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
Lord Jer. 31. 10 13 20 28. For the Lord will not cast off for ever but though he cause grief yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies for he doth not afflict willingly Lam. 3. 31 32. Therefore thus saith the Lord God Now will I bring again the Captivity of Jacob and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for mine holy name after that they have born their shame c. Ezek. 39. 25 26. Come let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn and he will heal us he hath smitten and he will bind us up c. Hos. 6. 1. Rejoyce not against me O mine enemy though I fall I shall arise c. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him until he plead my cause c. he will bring me forth to the light and I shall behold his righteousness c. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity c he retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy he will turn again he will have compassion upon us Mic. 7. 8 9 18 19. Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted Mat. 5. 4. Verily verily I say unto you that ye shall weep and lament c. but your sorrow shall be turned into joy c. ye now therefore have sorrow but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce Joh. 16. 20 22. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Rom. 16. 20. God is faithful c. but will with the temptation also make a way to escape 1 Cor. 10. 13. God who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver 2 Cor. 1. 10. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them who trouble you and to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jeus c. 2 Thes. 1. 6 7. What persecutions I endured but out of them all the Lord delivered me 2 Tim. 3. 11. The Lord stood with me c. and I was delivered out of the mouth of the Lion 2 Tim. 4. 17. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations 2 Pet. 2. 9. 11thly That afflictions and persecutions have been the lot of Christ himself and of the Saints in all ages The Disciple is not above his Lord nor the servant above his master it is enough for the disciple that he be as his Master c. If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub how much more shall they call them of his houshold Fear them not therefore Mat. 10. 24 25 26. If the world hate you you know that it hated me before it hated you c. remember the word that I said unto you The servant is not greater than the Lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you Joh. 15. 18 20. We are made a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men c. even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffetted and have no certain dwelling-place c. being reviled c. persecuted c. we are made as the filth of the world and the off-scouring of all things unto this day 1 Cor. 4. 9 11 12 13. There hath no temptation taken you but what is common to man 1 Cor. 10. 13. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus sake 2 Corinth 4. 11. But as then he who was born after the flesh persecuted him who was after the spirit even so it is now Gal. 4. 29. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of Witnesses c. let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of faith who for the joy which was set before him endured the Cross c. for consider him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest you be wearied and faint in your minds Heb. 12. 1 2 3. Take my Brethren the Prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience Jam. 5. 10. Hereunto also are ye called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps 1 Pet. 2. 21. Your adversary the Devil as a roaring Lion c. whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world 1 Pet. 5. 8 9. How long O Lord c. dost thou not judg and avenge our blood on them who dwell on the earth and it was said unto them That they should rest yet for a little season until their fellow-servants also and their brethren which should be killed as they were should be fulfilled Rev. 6. 10 11. Fourthly What are the Duties of the Saints and how they ought to behave themselves under their afflictions and sufferings both towards God and men 1st Towards God 1st To eye God in them afflictions being sent of him Joseph said to his Brethren it was not you who sent me hither but God Gen. 45. 5 8. I will harden Pharoahs heart that he shall follow after them c. Exod. 14. 4. When Israel wanted water in the desert they did not eye God in it but chide with Moses Numb 20. 2 3. But Sihon King of Heshbon would not let us pass by him for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate Deut. 2. 30. See now that I even I am he c. I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal neither is there any who can deliver out of my hand Deut. 32. 39. When Samuel had told Eli what the Lord would do against his house he said It is the Lord 1 Sam. 3. 18. Shimei cursed David c. David said So let him curse because the Lord hath said unto him Curse David who then shall say wherefore 2 Sam. 16. 6 7 8 9 10. Satan said Put forth thine hand c. Job said The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken Job 1. 11 21. Chap. 2. 5. Afflictions cometh not forth of the dust neither doth trouble come out of the ground c. the chastening of the Lord for he maketh sore and bindeth up he woundeth c. Job 5. 6 17 18. chap. 9. 12. I will say unto God c. wherefore contendest thou with me Job 10. 2. chap. 30. 11. God hath overthrown me c. he hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass c. Job 19. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. When he giveth quietness who then can make trouble and when he hideth his face who then can behold him Job 34. 29. I opened not my mouth because thou didst it c. when thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity thou makest his beauty to consume away c. Psal. 39. 9 11. Thou who hast shewed me great and sore troubles shalt quicken
