Israel is commanded especially to remember their deliverance out of Egypt Deut. 26. 1 2 3 c. Exod. 13. 14 15. Moses Song Deut. 32. Joshua pitched stones in Gilgal in memory of Israel's passing dry thorow Jordan that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty Josh 4. 5 6 7 20 21 22 23 24. The Song of Deborah and Barak which they sang after the victory against Sisera and his Army Judges 5. 2 Chron. 20. 26. Psalm 124. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Hannah sang praise when she brought Samuel her Son to the House of the Lord whom the Lord had given her upon her Prayer 1 Sam. 2. 1 2 3 4 to the 11. When the Philistines were beaten Samuel set up a stone called the name thereof Eben-Ezer saying Hitherto hath the Lord helped us 1 Sam. 7. 10 11 12. When Abigail met David and prevented him in his hasty purpose concerning Nabal's House he said unto Abigail Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me and blessed be thy advice c. And when David heard that Nabal was dead he said Blessed be the Lord who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and hath kept his servant from evil c. 1 Sam. 25. 32 33 39. When God had promised many things unto David he faith Let thy name be magnified for ever saying The Lord of Hosts is the God over Israel c. 2 Sam. 7. 26. And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hands of Saul And he said The Lord is my rock my fortress and my deliverer c. 2 Sam. 22. Blessed be God who hath given rest unto his people Israel according to all that he hath promised 1 Kings 8. 56. Upon the return of the Ark to the City of David he prepares a Song and delivers it to be sung by way of Thanksgiving unto God 1 Chron. 16. 8 9 to the 37. When the people had offered willingly towards the building of the House of the Lord David blessed the Lord before all the Congregation and David said Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel our Father for ever and ever c. Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious name c. that we should be able to offer so willingly c. The congregation did so 1 Chron. 29. 9 10 to the 20. Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord and he spake unto him c. but Hezekiah rendred noâ— again according to the benefit done unto him c. 2 Chron. 32. 24 25. Isa 28. 8 9. ch 39. Ezra takes notice of a little favour and acknowledgeth it to the praise of God Ezra 9. 8 9 13 14. ch 7. 27 28. Stand up bless the Lord your God for ever and ever and blessed be thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise c. Nehem. 9. 5 6 c. When Job had lost all then he said The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken blessed be the name of the Lord Job 1. 20 28. I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness and will sing to the name of the Lord most high Psalm 7. 17. O Lord our God how excellent is thy name in all the earth who hast set thy glory above the heavens c. Psalm 8. 1 9. I will praise thee O Lord with my whole heart I will shew forth all thy marvellous works I will sing praise to thy name O thou most high c. Sing to the Lord who dwelleth in Sion declare among the people his doings Psalm 9. 1 2 11. Psalm 96. I will sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with me Psalm 13. 6. David's Song of Praises for his Deliverances Psalm 18. Thou art holy who inhabiteth the praises of Israel c. Ye who fear the Lord praise him all ye the seed of Jacob glorifie him Psalm 22. 3 23. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works Psalm 26. 7. The Lord is my strength c. with my song will I praise him Psalm 28. 7. Sing unto the Lord O ye Saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance or to the memorial of his holy name c. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing c. to the end that my glory may sing praise unto thee and not be silent O Lord my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Psalm 30. 4 11 12. Blessed be the Lord for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness Psalm 31. 21. Praise is comely for the upright Psalm 33. 1. Psalm 147. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth c. O magnifie the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together I sought the Lord and he heard me c. O taste and see that the Lord is good c. Psalm 34. 1 3 4 6 8. Psalm 54. 6 7. My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness of thy praise all the day Psalm 35. 28. Psalm 105. 1 2 3. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God c. according to thy name so is thy praises O God unto the ends of the earth Psalm 48. 1 10. Offer unto God thanksgiving c. I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me c. Whose offereth praise glorifieth me Psal 50. 14 15 23. My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed or prepared I will sing praise awake up my glory c. I will praise thee O Lord among the people I will sing unto thee among the nations Psal â—7 7 8 9. Psal 108. 1 2. I will sing of thy power yea I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning for thou hast been my defence c. Psal 59. 16 17. Psal 62. 7. Praise waiteth for thee O God in Sion c. Psal 65. 