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
magnifie the Lord with me let us exalt his name together c. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good Psal 34. 2 3 8. How excellent or precious is thy loving-kindness O God c. For with thee is the fountain of life In thy light shall we see light Psal 36. 7 9. Delight thy self also in the Lord c. Psal 37. 4. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew c. And now Lord what wait I for my hope is in thee Psal 39. 6 7. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks so panteth my soul after thee O God My soul thirsteth for God for the living God When shall I come and appear before God My tears have been my meat day and night while they continually say unto me Where is thy God When I remember these things I pour out my soul in me for I had gone with the multitude c to the house of God c. Why art thou cast down O my Soul c. Hope thou in God c. Psal 42. 1 2 3 5 11. Thou the God of my strength Why dost thou cast me off Then will I go c. unto God my exceeding joy or the gladness of my joy Psal 43. 2 4. In God we boast all the day long Psal 44. 8. As we have heard so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts c. According to thy name O God so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth c. This God is our God for ever and ever he will be our Guide unto death Psal 48. 8 10 14. Ezra 8. 22. Cast me not away from thy presence c. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation Psal 51. 11 12. Psal 119. 8. O God thou my God early will I seek thee my soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land c. to see thy power and thy glory so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary because thy loving kindness is better than life c. My soul followeth hard after thee Psal 63. 1 2 3 8 11. Blessed is he whom thou chusest and causest to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy Courts We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house of thy holy temple Psal 65. 4. He who is our God is the God of salvation and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death c. Psal 68. 20. Whom have I in heaven but thee and none upon earth whom I desire besides thee My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever c. It is good for me to draw near unto God Psal 73. 25 26 28. Who so great a God as our God Psal 77. 13. Turn us again O God and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved Psal 80. 3 7 19. How amiable are thy tabernacles O Lord of hosts My soul longeth yea fainteth for the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh crieth for the living God Blessed are they who dwell in thy house c. Behold O Lord our Shield c. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness for the Lord God is a Sun and a Shield c. Psal 84. 1 2 4 9 10 11. Psal 26. 8. Psal 122. 1. Blessed the people who know the joyful sound they shall walk O Lord in the light of thy countenance in thy name shall they rejoyce all the day c. For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted The Lord is our Defence and the Holy One of Israel our King c. How long O Lord wilt thou hide thy face for ever Psal 89. 15 16 17 18 46. In the multitude of thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul Psal 94. 19 22. Rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous Psal 97. 12. My meditation of him shall be sweet I will be glad in the Lord Psal 104. 34. He satisfieth the longing soul and filleth the hungry soul with goodness Psal 107. 9. Prov. 27. 7. The Lord is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens Who is like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high Who c. Psal 113. 4 5. Wherefore should the Heathen say Where is now their God But our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleaseth Psal 115. 2 3. Psal 74. 9 10. Return unto thy Rest O my soul for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee Psal 116. 7. Thou art my portion O Lord c. I intreated thy favour or face with my whole heart c. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant c. Psal 119. 57 58 135. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they who wait for the morn Psal 130. 6. I know that the Lord is great and our God is above all Gods Psal 135. 5. Thou my refuge my portion in the land of the living Psal 142. 5. My soul thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land c. Hide not thy face from me Psal 143. 6 7. The Lord my strength or rock c. my goodness and my fortress my high tower and my deliverer my shield c. Happy is that people whose God is the Lord Psal 144. 1 2 15. Psal 146. 5. Let them praise the name of the Lord for his name alone is excellent or exalted his glory above the earth and the heaven Psal 148. 13. As the apple-tree is among the trees of the wood so is my Beloved c. I sate down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit was sweet to my taste c. Cant. 2. 3. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loved but found him not I will arise now and go about the city c. I found him I held him and would not let him go c. Cant. 3. 1 2 4. I opened to my Beloved but my Beloved had withdrawn himself and was gone my soul failed when he spoke I sought him c. I am sick of love c. My Beloved is white c. This is my Beloved Cant. 5. 6 8 10 16. ch 8. 6 7. In the way of thy judgments we have waited for thee the desire of our soul is to thy name and to the remembrance of thee With my soul have I desired thee in the night yea with my spirit within me will I seek thee early Isa 26. 8 9. In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people Isa 28. 5. The Lord is our Judge the Lord our Law-giver the Lord our King he will save us Isa 38. 22. As for our Redeemer the Lord of hosts is his name the Holy One of Israel Isa 47. 4. I will greatly rejoyce in the Lord my soul shall be joyful
14 17 20. chap. 11. 13. Thou may not sacrifice the passover within any of the gates c. But at the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse to place his name in there thou shalt sacrifice Deut. 16. 5 6. Serve ye the Lord and if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord c. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods c. He is a holy God he a jealous God Joshua 24. 14 15 16 19. Elkanah went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts 1 Sam. 1. 1 3. Prepare your hearts unto the Lord and serve him only 1 Sam. 7. 3 4. Only fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart 1 Sam. 12. 24. And Elijah came unto all the people and said How long halt ye between opinions or thoughts if the Lord be God follow him but if Baal follow him 1 Kings 18. 21. That the heart be prepared to serve God is expected commended and the contrary taken notice of 2 Chron. 12. 14. ch 19. 3. ch 29. 36. ch 30. 18 19. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling Psalm 2. 11. But as for me I will come unto thy house c. and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy holy temple or the Temple of thy holiness Psalm 5. 7. Who is God save the Lord Psalm 18. 31. All the ends of the world shall remember and return unto the Lord and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee for the kingdom is the Lords and he the governor among the nations All they who are fat on earth shall eat and worship c. A seed shall serve him Psalm 22. 27 28 29 30. I will wash my hands in innocency so will I compass thine altar O Lord c. I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth Psalm 26. 6 8. Isa 1. 11 12 c. ch 66. 3. Jer. 6. 19 20. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto or the honour of his name worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in his glorious sanctuary Psalm 29. 2. Psalm 96. 4 6 7 8 9. 1 Chron. 16. 29. For he is thy Lord and worship thou him Psalm 45. 11. All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee c. Psalm 66. 4. Psalm 63. 1 2 3 c. Neither shalt thou worship any strange God I the Lord thy God Psalm 81. 9 10. How amiable are thy tabernacles c. my soul longeth c. A day in thy courts is better c. Psalm 84. 1 2 c. Psalm 63. 1 2. Psalm 65. 4. I will call upon thee among the Gods none like unto thee O Lord neither are there any works like unto thy works All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee O Lord and shall glorifie thy name For thou art great and dost wonderful things thou art God alone Psalm 86. 7 8 9 10. Rev. 15. 4. For who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them about him Psalm 89. 6 7 Before the mountains were c. even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Psalm 90. 2. The Lord is great and a great King above all gods c. O come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our Maker for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture Psalm 95. 3 6 7. The Lord reigneth c. worship him all ye gods c. for thou Lord art high above all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods Psalm 97. 1 7 9. Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship at his footstool he is holy Psalm 99. 5 9. Psalm 13. 2 7. Serve the Lord with gladness come before his presence with singing c. He is God Psalm 100 2 3. Holy and Reverend is his name Psal 111. 9. I will worship toward his holy Temple Psalm 138. 2. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools c. Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing or word before God for God is in heaven and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few Eccles 5. 1 2. Be not righteous overmuch neither make thy self over wise c. Eccles 7. 16. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand c. to whom then will ye liken God or what c. Isa 40. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. I am the Lord that is my name and my glory will I not give unto another Isa 42. 