began at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jesus he believed c. Acts 8. 27 28 to the 38. We are here all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God while Peter was preaching Christ the holy Ghost fell on all them who heard Acts 10. 33 44. ch 2. 37 38 c. Call for Simon c. who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy houshold shall be 〈◊〉 Acts 11. 13 14. When Paul and his company came to Antioch he went into the Synagogue c. and after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the Synagogue sent unto them saying Ye men and brethren if ye have any word of exhortation for the people say on Then Paul stood up and preached c. Acts 13. 13 14 15 16 c. Then spake the Lord to Paul c. speak and hold not thy peace for I have much people in this City and he continued there c. teaching the word of God among them Acts 18. 9 10 11. Paul went into the Synagogue and spake boldly for the space of three months disputing and perswading the things concerning the kingdom of God but when divers were hardned and believed not c. he separated the disciples disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus and this continued by the space of two years so that all they who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Acts 19. 8 9 10 20. Now brethren I commend you to God and the word of his grace which is able c. Actâ— 20. 32. I have appeared unto thee c. to make thee a minister c. the Gentiles to when I now send thee to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God Acts 26. 16 17 18. And Paul dwelt two years in his own hired house and received all who came in unto 〈◊〉 preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ Acts 28. 2â— 30 31. ch 9. 22. ch 18. 28. ch 11. 2â— 21. I am ready to preach the Gospel c. for I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation c. Rom. 1. 15 16. 2 Thâ—ss 2. 14. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed and how shall they believe on him or whom they have not heard and how shall they hear without a preacher and how shall they preach except they be sent c. so then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God Rom 10. 14 15 17. Titus 1. 3. Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the Gospel c. for the preaching of the cross is to them who perish foolishness but unto us who are saved it is the power of God c. It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them who believe c. 1 Cor. 1. 17 18 21 23 24. ch 15. 1 2 3 4. My preaching was not with the inticâ—ing words of mans wisdom c. but that which the holy Ghost c. 1 Cor. 2 4 5 13. In Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel 1 Cor. 4. 15. Every man praying or prophesying having his head covered dishonoureth his head 1 Cor. 11. 4. He who prophesyeth speaketh unto men to edification exhortation and comfort c. he edifieth the Church c. 1 Cor. 14. 3 4. Who hath made us able ministers of the new Testament c. if the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious so c. how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious c 2 Cor. 3. 6 7 8 9 10. The ministry of reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ c. we are Ambassadours for Christ as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christs stead be ye reconciled unto God 2 Cor. 5. 18 19 20. And he gave some Apostles c. for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the ministry 〈◊〉 the edifying of the body until c. Ephes 4. 11. 12 13 14. The Apostle rejoyced that Christ was preached although some did it not uprightly Phil. 1. 15 16 18. When this Epistle is read amongst you cause it 〈◊〉 read also in the Church of the Laâ—dâ—ceans 〈◊〉 4. 16. We received the word of God which ye heard of 〈…〉 received it not as the word of men but as 〈…〉 the word of God c. 1 Thess 2. 13 〈…〉 〈…〉 propâ—â—â—yings 1 Thess 5. 20. Gâ—ve attendance to reading to exhortation to doctrine 〈◊〉 13. I 〈◊〉 thee c. preach the word be instant in 〈◊〉 and out of season reprove c. 2. Tim. 4. 1 2 3. If the word spoken by Angels was stedfast c. how shall we escape it we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord and was confirmed unto us by them who 〈◊〉 c. Heb. 2. 2. 3. For unto us was the Gospel preached as well as unto them but the word preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith in them who heard or because they were not united by faith to it Heb. 4. 2. I beseech you brethren suffer the word of exhortation for I have written c. Heb. 13. 22. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth c. wherefore my beloved brethren let every man be swift to hear c. receive with meekness the ingrafted word which is able to save your souls but be ye doers of the word and not hearers only c. James 1. 18 19 21 22 23. Being born again not of corruptible feed but of incorruptible by the word of God c. and this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you 1 Pet. 1. 23 25. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby 1 Pet. 2. 2. If any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God 1 Pet. 4. 11. I will not be negligent to put you in remembrance always of these things though ye know them and be established in the present truth yea I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle to stir you up by putting you in remembrance 2 Pet. 1. 12 13. ch 3. 1 2. Jude ver 5. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the father and with his son Jesus Christ 1 John 1. 3. Blessed is he who readeth and they who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein Revel 1. 3. See Ministers of the Gospel in general Chap. 26. See gifts of the members of Churches before See of the word of God Chap. 1. III. Baptisms GOD said unto Abram Thou shalt keep my covenant c. Every man child among you shall be circumcised
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
unto you while I was yet with you c. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures Luke 24. 44 45. That was the true light which lighteth every man who cometh into the world c. None hath seen God c. The only begotten Son c. he hath declared him John 1. 9 18. As it is written in the prophets and they shall be all taught of God Every man therefore who hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me John 6. 45. Isa 54. 13. If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speak of my self John 7. 17. Then spake Jesus again unto them saying I am the light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life c. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth John 8. 12 32. Jesus said For judgment I am come into the world that they who see not might see and that they who see might be made blind John 9. 39. I am come a light c. that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness John 12. 46. I have called you friends for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you John 15. 15. This is life eternal That they may know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent c. I have manifested thy Name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world John 17. 2 3 6. God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us 2 Cor. 4. 6 7. But when it pleased God c. to reveal his Son in me c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Having made known the mystery of his will unto us according unto his good pleasure c. Making mention of you in my prayers That the God of our Lord Jesus c. may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him the eyes of your understanding being enlightned that ye may know what is the hope of his calling c. Ephes 1. 9 16 17 18 19. ch 3. 18 19. That ye may know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge c. Ephes 3. 14. 18. If in any thing ye be otherwise minded God shall reveal even this unto you Phil. 3 15. The mystery which hath been hid c. but now is made manifest to his Saints to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ Col. 1. 26 27. Ephes 3. 4. 5. Consider what I say and the Lord give thee understanding in all things 2 Tim. 2 7. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask it of God who giveth liberally unto all men and upbraideth not and it shall be given James 1. 5. We know that the Son of God is come and hath given us understanding that we may know him who is true 1 John 5. 20. See more in Knowledge and Understanding Chap. 38. III. To give Faith or Enable to believe BLessed art thou c. for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father c. Matth. 16. 16 17. Lord I believe help thou mine unbelief Mark 9. 24 25. Them who believe c. who were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh c. but of God John 1. 12 13. All which the father giveth me shall come to me c. No man can come to me except the father who hath sent me draw him c. John 6. 37 44 65. Other sheep I have c. them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice John 10 16. Christ condescended to help Thomas his faith by shewing himself to him John 20. 25 27. Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life c. They who were scattered abroad preached the Gospel and the hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed and were turned unto the Lord Acts 11. 18 19 20 21. When Paul preached c. a certain woman named Lydia heard whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which were spoken by Paul and when she was baptized c. Acts 16. 13 14 15. Every man c. not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but to think soberly according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith c. Let us prophesie according to the proportion of faith Rom. 12. 3 6. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost c. I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the Gentiles obedient by word c. Rom. 15. 13 18. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus 1 Cor. 1. 30. My preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom c. that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God 1 Cor. 2 4 3. I have planted c. but God gave the increase c. But God who giveth the increase 1 Cor. 3. 6 7. That ye may know c. what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead Ephes 1. 18 19 20. Ye are saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God Ephes 2. 8. That he would grant c. that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith Ephes 3. 16 17. Unto you it is given on the behalf of Christ not only to believe on him c. Phil. 1. 29. Through the faith of the operation of God c. Col. 2. 12. We pray c. that our God would c. fulfil the work of faith with power 2 Thess 1. 11. Looking unto Jesus the author or beginner and finisher of our faith Heb. 12. 2. Every good gift c. cometh down from the father of lights c. of his own will begat he us with the word of truth James 1. 17 18. To them who have obtained like precious faith with us 2 Pet. 1. 1. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God c. Whosoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is our victory which overcometh the world even our faith 1 John 5. 1 4. IV. To make them Fruitful or Enable them to subdue Sin profit in Grace and Activity for God THen rose up the chief of the fathers c. whose spirit God had raised