might preach c. Gal. 1. 15 16. Blessed be God c. according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world c. Having predestinated us unto the Adoption of children by Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace c. Having made known to us the mistery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself c. Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will Ephes. 1. 4 5 6 9 11. Which in other ages was not made known c. That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ Ephes. 3. 5 6. Work out your own salvation c. for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. Giving thanks to the father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the Inheritance of the saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son Col. 1. 12 13. Knowing c. Your election of God for our Gospel came not unto you in word but also in power c. 1 Thes. 1. 4 5. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord 1 Thes. 5. 9. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation c. Whereunto he called you by our Gospel 2 Thes. 2. 13 14. God who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began 2 Tim. 1. 8 9. I endure all things for the elects sake c. Who concerning the truth have erred c. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure having this seal the Lord knoweth them that are his 2 Tim. 2. 10 18 19. If they shall enter into rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world Heb. 4. 3. To the strangers c. Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the father 1 Pet. 1. 1 2. Being disobedient whereto they were appointed but ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a peculiar or a purchased people that ye may shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness c. 1 Pet. 2. 8 9 10. The God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. They went out from us c. That they might be made manifest that they were not all of us 1 John 2. 19. All who dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the Book of life of the Lamb Rev. 13. 8. And they who dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the Book of life from the foundation of the World when c. Rev. 17. 8. CHAP. X. Pardon and remission of sins reconciliation and peace with God Justification and Sanctification before God eternal-life and Salvation free through the grace of God only by the death sacrifice and sufferings of Christ without Works In General THis is the true grace of God wherein ye stand 1 Pet. 5. 12. The Law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ John 1. 17. If by grace then is it no more works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be of works then is it no more of grace otherwise work is no more work c. That he might have mercy on all O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom c. Rom. 11. 6 32 33. We are the Circumcision who worship God in spirit rejoyce in Christ have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. We are come c. to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel Heb. 12. 24. Who testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow 1 Pet. 1. 11. In Particular Pardon of Sins The Lord proclaimed himself The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth c. Forgiving iniquity transgression and sin Exod. 34. 6 7. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psal. 32. 1 2 5. As for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away Psal. 65. 3. But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared Psal. 130. 4. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red as crimson they shall be as wooll Isa. 1. 18. I am he who blotteth out thy transgression for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins Isa. 43. 35. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sins Sing O Heavens for the Lord hath done it Isa. 44. 22 23. He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities c. the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all c. he shall bear their iniquities Isa. 53. 5 6 11. Let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and unto our God for he will abundantly pardon or multiply pardons for my thoughts are not your thoughts c. Isa. 55. 7 8 9. I will make a new Covenant c. for I will forgive their iniquity and will remember their sins no more Jer. 31. 31 34. Heb. 10. 17 18. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned against me and whereby they have transgressed against me Jer. 33. 8. In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve Jer. 50. 20. Seventy weeks are determined c. to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity c. the Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself c. Dan. 9. 24 26. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage c. thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea Mic. 7. 18 19. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Zech. 13. 1. Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Mat. 1. 21. Jesus said to the sick of the Palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee c. Ye may know that the Son
Jesus and blessed God saying c. Anna the Prophetess coming in at that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord Luk. 1. 46 c. Luk. 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 thorowout the whole city c. Luk. 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 unto God save this stranger Luk. 17. 14 15 16 17 18. The whole multitude of the Disciples began to rejoyce and to praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen saying Blessed be the King who cometh in the name of the Lord c. Luk. 19. 37 38. And they continued dayly with one accord in the Temple c. Did eat their meat with gladness and with singleness of heart praising God Act. 2. 46 47. When the lame man was healed he stood up and entered with them into the temple walking and leaping and praising of God Act. 3. 8 9. We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard Act. 4. 20. He took bread and gave thanks in presence of them all Act. 27. 35. Having therefore obtained help of God I continue unto this day Acts 26. 22. Paul and Silas being in Prison sang praises to God that the prisoners heard Act. 16. 24 25. Who shall deliver I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 7. 24 25. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledg of God! how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his Counsellor or who hath first given unto him c For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Amen Rom. 11. 33 34 35 36. He who eateth eateth unto the Lord for he giveth God thanks Rom. 14. 6. To God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever Amen Rom. 16. 27. I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you c. 1 Cor. 1. 4 5. I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with understanding also 1 Cor. 14. 15. The sting of death is sin c. but thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus 1 Cor. 15. 56 57. You also helping together by prayer for us That for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf 2 Cor. 1. 11. Now thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ and maketh manisest the favour of his knowledg by us in every place 2 Cor. 2. 14. We having the same spirit of saith c. and therefore speak c. All things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound unto the glory of God 2 Cor. 4. 