LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
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SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT
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CONSISTING OF AN
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF PERTINENT TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE, ILLtfSTUATiVJfc "*
THE VARIOUS ARTICLES OF REVEALED RELIGION :
REDUCED INTO DISTINCT SECTIONS,
SO AS TO EMBRACE ALL THE BRANCHES OF EACH SUBJECT, THE MOTIVES TO THE BEJ.IE1 i
PRACTICE OF THE DOCTRINES TAUGHT, AND THE THREATENINGS, PROMISES,
REWARDS, PUNISHMENTS, EXAMPLES, ETC. ANNEXED.
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ADDRESSED TO
THE UNDERSTANDING, THE HOPES, AND THE FEARS OF CHRISTIAN*
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THE WHOLE FORMING
A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE
ALL THE ARTICLES OF FAITH AND PRACTICE TAUGHT IN THE HOLY
SCRIPTURES.
BY HUGH GASTON, V. D. M.
NEW EDITION, CORRECTED AND REVISED,
BY THE REV. JOHN HALL.
PHILADELPHIA:
HOGAN & THOMPSON, 30 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON.
1843.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
ALTHOUGH the former Philadelphia editions of GASTON'S COLLECTIONS
embraced very material corrections and revisions of the original work,
yet experience has shown that it was still in want of a searching re-
examination. In preparing to issue this new edition, the publishers
provided for the most accurate revision ; and the result has been the
correction of a multitude of errors in the references and citations, that
have defaced all former impressions, both British and American. It is
believed to be now as perfectly correct as the most minute care can
make it ; and the publishers have great confidence, that the present
edition of this important work will be received as the only standard one
that has ever appeared ; and that its hitherto acknowledged usefulness
will be greatly enhanced by the labours of the present editor.
PREFACE
THE sacred Scriptures, after the strictest researches of an en-
lightened and inquiring age, are still allowed by the wise, judicious,
and thinking part of mankind, who are acquainted with them, to be
the only books in the world which truly and fully show the way
of salvation to all those who take any serious thought about it.
The Scriptures, from the solid principles of truth contained in them,
have the strongest tendency to improve and perfect human nature in
every branch of personal and social duty, and to make mankind
wiser and better in every station and relation of life. This effect
they have produced, and will still produce, wherever they are duly
attended to. An attempt, if well executed, to promote the knowledge
and practice of the truths they contain, must therefore be of real
service to society ; and though the attempt should fail, the undertaker
may, nevertheless, enjoy the pleasure of a heart ready and disposed
to do good, while the candid part of mankind will, on account of the
goodness of the design, make the most favourable allowances.
With these views, the author of the following work offers it to the
public ; confident that it will be found, upon perusal, as well as by
the following account of it, to be entirely new, and different, at least
in method, from any thing of the kind hitherto published.
METHOD. In this work, the several articles of revealed religion
are ranged under distinct heads, or Chapters. The subject of each
chapter is only mentioned at the beginning of it ; and the Scripture
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account of the subject is afterwards given at large, in a numerous
collection of express and pertinent texts of Scripture, with which the
chapter is filled up. Care is taken to insert every article of revealed
religion, and every express and pertinent text upon each article, in
order to make it full and complete. The several different words
by which any article of religion is expressed in the Bible, are ex-
hibited under distinct Sections ; and these sections are filled up with
those texts in the Bible, where the word occurs upon that subject,
and introduced mostly in the order in which they lie in the sacred
books : So this work, in some measure, answers the ends both of a
Common-place Book, and Concordance, upon the various articles
of religion. Thus, in chap. i. page 34, the ETERNITY of God is
expressed by the different wokls, eternal, everlasting, for ever, the
first and the last, which make so many distinct sections. In like
manner, every doctrine or duty of revealed religion is laid down first,
and the motives to the belief or practice of them are made so many
distinct sections in each chapter, and generally come under the heads
of threatening, promises, rewards, punishments, examples, S?c.
In this respect the work differs from any book of the kind hitherto
published. So much is transcribed of the places quoted, as expresses
the principal part of the text, while at the same time it directs the
reader to the places themselves, as they lie in the Bible, to be con-
sulted at large upon the subject: more would have needlessly
increased the size of the book, and not have left sufficient room for
inserting every express and pertinent text upon each subject.
OCCASION AND DESIGN OP THE WORK. It might easily be made
appear, that the reading of the Holy Scriptures, a*fter a method
which the nature of their composition seems to require, must be highly
useful and proper, for our acquiring from the Scriptures themselves
the true knowledge of every article of religion contained in
them.
Every one who is acquainted with the sacred Scriptures knows,
that the complete account which they contain of any one article
PREFACE. IX
of religion, is never to be met with altogether in one place, without
other subjects intermixed with it ; but is to be collected from many
different places of the Bible, where the sacred writers have touched
upon it.
In every one of the many different places of the Bible, where any
one article of religion is touched upon, it is still placed in some
useful light for instruction, so that none of these places are su-
perfluous. All these places, taken together, do make up the com-
plete Scripture account of the subject ; and contain all the light which
the Spirit of revelation has afforded upon it, as needful for our
instruction: whoever, therefore, will view any Scripture truth in
all that light afforded, must search the Scriptures for the different
places in which it is contained, or where the subject is mentioned.
In these places it will be found sufficiently explained, enforced by
all its proper motives, applied to all its proper uses, and set in
every advantageous light needful for being rightly understood,
and properly applied, even after extraordinary inspiration hath
ceased.
Our blessed Saviour, who best knew the most profitable method
of our reading the Scriptures, directed [John v. 39] to search
them for the knowledge of his character and offices, taught, not all
in one, but in different places of the Scriptures ; which being taken
altogether, fully and plainly described him to the world, and left
unbelievers inexcusable. Those have succeeded best in ascertaining
the true sense of many portions of Scripture, and in answering objec-
tions against them, and setting several Scripture doctrines in a clear
light, who have first searched the Scriptures for the whole and complete
account of the subject : hereby they were enabled to show that what
was doubtful, by being briefly expressed in one place, was sufficiently
enlarged upon and explained in others. Besides such explications
of Scripture truths as are to be found in the Scriptures themselves,
none else are to be depended upon: for the sacred writers, being
sufficiently qualified for their work, did not leave it to be mended by
inferior hands ; but left the Scriptures a finished performance, con
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taining a system of religion from God, which, like all his other works,
is good and perfect in its kind ; being full and complete in all its
parts, plain and proper in its terms and expressions, and efficacious-
or sufficient to answer the ends for which it was written. If it fails,
no other writing will prove effectual for reforming the world, and
making mankind wise to salvation.
Every hopeful method ought to be tried for assisting Christians
to reap from the Holy Scriptures all the benefit they are suited to
afford. The dividing of the books of the Bible into chapters and
verses, [though not first written in that form,] is of great use for
finding any particular place the reader is directed to consult. A
work, pointing out to the reader the various places of the Bible where
may be found the complete and full account which the sacred writers
have given of every article of religion, it is presumed, might be of
great use to many who have not leisure or proper helps for such
a research; and also to others, on many occasions, who would
hereby be furnished with all the express and pertinent Scriptures
before them, at once, upon any subject they had occasion to treat
of, without the pains of collecting them. Such a work might likewise
be of service to those who have not ability to purchase many books,
and to others who have not leisure to read many upon religion, or
any other subject; as by it they would be assisted to find in the
Bible those places, that, taken together, do contain the best, the
fullest, and plainest, though brief account, that is to be expected,
or anywhere to be found, of every article both of faith and prac-
tice. A work that would answer this end, might be the means
of occasioning proper places of the Bible to be consulted upon every
article of religion, and of use for direction in every circumstance of
life ; and well calculated for turning the attention of readers from
books wherein error is often conveyed along with truth, to the great
danger or hurt of their souls ; and thus engaging their attention more
to the Holy Scriptures, which are the most useful and improving
writings for all Christians. And when it shall please God to turn
the attention of Christians chiefly to the Bible, and to enable them
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to make a right use of it, it may be expected that the blessed Re-
deemer's kingdom, of knowledge and righteousness, truth and holi-
ness, peace and love, shall be more enlarged and strengthened in the
earth. It was thus, at the first spreading of the gospel, and also at
our happy Reformation, that heathens and Papists were turned from
the worship of creatures to the worship of the one living and true
God, through the one only Mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ ; and the
security of the Protestant religion against Popery, and every other
error, does, under God, depend on the knowledge and use Pro-
testants make of their Bible.
In hopes of answering, in some measure, some of the valuable
ends above stated, the following work is composed, upon the fore-
going plan or method mentioned. All possible care has been taken
to render it satisfactory to the reader, by making it more full and
complete than any thing of the kind hitherto published ; and by
inserting the true Scripture account of the subjects mentioned, without
regard to the private distinguishing opinions of any party or denomi-
nation of Christians ; so that it is presumed it may be useful at least
to some of every denomination ; and can be offensive or hurtful to
none, who are not prejudiced against Scripture truth.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. I.
Of the Being and Attributes of God.
Sect.
1 That there is a God, asserted, and proved
by his works.
2 The perfection of God.
3 The unity of God.
4 He is God and Lord alone.
5 There is none else.
6 There is none besides him.
7 There is none with him.
8 None before him.
9 None like him.
10 None to be compared unto him.
1 1 No likeness of God among the creatures.
12 He is the living God.
13 The true God.
14 God is a Spirit.
15 invisible.
unsearchable.
eternal.
everlasting.
for ever.
- the First and the Last.
immortal.
incorruptible.
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18 -
19 -
20 -
21 -
22 -
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24 unchangeable.
25 present everywhere.
26 God's greatness.
27 God is exalted.
28 God's excellency.
29 God's majesty.
30 God is glorious He is the God of glory.
31 He is glorious in favours spiritual and
temporal.
32 God's knowledge is perfect.
3'J It is underived.
Sect.
34 Extendeth to all things.
35 Things which God only knoweth.
36 Secret things which God will discover.
37 God's knowledge of man and all his ways.
38 God knoweth the hearts of all men.
39 of the righteous.
40 of the wicked.
41 God knoweth his people.
42 their religious principles
and practice.
43 God knoweth their works Their wants,
their sorrows, their afflictions, their
wrongs from oppressors.
44 God's knowledge of the wicked and their
sins.
45 God knoweth the proud.
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sons.
the impenitent,
hypocritical professors,
liars and uncharitable per-
envious persons,
wicked works,
whoredom, natural and spi-
ritual.
52 He knoweth murderers.
53 Sins of the wicked against God's know-
ledge.
54 The wisdom of God in general.
55 God's wisdom in creation.
56 In redemption by Jesus Christ. -.
57 The wisdom of creatures, nothing in com-
parison of God's wisdom.
58 The power of God.
59 Might ascribed to God.
60 He is the Almighty God.
61 God's strength.
62 God's arm.
63 The hand of God.
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64 Finger of God.
65 God called a Rock.
66 Nothing hard to God.
67 All things possible to God.
68 He is able to do every thing.
69 God's power in his wonderful doings.
70 The prosperity and adversity of man in
God's hand.
71 God's power in the creation of heaven
and earth.
72 in the government of the
heavens and the earth.
73 Acts of God's power toward his church.
74 God's power towards the righteous.
75 in spiritual blessings toward
his people.
76 against the wicked.
77 Sins of the wicked against the attribute
of power. Duties resulting from, or
founded upon the doctrine of God's
power.
78 God's power manifested in the miracles
recorded in the Old Testament, in-
stanced under eleven different heads.
79 The righteousness of God.
80 In punishing the wicked.
81 In men's reaping as they sow.
82 In rewards to the righteous.
83 Things of God declared to be right.
His judgments, statutes, precepts, tes-
timonies, commands, words, ways.
84 The justice of God.
85 Injustice and iniquity denied of God.
86 God's truth Truth ascribed to him.
87 Things of God called truth.
88 Lying denied of God.
89 The faithfulness of God.
90 Things of God called faithful. His
commands, testimonies, word, counsels
Christ. God is to be praised for his
faithfulness.
91 God's faithfulness in fulfilling his pro-
mises.
32 in fulfilling his threat
enings.
93 God's purity. God is pure.
94 God's holiness.
95 God's holiness otherwise expressed.
96 God is the Holy One by way of emi-
nence.
97 Things pertaining to God called holy.
His name, throne, heaven, place,
hill, &c. &c.
98 The goodness of God.
99 The Lord doth good.
100 The mercy of God. He is merciful.
101 Mercy promised.
L02 Persons to whom mercy is promised.
Those who obey, repent, fear, love, and
trust in God.
L03 Mercy prayed for.
1 04 Mercy acknowledged in various instances.
105 Thanks for mercy.
106 Mercy in the pardon of sin.
107 Pardon and forgiveness prayed for.
108 Compassion ascribed to God. God ex-
cited to compassion towards his people.
109 Compassion to whom promised.
110 Instances of God's compassion.
111 Compassion ascribed to Christ. In-
stances.
112 Pity ascribed to God. He hath pity on
his people.
113 God will not pity the wicked.
114 Long-suffering of God.
115 Forbearance ascribed to God.
116 Kindness ascribed to God, and promised
and exercised toward his people.
117 Kindness prayed for.
118 Thanks for God's kindness.
119 Grace of God. He is gracious.
120 God's throne is a throne of grace.
121 God's Spirit is a Spirit of grace.
122 Christ is gracious.
123 The grace of God in the economy of
man's salvation. In election.
124 Our calling is of grace.
125 Justification is of grace.
126 Pardon of sin is through grace.
127 Adoption through grace.
128 Sanctification through grace.
129 The Gospel is of grace given.
130 Giving alms called grace.
131 Ministerial abilities are of grace.
132 Effects of the Gospel in a sanctified na
ture and practice, called grace.
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133 Faith through grace.
134 Hope through grace.
135 Prayer and praise through grace.
136 Salvation is of grace.
137 Grace prayed for.
1 38 God's favour.
139 denied to the wicked.
140 God giveth the favour of men.
141 He withholdeth the favour of men.
142 God is bountiful.
143 Men ought to be bountiful.
144 God's blessing. He blesseth his people.
145 Persons pronounced blessed ; their graces
and duties.
146 God's blessing promised by way of cove-
nant ; or covenant blessings.
147 God's anger.
148 threatened against the wicked.
149 Wrath of God threatened against sinners.
150 God is wrath. Prayers deprecating his
wrath. Promises.
151 God's indignation against sinners.
152 Fury ascribed to God.
153 His vengeance.
154 God abhorreth.
155 loatheth despiseth.
156 hateth.
157 The Lord is a terrible God.
158 The dreadful God.
159 God is jealous for his people. Promises.
His jealousy in threats against sinners.
160 Zeal ascribed to God.
CHAP. II.
Of Creation.
1 God created all things.
2 He created the heavens and the earth.
3 Sun, moon, and stars.
4 The sea.
5 Summer and winter.
6 North and south.
7 Clouds, wind.
8 Rain.
9 Creatures in the sea.
10 Inferior creatures on the dry land.
1 1 Grass, herbs and trees.
12 Man created. His body.
Sect.
13 His soul.
14 Man's spiritual state after his creation.
15 Man's first disobedience or fall from his
happy state.
1 6 His first sin and its consequences referred to.
17 Angels. Their number.
18 Their names Cherubim, &c.
19 Their nature. Superior to man.
20 They excel in strength.
21 Their employment for the good of God's
people.
22 Instances of the care and services of an-
gels for God's people.
23 Revelations of God's will, and directions,
given by angels.
24 Angels inflict God's judgments on the
wicked.
25 Their attendance on, and services to Christ
on earth.
26 They shall attend Christ at his coming to
judgment.
27 Their employment at the day of judgment.
28 They are worshippers of God the Father.
29 They worship Christ, and are subject to
him.
30 Devils are angels that sinned, and are re-
served unto punishment.
31 What their sin is supposed to have been.
32 Names given to them in scripture.
33 They are enemies to all good, and pro-
moters of sin and misery.
34 Satan's enmity to Christ and his servants.
35 Devils believe that there is a God. They
knew Christ.
36 They knew Christ's servants.
37 They know the sacred scriptures.
38 Satan was overcome by Christ.
39 He is overcome by Christians through di-
vine power communicated.
40 Promises to them that overcome Satan.
41 Duties exhorted to in opposition to Satan.
CHAP. III.
God's Government.
1 God is King, Ruler and Governor of the
world ; having a throne, kingdom, do-
minion, government.
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2 God is the Law-giver.
3 He is the Judge of the earth.
4 Counsels of God. He hath his counsels.
5 Purpose of God.
6 God doth will.
7 Determinations of God.
8 Ordinations of God. Things ordained of
God.
9 Decrees of God. Things decreed.
10 Things appointed of God.
11 Predestination. Things predestinated.
12 Election of the Jews.
13 Election of Christians.
14 Persons chosen or elected of God to fill
offices in church and state.
15 Calling. God doth call; his people are
called.
16 Particular persons called to offices.
Priests, &c.
17 Justification. God justifieth.
18 Men not justified by the works of the law.
19 Men are justified freely, and by grace
through Christ.
20 Sanctification. God sanctified the Jews.
21 Jews were commanded to sanctify them-
selves.
22 God doth sanctify Christians.
23 God sanctifieth Christians by his word and
Spirit.
24 Justification and sanctification otherwise
expressed. God doth wash, &c.
25 God doth cleanse. Duty to cleanse our-
selves. Promises to the cleansed.
26 God doth purge. Duty.
27 God purifieth. Duty.
28 God doth refine.
29 The Lord is a God unto his people ; he is
with them and among them.
30 God forsaketh not his people.
31 Prayers that God would not forsake his
people.
32 God forsaketh the wicked.
33 God doth not cast off nor reject his
people.
34 Prayers against being cast off.
35 God casteth off and rejecteth the wicked.
36 God a Father. He is a Father to his
people.
Sect.
37 How any of mankind come into the rela-
tion of children unto God, besides that
of being created by him.
38 Blessings from God as a Father to his
people as his children.
39 Marks and characters of God's children, in
the exercise of the graces, and practice
of the duties of religion.
40 The wicked styled children of whatever
principle reigns in them.
41 Under God, their heavenly Father, Chris-
tians are brethren and sisters, and owe
to each other the duties of that relation.
42 Christ is their elder brother.
43 Salvation. God is a Saviour. He saveth
his people.
44 Persons to whom salvation is promised.
Salvation prayed for.
45 Salvation is of grace.
46 The word of God a mean of salvation.
47 Ministry a mean of salvation.
48 God a defence. He is the defence of his
people.
49 Redemption. God a Redeemer.
50 God redeemeth his people from enemies
and other evils. Threats. Redemption
of particular persons from evils.
51 God a counsellor. He giveth counsel to
the righteous.
52 He depriveth the wicked of counsel.
53 God a teacher; he doth teach his people.
Teaching from God prayed for.
54 The Holy Ghost teacheth.
55 God doth instruct.
56 God doth direct.
57 God doth lead. Promises that God will
lead his people.
58 Christ doth lead.
59 God doth guide his people.
60 God doth strengthen. Strength promised.
Prayed for. Obtained.
61 God doth uphold.
62 God giveth safety.
63 God a shield, rock, fortress, refuge, &c.
64 God is a helper to his people. Help from
God promised. Prayed for. Help ac-
knowledged.
65 Help from the creatures vain.
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Sect.
66 God a deliverer. He delivereth from sick-
ness.
67 God delivereth from enemies, &c. and op-
pression.
68 Christ a deliverer. Deliverance prayed
for.
69 Persons that shall be delivered. The poor
and needy.
70 Prophets and apostles.
71 All God's faithful servants.
72 Deliverance from moral evil.
73 God delivereth into natural evil. The
wicked into their enemies' hands.
Heathens into the hands of the Israel-
ites.
74 The Lord doth keep his people. He keep-
eth his servants from evil.
75 God preserveth his people.
76 God is the creator of his people. Threats
against those who apostatized.
77 He is the creator of Christians ; they are
new creatures, God's workmanship.
78 Duty of Christians as new creatures.
79 God is to his people their planter, builder,
&c. ; they are his planting, his vineyard
which he watereth, &c. God planted
the Jewish nation in Canaan.
80 The Lord planted, watered, and made
fruitful the Jewish church.
81 Apostasy or unfruitfulness ; threats and re-
proofs against it.
82 The fruitful, whether Jews or Gentiles, are
God's planting.
CHAP. IV.
Prophecies concerning Christ, his Sufferings,
Death, Resurrection, SfC. Miracles of
Christ.
1 The testimony of prophecy appealed to as
a foundation of faith in Christ.
2 The testimony of prophecy urged by the
3 Prophecies concerning Christ, fulfilled in
his incarnation, life, death, resurrection
and ascension.
4 The nation, tribe and family he was to de-
scend from.
Sect.
5 The time of his life and death fixed by
other events foretold in prophecy.
6 The country and town where Christ should
be born.
7 Prophecies concerning his forerunner,
John Baptist.
8 Christ's purging the temple.
9 His working miracles.
10 That the Spirit of the Lord should be upon
him.
1 1 That he should be a prophet.
12 That he should preach or teach.
13 That he should not seek the applause of
men.
14 That he should be a sufferer. Infirmities
he endured.
15 That he should be despised of men.
16 That he should be hated.
17 . reproached.
18 Reproaches that were cast upon him.
19 That he should be persecuted.
20 That the Jews and Gentiles should join
against him.
21 That he should be sold for money.
22 The use they apply the money to foretold.
33 Prophecies concerning his betrayer.
24 Concerning the miserable end of Judas.
How this is expressed by Christ.
25 That Christ should be forsaken. How ex-
pressed by him.
26 Peter's denying him.
27 That Christ should be beaten and spit on.
28 Christ's own testimony of this.
29 What kind of death he should die.
30 Christ's silence.
31 They gave sentence against him.
32 They gave him gall.
33 mock him on the cross.
34 part his garments.
35 His words on the cross. He prays for his
enemies.
36 His death.
37 That a bone of him should not be broken.
38 That he should be buried with the rich.
39 arise from the dead.
40 Christ rests the credit of his pretensions
on the event of his rising from the dead.
41 The witnesses of his resurrection.
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42 Other evidences of his resurrection ; his
appearances, &c.
43 He was raised by the power of God.
44 Prophecies concerning his ascension.
45 That he should sit at God's right hand.
46 The Holy Ghost promised.
47 Promised by Christ.
48 Prophecies of Christ concerning the per-
secution of Christians.
49 Miracles of Christ. The evidence of mi-
racles appealed to as a foundation of
faith in him.
50 New Testament miracles a foundation of
faith in Christ. Those attending the
birth of Christ and that of John his fore-
runner.
51 Miraculous cures performed by Christ, and
the effects thereof.
52 Devils cast out.
53 Sicknesses healed. Blindness, deafness,
lameness, &c.
54 The dead raised to life.
55 He calms the wind and sea, walks on the
water, feeds thousands, &c., &c.
56 Miracles accompanying the death of
Christ.
57 Christ empowers his disciples to work mi-
racles.
58 Miracles wrought by the apostles.
CHAP. V.
Christ's Glory and Exaltation.
1 Christ's glory before his incarnation.
2 His glory on earth.
3 His glory after his resurrection.
4 Christ's exaltation at God's right hand.
5 He is exalted above mankind.
6 The church is subject to him.
7 He is exalted above angels.
CHAP. VI.
Divine Titles given to Christ.
1 Christ is the Son of God. Hence the title
of Father, so often given to God.
Sect.
2 He is distinguished from the created sons of
God.
3 Christ is called the image of God.
4 God.
5 Lord.
6 Christ is one with the Father.
7 The same things spoken of the Father, and
of Christ. Christ's titles in general,
arranged alphabetically.
CHAP. VII.
Christ' s Works.
1 He created all things.
2 He will raise the dead.
3 Will change the bodies of men.
4 He will judge the world.
5 He will dispense suitable rewards and pu
nishments.
6 Rewards from Christ to the righteous.
7 Punishments to be inflicted on the wicked
by Christ.
CHAP. VIII.
Worship offered to Christ.
1 Acts of worship offered to Christ jointly
with the Father.
2 Acts of worship offered to Christ alone.
CHAP. IX.
Perfections of Christ.
1 Christ's knowledge.
2 wisdom.
3 Power and dominion.
4 Acts of Christ's power towards his peo-
ple.
5 Acts of power against his enemies.
6 Christ's righteousness.
7 He promoted righteousness.
8 Christ's holiness.
9 justice.
10 truth.
11 goodness.
12 eternity.
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CHAP. X.
Christ's benefits to men, or blessings they re-
ceive through him as a Saviour, Redeemer,
Deliverer, <fc.
Sect.
1 Christ is the Saviour : salvation is by him.
2 Christ a Redeemer ; redemption through
him.
3 Christ a ransom.
4 a price.
5 a Deliverer.
6 a Mediator.
7 an Intercessor.
8 an Advocate.
9 Reconciliation by Christ.
10 Peace with God by him.
11 Grace from Christ.
1 2 Justification by Christ.
13 Sanctification through Christ.
14 Christ is called life to his people.
15 Eternal life is from and by him.
16 is the gift of God through
Christ.
17 Benefits from Christ against sin.
18 Christ's love to his people.
19 His care of his people his presence with
them.
20 Christ's excellencies and benefits, briefly
expressed.
21 Titles given to Christ taken from the
highest and the most useful offices on
earth.
22 His prophetic office carried on by the Spi-
rit, speaking in the prophets of old.
23 Foretold by the prophets.
24 His own account of his prophetic office.
25 Christ is called the light of the world.
26 Christ a Priest.
27 His offering himself a sacrifice.
28 Christ was given arid delivered , the de-
sign thereof.
29 He gave himself, and for what end.
30 Christ suffered : the end thereof.
31 Christ's death : the efficacy thereof.
32 Christ's blood : its efficacy.
33 Christ a propitiation,
34 an atonement.
35 a King, having dominion.
Sect.
36 Christ a Prince.
37 a Governor.
38 He is styled David.
39 The offspring of David.
40 The son of David.
CHAP. XI.
Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
I Baptism before Christ's death.
2 after his resurrection.
3 The institution of the Lord's Supper.
4 It is to be received frequently.
5 And with a suitable preparation.
CHAP. XII.
Of the Holy Ghost.
1 The Spirit's influences upon the material
and animal creation.
2 Upon the minds of mankind.
3 Upon the formation of Christ's body.
4 Upon the endowments of Christ's mind.
5 Upon the actions of Christ's life.
6 Upon his miracles.
7 Upon his oblation.
8 Upon his resurrection.
9 The Spirit's influences upon the apos-
tles, is a witness to Christ.
10 Upon the apostles, furnishing them with
the knowledge of divine truths, and ut-
terance to express them.
II The scriptures written by the prophets and
apostles under the influence of the Holy
Ghost.
12 Miraculous gifts of the Spirit upon the
apostles and some primitive Christians.
13 Influences of the Spirit upon the minds cf
Christians in general.
14 Upon governors, magistrates, and war
riors.
15 The Spirit proceedeth from the Father
and the Son, or is giv|n and sent by
them.
16 Sins against, and duties toward the Spi-
rit.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. XIII.
Of the Trinity.
The same things attributed to the Father, to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost viz.
Sect.
1 Eternity.
2 Omnipresence.
3 Omniscience.
4 Wisdom.
5 Omnipotence.
6 Goodness.
7 Works of Trinity. Creation.
8 Sending teachers.
9 Teachers receive their knowledge from
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
10 Father, Son and Spirit, spake by those
that were sent.
1 1 Father, Son and Holy Ghost, are in Chris-
tians as in a temple.
12 Sanctification by Father, Son and Spirit.
13 God's people led by Father, Son and Holy
Spirit.
14 Giving of life.
15 Raising the dead.
16 The Son and Spirit joined with the Fa-
ther in acts of worship.
CHAP. XIV.
Duties toward God.
1 Knowing God and Christ.
2 Denying God.
3 Prayers for them that know God, and pro-
mises to them.
4 God will k be known by his people. Is
made known by his works.
5 Christ called Light, as a teacher sent to
give the true knowledge of God.
6 Duties of the enlightened, who know God
7 The wicked know not God.
8 Faith in God.
9 in Christ.
10 Brief summaries thereof.'
1 1 Confessing Christ : promises.
12 Denying Christ : threats.
13 The certainty and assurance of faith.
14 Graces and duties accompanying tru
faith ; or marks and evidences of it.
ect.
5 God the author and supreme cause of faith.
6 Prayers and thanks to God for faith, as hia
gift.
7 Christ the author of faith. The Holy
Ghost also the author of faith.
8 Means of faith. God's word.
9 A Gospel ministry. The Gospel called
faith, and the law of faith.
;0 Promise of Justification to believing in
God.
;1 Justification promised to believing in
Christ.
22 Adoption, or being sons of God, promised
to faith.
23 God's love promised to believing in Christ
24 Christ prayeth for believers.
25 Pardon of sin to believers.
26 The Holy Spirit is given to them.
27 They have light and direction.
28 grace and peace.
joy and comfort
30 Christ is precious to believers.
31 They have access to God in prayer.
32 Sanctification by faith.
33 Salvation by faith in God.
34 by faith in Christ
35 Things extraordinary promised to the
faith of some primitive Christians.
36 These promises fulfilled.
37 Miracles wrought for persons of eminent
faith.
38 Other instances of approved faith.
39 Infidelity. Want of faith reproved.
40 Exhortations against unbelief.
41 Threatenings against unbelief toward
God.
42 Against unbelief toward Christ
43 Causes of unbelief assigned in scripture.
44 Looking to God.
45 Remembering God. Not remembering
him.
46 Forgetting God.
47 Threats against those that forget God.
48 Warnings against forgetting God.
49 Meditation upon God and his word.
50 Fearing God. Fear due unto him.
51 The excellency of fearing God.
52 To fear God a commanded duty.
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53 God is to be feared on account of his per-
fections.
54 On account of his words and works.
55 Fear of the Lord promised and prayed for.
56 joined with obedience toward God.
57 With the worship of God.
58 It is a motive of duty, and a restraint from
sin.
59 Promises to them that fear God.
60 Other expressions setting forth the fear of
God. Trembling.
61 Heaven and earth tremble at God's great-
ness. Quake, terror, reverence, afraid.
62 Threatenings against those that fear not
God.
63 The wicked fear not God with that fear
which is a restraint from sin, and motive
to duty.
64 They have a tormenting fear of God, which
is their punishment.
65 God delivers the wicked up to their fears
of enemies.
66 Love to 'God commanded.
67 Promises to them that love God.
68 Prayers for them that love God.
69 Exhortations to love God.
70 Instances of Persons loving God.
71 How love to God is produced in Chris-
tians.
72 Prayed for as a gift from God.
73 It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
74 Evidenced by keeping his commandments,
and loving his servants.
75 Love to Christ enforced by promises.
76 Prayers for them that love Christ.
77 Love to Christ enforced by threatenings.
78 By the example of God the Father.
79 By the example of the church of God.
80 By Christ's love to his church.
81 Obedience to Christ the evidence of love to
him.
82 Hating God. Threats against it.
83 Hating Christ.
84 Desiring God.
85 Thirsting, longing for God, and the things
of God. Promises.
86 Joy in God.
87 through Christ.
Sect.
88 Persons encouraged to rejoice in God.
The righteous.
89 The meek.
90 Those that seek God.
91 trust in God.
92 hope in God.
93 Those who have faith, or believe.
94 Joy promised.
95 Things to be rejoiced in : viz. God him-
selfChrist Jesus.
96 The Holy Ghost.
97 God's worship.
98 The worship of God fixed among his peo-
ple, a cause of rejoicing.
99 God's presence with his people, a cause
of joy.
100 God's love and care of his people, a cause
of joy.
101 His mercy, a cause of joy.
102 Help and strength from God, a cause of
joy.
103 Salvation from God against enemies, a
cause of joy.
104 God's vengeance upon his and his peo-
ple's enemies, a cause of rejoicing.
105 Rejoicing in God's word.
106 Joy in God's providential government.
107 Temporal deliverances of God's church, a
cause of joy.
108 Spiritual blessings a cause of rejoicing.
109 God's work of creation, a cause of joy.
110 Worldly prosperity from the hand of
God, a cause of joy.
111 Rejoicing in God in time of worldly ad-
versity. \
112 Comfort in God. He giveth comfort and
consolation.
113 Satisfaction. God satisfieth.
1 14 Delight in God.
115 Things of God delighted in by his peo-
ple.
116 Delight in Christ.
117 Glorying in God.
118 Sinful glorying forbidden.
119 Boasting in God.
120 Sinful boasting of the wicked.
121 Hope in God and in Christ.
122 The hope of the wicked perisheth.
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123 The expectation of the righteous from
God.
124 Expectation of the wicked.
125 Waiting. The righteous wait for God.
126 The wicked wait not for him.
127 Submission and resignation to God.
Language expressive of this temper o
mind.
128 Relying upon God.
129 Trusting in God and in Christ.
130 Confidence in God.
131 Confidence in God a security against the
fear of evil from man.
132 The confidence of the wicked.
133 Assurance of the righteous.
134 Seeking God commanded.
135 God is to be sought with all the heart
136 Promises to them that seek God.
137 Prayers for them that seek him.
138 Examples of God's people seeking him.
139 The wicked seeking not God.
140 They seek not God aright. Threats
against such.
141 Drawing near to God.
142 Coming to God through Christ. To
Christ.
143 Following God.
144 Christ.
145 Forsaking God. Threats.
146 Departing from God. Not departing;
instances.
147 Backsliding from God.
148 Going astray. The wicked go aside, go
astray, err, wander, turn away from
God.
149 Confession of going astray.
150 Threats against going astray.
151 Worship. Due to God only.
152 How God is to be worshipped.
153 Worship offered by the wicked unaccept-
able to God.
1 54 Fasting. Appointed of God.
155 Fasts extraordinary and miraculous.
156 Fasting acceptably.
157 Fasts of the wicked.
158 General occasions of Fasts. Before war.
159 After being defeated by enemies.
160 Upon threatened judgments, &c.
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161 Discretionary fasts of particular persons.
162 Prayer. Persons whose prayer shall be
heard.
163 The divine influence, or the Spirit's assis-
tance in prayer.
164 Prayer to be made in the name of Christ
165 Prayer to be made in faith.
166 With sincerity of heart.
167 With love to God.
168 With the fear of God.
169 With obedience to God.
170 With humility, confession, and turning
from sin.
171 With forgiveness toward men.
172 With alms and good works.
173 Prayer must be frequent, fervent, and im-
portunate.
174 Prayer with tears.
175 Private prayer.
176 Public prayer, a part of public wor-
ship.
177 Directions concerning the words or ex-
pressions to be used in prayer.
178 Of the gestures of the body in prayer.
179 Things to be prayed for, &c.
180 The Lord's prayer, a good and brief mo-
del of these.
181 Spiritual blessings, wisdom and grace,
to be prayed for.
182 Such earthly things as are agreeable to
God's will, with submission to it.
183 Daily bread to be prayed for.
184 Health and deliverance from sickness.
185 The prayer of the poor heard.
186 Intercessory prayer, or prayer for others.
187 For whom we ought to pray.
188 For the church of God.
189 Instances of such prayers.
190 For enemies.
191 Instances of such prayers.
192 Motives to prayer. It is a commanded
duty.
193 God promiseth that he will hear prayer.
194 Declarations that he hath heard prayer.
195 Testimony of God's people that he hath
heard their prayers.
196 Their expectations that their prayers
shall be heard.
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197 Their entreaties that they may be heard.
198 Their grief at not being answered.
199 The efficacy of prayer. Miracles wrought
by it.
200 Armies defeated by prayer, and God's
people delivered.
201 Prayers against evil from enemies.
202 Prayer in trouble ; instances thereof.
203 Of prayerless persons, or of not pray-
ing.
204 The prayers of hypocrites.
205 The prayers of the wicked not acceptable
to God.
206 Of praising God. Praise and thanks
due unto him, and required from the
righteous.
207 Praises from the wicked unacceptable to
God.
208 The wicked are unthankful.
209 Praise must be frequent.
210 It must be with sincerity.
211 God prepareth his people for his praise;
or divine influences therefor.
212 Thanking God through Christ
213 Praise is a part of public worship.
214 Of singing the praises of God.
215 Subjects of praise. God's goodness and
mercy, &c.
216 Praise for Christ.
217 For blessings by and through Christ.
218 For God's will revealed.
219 For the obedience and faith of Christians
as owing to God.
220 For his care of his church.
221 For his great and marvellous works.
222 For God's marvellous acts upon the bodies
and minds of mankind.
223 For daily bread.
224 For deliverance from trouble and afflic
tion.
225 For deliverance from enemies.
226 Honouring God. Honour due to God
and claimed by him.
227 God is honoured by acts of worship.
228 By holiness of life.
229 By keeping the Sabbath.
230 By acts of charity and mercy to the
poor.
Sect.
231 Honouring Christ. Motives.
232 The wicked dishonour God, and are pu-
nished.
233 Glorifying God. Commanded.
234 Christ glorified on earth.
235 Men glorify God by praise and thankful-
236 By faith.
237 By good works.
238 By various branches of duty.
239 Doxologies, or glory ascribed to God in
worship.
240 God is glorified in the restoration and
prevalence of true religion among his
people. By those who saw the mira-
cles wrought by Christ.
241 The wicked glorify not God, and are pu-
nished.
242 God is glorified in the destruction of the
wicked.
243 Sanctifying God.
244 Threats against those who sanctify not
God.
CHAP. XV.
Characters good and bad, with promises and
threats.
1 Godliness in heart and life.
2 Promises to the godly.
3 Means of godliness given.
4 Godliness misrepresented.
5 The ungodly described by theii prac-
tice.
6 Threats against the ungodly.
7 Righteousness required.
8 Promises to the righteous of peculiar fa-
vour from God.
9 Promises of blessings, as the consequence
of righteousness, by the appointment of
God.
10 The righteous shall be delivered from ene-
mies.
1 1 The death of the righteous blessed.
12 They are blessed after death.
13 Unrighteousness forbidden.
14 Threats against the unrighteous.
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15 Pardon promised to those that forsake un-
righteousness.
16 Zeal a duty. Erroneous zeal. Want of
zeal.
17 Uprightness.
18 Promises to the upright.
19 Uprightness prayed for.
20 Integrity.
21 Particular instances of integrity.
22 Sincerity.
23 Perfection, a commanded duty.
24 Directions for attaining perfection.
25 Perfections, from God and Christ.
26 The holy Scriptures a mean of perfec-
tion.
27 The ministry a mean of perfection.
28 Promises to the perfect.
29 Instances of Persons called perfect.
30 Hypocrisy forbidden.
3 1 Marks of hypocrites.
32 Threats.
33 Hypocrites hurtful to men.
. 34 The heart. The heart of the righteous is
toward God. The whole heart signifies
sincerity in duties.
35 A pure heart.
36 Perfect heart.
37 Upright heart.
38 Single heart.
?9 Clean heart.
40 Broken contrite heart:
41 Duties respecting the heart.
42 God taketh notice of the heart.
43 God influenceth the hearts of the right-
eous.
44 God's judgments on the heart of the
wicked.
45 Satan influences the hearts of the wicked
instances thereof.
46 An evil heart described.
47 The heart of the wicked variously cha-
racterized; as wicked, uncircumcised
&c. &c.
48 Keeping a good conscience.
49 A good conscience how attained.
50 Natural conscience, instances of the force
thereof.
51 A weak conscience not to be wounded.
Sect.
2 Of an evil conscience.
53 Serving God commanded.
>4 With the heart.
55 With suitable dispositions.
56 God's servants. Promises to them.
7 Prayers for them.
58 Not serving God. Threats.
59 Obedience to God commanded.
60 Universal obedience required.
61 Obedience required, with a high esteem of
God's law.
62 With resolution of heart.
63 Ability for obedience promised.
64 prayed for.
65 Ability from God acknowledged.
66 Instances of obedience.
67 Promises to the obedient.
68 Threats against the disobedient.
69 Obedience to Christ commanded.
70 Promises to them that obey Christ.
71 Promises to them that overcome tempta-
tions in obeying Christ.
72 Disobedience to Christ. Threats.
73 Works. God will render to mankind ac-
cording to their works, good or bad.
74 Good works commanded.
75 Ability for good works promised.
76 Promises to the performance of good
works.
77 Examples of good works.
78 Omission of good works. Threats.
79 Doing good. Shunning evil and doing
good commanded.
80 Promises to them that do good.
81 Evil-doers; their works to be avoided.
82 Doing evil, the character of the wicked.
83 Threats against evil-doers.
84 Darkness, and the works thereof.
85 Threats against them.
86 The righteous walk not in darkness.
87 Dead works. The wicked, and their
works, called dead; the righteous are
alive from the dead.
88 Works of the devil, children of the devil.
89 The righteous have no fellowship with the
children of the devil.
90 Works of the flesh. Living after the flesh.
91 Lusts of the flesh forbidden to Christians
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92 Lusting after women.
93 Lusting after meats and drinks.
94 The evil of lusts.
95 Corruption prevailing.
96 Confession of corruption.
97 The righteous not corrupt.
98 Defilement of sin.
99 Threats against it.
100 Uncleanness of sin.
101 Confession of uncleanness.
102 Promises against uncleanness.
103 Directions against it.
104 Threats against it.
105 Pollution.
106 Filthiness.
107 Directions.
108 Promises.
109 Threats.
110 Vileness.
111 Confession of vileness.
112 Abominableness.
113 Promises to the just, and prayers for
them.
114 Threatenings against the unjust
115 The unjust hurtful in the earth.
116 The general character of a good man's
walk and life.
117 Promises to the good.
118 Evil men.
119 Perverseness.
120 Threats.
121 Threats against the froward.
122 The righteous not froward.
123 Stubbornness, the stiff-necked in thei
own ways, and ways of their own
sight and eyes.
124 The wicked are revolters.
125 Rebellion against God forbidden.
126 Enemies, adversaries of the Lord.
127 Deliverance from enmity against God.
1 28 God's threatenings against the wicked.
129 Threats against the wicked of evils,
the consequences of wickedness, unde
the providential government of God.
130 God's threatenings against sinners.
131 Sinners threatened with various evil
under the providence of God.
132 Transgressors, threatenings against them
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ect.
33 Iniquity forbidden.
34 God's threatenings against the workers
thereof.
135 Iniquity, the punishment thereof threat-
ened under the providential govern-
ment of God, with instances thereof
executed.
First Commandment.
136 Idolatry, or the worship of strange gods
forbidden.
137 Threatenings against idolaters.
138 Judgments inflicted upon idolaters.
139 God's judgments upon particular trans-
gressors of this commandment.
140 Covenants and intermarriages with the
inhabitants of Canaan forbidden to the
Jews.
141 Making covenants and intermarriages
with transgressors of this command-
ment punished.
142 Strange gods to be put away.
143 Transgressors of this commandment
among the people of Israel, and the
enticers thereto, to be put to death.
144 Threatenings against strange gods.
145 Strange gods are vanity.
146 Inquiring concerning future events of
those who by nature are no gods for-
bidden.
Second Commandment.
147 Images, the use of them forbidden.
148 God's judgments on the breakers of this
commandment.
149 Images no representation of God.
150 Images were commanded to be broken.
151 Images were broken.
152 Instances of images used by apostates as
outward symbols in worship offered to
the true God.
153 Worship to images refused though com-
manded by kings.
154 Threats against idols and idolaters.
155 Promises, warnings, and exhortations
against idolatry
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156 God's judgments upon idolaters.
157 Upon magicians.
158 Enchanters.
159 Soothsayers.
160 Observers of times.
161 Witches.
162 Wizards worshipping angels, &c.
163 Diviners; instances.
164 Diviners are deceivers, and false prophets.
165 Threat enings against them.
166 Familiar spirits; threats against those
that consult them.
Third Commandment.
167 Profaning the name of God.
168 Swearing falsely.
169 Swearing by the creatures.
170 Swearing by false gods.
171 Swearing in common conversation.
172 Swearing to commit sin, or to en-
courage it.
: 73 Rash unnecessary swearing.
1 74 The positive part of this commandment
. God only is to be sworn by.
175 The nature and duty of an oath.
176 Such oaths to be carefully kept.
177 Things to be sworn to, are, truth and
duty.
178 Articles of peace ratified by oath.
179 Breach of such oaths punished.
180 Private compacts ratified by oath.
181 Oaths sworn to kings.
182 The oath of a single person decides con-
troversy in certain cases.
183 The duty and lawfulness of swearing.
Examples, viz.
184 God swears to Abraham.
185 To give the land of Canaan.
186 To fulfil his covenant. To continue the
seed of David.
187 To the perpetuity of Christ's priesthood.
188 To fulfil his threatenings against the
unbelieving and disobedient.
189 Jesus Christ answers upon oath.
190 The angel swears.
191 Asseveration of sincerity, equal to an
oath among Christians.
Sect.
192 Ancient forms of swearing.
193 Blasphemy forbidden.
194 Occasions of it to be avoided.
195 From whence it proceeds.
196 Instances of blasphemers and their pu-
nishment
197 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost:
its punishment
198 Persons unjustly accused of blasphemy.
199 Of vows: they are religiously to be
fulfilled.
200 Vows to do duty.
201 Sinful vows.
Fourth Commandment.
202 Of the Sabbath
203 The Sabbath a day of rest from servile
work.
204 Duties of the Sabbath ; worshipping God,
reading, hearing his word, &c.
205 Works of charity and mercy to be done
on the Sabbath.
206 Promises to them that keep the Sabbath.
207 The care of God's people to sanctify the
Sabbath, and to prevent the profaning
of it by others.
208 Threatenings against Sabbath-breakers.
209 Sabbath privileges withdrawn.
210 The change of the Sabbath from the
seventh to the first day of the week.
CHAP. XVI.
Duties towards Mankind.
1 Love.
2 How love towards mankind is produced.
3 Prayers and thanks to God for Christian
love, as being his gift
4 The influence and effects of love upon
Christians, &c.
5 Charity, with other graces, enjoined.
6 Approved examples of charity.
7 Hatred ; threatenings against it
8 Duty of the righteous towards those that
hate them.
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10 Promises to those that are unjustly hated,
and threatenings against their haters.
1 1 Envy forbidden to the righteous.
12 The wicked, their envy hurtful to them-
selves.
13 Envy a mark of an unconverted state.
14 Malice forbidden to the righteous.
15 Malice in the wicked.
16 Anger forbidden.
17 Instances of the anger of the righteous
against sin.
18 Sinful anger, instances thereof.
19 Wrath.
20 Contention forbidden.
21 Promises against contention.
22 The righteous contend only against sin.
23 Peace commanded, with promises to it.
24 Motives to peace among Christians.
25 Peace prayed for.
26 Peace the gift of God ; promises and
instances thereof.
27 Peace with God the reward of the right-
eous.
28 Peace promised to the church of God.
29 Unity.
30 Honouring one another.
31 Despising others.
32 Strife forbidden to the godly.
33 Fightings, quarrels.
34 Divisions forbidden.
35 Offences forbidden.
36 Threats against offenders.
37 Doing good to others.
38 Doing evil.
39 Doing wrong.
40 Doing mischief, the character of the
wicked.
41 Of being harmless.
42 Blameless.
43 Promises to the merciful.
44 Unmerciful. Threats.
45 Compassion and pity.
46 Cruelty of the wicked.
47 Forgiveness.
48 Revenge.
49 Duty of giving and receiving good counsel.
50 Rejecting evil counsel ; the duty and safety
thereof.
Sect.
51 Mutual obligation to giving and receiving
instruction.
52 Of refusing instruction.
53 To edify one another.
54 To exhort one another.
55 To warn one another.
56 To admonish one another.
57 To rebuke one another, and to hearken
to rebuke.
58 Of not giving and receiving rebuke.
59 To reprove one another.
60 Of not hearkening to reproof.
61 Gentleness.
62 To show kindness, commanded.
63 To give comfort.
64 Friendship, and faithfulness therein.
65 Unfaithfulness in friendship. Bearing
with one another's weaknesses, &c.
66 Forbearing to judge one another.
67 Setting good example.
68 Of enticing others, and being enticed to
sin.
69 Of gratitude, or returns of friendship.
70 Ingratitude.
CHAP. XVII.
Duties toward ourselves.
1 Of temperance in meat and dnnk.
2 --Intemperance in meat and drink.
3 Drunkenness ; the evils thereof.
4 Of making others drunk.
5 Sleep.
6 Labour commanded, and promises to the
laborious, &c.
7 Of the sluggard, the slothful, and
idle.
8 The study and pursuit of wisdom recom-
mended.
9 The excellency of wisdom above all other
endowments.
10 Wisdom is profitable, pleasant, and ho-
nourable.
11 Wisdom is the gift of God.
12 Wisdom prayed for.
13 Wisdom and religion the same.
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14 A fool's vain pretences to wisdom.
15 He receiveth no instruction.
16 He discovereth his folly.
17 His conduct towards his parents.
ISA fool is mischievous.
19 He is wrathful.
20 Contentious.
21 A fool's words
22 His folly is his pleasure.
23 Treatment for fools.
24 Folly and wickedness the same.
25 Patience toward God.
26 Patience toward men. 9
27 Contentment.
28 Discontent, murmuring.
29 Grudging.
30 Meekness ; the exercise of it required.
31 How produced.
32 Examples of meekness.
33 Promises to the meek.
34 Humility toward God.
35 Toward men.
36 Promises to the humble.
37 Promises to humbled sinners.
38 Examples of humility.
39 The elect are humble.
40 Humbled saints ; their expressions.
41 Pride against God.
42 Pride against men.
43 Spiritual pride such seem to be right-
eous.
44 They are proud of their supposed wisdom
and knowledge.
45 The proud seek honour from men.
46 Threats and prayers against the proud.
47 Arrogancy.
48 Loftiness.
49 Haughtiness.
50 Exalting one's self.
51 Lifting up one's self.
52 Magnifying one's self.
53 Glorying. :
54 Boasting.
55 Scorning.
56 Threats against kings and nations for
their pride, &c.
57 Of marriage.
58 Divorce by the law of Moses.
Sect.
59 Divorce was disapproved.
60 is expressly forbidden in the New
Testament.
61 Of marriage with unbelievers.
62 The Jews were forbidden to marry with
the heathen."
63 Embracing Christianity did not dissolve
marriage contracts.
64 Husbands' duties.
65 Duties of wives. Women's apparel.
66 Duties towards children. To provide for
their support.
67 To defend them.
68 To pray for them.
69 To instruct them.
70 Particular heads of instruction.
71 Instances of parents careful to instruct
their children.
72 Correcting children.
73 Parents careful to marry their children
into religious families.
74 Portions given to children.
75 Children are among the promised blessings
of God to mankind.
76 Children promised.
77 A desire of children natural to mankind.
78 God's care of mothers.
79 God's care of children.
80 Grief of parents at parting with their
children.
81 Godly parents blessed in the happiness
of their children.
82 The wicked punished in the calamities
of their children.
83 Particular calamities threatened against
the children of the wicked. Captivity.
84 That they shall be slain by enemies.
85 Suffer by famine.
86 Other evils upon the children of the
wicked.
87 Erroneous principles in religion have
destroyed the natural affection of
parents.
88 Calamities upon wicked parents and
children.
89 Want of children to the wicked.
90 Promises to the godly who are child-
less.
CONTENTS.
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Fifth Commandment.
Sect.
91 Duties of children toward parents.
92 Dutiful children blessed.
93 Disobedient and undutiful children;
threats against them.
94 Undutiful children cursed.
95 Duties of masters towards servants.
96 Duties of servants.
97 Duties of the civil magistrate, to ad-
minister justice impartially.
98 Qualifications of the magistrate.
99 The magistrate's concern with religion.
100 Good magistrates, a blessing promised
to God's people.
101 Magistracy is of divine appointment.
102 Sins of magistrates : perverting of judg-
ment, respect of persons, &c.
103 Perverting of judgment through covet-
ousness, taking gifts, &c.
104 Through drunkenness.
105 The misery of being governed by weak
or wicked rulers.
106 Wicked rulers set over people as a
punishment for sin.
107 Wicked rulers enemies to religion.
108 God's providence over kings and rulers.
109 Particular instances of God's providence
exalting or abasing rulers.
110 Duties toward governors. Praying for
them.
111 Honour and respect to be shown to
magistrates.
112 Obedience to magistrates.
113 Rebellion against magistrates, the sin
and punishment thereof.
114 Disobedience to magistrates a duty, when
they command things contrary to
God's law.
115 Ministers of Christ, their duties. The
commission given to the apostles.
116 Power committed to them.
117 Excommunication.
118 None may intrude into the ministerial
office.
1 19 Teaching truth the duty of ministers.
120 The good effects of preaching.
121 A good ministry promised.
Sect.
122 A faithful ministry. Promises to, and
prayers for them.
123 They are holy and unblameable in life
and conversation.
124 Their humility, self-denial, and con-
descension in their office.
125 They seek not applause from men; they
flatter not, &c.
126 They seek not riches; neither are co-
vetous.
127 Their duty and encouragement to speak
boldly the truths of religion without
fear.
128 Instances of becoming boldness in re-
proving sinners, and declaring the
truth.
129 The sufferings of the apostles, &c. for
religion.
130 Their temperance.
131 They pray for the people.
132 The supports of Christians in general,
and of the Lord's ministers in par-
ticular, under sufferings for religion.
133 Wicked ministers, their sin and punish-
ment
134 Their covetousness.
135 Their intemperance.
136 Their slothfulness.
137 Of false prophets and false teachers.
They deceive the people.
138 Duties toward the ministry. To receive
their instructions.
139 To esteem and love them.
140 To pray for them.
141 To give them support.
142 Despising and not hearkening to their
instructions. Threats.
143 Not supporting them.
Sixth Commandment.
144 Of murder.
145 Cases wherein killing of a man was not
to be punished with death.
146 Threatenings against murderers.
147 Instances of their punishment.
148 Striking, wounding, maiming; how to
be punished.
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CONTENTS.
Seventh, Commandment.
Sect.
149 Of adultery and fornication.
150 Threatenings ; or the evil consequences
of adultery and fornication.
151 Examples, exhortations, promises, &c.,
against adultery and fornication.
Eighth Commandment.
152 Precepts concerning property, and the
use of riches.
"53 Threatenings against theft.
1 54 Robbery forbidden ; with threats.
155 Fraud and cheating in commerce for-
bidden.
156 Concerning property in lands; the law
thereof.
157 Things found, lent, or entrusted with a
neighbour ; the law thereof.
158 Oppression forbidden, and duties towards
the oppressed.
159 Restitution to the injured to be made.
160 Oppressors threatened.
161 Prayers for the oppressed.
162 Promises to the oppressed.
163 Duties of the rich toward the poor. Hos-
pitality.
164 Lending without usury.
165 Giving alms.
166 Alms to be done in secret.
167 To be given to the poor of every deno-
mination.
168 To poor Christians especially.
169 Promises to the poor.
170 Of being uncharitable to the poor.
171 The stranger, widow, and fatherless:
duties toward them, and threatenings
against those that oppress them.
172 Promises to the stranger, fatherless, and
widow.
Ninth Commandment.
173 Of witness-bearing. False swearing, &c.
174 Lying forbidden.
Sect.
175 Abhorred by God and good men.
176 Satan and his children are liars.
177 Threatenings and prayers against liars.
178 The words of the wicked injurious.
179 Words of the wicked against God.
180 Evil speaking.
181 Talkativeness ; rashness with the tongue.
182 Flattery.
183 Talebearing.
184 Whispering.
185 Backbiting.
186 Slandering, &c.
187 Reproach: prayers and complaints
against it.
188 God will bring it upon the wicked.
189 Promises against reproach.
190 Reviling practised by the wicked, and
endured by the godly.
191 Railing.
192 Evil communications.
193 Unprofitable disputes about religion.
194 Cursing forbidden, and avoided by the
righteous.
195 Practised by the wicked.
196 The righteous; their care of their
words.
197 They praise God with their mouths.
198 The words of the righteous toward
men.
Tenth Commandment.
199 Of covetousness.
200 Threats against the covetous. Instances
of their punishment.
201 An insatiable desire of riches. ,
202 Threats against unjust acquiring of
riches.
203 Riches are not a lasting possession.
204 They cannot be carried hence to the
other world.
205 Possessing riches but not using them;
the vanity thereof.
206 Riches are attended with care and
trouble.
207 They recommend no man to the favour
of God.
CONTENTS.
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Sect.
208 The advantages which one man hath
over another by means of riches.
209 Trusting in riches and abusing them, the
sin of the wicked, and avoided by the
godly.
210 Riches take the heart and thoughts off
from God and religion.
211 The wicked rich man, his portion.
212 The use of riches in the hand of a wise
and good man
213 Godmaketh rich.
214 Riches promised to the righteous.
215 Instances of good men that were rich.
216 Riches not regarded by good men.
217 Things necessary to the support of life
promised to the righteous. Food.
218 Deliverance from famine.
219 Spiritual riches, or the interests of the
soul, the chief object of a wise man's
desires and pursuits.
220 Raiment promised.
221 Supports of life miraculously supplied.
CHAP. XVIII.
Of Repentance.
1 Repentance the first doctrine preached at
publishing the gospel.
2 The duty of repentance enforced by
threatenings.
3 Encouraged by promises
4 Promises to those that return to God.
5 Remarkable instances of returning sinners
obtaining mercy.
6 Turning to God enjoined by commands,
and enforced by threatenings.
7 The cause and means of repentance and
conversion.
8 Jesus Christ giveth repentance.
9 God's law a mean of conversion.
10 The ministry a mean of converting sin-
ners.
1 1 Repentance promised.
12 Self-examination needful to repentance.
1 3 Consideration needful thereto.
14 Inconsideration of the wicked.
Sect.
15 The case of those who withstand the
means of repentance.
1 6 Sorrow for sin.
17 Mourning for sin.
18 Reproofs and threats for not mourning
for sin.
19 Heaviness for sin.
20 Grief for sin.
21 Not grieving for sin.
22 Weeping for sin.
23 Tears for sin.
24 The heart affected for sin.
25 A broken and contrite heart.
26 Shame the portion of sinners.
27 Shame enjoined as a mark of true peni-
tents.
28 Avoiding sin is avoiding shame.
29 Reproofs for not being ashamed of sin.
30 Abhorring and loathing one's self for
sin.
31 & 32 Confession and acknowledgment
of sin. Promises to it.
33 Exhortations to confession.
34 Instances of confessing penitents obtaining
mercy.
35 Confessions made in Scripture expres-
sions.
36 Amendment.
37 Fruitfulness in religion.
CHAP. XIX.
Of Death and the Resurrection.
1 The shortness of human life.
2 The term or boundary of human life.
3 The time of life is in God's hand.
4 Death prevailing over all mankind, of every
character, rank, and station.
5 Preparative duties for death.
6 No preparative duties are to be performed
after death.
7 The death of the righteous happy.
8 The death of the wicked.
9 The dead leave all their possessions behind
them.
10 Of the resurrection of the dead.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. XX.
Of a Future Judgment, and the State of the
Righteous and the Wicked.
Beet.
1 Of a future judgment and its conse-
quences.
2 God is judge.
3 The persons and things that shall be
judged.
4 When the day of judgment shall be.
5 Uses to be made of the doctrine of future
judgment, for encouraging steadfastness
and perseverance, &c.
6 The dissolution of the heavens and the
earth.
7 Happiness of the righteous in heaven
inconceivably great.
8 Christians are heirs ; they have an in-
heritance, a kingdom, &c.
9 The righteous have rest.
10 They enjoy mansions, a new heaven, a
heavenly temple, light, &c.
1 1 They are present with Christ.
Sect.
12 Are in a state of joy.
1 3 Are free from pain and sorrow.
14 Eternal life is from God.
15 Life promised to sundry graces and duties.
16 To righteousness.
17 To the spiritually minded.
18 To seeking God.
19 To godliness.
20 To the fear of God.
21 To loving God.
22 To mortification, dying unto sin.
23 To suffering for Christ's sake.
24 To perseverance.
25 To those that overcome.
26 To repentance.
27 To the wise.
28 Future punishments. Sinners that shall
not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
29 The greatest suffering in this life set forth
in language expressive of future pu-
nishments.
30 The punishment of the wicked in a future
state.
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A SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT,
&c.
CHAPTER I.
CONCERNING THE BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.
I. HTHAT there ^ a God, asserted, and
-* proved by his works. Exod. iii. 14.
God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM.
Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judg-
ment which he executeth.
xix. 1. The heavens declare the glory of
God, and the firmament sheweth his handy
work. Ver. 2. Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night sheweth knowledge. Job
xii. 7, 8, 9.
Iviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth
in the earth.
c. 3. The Lord he is God, he made us.
2 Cor. i. 21. He that hath anointed us is
God.
Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God.
Rom. i. 20.
II. God is perfect. Matt. v. 48. Your Fa-
ther in heaven is perfect.
1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all.
III. God is one. Deut. vi. 4. Hear, Is-
rael, the Lord our God is one Lord.
1 Cor. viii. 4. There is none other God, but
one. (Mark xii. 29.) Ver. 6. To us there is
but one God. Gal. iii. 20. God is one.
Eph. iv. 6. One God and Father of all.
Matt, xx iii. 9. John viii. 41.
1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one God, and one
Mediator.
James ii. 19. Thou believest there is one
God, thou doest well.
IV. He is God and Lord alone. 2 Kings
xix. 15. Thou art God alone. Ps. Ixxxvi. 10.
Isa. xxxvii. 16. 20.
Neh. ix. 6. Thou art Lord alone. Ps.
Ixxxiii. 18. Whose name alone is Jehovah.
V. There is none else. Deut. iv. 35. The
Lord he is God, there is none else. Isa. xlv.
5, 6. 14. 18. 22. xlvi. 9.
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VI. None besides him. 2 Sam. vii. 22.
Neither is there any God besides thee.
xxii. 32. Who is God save the Lord] 2
Kings v. 15.
Isa. xliv. 6. -8. Besides me there is no God ;
I know not any. Ch. xlv. 5. 14. 21.
Hos. xiii. 4. Thou shalt know no God but
me. Exod. xx. 3.
VII. None with him. Deut. xxxii. 39. I
am he, and there is no God with me.
VIII. None before him. Isa. xliii. 10. Be-
fore me there was no God formed.
IX. None like him. Exod. viii. 10. There
is none like unto the Lord our God.
xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord,
among the gods] who is like thee, glorious in
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders]
Ps. xxxv. 10. Mic. vii. 18.
1 Kings viii. 23. Lord God of Israel, there
is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on
earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy
with thy servants that walk before thee with
all their heart. Exod. ix. 14. Deut. xxxiii.
26. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 1 Chron. xvii. 20. Ps.
Ixxxvi. 8, Isa. xlvi. 9. Jer. x. 6, 7. 16.
X. None to be compared unto him. Ps.
Ixxxix. 6. Who in the heaven can be com-
pared unto the Lord ]
XI. No likeness of Godamong the creatures.
Isa. xl. 18. What likeness will ye compare to
him] Ch. xlvi. 5. Deut. iv. 12.
Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that
the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device.
XII. He is the living God. Dan. iv. 34.
That liveth for ever, whose dominion is" an
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from
generation to generation.
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ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.
CHAP. I.
vi. 26. He is the living God, and steadfast
forever. Acts xiv. 15. lThess.i.9. Heb.
ix. 14. x. 31.
XIII. He is the true God. Jer. x. 10. The
Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and
an everlasting King. Ver. 11. The gods that
have not made the heavens and the earth, shall
perish from the earth, anil from -under these
heavens. See John xvii. 3. 1 Thess. i. 9.
1 John v. 20.
XIV. God is a Spirit. John iv. 24. God
is a Spiri^ and they that worship him, must
worship him in spirit and in truth. 2 Cor.
iii. 17.
XV. God is invisible. Exod. xxxiii. 20.
There shall no man see me and live.
John i. 18. No man hath seen God at any
time. 1 John iv. 12.
v. 37. Ye have neither heard his voice at
any time, nor seen his shape.
Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God,
are his eternal power and Godhead.
Col. i. 15. Christ is the image of the invi-
sible God.
Heb. xi. 27. Moses endured as seeing him
who is invisible.
1 Tim. vi. 16. God, whom no man hath
seen, nor can see. Ch. i. 17. Job ix. 11.
Other expressions to the same purpose. Isa.
xlv. 15. Verily thou art a God that hidest thy-
self.
2 Sam. xxii. 12. He made darkness pavi-
lions round about him, dark waters and thick
clouds of the skies. Ps. xviii. 11. 1 Kings
viii. 12. 2 Chron. vi. 1.
Ps. xcvii. 2. Clouds and darkness are round
about him.
Ixxvii. 19. Thy way is in the sea, and thy
footsteps are not known.
Nah. i. 3. The Lord hath his way in the
whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds
are the dust of his feet.
XVI. God is unsearchable. Job xi. 7.
Canst thou by searching find out God 1 Canst
thou find out the Almighty unto perfection T
Ver. 8, 9. Ps. cxlv. 3. His greatness is un-
searchable.
Job v. 9. He doeth great things, and un-
searchable, marvellous things without number.
Ch. ix. 10.
Eccl. iii. 11. No man can find out the work
that God makethfrom the beginning to the end.
Rom. xi. 33. How unsearchable are his
judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Ps. xxxvi. 6. Thy judgments are a great
deep.
Job xxvi. 14. How little a portion is heard
of him ! the thunder of his power who can
understand 1
xxxvii. 23. Touching the Almighty, we
cannot find him out.
XVII. God is eternal. Isa. Ivii. 15. The
high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity.
1 Tim. i. 17. To the King eternal, immor-
tal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour
and glory for ever and ever.
See Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God.
Rom. i. 20. Eternal Godhead. 2 Cor. iv. 18.
Things not seen are eternal
XVIII. Everlasting. Isa.xl.28. The ever-
lasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends
of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary :
there is no searching of his understanding.
Ixiii. 16. Thy name is from everlasting.
Ps. xc. 2. From everlasting to everlasting,
thou art God.
xciii. 2. Thy throne is established of old ;
thou art from everlasting. Hab. i. 12.
Ps. cxlv. 13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and thy dominion endureth through-
out all generations.
Jer. x. 10. He is an everlasting King.
Dan. iv. 3. His kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom and his dominion is from generation
to generation. Ch. vii. 27. Lam. v. 1 9. 2
Pet i. 1 1.
XIX. He is for ever. Ps. ix. 7. The Lord
shall endure for ever.
xc. 4. A thousand years in thy sight are
but as yesterday, when it is past, and as a
watch in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 8.
cii. 12. Thou, Lord, shall endure for ever;
and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Ver. 24. Thy years are throughout all gene-
rations. Ver. 27. Thou art the same, and thy
years shall have no end. Job x. 5. xxxvi. 26.
cxxxv. 13. Thy name, O Lord, endureth
for ever; and thy memorial throughout all
generations.
Lam. v. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for
ever; thy throne from generation to genera-
tion.
Ps. civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall
endure for ever.
XX. The First and the Last. Isa. xliv. 6.
Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and
his Redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the
First, and I am the Last; and besides me
there is no God. Ch. xli. 4. xlviii. 12.
Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be-
ginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which
is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty. Ver. 4. IV.
CHAP. I.
GOD'S GREATNESS GOD EXALTED.
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XXL He is immortal. 1 Tim, i. 17. The
King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only
\vise God.
vi. 16. Who only hath immortality, dwell-
ing in the light, which no man can approach
unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see.
XXII. Incorruptible. Rom. i. 23. The in-
corruptible God.
XXIII. Blessed. Ps. cxix. 12. Blessed art
thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes.
Rom. i. 25. The Creator who is blessed for
ever. 1 Tim. i. 11. The blessed God.
1 Tim. vi. 15. The blessed and only Poten-
tate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
XXIV. Unchangeable. Mai. iii. '6. I am
the Lord, I change not.
James i. 17. With whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.
Numb, xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he
should lie, neither the son of man that he
should repent.
XXV. Present everywhere. 1 Kings viii.
27. Behold the heaven, and heaven of heavens
cannot contain thee.
Ps. cxxxix. 3. Thou compassest my path,
and my lying down.
Ver. 710. Whither shall I go from thy
Spirit ] or whither shall I flee from thy pre-
sence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art
there ; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou
art there. If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ;
even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy
right hand shall hold me.
Jer. xxiii. 23. Am I a God at hand, saith
the Lord, and not a God afar off? Ver. 24.
Do not I fill heaven and earth 1 saith the Lord.
Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all.
GOD'S GREATNESS.
XXVI. God's Greatness. Deut. x. 17.
The Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord
of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible,
which regardeth not persons, nor taketh re-
ward.
xxxii. 3. Ascribe ye greatness to our God.
2 Sam. vii. 22. Thou art great, O Lord
God, for there is none like thee.
1 Kings viii. 42. They shall hear of thy
great name, and of thy strong hand. 2 Chron.
vi. 32.
1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and
greatly to be praised ; he also is to be feared
above all gods. 2 Chron. ii. 5. Exod. xviii. 11.
xvii. 2 1 Thou didst make thee a name of
greatness and terribleness. Deut. v. 24.
xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness*
and the power, and the glory.
Neh. ix. 32. The great, the mighty and the
terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy.
Ch. iv. 14.
Job xxxiii. 12. God is greater than man.
John x. 29. Greater than all. 1 John iii. 20.
Greater than our heart. Ch. iv. 4. Greater
than he that is in the world.
xxxvi. 26. God is great,and we know him not.
Ps. Ixxvii. 13. Who is so great a God as
our God 1 Tit. ii. 13. Rev. xix. 17.
Ixxxvi. 10. Thou art great, and doest
wondrous thin;., j.
xcv. 3. The Lord is a great God and a
great King, above all gods. Ps. cxxxv. 5.
xcix. 2. The Lord is great in Zion, and he
is high above all people.
civ. 1. O Lord, my God, thou art very
great ; thou art clothed with honour and ma-
jesty.
cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to
be praised ; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Ps. xlviii. 1. xcvi. 4.
cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent
greatness.
Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty God,
the Lord of hosts, is his name. Isa. xliv. 6.
Heb.vi. 13. God could swear by no greater,
he sware by himself.
See God's perfections of knowledge, wis-
dom, power, goodness, mercy, fyc., all called
great.
GOD EXALTED.
XXVII. God is exalted. 1 Chron. xxix.
11. Thou art exalted as head above all. Ps.
xxi. 13. xlvii. 9. ex viii. 16.
Neh. ix. 5. His glorious name is exalted
above all blessing and praise.
Ps. xlvi. 10. I will be exalted among the
heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Ivii. 5. Be thou exalted, God, above the
heavens ; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Ver. 11. Ps. cviii. 5.
xcvii. 9. Thou art high above all the earth,
thou art exalted far above all gods.
Isa. xii. 4. Praise the Lord, call upon his
name, declare his doings among the people,
make mention that his name is exalted.
xxxiii. 5. The Lord is exalted, for he
dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with
judgment and righteousness'.
See Isa. ii. 11. 17. v. 16. xxx. IS.
xxxiii. 10. xlix. 11.
GOD'S EXCELLENCY AND MAJESTY.
XXVIII. God's Excellency. Job x iii. 11.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid, and
his dread fall upon you ]
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GOD S GLORY HIS KNOWLEDGE.
CHAP. I.
xxxvii. 23. The Almighty is excellent in
power, and judgment.
Ps. viii. 1. & 9. How excellent is thy name
in all the earth. Ps. cxlviii. 13.
cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent
greatness. Isa. xii. 5.
Isa. xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is won-
derful in counsel and excellent in working.
See Exod. xv. 7. Deut. xxxiii. 26. Job
xxxvii. 4. Ps. Ixviii. 34.
XXIX. God's Majesty. I Chron. xxix.
11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and the
power, and the glory, and the victory, and the
majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in
the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom,
Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible ma-
jesty. Ps. xcvi. 6.
Ps. xxix. 4. The voice of the Lord is full
of majesty.
xciii. 1. He is clothed with majesty. Ps.civ. 1.
Isa. xxiv. 14. They shall sing for the ma-
jesty of the Lord. Ps. cxlv. 5. 12.
Jude 25. To the only wise God our Sa-
viour, be glory and majesty. See Isa. ii. 10.
GOD'S GLORY.
XXX. God is glorious. Exod. xv. 11.
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful
in praises ?
1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the
greatness, and the power, and the glory. Matt.
vi. 13.
Ps. viii. 1. Thou hast set thy glory above
the heavens. Ps. xix. 1. xcvii. 6. cxiii. 4.
cxlviii. 13.
Ivii. 5. Let thy glory be above all the earth.
Ver. 11. Ps. Ixxii. 19.
civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall endure
for ever.
cxxxviii. 5. Great is the glory of the Lord.
Ps. cxlv. 5. 11, 12.
Isa. vi. 3. The whole earth is full of his
glory.
He is the God of Glory. Ps. xxix. 3. Acts
vii. 2. In his name. Deut. xxviii. 58.
1 Chron. xxix. 13. Neh. ix. 5. In his work.
Ps. cxi. 3. His work is honourable and glori-
ous. In deliverances of his people. Isa. Ixiii.
12. 14. He led his people with his glorious
arm. In the overthrow of his enemies. Exod.
xv. 1. He hath triumphed gloriously. (Ps.
Ixxvi. 4.) Ver. 6. Thy right hand is become
glorious in power. Ps. xlv. 3. Gird thy sword
upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory
and thy majesty. See Isa. xxx. 30, and
2 Thess. i. 9.
V.
XXXI. God is glorious in favours spiritual
and temporal, conferred on his people, and in
the advancement of. religion among them.
Numb. xiv. 22. Those mt'n have seen my
glory and my miracles.
Deut. v. 24. The Lord ha h shewed us his
glory and his greatness.
Ps. Ixiii. 2. My soul thirsteth to see thy
power and thy glory, as I have seen thee in
the sanctuary.
Ixxix. 9. Help us, God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name.
xc. 1 6. Let thy work appear unto thy ser-
vants, and thy glory unto their children.
cii. 16. When the Lord shall build up Zion,
he shall appear in his glory. Zech. ii. 5. I
will be the glory in the midst of her.
Isa. xxiv. 23. The Lord shall reign in Jeru-
salem gloriously.
xxxv. 2. They shall see the glory of the
Lord, and the excellency of our God.
xl. 5. The glory of the Lord shall be re-
vealed, and all flesh shall see it. Ch. lix. 19.
xliii. 7. I have created him for my glory.
Iviii. 8. The glory of the Lord shall be thy
rear-ward.
Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upon
thee.
Ixii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy righteous-
ness, and all kings thy glory. Ch. Ixvi. 18, 19.
Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled with
the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea.
Luke ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good-will toward men.
2 Cor. iv. 6. God hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
of God, in the face of Jesus Christ.
Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all might, ac-
cording to his glorious power. Eph. iii. 1 6.
1 Pet. iv. 14. The Spirit of glory and of
God, resteth upon you. See Isa. xxxiii. 21.
xlvi. 13. Hag. ii. 7.
Hence, the Gospel is called the glorious
Gospel. 1 Tim. i. 11.
Future glory. 2 Cor. iii. 18. We behold as
in a glass the glory of the Lord.
Rom. v. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory
of God.
God's power called his glory. Rom. vi. 4
Christ was raised up from the dead by. the
glory of the Father.
John xi. 4. 40. The raising of Lazarus from
the dead, is called the glory of God.
1 Cor. xi. 7. Man is the image and glory
of God.
Heb. i. 3. Christ is the brightness of the
Father's glory.
GOD'S KNOWLEDGE
XXXII. God's knowledge is perfect. 1 Sam.
1. 3. The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by
him actions are weighed.
CHAP. I.
GOD S KNOWLEDGE.
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Job xxxvh. 16. He is perfect in knowledge.
Ch. xxxvi. 4.
Ps. cxlvii. 5. His understanding is infinite.
See Rom. xi. 33.
Isa. xl. 28. There is no searching of his
understanding. Prov. xxii. 12.
xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord is the Spirit
of knowledge.
XXXIII. God's knowledge is underived.
Job xxi. 22. Shall any teach God knowledge 1
Ps. xciv. 9, 10. He that planted the ear,
shall he not hear 1 he that formed the eye,
shall he not see? He that teacheth man
knowledge, shall not he know 1
Isa. xl. 14. With whom took he counsel,
and who instructed him, and taught him in
the path of judgment, and taught him know-
ledge, and showed to him the way of under-
standing 1
XXXIV. Extendeth to all things. Job
xxviii. 10. His eye seeth every precious
thing.' Ver. 24. He looketh to the ends of
the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven.
