in the middest of the children of Israel Deut. 32. 48 50 51. Psalm 106. 32 33. Aaron shall be gathered unto his people he shall not enter into the land c. Because ye rebelled against my word c. Num. 20. 24. I will be his Father and he shall be my Son If he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men but my mercy shall not depart away from him 2 Sam. 7. 14 15. David said to Nathan I have sinned against the Lord and Nathan said unto David the Lord also hath put away thy sin thou shalt not dye how-be-it because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme the child c. shall surely dye 2 Sam. 12. 13 14. If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments c. Then will I visit their transgressions with a rod and their iniquity with stripes Psal. 89. 30 31 32. Thou wast a God who forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions Psal. 99. 8. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him I hid me and was wroth and he went on frowardly or turning away in the way of his heart I have seen his way and I will heal him Isa. 57. 17 18. I will correct thee in measure and will not leave thee altogether unpunished Jer. 30. 11. ch 46. 28. You only have I known of all the families in the earth Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities Amos 3. 2. When God sent Jonah to Nineveh he fled from Gods presence c. But the Lord sent out a great wind c. And Jonah was cast into the Sea for this Jonah 1. 1 4 10 11 12. Zacharias struck dumb for not believing Luk 1. 19 20. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep c. When we are judged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world 1 Cor. 11. 30 31. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore c. Rev. 3. 19. Heb. 12. 6 7 8. See more of Gods Judgments for sin Chap. 16. CHAP. XIV Of the Priviledges of Saints and their excellency above others VVhat God hath done doth do and will do for and be unto them more than others and what they can do with God c. ENoch walked with God and was not for God took him Gen. 5. 24. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord Gen. 6. 8. And the Lord said unto Noah Come thou and all thy house into the Ark for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation Gen. 7. 1. 2 Pet. 2. 5. And the Lord plagued Pharoah and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abrams wife Gen. 12. 17. The word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision saying Fear not Abram I am thy shield thy exceeding great reward Gen. 15. 1. Abram interceded with God for Sodom and God granted him as much as he asked See at large Gen. 18. 23 24 25 26 27 28 c. When God had sent his Angels to destroy Sodom they said unto Lot Hast thou any here besides son-in-law and thy sons and thy daughters and whatsoever thou hast in the city bring out of this place c. They hastened Lot saying Arise take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here lest thou be consumed c. and while he lingered the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters the Lord being merciful unto him and they brought him forth c. He prevailed with God to spare Zoar c. Hast thee escape thither for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither c. God remembred Abram and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow c. Gen. 19. 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 29. 2 Pet. 2. 6 7. And God said unto Abram c. of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation because he is thy seed Gen. 21. 12 13. Laban said unto Jacob I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake c. Jacob said
slow to speak c. If any man among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his own heart this mans religion is vain James 1. 19 26. If any man offend not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle the whole body Behold we put bits in horses mouths c. The ships though great c. yet are they turned about with a small helm whithersoever the governour listeth so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things c. And the tongue is a fire a world of iniquity so is the tongue among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature and it is set on fire of hell For every kind of beast c. hath been tamed of man but the tongue can no man tame an unruly evil full of deadly poyson Therewith bless we God even the Father and therewith curse we men c. out of the same mouth proceed blessings and cursings My brethren these things ought not so to be James 3. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Speak not evil one of another brethren for whoso speaketh evil of his brother and judgeth his brother speaketh evil of the law James 4. 11. Wherefore laying aside all malice c. and evil speaking 1 Pet. 2. 1. Not rendring c. railing for railing but contrariwise blessing c. He who would love life and see good days let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile 1 Pet. 3. 9 10. But these as natural bruit beasts c. speak evil of the things they understand not 2 Pet. 2. 12. The Lord c. to convince all c. of all their hard speeches which ungodly c. have spoken against me Jude verse 14. 15. All lyars shall have their part in the lake which burneth c. and there shall in no wise enter in c. whosoever worketh c. and maketh a lye Rev. 21. 8 27. Without are dogs c. and whatsoever loveth and maketh a lye Rev. 22. 15. To acknowledg and mourn for sin depart from it and watch against it the arguments God complains of it reasoning with sinners about it threatnings and judgments against sin and sinners 1. What sin is By the Law is the knowledg of sin Rom. 3. 20. Rom. 7. 7 13. Sin is the transgression of the Law 1 John 3. 4. All unrighteousness in sin 1 John 5. 17. 2. Acknowledg sin unto God both their own and others and mourn for them And Moses returned unto the Lord and said Oh this people have sinned a great sin and have made them gods of gold c. Exod. 32. 31. And Aaron shall lay both of his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel and all their transgressions and all their sins c. Levit. 16. 21. If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers with their trespass which they have trespassed against me and that also they have walked contrary unto me c. then will I remember my covenant Levit. 26. 40 42. When a man or woman shall commit any sin c. then they shall confess their sins which they have done Num. 5. 6 7. And David said to Nathan I have sinned against the Lord 2 Sam. 12. 13. Davids heart smote him c. and David said unto the Lord I have sinned greatly in that I have done 2 Sam. 24. 10. Ezra said I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee my God for our iniquities are increased over our head and our trespasses c. Ezra 9. 5 6 7 c. Nehemiah confesseth thus Both I and my fathers house have sinned we have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept c. Nehem. 