their children for ever c. You shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you you shall not turn aside to the right and or to the left you shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you Deut. 5. 27 28 29 32 33. Levit. 18. 3 4 26. Hear therefore O Israel and observe to do that it may be well with thee Deut. 6. 3. The Lord thy God is a faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love and keep his commandments to a thousand generations Deut. 7. 9. Levit. 20. 22. 1 Kings 6. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God and keep his charge and his statutes and his judgments and his commandments alway c. And it shall come to pass if you will hearken diligently unto my commandments c. then will I give you c. Deut. 11. 7 8 13 14. ch 10. 12 13. Levit. 26. 3 4 5 c. God commanded thee that thou do these statutes c. and that with all thy heart and from thy whole soul Deut. 26. 16. See I have set before you this day life and good and death and evil c. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you that I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore chuse life c. that thou mayest love the Lord thy God that thou mayest obey his voice and that thou mayest cleave unto him for he is thy life c. Deut. 30. 15 16 19 20. ch 13. 4. ch 32. 46 47. Prov. 19. 16. Isa 1. 19 20. Take diligent heed to do the commandments and laws c. to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep all his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart c. Josh 22. 5. Deut. 10. 12 13. If ye will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord then shall both ye and the king who reigneth over you continue c. 1 Sam. 12. 14. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice to hearken than the fat of rams for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft c. 1 Sam. 15. 22. David charged Solomon to keep the Charge of the Lord his Statutes his Commandments c. as it is written in the Law of Moses 1 Kings 2. 1 2 3. ch 9. 4 5. Hear O my people and I will testifie unto thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me c. But my people would not hearken unto me and Israel would none of me so I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and they walked in their own counsels Oh that my people had hearkned unto me and Israel had walked in my ways I should soon have subdued their enemies c. Psal 81 8 11 12 13 14 16. 2 Kings 21. 8 9. Because they rebelled against the word of God and contemned the counsel of the Most High therefore he brought down their heart with labour Psal 107. 11 12. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently c. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments c. I will run the ways of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart c. Oh how love I thy law c. I love thy testimonies c. It is time for thee O Lord to work they have made void thy law therefore I love thy commandments above gold c. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law c. My soul hath kept thy restimonies and I love them exceedingly Psal 119. 4 6 32 97 119 120 127 136 158 167. Because I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded but ye have set at nought my counsel and would none of my reproof I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh c. Prov. 1. 24 25 26 30 31. My son forget not my law but let thy heart keep my commandments Prov. 3. 1. Blessed is the man who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors Prov. 8. 32 33 34. He who turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be abomination Prov. 28. 9. Thus saith the Lord Thy Redeemer c. Oh that thou hadst hearkned to my commandments then had thy peace been as the river c. Isa 48. 17 18. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people who walketh in a way that is not good after their own thoughts Isa 65. 2. I will bring their fears upon them because when I called none did answer when I spake they did not hear but they did evil c. Isa 66. 4. Jer. 35. 17. Be thou instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee c. Their ear is uncircumcised they cannot hearken Jer. 6. 8 10. I speak not unto your fathers c. But this thing commanded I them saying Obey my voice and I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all my ways which I have commanded you that it may be well unto you But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the imaginations of their evil heart c. Jer. 22 23 24. chap. 11. 4 7 8. Cursed the man who obeyeth not the words of this covenant Jer. 11. 3 4. The Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets rising early and sending but ye have not hearkned nor inclined your ear c. Jer. 25. 4. ch 44. 4 5. Will ye not receive instruction to hearken unto my words faith the Lord The words of Jonab the son of Rechab that he command his sons not to drink wine are performed for unto this day they drink none but obey their fathers commandment notwithstanding I have spoken unto you rising early and speaking but ye hearkned not unto me Jer. 35. 13 14 15. As for the word thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord we will not hearken unto thee Jer. 44. 16. Thou shalt speak my words unto them whether they will hear or whether they will forbear Ezek. 2. 7. ch 3. 11 27. For they hear thy words but they do them not Ezek. 33. 32. Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts saying Execute true judgment c. but they refused to hearken and pulled away the shoulder and stopped their ears that they should not hear yea they made their hearts as an adamant-stone lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of Hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets c. Therefore it is come to pass as he cryed and they would not hear so they cried and I would not hear c. Zech. 7. 9 10 11 12 13. Not every one who saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into
Lord 1 Thes 5. 23. The end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart a good conscience and faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1. 5. Exercise thy self to godliness c. Godliness is profitable to all things having promise of this c. 1 Tim. 4. 7 8. ch 2. 2. ch 6. 6. Thou O man of God c. Follow after righteousness godliness c. 1 Tim. 6. 6 11. Flee also youthful lusts but follow righteousness c. 2 Tim. 2. 22. For the Grace of God that bringeth salvation c. teacheth us that denying ungodliness and wordly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Titus 2. 11 12. Put them in mind c. to be ready to every good work c. A faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works Titus 3. 1 8. Let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us c. Follow peace c. and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord Hebr. 12. 1 14. Who is a wise man c. Let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom James 3. 13. As obedient children not fashioning your selves according to the former lusts in your ignorance but as he who hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all of manner conversation because it is written Be ye holy for I am holy 1 Pet. 1 14 15. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you c. Abstain from fleshly lust which war against the soul having your conversation honest amongst the Gentiles that whereas or wherein they speak against you as evil doers they may by your good works which they behold gloruie God in the day of visitation c. So is the will of God that with well doing ye may c. We being dead unto sin should live unto righteousness 1 Pet. 2. 9 11 12 15 24. 1 Tim. 5. 14. Titus 2. 5 1. Let him eschew evil and do good c. Who is he who will harm you if you be followers of that which is good c. Sanctifie the Lord in your hearts and be always ready to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you as of evil doers they may be ashamed who falsly accuse your good conversation in Christ 1 Pet. 3. 11 13 15 16. The time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles c. If any man minister c. that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 4. 2 3 6 11. Giving all diligence add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge and to knowledge temperance c. godliness c. If these things be in you and abound it shall effect that you shall not be unfruitful c. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure 1 Peter 1. 5 6 7 8 9 10. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness c. Wherefore beloved seeing ye look for such things be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace without spot or blemish 2 Pet. 3. 11 14. God is light c. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth but if we walk in the light as he is in the light c. 1 John 1. 5 6 7. These things write I unto you that ye sin not And if any man sin we have an advocate c. He who saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked 1 John 2. 1 6. Every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure c. He who doth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous 1 John 3. 7. Beloved follow not that which is evil but that which is good He who doth good is of God but he who doth evil hath not seen God John 3. 11. In Particular I. To love God and the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ I The Lord thy God c. shewing mercy unto thousands of them who love me Exod. 20. 6. The Lord our God one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart with all thy soul and with all thy might Deut. 6. 4 5. The Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him Deut. 7. 9. And now Israel what doth God require of thee but c. to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God c. If you shall hearken c. to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart c. that I will c. Deut. 11. 3 13 22. The Lord your God proveth you to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul Deut. 13. 3. And the Lord thy God shall circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 30. 6. Take diligent heed to do the commandment c. to love the Lord your God Joshua 22. 5. Take good heed therefore unto your selves or souls that ye love the Lord your God Joshua 23. 11. Oh love the Lord all ye saints c. Psal 31. 23. I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice Psal 116. 1. Thy name is as ointment poured out therefore do the virgins love thee Cant. 1. 3 4. If ye find my Beloved c. tell him that I am sick of love Cant. 5. 8. Thus saith the Lord I remember thee or for thy sake the kindness of thy youth the love of thine espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness Jer. 2. 2. Judah hath prophaned the holiness of the Lord whom he loved or ought to love Mal. 2. 11. He who loveth father or mother c. is not worthy of me c. Matth. 10. 37. Luke 14. 26. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment c. On these c. hang all the law and the prophets Matth. 22. 37 38 39 40. Iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold Matth. 24. 12. Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much But to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little Luke 7. 47. He who loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I
the kingdom of heaven but he who doth the will of my father which is in heaven c. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doth them I will liken him unto a wise man who built his house upon a rock c. and every one who heareth these sayings of mine and doth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand c. Matth. 7. 21 24 25 26 27. James 1. 23 24 25. Matth. 5. 18 19 20. John 9. 31. Whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words when ye depart c. shake off the dust of your feet It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom Matth. 10. 14. 15. Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven the same is my brother and sister and mother Matth. 12. 15. Zacharias c. walking in all the ordinances and commandments of the Lord blameless Luke 1. 5 6. Why call ye me Lord and do not the things which I say Luke 6. 46 47 c. But the pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against or within themselves Luke 7. 30. Yea rather blessed are they who hear the words of God and keep it Luke 11. 28. Rom. 2. 13. James 1. 25. And that servant which knew his master's will and did it not shall be beaten with stripes Luke 12 47. James 4. 17. If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God c. John 7. 17. He who is of God heareth my word but ye hear not my word because ye are not of God c. Verily verily I say unto you If a man keep my sayings he shall never see death John 8. 51. If ye know these things happy are ye if ye do them John 13. 17. James 1. 22 23 25. If ye love me keep my commandments c. He who hath my commandments and keepeth them he it is who loveth me c. Jesus said If any man love me he will keep my words c. He who loveth me not keepeth not my words John 14. 15 21 23 24. If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love even as I kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love c Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I have commanded you John 15. 10 14. Now therefore are we all here present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God Acts 10. 33 Yet have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you Rom. 6. 17. The law is holy and the commandment holy just and good Rom. 7. 12. Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of God 1 Cor. 7. 19. To day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts Heb. 4. 7. Psalm 95. 7 8. Therefore to him who knoweth to go good and doth it not to him it is sin James 4. 17. That righteous man dwelling among them in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with unlawful deeds 2 Pet. 2. 8. Hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his commandments He who saith I know him and keepeth not his commandments is a lyar and the truth is not in him and whose keepeth his word in him verily is the love or God perfected Hereby know we that we are in him c. He who doth the will of God abideth for ever 1 John 2. 3 4 5 17. Love not in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth c. And whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his commandments c. This is his commandment That we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another c. And he who who keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him and he in him 1 John 3. 18 22 23 24. By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments For this is the love of God That we keep his commandments and his commandments are not grievous 1 John 5. 2 3. And this is love that ye walk after his commandments 2 John ver 6. Blessed are they who do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in thorow the gates into the city Rev. 22. 14. See that ye refuse not him who speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him who spake on earth much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him who speaketh from heaven whose voice then shook c. Heb. 12. 25 26. See God's threatnings of and Judgments for disobedience after in this same Chap. See the great Day of Judgment Chap. 36. Worship God and sanctifie him therein GOD had respect to Abel and to his offering but not unto Cain's Gen. 4. 3 5 7. Hebr. 11. 4. Thou shalt have no other God before me Thou shalt not make any graven image c. thou shalt not bow down thy self to them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God a jealous God c. In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee Exod. 20. 3 4 5 24. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods nor serve them c. ye shall serve the Lord your God c. Exod. 23. 25. There will I meet with thee and commune with thee above the mercy seat At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation c. where I will meet you to speak there unto thee And there will I meet with the children of Israel and the tabernacle or Israel shall be sanctified by my glory c. Exod. 25. 22. chap. 29. 42 43. chap. 20. 24. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see my face and live Exod. 33. 20. Thou shalt worship no other God for the Lord whose name is jealous is a jealous God Exod. 34. 14. Deut. 6. 15. When the tabernacle was set up the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle Exod 40. 33 34 35. When Aaron's sons were consumed for offering strange fire Moses said unto Aaron This that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them who come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified Levit. 10. 1 2 3. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and him serve c. Thou shalt not go after other gods c. The Lord our God is one Lord c. Deut. 6. 4 13 14. And now Israel what doth the Lord require of thee but to fear the Lord c. and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul c. Behold the heavens and heaven of heavens is the Lord 's thy God the earth with all that therein is c. For the Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords a great God a mighty and a terrible who regardeth not persons c. worship him Deut. 10. 12
the man c. whose hope the Lord is Jer. 17. 7. The Lord is good to them who wait for him to the soul which seeketh him It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord c. for the Lord will not cast off for ever For though he cause grief yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies Lam. 3. 21 22 23 24 25 26 31 32. Hosea 11. 8 9. Wait on thy God continually Hosea 12. 6. There is no Saviour besides me c. Hosea 13. 4. The Lord your God he is gracious and merciful flow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil Who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him Joel 2. 13 14. Jonah 4. 2. ch 3. 9. The Lord is the hope of his people the strength of the children of Israel Joel 3. 16. Jer. 3. 23. Seek ye me and ye shall live but seek not Bethel c. seek the Lord and ye shall live Amos 5. 4 5 6. Then I said I am cast out of thy sight yet I will look again towards thy holy temple c. When my soul fainted within me I remembred the Lord and my prayer came in unto him Jonah 2. 4 7. ch 3. 8 9. Thou hast had pity on or spared the gourd c. And should not I spare Nineveh that great City where are more than 120000 persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left Jonah 4. 10 11. A man's enemies are the men of his own house therefore I will look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation c. Micah 6. 6 7. For the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speak and shall not lye though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry Behold his soul which is lifted up is not right in him but the just shall live by his faith Habbak 2. 3 4. Take no thought c. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature Matth. 6. 25 26 c. ch 10. 19. Though Christ put off the woman of Canaan by sharp words often yet she still waited on him and looks for good till she had it Matth. 15. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. So the two blind men would not be put off but called and waited till Christ heard and answered them Matth. 20. 30 31 32 33 34. The impotent man waited at the Pool long to be cured John 5. 2 3 4 5 6 7. Tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God c. Rom. 5. 3 4 5. For we are saved by hope but hope which is seen is not hope for what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for but if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it Rom. 8. 24 25. Whatsoever things were written afore-time were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope c. Now the God of hope fill you c. that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost Rom. 15. 4 13. God is faithful 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Thes 3. 3. God is saithful who will not suffer you to be temped about you are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape 1 Cor. 10. 13. 2 Thes 5. 24. Who delivered us c. and doth deliver us in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us 2 Cor. 1. 10. 1 Sam. 17. 34 35 36. God who comforteth them who are cast down c. 2 Cor. 7. 6. God who is rich in mercy Eph. 2. 4. Be not mot moved away from the hope of the Gospel Col. 1. 23. Remembring c. your patience of hope 1 Thes 1. 3. We both labour and suffer reproach because we hope in the living God who is the Saviour c. 1 Tim. 4. 10. He abideth faithful he cannot deny him 2 Tim. 2. 13. Heb. 10. 23. Be followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises c. Abraham c. after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise c. God willing to shew c. the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye c. Hebr. 6. 12 15 17 18. Ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise For yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith c. Hebr. 10. 36 37 38. Let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus c. Heb. 12. 1 2. The trial of your faith worketh patience and let patience have her perfect work that ye may be perfect and entire c. James 1. 3 4. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husband-man waiteth c. Be ye also patient stablish your hearts c. Behold we count them happy who endure ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of Lord That the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercies James 5. 7 8 10 11. Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought to you c. 1 Pet. 1. 13. Wherefore let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 7. Perfect love casts our fear c. he who feareth is not made perfect in love 1 John 4. 18. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Jude vers 21. See more of Faith in its Nature and Use Chap. 11. To walk humbly before God abasing self opposing all high thoughts within us and avoid beasting of our selves The Reasons THE inhabitants of the world after the flood said they would build a Tower up to Heaven and make to themselves a name c. but God scattered them Gen. 11. 1 2 c. Abraham said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto thee who am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. Exod. 3. 11. Jacob said c. I am not worthy of the least of all or I am less than all the mercy and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staff I passed over c. Gen. 32. 10. Pharaoh said unto Joseph c. I have heard say of thee thou canst understand a dream and interpret it And Joseph answered Pharaoh and said It is not in me God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace Gen. 41. 15 16.
