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.
45. 1 Kings 8. 56. There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like our God c. The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up he raiseth up the poor out of the dust lifteth up the beggar from the dunghil to set among princes and make them to inherit the throne of glory for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he hath set the world upon them 1 Sam. 2. 2 6 7 8. Luke 1. 51 52 53. It may be the Lord will work for us for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few 1 Sam. 14. 6. 2 Chron. 14. 11. Then said David to the Philistine Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield but I come unto thee in the name of the Lord of hosts the God of the Armies of Israel c. I will smite thee c. that all the earth may know there is a God in Israel 1 Sam. 17. 45 46 47. And David was greatly distressed for the people spake of stoning him c. But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God 1 Sam. 30. 6. The Lord is my rock c. the God of my rock in him will I trust c. He is a buckler to all them that trust in him For who is God save the Lord and who a rock save our God 2 Sam. 22. 2 3 31 32. Alas my master how shall we do And he answered Fear not for they with us are more than they with them And Elisha prayed c. 2 Kings 6. 16. The children of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the Lord God or their fathers 2 Chron. 13. 18. ch 16. 7. ch 20. 20. ch 14. 11. Hezekiah said unto the people when the king of Assyria came against him Be strong and courageous be not afraid or dismayed for the king of Assyria nor for all the multitude that is with him for there are more with us than with them with him an arm of flesh but with us the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battels 2 Chron. 32. 6 7 8 Deut. 31. 6 8. The Lord stirred up the Spirit of Cyrus to make Proclamation for the building of Jerusalem the Temple and restoring the Vessels of the House of the Lord when the Jews were in Captivity Ezra 1. 1 2 3 4 7 11. I would seek unto God unto him would I commit my cause Job 5. 8. Canst thou by searching find out God c. If he cut off and shut up and gather together then who can hinder him or turn him away Job 11. 7 10. Though he slay me yet will I trust in him Job 13. 15. Job reckons up many Works of God and concludes thus Lo these parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him Job 26. 14. I know that thou canst do every thing and no thought can be with-holden from thee or no thought of thine can be hindred Job 42. 2. Kiss the Son c. Blessed are they who put their trust in him Psal 2. 12. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep for thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety Psal 4. 8. Psal 3. 5 6. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble and they who know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast not forsaken them who seek thee Psal 9. 9 10. In the Lord put I my trust how say ye to my soul Flee as a bird c. Psal 11. 1. Psal 31. 1 6. The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress c. in whom I will trust c. Psal 18. 2. 31. Psal 91. 2. In the name of our God we will set up our banners c. Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God Psal 20. 5 7. The king trusteth in the Lord and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved Psal 21. 7. Our father 's trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver c. They trusted in thee and were not confounded Psal 22. 4 5. Who is this King of glory The Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battel c. The Lord of hosts he the King of glory Psal 24. 7 8. The Lord my strength and my shield my heart trusteth in him and I am helped Psal 28. 7. Psal 3. 3. In thee O Lord do I put my trust let me not be ashamed c. Oh how great is thy goodness c. which thou hast wrought for them who trust in thee c. Thou shalt hide them c. Psal 31. 1 6 14 19 20 24. He who trusteth in the Lord Mercy shall compass him about Psal 32. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the Heathen to nought c. The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever Psal 33. 10 11. Prov. 19. 21. Isa 46. 10. Trust in the Lord and do good so shalt thou dwell in the land c. Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass c. The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he their strength in time of trouble and the Lord shall help them c. He shall deliver them c. because they trust in him Psal 37. 3 5 39 40. Blessed is the man who maketh the Lord his trust Psal 40. 4. Psal 84. 12. He maketh wars to cease c. Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted c. The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob our refuge Psal 46. 9 10 11. I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever Psal 52. 8. Cast thy burthen on the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal 55. 22. What time I am afraid I will trust in thee c. In God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me Psal 56. 3 4 11. For my soul trusteth in thee yea in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until calamities be over-passed Psal 57 1. Psal 61. 3 4. Through God we shall do valiantly for we shall tread down our enemies Psal 60. 12. In God is my salvation and my glory the rock of my strength my refuge is in God Trust in him at all times ye people c. God hath spoken once twice have I heard this that power belongeth unto God Psal 62. 7 8 11 12. Psal 61. 2. The God of Israel is he who giveth strength and power unto his Psal 68. 35. They spake against God they said Can God furnish a table in the wilderness c. A fire was kindled against Jacob c. because they believed not God and trusted not in his salvation though he commanded the clouds c. Psal 78. 19 21 22 23. Psal 106. 24 25 26. The
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
for them who trust in thee before the sons of men Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues Psal 31. 19 20. Psal 27 5. Psal 36. 7 8. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sins are covered Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit is no guile I will instruct thee teach thee in the way that thou shalt guide thee with mine eye Psal 32. 1 2 8. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord the people he hath chosen for his own inheritance c. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them who fear him upon them who hope in his mercy to deliver their soul from death to keep them alive in famine Psal 33. 12 18 19. Psal 34. 7 9 10. 1 Kings 17. 3 4. Gen. 45. 6 7. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears open to their cries c. None of them who trust in him shall be desolate Psal 34. 15 22. Psal 5. 11 12. Delight thy self also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desire of thine heart c. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked c. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his way Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand c. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread c. For the Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his saints they are preserved for ever c. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he is their strength in time of trouble Psal 37. 4 16 23 24 25 28 37 39. Prov. 29. 7. Psal 128. The King's daughter is all glorious within her clothing is wrought gold Psal 45. 15. The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob our refuge Psal 46. 7 11. Gather my saints to me those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice Psal 50. 5. Blessed is he whom thou chusest to approach unto thee c. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house of thy holy temple Psal 65. 4. Psal 36. 8. Truly God is good to Israel to such who are of a clean heart Psal 73. 1. The Lord will give grace and glory no good thing will I withhold from them who walk uprightly Psal 84. 11. He will speak peace unto his people and to his saints c. His salvation is nigh unto them who fear him Psal 85. 8 9. Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound they shall walk in the light of his countenance Psal 89. 15 16 c. The righteous shall flourish like the Palm-tree he shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon Those who be 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 fat and flourishing Psal 92. 12 13 14. The Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Psal 94. 14. Psal 9. 10. He is our God and we the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hands Psal 95. 7. He preserveth the souls of his saints c. Light is sown for the righteous c. Psal 97. 10 11. Psal 72. 14. When they were few c. he suffered no man to do them wrong yea he reproved kings for their sakes saying Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm Psal 105. 12 13 14 15. Psal 124. 2 3. Psal 125. 1 2. Blessed is the man who feareth the Lord his seed shall be mighty on the earth The generation of the upright shall be blessed c. Surely he shall not be moved for ever the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance Psal 112. 1 2 3 4 6 7. As the mountains round about Jerusalem so the Lord is round about his people from hence for ever Psal 125. 2. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints Psal 116. 15. Psal 72. 14. The Lord hath chosen Jacob for himself and Isreal for his peculiar treasure Psal 135. 4. 1 Pet. 5. 3. Happy that people who is in such a case happy that people whose God is the Lord Psal 144. 15. He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them Psal 145. 19. Happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the Lord his God Psal 146. 5. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him in them who hope in his mercy Psal 147. 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in his people c. This honour hath all his saints Psal 149. 4 9. The froward is an abomination to the Lord but his secret with the righteous Prov. 3. 32. I love them who love me c. that I may cause those c. to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures c. Blessed are they who keep my ways c. who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my doors for whoso findeth me findeth life and shall obtain favour of the Lord Prov. 8. 17 21 34 35. Psal 119. 1 2. Righteousness shall deliver from death The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish c. Blessing upon the head of the just c. The memory of the just blessed c. The desire of the righteous shall be granted Prov. 10. 2 3 6 7 24. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted Prov. 11. 11. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour Prov. 12. 26. Psal 16. 3. When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him Prov. 16. 7. The righteous are as bold as a lion Prov. 28. 1. The woman whose heart is snares and nets c. Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her Eccles 7. 26. Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well for they shall eat the fruit of their doings Isa 3. 10. Eccles 8. 12. Psal 37. 10 11 17 18. Isa 65. 13 14. Bind up the testimony seal the law among my disciples Isa 8. 16. He walketh righteously or in righteousness c. he shall dwell on high his place of defence the munition of rocks bread shall be given him hâ—s waters sure thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty and shall behold the land that is far off Isa 33. 15 16 17. God caused the Sun to go backward ten degrees for a sign to Hezekiah of his recovery Isa 38. 6 7. This people have I formed for my self they shall shew forth my praise Isa 43. 21. Ask me of things to come concerning my sons and concerning the
