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A90521	The Scriptures stability or, the Scripture cannot be broken. Proved, explained, and several wayes applied, whereby all Scripture may with singular advantage come to be improved. Very seasonable and usefull in these last and worst dayes, wherein the authority and truth of the Scripture is now much oppugned, and by few so improved as it ought. By Robert Perrot, B.M. and minister of Gods word, at Deane in Bedfordshire.	R. P. (Robert Perrot)	1658 (1658)	Wing P1646; Thomason E1928_2; ESTC R209990	89,342	222

words and my statutes which I commanded my servants the Prophets did not they take hold of your Fathers they returned and said like as the Lord of Hosts thought to do unto us according to our wayes and according to our doings so hath he dealt with us q. d. your Fathers indeed are not and the Prophets are not no they are dead I but did my words dye with them they failed indeed but did my words fail with them or rather have they not all been fulfilled was I vain in my threatnings did I not put in execution what I spake by my Prophets felt not your Fathers the effect of my words the word notes to take hold or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 overtake and catch them as hunters their prey or as one enemy another in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 flight they would have escaped indeed they sought means to make an escape but they could not and this they were forc'd to acknowledge at last and they returned and said Like as the Lord c. and so shall all at length be forced to say they may think to make an escape but one time or other Gods words will catch them very observable to this purpose is that in the 21. Iosh 45. there failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel all came to passe and concerning this Ioshua appeals to Israel Chap. 23. 14. and behold this day I am going the way of all the earth and yea know in all your hearts and in all your souls not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you all are come to pass unto you and not one thing hath failed thereof Ioshua he appeals to what they knew in all their hearts and in all their own souls that not one thing failed he does not say that but some things or a few things but not one thing failed So Psal 116. 11. Ask Davids experience and he saith that God to him was as good as his word Psa 119. 65. thou hast dealt well with thy servant O Lord according to thy word I said indeed in my hast saith he all men are lyers Samuel and others yea all who in Gods name promised me the Kingdom I the Kingdom no I am like rather to be cut off I but this was in a fit of inconsiderate passion and temptation and this he confesses as a fault and infirmity for in the very next verse he breaks out and saith What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me he was so much the more comforted and excited to thankfulness by how much the more improbable that seemed which was effected Thus the word of the Lord is tried Psa 18. 30. It hath the triall of several ages Experience hath still at all times and in all ages proved it most true thus it is said 1 Sam. 3. 19. and Samuel grew and the Lord was with him and did let none of his words fall to the ground f Decidere in terram i. e. perire evanescere non impleri metaph ducta a re quapiam puta a vitro quae è manu decidens corrumpitur-Piscat in locum or not one of all his words i. e. the Lord performed effectually whatsoever he had foretold by Samuel to fall to the ground is as much as to come to nothing a metaphor from things which by falling perish as glasses or water spilt on the ground for words cannot properly be said to fall to the ground hereby is meant that what he spake or prophesied came to pass and proved true in the event and nothing vain and of no effect again Acts 13. 32 33. and we declare unto you glad tidings how that the promise which was made unto the Fathers God hath fulfilled the same to us his Children c. And this made Solomon bless God because there had not failed one word of all his good promise which he had promised by the hand of Moses his servant 1 Kings 8. 56. blessed be the Lord who hath given rest unto his people Israel according to all that he promised there hath not failed one word and so in the 15. vers And he said blessed be the Lord God of Israel which spake with his mouth unto David my Father and hath with his hand fulfilled it So v. 24. Reas 7 The Scr●pture cannot be broken because it was not nor could not be broken no not in reference to Jesus Christ himself though the only begotten and dearly beloved Son of God and that as concerning what ever it had foretold of those heavy sufferings which he was to undergo yet it was not nor could not be broken no not so much as in the least circumstance of them that it had foretold but they were all fulfilled in every point and puntillio of them there was not any the least thing that sailed or fell to the ground and surely if the Scripture was not nor could not be broken as in reference to him no not as to the least abatement of those heavy sufferings which he was to undergo though the Son of God himself surely then it never will nor can be broken as in reference to others this is a most powerful and impregnable argument for the Scriptures impossibility of being broken in that it was not nor could not be broken no not in reference to Jesus Christ not in reference to the Son of God himself hear what himself saith Luke 18. 31 32. then he took unto him the twelve and said unto them behold we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the Prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished for he shall be delivered to the Ge●tiles and shall be mocked and spitefully ●●treated and spit on and they shall scourge him and put him to death Now these were very heavy and sad things for the Son of God to suffer and undergo what for the eternal Son of God to be mocked to be spitefully intreated to be spit on to be scourged c. I but as heavy as sad as they were the Scripture having foretold them they shall all saith Christ be fulfilled so Luke 24. 44. And he said unto them these are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalmes concerning me and these things saies Peter Acts 3. 18. Which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophets that Christ should suffer he hath so fulfilled and when saies Paul they had fulfilled all that was written of him they took him down from the Tree c. All nothing was abated God spared not his own Son as concerning any thing no not the least thing or circumstance of thing that the Scripture had foretold and all is said still to be done that the Scriptures might be fulfilled all