13 15. Being inriched in every thing to all bountifulness which causeth through us thanksgiving unto God for the administation of this service not only supplyeth the want of the saints but is abundant also by many thanksgiving unto God whilst by the experiment of this ministration they glorifie God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ c. 2 Cor. 9. 11 12 13. God and our father to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen c. They glorified Gal. 1. 4 5 24. Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings c. That we should be to the praise of his glory c. I also c. cease not to give thanks for you c. Ephes. 1. 3 12 14 15. Unto him who is able to do exeeedingly c. unto him be glory in the Church by Jesus Christ Ephes. 3. 20 21. Speaking to your selves in Psalms c. giving thanks always for all things unto God and the father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ Ephes. 5. 19 20. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you Phil. 1. 3. 1 Thes. 1. 2. 2 Tim. 1. 3. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known c. Now unto God and our father be glory for ever and ever Amen Phil. 4. 6 20. We give thanks to God and the father of our Lord Jesus Christ c. Since we heard of your faith c. Giving thanks unto the father who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints Col. 1. 3 12. 1 Thes. 1. 2 3. In the faith c. abounding therein within with thanksgiving Col. 2. 7. Be ye thankful c. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks to God and the father by him Col. 3. 15 17. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving Col. 4. 2. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing because when ye received the word of God c. 1 Thes. 2. 13. In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 1 Thes. 5. 18. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me c. who was before a blasphemer c. Now unto the king eternal immortal invisible the only wise God be honour and glory for ever and ever Amen 1 Tim. 1. 12 13 17. Every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving 1 Tim. 4. 3 4. By him therefore let us oâ—…r the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks or confessing to his name c. Heb. 13. 15 21. Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen 2 Pet. 3. 18. Is any merry let him sing Psalms James 5. 13. Blessed be the God and of father our Lord Jesus Christ who according unto his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope c. 1 Pet. 1. 3. Ye are a chosen generation c. that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you c. 1 Pet. 2. 9. Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason of the hope which is in you with meekness and fear 1 Pet. 3. 15. If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God c. that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen 1 Pet. 4. 11. Now unto him who
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
call the poor the maimed the lame the blind And thou shalt be blessed for they cannot recompence thee for thou shalt be recompenced at the resurrection of the just Luke 14. 13 14. Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven Luke 18. 22. The multitude of them who believed were of one heart c. neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own but they had all things common c. Acts 4. 32 34. Cornelius a devout man c. who gave much alms to the people c. thy prayer and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God Acts 10. 1 2 4. Then the Disciples every man according to his ability determined to send relief unto the brethren who dwelt in Judea Acts 11. 29. I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of our Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20. 35. He who giveth let him do it with simplicity or liberality he who sheweth mercy with cheerfulness c. distributing to the necessity of the saints given to hospitality c. Rom. 12. 8 13. ch 16. 1 2. It hath pleased them of Macedonia c. to make a certain contribution for the poor Saints which are at Jerusalem Rom. 15. 26. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him 1 Cor. 16. 2. As ye abound in all things c. see that ye abound in this grace also I speak c. to prove the sincerity of your love for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich c. As there was a readiness to will so there may be a performance also out of that which you have for if there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not 2 Cor. 8. 7 8 9 10 11 12. He who soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly and he who soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully Every man according as he purposeth in his heart so let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver And God is able to make all grace abound towards you that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work 2 Cor. 9. 6 7 8 9. As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6. 10. Rather let him labour working with his hands the thing which is good ' that ye may have to give to him who needeth Eph. 4. 29. Paul commends the Philippians for their sending to his relief and said Not because I desire a gift but I desire fruit that may abound to your account c. My God shall supply all your needs c. Phil. 4. 14 15 16 17 12. This we commanded you that if any would not work neither should he eat c. We command c. that with quietness they work and eat their own bread 2 Thess. 3. 10 11 12. If any widow have children or nephews let them learn first to shew pity or kindness at home to requite their Parents for that is good and acceptable before God c. And if any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house or kindred he hath denyed the faith and is worse than an infidel c. If any man or woman who believeth have widows let them relieve them and let not the Church be charged 1 Tim. 5. 4 8 16. Charge them who are rich in this world c. that they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate laying up in store a good foundation 1 Tim. 6. 17 18 19. The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me c. and in how many things he ministred unto me at Ephesus c. 2 Tim. 1. 16 17 18. God is not unrighteous to forget your works c. which ye have shewed towards his name in that ye have ministred unto the Saints and do minister Heb. 6. 10. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels unawares c. To do good and to communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased Heb. 13. 2 16. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom c If a brother or sister be naked c. and one of you say to them depart in peace c. and ye give them not c. what doth it profit James 2. 