also is vanity When goods increase they also are increased who eat them and what good is there to the owners thereof saving the beholding of them with their eyes the sleep of a labouring man is sweet whether he eat little or much but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep c. Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt c. What profit hath he who hath laboured for the wind Eccles. 5. 10 11 12 13 16. A man to whom God hath given riches wealth and honour so that he wanteth nothing c. he desireth yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof c. All the labour of man is for his mouth and yet the appetite or soul is not filled Eccles. 6. 2 7. Wo unto them that joyn house to house and lay field to field till there is no place c. Wo unto them who rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink c. and the harp and the viol c. are in their feasts c. Isa. 5. 8 11 12. Doth the Plowman plow all day to sow c for his God doth instruct him to discretion and doth teach him for the fetches are not threshed c. this also cometh from the Lord of Hosts Isa. 28. 24 25 26 27 28 29. All flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field the grass withereth the flower fadeth c. Isa. 40. 6 7 8. Thou saidst I shall be a Lady for ever c. Hear now this thou who art given to pleasures who dwellest carelesly who sayest in thine heart c. I shall not sit a Widow neither shall I know the loss of children but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day the loss of children and Widowhood and they shall come upon thee in their perfection Isa. 47. 7 8 9. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain c Art not thou he O Lord c Jer. 14. 22. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might let not the rich man glory in his riches c. Jer. 9. 23. He who getteth riches and not by right shall leave them in the midst of his days and at his end shall be a fool Jer. 17. 11. I have made the earth the man and the beast upon the ground c. I have given them to whom c. Jer. 27. 5 6. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord they shall not satisfie their soul nor fill their bowels c. Ezek. 7. 19. Zephan 1. 17 18. Thou hast gotten thee riches and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasury c. and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches therefore thus faith the Lord c. Ezek. 28. 4 5 6 7. She said I will go after my lovers who give me my bread and my water my wool and my flax mine oyl and my drink c. She did not know that I gave her corn wine and oyl and multiplied her silver and gold therefore I will return and take away my corn in the time thereof c. Hosea 2. 5 6 7 8 9. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vines the labour of the Olive shall fail c. yet I will rejoyce in the Lord c. Habbak 3. 17 18. Is it a time for you O ye to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lye waste c Consider your ways ye have sown much and bring in little ye eat but ye have not enough c. I did blow upon it Why faith the Lord of Hosts because of mine house that is waste and ye run every man unto his own house Haggai 1. 4 5 6 7 8 9. Lay not up treasure on earth where moth and rust corrupt and thieves break in c. for where your treasure is there will your hearts be c. No man can serve two masters c. ye cannot serve God and Mammon c. Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat c. Is not your life more than meat c Behold the fowls c. are ye not much better than they Which of you by taking thought can add a cubit unto his stature c your heavenly father knoweth you need these things c. but seek ye first the kingdom of God c. and these things shall be added unto you Matth. 6. 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34. When Christ had suffered the evil spirit to go into the herd of swine so that they were drowned the whole City came out and besought Jesus to depart Matth. 8. 31 32 33 34. He who loveth father or mother c. or son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me and he who taketh not up his cross and followeth me is not worthy of me c. he who loseth his life for my sake shall find it Matth. 10. 37 38 â—…9 Luke 14. 26. He who received seed among the thorns is he who heareth the word and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choak the word c. Matth. 13. 22. Luke 8. 14. What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul Matth. 16. 26. Go and sell that thou hast and give c. but when the young man heard that saying he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions Then said Jesus c. That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven Matth. 19. 21 22 23. Those who were invited to the feast made light of it and went their ways one to their farm another to their merchandize c. Matth. 22. 4 5. Luke 14. 16 17 18 19 20. Wo unto you who are rich for ye have received your consolation Wo unto you who are full for ye shall be hungry Wo unto you who laugh now for you shall mourn and weep Wo unto you when all men shall speak well of you Luke 6. 24 25 26. Christ said to one Follow me but he would bury his father first another would go and bid them farewel who were at home Luke 9. 59 60 61. Martha Martha Thou art careful about many things but one thing is needful c. Luke 10. 40 41. Jesus said Take heed and beware of covetousness for a mans life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth c. The rich man said to his soul Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thine ease eat drink and be merry but God said unto him Thou fool this night thy soul shall be required of thee then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided so is he who layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God Luke 12. 15 16 17 18 19 20
kingdom from thee and will give it to thy servant 1 Kings 11. 9 10 11. It was charged me by the word of the Lord saying Eat no bread c. Thus saith the Lord Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord c. and hast eaten bread and drank water c. Thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers c. A Lyon met him by the way and slew him c. It is the man of God 1 Kings 13. 8 9 21 22 24 25 26. Tell Jeroboam c. Forasmuch as I have exalted thee from among the people and made thee prince c. yet thou hast done evil above all that were before thee for thou hast gone and made thee other gods c. Therefore behold I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam him who pisseth against the wall c. him who dyeth of Jeroboam in the city shall dogs eat and him who dyeth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat for the Lord hath spoken it 1 Kings 14. 7 8 9 10 11. Baasha smote all the house of Jeroboam he left not to Jeroboam any that breathrd until he had destroyed him according to the saying of the Lord c. Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he had sinned and which he made Israel sin 1 Kings 15. 27 29 30. The very like threatning did God send to Baasha for his sin c. and accordingly executed by Zimri his servant 1 Kings 16. 1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 13. God threatens and sends a famine in Israel for the sins of Ahab c. 1 Kings 17. He killed Naboth and possessed his vineyard c. Thus saith the Lord Hast thou killed and taken possession also c In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood even thine c. All this executed against him Jezebel and Ahabs house 1 Kings 21. 14 19 21 22 23 24. Chap. 22. 38. 2 Kings 10. 33. Ahaziah fell down c. He sent to enquire of the God of Ekron c. And the Lord by Elijah sends thus Is it not because there is not a God in Israel ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron Now therefore thus saith the Lord Thou shalt not come down from thy bed c. but shalt surely dye c. So he dyed according to the word of the Lord 2 Kings 1. 