Ps. cxxxix. 12. The darkness hideth not
from thee, but the night shineth as the day :
the darkness and the light are both alike to
thee.
Dan. ii. 22. He knoweth what is in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Acts xv. 18. Known unto God are all his
works from the beginning of the world.
Heb. iv. 13. Neither is there any creature
that is not manifest in his sight; but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with
whom we have to do.
1 John iii. 20. God knoweth all things.
XXXV. Things which God only knoweth.
Gen. xl. 8. Joseph said, Do not interpretations
belong to God ]
Deut. xxix. 29. The secret things belong
unto the Lord our God.
1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the
hearts of all the children of men.
Job xxiv. 1. Times are not hidden from the
Almighty. Acts i. 7.
Isa. xlii. 9. New things do I declare ; be-
fore they spring forth, I tell you of them.
xlvi. 9, 10. I am God, and there is none like
me, declaring the end from the beginning, and
from ancient times, the things that are not yet
done. Ch. xlviii. 3. 6. 16.
Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son,
but the Father. John x. 15.
Mark xiii. 32. Of that day and that hour
knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are
in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
1 Cor. ii. 11. The things of God knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of God.
XXXVI. Secret things ivht'ch God will dis-
cover. Job xx. 27. The heavens shall reveal
the iniquity of the wicked, arid the earth shall
rise up against him.
xxviii. 11. The thing that is hid bringeth he
forth to light.
Eccl. xii. 14. God will bring into judgment
every secret thing.
Dan. ii. 22. He revealeth the deep and se-
cret things. Ver. 28, 29. 47.
Matt. x. 26. There is nothing hid that shall
not be known.
Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets of
men.
1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring to light
the hidden things of darkness, and will make
manifest the counsels of the hearts.
Eph. iii. 9. The mystery (of redemption")
hath been hid in God from the beginning of
the world. Ver. 10. Now made known. Col.
i. 26.
XXXVII. The knowledge of God extendtth
to man and all his ways.
2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run
to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show
himself strong in the behalf of them whose
heart is perfect toward him.
Job xxxiv. 21. His eyes are upon the ways
of man, and he seeth all his goings. Chap,
xiii. 27. xxxi. 4.
Ps. xi. 4. His eyes behold, his eyelids try
the children of men.
xxxiii. 13, 14. The Lord looketh from
heaven, he beholdeth all the sons of men.
From the place of his habitation he looketh
upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Ixvi. 7. His eyes behold the nations.
ciii. 14. He knoweth our frame, he remem-
bereth that we are dust.
cxiii. 6. Who humbleth himself to behold
the things that are in heaven and in the earth.
cxxxix. 1 4. O Lord, thou hast searched
me and known me. Thou knowest my down-
sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest
my thought afar off. Thou compassest my
path, and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways. For there is not a word
in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowesl
it altogether. Ver. 6. Such knowledge is toe
wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it. Ver. 11. If I say, surely the dark-
ness shall cover me, even the night shall be
light about me. Ver. 12, 13. Dan. ii. 22.
Ver. 15, 16. My substance was not hid
from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the
earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being unperfect, and in thy book all my mem-
bers were written, which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
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GOD'S KNOWLEDGE.
CHAP. I.
Prov. v. 21. The ways of man are before
the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his
goings.
xv. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every
place, beholding the evil and the good.
Jer. xxiii. 24. Can any hide himself in se-
cret places, that I shall not see him 1 saith the
Lord.
Jer. xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are open upon
all the ways of the sons of men, to give every
one according to his ways, and according to
the fruit of his doings.
XXXVIII. God knoweth the hearts of all
men. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. The Lord seeth not as
man seeth : for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Jobx.4. Prov. xv. 11.
1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the
hearts of all the children of men.
1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord searcheth all
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations
of the thoughts.
Jer. xx. 12. Lord of hosts, that seest the
reins and the heart.
Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, which knowest the
hearts of all men.
XXXIX. He knoweth the hearts of the
righteous. Gen. xx. 6. I know that thou
didst this in the integrity of thy heart.
Ps. xix. 14. Let the meditations of my heart
be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength,
and my redeemer.
cxxxix. 23, 24. Search me, O God, and
know my heart; try me, and know my
thoughts ; and see if there be any wicked way
in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Isa. Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even
to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and
trembleth at my word.
Jer. xii. 3. Thou, O Lord, knowest me ; thou
hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee.
1 Pet. iii. 4. The hidden man of the heart,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great price.
See Acts xv. 8.
XL. He knoweth the hearts of the wicked.
Deut. xxxi. 20, 21. They will provoke me: for
I know their imagination which they go about,
even now.
Ps. xciv. 11. The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Ezek. xi. 5. I know the things that come
into your mind, every one of them.
Luke xvi. 15. Jesus said, Ye are they that
justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth
your hearts.
Acts viii. 21. Thy heart is not right in the
sight of God.
XLI. God knoweth his people. Gen. vii. 1.
The Lord said to Noah, Thee have I seen
righteous before me in this generation.
xviii. 19. I know Abraham, that he will
command his children and his household after
him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord.
2 Sam. vii. 20. Thou, Lord God, knowest
thy servant. 1 Chron. xvii. 18.
Ps. i. 6. The Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous. Ps. xxxvii. 18.
xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon
the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
Ixxx. 14. Look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine. Ps. cxix. 132.
xxv. 18. Deut. xx vi. 15. Isa. Ixiii. 15.
Isa. Ivii. 18. I have seen his ways, and will
heal hirn.
Jer. xxiv. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them
for good. Zech. xii. 4.
2 Tim. ii. 19. The Lord knoweth them that
are his. Gal. iv. 9.
XLII. God knoweth the religious principles
and practices of his people. Rev. ii. 19. I
know thy works, and charity, and service, and
faith, and thy patience.
1 Cor. viii. 3. If any man love God, the
same is known of God.
Ps. xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon
them that fear him, upon them that hope in
his mercy. See Gen. xxii. 12.
Nah. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them that
trust in him.
1 Pet. iii. 4. A meek and quiet spirit which
is in the sight of God of great price.
2. Chron. xii. 7. The Lord saw that they
humbled themselves.
Col. i. 22. Present you holy and unblame-
able, and unreprovable in his sight.
Matt. vi. 18. Appear not to men to fast, but
to thy Father, which seeth in secret ; and thy
Father shall reward thee openly.
Ver. 6. When thou prayest, enter into thy
closet; and when thou hast shut thy door,
pray to thy Father which is in secret , and
thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself shall
reward thee openly.
Ver. 4. That thine alms may be in secret ;
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself
shall reward thee openly. See Acts x. 4. 31.
Job xxxiii. 27, 28. He looketh upon man,
and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted
that which was right, and it profited me not ;
he will deliver his soul from going into the pit,
and his life shall see the light. See Jonah
iii. 10.
Jer. xvii. 16. Thou knowest that which
came out of my lips was right before thee.
Mai. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord
spake often one to another; and the Lord
hearkened and heard it ; and a book of remem-
CHAP. I.
GOD'S KNOWLEDGE.
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brance was written before him, for them that
feared the Lord, and that thought upon his
name. See Ps. cxxxix. 4. Jer. v. 3. Ps. xl.
9. 2 Cor. xi. 31.
XLIII. He knoweth their works. 2 Cor.
viii. 21. Providing for honest things, not only
in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight
of men.
Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy la-
bour, and thy patience; and how thou canst
not bear them that are evil. Ver. 9. I know
thy works, and tribulation, and poverty. Ver.
13. 19. Ch. iii. 8. Heb. xiii. 21. 1 John
iii. 22.
Their wants. Matt. vi. 8. Your Father
knoweth what things ye have need of before
ye ask him.
Matt. vi. 31, 32. Take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat 1 ? or, What shall we drink ?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed 1 For
your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have
need of all these things. Luke xii. 30.
Their sorrows. Exod. iii. 7. The Lord said
of his people, I know their sorrows. Ch. xiv.
24. Neh. ix. 9. Acts vii. 34.
Deut. ii. 7. The Lord thy God knoweth thy
walking through this great wilderness.
Their afflictions. Ps. xxxi. 7. Thou hast
known my soul in adversities.
Ps. cii. 19, 20. He hath looked down from
the height of his sanctuary ; from heaven did
the Lord behold the earth ; to hear the groan-
ing of the prisoner. Ps. xxxviii. 9. 2 Sam.
xvi. 12. Job x. 15. Ps. xxxix. 11, 12.
Their wrongs from oppressors. Gen. xxxi.
12. The Lord said to Jacob, I have seen all
that Laban doeth to thee. Ver. 42.
Exod. ii. 25. God looked upon the children
of Israel, and had respect unto them, under
oppression. Ver. 24. Ch. iv. 31.
1 Sam. ix. 16. I have looked upon my
people, because their cry is come unto me.
See 2 Kings xiii. 4. xiv. 26.
Ps. x. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and
spite, to requite it.
xxxv. 21. They opened their mouth wide
against me. Ver. 22. This thou hast seen,
Lord.
Ixix. 19. Thou hast known my reproach,
and my shame, and my dishonour ; mine ad-
versaries are all before thee.
Isa. lix. 15. The Lord saw it, and it dis-
pleased him that there was no judgment.
Lam. iii. 59. O Lord, thou hast seen my
wrong; judge thou my cause.
Dan. ix. 18. my God, incline thine ear
and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our
desolations. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Jer. xlviii. 30.
God saw, in affliction, Hagar, Gen. xvi. 13.
Leah, Gen. xxix. 31. Hannah, 1 Sam.i. 11.
XLIV. God's knowledge of the wicked and
their sins. Gen. vi. 5. God saw that the
wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil continually.
Exod. xxxii. 9. The Lord said, I have seen
this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked
people. Deut. xxxii. 19.
Job xi. 11. He knoweth vain men : he seeth
wickedness also ; will he not then consider it 1
xxxiv. 22. There is no darkness nor shadow
of death, where the workers of iniquity may
hide themselves. Amos ix. 2, 3, 4.
Ps. xiv. 2, 3. The Lord looked down from
heaven upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand, and seek
God. They are all gone aside. Ps. liii. 2.
Ixix. 5. My sins are not hid from thee.
xc. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before
thee, our secret .sins in the light of thy coun-
tenance.
Isa. xlviii. 8. I knew that thou wouldest
deal very treacherously.
Jer. xvi. 17. Mine eyes are upon all their
ways ; neither is their iniquity hid from mine
eyes.
Amos v. 12. I know your manifold trans-
gressions, and your mighty sins. Ch. ix. 4.
I will set mine eyes upon them for evil.
Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to
behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.
Luke xv. 21. I have sinned against heaven
and in thy sight.
XLV. God knoweth the proud. . 2 Sam.
xxii. 28. Thine eyes are upon the haughty,
that thou mayest bring them down. See Job
xl. 12.
Ps. cxxxviii. 6. The proud he knoweth
afar off.
XLVI. God knoweth the impenitent. Jer.
viii. 6. I hearkened and heard, but they spake
not aright : no man repenteth him of his
wickedness, saying, What have I done 1 every
one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth
into the battle.
[I. He knoweth hypocritical professors.
iii. 11. When the King came in to
XLVII.
Matt. xxii.
see the guests, he saw there a man which had
not on a wedding-garment.
Rev. ii. 9. I know the blasphemy of them
which say they are Jews, and are not, but are
the synagogue of Satan.
iii. 1. I know that thou hast a name that
thou livest, and art dead.
XLVIII. Liars and uncharitable persons.
Prov. xxiv. 1 1. If thou forbear to deliver them
that are drawn to death.
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GOD'S WISDOM POWER.
CHAP. I.
Prov. xxiv. 12. If thou sayest, Behold, we
knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the
heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy
soul, doth not he know it! and shall not he
render to every man according to his works 1
XLIX. Envious persons.^ Prov. xxiv. 17,
18. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and
let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth :
Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and
he turn away his wrath from him.
L. He knoweth wicked works. Job xxxiv.
25. He knoweth their works, and overturneth
them. Ch. xxiv. 23.
Isa. Ixvi. 18. I know their works, and their
thoughts.
Rev. iii. 15. I know thy works, that thou
art neither cold nor hot.
LI. Whoredom natural and spiritual. Jer.
xxix. 23. Because they have committed villany
in Israel, and have committed adultery with
their neighbours' wives, and have spoken
lying words ; even I know, and am a witness,
Saith the Lord.
Hos. v. 3, 4. I know Ephraim, and Israel is
not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou
committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
They will not frame their doings, to turn unto
their God ; for the spirit of whoredoms is in
the midst of them. Ch. vi. 10.
LII. He knoweth murderers. 2 Sam. xii.
9. Nathan said to David, Wherefore hast thou
despised the commandment of the Lord to do
evil in his sight 1 Thou hast killed Uriah with
the sword, &c.
2 Kings ix. 26. The Lord said, I have seen
the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons.
See Gen. iv. 10.
Ps. Ixxii. 14. Precious shall the blood of
the needy be in his sight.
Jer. xviii. 23. Lord, thou knowest all their
counsel against me to slay me: forgive not
their iniquity.
LIII. The sins of the wicked against right.
Job xxii. 13. Thou sayest, How doth God
know ? can he judge through the dark cloud 1
Ps. lix. 7, 8.
Ps. x. 11. He hath said in his heart, God
hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will
never see it.
Ixxiii. 1 1. They say, How doth God know !
and is there knowledge in the Most High 1
xciv. 7. They say, The Lord shall not see,
neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. See
ver. 8, 9.
GOD'S WISDOM.
LIV. God's Wisdom asserted. Job ix. 4.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength :
who hath hardened himself against him and
hath prospered ] Isa. xxxi. 2.
xxxvi. 5. God is mighty in strength and
wisdom. Ch. xxxviii. 37.
Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom and
might are his. Prov. viii. 14.
Rom. xi. 33. the depth of the wisdom of
God ! &c.
xvi. 27. To God only wise, be glory through
Jesus Christ for ever. 1 Tim. i. 17. Jude 25.
Rev. vii. 12.
LV. God" s Wisdom in creation. Ps. civ.
24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in
wisdom hast thou made them all. Ps. cxxxvi. 5.
Prov. iii. 19, 20. The Lord by wisdom hath
founded the earth ; by understanding hath he
established the heavens. By his knowledge
the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop
down the dew.
Jer. x. 12. He hath made the earth by his
power, he hath established the world by his
wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens
by his discretion. Ch. li. 15.
LVI. God's Wisdom in redemption by
Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 8, 9. He hath abounded
toward us in all wisdom and prudence : Having
made known unto us the mystery of his will.
iii. 10, 11. That now might be known by
the church the manifold wisdom of God, ac-
cording to the eternal purpose which he pur-
posed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. xi. 33.
Col. ii. 3. Christ in whom are hid all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb, to receive
wisdom, &c.
LVII. The wisdom of creatures nothing in
comparison of God's Wisdom.
Job iv. 18. Behold he put no trust in his
servants, and his angels he charged with folly.
xxxvii. 24. He respecteth not any that are
wise of heart.
Prov. xxi. 30. There is no wisdom, nor un-
derstanding, nor counsel against the Lord.
Isa. xliv. 25. He frustrateth the tokens of
the liars, and maketh diviners mad ; he turneth
wise men backward, and maketh their know-
ledge foolish. Ch. xl. 23.
1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is
wiser than men. Ver. 27. God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world, to confound
the wise.
iii. 19. The wisdom of this world is foolish-
ness with God : for it is written, He taketh the
wise in their own craftiness. Job v. 13.
GOD'S POWER.
LVIII. Power ascribed to God. 1 Chron,
xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and
CHAP. I.
GOD S POWER.
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the power, and the glory, and the victory, and
the majesty ; for all that is in the heaven, and
in the earth, is thine ; thine is the kingdom,
O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above
all. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever.
Ver. 12. In thy hand is power and might,
and in thy hand it is to make great, and to
give strength unto all. 2 Chron. xx. 6.
Ps. Ixii. 11. Power belongeth unto God.
cxlvii. 5. Great is our Lord, and of great
power, his understanding is infinite.
See Job xxvi. 14. and xxxvii. 23. The
thunder of his power. Ps. xxix. 4, and Ixviii.
33. His voice powerful. Hab. iii. 4. The
hiding of his power.
LIX. Might ascribed to God. Deut. iii.
24. What God is there in heaven, or in earth,
that can do according to thy works, and ac-
cording to thy might 1
Jer. x. 6. Thou art great, and thy name is
great in might.
Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be the name of God, for
wisdom and might are his.
Mighty. Ps. Ixxxix. 6. Who among the
sons of the mighty can be likened unto the
Lord 1
Ps. xciii. 4. The Lord on high is mightier
than the noise of many waters, yea, than the
mighty waves of the sea.
Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty God,
the Lord of hosts is his name.
Ver. 19. Great in counsel and mighty in
work.
the Almighty God. Gen. xvii.
said, .1 am the Almighty God.
LX. He is
1. The Lord
Rev. i. 8.
Exod. vi. 3. God appeared to Abraham, &c.,
by the name of God Almighty.
Rev. xix. 6. The Lord God omnipotent
reigneth.
LXI. God's Strength. Job ix. 4. He is
wise in heart and mighty in strength; who
hath hardened himself against him and hath
prospered 1 Ch. xxxvi. 5. 19. ix. 19. If I
speak of strength, lo, he is strong.
xii. 13. With him is wisdom, and strength;
he hath counsel and understanding.
Ps. Ixxxix. 8. Lord of hosts, who is a
strong Lord, like unto thee ?
xciii. 1. The Lord is clothed with strength.
Isa. xxvi. 4. In the Lord Jehovah is ever-
lasting strength.
1 Cor. i. 25. The weakness of God is
stronger than men.
LXII. God's Arm. Job xl. 9. Hast thou
an arm like God 1 or canst thou thunder with
a voice like him]
Ps. Ixxxix. 13. Thou hast a mighty arm ;
strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
LXIII. Hand of God. Exod. xv. 6. Thy
right hand is glorious in power.
LXIV. Finger of God. Exod. viii. 19.
The magicians said, This is the finger of God.
xxxi. 18. The tables were written with the
finger of God.
Ps. viii. 3. Thy heavens are the work of
thy fingers.
Luke xi. 20. Jesus cast out devils with the
finger of God.
LXV. God called a rock. Deut. xxxii. 4.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his
ways are judgment, a God of truth and with-
out iniquity, just and right is he. 1 Sam. ii.
2. 2 Sam. xxii. 32. Ps. xviii. 31.
LXVI. Nothing hard to God. Gen. xviii.
14. Is any thing too hard for the Lord?
Jer. xxxii. 17. There is nothing too hard
for thee. Ver. 27.
LXVII. All things possible to him. Matt.
xix. 26. With God, all things, are possible.
Mark x. 27.
Luke i. 37. With God nothing shall be im-
xviii. 27. The things that are impossible
with men, are possible with God. Zech. viii. 6.
LXVIII. He is able to do every thing. Phil,
iii. 21. He is able even to subdue all things to
himself.
Rom. iv. 21. He was able to perform what
he had promised.
Eph. iii. 20. Able to do abundantly above
all that we ask or think.
LXIX. God's power in his wonderful
doings. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders'?
Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven,
or in earth, that can do according to thy works,
and according to thy might?
xxxii. 4. He is the Rock ; his work is perfect.
Job v. 9. He doeth great things, and un-
searchable, marvellous things, without number.
Ch. ix. 10. xxxvii. 5. Ps. Ixxii. 18. Ixxxvi.
10. cxviii. 23. cxxxvi. 4.
Ps. cxi. 7. The works of his hands are ve-
rity and judgment.
Eccl. iii. 14. Whatsoever God doeth, it shall
be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any
thing taken from it.
Dan. iv. 3. How great are his signs, and
how mighty are his wonders ! his kingdom is
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GOD S POWER.
CHAP. I.
an everlasting kingdom, ami his dominion from
generation to generation ! Ver. 35. All the
inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing,
and he doth according to his will in the army
of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the
earth, and none can stay his hand, or say
unto him, What dost thou] See Job ix. 12.
Isa. xlv. 9.
LXX. The prosperity and adversity of
mankind are in his hand. Job ii. 10. Shall
we receive good at the hand of God, and shall
we not receive evil 1
Job v. 18. He maketh sore, and bindeth up ;
he woundeth and bis hands make whole.
xii. 10. In whose hand is the soul of every
living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
xxiii. 13, 14. He is in one mind, and who
can turn him 1 and what his soul desireth,
even that he doth. For he performeth the
thing that is appointed for me, and many such
things are with him.
Isa. xlv. 7. I form the light, and I create
darkness; I make peace and create evil; I the
Lord do all these things. Amos iii. 6.
Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous, and the wise,
and their works, are in the hand of God.
Dan. v. 23. God in whose hand thy breath
is, and whose are all thy ways. Acts xvii. 28.
Jam. iv. 12. He is the one lawgiver, who is
able to save, and to destroy. See Jer. xviii. 6.
Isa. xlv. 9. As clay in the hand of the potter,
so are we in his hand.
LXXI. God's power in the creation of
heaven and earth. Job xxvi. 13. By his
Spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand
hath formed the crooked serpent.
Ps. xcv. 5. The sea is his and he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
cii. 25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation
of the earth, and the heavens are the work of
thy hands. Heb. i. 10.
Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters
in the hollow of his hand, and meted out
heaven with the span, and comprehended the
dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed
the mountains in scales, and the hills in a ba-
lance 1 Prov. xxx. 4.
Isa. xl. 26. He calleth the creatures all by
names, by the greatness of his might, for that
he is strong in power ; not one faileth.
xlviii. 13. My hand also hath laid the foun-
dation of the earth, and my right hand hath
spanned the heavens.
Ixvi. 2. All those things hath my hand
made.
Jer. x. 1 2. He hath made the earth by his
power, he hath established the world by his
wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens
by his discretion. Ch. li. 15.
xxvii. 5. I have made the earth, the man
and the beast that are upon the ground, by my
great power, and by my out-stretched arm, and
have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto
rne. Ch. xxxii. 17.
Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God,
from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead.
LXXII. In the government of the heavens
and the earth. Job xxvi. 12. He divideth the
sea with his power, and by his understanding
he smiteth through the proud. See from ver.
5 to 14, and Ps. Ixxiv. 13.
xxviii. 9. He putteth forth his hand upon
the rock, he overturneth the mountains by the
roots.
Ps. Ixv. 6. By his strength he setteth fast
the mountains.
xcv. 4. In his hand are the deep places of
the earth, the strength of the hills is his.
Isa. xliii. 16, 17. The Lord maketh a way
in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.
He bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the
army and the power.
1. 2, 3. At my rebuke I dry up the sea, I
make the rivers a wilderness. I clothe the
heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth
their covering. Nah. i. 3, 4, 5.
Dan. iv. 35. He doth according to his will
in the army of heaven, and among the inha-
bitants of the earth.
Heb. i. 3. Upholding all things by the word
of his power.
LXXIII. Acts of his power towards his
Church. Exod. vi. 6. I will redeem you with
a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments.
xiii. 3. By strength of hand, the Lord
brought you out of Egypt. Ps. cxxxvi. 12.
Exod. xv. 13. Thou hast guided the people
in thy strength, unto thy holy habitation.
Ver. 17. Thou shalt plant them in the mount
of thine inheritance, in the sanctuary, O Lord,
which thy hands have established.
Num. xiv. 13. Thou broughtest up this
people, in thy might.
Deut. iv. 34. Hath God assayed to go and
tak^ him a nation, from the midst of another
nation, by temptations, by signs, and by
wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,
and by a stretched-out arm, and by great ter-
rors, according to all that the Lord your God
did for you in Egypt? Ch. v. 15. vii. 19,
xxvi. 8. Jer. xxxii. 21. Ezek. xx. 5, 6. 22.
28. 42. xlvii. 14. Dan. ix. 15.
vi. 2 1: The Lord brought us out of Egypt
with a mighty hand. Ch. vii. 8, 9. ix. 26.
xi. 2. xxvi. 8. xxxiv. 12.
Neh. i. 10. Thy people whom thou hast
redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong
hand. Ch. ix. 32. Exod. xxxii. 11.
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GOD S POWER.
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Ps. Ixxix. 11. Let the sighing of the pri-
soner come before thee, according to the
greatness of thy power.
cvi. 8. He saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make his mighty power to be
known. Ps. cxi. 6.
Isa. xlix. 26. All flesh shall know that I the
Lord, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the
mighty One of Jacob. Ch. Ix. 16. Ixiii. 16.
Jer. xx. It. The Lord is with me, as a
mighty terrible one, therefore my persecutors
shall stumble, and shall not prevail. Ps.
xlv. 3.
See Numb. xi. 23. Deut. xxxiii. 27. Ps.
xliv. 3. Ixxvii. 10. 14. Ixxviii. 54. Ixxx.
15. cxviii. 23. Isa. li. 9. 11. Jer. 1. 34.
LXXIV. God's power towards the right-
eous. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord
run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to
shew himself strong in behalf of those whose
heart is perfect toward him.
Hand. 1 Chron. xxix. 12. Both riches and
honour come of thee, and thou reignest over
all : and in thy hand is power and might ; and
in thy hand it is to make great, and to give
strength unto all. Ch. iv. 10.
Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon
all them for good that seek him, but his power
and wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Ver. 31.
Ps. xvii. 7. Thou savest by thy right hand
them that put their trust in thee. Ps. xviii.
35. xxxvii. 24. Dan. iii. 17.
xx. 6. He will hear with the strength of his
right hand. Ps. Ix. 5.
xxxi. 5. Into thy hand I commit my spirit.
(Luke xxiii. 46.) Ver. 15. My times are in
thy hand.
Ixiii. 8. Thy right hand upholdeth me. Ps.
cviii. 6.
Ixxx. 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of
thy right hand. Ps. Ixxxix. 21.
Isa. i. 25. The Lord saith, I will turn my
hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy
dross, and take away all thy tin. See ver. 22.
LXXV. God's power in spiritual blessings
to his people. Ps. xcv. 7. We are the people
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Ps.
cxxxviii. 8. Isa. xix. 25. xxix. 23. xlv.
11. Ix. 21. Ixiv. 8. Jer. xviii. 6. compare
Matt. iii. 9, and Rom. xi. 23.
ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the
day of thy power. 2 Chron. xxx. 12.
Ixiii. 1, 2. My soul thirsteth for thee ; to see
thy power and thy glory, as I have seen thee
in the sanctuary. Ps. xcvi.6. 1 Chron. xvi. 27.
Eph. i. 19. The exceeding greatness of his
power to us-ward who believe, 2 Cor. vi. 7.
Eph. iii. 7.
iii. 20. He is able to do exceeding abun-
dantly above all that we ask or think. 2 Pet.
i. 3. His divine power hath given to us all
things that pertain to life and godliness.
John x. 29. None is able to pluck his people
out of his hand.
2 Tim. i. 12. He is able to keep that com-
mitted unto him.
Rom. xvi. 25. 27. To him that is of power
to stablish you, be glory for ever, amen. Ch.
xiv. 4.
2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace
abound toward you.
Acts xx. 32. I commend you to God, and
to the word of his grace, which is able to build
you up, and to give you an inheritance among
all them which are sanctified.
Jude 24. He is able to keep you from fall-
ing and to present you faultless before the
presence of his glory, with exceeding joy.
1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of
God, through faith unto salvation.
Duty. Eph. vi. 10. Be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might.
LXXVI. God's power against the wick
ed. Ezra viii. 22. God's power and his
wrath is against all them that forsake him
Nah. i. 6.
Ps. xc. 11. Who knoweth the power of
thine anger 1 Heb. x. 31. It is a fearful thing
to fall into the hands of the living God.
Nah. i. 3. The Lord is slow to anger, and
great in power, and will not at all acquit the
wicked.
2 Thess. i. 9. The wicked shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.
SeePs.lix.il. Ixvi. 3. Rom. ix. 17.
Almighty. Job xxi. 29. The eyes of the
wicked shall see his destruction, and he shall
drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Ch.
xxvii. 13, &c.
Job xl. 2. Shall he that contendeth with the
Almighty instruct him 1 he that reproveth God
let him answer it.
Isa. xiii. 6. The day of the Lord shall come
as a destruction from the Almighty. Joel i.
15. ii. 11.
Might. Ps. xxiv. 8. The Lord, strong and
mighty in battle.
Isa. i. 24. Thus saith the Lord, the mighty
one of Israel, I will ease me of mine adversa-
ries, and avenge me of mine enemies.
Jer. xvi. 21.1 will cause them to know my
hand and my might, and they shall know that
my name is the Lord.
Strength. Jer. xxi. 5. I will fight againsf
you, with an outstretched hand, and with 9
strong arm ; even in anger and in fury, and in
great wrath.
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OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES.
CHAP. I
Rev. xviii. 8. Strong is the Lord who
judges Babylon.
Hand. Exod. ix. 3. To Pharaoh Moses
said, The hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle,
upon the horses, the asses, the camels, the
oxen, and the sheep.
Exod. ix. 15. I will stretch out my hand
that I may smite thee and thy people with
pestilence. Ch. iii. 20.
Ver. 16. For this cause have I raised thee
up, to shew in thee my power.
xv. 1 6. Fear and dread shall fall upon them,
by the greatness of thine arm. Ch. vii. 5.
Deut. ii. 15. The hand of the Lord was
against those that murmured, to destroy them
until they were consumed.
xxxii. 20 to 44. How should one chase a
thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight,
except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord
had shut them up 1
Judges ii. 15. Whithersoever they went
out, the hand of the Lord was against them
for evil 1 Sam. v. 9. vi. 3. vii. 13.
1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye rebel against the com-
mandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of
the Lord be against you.
Job x. 7. There is none that can deliver out
of thy hand. Ps. 1. 22. Hos. ii. 10.
xxvii. 22. God shall cast upon the wicked
man, and not spare : he would fain flee out of
his hand.
Ps. xxi. 8. Thy hand shall find out all thine
enemies. Ps. xcviii. 1. cxviii. 15.
Ixvi. 5. The Lord is terrible in his doing
toward the children of men. Ver. 3.
Ixxv. 8. In the hand of the Lord there is a
cup, and the wine is red : it is full of mixture,
and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs
thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring
them out, and drink them. Jer. xxv. 15. 17.
Ii. 7. Hab. ii. 16.
cvi. 26. He lifted up his hand against them,
to overthrow them in the wilderness. Ezek.
xx. 22, 23. 33. xxii. 1 3, 14, 15.
Isa. x. 32. He shall shake his hand against
the mount of the daughter of Zion. Ch. xix.
16. xxv. 11. Jer. vi. 12. xv. 6.
xxxi. 3. When the Lord shall stretch out
his hand, both he that helpeth, and he that is
helped, shall fail together.
1. 11. This shall ye have of my hand; ye
shall lie down in sorrow.
Id. 10. The Lord hath made bare his holy
arm in the eyes of all the nations.
Ezek. xiv. 13. When the land sinneth
against me by trespassing grievously, then
will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will
break the staff of the bread thereof, and will
send famine upon it, and will cut off man and
beast from it. Ch. vi. 14.
xxv. 7. I will stretch out my hand upon
thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to th
heathen. Ver. 13. 16. xxxv. 3.
Arnos ix. 2. Though they dig into hell,
thence shall my hand take them.
Zeph. i. 4. I will stretch out my hand upon
Judah. Ch. ii. 13.
Acts xiii. 1 1. The hand of the Lord is upon
thee, and thou shall be blind for a season.
LXXVII. Sins against the power of God.
Ps. xxviii. 5. Because they regard not the
works of the Lord, nor the operation of his
hands, he shall destroy them, and not build
them up.
Isa. v. 12. They regard not the work of the
Lord, neither consider the operation of his
hands. Ch. xxvi. 11. liii. 1. Ixv. 2.
v. 25. His anger is not turned away, but
his hand is stretched out still. Ch. ix. 12. 17.
21. x. 4. xiv. 27.
Matt. xxii. 29. Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God.
Duties resulting from or founded upon the
doctrine of God's power. Isa. xxxiii. 13. Ye
that are near, acknowledge my might.
Ps. xviii. 1. I will love thee, O Lord my
strength. See Love to God.
Luke xii. 5. Fear him, who after he hath
killed, hath power to cast into hell. See Fear
of God.
Isa. xxvi. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever ;
for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.
See Trust in God.
1 Chron. xvi. 11. Seek the Lord and his
strength. Ps. cv. 4. See Seek God.
Ps. xxi. 1. The king shall joy in thy
strength. See Joy in God.
lix. 17. To thee, my strength, will I sing.
See Praising God.
Ixviii. 34. Ascribe ye strength unto God.
xcvi. 7. Give unto the Lord glory and
strength.
cxlv. 6. Men shall speak of the might of
thy terrible acts. Ver. 11.
cl. 1. Praise God in the firmament of his
power.
Jude 25. To the only wise God, our Sa-
viour, be glory and majesty, dominion and
power, both now and ever. Amen.
Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, Lord, to
receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou.
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure,
they are, and were created. See Ch. v. 13.
vii. 12. xix. 1.
OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES.
As Miracles may be considered as uncommon
effects, produced by the interposal and ex-
ertion of divine power, it is thought proper
to give the following miracles a place under
CHAP. I.
OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES.
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this article. (See Miracles, Ch. iv. Sect.
50 to 58.)
LXXVIII. 1 . Miracles affecting nations and
particular persons. Gen. 7th and 8th chap-
ters. The flood, with all its circumstances :
the design thereof, 2 Pet. ii. 5, to destroy the
ungodly.
Gen. xxi. 2. The birth of Isaac.
xxii. 13. He is miraculously delivered from
death.
xix. 24. The destruction of Sodom and Go-
morrah, &c. Deut. xxix. 23. Isa. xiii. 19. Jer.
xlix. 18. 1. 40.
Exod. iii. 2. An angel appears to Moses in
a flame of fire, in a bush.
iv. 3. Moses's rod is changed into a serpent.
Ver. 6. His hand become th leprous, and is
restored.
vii. 10. Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent
before Pharaoh. Ver. 12. It swallows up the
magicians' rods, turned serpents also. Ver.
20. The waters of Egypt are turned into
blood.
viii. 6. The plague of frogs. Ver. 17. The
plague of lice. Ver. 24. The plague of flies.
ix.6. A plague upon cattle. Ver. 10. Plague
of boils. Ver. 23. Thunder, hail, and fire.
x. 13. The plague of locusts. Ver. 22.
Darkness sent as a plague.
xii. 29. The death of the first-born. Ver.
31. Israel leaves Egypt.
xiii. 21. Israel is guided by a pillar of a
cloud and fire.
xiv. 20. The pillar is dark toward the
Egyptians, and bright toward the Israelites.
Ver, 21. The sea is divided. Ver. 22. Is-
rael passeth through safely. Ver. 26. The
sea returns and overwhelms the Egyptians.
2. These miracles wrought by the power of
God. Exod. iii. 20. I will smite Egypt with
all my wonders. Ch. iv. 9. 17. 28. vii. 3.
xi. 9. Deut. vi. 22. vii. 19. xxvi. 8.
xxxiv. 11.
Neh. ix, 10. Thou shewedst wonders on
Pharaoh. Jer. xxxii. 20, 21.
3. The design of these miracles. Exod. vi.
6, 7. I will redeem you with great judg-
ments, and ye shall know that I am the Lord
your God.
vii. 5. The Egyptians shall know that I am
the Lord, when I stretch forth my hand upon
Egypt. Ch. xiv. 4. 18.
Ver. 17. The waters turned into blood. In
this thou shall know that I am the Lord.
viii. 10. By the plague of frogs, that thou
mayest know that there is none like unto the
Lord our God. Ch. ix. 14.
Ver. 19. Of the plague of lice : The magi-
cians said, This is the finger of God.
Ver. 22. No swarms of flies shall be in the
land of Goshen ; to the end thou mayest know
that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
Exod. ix. 16. For this, cause have I raised
thee up, that my name may be declared
throughout all the earth.
Ver. 27, 28. At the plague of hail, Pharaoh
called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto
them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is
righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Entreat the Lord, and I will let you go.
Ver. 29. Moses said, I will spread abroad my
hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall
cease, neither shall there be any more hail ;
that thou mayest know that the earth is the
Lord's.
x. 1 6, 1 7. At the plague of locusts, Pharaoh
called for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have
sinned against the Lord your God. Entreat
the Lord your God, that he may take away
from me, this death only.
Ver. 24. At the. plague of darkness, Pharaoh
said to Moses, Go serve the Lord; only let
your flocks and your herds be stayed ; let your
little ones also go with you.
xi. 7. Against any of the children of Israel,
shall not a dog move his tongue against man or
beast ; that ye may know, how that the Lord
doth put a difference between the Egyptians
and Israel.
xiv. 4. 17. Concerning the overthrow of
Pharaoh and his army, God said, I will be
honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
host. Ver. 18. The Egyptians shall know-
that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me
honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and
upon his horsemen.
xii. 32. Upon the death of the first-born of
Egypt, Pharaoh said, Take your flocks and
your herds, and be gone, and bless me also.
4. After the overthrow of Pharaoh. Exod.
xiv. 31. Israel saw that great work which the
Lord did upon the Egyptians ; and the people
feared the Lord and believed the Lord.
xv. 1. They sang this song to the Lord,
saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath
triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider
hath he thrown into the sea, &c.
xxix. 46. Israel shall know that I am the
Lord their God, that brought them out of the
land of Egypt.
5. Miracles in the wilderness and the borders
thereof. Exod. xvi. 12, 13. Quails and manna
sent for food. Numb. xi. 31.
xvii. 6. Water brought from a rock, for
drink. Numb. xx. 11.
Deut. xxix. 5, 6. Israelites' clothes waxed
not old, &c. That ye might know that I am
the Lord thy God.
Exod. xix. 16. Thunders and lightnings,
and a thick cloud appear upon Mount Sinai,
and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud is
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OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES.
CHAP. I.
heard, so that all the people trembled. Ch.
xx. 18.
xx. 1. The Jaw is delivered. Ver. 22. The
Lord talked with them from heaven.
xxiv. 18. Moses tarries forty days on the
mount.
xxxiv. 28. Moses fasts forty days. Ver. 29.
His face shines so that the Israelites could not
look upon it.
Lev. ix. 24. Fire from the Lord consumes
the burnt-offering.
x. 2. Fire from the Lord consumes Nadab
and Abihu, for offering with strange fire unto
the Lord.
Numb. xiv. 37. Men who brought an evil
report die by the plague.
xvi. 1. The rebellion of Korah and his com-
pany. Ver. 32. The earth opens and swal-
lows them up.
Ver. 49. Fourteen thousand die by the
plague, for murmuring.
xvii. 8. Aaron's rod budded, as a decisive
token of the priesthood being fixed in the
house of Levi.
xi. 25. The spirit of prophecy given to the
elders of Israel.
xxi. 4. The people for murmuring are bitten
by fiery serpents. Ver. 6. And healed by
looking on a brazen serpent. Ver. 9. On a
pole.
xxii. 28. Balaam reproved by an ass speak-
ing, and terrified at the sight of an angel, as
he went to curse Israel. xxiii. 8. 20. Is
forced to bless Israel. Ch. xxiv. 4. 13.
Josh. iii. 7. Jordan stops until Israel passeth
over.
6. The design and use to lie made of these
miracles is thus set forth. Exod. x. 2. Tell
in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son,
what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my
signs which I have done among them ; that
ye may know how that I am the Lord.
Deut. iv. 32, 33. Ask now of the days that
are past, since the day that God created man
upon the earth, and ask from the one side of
heaven unto the other, whether there hath
been any such thing as this great thing is, or
hath been heard like it : Did ever people hear
the voice of God speaking out of the midst of
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live 1
Deut. iv. 34, 35. Or hath God assayed to
go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and
by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,
and by a stretched-out arm, and by great ter-
rors, according to all that the Lord your God
did for you in Egypt, before your eyes 1 Unto
thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know
*bat the Lord he is God ; there is none else
oesides him.
Ver. 36. Out of heaven he made thee to
hear his voice, that he might instruct thee;
and upon earth, he shewed thee his great fire ;
and thou heardest his words out of the midst
of the fire. Ver. 39. Know, therefore, this day,
and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord
he is God, in heaven above, and upon the
earth beneath ; there is none else.
Josh. iv. 23, 24. The Lord your God dried
up the waters of Jordan before you, as he did
the Red sea : That all the people of the earth
might know the hand of the Lord, that it is
mighty ; that ye might fear the Lord your God
for ever. Ch. iii. 10.
xxiv. 31. Israel served the Lord all the days
of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that
outlived Joshua, which had known all the
works of the Lord which he had done for Is-
rael. Judg. ii. 7.
7. Other miracles and remarkable provi-
dences in the land of Israel, wrought for
promoting the faith and worship of the one
living and true God.
Josh. vi. 20. Jericho taken, the walls there-
of falling down at the sound of rams' horns.
x. 11. Israel's enemies destroyed by hail.
Ver. 13. The sun stands still.
Judg. vi. 38. A sign given to Gideon by a
fleece.
vii. 13. Another sign, a Midianitish host
miraculously discomfited.
xiii. 3. An angel foretells the birth of
Samson.
Samson's works. Ch. xiv. 6. xv. 14, 15.
19. xvi. 3. 12. 14. 30.
1 Sam. v. 3. Dagon falls before the ark.
vi. 12. The ark carried to the land of Israel
by cattle without a guide. Ver. 14.
vii. 1 0. God thundereth upon the Philistines.
xii. 18. Thunder and rain sent at Samuel's
prayer.
xiv. 15. Enemies struck with groundless
fear. Ver. 20. They kill one another.
xvii. 49. David kills Goliath. Ver. 46
Saying, the Lord will deliver thee into my
hand, that all the earth may know that there
is a God in Israel.
xix. 20. The spirit of prophecy comes upon
Saul's messengers. Ver. 21. And upon Saul.
Ver. 24.
1 Kings xiii. 5. The altar rent, and ashes
poured out as a sign foretold by the prophet.
Ver. 6. Jeroboam's withered hand restoret 1
at the prayer of the prophet.
Ver. 28. An ass and lion stand by the
carcass of a disobedient prophet, slain by the
lion.
xvii. 1. Elijah's miracles, viz. A great
drought. Ver. 6. He is fed by ravens. Ver.
1 6. Multiplies a barrel of meal, and cruse of
oil in famine. Ver. 22. Brings a dead child
to life.
CHAP. I.
OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES,
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xviii. 38. In a contest with the priests of
Baal, to decide whether the God of Israel, or
Baal, was the true God, fire consumes Elijah's
sacrifice, though much water was poured on
it. Ver. 37. Elijah prayed and said, hear me,
O Lord, that this people may know that thou
art the Lord God. Ver. 39. When the fire
consumed the sacrifice, the people fell on their
faces and cried, The Lord he is the God, the
Lord he is the God.
1 Kings xx. 13. A remarkable victory.
Ver. 28.
2 Kings i. 10. Officers sent to lay hold on
Elijah, are consumed by fire from heaven.
Ver. 12.
ii. 8. Jordan struck with Elijah's mantle,
divides. Ver. 11. Elijah is carried to heaven.
Ver. 22. Waters healed by Elisha.
iii. 22. Waters appear like blood to the
enemy. Ver. 24. A great slaughter of them.
iv. 5. Elisha multiplies a widow's oil. Ver.
35. Restores a dead child to life. Ver. 42.
Sons of the prophet miraculously fed.
v. 14. Naaman cured of leprosy. Ver. 27.
Leprosy entailed upon Gehazi and his off-
spring.
2 Kings vi. 6. Iron swims.
vi. 12. Elisha discovereth secret counsels.
Ver. 18. At his prayer the enemy is smit-
ten with blindness. Ver. 20. Their eyes
opened.
xiii. 21. A dead man is restored to life, on
touching the bones of Elisha.
xix. 35. An angel smites the host of the
Assyrians. Isa. xxxvii. 36.
xx. 10. The shadow returns ten degrees
on the dial, as a sign to Hezekiah.
1 Chron. xxi. 26. An angel slaying the Is-
raelites is stopped at David's prayer.
2 Chron. vii. 1. Fire consumes the sacrifice
at Solomon's prayer.
xx. 23. Enemies destroy one another.
Neh. ix. 21. During forty years' travel in
the wilderness, the clothes of the Israelites
waxed not old, nor did their feet swell. Deut.
viii. 4. xxix. 5.
8. Miraculous judgments by the hand of
enemies upon the wicked , the end and de-
sign of every one of which is expressly said
to be, that God might be known by them.
Ezek. vi. 6, 7. Your cities shall be laid
waste. Ver. 10. 14. Ch. xxxiii. 29.
vii. 4. I will recompense thy ways upon
thee. Ver. 9. 27.
xi. 10. Ye shall fall by the sword. Ver. 12.
xii. 15. I will scatter them among the na-
tions. Ver. 16, 20.
xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the pro-
phets that divine lies. Ver. 14. 21. 23.
xiv. 8. Every one that setteth up his idols
in his heart, and cometh to a prophet to in-
quire of him concerning me, I will set my
face against that man.
xv. 7. I will set my face against them.
Ver. 8.
xx. 37. I will cause you to pass under the
rod. Ver. 12. 44.
Ver. 38. I will purge out the rebels from
among you.
xxi. 3. 5. Thus saith the Lord, I am
against thee, and will draw forth my sword :
it shall not return any more.
xxii. 15. And I will scatter thee among the
heathen, and disperse thee in the countries,
and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Ver. 22. As silver is melted in the midst
of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the
midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the
Lord have poured out my fury upon you.
xxiii. 46. I will give them to be removed
and spoiled. Ver. 49.
xxv. 7. I will deliver thee for a spoil to the
heathen. See Ch. xxiv. 21. 24. 27.
9. Judgments upon other nations for the
same end. Ezek. xxv. 16. I will stretch out
my hand upon the Philistines. Ver. 5. 7. 11.
14. 17.
xxvi. 3. I am against thee, O Tyrus. Ver. 6.
xxviii. 22. Against thee, O Zidon. Ver.
23, 24. 26.
xxix. 3. Against thee, O Pharaoh. Ver.
9.16.21. Ch. xxx. xxxii.
xxxv. 2. Mount Seir, I will lay thy cities
waste. Ver. 4. 9. 15.
xxxviii. 16. Thou Gog shall come against
my people. Ver. 23.
10. The same is asserted to be the end of
the following merciful providences, as the
reader will find by consulting at large the
places quoted.
Isa. xlix. 23. And kings shall be thy nurs-
ing fathers, and their queens thy nursing
mothers : They shall bow down to thee, with
their face toward the earth, and lick up the
dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I
am the Lord : For they shall not be ashamed
that wait for me.
Ezek. xxxiv. 27. The tree shall yield her
fruit, the earth shall yield her increase, and
they shall be safe.
xxxvi. 37. I will increase them with men
like a flock. Ver. 38. So shall the waste
cities be filled with men. Ver. 11. 23.
xxxvii. 6. I will lay sinews upon you, and
will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you
with skin, and put breath in you, and ye
shall live ; and ye shall know that I am the
Lord. Ver. 13. Ye shall know that I am the
Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my
people, and brought you up out of your graves.
xxxix. 27. When I have brought them from
captivity, then shall they know that I am the
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RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
CHAP. I.
Lord, which caused them to be led into cap-
tivity. Ver. 7. 22. 28.
Seelsa.xliii.9, 10, 11, 12. xlv.3. lx.6.
Ixvi. 14. Ezek. xvi. 62.
11. Miracles in Babylon. Dan. ii. 31. Da-
niel tells the king his dream, and the inter-
pretation thereof. Ver. 47. The king an-
swered, Of a truth it is, that your God is a
God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a re-
veal er of secrets.
iii. 25. Three men in the fiery furnace un-
hurt by it. Ver. 29. The king made a de-
cree, that whosoever should speak against God
who delivered them, should be cut in pieces.
iv. 19. Daniel explains the king's dream,
which being accomplished, the king praised
and honoured the King of heaven. Ver. 34. 37.
v. 25. Daniel explains the writing upon the
wall, concerning Belshazzar.
See also Daniel's visions.
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
LXXIX. Righteousness ascribed to God.
Deut. xxxii. 4. All his ways are judgment:
a God of truth, and without iniquity; just
and right is he.
Job xxxvi. 3. Elihu said, I will ascribe
righteousness to my Maker.
Ps. xi. 7. For the righteous Lord loveth
righteousness. Ps. xxxiii. 5.
xxxvi. 6. Thy righteousness is like the
great mountains ; thy judgments are a great
deep.
xlviii. 10. Thy right hand is full of right-
eousness.
Ixxi. 19. Thy righteousness, God, is very
high.
xcii. 15. There is no unrighteousness in
the Lord.
xcvii. 2. Righteousness and judgment are
the habitation of his throne.
cxi. 3. His righteousness endureih for ever.
Ps. cxii. 3. 9.
cxix. 137. Righteous art thou, Lord, and
upright are thy judgments. (Jer. xii. 1.)
Ver. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlast-
ing righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his
ways, and holy in all his works.
Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise
loving-kindness, judgment and righteousness
in the earth.
LXXX. God is righteous in punishing the
wicked. Gen. xviii. 23. Abraham said, Wilt
thou also destroy the righteous with the wick-
ed ! Ver. 25. That be far from thee, to slay
the righteous with the wicked ; and that the
righteous should be as the wicked, that be far
from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the
earth do right 1
Exod. ix. 27. Pharaoh said, The Lord is
righteous ; I and my people are wicked.
Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is
brought upon us; for thou hast done right,
but we have done wickedly. Lam. i. 18.
Dan. ix. 14.
Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon man
more than right.
Ps. xcviii. 2. His righteousness hath he
openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
cxxix. 4. The Lord is righteous ; he hath
cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Isa. xxviii. 17. Judgment will I lay to the
line, and righteousness to the plummet.
Dan. ix. 7. Lord, righteousness belong-
eth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces,
as at this day. Ver. 14. Mic. vi. 5.
Rev. xvi. 5. The angel said, Thou art right-
eous, O Lovd, because thou hast judged thus.
Ch. xviii. 6.
LXXXI. Men shall reap as they sow. For
this see the following texts : Job iv. 8. Prov.
xxii.8. Jer.ii. 19. Hos.x. 13. Gal.vi.7,8.
Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also
reap.
LXXXII. In rewards to the righteous.
1 Sam. xxvi. 23. The Lord render to every
man his righteousness, and his faithfulness.
2 Sam. xxii. 21. The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness. Ps. xviii. 20.
See 1 Kings viii. 32. Job xxxiii. 26.
Matt. xx. 4. Whatsoever is right, I will
give you.
LXXXIII. Things of God declared to be
right.
Righteous are his judgments. Neh. ix. 1 3.
Thou gavest them right judgments, and true
laws, good statutes and commandments. See
Deut. iv. 8. Ps. xix. 9. cxix. 62. 106. 137.
160. 164. Jer. xii. 1.
Statutes. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the
Lord are right.
Precepts. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy
precepts concerning all things to be right.
Testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy testimo-
nies that thou hast commanded are righteous.
Ver. 144.
Commands. Ps. cxix. 172. All thy com-
mandments are righteousness.
Word. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the
Lord is right, and all his works are done in
truth. Isa. xlv. 19.
Ways. Hos. xiv. 9. The ways of the
Lord are right, and the just shall walk in
them. Acts xiii. 10.
CHAP. I.
GOD S JUSTICE TRUTH FAITHFULNESS.
JUSTICE OF GOD.
LXXXIV. Justice ascribed to God.
Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without
iniquity : just and right is he.
Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is
brought upon us. Lam. i. 18.
Job iv. 17. Shall mortal man be more just
than God ?
viii. 3. Doth God pervert judgment, or doth
the Almighty pervert justice?
xxxvii. 23. He is excellent in power, and in
judgment, and in plenty of justice.
Ps. Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are
the habitation of thy throne ; mercy and truth
shall go before thy face. Ps. xcvii. 2.
Isa. xlv. 21. I the Lord, a just God, and a
Saviour.
Jer. 1. 7. They have sinned against the
Lord, the habitation of justice.
Zeph. iii. 5. The just Lord is in the midst
thereof.
1 John i. 9. He is just to forgive us our sins.
Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou
King of saints.
LXXXV. Injustice and iniquity denied
concerning God. Deut. xxxii. 4. See above.
2 Chron. xix. 7. There is no iniquity with
the Lord.
Job xxxiv. 12. Surely God will not do
wickedly ; neither will the Almighty pervert
judgment. See Jer. ii. 5. Zeph. iii. 5.
GOD'S TRUTH.
LXXXVI. Truth ascribed to God. Exod.
xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gra-
cious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and
truth.
Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without
iniquity ; just and right is he.
Ps. xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are
mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant
and his testimonies.
Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and
his truth. Ver. 10. Thy mercy is great unto
the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Ixxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met to-
gether ; righteousness and peace, &c.
Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full
of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering,
and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth
shall go before thy face.
xci. 4. His truth shall be thy shield and
buckler.
Ps. xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with
righteousness, and the people with his truth.
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xcviii. 3. He hath remembered his mercy
and his truth toward the house of Israel.
c. 5. The Lord is good ; his mercy is ever-
lasting, and his truth endureth to all genera-
tions. Ps. cxvii. 2.
cxlvi. 6. He keepeth truth for ever.
See Gen. xxiv. 27. xxxii. 10. Ps. xxxi.
5. cxv. 1. cxxxviii. 2. Numb, xxiii. 19.
John vii. 28. viii. 26. 2 Cor. i. 18. Rev.
iii. 7. vi. 10.
LXXXVII. Things of God called truth.
Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right;
and all his works are done in truth. Ps. cxi. 8.
Dan. iv. 37* All his works are truth, and
his ways judgment.
Ps. cxix. 142. Thy righteousness is an ever-
lasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Ps. xix. 9. cxix. 160.
Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faith-
fulness and truth.
Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou
King of saints.
LXXXVIII. Lying denied of God. Numb,
xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie.
1 Sam. xv. 29. The strength of Israel will
not lie. Ps. Ixxxix. 35.
Tit. i. 2. God cannot lie. Heb. vi. 18.
GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.
LXXXIX. The faithfulness of God. Deut.
vii. 9. He is the faithful God, which keepeth
covenant and mercy with them that love him
and keep his commandments, to a thousand
generations.
Ps. xxx vi. 5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the
heavens ; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto
the clouds.
Ixxxix. 8. Lord God of hosts, who is a
strong Lord like unto thee, or to thy faithful-
ness round about thee 1 Ver. 2.
Ver. 33. My loving-kindness will I not ut-
terly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness
to fail. Ver. 24.
cxix. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all gene-
rations. Ver. 75.
cxliii. 1. In thy faithfulness answer me, and
in thy righteousness.
Isa. xlix. 7. The Lord is faithful.
Lam. iii. 23. Great is thy faithfulness.
1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye
were called unto the fellowship of his Son
Jesus Christ. Ch.x. 13.
1 Thess.v. 24. Faithful is he thatcalleth you.
2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who
shall establish you, and keep you from evil.
2 Tim.ii. 13. He abideth faithful.
Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that promised.
I Pet. iv. 19. A faithful Creator.
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GOD'S PURITY HOLINESS.
CHAP. I.
1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to for-
give us our sins.
XC. Things of God called faithful. Com-
mands and testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy
commandments are righteous, and very faith-
ful. Ver.86.
Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are his
faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5. xxii. 6.
Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old
are faithfulness and truth.
Christ. Rev.i.5. He is the faithful witness.
Ch. xix. 11.
God to be praised for his faithfu Iness. Ps.
xl. 10. I have declared thy faithfulness and
thy salvation.
Ixxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make
known thy faithfulness. Ver. 5. The heavens
shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : thy faith-
fulness also in the congregation of the saints.
xcii. 2. It is a good thing to show forth thy
loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faith-
fulness every night. Ps. Ixxxviii. 1 1.
XCI. God's faithfulness in fulfilling his
promises. Josh. xxi. 45. There failed not
aught of any good thing which the Lord had
spoken unto the house of Israel : all came to
pass. Ch. xxiii. 14, 15. 1 Kings viii. 15.
20. 24,
Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth
to Jacob, and thy mercy to Abraham, which
thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days
of old. Jer. xi. 5. Compare Gen. xxvi. 3.
Deut. ix. 5.
Actsiii. 18. These things which God showed
by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ
should suffer, he hath fulfilled. Ch. xiii. 32,
33. Luke i. 72, 73. Ps. Ixxxix. 34.
XCII. In fulfilling threatenings. Lam.
ii. 17. The Lord hath fulfilled his word that
he commanded in the days of old ; he hath
thrown down and hath not pitied, he hath
caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, &c.
See Isa. Ixvi. 14. Jer. i. 12. xxxix. 16. li.
29. Ezek. xii. 25.
GOD'S PURITY,.
XCIII. God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall a
man be more pure than his Maker? Ver. 18.
xv. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his
saints ; yea the heavens are not clean in his
sight.
xxv. 5. Behold .even to the moon, and it
shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his
sight.
Hab. i. 1 3. Thou art of purer eyes than to
behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.
1 John iii. 3. God is pure.
Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is pure.
Ps. xii. 6. Ps. cxix. 140. Prov. xxx. 5.
His word is pure.
GOD'S HOLINESS
XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11.
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Lev. xix. 2. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord
your God am holy. Ch. xi. 44. xx. 26.
xxi. 8.
Josh. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a jealous
God.
1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the Lord.
Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that in-
habitest the praises of Israel.
xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he is
holy. Ver. 9.
cxlv. 17. The Lord is holy in all his works.
Isa. v. 1 6. God that is holy shall be sancti-
fied in righteousness.
vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts,
the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8.
Ixiii. 15. Look down from heaven, and be-
hold from the habitation of thy holiness, and
of thy glory.
Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by his
holiness.
John xvii. 11. Holy Father, keep through
thine own name, those whom thou hast
given me.
Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy.
vi. 10. How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on
them that dwell on the earth.
xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee, Lord, and
glorify thy name, for thou only art holy ; for
all nations shall come and worship before thee.
XCV. The same otherwise expressed. Job
iv. 17. Shall a man be more pure than his
Maker? Ch. ix. 2.
Ver. 18. Behold he put no trust in his ser-
vants, and his angels he charged with folly.
xv. 15. He putteth no trust in his saints,
yea the heavens are not clean in his sight.
xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it
shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his
sight.
xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he
should do wickedness, and from the Almighty
that he should commit iniquity.
Ps. v. 4, 5. Thou art not a God that hath
pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil
dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in
thy sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of the Most
High proceedeth not evil and good.
Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than
to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.
CHAP. I.
GOODNESS OF GOD.
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James i. 13. God cannot be tempted with
evil, neither tempteth he any man.
1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all.
XCVI. God is the holy one by way of
eminency. Isa. xliii. 15. I am the Lord, your
holy one.
Hab. i. 12. Art thou not from everlasting,
Lord, my holy one ] See 2 Kings xix. 22.
Isa. xxix. 23. xxxvii. 23. xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29.
The holy one of Israel. Ps. Ixxi. 22. I
will praise thee, thou holy one of Israel. Ps.
Ixxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4. x. 20. xii. 6. xvii.
7. xxix. 19. xxxi. 1. Jer. li. 5. Ezek.
xxxix. 7.
XCVII. Tilings pertaining to God declared
holy.
His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend
is his name. Lev. xxii. 32. Ps. xcix. 3. Isa.
Ivii. 15. Ezek. xxxix. 7.
Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth upon the
throne of his holiness.
Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from his
holy heaven, with the saving strength of his
right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27.
Place. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend
into the hill of the Lord ? and who shall stand
in his holy place 1 He that hath clean hands
and a pure heart. Ps. xlvi. 4. Ixviii. 1 7. 35.
Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cried, God heard me out
of his holy hill. Ps. ii. 6. xv. 1. xliii. 3.
xcix. 9.
Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down
from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and
bless thy people. Ps. Ixviii. 5. Jer. xxv. 30.
Zech. ii. 13.
Mountain. Isa. Ixv. 25. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. Ch.
xi. 9. Ivi. 7. Ivii. 13. Ezek. xx. 40. Dan.
xi. 45. Joel iii. 1 7. Zech. viii. 3.
House. Ps.xciii. 5. Holiness becometh thy
house, O Lord. 1 Chron. xxix. 3. Isa. Ixiv. 1 1.
Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of
my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when
1 lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered his
holy promise.
Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remembered
his holy covenant. Dan. xi. 28. 30.
Law. Rom. vii. 12. The law is holy, and
the commandment holy, just and good.
Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. Promised in the
holy scriptures. 2 Tim. iii. 15.
Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us,
and called us with an holy calling.
Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To-morrow is the
rest of the holy Sabbath. Ch. xxxi. 14, 15.
JNeh. ix. 14. Isa. Iviii. 13.
People. Deut. vii. 6. Thou art an holy
people to the Lord your God. Ch. xiv. 2. 21.
See Exod. xix. 6, and 1 Pet. ii. 9. Lev x.
10. Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor. iii. 17. Eph.i.4.
v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 15. ii. 5. 2 Pet.
iii. 11.
Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by the
mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. iii. 2
Rev. xxii. 6.
Priests. Exod. xxii. 31. Ye priests shall
be holy unto me. Isa. Iii. 11. Be ye clean
that bear the vessels of the Lord.
Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders
done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Heb. vii. 26. Ps. xvi. 10. Ixxxix. 19. Acts
11. 27. iii. 14. xiii. 35.
Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy
Spirit from me. Isa. Ixiii. 10, 11. Luke xi.
13. Rom.i.4. Eph.i.13. iv.30. IThess.
iv. 8.
Angels. Mark viii. 38. The Son of man
cometh with the holy angels. Acts x. 22.
Rev. xiv. 10.
GOODNESS OF GOD.
XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. Exod.
xxxiv. 6. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful
and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in
goodness and truth.
1 Chron. xvi. 34. give thanks to the
Lord, for he is good, his mercy endureth for
ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. vii. 3. Ezra iii. 11.
Ps. c. 5. cvi. 1. cvii. 1. cxviii. 1. 29.
cxxxv. 3. cxxxvi. 1. cxlv. 9. Jer. xxxiii.
11. Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7.
Ps. xxv. 8. Good and upright is the Lord ;
therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is
good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him,
Iii. 1. The goodness of God endureth con-
tinually.
Ixxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and ready
to forgive, and plenteous in mercy, to all that
call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 68.
cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter the
memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing
of thy righteousness.
Zech. ix. 17. How great is his goodness !
how great is his beauty !
Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but one,
that is, God. Luke xviii. 19.
Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth
to repentance.
xi. 22. Behold the goodness and severity
of God.
XCIX. The Lord doth good. Gen. xxxiv
12. The Lord said to Jacob, I will surely & >
thee good, &c.
1. 20. Joseph said to his brethren,Ye thought
evil against me, but God meant it unto goovf.
MERCY OF GOD.
CHAP. I.
Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will
make all my goodness pass before thee.
Deut. xxx. 9. The Lord will rejoice over
thee for good.
xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for the good
will of him that dwelt in the bush.
2 Sam. vii. 28. Lord, thou hast promised
this goodness unto thy servant. Ver. 29.
1 Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced for all
the goodness the Lord had done for David his
servant, and for Israel his people.
Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon
all them for good that seek him. Ver. 18.
Ch. vii. 9. Neh. ii. 8. 18.
Neh. v. 19. Think upon me, my God, for
good. Ch. xiii. 31.
ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in
thy great goodness.
Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at the
hand of God, and shall we not receive evil 1 ?
Ps. iv. 6. Many say, Who will shew us
any good 1 Lord lift thou up the light of thy
countenance upon us.
xxi. 3. Thou preventest with the blessings
of goodness.
xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow
me all the days of my life, and I will dwell
in the house of the Lord for ever.
xxv. 7. According to thy mercy, remember
me for thy goodness' sake.
xx vii. 13. I had fainted unless I had be-
lieved, to see the goodness of the Lord in the
land of the living.
xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness
of the Lord.
xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall
not want any good thing.
Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the good-
ness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-
kindness is good.
Ixxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to
such as are of a clean heart.
Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield;
he will give grace and glory : no good thing
will he withhold from them that walk up-
rightly.
Ixxxvi. 17. Show me a token for good.
ciii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul; who
satisfieth thy mouth with good things.
cvii. 8. O that men would praise the Lord
for his goodness, and for his wonderful works
to the children of men. Ver. 15. 21. 31.
cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for
good.
cxliii. 10. Thy spirit is good, lead me into
the land of uprightness.
cxliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, my
fortress, and high tower, &c.
Isa. Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kind-
nesses of the Lord, and the praises of the
Lord, according to all that the Lord hath be-
stowed on us, and the great goodness toward
the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed
on them.
Jer. xxiv. 5. I sent them captives out of this
place for their good. Ver. 6. I will set mine
yes upon them for good, and I will build
them, and plant them.
xxix. 32. Th wicked shall not behold the
good that I will do for my people.
xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing in the
height of Zion ; and shall flow together to the
goodness of the Lord, for wheat and for wine,
&c. Ver. 14. My people shall be satisfied
with my goodness, saith the Lord.
xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart and
one way, that they may fear me for ever ; for
the good of them, and of their children after
them. Ver. 42. I will bring upon this people
all the good that I have promised.
xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall
hear the good that I do unto my people, and
they shall fear and tremble, for all the good-
ness, and for all the prosperity.
Ver. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, that I will perform that good thing
which I have promised unto the house of Is-
rael. See Josh. xxi. 45. xxiii. 14. xxiv. 20.
and 1 Kings viii. 56.
Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall fear
the Lord, and his goodness in the latter days.
Matt. vii. 11. If ye, being evil, know how
to give good gifts to your children, how much
more shall your Father which is in heaven,
give good things to them that ask him 1
xx. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am
good]
Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry
with good things.
ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men.
xii. 32. It is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom.
Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself without
witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain
from heaven, and fruitful seasons. Ps. civ.
28. Ixviii. 10. Ixxxv. 12.
Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are
the called according to his purpose.
James i. 17. Every good gift, and every
perfect gift is from above, arid cometh down
from the Father of lights.
MERCY OF GOD.
C. God is merciful. Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7.
The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-
suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth;
keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving ini-
quity, transgression and sin.
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MERCY OF GOD.
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Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is long-suffering,
and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity.
Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to par-
don, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
of great kindness. Ver. 19. 27, 28. 31.
Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in the
heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto
the clouds.
Ivii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the hea-
vens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Ps.
cviii. 4.
Ixii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth
mercy.
Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full
of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering,
and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 5.
c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is ever-
lasting and his truth endureth to all genera-
tions.
ciii. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Ps.
cxi. 4.
cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and right-
eous ; yea, our God is merciful.
cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mercies,
Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14.
cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, Lord, endureth
for ever.
cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of
compassion ; slow to anger, and of great
mercy.
Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God belong
mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him.
Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies
that we are riot consumed, because his com-
passions fail not. Ver. 32. Though he cause
grief, yet will he have compassion, according
to the multitude of his mercies.
Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repentest thee of the evil.
Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the
transgression of the remnant of his heritage 1
he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he
delighteth in mercy.
2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, and the
God of all comfort.
Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy.
James ii. 13. Mercy rejoiceth against judg-
ment.
James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and
of tender mercy.
1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord
is gracious.
CI. Mercy promised. Ps. v. 7. I will come
into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy.
Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and
his truth.
Ps. lix. 10. The God of my mercy shall
prevent me.
Ixxxix. 2, Mercy shall be built up for ever ;
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the
heavens. Ver. 14. Mercy and truth shall go
before thy face. Ver. 28. My mercy will I
keep for him for evermore.
cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on Zion.
Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will have mercy on
Jacob, and will yet choose Israel.
xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that
he may be gracious unto you ; and therefore .
will he be exalted that he may have mercy
upon you.
liv. 7, 8. For a small moment have I for-
saken thee, but with great mercies will I gather
thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from
thee for a moment, but with everlasting kind-
ness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord
thy Redeemer. Ver. 10. For the mountains
shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my
kindness shall not depart from thee, neither
shall the covenant of my peace be removed,
saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
xlii. 21. The Lord is well pleased for his
righteousness' sake ; he will magnify the law,
and make it honourable.
Iv. 3. I wilr* make an everlasting covenant
with you, even the sure mercies of David.
xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them shall
lead them, even by the springs of water shall
he guide them.
Ix. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in
my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Jer. xxx. 18. I will bring again the capti-
vity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his
dwelling-places. Ch. xxxiii. 26. Ezek. xxxix.
25. Hos. i. 7. ii. 23.
xlii. 12. I will shew mercies unto you, that
the king of Babylon may Jiave mercy upon
you, and cause you to return to your own
land.
Lam. iii. 32. Though the Lord cause grief,
yet will he have compassion, according to the
multitude of his mercies.
Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in
righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-
kindness, and in mercies.
Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth
to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which
thou hast sworn unto our fathers.
Zech. i. 16. Thus saith the Lord, I am re-
turned to Jerusalem with mercies.
x. 6. I will bring them again to place them,
for I have mercy upon them ; and they shall
be as though I had not cast them off.
Rom. ix. 15. I will have mercy on whom I
will have mercy. (Exod. xxxiii. 19.) Ver.
1 6. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him
that runneth, but of God that sheweth
mercy.
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MERCY OF GOD.
CHAP. 1.
CII. Persons to whom, mercy is promised.
Mercy is promised to the obedient. See the
following texts on promises to the obedient:
Exod. xx. 6. Deut. v. 10. xiii. 17, 18. Ps.
xxv. 10.
To the penitent. See in promises to con-
version, or turning to God, the following texts:
2 Chron. xxx. 9. Prov. xxviii. 13. Isa. Iv.
7. Jer. iii. 12. xxxi. 19, 20.
To them that fear God See in promises
to them that fear God, the following texts :
Ps. ciii. 11. 13. 17. Luke i. 50.
To them that love God. See in promises
to loving God, the following texts : Exod. xx.
6. Deut. v. 10. Ps. cxix. 132. Jude 21.
To them that trust in God. See in pro-
mises to them that trust in God, the following
texts: Ps. xxxii. 10. xxxiii. 22.
CIII. Mercy prayed for. Numb. vi. 24,
25, 26. On this wise the priests shall bless
(or pray for) the people : The Lord bless thee,
and keep thee : The Lord make his face
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee :
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace.
xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity
of this people, according to the greatness of
thy mercy.
Deut. xxi. 8. Be merciful, Lord, unto
thy people, whom thou hast redeemed.
Neh. xiii. 22. Remember me, O my God,
and spare me, according to the greatness of
thy mercy.
Ps. iv. 1. Have mercy upon me, and hear
my prayer.
vi. 2. Have mercy upon me, Lord, for I
am weak : O Lord, heal me. Ver. 4. O save
me for thy mercies' sake. Ps. xxx. 10.
Ixix. 13, 14. 16, 17. Ivii. 1. xliv. 26. Ivi.
1. cxxiii. 3.
Ps. ix. 13. Have mercy upon me, Lord ;
consider my trouble.
xxv. 6, 7. Remember, Lord, thy tender
mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they
have been ever of old. Remember not the sins
of my youth, nor my transgressions : accord-
ing to thy mercy remember thou me. Ps.
Lxxxvi. 6.
Ver. 7. 16. For thy goodness' sake, Lord,
turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ;
for I am desolate and afflicted. Ps. Ixxxvi. 16.
xxvi. 11. I will walk in mine integrity : re-
deem me, and be merciful unto me.
xl. 11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies
from me, Lord : let thy loving-kindness and
thy truth continually preserve me.
xli. 4. Lord, be merciful unto me ; heal my
soul, for I have sinned against thee.
li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, accord-
ing to thy loving-kindness ; according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions.
Ixi. 7. O prepare mercy and truth, which
may preserve the king.
Ixxix. 8. O remember not against us former
iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily
prevent us. Ver. 9. Help us, O God of our
salvation, for the glory of thy name ; and de-
liver us, and purge away our sins for thy
name's sake.
Ixxxv. 7. Show us thy mercy, Lord, and
grant us thy salvation.
Ixxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, Lord,
for I cry unto thee daily. Ver. 5. For thou,
Lord, art good and ready to forgive ; and
plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
Ps. xxvii. 7.
xc. 14. O satisfy us early with thy mercy,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
cix. 21, 22. Because thy mercy is goocl,
deliver thou me, for I am poor and needy.
Ver. 26. Help me, Lord my God, O save
me according to thy mercy.
cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to
thy word. Ver. 58. Be merciful unto me.
according to thy word. Ver. 77. Let thy
tender mercies come unto me, that I may live.
Ver. 124. Deal with thy servant according
unto thy mercy ; and teach me thy statutes.
Ver. 132. Look thou upon me, and be merci-
ful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those
that love thy name.
Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, and
receive us graciously.
Hab. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in the
midst of the years; in wrath remember mercy,
Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gra-
cious unto us.
Luke xviii. 13. God be merciful to me a
sinner.
Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to
this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and
upon the Israel of God.
1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace from
God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Tim. i. 2. Tit, i. 4. 2 John 3.
2 Tim. i. 16. The Lord give mercy unto
the house of Onesiphorus. Ver. 18. The
Lord grant that he may find mercy of the Lord
in that day.
Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and
love be multiplied.
CIV. Mercy acknowledged in various in-
stances. Gen. xix. 16. The Lord being mer-
ciful unto Lot, they brought him forth, and set
him without the city. Ver. 19. Lot said,
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Thou hast magnified thy mercy in saving my
life.
Exod. xv. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led
forth the people which thou hast redeemed.
2 Sam. xxii. 51. He sheweth mercy to his
anointed, unto David, and to his seed for
evermore. Ps. xviii. 50. 1 Kings iii. 6.
2 Chron. vi. 42.
Ezra vii. 27, 28. Blessed be the Lord, who
hath extended mercy unto me, before the king
and his counsellors. Ch. ix. 9.
Ps. xciv. 18. When I said, My foot slip-
peth ; thy mercy, Lord, held me up.
xcviii. 3. The Lord hath remembered his
mercy, and his truth, toward the house of Is-
rael. Luke i. 54. 72. 78.
cvi. 45. He remembered for them his cove-
nant, and repented according to the multitude
of his mercies.
cxix. 64. The earth, Lord, is full of thy
mercy.
Rom. ix. 23. That God might make known
the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy,
which he had afore prepared unto glory.
1 Cor. vii. 25. Paul said, I obtained mercy
of the Lord to be faithful.
1 Tim. i. 13. Paul said, I who was a blas-
phemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, ob-
tained mercy.
Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he
saved us.
1 Pet. i. 3. His abundant mercy.
ii. 10. Ye have obtained mercy.
CV. Thanks for mercy. Gen. xxiv. 27.
Abraham's servant said, Blessed be the Lord
God, who hath not left destitute my master,
of his mercy and his truth.
1 Chron. xvi. 34. give thanks unto the
Lord, for he is good : for his mercy endureth
for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. vii. 3. xx. 21.
Ezra iii. 11. Ps. cvi. 1. cvii. 1. cxviii. 1.
cxxxvi. 1. Jer. xxxiii. 11.
Ps. lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy mercy.
Ps. Ixxxix. 1.
Ixvi. 20. Blessed be God, who hath not turn-
ed away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
ciii. 1. Bless the Lord, my soul. Ver. 4.
Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and
tender mercies.
cxv. 1 . Not unto us, but unto thy name give
glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's sake.
CVI. Mercy in the pardon of sin. See in
Sect. c. texts, Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. Numb. xiv.
18. Neh. ix. 17. Ps. Ixxxvi. 5. Dan. ix. 9.
Ps. xxxii. 1 , 2. Blessed is he whose trans-
gression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth
not iniquity.
Ixv. 3. As for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.
Ixxxv. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity
of thy people; thou hast covered all their
sin.
ciii. 3. The Lord forgiveth all thine iniqui-
ties; he healeth all thy diseases. Ver. 10.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins.
cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee, that
thou mayest be feared.
Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet or
crimson, they shall be as snow, or as wool.
xxxiii. 24. The inhabitants shall not say, I
am sick ; the people that dwelt therein shall be
forgiven their iniquity.
xliii. 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out
thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will
not remember thy sins.
xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick cloud
thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins.
