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A90521	The Scriptures stability or, the Scripture cannot be broken. Proved, explained, and several wayes applied, whereby all Scripture may with singular advantage come to be improved. Very seasonable and usefull in these last and worst dayes, wherein the authority and truth of the Scripture is now much oppugned, and by few so improved as it ought. By Robert Perrot, B.M. and minister of Gods word, at Deane in Bedfordshire.	R. P. (Robert Perrot)	1658 (1658)	Wing P1646; Thomason E1928_2; ESTC R209990	89,342	222

is white and ruddy the chiefest of ten thousands his mouth is most sweet yea he is altogether lovely he is more pretious than Rubies and all the things that can be desired are not to be compared to him O as that Martyr G●le●cius Caracciol●s said None to him none to him and as that noble Italian Marquess let their Gold and Silver perish with them who count all the gold silver in the world worth one dayes communion with Jesus Christ So the Scripture saith of Gods testimonies that they are wonderful perfect pure holy just and good Psal 119. 129. thy testimonies are wonderfull therefore doth my soul keep them and 18. verse open thou mine eyes that I may behold the wonders of thy Law and Psal 19. 7. the Law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul Rom. 7. 12. wher●fore the Law is holy and the Commandement holy just and good Of Gods Ordinances that they are amiable and desirable Psal 84. 1. 27. 5. c. How amiable are thy Tabernacles c. To behold the beauty of the Lord c. Of Gods Grace and of such as are gratious that they are excellent 1 Cor. 12. last Psal 16. 3. Prov. 12. 26. And yet shew I unto you a more excellent way And to the excellent c. The righteous is more excellent Of wisdoms wayes that they are wayes of pleasantness and of her paths that they are paths of peace Prov. 3. 17. Of man that he is vain yea at his best estate altogether vanity Psa 39. 5. Of fin that it is vile bitter filthy foolish bootless fruitless James 1. 21. Jer. 2. 19. Psa 28. 5. Rom. 6. 21. Of the world and all worldly things that they are vanity yea vanitie of vanities vainest vanity 1 Eccl. 5. Prov. 23. 5. Eccl. 5. 16. And so I might instance in many other And now the Scripture thus saying and affirming of them and it being certainly so as the Scripture saith of them it being that which cannot be broken O le ts labour and never rest till we come thus to see them for we are sure that what the Scripture saith is according to truth thus Psal 19. 10. the Scripture there saith of the judgements of the Lord that they are more to be desired than Gold yea than much fine God and sweeter also than the honey and the honey comb and thus David saw them thus they were to him Psal 119. 72. The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of Gold and Silver ver 103. How sweet are thy words unto my taste sweeter than honey to my mouth Shall I look upon things and judge of things rather as my own corrupt and erronious judgement fancies of them and not rather according to the unerring sentence of Gods word no let God be true let his word be true yea it is most true and unerring and therefore let all contrary opinions be lookt upon as false and erronious O let us never rest as concerning what the Scripture saith and affirms of things till we be able to say as the Queen of Sheba said in another case to Solomon 1 Kings 10. 6 7. and she said to the King it was a true report that I heard and behold the half was not told me so the reports I heard out of the Scripture were true reports what out of the Scripture was reported and made forth unto me of the goodness of God and the loveliness of Jesus Christ of the beauty of holiness of the Amiableness of Gods Ordinances of the pleasantness of Christs wayes of the vanity of the world of the vileness of sin O they were all true reports and behold the half was not told me Thus le ts never rest till our judgments and the Scripture agree till we and it come to be of an opinion not we and the world but we and the word this was the prayer of Paul in behalf of the Philippians that they might approve things that were excellent Phil. 1. 9 10 Est sapiens cui res sapiunt prout sunt cui vero ipsa jam in se prout est sapientia sapi● is non modo sapiens sed etiam beatus est Bernard That such things as were indeed excellent according to the unerring account of the Scripture of them they might so see them discern them understand them and accordingly approve them thus David saith in one place thy testimonies are wonderful Psal 119. 