2 3 4 6 16 17. So it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God c. and walked in the statutes of the heathen c. The Lord testified against them by the hand of all the Prophets all the seers saying Turn ye from your ways c. notwithstanding they would not hear but hardned their necks c. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight c. And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of the spoilers until he had cast them out of his sight 2 Kings 17. 7 8 9 13 14 15 18 19 20. Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did c. and hath made Judah also to sin c. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel Behold I am bringing evil upon Jeroboam and Judah that whosoever heareth of it both his ears shall tingle c. I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies c. because they have done c. 2 Kings 21. 9 11 12 13 14 15. The Lord turned not from the fierceness of his wrath wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked wirhal And the Lord faid I will remove Judah also out of my sight as I have removed Israel and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen and the house of which I have said my name shall be there 2 Kings 23. 26 27. God accordingly gives them up wholly to their enemies 2 Kings 24. Chap. 25. Uzziah the king when he was strong his heart was lifted up to his destruction c. He went into the Temple of the Lord to burn incense and when the Priests withstood him he was wrath and while he was yet wrath with the Priests the leprosie even rose up in his forehead c. The Lord had smitten him and Uzziah the King was a leper unto the day of his death 2 Chr. 26. 16 17 18 19 20 21. Moreover all the chief of the Priests and the people transgressed very much c. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers c. but they mocked the messengers of God and despised his word and misused his Prophets until the wrath of God arose against his people till there was no remedy therefore he brought upon them the King of the Chaldees c. 2 Chron. 36. 13 14 15 16 17. The Psalmist reckons up the several rebellions of Israel and Gods judgments against them for sin Psal. 78. My people would not hearken to my voice and Israel would none of me so I gave them up to their own hearts c. O that my people had hearkned unto me c. Psal. 81. 11. 12. 13. Israels behaviour and rebellions together with Gods dealings with them summed up by the Psalmist Psal. 106. Because they rebelled against the words of God and contemned the counsel of the most High therefore he brought down their heart with labour they fell down and none to help Psal. 107. 11 12. How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity c Turn you at my reproof c. because I called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regardeth but ye have set at nought all my counsel and would none of my reproof I also will laugh at your calamity and mock when your fear cometh when your fear cometh as desolation c. Then shalt thou call upon me but I will not answer they shall seek me early but they shall not find me for they hated c. Prov. 1. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30. Hear O heavens c. I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me the ox knoweth his owner c. Israel doth not know my people doth not consider c. Why should ye be stricken any more ye will revolt more and more c. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifice unto me saith the Lord c When ye make many prayers I will not hear you for your hands are full of blood wash you make you clean c. Come now and let us reason c. but if ye refuse and rebel ye shall be devoured by the sword c. Ah I will ease me of mine adversaries Isa. 1. 2 3 4 5 11 13 16 17 18 20
Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light c. Exod. 13. 21. When Pharoah and his host pursued Israel so that they reckoned themselves lost and were in great distress then the Angel of God which went before the Camp removed and went behind them c. between the Camp of the Egyptians and them and the Lord divided the sea while Israel passed through and there drowned all the Egyptians Exod. 14. 10 11 12 16 17 18 c. The Lord shall judge his people and repent himself for his servants when he seeth that their power is gone and there is none shut up or left Deut. 32. 36. When David was great in distress because Ziklag was burned his wives and the wives of his followers taken away and all their substance by the Amalekites and his men spake of killing him then God directs him to pursue the Amalekites and he recovered all again by a wonderful hand 1 Sam. 30. 1 2 3 to the 20. When king David was in great danger at hand by the counsel of Ahitophel in the time of Absoloms rebellion God overthrew the counsel by the counsel of Hushai and so marvellously preserved David 2 Sam. 17. 1 2 3 c. When Elijah fled from Ahab in a time of famine God commanded the Ravens to feed him c. and the Ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morn c. when the brook dried up God sent him to a widow to nourish him when her meal was out God caused the barrel of meal not to waste the cruse of oyl not to fail until the Lord sent rain 1 King 17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 to the 17. So again when he fled from Jezebel and had requested of God that he might dye the angel comes to him and gives him bread and water twice and then enabled him to go in the strength thereof many days 1 Kings 19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. When the wife of one of the sons of the Prophets was in distress because of poverty and danger of creditors God by Elisha makes her pot of oyl to increase to the filling of many vessels to pay her debts with 2 Kings 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. When Samaria was besieged and in great distress by reason of the sad famine in it God on a sudden makes the Assyrians fly and leave plenty behind them in their camp and so relieved his people 2 Kings 6. chap. 7. When Judah was environed the battel before and behind them then God delivered them and overcame their enemies slew five hundred thousand of them 2 Chron. 13. 14 15 16 17 18. When the Jews were by Hamans procurement appointed to slaughter and the decree just ready to be executed and they greatly distressed and helpless Then God appeared and delivered in a marvellous manner Esther 3. chap. 6. chap. 7. Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress Psal. 4. 1. When the Psalmist had reckoned up the sad state Gods people had been reduced to he saith Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep like a mighty man c. and he smote his enemies in the hinder part he put them to a perpetual reproach Psal. 78. 61 62 63 64 65 66. Thou turnest man to destruction and saist Return ye children of men Ps. 90. 1. God slew the Assyrians and saved Judah when they were low Isa. 36. ch 37. I will heal thee c. because they call thee an out-cast saying This is Zion whom no man looks after Thus saith the Lord behold I will bring again the captivity of Jacobs tents Jer. 30. 17 18. God appeared for his when in the fire and in the lyons den and delivered them Dan. 3. chap. 6. When Peter through unbelief was sinking in the sea Christ stretched out his hand and caught him and saved him Matt. 14. 28 29 30 31. When the Apostles were put into the prison the Angel of the Lord brought them out Act. 5. 18 19. Peter being imprisoned in order to his being brought out to the people and being fettered and lying between two souldiers the angel of the Lord came said Arise the chains fell off the gates open of their own accord he is delivered Act. 12. 