came to pass as he was praying in a certain place when he ceased one of his disciples said unto him Lord teach us to pray c. Luke 11. 1 2. And the Apostles said unto Lord Encrease our faith Luke 17. 5. And he spake a parable unto them that men ought always to pray and not to faint saying There was in a city a Judge c. Shall not God avenge his elect who cry day and night unto him c. I tell you that he will Luke 18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. ch 11. 5 6 7 8. Beware of the scribes c. who for a pretence or a shew make long prayers Luke 20. 46 47. Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be counted worthy to escape all those things that shall come to pass c. Luke 21. 36. If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is c. thou wouldest have asked of him and he would c. John 4. 10. If any be a Worshiper of God and doth his will he heareth him c. John 9. 31. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son If ye shall ask any thing in my name I will do it John 14. 13 14. If ye abide in me ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you John 15. 7. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he will give it unto you Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name ask and you shall receive that your joy may be full John 16. 23 24 26. Christ's prayer for his at large John 17. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication Acts 1. 14. ch 2. 42. The Apostles and their company prayed with one accord and said Lord thou art God c. And now Lord behold their threatnings and grant unto thy servant that with all boldness they may speak thy word c. Acts 4. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30. We will give our selves continually to prayer and c. Acts 6. 4. Pray God if perhaps the thoughts of thine heart may be forgiven thee for I receive c. Simon said Pray ye the Lord for me that none of these things which ye have spoken c. Acts 8. 22 24. Enquire for one called Saul of Tarsus for behold he prays c. Peter put them forth and kneeled down and prayed and turned him c. Acts 9. 11 14. Cornelius a devout man and one who c. and prayed unto God always c. Peter went up upon the house to pray about the sixth hour Acts 10. 1 2 4 9 30 31. Peter was in prison but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him Acts 12. 5. And on the sabbath-day we went out of the city by a river side where prayer was wont to be made c. And it came to pass as we went to prayer a certain damsel c. Acts 16. 13 16. Paul when he had thus spoken he kneeled down and prayed with them all Acts 20. 36. And we kneeled down on the shore and prayed Acts 21. 5. Even while I prayed in the temple I was in a trance Acts 22. 17. I make mention of you always in my prayers making request c. I might have a prosperous journey Rom. 1. 9 10. The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered Rom. 8. 26. The same Lord over all is rich unto all who call upon him c. Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved c. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed Rom. 10. 12 13 14. Continuing instant in prayer Rom. 12. 12. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing c. I beseech you c. that ye will strive together with me in your prayers to God for me that I may be delivered c. Rom. 15. 13 30 31 32. With all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord 1 Cor. 1. 2. Every man praying or prophesying having his head covered dishonoureth his head but every woman who prayeth c. Judge you in your selves is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered 1 Cor. 11. 4 5 13. Let him who speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret c. I will pray with the spirit and will pray with understanding also 1 Cor. 14. 13 14 15. You also helping together by prayer for us 2 Cor. 1. 11. For this cause I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me and he said unto me My Grace is sufficient c. 2 Cor. 12. 7 8 9. Making mention of you in my prayers That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of glory may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him c. Ephes 1. 16 17 18 19. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus c. That he would grant unto you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith c. Ephes 3. 14 15 16 17 18 19. Praying always with all manner of prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints and for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may c. Ephes 6. 18 19. Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request c. And thus I pray that your love may abound c. Phil. 1. 4 9 10 11. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God c. Phil. 4. 6. For this cause we also c. do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will c. Col. 1. 9 10 11. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving withal praying also for us that God would open unto us a door of utterance c. Labouring servently for you in prayers that ye may stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God Col. 4. 2 3 4 12. 1 Pet. 4. 7. Night and day praying exceedingly that we might fee your face and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith Now God himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way unto you and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love c. 1 Thes 3. 10 11 12. Pray without ceasing c. and the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly c. Brethren pray for us 1 Thes 5. 17 23 25. We pray always for you that our God would c. fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and
any of you should seem to come short of it c. Lest any man fall c. Heb. 4. 1 11. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear c. 1 Pet. 1. 17. The end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer 1 Pet. 4. 7. Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the Devil like a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour 1 Pet. 5 8 9. Seeing ye know before beware lest ye also being led away with the error of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness 2 Pet. 3. 17. 1 Thes 3 5. James 5. 19. Look to your selves that we lose not those things which we have gained 2 John ver 8. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain c. If thou shalt not watch c. Rev. 3. 2 3. Behold I come as a thief blessed is he who watcheth and keepeth his garments lest he walketh naked and they see his shame Rev. 16. 15. See the Saints aptness to fall into Sin Chap. 13. See the Devil and Deceivers ways to draw aside Chap. 30. CHAP. XVII Of the Duties of Saints Believers Brethren in the Lord each to other as such and as standing in that relation one to another 1. To Love one another the kinds of it THou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self I am the Lord Levit. 19. 18. My goodness extends not unto thee but to the saints who are in the earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight Psalm 16. 2 3. I am a companion of all them who fear thee c. Psalm 119. 63. Love covers all sins Prov. 10. 12. 1 Pet. 4. 8. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a sâ—alled ox where hatred is Prov. 15. 17. Open rebuke is better than secret love Prov. 27. 5. Love is as strong as death c. many waters cannot quench love Cant. 8. 6 7. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets Matth. 22. 39 40. The love of many shall wax cold Matth. 24. 12. A new commandment I give unto you That ye love one another as I have loved you that ye also love one another by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye love one another John 13. 34 35. This is my commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you John 15. 12 13 17. We being many are one body in Christ and every one members one of another c. Let love be without dissimulation c. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love or in the love of the Brethren Rom. 12 5 9 10. 1 Cor. 12. 13 25 27. Malachi 2. 10. 1 Cor. 10. 17. Owe no man any thing but to love one another for he who loveth another hath fulfilled the law c. It is briefly comprehended in this saying namely Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy selâ— Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 8 9 1. Gal. 5. 13 14. Love edifieth 1 Cor. 8. 1. Though I speak with the tongue of men or angels c. have the gift of prophesie c. have all faith c. Bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it proficeth me nothing charity suffereth long c. charity never faileth c. 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13. Follow after charity 1 Cor. 14. 1. Let all your things be done with charity 1 Cor. 16. 14. There is neither Jew nor Greek c. for ye are all one in Christ Jesus Gal. 3. 28. The fruit of the spirit is love c. Gal. 5. 22. Walk in love as Christ also hath loved us c. Ephes 5. 2. I pray that your love may abound more and more in knowledge c. Phil. 1. 9. Having the same love c. Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others Phil. 2. 2 3 4. 1 Cor. 8. 1. Gal. 5. 13. We give thanks c. since we heard c. of the love which ye have unto all saints Col. 1. 3 4. Ephes 1. 15. That their hearts might be comforted being knit together in love Col. 2. 1 2. Above all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectness Col. 3. 14. The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towards another 1 Thes 3. 12. As touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you for ye your selves are taught of God to love one another c. that ye increase more 1 Thes 4. 9 10. We are bound to thank God c. because that your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth 2 Thes 1. 3. Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart 1 Tim. 1. 5. Follow c. love 2 Tim. 2. 22. 1 Tim 6. 11. I thank my God c. hearing of thy love c. toward all saints Philem. ver 4 5. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name in that ye have ministred to the saints and do Heb. 6. 10. Let brotherly love continue Heb. 13. 1. If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self ye do well James 2. 8. Gal. 5. 13 14 15. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts glory not c. This wisdom descendeth not from above c. James 3. 14 15 16. 1 P. t. 2. 1. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently 1 Pet. 1. 22. Love the brotherhood 1 Pet. 2. 17. Finally c. love as brethren or loving to Brethren 1 Pet. 3. 8. And above all things have servent charity among your selves for charity will cover a multitude of sins 1 Pet. 4. 8. Add c. brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity 2 Pet. 1. 7. He who saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now he who loveth his brother abideth in the light 1 John 2. 9 10 11. Is not of God neither he who loveth not brother for this is message that ye heard from the beginning that we should love one another c. We know that we are passed from death to life because we love the brethren c. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth This is his commandment c. that we love one another 1 John 3. 10 11 12 14 16 18 19 23. Let us love one another for love is of God and every one who loveth is born of God and knoweth God He who loveth not knoweth not God
A Common-place Book TO THE HOLY BIBLE OR THE Scriptures Sufficiency Practically Demonstrated WHEREIN Whatsoever is contain'd in SCRIPTURE Respecting Doctrine Worship or Manners is reduced to its Proper Head Weighty Cases Resolved Truths Confirmed difficult Texts Illustrated and Explained by others more plain 2 Tim. III. 16. All Scripture is given by the Inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine for Reproof for Correction for Instruction in Righteousness LONDON Printed by Edw. Jones for Awnsham and John Churchil at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row 1697. TO THE READER THAT the Holy Scriptures are one of the greatest Blessings which God bestows upon the Sons of Men is generally acknowledged by all who know any thing of the value and worth of them To shew their Use and Excellency is beyond the Author's present design or intendment 't is already done by one or other to good purpose every day In them the Lord hath dilucidly displayed that Counsel of his Will that is of infinite concernment to us to understand in order to our present being accepted of him here and at last brought to the fullest enjoyment of himself in Glory T is wonderful to behold how full and perfect this Word is with respect to this end What can Man desire to know which is necessary hereunto that the light thereof discovers not What direction can he expect by which he may be fortified against all Enemies of his good either within or without him that is not there given What Encouragements would he have which are not therein displayed before him And what Cavils can be brought against any part of Truth contained therein to which they themselves yield not a full resolve one place of Scripture so exactly clearing expounding and illustrating another Yet to amazement it 's observed That Man who is so highly and principally concerned in it doth too too little value it he can weary himself in any secular Affair but diligently to search the Scriptures according to our Lord's advice is to him tedious and burthensom Few covet to be mighty in the Scriptures though convinced their great concern is inveloped in them A Spirit of Self-fulness Pride spiritual Sloth Drowsiness and Deadness lies at the bottom of this sinful Neglect To encourage awaken Persons to a more diligent thorow search of the mind of God herein is a service no less profitable than seasonable at this day And what greater external Encouragement than to make that facile and easie which seemed inconquerably arduous and difficult This is the design of the ensuing Treatise Nor is the Author altogether without hopes wherein he hath the concurring Judgment of several eminently Learned and Judicious Divines who have perused it but by the Blessing of God it may have a singular tendency to the enlightning of some and establishing of others in Divine Truths when uno intuitu they see the Scriptures upon which they are built and enabling them with ease to confute Gainsayers For here the several Texts of Holy Scripture which lie scattered in the Book of God are Collected together Transcribed and placed in the Order as they lie in the Bible under several and particular Heads And where any Subject is fallen on and mentioned in the General Head and sometimes also in a particular Head there for the most part is to be found all that relate to