any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him Q. Is it not a dreadful sin for a man to forsake God A. Jer. 2.12 13. Be astonished O ye Heavens at this and be horribly afraid be ye very desolate saith the Lord for my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the Fountain of living Waters and hewed them out Cisterns broken Cisterns that can hold no water Q. What promise have you that God will cause you to persevere in his ways A. Job 17.9 The righteous also shall hold on his way and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger Q. Have we not great assurance from the Intercession of Christ that our faith shall not fail though we be assaulted with many temptations A. Luke 22.31 32. And the Lord said Simon Simon behold Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Q. After God hath given us faith Will he not keep us by his Almighty Power till he hath brought us to salvation A. 1 Pet. 1.5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto Salvation Q. Is there not a warfare in Christians between the flesh and the spirit And are they not in this warfare sometimes led captive by their sins A. Rom. 7.23 I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members Q. Though good men may fall yet will not God so far uphold them that they shall not be utterly cast down A. Psal 37.23 24. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his way though he fail he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Q. What shall that man inherit that overcomes his spiritual adversaries A. Rev. 21.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son Q. By what means do we get the victory over the world A. 1 John 5.4 Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith Q. How did the Saints in former times overcome Satan A. Rev. 12.11 They overcame him by the bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death Q. Is it not appointed for all men that they shall die and after death go to be judged for what they did whilst they lived A. Heb. 9.27 It is appointed for men once to die but after this the judgment Q. Is not our life upon the earth very short and uncertain so that we have no assurance one day that we shall live unto another A. James 4.14 Ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your life It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away Q. Seeing we know not how suddenly God may come and take us away by death ought we not every day yea every hour to be prepared to die A. Luke 12.40 Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not Q. Should we not live every day as though it were our last day and continue this course till our change come A. Job 14.14 All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come Q. Is not death gain to those that serve and glorifie Christ A. Phil. 1.21 To me to live is Christ and to die is gain Q. Is not the sting of death taken away by the death of Christ so that Christians may triumph over death and what is the sting of death A. 1 Cor. 15.55 56 57. O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory the sting of Death is Sin and the strength of Sin is the Law But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Q. Are not all they that die in the Lord in a blessed condition A. Rev. 14.13 I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me Write Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them Q. Will not Gods presence with us take away the fears of death A. Psal 23.4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me Q. Seeing we are going apace to our graves and there is no work to be done when we come there should not this make us do whatever our hand findeth to do with all our might A. Eccl. 9.10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with all thy might for there is no work nor device nor knowledg nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest Q. When we die do not our souls depart from our bodies A. Gen. 35.18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing for she died Q. When a man dieth what becomes of his body and whither goeeth his soul A. Eccl. 12.7 Then shall the dust return unto the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it Q. Shall there not be a general Resurrection of the dead both of good and evil men A. John 5.28 29. Marvel not at this for the hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth they that have done good unto the Resurrection of Life and they that have done evil unto the Resurrection of Damnation Q. Shall they that have lien in their graves till their reins are consumed and they are eaten up of the worms rise again with the same bodies that they had whilst they lived in this world A. Job 19.25 26 27. I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another though my reins be consumed within me Q. Though our bodies shall be the same for substance at the Resurrection as they are now yet shall not their qualities be changed A. 1 Cor. 15.42 43 44. So also is the Resurrection of the dead it is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption it is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power it is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body Q. Shall our bodies that are now vile be made like unto the glorious body of Jesus Christ A. Phil. 3.21 Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body according to the working whereby he is able even to
