and by his Instruments Wicked Men False Teachers Deceivers and Seducers The Description of them And what concerns the Saints therein First Of Satan the Devil himself NOW the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made And he said unto the woman Yea because or hath God said Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden The woman said c. We may eat c. but of the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden God hath said Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it lest ye die And the serpent said unto the woman Ye shall not surely die for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be open and ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil And the woman saw that the tree was good Gen. 3. 1 to 7. Satan was a lying Spirit in the Prophets to persuade Ahab c. 1 Kings 22. 21 22 23. 2 Chron. 20. 21 22. And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel 1 Chron. 21. 1. 2 Sam. 24. 1. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan or the adversary came also among or in the 〈◊〉 of them c. The Lord said to Satan From whence comest thou Then said he c. From going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it c. He said Doth Job serve God for nought Hast thou not made an hedge about him c. Put forth thine hand and touch that which he hath and he will curse thee to thy face c. Then Satan having leave given him destroyed all he had Job 1. 6 7 to the end ch 2. 1 2 3. Hast thou considered my servant Job c. still he holdeth fast his integrity although thou movedst me against him to destroy him without a cause And Satan answered the Lord and said Skin for skin yea and all that a man hath will he give for his life but put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his flesh and he will curse thee to thy face And the Lord said He is in thine hand but or only save his life So went Satan c. and smote Job Job 2. 3 4 5 6 7. And he shewed me Joshua the high-priest standing before the Angel of the Lord and Satan standing on his right hand to resist him And the Angel said unto Satan The Lord rebuke thee O Satan even the Lord who hath chosen c. Zech. 3. 1 2. Jesus c. in the wilderness to be tempted of the devil When he had fasted c. the tempter came to him He said If thou be the Son of God command that these stones be made bread But he answered and said It is written c. Then the devil taketh him c. and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple and saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down For it is written He shall give his Angels charge c. Jesus said It is written again c. The devil c. shews him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them and saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me c. Get thee hence Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Matth. 4. 1 to 12. When Jesus was come on the other side c. there met him two possessed with devils c. they cried out saying What have we to do with thee Jesus thou Son of God Art thou come hither to torment us before our time c. So the devils besought him saying If thou cast us out suffer us to go away into the herd of swine And he said unto them Go c. The whole city came out and besought him that he would depart out of their coasts Matth. 8. 28 to 35. Mark 5. 2 3 4 5 c. Luke 8. 27 28 c. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and finding none Then he saith I will return to my house from whence I came out And when he is come he findeth it empty swept and garnished then goeth he and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man is worse c. Matth. 12. 43 44 45. When any one heareth the word c. and understandeth it not then cometh the wicked one and c. The tares are the children of the wicked one the enemy who sowed them is the devil Matth. 13. 10 38 39. Jesus rebuked the devil and he departed out of him and the child was cured c. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting Matth. 17. 18 21. Christ suffered not the devils to speak because they knew him Mark 1. 34. Lord even the devils are subject to us through thy name And he said unto them I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven Luke 10. 17 18. And he was casting out a devil c. Some of them said He casteth out devils by Beelzebub the chief of the devils c. If Satan also be divided against himself how shall his kingdom stand c. If I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your children cast them out Luke 11. 14 15 17 to 21. Mark 3. 22 23. Ought not this woman c. whom Satan hath bound c. be loosed c. Luke 13. 16. Simon Simon behold Satan hath desired you that he may â—ift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye wiâ—â— do He was a 〈◊〉 from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him when he speaketh of a lye he speaketh of his own for he is a lyar and the father of it John 8. 44. The devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot Simon 's son to betray c. After Jesus had given the sop to Judas satan entred intoâ— him John 13 2 26 27. Luke 22. 3. The prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me John 14. 30. When the Spirit is come c. he will reprove or convince the world of c. of judgment because the prince of this world is judged John 16. 8 9 11. I pray c. that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one John 17. 15. Peter said Ananias why hath Satan filled thine heart to lye to the Holy Ghost Acts 5. 3. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Rom. 16. 20. Then come together again lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency c. 1 Cor. 7. 5. Confirm your love towards him c. left Satan should