said to Solomon Ask what I shall give thee And Solomon asked Wisdom to govern And God was pleased so with that and in that he had not asked long Life and Riches that God gave him Wisdom and Understanding and Riches and Honour also 1 Kings 3. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. King Solomon prayed at large at the Dedicacation of the Temple and God heard him 1 Kings 8. 22 23 24 c. ch 9. 2 3. 2 Chron. 1. 7 8 c. Elijah the Prophet prayed that it migh be made known that God was God in Israel when others were for Baal And God be heard him and caused Fire to come down and consume the Sacrifice 1 Kings 18. 36 37 38. ch 17. 21 22. Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face continually 1 Chron. 16. 11. If thou seek him he will be found of thee 1 Chron. 28. 9. Judah c. sought him with their whole desire and he was found of them 2 Chron. 15. 15. There are good things found in thee Thou hast taken away c. and hast prepared thine heart to seek God 2 Chron. 19. 3. Asa prayed for Help against the Ethiopian Army of an Hundred Thousand Men and prevailed 2 Chron. 14. 10 11 12. When Moah c. came against Jehosaphat he stood in the Congregation in the House of the Lord and prayed for help And God heard and answered 2 Chron. 20. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 24. Hezekiah being sick prayed 2 Chron. 32. 24. Nehemiah when he heard of the Affliction of the Jews he wept and mourned and fasted and prayed Nehem. 1. 4 5 6 7 8 c. So again when Israel were building and in danger of enemies Nehem. 4. 4 5 9. Ezra 8. 21. chap. 9. I would make supplication to my Judge Job 9. 15. My God for unto thee will I pray my voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct unto thee and look up Psal 5. 2 3. Our fathers c. prayed and thou didst deliver Psal 22. 4 5. He forgetteth not the cry of the humble Psal 9. 12. Psal 10. 17. I acknowledged my sin c. For this shall every one who is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found Psal 32. 5 6. They who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing c. His ears are open to their cry Psal 34. 10. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee c. Psal 50. 15. Though Nathan had told David his Sin was forgiven him yet he prays earnestly to be delivered from Blood-guiltiness c. Psal 51. 1 2 3 4 to 15. As for me I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me Evening and morning at noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my voice Psal 55. 16 17. I will cry unto God most high unto him who performeth all things for me Psal 57. 2 3 c. O thou who hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come Psal 65. 2. If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me But verily God hath heard Psal 66. 18 19. Isa 58. 6 7 8 9. ch 59. 1 2 3. ch 1. 11 12 13 c. The Saints have pleaded with God their own Relation to him and the enemy's Non-relation Psal 79. Isa 63. 15 16 c. ch 64. 8 9 c. Thou Lord art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee Give ear O Lord unto my prayer c. In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou wilt answer me Psal 86. 5 6 7. He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayers Psal 102. 17. Psal 10. 17. I am thine save me I am thy servant give me understanding that I may know c. I cried with my whole heart c. I prevented the dawning of the morning and cried Psal 119. 94 125 145 147. In my distress I cried unto the Lord and he heard me Psal 120. 1. 2 Sam. 22. 7. Psal 34. 4 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper who love thee Psal 122. 6. The Lord is nigh unto all who call upon him to all who call upon him in truth He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them Psal 145. 18 19. Nehem. 1. 11. Because I have called and ye refused c. they shall call upon me but I will not answer Prov. 1. 24 25 c The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord but the prayer of the upright is his delight c. He heareth the prayer of the righteous Prov. 15. 8 29. He who turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be an abomination Prov. 28. 9. Be not rash with thy mouth and be not hasty to utter any thing before God for God is in heaven and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few Eccless 5. 2. My Dove let me hear thy voice c. for sweet is thy voice Cant. 2. 14. When ye spread forth your hands I will hide my eyes from you yea when ye make many prayers or multiply prayers I will not hear Your hands are full of blood wash ye c. Isa 1. 13 15 16. ch 59. 1 2 3. ch 66. 3. In trouble have they visited thee they poured out a prayer or secret speech when thy chastening was upon them Isa 26. 16. Thou hast not called upon me O Jacob Isa 43. 21. Thus saith the Lord c. Ask me of things to come concerning my sons and concerning the works of my hands command ye me c. I said not unto the seed of Jacob Seek ye me in vain Isa 45. 11 19. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found call ye upon him while he is near Isa 55. 6. When thou criest let thy companions deliver thee Isa 57. 13. Loose the bonds of wickedness c. then shalt thou call and the Lord shall answer thou shalt cry c. Isa 58. 6 7 9. For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until the righteousness thereof goeth forth c. I have set watch-men upon thy walls O Jerusalem who shall never hold then peace day nor night Ye who make mention of the Lord or are the Lord's remembrancers keep not silence and give him no rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem a praise on the earth Isa 62. 1 6 7. The Church's Prayer for the Lord's Return unto them Isa 63. 15 16 17 18 19. ch 64. I am found of them who sought me not Isa 65. 1. Therefore pray not thou for this people neither lift up cry nor prayer for them neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee Seest thou not what they do c. Jer. 7. 16 17. Pour our thy fury upon the
the work of faith 2 Thes 1. 11. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father who hath loved us comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work 2 Thes 2. 16 17. Finally brethren pray for us that the word of the Lord may have free course or may run and be glorified and that we may be delivered c. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God c. 2 Thes 3. 1 2 5. Exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and for all who are in authority or eminent place that we may lead a quiet c. For this is good and acceptable in the fight of God our Saviour c. I will therefore that men pray every where listing up holy hands without wrath or doubting 1 Tim. 2. 1 2 3 8. Every creature of God is good c. if it be received with thanksgiving c. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer 1 Tim. 4. 4 5. She that is a widow indeed c. and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day 1 Tim. 5. 5. I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day 2 Tim. 1. 3. Philemon vers 4. Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens Jesus c. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need Heb. 4. 14 15 16. Who in the days of his flesh when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong cries and tears unto him who was able to save Hebr. 5. 7. Having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest c. and having an high priest over the house of God let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith c. Hebr. 10. 19. 20 21 22. Ephes 3. 11 12. He who prays to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him Hebr. 11. 6. Pray for us c. Now the God of peace c. make you perfect in every good work to do his will working in you that which is well-pleasing c. Heb. 13. 18 20 21. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God who giveth unto all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him But let him ask in faith nothing wavering for he who wavereth is like a wave of the sea c. and let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord James 1. 5 6 7. Ye have not because ye ask not ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your lusts or pleasures James 4. 2 3. Is any among you afflicted let him pray c. is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the Church and let them pray over him c. and the prayer of faith shall save the sick c. Pray one for another the effectual fervent prayer c. James 5. 13 14 15 16 17. And if ye call on the Father who without respect of persons judgeth c. 1 Pet. 1. 17. Likewise ye husbands dwell with them c. that your prayers be not hindered c. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers 1 Pet. 3. 7 12. Be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer 1 Pet. 4. 7. Whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight 1 John 3. 22. This is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according unto his will he heareth us and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask we know that that we have the petitions that we desire of him If any man see his brother sin a sin not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death There is a sin unto death I do not say that ye shall pray for it 1 John 5. 14 15 16. Praying in the holy Ghost Jude verse 20. The elders c. having every one of them harps and golden viols full of odours or incense which are the prayers of the saints Rev. 5. 8. Another Angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censer and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it with or add it to the prayers of all saints c. And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints ascended up before God out of the Angels hand Rev. 8. 3 4. See more of Prayer in Affliction Chap. 22. See more of Common Calamities Chap. 23. See more in Duty towards all Men Chap. 19. See Prayer for Magistrates Chap. 24. To take special notice of the Acts of God's Goodness and Mercy keep memorials thereof celebrate his Praises extol him and stir up others so to do THY glorious name c. is exalted above all blessing and praises Nehem. 9. 5. Abraham's Servant when God had heard his request he bowed down his head and worshipped the Lord. And he said Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth c. When he he heard their words he worshipped the Lord c. Gen. 24. 26 27 52. I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God that thou wast pleased with me Gen. 33. 10. Then Jacob said c. Let us arise and go to Bethel and I will make there an altar unto God who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me in the way which I went c. And he built there an altar and called the place El-Bethel because there God appeared unto him when he fled from the face of his brother Gen. 35. 2 3 7 14 15 ch 28. 18 19 c. God commanded Israel to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt once in every year Exod. 13. 3 4 5 c. Moses and Israel solemnly celebrated his praise for their deliverance at the Red Sea in a Song of Praise Exod. 15. 2 3 to the 22. When Israel got victory over the Amalâ—kites he built an Altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi that is the Lord my banner Exod. 17. 13 14 15. And Moses told unto Jethro his Father-in-law all that the Lord had done unto Pharoch and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake c. And Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the Lord had done unto Israel c. and said Blessed be the Lord that hath delivered you c. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods Exod. 18. 8 9 10 11. When thou hast eaten and art full then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee Deut. 8. 10.