5 15 16. Use hospitality one to another without grudging As every man hath received the gift so let him minister the same one to another as good stewards c. If any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus c. 1 Pet. 4. 9 10 11. Whosoever hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him My little children let us not love in word or in tongue but in deed and in truth 1 Joh. 3. 17. 18. See more of the relief of the poor of the Churches c. Chap. 27. See more of giving to enemies Chap. 22. See shewing mercy to all men Chap. 19. CHAP. XVIII The Duties of Saints Believers each towards other as they stand related one to another in the flesh 1st Husbands to Wives and Wives to Husbands Of Marriage c. AND the Lord said It is not good that the man should be alone I will make him a help meet for him c. Adam said This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh Gen. 2. 18 23 24. Jacob loved Rachel more then Leah c. and when the Lord saw that Leah was hated he opened her womb but Rachel was barren Gen. 29. 30 31. And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children Rachel envied her sister and said unto Jacob Give me children or else I die And Jacobs anger was kindled against Rachel and he said Am I in Gods stead who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb Gen. 30. 1 2. Moses sanctified the people c. and he said unto them Be ready against the third day come not at your wives c. Exod. 19. 14 15. None of you shall approach unto any who is near of kin unto him or remainder of his flesh to uncover
thought of foolishness is sin Prov. 24. 9. If thou hast thought evil lay thine hand upon thy mouth Prov. 30. 32. O Assyrian c. I will send him against an hypocritical nation c. howbeit he meaneth not so neither doth his heart think so but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few Isa. 10. 5 6 7. Let the wicked man forsake his ways and the unrighteous man his thoughts let him return unto the Lord Isa. 55. 7. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity Isa. 59. 7. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people who walketh in a way which is not good after their own thoughts Isa. 65. 2. O Jerusalem wash thine heart from wickedness c. how long shall thy vain thoughts lodg within thee Jer. 4. 14. Behold I will bring evil upon this people the fruit of their thoughts Jer. 6. 19. Thus saith the Lord c. I know the things which come into your mind every one Ezek. 11. 5. Then the kings countenance was changed and his thoughts troubled him so that the joynts of his loins were loosed Dan. 5. 6. A book of remembrance was written before him for them who feared the Lord and that thought upon his name Mal. 3. 16. Take no thought for your life c. which of you by taking thought can add c And why take ye thought for raiment c. Take therefore no thought for the morrow c. sufficient to the day is the evil of it Matt. 6. 25 27 28 31 34. Jesus knowing their thoughts said Wherefore think you evil in your heart Matt. 9. 4. Mark 2. 8. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth c. Matt. 12. 35. For out of the heart proceeds evil thoughts murders c. Matt. 15 19. When Mary saw the Angel she was troubled at his sayings and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be c. he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts c. Luk. 1. 29 51. This child is set for the fall and rising of many c. that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed c. Luk. 2. 35. All men mused or reasoned or debated in their hearts of John whether he were the Christ or not Luk. 3. 15. The Scribes and Pharisees watched him c. but he knew their thoughts Luk. 6. 7 8. Martha thou art careful and troubled about many things but one thing is needful Luk. 10. 41 42. Why are ye troubled and why do thoughts arise in your hearts behold my hands Luk. 24. 38 39. Thy money perish with thee because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money c. pray God if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven Act. 8. 20 22. They became vain in their imaginations and their foolish hearts was darkened Rom. 1. 21. They who are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh c. to be carnally minded is death c. because the carnal mind is enmity against God Rom. 8. 5 6 7. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain 1 Cor. 3. 20. Let him who thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall 1 Cor. 10. 12. Charity c. thinketh no evil 1 Cor. 13. 5. Casteth down imaginations or reasonings c. and bringeth into captivity every thought 2 Cor. 10. 5. If a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself Gal. 6. 3. Many walk c. whose end is destruction whose God is their belly c. who mind earthly things Phil. 3. 18 19. Whatsoever things are true c. if there be any praise think on these things Phil. 4. 8. Set your affections or mind on things above and not on things of the earth Col. 3. 2. The word of God is quick c. a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart c. all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we c. Heb. 4. 12 13. CHAP. XXXIII Of Repentance in general wherein God cannot repent and wherein or how he is said to repent Repentance in Man and his turning to God from Sin and in such who have back-slidden from following God and otherwise First Wherein God cannot repent and wherein or how he is said to repent AND God saw that the wickedness of man was great c. and it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him at his heart Gen. 6. 5 6. Moses prayed and said c. turn from thy fierce wroth and repent of this evil against thy people c. and the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do Exod. 32. 11 12 14. God is not a man that he should lye neither the son of man that he should repent hath he said and shall not he do it or hath he spoken and shall not make it good Num. 23. 19. 1 Sam. 15. 29. The Lord shall c. repent himself for his servants when he seeth that power is gone 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 should repent 1 Sam. 15. 11 28 29 35. When the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy 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. Return O Lord how long and let it repent thee concerning thy servants Psal. 95. 13. He remembred c. and repented according to the multitude of his mercies Psal. 106. 45. The Lord will judg 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. 13 19. I will plant you c. for I repent me of the evil I have done unto you Jer. 42. 10. chap. 18. 8 10. 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.
