glory of the Lord c. are changed into the same image c. by the spirit 2 Cor. 3. 17 18. We having the same spirit of faith according as it is written I believed and therefore have I spoken we also believe and therefore speak 2 Cor. 4. 13. In this we groan earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house from heaven c. that mortallity might be swallowed up of life We are willing to be absent from the body that we may be present with the Lord wherefore we labour that whether present c. we may be accepted of him c. knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we perswade men c. The love of Christ constraineth us c. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are past away behold all things as become new 2 Cor. 5. 2 4 8 9 11 14 17. Jesus Christ is in you except you be reprobates c. We can do nothing against the truth but for the truth 2 Cor. 13. 5 8. When it pleased God c. to reveal his Son in me that I might preach him c. immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood Gal. 1. 15 16. I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Gal. 2. 20. The works of the flesh are manifest which are adultery c. but the fruit of the spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance and they who are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections or passions and lusts Gal. 5. 19 20 21 22 23 24. God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom or whereby the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world for in Jesus Christ circumcision availeth nothing c. but a new creature Gal. 6. 14 15. This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord That ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds c. But ye have not so learned Christ. If so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus Ephes. 4. 17 18 19 20 21. For the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness righteousness and truth Eph. 5. 9. Some preach Christ out of envy and strife c. what then notwithstanding in every way whether in pretence or in truth Christ is preached and therein do I rejoyce yea and I will rejoyce Phil. 1. 15 16 17 18. We are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit rejoyce in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh c. What things were gain to me those I count loss for Christ yea doubtless and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledg of Christ Jesus my Lord c. that I might know him and the power of his resurrection c. and be made conformable unto his death if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead not as though I had already attained or were already perfect but I follow after c. but this one thing forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before I press towards the mark c. let us therefore as many as be perfect be thus minded c. Our conversation is in heaven from whence we look for the Saviour c. Phil. 3. 3. 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 20. I have learned in whatsoever estate I am therewith to be content I know how to be abased and I know how to abound every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need I can do all things through Christ who strengthneth me Phil. 4. 11 12 13. And bringeth forth fruits as it doth also in you since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth Col. 1. 6. If ye be risen with Christ seek those things which are above c. Set your affections on things above not on things on the earth c. seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds and have put on the new man which is renewed in knowledg after the image of him who created him Colos. 3. 1 2 9 10. Remembring without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love c. knowing beloved your election of God For our Gospel came not unto you in word only but also in power c. and ye became followers of us and of the Lord having received the word in much affliction c. ye turned to God c. to serve the living and true God and to wait for his Son 1 Thes. 1. 3 4 5 6 9 10. The word of God which effectually worketh also in you who believe for ye brethren became followers of the Churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus for ye also have suffered like things of your own Countrey-men 1. Thes. 2. 13 14. Ye brethren are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief ye are the children of the light c. 1 Thes. 5. 4 5. I thank Jesus Christ our Lord who hath enabled me c. who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious but I obtained mercy c. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the chief 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 15. Let every one who nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity 2 Tim. 2. 19. He who is entred into his rest hath ceased from his own works Hebr. 4. 10. They who believe desire a better countrey that is an heavenly c. Moses c. chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt c. Heb. 11. 16 24 25 26. Follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord Heb. 12. 14. If any among you seem to be religious and bridle not his tongue but deceiveth his own heart this mans religion is vain Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction to keep himself unspotted from the world James 1. 26 27. What doth it profit my brethren though a man say he hath faith and have not works c. faith if it hath not works is dead c. I will shew thee my faith by my works c. Faith without works is dead also James 2. 14 18 26. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledg amongst you let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom But if ye have bitter envying c. this wisdom descendeth not from above c. but the wisdom which is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle and easie to be entreated full of mercy and good fruits without
Let him who speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret c. I will pray with the spirit and will pray with understanding also 1 Cor. 14. 13 14 15. You also helping together by prayer for us 2 Cor. 1. 11. For this cause I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart frâ—…m me and he said unto me My grace is sufficient c. 2 Cor. 12. 7 8 9. Making mention of you in my prayers That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledg of him c. Ephes. 1. 16 17 18 19. For this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus c. That he would grant unto you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith c. Ephes. 3. 14 15 16 17 18 19. Praying always with all manner of prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints and for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may c. Ephes. 6. 18 19. Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request c. And thus I pray that your love may abound c. Phil. 1. 4 9 10 11. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God c. Phil. 4. 6. For this cause we also c. do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledg of his will c. Col. 1. 9 10 11. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving withall praying also for us that God would open unto us a dore of utterance c. Labouring fervently for you in prayers that ye may stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God Col. 4. 2 3 4 12. 1 Pet. 4. 7. Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith Now God himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way unto you and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love c. 1 Thes. 3. 10 11 12. Pray without ceasing c. And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly c. Brethren pray for us 1 Thes. 5. 17 23 25. We pray always for you that our God would c. fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and 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 stablish 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 sight of God our Saviour c. I will therefore that men pray every where lifting 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 Heb. 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. Heb. 10. 19 20 21 22. 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 sicâ—… 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 hindred â—… 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 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 vers 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 or add it to with the prayers of