1 2 3 4 to the 12. When Paul and Silas was thrust into the inner prison and their feet fast in the stocks God made the foundation of the prison to shake and doors fly open and delivered Paul and Silas Act. 16. 23 24 26 29 30 39. Paul when the Jews went about to kill him was delivered by the captain c. Act. 21. 30 31 32. Paul and his company strangely saved in their voyage by sea and shipwrack Act. 27. 9thly That Afflictions and Persecutions shall be for the great good of Saints It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go unto the house of feasting for that is the end of all men and the living will lay it to his heart Sorrow is better than laughter for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better Eccles. 7. 2 3. By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sin Isa. 27. 9. I will bring the third part through the fire c. they shall call on my name and I will hear them I will say it is my people and they shall say the Lord is my God Zech. 13. 9. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you c. rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven Matt. 5. 11 12. Whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it Matt. 16. 25. Joh. 12. 25. Every one who hath forsaken houses c. for my name sake shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life Matt. 19. 29. Luke 18. 29 30. Blessed are ye who hunger now for ye shall be filled blessed are ye who weep now for ye shall laugh Luk. 6. 21. In nothing terrified c. which is to them an evident token of c. but to you of salvation and that of God Phil. 1. 28. It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation unto them who trouble you and to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord c. 2 Thes. 1. 5 6 7. Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and an c. Heb. 10. 34. Moses c. choosing rather affliction with the people of God c. esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches c. for he had respect unto the recompence of reward Heb. 11. 24 25 26. Now no chastening for the present c. nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness Heb. 12. 11. The tryal of your faith worketh patience c. blessed is the man who endureth temptations for when he is tryed he
who swear by the Lord and that swear by Malchum Zeph. 1. 5. Every one who sweareth shall be cut off c. I will bring it forth saith the Lord of hosts and it shall enter into the house of c. and into the house of him who sweareth falsly by my name c. Zech. 5. 3 4. Love no false oath for all these are things which I hate saith the Lord Zech. 8. 17. Swear not at all neither by heaven for it is Gods throne nor by earth for it is his foot-stool c. But let your communication be yea yea nay nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil Mat. 5. 33 34 35 36 37. James 5. 12. They sought false witnesses against Christ and two came Mat. 26. 60. Men verily swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife wherein God willing more abundantly c. confirmed it by an oath Heb. 6. 13 16 17 18. And the Angel c. lifted up his hand to heaven and sware by him who liveth for ever c. that there should be time no longer Rev. 10. 5 6. CHAP. XXVI Of Preachers in general Gospel-Ministers of what spirits they should be their Duty and Recompence AND though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more but thine eyes shall see thy teachers Isa. 30. 20. The Lord said unto Jeremy Thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak Be not afraid c. Jer. 1. 7 8. If thou take forth the precious from the vile thou shalt be as my mouth Jer. 15. 19. The word of the Lord was made a reproach c. and a derision daily then said I I will not make mention of him nor speak any more in his name but his word was in mine heart as a burning-fire shut up in my bones and I was weary with forbearing and I could not stay c. Jer. 20. 8 9. Freely ye have received and freely give provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses c. for the workman is worthy of his meat c. I send you forth as sheep c. be ye therefore as wise as serpents and harmless as doves Mat. 10. 7 8 9 10 16. Joh. 20. 21. Go ye therefore teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I am with you c. Mat. 28. 19 20. He who speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory but he who seeketh his glory who sent him the same is true c. Joh. 7. 18. The Apostles were very desirous to do good to the souls of others and therefore took all occasions possible to preach the Gospel every where Acts 2. 13 14 c. ch 3. 12 13 c. ch 4. 8 9 10 11. ch 5. 29 30 31 42 ch 7. 1 2 3 c. When the Apostles were forbid to preach Christ they answer Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judg ye for we cannot but speak the things we have seen and heard Acts 4. 19 20. We will give our selves to prayer continually and preaching of the word Act. 6. 4. These are the servants of the most high God who shew unto us the way of salvation Act. 16. 17. Paul being a tent-maker abode with Aquilla being of the same craft and wrought with him c. He reasoned in the Synagogue every Sabbath c. He testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ c. Apollos shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ Acts 18. 1 2 3 4 5 28. Paul preached three months disputing and perswading about the kingdom of God but when divers were hardned c. he separated the disciples c. Acts 19. 8 9. Paul said I kept back nothing which was profitable unto you but have shewed you and have taught you publickly and from house to house c. testifying c. repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ c. neither count I my life dear so that I might finish c. the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testifie the Gospel c. I am pure from the blood of all men for I have not shunned to declare unto you the whole connsel of God c. I have coveted no mans silver or gold c. ye your selves know that these hands have ministred to my necessity and to them who were with me Acts 20. 20 21 24 26 27 33 34 35. The Gentiles to whom I now send thee to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light Acts 26. 17 18. Paul dwelt two years in his own hired house and received all who came in unto him preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ Acts 28. 30 31. I thank my God c. that your faith is spoken of c. without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers c. I Iong to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift to the end you may be established c. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation Rom. 1. 8 9 10 11 16. Col. 1. 9. Ephes. 1. 15 16. I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the Gentiles obedient c. I beseech you brethren for the Lord Jesus Christs sake c. that ye strive together with me in your prayer to God for me that I may be delivered from them who do not believe c. Rom. 15. 18 30. When I came to you I came not in the excellency of speech or of wisdom declaring unto you the testimony of God for I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified c. and my speech and my preaching was not with inticing or perswasible words of mans wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit c. which things also we speak not in the words mans wisdom teacheth but which the holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things with spiritual 1 Cor. 2. 1 2 3 4 13. And I brethren could not speak unto you as spiritual c. I have fed you with milk and not with meat for hitherto ye were not able c. I have planted c. but God gave the increase so then neither is he who planteth any thing c. 1 Cor. 3. 1 2 6 7. Account of us as c. stewards of the mystery of God moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful c. Even to this present hour we hunger c. and labour working with our own hands 1 Cor. 4. 2 11 12.