c. My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness thy salvation all the day Psal 71. 6 15 24. We will not hide them from their children shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord c. Psal 78. 4. Psal 89. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing unto thy name O most High to shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness every night Psal 92. 1 2. O come let us sing unto the Lord let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation let us come before his presence with thanksgiving c. Psal 95. 1 2. Psal 96. 1 2. Psal 100. 1 2 4. Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory c. Psal 98. 1 2. Psal 105. Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name c. and forget not all his benefits who forgiveth thee all thy iniquities who healeth all thy diseases c. Psal 103. 1 2 3 4 22. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise to my God while I have my being Psal 104. 33. Psal 146. 2. Praise ye the Lord O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord Who can shew forth all his praises c. Then believed they his words they sang his praise they soon forget his works c. Psal 106. 1 2 12â— 13. Psal 147. 1. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good c. let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath redeemed c. Oh that men would praise the Lord c. let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the assembly of the elders Whose is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal 107. 1 2 6 8 15 21 22 31 32 43. Psal 135. 1 2 3 4 5. Psal 118. 1 2 3 c. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation Psal 111. 1 2 Psal 86. 12. Praise ye the Lord praise O ye servants of the Lord c. from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised Psal 113. 1 3. Psal 135. 1 2 3. Psal 68 32. Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy name give glory c. But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore Psal 115. 1 18. I believed therefore have I spoken Psal 116. 10. At midnight will I arise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous judgments Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments Psal 119. 62 164. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side we had been swallowed up quick or alive Psal 124. 1. 2 c. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good c. O give thanks unto the God of gods for his mercy is for ever O give thanks to the Lord of lords Psal 136. 1 2 3 26. I will praise thee with my whole heart before the gods will I sing praise unto thee c. for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth c. Psal 138. 1 2. I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made c. Psal 139. 14. I will extol thee my God O King and I will bless thy name for ever and ever c. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised and his greatness is unsearchable c. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works and shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and will declare thy greatness they shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness c. Thy saints shall bless thee they shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power to make known unto the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious Majesty c. Psal 145. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12. Praise c. for it is good to â—ing praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely c. Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion Psal 147. 11 12. All persons and things called upon to praise the Lord Psal 148. Psal 149. Psal 150. The Church's Song propheâ—â—ed of which she shall sing in the Day of her Glory Isa 12. O Lord thou my God I will exalt thee I will praise thy name for thou hast done wonderful things c. Isa 25. 1. ch 26. Sing unto the Lord a new song c. The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man c. Isa 42. 10 11 12 c. This people have I formed for my self that they should shew forth my praise but thou hast not called upon me c. Isa 43. 21 22. Give glory to the Lord your God before he cause darkness c. Jer. 13. 16. Daniel said Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever for wisdom and might are his and he changeth the times and the seasons He removeth kings and setteth up kings he giveth wisdom to the wise c. He revealeth the deep and secret things c. I thank thee and praise thee O thou God of my fathers who hast given me wisdom and might and hast made known unto me now what I desired of thee for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter Dan. 2. 19 20 21 22 23. Nebuchadnezzar when his Understanding returned to him blessed and praised God Dan. 4. 34 37. When Christ had healed the two blind Men they spread abroad his Fame in all that Country Matth 9. 30 31. Luke 5. 25. ch 18. 43. Mary upon the Promise made to her praiseth at large My soul doth magnifie the Lord c. The Heavenly Host praised God saying Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace c. Simeon took up Jesus and blessed God saying c. Anna the Prophetess coming in at that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord Luke 1. 46 c. ch 2. 13 14 28 29 38. Christ said unto the Man out of whom he had cast Devils Return to thine own house and shew how great things God hath done unto thee And he went his way and published it throughout the whole city c. Luke 8. 38 39. When Christ had healed ten Lepers one of them returned back and with a loud voice glorified God and fell down on his face at his feet giving him thanks c. Jesus answered and said Were there not ten cleansed but where are the nine There are not found who returned to give glory to God save this stranger Luke 17. 14 15 16 17 18. The whole multitude of the Disciples began to rejoyce and to praise God
saints and to be had in reverence of all about him Psalm 89. 7. Before the mountains were c. even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Thou turnest man to destruction and sayest Return ye children of men Who knoweth the power of thine anger even according to thy fear is thy wrath Psalm 90. 2 3 11. The Lord reigneth he is clothed with majesty the Lord is clothed with strength c. Thy throne is established of old thou from everlasting c. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters Psalm 93. 1 2 4. The Lord a great God and a great King above all gods Psalm 95. 3. Psalm 135. 5 6. 7. The Lord is great c. he is to be feared above all gods c. The Lord made the heavens honour and majesty are before him c. Fear before him all the earth Psalm 96. 4 5 6 9. 1 Chron. 16. 25. A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about his lightnings enlightneth the world the earth saw and trembled the hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth Psalm 97. 3 4 5 9. The Lord reigneth let the people tremble He sitteth between the Cherubins let the earth be removed or stagger The Lord is great in Zion he is high above all people let them praise the great and terrible name it is holy Psal 99. 1 2 3. As the heavens are high above the earth so great is his mercy towards them who fear him c. As a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who feareth him c. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting unto them who fear him Psalm 103. 11 13 17. He hath given meat unto them that fear him c. Holy and reverend is his name The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Psal 111. 5 9 10. Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob who turneth the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of water Psalm 114. 7 8. He will bless them who fear the Lord small and great Psalm 115. 13. Psalm 128. 1 2 c. He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear c. Psalm 145. 19. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him c. Psalm 147. 11. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge Prov. 1. 7. ch 9. 10. Fear the Lord and depart from evil Prov. 3. 7. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence c. It is the fountain of life to depart from the snares of death Prov. 14. 26 27. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasures c. Prov. 15. 16. By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil Prov. 16. 6. Let not thine heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long Prov. 23. 17. Whatsoever God doth it shall be for ever c. and God doth it that men should fear before him Eccles 3. 14. It shall be well with them who fear God who fear before him Eccles 8. 12. Fear God and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man Eccles 12. 13. The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day c. And they shall go into the holes c. for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth Isa 2. 10 17 19 21. I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne c. and one cried unto another and said Holy holy holy is the Lord of Hosts the whole earth is full of his glory c. Then said I Wo is me c. because I a man of unclean lips c. have seen the King the Lord of Hosts Isa 6. 1 3 5. Sanctifie the Lord of Hosts himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread Isaiah 8. 13. The Lord of hosts hath sworn saying Surely as I thought so shall it come to pass and as I have purposed it it shall stand c. The Lord of hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it And his hand is stretched out and who shall uurn it back Isa 14. 24 27. Thou hast made of a city an heap c. therefore shall the strong people glorifie thee The city of the terrible nations shall fear thee Isa 25. 1 2 3. Who would set the briers and thorns against me in battel c. I would burn them together Isa 27. 4. Forasmuch as this people draw near hnto me with their mouth c. and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men therefore c. they shall sanctifie my name and sanctifie the holy one of Jacob and shall fear the God of Israel Isa 29. 13 14 15 23. Behold the Lord God will come c. who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meeted heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure c. Behold the nations as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballâ—nce Behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing c. all nations before him are as nothing Isa 40. 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. I the Lord the first and with the last I am he the isles saw it and feared the ends of the earth were afraid drew near c. Isa 41. 4 5. ch 43. 10 11 12 13. The heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool where is the house Isa 66. 1. Acts 7 48 49 50. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God and that my fear is not in thee Jer. 2. 19. When God had put away Israel yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not but c. Jer. 3. 8. O foolish people c. fear ye not me faith the Lord Will ye not tremble at my presence Who hath placed the sands for the bounds of the sea by a perpetual decree that it cannot pass it c. But this people hath revolted c. Neither say they in their hearts Let us now fear the Lord our God who giveth rain c. Jer. 5. 21 22 23 24. None like unto thee O Lord thou great and thy name great in might who would not fear thee O King of nations for to thee it appertaineth c. The Lord is the true God he the living God an everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation c. Jer. 10. 6 7 10 12 13. Dan. 2. 20 21 22 47. ch 4. 17 32. O House of Israel cannot I do with you as this potter saith the Lord Behold as the clay in the potter's hand so ye in my hand O house of Israel Jer. 18. 6. Can any