c. Isa 44. 6. 8 ch 45. 5 6 18 20 21 22. ch 46. 5 9 10. ch 48. 12. Joel 2. 27. But the Lord is the true God he is the living God Jer. 10. 10. ch 23. 36. Matth. 16. 16. John 6. 57 69. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles who can cause rain c. Art not thou he O Lord our God c. Thou hast made all Jer 14. 22. Behold I the Lord the God of all flesh Is there any thing too hard for me Jer. 32. 27. Psal 46. 10. And this is life eternal that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus c. Johâ— 1 7. 3. 1 Thes 1. 9. Turn from these vanities unto the living God who made heaven c. Acts 14. 15. 2 Cor. 6. 16. 1 Tim. 4. 10. 1 Thes 1. 9. Who changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the image of corruptible man c. and changed the truth of God into a lye and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator who is blessed for ever Amen Rom. 1. 23 25. We know c. that there is none other God but one For though there be that are called gods c. but to us there is but one God c. of whom are all things 1 Cor. 8. 4 5 6. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Who only hath immortality dwelling in the light c. 1 Tim. 6. 16. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 31. Worshipped him who liveth for ever and ever Rev. 4. 8 9 10. ch 5. 14. ch 10. 6. ch 15. 7. The Angel swore by him who liveth for ever and ever c. Rev. 10. 6. ch 4. 7. See more of Worshipping of God Chap. 16. See Idolatry Chap. 40. CHAP. III Of the one God Father Son and Spirit or the Trinity GOD said Let us make man in our image after our likeness c. So God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him Gen. 1. 26 27. Col. 1. 15 16 17. Heb. 1. 2. Malach. 2. 10. And the Lord God said Behold the man is become one of us c. Gen. 3. 22. Hosea 12. 4 5. And the Lord said Behold the people is one c. Go to let us go down and there confound their language Gen. 11. 6 7. Isa 6. 8. Not so my Lord c. I have accepted thee concerning this thing that I will overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken c. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven Gen. 19. 18 21 24. As a captain of the Lords host am I now come c. And Joshua c. did worship c. Joshua 5. 13 14 15. And the Lord said unto Satan The Lord rebuke thee O Satan even the Lord who hath chosen Jerusalem c. Zechar. 3. 2. All things are delivered unto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him Matth. 11. 27. The woman of Canaan came to Jesus and worshipped him saying Lord help Matth. 15. 25. ch 14. 33. ch 28. 9. The Eleven disciples went c. where Jesus had appointed them and when they saw him they worshipped him c. And Jesus came and spake unto them saying All power is given to me in heaven and earth Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Matth. 28. 16 17 18 19 20. Why doth this man speak blasphemy Who can forgive sins but God only c. But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sin he saith unto the â—ick c. Arise Mark 2. 7 9 10 11. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God c. The world was made by him c. And the Word was made flesh c. John 1. 1 2 10 14. Jesus c. knew all men and needed not that any should testifie of man for he knew what was in man John 2. 24 25. Matth. 12. 25. No man hath ascended c. but he who came down c. even the Son of man who is in heaven John 3. 13. Jesus answered them My Father worketh hitherto and I work c. The Jews sought the more to kill him c. because c. he said God was his Father making himself equal with God c. The Son can do nothing of himself but what he seeth the Father do for whatsoever things he doth these also doth the Son likewise c. As the Father raised up the dead and quickned them even so the Son quickeneth whom he will c. That all men should honour the Son even as they honour the Father he who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who sent him John 5. 17 18 19 21 22 23. What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before John 6. 62. Jesus said unto them Verily verily I say unto you Before Abraham was I am John 8. 58. Dost thou believe on the Son of God and Jesus said c. Thou hast both seen him and it is he who talketh with thee c. and he worshipped him John 9. 35 36 37 38. My Father who gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand I and my Father are one c. Believe the work that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him John 10. 29 30 33 35 36 38. Jesus knew Lazarus was dead John 11. 14. He who believeth on me believeth not on me but him who sent me And 〈◊〉 who seeth me seeth him who sent me John 12 44 45. Jesus knowing c. that he was come from God and went to God John 33. 3. It ye had known me ye should have known my Father also and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him Philip saith unto him Lord shew us the Father and it sufficeth us Jesus saith unto him Have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me Philip He who hath seen me hath seen the Father and how sayest thou shew us the Father believest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me The words I speak unto you I speak not of my self but the Father who dwelleth in me he doth the works Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me c. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that will I do c. I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever even the Spirit of truth c. I will come to you c. He who loveth me I will love him and manifest my self
c. But he who believed not shall be damned Mark 16. 14 16. Thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because thou believest not my word which shall be c. Luke 1. 19 20. The Son of man when he comes shall he find faith on earth Luke 18. 8. But those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them bring hither and stay them before me Luke 19. 27. John 5. 40 43. He who believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God c. He who believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 18 36. Verily verily I say unto you Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you John 6. 53. I said therefore unto you That you shall die in your sins for if ye believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins John 8. 24. Ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep as I said unto you My sheep hear my voice c. John 10. 26 27. ch 5. 38. If any man hear my words and believe not c. He who rejecteth me and receives not my words hath one who judgeth him the word which I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day John 12. 47 48. If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned John 15. 6. He will reprove the world of sin c. of sin because they believe not on me John 16. 8 9. Beware therefore lest that come upon you c. Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I will work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you Acts 13. 40 41. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed Rom 10. 14. Well because of unbelief they were broken off c. and thou standest by faith c. God spared not the natural branches c. Rom. 11. 