father because the Lord would slay them Q. Did not God command under the Law that such as cursed either their father or mother should be put to death A. Lev. 20.9 Every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death he hath cursed his father or his mother his bloud shall be upon him Q. Is it not a sin for children to steal from their Parents as well as from other persons A. Prov. 28.24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother and saith it is no transgression the same is a companion of a destroyer Q. Is it not the duty of Parents to train up their children in the knowledge and fear of God A. Ephes 6.4 Ye Fathers provoke not your Children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Q. How must Masters carry themselves towards their Servants A. Col. 4.1 Masters give unto your servants that which is just and equal knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven Q. What duties must Servants be exhorted to A. Tit. 2.9 10. Exhort Servants to be obedient unto their own Masters and to please them well in all things not answering again not purloining but shewing all good fidelity that they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things Q. Must not Servants count their Masters worthy of all honour A. 1 Tim. 6.1 Let as many Servants as are under the yoke count their own Masters worthy of all honour that the Name of God and his Doctrine be not blasphemed Q. Must not Servants obey their Masters with fear and trembling and singleness of heart shunning eye-service and do their work with a good will as if they were serving the Lord A. Ephes 6.5 6 7. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart as unto Christ not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as the Servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men Q. When Servants are sent abroad must they not return home without making any delay though they should be much importuned to stay a longer time A. Gen. 24.56 He said unto them Hinder me not seeing the Lord hath prospered my way send me away that I may go to my Master Q. When Jacob was servant to Laban did he not serve him with all his might though he were his near Kinsman A. Gen. 31.6 Ye know that with all my power I have served your father Q. Must not servants come when they are called go whither they are sent and do what they are hidden A. Matth. 8.9 I am a man under authority having Soldiers under me and I say to this man go and he goeth and to another come and he cometh and to my servant do this and he doth it Q. Must not servants do their work without murmuring either at the meanness or the difficulty of their work A. Phil. 2.14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings Q. What example have we of the frugality of Christ in commanding the broken pieces of Barley bread to be gathered up which may teach servants and all others to make no waste of any thing under their charge A. John 6.12 When they were filled he said unto his Disciples Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost Q. How must we our children and servants sanctifie the Sabbath Must we not abstain from pleasures and recveations and from the works of our callings and from speaking our own words and maintain an honourable esteem of the Sabbath-day and spend it in holy and religious exercises and take delight therein and do all the duties of the day to the honour of God and what will God do for those that thus sanctifie the Sabbath-day A. Isa 58.13 14. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath a delight the holy of the Lord honourable and shalt honour him not doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words Then shalt thou delight thy self in the Lord and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy Father for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Q Is not the soul of a man of such great excellency that the gaining of the whole world will not countervail the loss of one soul A. Mark 8.36 What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul Q. Seeing the Soul is of such great value ought we not to do all that in us lieth to save our Souls A. Phil. 2.12 Work out your own Salvation with fear and trembling Q Seeing our souls cannot be saved without the grace of God Doth it not concern us to look diligently that we fail not of grace A. Heb. 12.15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and thereby many be defiled Q. Hath not God promised to give the Holy Spirit which is the Fountain of all grace to them that ask it A. Luke 11.13 If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him Q. What are the fruits that the Spirit of Grace produceth when it is given to us A. Gal. 5.22 23. The fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such there is no law Q. After we have gotten grace must we not labour to grow in grace A. 2 Pet. 3.18 Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and for ever Amen Q. Is growth in grace so necessary that besides our endeavours to get grace we must give diligence yea all diligence to grow in grace A. 2 Pet. 1.5 6 7. And besides this giving all diligence add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge and to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience and to patience godliness and to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity Q. Will not a right use of the Word of God help us to grow in grace A. 1 Pet. 2.2 As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the Word that ye may grow thereby Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to grow in grace A. Hos 14.5 I will be as the dew unto Israel he shall grow as the Lilly and cast forth his roots as Lebanon Q. Must not they that would be saved persevere in the ways and grace of God A. Matth. 24.13 He that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved Q. Hath God no pleasure in such as draw back from walking with him A. Heb. 10.38 Now the just shall live by faith but if