129. And in another he prayes v. 18. open thou my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy Law that I may see them as they are and so let us pray thou art good O Lord the Scripture so saith of thee and that cannot be broken Lord make me so to see thee that from my own experience I may say so too c. So Jesus Christ is lovely he is most pretious the chiefest of ten thousand Lord make me so to see him so to apprehend him that he may be so to me that I may say as the spouse a bundle of Mirrh is my wel-beloved unto me and my beloved is unto me a Cluster of Camphire he is so in himself and so he is to me I so see him apprehend him experience him That we may never rest till we come to say as Iob in another case Iob 42. 5. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee so I have heard of thee and heard of Christ and heard of other things by the hearing of the ear Ministers have made such and such reports of them now I see them to be so indeed as the Minister said of them I can from my own experience say now as he said and as the Scripture saith now I believe his reports and truly we shall never believe the reports of the word till the Arm of the Lord be so revealed as that we come indeed not only to hear of them but to see them Isa 53. 1. Who hath believed our report c. And therefore blessed are their eyes who see as our Saviour saith in another case who so see and apprehend things to be as the Scripture saith and affirms of them for so indeed they are and must be the Scripture being that which cannot be broken which cannot err or mistake 6. Again cannot the Scripture be broken then from hence should we be exhorted and provoked to be much in blessing and praising of God First That God should find out a way to save man and yet what he had threatned for mans sinning be salved and not be broken c. Secondly that those things which are of so great importance and concernment and that afford so great cause and ground of comfort and on which our whole happiness depends are according to Scripture which cannot be broken And thirdly that the Lord hath brought any of us into such a state and condition as that we may be saved and the Scripture not be broken nay in which if

of such a one frees us from everlasting pains and hence himself saith if a man ' keep my sayingt he shall never see John 8. 51 52. Death nor taste of Death that is eternal for that onely indeed deserves the name of Death why because Christ hath tasted Death for him his Soul has been in his Souls stead and so Gods Word comes to be salved man saved And how can we now but cry out O the depth of the riches of the Wisdom of God and of the grace of God how unsearchable is his Wisdom and Grace and the wayes thereof past finding out this love indeed we may admire but reach its demensions we never can O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good Psal 107. 1 2. for his mercy indureth for ever let the redeemed of the Lord say so I they have infinite cause indeed so to say I shall conclude this first part of this 6th use with that of the Apostle Iude Now to the onely wise God our Saviour be Glory and Majesty Dominion and Power now and ever Amen Again Secondly cannot the Scripture be broken then from hence are we further to be exhorted and provoked to be much in blessing and praising of God that those things that are of so great importance and of such infinite concernment and afford so great cause and ground of comfort yea upon which our whole happiness and comfort depends are according to Scripture which cannot be broken As that Christ died for our sins it is according to the Scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day is according to the Scriptures 1 Cor. 15. 3 4. For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received how that Christ dyed for our sins according to the Scriptures and that he was buryed and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures mark according to the Scriptures For that he was delivered for our offences and raised again for our Justification Romans 4. 25. And that he ascended and now sits at the right hand of God and there makes intercession for us is according to the Scripture Iohn 20. 17. Romans 8. 34. And now what can be matter of greater comfort or sweeter consolation than this nay is not this that on which all our comfort and happinesse depends that Christ died for our sins and that he rose again and now sits at the right hand of God and there makes intercession for us is not this I say the sum of all our comfort and now blessed be God these they are according to the Scripture So 1 Peter 2. 6. It is contained in the Scripture Behold I lay in Syon a chief corner-stone elect precious and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded so he that believeth on me as the Scripture hath said out of his belly shall flow Rivers of living Watter John 7. 38. And so the Scripture saith whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed Rom. 10. 1. So it is written it is Scripture that Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard neither have entred into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 1 Cor. 2. 9. So that God is merciful and gracious Exo. 34. 