8. That ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he before me there was no god formed or nothing formed of God neither shall there be after me I the Lord and besides me no Saviour I have declared and have saved and I shewed when there no God among you Therefore ye my witnesses saith the Lord that I am God yea before the day I am he and there is none who can deliver out of my hand I will work and who shall let it Thus saith the Lord your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel c. But thou hast not called upon me O Jacob Isa 43 10 11 12 13 14 15 22. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his redeemer the Lord of Hosts I am the first and I the last and besides me no God c. Ye are my witnesses is there a God besides me yea no God I know not any c. Thus saith the Lord c. I am the Lord who maketh all things who stretcheth forth the heavens alone who spreadeth abroad the earth by my self c. Isa 44. 6 8 24. Psalm 96. 5. I am the Lord and none else no God besides me I girded thee though thou hast not known me That they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west that there is none besides me I am the Lord and none else I form the light and create darkness I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things c. Thus saith the Lord who created the heavens God himself who formed the earth and made it he hath established it c. I am the Lord and there is none else Isa 45. 5 6 7 18 21 22. I am God and there is none besides me I am God and none like me declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things which are not done saying My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure Isa 46. 9 10. ch 41. 4. But the Lord is the
said to Solomon Ask what I shall give thee And Solomon asked Wisdom to govern And God was pleased so with that and in that he had not asked long Life and Riches that God gave him Wisdom and Understanding and Riches and Honour also 1 Kings 3. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. King Solomon prayed at large at the Dedicacation of the Temple and God heard him 1 Kings 8. 22 23 24 c. ch 9. 2 3. 2 Chron. 1. 7 8 c. Elijah the Prophet prayed that it migh be made known that God was God in Israel when others were for Baal And God be heard him and caused Fire to come down and consume the Sacrifice 1 Kings 18. 36 37 38. ch 17. 21 22. Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face continually 1 Chron. 16. 11. If thou seek him he will be found of thee 1 Chron. 28. 9. Judah c. sought him with their whole desire and he was found of them 2 Chron. 15. 15. There are good things found in thee Thou hast taken away c. and hast prepared thine heart to seek God 2 Chron. 19. 3. Asa prayed for Help against the Ethiopian Army of an Hundred Thousand Men and prevailed 2 Chron. 14. 10 11 12. When Moah c. came against Jehosaphat he stood in the Congregation in the House of the Lord and prayed for help And God heard and answered 2 Chron. 20. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 24. Hezekiah being sick prayed 2 Chron. 32. 24. Nehemiah when he heard of the Affliction of the Jews he wept and mourned and fasted and prayed Nehem. 1. 4 5 6 7 8 c. So again when Israel were building and in danger of enemies Nehem. 4. 4 5 9. Ezra 8. 21. chap. 9. I would make supplication to my Judge Job 9. 15. My God for unto thee will I pray my voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct unto thee and look up Psal 5. 2 3. Our fathers c. prayed and thou didst deliver Psal 22. 4 5. He forgetteth not the cry of the humble Psal 9. 12. Psal 10. 17. I acknowledged my sin c. For this shall every one who is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found Psal 32. 5 6. They who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing c. His ears are open to their cry Psal 34. 10. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee c. Psal 50. 15. Though Nathan had told David his Sin was forgiven him yet he prays earnestly to be delivered from Blood-guiltiness c. Psal 51. 1 2 3 4 to 15. As for me I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me Evening and morning at noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my voice Psal 55. 16 17. I will cry unto God most high unto him who performeth all things for me Psal 57. 2 3 c. O thou who hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come Psal 65. 2. If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me But verily God hath heard Psal 66. 18 19. Isa 58. 6 7 8 9. ch 59. 1 2 3. ch 1. 11 12 13 c. The Saints have pleaded with God their own Relation to him and the enemy's Non-relation Psal 79. Isa 63. 15 16 c. ch 64. 8 9 c. Thou Lord art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee Give ear O Lord unto my prayer c. In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou wilt answer me Psal 86. 