persecute you Q. Is it not good for a man to hope in God and quietly to wait for his salvation A. Lam. 3.26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Q. Doth not God take pleasure in such as hope in his mercy A. Psalm 147.11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him in those that hope in his mercy Q. Will not God redeem us from all our iniquities if we hope in him A. Psalm 130.7 8. Let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him there is plenteous redemption and he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities Q. Ought we not to keep up our hope in God when we find our souls much disquieted and cast down A. Psalm 42.11 Why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God Q. Were not the Scriptures written for this very end to encourage us in all our troubles and distresses to hope in God A. Rom. 15.4 Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to hope in him in times of greatest distress A. Joel 3.15 16. The Sun and the Moon shall be darkned and the Stars shall withdraw their shining the Lord also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem and the Heavens and the earth shall shake but the Lord will be the hope of his people and the strength of the Children of Israel Q. Doth not God streightly charge us to wait upon him A. Psalm 27.14 Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart wait I say on the Lord. Q. How long must we wait on the Lord A. Hos 12.6 Turn thou to thy God keep mercy and judgement and wait on thy God continually Q. What hath God prepared for them that wait for him A. Isa 64.4 Since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him Q. Shall not they that wait upon the Lord renew their strength A. Isa 40.31 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint Q. What will God give the man that delighteth in him A. Psalm 37.4 Delight thy self also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart Q. Is not delight in God an evidence that God is our God and that he hath put his Law into our hearts A. Psalm 40.8 I delight to do thy will O my God yea thy Law is within my heart Q. What promise have you that God will help you to delight in him A. Job 22.23 26. If thou return to the Almighty Then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift up thy face unto God Q. Must we not rejoyce always in God A. Phil. 4.4 Rejoyce in the Lord alway and again I say rejoyce Q. Ought we not to rejoyce in God at such times as we are stript of all worldly comforts A. Hab. 3.17 18. Although the Fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the Vines the labour of the Olive shall fail and the fields shall yield no meat the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of of my salvation Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to rejoyce in him even when you are brought into a poor and low condition A. Isa 29.19 The meek shall encrease their joy in the Lord and the poor among men shall rejoyce in the holy one of Israel Q. Who are they that are called upon to fear the Lord A. Psalm 33.8 Let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in aw of him Q. Will God fulfil the desires of them that fear him A. Psal 145.19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them Q. Will not the Lord be for a Sanctuary in time of trouble to them that fear him A. Isa 8.13 14. Sanctifie the Lord of hosts himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread and he shall be for a Sanctuary Q. Shall not the Sun of righteousness arise with healing under his wings upon them that fear God A. Mal. 4.2 Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall Q. Ought we not to fear God above all the men in the world A. Luke 12.4 5. I say unto you my friends be not afraid of them that kill the body and after that have no more that they can do but I will forwarn you whom you shall fear Fear him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into Hell yea I say unto you fear him Q. Hath not God laid up wonderful blessings in store for them that fear him A. Psalm 31.19 O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men Q. Wherein consisteth the fear of God Doth it not consist in hating and departing from sin A. Prov. 8.13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil Prov. 16.6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil Q. What promise have you that God will put his fear into your heart A. Jer. 32.40 I will make an everlasing Covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me Q. When we eat or drink or do any other action must not all that we do be done to the glory of God A. 1 Cor 10.31 Whether ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God Q. Must we not glorifie God with our bodies and spirits A. 1 Cor. 6.20 Ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods Q. Must we not honour God with our substance A. Prov. 3.9 Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine increase Q. Is it not our duty to glorifie God before all sorts of people A. Lev. 10.3 I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified Q. Do we not glorifie God when we praise him A. Psalm 50.23
grace and glory no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly Q. What promise have you that God will make you sincere A. Isa 61.8 I the Lord love judgment I hate robbery for burnt offering and I will direct their work in truth and I will make an everlasting Covenant with them Q. Must we not be content with such things as we have although our condition be low and mean A. Heb. 13.5 Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee Q. If we should be so low in the world as that we should have nothing but food and rayment must we be content with such a condition A. 1 Tim. 6.8 Having food and raiment let us be therewith content Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to abide satisfied and contented in all conditions A. Prov. 19.23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to life and he that hath it shall abide satisfied he shall not be visited with evil Q. Is not every one that is proud in heart an abomination unto the Lord A. Prov. 16.5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination unto the Lord though hand joyn in hand he shall not be unpunished Q. Is it not the duty of Christians to be clothed with humility A. 1 Pet. 5.5 Likewise ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble Q. Hath not God promised to dwell with such as are of an humble spirit A. Isa 57.15 Thus saith the high and lofty one that inhabiteth Eternity whose Name is holy I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones Q. Hath not God promised to hear the Prayers of humble persons A. Psal 10.17 Lord thou hast heard the desire of the humble thou wilt prepare their heart thou wilt cause thine ear to hear Q. Is not a froward heart an abomination to the Lord A. Prov. 11.20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord but such as are upright in their way are his delight Q. Doth not a froward heart bereave a man of all good A. Prov. 17.20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief Q. Is not a meek and a quiet spirit an ornament of great price in the sight of God beyond Gold or costly Apparel or any other such thing A. 1 Pet. 3.3 4. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of Gold or of putting on of apparel but let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price Q. Must not the people of God put on bowels of mercy with other graces of the Spirit also A. Col. 3.12 13. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercies kindness humbleness of mind meekness long-suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another if any man have a quarrel against any even as Christ forgave you so also do ye Q. Shall not they that are merciful obtain mercy A. Matth. 5.7 Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Q. Do not such as pity and relieve the poor lend unto the Lord A. Prov. 19.17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again Q. Doth not a great part of our Religion lye in visiting the fatherless and the widow and keeping our selves unspotted from the world A. James 1.27 Pure Religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this to visit the fatherless and widdows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world Q. Will not God satiate their souls with spiritual blessings that refresh the bowels of the poor A. Isa 58.10 11. If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfie the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise in obscurity and thy darkness be as the noon-day and the Lord shall guide thee continually and satisfie thy soul in drought and make fat thy bones and thou shalt be like a watered Garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not Q. Are such persons void of the love of God who see their brethren in want and are able to relieve them and yet do shut up the bowels of compassion from them A. 1 John 3.17 Whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him Q. Must we not put away all bitterness wrath clamour evil speaking and malice A. Ephes 4.31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice Q. Should we not be slow to anger and when our anger is kindled should we not quickly lay it aside again A. Eccles 7.9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosom of fools Q. What doth Christ say of such as are angry without a cause and of such as call others by any reproachful names as fool or the like A. Matth. 5.22 I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment and whosoever shall say to his brother Racha shall be in danger of the counsel but whosoever shall say thou fool shall be in danger of Hell fire Q. Are not they that hate others guilty of murder in Gods account A. 1 John 3.15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him Q. Is it not the will of God that we should abstain from fornication A. 1 Thes 4.3 This is the will of God even your Sanctification that ye should abstain from fornication Q. Must we not abstain from fleshly lusts as well as from the works of the flesh A. 1 Pet. 2.11 Dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul Q. What will keep us from fulfilling the lusts of the flesh A. Gal. 5.16 This I say then Walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh Q. Is not lusting after a woman adultery in Gods account A. Matth. 5.28 But I say unto you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart Q. Shall no whore-monger or unclean person or covetous man go to Heaven A. Ephes 5.5 This ye know that no whoremonger nor unclean person nor covetous man who is an idolater hath
any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God Q. Shall they die eternally who live after the flesh and shall they live that mortifie the lusts and deeds of the flesh A. Rom. 8.13 If ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Q. Are not they spiritually dead whilst they live a natural life who live in pleasure A. 1 Tim. 5.6 She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth Q. Will not following our pleasures bring us to poverty A. Prov. 21.17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man he that loveth Wine and Oil shall not 〈…〉 Q. Do not the pleasures as well as the cares of this life choke the Word of God and make it unfruitful A. Luke 8.14 That which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection Q. Are not such as tell lies an abomination to the Lord A. Prov. 12.22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord but they that deal truly are his delight Q. Shall not all lyars be shut out of the Kingdom of Heaven A. Rev. 22.15 Without are Dogs and Sorcerers and Whoremongers and Murderers and Idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie Q. Shall all such as tell lies not only be shut out of Heaven but also be cast into Hell fire A. Rev. 21.8 All lyars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Q. Are not they in danger of eternal damnation that are given to swearing A. James 5.12 Above all things swear not neither by Heaven neither by the Earth neither by any other Oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into condemnation Q. What rules must we observe in taking a lawful Oath Must we not swear by the living God not by Idols or any of the creatures In truth and not to any falshood in judgment weighing and understanding what we swear and in righteousness A. Jer. 4.2 Thou shalt swear The Lord liveth in truth in judgment and in righteousness Q. Shall no thieves nor drunkards nor revilers nor any other unrighteous persons inherit the Kingdom of God A. 