on purpose that it might appear they are the Failings of Saints and so proper to the Head 2 dly Note also That the words within a Parenthesis beginning with or are the Marginal Readings 3 dly Some General Heads have no Particulars following but the whole placed under that General Head This is so done either because the Texts which the Scripture affords to that Subject are but few in the whole and so easily run through or that the Matters are so various that almost every Verse carries a distinct thing in it yet still relating to the General Head as that Of the Saints Privileges each Text almost a distinct Privilege So that Of the Character of Saints and some other of like Nature And here to have descended to Particular Heads would have been tedious and unnecessary for the words being there transcribed the Reader may presently inform himself in the whole and in every particular Lastly A little pains in observing the Contents or Table in the Front of the Book which doth contain the General and Particular Heads therein and also the References thereto and directs to Chapter and Page where each lieth will enable thee to discern more of the Method and usefulness of the Work than can be well expressed in a short Epistle Therefore this shall suffice supposing the Work it self will shew its own Usefulness and Advantage to the Meditation about Divine Matters holding a Man to one Subject and yielding variety of Matter to enforce upon the mind and leave impression there When bare reading a Chapter or two as some use to do as a task proves not effectual for that end and searching proves laborious and to many by reason of the difficulty of finding discouraging also In this Edition the Errata of the former Edition are Corrected and the Work is enlarged about a fourth Part. ADVERTISEMENT THERE is now Printing a New Edition of the large Cambridge Concordance in Folio with very great Improvements to which Edition is added the Concordance to the Aprocrypha never before Published to be sold by A. and J. Churchil THE CONTENTS OR A TABLE OF THE Several HEADS herein Contained AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS In Order as they lie AND Directing to Chapter and Page Chap. I. OF the Scriptures their Authority Use and Excellency Page 1. Chap. II. Of God Page 5. His Name and Title 5 He is a Spirit ibid. His Excellency Majesty Greatness Perfection Glory Soveraignty and Absoluteness ibid. See more in the Duty of fearing God c. 16 p. 102 He is Invisible 10 He is Incorruptible ibid. He is the most strong Almighty Omnipotent God A Rock ibid. He is Omniscient Omnipresent 11 He is most Wise 12 He is most Holy ibid. He is most Just ibid. He is compassionate pitiful and merciful 1â— He is long-suffering and patient ibid. He is gracious good kind and bountiful ibid. He is Faithfulness and Truth 14 He is Unchangeable ibid. He is infinite and unsearchable ibid. He is Eternal 15 He only is the true and living God ibid. Chap. III. Of the one God Father Son and Spirit or the Trinity See more of the Christ's Excellency Chap. 7 Page 31 See more of the Spirit Chap. 21 Page 173 Chap. IV. Of Man in his first Estate wherein he was Created and his Fall Page 18 Chap. V. Of Man's state by Nature since Sin entred Page 18. 1. Corrupt unclean and desperately wicked 18 See more of Sin Chap. 16 Page 125 2. Ignorant and sottishly opposing the true God and adoring Idols 21 See more of Ignorance Chap. 38 Page 264 3. In servitude to Sin and Satan 28 4. The sad fruit and end of such a state ibid. See more of Gods Judgment against Sinners Chap. 16 Page 125 Chap. VI. The Case the Law concludes Men under Page 25. Under Sin and Guilt 25 Under the Curse thereof ibid. The Deeds of the Law or Sacrifices under it cannot Justifie or Purge Sin but still leaves Sinners under Guilt Condemnation and Wrath. 26 Chap. VII Of Man's Salvation and Redemption how it came and by what means Page 27. From God only and no otherwise 27 Who is he and by whom this Salvation is conveyed and wrought Jesus Christ 28 The Excellency of this Saviour his Dignity and Authority in his Person and Nature his Person and Authority 31 his Nature 34 See more in Pardon and Salvation by Christ alone Chap. 10 Page 48 Chap. VIII How Christ wrought this Salvation for Sinners what he was made and what he did in order to it Page 35. 1. He is Mediator 35 2. He took upon him the Nature of Man and humbled himself ibid. 3. He is made an High Priest 36 4. He offered himself to God as a Sacrifice suffered for the Sins of Mankind made Peace through the shedding of his own Blood by which he entred into the Holiest 37 5. He fulfilled all Righteousness of the Law bore the Curse took away the Hand-writing of Ordinances is our Righteousness 39 See more of Justification Chap. 10 Page 50 6. He Sanctifieth us is our Sanctification 40 7. He Riseth from the Dead ibid. 8. He Ascended into Heaven is our way to the Father our Advocate and Intercessor there 41 9. He is made our King and Head to Encounter and Conquer our Enemies to Rule for and in us 42 10. He is our Prophet and Shepherd to Teach Guide and Feed us 43 11. He is our All in all things our Compleatness and Perfection 44 Chap. IX God's free choice of his in Christ Jesus to Eternal Life and calling of them according to his Purpose and Grace Page 45 Chap. X. Pardon and Remission of Sins Reconciliation and Peace with God Justification and Sanctification before God Eternal Life and Salvation free through the Grace of God by the Death Sacrifice and Sufferings of Christ without works Page 48 1. In General 48 2. In particular Pardon of Sins ibid. 3. Reconciliation and Peace with God 49 4. Justification and Sanctification before God 50 5. Eternal Life and Salvation 51 See more in Chap. 11 of Faith Page 53 Chap. XI How Men have the benefit of this Salvation or by what means it becomes theirs in particular P. 53. By Faith 53 Of Faith in its Nature and Objects Use Benefits and Advantages further then as before relating to this Salvation 1. In its Nature and Objects 54 2. In its Use Benefits and Advantages further 57 See more Trusting in God Chap. 16 p. 106 The Effects or Fruits by which Faith is known to be true 58 Also See Fruits of the Spirit Chap. 21 Page 176 The dangerous State and Issue of Unbelief 59 Chap. XII Characters of Saints good Men Believers appearing in Word and Deed Page 60. 1. That such may be known from others by their Fruits 60 2. The particular Fruits of the Spirit in them or good things appearing or necessary to be in such who are real Saints 61 See more of the Fruits of Faith Chap. 11 Page 58 Of the Fruits of the Spirit
hearing c. that they may hear that they may learn and fear the Lord your God and observe to do all the words of this law and that their children who have not known may hear and learn to fear the Lord c. Deut. 31. 11 12 13. ch 17. 18 19 20. Jâ—sh 1. 3. When Josiah heard it read he rent his clothes 2 Kings 22. 11 c. Ezra 9. 4. I have esteemed hid or laid up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food or appointed portion Job 23. 12. The word of the Lord is tryed or refined Psal 18. 30. Psal 12. 6. The law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple the statutes of the Lord are right rejoycing the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure enlightning the eyes c. the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether more to be desired than fine gold sweeter also than the honey and the honey-combs c. Moreover by them is thy servant warned Psal 19. 7 8 9 10 11. Psal 93. 5. Psal 119. 105. 2 Sam. 22. 31. Lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me c. Psal 40. 7. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel which he commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children that the generation to come might know the children who should be born should arise and declare to their children that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments and might not be as their fathers c. Psal 78. 5 6 7 8. Because they rebelled against the words of God and contemned the counsel of the Most High therefore he brought down their heart c. Psal 107. 11. 12. Luk. 7. 30. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his ways By taking heed according to thy word c. Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee c. Remember thy word unto thy servant upon which thou caused me to hope c. I will speak of thy testimonies before kings thy word hath quickned me c. Unless thy law had been my delight I had perished in my affliction c. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies c. I have more understanding than all my teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation I understand more than the ancients c. How sweet are thy words to my taste thy word is a lamp to my feet c. I hope in thy word the entrance of thy words giveth light it giveth understanding to the simple Psal 119. 9 11 46 49 50 92 96 98 99 103 105 114 130. Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name c. All the kings of the earth shall praise thee O Lord when they hear the words of thy mouth Psal 138. 2 4. He shewed his words to Jacob and his statutes and his judgments unto Israel he hath not dealt so with any nation And as for his judgments they have not known them Psal 147. 19 20. Deut. 4. 8. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed but he who feareth the Commandments shall be rewarded or in peace Prov. 13. 13 Every word of God is pure c. Prov. 30. 5. To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light or morning in them Isa 8 20. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who bringeth good-tidings who publisheth peace who bringeth good-tidings of good who publisheth salvation who faith unto Zion Thy God reigneth Isa 52. 7. As the rain cometh c. so shall my word be which goeth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it Isa 55. 10 11. To this man will I look to him who is poor c. And trembleth at my word c. Hear the word of the Lord ye who tremble at his word c. he shall c. Isa 66. 2 5. Behold the word of the Lord is to them a reproach they have no delight in it Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord c. Jer. 6. 10 11. The wise men are ashamed c. Lo they have rejected the word of the Lord and what wisdom is in them Jer. 8. 9. Luke 7. 30 The prophet who hath a dream let him tell a dream and he who hath my word let him speak my word faithfully What is the chaff to the wheat faith the Lord Is not my word like as fire saith the Lord and like a hammer which breaketh the rock in pieces Jer. 23. 28 29. I will shew thee that which is noted in the scriptures of truth Dan. 10. 21. Because Ephraim hath made many altars c. I have written unto him the great things of my law but they were counted as a strange thing Hos 8. 11 12. Psal 119. 129. Behold c. I will send a famine c. not of bread c. but of hearing the word of the Lord and they shall wander from sea to sea c. to seek the word oâ— the Lord and shall not find Amos. 8. 11. 12. Do not my words do good to him who walketh uprightly Micah 2. 7. Christ when the Devil tempted him said to him It is written Man lives not by bread alone c. It is written again Thou shalt c. Matt. 4. 4 7 10. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doth them I will liken him to a wise man who buildeth his house upon a rock c. Matt. 7. 24 25. When the Pharisees contended Christ said unto them Have ye not read what David did when he was an hungry c. Or have ye not read in the law how that on the Sabbath-day c. Matt. 12. 2 3 4 5. ch 21. 16. Have ye not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female c. What God hath joyned together let no man c. Matt. 19. 4 5 6. And he said It is written My house shall be called a house of prayer but ye have made it a den c. Did ye never read in the scriptures That the stone which the builders refused the same is become the head of the corner Matt. 21. 13 16 42. Luk. 20. 17. Have not you read that which was spoken unto you by God saying I am c. Matt. 22. 31 32. Luk. 20. 37 38. All ye shall be offended c. For it is written I will unite the shepherd and the stock shall be scatterd abroad c. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray c. But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be c. But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled Matt. 26. 31
