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
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
Who so offereth praise glorifieth me and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God Q. Do we not glorifie God when we are fruitful in good works A. John 15.8 Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much fruit so shall ye be my Disciples Q. Do we not give glory to God when we rely upon his promises A. Rom. 4.20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God Q. Do we not glorifie God when we lead righteous lives A. Isa 60.21 Thy people shall be all righteous that I may be glorified Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to glorifie him A. Psalm 50.15 Call upon me in the day of trouble I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me Q. Will not God honour those that honour him A. 1 Sam. 2.30 Them that honour me I will honour and they that dispise me shall be lightly esteemed Q. To whom and for what must we pray A. Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God Q. If we follow this councel of the Apostle in making known our requests to God in every thing by prayer will not this bring us great peace A. Verse 7. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus Q. May not all flesh take encouragement to call upon God upon this account that he is a God hearing prayers A. Psalm 65.2 O thou that hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come Q. May we give religious worship to Saints and Angels or must we worship and serve God only A. Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Q. Can we have access to God no other way but by Jesus Christ A. John 14.6 Jesus saith unto him I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but me Q. Will God give us every thing that we ask of him in the name of Jesus Christ A. John 16.23 Verily verily I say unto you whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he will give it you Q. Must we not avoid rashness in prayer A. Eccl. 5.2 Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God for God is in Heaven and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few Q. Must we ask nothing in prayer but what is according to the will of God And when we ask what is according to his will may we be confident he will hear us A. 1 John 5.14 This is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us Q. What place should we chuse to pray in Is not a secret place best for prayer A. Math. 6.6 But thou when thou prayest enter into thy Closet and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Q. Whose prayers avail much with God A. James 5.16 Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed The effectual fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much Q. Will not God hear the prayers of impenitent sinners A. John 9.31 We know that God heareth not sinners but if any man be a worshipper of God and doth his will him he heareth Q. Suppose a man be not an open sinner yet if he regard iniquity in his heart will not this hinder his prayers from being accepted with God A. Psalm 66.18 If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me Q. If we abide in Christ and his word abide in us may we have of God whatsoever we will ask in prayer A. John 15.7 If ye abide in me and my words abide in you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you Q. Is faith in prayer of such efficacy that we shall receive all things whatsoever we ask in prayer believing A. Matth. 21.22 All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing ye shall receive Q. Will not God pour out his wrath upon those persons and families that do not call upon him A. Jer. 10.25 Pour out thy fury upon the Heathen that know thee not and upon the families that call not on thy name Q. Can we not pray as we ought unless the spirit help our infirmities A. Rom. 8.26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the spirit it self maketh intercessions for us with groanings which cannot be uttered Q. What promise have you that God will pour out the spirit of grace and supplications upon you A. Zech. 12.10 I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first born Q. When we can't express our wants with words are not our desires and groansknown to God A. Psalm 38.9 Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee Q. When we have prayed to God must we not observe what answers God gives to our prayers A. Psalm 85.8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak for he will speak peace unto his people and to his Saints but let them not turn again to folly Q. When we find God answering our prayers should not this make us love God and call upon him as long as we live A. Psalm 116.1 2. I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice and my supplications because he hath enclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live Q. If we do not find God answering us must we not continue in prayers A. Col. 4.2 Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving Q. If we continue to pray and wait upon God will he not in due time hear and answer our prayers A. Psalm 40.1 I waited patiently for the Lord and he enclined unto me and heard my cry Q. Is it not the will of God that in every thing we should give thanks A. 1 Thes 5.18 In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you Q. Doth not the sacrifice of praise please God more then all the sacrifices under the law A. Psalm 69.30 31. I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnifie him with thanksgiving This also shall please the Lord better then an Ox or Bullock that hath horns and hoofs A. Must we not bless God every morning for the mercies of the night and every night for the