1. Isa 12. Make a joyful noise unto God all ye saints sing forth the honour of his name make his praise glorious c. All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee Oh bless our God ye people c. Come hear c. all ye who fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my soul I cried c. Blessed be God who hath not turned away my prayer nor his mercy from me Psal 66. 1 2 4 8 16 17 20. Psal 81. 1. Sing unto God sing praises unto his name extol him who rideth upon the heavens c. A Father to the fatherless c. Psal 68. 4 5. I will praise the Lord with a song and will magnifie him with thanksgiving this also shall please the Lord better than an ox c. Psal 69. 30 31. By thee have I been holpen up from my womb my praise shall be continually of thee
spittle Mark 8. 22 23. The miraculous number of fish taken by Peter and his company when Christ had commanded them to take their net and cast it into the sea Luke 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. He healed the Centurions servant raised the widows only son from the dead when they were carrying him to be buried Luke 7. 2 3 c. 11 12 13 c. He made the woman straight who had by reason of an infirmity been bowed and could not stand up Luke 13. 11 12 13. He cured a man of a dropsie Luke 14. 2 3 4. Christ healed the ear with a touch which the disciples had cut off Luke 22. 51. Christ healed ten lepers Luke 17. 12 13 14 15 16. He restored sight to another blind man Luke 18. 41 42 43. Christ cured the High Priests servants ear Luke 22. 51. He turned water into wine at the marriage faest in Cana John 2. 7 8 9. He healed the noble-mans son by his word which the noble man believed and found that his child mended the same hour Christ spake John 4. 47 49 50 51 52 53. He cured the man who had had an infirmity 36 years and had waited long at the pool and could not get in John 5. 5 6 7 8 9. He restored sight to the man who was born blind he anointed his eyes with clay and spittle and bid him wash c. John 9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. He raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been laid in his grave John 11. 43 44. He caused Peter and other disciples to cast their net into the sea and they took a miraculous number of fishes John 21. 6 7 8. Many wonders and signs were done by the Apostles Acts 2. 43. ch 14. 3. Peter raised up the lame man who had lain at the temple-gate Acts 3. 2 6 7. Ananias and Saphira both at the Apostles word fell down dead c. And by the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought c. they brought sick folks and them who were vexed with unclean spirits and they were healed every one Acts. 5. 9 10 12 15 16. Philip did many miracles cast out unclean spirits healed palsies and lame Acts 8 6. 7. Peter healed Aeneas of the palsie and raised Dorcas from the dead Acts 9. 34 40 41. Paul cured the cripple at Lystra who had been lame from his mothers womb Acts 14. 8 9 10. Paul cast out the spirit of divination out of the maid Acts 16. 16 17 18. And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul so that from his body were brought to the sick handkerchiefs c. and the diseases departed from them and the evil spirits went out of them Acts 19. 11 12. Paul raised Eutichus from the dead when he had fallen down from the window Acts 20. 9 10. Paul healed the father of Publius of his fever and bloody-flux and others Acts 28. 8 9. So grâ—at salvation which first began to be spoken by the Lord c. God also bearing them witness both with signs and wonders and with divers miracles c. Hebr. 2. 3 4. Mighty signs and wonders by the power of the spirit of God Rom. 15. 19. CHAP. XLIV Of the Kings of Israel and Judah How they came to their Power and Office GIdeon hath judged Israel he had seventy sons Abimilech one of the sons of Gideon by his servant by subtilty with the men of Shechem that it was better one should reign than all the seventy sons procures money hires vain and light persons and kills all his brethren except Jotham the youngest who hid himself Abimelech by the men of Shechem and the house of Millo made King After a few years he was slain by a piece of mill-stone a woman threw down on him after whom Judges governed a lâ—ng time till Samuel Judges 9. Israel by the Elders came to Samuel and said Make us a king to judge us lâ—ke all the nations and though God was displeased at it and said They had rejected not Samuel but God himself that he should not reign over them yet he bids Samuel hearken unto them and make them a king 1 Sam. 8. Samuel before Saul came was told of God of his coming and that he should be the man whom he should anoint king Samuel anoints him king â—ccordingly 1 Sam. 9. ch 10. According to this afterwards all the people went to Gilgal and here they made Saul king before the Lord 1 Sam. 11. 14 15. Samuel said to Saul When thou wast little in thine own fight wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel c. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord he hath rejected thee from being king 1 Sam. 15. 17 23. Samuel by Gods special direction anointed David the son of Jesse to be king although Saul was yet living and the spirit left Saul and came upon David 1 Sam. 16. 