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
for God is love c. If God so loved us we ought also to love one another c If any man say he loveth God and hateth his brother he is a lyar c. This commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his brother also 1 John 4. 7 8 11 12 20 21. 2 John ver 5. Levit. 19. 17 18. I have this against thee that thou hast gone back from thy first love Rev. 2. 4. III. From Love to sympathize with each other in Pity and Compassion Help and Comfort one another and bear one another's Burthen Have mutual Care THE children of Israel when they had in battel cut off the Benjamites they bemoan â—hem lift up their voices and wept sore and said O Lord God of Israel Why is this come to pass in Israel that their should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel c. and it repented them for Benjamin their brother and said There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day How shall we do for wives for them c. Judges 21. 1 2 3 6 7 12 13 14 15 16. With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful 2 Sam. 22. 26. Psal 18. 25. Prov. 17. 17. Thus saith the Lord of Host c. Shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother and oppress not the widow Zech. 7. 9 10. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Matth. 5. 7. Come ye blessed c. I was hungry and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me c. Verily I say unto you Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Matth. 25. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. Whosoever shall give you a cup of cold water c. because ye belong to Christ c. he shall not lose c. Mark 9. 41. In the parable of the man who fell among the thieves one looked upon the wounded man and another did so but a certain Samaritan saw him had compassion on him bound up his wounds c. He who shewed mercy was his neighbour Go and do thou likewise Luke 10. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37. I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Luke 22. 32. Rejoice with them who do rejoice and weep with them who weep Be of the same mind one towards another Rom. 12. 15 16. We then who are strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weak and not to please our selves Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification Rom. 15. 1 2. 1 Cor. 8. 1. To the weak became I as weak that I might gain the weak c. 1 Cor. 9. 22. Let no man seek his own but every man another's wealth c. As I please all men 1 Cor. 10. 24 33. Phil. 2. 4. By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body c. that the members should have the same care one of another and whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured all the members rejoice with it Now are ye the body of Christ and members in particular 1 Cor. 12. 12 13 18 25 26 27. Rom. 12. 5. Charity c. seeking not her own 1 Cor. 13. 4. 5. Blessed be God c. the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort who comforteth us c. that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we our selves are comforted of God 2 Cor. 1. 3 4. Who is weak and I am not weak who is offended and I burn not 2 Cor. 11. 29. Bear ye one anothers burthens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 1 2. We are members one of another c. Be ye kind one to another tender-hearted Ephes 4. 25 32. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy kindness c. Col 3. 12. Remembring without ceasing c. your labour of love 1 Thes 1. 3. Comfort the feeble minded support the weak 1 Thes 5. 14. ch 4. 18. If â—he have washed the saints feet c. if she have relieved the afflicted c. 1 Tim. 5. 10. Ye endured a great fight of afflictions c. by reproaches and afflictions and partly whilst ye became conpanions of them who were so used for ye had compassion on me in my bonds Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels c. Remember them who are in bonds as bound with them and them who suffer adversity as being your selves also in the body Heb. 13. 2 3. Pure religion c. is this to visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions James 1. 27. The Lord is very pitiful and tender mercy James 5. 11. Be ye all of one mind having compassion one of another c. Be pitiful c. 1 Pet. 3. 8. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren c. Whoso hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him 1 John 3. 16 17. He shall have judgment without mercy who hath shewed no mercy and mercy rejoyceth against judgment James 2. 13. See this duty in time of Affliction or Persecution Chap. 22. III. To honour and respect each other and be kind and affectionate LOrd who shall abide in thy tabernacle c. he in whose eyes a vile person is contemned But he honoureth them who fear the Lord Psal 15. 1 4. My goodness extendeth not unto thee but to the Saints who are in the earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight Psal 16. 2 3. Ye are all brethren c. he who is greatest of you shall be a servant Matth. 23. 8 10 11. When Christ had washed his Disciples feet he said If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet Joh. 13. 12 13 14 15. Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another Rom. 12. 10. Eph. 4. 32. 2 Pet. 1. 7. Charity suffereth long and is kind 1 Cor. 13. 4. As we have opportunity let us do good unto all men especially to them who are of the houshold of saith Gal. 6. 10. Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God Eph. 5. 21. In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better then themselves Phil. 2. 3 4. Salute every Saint in Christ Jesus c. all the Saints salute you Phil. 4. 21 22. Have not the saith of our Lord Jesus c. with respect of persons For c. James 2. 1. Use hospitality one to another without
Chap. 21 Page 176 In Duties Chap. 16 Chap. 17 Chap. 18 Chap. 19. In each Duty in Affliction Chap. 22 Page 192 In Duties to Magistrates Chap. 24 Page 215 Chap. XIII Saints Believers the Children of God themselves may be overtaken with Faults are not altogether free from Sinful Dispositions and Inclinations in this Life that they may be Corrected of God for them Page 67. 1. In general it is affirmed 67 2. Particular instances of the Saints failings Recorded ibid. 3. That God will Punish and Correct his for Sinning 70 See Gods Threatnings and Judgments against Sin and Sinners Chap. 16 Page 125 Chap. XIV Of the Priviledges of the Saints and their Excellency above others What God hath done doth do and will do for and be unto them more then others and what they can do with God c. Page 71. See more in the next Chap. of Union and Relation to Christ Page 77 See the Advantages of Faith Chap. 11 Page 57 See their Priviledges in Afflictions Chap. 22 Page 186 In times of Common Calamities Chap. 23 Page 209 See the Glory Believers shall have Chap. 37 Page 262 Chap. XV Of the Union and Relations between Christ and his Church and the mutual Love and Esteem of each other and the Manifestation thereof Page 77 Chap. XVI Of the Duties of Believers such as profess to be Saints First Towards God Page 19. 1. In general to live to God only not to self to be Holy Fruitful Walk in the Light in an Honest Heavenly and Spiritual Conversation worthy of our High-Calling To glorifie God and mind things above 79 2. In Particular To Love God and the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ 82 3. As Fruits of Love to God and Christ to delight themselves in God Long for Pant after him make their boast of Glory and rejoyce in God and Christ as their Portion All and Rest And to obey and hearken to the Laws and Words of God and Christ 1. To Delight in Long for Pant after make their boast of Glory and rejoyce in God and Christ as their Portion 83 2. To obey and hearken to the Laws and Word of God our Lord Jesus 85 See more of Disobedience Page 125 4. Worship God and Sanctifie him therein 88 See more in Chap. 27 Page 232. and of Idol Chap. 40 Page 276 5. To Believe Imbrace and be found in the Practice of nothing in the things of God and about his Worship but that which clearly according to Precepts Rules and Examples of Scripture appears to be Christs mind upon which we may in Faith expect Acceptance 90 6. To Pray to God Of Prayer at large 92 See more in Afflictions Chap. 22 Page 201 Common Calamities Chap. 23 Page 210 7. To take especial Notice of the Acts of Gods Goodness and Mercy keep Memorials thereof Celebrate his Praises Extol him stir up others so to do 97 8. To fear God and none else or other fear The Arguments thereto Page 101 1. Not to fear any else or other fear 101 2. Fear God 102 9. To Trust in God and in none else in all Cases the Arguments thereto 105 1. Not in any else 105 2. In God as suitable Object 106 See more of Faith Chap. 11 Page 53 10. To look believingly unto Hope in and Patiently wait for God his Salvation in all Cases The Arguments thereto 110 See more in the Nature and Use of Faith Chap. 11 Page 57 11. To walk humbly before God abasing self opposing all High Thoughts Avoid boasting of self The Reasons 113 See more of submitting in Affliction Chap. 22 Page 178 See Death Chap. 34 Page 256 Duties of Believers towards God Chap. 16. 12. To be Moderate Meek Patient and Quiet in all things The Encouragements thereto 117 See more Duties to Brethren Chap. 17 Page 145 Duties to all Men Chap. 19 Page 161 Duties to Persecutors Chap. 22 Page 204 See Words Chap. 16 Page 119 13. To take heed to our Lips That our Words be not rash but true well-ordered and Savory and Seasonable 119 14. To acknowledge Sin depart from it and watch against it the Arguments thereto Gods complaining of it Reasonings with Sinners about it Threatnings and Judgments against Sinners for it 1. What Sin is 121 2. To acknowledge Sin to God Mourn for it both our own and others ibid. See more in Affliction Chap. 22 Page 200 In Common Calamities Chap. 23 Page 210 In Prayer Chap. 16 Page 92 3. To depart from Sin and all appearance of it hate it and avoid the occasions of it the Reasons 123 See Duties in General Chap. 16 Page 79 4. Gods Reasonings with Complainings of and Threatnings and Judgments against Sinners for their several Sins Disobedience and Rebellions 125 See more of Sin in Man's Nature Chap. 5 Page 18 23. Of Gods Correcting his for Sin Chap. Chap. 13 Page 70 Pardon of Sin Chap. 10 Page 48 15. To own and profess the true God and our Lord Jesus Christ and his before Men boldly To wait for Christs second coming 1. To Own and Confess the true God and our Lord Jesus Christ before Men. 133 See more of owning him in time of Persecution Chap. 22 Page 199 Of Perseverance Chap. 16 Page 139 2. To wait for the Second coming of Christ 134 See more his coming to Judgment Chap. 36 Page 260. 16. To walk with God Heartily Uprightly Sincerely and to follow him fully and Zealously The Reasons of it ibid. See also Hypocrites c. Chap. 28. Page 237 17. To stick fast to God not to depart abide in the Faith and Practice of what we know of his Will to the end That the Saints shall be kept 1. To Persevere and Abide in Faith and Practice c. 139 See more of holding fast in time of Affliction Chap. 22 Page 200 2. That Saints shall be kept have power to stand 142 See more of God upholding in Afflictions Chap. 22 Page 190 18. To take heed to Observe and Watch diligently over our selves with a Holy Jealousie and Fear lest we should Apostatize and depart from God his Truths and Ways into any Error or Sin The Reasons our Danger 143 See more of Saints Aptness to fall Chap. 13 Page 67 Of the Tempers Methods Chap. 30 Page 244 Chap. XVII Second Duties of Saints Believers Brethren in the Lord each to other as such and as standing in that relation one to another Page 145. 1. To Love each other The kinds of it 145 2. To Sympathize with each other in Pity and Compassion Help and Comfort one another bear one anothers Burdens have mutual Care of each other 146 See also this Duty to Afflicted ones Chap. 22 Page 207. 3. To Honour and Respect each other and be kind and Affectionate 147 See more walking Humbly Chap. 16 Page 113. 4. Not Rashly and Unadvisedly to take up a Prejudice against any believe Reports take Offence or be Angry but tenderly Forgive cover Faults and restore Offenders in Love ibid. Secondly Duties of
him the plagues which are written in this book And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy God shall take away his part out of the book of life c. Rev. 22. 18 19. Secret things belong to God revealed things to us and our children that we may do all the words of this law Deut. 29. 29. Pray for us that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified 2 Thes 3. 1. See that ye refuse not him who speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him who spake on earth much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him who speaketh from heaven Heb. 12. 25. The parable of the good seed sown in good and bad ground and the success thereof Matth. 13. 3 4 5 6 c. See Preaching of the Word Chap. 27. CHAP. II of GOD. I. His Names and Titles IN the beginning God created the heavens c. Gen. 1. 1. And the Lord God formed man c. Gen. 2. 7. ch 15. 7. ch 28. 13. Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord Gen. 4. 26. And he was the Priest of the Most High God c. Gen. 14. 18 19 20. The Lord appeared unto Abraham and said I am the Almighty God c. Gen. 17. 1. ch 28. 3. Rev. 21. 22. The name of the Lord the everlasting God Gen. 21. 33. The Lord the God of heaven and the God of the earth Gen. 24. 3 7. And God said unto Moses I am that I am c. Thus shall you say c. I am hath sent me unto you c. The Lord God of your fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath sent me c. This is my name for ever and this is my memorial unto all generations c. The Lord God of the Hebrews c. Exod. 3. 6 14 15. ch 9. 1 13. I appeared unto Abraham c. by the name of God Almighty but by my name Jehovah was not known unto them Exod. 6. 2 3. Isa 12. 2. chap. 26. 4. And the Lord c. proclaimed the name of the Lord c. The Lord God merciful and gracious c. The Lord whose name is Jealous is a jealous God c. Exod. 34. 5 6 14. ch 33. 19. The Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh Numb 27. 16. ch 16. 22. That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name The Lord thy God Deut. 28. 58. The Lord God of gods the Lord God of gods c. Josh 22. 22. To sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shilo c. 1 Sam. 1. 3 11. Jer. 46. 18. The Lord of hosts the God of the armies of Israel c. 1 Sam. 17. 45. Isa 28. 29. The God of Israel said the Rock of Israel spake to me c. 2 Sam. 23. 3. Extol him who rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah c. Psal 68. 4. That men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah the Most High over all the earth c. Psal 83. 18. Let them praise thy great and terrible name Holy Psal 99. 3. Holy and Reverend is his name Psal 111. 9. They have provoked the Holy One of Israel Isa 1. 4. Ezek. 39. 7. I am the Lord that is my name and my glory will I not give unto another Isa 42. 8. Jer. 16. 21. As for our Redeemer the Lord of hosts is his name the Holy One of Israel Isa 47. 4. ch 54. 5. Jer. 32. 18. O the Hope of Israel the Saviour thereof c. Jer. 14. 8. I will sanctifie my great name c. And the Heathen shall know that I am the Lord Ezek. 36. 23. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel and the Heathen shall know that I am the Lord the Holy One of Israel Ezek. 39. 7. The Lord the God of hosts is his name Amos 4. 13. ch 5. 27. The Lord hath sworn by the Excellency of Jacob Amos 8. 7. Now the God of patience and consolation grant c. Rom. 15. 5. 33. Now the God of peace be with you all c. 1 Thes 5. 2 3. God is not the Author of confusion but of peace 1 Cor. 14. 33. Heb. 13. 20. God is Light and in him is no darkness 1 Joh. 1. 5. Jam. 1. 17. God is Love 1 Joh. 4. 8 16. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent c. Rev. 22. 6. II. He is a Spirit GOD is a Spirit Joh. 4. 24. III. His Excellency Majesty Greatness Perfection Glory and Sovereignty and Absoluteness HE created the world and all things in it Gen. 1. ch 2. Psal 100. 3. Psal 104. Psal 136. 5 6 c. Prov. 22. 2. And the fear of you c. shall be upon every beast c. Into your hands are they delivered c. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you c. I have given you all things c. Neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth Gen. 9. 2 3 11. When men endeavoured to prevent their being scattered God scattered them by confounding their language Gen. 11. 4 5 c. And the Lord said to Abraham c. Lift up thine eyes c. For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever c. Gen. 13. 14 15 16 17. Exod. 9. 29. Psal 24. 1. 1 Cor. 10 26 28. The Priest of the most high God c. The most high God Possessor of heaven and earth Gen. 14. 18 19 20 22. Psal 9. 2. Josh 3. 11. Who hath made man's mouth or who hath made the dumb or deaf or the seeing c. Have not I the Lord Exod. 4. 11. I am the Lord and I will bring you out from under the burthens of the Egyptians and I will rid you of their bondage and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm and with great judgment c. Exod. 6. 6 7. That thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God c. I will sever c. To the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth Exod. 8. 10 22. ch 9. 14 16. ch 10. 2. Thy right hand O Lord is become glorious in power c. hath dashed in pieces the enemy and in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown c. With the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered c. Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the gods c. Glorious in holiness fearful in praises doing wonders c. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever Exod. 15. 6 7 8 11 15 16 17 18. Psal 146. 10. Rev. 19. 6. I know that the Lord is greater than all gods for in the thing they dealt proudly he was above them Exod. 18. 11. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke because the Lord descended c. And the whole mount
Prov. 15. 3 11. 2 Chron. 16. 9. Woe unto them who seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord and say Who seeth us who knoweth us Shall the thing framed say of him that framed it He had no understanding Isa 29. 15 16. Mine eyes are upon all their ways they are not hid from my face neither is their iniquity hâ—d from mine eyes Jer. 16. 17. ch 32. 19 27. I the Lord search the heart I try the reins Jer. 17. 10. ch 20. 12. Psal 44. 21 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him c. Do not I fill heaven and earth Jer. 23. 23 24. I know the things which come into thy mind every one of them Ezek. 11. 5. Amos 4. 13. He revealeth the deep and secret things He knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him Dan. 2. 22 28. Job 12. 22. Thy Father who seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly c. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him Matt. 6. 4 6 8 18. Rom 8. 27. But of that day and hour knoweth no man c. but the Father Mark 13. 32. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world Acts 15. 18. That should seek the Lord c. though he be not far from every one of us Acts 17. 27. O the depth of the riches c. of the knowledge of God c. Rom. 11. 33 34. Pleasing c. God who trieth our hearts c. 1 Thes 2. 4. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 12 13. This is the message That God is light and that in him is no darkness 1 John 1. 5. VIII He is most Wise HE is wise in heart and mighty in strength c. Job 9. 4. ch 12. 13. Shall any teach God knowledge seeing he judgeth them who are high Job 21. 22 23. The Lord of hosts wonderful in counsel Isa 28. 29. The Lord is a God of judgment Isa 30. 18. He hath established the world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion Jer. 10. 12. ch 51. 15. Prov. 3. 19 20. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments c. Who hath been his counsellor c. Rom. 11. 33 34 35. To God only wise be glory c. Rom. 16. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 17. The foolishness of God is wiser than men 1 Cor. 1. 25. That by the Church might be made known c. the manifold wisdom of God c. Ephes 3. 10. To the only wise God our Saviour be glory c. Jude vers 25. IX He is most Holy WHO like thee O Lord c. glorious in holiness c. Exod. 15. 11. 〈◊〉 Lord thy God 〈◊〉 a jealous God visiting the iniquiry c. Exod. 20. 5. 〈◊〉 1. 2. Ye shall be holy for I am holy c. Levit. 11. 44. 45. ch 19. 2. ch 20. 26. I the Lord who sanctifieth you am holy Lev. 21. 8. For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you Deut. 6. 15. The Lord for he is an holy God he is a jealous God he will not forgive c. Josh 24. 19. There is none holy as the Lord for there is none besides 1 Sam. 2. 2. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6. 20. Josh 5. 14 15. Shall mortal man c. be more pure than his Maker Job 4. 17. ch 15. 15 16. The Holy One of Israel is our King Psal 89. 18. Psal 99. 9. The knowledge of the holy is understanding Prov. 9. 10. Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts Isa 6. 3. Behold from the habitations of thy holiness c. The people of thy holiness have possessed c. Isa 63. 15. 18. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel c. And the Heathen shall know that I am the Lord the Holy One in Israel Ezek. 39. 7. Isa 43. 14 15. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness c. Amos 4. 2. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look at iniquity Habak 1. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempteth he any man James 1. 13. Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is c. Rev. 4. 8. Who shall not fear thee O Lord c. for thou only art holy c. Rev. 15. 4. X. He is most Just SHall mortal man be more just than God Job 4. 17. A God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he Deut. 32. 4. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right c. Nâ—hem 9. 33. Jer. 12. 1. Lam. 1. 18 20. Surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment c. Wilt thou condemn him who is most just Job 34. 10 12 17 23. Psal 9. 8. Job 8. 3. He is excellent c. and in plenty of justice Job 37. 23. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness c Psal 11. 7. Psal 33. 5. Psal 7. 9. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne Psal 89. 14. No God besides me a just God c. Isa 45. 21. I am the Lord who exercise c. judgment and righteousness in the earth c. Jer. 9. 24. Psal 145. 17. Psal 19. 9. The justice of God both towards the righteous and wicked argued at large Ezek 18. ch 33. 8 9 c. The Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doth Dan. 9. 14. The just Lord is in the midst thereof he will not do iniquity every morning he doth bring his judgment to light Zeph. 3. 5. Hos 14. 9. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed c. Heb. 6. 10. Ezek. 33. 11 12 c. to 17. Lord God Almighty just and true are thy ways c. Rev. 15. 3. XI He is Compassionate Pitiful and Merciful THE men laid hold upon his hand c. the Lord being merciful to him Gen. 19. 16. The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious c. keeping mercy for thousands c. Exod. 34. 6 7. The Lord is c. of great mercy Numb 14. 18. Psal 108. 4. The Lord thy God is a merciful God he will not forsake thâ—e neither destroy thee c. Deut. 4. 31. O give thanks unto the Lord c. for his mercy endures for ever 1 Chron. 16. 34. 2 Chron. 20. 21. Psal 118. 1 2 3 4. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return c. 2 Chron. 30. 9. Psal 116. 5. Thou a God c. merciful slow to anger c. For thy great mercy sake thou didst not consume them