the people tremble He sitteth between the Cherubins let the earth be removed or stagger the Lord is great in Zion he is high above all people let them praise the great and terrible name it is holy Psal. 99. 1 2 3. As the heavens are high above the earth so great is his mercy towards them who fear him c. As a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them who feareth him c. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting unto them who fear him Psal. 103. 11 13 17. He hath given meat unto them that fear him c. Holy and reverend is his name The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Psal. 111. 5 9 10. Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob who turneth the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of water Psal. 114. 7 8. He will bless them who fear the Lord small and great Psal. 115. 13. He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him he also will hear c. Psal. 145. 19. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him c. Psal. 147. 11. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledg Prov. 1. 7. Chap. 9. 10. Fear the Lord and depart from evil Prov. 3. 7. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence c. it is the fountain of life to depart from the snares of death Prov. 14. 26 27. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasures c. Prov. 15. 16. By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil Prov. 16. 6. Let not thine heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long Prov. 23. 17. Whatsoever God doth it shall be for ever c. and God doth it that men should fear before him Eccl. 3. 14. It shall be well with them who fear God who fear before him Eccl. 18. 12. The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day c. And they shall go into the holes c. for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth Isa. 2. 17 19 21. I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne c. and one cryed unto another and said Holy holy holy is the Lord of Hosts the whole earth is full of his glory c. then said I Wo is me c. because I a man of unclean lips c. have feen the King the Lord of Hosts Isa. 6. 1 3 5. Sanctifie the Lord of Hosts himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread Isa. 8. 13. The Lord of Hosts hath sworn saying Surely as I thought so shall it come to pass and as I have purposed it shall stand c. The Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Isa. 14. 24 27. Thou hast made of a city an heap c. therefore shall the strong people glorifie thee the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee Isa. 25. 1 2 3. Who would set the briers and thornes against me in battel c. I would burn them together Isa. 27. 4. Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth c. and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men therefore c. They shall sanctifie my name and sanctifie the holy one of Jacob and shall fear the God of Israel Isa. 29. 13 14 15 23. Behold the Lord God will come c. who hath measured the waters in the hallow of his hand and meeted heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure c. behold the nations as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballance behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing c. all nations before him are as nothing Isa. 40. 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. I the Lord the first and with the last I am he the isles faw it and feared the ends of the earth were afraid drew near c. Isa. 41. 4 5. The heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool where is the house Isa. 66. 1. Act. 7. 48 49 50. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God and that my fear is not in thee Jer. 2. 19. O foolish people c. fear ye not me saith the Lord Will ye not tremble at my presence Who hath placed the sands for the bounds of the Sea by a perpetual decree that it cannot pass it c. But this people hath revolted c. neither say they in their hearts Let us now fear the Lord our God who giveth rain c. Jer. 5. 21. 22 23 24. None like unto thee O Lord thou great and thy name great in might who would not fear thee O King of nations for to thee it appertaineth c. The Lord is the true God he the living God an everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation c. Jer. 10. 6 7 10. 12 13. Dan. 2. 20 21 22 47. Chap. 4. 17 32. O house of Israel cannot I do with you as this potter saith the Lord behold as the clay in the potters hand so ye in my hand O house of Israel Jer. 18. 6. Can any hide himself in secret praces that I shall not see him saith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth c Jer. 23. 24. The great the mighty God the Lord of Hosts is his name great in counsel and mighty in work c. I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me for ever c. I will put my fear into their hearts Jer. 32. 18 19 39 40. The Lord shall utter his voice before his army c. for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible and who can abide it Joel 2. 11. God is jealous the Lord revengeth c. He rebuketh the Sea and maketh it dry c. The mountains quake at him and the hills melt c. Nahum 1. 2 3 4 5 6. If I be a master Where is my fear c I am a great King saith the Lord of Hosts and my name is dreadful amongst the heathen Mal. 1. 6 14. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerer c. And fear not me saith the Lord of Hosts c. A book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought of his name And they shall be mine saith the Lord Mal. 3. 5 16 17. But unto you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall grow c. Mal. 4. 2. Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell Mat. 10. 28. His
ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven Job 28. 23 24. His eyes are upon the ways of man and he seeth all his goings Job 34. 21. Psal. 11. 4 5. The righteous God tryeth the hearts and reins Psal. 7. 9. Jer. 11. 20. The Lord looketh from heaven and beholdeth all the sons of men Psal. 33. 13. Understand ye brutish c. He that planteth the ear shall he not hear He that formed the eye shall he not see c The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity Psal. 94. 8 9 11. Thou c. art acquainted with all my ways For not a word in my tongue but lo O Lord thou knowest it altogether c. Such knowledg is too wonderful for me c. Whither shall I go from thy spirit Or whither shall I fly from thy presence If I ascend up into Heaven thou art there c. Psal. 139. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 c. Prov. 5. 21. The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the good and the bad c. Hell and destruction are before the Lord how much more then the hearts of the children of men Prov. 15. 3 11. Shall the thing framed say of him who framed it he had no understanding Isa. 29. 16. Mine eyes are upon all their ways They are not hid from my face Neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes Jer. 16. 17. ch 32. 19. I the Lord search the heart I try the reins Jer. 17 10. ch 20. 12. I know the things which come into thy mind every one of them Ezek. 11. 5. He revealeth the deep and â—…ecret things He knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him Dan. 2. 22 28. Thy father who seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly c. Your father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him Mat. 6. 4 6 8 18. But of that day and hour knoweth no man c. but the father Mark 13. 32. That should seek the Lord c. though he be not far from every one of us Act. 17. 27. O the depth of the riches c. Of the knowledg of God c. Rom. 11. 33 34. Pleasing c. God who tryeth our hearts c. 1 Thes. 2. 4. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4. 12 13. 8thly He is most Wise. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength c. Job 9. 4. The Lord of host wonderful in counsel Isa. 28. 29. The Lord is a God of judgment Isa. 30. 18. He hath established the world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion Jer. 10. 12. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledg of God Rom. 11. 33. To God only wise be glory c. Rom. 16. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 17. The foolishness of God is wiser than men 1 Cor. 1. 25. To the only wise God our saviour be glory c. Jude vers 25. 9thly He is most Holy Who like thee O Lord c. glorious in holiness c. Exod. 15. 11. I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity c. Exod. 20. 5. Nahum 1. 2. Ye shall be holy for I am holy c. Levit. 11. 44 45. chap. 19. 2. chap. 20. 26. I the Lord who sanctifieth you am holy Levit. 21. 8. For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you Deut. 6. 15. The Lord for he is an holy God he is a jealous God he will not forgive c. Josh. 24. 19. There is none holy as the Lord for there is none besides 1 Sam. 2. 2. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6. 20. The holy one of Israel is our king Psal. 89. 18. Psal. 99. 9. The knowledg of the holy is understanding Prov. 9. 10. Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts Isa. 6. 3. Behold from the habitation of thy holiness c. The people of thy holiness hath possessed c. Isa. 63. 15 18. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel c. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord the holy one in Israel Ezek. 39. 7. Isa. 43. 14 15. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness c. Amos 4. 2. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look at iniquity Habak 1. 13. Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is c. Rev. 4. 8. Who shall not fear thee O Lord c. for thou only art holy c. Rev. 15. 4. 10thly He is most just A God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he Deut. 32. 4. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right c. Nehem. 9. 33. Surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment c. Wilt thou condemn him who is most just Job 34. 12. 17. He is excellent c. and in plenty of justice Job 37. 23. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness c. Psal. 11. 7. Psal. 33. 5. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne Psal. 89. 14. No God besides me a just God c. Isa. 45. 21. I am the Lord who exercise c. judgment and righteousness in the earth c. Jer. 9. 24. The Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doth Dan. 9. 14. The just Lord is in the middest thereof he will not do iniquity every morning he doth bring his judgment to light Zephan 3. 5. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed c. Heb. 6. 10. Lord God Almighty just and true are thy ways c. Rev. 15. 3. 11thly He is Compassionate Pitiful and Merciful The men laid hold upon his hand c. the Lord being merciful unto him Gen. 19. 16. The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious c. keeping mercy for thousands c. Exod. 34. 6 7. The Lord is c. Of great mercy Numb 14. 18. The Lord thy God is a merciful God he will not forsake thee neither destroy thee c. Deut. 4. 31. O give thanks unto the Lord c. For his mercy endures for ever 1 Chron. 16. 34. 2 Chron. 20. 21. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return c. 2 Chron. 30. 9. Psal. 116. 5. Thou a God c. merciful slow to anger c. For thy great mercies sake thou didst not consume them c. For thou art a gracious and merciful God Nehem. 9. 17 31. Psal. 145. 8. Thou a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering and plenteous in mercy c. Psal. 86. 15. Psal. 111. 4. Psal. 145. 8. Mercy c. shall go before thy face Psal.
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. His mercy endureth for ever c. Psal. 136. 1 2 c. Where c. is the sounding 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. To the Lord our God belongs mercy c. Dan. 9. 9. I knew that thou a gracious God and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repentest thee of the evil c. Jonah 4. 2. Joel 2. 13. 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. Remission of their sins Through the tender mercies or bowels of mercy of our God whereby the day-spring from on high c. Luk. 1. 77 78. 12thly He is long-suffering and patient The Lord c. Longsuffering 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. Nehem. 9. 17. Psal. 103. 8. Despisest thou the c. forbearance and long-suffering c. Rom. 2. 4. 13. 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. Thou a God c. gracious c. and of great kindness Nehem. 9. 17 31. For the Lord God 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. 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. 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. 24. 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. The God of all grace who hath called us c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. 14. 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 he not do it Or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Numb 23. 19. Heb. 6. 18. 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. Thou art that God and thy words be true and thou hast promised 2 Sam. 7. 28. Heb. 10. 23. 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. The Lord is good c. His truth endureth to all generations Psal. 100. 5. Psal. 117. 2. He will ever be mindful of his covenant c. The work 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. 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. Commit the keeping of their souls c. as unto a faithful creatour 1 Pet. 4. 19. How long O Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge c. Rev. 6. 10. 15. He is unchangeable I am the Lord I change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed c. Mal. 3. 6. God willing c. To shew to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye c. Heb. 6. 17 18. The father of lights with whom is no variableness or shadow of turning James 1. 17. 16. He is infinite and unsearchable Unto God would I commit my cause Who doth great things and unsearchable c. Job 5. 9. chap. 37. 5. Who doeth great things past finding out c. Lo he goeth by me and I see him not he passeth on also but I perceive him not Job 9. 10 11. Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection Job 11. 7. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens c. lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him Job 26. 14. Behold God is great and we know him not neither can the number of his years be searched out Job 36. 26. Touching the Almighty we cannot find him out he is excellent in power c. Job 37. 23. Thy way is in the sea and thy path in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known Psal. 77. 19. O Lord how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep Psal. 92. 5. Great is the Lord c. and his greatness is unsearchable Psal. 145. 3. Great is our Lord c. his understanding is unsearchable Psal. 147. 5. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit nor how the bones do grow in the womb c. even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all Eccl. 11. 5. Hast thou not known hast thou not heard the everlasting God c. There is no searching of his understanding Isa. 40. 28. Neither knoweth any man the father save the son and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him Matt. 11. 27. O the depth of the riches both
glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased 2 Pet. 1. 16 17. 1 Pet. 1. 21. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and for ever 2 Pet. 3. 18. Jude vers 25. In him is no sin c. Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us 1 John 3. 5 16. 1 Pet. 3. 18. His son Jesus Christ This is the true God and eternal life 1 John 5. 20. Jesus Christ c. The Prince of the kings of the earth c. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending saith the Lord which is and which was and which is to come the Almighty c. I am the first and the last I am he who liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keys of hell and death Rev. 1. 5 6 8 17 18. I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts Rev. 2. 23. Those things saith he who hath the seven spirits of God c. Who is holy c. Who hath the key of David he who openeth and no man shutteth c. Rev. 3. 1 7. Worthy is the lamb which was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing c. Blessing honour and glory and power be unto him who sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb for ever c. The elders fell down and worshipped him who liveth for ever Rev. 5. 12 13 14. And the kings of the earth and the great men c. Said to the mountains c. Hide us from the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the lamb For the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. 15 16 17. The Lamb shall overcome them for he is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings Rev. 17. 14. ch 19. 16. See more of the one God Father Son and Spirit or the Trinity Chap. 3. In his Nature He shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard in the street A bruised reed shall he not break smoaking or daily burning flax shall he not quench Isa. 42. 2 3. Matt. 12. 18 19 20. I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to them who plucked off hair I hid not my face from shame and spitting Isa. 50. 6. Matt. 26. 67. He was oppressed c. He opened not his mouth he is brought as a Lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth c. He had done no violence neither was guile found in his mouth Isa. 53. 7 9. Mal. 2. 6. Thy king cometh unto thee he is just c. lowly and riding upon an Ass c. Zech. 9. 9. The son of righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings Mal. 4. 2. Jesus sate at meat c. Many publicans and sinners came c. The Pharisees said why eat your Master with Publicans and sinners c. Jesus said unto them they who are whole need not a Physician but they who are sick but go and learn what that meant I will have mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance c. When he saw the multitude he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted or were tired and were scattered abroad as sheep having no sheepherd c. He healed their sick c. Would not send them away fasting c. Matt. 9. 10 11 12 13 36. chap. 14. 14. ch 15. 30 32. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly of heart Matt. 11. 29. When Peter was sinking and cryed out Lord save me and immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him and said unto him c. wherefore didest c. Matt. 14. 30 31. O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou who killest the prophets c. how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not Matt. 23. 37. Christ excused his Disciples when they slept c. He said the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak Matt. 26. 41. When he came neer the City he wept over it saying if thou hadest known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong to thy peace c. Luk. 19. 41 42. And the word was made flesh c. full of grace and truth John 1. 14. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping c. He groaned in the spirit and was troubled c. Jesus wept then said the Jews behold how he loved him John 11. 33 35 36. Let not your hearts be troubled ye believe in God c. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you c. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid John 14. 1 27. When Mary sought Jesus weeping he appeared to her to comfort her c. He shewed himself also to his Disciples his hands and feet and the second time to Thomas when he would not believe the report of the rest John 20. 11 14 15 16 19 25 27. Christ gives charge three times to Peter that if he loved him he should feed his lambs and his sheep John 21. 15 16 17. Ye denied the holy and just one Act. 3. 14. I obtained mercy for this cause that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering for a pattern to them who should hereafter believe on him 1 Tim. 1. 16. In that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them who are tempted Heb. 2. 18. chap. 4. 15. Who is holy harmless undefiled c. Heb. 7. 26. Christ as of a Lamb without spot and blemish 1 Pet. 1. 19. Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us c. 1 John 3. 16. Behold I stand at the door and knock if any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him and sup with him and he with me Rev. 3. 20. CHAP. VIII How Christ wrought this Salvation for sinners and what he was made and is what he undertook and did in order to it First He is Mediatour THere is one God one Mediatour between God and man the man Jesus Christ 1 Tim. 2. 5. By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament Heb. 7. 22. He is made the Mediatour of a better Testament which was established upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. And for this cause he is the mediatour of the New-testament that c. Heb. 9. 15. And to Jesus the Mediatour of the new Covenant or Testament Heb. 12. 24. 2dly He took upon him the nature of man and humbled himself God said to the serpent c. I will put enmity between thee and
thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety Psal. 4. 8. Psal. 3. 5 6. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble and they who know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast not forsaken them who seek thee Psal. 9. 9 10. In the Lord put I my trust how say ye to my soul flee as a bird c Psal. 11. 1. Psal. 31. 1 6. The Lord is my rock and my fortress c. in whom I will trust c. Psal. 18. 2 31. Psal. 91. 2. In the name of our God we will set up our banners c. Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God Psal. 20. 5 7. The King trusteth in the Lord and through the mercy of the most high he shall not be moved Psal. 21. 7. Our father 's trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver c. They trusted in thee and were not confounded Psal. 22. 4 5. Who is this king of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battel c. the Lord of hosts he the king of glory Psal. 24. 7 8. The Lord my strength and my shield my heart trusteth in him and I am helped Psal. 28. 7. In thee O Lord do I put my trust let me not be ashamed c. O how great is thy goodness c. which thou hast wrought for them who trust in thee c. Thou shalt hide them c. Psal. 31. 1 6 14 19 20 24. He who trusteth in the Lord mercy shall compass him about Psal. 32. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought c. The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever Psal. 33. 10 11. Prov. 19. 21. Isa. 46. 10. Trust in the Lord and do good so shalt thou dwell in the land c. Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass c. The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he their strength in the time of trouble And the Lord shall help them c. He shall deliver them c. because they trust in him Psal. 37. 3 5 39 40. Blessed is the man who maketh the Lord his trust Psal. 40. 4. Psal. 84. 12. He maketh wars to cease c. Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted c. The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob our refuge Psal. 46. 9 10 11. I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever Psal. 52. 8. Cast thy burthen on the Lord and he shall sustain thee Psal. 55. 22. What time I am afraid I will trust in thee c. In God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me Psal. 56. 3 4 11. For my soul trusteth in thee yea in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until calamities be overpast Psal. 57. 1. Psal. 61. 3 4. Through God we shall do valiantly for he shall tread down our enemies Psal. 60. 12. In God is my salvation and my glory the rock of my strength my refuge is in God Trust in him at all times ye people c. God hath spoken once twice have I heard this that power belongeth unto God Psal. 62. 7 8 11 12. The God of Israel is he who giveth strength and power unto his Psal. 68. 35. A fire was kindled against Jacob c. because they believed not God and trusted not in his salvation though he had commanded the clouds c. Psal. 78. 21 22 23. The Lord reigneth the Lord is clothed with majesty the Lord is clothed with strength c. Psal. 93. 1. Psal. 97. 1. Psal. 146. 10. The righteous c. he shall not be afraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord Psal. 112. 6 7. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man It is better to trust in the Lord then to put confidence in princes Psal. 118. 8 9. My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth c. Behold he who keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep Psal. 121. 2 3 4. They who trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion which cannot be removed c. as the mountains are round about Jerusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever Psal. 125. 1 2. The Lord great and our God above all gods Whatsoever the Lord pleaseth did he in heaven and in earth Psal. 135. 5 6. Happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the Lord his God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that therein is who keepeth truth for ever Psal. 146. 5 6. He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds he telleth the number of the stars c. Great is our God and of great power his understanding is infinite c. Psal. 147. 2 3 4 c. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding in all thy ways acknowledg him and he shall direct thy paths Prov. 3. 5 6. Commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall be established whoso trusteth in the Lord happy is he Prov. 16. 3 20. The name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and are safe Prov. 18. 10. There is no wisdom or understanding nor counsel against the Lord. The horse is prepared against the day of battel but safety or victory is of the Lord Prov. 21. 30 31. Chap. 19. 21. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe Many seek the rulers favour but every mans judgment is from the Lord Prov. 29. 25 26. If ye will not believe surely ye shall not be established Isa. 7. 9. Associate your selves c. take counsel together and it shall come to nought speak the word and it shall not stand For God is with us Isa. 8. 9 10. I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my refuge Isa. 12. 2. For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Isa. 14. 27. There shall be desolation because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength Isa. 17. 10. Thou hast been a strength to the poor a strength to the needy in his distress a refuge from the storm a shadow from the heat when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall Isa. 25. 4. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee trust ye in the Lord for ever For in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength for he bringeth down c. Isa. 26. 3 4. Behold the Lord a mighty and a strong one Isa. 28. 2 6. The Egyptians
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. 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. 11. To look believingly unto hope in and patiently wait for God in all cases the Arguments hereto 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. The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth Exod. 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. Heb. 6. 18. Titus 1. 2. Rom. 3. 4. 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. 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 I 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 unto thee and will look up Psal. 5. 3. Thou Lord hast not forsaken them who seek thee Psalm 9. 10. They shall praise the Lord who seek him Psalm 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 15. 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 Psalm 36. 5. Psalm 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. 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 40. 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 thirsteth for thee Psalm 62. 1. I am weary of my crying my throat is dryed mine eyes fail while I wait for my God Psalm 69 3. But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more Psalm 71. 14. 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 ofmen Psalm 90. 2 3. The Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Psalm 94. 14. 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. These all wait on thee that thou mayst 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. Psal 116. 5. Psalm 112. 4. My soul fainteth for thy salvation I hope in thy word Psalm 119. 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 Psalm 130. 5 6 7. Our bones are scattered c. but mine eyes are unto thee O God the Lord Psalm 14â—… 7 8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy â—…he 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. The Lord taketh pleasure in them c. who hope in his mercy Psalm 147. 11. Hope deferred 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 saint 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 Isaiah 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