1 12 13 14. And after Sauls death the men of Judah came to Hebron and there they anointed David king over Judah but Abner made Ishbosheth the son of Saul king over all Israel 2 Sam. 2. 1 2 3 4 8 9. After the death of Ishbosheth being slain came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron c. And all the Elders of Israel came c. and king David made a league with them and they anointed David 〈◊〉 over Israel 2 Sam. 5. 1 2 3. Adonijah David his son being about to set up himself David sets up Solomon 1 Kings 1. 5 6 c. God said to Solomon Thou hast not kept my covenant c. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and will give it to thy servant c. Abijâ—h the Prophet told Jeroboam That God would give ten tribes unto him and take the kingdom out of the hands of Solomons son and give ten tribes unto him Solomon died Rehoboam rigned in his stead 1 Kings 11. 9 10 11 12 29 30 31 35 36 37 43. All Israel came to Shethem to make Rehoboam king the people proposing ease and Rehoboam refusing to grant it the cause was from the Lord that he might perform what he had said ten tribes fell off from him And when all Israel had heard that Jeroboam was come again they sent and called him to the Congregation and made him king over all Israel When Rehoboam intended by force to reduce them God forbid it and said This thing is from me only Judah subjected to Rehoboam 1 Kings 12. 1 7 3 4 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24. Go tell Jeroboam thus faith the Lord God of Israel Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people and made thee Prince over my people Israel and rent the kingdom from the house of David and gave it unto thee c. Jeroboam died and Nadab his son reigned in his stead over Israel Rehoboam died and Abijam his son reigned in his stead over Judah 1
observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee Cursed thou in the city and cursed thou in the field c. Deut. 28. 15 16 17 18 19 20 to the end chap. 29. 19 20. chap. 3. 17 18 19. Do ye thus requite the Lord O foolish people and unwise Is not he thy Father c. Deut. 32. 6 32 33 c. Achan sinned in taking the cursed thing and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel c. and the men of Aâ— smote them c. The Lord said c. neither will I be with you any more except ye destroy the accursed thing from among you Up c. And God said He who is taken with this accursed thing shall be burned with fire he and all that he hath because he hath transgressed c. And accordingly Achan and his was stoned and burned Josh 7. 1 4 5 10 12 13 15 24 25 26. If ye forsake the Lord and serve strange gods then he will turn and do you hurt and consume you after he hath done you good Josh 24. 20. Judges 2. 13 14 15. ch 10. 6 13. God rendred the Wickedness of Abimelech c. in slaying his seventy Brethren And all the Evil of the Men of Shechem c. upon their heads c. Judges 9. 56 57. God said Did not I deliver you c. yet have ye forsaken me c. Wherefore I will deliver you no more Go and cry unto the gods ye have chosen let them deliver you c. Judges 10. 11 12 13 14. Sampson's Deiilah was his ruin Judges 16. 15 to 21. The Benjamites cut off and destroyed for the great Sin in abusing the Levite's Concubine to death Judges 18. ch 19. God threatens Eli for his suffering his Sons to sin so in the Priesthood 1 Sam. 2. 22 23 24 to the end The Lord said I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house c. for I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not and therefore have I sworn unto the house of Eli That the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor burnt-offerings for ever 1 Sam. 3. 11 12 13 14. ch 4. 17 18. God's Judgments upon the Philistines while they kept the Ark of God amongst them 1 Sam. 5. 6 7 8 c. He smote the men of Bethshemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord c. fifty thousand and seventy men 1 Sam. 6. 19. The elders of Israel came to Samuel and said Make us a king to judge us like all the nations c. And the Lord said unto Samuel c. They have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them c. And God said You shall cry out because of your king c. and the Lord will not hear you in that day 1 Sam. 8. 4 5 7 18 19. ch 10. 19. The Lord sent thunder and rain in wheat-harvest and all the people feared the Lord and Samuel We have added unto all our sins this eviâ— to ask us a king c. If ye will still do wickedly ye shall be consumed both ye and your king 1 Sam. 12. 12 16 17 18 19 25. Saul offered sacrifice himself c. Samuel said to him Thou hast done foolishly c. but now the kingdom shall not continue I Sam. 13. 9 10 13 14. Samuel said to Saul Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord he hath also rejected thee from being king 1 Sam. 15. 9 11 17 22 23 26. The Lord also takes away his Spirit from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him 1 Sam. 16. 