1. 6 7. Job saith I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men Job 7. 20. If any say I have sinned and perverted that which was right and it profiteth me not he will deliver his soul c. Job 33. 27 28. Job answered the Lord and said Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay mine hand upon my mouth Job 40. 3 4. I aknowledged my sins unto thee and mine iniquity have I not hid I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psal. 32. 5. I will declare mine iniquity I will be sorry for my sins Psal. 35. 18. For I acknowledg my transgressions and my sin is ever before me Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight c. Psal. 51. 3 4 5. We have sinned with our fathers we have commited iniquity c. Psal. 106. 6 7. Rivers of water run down mine eyes because they keep not thy Law c. I beheld the transgressions and was grieved because they keep not thy word Psal. 119. 136 158. If thou shouldst mark iniquities O Lord who shall stand Psal. 130. 3. He who covereth his sin shall not prosper but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy Prov. 28. 13. Behold thou art wroth for we have sinned c. We are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousness as filthy rags c. Isa. 64. 5 6 7. Yet 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. Go and proclaim these words c. Return thou back-sliding Israel saith the Lord I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you c. Only acknowledg thine iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God and hast scattered thy ways c. Jer. 3. 12 23. If ye will not hear it my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride and mine eyes shall weep sore Jer. 13. 17. O Lord though our iniquities testifie against us do thou for thy Names sake for our back-slidings are many We have sinned against thee c. We acknowledg O Lord our wickedness the iniquity of our fathers for we have sinned against thee Jer. 14. 7 20. The Lord is righteous for I have rebelled against his commandments c. My heart is turned within me for I have grievously rebelled Lam. 1. 18 20. The crown is fallen from our heads wo unto us that we have sinned Lam. 5. 16. Set a mark upon the forheads of the men who sigh who cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof Ezek. 9. 4. Ye shall remember your ways c. and ye shall loath your selves in your own sight for all your evil which ye have committed Ezek. 20. 43. Chap. 16. 63. I prayed unto the Lord my God and made my confession c. We have sinned and committed iniquity c. Dan. 9. 3 4 5 6 15. I will go and return to my place till they acknowledg their
Nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face Deut. 8 19 20. If thy brother c. thy daughter or thy wise c. intice thee secretly saying Let us go and serve other gods c. thou shalt not spare him thou shalt surely kill him c. Deut. 13. 6 7 8 9 c. If thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee Cursed thou in the city and cursed thou in the field c. Deut. 28. 15 16 17 to the end chap. 29. 19 20. Achan sinned in taking the accursed thing and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel c. and the men of Ai smote them c. And God said He who is taken with this accursed thing shall be burned with fire he and all that he hath because that he hath transgressed c. and accordingly Achan and his was stoned and burned Josh. 7. 1 4 5 13 15 24 25 26 If ye forsake the Lord and serve strange gods then he will turn and do you hurt and consume you after he hath done you good Josh. 24. 20. Sampsons Delelah was his ruine Judg. 16. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. The Benjamites cut off and destroyed for the great sin in abusing the Levites concubine to death Judg. 18. chap. 19. God threatens Eli for his suffering his sons to sin so in the Priesthood 1 Sam. 2. 22 23 to the end The Lord said I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house c. for I have told him that I will judg his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vilâ—… and he restrained them not and therefore have I sworn unto the house of Eli That the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor burnt-offerings for ever 1 Sam. 3. 11 12 13 14. He smote the men of Bethshemesh because had looked into the ark of the Lord c. fifty thousand and seventy men 1 Sam. 6. 19. The elders of Israel came to Samuel and said Make us a king to judg us like all the nations c. And the Lord said unto Samuel c. they have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them c. and God said You shall cry out because of your king c. and the Lord will not hear you in that day 1 Sam. 8. 4 5 7 18 19. chap. 10. 19. The Lord sent thunder and rain in Wheat-harvest and all the people feared the Lord and Samuel We have added unto all our sins this evil to ask us a king c. if ye shall still do wickedly ye shall be consumed both ye and your king 1 Sam. 12. 12. 16 17 18 19 25. Saul offered sacrifice himself c. Samuel said to him Thou hast done foolishly c. but now the kingdom shall not continue 1 Sam. 13. 9 10 13 14. Samuel said to Saul Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord he hath also rejected thee from being King 1 Sam. 15. 9 11 23 26. The Lord also takes away his Spirit from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him 1 Sam. 16. 1 14. And when Saul enquired of the Lord the Lord answered him not neither by dreams nor by urim nor by Prophets c. Then he goes to a familar spirit c. Samuel said Why hast thou disquieted me c. Saul said God is departed from me and answereth me no more c. The Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand because thou obeyed not the voice of the Lord nor executed his fierce wrath upon Amalek c. therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day c. 1 Sam. 18. 6 7 15 16 17 18 19. Uzzah put forth his hand unto the Ark of God and took hold of it c. and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah and God smote him there for his error or rashness and there he dyed c. Michal Davids wife despised David for his dancing before the Ark c. therefore she had no child unto the day of her death c. 2 Sam. 6. 16 23. Davids sin in the matter of Uriahs wife c. displeased the Lord 2 Sam. 11. 27. And Nathan said unto David c. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel I anointed thee king over Israel c. and if that had been too little I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in his sight that thou hast killed Uriah c. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house c. Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house and I will take thy wives before thine eyes and give unto thy neighbour and he shall lye with thy wife in the sight of this Sun c. the child also shall surely dye c. And the child dyed 2 Sam. 12. 