I set my king upon my holy hill Sion Psal. 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6. Lord our God how excellent is thy name in all the earth Who hast set thy glory above the heavens Psal. 8. 1 9. The Lord is in his holy Temple the Lord's Throne is in Heaven Psal. 11. 4. The kingdom is the Lords and he is the Governour amongst the Nations Psal. 22. 28. Psal. 47. 2 7. Who is the king of Glory the Lord of hosts he is the king of Glory Psal. 24. 10. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters The God of glory thundereth the Lord is upon many waters The voice of the Lord is powerful or power the voice of the Lord is full of majesty The voice of the Lord breaketh the Cedars c. The Lord sitteth upon the floods yea the Lord sitteth king for ever Psal. 29. 3 4 5 6 7 8 10. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made c. He spake and it was done he commanded and it stood fast The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought He maketh the devices of the counsel of none effect the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever the thoughts of his heart to all generations Psal. 33. 6 7 9 10 11. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised Psal. 48. 1. Psal. 50. 1. Let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth Selah Psal. 59. 13. Isa. 60. 16. He that is our God is the God of salvation and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death c. To him who rideth upon the heavens of heavens c. His excellency is over Israel and his strength in the heavens O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places c. Psal. 68. 20 33 34 35. Promotion cometh not from the east c. But God the judge He putteth down one and setteth up another Psal. 75. 6 7. In Judah is God known his name is great in Israel c. Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey c. At thy rebuke O God of Jacob the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep Thou thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry c. He shall cut off the spirit of princes He is terrible to the kings of the earth c. Psal. 76. 1 4 6 7 12. Nahum 1. 5 6. Who is so great a God as our God Thou the God that doest wonders c. The waters saw thee O God c. They were afraid the depths also were troubled c. Psal. 77. 13 14 16. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty he judgeth among the Gods Psal. 82. 1. That men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah Art the most high over all the earth Psal. 83. 18. Psal. 91. 1. Among the Gods none like unto thee O Lord neither is there any works like unto thy works All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee c. For thou art great and doest wondrous things thou art God alone Psal. 86. 8 9 10. Psal. 87. 5. Who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord God is greatly to be feared c. Who is a strong Lord like unto thee c. Psal. 89. 6 7 8 9 11. Thou turnest man to destruction and saist return ye children of men c. Psal. 90. 2 3. The Lord reigneth he is clothed with majesty c. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters yea than the mighty waves of the sea Psal. 93. 1 4. Psal. 97. 1. Psal. 99. 1. Psal. 104. 1 2 3 4 c. The Lord is a great God and a great King above all Gods In his hands are the deep places of the earth c. Psal. 95. 3 4 5. Psal. 96. 4. Psal. 97 9. The Lord made the heavens Honour and majesty are before him Strength and beauty in his sanctuary c. Psal. 96. 5 6. Fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about him c. The hills melt like wax at the presence of the Lord At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth c. Psal. 97. 3 4 5. Psal. 114. 7. Nahum 1. 4 5. The Lord hath prepared his Throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all Psal. 103. 19. The Lord is high above all nations his glory above the heavens who like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high c. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust c. That he may set him with princes c. He maketh the barren woman to keep house c. Psal. 113. 4 5 7 8 9. Our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased c. The heaven the heavens are the Lords but the earth hath he given to the children of men Psal. 115. 3 16. Psal. 135. 6. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and I will declare thy greatness c. Psal. 145. 5 6. Let them praise the name of the Lord for his name alone is excellent his glory is above the earth and heaven Psal. 148. 13. There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord Prov. 21. 30. I know that whatsoever God doth it shall be for ever nothing can be put to it nor any thing taken from it and God doth it that men should fear before him Eccles. 3. 14. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth Isa. 2. 19 21. Job 37. 22 23. Holy holy holy the Lord of hosts the whole earth is full of thy glory Woe is me c. I have seen the king the Lord of hosts Isa. 6. 3. Great is the holy one of Israel in the middest of thee Isa. 12. 6. Rev. 19. 17. Let favour be shewed to the wicked yet will he not c. behold the majesty of the Lord Isa. 26. 10. The Lord of hosts wonderful in counsel and excellent in working Isaiah 28. 29. The Lord God c. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand And meted out heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a ballance Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord or being his counsellor hath taught him With whom took he counsel c. Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballance Behold he taketh up the Isles as a very little thing c. All nations before him are as nothing and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity To whom then