mercies of the day A. Psalm 92.1 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name O most high to shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness every night Q. Ought we not to continue this course of blessing and praising God morning and evening every day as long as we live A. Psalm 145.2 Every day will I bless thee and I will praise thy name for ever and ever Q. How must we bless and praise God must it not be done with our souls as well as with our lips A. Psalm 103.1 2. Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits Q. Must not our praises as well as our prayers be offered up to God by Jesus Christ A. Heb. 13.15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to praise him A. Isa 43.21 This people have I formed for my self they shall shew forth my praise Q. Is not singing of Psalms an ordinance of Christ And when we use this ordinance must we not sing in a gracious manner A. Col. 3.16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts unto the Lord. Q. Where else are we commanded to sing psalms A. James 5.13 Is any among you afflicted let him pray Is any merry let him sing psalms Q. When we sing psalms must we not sing with our spirits and understandings as well as with our voices A. 1 Cor. 14.15 I will pray with the spirit and will pray with the understanding also I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also Q. How did Job esteem Gods word A. Job 23.12 I have esteemed the words of his mouth more then my necessary food Q. How did David esteem the word of God A. Psalm 119.72 The Law of thy mouth is better unto me then thousands of gold and silver Q. Ought we not to rejoyce in the word and ways of God as much as in all riches A. Psal 119.14 I have rejoyced in the way of thy testimonies as much as in all riches Q. Must we not take all opportunities to hear the word of God when it is preached A. James 1.19 Let every man be swift to hear slow to speak slow to wrath Q. Hath not God promised to bless such as are diligent hearers of his word And are not such persons in the ready way to find Christ life and the favour of God A. Prov. 8.34 35. Blessed is the man that heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors for whoso findeth me findeth life and shall obtain favour of the Lord. Q. Must we not mingle the word with faith if we would profit by it when we hear it preached A. Heb. 4.2 For unto us was the Gospel preached as well as unto them but the word preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith in them that heard it Q. Must we not labour to keep in memory what we hear A. Heb. 2.1 We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip Q. Must we not be very attentive to the word when it is preached A. Luke 19.48 All the people were very attentive to hear him Q. What judgment did God shew upon Eutychus for sleeping when the Apostle Paul was preaching Did he not fall down dead A. Acts 20.9 There sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus being fallen into a deep sleep and as Paul was long preaching he sunk down with sleep and fell down from the third loft and was taken up dead Q. If we would so hear the word as to be saved by it must we not leave our sins receive the word with meekness hide it in our hearts and practice it in our lives A. James 1.21 22. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls but be ye doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving your own selves Q. Hath not Christ as great a respect for those that hear the word of God and do it as he had for his Mother and brethren A. Luke 8.21 My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God and do it Q. It was a great blessing to bear Christ in the womb and to give him suck but doth not Christ say t is more blessed to hear and keep the word of God A. Luk. 11.27 28. And it came to pass as he spake these things a certain woman of the company lift up her voice and said unto him Blessed is the womb that bare thee and the paps which thou hast sucked But he said Yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it Q. May we hear all doctrines and all preachers such as teach errours as well as truth Or must we take heed what we hear A. Mark 4.24 And he said unto them take heed what ye hear Where are we forbidden hearing such as teach errours and herefies A. Prov. 19.27 Cease my Son to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge Q. Are not they in danger to be drawn from the faith of Christ to embrace the doctrine of Devils who give heed to seducers A. 1 Tim. 4.1 Now the spirit speaketh expresly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of Devils Q. How shall we know what is true and what is false doctrine May we not know this by examining and trying all doctrines by the word of truth A. Isa 8.20 To the Law and to the Testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Q. If they that preach should bring any Doctrine contrary to the Gospel must we reject it though they that deliver the Doctrine should for their gifts and holiness seem to be like the Apostles and more like Angels then men A. Gal. 1.8 Though we or an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel to you then that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed Q. Must we not only reject the Doctrine but the company also of false teachers A. 2 John 10 11. If there come any unto you and bring not this Doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds Q. Can we have no enjoyment of God unless we abide in the Doctrine of Christ A. 2. John 9. Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the
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