come in the glory of his father with his Angels and then he shall reward every man according unto his works Matth. 16. 27. There was a man who had not on a wedding-garment and the king said unto him Friend how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment and he was speechless Then said the king to his servants Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping c. Matth. 22. 11 12 13. chap. 25. 30. As the lightning cometh out of the East and shineth to the West so shall also the coming of the Son of man be c. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds c. But of the day and hour knoweth no man no not the Angels in heaven but my father only but as the days of Noah were so shall also the coming of the Son of man be c. they were eating and drinking c. Watch therefore c. be ye therefore ready also for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh c. Matth. 24. 27 30 31 36 37 38 39 42 43 44 c. Luke 12 35 36. chap. 17. 24. When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all his holy Angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on the right hand but the goats on the left hand Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was an hungred c. Then shall he say unto them on the left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels for I was an hungred c. and these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into everlasting life Matth. 25. 31 32 33 35 41 42 46. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right-hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven Matth. 26. 64. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me c. in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with his holy Angels Mark 8. 38. The father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgment to the Son that all men should honour the Son c. and hath given him authority to execute judgment also because he is the Son of man c. As I hear I judg and my judgment is just because I seek not mine own will c. John 5. 22 23 27 30. He who rejecteth me c. hath one who judgeth him the word I have spoken the same shall judg him in the last day John 12. 48. I will come again and receive you John 14. 3. Ye now therefore have sorrow but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce c. John 16. 22. This same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven Acts 1. 11. He commanded us to preach unto the people c. That it is he who was ordained of God to be the Judg of quick and dead Acts 10. 42. He hath appointed a day in the which he will judg the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given an assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead Acts 17. 31. And as he reasoned of righteousness temperance and judgment to come Felix trembled Acts 24. 25. After thy hardness c. treasurest up unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God who will render to every man according to his deeds to them who by patient continuing in well-doing c. eternal life but unto them who are contentious c. indignation and wrath c. upon every soul of man who doth evil c. but glory honour and peace to every man who worketh good c. for there is no respect of persons with God c. in the day when God shall judg the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel Rom. 2. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16. Is God unrighteous c God forbid for then how shall God judg the world Rom. 3. 5 6. Why dost thou judg thy brother c we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ for it is written As I live saith the Lord Every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God so then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God Rom. 14. 10 11 12. Isa. 45. 23. If any man build on this foundation gold silver c. every mans work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare it because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is c. 1 Cor. 3. 12 13 14 15. He who judgeth me is the Lord therefore judg nothing before the time until the Lord come who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness c. 1 Cor. 4. 4 5. Do ye not know that the Saints shall judg the world c that we shall judg Angels 1 Cor. 6. 2 3. We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad knowing therefore the terror of the Lord c. 2 Cor. 5. 9 10 11. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him c. Col. 3. 4. To the end he may establish your hearts c. before God even our father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his Saints 1 Thess. 3. 13. The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel and with the trump of God 1 Thess. 4. 16 17. For your selves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night for when they shall say peace and safety then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travel upon a woman with child and they shall not escape c. I pray God your whole spirit soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord 1 Thess. 5. 2 3 23. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them who trouble you and to you who
will ye liken God or what likeness will ye compare unto him c He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth c. That bringeth the princes to nothing c. To whom will ye liken me or shall I be equal Saith the holy one Lift up your eyes on high and behold who hath created these things Isa. 40. 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 22 23 24 25 26. chap. 42. 5. ch 46. 5 9 10. Yea before the day was I am he and there is none that can deliver out of my hand I will work and who shall let c. I the Lord your holy one the creator of Israel your king c. Who maketh a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters c. I have given Jacob to the curse and Israel to reproaches Isa. 43. 13 15 16 28. I the Lord who maketh all things who stretcheth forth the heavens alone who spreadeth abroad the earth by my self who frustrateth the tokens of the lyars and maketh diviners mad who turneth wise men backward and maketh their knowledg foolish c. Who saith to the deep be dry and I will dry Isa. 44. 24 25 27. I form light and create darkness I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things c. Woe to him who striveth with his maker let the potsheard strive with the potsheards of the earth c. I have made the earth and created man upon it I even my hands hath stretched out the heavens c. Every knee shall bow to me every tongue shall swear Isa. 45. 7 9 12. Behold at my rebuke I dry up the sea c. I cloth the heavens with blackness c. Isa. 50. 2 3. Thus saith the high and lofty one who inhabiteth eternity whose name is holy I dwell in the high and holy place c. Isa. 57. 15. Thus saith the Lord The heaven is my throne and the earth my foot-stool where is the house ye build unto me And where is the place of my rest for all these things hath mine hand made c. Isa. 66. 1 2. Hath a nation changed their Gods which are yet no Gods but my people hath changed their glory c. Jer. 2. 11. The Lord our God who giveth rain both the former and the latter in his season he reserveth unto us the appointed weak of the harvest Jer. 5. 24. There is none like unto thee O Lord thou art great and thy name is great in might Who would not fear thee O king of nations For to thee doth it appertain Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms none like unto thee c. At his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations c. He hath made the earth by his power c. The portion of Jacob is not like them for he is the former of all things Jer. 10. 6 7 10 11 12 13 16. chap. 51. 15 16 19. Cannot I do with you as this Potter saith the Lord Behold as the clay in the Potters hand so are ye in mine hand O house of Israel At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to pluck up and to pull down and to destroy c. Jer. 18. 6 7 8 9. Thus saith the Lord of hosts c. I have made the earth the man and the beast that are upon the ground by my great power and by my outstretched arm and have given it unto whom it seemeth meet unto me And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar c. Jer. 27. 4 5 6 c. ch 32. 17. The great the mighty God the Lord of hosts is his name great in counsel and mighty in works c. I the Lord the God of all flesh is any thing too hard for thee Jer. 32. 18 19 27. Behold all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine Ezek. 18. 4. Behold the glory of the God of Israel c. And his voice was like a voice of many waters and the earth shined with his glory c. The glory of the Lord filled the house Ezek. 43. 2 4 5. ch 8. 4. ch 9. 3. Wisdom and might are his And he changeth the times and the seasons He removeth kings and setteth up kings c. The God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom power and glory c. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed c. He is a God of Gods and Lord of Kings Dan. 2. 20 21 37 38 44 47. Ye servants of the most high God come forth c. Dan. 3. 26. Mark 5. 7. Luk. 1. 32 35 76. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and his dominion from generation to generation c. The most high ruleth in the kingdoms and giveth it to whomsoever he will and setteth up over it the basest of men c. The most high c. Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion c. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing and he doth according to his will in the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth And none can stay his hand or say unto him what doest thou c Those who walk in pride he is able to abase Dan. 4. 3 17 25 32 34 35 37. The God in whose hands thy breath is and whose are all thy ways hast thou not glorified Dan. 5. 23. The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob Amos 8. 7. I am a great king saith the Lord of hosts and my name is dreadful among the heathen Mal. 1. 14. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into the harvest Matt. 9. 38. I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to babes Even so father for it seemed good in thy sight All things are delivered to me of my father with God all things are possible Matt. 11. 25 26 27. chap. 19. 26. Luk. 1. 37. The God of Glory appeared unto our father Abraham c. Howbeit the most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands as saith the Prophet heaven is my Throne c. He looked up c. And saw the glory of God and Jesus standing Act. 7. 2 48 55. Turn from these vanities unto the living God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all things therein c. He gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons c. Act. 14. 15 17. Rev. 14. 7. God who made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in Temples made with hands neither is worshipped with mens hands as though he needed any thing seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things and hath made of one blood all nations of men
ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven Job 28. 23 24. His eyes are upon the ways of man and he seeth all his goings Job 34. 21. Psal. 11. 4 5. The righteous God tryeth the hearts and reins Psal. 7. 9. Jer. 11. 20. The Lord looketh from heaven and beholdeth all the sons of men Psal. 33. 13. Understand ye brutish c. He that planteth the ear shall he not hear He that formed the eye shall he not see c The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity Psal. 94. 8 9 11. Thou c. art acquainted with all my ways For not a word in my tongue but lo O Lord thou knowest it altogether c. Such knowledg is too wonderful for me c. Whither shall I go from thy spirit Or whither shall I fly from thy presence If I ascend up into Heaven thou art there c. Psal. 139. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 c. Prov. 5. 21. The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the good and the bad c. Hell and destruction are before the Lord how much more then the hearts of the children of men Prov. 15. 3 11. Shall the thing framed say of him who framed it he had no understanding Isa. 29. 16. Mine eyes are upon all their ways They are not hid from my face Neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes Jer. 16. 17. ch 32. 19. I the Lord search the heart I try the reins Jer. 17 10. ch 20. 12. I know the things which come into thy mind every one of them Ezek. 11. 5. He revealeth the deep and â—…ecret things He knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him Dan. 2. 22 28. Thy father who seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly c. Your father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him Mat. 6. 4 6 8 18. But of that day and hour knoweth no man c. but the father Mark 13. 32. That should seek the Lord c. though he be not far from every one of us Act. 17. 27. O the depth of the riches c. Of the knowledg of God c. Rom. 11. 33 34. Pleasing c. God who tryeth our hearts c. 1 Thes. 2. 4. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 12 13. 8thly He is most Wise. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength c. Job 9. 4. The Lord of host wonderful in counsel Isa. 28. 29. The Lord is a God of judgment Isa. 30. 18. He hath established the world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion Jer. 10. 12. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledg of God Rom. 11. 33. To God only wise be glory c. Rom. 16. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 17. The foolishness of God is wiser than men 1 Cor. 1. 25. To the only wise God our saviour be glory c. Jude vers 25. 9thly He is most Holy Who like thee O Lord c. glorious in holiness c. Exod. 15. 11. I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity c. Exod. 20. 5. Nahum 1. 2. Ye shall be holy for I am holy c. Levit. 11. 44 45. chap. 19. 2. chap. 20. 26. I the Lord who sanctifieth you am holy Levit. 21. 8. For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you Deut. 6. 15. The Lord for he is an holy God he is a jealous God he will not forgive c. Josh. 24. 19. There is none holy as the Lord for there is none besides 1 Sam. 2. 2. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6. 20. The holy one of Israel is our king Psal. 89. 18. Psal. 99. 9. The knowledg of the holy is understanding Prov. 9. 10. Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts Isa. 6. 3. Behold from the habitation of thy holiness c. The people of thy holiness hath possessed c. Isa. 63. 15 18. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel c. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord the holy one in Israel Ezek. 39. 7. Isa. 43. 14 15. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness c. Amos 4. 2. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look at iniquity Habak 1. 13. Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is c. Rev. 4. 8. Who shall not fear thee O Lord c. for thou only art holy c. Rev. 15. 4. 10thly He is most just A God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he Deut. 32. 4. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right c. Nehem. 9. 33. Surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment c. Wilt thou condemn him who is most just Job 34. 12. 17. He is excellent c. and in plenty of justice Job 37. 23. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness c. Psal. 11. 7. Psal. 33. 5. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne Psal. 89. 14. No God besides me a just God c. Isa. 45. 21. I am the Lord who exercise c. judgment and righteousness in the earth c. Jer. 9. 24. The Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doth Dan. 9. 14. The just Lord is in the middest thereof he will not do iniquity every morning he doth bring his judgment to light Zephan 3. 5. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed c. Heb. 6. 10. Lord God Almighty just and true are thy ways c. Rev. 15. 3. 11thly He is Compassionate Pitiful and Merciful The men laid hold upon his hand c. the Lord being merciful unto him Gen. 19. 16. The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious c. keeping mercy for thousands c. Exod. 34. 6 7. The Lord is c. Of great mercy Numb 14. 18. The Lord thy God is a merciful God he will not forsake thee neither destroy thee c. Deut. 4. 31. O give thanks unto the Lord c. For his mercy endures for ever 1 Chron. 16. 34. 2 Chron. 20. 21. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return c. 2 Chron. 30. 9. Psal. 116. 5. Thou a God c. merciful slow to anger c. For thy great mercies sake thou didst not consume them c. For thou art a gracious and merciful God Nehem. 9. 17 31. Psal. 145. 8. Thou a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering and plenteous in mercy c. Psal. 86. 15. Psal. 111. 4. Psal. 145. 8. Mercy c. shall go before thy face Psal.
3. 3. It pleased the father that in him all fulness should dwell c. Christ in or among you the hope of glory whom we preach warning every man c. That we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1. 19 27 28. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily and ye are compleat in him who is the head c. Not holding the head from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment administred and knit together increaseth with the increase of God Col. 2. 9 10 19. Your life is hid with Christ in God when Christ who is our life c. Put on the new man c. Where there is neither Greek nor Jew c. But Christ is all in all c. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus c. Col. 3. 3 4 10 11 17. Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought light and immortality to light through the Gospel 2 Tim. 1. 9 10. In that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them who are tempted Heb. 2. 18. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 14. Ye are built up c. To offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. Heb. 13. 15. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 5. 10. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tryed in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou maist be clothed that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou mayest see Rev. 3. 18. CHAP. IX Gods free choice of His in Christ to Eternal Life and calling them according to his Purpose and Grace AND ye shall be holy unto me for I the Lord am holy and have severed you from other people that ye should be mine Levit. 20. 26. Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth the Lord did not set his love upon you nor choose you because ye were more in number than any people for ye were the fewest of all people but because the Lord loved you c. Deut. 7. 6 7 8. ch 14. 2. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them and he chose their seed after them even you above all people as at this day Deut. 10. 15. The Lord will not forsake his people for his names sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people 1 Sam. 12. 22. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and to make him a name and to do for you great things c For thou hast confirmed to thy self thy people Israel a people unto thee for ever and thou Lord art become their God 2 Sam. 7. 23 24. Wo unto him who striveth with his maker let the Potsherd strive with the Potsherds of the earth Shall the clay say to him who fashioneth it what makest thou Woe unto him who saith unto his father what begettest thou c. Isa. 45. 9 10. The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit a Wife of youth when thou wast refused saith thy God Isa. 54. 5 6. I am found of them who sought me not I said behold me behold me unto a nation which was not called by my name Isa. 65. 1. Rom. 10. 20. ch 15. 21. The Lord said to Jeremy before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest out of the womb I sanctified thee I ordained thee a Prophet unto the nation Jer. 1. 5. I have loved thee with an everlasting love therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee Jer. 31. 3. When God gives out the great promises of a new heart a new spirit c. He said not for your sakes do I this be it known unto you be ashamed c. Ezek. 36. 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32. ch 20. 43 44. It shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them ye are not my people there it shall be said unto them ye are the sons of the living God Hosea 1. 10. I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy and will say to them which were not my people thou my people and they shall say thou my God Hosea 2. 23. Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God c. and shall fear the Lord c. Hosea 3. 5. When Israel a child then I loved him c. I taught Ephraim also to go taking them by their arms but they knew not that I healed themâ—… I drew them with cords of a man with bands of love c. Hosea 11. 1 2 3 4. O Children of Israel c. You only have I known of all the families of the earth Hosea 3. 1 2. At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of Heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight Matt. 11. 25 26. Luk. 10. 21. It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven but to them it is not given c. Therefore spake I to them in parables because they seeing see not c. Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear Matt. 13. 11 13 16. Mark 11. 12 34. I will give unto this last even as unto thee Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own Is thine eye evil because I am good So the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen c. To sit on my right hand or my left is not mine to give but to them for whom it is prepared of my father Matt. 20. 14 15 16 21 23. Mark 10. 40. Jesus called Simon and Andrew and James and John to follow him and they did Mark 1. 16 17 18 19 20. Except that the Lord had shortned those days no flesh should be saved but for the elects sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened the days Mark 13. 20. Thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John He shall be great in the sight of the Lord c. He shall be filled with the holy Ghost even from his mothers womb Luke 1. 13 15. Many Widows were in Israel in the days of Elias c. When great famine was throughout all the land but unto none of them was Elias sent save unto Sarepta c. And many leapers were in Israel in the time of Elizeus
God he is 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 rejoyce 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 temple or the Temple of thy holiness Psal. 5. 7. Who is God save the Lord Psal. 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 governour among the nations All they who are fat on earth shall eat and worship c. A seed shall serve him Psal. 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 Psal. 26. 6 8. 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 Psal. 29. 2. Psal. 96. 4 6 7 8 9. For he is thy Lord and worship thou him Psal. 45. 11. All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee c. Psal. 66. 4. Psal. 63. 1 2 3 c. Neither shalt thou worship any strange God I the Lord thy God Psal. 81. 9 10. How amiable are thy tabernacles c my soul longeth c. a day in thy courts is better c. Psal. 84. 1 2 c. 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 Psal. 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 Psal. 89 6 7. Before the mountains were c. even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Psal. 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 Psal. 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 Psal. 97. 1 7 9. Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship at his footstool he is holy Psal. 99 5 9. Holy and reverend is his name Psal. 111. 9. I will worship toward his holy temple Psal. 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 in heaven and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few Eccles 5. 1 2. 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 have 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. Psal. 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. chap. 41. 4. But the Lord is the 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 24. 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.