Deut. 4. 24 33 39. chap. 5. 24 25 26. The Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible Deut. 7. 21. Nehem. 1. 5. ch 4. 14. The Lord thy God he who goeth before thee is a consuming fire c. Thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness c. Deut. 9. 3 26. Isa. 60. 16. Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lords thy God the earth also with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords a great God mighty and terrible who regardeth not persons nor taketh rewards Deut. 10. 14 17. And know you c. The Lord your God his greatness his mighty hand and his stretched-out arm and his miracles and his acts which he did c. Deut. 11. 2 3. Thou maist fear this glorious and fearful name the Lord thy God Deut. 28. 58. Ascribe ye greatness unto our God the Rock his work is perfect all his ways are judgment c. When the most high divided c. See now that I I am he and there is no God with me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hands For if I lift up my hand to heaven c. Deut. 32. 3 4 8 39 41 42 c. There is none like unto the God of Jesurun who rideth upon the heavens in thy help and in his excellency on the sky The eternal God thy refuge and underneath are everlasting arms and he shall thrust out c. Deut. 33. 26 27. There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like our God c. The Lord is a God of knowledg and by him are actions weighed c. The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up He raiseth up the poor c. So the pillars of the earth are the Lords and he hath set the world upon them He will keep the feet of his Saints c. 1 Sam. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 c. Job 9. 5 6 7 8 9. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6. 20. Thou art great O Lord God For none is like thee neither is there any God beside thee 2 Sam. 7. 22. The earth shook and trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wrath There went up a smoke out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured c. 2 Sam. 22. 8 9 10 11 12. The Glory of the Lord had filled the house 1 King 8. 11. Thou art the God thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth thou hast made heaven and earth 2 King 19. 15. Declare his glory c. For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised to be feared above all Gods For all the Gods of the people are Idols but the Lord made the heavens Glory and honour are in his presence strength and gladness in his place c. Give unto the Lord the glory due to his name 1 Chron. 16. 24 25 26 27 28 c. Psal. 96. 4 5. Thine O Lord is the greatness and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all in heaven and earth is thine thine the kingdom O Lord and thou art exalted as head above all Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand to make great and to give strength unto all 1 Chron. 29. 11 12. Blessed be thy glorious name who art exalted above all blessing and praises thou thou art Lord alone thou hast made heaven c. And thou preservest them all Nehem. 9. 5 6. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away Job 1. 21. God c. Who doeth great things and unsearchable without number Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields to set up on high those who are low c. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform c. Job 5. 8 9 10 11 12 c. Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection c If he cut off or make a change and shut up or gather together then who can hinder him c. Job 11. 7 8 9 10. chap. 9. 10 11 12 13 c. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all manking c. With him is wisdom and strength he hath counsel and understanding Behold he breaketh down and it cannot be built up again He shutteth up a man and there can be no opening he withholdeth the waters and they dry up c. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled and maketh the judges fools He looseth the bond of kings c. He leadeth princes away spoiled and overthroweth the mighty c. Job 12. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 c. Shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon you Job 13. 11. He stretcheth out the north over the empty places and hangeth the earth upon nothing he bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds c. He hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and night come to an end the pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof He divideth the sea c. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens c. Lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him But the thunder of his power who can understand Job 26. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Destruction from God was a terrour to me and by reason of his highness I could not endure Job 31. 23. God is greater than man Why dost thou strive against him For he giveth not account of any of his matters Job 33. 12 13. ch 9. 12. He thundereth with the voice of his excellency c. God thundereth marvellously with his voice great things doth he which we cannot comprehend For he saith to the snow be thou on the earth likewise to the small rain c. He sealeth up the hand of every man that all men may know his works c. With God is terrible majesty c. Job 37. 4 5 6 7 8 9 c. 22 23. The Lord said unto Job c. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth c Who hath laid the measures thereof c Job 38. toto Who is able to stand before me who hath prevented me that I should repay Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine Job 41. 10 11. The kings of the earth set themselves c. He that sitteth in heaven shall laugh The Lord shall have them in derision Then shall he speak unto him in his wrath c. Yet have