1 14. And when Saul enquired of the Lord the Lord answered him not neither by dreams nor by Uriâ— nor by prophets c. Then he goes to a familiar spirit c. Samuel said Why hast thou disquieted me c. Saul said God is departed from me and answereth me no more c. The Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand Because thou obeyed not the voice of the Lord nor executed his fierce wrath upon Amalek c. therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day c. 1 Sam. 28. 6 7 15 16 17 18 19. 2 Chron. 10. 13 14. Uzzah put forth his hand unto the ark of God and took hold of it c. and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah and God smote him there for his errour or rashness and there he died c. Michal David's wife despised David for his dancing before the ark c. therefore sâ—e had no child unto the day of her death c. 2 Sam. 6. 16 23. David's Sin in the matter of Uriah's Wife c. displeased the Lord 2 Sam. 11. 27. And Nathan said unto David c. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel I anointed thee king over Israel c. and if that had been too little I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in his sight that thou hast killed Uriah c. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house c. Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house and I will take thy wives before thine eyes and give them unto thy neighbour and he shall lie with thy wife in the right of this sun c. The child also shall surely die c. And the child died 2 Sam. 12. 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 18. Then Amnon his Son forceth Tamar Sister of Absalom c. And Absalom killeth Amnon 2 Sam. 13. 11 12 13 14 28 29. Absalom conspireth against David and rebels 2 Sam. 15. Absalom went in to his Father's Concubines in the â—â—ght of all Israel 2 Sam. 16. 21 22. Absalom is sâ—ain himself 2 Sam. 18. 14 15. There was a famine c. And David enquired of the Lord and the Lord answered It is for Saul and his bloody house because he slew the Gibeonites c. The Children of Israel had sworn unto them and Saul sought to slay them in his Zeal c. 2 Sam. 21. 1. Josh 9. 15. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel c. David said Go number the people c. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel c. and there died seventy thousand men 2 Sam. 24. 1 2 15. Adonijah put to death by Solomon's Order and Joab for his Sin killing of Abner and Amasa also put to death and Shâ—mei also put to death for his cursing of David 1 Kings 2. 24 25 28 31 32 33 34. If you shall at all turn from following of me you or your children and will not keep my commandments
from before you but they shall be in your sides and their gods shall be a snare unto you Judges 2. 2 3. Jephthah concerning his vow said I have opened my mouth unto the Lord and I cannot go back c. Judges 11. 31 35 39. Psal 116. 14 18. The Lord is a God of knowledge and by him all actions are weighed 1 Sam. 2. 3. God had said to Saul Go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all which they have c. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep c. Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel saying It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king for he is turned back from following me and hath not performed my commandment 1 Sam. 15. 3 8 9 10 11. The Lord seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart 1 Sam. 16. 7. I was also upright before him c. With the upright thou wilt shew thy self upright 2 Sam. 22. 24 26. Psal 18. 23. Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercies according as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee 1 Kings 3. 6. Thou thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men c. Let your hearts therefore be perfect with the Lord your God 1 Kings 8. 39 61. Psal 44. 21. If thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness to do according to all c. Then I will establish c. 1 Kings 9. 4 5. It came to pass that when Solomâ—n was old c. his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God as the heart of David c. he went not fully after the Lord c. 1 Kings 11. 4 6. Asa did that which was right c. but the high places were not removed nevertheless Asa his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days 1 Kings 15. 11 14. How long halt ye between two opinions If the Lord be God follow him 1 Kings 18. 21. Elijah and Micaiah the prophets both faithful to God in a bad time 1 Kings 19. 10. chap. 22. 13 14. Thy servant will not offer c. to any other gods but the Lord In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship c. and I bow my self c. 2 Kings 5. 11. 18. Many kings of Israel did that which was right c. but yet did not take away the high places 2 Kings 14. ch 15. Josiah turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his might according to all the Law of Moses c. 2 Kings 23. 25. ch 18. 3 4 5 6. Set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God 1 Chron. 22. 10. 2 Chron. 11. 16. ch 15. 12 15. Know thou the God of thy fathers and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind for the Lord searcheth all hearts and understandeth c. 1 Chron. 28. 9. I know also my God that thou triest the heart and hast pleasure in uprightness As for me in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things 1 Chron. 29. 17. Prov. 17. 