Hos. 11. 8 9. O Grave c. repentance shall be hid from mine eyes Hos. 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. Joel 2. 14. Secondly Repentance in Man 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 the Children of 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 4. If they bethink themselves c. and repent c. and so return unto thee with all their heart c. 1 Kings 8. 47 48. 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. I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies Psal. 119. 59. 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 c. 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. 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 saith the Lord c. and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you for I am merciful c. only acknowledg thine iniquity c. return c. I will heal your backslidings Behold we come unto thee for thou art the Lord our God Jer. 3. 1 6 7 12 13 14 22. If thou wilt return O Israel saith the Lord return unto me and if thou wilt put away thy abomination out of my sight then c. Jer. 4. 1. 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. No man repented of his wickedness saying What have I done every one turning to his course as the horse rusheth into the battel Jer. 8. 6. Return ye now every one from his evil way and make your ways and your doings good And they said There is no hope but we will walk after c. Jer. 18. 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 unaccustomed to the yoke turn thou me and I shall be turned for thou art the Lord my God Surely after that I was turned I repented and after that I was instructed I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea even confounded because I did bear the reproach of my youth Jer. 31. 18 19 20. Take the Roll c. it may be that the house of Judah will hear c. that they may return every man from his evil way that I may forgive their iniquity c. Jer. 36. 2 3 6 7. Let us search and try our ways and turn again to the Lord Lam. 3. 40. Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned Lam. 5. 21. They who escape of you shall remember me among the nations c. and they shall loath themselves for the evils which they have committed Ezek. 6. 9. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Repent and turn your selves from your Idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations c. Ezek. 14. 6. If the wicked will turn from all his sins which he hath committed and keep all my statutes c. he shall surely live c. have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should dye saith the Lord not that he should return from his ways and live c repent and turn you from all your transgressions so iniquity shall not be your ruine c. make you a new heart and a new spirit for why will you dye c. Ezek. 18. 21 23 30 31 32. ch 33. 11. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways and your doings which were not good and shall loath your selves in your own sight for your iniquity Ezek. 36. 31. chap. 6. 9. I will hedg up her way c. then shall she say I will go and return to my first husband c. Hosea 2. 6 7. Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God c. and shall fear the Lord Hos. 3. 5. They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God Hos. 5. 4. Come let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn and he will heal us Hos. 6. 1 Zech. 1. 3 4. The pride of Israel testifieth to his face and they do not return to the Lord their God nor seek him for all this c. they return not to the most high Hos. 7. 10 14 16. Break up your fallow ground for it is time to seek the Lord Hos. 10. 12. O Israel return unto the Lord c. take unto you words and return to the Lord Hos. 14. 1 2. Turn ye even to me withal your hearts and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning and rent your hearts and not your garments c. he is graciòus Joel 2. 12 13. God sent judgment after judgment yet Israel repented not Joel 4. 6 8 9 10 11. The people of Niniveh believed God and proclaimed a fast c. God saw their works that they turned from their evil way Jonah 3. 5 8 9 10. They shall look upon him whom they have pierced and they shall mourn Zech. 12.