people feared the Lord and believed the Lord Exod. 14. 31. The Sea covered them c. Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the Gods or mighty ones who like thee glorious in holiness fearful in praises doing wonders Exod. 15. 10 11. When God appeared upon the mount with a sound of a trumpet c. All the people that was in the camp trembled Exod. 19. 16 18. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain Exod. 20. 7. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live Exod. 33. 20 21 23. Thou shalt not curse the deaf c. but shalt fear thy God I the Lord c. Levit. 19. 14 32. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another but thou shalt fear thy God for I am the Lord your God c. Levit. 25. 17 36 43. Did ever people hear the voice of God c. as thou hast heard and live c. unto thee it was shewed that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God there is none else besides him Deut. 4. 32 33 35. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him c. Deut. 6. 13. chap. 10. 20. Understand therefore this day that the Lord thy God he who goeth over before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy c. Deut. 9. 3. And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God c Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens are the Lords c. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords a great God and a mighty and terrible who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward Deut. 10. 12 14 17. I I am he and there is no God with me I kill c. Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hands c. If I whet my glittering sword c. Deut. 32. 39 41. That all the people of the earth may know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever Joshua 4. 24. Deut. 3. 24. There is none holy as the Lord c. the Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down unto the grave and bringeth up the Lord maketh poor c. 1 Sam. 2. 1 6 7 8. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God! 1 Sam. 6. 20. Then the earth trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth there went up a smoke out of his nostrils c. 2 Sam. 22. 8 9 10 11 12. My servant Job c. one who feareth God and escheweth evil Job 1. 1 8. How should man be just with God! c. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who hath hardened against him and hath prospered who removeth the mountains and they know not who overturneth them in his anger who shaketh the earth out of her place and the pillars thereof tremble who commandeth the sun and it riseth not and sealed up the stars who alone spreadeth out the heavens c. Job 9. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty Job 11. 7 8 9 10. The Lord hath wrought this in whose hand is the soul or life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind Job 12. 9 10. Will you speak wickedly for God c shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon you Job 13. 7 8 11. And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom Job 28. 28. God said to Job None is so fierce who dare stir him up speaking of a creature Who then is able to stand before me Job 41. 10. Stand in awe and sin not Psal. 4. 4. Who is the king of glory the Lord of hosts he is this king of glory Psal. 24. 10. What man is he who feareth the Lord him he shall teach in the way which he shall choose c. The secret of the Lord is with them who fear him and he will shew them his Covenant Psal. 25. 12 13 14. O! how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them who fear thee Psal. 31. 19. He gathereth the waters of the sea together c. Let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him for he spake and it was done c. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them who feareth him c. Psal. 33. 6 7 8 9 18. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them who fear him and delivereth them c. O fear the Lord ye his saints for there is no want unto them who fear him c. hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord Psal. 34. 7 9 11. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart there is no fear of God before his eyes Psal. 36. 1. He uttereth his voice the earth melteth Psal. 46. 6. The Lord most high is terrible he is a great king over all the earth Psal. 47. 2. Because they have no changes therefore they fear not God Psal. 55. 19. To him who rideth upon the heavens of heavens of old lo he doth send or give out his voice a mighty voice c. His excellency over Israel and his strength in the clouds or heavens O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places Psal. 68. 33 34 35. At thy rebuke O God of Jacob both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep Thou thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry c. The earth feared and was still Psal. 76. 6 7 8. Surely his salvation is nigh them who fear him Psal. 85. 9. Before the mountains were c. even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Thou turnest man to destruction and sayest Return ye children of men Who knoweth the power of thine anger even according to thy fear is thy wrath Psal. 90. 2 3 11. The Lord reigneth he is clothed with Majesty the Lord is clothed with strength c. Thy throne is established of old thou from everlasting c. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters Psal. 93. 1 2 4. The Lord a great God and a great King above all gods Psal. 95. 3. Psal. 135. 5 6 7. The Lord is great c. he is to be feared above all gods c. The Lord made the heavens honour and majesty are before him c. fear before him all the earth Psal. 96. 4 5 6 9. A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about his lightnings enlighteneth the world the earth saw and trembled the hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth Psal 97. 3 4 5 9. The Lord reigneth let
the people tremble He sitteth between the Cherubins let the earth be removed or stagger the Lord is great in Zion he is high above all people let them praise the great and terrible name it is holy Psal. 99. 1 2 3. As the heavens are high above the earth so great is his mercy towards them who fear him c. As a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who feareth him c. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting unto them who fear him Psal. 103. 11 13 17. He hath given meat unto them that fear him c. Holy and reverend is his name The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Psal. 111. 5 9 10. Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob who turneth the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of water Psal. 114. 7 8. He will bless them who fear the Lord small and great Psal. 115. 13. He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear c. Psal. 145. 19. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him c. Psal. 147. 11. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledg Prov. 1. 7. Chap. 9. 10. Fear the Lord and depart from evil Prov. 3. 7. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence c. it is the fountain of life to depart from the snares of death Prov. 14. 26 27. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasures c. Prov. 15. 16. By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil Prov. 16. 6. Let not thine heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long Prov. 23. 17. Whatsoever God doth it shall be for ever c. and God doth it that men should fear before him Eccl. 3. 14. It shall be well with them who fear God who fear before him Eccl. 18. 12. The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day c. And they shall go into the holes c. for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth Isa. 2. 17 19 21. I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne c. and one cryed unto another and said Holy holy holy is the Lord of Hosts the whole earth is full of his glory c. then said I Wo is me c. because I a man of unclean lips c. have feen the King the Lord of Hosts Isa. 6. 1 3 5. Sanctifie the Lord of Hosts himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread Isa. 8. 13. The Lord of Hosts hath sworn saying Surely as I thought so shall it come to pass and as I have purposed it shall stand c. The Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Isa. 14. 24 27. Thou hast made of a city an heap c. therefore shall the strong people glorifie thee the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee Isa. 25. 1 2 3. Who would set the briers and thornes against me in battel c. I would burn them together Isa. 27. 4. Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth c. and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men therefore c. They shall sanctifie my name and sanctifie the holy one of Jacob and shall fear the God of Israel Isa. 29. 13 14 15 23. Behold the Lord God will come c. who hath measured the waters in the hallow of his hand and meeted heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure c. behold the nations as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballance behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing c. all nations before him are as nothing Isa. 40. 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. I the Lord the first and with the last I am he the isles faw it and feared the ends of the earth were afraid drew near c. Isa. 41. 4 5. The heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool where is the house Isa. 66. 1. Act. 7. 48 49 50. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God and that my fear is not in thee Jer. 2. 19. O foolish people c. fear ye not me saith the Lord Will ye not tremble at my presence Who hath placed the sands for the bounds of the Sea by a perpetual decree that it cannot pass it c. But this people hath revolted c. neither say they in their hearts Let us now fear the Lord our God who giveth rain c. Jer. 5. 21. 22 23 24. None like unto thee O Lord thou great and thy name great in might who would not fear thee O King of nations for to thee it appertaineth c. The Lord is the true God he the living God an everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation c. Jer. 10. 6 7 10. 12 13. Dan. 2. 20 21 22 47. Chap. 4. 17 32. O house of Israel cannot I do with you as this potter saith the Lord behold as the clay in the potters hand so ye in my hand O house of Israel Jer. 18. 6. Can any hide himself in secret praces that I shall not see him saith 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 work 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 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. 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. If I be a master Where is my fear c I am a great King saith the Lord of Hosts and my name is dreadful amongst the heathen Mal. 1. 6 14. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerer c. And 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. Mal. 4. 2. Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell Mat. 10. 28. His
heathen that are at ease for I was but a litte displeased and they helped forward the affliction Zechar. 1. 15. When Jesus saw the multitude he had compassion on them because they fainted or were tyred and lay down c. Matth. 9. 36. I was an hungry and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye cloathed me I was in prison and ye came unto me I was sick and ye visited me c. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Matth. 25. 35 36 37 40. When Jesus had put forth the parable of a man falling among thieves and was wounded and the Priest and Levite passing by and looking on but the Samaritan had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds and took care of him he said Go and do thou likewise Luke 10. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37. Simon Simon Satan hath desired to have you that he might sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Luke 22. 31 32. Peter therefore was kept in prison but prayer was made without ceasing or earnest and instant prayer was made of the Church unto God for him Acts 12. 5 12. Rejoyce with them who do rejoyce and weep with them who do weep be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 15 16. The members should have the same care one of another and whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured all the members rejoyce with it now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular 1 Cor. 12. 24 25 26 27. Blessed be God c. who comforteth us in all our tribulations that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we our â—…lves are comforted of God 2 Cor. 1. 3 4. Bear ye one anothers burthens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 2. Be kind one to another tender-hearted Eph. 4. 32. Ye have done well that ye did communicate with mine afflictions c. Ye sent once and again to my necessity Phil. 4. 14 15 16. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy Col. 3. 12. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel c. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain But when he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and found me the Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day c. how many things he ministred unto me at Ephesus thou knowest 2 Tim. 1. 8 16 17 18. At my first answer no man stood with me but all men forsook me I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge 2 Tim. 4. 16. Ye endured a great fight of affliction partly whiles ye were made a gazing-stock both by reproaches and afflictions and partly whilst ye became companions of them who were so used for ye had compassion on me in my bonds c. Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels unawares Remember them who are in bonds as bound with them them who suffer adversity as being your selves also in the body Heb. 13. 2 3. Pure religion c. is to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction James 1. 27. See Duties in common Calamities Chap. 23. See Duty of Christians one to another Chap. 17. CHAP. XXIII Of Publick or common Calamities and Judgments First That they are of Gods ordering and none can keep them off GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth c. And the Lord said I will destroy man whom I have created c. And behold I even I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh c. Accordingly he brings the flood Gen. 6. 5 7 17. chap. 7. 4. The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven and he overthrew those Cities Gen. 19. 24 25. See now that I am He and there is no God with me I kill I make alive I wound I heal neither is there any who can deliver out of my hand Deut. 32 39. If ye turn away and forsake my statutes c. then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land c. 2 Chron. 7. 19 20. The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirits of the Philistines and of the Arabians c. and they came up into Judah and brake into it c 2 Chron. 21. 16 17. They mocked the messengers c. till the wrath of the Lord arose against his people and there was no remedy therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees who slew their young men c. 2 Chron. 36. 15 16 17. He turned their heart to hate his people and to deal subtilly with his servants Psal. 105. 25. He gave them into the hand of the heathen and they who hated them ruled over them Psal. 106. 41 42. O Assyrian c. I will send him against an hypocritical nation c. to tread them down c. Isa. 10. 5 6. Behold the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth Isa. 26. 21. I have heard from the Lord of Hosts a consumption determined upon the whole earth Isa. 28. 22. Who gave Jacob for a spoil and Israel to the robbers did not the Lord against whom c Isa. 42. 24. I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things Isa. 45. 7. I was wrath with my people I have c. given them into thine hand c. therefore shall evil come upon thee c. thou shalt not be able to put it off c. Isa. 47. 6 11. I have forsaken mine house I have left mine heritage I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies Jer. 12. 7. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to pluck up and to pull down and to destroy If that nation c. Jer. 18. 7 8. Is there any sorrow like unto my sorrow wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of the Lords anger Lam. 1. 12 13 14 c. Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it Amos 3. 6. Therefore thus will I do unto thee O Israel c. prepare to meet thy God c. Amos 4. 12. See more in afflictions Chap. 22. 2dly The priviledges of the Saints and servants of God in such a time When God destroyed the whole world by the flood Noah found grace
are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire taking vengeance of them who know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power 2 Thess. 1. 6 7 8 9. We beseech you by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye be not soon shaken in mind c. as that the day of Christ is at hand c. except there come first a falling away and that man of sin be revealed c. 2 Thess. 2. 1 2 3. The Lord Jesus who shall judg the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom c. a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judg shall give me at that day c. unto them also who love his appearance 2 Tim. 4. 1 8. Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Titus 2. 13. Not laying again the foundation c. of eternal judgment Heb. 6. 1 2. It is appointed for all men once to dye but after this the judgment so Christ c. unto them who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin Heb. 9. 27 28. A certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversary c. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 27 31. Ye are come unto mount Zion c. and to God the Judg of all c. Heb. 12. 22 23. Be patient therefore brethren to the coming of the Lord c. for the coming of the Lord draweth near c. James 5. 7 8. That the tryal of our faith c. might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ c. the father who without respect of persons judgeth according unto every mans works 1 Pet. 1. 7 17. Who shall give account unto him who is ready to judg the quick and the dead c. the end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer c. The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God c. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God and if the righteous scarcely be saved Where shall the ungodly and sinners appear 1 Pet. 4. 5 7 17 18. When the chief shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown c. 1 Pet. 5. 4. The Lord knoweth how c. to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished 2 Pet. 2. 9. There shall come in the last days scoffers c. and saying Where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning c. the heavens and the earth which now are by the same word are kept in store reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men c. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day c. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise c. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be c looking for and hasting unto the day of God 2 Pet. 3. 3 4 7 8 10 11 12. Psal. 102. 25 26. Abide in him that when he appears we may have confidence at his coming 1 John 2. 28. That we may have boldness in the day of judgment because as he is so are we 1 John 4. 16 17. The Angels who kept not their first state c. hath he reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day c. Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his Saints to execute judgment upon all c. Jude ver 6 14 15. Behold he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him and they also who pierced him c. Rev. 1. 7. And the heavens departed as a scroul c. and the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief Captains and the mighty men c. hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains and said unto the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. 14 15 16 17. The nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and thou shouldst give unto thy servants a reward c. Rev. 11. 18. I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away c. and I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened c. and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works Rev. 20. 11 12 15. Behold I come quickly and my reward is with me to give every man according as his works shall be c. And the Spirit and the Bride say Come c. He who testified these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so Come Lord Jesus Rev. 22. 12 17 20. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who do such things Rom. 2. 2. Be not deceived c. for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap for he who soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap c. Gal. 6. 7 8. CHAP. XXXVII Of the glory prepared for the Saints and reserved to be given to them at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ. IF in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable 1 Cor. 15. 19. After I awake c. yet in my flesh or out of my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another Job 19. 26 27. Death shall feed on them and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning Psal. 49. 14. Many of them who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life c. and they who be wise or teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they who turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever Dan. 12. 2 3. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Matth. 5. 8. Lay up for your selves treasure in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal c. Matth. 6. 20. Many shall come c. and shall sit down with Abraham c. in the kingdom of heaven Matth. 8. 11.