that Matter immediately following under particular Heads or Sub-Divisions to the end that the whole thereof may be met with together Or at least there are references to some others General or Particular Head where it is placed more properly And here Note Christian Reader That thou hast not only the Places positive to the Subject there but also such which are any ways argumentative or enforcing whether by Examples the Equity of the Things the Nature of God his approbation of Promises to or threatnings against it or any way illustrating or Expounding of it by whatsoever terms they are expressed Whereof a little use of this Treatise will soon give thee a full evidence But to prevent Prejudice and Mistakes and give thee some light in the way and method the Author hath taken He proposeth to thy Observation these few things following First To prevent prejudice do the Author and thy self this right Not to make a judgment by the reading of one or two Texts at the beginning of any Head For possibly they may not at the first blush seem to thee so pertinent to the matter as others do which follow they may be only argumentative and not positive For the Author so placed them on purpose that they might run in order as they lie in the Bible that the Reader might go to any Text of either Testament without turning backward and forward and for other Advantages and thence it happens sometimes That the Scriptures less to the purpose first occur to thy View Likewise pass not Sentence upon any Text thou shalt find under any Head as impertinent to the Subject there until thou hast seriously weighed the same For possibly in so doing thou mayst discern something in that Scripture which thou never didst observe before nor mightest have taken notice of had not the Head or Subject there turned thy thoughts upon it And then the Author doubteth not but that the Composure it self when judiciously considered will prevent this Censure That it 's a needless Work as having been done already by others This being a thing of another Nature than any yet extant and will be helpful at another rate For notwithstanding any other helps the finding out of apt Scriptures for illustrating confirming and making use of any Truth which may be upon the thoughts of any have been as it is a difficult and laborious Work and thence Men oft-times use Scriptures either not apt according to the intent of the Holy Ghost there or such the genuine sense of which is doubted And for the use of Concordances herein each Man's memory must record the Scriptures for they must first occur to his thoughts then his Judgment must fix upon some word therein under which the Text is placed and 't is possible not hit the right term under which it is and oft-times look a long time ere he come to it because of the multitude of words there used and happily miss at last too and be put upon searching under another term But here thou mayst only turn to the Subject thou enquirest after and without any such steps find Scriptures full and apt thereto by whatsoever Terms or Phrases they are expressed occur to your eye at an instant and almost if not altogether all the Scripture affords to that Subject and present thee with matter of Enlargement which possibly thou thoughtest not of Secondly To give thee some light in the Method and to help thee in the use of this 1 st Take notice that in Chap. 13. Of Saints failings The first Texts are to prove each Person his Saintship then the next following their Failings and this is done
He is Unchangeable I Am the Lord I change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed c. Mal. 3. 6. God willing c. to shew the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye c. Heb. 6. 17 18. The Father of lights with whom is no variableness or shadow of turning James 1. 17. XVI He is Infinite and Unsearchable UNto God would I commit my cause who doth great things and unsearchable c. Job 5. 9. ch 37. 5 23. Who doth great things past finding out c. Loe he goeth by me and I see him not he passeth on also but I perceive him not Job 9. 10 11. ch 33. 12 13. Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection Job 11. 7. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens c. Loe these are part of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him Job 26. 14. Behold God is great and we know him not neither can the number of his years be searched out Job 36. 26. Great things doth he which we cannot apprehend c. Touching the Almighty we cannot find him out he is excellent in power c. Job 37 5 23. Thy way is in the sea and thy path in the great waters and thy foot-steps are not known Psal 77. 19. O Lord how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep Psal 92. 5. Great is the Lord c. and his greatness is unsearchable Psal 145. 3. Great is our Lord c. his understanding is unsearchable Psal 147. 5. Who hath ascended up into heaven c. what his name or what his Son's name if thou canâ—t tell Prov. 30. 4. As thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit nor how the bones do grow in the womb c. even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all Eccles 11. 5. Hast thou not known hast thou not heard the everlasting God c. There is no searching of his understanding Isa 40. 48. Neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him Matth. 11. 27. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor c. Rom. 11. 33 34 35. XVII He is Eternal AND Abraham c. called there on the name of the Lord the everlasting God Gen. 22. 23. The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms Deut. 33. 27. And also the Strength or Eternity of Israel will not lye 1 Sam. 15. 29. The Lord shall endure for ever c. Psal 9. 7. Psal 104. 31. Before the mountains were brought forth c. even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God c. For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night Psal 90. 2 4. 2 Pet. 3. 8. Thou Lord art high for evermore Psal 92. 8. The Lord reigneth c. Thy throne is established of old thou art from everlasting Psal 93. 1 2. Psal 146. 10. Thou O Lord shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations c. They shall perish but thou shalt endure c. Thou art the same and thy years shall have no end Psal 102. 12 26 27. Lam. 5. 19. Thy name O Lord endureth for ever and thy memorial throughout all generations Psal 135. 13. Isa 63. 16. Hast thou not known c. that the everlasting God the Lord c. Isa 40. 28. Yea before the day was I am he c. Isa 43. 13. Thus saith the Lord c. I the first and I the last and besides me there is no God Isa 44. 6 7. ch 48. 12. ch 41. 4. Thus saith the high and lofty One who inhabiteth eternity c. Isa 57. 15. The Lord the true God he is c. an everlasting King Jer. 10. 10. Dan. 4. 3 34. Thou Lord remainest for ever thy throne from generation to generation Lam. 5. 19. For the invisible things of him c. even his eternal power and Godhead Rom. 1. 20. Now is made manifest c. according to the commandment of the everlasting God Rom. 16. 26. Christ c. who through the eternal Spirit offered himself c. Heb. 9. 14. Now unto the King eternal c. the only wise God c. 1 Tim. 1. 17. I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending faith the Lord which is and which was and which is to come the Almighty c. Rev. 1. 8 11 17. ch 11. 17. ch 2. 8. ch 22. 13. Lord God Almighty which was and is and is to come Rev. 4. 8. Worshipped him who liveth for ever and ever Rev. 5. 14. ch 15. 7. XVIII He only is the True and Living God UNto thee it was shewed that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God there is none else besides him c. Know therefore this day and consider it in thine heart that the Lord he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath there is none else Deut. 4. 35 39. ch 7. 9. 1 Sam. 2. 2. The Lord our God is one Lord Deut. 6. 4. Mark 12. 29 32. 1 Corin. 8. 4 5 6. Galat. 3. 20. Mal. 2. 10. See now that I I am he and there is no God with me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal c. Deut. 32. 39. Isa 43. 10 11 12. And Joshua said Hereby shall ye know that the living God is among you and that he will c Josh 3. 10. Ruth 3. 13. 1 Sam. 20. 3. 2 Sam. 22. 47 1 Kings 17. 1. Job 27. 2. Deut. 32. 40. Who is God save the Lord And who is a rock save our God 3 Sam. 22. 32. Psal 18. 31. Exod. 9. 14. 1 Sam. 2. 2. O Lord God of Israel c. thou art the God thou alone of all c. 2 Kings 19. 15 19. Nehem 9. 6. Psal 86. 10. Now for a long season Israel had been without the true God 2 Caron 15. 3. My heart and flesh crieth out for the living God Psal 84. 2. Jer. 44. 26. From everlasting to everlasting thou art God Psal 98. 2. Know ye that the Lord he is God he hath made us and his we are c. Psal 100. 3. 1 Kings 8. 60. ch 18. 39. 2 Kings 5. 15. I am the Lord that is my name and my glory will I not give to another neither my praise to graven images Isa 42. 8. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel c. I am the first and I the last and besides me there is no God c. Have not I told you from that time and have declared ye are my witnesses Is there a God besides me Yea no God
was made by him c. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled amongst us and we beheld his glory as the glory of the only begotten Son of the Father full of grace and truth c. Is preferred before me for he was before me John 1. 3 9 10 14 15 18 27 30. ch 3. 16. 1 John 1. 1 2. 1 Cor. 10. 4. 9. Hebr. 3. 3 4. Jesus c. knew all men and needed not that any man should testifie of man for he knew what was in man John 2. 24 25. Luke 9. 47. No man hath ascended up to heaven but he who came down from heaven even the Son of man who is in heaven c. He who cometh from above is above all c. The Father loved the Son and hath given all things into his hands John 3. 13 31 34 35. Whatsoever things the Father doth those also doth the Son likewise c. For as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them even so the Son quickeneth whom he will c. He hath committed all judgment to the Son that all men should honour the Son even as they honour the Father c. As the Father hath life in himself so hath he given the Son to have life in himself and hath given him authority to execute judgment also because c. John 5. 19 21 22 23 26 27. Him hath God the Father sealed c. I came down from heaven c. If ye see the Son of man ascend up where he was before c. Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not and who should betray him c. We believe and are sure that thou art that Christ the Son of the living God John 6. 27 38 51 62 64 69. Jesus said I am the light of the world c. Jesus said unto them Verily verily I say unto you before Abram was I am John 8. 12 38. ch 9. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 4 9. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he was come from God and went to God c. Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 3 13. Philip said unto him Lord shew us the Father and Jesus said c. He who hath seen me hath seen the Father c. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me c. The Prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me John 14. 8 9 11 30. When the Spirit of truth comes c. he shall glorifie me for he shall receive of mine and shall shew it unto you All things which the Father hath are mine therefore said I that he shall take of mine c. We are sure that thou camest forth from God c. John 16 13 14 15 28 30. O Father glorifie thou me c. with the glory which I had with thee before the world was John 17. 5. When Jesus said I am he those who came to take him went backward and fell to the ground John 18. 5 6. Thomas said unto Jesus My Lord and my God John 20. 28. ch 21. 12. Jesus c. a man approved of God c. he hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Acts 2. 22 36. But ye denied the holy One and killed the Prince of life c. Acts 3. 14 15. ch 7. 52. Against the holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed c. Acts 4. 27 30. Jesus Christ he is Lord of all c. God anointed Jesus c. with the Holy Ghost and power Acts 10. 36 38. 2 Cor. 4. 5. Feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Acts 20. 28. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord c. and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of Holiness c. Rom. 1. â— 4. Christ who is over all God blessed for ever Amen Rom. 9. 5. Christ both died and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 9. There is one Lord Jesus by whom are all things and we by him 1 Cor. 8. 6. When he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet 1 Cor. 14. 24 25. He hath made him c. who knew no sin c. 2 Cor. 5. 21. Hebr. 4. 15. He raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers might and dominion and every name which is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come and hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church c. who filleth all in all Ephes 1. 20 21 22 23. The unsearchable riches of Christ c. God who created all things by Jesus Christ c. or whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named Ephes 3. 8 9 15. He descended first into the lower parts of the earth he who descended is the same who ascended up far above all heavens Ephes 4. 9 10. Jesus who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God c. God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord c. Phil. 2. 5 6 9 10 11. John 5. 17 18. ch 10. 33. Jesus Christ who shall c. according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself Phil. 3. 21. Who is the image of the invisible God the first-born of every creature For by him were all things created that are in heaven and which are in earth visible and invisible whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by him and for him and he is before all things and by him all things consist and he is the head c. That in or amongst all things he might have the pre-eminency for it pleased the Father that in him all fulness c. Col. 1. 15 16 17 18 19. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Heb. 3. 3 4 6. Christ for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily c. The Head of all principalities and powers c. Having spoiled principalities c. Col. 2. 9 10 15. God was manifested in the flesh justified in the spirit seen of Angels c. received up c. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Jesus Christ who in his times he shall shew who is the blessed and only Potentate the King of kings and Lord of lords who only hath immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto which no man hath seen c. To whom honour c. 1 Tim. 6. 14 15 16.