c. for thou art a gracious and merciful God Nehem. 9. 17 31. Psal 145. 8. Lam. 3 21 22 23. Joel 2. 13. Thy mercy O God is in the heavens c. Psal 36. Psal 57. 10. Thou a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering and plenteous in mercy c. Psal 86. 15. Psal 111. 4. Psal 145. 8. Psal 78. 38 39. Mercy c. shall go before thy face Psal 89. 14. The Lord is God his mercy is everlasting Psal 100. 5. The Lord is merciful c. he will not alway chide c. As the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy towards them who fear him c. Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who fear him for he knoweth our frame he remembreth that we are dust Psal 103. 8 9 11 13 14 c. Hos 11. 8 9. James 5. 11. His mercy endureth for ever c. Psal 136. 1 2 c. Luke 1. 50. Where c. is the founding of thy bowels and of thy mercies Isa 63. 15. I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you for I am merciful saith the Lord I will not keep anger for ever c. Jer. 3. 12. Judges 10. 15 16. Ephraim my dear son c. my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy on him c. Jer. 31. 20. 2 Chron. 36. 15. To the Lord our God belongs mercy c. Dan. 9. 9. I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful flow to anger and of great kindness and repentest thee of the evil c. Jonah 4. 2. Joel 2. 13. Hos 11. 8 9. Judg. 2. 18. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity c. He retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy Micah 7. 18. I am the Lord who change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed Mal. 3. 6. Lam. 3. 22. Remission of their sins Through the tender mercies or bowels of mercy of our God whereby the day-spring from on high c. Luke 1. 50 77 78. Blessed be God c. Father of mercies and God of all comfort 2 Cor. 1. 3. But God who is rich in mercy for his great love c. Ephes 2. 4. See Chap. 33. XII He is Long-suffering and Patient MY Spirit shall not always strive c. yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years Gen. 6. 3. The Lord c. long-suffering c. Exod. 34. 6. Psal 86. 15. The Lord is long-suffering c. Num. 14. 18. Thou art a God c. slow to anger c. Neh. 9. 17. Psal 104. 8. Joel 2. 13. Jonah 4. 2. Despisest thou the c. forbearance and long-suffering c. Rom. 2. 4. The Lord is not slack c. but his long-suffering to usward c. 2 Pet. 3. 9 15. XIII He is Gracious Good Kind and Bountiful I Am gracious Exod. 22. 27. The Lord God merciful and gracious c. abundant in goodness c. Exod. 34. 6. Psal 33. 5. Thou a God c. gracious c. and of great kindness Nem. 9. 17. 31. For the Lord God is a sun and shield no good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly Psal 84. 11. For the Lord is good c. Psal 100. 5. Psal 86. 5. Psal 136. 1 2 3 c. Great is thy bounty above the heavens Psal 108. 4. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness c. The Lord is gracious c. The Lord is good to all c. Psal 145. 7 8 9. Therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious to you c. and that he may have mercy c. Isa 30. 18. Let him who glorieth glory in this That c. he knoweth me that I am the Lord who exerciseth loving-kindness c. in the earth For in these things I delight saith the Lord c. Jer. 9. 2â— Matt. 5. 45. The Lord your God for he is c. of great kindness c. Joel 2. 13. Jonah 4. 2. Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance Rom. 2. 4. The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace wherein he hath abounded towards us c. Ephes 1. 7. That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Jesus Christ Ephes 2. 7. God who giveth unto all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given c. James 1. 5. The God of all grace who hath called us c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. XIV He is Faithfulness and Truth THE Lord c. abundant in goodness and truth Exod. 34. 6. God is not a man that he should lye c. Hath he said and shall not he do it or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Numb 23. 19. Heb. 6. 18. 1 Sam. 15. 29. Tit. 1. 2. Rom. 3. 4. Know therefore that the Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant c. to a thousand generations c. Deut. 7. 9 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Tim. 2. 13. Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you all are c. Josh 23. 14. ch 21. 45. Thou art that God and thy words be true and thou hast promised 2 Sam. 7. 28. Heb. 10. 23. 1 Kings 8. 56. Thy faithfulness reacheth to the clouds Psal 36. 5. Psal 108. 4. The heavens shall praise thy wonders O Lord thy faithfulness also in the congregation of thy saints c. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face c. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail Psal 89. 5 14 33. Psal 36. 5. Deut. 32. 4. Psal 108. 4. The Lord is good c. his truth endureth to all generations Psal 100. 5. Psal 117. 2. Psal 119. 89 90. He will ever be mindful of his covenant c. The works of his hands are verity c. are done in truth and uprightness Psal 111. 5 7 8. Happy is he c. whose hope is in the Lord his God c. who keepeth truth for ever Psal 146. 5 6. Heb. 10. 23. He who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth and he who sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth Isa 65. 16. Great is thy faithfulness c. Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good c. Lam. 3. 23 38. God is faithful and will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able c. 1 Cor. 10. 13. 1 Thes 5. 24. 1 Cor. 1. 9. Two immutable things wherein it is impossible for God to lye c. Heb. 6. 18. Commit the keeping of their souls c. as unto a faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. How long O Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge c. Rev. 6. 10. XV.
mayest be clothed that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou mayest see Rev. 3. 18. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. CHAP. IX God's free Choice of his in Christ to Eternal Life and calling them according to his Purpose and Grace I Will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful to whom I will be merciful Exod. 33. 19. And ye shall be holy unto me for I the Lord am holy and have severed you from other people that ye should be mine Levit. 20. 26. Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth the Lord did not set his love upon you nor chuse you because ye were more in number than any people for ye were the fewest of all people but because the Lord loved you c. Deut. 7. 6 7 8 ch 14. 2. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them and he chose their seed after them even you above all people as at this day Deut. 10. 15. The Lord will not forsake his people for his names sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people 1 Sam. 12. 22. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and to make him a name and to do for you great things c. For thou hast confirmed to thy self thy people Israel a people unto thee for ever and thou Lord art become their God 2 Sam. 7. 23 24. Woe unto him who striveth with his maker let the Potsherd strive with the Potsherds of the earth Shall the clay say to him who fashioneth it What makest thou Woe unto him who saith unto his father What begettest thou c. Isa 45 9 10. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction c. for mine own sake will I do c. Isa 48. 10 11. Zech. 13. 9. The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit a wife of youth when thou wast refused saith thy God Isa 54. 5 6. I am found of them who sought me not I said Behold me behold me unto a nation which was not called by my name Isa 65. 1. Rom. 10. 20. ch 15. 21. Isa 55. 5. The Lord said to Jeremy Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest out of the womb I sanctified thee I ordained thee a Prophet unto the nation Jer. 1. 5. I have loved thee with an everlasting love therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee Jer. 31. 3. Hosea 14. 4. When God gives out the great promises of a new heart a new spirit c. he said Not for your sakes do I do this be it known unto you be ashamed c. Ezek. 36. 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32. ch 20. 43 44. When I c. saw thee polluted in thy blood I said unto thee in thy blood Live c. Ezekiel 16. 6 8. It shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them Ye are not my people there it shall be said unto them Ye are the sons of the living God Hosea 1. 10. I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy and will say to them which were not my people Thou my people and they shall say Thou my God Hosea 2. 23. Zechar. 2. 10 11. Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God c. and shall fear the Lord c. Hosea 3. 5. ch 2. 19 20. Zechar. 13. 9. When Israel a child then I loved him c. I taught Ephraim also to go taking them by their arms but they knew not that I healed them I drew them with cords of a man with bands of love c. Hosea 11. 1 2 3 4. O children of Israel c. You only have I known of all the families of the earth Amos 3. 2. I have loved you faith the Lord c. Is not Esau Jacob's brother c. yet I loved Jacob and hated Esau Malachi 1. 2 3. At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight Matth. 11. 25 26. Luke 10. 21. It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given c. Therefore spake I to them in parables because they seeing not c. Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear Matth. 13. 11 13 16. Mark 4. 12 34. I will give unto this last even as unto thee Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own Is thine eye evil because I am good So the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen c. To sit on my right hand or my left is not mine to give but to them for whom it is prepared of my Father Matth. 20. 14 15 16 21 23. Mark 10. 10. Jesus called Simon and Andrew and James and John to follow him and they did Mark 1. 16 17 18 19 20. Except that the Lord had shortned those days no flesh should be saved but for the Elects sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortned the days Mark 13. 20. Thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John He shall be great in the sight of the Lord c. He shall be filled with the holy Ghost even from his mother's womb Luke 1. 13 15. Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias c. when great famine was throughout all the land but unto none of them was Elias sent save unto Sarepta c. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elizeus the Prophet and none of them was cleansed saving Naaman c. Luke 4. 25 26 27. Christ called Zacheus to come down c. and he received him joyfully and Christ said to him This day is Salvation come to thy house for 〈◊〉 much as he also is the Son of Abraham For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost Luke 19 5 6 8 9 10. All which the Father hath given me shall come to me and him who cometh to me I will in no wife cast out c. This is the Father's will c. That of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing c. There are some of you who believe not c. No man can come unto me except it were given him of my Father John 6. 37 â—9 64 65. Jesus called the blind man whom he had healed and discovers himself to him
his life c. If by one offence death reigned by one how much more they who received abundance of grace c. shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ c. That as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 5. 9 10 17 21. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 6. 23. Whom he justifies them also he glorifies What shall we say c. Rom. 8. 30 31. I declare unto you the gospel c. by which also ye are saved if c. 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3 4. In Christ c. in whom also we have obtained an inheritance Ephes 1. 11. God who is rich in mercy for the great love wherewith he hath loved us even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ By grace are ye saved that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace c. for by grace are ye saved through faith c. not by works lest any man should boast Ephes 2. 4 5 7 8 9. Christ in or amongst you the hope of glory Colos 1. 27. Ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God and Christ who is our life c. Col. 3. 3 4. Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thes 1. 10. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him 1 Thes 5. 9 10. 2 Tim. 1. 9. ch 2. 10 11. Believe on him to life everlasting 1 Tim. 1. 16. Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel 2 Tim. 1. 10. Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he hath saved us c. Tit. 3. 5. He became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them who obey him Heb. 5. 9. Ephes 5. 23. By his own blood he entred in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us c. that they who were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance c. He shall appear c. unto salvation Heb. 9. 12 15 28. Receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls 1 Pet. 1. 9. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory by Jesus 1 Pet. 5. 10. 2 Tim. 2. 10. And this is the promise which he hath promised us eternal life 1 John 2. 25. 2 Tim. 1. 1. In this was manifest the love of God towards us because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him 1 Joh. 4. 9. This is the record that God hath given unto us eternal life and this life is in his Son he who hath the Son hath life c. 1 John 5. 10 11 12. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus unto eternal life Jude vers 21. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation Heb. 2. 3. ch 10. 26 27 28 29. See more in the next Chapter CHAP. XI How Men have the Benefit of this Salvation On by what Means it becomes theirs in particular By Faith 1 Tim. 6. 12. THE kingdom of God is at hand repent ye and believe the gospel Mark 1. 15. This is the commandment That we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ 1 John 3. 23. John 6. 29. Let us put on the breast-plate of faith 1 Thes 5. 8. The just shall live by his faith Habak 2. 4. Abram believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness Gen. 15. 6. Rom. 4. 3. He who believeth and is baptized shall be saved Mark 16. 16. Blessed is she who believeth that there or for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord Luke 1. 45. Acts. 27. 25. Jesus said to the woman Thy sins are forgiven c. Thy faith hath saved thee go c. Luke 7. 48 50. But to as many as received him to them he gave power or the right or privilege to become the sons of God to them who believe on his name John 1. 12. The Son of man must be lifted up that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have eternal life c. He who believeth on him is not condemned c. He who believeth on the Son hath everlasting life John 3. 14 15 16 18 36. Whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst c. John 4. 14. He who heareth my word and believeth on him who sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life c. Whom he hath sent him ye believe not c. And ye will not come to me that ye might have life John 5. 24 38 40. What shall we do that we may work the works of God Jesus answered and said unto them This is the work of God that ye believe on him whom he hath sent c. He who cometh to me shall never hunger and he who believeth on me shall never thirst 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 c. He who believeth on me hath everlasting life c. I am the living bread which caâ—e down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever c. Whosoever eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life c. he dwelleth in me and I in him c. I live by the Father so he who eateth me even he he shall live by me This is c. John 6. 28 29 35 40 47 51 54 56 57. He who believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live and whosoever â—iveth and believeth in me shall never die c. John â— 25 26. Jesus said unto Thomas Reach hither thy finger c. Be not faithless but believing c. Jesus 〈◊〉 unto him Because thou hast seen thou 〈◊〉 believed Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed c. These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20. 27 29 31. Through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10. 43. By him all who believe are justified from all things c. Acts 13. 39. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus we shall be saved Acts 15. 11. Sirs What must I do to be saved And they said Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thine house Acts 16. 30 31. I kept back nothing which was profitable c. Testifying both to the Jews and also to
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