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 18. Then Amnon his son forceth Tamar sister of Absalom c. And Absalom killeth Aâ—…non 2 Sam. 13. 11 12 13 14 28 29. Absalom conspired against David and rebels 2 Sam. 15. Absalom went in unto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel 2 Sam. 16. 21 22. Absalom is slain himself 2 Sam. 18. 14 15. There was a famine c. and David enquired of the Lord and the Lord answered It is for Saul and his bloody house because he slew the Gibeonites c. The children of Israel had sworn unto them and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal c. 2 Sam. 21. 1. Josh. 9. 15. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel c. David said Go number the people c. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel c. And there dyed seventy thousand men 2 Sam. 24. 1 2 15. Adonijah put to death by Solomons order and Joab for his sin killing of Abner and Amasa also put to death and Shimei also put to death for his cursing of David 1 Kings 2. 24 25 28 31 32 33 34. If you shall at all turn from following of me you or your children and will not keep my commandments c. then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them and this house which I have hallowed for my name will I cast out of my sight and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word c. 1 Kings 9. 6 7 8. And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel who had appeared unto him twice c. Therefore the Lord said unto Solomon Forasmuch as this is done of thee and thou hast not kept my covenant c. I will surely rend the
would abound c. 1 Thes. 4. 1. Prove all things hold fast that which is good 1 Thes. 5. 21. Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our Epistle 2 Thes. 2. 15. Hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me 2 Tim. 1. 13. Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of knowing of whom thou hast learned And that from a Child thou hast known the holy scriptures c. 2 Tim. 3. 14 15. Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth Titus 1. 14. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip Heb. 2. 1. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the begining 1 John 2. 24. It was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints for there are certain men crept in c. Jude vers 3 4. The children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God c. And had walked in the statutes of the heathen whom c. and of the kings of Israel which they had made c. Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made 2 Kings 17. 7 8 18 19. That which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Luk. 16. 15. Some affirm that we say Let us do evil that good may come whose damnation is just Rom. 3. 8. To Pray unto God of Prayer at large Abraham prayed for Abimelech unto God and God healed him and his Gen. 20. 17. O Lord God of master Abraham I pray thee send me good speed this day c. Let it come to pass that the damosel to whom I shall say c. Gen. 24. 12 13 14 15. And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife because she was barren and the Lord was intreated of him and Rebekah his wife conceived Gen. 25. 21. Jacob prayed unto God in his distress about Esau and prevailed Gen. 32. 9 10 11 12 24 25 26 28. ch 33. 4. Hosea 12. 4 5. Moses prayed unto God for Pharoah to remove their Plagues Exod. 8. 12 13. ch 9. 33. ch 10. 18. Moses prayed hard and often for Israel and prevailed Exod. 32. 11 12 13 14 31 32. Num. 14. 13 to the 20. The forms Moses and Aaron and his sons used in blessing the people and in their march Num. 6. 23 24 25 26. chap. 10. 35 36. I besought the Lord at that time saying O Lord God thou hast begun to shew thy servant c. Deut. 3. 23 24 c. If from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thy heart c. Deut. 4. 29. Joshua prayed when Israel had fled before the men of Ai Joshua 7 6 7 8 9. Then Manoah intreated the Lord and said O my Lord let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us and teach us what we shall do unto the child c. And God hearkened unto the voice of Manoah Judges 13. 8 9. Sampson called on the Lord and said Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hands of thy servant and now shall I dye for thirst and God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw and there came water thereout Judges 15. 18 19. And Sampson called unto the Lord and said O Lord God remember me I pray thee and strengthen me I pray thee only this once O God c. Judges 16. 28. Hanna prayed unto the Lord and wept sore c. She spake in her heart only her lips moved but her voice was not heard 1 Sam. 1. 10 11 12 13. As for me God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you 1 Sam. 12. 23. David prays that it may be with him and his house as God had said to him by Nathan the Prophet 2 Sam. 7. 17 18 19 to the 29. While the child was alive I fasted and I said Who can tell whether God will be gracious 2 Sam. 12. 22. Jonah 3. 8 9. God said to Solomon ask what I shall give thee And Solomon asked wisdom to govern and God was pleased so with that and in that he had not asked long life and riches that God gave him wisdom and understanding and riches and honour also 1 Kings 3. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. King Solomon prayed at large at the dedication of the Temple and God heard him 1 Kings 8. 22 23 24 c. ch 9. 2 3. 2 Chron. 1. 7 8 c. Elijah the Prophet prayed that it might be made known that God was God in Israel when others were for Baal And God he heard him and caused fire to come down and consume the sacrifice 1 Kings 18. 36 37 38. Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face continually 1 Chron. 16. 11. If thou seek him he will be found of thee 1 Chron. 28. 9. Judah c. fought him with their whole desire and he was found of them 2 Chron. 15. 15. There are good things found in thee thou hast taken away c. and hast prepared thine heart to seek God 2 Chron. 19. 3. Asa prayed for help against the Ethiopian Army of 1000000 and prevailed 2 Chron. 14. 10 11 12. When Moab c. came against Jehosaphat he stood in the congregation in the house of the Lord and prayed for help and God heard and answered 2 Chron. 20. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 24. Hezekiah being sick prayed 2 Chron. 32. 24. Nehemiah when he heard of the affliction of the Jews he wept and mourned and fasted and prayed Nehem. 1. 4 5 6 7 8 c. So again when Israel were building and in danger of enemies Nehem. 4. 4 5 9. I would make supplication to my judg Job 9. 15. My God for unto thee will I pray my voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct unto thee and look up Psal. 5. 2 3. I acknowledged my sin c. for this shall every one who is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou maist be found Psal. 32. 5 6. They who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing Psal. 34. 10. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee c. Psal. 50. 15. Though Nathan had told David his sin was forgiven him yet he prays earnestly to be delivered from blood-guiltiness c. Psal. 51. 1 2 3 4 to the 15. As for me I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me evening and morning at noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my voice Psal. 55. 16 17. O thou who â—…rest prayer unto thee shall all