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the Kingdom of God Q. Must we not hononr all men especially Kings and such as are in authority A. 1 Pet. 2.17 Honour all men love the brotherhood fear God honour the King Q. Ought we not to honour and reverence aged persons A. Lev. 19.32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head and honour the face of the old man and fear thy God I am the Lord. Q. Must we not be subject to such as are in authority obey Magistrates be ready to every good work avoid speaking evil of any man and brawling and be gentle and meek towards all men A. Tit. 3.1 2. Put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and Powers to obey Magistrates to be ready to every good work to speak evil of no man to be no brawelers but gentle shewing all meekness unto all men Q. Is it not a greater wrong to our neighbour to take away his good name by backbiting and speaking evil of him then to take away his Estate by theft or oppression A. Prov. 22.1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favour rather than silver and gold Q. Must not such as expect to live with God in Heaven be careful that they neither speak evil of nor do evil to their neighbour as well as to carry themselves piously and righteously towards God A. Psal 15.1 2 3. Lord who shall abide in thy Tabernacle who shall dwell in thy holy Hill He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart he that back-biteth not with his tongue nor doth evil to his neighbour nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour Q. How must we demean our selves in our callings and how in the service of God A. Rom. 12.11 Not slothful in business fervent in spirit serving the Lord. Q. When we are serving the Lord should we not be careful to keep our minds free from distraction and will not this be for our own prefit as well as Gods glory A. 1 Cor. 7.35 This I speak for your own profit that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction Q. Must not every man abide with God in his calling A. 1 Cor. 7.24 Brethren let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God Q. What advantage comes by diligence in our Callings and what evil ariseth from slothfulness A. Prov. 10.4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand but the hand of the diligent maketh rich Q. Is not diligence in our imployments the way to rise to great preserment A. Prov. 22.29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business He shall stand before Kings he shall not stand before mean men Q. Was not idleness one of the sins for which God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah A. Ezek. 16.49 50. Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom Pride fulness of bread and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy and they were haughty and committed abomination before me wherefore I took them away as I saw good Q. Seeing idleness is such a great sin doth it not concern us to be wise and circumspect to redeem time A. Ephes 5.15 16. See then that ye walk circumspectly not as fools but as wise redeeming the time because the days are evil Q. How must we spend our time every day Must we not make it our constant practise every morning as soon as we awake to have our hearts and thoughts upon God A. Psal 139.18 When I awake I am still with thee Q. Must we not every morning as soon as we rise give our selves unto Prayer and observe all the day how God answers our Prayers A. Psal 5.3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct my Prayer unto thee and will look up Q. Must we not be in the fear of the Lord all the day long A. Prov. 23.17 Let not thine heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long Q. Must not our speeches and carriages all the day long be such as may tend to the honour and glory of God A. Psal 71.8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day Q. Must we not receive every days mercies as coming from the hand of God and be thankful for them
A. Psal 68.19 Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits even the God of our Salvation Q. Must we not bear every days crosses with patience and continue to follow Christ notwithstanding we meet with troubles in the ways of God A. Luke 9.23 And he said unto them all If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me Q. Must we not do all the good we can for all men every day according as God puts opportunities into our hands A. Gal. 6.10 As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith Q. Must we not meditate all the day long upon the Wora of God that we may know how to order every days business according to the Word A. Psal 119.97 O how I love thy Law it is my meditation all the day Q. Must we not end as well as begin the day with Prayer A. Psal 88.1 O Lord God of my Salvation I have cried day and night before thee Q When we go to bed at night must we not commune with our hearts to see how we have spent the day past A. Psal 4.4 Stand in aw and sin not commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still Q. When we lie down to sleep and awake in the nigh season must not our thoughts be upon God and the thing of God A. Psal 119 55. I have remembred thy Name O Lord in the night and have kept thy Law Q. Whom must we make choice of for our companions A. Psal 119.63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee and of them that keep thy Precepts Q. What benefit comes by keeping company with good men and what hurt by being a companion of evil men A. Prov. 13.20 He that walketh with wisemen shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed Q. Do not they deceive themselves that think they may keep company with evil men and yet not be corrupted by them A. 1 Cor. 15.33 Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners Q. Can no man walk in the ways of God and obtain life unless