Iv. 7. 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 hirn : and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon. See promises to repent-
ance and turning to God.
Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel,
saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine
anger to fall upon you : for I am merciful,
saith the Lord, and' I will not keep anger for
ever. Ver. 22. Return, ye backsliding child-
ren, and I will heal your backslidings.
xxxiii. 8. 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, and whereby they
have transgressed against me.
1. 20. 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.
Ezek. xxxiii. 15, 16. If the wicked restore
the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk
in the statutes of life, none of his sins that he
hath committed shall be mentioned unto him ;
he shall surely live.
Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up,
Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel?
&c. Ver. 9. I will not execute the fierceness
of mine anger, I will not return to destroy
Ephraim ; for I am God, and not man.
xiv. 4. I will heal their backsliding, I will
love them freely : for mine anger is turned
away from him.
Matt. xii. 31. All manner of sin and blas-
phemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. Ver. 32.
Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of
man, it shall be forgiven him.
Heb. x. 17. Their sins and their iniquity
will fremember no more. Ch. viii. 12. Jer.
xxxi. 34.
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GOD IS COMPASSIONATE GOD PITIETH. CHAP. I.
CVIL Pardon and forgiveness prayed for.
Exod. xxxii. 31, 32. Moses said, This people
have sinned a great sin. Yet now, if thou
wilt, forgive their sin ; if not, blot me out of
thy book, which thou hast written.
xxxiv. 9. O Lord, pardon our iniquity and
our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Numb. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the
iniquity of this people, according to the great-
ness of thy mercy. Ver. 20.
1 Kings viii. 30. Solomon prays for for-
giveness to the people.
2 Chron. xxx. 18. Good Lord, pardon
every one, &c.
Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do
unto thee, thou preserver of men 1 Ver.
21. Why dost thou not pardon my trans-
gression 1
Ps. xxv. 18. Look upon mine affliction and
my pain, and forgive all my sins. Ver. 11.
Ps.li. 1.
Dan. ix. 19. O Lord hear, Lord forgive;
hearken and do,"defer not for thine own sake,
my God.
Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive I beseech
thee. v
Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus said, Father, forgive
them ; for they know not what they do.
Acts viii. 22. Peter said to Simon Magus,
Repent, and pray God, if perhaps, the thought
of thy heart may be forgiven thee. See Naa-
man's prayer, 2 Kings v. 18. Hezekiah's
prayer, 2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19.
GOD IS COMPASSIONATE.
CVIII. Compassion ascribed to God. Ps.
Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of
compassion, and gracious : long-suffering, and
plenteous in mercy and truth".
cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious and full of
compassion ; slow to anger, and of great
mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. cxii. 4.
God excited compassion toward his people
in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. cvi. 46.
1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9.
CIX. Companion, to whom promised,
Deut. xxx. 2, 3. When thou shalt return
unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his
voice ; then the Lord will turn thy captivity
and have compassion on thee. Ch. xiii. 17.
Jer. xii. 15. After I have plucked them ou
I will return, and have compassion on them
and will bring them again every man to his
heritage, and to his land.
Lam. iii. 32. Though he cause grief, ye
will he have compassion, according to th<
multitude of his mercies.
Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee
who pardoneth iniquity! &c. Ver. 19. He
will turn again, he will have compassion upon
us ; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou
wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the
i.
Rom. ix. 15. I will have compassion on
vhom I will have compassion. Ex. xxxiii. 19
CX. Instances of divine compassion.
2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious
unto Israel, and had compassion on them,
when they were oppressed by enemies.
2 Chron. xxxvi. 15. The Lord God of their
"athers sent to them by his messengers, rising
up betimes and sending ; because he had com-
)assion on his people, and on his dwelling-
)lace.
Ps. Ixxviii. 38. He being full of compas-
sion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed
,hem not ; yea, many a time, turned he his
anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies
that we are not consumed : because his com-
passions fail not.
Matt xviii. 27. The Lord of that servant,
moved with compassion, forgave him the debt.
Mark v. 1 9. Jesus said to the man out of
whom he had cast a devil, Go tell how great
things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath
had compassion on thee.
Luke xv. 20. The father saw the prodigal
son returning, and had compassion on him,
and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
God excited compassion towards his people
in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. cvi. 46.
1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9.
CXI. Compassion ascribed to Christ. In-
stances in which it was excited. Matt. ix. 36.
At seeing the multitude scattered as sheep
without a shepherd. Mark vi. 34.
xiv. 14. At seeing in the multitude, sick
persons, whom he healed.
xv. 32. At seeing a multitude without
bread, whom he fed. Mark viii. 2.
xx. 34. At seeing blind men, whose eyes he
opened.
Mark i, 41. At seeing a leper, whom he
healed.
ix. 22. 25. At seeing a child possessed of a
dumb spirit, which he cast out.
Luke vii. 13. At seeing a mother's grief,
whose son he restored to life.
GOD PITIETH.
CXII. God hath pity on his people. Ps.
ciii. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children,
so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Isa. Ixiii. 9. In his love and in his pity he
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redeemed his people ; and he bare them, and
carried them all the days of old.
Ezek. xxxvi. 21. I had pity for my holy
name, which the house of Israel had profaned
among the heathen. *
Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his
land, and pity his people.
James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and
of tender mercy.
CXIII. God will not pity the wicked.
Ezek. v. 6. She hath changed my judgments
:nto wickedness: they have refused my judg-
ments and statutes, and have n<t walked in
them. Ver. 11. Neither shalt mine eye
spare, neither will I have any pity. (Ch. vii.
9. viii. 18. ix. 10.) Ver. 13. I will cause
my fury to rest upon them.
Jer. xiii. 10. 14. This evil people refused
to hear my words, and I will not pity, nor
spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
Zech. xiv.
LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD, AND
FORBEARANCE.
CXIV. Long-suffering ascribed to God.
Ron* ii. 4. Despisest thou the riches of his
goodness and forbearance, and long-suffering,
not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
thee to repentance 1
ix. 22, 23. God endured, with much long-
suffering, the vessels of wrath fitted to de-
struction : That he might make known the
riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy,
which he had afore prepared unto glory.
1 Pet. iii. 20. The long-suffering of God
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
was preparing.
2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is long-suffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance. Ver.
15. The long-suffering of our Lord is salva-
tion.
1 Tim. i. 1 6. I obtained mercy, that in me
Christ might shew all long-suffering, for a
pattern to them which should hereafter believe
on him to life everlasting. See Numb. xiv.
18. Ps. Ixxxvi. 15,
CXV. Forbearance ascribed to God.
Numb. xiv. 27. The Lord said, How long
shall I bear with this evil congregation which
murmur against me 1
Neh. ix. 30. Many years didst thou forbear
them.
Jer. xliv. 22. The Lord could no longer
bear, because of the evil of your doings.
Luke xviii. 7. The Lord will avenge his
own elect, though he bear long.
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KINDNESS OF GOD.
CXVI. Kindness ascribed to God, and
promised and exercised towards his people.
Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon,
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness.
Ps. % xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving-
kindness, O God ! therefore the children of
men put their trust under the shadow of thy
wings.
xlii. 8. The Lord will command his loving-
kindness in the day time, and in the night his
song shall be with me, and my prayer to the
God of my life.
Ixxxix. 33. My loving-kindness will I not
utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithful-
ness to fail.
cvii. 43. The wise, they shall understand
the loving-kindness of the Lord.
cxvii. 2. His merciful kindness is great to-
ward us.
Isa. liv. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face
from thee for a moment, but with everlasting
kindness will I have mercy on thee. Ver. 10.
The mountains shall depart and the hills be
removed, but my kindness shall not depart
from thee, neither shall the covenant of my
peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath
mercy on thee.
Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise
loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness
in the earth: for in these things I delight,
saith the Lord.
xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an everlast-
ing love, therefore with loving-kindness have I
drawn thee.
xxxii. 18. Thou shewest loving-kindness
unto thousands.
Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in
righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-
kindness, and in mercies.
Joel ii. 13. The Lord your God is gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kind-
ness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Luke vi. 35. God is kind unto the unthank-
ful, and to the evil.
Eph. ii. 6, 7. God hath raised us up, and
made us sit together in heavenly places ia
Christ Jesus; that in the ages to come he
might shew 5 the exceeding riches of his grace,
in his kindness toward us, through Christ
Jesus.
Tit. iii. 4, 5. The kindness of God our Sa-
viour toward man, appeared, not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but accord-
ing to his mercy he saved us, &c.
CXVII. Kindness prayed for. Gen. xxiv
12. Abraham's servant prayed, and said, O
Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee
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GRACE OF GOD.
CHAP. I.
send me good speed, and shew kindness to my
master.
Ruth i. 8. Naomi said, The Lord deal kindly
with you as ye have dealt with the dead, and
with me.
2 Sam. ii. 6. David said, The Lord shew
kindness and truth unto you.
Ps. xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving-
kindness, thou that savest by thy right hand,
them that put their trust in thee.
xxv. 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mer-
cies, and thy loving-kindnesses, for they have
been ever of old.
xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving-kindness
unto them that know thee, and thy righteous-
ness to the upright in heart.
xl. 1 1. Let thy loving-kindness and thy truth
continually preserve me.
li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, accord-
ing to thy loving-kindness.
Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-
kindness is good ; turn to me according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies.
Ixxxviii. 11. Shall thy loving-kindness be
declared in the grave 1 or thy faithfulness in
destruction 1
Ixxxix. 49. Lord, where are thy former
loving-kindnesses 1
cxix. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful
kindness be for my comfort, according to thy
word. Ver. 88. Quicken me after thy loving-
kindness ; so shall I keep the testimony of thy
mouth. Ver. 149. 159.
cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-kind-
ness in the morning ; for in thee do I trust.
CXVIIT. Thanks for God's kindness. Ps.
xxvi. 3. Thy loving-kindness is before mine
eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.
xxxi. 21. Blessed be the Lord, for he hath
shewed me his marvellous kindness.
xl. 10. I have not concealed thy loving-
kindness, and thy truth.
xlviii. 9. We have thought of thy loving-
kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
Ixiii. 3. Because thy loving-kindness is
better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew forth thy
loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faith-
fulness every night.
ciii. 4. Bless the Lord, my soul, who
crowrieth thee with loving-kindness and tender
mercies.
cxxxviii. 2. I will worship toward thy holy
temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-
kindness and for thy truth ; for thou hast mag-
nified thy word above all thy name.
Isa. Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kind-
nesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
according to all that he hath bestowed on us ;
and the great goodness he hath bestowed, &c.
GRACE OF GOD.
CXIX. God is gracious. Gen.vi. 8. Noah
found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Moses
found grace. Exod. xxxiii. 12, 13. 16.
Exod. xxii. 27. The Lord said, When the
poor crieth, I will hear ; for I am gracious.
xxxiii. 19. I will be gracious to whom I will
be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I
will shew mercy.
xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gra-
cious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness
and truth. 2 Chron. xxx. 9.
2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious
unto Israel (in their distress), and had com-
passion on them, and had respect unto them,
because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, and would not destroy them ; neither
cast he them from his presence as yet.
Ezra ix. 8. For a little space, grace hath
been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave
us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail
in his holy place, that our God may lighten
our eyes, and give us a reviving.
Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to par-
don, gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and forsookest not thy people.
Ps. Ixxvii. 9. Hath God forgotten to be
gracious?
Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full
of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering,
and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ps. ciii. 8.
cxi. 4. cxii.4. cxvi. 5. cxlv. 8. Joel ii. 13.
Isa. xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait,
that he may be gracious unto you ; and there-
fore will he be exalted, that he may have
mercy upon you. Ver. 19. He will be very
gracious unto thee, at the voice of thy cry;
when he shall hear it he will answer thee.
Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repentest thee of the evil. See Amos v.
15. Zech. iv. 7. Grace, grace.
CXX. God's throne is a throne of grace.
Heb. iv. 1 6. Let us come boldly to the throne
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need.
CXXI. God's Spirit is a Spirit, of grace.
Heb. x. 29. The Spirit of grace. Zech. xii. 10.
The Spirit of grace and supplications.
CXXII. Christ is gracious. Luke iv. 22.
Gracious words proceeded out of his mouth.
John i. 14. He was full of grace and truth.
Ver. 1 6. Of his fulness have all we received,
and grace for grace.
Acts xv. 11. We believe that through the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be
saved.
CHAP. I.
GRACE OF GOD.
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Rom. xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. 1 Cor. xvi. 23. Phil,
iv. 23. 1 Thess, v. 28. 2 Thess. iii. 18.
2 Cor. viii. 9. 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.
Eph. i. 7. We have redemption through his
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of his grace.
1 Pet. ii. 3. If so be ye have tasted that the
Lord is gracious.
CXXIII. The grace of God in the economy
of 'man 's salvation. In election. Rom. xi. 5,
6. There is a remnant according to the election
of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more
of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace.
CXXIV. Our calling is of grace. Gal. i.
1 5. God, who separated me from my mother's
womb, and called me by his grace, &c.
2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called
us with an holy calling ; not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be-
fore the world began.
1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace, who
hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, make you perfect, establish, strengthen,
settle you.
CXXV. Justification is of grace. Rom.
iii. 24. Being justified freely by his grace,
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Gal. ii. 21. I do not frustrate the grace of
God ; for if righteousness come by the law
then Christ is dead in vain.
v. 4. Christ is become of no effect to you,
whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye
are fallen from grace. See Rom. v. 15. 17.
20,21.
CXXVI. Pardon of sin is through grace.
Eph. i. 7. In Christ we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, ac-
cording to the riches of his grace.
CXXVII. Adoption through grace. Eph.
i. 5, 6. God having predestinated us to the
adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, to him-
self, according to the good pleasure of his will,
to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein
he hath made us accepted in the Beloved.
CXXVIII. Sanctifying grace, or sanctijt-
cation through grace. Ps. Ixxxiv. 11. The
Lord God is a sun and shield ; the Lord will
give grace and glory ; no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Prov. iii. 34. He scorneth the scorners, but
oiveth grace to the lowly.
James iv. 6. He resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace to the humble.
2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace
abound toward you ; that ye, always having
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to
every good work. Ver. 14.
xii. 9. The Lord said, My grace is sufficient
for thee : for my strength is made perfect in,
weakness.
CXXIX. The gospel is nf grace given. John
i. 17. The law was given by Moses, but grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Acts xiii. 43. Paul and Barnabas exhorted
Christians to continue in the grace of God.
xiv. 3. The Lord gave testimony to the
word of his grace, and granted signs and
wonders to be done in confirmation of it.
Acts xx. 24. I testify the gospel of the
grace of God. Ver. 32. I commend -you to
God, and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give you an in-
heritance among all them that are sanctified.
Rom. v. 2. By Jesus Christ we have access
by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
vi. 14. Sin shall not have dominion over
you ; for ye are not under the law, but under
grace. Ver. 15.
2 Cor. vi. 1. We beseech you, that ye re-
ceive not the grace of God in vain.
viii. 1. We do you to wit, (we make known
to you) of the grace of God bestowed on the
churches.
Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon re-
moved from him that called you into the grace
of Christ,
Phil. i. 7. Ye are all partakers of my grace.
Col. i. 6. The gospel bringeth forth fruit in
you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew
the grace of God.
Tit. ii. 1 1, 12, 13. The grace of God that
bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men,
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right-
eously, and godly, in this present world ; look-
ing for that blessed hope, &c.
Heb. xii. 15. Looking diligently, lest any
man fail of the grace of God.
1 Pet. i. 10. The prophets prophesied of
the grace that should come unto you.
v. 12. This is the true grace of God where-
in ye stand.
Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of
God into lasciviousness.
CXXX. Giving alms called grace. 2 Cor.
iv. 15. viii. 6, 7. 19.
CXXXI. Ministerial abilities for publish-
ing the gospel, are of grace. Acts xiv. 26.
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GRACE OF GOD.
CHAP. I.
The apostles had been recommended to the
grace of God, for the work of the ministry
which they fulfilled. Ch. xv. 40.
Rom. i. 5. By whom (Christ) we have re-
ceived grace and apostleship, for obedience to
the faith among all nations.
xii. 3. I say through the grace given unto
me, to every man that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought
to think. Ver. 6. Having gifts differing, ac-
cording to the grace that is given to us, let us,
&c. 1 Pet. iv. 10.
Rom. xv. 15, 16. I have written the more
boldly unto you, because of the grace that is
given to me of God: That I should be the
minister, &c.
1 Cor. iii. 10. According to the grace of
God given unto me, as a wise master-builder,
I have laid the foundation.
Gal. ii. 9. When the brethren perceived the
grace that was given unto me, they gave the
right hands of fellowship. See Eph. iii. 2.
7,8.
CXXXII. The effects of the gospel in a
sanctified nature and practice, called grace.
Acts iv. 33. Great grace was upon them all.
xi. 23. When Barnabas had seen the grace
of God, he was glad, and exhorted them all,
that with purpose of heart they would cleave
unto the Lord.
1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on
your behalf, for the grace of God which is
given you by Jesus Christ.
xv. 10. By the grace of God I am what I
am : and his grace which was bestowed on
me was not in vain, but I laboured more
abundantly than they all ; yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me.
2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the testi-
mony of our conscience, that in simplicity
and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom,
but by the grace of God, we have had our
conversation in the world.
1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord was
exceeding abundant, with faith and love,
which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim. ii. 1. Be strong in the grace which
is in Christ Jesus.
2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.
Heb. xii. 28. Wherefore we receiving a
kingdom that cannot be moved, let us have
grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably,
with reverence and godly fear.
xiii. 9. Be not carried about with diverse
and strange doctrines ; for it is a good thing
that the heart be established with grace.
CXXXni. Faith through grace. Acts
xviii. 27. Apollos helped them much who had
believed through grace.
CXXXIV. Hope through grace. 2 Thess.
ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ him-
self, and God even our Father, which hath
loved us, and hath given us everlasting conso-
lation, and good hope through grace, comfort
your hearts, and establish you in every good
word and work.
CXXXV. Prayer and praise through
grace. Zech. xii. 10. I will pour upon the
house of David, and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplica-
tions.
Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your
hearts.
CXXXVI. Salvation is of grace. Eph. ii.
5. 7, 8. When we were dead in sins, he hath
quickened us together with Christ ; (by grace
ye are saved ;) that in the ages to come he
might shew the exceeding riches of his grace,
in his kindness toward us, through Christ
Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift
of God.
Heb. ii. 9. Jesus Christ, by the grace of
God, did taste death for every man.
1 Pet. i. 13. Be sober, and hope to the end,
for the grace that is to be brought unto you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ.
iii. 7. Husbands and wives, live together,
as being heirs of the grace of life.
CXXXVII. Grace prayed for. Gen.xliii.
29. Joseph said to Benjamin, God be gracious
unto thee my son.
Numb. vi. 23 26. On this wise ye shall
bless the children of Israel, saying, The Lord
bless thee, and keep thee : The Lord make
his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto
thee : The Lord lift up his countenance upon
thee, and give thee peace.
Ps. cxix. 29. Grant me thy law graciously.
Isa. xxxiii. 2. Lord be gracious unto us ;
we have waited for thee.
Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, and
receive us graciously.
Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gra-
cious unto us.
Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i.
2. Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. iThess. i. 1.
2 Thess. i. 2. Philem. 3.
2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, he with you
all. Amen.
CHAP. I.
GOD'S FAVOUR BLESSING.
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Gl. vi. 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with your spirit. Rev. xxii. 2 1 .
Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all them that
love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Col. iv. 18. Grace be with you. 2 Tim. iv.
22. Tit. iii. 15. Heb. xiii. 25.
1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4.
vi. 21. Grace be with thee.
1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to you, and peace be mul-
tiplied. 2 Pet. i. 2.
Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and peace,
from Him which is, and which was, and which
is to come.
GOD'S FAVOUR.
CXXXVIII. God 's favour. 2 Sam. xv. 25.
David said, If I shall find favour in the eyes
of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew
me both the ark and his habitation.
Job x. 12. Thou hast granted me life and
favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my
spirit.
xxxiii, 26. The penitent shall pray unto
God, and he will be favourable unto him, and
he shall see his face with joy : for he will ren-
der unto man his righteousness.
Ps. v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the right-
eous ; with favour wilt thou compass him as
with a shield.
xxx, 5. In his favour is life. Ver.7. Lord,
by thy favour thou hast made my mountain
to stand strong.
xli. 11. By this I know that thou favourest
me, because mine enemy doth not triumph
over me.
xliv. 3. Thy right hand, a,nd thine arm, and
the light of thy countenance saved them, be-
cause thou hadst a favour unto them.
Ixxvii. 7, Will the Lord cast off for ever 1
Will he be favourable no more ?
Ixxxv. 1. Lord, thou hast been favourable
unto thy land; thou hast brought back the
captivity of Jacob.
Ixxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of their
strength ; and in thy favour our horn shall be
exalted.
cii. 13. Thou wilt have mercy on Zion ; for
the time to favour her, yea, the set time is
come.
cvi, 4. Remember me, O Lord, with the
favour that thou bearest unto thy people.
cxix. 58, I entreated thy favour with my
whole heart : be merciful unto me according
to thy word.
Prov. iii. 3, 4. Let not mercy and truth for-
sake thee : So shall thou find favour, and good
understanding in the sight of God and man.
viii. 35. W 7 hoso findeth wisdom findeth life,
and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the
Lord : but a man of wicked devices will he
condemn.
Song viii. 1 0. I was in his eyes as one that
found favour.
Isa. Ix. 10. In my favour have I had mercy
on thee.
Luke i. 28. The angel said to Mary, Hail,
thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with
thee : blessed art thou among women. Ver.
30. Thou hast found favour with God.
ii. 52. Jesus increased in wisdom and stature,
and in favour with God and man.
Acts vii. 46. David found favour before
God. See 1 Sam. ii. 26.
CXXXIX. God's favour denied to the
wicked. Isa. xxvii. 11. It is a people of no
understanding ; therefore he that made them
will not have mercy on them, and he that
formed them will shew them no favour. See
Jer. xvi. 13.
CXL. Godgiveth or withholdeth the favour
of men. Gen. xxxix. 21. The Lord was with
Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave
him favour in the sight of the keeper of the
prison. Acts vii. 10.
Exod. iii. 21. The Lord said, I will give this
people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Ch. xi. 3. xii. 36.
Dan. i. 9. God had brought Daniel into
favour and tender love with the prince of the
eunuchs.
CXLI. God wlthholdeth from man the
favour of man. Deut. xxviii. 49, 50. Josh,
xi. 20. Ps. cix. 12.
CXLII. God is bountiful. Ps.xiii.6. The
Lord hath dealt bountifully with me.
cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my soul,
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
cxix. 17. Deal bountifully with thy servant,
that I may live, and keep thy word. See Ps.
ex Hi. 7.
CXLIII. Man ought to be bountiful. Prov.
xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be
blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Ps. xli. 1.
2 Cor. ix. 6. He that soweth bountifully
shall reap bountifully. Ver. 5. 11.
GOD'S BLESSING.
CXLIV. God blesseth his people. Exod.
xx. 24. In all places where I record my name,
I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
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CHAP. I.
Numb. vi. 27. They shall put my name
upon the children of Israel, and I will bless
them.
xxii. 12. God said to Balaam, Thou shalt
not curse the people, for they are blessed. Ch.
xxiii.,20.
Deut. xxiii. 5. The Lord turned the curse
of Balaam into a blessing, because he loved
thee. Neh. xiii. 2.
xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy habi-
tation, from heaven, and bless thy people
Israel.
2 Sam. vii. 29. David prayed, and said, O
Lord God, with thy blessing let the house of
thy servant be blessed for ever. 1 Chron.
xvii. 27.
1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez prayed, and said,
that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge
my coast ; and that thy hand might be with
me, and that thou wouldst keep me from evil.
Ps. iii. 8. Thy blessing is upon thy people.
xxviii. 9. Save thy people, and bless thine
inheritance : feed them also, and lift them up
for ever. Ps. cix. 28.
xxix. 11. Ttte Lord will bless his people
with peace.
Ixvii. 1. God be merciful to us and bless us,
and cause his face to shine upon us.
Ixvii. 7. God shall bless us, and all the ends
of the earth shall fear him.
cxv. 12. The Lord hath been mindful of us;
he will bless us : he will bless the house of
Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron. See
Ps. cxxviii. 5. cxxxii. 15. cxxxiv. 3.
CXLV. Persons pronounced blessed, their
graces and duties. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the
man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly.
ii. 12. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him (Christ)
v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous :
with favour wilt thou compass him as with a
shield.
xxiv. 4, 5. He that hath clean hands and a
pure heart, &c., he shall receive the blessing
from the Lord.
Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. Blessed is he whose trans-
gression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
(Rom. iv. 7.) Blessed is the man unto whom
the Lord imputeth not iniquity,* and in whose
spirit there is no guile. Rom. iv. 7, 8.
xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God
is the Lord.
xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man who trusteth
in the Lord. Ps. Ixxxiv. 12.
xl. 4. Blessed is the man who maketh the
Lord his trust.
xli. 1, 2. Blessed is he that considereth the
poor. Prov. xxii. 9.
kv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou
choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,
that he may dwell in thy courts.
Ixxxiv. 4, 5. Blessed are they that dwell in
thy house. Blessed is the man whose strength
is in thee.
Ixxxix. 15. Blessed is the people who know
the joyful sound : they shall walk, Lord, in
the light of thy countenance.
xciv. 12. Blessed is the man whom thou
chastenest, Lord, and teachest him out of
thy law.
cvi. 3. Blessed are they that keep judgment ;
and he that doth righteousness at all times.
cxii. 2. The generation of the upright shall
be blessed.
cxix. 1, 2. Blessed are the undefiled in the
way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed
are they that keep his testimonies, and that
seek him with the whole heart. .
cxxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth
the Lord ; that walketh in his ways. Ver. 4.
Ps. cxv. 13.
Prov. iii. 33. The Lord blesseth the habita-
tion of the just.
viii. 32. Wisdom saith, Blessed are they
that keep my ways. Ver. 34. Blessed is the
man that heareth me, watching daily at my
gates.
x. 6, 7. Blessings are upon the head of the
just. (Isa. xix. 25.) The memory of the just
is blessed.
xi. 26. Blessings shall be upon the head of
him that selleth corn, (that is, on him who is
good' to the poor.)
xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall
be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the
poor.
xx. 7. The just man's children are blessed
after him.
xxviii. 20. A faithful man shall abound with
Isa. xxx. 18. Blessed are all they that wait
for the Lord.
xxxii. 20. Blessed are they that sow beside
all waters.
Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that keepeth the
Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his
hand from doing any evil.
Matt v. 3 11. Blessed are the poor in
spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall
be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they
shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they
which do hunger and thirst after righteous-
ness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the
merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed
are the pure in heart : for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall
be called the children of God. Blessed are
they which are persecuted for righteousness'
sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
CHAP. I.
GOD'S BLESSING.
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Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and
persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil
against you falsely for my sake. Luke vi.
2022.
xi. 6. Jesus said, Blessed is he whosoever
shall not be offended in me. Luke vii. 23.
xxiv. 45, 46. Blessed is that faithful and
wise servant, whom his Lord when he cometh
shall find giving his household their meat in
due season. Luke xii. 43.
xxv. 34, 35. Christ will say, Come ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom pre-
pared for you from the foundation of the world :
For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat,
&c. Ver. 40. Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto my brethren, ye have done it unto
me. Compare Luke vi. 20 to 24. and Matt,
xi. 6.
Luke xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear the
word of God and keep it. James i. 25. Rev.
xxii. 14. Deut. xi. 26. xxx. 19.
xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call the
poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind :
And thou shalt be blessed, &c. Deut. xv. 10.
Ver. 15. Blessed is he that shall eat bread
in the kingdom of God.
xii. 37. Blessed are those servants whom
the Lord when he cometh shall find watching.
Ver. 38.
John. xx. 29. Blessed are they that have not
seen, and yet have believed. Matt. xvi. 17.
xiii. 16. Blessed are your eyes for they see,
and your ears for they hear.
Gal. iii. 9. They which be of faith are
blessed with faithful Abraham.
James i. 12. Blessed is the man that en-
dureth temptation, for when he is tried he
shall receive the crown of life.
Rev. i. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, and
they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things that are written therein.
xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in
the Lord.
xvi. 15. Blessed is he that watcheth and
keepeth his garments; lest he walk naked,
and they see his shame.
xix. 9. Blessed are they who are called to
the marriage supper of the Lamb.
xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part
in the first resurrection.
CXL VI. God's blessing promised by way
of covenant,- or covenant blessings. Deut.
vii. 9. He keepeth covenant and mercy with
them that love him, and keep his command-
ments, to a thousand generations.
2 Sam. xxiii. 5. David said, Although my
house be not so with God, yet he hath made
with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in
all things and sure.
Ps. xxv. 14. The secret of the Lord is with
them that fear him, and he will show them his
covenant.
Ixxxix. 3. I have made a covenant with my
chosen. Ver. 28. My covenant shall stand
fast with him. Ver. 34. My covenant will I
not break.
Isa. xiii. 6. I will give thee (Christ) for a
covenant of the people, for a light of the Gen-
tiles. Ch. xlix. 8. Iv. 4.
liv. 10. The mountains shall depart, and
the hills be removed, but my kindness shall
not depart from thee, neither shall the cove-
nant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord,
that hath mercy on thee.
Iv. 3. Incline your ear and come unto me,
hear and your soul shall live ; arid I will make
an everlasting covenant with you, even the
sure mercies of David.
Jer. xxxi. 33. This shall be the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel, saith
the Lord, I will put my law in their inward
parts, and writhe it in their hearts, and will be
their God, and they shall be my people. Heb.
viii. 10.
xxxii. 40. I will make an everlasting cove-
nant with them, that I will not turn away
from them, to do them good ; but I will put
my fear in their hearts, that they shall not de-
part from me. ... Ver. 38.
xxxiii. 20, 21. Thus saith the Lord, If ye
can break my covenant of the day, and my
covenant of the night, and that there should
not be day and night in their season ; then
may also my covenant be broken with David
my servant, that he should not have a son to
reign upon his "throne, and with the Levites,
the priests my ministers. Ver. 25, 26.
Jer. 1. 5. They shall say, Come, and let us
join ourselves to the Lord, in a perpetual co-
venant that shall not be forgotten.
Ezek. xi. 19, 20. I will give them one heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you : and I
will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
and will give them an heart of flesh ; that they
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine or-
dinances and do them : and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God. Jer. xxiv. 7.
xvi. 8. When I passed by thee, and looked
upon thee, behold thy time was the time of
love, and I spread my skirt over thee, and
covered thy nakedness; yea, I sware unto
thee, and entered into a covenant with thee,
saith the Lord, and thou becamest mine. Ver.
60. I will remember my covenant with thee
in the days of thy youth, and I will establish
unto thee an everlasting covenant. Ver. 62
I will establish my covenant with thee, and
thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
xx. 37. I will cause you to pass under the
rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the
covenant.
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GOD S ANGER WRATH.
CHAP. I.
Ezek. xxxvi. 2528. I will sprinkle clean
water upon you. A new heart will I give
unto you. I will put my Spirit within you.
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your
God.
xxxvii. 26, 27. I will make a covenant of
peace with them ; it shall be an everlasting
covenant with them ; and will set my sanc-
tuary in the midst of them for evermore. My
tabernacle shall be with them ; yea, I will be
their God, and they shall be my people. Ver.
23, 24. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 24, 25. 31.
Hos. ii. 19, 20. I will betroth thee unto me
for ever, in righteousness, and in judgment,
and in loving-kindness, and in mercies : I will
even betroth thee to me in faithfulness, and
thou shalt know [that I am] the Lord. Isa.
liv. 5. Thy Maker is thine husband.
New Covenant. Heb. viii. 8. I will make
a new covenant with the house of Israel. Jer.
xxxi. 31, 32, 33, 34.
Heb. xii. 24. Jesus the Mediator of the
new covenant
GOD'S ANGER.
CXLVII. Anger ascribed to God. Neh.
ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gra-
cious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness. See Ps. ciii. 8. Joel ii. 13. Nah.
i. 3.
CXLVIII. God's anger threatened against
the wicked. Numb, xxxii. 14. Ye are risen
tip in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful
men, to augment the fierce anger of the Lord.
Deut. xxix. 19, 20. If one say, I shall have
peace, though I walk in the imagination of
my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst : The
Lord will not spare him ; but the anger of the
Lord, and his jealousy, shall smoke against
that man, and all the curses that are written
in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord
shall blot out his name from under heaven.
xxxii. 21, 22. They have moved me to
jealousy; they have provoked me to anger.
A fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn
to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth
with her increase, and set on fire the founda-
tions of the mountains.
Job xxi. 17. God distributeth sorrows in his
anger. Ch. ix. 13.
Ps. vii. 11. God is angry with the wicked
every day. Ps. xxxviii. 3.
Ixxvi. 7. Who may stand in thy sight when
once thou art angry? Ps. xc. 7. 11. Nah.
i, 6.
Ixxviii. 41, 42. They tempted God; they
remembered not his hand. Ver. 49. He cast
upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath,
and indignation. Ver. 50. He made a way
for his anger ; he spared not their soul from
death. Isa. v. 24, 25. See Isa. x. 25. xiii. 9.
13. xxx. 27. 30. xiii. 24, 25. Ixvi. 15.
Jer. xviii. 23. xxv. 38. xlix. 37. Ii. 45.
Lam. ii. 1. iii. 43. iv. 11. Ezek. v. 13.
vii. 3. xiii. 13. xxii. 20, 21. Mic. v. 15.
GOD'S WRATH.
CXLIX. God's wrath threatened against
sinners. Ezra viii. 22. His power and his
wrath, is against all that forsake him.
Job xx. 23. God shall cast the fury of his
wrath upon the wicked. Ch. xxi. 20. 30. Ps
Ixxviii. 49,
Ps. ii. 12. When his wrath is kindled but a
little, blessed are all they that put their trust
in him. Ps. xc. 7. 9. 11. cii. 10.
Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the day of
wrath. Job xx. 28. Ezek. vji. 19. Zeph.
i. 18.
Isa. ix. 19. Through the wrath of the Lord
of hosts is the land darkened, and the people
shall be as the fuel of the fire. Jer. 1. 13.
vii. 29.
Jer. x. 10. At his wrath the earth shall
tremble, and the nations shall not be able to
abide his indignation. Hos. v. 1 0.
Nah. i. 2. The Lord reserveth wrath for his
enemies.
Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed
from heaven, against all ungodliness and un-
righteousness of men.
ii. 8, 9. Indignation and wrath, tribulation
and anguish, shall be upon every soul of man
that doeth evil. Ver. 5. Ch. iv. 15. ix. 22,
Eph. ii. 3. We were by nature children of
wrath.
v. 6. The wrath of God cometh upon the
children of disobedience. Col. iii. 6.
Rev. vi. 16, 17. The wicked said to the
mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide
us from the face of him that sitteth on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For the great day of his wrath is come ; and
who shall be able to stand 1 See Rev. xiv.
10. xvi. 19.
CL. God is wroth. Isa. xlvii. 6. I was
wroth with my people, I have polluted mine
inheritance.
Isa. Ixiv. 5. Behold thou art wroth ; for we
have sinned.
Ps. Ix. 1. O Lord, thou hast cast us off;
thou hast been displeased.
Prayers deprecating his wrath. Ps. vi. 1.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger;
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Ps. xxxviii. 1.
CHAP. I.
GOD S JEALOUSY.
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Isa. Ixiv. 9. Be not wroth very sore,
Lord ; neither remember iniquity for ever :
behold, we are all thy people.
Promises. Isa. Ivii. 16. I will not contend
for ever, neither will I be always wrdth : for
the spirit should fail before me, and the souls
that I have made.
CLI. God's indignation against sinners.
Isa. Ixvi. 14. The hand of the Lord shall be
known toward his servants, and his indigna-
tion toward his enemies. Ch. xxx. 30.
Jer. x. 10. At his wrath the earth shall
tremble, and the nations shall not be able to
abide his indignation. Jobxxvi. 11. The pil-
lars of heaven tremble, and are astonished at
his reproof. Ch. ix. 6. He shaketh the earth
out of her place, and the pillars thereof trem-
ble. See Nah. i. 5, 6. 8.
Mic. vii. 9. I will bear the indignation of
the Lord, because I have sinned against hirn.
Rom. ii. 8, 9. To those that obey unright-
eousness, God will render indignation and
wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul
of man that doeth evil.
Heb. x. 27. A fearful looking for of judg-
ment, and fiery indignation, which shall devour
the adversaries.
CLII. God's Fury. Lev. xxvi. 27, 28. If
ye will walk contrary to me, then I will walk
contrary to you in fury.
Job xx. 23. God shall cast the fury of his
wrath upon the wicked, arid shall rain it upon
him.
Isa. lix. 18. God will repay fury to his ad-
versaries. Ch. Ixiii. 3.
Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
and take away the foreskins of your heart, lest
my fury come forth like fire, and burn that
none can quench it, because of the evil of your
doings.
Ezek. v. 15. I shall execute judgments on
thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious re-
bukes. Ch. vi. 12. xxxviii. 18. Nah. i. 2. 6.
CLIII. His vengeance. Deut. xxxii. 35.
To me belongeth vengeance and recompense.
Ps. xciv. 1. Heb. x. 30.
Deut. xxxii. 41. I will render vengeance to
mine enemies. Ver. 43.
Rom. iii. 5. God taketh vengeance. Ch.
xii. 19.
2 Thess. i. 7, 8. The Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven, in flaming fire, taking
vengeance on them that know not God, and
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
CLIV. God abhorreth. Ps.v.6. The Lord
will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
x. 3. The covetous man the Lord abhorreth.
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CLV. Loathelh. Zech. xi. 8. My soul
loathed them.
Prov. xiii. 5. A wicked man is loathsome.
Detipiseth. Amos v. 21. I hate, I despise
your feast-days.
CLVI. Godhateth. Ps. v. 5. Thouhatest
all workers of iniquity. Ps. xi. 5.
Jer. xliv. 4. Do not this abominable thing
that I hate, (viz. sin.)
Hos. ix. 1 5. I hated them for their wicked-
CLVir. Th,e Lord is a terrible God. Deut.
vii. 2 1 . The Lord thy God is among you, a
mighty God and terrible. Jer. xx. 11.
Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible ma-
jesty.
Ps. xlvii. 2. The Lord most high is terrible.
Ps. Ixviii. 35.
Deut. x. 21. He hath done terrible things.
1 Chron. xvii. 21. See Ps. Ixv. 5. Ixvi. 3.
5. cvi. 22. cxlv. 6. Isa. Ixiv. 3. Joel ii. 1 1.
CLVIII. Dreadful. Dan. ix. 4. O Lord,
the great and dreadful God.
Heb. x. 31. It is a fearful thing jo fall into
the hands of the living God. See Job xiii. 1 1.
Isa. viii. 13. Mai. i. 14.
GOD'S JEALOUSY.
CLIX. God is jealous for his people. Pro-
mises. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Thus saith the Lord,
I will bring again the captivity of Jacob, and
have mercy upon the whole house of Israel,
and will be jealous for my holy name.
Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his
land, and pity his people.
Zech. i. 14. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I
am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a
great jealousy. Ch. viii. 2.
God's jealousy in threats against sinners.
Exod. xx. 5. I the Lord thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children, unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me. Ch.
xxxiv. 14. Deut. iv. 24. v. 9. vi. 15. Josh,
xxiv. 1 9.
Numb. xxv. 11. Phinehas turned away my
wrath, that I consumed not the children of Is-
rael in my jealousy.
Deut. xxix. 20. The anger of the Lord and
his jealousy shall smoke against the man that
promiseth himself peace in his wickedness.
Ps. Ixxix. 5. Wilt thou be angry for ever 1
shall thy jealousy burn like a fire 1
Ezek. xvi. 38. I will judge thee, and give
thee blood in fury and jealousy. Ver. 41, 42.
Ch. xxiii. 25. xxxvi. 5, 6. xxxviii. 19.
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CREATION.
CHAP. II.
Nah. i. 2. Zeph. i. 18. iii. 8. The wicked
provoke God to jealousy. See Deut. xxxii.
16. Ps. Ixxviii. 58.
CLX. Zeal ascribed to God. Isa. ix. 7.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform
this. (viz. to exalt Christ and promote his
kingdom.)
Isa. xxxvii. 32. The zeal of the Lord will
defend Jerusalem.
lix. 17. He was clad with zeal as a cloak.
See Isa. Ixiii. 15. Ezek. v. 13.
CHAPTER II.
CREATION.
I. God created all things. See the Wisdom
of God. Also, Power of God in creation.
Prov. xx vi. 10. The great God that formed
all things. Eccl. iii. 11. xi. 5.
Isa. xliv. 24. I am the Lord that maketh all
things. Jer. x. 16.
Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God.
Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to
receive glory, and honour, and power; for
thou hast created all things, and for thy plea-
sure they are and were created.
II. God created the heavens and the earth.
Gen. i. 1. In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth. Ch. ii. 4. Exod. xx.
11. xxxi. 17. 2 Kings xix. 15. 1 Chron.
xvi. 26. Ps.xcvi.5. Isa. xxxvii. 1 6. Heb. i. 10.
Neh. ix. 6. Thou hast made heaven, the
heaven of heavens, with all their host, the
earth, and all things that are therein, the seas,
and all that is therein, and thou preservest
them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth
thee.
Job ix. 8. He alone spreadeth out the hea-
vens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
xxxviii. 4 7. Where wast thou when I
laid the foundations of the earth "? Who hath
laid the measures thereof, or who hath stretched
the line upon it 1 Whereupon are the founda-
tions thereof fastened, or who laid the corner
stone thereof! When the morning stars sang
together, and all the sons of God shouted
for joy.
Ps. xxiv. 2. He hath founded the earth upon
the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Ps. Ixxviii. 69. civ. 5. cxix. 90, 91.
cxxxvi. 6.
Ps. xxxiii. 6. By the word of the Lord were
the heavens made, and all the host of them by
the breath of his mouth.
Ixxxix. 1 i. The heavens are thine, the earth
also is thine ; as for the world, and the fulness
thereof, thou hast founded them.
civ. 2. Thou stretchest out the heavens like
a curtain. Job xxxvii. 18. Like a molten
looking-glass.
Isa. xl. 28. He is the Creator of the ends
of the earth.
xlii. 5. The Lord created the heavens, and
stretched them out : he spread forth the earth,
and that which cometh out of it.
li. 13. The Lord hath stretched forth the
heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth.
Ver. 16.
Rev. xiv. 7. Worship him that made heaven
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of
waters. Acts xiv. 15. xvii. 24. Ps. cxlvi. 6.
See Wisdom of God in Creation. See also
Power of God in Creation.
III. Sun and moon created. Gen. i. 16.
God made two great lights, the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night ; he made the stars also. Job xxxviii.
12. 19. 24.
Gen. i. 3. God said, Let there be light, and
there was light. Ps. Ixxiv. 16, 17.
Job ix. 9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion,
and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Ver. 7. Amos v. 8.
Ps. viii. 3, 4. When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers, the moon and the
stars, which thou hast ordained : What is
man, that thou art mindful of him? and the
son of man, that thou visitest him 1
Ps. xix. 4. In the heavens hath he set a ta-
bernacle for the sun.
civ. 19. He appointeth the moon for sea-
sons ; the sun knoweth his going down.
cxlviii. 3. Praise ye him sun and moon ;
praise him all ye stars of light, Ver. 5. For
he commanded, and they were created. Ver. 6.
Jer. xxxi. 35. He giveth the sun for a light
by day, and the ordinances of the moon and
of the stars for a light by night ; which divideth
the sea, when the waves thereof roar: the
Lord of hosts is his name.
IV. The sea. Gen.i. 9, 10. God said, Let
the waters under the heaven be gathered to-
gether into one place, and let the dry land
appear : and it was so. And God called the
CHAP. II.
CREATION OF MAN.
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dry land earth, and the gathering together of
the waters called he seas : and God saw that
it was good.
Job xxvi. 10. He hath compassed the wa-
ters with bounds, until the day and night come
to an end.
xxxviii. 8 11. Who shut up the sea with
doors, when it brake forth as if it had issued
out of the womb 1 I made the cloud the gar-
ment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling
band for it ; and brake up for it my decreed
place, and set bars and doors; and said, Hi-
therto shall thou come, but no further, and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed. See Ver. 16.
22. 25. 28.
Ps. xxxiii. 7. He gathereth the waters of
the sea together as an heap, and layeth up the
depth in store-houses.
xcv. 5. The sea is his, and he made it : his
hands formed the dry land.
civ. 10. He sendeth the springs into the
valleys.
Prov. viii. 27 29. He prepared the hea-
vens: he set a compass upon the face of the
depth : He established the clouds above : he
strengthened the fountains of the deep : he
gave the sea his decree, that the waters should
not pass his commandment.
Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters
in the hollow of his hand.
xliii. 16. The Lord maketh a way in the
sea, and a path in the mighty waters. Ver.
20. I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers
in the desert. Ch. xlviii. 21.
Jonah i. 9. I fear the Lord, the God of hea-
ven, which hath made the sea and the dry
land.
Nah. i. 3, 4. The Lord hath his way in the
whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds
are the dust of his feet. He rebuketh the
sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the
V. Summer and winter. Ps. Ixxiv. 16, 17.
The day is thine : the night also is thine : thou
hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast
set all the borders of the earth: thou hast
made summer and winter.
VI. North and south. Job xxvi. 7. He
stretcheth out the north over the empty place,
and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Ps. Ixxxix. 12. The north and south thou
hast created them.
VII. Clouds and wind. Job xxvi. 8. He
bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and
the cloud is not rent under them. Ver. 9.
xxxvi. 29. Can any understand the spread-
ings of the clouds! Ver. 30. 32. See Ps.
eh. 3. cxlvii. 8. Prov. viii. 28.
Job xxviii. 25. He maketh the weight for
the winds ; and he weigheth the waters by
measure. Ch. xxxvii. 16. The balancing of
the clouds. Prov. xxx. 4. Amos iv. 13.
VIII. Rain. Job xxviii. 26. He made a
decree for the rain, and a way for the light
ning of the thunder.
Ps. cxxxv. 7. He maketh lightnings for the
rain, and bringeth the wind out of his trea-
sures. Jer. li. 16.
Jer. x. 13. When he uttereth his voice,
there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the
ends of the earth : he maketh lightnings with
rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his
treasures. Ch. xiv. 22. li. 16.
IX. The inhabitants of the sea. Gen. i.
20, 21. God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly, the moving creature that hath
life ; and fowl that may fly above the earth,
in the open firmament of heaven. And God
created great whales, and every living creature
that moveth, which the waters brought forth
abundantly after their kind ; and every winged
fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was
good. Ps. viii. 8.
X. The inferior creatures of the dry land.
Gen. i. 24, 25. God said, Let the earth bring
forth the living creature after his kind, cattle,
and creeping thing, and beast of the earth
after his kind : and it was so. And God made
the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
after their kind : and every thing that creepeth
upon the earth, after his kind : and God saw
that it was good.
XL Grass, herbs, and trees. Gen. i. 11,
12. And God said, Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself upon the earth : and it was so. And
the earth brought forth grass and herb, yield-
ing seed after his kind, and the tree yielding
fruit whose seed was in itself after his kind :
and God saw that it was good. Gen. ii. 4, 5.
CREATION OF MAN.
XII. Creation of Man's body. Gen. ii. 7.
God formed man of the dust of the ground.
Job xxxiii. 6.
iii. 19. Dust thou art and unto dust shall
thou return. Job x. 9.
Job x. 8. Thy hands have made me, and
fashioned me together round about. Ps. cxix.
73. cxxxviii. 8.
Ver. 1 1. Thou hast clothed me with skin
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ANGELS.
CHAP. II.
and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and
sinews.
Ps. cxxxix. 14 16. I am fearfully and
wonderfully made. My substance was not
hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the
earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being unperfect; and in thy book all my
members were written : which in continuance
were fashioned, when as yet there was none
of them.
Acts xvii. 26. He made of one blood all na-
tions that dwell on the face of the earth. Job
xxxi. 15.
XIII. His soul. Gen. ii. 7. The Lord
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,
and man became a living soul. Job x. 12.
Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made
me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given
me life. Isa. xlii. 5.
Isa. Ivii. 16. I will not contend for ever,
(saith the Lord,) for the spirit should fail be-
fore me, and the souls which I have made.
Jer. xxxviii. 16. The Lord made us this
soul.
Zech. xii. 1. He formed the spirit of man
within him.
1 Cor. xv. 45. Adam was made a living
sou!.
XIV. Man's spiritual state after his crea-
tion. Gen. i. 27. God created man in his
own image. Ch. ix. 6.
v. 1. In the likeness of God made he him.
Ps. viii. 5, 6. Thou madest man a little
lower than the angels, and crownedst him with
glory and honour. (Heb. ii. 7.) Thou madest
him to have dominion over the works of thy
hands.
Eccl. vii. 29. God made man upright.
James iii. 9. Men are made after the simili-
tude of God.
Col. iii. 10. The new man is renewed in
knowledge, after the image of him that created
him.
XV. Man 1 s first disobedience, or fall from
his happy state. Gen. ii. 16, 17. The Lord
God commanded the man saying, Of every
tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. But
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
fhou shalt not eat of it ; for in the day that
thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.
iii. 6. The woman took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat, and gave also unto her husband
with her, and he did eat. 2 Cor. xi. 3. See
sentence pronounced against the offenders,
ver. 14 to 20.
XVI. See the above sin and its consequences
referred to, Rom. v. 12. By one man sin en-
tered into the world, and death by sin.
v. 15. Through the offence of one many be
dead. Ver. 17. By one man's offence death
reigned. Ver. 18. By the offence of one,
judgment came upon all men to condemna-
tion. Ver. 19. By one man's disobedience
many were made sinners.
ANGELS.
XVII. Number of the Angels. Gen.xxxii.
1, 2. They are God's host. 1 Kings xxii. 19.
2 Chron. xviii. 18. Heavenly host. Luke
ii. 13.
Ps. Ixviii. 17. The chariots of God are
twenty thousand, even thousands of angels.
Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands minister-
ed unto him, and ten thousand times ten thou-
sand stood before him.
Heb. xii. 22. An innumerable company of
angels.
XVIII. Their names. Eph. i. 21. Angels,
authorities, principalities, powers, mights,
thrones, dominions. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Col. i. 16,
&c.
Cherubim. 1 Sam. iv. 4. 2 Sam. vi. 2.
2 Kings xix. 15. Ps. xviii. 10. Ixxx. 1.
xcix. 1. Seraphim. Isa, vi. 2. 6.
Angels of God. Gen. xxviii. 12. Matt,
xxii. 30. Sons of God. Job i. 6. ii. 1.
xxxviii. 7, Christ's angels. Rev. xxii. 16.
Michael's angels. Rev. xii. 7.
XIX. Their nature / they are superior to
men. Ps. viii. 5. Heb. ii. 7. 9. They are
spirits. Ps. civ. 4. Heb. i. 7. Holy. Rev.
xiv. 10. Elect. 1 Tim. v. 21.
They excel in wisdom and knowledge.
2 Sam. xiv. 20.
They excel in utterance, or speaking
tongues. 1 Cor. xiii. I.
XX. They excel in strength. Ps. ciii. 20.
They were created by Christ Col. i. 16.
They are fellow-servants to the prophets
and apostles, and are not to be worshipped.
Judges xiii. 16. Col.ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10.
xxii. 9.
They look into gospel mysteries concerning
Christ. Eph. iii. 10.
They are present in Christian assemblies.
1 Cor. xi. 1 0.
They see the behaviour of Christians.
iTim. v.21.
They see the treatment Christians receive
in the world. 1 Cor. iv. 9.
They behold the face of God, for Christians.
Matt, xviii. 10.
CHAP. II.
ANGELS.
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They rejoice at the conversion of sinners.
Luke xv. 10.
XXI. Their employment for the good of
God's people, in various instances. Gen. xix.
15. Angels hastened Lot out of Sodom.
Ver. 29.
xxii. 1 1. An angel saved Isaac from being
slain. Ver. 12.
xxiv. 40. Abraham said to his servant, The
Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel
with thee, and prosper thy way. Ver. 7.
xxviii. 12. Jacob dreamed, and beheld a
ladder, and the angels of God ascending and
descending. Heb. i. 14. Are they not minis-
tering spirits, sent forth to minister for them
who shall be heirs of salvation 1
xlviii. 16. The angel redeemed Jacob from
all evil. Ch. xxxi. 11.
XXII. Instances of the care and service of
angels for God's people, coming from Egypt.
Exod. xiv. 19. An angel of God went before
the camp of Israel. Ch. xiii. 21. xxiii. 20.
23. xxxii. 34. xxxiii. 2.
Numb. xx. 16. God sent an angel and
brought us out of Egypt. Zech. xii. 8.
Isa. Ixiii. 9. The Angel of his presence
saved them.
1 Kings xix. 5. 7. An angel feeds and re-
freshes Elijah when persecuted.
2 Kings vi. 1 7. Angels deliver Elisha from
enemies.
Ps. xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord en-
campeth round about them that fear him, and
delivereth them.
xci. 11, 12. He shall give his angels charge
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They
shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
Dan. iii. 25. 28. The angel saved three
Jews, viz. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
from being burned in the fiery furnace.
vi. 22. An angel saved Daniel from being
hurt in the lion's den.
Matt, xviii. 10. Take heed that ye despise
not one of these little ones ; for I say unto you,
that in heaven their angels do always behold
the face of my father which is in heaven.
Luke xvi. 22. The beggar died, and was
carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.
John v. 4. An angel went down at a certain
season, and troubled the water, and whosoever
stepped in first was healed.
Acts v. 19, 20. An angel delivered the
apostles from prison. Ch. xii. 7. 11.
XXIII. Revelations of God's will and direc-
tions given by angels. Gen. xvi. 7. An angel
directs Hagar to return home, and informs her
of the future greatness of her son's posterity.
Ch. xxi. 17, 18.
xviii. 2. 10. 17. Angels foretell to Abraham
the birth of a son, and the destruction of So-
dom and Gomorrah.
xxii. 15. An angel informs Abraham of the
future greatness of his posterity.
xxxi. 11. An angel directs Jacob to return
to his country.
Exod. iii. 2. 10. The angel directs Moses to
deliver Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 16. Acts vii.
30. 35. 38.
Judges vi. 1 1 to 22. An angel directs Gi-
deon to deliver Israel from enemies.
xiii. 3 to 21. An angel foretells the birth of
Samson.
2 Kings i. 3. 15, 16. An angel directs Elijah
to deliver a message full of reproof to the king
of Samaria, for consulting heathen gods about
his recovery.
Dan. viii. 17. 19. The angel Gabriel explains
to Daniel a vision, concerning the delivery of
the Jews. Ch. ix. 21, 22.
Dan. x. 11 to 21. An angel expounds to
Daniel, and encourages him.
Zech. i. 9 to 21. An angel expounds to the
prophets. See Ch. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Ver. I to 9.
Acts vii. 53. The law was delivered on
Mount Sinai by angels. Ver. 38. Gal. iii.
19. Heb. ii. 2.
viii. 26. By direction of an angel, Philip
joins the eunuch, and instructs and baptizes
him. See from verse 30 to 39.
x. 3. By direction of an angel Cornelius
sends for Peter, to receive from him the know-
ledge of Christ. Ver. 4. 6. 22. 30. Ch. xi
13, 14.
xxvii. 23. By information from an angel,
Paul declares the safety of himself, and those
who sailed with him.
Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him, and he sent and
signified it by his angel unto his servant John.
Ch. xxii. 16.
xxii. 9. The angel said, I am thy fellow-
servant, and of thy brethren, the prophets,
and of them which keep the sayings of this
book.
See other revelations by angels : Rev. x. 1
5, 6, 7. xi. 15. xiv. 6 to 19. xvii. 1. -
xviii. 1. 21.
XXIV. Angels inflict God's judgments on
the wicked. Gen. iii. 24. When Adam and
Eve had been turned out of paradise, God
planted cherubim and a flaming sword to keep
the way of the tree of life.
xix. 1 to 29. Sodom is destroyed by angels.
Exod. xii. 29. The first-born in Egypt slain
by a destroying angel. Ver. 23.
Numb. xxii. 22. The angel of the Lord
stood in the way for an adversary against Ba
laam. See to ver. 36.
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ANGELS.
CHAP. II.
Judg. ii. 1.4. An angel is sent to reprove
Israel for disobedience.
2 Sara. xxiv. 16. An angel stretched out
his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, after he
had slain in other parts seventy thousand men
by pestilence. Ver. 15.
2 Kings xix. 35. An angel of the Lord
smote in the camp of the Assyrians, an hun-
dred four score and five thousand. Isa.
xxx vii. 36.
Ps. xxxv. 5, 6. Let the angel of the Lord
chase the wicked. Let the angel of the Lord
persecute them.
Ixxviii. 49. He cast upon them the fierce-
ness of his anger, wrath, and indignation and
trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Acts xii. 23. An angel of the Lord smote
Herod because he gave not God the glory, and
he was eaten of worms.
Rev. vii. 2. To four angels it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea. See chapters 8th
and 9th.
xv. 1 . Seven angels, having the seven last
plagues. Ver. 6. See these plagues through
the whole 16th chapter.
xx. 1. An angel binds Satan. See also Ch.
xix. 17.
XXV. Their attendance on, and services to
Christ. Luke i. 11 to 21. The angel Gabriel
foretells the birth, manner of life, and ministry
of John, the forerunner of Christ. Ver. 26.
The same angel foretells to the virgin Mary,
the conception and birth of Jesus Christ, and
his greatness. See to ver. 35.
Matt. i. 20. An angel informs Joseph of
Christ's conception, by the power of the Holy
Ghost.
Luke ii. 9 to 14. Angels publish the birth
of Christ to shepherds, and praise God on that
occasion.
Matt. ii. 13. An angel warns Joseph to
carry Jesus and his mother into Egypt for
safety. Ver. 19. An angel directs Joseph and
Mary to return with Jesus from Egypt.
iv. 11. Angels ministered unto Jesus when
he was tempted of the devil. Mark i. 13.
John i. 51.
Luke xxii. 43. When Christ was in an
agony, before he was apprehended by enemies,
there appeared an angel unto him from heaven
strengthening him.
Matt. xxvi. 51, 52. When Jesus was appre-
hended, Peter drew his sword to fight for him.
Jesus said, Put up thy sword ; thinkest thou
that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he
shall presently give me more than twelve le-
gions of angels ?
xxviii. 2. At Christ's resurrection, an angel
rolls back the stone from the door of the
sepulchre, and sat on it. Ver. 5. He declares
Christ's resurrection to those who came to the
sepulchre, and directs them where to publish
it. Ver. 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6, 7. John xx.
12, 13.
Acts i. 10, 11. At Christ's ascension, angels
declare to the apostles his coming again.
XXVI. They shall attend Christ at his
coming to judgment. Matt. xvi. 27. The
Son of man shall come in the glory of his
Father, with his angels ; and then he shall re-
ward every man according to his work. Ch.
xxv. 31, 32. Mark viii. 38. Luke ix. 26.
Luke xii. 8, 9. Jesus said, Whosoever shall
confess me before men, him shall the Son of
man also confess before the angels of God.
He that denieth me before men, shall be de-
nied before the angels of God. Rev. hi. 5.
1 Thess. iv. 16. The Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
1 Cor. xv. 52.
XXVII. Their employment at the day of
judgment. Matt. xiii. 39. The harvest is the
end of the world ; the reapers are the angels.
xxiv. 31. The son of man shall send his
angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and
they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the
other. Mark xiii. 27.
xiii. 41, 42. The Son of man shall send
forth his angels, and they shall gather out of
his kingdom all things that offend, and them
that do iniquity. And shall cast them into a
furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth. Ver. 49, 50.
2 Thess. i. 79. The Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ; who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.
XXVIII. They are worshippers of God the
Father. Ps. ciii. 20, 21. Bless the Lord all
ye his angels. (Rev. vii. 1 1. xix. 10. xxii.
9.) Bless the Lord all ye his hosts, ye minis-
ters of his that do his pleasure. Ps. cxlviii. 2.
Isa. vi. 3. The seraphim cried one to an-
other, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
of hosts : the whole earth is full of his glory.
Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands minister-
ed unto him, and ten thousand times ten thou-
sand stood before him.
XXIX. They worship Christ, and are sub-
ject to him. Heb. i. 4. Christ was made bet-
ter than the angels. Ver. 6. God said, Let
all the angels of God worship him.
CHAP. II.
DEVILS.
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Rev. v. 11, 12. Angels round about the
throne said, Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom,
and strength, and honour, and glory, and
blessing.
They are not to be worshipped. See Col.
ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10. xxii. 8, 9.
DEVILS.
XXX. Of the angels some sinned and are
reserved unto punishment. 2 Pet. ii. 4. God
spared not the angels that sinned, but cast
them down to hell ; and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judg-
ment.
Jude 6. The angels that kept not their first
estate, but left their own habitation, God hath
reserved in everlasting chains under darkness,
Unto the judgment of the great day.
Rev. xx. 10. The devil that deceived the
nations,' was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false pro-
phet are, and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever.
Matt. xxv. 41. Everlasting fire is prepared
for the devil and his angels.
XXXI. What their sin is supposed to have
been. See above, Jude 6.
1 Tim. iii. 6. Pride is called the condemna-
tion of the devil.
Job xxxviii. 7. Morning stars is the name
of angels : this name is given to the proud
king of Babylon, losing his power, as one of
these morning stars falling.
Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for
thee, to meet thee at thy coming. Ver. 12.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the morning.
Luke x. 18. Jesus said, I beheld Satan fall
as lightning from heaven.
XXXII. Names given to these in Scripture.
The god of this world, 2 Cor. iv. 4. The
prince of this world, John xiv. 30. xvi. 11.
Beelzebub the chief of the devils. Luke xi.
15. The prince of the power of the air,
Eph. ii. 2. Belial, who hath his sons and
children of the wicked. See Deut. xiii. 13.
Judg. xix. 22. xx. 13. 1 Sam. ii. 12. x.
27. xxx. 22. 2 Sam. xx. 1. 1 Kings xxi.
10. 2Chron. xiii. 7. 2 Cor. vi. 15. The
devil and his angels, Matt. xxv. 41.
The dragon and his angels, Rev. xii. 7. 9.
The angel of the bottomless pit, Rev. ix. 11.
Rev. xii. 9. The great dragon, that old ser-
pent the devil, and Satan, the deceiver, and his
angels. Ver 10. The accuser of the brethren.
Compare Job i. 9. ii, 5. Zech. iii. 1.
They are called principalities and powers.
Rom. viii. 38. Eph. vi. 12.
XXXIII. Devils are represented as enemies
to all good, and promoters of sin and misery
among mankind. Gen. iii. 1 to 7. Satan
called the serpent. 2 Cor. xi. 3. And the
old serpent, the devil. Rev. xii. 9. xx. 2.
Beguiled Eve.
2 Sam. xxiv. 1. He moved David to num-
ber the people.
Zech. iii. 1. Satan stood at Joshua's right
hand to resist him.
Matt. xiii. 38, 39. The tares are the child-
ren of the wicked one. The enemy that
sowed the tares is the devil.
Luke xxii. 31. Satan desired to have Peter
to sift him.
John vi. 70. Jesus said [of Judas], One of
you is a devil.
xiii. 27. Satan entered into Judas, and
tempted him to betray his master. Luke
xxii. 3.
xvii. 12. Judas was the son of perdition.
2 Thess. ii. 3. The man of sin is the son of
perdition.
viii. 44. To his enemies, Jesus said, Ye are
of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do ; he was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him.
Acts v. 3. He put it into the hearts of Ana-
nias and Sapphira to lie to the Holy Ghost.
Eph. ii. 2. Satan is the spirit that worketh
in the children of disobedience.
vi. 12. Devils are the rulers of the darkness
of this world.
1 Thess. iii. 5. Satan is the tempter. 1 Tim.
v. 1 5. Some turn aside after him.
Jam. iii. 15. Envy and strife is the wisdom
that is earthly, sensual, devilish.
1 John iii. 8. He that committeth sin is of
the devil. Ver. 10.
Ver. 12. Cain was of that wicked one, and
slew his brother.
Rev. xii. 9. Satan deceiveth the whole
world.
Satan's hurtfulness to the bodies and
worldly interests of mankind : See Job i. 6 to
20, and ii. 7. Also devils are cast out by
Christ : See Christ's Miracles.
XXXIV. The enmity and endeavours of
Satan and his servants, to injure Christ and
his servants. Matt, iv 1. Satan tempted
Christ. Mark i. 13.
Matt. xiii. 19. When any one heareth the
word of the kingdom, and understandeth it
not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth
away that which was sown in his heart. Mark
iv. 15.
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DEVILS.
CHAP. II.
Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh away the
word out of their hearts, lest they should be-
lieve, and be saved.
Acts xiii. 10. They pervert the right ways
of the Lord.
2 Cor. iv. 4. The god of this world hath
blinded the minds of those who believe not.
xii.7. A messenger of Satan buffeted Paul.
1 Thess. ii. 18. Satan hindered the apostles.
Rev. ii. 10.
2 Thess. ii. 9. The coming of the man of
sin, is after the working of Satan, with all
power and signs, and lying wonders, and with
all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them
that perish ; because they received not the love
of the truth, that they might be saved.
1 Tim. iv. 1. Some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc-
trines of devils.
Rev. iii. 9. They say they are Jews, and
are not, but are of the synagogue of Satan.
See Rev. ii. 9, 10. xii. 13. xx. 10.
XXXV. Devils believe that there is a God.
James ii. 19. The devils believe and tremble.
They know Christ. Mark i. 24. They
said to Jesus, Let us alone ; what have we to
do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ? I
. know thee who thou art, the holy one of God.
Luke iv. 41. Devils came out of many,
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ, the
Son of God.
XXXVI. They knew Christ's servants.
Acts xvi. 16, 17. A damsel possessed with a
spirit of divination, which brought her mas-
ters much gain by soothsaying, followed Paul
and other apostles, saying, These men are ser-
vants of the most high God, which shew unto
us the way of salvation. Ver. 18. Paul com-
manded the evil spirit to come out of her.
xix. 13. Certain vagabond Jews, exorcists,
took upon them to call over them which had
evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, say-
ing, We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul
preacheth. Ver. 15, 16. The evil spirit an-
swered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I
know, but who are ye 1 And the man in
whom the evil spirit was, leapt on them, and
overcame them, and prevailed against them,
so that they fled out of that house naked and
wounded.
XXXVII. They know the sacred Scriptures.
Matt. iv. 6. They produce the words of Ps.
xci. 1 1, saying, It is written, He shall give his
angels charge concerning thee, and in their
hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time
thou dash thy foot against a stone.
XXXVIII. Satan was overcome by Christ.
Matt. iv. 1. to 12. When Jesus was forty days
tempted of the devil, the devil leaveth him
without succeeding.
John xii. 31. Jesus said, Now shall the
prince of this world be cast out.
xiv. 30. Jesus said, The prince of this world
cometh, and hath nothing in me,
xvi. 11. The prince of this world is
judged.
Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities and
powers, triumphing over them.
Heb. ii. 14. Christ destroyed him that had
the power of death, that is, the devil.
1 John iii. 8. For this purpose the Son of
God was manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil.
Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall overcome
them, i. e. the servants of Satan. See Rev
xii.7. 9, 10, 11.
XXXIX. Satan is overcome by Christians,
through divine power communicated. Matt,
x. 1. Jesus gave his disciples power against
unclean spirits, to cast them out. Mark iii.
15. vi. 7.
Luke x. 17. The disciples returned with
joy, saying to Jesus, Even the devils are
subject to us through thy name.
Acts xxvi. 17, 18. Jesus said to Paul, I send
thee to open men's eyes, to turn them from
darkness to light, and from the power of Satan
unto God.
Rom. xvi. 20. The God of peace shall bruise
Satan under your feet.
2 Tim. ii. 25, 26. If God will give them re-
pentance to the acknowledging of the truth ;
that they may recover themselves out of the
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by
him at his will. Col. i. 13.
1 John ii. 14. I have written unto you,
young men, because ye are strong, and the
word of God abideth in you, and ye have over-
come the wicked one. Ver. 13. Eph. vi.
10, tl.
v. 18. He that is begotten of God, keepeth
himself, and that wicked one toucheth him
not. Ch. iv. 4.
Rev. xii. 11. They overcame Satan by the
blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony. See Rom. viii. 37, 38, 39.
XL. Promises to them that overcome Satan.
Rev. ii. 7. They shall eat of the tree of life.
1 1 . Shall not be hurt of the second death. 1 7.
Shall have hidden manna. 26. Shall have
power over the nations. Ch. iii. 5. Shall be
clothed in white. 12. Shall be made a pillar
in the temple of God. 21. Shall sit with
Christ in his throne. Ch. xxi. 7. Shall in-
herit all things. 1 Cor. vi. 3. Shall judge
fallen angels.
CHAP. III.
GOD'S GOVERNMENT.
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XLI. Duties exhorted to in opposition to
Satan. 1 Cor. vii. 5. Let the husband and
wife come together, that Satan tempt you not
for your incontinency.
2 Cor. ii. 11. Let us receive an offender,
when become penitent, lest Satan get an ad-
vantage of us ; for we are not ignorant of his
devices.
xi. 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you, with
a godly jealousy. Ver. 3. I fear lest by any
means as the serpent beguiled Eve, through
his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in Christ*
Ver. 14, 15. For Satan himself is trans-
formed into an angel of light. Therefore it is
no great thing if his ministers also be trans-
formed, as the ministers of righteousness;
whose end shall be according to their works.
Eph. iv. 26, 27. Let not the sun go down
upon your wrath. Neither give place to the
devil.
vi. 11, 12. Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places. Ver. 16. Take the shield of faith
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked one.
James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you.
1 Pet. v. 8, 9. Be sober, be vigilant; be-
cause your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour. Whom resist steadfast in the faith.
Jude 9. Michael the archangel said, The
Lord rebuke thee, Satan. Zech. iii. 2.
CHAPTER III.
GOD'S GOVERNMENT.
I. HE is the King, Ruler, and Governor
of the world,- having a throne, kingdom,
dominion, government. 2 Kings xix. 15.
Thou art the God of all the kingdoms of the
earth.
1 Chron. xxix. 1 1. Thine is the power, and
the glory, and the kingdom ; and thou art ex-
alted as head above all. Matt. vi. 13.
2 Chron. xx. 6. Art thou not God in hea-
ven ? and rulest not thou over all the king-
doms of the heathen 1 and in thy hand is there
not power, and might, so that none is able to
withstand thee 1
Job xxv. 2. Dominion and fear are with
him : he maketh peace in his high places.
Ps. x. 16. The Lord is King for ever and
ever.
\i. 4. The Lord's throne is in heaven : his
eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.
xxii. 28. The kingdom is the Lord's ; and
he is the governor among the nations.
xlv. 6. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and
ever ; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right
sceptre.
xlvii. 2. The Lord most high, is a great
King over all the earth. Ver. 8. God reigneth
over the heathen : God sitteth on the throne
of his holiness.
Ixvi. 7. He ruleth by his power for ever;
his eyes behold the nations.
Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne.
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xcv. 3. The Lord is a great God, and a great
King above all gods.
xcvii. 2. Clouds and darkness are round
about him ; righteousness and judgment are
the habitation of his throne.
ciii. 19. The Lord hath prepared his throne
in the heavens ; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
cxlv. 1-3. Thy kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and thy dominion endureth through-
out all generations.
Prov. viii. 16. By me princes rule, and
nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
Isa. xxxvii. 1 6. Thou art the God, even thou
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Ch.
vi. 5. The King, the Lord of hosts.
Ixvi. 1. The heaven is my throne, and the
earth is my footstool.
Jer. x. 10. The Lord is the true God, he is
the living God, and an everlasting King : at
his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the na-
tions shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Dan. iv. 3. His kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and his dominion is from generation
to generation. Ver. 34.
vi. 26. He is the living God, and steadfast
for ever ; and his kingdom is that which shall
not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be
even unto the end. Ch. vii. 14. 27.
1 Tim. vi. 15. He is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
II. God is the lawgiver. Isa. xxxiii. 22.
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COUNSELS WILL ORDINATIONS OF GOD. CHAP. III.
The Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our
king.
James iv. 12. He is the one lawgiver, who
is able to save and to destroy.
III. God is the judge of the earth. Gen.
xviii. 25. The judge of all the earth. Ps. xciv.
2. Heb. xii. 23.
Deut. xxxii. 36. The Lord shall judge his
people. Eccl. iii. 17. He shall judge the
righteous and the wicked.
1 Sam. ii. 10. The Lord shall judge the
ends of the earth.
Ps. ix. 4. Thou satest in the throne judg-
ing right
1. 6. God is judge himself. Ps. Ixxvi. 8.
xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with
righteousness, and the people with his truth.
COUNSELS OF GOD.
IV. God has his counsels. Ps. xxxiii. 1 1.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever ; the
thoughts of his heart to all generations. Prov.
xix. 21.
Prov. viii. 14. Counsel is mine, and sound
wisdom ; I am understanding.
Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faith-
fulness and truth.
xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is wonderful
in counsel, and excellent in working. Jer.
xxxii. 19.
xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, and
who instructed him? Ver. 17. All nations
before him are as nothing.
xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, and I will
dp all my pleasure.
Jer. xxxii. 19. The Lord of hosts, great in
counsel and mighty in work.
Acts ii. 23. Jesus was delivered by the de-
terminate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
iv. 27, 28. Against thy holy child Jesus,
whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peo-
ple of Israel, were gathered together ; for to
do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel de-
termined before to be done.
Heb. vi. 17. God, willing to shew the im-
mutability of his counsel, confirmed [his pro-
mise] by an oath.
V. Purpose of God. Jer. Ii. 29. Every
purpose of God shall be performed. See pur-
poses of God concerning particular nations.
Isa. xiv. 24. 27. xix. 12. xxiii. 9. xlvi.
11. Jer. xlix. 20.
Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are
the called according to his purpose.
ix. 11, 12. That the purpose of God ac-
cording to election might stand, it was said,
The elder [brother] shall serve the younger.
Ver. 17. Concerning Pharaoh, God said, For
this same purpose have I raised thee up, that
I might shew my power in thee.
Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained an
inheritance, being predestinated according to
the purpose of him who worketh all things
after the counsel of his own will.
iii. 11. According to the eternal purpose,
which God purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Tim. i. 9. God 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 be-
fore the world began.
WILL OF GOD.
VI. God doth will. Job xxiii. 13. He is
in one mind, and who can turn him? and
what his soul desireth that he doeth. Ps.
xxxiii. 11.
Dan. iv. 35. All the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing, and he doeth accord-
ing to his will, in the army of heaven, and
among the inhabitants of the earth ; and none
can stay his hand, or say unto him, What
dost thou? Job xxxiii. 13.
Isa. xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure.
Iv. 11. My word shall accomplish that
which I please.
VII. Determinations of God. Job xiv. 5.
Man's days are determined, the number of his
months are with thee ; thou hast appointed
his bounds that he cannot pass. Ver. 14.
Acts xvii. 26.
Isa. x. 23. The Lord God of hosts shall
make a consumption, even determined, in the
midst of all the land. Ch. xxviii. 22. Zeph.
iii. 8.
Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined
upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to
finish the transgression, and to make an end
of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity,
and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to
anoint the- most holy. Ver. 26, 27.
xi. 36. That that is determined shall be
done.
Zeph. iii. 8. My determination is to gather
the nations, to pour upon them mine indigna-
tion.
Matt xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth as
it is written [determined] of him. Acts iv. 28.
ORDINATIONS OF GOD.
VIII. Things ordained of God. Ps.
CHAP. III.
DECREES OF GOD ELECTION.
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cxxxii. 17. I have ordained a lamp for mine
anointed.
Jer. i. 5. I ordained thee a prophet to the
nations. 1 Tim. ii. 7.
Hab. i. 12. Thou hast ordained them, [the
enemy,] for judgment ; and, O mighty God,
thou hast ordained them for correction.