love Prov. 27. 5. He who rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he who flattereth with the tongue Prov. 28. 23. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee alone c. If he will not hear thee then take one or two more c. Matth. 18. 15 16 17. Luke 17. 3 4. Ye also are full of goodness filled with all knowledg able to admonish one another Rom. 15. 4. Paul rebuked Peter for not walking uprightly Gal. 2 11 12 13 14. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly c. teaching and admonishing one another Col. 3. 16. Comfort or exhort your selves together and edifie one another even as also ye do c. Warn them who are unruly or disorderly comfort the feeble-minded 1 Thes. 5. 11 14. If any man obey not c. have no company with him c. but admonish him as a brother 2 Thes. 3. 14 15. Rebuke not an Elder but intreat him as a father and the younger men as brethren the elder women as mothers the younger as sisters c. Them that sin rebuke before all that others also may fear 1 Tim. 5. 1 2 20. Exhort one another daily c. lest any of you be hardned through the decitsulness of sin Heb. 3. 12 13. Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works not forsaking the assemblings of your selves c. but exhorting one another Heb. 10. 24 25. Brethren if any one of you do err from the truth and one convert him let him know that he c. shall save a soul from death and shall hide c. James 5. 19 20. Of some have compassion making a difference and others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh Jude verse 20. 22 23. See Discipline Chap. 27. To take rebuke admonition c. well from each other When David had rashly resolved to cut off all Nabals family and Abigail had met him and humbly and wisely admonished him David accepts of the advice and saith Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me and blessed be thy advice and blessed be thou who hast kept me this day from shedding of blood c. I have hearkned to thy voice 1 Sam. 25. 22 23 24 25 to the 35. When Nathan had told David his sin in the matter of Uriah David said I have sinned against the Lord 2 Sam. 12. 7 13. When Joab had told the King of his errour in mourning so for Absalom as to discourage his subjects who had fought for him David hearkned and arose and sate in the gate as Joab advised 2 Sam. 19. 5 6 7 8. Let the righteous smite me it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me it shall be as excellent oyl which shall not break my head Psal. 141. 5. A wise man will hear and will increase learning Prov. 1. 5. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate thee rebuke a wise man and he will love thee give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser c. Prov. 9. 8 9. He is in the way of life who keepeth instruction but he who refuseth reproof erreth or causeth to err Prov. 10. 17. Whosoever loveth instruction loveth knowledg but he who hateth reproof is brutish c. he who hearkneth unto counsel is wise Prov. 12. 1 15. A wise son heareth his fathers instruction but a scorner heareth not rebuke c. Poverty and shame to him who refuseth instruction but he who regardeth reproof shall be honoured Prov. 13. 1 18. A fool despiseth his fathers instruction but he who regardeth reproof is prudent c. He who hateth reproof shall die c. A scorner loveth not one who reproveth c. The ear which heareth reproof of life abideth among the wise He who refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul c. Prov. 15. 5 10 12 31 32. A reproof entreth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool Prov. 17. 10. As an ear-ring of gold c. so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear Prov. 25. 12. He who being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy c. The rod and reproof gives wisdom Prov. 29. 1 15. Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth Gal. 4. 16. Submit your selves one to another in the fear of God Ephes. 5. 21. Ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility 1 Pet. 5. 5. 7thly To confess sin to and pray each for other When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit to do a trespass against the Lord c. then they shall confess their sin which they have done and he shall recompence his trespass c. and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed Numb 5. 6 7. And many who believed came and confessed and shewed their deeds c. Acts 19. 18 19. Paul confesseth that beyond measure he persecuted the Church of God and wasted it c. Gal. 1. 13. 1 Tim. 1. 12 13. Confess your fault one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed Jam. 5. 16. If a man see his brother sin a sin not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them who sin not unto death 1 John 5. 16. 8thly To be of one mind Behold how good and how pleasant is it for brethren to dwell together in Unity like the precious ointment upon the head c. Psal. 133. 1 2. Christ prays that they may be kept that they may be one as we are c. Joh. 19. 11 12. And the multitude of them who believed were of one heart and of one soul c. Acts 4. 32. We being many are one body in Christ and every one members one of another c. Be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 5 16. Now the God c. grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God even the father Rom. 15. 5 6. I beseech you brethren c. that ye all speak the same things and that there be no division but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment 1 Cor. 1. 10 12. Whereas there is among you c. divisions Are ye not carnal c One faith I am of Paul c. 1 Cor. 3. 3 4. When ye come together in the Church I hear there be divisions among you c. 1 Cor. 11. 18 23. Finally brethren c. be of one mind 2 Cor. 13. 11. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace c. one body and one spirit Ephes. 4. 3 4 5. That ye stand fast in one spirit with one mind striving