he forsake evil company A. Prov. 9.6 Forsake the foolish and live and go in the way of understanding Q. Do not all afflictions come from God A. Isa 45.7 I form the light and create darkness I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things Q. Must we not bear every affliction patiently of what nature soever it be beause it comes from God A. Psal 39.9 I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didst it Q. Have we no cause to complain of God as long as he spares our lives and doth not cast us into Hell although he punish us very sorely for our sins A. Lam. 3.39 Wherefore doth a living man complain a man for the punishment of his sins Q. Must we neither despise the chastenings of the Lord when they are small and continue but a little time nor faint when they are heavy and lie long upon us A. Heb. 12.5 My son despise not thou the chastning of the Lord nor faint when thou art rebuked of him Q. When God chastneth us is it not that he may do us good and make us partakers of his holiness A. Heb. 12.10 They verily for a few days chastned us after their own pleasure but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness Q. Do not Gods rebukes come out of love and when he chastens us is it not to lead us to repentance A. Rev. 3.19 As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Q. If lesser afflictions do not lead us to repentance will not God send greater upon us A. Lev. 26.23 24. And if ye will not be reformed by these things but will walk contrary unto me then will I also walk contrary unto you and will punish you yet seven times for your sins Q. What promise have you that God will sanctifie your afflictions for the purging away your sins A. Isa 27.9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sin Q. What promise have you that God will be with you in your troubles and in due time grant you deliverance out of them A. Psal 91.15 He shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him Q. Is not God wont to give his people great comforts after they have been exercised with great troubles A. Psal 71.20 21. Thou which hast shewed me great and fore troubles shalt quicken me again and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth Thou shalt encrease my greatness and comfort me on every side Q. Hath not God promised to comfort his people not only after their troubles but even whilst they walk in the mid'st of trouble A. Psal 138.7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble thou wilt revive me thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies and thy right hand shall save me Micah 7.8 Rejoyce not against me O mine Enemy when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Q. Hath not God promised that he will not suffer us to be tempted above what we are able to bear A. 1 Cor. 10.13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it Q. Is not that man blessed that endureth temptation A. James 1.12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the Crown of Life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him Q. What must we do when Gods judgments are abroad Must we not give our selves unto Prayer and learn Righteousness A. Isa 26.9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night yea with my spirit within me will I seek thee early for when thy judgements are in the earth the Inhabitants of the World will learn righteousness Q. What is our strong hold whither we must run for safety in time of trouble A. Prov. 18.10 The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous runneth into it and is safe Q. What shall we do that we may be hid in the day of the Lords anger A. Zeph. 2.3 Seek ye the Lord all ye meek of the earth which have wrought his judgment seek righteousness seek meekness it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lords anger Q. What promise have you that God will deliver you from the Pestilence A. Psal 91.2 3. I will say of the Lord He is my refuge and my fortress my God in him will I trust Surely
he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noysom Pestilence Q. What promise have you that God will preserve you in a time of Famine and in a time of War A. Job 5.19 20. He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea in seven there shall no evil touch thee In Famine he shall redeem thee from death and in War from the power of the Sword Q. Hath not God promised to preserve his people at all times and in all places at home and alroad going out and coming in A. Psal 121.8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and even for evermore Q. What must you do at such times as you are afraid A. Psal 56.3 What time I am afraid I will trust in thee Q. Is not Prayer as well as Faith an effectual means to obtain deliverance from our fears A. Psal 34.4 I sought the Lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears Q. What did God say to Abraham to encourage him against his fears A. Gen. 15.1 After these things the Word of the Lord came unto Abram in a Vision saying Fear not Abram I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward Q. Hath not God given his Angels a charge concerning us to keep us in all our ways A. Psal 91.11 12. 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 Q. What promises have you that may encourage you to hope in God that he will feed you and supply all your needs and not suffer you to want A. Psal 37.3 Trust in the Lord and do good so shalt thou dwell in the Land and verily thou shalt be fed Phil. 4.19 My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus Psal 23.1 The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want Q. What did Jacob say to Joseph when he was dying to comfort him when he and the rest of his Brethren should be left fatherless A. Gen. 48.21 And Israel said unto Joseph Behold I die but God shall be with you Q. What was David ' s hope when he was left father less and motherless A. Psal 27.10 When my Father and my Mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up Q. Hath not God an especial care of fatherless Children A. Hos 14.3 In thee the fatherless findeth mercy Q. When godly men die and know not the state or condition of their Children and can mind them no more Will not God be in the stead of a Father to their Children A. Isa 63.16 Doubtless thou art our Father though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not thou O Lord art our Father our Redeemer thy Name is from everlasting Q. What must we do that we may not enter into temptation A. Matth. 