13 14 15. Let thy companions deliver thee but the wind shall carry them all away vanity shall take them Isa 57. 13. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitudes of mountains c. Jer. 3. 23. Trust ye not in lying words saying The temple of the Lord c. Jer. 7. 4. Trust ye not in any brother for every brother will utterly supplant Jer. 9. 4 5. This is thy portion c. because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in falshood Therefore still I discover thy skirts upon thy face c. Jer. 13. 25 26. Thus saith the Lord Cursed be the man who who trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm and whose heart departeth from God for he shall be like the heath in the desert c. Jer. 17. 5 6. For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures thou shalt also be taken c. Jer. 48. 7. Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys c. O back-sliding daughter who trustest in her treasures saying Who shall come unto me Behold I will bring fear upon thee saith the Lord of host Jer. 49. 4 5 16. As for us our eyes as yet failed for our vain hope in our watching we have watched for a nation which could not save us Lam. 4. 17. Egypt shall know c. because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel When they took hold of thee by thy hand thou didst break and rent all their shoulders And when they leaned upon thee thou breakest all their loins c. Ezek. 29. 6 7. Isa 20. 5 6. They shall know that I am the Lord when I have set a fire in Egypt and when all her helpers shall be destroyed Ezek. 30. 8. Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart they call to Egypt they go to Assyria when they shall go I will spread my net upon them I will bring them down c. Wo unto them for they have fled from me Hosea 7. 11 12 13. Jer. 2. 36 37. Ephraim feedeth upon wind c. they do make a covenant with the Assyrians c. Hosea 12. 1. Wo unto them who are at ease or secure in Zion and trust in the mountains of Samaria Amos 6. 1. Trust ye not in a friend put ye not confidence in a guide keep the door of thy mouth from her who lyeth in thy bosom For the son dishonoureth the father c. Micah 7. 5 6. Charge them who are rich c. that they trust not in uncertain riches c. 1 Tim. 6. 17. We had the sentence of death in our selves that we should not trust in our selves 2 Corin. 1. 9. II. In God alone a suitable Object GOD said Let their be light and there was light c. Gen. 1. 3 6 9 c. When Sarah doubted of the promise because of her age The Lord said to Abraham Wherefore did Sarah laugh saying Shall I of surety bear a child which am old Is any thing too hard for the Lord Gen. 18. 12 13 14. Luke 1. 37. When Hagar was fainting and thought there was no way but death with her child God shewed her a well of water c. Gen. 21. 15 16 17 18 19. When Joseph's Brethren had conspired to kill him God works for his deliverance Gen. 37. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 c. When God was sending Moses upon a great Work Moses said unto the Lord O my Lord I am not eloquent c. but I am slow of speech c. And the Lord said unto him Who hath made man's mouth Or who maketh the dumb or the deaf or the seeing or the blind Have not I the Lord Now therefore go and I will be with thy mouth c. Exod. 4. 10 11 12. And Moses said unto the people Fear ye not stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which he will shew to you to day c. the Lord shall fight for you c. And the Angel of God which went before the camp removed and went behind them between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel c. Led them through the Red-sea Exod. 14. 13 14 19 20 21 22. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever Exod. 15. 18. The Lord c. proclaimed the name of the Lord The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity transgression and sin c. Exod. 34. 5 6 7. And Moses said The people amongst whom I am are six hundred thousand c. Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them c. And the Lord said unto Moses Is the Lord's hand waxed short Thou shalt see c. Numb 11. 21 22 23. God is not a man that he should lye neither the son of man that he should repent Hath he said and shall he not do Or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Behold c. he hath blessed and I cannot reverse it Heb. 6. 18. Numb 23. 19 20. Tit. 1. 2. What god is there in heaven or earth that can do according to thy works and according to thy might Deut. 3. 24. Unto thee it was shewed that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God there is none else besides him c. Deut. 4. 35 39. Know therefore that the Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them who love him c. Deut. 7. 9. Understand therefore this day that the Lord thy God he who goeth before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy them and he shall bring them down before thy â—ace so shalt thou drive them out c. Deut. 9. 3. ch 31. 6. There shall be no man able to stand before you for the Lord your God shall lay the sear of you c. Deut. 11. 25. Josh 5. 1. 2 Chron. 14. 14. chap. 17. 10. Their rock is not as our Rock the enemies themselves being judges c. See now that I I am he and there is no god with me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hand for I lift up my hand to heaven and say I live for ever Deut. 32. 31 39 40. There is none like unto the God of Jesurun who rideth upon the heaven for thy help and in his excellency on the sky The eternal God thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee c. Deut. 33. 26 27. Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you c. Josh 3. 10. Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you all are come to pass unto you and not one thing hath failed thereof c. Josh 23. 14. chap. 21.
47. ch 4. 17 32. Thou shalt know no God but me for there is no Saviour besides me c. O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me is thine help Hâ—sea 13. 4 9. Ashur shall not save us c. for in thee the fatherless find mercy Hosea 14. 3. When my soul fainteth within me I remembred the Lord Jonah 2. 7. Trust ye not in a friend c. for the son dishonoureth the father c. Therefore I will look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation Micah 7. 5 6 7. The Lord is good a strong hold or strength in the day of trouble and he knoweth them who trust in him Nahum 1. 7. Although the figtree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vines the labour of the Olive shall fail and the field shall yield no meat c. yet I will rejoice in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation the Lord God is my strength Habbak 3. 17 18 19. Wo to her c. she trusted not in the Lord she drew not near to her God c. I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord Zeph. 3. 1 2 12. Not by might not by power but by spirit saith the Lord of Hosts who thou O great mountain before Zerubbabel Zech. 4. 6 7. Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor for your body what you shall put on c. Behold the fowls of the air c. yet your heavenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better than they c. Consider the lillies c. If God so cloth the grass c. shall he not much more clothe you O ye of little faith c. your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of these things Matth. 6. 25 26 28 29 30 32. There is one God and there is none other but he Mark 12. 32. Blessed is she who believes for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her c. Luke 1. 45. Let not your hearts be troubled ye believe in God believe also in me John 14. 1. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world Acts 15. 18. God who made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth c. he giveth to all life and breath and all things Acts 17. 24 25. Let God be true but every man a lyar Rom. 3. 4. If God be for us who can be against us Rom. 8. 31. The foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men 1 Cor. 1. 25 27. God c. the father of mercies and the God of all comfort c. We had the sentence of death in our selves that we should not trust in our selves but in God who raiseth the dead who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver 2 Cor. 1. 3 9 10. 1 Sam. 17. 24 35 36 c. 〈◊〉 who comforteth them who are cast down c. 2 Cor. 7. 6. Unto him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think c. Ephes 3. 20. Luke 1. 37. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer c. let your requests be made known unto God Phil. 4. 6. The living and the true God 1 Thes 1. 9. 1 Pet. 1. 23. Therefore we both labour and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men specially of those who believe 1 Tim. 4. 10. Charge them who are rich c. that they trust not c. but in the living God who c. 1 Tim. 6. 17. In hope of eternal life which God who cannot lye promised before the world c. Titus 1. 2. Be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee so we may boldly say The Lord is my helper and I will not fear Hebr. 13. 5 6. Every good gift and perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights with whom is no variableness c. James 1. 17. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5. 7. See Faith Chap. II. To look believingly unto hope in and patiently wait for God in all cases The Arguments thereto ABram's servant looked if God had made his journey prosperous or not Gen. 24. 21. Fear ye not stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which he will shew c. and the Lord shall fight for you c. Exod. 14. 13 14. Gen. 49. 18. The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth Exoa. 34. 6. When the people complained or were as it were Complainers it displeased the Lord c. Numb 11. 1. God is not man that he should lye neither the son of man that he should repent Hath he said and shall he not do or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Numb 23. 19. Hebr. 6. 18. Titus 1. 2. Rom. 3. 4. 1 Sam. 15. 29. The Lord thy God he is God the faithful God who keepeth covenant Deut. 7. 9. Not one thing hath failed of all the good things the Lord your God spake c. Joshua 23. 14. ch 21. 45. 1 Kings 3. 56. The King of Israel said Behold this evil is of the Lord what should I wait for the Lord any longer 2 Kings 6. 33. We have no might c. neither know we what to do but our eyes are upon thee c. Ye shall not need to fight in this set your selves stand ye and see the salvation of the Lord with you 2 Chron. 20. 12 17. I would seek unto God and unto God would commit my cause who doth great things and unsearchable marvellous things without number Job 5. 8 9. In the morning will I direct my prayer to thee and will look up Psal 5. 3. Thou Lord hast not forsaken them who seek theâ— Psal 9. 10. They shall praise the Lord who seek him Psal 22. 26. Thou the God of my salvation on thee do I wait all the day c. mine eyes are ever towards the Lord for he shall pluck my feet out of the net Psalm 25. 5 1â— 21. Wait on the Lord and be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I say on the Lord Psalm 27. 14. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them c. who hope in his mercy to deliver their soul c. Our soul waiteth for the Lord he is our help Psalm 33. 18 19 20. Thy mercy O Lord in the heavens thy faithfulness reacheth to the clouds Psal 36. 5. Psal 57. 10. Commit thy way unto the Lord c. and he shall bring it to pass c. rest in the Lord and wait patiently