20 21. He who doubteth is damned if he eat because not of faith for whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom. 14. 23. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven taking vengeance on them c. who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction c. 2 Thes 1. 8. Antichrist shall prevail upon such who shall perish because they received not the truth in the love thereof or the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they shall believe a lye that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2 Thes 2. 8 9 10 11 12. Holding faith c. which some haying put away concerning faith have made shipwrack of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that being chastised they might learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. Unto them who are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their minds and consciences are defiled Titus 1. 15. If the word spoken by Angels was stedfast and every transgreision and disobedience received a just recompence of reward How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord c. Hebr. 2. 2 3. I swear in my wrath they shall not or if they shall enter into my rest Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God c. And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest but to them who believed not So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief Hebr. 3. 11 12 18 19. Numb 14. 21 22 23. Psalm 106. 24 25 26. The word preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith or because they were not united by Faith to it in them who heard c. They to whom it was first preached or the Gospel was first Preached entered not in because of unbelief Hebr. 4. 2 6. If we sin c. there is no more sacrifice c. but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation c. The just shall live by faith but if any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of those who draw back to perdition but of them who believe to the salvation of the soul Hebr. 10. 26 27 28 29 38 29. Without faith it is impossible to please God for he c. Heb. 11. 6. See that ye refuse not him who speaketh For if they escaped not who refused him who spake on earth much more shall not we if turn away from him who speaketh from heaven Hebr. 12. 25. Let him ask in faith c. for he that wavereth is like c. Let not that man think he shall receive c. James 1. 5 6 7. Unto you who believe he is very precious but unto them who are disobedient the Stone which the builders disallowed of the same is made the head of the corner and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence unto them who stumble at the Word being disobedient whereunto also they were appointed 1 Pet. 2. 7 8. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. He who believeth not God hath made him a lyar because he believeth not the record which God gave of his Son and this is the record That God hath given unto us eternal life and this life is in his Son c. He who hath not the Son hath not life 1 John 5. 10 11 12. The fearful and unbelieving c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 8. He who despised Moses law died without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the Son of God c. Hebr. 10 28 29. See more of trusting in God Chap. 16. CHAP. XII Characters of Saints good Men and Believers appearing in Word and Deed. I. That such may be known from others by their Fruits We should try SEarch and try me O Lord and know my heart try me and know my thoughts Psalm 139. 23 24. Ye shall know them by their fruits Do men gather grapes of thorns c. Matth. 7. 16 17 18 c. The tree is known by his fruit O generation of vipers how can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh A good man our of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure
true God he is the living God and an everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble c. he hath made the earth by his power he hath established the world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion when he uttereth his voice c. Jer. 10. 10 12 13. Heb. 9. 14. Yet I am the Lord thy God and thou shalt know no God but me for there is no saviour besides me Hosea 13. 4. Isa 37. 20. I hate I despise your feasts and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies c. But let judgment run down c. Amos 5. 21 22 23 34. Psalm 66. 18. Isa 66. 3. Jer. 6. 20. Isa 1. 11 12 c. And it shall come to pass that every one who is least of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King the Lord of Host c. Zech. 14. 16. If then I be a father where is mine honour c. And if ye offer the blind and the lame c. offer it now unto your governor will he be pleased with thee or accept thy person c. Ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick thus ye brought an offering should I accept this at your hand saith the Lord But cursed the deceiver who hath in his flock a male and voweth and sacrificeth unto God a corrupt thing for I am a great king saith the Lord of hosts and my name is dreadful among the heathen Mal. 1. 6 8 13 14. ch 2. 2 3 13. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come c. then shall the offerings of Judah c. be pleasant unto the Lord Mal. 3. 1 4. Get thee behind me Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Matth. 4. 10. Where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them Matth. 18. 20. There is one God and there is none other but he Mark 12. 32. Our father 's worshipped in this mountain and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship c. The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain nor at Jerusalem worship the Father Ye worship ye know not what c. but the hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth For the Father seeketh such to worship him God is a Spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 20 21 22 23 24. The Father himself c. ye have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his shape John 5. 37. Exod. 33. 20. And he said Lord I believe and he worshipped him John 9. 38. The most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands c. Heaven is my Throne c. hath not my hands made all c. Acts 7. 48 49 50. Whom ye ignorantly worship him declare I unto you God who made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord or heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands neither is worshipped with mens hands as though he needed any thing seeing he gave to all life and breath and all things and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitations c. Acts 17. 