John xv. 16. Jesus said, I have ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.
Eph. ii. 10.
Acts i. 21, 22. Of those men must one be
ordained, a witness with us of Christ's resur-
rection.
Ver. 2326. And the apostles appointed
two, Joseph and Matthias. And they prayed,
and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the
hearts of all men, shew whether of these two
thou hast chosen ; that he may take part of
this ministry and apostleship. And they gave
forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias ;
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Jude 4. There are certain men crept in un-
awares, who were before of old ordained to
this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the
grace of God into lasciviousness, &c.
DECREES OF GOD.
IX. Things decreed of God. Job xxviii.
26. He made a decree for the rain. Ps.
cxlviii. 6.
xxxviii. 10. He broke up for the sea his de-
creed place, and set bars and doors. Prov.
viii. 29. Jer. v. 22.
Dan. iv. 24. This is the decree of the most
high God, that is come upon the king.
Zeph. ii. 2. Before the decree bring forth,
before the day of the Lord's anger come upon
you.
X. Things appointed of God. 2 Sam.
xvii. 14. The Lord had appointed to defeat
the counsel of Ahithophel.
Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed time
for man upon the earth 1 are not his days
like the days of an hireling? Ch. xiv. 5. 14.
Prov. viii. 29. He appointed the founda-
tions of the earth.
Dan. viii. 19. At the time appointed, the
end shall be. Ch. xi. 27. 35.
Mic. vi. 9. He hath appointed the rod.
Hab. ii. 0. The vision is for an appointed
time.
Luke xxii. 29. He appointed unto Christ a
kingdom.
Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a day in
which he will judge the world by Jesus Christ.
Gal. iv. 4. When the fulness of time was
come, God sent forth his Son made of a wo-
1 Pet. ii. 8. Christ is a stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offence to them which stumble
at the word, being disobedient ; whereunto
also they were appointed. Jude 4.
PREDESTINATION.
XI. Things predestinated of God. Rom.
viii. 29, 30. Whom God did foreknow he did
predestinate to be conformed to the image of
his Son, that he might be the first-born among
many brethren. Moreover, whom he did pre-
destinate, them he also called ; and whom he
called them he also justified ; and whom he
justified, them he also glorified.
Eph. i. 5. God having predestinated us to
the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, ac-
cording to the good pleasure of his will.
Ver. 11, 12. In him we have obtained an
inheritance, being predestinated according to
the purpose of him who worketh all things
after the counsel of his own will ; that we
should be to the praise of his glory.
ELECTION.
XII. Election of the Jews. Neh. ix. 7, 8.
Thou art the Lord, the God who didst choose
Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur
of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of
Abraham : And madest a covenant with him.
Compare Gen. xi. 31. xii. 1, 2, 3. Acts
xiii. 17.
Deut. iv. 37. Because the Lord loved thy
fathers, therefore he chose their seed after
them, and brought thee out of Egypt.
vii. 6. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee
to be a special people unto himself, above all
people that are upon the face of the earth.
Ch. xiv. 2.
Ver. 7, 8. The Lord did not set his love
upon you, nor choose you because ye were
more in number than any people, (for ye were
the fewest of all people:) But because the
Lord loved you, and because he would keep
the oath which he had sworn to your fathers.
Ch. x. 15.
1 Kings Hi. 8. Thy servant is in the midst
of thy people, whom thou hast chosen.
1 Chron. xvi. 13, 14. O ye seed of Israel
his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen
ones : He is the Lord our God. Ps. cv. 6, 7.
Ps. xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation whose
God is the Lord, and the people whom he
hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Ixv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou
choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,
that he may dwell in thy courts.
cv. 43. The Lord brought forth his people
with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
ELECTION.
CHAP. III.
Ps cvi. 4, 5. Remember me, Lord, with
the favour that thou bearest unto thy people :
visit me with thy salvation : That I may
see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice
in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory
with thine inheritance.
Ps. cxxxii. 13. The Lord hath chosen Zion,
he hath desired it for his habitation. Ver. 15.
1 will abundantly bless her provision, &c. Ps.
Ixxviii. 68.
cxxxv. 4. The Lord hath chosen Jacob unto
himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will yet choose Israel,
and set them in their own land. Ch. xlix. 7.
Zech. i. 17. ii. 12.
xli. 8, 9. Thou Israel art my servant, Jacob
whom I have chosen. I have chosen thee, and
not cast thee away.
xliii. 20. I give waters in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my
people, my chosen^
xliv. 2 4. Thus saith the Lord that made
thee, and formed thee from the womb, which
will help thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant,
and thou Jeshurun whom I have chosen. For
I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and
floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my
Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon
thine offspring. And they shall spring up, &c.
xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake, and
Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy
name [Cyrus] : I have surtiamed thee, though
thou hast not known me.
xlviii. 10. I have refined thee, but not with
silver ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of
affliction. Ver. 17. I am the Lord thy God,
which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Ixv. 9. Mine elect shall inherit my moun-
tain, and my servants shall dwell here. Ver.
22. Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of
their hands.
Ezek. xx. 5. Thus saith the Lord God, I
chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the
seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself
known unto them.
Zech. iii. 2. Q Satan, the Lord that hath
chosen Jerusalem, rebuke thee : Is not this a
brand plucked out of the fire 1
XIII. Election of Christians. Matt. xx. 16.
Jesus said, Many be called, but few chosen.
xxiv. 22. For the elect's sake, those days
[of calamity] shall be shortened. Mark
xiii. 20.
Ver. 24. False Christs, and false prophets,
shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch,
that (if it were possible) they shall deceive the
very elect. Ver. 31. The Son of man shall
[at the last day] send his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather to-
gether his elect, from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other.
Luke xviii. 7. Shall not God avenge his
own elect, which cry day and night unto him ]
John vi. 37. Jesus said, All that the Father
giveth me, &c.
xiii. 18. Jesus said, I speak not of you all,
I know whom I have chosen : but that the
scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread-
with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
xv. 16. I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.
Ver. 19. I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
Rom. viii. 33. Who shall lay any thing to
the charge of God's elect 1 It is God that jus-
tifieth.
ix. 6. They are not all Israel which are of
Israel.
Ver. 10 13. When Rebecca had conceived
by Isaac, (the children being not yet born,
neither having done any good or evil, that the
purpose of God according to election might
stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ;)
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the
younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved,
but Esau have I hated.
Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, nor
of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth
mercy. Ver. 18. He hath mercy on whom he
will have mercy, and whom he will he hard-
eneth.
Ver. 21. Hath not the potter power over the
clay?
xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people,
which he foreknew.
Ver. 4 6. Seven thousand were reserved
in Israel, who had not bowed the knee to the
image of Baal. So at this time there is a
remnant according to the election of grace:
And if by grace, it is no more of works.
Ver. 7. Israel hath not obtained that which
he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained
it, and the rest were blinded. Ver. 28. As
touching the election, the Jews are beloved for
the fathers' sakes.
Eph. i. 4, 5. God hath chosen us in Christ,
before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before him
in love. Having predestinated us to the
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to him-
self, according to the good pleasure of his will.
Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God,
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness, &c.
1 Thess. i. 4. Knowing, brethren beloved,
your election of God.
2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath from the begin-
ning chosen you to salvation, through sancti-
fication of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for the
CHAP. III.
CALLING.
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elect's sake, that they may obtain the salvation
which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
Tit. i. 1. Paul an apostle, according to the
faith of God's elect.
James ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor
of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the
kingdom which he hath promised to them that
love him ]
1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the foreknow-
ledge of God the Father, through sanctification
of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling
of the blood of Jesus Christ.
ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ;
that ye should shew forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light.
v. 13. The church that is at Babylon,
elected together with you.
2 John, ver. 1. The elect lady. Ver. 13.
The elect sister.
Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the Lamb,
are called, and chosen, and faithful.
See 1 Tim. v. 21. Elect angels.
Christ is God's elect. Isa. xlii. 1.
XIV. Persons chosen or elected of God, to
Jill offices in the church and state. Deut.
xvii. 15. Thou shalt set him king over thee,
whom th^Lord thy God shall choose. Kings
chosen of God were Saul, 1 Sam. x. 24.
David, 2 Sam. vi. 21. 1 Kings viii. 16. Ps.
Ixxviii. 70. Ixxxix. 3. 19, 20. Solomon,
1 Chron. xxix. 1. 1 Sam. ii. 28.
Priests chosen. Levi, Deut. x. 8. Aaron,
Num. xvi. 5. xvii. 5. 8. 1 Sam. ii. 28.
Twelve apostles chosen. Luke vi. 13.
Matthias, Acts i. 24. 26. Stephen, Acts vi. 5.
Paul, Acts ix. 1 5. xxii. 14.
Place of worship chosen. Deut xii. 5. 11.
14. 18. 21. 26. The temple, 1 Kings ix. 3.
Jerusalem, 1 Kings xi. 13. Neh. i. 9.
CALLING.
XV. God doth call ; his people are called.
Isa. xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord, that created
thee, O Jacob, that formed thee, O Israel, Fear
not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called
thee by thy name, thou art mine.
xlviii. 12. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and
Israel my called, I am he ; I am the first, I
also am the last.
Iv. 5. Behold thou shalt call a nation that
thou knowest not, and nations that knew not
thee shall run unto thee.
Ixii. 2. Thou shalt be called by a new name,
which the Lord shall name.
Joel ii. 32. In mount Zion, and in Jerusa-
lem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath
said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall
call.
Matt. xx. 1. The kingdom of heaven is like
unto a man that is an householder, which
went out early in the morning to hire labourers
unto his vineyard. Ver. 3 6. He went out
about the third, the sixth, the ninth, and ele-
venth hour, and sent those he found into his
vineyard. Ver. 9, 10. They received e\ery
man a penny.
Ver. 11. When they murmured against the
good man of the house, because the first re-
ceived not more than they who entered last.
Ver. 13. He answered, and said, Friend, I do
thee no wrong. Ver. 15, 16. Is it not lawful
for me to do what I will with mine own 1 Is
thine eye evil, because I am good 1 So the
last shall be first, and the first last : for many
be called but few chosen. Ch. xix. 30.
xxii. 2, 3. The kingdom of heaven is like
unto a king, which made a marriage for his
son ; and sent forth his servants to call them
that were bidden to the wedding.
John x. 3. The good Shepherd calleth his
own sheep by name.
xv. 15. Jesus said, I call you not servants.
I have called you friends. Heb. ii. 11. Christ
is not ashamed to call them brethren.
Acts ii. 39. The promise is unto you, and
to your children, and to all that are afar off",
even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Rom. i. 6. Among whom are ye also the
called of Jesus Christ.
Ver. 7. To all that be in Rome, called to be
saints.
iv. 17. God calleth those things that are not
as though they were.
viii. 28. All things work together for good,
to them that love God, to them who are the
called according to his purpose.
Ver. 30. Whom God did predestinate them
he also called.
ix. 11. That the purpose of God according
to election might stand, not of works but of
him that calleth.
Ver. 23, 24. The vessels of mercy he hath
prepared unto glory ; even us whom he hath
called, not of the Jews only but also of the
Gentiles.
Ver. 25. God saith, I will call them my
people, which were not my people ; and her
beloved, which was not beloved. Hos. ii. 23.
xi. 29. The gifts and calling of God are
without repentance.
1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye
were called unto the fellowship of his Son Je-
sus Christ our Lord.
Ver. 24. Unto them who are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God,
and the wisdom of God.
Ver. 26 27. Ye see your calling brethren,
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JUSTIFICATION.
CHAP. III.
how that not many wise men after the flesh,
not many mighty, not many noble are called :
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the
world to confound the wise.
vii. 15. God hath called us to peace.
Ver. 17. As the Lord hath called every one,
so let him walk. See ver. 18. 20, 21. 24.
Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon re-
moved from him that called you into the grace
of Christ.
v. 8. This persuasion cometh not of him
that calleth you.
Ver. 13. Brethren, ye have been called unto
liberty.
Eph. i. 16. I cease not to give thanks, and
to pray, &c. Ver. 18. That ye may know
what is the hope of his calling, and what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints.
iv. 1. Walk worthy of the vocation where-
with ye are called.
Ver. 4. Ye are called in one hope of your
calling.
Phil. iii. 14. I press toward the mark, for
the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus.
Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in
your hearts, to the which ye are called in one
body.
1 Thess. ii. 12. Walk worthy of God, who
hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
iv. 7. God hath not called us unto unclean-
ness, but unto holiness.
v. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you.
2 Thess. i. 11. We pray that God would
count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all
the good pleasure of his goodness, and the
work of faith with power.
ii. 14. God hath called you, by our gospel,
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art
called.
2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called
us with an holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be-
fore the world began.
Heb. iii. 1. Holy brethren, partakers of the
heavenly calling.
ix. 15. Jesus is the mediator of the New
Testament, that they which are called might
receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
1 Pet. i. 15. As he which hath called you
is holy, so be ye holy, in all manner of con-
versation.
ii. 9. Show forth the praises of him who
hath called you out of darkness, into his mar-
vellous light.
Ver. 20, 21. If ye do well, and suffer for
t, and take it patiently, even hereunto were
ve called.
iii. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing
or railing, but contrariwise blessing ; know-
ng that ye are thereunto called, that ye should
nherit a blessing.
v. 10. The God of all grace hath called us
unto his eternal glory, by Christ Jesus.
2 Pet. i. 3. His divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain to life and god-
iness, through the knowledge of him that
lath called us to glory and virtue.
Ver. 10. Give diligence to make your call-
ng and election sure.
Jude 1, 2. To them that are sanctified by
od the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ,
and called : Mercy unto you, and peace and
ove be multiplied.
Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the Lamb,
are called, and chosen, and faithful.
xix. 9. Blessed are they that are called unto
the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Abraham called. See Isa. Ii. 2. Heb. xi. 8,
XVI. Particular persons called to offices.
Priests. Christ, Isa. xlii. 6. Heb. v. 10.
Aaron, Heb. v. 4.
Prophets, Isa. xlix. 1, 2.
Apostles. Acts xiii. 2. Rom. i. 1. 1 Cor,
i. 1, 2. Gal. i. 15.
God's people are called by his name. Deut.
xxviii. 10. Jer. xiv. 9. xv. 16. Dan. ix.
18, 19. Amos ix. 11, 12. Jam. ii. 7.
The heathens not called by God's name.
Isa. Ixiii. 19. Ixv. 1.
JUSTIFICATION.
XVII. God justifieth. Isa. xlv. 25. In
the Lord shall all the seed of Jacob be justi-
fied, and shall glory. Rom. iii. 30.
Rom. iii. 26. That God might be just, and
the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus.
viii. 30, 31. Whom he called, them he also
justified ; and whom he justified, them he also
glorified. If God be for us, who can be
against us ?
Ver. 33, 34. Who shall lay any thing to
the charge of God's elect] It is God that
justifieth ; who is he that condemneth \
XVIII. Men not justified by the works of
the law. Rom. iii. 20. By the deeds of the law,
there shall no flesh be justified in God's sight.
Ver. 28. We conclude that a man is justi-
fied by faith, without the deeds of the law.
iv. 15. The law worketh wrath.
Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the
works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus
Christ.
UL 10. As many as are of the works of the
CHAP. III.
SANCTIFICATION.
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law are under the curse ; for it is written,
Cursed is every one that continueth not in all
things that are written in the book of the law
to do them. Deut. xxvii. 26. Jam. ii. 10.
Ver. 11. That no man is justified by the
law in the sight of God, is evident : for, The
just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i.
17. Heb. x. 38.
Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith; but,
The man that doeth them, shall live in them.
Lev. xviii. 5. Neh. ix. 29. Ezek. iii. 21.
xviii. 9. 17. xx. 11. 13. 21. xxxiii. 13. 15,
16. Matt. xix. 17. Rom. x. 5.
James ii. 10. He that shall offend in one
point is guilty of all. Compare Rom. iii. 19.
Isa. Ixiv. 6. Ps. cxliii. 2.
Gal. v. 4. Christ is become of no effect to
you, whosoever of you are justified by the
law ; ye are fallen from grace".
XIX. Men are justified freely, and by
grace, through Christ. Isa. liii. 11. By his
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify
many, for he shall bear their iniquities.
Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by his
grace, through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus.
SANCTIFICATION.
XX. God sanctified the Jews. Exod. xxxi.
13. The sabbath is a sign between me and
you throughout your generations ; that ye may
know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify
you. Lev. xx. 8. xxi. 8. 15. Ezek. xx. 12.
Ezek. xxxvii. 28. The heathen shall know
that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them.
XXI. Jews were commanded to sanctify
themselves. Lev. xi. 44. I am the Lord your
God : ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves,
and ye shall be holy : for I am holy. Ch. xx.
7. See Numb. xi. 18. Josh. iii. 5. vii. 13.
1 Sam. xvi. 5. Joel ii. 16.
XXII. God doth sanctify Christians.
1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the will of God, even
your sanctification.
v. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you
wholly : and I pray God, your whole spirit,
and soul, and body, be preserved blameless
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us meet
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints
in light.
Ps. Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord will give grace
and glory.
XXIII. God sanctifieth Christians by his
'ord and Spirit. John xvii. 17. Sanctify
them through thy truth. Ver. 19.
Rom. xv. 16. That the offering up of the
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified
by the Holy Ghost.
2 Cor. iii. 18. We are changed into the
image of Christ by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Thess. ii. 13. God has chosen you to sal-
vation, through sanctification of the Spirit
and belief of the truth. Acts xx. 32. 1 Pet.
i. 2.
XXIV. Justification and sanctification ex-
pressed in other words.
God doth wash. Ps. Ii. 2. Wash me
thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin. Ver. 7. Wash thou me, and
I shall be whiter than snow.
Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow ; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa. iv. 4. When the Lord shall have washed
away the filth of the daughter of Zion.
Ezek. xvi. 4. Thou wast not washed.
Ver. 9. I washed thee with water.
Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him [Christ] that loved
us, and washed us from our sins in his own
blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto
God and his Father, to him be glory and do-
minion for ever.
vii. 14. These have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Duty to wash ourselves. Ps. xxvi. 6. I
will wash my hands in innocency. Ps.
Ixxiii. 13.
Isa. i. 1 6. Wash you, make you clean.
Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thy heart
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved.
Acts xxii. 16. Be baptized, and wash away
thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near [unto God]
with a true heart, in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con-
science, and our bodies washed with pure
water.
XXV. God doth cleanse. Ps. xix. 12.
Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Ps. Ii. 10.
Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all
iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me.
Ezek. xxxvii. 23.
Ezek. xxxvi. 25. Then will I sprinkle clean
water upon you, and ye shall be clean from
all your filthiness. See Efficacy of Christ's
blood.
Eph. v. 26. That he might cleanse the
church, &c. 1 John i. 9.
Duly to cleanse ourselves. Matt, xxiii. 26.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which
is within.
2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. See Isa,
i. 16. Iii. 11. James iv. 8. Ps. cxix. 9.
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CHAP. III.
Promises to the cleansed. Job xvii. 9. Ps.
xviii. 20. 24. xxiv. 3, 4, 5. Ixxiii. 1.
XXVI. God doth purge. Ps. Ixv. 3. As
for our transgressions thou shall purge them
away. See Ps. li. 7. Ixxix. 9.
Isa. i. 25. I will purely purge away thy
dross.
vi. 7. He said, thy iniquity is taken away,
and thy sin purged.
xxvii. 9. By this [affliction] shall the ini-
quity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the
fruit to take away his sin.
Ezek. xxiv. 13. Because I have purged
thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not
be purged any more till I have caused my
fury to rest upon thee.
Dan. xi. 35. Some of them shall fall, to try
them, and to purge, and to make white.
Mai. iii. 3. He shall sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver ; and he shall purify the sons
of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver,
that they may offer unto the Lord an offering
in righteousness.
Matt. iii. 11, 12. John the Baptist said,
Jesus shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost,
and with fire. Whose fan is in his hand, and
he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather
his wheat into the garner.
John xv. 2. Jesus said, Every branch in me
that beareth fruit, my Father purgeth, that it
may bring forth more fruit.
Heb. i. 3. Christ by himself purged our
sins. See Christ's blood.
Duty. 1 Cor. v. 7. 2 Tim. ii. 21.
XXVII. God purifieth. Acts xv. 9. God
purifying their hearts by faith.
Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous
of good works. See Mai. iii. 3. above.
Duty. James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands,
ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double
minded.
I Pet. i. 22. Ye have purified your souls in
obeying the truth, through the Spirit. 1 Tim.
i. 5. Charity out of a pure heart.
1 John iii. 3. Every man that hath this
hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is
pure. 2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of
a pure heart.
XXVIII. God doth refine. Isa. xlviii. 10.
Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver ;
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Zech. xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is
refined, and will try them as gold is tried.
Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and
.ike fullers' soap. Ver. 3.
XXIX. The Lord is a God unto his people ,
he is with them and among them. Exod
xxix. 45, 46. I will dwett among the children
of Israel, and will be their God. (Ch. xx. 2.)
And they shall know that I am the Lord their
God.
Lev. xxvi. 11, 12. I will set my tabernacle
among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
I will walk among you, and will be your God,
and ye shall be my people.
Ps. xlviii. 14. This is our God for ever and
ever : he will be our guide even unto death.
Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with
thee : be not dismayed, for I am thy God.
Jer. vii. 23. Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people. Ch.
xxx. 18. 22.
Zech. viii. 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
I was jealous for Zion. Ver. 8. I will be their
God in truth and in righteousness.
2 Cor. vi. 16. I will dwell in them, and
walk in them ; and I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
Heb. xi. 16. God is not ashamed to be called
their God.
Rev. xxi. 3. Behold the tabernacle of God
is with men, and he will dwell with them : and
they shall be his people, and God himself shall
be with them, and be their God.
XXX. God forsaketh not his people. Deut.
iv. 31. The Lord thy God is a merciful God;
he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee,
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers. See
ch. xxxi. 6. 8. Josh. i. 5. 1 Chron. xxviii.
20. Neh. ix. 17. 19. 31.
1 Sam. xii. 22. The Lord will not forsake
his people, for his great name's sake : because
it hath pleased the Lord to make you his
people.
Ezra ix. 9. God hath not forsaken us in
our bondage; but hath extended mercy to us in
the sight of the kings of Persia.
Ps. ix. 10. Thou hast not forsaken them
that seek thee.
xxxvii. 28. He forsaketh not his saints;
they are preserved for ever. Ver. 25.
xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his
people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Isa. xlii. 16. I will make darkness light be-
fore them, and crooked things straight. &c.
These things will I do, and not forsake them.
xliv. 21. Remember these, O Jacob and
Israel ; for thou art my servant : I have formed
thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou
shalt not be forgotten of me.
xlix. 14, 15, 16. But Zion said, The Lord
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath for-
gotten me. Can a woman forget her suck-
ing child, that she should not have compassion
on the son of her womb] yea, they may for-
get, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have
CHAP. III.
SANCTIFICATION.
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graven thee on the palms of my hands; thy
walls are continually before me.
liv. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken
thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Ver. 8, 9, 10.
2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted, but not
forsaken.
Heb. xiii. 5. Be content, for he hath said,
I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.
XXXI. Prayers that God would not for-
sake his people. 1 Kings viii. 57. The Lord
be with us : let him not leave us nor forsake us.
Ps. xxvii. 9. Leave me not, neither forsake
me, God of my salvation. See Ps. xxxviii.
21. Ixxi. 9. 18. cxix. 8. cxxxviii. 8.
XXXH. God forsaketh the wicked. Deut.
xxxi. 16, 17. The Lord said, This people will
forsake me, and break my covenant. Then
mine anger shall be kindled against them, and
I will forsake them.
Judg. vi. 13. The Lord hath forsaken us,
and delivered us into the hands of enemies.
2 Kings xxi. 14. Thus saith the Lord, I will
forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and
deliver them into the hand of their enemies,
because of their sins.
2 Chron. xii. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Ye
have forsaken me, and therefore have I left you
in the hand of your enemies.
xv. 2. If ye forsake the Lord, he will for-
sake you. Ch. xxiv. 20.
Ps. Ixxviii. 60. He forsook the tabernacle
ofShiloh. Ver. 61.
Jer. xii. 7. I have forsaken my house, I
have left my heritage ; I have given the dearly
beloved of my soul into the hand of her
enemies.
xxiii. 39. I will utterly forget you, and for-
sake you, and the city that I gave you and
your fathers. Ver. 33.
XXXIII. God doth not cast off nor reject
his people. Lev. xxvi. 43, 44. When they
accept the punishment of their iniquity, I will
not cast them away, neither abhor them, to
destroy them utterly.
2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord had compassion
on his people, and would not destroy them,
neither cast them off.
Neh. i. 9. If ye turn unto me and keep my
commandments, though ye were cast out, I
will gather you.
Job viii. 20. God will not cast away a per-
fect man.
Ps. xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his
people. Lam. iii. 31.
Isa. xii. 9. I have chosen thee, and not cast
thee away.
Jer. xxxiii. 25, 26. Thus saith the Lord, If
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my covenant be not with day and night, and
if I have not appointed the ordinances of hea-
ven and earth, then will I cast away the seed
of Jacob ; for I will cause their captivity to
return, and have mercy on them. Ver. 20.
Ch. xxxi. 37. Lam. iii. 31, 32.
Zech. x. 6. They shall be as though I had
not cast them off; for I am the Lord their
God. Ezek. xi. 1 9. Mic. iv. 7.
Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away his
people, which he foreknew. Ver. 4.
XXXIV. Prayers against being cast off.
Ps. xliii. 2, 3. Why dost thou cast me off?
why go I mourning 1 O send out thy light
and truth : let them lead me, &c.
xliv. 23. O Lord cast us not off for ever.
Ps. Ixxiv. 1. Ps. Ixxvii. 7. Jer. xiv. 19. 21.
li. 11. Cast me not away from thy presence.
Ixxi. 9. Cast me not off in the time of old
age.
XXXV. God casteth off and rejecteth the
wicked. 2 Kings xvii. 20. Because of their
wickedness the Lord rejected the seed of Is-
rael, and afflicted them. Ch. xxiii. 27.
1 Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou forsake the Lord
he will cast thee off for ever.
Ps. xliv. 9. Thou hast cast off and put us
to shame. Ps. Ix. 1. 10. Ixxxix. 38. cviii. 1 1.
Ixxiii. 18. Thou castedst the wicked down
to destruction. Ps. v. 10.
Ixxxix. 44. Thou hast made his glory to
cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Ps. cxlvii. 6.
Jer. vi. 30. Reprobate silver shall men call
them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
vii. 15. Because ye have done these evil
works, saith the Lord, I will cast you out of
my sight. Ver. 20. Ch. xv. 1, 2. xxiii.
39. Hi. 3.
xvi. 12, 13. Ye have done evil. Therefore
I will cast you out of this land, into another
land, where I will show you no favour. Ch.
xxii. 26.
Lam. v. 22. Thou hast utterly rejected us,
and art wroth against us.
Ezek. xxviii. 1 6. I will cast thee as profane
out of the mountain of God.
xx xii. 4. I will cast thee forth upon the
open field. Ver. 8. The bright lights of hea-
ven will I make dark over thee.
Hos. ix. 17. God will cast them away, be-
cause they did not hearken unto him.
Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not
forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into
the fire.
viii. 12. The children of the kingdom shall
be cast into outer darkness.
xiii. 47. See the parable of the net and
fishers casting the bad fish away.
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GOD A FATHER.
CHAP. III.
Luke ix. 25. What is a man advantaged if
he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or
be cast away 1
John xv. 6. If a man abide not in me, he is
cast forth as a branch, and is withered.
1 Cor. ix. 27. I keep my body under, lest I
be cast away.
Heb. vi. 8. That ground which beareth
thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto
cursing, whose end is to be burned.
xii. 17. Esau was rejected.
GOD A FATHER.
XXXVI. God a father to his people.
Exod. iv. 22. Thus saith the Lord, Israel is
my son, even my first-born. Jer. xxxL 9.
Rom. ix. 4.
Exod. iv, 23. Let my son go. Hos. xi. 1.
Deut. xiv. 1. Ye are the children of the
Lord your God.
Isa. xliii. 6. Bring my sons from far, and
my daughters from the ends of the earth.
Ch. xlv. 11.
Ixiii. 16. Doubtless \thou art our Father,
though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel
acknowledge us not: thou, Lord, art our
Father, our Redeemer. Ver. 8.
Ixiv. 8. Thou, Lord, art our Father: we
are the clay, and thou our potter ; we are all
the work of thy hand.
Jer. xxxi. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son ] is
he a pleasant child ?
Hos. i. 10. In the place where it was said,
Ye are not my people, there shall it be said
unto you, Ye are the sons of the living God.
Mai. ii. 10. Have we not all one Father]
hath not one God created us 1
Matt vi. 9. Our Father which art in
heaven.
xxiii. 9. One is your Father which is in
heaven,
John xx. 17. Jesus said, I ascend to my
Father, and your Father; to my God and
your God. v
1 Cor. viii. 6. To us there is but one God
the Father, of whom are all things.
2 Cor. vi. 18. I will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith
the Lord Almighty. Jer. xxxi. 1. 9. Hos.
i. 10.
Eph. iv. 6. There is one God and Father
of all, who is above all, and through all, and
in you all.
XXXVII. How any of mankind come into
the relation of children, of sons and daugh-
ters unto God, besides that of being created
by God. John i. 12, 13. As many as re-
ceived Christ, to them gave he power to be-
come the sons of God, even to them that be-
lieve on his name. Who were born, not of
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God.
iii. 3. Jesus said, Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Ver. 5, 6. Except a man be born of water and
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king-
dom of God. (Tit. iii. 5, 6.) That which is
born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit.
Ver. 7, 8. Marvel not that I said, Ye must
be born again. The wind bloweth where it
listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh and
whither it goeth ; so is every one that is bom
of the Spirit
Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God,
by faith in Jesus Christ, iv. 4, 5. God sent
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under
the law, to redeem them that were under the
law ; that we might receive the adoption of
sons.
Eph. i. 4, 5, 6. God hath chosen us in
Christ before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blame
before him in love : Having predestinated us
to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ,
to himself, according to the good pleasure of
his will ; to the praise of the glory of his
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in
the beloved.
1 Pet i. 22, 23. Love one another with a
pure heart fervently : Ye being born again,
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth
for ever.
James i. 18. Of his own will begat he us
with the word of _ truth, that we should be a
kind of first-fruits'of his creatures.
1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Luke xx. 36. The children of the resurrection.
1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner of love
the Father hath bestowed on us, that we
should be called the sons of God !
XXXVni. Blessings from God as a Fa-
ther, to his people as his children. Matt, vi. 6.
Thy Father shall reward thee openlv
Ver. 8. Your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of before ye ask him.
Ver. 14. Your heavenly Father will forgive
your trespasses.
x. 29, 30, 31. A sparrow shall not fall on
the ground without your Father. The very
hairs of your head are numbered. Fear ye
not, therefore, ye are of more value than many
sparrows.
xiii. 43. The righteous shall shine forth as
the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
CHAP. III.
GOD A FATHER.
xviii. 14. It is not the will of your Father
that one of these little ones should perish.
Luke xii. 32. Fear not, little flock, it is
your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom.
John xi. 51. 52. The high priest prophesied,
that Jesus should die ; and gather together in
one the children of God.
Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from
God our Father.
viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Gal.
iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent
forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying, Abba, Father.
Ver. 16, 17. The Spirit beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the children of
God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of
God, and joint heirs with Christ. Gal. iv. 7.
If a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Rom. viii. 19. The earnest expectation of
the creature waiteth for the manifestation of
the sons of God. (i John iii. 2.) Ver. 21.
The creature shall be delivered from the bond-
age of corruption, into the glorious liberty of
the children of God.
2 Cor. i. 3. God is to us the Father of mer-
cies, the God of all comfort.
Eph. ii. 18. Through Christ we have access,
by the Spirit unto the Father.
2 Thess. ii. 16. Our Father hath loved us,
and given us everlasting consolation, and good
hope through grace.
Heb. ii. 10. Bringing many sons unto glory.
James i. 17. Every good and perfect gift
cometh from the Father of lights.
1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Fa-
ther, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
ii. 1. We have an advocate with the Father.
iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God ;
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be,
but we know that when he shall appear, we
shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is.
Jude 1. Sanctified by God the Father, pre-
served in Jesus Christ, and called.
XXXIX. Marks and characters of God's
children, in the exercise of the graces, and
practice of the duties of religion. Mai. i. 6.
If I be a Father, where is mine honour ] saith
the Lord of hosts.
Matt. v. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers:
for they shall be called the children of God.
Ver. 16. Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven.
Ver. 44, 45. Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate youj
and pray for them which despitefully use you,
and persecute you ; that ye may be the child-
ren of your Father which is in heaven : for he
maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and he sendeth rain on the just and on
the unjust. Luke vi. 35.
vi. 14. If ye forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful as your Father
also is merciful.
Matt. v. 48. Be ye perfect as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
John iv. 23. The true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the
Spirit, are the sons of God. Ver. 16.
Eph. v. 1, 2. Be ye followers of God as
dear children ; and walk in love, as Christ also
hath loved us.
Ver. 20. Giving thanks always for all things
unto God the Father, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ. James iii. 9. With the tongue
bless we Go'd, even the Father. Phil. iv. 20.
Unto God our Father, be glory for ever and
ever.
Phil. ii. 14, 15. Do all things without mur-
murings, and disputings ; that ye may be
blameless and harmless, the sons of God with-
out rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and per-
verse nation, among whom ye shine as lights
in the world.
Heb. xii. 5, 6. The exhortation speaketh
unto you as unto children, My son despise not
thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint
when thou art rebuked of him ; for whom the
Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth.
Ver. 7, 8. If ye endure chastening, God
dealeth with you as with sons : for what son
is he whom the father chasteneth not? If ye
be without chastisement, whereof all are par-
takers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Ver. 9. Shall we not be in subjection to tho
Father of spirits and live ]
Ver. 10. He chasteneth us for our profit,
that we might be partakers of his holiness.
1 Pet. i. 14, 15. As obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves according to the former
lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath
called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner
of conversation.
Ver. 17. Call on the Father, and pass the
time of your sojourning here in fear.
Ver. 22, 23. Love one another with a pure
heart fervently : Being born again, not of cor-
ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word
of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 John ii. 29. Every one that doeth right-
eousness is born of God.
iii. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin ; for his seed remaineth in him :
and he cannot sin because he is born of God.
(Ch. v. 18c) Ver. 10. In this the children of
God a*e manifest, and the children of the
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CHAP. III.
devh ; whosoever doth not righteousness is
not of God, neither he that loveth not his
brother.
iv. 7. Every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God.
v. 1. Whosoever belie veth that Jesus is the
Christ, is born of God.
Ver. 4. Whatsoever is born of God, over-
cometh the world. Ver. 18. He that is be-
gotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked
one toucheth him not.
Rev. xxi. 7. He that overcometh, shall be
mv son.
XL. The wicked are styled the children of
whatever evil principle reigns in them ; and
so are called
Children of the devil. John viii. 44. Acts
xiii. 10. 1 John iii. 10.
Children of Belial. Deut. xiii. 13. Judg.
xx. 13. 1 Sam. x. 27. 1 Kings xxi. 10.
Children of the wicked one. Matt. xiii. 38.
Children of wickedness. 2 Sam. vii. 10.
Children of transgression. Isa. ivii. 4.
Children of iniquity. Hos. x. 9.
Children of disobedience. Eph. ii. 2. v. 6.
Col. iii. 6.
Children of this world. Luke xvi. 8. xx, 34.
Children of the flesh. Rom. ix. 8.
Children of Ethiopians. Amos ix. 7.
Children in whom is no faith. Deut.
xxxii. 20.
Backsliding children. Jer. iii. 14.
Sottish children. Jer. iv. 22.
Impudent children. Ezek. ii. 4.
Rebellious children. Isa. i. 2. xxx. 1 .
Lying children. Isa. xxx. 9.
Children of wrath. Eph. ii. 3.
Cursed children. 2 Pet. ii. 14.
XLI. Under God, their heavenly Father,
Christians are brethren and sisters, and owe
to each other the duties of that relation.
Matt, xviii. 35. Forgive every one his bro-
ther's trespass.
Rom. xii. 10. With brotherly love preferring
one another.
xiv. 13. Let no man put a stumbling-block,
or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way.
xvi. 17. I beseech you, brethren, mark them
which cause divisions and offences, and avoid
them.
1 Cor. v. 11. If any one that is called a
brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an ex-
tortioner, with such a one do not eat.
vi. 5. Is there not one among you able to
judge between his brethren ] Ver. 6. 8.
viii. 12. When ye sin so against the bre-
thren, ye sin against Christ. Ver. 11. 13.
1 Thess. iv. 6. Let no man go beyond, and
defraud his brother in any matter, because the
Lord is the avenger of all such.
v. 25. Brethren, pray for us. 2 Thess. iii. 1.
2 Thess. iii. 6. We command you, brethren,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
withdraw yourselves from every brother that
walketh disorderly..
Heb. xiii. 1. Let brotherly love continue.
1 Pet. iii. 8. Love as brethren.
James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister be
naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of
you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye
warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give
them not those things which are needful to the
body, what doth it profit 1
1 Pet. i. 22. Seeing ye have purified your
souls, in obeying the truth through the Spirit,
unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that
ye love one another with a pure heart fer-
vently.
ii. 17. Love the brotherhood.
1 John ii. 9. He that hateth his brother is
in darkness. Ch. iii. 15. He is a murderer.
iii. 14. 16. We know that we have passed
from death to life, because we love the bre-
thren. We ought to lay down our lives for
the brethren.
Rev. xii. 10. Satan, the accuser of the bre-
thren, is cast down.
XLII. Christ is the elder brother. John
xx. 17. Jesus said, Go unto my brethren, and
say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and
your Father, to my God and your God.
Rom. viii. 29. Whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate -to be conformed to the
image of his Son, that he might be the first-
born among many brethren.
Heb. ii. 11, 12. He is not ashamed to call
them brethren ; saying, I will declare thy name
unto my brethren.
Ver. 17. It behoved him to be made like
unto his brethren.
SALVATION.
XLIII. God is a Saviour. 2 Sam. xxii. 3.
The God of my rock ; my Saviour.
Ps. cvi. 21. They forgot God their Saviour.
Isa. xliii. 3. I am the Lord thy God, the
holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. Isa. Ix. 1 6.
xlix. 26. I will feed them that oppress thee
with their own flesh; and they shall be
drunken with their own blood : and all flesh
shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour,
and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the Sa-
viour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest
thou be as a stranger in the land 1
Hos. xiii. 4. There is no saviour besides
CHAP. III.
SALVATION.
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me, saith the Lord. Isa. xliii.
xlv. 21.
Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in God
my Saviour.
1 Tim. ii. 3, 4. God our Saviour, who will
have all men to be saved, and to come unto
the knowledge of the truth.
iv. 10. The living God is the Saviour of all
men, especially of those that believe.
Jude 25. To the only wise God our Sa-
viour, be glory and majesty, dominion and
power, both now and ever. Amen.
God savetk his people. Deut. xxxiii. 29.
Who is like thee, people saved by the Lord 1
Compare Exod. xiv. 13, 14. 30. xv. 2.
Numb. x. 9. Deut. xx. 4. 1 Sam. xi. 13.
xjx. 5.
4 Sam. xiv. 6. There is no restraint to the
1/ord, to save by many or by few. Ver. 39.
2-Chron. xiv. 11. xx. 17.
xvii. 47. The Lord saveth not with sword
and spear. Ps. xx. 6. The Lord saveth with
the saving strength of his right hand. Ps.
cxxxviii. 7. -
2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The Lord is
my rock and,. my fortress, and my deliverer;
the God of my rock ; in him will I trust ; he
is.my shield, and the horn of my salvation,, my
high tower, and. my refuge,' my Saviour; thou
savest me from -violence. '
Ver. 36. Thou hast given me the sTiield pf
thy salvation.
Ver. 47. The Lord liveth, and blessed be
my rock ; exalted be the God of my salvation.
Ps. xviii. 2. xxxv. 9.
Ps. iii. 8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord.
Isa. xliii. 11. Hos. xiii. 4. Jonah ii. 9.
xxvii. 1. The Lord is my light, and my sal-
vation. Ps. Ixii. 6. Isa. xii. 2.
Ixii. 7. In God is my salvation and my
glory: the rock of my strength and my
refuge is in God. Ps. xxv. 5. xl. 2. Ixvii.
19, 20.
Ps. Ixix. 35. God will save Zion, and will
build the cities of Judah.
Ixxi. 3. Thou hast given commandment to
save me.
Ixxiv. 12. God is my King of old, working
salvation in the earth.
xcviii. 2, 3. The Lord hath made known
his salvation: All the ends of the earth have
seen the salvation of our God.
cxl. 7. O God the Lord, the strength of my
salvation, thou hast covered my head in the
day of battle.
cxliv. 10. He giveth salvation unto kings.
Ps. xci. 16.
Isa. xii. 2. Behold, God is my salvation ; I
will trust and not be afraid : for the Lord Je-
hovah is my strength and my song.
xxv. 9 Lo, this is our God ; we have waited
for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord ;
we have waited for him, we will be glad and
rejoice in his salvation.
xxvi. 1. Salvation will God appoint for
walls and bulwarks. Ch. xxxiii. 6. 22.
xxxv. 4. Say to them that are of a fearful
heart, Be strong, fear not ; behold, your God
will come with vengeance, even God with a
recompense; he will come and save you.
xliii. 1, 2. Thus saith the Lord, that created
thee, O Jacob, and that formed thee, O Israel,
Fear not: I have redeemed thee. When thou
passest through the waters, I will be with thee;
and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
thee : when thou walkest through the fire thou
shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee.
xliii. 3. I am the Lord thy God, the holy
One of Israel, thy Saviour. Ver. 11. I, even
I, am the Lord, and beside me there is no sa-
viour. Ch. xlv. 21. Hos. xiii. 4.
xlv. 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from above,
and let the skies pour down righteousness;
let the earth open, and let them bring forth
salvation, and let righteousness spring up to-
gether : I the Lord have created it. Ver. 14, 15.
'xlix. 25, 26. Thus saith the Lord, I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee,
and I will save th,y children. I will feed them
that oppress >thee with their, own flesh ; and
they shall be drunken with their own blood as
with sweet wine: and all 'flesh shall know
that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Re-
de'emer, the migh'ty One" of Jacob. Zech.
xiv. 11.'* ' '. Y
lix. 1. The, Lord's hand is not shortened,
that it cannot save. ,' ,
Jer. iii. 23. .Truly in vain is salvation hoped
for from the l)iyfe,'and from -the multitude of
mountains : truly in the Lord our God as the
salvation of Israel. Ps. cxxi. 1.
xv. 20.' Tain" with thee, to saVe''thee, and to
deliver thee, s^hh the Lord. Ch. xxx. 1 1. 17.
xiii. 11. <
xxiii. 6. In those days Judah shalj be saved,
and Israel shall dwell safely.
xxx. 7. It is the time of Jacob's trouble;
but he shall be saved out of it. Ver. 10. Ch.
xiv. 8, 9.
xlvi. 27. Fear not thou, my servant Ja-
cob; and be not dismayed, O Israel: for,
behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity ; and
Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease,
and none shall make him afraid. Zech. viii.
7._x. 6. xii. 7.
Ezek. xxxiv. 22. I will save my flock, and
they shall no more be a prey by the careless-
ness of their shepherds.
xxxvi. 29. I will save you from all your
uneleannesses.
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CHAP. III.
xxxvii. 23. I will save them, and I will
cleanse them ; so they shall be my people, and
I will be their God.
Hos. i. 7. I will have mercy on the house
of Judah, and will save them by the Lord.
Ch. xiii. 10. Zech. ii. 17. 19.
XLIV. Persons to whom salvation is pro-
mised. Job xxii. 29. God shall save the
humble person. See Promises to the Humble.
Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in heart.
Prov. xxviii. 18. See Upright.
xvii. 7. Thou savest them which put their
trust in thee. See Trust in God.
xxxiv. 18. The Lord saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit. See Contrite.
xxxvii. 40. He shall save the righteous be-
cause they trust in him.
1. 23. To him that ordereth aright his con-
versation, I will shew the salvation of God.
Ixxii. 13. He shall save the souls of the
needy. Ver. 4. Job v. 15. Ps. xxxiv. 6.
cix. 31.
Ixxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them that
fear him. Ps. cxlv. 19.
cxix. 94. I am thine, save me ; for I have
sought thy precepts. Ver. 146. Save me, and
I shall keep thy testimonies. Ver. 166. I have
hoped for thy salvation, and done thy com-
mandments.
cxlix. 4. He will beautify the meek with
salvation.
Prov. xx. 22. Wait on the Lord, and he
shall save thee. Isa. xxv. 9.
Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved.
Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth and is
baptized, shall be saved. Luke vii. 50. Acts
xvi. 31. Rom. x. 9. Heb. x. 39. See Sal-
vation by Christ.
Salvation prayed for. 1 Sam. vii. 8. The
people said unto Samuel, Cease not to cry unto
the Lord our God, that he will save us out of
the hand of the Philistines. Ver. 10. The
Lord discomfited the Philistines.
2 Kings xix. 19. Hezekiah prayed, and said,
O Lord, save us out of the hands of the king
of Assyria, that all the kingdoms of the earth
may know that thou art the Lord God, even
thou only. Ver. 34, 35. And the Lord said,
"I will defend this city, to save it. (Isa. xxxvii.
*20. 35.) And it came to pass that night, that
the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in
the camp of the Assyrians, an hundred and
fourscore "and. five thousand. 2 Chron.
xxxii. 22. i,
2 Chron. vi. 41. Let thy priests, Lord, be
clothed with salvation.
Ps. iii. "7. Save me, O my God.
vi. 4. Deliver my soul ; O save me for thy
mercies' 'sake. Ps. xxxi. 16. cix. 26.
vii. 1. Save me from all them that perse-
cute me.
xiv. 7. O that the salvation of Israel were
come out of Zion.
xxvii. 9. Leave me not, neither forsake me,
O God of my salvation. Ps. li. 14. Ixxxviii. I.
xxviii. 9. Save thy people; bless thine in-
heritance. Jer. xxxi. 7.
xxxi. 2. Be thou for an house of defence to
save me.
xxxv. 3. Say unto my soul, I am thy salva-
tion.
xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, Lord,
my salvation.
li. 12. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation.
liv. 1. Save me, O God, by thy name, and
judge me by thy strength.
Iv. 16. I will call upon God, and the Lord
will save me.
lix. 2. Save me from bloody men.
Ps. Ixix. 1. Save me, God, for the waters
are come into my soul.
Ver. 13. Hear me, in the truth of thy sal-
vation. Ver. 29. Let thy salvation, O God,
set me on high.
Ixxi. 2. Incline thine ear unto me, and save
me.
Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name.
Ixxx. 2, 3. Stir up thy strength, and come
and save us. Cause thy face to shine, and
we shall be saved.
Ixxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of our salvation,
and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Ver. 7. Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant
us thy salvation.
cvi. 4. O visit me with thy salvation.
Ver. 47. Save us, O Lord our God, and
gather us from among the heathen.
cvii. 13. They cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he saved them out of all their
distresses. Ver. 19.
cxviii. 25. Save now, I beseech thee, O
Lord.
cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to
thy word. Ver. 123. Mine eyes fail for thy
salvation, and for the word of thy righteous-
ness. Ver. 81. 174.
Ver. 146. Save me, and I shall keep thy
testimonies.
Isa. xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious to us :
be thou their arm every morning, our salva-
tion also in time of trouble.
Jer. ii. 27. In the time of their trouble, they
will say, Arise and save us.
I
XLV. Salvation is of grace. Ps. vi, 4. O
save me for thy mercies' sake.
Ixxx. 3. Cause thy face to shine upon us,
and we shall be saved.
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CHAP. III.
GOD A DEFENCE REDEMPTION.
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cvi. 8. He saved them for his name's sake.
Acts ii. 47. The Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved.
Eph. ii. 5. By grace ye are saved. Ver. 8.
By grace ye are saved, through faith, and that
not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.
2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called
us with an holy calling ; not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be-
fore the world began.
Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us.
XL VI. The word of God, a mean of sal-
vation. Rom. i. 16. The gospel is the power
of God to salvation.
1 Cor. i. 18. Unto us who are saved, the
preaching of the cross of Christ is the power
of God. Ver. 21. It pleased God by the
foolishness of preaching to save them that be-
lieve.
xv. 2. Ye are saved by the gospel, if ye
keep in memory what I preached unto you.
James i. 21. The ingrafted word is able to
save your souls.
1 Pet. iii. 21. Baptism doth now save us.
XL VII. The ministry a mean of salva-
tion. 1 Cor. ix. 22. I am made all things to
all men, that I might by all means save some.
1 Tim. iv. 16. Take heed unto thyself, and
unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in
doing this thou shalt both save thyself and
them that hear thee.
Jam. v. 20. He which converteth the sin-
ner from the error of his way, shall save a soul
from death.
Jude 23. Others save with fear, &c.
GOD A DEFENCE.
XLVIII. God is the defence of his people.
Numb. xiv. 9. Their defence is departed from
them, and the Lord is with us : fear them not.
2 Kings xix. 34. The Lord said, I will de-
fend this city to save it, for mine own sake,
and for my servant David's sake.
Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Al-
mighty, thou shalt be built up. Ver. 25. Yea,
the Almighty shall be thy defence.
Ps. v. 11. Let those that put their trust in
thee rejoice, because thou defendest them.
vii. 10. My defence is of God, who saveth
the upright in heart.
xx. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of
trouble : the name of the God of Jacob defend
thee.
xxxi. 2, 3. Be thou my strong rock, for an
house of defence to save me. For thou art
my rock and my fortress.
lix. 1. O my God, defend me from them
that rise up against me. Ver. 9. I will wait
upon thee, for God is my defence. Ver. 17
Ps. Ixii. 2. 6.
Ver. 16. Thou hast been my defence and
refuge in the day of my trouble.
. Ixxxix. 18. The Lord is our defence: the
holy One of Israel is our King.
Isa. iv. 5. Upon all the glory shall be a de-
fence [upon Mount Zion.]
xxxi. 5. The Lord of hosts will defend Je-
rusalem, also he will deliver it, and will pre-
serve it.
xxxiii. 15, 16. He thatwalketh righteously,
&c. ; he shall dwell on high : his place of de-
fence shall be the munitions of rocks ; bread
shall be given him, his waters shall be sure.
Zech. ix. 15. The Lord of hosts shall de-
fend his people, and they shall devour and
subdue their enemies.
xii. 8. The Lord shall defend the inhabit-
ants of Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble
among them shall be as David, and the house
of David shall be as God, as the angel of the
Lord before them.
REDEMPTION.
XLIX. God a Redeemer. Isa. xli. 14.
Fear not, I will help thee, saith the Lord thy
Redeemer.
xlvii. 4. As for our Redeemer, the Lord of
hosts is his name.
liv. 8, With everlasting kindness will I
have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Re-
deemer.
Ix. 16. Thou shalt know that I the Lord
am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the
mighty One of Jacob. Ch. xliv. 6. xlviii.
17. xlix. 7. 26. Ixiii. 16. Jer. 1. 34. Ps.
xix. 14. Ixxviii. 35.
L. God redeemeth his people from enemies,
and other evils. Exod. vi. 6, 7. The Lord
said, I will redeem you with a stretched-out
arm, and with great judgments. And I will
take you to me for a people, and I will be to
you a God. 2 Sam. vii. 23. Isa. xliii. 1.
xv. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth
thy people, which thou hast redeemed. Ps.
Ixxvii. 15.
Deut. vii. 8. The Lord redeemed you out
of the house of bondmen. Ch. xiii. 5. xv.
15. xxiv. 18. Mic. vi. 4.
xxi. 8. Be merciful unto thy people, O
Lord, whom thou hast redeemed. Neh. i. 10.
Ps. Ixxiv. 2.
Ps. cvi. 10. He redeemed them from the
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CHAP. Ill
hand of the enemy. Ps. cvii. 2. cxi. 9.
cxxxvi. 24. Mic. iv. 10.
cxxx. 8. The Lord shall redeem Israel from
all his iniquities. Isa. i. 27.
Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed
Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. Ch.
xlviii. 20.
I. 2. Is mine hand shortened that it cannot
redeem ?
li. 11. The redeemed of the Lord shall re-
turn and come to Zion. Ch. xxxv. 9. Jer.
xxxi. 11, 12.
Isa. lii. 3. Ye shall be redeemed without
money. Jer. xv. 21.
Ixii. 12. They shall call the holy people, the
redeemed of the Lord.
Ixiii. 4. The year of my redeemed is come,
saith the Lord.
Hos. xiii. 14. I will ransom them from the
power of the grave, and I will redeem them
from death. Ps. xlix. 1 5.
Zech. x. 8. I will gather them, for I have
redeemed them.
Threats. Hos. vii. 13. Wo unto them, for
they have fled from me. Destruction unto
them, for they have transgressed against me,
though I redeemed them.
Redemption of particular persons from
evils. Gen. xlviii. 16. Jacob said, The angel
that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads.
Isa. xxix. 22. The Lord redeemed Abraham.
2 Sam. iv. 9. David said, The Lord hath
redeemed my soul out of all adversity.
1 Kings i. 29. Ps. xxxi. 5. Ixxi. 23.
Job v. 20. In famine he shall redeem thee
from death, and in war from the power of the
sword.
Ps. xxxiv. 22. The Lord redeemeth the
soul of his servants. Ps. Ixxii. 14.
ciii. 2. 4. Bless the Lord, O my soul ; who
redeemeth thy life from destruction. Lam.
iii. 58.
GOD A COUNSELLOR.
LI. God giveth counsel to the righteous.
Ps. xvi. 7. I bless the Lord, who hath given
me counsel.
Ixxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Ps. xxxii. 8. Prov. viii. 14.
cxix. 24. Thy testimonies are my counsel-
lors.
Rev. iii. 18. I counsel thee to buy of me
gold, &c.
LII. God depriveth the wicked of counsel.
Job v. 13. He taketh the wise in their own
craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is
carried headlong.
xii. 17. He leadeth counsellors away spoil-
ed, and maketh judges fools.
xviii. 7. The wicked's own counsel shall
cast him down.
Ps. v. 10. Let them fall by their own coun-
sels.
xxxiii. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel
of the heathen to naught.
Isa. viii. 10. Take counsel, and it shall
come to naught ; for God is with us. See Ps.
ii. 2. 4. Isa. iii. 1. 3. xxix. 15. Jer. xviii.
18. xlix. 7. Ezek. vii. 26. Mic. iv. 9.
GOD DOTH TEACH.
LIE. God a teacher. Job xxxv. 11. God
teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth,
and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven.
xxxvi. 22. Who teacheth like him? Ps.
xciv. 10. 12.
Ps. xxv. 8, 9. The Lord will teach sinners
in the way. The meek will he teach his
way.
Ver. 12. What man is he that feareth the
Lord 1 him shall he teach in the way that he
shall choose. Ps. xxxii. 8. Ixxxv. 13.
Ixxi. 17. God, thou hast taught me from
my youth. Ps. cxix. 102.
Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God,
which teacheth thee to profit.
liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of
the Lord. Ch. xxviii. 26.
Mic. iv. 2. The God of Jacob he will teach
us of his ways.
Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking
them by their arms. Jer. xxxii. 33.
Mic. vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, O man,
what is good.
Acts ii. 28. Thou hast made known to me
the ways of life.
2 Cor. iv. 6. God hath shined into our
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of
the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
1 Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught of God to love
one another. See Ps. cxliv. 1. Compare Ps.
xviii. 34. 2 Sam. xxii. 35.
Teaching from ' God prayed for. Job
xxxiv. 32. That which I see not teach thou
me.
Ps. xxv. 4. Lord, teach me thy paths.
Ver. 5.
xx vii. 1 1. Teach me thy way, 0. Lord. Ps.
Ixxxvi. 11.
xc. 12. So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
cxix. 12. Teach me thy statutes. Ver. 26.
33. 64. 68. 124. 135.
Ver. 66. Teach me good judgment and
knowledge. Ver. 108. Lord, teach me thy
judgments.
CHAP. III. GOD DOTH INSTRUCT LEAD STRENGTHEN.
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cxliii. 10. Teach me to do thy will, for thou
art my God.
LIV. The Holy Ghost teacheth. John xiv.
26. The Holy Ghost shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance.
1 John ii. 27. The same anointing teacheth
you all things.
Neh. ix. 20. Thou gavest thy good Spirit
to instruct them.
INSTRUCT.
LV. God doth instruct. Isa. viii. 11. The
Lord instructed me, that I should not walk in
the way of this people.
Jer. xxxi. 19. After that I was instructed, I
smote upon my thigh.
Phil. iv. 12. Everywhere, and in all things
I am instructed.
2 Tim. iii. 16. All scripture is profitable for
instruction. See Deut. iv. 36. xxxii. 10. Jer.
vi. 8.
LVI. God doth direct. Ps. cxix. 5. O
that my ways were directed to keep thy
statutes. Ver. 133. Order thou my steps in
thy word.
Prov. iii. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge
the Lord, and he shall direct thy paths.
xvi. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way ;
but the Lord directeth his steps.
Isa. xxx. 21. Thine ear shall hear a word
behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye
in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when
ye turn to the left.
xlv. 13. I will direct all his ways.
Ixi. 8. I will direct their work in truth.
Jer. x. 23. O Lord, I know that the way of
man is not in himself; it is not in man that
vvalketh to direct his steps. Prov. xx. 24.
Man's goings are of the Lord.
Ps. xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good man are
ordered by the Lord.
2 Thess. iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts
into the love of God.
LEAD.
LVII. God doth lead. Deut. xxxii. 12. The
Lord alone did lead his people. Isa. Ixiii. 14.
Ps. v. 8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy right-
eousness.
xxiii. 3. He leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness. Ps. cxliii. 10.
xxv. 5. Lead me in thy truth, and teach
me ; for thou art the God of my salvation.
Ps. xxxi. 3. Ix. 9.
xliii. 3. O send out thy light and thy truth ;
let them lead me.
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Ixi. 2. Lead me to the Rock that is higher
than I.
cxxxix. 24. Lead me in the way everlasting.
Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to
repentance.
Promises of God that he will lead his people.
Isa. xlii. 16. I will bring the blind by a way
they knew not, I will lead them in paths they
have not known. See ch. xlviii. 17. xlix.
10. Ivii. 18. Jer. xxxi. 9.
LVIII. Christ doth lead. Isa. xl. 11. He
shall gently lead those that are with young.
Isa. Iv. 4. I have given him for a leader to
the people. ' See John x. 3. Rev. vii. 17.
LIX. God doth guide. Ps. xxv. 9. The
meek will he guide in judgment.
xxxi. 3. For thy name's sake, lead me and
guide me.
xxxii. 8. I will instruct thee, and teach thee
in the way which thou shall go : I will guide
thee with mine eye.
xlviii. 14. This is our God, he will be our
guide even unto death.
Ixxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
John xvi. 13. The Spirit of truth will guide
you into all truth. See Isa. Iviii. 11. Jer. iii.
4. Luke i. 79.
STRENGTHEN.
LX. God doth strengthen. Gen. xlix. 24.
Joseph's bow abode in strength ; the arms of
his hands were made strong by the hands of
the mighty God of Jacob.
1 Sam. ii. 4. The bows of the mighty are
broken, and they that stumble are girt with
strength.
xv. 29. The Strength of Israel will not lie.
Ch. xxiii. 16. Josh. xiv. 11.
1 Chron. xvi. 27. Strength and gladness are
in his place.
xxix. 14. Who am I, and what is my
people, that we should be able to offer so
willingly after this sort ] for all things come
of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is your
strength.
Job xxiii. 6. Will God plead against me
with his great power 1 No, but he would put
strength in me.
Ps. viii. 2. Out of the mouth of babes thou
hast ordained strength.
xxxvii. 39. The Lord is the strength of the
righteous in the time of trouble.
Ixviii. 35. The God of Israel is he that
giveth strength unto his people.
Ixxxiv. 5. Blessed is the man whose strength
is in thee. Ver. 7.
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GOD DOTH UPHOLD.
CHAP. III.
Ixxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of their
strength.
xcix. 4. The king's strength loveth judg-
ment.
cxlvii. 13. O Zion, he hath strengthened
the bars of thy gates.
Prov. x. 29. The. way of the Lord is
strength to the upright.
Isa. xxv. 4. Lord, thou hast been a
strength to the poor, and to the needy in his
distress.
xl. 29. He giveth power to the faint, and
to them that have no might he increaseth
strength.
Dan. ii. 37. The God of heaven hath given
thee a kingdom, and power, and strength, and
glory. Ezek. xxx. 24, 25. Judg. iii. 12.
Hos. vii. 15. I bound and strengthened their
arms.
Amos v. 9. The Lord strengthened the
spoiled against the strong.
2 Cor. xii. 9. My strength is made perfect
in weakness.
Heb. xi. 11. Through faith, Sarah received
strength to conceive.
Ver. 34. Many out of weakness were made
strong.
1 Pet iv. 11. If any man minister, let him
do it as of the ability that God giveth.
Strength promised. 1 Sam. ii. 10. The
Lord shall give strength to his king. Judg.
\ii.ll. Ps. xxi. 13.
Job xvii. 9. He that hath clean hands shall
be stronger and stronger.
Ps. xx. 6. God will hear with the saving
strength of his right hand.
xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen thine
heart.
xxix. 11. The Lord will give strength unto
his people.
xli. 3. The Lord will strengthen him [that
considereth the case of the poor,] upon the
bed of languishing.
ex. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy
strength out of Zion.
Isa. xxvii. 5. Let him take hold of my
strength, and he shall make peace with me.
xl. 31. They that wait on the Lord shall
renew their strength.
xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee ; I am
thy God, I will strengthen thee.
xlv. 24. Surely shall one say, In the Lord
have I righteousness and strength. Mic. v. 4.
Isa. Hi. 1. Put on thy strength, Zion.
liv. 2, 3. Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen
thy stakes ; for thou shalt break forth on the
right hand and on the left.
Ezek. xxxiv. 16. I will strengthen that
which was sick.
1 Cor. x. 13. God will not suffer you to be
tempted above what ye are able to bear. See
Joel iii. 16. Zech. x. 6. xii. 5.
Strength prayed for. 1 Chron. xvi. 11.
Seek the Lord and his strength. Ps. cv. 4.
Neb. vi. 9. O God, strengthen my hands.
See Judg. xvi. 28.
Ps. xx. 2. The Lord strengthen thee out of
Zion.
Ixviii. 28. Strengthen, God, that which
thou hast wrought for us.
Ixxxvi. 16. Give thy strength unto thy ser-
vant.
cxix. 28. Strengthen thou me according to
thy word.
Eph. iii. 16. We pray that God would
grant you to be strengthened with might by
his Spirit in the inner man. Col. i. 1 1.
1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace, stablish,
strengthen, settle you.
Strength obtained. Exod.xv.2. The Lord
is my strength and song : he is become my
salvation. 2 Sam. xxii. 33. Ps. xviii. 2.
xxvii. 1. cxviii. 14. Isa. xii. 2.
2 Sam. xxii. 40. Thou hast girded me with
strength. Ps. xviii. 39.
Ezra vii. 28. I was strengthened as the
hand of the Lord my God was upon me.
Ps. xviii. 32. It is God that girdeth me
with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
xix. 14. O Lord, my strength, and my Re-
deemer. Ps. xviii. 1. xxviii. 7.
xxvii. 1. The Lord is the strength of my
life ; of whom shall I be afraid 1 Ps. xliii. 2.
xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength.
Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my
refuge is in God.
Ixxi. 16. I will go in the strength of the
Lord God.
Ixxiii. 26. God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.
Ixxxi. 1 . Sing aloud unto God our strength.
cxxxviii. 3. Thou strengthenedst me with
strength in my soul.
cxl. 7. O God, the strength of my salva-
tion, thou hast covered my head in the day of
battle. Ps. cxliv. 1.
Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my
fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction.
Hab. iii. 19. The Lord is my strength.
2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God.
xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I strong.
1 Tim. i. 12. Jesus Christ our Lord hath
enabled me.
2 Tim. iv. 17. The Lord stood with me,
and strengthened me.
UPHOLD.
LXI. God doth uphold. Ps. xvii. 5. Hold
up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps
slip not.
CHAP. III.
GOD GIVETH SAFETY.
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xviii. 35. Thy right hand hath holden me
up. Ps. Ixiii. 8.
xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the right-
eous.
xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine in-
tegrity.
li. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Ixvi. 9. The Lord holdeth our soul in life,
and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Ixxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up
from the womb.
cxix. 117. Hold thou mo ip, and I shall be
safe.
cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdelh all that fall ;
he raiseth all that are bowed down.
Isa. xli. 13. I the Lord will hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not ; I will help
thee. Ps. Ixxiii. 23.
xlii. 6. I the Lord will hold thy hand,
and will keep thee.
Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking
them by their arms, but they knew riot that I
healed them. Ch. vii. 15.
Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up ; for
God is able to make him stand.
Rev. ii. 1. He holdeth the seven stars in
his right hand.
SAFETY.
LXII. God giveth safety. Exod. xxxiv.
24. I will cast out the nations before thee,
and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any
man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to
appear before the Lord thrice in the year.
Lev. xxv. 18. Ye shall do my statutes and
keep my judgments, and do them, and shall
dwell in the land in safety. Ver. 19. Deut.
xii. 10.
Job v. 11. The Lord doth set on high those
that be low, that those that mourn may be ex-
alted to safety. Ch. xi. 14. 18.
Ps. iv. 8. Thou, Lord, makest me to dwell
in safety. Ps. cxix. 117. 1 Sam. xii. 11.
Ps. xii. 5. I will set the poor in safety from
him that puffeth at him. Isa. xiv. 30. The
needy shall lie down in safety.
Prov. i. 33. Whoso hearkeneth to wisdom
shall dwell safely. Ch. iii. 21. 23.
xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong
tower : the righteous runneth into it, and is
safe. Ch. xxi. 31. Safety is of the Lord.
xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the
Lord, shall be safe. See safety promised to
God's church and people. Jer. xxiii. 6.
xxxii. 37. Ezek. xxviii. 26. xxxiv. 25. 28.
xxxviii. 11. Zech. xiv. 11.
LXIII. God called a shield, roc/c, fortress,
Abram, Fear not, I am thy shield and exceed-
ing great reward.
Deut. xxxii. 4. The Lord, he is the rock,
his work is perfect ; all his ways are judg-
ment : a God of truth, and without iniquity,
just and right is he. Ver. 31. Their rock is
not as our rock, even our enemies themselves
being judges. 1 Sam. ii. 2.
xxxiii. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Ver. 29. The Lord, the shield of thy help, and
the sword of thine excellency.
2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, the Lord is
my rock, and -my fortress, and my deliverer;
the God of my rock, in him will I trust : he
is my shield and the horn of my salvation,
and my high tower, and my refuge, and my
Saviour. Ver. 32. 47. 51. Ps. xviii. 2. 31. 35.
46. iii. 3. cxliv. 2.
Ps. v. 1 2. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the right-
eous ; with favour thou wilt compass him as
with a shield.
ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the op-
pressed ; a refuge in times of trouble.
xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my
shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am
helped ; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth,
and with my song will I praise him.
xxxi. 3. Thou art my rock and my fortress ;
therefore for thy name's sake lead me and
guide me. Ps>. '.xi. 2. Ixxi. 3. 7.
xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord :
he is our help and shield. Ps. lix. 11.
Ixxxiv. 9.
xlii. 9. I will say unto God, my rock, Why
hast thou forgotten me 1
xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength; a
very present help in trouble. Ver. 7. 11.
xlvii. 9. The shields that defend the earth
are the Lord's.
xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of
Zion for a refuge.
Ivii. 1. In the shadow of thy wings will I
make my refuge, until these calamities be
overpast. Ps. Ixi. 4.
lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy power, and
of thy mercy : for thou hast been my defence
and refuge in the day of trouble.
Ixi. 3. Thou hast been a tower from the
enemy.
Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my
refuge, is in God. Ver. 6. 8.
Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield.
Ixxxix. 26. Thou art my Father, my God,
and the rock of my salvation. Ps. xcv. 1.
xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my
refuge, and my fortress ; my God ; in him
will I trust. Ver. 4. Ps. xciv. 22. cxv. 9,
10, 11.
cxix. 114. Thou art my hiding-place, and
refuge, &c. Gen. xv. 1. The Lord said to [my shield: I hope in thy word.
GOD IS A HELPER.
CHAP. III.
cxlii. 4, 5. Refuge failed me, no man cared
for my soul. I cried unto thee, Lord : I
said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in
the land of the living.
Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is
strong confidence ; and his children shall have
a place of refuge.
xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong
tower ; the righteous runneth into it, and is
safe.
Isa. iv. 6. There shall be a place of refuge,
and covert from the storm.
xxv. 4. 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.
Jer. xvi. 19. Lord, my strength, and my
fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction.
Nah. i. 7. The Lord is a strong hold in the
day of trouble.
Heb. vi. 18. We have fled for refuge to lay
hold on the hope set before us [i. e. Christ.]
HELP.
LXIV. God is a helper to his people. Deut.
xxxiii. 26. Who rideth upon the heaven in
thy help.
1 Chron. xii. 18. Thy God helpeth thee.
2 Chron. xxv. 8. God hath power to help
and to cast down.
xxxii. 8. With us is the Lord our God, to
help us.
Ps. x. 14. Thou art the helper of the father-
less.
xlvi. 1, God is a very present help in
trouble.
Ixxii. 12. He delivereth him that hath no
helper.
Ixxxix. 19. I have laid help upon one that
is mighty.
cxv. 9. O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he
is their help and shield. Ver. 10, 11.
cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of
Jacob for his help.
Hos. xiii. 9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed
thyself; but in me is thy help.
Rom. viii. 26. The Spirit helpeth our in-
firmities.
Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
xiii. 6. We may boldly say, The Lord is
my helper, I will not fear what man shall do
unto me.
Help from God promised. Gen. xlix. 25.
The God of thy father shall help thee, and
bless thee.
Ps. xxxvii. 40. The Lord shall help the
jr^ghteous, and deliver them.
xlvi. 5. God-shall help, and that right early.
Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with
thee ; be not dismayed, for I am thy God : I
will strengthen thee ; yea, I will help thee ;
yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of
my righteousness. Ver. 13, 14. Ch. xliv; 2.
1. 7. The Lord will help me ; therefore will
I not be confounded. Ch. xlix. 8. Ps. xliv. 5.
Help prayed for. Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou
a help to Judah from his enemies.
Ps. xii. 1. Help, Lord, for the godly man
ceaseth.
xx. 2. Send help from the sanctuary, and
strengthen thee.
xxxv. 2. Lord stand up for my help. Ps.
cix. 26.
xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, O
Lord, my salvation. Ps. xxii. 1. 19. xl. 13
Ixx. 1. Ixxi. 12.
lix. 4. Awake to help me.
Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble ; for vain
is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12.
Ixxix. 9. Help us, God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name.
cxix. 173. Let thy hand help me; for I
have chosen thy precepts. Ver. 175. Let thy
judgments help me. See 2 Chron. xiv. 11.
xx. 4. 9.
Help from God acknowledged. Exod.
xviii. 4. Moses said, The God of my father
was my help.
1 Sam. vii. 12. Samuel said, Hitherto hath
the Lord helped us.
Ps. xxvii. 9. David said, Thou hast been
my help ; leave me not, neither forsake me,
God of my salvation.
xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my
shield: my heart trusted in him, and I am
helped. Ps. xxxiii. 20.
xl. 17. Thou art my help, and my deliverer.
Ps. liv. 4. Ixx. 5.
Ixiii. 7. Thou hast been my help ; therefore
in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
xciv. 17. Unless the Lord had been my
help, my soul had dwelt in silence.
cxvi. 6. I was brought low, and he helped
me. Ps. cxviii. 13.
cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part with
them that help me.
cxxi. 1, 2. I will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills from whence cometh my help. My help
cometh from the Lord, which made heaven
and earth.
cxxiv. 8. Our help is in the name of the
Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Acts xxvi. 22. Having obtained help of
God, I continue unto this day. See 1 Chron.
xv. 26. 2 Chron. xviii. 31. xxvi. 7. 15. Ps.
xliv. 26. Isa, xlix. 8.
LXV. Help from the creatures, vain.
CHAP. III.
GOD A D'ELIVERER.
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Ps. xxxiii. 17. An horse is a vain thing for
safety. . , < ' . * '
Ix. 11. Vain is the help of man. Ps.
cviii. 12. '- '
cxxvii. 1.' Except the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain.
cxlvi. 3. Put not youj- ( trust in princes, nor
in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped
for from the hills and from the multitude of
mountains: truly in the Lord ounGod is the
salvation of Israel.
GOD A DELIVERER.
LXVI. God delivereth from sickness. Dent.
vii. 15. The Lord will take away from thee
all sickness, and will put none of the evil dis-
eases of Egypt upon thee. Exod. xv. 26.
xxiii. 25.
Job xxxiii. 25. His flesh shall be fresher
than a child's : he shall return to< the days of
his youth. Ver. 28. God will deliver his soul
from going into the pit, and his life shall see
the light.
Ps. xci. 3, 5, 6. He shall deliver thee ; thou
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor
for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the
pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for
the destruction that wastelh at- noon-day.
ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities,
who healeth all thy diseases. Ps. xli. 3.
cxvi. 6.
Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold I will hring health
and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal
unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
LXVII. God deliver etfi from enemies, op-
pression, 4-c. Exod. iii. 8. The Lord said, I
am come down to deliver my people out of the
hand of the Egyptians. ' .
xii. 27. The Lord smote the Egyptians, and
delivered our houses. Ch. xviii. 4. 8, 10.
Judges x. 11.
Deut. xxiii. 14. The Lord thy God walketh
in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and
to give up thine enemies before thee.
-.1 Sam. xvii, 37. David said, The Lord de-
livered me out of the paw of the lion, and out
"of the paw of the bear.
2 Sam. xii. 7. The Lord said to David, I
anointed thee king, and delivered thee out of
th hand of Saul. Ch. xxii. 2. 18. 20. 49.
2 Kings xiii. 17. Elisha said, The arrow of
the Lord's deliverance.
xvii. 39-. Trie Lord your God ye shall fear,
ami he shall deliver you out of the hand of all
your enemies.
xx. 6. The Lord said to Hezekiah, I will
deliver thee and this city out of the hand of
the king of Assyria. Ch. xix. 34, 35. Mic.
v. 6. Isa. xxxi. 5.
1 Chron. xi. 14. The 'Lord saved the Is-
raelites from the Philistines, by a great deli-
verance.
2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord said, I will not
destroy them, but will grant them a deliver-
ance.
Ezra ix. 13. Thou hast punished us less
than our iniquities deserve ; and hast given us
a deliverance.
Neh. ix. 28. Many times didst thou deliver
them according to thy mercies. Ps. cvi. 43.
Job v. 19. He shall deliver thee in six trou-
bles, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Ps. liv. 7. Ixxxi. 7.
xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, Deli-
ver him from going down to the pit. Ver. 28.
Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my deliverer. Ver.
17. 43. 48. 50.
xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou
deliveredst them. Ver. 5.
xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place ; thou
shalt compass me about with songs of deliver-
ance.
Iv. 1 8. He hath delivered my soul in peace,
from the battle that was against me.
Ivi. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul from
death. Ps. Ixxxvi. 13. cxvi. 8.
Ixxviii. 42. They remembered not the day,
when he delivered them from the enemy.
Isa. xxxviii. 1 7. Thou hast, in love to my
soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption.
xlvi. 3, 4. O house of Jacob, I will carry
you, and will deliver y6u.
Ezek. xiii. 21.1 will deliver my people out
of your hand : (viz. from the false prophets,
ver. 16.) Ch. xxxiv. 12.
Dan. vi. 27. God delivereth and rescueth,
and worketh signs and wonders in heaven and
earth.
Acts vii. 10. God delivered Joseph out of
all his afflictions.
Col. i. 13. The Father delivered us from
the power of darkness.
