quaked greatly Exod. 19. 18. ch 20. 18 19. And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai c. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount c. Exod. 24. 16 17. Ezek. 3. 23. chap. 8. 4. chap. 9. 3. There will I meet with the children of Israel and they shall be sanctified by my glory Exod. 29. 43. I beseech thee shew me thy glory c. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live c. And it shall come to pass while my glory passeth by that I will put thee in a clift c. Exod. 33. 18 19 20 22. I will do marvails such as have not been done in all the earth c. And all the people c. shall see the work of the Lord for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee Exod. 34. 10. The glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle Exod. 40. 34 35. Levit. 9. 23. Numb 14. 10. chap. 16. 42. As truly as I live all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord because all those men who have seen my glory and my miracles c. Numb 14. 21 22. Balaam said c. All that the Lord speaketh that I must do Numb 23. 26. Let the Lord God of the spirits of all flesh set a man Numb 27. 16. ch 16. 22. O Lord God thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hands For what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy work and according to thy might Deut. 3. 24. The Lord thy God is a consuming fire a jealous God c. Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire as thou hast heard and live c. The Lord he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath there is none else Deut. 4. 24 33 39. ch 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 Lord thy God's the earth also with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of of gods and Lord of lords a great God mighty and terrible who regardeth not persons nor taketh rewards Deut. 10. 14 17. Josh 22. 22. 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 knowledge 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 Lord's 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. 1 Chron. 17. 20. The earth shook and trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth 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. Psal 18. 7 8 c. The glory of the Lord hath 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. The heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him 2 Chron. 2. 6. ch 6. 18. 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 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. It 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. ch 9. 10 11 12 13 c. ch 23. 13 14. ch 37. 23. Psal 77. 19. 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 mankind 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 bonds 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. Jer. 5. 22. Job 23. 15. Shall any teach God knowledge seeing he judgeth those who are high Job 21. 22. 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. Psal 19. 1 2 3 4 c. Jer. 5. 22. Psal 74. 12 13 14 c. Psal 77. 17 18. Psal 104. 2 3 4 c. Destruction from God was a terrour to me and by reason of his highness I could not endure Job 31. 23. Isa 13. 3. ch 28. toto 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 49. 19. Jer. 49. 19. Job 21. 22. When he gives quietness who can give trouble And when he hideth who can behold him Job 34. 29. 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 faith 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 Psal 104. 2 3 4 5 c. 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. Jer. 49. 19. Psal 50. 9 10 11 12. The kings of the earth set themselves c. He that fitteth 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 heavens declare the glory of God the firmament sheweth his handy-work Psal 19. 1 2. The kingdom is the Lord's and he is the Governor among 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 â—x 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 people of none effect The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever the thoughts of his heart to all generations Psal 33. 6 7 8 9 10 11. Isa 14. 27. Psal 104. 2 3 4 c. Zech. 12. 1. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised Psal 48. 1. Psal 50. 1. Verily he is a God who judgeth in the earth Psal 58. 11. Let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth Selah Psal 59. 13. Isa 60. 16. Psal 47. 2 7. Psal 66. 7. He visiteth the earth and watereth it c. enricheth it c. Thou preparest them com c. Psal 65. 9 10. 11. 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 heaven 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 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 horses are cast into a deep sleep Thou thou art to be scared 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. Job 9. 10. 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. Psal 111. 2 3 4 6 7. 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 sayest Return ye children of men c. Psal 90. 2 3. Job 9. 13. The Lord reigneth he is cloathed 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. Psal 135. 5 6 c. 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. Know ye that the Lord he is God he hath made us and not we our selves or his we are Psal 100. 3. 4. 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 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 Lord's 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. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion throughout all generations c. Psal 145. 5 6 13. 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. The lot is cast into the lap but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord Prov. 16. 33. There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord Prov. 21. 30. The building of Babel Gen. 11. Joseph's dream brought to pass Gen. from ch 37. to ch 48. I know that whatsoever God doeth 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. 10 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. The Lord of hosts hath purposed and who shall disanul and his hand stretcheth out who shall turn it back Isa 14. 27. Great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst 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 Isa 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 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. ch 42. 5. ch 46. 5 9 10. Jer. 5. 22. Job 9. 7 8 9. 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 knowledge foolish c. who saith to the deep Be dry and I will dry Isa 44. 24 25 27. Rev. 10. 6. ch 14. 7. 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 have stretched out the heavens c. Every knee shall bow to me every tongue shall swear c. Isa 45. 7 9 12 18 23. To whom will ye liken me c. I am God my Counsel shall stand I will do all my pleasure Isa 46. 5 9 10. Behold at my rebuke I dry up the sea c. I cloath the heavens with blackness c. Isa 50. 2 3. Nahum 1. 4. My word shall accomplish what I please and it shall prosper Isa 55. 11. 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. 2 Chron. 2. 6. ch 6. 18. Hath a nation changed their gods which are yet no gods but my people have changed their glory c. Jer. 2. 11. The Lord our God who giveth rain both the former and the latter in its season he reserveth unto us the appointed week 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 are 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. ch 51. 15 16 19. Job 9. 5.