26.41 Watch and pray that ye enter not into tempration The Spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak Q. Seeing the Devil lays snares for us in all places and in all things Is it not needful that we should watch in all things A. 2 Tim. 4.5 But watch thou in all things Q. If we resist the Devil will not he flee from us A. James 4.7 Submit your selves therefore to God resist the Devil and he will flee from you Q. What promise have you that God will tread Satan under your feet A. Rom. 16.20 The God of Peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Q. Is not a wounded spirit a very heavy burden A. Prov. 18.14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity but a wounded spirit who can bear Q. Whether must we go for healing when our spirits are wounded A. Hos 6.1 Come and let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn and he will heal us he hath smitten and he will bind us up Q. Will not God soon heal those whom he hath wounded if they return to him A. Hos 6.2 After two days will he revive us and the third day he will raise us up and we shall live in his sight Q. What means should we use to obtain light when we find our solves in a dark condition Must we not look to Christ who is the light of the world A. John 8.12 Then spake Jesus again unto them saying I am the light of the World he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life Q. Unto whom hath God promised that there shall arise light in darkness A. Psal 112.4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness Q. What promise have you that God will lead you when you are to go in unknown ways such as you have not walked in before A. Isa 42.16 I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not I will lead them in paths that they have not known I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight these things will I do unto them and not forsake them Q. What promises have you to look unto when you are under deadness A. Psal 69.32 Your heart shall live that seek God John 10.10 I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly John 11.25 Jesus saith unto her I am the Resurrection and the life he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live Q. What promises have you to look to when you are sensible of your weak and strengthless condition A. Isai 40.29 He giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he encreaseth strength Isa 41.10 Fear thou not for I am with thee be not dismayed for I am thy God I will strengthen thee yea I will help thee yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness Q. Doth not God sometimes hide himself from his people A. Psal 88.14 Lord why castest thou off my soul why hidest thou thy face from me Q. When God hides himself must we not look and wait for him A. Isa 8.17 I will wait upon the Lord that hideth his face from the House of Jacob and I will look for him Q. Must we not cleave to God and believe him to be our God and cry after him when he seems to forsake us and to disregard our Prayers A. Psal 22.1 2. My God My God why hast thou forsaken me why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my roaring O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season and am not silent Q. Though we should look and wait so long upon God before he returns to us as that we should verily think God hath cast us out of his sight Must we continue still to look to him and wait upon him A. Jonas 2.4 Then I said I am cast out of thy sight yet I will look again toward thy holy Temple Q. If we continue to
subdue all things unto himself Q. Shall not her world and all things that are therein be consumed with fire A. 2 Pet. 3.10 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 and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat the Earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up Q. What should this teach us that the world and all things that are therein shall be dissolved A. 2 Pet. 3.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness Q. Hath not God appointed a day wherein he will judge the world by Jesus Christ A. Acts 17.31 He hath appointed a day in the which he will judg the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead Q. Can no man or any of the Angels tell when the day of Judgment will be A. Matth. 24.36 Of that day and hour knoweth no man no not the Angels of Heaven but my Father only Q. Seeing we know not the time of the Day of Judgement Should we not watch for the coming of Christ and pray that we may be prepared for it A. Mark 13.33 Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know not when the time is Q. When the Day of Judgment is come who are they must appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ and for what end must we appear there A. 2 Cor. 5.10 We must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Q. Shall all the dead be brought to Judgment as well as the living A. Rev. 20.12 And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books according to their works Q. Many have died at Sea some have been burnt to ashes and their ashes have been cast into the waters Shall these and all others that have died in any places of the world and they that are in hell also come to Judgment A. Rev. 20.13 And the Sea gave up the dead which were in it and Death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works Q. Will God bring young as well as old men into Judgment for all that they have done in the time of their youth A. Eccl. 11.9 Rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart chear thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thy heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment Q. Shall all our works both good and evil though done never so secretly be brought to judgment A. Eccl. 12 14. God shall bring every work into judgement with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil Q. Must we give account for all our words even for our idle words at the Day of Judgement A. Matth. 