2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed
with the filthy conversation of the wicked.
LXVIII. Christ a deliverer. Rom. xi. 26.
There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer.
Isa. lix. 20.
Gal. i. 4. The Lord Jesus gave himself for
our sins, that he might deliver us from this
present evil world.
1 Thess. i. 10. Jesus delivered us from the
wrath to come.
Heb. ii. 15. Jesus took part of flesh and
blood, that he might deliver them who through
fear of death were all their life-time subject to
bondage.
Rom. vii. 6. By Christ we are c'elivered
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GOD A DELIVERER.
CHAP. III.
from the law. Ver. 24, 25. From the body
of death. Ch. viii. 21. From the bondage of
corruption.
Deliverance prayed for. Gen. xxxii. 11.
Jacob said, Deliver me I pray thee from the
hand of my brother.
1 Sam. xxiv. 15. David said to Saul, The
Lord plead my cause, and deliver me out of
thy hand.
xxvi. 24. Let the Lord deliver me out of all
tribulation.
*, Ps. vi. 4. Lord deliver my soul.
vii. 1. Save me from all them that perse-
cute me, and deliver me. Ps. cxlii. 6.
cxliii. 9.
xvii. 13. Deliver my soul from the wicked,
which is thy sword.
xxii. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword ;
my darling from the power of the dog,
xxv. 19, 20. Consider mine enemies, for
they are many ; and they hate me with cruel
hatred. keep my soul, and deliver me.
xx vii. 12. Deliver me not over to the will
of mine enemies : for false witnesses are risen
up against me. Ps. Ixxiv. 1 9.
xxxi. 1, 2. Deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear to me, and deliver me
speedily. Ver. 15. Deliver me from the hand
of mine enemies, and from them that perse-
cute me.
xl. 13. Be pleased, Lord, to deliver me.
Ver. 14. Let them be ashamed and confound-
ed, that seek after my soul to destroy it
xliii. 1. O deliver me from the deceitful and
unjust man. Ps. lix. 2. Ixxi. 4. cxl. 1.
cxliv. 2. 7. 11.
xliv. 4, 5. O God, command deliverances
for Jacob. Through thee we will push down
our enemies.
Ix. 5. That thy beloved may be delivered,
save with thy right hand. Ps. cviii. 6.
Ixix. 14. Deliver me out of the mire, and
let me not sink: let me be delivered from
them that hate me, and out of the deep wa-
ters. Ver. 18. Deliver me because of mine
enemies.
cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he delivered them out of their
distresses. Ver. 20. He delivered them from
their destructions.
cix. 21. Because thy mercy is good, do
thou deliver me.
cxix. 134. Deliver me from the oppression
of man. Ver. 153. Consider mine affliction,
and deliver me. Ver. 154. 170.
Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. See Isa.
xix. 20. Rom. xv. 31.
LXIX. Persons that shall be delivered are,
the poor and needy. Job xxxvi. 15. He de-
livereth the poor in his affliction.
Ps. xxxv. 1 0. Lord, who is like unto thee,
which deliverest the poor from him that is too
strong for him, yea, the poor and needy from
him that spoileth him ? See Ps. Ixxii. 12.
Ixxxii. 4. Jer. xx. 13.
LXX. Prophets and apostles delivered.
Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, (saith
the Lord to his prophet,) for I am with thee
to deliver thee. Ver. 19.. Ch. xv. 19, 20,21.
Ch. xxxix. 17.
Acts xxvi. 15 17. I am Jesus : I have ap-
peared unto thee, delivering thee from the peo-
ple, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now
send thee.
2 Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from so great
a death, and doth deliver ; in whom we trust,
that he will yet deliver us. See 2 Tim. iii.
11. iv. 17, 18.
LXXI. All God's faithful servants shall be
delivered. Job xxii. 30. He shall deliver the
island of the innocent.
Ps. xxxiii. 18, 19. The eye of the Lord is
upon them that fear him, upon them that hope
in his mercy, to deliver their soul from death.
xxxiv. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord
delivereth them out of all their troubles. Ver.
7. 19. Ps. xxxvii. 40. Prov. xi. 8.
xli. 1. He that considereth the poor, the
Lord will deliver him. Ver. 2.
1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble ;
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon
me, therefore will I deliver him. Ver. 2, 3, 4. 15.
Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely
shall be delivered.
Ezek. xiv. 16. Noah, Daniel, and Job,
should be delivered in a city devoted to de-
struction by the Lord.
Dan. iii. 17. Our God whom we serve is
able to deliver us from the fiery furnace.
Ver. 28. God sent his angel, and delivered his
servants that trusted in him.
xii. 1. At that time thy people shall be de-
livered, every one that shall be found written
in the book.
Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be delivered. Obad.
ver. 17.
LXXII. Deliverance from moral evil or
sin. Ps. xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my
transgressions.
li. 1 4. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
God of my salvation.
Ixxix. 8, 9. O remember not against us
former iniquities. Deliver us and purge away
our sins for thy name's sake.
cxix. 170 Deliver me according to thy word.
Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil.
CHAP. III.
GOD KEEPETH.
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LXXIII. God delivereth into natural evil.
He delivereth the wicked into the hands of
their enemies. Gen. xiv. 20. Melchizedpk said
to Abram, Blessed be the most high God, who
hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand.
Exod. xxiii. 31. The Lord said, [to his
people,] I will deliver the inhabitants of the
land into your hand. Deut. iii. 2. vii. 2. 16.
23. 24.
Numb. xxi. 3. The Lord delivered up the
Canaanites, and Israel destroyed them.
Deut. ii. 33. The Lord delivered Sihon, &c.
Ver. 36. Judg. xi. 9. 21.
xxviii. 25. If thou rebel, thou shalt be
smitten before thine enemies. Ver. 29. See
this fulfilled, 2 Chron. xxix. 8. Neh. ix. 26,
27 Ps. Ixxviii. 59. 61. Isa. xlii. 24, 25.
1 Sam. xxiv. 10. David said to Saul, This
day the Lord delivered thee into mine hand.
See 1 Sam. xvii. 46.
1 Kings xiii. 26. The prophet said, The
man of God was disobedient to the word of
the Lord, therefore the Lord hath delivered
him unto the lion.
2 Chron. xxv. 20. Amaziah would not
hearken to advice, for it came of God, that he
might deliver them into the hand of their
enemies.
Isa. xxxiv. 2, 3. The indignation of the
Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all
their armies ; he hath utterly destroyed them,
he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their
slain shall be cast out, &c. Ver. 5. Ch. xiii.
3, 4, 5. Hab. i. 12.
Jer. xv. 9. The residue of them will I de-
liver to the sword before their enemies, saith
the Lord.
xx. 4. Thus saith the Lord, I will make
thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends,
and they shall fall by the sword of their ene-
mies : and I will give Judah into the hand of
the king of Babylon. Ver. 5.
xxi. 4. 7. Thus saith the Lord God of Is-
rael, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of
war that are in your hands, wherewith ye
fight against the king of Babylon. And I
will deliver Zedekiah, &c. into the hands of
Nebuchadnezzar. Ch. xxiv. 8, 9, 10. xxix.
17. 21.
xliii. 10, 11. Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I will take Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon, my servant, and he shall
deliver such as are for death, to death, &c.
Ch. xlvi. 26.
Ezek. xi. 8, 9. I will bring a sword upon
you, saith the Lord. I will deliver you into
the hands of strangers. Ver. 10.
xvi. 27. For thy wickedness, I have dimi-
nished thy ordinary food, and have delivered
thee unto the will of them that hate thee.
Mic. vL 14.
xxi. 31. I will deliver thee into the hand
of brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32.
Ch. xxiii. 28. xxv. 7. xxxi. 10, 11.
Amos iii. 6. Shall there be evil in a city,
and the Lord hath not done it 1
Heathens delivered into the hands of Is-
rael. Og. Deut. iii. 2. Amorites. Josh. x. 12.
Many kings. Ch. xi. 6. All their enemies.
Ch. xxi. 44. The Canaanites. Judg. i. 4.
Sisera. Ch. iv. 7. Midianites. Ch. vii. 7.
Zebaand Zalmunna. Ch.viii. 7. Children of
Ammon. Ch. xi. 32. Philistines, 1 Sam.
xxiii. 4. Moabites. 2 Kings iii. 18.
THE LORD DOTH KEEP HIS
PEOPLE.
LXXIV. God doth keep his servants from
evil. Gen. xxviii. 15. The Lord said to Ja-
cob, Behold, I am with thee, and will keep
thee in all places whither thou goest, and I
will not leave thee. Ver. 20, 21.
Exod. xxiii. 20. The Lord said, Behold, I
send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the
way, and to bring thee into the place which I
have prepared.
Numb. vi. 23 26. On this wise Aaron and
his sons shall bless the children of Israel, say-
ing: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and
be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Deut. xxxii. 10. The Lord kept Jacob as
the apple of his eye.
Josh. xiv. 10. Moses said, The Lord hath
kept me alive, &c.
1 Sam. ii. 9. The Lord will keep the feet
of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness : for by strength shall no man prevail.
xxv. 32. 34. David said, Blessed be the
Lord, that hath kept his servant from doing
evil. Ver. 39.
1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez called on God, and
said, that thou wouldest bless me, and keep
me from evil.
Job xxxiii. 18. He keepeth back his soul
from the pit, and his life from perishing by the'
sword.
Ps. xii. 7. Thou shalt keep them, Lord ;
thou shalt preserve them from this generation.
Ps. xxxi. 20.
xvii. 8. Keep me as the apple of the eye :
hide me under the shadow of thy wings.
xix. 13. Keep back thy servant from pre-
sumptuous sins.
xxv. 20. O keep my soul and deliver me :
let me not be ashamed, for I trust in thee.
xxx. 3. O Lord, thou hast brought up my
soul from the grave ; thou hast kept me alive.
xxxiii. 18, 19. The eye of the Lord is on
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them that fear him, to keep them alive in
famine.
xxxiv. 20. The Lord keepeth all his bones,
not one of them is broken.
xci. 11. He shall give his angels charge
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
cxxi. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be
moved : he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Ver. 5. The Lord is thy keeper.
cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord keep the city,
the watchman waketh but in vain.
cxl. 4. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands
of the wicked.
cxli. 3. O Lord, keep the door of my lips.
Ver. 9. Keep me from the snare laid for me.
Prov. iii. 26. The Lord shall keep thy foot
from being taken.
Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.
xxvii. 3. The Lord will keep his vineyard ;
he will water it, he will keep it night and day.
xlii. 6. I will keep thee, and give thee for a
covenant of the people.
Jer. xxxi. 10. He will gather Israel, and
keep him as a shepherd doth his flock.
John xvii. 11. Jesus prayed thus, Holy
Father, keep through thine own name, those
whom thou hast given me. Ver. 1 5. i pray
that thou shouldst keep them from the evil
that is in the world.
2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who
shall establish you, and keep you from evil.
2 Tim. i. 12. The Lord whom I have be-
lieved, is able to keep that which I have com-
mitted unto him.
1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of
God, through faith unto salvation.
iv. 19. Let them that suffer according to
the will of God, commit the keeping of their
souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator.
Jude 24, 25. Unto him that is able to keep
you from falling, and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding
joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be
glory and majesty, dominion and power, both
now and ever.
Rev. iii. 10. I will keep thee from the hour
of temptation.
GOD PRESERVETH.
LXXV. God preserveth his peopk. Gen.
xlv. 7. Joseph said, God sent me hither, to
preserve you a posterity in the earth.
Deut. vi. 24. God commanded us to do these
statutes, and to fear the Lord our God, for our
good always, that he might preserve us alive
as at this day. '
Josh. xxiv. 17. God preserved us in all the
way wherein we went, among all people
through whom we passed.
2 Sam. viii. 6. The Lord preserved David
whithersoever he went. 1 Sam. xxx. 23.
Neh. ix. 6. Lord, thou hast made all things,
and thou preservest them all.
Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do
unto thee, thou preserver of men 1
x. 12. Thou hast granted me life and fa-
vour, and thy visitation hath preserved my
spirit.
xxix. 2. O that I were as in months past,
as in the days when God preserved me.
Ps. xvi. 1. Preserve me, O God; for in thee
do I put my trust.
xxxi. 23. The Lord preserveth the faithful.
xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place, thou
shall preserve me from trouble.
xxxvi. 6. O Lord, thou preservest man and
beast.
xxxvii. 28. The Lord forsaketh not his
saints ; they are preserved for ever.
xli. 2. The Lord will preserve him, and
keep him alive, and he shall be blessed, that
considereth the poor.
Ixiv. 1. God, preserve my life from fear
of the enemy.
Ixxix. 11. Preserve thou those that are ap-
pointed to die.
Ixxxvi. 2. Preserve my soul, O thou my
God ; save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
xcvii. 10. The Lord preserveth the souls
of his saints ; he delivereth them out of the
hand of the wicked. Ps. cxl. 1.
cxvi. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple.
cxxi. 7, 8. The Lord shall preserve thee
from all evil ; he shall preserve thy soul. He
shall preserve thy going out and coming in.
cxlv. 20. The'Lord preserveth all them that
love him.
cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers ;
he relieveth the fatherless and widow. Jer.
xlix. 11.
Prov. ii. 8. He preserveth the way of his
saints.
Isa. xlix. 6. Thou art my servant, to restore
the preserved of Israel.
1 Thess. v. 23. I pray God that your whole
spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blame-
less unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me
unto his heavenly kingdom. +
GOD IS THE CREATOR.
LXXVI. God is the Creator of his people.
Ps. li. 10. Create in me a clean heart, God;
renew a right spirit within me.
cii. 18. The people that shall be created
shall praise the Lord.
CHAP. III.
GOD IS THE CREATOR.
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cxlix. 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that made
him ; let the children of Zion be joyful in their
king.
Isa. xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord that cre-
ated thee, Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel,
Fear not, for I have redeemed thee ; I have
called thee by name, thou art mine. Ver. 7.
I have created him for my glory, I have formed
him, yea I have made him. Ver. 15. I am
the Lord, your holy One, the Creator of Israel,
your King. Ver. 21. This people have I
formed for myself, they shall shew forth my
praise. Ch. xliv. 2. 21. 24. xlvi. 4.
Ezek. xxxvii. from ver. 1 to 15. The vision
of dry bones raised to life.
Threats against those who apostatized after
they had been created. Deut. xxxii. 6. Do
ye thus requite the Lord, foolish people and
unwise] Is he not thy Father, that hath
bought thee ! hath he not made thee, and es-
tablished thee ]
Ver. 15. Jeshurun forsook God that made
him. Ver. 18. Of the Rock that begat thee,
thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God
that formed thee.
Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. Ver.
23. He said, I will heap mischiefs upon them.
Ezek. xxi. 30. Thus saith the Lord, I will
judge thee in the place where thou wast cre-
ated, in the land of thy nativity. See Jerusa-
lem's birth and nativity described, Ch. xvi.
3 to 14.
Ver. 31. I will pour mine indignation upon
thee ; I will blow against thee in the fire of
my wrath ; and deliver thee into the hand of
brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32.
xxviii. 12 16. Thus saith the Lord God to
Tyrus : Thou wast perfect in thy ways, from
the day that thou wast created, till iniquity
was found in thee. Thou hast sinned, there-
fore I will cast thee as profane out of the
mountain of God. Ver. 18.
LXXVH. God the Creator of Christians:
they are new creatures, God's workmanship.
Rom. xiv. 20. For meat, destroy not thou the
work of God.
2 Cor. v. 1 7. If any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature.
Gal. vi. 1 5. In Christ Jesus, neither circum-
cision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision,
but a new creature.
Eph. i. 6. He hath made us accepted in the
beloved.
Col. i. 12. He hath made us meet to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
K light.
Eph. ii. 10. We are his workmanship, cre-
ated in Christ Jesus unto good works.
Ver. 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood of
Christ. Ver. 15.
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Rev. i. 6. He hath made us kings and priests
to God and his Father.
LXXVIII. Duty of Christians as new
creatures. Rom. vi. 4. We should walk in
newness of life.
vii. 6. We should serve in newness of spirit.
xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind.
1 Cor. v. 7. Purge out the old leaven, that
ye may be a new lump.
Eph. iv. 22. 24. Put off the old man, which
is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts : And
put on the new man, which after God is cre-
ated in righteousness and true holiness.
Col. in. 9. Ye have put off the old man
with his deeds ; and have put on the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge after the image
of him that created him.
1 Pet. iv. 19. Let those that suffer accord-
ing to the will of God, commit the keeping of
their souls unto him in well doing, as unto a
faithful Creator.
LXXIX. God is to his people their planter,
builder, <SfC. ,- they are his planting, his vine-
yard which he ivatereth and maketh fruit-
ful , his house, his building, SfC.
God planted the Jewish nation in the land
of Canaan. Exod. xv. 17. Thou shall bring
them in, and plant them in the mountain of
thine inheritance, in the sanctuary which thy
hands have established. 2 Sam. vii. 10.
Jer. xxxii. 41. I will plant them in this
land assuredly, with my whole heart. Ch.
xxiv. 6. xxxi. 4. 12. 28. xlii. 10.
Amos ix. 15. I will plant them upon their
land, and they shall no more be pulled up out
of their land, saith the Lord.
LXXX. The Lord planted, watered, and
made fruitful, the Jewish church. Ps. Ixxx.
8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt,
thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it.
Ver. 15. Ps. Ixxii. 16.
Isa. iv. 2. In that day shall the branch of
the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the
fruit of the earth shall be excellent and
comely. Ch. Ix. 21.
v. 1,2. My beloved hath a vineyard in a
very fruitful hill : He fenced it, and planted
it with the choicest vine. Ver. 7. The vine-
yard of the Lord of hosts is the house of
Israel.
xxvii. 3. I the Lord do keep the vineyard ;
I will water it every moment : lest any hurt it,
I will keep it night and day. Ver. 2. 6. Ch.
xxxvii. 31.
xxxv. 7. The parched ground shall become
a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water.
xli. 18. I will open rivers in high places,
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and fountains in the midst of the valleys ; I
will make the wilderness a pool of water.
Ver. 19, 20.
xliv. 3, 4. I will pour water upon him that
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground ; I
will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my
blessing upon thine offspring. And they
shall spring up as among the grass, as willows
by the water-courses. Ch. xlix. 10. Iviii. 11.
Ixi. 3. That they might be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the Lord that
he might be glorified. Ver. 11. For as the
earth bringeth forth her bud, and the garden
causeth the things that are sown in it to
spring forth; so the Lord will cause right-
eousness and praise to spring forth before all
the nations. Jer. xxxi. 12.
Hos. ii. 23. I will sow her unto me in the
earth, and I will have mercy upon her that
had not obtained mercy.
xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he
shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots
as Lebanon. Ver. 7, 8. They shall revive as
the corn, and grow as the vine. I am like a
green fir-tree, from me is thy fruit found.
Mai. iv. 2. Ye shall go forth and grow up
as calves of the stall. See Jer. xviii. 9.
LXXXI. Apostasy, or unfruit fulness,
threats and reproofs against it. Jer. ii. 21.
I planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right
seed : how then art thou turned into the de-
generate plant of a strange vine unto me ]
xi. 17. The Lord of hosts that planted thee
hath pronounced evil against thee. Ch. xlv.
4. Ezek. xvii. 5. 8, 9. xix. 10. 12.
Jer. xviii. 7. 9, 10. At what instant I speak
concerning a nation to pluck up, &c.
Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not
forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into
the fire.
xiii. 3, See the parable of the sower. (Mark
iv. 3. Luke viii. 5.) Ver. 24. The parable
of the wheat and tares.
xxi. 33. The parable of the husbandman
letting out the vineyard, and requiring the
fruits. Mark xii. 1. Luke xx. 9.
Luke xiii. 6. The parable of the unfruitful
fig-tree cumbering the ground. Ver. 7, 8, 9.
LXXXII. The fruitful, whether Jews or
Gentiles, are God's planting. Ps. i. 3. The
righteous shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in
his season; his leaf shall not wither. Jer.
xvii. 8.
xcii. 13, 14. Those that be planted in the
house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts
of our God. They shall bring forth fruit in
old age ; they shall be fat and flourishing.
Matt. vii. 17. Every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit. Ver. 18. Ch. xii. 33.
John xv. 1, 2. I am the true vine, my Fa-
ther is the husbandman. Every branch that
beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every
branch that beareth fruit he purgeth, that it
may bring forth more fruit. Ver. 4, 5, 6. 8.
Rom. vi. 22. Ye have your fruit unto holi-
ness, and the end everlasting life. Ch. vii. 4.
1 Cor. iii. 9. Ye are God's husbandry ; ye
are God's building.
Eph. ii. 20 22. Ye are built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner-stone ;
in whom all the building fitly framed together,
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. In
whom ye are builded together for an habita-
tion of God through the Spirit.
2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God
for you, brethren, because your faith groweth
exceedingly, and the charity of every one of
you toward each other aboundeth.
1 Pet. ii. 5. Ye also, as lively stones, are
built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood.
CHAPTER IV.
PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST, HIS SUFFERINGS, DEATH,
RESURRECTION, &c., MIRACLES.
I. The testimony of prophecy appealed to
as a foundation of faith in Christ. John
v. 39. Search the Scriptures, for in them ye
think ye have eternal life, and they are they
which testify of me.
Ver. 44. How can ye believe, which receive
honour one of another, and seek not the ho-
nour that cometh from God only 1 T
Ver. 45 47. There is one that accuseth
you, even Moses in whom ye trust. For had
ye believed Moses, ye would have believed
me, for he wrote of me. (John i. 45.) But
if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye
believe my words ]
Matt. xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth, as
it is written of him. Mark ix. 12. It is writ-
CHAP. IV.
PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST.
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ten of the Son of man, that he must suffer j
many things.
Luke xviii. 31. All things written by the
prophets concerning the Son of man, shall be
accomplished.
xxii. 37. This that is written must be ac-
complished in me.
xxiv. 44. All things must be fulfilled which
were written in the law of Moses, and in the
prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.
Ver. 46. Thus it is written, and thus it be-
hoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the
dead the third day.
II. The testimony of prophecy urged by
the apostles. Acts xvii. 2, 3. Paul reasoned
out of the Scriptures ; opening and alleging
that Christ must needs have suffered, and
risen again from the dead ; and that this Jesus
whom I preach unto you is Christ.
xxiv. 14. After the way which they call
heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers,
believing all things which are written in the
law and the prophets.
xxvi. 22, 23. I continue witnessing both to
small and great, saying none other things
than those which the prophets and Moses
did say should come : That Christ should
suffer, and that he should be the first that
should rise from the dead.
iii. 18. Peter said, those things that God
before had shewed, by the mouth of all his
prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath
fulfilled.
x. 43. To him gave all the prophets wit-
xviii. 28. He mightily convinced the Jews,
shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was
Christ.
xxviii. 23. Paul expounded and testified
the kingdom of God, persuading them con-
cerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,
and out of the prophets.
III. 'Prophecies concerning Christ fulfilled,
in his incarnation, life, death, resurrection,
and ascension. Gen. iii. 15. The seed of the
woman shall bruise the serpent's head.
Isa. vii. 14. The Lord himself shall give
you a sign: Behold a virgin shall conceive
and bear a son, and shall call his name Im-
manuel.
ix. 6. Unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given. See this fulfilled in the concep-
tion, and birth of Jesus. Matt. i. 18 to 25.
Luke i. 28 to 35.
Gal. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of
a woman.
John i. 14. He was made flesh.
Heb. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood.
Ver. 17. Was made like unto his brethren.
Phil. ii. 7. Was made in the likeness of
men. Ver. 8. Was found in fashion as a man,
IV. The nation, tribe, and family he was
to descend from. Gen. xii. 3. Abram in
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Acts iii. 25. Gal. iii. 8.
xxi. 12. In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Gal. iii. 1 6. Thy seed, which is Christ.
xxvi. 4. Isaac in thy seed shall all the na-
tions of the earth be blessed.
xxviii. 14. Jacob in thy seed shall all the
families of the earth be blessed.
xlix. 8. Judah thy brethren shall praise
thee, &c. Ver. 1 0.
Isa. xi. 1. David a branch shall grow out
o*F his roots.
Ps. Ixxxix. 29. His seed will I make to en-
dure for ever. See Jer. xxiii. 5. xxxiii. 15.
Ps. xviii. 50. Ixxxix. 4. 36. cxxxii. 11.
John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed of
David.
Matt. xxii. 42. He is David's son.
ix. 27. Thou son of David have mercy on
us. Ch. xv. 22. xx. 30.
xxi. 9. Hosannah to the Son of David.
Mark xi. 10. Blessed be the kingdom of our
father David.
Heb. vii. 14. It is evident our Lord sprang
from Judah.
Rom. i. 3. Jesus Christ was made of the
seed of David.
Acts xiii. 23. Of this man's seed, according
to his promise, hath God raised unto Israel a
Saviour. See Christ's descent reckoned.
Matt. i. 1 to 18. Luke iii. 23 to 38.
V. The time of Christ's life and death
fixed by other events foretold in prophecy,
well known when they happened. Gen. xlix.
10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till
Shiloh come. [As a proof that this sceptre,
the ensign of government, was departed from
Judah at our Saviour's birth]- 1 Joseph and
Mary, with others, went to be taxed by the
authority of a heathen emperor. Luke ii. 1 3.
Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined
upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to
finish the transgression, and to make an end
of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity,
and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to
anoint the most holy.
Ver. 25. Know therefore and understand,
that from the going forth of the command-
ment to restore and build Jerusalem, unto the
Messiah the prince, shall be seven weeks, and
threescore and two weeks : the street shall be
built again, and the wall even in troublous
times.
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CHAP. IV.
Ver. 26. And after threescore and two
weeks, shall Messiah be cut otf, but not for
himself; and the people of the prince that
shall come, shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a
flood, and unto the end of the war desolations
are determined.
Hag. ii. 7. The desire of all nations shall
come, and I wiil fill this house (viz. the tem-
' pie) with glory. Ver. 9. The glory of this
latter house shall be greater than that of the
former house. ( This glory it had above the
former, but in other respects it was inferior
to it. Ezra iii. 12. This fixes the coming of
Christ while the temple was standing.')
VI. The country and tovjn where Christ
should be born. Mic. v. 2.<Thou Bethlehem
Ephratah, though thou be little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he
come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in
Israel.
Fulfilled. Matt. ii. 1. Jesus was born in
Bethlehem.
John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed
of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem
where David was.
VII. Of his forerunner, John Baptist. Isa.
xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
Mai. iii. 1. I will send my messenger, and
he shall prepare the way before me.
iv. 5. I will send you Elijah the prophet.
Fulfilled. Matt ^ iii. 1. In those days came
John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness
of Judea, saying, Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand. Luke i. 17.
Matt. xi. 14. This is Elias which was for to
come.
xvii. 12. Elias is come already,
ix. 13.
Mark
VIII. His purging the temple. Ps. Ixix. 9.
The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.
Matt. xxi. 12. Jesus cast out all them that
sold and bought in the temple. Mark xi. 15.
Luke xix. 45. John ii. 13, &c.
IX. His working miracles. Isa. xxxv. 5, 6.
The eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears
of the deaf shall be unstopped : The lame shall
leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb
shall sing.
Fulfilled. Matt xv. 30. Great multitudes
came unto him, having with them those that
were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many
others, and he healed them. See New Testa-
ment Miracles.
X. That the Spirit of the Lord should be
upon him. Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord
shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and
understanding, &c. Ver. 3.
Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon
me, because he hath anointed me to preach, &c.
Ps. xlv. 7. God hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Fulfilled. Matt. iii. 16. He saw the Spirit
of God descending like a dove, and lighting
upon him. John i. 33.
John iii. 34. God giveth not the Spirit by
measure unto him.
Acts iv. 27. Jesus whom thou hast anoint-
ed. Ch. x. 38.
' XI. That he should be a prophet. Deut.
xviii. 15. The Lord thy God will raise up unto
thee a Prophet ; unto him shall ye hearken.
Heb. i. 1. God, who spake unto the fathers
by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken
to us by his Son Christ. Heb. ii. 3. See
Christ's predictions concerning his death, &c.
XII. That he should preach or teach. Ps.
xl. 9. I have preached righteousness in the
great congregation.
Isa. Ixi. 1. He hath anointed me to preach
good tidings unto the meek. See Isa. xi. 2, 3,
4. ii. 3. Mic. iv. 2.
Matt. iv. 23. Jesus went about preaching
the gospel. Ch. ix. 35.
xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Fa-
ther, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the
Son will reveal him. Ch. xvii. 5.
John vii. 14. Now about the midst of the
feast, Jesus went up into the temple and
taught. Ver. 16. My doctrine is not mine,
but his that sent me.
xii. 49. I have not spoken of myself: but
the Father which sent me gave me command-
ment what I should say. Ch. xiv. 10. 24.
(For the nature of his preaching, see his ser-
mon, Matt. 5th, 6th, 7th chapters.)
XIII. That he should not seek the applause
of men. Isa. xlii. 2. He shall not cry, nor
lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the
street.
Hence he said, John v. 41, I receive not
honour from men.
Matt. viii. 4. See thou tell no man. Ch. ix.
30. xvi. 20. Mark vii. 24.
Mark v. 43. See that no man know it. Ch.
ix. 30.
XIV. That he should be a sufferer. Isa.
Iii. 14. His visage was more marred than any
man.
liii. 3. A man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief.
Heb. iv. 1 5. He was touched with the feel-
ing of our infirmities.
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PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST.
101
Infirmities which he endured. Matt. iv. 1.
He was tempted of the devil.
Ver. 2. He fasted and hungered. Ch.
xxi. 18.
John xix. 28. He thirsted. Ch. iv. 7.
iv. 6. He was weary.
Matt. viii. 24. He slept. John xi. 35. He
wept.
Mark iii. 5. He was grieved.
John xii. 27. His soul was troubled.
Matt. xxvi. 37. He was sorrowful.
Luke xxli. 44. In an agony he prayed.
Matt. viii. 20. He had not where to lay his
head.
XV. That he should be despised of men.
Isa. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, To him
whom man despiseth, whom the nation ab-
horreth.
liii. 2, 3. He hath no form nor comeliness,
nor beauty that we should desire him. He is
despised and rejected of men ; and we esteemed
him not.
Ps. xxii. 6. I am despised of the people.
Ps. cxviii. 22.
Fulfilled. John i. 1 1. He came to his own,
and his own received him not.
Luke xix. 14. They say, We will not have
this man to reign over us.
Matt, xxvii. 23. The people said, Let him
be crucified. Ver. 25. His blood be upon us
and our children.
Luke xxiii. 18. They cried out all at once,
saying, Away with this man.
John xviii. 40. Release unto us, not this
man, but Barabbas.
XVI. He was hated. Luke xix. 14. His
citizens hated him.
John vii. 7. The world hateth me.
xv. 18. It hated me before it hated you.
Matt. x. 22. Ye shall be hated for my
name's sake. Ch. xxiv. 9. Mark xiii. 13.
Luke xxi. 17.
XVII. That he should be reproached. Ps.
xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men.
XVIII. Reproaches cast upon him. Matt.
xiii. 55. Is not this the carpenter's son. Ver.
57. They were offended in him.
Mark vi. 3. Is not this the carpenter, the
son of Mary 1
John i. 46. Can any good thing come out
of Nazareth ]
vii. 52. Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet
Luke vii. 39. If this man were a prophet,
he would have known who and what manner
of woman this is that toucheth him, for she
is a sinner.
John ix. 24. This man is a sinner.
Luke xv. 2. He receiveth sinners, and eateth
with them.
Matt. xi. 19. He is a man gluttonous, and
a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sin-
ners. Luke vii. 34.
xxvii. 63. A deceiver. John vii. 12. H?
deceiveth the people.
John ix. 16. This man is not of God.
Matt. ix. 3. This man blasphemeth.
xxvi. 65. Ye have heard his blasphemy.
John x. 33.
John x. 20. He hath a devil, and is mad,
why hear ye him ]
viii. 48. Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a
devil. Ver. 52.
Matt. xii. 24. This fellow doth not cast out
devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of devils.
Ch. ix. 34.
Luke xvi. 14. They derided him. Ch.
xxiii. 35.
Matt, xxvii. 29. They mocked him. Ver.
31. Mark xv. 20.
John v. 16. They call him a Sabbath*
breaker.
Heb. xii. 3. He endured such contradiction
of sinners against himself.
XIX. That he should be persecuted. Isa.
liii. 4. We did esteem him stricken, smitten
of God and afflicted.
Ps. Ixix. 26. They persecute him whom
thoxi hast smitten ; they talk to the grief of
those whom thou hast wounded. Ps. vii. 1.
Fulfilled. John v. 16. The Jews did per-
secute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because
he had done these things on the Sabbath day.
Ver. 18. They sought the more to kill him,
because he said that God was his Father.
xv. 20. If they have persecuted me, they
will persecute you also.
XX. That Jews and Gentiles should join
against him. Ps. ii. 1, 2. Why do the hea-
then rage, and the people imagine a vain
thing] The kings of the earth set them-
selves, and the rulers take counsel together
against the Lord, and against his anointed.
Fulfilled. Matt. xii. 14. The Pharisees held
a counsel together how they might destroy
him. Mark iii. 6. John xi. 53.
Luke xxiii. 12. Pilate and Herod were
made friends together.
Acts iv. 27, 28. Against thy holy child Je-
sus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod
and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the
people of Israel, were gathered together, for to
do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel de-
termined before to be done.
XXI. Should be sold for money. Zech.
xi. 12, 13. They weighed for my price thirty
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PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST.
CHAP. IV.
pieces of silver : a goodly price that I was
prized at of them. Amos ii. 6.
Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 15, 16. They co-
venanted with Judas for thirty pieces of silver:
and from that time he sought opportunity to
betray him.
XXII. The use they apply the money to
foretold. Zech. xi. 13. I took the thirty
pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter
in the house of the Lord.
Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 7, 8. They bought
with them the potter's field, to bury strangers
m. Wherefore that field was called the field
of blood unto this day. Acts i. 16. 19.
XXIII. Prophecies of Christ concerning
who should betray him. John vi. 64. Jesus
knew from the beginning who should betray
him.
Ver. 70, 71. He said, Have not I chosen
you twelve 1 and one of you is a devil. He
spake this of Judas ; for he it was that should
betray him.
Matt. xxvi. 21. One of you shall betray
me. Ver. 23. He that dippeth his hand with
me in the dish shall betray me.
Luke xxii. 21. The hand of him that be-
trayeth me is with me oh the table.
John xiii. 18. He that eateth bread with
me hath lift up his heel against me.
Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 14, 15, 16. Then one
of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto
the chief priests, and said unto them, What
will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto
you 1 ? And they covenanted with him for
thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he
sought opportunity to betray him.
Ver. 47. Judas, one of the twelve, came,
and with him a great multitude.
Ver. 48, 49. He gave them a sign, saying,
Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is he. And
forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail,
Master, and kissed him.
XXIV. Concerning the miserable end of
Judas. Ps. cix. 7, 8. When he shall be
judged, let him be condemned. Let his days
be few, and let another take his office. Acts
i. 20.
Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 24.
Wo unto that man by whom the Son of man
is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if
he had not been born.
Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 4, 5. Judas said, I
have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent
blood. And he went and hanged himself.
Acts i. 25. That he might go to his own
place.
XXV. That Christ should be forsaken.
Zech. xiii. 7. Awake, sword, against my
Shepherd, and against the man that is my
fellow, saith the Lord of hosts, smite the
Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 31.
All ye shall be offended because of me this
night. Mark xiv. 27. John xvi. 32. Ful-
filled. Ver. 56. They all forsook him and
fled.
XXVI. Peter's denying him. Matt. xxvi.
34. Peter, thou shalt deny me.
Ver. 7074. Peter denied, &c. He denied
again with an oath. He denied, and began
to curse and to swear.
XXVII. That Christ should be beaten and
spit on. Ps. xxii. 16. The assembly of the
wicked have enclosed me.
Isa. 1. 6. I gave my back to the smiters,
and my cheeks to them that plucked off the
hair : I hid not my face from shame and spit-
ting. Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 67.
Mic. v. 1. They shall smite the Judge of
Israel with a rod upon the cheek. Fulfilled,
Matt, xxvii. 30.
XXVIII. Christ's own testimony of this.
Matt. xvi. 21. From that time forth Jesus be-
gan to shew unto his disciples, how that he
must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many
things of the elders and chief priests, and
scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the
third day.
Matt. xx. 18, 19. Behold, we go up unto
Jerusalem, (Luke xiii. 33. For it cannot be
that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem) and
the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the
chief priests, and unto the scribes ; and they
shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver
him unto the Gentiles, to mock, &c. Mark
x. 34. To spit upon, and to scourge, and to
kill him ; and the third day he shall rise again.
XXIX. Concerning what kind of death he
should die. Ps. xxii. 16. They pierced my
hands and feet
Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on me whom
they have pierced.
John iii. 14. As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be
lifted up.
Matt. xxvi. 2. After two days is the pass-
over, and the Son of man is betrayed to be
crucified. Ver. 45. The hour is at hand, and
the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of
sinners.
XXX. Christ's 'silence. Isa. liii. 7. He
was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he
opened not his mouth: he is brought as a
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103
lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before
her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his
mouth.
Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 12. When he was
accused, he answered nothing. Mark xiv. 61.
xv. 3. 5. Luke xxiii. 9.
1 Pet. ii. 23. When he was reviled, he re-
viled not again.
XXXI. They give sentence against him.
Matt. xxvi. 66. They condemn him to
death.
Ver. 67, 68. Then did they spit in his face,
and buffeted him ; others smote him with the
palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy to us,
thou Christ, who is he that smote thee] Luke
xxii. 64.
Luke xxiii. 1. They lead him to Pilate (a
Gentile.)
Ver. 7. Pilate sends him to Herod. Ver.
11. Herod with his men of war set him at
nought, and mocked him, and sent him again
to Pilate.
Ver. 21. The people cried, Crucify him.
Ver. 23. And the voices of them, and of the
chief priests, prevailed.
Ver. 24. And Pilate gave sentence, that it
should be even as they required.
Matt, xxvii. 26. Pilate scourged Jesus, and
delivered him to be crucified. Ver. 27, 28, 29.
Ver. 30, 31. They spit upon him, and
smote him on the head, and led him away to
crucify him.
XXXn. They give him gall Ps. xxii. 15.
My tongue cleaveth to my jaws.
Ixix. 21. They gave me gall for my meat,
and in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to
drink. Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 34. They
gave him vinegar mingled with gall. Ver. 48.
Mark xv. 36. Luke xxiii. 36. John
xix. 29.
XXXIII. They mock him on the cross. Ps.
xxii. 7. All they that see me laugh me to
scorn ; saying, He trusted on the Lord, let him
deliver him. See this fulfilled. Matt, xxvii.
ver. 39 to 44. Mark xv. 29.
XXXIV. Part his garments. Ps. xxii. 18.
They part my garments among them, and cast
lots upon my vesture. Mark xv. 24.
XXXV. His words on the cross. Ps.
xxii. 1. My God, my God, why hast thou for-
saken me. Mark xv. 34.
Prays for his enemies. Isa. liii. 12. He
made intercession for the transgressors.
Fulfilled. Luke xxiii. 34. Then said Je-
sus, Father, forgive them, for they know not
what they do.
XXXVI. His death. Dan.ix.26. Messiah
shall be cut off.
Isa. liii. 8. Cut off out of the land of the
iving. Ver. 12. He hath poured out his soul
unto death.
Luke xxii. 53. This is your hour, and the
power of darkness. Matt, xxvii. 50. Jesus
cried and yielded up the ghost. Mark xv. 37.
39. Luke xxiii. 46. John xix. 30.
Isa. liii. 12. He was numbered with trans-
gressors. Mark xv. 27. With him they cru-
cified two thieves.
XXXVII. A bone of him should not be
broken. 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is
sacrificed for us.
John xix. 36. That the scripture might be
fulfilled. A bone of him shall not be broken,
/omp. Ex. xii. 46.
XXXVIII. Buried with the rich. Isa. liii.
. He made his grave with the rich.
Matt, xxvii. 57, 58. There came a rich man
of Arimathea, and begged the body of Jesus.
'Ver. 59, 60. He wrapped it in clean linen,
and laid it in his own new tomb.
Ver. 66. They made the sepulchre sure,
sealing the stone and setting a watch.
XXXIX. That he should arise from the
dead. Ps. xvi. 10. Thou wilt not leave my
soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy
one to see corruption.
Christ often promised he should rise on the
third day, which answers to his not seeing
corruption, in the foregoing text. See Matt.
xvi. 21. xx. 19. Mark viii. 31.
XL. Christ seems to rest the credit of all
his pretensions on this event of his rising from
the dead. Matt. xvi. 16. Peter said unto him,
Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.
Ver. 20. He charged his disciples that they
should tell no man that he was Jesus the
Christ, (Mark ix. 9,) till the Son of man were
risen from the dead.
XLI. The witnesses of his resurrection.
Matt, xxviii. 5 7. The angel said to the
women, Fear not ye ; for I know that ye seek
Jesus which was crucified. He is not here,
for he is risen as he said. Go quickly and
tell his disciples, that he is risen from the
dead, and behold he goeth before you into Ga-
lilee, there shall ye see him. See John xx.
and Mark xvi. 6, 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6.
XLII. Other evidences of Chrisfs resurrec-
tion are, his appearances often after he arose,
to many who had been personally acquainted
with him before his death. Mark xvi. 9. He
appeared first to Mary Magdalene. John xx. 14.
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PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST.
CHAP. IV.
Matt, xxviii. 9. To other women.
Mark xvi. 12. To two disciples as they
went into the country.
Luke xxiv. 36. To the eleven and others
with them. Ver. 40. He shewed his hands
and his feet to them. Ver. 43. He did eat
before them. Mark xvi. 14. John xx. 19.
John xx. 26, 27. To the disciples: and
said to Thomas, Reach hither thy hand, and
thrust it into my side, and be not faithless but
believing.
Luke xxiv. 34. He appeared to Simon.
John xxi. 1. To the disciples, at the sea of
Tiberias.
Matt xxviii. 16. To the eleven, on a moun-
tain in Galilee.
Acts i. 3. To the apostles he shewed him-
self alive after his passion, by many infallible
proofs ; being seen of them forty days, and
speaking of the things pertaining to the king-
dom of God.
1 Cor. xv. 6. He was seen of above five
hundred brethren at once.
Acts x. 40, 41. Him God raised up the
third day, and shewed him openly unto wit-
nesses chosen before of God ; even to us, who
did eat and drink with him after he rose from
the dead.
ii. 32. This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses.
1 Cor. xv. 14. If Christ be not risen, then
is our preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain.
XLIII. He was raised by the power of God.
Rom. vi. 4. Christ was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father.
Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace brought
again from the dead our Lord Jesus.
Rom. i. 4. He was declared to be the Son
of God with power, by the resurrection from
the dead.
1 Cor. xv. 20. He is the first-fruits of them
that slept.
Rev. i. 5. The first-begotten of the dead.
See Acts iii. 15. 26. iv. 10. 33. v. 30.
xiii. 30. 33, 34. xvii. 3, Rom. iv. 24, 25.
vii. 4. viii. 11. 1 Cor. vi. 14. xv. 14 18.
Eph. i. 20. Col. ii. 12. 1 Thess. i. 10.
2 Tim. ii. 8. 1 Pet i. 21.
XLIV. Concerning Christ's ascension.
Ps. xvi. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of
life.
Ixviii. 18. Thou hast ascended on high;
thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast re-
ceived gifts for men. Ps. xxiv. 7.
John vi. 62. What and if ye shall see the
Son of man ascend up, where he was before 1
Ch.xiv. 12.
xx. 17. Jesus said, I ascend unto my Fa-
ther and your Father, to my God and your
God.
Fulfilled. Luke xxiv. 51. It came to pass
while he blessed them, he was parted from
them, and carried up into heaven. Mark
xvi. 19.
Acts i. 9. While they beheld he was taken
up; and a cloud received him out of their
sight.
XLV. That he should sit at God's right
hand. Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44.
cxviii. 22. The stone which the builders re-
fused, &c.
Acts vii. 55, 56. Stephen, full of the Holy
Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and
saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on
the right hand of God ; and said, Behold, I see
the heavens opened, and the Son of man
standing on the right hand of God.
XL VI. The Holy Ghost promised. Isa.
xliv. 3. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed,
and my blessing upon thine offspring.
Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit upon
all flesh. Acts ii. 17.
XL VII. Also promised by Christ. Luke
xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of my
Father upon you ; but tarry ye in the city of
Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from
on high. Acts i. 4.
John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, and
he shall give you another Comforter, that he
may abide with you for ever. Ver. 26. He
shall teach you all things, and bring all things
to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.
xv. 26, 27. He shall testify of me : And ye
also shall bear witness, because ye have been
with me from the beginning.
Acts i. 5. Ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Matt iii. 11. John said of Christ, He shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with
fire.
Fulfilled. Acts ii. 4. They were all filled
with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues as the Spirit gave them utter-
ance. Ver. 16. Peter said, This is that which
was spoken by the prophet Joel.
Ver. 33. Jesus, being by the right hand of
God exalted, and having received of the Father
the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this, which ye now see and hear.
XLVIII. Other prophecies uttered by
Christ. The persecutions of Christians.
Matt x. 22. Ye shall be hated of all men for
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105
my sake. Ver. 16. Mark xiii. 13. Luke
xxi. 17. x. 3.
xxiv. 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be
afflicted, and shall kill you. Ch. x. 17. John
xvi. 2. Matt, xxiii. 34. v. 1 1. x. 22. John
xv. 20.
Fulfilled. Acts vi. 12. They stoned Ste.
phen. Ch. vii. 59.
viii. 1. At that time there was a great per-
secution.
ix. 1. Saul persecuted them. Ch. xxii. 7,
8. xxvi. 14, 15.
xxvi. 9. I verily thought with myself that
I ought to do many things against the name
of Jesus. Ver. 11. Ch. xxii. 19.
Acts xxviii. 22. As concerning this sect, we
know that everywhere it is spoken against.
MIRACLES OF CHRIST.
XLIX. The evidence of miracles appealed
to as a foundation of faith in Christ. Matt,
xi. 5. To determine John the Baptist's faith,
Christ only sends him an account of his mira-
cles and ministry.
John v. 36. The works that I do bear wit-
ness of me that the Father hath sent me. Ch.
ix. 4. x. 25.
x. 37, 38. If I do not the works of my Fa-
ther, believe me not. Though ye believe not
me, believe the works ; that ye may know and
believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Ch. xiv. 11.
xv. 24. If I had not done among them the
works which none other man did, they had
not had sin. Ch. iv. 48. Except ye see signs
and wonders, ye will not believe.
xx. 30, 31. Many other signs did Jesus,
which are not written : But these are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God ; and that believing ye might
have life through his name.
xii. 37. Though he had done so many
miracles, some believed not.
Matt. xi. 20. He began to upbraid the cities
wherein most of his mighty works were done,
because they repented not. Acts ii. 22. Je-
sus approved of God by miracles, and won-
ders, and signs, which God did by him.
L. New Testament miracles, a foundation
of faith in Christ.
Miracles attending the birth of Christ, and
that of John his forerunner. Luke i. 20.
Zacharias is struck dumb for unbelief. Ver.
64. The use of his speech is restored.
Ver. 41. The babe leaped in Elisabeth's
womb : she is filled with the Holy Ghost, and
prophesieth of Christ.
Matt. i. 18. Christ's miraculous conception
and birth foretold by an angel. Ver. 20.
14
Luke ii. 11. 15. Christ's birth published by
an angel, to shepherds ; who, thereby finding
him, glorified God. Ver. 20.
Matt. ii. 2. An extraordinary star appears,
and guides the wise men to where Christ was :
they worship him. Ver. 11.
Luke ii. 25 38. Simeon and Anna are
directed by the Spirit to acknowledge Christ,
and speak of him.
LI. Miraculous cures performed by Christ,
and the effects thereof. Matt. iv. 23. Jesus
went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna-
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the king-
dom, and healing all manner of sickness, and
all manner of disease, among the people.
Ver. 24. And they brought unto him all sick
people that were taken with divers diseases
and torments, and those which were possessed
with devils, and those which were lunatic, and
those that had the palsy ; and he healed them.
The effects thereof: Ver. 24, 25. His fame
spread abroad ; and there followed him great
multitudes.
xi. 5. The blind receive their sight, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up. Isa. xxxv. 6.
xv. 30. Great multitudes came unto him,
having with them those that were lame, blind,
dumb, maimed, and many others, and he heal-
ed them. Effect : Ver. 31. They wondered,
and glorified God.
LII. Devils cast out by Christ. Matt. viii. 1 6.
He cast out the spirits with his word. (Mark
i. 32, 33. Luke iv. 40.) Ver. 28. Out of
two men he cast devils, who enter into the
swine. Ver. 32. Mark v. 2. 8. 15. Luke
viii. 26. 29. Effect : The people were taken
with great fear.
ix. 32. He casts a devil out of a dumb man,
who then spake. Effect : The people mar-
velled saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
xii. 22, 23. He casts a devil out of a man,
blind and dumb, who then both spake and
saw. (Luke xi. 14.) Effect: The people
were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of
David 1
xv. 22. He cast a devil out of the daughter
of a woman of Canaan. Mark vii. 25. He
commended her faith.
xvii. 15. Casts a devil out of a child that
was a lunatic, and sore vexed with a devil.
(Mark ix. 17. Luke ix. 43.) Effect: The
people were all amazed at the mighty power
of God. The father of the child said, I be-
lieve, help thou mine unbelief.
Mark i. 23. Christ casts out an unclean
spirit. (Luke iv. 36.) Effect : Ver. 27, 28.
The people were amazed, and his fame spread
abroad.
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CHAP. IV.
Ver. 34. He casts out many devils.
xvi. 9. Casts seven devils out of Mary Mag-
dalene. Luke viii. 2.
Luke xiii. 32. Christ said, I do cures, and
cast out devils.
Thus literally did Christ Gen. iii. 15.
Bruise the serpent's head.
Heb. ii. 14. Destroy the devil, and his
works. 1 John iii. 8.
John xii. 31. Cast out the prince of this
world. Luke xi. 22. Being stronger than he.
Col. ii. 15. Spoil principalities and powers.
Luke xi. 20. By the finger, the power, and
Spirit of God.
LIII. Christ heals sicknesses. Matt. viii. 1 3.
The servant of a believing centurion. Luke
vii. 10. Peter's wife's mother. Mark i. 30.
Luke iv. 38.
ix. 35. Every sickness and disease among
the people. Matt. xii. 15. xiv. 14. Luke
ix. 1 1.
John iv. 50. A nobleman's son. Effect:
Ver. 53. The father of the child, and his whole
house, believed.
Christ cures blindness. Matt. ix. 30. Two
blind men, by touching their eyes. Effect :
Ver. 31. His fame spread abroad.
Mark viii. 22, 23. A blind man, by spitting
upon his eyes.
x. 46. Cures Bartimeus. Luke vii. 21.
Cures many. Mark vi. 56.
John ix. 6, 7. A blind man, by anointing
his eyes with clay. Effect.- Ver. 32, 33.
The man said, Since the world began was it
not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one
that was born blind. If this man were not of
God, he could do nothing. Ver. 16. 38. Isa.
xxix. 18. xxxv. 5.
Deafness. Mark vii. 32. A man that was
deaf, and had an impediment in his speech,
by putting his fingers into his ears and touch-
ing his tongue. Effect : Ver. 37. They were
beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath
done all things well. Matt. xi. 5.
Lameness. Luke xiii. 13. Makes straight
a woman bowed down with an infirmity.
Effect .- She glorified God.
Luke xxii. 51. Heals a servant's ear that
was cut off.
John v. 8. Cures a man at the pool of
Bethesda.
The leprosy. Matt. viii. 3. A leper, by
touching him. Mark i. 40. Effect.- They
blazed abroad his fame.
Luke xvii. 14. Ten lepers. Effect : One
of them who was a Samaritan, glorified God,
and returned to Jesus and gave him thanks.
xiv. 2. 4. Cures the dropsy.
The palsy. Matt. iv. 24. viii. 6. Mark
ii. 3. 5. 10. 12. Luke v. 18. 24, 25. Effect .-
They marvelled and glorified God ; and his
fame spread abroad.
ix. 22. He cures a bloody issue. Luke viii.
44.
xii. 10. He restores a withered hand. Luke
yi. 10.
LIV. Christ raises the dead to life. Matt
ix. 25. Jairus's daughter.
Luke vii. 1 1 . A widow's son.
John xi. 39. Lazarus. Effect: Ver. 45.
Ch. xii. 11. Many of the Jews believed on
him because of Lazarus.
LV. He calms the mind and sea, &c.
Matt. viii. 27. Mark vi. 51. Luke viii. 24.
Effect : They marvelled, saying, What man-
ner of man is this, that even the winds and
the sea obey him !
xiv. 25. He walked on the sea. John
vi. 19.
xiv. 29. Makes Peter walk upon the water.
Mark vi. 43. Feeds five thousand, with five
loaves, and two fishes.
viii. 8. Feeds four thousand, with seven
loaves, and a few fishes.
John ii. 8. He turns water into wine. Ef-
fect .- Ver. 23. Ch. iii. 2. Many believed on
him, seeing the miracles which he did.
xxi. 6. Directs the disciples to take a great
draught of fishes. Effect : Luke v. 8. Peter
fell down and said, Depart from me, for I am
a sinful man, O Lord.
Matt. xvii. 27. Directs Peter to find a piece
of money in a fish's mouth.
xxi. 19. He curses the barren fig-tree, which
immediately withers.
LVI. Miracles accompanying the death of
Christ. Matt.xxvii. 45. A supernatural dark-
ness. Ver. 51, 52. The veil of the temple
rent, the earth quaked, the rocks rent, graves
opened, and many bodies of saints arose.
Effect .- Ver. 54. The centurion and those
that were with him, seeing these things, said,
Truly this was the Son of God.
xxviii. 2. A great earthquake at his resur-
rection.
LVII. Christ empowers his disciples to
work miracles for propagating the Gospel.
Matt. x. 1 . He gave them power against un-
clean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all
manner of sickness, and all manner of dis-
Ver. 8. He said unto them, Heal the sick,
cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out
devils ; freely ye have received, freely give.
Mark iii. 15. vi. 7. xvi. 17. Luke ix. 1.
x. 19. xxiv. 49. 1 Cor. xii. 9. 28. 30.
CHAP. V.
MIRACLES OF THE APOSTLES.
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MIRACLES OF THE APOSTLES.
LVIII. Miracles wrought by the Apostles.
Mark vi. 13. They cast out many devils, and
anointed with oil many that were sick, and
healed them. Luke ix. 6.
Luke x. 1 7. The devils were subject unto
them.
Acts ii. 4. Being filled with the Holy Ghost,
they spake with other tongues, as the Spirit
gave them utterance. 1 Cor. xiv. 22.
Ver. 41. Three thousand are converted by
Peter's sermon.
Ver. 43. Many wonders and signs were
done by the apostles. Ch. xiv. 3.
iii. 2. 6, 7. Peter and John cured a lame
man, at the gate of the temple.
v. 12. Many signs and wonders were
wrought by the apostles. Effect: Ver. 14.
Believers were the more added to the Lord.
Ver. 15. They brought the sick into the
streets. Ver. 16. There came also a multi-
tude out of the cities round about unto Jerusa-
lem, bringing sick folks, and them which were
vexed with unclean spirits; and they were
healed every one.
viii. 6, 7. Philip did many miracles, casting
out unclean spirits, curing the lame, and those
which had palsies.
ix. 1 20. Paul's conversion. Ch. xxii. 3.
xx vi. 12.
Ver. 34. Peter heals Eneas of the palsy.
Ver. 40. Raises Dorcas from the dead.
x. 1. Cornelius's vision. Ver. 11. Peter's
vision. Ver. 13. A voice to him.
Ver. 44. The Holy Ghost falls upon Cor-
nelius, and others that heard Peter preaching
the gospel.
v. 5 10. The death of Ananias and Sap-
phira.
Ver. 19. The apostles are brought out of
prison, by an angel.
vi. 15. Stephen's face seen, as the face of
an angel.
vii. 55. Stephen sees Christ.
xiii. 11. Ely mas struck blind.
xiv. 10. Paul heals a cripple, at Lystra.
Ch. xvi. 18. Paul casts out a spirit of divina-
tion.
xvi. 26. An earthquake. The apostles in
prison have their bands loosed.
xix. 6. The Holy Ghost given, at laying on
of Paul's hands. Ver. 12. He casts out evil
spirits, &c.
Ver. 12. Diseases cured by handkerchiefs,
&c. brought from Paul's body.
xxviii. 5. Paul, unhurt, shakes a viper off
his hand.
Ver. 8. He cures the father of Publius of a
fever and bloody flux. Ver. 9. Others cured
of diseases.
Heb. ii. 4. God bearing them witness, with
signs and wonders, and with divers miracles
and gifts of the Holy Ghost. Rom. xv. 19.
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the
power of the Spirit of God.
CHAPTER V.
CHRIST'S GLORY AND EXALTATION.
CHRIST'S GLORY.
I. CHRIST'S glory before his incarna-
tion. John xvii. 5. O Father, glorify thou me
with the glory which I had with thee before
the world was. See Prov. viii. 22 to ver. 32.
xxx. 4.
II. Christ's glory on earth. Luke ix.
30 35. At his transfiguration. Peter and
they that were with him, saw his glory. There
came a voice saying, This is my beloved Son;
hear him.
John i. 14. We beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father, full of
grace and truth. 2 Pet. i. 16.
ii. 11. This beginning of miracles did Jesus,
and manifested forth his glory. Ch. xi. 4.
xii. 41. These things said Esaias, when he
saw his glory. Isa. liii. 1.
xvii. 22. The glory which thou gavest me,
I have given them.
2 Pet. i. 17. He received from God the Fa-
ther, honour and glory, when there came such
a voice from the excellent glory, This is my
beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Matt,
xvii. 5. Heb. iii. 3.
III. Christ's glory after his resurrection.
Luke xxiv. 26. Ought not Christ to have suf-
fered these things, and enter into his glory 1
1 Cor. ii. 8. The Lord of glory. James ii. 1.
1 Tim. iii. 16. He was received up into
glory.
Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's
glory.
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1 Pet. i. 21. God received him up, and gave
him glory ; that your faith and hope might be
in God.
Rev. i. 6. To him be glory and dominion,
for ever. See Mark x. 37. John vii. 39.
xii. 16. 23. xiii. 31. xvii. 24. Acts iii. 13.
Gal. i. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 18. See Christ shall judge
the world.
CHRIST'S EXALTATION.
IV. Christ's exaltation at God's right hand.
Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou
at my right hand, until I make thine enemies
thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 34.
1 Cor. xv. 25.
Isa. Iii. 13. He shall be exalted and extolled.
Mark xvi. 19. The Lord was received up
into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Acts vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost,
saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on
the right hand of God.
" Eph. i. 20. He set him on his own right
hand.
Col. iii. 1. Christ sitteth on the right hand
of God.
Heb. i. 3. Who sat down on the right hand
of the Majesty on high.
viii. 1. We have an high priest, who is set
on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty
in the heavens.
x. 12. He for ever sat down on the right
hand of God.
xii. 2. At the right hand of the throne of
God.
1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right hand of
God. Ch. iv. 13.
Rev. iii. 21. I am set down with my Father
in his throne.
V. The same thus otherwise expressed.
Ps. viii. 5. Thou hast crowned him with glory
and honour. Heb. ii. 9. Rev. xix. 12.
Ixxxix. 19. I have exalted one chosen out
of the people.
John vi. 62. Ye shall see the Son of man,
ascend up where he was before.
Acts ii. 33. Jesus being by the right hand
of God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye
now see and hear. See Christ's power : also,
His kingly office : His works.
Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his
right hand.
Phil. ii. 9. God hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name, which is above every
name.
VI. Christ exalted above mankind. Ps.
cxviii. 22, 23. The stone which the builders
refused is become the head of the corner. This
is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our
eyes. Matt. xxi. 42. Acts iv. 11. 1 Pet
ii.7.
Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born,
higher than the kings of the earth.
Matt, xxiii. 8. One is your master, even
Christ.
Rom. viii. 29. That he might be the first-
born among many brethren. Heb. i. 2. Ap-
pointed heir of all things.
1 Cor. xi. 3. The head of every man is
Christ. Eph. iv. 15.
Eph. i. 22. God gave him to be the head
over all things, to the church.
iv. 15. May grow up into him, which is the
head, even Christ.
v. 23. Christ is the head of the church.
VII. The church is subject to Christ.
Matt. iii. 11. He is greater than John the
Baptist.
xii. 6. Greater than the temple. Ver. 41.
Greater than Jonas. Ver. 42. Than So-
lomon.
Heb. iii. 3. Worthy of more glory than
Moses.
VIII. Christ exalted above angels. Ps.
viii. 6. Thou hast put all things under his
feet. 1 Cor. xv. 27. Eph. i. 22.
Eph. i. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory. Ver. 2022.
Raised him from the dead, and set him at his
own right hand ; far above all principality and
power, and might, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this world,
but also in that which is to come : and hath
put all things under his feet.
Phil. ii. 9, 10. God hath given him a name,
which is above every name ; that at the name
of Jesus every, knee should bow, of things in
heaven, and things in earth.
Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, which
is the head of all principality and power.
Heb. i. 4. Made so much better than the
angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a
more excellent name than they.
Ver. 5. Unto which of the angels said he
at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have
I begotten thee 1 Ps. ii. 7.
Ver. 13. To which of the angels said he at
any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool? Ps. ex. 1.
ii. 5. Unto the angels hath he not put in
subjection the world to come. Ver. 8. Thou
hast put all things in subjection under his
feet ; for in that he put all things under him,
he left nothing that is not put under him. See
Christ worshipped.
CHAP. VI.
CHRIST S TITLES.
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CHAPTER VI.
DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST.
I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Ps. ii. 7.
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
thee. Ver. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,
and ye perish.
Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born,
higher than the kings of the earth.
Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a Son is given, and the
government shall be upon his shoulder.
Matt. iii. 1 7. A voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
viii. 29. The devils cried outlaying, What
have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of
God]
Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and shall be
called the Son of the Highest. Ver. 35. He
shall be called the Son of God.
John i. 34. I saw and bear record, that this
is the Son of God.
Ver. 49. Nathaniel said, Thou art the Son
of God.
v. 18. The Jews sought the more to kill
him, because he said that God was his Father,
making himself equal with God.
ix. 35. Jesus said, Dost thou believe on the
Son of God ? Ver. 37. It is he that talketh
with thee.
John x. 36. Say ye, Thou blasphemest, be-
cause I said, I am the Son of God 1 Ver. 25.
32. 37. Ch. xv. 10.
xix. 7. The Jews said, By our law he ought
to die, because he made himself the Son of
God.
xx. 17. I ascend to my Father and your
Father ; to my God and your God.
Ver. 31. These are written, that ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God.
Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers hath
glorified his Son Jesus. Ver. 26. God having
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you.
viii. 37. The eunuch said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached Christ,
that he is the Son of God.
Rom. i. 3, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our
Lord, who was declared to be the Son of God
with power,
viii. 32. He spared not his own Son ; but
delivered him up for us all.
2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. i. 3.
Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb. i. 2. God hath in these last days
spoken to us by his Son.
1 Johniv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that
Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him.
v. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world,
but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of
Godl
Hence the title of Father so often given to
God by Jesus Christ and others. As : Matt,
xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of hea-
ven and earth. Ver. 27. No man knoweth the
Son but the Father.
xx viii. 19. Baptizing in the name of the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Mark xiii. 32. Of that day knoweth no
man, no not the Son, but the Father.
xiv. 36. Abba, Father, all things are possi-
ble to thee.
Luke x. 22. No man knows who the Fa-
ther is but the Son.
xxii. 42. Father, if thou be willing, remove
this cup.
xxiii. 34. Father, forgive them.
Ver. 46. Father, into thy hands I commend
my spirit.
John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son.
v. 23. That all men should honour the Son,
even as they honour the Father. He that
honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the
Father.
1 John ii. 23. Whoso denieth the Son hath
not the Father. (And so in many other
places.)
II. Christ is distinguished from the created
sons of God, by the peculiar epithets of be-
gotten, first and only begotten, first-born, $c.
Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my 'Son, this day have I
begotten thee.
Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born,
higher than the kings of the earth. Acts xiii.
33. Heb. i. 5. v. 5.
John i. 14. The only begotten of the Fa-
ther. Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom of the
Father.
iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son. Ver. 18.
Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the first
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CHAP. VI
begotten into the world, he saith, Let all the
angels of God worship him.
1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten
Son into the world, that we might live through
him. Chap. v. 1. See Rom. viii. 3. Gal.
iv. 4. God's own Son.
III. Christ is called the image of God.
2 Cor. iv. 4. Christ, who is the image of God.
Col. i. 15. The image of the invisible God.
Phil. ii. 6. Who being in the form of God.
Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's
glory and express image of his person.
IV. Christ is called God. Isa. vii. 14. Im-
manuel, God with us. Matt. i. 23.
ix. 6. The mighty God. Ixiii. 1. Mighty
to save.
John i. 1 . The word was God.
Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood.
Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God
blessed for ever.
Phil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery to be
equal with God.
Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth all the fulness
of the Godhead bodily.
1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifest in the
flesh. Tit. i. 3.
Tit. ii. 10. Adornfthe doctrine of God our
Saviour.
Ver. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, and
the glorious appearing of the great God, and
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, God, is for ever
and ever.
iii. 4. He that built all things is God. See
Christ creates.
1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love
of God, because he laid down his life for us.
v. 20. This is the true God and eternal life.
V. Christ is Lord. Ps. ex. 1. The Lord
said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. Heb. i. 13.
Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the
Lord. Matt. iii. 3.
Jer. xxiii. 6. This is his name wherewith
he shall be called. The Lord our righteousness.
(In the original it is, Jehovah our righteous-
ness.)
Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be delivered. Rom.
x. 13.
Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall
suddenly come to his temple, even the mes-
senger of the covenant.
Matt. vii. 21, 22. Not every one that saith
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king-
dom of heaven. Many will say to me in that
day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name, &c.
Matt. xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know not
what hour your Lord doth come. See ver.
45, 46. 48. 50.
Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord of the
Sabbath.
Luke ii. 11. Unto you is born a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
v. 8. Peter said, Depart from me, for I am
a sinful man, O Lord.
vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do
not the things which I say ?
xxiii. 42. Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom.
John vi. 68. Lord to whom shall we go ?
thou hast the words of eternal life.
xiii. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord ; and
ye say well, for so I am.
Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same Jesus,
whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Ver. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ. Ch. viii. 16. x. 48.
xxii. 16.
v. 14. Believers were the more added to the
Lord.
vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, calling upon
God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit.
ix. 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus, whom
thou persecutest. Ver. 10. To Ananias the
Lord said, &c. Ver. 15. 17. Ch. xviii. 9.
Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name of
the Lord. Ver. 42. Many believed in the
name of the Lord.
x. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all.
xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord
Jesus. Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that with
purpose of heart they would cleave unto the
Lord.
xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved.
xviii. 8. Crispus believed on the Lord with
all his house. Ver. 25. Apollos was instructed
in the way of the Lord.
xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard the
word of the Lord Jesus.
Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich unto all
that call upon him.
xiv. 9. Christ both died, and rose and re-
vived, that he might be Lord both of the dead
and living. Acts x. 36. Lord of all. 1 Cor.
ii. 8. Lord of glory.
1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the
same thing.
iii. 5. Ye believed, even as the Lord gave to
every man.
iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the Lord.
v. 4, 5, In the name of our Lord Jesus
CHAP. VI.
CHRIST'S TITLES.
ill
Christ with the power of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan.
vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus.
viii. 6. To us there is one Lord Jesus Christ.
xi. 23. I received of the Lord that which
also I delivered unto you.
xii. 3. No man can say that Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Ver. 5. There are differences of administra-
tions, but the same Lord.
xv. 47. The second man is the Lord from
heaven.
2 Cor. i. 14. Ye are ours in the day of the
Lord Jesus.
v. 6. While we are at home in the body we
are absent from the Lord. Ver. 8. Are willing
rather to be present with the Lord.
Eph. v. 29. Even as the Lord cherisheth
the church.
vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any man
doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord.
Phil. ii. 11. That every tongue should con-
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Ver. 23, 24. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily
as to the Lord; knowing that of the Lord ye
shall receive the reward of the inheritance : for
ye serve the Lord Christ.
1 Thess. i. 8. From you sounded out the
word of the Lord.
iv. 1, 2. We exhort you by the Lord Jesus.
Ye know what commandments we gave you
by the Lord Jesus.
Ver. 16, 17. The Lord himself shall de-
scend. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord
in the air ; so shall we ever be with the Lord.
2 Thess. i. 7, 8. The Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ver. 12. That the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ may be glorified.
1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord,
who enabled me, &c.
vi. 15. He is King of kings, and Lord of
lords. Rev. xvii. 14. xix. 16.
2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord, out of a
pure heart. Rom. x. 13.
iv. 8. There is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord the righteous
judge shall give me at that day.
Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation ; which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord, arid was con-
firmed to us by them that heard him 1
xiii. 20. Our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd
of the sheep.
1 Pet. ii. 3, 4. If ye have tasted that the
Lord is gracious. To whom coming as unto
a living stone.
2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multiplied
unto you, through the knowledge of God and
of Jesus our Lord.
Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be-
ginning and the ending, saith the Lord.
xi. 8. The city where our Lord was crucified.
xxii. 20, 21. He which testifieth these things
saith, Surely I come quickly ; Amen. Even
so, come Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
VI. Christ is one with the Father. John
x. 30. I and my Father are one. Ch. xvii.
11. 22.
Ver. 38. The Father is in me and I in him.
Ch. xvii. 21. xiv. 9, 10, 11.
xii. 44, 45. He that believeth on me, be-
lieveth on him that sent me. He that seeth
me, seeth him that sent me. Ch. xiv. 9.
viii. 19.
xiv. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have
known my Father also.
Ver. 11. I am in the Father, and he in me.
Ch. xiii. 32.
xv. 23. He that hateth me hateth my Father
also. 1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the
Son, the same hath not the Father.
xvi. 15. All things that the Father hath are
mine.
xvii. 10. All mine are thine, and thine are
mine.
Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness of the
Father's glory, and the express image of his
person.
John v. 26. As the Father hath life in him-
self, so hath he given to the Son to have life
in himself. Col. i. 19.
VII. The same things spoken of God the
Father and of Christ. Eph. v. 5. The king-
dom of Christ and of God.
1 John v. 7. There are three that bear record
in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost ; and these three are one.
Col. ii. 2. The mystery of God, and of the
Father, and of Christ.
2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus
Christ himself, and God even our Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us ever-
lasting consolation, and good hope through
grace ; comfort your hearts, and establish you
in every good word and work.
1 Tim. vi. 13. I give thee charge in the
sight of God, and before Christ Jesus, &c.
Tit. ii. 13. The appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Rev. xiv. 4. The first-fruits unto God, and
to the Lamb.
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xxi. 22, 23. The Lord God Almighty, and
the Lamb, are the temple of the city. The
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is
the light thereof. Ch. xi. 15. xx. 6.
Christ's Titles in general, ranged in alpha-
betical order.
Adam, the last, 1 Cor. xv. 45.
Advocate, 1 John ii. 1.
Angel of the covenant, Mai. Hi. 1.
of God's presence, Isa. Ixiii. 9.
Anointed, (Christ) John i. 41.
with the Holy Ghost, Acts x. 38.
not by measure, Ps. xlv. 7.
Apostle and High Priest, Heb. iii. 1.
Beginning of the creation of God, Rev. iii. 14.
Begotten of the Father, John i. 14.
Beloved of God, Eph. i. 6.
Bishop, 1 Pet. ii. 25.
Blessed and only Potentate, 1 Tim. vi. 15.
Branch of righteousness, Zech. iii. 8.
Bread from heaven, John vi. 50.
Bright and morning star, Rev. xxii. 1 6.
Brightness of the Father's glory, Heb. i. 3.
Captain of the Lord's hosts, Josh. v. 14, 15.
of salvation, Heb. ii. 10.
Chosen servant, Matt. xii. 18. Luke xxiii.35.
Consolation of Israel, Luke ii. 25.
Corner-stone, Eph. ii. 20. 1 Pet ii. 6.
Counsellor, Isa. ix. 6.
David, Jer. xxx. 9. Ezek. xxxvii. 24, 25.
Hos. iii. 5.
Deliverer, Rom. xi. 26.
Emmanuel, Isa. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23.
Everlasting Father, Isa. ix. 6.
Express image of God's person, Heb. i. 3.
Faithful witness, Rev. i. 5. iii. 14. xix. 11.
First-begotten of the dead, Rev. i. 5.
First-born, Col. i. 15. 18.
First-fruits, 1 Cor. xv. 20.
First and last, Rev. ii. 8.
Fountain opened, Zech. xiii. 1.
Glory of the Lord, Isa. xl. 5.
God, Rom. ix. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 16. 2 Pet. i. 1.
1 John v. 20.
Governor of Israel, Matt. ii. 6.
Head of the church, Col. i. 18.
of the corner, Matt. xxi. 42.
Heir of all things, Heb. i. 2.
High Priest, Heb. iii. 1.
Holy One of God, Mark i. 24.
of Israel, Isa. xli. 14.
Holy child, Acts iv. 30.
Hope, 1 Tim. i. 1.
of Israel, Acts xxviii. 20.
Horn of salvation, Luke i. 69. Ps. xviii. 2.
I Am, John viii. 58. Exod. iii. 14.
Jehovah, Exod. vi. 3.
Jesus, Matt. i. 21. 1 Thcss. i. 10.
Image of the invisible God, Col. i. 15.
King of Zion, Ps. ii. 6. Matt. xxi. 5. Isa
Ixii. 11.
of the Jews, Matt. ii. 2.
of Israel, John i. 49.
of kings, Rev. xvii. 14.
Lamb of God, John i. 29. Rev. xiii. 8.
Light of the world, John ix. 5. viii. 1 2.
Life, John xiv. 6. Col. iii. 4.
Lion of the tribe of Judah, Rev. v. 5.
Lord, Rom. i. 3. Luke ii. 11.
of lords, Rev. xvii. 14.
Man, Acts xvii. 31. 1 Tim. ii. 5.
Mediator, I Tim. ii. 5. Heb. ix. 15.
Messiah, John i. 41. iv. 25.
Melchizedek, Heb. vii. 1. 3.
Mighty God, Isa. ix. 6.
Michael, Rev. xii. 7.
Offspring of David, Rev. xxii. 16.
Only begotten of the Father, John i. 14.
Passover, 1 Cor. v. 7.
Potentate, (Only) 1 Tim. vi. 15.
Prophet, Luke xxiv. 19. Acts iii. 22.
Propitiation, 1 John ii. 2.
Prince of peace, Isa. ix. 6.
of the kings of the earth, Rev. i. 5.
of life, Acts iii. 15.
Power of God, 1 Cor. i. 24.
Purifier, Mai. iii. 3. Matt. iii. 12.
Ransom, 1 Tim. ii. 6.
Redeemer, Isa. lix. 20. Job xix. 25.
Refiner, Mai. iii. 3.
Righteous servant, Isa. liii. 11.
Righteousness, 1 Cor. i. 30.
Rock, 1 Cor. x. 4. Deut. xxxii. 15.
Root of David, Rev. xxii. 16.
Ruler in Israel, Mic. v. 2.
Saviour, Luke ii. 11. Eph. v. 23.
Seed of the woman, Gen. iii. 15.
of David, 2 Tim. ii. 8.
Shiloh, Gen. xlix. 10.
Son of God, John i. 34.
of the Most High, Luke i. 32.
of man, John iii. 13. Matt. xxv. 31.
Second man, 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Servant of God, Matt. xii. 18.
Shepherd, John x. 11. 14.
(Great) Heb. xiii. 20.
of souls, 1 Pet. ii. 25.
Stone refused, Matt. xxi. 42. Ps. cxviii. 22.
Acts iv. 11.