6. long-suffering is according to Scripture That he forgives iniquity transgression Verse 7. and sinn is according to Scripture That he will sub due his peoples iniquities Mich. 7. 19 and cast their Sinns into the depths of the Sea is according to Scripture That he delights in mercy and to Mich. 7. 18 Jer. 9. 24. exercise loving kindnesse in the earth is according to Scripture That he will heal his peoples back-slidings Hos 14. 4. and love them freely is according to Scripture That such as come unto Christ he will Joh. 6. 37 in no wise cast out is according to Scripture That a bruised Reed shall he not break Mat. 12. 20 and smoaking Flax will he not quench till he send forth judgement unto victory is according to Scripture That he will give the Holy Spirit to Lu. 11. 13. them that ask him is according to Scripture That they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength that they shall Isa 40. 31. mount up with wings as Eagles that they shall run and not be weary and walk and not faint is according to Scripture That he said unto the seed of Jacob Isa 45. 19. Seek not me in vain is according to Scripture That he will gather the Lambs with Isa 40. 11. his arm and carry them in his bosom c. is according to Scripture That the gates of Hell shall not prevail Mat. 16. 18 against the Church is according to Scripture That Christ holds his stars in his right Rev. 2. 1. hand is according to Scripture That he is with them alway even to Ma. 28. 20 the end of the World is according to the Scripture And now the Scripture being that which cannot be broken what a comfort is it what cause have we to bless God that these yea and innumerable more which are of like importance with these and make so much for our comfort are according to Scripture which cannot be broken Thirdly Again cannot the Scriptures be broken and it is easier for Heaven and earth to pass away than one tittle of Gods Word to fail then let such in the Third place be exhorted and provoked to be much in blessing and praising God whom he hath brought into such a condition for whom he hath done such great things Great things indeed as that they may be saved and the Scripture not be broken Let such I say be much in blessing and praising God for there is infinite cause for the Scripture cannot be broken for any it was not for Christ himself and for God to do that for thee to bring thee into such an estate and condition through Grace as that thou mayest be saved and the Scripture not be broken O what infinite cause hast thou to be much in blessing and praising God Now if thou art one who art regenerate born again become a new creature one who art holy and pure in heart thou mayst be saved and the Scripture not be broken So if thou art such a one who dost indeed believe and repent of thy sins and art fruitful in good works thou mayest then be saved and the Scripture not be broken nay let me tell thee to thy comfort that if being such an one thou shouldest not be saved the Scripture it would be broken it would not be fulfilled for that such shall be saved it is every where according to Scripture 1. That such as are regenerate and holy shall be saved is according to Scripture Matthew 5. 8. Rom. 6. 22. John 3. 3 5. And what doth this imply but that if a man be regenerate and born again he shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven 2. That

they are turned from their iniquities 4. Whose transgressions are forgiven and whose sins are covered Psal 32. 1 2. blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is covered blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity c. 5. Whose God is the Lord who have an interest in him and his favour Psal 33. 12. Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance Psal 144. 15. happy is that people whose God is the Lord Numb 6. 23 24 25 26. speak unto Aaron saith the Lord to Moses and tell him on this wise shall ye bless the Children of Israel saying The Lord bless thee and keep thee the Lord make his face shine on thee and be gratious unto thee the Lord lift up his countenancs upon thee and give thee peace 6. Who fear the Lord and walk in his wayes and delight in his Commandements Psal 128. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord that walketh in his wayes and Psa 112. 1. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord and delighteth greatly in his Commandementt 7. Who trust in the Lord. Psal 34. 8. blessed is the man that trusteth in him Psa 40. 4. blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust and respecteth not the proud nor such as turn aside to lyes Psal 84. 12. O Lord of hosts blessed is the man that trusteth in thee Jer. 17. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is for he shall be as a tree planted by the waters that spreadeth out her roots by the Rivers and shall not see when heat commeth but her leaf shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought neither shall cease from yielding fruit 8. Who hear the word of God and keep it who hearken to it so as to obey it Luke 11. 