them and not forsake them Isa. 42. 16. Fear not for I have redeemed thee c. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned c. for I am the Lord thy God Isa. 43. 1 2 3. The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary Isa. 50. 4. Thus saith the high and lofty one c. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones for I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wrath for the spirit should fail before me and the soul I have made Isa. 57. 15 16. I will make an everlasting covenant with them and 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 Jer. 32. 40. 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 Micah 7. 8. Ye shall be brought before governours and before kings for my sake c. take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak Matth. 10. 18 19 20. Luke 21. 15. Simon Simon Behold Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. Whosoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give them shall never thirst but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life John 4. 14. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand my father who gave them me is greater than I and no man is able to pluck them out of my fathers hands I and my father one John 10. 27 28 29 30. Holy father keep through thine own name those thou hast given me c. while I was with them in the world I kept them in thy name c. I pray c. that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one John 17. 11 12 15. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ tribulation or distress c nay in all these things we are more than conquerours through him who loved us for I am perswaded that neither death nor life c. shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom. 8. 25 36 37 38 39. Who art thou who judgest another mans servant yea he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand Rom. 14. 4. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly c. Now to him who is of power to establish you according to my Gospel c. To God only wise c. Rom. 16. 20 25 27. Jesus Christ who shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be also blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ God is faithful c. 1 Cor. 1. 7 8 9. There hath no tentation taken you but what is common or moderate unto man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it 1 Cor. 10. 13. Now he who establisheth us with you in Christ and hath anointed us is God who hath also sealed us c. 2 Cor. 1. 21 22. I sought the Lord c. and he said unto me My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness most gladly therefore will I glory in mine infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me for when I am weak then am I strong 2 Cor. 12 7 8 9 10. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand c. Ephes. 6. 10 11 13. Being confident of this very thing that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect or finish it until the day of Christ Phil. 1. 6. Every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry c. I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me Phil. 4. 12 13. And I pray God your whole spirit soul and body be preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ faithful is he who called you who also will do it 1 Thess. 5. 23 24. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself c. stablish you in every good word and work 2 Thess. 2. 17. The Lord is faithful who shall stablish you and keep you from evil 2 Thess. 3. 3. I know whom I have believed and am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day 2 Tim. 1. 12. No man stood with me c. notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthened me c. and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom 2 Tim. 4. 16 17 18. To an inheritance c. reserved for you or for us who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation 1 Pet. 1. 4 5. But the God of all grace who hath called us c. after that you have suffered a while make you perfect stablish strengthen settle you 1 Pet. 5. 10. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God 1 John 3. 9. chap. 5. 18. Ye are of God little children and have overcome them because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4. 4. Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory c. to the only wise God c. Jude verse 24. 25. God in Christ doth command invite and encourage by promises to come to him for teachings spiritual life and strength to bring forth fruit ond persevere and to east our care upon him for all The Lord he it is who doth go before thee he will be with thee he will not fail thee neither forsake thee fear not neither be dismayed Deut. 31. 8. Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Wait I say on the Lord Psal. 27. 14. Cast thy burthen upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal. 55. 22. Wisdom cryeth without she uttereth her voice in the streets c. How long ye simple ones