any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have received let him be accursed The gospel c. I neither received it of man c. but by the revelation of Jesus Gal. 1. 7 8 9 11 12. The scripture foreseeing that God would c. The scripture hath concluded all under sin Gal. 3. 8 22. Jam. 4. 5. Having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace c. And take c. the sword of the spirit which is the word of God Ephes 6. 15 17. Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me do and the God of peace shall be with you Philip. 4. 9. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and c. Col. 3. 16. Ye received the word of God which ye heard of us ye received it not as the word of men but as it is in truth the word of God which effectually worketh also in you who believe 1 Thes 2. 13. As ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound c. Wherefore comfort or exhort one another with these words 1 Thess 4. 1 18. Hold the traditions ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle 2 Thes 2. 15. These things write I unto thee c. that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thy felt in the house of God c. 1 Tim. 3. 14 15. If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus c. 1 Tim. 4. 6. I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect Angels that thou observe these things without preferring one before another c. 1 Tim. 5. 21. ch 6. 13 14. If any men teach otherwise and consent not to wholsom words the words of our Lord Jesus and to the doctrine which is according to godliness he is proud or a fool knowing nothing but doing about questions and strifes of words c. 1 Tim. 6. 3 4. 2 Tim. 2. 14 15 16 17. Hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me c. 2 Tim. 1. 13. Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of knowing of whom thou hast learned And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise to salvation c. All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine c. That the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto all good works 2 Tim. 3. 14 15 16 17. Preach the word c. For the time will come they will not endure sound doctrine c. 2. Tim. 4. 2 3 4. Therefore ought we to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip for it the word spoken by Angels was stedfast c. how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord was confirmed unto us by them who heard God also bearing witness both with signs c. Heb. 2. 1 2 3 4. ch 12. 25. Wherefore as the holy Ghost saith To day if ye will hear his voice Heb. 3. 7. The word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit c. Heb. 4. 12 13. Every one who useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness Heb. 5. 13. Begat he us with the word of truth c. Be swift to hear c. the engrafted word able to save c. Jam. 1. 18 19 21. Ephes 1. 13. chap. 5. 26. 2 Tim. 2. 15. If you fulfil the royal law according to the scripture Thou shalt love c. Jam. 2. 8. Being born again not of corruptible seed but c. by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever c. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you 1 Pet. 1. 23 25. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby 1 Pet. 2. 2. I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things though ye know them and be established in the present truth c. Moreover I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance for we have c. We have also a more sure word of prophecy whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light which shineth in a dark place c. knowing this first that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private or proper interpretation for the prophecy came not in old or any time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost 2 Pet. 1. 12 13 15 16 19 20 21. This second Epistle I write unto you in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken of before by the holy Prophets and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord 〈◊〉 Saviour c. Paul also according unto the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you as also in all his epistles c. In which are some things hard to be understood which they who are unlearned and unstable wrest as they do also other scriptures to their own destruction 2 Pet. 3. 1 2 15 16. And these things write we unto you that your joy may be full 1 Joh. 1. 4. He who doth not abide in the doctrine of Christ hath not God c. If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God-speed for he who bids him God-speed c. 2 Joh. 9. 10 11. It was needful for me to write to you and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints c. I will put you in remembrance though ye once knew c. Remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ That they told you there should c. Jud. vers 3 5 17 18. Christ sent and signified by his Angel unto his servant John the things which must shortly come to pass c. Blessed is he who readeth and they who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein c. Write the things which thou hast seen c. Rev. 1. 1 2 3 19. You shall not add unto the word which I command you neither diminish from it Deut. 4. 2. Matth. 15. 3 4 5 6. Every word of God is pure c. Add thou not unto his words lest he reprove thee and thou be found a lyar Prov. 30. 5 6. I testifie c. if any man shall add unto these things God shall add unto
faith towards our Lord Jesus Acts 20. 20 21. Believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets and have hope towards God which they themselves also allow that there c. Acts 24. 14 15. John 2. 22. That they may receive remission of sins c. through faith that is in me Acts 26. 18. Paul said Be of good cheer for there shall be no loss c. Be of good cheer for I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me Acts 27. 22 23 24 25. To him who worketh not but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly his faith is accounted for righteousness c. Abraham against hope believed in hope c. And being not weak in faith considered not his own body now dead c. but was strong in the faith giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform and therefore it was imputed unto him for righteousness Rom. 4. 5 16 18 19 20 21 22. Now if we be dead with Crist we believe that we shall also live with him Rom. 6. 8. We are saved by hope But hope which is seen is not hope For what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for it But if we hope for what we see not then do we with patience wait for it c. I am persuaded that neither life c. Rom. 8. 24 25 38 39. The righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise Say not in thine heart Who shall ascend into heaven that is to bring Christ down from above Or Who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ from the dead But what saith it The word is nigh thee in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of saith which we preach That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness Rom. 10. 6 7 8 9 10. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ c. Rom. 13. 14. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Spirit of God I Cor. 12. 3. Our preaching is not with enticing words c. that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God I Cor. 2. 4 5. We also believe and therefore speak knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall present us with you c. while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen c. are eternal 2 Cor. 4. 13 14 18. We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God â—n house not made with hands eternal in the heavens c. We are confident I say and willing â—â—ther to be absent from the body and to be preâ—â—â— with the Lord c. Knowing therefore the 〈◊〉 of the Lord we persuade men c. 2 Cor. 〈◊〉 6 7 8 11. That we should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted or hoped in Christ Ephes 1. 12. Buried with him in baptism wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead Col. 2. 12. We pray for you always that our God would c. fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power 2 Thess 1. 11. Therefore we both labour and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men especially of them who believe 1 Tim. 4. 10. Fight the good fight of faith lay hold of eternal life 1 Tim. 6. 12. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee c. I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day 2 Tim. 1. 5 12. James 1. 5 6. According to the faith of God's elect c. In hope of eternal life which God who cannot â—ye promised before the world began c. Rebuke them sharply that they may be found sound in the faith Titus 1. 1 2 13. ch 2. 2. And faith which thou hadst towards our Lord Jesus Philem. ver 5. Acts 20. 20 21. The word c. did not profit them not being mixed with faith in them who heard it c. We who have believed do enter into rest Heb. 4. 2 3. We c. who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Heb. 6. 18. Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen c. For he who cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him c. By faith Abraham c. sojourned in the land of promise c. For he looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God through faith Also Sarah her self received strength c. because she judged him faithful who had promised c. These all died in the faith not having received the promises but seeing them afar off and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed c. Abraham offered Isaac c. accounting that God was able to raise him up from the dead c. Moses had respect to the recompence of reward c. as seeing him who is invisible And some refused deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection Heb. 11. 1 6 8 9 10 11 13 17 19 26 35. ch 6. 18. Blessed be God c. who hath begotten us again to a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ c. whom having not seen ye love in whom though you see not yet believing c. who by him do believe in God c. that your faith and hope might be in God I Pet. 1. 3 8 21. To whom coming as unto a living stone c. ye also as living stones are built up c. 1 Pet. 2. 4 5. To them who have obtained like precious faith with us 2 Pet. 1. 1. Who is a lyar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ I John 2. 22. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is That we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ 1 John 3. 2 3 23. ch 5. 13. We have seen and do testifie that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour c. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God And we have known and believed the love which God hath unto us c. 1 John 4. 14 15 16. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God c. Who is he who overcometh the world but he who believeth that Jesus is the
Son of God c. If we receive the testimony of men the testimony of God is greater c. We know we are of God We know that the Son of God is come c. His Son Jesus Christ this is the true God and eternal life I John 5. 1 5 9 19 20. But ye beloved build up your selves in your most holy faith Jude vers 20. See the Worker of Faith Chap. 20. II. In its Use Benefits and Advantages further Noah believed was moved with fear built the Ark was saved Heb. 11. 7. 2 Kings 22. 11 13. Pharâ—ioh's Servants who beheved God's Word secured their Cattel from the Hail Exod. 9. 18 19 20 21 24. I had fainted unless I had believed to see the the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living Psal 27. 13. Isa 7. 9. Submit thy works to the Lord and thy thoughts shall be established Prov. 16. 3. 2 Chron. 20. 20. Behold God is my salvation I will trust c. therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation Isa 12. 3. Daniel was taken out of the den and no manner of hurt c. because he believed in his God Dan. 6. 23. Jesus said unto the blind men Believe ye that I am able to do this They said unto him Yea Lord. Then touched he their eyes saying According to your faith be it unto you And their eyes were opened Matth. 9. 28 29 30. Luke 18. 42. When Peter came out of the ship he walked on the water to go to Jesus but when he began to fear he began to sink c. And Jesus said unto him O thou of little faith why didst thou doubt Matth. 14. 28 29. 30 31. When Christ saw the Faith of the Woman of Canaan Jesus answered and said unto her O woman great is thy faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole Matth. 15. 26 27 28. Luke 18. 42. ch 7. 7. The disciples came to Jesus apart and said Why could not we cast him out And Jesus said unto them Because of your unbelief For verily I say unto you if you have faith as a grain of mustard-seed ye shall say to this mountain Remove hence unto yonder place and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto you Matth. 17. 19. 20. Mark 11. 23. Matth. 21. 21. The Faith of the Woman with the bloody Issue derived virtue from Christ to heal her c. Jesus said to the Ruler when News was brought that his Daughter was dead Be not afraid only believe And Christ raised her Mark 5. 27 28 29 34 36 42. If thou canst believe all things are possible to him who believeth c. He cried out Lord I believe help thou my unbelief Jesus healed his child Mark 9. 23 24 25. What things soever ye desire when ye pray believe that ye receive and ye shall have them Mark 11. 24. James 1. 5 6 7. Matth. 21. 22. He who believeth on me as the scripture saith out of his belly shall slow rivers of living water But this spake he of the spirit which they who believed on him should receive John 7. 38 39. ch 4. 14. I am come a light into the world that whosoever believeth in me should not abide in darkness John 12. 46. If thou wouldst believe thou shouldst see the glory of God John 11. 40. Christ prayed only for those who had and afterwards should believe in him John 17. 20. Through faith in his name hath made this man strong whom ye see and know Yea the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all Acts 3. 16. What doth hinder me to be baptized And if thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest Acts 8. 36 37. Putting no difference between them and us purifying their hearts by faith Acts 15. 9. Rejoycing in hope Rom. 12. 12. The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing Rom. 15. 13. We are always confident knowing that whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord for we walk by faith and not by fight We are confident I say and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Cor. 5. 