1 Sam. 12. 16 17 18 19. They have set up kings but not by me they have made princes and I knew it not Hosea 8. 3 4. And thy judges of whom thou saidst Give me a king and princes I gave thee a king in mine anger and took him away in my wrath Hosea 13. 10 11. See the kings of Israel c. Chap. 44. CHAP. XXV Of an Oath for Testimony Confirmation and ending of Controversies and other occasions ABraham said unto the king of Sodom I have lift my hand unto the Lord the most high God that I would not take c. any thing lest thou shouldst say c. Gen. 14. 22 23. Abimelech c. spake unto Abraham saying God is with thee c. Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsly with me nor with my son c. And Abram said I will swear c. They swore both of them Gen. 21. 22 23 24 31. Abram said unto his servant Put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh and I will make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and the God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites c. and the servant did swear Gen. 24. 3 4 9. Abimelech and Isaac swear each to other not to hurt one the other Gen. 26. 28 29. 31. Jacob and Laban made a covenant and swore to it Jacob did swear by the fear of his father Isaac Gen. 31. 44 50 51 52 53. Israel called Joseph his son to him and desired him to swear unto him that he would bury him not in Egypt but in his fathers burying-place Joseph did swear unto him Gen. 47. 29 30 31. Joseph had straitly sworn the children of Israel saying c. ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you Exod. 13. 19. Gen. 50. 25. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Exod. 20. 16. If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass c and it die or is hurt c. no man seeing it then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbours goods and the owner of it shall accept thereof Exod. 22. 10 11. If a soul sin and hear a voice of swearing and is a witness whether he hath seen or known it if he do not utter it then he shall bear his iniquity Levit. 5. 1. And ye shall not swear by my name falsly neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God Levit. 19. 12. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God c. and shalt swear by his name Deut. 6. 13. ch 10. 20. At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he who is worthy of death be put to death at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death The hands of the witness shall be first upon him Deut. 17. 6 7. One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established If a false witness rise up c. the judges shall make diligent enquiry and if the witness be a false witness c. then shall he do unto him c. Deut. 19. 15 16 17 18 19. Joshua made peace with the Gibeonites c. and the princes of the congregation sware unto them c. The princes said We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel therefore we may not touch them Joshua 9. 15 19. ch 2. 12 14 ch 6. 22. The men of Israel had sworn c. saying There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife c. How shall we do c. seeing we have sworn by the Lord c Judges 21. 1 7 18. Jonathan said unto David Go in peace forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord saying The Lord be between me and thee and between my seed and thy seed for ever 1 Sam. 20. 13 17 42. Saul said unto David Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord that thou wilt not cut off my seed c. and David sware unto Saul 1 Sam. 24. 21 22. The king sware to Shimei that he shoul not die 2 Sam. 19. 23. God brought a famine upon Israel for the sin of Saul in slaying the Gibeonites with whom Israel had made a covenant to which the princes swore 2 Sam. 21. 1 2 3. David had sworn unto Bathsheba his Queen by the Lord his God that Solomon his son should reign after him c. And the king sware and said As the Lord liveth c. even as I swear unto thee by the Lord c. even so will I do 1 Kings 1. 17 29 30. Jehojadah sent c. the rulers and captains c. and made a covenant with them and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord and shewed them the kings son c. 2 Kings 11. 4 5 6 c. Asa with Judah made a solemn covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart c. That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death c. And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice c. And all Israel rejoyced at the oath for they had sworn with all their hearts 2 Chron. 15. 8 9 12 13 14 15. Ezra made a covenant c. he made the chief priests the Levites and all Israel to swear that they should do according to this word and they sware Ezra 10. 3 5. Nehemiah called the priests and took an oath of them that they should do according to this promise Neh. 5. 11 12. The king shall rejoyce in God every one who sweareth by him shall glory Psal. 63. 11. A false witness shall not be unpunished c. Prov. 19. 5 9. He who sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth Isa. 65. 16. Jer. 12. 16. And thou shalt swear the Lord liveth in truth in judgment and in righteousness Jer. 4. 2. How shall I pardon thee for this thy children have forsaken me and sworn by them who are no gods Jer. 5. 7. The king sware secretly unto Jeremiah saying As the Lord liveth who made us this soul I will not put thee to death Jer. 38. 16. God threatned the Jews king for breaking his covenant and despising his oath he made to and with the king of Babylon and saith Surely mine oath which he hath despised and my covenant which he hath broken even it will I recompence upon his own head c. I will bring him to Babylon Ezek. 17. 15 16 18 19 20. I heard the man cloathed in linnen c. when he lift up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven and sware by him who liveth for ever that it shall be for a time c. Dan. 12. 7. God threatens to cut off them
garments c. He cryed with a loud voice saying My God my God why hast thou forsaken me c. Jesus when he had cryed again with a loud voice yeelded up the Ghost Mat. 27. 27 28 29 30 34 35 46 50. See John 19. 23 24 c. The Son of man came to give his life for a ransome for many Mar. 10. 45. I have a baptism to be baptized with and how am I straitned till it be accomplished Luke 12. 50. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground Luke 22. 44. Thus it is written and thus it behooveth Christ to suffer Luke 24. 46. My flesh which I will give for the life of the world John 6. 51. I lay down my life for the sheep c. I lay down my life that I may take it up c. no man taketh it from me but I lay it down of my self c. John 10. 15 17 18. It is expedient for us that one man should dye for the people c. He prophesied That Jesus should dye for that Nation and not for that Nation only but c. John 11. 50 51 52. Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends John 15. 13. The cup which my Father hath given me shall I not drink it Joh. 18. 11. Those things which God spake before by the mouth of all his Prophets that Christ should suffer he hath so fulfilled Acts 3. 18. The Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Acts 20. 28. Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation for sin through faith in his blood Rom. 3. 24 25. Jesus who was delivered for our offences Rom. 4. 25. Christ dyed for the ungodly c. While we were yet sinners Christ dyed for us c. We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son Rom. 5. 6 8 10. God sent his Son c. and for sin or by a sacrifice for sins condemned sin in the flesh c. Who is he who condemneth it is Christ that dyed Rom. 8. 