24 25 26. After the way they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers Acts 24. 14. God whom I serve with my spirit c. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things which are made his eternal power and God-head so that they were without excuse because that when they knew God they glorified him not as God c. but became vain c. Changed the truth of God into a lie and served and worshipped the creature more than the Creator who is blessed for ever Amen Rom. 1. 9 20 21 23 25. 2 Tim. 1. 3. Not slothful in business servent in spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. This I speak c. that ye may attend on the Lord without distraction 1 Cor. 7. 32 35. We know that an idol is nothing in the world and there is none other God but one For though there be that are called Gods c. but to us there is but one God the Father of whom are all things and we in or for him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him 1 Cor. 8. 4 5 6. 1 Tim. 2. 5. So falling down on his face he will worship God and report that God is in you of a truth 1 Cor. 14. 25. Gen. 24. 26 52. Exod. 4 31. ch 12. 27. ch 34. 8. Joshua 5. 14. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit Phil. 3. 3. When he bringeth in the first begotten into the world he faith and let all the angels of God Worship him Hebr. 1. 6. God c. because he could swear by no greater he sware by himself c. The living God c. Heb. 6. 13. ch 9. 14. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved let us have grace or hold fast whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear for our God is a consuming fire Heb. 12. 28 29. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. No man hath seen God at anytime 1 John 4. 12. The four and twenty elders fell down before him who sate on the throne and worshiped him who liveth Rev. 4. 10 11. Fear God and given glory unto him c. And worship him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters Rev. 14. 7. chap. 15. 4. ch 4. 8 9 10 11. ch 5. 13. Worship God Rev. 19. 10. ch 22. 9. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts 1 Pet. 3. 15. The Lord c. he will famish all the gods of the earth and Men shall worship him every one Zeph. 2. 11. See more of Idolatry and Worshipping strange Gods c. Chap. 40. See the Order of Publick Worship Ordinances Officers c. Chap. 27. Believe imbrace and be found in the Practice of nothing in the things of God and about his Worship but that which clearly according to Precepts Rules and Examples of the Scriptures appears to be Christ's mind upon which we can in Faith expect acceptance AND Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the judgments and all the people answered with one voice and said All the words which the Lord hath said will we do And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord c. And he took the book of the covenant and read in
own who is Lord over us Psal 12. 2 3 4. Psal 31. 18. Lord Who shall abide in thy tabernacle c. He who speaketh the truth in his heart he who back-biteth not with his tongue Psal 15. 1 2 3. Isa 23. 15. I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress Psal 17. 3. Psal 141. 3. What man is he who desireth life c. Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile Psal 34. 12 13. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom and his tongue talketh of judgment Psal 37. 30. Psal 119. 46 172. I said I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me Psal 39. 1. Psal 141. 3. Thou gavest thy mouth to evil and thy tongue framed deceit Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother c. Psal 50. 19 20. The wicked c. go astray as soon as they are born speaking lyes Psal 58. 3. The mouth of them who speak lyes shall be stopped Psal 63. 11. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long Psal 71. 24. Psal 119. 46 172. It went ill with Moses for their sakes because they provoked his spirit so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips Psal 106. 32 33. I hate and abhor lying Psal 119. 163. The Saints should speak of God and of his greatness goodness and memorable acts Psal 145. 5 6 7 11 12. Put away from thee a froward mouth and perverse lips put far from thee Prov. 4. 24. These six things doth the Lord hate c. a lying tongue c. a false witness speaking lyes Prov. 6. 16 17 19. A prating fool shall faâ—â— the mouth of a righteous man is a well of life c. In the lips of him who hath understanding wisdom is found c. He who hideth hatred with lying lips and he who uttereth a slander is a fool In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin but he who refraineth his lips is wise The tongue of the just is as choice silver c. The lips of the righteous seed many c. The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom c. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable Prov. 10. 10 11 13 18 19 20 21 31 32. He who speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness c. Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord but they who deal truly are his delight Prov. 12. 17 20 22. He who keepeth his mouth keepeth his life but he who openeth wide his lips shall have destruction c. A righteous man hateth lying Prov. 13. 3 5. A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright but the mouth of fools poureth forth foolishness c. A wholsom tongue is a tree of life but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit c. The lips of the wise disperseth knowledge c. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth and a word spoken in due season how good it is The heart of the righteous studieth to answer but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things Prov. 15 1 2 4 7 23 28. Righteous lips are the delight of Kings and they love him who speaketh right c. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and addeth learning unto his lips Pleasant words are as an honey-comb sweet to the soul Prov. 16. 13 23 24. Excellent speech becomes not a fool much less do lying lips a prince c. He who hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief c. He who hath knowledge spareth his â—words c. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise he who shutteth his lips is a man of understanding Prov. 17. 