â—…eep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues Psal. 31. 19 20. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sins are covered blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit is no guile Psal. 32. 1 2. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord the people he hath chosen for his own inheritance c. Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them who fear him upon them who hope in his mercy to deliver their soul from death to keep them alive in famine Psal. 33. 12 18 19. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears unto their cries c. None of them who trust in him shall be desolate Psal. 34. 15 22. Delight thy self also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desire of thine heart c. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked c. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord And he delighteth in his way Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down 〈◊〉 for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand c. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread c. For the Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his saints they are preserved for ever c. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he is their strength in time of trouble Psal. 37. 4 16 23 24 25 28 37 39. The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob our refuge Psal. 46. 7 11. Blessed is he whom thou choosest to approach unto thee c. we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house of thy holy Temple Psal. 65. 4. Truly God is good to Israel to such who are of a clean heart Psal. 73. 1. The Lord will give grace and glory no good thing will I withhold from them who walk uprightly Psal. 84. 11. He will speak peace unto his people and to his saints c. His salvation is high unto them who fear him Psal. 85. 8 9. The righteous shall flourish like the Palm-tree he shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon Those who be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the Courts of our God they shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and flourishing Psal. 92. 12 13 14. The Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his Inheritance Psal. 94. 14. He is our God and we the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hands Psal. 95. 7. He preserveth the souls of his saints c. Light is sown for the righteous c. Psal. 97. 10 11. When they were few c. He suffered no man to do them wrong yea he reproved kings for their sakes Saying Touch not mine anointed and do my Prophets no harm Psal. 105. 12 13 14 15. Surely he shall not be moved for ever the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance Psal. 112. 6. Precious in the light of the Lord is the death of his Saints Psal. 116. 15. The Lord hath chosen Jacob for himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure Psal. 135. 4. 1 Pet. 5. 3. Happy that people who is in such a case happy that people whose God is the Lord Psal. 144. 15. He will fulfill the desire of them who fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them Psal. 145. 19. Happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the Lord his God Psal. 146. 5. The Lord taketh pleasure in them who fear him in them who hope in his mercy Psal. 147. 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in his people c. this honour hath all his Saints Psal. 149. 4 9. I love them who love me c. blessed are they who keep my ways c. who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my dores for whoso findeth me findeth life and shall obtain favour of the Lord Prov. 8. 17 34 35. Righteousness shall deliver from death The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish c. blessing upon the head of the just c. the memory of the just blessed c. the desire of the righteous shall be granted Prov. 10. 2 3 6 7 24. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted Prov. 11. 11. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour Prov. 12. 26. When a mans ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him Prov. 16. 7. The righteous are as bold as a Lyon Prov. 28. 1. Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well for they shall eat the fruit of their doings Isa. 3. 10. Bind up the testimony seal the law among my disciples Isa. 8. 16. He who walketh righteously or in righteousnesses c. he shall dwell on high his place of defence the munition of rocks bread shall be given him his waters sure thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty and shall behold the land that is far off Isa. 33. 15 16 17. This people have I formed for my self they shall shew forth my praise Isa. 43. 21. Ask me of things to come concerning my sons and concerning the works of my hands command ye me Isa. 45. 11. Zion said the Lord hath forsaken me c. can a woman forsake her sucking-child c. yet will I not forget thee behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands thy walls are continually before me Isa. 49. 14 15 16. With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee saith the Lord. No weapon which is formed against thee shall prosper c. this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness of me saith the Lord Isa. 54. 8 17. Unto them will I give in my house c. a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off c. them will I bring unto my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer and their burnt-offerings accepted upon my altar Isa. 56. 3 4 5 6 7. In all their afflictions he was afflicted and the angel of his presence saved them c. doubtless thou art our father c. Return for thy servants sake the tribes of thine inheritance the people of thy holiness c. Isa. 63. 9 16 17 18. chap. 64. 9. Since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him who waiteth for him or a God besides thee who doth so for him who waiteth c. Isa. 64. 4. 1 Cor. 2. 9. Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem c. If ye can find a man if there be any who executeth
apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness c. Pure religion is c. to keep himself unspotted from the world James 1. 21 27. Whosoever shall keep the whole Law and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all for c. James 2. 10 11. Cleanse your hands ye sinners and purifie your hearts c. James 4. 8. Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrifies and envies c. Dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers c. Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul 1 Pet. 2. 1. 11. He who will love lise c. let him eschew evil c. for the face of the Lord is against them who do evil 1 Pet. 3. 10 11 12. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness 2 Pet. 3. 11. These things write I unto you that ye sin not c. 1 Joh. 2. 1. Every man who hath this hope in him purifieth himself as he is pure c. whosoever abideth in him sinneth not whosoever sinneth hath not seen him neither knoweth him c. he who committeth sin is of the Devil 1 John 3. 6 8. Hating the very garment spotted with the flesh Jude ver 23. I will therefore â—…hat the younger women c. give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully c. Some are already turned c. 1 Tim. 5. 