6 7 8. They who are of faith the same are the children of Abraham c. We received c. the spirit through faith Gal. 3. 7 14. In whom after that ye believed ye were sealed with the Hely Spirit Ephes 1. 13. In whom ye have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him c. that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith Ephes 3. 12 17. Heb. 4. 16. Above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked Ephes 6. 16. We are the circumcision c. who rejoyce in Christ and have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. Putting on the breast-plate of faith and love and for an helmet the hope of salvation 1 Thes 5. 8. Therefore we both labour and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men especially of them who believe 1 Tim. 4. 10. Fight the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life 1 Tim. 6. 12. The word c. did not profit not being mixed with faith in them who heard it c. For we who have believed do enter into rest c. For he who is entred into rest he also hath ceased from his own works Heb. 4. 2 3 10. 2 Chron. 20. 20. That by two immutable things c. we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul both sure and stedfast c. Heb. 6. 18 19. Faith enabled Men to do and suffer great things for God See at large Heb. 11. chap. 12. 1 2 c. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him James 5. 15. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation c. receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls 1 Pet. 1. 5 9. To them who have obtained like precious faith with us 2 Pet. 1. 1. This is the victory which overcometh the world men our faith 1 John 5. 4. III. In its Effects or the Fruits by which it is known to be true We should try our selves Examine your selves whether ye be in the faith 1 Cor. 13. 5. All men have not faith 2 Thes 3. 2. 'T is called the Faith of God's Elect sound and unfeigned faith 2 Tim. 1. 5. Tit. 1. 13. ch 2. 2. That the trial of your faith being much more precious than that of Gold c. might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 7. Be ready always to give c. a reason of the
hope that is in you 1 Pet. 3. 15. Alimelech and Pharaoh's Servants believing Threatnings obeyed God Gen. 20. 7 8 c. Exod. 9 19 20. He who believeth will not make haste Isa 28. 16. ch 7. 9. Prov. 16. 3. 2. Chron. 20. 20. The People of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a â—ast and put on Sack-cloth c. Who can tell if God will turn and repent c. And God saw their works that they turned from their and way c. Jonah 3. 4 5 8 9 10. They tremble at the Word of God when it threatens for sin 2 Kings 22. 11 13 18 19. Ezra 9. 4. Isa 66. 2. The vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speak and shall not lye Though it carry wait for it c. Behold his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him but the just shall live by faith Habak 2. 3 4. Why is it that ye are so fearful How is it that ye have no faith Mark 4. 40. Heb. 11. 23 27. The Woman who had much forgiven unto her loved much and expressed it much and Jesus said Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little Luke 7. 38 42 43 47. And the Apostles said unto the Lord increase our faith Luke 17. 5. Mark 9. 24. The Faith of poor impotent People made them wait at the Pool for the Moving of the Water and though they were disappointed often yet still waited John 5. 3 4 5 6 7. Abraham rejoyced to see my day be saw it and was glad John 8. 56. Luke 2. 28 29. We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard Acts 4. 20. When the Eunuch had believed he went on his way rejoycing Acts 8. 38 39. Purifie their hearts by faith Acts 15. 9. If we hope for what we see not then do we with patience wait for it Rom. 8. 25. Rejoycing in hope Rom. 12. 12. The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing Rom. 15. 13. We having the same spirit of faith according as it is written I believed and therefore have I spoken We also believe therefore speak 2 Cor. 4. 13. Psal 116. 10. We are confident I say and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord c. Knowing therefore the terrour of the Lord we persuade men to believe 2 Cor. 5. 8. 11. Examine your selves whether you be in the faith prove your own selves Know you not your own selves how that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates 2 Cor. 13. 5. In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but faith which worketh by love Gal. 5. 6. In whom after that ye believed ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise Ephes 1. 13. We give thanks to God remembring without ceasing your works of faith c. patience of hope 1 Thes 1. 2. We who believe do enter into rest Heb. 4. 3 10. We might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Which is the author of the soul sure and stedfast entring into that within the veil c. Heb. 6. 18 19. We have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might inherit c. The just shall live by faith Heb. 10. 35 36 37 38. By faith Noah being warned of God of things not seen as yet moved with fear prepared an Ark c. By faith Abraham when he was called to go c. obeyed and he went out not knowing whither he went c. confessed themselves strangers c. By faith Abraham when he was tried offered up Isaac c. his only begotten Son of whom it it is said c. By faith Moses c. refused to be called the son of Pharoah's Daughter chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt for c. Rom. 11. 7 8 13 17 18 24 25 26. What doth it profit my brethren though a man say he hath faith and have not works Can faith save him c. Faith if it hath not works is dead being alone or by it self yea a man may say Thou hast faith and I have works shew me thy faith without thy works and I will shew thee my faith by works Thou believest that there is one God c. but wilt thou know O vain man that faith without works is dead Was not Abraham our Father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar Seest thou who faith wrought with his works and by works was faith made perfect c. Faith without works is dead James 2. 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 26. Jesus Christ whom having not seen ye love in whom though now ye see not yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1. 7 8. Unto you therefore who believe he is precious or an honour 1 Pet. 2. 7. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is And every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself as he is pure 1 John 3. 2 3. The dangerous State and Issue of Unbelief THE old world though informed of the flood by Noah yet because of unbelief fell in it Gen. 6. ch 7. When Lot had told his sons in-law that God would destroy the city and had advised him to get out they believed him not and were destroyed in the overthrow Gen. 19. 12 13 14 25. Exod. 9. 19 21 25. I will hide my face c. for they are c. children is whom is no faith Deut. 32. 20. How long will it be ere ye believe me not c. I will smite them Numb 14 11 12. The Lord in Samaria because he believed not the word of God concerning relief of provision then in the sore famine as God had spoken was threatned he should not eat of it and accordingly was trod to death and saw it but eat not 2 Kings 7. 1 2 17 18 19 20. A fire was kindled against Jacob and anger also came up against Israel because they believed not God nor trusted in his salvation Psalm 78. 21 22. Woe to thee c. for if the mighty works c. had been done in Tyre c. they would have repented c. Matth. 11. 21 23. He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief Matth. 13. 58. Peter began to sink through unbelief Jesus said unto them O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt Matth. 14. 29 30 31. Luke 24. 21 22 23 24 25. He appeared unto the eleven and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them who had seen him after he was risen
of faith and labour of love c. knowing beloved your election of God For our gospel came not unto you in word only but also in power c. and ye became followers of us and of the Lord having received the word in much affection c. ye turned to God c. to serve the living and true God and to wait for his Son 1 Thes 1. 3 4 5 6 9 10. The word of God which effectually worketh also in you who believe for ye brethren became followers of the Churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus for ye also have suffered like things of your own country-men 1 Thes 2. 13 14. Ye brethren are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief ye are the children of the light c. 1 Thes 5. 4 5. I thank Jesus Christ our Lord who hath enabled me c. who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious but I obtained mercy c. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the chief 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 15. Let every one who nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity 2 Tim. 2. 19. A peculiar people zealous of good works Titus 2. 14. Ephes 2. 10. He who hath entred into his rest hath ceased from his own works Heb. 4. 10. They who believe desire a better country that is an heavenly c. Moses c. chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt c. Heb. 11. 16 24 25 26. Follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord Heb. 12. 14. John 13. 8. We trust we have a good conscience in all things as those who count in all things to live honestly Heb. 13. 8. If any among you seem to be religious and bridle not his tongue but deceiveth his own heart this man's religion is vain Pure religion and undefiled between God and the Father is this To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction to keep himself unspotted from the world James 1. 26 27. What doth it profit my brethren though a man say he hath faith and have not works c. Faith if it have not works is dead c. I will shew thee my faith by my works c. Faith without works is dead 〈◊〉 James 2. 14 18 26. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge amongst you let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom But if ye have bitter envying c. this wisdom desceadeth not from above c. But the wisdom which is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle and eaâ—â—â— to be intreated full of mercy and good fruits without partiality and without hypocrisie and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace c. James 3. 13 14 15 16 17 18. Jesus 〈◊〉 whom having not seen ye love c. Seeing that you have purified your souls in obeying the truth c. unto unfeigned love of the breâ—men 1 Pet. 1. 8 22. Cant. 1. 3 4. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word of God that ye may grow thereby if so be ye have tasted c. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the vertues or 〈◊〉 of him who hath called you c. 1 Pet. 2. 2 3 9. Luke 10. 39 42. The time of our life may suffice c. when we waâ—ked in lasâ— viousness c. wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot 1 Pet. 4. 3 4. Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust Add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge c. for if these things be in you and abound they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus but he who lacketh these things is blind and cannot see afar off c. 2 Pet. 1. 4 5 6 7 8 9. Just 〈◊〉 vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man dwelling among them in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with unlawful deeds 2 Pet. 2. 7 8. Psal 119. 53 126 136 158. Jer. 9. 1 2. ch 13. 17. God is â—ight c. If we say we have 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉 and walk in darkness we lye c. But if we walk in the light c. If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves 〈◊〉 1. 6 7 3. 〈◊〉 we know that we know him if we keep his commandments He who faith I know him and keepeth not hâ—s commandments is a lyar and the truth is not â—n him c. He who abideth in 〈…〉 himself also to walk even as he walked c. He who â—aith he is in the light and 〈◊〉 hâ—s Brother is in darkness even until now 〈◊〉 who loveâ—â— his brother abideth in the light c. If any man loveth the world the love of the 〈◊〉 is not in him c. If ye know that he is 〈◊〉 ye know or know ye that every one 〈◊〉 righteousness is born of God 1 John 2. â— 4 6 â— 10 11 15 29. We shall see him as he is And every man who hath this hope in him 〈◊〉 himself as he is pure c. Whâ—soever abideth in him sinneth not c. He who committeth sin or giveth his labour to sin is of the devil c. 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 In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil Whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God neither is he who loveth not his brother c. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brethren c. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murtherer and ye know that no murtherer hath eternal life abiding in him c. Whosoever hath this world's goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up the bowels of his compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him c. Let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth And hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before God c. For if our hearts condemn us he is greater c. And hereby we know that he abideth in us by the spirit which he hath given us 1 John 3. 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 14 15 17 18 19 24. ch 4. 12 13. ch 5. 18. Whoso knoweth God heareth us those who are not of God hear us not By this we know the spirit c. Love is of God and every one who loveth is born of God and knoweth God c. God is love he who dwelleth in love dwelleth in God