country c. so Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him Gen. 12. 1 4. The Lord appeared unto Abram and said unto him I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect or upright Gen. 17. 1 2. God said unto Abraham Take thy son c. and offer him c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning to go about it c. Gen. 22. 1 2 3 4 c. The Lord said to Moses Go I will be with thy mouth c. and he said O my Lord Send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses Exod. 4. 12 13 14. My servant Moses who is faithful in all mine house with him will I speak mouth to mouth Num. 12. 7 8. Heb. 3. 2 5. But my servant Caleb because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land Num. 14. 24. Chap. 32. 12. Josh. 14. 8 14. Take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget c. lest they depart from thine heart c. thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 4. 9 29. The Lord said They have well said all that they have spoken O that there were such an heart in them that they would fear c. Deut. 5. 28 29. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee but c. to serve the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 10. 12. 1 Sam. 12. 20. Thou shalt be perfect or upright or sincere with the Lord thy God Deut. 18. 13. The Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 26. 16. Cleave unto the Lord your God as ye have done unto this day Josh. 23. 8. Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in truth Josh. 24. 14. Because Israel did not destroy all the inhabitants of the land according to command God said I will not drive them out from before you but they shall be in your sides and their gods shall be a snare unto you Judges 2. 2 3. Jephthah concerning his vow said I have opened my mouth unto the Lord and I cannot go back c. Judges 11. 31 35 39. The Lord is a God of knowledg and by him all actions are weighed 1 Sam. 2. 3. God had said to Saul Go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all which they have c. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep c. Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel saying It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king for he is turned back from following me and hath not performed my commandment 1 Sam. 15. 3 8 9 10 11. The Lord seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart 1 Sam. 16. 7. I was also upright before him c. With the upright thou wilt shew thy self upright 2 Sam. 22. 24 26. Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercies according as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee 1 Kings 3. 6. Thou thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men c. Let your hearts therefore be perfect with the Lord your God 1 Kings 8. 39 61. Psal. 44. 21. If thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness to do according to all c. Then I will establish c. 1 Kings 9. 4 5. It came to pass that when Solomon was old c. his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God as the heart of David c. 1 Kings 11. 4. Asa did that which was right c. but the high places were not removed nevertheless Asa his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days 1 Kings 15. 11 14. How long halt ye between two opinions If the Lord be God follow him 1 Kings 18. 21. Thy servant will not offer c. to any other gods but the Lord In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship c. and I bow my self c. 2 Kings 5. 11 18. Many kings of Israel did that which was right c. but yet did not take away the high places 2 Kings 14. Chap. 15. Josiah turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his might according to all the law of Moses c. 2 Kings 23. 35. Chap. 18. 3 4 5 6. Know thou the God of thy fathers and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind for the Lord searcheth all hearts and understandeth c. 1 Chron. 28. 9. I know also my God that thou tryest the heart and hast pleasure in uprightness As for me in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things 1 Chron. 29. 17. Prov. 17. 3. Rom. 8. 27. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to shew himself strong in the behalf of or strongly to hold with them whose heart is perfect towards him 2 Chron. 16. 9. Amaziah did that which was right in the sight of the Lord but not with a perfect heart 2 Chron. 25. 2. Hezekiah c. wrought that which was good and right c. he did it with all his heart and prospered 2 Chron. 31. 20 21. Job was a perfect and upright man and one who feared God c. Job 1. 1 8. Still he holdeth his integrity although thou movest me against him c. Job 2. 3. Behold God will not cast away a perfect man Job 8. 20. My foot hath held his steps his way have I kept and not declined c. Job 23. 11. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live Job 27. 6. Doth not he see all my ways and count all my steps Job 31. 4. God who saveth the upright in heart Psal. 7. 10. The Lords throne is in heaven his eyes behold his eye-lids try the children of men Psal. 11. 4 5. Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle c he who walketh uprightly Psal. 15. 1 2. I have set the Lord always before me Psal. 16. 8. The Lord preserveth the faithful Psal. 31. 23. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Isa. 37. 37. Forget also thine own people and thy fathers house so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty Psal. 45. 10 11. Like sheep they are laid in the grave c. and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning Psal. 49. 14. Behold thou desirest truth in the inner parts Psal. 51. 8. My soul followeth hard after thee thy right hand c. Psal. 63.
shall receive the crown of life James 1. 3 12. We have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord James 5. 11. Rejoyce inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also with exceeding joy 1 Pet. 4. 13. These are they who came out of great tribulations c. therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple and he who sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them c. shall feed them c. and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Rev. 7. 13 14 15 16 17. See some of the ends of Gods afflicting his Chap. 22. 10thly That God will not always chide nor suffer his to be under afflictions and persecutions they shall have an end he will bring deliverance and restore joy After Israel had been long and sorely oppressed and afflicted by the Egyptians the Lord sent Moses for their deliverance and said I have surely seen the afflictions of my people which are in Egypt and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters c. and I am come-down to deliver them out of their hand c. and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land Exod. 3. 7 8 9 10. chap. 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Yet for all that when they be in the land of their enemies I will not cast them away neither will I abhor them to destroy them utterly c. but I will for their sakes remember the covenant c. I am the Lord Levit. 26. 43 44 45. For the Lord will judge his people and repent him for his servants when he sees that their power is gone c. he will be merciful to his land c. Deut. 32. 36 43. He maketh sore and bindeth up he woundeth and his hands make whole Job 5. 18. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job c. also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before Job 42. 10. The needy shall not always be forgotten the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever Psal. 9. 18. Lord thou hast heard the desire of the humble c. to judg the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no more oppress or terrifie Psal. 10. 17 18. For the oppression of the poor for the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him who would ensnare him or puffeth at them Psal. 12. 5. Sing unto the Lord O ye Saints of his c. for his anger endureth but a moment c. weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning Psal. 30. 