for him fret not thy self c. because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass c. Fret not thy self in any wise to do evil c. Wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt thee c. Psalm 37. 5 7 8 34. And now Lord what wait I for my hope is in thee Psal 39. 7. I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined unto me and heard my cry he brought me up out of an horrible pit out of the mire Psalm 140. 1 2. Why art thou cast down O my soul why art thou disquieted in me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him Psalm 42. 6 11. Psalm 43. 5. God our refuge c. a very present help in time of trouble Psalm 46. 1. O God thou my God early will I seek thee my soul thirâ—teth for thee c. My soul wait thou only upon God for my expectation is only from him he only my rock and c. Psalm 62. 1 5. I am weary of my crying my throat is dried mine eyes fail while I wait for my God Psal 69. 3. Psalm 119. 123. Isa 38. 14. But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more Psalm 71. 14. Psalm 52. 9. Thou O Lord art a God full of compassion and gracious long suffering and plenteous in mercy and truth Psalm 86. 15. Psalm 111. 4. Even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Thou turnest Man to destruction and sayest Return ye children of men Psalm 90. 2 3. The Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Psalm 94. 14. Deut. 31. 6 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious slow to anger plenteous in mercy he will not always chide neither will he keep anger for ever c. Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who fear him c. The mercy of God is from everlasting to everlasting Psalm 103. 8 9 13 17. Psalm 78. 38 39. These all wait on thee that thou mayest give them their meat in due season Psalm 104. 27. They soon forgat his works they waited not for his counsel Psalm 106. 13. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion he hath given meat unto them who fear him he will ever be mindful of his covenant Psalm 111. 4 5. Psalm 116. 5. Psalm 112. 4. My soul fainteth for thy salvation I hope in thy word Psalm 119. 49 81. Behold as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters c. so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God until he have mercy upon us Psalm 123. 2. I wait for the Lord my soul doth wait and in his word do I hope c. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they who watch for the morn let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord is mercy and plenteous redemption Psal 130. 5 6 7. Our bones are scattered c. but mine eyes are unto thee O God the Lord Psalm 141. 7 8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy the Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works c. The Lord upholdeth all that fall c. The eyes of all wait upon or look unto thee and thou givest them their meat in due season Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing Psalm 145. 8 9 14 15 16. Happy is he c. whose hope is in the Lord his God Psalm 146. 5. The Lord taketh pleasure in them c. who hope in his mercy Psalm 147. 11. Hope deserred maketh the heart sick but when it cometh c. Prov. 13. 12. Say not thou I will recompence evil wait on the Lord and he shall save thee Prov. 20. 22 If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small Prov. 24. 10. I will wait upon the Lord who hideth his face from the house of Jacob and I will look for him c. Should not a people seek unto the Lord Isa 8. 17 19. At that day shall a man look to his Maker and his eyes shall have respect unto the holy One of Israel and he shall not look to the altars Isa 17. 7 8. And it shall be said in that day Lo this is our God we have waited for him and he will save us this the Lord we have waited for him Isa 25. 9. In the way of thy judgment O Lord have we waited for thee the desire of our soul is to the remembrance of thy name With my soul have I desired thee in the night c. Isa 26. 8 9. He who believeth shall not make haste Isa 28. 16. Wo to the rebellious children who take counsel but not of me and who cover with a covering but not of my Spirit c. Their strength is to sit still c. For thus saith the Lord the holy One of Israel In returning and rest shall ye be saved In quietness and conâ—idence shall be your strength and ye would not c. therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you c. for the Lord is a God of judgment blessed are all they who wait for him Isa 30. 1 7 15 18. Wo to them who go down to Egypt for help c. but they look not to the holy One of Israel neither seek the Lord Isa 31. 1. O Lord be gracious to us we have waited for thee Isa 33. 2. Hast thou not known c. the everlasting God the Lord the Creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not neither is weary there is no searching of his understanding he giveth power c. But they who wait upon the Lord shall renew strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not be faint Isaiah 40. 28 29 30 31. Look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of earth for I am God and there is none else Isa 45 22. Thou shalt know that I am the Lord for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me Isaiah 49. 23. Who is among you who feareth the Lord c. and walks in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God Isa 50. 10. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him who waiteth for him Isaiah 64. 4. I am the Lord who exercise loving-kindness judgment and righteousness in the earth for in these things I delight saith the Lord Jer. 9. 24. O the hope of Israel the saviour thereof in time of trouble c. Are there any among the vanities of the heathen who can cause rain c. Art not thou he O Lord our God therefore will we want upon thee for thou hast made all these things Jer. 14. 8 22. ch 17. 13. Blessed is
for his sake who shewed it and for conscience sake c. conscience I say not thine own but of the others c. Give none offence neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles nor to the Church of God even as I please all men in all things not seeking my own profit but the profit of many that they may be saved 1 Cor. 10 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33. ch 11. 1. Charity seeketh not her own 1 Cor. 13. 4 5. Let all your things be done with charity 1 Cor. 16. 14. Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus Phil. 2. 4 5. Let us therefore as many as be perfect be thus minded and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded God shall reveal even this unto you Nevertheless whereunto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Phil. 3. 15 16. Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in eating or in drinking or in respect of an holy day or of the new moon or of the sabbath which are a shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ Col. 2. 16 17. We exhort you brethren c. comfort the feeble minded support the weak be patient towards all men 1 Thes 5. 14. Neither give heed to fables c. which minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith now the end of the commandment is charity c. 1 Tim. 1. 4 5. Some shall depart from the faith c. forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received c. 1 Tim. 4. 3 4 5. Unto the pure all things are pure Tit. 1. 15. When Paul was writing many things concerning Christ he said of whom we have many things to say and hard to be uttered seeing ye are dull of hearing c. ye are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat c. strong meats belongs unto them who are of full age Heb. 5. 10 11 12 13 14. It is a good thing that the heart be established with grace not with meats which have not profited them who have been occupied therein Heb. 13. 9. Charity covereth a multitude of sins 1 Pet. 4. 8. I will put upon you no other burden but that which ye have already hold fast till I come Rev. 2. 24 25. X. To Distribute and Communicate to one anothers Necessities give to the Poor IF thou lend money to any of my people who is poor by thee thou shalt not be unto them as an usurer neither shalt thou lay upon him usury c. Exod. 22. 25 26. When ye reap the harvest of your land thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy fields neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard c. Thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger I am the Lord your God Lev. 19. 9 10. ch 25 1 2 3 4 c. If thy brother be waxen poor c. then thou shalt relieve him c. that he may live Levit. 25 35. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates c. thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand against thy poor brother but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth Beware that there be not a thought or word in thy wicked heart saying The seventh year the year of release is at hand and thine eye be evil against thy brother and thou givest him nought and he cry unto the Lord against thee and it be sin unto thee thou shalt surely give him and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy work c. for the poor shall never cease out of the land therefore I command thee c. Deut. 15. 7 8 9 10 11. If I have withheld from the poor their desire c. or have eaten my morsel alone and the fatherless have not eaten thereof c. If I have seen any perish for want of clothing or any poor without covering If his loins have not blessed me c. The stranger did not lodge in the street I opened my door to the traveller Job 31. 16 17 18 19 20 32. The righteous sheweth mercy and giveth c. He is ever merciful and lendeth Psal 37. 21 26. Blessed is he who considereth the poor or weak the Lord will deliver him Psal 41. 1 2 3. A good man sheweth favour and lendeth c. He hath dispersed he hath given unto the poor c. Psal 112. 5 9. Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruit of thy increase c. Say not unto thy neighbour go and come again and to morrow I will give when thou hast it by thee Prov. 3. 9 27 28. There is who scattereth and yet increaseth c. The liberal soul shall be made fat and he who watereth shall be watered also himself Prov. 11. 24 25. He who hath mercy on the poor happy is he c. He who oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker but he who honoureth him hath mercy on the poor Prov. 14. 21 31. He who hath pity on the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again Prov. 19. 17. Whose stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard Prov. 21. 13. He who hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed for he giveth of his bread to the poor Prov. 22. 9. He who giveth unto the poor shall not lack Prov. 28. 27. Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days Give a portion to seven and also to eight c. Eccies 11. 1 2 3. Is not this the fast that I have chosen c. Is it not to do deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor which are cast out to thy house when thou seest the naked that thou cover him and that thou hide not thy self from thine own flesh Then shall thy light break forth as the morning c. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfie the afflicted soul then shal thy light rise in obscurity c. Isa 58. 6 7 8 9 10 11. I have desired mercy and not sacrifice Hosea 6. 6. Give to him who asketh thee and from him who would borrow of thee turn not away Mat. 5. 42. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them c. when thou doest thine alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do c. that they may have glory of men c. But