their children for ever c. You shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you you shall not turn aside to the right and or to the left you shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you Deut. 5. 27 28 29 32 33. Levit. 18. 3 4 26. Hear therefore O Israel and observe to do that it may be well with thee Deut. 6. 3. The Lord thy God is a faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love and keep his commandments to a thousand generations Deut. 7. 9. Levit. 20. 22. 1 Kings 6. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God and keep his charge and his statutes and his judgments and his commandments alway c. And it shall come to pass if you will hearken diligently unto my commandments c. then will I give you c. Deut. 11. 7 8 13 14. ch 10. 12 13. Levit. 26. 3 4 5 c. God commanded thee that thou do these statutes c. and that with all thy heart and from thy whole soul Deut. 26. 16. See I have set before you this day life and good and death and evil c. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you that I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore chuse life c. that thou mayest love the Lord thy God that thou mayest obey his voice and that thou mayest cleave unto him for he is thy life c. Deut. 30. 15 16 19 20. ch 13. 4. ch 32. 46 47. Prov. 19. 16. Isa 1. 19 20. Take diligent heed to do the commandments and laws c. to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep all his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart c. Josh 22. 5. Deut. 10. 12 13. If ye will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord then shall both ye and the king who reigneth over you continue c. 1 Sam. 12. 14. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice to hearken than the fat of rams for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft c. 1 Sam. 15. 22. David charged Solomon to keep the Charge of the Lord his Statutes his Commandments c. as it is written in the Law of Moses 1 Kings 2. 1 2 3. ch 9. 4 5. Hear O my people and I will testifie unto thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me c. But my people would not hearken unto me and Israel would none of me so I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and they walked in their own counsels Oh that my people had hearkned unto me and Israel had walked in my ways I should soon have subdued their enemies c. Psal 81 8 11 12 13 14 16. 2 Kings 21. 8 9. Because they rebelled against the word of God and contemned the counsel of the Most High therefore he brought down their heart with labour Psal 107. 11 12. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently c. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments c. I will run the ways of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart c. Oh how love I thy law c. I love thy testimonies c. It is time for thee O Lord to work they have made void thy law therefore I love thy commandments above gold c. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law c. My soul hath kept thy restimonies and I love them exceedingly Psal 119. 4 6 32 97 119 120 127 136 158 167. Because I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded but ye have set at nought my counsel and would none of my reproof I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh c. Prov. 1. 24 25 26 30 31. My son forget not my law but let thy heart keep my commandments Prov. 3. 1. Blessed is the man who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors Prov. 8. 32 33 34. He who turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be abomination Prov. 28. 9. Thus saith the Lord Thy Redeemer c. Oh that thou hadst hearkned to my commandments then had thy peace been as the river c. Isa 48. 17 18. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people who walketh in a way that is not good after their own thoughts Isa 65. 2. I will bring their fears upon them because when I called none did answer when I spake they did not hear but they did evil c. Isa 66. 4. Jer. 35. 17. Be thou instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee c. Their ear is uncircumcised they cannot hearken Jer. 6. 8 10. I speak not unto your fathers c. But this thing commanded I them saying Obey my voice and I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all my ways which I have commanded you that it may be well unto you But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the imaginations of their evil heart c. Jer. 22 23 24. chap. 11. 4 7 8. Cursed the man who obeyeth not the words of this covenant Jer. 11. 3 4. The Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets rising early and sending but ye have not hearkned nor inclined your ear c. Jer. 25. 4. ch 44. 4 5. Will ye not receive instruction to hearken unto my words faith the Lord The words of Jonab the son of Rechab that he command his sons not to drink wine are performed for unto this day they drink none but obey their fathers commandment notwithstanding I have spoken unto you rising early and speaking but ye hearkned not unto me Jer. 35. 13 14 15. As for the word thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord we will not hearken unto thee Jer. 44. 16. Thou shalt speak my words unto them whether they will hear or whether they will forbear Ezek. 2. 7. ch 3. 11 27. For they hear thy words but they do them not Ezek. 33. 32. Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts saying Execute true judgment c. but they refused to hearken and pulled away the shoulder and stopped their ears that they should not hear yea they made their hearts as an adamant-stone lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of Hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets c. Therefore it is come to pass as he cryed and they would not hear so they cried and I would not hear c. Zech. 7. 9 10 11 12 13. Not every one who saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into
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
the work of faith 2 Thes 1. 11. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father who hath loved us comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work 2 Thes 2. 16 17. Finally brethren pray for us that the word of the Lord may have free course or may run and be glorified and that we may be delivered c. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God c. 2 Thes 3. 1 2 5. Exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and for all who are in authority or eminent place that we may lead a quiet c. For this is good and acceptable in the fight of God our Saviour c. I will therefore that men pray every where listing up holy hands without wrath or doubting 1 Tim. 2. 1 2 3 8. Every creature of God is good c. if it be received with thanksgiving c. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer 1 Tim. 4. 4 5. She that is a widow indeed c. and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day 1 Tim. 5. 5. I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day 2 Tim. 1. 3. Philemon vers 4. Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens Jesus c. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need Heb. 4. 14 15 16. Who in the days of his flesh when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong cries and tears unto him who was able to save Hebr. 5. 7. Having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest c. and having an high priest over the house of God let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith c. Hebr. 10. 19. 20 21 22. Ephes 3. 11 12. He who prays to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him Hebr. 11. 6. Pray for us c. Now the God of peace c. make you perfect in every good work to do his will working in you that which is well-pleasing c. Heb. 13. 18 20 21. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God who giveth unto all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him But let him ask in faith nothing wavering for he who wavereth is like a wave of the sea c. and let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord James 1. 5 6 7. Ye have not because ye ask not ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your lusts or pleasures James 4. 2 3. Is any among you afflicted let him pray c. is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the Church and let them pray over him c. and the prayer of faith shall save the sick c. Pray one for another the effectual fervent prayer c. James 5. 13 14 15 16 17. And if ye call on the Father who without respect of persons judgeth c. 1 Pet. 1. 17. Likewise ye husbands dwell with them c. that your prayers be not hindered c. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers 1 Pet. 3. 7 12. Be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer 1 Pet. 4. 7. Whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight 1 John 3. 22. This is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according unto his will he heareth us and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask we know that that we have the petitions that we desire of him If any man see his brother sin a sin not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death There is a sin unto death I do not say that ye shall pray for it 1 John 5. 14 15 16. Praying in the holy Ghost Jude verse 20. The elders c. having every one of them harps and golden viols full of odours or incense which are the prayers of the saints Rev. 5. 8. Another Angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censer and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it with or add it to the prayers of all saints c. And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints ascended up before God out of the Angels hand Rev. 8. 3 4. See more of Prayer in Affliction Chap. 22. See more of Common Calamities Chap. 23. See more in Duty towards all Men Chap. 19. See Prayer for Magistrates Chap. 24. To take special notice of the Acts of God's Goodness and Mercy keep memorials thereof celebrate his Praises extol him and stir up others so to do THY glorious name c. is exalted above all blessing and praises Nehem. 9. 5. Abraham's Servant when God had heard his request he bowed down his head and worshipped the Lord. And he said Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth c. When he he heard their words he worshipped the Lord c. Gen. 24. 26 27 52. I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God that thou wast pleased with me Gen. 33. 10. Then Jacob said c. Let us arise and go to Bethel and I will make there an altar unto God who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me in the way which I went c. And he built there an altar and called the place El-Bethel because there God appeared unto him when he fled from the face of his brother Gen. 35. 2 3 7 14 15 ch 28. 18 19 c. God commanded Israel to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt once in every year Exod. 13. 3 4 5 c. Moses and Israel solemnly celebrated his praise for their deliverance at the Red Sea in a Song of Praise Exod. 15. 2 3 to the 22. When Israel got victory over the Amalâ—kites he built an Altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi that is the Lord my banner Exod. 17. 13 14 15. And Moses told unto Jethro his Father-in-law all that the Lord had done unto Pharoch and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake c. And Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the Lord had done unto Israel c. and said Blessed be the Lord that hath delivered you c. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods Exod. 18. 8 9 10 11. When thou hast eaten and art full then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee Deut. 8. 10.