Sun of righteousness, Mai. iv. 2.
True witness, Rev. iii. 14,
Truth, John xiv. 6.
Vine, John xv. 1.
Way, John xiv. 6.
Wonderful, Isa. ix. 6.
Wisdom of God, 1 Cor. i. 24.
>-, (Our) 1 Cor. i. 30.
Word of God, John i. 1. Rev. xix. 13.
With God, John i. 1. 14.
CHAP. VII.
CHRIST S WORKS.
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CHAPTER VII.
CHRIST'S WORKS.
I. He created all things. John i. 3. All
things were made by him, and without him
was not any thing made.
Ver. 10. The world was made by him.
1 Cor. viii. 6. By whom are all things.
Eph. iii. 9. God created all things by Jesus
Christ.
Col. i. 16, 17. By him were aU things
created, that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones or dominions or principalities or pow-
ers, all things were created by him and for
him ; and he is before all things, and by him
all things consist.
Heb. i. 2. By him God made the worlds.
Ver. 10. Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid
the foundation of the earth, and the heavens
are the works of thy hands. Ver. 11. Ch.
iii. 3, 4.
II. Christ shall raise the dead. John x.
18. Jesus said, I have power to lay down my
life and to take it again. Ch. ii. 19. 21.
v. 21. As the Father raiseth the dead and
quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth
whom he will.
Ver. 25. The hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son
of God, and they that hear shall live. Ver.
28, 29. All that are in the graves shall hear
his voice, and shall come forth ; they that
have done good unto the resurrection of life,
and they that have done evil unto the resur-
rection of damnation. Dan. xii. 2.
vi. 40. This is the will of him that sent
me, that every one that seeth the Son and be-
lieveth on him, may have everlasting life, and
I will raise him up at the last day. Ver. 39. Ch.
xi. 25, 26. 2 Tim. i. 10.
III. Christ will change the bodies of man-
kind. Phil. iii. 21. Christ shall change our
vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto
his glorious body, according to the working
whereby he is able even to subdue all things
to himself. See 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.
IV. Christ shall judge the world. Isa. xi.
3. He shall not judge after the sight of his
eyes.
Matt. xxiv. 30, 31. They shall see the Son
of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with
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power and great glory. He shall send his
angels, with the sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Dan. vii. 13, 14. Mark xiii. 24 to 28. Rev.
i. 7. xiv. 14. xxii. 20.
xxv. 31 33. The Son of Man shall come
in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,
and then shall he sit upon the throne of his
glory. (Matt. xix. 28. Luke ix. 26.) Be-
fore him shall be gathered all nations, and he
shall separate them one from another, as a
shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but
the goats on the left.
John v. 22. The Father hath committed
all judgment to the Son. Ver. 27. He hath
given him authority to execute judgment, be-
cause he is the Son of man.
Acts x. 42. The apostles said, Jesus com-
manded us to preach unto the people, and to
testify, that it is he which was ordained of God
to be the judge of quick and dead.
xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day in which
he will judge the world in righteousness, by
that man whom he hath ordained (viz. Jesus
Christ).
Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets of
men by Jesus Christ.
xiv. 10. We shall all stand before the judg-
ment-seat of Christ.
2 Tim. iv. 1. The Lord Jesus shall judge
the quick and the dead, at his appearing and
his kingdom.
V. Christ will dispense suitabk rewards
and punishments to all mankind.
Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall come,
and then shall he reward every one according
to his works. Rom. ii. 10. 2 Cor. v. 10.
Gal. vi. 7, 8. Rev. xxii. 12. See, God will
render to men according to their works, in
Chap, upon Good Works.
VI. Rewards from Christ to the righteous.
Matt. xxv. 34 36. To them on his right
hand, he will say, Come ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world : For I was
an hungered 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 ; I
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CHAP. VII.
was sick and ye visited me ; I was in prison
and ye came unto me. Ver. 40. Verily I say
unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these my brethren, ye have
done it unto me.
Ver. 46. The righteous shall go into life
eternal. Ver. 36 to 40.
xiii, 43. Then shall the righteous shine
forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Fa-
ther. Dan. xii. 3. As the brightness of the
firmament, and as the stars for ever and
ever.
xix. 28. Jesus said, Ye that have fol-
lowed me in the regeneration, when the Son
of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye
also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel. 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3. Do ye
not know that the saints shall judge the
world ] That we shall judge angels 1 Luke
xxii. 30.
Ver. 29. Every one that hath forsaken
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my
name's sake, shall receive an hundred-fold,
and shall inherit everlasting life. Luke xviii.
29, 30.
Luke xxii. 29, 30. I appoint unto you a
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto
me ; that ye may eat and drink at my table, &c.
Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
him in glory.
1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught up in
the clouds to meet the Lord in the air : and so
shall we ever be with the Lord. John xvii. 24.
2 Thess. i. 10. Christ shall come, to be glo-
rified in his saints, and to be admired in all
them that believe.
Rev. ii. 10. I will give thee a crown of life.
2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteousness. 1 Cor.
ix. 25. An incorruptible crown. 1 Pet. i. 4.
An inheritance incorruptible.
vii. 17. The Lamb which is in the midst of
the throne, shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters ; and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. See,
Being glad, rejoicing in the Lord.
xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the time of
the dead that they should be judged, and that
thou shouldst give reward unto thy servants
the prophets, and to the saints, and them that
fear thy name small and great.
VII. Punishments inflicted on the wicked
by Christ. Matt. vii. 22. Many will say to
me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not pro-
phesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out
devils, and in thy name done many wonderful
works 1 Luke xiii. 26. We have eaten and
drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught
'/i our streets. Matt. vii. 23. And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew you ; depart
from me, ye that work iniquity.
xiii. 40 42. As the tares are gathered, and
burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of
this world. The Son of man shall send forth
his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that offend, and them which
do iniquity. And shall cast them into a fur-
nace of fire ; there shall be wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth. Ver. 49, 50.
xxv. 32, 33. Before the Son of man shall be
gathered all nations, and he shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his
sheep from the goats. And he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left. Ver. 4143. Then shall he say to them
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
his angels. For I was an hungered and ye
gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave
me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took
me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick
and in prison, and ye visited me not. Ver.
45. I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not
to one of the least of these, ye did it not to
me. Ver. 46. And these shall go away into
everlasting punishment. Mark ix. 44. The
worm dieth not, &c. Isa. Ixvi. 24. John iii
36. The wrath of God abideth on them.
x. 11. 14, 15. Jesus sent forth his disciples,
and said unto them, Into whatsoever city or
town ye shall enter, if they shall not receive
you, nor hear your words, when ye depart,
shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say
unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the
land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of
judgment than for that city.
Mark viii. 38. Whosoever shall be ashamed
of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and
sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of
man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory
of his Father, with the holy angels. See
threats against Chorazin and Bethsaida, Matt,
xi, 21, 22. Against Capernaum, Matt. xi. 23,
24. Against the impenitent hearers of Christ,
Matt. xii. 41, 42.
Luke iii. 17. He will gather the wheat into
his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire
unquenchable.
John xii. 48. He that rejecteth me, hath
one that judgeth him : the word that I have
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last
day.
1 Thess. v. 2, 3. The day of the Lord so
cometh as a thief in the night. For when
they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden
destruction cometh upon them, and they shall
not escape.
2 Thess. i. 79. The Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven, with his mighty angels,
in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that
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WORSHIP OFFERED TO CHRIST.
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know not God, and obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction, from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.
ii. 8. The wicked one, (or man of sin) the
Lord will consume with the spirit of his
mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness
of his coming. Rev. xvii. 8.
2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and deli-
vered them into chains of darkness, to be re-
served unto judgment. Ver. 6. 12, 13.
Ver. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to deli-
ver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve
the unjust unto the day of judgment, to be
punished. But chiefly them that walk in the
lust of uncleanness, and despise government.
Rev. vi. 14 17. The heaven departed as a
scroll. And the kings of the earth, and the
great men, and the rich men, and the chief
captains, and the mighty men, and every
bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves
in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains.
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on
us, and hide us from the face of him that sit-
teth on the throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb : For the great day of his wrath is
come, and who shall be able to stand ]
xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the time
that thou shouldst destroy them that destroy
the earth.
xx. 14. Death and hell were cast into the
lake of fire. This is the second death.
xx. 15. And whosoever was not found
written in the book of life, was cast into the
lake of fire. Ch. xix. 20.
xxi. 8. The wicked shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.
CHAPTER VIII.
WORSHIP OFFERED TO CHRIST.
I. ACTS of worship offered to Christ
jointly with the Father. Matt, xxviii. 19.
Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost
John v. 23. All men should honour the Son,
even as they honour the Father.
Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2.
vi. 23. Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1.
2 Thess. i. 2. Philem. 3.
2 Cor. xii. 19. We speak before God in
Christ.
1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 2 John 3. Rev. i. 4, 5.
Phil. ii. 11. Every tongue shall confess,
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Our Lord Jesus Christ,
and God even our Father, comfort your hearts,
and establish you.
Rev. v. 13. Every creature which is in hea-
ven, and on earth, heard I, saying, Blessing,
and honour, and glory, and power, be unto
him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb, for ever and ever.
vii. 9. I beheld and lo, a great multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations,
and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood
before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their hands.
Ver. 10. And cried with a loud voice, saying,
Salvation to our God which sitteth on the
throne, and unto the Lamb.
II. Acts of worship offered to Christ alone
by the church in heaven, and upon earth.
Ps. ii. 12. Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and
ye perish.
Ixxii. 17. All nations shall call him blessed.
cxviii. 26. Blessed be he that cometh in
the name of the Lord. Matt. xxi. 9. Luke
xiii. 35.
Matt. ii. 2. The wise men said, We are
come to worship him.
xviii. 20. Where two or three are gathered
together in my name, &c.
Luke xxiii. 42. The malefactor said, Lord,
remember me when thou comest into thy
kingdom.
xxiv. 52. The disciples worshipped him.
Acts vii. 59. They storied Stephen, calling
upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus receive my
spirit.
iii. 6. In the name of Jesus Christ, rise and
walk.
ix. 14. Here he hath authority to bind all
that call on thy name. Ver. 21. Is not this
he that destroyed them which called on this
name?
xxii. 16. Be baptized and wash away thy
sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
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Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich unto
all that call upon him. Ver. 13. Whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved. Acts ii. 21. Joel ii. 32.
xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you. Ver. 24. 1 Cor. xvi. 23. Phil,
iv. 23. 1 Thess. v. 28. 2 Thess. iii. 18.
Gal. vi. 18. Philem. 25.
1 Cor. i, 2. With all that in every place,
call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all. Rev. i. 5. xxii. 21.
Gal. i. 5. To whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
Phil. ii. 10. At the name of Jesus every
knee should bow.
Ver. 1 9. I trust in the Lord Jesus. Ch.iv.l.
Col. ii. 18, 19. Let no man beguile you in
a voluntary humility, and worshipping of
angels, not holding the head, [which is
Christ.]
1 Thess. iii. 11. Our Lord Jesus Christ
direct our way unto you.
1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Christ Jesus our
Lord, who hath enabled me.
ii. 7. I speak the truth in Christ.
v. 21. I charge thee before the Lord Jesus
Christ. 2 Tim. iv. 1.
2 Tim. ii. 19. Let every one that nameth
the name of Christ, depart from iniquity.
iv. 22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy
spirit.
2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ : to him be glory both now and for
ever. Amen.
Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the first
begotten into the world, he saith, Let all the
angels of God worship him.
Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood, and
hath made us kings and priests unto God and
his Father, to him be glory and dominion for
ever and ever. Amen.
v. 11, 12. I heard the voice of many angels
round about the throne, and the beasts, and
the elders, and the number of them was ten
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands
of thousands; saying, with a loud voice,
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honour, and glory, and blessing.
CHAPTER IX.
PERFECTIONS OF CHRIST; HIS KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, &c.
I. C HEISTS knowledge. Isa. xi. 2.
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the spirit of knowledge, wisdom, and under-
standing.
Matt. ix. 4. Jesus, knowing their thoughts.
Ch. xii. 25. Luke ix. 47.
xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Fa-
ther, save the Son, and he to whom the Son
will reveal him. John i. 18. x. 15.
Mark ii. 8. He perceived in spirit that they
so reasoned within themselves.
Luke vii. 39. The Pharisee spake within
himself. Ver. 40. Jesus answered.
John ii. 24, 25. He knew all men : he
knew what was in man.
vi. 64. He knew who should betray him.
Chap. xiii. 1 1.
xvi. 19. He knew they were desirous to
ask him.
Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, which knowest the
hearts of all men.
1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will make manifest
the counsels of the hearts.
Heb. iv. 12. The word of God is a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Rev.
xix. 13. His name is, The Word of God.
Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the
reins and hearts. Ch. v. 6.
II. Christ's Wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. The
Spirit of wisdom shall rest upon him.
Luke ii. 40. Jesus was filled with wisdom.
Ver. 52.
1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God and
the wisdom of God.
Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge.
Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb, to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, &c.
III. Christ's power and dominion. Ps.
xlv. 3. Gird thy sword, O most Mighty.
Isa. ix. 6. His name shall be called, The
Mighty God.
Matt. xxiv. 30. They shall see the Son of
man coming with power and great glory.
xxvi. 64. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of
man sitting on the right hand of power.
xxviii. 18. All power is given to me in
heaven and earth.
Luke iv. 32. His word was with power.
John x. 18. I have power to lay down my
life, and to take it again.
CHAP. IX.
PERFECTIONS OF CHRIST.
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xvii. 2. Thou hast given him power over
all flesh.
Acts x. 38. God anointed Jesus of Naza-
reth with power.
1 Cor. i. 24. Christ the power of God.
xv. 24. He shall have put down all au-
thority and power. ,
Eph. i. 21. He is above all principality and
power.
Col. ii. 10. The head of all power.
1 Tim. vi. 16. To him be power everlasting.
Heb. i. 3. Upholding all things by the word
of his power.
1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right hand of
God, angels, authorities, and powers being
made subject to him.
2 Pet. i. 16. We made known to you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev. xii. 10. Now is the power of Christ
come. His works were mighty. Matt. xi.
20, 21. 23. xiii. 54. 58. Mark vi.2. Luke
ix. 43. xix. 37. xxiv. 19. See Christ's
miracles and his works: Creating the world,
raising the dead, 4~c.
IV. Various acts of Christ's power toward
his people. Ps. ex. 3. Thy people shall be
willing in the day of thy power.
Isa. Ixiii. 1. Mighty to save. Ch. xlii. 4.
Matt. ix. 6. The Son of man hath power
on earth to forgive sins. Mark ii. 10. Luke
v. 24.
x. 1. He called unto him his twelve disci-
ples, and gave them power against unclean
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all man-
ner of sickness, and all manner of disease.
xvi. 1 8. I will build my church, &c.
Luke v. 17. The power of the Lord was
present to heal.
John x. 28. Neither shall any pluck them
out of my hand.
1 Cor. i. 8. Christ shall confirm you unto
the end, that ye may be blameless in the day
of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thess. iii. 13.
2 Cor. xii. 9. He said, My grace is suffi-
cient for thee : my strength is made perfect
in weakness. Most gladly therefore, (saith
Paul,) will I rather glory in my infirmities,
that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Phil. iii. 21. The Lord Jesus. Christ shall
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned
like unto his glorious body, according to the
working whereby he is able to subdue all
things to himself.
iv. 1 3. I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.
Col. i. 29. I labour, striving according to
his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Heb. ii. 18. He is able to succour them that
are tempted.
vii. 25. Able to save to the uttermost.
2 Tim. i. 12. Able to keep that committed
to him.
V. Acts of his power against his enemies.
Ps. ii. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of
iron. Acts xiii. 11. Heb. x. 13.
ex. 2. Rule thou in the midst of thine ene-
mies. Heb. i. 13.
Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth with the
rod of his mouth.
xxv. 8. He will swallow up death in vic-
tory. 1 Cor. xv. 57.
Ixiii. 3. I will tread them in mine anger,
and trample them in my fury.
Luke iv. 36. With power he commanded
the unclean spirits.
xix. 27. Those mine enemies bring hither
and slay them.
John xvi. 33. I have overcome the world.
Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities and
powers.
2 Thess. i. 9. Enemies shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.
ii. 8. The Lord shall consume the wicked
one with the spirit of his mouth, and shall de-
stroy him with the brightness of his coming.
Heb. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood,
that he might destroy him that had the power
of death, that is, the devil.
1 John iii. 8. The Son of God was mani-
fested that he might destroy the works of the
devil.
Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall overcome
them. Ch. iii. 21,
xix. 11. In righteousness he doth judge,
and make war.
VI. Christ's righteousness. Ps. xlv. 7.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wicked-
ness.
Ixxii. 2. He shall judge with righteousness.
Isa. xi. 4.
Isa. xi. 5. Righteousness shall be the girdle
of his loins.
xxxii. 1. A king shall reign in righteousness.
xlii. 6. I the Lord have called thee in right-
eousness.
Ii. 5. My righteousness is near.
liii. 9. He had done no violence, neither
was deceit in his mouth.
lix. 16. His righteousness it sustained him.
Ver. 17. He put on righteousness as a
breast-plate.
Ixii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy right-
eousness.
Ixiii. 1. 1 that speak in righteousness, mighty
to save.
Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch. This is his name, The
Lord our Righteousness.
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CHAP. IX.
Mai. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name,
snail the Sun of righteousness arise.
Matt. iii. 15. It become th us to fulfil all
righteousness.
2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteousness the
Lord the righteous judge shall give.
Heb. i. 8. A sceptre of righteousness is the
sceptre of thy kingdom. Ch. vii. 2. King of
righteousness.
1 John ii. 1. We have an advocate, Jesus
Christ the righteous.
VII. He promoted righteousness. Ps. xl. 9.
I have preached righteousness.
xlv. 4. Rule prosperously, because of truth,
and meekness, and righteousness.
Ixxii. 7. In his days shall the righteous
flourish.
Isa. xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in the
wilderness, and righteousness remain in the
fruitful field. Ver. 17. The work of right-
eousness shall be peace.
liv. 17. Their righteousness is of me, saith
the Lord.
I'x. 17. I will make thine exactors right-
eousness.
Ixi. 3. That they may be called trees of
righteousness. Ver. 10. He hath covered me
with the robe of righteousness. Ver. 11.
The Lord will cause righteousness to spring
forth.
Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined
to bring in everlasting righteousness.
John xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of
righteousness.
1 John ii. 29. If ye know that he is right-
eous, ye know that every one that doeth right-
eousness is born of him.
VIII. Christ's holiness. Dan. ix. 24. To
anoint the most holy.
Mark i. 24. I know thee who thou art, the
holy One of God.
Luke i. 35. That holy thing that shall be
born of thee shall be called The Son of God.
Acts iii. 14. Ye denied the holy One, and
the Just
iv. 27. Against thy holy child Jesus, whom
thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius
Pilate, with the Gentiles and people of Israel,
were gathered together. Ver. 30.
Heb. vii. 26. Who is holy, harmless, unde-
filed, and separate from sinners. Ch. iv. 15.
Without sin.
1 Pet. ii. 22. Who did no sin, neither was
guile found in his mouth.
John viii. 46. Who of you'convinceth me
of sin? Ch. vii. 12.
Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy.
IX. Christ's justice. Zech. ix. 9. He is
ust, and having salvation.
Matt, xxvii. 19. Have nothing to do with
;hat just man. Ver. 24. I am innocent of the
)lood of this just man.
John v. 30. My judgment is just.
1 Pet iii. 18. Christ suffered, the just for
the unjust.
X. His truth. John i. 14. The only be-
gotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Ver. 17. Grace and truth came by Jesus
hrist
viii. 40. I have told you the truth. Ver. 45.
xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth, and the life.
xviii. 37. For this cause came I into the
world, that I should bear witness unto the
truth.
2 Cor. xi. 10. As the truth of Christ is in me.
Eph. iv. 21. As the truth is in Jesus.
Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is
holy, he that is true.
XI. His goodness. Acts x. 38. He went
about doing good.
John x. 11. I am the good shepherd.
XII. His mercy. 1 Tim. i. 16. That in
me Christ might show all long-suffering,
Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful
and faithful high priest
XIII. Christ's eternity. Prov. viii. 23. I
was set up from everlasting, from the begin-
ning, or ever the earth was. See to ver. 32.
Mic. v. 2. Whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting.
John i. 1. In the beginning was the Word.
viii. 58. Before Abraham was, I am.
xvii. 5. Glorify me with the glory which I
had with thee before the world was. Ver. 24.
Thou lovedst me before the foundation of the
world.
Col. i. 17. He is before all things, and by
him all things consist.
Heb. i. 12. Thou art the same, and thy
years shall not fail.
vii. 3. Having neither beginning of days,
nor end of life, but like the Son of God.
xiii. 8. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday,
and to-day, and for ever.
Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be-
ginning and the ending. Ch. xxi. 6. xxii. 13.
Ver. 17. The first and the last. Ch. ii. 8.
Ver. 18. I am he that liveth, (or the living
one,) and was dead.
CHAP. X.
CHRIST'S BENEFITS.
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CHAPTER X.
CHRIST'S BENEFITS TO MEN, OR BLESSINGS THEY RECEIVE THROUGH
HIM, AS A SAVIOUR, REDEEMER, DELIVERER, &c.
I. CHRIST is the Saviour : salvation is
by him. Isa. xxv. 9. We will be glad and
rejoice in thy salvation.
xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the Lord,
with an everlasting salvation. Ver. 22. Look
unfo me, &c.
xlvi. 13. I will place salvation in Zion.
xlix. 6. I will give thee for a light to the
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation
unto the end of the earth. Acts xiii. 47.
Ver. 8. I will give thee for a covenant of the
people.
li. 5. My salvation is gone forth ; the isles
shall wait upon me, and on my arm shall they
trust. Ver. 6. My salvation shall be for ever,
from generation to generation. Ver. 8.
Hi. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him
that publisheth salvation. Ver. 10. All ends
of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Ivi. 1. My salvation is near to come, and
my righteousness to be revealed.
lix. 16, 17. His arm broifght salvation, and
his righteousness it sustained him. (Ch. Ixiii.
5.) He put on righteousness as a breast-plate,
and a helmet of salvation upon his head.
Ix. 18. Thou shalt call thy walls salvation,
and thy gates praise.
Ixi. 10. God hath clothed me with the gar-
ments of salvation, and covered me with the
robe of righteousness.
Ixii. 1 . For Zion's sake, I will not hold my
peace, until the righteousness thereof go forth
as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a
lamp that burneth. Ver. 11. Behold, thy sal-
vation cometh ; his reward is with him, and
his work before him. Zech. ix. 9. 16.
Ixiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness,
mighty to save. Ver. 5. 9.
Jer. xxxiii. 15. In those days, and at that
time, will I cause the Branch of righteous-
ness to grow up unto David, and he shall exe-
cute judgment and righteousness in the land.
Ver. 16. In those days shall Judah be
saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely : and
this is the name wherewith she shall be called,
The Lord our righteousness.
Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from
their sins.
xviii. 11. The Son of man is come to save
that which was lost.
Luke i. 69. God hath raised up a horn of
salvation for us. Ver. 77. To give know-
ledge of salvation unto his people, by the re-
mission of their sins, ,, through the tender
mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring
from on high hath visited us. Ver. 78.
ii. 11. Unto you is born this day a Saviour.
Ver. 30. Mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
(i. e. Christ.)
iii. 6. All flesh shall see the salvation of
God.
ix. 56. The Son of man is come, not to de-
stroy, but to save men's lives.
xix. 9. This day is salvation (/. e. Christ)
come to this house.
John iii. 17. God sent not his Son into the
world, to condemn the world, but that the
world through him might be saved.
iv. 22. Salvation (i. e. Christ) is of the
Jews. Ver. 42. This is Christ the Saviour
of the world.
v. 34. These things I say, that ye might be
saved.
x. 9. By him if any man enter in, he shall
be saved.
xii. 47. I came not to judge, but to save the
world.
Acts ii. 21. Whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord, shall be saved. See Wor-
ship offered to Christ.
iv. 12. There is none other name, under
heaven given among men, whereby we must
be saved.
v. 31. Him hath God exalted to be a Prince
and a Saviour.
xiii. 23. Of this man's (David's) seed, hath
God raised unto Israel a Saviour. Ver. 38.
Through this man is preached to you, the for-
giveness of sins.
xv. 11. We believe, that through the grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved.
xvi. 3 1 . Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved.
xxviii. 28. The salvation of God is sent
unto the Gentiles.
Rom. v. 9. We shall be saved from wrath,
through him.
x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy
heart, thou shalt be saved.
2 Cor. vi. 2. In the day of salvation have I
succoured thee* Isa. iv. 8.
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CHAP. X.
Eph.ii.5. 8. By grace ye are saved, through
faith, and that not of yourselves.
v. 23. He is the Saviour of the body, [the
church.]
Phil. Hi. 20. Our conversation is in heaven,
from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ.
1 Thess. v. 9. God hath not appointed us
to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord
Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 13.
1 Tim. i. 15. Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners.
2 Tim. i. 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ
hath abolished death, and brought life and im-
mortality to light. Ver. 9.
ii. 10. That the elect may obtain the salva-
tion, which is in Christ Jesus.
Tit. iii. 5, 6. According to his mercy he
saved us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape if we
neglect so great salvation, which began to be
spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto
us by them that heard him 1
Ver. 10. It became him, for whom are all
things, and by whom are all things, in bring-
ing many sons to glory, to make the Captain
of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
v. 9. He became the author of eternal sal-
vation, unto all that obey him.
vii. 25. He is able to save them to the ut-
termost, that come unto God by him.
ix. 28. He shall appear the second time,
without sin, unto salvation. .
1 John iv. 14. The Father sent the Son, to
be the Saviour of the world.
II. Christ a Redeemer ; redemption through
kirn. Job xix. 25. I know that my Redeemer
liveth.
Isa. lix. 20. The Redeemer shall come to
Zion, and unto them that turn from transgres-
sion in Jacob, saith the Lord.
Rom. iii. 24. We are justified freely by his
grace, through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus.
1 Cor. i. 30. Christ Jesus, of God is made
unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanc-
tification and redemption. Ver. 24.
Gal. iii. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from
the curse of the law.
iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of a
woman, made under the law, to redeem them
that were under the law, that we might re-
ceive the adoption of sons. Ver. 5.
Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself for us, that he
might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify
unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works.
Heb. ix. 12. He entered into the holy place,
naving obtained eternal redemption for us.
Ver. 15.
1 Pet. i. 18. Ye were not redeemed, with
corruptible things, but with the precious blood
of Christ Ver. 19.
Rev. v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us to God
by thy blood.
xiv. 3. These were redeemed from the earth.
Ver. 4. Redeemed from among men, being
the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.
III. Christ a ransom. Job xxxiii. 24. He
is gracious, and saith, Deliver him, I have
found a ransom.
Isa. xxxv. 10. The ransomed of the Lord
shall come to Zion with songs, and everlasting
joy upon their heads. Ch. Ii. 10. Iv. 12
Jer. xxxi. 1 1. Hos. xiii. 14.
Matt. xx. 28, The Son of man came to
give his life a ransom for many. Mark x. 15.
1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom
for all.
IV. Christ a price. 1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye are
bought with a price.
Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood.
V. Christ a deliverer. Luke iv. 18. He
hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives. Isa. Ixi. ] .
Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out of Sion
the Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20.
Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our sins,
that he might deliver us from this present evil
world.
v. 1. Christ hath made us free. Rom.
viii. 2.
1 Thess. i. 10. He delivered us from the
wrath to come.
VI. Mediator. 1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one
God, and one Mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus.
Heb. viii. 6. He is the mediator of a better
covenant.
ix. 15. The mediator of the new covenant
Ch. xii. 24.
VII. Intercessor. Isa. liii. 12. He made
intercession for transgressors.
Rom. viii. 34. Who maketh intercession
for us.
VIII. Advocate. 1 John ii. 1. "We have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous.
Heb. ix. 24. He entered into heaven, to ap-
pear in the presence of God for us.
IX. Reconciliation by Christ. Rom. v. 10.
We were reconciled to God by the death of
his Son. Ch. xi. 15.
CHAP. X.
CHRIST'S BENEFITS.
2 Cor. v. 18. God hath reconciled us to
himself by Jesus Christ. Ver. 19. God was
in Christ reconciling the world to himself.
Eph. ii. 16. That he might reconcile both
unto God by the cross.
Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in
him should all fulness dwell, and (having
made peace through the blood of his cross) by
him to reconcile all things to himself. Ver.
21. You hath he reconciled.
Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful
and faithful high priest, to make reconciliation
for the sins of the people.
Eph. i. 10. That he might gather together
in one all things in Christ, both which are in
heaven, and which are on earth, even in him.
2 Cor. v. 18, 19. The ministry and word
of reconciliation.
X. Peace with God by Christ. Isa. ix. 6.
His name shall be called Prince of Peace.
Ver. 7.
liii. 5. The chastisement of our peace was
upon him.
liv. 10. Neither shall the covenant of my
peace be removed.
Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a
covenant of peace. Jer. xxxi. 31.
Zech. vi. 13. The counsel of peace shall be
between them.
ix. 10. He shall speak peace unto the
heathen. Ps. Ixxii. 7. Eph. ii. 17.
Luke i. 79. To guide our feet into the way
of peace.
ii. 14. On earth peace, good-will toward men.
xix. 38. Peace in heaven, and glory in the
highest.
John xvi. 33. These things I have spoken,
that ye might have peace. Ch. xiv. 27. My
peace I leave with you.
Acts x. 36. The word which God sent to
the children of Israel, preaching peace by Je-
sus Christ.
Rom. i. 7. Peace from God the Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3.
2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Phil. i. 2.
Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. 2 Tim.
i. 2. Tit. i. 4. Philem. 3. 2 John 3. 1 Pet.
i. 2. 2 Pet. i. 2. Jude 2,
v. 1. We have peace with God, through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph. ii. 14. Christ, he is our peace. Ver.
15. Making peace. Ver. 17. He preached
peace. Eph. vi. 15. Rom. x. 15. The gos-
pel of peace.
Phil. iv. 7. And the peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Col.
iii. 15.
XI. Grace from Christ. John i. 16, 17*.
16
Of his fulness have all we received, and grace
for grace. Grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.
Acts xv. 11. Through the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved.
Rom. v. 15. The grace of God, and the
gift by grace, which is by Jesus Christ, hath
abounded to many. Ver. 17. They which
receive abundance of grace, and of the gift
of righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus
Christ.
xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all. 2 Cor. i. 2. xiii. 14. Gal.
vi. 18. 2 Thess. iii. 18. Rev. xxii. 21.
1 Cor. i. 4. I thank God on your behalf, for
the grace of God, which is given you by Jesus
Christ.
2 Cor. i. 2. Grace be to you, and peace,
from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Col. i. 2.
xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee.
Eph. iv. 7. Unto every one of us is given
grace according to the measure of the gift of
Christ. Ver. 8. He gave gifts unto men.
XII. Justification by Christ. Isa. liii. 11.
By his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many.
Acts xiii. 39. By him all that believe are
justified from all things, from which ye could
not be justified by the law of Moses.
Rom. iii. 24. Justified freely by his grace,
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Ver. 26. 28.
v. 1. Being justified by faith, we have peace
with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ver. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall
be saved from wrath through him. Ver. 16,
17, 18, 19.
viii. 1. There is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Cor. vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus.
Gal. ii. 16. A man is justified by the faith
of Jesus Christ.
iii. 8. God would justify the heathen through
faith. Ver. 24, Ch. v. 4.
Xni. Sanctification through Christ. 1 Cor.
i. 2. To them that are sanctified in Christ Je-
sus. Ver. 30. Christ Jesus, of God, is made
unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanc-
tification, and redemption.
vi. 11. Ye are sanctified in the name of the
Lord Jesus.
Eph. v. 25. Christ loved the church, and
gave himself for it; that he might sanctify
and cleanse it. Ver. 26.
Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to his
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mercy he saved us, by the washing of regene-
ration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Heb. ii. 11. He that sanctifieth, and they
who are sanctified, are all of one.
x. 10. We are sanctified through the offer-
ing of the body of Jesus. Ver. 14. By one
offering he hath perfected for ever them that
are sanctified. Ver. 29.
Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify
the people with his own blood, suffered with-
out the gate.
XIV. Christ is called life to his people.
John i. 4. In him was life, and the life was
the light of men.
v. 26. As the Father hath life in himself,
so hath he given to the Son to have life in
himself.
vi. 68. Thou hast the words of eternal life.
xi. 25. I am the resurrection, and the life.
xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Acts iii. 1 5. The Prince of life.
1 John i. 1, 2. Our hands have handled of
the word of life. For the life was manifested,
and we have seen it, and bear witness, and
shew unto you that eternal life which was
with the Father, and was manifested unto us.
v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life: he
that hath not the Son, hath not life. Ver. 20.
This is the true God, and eternal life.
XV. Eternal life is from and by Christ.
John iv. 14. Whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him, shall never thirst.
vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that perish-
eth, but for that meat which endureth to ever-
lasting life, which the Son of man shall give
unto you. Ver. 33.
vi. 48. I am the bread of life. Ver. 51. I
am the Irving bread which came down from
heaven : if any man eat of this bread he shall
live for ever. Ver. 57. He that eateth me,
even he shall live by me.
viii. 12. He that followeth me shall have
the light of life.
x. 10. I am come that they might have life.
Ver. 28. I give unto them eternal life, neither
shall any pluck them out of my hand.
xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also.
Rom. v. 17. They who receive abundance
of grace, and of the gift of righteousness shall
reign in life by Jesus Christ. Ver. 21. As
sin reigned unto death, even so might grace
reign through righteousness unto eternal life
by Jesus Christ.
Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye appear with him in
glory.
1 Thess. v. 10. Christ died for us, that
whether we wake or sleep we should live to-
gether with him.
2 Tim. i. 10. Christ hath brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel.
1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten
Son into the world, that we might live through
him.
XVI. Eternal life is the gift of God,
through him. Rom. vi. 23. The wages of
sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ch. v.
18. Rev. xxii. 17.
1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life.
Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which
God, that cannot lie, promised before the
world began.
1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 John ii. 25. This is the promise that he
hath promised us, even eternal life. 2 Tim.
i. 1.
v. 11. This is the record, that God hath
given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his
Son. Rom. v. 17. 21.
XVII. Benefits from Christ against sin,
by way of extract from the foregoing and
following sections. Isa. liii. 5. He was
wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of
our peace was upon him, and with his stripes
we are healed. Ver. 6. The Lord laid on
him the iniquity of us all. Ver. 10. Thou
wilt make his soul an offering for sin. Ver.
12. He bare the sin of many.
Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain
opened to the house of David, and to the in-
habitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for un-
cleanness.
Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from
their sins.
ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins. Ver. 2.
xxvi. 28. My blood is shed for the remis-
sion of sins.
Luke xxiv. 46, 47. Thus it behoved Christ
to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third
day : That repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in his name. Ch. i. 77.
John i. 29. The Lamb of God, that taketh
away the sin of the world.
Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins.
v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right
hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give
repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
x. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall
receive remission of sins.
xiii. 38. Through this man is preached unto
you the forgiveness of sins.
iii. 26. God sent him to bless you, in turn-
ing you from your iniquities.
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Rom. iii. 25. To declare his righteousness
for the remission of sins.
v. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall
be saved from wrath through him.
vi. 10. He died unto sin once.
viii. 3. He condemned sin in the flesh.
1 Cor. xv. 3. Christ died for our sins.
Ver. 57. God giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor. v. 21. He made him to be sin for us.
Gal. i. 4. He gave himself for our sins.
Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Col. i. 14.
iv. 32. As God for Christ's sake hath for-
given you.
Col. iii. 13. As Christ forgave you, so do ye.
1 Tim. i. 15. Jesus Christ came to save
sinners.
Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his own
blood. Heb. ix. 22.
ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, that
through death he might destroy him that had
the power of death.
ix. 26. He appeared to put away sin by the
sacrifice of himself. Ver. 28. Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many.
x. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for
ever them that are sanctified.
1 Pet. ii. 24. Who bare our sins in his own
body on the tree.
iii. 18. Christ suffered for sins.
1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth
from all sin. Ver. 9.
ii. 1, 2. If any man sin, we have an advo-
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ the right-
eous. He is the propitiation for our sins for
the sins of the whole world. Ver. 1 2. Your
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
iii. 5. He was manifested to take away our
sins. Ver. 8. That he might destroy the
works of the devil.
Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood, and
hath made us kings and priests unto God and
his Father, to him be glory and dominion, for
ever and ever. Amen.
XVIII. Christ's love to his people. John
xiii. 1. Having loved his own which were in
the world, he loved them unto the end. Ver.
34. A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another, as I loved you.
xv. 9. As the Father hath loved me, so have
I loved you.
Rom. viii. 37. We are more than conquer-
ors, through him that loved us.
Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us. Ver. 25. Christ loved
the church, and gave himself for it.
Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood, and
hath made us kings and priests unto God and
his Father, be glory and dominion for ever.
iii. 9. I will make them to know that I have
loved thee. SeePs.xlv.il. Prov. viii. 31.
Song ii. 4. 6. iv. 9. vii. 10.
XIX. Christ's care of his people. Isa. xl.
11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he
shall gather the lambs with his arm, and gently
lead those that are with young. See ch. xlix.
10. Ezek. xxxiv. 23.
Matt, xxiii. 37. How often would I have
gathered thy children as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings. Isa. xlii. 3. Eph.
v. 29.
His presence with his people. Matt, xviii.
20. Where two or three are gathered to-
gether in my name, there am I in the midst of
them.
xxviii. 20. I am with you always unto the
end of the world.
John xiv. 18. I will not leave you comfort-
less, I will come to you.
Ver. 21. He that loveth me shall be loved
of my Father, and I will love him, and mani-
fest myself to him. Ver. 23. My Father will
love him, and we will come to him.
Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee, and no man
shall set on thee to hurt thee. Ch. xxiii. 11.
2 Tim. iv. 17.
1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Fa-
ther, and with his Son.
Rev. ii. 1. He walketh in the midst of the
golden candlesticks.
iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and
knock ; if any man hear my voice, and open
the door, I will come in to him, and sup with
him, and he with me.
XX. Christ's excellencies and benefits
briefly expressed. Eph. i. 3. God the Father
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
Christ. Ver. 23. The fulness of him that
filleth all in all.
iii. 8. The unsearchable riches of Christ.
Ver. 19. Filled with all the fulness of God.
iv. 13. A perfect man, the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ. Ver. 7. The
measure of the gift of Christ.
Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in
liim should all fulness dwell ; and by him to
reconcile all things to himself.
ii. 10. Ye are complete in him.
iii. ll. Christ is all and in all.
XXI. Titles given to Christ, taken from
'he highest, most honourable and useful offices
among men .- As, Prophet, Priest, King, de-
noting his benefits to mankind against sin, and
his dignity above all on earth.
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CHAP. X.
XXII. Christ's prophetic office was carried
on by his Spirit, speaking in the prophets of
old. 1 Pet. i. 1012. Of which salvation
[by Christ] the prophets have inquired, and
searched diligently, who prophesied of the
grace that should come unto you : Searching
what, or what manner of time the Spirit of
Christ which was in them did signify, when it
testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ,
and the glory that should follow. Unto whom
it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but
unto us, they did minister the things which
are now reported unto you by them that have
preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy
Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things
the angels desire to look into.
iii. 19,20. By which [Spirit] Christ preached
unto the spirits in prison ; in the days of Noah,
while the ark was preparing.
2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in old time
by the will of man ; but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Tim. iii. 16.
XXIII. Christ's prophetic office thus fore-
told by the prophets. Deut. xviii. 18. The
Lord said, I will raise them up a prophet from
among their brethren, like unto thee, and will
put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak
unto them all that I shall command him.
Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righteousness ; I
have not refrained my lips. Ver. 10.
Isa. ix. 2. The people that walked in dark-
ness have seen a great light.
Ver. 6. Unto us a child is born ; his name
shall be called Counsellor.
xlii. 1. I have put my Spirit upon him; he
shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Ver. 3. He shall bring forth judgment unto
truth. Ver. 6, 7. I will give thee for a light
of the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes, to
bring out the prisoners from the prison, and
them that sit in darkness out of the prison-
house. Ch. xlix. 9, 10.
xlix. 5. The Lord formed me from the womb
to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him.
Ver. 1, 2, 3. 6.
li. 4, 5. I will make my judgment to rest
for a light of the people. The isles shall wait
upon me. Ver. 16. I have put my words in
thy mouth.
Hi. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him
that publisheth peace, that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth salvation! Ver. 10.
Luke iv. 18.
liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of
the Lord.
Iv. 4. I have given him for a witness to the
people.
lix. 21. My Spirit that is upon thee, and my
words which" I have put in thy mouth, shall
not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the
mouth of thy seed.
be. 2, 3. The Lord shall arise upon thee,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee. The
Gentiles shall come to thy light. Ver. 19.
The Lord shall be thine everlasting light.
Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon
me ; because he hath anointed me to preach
good tidings to the meek.
Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall
come to his temple, even the messenger of the
covenant.
iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, shall
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings. Rev. xxii. 16. The bright and
morning star.
XXIV. Christ gave the following account
of his prophetic office. Matt. xi. 27. Neither
knoweth any man the Father save the Son,
and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Luke iv. 43. I must preach, for therefore am
I sent. See Christ's sermon, Matt 5th, 6th,
and 7th chapters ; and many other places, as
Luke vi. 20.
John i. 1. In the beginning was the
Word.
iii. 34. He whom God sent speaketh the
words of God.
vii. 16. My doctrine is not mine, but his
that sent me.
viii. 26. He that sent me is true; and I
speak to the world those things which I have
heard of him. Ver. 28. As my Father hath
taught me I speak. Ver. 38. I speak that
which I have seen with my Father.
xii. 50. Even as the Father said unto me,
so I speak.
xiv. 24. The word which ye hear is not
mine, but the Father's who sent me.
xv. 15. All things that I have heard of my
Father I have made known unto you.
xvii. 6. Father, I have manifested thy name
unto them. Ver. 8. I have given unto them
the words which thou gavest me. Ver. 26. I
have declared thy name, and will declare.
Heb. ii. 3. Salvation began to be spoken by
the Lord.
Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jes,us Christ,
which God gave unto him.
XXV. Hence Christ fs called the fight of
the world. John i. 5. The light shineth in
darkness. Ver. 9. The true light, that light-
eth every man.
iii. 19. Light is come into'the world,
viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the
world. Ch. ix. 5. xii. 35. 46.
XXVI. Christ a priest. Ps. ex. 4. The
Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou
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art a priest forever after the order of Melchi-
zedek. See Heb. vi. 20. vii. 15. 17.
xl. 6, 7. Sacrifice and offering thou didst
not desire. Lo, I come : in the volume of the
book it is written of me.
Zech. vi. 13. He shall be a priest upon his
throne.
Heb. vii. 3. Made like the Son of God,
abideth a priest continually. Ver. 24.
Ver. 16. 28. After the power of an efidless
life, consecrated for evermore.
viii. 1. We have a high priest, who is set
on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty
in the heavens.
ix. 11. Christ being come, a high priest of
good things to come.
Ver. 24. He entered into heaven itself, to
appear in the presence of God for us. 1 John
ii. 1.
XXVII. His offering himself a sacrifice.
1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is sacrificed
for us.
Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us, an offering and a sacri-
fice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Heb. viii. 3. It is of necessity that this man
have somewhat to offer.
ix. 14. He offered himself without spot to
God.
Ver. 26. Once in the end of the world hath
he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice
of himself.
x. 5. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst
not, but a body hast thou prepared me.
Ver. 8.
Ver. 12. But this man, after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the
right hand of God.
Ver. 14. By one offering he hath perfected
for ever them that are sanctified.
XXVIII. Christ was given and delivered:
the design thereof. John iii. 1 6. God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten
Son into the world, that we might live through
him. Acts ii. 23. Rom. iv. 25. viii. 32.
XXIX. Christ gave himself, and for what
end. Gal. i. 3, 4. The Lord Jesus Christ gave
himself for our sins, that he might deliver us
from the present evil world.
Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself, that he might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works.
Gal. ii. 20. The Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me.
Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and given
himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to
God, &c. Ver. 25, 26. The Son of God loved
the church, and gave himself for it, that he
might sanctify and cleanse it.
1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom
for all.
John x. 15. I lay down my life for the
sheep. Ver. 17. See Matt. xx. 28. John x.
11.15. 1 John iii. 16.
XXX. Christ suffered: the end thereof.
Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify
the people with his own blood, suffered with-
out the gate.
1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ hath once suffered for
sins, that he might bring us to God. Ch. ii.
21. Suffered for us. See Isa. liii. 4, 5, 6.
XXXI. Christ suffered: the efficacy thereof.
Rom. v. 6. When we were without strength,
Christ died for the ungodly. Ver. 8. While
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Ver.
10. We were reconciled to God by the death
of his Son.
vi. 10. He died unto sin. John x. 11. He
gave his life for the sheep.
viii. 34. Who is he that condemneth ? It is
Christ that died.
1 Cor. xv. 3. I delivered unto you first of
all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins, according to the Scriptures.
2 Cor. v. 14, 15. If one died for all, then
were all dead. He died for all, that they
which live, should live unto him who died for
them.
Heb. ii. 9. That he, by the grace of God,
should taste death for every man. 1 Thess.
v. 10. He died for us.
Ver. 14. That through death he might de-
stroy him that had the power of death, that is,
the devil. Rom. xiv. 15. Heb. ix. 15, 16.
XXXII. Chris fs blood: the efficacy thereof .
Zech. ix. 11. As for thee also, by the blood of
thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners
out of the pit wherein is no water.
xiii. 1. In that day there shall be a fountain
opened to the house of David and to the inha-
bitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for unclean-
See Joel iii. 18.
Matt. xxvi. 28. My blood, which is shed for
the remission of sins.
Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his blood.
Rom. v. 9. Being justified by his blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom.
iii. 25.
Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. Col.
i. 14.
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ii. 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood of
Christ.
Col. i. 20. Having made peace through the
blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all
things to himself.
Heb. i. 3. He by himself purged our sins.
ix. 12. By his own blood, he entered into
the holy place, having obtained eternal re-
demption for us. Ver. 14. How much more
shall the blood of Christ purge your conscience
from dead works, to serve the living God.
Ver. 22. Without shedding of blood is no re-
mission.
x. 19, 20. Having boldness to enter into the
holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and
living way, which he hath consecrated through
the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
Ver. 29. The blood of the covenant where-
with he was sanctified. Ch. xiii. 20. The
blood of the everlasting covenant
xii. 24. Ye are come to the blood of sprin-
kling, which speaketh better things than that
of Abel.
xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify the
people with his own blood, suffered without
the gate.
1 Pet. i. 2. Elect, according to the fore-
knowledge of God the Father, through sanc-
tification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Ver.
19. Precious blood of Christ.
1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth
us from all sin. Ver. 9.
v. 6. This is he that came by water and
blood.
Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood, &c.
v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us by thy blood.
vii. 14. These have washed their robes, and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
xii. 11. They overcame by the blood of the
Lamb. Hence the title of Lamb given to
Christ in Isa. liii. 7. John i. 29. 36. Rev.
v. 6. 8. 12, 13. vi. 1. 16. vii. 9, 10. 17.
xiii. 8. xiv. 4. 10. xv. 3. xvii. 14.* xix.
7. 9. xxi. 9. 14. 22, 23. 27. xxii. 1. 3.
XXXIII. Christ a propitiation. Rom. iii.
25. Jesus Christ, whom God hath set forth to
be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
for the remission of sins.
1 John ii. 2. He is the propitiation for our
/sins for the sins of the whole world. 1 John
iv. 10. God sent his Son to be the propitiation
for our sins.
XXXIV. Atonement. Rom. v. 11. We
joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom we have received the atonement.
XXXV. Christ styled a king having do-
minion. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall
not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, till Shiloh come ; and unto
him shall the gathering of the people be.
Numb. xxiv. 17. There shall come a Star out
of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel.
Ps. ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my
holy hill of Zion.
xlv. 6. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a
right sceptre.
Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born,
higher than the kings of the earth.
Song i. 4. The King has brought me into
his chambers.
Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Behold a King shall reign
in righteousness : A man shall be as a hiding-
place from the wind, and a covert from the
tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place ; as
a shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Dan. vii. 14. There was given him domi-
nion and glory, and a kingdom, that all peo-
ple, nations and languages should serve him :
his dominion is an everlasting dominion
which shall not pass away, his kingdom shal
not be destroyed. Ver. 27.
Zech. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, daughter of
Zion ; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem': Be-
hold, thy King cometh unto thee ; he is just
and having salvation. Isa. Ixii. 11. Matt
xxi. 5.
xiv. 9. The Lord shall be King over all the
earth. Ps. Ixxii. 8.
Matt ii. 2. Where is he that is born King
of the Jews 1
John i. 49. Thou art the Son of God, thou
art the King of Israel.
xii. 13. Blessed is the King that cometh in
the name of the Lord.
xviii. 36. My kingdom is not of this world.
Ver. 37.
Matt. xxv. 34. Then shall the King say to
them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you.
1 Cor. xv. 24. Then cometh the end, when
he shall have delivered up the kingdom to
God, even the Father. Ver. 27, 28.
Heb. ii. 9. Jesus crowned with glory, and
honour, and all things put under him. Ver. 8.
Rev. xi. 15. The kingdoms of this world
are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of
his Christ.
XXXVI. Prince. Dan. ix. 25. From the
going forth of the commandment, to Messiah
the Prince. Isa. ix. 6. The Prince of peace.
Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. Acts v. 31.
A Prince and Saviour, to give repentance and
forgiveness of sins.
XXXVII. Governor. Ps. xxii. 28. He is
the governor among the nations.
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Isa. ix. 6. The government shall be upon
his shoulder.
liii. 12. He shall divide the spoil with the
strong.
Mic. v. 2. The Ruler in Israel. Matt.
ii.6.
Isa. xl. 10. His arm shall rule for him. Ch.
Ixii. 11.
lv. 4. I have given him for a leader and
commander to the people.
Ps. Ixxii. 2. He shall judge thy people
with righteousness.
ex. 6. He shall judge among the heathen.
Joel iii. 12.
Isa. ii. 4. He shall judge among the nations.
Mic. iv. 3.
Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and
fuller's soap.
XXXVIII. Christ is styled David. Jer.
xxx. 9. They shall serve the Lord their God,
and David their king, whom I will raise up
unto them. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. xxxvii. 24.
Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall seek
the Lord their God, and David their king.
Amos ix. 11. I will raise up the tabernacle
of David that is fallen, and close up the
breaches thereof, and will raise up his ruins,
and will build it as in the days of old.
XXXIX. The offspring of David. Isa.
xi. 1. There shall come forth a rod out of the
stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out
of his roots. Ver. 4. With righteousness
shall he judge. Rom. xv. 12.
xxii. 22. The key of the house of David
will I lay upon his shoulder.
Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and
prosper, and shall execute judgment and jus-
tice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely.
xxxiii. 15. He shall execute judgment and
righteousness in the land. Ver. 17.
Zech. iii. 8. I will bring forth my servant,
the Branch. Ver. 9. I will remove the ini-
quity of the land in one day.
vi. 12, 13. The man whose name is The
Branch ; he shall grow up out of his place,
and he shall build the temple of the Lord : he
shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule
upon his throne.
Rev. v. 5. The Lion of the tribe of Judah
hath prevailed.
xxii. 16. The root and offspring of David,
the bright and morning star.
XL. The San of David. Luke i. 32, 33.
The Lord shall give unto him the throne of
his father David. He shall reign over the
house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom
there shall be no end.
Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that hath
the key of David, that openeth and no man
shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth.
Ch. i. 18. That hath the keys of hell and
death.
CHAPTER XI.
BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER.
FOR ADMISSION INTO THE JEWISH CHQBCH
See Circumcision appointed. Gen. 17th
chap, from ver. 9 to 25.
I. BAPTISM before Christ's death. Luke
iii. 16. John said, I indeed baptize you with
water; but one mightier than I cometh, he
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. John
i. 26. 31. 33. Acts i. 5.
Acts xix. 4. John baptized with the baptism
of repentance, saying unto the people, that
they should believe on him which should
come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
John iv. 2. Jesus baptized not ; but his dis-
ciples baptized.
1 Cor. x. 2. Our fathers were all baptized
in the cloud, and in the sea.
H. Baptism after Christ's resurrection.
Matt, xxviii. 18 20. All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore,
and 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 always even unto the
end of the world.
Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is bap-
tized, shall be saved.
John iii. 5. Jesus said, Except a man be
born of water and of the spirit, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts ii. 38. Peter said, Repent, and be bap-
tized every one of you, in the name of Jesua
Christ, for the remission of sins. Ver. 41
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THE LORD S SUPPER.
CHAP. XL
They that gladly received his word were bap-
tized.
viii. 12. When those who had been de-
ceived by Simon Magus believed Philip,
preaching the things concerning the kingdom
of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they
were baptized, both men and women. Ver.
13. Simon believed also, and was baptized.
viii. 36 38. The eunuch said to Philip,
Here is water, what doth hinder me to be bap-
tized 1 Philip said, If thou believest with all
thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered
and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son
of God. And they both went down into the
water, and Philip baptized him.
x. 47, 48. Peter said, Can any man forbid
water, that these should not be baptized which
have received the Holy Ghost 1 And he com-
manded them to be baptized in the name of
the Lord.
xvi. 15. Lydia, whose heart the Lord touch-
ed, and her household, were baptized. Ver.
33. Also the jailer, and all his house.
xix. 5. Some that had been baptized with
John's baptism, were again baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus.
xxii. 16. Ananias said unto Saul, Why tar-
riest thou 1 Arise, and be baptized, and wash
away thy sins, calling on the name of the
Lord. Ch. ix. 18. And he arose and was
baptized.
Rom. vi. 3, 4. As many of us as were bap-
tized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his
death. Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death, that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead, by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in new-
ness of life.
1 Cor. i. 14. Paul baptized Crispus and
Gaius. Ver. 16. He baptized also the house
of Stephanas.
xii. 13. By one Spirit we are all baptized
into one body, whether we be Jews or Gen-
tiles, bond or free.
Gal. iii. 27, 28. As many of you as have
been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.
Ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Col. ii. 12. Ye are buried with Christ in
baptism ; wherein also ye are risen with him
through the faith of the operation of God, who
hath raised him from the dead.
Tit. iii. 5. He saved us by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Heb. vi. I, 2. Baptism is one of the prin-
ciples of the doctrine of Christ along with
the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judg-
ment.
1 Pet. iii. 20, 21. In the ark eight persons
were saved. The like figure whereunto, bap-
tism, doth now save us (not the putting away
the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God,) by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
See The passover instituted to the Jews.
Exod. ch. xii. To be eaten by all of them, even
by some that were unclean. Numb. ix. 6 to
11. And was eaten by some such. 2 Chron.
xxx. 18, 19.
1 Cor. v. 7, 8. Christ our passover is sacri-
ficed for us : therefore let us keep the feast.
III. The institution of the Lord's supper.
Matt. xxvi. 26. As Jesus and his disciples
were eating the passover, Jesus took bread,
and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the
disciples, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body.
Luke xxii. 19. My body given for you: this
do in remembrance of me.
Ver. 27, 28. And he took the cup, and gave
thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye
all of it. For this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for the remission of
sins.
Ver. 29. But I say unto you, I will not
drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until
that day when I drink it new with you in my
Father's kingdom. See the parallel places,
Mark xiv. 22 to 25. Luke xxii. 14 to 21.
See St. Paul's account of the Lord's sup-
per. 1 Cor. xi. 23 26. I have received of
the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you,
Thgt the Lord Jesus, the same night in which
he was betrayed, took bread; and when he
had given thanks, he brake it ; and said, Take,
eat; this is my body, which is broken for you:
this do in remembrance of me. After the
same manner also he took the cup, when he
had supped, saying, This cup is the new tes-
tament in my blood ; this do ye, as oft as ye
drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often
as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
shew the Lord's death till he come.
IV. The Lord's supper to be received fre-
quently. Acts ii. 42. The primitive Christians
continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine,
and- fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and
in prayers.
xx. 7. On the first day of the week, when
the disciples came together to break bread,
Paul preached unto them. Ver. 1 1.
V. And with suitable preparation. 1 Cor.
v. 7, 8. Purge out the old leaven, that ye may
be a new lump, as ye are unleavened ; for
even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old
leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and
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OF THE HOLY GHOST.
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wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth.
x. 3 5. Our fathers did all eat the same
spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spi-
ritual drink : (for they drank of that spiritual
Rock that followed them, and that Rock was
Christ :) But with many of them God was
not well pleased : for they were overthrown in
the wilderness.
Ver. 6 10. These things were our exam-
ples, to the intent we should not lust after evil
things as they lusted Neither be ye idolaters
as some of them were Neither let us commit
fornication as some of them did Neither let
us tempt Christ as some of them tempted
Neither murmur as some of them murmured.
Ver. 16, 17. The cup of blessing which we
bless, is it not the communion of the blood of
Christ 1 the bread which we break, is it not
the communion of the body of Christ 1 For
we, being many, are one bread, and one body ;
for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Ver. 20, 21. The things which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to
God ; and I would not that ye shodld have
fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the
cup of the Lord and the cup of devils; ye
cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of
the table of devils.
Ver. 31, 32. Whether ye eat or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Gix'e none offence neither to Jews nor to Gen-
tiles, nor to the church of God.
xi. 27 29.Whosoever shall eat this bread,
and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily,
shall be guilty of the body and blood of the
Lord. But let a man examine himself, and
so let him eat of that bread and drink of that
cup. For he that eateth and drinketh un-
worthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body. See
abuses of this ordinance committed by the
Corinthians, reproved and threatened in this
Chap, from ver. 17 to 23, and from ver. 30 to
32. See Mai. i. 7. The wicked say, The
table of the Lord is contemptible.
Portions of Scripture affording suitable
matter of meditation, at, before, and after re-
ceiving the Sacrament. Ps. cxvi. 7. 12, 13, 14.
Song ii. 3, 4. v. 1. Isa. xxv. 6 to 10. lv.
1. Rev. xxi. 6. xxii. 17. John iv. 14. vi.
35. 48. 51 to 63.
N. B. The preparation required to the ac-
ceptable receiving the Lord's supper, are those
same qualifications that are required in accep-
table prayer ; which see at large in the chap,
upon Prayer. The sins for which men ought
to be excluded from this ordinance, are the
same sins, persisted in, for which the sacred
Scriptures allow that they should be excluded
from Christian society, and declare that such
shall be excluded out of the kingdom of hea-
ven ; which see in the various characters of
sinners, and threats against them. Also see,
Persons that cannot enter info the kingdom
of God ; and, Persons that shall be cast into
the lake of fire.
CHAPTER XII.
OF THE HOLY GHOST.
si
;
I. THE Spirit's influences upon the ma-
terial and animal world. Gen. i. 2. The
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.
Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit he hath gar-
nished the heavens.
xxxii. 8. There is a spirit in man, and the
inspiration of the Almighty giveth under-
standing.
xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me.
xxxiv. 14, 15. If he gather unto himself
is spirit and his breath, all flesh shall perish
together.
Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit,
they are created.
Isa. xxxiv. 16. His Spirit hath gathered
them, (viz. the vultures to destroy.)
17
II. The Spirit's influences upon the minds
of mankind. Upon the prophets. Numb,
xi. 25. The Spirit rested upon the seventy el-
ders, and they prophesied.
Ver. 26. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon
Eldad and Medad, and they prophesied.
Ver. 29. Moses said, would to God that all
the Lord's people were prophets, and that the
Lord would put his Spirit upon them.
xxiv. 2, 3. The Spirit of the Lord came
upon Balaam, and he took up his parable, and
said, &c.
1 Sam. x. 10. The Spirit of God tame upon
Saul, and he prophesied. Ch. xix. 23.
xix. 20. The Spirit of God was upon the
messengers of Saul, and they prophesied.
2 Sam. xxiii. 2. David said, the Spirit of
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CHAP. XII.
the Lord spake by me, and his word was in
my tongue.
"2 Chron. xx. 1 4. Upon Jahaziel came the
Spirit of the Lord, in the midst of the congre-
gation.
Neh. ix. 30. Thou testifiedst against them
by thy Spirit, in thy prophets.
Isa. xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his Spirit
hath sent me.
1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the
tongue of the learned.
Ezek. ii. 2. The Spirit entered into me,
when he spake unto me. Ch. iii. 24.
iii. 12. The Spirit took me up, and I heard
a voice, saying, Blessed be the glory of the
Lord. Ch. xi. 24.
Ver. 14. The Spirit lifted me up, and the
hand of the Lord was strong upon me. Ch.
viii. 3. xi. 1.
xi. 5. The Spirit of the Lord fell upon me,
and said unto me, Speak, &c.
Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit upon
all flesh. Acts ii. 17, 18.
Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the Spirit
of thevLord, and of judgment, and of might,
to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and
to Israel his sin.
Zech. vii. 12. The words which the Lord
of hosts hath sent in his Spirit, by the former
prophets.
Matt. xxii. 43. How doth David in spirit
call him Lord 1
Luke i. 15. John shall be filled with the
Holy Ghost. Ver. 76. Shall be called the
prophet of the Highest. (Ch. vii. 28. There
hath not arisen a greater prophet than John
the Baptist.)
Ver. 41. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy
Ghost, &c. Ver. 67. Zacharias was filled
with the Holy Ghost, and he prophesied.
ii. 25, 26. The Holy Ghost was upon Si-
meon. It was revealed to him, that he should
not see death, before he had seen the Lord's
Christ. 2 Kings ii. 9.
Ver. 27 30. He (Simeon) came by the
Spirit into the temple. He took up the child
[Jesus] in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word, for mine eyes have
seen thy salvation.
Acts i. 16. This Scripture must needs have
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, by the
mouth of David, spake concerning Judas.
xi. 28. Agabus signified by the Spirit, that
there should be a great dearth, which came to
pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
xxi. 11. Agabus said, Thus saith the Spirit,
So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man
that owneth this girdle.
xxviii. 25. Well spake the Holy Ghost by
"Esaias the prophet.
1 Tim. iv. 1. The Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some shall depart from
the faith.
Heb. ix. 8. The Holy Ghost thus signify-
ing, that the way into the holiest was not yet
made manifest.
1 Pet. i. 10, 11. Of which salvation the
prophets inquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto
you. Searching what, or what manner of
time the Spirit of Christ which was in them
did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should
follow. Ver. 12. They ministered to those
who have preached the gospel, with the Holy
Ghost sent down from heaven.
2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in old time
by the will of man, but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
III. The Spirit's influences upon Jesus
Christ. The formation of his body. Matt,
i. 18. Mary was found with child of the Holy
Ghost. Ver. 20. That which is conceived in
her is of the Holy Ghost.
Luke i. 35. The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee; therefore also that holy
thing which shall be born of thee, shall be
called the Son of God.
IV. Endowments of his mind. Isa. xi. 2,
3. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the
Spirit of knowledge, and of me fear of the
Lord ; and shall make him of quick under-
standing in the fear of the Lord. Ver. 3.
xlii. 1. Behold my servant, whom I uphold ;
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth : I
have put my Spirit upon him ; he shall bring
forth judgment to the Gentiles. Matt. xii. 18.
Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon
me, because he hath anointed me to preach
good tidings to the meek. Luke iv. 18.
Matt. iii. 16. Jesus saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon
him. Mark i. 10. Luke iii. 22.
Luke ii. 40. Jesus waxed strong in spirit,
and the grace of God was upon him.
John i. 32. John bare record, saying, I saw
the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and it abode upon him.
iii. 34. God giveth not the Spirit by mea-
sure unto him.
Acts i. 2. Jesus, through the Holy Ghost,
gave commandments unto the apostles.
x. 38. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Ghost, and with power.
V. Upon the actions of his life. Matt. iv.
1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into
the wilderness.
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OF THE HOLY GHOST.
131
Luke iv. 14. Jesus returned in the power
of the Spirit into Galilee.
VI. Upon his miracles. Matt. xii. 28. Je-
sus said, If I cast out devils by the Spirit of
God, then the kingdom of God is come unto
you. Luke xi. 20.
VII. Upon his oblation. Heb. ix. 14.
Christ, through the eternal Spirit, offered him-
self without spot unto God.
VIII. Upon his resurrection. 1 Pet. iii. 18.
Christ, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit.
IX. The Spirit's influences upon the apos-
tles, is a witness to Christ. John xv. 26.
The Comforter, the Spirit of truth, he shall
testify of me. Ver. 27.
Acts v. 32. We are his witnesses ; so also
is the Holy Ghost.
Rom. i. 4. Jesus Christ, declared to be the
Son of God with power, according to the
Spirit of holiness.
1 Tim. iii. 1 6. God was manifest in the
flesh ; justified in the Spirit.
Heb. x. 15. The Holy Ghost is a witness
to us.
1 John v. 6. It is the Spirit that beareth
witness, because the Spirit is truth. Ver. 7.
r There are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost.
Ver. 8. There are three that bear witness in
earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood.
Rev. xix. 10. The testimony of Jesus is
the Spirit of prophecy.
X. The Spirit's influence upon the apostles
of Christ, furnishing them with the know-
ledge of divine truths, and utterance to ex-
press them. Luke xii. 12. The Holy Ghost
shall teach you in the same hour what ye
ought to say. Mark xiii. 11.
xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth and wis-
dom which all your adversaries shall not be
able to gainsay nor resist. Matt. x. 19, 20.
xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of the
Father upon you : But tarry ye in Jerusalem
till ye be endued with power from on high.
Acts i. 4, 5. 8.
John xiv. 16, 17. I will pray the Father,
and he will give you another Comforter, even
r the Spirit of truth, that he may abide with
you. Ver. 26. He shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you. Luke
xxiv. 49.
^L xvi. 7. I will send the Comforter unto you.
Ver. 13. The Spirit of truth, he will guide
,/ you into all truth ; and will show you things
to come. Ver. 14, 15.
xv. 26. He shall testify of me ; and ye ^
shall also bear witness. Ver. 27.
Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the
Holy Ghost. Ver. 16. Peter said, This is _
that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel.
Joel ii. 28.
Ver. 33. Jesus, being by the right hand of
God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye
now see and hear.
iv. 8. Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost,
said. Ver. 31. They were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God
with boldness.
vi. 10. They were not able to resist the
wisdom and the Spirit, by which Stephen
spake.
vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost,
looked up into heaven, and saw the glory of *
God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of
God.
viii. 29. The Spirit said to Philip, Go near
and join this chariot.
x. 19, 20. The Spirit said to Peter, Behold >
three men seek thee. Go with them, for I "7
have sent them. Ch. xi. 12.
xiii. 2. As they ministered to the Lord, and
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Bar-
nabas and Saul for the work of the ministry,
whereunto I have called them. Ver. 4. They,
being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed
unto Seleucia.
Ver. 911. Saul, filled with the Holy
Ghost, said, O full of all subtilty, the hand of
the Lord is upon thee, and thou shall be blind.
Ver. 52. The disciples were filled with joy,
and with the Holy Ghost.
xv. 28. It seemed good to the Holy Ghost,
and to us, to lay upon you no greater burthen
than these necessary things.
xvi. 6. They were forbidden of the Holy
Ghost to preach the word in Asia. Ver. 7.
They assayed to go into Bithynia: but the
Spirit suffered them not.
xix. 6. The Holy Ghost came on them, and
they spake with tongues and prophesied.
xx. 22. Paul said, I go bound in the spirit
to Jerusalem. Ver. 23. The Holy Ghost
witnesseth, saying, That bonds and afflictions
abide me.
Ver. 28. Take heed to yourselves, and to
all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath
made you overseers.
xxi. 4. Certain disciples said to Paul,
through the Spirit, that he should not go up
to Jerusalem.
1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. Paul said, my speech and
my preaching was not with enticing words of ^J
man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power : That your faith should
not stand in the wisdom of men. but in the
power of God.
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OF THE HOLY GHOST.
CHAP. XII.
Ver. 9, 10. Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things that God hath prepared for
*> them that love him. But God hath revealed
them to us by his Spirit. Isa. Ixiv. 4.
Ver. 12, 13. We have received the Spirit
which is of God, that we might know the things
that are freely given to us of God. Which
% things we speak, not in words which man's
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth.
vii. 40. I think also that I have the Spirit
of God.
2 Cor. iii. 6. God hath made us able minis-
ters of the new testament : not of the letter,
"t" but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the
spirit giveth life. Ver. 8. Ministration of the
Spirit is glorious.
vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the ministers
of God, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigrted.
Ver. 6.
Gal. i. 1 1, 12. The gospel which was preach-
ed of me, is not after man : For I neither re-
ceived it of man, neither was I taught it, but
by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Ver. 1 6. It
pleased God to reveal his Son in me, that I
might preach him among the heathen.
Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, an habitation of
God through the Spirit. Ver. 22.
iii. 4. 5. The mystery of the knowledge of
Christ, is now revealed unto his holy apostles
arid prophets by the Spirit. Ver. 8. Unto me
is this grace given, that I should preach among
the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
Ver. 7.
1 Thess. i. 5. Our word came in power, and
in the Holy Ghost.
1 Pet. i. 12. Those who have preached the
gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent
down from heaven. Ch. iv. 11.
Rev. i. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's
day. ^
ii. 7. Hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches. Ver. 11. 17. 29. Ch. iii. 6. 13.
22.
xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in
the Lord ; yea, saith the Spirit, &c.
xvii. 3. He carried me away in the Spirit.
xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say,
Come.
XI. Hence (he following character is given
of the Holy Scriptures, as written by the pro-
phets and apostles. 2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy
scriptures are able to make thee wise unto sal-
vation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
Ver. 16, 17. All scripture is given by in-
spiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness : That the man of God may be
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good
works. Rom. xv. 4. The scriptures were
written for our learning.
2 Pet. i. 21. Holy men spake as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost.
Heb. i. 1, 2. God, who at sundry times,
and in divers manners, spake unto the fathers
by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken
unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed
heir of all things.
XII. Miraculous gifts of the Spirit upon
the apostles, and some primitive Christians.
Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the Holy
Ghost, and began to speak with tongues, as
the Spirit gave them utterance. Ver. 8. 11. 17.
x. 44. While Peter spake, the Holy Ghost
fell on all that heard the word. Ver. 45. On
the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of
the Holy Ghost. Ver. 47. Peter said, Can
any man forbid water, that these should not
be baptized, who have received the Holy
Ghost 1
xi. 15, 16. The Holy Ghost fell on them,
(the Gentiles,) as on us. Then remembered
I the word of the Lord, Ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost. Ver. 17. God gave
them, (the Gentiles,) the like gift as he did
unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Ver. 24. Barnabas was a good man, and
full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith.
xv. 8. God, which knoweth the hearts, bare
them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost,
even as unto us.
xix. 6. They spake with tongues, and
prophesied.
Rom. xv. 18, 19. I will not dare to speak
of those things which Christ hath not wrought
by me, to make the Gentiles obedient by word
and deed; through mighty signs and wonders,
by the power of the Spirit of God.
1 Cor. xii. 4. There are diversities of gifts,
but the same Spirit.
Ver. 711. The manifestation of the
Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
To one is given by the Spirit the word of
wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge ;
to another faith ; to another the gifts of heal-
ing ; to another the working of miracles ; to
another prophecy ; to another discerning of
spirits ; to another divers kinds of tongues ; to
another the interpretation of tongues. But
all these worketh that one and the self-same
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he
will. Ver. 30.
xiv. 2. In the Spirit he speaketh myste-
ries.
Heb. ii. 4. God also bearing them witness,
both with signs and wonders, and with divers
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost.
CHAP. XII.
OF THE HOLY GHOST.
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Concerning the gifts of tongues, see 1 Cor.
xiii. 8. xiv. 2. 5, 6. 18. 22, 23. 39.
XIII, The influences of the Spirit upon
the minds of Christians in general, in their
sanctification. Gen. vi. 3. God said, My
Spirit shall not always strive with man.
Neh. ix. 20. Thou gavest thy good Spirit
to instruct them.
Ps. li. 1 1. Take not thy holy Spirit from me.
Ver. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit.
cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me.
Prov. i. 23. I will pour out my Spirit unto
you, and make known my words unto you.
Isa. xxxii. 15. Until the Spirit be poured
upon us from on high, and the wilderness be
a fruitful field. Ver. 16. .Then judgment
shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteous-
ness remain in the fruitful field.
xliv. 3. I will pour water upon him that is
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I
will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my
blessing upon thine offspring.
lix. 21. This is my covenant with them,
saith the Lord, My Spirit that is upon thee,
and my words which I have put in thy mouth,
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of
the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth
of thy seed's seed.
Ixiii. 11. Where is he that put his holy
Spirit within him 1
Ezek. xi. 19. I will put a new Spirit within
you. Ch. xxxvi. 26.
xxxvi. 27. I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes. Ch.
xxxvii. 14.
xxxix. 29. I have poured out my Spirit on
the house of Israel, saith the Lord.
Mic. ii. 7. Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened!
Hag.ii. 5. My Spirit remaineth among you,
fear not.
Zech. iv. 6. Thus saith the word of the
Lord, Not by might nor by power, but by my
Spirit, saith the Lord, shall ye prevail.
xii. 10. I will pour upon the house of David,
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
Spirit of grace and of supplications.
Matt. iii. 11. He shall baptize you with the
Holy Ghost.
John iii. 5, 6. Except a man be born of wa-
ter and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of heaven. That which is born of
the flesh, is flesh ; and that which is born of
the Spirit, is spirit. Ver. 8. The wind blow-
eth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth : so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.
vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth.
vii. 39. This spake he of the Spirit, which
they that believe on him should receive,
xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of sin,
and of judgment.
Acts v. 32. Also the Holy Ghost, whom God
hath given to them that obey him.
vi. 3. Look ye out men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost, and wisdom. Ver. 5.
They chose Stephen, a man full of the Holy
Ghost.
ix. 31. The churches walking in the fear of
the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy
Ghost, were multiplied.
Rom. v. 5. The love of God is shed abroad
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is gi-
ven unto us.
viii. 1, 2. There is no condemnation to them
who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit. The law of
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath made
me free from the law of sin and death.
Ver. 5. They that are after the Spirit do
mind the things of the Spirit. Ver. 9. Ye
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit ; if so be
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now,
if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of his.
Ver. 11. If the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that
raised up Christ from the dead, shall also quick-
en your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dweil-
eth in you.
Ver. 13. If ye through the Spirit do mor-
tify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Ver. 14 16. As many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Ye
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit bearetli
witness with our spirit, that we are the child-
ren of God.
Ver. 23. We who have the first-fruits of
the Spirit, do groan within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our
body.
Ver. 26. We know not what to pray for as
we ought, but the Spirit helpeth our infirmities.
xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is not meat
and drink ; but righteousness, and peace, and
joy in the Holy Ghost.
xv. 13. Abound in hope, through the power
of the Holy Ghost.
Ver. 16. That the offering up of the Gen-
tiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by
the Holy Ghost.
1 Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you 1
vi. 11. Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye
are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit of our God.
Ver. 19. Know ye not that your body is
the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you,
which ye have of God ]
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OF THE HOLY GHOST.
CHAP. XII.
xii. 3. No man, speaking by the Spirit of
God, calleth Jesus accursed ; and no man can
Vsay that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy
Ghost.
xiv. 15. I will pray with the spirit: I will
sing with the spirit.
2 Cor. i. 22. God hath sealed us, and given
*he earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, written
with the Spirit of the living God, in fleshly
tables of the heart.
Ver. 17. Where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
Ver. 18. We are changed from glory to
glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
iv. 13. We, having the Spirit of faith, be-
lieve. ,
v. 5. God hath given unto us the earnest of
the Spirit.
xii. 18. Walked we not in the same Spirit 1 !
xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the communion of
the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Gal. iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the
works of the law, or by the hearing of faith 1
iii. 3. Having begun in the Spirit, are ye
now made perfect by the flesh 1
Ver. 14. That we might receive the pro-
mise of the Spirit through faith.
iv. 6. God hath sent forth the Spirit of his
Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Ver. 29. He that was born after the flesh,
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit.
v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the
hope of righteousness by faith.