3. Rom. 8. 27. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to shew himself strong in the behalf of or strongly to hold with them whose heart is perfect towards him 2 Chron. 16. 9. Amaziah did that which is right in the sight of the Lord but not with a perfect heart 2 Chron. 25. 2. Hezekiah c. wrought that which was good and right c. he did it with all his heart and prospered 2 Chron. 31. 20 21. Job was a perfect and upright man and one who feared God c. Job 1. 1 8. Still be holdeth his integrity although thou movest me against him c. Job 2. 3. Behold God will not cast away a perfect man Job 8. 20. My foot hath held his steps his way have I kept and not declined c. Job 23. 11. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live Job 27. 6. Psal 26. 11. Doth not he see all my ways and count all my steps Job 31. 4. ch 34. 21. No darkness c. where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves Job 34. 22. God who saveth the upright in heart Psal 7. 10. The Lords throne is in heaven his eyes behold his eye-â—â—ds try the children of men Psal 11. 4 5 Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle c. he who walketh uprightly Psal 15. 1 2. I have set the Lord always before me Psal 16. 8. The Lord preserveth the faithful Psal 31. 23. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Psal 37. 37. Forget all thine own people and thy fathers house so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty Psal 45. 10 11. Like sheep they are laid in the grave c. and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning Psal 49. 14. Behold thou desirest truth in the inner parts Psal 51. 6. My soul followeth hard after thee thy right hand c. Psal 63. 8. Psal 119. 60. All the upright in heart shall glory Psal 64. 10. Psal 97. 11. I will pay my vows which my mouth hath uttered c. when I was in trouble Psal 66. 13 14. Psal 116. 14 18. The Lord God c. will give grace and glory no good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly Psal 84. 11. They say the Lord shall not see c. He who planteth the ear shall he not hear He who formed the eye shall he not see c. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man Psal 94. 7 8 9 11 15. It is a people who do err in their hearts c. Psal 95. 10. Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart Psal 97. 11. I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way c. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart Psal 101. 2. Psal 26. 11. Unto the upright there shall arise a light in the darkness Psal 112. 4. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments I will praise thee with uprightness of heart c. My zeal hath consumed me c. Psal 119. 6 7 139. Do good O Lord unto c. them who are upright in their hearts as for such who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity Psal 125. 4 5. O Lord thou hast searched me and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and up-rising thou understandest my thoughts afar off thou compassest my path and my lying down and art acquainted with all my ways for there is not a word in my tongue but lo O Lord thou knowest it altogether Psal 139. 1 2 3 4.
53 54 56. Luke 19. 46. ch 22. 37 38. Jesus said Do ye not therefore err because ye know not the scriptures c. Mark 12. 24. Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away Mark 13. 31. Luk. 16. 17. Joh. 10. 35. They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them c. If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead Luk. 16. 29 31. When Jesus taught his Disciples he said O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken c. And beginning at Moses c. he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself c. All things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms concerning me Then opened he their understandings that they might understand the scriptures and he said unto them Thus it is written and thus it behoved Christ to suffer c. Luke 24. 25 27 44 45 46. ch 10. 25 26. 27. Ye have not his word abiding in you for whom he hath sent ye believe not Search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life and they are they which testifie of me c. Had ye believed Moses ye would have believed me for he wrote of me But if ye believe not his writings how shall ye believe my words John 5. 38 39 46 47. ch 2. 22. ch 7. 52. Christ said It is written in the prophets And they shall be all taught of God Every man therefore who hath heard and learned of the Father c. Joh. 6. 45. ch 7. 38 42. The word I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day Joh. 12. 48. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me and they have received them c. That the Scriptures might be fulfilled Neither pray I for these alone but for them also who shall believe on me through their word Joh. 17. 8 12 20. Matt. 10. 14 15. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life Joh. 20. 31. That Scripture ought to be fulfilled which the Holy Ghost forespoke by the mouth of David Act. 1. 16 20. When the Apostles preached they proved their Doctrine by the Scriptures but this is that which was spoken by the Prophet c. And David c. Act. 2. ch 3. ch 4. ch 5. ch 7. ch 17. 