God even to them who believe on his name who are born not of blood c. but of God John 1. 12 13. Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst c. John 4. 14. Jesus said I am the light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life c. If the Son therefore shall make you free ye shall be free indeed c. He who keeps my sayings shall never see death c. John 8. 12. 36. 51. My sheep c. I know them c. and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10. 27 28. 1 John 5. 12 13. If any man serve me let him follow me and where I am there also shall my servant be If any man serve me him will my Father honour John 12. 26. I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you c. Ye see me c. Because I live ye shall live also c. He who loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my self unto him c. And my father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him c. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you c. John 14. 18 19 21 23 27. ch 16. 27. ch 17. 23. Rev. 3. 20. Ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you c. Ye are my friends c. henceforth I call you not servants c. but I have called you friends for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you John 15. 7 14 15. 1 John 3. 22. John 9. 31. Rom. 10. 12 13. The Father himself loveth you because ye have loved me c. John 16. 27. Christ prays for them only not for the World John 17. 9 10. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my Father and your Father and to my God and your God John 20. 17. God is no respecter of persons but in every nation he who feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him Acts 10. 34 35. Being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ c. The love of God is shed abroad into our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us Rom. 5. 1 5. Sin shall not have dominion over you because ye are not under the law but under grace c. Now being made free from sin and become servants to God ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life Rom. 6. 14 22. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus c. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death c. As many as are led by the spirit of God are the sons of God for ye have not received the spirit of bondage c. but the spirit of adoption c. And if children then heirs heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ c. We know that all things work together for good to them who love God c. If God be for us who can be against us He who spared not his own Son c. how shall he not with him also freely give us all things Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect is it not God that justifies Who is he that condemns c. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ c. We are more than conquerors c. Rom. 8. 1 2 14 15 16 17 28 31 32 33 34 35 37. Gal. 4. 5 6 7. Psal 25. 10. Whosoever believeth c. shall not be ashamed c. They that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved Rom. 10. 11 12 13. The God of peace shall tread Satan under your feet shortly Rom. 16. 20. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God c. Whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours and ye are Christ's and Christ is God's 1 Cor. 3. 16 22 23. chap. 6. 19. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world c. We shall judge Angels how much more things which pertain unto this life 1 Cor. 6. 2 3. The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband else were your children unclean but now are they holy c. He who is called in the Lord being a servant he is the Lord's free-man 1 Cor. 7. 14 22. If any man love God the same is known of him 1 Cor. 8. 3. To the glory of God by us 2 Cor. 1. 20. Ye are the temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people c. I will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the Lord Almighty 2 Cor. 6. 16 18. 1 Cor. 6. 19. Christ gave himself c. that he might deliver us from this present evil world Gal. 1. 4. Ye are all the children of God c. And if Christ's then Abram's seed and heirs according to the promise Gal. 3. 26 29. ch 4. 28. And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father c. And if a son then an heir of God through Christ Gal. 4. 6 7. Brethren ye have been called unto liberty only use not liberty for an occasion unto the flesh c. If ye are led by the spirit ye are not under the law Gal. 5. 13 18. Blessed be God who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things c. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children c. What is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints c. The church which is his body the fulness of him who filleth all in all Ephes 1. 3 5 18 23. God who is rich in mercy and hath made us to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus c. We are no more strangers c. but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God c. Ye are built together for an habitation for God through the spirit Ephes 2. 4 6 13 19 22. For me to live is Christ and to die is gain Philip. 1. 21. The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ c. The God of peace shall be with you Philip. 4. 7 9. Giving thanks to the Father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son c.
The mystery which hath been hid from ages c. but now is made manifest unto his saints to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery c. Col. 1. 12 13 26 27. Your life is hid with Christ in God c. The elect of God holy and beloved Col. 3. 3 12. That ye would walk worthy of God who hath called you into his kingdom and glory 1 Thes 2. 12. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us that whether we wake or skep we should live together with him 1 Thes 5. 9 10. Brethren beloved of the Lord c. He called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ c. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father who hath loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace 2 Thes 2. 13 14 16. Godliness is profitable unto all things having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come c. We trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men especially of those who believe 1 Tim. 4. 8 10. Godliness with contentment is great gain 1 Tim. 6. 6. Unto the pure all things are pure Tit. 1. 15. Being justified c. we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life Tit. 3. 7. The angels c. are they not all ministring spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation Heb. 1. 13 14. Matth. 18. 10. There remaineth therefore a rest or keeping of a Sabbath unto the people of God c. Heb. 4. 9. ch 6. 19. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name c. wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath hat by two immutable things wherein it was impossible for God to lye we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Heb. 6. 10 17 18. The Excellency of the New Covenant and the Saints Privileges under it Heb. 8. 7 8 9 10 11. ch 10. 16 17 18 19. Others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings c. of whom the world was not worthy Heb. 11. 36 37 38. Ye are come unto mount Sion and unto the city of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable company of angels to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are written or enrolled in heaven and to God the Judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect and to Jesus c. and to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh c. Heb. 12. 22 23 24. Be content c. for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee So that c. Heb. 13. 5 6. A crown of life which the Lord hath promised to them who love him James 1. 12. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised unto them who love him James 2. 5. The effectual servent prayer of a righteous man availeth much Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain and it rained not c. And he prayed again and the heavens gave rain and the earth brought forth her fruit James 5. 16 17 18. Blessed be God c. who c. hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus c. 1 Pet. 1. 3. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house an holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ c. ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation a peculiar or a purchased people that ye should shew forth the praise or virtues c. 1 Pet. 2. 5 9. Rom. 1. 6. Rev. 5. 10. Ye are thereunto called that ye should inherit a blessing c. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayer 1 Pet. 3. 9 12. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 7. According to his divine power hath given us all things which pertain to life and godliness c. whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the divine Nature c. So an entrance shall be administred unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 1. 3 4 11. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation 2 Pet. 2. 9. Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ 1 John 1. 3. 1 Cor. 1. 9. We have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous c. he who doth the will of God abideth for ever c. Ye have an unction from the holy one and ye know all things 1 John 2. 1 17 20. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God c. Beloved now we are the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be c. Whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we observe his precepts and do what is pleasing to him 1 John 3. 1 2 22. Ye are of God c. greater is he who is in you than he who is the world 1 John 4. 4. I have written these things to you who believe that ye may know that ye have eternal life c. This is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us c. We know that we are of God 1 John 5. 13 14 19. The revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass c. He hath made us kings c. Rev. 1. 1 6. Hurt not the earth till we have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads Rev. 7. 2 3. And it it was commanded them they should not hurt c. but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads Rev. 9. 4. All shall worship the beast whose names are not written in the book of life Rev. 13. 8. chap. 17. 8. The Lamb shall overcome them c. and they who are with him are called and chosen and faithful Rev. 17. 14. ch 20. 8 9. And I saw them who had gotten the victory over the beast and over his image and over his mark c. Having the harps of God and they sang the song of Moses c. Rev. 15. 2 3 4. ch 20. 4. See the Advantage of Faith Chap. 11. See more of their Priviledges in Afflictions and Persecutions Chap. 22. In Common
reasonable service and be not conformed unto this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good that acceptable will of God c. Provide things honest in the sight of all men Rom. 12. 1 2 17. Ephes 5. 10. It is high time to awake out of sleep c. The night is far spent the day is at hand Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness c. but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof Rom. 13. 11 12 13 14. None of us liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself for whether we live we live unto the Lord c. Whether we live therefore or die we are the Lord's c. Righteousness and peace c. For he who in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of Men Rom. 14. 7 8 9 17 18. ch 11. 36. 1 Pet. 4. 2 6. I would have you wise to that which is good and simple concerning evil Rom. 16. 19. The body is not for fornication but for the Lord c. Your bodies are the members of Christ c. And ye are not your own for ye are bought with a price Therefore glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirit which are God's 1 Cor. 6. 13 15 19 20. ch 3. 16 17. Be ye stedfast c. always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord 1 Cor. 15. 58. Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God 1 Cor. 10. 31. Be ye followers of me as I also am of Christ 1 Cor. 11. 1. Wherefore we endeavour or labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him c. The love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judge that if one died for all then were all dead c. That they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him who died for them 2 Cor. 5. 9 14 15. Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7. 1. Providing for honest things not only in the sight of the Lord but in the sight of men 2 Cor. 8. 20. 1 Tim. 2. 2. Hebr. 13. 18. Walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfil or fulfil not the lust of the flesh Gal. 5. 16 17. Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap For he who soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption but he who soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life c. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing c. but a new creature c. Gal. 6. 7 8 15. ch 5. 16. According as he hath chosen us in him c. that we should be holy and without blame before him in love Ephes 1. 4. Created c. unto good works which God hath foreordained that we should walk in them Ephes 2. 10. Titus 2. 14. I therefore c. beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called c. This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles in the vanity of their mind c. But ye have not so learned Christ c. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts And be renewed in the spirit of your minds and that ye put on that new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness Ephes 4. 1 17 20 22 23 24. Col. 3. 9 10. Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children c. Ye were sometimes darkness but now light in the Lord Walk as children of the light c. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them c. See then that ye walk circumspectly not as Fools redeeming the time Ephes 5. 1 8 11 15 16. That ye may approve things which differ or try things which are excellent that ye be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ c. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God c. According to my earnest expectation c. Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death c. Let your conversation be as becometh the Gospel of Christ Phil. 1. 10 11 20 27. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling c. That ye be blameless and harmless the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom ye shine or shine ye as lights in the world c. All seek their own things not the things of Jesus Christ Phil. 2. 12 15 21. Brethren be ye followers of me and mark them who walk so as ye have us for an ensample for many walk of whom I have told you c. even weeping the enemies of the cross of Christ c. who mind earthly things for our conversation is in heaven Phil. 3. 17 18 19 20. 1 Cor. 11. 1. Finally brethren whatsoever things are true whatsoever things honest whatsoever things just whatsoever things pure whatsoever things lovely whatsoever things of good report if there be any praise think on these things Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me do c. Phil. 4. 8 9. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitful in every good work Col. 1. 10. 2 Thes 1. 11. If ye then be risen with Christ seek those things which are above c. Set your affections on things above not on things on the earth c. Mortifie therefore your members which are upon earth fornication c. Col. 3. 1 2 5. Walk in wisdom towards them who are without redeeming the time c. That ye may stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God c. Col. 4. 5 12. That ye would walk worthy of God who hath called you unto his kingdom 1 Thess 2. 12. We exhort you by the Lord Jesus that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound more and more c. For this is the will of God your sanctification c. That every one of you should know how to posses his vessel in sanctification and honour c. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness 1 Thes 4. 1 3 4 7. Now the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
unto you while I was yet with you c. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures Luke 24. 44 45. That was the true light which lighteth every man who cometh into the world c. None hath seen God c. The only begotten Son c. he hath declared him John 1. 9 18. As it is written in the prophets and they shall be all taught of God Every man therefore who hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me John 6. 45. Isa 54. 13. If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speak of my self John 7. 17. Then spake Jesus again unto them saying I am the light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life c. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth John 8. 12 32. Jesus said For judgment I am come into the world that they who see not might see and that they who see might be made blind John 9. 39. I am come a light c. that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness John 12. 46. I have called you friends for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you John 15. 15. This is life eternal That they may know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent c. I have manifested thy Name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world John 17. 2 3 6. God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us 2 Cor. 4. 6 7. But when it pleased God c. to reveal his Son in me c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Having made known the mystery of his will unto us according unto his good pleasure c. Making mention of you in my prayers That the God of our Lord Jesus c. may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him the eyes of your understanding being enlightned that ye may know what is the hope of his calling c. Ephes 1. 9 16 17 18 19. ch 3. 18 19. That ye may know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge c. Ephes 3. 14. 18. If in any thing ye be otherwise minded God shall reveal even this unto you Phil. 3 15. The mystery which hath been hid c. but now is made manifest to his Saints to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ Col. 1. 26 27. Ephes 3. 4. 5. Consider what I say and the Lord give thee understanding in all things 2 Tim. 2 7. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask it of God who giveth liberally unto all men and upbraideth not and it shall be given James 1. 5. We know that the Son of God is come and hath given us understanding that we may know him who is true 1 John 5. 20. See more in Knowledge and Understanding Chap. 38. III. To give Faith or Enable to believe BLessed art thou c. for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father c. Matth. 16. 16 17. Lord I believe help thou mine unbelief Mark 9. 24 25. Them who believe c. who were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh c. but of God John 1. 12 13. All which the father giveth me shall come to me c. No man can come to me except the father who hath sent me draw him c. John 6. 37 44 65. Other sheep I have c. them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice John 10 16. Christ condescended to help Thomas his faith by shewing himself to him John 20. 25 27. Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life c. They who were scattered abroad preached the Gospel and the hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed and were turned unto the Lord Acts 11. 18 19 20 21. When Paul preached c. a certain woman named Lydia heard whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which were spoken by Paul and when she was baptized c. Acts 16. 13 14 15. Every man c. not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but to think soberly according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith c. Let us prophesie according to the proportion of faith Rom. 12. 3 6. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost c. I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the Gentiles obedient by word c. Rom. 15. 13 18. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus 1 Cor. 1. 30. My preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom c. that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God 1 Cor. 2 4 3. I have planted c. but God gave the increase c. But God who giveth the increase 1 Cor. 3. 6 7. That ye may know c. what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead Ephes 1. 18 19 20. Ye are saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God Ephes 2. 8. That he would grant c. that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith Ephes 3. 16 17. Unto you it is given on the behalf of Christ not only to believe on him c. Phil. 1. 29. Through the faith of the operation of God c. Col. 2. 12. We pray c. that our God would c. fulfil the work of faith with power 2 Thess 1. 11. Looking unto Jesus the author or beginner and finisher of our faith Heb. 12. 2. Every good gift c. cometh down from the father of lights c. of his own will begat he us with the word of truth James 1. 17 18. To them who have obtained like precious faith with us 2 Pet. 1. 1. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God c. Whosoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is our victory which overcometh the world even our faith 1 John 5. 1 4. IV. To make them Fruitful or Enable them to subdue Sin profit in Grace and Activity for God THen rose up the chief of the fathers c. whose spirit God had raised
to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem Ezra 1. 5. Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly c. he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water which bringeth forth fruit in his season his leaf also shall not wither c. Psal 1. 1 2 3. Thou wilt prepare their heart and thou wilt cause thine ear to hear Psal 10. 17. Wait on the Lord c. and he shall strengthen thine heart Psal 27. 14. I will go in the strength of the Lord God Psalm 71. 16. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee c. The Lord will give grace Psal 84. 5 11. The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree he shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God They shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat or green and flourishing Psal 92. 12 13 14. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power Psal 110. 3. I will run the ways of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart c. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments c. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies Psal 119. 32 35 36. The preparation of the heart and answer of the tongue is from the Lord Prov. 16. 1. Man's goings are of the Lord Prov. 20. 24. Draw me we will run after thee Cant. 1. 4. Awake O north-wind and come thou south blow upon my garden that the spices thereof may flow out c. Cant. 4. 16. See the effect of Christs voice and drawings with the Spouse Cant. 5. Lord c. thou also hast wrought all our works in us or for us c. by thee only will we make mention of thy name Isa 26. 12 13. A vineyard of red-wine c. I the Lord will water it every moment Isa 27. 2 3. Your God will come c. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing Isa 35. 4 6. The everlasting God the Lord c. He giveth power to the faint and to them who have no might he increaseth strength 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 â—aint Isa 40. 28 29 30 31. I will pour water upon him who is thirsty c. I will pour out my spirit c. and they shall spring up among the grass as willows by the water-courses Isa 44. 3 4. I am the lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go Isa 48. 17. Blessed is the man who trusteth in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is for he shall be as a tree planted by the waters and which spreadeth out her roots by the river and shall not see when heat cometh but her leaf shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought or restraint neither shall cease from yielding fruit Jer. 17. 7 8. I will be as the dew to Israel he shall grow or blossom as a Lilly and cast forth his roots as Lebanon c. I am like a green fir-tree and from me is thy fruit found Hos 14. 5 6 8. Who is a God like unto thee c. He will subdue your iniquities Micah 7. 8 19. The Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel c. and the spirit of all the remnant of the people and they came and did work in the house of the Lord Hagg. 1. 14. I will pour out upon the house of David c. the spirit of prayer c. Zech. 12. 10. But unto you who fear my name shall the son of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves in the stall Mal. 4. 2. Jesus said unto her if thou knewest c. who it is that said unto the Give me to drink thou wouldst have asked of him and he would have given thee living water c. shall be in him a well of water springing up into eternal life John 4. 10. 14. He who believeth on me as the Scripture saith out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters John 7. 38. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly John 10. 10. I am the true vine and my father is the husbandman c. Abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the vine ye are the branches he who abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without or severed from me ye can do nothing John 15. 1 2 4 5. Sin shall not have dominion over you for we are not under the law but under grace Rom. 6. 14. Having then gifts differing according to the grace which is given to us Rom. 12. 6. I have planted Apollo watered but God gave the increase so then neither is he that planteth any thing neither he who watereth but God who giveth the increase c. we are labourers together with God ye are Gods husbandry ye are Gods building 1 Cor. 3. 5 6 7 9. Not that we are sufficient of our selves c. but our sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. 3. 5. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down imaginations and every high thing which exalts it self against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ 2 Cor. 10. 4 5. ch 12. 9 10. I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God Gal. 2. 20. For this cause I bow my knees to the father c. that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner-man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith c. Now unto him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us Ephes 3. 14 16 17 20. But c. may grow up into him in all things who is the head Christ from whom the whole body fitly joyned together c. according to the effectual working in the measure of every part maketh increase of the body c. Ephes 4. 15 16. Brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might c. putting on the whole armour of God that c. Ephes 6. 10. 11 12 13 c. I know how to be abased c. I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me Phil. 4. 12 13. We c. do not cease to pray for