14. That the word of God be not blasphemed c. not purloyning that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things Titus 2. 5 10. See Doings in general Chap. And words Chap. 4. Gods reasonings with complainings of and threatnings and judgments against Sinners for their several sins disobedience and rebellions With Adam and Eve for eating of the forbidden fruit Gen. 3. 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19. Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him And the Lord said unto Cain c. Now art thou cursed from the earth c. Gen. 4. 8 9 10 11 12 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth c. and it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him at heart And the Lord said I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth c. for it repenteth me that I have made them Gen. 6. 5 6 7. Accordingly he did destroy them by the flood Gen. 7. 4 22 23. Sodom and Gomorrah because their sin was very grievous and the cry of them waxed great before the face of the Lord he rained upon them brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven and he overthrew those Cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the Cities c. Gen. 18. 20. chap. 19. 13 24 25. God met with Josephs brethren for their sin in selling Joseph Gen. 44. 16. chap. 42. 21. Many plagues and judgments against and upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians for their sins in not letting Israel go Exod. 7. chap. 8. chap. 9. chap. 10. chap. 11. chap. 12. And the Lord said unto Moses I have seen this people and behold it is a stiff-necked people now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them c. Whosoever hath sinned against me him will I blot out of my Book c. I visit their sin upon them and the Lord plagued the people because they made the Calf Exod. 32. 9 10 33 34 35. Defile not your selves in any of these things for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you c. therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it and the land it self vomiteth out her inhabitants c. Ye shall not commit any of these abominations c. that the land spue not you out also when ye defile it as it spued out the nations which were before you Lev. 18. 24 25 26 28. But if ye will not hearken unto me c. I will appoint over you terror c. And if ye will not for all this hearken c. then will I punish you seven times more for your sins c. Lev. 26. 14 15 16 to the 39. The people murmured or complained and it displeased the Lord and his anger was kindled and the fire of the Lord burned amongst them and consumed in the uttermost parts of the Camp c. And they fell a lusting c. and said Who shall give us flesh to eat c And while the flesh was â—…et between their teeth ere it was chewed the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people and the Lord smote the people with a great plague Num. 11. 1 4 5 32 33. And Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses c. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them c. And Miriam became leprous Numb 12. 1 2 9 10. The children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron and said Would God we had died in the land of Egypt c. Wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land to fall by the sword that our wives and our children should be a prey c Let us make us a Captain and let us return c. And the Lord said I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them c. Surely they shall not see the land c. Your carcasses shall fall in this Wilderness c. But your little ones which you said should be a prey them will I bring in and they shall know the land which ye have despised c. Numb 14. 1 2 3 4 12 22 23 29 31 32. Korah aod his company for rebelling against Moses and against Aaron was swallowed up of the earth c. The people murmured against Moses for this and sent the plague amongst them Numb 16. 1 2 3 30 31 32 33 41 45 46. Aaron and Moses both died and were not suffered to enter into the land because they rebelled against Gods word at the waters of Meribah Numb 20. 12 23 24. Deut. 3. 27. Deut. 32. 48 49 50 51. chap. 4. 21 22. The people spake against God and against Moses Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the Wilderness for there is no bread neither is there any water and our soul loatheth this light bread and the Lord sent fiery Serpents among the people and they bit the people and much people of Israel died Numb 21. 4 5. 6. The people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab c. and bowed down to their gods c. and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel and there was a plague amongst them whereof twenty and four thousand died Numb 25. 1 2 3 8 9. If thou do at all forget the Lord thy God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them I testifie against you this day that you shall surely perish as the
in Christ Jesus Phil. 2. 4 5. Let us therefore as many as be perfect be thus minded and if in any thing ye be otherwise-minded God shall reveal even this unto you Nevertheless whereunto we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing Phil. 3. 15 16. Let no man therefore judg you in meat or in drink or in eating or in drinking or in respect of an holy day or of the new moon or of the Sabbath which are a shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ Col. 2. 16 17. We exhort you brethren c. comfort the feeble minded support the weak be patient towards all men 1 Thes. 5. 14. Neither give heed to fables c. which minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith now the end of the commandment is charity c. 1 Tim. 1. 4 5. Some shall depart from the faith c. forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received c. 1 Tim. 4. 3 4 5. Unto the pure all things are pure Tit. 1. 15. When Paul was writing many things concerning Christ he said Of whom we have many things to say and hard to be uttered seeing ye are dull of hearing c. ye are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat c. strong meat belongs unto them who are of full age Heb. 5. 10 11 12 13 14. It is a good thing that the heart be established with grace not with meats which have not profited them who have been occupied therein Heb. 13. 9. I will put upon you no other burden but that which ye have already hold fast till I come Rev. 2. 24 25. 10thly To distribute and communicate to one anothers necessities give to the poor If thou lend money to any of my people who is poor by thee thou shalt not be unto them as an usurer neither shalt thou lay upon him usury c. Exod. 22. 25 26. When ye reap the harvest of your land thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy fields neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard c. Thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger I am the Lord your God Lev. 19. 9 10. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethen within any of thy gates c. thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand against thy poor brother but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth Beware that there be not a thought or word in thy wicked heart saying The seventh year the year of release is at hand and thine eye be evil against thy brother and thou givest him nought and he cry unto the Lord against thee and it be sin unto thee thou shalt surely give him and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy work c. for the poor shall never cease out of the land therefore I command thee c. Deut. 15. 7 8 9 10 11. If I have withheld from the poor their desire c. or have eaten my morsel alone and the fatherless have not eaten thereof c. If I have seen any perish for want of clothing or any poor without covering If his loins have not blessed me c. Job 31. 16 17 18 19 20. The righteous sheweth mercy and giveth c. He is ever merciful and lendeth Psal. â—…7 21 26. Blessed is he who considereth the poor or weak the Lord will deliver him Psal. 41. 1. A good man sheweth favour and lendeth c. He hath dispersed he hath given unto the poor c. Psal. 112. 5 9. Say not unto thy neighbour Go and come again and tomorrow I will give when thou hast it by thee Prov. 3. 28. There is who scattereth and yet increaseth c. The liberal soul shall be made fat and he who watereth shall be watered also himself Prov. 11. 24 25. He who hath mercy on the poor happy is he c. He who oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker but he who honoureth him hath mercy on the poor Prov. 14. 21 31. He who hath pity on the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again Prov. 19. 17. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard Prov. 21. 13. He who hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed for he giveth of his bread to the poor Prov. 22. 9. He who giveth unto the poor shall not lack Prov. 28. 27. Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days Give a portion to seven and also to eight c. Eccles. 11. 1 2 3. Is not this the fast that I have chosen c Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor which are cast out to thy house when thou seest the naked that thou cover him and that thou hide not thy self from thine own flesh Then shall thy light break forth as the morning c. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfie the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise in obscurity c. Isa. 58. 6 7 8 9 10 11. I have desired mercy and not sacrifice Hosea 6. 6. Give to him who asketh thee and from him who would borrow of thee turn not away Mat. 5. 42. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them c. when thou doest thine alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do c. that they may have glory of men c. But when thou doest thine alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth Mat. 6. 1 2 3. Ask and it shall be given you Mat. 7. 7. Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple verily I say unto you He shall in no wise lose his reward Mat. 10. 42. Mark 9. 41. Christ shall say I was an hungry and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in Naked and ye clothed me c. when saw we thee an hungry c Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me c. Mat. 25. 35 36 37 38 39 40 c. The poor widow threw in two mites c. Jesus said This poor widow hath cast more in than all they c. For all they did cast in of their abundance but she of her want did cast in all she had Mark 12. 42 43 44. Luke 21. 1 2 3 4. When thou makest a feast
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
will ye love simplicity turn ye at my reproof Behold I will pour out my spirit unto you I will make known my words unto you Prov. 1. 20 21 22 23. chap. 8. 1 2 3 4 to the 11. Happy is the man who findeth wisdom and the man who getteth understanding c. She is more precious than rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her c. Then shalt thou walk in the way safely and thy foot shall not stumble Prov. 3. 13 14 15 23. I wisdom c. counsel is mine and sound wisdom I am understanding I am strength By me kings reign c. I love them who love me and those who seek me early shall find me Riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousness My fruit is better than gold yea fine gold and my revenue than choice silver I lead in the ways of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgment that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance and I will fill their treasures c. Now therefore hearken unto me O ye children for blessed are they who keep my ways Hear instruction and be wise and refuse it not Blessed is the man who heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts of my dores for whoso findeth me findeth life Prov. 8. 1 12 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 32 33 34 35. When the poor and needy seek water and there is none and their tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear them I the God of Israel will not forsake them I will open rivers in high-places and fountains in the midst of the valleys I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water Isa. 41. 17 18. I said not to the seed of Jacob Seek ye my face in vain c. Look unto me and be ye saved all ye ends of the earth for I am God Isa. 45. 19 22. Who is among you who feareth the Lord c. who walketh in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God Isa. 50. 10. Ho every one who thirsteth come ye to the waters and ye who have no money come ye buy and eat yea come buy wine and milk without money and without price wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not Hearken diligently to me and eat ye that which is good and let your souls delight it self in fatness incline your ear and come unto me hear and your souls shall live and I will make an everlasting covenant with you c. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near Let the wicked forsake his ways c. and let him return unto the Lord Isa. 55. 1 2 3 6 7. I have seen thy adulteries c. Wilt thou not be made clean when shall it once be Jer. 13. 27 As I live saith the Lord God I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked c. Turn ye turn ye from your evil ways Why will ye die O ye house of Israel Ezek. 33. 11. O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me is thine help Hosea 13. 9. Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Matth. 5. 6. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you Matth. 6. 33. The whole need not a Physician but they who are sick c. for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Matth. 9. 12 13. Come unto me all ye who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest take my yoke upon you and learn of me c. and ye shall find rest unto your souls for my yoke is easie and my burthen is light Matth. 11. 28 29 30. O Jerusalem c. How often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen her chickens c and ye would not c. Matth. 23. 37. Jesus said unto the woman of Samaria If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is which saith to thee give me to drink thou wouldst have asked of him and he would have given thee living water c. When he was converting her he said My meat is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work John 4. 