2 3. Is it reason we should leave the word of God and serve tables c. Act. 6. 2 4 7. ch 13. 7. Samaria had received the word of God yet had not received the holy Ghost The Eunuch reading the scripture had Philip sent to him to convert him by it Act. 8. 14 15 16 29 30 31 32 c. Luk. 8. 11. Call for Simon who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved Act. 11. 13 14. ch 10. 33. Sergius Paulus desired to hear the word of God c. The whole city came together to hear the word of God c. Acts 13. 7 44 45 46. Acts 19. 20. Those were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so Act. 17. 11. Apollos c. Mighty in the scriptures c. Mightily convinced the Jews and that publickly shewed by the scriptures that Jesus was christ Act. 18. 24 25 28. ch 17. 2 3. Paul said I wist not brethren that he was the high priest for it is written Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler c. Act. 23. 5. After the way they call heresie so worship I c. believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets Act. 24. 14. Joh. 2. 22. Saying saith Paul none other things than those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come Act. 26. 22. There came many to Paul c. to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God persuading them concerning Jesus both out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets from morning c. Act. 28. 23. Which he had promised c. by his prophets in the holy scriptures c. The gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation c. Rom. 1. 2 16 c. What advantage c. Much Because that unto them were committed the oracles of God By the law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 2 20. Ye have obeyed that form of doctrine whereinto ye were delivered Rom. 6. 17. I had not known sin but by the law c. Unless the law had said Thou c. Rom. 7. 7. For the scripture saith Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed c. So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God Rom. 10. 11 17. It is written The reproaches c. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope Rom. 15. 3 4. The mystery which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest and by the scriptures of the prophets c. made known c. Rom. 16. 25 26. Ephes 5. 13. ch 3. 5 6. The preaching of the cross is to them who perish foolishness c. For it is written I will destroy the wisdom of the wise c. 1 Cor. 1. 18 19. Which things we speak not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth but which the holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things c. 1 Cor. 2. 9 13. When the apostle had mentioned many things Israel did c. he faith 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. 11. Rom. 4. 23 24. Ye keep the ordinances or traditions I as delivered them unto you 1 Cor. 11. 2. I declare unto you the gospel which I preached c. By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory c. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures that he was buried that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3 4. We are not as many who corrupt the word of God or deal falsly with the word 2 Cor. 2. 17. God who commandeth the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 2 Cor. 4. 6. ch 3. 18. 2 Tim. 1. 10. There are some who would pervert the gospel c. But though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed as we have said before so say I now again If
Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees which i◠hypocrisie c. He who knoweth his master's will and doth not according shall be beaten with many stripes Luke 12. 1 47. James 4. 17. They shall begin to say We have eat and drank in thy presence c. but he shall say I know you not whence you are depart from me all ye workers c. Ye shall see Abraham c. in the kingdom of God and you thrust out Luke 13. 25 26 27 28. Ye are they who justifie your selves but God knows your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Luke 16. 15. Every branch which beareth not fruit in me he taketh away John 15. 2. Ananias and Saphira both smote with death for their hypocrisie Acts 5. 5 10. They are not all Israel who are of Isreal c. Rom. 9. 6 7. ch 2. 28. 1 Cor. 10. 1 to 6. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against c. men who hold the truth in unrighteousness Rom. 1. 18. If a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself Gal. 6. 3. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways James 1. 8. The Jews c. forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved to fill up their sins always for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost 1 Thes 2. 16. See Sincerity Chap. 16. CHAP. XXIX Of the Conscience AND it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt and he said unto his men The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the Lord 's anointed to stretch forth my hand against him c. 1 Sam. 24. 5 6. And David's heart smote him after that he had numbred the people and David said unto the Lord I have sinned greatly in that I have done 2 Sam. 24. 10. ch 12. 13. When Josiah had heard the words of the book of the law that he rent his clothes c. and he commanded c. Go and enquire of the Lord for me and for the people c. for great is the wrath of the Lord c. Tell the man that sent you to me c. I will bring evil upon this place c. But to the king c. because thine heart was tender and thou hast humbled thy self c. thine eyes shall not see all the evil c. 2 Kings 22. 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20. I will not remove mine integrity c. my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live Job 27. 5 6. Throw the first stone at her c. they c. being convicted by their own conscience went out c. John 8. 7 9. Now when they heard this they were pricked in their heart and said c. What shall we do Acts 2. 37. Paul said c. I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day Acts 23. 1. And herein do I exercise my 〈◊〉 to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards man Acts 24. 16. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts their conscience also bearing them witness or the Conscience witnessing with them and their thoughts the mean while or between themselves accusing or else excusing one another Rom. 2. 15 16. I say the truth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost Rom. 9. 1. Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but for conscience sake Rom. 13. 5. Whatsoever is sold in the shambles eat asking no question for conscience sake for the earth is the Lord's c. If any of them who believe not bid you c. Whatsoever is before you eat asking no question for conscience sake but if any man say unto thee This is offered to idols eat not for his sake c. and for conscience-sake c. Conscience I say not thine own but of the others for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience c. Give none offence neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles nor to the Church of God 1 Cor. 10. 25 26 27 28 29 32. ch 8. 7. Our rejoicing is this the testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity nor with sleshly wisdom c. 2 Cor. 1. 12. By the manifestation of the truth commended our selves to every man's conscience in the sight of God 2 Cor. 4. 2. We are made manifest unto God and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences 2 Cor. 5. 11. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good conscience c. holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck 1 Tim. 1. 5 19. Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience 1 Tim. 3. 9. The Spirit speaketh expresly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith c. speaking lyes in hypocrine having their consciences seared with a hot iron forbidding to marry c. 1 Tim. 4. 1 2 3. I thank God whom I serve c. with a pure conscience 2 Tim. 1. 3. Unto them who are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their mind and conscience is defiled Titus 1. 15. In which were offered both gifts and sacrifices which could not make him who did the service 〈◊〉 as pertaining to the conscience c. If the blood of bulls and goats sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ c. purge your consciences from dead works to serve the living God Heb. 9. 9◠13 14. The law having a shadow of good things c. can never with those sacrifiees they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect then would they not have ceased to be offered because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins but in those sacrifices there is a remembrance c. Let us draw near c. having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience c. Heb. 10. 1 2 3 22. We trust we have a good conscience in all things willing to live honestly Heb. 13. 18. This is thank-worthy if a man for conscience towards God endure grief suffering wrongfully 1 Pet. 2. 19. Having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you c. Baptism doth also now save us not the putting away the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus 1 Pet. 3. 16 21. Let us not love in word c. Hereby we know c. For if our heart condemn us God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things Beloved if our heart condemn us not then have we confidence towards God 1 John 3. 18 to 22. CHAP. XXX Of the Devil Of his Subtilty Wiles and Ways by himself and in
Deut. 7. 17 18. ch 24. 9. Matth. 16. 8 9. Thou shalt consider in thine heart that as a man chasteneth c. so the Lord c. remember c. Deut. 8. 5 17 18. Therefore shall ye lay up all these my words in your heart and in your soul c. ye shall teach them your children speaking of them when thou â—ittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way when thou lyest down and when thou risest c. Deut. 11. 18 19. O that they were wise c. that they would consider their latter end Deut. 32. 29. Lam. 1 9. Jer. 23. 20. ch 30. 24. This book of the law shall not depart c. but thou shalt meditate therein day and night Joshua 1 8. Fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart for consider how great things he hath done for you 1 Sam. 12. 24. 1 Chron. 16. 12. David hastily resolved to cut off Nabals house but when by Abigails words he considered the matter he was staid and blessed the counsel c. 1 Sam. 25. If they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carryed captive and repent 1 Kings 8. 47 Then I consulted with my self and I rebuked the nobles Nehem. 5. 7. Therefore am I troubled at his presence when I consider I am afraid of him Job 23. 15. Psal 77. 3. He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others because they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways Job 34. 26 27. Psal 28. 5. O Job stand still and consider the wondrous works of God Job 37. 14. Psal 105. 5. Blessed is the man c. whose delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law doth he meditate both day and night Psal 1. 1 2. Sin not commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still Psal 4. 4. Psal 77. 6. Eccles 1. 16. When I consider the heavens the works of thy fingers the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained what is man that thou art mindful of him c Psal 8. 3 4. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord c. Psal 22. 27. My heart was hot within me while I was musing the fire burned then spake I c. Psal 39. â— Luke 3. 15. Hearken and consider and incline thine ears forget all thine own people c. 45. 10. Now consider this ye who forget God lest I tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver Psal 50. 22. Deut. 32. 18. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness and my mouth shall praise c. when I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night Psal 63. 5 6. Psal 42. 6. All men shall fear and declare the work of God for they shall wisely consider of his doing Psal 64. 9. I have considered the days of old c. I call to remembrance my song in the night I commend c. I will remember the years of the right-hand of the most high I will remember the works of the Lord surely I will remember thy wonders of old I will meditate also of all thy works and talk of thy doings Psal 77. 5 6 10 11 12. When he slew them c. they remembred that God was their rock Psal 78. 34 35. I will sing praise to my God c. my meditation on of him shall be sweet Psal 104. 33 34. They forgot God their strong Saviour who had done great things in Egypt c. Psal 106. 7 20 21 22. Who is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal 107. 43. The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them who have pleasure therein his works are honourable c. he hath made his wonderful works to be remembred Psal 111. 2 3 4. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way by taking heed according to thy word c. I will meditate in thy precepts c. Princes did sit and speak against me but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes c. I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies c. I remembred thy judgments of old O Lord and have comforted my self c. I have remembred thy name O Lord in the â—ight c. I will consider thy testimonies â— Thy commandment is exceeding broad c. Thy law is my meditation all the day c. they are ever with me I have more understanding than all my teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation c. Mine eyes prevent the night-watches that I may meditate in thy word Psal 119. 9 15 23 48 52 55 59 78 95 96 97 98 99 148. How precious also are thy thoughts to me O God how great the sum of them Psal 139. 17 18. I remember the days of old I meditate on all thy works I muse on the work of thine hand c. my soul thirsteth after thee c. Psal 143. 5 6. Ponder the path of thy feet and let all thy ways be established or all thy ways shall be ordered aright Prov. 4. 26. Eccles 2. 14. Go to the Ant thou sluggard consider her ways and be wise Prov. 6. 6. The simple believeth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his going Prov. 14. 15. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer but the mouth of the wicked poureth c. Prov. 15. 28. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth or maketh wise his mouth Prov. 16. 23. A wicked man hardneth his face but as for the upright he directeth or considereth his way Prov. 21 29. When thou sittest to eat c. consider what is before thee and put a knife to thy throat c. Prov. 23. 1 2. Keep thy â—oot when thou goest to the house of God and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools for they consider not that they do evil be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God for God is in heaven Eccles 5. 1 2. Consider the work of God for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked c. in the day of adversity consider Eccles 7. 13 14. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth Eccles 12. 1. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his masters crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider Ah sinful nation Isa 1. 3 4. They regard not the work of the Lord neither consider the operation of his hand therefore my people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledge Isa 5. 11 12 13. Psal 28. 5. That they may see and know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this and the holy one of Israel hath created it Isa 41. 20. Remember ye not the former things neither consider the things of old Isa 43 18. God complaining