the death of the wicked c. Turn ye turn ye from your evil ways why will ye die O ye house of Israel Ezek 33. 11. ch 18. 32. O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me is thine help Hosea 13. 9. Turn ye to the strong hold ye prisoners of hope Zech. 9. 12. Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Matth. 5. 6. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you Matth. 6. 33. The whole need not a Physician but they who are sick c. for I am not come to call the righteous but unners to repentance Matth. 9. 12 13. Come unto me all ye who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest take my yoke upon you and learn of me c. and ye shall find rest unto your souls for my yoke is easie and my burthen is light Matth. 11. 28 29 30. The Parable of the Invitation to the Marriage-Supper of which many made light Matth. 22. 1 2 c. Luke 14. 17 c. O Jerusalem c. How often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen her chickens c. and ye would not c. Matthew 23. 37. The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19. 10. Jesus said unto the woman of Samaria If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is which saith to thee Give me to drink thou would have asked of him and he would have given thee living water c. When he was converting her he said My meat is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work John 4. 10 32 34. Ye will not come to me that ye may have life John 5. 34 40. Luke 14. 17 18 19 20. Jesus said Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for that meat which endureth to everlasting-life which the Son of man shall give unto you c. My Father giveth you the true bread from heaven for the bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven and giveth life to the world c. And Jesus said unto them I am the Bread of life he who cometh to me shall never hunger and he who believeth on me shall never thirst c. Him who cometh to me I will in no wise cast out for I came down from heaven not to do mine own will but the will of him who sent me and this is the Father's will who hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing c. John 6. 27 32 33 35. In the last day that great day of the feast Jesus stood up and cried saying If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink c. John 7. 37 38. Let not your hearts be troubled ye believe in in God believe also in me John 14. 1. Abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot not bear fruit of it self c. no more can ye except ye abide in me c. He who abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit c. If ye abide in me c. ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you John 15. 4 5 7. He who spared not his own Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things Rom. 8. 32. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God and the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts c. Phil. 4. 6 7. Jesus c. had mercy on me c. he might shew all clemency that I might be an example to them who should afterwards believe in him to eternal life 1 Tim. 1. 15 16. God our Saviour who will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth 1 Tim. 2. 3 4. Let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith Heb. 12. 1 2. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask it of God who giveth unto all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him James 1. 5 6. Wherefore let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of your souls unto him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God c. casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 6 7. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou maist be rich and white rayment that thou maist be clothed c. and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou maist see c. Behold I stand at the door and knock If any man hear my voice and open the dore I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me Rev. 3. 18 20. I will give unto him who is a-thirst of the fountain of living-water freely Rev. 21. 6. Let him that is a-thirst come And whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely Rev. 22. 17. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. See more in Repentance Chap. 33. CHAP. XXI How doth God Work and Effect these Things in the Heart and Spirits of his Elect By his Spirit whom he promised to them Luke 11. 15. JEsus c. having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost he hath shed forth this which ye now see and here Acts 2. 33. And they came every one c. whom his Spirit made willing and they brought the Lord's offering Exod. 35. 21. Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them Nehem. 9. 20. Renew a right or constant spirit within me c. take not thy Holy Spirit from me c. uphold me with thy free Spirit Psal 51. 10 11 12. Awake O North wind and come thou South wind and blow upon my garden c. Cant. 4 16. He who is least in Zion and he who remaineth in Jerusalem shall be called holy c. when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughter of Zion c. by the Spirit of Judgment and by the Spirit of Burning Isa 44. 3 4. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed c. and they shall spring up among the grass as willows by the water-side Isa 44. 3 4. I will put a new spirit in you c. that they may walk in my statutes c. Ezek. 11. 19 20. I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes c. Ezek. 36. 27. And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have opened your graves c. and shall put my Spirit in you Ezek. 37. 13 14. Neither will I hide my face any more from them
to go into Bithinia but the spirit suffered them not Acts 16. 6. 7. Paul came to Ephesus and finding certain Disciples he said unto them Have ye received the holy Ghost since ye believed and they said unto him We have not so much as heard whether there be any holy Ghost c. and when Paul laid his hands upon them the holy Ghost came on them and they spake with tongues and prophesied Acts. 19. 1 2 6. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy Ghost who is given unto us Rom. 5. 5. That ye abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost Rom. 15. 13. Ye are not in the flesh but in the spirit if so be that the spirit of God dwelleth in you now if any man have not the spirit of Christ he is none of his if the spirit of him who raised up Jesus c. dwell in you he c. shall quicken c. by his spirit which dwelleth in you Rom. 8. 9 11. Fervent in the spirit c. Rom. 12. 11. We have not received the spirit of the world but the spirit which is of God c. 1 Cor. 2. 12. Ye are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you 1 Cor. 3. 16. ch 6. 19. 2 Cor. 13. 5. He who is joyned to the Lord is one spirit 1 Cor. 6. 17. I think I have the spirit of God 1 Cor. 7. 40. The manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7 8 9 c. Who hath also sealed us and given us the earniest of his spirit into our hearts 2 Cor. 1. 22. ch 5. 5. Ye are the Epistle of Christ c. written not with Ink but with the spirit of the living God c. 2 Cor. 3. 3. We have the same spirit of faith according as it is written c. 2 Cor. 4. 13. Christ hath redeemed us c. that ye might receive the promise of the spirit through faith Gal. 3. 14. And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying Abba father Gal. 4. 6. In whom also after that ye believed ye were sealed with that holy spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance c. Eph. 1. 13 14. In whom you also are built together for an habitation for God through the spirit Eph. 2. 22. ch 4. 6. Be not drunk with wine c. but be filled with the spirit c. Eph. 5. 18. This shall turn to my salvation through your prayers and the supply or the spirit of Jesus Christ Phil. 1. 19. If any fellowship of the spirit c. Fulfil ye my joy that ye be like-minded Phil. 2. 1 2. God who hath also given unto us his holy spirit 1 Thess 4. 8. Then shall that wicked one be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming 2 Thess 2. 8. Being by the holy Ghost who dwelleth in us 2 Tim. 1. 14. According to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the holy Ghost which he hath shed on us abundantly or richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour Tit. 3. 5 6. God also bearing them witness both with c. and gifts of the holy Ghost according to his own will Heb. 2. 4. The Prophets have enquired c. what manner of time the spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie when he spake before hand c. unto whom it was revealed c. by them who have preached the Gospel unto you with the holy Ghost sent down from Heaven 1 Pet. 1. 10 11 12. Christ c. being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the spirit 1 Pet. 3. 18. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ happy are ye for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you c. 1 Pet. 4. 14. He hath given us great and precious promises that by these ye might be made partakers of the divine nature c. Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost 2 Pet. 1. 4 21. Ye have an unction from the holy one and ye know all things c. but the anointing which ye have received abideth in you c. the same anointing teacheth you all things John 2. 20 27. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and hereby we know that he abideth in us by the spirit which he hath given us 1 John 3. 9 24. We know that we dwell in him and he in us because he hath given us of his spirit 1 John 4. 13. It is the spirit who beareth witness because the spirit is truth c. Three who beareth record in heaven the father the word and the holy Ghost and these three are one c. 1 John 5. 6 7 8. These are they c. not having the spirit Jude verse 19. Grace unto you c. and from the seven spirits which are before his throne Rev. 1. 4. ch 3. 1 5 Hear what the spirit saith unto the Churches Rev. 2. 7 11 17 29. I beheld and lo c. a lamb having c. seven eyes which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth Rev. 5. 6. And the spirit and bride say come Rev. 22. 17. II. The Nature Workings and Fruits of the Spirit AND the spirit of God moved upon the waters Gen. 1. 2. And the Lord said My spirit shall not always strive with man Gen. 6. 3. Balaam who came with a purpose to curse Israel when the spirit of God came upon him he blessed them Numb 24. 1 2 to the 14. Is the spirit of the Lord straitned or shortned are these his doings Micah 2. 7. Handle me and see me for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me to have Luke 24. 39. I saw the spirit descending from heaven like a dove and it abode upon him John 1. 32. He would have given thee living water c. water springing up into eternal life John 4. 10 14. He who believeth c. out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters c. This spake he of the spirit c. John 7. 38 39. When he is come he will convince the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment John 16. 8. They were not able to resist c. and the spirit by which he spake Acts 16. 10. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy Ghost Rom. 5. 5. We have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but the spirit of adoption by which we cry c. The spirit it self beareth witness with our spirits that we are the children of God Rom. 8. 15 16. Fervent in the spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. We have not received the spirit of the world but the spirit of God 1 Cor. 2.