Cannot I do with you as this Potter saith the Lord Behold as the clay in the Potter's hand so are ye in my hand O house of Israel At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to pluck up aud 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 out-stretched 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 me Jer. 32. 18 19 27. Who is like me Who will appoint me the time or convince me in judgment Who is that Shepherd Who will stand before me Jer. 49. 19. Behold all souls are mine as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine Ezek. 18. 4. Psal 24. 1. 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. Luke 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. Jer. 49. 19. Luke 1. 53. The God in whose hands thy breath is and whose are all thy ways hast thou not glorified Dan. 5. 23. Thy God he who formeth the mountains and createth the wind or spirit c. Amos 4. 13. The Lord hath sworn by the Excellency of Jacob Amos 8. 7. Who can stand before his indignation and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger c. Nahum 1. 6. I am a great King saith the Lord of hosts and my Name is dreadful among the heathen Mâ—l 1. 14. Thine is the kingdom and the power c. Maâ— 6. 13. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send sorth 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 unto 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. ch 19. 26. Luke 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 c. Acts 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. Acts 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 men's 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 to dwell on the face of the earth and hath determined the times before-appointed and the bounds of their habitations c. For in him we live and move and have our being c. Acts 17. 24 25 26 28 29. Psal 50. 10 11 12. For the invisible things of him c. are clearly seen c. his eternal power and Godhead c. They glorified him not as God c. and changed the glory of the incorruptible God Rom. 1. 20 21 23. For of him and through him and to him are all things c. Rom. 11. 3 6. Who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will c. The God of our Lord Jesus the Father of glory Ephes 1. 11 17. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power when he shall come to be glorified in his saints 2 Thes 1. 9 10. God who quickeneth all things c. 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 whom no man hath seen nor can see to whom be honour and power everlasting 1 Tim. 6. 13 15 16. Ephes 4. 6. Who being the brightness of his glory c. sate down on the right hand of the Majesty on high Heb. 1. 3. ch 8. 1. He who buildeth all things is God Heb. 3. 4. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 31. For our God is a consuming fire Heb. 12. 29. There is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4. 12. The God of all grace who hath called us unto hâ—s eternal glory c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. Jude ver 24. There came such a voice to him from the excellent Glory c. 2 Pet. 1. 17. Thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created Rev. 4. 11. The city had no need of the sun c. for the glory of God did lighten it c. Rev. 21. 23. IV. He is Invisible AND he said Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see my face and live Exod. 33. 20. Lo he goeth-by me and I see him not he passeth on also but I perceive him not Job 9. 11. ch 23. 8 9. No man hath seen God at any time c. John 1. 18. 1 John 4. 12. Ye have neither heard
works of my hands Command ye me c. Israel shall be saved with an everlasting salvation c. Isa 45. 11 17. Zion said The Lord hath forsaken me c. Can a woman forsake her sucking-child c. Yet will I not forget thee Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands thy walls are continually before me Isa 49. 14 15 16. Thy Maker is thy Husband c. and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel the God of the whole earth c. With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee saith the Lord No weapon which is formed against thee shall prosper c. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness of me saith the Lord Isa 54. 5 8 10 17. Unto them will I give in my house c. a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off c. Them will I bring unto my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer and their burnt-offerings accepted upon my altar Isa 56. 3 4 5 6 7. In all their afflictions he was afflicted and the angel of his presence saved them c. Doubtless thou art our Father c. Return for thy servants sake the tribes of thine inheritance the people of thy holiness c. Isa 63. 9 16 17 18 ch 64. 9. Since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him who waiteth for him or a God besides thee who doth so for him who waiteth c. Isa 64. 4. 1 Cor. 2. 9. Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem c. if ye can find a man if there be any who executeth 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. Numb 14. 37 38. The precious Sons of Zion comparable to fine Gold how are they esteemed c. Lam. 4. 2. God ordered the Mark of Salvation to be upon his when all others were to be smitten Ezek. 9. 4 5 6. Though I have scattered them c. yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the Countries 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 hedge 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 Countries shall be â—hine and we will possess it whereas the Lord was there or though the Lord was there Therefore c. Ezek. 35. 10 11. Psal 14. 5. O Daniel a man greatly beloved c. O man greatly beloved fear not c. Dan. 10. 11. 19. ch 9. 23. Jacob. c. by his staength 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 Hos 12. 2 3 4 5. Gen. 32. 24 25. Hos 11. 12. I will be as the dew unto Israel he shall grow as the lilly c. Hos 14. 5 6. And my people shall never be ashamed Joâ—l 2. 26 27. 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 harkned 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 Mal. 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 privileges mentioned by Christ They are the salt of the earth the light of the world c. Matth. 5. 3 4 5 to 14. The very hairs of your head are all numbred c. Ye are of more value than many sparrows Matth. 10. 30 31. Among them who are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist Notwithstanding he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he Matth. 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. Matth. 13. 11 16. Mark 4. 11 12 34. When Peter began to sink Christ helped him Matth. 14. 30 31. Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me it were better for him that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck c. Woe 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. Matth. 18. 6 7 10. That they should deceive the elect if it were possible Matth. 24 24. For the elect's sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortned the days c. Mark 13. 20. Matth. 24. 22. To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom Christ opened the parable to them Rejoyce not that the spirits are subject to you but rather rejoyce because your names are written in the book of life Luke 10. 20. The hairs of your head are numbred c. Fear not little flock it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom Luke 12. 7 32. Joy in heaven over one sinner who repenteth more than over ninety nine just persons c. There is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over him c. Luke 15. 7 10. To as many as received him to them he gave power or the right or privilege to become the sons of
for thou art the Lord my God Surely after that I was turned I repented and after that I was instructed I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea even confounded because I did bear the reproach of my youth Jer. 31. 18 19 20. Take the Roll c. it may be the house of Judah will hear c. that they may return every man from his evil way that I may forgive their iniquity c. Jer. 36. 2 3 6 7. Let us search and try our ways and turn a-again to the Lord Lam. 3. 40. Joshua 7. 10 12. Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned Lam. 5. 21. They who escape of you shall remember me among the nations c. and they shall loath themselves for the evils which they have committed Ezek. 6. 9. Thus faith the Lord God of Israel Repent and turn your selves from your Idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations c. Ezek. 14. 6. If the wicked will turn from all his sins which he hath committed and keep all my statutes c. he shall surely live c. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die faith the Lord not that he should return from his ways and live c. repent and turn you from all your transgressions so iniquity shall not be your ruine c. make you a new heart and a new spirit for why will you die c. Ezek. 18. 21 23 30 31 32. ch 33. 11 12 13 c. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways and your doings which were not good and shall loath your selves in your own sight for your iniquity Ezek. 36. 31. ch 6. 9. ch 20. 43. O king c. break off thy sins by righteousness and thine iniquities by shewing mercy Dan. 4. 27. I will hedge up her way c. then shall she say I will go and return to my first husband c. Hosea 2. 6 7. Israel shall return and â—eek the Lord their God c. and shall fear the Lord Hosea 3. 5. Jer. 50. 4 5. They will not frame their doing to turn unto their God Hosea 5. 4. Come let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn and he will heal us Hosea 6. 1. Zech. 1. 3 4. The pride of Israel testisieth to his face and they do not return to the Lord their God nor seek him for all this c. they return not to the most high Hosea 7. 10 14 16. Isa 9. 13. Jer. 2. 30. ch 5. 