5 6 7. He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayers Psal 102. 17. Psal 10. 17. I am thine save me I am thy servant give me understanding that I may know c. I cried with my whole heart c. I prevented the dawning of the morning and cried Psal 119. 94 125 145 147. In my distress I cried unto the Lord and he heard me Psal 120. 1. 2 Sam. 22. 7. Psal 34. 4 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper who love thee Psal 122. 6. The Lord is nigh unto all who call upon him to all who call upon him in truth He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them Psal 145. 18 19. Nehem. 1. 11. Because I have called and ye refused c. they shall call upon me but I will not answer Prov. 1. 24 25 c The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord but the prayer of the upright is his delight c. He heareth the prayer of the righteous Prov. 15. 8 29. He who turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be an abomination Prov. 28. 9. Be not rash with thy mouth and be not hasty to utter any thing before God for God is in heaven and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few Eccless 5. 2. My Dove let me hear thy voice c. for sweet is thy voice Cant. 2. 14. When ye spread forth your hands I will hide my eyes from you yea when ye make many prayers or multiply prayers I will not hear Your hands are full of blood wash ye c. Isa 1. 13 15 16. ch 59. 1 2 3. ch 66. 3. In trouble have they visited thee they poured out a prayer or secret speech when thy chastening was upon them Isa 26. 16. Thou hast not called upon me O Jacob Isa 43. 21. Thus saith the Lord c. Ask me of things to come concerning my sons and concerning the works of my hands command ye me c. I said not unto the seed of Jacob Seek ye me in vain Isa 45. 11 19. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found call ye upon him while he is near Isa 55. 6. When thou criest let thy companions deliver thee Isa 57. 13. Loose the bonds of wickedness c. then shalt thou call and the Lord shall answer thou shalt cry c. Isa 58. 6 7 9. For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until the righteousness thereof goeth forth c. I have set watch-men upon thy walls O Jerusalem who shall never hold then peace day nor night Ye who make mention of the Lord or are the Lord's remembrancers keep not silence and give him no rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem a praise on the earth Isa 62. 1 6 7. The Church's Prayer for the Lord's Return unto them Isa 63. 15 16 17 18 19. ch 64. I am found of them who sought me not Isa 65. 1. Therefore pray not thou for this people neither lift up cry nor prayer for them neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee Seest thou not what they do c. Jer. 7. 16 17. Pour our thy fury upon the
people a prince who wauteth understanding c. Prov. 28. 15 16. When the righteous are in authority the people rejoyce but when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn c. The king by judgment stablisheth the land but he who receiveth gifts overthroweth it c. If a ruler hearken to lies all his servants are wicked The king who faithfully judgeth the poor his throne shall be established for ever c. Many seek the ruler's favour but every man's judgment is from the Lord Prov. 29. 2 3 12 14 26. It is not for kings to drink wine nor for princes strong drink left they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of the afflicted Prov. 31. 4 5. I saw under the sun the place of judgment wickedness there c. God shall judge the righteous Eccles 3. 16 17. Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished Eccles 4. 13. Oppression maketh a wise man mad and a gift destroyeth the heart Eccles 7. 7. If thou seest the oppression of the poor and violent perverting of judgment and justice c. he who is higher than the highest regardeth Eccles 5. 8. Wo to thee O land when thy king is a child and thy princes eat in a morning blessed thou O land when thy king is the son of nobles and thy princes eat in due season for strength and not for drunkenness Eccles 10. 16 17. The princes are rebellious and companions of thieves every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards they judge not the fatherless neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them c. Ah I will ease me c. Isa 1. 22 24. Jer. 5. 28. I will give children to be their princes and babes shall rule over them and the people shall be oppressed every one by another What mean ye ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor c. Isa 3. 4. 14 15. Wo unto them who decree unrighteous decrees c. to turn aside the needy from judgment c. what will ye do in the day of visitation c. Isa 10. 1 2 3. In that day shall the Lord of Hosts c. for a spirit of judgment to him who sits in judgment Hear the word of the Lord ye scornful men who rule this people c. because they have said c. Isa 28. 5 6 14 15 18. He who despiseth the gain of oppressions who shaketh his hands from holding of bribes c. he shall dwell on high Isa 33. 15 16. Is not this the rast that I have chosen To loose the bands of wickedness to undo the heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go free and that ye break every yoke Isa 58. 6 7 8. Zech 6. 5 6 7 8 c. Judgment is turned away backward and justice standeth afar off for truth it is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter Isa 59. 14. Hear the word of the Lord O king of Judah c. Thus saith the Lord Execute ye judgment and righteousness and deliver ye the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor do no wrong do no violence to the stranger c. neither shed innocent blood in this place c. Shalt thou reign because thou closest thy self in Cedar Did not thy father eat and drink and do judgment and justice and it was well with him he judged the cause of the poor then it was well with him c. but thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness and for to shed innocent blood and for oppression and for violence c. Jer. 22. 1 2 3 15 16 17. Ezek. 22. 27. O princes of Israel remove violence and spoil and execute judgment and justice Take away your exactions from the people saith the Lord God Ezek. 45. 9. Zech. 8. 16. King Nebuchadnezzar for his great pride was driven from men to eat grass as an ox Dan. 4. 30 to 34. When the Princes had procured a wicked Law and Daniel taken upon it the King Darius was troubled and would have delivered him Dan. 6. I hate I despise your feasts c. Let judgment run down as waters c. Amos 5. 21 24. O heads of Jacob and princes Is it not for you to know judgment who hate the good and love c. Heer this ye princes c. who abhor judgment c. The heads thereof judge for reward Micah 3. 1 2 3 9 11. ch 7. 3. The law is slacked and judgment doth never go forth The wicked compasseth about the righteous therefore wrong judgment c. Habak 1. 4. Judge not according to the appearance but judge righteous judgment John 7. 24. Refrain your selves from these men c. For if this counsel or this work be of men it will come to nought but if it be of God ye cannot overthrow it Acts 5. 34 to 39. Ye ought to c. do nothing rashly c. the law is open let them implead one another Acts 19. 36 38. Paul said Dost thou fit to judge according to law and commandest me to be smitten contrary to law Acts 23. 3. It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any to die before he who is accused have the accusers face to face and have license to answer for himself c. It seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and withal not to signifie the crime laid against him Acts 25. 16 27. Rulers are not a terror to good works but to the evil c. for he is the minister of God to thee for good c. a revenger to execute wrath upon him who doth evil c. They are God's ministers attending continually upon this very thing Rom. 13. 3 4 6. Governors c. for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of them that do well 1 Pet. 2. 14. The great whore with whom the king's of the earth have committed fornication The ten horns shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire for God hath put it into their hearts to fulfill his will Rev. 17. 1 2 16 17. See Chap. 44. IV. The Duties of Subjects to their Magistrates in respect both to their Persons and Decrees First What they may not do when and wherein they may not obey them ISrael sinned c. in walking in the statutes c. and of the kings of Israel which they had made c. 2 Kings 17. 7 8 19. Render to Cesar the things which are Cesar's and to God the things which are God's Matth. 22. 21. The King of Egypt commanded the Midwives to kill the Men-Children of the Hebrews But they feared God and obeyed not the King And God took it well of them Exod. 1. 15 16 17 20 21. Saul said Jonathan shall surely die c. And the people said c. As the Lord liveth there shall not one hair of his head fall c. So
my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies c. I hate vain thoughts c. Psal 119. 59 113. Thou knowest my down-sitting c. thou understandest my thoughts afar off c. Search me O God and know my heart try me and know my thoughts Psal 139. 2 23. His breath goeth forth c. in that very day his thoughts perish Psal 146. 4. The thoughts of the righteous are right but the counsels of the wicked c. Prov. 12. 5. The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord Prov. 15. 26. Commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall be established Prov. 16. 3. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness but of every one who is hasty only to want Prov. 21. 5. Eat thou not the bread of him who hath an evil eye for as he thinketh in his heart so is he Eat c. saith he but his heart is not with thee Prov. 23. 6 7. The thought of foolishness is sin Prov. 24. 9. If thou hast thought evil lay thine hand upon thy mouth Prov. 30. 