10 32 34. Ye will not come to me that ye may have life John 5. 34 40. Jesus said Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for that meat which endureth to everlasting-life which the Son of man shall give unto you c. My father giveth you the true bread from heaven for the bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven and giveth life to the world c. And Jesus said unto them I am the bread of life he who cometh to me shall never hunger and he who believeth on me shall never thirst c. Him who cometh to me I will in no wise cast out for I came down from heaven not to do mine own will but the will of him who sent me and this is the fathers will who hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing c. John 6. 27 32 33 35. In the last day that great day of the feast Jesus stood up and cryed saying If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink c. John 7. 37 38. Let not your hearts be troubled ye believe in God believe also in me John 14. 1. Abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self c. no more can ye except ye abide in me c. He who abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit c. If ye abide in me c. ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you John 15. 4 5 7. He who spared not his own son but delivered him up for us all how shall he with him also freely give us all things Rom. 8. 32. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanks-giving let your request be made known unto God and the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts c. Phil. 4. 6 7. God our Saviour who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledg of the truth 1 Tim. 2. 3 4. Let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith Heb. 12. 1 2. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask it of God who giveth unto all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him James 1. 5 6. Wherefore let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls unto him in well-doing as unto a faithful
my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever c. He commands all to mourn for him and himself mourned followed him to his funeral 2 Sam. 3. 27 28 29 31 32. So David instead of rejoycing that Ishbosheth was slain commandeth his young men to kill those who slew him 2 Sam. 4. 8 9 10 11 12. When Israel had conquered Judah the Prophet commanded them to let the captives go feed them and clothe them and not insult over them 2 Chron. 28. 9 10 11 c. If I rejoyce at the destruction of him who hated me or lift up my self when evil found him neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul Job 31. 28 29 30. He who is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished Prov. 17. 5. Rejoyce not when thine enemy falleth and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth lest the Lord see it and it displease him and he turn away his wrath from him Prov. 24. 17 18. 3dly To pray for and do good to Persecutors and Enemies If thou seest the asse or ox of thine enemy going astray thou shall c. bring it back c. Exod. 23. 4 5. Miriam had spoken against Moses yet he prays for her against her leprosie Numb 12. 1 10 13. Saul said to David Thou hast rewarded me good whereas I have rewarded thee evil 1 Sam. 24. 17. Israel came and fought against Judah and being overcome Judah shews them kindness 2 Chron. 28. If thine enemy hunger give him bread to eat and if he be thirsty give them water to drink c. Prov. 25. 21. Rom. 12. 20. Seek the peace of the City whither I have caused you to be carried captives and pray unto the Lord for it Jer. 29. 7. I say unto you Love your enemies bless them who curse you do good to them who hate you and pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you that you may be the children of your father c. for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil c. If you love them who love you c. do not even the Publicans the same Matth. 5. 44 45 46 47 48. Christ said when upon the cross Father forgive them for they know not what they do Luke 23. 34. They stoned Stephen and he c. cryed with a loud voyce Lord lay not this sin to their charge Acts 7. 59 60. Paul prayed for Agrippa that he were not only almost but altogether as he except his bonds Acts 26. 28 29. Bless them who persecute you c. Wherefore if thine enemy hunger feed him c. be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good Rom. 12. 14 20 21. Being reviled we bless 1 Cor. 4. 12. 4thly To use lawful and honest means for avoiding and easing of and delivering themselves from afflictions and persecutions When Jacob heard of his brother Esau his coming against him he was greatly afraid and distressed and he divided the people that was with him and the flocks c. and said If Esau come to the one company and smite it then the other company which is left shall escape c. And he took of that which came to his hand a present for his brother Esau c. for he said I will appease him with the present which goeth before me c. Gen. 32. 6 7 8 13 20. chap. 33. 8 13 14. Saul sought to smite David c. but he slipt away out of Sauls presence c. and escaped that night Saul also sent messengers unto Davids house to watch him and to slay him c. His wife let him down through a window and he went and fled and escaped 1 Sam. 19. 10 11 12. David consulted with Jonathan about his safety from Saul 1 Sam. 20. Elijah being threatned by Jezebel arose and went for his life c. 1 Kings 19. 2 3. Sanballat c. conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem and to hinder the work nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God and set a watch against them day and night because of them Nehem. 4. 7 8. Sanballat sent often to Nehemiah to come unto him but he refused because he knew they thought to do him some mischief Nehem. 6. 2 3 4. Esther and Mordecai did many things to procure the Jews escape Esther 8. chap. 9. Jeremy intreated the king that he might not return to the prison lest he should die there Jer. 37. 18 20. When Herod sought Christ to kill him the Angel said to Joseph c. Arise and take the young child c. flee into Egypt and be thou there c. for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him Matth. 2. 13 14 15. Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves c. but when they persecute you in this City flee ye into another Matth. 10. 16 23. The Pharisees c. held a council against him how they might destroy him but when Jesus knew it he withdrew himself from thence c. he charged the multitude not to make him known Matth. 12. 14 15 16. When Jesus heard that John was beheaded he departed thence into a desert-place apart Matth. 14. 12 13. Though Christ was free and ought not to be charged with tribute-money yet he said to Peter Notwithstanding lest we should offend them go c. take and give unto them for thee and me Matth. 17. 24 25 26 27. When Christ had raised the Rulers daughter from the dead he commanded that something should be given her to eat Mark 5. 41 42 43. Jesus walked in Galilee for he would not walk in Jury because the Jews sought to kill him John 7. 1. They took up stones to cast at him but Jesus hid himself and went out c. and so passed by John 8. 59. From that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews but went thence into a country near the wilderness John 11. 53 54. The doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews John 20. 19. When Saul persecuted the Church at Jerusalem the brethren were scattered abroad Acts 8. 1 3 4. chap. 11. 19. The Jews laid wait to kill Paul but their laying wait was known unto Saul and they watched the gates day and night to kill him then the disciples took him by night and let him down by the wall in a basket c. The Grecians went about to slay him which when the brethren knew they brought him down to Cesaria and sent him forth to Tarsus Acts 9. 23 24 25 29 30. ch 19. 30 31. ch 17. 10 14 15. 2 Cor. 11. 32 33. Paul and Barnabas being at Iconium the Jews and Gentiles made an assault to use them despitefully and to stone them they were aware of it and fled into Listra and Derbe c. Acts