3. Break up your fallow ground for it is time to seek the Lord Hosea 10. 12. Jer. 4. 3 4. O Israel return unto the Lord c. take unto you words and return to the Lord Hosea 14. 1 2. Turn ye even to me with all your hearts and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning and rent your hearts and not your garments c. he is gracious Joel 2. 12 13. God sent judgment after judgment yet Israel repented not Joel 4. 6 8 9 10 11. Amos 4. 8 c. The people of Niniveh believed God and proclaimed a fast c. God saw their works that they turned from their evil way Jonah 3. 5 8 9 10. They shall look upon him whom they have pierced and they shall mourn Zech. 12. 10. Return unto me and I will return unto you saith the Lord of hosts Mal. 3. 7. Zech. 1. 3 4. John Baptist preached c. saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is c. Mat. 3. 1 2 6. From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent for the kingdom c. Matth. 4. 17. Mark 1. 15. I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Mat. 9. 13. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done because they repented not c. if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Tyre c. they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes Mat. 11. 20 21 22. The men of Niniveh c. because they repented at the preaching of Jonas Mat. 12. 41. Son go work c. but he said I will not but afterwards he repented and went c. ye when ye had seen repented not afterwards that ye might believe him Mat. 21. 28 29 32. Judas repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces c. I have sinned Mat. 27. 3 4. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Luke 13. 2 3 5. Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner who repenteth more than over ninety nine just persons who need no repentance c. there is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over one sinner who repenteth c. the prodigal returned Luke 15. 7 10 17 18 19 20 21 24 32. If one went from the dead to them they would repent c. If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead Luke 16. 30 31. If he trespass against thee seven times c. and he turn again to thee saying I repent Luke 17. 3 4. It behoveth Christ to suffer c. that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations Luke 21. â—6 47 When they heard this they were 〈◊〉 in their hearts and said c. men and 〈◊〉 what shall we do Peter said unto 〈◊〉 Repeâ—t and be baptized Acts 2. 3â— â—8 Repent ye therefore and 〈…〉 that your sins may be blotted oâ—◠〈◊〉 Him hath God exalted 〈◊〉 for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness 〈…〉 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thought of c. Acts 8. 22. Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life c. a great number believed and were turned unto the Lord Acts 11. 18 21. We preach to you that ye should turn from these vanities to the living God Acts 14. 15. And the times of this ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men every where to to repent Acts 17. 30. I kept back nothing c. testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Acts 20. 20 21. But shewed c. that they should repent and turn to God and do works meet for repentance c. Acts 26. 20. Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance Rom. 2. 4. Though I made you sorry c. I do not repent c. ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry after a godly manner c. for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of 2 Cor. 7. 8 9 10. I shall bewail many who have sinned aready and have not repented of the uncleanness c. which they have committed 2 Cor. 12. 21. How ye turned to God from Idols to serve the living and true God and to wait for his son from heaven c. 1 Thes 1. 9 10. In meekness
mayest 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. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. CHAP. IX God's free Choice of his in Christ to Eternal Life and calling them according to his Purpose and Grace I Will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful to whom I will be merciful Exod. 33. 19. 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 chuse 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. Woe 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. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction c. for mine own sake will I do c. Isa 48. 10 11. Zech. 13. 9. 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. Isa 55. 5. 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. Hosea 14. 4. When God gives out the great promises of a new heart a new spirit c. he said Not for your sakes do I do this be it known unto you be ashamed c. Ezek. 36. 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32. ch 20. 43 44. When I c. saw thee polluted in thy blood I said unto thee in thy blood Live c. Ezekiel 16. 6 8. 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. Zechar. 2. 10 11. Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God c. and shall fear the Lord c. Hosea 3. 