Johannis dicitur acsi ipse dubitasset quam totius ecclesiae Tossan in Loc. which may much comfort us both as concerning whatever prophecies remain yet to be fulfilled as to the weale of the Church as also as to the downfall and destruction of all its implacable enemies 3. In regard of its promises so the 3. Promises Scripture cannot be broken no look upon all the promises thorow out the whole Book of God as indeed there are very many yea and exceeding great and pretious promises they shall all be performed there shall not any thing fail of all the good things which the Lord hath spoken for all the promises of God saith the Apostle 1 Cor. 1. 20. in him are yea and in him Amen unto the glory of God by us i e. they are all constant and sure in him and shall be performed all by him the promises are as infallible true as God is true and as Christ is true God shall as soon fail and Christ shall as soon fail as any promise made in the Gospel Rom. 9. 6. the Apostle speaking of the word of promise which God made to Abraham saith not as though the word of God i. e. the promises of God made to Abraham and his posterity and relaced every where by the Prophets had taken none effect the Greek is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 should fall or be fallen to ground so the Dutch Annot. and it is opposed or set against standing or remaining in the 11. verse by which is signified firm stediness when the effect follows the promise so that to fall or fall to the ground is to be frustrate become voyd of none effect when the promise is not kept like as an earthen Pot or Glass being let fall by any is broken apieces but this cannot be as to Gods promise for it follows they are not all Israel i. e. true Israelites to whom Gods promises properly had respect which are of Israel that is descended from Jacob q. d. k Q. d. quicquid hic obstrepant judaei impossibile est promissionem excidisse exciderit pro factus sit irritus opponitur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 v. 11. firmum ratum manere quo sensu 1 Sam. 3. 19 dioitur verbum Jehovae nullum cecidit super terram asseritur ergo dei veracitas constantia in servandis promissis impossibile enim est Deum qui ipsa est veritas mentiri aut verbum ejus excidere hoc est impediri ne consequatur eventum Caelum terra transibunt verbamea non transibunt haec sit basis fidei consolationis nostrae Pareus in locum however the Jews may murmur and complain against God charging him with breach of promise if they were cursed and separated from Christ yet it cannot be that God should be unfaithful or his word fail or fall to the ground no it 's absolutely impossible it was kept to the true seed of Abraham the true Isralites and that was sufficient to vindicate the truth in that the promise was fulfilled to the elect however many thousands of others were lost so 1 Cor. 15. 54. there it 's said so when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written i. e. the promise the comfortable saying and thus shall all the saying that are written be brought to pass and many sweet and comfortable sayings there are which is and may be matter of singular comfort and support to the people of God both as in reference to the Church in general as also themselves in particular O how many exceeding great and pretious promises do we find in the word and in none of them can the Scripture be broken there is a comfortable promise as to these present times Matth. 15. 13. every Plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up and was ever a Nation more over-run with plants which are not of our heavenly Fathers planting than England is at this day O how many plants have sprung up amongst us alate which are not of Gods planting but the devils planting such are all false Doctrines Errors Heresies Blasphemies and the broachers and defenders of them and how are our Churches over-run with them may not God say to England as sometimes to Judah Jer. 2. 21 yet I Isaiah 5. 2 had planted thee a noble Vine wholly a right seed how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange Vine unto me I looked it should have brought Deut. 32. 33. forth grapes and it brought forth wild grapes their Vine is of the Vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrha their grapes are grapes of gall their clusters are bitter their wine is the poyson of Dragons and the cruel venome of Aspes which may be understood of evill and noysome Doctrines but now this may comfort us that there is a promise that every plant which our heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted Eccles 3. 2 up there is saith Solomon a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted Satan hath had a time to plant and God according to his promise will have a time to pluck up that which he hath planted So 2 Tim. 3. 8 9. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the Faith But they shall proceed no further for their folly shall be manifest to all as theirs also was So another comfortable promise we have Matth. 16. 18. I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it so for our own particular Heb. 13. 5. for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee Rom. 8. 28. and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called according to his purpose John 10. 28. I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hands and so I might instance in many others but of these I shall speak more hereafter in the application of the point 4. In regard of what it threatens so 4. Threatnings the Scripture cannot be broken and indeed there are many sad and gricvous threatningsin the word against wicked and ungodly men Psa 9. 17. the wicked shall be turned into hell and all the Nations that forget God Psa 11. 6. upon the wicked he shall rain snares fire and brimstone and an horrible tempest c. Isay 3. 11. Woe unto the wicked it shall be ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be given him So 1 Sam. 2. 9 10. the wicked shall be silent in darkness and the adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces Psa 68. 21. But God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his