7 20 27 28. A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth calleth for strokes c. His mouth is his destruction and his lips the snare of his soul c. The words of a tale-bearer or whisperer are as wounds c. He who answereth a matter before he heareth it is folly and shame unto him c. Death and life is in the power of the tongue c. The rich man answereth roughly Prov. 18. 6 7 8 13 21 23. He who speaketh lyes shall perish c. shall not escape Prov. 19. 5 9. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from trouble Prov. 21. 23. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver Prov. 25. 11. Answer not a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him Answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit Prov. 26. 4 5. Let another man praise thee not thine own mouth a stranger not thine own lips Prov. 27. 2. A fool uttereth all his mind but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards c. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words there is more hope of a fool than of him Prov. 29. 11 20. A time to keep silence and a time to speak Eccles 3. 7. Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God c. Let thy words be few c. for many words also divers vanities but fear thou God Eccles 5. 2 3 7. The words of wise men are heard in quiet Eccles 9. 17. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious or grace c. A fool also is full of words a man cannot tell what shall be Eccles 10. 12 14. The words of the wise are as goads and as nails fastned by the master of the assemblies Eccles 12. 11. I hearkned and heard they spake not aright c. Jer. 8. 6. They bent their tongue like their bow for lyes but are not valiant for the truth c. will not speak the truth they have taught their tongue to speak lyes c. Their tongue is an arrow shot out it speaketh deceit One speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth in his heart he layeth in wait Jer. 9. 3 5 8. Acts 6. 9 11. 13. 1 Kings 21. 7 8. The Lord hath a controversie c. because there is no truth c. By swearing and lying c. Hos 4. 1 2. The prudent shall keep silence in that day for it is an evil time Amos 5. 13. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lieth in thy bosom Micah 7. 5. Speak ye every man truth to his neighbour Zech. 8. 16. Let your communication be yea c. for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil Matth. 5. 37. How can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things But I say unto you That every idle word which men shall speak they shall give
and Herod for Pride slain Acts 5. 5 10. Acts 12. 21 22 23. Because when they knew God they glorified him not as God neither were thankful c. wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts to dishonour their own bodies between themselves who changed the truth of God into a lye c. for this cause God gave them up to vile affections c. God gave them over to a reprobate mind Rom. 1. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 c. Think this O man c. who do such things that thou shalt escape the judgment of God Rom. 2. 2 3 c. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep c. 1 Cor. 11. 29 30 31. The Apostle reckons up some of the Sins and Punishments of Israel and concludes Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come 1 Cor. 10. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 21 22. Now the works of the flesh c. adultery c. they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God Gal. 5. 19 20 21. 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. Ephes 5. 5. If any shall worship the beast c. the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God c. Rev. 14. 9 10. He who is unjust let him be unjust still and he who filthy let him be filthy still c. Behold I come quickly c. Rev. 22. 11. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who commit such things c. who will render to every man according to his deeds Rom. 2. 2 3 4 5 6. Gal. 6. 7 8. Ephes 5. 5 6. Colos 3. 5 6. Heb. 13. 4. The great Judgments denounced against Babylon for her great Sins and Persecutions Rev. 18. See more in the Duty of Obedience in this Chapter See more of Man's Sin and Corrupt Nature Chap. 5. The sad Effects of such a State See the same Chapter See more of God's punishing his own for Sin Chap. 13. See Pardon of Sin Chap. 10. To own and profess the true God and our Lord Jesus Christ boldly before Men and to wait for Christ's second Coming I. To Own and Confess the true God and our Lord Jesus Christ before Men. I Know my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth c. Job 19. 25. I will speak oh thy testimonies also before kings and will not be ashamed c. I am a companion of all them who fear thee Psal 119. 46 63. Psal 16. 2 3. None call for justice nor any pleadeth for truth Isa 59. 4. Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and he will deliver us out of thine hand O king but if not be it known unto thee O king that we will not serve thy gods Dan. 3. 17 18. When Daniel knew that the Writing was signed he went into his house and his window being open in his Chamber towards Jerusalem he kneeled upon his knees c. and prayed and gave thanks before his God Dan. 6. 10. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven but whosoever shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven Matth. 10. 32 33. Luke 12. 8 9. A damsel came unto Peter saying Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee but he denied before them all saying I know not what thou sayest c. And again he denied with an oath saying I do not know the man c. Then began he to curse and to swear saying I know not the man Matth. 26. 69 70 72 74. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh into the glory of his Father with the holy angels Mark 8. 38. The parents of the blind man durst not confess Christ but answered He is of age ask him these words spake his parents because they feared the Jews for the Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ that he should be put out of the Synagogue therefore said his parents He is of age ask him c. But the son confessed him John 9. 19 20 21 22 23 30 31 32 c. Nevertheless among the chief Rulers also many believed on him but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him lest they should be put out of the Synngâ—gue for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God John 12. 