and there c. Deut. 32. 36. It repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them who oppressed them Judges 2. 18. It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king for he is turned back c. the Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee c. and also the strength or eternity of Israel will not lye nor repent for he is not a man that he shoul repent 1 Sam. 15. 11 28 29 35. When the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destory it the Lord repented him of the evil and said to the Angel c. It is enough stay c. 2 Sam. 24. 16. They have humbled themselves I will not destroy them but will grant them some deliverance 2 Chron. 12. 7. 1 Kings 21. 27 29. Return O Lord how long and let it repent thee concerning thy servants Psal 90. 13. He remembred c. and repented according to the multitude of his mercies Psal 106. 45. The Lord will judge his people and repent himself concerning his servants Psal 135. 14. For this shall the earth mourn c. because I have spoken I have purposed and will not repent neither will I turn back from it c. Jer. 4. 28. I will c. destroy thee I am weary with repentings Jer. 15. 6. Amend your ways c. and the Lord will repent him of the evil which he hath pronounced against you c. And the Lord repented him of the evil which c. Jer. 26. 3 13 19. ch 18. 7 8 9 10 11. I will plant you c. for I repent me of the evil I have done unto you Jer. 42. 10. chap. 18. 8 10. I the Lord have spoken c. I will not go back neither will I spare c. nor repent Ezek. 24. 14. How shall I give thee up Ephraim c. my heart is turned within me my repentings are kindled together I will not execute the fierceness c. Hosea 11. 8 9. O Grave c. repentance shall be hid from mine eyes Hosea 13. 14. By whom shall Jacob arise c. the Lord repented for this It shall not be saith the Lord Amos 7. 2 3 5 6. Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger and we perish not c. And God saw their works that they turned from their evil way and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them and he did it not Jonah 3. 9 10. chap. 4. 20. Joel 2. 13 14. I thought to punish you c. and I repented not so again have I thought c. to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah fear ye not c. Zech. 8. 14 15. Secondly Repentance in Mâ—n in General and his turning c. GOD led the people not thorow the way of the land of the Philistines c. for God said Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war and they return Exod. 13. 17. And thou shalt call to mind c. and shall return c. with all thy heart c. Deut. 30. 1 2 3 8. 1 Kings 8. 47 48. Deut. 4. 30 31. And the children oâ— Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother Judges 21. 6 15. Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel saying if ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts put away the strange gods c. from among you and prepare your hearts unto the Lord c. then they did put away Balaam c. and served the Lord only 1 Sam. 7. 3 â— If they bethink themselves c. and repent c. and so return unto thee with aâ— their heart c. 1 Kings 8. 47 48. Ahab humbled himself c. and God brought not the threatned Judgments in his days 1 Kings 21. 27 29. For a long season Israel was without the true God c. But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel and sought him he was found 2 Chron. 15. 4. Turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham c. and he will return to the remnant of you c. and be not like your fathers c. If ye turn again unto the Lord your brethren c. shall find compassion for the Lord your God is gracious c. 2 Chron. 30. 6 7 9. Manasseh-repented c. when he had been in afliction 2 Chron. 33. 12 13 14 c. Jer. 4. 14. I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies Psal 119. 59. Wash ye make ye clean put away the evil of your goings c. Isa 1. 16 17. Jer. 4. 14. Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted for in that day every man shall cast away his Idols c. Isa 31. 6 7. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions c. return unto me Isa 44. 22. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon for my thoughts are not your thoughts c. Isa 55. 6 7 8 9. Is this the fast that I have chosen c. Loose the bonds of Iniquity to undo the heavy burthens c. Isa 58. 5 6 7. Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers yet return again to me saith the Lord c. but she turned not c. return thou backsliding Israel faith the Lord c. and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you for I am merciful c. only acknowledge tâ—â—e iniquity c. return c. I will heâ—l your backslidings Behold we come un to thee for thou art the Lord our God Jer. 3. 1 6 7 12 13 14 22. If thou wilt return O Israel faith the Lord return unto me and if thou wilt put away thy abomination out of my sight then c. Jer. 4. 1 4 14. Were they ashamed when they had committed c. nay they were not at all c. neither could they blush Jer. 6. 15. Amend your ways and your doings c. trust not in lying words saying The temple of the Lord c. for if ye thorowly amend your ways and your doings c. Jer. 7. 3 4 5 6 7. Isa 58. 5 6 7. No man repented of his wickedness saying What have I done every one turning to his course as the horse râ—â—hâ—th into the batter Jer. 8. 5 6. Return ye nâ—w every one from his evil way and make your ways and 〈◊〉 doings good And they said There is no hope but we will walk after c. Jer. 13. 11 12. I will give them an heart to know me c. for they shall return unto me with their whole heart Jer. 24. 7. Surely I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thou hast chastized me and I was chastized as a Bullock accustomed to the yoke turn thou me and I shall be turned
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
Israel is commanded especially to remember their deliverance out of Egypt Deut. 26. 1 2 3 c. Exod. 13. 14 15. Moses Song Deut. 32. Joshua pitched stones in Gilgal in memory of Israel's passing dry thorow Jordan that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty Josh 4. 5 6 7 20 21 22 23 24. The Song of Deborah and Barak which they sang after the victory against Sisera and his Army Judges 5. 2 Chron. 20. 26. Psalm 124. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Hannah sang praise when she brought Samuel her Son to the House of the Lord whom the Lord had given her upon her Prayer 1 Sam. 2. 1 2 3 4 to the 11. When the Philistines were beaten Samuel set up a stone called the name thereof Eben-Ezer saying Hitherto hath the Lord helped us 1 Sam. 7. 10 11 12. When Abigail met David and prevented him in his hasty purpose concerning Nabal's House he said unto Abigail Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me and blessed be thy advice c. And when David heard that Nabal was dead he said Blessed be the Lord who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and hath kept his servant from evil c. 1 Sam. 25. 32 33 39. When God had promised many things unto David he faith Let thy name be magnified for ever saying The Lord of Hosts is the God over Israel c. 2 Sam. 7. 26. And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hands of Saul And he said The Lord is my rock my fortress and my deliverer c. 2 Sam. 22. Blessed be God who hath given rest unto his people Israel according to all that he hath promised 1 Kings 8. 56. Upon the return of the Ark to the City of David he prepares a Song and delivers it to be sung by way of Thanksgiving unto God 1 Chron. 16. 8 9 to the 37. When the people had offered willingly towards the building of the House of the Lord David blessed the Lord before all the Congregation and David said Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel our Father for ever and ever c. Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious name c. that we should be able to offer so willingly c. The congregation did so 1 Chron. 29. 9 10 to the 20. Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord and he spake unto him c. but Hezekiah rendred noâ— again according to the benefit done unto him c. 2 Chron. 32. 24 25. Isa 28. 8 9. ch 39. Ezra takes notice of a little favour and acknowledgeth it to the praise of God Ezra 9. 8 9 13 14. ch 7. 27 28. Stand up bless the Lord your God for ever and ever and blessed be thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise c. Nehem. 9. 5 6 c. When Job had lost all then he said The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken blessed be the name of the Lord Job 1. 20 28. I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness and will sing to the name of the Lord most high Psalm 7. 17. O Lord our God how excellent is thy name in all the earth who hast set thy glory above the heavens c. Psalm 8. 1 9. I will praise thee O Lord with my whole heart I will shew forth all thy marvellous works I will sing praise to thy name O thou most high c. Sing to the Lord who dwelleth in Sion declare among the people his doings Psalm 9. 1 2 11. Psalm 96. I will sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with me Psalm 13. 6. David's Song of Praises for his Deliverances Psalm 18. Thou art holy who inhabiteth the praises of Israel c. Ye who fear the Lord praise him all ye the seed of Jacob glorifie him Psalm 22. 3 23. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works Psalm 26. 7. The Lord is my strength c. with my song will I praise him Psalm 28. 7. Sing unto the Lord O ye Saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance or to the memorial of his holy name c. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing c. to the end that my glory may sing praise unto thee and not be silent O Lord my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Psalm 30. 4 11 12. Blessed be the Lord for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness Psalm 31. 21. Praise is comely for the upright Psalm 33. 1. Psalm 147. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth c. O magnifie the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together I sought the Lord and he heard me c. O taste and see that the Lord is good c. Psalm 34. 1 3 4 6 8. Psalm 54. 6 7. My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness of thy praise all the day Psalm 35. 28. Psalm 105. 1 2 3. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God c. according to thy name so is thy praises O God unto the ends of the earth Psalm 48. 1 10. Offer unto God thanksgiving c. I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me c. Whose offereth praise glorifieth me Psal 50. 14 15 23. My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed or prepared I will sing praise awake up my glory c. I will praise thee O Lord among the people I will sing unto thee among the nations Psal â—7 7 8 9. Psal 108. 1 2. I will sing of thy power yea I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning for thou hast been my defence c. Psal 59. 16 17. Psal 62. 7. Praise waiteth for thee O God in Sion c. Psal 65. 1. Isa 12. Make a joyful noise unto God all ye saints sing forth the honour of his name make his praise glorious c. All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee Oh bless our God ye people c. Come hear c. all ye who fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my soul I cried c. Blessed be God who hath not turned away my prayer nor his mercy from me Psal 66. 1 2 4 8 16 17 20. Psal 81. 1. Sing unto God sing praises unto his name extol him who rideth upon the heavens c. A Father to the fatherless c. Psal 68. 4 5. I will praise the Lord with a song and will magnifie him with thanksgiving this also shall please the Lord better than an ox c. Psal 69. 30 31. By thee have I been holpen up from my womb my praise shall be continually of thee
hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him faith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth c. Jer. 23. 24. The great the mighty God the Lord of hosts is his name great in counsel and mighty in word c. I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me for ever c. I will put my fear into their hearts Jer. 32. 18 19 39 40. The children of Israel c. shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days Hosea 3. 5. The Lord shall utter his voice before his army c. for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible and who can abide it Joel 2. 11. I fear the Lord the God of heaven c. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly c. Jonah 1. 9 16. God is jealous the Lord revengeth c. He rebuketh the sea and maketh it dry c. The mountains quake at him and the hills melt c. Nahum 1. 2 3 4 5 6. It I be a master where is my fear c. I am a great King faith the Lord of hosts and my name is dreadful amongst the heathen Mal. â— 6 14. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerer c. and against those c. who fear not me saith the Lord of hosts c. A book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought of his name And they shall be mine saith the Lord Mal. 3. 5 16 17. But unto you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall grow c. Mat. 4. 2. Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell Matth. 10. 28. His mercy is on them who fear him from generation to generation he hath shewed strength c. He hath put down the mighty c. Luke 1. 50 51 52 53. The most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands c. Heaven is my throne c. Hath not my hand made all these things Acts 7. 48 49 50. The Churches were edified and walked in the fear of the Lord Acts 9. 31. Cornelius c. a devout man and one who feared God with all his house c. In every nation he who feareth him c. is accepted with him Acts 10. 2 35. ch 13. 26. God who made the world and all things therein seeing he is God c. Acts 17. 24 25 c. All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 13. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 31. So terrible was the sight that Moses said I exceedingly fear and quake c. Let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear For our God is a consuming fire Heb. 12. 21 28. 29. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear 1 Pet. 1. 17. 2 Cor. 7. 1. Fear God 1 Pet. 2. 17. Fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment is come Rev. 14. 7. Great and marvellous are thy works Lord God almighty c. Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy name for thou only art holy Rev. 15. 3 4. To trust in God and in none else in all Cases The Arguments thereto I. Not in any else THE Babel builders trusted to a City and Tower for their security but God scattered them Gen. 11. 1 2 c. There is none besides thee neither is there any rock like unto God 1 Sam. 2. 2. Because thou hast relied on the King of Affyria and not relied on the Lord thy God therefore is the host of the King of Syria escaped out of thy hands c. Asa in his Disease sought not to the Lord but to the Physicians 2 Chron. 16. 7 12. I would seek unto God unto him would I commit my cause Job 5. 8. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host A mighty man is not delivered by much strength A horse is a vain thing for safety neither shall he deliver by his great strength Psalm 33. 16 17. Isa 31. 1 3. Job 15. 31. Psalm 20. 7. I will not trust in my bow nor shall my sword save me Thou hast saved Psalm 44. 6 7. They who trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches None can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ranson for him c. that he should live for ever Psalm 49. 6 7 9. Ezek. 7. 19. Lo this is the man who made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his riches But I trusted in the mercy of God for ever Psal 52. 7 8. Give us help from trouble for vain is the help of man Psal 60. 11. Surely men of low degree are vanity men of high degree a lye to be â—aid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity Trust not in oppression c. Psal 62. 9 10. Put not your trust in princes nor in the sons of men in whom is no help his breath goeth forth he turneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish Psal 146. 3 4. Psalm 118. 8 9. He who trusted unto his riches shall fall Prov. 11. 28. He who trusteth in his own heart is a fool Prov. 28. 26. Create from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of Isa 2. 22. What will ye do in the day of your visitation c. to whom will ye flee for help c. Isa 10. 3 4. ch 20. 6. Thou didst not look in that day unto the armour of the house of the forest c. ye made also a ditch between the two walls c. But ye have notlooked unto the maker thereof Isa 22. 8 9 10 11. Wo unto the repellious children c. who take counsel but not of me c. who walk to go down to Egypt and have not asked at my mouth to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharoah and to trust in the shadow of Egypt Therefore shall the strength of Pharoah be your shame and the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion c. For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose c. Their strength is to â—it still c. No we will flee upon horses therefore shall ye flee c. Isa 30. 1 2 3 5 7 15 16 17. ch 1. 23 29 c. Wo to them who go to Egypt c. Stay on horses and trust in chariots because many c. Isa 31. 1 3. Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness thou hast said None seeth c. Thou hast said in thine heart I am and none else besides me c Stand now with thine enchantments c. let them stand up and save thee c. Behold they shall be as stuble c. None shall save thee Isa 47. 10 11 12
12. No man speaking by the spirit of God ceileth Jesus accursed c. that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost c. There are diversity of gifts but the same spirit c. to one is given c. But all these worketh that one and the self same spirit dividing c. 1 Cor. 12. 3 4 5 6 7 c. Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of his spirit 2 Cor. 1. 22. ch 5. 5. Ye are our Epistle c. ye are manifestly declared the Epistle of Christ c. written not with ink but with the spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the heart c. The letter killeth but the spirit giveth life c. If the ministration of death c. were glorious c. How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious c. Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty 2 Cor. 3. 2 3 6 7 8 17. God hath sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying Abba father Gal. 4. 6. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other c. The fruit of the spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance Gal. 5. 17 22 23. Ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance until the purchased possession Eph. 1. 13 14. The holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption Eph. 4. 30. For the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth Eph. 5. 9. God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power of love and of a sound mind 2 Tim. 1. 7. Having received the word in much affliction with joy of the holy Ghost 1 Thes 1. 6. Acts 9. 31. Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself c. Heb. 9. 14. The anointing teacheth you c. and is truth and is no lye 1 John 2. 27. Try the spirits whether they are of God c. Hereby know ye the spirit of God every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ to have been come in the flesh is of God And every spirit which confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the fâ—esh is not of God c. Greater is he that is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4. 1 2 3 4. It is the spirit who beareth witness because the spirit is truth c. The Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these there are one 1 John 5. 6 7 8. The spirit and the bride say Come Rev. 22. 17. III. Saints Duty towards the Spirit 1. In following after him and making use of him THE manifestation of the spirit is given to â—â—ry man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7. The same anointing teacheth you of all things 1 John 2. 27. And the Lord said My spirit shall not always strive with man Gen. 6. 3. The true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4. 23 24. Fervent in the spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. The manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7. I will pray with the spirit c. I will sing with the spirit c. 1 Cor. 14. 15. Walk ye not in the same spirit 2 Cor. 12. 18. Are ye so foolish having begun in the spirit are ye now made perfect by the flesh Gal. 3. 3. Walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh c. If ye be led by the spirit ye are not under the law c. If we live in the spirit let us also walk in the spirit Gal. 5. 16 17 18 25. 1 John 2. 27. He who soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting Gal. 6. 8. Be not drunk c. but be ye filled with the spirit Eph. 5. 18. The sword of the spirit which is the word of God c. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit Eph. 6. 17 18. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit Phil. 3. 3. Wherefore as the holy Ghost saith If ye will hear his voice c. Hebr. 3. 7. Build up your selves c. praying in the holy Ghost Jude v. 20. He who hath an ear let him hear what the spirit saith to the Churches Rev. 2. 7 11 17 29. 2. Not to sin against grieve or quench the Spirit But they rebelled and vexed his holy spirit therefore he was turned to be their Enemy Isa 63. 10. But the blasphemy against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men c. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him out whosoever speaketh against the 〈…〉 shall not be forgiven him neither 〈…〉 Matth. 12. 31 32. Mark 3. 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Satan filled thine heart to 〈…〉 c. thou hast not lied unto 〈…〉 God c. How is it that ye have 〈…〉 to tempt the spirit of the Lord c. she 〈◊〉 down and died c. Acts 5. 2 3 5 8 9 10. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ye do always resist the holy Ghost as your fathers did so do ye c. Have not your fathers persecuted c. Acts 7. 51 52. Simon offered money for power to confer the holy Ghost Acts 8. 18 19. The Sadduces say that there is no resurrection neither angel nor spirit Acts 23. 8. Keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace c. and grieve not the holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed Eph. 4. 3 30. Quench not the spirit 1 Thes 5. 19. He who despised Moses law died without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the son of God c. and hath done despite unto the spirit of Grace Heb. 10. 28 29. The spirit of God and of Glory resteth upon you on their parts he is evil spoken of c. 1 Pet. 4. 14. CHAP. XXII Of Afflictions Troubles and Persecutions 1. To whom they belong or who way expect thom 1. Common to all MAN is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward Job 5. 7. Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble Job 14. 1. 2. More especially the Saints Believers such as are born of the Spirit First The Holy-Ghost affirms this I Will be his father and he shall be my son If he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men but my mercy shall not depart away from him c. 2 Sam. 7. 14 15. Psal