Ver. 16, 17. Walk in the Spirit, and ye
shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the
flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh : and these are contrary.
Ver. 1 8. If ye be led by the Spirit, ye are
not under the law.
Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance. Ver. 23.
Ver. 25. If we live in the Spirit, let us also
walk in the Spirit.
vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, shall of
the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Eph. i. 13. Ye were sealed with the holy
Spirit of promise.
Ver. 16, 17. 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 know-
ledge of him.
ii. 18. We have access by one Spirit unto
the Father.
Ver. 22. Ye are built for a habitation of God
through the Spirit.
iii. 16. God grant you to be strengthened
with might, by his Spirit, in the inner man.
iv. 3, 4. Keep the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace. There is one body and one
Spirit.
Ver. 30. The holy Spirit, wherewith ye are
sealed.
v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all good-
ness, righteousness, and truth. Ver. 18. Be
filled with the Spirit.
vi. 17, 18. Take the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God. Praying with all
prayer and supplication in the Spirit.
Phil. i. 1 9. I know that this shall turn to
my salvation, through your prayer, and the
supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
ii. 1. If there be any fellowship of the Spirit,
be ye like minded. Ver. 2.
iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which wor-
ship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ
Jesus, &c.
Col. i. 8. Epaphras declared to us your love
in the Spirit.
1 Thess. i. 6. Ye received the word with
joy of the Holy Ghost.
iv. 8. God hath given unto us his holy
Spirit.
v. 1 9. Quench not the Spirit.
2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit,
and belief of the truth.
1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of the
believers, in word, in conversation, in charity,
in spirit, in faith, in purity.
2 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the
spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and
of a sound mind. Ver. 14. That good thing
committed to thee, keep by the Holy
Ghost.
Tit. iii. 5. God, according to his mercy
saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Heb. iii. 7, 8. The Holy Ghost saith, To-
day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts.
1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the foreknow-
ledge of God the Father, through sanctification
of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling
of the blood of Jesus.
Ver. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls
in obeying the truth, through the Spirit, unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love
one another with a pure heart fervently.
iv. 6. For this cause was the gospel preached
unto them that are dead, that they might live
according to God in the Spirit.
Ver. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God
resteth upon you.
1 John ii. 20. Ye have an unction from the
Holy One, and ye know all things.
iii. 24. We know that he abideth in us, by
the Spirit which he hath given us.
iv. 2. Every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus
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Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. Yer. 6.
Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, and the
spirit of error.
Ver. 13. Hereby know we that we dwell in
him, and he in us, because he hath given us
of his Spirit.
Jude 20. Ye, beloved, building up your-
selves in your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost.
Rev. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say,
Come.
XIV. The Spirit's influence upon go-
vernors, magistrates, and warriors. Gen.
xii. 38. Pharaoh said, Can we find such a
man as this, in whom the Spirit of God is 1
Numb. xi. 17. The Lord said unto Moses,
I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee,
and will put it upon the elders, and they shall
bear the burthen of the people with thee.
xxvii. 1 8. The Lord said unto Moses, Take
thee Joshua, a man in whom is the Spirit, and
lay thy hand upon him. Ver. 21. At his
word shall they go out, and at his word shall
they come in, even all the congregation.
Deut. xxxiv. 9. Joshua was full of the Spirit
of wisdom, and the children of Israel hearkened
unto him.
Judges iii. 10. The Spirit of the Lord came
upon Othniel, and he judged and went out
to war.
Ch. vi. 34. Upon Gideon. Ch. xi. 29.
Upon Jephthah. Ch. xiii. 25. xiv. 6. 1 9.
xv. 14. Upon Samson. 1 Sam. x. 6. xi. 6.
Upon Saul. Ch. xvi. 13. Upon David
1 Chron. xii. 18. Upon Amasai.
That the Spirit directed in making the high
priest's vestments ; see Exod. xxviii. 3. xxxi.
1 0. In making the altar, and other things per-
taining to God's external worship among the
Jews; see Exod. xxxi. from ver. 1 to ver. 12.
XV. The Spirit proceedelh from the Fa-
ther and the Son ; or is given and sent by
them. Matt. iii. 11. He [Christ] shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost. Mark i. 8. Luke
iii. 16. John i. 33. Acts i. 5.
Luke xi. 13. How much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit.
xxiv. 49. I send the promise of my Father
upon you.
John xiv. 26. The Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in
my name, he shall teach you all things, and
bring all things to your remembrance, whatso-
ever I have said unto you.
xv. 26. When the Comforter is come, whom
I will send unto you from the Father, even
the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the
Father.
xvi. 7. I will send him unto you.
Ver. 8. He shall reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment. Ver.
13. He will guide you into all truth and shew
you things to come.
Actsi.4. The promise of the Father. Ch.ii.33.
v. 32. The Holy Ghost, whom God hath
given to them that obey him.
Gal. iii. 14. The promise of the Spirit. Eph.
i. 13. The Spirit of promise.
iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent
forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying, Abba, Father.
See also all those places in the foregoing
chapter, where God is represented as pro-
mising, sending, and giving the Holy Spirit.
XVI. Sins against the Spirit reproved and
punished, from which the contrary duties are
easily known. Isa. xxx. 1. Wo to the rebel-
lious children, saith the Lord, that take coun-
sel but not of me; and that cover with a
covering, but not of my Spirit.
Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his holy
Spirit, therefore he was turned to be their
enemy.
Zech. vii. 12. They made their hearts as an
adamant stone, lest they should hear the law,
and the words which the Lord of hosts sent
in his Spirit by the former prophets ; therefore
came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
Matt. xii. 31, 32. Blasphemy against the
Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
(1 John v. 16, 17.) Whosoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven
him.
Acts v. 3, 4. Peter said, Why hath Satan
filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost? thou
hast not lied unto men but unto God. Ver. 9.
How is it that ye have agreed together to
tempt the Spirit of the Lord ?
vii. 51. Ye uncircumcised in heart and ears,
ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as your
fathers did, so do ye.
Eph.iv.30. Grieve not the holy Spirit of God.
1 Thess. v. 19. Quench not the Spirit.
Heb. vi. 4, 5, 6. It is impossible for those
who were once enlightened, and have tasted
of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers
of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good
word of God, and the powers of the world to
come, if they fall away, to renew them again
to repentance.
x. 28, 29. He that despised Moses's law,
died without mercy. Of how much sorer
punishment shall he be thought worthy, who
hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and
hath counted the blood of the covenant where-
with he was sanctified an unholy thing, and
hath done despite to the Spirit of grace.
Jude 19. Sensual, having not the Spirit.
See Simon Magus's sin, Acts viii. 19, 20.
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OF THE TRINITY.
CHAP. XIII.
CHAPTER XIII.
OF THE TRINITY.
THE SAME THINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON AND TO THE
HOLY GHOST.
I. THE Father is, Deut. xxxiii. 27. The
eternal God.
Isa. xl. 28. The everlasting God.
The San is, Col. i. 17. Before all things.
Heb. xiii. 8. The same yesterday, to-day,
and for ever.
Rev. i. 8. The beginning and the ending.
Ver. 17. The first and the last.
The Spirit is, Heb. ix. 14. The eternal
Spirit.
II. The Father is omnipresent. Jer. xxiii.
24. Do not I fill heaven and earth 1 saith the
Lord.
Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I flee from
thy presence ?
The Son. John iii. 13. The Son of man,
which is in heaven.
Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all.
The Spirit. Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall
I go from thy Spirit 1
III. God's knoivledge. 1 Sam. ii. 3. The
Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him ac-
tions are weighed.
Acts xv. 18. Known unto God are all his
works.
1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the
hearts of all the children of men,
Jer. xi. 20. O Lord of hosts, that triest the
reins.
Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son but
the Father.
The Son's knowledge. Matt. xi. 27.
Neither knoweth any man the Father, save
the Son.
John ii. 24. He knew all men he knew
what was in man. Ver. 25.
Acts i. 24. They prayed and said, Thou
Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men.
Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the
reins and hearts. Ch. v. 6.
The Spirit's knowledge. 1 Cor. ii. 10.
The Spirit searcheth all things ; yea the deep
things of God.
Ver. 11. The things of God knoweth no
man, but the Spirit of God.
IV. The wisdom of God. Job ix. 4. He
is wise in heart, and mighty in strength.
Dan. ii. 20. Wisdom and might are his.
Rev. vii. 12. Blessing, and glory, and wis-
dom be unto our God.
The Son's wisdom. Col. ii. 3. In him are
hid all the treasures of wisdom and know-
ledge.
Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, &c.
The Spirit's wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. He is the
Spirit of wisdom.
Acts vi. 3. Full of the Holy Ghost and
wisdom.
Eph. i. 17. The Spirit of wisdom and re-
velation.
V. ThejDower of God. Ps.lxii. 11. Power
belongeth unto God.
Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, the
power, and the glory.
Christ's power. Isa. ix. 6. His name is,
The mighty God.
Matt, xxviii. 18. All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth.
1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God. See
The power of Christ.
The Spirit's power. Rom.xv.13. Abound
in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Ver. 19. Through mighty signs and won-
ders, by the power of the Spirit of God.
VI. Goodness of God. 1 Chron. xvi. 34.
The Lord is good.
Christ. Acts x. 38. He went about doing
good.
Spirit. Ps. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good.
VII. Works of God Creation. Isa. xi.
28. The Creator of the ends of the earth.
Gen. i. 27. God created man.
Works of Christ. John i. 3. All things
were made by him.
Col. i. 16. By him were all things created
that are in heaven and that are in earth.
Works of the Spirit. Job xxxiii. 4. The
Spirit of God hath made me.
Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit,
they are created.
VIII. God sendeth teachers to his church.
Jer. vii. 25. I have sent unto you my servants
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OF THE TRINITY.
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the prophets. Ch. xxv. 3, 4. xxvi. 5. xxix.
19. xxxv. 14, 15. xliv. 4.
Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the har-
vest, that he will send forth labourers into his
harvest. See Acts ix. 15. 17. Gal. i. 15.
Eph. iv. 11, 12. Acts xxii. 14.
Christ sendeth them. Matt. x. 5 8. These
twelve Jesus sent forth, saying, Go, preach ;
heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the
dead, cast out devils, &c.
Acts xxvi. 16, 17, 18. He said, I have ap-
peared unto thee, to make thee a minister. I
send thee to open their eyes, to turn them from
darkness to light, &c. See Ch. xxii. 14. 21.
1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to
preach the gospel.
2 Cor. v. 20. We are ambassadors for Christ.
The Holy Ghost sendeth them. Isa. xlviii.
16. The Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me.
Acts xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, Separate
me Barnabas and Saul for the work where-
unto I have called them. Ver. 4. They being
sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia.
xx. 28. Paul said, Take heed unto your-
selves, and to all the flock over which the
Holy Ghost hath made you overseers (or
bishops, as in the original.)
IX. Teachers receive their knowledge from
God. John vi. 45. They shall be all taught
of God. Isa. liv. 13. Jer. xxxi. 34.
Phil. iii. 15. God shall reveal this unto you.
From Christ. Gal. i. 12. Neither was I
taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
From the Spirit. Luke ii. 26. It was re-
vealed unto him by the Holy Ghost.
John xiv. 26. The Holy Spirit shall teach
you all things.
X. God spake by those who were sent.
Heb. i. 1. God spake unto the fathers by the
prophets.
Christ spake by them. 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Ye
seek a proof of Christ speaking in me.
The Hull/ Ghost spake by them. Mark
xiii. 1 1. It is not ye that speak, but the Holy
Ghost.
XI. God is in his people as his temple.
Acts vii. 48. The most High dvvelleth not in
temples made with hands. Ch. xvii. 24.
1 Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God? Ver. 17.
2 Cor. vi. 16. Ye are the temple of the
living God : God hath said, I will dwell in
them, and walk in them.
Christ is in them. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Christ
is in you.
Eph. iii. 17. That Christ may dwell in your
hearts.
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The Holy Ghost is in them. John xiv. 17.
The spirit of truth that dwelletn with you, and
shall be in you.
Rom. viii. 1 1. His spirit that dwelleth in you.
1 Cor. vi. 19. Your body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost.
iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple
of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in
you!
XII. God sanctijieth his people. Jude 1.
To them that are sanctified by God the Father.
Christ sanctijieth. Heb. ii. 11. He that
sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of
one ; wherefore he is not ashamed to call them
brethren.
The Spirit sanctijieth. Rom. xv. 1 6. Being-
sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
XIII. God leadeth his people. Isa. xlviii.
17. I am the Lord thy God, which leadeth
thee by the way thou shouldest go.
Christ leadeth. John x. 3. He calleth his
own sheep by name, and leadeth them.
The Spirit leadeth. Rom. viii. 14. As
many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God.
XIV. God is life, and giveth life. Deut.
xxx. 20. The Lord thy God, he is thy life.
Christ is life. Col. iii. 4. When Christ,
who is our life, shall appear.
1 John v. 12 He that hath the Son hath life.
Gal. ii. 20. Christ liveth in me.
The Spirit is life. Rom. viii. 10.
XV. God raiselh the dead. John v. 21.
The Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth
them.
Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead.
2 Cor. i. 9.
Christ raiseth the dead. John v. 21. The
Son quickeneth whom he will.
x. 18. I have power to lay down my life,
and power to take it again.
ii. 19. Destroy this temple, (viz. his body,
ver. 21,) and in three days I will raise it up.
Matt. xi. 5. The dead are raised up. Per-
sons raised by Christ, were, Lazarus, John xi.
43. xii. 1. A daughter. Matt. ix. 25. A
widow's son. Luke vii. 11.
The Spirit raiseth the dead. 1 Pet. iii. 18.
Jesus Christ quickened by the Spirit.
John vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth.
XVI. The Son and Spirit joined with the
Father in worship. Matt, xxviii. 1 9. Go ye
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, and the commu-
nion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
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KNOWLEDGE.
CHAP. XIV.
CHAPTER XIV.
DUTIES TOWARDS GOD, ENFORCED BY THREATS AND PROMISES.
KNOWLEDGE.
I. TO know God and Christ commanded,
with its fruits. Deut. iv. 39. Know and con-
sider in thine heart, that the Lord he is God,
in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath :
there is none else.
1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Know thou the God of
thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart,
and with a willing mind.
Ps. xlvi. 10. Be still, and know that I am
God. Ps. c. 3.
Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth, glory in
this, that he understandeth and knoweth me,
that I am the Lord, which exercise loving-
kindness and judgment, and righteousness in
the earth.
Hos. vi. 6. I desired the knowledge of God
more than burnt offerings.
2 Pet. i. 8. Neither be barren nor unfruitful
in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
II. Denying God. Tit. i. 16. Some pro-
fess to know God, but in works deny him. See
2 Pet. ii. 1.
III. Prayers for them that know God, and
promises to them. Ps. xxxvi. 10. Continue
thy loving-kindness to them that know thee.
xci. 14. I will set him on high, because he
hath known my name.
Dan. xi. 32. The people that know God
shall be strong and do exploits.
John xvii. 3. This is life eternal, to know
thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ
whom thou hast sent. 1 John ii. 13.
IV. God will be known by his people. Ps.
xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of Zion
for a refuge,
Ixxvi. 1. In Judah God is known ; his name
is great in Israel.
Isa. xix. 21. The Lord shall be known to
Egypt ; the Egyptians shall know the Lord,
and do sacrifice to him.
liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of
the Lord.
Ix. 2, 3. Darkness shall cover the earth,
and gross darkness the people ; but the Lord
shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be
seen upon thee. The Gentiles shall come to
thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy
rising. Ch. xlii. 7. 16.
Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them a heart to
know me, that I am the Lord ; and they shall
be my people, and I will be their God.
xxxi. 33, 34. I will put my law in their
inward parts, and write it in their hearts. And
they shall all know me, from the least unto
the greatest.
Hos. ii. 19, 20. I will betroth thee to me in
righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving
kindness, and in mercies, and in faithfulness ;
and thou shall know the Lord.
vi. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on
to know the Lord.
Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover
the sea. Isa. xi. 9.
Mai. i. 11. From the rising of the sun to
the going down of the same, my name shall
be great among the Gentiles; and in every
place incense shall be offered unto my name,
and a pure offering.
God is made known by his works. Ps. ix.
16. The Lord is known by the judgment he
executeth.
xix. 1, 2. The heavens declare the glory of
God ; the firmament sheweth his handy-work.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto
night sheweth knowledge. Rom. i. 20. The
invisible things of God from the creation of
the world are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead.
Iviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth
in the earth.
c. 3. The Lord he is God ; he made us.
2 Cor. i. 21. He which establisheth us with
you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God.
Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God.
V. Christ calkd light, as a teacher sent to
give the true knowledge of God. Luke ii. 32.
A light to lighten the Gentiles.
John i. 4. In him was life, and the life
was the light of men. Ver. 7, 8. Matt,
iv. 16.
Ver. 9. The true light, that lighteth every
man that cometh into the world.
viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the
world : he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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ix. 5. As long as I am in tK world, I am
the light of the world.
x. 14. I know my sheep, and am known of
mine.
xii. 46. I am come a light into the world,
that whosoever believeth on me should not
abide in darkness. Ver. 35, 36.
Acts xiii. 47. I have set thee to be a light
of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for sal-
vation to the ends of the earth.
VI. Duties of the enlightened, who know
God, Acts xvii. 30. The times of ignorance
God winked at, but now commandeth all men
everywhere to repent.
Rom. xiii. 12. Let us put on the armour of
light. Ver. 13. Let us walk honestly as in
the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness.
1 Thess. v. 5, 6. Ye are all the children of
light and of the day : we are not of the night
nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep
as do others, but let us watch and be sober.
Ver. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love,
and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye should show forth the praises
of him who hath called you out of darkness
into his marvellous light.
VII. The wicked know not God. Exod.
v. 2. Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord that I
should obey*' his voice 1 I know not the Lord,
neither will I let Israel go. Job xxi. 15.
Ps. xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity
no knowledge"?
Ixxix. 6. Pour out thy wrath upon the
heathen that have not known thee.
Ixxxii. 5. They know not, neither will they
understand : they walk on in darkness.
Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my people
doth riot consider. Ver. 7. Your country is
desolate, your cities are burned with fire.
Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish, they have
not known me ; they are wise to do evil, but
to do good they have no knowledge. Ver. 27.
The whole land shall be desolate.
v. 4. They are foolish, they know not the
way of the Lord, nor the judgments of their
God. Ver. 5.
ix. 3. They proceed from evil to evil, and
know not me, saith the Lord. Ver. 11. I
will make Jerusalem heaps.
Hos. iv. I. The Lord hath a controversy
with the inhabitants of the land, because there
is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God
in the land.
v. 4. The spirit of whoredoms is in them ;
they have not known the Lord.
John viii. 19. Jesus said to the Pharisees,
Ye neither know me, nor my Father. Ver. 55.
xvi. 3. Jesus said unto his disciples, These
things will they do unto you, because they
have not known the Father nor me.
xvii. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath
not known thee.
Rom. i. 28. They did not like to retain God
in their knowledge, wherefore God gave them
up to a reprobate mind. Ps. x. 4.
1 Cor. xv. 34. Some [Professed Christians]
have not the knowledge of God.
1 John iv. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth
not God.
FAITH.
VIII. Faith in God. 2 Chron. xx. 20.
Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be
established.
Isa. xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the
Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen,
that ye may know and believe me, that I am
the Lord.
Mark xi. 22. Jesus said, Have faith in God.
John xii. 44".
Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfection ; not
laying again the foundation of repentance, and
of faith toward God.
xi. 6. Without faith it is impossible to please
God : for he that cometh to God must believe
that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
James ii. 19. Thou believest there is one
God ; thou dost well.
1 Pet. i. 21. That your faith and hope
might be in God.
Ps. cxix. 66. I have believed thy command-
ments.
IX. Faith in Christ. John vi. 29. Jesus
said, This is the work of God, that ye believe
on him whom he hath sent.
1 John iii. 23. This is God's command-
ment, That we should believe on the name of
his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.
John xii. 36. Believe in the light, that ye
may be the children of light.
xiv. 1. Jesus said, Ye believe in God, be-
lieve also in me.
xx. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not faith-
less but believing.
X. Faith in Christ: brief summaries
thereof. John ix. 35. Dost thou believe in
the Son of God? Ver. 38.
xi. 27. I believe that thou art Christ the
Son of God, that should come into the world.
xvi. 30. We believe that thou earnest forth
from God.
xvii. 6. Jesus said, I have manifested thy
name unto the men which thou gavest me
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out of the world. Ver. 8. And they have be-
lieved that thou didst send me. Ver. 21.
Acts viii. 37. Philip said to the eunuch, If
thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest
be baptized : and he answered and said, I be-
lieve that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Ver. 38. And Philip baptized him.
Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we
believe that we shall also live with him.
x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart
that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved.
1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also that
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
XI. Confessing Christ; promises. Matt
x. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before
men, him will I confess before my Father
which is in heaven.
Rom. x. 9, 10. If thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thy heart that God raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness, and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess
that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in
him, and he in him.
Rev. ii. 13. Thou boldest fast my name.
Ch. iii. 8.
XII. Denying Christ,- threats. Matt. x.
33. Whosoever shall deny me before men,
him will I also deny before my Father which
is in heaven.
Luke xii. 9. He that denieth me before
men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
2 Tim. ii. 12. If we deny him, he also will
deny us.
2 Pet. ii. 1. False teachers shall bring in
damnable heresies, even denying the "Lord that
bought them.
1 John it. 22, 23. Who is a liar, but he that
denieth that Jesus is the Christ 1 He is Anti-
christ that denieth the Father and the Son.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath
not the Father.
Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of
God into lasciviousness, denying the only
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ See
Acts iii. 14. Matt. xxvi. 70.
XIII. The certainty and assurance of faith.
Luke i. 1. Many have taken in hand to set
forth a declaration of those things which are
most surely believed among us. Ver. 3, 4.
It seemed good to me also, that thou mightest
know the certainty of those things wherein
hou hast been instructed.
John iv. 42. We have heard ourselves, and
know that this is indeed the Christ, the Sa-
viour of the world.
vi. 69. We believe and are sure, that thou
art Christ the Son of the living God.
xvi. 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest
all things : by this we believe that thou earnest
forth from God. Ver. 31.
xvii. 8. Jesus said, They have known
surely that I came out from thee, and they
have believed that thou didst send me. Ch
xvi. 27.
Acts i. 36. Let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus
both Lord and Christ.
xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day in the
which he will judge the world in righteous-
ness, by that man whom he hath ordained ;
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men,
in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true
heart, in full assurance of faith.
xi. 1. Faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen. See Col.
ii. 2. 1 Thess. i. 5. 2 Tim. iii. 14. 1 John
iii. 19.
Of being strong, steadfast, and persevering
in faith. Rom. iv. 19. Abraham, being not
weak in faith.
Ver. 2022. He staggered not at the pro-
mise of God, through unbelief; but was strong
in faith, giving glory to God : Beiatf fully per-
suaded, that what God had promisecr he was able
to perform. And therefore it was imputed
to him for righteousness.
1 Cor. xvi. 13. Watch ye, stand fast in the
faith, quit you like men, be strong.
2 Cor. v. 7. We walk by faith, not by
sight
iv. 18. We look not at the things which
are seen and are temporal, but at the things
which are not seen, and are eternal. Heb. xi.
27. Moses endured as seeing him who is in-
visible.
xiii. 5. Examine yourselves whether ye be
in the faith ; prove your own selves.
Gal. ii. 20. The life which I now live in
the flesh, I live by faith of the Son of God.
Eph. iii. 17. I pray that Christ may dwell
in your hearts by faith.
vi. 16. Take the shield of faith, whereby
ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts
of the wicked one.
Phil. i. 27. Stand fast in one Spirit, with
one mind, striving together for the faith of the
gospel.
Col. i. 23. Continue in the faith, grounded
and settled, and be not moved away from the
hope of the gospel, which ye have heard.
ii. 5, 6, 7. I am with you in the spirit, joy-
ing and beholding the steadfastness of your
CHAP. XIV.
FAITH.
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faith in Christ. As ye have received Christ
Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him ; rooted
and built up in him, and established in the
faith, as ye have been taught, abounding
therein with thanksgiving.
1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life.
2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound
words, which thou hast heard, in faith and
love which is in Christ Jesus. .
iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I have
finished my course, I have kept the faith.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness.
Tit. i. 13. Rebuke them sharply, that they
may be sound in the faith.
Heb. x. 23. Hold fast the profession of your
faith without wavering.
James i. 3. The trying of your faith
worketh patience. 1 Pet. i. 7.
1 Pet. v. 8, 9. Your adversary the devil,
walketh about seeking whom he may devour :
whom resist, steadfast in the faith.
2 Pet iii. 1 7. Beware lest ye fall from your
steadfastness.
1 John v. 4. This is the victory that over-
cometh the world, even our faith. See John
viii. 31. Compare with Rom. x. 8. See
also, Acts xiv. 22. Eph. vi. 10. 2 Tim. ii.
1. 1 John ii. 14. Rev. ii. 13. xiii. 10. See
Heb. chap. xi. throughout.
XIV. Graces and duties accompanying
true faith , or marks and evidences of true
faith. Exod. iv. 31. The people believed,
and worshipped.
xiv. 31. The people feared the Lord, and
believed the Lord.
Ps. cvi. 11, 12. The waters covered their
enemies : then believed they his words ; they
sung his praise.
cxvi. 10. I believed, therefore have I spoken.
2 Cor. iv. 13. Ps. xxvii. 13.
Jonah iii. 5. The people of Nineveh be-
lieved God, and proclaimed a fast.
Acts xv. 9. God purifying the hearts of the
Gentiles by faith.
xvi. 34. The keeper of the prison rejoiced,
believing in God, with all his house.
xx. 21. Paul testified both to the Jews and
also to the Greeks, repentance toward God,
and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
xxiv. 24, 25. Felix heard Paul concerning
and in your love to us ; see that ye abound in
this grace also [of liberality].
Gal. v. 6. Faith worketh by love.
Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith.
Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your faith
in the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints, I
cease not to give thanks for you. Col. i. 4.
iii. 17. I pray that Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith ; that ye being rooted and
grounded in love, &c.
1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks to God,
remembering your work of faith, and labour
of love, and patience of hope in our Lord
Jesus Christ. Ver. 7. Ye were examples to
all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
v. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober,
putting on the breast-plate of faith and love,
and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God
always for you, brethren, because that your
faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity
of every one of you toward each other
aboundeth.
ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation,
through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief
of the truth.
1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment
is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good
conscience, and of faith unfeigned.
Ver. 14. The grace of our Lord was ex-
ceeding abundant, with faith and love which
is in Christ Jesus.
ii. 15. Continue in faith, and charity, and
holiness, with sobriety.
iii. 9. Holding the mystery of faith, in a
pure conscience.
iv. 12. Be thou an example of the believers,
in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit,
in faith, in purity.
2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound
words, in faith and love, which is in Christ
Jesus.
ii. 22. Follow righteousness, faith, charity,
peace, with them that call on the Lord out of
a pure heart.
iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my doctrine,
manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering,
charity, patience. Ver. 14. Continue in the
things thou hast learned. Ver. 17. Be per-
fect, thoroughly furnished to all good works.
Tit. i. 1. The faith of God's elect, and the
the faith. Paul reasoned of righteousness, I acknowledgment of the truth which is after
temperance, and judgment to come.
1 Cor. xiii. 2. Though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains, and have not
charity, I am nothing. Ver. 13. Now abideth
faith, hope, charity.
2 Cor. viii. 7. As ye abound in faith, in ut-
terance, in knowledge, and in all diligence,
godlines
ii. 1, 2. Speak thou the things that become
sound doctrine ; that the aged men be sober,
grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity,
and in patience.
iii. 8. This is a faithful saying, and these
things I will that thou affirm constantly, That
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they which have believed in God, might be
careful to maintain good works. Ver. 14.
Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who
through faith and patience inherit the pro-
mises.
James ii. 14. What doth it profit, my bre-
thren, though a man say he have faith, and
have not works? Can faith save him? Ver.
1 7. Faith if it hath not works is dead, being
alone. Ver. 20. Know, O vain man, that
faith without works is dead. Ver. 26. As the
body without the spirit is dead, so faith with-
out works is dead also. See ver. 22, 24.
2 Pet. i. 5 7. Add to your faith, virtue,
knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness,
brotherly kindness, and charity.
1 John iii. 23. This is God's commandment,
That we should believe on the name of his
Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.
Jude 20, 21. Ye, beloved, building up your-
selves on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of
God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to eternal life.
Rev. ii. 19.1 know thy works, and charity,
and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy
works ; and the last to be more than the first.
xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith of
the saints.
xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the com-
mandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
XV. The author, or cause and means of
faith. God the author and supreme cause
of faith. Matt. xvi. 16, 17. Peter said to
Jesus, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living
God. Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh
and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but
my Father which is in heaven.
John i. 13. They that believed on his name
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1 John iv. 14, 15. v. 1.
Acts xiii. 48. As many as were ordained to
eternal life, believed.
xiv. 27. God opened the door of faith to
the Gentiles.
Rom. xii. 3. Think soberly, as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1 Cor. ii. 5. Your faith should not stand
but in the power of God.
Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, through
faith ; and that not of yourselves, it is the
gift of God.
Phil. i. 29. Unto you it is given on the
behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him,
but also to suffer for his sake.
2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit,
and belief of the truth. See 1 Tim. i. 14.
XVI. God being the author of faith, he is
prayed to and thanked fir faith as his gift.
Rom. xv. 13. The God of hope, fill you with
all joy and peace in believing.
Eph. i. 15. After I heard of your faith in
the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints, I
cease not to give thanks for you, making men-
tion of you in my prayers. Col. i. 3, 4.
Philem. ver. 5.
vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, and love
with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks to God
always for you, remembering your work of
faith and labour of love. 2 Thess. ii. 13.
2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God
always for you, brethren, because your faith
groweth exceedingly. Ver. 11. We pray al-
ways for you, that our God would count you
worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good
pleasure of his goodness, arid the work of faith
with power.
XVII. Christ the author of faith. Luke
xvii. 5. The apostles said, Lord, increase our
faith.
1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ was exceeding abundant, with faith
and love, which is in Christ Jesus.
Heb. xii. 1, 2. Let us run with patience the
race set before us, looking to Jesus, the author
and finisher of our faith.
1 Pet. i. 21. Ye by him do believe in God
who raised him from the dead.
2 Pet. i. 1. To them that have obtained like
precious faith with us, through the righteous-
ness of God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
See Eph. vi. 23. 2 Thess. i. 12.
The Holy Ghost the author of faith. 1 Cor.
xii. 8, 9. To one is given by the Spirit the
word of wisdom, to another the word of
knowledge: To another faith, by the same
Spirit.
2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the same Spirit
of faith, also believe.
Gal. v. 22. 23. The fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.
XVIII. Subordinate mean of faith is
God's word. John xx. 31. These are writ-
ten, that ye might believe that Jesus is the
Christ the Son of God. Rom. i. 16. 1 John
v. 13. Rev. i. 19.
XIX. A gospel ministry the means of faith.
John i. 7. John came for a witness, that all
men might believe. Acts xix. 4.
xvii. 20. Jesus said, I pray not for these
alone which thou gavest me out of the world,
but for them also which shall believe on me
through their word.
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xix. 35. He that saw bare record, that ye
might believe.
Acts ii. 41. At hearing Peter's sermon
there were added to the church about three
thousand souls.
iv. 4. Many that heard the word believed.
viii. 12. They believed Philip, preaching
the things concerning the kingdom of God
and the name of Jesus Christ. Ver. 13.
xi. 21. The hand of the Lord was with the
apostles, and a great number believed.
xiv. 1. Paul and Barnabas so spake that a
great number believed.
xv. 7. Peter said, God made choice among
us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear
the word of the gospel, and believe.
xvii. 2. Paul reasoned out of the scriptures,
&c. Ver. 4. And some of the Jews believed,
of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and
of the chief women not a few, Ver. 34.
Certain men clave to Paul and believed. See
Acts xviii. 4. 8. 27, 28. xix. 9.
xxvi. 17, 18. Jesus said to Paul, I send thee
to the Gentiles, to open their eyes, and to turn
them from darkness to light, and from the
power of Satan unto God. That they may
receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance
among them which are sanctified by faith that
is in me.
Rom. i. 5. By whom we have received grace
and apostleship, for obedience to the faith.
x. 8. The word is nigh thee : that is, the
word of faith which we preach.
Ver. 14, 15. How shall they call on him in
whom they have not believed] and how 'shall
they believe in him of whom they have not
heard 1 and how shall they hear without a
preacher 1 and how shall they preach except
they be sent] Ver. 17. So faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
xvi. 25, 26. The mystery which was kept
secret, is now made known to all nations for
the obedience of faith.
1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the foolish-
ness of preaching to save them that believe.
iii. 5, 6. Who is Paul or Apollos, but mi-
nisters by whom ye believed, even as the Lord
gave to every man ] I have planted, Apollos
watered, but God gave the increase. Ver. 7.
xv. 2. I have delivered unto you the gospel
by which ye are saved, if ye keep in memory
what I preached unto you, unless ye have be-
lieved in vain. Ver. 11. So we preach, and
so ye believed.
2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have dominion
over your faith, but are helpers of your joy.
Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the founda-
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner-stone.
iv. 11 13. Christ gave some apostles, and
some prophets, and some evangelists, and
some pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting
of the saints, for the work of the ministry,
for the edifying of the body of Christ. Till
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a per-
fect man.
Phil. i. 25. I shall continue with you, for
your furtherance and joy of faith.
ii. 17. If I be offered upon the sacrifice and
service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with
you alL
1 Thess. iii. 2. We sent Timotheus, to esta-
blish and comfort you concerning your faith.
Ver. 10. Praying that we might see your
face, and perfect that which is lacking in youi
faith.
Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have
the rule over you, who have spoken unto you
the word of God, whose faith follow.
1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and
heard declare we unto you.
THE GOSPEL CALLED FAITH, AND THE LAW
OF FAITH. Rom. iii. 27. Boasting is ex-
cluded by the law of faith.
x. 8. The word of faith which we preach.
Gal. i. 23. Paul preached the faith which
once he destroyed.
iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works
of the law, or by the hearing of faith ] Ver. 5.
Ver. 23. Before faith came, we were shut
up unto the faith that should afterward be re-
vealed. Ver. 25. See 1 Tim. i. 4. v. 8.
Jude ver. 3. Rev. ii. 13.
XX. Promises to faith. Justification pro-
mised to believing in God. Gen. xv. 6.
Abram believed in the Lord, and he counted
it to him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 3. 9.
Gal. iii. 6. Jam. ii. 23.
John v. 24. Jesus said, He that heareth my
word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into con-
demnation, but is passed from death unto life.
See Luke i. 45.
XXI. Justification to believing in Christ
promised. Acts xiii. 39. By him all that be-
ieve are justified from all things, from which
they could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Rom. iii. 21, 22. The righteousness of God
'i. e. justification) without the law is mani-
fested, being witnessed by the law and the
prophets : Even the righteousness of God,
which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all
and upon all that believe.
Ver. 25, 26. Jesus Christ hath God set forth,
;o be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
,o declare his righteousness for the remission
f sins : To declare his righteousness ; that
he might be just, and the justifier of them
that believe in Jesus.
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Ver. 28. Therefore we conclude that a man
is justified by faith without the deeds of the
law. Ver. 30. God shall justify the circum-
cision by faith and the uncircumcision through
faith.
iv. 5. He that worketh not but believeth on
him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is
counted to him for righteousness, (or justifi-
cation.)
v. 1. Being justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
x. 4. Christ is the end of the law for right-
eousness (or justification) to every one that be-
lieveth.
xi. 20. Thou standest by faith. 2 Cor. i.
24.
Ver. 23. The Jews, if they abide not still
in unbelief, shall be grafted in. Ver. 26.
And so all Israel shall be saved. Ver. 30.
31, 32.
Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the
works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus
Christ. Ver. 21. If righteousness came by
the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
iii. 8, 9. The scripture foreseeing that God
would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel to Abraham, say-
ing, In thee shall all nations be blest. (Gen.
xii. 3.) So they which be of faith are blessed
with faithful Abraham.
Ver. 1 1. But that no man is justified by the
law in the sight of God is evident; for, The
just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i.
17. Heb. x. 38.
Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith ; but,
The man that doeth these things shall live in
them.
Ver. 22. The Scripture hath concluded all
under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them that believe.
Ver. 24. The law was our schoolmaster to
bring us to Christ, that we might be justified
by faith.
v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the
hope of righteousness (or justification) by
faith.
Ver. 6. In Jesus Christ neither circumci-
sion availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision,
but faith which worketh by love.
Phil. iii. 8 10. I count all things but loss
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the
loss of all things, and count them but dung,
that I may win Christ, and be found in him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is
of the law, but that which is through the faith
of Christ, the righteousness which is of God
by faith ; that I may know him, and the power
of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings, being made conformable to his
death.
XXII. Adoption, or being the sons of God,
promised. John i. 12. To as many as re-
ceived Christ, to them gave he power to be-
come the sons of God, even to them that
believe on his name.
Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus. Rom. viii. 17.
XXIII. God's love promised to believers in
Christ. John xvi. 27. The Father himself
loveth you, because ye have loved me, and
have believed that I came out from God.
XXIV. Christ prayeth for believers. John
xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but
for them also which shall believe on me
through their word.
XXV. The sins of believers pardoned.
Acts x. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall
receive remission of sins. Ch. xiii. 38.
Rom. iii. 25. Him hath God set forth to be
a propitiation through faith in his blood, to
declare his righteousness for the remission of
XXVI. The holy Spirit is given to be-
lievers. John vii. 38, 39. Jesus said, He that
believeth on me, out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water. This spake he of the
Spirit, which they that believe on him should
receive.
Gal. iii. 13, 14. Christ hath redeemed us
from the curse of the law : That the blessing
of Abraham might come on the Gentiles,
through Jesus Christ, that we might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith.
XXVII. They have light and direction.
John xii. 36. Believe in the light : (that is,
in Christ.) Ch. i. 9. viii. 12. ix. 5.
Ver. 46. I am come a light into the world,
that whosoever believeth on me should not
abide in darkness.
XXVIII. They have grace and peace.
2 Pet. i. 1, 2. To them that have obtained like
precious faith with us, grace and peace be
multiplied. Rom. v. 1.
XXIX. They have joy and comfort. John
xiv. 1. Let not your heart be troubled ; ye be-
lieve in God, believe also in me.
Rom. xv. 13. The God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing. 1 Pet. i. 8. In
whom [Christ] believing-, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory.
1 John v. 1 0. He that believeth on the Son
of God hath the witness in himself.
John viii. 56. Abraham saw Christ's day
and was glad.
CHAP. XIV.
FAITH.
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XXX. Christ is precious to them. 2 Thess.
i. 10. He shall come to be glorified in his
saints, and admired in all them that believe.
1 Pet. ii. 7. To them that believe he is pre-
cious.
XXXI. They have access to God in prayer.
Eph. iii. 12. In Christ we have boldness, and
access with confidence by the faith of him.
XXXII. Sanctification by faith. Actsxv.
9. God purifying their hearts by faith.
xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inherit-
ance among them that are sanctified by faith
in me.
XXXIII. Salvation by faith in God. Dan.
vi. 23. No manner of hurt was found upon
Daniel, [in the lion's den,] because he believed
in his God.
XXXIV. Salvation to Christians by faith
in Christ. Isa. xxviii. 16. Thus saith the
Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a founda-
tion, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-
stone, a sure foundation ; he that believeth
shall not make haste. Rom. ix. 33. x. 11.
He that believeth shall not be ashamed.
1 Pet. ii. 6. He that believeth shall not be
confounded.
Mark xvi. 15, 16. Jesus said, Preach the
gospel : He that believeth and is baptized, shall
be saved ; he that believeth not shall be damned.
John Hi. 14 16. As Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of man be lifted up ; that whosoever be-
J* lieveth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life. For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
Ver. 17, 18. God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world, but that the
world through him might be saved. He that
believeth on him is not condemned : he that
believeth not is condemned already, because
he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
Ver. 36. He that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life : and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life ; but the wrath of God
abideth on him.
vi. 35. Jesus said, He that believeth on me
shall never thirst.
Ver. 40. This is the will of him that sent
me, that every one that seeth the Son and be-
lieveth on him, may have everlasting life : and
I will raise him up at the last day. Ver. 47.
He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
xi. 25. He that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live.
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Ver. 26. Whosoever liveth and believeth in
me shall never die, [or shall not die for ever.]
xx. 31. These are written, that ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that believing ye might have life
through his name.
Acts xvi. 31. Paul and Silas said to the
jailor, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved.
xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inheri-
tance among them that are sanctified by faith
in me.
Rom. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved.
Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, through
faith.
2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit
and belief of the truth.
1 Tim. i. 16. I [Paul] obtained mercy, that
in me Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-
suffering, for a pattern to them which should
hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay
hold on eternal life.
2 Tim. iii. 15. The Scriptures are able to
make thee wise unto salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I have
finished my course, I have kept the faith :
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord the righteous
judge shall give me at that day, and not to me
only, but unto all them that love his appearing,
Heb. iv. 3. We which have believed do
enter into rest.
vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who through
faith and patience inherit the promises.
x. 39. We are not of them who draw back
unto perdition, but of them that believe to the
saving of the soul.
1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of
God through faith unto salvation. Ver. 9.
Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation
of your souls.
1 John v. 13. These things have I written
unto you that believe on the name of the Son
of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal
life.
XXXV. Things extraordinary promised
to the faith of some primitive. Christians.
Matt. xxi. 21. If ye have faith as a grain of
mustard-seed, and doubt not, ye shall not only
do this that is done to the fig-tree, but also if
ye shall say to this mountain, Be thou re-
moved, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall
be done. Luke xvii. 6.
Ver. 22. And all things whatsoever ye shall
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INFIDELITY.
CHAP. XIV.
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Mark. xi. 24.
Mark xvi. 17, 18. These signs shall follow
them that believe: In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt
them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover.
John xiv. 12. He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also.
XXXVI. These promises were fulfilled in
the following instances. Acts ii. 4. The dis-
ciples of Christ spoke with new tongues.
iii. 2 to 8. and xiv. 10. They cured the
lame.
xvi. 18. They cast out unclean spirits. Ch.
v. 16. viii. 7.
xix. 11,12. They healed the sick. Ch.
xxviii. 8.
ix. 36, 37. 40. They raised the dead. Ch.
xx. 12.
v. 5. 10. Lying hypocrites die at their re-
buke.
xxviii. 3. 5. Paul shakes a viper off his hand,
and is not hurt by it.
xiii. 11. Enemies of the faith are struck
with blindness.
ix. 12. 17, 18. They restore sight to the
blind:
viii. 15. 17. The Holy Ghost is given at
laying on of their hands.
v. 12. They do great miracles, signs, and
wonders. Ch. vi. 8. xv. 12. 2 Cor. xii. 12.
viii. 6. The people gave the more heed to
them, and embraced the faith. Ch. v. 14.
XXXVII. Instances of miracles wrought
for persons of eminent faith. Matt. viii. 8.
10. 13. Luke vii. 9. At the centurion's faith
his servant is healed.
ix. 28, 29, 30. Two blind men restored to
sight. Mark x. 52.
Mark ii. 5. One sick of the palsy cured.
Matt. ix. 2. 6, 7.
v. 34. A woman cured of a bloody issue.
ix. 20. 25. A dumb spirit is cast out of a
child at the faith of the child's father.
v. 36. At the faith of the ruler of the syna-
gogue, his daughter, who had been dead, is
restored to life.
Luke xvii. 19. A leper cleansed.
John iv. 50. At a nobleman's faith his son
is healed of a fever.
xi. 40 to 46. -At Martha's faith her brother
Lazarus is restored to life.
Acts iii. 16. At the faith of a lame man he
is healed by Peter.
xiv. 9. A cripple from the womb healed by
Paul.
XXXVIII. Other instances of approved
faith. In Abraham, Gen. xv. 6, compared
with John viii. 56. Rom. iv. 18. 20. The
virgin Mary, Luke i. 45. The woman who
washed Christ's feet with tears, Luke vii. 37
to 50. The disciples, John ii. 22. The Sa-
maritang, John iv. 39. The Jews, John viii.
31. xi. 45. A man born blind, John ix. 35.
38. The chief rulers, John xii. 11. 42.
Those given to Christ, John xvii. 8. About
five thousand, Acts iv. 4. 32. Many priests,
Acts vi. 7. Stephen, Acts vi. 8. The
eunuch, Acts viii. 37. They of the circum-
cision, Acts x. 45. A great number, Acts xi.
21. xiv. 1.23. Many at Lystra, Greeks and
devout women, Acts xvii. 4. Crispus, the
ruler of the synagogue, Acts xviii. 8. Ver.
27. Many in Achaia, Acts xix. 18. Many
thousands of Jews, Acts xxi. 20. Ver. 25.
The Gentiles : some among all nations, Rom.
i. 5. 16. &c. &c.
INFIDELITY.
XXXIX. Want of faith reproved. Matt,
vi. 30. Jesus said, If God so clothe the grass
of the field, will he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith 1
Mark xvi. 14. Jesus upbraided the disciples
with their unbelief and hardness of heart, be-
cause they believed not those who had seen
him after he was risen. Christ upbraideth
the disciples afraid upon the sea, with their
want of faith, Matt. viii. 26. Peter upon the
sea, Matt. xiv. 31. The disciples solicitous
about bread, Matt. xvi. 8, 9, 10. The disci-
ples at their not being able to cast out a devil,
Matt. xvii. 17. 19, 20.
Matt. xiii. 58. Jesus did not many miracles
there because of their unbelief. Mark vi. 5, C.
XL. Exhortations against unbelief. John
xx. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not faith-
less, but believing.
Heb. iii. 12. Take heed lest there be in any
of you an evil heart of unbelief.
iv. 11. Let us labour to enter into the rest
that remaineth to the people of God, lest any
man fall after the same example of unbelief.
XLI. Threatenings against unbelief. Un~
belief towards God; threats. Numb. xiv.
1 1. The Lord said, How long will this people
provoke me ? How long will it be ere they
believe me, for all the signs I have shewed
among them? Ver. 12. I will scatter them
with the pestilence and disinherit them. Ver.
37, 38. Heb. iii. 17, 18. iv. 6. Jude 5.
Numb. xx. 1 2. The Lord spake unto Mo-
ses and Aaron, Because ye believed me no^
CHAP. XIV.
LOOKING TO GOD.
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to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congre-
gation into the land which I have given them.
Deut i. 32. Moses said, Ye did not believe
the Lord your God.
Ver. 34, 35. And the Lord was wroth, and
sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of
these men, of this evil generation, see that
good land which I sware to give unto your
fathers. Heb. iii. 19. iv. 6.
2 Kings xvii. 14. 18. 20. Because they did
not believe, the Lord rejected the seed of Israel.
Isa. vii. 9. If ye will not believe, ye shall
not be established.
liii. 1. Who hath believed our report? See
Ps. Ixxviii. 21, 22. 32, 33. cvi. 24. 26. 29.
XLII. Unbelief towards Christ , threats.
Matt. xxi. 31. Jesus said, Verily I say unto you,
The publicans and harlots go into the king-
dom of heaven before you. Ver. 32. For ye
believed not John the Baptist, but the publi-
cans and harlots believed him.
Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth not shall
be damned.
Luke xii. 46. The Lord of the wicked ser-
vant will appoint him his portion with unbe-
lievers.
John iii. 18. He that believeth not is con-
demned already, because he hath not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Ver. 36. He that believeth not the Son,
shall not see life ; but the wrath of God
abideth on him. 1 John v. 10.
viii. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, ye
shall die in your sins.
xii. 48. He that rejecteth me and receiveth
not my words, hath one that judgeth him : the
word that I have spoken, the same shall judge
him in the last day.
Rom. ix. 31, 32. Israel hath not attained to
the law of righteousness ; because they sought
it not by faith, but as it were by the works of
the law.
xi. 20. Because of unbelief the Jews were
broken off.
xiv. 23. He that doubteth is damned, if he
eat, because he eateth not of faith : for what-
soever is not of faith, is sin.
2 Thess. ii. 1012. They received not the
love of the truth, that they might be saved.
For this cause God shall send them strong
delusion that they should believe a lie ; that
they all might be damned who believed not
the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteous-
1 Tim. v. 8. If any provide not for his own,
he hath denied the faith.
Ver. 5. 11, 12. They have begun to wax
wanton against Christ. Having damnation,
because they have cast off their first faith.
Tit.i. 15. To them that are defiled and un-
believing is nothing pure, but even their mind
and conscience is defiled.
Heb. iv. 2. Unto us was the gospel preach-
ed as well as unto them ; but the word preach-
ed did not profit them, not being mixed with
faith in them that heard it. Ch. x. 38, 39.
The just shall live by faith ; but if any man
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in
him. We are not of them that draw back
unto perdition; but of them who believe to
the saving of the soul.
xi. 31. By faith Rahab perished not with
them that believed not.
1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son,
the same hath not the Father.
Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone, which
is the second death. See Isa. Ixvi. 24.
XLIII. The following causes of unbelief
are assigned in Scripture by Christ and his
apostles. Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh
away the word out of their hearts, lest they
should believe and be saved.
John v. 44. How can ye believe which re-
ceive honour one of another, and seek not the
honour that cometh from God only 1
Ver. 46, 47. Had ye believed Moses, ye
would have believed me, for he wrote of me.
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall
ye believe my words 1 2 Cor. iii. 14, 15.
viii. 45. Because I tell you the truth, ye be-
lieve me not.
x. 26. Ye believe me riot because ye are
not of my sheep.
2 Cor. iv. 4. Because the god of this world
hath blinded their minds.
1 Tim. iv. 1. Giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils.
vi. 10. The love of money. Ver. 20. 21.
Vain babblings, and professing false science.
Hence is applied to unbelievers the prophecy
of Isa. vi. 9. compared with John xii. 40, 41.
Acts xxviii. 26, 27.
LOOKING TO GOD.
XLIV. Look to God. Ps. xxxiv. 5. They
looked unto God, and were lightened. Ps. v.
3. cxxiii. 2.
Isa. xvii. 7. At that day shall a man look to
his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to
the holy One of Israel. Ch. viii. 17.
xly. 22. Look unto me and be ye saved, all
the ends of the earth ; for I am God, and there
is none else.
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REMEMBERING GOD MEDITATION. CHAP. XIV.
Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord : I
will wait for the God of my salvation : my God
will hear me. See Isa. xxxviii. 14.
REMEMBERING GOD.
XLV. Remembering God. Neh. iv. 14.
Remember the Lord, which is great and terri-
ble. Ps. xx. 7.
Job xxi. 6. When I remember him I am
afraid.
Ps. xlii. 6. My God, my soul is cast down
in me ; therefore will I remember thee. Ps.
xx. 7. Ixxvii. 10.
Ixiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as with
marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall
praise thee with joyful lips : When I remem-
ber thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee
in the night-watches.
Eccl. xii. 1. Remember thy Creator in the
days of thy youth.
Isa. xxvi. 8. The desire of our soul is to thy
name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Jonah ii. 7. When my soul fainted within
me, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer
came in unto thee, into thy holy temple. See
Zech. x. 9.
Not remembering God. Isa. lyii. 11. Of
whom hast thou been afraid, that thou hast
lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it
to thy heart 1 ? Ch. li. 12, 13. Judg. viii. 34.
Ps. Ixxviii. 42.
FORGETTING GOD
.XL VI. Forgetting God. Ps. cvi. 21. Is-
*ael forgat God their Saviour, which had done
great things in Egypt.
Jer. ii. 32. My people have forgotten me
days without number. Ch. xiii. 25. xviii. 15.
iii. 2 1 . They have perverted their way, and
have forgotten the Lord their God.
Ezek. xxii. 12. Thou hast gained of thy
neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten
me, saith the Lord. Ver. 14. Jer. xxiv. 27.
XLVII. Threatenings against those that
forget God. Deut. xxxii. 18. Of the Rock
that begat thee, thou art unmindful ; and hast
forgotten God that formed thee. Ver. 19.
The Lord abhorred them. See to ver. 26.
Judg. iii. 7. The children of Israel forgat the
Lord. Ver. 8. Therefore the anger of the
Lord was hot against Israel, &c.
1 Sam. xii. 9. They forgat the Lord their
God, and he sold them into the hand of their
enemies.
Ps. ix. 17. The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget God. Job
viii. 11, 12, 13.
1. 21, 22. These things thou hast done and
[ kept silence ; but I will reprove thee, saith
the Lord. Consider this, ye that forget God,
lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to
deliver.
Isa. xvii. 10. Because thou hast forgotten
the God of thy salvation, and hast not been
mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore
shall thou plant pleasant plants, &c. Ver. 11.
But the harvest shall be a heap in the day of
desperate sorrow.
Ezek. xxiii. 35. Thou hast forgotten me ;
therefore bear thy levvdness.
Hos. viii. 14. Israel hath forgotten his
Maker. I wilt send a fire upon his cities.
XLVIII. Warnings against forgetting
God. Deut. vi. 12. Beware lest thou forget
the Lord.
viii. 11 14. Beware that thou forget not
the Lord thy God, in not keeping his com-
mandments, and his judgments, and his sta-
tutes. Lest when thou hast eaten, and art
full, and hast built goodly houses, arid dwelt
therein ; and when thy herds and thy flocks
multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multi-
plied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; then
thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the
Lord thy God. See to ver. 20.
Ps. xliv. 17. All this is come upon us, yet
have we not forgotten thee. Ver. 20, 21. If
we have forgotten the name of our God, or
stretched out our hands to a strange god, shall
not God search out this 1
MEDITATION.
XLIX. Meditation upon God and his word.
A good man meditates upon God's law day
and night. Ps. i. 2. xlix. 3. cxix. 97.
Josh. i. 8.
Job xxii. 22. Lay up his words in thy
heart.
Ps. xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always be-
fore me.
xl. 8. O my God, thy law is within my
heart. Ps. xxxvii. 31. cxix. 11.
Ixiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied when
I meditate on thee in the night-watches. Ps.
civ. 34.
Ixxvii. 12. I will meditate of all thy works,
and talk of thy doings. Ps. cxliii. 5.
cxix. 15. I will meditate in thy precepts,
and have respect unto thy ways. Ver. 78.
Ver. 23. Thy servant did meditate in thy
statutes. Ver. 48.
Ver. 99. Thy testimonies are my medita-
tion. Ver. 148. Mine eyes prevent the night-
watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
1 Tim. iv. 15. Meditate upon these things.
CHAP. XIV.
FEARING GOD.
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FEARING GOD.
L. Fear due unto God. Exod. xv. 11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord ! glorious in
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders !
Ps. Ixxvi. 7. Thou, even thou art to be
feared; and who may stand when thou art
angry ] Ver. 11.
Ixxxix. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the
assembly of the saints.
xcvi. 4. The Lord is to be feared above all
gods.
Jer. x. 7. Who would not fear thee, King
of nations 1
Rev. xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee,
Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art
holy.
LI. The excellency of fearing God. Job
xxv.iii. 28. The fear of the Lord, that is wis-
dom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
Ps. cxi. 1 0. The fear of the Lord is the be-
ginning of wisdom. Prov. ix. 10. xv. 33. It
is the instruction of wisdom.
Prov. i. 7. The fear of the Lord is the be-
ginning of knowledge. Ps. xix. 9. It is clean,
enduring for ever.
LII. // is a commanded duty. Deut. vi.
24. The Lord our God commanded us to do
all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for
our good always.
2 Kings xvii. 36. The Lord, him shall ye
fear. Ver. 39.
1 Chron. xvi. 30. Fear before him all the
earth. Ps. xcvi. 9.
Ps. xxii. 23. Fear him all the seed of Israel.
xxxiii. 8. Let all the earth fear the Lord.
Ps. xxxiv. 9.
Prov. xxiii. 17. Be thou in the fear of the
Lord all the day long.
xxiv. 21. Fear the Lord and the king.
1 Pet. ii. 17.
Isa. viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord God of hosts,
and let him be your fear, and let him be your
dread.
Jer. v. 22. Will ye not fear me, saith the
Lord ? will ye not tremble at my presence 1
Ver. 24.
Mai. i. 6. If I be a master, where is my
fear ? saith the Lord of hosts.
Matt. x. 28. Fear him that is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell.
Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory to
him.
LIII. God is to be feared on account of his
perfections. Job xiii. 11. Shall not his ex-
cellency make you afraid 1
xxv. 2. Dominion and fear are with him.
xxxvii. 23, 24. The Almighty is excellent
in power, and judgment, and in plenty of jus-
tice. Men do therefore fear him.
Ps. cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee
that thou mayest be feared. Rev. xv. 4.
LI V. God is to be feared on account of his
words and works. Deut. iv. 1 0. I will make
them hear my words, that they may learn to
fear me all the days that they shall live upon
the earth. 1 Kings viii. 40. 43. 2 Chron. vi.
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Oli OO.
Josh. iv. 23, 24. The Lord your God dried
up the waters of Jordan as he did the Red Sea,
that all people of the earth might know the
hand of the Lord, that it is mighty ; that ye
might fear the Lord your God for ever.
Eccl. iii. 14. What God doth shall be for
ever ; nothing can be put to it, nor any thing
taken from it ; and God doth it, that men may
fear before him. See Jer. xxxiii. 9. Rev.
xiv. 7.
Examples. Instances. Exod. xiv. 31.
I Sam. xii. 18.
LV. The fear of the Lord is promised and
prayed for. Ps. Ixxxvi. 11. Unite my heart
to fear thy name.
Isa. lix. 19. They shall fear the Lord from
the west, and his glory from the rising of the
sun. See ch. xxix. 23. Prov. ii. 5. Jer.
xxxiii. 9. Hos. iii. 5.
Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart
and one way, that they may fear me for ever ;
for the good of them and of their children. I
will put my fear into their hearts, that they
shall not depart from me.
Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of the Lord shall rest upon him.
LVI. The fear of God joined with obe-
dience toward God. Deut. vi. 2, 3. Fear the
Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his
commandments : that it may be well with
thee. Ver. 13. Thou shall fear the Lord thy
God, and serve him.
x. 12. What doth the Lord thy God require
of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk
in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul 1 Ver. 20. Thou shall fear the
Lord thy God, him shall thou serve, and to
lira shall thou cleave, and swear by his name.
xiii. 4. Ye shall walk after the Lord your
God, and fear him, and keep his command-
ments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve
lira and cleave unto him.
Josh, xxiv, 14. Now, therefore, fear the
, and serve him in sincerity and trulh.
1 Sam. xii. 24. Fear the Lord, and serve
lim with all your heart.
Eccl. xii. 13. Fear God, and keep his com-
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FEARING GOD.
CHAP. XIV.
mandments: for this is the whole duty of
man.
LVII. Joined with the worship of God.
Ps. ii. 11. Serve the Lord with fear.
v. 7. In thy fear will I worship toward thy
holy temple.
xxii. 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him.
cxxxv. 20. Ye that fear the Lord, bless the
Lord.
Acts x. 2. Cornelius feared God, and prayed
to God always.
Heb. xii. 28. Serve God with reverence and
godly fear.
LVIII. It is a motive to duty in general
toward God and man, and a restraint from
sin. Gen. xxii. 12. God said to Abraham,
Thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not with-
held thy son, thine only son, from me.
xlii. 18. Joseph said, This do, and live ; for
I fear God.
Exod. i. 17. The midwirves feared God, and
did not as the king of Egypt commanded
them.
ix. 20. He that feared God among the ser-
vants of Pharaoh, made his cattle and servants
flee into the houses.
xx. 20. That his fear may be before your
faces, that ye sin not.
Lev. xix. 14. Thou shall not curse the
deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the
blind, but shalt fear thy God. Ver. 32.
Deut. xiii. 11. All Israel shall hear and fear
the Lord, and do no more such wickedness as
this among you. Ch. xiv. 23. xvii. 13. 19.
xix. 20. xxi. 21. xxxi. 12, 13.
Job i. 1. Job feared God, and eschewed evil.
Ver. 8. Ch. ii. 3.
Prov. iii. 7. Fear the Lord and depart from
evil.
viii. 13. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil.
Ch. xiv. 16.
xvi. 6. By the fear of the Lord men depart
from evil.
2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God. Ver. 11.
Eph. v. 21. Submitting yourselves to one
another in the fear of God.
Phil. ii. 12. Work out your salvation with
fear and trembling.
Heb. xi. 7. Noah, moved with fear, pre-
pared an ark.
1 Pet. i. 17. Pass the time of your sojourn-
ing here in fear.
iii. 2. Your chaste conversation, coupled
with fear.
Col. iii. 22. Servants, obey your masters in
singleness of heart, fearing God. Eph. vi. 5.
Instances. Isaac, Gen. xxxi. 42. 1 Kings
xviii. 3, 4. 12, 13. Obadiah, 2 Kings iv. 1.
Hanani, Neh. vii. 2. Ps. xl. 3. Iii. 6. cxix.
63. See the Qualifications of the civil ma-
gistrate, Commandment 5th.
LIX. Promises to them that fear God.
Deut. vi. 24. The Lord commanded us to fear
the Lord our God, for our good always.
2 Kings xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye
shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the
hand of all your enemies.
Neh. i. 1 1. Let thine ear be attentive to the
prayer of thy servant, who desires to fear thy
name.
Ps. xxv. 12. 14. What man is he that
feareth the Lord 1 him shall he teach in the
way that he shall choose.
xxxi. 1 9. How great is thy goodness, which
thou hast laid up for them that fear thee !
xxxiii. 18. Behold the eye of the Lord is
on them that fear him.
xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth
round them that fear him, and delivereth
them. Ver. 9. There is no want to them that
fear him.
Ix. 4. Thou hast given a banner to them
that fear thee.
Ixxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them that
fear him.
ciii. 11. As the heaven is high above the
earth, so great is his mercy toward them that
fear him. Ver. 13. Like as a father pitieth
his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear
him. Ver. 17. The mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting to everlasting upon them that
fear him.
cxi. 5. He hath given meat unto them that
fear him.
cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that feareth the
Lord.
cxv. 11. Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the
Lord : he is their help and shield. Ver. 13.
The Lord will bless them that fear him.
cxix. 38. Stablish thy word unto thy ser-
vant, who is devoted to thy fear.
cxxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth
the Lord. Ver. 4. Thus shall the man be
blessed that feareth the Lord.
cxlv. 19. He will fulfil the desire of them
that fear him ; he will hear their cry, and will
save them.
cxlvii. 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in
them that fear him.
Prov. x. 27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth
days.
xiv. 26, 27. In the fear of the Lord is strong
confidence ; and his children shall have a
place of refuge. The fear of the Lord is a
fountain of life, to depart from the snares of
death.
xv. 16. Better is little with the fear of the
CHAP. XIV.
FEARING GOD.
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Lord, than great treasure and trouble there-
with.
xix. 23. The fear of the Lord tendeth to
life ; he that hath it shall abide satisfied.
xxii. 4. By humility and the fear of the
Lord, are riches, and honour, and life.
xxviii. 14. Happy is the man that feareth
always.
xxxi. 30. Favour is deceitful, and beauty
is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord
she shall be praised.
Eccl. viii. 12. It shall be well with them
that fear God.
Isa. xxxiii. 6. The fear of the Lord is his
treasure.
1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the
Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his servant,
that walketh in darkness and hath no light !
let him trust in the name of the Lord, and
stay upon his God.
Zeph. iii. 7. I said, Surely thou wilt fear
me ; so their dwelling should not be cut off.
Mai. ii. 5. My covenant was with Levi of
life and peace ; and I gave them to him, for
the fear wherewith he feared me.
iii. 16, 17. They that feared the Lord, spake
often one to another : and the Lord hearkened
and heard ; and a book of remembrance was
written before him, for them that feared the
Lord, and that thought upon his name. And
they shall be mine, saith the Lord, in the day
that I make up my jewels : and I will spare
them as a man spareth his son that serveth
him.
iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, shall
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings.
Luke i. 50. His mercy is on them that fear
him, from generation to generation.
Rev. xi. 18. The time is come, that thou
shouldest give a reward to them that fear thy
name. See 1 Sam. xii. 14. 1 8. Ps. Hi. 6.
Ixvi. 16. cxviii. 4. cxix. 74. 79. Eccl. vii.
18. Isa.lx.5. Jer. xxxii. 39, 40. Acts ix. 31.
LX. Other expressions to the same effect.
Trembling. Ezra ix. 4. They trembled at the
word. Isa. Ixvi. 2. 5.
x. 3. They trembled at the commandment.
Job xxi. 6. When I remember, trembling
taketh hold on my flesh. Ps. cxix. 120.
Ps. ii. 11. Rejoice with trembling.
Hos. xiii. 1. When Ephraim spake trem-
bling, he exalted himself in Israel.
Joel ii. 1. Let all tremble, for the day of the
Lord cometh. Ver. 10. See Ezra x. 9. Job
iv. 14. xxxvii. 1. Isa. Ixiv. 2. Dan. vi. 26.
Jer. xxxiii. 9. Hab. iii. 16. Acts vii. 32.
xvi. 29. xxiv. 25. Eph. vi. 5. Phil. ii. 12.
LXI. Heaven and earth tremble at God's
greatness. Job ix. 6. He shaketh the earth
out of her place ; the pillars thereof tremble.
xxvi. 11. The pillars of heaven tremble, and
are astonished at his reproof.
Ps. xviii. 7. The earth shook and trembled,
the foundations of the hills moved, because he
was wroth. See Ps. Ix. 2. Ixxvii. 18.
xcvii. 4. civ. 32. cxiv. 7. Jer. x. 10. Ii.
29. Amos viii. 8.
Quake. Nah. i. 7. The mountains quake
at him : the hills melt.
Heb. xii. 21. Moses said, I exceedingly
fear and quake. See Exod. xix. 18. Ezek.
xii. 18.
Terror. Job vi. 4. The terrors of God set
themselves in array against me.
xxxi. 23. Destruction from God was a
terror to me.
Ps. Ixxxviii. 15. While I suffer thy terrors
I am distracted.
Jer. xvii. 17. Be not a terror to me;
thou art my hope in the day of evil. Job
xxxiii. 7.
2 Cor. v. 11. Knowing the terror of the
Lord we persuade men.
Reverence. Ps. Ixxxix. 7. God is to be had
in reverence of all that are about him.
cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name.
Heb. xii. 28. Serve God with reverence.
iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not. Ps.
xxxiii. 8. cxix. 161.
Afraid. Deut. ix. 19. I was afraid of the
anger and hot displeasure of the Lord.
2 Sam. vi. 9. David was afraid of the Lord.
See 1 Chron. xiii. 12.
xxiii. 15. xxxiii. 7.
Hab. iii. 2.
Job xiii. 11. xxi. 6.
PS.CXIX. 120. lvi.3.
LXII. Threatenings against those that
fear not God. Prov. i. 29. They hated
knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the
Lord. Ver. 31. Therefore shall they eat the
fruit of their own way. Ver. 25, &c.
Eccl. viii. 13. It shall not be well with the
wicked, because they fear not God.
Jer. ii. 19. Thine own wickedness shall
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove
thee : know therefore and see, that it is an
evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken
the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in
thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
xliv. 10, 11. They are not humbled, neither
have they feared, nor walked in my law.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the
God of Israel, Behold, I will set my face
against you for evil, &c.
Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against
the sorcerers, adulterers, false swearers, against
those that oppress the hireling in his wages,
the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn
aside the stranger from his right, and fear not
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NOT FEARING GOD LOVE TO GOD. CHAP. XIV.
me, saith the Lord of hosts. See 2 Kings
xvii. 25. 40, 41.
NOT FEARING GOD.
LXIII. The wicked fear not God, with that
fear which is a restraint from sin, and a mo-
tive to duty. Gen. xx. 1 1. Abraham said, I
thought surely the fear of God is not in this
place, and they will slay me for my wife's
sake.
Exod. ix. 30. Moses said to Pharaoh, As
for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will
not yet fear the Lord God, to let Israel go.
Deut. xxv. 18. Amalek smote Israel, and
feared not God.
Job vi. 14. The wicked forsaketh the fear
of the Almighty. Ver. 18. The paths of their
way are turned aside, they go to nothing and
perish.
xv. 4. He casteth off fear, and restraineth
prayer before God.
Ps. xxxvi. 1. The transgression of the
wicked saith within my heart, That there is
no fear of God before his eyes.
Iv. 19, 20. Because they have no changes,
therefore they fear not God. He hath broken
his covenant.
Ixiv. 4. Suddenly do they shoot at the per-
fect, and fear not.
Jer. iii. 8. Judah feared not, but played the
harlot.
v. 22. Fear ye not me ? saith the Lord.
Ver. 23, 24. This people hath a revolting
heart. Neither say they in their heart, Let us
fear the Lord our God.
Luke xviii. 2. There was a judge which
feared not God, neither regarded man. See
Jer. xxxvi. 24. Hos. x. 3. Luke xxiii. 40.
Jude 12.
LXIV. The wicked have a tormenting fear
of God, which is their punishment. Job xv.
21. A dreadful sound is in his ears. Ver. 24.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid.
xviii. 11. Terrors shall make him afraid on
every side. Ver. 14. Ch. xxiv. 17.
Ps. ix. 20. Put them in fear, O Lord, that
they may know themselves to be but men.
Ps. Ixxxiii. 15.
Ixxiii, 19. They are utterly consumed with
terrors.
Prov. x. 24. The fear of the wicked shall
come upon him.
Isa. ii. 10. Enter into the rock, and hide
thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for
the glory of his majesty. Ver. 19. Hos. x. 5.
Mic. vii. 17. Luke xxiii. 30. Rev. vi. 15, 16.
Heb. x. 27. A fearful looking for of judg-
ment. (Matt. xxv. 25.) Ver. 31. It is a
fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God.
Isa. xxxiii.' 14. The sinners in Zion are
afraid, fearfulness hath surprised the hypo-
crites : Who among us shall dwell with de-
vouring fire ? with everlasting burnings ?
Heb. xii. 29. Our God is a consuming fire.
See Isa. Ixvi. 4.
LXV. God delivers the wicked up to their
fears of their enemies. Exod. xv. 16. Fear
and dread shall fall upon them, by the great-
ness of thine arm. Gen. xxxv. 5. Isa. xix.
17. Lev. xxvi. 16. I will appoint over you
terror. Deut. xxviii. 66, 67. Ezek. xxi. 12.
Lam. iii. 47.
xxiii. 27. I will send my fear before thee,
and make thine enemies turn their backs.
Deut. xi. 25. ii. 25. Josh. ii. 9.
Deut. iv. 34. Hath God assayed to take a
nation, &c. by great terrors, &c. Ch. xxvi. 8.
xxxii. 25. The sword and terror shall de-
stroy. Jer. vi. 24, 25. xxx. 5.
2 Chron. xx. 29. The fear of God was on
all the kingdoms. Ps. xviii. 45. See Ps. xiv.
5. xlviii. 6. liii. 5. Isa. xxiv. 17. Jer.
xlviii. 43. xlix. 5. 24. 29. Ezek. xxx. 13.
LOVE TO GOD.
LXVI. Love to God commanded. Deut.
vi. 5. Thou shall love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy might. Ch. x. 12. Matt. xxii. 37.
xi. 1. Thou shall love the Lord thy God,
and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his
judgments. Ch. xiii. 3.
xxx. 15, 16. I have set before you this day
life and good, death and evil ; in that I com-
mand thee to love the Lord thy God. Ver. 19.
Josh. xxii. 5. Take diligent heed to love the
Lord your God, &c.
Ps. xxxi. 23. love the Lord, all ye his
saints.
LXVII. Promises to them that love God.
Exod. xx. 5, 6. I the Lord thy God am a
jealous God ; shewing mercy unto thousands
of them that love me, and keep my command-
ments. Deut. v. 10.
Deut. vii. 9. Know the Lord thy God, he is
God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant
and mercy with them that love him and keep
his commandments, to a thousand generations.
Dan. ix. 4. Neh. i. 5.
Ps. xci. 14 16. Because he hath set his
love upon me, therefore will I deliver him
and honour him. I will shew him my salva-
tion.
cxix. 132. Look upon me, and be merciful
CHAP. XIV.
LOVE TO CHRIST.
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unto me, as thou usest to do unto them that
love thy name.
cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth them that
love him.
Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for
good to them that love God.
1 Cor. ii. 9. Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.
viii. 3. If any man love God, the same is
known of him.
James ii. 5. A kingdom God hath promised
to them that love him. See also Deut. xi. 13,
14, 15. 22, 23. xix. 9. xxx. 16. 19, 20.
Ps. Ixix. 36. Isa. Ivi. 6, 7. Jer. ii. 2, 3.
Col. ii. 2. Heb. vi. 10. 1 John iv. 7. 16. 18.
Jude 21.
LXVIII. Prayers for them that love God.
Judg. v. 31. Let them that love him be as the
sun, when he goeth forth in his might.
Ps. v. 11. Let them that love thy name be
joyful in thee.
LXIX. Exhortations to love God. Ps.
xxxi. 23. O love the Lord, all ye saints.
1 Thess. v. 8. Putting on the breastplate of
faith and love.
1 Tim. vi. 11. O man of God, follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, and love.
Jude 21. Keep yourselves in the love of
God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ to eternal life. '
LXX. Instances of persons loving God.
Ps. xviii. 1. I will love the Lord my strength.
Song i. 4. The upright love thee. 1 Kings
iii. 3.
Rom. viii. 38. Neither death nor life, &c.
nor any other creature, shall be able to sepa-
rate us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord. Ver. 39.
2 Cor. vi. 4. Approving ourselves by love
unfeigned. Ver. 6.
Eph. i. 4. He hath chosen us in Christ, that
we should be holy, and without blame before
him in love.
1 John iv. 19. We love him because he
first loved us. Ps. cxvi. 1.
LXXI. How love to God is produced in
Christians. Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy
God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart
of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou
mayest live. 2 Cor. xiii. 1 1. God is the God
of love.
LXXII. It is prayed for as a gift from
God. Eph. vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren,
20
and love, with faith from God the Father, and
the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 9. I pray that
your love may abound.
2 Thess. iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts
into the love of God, and into the patient wait-
ing for Christ. See Eph. iii. 14. 17.
LXXIII. It is a work of the Spirit. Rom.
v. 5. The love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost.
Gal. v. 22. The fruit of the Spirit. is love,
joy, peace, &c. Col. i. 8. 2 Tim. i. 7.
v. 6. Faith worketh by love.
LXXIV. Love to God is evidenced by
keeping his commandments, and loving his
servants. Deut. xi. 13. Love the Lord your
God, and serve him with all your heart, and
with all your soul. Ver. 22. Ch. xix. 9.
xxx. 20. Love the Lord thy God, obey his
voice, cleave unto him, for he is thy life, and
the length of thy days.
Isa. Ivi. 6. The sons of the stranger that
join themselves to the Lord, to love the name
of the Lord, and to be his servants, &c.
Ver. 7. Them will I bring to my holy moun-
tain, &c.
Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in love.
Ver. 16.
1 Thess. i. 3. We give thanks to God, re-
membering your work of faith and labour of
love, &c. Heb. vi. 10.
1 John ii. 5. Whoso keepeth God's word,
in him verily is the love of God perfected.
Ch. v. 2.
v. 3. This is the love of God, that we keep
his commandments. 2 John 6. That we walk
after his commandments.
iv. 20, 21. If a man say, I love God, and
hateth his brother, he is a liar. For this com-
mandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God, love his brother also. Ch. iii. 1 7.
LOVE TO CHRIST.
LXXV. Love to Christ enforced by pro-
mises. Luke vii. 47. Jesus said, Her sins,
which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved
much.
John xiv. 21. He that loveth me, shall be
loved of my Father, and I will love him. Ver
23. And we will come unto him, and make
our abode with him. Ch. xvi. 27.
1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord was
exceeding abundant, with faith and love, which
is in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteousness the
Lord the righteous Judge will give to them
that love him.