c. So then with my mind I my self serve the the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin Rom. 7. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25. There is therefore no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit c. For they who are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh but they who are after the spirit the things of the spirit c. If any man have not the spirit of Christ he is none of his and if Christ be in you the body is dead because of sin but the spirit is life because of righteousness c. As many as are led by the spirit of God are the sons of God For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father c. We our selves groan within our selves waiting for the adoption the redemption of our body c. Rom. 8. 1 5 9 10 14 15 23. I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart c. for my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh c. Rom. 9. 2 3. ch 10. 1 The kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost For he who in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God and c. Rom. 14. 17 18. The preaching of the cross is to them who perish foolishness but unto us who are saved it is the power of God c. Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling-block c. but unto them who are called both Jews and Greeks Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God 1 Cor. 1. 18 24. Such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified c. 1 Cor. 6. 11. That no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 12. 3. Though I speak with the tongue of men and of angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal and though I have the gift of prophecy and understood all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not charity I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth nothing to me 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3. We beholding c. the glory of the Lord c. are changed into the same image c. by the spirit 2 Cor. 3. 17 18. We having the same spirit of faith according as it is written I believed and therefore have I spoken we also believe and therefore speak 2 Cor. 4. 13. Psal 26. 10. Acts 4. 20. In this we groan earnestly desiring to be cloathed with our house from heaven c. that mortality might be swallowed up of life We are willing to be absent from the body that we may be present with the Lord wherefore we labour that whether present c. we may be accepted of him c. Knowing therefore the terrour of the Lord we persuade men c. The love of Christ constraineth us c. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature Old things are passed away behold all things are become new 2 Cor. 5. 2 4 8 9 11 14 17. Philip. 1. 21 23. Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates c. We can do nothing against the truth but for the truth 2 Cor. 13. 5 8. When it pleased God c. to reveal his Son in me that I might preach him c. immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood Gal. 1. 15 16. I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Gal. 2. 20. The works of the flesh are manifest which are adultery c. But the fruit of the spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance And they who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections or passions and lusts Gal. 5. 19 20 21 22 23 24. God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom or whereby the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world for in Jesus Christ circumcision availeth nothing c. but a new creature Gal. 6. 14 15. This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord That ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds c. But ye have not not so learned Christ If so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus Ephes 4. 17 18 19 20 21. For ye were sometimes darkness but now are ye light in the Lord Walk as children c. for the the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness righteousness and truth Ephes 5. 8 9. Some preach Christ out of envy and strife c. What then Notwithstanding in every way whether in pretence or in truth Christ is preached and therein do I rejoyce yea and I will rejoyce Philip. 1. 15 16 17 18. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit rejoyce in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh c. What things were gain to me those I count loss for Christ yea doubtless and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord c. that I might know him and the power of his resurrection c. and be made conformable unto his death if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead not as though I had already attained or were already perfect but I follow after c. but this one thing forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before I press towards the mark c. Let us therefore as many as be perfect be thus minded c. Our conversation is in heaven from whence we look for the Saviour c. Phillip 3. 3 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 20. I have learned in whatsoever estate I am therewith to be content I know how to be abased and I know how to abound every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need I can do all things through Christ who strengthnern me â—hllip 4. 11 12 13. And bringeth forth â—ruits as it doth also in you since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth Col. 1. 6. If ye be risen with Christ seek those things which are above c. Set your affections on things above not on things on the earth c. seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds and have put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him Colos 3. 1 2 9 10. Remembring without ceasing your work
of faith and labour of love c. knowing beloved your election of God For our gospel came not unto you in word only but also in power c. and ye became followers of us and of the Lord having received the word in much affection c. ye turned to God c. to serve the living and true God and to wait for his Son 1 Thes 1. 3 4 5 6 9 10. The word of God which effectually worketh also in you who believe for ye brethren became followers of the Churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus for ye also have suffered like things of your own country-men 1 Thes 2. 13 14. Ye brethren are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief ye are the children of the light c. 1 Thes 5. 4 5. I thank Jesus Christ our Lord who hath enabled me c. who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious but I obtained mercy c. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the chief 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 15. Let every one who nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity 2 Tim. 2. 19. A peculiar people zealous of good works Titus 2. 14. Ephes 2. 10. He who hath entred into his rest hath ceased from his own works Heb. 4. 10. They who believe desire a better country that is an heavenly c. Moses c. chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt c. Heb. 11. 16 24 25 26. Follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord Heb. 12. 14. John 13. 8. We trust we have a good conscience in all things as those who count in all things to live honestly Heb. 13. 8. If any among you seem to be religious and bridle not his tongue but deceiveth his own heart this man's religion is vain Pure religion and undefiled between God and the Father is this To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction to keep himself unspotted from the world James 1. 26 27. What doth it profit my brethren though a man say he hath faith and have not works c. Faith if it have not works is dead c. I will shew thee my faith by my works c. Faith without works is dead 〈◊〉 James 2. 14 18 26. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge amongst you let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom But if ye have bitter envying c. this wisdom desceadeth not from above c. But the wisdom which is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle and eaâ—â—â— to be intreated full of mercy and good fruits without partiality and without hypocrisie and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace c. James 3. 13 14 15 16 17 18. Jesus 〈◊〉 whom having not seen ye love c. Seeing that you have purified your souls in obeying the truth c. unto unfeigned love of the breâ—men 1 Pet. 1. 8 22. Cant. 1. 3 4. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word of God that ye may grow thereby if so be ye have tasted c. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the vertues or 〈◊〉 of him who hath called you c. 1 Pet. 2. 2 3 9. Luke 10. 39 42. The time of our life may suffice c. when we waâ—ked in lasâ— viousness c. wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot 1 Pet. 4. 3 4. Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust Add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge c. for if these things be in you and abound they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus but he who lacketh these things is blind and cannot see afar off c. 2 Pet. 1. 4 5 6 7 8 9. Just 〈◊〉 vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man dwelling among them in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with unlawful deeds 2 Pet. 2. 7 8. Psal 119. 53 126 136 158. Jer. 9. 1 2. ch 13. 17. God is â—ight c. If we say we have 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉 and walk in darkness we lye c. But if we walk in the light c. If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves 〈◊〉 1. 6 7 3. 〈◊〉 we know that we know him if we keep his commandments He who faith I know him and keepeth not hâ—s commandments is a lyar and the truth is not â—n him c. He who abideth in 〈…〉 himself also to walk even as he walked c. He who â—aith he is in the light and 〈◊〉 hâ—s Brother is in darkness even until now 〈◊〉 who loveâ—â— his brother abideth in the light c. If any man loveth the world the love of the 〈◊〉 is not in him c. If ye know that he is 〈◊〉 ye know or know ye that every one 〈◊〉 righteousness is born of God 1 John 2. â— 4 6 â— 10 11 15 29. We shall see him as he is And every man who hath this hope in him 〈◊〉 himself as he is pure c. Whâ—soever abideth in him sinneth not c. He who committeth sin or giveth his labour to sin is of the devil c. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil Whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God neither is he who loveth not his brother c. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brethren c. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murtherer and ye know that no murtherer hath eternal life abiding in him c. Whosoever hath this world's goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up the bowels of his compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him c. Let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth And hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before God c. For if our hearts condemn us he is greater c. And hereby we know that he abideth in us by the spirit which he hath given us 1 John 3. 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 14 15 17 18 19 24. ch 4. 12 13. ch 5. 18. Whoso knoweth God heareth us those who are not of God hear us not By this we know the spirit c. Love is of God and every one who loveth is born of God and knoweth God c. God is love he who dwelleth in love dwelleth in God
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
will love him and will manifest my self to him c. We will come unto him and make our abode with him John 14. 21 23. Peter c. lovest thou me more than these He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee c. Again the second and third time John 21. 15 16 17. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost Rom. 5. 5. If any man love God the same is known of him 1 Cor. 8. 3. Though I speak with the tongue of men and angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries c. I have all faith c. and have not charity I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to seed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have no charity it profiteth me nothing c. Charity never faileth c. Now abideth faith hope charity but the greatest of these is charity 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3 8 13. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha 1 Cor 16. 22. Whether we are besides our selves it is to God c. for the love of Christ constraineth us 2 Cor. 5. 13 14. Circumcision availeth nothing c. but faith which worketh by love c. The fruit of the spirit is love Gal. 5. 6 22. The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God 2 Thes 3. 5. Hearing of thy love c. which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus c. Philem. Vers 5. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed towards his name Heb. 6. 10. Jesus Christ whom having not seen ye love 1 Pet. 1. 7 8. God is love and he who dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him c. There is no fear in love but perfect love casteth our fear c. He who feareth is not made perfect in love We love him because he first loved us If any man say I love God and hateth his brother he is a lyar for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen 1 John 4. 16 17 18 19 20. By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God c. 1 John 5. 2. I have something against thee because thou hast left thy first love remember therefore from whence thou art fallen c. Rev. 2. 4 5. As Fruits of Love to God and Christ To delight themselves in him long for and pant after him make their Boast of and glory and rejoyce in God and Christ as their Portion All and Rest And to obey and hearken to him I. To delight in long for pant after make their Boast of glory and rejoyce in God and Christ as their Portion All and Rest I Will not go up in the midst of thee c. When the people heard these evil tidings they mournned and c. My presence shall go and I will give thee rest And he said unto him If thy presence go not carry us not up hence Exod. 33. 3 4 14 15. Their rock is not as our rock even our enemies themselves being judges Deut. 32. 31. I rejoyce in thy salvation There is none holy as the Lord for there is none besides thee neither is there any rock like our God c. 1 Sam. 2. 1 2. All the house of Israel lamented after the Lord 1 Sam. 7. 2. The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer the God of my Rock c. my Shield and the Horn of my salvation my high Tower and my Refuge and my Saviour Who is God save the Lord And who a Rock save our God 2 Sam. 22. 3 32. Psal 71. 3. When he giveth quietness who can make trouble And when he hideth his face who can behold him c. Job 34. 29. Thou O Lord a Shield for or about me my Glory and the Lifter up of my head Psal 3. 3. There be many who say Who will shew us good Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us Thou hast put gladness into my heart more than in the time that their corn and their wine increaseth Psal 4. 6 7. I will be glad and rejoyce in thee I will sing praises to thy name c. Psal 9. 2. Why standest thou afar off O Lord Why hidest thou thy self in times of trouble Psal 10. 1. Psal 88. 14. How long wilt thou forget me O Lord for ever How long wilt thou hide thy face from me Psal 13. 1. Psal 74. 9 10. The Lord the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou maintainest my lot the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places yea I have a goodly heritage c. In thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore Psal 16. 5 6 11. O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer Psal 94. 14. We will rejoyce in thy salvation and in the name of our God we will set up our banners Psal 20. 5. The king shall joy in thy strength O Lord and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoyce Psal 21. 1. My God my God Why hast thou forsaken me Why art thou so far from helping me c. Be not far from me for trouble is near c. Be not thou far from me O Lord O my strength c. Psal 22. 1 11 19. Psal 88. 14 15. The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want c. Thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me Psal 23. 1 4. The Lord is my light and my salvation Whom shall I fear The Lord the strength of my life Of whom shall I be afraid One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in his temple c. My heart said Thy face Lord will I seek hide not thy face far from me put not thy servant away in anger thou hast been my help leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation c. Psal 27. 1 4 8 9. Sing unto the Lord O ye saints of his c. in his favour is life c. Lord by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong thou hiddest thy face and I was troubled Psal 30. 4 5 7. Thou my hiding-place thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt encompass me about with songs of deliverance c. Be glad in the Lord and rejoyce ye righteous and shout for joy all ye who are upright in heart Psal 32. 7 11. Our soul waiteth for the Lord he our help and our shield for our heart shall rejoyce in him Psal 33. 20 21. Psal 94. 17. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord c. Oh
and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this Go ye up upon her walls and destroy c. Your iniquities have turned away these things and your sins have withholden good things from you c. A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land the prophets prophesie falâ—ly 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. 7 8 9 10 25 29 30 31. ch 9. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ezek 20. 15 16. Thus hath the Lord of hosts said c. Cast a mount against Jerusalem this is the city to be visited she is wholly oppression in the midst of her c. Be then instructed O Jerusalem lest my soul depart from thee c. I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land saith the Lord for from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given unto covetousness and from the prophet even unto the priests every one dealeth falsly c. Hear O earth Behold I will bring evil upon this people c. Jer. 6. 6 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 18 19. ch 7. 8 9 c. They were not ashamed nor could they blush therefore shall they fall c. Jer. 8. 12 13 14 c. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Cursed be the man who obeyeth not the words of this covenant They are turned back unto the iniquity of their fathers who refuse to hear my words c. Therefore thus saith the Lord Behold I will bring evil upon them which they shall not be able to escape and though they shall cry unto me I will not hearken unto them c. Therefore pray not thou for this people for I will not hearken c. Jer 11. 3 10 11 12 14. ch 35 17. ch 14. 11 12. ch 18. 17. Their tongue is as an arrow c. Shall I not visit them for these things saith the Lord Jer. 9. 8 9. What wilt thou say when I shall punish thee c. Shall not sorrow take thee as a woman in travail c. For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered c. Wo c. Wilt thou not be made clean c. Jer. 13. 10 14 21 22 27. ch 14. 11 12. Though Moses and Samuel stood before me yet my mind could not be towards this people cast them out of my sight c. such as are for death to death c. Who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem who shall bemoan thee c. Thou hast forsaken me saith the Lord Jer. 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. Ye have done worse than your fathers for behold ye walk every one after the imaginations of his own heart that ye may not hearken unto me therefore will I cast you out of this land c. Jer. 16. 9 11 12 13 c. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond is graven upon the tables of their heart c. Jer. 17. 1 23 27. Return ye c. And they said There is no hope but we will walk after our own doings c. Jer. 18. 11 12 15 16 c. The land is full of adulterers for because of swearing or cursing the land mourneth the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up Jer. 23. 10 39 40. As the evil figs c. so will I give the king and the princes and the residue of Jerusalem which remain in this land and them who dwell in the land of Egypt I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt to be a reproach c. And I will send the sword the famine and the pestilence among them till they be consumed from off the land Jer. 24. 8 9 10. ch 25 7 8 9 10 11. Thus saith the Lord If they will hearken and turn every man from his evil way that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do because of the evil of their doings c. If ye will not c. then will I make this house like Shilo and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth Jer. 26. 2 3 4 5 6. God threatned and punished many for Prophesying falsly and lyes to Israel Jer. 28. 15 16 17. ch 29. 21 31 32. Thus saith the Lord Thy bruise is incurable c. for the multitude of thine iniquity thy sins were increased I have done these things unto thee Jer. 30. 12 13 14 15. Because of all the evil of the children of Israel c. this city c. shall be delivered into the hand c. Jer. 32. 32 c. Ye have not hearkened unto me in proclaiming liberty every man unto his brother and every man to his neighbour Behold I proclaim a liberty for you saith the Lord to the sword and to the pestilence c. Jer. 34. 1 17. This Jerusalem c. hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations c. Therefore thus saith the Lord I even I am against thee c. therefore the fathers shall eat the sons c. Ezek. 5. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. When God had shewed Ezekiel Judah's abominations he saith unto him Therefore will I also deal in fury mine eyes shall not spare neither will I have pity And though they cry c. will I not hear them Ezek. 8. 18. ch 9. 8 9 10. ch 7. 3 4 8 9. But as for them whose heart walketh c. I will recompence their way upon their own head The glory of the Lord left in the City Ezek. 11. 21 22 23. When the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of bread thereof and will send famine upon it and will cut off man and beast c. Though these three men Noah Daniel and Job were in it they should deliver but their own souls c. Ezek. 14. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Pride fulness of bread and abundance of idleness was Sodom's sins for which God took her away Ezek. 16. 49 50. Thus saith the Lord God Are ye come to enquire of me As I live saith the Lord God I will not be enquired of by you c. Ezek. 20. 1 2 3 4. God reckons up many sins of Jerusalem and then says Can thine heart endure Can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee I the Lord have spoken and will do it and will scatter thee c. Ezek. 22. 1 2 to the 15. When the righteous man turneth from his righteousness and committeth iniquity he shall even die thereby Ezek. 33. 12 13 18. The heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against me therefore c. Ezek. 29. 23 24. The Kings of Babylon