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
get an advantage of us for we are not ignorant of his devices 2 Cor. 2. 7 to 12 If our gospel be hid it is hid to them who are lost in whom the god of this world hath blinded the mind of them who believe not leâ—t the light or the glorious gospel c. 2 Cor. 4. 3 4. But I fear leâ—t by any means as the serpent be guiled Eve through his subtilty so your mind should be corrupted c. No marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of light 2 Cor. 11. 3 14. Acts 13. 10. There was given me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of Satan to buffet me 2 Cor. 12. 7. Ye walked c. according to the prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience Ephes 2. 2. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath neither give place to the devil Ephes 4. 26 27. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devâ—â— for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickednesses or wicked spirits in high places Wherefore take unto you the whole armour c. above all things the shield of faith whereby ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one Ephes 6. 10 11 12 13 16. We would have come unto you even I Paul once and again but Satan hindred us 1 Thes 2. â—8 I sent to know your â—aith lest by some means the tempter have tempted you 1 Thes 3. 5. That wicked c. whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and sigâ—s and lying wonders 2 Thes 2. 8 9. Lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil 1 Tim. 3. 6. In meekness instruct c. that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are taken captive or alive by him at his will 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. Through death he might destroy death and him who had the power of death even the devil Heb. 2. 14. Resist the devil and he will flee from you Jam. 4. 7. Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished c. 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. I write unto you young men because ye have overcome the wicked one 1 John 2. 13 14. ch 5. 18. 2 Thes 3. 3. He who committeth sin is of the devil for the devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil not as Cain who was of that wicked one and slew his brother 1 Joh. 3. 8 12. The Angels who kept not their first state or principalities he hath reserved in everlasting chains The Aâ—changel when contending with the devil about the body of Moses durst not bring against him a railing accusation but said The Lord rebuke thee Jude vers 6 9. The devil shall cast some of you into prison c. Thou dwellest where Satan's seat is Rev. 2. 10 13. Them of the synagogue of Satan c. Rev. 3. 9. The angel of the bottomless pit whose name in the Hebrew c. is Abaddon in Greek Apollyon Rev. 9. 11. There was War in heaven Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon c. and the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the Devil and Satan who deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels c. with him c. The accuser of the brethren is cast down who accused them before our God day and night c. Wo unto the inhabiters of the earth c. for the devil is come down unto you having c. Rev. 2. 7 to 13. Three unclean spirits came out of the mouth of the dragon c. the spirits of devils working miracles c. Rev. 16. 13 14. Satan laid hold on bound cast into the pit and sealed up from deceiving c. let loose again Rev. 20. Secondly The Instruments of Satan Seducers Deceivers c. Saints Duty WHen a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord if the thing follow not c. the Lord hath not spoken c. Deut. 18. 22. The devil was a lying spirit in the prophets to deceive Ahab 1 Kings 22. 19 20 23. Ezek. 12. 9. The prophets prophesie lyes in my name I sent them not neither have I commanded them neither spake unto them they prophesie unto you a false vision and divination and a thing of nought and the deceit of their heart Jer. 14. 14 15. Beware of false propets who come to you in sheâ—p's cloathing but inwardly they are ravening wolves ye shall know them by their fruits c. We have prophesied in thy name cast out devils and done many wonderful works Matth. 7. 15 16 22 23. Take heed c. of the leaven of the Pharisees c. of the doctrine of the Pharisees c. Matth. 16. 6 11 12. Take heed that no man deceive you for many shall come in my name and say I am Christ and shall deceive many c. Many false prophets shall arise and deceive many c. Then if any shall say unto you Lo here is Christ or there is Christ believe it not for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders insomuch that if it were possible they should deceive the very elect Behold I have told you before wherefore if they shall say unto you Behold he is in the desart c. go not forth c. For as the lightning cometh out of the east c. so shall also the coming of the Son of man c. Matth. 24. 4 5 11 23 to 28. Ye received me not If another shall come in his own name him ye will receive John 5. 43. Elymas c. seeking to turn away the Deputy from the faith c. Paul c. said O full of subtilty and all mischief thou child of the devil thou enemy of all righteousness wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord c. Acts 13. 7 to 12. Certain c. have troubled you with words subverting your souls saying c. Acts 15. 1 24. After my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them therefore watch Acts 20. 28 to 32. The Sadduces say that there is no resurrection nor angels nor spirit Acts 23. 8 9. Mark them who cause divisions c. contrary to the doctrine c. and avoid them for they who are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ but their own belly and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts
not soon shaken in mind c. as that the day of Christ is at hand c. except there come first a falling away and that man of sin be revealed c. 2 Thes 2. 1 2 3. Until the illustrious appearance of our Lord Jesus c. 1 Tim. 6. 14. The Lord Jesus who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom c. a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day c. unto them also who love his appearance 2 Tim. 4. 1 8. Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Titus 2. 13. 2 Tim. 1. 10. Not laying again the foundation c. of eternal judgment Heb. 6. 1 2. It is appointed for aâ—l men once to die but after this the judgment so Christ c. unto them who look for him shall â—e appear the second time without sin Heb. 9. 27 2â— A certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indâ—gnation which shall devour the adversary c. It is a feartel thing so fall into the hands of the living God Heâ— 10. 27 31. Ye are câ—â—e unto mount Zâ—on c. and to God the Judge of all c. Heb. 12. 22 23. Be patient therefore brethren to the coming of the Lord c. for the coming of the Lord draweth near c. James 5. 7 8. That the tryal of our faith c. might be found uâ—to praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ c. the Father who without respect or persons Judgeth according unto every mans works 1 Pet. 1. 7 13 17. Psal 62. 12. Who shall give account unto him who is ready to judge the quick and the dead c. The end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and waten unto prayer c. The time is come that judgment must began at the house of God c. What shall the 〈◊〉 be of them who obey not the Gospel of God And if the righteous scarcely be saved Where shall the ungodly and sinners appear 1 Pet. 4. 5 7 17 18. When the chief shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown c. 1 Pet. 5. 4. If God spared not the Angels who sinned but cast them down c. to be reserved unto judgment c. The Lord knoweth how c. to reserve the the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished 2 Pet. 2. 4 9. There shall come in the last days scoffers c. and saying Where is the promise of his coming For since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the â—eginning c. the heavens and the earth which now are by the same word are kept in store reserved unto she against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men c. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day c. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise c. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be c. looking for and hasting unto the day of God 2 Pet. 3. 3 4 7 8 10 11 12. Psal 102. 25 26. Abide in him that when he appears we may have conndence at his coming 1 John 2. 28. That we may have â—oldness in the day of judgment because as he is so are we 1 John 4. 16 17. The Angels who kept not their first state c. hath he reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day c. Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints to execute judgment upon all c. Jude ver 6 14 15. Behold he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him and they also who pierced him c. Rev. 1. 7. I will give to every one of you according to to your works Rev. 2. 23. And the heavens departed as a scroul c. and the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighâ—y men c. hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains and said unto the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face or him who sitteth upon the throne and from the wâ—ath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. 14 15 16 17. Mark 13. 31. The nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and thou shouldit give unto thy servants a reward c. Rev. 11. 18. ch 14. 7. I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away c. and I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened c. and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works Rev. 20. 11 12 15. Behold I come quickly and my reward is with me to give every man according as his works shall be c. And the Spirit and the Bride say Come c. He who restified these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so come Lord Jesus Rev. 22. 12 17 20. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who do such things Râ—â— 2. 2. Be not deceived c. for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap for he who soweth to the flesh shall or the flesh reap c. Gal. 6. 7 8. See the Duty of Waiting for Christ's Coming Chap. 16. CHAP. XXXVII Of the Glory prepared for the Saints and reserved to be given to them at the Appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ MAN hath not heard nor perceived c. what he hath prepared for them who wait for him Isa 64. 4. 1 Cor. 2. 9 10. Verily there is a reward for the righteous Psal 58. 11. If in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable 1 Câ—r 15. 19. 1 Tim. 4. 8. After I awake c. yet in my flesh or out of my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another Job 19. 26 27. In thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand pleasure for evermore Psalm 16. 11. Psalm 17. 15. Death shall feed on them and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning Psal 49. 14. Many of them who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life c. and they who be wise or teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they who turn many to righteousness as the Stars for ever and ever Dan. 12. 2 3. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall
and seek not the honour which cometh from God only John 5. 44. Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for that which endureth c. John 6. 27. He is of age ask him c. These words spake his parents because they feared the Jews for the Jews had agreed already That if any man did confess that he was Christ he should be put out of the Synagogue therefore said his parents c. John 9. 21 22 23. Judas displeased at the use of the ointment upon pretence of the poor but 't was because he bare the purse c. Among the chief rulers also many believed on him but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him lest they should be put out of the Synagogue for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God John 12. 4 5 6 42 43. In the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good chear I have overcome the world John 16. 33. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil John 17. 15. Jesus answered My kingdom is not of this world if my kingdom were of this world then would my servants fight that I should not c. John 18. 36. Pilate â—ought to release â—esus but the Jews cried out saying If thou let this man go thou art not Caesar's friend c. When Pilate therefore heard that saying he brought Jesus forth c. John 19. 12 13 15 16. Mark 15. 15. What house will ye build for me saith the Lord c. Hath not my hand made all these things c. Acts 7. 48 49 50. ch 14. 15 17. When Paul had cast out the evil Spirit out of the damsel and her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone they caught Paul and Silas c. and said That they did exceedingly trouble the City c. Acts 16. 18 to 22. God who made the world c. he is Lord of heaven and earth c. He giveth to all life c. and all things Acts 17. 24 25. So Demetrius a Silver-smith and others of the same trade who made silver Shrines for Diana c. complained against Paul for Preaching the Gospel cried up Diana because they were like to lose their gain if men esteemed not of Diana as a Goddess Acts 19. 24 to 28. Your selves know that these hands of mine have ministred to my necessities and them who were with me I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of our Lord Jesus how he said If is more blessed to give than to receive Acts. 20. 33 34 35. The carnal mind is enmity against God It is not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be Rom. 8. 7. Make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof Rom. 13. 14. Ye see your calling brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many noble are called but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wife c. that no flesh should glory c. 1 Cor. 1. 26 27 28 29. I will not be brought under the power of any meats for the belly c. but God shall destroy both c. 1 Cor. 6. 12 13. The time is short it remaineth that both they who have wives be as though they had none and they who weep as though they wept not and they who rejoice as if they rejoiced not and they who buy as though they possessed not and they who use this world as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away c. He who is married careth for the things which are of this world how he may please his wife 1 Cor. 7. 29 to 34. I keep under my body and bring it in subjection lest that by any means c. 1 Cor. 9. 27. The Devil is called the God of this world 2 Cor 4. 4. The sorrow of the world worketh death 2 Cor. 7. 10. You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich 2 Cor. 8. 9. God is able to make all grace abound towards you that ye always having all sufficiency c. 2 Cor. 9. 8. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world according to the will of God c. Gal. 1. 4. The flesh lusteth against the spirit c. so that ye cannot do the thing that ye would Gal. 5. 17. God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom or whereby the world is crucified to me and I unto the world Gal. 6. 14. Covetousness let it not be once named among you as becometh Saints c. for this ye know that no whoremonger c. nor covetous man who is an idolâ—er hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God Ephes 5. 3 5. 2. Cor 6. 10. Whose end is destruction whose God is their belly whose glory is in their shame who mind earthly things Phil. 3. 15. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication c. let your request be made known to God c. I have learned that in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content I know how to be abased and how to abound every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and suffer need c. but my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Jesus Christ Psal 4. 6 12 19. Set your affections or mind on things above not things on the earth c. Mortifie therefore your members c. inordinate affections evil concupiscence and covetousness which is idolatry Col. 3. 2 5. Meats which God hath created to be received c. for every creature of God is good and nothing to c. 1 Tim. 4. 3 4. 1 Cor. 10. 25 26 27. She who liveth in pleasure or delicately is dead while she liveth 1 Tim. 5. 6. Godliness with contentment is great gain for we brought nothing into the world it is certain we can carry nothing out and having food and raiment let us be therewith content but them who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition for the love of money is the root of all evil which while some coveted after have erred from the faith and pierced themselves thorow with many sorrows but thou O man flee these things c. Charge them who be rich in this world that they be not high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who giveth all things richly to enjoy that they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute c. laying
170 Of the Spirit c. 21 p. 173 Promises to Affâ—icted Ones c. 22 p. 186 Promises to Zion â—he Church of God c. 27 p. 223 Promises for Israel's Return c. 57 p. 297 Promises for the Things of this Life See Worâ—d   Promises of Glory reserved for Saints c. 37 p. 262 Prophesies of Christ the Saviour See Salvation in general   〈◊〉 See World See Sovereignty of God   〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 another to Sin c. 17 p. 148 Punishment of Sin in general Chap. 5 Page 40  c. 16 p. 125 Punishment of Saints for Sin c. 13 p. 70 Q. QUalifications of Rulers Chap. 24 Page 212 Qualifications of Saints See Characters of Saints   Qualifications of Ministers of the Gospel in general c. 26 p. 219 Of Church-Officers in particular c. 27 p. 229 Qualifications of Church-Members c. ibid. p. 224 Quarrels amongst Church-Members c. ibid. p. 228 Amongst Christians in general c. 17 p. 148 Quench not the Spirit c. 21 p. 177 Quicken'd by the Spirit c. ibid. p. 173 Quiet Spirit in general c. 16 p. 117 Quiet towards all Men c. 19 p. 161 Quiet under Affliction and submissive to God c. 22 p. 198 Towards Men then c. 22 p. 204 R. RAiling See Words   Reading Scriptures Chap. 1 Page 1 Reading them in the Assemblies c. 27 p. 232 Reasonings of God with Sinners c. 16 p. 125 Rebuke each other for Sin c. 17 p. 149 Reconciliation to God c. 10 p. 49 Redemption of Fallen Man c. 7 p. 27. Rejoice in God and Christ c. 16 p. 83 Rejoice in Afflictions c. 22 p. 201 Rejoice not at Enemies Hurt c. ibid. p. 205 Relation of God to his own See Saints Privileges   Relation between Christ and his Church c. 15. p. 77. Relation of Church-Members to their particular Churches c. 27 p. 225 Relations in the Flesh c. 18 p 154 Relative Duties See Duties   Relye upon God See Trust   Remission of Sin c. 10 p. 48 Reward Good for Evil c. 19 p. 162 c. 22 p. 205 Repentance in God How c. 33 p. 253 Repentance in Man c. ibid. p ibid. Report not others Failings c. 17 p. 147 148 Respect for Saints c. 17 p. 147 Respect for all Men c. 19 p. 162 Restauration of the Jews See Return   Resurrection of Christ c. 8 p. 40 Resurrection of Man's Body c. 35 p. 259 Return of the Jews to their Country c. 57 p. 297 Revenge not c. 19 p. 279 c. 22 p. 204 Revelations of Old by Voices Dreams c. c. 55 p. 297 Reward of Holiness See Glory for Saints   Reward of Suffering for Christ c. 22 p. 194 Reward of Sin c. 5 p. 23 c. 16 p. 125 Reward of Hypocrisie c. 28 p. 242 Reward of Persecutors c. 22 p. 189 Riches See World   Righteous God c. 2 p. 12 Righteousness towards God See Justification   Righteousness towards Men c. 19 p. 160 Righteousness of Mens own will not secure their State c. 64 p. 306 Rock is God See Trust   Rule and Greatness of God c. 2 p. 5 Rule and Greatness of Christ c. 7 p. 31 c. 842 Rulers of Kingdoms c. 24 p. 211 Rules of Worship Faith c. c. 16 p. 90 S SAbbath day Chap. 58 Pag. 299 Sacrament See Lord's Supper   Sarrifices before the Law c. 45 p. 286 Sacrifices under the Law takes not away Sin c. 6 p. 25 Shield is God See Trust in God   Saints Interest in and nearness to God See Saints Priviledge   Saints Duty to God c. 16 p. 79 Towards the Spirit c. 21 p. 77 To follow Saints c. 17 p. 145 To Relations in the Flesh c. 18 p. 154 To all Men c. 19 p. 159 To Magistrates c. 24 p. 215 Saints Duty in time of Afflictions towards God c. 22 p. 197 Towards Men Persecutors c. 22 p. 204 Towards the Persecuted c. 22 p. 207 Saints Duties in Common Calamities c. 23 p. 210 Saints Duty in relation to the Things of this World See World   In relation to Tentations See Satan and Deceivers   Saints Character c. 12 p. 60 Saints Failings c. 13 p. 67 Saints Corrected ibid. p. 70 Saints Priviledges c. 14 p. 71 Saints known by their Fruit c. 12 p. 61 Salvation in the general c. 7 p. 27 28 Salvation of Souls free c. 10 p. 51 Salvation in Afflictions sure to Saints c. 22 p. 159 When 't is near ibid. p. 193 When ' is great and wonderful See ibid.  Sanctification in Worship c. 16 p. 90 Sanctification by Christ's death c. 10 p. 50 By the Spirit c. 21 p. 173 Satan in general c. 30 p. 244 Satan his Ruling in sinners c. 5 p. 23 He can do no more than God permits c. 22 p. 187 Satisfaction for sin by Jesus c. 10 p. 37 Saviour Jesus c. 7 28 Scandals removed c. 27 236 Scriptures of God c. 1 p. 1 Scripture's the Rule of Worship Faith and Life c. 16 p. 90 Seventh day See Sabbath   Search the Scriptures See Scriptures   Search if Saints or not c. 12 p. 66 c. 11 p. 58 Seek God See Prayer   Seducers c. 30 p. 246 Sensible sinners invited to Christ c 67 p. 309 Servants c. 18 p. 158 Serve God only c. 16 p. 88 Servitude to Satan c. 5 p. 23 Shadow is Man's Life See Death   Shepherd Christ c. 8 p. 43 Signs of Saints and Sonship c. 12 p. 60 c. 22 p. 185 Signs of the last Times c. 48 p. 289 Silence See Words   Similitudes c. 42 p. 282 Sincerity c. 16 p. 134 Singing See Praises   Sion's Happiness c. 27 p. 223 Sin what c. 16. p. 121 Sin 's sad Effect upon Man c. 5 p. 23 Sins threatned and punished here c. 16 p. 125 Sin against the Holy Ghost c. 21 p. 177 Sins of Saints c. 13 p. 67 Sins confessed and mourned for c. 16 p. 121 forsaken ibid. p. 123 Pardoned c. 10 p. 43 Sinfulness of Man's Nature c. 5 p. 18 Society with wicked Men c. 19 p. 163 Soveraignty of God c. 2 p. 5 Speak evil of no Man c. 19 p. 160 Speaking See Preaching   Speaking Blasphemy c. 52 p. 291 Speaking in general or Speeches See Words   Spirit of God promises to and works in all the Saints c. 21 p. 173 Spirits being in all the Saints ibid. p. 174 Spirit Nature and Operations ibid. p. 176 Spirit to be obeyed not grieved ibid. p. 177 Statues See Idolatry   Strange God See Idolatry   Strife See Envy   Strive to enter in at the strait Gate c. 46 p. 286 Strong Saints not to offend the weak c. 17 p. 151 Subjects Duties to Rulers c. 24 p. 215 Submission to God under Trouble c. 22 p. 198 Sufferings of Christ c. 8 p. 37 Sufferings of Saints c. 22 p. 178 Under God's immediate hand ibid. p. 179 From Men Heathen ibid. p.