3 34. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us 1 Cor. 5. 7. Ye are bought with a price 1 Cor. 6. 20. Christ dyed for our sins according to the Scripture 1 Cor. 15. 3. He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin 2 Cor. 5. 21. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins c. Gal. 1. 4. The Son of God c. who gave himself for me Gal. 2. 20. Christ hath loved us and given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour c. Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it Ephes. 5. 2 25. He became obedient unto the death even the death of the Cross Phil. 2. 8. We have redemption through his blood c. having made peace through the blood of his Cross c. hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death Col. 1. 14 20 21 22. The Man Jesus Christ who gave himself a ransome for all c. 1 Tim. 2. 5 6. His Son who c. when he had by himself purged our sins c. Heb. 1. 3. Jesus made c. for the suffering of death c. that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man for it became him c. to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings c. that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the Devil Heb. 2. 9 10 14. Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered Heb. 5. 8. Who needed not daily as those High-Priests to offer up sacrifice c. for this he did once when he offered up himself Heb. 7. 27. Christ being come c. by his own blood he entered in once into the Holy Place c. How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God purge your consciences c that by the means of death for the redemption of transgressions c. Where a Testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the Testator c. Neither was the first Testament dedicated without blood c. And without shedding of blood is no remission c. Nor yet that he should offer himself often c. But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many c. Heb. 9. 11 14 15 16 18 22 24 25 26 28. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all c. This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sate down c. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. To the blood of sprinkling which speaks better things than that of Abel Heb. 10. 10 12 14. Heb. 12. 24. Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the gate Heb. 13. 12. The spirit of Christ c. When it testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ c. The precious blood of Christ 1 Pet. 1. 11 19. Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example c. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on or to the tree 1 Pet. 2. 21 24. Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust c. Being put to death in the flesh c. 1 Pet. 3. 18. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh let us c. 1 Pet. 4. 1. Jesus Christ who gave himself a ransom for all c. 1 John 2. 6. Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us 1 John 3. 16. Unto him who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Rev. 1. 5. Thou wast slain and hast redeemed us unto God by thy blood c. Rev. 5. 9. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world Rev. 13. 8. He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God Rev. 19. 15. 5thly He fulfilled all righteousness of the Law bare the Curse took away the hand-Writing of Ordinances is our righteousness I will make mention of thy name of thine only Psal. 71. 16. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted Psal. 89. 16. Surely shall one say in the Lord have I righteousness c. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory Isa. 45. 24 25. The servants of the Lord and their righteousness is of me saith the Lord Isa. 54. 17. I will cause the branch of righteousness to grow up unto David c. And this is the name wherewith he shall be called the Lord
might preach c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Blessed be God c. according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world c. Having predestinated us unto the Adoption of children by Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace c. Having made known to us the mistery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself c. Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will Ephes. 1. 4 5 6 9 11. Which in other ages was not made known c. That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ Ephes. 3. 5 6. Work out your own salvation c. for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. Giving thanks to the father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the Inheritance of the saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son Col. 1. 12 13. Knowing c. Your election of God for our Gospel came not unto you in word but also in power c. 1 Thes. 1. 4 5. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord 1 Thes. 5. 9. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation c. Whereunto he called you by our Gospel 2 Thes. 2. 13 14. God who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began 2 Tim. 1. 8 9. I endure all things for the elects sake c. Who concerning the truth have erred c. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure having this seal the Lord knoweth them that are his 2 Tim. 2. 10 18 19. If they shall enter into rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world Heb. 4. 3. To the strangers c. Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the father 1 Pet. 1. 1 2. Being disobedient whereto they were appointed but ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a peculiar or a purchased people that ye may shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness c. 1 Pet. 2. 8 9 10. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. They went out from us c. That they might be made manifest that they were not all of us 1 John 2. 19. All who dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the Book of life of the Lamb Rev. 13. 8. And they who dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the Book of life from the foundation of the World when c. Rev. 17. 8. CHAP. X. Pardon and remission of sins reconciliation and peace with God Justification and Sanctification before God eternal-life and Salvation free through the grace of God only by the death sacrifice and sufferings of Christ without Works In General THis is the true grace of God wherein ye stand 1 Pet. 5. 12. The Law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ John 1. 17. If by grace then is it no more works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be of works then is it no more of grace otherwise work is no more work c. That he might have mercy on all O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom c. Rom. 11. 6 32 33. We are the Circumcision who worship God in spirit rejoyce in Christ have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. We are come c. to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel Heb. 12. 24. Who testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow 1 Pet. 1. 11. In Particular Pardon of Sins The Lord proclaimed himself The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth c. Forgiving iniquity transgression and sin Exod. 34. 6 7. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psal. 32. 1 2 5. As for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away Psal. 65. 3. But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared Psal. 130. 4. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red as crimson they shall be as wooll Isa. 1. 18. I am he who blotteth out thy transgression for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins Isa. 43. 35. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sins Sing O Heavens for the Lord hath done it Isa. 44. 22 23. He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities c. the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all c. he shall bear their iniquities Isa. 53. 5 6 11. Let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and unto our God for he will abundantly pardon or multiply pardons for my thoughts are not your thoughts c. Isa. 55. 7 8 9. I will make a new Covenant c. for I will forgive their iniquity and will remember their sins no more Jer. 31. 31 34. Heb. 10. 17 18. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned against me and whereby they have transgressed against me Jer. 33. 8. In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve Jer. 50. 20. Seventy weeks are determined c. to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity c. the Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself c. Dan. 9. 24 26. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage c. thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea Mic. 7. 18 19. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Mat. 1. 21. Jesus said to the sick of the Palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee c. Ye may know that the Son
be trodden down by it Isa. 28. 14 15 16 18. He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth c. who bringeth the Princes of the earth to nothing he maketh the Judges of the earth as vanity Isa. 40. 22 3. Say to the Prince of Tyrus Thus saith the Lord God because thine heart is lifted up and thou hast said I am a god I sit in the seat of God c. yet thou art a man and not God though thou set thine heart as the heart of God c. therefore thus saith the Lord God c. I will bring strangers upon thee c. and they shall bring thee down to the pit and thou shalt die the death of them c. but thou shalt be a man and no God in the hand of him who slayeth thee Ezek. 28. 2 6 7 8 9. Nebuchadnezzar the king in the height of his pride driven out among the beasts Dan. 4. 30 31 32 33. There is no respect of persons with God Rom. 2. 11. 3dly What are the Duties of Magistrates and what they should be negatively and affirmatively Thou shalt provide out of all the people able men such as fear God men of truth hating covetousness and place over them to be rulers Exod. 18. 16 20 21. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the poor in his cause c. and thou shalt take no gift for gifts blindeth the wise c. Exod. 23. 6 8. Deut. 16. 19. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment thou shalt not respect the person of the poor nor honour the person of the mighty in righteousness thou shalt judg thy neghbour Levit. 19. 15. Moses when the people had sinned prayed earnestly for them c. Numb 14. 13 c. Deut. 9. 25 26 c. Joshua 7. 7 8 c. Take ye wise men and understanding and known among your tribes and I will make them rulers over you c. And I charged your Judges at that time saying Hear between your brethren and judg righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger with him ye shall not respect persons in judgment you shall hear the small as well as the great you shall not be afraid of the face of a man for the judgment is Gods and the cause which is too hard for you bring it unto me c. Deut. 1. 13 15 16 17. The Lord your God is a God of gods c. who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward he doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow Deut. 10. 17 18. Judges and officers c. and they shall judg the people with just judgment thou shalt not wrest judgment thou shalt not respect persons neither take a gift for a gift doth blind c. that which is altogether just shalt thou follow Deut. 16. 18 19 20. Thou shalt in any wise set a king over thee whom the Lord thy God shall chuse one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee thou maist not set a stranger over thee who is not thy brother but he shall not multiply horses to himself c. And it shall be that when he shall sit upon the throne of the kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book c. and it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the Lord his God to keep all the words of this law c. that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren and that he turn not aside from the Commandment Deut. 17. 15 16 17 18 19 20. If there be a controversie between men and they shall come unto judgment that the Judges may judg them then they shall justifie the righteous and condemn the wicked Deut. 25. 1. Samuel his sons walked not in his ways but turned aside after lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment 1 Sam. 8. 1 3. And David executed judgment and justice unto all his people 2 Sam. 8. 15. He who ruleth over men must be or be thou ruler over men just ruling in the fear of God 2 Sam. 23. 3. When the plague was upon Israel for Davids sins he said Lo I have sinned and done wickedly but these sheep what have they done Let thine hand be against me and against my fathers house c. 2 Sam. 24. 17. Solomon said Give therefore thy servant an understanding-heart to judg thy people that I may discern between good and bad c. And the speech pleased the Lord 1 Kings 3. 7 8 9 10. Rehoboam took the counsel of the young men and rejected the old mens advice and answered the people roughly and said He would add to their burdens and not ease them whereupon many of the tribes revolt and chuse them a King 2 Chron. 10. He was going to fight against Israel but God forbid him 2 Chron. 11. 1 4. Jehoshaphat c. sent to his Princes to Benhail and to Obadiah c. to teach in the Cities of Judah and with them Levites even Shemajah c. and they taught in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them and went about throughout all the Cities of Judah and taught the people 2 Chron. 17. 7 8 9. Jehoshaphat said to the Judges Take heed what you do for ye judg not for man but for the Lord who is with you in the judgment wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts 2 Chron. 19. 6 7. Jehoshaphat in a time of danger stood in the congregation in the house of the Lord and prayed himself with them and for them there 2 Chron. 20. 2 3 to the 13. Nehemiah saith From the time that I was appointed to be their governour c. I and my brethren have eaten the bread of the governour but the former governours c. were chargeable unto the people c. yea even their servants bear rule over the people but so did not I because of the fear of God c. Nehem. 5. 14 15 16 18. I gave my brother Hanani and Hanania c. charge over Jerusalem for he was a faithful man and feared God above many Nehem. 7. 2. I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out and I brake the jaws of the wicked and pluckt the spoil out of his teeth Job 29. 16 17. Be wise now therefore O ye kings be instructed ye Judges of the earth serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Psal. 2. 10 11. The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men or the vilest of the sons of men are exalted Psal. 12. 10. Man in honour and understandeth not is like the beast who perisheth Psal. 49. 20. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty he judgeth among the gods How long will ye judg unjustly and accept the
our righteousness Jer. 33. 15 16. ch 23. 6. Seventy weeks are determined c. to make an end of sins c. and to bring in everlasting righteousness Dan. 9. 24. Jesus came to John to be baptized c. Jesus said suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness Matt. 3. 13 15. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfill Matt. 5. 17 18. The spirit will convince the world c. Of righteousness because I go to my father John 16. 8 10. I am not ashamed of the Gospel For therein is the righteousness of God revealed Rom. 1. 16 17. Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every one who believeth Rom. 10. 4. Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us c. Righteousness c. 1 Cor. 1. 30 31. He hath made him to be sin for us c. that we may be made the righteousness of God in him 2 Cor. 5. 21. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us For it is written cursed is every one who hangeth on a tree Gal. 3. 13. Deut. 21. 23. But now in Christ Jesus ye are made nigh c. For he c. hath broken down the middle-wall of partition between us having abolished in his flesh the enmity the law of commandments in ordinances c. Ephes. 2. 13 14 15. Paul counted all things but dung that he might win Christ and be found in him not having his own righteousness c. But that which is through the faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Phil. 3. 8 9. Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances which was against us which was contrary to us and took it out of the way nailing it to his Cross Col. 2. 13 14. See more of Justification c. Chap. 6thly He sanctifieth us is our sanctification In that day there shall be a fountain opened c. For sin and for uncleanness Zeoh 13. 1. Peter said unto him thou shalt never wash my feet Jesus saith unto him if I wash thee not thou hast no part in me Simon Peter saith unto him Lord not my feet only but also my hands and my head John 13. 8 9. And for their sakes I sanctify my self that they also might be sanctified through the truth or truly sanctified John 17. 19. Christ Jesus who is made of God unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification c. 1 Cor. 1. 30. Ye are washed ye are sanctified c. in the name of our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 6. 11. Christ also loved the Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish Ephes. 5. 25 26 27. Both he who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one c. Heb. 2. 11. If the blood of Bulls c. sanctifieth c. How much more shall the blood of Christ c. purge Heb. 9. 13 14. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all c. For by one offering or one only oblation he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. And hath counted the blood of the Covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing c. Heb. 10. 10 14 29. Jesus also that he might sanctify the people with his own blood suffered without the gate c. Heb. 13. 12. Jesus c. who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Rev. 1. 5. These are they who came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb Rev. 7. 14. 7thly He ariseth from the dead I know my Redeemer liveth and he shall stand at the latter day on the earth Job 19. 25. My soul shall rest in hope or dwell confidently for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption Psal. 16. 10. Acts 2. 27. Jesus said he must go c. And be killed and be raised again the third day Matt. 16. 21. ch 20. 19. Tell the vision to no man until the son of man be risen again from the dead c. They shall kill him and the third day he shall be raised again Matt. 17. 9 23. The Angel said c. he is not here for he is risen as he said c. The Eleven Disciples saw him they worshipped him Matt. 28. 6 16 17. Luke 24. 5 6. The world seeth me no more but ye see me because I live ye shall live also John 14. 19. Mary saw Jesus after he was risen he said unto her touch me not For I am not yet ascended c. John 20. 14 16 17. This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself c. after that he was risen from the dead John 21. 14. Whom God hath raised up having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible he should be holden of it c. This Jesus hath God raised up whereof we all are witnesses Act. 2. 24 31 32. Christ whom ye crucified whom God raised from the dead c. With great power gave the Apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Act. 4. 10 33. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew c. Act. 5. 30. Whom they slew and hanged on a tree him God raised up the third day and shewed him openly c. Unto witnesses chosen before of God Act. 10. 40 41. God raised him from the dead c. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead no more to return to corruption he said on this wise I will give you the sure mercies of David c. He whom God raised again saw no corruption Act. 13. 30 33 34 37. He hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world c. By that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead Act. 17. 31. The Prophets and Moses did say c. that Christ should suffer and that he should be the first who should rise from the dead Act. 26. 22 23. Concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord c. declared to be the son of God with power c. by the resurrection from the dead Rom. 1. 4. Who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead who was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification Rom. 4. 24 25. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more dominion over him Rom. 6. 9. And God hath both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us by his own power 1 Cor. 6. 14. I delivered