Deut. 4. 24 33 39. chap. 5. 24 25 26. The Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible Deut. 7. 21. Nehem. 1. 5. ch 4. 14. The Lord thy God he who goeth before thee is a consuming fire c. Thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness c. Deut. 9. 3 26. Isa. 60. 16. Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lords thy God the earth also with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords a great God mighty and terrible who regardeth not persons nor taketh rewards Deut. 10. 14 17. And know you c. The Lord your God his greatness his mighty hand and his stretched-out arm and his miracles and his acts which he did c. Deut. 11. 2 3. Thou maist fear this glorious and fearful name the Lord thy God Deut. 28. 58. Ascribe ye greatness unto our God the Rock his work is perfect all his ways are judgment c. When the most high divided c. See now that I I am he and there is no God with me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hands For if I lift up my hand to heaven c. Deut. 32. 3 4 8 39 41 42 c. There is none like unto the God of Jesurun who rideth upon the heavens in thy help and in his excellency on the sky The eternal God thy refuge and underneath are everlasting arms and he shall thrust out c. Deut. 33. 26 27. There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like our God c. The Lord is a God of knowledg and by him are actions weighed c. The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up He raiseth up the poor c. So the pillars of the earth are the Lords and he hath set the world upon them He will keep the feet of his Saints c. 1 Sam. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 c. Job 9. 5 6 7 8 9. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6. 20. Thou art great O Lord God For none is like thee neither is there any God beside thee 2 Sam. 7. 22. The earth shook and trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wrath There went up a smoke out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured c. 2 Sam. 22. 8 9 10 11 12. The Glory of the Lord had filled the house 1 King 8. 11. Thou art the God thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth thou hast made heaven and earth 2 King 19. 15. Declare his glory c. For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised to be feared above all Gods For all the Gods of the people are Idols but the Lord made the heavens Glory and honour are in his presence strength and gladness in his place c. Give unto the Lord the glory due to his name 1 Chron. 16. 24 25 26 27 28 c. Psal. 96. 4 5. Thine O Lord is the greatness and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all in heaven and earth is thine thine the kingdom O Lord and thou art exalted as head above all Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand to make great and to give strength unto all 1 Chron. 29. 11 12. Blessed be thy glorious name who art exalted above all blessing and praises thou thou art Lord alone thou hast made heaven c. And thou preservest them all Nehem. 9. 5 6. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away Job 1. 21. God c. Who doeth great things and unsearchable without number Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields to set up on high those who are low c. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform c. Job 5. 8 9 10 11 12 c. Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection c If he cut off or make a change and shut up or gather together then who can hinder him c. Job 11. 7 8 9 10. chap. 9. 10 11 12 13 c. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all manking c. With him is wisdom and strength he hath counsel and understanding Behold he breaketh down and it cannot be built up again He shutteth up a man and there can be no opening he withholdeth the waters and they dry up c. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled and maketh the judges fools He looseth the bond of kings c. He leadeth princes away spoiled and overthroweth the mighty c. Job 12. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 c. Shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon you Job 13. 11. He stretcheth out the north over the empty places and hangeth the earth upon nothing he bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds c. He hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and night come to an end the pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof He divideth the sea c. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens c. Lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him But the thunder of his power who can understand Job 26. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Destruction from God was a terrour to me and by reason of his highness I could not endure Job 31. 23. God is greater than man Why dost thou strive against him For he giveth not account of any of his matters Job 33. 12 13. ch 9. 12. He thundereth with the voice of his excellency c. God thundereth marvellously with his voice great things doth he which we cannot comprehend For he saith to the snow be thou on the earth likewise to the small rain c. He sealeth up the hand of every man that all men may know his works c. With God is terrible majesty c. Job 37. 4 5 6 7 8 9 c. 22 23. The Lord said unto Job c. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth c Who hath laid the measures thereof c Job 38. toto Who is able to stand before me who hath prevented me that I should repay Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine Job 41. 10 11. The kings of the earth set themselves c. He that sitteth in heaven shall laugh The Lord shall have them in derision Then shall he speak unto him in his wrath c. Yet have
I set my king upon my holy hill Sion Psal. 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6. Lord our God how excellent is thy name in all the earth Who hast set thy glory above the heavens Psal. 8. 1 9. The Lord is in his holy Temple the Lord's Throne is in Heaven Psal. 11. 4. The kingdom is the Lords and he is the Governour amongst the Nations Psal. 22. 28. Psal. 47. 2 7. Who is the king of Glory the Lord of hosts he is the king of Glory Psal. 24. 10. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters The God of glory thundereth the Lord is upon many waters The voice of the Lord is powerful or power the voice of the Lord is full of majesty The voice of the Lord breaketh the Cedars c. The Lord sitteth upon the floods yea the Lord sitteth king for ever Psal. 29. 3 4 5 6 7 8 10. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made c. He spake and it was done he commanded and it stood fast The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought He maketh the devices of the counsel of none effect the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever the thoughts of his heart to all generations Psal. 33. 6 7 9 10 11. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised Psal. 48. 1. Psal. 50. 1. Let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth Selah Psal. 59. 13. Isa. 60. 16. He that is our God is the God of salvation and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death c. To him who rideth upon the heavens of heavens c. His excellency is over Israel and his strength in the heavens O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places c. Psal. 68. 20 33 34 35. Promotion cometh not from the east c. But God the judge He putteth down one and setteth up another Psal. 75. 6 7. In Judah is God known his name is great in Israel c. Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey c. At thy rebuke O God of Jacob the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep Thou thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry c. He shall cut off the spirit of princes He is terrible to the kings of the earth c. Psal. 76. 1 4 6 7 12. Nahum 1. 5 6. Who is so great a God as our God Thou the God that doest wonders c. The waters saw thee O God c. They were afraid the depths also were troubled c. Psal. 77. 13 14 16. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty he judgeth among the Gods Psal. 82. 1. That men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah Art the most high over all the earth Psal. 83. 18. Psal. 91. 1. Among the Gods none like unto thee O Lord neither is there any works like unto thy works All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee c. For thou art great and doest wondrous things thou art God alone Psal. 86. 8 9 10. Psal. 87. 5. Who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord God is greatly to be feared c. Who is a strong Lord like unto thee c. Psal. 89. 6 7 8 9 11. Thou turnest man to destruction and saist return ye children of men c. Psal. 90. 2 3. The Lord reigneth he is clothed with majesty c. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters yea than the mighty waves of the sea Psal. 93. 1 4. Psal. 97. 1. Psal. 99. 1. Psal. 104. 1 2 3 4 c. The Lord is a great God and a great King above all Gods In his hands are the deep places of the earth c. Psal. 95. 3 4 5. Psal. 96. 4. Psal. 97 9. The Lord made the heavens Honour and majesty are before him Strength and beauty in his sanctuary c. Psal. 96. 5 6. Fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about him c. The hills melt like wax at the presence of the Lord At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth c. Psal. 97. 3 4 5. Psal. 114. 7. Nahum 1. 4 5. The Lord hath prepared his Throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all Psal. 103. 19. The Lord is high above all nations his glory above the heavens who like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high c. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust c. That he may set him with princes c. He maketh the barren woman to keep house c. Psal. 113. 4 5 7 8 9. Our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased c. The heaven the heavens are the Lords but the earth hath he given to the children of men Psal. 115. 3 16. Psal. 135. 6. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and I will declare thy greatness c. Psal. 145. 5 6. Let them praise the name of the Lord for his name alone is excellent his glory is above the earth and heaven Psal. 148. 13. There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord Prov. 21. 30. I know that whatsoever God doth it shall be for ever nothing can be put to it nor any thing taken from it and God doth it that men should fear before him Eccles. 3. 14. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth Isa. 2. 19 21. Job 37. 22 23. Holy holy holy the Lord of hosts the whole earth is full of thy glory Woe is me c. I have seen the king the Lord of hosts Isa. 6. 3. Great is the holy one of Israel in the middest of thee Isa. 12. 6. Rev. 19. 17. Let favour be shewed to the wicked yet will he not c. behold the majesty of the Lord Isa. 26. 10. The Lord of hosts wonderful in counsel and excellent in working Isaiah 28. 29. The Lord God c. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand And meted out heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a ballance Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord or being his counsellor hath taught him With whom took he counsel c. Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballance Behold he taketh up the Isles as a very little thing c. All nations before him are as nothing and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity To whom then
of the heathen c. And the Lord c. Sent to them his messengers c. But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his words and misused his Prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose c. Till there was no remedy 2 Chron. 36. 14 15 16. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean thing not one Job 14. 4. What is man that he should be clean or he who is born of a woman that he should be righteous c. Yea the heavens are unclean in his sight how much more abominable and filthy is man who drinketh in iniquity like water Job 15. 14 15 16. ch 25. 4. The wicked say c. What is the Almighty that we should serve him and what can he do c. Job 21. 15. ch 22. 17. The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed saying let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us Psal. 2. 2 3. The wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seek God God is not in all his thoughts c. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud c. He hath said in his heart God hath forgotten he hideth his face he will never see c. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God c. Psal. 10. 4 7 11 13. With our tongue will we prevail our lips are our own who is Lord over us Psal. 12. 4. The fool hath said in his heart there is no God they are corrupt they have done abominable works there is none who doeth good c. They are all gon aside they are together become filthy or stinking there is none who doth good no not one Psal. 14. 1 2 3. Psal. 53. 1 2 3. He deviseth mischief on his bed he setteth himself in a way not good Psal. 36. 4. Prov. 4. 16. I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Psal. 51. 5. The wicked estranged from the womb they go astray assoon as they are born speaking lyes Psal. 58. 3. Pride compasseth them about as a chain violence covereth them as a garment c. They are corrupt and speak wickedly c. They set their mouth against the heavens and their tongue walketh through the earth c. They say how doth God know and is there knowledg in the most high Psal. 73. 6 8 9 11. The wrath of God came upon them and slew the fattest of them c. For all this they sinned still and believed not for his wondrous work Psal. 78. 30 31 32. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people c. They have consulted together with one consent or heart They are confederate against thee Psal. 83. 3 5. Fools make a mock at sin Prov. 14. 9. Not a just man upon the earth who doth good and sinneth not Eccles. 7. 20. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily therefore the hearts of the sons of men are fully set in them to do evil Eccles. 8. 11. The king of Assyria lifted up in pride said shall not I do to Jerusalem as to Samaria c. By the strength of my hand have I done it and by my wisdom for I am prudent Isa. 10. 10 11 13. Let favour be shewed to the wicked yet will he not learn righteousness c. Deal unjustly in the land of uprightness and will not behold the majesty of the Lord c. Thy hand is lifted up they will not see c. Isa. 26. 10 11. Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness thou hast said none seeth me c. and thou hast said in thine heart I and none else beside me Isa. 47. 10. All we like sheep have gone astray We have turned every one to his own way Isa. 53. 6. Thou said there is no hope no for I have loved strangers and after them will I go Jer. 2. 25. Thou hast stricken them but they have not grieved thou hast consumed them they have refused to receive correction they have made their faces harder than a rock they have refused to return Jer. 5. 3. Thus saith the Lord stand ye in the way and see and ask for the old paths where is the good way and walk therein c. But they said we will not walk therein Jer. 6. 16. They spake not aright no man repented of his wickedness saying what have I done every one turned to his course as the horse rusheth into the battle Jer. 8. 6. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron with the point of a diamond it is graven upon the table of their heart c. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked c. Jer. 17. 1 9. Thus saith the Lord return ye c. And they said there is no hope but we will walk after our own devices and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart c. Let us devise devices against Jeremy c. And let us not give heed to any of his words Jer. 18. 11 12 18. The king cut and burned the roll wherein was written Jeremy's Prophesie and would have taken the Prophet himself Jer. 36. 21 23 24 26. The people told Jeremy we will not hearken unto thee but we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth out of our own mouth to burn incense to the Queen of heaven c. Jer. 44. 15 16 17. Hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark every man in the chambers of his Imagery For they say the Lord seeth not us the Lord hath forsaken the earth c. Ezek. 8. 12. When they had slain their children to their Idols then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it c. Ezek. 23. 39. Nebuchadnezzar said who is that God who can deliver out of my hands Dan. 3. 15. The king said is not this great Babylon which I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honour of my majesty While the word was in his mouth c. A voice said the kingdom is departed Dan. 4. 30 31. Though Nebuchadnezzar knew all which God had done to his father for his pride yet he humbled not his heart But thou hast lifted up thy self against the Lord of heaven c. Thou hast praised the gods of silver c. Dan. 5. 21 22 23. Their mother hath played the harlot c. For she said I will go after my lovers who gave me my bread c. Hosea 2. 5. They set their heart on their iniquity Hos. 4. 8. God repeats many judgments he had brought upon Israel and saith Yet they have not returned unto me c. Amos 4. 6 7 8 9 10. They hate him who rebuketh in the gate and they abhor him who speaketh uprightly Amos 5. 10. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts execute true judgment c. But they refused to hearken
thou hadst known the gift of God and who it is who saith unto thee c. John 4. 10. I came from heaven to do the will of him who sent me And this is the fathers will who sent me that of all he hath given me I should lose nothing c. That every one who seeth the son and believeth on him may have everlasting life John 6. 38 39 40. Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledg of God ye have taken c. Act. 2. 23. Against the holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed both Herod and Pontius Pilate c. Were gathered together for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done Acts 4. 27 28. Him hath God exalted with his right hand a Prince and a Saviour Act. 5. 31. God commended his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us c. The grace of God and the gift by grace c. Rom. 5. 8 15 16. What the law could not do c. God sending his own son c. Rom. 8. 3. All things are of God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus 2 Cor. 5. 18. Jesus who gave himself c. According to the will of God and our father Gal. 1. 4. God sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them who are under the law c. Gal. 4. 4 5. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus c. Who hath blessed us c. in Christ and chosen us adopted us c. Ephes. 1. 3 4 5 c. 1 Pet. 1. 3 4. God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us even when we were dead in sins hath quickened us c. That in ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness towards us through Jesus Christ for by grace are ye saved Ephes. 2. 4 5 6 7 8. chap. 3. 9 10. Titus 3. 4 5 6. What is man that thou art mindful of him or the son of man that thou visitest him Heb. 2. 6. Psal. 8. 4. In this was manifest the love of God towards us because that God sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him herein is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins c. And we have seen and do testifie that the father sent the son the saviour c. 1 John 4. 9 10 14. And this is the record that God hath given us eternal life and this life is in his son 1 John 5. 11. God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us Heb. 6. 17 18. Who is he in and by whom this salvation is conveyed and wrought John 1. 17. It is Jesus Christ. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel Gen. 3. 15. The Lord said unto Abram c. And in thee shall all families in the earth be blessed Gen. 12. 3. Abraham shall c. And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him Gen. 18. 18. The Lord said to Isaac c. In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed Gen. 26. 4. The Lord said to Jacob c. and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed Gen. 28. 14. The scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a Lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloe come and unto him shall the gathering of the nations be binding his foal unto the vine and his Asses colt c. Gen. 49. 10. I know my redeemer lives c. Job 19. 25. Sacrifice and offering thou didest not desire c. Then said I lo I come c. Psal. 40. 6 7 8. Heb. 10. 5 6 7. The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner Psal. 118. 22. Act. 4. 10 11 12. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way before his works of old I was set up from everlasting from the beginning or ever the earth was c. Then I was by him one brought up and I was dayly his delight rejoycing always before him rejoicing in the habitable parts of his earth and my delight with the sons of men Prov. 8. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light They who dwell in the land of the shadow of death upon them hath the light shined c. For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given c. Isa. 9. 2 3 6. Matt. 4. 15 16. There shall be a root of Jesse who shall stand for an ensign of the people to it shall the Gentiles c. Isa. 11. 1 2 10. O Zion who bringeth good tidings c. Behold the Lord shall come c. His arm shall rule for him his reward is with him he shall feed his flock like c. Isa. 40. 10. Behold my servant whom I uphold c. He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles he shall not cry nor lift up c. I will give thee for a Covenant to the people for a light to the Gentiles to open the blind eyes to bring out the Prisoners Isa. 49. 1 2 6 7. Act. 13. 47. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season c. I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks c. Isa. 50. 4 6. Matt. 26. 67. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings c. To bind up the broken heart to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison unto them who are bound c. Isa. 61. 1 2 3 c. Luk. 4. 17 18 19 20 21. Who is this who cometh from Edom with dyed garments c. Mighty to save why art thou red in apparel and thy garment like him who treadeth c. Isa. 63. 1 2 3. I will raise unto David a righteous branch c. And in his days Judah shall be saved c. He shall be called the Lord our righteousness Jer. 23. 5 6. Joh. 1. 45. I will shake all nations and the desire of all nations shall come c. Hagga 2. 7. Behold the man whose name is the Branch and he shall grow up out of his place and he shall build the temple of the Lord c. Zech. 6. 12 13. Behold thy king cometh he is just and having salvation lowly and rideing upon an Ass and upon a Colt the fole of an Ass
saviour the Lord Jesus Christ Phil. 3. 20. It pleased the father that in him all fulness should dwell c. By him to reconcile all things to himself c. Christ in or among you the hope of glory Col. 1. 19 20 27. Your life is hid with Christ in God When Christ who is our life shall c. Col. 3. 3 4. His son Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thes. 1. 10. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief 1 Tim. 1. 15. One mediatour between God and man the man Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransome for all to be testified in due time 1 Tim. 2. 5 6. Is now made manifest by the appearing of our saviour Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light 2 Tim. 1. 10. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people c. Titus 2. 14. Ephes. 5. 2. His son c. When he had by himself purged our sins sate down c. Heb. 1. 3. Christ c. He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them c. Heb. 5. 5 9. Christ now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself c. Unto them who look for him he shall appear the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9. 24 26 28. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all c. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 10 14. Who hath begotten us again to a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ c. The Prophets c. who prophesied of the grace c. Searching what c. The spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie before hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow c. Ye were not redeemed with silver and gold c. But with the precious blood of Christ c. Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world c. 1 Pet. 1. 3 10 11 18 19 20. Our Lord Jesus Christ c. He received from God the father honour and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased 2 Pet. 1. 16 17. Jesus Christ c. He is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world c. Who is a lyer but he who denyeth that Jesus is the Christ 1 John 2. 2 22. For this purpose the son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the Devil 1 John 3. 8. God sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him c. We c. testify that the father sent the son the saviour of the world 1 John 4. 9 14. God hath given us eternal life and this life is in his son 1 John 5. 11 12. Unto him who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Rev. 1. 5. Col. 1. 14. They fell down before the lamb c. Saying thou art worthy c. For thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation and hast made us unto God c. Rev. 5. 8 9 10. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world c. Rev. 13. 8. I Jesus have sent mine Angel to testify unto you these things c. I am the root and the off-spring of David and the bright and morning-star Rev. 22. 16. See pardon and reconciliation by Christ only Chap. 9. The excellency of this Saviour and his fulness and dignity In his person and authority Yet have I set my king or anointed upon my holy hill of Sion c. The Lord hath said thou my son this day have I begotten thee c. I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance c. Thou shalt break them with a rod of Iron c. Psal. 2. 6 7 8 9. Thou art fairer than the children of men grace is poured into thy lips c. Gird thy sword upon thy Thigh O Mighty with thy glory and thy majesty and in thy majesty ride c. Thine arrows sharp in the hearts of the kings enemies whereby the people shall fall under thee Thy throne O God for ever and ever The scepter of thy kingdom a right scepter c. God thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows c. The king c. He is thy Lord and worship thou him Psal. 45. 1 2 3 4 5 6 11. Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts Psal. 68. 18. Ephes. 4. 8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth They c. shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust c. All kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him c. His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun or shall be as a son to continue his fathers name for ever c. And all nations shall call him blessed Psal. 72. 8 9 11 17 18. I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers c. Also I will make him first-born higher than the kings of the earth c. His Throne as the days of heaven c. As the sun before me Psal. 89. 25 27 29 36. The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool c. Rule thou in the middest of thine enemies Psal. 100. 1 2. The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner Psal. 118. 22. Act. 4. 11 12. Matt. 21. 42. Wisdom is better than rubies and all the things which may be desired are not to be compared unto it c. Counsel is mine and sound wisdom I understanding I strength by me kings reign and princes decree justice By me princes rule and nobles yea all the judges of the earth c. Riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousness My fruit better than gold c. I may cause those who love me to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures c. The Lord possessed me in the beginning c. When he appointed the foundation of the earth then was I by him c. His delight whoso findeth me findeth life c. Prov. 8. 11 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 35. Thy name is as ointment poured out c. Cant. 1. 3. The beauty of his person described by the parts thereof and said in the close to be altogether