4 5. The righteous cry and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles c. many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of them all Psal. 34. 17 19. I waited patiently for the Lord c. he brought me up also out of an horrible pit out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock c. Psal. 40. 1 2. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee and thou c. Psal. 50. 15. Thou who hast shewed me great and sore troubles shalt quicken me again and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side Psal. 71. 20 21. I will hear what God the Lord will speak for he will speak peace to his people but let them not turn again to folly Psal. 85. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious c. he will not always chide neither will he keep his anger for ever Psal. 103. 8 9 13 14. The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity Psal. 125. 2 3. They who sow in tears shall reap in joy he who goeth forth and weepeth c. shall doubtless come again with rejoycing c. Psal. 126. 5 6. The Lord will judg his people and he will repent himself concerning his servant Psal. 135. 14. For yet a very little while and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction Isa. 10. 25. Though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away and thou comfortedst me Isa. 12. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will yet chuse Israel and set them in their own land c. and they shall rule over their oppressors c. the Lord will give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve Isa. 14. 1 2 3. God hath comforted his people and will have mercy upon his afflicted Isa. 49. 13. The redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion c. they shall obtain gladness and joy Sorrow and mourning shall flee away I I am he who comforteth you c. hear now this thou afflicted c. I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling c. thou shalt no more drink it again Isa. 51. 11 12 21 22. For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercy will I gather thee in a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee c. Isa. 54. 7 8. I will not contend for ever neither will I be always wroth for the spirit should fail before me and the fouls I have made For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him I hid me c. and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart I have seen his ways I will heal him I will lead him also and restore comforts unto him and c. Isa. 57. 15 16 17 18. In my wroth I smote thee but in my favour have I had mercy on thee Isa. 60. 10. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me c. to bind up the broken hearted c. to comfort all who mourn to appoint unto them who mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes and the oyl of joy for mourning c. Isa. 61. 1 2 3. I know the thoughts that I think towards you saith the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end Jer. 29. 10 11. I will heal thee of thy wounds saith the Lord because they called thee an outcast saying This is Zion whom no man seeketh after Jerem. 30. 17. He who scattereth Israel will gather him c. I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoyce from their sorrow c. Is Ephraim my dear son c I will surely have mercy on him saith the Lord c. As I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down c. so will I watch over them to build and to plant saith the
of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father c. Mark 8. 36. These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended Joh. 16. 1. Gal. 5. 11. ch 6. 12. When the Apostles had been commanded not to speak at all c. in the name of Jesus they say Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judg ye For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard Act. 4. 19 20. Again when they were charged with preaching contrary to their command the Apostle said We ought to obey God rather than men And they preached Christ before the council who caused them to be beaten and gave them a new charge not to preach yet they daily in the temple and in every house ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ Act. 5. 27 28 29 30 40 41 42. None of these things move me c. so that I may finish my course with joy and the ministry c. Act. 20. 23 24. I am ready not only to be bound but also to die c. for the name of the Lord Jesus Act. 21. 13. Paul before Felix said After the way they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers Act. 24. 14. Many of the brethren in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear c. that ye stand fast c. striving together for the faith of the Gospel and in nothing terrified by your adversaries Phil. 1. 14 27 28. Be thou not therefore ashamed of the testimony of the Lord nor of me his prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel c. I suffer these things nevertheless I am not ashamed 2 Tim. 1. 8 12. If we suffer c. if we deny him he also will deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. Nor faint when thou are rebuked of him Heb. 12. 5. If any man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but glorifie God 1 Pet. 4. 16. Thou shalt suffer c. be thou faithful unto the death and I will give thee a crown of life Rev. 2. 10. See more of perseverance Chap. 16. 5thly To be chearful under affliction and rejoyce to be counted worthy to suffer for Christ. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vine c. yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation Hab. 3. 17 18. When they shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake rejoyce and be exceeding glad Math. 5. 11 12. In the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good chear I have overcome the world Joh. 16. 33. When the Apostles had been put into the common prison brought before the council and been beaten there they departed from the presence of the council rejoycing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name Act. 5. 18 27 40 41. Paul and Silas being thrust into the inner prison and their feet made fast in the Stocks sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard Act. 6. 24 25. Bonds and afflictions abide me but none of these things move me Act. 20. 23 24. What mean we to weep c. I am ready not to be bound only but also to die Act. 21. 13. And not only so but we glory in tribulation also Rom. 5. 3. As sorrowful yet always rejoycing 2 Cor. 6. 10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses for Christs sake 2 Cor. 12. 9 10. I Paul am made a minister who now rejoyce in my sufferings for you Col. 1. 23 24. Thou therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of â—â—rist 2 Tim. 2. 3. For ye c. took joyfully the spoyling of your goods knowing in your selves c. Heb. 10. 34. Moses chusing rather to suffer c. esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt Heb. 11. 25 26. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees Heb. 12. 12. My brethren count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations knowing this that the trying of your faith worketh patience c. Blessed is the man who endureth temptation for when he is tryed he shall receive the crown James 1. 1 2 12. Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery tryal which is to try you c. but rejoyce inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also If any suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorifie God in this behalf for the time is come when judgment c. 1. Peter 4. 12. 13. 16. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach Heb. 13. 13. 6thly To cry to the Lord for help support and salvation Jacob in his distress when Esau pursued him prayed earnestly Gen. 32. 8 9 24. Jacob in his great distress when Joseph had kept Simeon and required Benjamin also said God almighty give you mercy before the man that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin If I be bereaved c. Gen. 43. 14. The children of Israel lifted up their eyes and behold the Egyptians marched after them and they were sore afraid and the children of Israel cryed out unto the Lord Exod. 14. 10. When all the waters were bitter that the people could not drink Moses cryed unto the Lord Exod. 15. 23 24 25. Moses cryed unto the Lord saying What shall I do unto this people they be almost ready to stone me c. So when Amalek fought with Israel Moses held up his hand and then Israel prevailed c. Exod. 17. 1 2 3 4 11 12. The Lord shall scatter you among the nations c. But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thine heart and with all thy soul Deut. 4. 27 29. When Israel were delivered into the hand of their enemies they cryed unto the Lord and the Lord raised up a deliverer Judg. 3. 8 9. Hannah was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore 1 Sam. 1. 10 11 12 13. David in his distress prayed the Lord to turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishnâ—… 2 Sam. 15. 31. ch 12. 22. In my distress I called upon the Lord and cryed to my God and he did hear my voice out of his temple 2 Sam. 22. 7. When Jerusalem was in distress by reason of the Assyrians and Rabshakehs railing and threatning Hezekiah spread the letter before the Lord and prayed before the Lord and said O Lord God c. 2 Kings 19. 14 15 16 c. Hezekiah was sick unto death c. he turned his face
and the man who getteth understanding for the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver Prov. 3. 13 14. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom the knowledg of the Holy understanding Prov. 9. 10. Wise men lay up knowledg Prov. 10. 14. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way Prov. 14. 8. Evil men understand not judgment but they who seek the Lord understand all things Prov. 28. 5. Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thou feedest c. if thou know not O thou fairest c. go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock Cant. 1. 7 8. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his masters crib Israel doth not know my people doth not consider Isa. 1. 3. Therefore my people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledg Isa. 5. 13. Hear ye indeed but understand not and see ye indeed but perceive not c. make their ears heavy and shut their eyes lest they see c. and understand Isa. 6. 9 10. Matth. 13. 13 14. The earth shall be full of the knowledg of the Lord as the waters cover the sea Isa. 11. 9. Habbak 2. 14. It is a people of no understanding therefore he who made them will not have mercy on them Isa. 27. 11. The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep and hath closed your eyes c. and the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book sealed c. therefore c. The wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid c. In that day shall the eyes of the blind see out of obscurity c. They who erred in spirit shall come to understanding Isa. 29. 10 11 12 13 14 18 24. Save us c. that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord c. Isa. 37. 20. Have ye not known c it is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth Isa. 40. 21 22. That they may know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord c. Isa. 41. 20. I will bring the blind by a way they knew not c. in paths they have not known Isa. 42. 16. They have not known nor understood for he hath shut their eyes and they cannot see and their hearts and they cannot understand c. neither is there knowledg or understanding to say I have burned part of it c. Isa. 44. 18 19. They who handle the law knew me not Jer. 2. 8. I will give you Pastors c. who shall feed you with knowledg and understanding Jer. 3. 15. My people is foolish they have not known me they are sottish children they have no understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledg Jer. 4. 22. chap. 8. 7. chap. 9. 3 6. chap. 5. 21. Let him who glories glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord who exercise loving-kindness judgment and righteousness Jer. 9. 24. I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord Jer. 24. 7. Hos. 2. 20. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least c. Jer. 31. 34. I will set my glory among the heathen so the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward c. And when I have brought them again c. then shall they know that I am the Lord their God who caused them to be led into captivity Ezek. 39. 21 22 23 27 28. To the intent that the living may know that the most high ruleth c. They shall make thee eat grass as oxen c. till thou know that the most High ruleth c. Dan. 4. 17 25 32. But the people who do know their God shall be strong and do c. and they who understand among the people shall instruct many c. and some of understanding shall fall Dan. 11. 32 33 35. And none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand Dan. 12. 10. The Lord hath a controversie c. because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledg of God in the land c. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledg because thou hast rejected knowledg I will also reject thee that thou shalt be no Priest Hos. 4. 1 2 6. Then shall we know if we follow on to know the Lord c. For I desire c. the knowledg of God more than burnt-offerings Hos. 6. 3 6. Who is wise and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them Hos. 14. 9. The Priests lips should preserve knowledg Malachi 2. 7. The light of the body is the eye c. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how great is that darkness Matth. 6. 22 23. If ye had known what this meaneth I will have mercy c. ye would not have condemned c. Matth. 12. 7. Because it is given to you to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given c. therefore speak I to them in parables c. Matth. 13. 11 13 19. One heareth the word of the kingdom and understandeth it not then cometh the wicked c. Mark 4. 11 34. Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God Matth. 22. 29. The Gadarenes through ignorance of Christ besought him to depart from them Luke 8. 37. Peter said c. Let us build three tabernacles one for thee c. not knowing what he said Luke 9. 33. I thank thee O father c. that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes c. for so it seemed good in thy sight c. No man knoweth who the son is c. but the son and he to whom the son will reveal him c. blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see c. Luke 10. 21 22 23. Wo unto you Lawyers for ye have taken away the key of knowledg ye entred not in your selves and them who were entring in ye hindred or forbad Luke 11. 52. That servant who knew his Lords will and prepared not neither did according c. shall be beaten with many stripes but he who knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes Luke 12. 47 48. Jesus took unto him the twelve and said unto them c. And they understood none of these things and this saying was hid from them neither knew they c. Luke 18. 31 32 33 34. John 12. 16. chap. 13. 7. chap. 20. 9. He beheld the City and wept over it saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace but