God of Israel Cursed the man who obeyeth not c. Jer. 11. 3 4. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse for it is written Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them Gal. 3. 10. III. The Deeds of the Law or Sacrifices under it cannot justifie or purge from Sin but still leave Sinners under Guilt Condemnation and Wrath. HOW should man be just with God or before God if he will contend with him he cannot answer one of a thousand Job 9. 2 3. Sacrifices and offerings thou didst not desire Psalm 40. 6 7. Enter not into judgment c. for in thy sight shall no flesh living be justified Psalm 143. 2. Ye who kindle a fire and encompass your selves c. walk in the light of your fire c. ye shall lie down in sorrow Isa 50. 11. When ye have done all that is commanded you say We are unprofitable servants c. Luke 17. 10. The parable to such who trusted in themselves that they were righteous c. Two men went into the temple c. the Publican went away justified rather than the Pharisee who had much to boast of his doings I have observed all these things from my youth Christ said There is one thing c. Luke 18. 9 10 11 12 13 14 20 21 22 23. Mâ—tth 3. 9. There is one who accuseth you even Moses in whom ye trust John 5. 45. By him all who believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses Acts 13. 39. By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight Rom. 3. 20. For if they who are of the law be heirs faith is made void and the promise is made of none effect Because the law worketh wrath Rom. 4. 14 15. For when we were yet without strength in due time Christ died c. Rom. 5. 6 10. What the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh c. Rom. 8. 3. Israel who followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained to the law of righteousness Wherefore because not by faith but as it were by the works of the law for they stumbled at that stumbling stone Rom. 9. 31 32. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believe Rom. 10. 3 4. I know nothing of my self yet am I not hereby justified but he that judgeth me is the Lord 1 Cor. 4. 4. The strength of sin is the law 1 Cor. 15. 56. A man is not justified by the works of the law c. For by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified c. If righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vain Gal. 2. 16 21. That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God it is evident for the just shall live by faith and the law is not of faith but the man who doth them shall live in them c. Wherefore then serveth the law it was added because of trangression till the seed should come c. If there had been a law given which could have given life verily righteousness should have been by the law c. Wherefore the law was our school-master unto Christ Gal. 3. 11 12 19 21 24. chap. 4. 1 2 3 4 5. Christ is become of none effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law ye are fallen from grace Gal. 5. 4. By grace ye are saved c. not of works lest any man should boast Ephes 2. 8 9. We are the Circumcision who worship God in the spirit c. and have no confidence in the flesh c. Paul was very zealous of the law and if any man had whereof to boast in that respect he more yet he accounted all but loss and dung for Christ and that he might be found in him not having his own righteousness which is of the law Phil. 3. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. The law is good if a man use it lawfully knowing that the law is not made for the righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient c. 1 Tim. 1. 8 9. Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he hath saved us Titus 3. 5. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical Priesthood c. what further need was there that another Priest should rise c. For the law made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope Heb. 7. 11 19. ch 8. 5 6 8. In which were offered both gifts and sacrifices which could not make him who did the service perfect as pertaining to the conscience Heb. 9. 9. For the law having a shadow of good things to come and not the very image of the things can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect For then would they not have ceased to be offered because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins but in those sacrifices a remembrance of sin again every year for it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins c. Sacrifice and offerings thou wouldst not c. In burned offerings c. thou hadst no pleasure c. Sacrifices which can never take away sin Heb. 10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 11. ch 13. 9 10. Psalm 40. 6 7. Micah 6. 6 7. Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all For he who said c. James 2. 10. We are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags Isa 64. 6. When ye have done all these things which are commanded you say We are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17. 5 6 7 8 9 10. If the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance which was to be done away c. How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious For if the ministration of condemnation be glory much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory for even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect by reason of the glory which excelleth for if that which is done away was glorious much more that which remaineth is glorious 2 Cor. 3. 7 8 9 10 11. This only would I know of you Received ye the Spirit by the work of the law or by the hearing of faith Are ye so foolish having begun in the spirit are ye now made perfect by the flesh c. Gal. 3. 2 3 5. CHAP. VII Of Man's Salvation and Redemption How it came and by what Means From God only and no otherwise WHat is man that thou
by Jesus Christ and hath committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses c. 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. The glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved Ephes 1. 6. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ for he is our peace who hath made both one hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us hath abolished in his flesh the enmity the law of commandments in ordinances for to make in himself or twain one new man so making peace That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity thereby or in himself and came and preached peace to you who were far off and to them who are near c. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God Ephes 2. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19. And having made or making peace through the blood of his cross by him to reconcile all things to himself by him whether they be things c. And you who were sometimes alienated and enemies in your minds by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable c. Col. 1. 20 21 22. It behoveth him to be made like unto his brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest c. to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb. 2. 17. Who his own self bare our sins c. by whose stripes ye were healed for ye were as sheep going altray but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls 1 Pet. 2. 24 25. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins the 〈◊〉 for the unjust that he might bring us to God 1 Pet. 3. 18. III. Justification and Sanctification before God LET not them who wait on thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed for my sake Let not those who seek thee be confounded for my sake O God of Israel Because for thy sake I have born reproach shame hath covered my face I am become a stranger unto my brethren c. for the zeal of shine house c. and the reproaches of them who reproached thee have fallen upon me c. Psal 69. 6 7 8 9 10 c. Surely shall one say In the Lord have I righteousness and strength c. in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory Isa 45. 24 25. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquities Isa 53. 11. I will sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you c. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses c. Not for your sakes do I this saith the Lord God be it known unto you Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways O house of Israel Thus saith the Lord God In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities c. Ezek. 36. 22 25 29 32 33. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come c. for he is like a refiner's fire c. He shall purifie the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver c. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord Mal. 3. 1 2 3 4. The Pharisee prayed thus God I thank thee that I am not as other men are extortioners c. I fast twice a week c. And the Publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven c. saying God be merciful unto me a sinner I tell you This man went down unto his house justified rather than the other Luke 18. 10 11 12 13 14. For their sakes I sanctifie my self that they also might be sanctified c. John 17. 19. And by him all who believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses Acts 13. 39. Therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written The just shall live by faith Rom. 1. 17. The righteousness of God without the là w is manifested being witnessed by the law and the prophets even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ ùnto all and upon all them who believe c. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth c. to declare his righteousness c. to declare I say his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of them who believe in Jesus Where is boasting then c. Wherefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law Rom. 3. 2◠22 24 25 26 27 28. Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness Now to him who worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt But to him who worketh not but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted unto him for righteousness even as David describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works c. He received the sign of circumcision a seal of the righteousness of the faith c. that he might be the father of them who believe though they be not circumcised that righteousness might be imputed unto them also c. for the promise c. not to Abraham or to his feed through the law but through the righteousness of faith c. It was imputed to him for righteousness Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed unto him but for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on him who raised up Jesus c. who was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification Rom. 4. 3 4 5 6 11 13 22 23 24 25. Gen. 15. 6. Being justified by faith c. much more then being now justified by his blood we shall be saved c. The free gift of many offences unto justification c. As by one offence judgment came upon all to condemnation even so by the righteousness of one or by one righteousuess the free gift came upon all men to justification of life c. By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Rom. 5. 1 9 16 17 18 19. There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus c. Whom he did foreknow them he also justified c. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect It is God who justifieth Who is he who condemneth It is Christ who died yea rather that is risen again c. Rom. 8. 1 29 30 33 34. The Gentiles who followed not after righteousness have attained
the Greeks repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ Acts 20. 20 21. That they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me Acts 26 18. The gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation unto every one who believeth c. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith As it is written The just shall live by faith Rom. 1. 16 17. Now the righteousness of God without the law is manifest c. even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them who believe c. Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood c. That he might be just and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus c. We conclude that a man is justified by faith without c. It is one God who shall justifie the circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith Rom. 3. 21 22 25 26 28 30. To him who worketh not but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly his faith is accounted for righteousness c. We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness c. Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace c. It was imputed to him for righteousness c. For us also to whom it shall be imputed it we believe on him who raised up Jesus our Lord c. Rom. 4 5 9 16 22 23 24. Gen. 15 6. Being 〈◊〉 by faith we have peace with God c. We have access by faith into the grace wherein we 〈◊〉 c. Rom. 5. â— 2. We are 〈◊〉 hope c. Rom. â— 24. The 〈◊〉 c. have attained unto thâ—s righteousness which is of â—ath c. But Israel hath not attained c. 〈◊〉 they sought it not by faith Rom. 9 30 32. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believeth c. If thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness c. For the scripture faith Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed Rom. 10. 4 9 10 11. Isa 28. 16. For by faith ye stand 2 Cor. 1. 24. A man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ Even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law c. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God Gal. 2. 16 20. Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness c. They who are of faith the same are the children of Abraham And the scripture foreseeing that God would justifie the heathen through faith c. They who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham c. That the promise through faith of Jesus might be given unto them who believe c. We are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ Gal. 3. 6 7 8 9 11 22 26. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing but faith which worketh by love Gal. 5. 5 6. In whom also after that ye believed ye were sealed with the holy Spirit c. Ephes 1. 13. By grace are ye saved through faith Ephes 2. 8. We have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him c. that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith Ephes 3. 12 17. Not having mine own righteousness c. but that which is through the faith of Christ Phil. 3. 9. You are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God c. Col. 2. 12. God hath c. chosen you to salvation through sanctification c. and belief of the truth 2 Thes 2. 13. Now the end of the commandment is charity c. and of the faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1. 5. Fight the good right of faith lay hold of eternal life 1 Tim. 6. 12. Wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus 2 Tim. 3. 15. Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ c. Of faith towards God c. but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises Hebr. 6. 1 12. Unto them who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation Hebr. 9. 28. Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward c. Yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith c. We are not of them who draw back to perâ—â—tioâ— but of them who believe to the saving of the soul Hebr. 10. 22 35 37 38 39. Colos 1. 23. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain by which he obtained witness that he was righteous c. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death c. He had this testimony that he pleased God but without faith it is impossible to please God For he who cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him By faith Noah c. and became heir of righteousness which is by faith Hebr. 11. 4 5 6 7. Gen. 3. 3 4 5 c. For you who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation c. receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls c. For you who do believe in God who raised him c. 1 Pet. 5 9 21. Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone c. and he who believeth on him shall not be confounded 1 Pet. 2. 6. Isa 28. 16. This is his commandment That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love c. 1 John 3. 22 23. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God c. This is the victory which overcometh the world even our faith Who is he who overcometh the world but he who believeth that Jusus is the Son of God c. He who believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself c. You that believe c. that ye may know that ye have eternal life 1 John 5. 1 4 5 10 13. Blessed be God c. who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 1 Pet. 1. 3. Of Faith in its Nature and Objects and Use Benefits and Advantages further then as before as relating to this Salvation Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience c. Without controversie great is the mystery of godliness God was manifested in the
hear ye him c. Not for thy good works do we stone thee but for blaspemy c. John 10. 20 32 33. When Lazarus was raised from the dead the chief Priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said What do we for this man doth many miracles If we let him thus alone all men will believe on him and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation c. from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death John 11. 44 46 47 48 53 57. Judas said Why was not this ointment sold c. and given to the poor This he said not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief and had the bag c. The chief Priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus c. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing Behold the world is gone after him c. Among the chief Rulers also many believed on him out because of the Pharisees they did not confess him leâ—t they should be put out of the Synagogue for they loved the praise of meâ— more than the praise of God John 12. 5 6 10 11 19 42 4â— The time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God good service c. Theâ—e things they will do c. because they have not known the Father John 16. 2 3. Pâ—â—â—ate sought to release Jesus but the Jews cryed out saying If thou leâ— this man go thou are not 〈◊〉 â—riend whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar c. Pilate said Shall I crucifie your king the chief Priests answered We have no king but Caesar John 19. 12 15. Others mocking said These men are full of new wine c. Peter said c. These men are not drunken as ye suppose Acts 2. 13 14 15. As the Apostâ—es spake unto the people the Priests and the Captain of the Temple and the Sadduces came upon them being grieved that they taught the people c. And they laid hands on them c. said By what power or by what name do ye this c. They said What shall we do with these men for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all c. and we cannot deny it but that it spread no further among the people let us straitly threaten them that they speak henceforth to man in this name and they called them and commanded them not to speak at all c. Acts 4. 1 2 3 7 14 15 16 17 18. Ananias and Saphira brought part of the price and would have deceived the Holy Ghost c. multitudes were added to the Lord then the high Priests c. were filled with indignation and laâ—d their hands on them and put them in the common prison c. They doubted whither these things would grow c. Said to the Apostles Ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man's blood upon us c. When the Apostles had said That God had exalted that Jesus whom they slew they were cut to the heart and took counsel to slay them Acts 5. 1 2 3 14 15 16 17 18 24 28 30 31 33. ch 7. 54 55. When they could not resist the spirit and wisdom by which Stephen spake then they suborned men who said We have heard c. and they stirred up the people c. and they came upon him and caught him c. And they set up false witnesses Acts 6. 10 11 12 13. Simon when he saw the Apostles through laying on of hands conferred the Holy Ghost he offered them money for the like power c. was in the gall of bitterness Acts 8. 18 19 23. The next sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God but when the Jews saw the multitude they were filled with envy and spake against the things which were spoken by Paul contradicting and blaspheming c. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women and the chief men of the city and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them c. Acts 13. 44 45 49 50. The unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their minds evilly affected against the brethren c. perswaded the people to stone them Acts 14. 2 19. When Paul had preached and many believed the Jews who believed not moved with envy took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baâ—er sort and gathered a company and set all the city in an uproar c. They drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city crying These have turned the world upâ—ide down c. These do all contrary to the decrees of Caesar saying That there is another King one Jesus The Jews came also to Berea and â—tirred up the people Acts 17. 2 3 4 5 6 7 13. The Jews made an insurrection with one accord against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat saying This fellow perswaded men to worship God conttary to the law Acts 13. 12 13. Paul said I was zealous towards God as ye all are at this day and I persecuted this way unto the death c. Acts 22. 3 to 7. Certain Jews bound themselves under a curse to kill Paul c. The chief Priests and Elders agree to help it forward Acts 23. 12 13 14. ch 25. 2 3. They get an Orator to accuse Paul thus We found this man a pestilent fellow and a mover oâ—â—edition among all the Jews throughout the world and a ring-leader of the sect oâ— the Nazarens who also hath gone about to profane the temple c. When Paul reasoned of righteousness c. Felix trembled and answered Go thy way for this time when I have a convenient time I will call for thee c. Acts 24. 1 2 5 6 15. Paul said I verily thought with my self that I ought to do many things contrary to the name oâ— Jesus c. which thing I also did c. exceeding mad Acts 26. 9 10 11. The Jews told Paul That concerning this sect it was every where spoken against Acts 28. 21. Behold thou art called a Jew and restest in the law and makest thy boast of God and knowest his will c. and art confident that thou thy self art a guide to the blind c. Thou therefore who teachest another teachest thou not thy self Thou who preachest a man shall not steal dost thou steal c. He is not a Jew who is one outwardly neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh c. Rom. 2. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28. Israel who followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained to the law of righteousness Wherefore because they sought it not by faith but as it were by the works of the law for they stumble at that stumbling-stone Rom. 9. 31 32.
then will I cause you to dwell in this place c. Behold ye trust in lying words which cannot profit Will ye steal murther c. and come and stand before me in this house c. Therefore I will do to this house which is called by my name wherein ye trust c. as I have done to Shiloh Jer. 7. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15. When I say to the righteous he shall surely live if he trust in his own righteousness and commit iniquity all his righteousness shall not be remembred c. he shall die Ezek. 33. 13 18. ch 23 38 39. I hate and despise your feast-days and will not smell in your solemn assemblies Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings I will not accept of them c. Let judgment run down as waters c. Amos 5. 21 to 26. Hear this c. ye heads of the house of Jacob and princes of the house of Israel who abhor judgment and pervert all equity c. The heads thereof judge for reward and the priests thereof teach for hire c. Yet will they lean upon the Lord and say Is not the Lord amongst us none evil can come upon us Therefore shall Zion for your sakes be plowed c. Micah 3. 9 to 13. Bring forth fruit meet for repentance and think not to say within your selves We have Abraham for our father c. Matth. 3. 8 9 10. Luke 3. 8. Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name cast out devils and in thy name done many wondrous works And then will I profess to them I never knew you depart from me ye who work iniquity Matth. 7. 21 22 23. Whosoever shall do the will of God the same is my brother and sister and mother Mark 3. 33 35. I know not whence you are Then shall ye begin to say We have eat and drank in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets But he shall say I tell you I know you not whence you are depart from me all ye workers of iniquity c. Luke 13. 25 26 27. Jesus said to the Pharisees Ye are they who justifie your selves before men but God knows your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst man is an abomination in the sight of God Luke 16 14 15. When ye have done all those things which ye are commanded say We are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17. 10. The Pharisee stood c. and said O God I thank thee I am not as other men are extortioners c. I fast twice in the week I give tythes of all I possess And the Publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven but sinote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other c. Luke 18. 10 to 15. Then said Jesus c. If ye continue in my word c. the truth shall make you free They answered him We be Abram's seed and were never in bondage to any man How sayest thou Ye shall be made free Jesus said c. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin I know ye are Abraham's seed but ye seek to kill me c. They said Abraham is our father Jesus said If ye were Abraham's children ye would do the works of Abraham c. They said We are not born of fornication we have one father even God Jesus said unto them If God were your father ye would love me c. Ye are of your father ther the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do John 6. 31 32 33 37 39 41 42 45. Behold thou art called a Jew restest in the law and makest thy boast of God and knowest c. and art confident that thou thy self art a guide to the blind an instructer c. Dost thou steal c. Thou makest the boast of thy law Through breaking the law dishonourest thou God Rom. 2. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28 29. Therefore by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight Rom. 3. 20. Gal. 2. 16. They have a Zeal of God but not according to knowledge for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God c. Rom. 10. 2 3. If a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself c. Gal. 6. If any other man thinketh he hath whereof he may trust in the flesh I more circumcised on the eighth day c. I count all things but loss c. that I may win Christ and be found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the law out that which is through the faith of Christ c. Philip. 3. 3 to 10. Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point is guilty of all c. James 2. 10 11. The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19. 10. CHAP. LXV Of Words Sayings and Doings neither true nor good spoken and done on Politick Grounds to effect Things designed or prevent Dangers ABraham said of his Wife when he was in fear She is my sister Gen. 20. 2 11 12. Isaac in the like fear said of his Wife She is my sister Gen. 26. 7 9. Rebeccah put her Son Jacob to go to Isaac for the Blessing and cloathed him with his Brother's Garments and put Skins upon his Neck and Hands to make him feel rough to Isaac that Isaac might think him to be Esau and bless him And Jacob said to his Father being asked who he was I am Esau thy first-born c. Isaac said Art thou my very son Esau And he said I c. Gen. 27. 9 10 to 29. Rachel having hid her Father's Images under the Camels Furniture and sate on them when Laban searched for them she said unto her Father Let not it displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee for the custom of women is upon me c. Gen. 31. 34 35. And the Sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Homer his Father deceitfully c. They said unto them We cannot give our sister to one who is uncircumcised c. If every male of you will be circumcised then will we give our daughters c. Which when they had done Jacob's Sons tell on them and slew them Gen. 34. 12 13 14 c. When Joseph's Brethren saw that their Father was dead they said Joseph will peradventure hate us and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him And they sent messengers to Joseph saying Thy father did command before he died saying So shall ye say to Joseph Forgive I pray thee now the trespasses of thy brethren and their sin
hearing c. that they may hear that they may learn and fear the Lord your God and observe to do all the words of this law and that their children who have not known may hear and learn to fear the Lord c. Deut. 31. 11 12 13. ch 17. 18 19 20. Jâ—sh 1. 3. When Josiah heard it read he rent his clothes 2 Kings 22. 11 c. Ezra 9. 4. I have esteemed hid or laid up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food or appointed portion Job 23. 12. The word of the Lord is tryed or refined Psal 18. 30. Psal 12. 6. The law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple the statutes of the Lord are right rejoycing the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure enlightning the eyes c. the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether more to be desired than fine gold sweeter also than the honey and the honey-combs c. Moreover by them is thy servant warned Psal 19. 7 8 9 10 11. Psal 93. 5. Psal 119. 105. 2 Sam. 22. 31. Lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me c. Psal 40. 7. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel which he commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children that the generation to come might know the children who should be born should arise and declare to their children that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments and might not be as their fathers c. Psal 78. 5 6 7 8. Because they rebelled against the words of God and contemned the counsel of the Most High therefore he brought down their heart c. Psal 107. 11. 12. Luk. 7. 30. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his ways By taking heed according to thy word c. Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee c. Remember thy word unto thy servant upon which thou caused me to hope c. I will speak of thy testimonies before kings thy word hath quickned me c. Unless thy law had been my delight I had perished in my affliction c. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies c. I have more understanding than all my teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation I understand more than the ancients c. How sweet are thy words to my taste thy word is a lamp to my feet c. I hope in thy word the entrance of thy words giveth light it giveth understanding to the simple Psal 119. 9 11 46 49 50 92 96 98 99 103 105 114 130. Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name c. All the kings of the earth shall praise thee O Lord when they hear the words of thy mouth Psal 138. 2 4. He shewed his words to Jacob and his statutes and his judgments unto Israel he hath not dealt so with any nation And as for his judgments they have not known them Psal 147. 19 20. Deut. 4. 8. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed but he who feareth the Commandments shall be rewarded or in peace Prov. 13. 13 Every word of God is pure c. Prov. 30. 5. To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light or morning in them Isa 8 20. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who bringeth good-tidings who publisheth peace who bringeth good-tidings of good who publisheth salvation who faith unto Zion Thy God reigneth Isa 52. 7. As the rain cometh c. so shall my word be which goeth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it Isa 55. 10 11. To this man will I look to him who is poor c. And trembleth at my word c. Hear the word of the Lord ye who tremble at his word c. he shall c. Isa 66. 2 5. Behold the word of the Lord is to them a reproach they have no delight in it Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord c. Jer. 6. 10 11. The wise men are ashamed c. Lo they have rejected the word of the Lord and what wisdom is in them Jer. 8. 9. Luke 7. 30 The prophet who hath a dream let him tell a dream and he who hath my word let him speak my word faithfully What is the chaff to the wheat faith the Lord Is not my word like as fire saith the Lord and like a hammer which breaketh the rock in pieces Jer. 23. 28 29. I will shew thee that which is noted in the scriptures of truth Dan. 10. 21. Because Ephraim hath made many altars c. I have written unto him the great things of my law but they were counted as a strange thing Hos 8. 11 12. Psal 119. 129. Behold c. I will send a famine c. not of bread c. but of hearing the word of the Lord and they shall wander from sea to sea c. to seek the word oâ— the Lord and shall not find Amos. 8. 11. 12. Do not my words do good to him who walketh uprightly Micah 2. 7. Christ when the Devil tempted him said to him It is written Man lives not by bread alone c. It is written again Thou shalt c. Matt. 4. 4 7 10. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doth them I will liken him to a wise man who buildeth his house upon a rock c. Matt. 7. 24 25. When the Pharisees contended Christ said unto them Have ye not read what David did when he was an hungry c. Or have ye not read in the law how that on the Sabbath-day c. Matt. 12. 2 3 4 5. ch 21. 16. Have ye not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female c. What God hath joyned together let no man c. Matt. 19. 4 5 6. And he said It is written My house shall be called a house of prayer but ye have made it a den c. Did ye never read in the scriptures That the stone which the builders refused the same is become the head of the corner Matt. 21. 13 16 42. Luk. 20. 17. Have not you read that which was spoken unto you by God saying I am c. Matt. 22. 31 32. Luk. 20. 37 38. All ye shall be offended c. For it is written I will unite the shepherd and the stock shall be scatterd abroad c. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray c. But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be c. But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled Matt. 26. 31
53 54 56. Luke 19. 46. ch 22. 37 38. Jesus said Do ye not therefore err because ye know not the scriptures c. Mark 12. 24. Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away Mark 13. 31. Luk. 16. 17. Joh. 10. 35. They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them c. If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead Luk. 16. 29 31. When Jesus taught his Disciples he said O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken c. And beginning at Moses c. he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself c. All things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms concerning me Then opened he their understandings that they might understand the scriptures and he said unto them Thus it is written and thus it behoved Christ to suffer c. Luke 24. 25 27 44 45 46. ch 10. 25 26. 27. Ye have not his word abiding in you for whom he hath sent ye believe not Search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life and they are they which testifie of me c. Had ye believed Moses ye would have believed me for he wrote of me But if ye believe not his writings how shall ye believe my words John 5. 38 39 46 47. ch 2. 22. ch 7. 52. Christ said It is written in the prophets And they shall be all taught of God Every man therefore who hath heard and learned of the Father c. Joh. 6. 45. ch 7. 38 42. The word I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day Joh. 12. 48. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me and they have received them c. That the Scriptures might be fulfilled Neither pray I for these alone but for them also who shall believe on me through their word Joh. 17. 8 12 20. Matt. 10. 14 15. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life Joh. 20. 31. That Scripture ought to be fulfilled which the Holy Ghost forespoke by the mouth of David Act. 1. 16 20. When the Apostles preached they proved their Doctrine by the Scriptures but this is that which was spoken by the Prophet c. And David c. Act. 2. ch 3. ch 4. ch 5. ch 7. ch 17. 2 3. Is it reason we should leave the word of God and serve tables c. Act. 6. 2 4 7. ch 13. 7. Samaria had received the word of God yet had not received the holy Ghost The Eunuch reading the scripture had Philip sent to him to convert him by it Act. 8. 14 15 16 29 30 31 32 c. Luk. 8. 11. Call for Simon who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved Act. 11. 13 14. ch 10. 33. Sergius Paulus desired to hear the word of God c. The whole city came together to hear the word of God c. Acts 13. 7 44 45 46. Acts 19. 20. Those were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so Act. 17. 11. Apollos c. Mighty in the scriptures c. Mightily convinced the Jews and that publickly shewed by the scriptures that Jesus was christ Act. 18. 24 25 28. ch 17. 2 3. Paul said I wist not brethren that he was the high priest for it is written Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler c. Act. 23. 5. After the way they call heresie so worship I c. believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets Act. 24. 14. Joh. 2. 22. Saying saith Paul none other things than those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come Act. 26. 22. There came many to Paul c. to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God persuading them concerning Jesus both out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets from morning c. Act. 28. 23. Which he had promised c. by his prophets in the holy scriptures c. The gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation c. Rom. 1. 2 16 c. What advantage c. Much Because that unto them were committed the oracles of God By the law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 2 20. Ye have obeyed that form of doctrine whereinto ye were delivered Rom. 6. 17. I had not known sin but by the law c. Unless the law had said Thou c. Rom. 7. 7. For the scripture saith Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed c. So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God Rom. 10. 11 17. It is written The reproaches c. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope Rom. 15. 3 4. The mystery which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest and by the scriptures of the prophets c. made known c. Rom. 16. 25 26. Ephes 5. 13. ch 3. 5 6. The preaching of the cross is to them who perish foolishness c. For it is written I will destroy the wisdom of the wise c. 1 Cor. 1. 18 19. Which things we speak not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth but which the holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things c. 1 Cor. 2. 9 13. When the apostle had mentioned many things Israel did c. he faith Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come 1 Cor. 10. 11. Rom. 4. 23 24. Ye keep the ordinances or traditions I as delivered them unto you 1 Cor. 11. 2. I declare unto you the gospel which I preached c. By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory c. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures that he was buried that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3 4. We are not as many who corrupt the word of God or deal falsly with the word 2 Cor. 2. 17. God who commandeth the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 2 Cor. 4. 6. ch 3. 18. 2 Tim. 1. 10. There are some who would pervert the gospel c. But though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed as we have said before so say I now again If