42 43. Let the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Acts 2. 36. The God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus whom ye delivered up c. but ye denied the holy and just One c. and killed the Prince of life c. Acts 3. 13 14 15. Be it known unto all c. that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye crucified c. even by him doth this man stand before you whole This is the stone that was set at nought by you builders c. We cannot but speak c. Acts 4. 10 11 20. Did not we straightly charge you that you should not teach in this name c. Then Peter and the other Apostles answered and said We ought to obey God rather than men The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew c. Him hath God exalted with his right hand c. Acts 5. 28 29 30. Be it known to you therefore men and brethren that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins Acts 13. 38. This I confess unto thee that after the way which they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers Acts 24. 14. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus c. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made to salvation Rom. 10. 9 10. As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup shew ye or ye do shew the Lord's death till he come 1 Cor. 11. 26. And many of the brethren of the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear Phil. 1. 14. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him c. that at the name of Jesus c. and that every tongue should confess that Jesus is the Lord to the glory of God the Father Phil. 2. 11. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner c. I am not ashamed for I know whom I believe 2 Tim. 1. 8 12. If we suffer we shall also reign with him If we deny him he will also deny us 2 Tim. 2.
12. No man speaking by the spirit of God ceileth Jesus accursed c. that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost c. There are diversity of gifts but the same spirit c. to one is given c. But all these worketh that one and the self same spirit dividing c. 1 Cor. 12. 3 4 5 6 7 c. Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of his spirit 2 Cor. 1. 22. ch 5. 5. Ye are our Epistle c. ye are manifestly declared the Epistle of Christ c. written not with ink but with the spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the heart c. The letter killeth but the spirit giveth life c. If the ministration of death c. were glorious c. How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious c. Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty 2 Cor. 3. 2 3 6 7 8 17. God hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying Abba father Gal. 4. 6. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other c. The fruit of the spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance Gal. 5. 17 22 23. Ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance until the purchased possession Eph. 1. 13 14. The holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption Eph. 4. 30. For the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth Eph. 5. 9. God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power of love and of a sound mind 2 Tim. 1. 7. Having received the word in much affliction with joy of the holy Ghost 1 Thes 1. 6. Acts 9. 31. Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself c. Heb. 9. 14. The anointing teacheth you c. and is truth and is no lye 1 John 2. 27. Try the spirits whether they are of God c. Hereby know ye the spirit of God every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ to have been come in the flesh is of God And every spirit which confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the fâ—esh is not of God c. Greater is he that is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4. 1 2 3 4. It is the spirit who beareth witness because the spirit is truth c. The Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these there are one 1 John 5. 6 7 8. The spirit and the bride say Come Rev. 22. 17. III. Saints Duty towards the Spirit 1. In following after him and making use of him THE manifestation of the spirit is given to â—â—ry man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7. The same anointing teacheth you of all things 1 John 2. 27. And the Lord said My spirit shall not always strive with man Gen. 6. 3. The true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 23 24. Fervent in the spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. The manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7. I will pray with the spirit c. I will sing with the spirit c. 1 Cor. 14. 15. Walk ye not in the same spirit 2 Cor. 12. 18. Are ye so foolish having begun in the spirit are ye now made perfect by the flesh Gal. 3. 3. Walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh c. If ye be led by the spirit ye are not under the law c. If we live in the spirit let us also walk in the spirit Gal. 5. 16 17 18 25. 1 John 2. 27. He who soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting Gal. 6. 8. Be not drunk c. but be ye filled with the spirit Eph. 5. 18. The sword of the spirit which is the word of God c. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit Eph. 6. 17 18. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit Phil. 3. 3. Wherefore as the holy Ghost saith If ye will hear his voice c. Hebr. 3. 7. Build up your selves c. praying in the holy Ghost Jude v. 20. He who hath an ear let him hear what the spirit saith to the Churches Rev. 2. 7 11 17 29. 2. Not to sin against grieve or quench the Spirit But they rebelled and vexed his holy spirit therefore he was turned to be their Enemy Isa 63. 10. But the blasphemy against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men c. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him out whosoever speaketh against the 〈…〉 shall not be forgiven him neither 〈…〉 Matth. 12. 31 32. Mark 3. 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Satan filled thine heart to 〈…〉 c. thou hast not lied unto 〈…〉 God c. How is it that ye have 〈…〉 to tempt the spirit of the Lord c. she 〈◊〉 down and died c. Acts 5. 2 3 5 8 9 10. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ye do always resist the holy Ghost as your fathers did so do ye c. Have not your fathers persecuted c. Acts 7. 51 52. Simon offered money for power to confer the holy Ghost Acts 8. 18 19. The Sadduces say that there is no resurrection neither angel nor spirit Acts 23. 8. Keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace c. and grieve not the holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed Eph. 4. 3 30. Quench not the spirit 1 Thes 5. 19. He who despised Moses law died without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the son of God c. and hath done despite unto the spirit of Grace Heb. 10. 28 29. The spirit of God and of Glory resteth upon you on their parts he is evil spoken of c. 1 Pet. 4. 14. CHAP. XXII Of Afflictions Troubles and Persecutions 1. To whom they belong or who way expect thom 1. Common to all MAN is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward Job 5. 7. Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble Job 14. 1. 2. More especially the Saints Believers such as are born of the Spirit First The Holy-Ghost affirms this I Will be his father and he shall be my son If he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men but my mercy shall not depart away from him c. 2 Sam. 7. 14 15. Psal
of the simple Rom. 16. 17 18. There must be also herenes among you that they who are approved might be made c. 1 Cor. 11. 19. How say some among you That there is no resurrection from the dead 1 Cor. 15. 12. We are not as many who corrupt the word of God c. 2 Cor. 2. 17. Them who desire occasion c. for such are false Apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ c. Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed into the ministers of righteousness whose ends shall be according to their works c. Ye suffer fools gladly c. ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour if a man take if a man exalt himself c. smite you on the face 2 Cor. 11. 12 13 14 15 19 20. There be some who trouble you and would pervert the Gospel of Christ Though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other Gospel unto you than that we have preached unto you let him be accursed As we have before so say I now again If any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have received let him be accursed Gal. 1. 7 8 9. False brethren who came in privily to spy out our liberty c. that they might bring us into bondage to whom we gave place by subjection no not for an hour that the truth of the Gospel may continue with you but of these who seem to be c. Gal. 2. 3 4 5 6. They zealously affect you but not well yea they would exclude you that you might affect them Gal. 4. 17. As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh they constrain you to be circumcised only left they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ for neither they themselves that are circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh Gal. 6. 12 13. Philip. 3. 2. Be no more children tossed c. with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive Ephes 4. 14. This I say lest any should beguile you with enticing words c. Beware lest any one spoil you through philosophy and vain deceits after the traditions of men after the rudiments of this world and not after Christ c. Let no man judge you in meat or for eating c. intruding into those things which he hath not seen c. and not holding the head c. Why are ye subject to ordinances c. Touch not c. Col. 2 4 8 16 to 24. Let no man deceive you by any means c. That man of sin c. who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God c. Then shall that wicked one be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them who perish Because they received not the love of the truth c. for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a lye that they all might be damned c. 2 Thes 2. 2 3 4 8 to 13. Rev. 13. 13 14. Charge some that they teach no other doctrine neither give heed to Jewish fables c. Some have swerved having turned aside to vain janglings desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm 1 Tim. 1. 3 4 6 7 8. Now the Spirit speaketh expresly that in the latter days some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lyes in hypocrisie having their consciences â—eared with a hot iron forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats c. 1 Tim. 4. 1 2 3. If any man teach otherwise c. he is proud knowing nothing but doting or sick about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh envy c. perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth supposing that gain is godliness from such withdraw thy self Some c. have erred 1 Tim. 6. 1 2 3 4 5 20 21. Strive not about words to no profit to the subverting of the hearers c. Shun prophane and vain babling for they will increase to more ungodliness and their word will eat as doth a canker or gangrene Of whom is Hymeneus c. Who concerning the truth have erred saying That the resurrection is past already and overthrow the faith of some nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure c. 2 Tim. 2. 14 16 17 18 19. Perilous times shall come for men shall be lovers of their own selves covetous boasters proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthankful unholy without natural affection truce-breakers false accusers incontinent fierce despisers of those who are good traitors heady high-minded lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof from such turn away for of this sort are they who creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins led away with divers lusts ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate or of no judgment concerning the faith c. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived but continue thou in the things c. 2 Tim. 3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 14. The time will come when they will not endure found doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap up to themselves teachers having itching ears and they shall turn away their ears from truth and shall be turned unto fables But watch thou c. 2 Tim. 4. 3 4 5. A bishop must be blameless c. holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught or in teaching that he may be able by found doctrine both to exhort and convince the gain-sayers for there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers especially they of the circumcision whose mouths must be stopped who subvert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre sake Rebuke them sharply c. not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth c. They profess that they know God but in works they deny him being c. Titus 1. 7 9 10 11 13 14 16. Be not carried about with divers and strange dectrines for it is a good thing that the heart c. Heb. 13. 9. But there were false prophets also among the people even as there shall be