12. They profess they know God but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient c. Titus 1. 16. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach Heb. 13. 13. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God 1 John 4. 15. I know thy works and where thou dwellest where Satan's seat is and thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith Rev. 2. 13. See more of owning Christ in Times of Persecution Chap. 22. See more of Perseverance Chap. 16. To wait for Christ's Second Coming WAtch ye therefore for you know not what hour your Lord will come c. Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh Mat. 24. 42 44. ch 25. 13. Rev. 16. 15. The wise and foolish virgins slumbered and slept while the bridegroom tarried Mat. 25. 5. Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning and ye your selves like unto men who wait for the Lord c. Blessed are those c. whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching c. Luke 12. 35 36 37. Take heed your hearts be not overcharged c. and so that day come upon you unawares Luke 21. 34. I will come again and receive you unto my self John 14. 3. See that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1. 7. For our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body c. Phil. 3. 20. 21. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory Col. 3. 4. Ye turned to God c. and to wait for his Son from heaven 1 Thes 1. 10. To you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels 2 Thes 1. 6 7. The Lord direct your hearts in the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ 2 Thes 3. 5. A crown of righteousness which the Lord c. shall give me at that day c. but unto them also who love his appearing 2 Tim. 4. 8. Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Titus 2. 13. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9. 28. Ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise for yet a little while and he who shall come will come and will not tarry c. Heb. 10. 36 37. Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord Behold the husband-man waiteth for the precious fruits be ye also patient stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth near James 5. 7 8. Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 13. There shall come in the last day scoffers c. saying Where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were c. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise c. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night c. What manner of persons ought ye to be c. Looking for and hastening unto the day of God c. 2 Peter 3. 3 4 5 9 10 11 12. Abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed c. at his coming 1 John 2. 28. We know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 John 3. 2. Keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life Jude verse 21. Surely I come quickly Amen even so come Lord Jesus Rev. 22. 7 12 22. See his coming to judge the world Chap. 36. To walk with God heartily uprightly sincerely and to follow him fully and zealously The reasons thereof ENoch walked with God Gen. 5. 22 24. Noah was a just man and perfect or upright in his generation Noah walked with God c. according unto all which God commanded him so did he c. Gen. 6. 9 22. The Lord said unto Abram Get thee out of thy country c. so Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him Gen. 12. 1 4. The Lord appeared unto Abram and said unto him I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect or upright Gen. 17. 1 2. Abimelech said In the integrity of my heart c. have I done this c. And God said c. I know c. Gen. 20. 5 6 7. God said unto Abraham Take thy son c. and offer him c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning to go about it c. Gen. 22. 1 2 3 4 c. The Lord said to Moses Go I will be with thy mouth c. and he said O my Lord Send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses Exod. 4. 12 13 14. Jerem. 1. 6 7. Bring me an offering of every man who giveth it willingly with his heart Exod. 25. 1. My servant Moses who is faithful in all mine house with him will I speak mouth to mouth Num. 12. 7 8. Heb. 3. 2 5. But my servant Caleb because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land Num. 14. 24. ch 32. 12. Josh 14. 8 14. Take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget c. lest they depart from thine heart c. thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 4. 9 29. The Lord said They have well said all that they have spoken O that there were such an heart in them that they would fear c. Deut. 5. 28 29. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee but c. to serve the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. 12. 1 Sam. 12. 20. Thou shalt be perfect or upright or sincere with the Lord thy God Deut. 18. 13. The Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 26. 16. Cleave unto the Lord your God as ye have done unto this day Josh 23. 8. Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in truth Josh 24. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 24. Because Israel did not destroy all the inhabitants of the land according to command God said I will not drive them out
Ezek. 11. 5. The upright shall dwell in thy presence Ps 140. 13. If thou seek wisdom as silver c. and seek it as hid treasures c. then shalt thou understand c. The Lord is a buckler to them who walk uprightly Prov. 2. 4 5 6 7. My son c. let thine heart keep my commandments Prov. 3. 1. ch 23. 26. Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life Prov. 4. 23. For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord and he pondereth all his goings Prov. 5. 21. He who walketh uprightly walketh surely c. Prov. 10. 9. The integrity of the upright shall guide them c. the righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way c. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver him c. Such as are upright in the way are his delight Prov. 11. 3 5 6 20. He who walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord Prov. 14. 2. The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good c. the prayers of the upright is his delight c. A man of understanding walketh uprightly Prov. 15. 3 8 21. All the ways of man are clean in his own eyes but the Lord weigheth the spirits Prov. 16. 2. The just man walketh in his integrity Prov. 20. 7. Every way of man is right in his own eyes but but the Lord pondereth the hearts Prov. 21. 2. My son give me thine heart Prov. 23. 26. Joe 2. 12 13. If thou sayest Behold we know it nor doth not he who pondereth the heart consider Prov. 24. 12. A faithful man shall abound with blessings Prov. 28. 20. The upright love thee or they love thee uprightly Cant. 1. 4. The way of the just is uprightness thou most upright dost weigh the path of the just Isa 26. 7. Hezekiah c. Remember now O Lord I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart c. Isa 38. 2. Hearken unto me c. the people in whose heart is my Law fear ye not Isa 51. 7. Is it such a fast I have chosen c. to bow down his head as a bull-rush c. Is not this the fast I have chosen to loose the bands of wickedness Isa 58. 5 6 7 8. From the prophet to the Priest every one dealeth falsly for they have healed the nurt of the daughter of my people lightly saying Peace c. Jer. 8. 20. 11. O Lord of Hosts who judgest righteously who triest the reins and the heart Jer. 11. 20. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it I the Lord search the heart and try the reins even to give every man according to his ways according to the fruit of his doings Jer. 17. 9 10. ch 32. 19. Rom. 8. 27. I am God at hand c. not a God afar off Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth Jer. 23. 23 24. Heb. 4. 12 13. Job 34. 22. Cursed be he who doth the work of the Lord deceitfully or negligently Jer. 48. 10. I know the things which come to your mind every one Ezek. 11. 5. Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the Kings meat c. Dan. 1. 8. Do not my word do good to him who walketh uprightly Micah 2. 7. Behold his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him Habbak 2. 4. When ye fasted and mourned c. did ye at all fast unto me unto me Zechar. 7. 5 6 7. Ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick c. sacrificed to the Lord a corrupt thing c. Mal. 1. 13 14. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart Matth. 5. 23. When thou dost alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth c. No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other ye cannot serve God and Mammon Matth. 6. 3 24. Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life c. Not every one who saith Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom c. Matth. 7. 13 14 21. Because they had not root they withered away Matth. 13. 5 6. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man but that which cometh out c. those things which proceedeth out of the mouth cometh from the heart and they defile the man Matth. 15. 11 18. ch 23. 25 26. Jesus said If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Matth. 16. 24 25. The Lord said unto him who had improved his talents Well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things I will make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy c. Matth. 25. 20 21. Watch c. the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak Matth. 26. 41. Teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you Matth. 28. 20. When Jesus called the blind man he cast away his garment rose and came unto Jesus Mark 10. 50. Zacharias and Flizabeth walked in all the Ordinances and Commandments of the Lord blameless Luke 1. 5 6. Mary c. kept all these sayings in her heart Luke 2. 51. Simon James and John they forsook all and followed Christ c. Levi left all rose up and followed Christ when he had called him Luke 5. 10 11 27 28. Jesus said unto another Follow me but he said Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father c. Another said Lord I will follow thee but let me first go and bid them farewel c. Jesus said unto him No man having put his hand to the Plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God Luke 9. 59 61 62. ch 8. 14. Take heed of hypâ—risie for there is nothing hid which shall not be uncovered Luke 12. 1 2. If any man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters yea and his own life also he cannot be my disciple and whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple c. Whosoever he be among you who forsaketh not all he hath cannot be my disciple Luke 14. 26 27 33. No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one c. you cannot serve God and Mammon Ye are they who justifie your selves before men but God knoweth your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Luke 16. 13 15. Jesus saw Nathaniel c. and said of him Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile John 1. 47. God
is a Spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 24. Amongst the chief Rulers also many believed on him but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him lest they would be put out of the Synagogue for they loved the praise of men more then the praise of God John 12. 42 43. The Eunuch said Here is water what hinders me to be baptized And Philip said If thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest Acts 8. 36 37. Barnabas exhorteth them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord Acts 11. 23. None of these things move me neither count I my life dear unto my self so that I might finish my course with joy and the Ministry c. Acts 20. 24. I was not disobedient unto the heavenly Vision but shewed c. Acts 26. 17 18 19. He is not a Jew who is one outwardly neither is that Circumcision which is outward in the flesh but he is a Jew which is one inwardly and Circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of God Rom. 2. 28 29. Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine whereto ye were delivered Rom. 6. 17. That which I would do I cannot what I hate I do c. I consent to the Law c. with my mind I serve the Lord c. Rom. 7. 14 15 c. Let love be without dissimulation abhor that which is evil cleave to that which is good c. Not slothful in business servent in spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 9 11. Amos 5. 15. For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power 1 Cor. 4. 20. Let us keep the Feast c. with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth 1 Cor. 5. 8. Ye are bought with a price be ye not servants of men c. let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God c. They who have wives be as tho they had none c. that you may attend on the Lord without distinction 1 Cor. 7. 23 24 29 30 31 c. So rua that ye may obtain 1 Cor. 9. 24. Hebr. 12. 1. Be ye followers of me even as I also am of Christ 1 Cor. 1â— 1. Though I bestow all my goods to seed the poor c. and have not charicy at profiteth me nothing 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3. Our rejoycing is this the testimony of cur conscience that in simplicity and godly uncerity c. we have had our conversation in the world 2 Cor. 1. 12. We are not as many who corrupt the word of God but as of sincerity but as of God in the sight of God speak we c. 2 Cor. 2. 17. We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully 2 Cor. 4. 2. Let us cleanse our selves c. perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7. 1. If there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath and not c. 2 Cor. 8. 12. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart c. God loveth a chearful giver 2 Cor. 9. 7. Be perfect c. 2 Cor. 13. 11. When it pleaseth God c. to reveal his Son in me c. immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood c. but I went c. Gal. 1. 15 16 17. Peter c. was to be blamed for before that certain came from James he did eat with the Gentiles but when they were come he withdrew and separated himself fearing them of the Circumcision and the other Jews dissembled likewise with him insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation But when I saw they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel I said unto Peter c. Gal. 2. 11 12 13 14. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good matter and not only when I am present with you Gal. 4. 18. Speaking the truth or being sincere in love may grow up in him Ephes 4. 15. Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children c. We are members of his body c. for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joyned unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh this is a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ and his Church Ephes 5. 1 30 31 32. Servants be obedient c. in singleness of your heart as unto Christ not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart with good will doing service as to the Lord not unto men Ephes 6. 5 6 7. Col. 3. 22 23. This I pray c. that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ Phil. 1. 9 10. Do all things without murmuring or disputing c. that ye may be blameless and harmless or sincere and without rebuke c. All seek their own things few the things of Christ Phil. 2. 14 15 21. If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead not as though I had already attained either were already perfect but I follow after if that I may apprehend c. This one thing I do forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth to those things which are before I press towards the mark c. Phil. 3. 11 12 13 14. 2 Cor. 7. 1. 2 Thess 1. 3. Epaphras c. always labouring or striving servently for you in prayers that ye may stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God for I bear him record that he hath a great zeal for you Coâ—oss 4. 12 13. They received not the love of the truth that they might be saved 2 Thes 2. 10. I charge you before God c. that you observe these things without prejudice or preferring one before another doing nothing by partiality 1 Tim. 5. 21. No man who warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a Souldier 2 Tim. 2. 4. In all things shewing thy self c. in doctrine uncorruptness gravity sincerity c. who gave himself for us that he might c. purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works Titus 2. 7 14. It behoveth us to attend the more to those things we have heard lest at any time we let them slip or they slide from us Hebr. 2. 1. All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 13. Luke 12. 1 2. Let us go on unto perfection not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works c. We desire that everyone of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end that ye be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the
grudgings 1 Pet. 4. 9. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren 1 John 9. 16. Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves Phil. 2. 3. See Walking Humbly Chap. 16. IV. Not rashly easily and unadvisedly to judge or take up a prejudice against any believe reports take offence or be angry but tenderly to forgive cover faults restore such as have offended in meekness love and privacy NOah was uncovered Ham saw his fathers nakedness and told his two brethren without and Shem and Japhet took a garment and laid it upon their shoulders and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father c. and they saw not their fathers nakedness c. Gen. 9. 21 22 23 24 25. When Joseph had told his dream his brethren envied him but his father observed the saying Gen. 37. 8 9 10 11. Thou shalt not raise or receive a false report Exod. 23. 1. Thou shalt not avenge or bear any grudge against the children of thy people Levit. 19. 18. When the children of Reuben the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh had built an Altar to a good end the rest of their brethren heard of it and presently concludes it to be a turning away from the Lord and they resolve rashly to go to war against them Joshua 22. 10 11 12 16 17 18 c. Eli thought Hannah was drunk when 〈◊〉 she was praying 1 Sam 1. 12 13 14 15 c. When Absalom desigued his rebellion there went two hundred men out of Jerusalem with him and they went in their simplicity and they knew not any thing 2 Sam. 15. 10 11. David conceived evil of Mephibosheth without cause through Ziba's lye 2 Sam. 16. 3. 4. ch 19â— 24 25 c. Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle c. he who backbiteth not c. nor taketh up or receiveth or endureth a reproach against his neighbour Psal 15. 1 3. The Lord is merciful c. slow to anger Psal 103. 8. Hatred stirreth up strife but love covereth all sins c. He who uttereth a slander is a fool Prov. 10. 12 18. The simple believeth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his goings c. He who is soon angry dealeth foolishly Prov. 14. 15 17. A wicked doer giveth heed to lying lips a lyar gives ear to a naughty tongue c. He who covereth a transgression seeketh love or procureth love Prov. 17. 4 9. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger and it is his glory to pass over a transgression Prov. 19. 11. All who watch for iniquity are cut off Who make a man an offender for a word Isa 29. 21 22. Whosoever is angry with his Brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment Matth. 5. 22. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you But if ye forgive not men their trespasses c. Mat. 6. 14 15. Judge not that ye be not judged c. Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beam which is in thine own eye or how wilt thou say to thy brother let me pull out c. Mat. 7. 1 3 4. Gen. 38. 13 c. If thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee alone if he shall hear thee thou hast gained thy brother c. Peter said Lord how oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him till seven times Jesus said unto him I say not unto thee until seven times but until seventy-times-seven c. I forgave thee all that debt c. Shouldest thou not also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant even as I had pity on thee c. and his Lord was wroth c. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you if ye from your hearts forgive 〈◊〉 every one his brother their trespasses Mat. 18. 15 21 22 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35. The disciples blamed the woman as wasting the oyntment but Christ justified her Matth. 26. 7 8 c. If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him If he trespass against thee seven times a day c. thou shalt for 〈◊〉 him Luke 17. 3 4. 〈◊〉 not according to the appearance but judge 〈◊〉 judgment Joh. 7. 24. Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple yet confessed not openly for fear John 19. 38 39. The believers of the circumcision rashly judged of Peter and contended with him for eating with the Gentiks But when Peter gave them an account of the cause they held their peace c. Acts 11. 1 2 3 4 18. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour Rom. 13. 10. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of mans judgment or day c. Judge nothing before the time until the Lord come who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness c. 1 Cor. 4. 3 4 5. Charity suffereth long c. seeketh not her own is not eaily provoked thinketh no evil c. beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things 1 Cor. 13. 4 5 7. In malice be ye children 1 Cor. 14. 20. The fruit of the spirit is c. long-suffering gentleness c. meekness Gal. 5. 22 23. Titus 3. 2. Brethren if or although a man be overtaken in a fault ye who aâ—e spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness considering thy self lest thou also be tempted Bear ye one anothers burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 1 2. Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness with long-suffering forbearing one another in love c. be tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you Eph. 4. 1 2 32. But now you also put off all these anger wrath malice c. Put on therefore as the elect of God c. bowels of mercies c. meekness long-suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another If any man have a complaint or quarrel against any even as Christ forgave you so also do ye Col. 3. 8 12 13. Let every man be c. slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God James 1. 19 20. Speak not evil one of another brethren for he who speaketh evil of his brother speaketh evil of the Law c. Who art thou who judgest another James 4. 11 12. Above all things have servent charity among your selves for Charity shall or will cover the multitude of sins 1 Pet. 4. 8. V. To live peaceably among themselves avoid whispering tale-bearing and whatsoever tends to provake divide or disturb the peace among them ABram said unto Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee c. for we be brethren c.