who believeth not is condemned already c. he shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3. 3 18 36. Ye are servants of sin and ye are of your father the devil John 8. 54. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men c. they are worthy of death Rom. 1. 18 32. Thinkest thou this c. that thou shalt escape the judgment of God c. Thou treasurest up unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgments of God c. Indignation and wrath tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who doth evil c. Rom. 2. 4 5 8 9. Destruction and misery are in their ways Rom. 3. 16. Sin entred and death by sin Rom. 5. 12. Whether of sin unto death c. what fruit had ye c. the end of those things is death c. the wages of 〈◊〉 is death Rom. 6. 16 21 23. James 1. 15. To be carnally minded is death So then they who are in the flesh cannot please God c. for if he live after the flesh ye shall die Rom. 8. 6 8 13. Vessels of wrath fitted to destruction Rom. 9. 22. The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God c. neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers c. shall inherit the kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. If any man love not the Lord Jesus let him be Anathema Maranatha 1 Cor. 16. 22. If our Gospel be hid it is hid unto them who are lost in whom the God of c. 2 Cor. 4. 3. The work of the flesh c. adultery fornication c. They who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God Gal. 5. 19 20 21. He who soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption Gal. 6. 8. Prov. 22. 8. You c. were dead in trâ—espasses and sins c. by nature the children of wrath as well as others Ye were without Christ being aliens of the Commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promises having no hope and without God in the world Ephes 2. 1 3 12. No whoremonger nor unclean person c. hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God c. Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience or unbelief Ephes 5. 5 6. â—owrdâ— 3. 5 6. Hebr. 13. 4. Many walk c. whose eâ—d is destruction Phil. 3. 18 19. When they say peace c. then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with-child and they shall not escape 1 Thes 5. 3. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven c. taking vengeance on them who know not God and who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power When c. 2 Thes 1. 7 8 9. Heb. 10. 26 27. That they all might be damned who believe not c. 2 Thes 2. 12. To them who are unbelieving is nothing pure c. Titus 1. 15. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Hebr. 10. 31. Psalm 2. 12. Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge Hebr. 13. 4. Judgment must begin at the house of God and if first at us what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God c. Where shall the ungodly and sinners appear 1 Pet. 4. 17 18. The Lord knows c. to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished c. the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men 2 Pet. 2. 9. ch 3. 7. Jude vers 15. Ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him 1 John 3. 15. And the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bond-man and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks c. and said to the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sitteth on 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. 15 16 17. Whosoever was not found in the book of Life was cast into the lake of fire Rev. 20. 15. The fearful and unbelieving and the abominable c. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death c. There shall in no wise enter into the new Jerusalem any thing which defile or worketh abomination or a lye Rev. 21. 8 27. For without are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers c. Rev. 22. 15. See more of God's Judgments against Sin and Sinners Chap. 16. See more of the Danger of Unbelief Chap. 11. CHAP. VI. The Case the Law concludes Men under I. Under Sin and Guilt IF thou Lord shouldest mark iniquities O Lord who shall stand Psalm 130. 3. Job 9. 1 2. Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father there is one who accuseth you even Moses in whom ye trust John 5. 45. We have before proved or charged both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin as it is written There is none righteous c. Whatsoever the law saith it saith unto them who are under law that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty or subject to the Judgment of God before God c. There is no difference for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Rom. 3. 9 19 23. Where no law is is no transgression Rom. 4. 15. Until the law sin was in the world but sin is not imputed when there is no law c. The law entred that the offence might abound c. Rom. 5. 13 20. I had not known sin but by the law c. Without the law sin was dead I was alive without the law once but when the commandment came sin revived and I died c. That sin might appear sin c. and by the commandment might become exceeding sinful Rom. 7. 7 8 9 13. For God hath concluded them all or shut them up together in unbelief c. Rom. 11. 32. The strength of sin is the law 1 Cor. 15. 56. The scripture hath concluded all men under sin Gal. 3. 22. Rom. 5. 12. Psalm 143. 2. Whoso shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one is made guilty of all c. James 2. 10. II. Under the Curse thereof CUrsed be he who confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them and c. Deut. 27. 26. If thou wilt not c. to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee c. all these curses shall come upon thee Cursed thou c. Deut. 28. 15 16 17 18 c. Thus saith the Lord
unto righteousness c. which is of faith But Israel who followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained unto the law of righteousness Wherefore Because they sought it not by faith but as it were by the works of the law Rom. 9. 30 31 32. They being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believeth c. The righteouness which is of faith saith on this wise c. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness Rom. 10. 3 4 6 7 8 9 10. ch 8. 3 4. Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification c. 1 Cor. 1. 30. But ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 6. 11. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not imputing their trespasses to them He 〈◊〉 made him to be sin for us who knew no sin 〈◊〉 we might be made the righteousness of God in hâ—m 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. A man is not justified by the works of the law but â—y the faith of Jesus Christ Even we believe c. â—hat we may be justified by the faith of Christ aâ—d â—ot c. Gal. 2. 16. Paul to the Galatians doth argue this at large 〈…〉 〈◊〉 â—hrough the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith c. Gal. 5. 5. Hâ—â— gâ—â—ce wherein he hath made us accepted in the â—eloâ—â—d Ephes 1. 6. 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 Faith in Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Philip. 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. Colos 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 the 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 sanctified 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 29. 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. IV. Eternal Life and Salvation THE just shall live by his faith Hab. 2. 4. Fear not little flock for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom Luke 12. 32. 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 Luke 19. 9 10. So must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have â—â—ernal 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 17 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 die 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. ch 5. 24. I am the door 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 may 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
faith towards our Lord Jesus Acts 20. 20 21. Believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets and have hope towards God which they themselves also allow that there c. Acts 24. 14 15. John 2. 22. That they may receive remission of sins c. through faith that is in me Acts 26. 18. Paul said Be of good cheer for there shall be no loss c. Be of good cheer for I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me Acts 27. 22 23 24 25. To him who worketh not but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly his faith is accounted for righteousness c. Abraham against hope believed in hope c. And being not weak in faith considered not his own body now dead c. but was strong in the faith giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform and therefore it was imputed unto him for righteousness Rom. 4. 5 16 18 19 20 21 22. Now if we be dead with Crist we believe that we shall also live with him Rom. 6. 8. We are saved by hope But hope which is seen is not hope For what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for it But if we hope for what we see not then do we with patience wait for it c. I am persuaded that neither life c. Rom. 8. 24 25 38 39. The righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise Say not in thine heart Who shall ascend into heaven that is to bring Christ down from above Or Who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ from the dead But what saith it The word is nigh thee in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of saith which we preach That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness Rom. 10. 6 7 8 9 10. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ c. Rom. 13. 14. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Spirit of God I Cor. 12. 3. Our preaching is not with enticing words c. that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God I Cor. 2. 4 5. We also believe and therefore speak knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall present us with you c. while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen c. are eternal 2 Cor. 4. 13 14 18. We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God â—n house not made with hands eternal in the heavens c. We are confident I say and willing â—â—ther to be absent from the body and to be preâ—â—â— with the Lord c. Knowing therefore the 〈◊〉 of the Lord we persuade men c. 2 Cor. 〈◊〉 6 7 8 11. That we should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted or hoped in Christ Ephes 1. 12. Buried with him in baptism wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead Col. 2. 12. We pray for you always that our God would c. fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power 2 Thess 1. 11. Therefore we both labour and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men especially of them who believe 1 Tim. 4. 10. Fight the good fight of faith lay hold of eternal life 1 Tim. 6. 12. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee c. I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day 2 Tim. 1. 5 12. James 1. 5 6. According to the faith of God's elect c. In hope of eternal life which God who cannot â—ye promised before the world began c. Rebuke them sharply that they may be found sound in the faith Titus 1. 1 2 13. ch 2. 2. And faith which thou hadst towards our Lord Jesus Philem. ver 5. Acts 20. 20 21. The word c. did not profit them not being mixed with faith in them who heard it c. We who have believed do enter into rest Heb. 4. 2 3. We c. who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us Heb. 6. 18. Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen c. For he who cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him c. By faith Abraham c. sojourned in the land of promise c. For he looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God through faith Also Sarah her self received strength c. because she judged him faithful who had promised c. These all died in the faith not having received the promises but seeing them afar off and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed c. Abraham offered Isaac c. accounting that God was able to raise him up from the dead c. Moses had respect to the recompence of reward c. as seeing him who is invisible And some refused deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection Heb. 11. 1 6 8 9 10 11 13 17 19 26 35. ch 6. 18. Blessed be God c. who hath begotten us again to a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ c. whom having not seen ye love in whom though you see not yet believing c. who by him do believe in God c. that your faith and hope might be in God I Pet. 1. 3 8 21. To whom coming as unto a living stone c. ye also as living stones are built up c. 1 Pet. 2. 4 5. To them who have obtained like precious faith with us 2 Pet. 1. 1. Who is a lyar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ I John 2. 22. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is That we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ 1 John 3. 2 3 23. ch 5. 13. We have seen and do testifie that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour c. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God And we have known and believed the love which God hath unto us c. 1 John 4. 14 15 16. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God c. Who is he who overcometh the world but he who believeth that Jesus is the
Calamities Chap. 23. In the Glory Believers shall have Chap. 37. In the next Chapter Of their Relation to Christ See perseverance that the Saints shall be kept Chap. 16. CHAP. XV. The Union and Relations between Christ and his Church and the mutual Love and Esteem each of other and the manifestation thereof I Will declare thy name unto my brethren c. Psalm 22. 22. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy love is better than wine c. Thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore do the Virgins love thee Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thou feedest c. For why should I be as one who turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions If thou know not O thou fairest among women go c. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts c. Behold thou art fair my love c. Cant. 1. 2 3 7 8 13 15 16. As the lilly among thorns so is my love among the daughters As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood so my beloved among the sons I sate down or delighted and sate down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit sweet c. I am sick of love his left hand under my head and his right hand doth embrace me c. O my dove let me see thy countenance let me hear thy voice for sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely Cant. 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 14. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth I sought him but I found him not I will rise now and go about the City c. I will seek him whom my soul loveth c. Saw ye whom my soul loveth I found him c. I held him and would not let him go Cant. 3. 1 2 3 4. Thou art all fair my love there is no spot in a thee come with me c. Thou hast ravished or taken away my heart my sister spouse Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes c. How fair is thy love my sister spouse How much better is thy love than wine c. A garden inclosed is my sister c. Let my beloved come into his garden c. Cant. 4. 7 9 10 12 16. It is the voice of my beloved who knocketh saying Open to me my sister my love my dove my undefiled c. I opened to my beloved but my beloved had withdrawn himself was gone my soul failed when he spake I sought him but could not find I called him but he gave me no answer c. Tell him I am sick of love c. My beloved is c. he is altogether lovely Cant. 5. 2 6 10 16. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine c. Thou beautiful O my love c. my dove my undefiled c. Who is she who looketh forth as the morning fair as the moon clear as the sun Cant. 6. 3 4 9 10. ch 2. 16. I am my beloved's and his desire is towards me Cant. 7. 10. Prov. 8. 31. Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a seal upon thine arm for love is strong as death Cant. 8. 6. Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me Isa 8. 18. Heb. 2. 13. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me c. When saw we thee an hungry c. and did not minister c. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me Matth. 25. 34 35 40 45. Mark 9. 41 42. Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall they see me Matth. 28. 10. Mark 3. 35. Rom. 8. 29. He 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 your hearts be troubled c. I will come again and receive you to my self that where I am there ye may be also c. I will not leave you comfortless 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. I will love him and manifest my self to him c. Let not your hearts be troubled John 14. 1 3 18 19 20 21 23 27. 2 John 3. 24. 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 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 c. Ye are my friends c. John 15. 5 9 11 12 13 14. Luke 12. 4. These things have I spoken that I should not be offended c. I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce and your joy no man taketh from you c. The Father himself loveth you c. John 16. 1 22 27. 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 Food my sheep seed my lambe 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 Acts 9. 4 5. Ye are become dead unto the law 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 Christ's 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. 15 17. When ye sin so against the brethren ye sin against Christ c. 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 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
they were moved with indignation against their two brethren but Jesus called them unto him and said â— Ye know that the Princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they who are great exercise authority upon them but it shall not be so amongst you But whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister c. even as the son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister Matth. 20. 24 25 26 27 28. ch 23. 11 12 Luke 22. 24 25 c. One is your master Christ and all ye are brethren c. Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted Matth. 23. 8 12. When Christ had said one should bettay him each Disciple said Is it I Is it I c. Peter notwithstanding his confidence denied Christ three times being left to himself Matth. 26. 22 69 70 71 c. Luke 22. 32 33 34 55 56 57 58 59 60 61. Peter fell down at Jesus knees and said Depart from me for I am a sinful man O Lord. Luke 5. 8. Rejoice not that the Spirits are made subject to you but rather that your names are written in heaven Luke 10. 17 20. When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest a more hohourable man than thou be bidden Luke 14. 8. When ye have done all c. say ye are unprofitable servants Luke 17. 10. He spake this parable unto certain who trusted c. that they were righteous and despised others c. The Publican standing afar off would not lift so much as his eyes to heaven but smote upon his breast saying Lord be merciful to me a sinner c. Luke 18. 9 13 14 c. Beware of the Scribes who desire to walk in long robes love greetings c. The highest seats in the Synagogues Luke 20. 4 6. This my joy therefore is fulfilled he must increase but I must decrease John 3. 29 30. Jesus washed his disciples feet c. If I then your Lord and master have washed your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet for I have given you an example John 13. 4 5 14 15. Ye men of Israel why marvel ye at this or why look you so earnestly at us as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk c. Through faith in his name hath made this man strong Acts 3. 12 13 16. ch 4. 9 11. Cornelius met Peter fell at his feet and worshipped him but Peter took him up saying Stand up I my self am a man Acts 10. 25 26. When the Priests of Jupiter and the people would have done Sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas they said We are men of like passions with you and preach to you that you should turn from these vanities c. Acts 14. 13 14 15. Apollos an eloquent Man and mighty in the Scripture yet submits to be taught the way of God more perfectly by Aquilla and Priscilla Tent-makers Acts 18. 24 25 26. I have been with you c. serving the Lord with all humility of mind Acts 20. 18 19. The Apostle blames the Jewes for boasting of the Law and of their knowledge and ability to instruct others c. Rom. 2. 17 18 19 20 21. For I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing Rom. 7. 18. They being studious to establish their own righteousness were not subject to the righteousness of God c. Rom. 10. 3. Boast not against the branches but if thou boast thou bearest not the root but the root thee Thou wilt say The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in well because of unbelief they were broken off and thou standest by faith be not high-minded but fear c. Rom. 11. 18 19 20 21. For I say c. to every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but to think soberly according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith c. Mind not high things but condescend to men of low estate or be content with mean things be not wise in your own conceits Rom. 12. 3 16. God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise c. that no flesh should glory in his presence 1 Cor. 1. 27 28 29. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world let him become a fool that he may be wise for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God c. therefore let no man glory in men 1 Cor. 3. 18 19 21. That ye might learn in us not to think above that which is written that no one of you be puffed up for one against another for who maketh thee to differ or distinguisheth thee and what hast thou which thou didst not receive Now if thou didst receive it why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it c. The kingdom of God is not in word but in power 1 Cor. 4. 6 7 20. If any man think he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing as he ought to know 1 Cor. 8. 2. Wherefore let him who thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall 1 Cor. 10. 12. Matth. 26. 33 35 70 72 74. John 13. 37. 38. To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom c. but all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit dividing to every man severally as he will c. The eye cannot say unto the hand I have no need of thee Nor again the head to the foot I have no need of you c. 1 Cor. 12. 8 9 10 11 20 21. Charity vaunteth not it self or is not rash is not puffed up 1 Cor. 13. 4. I am the least of the Apostles who am not meet to be called an Apostle c. but by the grace of God I am that I am c. not I but the grace of God with me 1 Cor. 15. 9 10. 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 15. Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. 3. 5 6. We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not us 2 Cor. 4. 7. Some who commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves c. are not wise but we will not boast of things without our measure c. But he who glorieth let him glory in the Lord for not he who commendeth himself is approved but whom the Lord commendeth 2 Cor. 10. 12 13 17 18. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations there was given to me a thorn in the flesh c. I am nothing 2 Cor. 12. 7 11. God accepteth no man's person c. I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Gal. 2. 6 20. Eph. 6. 9. Let us not be desirous vain-glory provoking one another
c. Gal. 1. 6 7 8. Paul blames the Galatians for turning back to Circumcision and beggarly Rudiments and exhorts them to stick to the Faith and to stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ had made them free Gal. 3. ch 4. ch 5. ch 2. 4 5. Let us not be weary in well-doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not Gal. 6. 9. That ye henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro c. Let him who stole steal no more Ephes 4. 14 28. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil for we wrestie not with Flesh c. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand c. praying and watching with all perseverance Ephes 6. 11 12 13 18. Nevertheless whereunto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Philip. 3. 16. Stand fast in the Lord my dearly beloved Philip 4. 1. If ye continue in the faith grounded and setled and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard c. Col. 1. 23. I am with you in the spirit joying and beholding your order and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ As ye therefore received Christ the Lord walk ye in him rooted and built up in him and stablished in the faith as ye have been taught Col. 2. 5 6 7. For we live if ye stand fast in the Lord c. 1 Thess 3. 8. We exhort you c. that as you have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound more and more c. 1 Thess 4 1 10. Prove all things hold fast that which is good 1 Thess 5. 21. Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle c. Now our Lord Jesus himself and God even our Father c. stablish you in every good word and work 2 Thess 2. 15 17. Brethren be not weary or faint not in well-doing 2 Thess 3. 13. Holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith hath made shipwreck of whom is Hymeneus c. 1 Tim. 1. 19 20. They shall be saved in child-bearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety 1 Tim. 2. 15. I charge thee c. that thou keep this commandment c. until the appearing of our Lord c. 1 Tim. 6. 13 14. In the latter times some shall depart from the faith c. Some are already turned aside after Satan 1 Tim. 4. 1. ch 5. 12 15. ch 1. 5 6 18 19. ch 6. 10 21. 2 Tim. 2. 17 18. ch 4. 10. If we deny him he also will deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. But continue thou in the things thou hast learned and hast been assured of c. 2 Tim. 3. 14 15 16. ch 1. 13 14. I have fought a good fight I have finished 〈◊〉 course I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a crown c. 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. A bishop must be blameless c. holding fast the faithful word c. Tit. 1. 9. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip c. Heb. 〈◊〉 1 2 3. Whose house are we if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firmly unto the end c. We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end Heb. 3. 6 12 14. Seeing that we have a great High Priest c. let us hold fast our profession for we have not anâ— High Priest who cannot be touched with c. Heb. 4. 14 15. For it is impossible for those who are once enlightened c. if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance c. We desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end That 〈◊〉 be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and and patience inherit the promises Heb. 6. 4 5 6 11 12. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithful that promised c. For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth there remains no more sacrifice for sins but a certain fearful looking for of judgment c. Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward for ye have need of patience c. If any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him We are not of them who draw back into perdition Heb. 10 23 26 27 35 36 37 38 39. Let us run with patience the race set before us looâ—ing unto Jesus c. lest ye be weary and faint in your minds c. Heb. 12. 1 2 3 15 28. Jesus Christ the same c. Be not carried about c. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace Heb. 13. 8 9. Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty c. and continueth c. James 1. 25. To him who knoweth to do good and doth it not to him it is sin James 4. 17. Gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end 1 Pet. 1. 13. The devil c. whom resist stedfast in the faith 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world c. they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them 2 Pet. 2. 20 21. ch 3. 17 18. Matth. 12. 43 44 45. They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us no doubt they c. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning if that c. remain in you ye also shall continue in the Father and the Son c. And now little children abide in him that when he shall appear c. 1 John 2. 19 24 28. Look to your selves that ye lose not these things which we have wrought but that we c. 2 John vers 8 9. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth 3 John vers 4. 2 John vers 4. Earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints c. The angels who kept not their first state c. he hath reserved in chains c. Build up your selves in your most holy faith c. keep your selves in the love of God c. Jude vers 3 6 20 21. I know thy works c. thou hast laboured
any of you should seem to come short of it c. Lest any man fall c. Heb. 4. 1 11. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear c. 1 Pet. 1. 17. The end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer 1 Pet. 4. 7. Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the Devil like a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour 1 Pet. 5 8 9. Seeing ye know before beware lest ye also being led away with the error of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness 2 Pet. 3. 17. 1 Thes 3 5. James 5. 19. Look to your selves that we lose not those things which we have gained 2 John ver 8. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain c. If thou shalt not watch c. Rev. 3. 2 3. Behold I come as a thief blessed is he who watcheth and keepeth his garments lest he walketh naked and they see his shame Rev. 16. 15. See the Saints aptness to fall into Sin Chap. 13. See the Devil and Deceivers ways to draw aside Chap. 30. CHAP. XVII Of the Duties of Saints Believers Brethren in the Lord each to other as such and as standing in that relation one to another 1. To Love one another the kinds of it THou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self I am the Lord Levit. 19. 18. My goodness extends not unto thee but to the saints who are in the earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight Psalm 16. 2 3. I am a companion of all them who fear thee c. Psalm 119. 63. Love covers all sins Prov. 10. 12. 1 Pet. 4. 8. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a sâ—alled ox where hatred is Prov. 15. 17. Open rebuke is better than secret love Prov. 27. 5. Love is as strong as death c. many waters cannot quench love Cant. 8. 6 7. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets Matth. 22. 39 40. The love of many shall wax cold Matth. 24. 12. A new commandment I give unto you That ye love one another as I have loved you that ye also love one another by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye love one another John 13. 34 35. This is my commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you John 15. 12 13 17. We being many are one body in Christ and every one members one of another c. Let love be without dissimulation c. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love or in the love of the Brethren Rom. 12 5 9 10. 1 Cor. 12. 13 25 27. Malachi 2. 10. 1 Cor. 10. 17. Owe no man any thing but to love one another for he who loveth another hath fulfilled the law c. It is briefly comprehended in this saying namely Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy selâ— Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 8 9 1. Gal. 5. 13 14. Love edifieth 1 Cor. 8. 1. Though I speak with the tongue of men or angels c. have the gift of prophesie c. have all faith c. Bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it proficeth me nothing charity suffereth long c. charity never faileth c. 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13. Follow after charity 1 Cor. 14. 1. Let all your things be done with charity 1 Cor. 16. 14. There is neither Jew nor Greek c. for ye are all one in Christ Jesus Gal. 3. 28. The fruit of the spirit is love c. Gal. 5. 22. Walk in love as Christ also hath loved us c. Ephes 5. 2. I pray that your love may abound more and more in knowledge c. Phil. 1. 9. Having the same love c. Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others Phil. 2. 2 3 4. 1 Cor. 8. 1. Gal. 5. 13. We give thanks c. since we heard c. of the love which ye have unto all saints Col. 1. 3 4. Ephes 1. 15. That their hearts might be comforted being knit together in love Col. 2. 1 2. Above all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectness Col. 3. 14. The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towards another 1 Thes 3. 12. As touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you for ye your selves are taught of God to love one another c. that ye increase more 1 Thes 4. 9 10. We are bound to thank God c. because that your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth 2 Thes 1. 3. Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart 1 Tim. 1. 5. Follow c. love 2 Tim. 2. 22. 1 Tim 6. 11. I thank my God c. hearing of thy love c. toward all saints Philem. ver 4 5. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name in that ye have ministred to the saints and do Heb. 6. 10. Let brotherly love continue Heb. 13. 1. If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self ye do well James 2. 8. Gal. 5. 13 14 15. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts glory not c. This wisdom descendeth not from above c. James 3. 14 15 16. 1 P. t. 2. 1. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently 1 Pet. 1. 22. Love the brotherhood 1 Pet. 2. 17. Finally c. love as brethren or loving to Brethren 1 Pet. 3. 8. And above all things have servent charity among your selves for charity will cover a multitude of sins 1 Pet. 4. 8. Add c. brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity 2 Pet. 1. 7. He who saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now he who loveth his brother abideth in the light 1 John 2. 9 10 11. Is not of God neither he who loveth not brother for this is message that ye heard from the beginning that we should love one another c. We know that we are passed from death to life because we love the brethren c. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth This is his commandment c. that we love one another 1 John 3. 10 11 12 14 16 18 19 23. Let us love one another for love is of God and every one who loveth is born of God and knoweth God He who loveth not knoweth not God
21. chap. 11. 18 19. A man may not disinherit his first-born son If any man have a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother and that when they have chastned him will not hearken unto them then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him c. and all the men of his City shall stone him c. Deut. 21. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. Cursed be he who lightly esteems his father or mother Deut. 27. 16. Gather c. men women and children c. that they may hear c. that they may learn and fear the Lord c. Deut. 31. 11 12 13. Set your hearts unto all the words c. which ye shall command your children to observe to do all the words of this law Deut. 32. 46. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come saying What mean these stones then ye shall let your children know saying Israel came over Jordan on dry land for the Lord your God dryed up c. Josh 4. 20 21 22 23. Deut. 4. 9 10 ch 6. 20 21. Ruths great love to her mother-in-law recorded Ruth 1. 15 16 17. Eli was old and heard all that his sons did unto Israel and how they lay with the women c. and he said unto them Why do you such things for I hear of your evil dealings c. nay my sons for it is no good report that I hear c. If a man sin against the Lord who shall intreat for him 1 Sam. 2. 22 23 24 25. I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken c. for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not or frowned not upon them 1 Sam. 3. 11 12 13 14. Bathsheba king Solomon's mother came to him he rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her caused a seat to be set for her on his right-hand 1 Kings 2. 19. David prays for Solomon his son and instructs him to keep the law 1 Chron. 22. 11 12 13. Job offered burnt-offerings for his sons continually for Job said It may be that my sons have sinned c. Job 1. 4 5. I will utter dark sayings of old which we have heard and known and our fathers have told us we will not hide them from their children shewing the generations to come the praises of the Lord c. that the generation to come might know the children which should be born who should arise and declare them to their children that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God c. Psal 78. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Lo children are an heritage of the Lord the fruit of the womb a reward happy is the man who hath his quiver full of them Psal 127. 3 4 5. Ps 128. 3. Gen. 4. 1 25. ch 15. 2 3. ch 25. 21. ch 30. 22. 23 24. 1 Sam. 1. 5 6 10 11. Luke 1. 24 25. My son hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother Prov. 1. 8. ch 4. 1 2 c. ch 6. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother Prov. 10. 1. ch 17. 25. ch 18. 13. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his childrens children c. He who spareth his rod hateth his son but he who loveth him chasteneth him tâ— times Prov. 13. 22 24. Chasten thy son while there is hope and let not thy soul spire for his crying Prov. 19. 18. Whoso curseth his father or mother his lampshall be put out in obscure darkness Prov. 20. 20. Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it c. Foolishâ—â—ss is bound in the heart of a child the rod of correction shall drive it Prov. 22. 6 15. Withhold not correction from the child for if thou beat him with the rod he shall not die thou shalt beat him with a rod and shalt deliver his soul from hell Prov. 23. 13 14. Whoso robbeth his father or his mother and saith it is no transgression the same is a companion of a destroyer Prov. 28. 24. The rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left bringeth his mother to shame Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest c. Prov. 29. 15 17. The eye which mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother the Ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young Eagles shall eat it Prov. 30. 17. The sons of Jonadab commended by God himself for their obedience to their fathers commands and rewarded Jer. 35. 5 6 7 8 9 10 16 19. Leave thy fatherless children I will preserve them alive Jer. 49. 11. In thee they have set light by father and mother Ezek. 22. 7. A son honoureth his father Mal. 1. 6. He shall turn the heart of the father to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers Mal. 4. 6. I am come to set a man at variance against his father c. He who loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me Mat. 10. 35 37. God commanded saying Honour thy father and thy mother and he who curseth father or mother let him dye the death But ye say c. Mat. 15. 4 5 6. Jesus went down with his parents c. and was subject unto them Luke 2. 51. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents but the parents for the children 2 Cor. 12. 14. Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right honour thy father c. And ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord Eph. 6. 1 2 3 4. Children obey your parents in all things for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. Fathers provoke not your children lest they be discouraged Col. 3. 20 21. One who ruleth well in his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity 1 Tim. 3. 4. If a Widow have children c. let them learn to shew kindness at home and to requite their parents for that is good and acceptable before God c. If any provide not for his own house c. If any man or woman believeth not have widows let them relieve them c. 1 Tim. 5. 4 8 16. Perilous times shall come c. Men shall be disobedient to parents c. without natural affection 2 Tim. 3. 1 2 3. Teach the young men c. to love their children Tit. 2. 4. III. Masters to their Servants and Servants to their Masters HAgar despised her mistress Sarah dealt hardly with her she fled from her face c. And the Angel of the Lord said unto her Return to thy mistress and submit thy self under her hands Gen. 16. 4
7. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers c. What communion hath light with darkness And what concord hath Christ with Belial Or what part hath he who believeth with an infidel 2 Cor. 6. 14 15. Believers Duties in Times of Afflictions and Persecutions towards God towards such as are afflâ—cted and persâ—cuted and towards Persecuters See Affliction and Persecution at large Chap. 22. Believers Duties in common Calamities See Common Calamities Chap. 23. See Believers Duties towards the Spirit Chap. 21. See Believers Duties in Church-Affairs Chap. 27. Believers Duties to Magistrates See Magistrates Chap. 24. See Believers Duties in case of Temptations by Satan and Faâ—se Teachers to Erroâ—r c. Chap. 30. See Believers Duties in relation to the Things of this World Chap. 39. CHAP. XX. How Men come truly and spiritually to know the only True God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent and the Mysteries of Salvation by him and expressed in the World To believe it bring forth Fruit and persevere therein through Difficulties to Eternal Life I. Man of himself can do neither of these EXcept the Lord build the house they labour in vain who build it Except the Lord keep the city the watch-man waketh but in vain Psal 127. 1. Man's goings are of the Lord how can a man then understand his own way Prov. 20. 24. A deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul nor say A lye in c. Isa 44. 20. O Lord I know that the way of man is not in himself It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps Jer. 10. 23. Prov. 16. 9. Can the Ethiopian change his skin c. May ye also do good who are accustomed to do evil Jer 13. 23. No man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father but the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him Matth. 11. 27. A rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven c. It is easier for a Camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter c. With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible Matth. 19. 23 24 25 26. Who are born not of the flesh but of God c. John 1. 13. ch 3. 3 c. A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven John 3. 27. No man can come unto me except the Father who hath sent me draw him c. Except it were given to him of my Father John 6. 44 65. As the branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the vine no more can ye except you abide in me c. for without or severed from me ye can do nothing John 15. 4 5. The carnal mind is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be Rom. 8. 7. The natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 1 〈◊〉 2. 14. John 8. 43. By the grace of God I am that I am c. Not I but the grace of God with me 1 Cor. 15. 10. Gal. 2. 20. Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. â— 5. The flesh lusteth against the spirit c. so that ye cannot do the thing that ye would Gal. 5. 17. Rom. 7. 15 18. By grace are ye saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God Ephes 2. 8. II. God in Christ doth all freely and hath promised so to do John 15. 1. WHO am I and what is my people that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort c. Of thine own have we given thee 1 Chron. 29. 14. But God had not given them a mind to know and eyes to see and ears to hear unto this day Deut. 29. 4. I. In General Colos 1. 10 11. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy â—eed to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul that thou mayest live Deut. 30. 6. The hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment c. by the word 2 Chron. 30. 12. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength Psal 8. 2. Matth. 21. 16. Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right or constant spirit in me c. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation uphold me by thy free spirit Psal 51. 10 12. The God of Israel is he who giveth strength and power unto his people Psal 68. 35. I will go in the strength of the Lord God c. Psal 71. 16. Turn us again O God c. Quicken us and we will call upon thy name c. Psal 80. 3 1â— 19. I am the Lord thy God c. Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it Psal 81. 10. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee c. The Lord will gâ—ve grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold c. Psal 84. 5 11. All my springs are in thee Psal 87. 7. Blessed are the people who know the joyful found they shall walk O Lord in the light of thy countenance in thy name shall they rejoyce all the day long c. for thou art the glory of their strength Psal 8â— 15 16 17. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power Psal 110. 3. Exod. 35. 21. Trust to the Lord with all thine heart ann lean not to thine own understanding in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 3. 5 6. The preparations or disposings of the heart in man and the answer of the tongue are from the Lord Prov. 16. 1. Man's goings are of the Lord Prov. 20. 24. Draw me we will run after thee Cant. 1. 4. Jer. 31. 3. Hos 11. 3 4. He who is left in Zion c. shall be called holy c. when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughter of Zion c. by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning Isa 4. 3 4. Thou also hast wrought all our works in us or for us by thee only will we make mention Isa 26. 12 13. Behold your God will come then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped then shall the â—ame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing for in the wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the Desart c. the parched ground shall become a pool and the thirsty land springs c. and the high way shall be there c. the way-faring men though fools shall not err Isa 35. 4 5 6 7 8. I the Lord have called thee in righteousness c. will give thee
disciples c. about one hundred and twenty c. Acts 1. 13 14 15. They were all with one accord in one place c. and they continued stedfastly in the Apostle's doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers c. And all who believed were together c. and they continued daily with one accord in the temple c. Acts 2. 1 42 44 46. The Apostles being let go they went to their own company c. and they lift up their voice with one accord and said Lord c. Acts 4. 23 24 c. The church c. and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch Acts 5. 11 12. Barnabas and Saul a whole year assembled themselves with the church and taught much people Acts 11. 25 26. Prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him c. many were met together praying Acts 12. 5 12. Ye come together not for the better c. When ye come together in the Church I hear that there be c. When ye come together into one place this is not to eat the Lord's Supper c. wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tarry c. 1 Cor. 11. 17 18 20 33. If therefore the whole Church be come together into one place c. If all prophesie c. How is it then brethren When ye come together every one hath a Psalm hath a Doctrine c. let all things be done unto edifying c. for God is not the author of confusion but of peace as in all the Churches of the Saints 1 Cor. 14. 23 24 25 26 31 33. I am with you in the spirit joying and beholding your order Col. 2. 5. Comfort your selves together and edifie one another even as also ye do 1 Thes 5. 11. Let us consider one another to provoke one another to love and good works not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another Heb. 10. 24 25. My brethren have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory with respect of persons for if there come into your assembly or Synagogue a man with a gold ring in goodly apparel and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment and ye have respect unto him who weareth the gay cloathing and say unto him Sit thou here in a good place and say unto the poor Stand thou there or Sit here under my footstool are you not then partial c. hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom c. If ye fulfil the royal law c. thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self ye do well but if ye respect persons ye commit sin James 2. 1 to v. 10. Seventhly Of the Gifts which the Members of Churches received Of Prayer Prophesying Psalms Tongues c. and how they did use them in the Church-Assemblies and elsewhere for the Edification and Good one of another and of others The Order how they should be Used Directed Such Gifts to be desired for this end ELdad ad Medad prophefied in the camp and there ran a young man and told Moses and Joshua c. said My Lord Moses forbid them and Moses said unto him Enviest thou for my sake Would God that all the Lord's people were Prophets and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them Numbers 11. 26 27 28 29. Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the Congregation and spread forth his hand toward heaven and said Lord God of Israel c. 1 Kings 8. 22 23 c. Jehoshaphat stood in the Congregation c. in the house of the Lord c. and said O Lord God of our fathers art not thou God in heaven c. 2 Chron. 20. 4 5 c. Then they who feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkned c. They shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts Mal. 3. 16 17. John said Master We saw one casting out devils in thy name and he followed not us and we forbad him but Jesus said Forbid him not for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of me for he who is not against us is on our part Mark 9. 38 39 40. Luke 9. 50. The Jews used to have such speak in their Synagogue who were not either priests or other officers as appears in these instances Luke 4. 16 to v. 22. Acts 13. 14 to v. 19. ch 17. 1 2 3. There was a great persecution against the Church which was at Jerusalem and they were all seattered abroad c. except the Apostles c. therefore they who were scattered abroad went every-where preaching the word Acts 8. 1 4. Now they who were scattered c. when they were come to Antioch spake unto the Grecians preaching the Lord Jesus and the hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed and turned unto the Lord Acts 11. 19 20 21. Apollos an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures c. he taught diligently the things of the Lord knowing only the baptism of John c. who when Aquilla and Priscilla had taught the way of God more perfectly did mightily convince the Jews and that publickly shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ Acts 18. 24 to v. 29. Think soberly according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith For as we have many members in one body and all members have not the same office so we being many c. Having then gifts differing according to the grace which is given to us whether prophecy let us prophesie according to the proportion of faith c. Or he that teacheth on teaching or he who exhorteth on exhortation c. he who ruleth with diligence Rom. 12. 3 to v. 9. I my self am also perswaded of you my brethren that ye also are full of goodness filled with knowledge able also to admonish one another Rom. 15. 14. I thank my God c. that in every thing ye are inriched by him in all utterance and in all knowledge 1 Cor. 1. 4 5. Now there are diversity of gifts but the same spirit c. But the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal For to one is given by the spirit the word of wisdom to another the word of knowledge c. to another faith c. to another prophecy c. But all these worketh that one and the self-same spirit dividing to every man severally as he will c. If the foot shall say Because I am not the hand I am not of the body c. God hath set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased him c. Are all Apostles c. Have all the gift of healing Do all speak with tongues c. But covet earnestly the best gifts 1
He directs his epistles to the Angel of the Church but the matter he speaks to the whole Church and concludes Hear what the spirit saith unto the Churches Rev. 1. 4. ch 2. ch 3. See mere of Church-Acts in Discipline Ninthly Of the ending of Controverses arising between the Members of the Churches to avoid going to Law before others DAre any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the Saints do ye not know that the Saints shall judge the world and if the world shall be judged by you are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters know ye not that we shall judge Angels how much more things which pertain to this life c. Set them to judge who are least esteemed in the Church I speak to your shame Is it so that there is not a wise man among you no not one who shall be able to judge between his brethren but brother goeth to law with brother and that before the unbelievers Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you because ye go to law one with another why do ye not rather take wrong c. 1 Cor. 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Tenthly Of the Relief of the Poor of the Churches and their Contributions to the Necessity of other Churches and the Order of it AND the multitude of them who believed were of one heart c. Neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own but they had all things common c. Neither was there any among them that lacked for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them and brought the prises c. and laid them down at the Apostles feet and distribution was made unto every man according as he had â—â—ed Acts 4. 32 34 35. The price of thy land While it remained was it not thine own and after it was sold was it not in thine own power why hast thou c. Acts 5. 1 2 3 4. When the number of the disciples were multiplied there arose a murmuring against the Hebrews by the Grecians because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration Whereupon the Church chose Deacons to look to this matter Acts 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6. The Disciples every one according to his ability determined to send relief unto the brethren c. Acts 11. 28 29 30. These hands have administred to my necessities and to them who were with me I have shewed you all things how that ye so labouring ought to support the weak and to remember the words of our Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20. 34 35. It hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem Rom. 15. 25 26. Now concerning the collection for the Saints as I have given order to the Churches of Galatia so do ye upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no gathering when c. 1 Cor. 16. 1 2. By the occasion of the forwardness of others and to prove the sincerity of your love for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich c. Not that other men be eased and you burdened but by an equalility c. 2 Cor. 8. 1 2 3 7 8 9 13 14. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart so let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver c. The administration of this Service not only supplieth the want of the Saints but it is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God c. They glorifie God for your professed subjection to Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 9. 7 12 13. If any would not work neither should he eat c. But ye brethren be not weary in well-doing c. 2 Thes 3. 10 11 12 13. If any widow have children or nephews let them learn first to shew pity at home and to requite their parents c. If any provide not for his own c. If any man or woman who believeth have widows let them relieve them and let not the Church be charged that it may relieve them who are widows indeed 1 Tim. 5. 4 8 16. See the Duty of Distributing to the Saints Necessity at large Chap. 17. Eleventhly Of the Officers of particular Churches their Power Duty and Recompence How they should be Qualified for the Office and of the Churches Duty to them as such I. Of the Officers Power Duties c. I Will give you Pastors according to mine heart who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding Jer. 3. 15. ch 23. 4. Thou shalt speak my word unto them whether they will hear or whether they will forbear Ezek. 2. 7. Levit. 10. 11. I have made thee a watchman c. give them warning from me when I say c. and thou givest him not warning c. his blood will I require at thine hand yet if thou warn c. Ezek. 3. 17 18 19. They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and prophane and cause men to discern between the unclean and the clean c. and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies c. Ezek. 44. 23 24. Jer. 15. 19. Levit. 10. 8 9 10. Their widows are neglected in the daily ministration Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables c. look ye out among you seven men of honest report full of the holy Ghost and wisdom c. we will give our selves continually to prayer and the ministry of the word Acts 6. 1 2 3 4. Paul sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the Church c. he said unto them c. Take heed therefore to your selves and to all the flock over the which the holy Ghost hath made you overseers or Bishops to seed the Church of God c. I know this that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter c. therefore watch c. and I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and remember the words of our Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20. 17 18 28 29 30 31 35. Let us wait on our ministring or he who teacheth on teaching or he who exhorteth on exhortation c. he who ruleth with diligence c. Rom. 12. 7 8. It is required in stewards that a man be sound faithful 1 Cor. 4 2. God hath set some in the Church first Apostles secondly Prophets thirdly Teachers c. helps governments 1 Cor. 12. 28. He gave some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the
ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come into the unity of the saith c. Ephes 4. 11 12 13 14. To all the Saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the Bishops and Deacons Phil. 1. 1. Say to Archippus Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord that thou fulfil it Col. 4. 17. If a man desire the office of a Bishop he desireth a good work a Bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour or modest given to hospitality apt to teach not given to wine no striker nor greedy of filthy lucre but patient not a brawler not covetous one who ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity for if a man know not how to rule his own house how shall he take care of the Church of God not a novice or one newly come to the faith lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil Likewise must the Deacons be grave not double-tongued not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience let these also first be proved then let them use the office c. husband of one wife ruling their children well and their own house 1 Tim. 3. 1 to v. 13. If thou put the brethren in mind of these things thou shalt be a good minister c. but refuse profane and old c. Be thou an example to believers in word in conversation in charity c. give attendance unto reading to exhortation to doctrine c. meditate on these things give thy self wholly unto them c. take heed to thy self and thy doctrine 1 Tim. 4. 6 7 11 12 13 15 16. Rebuke not an elder but admonish him as a father and the younger men as brethren the elder women c. Let the elders who rule well c. especially they who labour in the word and doctrine 1 Tim. 5. 1 17. O Timothy keep that which is committed to thy trust avoiding prophane and vain babbling 1 Tim. 6. 20. I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee c. 2 Tim. 1. 6 7. The things thou hast heard of me among many witnesses the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also c. a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word c. shun profane and vain babbling c. The servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle unto all men apt to teach patient or forbearing in meekness instructing them who oppose themselves if God peradventure c. 2 Tim. 2 2 15 16 23 24 25. Ordain Elders in every City c. If any be blameless c. not accused of riot or unruly for a Bishop must be blameless as the steward of God not self-willed not soon angry not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre but a lover of hospitality a lover of good men sober just holy temperate holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers Titus 1. 5 6 7 8 9. Shewing thy self a pattern c. in doctrine uncoruptness gravity sincerity c. sound speech which cannot be condemned c. these things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority Titus 2. 7 8 15. Them who have the rule c. watch for your souls as they who must give account Heb. 13. 17. Is any sick c. call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over them c. James 5. 14. The Elders who are among you I exhort c. seed the flock of God which is among you or as much as in you is taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucre but of a ready mind neither as being lords or over-ruling over God's heritage but being examples of the flock 1 Pet. 5. 1 2 3 4. Diotrephes who loveth to have the preheminence received us not 3 John v. 9 10. See more in Gospel-Preachers in general Chap. 26. II. Complaints of and Threatnings against Evil Officers or Ministers of the Church HIS watchmen are blind they are all ignorant they are all dumb dogs they cannot bark sleeping lying down loving to slumber yea they are greedy dogs who can never have enough and they are shepherds who cannot understand they all look to their own way every one for his gain from his quarter come ye say they I will fetch wine and we will fill our selves with strong drink and to morrow shall be as to day Isa 56. 10 11 12. The Priests said not Where is the Lord and they who handled the law knew me not the Pastors also transgressed against me c. Wherefore I will yet plead c. Jer. 2. 8 9. The Prophets prophesie falsly and the Priests bear rule by their means and my people love to have it so and what will ye do in the end thereof Jer. 5. 30 31. From the Prophet unto the Priest every one dealeth falsly they have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly saying Peace c. when c. Jer. 6. 13 14. ch 8. 10 11. The Pastors are become brutish and have not sought the Lord therefore they shall not prosper and all their flocks shall be scattered Jer. 10. 21. Many Pastors have destroyed my vineyard they have trodden my portion c. Jer. 12. 10 11. Wo unto the Pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture saith the Lord therefore thus saith the Lord c. against the Pastors who feed my people Ye have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not visited them Behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings c. The Prophets c. They strengthen the hands of evil-doers so that none do return from his wickedness Jer. 23. 1 2. The Priests and the Prophets advise to put Jeremiah to death because he told them what God spake Jer. 26. 10 11 16. Her Priests have violated my law and have profaned 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. Wo to the shepherds of Israel who do feed themselves should not the shepherds feed the flock ye eat the fat and ye clothe your selves with the wool c. ye feed not the flock the diseased have ye not strengthened neither have ye healed that which was sick c. but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled Ezek. 34. 2 3 4 8 10. The priests thereof teach for hire and the prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean upon the Lord c. therefore shall Zion c. be plowed Micah 3. 11. Her priests have done violence to the law polluted the
sanctuary Zeph. 3. 4. Wo to the idol-shepherd who leaveth the flock the sword shall be upon his c. Zech. 11. 17. O priests who despise my name c. ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar c. If ye offer the blind and the lame ye say It is not evil c. Mal. 1. 6 7 8. The priests lips should keep knowledge c. But ye are departed out of the way ye have caused many to stumble at the law ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi c. therefore have I also made you contemptible c. before the people Mal. 2. 7 8 9. He who is an hireling c. seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep c. John 10. 12 13. III. The Church's Duty towards their Officers and such other who labour among them PRovide neither gold nor silver c. for the work-man is worthy of his meat Matth. 10. 9 10. They all wept sore c. sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake that they should see his face no more Acts 20. 37 38. If the Gentiles are made partakers of their spiritual things their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things Rom. 15. 27. Have we no power to eat and drink c. to forbear working c. Who goeth to warfare at any time at his own charges c. Say I these things as a man or faith not the law the same also Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox which treadeth out the corn c. Doth God take care for oxen or saith he it not altogether for our sakes For our sakes no doubt c. If we have sown unto you in spiritual things is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things c. Nevertheless we have not used this power c. lest we should hinder the gospel Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live or feed of the things of the temple c. Even so hath the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel should live of the gosple 1 Cor. 9. 4 5 6 to 15. Know the house of Stephanus c. that you submit your selves unto such and to every one who hespeth with us and laboureth 1 Cor. 16. 15 16. Ye received me as an Angel c. Am I therefore become your enemy because I told you the truth Gal. 4. 14 15 16. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him who teacheth in all good things Gal. 6. 6. Praying always c. and for me that utterance may be given unto me c. Ephes 6. 18 19. 1 Thes 5. 25. 2 Thes 3. 1 2. I suppose it necessary to send unto you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labour c. but your messenger c. Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness and hold such in reputation or honour such because for the work of Christ c. Philip. 2. 25 21 29 30. Ye sent once and again unto my necessity not because I desire a gift but I desire â—â—uit that may abound to your account c. I received the things sent from you an odour of a sweet-smelling sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God Philip. 4. 15 to 19. We beseech you brethren to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you and esteem them very highly in love for their work-sake 1 Thes 5. 12 13. Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honour especially they who labour in the word and doctrine For the scripture saith Thou shalt not muzzle the ox c. The labourer is worthy of his hire Against an elder receive not an acculation but before two or three witnesses 1 Tim. 5. 17 18 19. Remember them who have the rule over you who have spoken to you the word of God whose faith follow c. Obey them who have the rule over you or guide you and submit your selves for they watch for your souls c. Pray for such c. Salute all them who have the rule over you Heb. 13. 7 17 18 24. Is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the Church and let them pray over them James 5. 14 15. Likewise ye younger submit your selves to the elder 1 Pet. 5. 5. IV. Of the Election and Ordination of Officers in Churches AND the Lord spake unto Moses saying Take Aaron and his sons with him c. and gather thou all the congregation together c. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him c. and said unto the congregation This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done And Moses brought Aaron and his son and washed them c. Levit. 8. â— 2 3 4 5 6 â— 8 9 c. Thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabâ—râ—â—cle of the congregation and thou shalt gather 〈◊〉 whole assembly of the children of Israel together and thou shalt bring the Levâ—tes before the 〈◊〉 and the children of 〈◊〉 shall put their hands Numb 8. 9 11. Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples and said the number about an hundred and twenty c. Wherefore of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us c. must one be ordained to be a witness with us c. And they appointed two c. And they prayed and said Lord who knowest the hearts of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen c. And they gave forth their lots and the lot fell upon Matthias and he was numbred with the eleven Acts 1. 15 21 27. Then the twelve called the multitude c. and said c. Brethren look ye out among you seven men of honest report c. whom we may appoint over this business c. And the saying pleased the multitude and they chose Stephen c. Acts 6. 2 3 5 6. And when they had ordained them elders by suffrage in every Church and had prayed with fasting they commended them to the Lord Acts 14. 22 23. For this cause left I thee in Crete c. And ordain elders in every city as I had appointed Titus 1. 5. Twelfthly Of Laying on of Hands upon the several Occasions and to the several Ends in Scripture mentioned BRing forth him who hath cursed c. let all who heard him lay their hands on his head Levit. 24. 14. Thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites Numb 8. 9 10. Moses set Joshua before the congregation and he laid his hands upon him and c. Numb 27. 18 19 22 23. Joshua c. was full of the spirit of wisdom for Moses had laid his hands upon him Deut. 34. 9. They chose Stephen c. whom they set before the aposties and when they had prayed they laid their hands upon
them Acts 6. 5 6. Peter and John prayed and laid their Hands on Disciples and they received the Holy Ghost Acts 8. 17. The Prophets and Teachers at Antiâ—ch by the Command of the Holy Ghost to separate Paul and Barnabas c. did pray and fast and lay their Hands upon them Acts 13. 1 2 3. Paul finding disciples c. And when Paul had 〈◊〉 his hands on them the Holy Ghost c. Acts 19. 1 6. Paul prayed and laid hands on Publius his father and healed him being sick Acts 28. 8. Neglect not the gift c. given theâ— c. with laying on of the hands of the presbytery 1 Tim. 4. 14. Lay hands suddenly on no man neither be partaker of other men's sins 1 Tim. 5. 22. Stir up the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of hands 2 Tim. 1. 6. Not laying again the foundation of repentance c. of laying on of hands Heb. 6. 1 2. Thirteenthly Of the several Ordinances of Christ to be observed in and by the Churches of Christ and elsewhere THE earth is defiled under the inhabitants thereof because they have transgressed the laws changed the ordinances c. Isa 24. 5. And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers c. And they continuing daily with one accord in the temple Acts 2. 41 42 46. And now I praise you brethren that you c. keep the ordinances as they were delivered unto you 1 Cor. 11. 2. I. Prayers THese all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women c. Acts 1. 14. And they continued c. and in prayers Acts 2. 42. See Prayers at large Chap. 16. See Praising at large Ibid. II. Reading Teaching and Preaching of the Word of God Prophesying THou shalt set a king over thee c. He shall write him a copy of this law in a book c. he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the Lord Deut. 17. 15 18 19. 20. 2 Kings 22. 11. When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall chuse thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing Gather the people together men and women and children and thy stranger that is within thy gates that they may hear and that they may learn and fear the Lord your God and observe to do all the words of this saw and their children who have not known may hear and learn to fear the Lord c. Deut. 31. 11 12 13. Joshua read all the words of the law the blessings and curses according unto all which is written in the book of the law there was not a word of all which Moses commanded which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel with the women and the little ones and the strangers who were conversant among them Josh 8. 34 35. Jehoshaphat sent to his Princes to Benhail c. to teach in the cities of Judah and with them Elishama c. Priests and they taught in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them and went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people 2 Chron. 17. 7 8 9. And Ezra the Priest brought the law before the Congregation c. and he read therein c. from the morning until the mid-day c. Also Joshua and Bani c. and the Levites caused the people to understand the law and the people stood in their place so they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and gave the sense and caused them to understand the reading Nehem. 8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. ch 13. 1. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel which he commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children c. that they might set their hope in God c. Psal 78. 5 6 7. Blessed is the man who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors for whose findeth me findeth life Prov. 8 34 35. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who bringeth good tydings who publisheth peace c. and publisheth salvation c. Isa 52. 7. Nâ—hâ—m 1. 15. The prophet who hath a dream let him tell a dream and he who hath my word let him speak my word faithfully what is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord Jer. 23. 28 29. Thou shalt speak my words unto them whither they will hear or whether they will forbear Ezek. 2. 7. They shall wander from sea to sea c. to seek the word of the Lord and shall not find it Amos 8. 12. And the Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the earth and then shall the end c. Matth. 24. 14. Go ye therefore and teach all nations c. teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you Matth. 28. 19 20. The parable of the sower opened by Christ to be the word preached Mark 4. 14 15 16 c. Luke 8. 11. Whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you when ye depart thence shake off the dust from under your feet for a testimony against them Mark 6. 11. Luke 10. 16. Matth. 10. 11 12 13. Jesus c. as his custom was he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath-day and stood up to read and there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaias and when he had opened the book he found the place where it was written The spirit of the Lord is upon me c. and he closed the book and gave it again to the minister and sat down c. and he began to say unto them This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears c. and all c. wondred at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth c. Luke 4. 16 17 18 19 20 31 32. Jesus went through every City c. preaching and shewing the glad tidings c. Luke 8. 1. Jesus said c. Ought not Christ to have suffered c And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself c. then opened he their understandings c. Luke 24. 26 27 45. I pray c. for them also who shall believe in me through their word John 17. 20. When the Apostles were commanded not to preach Christ they said whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judge ye Acts 4. 18. 19. ch 5. 28. Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life and when c. And daily in the temple and in every house they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus Christ Acts 5. 20 42. The Eunuch reading the Prophet Isaias Philip came to him c. and opened his mouth and
he spake of them but when they sought to lay hands on him c. Mat. 21. 15 23 33 34 35 36 37 45 46. Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might intangle him in his talk c. asked himâ— Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar or not c. Jesus said Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites c. Matth. 22. 15 16 17 18. John 8 3 4 5 c. Luke 6. 7. ch 11. 53 54. ch 20. 20 21 22. The Scribes and Pharisees c. they say and do not for they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born and lay them on men's shoulders but will not move them with one of their fingers but all their works they do for to be seen of men they make broad their phylacteries and inlarge the borders of their garments and love the upper most rooms at feaâ—ts and the chief seats in the Synagogues and greetings in the markets and to be called of men Rabbi Rabbi c. But wo unto you Scribes Pharisees hypocrites ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men for ye neither go in your selves neither suffer ye them who are entring to go in c. Ye devour widows houses and for a pretence make long prayers c. Ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte and when he is made ye make him two-fold more the child of hell c. Blind guides who say Whosoever shall swear by the temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple he is a debtor c. Ye pay ty the of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted the weightier matters of the law judgment mercy and faith c. strain at a great and swallow a camel c. Ye make clean the outside of the cup c. but within they are full of extortion and excess ye outwardly appear righteous unto men but within ye are full of hypocriâ—ie Mat. 23. 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 14 15 16 17 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31. The chief Priest and the Scribes c. consulted that they might take Jesus and kill him c. Judas betrayed Christ with a kiss c. The chief Priests c. sought false witnesâ—es against Jesus to put him to death Matth. 26. 3 4 49 59. Luke 4. 28 29. Judas said to the high Priests c. I have sinned in betraying innocent blood and they said What is that to us look thou to that c. they perswade the multitude to ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus when the governour would have â—â—leased Jesus they said Let his blood be upon us and our children c. They mocked him and said He trusted in God let him deliver him now c. and norwithstanding all the wonders aâ— his death which made the Centurion 〈◊〉 Truly this was the Son of God yet the chief priests c. came to Pilate and said c. That deceiver said c. desired and set a watch upon the sepulchre Matth. 27 3 4 17 18 19 20 24 25 41 42 43 53 54 62 63 64 66. Mark 15. 10 11 14 29 31 32. When they were convinced that Christ was risen they gave large money to the soldiers to hide it with a lie and promised the soldiers to secure them Maâ—th 28. 11 to 15. Herâ—d heard John gradly and did many things Mark 6. 20. But the Pharisees and Lawyers rejected the counsel of God against or â—ithin themselves being not baptized of him Luke 7. 30. Then shall ye begin to say We have eaten and 〈◊〉 in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets But he shall say c. Depart from me ye workerâ— of iniquity Luke 13. 26 27. ch 15. 7. Ye are those who justifie your selves before men but God knows your hearts that which is highly c. Luke 16. 15. And he spake this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were or as being righteous and despised others Two went up into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other a Publican the Pharisee stood and prayed thâ—s with himself God I thank thee that I am not as as other men are extortioners c. I fast 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 I give â—ythes c. Luke 18. 9 10 11 12. When Jesus went unto Zacheus's house the Jews 〈◊〉 saying That he was gone to be guest with a man 〈◊〉 is a 〈◊〉 his citizens hated him and said They would not have this man râ—â—gn over them Luke 19. 6 7 14. The chief Priests and Scribes would kill Jesus c. Jâ—das offered to betray him they were glad and covâ—nanted with him c. Luke 22. 〈◊〉 They 〈…〉 before Pilate saying We have 〈…〉 perveâ—â—ing the nation and 〈…〉 to Cesar saying That 〈…〉 〈…〉 one of 〈…〉 〈…〉 ye 〈…〉 or the lâ—â—ves and were 〈◊〉 c. 〈…〉 c. No man can 〈◊〉 to me except it were given him of my Father From that time many of his 〈◊〉 went back and walked no more with him John 6. 2â— 65. 66. Some 〈…〉 He 〈◊〉 the people how 〈…〉 man 〈◊〉 openly of him 〈◊〉 â—ear of the Jews c. The chieâ— Priests and Pharisees said 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 Why have ye not brought him the officers answered Never man spake like this man theâ— answered them the Pharisees are ye also 〈…〉 any of the Rulers or Pharisees believed on him but this people who knoweth not the law are 〈◊〉 Nicodemus said c. â—word 〈◊〉 â—udge any man before it hear him and know what he doth And they said unto him Art thou also of Galâ—â—â—ce John 7. 12 13 45 46 47 48 50 51 52. This woman was taken in adultery c. what sayest thou This they said c. that they might have to accuse him c. We be Abraham's â—eed and were never in bondage to any to man c. Jesus said c. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin c. Ye seek to kill me a man who hath told you the truth c. this did not Abraham ye do the deeds of your father c. The Jews say Say we not well thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil John 8. 3 4 5 6 33 34 40 41 48. The Pharises said This man is not of God because he keepeth not the Sabbath-day c. The Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ he should be put oâ—t of the Synagogue c. They say of Christ he is a sinner we are Moses disciples as for this fellow we know not whence he is c. When they were convinced by the man who had been blind that Christ must be of God they say to him Thou wast altogether born in sin and dost thou teach us and they excommunicated him c. Christ said to the Pharisees Ye say you see c. John 9. 16 22 23 24 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 40 41. Some said of Christ he hath a devil and is mad why
ignorant was I I was as a beast before thee Psal â—3 16. 17 22. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen who have not known thee Psal 79. 6. They know not neither will they understand they walk on in darkness Psal 82. 5. Let them be confounded c. that they may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth Psal 83. 18. Understand O ye brutish among the people and fools when will ye be wise He who planted the ear shall he not hear c. Psal 94. 7 8 9 10 11. It is a people who do err in their hearts and they have not known my ways Psal 95. 10. Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal 107. 43. For I know that the Lord is great and our Lord above all gods Psal 135. 5. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk Psal 143. 8. Ps 146. 8. He shewed his word unto Jacob c. He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgments they have not known them Ps 147. 19 20. A wise man will hear and increase learning a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels c. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c. and fools hate knowledge c. they shall call upon me but I will not answer c. for that they hated knowledge and did not chuse the fear of the Lord Prov. 1. 5 7 22 28 29. Apply thine heart to understanding yea if thou cryest after knowledge c. if thou seek her as silver c. then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord c. for the Lord giveth wisdom c. understanding shall keep thee Prov. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 10 11. ch 4. 7. Happy is the man who findeth wisdom and the man who getteth understanding for the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver Prov. 3. 13 14. ch 8. 5 6 11. ch 16. 16. Job 28. 12 15 16 17 c. I beheld c. a young man void of understanding passing through the street c. Prov. 7. 7 8 c. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom the knowledge of the Holy understanding Prov. 9. 10. Wise men lay up knowledge Prov. 10. 14. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way Prov. 14. 8. Evil men understand not judgment but they who seek the Lord understand all things Prov. 28. 5. Surely I am more brutish than any man and have not the understanding of a man Prov. 30. 2. Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thâ— feedest c. if thou know not O thou fairest c. go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock Cant. 1. 7 8. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib Israel doth not know my people doth not consider Isa 1. 3. Therefore my people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledge Isa 5. 13. Hear ye indeed but understand not and see ye indeed but perceive not c. make their ears heavy and shut their eyes lest they see c. and understand Isa 6. 9 10. Mat. 13. 13 14. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea Isa 11. 9. Habak 2. 14. The Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day and shall do sacrifice c. Isa 19. 21. It is a people of no understanding therefore he who made them will not have mercy on them Isa 27. 11. The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep and hath closed your eyes c. and the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book sealed c. therefore c. The wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid c. In that day shall the eyes of the blind see out of obscurity c. They who erred in spirit shall come to understanding c Isa 29. 10 11 12 13 14 18 24. Save us c. that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord c. Isa 37. 20. Have ye not known c. it is he who â—tteth upon the circle of the earth Isa 40. 21 22. That they may know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord c. Isa 41. 20. I will bring the blind by a way they knew not c. in paths they have not known Isa 42. 16. They have not known nor understood for he hath shut their eyes and they cannot see and their hearts and they cannot understand c. neither is there knowledge or understanding to say I have 〈◊〉 part of it c. Isa 44. 18 19. Nations c. which knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord c. Isa 55. 5. They who handle the law knew me not Jer. 2. 8. I will give you Pastors c. who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding Jer. 3. 15. My people is foolish they have not known me they are 〈◊〉 children they have no understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge Jer. 4. 22. ch 8. 7. ch 9. 3 6. ch 5. 21. Hâ—sea 5. 4. Let him who glories glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exercise loving-kindness judgment and righteâ—â—sness Jer. 9. 24. I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord Jer. 24. 7. Hosea 2. 20. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least c. Jer. 31. 34. All the remnant c. shall know whose words shall stand mine or theirs Jer. 44. 28. Ezek. 6. 10. I will set my glory among the heathen so the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward c. And when I have brought them again c. then shall they know that I am the Lord their God who caused them to be led into captivity Ezek. 39. 21 22 23 27 28. ch 38. 23. Jer. 16. 21. To the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth c. They shall make thee eat grass as oxen c. till thou know that the most High ruleth c. Dan. 4. 17 25 32. But the people who do know their God shall be strong and do c. and they who understand among the people shall instruct many c. and some of understanding shall fall Dan. 11. 32 33 35. Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased c. And none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand Dan. 12. 4 10. For she did not know that I gave her corn and wine and oyl c. Hosea 2. 8. The Lord hath a controversie c.
of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things which are made even his eternal Power and Godhead so that they are without excuse because when they knew God they did not glorifie him as God c. Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them up c. Rom. 1. 19 20 21 28. Psal 19. 1 2 c. Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness c. not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance c. Thou art called a Jew c. and kâ—â—west his will c. Rom. 2. 4 18 19. The way of peace they have not known c. By the law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 17 20. ch 7. 7. We glory also in tribulation knowing that tribulation worketh patience c. Rom. 5. 3 4. They have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own c. have not submitted c. Rom. 10. 2 3. I would not brethren that ye should be ignorant in this mystery lest ye should be wise in your own conceits that blindness in part is happened to Israel c. O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out for who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor Rom. 11. 25 33 34. That ye may prove what is that good and acceptable will of God Rom. 12. 2. I my self also am perswaded of you my brethren that ye also are full of goodness and filled with all knowledge able also to admomsh one another Rom. 15. 14. The mystery which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest and by the Scriptures of the Prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God made known to all nations Rom. 16. 25 26. In every thing ye are enriched c. and in all knowledge c. The world by wisdom knew not God c. 1 Cor. 1. 5 21. I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified c. We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery c. which none of the Princes of this world knew for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory c. God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit c. The things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God Now we have received the spirit which is of God that we might know the things which are freely given to us of God c. the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God c. neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned c. Who hath known the mind of the Lord c. but we have the mind of Christ 1 Cor. 2. 2 7 8. 10 11 12 14 16. Psal 92. 5 6. If any c. seemeth to be wise in this world let him become a fool that he may be wise 1 Cor. 3. 18. Do ye not know that the Saints shall judge the world c. Know ye not c. 1 Cor. 6. 2 3 15. We know that we all have knowledge knowledge pusseth up but charity edisieth and if any man thinketh he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know c. We know that an Idol is nothing c. howbeâ—t there is not in every man that knowledge 1 Cor. 8. 1 2 4 7. I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud 1 Cor. 10. 1 2. To another the word of knowledge by the same spirit 1 Cor. 12. 8. Though I c. understand all mysteries and all knowledge c. and have no charity I am nothing c. Whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away for we know in part c. now we see through a glass darkly or in a riddle but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known 1 Cor. 13. 2 8 9 10 12. Job 8 9. If any man be ignorant let him be ignorant 1 Cor. 14. 38. Some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame 1 Cor. 15. 34. Lest Satan should get an advantage of us for we are not ignorant of his devices 2 Cor. 2. 11. But their minds were blinded for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old Testament c. When Moses is read the vail is upon their heart 2 Cor. 3. 14 15. If our Gospel be hid it is hid to them who are lost in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not lest the light of the glorious gospel c. should shine in them c. God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the c. 2 Cor. 4. 3 4 6. We know that if our earthly house c. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we perswade men c. Henceforth know we no man after the flesh yea though we have known Christ after the flesh yet now henceforth know we him no more 2 Cor. 5. 1 11 16. Therefore as ye abound in every thing c. in knowledge 2 Cor. 8. 7. Howbeit then when ye knew not God ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods but now after that ye have known God or rather are known of God c. Gal. 4. 8 9. Having made known unto us the mystery of his will c. That God c. may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him the eyes of your understanding being enlightned that ye may know what is the hope c. Ephes 1. 9 17 18 19. The mystery of Christ which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as c. that ye may be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the breadth c. and to know the love of Christ which surpasseth knowledge Ephes 3. 4 5 18 19. He gave some Apostles c. till we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God c. Walk not as other Gentiles c. having the understanding darkned being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them because of the blindness or hardness of their hearts Ephes 4. 11 12 13 17 18. 1 Thes 4. 5. Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord 〈◊〉 understanding what the will of the Lord is 〈◊〉 5. 10 17. That your love may abound c. in knowledge and in all judgment c. Phil. 1. 9. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus c. that I may know him and the power of