lyes vanity and things wherein is no profit Shall a man make gods unto himself and they are no gods Jer. 16. 19 20. Then all the men who knew that their wives had burnt incense unto other gods and all the women who stood by c. answered Jeremiah saying c. We will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth to burn incense unto the queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings unto her as we have done we and our fathers our kings and our princes in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem for then had we plenty c. So the Lord could no longer bear c. Jer. 44. 15 to 22. I am broken with their whorish heart which have departed from me and with their eyes which go a whoring after their idols c. Ezek. 6. 9. These men have set up their idols in their hearts and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their race Should I be enquired of at all by them c. I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his idols c. I the Lord will answer him by my self Ezek. 14. 1 4 5 6 7. Hosea 2. 2 3 4. The insatiable Idolatry of Jerusalem with all Nations Ezek. 16. 15 16 c. I will do these things unto thee because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen because thou art polluted with their idols Ezek. 23. 30. ch 16. 36 37 c. Such of the Levites who had offered before Idols God refused afterwards that they should offer any more unto him Ezek. 44. 10 to 15. The Image of Nebuchadnezar set up Dan. 3. Belshazzar and his Princes c. praised the Gods of Gold and of Silver c. Dan. 5. 3 4. My people ask counsel at their stock and their staff declareth unto them for the spirit of whoredems have caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God they sacrifice upon the top of mountains and burn incense upon the hills under oaks c. Ephraim is joined to idols let him alone Hosea 4. 12 13 17. Of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cut off Thy calf O Samaria hath cast thee off mine anger is kindled c. The work man made it therefore it is not God but the calâ— of Samaria shall be broken in pieces for they have fown the wind Hosea 8. 4 5 6 7. According to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars according unto the goodness of his land they have made goodly images their heart is divided now they shall be found faulty he shall break down their altars he shall spoil their images Hosea 10. 1 2. And now they sin more and more and have made them molten-images of their silver and idols according to their own understanding all of it the work of the crafts-men They say of them Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves Therefore they shall be as the morning-cloud c. Hosea 13. 2 3. I will cut off them who worship the host of heaven c. swear by the Lord and swear by Malcham Zeph. 1. 4 5. Amos 8. 14. For their idols have spoken vanity and the Diviners have seen a lye and have told false dreams c. Zech. 10. 2. Nor will we say any more O our God to the works of our hands Hosea 14. 3. Judah hath prophaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved or ought to love and hath married the daughter of a strange god Mal. 2. 11. God c. gave them up to worship the host of heaven Acts 7. 42. The people said c. the gods are come down unto us in the likeness of men And they called Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the chief speaker Then the priest of Jupiter c. brought oxen and garlands unto the gates and would have done sacrifice with the people which when the Apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of they rent their clothes and ran in among the people crying out and saying Sirs What do ye in these things We are also men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God who made heaven and earth c. Acts 14. 11 12 13 14 15 18. We write unto them that they stay from the pollutions of idols Acts 15. 20 29. Paul c. at Athens his spirit was stirred within him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry or full of idols therefore disputed he in the Synagogue c. Ye men of Athens I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious for as I passed by and beheld your devotions or gods whom ye worship I found an altar with this Inscription To the unknown God Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship c. Forasmuch then as we are the off-spring of God we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone graven by art or man's device Acts 17. 16 17 22 23 29. Demetrius said This Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people saying that they be no gods which are made with hands So that not only this our craft is in danger c. but also that the temple of the great Goddess Diana should be despised and her magnificence should be destroyed whom all Asia and the world worshippeth c. Great is Diana of the Ephesians c. The Image which fell down from Jupiter Acts 19. 26 27 28 34 35. When they knew God they glorified him not as God c. but became vain in their imaginations c. and changed the glory of the invisible God into an image made like to corruptible man and to birds c. who changed the truth of God into a lye and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator Rom. 1. 21 23 25. ch 2. 22. Psal 106. 19 20 21. Thou who abhorrest idols dost thou commit sacrilege Rom. 2. 22. We know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is none other God but one for though there be that are called gods whether in heaven or earth as there be gods many and lords many but to us there is but one God c. 1 Cor. 8. 4 5 6. Neither be ye idolaters as were some of them As it is written the people sate down to eat and drink and rose up to play c. My dearly beloved flee from idolatry c. What say I then that the idol is any thing or that which is offered in sacrifice is any thing But I say That the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifie to devils and not to God and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils 1 Cor. 10. 7 14 19 20. Ye know that ye were Gentiles carried away unto these dumb idols 1 Cor. 12. 2. Ye did service to them who by nature are not gods Gal. 4. 8. How ye turned to