2 8. But he said yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it James 1. 25. But who so looketh into the perfect Law of liberty and continueth therein he being not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the work this man shall be blessed in his deed John 13. 17. if ye know these things happy are ye if ye do them 9. Who have a part in the first resurrection Rev. 20. 6. blessed and holy is he that hath his part in the f●rst resurrection on such the second death hath no power 10. Whom God corrects and withall instructs whom he chasteneth and withall teacheth out of his Law Psa 94. 12. blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest out of thy Law In a word we have in the fifth of Matthew a whole Catalogue of such summ'd up whom Christ in the Scripture pronounces blessed Mat. 5. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit Blessed are they that mourn Blessed are the meek Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness Blessed are the pure in heart Blessed are the peace-makers c. So the Scripture pronounceth several cursed as 1. Such as trust in man and make flesh their Arm Jer. 17. 5. 2. Such as enjoy pretious means and yet bear pernitious fruit thorns and Briers Heb. 6. 7 8. 3. Who are deceivers who have in their flock a Male and vow and sacrifice to the Lord a corrupt thing c. Mal. 1. 14. In a word the Scripture pronounces all wicked and ungodly men cursed all proud and impenitent Persons who customarily and contemptuously do err from Gods Commandements Psa 119. 21. thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed which do err from thy Commandements or cursed are they who do err c. but the difference is of no great moment it being through pride and for want of having their spirits made humble and low that men wander and go away from the rule as Psa 10. 4 5. the wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seek after God his wayes are alwayes grievous Thus I have given you a view of several of those which the Scripture pronounces blessed and so a view of some whom the Scripture pronounces cursed and now the Scripture being that which cannot be broken those whom the Scripture pronounces blessed must needs be blessed and so those whom the Scripture pronounces cursed must needs be cursed and therefore as ever we would be found among the number of such as are truly blessed O let us never rest till we come to find our selves among the number of those whom the Scripture pronounceth blessed and as ever we would not be found among the number of such who are indeed miserable or cursed let us take heed how we be found among the number of those whom the Scripture pronounces miserable or cursed for such are indeed so Do not think thy self blessed because thou art rich or great or honourable or set up in high place in the world or because thou hast health and strength and art at ●ase when others it may be are sick and weak and in pain for where doth the Scripture pronounce such blessed blessed are the rich blessed are such as are great and high and honourable in the world blessed are such as are at ●ase and in health produce if thou canst one place one Scripture it is that I could never yet see or find or meet withall my self nay I have found rather the contrary Luke 6. 24 but ●wo unto you that are rich for you have received your co●solation c. not that this woe belongs to all that are rich but people may be rich and yet their case woful enough and so do not think thy self miserable or cursed because thou art mean and poor and base and contemptible in the world because thou art sickly it may be and crazy and weak for where doth the Scripture pronounce such miserable produce one Scripture if thou canst nay some that are poor and afflicted are pronounced blessed and happy Luke 6. 20 21 22. blessed be the poor c. behold we count them happy which endure c. James 2. 5. 5. 11. therfore as ever you would be blessed indeed labour to be such whom you can find Scripture for that you are blessed Remember me O Lord saith David with the favour of thy people Psa 106. 4. and so pray remember me and mine O Lord with the blessedness of the Scripture O bless us with that blessedness which the Scripture counts and calls blessedness and then shall I and mine be blessed indeed for that it cannot be broken O bless me in inabling me to find wisdom and to get understanding in inabling me to believe and close with Christ in turning me away from mine iniquities in forgiving my transgressions and covering my sins c. and then shall I be indeed blessed for such doth the Scripture pronounce blessed and that cannot be broken Thou hast saith David dealt Psa 1 19. 65. well with thy servant O Lord according to thy word I