into the fire or into the water would he stand to deliberate whether he should recover himself yea or no no he would not and thou art in such a condition as that thou art falling into the fire of hell into everlasting fire and wilt thou stand to deliberate whether thou should'st get out of such a condition or no no what thou dost do do speedily lest thy self be broken before thou gettest out of that estate in which thou canst not be saved except the Scripture be broken Again cannot the Scripture be broken Use 5. Of Terror but what ever it speaks will it certainly come to pass then here 's matter and ground of terror and trembling First to all wicked and ungodly in general to all such as are enemies to God and persist and go on still in their sins for if the Scripture cannot be broken then look what ever the Scripture threatens against them they continuing such it shall certainly be fulfill'd upon them and made good to them and truly the Scripture threatens such heavy and sad things which being such they continuing such as cannot but be fulfill'd for the Scripture cannot be broken may well fill their hearts with horror and amazement As there is great cause why the Saints the Scripture being that which cannot be broken should be comforted in regard of what is promised so upon the like ground there is as great cause why the wicked should tremble and be terrified in regard of what is threatned it being that which shall as certainly be fulfill'd as if it were already fulfill'd We find in the prophecy of Hab that Hab. 3. 2. the Prophet there though he had matter enough of joy in the Lord himself yet he fears and trembles at what was threatned against others for their invincible obstinacy in their sins O Lord I have heard thy speech and was afraid at thy threatnings and v. 16. when I heard my belly trembled my lips quivered at thy voice rottenness entred into my bones and I trembled in my self c. here are various expressions to shew how deeply he was affected and afflicted with Gods threatnings why because he knew they would be fulfilled and if the holy Prophet thus trembled and was affected how much more cause was there for the sinners themselves to tremble and be fill'd with terror upon whom they were certainly to be fulfill'd O let all wicked and ungodly men take a survay of the threatnings God hath made in his word let them look over them and that from one end of the Bible to the other and look how many or grievous soever they be they continuing such they shall none of them all fall to the ground but shall all certainly be performed and fulfill'd which might well fill their hearts with terror and amazement so as to cause with Belshazzar the joints of their loins to be loosed and their knees to smite one against another And they shall know saith God that I am the Lord and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evill unto them no but I will do it I will not leave what I have threatned unfulfilled and Eze. 12. 25. for I am the Lord I will speak and the word that I shall speak shall come to passe some expound these words I am the Lord as being an asseveration or an Oath and the sense to be this As sure as I am Jehovah the Lord that have my being of my self and give being to all others so sure will I give being to my promises and threatnings so that not only heaven and earth must pass away before any tittle of any truth of the Lords shall fall to the ground But even the Lord himself must cease to be before his word shall be without effect If the Scripture cannot be broken then many sorrows shall be to the wicked for this is part of the Scripture one of the Scripture threatnings and so cannot be broken Psal 32. 10. If the Scripture cannot be broken Pro● 11. ●1 then though hand joyn in hand the wicked shall not go unpunished Then it shall Eccl. 8. 13. not be well with the wicked nay it shall be ill with the wicked the wicked shall 1 Sam. 2 9 10. be silent in darkness and the adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces out of heaven shall be thunder upon them Then destruction shall be to the workers Prov. 10. 29. 11. 3. 19 16 29. 1. of iniquity and the perversness of transgressors shall destroy them Then he that despiseth his wayes shall dye Then he that being often reproved h●rdneth his neck shall be suddenly and that without remedy Then God shall wound the head of his Psa 68. 21. enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses Then upon the wicked he shall rain Ps 11. 6. snares fire and brimston and an horrible tempest this shall be the portion of their cup. Then the wicked shall wring out and Psa 75. 8. drink the dreggs of that cup that is in the hand of the Lord the wine of which is red and full of mixture Then the wicked shall be turned into Psa 9. 17. hell Then as the tares are gathered and Matth. 13. 40 41 42. burnt in the fire so in the end of the world the Son of man shall send forth his Angels shall gather out of his Kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity and shall cast them in a furnace of fire there shall be wayling and gnashing of teeth For the Scripture cannot be broken and all these are Scripture and therefore cannot but be fulfill'd and so I might instance in many others but these may ●uffice to let all wicked and ungodly ones see what matter of terror and trembling this truth is to them that the Scripture cannot be broken for if it cannot then these and all other threatnings in the Word against them shall certainly be fulfilled they not getting reform'd Indeed at present they are as secure as if they had made a Covenaut with Death and as if Hell and they were at an agreement and they promise themselves when as the overflowing Scourge shall passe through it shall not come unto them for they have made lies their refuge and under falshood have they hid themselves but God tells such their Covenant with Death shall be disanulled and their agreement with Hell shall not stand No but Gods Word shall stand for it is said when the overflowing Scourge stall pass through then they shall be trod down by it and it shall take them Isa 28. 15 18 19. And as this that the Scripture cannot be broken is matter and ground of terror and trembling to wicked men in general so to several in particular As 1. First to all unregenerate ones for if the Scripture cannot be broken then all such continuing such cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven for this