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
with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen saying Blessed be the King who cometh in the name of the Lord c. Jesus said c. If these should hold their peace the stones c. would cry out c. Luke 19. 37 38 40. And they continued daily with one accord in the temple c. did eat their meat with gladness and with singleness of heart praising God Acts 2. 46 47. Luke 24. 52 53. When the lame man was healed he stood up and entred with them into the temple walking and leaping and praising God Acts 3. 8 9. We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard Acts 4. 20. He took bread and gave thanks in presence of them all Acts 27. 35. Having therefore obtained help of God I continue unto this day Acts 26. 22. Paul and Silas being in Prison sang Praises to God that the Prisoners heard Acts 16. 24 25. Who shall deliver I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 7. 24 25. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor or who hath first given unto him c. For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Amen Rom 11. 33 34 35 36. He who eateth eateth unto the Lord for he giveth God thanks Rom. 14. 6. To God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever Amen Rom. 16. 27. I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you c. 1 Cor. 1. 4 5. I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with understanding also 1 Cor. 14. 15. The sting of death is sin c. But thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. Blessed be God c. who comforteth us in all our tribulations that we may be able to c. You also helping together by prayer for us that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf 2 Cor. 1. 3 4 11. Now thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ and maketh manifest the the savour of his knowledge by us in every place 2 Cor. 2. 14. We having the same spirit of faith c. and therefore speak c. All things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound unto the glory of God 2 Cor. 4. 13 15. Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness which causeth through us thanksgiving unto God for the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God whilst by the experiment of this ministration they glorifie God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ c. 2 Cor. 9. 11 12 13. God and our Father to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen c. They glorified Gal. 1. 4 5 24. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings c. that we should be to the praise of his glory c. I also c. cease not to give thanks for you c. Ephes 1. 3 12 14 15. Unto him who is able to do exceedingly c. unto him be glory in the Church by Jesus Christ Ephes 3. 20 21. Speaking to your selves in Psalms c. giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Ephes 5. 19 20. Colos 3. 16. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you Philip. 1. 3. 1 Thes 1. 2. 2 Tim. 1. 3. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known c. Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever Amen Philip. 4. 6 20. We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ c. Since we heard of your faith c. Giving thanks unto the Father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints Col. 1. 3 12 13. 1 Thes 1. 2 3. In the faith c. abounding therein with thanksgiving Col. 2. 7. Be ye thankful c. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks to God and the Father by him Col. 3. 15 17. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving Col. 4. 2. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing because when ye received the word of God c. 1 Thes 2. 13. In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 1 Thes 1. 18. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me c. who was before a blasphemer c. Now unto the King eternal immortal invisible the only wise God be honour and glory for ever and ever Amen 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 17. Every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving 1 Tim. 4. 3 4. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks or confessing to his name c. Heb. 13. 15 21. Psal 116. 17. Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen 2 Pet. 3. 18. Is any merry Let him sing Psalms James 5. 13. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according unto his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope c. 1 Pet. 1. 3. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you c. 1 Pet. 2. 9. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope which is in you with meekness and fear 1 Pet. 3. 15. If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God c. that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen 1 Pet. 4. 11. ch 5. 11. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and for ever 2 Pet. 3. 18. Now unto him who is able c. to the only wise God our Saviour be glory majesty and dominion c. Jude Vers 4 24 25. Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things c. Rev. 4. 11. And they sung a new song Thou art worthy c. for thou wast slain c. Worthy is the Lamb which was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing
hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him faith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth c. Jer. 23. 24. The great the mighty God the Lord of hosts is his name great in counsel and mighty in word c. I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me for ever c. I will put my fear into their hearts Jer. 32. 18 19 39 40. The children of Israel c. shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days Hosea 3. 5. The Lord shall utter his voice before his army c. for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible and who can abide it Joel 2. 11. I fear the Lord the God of heaven c. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly c. Jonah 1. 9 16. God is jealous the Lord revengeth c. He rebuketh the sea and maketh it dry c. The mountains quake at him and the hills melt c. Nahum 1. 2 3 4 5 6. It I be a master where is my fear c. I am a great King faith the Lord of hosts and my name is dreadful amongst the heathen Mal. â— 6 14. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerer c. and against those c. who fear not me saith the Lord of hosts c. A book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought of his name And they shall be mine saith the Lord Mal. 3. 5 16 17. But unto you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall grow c. Mat. 4. 2. Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell Matth. 10. 28. His mercy is on them who fear him from generation to generation he hath shewed strength c. He hath put down the mighty c. Luke 1. 50 51 52 53. The most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands c. Heaven is my throne c. Hath not my hand made all these things Acts 7. 48 49 50. The Churches were edified and walked in the fear of the Lord Acts 9. 31. Cornelius c. a devout man and one who feared God with all his house c. In every nation he who feareth him c. is accepted with him Acts 10. 2 35. ch 13. 26. God who made the world and all things therein seeing he is God c. Acts 17. 24 25 c. All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 13. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 31. So terrible was the sight that Moses said I exceedingly fear and quake c. Let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear For our God is a consuming fire Heb. 12. 21 28. 29. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear 1 Pet. 1. 17. 2 Cor. 7. 1. Fear God 1 Pet. 2. 17. Fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment is come Rev. 14. 7. Great and marvellous are thy works Lord God almighty c. Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy name for thou only art holy Rev. 15. 3 4. To trust in God and in none else in all Cases The Arguments thereto I. Not in any else THE Babel builders trusted to a City and Tower for their security but God scattered them Gen. 11. 1 2 c. There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like unto God 1 Sam. 2. 2. Because thou hast relied on the King of Affyria and not relied on the Lord thy God therefore is the host of the King of Syria escaped out of thy hands c. Asa in his Disease sought not to the Lord but to the Physicians 2 Chron. 16. 7 12. I would seek unto God unto him would I commit my cause Job 5. 8. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host A mighty man is not delivered by much strength A horse is a vain thing for safety neither shall he deliver by his great strength Psalm 33. 16 17. Isa 31. 1 3. Job 15. 31. Psalm 20. 7. I will not trust in my bow nor shall my sword save me Thou hast saved Psalm 44. 6 7. They who trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches None can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ranson for him c. that he should live for ever Psalm 49. 6 7 9. Ezek. 7. 19. Lo this is the man who made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his riches But I trusted in the mercy of God for ever Psal 52. 7 8. Give us help from trouble for vain is the help of man Psal 60. 11. Surely men of low degree are vanity men of high degree a lye to be â—aid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity Trust not in oppression c. Psal 62. 9 10. Put not your trust in princes nor in the sons of men in whom is no help his breath goeth forth he turneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish Psal 146. 3 4. Psalm 118. 8 9. He who trusted unto his riches shall fall Prov. 11. 28. He who trusteth in his own heart is a fool Prov. 28. 26. Create from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of Isa 2. 22. What will ye do in the day of your visitation c. to whom will ye flee for help c. Isa 10. 3 4. ch 20. 6. Thou didst not look in that day unto the armour of the house of the forest c. ye made also a ditch between the two walls c. But ye have notlooked unto the maker thereof Isa 22. 8 9 10 11. Wo unto the repellious children c. who take counsel but not of me c. who walk to go down to Egypt and have not asked at my mouth to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharoah and to trust in the shadow of Egypt Therefore shall the strength of Pharoah be your shame and the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion c. For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose c. Their strength is to â—it still c. No we will flee upon horses therefore shall ye flee c. Isa 30. 1 2 3 5 7 15 16 17. ch 1. 23 29 c. Wo to them who go to Egypt c. Stay on horses and trust in chariots because many c. Isa 31. 1 3. Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness thou hast said None seeth c. Thou hast said in thine heart I am and none else besides me c Stand now with thine enchantments c. let them stand up and save thee c. Behold they shall be as stuble c. None shall save thee Isa 47. 10 11 12
the man c. whose hope the Lord is Jer. 17. 7. The Lord is good to them who wait for him to the soul which seeketh him It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord c. for the Lord will not cast off for ever For though he cause grief yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies Lam. 3. 21 22 23 24 25 26 31 32. Hosea 11. 8 9. Wait on thy God continually Hosea 12. 6. There is no Saviour besides me c. Hosea 13. 4. The Lord your God he is gracious and merciful flow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil Who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him Joel 2. 13 14. Jonah 4. 2. ch 3. 9. The Lord is the hope of his people the strength of the children of Israel Joel 3. 16. Jer. 3. 23. Seek ye me and ye shall live but seek not Bethel c. seek the Lord and ye shall live Amos 5. 4 5 6. Then I said I am cast out of thy sight yet I will look again towards thy holy temple c. When my soul fainted within me I remembred the Lord and my prayer came in unto him Jonah 2. 4 7. ch 3. 8 9. Thou hast had pity on or spared the gourd c. And should not I spare Nineveh that great City where are more than 120000 persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left Jonah 4. 10 11. A man's enemies are the men of his own house therefore I will look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation c. Micah 6. 6 7. For the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speak and shall not lye though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry Behold his soul which is lifted up is not right in him but the just shall live by his faith Habbak 2. 3 4. Take no thought c. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature Matth. 6. 25 26 c. ch 10. 19. Though Christ put off the woman of Canaan by sharp words often yet she still waited on him and looks for good till she had it Matth. 15. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. So the two blind men would not be put off but called and waited till Christ heard and answered them Matth. 20. 30 31 32 33 34. The impotent man waited at the Pool long to be cured John 5. 2 3 4 5 6 7. Tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God c. Rom. 5. 3 4 5. For we are saved by hope but hope which is seen is not hope for what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for but if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it Rom. 8. 24 25. Whatsoever things were written afore-time were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope c. Now the God of hope fill you c. that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost Rom. 15. 4 13. God is faithful 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Thes 3. 3. God is saithful who will not suffer you to be temped about you are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape 1 Cor. 10. 13. 2 Thes 5. 24. Who delivered us c. and doth deliver us in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us 2 Cor. 1. 10. 1 Sam. 17. 34 35 36. God who comforteth them who are cast down c. 2 Cor. 7. 6. God who is rich in mercy Eph. 2. 4. Be not mot moved away from the hope of the Gospel Col. 1. 23. Remembring c. your patience of hope 1 Thes 1. 3. We both labour and suffer reproach because we hope in the living God who is the Saviour c. 1 Tim. 4. 10. He abideth faithful he cannot deny him 2 Tim. 2. 13. Heb. 10. 23. Be followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises c. Abraham c. after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise c. God willing to shew c. the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye c. Hebr. 6. 12 15 17 18. Ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise For yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith c. Hebr. 10. 36 37 38. Let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus c. Heb. 12. 1 2. The trial of your faith worketh patience and let patience have her perfect work that ye may be perfect and entire c. James 1. 3 4. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husband-man waiteth c. Be ye also patient stablish your hearts c. Behold we count them happy who endure ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of Lord That the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercies James 5. 7 8 10 11. Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought to you c. 1 Pet. 1. 13. Wherefore let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 7. Perfect love casts our fear c. he who feareth is not made perfect in love 1 John 4. 18. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Jude vers 21. See more of Faith in its Nature and Use Chap. 11. To walk humbly before God abasing self opposing all high thoughts within us and avoid beasting of our selves The Reasons THE inhabitants of the world after the flood said they would build a Tower up to Heaven and make to themselves a name c. but God scattered them Gen. 11. 1 2 c. Abraham said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto thee who am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. Exod. 3. 11. Jacob said c. I am not worthy of the least of all or I am less than all the mercy and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staff I passed over c. Gen. 32. 10. Pharaoh said unto Joseph c. I have heard say of thee thou canst understand a dream and interpret it And Joseph answered Pharaoh and said It is not in me God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace Gen. 41. 15 16.
with the proud Prov. 16. 2 5. 18 19. ch 18. 12. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his maker Prov. 17. 5. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness or bounty Prov. 20. 6. Every way of man is right in his own eyes but the Lord pondereth the heart Prov. 21. 2. Put not forth thy self in the presence of the King and stand not in the place of great men For better it is that it be said unto thee Come up hither than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the Prince Prov. 25. 6 7. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit there is more hope of a fool than of him Prov. 26. 12. Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth a stranger and not thine own lips The full soul loatheth the honey-comb but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet Prov. 27. 2 7. He who is of a proud heart stirreth up strife Prov. 28. 25. A man's pride shall bring him low but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit Prov. 29. 23. Surely I am more brutish than man and have not the understanding of a man c. There is a generation pure in their own eyes and yet not washed from their filthiness c. how lofty are c. Prov. 30. 2 12 13. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the haughtiness of man shall be brought down c. for the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be upon every one who is proud and lofty and upon every one who is lifted up and he shall be brought low c. Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of Isaiah 2. 11 12 13 17 22. ch 5. 15. Job 9. 13. Wo unto them who are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight Isa 5. 21. Wo is me c. I am of unclean lips c. for mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Hosts Isa 6. 5. I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks for he saith By the strength of my hand I have done it c. Shall the ax boast it self against him that heweth therewith c. Therefore shall the Lord the Lord of Hosts send among his fat ones leanness and under his glory he shall kindle a fire c. The high ones of stature shall be hewn down and the haughty shall be humbled Isa 10. 12 13 15 16 33. ch 14. 11 12 13 14 15. The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it to stain or pollute the pride of all glory to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth Isa 23. 9. Hear you scornful men c. because you say we have made a covenant with death c. it shall be broken c. Isa 28. 14 15 18. Thus saith the high and lofty One c. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also who is of an humble and contrite spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite Isa 57. 15. Thus faith the Lord The heaven is my throne c. but to this man will I look to him who is pure and contrite in spirit and trembleth at my word Isa 66. 1 2. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom nor the mighty man in his might c. Jer. 9. 23. I will mar the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem c. who shall refuse to hear my word c. Jer. 13. 9 10 15 17 18. O house of Israel cannot I do with you as this potter faith the Lord behold as the clay is in the potters hands so ye in mine hand O house of Israel Jer. 18. 6. When the prophet Jeremiah had spoken the words of the Lord to the people then spake Azariah c. and all the proud men saying unto Jeremiah Thou speakest falsly The Lord our God hath not sent thee to say c. Jer. 42. 1 2. Behold I am against thee O thou most proud or pride faith the Lord God of Hosts c. And the most proud shall stumble and fall c. Jer. 50. â—1 32. Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom pride c. and the more haughty c. Ezek. 16. 49 50. Thus faith the Lord c. exalt him that is low and abase him who is high Ezek. 21. 26. God threatens the Prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious Pride Ezek. 28. 1 c. When the King said unto Daniel Art thou able to make known unto me the dream c. Daniel answered c. There is a God in heaven who revealeth secrets c. but as to me this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living Dan. 2. 25 26 27 28 30. Is not this great Babylon which I have built by the might of my power and for the honour of my Majesty While the word was in the king's mouth there fell a voice c. saying c. The kingdom is departed from thee c. He was driven from men and did eat grass as oxen c. Those who walk in pride he is able to abase Dan. 4. 29 30 31 32 33 37. Isa 27. 4. When his heart was lifted up and his mind hardened in pride or to deal proudly he was deposed from his kingly throne and took his glory from him c. and thou his son Belshazzar hast not humbled thine heart although thou knewest all this but hast lifted up thy self against the Lord of heaven c. Dan. 5. 20 21 22 23. Their heart was exalted therefore have they forgotten me Hosea 13. 6. He hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly c. and walk humbly with thy God Micah 6. 8. Behold his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him Habbak 2. 4. Moab shall be as Sodom c. This shall they have for their pride because they reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of Hosts Zephan 2. 9 10 Jerem. 48. 26 27 29. Behold thy King cometh unto thee he is just c. lowly Zech. 9. 9. The day cometh that shall burn as an oven and all the proud c. shall be stubble Mal. 4. 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Matth. 5. 3. The Centurion answered and said Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof Matth. 8. 7 8 Luke 7. 6 7. Thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shall be brought down to hell For if the c. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest Matth. 11. 23 29. Whosever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven Matth. 18. 4. Luke 9. 46 47 48. Mark 10. 15. When the ten heard it