who departeth from evil maketh himself a prey Isa. 59. 15. You only have I known of all the families of the earth therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities Amos 3. 2. Beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councels and they will scourge you in their Synagogues and ye shall be brought before governours and kings for my sake c. and the brother shall deliver up brother to death and the father the child c. and ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake c. The desciple is not above his master c. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his Master and the servant as his Lord if they have called the master of the house Belzebub how much more shall they call them of his houshold c Think not that I am come to send peace on earth c. A mans enemies shall be they of his own houshold Matth. 10. 17 18 21 22 24 25 34 35 36. chap. 24. 9 10. Then said Jesus unto his disciples If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Matth. 16. 24. Wo to you who laugh now for ye shall mourn and weep wo unto you when all men shall speak well of you for so did their fathers to the false prophets Luke 6. 25 26. Jesus said unto him Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head Luke 9. 58. If the world hate you ye know that it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world the world would love its own but because ye are not of the world but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you Remember the word I said unto you The servant is not greater than his Lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you c. These things they will do unto you for my names sake because they know not him who sent me John 15. 18 19 20 21. 1 John 3. 13. These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended But they shall put you out of their Synagogues yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God service and these things will they do unto you because they have not known the father nor me c. Ye shall weep and lament but the world shall rejoyce ye shall be sorrowful c. In the world ye shall have tribulation John 16. 1 2 3 20 22 33. Of a truth against the holy child Jesus c. both Herod c. were gathered together to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done Acts 4. 27 28. The Lord said of Paul I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my Name Acts 9. 15 16. Exhorting them to continue in the faith and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God Acts 14. 22. The holy Ghost witnesseth in evety city saying That bonds and afflictions abide me Acts 20. 23. But as then he who was born after the flesh persecuted him who was born after the spirit so it is now Gal. 4. 29. Unto you it is given c. not only to believe on him but also to suffer for his sake Phil. 1. 29. That no man be moved by these afflictions for your selves know that we are appointed thereunto 1 Thess. 3. 3. All who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution 2 Tim. 3. 12. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth c. for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not but if ye be without chastisements whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sons Heb. 12. 6 7 8. Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial c. as though some strange thing happened to you but rejoyce in as much as ye are made partakers of Christs sufferings judgment must begin at the house of God 1 Pet. 4. 12 13 17. The devil c. whom resist c. that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. Behold the devil shall cast some of you in prison that ye may be tried and ye shall have tribulation ten days Rev. 2. 10. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten Be zealous therefore c. Revel 3. 19. Secondly That the Saints have been so exercised with afflictions in soul and body from God and in their bodies and outward concerns from men by persecutions 1st From God more immediately Job greatly afflicted in his out-things and his body Job 1. 13 to the end Job 2. 5 6 7 8. O that my grief were thorowly weighed c. for now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea therefore my words are swallowed up or I want words to express my grief for the arrows of the Almighty are within me the poyson whereof drinketh up my spirit the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me Job 6. 1 2 3 4. My soul is sore vexed O Lord how long c I am weary with my groaning all the night or every night make I my bed to swim I water my couch with tears mine eye is consumed because of grief c. Psal 6. 3 7. I am desolate and afflicted the troubles of mine heart are enlarged c. Psal. 25. 16 17. Make me to hear joy and gladness that the bones thou hast broken may rejoyce hide thy face from my sin Psal. 51. 8 9. Save me O God for the waters are come in unto my soul I sink in deep mire where is no standing I am come into deep waters or depth of waters where the floods over-flow me I am weary of my crying my throat is dry mine eyes fail while I wait for my God Psal. 69. 1 2 3. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord my sore ran in the night and ceased not my soul refused to be comforted I remember'd God and was troubled I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed Selah Thou holdest mine eyes waking I am so troubled that I cannot speak c. Will the Lord cast off for ever will he be favourable no more Is his mercy clean gone for ever doth his promise fail Psal. 77. 1 2 3 4 7 8. My soul is full of troubles c. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in darkness in the depths thy wrath lyeth hard on me thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves c. I am afflicted and ready to die I suffer thy terrors I am distracted thy fierce wrath goeth over me thy terrors have cut me off Psal. 88. 3 6 7 9 14 15 16 17. Out of the depths have I cryed unto thee O Lord Psal. 130. 1. Jonah cast into the sea and in the belly of the fish Jonah 1. 15. chap. 2. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you c. We are chastened of the Lord