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
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 Psal. 48. 1 10. Offer unto God thanksgiving c. I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me c. whoso 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. 57. 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. Praise waiteth for thee O God in Sion c. Psal. 65. 1. 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 O 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 cryed 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 of 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 the womb my praise shall be continually of thee 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 faithness 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 Psal. 95. 1 2. Psal. 96. 1 2. 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. 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 a 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 forgat his works c. Psal. 106 1 2 12 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. O 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 c. Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord Psal. 107. 1 2 8 15 31 32 43. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation Psal. 111. 1 2. 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 Lords name is to be praised Psal. 113. 1 3 Psal. 135. 1 2 3. 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. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments Psal. 119. 164. 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 the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion Psal. 147. 12. All persons and things called upon to praise the Lord Psal. 148. Psal. 149. Psal. 150. O Lord thou my God I will exalt thee I will praise thy name for thou hast done wonderful things c. Isa. 25. 1. 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 we desired of thee for thou hast now made known unto us the Kings matter Dan. 2. 19 20 21 22 23. When Christ had healed the two blind men they spread abroad his fame in all that country Mat. 9. 30 31. Mary upon the promise made to her praifeth 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
c. such as are for death to death c. Who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem who shall bemoan thee c. Thou hast for saken me saith the Lord Jer. 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. Ye have done worse than your fathers sor behold ye walk every one after the imaginations of his own heart that ye may not hearken unto me therefore will I cast you out of this land c. Jer. 16. 9 11 12 13. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond is graven upon the tables of their heart c. Jer. 17. 1. Return ye c. And they said there is no hope but we will walk after our ow◅ doings c. Jer. 18. 11 12 15 16 c. The land is full of adulterers for because of swearing or cursing the land mourneth the pleasant places of the Wilderness are dried up Jer. 23. 10. As the evil figs c. so will I give the King and the Princes and the residue of Jerusalem which remain in this land and them who dwell in the land of Egypt I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt to be a reproach c. And I will send the sword the famine and the pestilence among them till they be consumed from off the land Jer. 24. 8 9 10. chap. 25. 7 8 9 10 11. Thus saith the Lord If they will hearken and turn every man from his evil way that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do because of the evil of their doings c. If ye will not c. then will I make this house like Shilo and will make this City a curse to all the nations of the earth Jer. 26. 2 3 4 5 6. Thus saith the Lord Thy bruise is incurable c. for the multitude of thine iniquity thy sins were increased I have done these things unto thee Jer. 30. 12 13 14 15. Because of all the evil of the children of Israel c. this City c. shall be delivered into the hand c. Jer. 32. 32 c. Ye have not hearkned unto me in proclaiming liberty every man unto his brother and every man to his neighbour Behold I proclaim a liberty for you saith the Lord to the sword and to the pestilence c. Jerem. 34. 1 17. This Jerusalem c. hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations c. Therefore thus saith the Lord I even I am against thee c. therefore the fathers shall eat the sons c. Ezek. 5. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. When God had shewed Ezekiel Judahs abominations he saith unto him Therefore will I also deal in fury mine eyes shall not spare neither will I have pity And though they cry c. will I not hear them Ezek. 8. 18. chap. 9. 8 9 10. But as for them whose heart walketh c. I will recompence their way upon their own head The glory of the Lord left the City Ezek. 11. 21 22 23. When the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of bread thereof and will send famine upon it and will cut off man and beast c. Though these three men Noah Daniel and Job were in it they should deliver but their own souls c. Ezek. 14. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. Thus saith the Lord God Are ye come to enquire of me As I live saith the Lord God I will not be enquired of by you c. Ezek. 20. 1 2 3 4. God reckons up many sins of Jerusalem and then says Can thine heart indure Can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee I the Lord have spoken and will do it and will scatter thee c. Ezek. 22. 1 2 to the 15. When the righteous man turneth from his righteousness and committeth iniquity he shall even dye thereby Ezek. 33. 12 13 18. The heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against me therefore c. Ezek. 39. 23 24. The Kings of Babylon punished for their pride c. Dan. 4. 31 32. ch 5. Let her therefore put away her whōredoms out of her sight c. lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day she was born c. and I will not have mercy upon her children c. Hosea 2. 2 3 4 5. The Lord hath a controversie with the land because no truth nor mercy nor knowledg of God in the land by swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood therefore shall the land mourn c. Ephraim is joyned to Idols let him alone Hosea 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. 17. The pride of Israel doth testifie to his face therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity Judah also shall fall with them they shall go with the flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord but they shall not find he hath withdrawn himself from them They have dealt treacherously against the Lord Hosea 5. 