c. Gal. 1. 6 7 8. Paul blames the Galatians for turning back to Circumcision and beggarly Rudiments and exhorts them to stick to the Faith and to stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ had made them free Gal. 3. ch 4. ch 5. ch 2. 4 5. Let us not be weary in well-doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not Gal. 6. 9. That ye henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro c. Let him who stole steal no more Ephes 4. 14 28. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil for we wrestie not with Flesh c. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand c. praying and watching with all perseverance Ephes 6. 11 12 13 18. Nevertheless whereunto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Philip. 3. 16. Stand fast in the Lord my dearly beloved Philip 4. 1. If ye continue in the faith grounded and setled and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard c. Col. 1. 23. I am with you in the spirit joying and beholding your order and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ As ye therefore received Christ the Lord walk ye in him rooted and built up in him and stablished in the faith as ye have been taught Col. 2. 5 6 7. For we live if ye stand fast in the Lord c. 1 Thess 3. 8. We exhort you c. that as you have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound more and more c. 1 Thess 4 1 10. Prove all things hold fast that which is good 1 Thess 5. 21. Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle c. Now our Lord Jesus himself and God even our Father c. stablish you in every good word and work 2 Thess 2. 15 17. Brethren be not weary or faint not in well-doing 2 Thess 3. 13. Holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith hath made shipwreck of whom is Hymeneus c. 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. They shall be saved in child-bearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety 1 Tim. 2. 15. I charge thee c. that thou keep this commandment c. until the appearing of our Lord c. 1 Tim. 6. 13 14. In the latter times some shall depart from the faith c. Some are already turned aside after Satan 1 Tim. 4. 1. ch 5. 12 15. ch 1. 5 6 18 19. ch 6. 10 21. 2 Tim. 2. 17 18. ch 4. 10. If we deny him he also will deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. But continue thou in the things thou hast learned and hast been assured of c. 2 Tim. 3. 14 15 16. ch 1. 13 14. I have fought a good fight I have finished 〈◊〉 course I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a crown c. 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. A bishop must be blameless c. holding fast the faithful word c. Tit. 1. 9. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip c. Heb. 〈◊〉 1 2 3. Whose house are we if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firmly unto the end c. We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end Heb. 3. 6 12 14. Seeing that we have a great High Priest c. let us hold fast our profession for we have not anâ— High Priest who cannot be touched with c. Heb. 4. 14 15. For it is impossible for those who are once enlightened c. if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance c. We desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end That 〈◊〉 be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and and patience inherit the promises Heb. 6. 4 5 6 11 12. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithful that promised c. For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth there remains no more sacrifice for sins but a certain fearful looking for of judgment c. Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward for ye have need of patience c. If any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him We are not of them who draw back into perdition Heb. 10 23 26 27 35 36 37 38 39. Let us run with patience the race set before us looâ—ing unto Jesus c. lest ye be weary and faint in your minds c. Heb. 12. 1 2 3 15 28. Jesus Christ the same c. Be not carried about c. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace Heb. 13. 8 9. Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty c. and continueth c. James 1. 25. To him who knoweth to do good and doth it not to him it is sin James 4. 17. Gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end 1 Pet. 1. 13. The devil c. whom resist stedfast in the faith 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world c. they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them 2 Pet. 2. 20 21. ch 3. 17 18. Matth. 12. 43 44 45. They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us no doubt they c. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning if that c. remain in you ye also shall continue in the Father and the Son c. And now little children abide in him that when he shall appear c. 1 John 2. 19 24 28. Look to your selves that ye lose not these things which we have wrought but that we c. 2 John vers 8 9. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth 3 John vers 4. 2 John vers 4. Earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints c. The angels who kept not their first state c. he hath reserved in chains c. Build up your selves in your most holy faith c. keep your selves in the love of God c. Jude vers 3 6 20 21. I know thy works c. thou hast laboured
of the soâ—tishness of the makers and worshippers of idols saith None considereth in his heart neither is there knowledge or understanding to say I have burned part of it in the fire c. and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination shall I fall down to the stock of a 〈◊〉 Isa 44. 17 18 19. The righteous perisheth and no man layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away and none considereth that the righteous are taken from the evil to come Isa 57. 1. Thou meetest him c. who remembred thee in thy ways Isa 64. 5. This I call to mind therefore have I hope It 's the Lords mercy c. 1 Sam. 3. 20 21 22. They shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carryed captive Ezekiel 6. 9. Son of man prepare thy stuff for removing and remove by day in their sight c. it may be they will consider though they be a rebellious house Ezek. 12. 3. Because thou hast not remembred the days of thy youth c. I will recompence c. Ezek. 16. 22 43 61. And lo if he beget a son who seeth all his fathers sins and considereth and doth not such like c. he shall not die for the iniquity of his fathers Ezek. 18. 14 15 16 17 28. There shall ye remember your ways c. and loath your selves c. Ezek. 20. 43. chap. 6. 9. chap. 36. 31. When I would have healed Israel then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered c. and they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness now their own doings have beset them about c. Hosea 7. 1 2. When my soul fainted within me I remembred the Lord Jonah 2. 7. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts Consider or set your heart upon your ways Haggai 1. 5 7. Take no thought for your life what you shall eat c. Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not c. And why take ye thought for rayment consider the Lillies of the field how they grow they toil not c. yet Solomon c. Matth. 6. 25 26 28 29 30. Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye Matth. 7. 3. The disciples for want of consideration said For what purpose is this waste for this oyntment might have been sold c. Jesus said Why trouble ye the woman for she hath wrought a good work upon me Matth. 26. 7 8 9 10 11. The wind ceased and they were sore amazed c. for they considered not the miracle of the loaves for their heart was hardned Mark 6. 51 52. All they who heard wondred c. but Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart Luke 2. 17 18 19. chap. 1. 29 65 66. All men mused or reasoned or debated in their hearts of John whether he were the Christ or not Luke 3. 15. Which of you intending to build a Tower sitteth not down first and counteth the cost whether he hath sufficient to finish it c Luke 14. 28 29 30 31 The Prodigal when he came to himself he said How many of my father's servants c. Luke 15. 17. Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what you shall answer for I will give you a mouth c. Luke 21. 14. Nor consider that it is expedient that one man should die c. John 11. 49 50. Peter rashly said to Jesus Thou shalt never wash my feet but when Jesus had said If I wash thee not thou hast no part with me Peter said c. Not my feet only but also my hands and my head John 13. 8 9. They of the Circumcision contended with Peter for going to the Gentiles till they had considered the grounds which Peter rehearsed to them Acts 11. 1 2 3 c. While we look not at things which are seen but at the things c. 2 Cor. 4. 18. Brethren if a man be overtaken in a fault ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness considering thy self lest thou also be tempted Gal. 6. 1. Brethren be imitators of me and consider those who so walk as ye have us for example Phil. 3. 17. Meditate on these things give thy self wholly to them c. Consider what I say and the Lord give thee understanding in all these things 1 Tim. 4. 15. 2 Tim. 2. 7. Wherefore holy brethren c. consider the Apostle and high Priest of our profession Jesus Christ who was faithful c. Heb. 3. 1 2. Now consider how great this man was unto whom the Patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoil Heb. 7. 4. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works Heb. 10. 24. Let us run with patience c. looking unto Jesus c. for consider him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest ye be wearied and faint in your mind Heb. 12. 1 2 3. Remember them who have the rule over you who have spoken unto you the word of God whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation Heb. 13. 7. Remember ye the words which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Jude v. 17. Luke 22. 61. ch 24. 6 8. John 2. 17. 22. ch 16. 4. ch 12. 16. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do thy first works c. Rev. 2. 5. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard and hold fast and repent Rev. 3. 3. CHAP. XXXII Of the Thoughts Mind and Affections AND God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually Gen. 6. 5. ch 8. 21. If they shall bethink themselves or bring back to their heart c. and repent c. 1 Kings 8. 47. Deut. 30. 1 2. The Lord c. understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts c. 1 Chron. 28. 9. I have made a covenant with my eyes why then should I think of a maid Job 31. 1. The wicked c. will not seek God God is not in all his thoughts or all his thoughts are there is no God Psal 10. 4. We have thought of thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple Psal 48. 9. Ps 139. 17. Their inward thought is that their house shall continue for ever and their dwellings c. Psal 49. 1â— Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thy â—elt c. Psal 50. 21. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow c. when I remember thee Psal 63. 5 6. When I thought to know this it was too painful for me until I went c. Psal 73. 16 17. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity c. in the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul Psal 94. 11 19. I thought on