12.36 37. I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak they shall give an account thereof in the Day of Judgment For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned Q. Shall our thoughts and the secrets of our hearts be brought into judgement A. Rom. 2.16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel Q. What should this teach us that all our words and all our works must be brought into judgment A. James 2.12 So speak ye and so do as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty Q. What will Jesus Christ say to the righteous at the Day of Judgement whom he will place at his right hand A. Matth. 25.34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world Q. What will Jesus Christ say to the wicked at the Day of Judgment whom he will place on his left hand A. Matth. 25.41 Then shall he also say unto them on his left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Q. What shall become of the righteous and the wicked after Jesus Christ hath pronounced the forementioned sentences upon them A. Matth. 25.46 These shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal Q. Is it not such a dreadful thing to lie burning in Hell for ever that the very thoughts of it may cause the stoutest and hardest hearted sinners to fear and tremble A. Isa 33.14 The sinners in Zion are afraid fearfulness hath surprized the hypocrites Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings Q. What will be the aggravation of mens condemnation at the day of Judgment A. John 3.19 This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather then light because their deeds were evil Q. Should we not chuse to suffer the greatest pains and part with our greatest comforts in this world rather then do any thing which should cause God to cast us into Hell fire A. Mark 9.47 48. If thine eye offend thee pluck it out it is better for thee to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye then having two eyes to be cast into Hell fire where their worm dieth nor and the fire is not quenched Q. Is it not a hard matter to get to Heaven A. Matth. 7.14 Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it Q. Seeing 't is an hard matter to get to Heaven must we not strive all that we can to get thither A. Luke 13.24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate for many I say unto you shall seek to enter in and shall not be able Q. Is it not our wisdom all our life long to make it our business to get to Heaven and to escape Hell A. Prov. 15.24 The way of life is above to the wise that he may depart from Hell beneath Q. Shall not such as have served the Lord faithfully whilst they lived enter into their Masters joy when they die A. Matth. 25.21 Well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things I will make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Q. Shall not the righteous when they come to Heaven shine like the Sun in the Firmament A. Matth. 13.43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father Q. Shall we not be made perfect in holiness when we come to Heaven A. Psal 17.15 As for me I will behold thy face in righteousness I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness Q. Shall not the Saints in Heaven be made equal to the Angels A. Luke 20.35 36. They which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world and the Resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage neither can they die any more for they are equal unto the Angels and are the children of God being the children of the Resurrection Q. May such as are poor in spirit hope that God will give them the Kingdom of Heaven A. Matth. 5.3 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Shall such as are poor and have none of the worlds goods inherit the Kingdom of Heaven as well as the rich if they believe in Jesus Christ A. James 2.5 Hearken my beloved Brethren Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and Heirs of the Kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him Q. What effects doth the hope of eternal life produce in those that have it A. 1 John 3.3 Every man that hath this hope in him purisieth himself even as he is pure Q. Should we not labour more to get Heaven then ever we did for any thing in this world A. John 6.27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for the meat which endureth to everlasting life which the Son of Man shall give unto you for him hath God the Father sealed Q. If we seek the Kingdom of God above all other things Will not God add to us all things necessary to this life A. Matth. 6.33 But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you Q. 〈…〉 â—…eing it is no easie matter to find the way to Heaven What promise have you that God will shew you the path of life A. Psal 16.11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermoreâ— Q. When you are afraid that you shall fall short of the Kingdom of Heaven either because of your unworthiness or the difficulties you meet with in the way to Heaven or on any other account What promise have you that may dispel your fears of missing Heaven A. Luke 12.32 Fear not little flock for it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom Q. When we come to Heaven Shall we not ever be with the Lord and should not this comfort us under all the troubles of the world A. 1 Thes 4.17 18. And so shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore comfort one another with these words FINIS