lovely Cant. 5. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. Rev. 1. 13. 14 15. A virgin shall c. bear a son and shall call his name Emanuel God with us c. Isa. 7. 14. Matt. 1. 23. Unto us a child is born c. His name shall be called wonderful Counseller the mighty God the everlasting Father the Prince of Peace of the increase of his government and peace no end upon the Throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it Isa. 9. 6 7. There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse c. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might c. Isa. 11. 1 2. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder So he shall open and none shall shut and he shall shut and none shall open Isa. 22. 22. Rev. 3. 7. I lay in Zion c. a stone a tryed stone a precious corner-stone a sure foundation Isa. 28. 16. Him whom man despiseth c. Kings shall see and arise Princes also shall worship c. Isa. 49. 7. Behold my servant shall prosper or deal prudently he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high c. The kings shall shut their mouths at him Isa. 52. 13 15. Behold I have given him c. A leader and a commander to the people Isa. 55. 4. I will overturn overturn c. until he come whose right it is and I will give it him Ezek. 21. 27. I will raise up for them a plant of renown c. Ezek. 34. 29. And my servant David their Prince for ever Ezek. 37. 25. From the going forth of the commandement c. unto the Messiah the prince c. Dan. 9. 25. They shall smite the judg of Israel with a rod upon his cheek c. Beth-lehem ephratah c. Out of thee shall come forth unto me to be ruler in Israel whose goings forth have been from of old or the days of eternity Micah 5. 1 2. The desire of all nations shall come Haggai 2. 7. He shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon his throne c. Zech. 6. 13. Rejoice greatly c. behold thy king cometh unto thee c. Zech. 9. 9. Awake O Sword c. against the man my fellow Zech. 13. 7. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth c. Zech. 14. 9. Who may abide the day of his coming And who may stand when he appeareth For he is like a refiners fire c. Malachi 3. 1 2 3. Mary c. was found with child of the holy Ghost c. That which is conceived in her is of the holy Ghost Matt. 1. 18 20. Luk. 1. 35. He taught as one having authority and not as the scribes Matt. 7. 29. Luk. 4. 32. The Devil cryed out saying c. Jesus thou son of God c. Matt. 8. 29. Jesus knowing their thoughts c. That ye may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins Matt. 9. 4 6. All things are delivered unto me of my father and no man knoweth the son but the father Neither knoweth any man the father but the son and he to whom c. Matt. 11. 27. John 10. 15. Behold a greater than Jonas is here c. A greater than Solomon is here Matt. 12. 41 42. The woman of Canaan came and worshipped him and said Lord help me Matt. 15. 25. Why callest thou me good there is none good but one God Matt. 19. 17. The mother of Zebedees children with her sons came to him and worshiped Matt. 20. 20. When Christ was riding c. the multitude cryed Hosanna to the son of David blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest Matt. 21. 9. Jesus said all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth c. Matt. 28. 18. The unclean spirit said I know thee who thou art the holy one of God c. With authority commanded he even the unclean spirits and they obey him c. He cast out many Devils and suffered not the Devils to speak because they knew him or to say that they knew him Mark 1. 24 27 34. ch 5. 7. Christ said to the man sick of the palsie son thy sins are forgiven thee c. Who can forgive sins but God only c. The son of man hath power c. To forgive sins Mark 2. 5 6 7 9 10. Jesus he shall be great and shall be called the son of the highest and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever and of his kingdom there shall be no end c. The holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the son of God Luk. 1. 31 32 33 35. At twelve years old he sate in the middest of the Doctors in the Temple both hearing them and asking them questions And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers Luke 2. 46 47. John 7. 46. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God c. All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made which was made c. He was in the world and the world was made by him c. And the word was made flesh and dwelled amongst us and we beheld his glory as the glory of the only begotten son of the father full of grace and truth c. Is preferred before me for he was before me John 1. 3 10 14 15. ch 3. 16. Jesus c. knew all men and needed not that any man should testify of man For he knew what was in man John 2. 24 25. Luk. 9. 47. No man hath ascended up to heaven but he who came down from heaven even the son of man who is in heaven c. He who cometh from above is above all c. The father loved the son and hath given all things into his hands John 3. 13 31 34 35. Whatsoever things the father doeth those also doeth the son likewise c. for as the father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them even so the son quickeneth whom he will c. He hath committed all judgment to the son That all men should honour the son even as they honour the father c. As the father hath life in himself so hath he given the son to have life in himself And hath given him authority to execute judgment also because c. John 5. 19 21 22 23 26 27. I came down from heaven c. If ye see the son of man ascend up where he was before c. Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not and who should betray him c. We believe and are sure that thou art that Christ the son of the living God John 6. 38 51 62 64 69.
Jesus said I am the light of the world c. Jesus said unto them verily verily I say unto you before Abram was I am John 8. 12 58. ch 9. 5. Jesus knowing that the father had given all things into his hands and that he was come from God and went to God c. Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 3 13. Philip said unto him Lord shew us the father and Jesus said c. He who hath seen me hath seen the father c. Believe me that I am in the father and the father in me c. The Prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me John 14. 8 9 11 30. When the spirit of truth comes c. He shall glorify me for he shall receive of mine and shall shew it unto you All things which the father hath are mine therefore said I that he shall take of mine c. We are sure that thou camest forth from God c. John 16. 13 14 15 28 30. O Father glorify thou me c. with the glory which I had with thee before the world was John 17. 5. When Jesus said I am he those who came to take him went backward and fell to the ground John 18. 5 6. Thomas said unto Jesus my Lord and my God John 20. 28. chap. 21. 12. Jesus c. a man approved of God c. He hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Act. 2. 22 36. But ye denyed the holy one and killed the prince of life c. Act. 3. 14 15. ch 7. 52. Against the holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed c. Act. 4. 27 30. Jesus Christ he is Lord of all c. God anointed Jesus c. with the holy Ghost and power Act. 10. 36 38. 2 Cor. 4. 5. Feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood Act. 20. 28. Concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord c. And declared to be the son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness c. Rom. 1. 3 4. Christ who is over all God blessed for ever Amen Rom. 9. 5. Christ both dyed and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 9. There is one Lord Jesus by whom are all things and we by him 1 Cor. 8. 6. When he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet 1 Cor. 15. 24 25. He hath made him c. who knew no sin c. 2 Cor. 5. 21. Heb. 4. 15. He raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers might and dominion and every name which is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come and hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church c. Who filleth all in all Ephes. 1. 20 21 22 23. The unsearchable riches of Christ c. God who created all things by Jesus Christ c. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named Ephes. 3. 8 9 15. He descended first into the lower parts of the earth He who descended is the same who ascended up far above all heavens Ephes. 4. 9 10. Jesus who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God c. God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord c. Phil. 2. 5 6 9 10 11. Jesus Christ who shall c. according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself Phil. 3. 21. Who is the image of the invisible God the first-born of every creature For by him were all things created that are in heaven and which are in the earth visible and invisible whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by him and for him and he is before all things and by him all things consist and he is the head c. That in or amongst all things he might have the preeminency for it pleased the father that in him all fulness c. Col. 1. 15 16 17 18 19. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Christ for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily c. The head of all principalities and powers c. Having spoiled principalities c. Col. 2. 9 10 15. God was manifested in the flesh justified in the spirit seen of Angels c. received up c. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Jesus Christ who in his times he shall shew who is the blessed and only potentate the King of Kings and Lord of Lords who only hath immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto which no man hath seen c. To whom honour c. 1 Tim. 6. 14 15 16. The doctrine of God our Saviour c. Titus 2. 10. chap. 3. 4. His son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sate down on the right hand of the majesty on high being made so much better than the Angels c. As he hath a more excellent name c. Unto which of the Angels said he at any time thou art my son c. He saith and let all the Angels of God worship him c. Thy God O God hath anointed thee Heb. 1. 2 3 4 5 6 c. chap. 8. 1. ch 10. 12. ch 12. 2. Col. 3. 1. We see Jesus c. crowned with glory and honour c. Heb. 2. 9. Having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the son of God c. Such a high priest became us holy c. And made higher than the heavens Heb. 7. 3 26. Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever Heb. 13. 8. Our Glorious Lord Jesus Christ or our Lord Jesus Christ of Glory c. That worthy name by which we are called James 2. 1 7. The precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without spot or blemish 1 Pet. 1. 19. 1 John 2. 1. A living stone c. chosen of God and precious c. Who did no sin 1 Pet. 2. 4 22. Jesus Christ who is gon into heaven and is on the right hand of God Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him 1 Pet. 3. 22. The power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ were eye-witnesses of his Majesty for he received from God the Father honour and
unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ dyed c. That he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and that he was seen of Cephas c. If Christ be not risen then our preaching is vain and your faith is also vain c. Ye are yet in your sins c. But now Christ is risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them who slept 1 Cor. 15. 3 4 5 14 17 20. Though he was crucified through weakness yet he lived by the power of God 2 Cor. 13. 4. Ephes. 1. 19 20. And you being dead c. Hath he quickened together with him c. Through the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead Col. 2. 12 13. Wait for his son from heaven whom he raised from the dead 1 Thes. 1. 10. Great is the mistery of Godliness God manifested in the flesh justified in the spirit c. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my Gospel 2 Tim. 2. 8. Now the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus c. Heb. 13. 20. Blessed be God c. who hath begotten us again to a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus c. Who by him do believe in God who raised him up from the dead that our c. 1 Pet. 1. 3 21. Christ c. being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the spirit by the which c. not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 3. 21. Jesus Christ the first-begotten of the dead Rev. 1. 5. 8thly He ascended into Heaven is our way to the Father our Advocate and Intercessour there So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he is received up into Heaven and sate on the right hand of God Mark 16. 19. Luke 24. 51. Simon behold Satan hath desired you that he might sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture John 10. 9. Jesus saith unto him I am the way and the truth and the life no man cometh to the father but by me John 14. 6. It is expedient for you that I go away c. If I depart I will send the comforter unto you and when he is come he will convince the world c. of righteousness because I go to my father c. I came forth from the father and am come into the world again I leave the world and go to the father Joh. 16. 7 8 10 16 28. Christ prays for his at large John 17. Jesus said unto her touch me not for I am not yet ascended to my father but go unto my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my father and unto your father and to my God and your God John 20. 17. All that Jesus began both to do and teach until the day in which he was taken up c. To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion c. When he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight and while they looked steadfastly towards heaven as he went up behold two men c. said ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven This same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven shall c. Act. 1. 1 2 3 9 10 11. This Jesus c. being by the right hand of God exalted c. For David is not ascended into the heavens but he saith himself The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou on my right hand c. God hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Act. 2. 33 34 36. Jesus c. whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitutions c. Act. 3. 21. Behold said Stephen I see the heavens open and the son of man standing on the right hand of God Act. 7. 56. Who is he who condemneth It is Christ who dyed c. who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for us Rom. 8. 34. He raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places c. Ephes. 1. 20. But now in Christ Jesus ye who were sometimes far off are made nigh c. Through him we both have an access by one spirit unto the father Now therefore ye are no more strangers but fellow Citizens c. of the houshold of God Ephes. 2. 13 18 19. Jesus our Lord in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith Ephes. 3. 11 12. Christ sitteth on the right hand of God c. Do all in the name of our Lord Jesus Col. 3. 1 17. God was manifest in the flesh c. received up into glory 1 Tim. 3. 16. When he had by himself purged our sins sate down on the right hand of the Majesty on high Heb. 1. 3. ch 12. 2. Seeing then that we have a great high-Priest who is passed into the heavens Jesus the son of God c. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace c. Heb. 4. 14 15 16. Within the vail whither the fore-runner is for us entered Jesus made an high-Priest for ever Heb. 6. 19 20. He is able also to save them for evermore or to the uttermost who come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them For such an high-Priest became us who is c. made higher than the heavens Heb. 7. 25 26. We have such an high-Priest who is set on the right hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the heavens Heb. 8. 1. But Christ being come an high-Priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands c. By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place c. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands c. But into Heaven it self now to appear before God for us Heb. 9. 11 12 24. Ephes. 4. 8. After he had offered one sacrifice c. sate down on the right hand of God c. Having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus by a new and living way which he hath consecrated or new made for us c. Let us draw nigh Heb. 10. 12 19 20 21 22. Ye are come to the heavenly Jerusalem c. And to Jesus the Mediatour of the New Testament and to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel Heb. 12. 22 24. Christ c. once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God
Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses to them He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. A man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ. Even we believe c. that we may be justified by the faith of Christ and not c. Gal. 2. 19. Paul to the Galatians doth argue this at large Gal. 3. We through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith c. Gal. 5. 5. Christ gave himself c. that he might sanctifie and cleanse it c. that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish Ephes. 5. 25 26 27. When Paul above any others had whereof to boast for his exactness in keeping the Law he said But what things were gain to me them or those I counted loss for Christ c. that I may win Christ and be found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the law but that which is through the faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Phil. 3. 4 5 6 7 8 9. And you c. hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight Colos. 1. 21 22. And ye are compleat in him who is the head of all principalities c. Col. 2. 10. Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people Tit. 2. 14. After that the loving-kindness of God appeared c. not by works of righteousness which we have done c. that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs c. Tit. 3. 4 5 7. Who c. when he had by himself purged our sins sate down c. Heb. 1. 3. If the blood of bulls c. sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ who c. purge your consciences from dead works c. Heb. 9. 13 14. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all c. by one offering he hath for ever perfected them who are sanctified c. Heb. 10. 10 14. Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the gate c. Heb. 13. 12. Who his own self bare our sins c. by whose stripes we were healed 1 Pet. 2. 24. Isa. 53. 5. Jesus c. who hath loved us and washed us with his own blood c. Rev. 1. 5. These were redeemed or bought from among men c. they were without fault before the throne of God Rev. 14. 4 5. Eternal life and Salvation The just shall live by his faith Hab. 2. 4. Christ said unto Zacheus This day is salvation come to this house c. for the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luk. 19. 9 10. So must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life c. He who believeth on the Son hath everlasting life c. John 3. 14 15 16 36. Ye will not come unto me that ye may have life John 5. 40. The bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world c I am the bread of life c. This is the will of him who sent me that every one who seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day c. This is the bread which came down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not dye I am the living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever and the bread that I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world c. Whoso eateth my flesh c. hath eternal life c. As c. I live by the Father so he who eateth me even he shall live by me c. Lord to whom shall we go thou hast the words of eternal life John 6. 33 35 40 50 51 54 57 58 68. John 5. 24. I am the dore by me if any man enter in he shall be saved c. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly My sheep hear my voice c. and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10. 9 10 27 28. Because I live ye shall live also John 14. 19. As thou hast given him power over all flesh that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him John 17. 2. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20. 31. Why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of his disciples c. But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved even as they Acts 15. 10 11. I send thee said Christ to Paul to open their eyes c. that they might receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among them who are sanctified through faith that is in me Acts 26. 17 18. Being justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath through him c. much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life c. If by one offence death reigned by one much more they who receive abundance of grace c. shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ c. that as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 5. 9 10 17 21. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 6. 23. Whom he justifies them also he glorifies What shall we say c. Rom. 8. 30 31. I declare unto you the Gospel c. by which also ye are saved if c. 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3. In Christ c. in whom also we have obtained an inheritance Ephes. 1. 11. God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he hath loved us even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ. By grace are ye saved that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace c. for by grace are ye saved through faith c. not by works lest any man should boast Ephes. 2. 4 5 7 8 9. Christ