Centurions servant of the palsie Peters mother-in-law of a fever Stilleth the tempest on the sea Driveth out the devils out of the two men possessed among the Gergezens Matth. 8. 2 3 13 14 15 16 26 28 c. Mark 5. 2. Luke 4. 33 39. Luke 5. 12 13. chap. 8. 1 2. He cured the sick of the palsie whom they brought on a bed to him The woman who had the bloody-issue cured by touching his garment Raised from the dead Jairus daughter giveth sight to two blind mâ—…n healeth a dumb man possessed of a devil Matth. 9. 2 6 7 20 25 28 32. Mark 2. 3 4. Luke 8. 44. Mark 9. 20. He cured the withered hand Matth. 12. 10 13. The five loaves and the two fishes wherewith he fed 5000. He walked on the sea Matth. 14. 15 16 25. Luke 9. 12. John 6. 5 6. He cured the daughter of the woman of Canaan who was vexed with a devil He cured multitudes With seven loaves and a few little fishes he fed four thousand men besides women and children Matth. 15. 21 30 31 33 34. He cured the lunatick Matth. 17. 15 16. He cureth two other blind men Matth. 20. 30 c. He said unto the fig-tree Let no fruit grow on thee henceforth for ever and presently the fig-tree withered away Matth. 21. 19. He cast out the unclean spirit Mark 1. 23. He cured the blind man with spittle Mark 8. 22 23. The miraculous number of fish taken by Peter and his company when Christ had commanded them to take their net and cast it into the sea Luke 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. He healed the Centurions servant raised the Widows only son from the dead when they were carrying him to be buried Luke 7. 2 3 c. 11 12 13 c. He made the woman straight who had by reason of an infirmity been bowed and could not stand up Luke 13. 11 12 13. He cured a man of a dropsie Luke 14. 2 3 4. Christ healed the ear with a touch which the disciples had cut off Luke 22. 51. Christ healed ten lepers Luke 17. 12 13 14 15 16. He restored sight to another blind man Luke 81. 41 42 43. He turned water into wine at the marriage-feast in Cana John 2. 7 8 9. He healed the noble-mans son by his word which the noble man believed and found that his child mended the same hour Christ spake John 4. 47 49 50 51 52 53. He cured the man who had had an infirmity 36 years and had waited long at the pool and could not get in John 5. 5 6 7 8 9. He restored sight to the man who was born blind he anointed his eyes with clay and spittle and bid him wash c. John 9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. He raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been laid in his grave John 11. 43 44. He caused Peter and other disciples to cast their net into the sea and they took a miraculous number of fishes John 21. 6 7 8. Many wonders and signs were done by the Apostles Acts 2. 43. chap. 14. 3. Peter raised up the lame man who had lain at the temple-gate Acts 3. 2 6 7. Ananias and Saphira both at the Apostles word fell down dead c. And by the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought c. they brought sick folks and them who were vexed with unclean spirits and they were healed every one Acts 5. 9 10 12 15 16. Philip did many miracles cast out unclean spirits healed palsies and lame Acts 8. 6 7. Peter healed Aeneas of the palsie and raised Dorcas from the dead Acts 9. 34 40 41. Paul cured the cripple at Lystra who had been lame from his mothers womb Acts 14. 8 9 10. Paul cast out the spirit of divination out of the maid Acts 16. 16 17 18. And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul so that from his body were brought to the sick handkercheifs c. and the diseases departed from them and the evil spirits went out of them Acts 19. 11 12. Paul raised Eutichus from the dead when he had fallen down from the window Acts 20. 9 10. Paul healed the father of Publius of his fever and bloody-flix and others Acts 28. 8 9. CHAP. XLIV Of the Kings of Israel and Judah How they came to their Power and Office GIdeon had judged Israel he had seventy sons Abimelech one of the sons of Gideon by his servant by subtilty with the men of Shechem that it was better one should reign than all the seventy sons procures money hires vain and light persons and kills all his brethren except Jotham the youngest who hid himself Abimelech by the men of Shechem and the house of Millo made King After a few years he was slain by a piece of milstone a woman threw down on him after whom Judges governed a long time till Samuel Judges 9. Israel by the Elders came to Samuel and said Make us a King to judg us like all the nations and though God was displeased at it and said They had rejected not Samuel but God himself that he should not reign over them yet he bids Samuel hearken unto them and make them a King 1 Sam. 8. Samuel before Saul came was told of God of his coming and that he should be the man whom he should anoâ—…nt king Samuel anoints him king accordingly 1 Sam. 9. chap. 10. According to this afterwards all the people went to Gilgal and there they made Saul king before the Lord 1 Sam. 11. 14 15. Samuel said to Saul When thou wast little in thine own sight wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel c Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord he hath rejected thee from being king 1 Sam. 15. 17 23. Samuel by Gods special direction anointed David the son of Jesse to be king although Saul was yet living and the spirit left Saul and came upon David 1 Sam. 16. 1 12 13 14. And after Sauls death the men of Judah came to Hebron and there they anointed David king over Judah but Abner made Ishbosheth the son of Saul king over all Israel 2 Sam. 2. 1 2 3 4 8 9. After the death of Ishbosheth being slain came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron c. And all the Elders of Israel came c. and king David made a league with them and they anointed David king over Israel 2 Sam. 5. 1 2 3. Adonijah David his son being about to set up himself David sets up Solomon 1 Kings 1. 5 6 c. God sâ—…id to Solomon Thou hast not kept my covenant c. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and will give it to thy servant c. Ahijah the Prophet told Jeroboam That God would give ten tribes unto him and take the kingdom out of the hands of Solomons son and give ten tribes unto him