5. ch 2. 19 20. Zechar. 13. 9. 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 them 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 Amos 3. 2. I have loved you faith the Lord c. Is not Esau Jacob's brother c. yet I loved Jacob and hated Esau Malachi 1. 2 3. 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 Matth. 11. 25 26. Luke 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 not c. Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear Matth. 13. 11 13 16. Mark 4. 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 Matth. 20. 14 15 16 21 23. Mark 10. 10. 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 shortned 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 mother's 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 lepers were in Israel in the time of Elizeus the Prophet and none of them was cleansed saving Naaman c. Luke 4. 25 26 27. Christ called Zacheus to come down c. and he received him joyfully and Christ said to him This day is Salvation come to thy house for 〈◊〉 much as he also is the Son of Abraham For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost Luke 19 5 6 8 9 10. All which the Father hath given me shall come to me and him who cometh to me I will in no wife cast out c. This is the Father's will c. That of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing c. There are some of you who believe not c. No man can come unto me except it were given him of my Father John 6. 37 â—9 64 65. Jesus called the blind man whom he had healed and discovers himself to him
have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger they are gone away backward Why should ye be stricken any more ye will revolt more and more c. They who forsake the Lord shall be consumed Isa 1. 2 4 5 28. There shall be desolation because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy 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 saint 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 nor c. Isa 43 21 22 23. He feedeth upon ashes and a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul nor say Is there not a lye in my right hand Isa 44. 20. I remember c. the kindness of thy youth c. when thou wentest after me in the wilderness c. 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. Hast thou not procured this to thy self in that thou hast forsaken the Lord c. Thy back-sliding 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 without number Jerâ—m 2. 2 5 6 10 11 12 13 17 19 21 27 31 32. Hos 13. 6. Weeping c. of the children of Israel for they have perverted their way c. forgotten the Lord c. Jer. 3. 21. How shall I pardon thee for this Thy children have forsaken me c. This people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart they are revolted and gone Jer. 5. 7 23. Hos 11. 7. Jer. 6. 28 30. ch 15. 5 6 7. Why is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual back-sliding Jer. 8. 5. O Lord the Hope of Israel all who forsake thee shall be 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. My people have been lost sheep c. and they have forgotten their resting-place c. Jerem. 50. 6. Hosea 8. 14. Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's meat Daniel 1. 8. Israel slideth back as a back-sliding heifer c. Ephraim is joined to idols let him alone Hos 4. 16 17. ch 11. 7. Wo unto them for they have fled from me Hos 7. 13. Keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually Hos 12. 6. 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. Whosoever shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my Father c. Matth. 10. 22 33. ch 24. 13. But dureth for a while for when tribulation c. ariseth c. by and by he is offended Matth. 13 20 21. Whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it Matth. 16. 25. Luke 17. 32 33. Jesus said c. No man having set his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God Luke 9. 62. The Prodigal Son 's Wandering and the Issue thereof Luke 15. 11 12 13 c. Thou art made whole sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee John 5. 14. ch 8. 11. From that time many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him c. Will ye go also c. Lord Whither shall we go Thou hast the words of eternal life John 6. 66 67 68 69. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed John 8. 32. 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 John 15. 4 6 7 9. Whether is it right in the sight of God to-hearken unto you more than unto God judge ye for we cannot but speak c. Acts 4. 18 19. Barnabas exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord Acts 11. 22 23. Many of the Jews followed Paul and Barnabas who speaking unto them persuaded them to continue in the grace of God Acts 13. 43. They exhorted them to continue in the faith Acts 14. 22. Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge 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