mighty works there because of their unbelief Mat. 13. 58. Peter began to sink through unbelief Jesus said unto them O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt Mat. 14. 29 30 31. 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 c. but he who believed not shall be damned Mark 16. 14 16. Thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because thou believest not my word which shall be c. Luke 1. 19 20. But those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me Luke 19. 27. He who believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God c. He who believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 18 36. Verily verily I say unto you Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you John 6. 53. I said therefore unto you That you shall dye in your sins for if ye believe not that I am he ye shall dye in your sins John 8. 24. Ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep as I said unto you My sheep hear my voice c. John 10. 26 27. If any man hear my words and believe not c. He who rejecteth me and receives not my words hath one who judgeth him the word which I have spoken the same shall judg him in the last day John 12. 47 48. If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned John 15. 6. He will reprove the world of sin c. of sin because they believe not on me John 16. 8 9. Beware therefore lest that come upon you c. Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I will work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you Acts 13. 40 41. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed Rom. 10. 14. Well because of unbelief they were broken off c. and thou standest by faith c. God spared not the natural branches c. Rom. 11. 20 21. He who doubteth is damned if he eat because not of faith for whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom. 14. 23. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven c. taking vengeance on them c. who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction c. 2 Thes. 1. 8. Antichrist shall prevail upon such who shall perish because they received not the truth in the love thereof or the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they shall believe a lye that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2 Thes. 2. 8 9 10 11 12. Holding faith c. which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwrack of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that being chastised they might learn not to blaspheme 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. Unto them who are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their minds and consciences are defiled Titus 1. 15. If the word spoken by Angels was stedfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord c. Heb. 2. 2 3. I swear in my wrath they shall not or if they shall enter 〈◊〉 rest Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God c. And to whom swear he that they should not enter into his rest but to them who believed not So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief Heb. 3. 11 12 18 19. The word Preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith or because they were not united by faith to it in them who heard c. They to whom it was first preached or the Gospel was first Preached entered not in because of unbelief Heb. 4. 2 6. The just shall live by faith but if any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of those who draw back to perdition but of them who believe to the salvation of the soul Heb. 10. 38 39. Without faith it is impossible to please God For he c. Heb. 11. 6. See that ye refuse not him who speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him who spake on earth much more shall not we if turn away from him who speaketh from heaven Heb. 12. 25. Let him ask in faith c. For he that wavereth is like c. Let not that man think he shall receive c. James 1. 5 6 7. Unto you who believe he is precious but unto them who are disobedient the stone which the builders disallowed of the same is made the head of the corner and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence unto them who stumble at the word being disobedient whereunto also they were appointed 1 Pet. 2. 7 8. What shall the end be of them who obey not the Gospel of God 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. He who believeth not God hath made him a lyar because he believeth not the record which God gave of his Son and this is the record That God hath given unto us eternal life and this life is in his son c. He who hath not the son hath not life 1 John 5. 10 11 12. The fearful and unbelieving c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Rev. 21. 8. He who despised Moses law dyed without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who have trodden under foot the son of God c. Heb. 10. 28 29. See more of trusting in God chap. 16. CHAP. XII Characters of Saints Good men and Believers appearing in word and deed 1. That such may be known from others by their fruits THE tree is known by his fruit O generation of vipers how can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things Mat. 12. 33 34 35. John 3. 6. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon c. that which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination c. Luke 16. 13 15. Some have not
God of Israel so that after him was none like him c. for he clave to the Lord departed not from following of him c. 2 King 18. 1 3 4 5 6. When Isaiah had told Hezekiah being sick that he should be healed c. He said unto Isaiah what shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me c. He shewed his treasures unto the messenger of the king of Babylons son for which God was angry c. Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him for his heart was lifted up therefore there was wrath upon him c. In the business of the Ambassadours of the king of Babylon c. God left him to try him that he might know all that was in his heart 2 Kings 20. 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 2 Chron. 32. 25 31. Job that man was perfect and upright one who feared God and eschewed evil hast thou considered my servant Job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and an upright man c Ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right like my servant Job c. Ye have heard of the patience of Job Job 1. 1 8. Job 42. 8. James 5. 11. After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day c. See at large Job 3. 1 2 c. O that I might have my request and that God would grant me the thing which I long for even that it would please God to destroy me that he would let loose his hand and cut me off c. so that my soul chuseth strangling death rather than my life c. He confessed thus I have uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes Job 6. 8 9. Job 7. 15. Job 42. 3 6. As for me my feet were almost gone c. for I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked c. Verily I have cleansed my hands in vain c. so foolish was I and ignorant as a beast c. Psal. 73. 2 3 13 22. Will the Lord cast off for ever will he be favourable no more is his mercy clean gone for ever doth his promise fail for evermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious hath he in anger shut up his tender mercy I said this is mine infirmity Psal. 77. 7 8 9 10. The Prophet Jeremy in his affliction curseth the day of his birth Jer. 20. 14 15 c. The Prophet Jonah was very angry because God spared Nineveh and said Therefore now O Lord take I beseech thee my life from me for it is better for me to dye than to live Then said the Lord Dost thou well to be angry c. again he said so And Jonah said I do well to be angry even unto death Jonah 4. 1 2 3 4 8 9. chap. 1. 1 2 3. John sent two of his disciples to Christ and said unto him Art thou he who should come or do we look for another Mat. 11. 2 3. When Zacharias had a son promised him he said unto the Angel Whereby shall I know this for I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years c. Behold thou shalt be dumb c. Because thou believest not my words c. Luk. 1. 13 18 20. Jesus said unto Peter blessed art thou Simon c. Matt. 16. 16. Jesus said unto Peter O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt Matt. 14. 31. When Jesus spake of his being killed Peter said Be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee But he turned and said unto Peter get the behind me Satan thou art an offence to me for thou savourest not the things that be of God but those which be of men c. Thou wast with Jesus c. But he denyed before them all saying I know not what thou sayest c. And again he denyed with an Oath I do not know the man Then began he to curse and to swear I know not the man c. Matt. 16. 21 22 23. Matt. 26. 69 70 72 74. When Peter came to Antioch I withstood him to the face because he was to be blamed for before that certain came from James he did eat with the Gentiles but when they were come he withdrew and separated himself fearing them who were of the Circumcision and the other Jews dissembled likewise with him insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation Gal. 2. 11 12 13. The wise Virgins as well as the foolish while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbred and slept Matt. 25. 5. When the mother of Zebedees Children asked of Christ that her sons might set one at his right hand and the other on his left in the kingdom c. The Ten heard it they were moved with indignation against the two brethren c. Matt. 20. 20 21 24. One of his Disciples stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck a servant of the High-Priest and smote off his ear Christ rebuked for it c. Then all the Disciples forsook him and fled c. Jesus said unto them why reason ye because ye have no bread Perceive ye not yet neither understand have ye your hearts yet hardened c. Do ye not remember when I brake five loaves c Matt. 26. 51 56. Joh. 16. 32. Mark 8. 17 18 19. And there was also a strife amongst them which of them should be accounted the greatest c. Jesus appeared unto the Eleven c. and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them who had seen him c. Luk. 22. 24. Mark 16. 14. Luke 24. 21 25. Master we saw one cast out Devils in thy name and we forbad him because he followed not with us And Jesus said forbid him not c. James and John would have had fire from Heaven upon the Samaritans Jesus rebuked them and said ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of c. Thomas said except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails c. I will not believe c. Luk. 9. 49 50 54 55. John 20. 25. Paul said I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day Paul and Barnabas men who have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Act. 23. 1. Act. 15. 25 26. Barnabas determined to take with them John c. But Paul thought not good to take him with them c. And the contention was so sharp that they departed asunder one from the other c. Act. 15. 37 38 39. When we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest c. Without fightings within were fears 2 Cor. 7. 5. Paul did what he hated c. and said O wretched man that I am c. Rom. 7. 15 18 19 24. Many
to him c. the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming or at my foot Gen. 30. 27 30. When Laban was pursuing Jacob God came to Laban c. and said Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad or from good to bad c. Laban said It is in the power of my hands to do you hurt but the God of your father spake unto me yester-night saying Take thou heed c. Gen. 31. 24 29. Jacob prevailed with God c. I have seen God face to face c. Gen. 32. 28 30. God appeared unto Jacob again c. and blessed him c. Gen. 35. 9. The Lord was with Joseph and he was a prosperous man c. and his master saw that the Lord was with him c. and made all that he did to prosper in his hand c. the Lord blessed the Egyptians house for Josephs sake c. the Lord was with Joseph c. and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper c. When Joseph had the custody of the prisoners that which he did the Lord made it to prosper Gen. 39. 2 3 5 21 22 23. Joseph said unto his brethren c. As for you ye thought evil against me but God meant it unto good to bring to pass as at this day c. Gen. 50. 20. There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt such as there was none like it c. but against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue against man or beast that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel Exod. 11. 6 7. I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the first-born c. and the blood shall be to you for a token c. when I see the blood I will pass over you and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you c. Exod. 12. 12 13. I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God c. Exod. 29. 45. When God had said to Moses Let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them that I may consume them c. Moses prayed for Israel and prevailed often for them and the Lord said I have pardoned according to thy word Exod. 32. 9 10 to the 15. Numb 14. 11 12 13 19 20. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face as a man speaketh unto a friend c. when Moses had said I beseech thee shew me thy glory He said I will make all my goodness pass before thee c. Exod. 33. 11 17 18 19. ch 19. 19 20. ch 34. 2 3 5 6. My servant Moses is not so who is faithful in all mine house with him will I speak mouth to mouth apparently and not in dark speeches and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold Numb 12. 7 8. He hath blessed and I cannot reverse it he hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob neither hath he seen perversness in Israel the Lord his God is with him and the shout of a King is among them c. surely there is no inchantment against Jacob neither is there any divination against Israel Numb 23. 20 21 23. For what nation so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God in all things which we call upon him for and what nation so great which hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law c. did ever people hear the voice of God c. as thou hast heard and live Deut. 4. 7 8 33. Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself above all the nations which are upon the earth Deut. 14. 2. For the Lords portion is his people Jacob the lot of his inheritance c. he lead him about he instructed him he kept him as the apple of his eye Deut. 32. 9 10. The eternal God thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms c. Happy thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the Lord the shield of thy help and who is the sword of thine excellency Deut. 33. 27 29. At the word of Joshua the Sun stood still and the Moon stayed Joshua 10. 12 13. When Gideon asked signs of God he gave them to him Judges 6. 17 21 36 37 38 39 40. He will keep the feet of his saints 1 Sam. 2. 9. The Lord will not forsake his people for his great names sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people 1 Sam. 12. 22. David went on and grew great and the Lord God of Hosts was with him 2 Sam. 5. 10. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee c. notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy fathers sake c. I will give one tribe to thy son for David my servants sake and for Jerusalems sake which I have chosen 1 King 11. 11 12 13. chap. 15. 4. He only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave because in him is found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel 1 King 14. 13. The Prophet Elijah was taken up into heaven 2 King 2. 12. When the King of Israel and Jehosephat the King of Judah went together and wanted water Elisha the Prophet said c. Were it not that I regard the presence of Jehosephat the King of Judah I would not look towards thee nor see thee But now c. 2 King 3. 6 7 9 10 14 15 c. God hearkened to Hezekiah and gave him a sign that God would heal him he brought the shadow ten degrees backward 2 King 20. 9 10. Isaiah 38. 7 8. Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly c. he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water which bringeth forth his fruit in his season his fruit shall not wither and whatsoever he doth it shall prosper Psal. 1. 1 3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him who is godly for himself Psal. 4. 3. A seed shall serve him it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation c. Psal. 22. 30. The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want he maketh me to lye down in green pastures he leadeth me besides the still waters c. Psal. 23. 1 2. What man is he who feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the way which he shall chuse his soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the earth the secret of the Lord is with them who fear him and he will shew them his covenant or make them know it Psal. 25. 12 13 14. O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them who fear thee thou hast wrought for them who trust in thee before the sons of men thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man thou shalt
judgment who seeketh the truth and I will pardon it Jer. 5. 1. Gen. 18. 26 32. Is Ephraim my dear Son he a pleasant child since I spake against him I do earnestly remember him still therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy on him saith the Lord c. If the ordinances of heaven cease then the seed of Israel shall cease from being a Nation before me Jer. 31. 20 36 37. When Jerusalem was taken and Jeremiah the Prophet the King of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah c. Look well to him and do him no harm but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee Jer. 39. 11 12. The Precious sons of Zion comparable to fine gold how are they esteemed c. Lam. 4. 2. Though I have scattered them c. yet will I be unto them as a little sanctuary in the Countreys where they shall come Ezek. 11. 16. Though these three men Noah Daniel and Job were in it they should deliver their own souls by their righteousness saith the Lord c. They only shall be delivered themselves Ezek. 14. 14 16 18 20. I sought for a man amongst them who should make up the hedg and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it but I found none therefore c. Ezek. 22. 30 31. Because thou hast said c. These two Countreys shall be mine and we will possess it whereas the Lord was there or though the Lord was there Therefore c. Ezek. 35. 10 11. O Daniel a man greatly beloved c. O man greatly beloved fear not c. Dan. 10. 11 19. Jacob c. by his strength he had power with God yea he had power over the Angel and prevailed he wept c. There he spake with us even the Lord God of Hosts Hosea 12. 2 3 4 5. Gen. 32. 24 25. I will be as the dew unto Israel He shall grow as the Lilly c. Hosea 14. 5 6. For he who toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eyes Zech. 2. 8. We will go with you for we have heard God is with you Zech. 8. 23. Ezra 8. 22. The Lord hearkened and heard and a book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought upon his name And they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts in that day when I make up my Jewels or special treasure and I will spare them as a man spareth his son who serveth him then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked between him who serveth God and him who serveth him not Malachi 3. 16 17 18. Unto you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as Calves in the stall Mal. 4. 2. They are pronounced blessed and many priviledges mentioned by Christ. They are the salt of the earth the light of the world c. Matt. 5. 3 4 to the 14. The very hairs of your head are all numbred c. Ye are of more value then many sparrows Matt. 10. 30 31. Among them who are born of women there hath not risen a greater then John the Baptist. Notwithstanding he who is least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he Matt. 11. 11. It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven c. Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear c. Matt. 13. 11 16. Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me it were better for him that a Millstone were hanged about his neck c. Wo unto the world because of offences c. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you that in heaven their Angels do always behold the face of my father c. Matt. 18. 6 7 10. For the elects sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened the days c. Mark 13. 20. Rejoyce not that the spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoyce because your names are written in the book of life Luk. 10. 20. Fear not little flock it is your fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom Luk. 12. 32. Joy in Heaven over one sinner who repenteth more then over Ninety nine just persons c. There is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over him c. Luk. 15. 7 10. To as many as received him to them he gave power or the right or priviledge to become the sons of God even to them who believe on his name who are born not of blood c. but of God John 1. 12 13. Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst c. John 4. 14. Jesus said 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 the son therefore shall make you free ye shall be free indeed c. He who keeps my sayings shall never see death c. John 8. 12 36 51. ch 12. 46. My sheep c. I know them c. And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10. 27 28. 1 John 5. 12 13. If any man serve me let him follow me and where I am there also shall my servant be If any man serve me him will my father honour John 12. 26. I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you c. ye see me c. Because I live ye shall live also c. He who loveth me shall be loved of my father and I will love him and will manifest my self unto him c. And my father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him c. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you c. John 14. 18 19 21 23 27. ch 16. 27. ch 17. 23. Ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you c. Ye are my friends c. Henceforth I call you not servants c. But I have called you friends for all things which I have heard of my father I have made known unto you John 15. 7 14 15. 1 John 3. 22. Christ prays for them only not for the world John 17. 9 10. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my father and your father and to my God and your God John 20. 17. God is no respecter of persons but in every nation he who feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him Act. 10. 34 35. The love of God is shed abroad into our hearts by the holy Ghost which is given unto us Rom. 5. 5. Sin shall not have dominion over you because ye are not under the law but under grace c. Now being made free from sin and become servants to God ye have
who eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him John 6. 56. I am the good shepherd the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep c. I c. know my sheep and am known of mine John 10. 11 14. I am glad for your sakes that I was not there to the intent ye may believe John 11. 14 15. Ye call me master and Lord and ye say well for so I am John 13. 13. Let not you hearts be troubled c. I will come again and receive you to my self that where I am there ye may be also c. Ye see me because I live ye shall live also c. You in me and I in you c. Peace I leave with you c. Let not your hearts be troubled John 14. 1 3 19 20 27. I am the vine ye are the branches c. As the father hath loved me so have I loved you continue ye in my love c. These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full c. I have loved you greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends John 15. 5 9 11 12 13. Luk. 12. 4. These things have I spoken that ye should not be offended c. I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce and your joy no man taketh from you John 16. 1 22. Christ prays for his Church at large John 17. Go to my brethren and say unto them I ascend unto my father and your father to my God and to your God John 20. 17. Jesus said feed my sheep feed my lambs John 21. 15 16 17. When Saul persecuted the Church Christ said unto him why persecutes thou me c. I am Jesus whom thou persecutest Act. 9. 4 5. Ye are become dead unto the Law c. That ye should be married unto another even to him who is raised from the dead Rom. 7. 4. ch 14. 9. Thou bearest not the root but the root thee Rom. 11. 17. Ye are Christs 1 Cor. 3. 23. Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ c. He who is joyned unto the Lord is one spirit 1 Cor. 6. 15 17. When ye sin so against the brethren ye sin against Christ 1 Cor. 8. 12. The head of every man is Christ 1 Cor. 11. 3. All the members of that one body being many are one body so also is Christ c. For by one spirit are we all baptized into one body 1 Cor. 12. 12 13. Gal. 3. 28. The love of Christ constraineth us 2 Cor. 5. 14. I have espoused you unto one husband that I may present you a chast Virgin to Christ 2 Cor. 11. 2. Gave him to be the head over all things to the Church which is the body the fulness of him who filleth all in all Ephes. 1. 22 23. Col. 1. 18. To know the love of Christ which passeth knowledg Ephes. 3. 19. Grow up into him in all things who is the head Christ from whom the whole body fitly joyned together and compacted c. Ephes. 4. 15 16. Christ hath loved us and given himself for us an offering c. Christ is the head of the Church and the saviour of the body c. Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it c. that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinckle c. No man ever hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it even as the Lord the Church for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones Ephes. 5. 2 23 25 26 27 29 30. I am in a strait betwixt two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better Phil. 1. 23. What things were gain to me those I counted loss for Christ yea doubtless I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledg of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ Phil. 3. 7 8. Not holding the head from which all the body by joynts and bands having nourishment ministred and knit together increaseth with the increase of God Col. 2. 18 19. Both he who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren Saying I will declare thy name c. Heb. 2. 11 12. Christ as a son over his own house whose house are we if we hold fast c. Heb. 3. 6. Unto you who believe he is precious c. 1 Pet. 2. 7. Jesus Christ c. who loved us and washed us c. Rev. 1. 5. CHAP. XVI Of the Duties of Believers such as profess to be Saints First Towards God In the general to live to God not to themselves to be holy fruitful walking in the light in an honest heavenly and spiritual conversation worthy of their high calling Glorifie God and mind things above ENoch walked with God Gen. 5. 22 24. Noah walked with God Gen. 6. 9. And the Lord said unto Noah come thou c. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation c. And Noah did according unto all that the Lord had commanded him Gen. 7. 1 5. I am the Lord your God ye shall therefore sanctifie your selves ye shall be holy for I am holy Levit. 11. 44 45. ch 19. 2. Seek not after your own heart c. But be ye holy unto your God c. Num. 15. 39 40. Thou art an holy people to the Lord c. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing Deut. 14. 2 3. Behold all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine the soul which sinneth it shall dye Ezek. 18. 4. Israel is an empty vine he bringeth forth fruit unto himself Hosea 10. 1. Is it time for you O ye to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lye waste c. Ye have sown much and brought in little c. Why saith the Lord of hosts because of mine house that is waste and ye run every man to his own house therefore c. Haggai 1. 4 6 9 10. Bring forth therefore fruit meet for repentance c. The Axe is laid unto the root of the trees therefore every tree which bring forth not fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire Matt. 3. 8 10. Luk. 3. 8. Let your lights so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your father which is in heaven Matt. 5. 16. Lay up for your selves treasure in heaven c. For where your treasure is there will your hearts be also Matt. 6. 20 21. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things Matt. 12. 35. They are to improve their Talents See the Parable Matt. 25.
Lord O ye saints of his c. in his favour is life c. Lord by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong thou hiddest thy face and I was troubled Psal. 30. 4 5 7. Thou my hiding-place thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt encompass me about with songs of deliverance c. be glad in the Lord and rejoyce ye righteous and shout for joy all ye who are upright in heart Psal. 32. 7 11. Our soul waiteth for the Lord he our help and our shield for our heart shall rejoyce in him Psal. 33. 20 21. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord c. O magnifie the Lord with me let us exalt his name together c. O tast and see that the Lord is good Psal. 34. 2 3 8. How excellent or preâ—…ous is thy loving kindness O God c. For with thee 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 gon 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 4 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. 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 causeth 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. 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 cryeth 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 fun and a shield c. Psal. 84. 1 2 4 9 10 11. 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. 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. 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 tast 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 vvas gon 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 10 16. 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
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 governour 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. Get thee behind me Satan for it is written thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Matt. 4. 10. Where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them Matt. 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 Act. 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 of 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 Act. 24. 14. God whom I serve with my spirit c. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are cleerly seen being understood by the things which are made his eternal power and godhead so that they are 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 lye 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 fervent in spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. 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. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit Phil. 3. 3. When he bringeth in the first begotten into the world he saith and let all the Angels of God worship him Heb. 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 priest-hood to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. No man hath seen God at any time 1 John 4. 12. Fear God and give 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. Worship God Rev. 19. 10. chap. 22. 9. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts 1 Pet. 3. 15. See more of Idolatry and worshipping strange Gods c. Chap. 39. 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 Christs 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 audience of the people and they said All that the Lord hath said will we do and be obedient Exod. 24. 2 4 7. And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them according unto all that I shew thee after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all the instruments thereof even so shall ye make Exod. 25. 8 9. In the tabernacle without the vail which is before the testimony Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening till morning before the Lord c. Exod. 27. 21. And these are the garments which they shall make a breast-plate c. And they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother and his sons that they may minister unto me in the Priests office c. Exod. 28. 4 5 8 c. They made the holy garments for Aaron as the Lord commanded Moses Exod. 39. 1. Thus did Moses according unto all that the Lord commanded him so did he c. he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle c. as the Lord commanded Moses c. And he lighted the lamps before the Lord as the Lord commanded Moses c. When they came near unto the Altar they washed as the Lord commanded Moses Exod. 40. 16 19 21 23 25 27 29. Levit. 8. 4 5 36. Nadab and Abihu the sons of Aaron c. offered strange fire which he commanded them not and there went out fire from the Lord and devoured them and they dyed before the Lord. And Moses said unto Aaron This is that the Lord spake I will be sanctified in
cryed and they would not hear so they cryed and I would not hear saith the Lord of hosts Zech. 7. 13. The inhabitants of one city shall go to another saying Let us go speedily or continually be going to pray before the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts I will go also Zech. 8. 20 21. Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain The Lord shall Zech. 10. 1. I will pour upon the house of David c. a spirit of prayer and supplication Zech. 12. 10. Pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you Mat. 5. 44. When thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues c. but when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut the dore pray to thy father c. and when ye pray use not vain repetitions as the heathens do for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking c. your father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask them after this manner therefore pray ye Our Father c. Matt. 6. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. Luke 11. 1 2 c. Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be openâ—…d unto you for every one who asketh receiveth c. What man is there among you who if his son ask bread will he give him a stone c If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things unto them who ask him Matt. 7. 7 8 9 10 11. Luk. 11. 9 10 11 12 13. Christ looking up to heaven he blessed the bread and fishes c. he went up into the mount apart to pray c. Peter said Lord save me Matt. 14. 19 23 30. The woman of Canaan would not give off asking till she had obtained Mat. 15. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it shall be done for them of my father which is in heaven c. Matt. 18. 19. Ye know not what ye ask said Christ unto the mother of Zebedees children c. The two blind men would not cease crying till they were heard Matt. 20. 21 22 30 31 32 33. All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing ye shall receive Mat. 21 22. Mark 11. 24. Christ fell on his face and prayed saying O my father if it be possible c. Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation c. He prayed again and again c. He kneeled down and prayed Matt. 26. 39 41 42 44. Luke 6. 12. Luk. 22. 41. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into the harvest Luk. 10. 2. And it came to pass as he was praying in a certain place when he ceased one of his disciples said unto him Lord teach us to pray c. Luk. 11. 1 2. And the Apostles said unto the Lord Encrease our faith Luke 17. 5. And he spake a parable unto them that men ought always to pray and not to faint saying there was in a city a Judg c. Shall not God avenge his elect who cry day and night unto him c I tell you that he will Luk. 18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Beware of the scribes c. who for a pretence or a shew make long prayers Luk. 20. 46 47. Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be counted worthy to escape all those things that shall come to pass c. Luk. 21. 36. If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is c. thou wouldest have asked of him and he would c. John 4. 10. Whatsâ—…ever ye shall ask in my name that will I do that the father may be glorified in the son If ye shall ask any thing in my name I will do it John 14. 13 14. If ye abide in me ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you John 15. 7. Whatsoever ye shall ask the father in my name he will give it unto you hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name ask and you shall receive that your joy may be full John 16. 23 24 26. Christs prayer for his at large John 17. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication Act. 1. 14. ch 2. 42. The Apostles and their company prayed with one accord and said Lord thou art God c. And now Lord behold their threatnings and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word c. Act. 4. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30. We will give our selves continually to prayer and c. Act. 6. 4. Simon said Pray ye the Lord for me that none of these things which ye have spoken Act. 8. 24. Enquire for one called Saul of Tarsus for behold he prays c. Peter put them forth and kneeled down and prayed and turned him c. Act. 9. 11 40. Cornelius a devout man and one who c. and prayed unto God always c. Peter went up upon the house to pray about the sixth hour Act. 10. 1 2 4 9 30 31. Peter was in Prison but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him Act. 12. 5. And on the sabbath-day we went out of the city by a river side where prayer was wont to be made c. And it came to pass as we went to prayer a certain damsel c. Act. 16. 13 16. Paul when he had thus spoken he kneeled down and prayed with them all Act. 20. 36. And we kneeled down on the shore and prayed Act. 21. 5. Even while I prayed in the temple I was in a trance Act. 22. 17. I make mention of you always in my prayers making request c. I might have a prosperous journey Rom. 1. 9 10. The spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered Rom. 8. 26. The same Lord over all is rich unto all who call upon him c. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed Rom. 10. 12 14. Continuing instant in prayer Rom. 12. 12. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing c. I beseech you c. that ye will strive together with me in your prayers to God for me that I may be delivered c. Rom. 15. 13 30 31 32. With all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord 1 Cor. 1. 2. Every man praying or prophesying having his head covered dishonoureth his head but every woman who prayeth c. Judg you in your selves is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered 1 Cor. 11. 4 5 13.
all saints c. And the smoke of the incense which came 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 Gods Goodness and Mercy keep memorials thereof celebrate his praises extol him and stir up others so to do 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 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 unto 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. 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 Amalekites 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 Pharoah and to the Egyptians for Israels sake c. and Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the Lord had done unto Israel c. and said Blessed be the Lord who hath delivered you c Now I know that the Lord is greater than all Gods c. 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. Moses song Deut. 32. Joshua pitched stones in Gilgal in memory of Israels passing dry thorow Jordan that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty Josh. 4. 20 21 22 23 24. The song of Deborah and Barak which they sang after the victory against Sisera and his Army Judges 5. 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 Nabals 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 saith set 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. Upon the return of the Ark to the City of David he prepares a song and delivers it to be sang 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 11 12 13 14 to the 20. Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord and he spake unto him c. but Hezekiah rendred not again according to the benefit done unto him c. 2 Chron. 32. 24 25. Ezra takes notice of a little favour and acknowledgeth it to the praise of God Ezra 9. 8 9. Chap. 7. 27 28. Stand up bless the Lord your God for ever and ever and blessed by thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise c. Nehem. 9. 5 6 7 8 c. When Job had lost all than 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 Psal. 7. 17. O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy name in all the earth who hast fet thy glory above the heavens c. Psal. 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 Psal. 9. 1 2 11. I will sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with mâ—… Psal. 13. 6. 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 Psal. 22. 3 23. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works Psal. 26. 7. The Lord is my strength c. with my song will I praise him Psal. 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 amd not be silent O Lord my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Psal 30. 4 11 12. Blessed be the Lord for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness Psal. 31. 21. Praise is comely for the upright Psal. 33. 1. Psal. 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. Psal. 34. 1 3 4 6 8. My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness of thy praise all the day Psal. 35. 28. Great is the
thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety Psal. 4. 8. Psal. 3. 5 6. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble and they who know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast not forsaken them who seek thee Psal. 9. 9 10. In the Lord put I my trust how say ye to my soul flee as a bird c Psal. 11. 1. Psal. 31. 1 6. The Lord is my rock and my fortress c. in whom I will trust c. Psal. 18. 2 31. Psal. 91. 2. In the name of our God we will set up our banners c. Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God Psal. 20. 5 7. The King trusteth in the Lord and through the mercy of the most high he shall not be moved Psal. 21. 7. Our father 's trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver c. They trusted in thee and were not confounded Psal. 22. 4 5. Who is this king of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battel c. the Lord of hosts he the king of glory Psal. 24. 7 8. The Lord my strength and my shield my heart trusteth in him and I am helped Psal. 28. 7. In thee O Lord do I put my trust let me not be ashamed c. O how great is thy goodness c. which thou hast wrought for them who trust in thee c. Thou shalt hide them c. Psal. 31. 1 6 14 19 20 24. He who trusteth in the Lord mercy shall compass him about Psal. 32. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought c. The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever Psal. 33. 10 11. Prov. 19. 21. Isa. 46. 10. Trust in the Lord and do good so shalt thou dwell in the land c. Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass c. The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he their strength in the time of trouble And the Lord shall help them c. He shall deliver them c. because they trust in him Psal. 37. 3 5 39 40. Blessed is the man who maketh the Lord his trust Psal. 40. 4. Psal. 84. 12. He maketh wars to cease c. Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted c. The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob our refuge Psal. 46. 9 10 11. I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever Psal. 52. 8. Cast thy burthen on the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal. 55. 22. What time I am afraid I will trust in thee c. In God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me Psal. 56. 3 4 11. For my soul trusteth in thee yea in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until calamities be overpast Psal. 57. 1. Psal. 61. 3 4. Through God we shall do valiantly for he shall tread down our enemies Psal. 60. 12. In God is my salvation and my glory the rock of my strength my refuge is in God Trust in him at all times ye people c. God hath spoken once twice have I heard this that power belongeth unto God Psal. 62. 7 8 11 12. The God of Israel is he who giveth strength and power unto his Psal. 68. 35. A fire was kindled against Jacob c. because they believed not God and trusted not in his salvation though he had commanded the clouds c. Psal. 78. 21 22 23. The Lord reigneth the Lord is clothed with majesty the Lord is clothed with strength c. Psal. 93. 1. Psal. 97. 1. Psal. 146. 10. The righteous c. he shall not be afraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord Psal. 112. 6 7. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man It is better to trust in the Lord then to put confidence in princes Psal. 118. 8 9. My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth c. Behold he who keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep Psal. 121. 2 3 4. They who trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion which cannot be removed c. as the mountains are round about Jerusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever Psal. 125. 1 2. The Lord great and our God above all gods Whatsoever the Lord pleaseth did he in heaven and in earth Psal. 135. 5 6. Happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the Lord his God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that therein is who keepeth truth for ever Psal. 146. 5 6. He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds he telleth the number of the stars c. Great is our God and of great power his understanding is infinite c. Psal. 147. 2 3 4 c. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding in all thy ways acknowledg him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 3. 5 6. Commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall be established whoso trusteth in the Lord happy is he Prov. 16. 3 20. The name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and are safe Prov. 18. 10. There is no wisdom or understanding nor counsel against the Lord. The horse is prepared against the day of battel but safety or victory is of the Lord Prov. 21. 30 31. Chap. 19. 21. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe Many seek the rulers favour but every mans judgment is from the Lord Prov. 29. 25 26. If ye will not believe surely ye shall not be established Isa. 7. 9. Associate your selves c. take counsel together and it shall come to nought speak the word and it shall not stand For God is with us Isa. 8. 9 10. I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my refuge Isa. 12. 2. For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Isa. 14. 27. There shall be desolation because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength Isa. 17. 10. Thou hast been a strength to the poor a strength to the needy in his distress a refuge from the storm a shadow from the heat when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall Isa. 25. 4. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee trust ye in the Lord for ever For in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength for he bringeth down c. Isa. 26. 3 4. Behold the Lord a mighty and a strong one Isa. 28. 2 6. The Egyptians
strength c. Isa. 17. 10. They who wait upon the Lord shall renew strength they shall mount up c. they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint Isa. 40. 31. This people have I formed for my self c. but thou hast not called upon me O Jacob but thou hast been weary of me O Israel thou hast not c. Isa. 43. 21 22 23 He feedeth upon ashes and a deceived heart hath tuâ—…ned him aside that he cannot deliver his Soul nor say Is there not a lye in my right hand Isa. 44. 20. Thus saith the Lord What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain c pass over the Isles c. Hath a nation changed their gods c but my people have changed their glory c. Be astonished O ye heavens c. for my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters hewed them out Cisterns broken Cisterns which can hold no water c. Thy backsliding shall reprove thee know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God c. I had planted thee a noble vine c. How then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me c They have turned their back unto me and not their face c. Have I been a barren wilderness unto Israel a land of darkness Wherefore say my people we are lords We will come no more unto thee Can a maid forget her ornaments or a bride her attire yet my people have forgotten me days withour number Jer. 2. 5 6 10 11 12 13 19 21 27 31 32. How shall I pardon thee for this thy children hath forsaken me c. This people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart they are revolted and gone Jer. 5. 7 23. O Lord the hope of Israel all who forsake thee shall â—…e ashamed and they who depart from me shall be written in the earth because they have forsaken the Lord the fountain of living waters Jer. 17. 13. Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the kings meat Dan. 1. 8. Israel slideth back as a back-sliding Heyfer c. Ephraim is joyned to Idols let him alone Hos. 4. 16 17. Wo unto them for they have fled from me Hos. 7. 1â—… I will stretch out my hand upon Judah c. and them who are turned back from the Lord and those who have not sought the Lord nor enquired for him Zeph. 1. 4 6. I am the Lord I change not Mal. 3. 6. He who endureth unto the end shall be saved c. Whomsoever shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my father c. Mat. 10. 22 33. ch 24. 13. Whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it Mat. 16. 25. Luk. 17. 32 33. Jesus said c. No man having put his hand to the Plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God Luk. 9. 62. Thou art made whole sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee Joh. 5. 14. ch 8. 11. From that time many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him Joh. 6. 66. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed Joh. 8. 31. Abide in me c. If any man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered c. If ye abide in me and my words abide in you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you c. continue ye in my love Joh. 15. 4 6 7 9. Whether is it right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judg ye for we cannot but speak c. Act. 4. 18 19. Barnabas exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord Act. 11. 22 23. Many of the Jews followed Paul and Barnabas who speaking unto them perswaded them to continue in the grace of God Act. 13. 43. They exhorted them to continue in the faith Act. 14. 22. Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledg God gave them over to a reprobate mind or to a mind void of judgment Rom. 1. 28. To them who by patient continuing in well doing seek for glory c. eternal life Rom. 2. 6 7. Behold then the goodness and severity of God on them which fell severity but towards thee goodness if thou continue in his goodness otherwise thou also shalt be cut off Rom. 11. 22. Let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God 1 Cor. 7. 24. I praise you c. that you keep the ordinances as I delivered them unto you 1 Cor. 11. 2. Be ye stedfast unmoveable alway abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord 1 Cor. 15. 58. Stand fast in the faith quit you like men and be strong 1 Cor. 16. 13. Having therefore these promises c. let us cleanse our selves c. perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7. 1. I am jealous over you c. lest by any means as the Serpent beguiled Eve c. so your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ 2 Cor. 11. 2 3. I marvel that you are so soon removed from him who called you c. But though we or c. Gal. 1. 6 7 8. Paul blames the Galatians for turning back to circumcision and beggerly rudiments and exhorts them to stick to the faith and stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ had made them free Gal. 3. ch 4. ch 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 sro c. Let him who stole steal no more Eph. 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 wrestle 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 Eph. 6. 11 12 13 18. Nevertheless whereunto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Phil. 3. 16. Stand fast in the Lord my dearly beloved Phil. 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 sted-fastness 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
ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew or shew ye the Lords death till he come wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord c. he who eateth c. unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lords body c. When ye come together to eat tarry one for another and if any man hunger let him eat at home 1 Cor. 11. 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 33 34. 5thly Discipline Church-censures or removing of Scandals If a soul fin and hear the voice of swearing and is a witness whether he hath seen or known of it if he do not utter it then shall he bear his iniquity Levit. 5. 1. If there were a leper in the camp of Israel he was to be pronounced unclean and his habitation without the camp alone Levit. 13. 44 46. When he was to be brought into the camp again he was first to be pronounced clean by the Priest after he had viewed him and offered sacrifices for him and performed other things so for other uncleannesses they were to be separated from the congregation c. and so brought in again Levit. 14. 1 2 3 4 5 c. chap. 15. Matth. 8. 4. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him or that thou bear not sin for him Levit. 19. 17. If the people of the land do any way hide their eyes from the man when he giveth of his seed unto Molech and kill him not then I will set my face against that man and against his family Levit. 20. 3 4 5. The Priests or people who were unclean c. by any uncleanness were not to eat or touch the holy things that they might not profane the holy name of the Lord if they did before they were cleansed they were to be cut off from the presence of God no stranger was to eat of the holy thing Levit. 22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15. Put out of the camp every leper and every one who hath an issue c. both male and female shall ye put out c. that they defile not their camp in the midst whereof I dwell and the children of Israel did so c. Numb 5. 1 2 3 4. Deut. 23. 14. Uzziah the king was a leper and being in the temple the Priests thrust him out from thence c. he dwelt in a several house being a leper for he was cut off from the house of the Lord 2 Chron. 26. 19 20 21. The people of Israel the Priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the land c. for they have taken of their daughters c. so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people c. yea the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass c. Ezra 9. 1 2. They read in the book of Moses c. that the Ammonite c. should not come into the congregation of God for ever c. Now it came to pass when they had heard the law that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude Nehem. 13. 1 3. He who spareth his rod hateth his son but he who loveth him c. Prov. 13. 24. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself and discover not a secret to another or the secret of another Prov. 25. 9. Open rebuke is better than secret love Prov. 27. 5. If thou take forth the precious from the vile thou shalt be as my mouth Jer. 15. 19. Her priests have violated my law and have prophaned mine holy things they have put no difference between the holy and profane neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 22. 26. They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane and cause men to discern between the unclean and the clean Ezek. 44. 23. Ephraim hath mixed himself among the people c. a cake not turned Hosea 7. 8. Jesus said unto Peter c. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven Matth. 16. 18 19. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee if he will hear thee thou shalt gain thy brother but if he will not hear thee then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established and if he shall neglect to hear them tell it to the Church but if he neglect to hear the Church let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth c. Matth. 18. 15 16 17 18. John 20. 21 22 23. If thy brother trespass c. rebuke him and if he repent forgive him c. if seven times a day Luke 17. 3 4. I beseech you brethren mark them who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye bave learned and avoid them for they are such who serve not our Lord Jesus but their own bellies c. Rom. 16. 17 18. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you and such c. and ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he who hath done this deed might have been taken away from among you c. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus c. know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump c I wrote to you in an Epistle not to keep company with fornicators yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world c. But if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolator c. with such a one no not to eat for what have I to do with them who are without do not ye judg them who are within c therefore put away from among your selves that wicked person 1 Cor. 5. Sufficient to such a man was this punishment or censure which was inflicted of many so that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him c. wherefore I beseech you that you would confirm your love to him c. to whom ye forgive any thing I also forgive 2 Cor. 2. 6 7 8 9 10 11. Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers c. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness c Are ye not the temple of the living God
they were not of us c. they went out that they might be manifest c. 1 John 2. 19. Thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead c. I have not found thy work perfect before God c. The Church of the Laodiceans c. I know thy works that thou art neither hot nor cold c. Thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and poor and blind and naked c. Rev. 3. 1 2 14 15 17. See persecution from Professors Chap. 22. See Sincerity Chap. 16. See Characters of Saints Chap. 12. The great danger of Hypocrisie and formality and end of Hypocrites The hypocrites hope shall perish whose hope shall be cut off and whose trust shall be a spiders web he shall lean upon his house but it shall not stand he shall hold it fast but it shall not endure Job 8. 13 14 15. He also is my salvation for an hypocrite shall not come before him Job 13. 16. The congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate c. Job 15. 34. He who speaketh flattery to his friend the eyes of his children shall fail Job 17. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment though his excellency mount up unto the heavens and his head reach unto the clouds he shall perish for ever like his own dung they who have seen him shall say Where is he and he shall flee away as a dream and shall not be found the eye also which saw him shall see him no more c. Job 20. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 c. What is the hope of the hypocrite when he hath gained when God taketh away his soul will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him Job 27. 8 9. The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath Job 36. 13. O Assyrian the rod of mine anger c. I will send him against an hypocritical nation and against the people of my wrath c. Isa. 10. 5 6. Wo unto them who seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord and their works are in the dark and they say Who seeth us and who knoweth Isa. 29. 15 16. The sinners in Zion are afraid fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites c. who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire c Isa. 33. 14. Behold all ye who kindle a fire who compass your selves about with sparks walk in the light of your fire and in your sparks which ye have kindled this shall ye have of my hand ye shall lye down in sorrow Isa. 50. 11. I will declare thy righteousness and thy works for they shall not profit thee Isa. 57. 12. Trust ye not in lying words saying The temple of the Lord c. Behold ye trust in lying words which cannot profit c. therefore will I do to this house c. wherein ye trust c. as I have done to Shiloh and I will cast you out of my sight Jer. 7. 4 8 9 10 11. I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised Egypt c. all these nations are uncircumcised and all the house of Israel uncircumcised in the heart Jer. 9. 25 26. Ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me unto the Lord your God c. Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword by the famine c. Jer. 42. 19 20 21 22. Cursed be the deceiver who hath in his flock a male c. and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupt thing Mal. 1. 14. Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it be salted it is henceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men c. I say unto you That except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of hâ—…ven Matth. 5. 13 20. Many will say unto me in that day Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in thy name c and then will I profess unto them I never knew you depart from me ye who work iniquity Matth. 7. 22 23. Every plant which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up let them alone c. If the blind lead the blind both shall fall c. Matth. 15. 13 14. When Christ found nothing but leaves on the fig-tree he said Let no fruit grow on thee henceforth for ever and presently it withered away c. Jesus said to the Priests c. Publicans and Harlots go into the kingdom of God before you Matth. 21. 19 23 29 30. 31. When the king came c. he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment and he sad unto him Friend how camest thou hither c and he was speechless then said the king to his servants bind him c. and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping c. Matth. 22. 11 12 13. Wo unto the Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites often pronounced Matth. 23. 13 14 15 16 23 25 27 29. Whosoever hath not from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have or thinketh he hath Luke 8. 18. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisie c. he who knoweth his masters will and doth not according shall be beaten with many stripes Luke 12. 1 47. James 4. 17. They shall begin to say We have eat and drank in thy presence c. but he shall say I know you not whence you are depart from me all ye workers c. Ye shall see Abraham c. in the kingdom of God and you thrust out Luk. 13. 25 26 27 28. Ye are they who justifie your selves but God knows your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Luke 16. â—…5 Every branch which beareth not fruit in me he taketh away John 15. 2. Ananias and Saphira both smote with death for their hypocrisie Acts 5. 5 10. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against c. men who hold the truth in unrighteousness Rom. 1. 18. A double minded-man is unstable in all his ways James 1. 8. The Jews c. forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved to fill up their sins always for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost 1 Thess. 2. 16. CHAP. XXIX Of the Conscience AND it came to pass afterwards that Davids heart smote him because he had cut off Sauls skirt and he said unto his men The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the Lords anointed to stretch forth my hand against him c. 1 Sam. 24. 5 6. And Davids heart smote him after that he had numbred the people and David said unto the Lord I have sinned greatly in that I have done 2 Sam. 24. 10. chap. 12. 13. When Josiah had heard the words of the book of the law that
7. 1 2. A living dog is better than a dead Lion c. there is no work c. in the grave whither thou goest Eccles. 9. 3 4 5 10. Then shall the dust return unto the earth as it was and the spiriâ—… shall return unto God who gave it Eccles. 12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. He will swallow up death in victory and the Lord God will wipe away tears c. Isa. 25. 8. Set thine house in order for thou must die c. I said in the cutting off of my days I shall go to the gates of the grave c. The grave cannot praise thee c. the living the living he shall praise thee as I do this day Isa. 38. 1 2 10 11 18 19. All flesh is grass and the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it Isa. 40. 6 7 8. James 1. 10 11. 1 Pet. 1. 24. That thou shouldst be afraid of man who shall dye c. and be made as grafs Isa. 51. 12. The righteous perish and no man layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come Isa. 57. 1 2. Lamentation and bitter weeping Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children because they were not Jer. 31. 15. Matth. 2. 16 17 18. Son of man I will take away from thee the desire of thine eyes at a stroke yet neither shall thou mourn nor weep neither shall thy tears run down c. My wife dyed c. this was for a sign Ezek. 24. 16 17 18 24. Go thou thy way till the end for thou shalt rest and stand in the lot at the end Dan. 12. 13. I will ransom them from the power of the grave I will redeem them from death O death I will be thy plagues c. Hos. 13. 4. 1 Cor. 15. 55. Jesus said unto the man on the cross Verily c. to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Luke 23. 42 43. Simeon said Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for mine eyes have seen thy salvation Luke 2. 26 29. I must work c. while it is day the night cometh wherein no man can work John 9. 4. And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother c. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping c. he groaned in his spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept John 11. 19 33 35. Ananias and Saphira both fell down and yeelded up the ghost Acts 5. 5 10. And they stoned Stephen calling and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit Act. 7. 59. And devout men carried Stephen and made great lamentation over him Acts 8. 2. He hath made of one blood all nations of men c. and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation Acts 17. 26. Whether we live we live unto the Lord and whether we dye we dye unto the Lord whether we live therefore â—…r dye we are the Lords for to this end Christ both dyed and rose again and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14. 7 8 9. The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks c. 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. We have this treasure in earthen vessels 2 Cor. 4. 7. If our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissoved we have a building of God c. We groan being burdened c. Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord we are c. willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Cor. 5. 1 2 6 7 8. To dye is gain c. having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better Phil. 1. 21 23. Indeed he was c. nigh unto death but God had mercy on him and not on him only but on me also lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow Phil. 2. 27. Who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 21. I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others who have no hope 1 Thess. 4. 13. Christ who dyed for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thess. 5. 10. We brought nothing into the world and it is certain we can carry nothing out 1 Tim. 6. 7. Job 1. 21. I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I have fought c. 2 Tim. 4. 6 7. He took part of the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject to bondage Heb. 2. 14 15. It is appointed unto men once to dye but after this the judgment Heb. 9. 27. We have no continuing City here but we seek one to come Heb. 13. 14. Go to now ye who say to day c. we will go into such a City c. whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour which appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away for that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that James 4. 13 14 15. chap. 1. 10. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear 1 Pet. 1. 17. I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain c. 1 Pet. 2. 11. Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle even as our Lord c. 2 Pet. 1. 14. Blessed are the dead who dye in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labour and their works do follow them Rev. 14. 13. The beggar dyed and was carried by the Angels into Abrams bosom Luke 16. 22. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching Luke 12. 37 38. CHAP. XXXV Of the Resurrection of the Dead SO man lyeth down and riseth not till the heavens be no more they shall not awake Job 14. 12. I know my redeemer liveth c. and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another c. Job 19. 25 26 27. Psal. 49. 15. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness Psal. 17. 15. Thy dead men shall live together with my dead body shall they arise awake and sing ye who dwell in dust for thy dew is as the dew of herbs and the earth shall cast out the dead Isa. 26. 19. And many who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life c. Thou shalt rest and stand in the lot at the end of the days
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of the father Matth. 13. 43. Jesus was transfigured c. his face did shine as the sun and his raiment white Matth. 17. 2 3. In the resurrection they shall neither marry c. but are as the Angels of God in heaven Matth. 22. 30. Then shall the king say c. inherit the kingdom prepared for you c. The righteous into life eternal Matth. 25. 34 46. Little flock it is your fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom Luke 12. 32. And the resurrection c. neither can they dye any more for they are equal unto the Angels and are the children of God Luke 20. 36. Lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh Luke 21. 18. I appoint unto you a kingdom c. that ye may eat and drink at my table and in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel Luke 22. 29 30. To day thou shalt be with me in Paradise Luke 23. 43. I give to them eternal life and they shall never perish John 10. 28. Rom. 2. 7. Whither I go thou canst not follow me now but thou shalt follow me afterwards John 13. 36. I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also John 14. 3 19. I will see you c. and your hearts shall rejoyce and your joy shall no man take from you John 16. 22. The glory which thou gavest me I have given them c. Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me John 17. 22 24. Glory honour and peace to every one who worketh good Rom. 2 7 10. We stand and rejoyce in the hope of the glory of God Rom. 5. 2. The end everlasting life c. the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus c. Rom. 6. 22 23 31. Gal. 6. 8. 2 Tim. 1. 10. Heirs of God joynt heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may-be also glorified together c. The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us for the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God c. We our selves c. waiting for the adoption the redemption of our body Rom. 8. 17 18 19 23. They to obtain a corruptible crown but we an incorruptible 1. Cor. 9. 25. We know in part c. but when that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away c. Now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known 1 Cor. 13. 10 12. As we have born the image of the earthly we shall also bear the image of the heavenly c. The dead shall be raised incorruptible c. this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality c. 1 Cor. 15. 19 49 52 53 54 55. 2 Cor. 5. 4. Our light affliction c. worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory c. the things which are not seen are eternal 2 Cor. 4. 17 18. We have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens 2 Cor. 5. 1. Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body Phil. 3. 20 21. For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven Col. 1. 5. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory Col. 3. 4. Then we c. shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore comfort one c. 1 Thess. 4. 17 18. You who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed c. when he shall come to be glorified in his Saints and admired in all them who believe 2 Thess. 1. 7 10 That they may obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ with eternal glory 2 Tim. 2. 10. There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord c. shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto them also who love his appearing 2 Tim. 4. 8. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God Heb. 4. 9. Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward Heb. 10. 34 35. Prov. 8. 21. Abram looked for a City which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God c. they desire a better country that is an heavenly wherefore God c. for he hath prepared for them a City c. others are tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection Heb. 11. 10 16 35. chap. 13. 14. Ye are come to mount Sion unto the city of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable company of Angels to the general assembly c. unto God the Judg of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect and to Jesus the mediatour c. Heb. 12. 22 23 24. Blessed be God c. who hath begotten us again unto a lively hope c. to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and which fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you c. The sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow c. Hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 3 4 9 11 13. chap. 5. 10. Ye are thereunto called that ye should inherit a blessing 1 Pet. 3. 9. When the chief shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown of glory which fadeth not away c. The God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus Christ c. 1 Pet. 5. 1 4 10. We c. look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness 2 Pet. 3. 13. He who doth the will of God abideth for ever 1 John 2. 17. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 John 3. 2. They shall walk with me in white c. clothed in white c. will I make a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out c. Will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also overcame and am set down c. Rev. 3. 4 5 11 12 21. chap. 2. 26 27 28. I beheld and lo a great multitude c. stood before the Throne c. clothed with white robes and palms in their hands c. These
hardness as a good soldier of Christ no man who warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier 2 Tim. 2. 4. In the last times c. men shall be lovers of their own selves c. lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God 2 Tim. 3. 4. Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world c. 2 Tim. 4. 10. The earth c. bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed receiveth blessing from God Heb. 6. 7. Ye c. took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and enduring substance c. Hebr. 10. 34. By faith Moses when he came to years refused to be called the son of Pharoahs 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 Heb. 11. 24 25 26. Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee so that we may boldly say The Lord is my helper c. Heb. 13. 5. 6. Let the brother of low degree rejoyce in that he is exalted but the rich in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away for the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat but it withereth the grass and the flower thereof falleth and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth so also shall the rich man perish in his ways c. James 1. 9 10 11. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith c but ye have despised the poor Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment-seat do not they blaspheme that worthy name c James 2. 5 6 7. Know ye not that the friendship of this world is enmity with God whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God c. Go to now ye that say To day or to morrow we will go into such a City and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow for what is your life it is even a vapour c. for that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that but now you rejoyce in your boastings all such rejoycings are evil James 4. 4 13 14 15 16. Acts 18. 21. Go to now ye rich men weep and howl for your misery which shall come upon you your riches are corrupted your garments moth eaten your gold and silver cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire ye have heaped treasures together for the last days Behold the hire of your labourers who reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud cryeth c. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth ye have been wanton ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter c. ye have condemned the just James 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6. All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass the grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away 1 Pet 1. 7 24. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God c. casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 6 7. Love not the world neither the things which are in the world if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him for all that is in the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world passeth away and the lust thereof 1 John 2. 15 16 17. Greater is is he who is in you than he who is in the world they are of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth them 1 John 4. 4 5. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the World and this is the victory which overcometh the World even our faith Who is he who overcometh the World but he who believeth that Jesus is the Son of God 1 John 5. 4 5. The kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief Captains and the mighty men c. hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains and said to the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne c. Revel 6. 15 16 17. Heaven and earth shall pass away all these things shall end Psal. 102. 25 26. Isa. 51. 6. Matth. 24. 35. 2 Pet. 3. 7 10 11. 1 John 2. 17. CHAP. XL. Of Idolatry setting up and worshipping of strange gods graven Images LAban said to Jacob Wherefore hast thou stollen my gods Gen. 31. 30. Jacob said unto his houshold Put away the strange gods that are among you c. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hands and all their ear-rings which were in their ears and Jacob hid them under the Oak Gen. 35. 2 4. I am the Lord thy God thou shalt have no other god before me thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image or any likeness that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thy self to them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God c. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold Exod. 20. 2 3 4 5 23. Psal. 81. 9 10. He who sacrificeth unto any god save unto the Lord only he shall be utterly destroyed Exod. 22. 20. Make no mention of the names of other gods neither let it be heard out of thy mouth c. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods nor serve them c. Thou shalt utterly overthrow them and quite break down their Images c. Thou shalt make no covenant with them nor with their gods c. if thou serve their gods it will surely be a snare unto thee Exod. 23. 13 24 32 33. The people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him Up make us gods which shall go before us for as for this Moses c. we wot not what is become of him And Aaron said unto them Break off the ear-rings c. and bring them unto me c. and he received them at their hands and fashioned it with a graving-tool after he had made it a molten calf and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee up c. Aaron saw it he built an altar before it c. and they rose up early in the morning
and offered burnt-offerings c. And the Lord said to Moses c. Let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them c. Exod 32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10. Psal. 106. 19 20. Ye shall destroy their Altars break their Images and cut down their groves for thou shalt worship no other god for the Lord whose name is Jealous c. lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice to their gods c. Thou shalt make thee no molten-gods Exod. 34. 12 13 14 15 16 17. Numb 33. 51 52. Turn you not to Idols nor make your selves molten-gods for I am the Lord your God Levit. 19. 4. Ye shall make you no Idols nor graven-Image neither rear you up a standing Image or Pillar nor set you up any Image or figure of stone in your land to bow down to it for I am the Lord c. Levit. 26. 1. They called the people unto the sacrifice of their gods and the people did eat and bowed down to their gods and Israel joyned himself to Baal-peor and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel Numb 25. 1 2 3. Psal. 106. 28. Upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments c. Numb 33. 4. Ye shall not go after other gods of the gods of the people which are round about you for the Lord thy God c. Deut. 6. 14 15. Deut. 11. 16. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them c. for they will turn away thy son from following me that they may serve other gods so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you c. Ye shall destroy their altars c. Deut. 7. 3 4 5 16 25. Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods c. you shall overthrow their altars Deut. 12. 2 3. Such who should endeavour to draw others to Idolatry were to be put to death Deut. 13. Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God which thou shalt make thee neither shalt thou set up any Image or statue which the Lord thy God hateth Deut. 16. 21 22. If any hath gone and served other gods and worshipped them either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven which I have not commanded he shall be stoned c. Deut. 17. 2 3 5. That they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they have done unto their gods so should you sin c. Deut. 20. 18. Ye have seen their abominations and their Idol-gods or dunghil-gods wood stone c. Deut. 29. 17 18. They provoked him to jealousie with strange gods c. they sacrificed to devils not to God to gods whom they knew not c. Deut. 32. 17 21. Psal. 106 37. Neither make mention of the names of their gods neither cause to swear by them neither serve them nor bow your selves to them Josh. 23. 7 16. Josh. 24. 14 23. When Joshua and that generation were dead and there arose a new generation who knew not the Lord they forsook the Lord and followed strange gods Judges 2. 10 12 13 14. Gideon made an Ephod and put it in his City c. and all Israel went thither a whoring after it which thing became a snare to Gideon and his house And when Gideon was dead the children of Israel turned again and went a whoring after Baalim and made Baal-berith their god Judges 8. 26 27 33 34. chap. 10. 6 7. Micahs mother sâ—…id I had wholly dedicated the silver to the Lord to make a graven-image c. And she made an Image c. Micah consecrated the Levite c. The Danites take away the Idol and the Priest c. Then Micah cryed out Ye have taken away my gods which I made and the Priest and yâ—… are gone away and what have I more c and the children of Dan set up the graven Image Judges 17. 3 4 5 12. chap. 18. 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24. Solomon in his old age was drawn away to commit idolatry 1 Kings 11. 4 5 6 7 8 9. Jeroboam lest Israel by going up to Jerusalem to worship should revolt to Rehoboam made two calves of gold and set one in Dan and the other in Bethel said Behold thy gods O Israel so Israel went and worshipped and he made a house of High-places and made priests of the lowest of the people c. ordained a feast c. which he had devised c. 1 Kings 12. 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33. chap. 14. 9 10. They built them High-places and Images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree 1 Kings 14. 23. 2 Kings 17. 9 10 11 12. Asa king of Judah removed the Idols c. but the High-places were not removed 1 Kings 15. 11 12 13 14. All the kings of Israel after Jeroboam did continue in thr same idolatry till Ahab and he served Baal and worshipped him 1 Kings 16. chap. 22. 51 52 53. Hezekiah destroyed Idolatry removed the High-places brake the Images cut down the groves and brake in pieces the brazen-serpent which Moses made for in those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it and called it Nehushtan c. so did Josiah the king 2 Kings 18. 4. chap. 23. 4 5 c. King Ahaz his Idolatry 2 Chron. 28. 23 25. If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god shall not God search this out for he knoweth the secrets of the heart Psal. 44. 20 21. Confounded be all they who serve graven-images who boast themselves of Idols worship him all ye gods Psal. 97. 7. Our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased their Idols are silver and gold the works of mens hands they have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not they have ears but they hear not noses have they but they smell not c. they who make them are like unto them so is every one who trusteth in them Psal. 115. 3 4 5 6 7 8. Psal. 135. 15 16 c. Their land also is full of Idols they worship the work of their own hands that which their own fingers have made and the mean man boweth down and the great man humbleth himself c. The Idols shall utterly pass away and they shall go into the holes of the rocks c. for fear of the Lord c. In that day a man shall cast his Idols of silver and his Idols of gold which they made each one for himself to worship to the moles and to the bats c. Isa. 2. 8 9 18 19 20. chap. 31. 7. In that day shall a man look to his maker c. and he shall not look to the altars the work of his hands neither shall respect that which his fingers
have made either the groves or the Images Isa. 17. 7 8. The Carpenter encouraged the Gold-smith or founder c. shew the things to come hereafter that we may know that ye are gods yea do good or do evil c. Behold ye are nothing or worse than nothing and your works of nought an abomination c. their molten-images are wind and confusions Isa. 41. 7 23 24 29. I am the Lord that is my name my glory will I not give to another neither my praise to graven-images c. they shall be turned back they shall be greatly ashamed who trust in graven-images who say to the molten-images Ye are our gods Isa. 42. 8 17. They who make graven-images are all of them vanity c. they see not nor know that they may be ashamed Who hath formed a god or molten a graven-image which is profitable for nothing behold all his fellows shall be ashamed and the workmen c. they shall be ashamed together c. The Carpenter c. heweth down Cedars c. he will take thereof and warm himself yea he kindleth it and baketh bread yea he maketh a god and worshippeth it he maketh it a graven-image and falleth down thereto he burneth part thereof in fire c. and the residue thereof he maketh a god his graven-image he falleth down and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith Deliver me for thou art my God c. None considereth in his heart neither is there knowledg or understanding to say I have burnt part of it in the fire c. and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination shall I fall down to the stock of or that which comes from a tree Isa. 44. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19. They shall be ashamed and also confounded all of them they shall go to confusions together who are makers of Idols c. they have no knowledg who set up the wood of their graven-image and pray unto a god who cannot save Isa. 45. 16 20. To whom will ye liken me c they lavish gold out of the bag c. hire a Goldsmith and he maketh it a god and they fall down yea they worship they bear him upon the shoulder they carry him and set him in his place and he standeth c. yea one shall cry to him yet can he not answer nor save him out of his trouble Isa. 46. 5 6 7. I have even from the beginning declared c. lest thou shouldst say Mine Idol hath done them and my graven-image and my molten-image hath commanded them Isa. 48. 5. A people who provoke me to anger continually to my face who sacrificeth in gardens and burneth incense upon altars of brick c. Isa. 65. 3 4. Jer. 1. 16. Hath a nation changed their gods which are yet no gods but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit c. The house of Israel ashamed c. saying to a stock Thou art my father and to a stone thou hast brought me forth c. but where are thy gods which thou hast made thee let them arise if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble for according to the number of thy Cities are thy gods O Judah Jer. 2. 10 11 26 27 28. chap. 11. 12 13. Israel is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree and there playeth the harlot c. her treacherous sister Judah feared not but went and played the harlot also c. committed adultery with stones and with stocks Jer. 3. 6 8 9. Seest thou what they do in the Cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the children gather wood and the fathers kindle a fire and the women knead their dough to make cakes to the Queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger Jer. 7. 17 18. They are altogether brutish and foolish the stock is a doctrine of vanities silver spread into plate c. but the Lord is the true God c. The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens c. every founder is confounded by the graven-image for his molten-image is falshood and there is no breath in them they are vanity and the work of errors Jer. 10. 8 9 10 11 14 15. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain Jer. 14. 22. The Gentiles shall come c. and say Surely our fathers have inherited lyes vanity and things wherein is no profit shall a man make gods unto himself and they are no gods Jer. 16. 19 20. Then all the men who knew that their wives had burnt incense unto other gods and all the women who stood by c. answered Jeremy saying c. We will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth to burn incense unto the Queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings unto her as we have done we and our fathers our kings and our princes in the Cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem for then had we plenty c. so the Lord could no longer bear c. Jer. 44. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. I am broken with their whorish heart which have departed from me and with their eyes which go a whoring after their Idols c. Ezek. 6. 9. These men have set up their Idols in their hearts and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face should I be enquired of at all by them c I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his Idols c. I the Lord will answer him by my self Ezek. 14. 1 4 5 6 7. Hosea 2. 2 3 4. The unsatiable idolatry of Jerusalem with all nations Ezek. 16. 15 16 c. I will do these things unto thee because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen because thou art polluted with their Idols Ezek. 23. 30. Such of the Levites who had offered before Idols God refused afterwards that they should offer any more unto him Ezek. 44. 10 11 12 13 14. The Image of Nebuchadnezzar set up Dan. 3. My people ask counsel at their stock and their staff declareth unto them for the spirit of whoredoms have caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God they sacrifice upon the top of mountains and burn incense upon the hills under Oaks c. Ephraim is joyned to Idols let him alone Hosea 4. 12 13 17. Of their silver and their gold have they made them Idols that they may be cut off thy calf O Samaria hath cast thee off mine anger is kindled c. The workman made it therefore it is not God but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces for they have sown the wind Hosea 8. 4 5 6 7. According to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars according unto
the goodness of his land they have made goodly Images their heart is divided now they shall be found faulty he shall break down their altars he shall spoil their Images Hosea 10. 1 2. And now they sin more and more and have made them molten-images of their silver and Idols according to their own understanding all of it the work of the crafts-men they say of them Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves therefore they shall be as the morning-cloud c. Hosea 13. 2 3. For their Idols have spoken vanity and the Diviners have seen a lye and have told false dreams c. Zechar. 10. 2. Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved or ought to love and hath married the daughter of a strange god Malachi 2. 11. The people said c. The gods are come down unto us in the likeness of men and they called Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the chief speaker Then the priest of Jupiter c. brought oxen and garlands unto the gates and would have done sacrifice with the people which when the Apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of they rent their cloaths and ran in among the people crying out and saying Sirs What do ye in these things We are also men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God who made heaven and earth c. Acts 14. 11 12 13 14 15 18. We write unto them that they stay from the pollutions of Idols Acts 15. 20 29 Paul c. at Athens his spirit was stirred within him when he saw the City wholly given to Idolatry or full of Idols therefore disputed he in the Synagogue c. Ye men of Athens I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious for as I past by and beheld your devotions or gods whom ye worship I found an altar with this inscription To the unknown God Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship c. Forasmuch then as we are the off-spring of God we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone graven by art or mans device Acts 17. 16 17 22 23 29. Demetrius said This Paul hath perswaded and turned away much people saying That they be no gods which are made with hands so that not only this our craft is in danger c. but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised and her magnificence should be destroyed whom all Asia and the world worshippeth c. Great is Diana of the Ephesians c. the Image which fell down from Jupiter Acts 19. 26 27 28 34 35. When they knew God they glorified him not as God c. but became vain in their imaginations c. and changed the glory of the invisible God into an image made like to corruptible man and to birds c. who changed the truth of God into a lye and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator Rom. 1. 21 23 25. chap. 2. 22. Thou who abhorrest Idols dost thou commit sacriledg Rom. 2. 22. We know that an Idol is nothing in the World and that there is none other God but one for though there be that are called gods whether in heaven or earth as there be gods many and lords many but to us there is but one God c. 1 Cor. 8. 4 5 6. Neither be ye Idolaters as were some of them as it is written The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play c. My dearly beloved flee from Idolatry c. What say I then that the Idol is any thing or that which is offered in sacrifice is any thing but I say That the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to devils and not to God and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils 1 Cor. 10. 7 14 19 20. Ye know that ye were Gentiles carryed away unto these dumb Idols 1 Cor. 12. 2. How ye turned to God from Idols to serve the living and true God 1 Thess. 1. 9. Little children keep your selves from Idols 1 John 5. 21. And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands that they should not worship devils and Idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which neither can see nor hear nor walk Rev. 9. 20. See worshipping of the true God Chap. 16. CHAP. XLI Of Angels appearing to men What they are and do AND the Angel of the Lord found Hagar by a fountain of water c. And the Angel of the Lord said unto her Return to thy mistress c. I will multiply thy seed exceedingly c. Gen. 16. 7 8 9 10 11. Three men appeared to Abraham his discourse with them and entertaining of them Gen. 18. And there came two Angels to Sodom at even c. and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them and he bowed himself with his face towards the ground c. but the men put forth their hands and pulled Lot into the house c. and they smote the men who were at the door with blindness c. And the men said unto Lot Hast thou here any beside son in law c for we will destroy this place c. The Angels hastned Lot c. and while he lingred the men laid hold upon his hand c. When they had brought them out abroad that he said Escape for thy life c. And Lot said unto them O not so my Lord c. And he said unto him See I have accepted thee concerning this thing c. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah c. Gen. 19. 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 21 24. And the Angel of God called unto Hagar out of heaven and said unto her What aileth thee Hagar Fear not for God hath heard thy voice Gen. 21. 17 And the Angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven and said Abraham Abraham c. Lay not thine hand upon the lad c. And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham the second time out of heaven Gen. 22. 11 12 15. Abraham said unto his servant The Lord God of heaven c. he shall send his Angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my son c. Gen. 24. 6 7. The Angel of God spake unto Jacob in a dream c. said For I have seen all that Laban doth unto thee I am the God of Bethel c. where thou vowedst a vow unto me c. Gen. 31. 11 12 13. And Jacob went on his way and the Angels of God met him and when Jacob saw them he said This is Gods Host c. And Jacob was left alone â—…nd there wrestled a man with him c. And Jacob said I have seen God 〈◊〉 to face and my life is preserved Gen. 32. 1 2 24 30. 〈◊〉