3 4 5 6 7. Wo unto them for they have fled from me destruction unto them because they have transgressed c. they return not to the most high they are like a deceitful bow their princes shall fall by the sword c. Hosea 7. 13 14 15 16. Wo unto them when I depart from them Hosea 9. 12. They hate him who rebuke in the gate they abhor him who speaketh uprightly c. I hate I despise your feast days and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies c. Amos 5. 10 11 12 21 22 23. Wo unto them who are at ease in Zion c. who lye upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches c. who chaunt to the sound of the viol and invent to themselves instruments of musick like David who drink wine in bowls c. but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph therefore now shall they go captive c. I abhor the excellency of Jacob and hate his palaces Amos 6. 1 4 5 6 7 8. They shall cry unto the Lord but he will not hear them he will ever hide his face from them as they behaved themselves ill in their doings c. They build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity the heads thereof judg for reward and the Priests thereof teach for hire and the Prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean upon the Lord and say Is not the Lord among us none evil can come upon us therefore shall Zion for your sakes be plowed as a field and Jerusalem become heaps c. Micah 3. 3 4 5 10 11 12. Hear ye O mountains the Lords controversie c. for the Lord hath a controversie with his people and he will plead with
thou shalt surely help with him or wouldst cease to leave thy business for him thou shalt surely leave it to join with him Exod. 23. 4 5. Deut. 22. 4. David rewarded Saul good for evil which Saul acknowledgeth 1 Sam. 24. 17 18 19. With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful Psal. 18. 25. The righteous is ever merciful Psal. 37. 25 26. The merciful man doth good unto his own soul but he who is cruel c. Prov. 11. 17. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel Prov. 12. 10. If thine enemy be hungry give him bread to eat and if he be thirsty give him water to drink for thou shalt heap up coles c. and the Lord shall reward thee Prov. 25. 21 22. Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive and pray unto the Lord for it for in the peace thereof ye shall have peace Jer. 29. 7. Blessed are the merciful c. love your enemies bless them who curse you do good to them who hate you and pray for them who despitefully use you c. that you may be the children of your heavenly father for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good c. for if ye love them who love you what reward have ye do not even the Publicans the same Matt. 5. 7 44 45 46. Luk. 6. 32 33 35 36. Christ had compassions on the multitude and did them good Matt. 9. 36. chap. 14. 14. ch 15. 32. Recompence to no man evil for evil c. avenge not your selves c. if thine enemy hunger feed him c. be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good Rom. 12. 17 19 20 21. As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men Gal. 6. 10. Put on bowels of mercy kindness c. Col. 3. 12. The Lord make you to increase in love c. towards all men 1 Thes. 3. 12. See that none render evil for evil unto any man but ever follow that which is good both among your selves and unto all men 1 Thes. 5. 15. Exhort c. that supplications and prayers c. be made for all men 1 Tim. 2. 1. Not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing but contrarywise blessing 1 Pet. 3. 9. See this Duty towards Persecutors Chap. 22. See giving to the Poor at large Chap. 17. 7thly To behave themselves humbly and courteously towards all giving them due respect The children of Heth said to Abraham Hear us my Lord thou art a mighty prince amongst us in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead c. And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land c. Gen. 23. 5 6 7 11 12. Jacob bowed himself seven times to the ground until he came near his brother Esau c. let my Lord I pray thee pass over before his servant c. let me find grace in the sight of my Lord Gen. 33. 3 14 15. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head and honour the face of the old man and fear thy God I am the Lord Levit. 19. 32. Rom. 13. 7. If thou meet any man salute him not and if any salute thee answer him not again 2 Kings 4. 29. God threatned it as an evil that the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient and the base against the honourable Isa. 3. 5. If ye salute your brethren only what do you more than others do not even the Publicans the same Be ye therefore perfect as your father which is in heaven is perfect Matt. 5. 47 48. When ye come into an house salute it Matt. 10. 12. When thou art bidden c. sit not down in the highest room leâ—…t a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him and he who bade thee and him come and say to thee Give this man place and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room c. sit in the lowest room c. then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them who sate at meat with thee Luk. 14. 8 9 10. I am not mad most noble Festus said Paul but speak forth the word c. Act. 26. 24 25. Honour or esteem all men 1 Pet. 2. 17. Finally c. be courteous 1 Pet. 3. 8. The Elder unto the elect Lady c. and now I beseech thee Lady 2 Joh. v. 1 5. 8thly To avoid all unnecessary Society and fellowship with wicked men They shall not dwell in the land lest they make thee sin against me Exod. 23. 31. 33. When Jehoshaphat had helped the wicked king of Israel Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to king Jehoshaphat shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them who hate the Lord therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord 2 Chron. 19. 1 2. Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of scorners Psal. 1. 1. Who shall abide in thy tabernacle c he in whose eyes a vile person is contemned Psal. 15. 1 4. I have not sate with vain persons neither will I go in with dissemblers I have hated the congregation of evil doers I will not set with the wicked Psal. 26. 4 5. I will not know a wicked person c. he who worketh deceit shall not dwell in my house he who telleth lyes shall not tarry in my sight Psal. 101. 4 6 7. Do not I hate them who hate thee O Lord am not I grieved with those who rise up against thee I hate them with a perfect hatred Psal. 139. 21 22. My son if sinners intice thee consent not c. walk not thou in the way with them refrain thy foot from their path Prov. 1. 10 15. He who walketh with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed Prov. 13. 20. Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest not the lips of knowledg Prov. 14. 7. Make no friendship with an angry man and with a furious man thou shalt not go lest thou learn his ways and get a snare to thy â—…oul Prov. 22. 24 25. Be not thou envious against evil men neither desire to be with them Prov. 24. 1. I wrote to you in an Epistle not to keep company with fornicators yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world c. for then must ye needs go out of this world 1 Cor. 5. 9 10. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers c. What communion hath light with darkness and what concord hath Christ with Belial or what part hath he who believeth with an infidel 2 Cor. 6. 14 15. Believers Duties in times of afflictions and persecutions towards God towards such as are afflicted and persecuted and towards Persecutors See Affliction and Persecution at large Chap. 22. Believers
people feared the Lord and believed the Lord Exod. 14. 31. The Sea covered them c. Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the Gods or mighty ones who like thee glorious in holiness fearful in praises doing wonders Exod. 15. 10 11. When God appeared upon the mount with a sound of a trumpet c. All the people that was in the camp trembled Exod. 19. 16 18. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain Exod. 20. 7. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live Exod. 33. 20 21 23. Thou shalt not curse the deaf c. but shalt fear thy God I the Lord c. Levit. 19. 14 32. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another but thou shalt fear thy God for I am the Lord your God c. Levit. 25. 17 36 43. Did ever people hear the voice of God c. as thou hast heard and live c. unto thee it was shewed that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God there is none else besides him Deut. 4. 32 33 35. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him c. Deut. 6. 13. chap. 10. 20. Understand therefore this day that the Lord thy God he who goeth over before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy c. Deut. 9. 3. And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God c Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens are the Lords c. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords a great God and a mighty and terrible who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward Deut. 10. 12 14 17. I I am he and there is no God with me I kill c. Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hands c. If I whet my glittering sword c. Deut. 32. 39 41. That all the people of the earth may know the hand of the Lord that it is mighty that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever Joshua 4. 24. Deut. 3. 24. There is none holy as the Lord c. the Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down unto the grave and bringeth up the Lord maketh poor c. 1 Sam. 2. 1 6 7 8. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God! 1 Sam. 6. 20. Then the earth trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth there went up a smoke out of his nostrils c. 2 Sam. 22. 8 9 10 11 12. My servant Job c. one who feareth God and escheweth evil Job 1. 1 8. How should man be just with God! c. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who hath hardened against him and hath prospered who removeth the mountains and they know not who overturneth them in his anger who shaketh the earth out of her place and the pillars thereof tremble who commandeth the sun and it riseth not and sealed up the stars who alone spreadeth out the heavens c. Job 9. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty Job 11. 7 8 9 10. The Lord hath wrought this in whose hand is the soul or life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind Job 12. 9 10. Will you speak wickedly for God c shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon you Job 13. 7 8 11. And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom Job 28. 28. God said to Job None is so fierce who dare stir him up speaking of a creature Who then is able to stand before me Job 41. 10. Stand in awe and sin not Psal. 4. 4. Who is the king of glory the Lord of hosts he is this king of glory Psal. 24. 10. What man is he who feareth the Lord him he shall teach in the way which he shall choose c. The secret of the Lord is with them who fear him and he will shew them his Covenant Psal. 25. 12 13 14. O! how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them who fear thee Psal. 31. 19. He gathereth the waters of the sea together c. Let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him for he spake and it was done c. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them who feareth him c. Psal. 33. 6 7 8 9 18. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them who fear him and delivereth them c. O fear the Lord ye his saints for there is no want unto them who fear him c. hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord Psal. 34. 7 9 11. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart there is no fear of God before his eyes Psal. 36. 1. He uttereth his voice the earth melteth Psal. 46. 6. The Lord most high is terrible he is a great king over all the earth Psal. 47. 2. Because they have no changes therefore they fear not God Psal. 55. 19. To him who rideth upon the heavens of heavens of old lo he doth send or give out his voice a mighty voice c. His excellency over Israel and his strength in the clouds or heavens O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places Psal. 68. 33 34 35. At thy rebuke O God of Jacob both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep Thou thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry c. The earth feared and was still Psal. 76. 6 7 8. Surely his salvation is nigh them who fear him Psal. 85. 9. 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 Psal. 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 Psal. 93. 1 2 4. The Lord a great God and a great King above all gods Psal. 95. 3. Psal. 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 Psal. 96. 4 5 6 9. A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about his lightnings enlighteneth 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 Psal 97. 3 4 5 9. The Lord reigneth let