when thou doest thine alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth Mat. 6. 1 2 3. Ask and it shall be given you Mat. 7. 7. Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a Disciple verily I say unto you He shall in no wise lose his reward Mat. 10. 42. Mark 9. 41. Christ shall say I was an hungry and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in Naked and ye clothed me c. when saw we thee an hungry c. Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me c. Mat. 25. 35 36 37 38 39 40 c. The poor widow threw in two mites c. Jesus said This poor widow hath cast more in than all they c. For all they did cast in of their abundance but she of her want did cast in all she had Mark 12. 42 43 44. Luke 21. 1 2 3 4. He who hath two Coats let him impart to him who hath none c. so of meat Luke 3. 11. When thou makest a feast call the poor the maimed the lame the blind And thou shalt be blessed for they cannot recompence thee for thou shalt be recompenced at the resurrection of the just Luke 14. 13 14. Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven Luke 18. 22. 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. Acts 4. 32 34 Cornelius a devout man c. who gave much alms to the people c. thy prayer and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God Acts 10 1 2 4. Then the Discipies every man according to his ability determined to send relief unto the brethren who dwelt in Judea Acts 11. 29. I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye 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. 35. He who giveth let him do it with simplicity or liberality he who sheweth mercy with cheerfulness c. distributing to the necessity of the saints given to hospitaliâ—y c. Rom. 12 8 13. ch 16. 1 2. It hath pleased them of Macedonia c. to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem Rom. 15. 26. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him 1 Cor. 16 2. As ye abound in all things c. see that ye abound in this grace also I speak c. to prove the sincerity of your love for know ye the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich c. As there was a readiness to will so there may be a performance also out of that which you have for if there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not 2 Cor. 8. 7 8 9 10 11 12. He who soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly and he who sowesh bountifully shall reap bountifully Every man according as he purposeth in his heart so let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver And God is able to make all grace abound towards you that ye always having sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work 2 Cor. 9 6 7 8 9. As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6. 10. 3 John ver 5. 6. Rather let him labour working with his hands the thing which is good that ye may have to give to him who needeth Eph. 4. 28. Paul commends the Philippians for their sending to his relief and said Not because I desire a gift but I desire fruit that may abound to your account c. My God shall supply all your needs c. Phil. 4. 14 15 16 17 19. This we commanded you that if any would not work neither should he eat c. We command c. that with quietness they work and eat their own bread 2 Thess 3. 10 11 12. If any widow have children or nephews let them learn first to shew pity or kindness at home to requite their Parents for that is good and acceptable before God c. And if any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house or kindred he hath denyed the faith and is worse than an infidel c. If any man or woman who believeth have widows let them relieve them and let not the Church be charged 1 Tim. 5. 4 8 16. Charge them who are rich in this world c. that they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate laying up in store a good foundation 1 Tim. 6 17 18 19. The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me c. and in how many things he ministred unto me at Ephesus c. 2 Tim. 1. 16 17 18. Philem ver 7. God is not unrighteous to forget your works c. which ye have shewed towards his name in that ye have ministred unto the Saints and do minister Heb. 6. 10. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels unawares c. To do good and to communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased Heb. 13. 2 16. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom c If a brother or sister be naked c. and one of you say to them depart in peace c. and ye give them not c. what doth it profit James 2. 5 15 16. Use hospitality one to another without grudging As every man hath received the gift so let him minister the same one to another as good stewards c. If any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus c. 1 Pet. 4. 9 10 11. Whosoever hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him My little children let us not love in word or in tongue but in deed and in truth 1 John 3. 17. 18. See more of the relief of the poor of the Churches c. Chap. 27. See more of giving to enemies Chap. 22. See shewing mercy to all men Chap. 19. CHAP. XVIII The Duties of Saints Believers each towards other as they stand
you c. that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all well-pleasing being fruitful in every good work c. strengthened with all might according to his glorious power c. And he is the head of the body the Church c. for it pleased the father that in him should all fulness dwell Col. 1. 9 10 11 18 19. The head from which the body c. having nourishment c. increaseth with the increase of God Col. 2. 19. Ye received it as the word of God which effectually worketh also in you who believe for ye brethren became followers of the Churches 1 Thess 2. 13 14. Now our Lord Jesus Christ c. establish you in every good word and work 2 Thess 2. 17. Now the God of Peace c. make you perfect in every good work to do his will working or doing in you that which is well-pleasing in his â—ight Heb. 13. 20 21. God gives more grace to the humble James 4. 6. V. To give Power and Ability to persevere in Faith and Obedience through Straits and Tentations to Eternal Life THE Lord thy God he will go over before thee c. Be strong and be of good courage fear not nor be afraid of them for the Lord thy God he it is who doth go with thee he will not fail thee not forsake thee Deut. 31. 3 6 8. Hebr. 13. 5 6. Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart Psal 27. 14. The steps of a good man are ordered or established by the Lord c. Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Psal 37. 23 24. 1 Sam. 2. 9. Psal 17. 5. Renew a constant or right spirit in me c. uphold me with thy free spirit Psal 51. 10 12. Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee he shall never suffer the righteous to be removed Psal 55. 22. Thou shalt guide me by thy Counsel and afterwards receive me to glory Psal 73. 23 24. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God they shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be sat c. Psal 92. 13 14. Hold thou me up and I shall be safe and I will c. Psal 119. 116 117. The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all that are cast down Psal 145. 14. Be not afraid c. for the Lord shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken Prov. 3. 25 26. When thou goest thy steps shall not be straitned and when thou runnest thou shalt not stumble Prov. 4. 12. Who is this coming out of the wilderness leaning upon her beloved c. Cant. 8. 5. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is staid on thee Isa 26 3. A vineyard of red-wine I the Lord do keep it I will water it every moment I will keep it night and day Isa 27. 2 3. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk ye in it when ye turn to the right-hand and when ye turn to the left Isa 30. 21. And a man shall be an hiding-place from the wind a covert from the tempest c. Isa 32. 2. The everlasting God c. fainteth not neither is weary c. He giveth power to the faint and to them who have no might he encreaseth strength even the youths shall faint c. but they who wait on the Lord shall renew or change their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and walk and not faint Isa 40. 28 29 30 31. I will bring the blind by a way they know not c. These things will I do unto them and not forsake them Isa 42. 16. Fear not for I have redeemed thee c. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the Rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned c. for I am the Lord thy God Isa 43. 1 2 3. The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary Isa 50. 4. Thus saith the high and lofty one c. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones for I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wroth for the spirit should fail before me and the soul I have made Isa 57. 15 16. I will make an everlasting covenant with them and I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me Jer. 32. 40. Rejoycè not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall rise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Micah 7. 8. Ye shall be brought before governours and before kings for my sake c. take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what we shall speak Matth. 10. 18 19 20. Luke 21. 15. Simon Simon Behold Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Luke 22. 31 32. Whosoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give them shall never thirst but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life John 4. 14. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish nei her shall any man pluck them out of my hand my father who gave them me is greater than I and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hands I and my father one John 10. 27 28 29 30. Holy father keep through thine own name those thou hast given me c. while I was with them in the world I kept them in thy name c. I pray c. that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one John 17. 11 12 15. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ tribulation or distress c. nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us for I am perswaded that neither death nor life c. shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom. 8. 25 30 37 38 39. Who art thou who judgest another man's servant yea he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand Rom. 14. 4. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly c. Now to him who is of power to establish you according to my Gospel c.
for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel saith the Lord Ezek. 39. 29. Not by might or power but by my Spirit saith the Lord c. grace Zach. 4. 6 7. I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesie c. and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit Joel 2. 28 29. Acts 2. 16 17. Luke 24. 49. I will pour upon the house of David c. the Spirit of grace and of supplication and they shall look upon me whom they have have pierced c. Zech. 12. 10. Ephes 6. 18. Jude verse 20. When they deliver you up take no thought how or what ye shall speak c. for it is not ye who speak but the Spirit of your Father who speaketh in you Matth. 10. 19 20. Luke 12. 12. ch 17. 20 21. If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God then the kingdom is come unto you Matth. 12. 28. Except a man be born again of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit John 3. 5 6. It is the Spirit who quickeneth the flesh profiteth nothing c. John 6. 36. 2 Cor. 3. 6. He who believeth on me out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water but this spake he of the Spirit which they who believed on him should receive John 7. 38 39. Gal. 3. 2. 14. John 4. 13 14. I will pray the Father and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you for ever even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive c. He dwelleth with you and shall be in you I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you c. The Comforter the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said John 14. 16 17 18 25 26. But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father the Spirit of truth c. John 15. 26. ch 1. 33. Acts 1. 5. It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto youâ— and when he is come he will convince the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment c. I have yet many things to say to you but you cannot bear them now Howbeit when he the spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all truth c. he shall not speak of himself but c. He shall receive of mine and shew it unto you John 16. 7 8 12 13 14. They were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit by which Stephen spake Acts 6. 9. 10. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy Ghost c. Rom. 5. 5. If the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwell in you he who raised up the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his spirit which dwelleth in you c. If ye through the spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live For as many as are led by the spirit of God are the sons of God c. Likewise the spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the spirit himself maketh intercession for us c. Rom. 8. 11 13 14 26 27. Eph. 2. 18. Eph. 6. 18. Jude verse 20. That ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost c. That the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable being sanctified by the holy Ghost c. To make the Gentiles obedient c. by the power of the spirit of God Rom. 15. 13 16 18 19. Eye hath not seen c. but God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit for the spirit searcheth all things c. The things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God Now we have received c. the spirit of God that we might know the things which are freely given unto us of God 1 Cor. 2. 9 10 11 12. Such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified c. and by the spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6. 11. Titus 3. 5. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost Now there are diversity of gifts but the same spirit c. 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 c. But all these worketh that one and the self same spirit dividing to every man severally as he will c. By one spirit we are all baptized into one body 1 Cor. 12. 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 13. We c. beholding c. the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image c. by the spirit of the Lord 2 Cor. 3. 17 18. We through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith Gal. 5. 5 22 Through him we both have an access by one spirit unto the father Ephes 2. 18. The mystery of Christ which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as now it is revealed c. by the spirit c. I bow my knees unto the father c. that he would grant you c. to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man Ephes 3. 4 5 14 16. Who declared unto us your love in the spirit Col. 1. 8. Our Gospel came not unto you in word only but also in power and in the holy Ghost c. And ye became followers of us and of the Lord 1 Thess 1. 5 6. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth 2 Thess 2. 13. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the holy Ghost who dwelleth in us 2 Tim. 1. 14. He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the holy Ghost which is shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ Tit. 3 5 6. Ephes 5. 26. Elect c. through sanctification of the spirit unto obedience c. Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren 1 Pet. 1. 2 22. But ye have an unction from the holy one and ye know all things c. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things c. 1 John 2. 20. 27. Of the Spirit of God further his being given to and dwelling in the Saints and working in them and others The Nature Appearance and Fruit of the Spirit and