99. 8. Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him c. Psal 34. 19. For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth even as the father the son in whom he delighteth Prov. 3. 12. Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and wonders in Israel Isa 8. 18. He who departeth from evil maketh himself a prey Isa 59. 15. They watch for iniquity they make a man an offender for a word c. Isa 29. 20 21. You only have I known of all the families of the earth therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities Amos 3. 2. Beware of men for they will deliver you up to the Councels and they will scourge you in their Synagogues and ye shall be brought before governours and kings for my sake c. and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death and the father the child c. and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake c. The disciple is not above his master c. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his Master and the servant as his Lord if they have called the master of the house Belzebub how much more shall they call them of the houshould c. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth c. A man's enemies shall be they of his own houshold Mat. 10. 17 18 21 22 24 25 34 35 36. chap. 24. 9 10. Luke 21. 12 13 14 c. Mark 10. 30. Then said Jesus unto his disciples If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Matth. 16. 24. Mark 8. 34 35. Wo unto you who laugh now for ye shall mourn and weep wo unto you when all men shall speak well of you for so did their fathers to the false prophets Luke 6. 25 26. Jesus said unto him Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head Luke 9. 58. If the world hate you ye know that it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world the world would love its own but because ye are not of the world but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you Remember the word I said unto you The servant is not greater than his Lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you c. These things they will do unto you for my name's sake because they know not him who sent me John 15. 18 19 20 21 1 John 3. 13. John 17. 14. These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended But they shall put you out of their Synagogues yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God service and these things will they do unto you because they have not known the father nor me c. Ye shall weep and lament but the world shall rejoyce ye shall be sorrowful c. In the world ye shall have tribulation John 16. 1 2 3 20 22 33. Of a truth against the holy child Jesus c. both Herod c. were gathered together to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done Acts 4. 27 28. The Lord said of Paul I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my Name Acts 9. 15 16. Exhorting them to continue in the faith and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God Acts 14. 22. Mark 10. 30. The holy Ghost witnesseth in every city saying That bonds and afflictions abide me Acts 20. 23. Always we who live are delivered to death for Christ's sake that also the life of Jesus c. 2 Cor. 4. 11. ch 7. 5. But as then he who was born after the flesh persecuted him who was born after the spirit so it is now Gal. 4. 29. We wrestle not with flesh c. but with principalities c. Ephes 6. 11 12 13. Unto you it is given c. not only to believe on him but also to suffer for his sake Phil 1. 29. That no man be moved by these afflictions for your selves know that we are appointed thereunto 1 Thes 3. 3. All who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution 2 Tim. 3. 12. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth c. for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not but if ye be without chastisements whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sons Heb. 12. 6 7 8. Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial c. as though some strange thing happened to you but rejoyce in as much as ye are made partakers of Christ's sufferings judgment must begin at the house of God 1 Pet. 4. 12 13 17. The devil c. whom resist c. that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. Behold the devil shall cast some of you in prison that ye may be tried and ye shall have tribulation ten days Rev. 2. 10. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten Be zealous therefore c. Rev. 3. 19. These are they who came out of great tribulation and have washed c. Rev. 7. 14. Secondly That the Saints have been so exercised with Afflictions in Soul and Body from God and in their Bodies and outward Concerns from Men by Persecutions 1. From God more immediately Prov. 18. 14. JAcob sorely afflicted in Joseph and other of his sons Gen. 37. ch 34. The Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me I went forth full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty c. Ruth 1. 20 21. Job greatly afflicted in his out-things and his body Job 1. 13 to the end ch 2. 5 6 7 8. ch 7. 3 4 5 c. ch 9. 27 28 c. O that my grief were thoroughly weighed c. for now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea therefore my words are swallowed up or I want words to express my grief for the arrows of the Almighty are within me the poison thereof drinketh up my spirit the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me Job 6. 1 2 3 4. ch 13. 24 26. ch 19. ch 30. Psal 38. 2. Psal 55. 4 5. I was full of confusion therefore see my affliction Job 10. 15 16 c. My soul is sore vexed O Lord how long c. I am weary with my groaning all the night or every night make I my bed to swim I water my couch with tears mine eye is consumed because of grief c. Psal 6. 3 7. Psal 32. 4. Psal 102. 3 4 c. My God my God why hast thou forsaken me c. I cry in the day-time and thou hearest not Psal 22. 1 2. I am desolate and afflicted the troubles of mine heart are enlarged c. Psal 25. 16 17. Ps 40. 12. Ps 102. 3 4 5 6 9. Ps 143. 4. My
tears have been by meat while they continually say unto me Where is thy God Ps 42. 3 10. Make me to hear joy and gladness that the bones thou hast broken may rejoyce hide thy face from my sin Psal 51. 8 9. Save me O God for the waters are come in unto my soul I sink in deep mire where is no standing I am come into deep waters or depth of waters where the floods overflow me I am weary of my crying my throat is dry mine eye fail while I wait for my God Psal 69. 1 2 3. Psal 42. 6 7. All the day long have I been plagued and chastened every morning Psal 73. 14. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord my sore ran in the night and ceased not my soul refused to be comforted I remembred God and was troubled I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed Selah Thou holdest mine eyes waking I am so troubled that I cannot speak c. Will the Lord cast off for ever Will he be favourable no more Is his mercy clean gone for ever doth his promise fail Psal 77. 1 2 3 4 7 8. Psal 142. 3 4 6. Psal 143. 4 7. Luke 18. 8. My soul is full of troubles c. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in darkness in the depths thy wrath lieth hard on me thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves c. I am afflicted and ready to die I suffer thy terrors I am distracted thy fierce wrath goeth over me thy terrors have cut me off Psal 88. 3 6 7 9 14 15 16 17. Psal 38. 4 6 8 10. Ps 31. 9 10. Prov. 18. 14. Psl 40. 12. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee O Lord Psal 130. 1. Jonah cast into the sea and in the belly of the fish Jonah 1. 15. chap. 2. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you c. We are chastened of the Lord c. 1 Cor. 11. 30 31 32. We are troubled on every side without were fightings within were fears 2 Cor. 7. 5. Hezekiah c. was left of God in the business of the ambassadours of the king of Babylon to try him that he might know all which was in his heart 2 Chron. 33. 31. 2. From Men by Persecutions of various kinds Gal. 4. 29. WE are troubled on every side yet not distressed c. persecuted but not forsaken c. 2 Cor. 4. 8 9 10 11. First From Men openly wicked Heathens Infidels Joseph because he refused to sin with Potiphar's wife was by her means imprisoned in Egypt Gen. 39. 7 8 9 to v. 21. When Israel began to increase in Egypt the king said Come let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply and it come to pass when there fall out any war c. Therefore did they set over them task-masters to afflict them with their burthens c. They made them serve with rigour and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage c. ordered the Midwives to kill the male-children Exod. 1. 7 8 9 to v. 17. Afterwards they laid the burthen heavier allowing them no straw and yet required the tale of brick Ezod 5. 6 7 8 9 11. Pharaoh pursued after Israel with a great army unto the red-sea Exod. 14. 7 8 9 10. The adversaries of Israel and Judah troubled them in their building and hired counsellors against them to frustrate their purpose c. Afterwards Rehum the Chancellor wrote to the king c. The Jews are building the rebellious and bad City c. If this City be builded and the walls set up again then will not they pay toll tribute c. and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings now because we have maintenance from the king's palace it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour c. This City is a rebellious City and hurtful unto kings c. and that they have moved sedition within the same of old c. If this City be built c. by this means thou shalt have no portions on this side the river c. So they hasted to Jerusalem and by force stayed the work Ezra 4. 1 4 5 12 13 14 15 16 23 24. Sanballat laughed us to scorn c. said c. Will ye re rebel against the king Nehem. 2. 19. ch 6. 6 7 8. When Sanballat and others heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up c. they were very wroth and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem and to hinder it c. Nehem. 4. 2 3 7 8. They hired men to draw Nehemiah to sin that they might have occasion to reproch him Neh. 6. 12 13. When Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not nor did him reverence then was Haman full ofwrath c. wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews c. said unto the king There is a certain people c. and their laws are divers from all people neither keep they the king's laws therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them Let it please the king that it may be written that they may be destroyed and I will pay c. The king grants his desire c. Esth 3. 5 6 8 9 10 11. Many say of my soul There is no help from him in his God Selah Psal 3. 2. The wicked in pride doth persecute the poor c. Psal 10. 2 8 9. The wicked bend their bow c. that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart Psal 11. 2. All they who see me laugh me to scorn they shoot out the lip they shake the head saying He trusted in the Lord that he would deliver him let him deliver him seeing or if he delights in him Psal 221. 7 8. They devise deceitful matters against them who are quiet in the land c. They have said Aha aha our eyes hath seen c. so would we have it Psal 35. 20 21 25. The wicked plotteth or practiseth against the just and gnasheth upon him with his teeth c. The wicked have drawn out their sword c. to cast down the poor and needy to slay such as be of upright conversation Psal 37. 12 14. They also who seek after my life lay snares and they who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long c. when my foot llippeth they magnifie themselves against me c. They also who render evil for good are my adversaries because I follow that which is good Psal 38. 12 16 19 20. Ps 109. 4 5. For thy sake are we killed all the day long we are counted as sheep for the slaughter Psal 44. 22. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eat up my people as they eat bread Ps 53. 4. Ps 25. 19. Being angry with intestine hatred they persecute me Psal 55. 3. Man would swallow me up he fighting daily oppresseth me my enemies would daily swallow me up for they be many who fight against