22. My Lord is wife according to the wisdom of an Angel of God 2 Sam. 14. 20. When the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it the Lord repented him of the evil 2 Sam. 24. 16 17. 1 Chron. 21. 15 16 18 20 30. The Angel of the Lord came to Elijah and gave him food c. 1 Kings 19. 5 6 7. The Angel of the Lord said to Elijah c. Go up to meet the messengers c. 2 Kings 1. 13. The Angel of the Lord went out and smote the Camp of the Assyrians one hundred fourscore and five thousand 2 Kings 19. 35. Isa 37. 36. His Angels he charged with folly Job 4. 18. The Angel of the Lord encampeth round about them who fear him and delivereth Psal 34. 7. Dan. 3. 28. ch 6. 22. Let the Angel of the Lord chase them c. Persecute them Psal 35. 5 6. The Charets of God are twenty thousand even thousands or many thousands of Angels Psal 68. 17. Man did eat Angels food c. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger c. by sending evil angels amonst them Psal 78. 25 49. For he shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways they shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foot against a stone Psal 91. 11 12. Mat. 4. 6. Bless the Lord ye his Angels who excel in strength who do his command Psal 103. 20 21. Who maketh his Angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire Psal 104. 4. Heb. 1. 7. Praise ye him all his Angels c. Psal 148. 2. Neither say thou before the Angel that it was an errour Eccles 5. 6. They are called Seraphims each one had six wings c. Isa 6. 2 3 4 c. The Angel of his presence saved them Isa 63. 9. He had power over the Angel and prevailed Hosea 12. 4. The Angel talked with Zechariah Zech. 1. 8 9 11 12 13 14. ch 2. 3. ch 4. ch 5. Joshua the high Priest standing before the Angel of the Lord c. And the Lord said to Satan The Lord rebuke thee c. And the Angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua c. Zech. 3. 1 2 3 6. The Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Joseph Fear not Mat. 1. 20. Again the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying c. Mat. 2. 13. The Devil leaving Christ behold Angels came and ministred unto him c. Mat. 4. 11. Luke 22. 43. The reapers are the Angels c. The Son of man shall send forth his Angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things which offend c. At the end of the world the Angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just Mat. 13. 39 41 49. Despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you In heaven their Angels do behold the face of my father which is in heaven Mat. 18. 10. And he shall send his Angels c. and they shall gather together his elect c. but of that day and hour knoweth no man no not the Angels of heaven Mat. 24. 31 36. The Son of man shall come c. and all the holy Angels with him Mat. 25. 31. He shall presently give me more than twelve legions of Angels Mat. 26. 53. The Angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it his countenance was like lightning and his rayment as white as snow and for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men And the Angel answered and said unto the women Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus c. he is not here for he is risen Mary saw two Angels in white sitting one at the head and the other at the feet Mat. 28. 2 3 4 5 6. Acts 6. 15. John 20. 12. Luke 24. 4 5 6 23. There appeared unto Zacharias an Angel of the Lord c. who said unto him Fear not c. I am Gabriel who stand in the presence of God and am sent to speak unto thee c. The Angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a City c. to a Virgin c. Luke 1. 11 12 13 19 26 27 28 30 35. There were shepherds abiding in the field c and to the Angel of the Lord came upon them c And the Angel of the Lord said unto them Fear not for behold I bring you good tidings c. and suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly Host praising God and saying Glory to God in the Higest The Angels were gone away from them into heaven c. Jesus who was so named of the Angels Luke 2. 8 9 10 13 14 15 21. He who denieth me before men shall be denied before the Angels of God Luke 12. 9. There is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over one sinner that repenteth Luke 15. 10. The beggar died and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom Luke 16. 22. Ye shall see heaven open and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man John 1. 51. An Angel went down at a certain season and troubled the water John 5. 4. The people c. said That it thundered others said an Angel spake to him c. John 12. 29. While they looked c. two men stood by them in white apparel who also said c. Acts 1. 10 11. The Angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them forth Acts 5. 19. This Moses whom c. the same did God send c. by the hands of the Angel c. who spake to him in mount Sinai c. Who hath received the law by the disposition of Angels and have not c. Acts 7. 35 37 53. And the Angel of the Lord spake unto Philip saying Arise and go towards c. Acts 8. 26 27. An Angel of God appeared to Cornelius Acts 10. 3 7 22. The Angel of the Lord came unto Peter in prison and led him out c. Then said they It is his Angel c. The Angel of God smote Herod Acts 12. 7 8 9 11 15 23. The Sadduces say there is no resurrection Angel nor Spirit Acts 23. 8 9. There stood by me this night the Angel of God c. whose I am and whom I serve saying fear not Saul c. Acts 27. 23. Know ye not that we shall judge Angels 1 Cor. 6. 3. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the Angels 1 Cor. 11. 10. When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels 2 Thess 1. 7. I charge thee before God c. and the elect Angels 1 Tim 5. 21. Of the Angels he faith Who maketh his Angels spirits c. Are they not all ministring spirits sent forth to minister for them who
shall be heirs of salvation Heb. 1 7 14. Ye are come unto mount Sion c. to an innumerable company of Angels Heb. 12. 22. Be not forgetful to entertain Strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels unawares Hebr. 13. 2. Gen. 3. 1. 2. 3 c. ch 19. 1 2 3 c. Which things the Angels desire to look into 1 Pet. 1. 12. If God spared not the Angels who sinned but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment c. whereas Angels who are greater in power and might bring not railing c. 2 Pet. 2. 4 11. The revelation of Jesus Christ c. he sent and signified by his Angel to his servant John Rev. 1. 1. The Angels sealing of the servants of God The Angels sounding c. Rev. 7. chap. 8. chap. 9. chap. 10. CHAP. XLII Of the Parables and Similitudes which Christ spake CHrist likened those who did hear the word and do it to a man who built his house upon a rock c. and those who heard and did not do unto a man who built his house on the sands c. Matth. 7. 24 25 26 27 28 29. Luke 6. 47 48 c. The similitude of the unclean spirits entering after a cleansing and garnishing Matth. 12. 43 44 45. The Parable of the sower and the seed Of the tares sowed amongst the good seed Of the mustard-seed Of the leaven hid in the meal Of the hidden treasure Of the precious pearl Of the net cast into the sea and gathering all kinds Matth. 13. 18 24 31 33 44 45. Mark 4. Luke 8. 5. ch 13. 18. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who is an housholder who sent labourers into his vineyard at several hours and paid them all alike Matth. 20. 1 2 3 to the 17. A certain man had two sons he said to one Go work in my vineyard and he said I will not but afterwards repented and went and he came to the second and said likewise and he said I go and went not Whether of these two did the will of his father The Parable of the man who planted a vineyard and hedged it expected fruit but the husbandmen beat the servants and killed some and at last his son c. Matth. 21. 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. Luke 20. 9. The Parable of the marriage of the king's son those who were bidden made light went to their farms c. The king sent his servants into the high-ways and bid The man without a wedding garment Matth. 22. 1 2 3 to the 14. Luke 14. 16 17 c. The parable of the ten Virgins Of the talents delivered unto the servants to be improved Matth. 25. 1 2 3 4 to the 30. Luke 19. 12. Can the Children of the Bride-chamber fast while the Bridegroom is with them c. No man also seweth a new piece of cloth into an old garment c. No man putteth new wine into old bottles Mark 2. 19 20 21 22. Luke 5. 34 35 36 37 38 39. Why beholdest thou the mote in thy brothers eye c. A good tree bringeth forth good fruit c. Luke 6. 41 42 43 44 A certain Creditor had two Debtors the one ought 500 pence the other 50 and when they had nothing to pay he freely forgave them both c. Which will love most c He to whom he forgave most c. Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little c. Luke 7. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47. No man lighteth a candle to put it under a bushel Luke 8 16. The similitude of the man going to Jericho fell among thieves was wounded the Priest and the Levite pass by helped not the Samaritan had compassion and took care of him this was his neighbour Luke 10. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37. The similitude of one asking bread to entertain a friend and obtaining by importunity thô not for love c. When the strong-man armed keepeth his palace his goods are in peace but when a stronger than he shall come upon him c. Luke 11. 5 6 7 8 21 22. The rich man said I have no room c. I will pull down my barns and build greater c. Take thy ease c. This night shall thy soul be taken c. Luke 12. 16 17 18 19 20 21. The Parable of the fig-tree planted in the vineyard which brought no fruit c. Cut it down c. let it alone this year also c. Luke 13. 6 7 8 9. Who goeth about to build a Tower and considereth not what it will cost or What king goeth out to war and considereth not c Luke 14. 28 29 30 31 32. The Parable of the lost sheep Of the lost piece of silver Of the prodigal son Luke 15. 3 8 11 12 c. The Parable of the unjust steward Of the rich glutton and poor Lazarus Luke 16. 1 2 c. 19 20 c. The Parable of the importunate Widow with the unjust judge Of the Pharisee and the Publican going into the temple to pray Luke 18. 1 2 9 10 11 c. CHAP. XLIII Of the Miracles and the wonderful things which were done by Christ and his Apostles HE healed all their diseases and such as were possessed with devils Matth. 4. 24. Christ cured the leprous man healed the Centurions servant of the Palsie Peters mother-in-law of a fever Stilleth the tempest on the sea Driveth out the devils out of the two men possessed among the Gergezens Matth. 8. 2 3 13 14 15 16 26 28 c. Mark 5. 2. Luke 4. 33. 39. Luke 5. 12 13. ch 8. 1 2. He cured the sick of the palsie whom they brought on a bed to him The woman who had the bloody-issue cured by touching his garment Raised from the dead Jairus daughter giveth sight to two blind men healeth a dumb man possessed of a devil Matth. 9. 2 6 7 20 25 28 32. Mark 2. 3 4. Luke 8. 44. Mark 9. 20. He cured the withered hand Matthew 12. 10 13. The five loaves and the two fishes wherewith he fed 5000. He walked on the sea Macth 14. 15 16 25. Luke 9. 12. John 6. 5 6. He cured the daughter of the woman of Canaan who was vexed with a devil He cured multitudes With seven loaves and a few little fishes he fed four thousand men besides women and children Matth. 15. 22 30 31 33 34. He cured the lunatick Matth. 17. 15 16. He cureth two other blind men Matthew 20. 30 c. He said unto the fig-tree Let no fruit grow on thee henceforth for ever and presently the fig-tree withered away Matth. 21. 19. The graves were opened and many of the bodies of the saints arose and went into the City Matth. 27. 51 52 53 54. He cast out the unclean spirit Mark 1. 23 24 25 c. He cured the blind man with