his resurrection c. Phil. 3. 8 10. Since c. ye knew the grace of God in truth we desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and understanding c. increasing in the knowledge of God c. the Saints to whom God would-make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ c. Col. 1. 6 9 10 26 27. Unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God and of the Father and of Christ in whom or wherein are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge Col. 2. 2 3. The new man which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created c. Col. 3. 10. Knowing brethren c. your election of God for our Gospel came not to you in word only but also in power c. 1 Thes 1. 4 5. I would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them who are asleep 1 Thes 4. 13. Taking vengeance upon them who know not God 2 Thes 1. 8. Desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm but we know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully c. but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief c. 1 Tim. 1. 6 7 8 9 13. Who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth 1 Tim. 2. 4. If any man teach otherwise c. he is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions c. 1 Tim. 6. 3 4. They profess that they know God but in works they deny him Titus 1. 16. They do err in their hearts not having known my ways Heb. 3. 10. Every high Priest taken from among men c. who can have compassion on the ignorant c. concerning whom I have many things to say and hard to be unfolded seeing ye are dull of hearing c. Heb. 5. 1 2 11 12. If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth c. Hebr. 10. 26. 2 Pet. 2. 20 21. If any man lack wisdom let him ask it of God who giveth to all men liberally c. James 1. 5. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you let him shew out of a good c. James 3. 13. To him who knoweth to do good and doth it not to him it is sin James 4. 17. Not fashioning your selves according to the former lusts in your ignorance c. 1 Pet. 1. 14. With well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men 1 Pet. 2. 15. Grace c. be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord c. Add c. to vertue knowledge c. If these things be in you c. ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus c. but he who lacketh these c. is blind c. knowing this first that no Scripture is of private interpretation 2 Pet. 1. 2 3 5 8 9 20. But these c. speak evil of things they understand not c. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord c. it had been better c. not to have known c. 2 Pet. 2. 12. 20 21. Jude v. 1. This they are willingly ignorant of c. Paul c. in all his Epistles c. in which are some things hard to be understood which they who are unlearned wrest c. seeing ye know c. Grow in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus c. 2 Pet. 3. 5 15 16 17 18. Hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his commandments he that saith I know him and c. I write to you fathers because ye have known him c. ye know all things c. as the same anointing teacheth you all things c. 1 John 2. 3 4 13 20 21 27. Therefore the world knew us not because it knew him not c. whosoever sinneth hath not c. known him we know that we have passed from death to life c. hereby we know that we are of the truth c. 1 John 3. 1 6 14 19. ch 5. 2. Hereby know ye the spirit of God c. he who knoweth God heareth us c. hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of errour c. he that loveth God knoweth God he who loveth not knoweth not God we have known and believed the love that God hath to us 1 John 4. 2 6 7 8 16. That ye may know that ye have eternal life c. we know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not c. we know that we are of God c. we know that the son of God is come c. 1 John 5. 13 18 19 20. These speak evil of those things which they know not Jude v. 10. All the Churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and heart c. Rev. 2. 23. And knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind c. Rev. 3. 17. See the Ignorance of Natural Men Chap. 5. See the Giver of knowledge Chap. 20. CHAP. XXXIX Of this present World and the Riches Honours Pleasure and other Things in this World the use of them the Snares and Tentations in them and of the Saints Duty in Relation to them WHile the earth remaineth seed time and harvest cold and heat and summer and winter day and night shall not cease Gen. 8. 22. And Abraham was very rich in Cattel in Silver and in Gold c. Lot also went with Abraham c. their substance was great so that they could not dwell together Gen. 13. 2. Job 1. 3. Gen. 26. 12 13 14. If God will c. give me bread to eat and raiment to put on c. then c. Gen. 28. 20 21. When Rachel said Give me children c. Jacob said Am I in Gods stead who withheld c. Gen. 30. 1 2. ch 33. 5. All the earth is mine said the Lord to Moses Exod. 19. 5. God gave inventions to men to work of divers sorts Exod. 35. ch 36. ch 37 c. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours c. nor any thing that is thy neighbours Exod. 20. 17. Israel wept again and said Who shall give us flesh to eat c and God was angry Numb 11. 4. 10. 1 Cor. 10. 6 10. Balaam upon great news offers Balak went out being desired to curse Israel Numb 22. He sed thee with Manna c. that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only but c. thy raiment waxed not old c. The Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land c. wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness c. when thou hast eaten and art full then thou shalt bless the
170 Of the Spirit c. 21 p. 173 Promises to Affâ—icted Ones c. 22 p. 186 Promises to Zion â—he Church of God c. 27 p. 223 Promises for Israel's Return c. 57 p. 297 Promises for the Things of this Life See Worâ—d   Promises of Glory reserved for Saints c. 37 p. 262 Prophesies of Christ the Saviour See Salvation in general   〈◊〉 See World See Sovereignty of God   〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 another to Sin c. 17 p. 148 Punishment of Sin in general Chap. 5 Page 40  c. 16 p. 125 Punishment of Saints for Sin c. 13 p. 70 Q. QUalifications of Rulers Chap. 24 Page 212 Qualifications of Saints See Characters of Saints   Qualifications of Ministers of the Gospel in general c. 26 p. 219 Of Church-Officers in particular c. 27 p. 229 Qualifications of Church-Members c. ibid. p. 224 Quarrels amongst Church-Members c. ibid. p. 228 Amongst Christians in general c. 17 p. 148 Quench not the Spirit c. 21 p. 177 Quicken'd by the Spirit c. ibid. p. 173 Quiet Spirit in general c. 16 p. 117 Quiet towards all Men c. 19 p. 161 Quiet under Affliction and submissive to God c. 22 p. 198 Towards Men then c. 22 p. 204 R. RAiling See Words   Reading Scriptures Chap. 1 Page 1 Reading them in the Assemblies c. 27 p. 232 Reasonings of God with Sinners c. 16 p. 125 Rebuke each other for Sin c. 17 p. 149 Reconciliation to God c. 10 p. 49 Redemption of Fallen Man c. 7 p. 27. Rejoice in God and Christ c. 16 p. 83 Rejoice in Afflictions c. 22 p. 201 Rejoice not at Enemies Hurt c. ibid. p. 205 Relation of God to his own See Saints Privileges   Relation between Christ and his Church c. 15. p. 77. Relation of Church-Members to their particular Churches c. 27 p. 225 Relations in the Flesh c. 18 p 154 Relative Duties See Duties   Relye upon God See Trust   Remission of Sin c. 10 p. 48 Reward Good for Evil c. 19 p. 162 c. 22 p. 205 Repentance in God How c. 33 p. 253 Repentance in Man c. ibid. p ibid. Report not others Failings c. 17 p. 147 148 Respect for Saints c. 17 p. 147 Respect for all Men c. 19 p. 162 Restauration of the Jews See Return   Resurrection of Christ c. 8 p. 40 Resurrection of Man's Body c. 35 p. 259 Return of the Jews to their Country c. 57 p. 297 Revenge not c. 19 p. 279 c. 22 p. 204 Revelations of Old by Voices Dreams c. c. 55 p. 297 Reward of Holiness See Glory for Saints   Reward of Suffering for Christ c. 22 p. 194 Reward of Sin c. 5 p. 23 c. 16 p. 125 Reward of Hypocrisie c. 28 p. 242 Reward of Persecutors c. 22 p. 189 Riches See World   Righteous God c. 2 p. 12 Righteousness towards God See Justification   Righteousness towards Men c. 19 p. 160 Righteousness of Mens own will not secure their State c. 64 p. 306 Rock is God See Trust   Rule and Greatness of God c. 2 p. 5 Rule and Greatness of Christ c. 7 p. 31 c. 842 Rulers of Kingdoms c. 24 p. 211 Rules of Worship Faith c. c. 16 p. 90 S SAbbath day Chap. 58 Pag. 299 Sacrament See Lord's Supper   Sarrifices before the Law c. 45 p. 286 Sacrifices under the Law takes not away Sin c. 6 p. 25 Shield is God See Trust in God   Saints Interest in and nearness to God See Saints Priviledge   Saints Duty to God c. 16 p. 79 Towards the Spirit c. 21 p. 77 To follow Saints c. 17 p. 145 To Relations in the Flesh c. 18 p. 154 To all Men c. 19 p. 159 To Magistrates c. 24 p. 215 Saints Duty in time of Afflictions towards God c. 22 p. 197 Towards Men Persecutors c. 22 p. 204 Towards the Persecuted c. 22 p. 207 Saints Duties in Common Calamities c. 23 p. 210 Saints Duty in relation to the Things of this World See World   In relation to Tentations See Satan and Deceivers   Saints Character c. 12 p. 60 Saints Failings c. 13 p. 67 Saints Corrected ibid. p. 70 Saints Priviledges c. 14 p. 71 Saints known by their Fruit c. 12 p. 61 Salvation in the general c. 7 p. 27 28 Salvation of Souls free c. 10 p. 51 Salvation in Afflictions sure to Saints c. 22 p. 159 When 't is near ibid. p. 193 When ' is great and wonderful See ibid.  Sanctification in Worship c. 16 p. 90 Sanctification by Christ's death c. 10 p. 50 By the Spirit c. 21 p. 173 Satan in general c. 30 p. 244 Satan his Ruling in sinners c. 5 p. 23 He can do no more than God permits c. 22 p. 187 Satisfaction for sin by Jesus c. 10 p. 37 Saviour Jesus c. 7 28 Scandals removed c. 27 236 Scriptures of God c. 1 p. 1 Scripture's the Rule of Worship Faith and Life c. 16 p. 90 Seventh day See Sabbath   Search the Scriptures See Scriptures   Search if Saints or not c. 12 p. 66 c. 11 p. 58 Seek God See Prayer   Seducers c. 30 p. 246 Sensible sinners invited to Christ c 67 p. 309 Servants c. 18 p. 158 Serve God only c. 16 p. 88 Servitude to Satan c. 5 p. 23 Shadow is Man's Life See Death   Shepherd Christ c. 8 p. 43 Signs of Saints and Sonship c. 12 p. 60 c. 22 p. 185 Signs of the last Times c. 48 p. 289 Silence See Words   Similitudes c. 42 p. 282 Sincerity c. 16 p. 134 Singing See Praises   Sion's Happiness c. 27 p. 223 Sin what c. 16. p. 121 Sin 's sad Effect upon Man c. 5 p. 23 Sins threatned and punished here c. 16 p. 125 Sin against the Holy Ghost c. 21 p. 177 Sins of Saints c. 13 p. 67 Sins confessed and mourned for c. 16 p. 121 forsaken ibid. p. 123 Pardoned c. 10 p. 43 Sinfulness of Man's Nature c. 5 p. 18 Society with wicked Men c. 19 p. 163 Soveraignty of God c. 2 p. 5 Speak evil of no Man c. 19 p. 160 Speaking See Preaching   Speaking Blasphemy c. 52 p. 291 Speaking in general or Speeches See Words   Spirit of God promises to and works in all the Saints c. 21 p. 173 Spirits being in all the Saints ibid. p. 174 Spirit Nature and Operations ibid. p. 176 Spirit to be obeyed not grieved ibid. p. 177 Statues See Idolatry   Strange God See Idolatry   Strife See Envy   Strive to enter in at the strait Gate c. 46 p. 286 Strong Saints not to offend the weak c. 17 p. 151 Subjects Duties to Rulers c. 24 p. 215 Submission to God under Trouble c. 22 p. 198 Sufferings of Christ c. 8 p. 37 Sufferings of Saints c. 22 p. 178 Under God's immediate hand ibid. p. 179 From Men Heathen ibid. p.
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3. Of the Churches Duties towards their Ministers and such others who labour amongst them 231 4. Of the Elections and Ordination of Officers in Churches ibid. 12. Of laying on of Hands upon the several Occasions and to the several ends in Scripture mentioned 232 13. Of the several Ordinances of Christ to be observed in and by the Churches of Christ and elsewhere Page 232. 1. Prayers 232 See more in Prayer at large Chap. 16. Page 92. See Praising at large Chap. 16. Page 92. 2. Reading Teaching Preaching of the Word of God Prophesying 232 See more of Ministers in general Chap. 26. Page 219. And of Gifts of Church-Members Page 226. 3. Baptisms 234 4. Breaking of Bread or the Lords Supper 235 5. Discipline Church-Censures or removing of Scandals c. 236 See more of Rebuking one another Chap. 17. Page 149. Chap. XXVIII Of Hypocrites and Hypocrisie The Spirits and Practices of such who are very format and earnest in and about the external Parts of Worship and Profession and in a shew for God yet high in their Opposition of Christ the Truth of the Gospel and Power of Godliness in others 237 See more of their persecuting Temper Chap. 22. Page 181. The Danger of Hypocrisie and of Formality and end of Hypocrites 242 Also see Sincerity Chap. 16. Page 134. Chap. XXIX Of the Conscience 243 Chap. XXX Of the Devil of his subtilty wiles and ways by himself and in and by his Instruments wicked Men false Teachers Deceivers and Seducers The Description of them and what concerns the Saints therein 244 1. Of Satan the Devil himself his subtilty c. 244 See more sinners Bondage Chap. 5. Pag. 18. 2. The Instruments of Satan Seducers Deceivers c. And the Saints Duties about it 246 Chap. XXXI Of Consideration Meditation pondering upon and serious weighing of the things of God his Word and Works our selves c. 249 Chap. XXXII Of the Thoughts Mind and Affections Page 251 Chap. XXXIII Of Repentance in the general wherein God cannot repent and wherein or how he is said to Repent Repentance in Man and of his turning to God from sin and in such who have backsâ—idden from following of God and otherwise Page 253 1. Wherein God cannot repent and wherein or how he is said to repent 253 2. Repentance in Man in general and of back-sliders returning c. ibid. Also see God's reasonings with Sinners Chap. 16. Page 125. Chap. XXXIV Of Death the laying down of these Tabernacles Page 256 Chap. XXXV Of the Resurrection from the Dead Page 259 Chap. XXXVI Of Christ's second Coming to the Judgment and rendring unto every Man according to his Deeds done in the Body whether good or bad Page 260 Also see Waiting for Christ's coming Chap. 16. Page 134. Chap. XXXVII Of the Glory prepared for the Saints and reserved to be given to them at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ Page 262 Also see the End of the Wicked Chap. 5. Page 23. Chap. XXXVIII Of Knowledge and Understanding in and about Divine things and of the want thereof Ignorance about such things and the evil thereof Page 264 See more of the sottish Nature of Man Chap. 5. Page 21. See also the Giver of Knowledge Chap. 20. Page 166. Chap. XXXIX Of this present World and the Titles Honours Pleasures and other things in this World The use of them the Snares and Temptations in them and of the Saints Duties in relation to them Page 270 Chap. XL. Of Idolatry setting up and Worshiâ—ping strange Gods graven Images c. Page 276 Also see Worshipping the true God Chap. 16. Page 88. Chap. XLI Of the Angels their appearing to Men what they are and do Page 280 Chap. XLII Of the Parable and Similitudes which Christ spake Page 282 Chap. XLIII Of the Miracles and wonderful Things which were done by Christ and his Apostles Page 283 Chap. XLIV Of the Kings of Israel and Judah how they came to their Power and Office Page 286 Also see Magistrates at large Chap. 24. Page 211. Chap. XLV Of Sacrifices and Altars and calling upon the Name of the Lord before the giving of the Law Page 286 Chap. XLVI Christianity a difficult thing or it 's hard to be a Christian indeed ibid. Chap. XLVII Of Time or Opportunity Page 287 Chap. XLVIII Of the Signs of the end of the World Page 289 Chap. XLIX Encouragements to wait for hope in and cry to God in a time when our Case seems desperate ibid. Chap. L. God takes notice of a little good in any Page 290 Chap. LI. Of Vowes and Promises to God ibid. Chap. LII Of Blasphemies Page 291 Chap. LIII Of Israel's Murmurings Page 292 Chap. LIV. Of Diligence in our Calling Page 294 Chap. LV. Of Voices Dreams and Visions by which God declared his mind of old Page 295 Chap. LVI Of the Call and Commission of the Apostles equal without Superiority Page 296 Chap. LVII Of Israel's return from the Countries into which they are scattered Page 297 Chep LVIII Of the Seventh Day and the Laws about it And the Change of the first day of the Week Page 299 Chap. LIX Of Usury Page 300 Chap. LX. Of Envy Hatred Emulation Discontent Strife Page 301 Chap. LXI Of Murder the taking away of the Life Man Page 302 Chap. LXII Of Adultery Page 303 Chap. LXIII Of Drunkenness Page 305 Chap. LXIV That great outward Privileges nor our own Righteousness will be security against Judgment here or Damnation hereafter no cause of boasting Page 306 Chap. LXV Of Words and Deeds neither true nor good yet spoke and done to effect things designed or prevent Dangers Page 307 Chap. LXVI Of Words and Sayings expressive of Choice only not binding Page 308 Chap. LXVII Of sensible sick lost Sinners hungry thirsty Souls longing ones such whom Christ came to seek heal satisfie and save Page 309 Chap. LXVIII Of departed Soul's ignorance of Men and Things here in this World Ibid. Chap. LXIX Of Mary the Mother of our Lord according to the Flesh her having of Children by Joseph her Husband Ibid. CHAP. I. Of the Scriptures Written Word of God the Word of Truth their Authority Use End and Excellency Heb. 1. 1. chap. 2. 3 4. Prov. 23. 23. WHAT nation so great that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day Deut. 4. 8. Psal 119. 138 172. Therefore shall ye lay up these words in your heart and in your soul and bind them for a sign upon your hand that they may be as frontlets between your eyes And you shall teach them your children speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way when thou lyest down and when thou risest up And thou shalt write them upon the dore-post of thy house and upon thy gates that your days may be multiplied c. Deut. 11. 18 19 20. ch 6. 6 7 8. Thou shalt read the law before all Israel in their