32. O Assyrian c. I will send him against an hypocritical nation c. howbeit he meaneth not so neither doth his heart think so but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few Isa 10. 5 6 7. Let the wicked man forsake his ways and the unrighteous man his thoughts let him return unto the Lord Isa 55. 7. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity Isa 59. 7. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people who walketh in a way which is not good after their own thoughts Isa 65. 2. O Jerusalem wash thine heart from wickedness c. how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee Jer. 4. 14. Neither say they in their heart let us now fear the Lord our God Jer. 5. 24. Behold I will bring evil upon this people the fruit of their thoughts Jer. 6. 19. Thus saith the Lord c. I know the things which come into your mind every one Ezek. 11. 5. Then the king's countenance was changed and his thoughts troubled him so that the joynts of his loins were loosed Dan. 5. 6. A book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought upon his name Mal. 3. 16. Take no thought for your life c. Which of you by taking thought can add c. And why take ye thought for raiment c. Take therefore no thought for the morrow c. sufficient to the day is the evil of it Matth. 6. 25 27 28 31 34. Jesus knowing their thoughts said Wherefore think you evil in your heart Mat. 9. 4. Mark 2. 8. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth c. Mat. 12. 35. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders c. Mat. 15. 19. When Mary saw the Angel she was troubled at his sayings and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be c. He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts c. Luke 1. 29 51. This child is set for the fall and rising of many c. that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed c. Luke 2. 35. All men mused or reasoned or debated in their hearts of John whether he were the Christ or notâ— Luke 3. 15. The Scribes and Pharisees watched him c. but he knew their thoughts Luke 6. 7 8. Martha thou art careful and troubled about many things but one thing is needful Luke 10. 41 42. And the Lord c. looked and Peter remembred the words of the Lord c. Luke 22. 61. Why are ye troubled and why do thoughts arise in your hearts behold my hands Luke 24. 38 39. Thy money perish with thee because thou hast thought that the gift of God might be purchased with money c. pray God if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven Acts 8. 20 22. They became vain in their imaginations and their foolish hearts was darkened Rom. 1. 21. They who are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh c. to be carnally minded is death c. because the carnal mind is enmity against God Rom. 8. 5 6 7. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain 1 Cor. 3. 20. Let him who thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall 1 Cor. 10. 12. Charity c. thinketh no evil 1 Cor. 13. 5. Casteth down imaginations or reasonings c. and bringeth into captivity every thought 2 Cor. 10. 5. If a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself Gal. 6. 3. Many walk c. whose end is destruction whose God is their belly c. who mind earthly things Phil. 3. 18 19. Whatsoever things are true c. if there be any praise think on these things Phil. 4. 8. Set your affections or mind on things above and not on things of the earth Col. 3. 2. The word of God is quick c. a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart c. all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we c. Heb. 4. 12. 13. Are ye not then partial c. and are become Judges of evil thoughts James 2. 4. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things though ye know them c. to stir you up by putting in remembrance c. I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance c. 2 Pet. 1. 12 13 15. ch 3. 1 2. Jude v. 4 5. CHAP. XXXIII Of Repentance in General wherein God cannot Repent and wherein or how he is said to Repent Repentance in Man and his turning to God from Sin and in such who have back-slidden from following God and otherwise First Wherein God cannot Repent and wherein or how he is said to Repent AND God saw that the wickedness of man was great c. and it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him at his heart Gen. 6. 5 6. Moses prayed and said c. Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of this evil against thy people c. and the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do Exod. 32. 11 12 14. Ye shall bear your iniquities c. and ye shall know my breach of promise or altering of my purpose Numb 14. 34. God is not a man that he should lye neither the son of man that he should repent hath he said and shall not he do it or hath he spoken and shall not make it good Num. 23. 19. 1 Sam. 15. 29. Heb. 6. 18. Titus 1. 2. The Lord shall c. repent himself for his servants when he seeth that power is gone