will reap in joy He who goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed shall doubtless come again with rejoycing c. Psal 126. 5 6. When Christ withdrew from the Spouse he endeared himself the more to her Cant. 5. 6 10 11. When the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria c. Such as are escaped out of the house of Jacob shall no more again stay upon him who smote them but shall stay upon the Lord c. Isa 10. 12 20 21. When thy judgments are in the earth the Inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness Isa 26. 9. So will I acknowledge them who are carried away captive of Judah whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good for I will set mine eyes upon them for good Jer. 24. 5 6. God's chastening of Ephraim did him much good in the end Jer. 31. 18 19 20. They shall bear the punishment of their iniquity c. that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions but that they may be my people and I c. Ezek. 14. 10 11. I will cause you to pass under the rod and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant Ezek. 20. 37. Daniel and the three other by their afflictions were more advanced Dan. 3. ch 6. I will hedge up thy ways with thorns c. Then shall she say I will go and return to my first husband for then it was better with me c. I will allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak comfortably or friendly unto her Hos 2. 5 6 7 8 14. I will also leave a poor and an afflicted people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord Zeph. 3. 12. He who loseth his life for my sake shall find it For what is a man profited if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul Matth. 10. 39. Mark 8. 34 35. And every one who hath forsaken houses or brethren c. or lands for my name's sake shall receive an hundred-fold and shall inherit everlasting life Matth. 19. 27 29. Tribulation worketh patience and patience experience c. Rom. 5. 3 â— 5. And we know that all things work together for good unto them who love God Rom. 8. 28. Psal 25. 10. Excommunication designed for good that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 5. 5. When we are judged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world 1 Cor. 11. 32. Though our outward man decay yet our inward man is renewed day by day for our light afflictions which are but for a moment worketh for as a far more exceeding eternal weight of glory while we look not at things which are seen 2 Cor. 4. 16 17 18. Heb. 10. 34 35 36. In nothing terrified by your adversaries which as to them an evident token of perdition but to you of salvation and that of God Philip. 1. 28. Tribulations which ye endure c. that ye may be accounted worthy of the kingdom of God 2 Thes 1. 5. It is a faithful saying c. If we suffer we shall also reign 2 Tim. 2. 11 12 Rom. 8. 17 18. 1 Pet. 4. 13. We have fathers of our flesh who correct us and we give them reverence Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live for they c. chastened us after their own pleasure but he for our profit c. No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous c. nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby Heb. 12. 9 10 11. Ye are in heaviness c. that the trial of your saith c. might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 6 7. See Second Consideration following III. The Considerations which should stay bear up and comfort the Spirits of Satuts in their Afflictions and under Persecutions Cons 1. That it is their Portion which God appointed them in this Life as a Privilege and that too for such Ends. See them last before Cons 2. That such who are so exercised are blessed and happy and so pronounced in Scripture a Seal of their Sonship and God's choice Love to them and of their Salvation BEhold happy is the man whom God correcteth c. for he maketh sore and bindeth up c. Job 5. 17 18. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest c. Psal 94. 12. Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth even as a father the son in whom he delighteth Prov. 3. 12. He who spareth his rod hateth his son but he who loveth him chasteneth him Prov. 13. 24. Blessed are they who mourn for they c. Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake c. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake rejoyce and be exceeding glad Matth. 5. 4 10 11 12. Blessed are ye who hunger now c. who weep now c. But wo unto them who are rich c. who are full c. who laugh now c. when all men speak well of you Luke 6. 21 22 24 25 26. In nothing terrified by your adversaries which is to them an evident token of Perdition but to you of salvation and that of God for unto you it is given c. not only to believe on him but also to suffer for his sake Philip. 1. 28 29. If ye bear chastisements God exhibits himself to you as to sons for what son is there c. If ye be without chastisements c. then are ye bastards and not sons Heb. 12. 7 8. Blessed is the man who endureth temptations for when he is tried c. James 1. 12. We count them happy who endure c. Ye have heard of the patience of Job James 5. 10 11. If ye suffer for righteousness sake happy are ye and be not afraid 1 Pet. 3. 14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ happy are ye for the spirit of God and glory resteth upon you c. 1 Pet. 4. 14. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten Rev. 3. 19. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord or for the Lord's sake Rev. 14. 13. Cons 3. That God well knows the Design and Ways of Satan and all the Adversaries of Believers And that they can do no more or proceed farther against the Saints than what God permits He turns about their Purposes YOur father deceived me c. but God suffered him not to hurt me If he said thus c. Laban pursued Jacob c. And God came unto Laban the Syrian in a dream in the night and
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
now I will go unto the Lord peradventure I shall make an attonement for your sin Exod. 32. 30. The Lord shall epent himself for his servants when he seeth that power is gone c. Deut. 32. 36. Ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you and from off your gods and from off your land 1 Sam. 6. 5. And Jonathan said c. Come and let us go over unto the garison of these uncircumcised it may be that the Lord will work for us for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or few 1 Sam. 14. 6. While the child was yet alive I fasted and wept for I said Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me that the child may live 2 Sam. 12. 22. Let him alone and let him curse c. it may be the Lord will look on mine affliction and that the Lord will requite good for his curing this day 2 Sam. 16. 12. Why sit we hear until we die If we enter into the city then the famine is in the city and we shall die there c. Now therefore come let us sall into the host of the Assyrians if they save us we shall live if they kill us we shall but die c. 2 Kings 7. 3 4 c. This day is a day of trouble c. it may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh c. and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard Wherefore lift up prayers for the remnant which are left 2 Kings 19. 3 4. We have trespassed against our God and have taken strange wives c. yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives c. Ezra 10. 2 3. O my God I cry in the day time and thou hearest not c. be not far from me c. Psalm 22. 2 3 to the 12. It is good for a man that beareth his yoke in his youth c. He putteth his mouth in the dust if so be there be hope Lam. 3. 27 29. Israel said Our bones are dried and our hope is lost we are cut off for our parts c. Thus saith the Lord Behold O my people I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel Ezek. 37. 11 12 13. O King c. break off thy sins by righteousness c. if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquility or healing of thine error Dan. 4. 27. Rent your hearts c. who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him c. Joel 2. 13 14. Hate the evil and love the good and establish judgment in the gates it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph Amos 5. 15. The ship was like to be broken c. Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship and he lay and was fast asleep and the Ship-master came to him and said to him c. Arise call upon thy God if so be that God will think upon us thaâ— we perish not Jonah 1. 4 5 6. Jonah when in the Fish's belly said I am cass out of thy fight yet will I look again unto thy holy temple c. when my soul sainted within me I remembred the Lord and my prayer came in unto thee into thine holy temple Jonah 2. 1 2 3 4 7. Let man and beast be covered with sack-cloth and cry mightily unto God yea let them turn every man from his evil way c. Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not Jonah 3. 8 9 10. Seek ye the Lord all ye meek c. It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger Zeph. 2. 3. The Woman who had had the bloody Issue twelve years and had spent much upon Physicians to no purpose came and touched Christ and was healed Luke 8. 43 44 45 46 47 48. John 5. 5 6 7 8 9. The Woman of Canaan though Christ answered her roughly cried still and prevailed Mark 7. 26 27 c. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee for I perceive thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity Acts 8. 22 23. In meekness instructing them who oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth and that they may recover them out of the snare of the Devil who are taken captive by him at his will 2 Tim. 2. 25 26. See Repentance Chap. 33. See Crying to God in time of Afflictions Chap. 22. See Salvations in such low Conditions Ibid. CHAP. L. God takes notice of a little Good and Humblings in any and requites it and commends it HE only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave because in him there is found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam 1 Kings 14. 12 13. Ahab c. rent his clothes and put sack-cloath upon his flesh c. and went softly c. Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me because he humbleth himself before me I will not bring the evil in his days 1 Kings 21. 27 28 29. Jehu commended and rewarded for his zeal in executing the Judgments of God upon Ahab's house 2 Kings 10. 30. Because thine heart was tender saith God to Josiah and thou hast humbled thy self before the Lord c. and hast rent thy clothes and hast wept before me I also have heard saith the Lord. Behold therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers c. in peace and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place 2 Kings 22. 18 19 20. When the Lord saw that Rehoboam and the princes humbled themselves he said I will not destroy them but I will grant them some deliverance c. God would not destroy him altogether 2 Chron. 12. 6 7 12. Thus saith the Lord I remember the kindness of thy youth the love of thine Espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness in a land which was not sown Jer. 2. 2. Thus God did note and commend the good of the Churches in Asia Rev. 2. 2 3 9 13 19. ch 3. 4 8 10 11. CHAP. LI. Of Vowes and Promises to God JAcob vowed a vow saying If God will be with me and will keep me in this way and will give me bread to eat c. then shall the Lord be my God c. Gen. 28. 20 21 22. ch 31. 13. The Law for redemption of the things vowed Levit. 17. The Law about â—ows where it binds and is to be kept and where not Numb 30. When thou shalt vow to the Lord thy God
Prov. 28. 8. I have neither sent on usury nor men have lent to me on usury yet every one of them do curse me Jer. 15. 10. If a man be just c. and hath not opprest any c. hath given his bread to the hungry c. hath not given forth upon usury or taken increase Ezek. 18. 7 8 12 13. Thou hast taken usury and increase and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbour by extortion c. Ezek. 22. 12. CHAP. LX. Of Envy Wrath Hatred Malice Bitterness Emulation Discontent and Strife A Bram said unto Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee and between my Herdsmen and thine c. for we be brethren c. If thou go to the left hand then I will go to the right it thou to the right then I will go to the left c. Gen. 13. 7. When Rebekah saw that she bare Jacob no children Rachel envied her sister and said unto Jacob c. Gen. 30. 1 2. When Joseph's Brethren saw that their Father loved him more than all his Brethren they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him c. They hated him yet the more for his dream c. His Brethren envied him but his Father observed the sayings They conspire to slay him Gen. 37. 4 8 11 18. Thou shalt not hate thy Brother in thy heart c. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people c. Levit. 19. 17. 18. When Eldad and Medad had prophesied in the Camp Joshua desired Moses to forbid them Moses said unto him Enviest thou for my sake would all the Lord's people were Prophets c. Numb 29. 27 28 29. When the Women in their Song had ascribed to Saul his one thousand and to David his ten thousand Saul was very wroth and said c. What can he have more but the Kingdom And Saul eyed David from that day and forward c. became his enemy continually c. would have killed him 1 Sam. 18. 6 7 8 9 10 11. ch 19. 1. Ahab so sorely discontented and displeased with Naboth that he would eat no bread c. and that because he could not have the vineyard 1 Kings 21. 1 2 3 4. Haman went out joyful and with a glad heart but when Haman saw Mordecai in the King's gate that he stood not up nor moved for him he was full of Indignation against Mordecai c. And having told his Friends of his Glory c. yet said he all these avail me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the King's gate Esther 5. 9 10 11 12 13. Fret not thy self because of evil doers neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity for they shall soon be cut down c. fret not because of him who prospereth in his way c. who bringeth wicked devices to pass c. Fret not thy self to do evil c. Psalm 37. 1 2 7 8 9. As for me my feet are almost gone c. for I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked Psalm 73. 2 3 4. They envied Moses also in the Camp c. Aron the Saint of the Lord Psalm 106. 16. Strive not with a man without cause c. Envy thou not the oppressor or Man of Violence and chuse none of his ways c. Prov. 3. 30 31 32. Hatred stirreth up strife Prov. 10. 12. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith Prov. 15. 17. Let not thine heart envy sinners but be in the fear of the Lord all the day long Prov. 23. 17. Be not thou envious against evil men neither desire to be with them Fret not thy self because of evil men neither be thou envious at the wicked Prov. 24. 19 20. Wrath is cruel and anger cutragious but who is able to stand before envy or jealousie Prov. 27. 4. The forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife Prov. 30. 33. I consider c. every right work that for this a man is envied of his neighbour Eccles 4. 4. Lord thy hand is lifted up they will not see they shall see and be ashamed for their envy at or towards thy people yea the fire of thine enemies shall destroy them Isa 26. 11. Therefore c. saith the Lord God I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of hatred to them or against them Ezek. 35. 11. Pilate said to the Jews Will ye that I deliver Barabbas or Jesus who is Christ for he knew that for envy they had delivered him Matth. 27 17 13. The Patriarchs moved with Envy sold Joseph into Egypt Acts 7. 9. And when the Jews saw the multitude they were filled with envy and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul contradicting and blaspheming Acts 13. 49. Being filled with all c. maliciousness full of envy murder c. Rom. 1. 29. If by any means I might provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and might save some of them Rom. 11. 14. Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting c. not in strife and envying c. Rom. 13. 13. It hath been declared c. that there are contentions among you c. 1 Cor. 1. 11. Ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions or factions are ye not carnal 1 Cor. 3. 3. Charity envieth not 1 Cor. 13. 14. In malice be ye children but in understanding be ye men 1 Cor. 14. 20. The sorrow of the world worketh death 2 Cor. 7. 10. I fear lest when I come among you I shall find c. lest there be debates envyings wraths strifes c. swelling tumults 2 Cor. 12 20. Now the works of the fieth are c. hatred variance emulations wrath strifes seditions envies murders c. Let us not be desirous of vain glory provoking one another envying one another Gal. 5. 19 20 21 26. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour c. be put away from you with all malice Ephes 4. 31. Some preach Christ even out of envy and strife c. Of contention not sincerely supposing to add afflictions to my bonds Phil. 1. 15 16. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than himself Phil. 2. 3. Let your moderation be known unto all men the Lord is at hand c. I have learned in what state soever I am therewith to be content c. Phil. 4. 5 11. But now you also put off all these anger wrath malice c. Husbands love your wives be not bitter against them Colos 3. 8 19. Doting about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh envy strife railing evil surmising c. Godliness with contentment is great gain 1 Tim. 6. 4 5 6. Titus 3. 9. For we our selves also were
of Natural Men.   Blind Zeal Persecutes c. 22 p. 181 Blood of Christ takes away Sin c. 10 p. 48 Blood of Beasts won't do c. 6 p. 25 Bondage to Satan c. 5 p. 23 Boasting no cause in Man c. 64 p. 306 Bounty of God c. 2 p. 13. Breaking of Bread c. 27 p. 235 Brethrens extraordinary Gifts c. 27. p. 226 Buckler is God to his See Trusting in God   C CAlamities Publick or Common Chap. 23 Page 208. From God  p. ibid. Saints Priviledges therein  p. 209 Saints Duties then  p. 210 Calling of the Apostles c. 56 p. 296 Calling See Election   Captain Jesus c. 8 p. 42 Care to be cast on God in general c. 16. p. 110 In times of Affliction c. 22 p. 203 Cause of Punishment is Sin c. 16. p. 109 Cause of Suffering see it be good c. 22. p. 207 Characters of Saints c. 12 p. 60 Charity in walking towards Saints c. 17 p. 151 Chearfulness under Sufferings c. 22. p. 201 Childrens Duties to Parents c. 18. p. 156 Children by Mary Mother of the Lord c. 69 p. 309 Christ the Jesus c. 7. p. 28 Christs Excellency c. 7 p. 31 Christ took Flesh upon him c. 8 p. 35 Christ Crucified c. 8. p. 37 Christs Resurrection c. 8. p. 40 Christs Ascension c. 8. p. 41 Christs Intercession c. 8 p. ibid. Christ the Head of his Church c. 8 p. 42 Christ the King c. 8 p. ibid. Christ the Prophet c. 8 p. 43 Christ the Saints All in all c. 8 p. 44 Christianity not an easy thing c. 46 p. 286 Church what c. 27 p. 222 Church Meetings c. 27 p. 226 Churches Duties to their Ministers c. 27 p. 231 Church Blessings c. 27 p. 223 Church Acts as such c. 27. p. 226 227 Church Officers c. 27 p. 229 Church Censures c. 27. p. 236 Cleave to God in general c. 16 p. 139 in Afflictions c. 22 p. 200 Comforts in Affliction c. 22 p. 186 Comfort others in trouble c. 22 p. 207 Coming of Christ to Judgment c. 36 p. 260 Coming of Christ Saints expectation c. 16 p. 134 Commendatory Letters c. 27 p. 227 Commission of the Apostles c. 56 p. 296 Commit all to God in trouble c. 22 p. 203 Common Priviledges See Danger of Hypocrisie Compassion of Christ c. 7 p. 34 Company of wicked avoid c. 19. p. 163 Complaints against Sin c. 16 p. 125 Compleat in Christ c. 8 p. 44 Confess Sin to God in general c. 16 p. 121 Confess Sin in time of Trouble c. 22 p. 199. Confess Sin one to another c. 17 p. 150 Confess Christ before Men in general c. 16 p. 133 In time of Persecution c. 22 p. 200 Confidence See Trust   Conscience in general c. 29 p. 243 Conscience good in Sufferings c. 22 p. 207 Consideration in general c. 31 p. 249 Considerations upholding in Afflictions c. 22 p. 186 Contention avoid c. 17 p. 148 Content with Governors c. 24 p. 217 Content with what we have See World   Continue in well-doing c. 16 p. 139 Controversies in Churches how ended c. 27 p. 228 Conversation of Saints in general c. 16 p. 79 Correction of Saints c. 13 p. 70 Corruption of Man's Nature c. 5 p. 18 Cover Faults by Love c. 17 p. 147 Coveteousness See World   Câ—â—â—â—ous to all c. 19 p. 162 Curse of the Law c. 6 p. 25 Curse bore by Christ c. 8 p. 39 D DAY of the Lord or last Judgment Chap. 36 Page 260 Death of Christ c. 8 p. 37 Death of Mankinds c. 34 p. â—56 Deacons See Officers of Churches   Dead Men know nothing here c. 68 p. 309 Deceivers c. 30 p. 246 〈◊〉 in God and 〈◊〉 c. 16 p. 83 Deliverance from Trouble when near c. 22 p. 193 When wonderfull  p. ibid. Depart not from God c. 16 p. 139 Depart from Sin c. 16 p. 123 Desire God See Delight in God   Desire not Enemies hurt c. 22 p. 205 Designs of God in Saints Trouble c. 22 p. 183 Devices of Satan See Satan the Devil   Devil in general c. 30 p. 244 Devil cannot hurt without leave c. 22 p. 187 Devil ruling in Sinners c. 5 p. 23 Difficulty in being a Christian indeed c. 46 p. 286 Dignity of Christ c. 7 p. 31 Dignity of Saints c. 14 p. 71 Dignity of the Church c. 27 p. 223 Dignities of Men are from God c. 24 p. 211 Diligence in business c. 54 p. 294 Discipline in Churches c. 27 p. 236 Discontent of Israel c. 53 p. 292 Discover Treason c. 24 p. 216 Disobedience in general See Obedience to God   Disobedience Threatned and Punished c. 16 p. 125 Distribute to the Poor c. 17 p. 152 Distrusting Israel when God was delivering c. 53 292 Dreams c. 55 p. 295 Drunkenness c. 〈◊〉 p. 305 Duties of Saints towards God c. 16 p. 79 Towards Saints c. 17 p. 145 Towards Relations in the Flesh c. 18 p. 154 Towards all Men c. 19 p. 159 Towards such as are in trouble c. 22 p. 207 Towardt Persecutors then c. 22 p. 204 Duties towards God under Troubles c. 22 p. 197 Duties in common Calamities c. 23 p. 210 Duties of Saints as Subjects c. 24 p. 215 Duties with respect to Worldly things See World   With Respect to Tentations See the Devil   With Respect to Error See Deceivers   With Respect to the Spirit c. 21 p. 177 Duties of the Churches towards their Ministers c. 27 p. 231 Duties of Magistrates c. 24 p. 212 Duties of the Ministers in General c. 26 p. 219 Duties of the Ministers of Christ c. 27 p. 229 E EFfects of Faith Chap. 11 Page 58 Effects of Gods Love to Saints c. 7 p. 27  c. 22 p. 186 Effects of Saints Love to God c. 16 p. 83 Of their Love to each other c. 17 p. 146 Effects of Sin c. 5. p. 23 c. 16 p. 125 Effects of the in dwelling of the Spirit c. 21 p. 174 176. Elders of Churches See Officers of Churches   Election of God according to purpose c. 9 p. 45 Election of Church Officers c. 27 p. 231 Enmity of blind Zealots against Truth c. 28 p. 231  c. 22 p. 181 Ends of God in the Saints Affliction c. 22 p. 183 Envy c. 69 p. Epicures See World   Equality of the Apostles c. 56 p. 296 Eternal God c. 2 p. 15 Eternal Life c. 10 p. 51 Excellency of God c. 2 p. 5 Excellency of Christ c. 7 p. 31 Excellency of Saints c. 14 p. 71 Excellency of the Scriptures c. 1 p. 1 Excommunication See Discipline   Exhort one another c. 17 p. 149 c. 27 p. 226 Exhortations in Publick Assemblies c. 27. p. 232 Extol God See Praises   Extraordinary Gifts c. 27 p. 226 F FAilings of Saints Chap. 13 Page 67 Faint not in time of Trouble c. 22 p. 201 Faith gives right to Salvation c. 11 p. 53
rely on it or boast c. 6 p. ibld.  c. 64 p. 306 Laying on of Hands c. 27 p. 232 Lean on God See Trust   Letters written to and read in Churches c. 27 p. 227 Letters Commendatory c. 27 p. 225 Life Eternal c. 10 p. 51 c. 37 p. 262 Lips c. 16 p. 119 Living God c. 2 p. 15 Live to God c. 16 p. 79 Long for God's Presence c. 16 p. 83 Look to God in Hope always c. 16 p. 110 Look to God if there be but a Peradventure c. 49 p. 289 Look to God in Trouble as to him from whom it comes c. 22 p. 177 Look to God in Trouble as to him in whom only is Help Chap. 22 Page 203 Lord's Day c. 58 p. 299 Lord's Supper c. 27 p. 235 Love of God in giving Christ c. 7 p. 27 Love of Christ in giving himself to Death c. 8. p. 37 Love Mutual between Christ and his Church c. 15 p. 77 Love of God manifested in the Afflictions of his Saints c. 22 p. 186 Love God and the Father and the Lord Jesus c. 16 p. 82 Love the Saints c. 17 p. 145 Love Able Men c. 19 p. 162 Love in its Effects and Fruits   1. To God c. 16 p. 83 2. To Saints c. 17 p. 146 Lowliness of Christ c. 7 p. 34 Lowliness of Men c. 16 p. 113 M. MAgistrates Magistracy God's Ordinance Chap. 24 Page 211 Magistrates but Men in God's Sight c. 24 p. 212 Magistrates Duties c. ibid. p. ibid. Majesty of God c. 2 p. 5 Man Christ c. 8 p. 35 Man's Fall c. 5 p. 18 Man's Wickedness since c. ibid. p. ibid. Man's Ignorance c. ibid. p. 21 Man's Impotency in Spirituals c. 20 p. 164 Man's Bondage to Satan c. 5 p. 23 Man 's sad State hence c. ibid. p. ibid. Man's Salvation How c. 7 p. 27 Marriages See Husbands   Mary the Mother of our Lord had more Children c. 69 p. 109 Masters c. 18 p. 158 Maintenance of Ministers c. 27 p. 231 Mediator Christ c. 8 p. 35 Mediation See Intercession   Meditation c. 31 p. 249 Meekness of Christ c. 7 p. 34 Meekness in Man c. 16 p. 117 Meekness towards Saints c. 17 p. 147 Meekness towards all c. 19 p. 161 Mercy of God c. 2 p. 13 Mercy on Men to all c. 19 p. 162 Mind of Man in general c. 32 p. 251 Mind the same things among Saints c. 17 p. 151 Ministers of Christ in general c. 26 p. 219 Ministers of particular Churches their Qualifications c. 27 p. 222 Ministers Sins complained of c. ibid p. 230 Ministers Maintenance c. ibid. p. 231 Ministers of State See Magistrates   Miracles c. 43 p. 283 Moderation in all things c. 16 p. 117 Mâ—rtality See Death   Mourn for Sin c 16 p. 121 Mouth See Words   Murmurings of Israel Chap. 53 Page 292 Murther c. 61 p. 302 N. NAme of God Chap. 2 Page 5 Nature of God c. ibid. p. ibid. Nature of Christ c. 7 p. 34 Nature of the Spirit c. 21 p. 176 Nature of Man since the Fall desperately wicked c. 5 p. 18 Nature of Faith c. 11 p. 54 Nature of Love c. 17 p. 145 Note God's Kindnesses c. 16 p. 97 Notable Things done by Christ and his Apostles c. 43 p. 283 O. OAth for Testimony c. Chap. 25 Page 217 Obedience to God c. 16 p. 85 Obedience to Rulers Wherein c. 24 p. 215 Where not c. ibid. p. ibid. Obedience to Parents c. 18 p. 156 Obedience to Masters c. ibid. p. 158 Objects of Faith c 11 p. 54 Objects of Worship c. 16 p. 88 Objects of Love c. ibid. 82. c. 17. p. 145 Object of Fear c. 16 p. 102 Object of Trust c. ibid. p. 106 Object of Hope c. ibid. p. 110 Object of Delight c. ibid. p. 83 Occasions of Evil flee c. ibid. p. 123 Offences amongst Saints to be avoided c. 17. p. 151 Offences of Scandal to be removed c. 27 p. 236 Officers of Churches c. ibid. p. 229 How qualified c. ibid. p. ibid. How elected c. ibid. p. 231 Their Maintenance c. ibid. p. ibid. Their Errours complained of c. ibid. p. 230 Omniscience and Omnipresence of God c. 2 p. 11 Omnipotency of God c. ibid. p. 10 Only true God c. ibid. p. 15 Opportunity to be made use of c. 47 p. 287 Order in the Churches c. 27 p. 226 Ordinances of Publick Worship c. ibid. p. 232 Ordination of Oficers in the Churches c. ibid. p. 231 Ordinance of Magistracy See Magistrates   Outward Privileges no Security against Judgment c. 64 p. 3â—â— P. PAnt after God Chap. 16 Pagè 83 Parables c. 44 p. 2â—2 Parents c. 18 p. 150 Pardon of Sin c. 10 p. 48 Patience in general c. 16 p. 117 Patience in Saints each to ordâ—r c. 17 p. 1â—7 Patience in Saints to all Men Chap. 19 Page 161 To Enemies Persecutors c. 22 p. 204 Peace with God c. 10 p. 49 With Saints c. 17 p. 148 With all Men c. 19 p. 161 Persection of Saints in Christ c. 8 p. 44 Persecutions See Afflictions   Persecuted for Well-doing c. 22 P. 206 Persecuting Heathens c. ibid. p. 180 Persecuting Jews c. ibid. p. 181 Persecutions over-ruled by God c. ibid. p. 187 Persecuted ones Duties c. ibid. p. 197 Their Comforts c. ibid. p. 186 Persecutors Reward c. ibid. p. 189 Perseverance the Saints Duty c. 16 p. 139 Perseverance the Saints Privilege c. ibid. p. 142 Perseverance by the Grace of God c. 20 p. 170 Pity Saints in their Trouble c. 22 p. 207 Pity all Men c. 19 p. 162 Pleasures See World   Pondering of Good in the Heart c. 31 p. 249 Poor's Relief c. 17 p. 152 Prayers in general c. 16 p. 92 Prayer in Church-Assemblies c. 27 p. 232 In Time of Trouble c. 22 p. 201 In Time of Common Calamiâ—â—s c. 23 p. 210 One for another c. 17 p. 150 For Afflicted ones c. 22 p. 207 For Magistrates c. 24 p. 216 Pray when all Hope seems to be gone c. 49 p. 269 Praises in general c. 16 p. 87 Preachers in general c. 26 p. 219 Preaching in Church-Assemblies c. 27 p. 232 Presence of God Saints Desire c. 16 p. 83 Press after Heaven c. 46 p. 286 Pride See Humility   Priesthood of Christ c. 8 p. 36 Privileges of Saints in general c. 14 p. 71 In Times of Afflictions c. 22 p. 201 In Common Calamities c. 23 p. 209 Profess God and Christ boldly in the general c. 16 p. 133 In Trouble c. 22 p. 200 Professors unsound fierce Persecutors c. ibid. p. 181 Proofs of Faith c. 11 p. 58 Proofs of Saintship in general c. 12 p. 60 Proofs of Love to God c. 16 p. 83 Promises in general See Privileges of Saints   Promises for Grace in general c. 20 p. 164 In particular Of Knowledge c. ibid. p. 166 Of Faith c. ibid. p. 168 Of Fruitfulness c. ibid. p. ibid. Of Strength to persevere c. ibid. p.
Saints Believers Brethren in the Lord each to other as such and as standing in that Relation one to another Chap. 17. Page 145. 5. To live peaceably among themselves avoid Whispering Tale-bearing and whatsoever tends to divide or disturb Peace Page 148 6. To rebuke reprove exhort admonish and warn each other c. To take such Rebuke c. well from each other 149 1. To rebuke exhort c. 149 2. To take such Rebuke c. well 150 See more of Church-Discipline Chap. 27 Page 236. 7. To confess Sins to and pray for each other 150 8. To be of one Mind 151 9. To walk wisely and charitably one towards another And in things indifferent to have respect to the Weak and to avoid Offences ibid. 10. To distribute and communicate to each others Necessities Of Giving to the Poor in general 152 See more in shewing Mercy to all Chap. 19. Page 162. Of Giving to Enemies Chap. 22. Page 205. Of Church-Collections for the Poor Chap. 27. Page 228 Cha. XVIII 3 Duties of Saints Believers each to other as they stand related to one another in the Flesh Page 154. 1. Husbands to Wives and Wives to Husbands Of Marriage Women c. 154 2. Parents to their Children and Children to their Parents 156 3. Masters to their Servants and Servants to their Masters 158 4. Magistrates to Subjects and Subjects to Magistrates 159 See Magistrates at large Chap. 24. Page 213. Chap. XIX 4. The Duties of Saints towards all Men those who are without Unbelievers Enemies Pag. 159. 1. In the General 159 2. In Particular not to speak Evil of them or judge them 160 3. Be just righteous true and faithful to and with them in all things of Trust and Dealing ibid. 4. To live at peace with them every one doing his own Work and not intermedling with others 161 5. Not to be discontented angry or revengeful against them but to behave themselves meekly gently and patiently towards them bearing Wrong ibid. See more of Meekness Chap. 16. Page 117. 6. To pity them shew them Mercy pray for them requite them Good for Evil Love for Hatred 162 See more of Doing Good to Persecutors Chap. 22. Page 205. Giving to the Poor Chap. 17. Page 142. 7. To behave themselves humbly and courteously towards all giving them due Respect ibid. 8. To avoid all unnecessary Society and Fellowship with wicked Men. 163 5. Of the Duties of Saints in Times of Affliction and Persecution both towards God such as persecute and such as are persecuted and afflicted ibid. See Afflictions and Persecutions at large Chap. 22. Page 204. 6. Their Duties in Times of Common Calamities ibid. See Common Calamities at large Chap. 23. Page 210. 7. Their Duties towards the Spirit ibid. See Duties towards the Spirit at large Chap. 21. Page 177. 8. Their Duties towards their Ministers or Pastors ibid. See Church-Affairs at large Chap. 27. Page 231. 9. Their Duties in case of Temptation by Satan and False-Teachers Errours c. ibid. See Satan's Instruments False-Teachers c. in general Chap. 30. Page 244. 10. Their Duties in relation to the Things of this World ibid. See the Things of this World in general Chap. 39. Page 270. Chap. XX. How Men come truly and spiritually to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent and the Mystery of Salvation by him and expressed in the Word To believe bring forth Fruit and persevere through Difficulties to Eternal Life Page 164. 1. A Man of himself can do neither of these 164 2. God in Christ doth all freely hath promised so to do 1. In General ibid. 2. In Particular to give Knowledge of himself c. 166 See more of Knowledge Chap. 38. Page 264. 3. To give Faith or enable to believe 168 4. To enable them to subdue Sin bring forth Fruit profit c. ibid. 5. To give Power to persevere in Faith c. 170 See more of Perseverance Chap. 16. Page 142. 6. God in Christ doth command encourage and invite by Promises to come to him for these and cast our Care upon him 171 Chap. XXI How God doth work and effect these things in the Hearts and Spirits of his Elect Pag. 173. By his Spirit whom he promised Page 173 Of the Spirit of God further his being given to and dwelling in the Saints working in them and others The Nature and Fruits thereof Saints Duties towards the Spirit Page 174. 1. Of the Spirit given to and in the Saints and what he did and dâ—th 174 2. The Nature Working and Fruits of the Spirit 176 3. Saints Duties toward the Spirit Page 177. 1. To follow him and make use of him 177 2. Not to sin against grieve or quench the Spirit ibid. Chap. XXII Of Afflictions Troubles and Persecutions Pag. 178 1. To whom they belong or who may expect them Page 178. 1. Common to all 2. More especially to the Saints Pag. 178. 1. The Holy Ghost affirms it ibid. 2. That the Saints have been so exercised Pag. 179. 1. From God more immediately 179 2. From men Page 180. 1. Wicked Men Heathens 180 2. From Professors Men zealous of the Law and Traditions 181 2. For what Ends God doth correct his Children and suffer them to be persecuted Page 183. 1. To exercise and try their Faith and Obedience 183 2. To humble and purge them ibid. 3. To make them to remember God and the Things above look to own and close with them 184 4. For God's own Glory and the Furtherance of the Gospel ibid. 5. For the Effecting of great Good and Advantage to those who are exercised with Trouble c. 185 3. The Considerations which should bear up stay and comfort the Spirits of the Saints in their Afflictions and under Persecutions Page 186. 1. That God appoints them and that for such Ends as before 186 2. That such who are so exercised are blessed and happy and so pronounced 'T is a Seal of Sonship of God's choice Love and of their Salvation ibid. 3. That God well knows the Design and Ways of Satan and of all the Adversaries of Believers And that they can do no more nor proceed further against the Saints than what God permits He turns about the Purposes of Adversaries 187 4. That God orders and determines of the Measure Manner Time and Continuance of Afflictions and Persecutions and that according to our Need. 189 5. That God doth sometimes make Enemies and Persecutors themselves to acknowledge the Saints Innocency when they suffer and will surely avenge them of their Adversaries ibid. 6. That God will comfort uphold and preserve his in all their Troubles and not lay more upon them than they can bear 190 See Common Calamities Chap. 23. Page 209. 7. That the Saints are near and dear to God in Christ so that he takes notice of their Afflictions and Persecutions and is said to be persecuted and afflicted in their Persecutions c. 192 For more See Union and Relation