James i. 12. A crown of life the Lord hath
promised to them that love him.
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HATING GOD DESIRING GOD.
CHAP. XIV,
LXXVI. Prayers for them that love Christ.
Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all them that love
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
LXXVII. Love to Christ enforced by
threatenings. Matt. x. 37. He that loveth
father or mother, son or daughter, more than
me, is not worthy of me.
1 Cor. xvi. 22. If any man love not the
Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Ma-
ran-atha.
Rev. ii. 4. I have somewhat against thee,
because thou hast left thy first love.
LXXVIII. Enforced by the example of
God the Father, who loveth Christ. Prov.
viii. 30. I was daily his delight.
Isa. xlii. 1. Mine elect, in whom my soul
delighteth. Matt. xii. 18.
Matt. iii. 17. This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased. Ch. xvii. 5. 2 Pet.
i. 17.
John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son.
Ch. xvii. 24.
viii. 42. Jesus said, If God were your Fa-
ther, ye would love me.
LXXIX. Enforced by the example of the
church and people of God, who love Christ.
Song i. 4. The upright love thee. Ver. 7.
Ch. ii. 5.
vii. 6. How pleasant art thou, O love, for
delights! See also, Ch. i. 14, 15, 16. ii. 3.
8, 9. 16, 17. iii. 1 to 5. iv. 1. 7. 16. v. 2
| 16. vi. 1, 2, 3. vii. 10. viii. 1. 4, 5.
Rom. viii. 35. Who shall separate us from
Jhe love of Christ?
1 Pet i. 8. Whom having not seen ye love.
LXXX. Enforced by Christ's love to his
"hurch. John xv. 9. I have loved you ; con-
tinue ye in my love. Philem. 5.
Eph. v. 25. Christ loved the Church, and
gave himself for it.
LXXXI. Obedience to Christ the evidence
of love to him. Matt. xii. 33. The tree is
known by its fruit.
John xiv. 15. Jesus said, If ye love me,
keep my commandments. Ver. 21. He that
hath my commandments, and keepeth them,
he it is that loveth me. Ver. 23. If a man
love me, he will keep my words. Ver. 24. 28.
xv. 10. If ye keep my commandments ye
shall abide in my love.
xxi. 15. Simon, lovest thou me 1 ? Feed
my lambs. Ver. 16.
2 Cor. v. 14. The love of Christ constrain-
eth us.
Phil. i. 17. Some of love preach Christ.
HATING GOD.
LXXXII. Threatenings against the haters
of God. Exod. xx. 5. I am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the
children, unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me.
Deut. vii. 10. God repayeth them that hate
him, to their face, to destroy them : he will
not be slack to him that hateth him ; he will
repay him to his face.
xxxii. 15. Jeshurun waxed fat; then he
forsook God that made him, and lightly es-
teemed the Rock of his salvation. Ver. 19.
The Lord abhorred them.
Ver. 22. A fire is kindled in mine anger,
saith the Lord, and shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and shall consume the earth with her in-
crease, and set on fire the foundations of the
mountains. Ver. 23. I will heap mischiefs
upon them. Ver. 41. I will render vengeance
to mine enemies, and will reward them that
hate me, saith God.
1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith, Them that
honour me I will honour; and they that de-
spise me shall be lightly esteemed.
2 Chron. xix. 2. Shouldest thou help the
ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord ?
therefore is wrath upon thee from before the
Lord.
Ps. cxxxix. 21. Do not I hate them, O
Lord, that hate thee 1
Rom. i. 30. Haters of God, &c. are worthy
of death. Ver. 32.
LXXXHI. Hating Christ. John xv. 23.
Jesus said, He that hateth me hateth my Fa-
ther also. Ver. 24. See Ps. xxi. 8. ixviii.
1. Prov. viii. 36.
DESIRING GOD, THIRSTING, &c.
LXXXIV. Desiring God. Ps. Ixxiii. 25.
Whom have I in heaven but thee ] and there
is none upon earth whom I desire besides
thee.
Isa. xxvi. 8. The desire of our soul is to
thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Ver. 9. With my soul have I desired thee
in the night ; with my Spirit within me will
I seek thee early. Hag. ii. 7. Christ is the
desire of all nations.
LXXXV. Thirsting, longing for God, and
the things of God. Ps. xlii. 2. My soul
thirsteth for God. Ps. Ixiii. 1. 6. cxliii. 6.
Ixxxiv. 2. My soul longeth for the courts
of the Lord.
cxix. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing
it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
CHAP. XIV.
JOY IN GOD.
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Ver. 131. I longed for thy commandments.
Ver. 54. 94.
Ver. 174. I have longed for thy salvation,
Lord ; and thy law is my delight.
Promises. Ps. Ixxxi. 10. Open thy mouth
wide, and I will fill it.
Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour water upon him that
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.
Ps. cvii. 9. Jer. xxxi. 12.
lv. 1. Ho ! every one that thirsteth, come
ye to the waters. Rev. xxii. 17.
Matt. v. 6. Blessed are they which do
hunger and thirst after righteousness. John
iv. 13, 14. vi. 35. vii. 37, 38.
JOY IN GOD.
LXXXVI. Joy in God. Phil.' iii. 1. Fi-
nally, brethren, rejoice in the Lord,
iv. 4. Rejoice in the Lord always.
1 Thess. v. 16. Rejoice evermore.
LXXXVII. Through Christ. Rom. v. 1 1.
We joy in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom we have now received the
atonement.
LXXXVII. Persons encouraged to rejoice
in God. The righteous. Ps. xxxii. 11. Be
glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous;
and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in
heart. Ps. xxxiii. 1.
Ixiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad in the
Lord, and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Ps. Ixviii. 3.
xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart. Ver.
12. Job viii. 20, 21.
Matt. xxv. 21. Thou good and faithful ser-
vant, enter into the joy of thy Lord. Job
xxxiii. 26.
LXXXIX. The meek. Isa. xxix. 19. The
meek shall increase their joy in the Lord.
Ver. 20.
XC. Those that seek God. Ps. xl. 16.
Let those that seek thee rejoice and be glad
in thee. 1 Chron. xvi. 10. 27. Ps. Ixx. 4.
cv. 3.
XCI. Those that trust in God. Ps. v. 1 1.
Let all those that put their trust in thee re-
joice ; let them ever shout for joy, because
thou defendest them : let them also that love
thy name, be joyful in thee. Ps. xxxiii. 21.
XCII. Those that hope in God. Rom. v. 2.
We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Heb.
iii. 6. Rom. xii. 12. Ps. xvi. 11.
1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively
hope, &c. Ver. 6. Wherein ye greatly re-
joice.
Luke x. 20. Rejoice that your names are
written in heaven.
XCIII. Those who have faith, or believe.
Acts xvi. 34. The jailor rejoiced, believing in
God, with all his house.
Rom. xv. 13. Now the God of peace fill you
with all joy and peace in believing. Phil,
i. 25.
1 Pet. i. 8. Believing in Christ, ye rejoice
with joy unspeakable and full of glory. John
xiv. 1.
XCIV. Joy promised. Ps. iv. 7. Thou
hast put gladness in my heart, more than in
the time that their corn and wine increased.
xvi. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of
life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, at thy
right hand are pleasures for evermore. Acts
ii. 28.
xcii. 4. Thou hast made me glad through
thy work.
cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears, shall reap
in joy. Isa. Ixi. 3. 10. Jer. xxxi. 9. 12.
Matt. v. 4.
Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is
good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and
joy. Ch. v. 20. ix. 7.
Isa. Ixv. 14. My servants shall sing for joy
of heart.
John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be turned
into joy. Ch. xvi. 1.
XCV. Things rejoiced in are, God. See
the first section. In Christ. John viii. 56.
Jesus said, Abraham rejoiced to see my day ;
and he saw it, and was glad.
xv. 11. These things have I spoken unto
you, that my joy might remain in you, and
that your joy might be full. Ch. xvii. 13.
1 John i. 4.
xvi. 22. I will see you again, and your
heart shall rejoice.
Phil. iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which
worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in
Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the
flesh.
Rev. xix. 7. Let us be glad and rejoice, and
give honour to him, for the marriage of the
Lamb is come.
XCVI. In the Holy Ghost. Rom. xiv. 17.
The kingdom of God is not meat and drink,
jut righteousness, and peace, and joy in the
Holy Ghost. Gal. v. 22. Col. i. 11.
XCVII. In God's worship. Ps. ii. 11.
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with
trembling.
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CHAP. XIV.
xxvii. 6. I will offer in his tabernacle, sacri-
fices of joy.
xlii. 4. I went with them to the house of
God, with the voice of joy and praise. Ps.
lv. 14.
xliii. 4. I will go unto the altar of God, unto
God my exceeding joy.
Ixiii. 5. My mouth shall praise thee with
joyful lips.
Ixvi. 1. Make a joyful noise unto God, all
ye lands. Ps. Ixxxi. 1. xcviii. 4. 6. c. 1,2.
Ixviii. 4. Sing praises to God, and rejoice
before him. Ch. Ixxxi. 1.
Ixxxix. 15. Blessed is the people that know
the joyful sound. Ver. 16.
cvii. 22. Declare his works with rejoicing.
cxviii. 24. This is the day God made, we
will rejoice and be glad in it.
cxxii. 1. I was glad when they said unto
me, Let us go unto the house of the Lord.
Isa. Ivi. 7. I will make them joyful in my
house of prayer.
See instances of this joy. 1 Chron. xv.
16. 2 Chron. xxiii. 18. xxix. 30. Neh.
xii. 43.
XCVIII. Worship of God, fixed and car-
ried on among God's people, a cause of their
joy. 1 Sam. vi. 13. The people rejoiced to
see the ark of God returning to Israel.
2 Sam. vi. 12. The ark of God brought to
the city of David with gladness. 1 Chron.
xv. 25.
1 Chron. xxix. 9. David and the people re-
joiced, because that with a perfect heart the
people offered willingly to the Lord the mate-
rials for building the house of the Lord.
2 Chron. xxiv. 10.
2 Chron. vi. 41. At the dedication of the
temple, Solomon prayed, saying, Let thy
priests, O Lord, be clothed with salvation, and
let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 1 Kings
viii. 66. Ps. Ixiii. 2.
Ezra iii. 12. At laying the foundation of
the second temple, many shouted aloud for joy.
Ver. 13.
vi. 16. They kept the dedication of the se-
cond temple with joy.
2 Chron. xxix. 35, 36. The service of the
house of the Lord was set in order : And He-
zekiah the king, and all the people, rejoiced
that God had prepared the people.
xxx. 1. 21. 26. There was great joy in Je-
rusalem, at holding the passover by the com-
mandment of king Hezekiah. See ch. xv. 12.
14, 15. Ezra vi. 22.
Neh. viii. 9, 10. 12. The people rejoiced at
hearing the law read.
xii. 27 44. They rejoiced at the dedicating
of the wall of Jerusalem, and divine worship
restored.
XCIX. God's presence with his people a
cause of joy. Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice,
O daughter of Zion ; for, lo, I come, and will
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. Ch.
ix. 9. Ps. xvi. 8, 9. 1 1. xlvi. 4, 5. xlviii. 2.
Isa. xii. 6. Zeph. iii. 14 to 20.
C. God's love and care for his people, a
cause of joy. Song i. 4. We will be glad and
rejoice in thee ; we will remember thy love
more than wine. ,
Ps. xxxv. 27. Let them shout for joy and
be glad ; let them say continually the Lord be
magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity
of his servants.
CI. God's mercy a cause of joy. Ps. xxxi .
7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy ,
for thou hast considered my trouble, thou hast
known my soul in adversity. Ps. li. 8, 9. 12.
Ixxxv. 6, 7.
CII. Help and strength from God a cause
of joy. Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is
your strength.
Ps. xvi. 8, 9. Because the Lord is at my
right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore
my heart is glad.
xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength, and
my shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am
helped ; therefore my heart greatly rejoiced.
CIII. Salvation from God against enemies
a cause of joy. 1 Sam. ii. 1. My mouth is
enlarged over mine enemies; because I re-
joice in thy salvation.
Ps. ix. 14. I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Ps. xiii. 5. xxxv. 9.
cxviii. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salva-
tion is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Ps.
xxi. 1.
Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in God
my Saviour.
CIV. God's vengeance upon his and his
people's enemies, a cause of rejoicing. Deut
xxxii. 43. Rejoice, O ye nations, with his
people, for he will avenge the blood of his
servants, and will render vengeance to his ad-
versaries, and will be merciful unto his land,
and to his people.
Ps. xlviii. 11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let
the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy
udgments. Ver. 7, 8.
Iviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice when
lie seeth the vengeance ; he shall wash his
"eet in the blood of the wicked. Job xxii. 1 9.
CV. Rejoicing in God's word. Ps. xix. 8.
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing
the heart.
CHAP. XIV.
COMFORT IN GOD.
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cxix. 14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy
testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as
an heritage for ever, for they are the rejoicing
of my heart. Ver. 77. 92. 174.
Jer. xv. 16. Thy word was unto me the joy
and rejoicing of my heart.
1 John i. 4. These things write we unto
you, that your joy may be full.
The word was received with joy. Acts ii.
41. viii. 8. xiii. 48. 1 Thess. i. 6.
CVI. Joy in God's providential govern-
ment. 1 Chron. xvi. 31. Let the heavens be
glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let men
say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.
Ps. ix. 2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee.
Ver. 4. Thou sattest in the throne judging
right. Ver. 8. He will judge the world in
righteousness.
Ixvii. 4. Let the nations be glad, and sing
for joy ; for thou shalt judge the people right-
eously, and govern the nations upon earth.
Ixxxix. 12. Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice
in thy name. Ver. 14. Justice and judgment
are the habitation of thy throne.
xcvi. 10. Say among the heathen, The
Lord reigneth, the world shall be established,
that it shall not be moved : he shall judge the
people righteously.
Ver. 11. Let the heavens rejoice, and let
the earth be glad. Ver. 13. For the Lord
shall judge the world with righteousness, and
the people with his truth. Ps. xcviii. 4. 9.
xcvii. 1, 2. The Lord reigneth, let the earth
rejoice, let the multitude of the isles be glad.
Righteousness and judgment are the habita-
tion of his throne.
Rev. xix. 6, 7. The Lord God omnipotent
reigneth : Let us be glad and give honour to
him. See Ps. civ. 34. cvii. 42. cxlix. 2.
CVII. Temporal deliverances of God's
church, a cause of joy. See the deliverances
of the Jews from the Egyptians, Exod. xviii.
9, 10. Ps. Ixvi. 6. cv. 43. cvi. 5.
Deliverance from captivity. Ps. xiv. 7.
cxxvi. 3.
CVIII. Spiritual blessings conferred on
the church, a cause of rejoicing. Isa. ix. 3.
They joy before thee according to the joy in
harvest. Ver. 6. For unto us a child is born,
unto us a Son is given. Ch. Iv. 4. 12. Zech.
ix. 9. See Rejoicing in Christ. .
xii. 2, 3. The Lord Jehovah is my strength
and rny song ; he is also become my salvation,
therefore with joy shall ye draw water out
of the wells of salvation. Ver. 5, 6.
xxxv. 1, 2. The wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad for them, and the desert
shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall
blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy
and singing: they shall see the glory of the
Lord, and the excellency of our God.
xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee ; I am
thy God, I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will
uphold thee with the right hand of my right-
eousness : thou shalt rejoice in the Holy One
of Israel. Ver. 13, 14. 16.
xlix. 13. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful,
earth ; for the Lord hath comforted his people.
li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion. Ver.
10. 12.
Ver. 11. They shall obtain gladness and
joy, &c. Ch. lii. 9. Ch. liv. 1 to 8.
Ix. 15. I will make thee an eternal excel-
lency, a joy of many generations. Ver. 16, 17.
Ixi. 3 to 11. Ixv. 14. 18. Ixvi. 5. 10 to 15.
Jer. xxxi. 13, 14. xxxiii. 8, 9, 10, 11.
Zeph. iii. 17, 18. 20. Zech. ii. 10.
CIX. The. work of creation a cause of joy.
Job xxxviii. 4. 7. When God laid the founda-
tions of the earth, the morning stars sang to-
gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.
CX. Worldly prosperity from the hand of
God, a cause of joy. Deut. xii. 7. Ye shall
rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye
and your households, wherein the Lord thy
God hath blessed thee. Ver. 12. 18.
xxvi. 11. Thou shalt rejoice in every good
thing which the Lord thy God hath given
unto thee, and unto thy house.
Joel ii. 23. Be glad, ye children of Zion,
and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he
hath given you the former rain moderately,
and he will cause to come down for you the
rain, the former rain, and the latter rain, in
the first month.
Ver. 24. And the floors shall be full of
wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine
and oil. Ver. 26. And ye shall eat in plenty
and be satisfied, and praise the name of the
Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously
with you.
CXI. Rejoicing in God in time of worldly
adversity. Hab. iii. 17, 18. Although the
fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit
be in the vine ; the labour of the olive shall
fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the
flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there
shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet will I re-
joice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my
salvation. Ps. xlvi. 1 to 5.
COMFORT IN GOD
CXII. Godgiveth comfort and consolation.
Job xv. 11. Are the consolations of God small
with thee 1
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SATISFACTION.
CHAP. XIV
Ps. xxiii. 4. Though I walk through the [
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy
stafi' they comfort me.
Ixxi. 20, 21. O God, thou hast shewed me
great and sore troubles : Thou shalt increase
my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Ixxxvi. 17. The Lord hath holpen me and
comforted me.
xciv. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts
within me, thy comforts delight my soul.
cxix. 52. I remembered thy judgments of
old, O Lord, and have comforted myself.
Ver. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful
kindness be for my comfort, according to thy
word unto thy servant. Ver. 82. Mine eyes
fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou
comfort me 1
Isa. xii. 1. Lord, I will praise thee:
though thou wast angry with me, thine anger
is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
xl. 1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,
saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Je-
rusalem, and cry, that her warfare is accom-
plished, that her iniquity is pardoned.
xlix. 13. The Lord hath comforted his peo-
ple, and will have mercy on his afflicted. Ch.
lii. 9.
li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion ; joy
and gladness shall be found therein, thanks-
giving and the voice of melody.
Ver. 12. I, even I (saith the Lord) am he
that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die,
and of the son of man that shall be made as
grass]
Ivii. 18. I have seen his ways and will heal
him ; I will lead him, and restore comforts to
him and to his mourners.
Ixi. 3. I appoint, to comfort all that mourn
in Zion.
Ixvi. 13. As one whom his mother com-
forteth, so will I comfort you.
Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourning
into joy, and will comfort them.
Hos. ii. 14. I will speak comfortably unto
her.
Zech. i. 13. The Lord answered with com-
fortable words. Ver. 17. The Lord shall yet
comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jeru-
salem.
Matt. v. 4. Blessed are they that mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Luke xvi. 25. Lazarus is comforted in
heaven.
John xiv. 18. Jesus said, I will not leave
you comfortless.
Acts ix. 31. The churches walking in the
fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the
Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Rom. xv. 4. Whatsoever things were writ-
ten aforetime, were written for our learning ;
that we through patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope.
Ver. 5. Now the God of patience and con-
solation grant you to be like minded one to-
ward another, according to Christ Jesus.
2 Cor. i. 3, 4. Blessed be God, even the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies and the God of all comfort ; who
comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we
may be able to comfort them that are in any
trouble, by the comfort wherewith we our-
selves are comforted of God.
Ver. 5. Our consolation aboundeth by
Christ. Phil. ii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 8.
vii. 6. God that comforteth those that are
cast down, comforted us.
2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ
himself, and God, even our Father, which hath
loved us, and given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace. (Heb. vi. 18.)
Ver. 17. Comfort your hearts, and establish
you in every good word and work.
Observe, the foregoing Scriptures represent
a Christian's comfort, as proceeding from
God the Father, from Christ, the Holy Ghost,
and from the holy Scriptures.
SATISFACTION.
CXm. God satisfieth. Ps.xvii. 15. I will
behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be
satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.
xxxvi. 8, 9. They shall be abundantly satis-
fied with the fatness of thy house, and thou
wilt make them drink of the river of thy plea-
sures. For with thee is the fountain of life.
Ixiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as with
marrow and fatness; when I remember thee
upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the
night-watches.
Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the good-
ness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
ciii. 2. 5. Bless the Lord, my soul, who
satisfieth thy mouth with good things.
cvii. 9. The Lord satisfieth the longing soul,
and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless Zion's
provision ; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Isa. Iv. 2. Wherefore do ye spend money
for that which is not bread, and your labour
for that which satisfieth not? hearken dili-
gently unto me, and eat that which is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Jer. xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of the
priests with fatness, and my people shall be
satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
Ver. 25. I have satiated the weary soul.
CHAP. XIV.
DELIGHT IN GOD HOPE IN GOD.
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DELIGHT IN GOD.
CXIV. Delight in God. Job xxii. 21.
Acquaint thyself with God. Ver. 26. Then
shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,
and lift up thy face unto God.
Ps, xxxvii. 4. Delight thyself in the Lord,
and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.
Isa. Iviii. 14. Keep the sabbath, &c. Then
shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I
will cause thee to ride upon the high places
of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage
of Jacob thy father.
CXV. Things of God delighted in by his
people. Neh. ix. 25. Thy people delighted
themselves in thy great goodness.
Ps. i. 2. A good man's delight is in the law
of the Lord. Ps. cxix. 70. 77. 92. Rom.
vii. 22.
xciv. 19. Thy comforts delight my soul.
cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that delighteth
in God's commandments.
cxix. 16. I will delight myself hi thy sta-
tutes. Ver. 47. 143.
Isa. Iviii. 13. Call the sabbath a delight.
CXVI. Delight in Christ. Song ii. 3. I
sat down under his shadow with great delight.
Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall
suddenly come to his temple, even the mes-
senger of the covenant whom ye delight in.
GLORYING IN GOD.
CXVII. Glorying in God. Isa. xli. 16.
Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the
Holy One of Israel. Ch. xlv. 25. Jer. iv. 2.
Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth glory in
the Lord. Ps. Ixiii. 11. Ixiv. 10. cv. 3.
cvi. 4, 5. 1 Cor. i. 31. 2 Cor. x. 17.
Gal. vi. 14, God forbid that I should glory,
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom the world is crucified unto me and I
unto the world.
CXVIII. Sinful glorying forbidden. Jer.
ix. 23. 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.
1 Cor. i. 29. No man should glory in God's
Rom. iv. 2.
iii. 21. Let no man glory in man.
iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ 1 and what
hast thou that thou didst not receive 1 Now
if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as
if thou hadst not received it 1
ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel I have
nothing to glory of, for necessity is laid upon
me ; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the
gospel.
2 Cor. xi. 18. Many glory after the flesh.
1 Cor. v. 6. James iii. 14.
xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but of
mine infirmities. Ver. 9. Ch. xi. 30.
BOASTING IN GOD.
CXIX. Boasting in God. Ps. xxxiv. 2.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord,
xliv. 8. In God we boast all the day long.
SINFUL BOASTING.
CXX. Sinful boasting of the wicked. Ps.
x. 3, 4. The wicked boasteth of his heart's
desire. God is not in all his thoughts.
xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the mul-
titude of their riches.
Hi. 1. Why boastest thou thyself in mis-
chief]
xciv. 4. How long shall the workers of ini-
quity boast themselves 1 Ver. 7. They say,
The Lord shall not see nor regard it.
Prov. xx vii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-mor-
row, for thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth.
Isa. x. 15. Shall the axe boast itself against
him that heweth therewith ]
Ezek. xxxv. 13. With your mouth ye have
boasted against me. Ver. 14. Thus saith the
Lord, I will make you desolate.
Rom. i. 30. Wicked men are boasters.
2 Tim. iii. 2.
ii. 17, 18. Thou makest thy boast of God,
and knowest his will. Ver. 23. Thou that
makest thy boast of the law, through breaking
the law dishonourest thou God ?
iii. 27. Boasting is excluded by the law of
faith.
James iii. 5. The tongue boasteth great
things.
iv. 16. Ye rejoice in your boastings: all
such rejoicing is evil.
HOPE IN GOD.
CXXI. Hope in God and in Christ. Ezra
x. 2. We have trespassed against our God,
yet now is there hope concerning this.
Job v. 15, 16. God saveth the poor from the
sword, and from the hand of the mighty. The
poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her
mouth.
xi. 14. Put iniquity far from thee. Ver. 18.
Then thou shalt be secure, because there is
hope.
Ps. xvi. 9, 10. My flesh shall rest in hope :
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Acts
ii. 26.
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HOPE IN GOD.
CHAP. XIV.
xxii. 9. Thou didst make me to hope when
I was upon my mother's breasts.
xxxi. 24. Be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the
Lord.
xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon
them that fear him, upon them that hope in
his mercy. Ver. 22. Let thy mercy, Lord, be
upon us, according as we hope in thee. Ps.
cxlvii. 11.
xxxviii. 15. For in thee, Lord, do I hope;
thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God.
xxxix. 7. Lord, what wait I for 1 my hope
is in thee.
xlii. 5. Why art thou cast down, my
soul ? why art thou disquieted in me 1 Hope
thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, for the
help of his countenance. Ver. 11. Ps. Ixxi.
4, 5. 14.
Ixxviii. 5. He commanded our fathers, that
they should make known to their children his
testimony and his law. Ver. 7. That they
might set their hope in God, and not forget the
works of God, but keep his commandments.
cxix. 43. I have hoped in thy judgments.
Ver. 49. Remember the word on which
thou hast caused me to hope. Ver. 74. I have
hoped in thy word. Ver. 81. 114. 116.
Ver. 166. Lord, I have hoped for thy sal-
vation, and done thy commandments.
cxxx. 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord ; for
with the Lord there is mercy, and plenteous
redemption. Ps. cxxxi. 3.
cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of
Jacob for his help, and whose hope is in the
Lord his God.
Prov. x. 28. The hope of the righteous shall
be gladness ; but the expectation of the wicked
shall perish.
xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away in his
wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in
his death.
Jer. iii. 23. In vain is salvation hoped for
from the hills and from the multitude of
mountains : truly in the Lord our God is the
salvation of Israel.
xiv. 8. O Lord, the hope of Israel and the
Saviour thereof in time of trouble.
xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in
the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Ver. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel. Ver.
17. Thou art my hope in the day of evil.
xxxi. 17. There is hope, saith the Lord, that
thy children shall come again from captivity.
1. 7. They sinned against the Lord, the
hope of their fathers.
Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith
my soul ; therefore will I hope in him.
Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both
hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the
Lord. Ver. 29. He putteth his mouth in the
dust, if so be there may be hope. Ver. 31.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
Hos. ii. 15. The Lord saith, I will give her
(the church) the valley of Achor for a door
of hope.
Joel iii. 16. The Lord will be the hope of
iis people.
Zech. ix. 12. Turn you to the strong-hold,
ye prisoners of hope.
Acts xxiii. 6. Of the hope and resurrection
of the dead I am called in question, said Paul.
xxiv. 15. I have hope toward God, that
there shall be a resurrection of the dead. Ch.
xxvi. 6, 7. xxviii. 20.
Rom. iv. 18. Abraham believed in hope.
v. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.
Ver. 4, 5. Experience worketh hope : and
hope maketh not ashamed.
viii. 24, 25. We are saved by hope : but
hope that is seen is not hope ; fur what a man
seeth why doth he yet hope for 1 If we hope
for that we see not, then do we with patience
wait for it.
xii. 12. Rejoicing in hope.
xv. 4. Whatsoever things were written
aforetime, were written for our learning, that
we through patience and comfort of the Scrip-
tures might have hope,.
Ver. 13. Now the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope through the power of the Holy
Ghost.
1 Cor. ix. 10. For our sakes this is written,
That he that plougheth should plough in
hope, and that he that thresheth in hope
should be a partaker of his hope.
xiii. 7. Charity hopeth all things. Ver. 13
Now abideth faith, hope, charity.
xv. 19. If in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
2 Cor. iii. 12. Seeing we have such hope,
we use great plainness of speech.
Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for
the hope of righteousness through faith.
Eph. i. 18. Your understanding being en-
lightened, that ye may know what is the hope
of his calling, and what the riches of the
glory of his inheritance in the saints.
iv. 4. Ye are called in one hope of your
calling.
Phil. i. 20. My earnest expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed ; but
that with all boldness, as always, so now also,
Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether
it be by life or by death.
Col. i. 5. The hope laid up for you in
heaven.
Ver. 23. Be not moved away from the hope
of the gospel. Ver. 27. Christ in you ihe
hope of glory.
CHAP. XIV.
EXPECTATION WAITING.
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1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thinks to God al-
ways for you ; remembering your work of
faith, and labour of love, and patience of
hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of
God and our Father.
ii. 19. What is our hope or joy, or crown of
rejoicing ? are not even ye in the presence of
our Lord Jesus Christ ?
v. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love,
and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ,
and God even our Father, which hath loved
us, and hath given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace, comfort your
hearts, and establish you in every good word
and work.
1 Tim. i. 1. The Lord Jesus Christ which
is our hope.
Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God
hath promised.
ii. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, and
the glorious appearing of the great God our
Saviour, who gave himself for us.
iii.7. Being justified by his grace, we shall be
made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Heb. iii. 6. Hold fast the confidence and
rejoicing of hope firm unto the end.
vi. 11. Full assurance of hope.
Ver. 17 19. God confirmed his promise
by an oath ; that we might have a strong con-
solation who have fled for refuge to lay hold
upon the hope set before us : Which hope we
have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and
steadfast, and which entereth into that within
the veil. Whither the forerunner is for us
entered, even Jesus, made an high priest.
vii. 19. The law made nothing perfect, but
the bringing in of a better hope did.
xi. 1. Faith is the substance of things
hoped for.
1 Pet i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his
abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto
a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead.
Ver. 13. Be sober and hope to the end, for
the grace, &c. Ver. 21. God raised Christ
from the dead, and gave him glory, that your
faith and hope might be in God.
iii. 15. Be ready always to give an answer
to every man that asketh you a reason of the
hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
1 John iii. 2, 3. Now are we the sons of.
God : when he shall appear we shall be like
him. Every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
CXXII. The hope of the wicked perisheth.
Job viii. 13. The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
Ver. 14.
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xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall fail,
their hope shall be as the giving up of the
ghost.
xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypo-
crite, when God taketh away his soul ]
Prov. x. 28. The expectation of the wicked
shall perish. Job xviii. 14.
xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, his ex-
pectation shall perish; and the hope of unjust
men perisheth.
Jer. xviii. 1 2. They said, There is no hope ;
but we will walk after our own devices. Ch.
ii. 25.
Eph. ii. 12. Having no hope, and without
God in the world.
1 Thess. iv. 13. Sorrow not [for the dead]
as others which have no hope.
EXPECTATION.
CXXIII. The expectation of the righteous
from God. Ps. Ixii. 5. My expectation is
from the Lord.
Prov. xxiii. 18. Thine expectation shall not
be cut off. Ch. xxiv. 14.
Phil. i. 20. According to my earnest ex-
pectation Christ shall be magnified in my
body, whether it be by life or by death.
CXXIV. Expectation of the wicked. Prov.
x. 28. The expectation of the wicked shall
perish. Ch. xi. 7.
xi. 23. The expectation of the wicked is
wrath.
Zech. ix. 5. Ekron, her expectation shall be
ashamed.
Acts xii. 11. The Lord hath delivered me
from the expectation of the Jews.
WAITING.
CXXV. The righteous wait for God.
Gen. xlix. 18. I have waited for thy salva-
tion, Lord.
Ps. xxv. 3. Let none that wait on the Lord
be ashamed.
Ver. 5. Thou art the God of my salvation*:
on thee do I wait all the day. Ver. 21.
xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.
xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord :
he is our help and our shield.
xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait pa-
tiently f >r him. Ver. 9. Those that wait on
the Lord shall inherit the earth. Ver. 34.
xxxix. 7. Lord, what wait I for? my hope
is in thee ; deliver me from all my transgres-
sions. Ver. 8.
xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, and
he inclined unto me and heard my cry.
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CHAP. XIV.
lix. 9. Because of his strength I will wait
upon thee, for God is my defence.
Ixii. 1. My soul waiteth upon God: from
him cometh my salvation. Ver. 5.
Ixix. 3. Mine eyes fail while I wait for my
God. Ver. 6. Let not them that wait on thee
be ashamed.
cxxiii. 2. Our eyes wait upon the Lord our
God, until he have mercy upon us.
cxxx. 5, 6. I wait for the Lord ; my soul
doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My
soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that
watch for the morning.
Prov. viii. 34. Blessed is the man that
heareth me, [Wisdom,] watching daily at my
gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
. xx. 22. Wait on the Lord, and he shall
save thee.
Isa. viii. 17. I will wait upon the Lord that
hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and
I will look for him.
xxv. 9. Lo, this is our God, we have waited
for him, and he will save us ; this is the Lord,
we have waited for him ; we will be glad and
rejoice in his salvation.
xxvi. 8. In the way of thy judgments, O
Lord, have we waited for thee : the desire of
our soul is to thy name, and to the remem-
brance of thee.
xxx. 18. The Lord is a God of judgment:
blessed are all that wait for him.
xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us ; we
have waited for thee : be thou their arm every
morning, our salvation also in time of trouble.
xl. 31. They that wait upon the Lord shall
renew their strength.
xlix. 23. Thou shalt know that I am the
Lord, for they shall not be ashamed that wait
for me.
li. 5. The isles shall wait upon me, and on
mine arm shall they trust. See also, Isa. xlii. 4.
Ixiv. 4. Men have not heard, nor perceived
by the ear, neither hath the eye seen what he
hath prepared for them that wait for him.
Jer. xiv. 22. Are there any among the
vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ?
or can the heavens give showers 1 Art not
thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will
wait upon thee ; for thou hast made all these
things.
Lam. iii. 25, 26. The Lord is good unto
them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh
him. It is good that a man should both hope
and quietly wait for the salvation of the
Lord.
Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment, and
wait on thy God continually.
Mic. vii. 7. I will wait for the God of my
salvation : my God will hear me.
Hab. ii. 3. The vision is for an appointed
ime ; wait for it, because it will surely come.
Zeph. iii. 8. Wait upon me, saith the
Lord.
Mark xv. 43. Joseph of Arimathea waited
for the kingdom of God. Luke xxiii. 51.
Luke ii. 25. Simeon waited for the conso-
lation of Israel.
xii. 36. Be ye like men that wait for the
coming of their Lord.
Rom. viii. 23. We groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemp-
tion of our body.
1 Cor. i. 5. 7. In every thing ye 'are en-
riched : So that ye come behind in no gift,
waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for
the hope of righteousness by faith.
1 Thess. i. 9, 10. Ye turned from idols to
serve the living and true God, and to wait for
his Son from heaven. 2 Thess. iii. 5. James
v. 7. See Zech. ix. 1.
CXXVI. The wicked wait not for God.
2 Kings vi. 33. Behold, this evil is of the
Lord, what should I wait for the Lord any
longer 1
Ps. cvi. 13. They forgat his works, they
waited not for his counsel.
SUBMISSION AND RESIGNATION TO
GOD.
CXXVII. Language expressive of this
temper of mind. Judg. x. 15. Do unto us
what seemeth good unto thee.
1 Sam. iii. 18. Eli said, It is the Lord, let
'him do what seemeth him good. 2 Sam. x.
12. xv. 26.
2 Kings xx. 19. Hezekiah said unto Isaiah,
Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast
spoken. Isa. xxxix. 8.
Matt. xi. 26. Jesus said, Even so, Father ;
for so it seemed good in thy sight. Luke x. 21.
vi. 10. Thy will be done. Luke xi. 2.
xxvi. 42. Jesus prayed, and said, O my
Father, if this cup may not pass away from
me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Acts xxi. 14. The will of the Lord be done.
Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is
brought upon us.
Job i. 21. The Lord gave, and the Lord
hath taken away, and blessed be his name.
Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man
complain ; a man for the punishment of his
sins?
James iv. 7. Submit yourselves to God.
Ps. xxxix. 9. I was dumb and opened not
my mouth, because thou didst it.
Threats. Isa. xlv. 9. Wo to him that striveth
with his Maker !
CHAP. XIV. RELYING UPON GOD TRUST IN GOD.
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RELYING UPON GOD.
CXXVIII. Relying upon God. 2 Chron.
xiii. 18. The children of Judah prevailed
against their enemies, because they relied upon
the Lord God of their fathers. 1 Chron. v. 20.
xiv. 11. Help us, O Lord our God, for we
rest on thee.
xvi. 8. Because thou didst rely upon the
Lord, he delivered thine enemies into thine
hand.
Ps. xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait
patiently for him.
Iv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
he will sustain thee ; he shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved.
cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, my soul.
Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way, and ye
shall find rest for your souls.
1 Pet. v. 7. Casting all your care upon him,
for he careth for you.
TRUST IN GOD.
CXXIX. Trusting in God and Christ.
2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The Lord is my
rock and my fortress, and my deliverer ; the
God of my rock, in him will I trust ; he is my
shield and the horn of my salvation, my high
tower, and my refuge, my Saviour : thou savest
me from violence. Ps. xviii. 2. cxliv. 1, 2.
Ver. 31. The Lord is a -buckler to all that
trust in him.
2 Kings xviii. 5. Hezekiah trusted in the
Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none
like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any
that were before him. Ch. xix. 10. 2 Chron.
xxxii. 7, 8. isa. xxxvi. xxxvii. chapters.
1 Chron. v. 18 20. The sons of Reuben,
and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manas-
seh, made war with the Hagarites. And the
Hagarites were delivered into their hand ; for
they cried to God in the battle, and he was
entreated of them ; because they put their trust
in him.
Job xiii. 15. Job said, Though he slay me,
yet will I trust in him.
xxxv. 14. Judgment is before him, therefore
trust thou in him.
Ps. ii. 12. Blessed are they that put their
trust in him.
iv. 5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
and put your trust in the Lord.
v. 11. Let all those that put their trust in
thee rejoice.
vii. 1. O Lord my God, in thee do I put my
trust ; save me from all that persecute me.
ix. 10. They that know thy name will put
their trust in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast not
forsaken them that seek thee.
xi. 1. In the Lord put I my trust.
xiii. 5. I have trusted in thy mercy, my
heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
xvi. 1. Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I
put my trust.
xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving-kind-
ness, O thou that savest by thy right hand
them which put their trust in thee.
xx. 7. Some trust in chariots and horses,
but we will remember the name of the Lord
our God.
xxi. 7. The king trusteth in the Lord, and
through the mercy of the Most High he shall
not be moved.
xxii. 4, 5. Our fathers trusted in thee, and
thou didst deliver them. They trusted in thee,
and were not confounded.
Ver. 8. He trusted in the Lord that he
would deliver him. Matt, xxvii. 43.
xxv. 2. O my God, I trust in thee; let me
not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph
over me. Ver. 20. O keep my soul, and deli-
ver me ; let me not be ashamed, for I put my
trust in thee.
xxvi. 1. I have trusted in the Lord, there-
fore I shall not slide.
xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my
shield ; my heart trusted in him and I am
helped : therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth,
and with my song will I praise him.
xxxi. 1. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust :
let me never be ashamed : deliver me in thy
righteousness. Ps. Ixxi. 1. 5.
Ver. 6. I have hated them that regard lying
vanities, but I trust in the Lord.
Ver. 19. How great is thy goodness which
thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which
thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men !
xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked; but he that trusteth in the Lord,
mercy shall compass him round.
xxxiii. 21, 22. Our heart shall rejoice in
him because we trusted in his holy name. Let
thy mercy be upon us.
xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man that trusteth
in him. (Ps. Ixxxiv. 12.) Ver. 22. None
that trust in him shall be desolate.
xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving-kind-
ness, O God ; therefore the children of men
put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord and do good,
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou
shall be fed. Ver. 5. 40.
xl. 4. Blessed is the man that maketh the
Lord his trust. Ver. 3.
xliv. 6. I will not trust in my bow : thou
hast saved us from our enemies. Ver. 7.
lii. 8. I trust in the mercy of God for ever
and ever.
Iv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
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CHAP. XIV.
he shall sustain thee ; he shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved. Ver. 23.
hi. 3, 4. What time I am afraid, I will
trust in thee. In God I have put my trust, I
will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Pa.
cxviii. 6.
Ivii. 1. Be merciful unto me, God, be mer-
ciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee ; yea,
in the shadow of thy wings will I make my
refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Ixi. 4. I will trust in the covert of thy wings.
Ixii. 8. Trust in him at all times : God is a
refuge for us.
Ixiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad in the
Lord, and shall trust in him.
Ixxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw near to
God : I have put my trust in theXord God.
Ixxxvi. 2. thou my God, save thy ser-
vant that trusteth in thee.
xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my re-
fuge and my fortress, my God, in him will I
trust.
cxii. 7. A good man shall not be afraid of
evil tidings ; his heart is fixed , trusting in the
Lord. Ver. 8.
cxv. 9. Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is
their help and shield. Ver. 10, 11.
cxviii. 8, 9. It is better to trust in the Lord,
than to put confidence in man. It is better to
trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in
princes. Ps. cxlvi. 3.
cxix. 41, 42." Let thy mercies come unto
me, Lord, even thy salvation, according to
thy word. For I trust in thy word.
cxxv. 1. They that trust in the Lord shall
be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed.
cxli. 8. Mine eyes are unto thee, O God,
the Lord ; in thee is my trust ; leave not my
soul destitute.
cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-kind-
ness in the morning, for in thee do I trust :
cause me to know the way wherein I should
walk, for I lift my soul to thee.
Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thy
heart, and lean not unto thine own under-
standing.
xvi. 3. Commit thy works unto the Lord.
Ver. 20. Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy
is he.
xxii. 19. That thy trust may be in the Lord,
I have made known to thee, &c.
xxviii. 25. He that putteth his trust in the
Lord shall be made fat.
xx ix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the
Lord shall be safe.
Isa. xii. 2. Behold, God is my salvation, I
will trust and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jeho-
vah is my strength and my song, he is also
become my salvation.
xxvi. 3, 4. Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because
he trusteth in thee. Trust in the Lord for
ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting
strength.
1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the
Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his servant,
that walkelh in darkness and hath no light?
let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay
upon his God.
li. 5. The isles shall wait upon me, and on
mine arm shall they trust. Matt. xii. 21.
Ivii. 13. He that putteth his trust in the
Lord, shall possess the land, and shall inherit
my holy mountain.
Jer. xvii. 7, 8. Blessed is the man who trust-
eth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,
and that spreadeth out her roots by the river.
xlix. 11. Let thy widows trust in me.
Dan. iii. 28. The Lord sent his angels and
delivered his servants that trusted in him.
Nah. i. 7, 8. The Lord is good, a stronghold
in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them
that trust in him. But darkness shall pursue
his enemies.
Zeph. iii. 12. An afflicted and poor people,
shall trust in the name of the Lord.
Matt. xii. 21. In his [Christ's] name shall
the Gentiles trust.
Rom. xv. 12. In him shall the Gentiles trust.
Isa. xi. 10. li. 5.
2 Cor. i. 9, 10. We had the sentence of
death within ourselves, that we should not trust
in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the
dead. Who delivered us ; in whom we trust
that he will yet deliver us.
iii. 4, 5. Such trust have we through Christ
to Godward. Not that we are sufficient of
ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God.
Eph. i. 12, 13. That we should be to the
praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard
the word of truth, the gospel of your salva-
tion.
1 Tim. iv. 10. We both labour and suffer
reproach, because we trust in the living God ;
who is the Saviour of all men, especially of
them that believe.
v. 5. She that is a widow indeed and deso-
late, trusteth in God. 1 Pet. iii. 5.
CONFIDENCE.
CXXX. Confidence in God. Ps. Ixv. 5.
God of our salvation, who art the confidence
of the ends of the earth.
Prov. iii. 25, 26. Be not afraid of sudden
fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked
when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy
confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being
taken.
CHAP. XIV.
CONFIDENCE.
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xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong
confidence.
Isa. xxx. 15. Thus saiththe Lord, in quiet-
ness and confidence shall be your strength.
2 Cor. v. 8. We are confident and willing
rather to be absent from the body.
Eph. iii. 12. In Christ Jesus our Lord, we
have boldness and access with confidence, by
the faith of him.
Phil. i. 6. Being confident of this, that he
that hath begun a good work in you will per-
form it until the day of Jesus Christ.
2 Thess. iii. 4. We have confidence in the
Lord touching you. Gal. v. 10. Philem.
ver. 21.
Heb. iii. 6. We are Christ's house, if we
hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of
the hope firm unto the end. Ver. 14. We
are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the
beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the
end.
x. 35. Cast not away your confidence, which
hath great recompense of reward.
1 John ii. 28. Little children, abide in Christ
that when he shall appear we may have con-
fidence, and not be ashamed before him at his
coming.
iii. 21. Beloved, if our heart condemn us
not, then have we confidence toward God.
v. 14. This is the confidence that we have
in him, that if we ask any thing according to
his will he heareth us.
CXXXI. Confidence in God a security
against the fear of evil from man. Gen. xv.
1. God said to Abram, Fear not, I am thy
shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
xxvi. 24. The Lord said to Isaac, Fear not,
for I am with thee, and will bless thee.
Lev. xxvi. 3. If ye walk in my statutes.
Ver. 6. None shall make you afraid. Job xi.
14, 15. 19. Ezek. xxxiv. 28. xxxix. 26.
Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not be afraid of the
face of man. Ver. 21. The Lord your God
shall fight for you. Ver. 30.
2 Kings vi. 16. The man of God said, Fear
not, for they that be with us be more than they
that be with them.
Job. v. 21. Neither shalt thou be afraid for
destruction when it cometh. Ver. 22. Ch. xi.
14, 15.
Ps. iii. 5, 6. The Lord sustained me, I will
not be afraid of thousands set against me. Ps.
xxvii. 3.
xxiii. 4. I will fear no evil, for thou art with
me.
xxxiv. 4. The Lord delivered me from all
my fears.
xlvi. 2. We will not fear, though the earth
be removed. Ver. 7. The Lord of hosts is
with us.
Ivi. 3, 4. In God I have put my trust ; I will
not fear what flesh can do unto me. Heb
xiii. 6.
xci. 5, 6. Thou shalt not be afraid for ter-
ror by night, nor for the arrow by day ; nor for
the pestilence, nor for destruction.
cxii. 7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings ;
his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ver. 8.
cxviii. 6. The Lord is on my side, I shall
not fear.
Prov. i. 33. Whoso hearkeneth unto me
shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear
of evil.
xxix. 25. The fear of man bringeth a snare,
but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall
be safe. Ch. iii. 2 1 to 25.
Isa. xii. 2. God is my salvation, I will trust
and not be afraid.
xli. 10. Fear not thou, I am with thee, saith
the Lord. Ver. 13, 14. Ch. xxxv. 4. Ch.
xliii. 1. 5. li. 7. 12. liv. 4. 14. Jer. i. 8.
xxiii. 4. xxx. 10. xxxix. 17. xlvi. 27, 28.
li. 46.
Mic. iv. 4. They shall sit every man under
his vine, and under his fig-tree, and none shall
make them afraid. Zeph. iii. 13. 16.
Matt. x. 26. Fear them not. Luke i. 74.
xxi. 9. John xii. 15.
Luke xii. 4. Be not afraid of them that kill
the body. Ver. 32.
Acts xviii. 9. Then spake the Lord to Paul,
Be not afraid, for I am with thee. Ver. 10.
Rom. viii. 15. We have not received the
spirit of bondage, again to fear, but of adop-
tion. 2 Tim. i. 7.
Phil. i. 14. The brethren spake the word
without fear.
Heb. ii. 15. Christ took part of flesh and
blood, that he might deliver them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
1 Pet. iii. 14. If ye suffer for righteousness'
sake, be not afraid of their terror. Matt. v. 10.
1 John iv. 1 8. There is no fear in love.
Rev. i. 17. Fear not, for I am the first and
the last. Ch.ii. 10. See Gen. xxi. 17. Exod.
xx. 20. !Numb. xiv. 9. xxi. 34. Deut. vii.
18, 19. 21. xx. 1. 3. xxxi. 6. 8. Josh. xi.
6. 2 Kings i. 15. 2 Chron. xx. 17. Neh.
iv. 14. Ps. xlix. 5. 16. Ixxviii. 53. Isa. vii.
4. 25. viii. 12. xiv. 3. xl. 9. Dan. x. 12,
Joel ii. 21. Matt. viii. 26. Mark iv. 40. Luke
xxi. 9. John xii. 15. Zech. ix. 9. Acts
xxvii. 24. Heb. xi. 23.
CXXXII. Confidence of the wicked. Job
xxxi. 24. If I have made gold my hope, or have
said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence
Ver. 28. This also were iniquity.
Ps. cxviii. 8, 9. It is better to trust in the
Lord, than to put confidence in man. It is
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CHAP. XIV.
better to trust in the Lord, than to put confi-
dence in princes.
Prov. xiv. 16. A wise man feareth and de-
parteth from evil : but a fool rageth and is con-
fident.
xxi. 22. A wise man scaleth the city of the
mighty, and casteth down the confidence
thereof.
xxv. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful man,
in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and
a foot out of joint.
Jer. ii. 37. The Lord hath rejected thy con-
fidence in Egypt and Assyria. Ezek. xxix.
16.
xlviii. 1 3. The house of Israel was ashamed
of Beth-el their confidence. 1 Kings xii. 29.
Phil. iii. 3. Have no confidence in the flesh.
CXXXIII. Assurance of the righteous.
Isa. xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness
shall be peace ; and the effect of righteous-
ness, quietness and assurance for ever. See
1 John iii. 19.
SEEKING GOD.
CXXXIV. Seeking God commanded. Ps.
xxvii. 8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ;
my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will
I seek.
cv. 4. Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his face evermore.
Isa. viii. 19. Should not a people seek to
their God 1
lv. 6. Seek ye the. Lord while he may be
found ; call upon him while he is near. See
Amos v. 4. Acts xv. 17. xvii. 27.
xi. 1 0. There shall be a root of Jesse, [L e.
Christ,] to it shall the Gentiles seek.
CXXXV. God is to be sought with all the
heart. Deut. iv. 29. Thou shalt find the
Lord, if thou seek him with all thy heart and
with all thy soul. Jer. xxix. 13, 14.
Ps. cxix. 2. Blessed are they that seek the
Lord with their whole heart.
1 Chron. xxii. 19. Set your heart and your
soul to seek the Lord your God.
Isa. xxvi. 9. With my soul have I desired
thee in the night ; yea, with my spirit within
me will I seek thee early. Ps. Ixiii. 8. My
soul followeth hard after thee.
CXXX VI. Promises to them that seek God.
See the first two texts in the last section.
Ezra viii. 22. The hand of God is upon all
them for good that seek him ; but his power
and his wrath is against all them that forsake
him.
Ps. ix. 10. Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken
them that seek thee.
xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall
not want any good thing.
Ixix. 32. Your heart shall live that seek
God.
Prov. viii. 17. Those that seek me early
shall find me.
Isa. xlv. 19. I said not unto the seed of
Jacob, Seek ye me in vain.
Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good to them that
wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Hos. x. 12. Seek the Lord, till he come and
rain righteousness upon you.
Amos v. 4. Thus saith the Lord to the
house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
Ver. 6. Seek the Lord, and ye shall live ;
lest he break out like fire in the house of Jo-
seph, and devour it, and there be none to
quench it in Beth-el.
Ver. 8. Seek him that maketh the seven
stars, and Orion ; that turneth the shadow of
death into the morning, and maketh the day
dark with night, &c. Ver. 9.
Zeph. ii. 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek
of the earth, which have wrought his judg-
ment: seek righteousness, seek meekness, it
may be ye shall be hid in the day of the
Lord's anger.
Matt. vii. 7, 8. Seek and ye shall find. He
that seeketh findeth. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9.
2 Chron. xv. 2.
Heb. xi. 6. God is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him. See Job viii. 5, 6. Ps.
xxii. 26.
CXXXVII. Prayers for them that seek
God. 2 Chron. xxx. 18 20. Hezekiah
prayed, saying, Good Lord, pardon every one
that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord
God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed
according to the purification of the sanctuary.
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and
healed the people.
Ps. Ixix. 6. Let none of those that seek
thee be confounded.
Ixx. 4. Let all those that seek thee, rejoice
and be glad in thee ; and let such as love thy
salvation say continually, the Lord be mag-
nified.
cv. 3. Let the heart of them rejoice that
seek the Lord. 1 Chron. xvi. 1
CXXXVIII. Examples of God's people
seeking him. 2 Chron. xi. 16. Out of all the
tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek
the Lord God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to
sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers,
[and would not worship the calves set up by
Jeroboam.]
xiv. 4. Asa commanded Judah to seek the
Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law
and the commandment. Ver. 7.
CHAP. XIV. NOT SEEKING GOD DRAWING NEAR TO GOD.
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2 Chron. xv. 12, 13. Israel entered into a
covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers
with all their heart and with all their soul :
And that whosoever would not seek the Lord
God of Israel, should be put to death. 2 Kings
xxiii. 3. Neh. x. 29. 2 Chron. xx. 4.
xvii. 3, 4. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat ;
because he sought the Lord God of his fathers,
and walked in his commandments. Ch. xix.
3. xx. 3. xxii. 9.
xxvi. 5. Uzziah sought God ; and as long
as he sought the Lord, God made him pros-
per. Ver. 7.
xxxi. 21. In every work that Hezekiah
began in the service of the house of God, and
in the law, and in the commandments, to seek
God, he did it with all his heart, and pros-
pered.
Ezra vi. 21. The children of Israel separated
themselves from the filthiness of the heathen
of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel.
vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to seek the
law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in
Israel statutes and judgments.
Job v. 8. I would seek unto God, and unto
God would I commit my cause.
Ps. xxiv. 6. This is the generation of them
that seek him.
xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord ; he heard,
and delivered me from all my fears. Ps.
Ixxvii. 2.
Song iii. 2. I will seek him whom my soul
loveth. Ch. vi. 1.
Isa. xxvi. 9. With my spirit within me will
I seek thee early.
Dan. ix. 3. I set my face unto the Lord
God, to seek by prayer and supplications,
with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes.
Mai. iii. 1. The Lord [Christ] whom ye
seek, shall suddenly come to his temple. Jer.
i. 4, 5. Hos. iii. 5. Zech. viii. 21, 22.
NOT SEEKING GOD.
CXXXIX. The wicked seek not God.
2 Chron. xvi. 12. Asa in his disease, sought
not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
Ps. x. 4. The wicked, through the pride of
his countenance, will not seek after God : God
is not in all his thoughts.
xiv. 2, 3. The Lord looketh down from
heaven upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand and seek
God. They are all gone aside. Ps. liii. 2.
Rom. iii. 11.
CXL. They seek not God aright. 2 Chron.
xii. 14. Rehoboam prepared not his heart to
seek the Lord.
Isa. Iviii. 2, 3. They seek me daily, and de-
light to know my ways, as a nation that did
righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance
of their God ; they seek of me the ordinances
of justice, they take delight in approaching to
God. In the day of your fast, ye exact all
your labours ; ye fast for strife. John vi. 26.
Tlireats against the wicked, who seek not
God aright. Ps. Ixxxiii. 16. Fill their faces
with shame, O Lord, that they may seek thy
name.
cxix. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they seek not thy statutes.
Prov. i. 28. They shall seek me early, but
shall not find me.
Isa. ix. 13, 14. The people turn not to him
that smiteth them ; neither do they seek the
Lord of hosts. Therefore the Lord will cut
off from Israel, head and tail, &c. Hos. vii.
10. 13, 14. 16.
xxxi. 1 . Wo to them that go down to Egypt,
and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, but
look not to the Holy One of Israel t neither
seek the Lord. Ch. xxx. 1, 2.
Jer. x. 21. The pastors are become brutish,
and have not sought the Lord ; therefore they
shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be
scattered.
Hos. v. 5, 6. The pride of Israel doth tes-
tify to his face, therefore shall Israel and
Ephraim fall in their iniquity. They shall
go with their flocks and their herds, to seek
the Lord, but they shall not find him ; he hath
withdrawn himself from them.
Ver. 15. I will go and return to my place,
saith the Lord, till they acknowledge their
offence, and seek my face : in their affliction
they will seek me early. Zeph. i. 6.
John vii. 34. Jesus said, Ye shall seek me,
and shall not find me.
viii. 21. Ye shall seek me, and die in your
sins.
DRAWING NEAR TO GOD.
CXLI. Drawing near to God. Lev. x. 3.
The Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified,
in them that come nigh me, and before all the
people will I be glorified.
1 Sam. xiv. 36. The priest said, Let us
draw near to God.
Ps. Ixv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou
causest to approach unto thee.
Ixxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw near to
God.
Jer. xxx. 21, 22. I will cause him to draw
near, and he shall approach unto me. And ye
shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true
leart, in full assurance of faith, having our
icarts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Ch,
vii. 19.
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COMING TO GOD BACKSLIDING.
CHAP. XIV.
James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will
draw nigh to you. Isa. xxix. 13. The wicked
draw nigh with their lips only. Matt. xv. 8.
Ezek. xxxiii. 31.
COMING TO GOD.
CXLII. Coming to God. Ps. Ixv. 2.
thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all
flesh come.
Isa. xlv. 24. In the Lord have I righteous-
ness and strength ; even to him shall all men
come.
Iv. 3. Incline your ear, and come unto me ;
hear and your soul shall live, and I will make
an everlasting covenant with you.
Jer. iii. 22. Return, ye backsliding children,
and I will heal your backslidings : behold we
come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our God.
Ch. xxx. 21.
Come to God through Christ. Heb. vii.
25. Christ is able to save them to the utter-
most, that come to God by him. Heb. iv. 16.
xi. 6.
Come to Christ. Matt. xi. 28. Jesus said,
Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Isa. Iv.
1. Ix. 3. Rev. xxii. 17.
John vi. 37. Jesus said, All that the Father
hath given me, shall come to me, and him that
cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.
Ver. 44. No man can come to me, except the
Father draw him.
FOLLOWING GOD.
CXLIII. Following God. 1 Sam. xii. 14.
Continue following the Lord your God. Ver.
15. 20, 21. 25. 1 Kings ix. 6, 7, 8. If ye will
riot, then shall the hand of the Lord be against
you.
1 Kings xviii. 21. Elijah said, If the Lord
be God, follow him. Deut. xiii. 4.
Ps. Ixiii. 8. My soul followeth hard after
thee.
Eph. vH. Be ye followers of God as dear
children.
CXLIV. Folkwing Christ. Matt. xvi.
24. Jesus said, If any man will come after me,
let him take up his cross and follow me. John
xii. 26.
John viii. 12. He that followeth me shall
not walk in darkness.
x. 27, 28. My sheep hear my voice, and
they follow me : And I give unto them eternal
life, and they shall never perish ; neither shall
any pluck them out of my hand.
FORSAKING GOD.
CXLV. Forsaking God. Threats. 1 Chron.
xxviii. 9. If thou forsake God he will cast thee
off for ever.
2 Chron. xv. 2. The Lord is with you while
ye be with him, and if ye seek him he will be
found of you: if you forsake him, he will for-
sake you.
xxiv. 20. Because ye have forsaken the
Lord, he hath forsaken you.
Ezra viii. 22. God's power and wrath is
against all that forsake him.
Isa. i. 4. They have forsaken the Lord, they
have provoked the Holy One of Israel to an-
ger. Ver. 28. They that forsake . the Lord
shall be consumed.
Jer. ii. 13. My people have forsaken me, the
fountain of living waters, and hewed them out
cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no
water.
Ver. 19. Thine own wickedness shall cor-
rect thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove
thee ; know therefore, and see that it is an evil
thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the
Lord thy God. See ver. 1418.
xvii. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that
forsake thee shall be ashamed. See Deut. viii.
20. xxxi. 1 6, 1 7. xxxii. 1 5 to 32. 2 Chron.
xii. 1. 5. Isa. Ixv. 11.
DEPARTING FROM GOD.
CXLVI. Departing from God. Jer. xvii.
5. Cursed be the man that trusteth in man,
and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart
departeth from God. Ver. 13. Ezek. xviii.
24. xxxiii. 12. See this sin confessed. Dan.
ix. 5. 11. Isa.lix. 12, 13.
Not departing from God. Instances.
2 Sam. xxii. 22, 23. I have kept the ways of
the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from
my God : For all his judgments were before
me ; and as for his statutes, I did not depart
from them. See Ps. xviii. 21. Ps. cxix. 3.
8. 10, 11. 102.
BACKSLIDING.
CXLVII. Backsliding from God. Prov.
xiv. 14. The backslider in heart shall be filled
with his own ways.
Isa. i. 4. They are gone away backward.
Jer. vii. 24.
Jer. ii. 19. Thy backslidings shall reprove
thee.
v. 6, 7. Their transgressions are many, their
backslidings are increased. How shall I par-
don thee 1 Ch. viii. 5. 13. xiv. 2 to 7.
CHAP. XIV.
GOING ASTRAY WORSHIP.
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xv. 6. Thou hast forsaken me, and art
gone away backward ; therefore will I destroy
thee.
xlix. 4, 5. O backsliding daughter, I will
bring a fear upon thee.
Hos. iv. 16. Israel slideth back, as a back-
sliding heifer.
xi. 6, 7. The sword shall abide on his cities ;
for my people are bent to backsliding.
Heb. x. 38, 39. If any man draw back, my
soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we
are not of them that draw back unto perdition ;
but of them that believe to the saving of the
soul.
Promise. Hos. xiv. 1. Return unto the
Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine
iniquity. Ver. 4. I will heal their backsliding.
Jer. iii. 22.
GOING ASTRAY.
CXLVIIL The wicked go aside, go astray,
err, wander, turn away from God. Ps. xiv.
3. They are all gone aside, &c.
Iviii. 3. The wicked are estranged from the
womb : they go astray as soon as born.
Ixxviii. 57. They are turned aside like a
deceitful bow. Ver. 62.
xcv. 10. It is a people that do err in heart.
Prov. v. 23. The wicked shall die without
instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he
shall go astray.
xiv. 22. Do they not err that devise evil ?
but mercy and truth shall be to them that de-
vise good.
Isa. xliv. 20. A deceived heart hath turned
him aside : he cannot deliver his soul, nor say,
Is there not a lie in my right hand 1
Jer. ii. 27. They have turned their back
unto me, and not their face.
viii. 6. Every one turned to his course, as
me horse rusheth into the battle.
CXLIX. Confession. Isa. liii. 6. All we
like sheep have gone astray ; we have turned
every one to his own way.
CL. Threats. Ps. cxix. 21. Thou hast
rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err
from thy commandments. Ver. 118. Thou
hast trodden down all them that err from thy
statutes.
Prov. xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the right-
eous to go astray in an evil way, shall fall
himself into his own pit.
James v. 20. He that converteth the sinner
from the error of his way, shall save a soul
from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
2 Pet. iii. 17. Beware lest ye be led away
with the error of the wicked. See Rom. i. 27.
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WORSHIP.
CLI. Worship due to God only. See Com-
mand. 1st. 2 Kings xvii. 36. The Lord, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt with
great power, and with a stretched-out arm,
him shall ye fear, him shall ye worship, and to
him shall ye do sacrifice. Neh. ix. 6.
Ps. xxii. 27. All the ends of the world
shall remember and turn unto the Lord, and
all the kindreds of the nations shall worship
before him. Ver. 29. Ps. Ixxxvi. 9, 10.
xcv. 6, 7. come, let us worship and bow
down ; let us kneel before the Lord our
Maker. For he is God.
xcvii. 7. Worship him, all ye gods.
xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he is
holy. Ver. 9. Worship at his holy hill.
Isa. Ixvi. 23. All flesh shall come and wor-
ship before me, saith the Lord.
Zeph. ii. 11. Men shall worship him, every
one from his place, even all the isles of the
heathen.
Rev. iv. 10. In heaven the four-and-twenty
elders fell down before him that sat on the
throne, and worshipped him that liveth for
ever and ever. See ch. v. 14. vii. 11. xi.
16. xiv. 7. xix. 4.
xv. 4. All nations shall come and worship be-
fore thee, for thy judgments are made manifest.
Heb. i. 6. Let all the angels of God worship
Christ. For the worship due to Christ, see
Worship offered to him by the church in hea-
ven and on earth, Chap, upon the Dignity
and Offices of Jesus Christ.
Angels not to be worshipped. See Col. ii.
18. Rev. xix. 10. xxii. 8, 9. Against wor-
shipping creatures for God, see Command-
ments I. and II.
CLII. How God is to be worshipped.
1 Chron. xvi. 29. Worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness.
xxix. 9. With a perfect heart the people
offered willingly to the Lord.
Ps. Ii. 6. Thou desirest truth in the in-
ward parts.
Ver. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit: a broken and contrite heart, God,
thou wilt not despise.
John iv. 23. The true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and truth ; for
the Father seeketh such to worship him. _
Acts xxiv. 14. After the way which they
(the Jews) call heresy, so worship I the God
of my fathers ; believing all things which are
written in the law and the prophets.
Phil. iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which
worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ
Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
See Mai. i. 11. iii. 4.
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FASTING.
CHAP. XIV.
CLUI. Worship offered by the wicked un-
acceptable to God. Isa. i. il, 12. To what
purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to
me 1 saith the Lord. When ye come to ap-
pear before me, who hath required this at your
hands, to tread my courts 1
Ver. 15, 16. Your hands are full of blood :
Wash you, make you clean. See Ch. Ixvi. 3,
4. Jer. vii. 9, 10, 11. 21, 22. vi. 20. .
Ps. 1. 16, 17. Unto the wicked God saith,
What hast thou to do to declare my statutes 1
or that thou shouldst take my covenant in thy
mouth? seeing thou hatest instruction, and
easiest my words behind thee.
Prov. vii. 14. The whorish woman said, I
have peace-offerings with me ; this day I have
paid my vows. Ver. 27. Her house is the
way to hell, &c
Mai. i. 8. If ye offer the blind, the lame
and the sick for sacrifice, is it not evil ] offer
it up to thy governor, will he be pleased with
thee? Ver. 10. I have no pleasure in you,
saith the Lord of hosts ; neither will I accept
an offering at your hand. See Ver. 9. 13, 14.
Matt. xv. 8, 9. This people draweth near
me with their mouth, and honoureth me with
their lips, but their heart is far from me. In
vain do they worship me, teaching for doc-
trines the commandments of men. See Acts
xvii. 25.
FASTING.
CLIV. Fasting appointed by God. Lev.
xxiii. 27, 28. The tenth day of the seventh
month shall be a day of atonement, an holy
convocation unto you ; ye shall afflict your
souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto
the Lord. Ye shall do no work in that same
day. See to ver. 33.
CLV. Fasts extraordinary and miracu-
lous. Kept by Moses, Exod. xxxiv. 28. By
Elijah, 1 Kings xix. 8. By Jesus Christ,
Matt. iv. 2.
CLVI. Fasting acceptably. Isa. Iviii. 6.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to
loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the
heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke 1 Ver. 7. To deal
thy bread to the hungry, and to bring the
poor that are cast out into thy house ; when
thou seest the naked that thou cover him, &c.
Zech. viii. 19.
Matt. vi. 16. When ye fast, be not as the
hypocrites, of a sad countenance.
Ver. 17, 18. When thou fastest anoint
thy head and wash thy face : that thou ap-
pear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father
which is in secret.
CLVII. Fasts of the uncked. Isa. Iviii. 3,
4. In the days of your fast ye exact all your
labours. Ye fast for strife and debate. Ver. 5.
Jer. xiv. 12. When they fast I will not
hear their cry. Zech. vii. 5.
Matt. vi. 16. Hypocrites fast with a sad
countenance, to appear unto men.
Luke xviii. 12. The Pharisee said, I fast
twice in the week ; yet he was not justified
See a hypocritical fast appointed by Jezebel,
1 Kings xxi. 9.
CLVIII. Occasions of fasts observed by
God's people before war, or an expected at-
tack from an enemy. 2 Chron. xx. 3. At
the approach of enemies, king Jehoshaphat
proclaims a fast. Ver. 15. He and his people
are delivered from their enemies. See 1 Sam.
vii. 6.
Esther iv. 3. The Jews, when threatened
with destruction in Babylon, fast. Ver. 16.
Are delivered.
CLIX. After being defeated by enemies.
See Josh. vii. 6. Judg.xx. 26. 1 Sam. xxxi.
13. 2 Sam. i. 12. At calamities from the
hand of God, upon man or beast, or the fruit
of the earth. Joel i. 14. ii. 12. 15, 16, 17.
CLX. Upon threatened judgments, and
other critical occasions. 1 Kings xxi. 27.
Ahab, terrified at God's threatenings against
him, fasted. Ver. 29. God brought not the
evil threatened in his day.
Jonah iii. 5. 7. The king and people of
Nineveh, terrified at God's threatenings
against them by Jonah, proclaim a fast, and
keep it with great strictness. Ver. 10. They
are saved from destruction.
Daniel fasts and prays for the Jews' return
from captivity, Dan. ix. 3. The Jews held a
fast on setting out on their return from cap-
tivity, Ezra viii. 21. 23. The Jews having
returned from captivity, and restoring the
public worship of God, hold a fast, and read
the law, Neh. ix. 1. Also, see Jer. xxxvi. 6.
The apostles fasted and prayed with the
church, before they ordained elders and
preachers of the gospel, Acts xiv. 23. xiii.
2, 3.
Devils cast out by fasting and prayer, Matt,
xvii. 21.
CLXI. Fasts of particular persons held at
their own discretion. 2 Sam. xii. 16. David
fasted when his child was sick.
Ps. xxxv. 13. When they were sick, I
humbled my soul with fasting.
Ixix. 10. I wept and chastened my soul
with fasting.
cix.24. My knees are weak through fasting.
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CHAP. XIV.
PRAYER.
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Matt. ix. 14. John's disciples and the Pha-
risees fasted often. Mark ii. 18.
Christ's disciples fasted, after he was taken
from them. 2 Cor. vi. 5. xi. 27.
Luke ii. 37. Anna served God with fastings
night and day.
Acts x. 30. Cornelius, while he fasted and
prayed, was directed by an angel to send for
Peter to preach the gospel.
1 Cor. vii. 5. Husband and wife ought not
to separate except for a time, to give them-
selves to fasting and prayer.
N. B. Religious fasting is always to be ac-
companied with prayer, and with all the re-
quisites in prayer ; which see, in the follow-
ing section.
PRAYER.
CLXII. Persons whose prayer shall be
heard. Ps. iv. 3. The Lord hath set apart
him that is godly for himself: the Lord will
hear when I call unto him.
xxvi. 6. I will wash my hands in inno-
cency, so will I compass thine altar.
xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon
the righteous, and his ears are open to their
cry : (1 Pet. iii. 12. His ears are open to their
prayers.) Ver. 17. The righteous cry, and
the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of
all their troubles.
Prov. xv. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is
an abomination to the Lord; but the prayer
of the upright is his delight. Ver. 29. The
Lord is far from the wicked, but he heareth
the prayer of the righteous.
1 Tim. ii. 8. I will that men pray every-
where, lifting up holy hands without wrath
and doubting.
James v. 16. The prayer of a righteous
man availeth much.
CLXUI. Of the divine influence, or the
Spirit's assistance in prayer. Ps. x. 17.
Lord, thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt
cause thine ear to hear.
Ixxx. 18. Quicken us, and we will call on
thy name.
Zech. xii. 10. I will pour upon the house
of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem, the Spirit of grace and of supplica-
tions.
xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is tried ; 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.
Rom. viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Ver. 26, 27. The Spirit helpeth our infirmi-
ties : for we know not what to pray for as we
ought ; but the Spirit maketh intercession for
us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
And he that searcheth the heart knoweth the
mind of the Spirit.
Gal. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Eph. vi. 18. Praying with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit. __
Jude 20. Praying in the Holy Ghost.
1 Cor. xiv. 15.
CLXIV. Prayer is to be made in the name
of Christ. John xiv. 13. Jesus said, What-
soever ye shall ask in my name, that will I
do. That the Father may be glorified in the
Son. Ver. 14.
xvi. 23, 24. Whatsoever ye shall ask the
Father in my name he will give it you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name ;
ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may
be full.
Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.
See Heb. iv. 14. 16. Dan. ix. 18.
CLXV. Prayer must be made in faith.
Matt. xxi. 22. All things whatsoever ye shall
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
John xv. 7. If ye abide in me, and my
words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
Eph. iii. 12. In whom [Christ] we have
boldness and access by the faith of him. Heb.
iv. 16.
Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true
heart, in full assurance of faith.
xi. 6. He that cometh to God must believe
that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
James i. 6. Ask in faith, nothing wavering.
Ver. 7. Luke xii. 29.
v. 15. The prayer of faith shall save the
sick. Jude 20.
CLXVI. With sincerity of heart. Ps.
xvii. 1. Give ear unto my prayer, that goeta
not out of feigned lips.
xxv. 1. Unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my
soul.
Ixii. 8. Pour out your heart before God ; he
is a refuge for us.
cxlv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto all that call
upon him in truth.
Jer. xxix. 13. The Lord said, Ye shall find
me, when ye shall search for me with all your
heart. Ver. 14. 2 Chron. xv. 15.
Lam. iii. 41. Let us lift up our heart wi*h
our hands to God in the heavens.
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2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of a '
pure heart.
Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true
heart, &c. Job xi. 13.
CLXVII. With love to God. Ps. xci. 14.
The Lord said, Because he hath set his love
upon me, therefore will I deliver him. Ver.
15. He shall call upon me and I will answer
him.
CLXVin. With the fear of God. Ps.
cxlv. 19. The Lord will fulfil the desire of
them that fear him ; he also will hear their
cry, and will save them.
CLXIX. With obedience to God. Isa. Ivi.
6, 7. The sons of the stranger that join them-
selves to the Lord, to serve him', and to love
the name of the Lord, and to be his servants,
every one that keepeth the Sabbath from pol-
luting it, and taketh hold of my covenant, even
them will I bring to my holy mountain, and
make them joyful in my house of prayer ; their
burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be ac-
cepted on mine altar.
John ix. 31. If any man he a worshipper of
God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
1 John iii. 22. Whatsoever we ask, we re-
ceive of him, because we keep his command-
ments, and do those things that are pleasing
in his sight.
Prov. xxviii. 9. He that turneth away his
ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall
be abomination.
CLXX. With humility, confession and
turning from sin. 2 Chron. vii. 14. If my
people shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my face, and turn from their wicked
ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Ch.
vi. 26 to 40. 1 Kings viii. 37 to 50.
xxxiii. 12. Manasseh humbled himself, and
prayed, and God was intreated. Ver. 13.
Ps. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the cry of the
humble.
x. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the
humble.
Jer. xxxvi. 6, 7. Go read the words of the
Lord, in the ears of the people. It may be,
they will present their supplication before the
Lord, and will return every one from his evil
way ; for great is the anger and fury that the
Lord hath pronounced against them.
Luke xviii. 9 to 15. See the humble publi-
can's prayer accepted. See more instances of
the prayers of penitent, returning sinners
heard. Judg. iii. 7, 8, 9. 12. 15, iv. 1. 3. vi.
1. 7. 10 to 16. x. 15. 1 Sam. vii. 4 to 11.
2 Sam. xxiv. 1 7. 25. Ps. xxxii. 5. Acts ix. 1 1 .
CLXXI. With forgiveness toiuards men.
Matt. v. 24. Be reconciled to thy brother, and
then come and offer thy gift.
vi. 12. After this manner pray ye, Forgive
us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Ver.
14, 15. For if ye forgive them their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your tres-
passes. Matt. vi. 14, 15.
Luke vi. 37. Forgive and ye shall be for-
given. Col. iii. 13.
1 Tim. ii. 8. Pray without wrath.
CLXXII. With alms and good works. Isa.
Iviii. 7. Deal thy bread to the hungry, bring
the poor that are cast out to thy house, when
thou seest the naked, cover him, &c. Ver. 9.
Then shall thou call, and the Lord will answer.
Acts x. 2. Cornelius, a devout man, and
one that feared God with all his house, which
gave much alms to the people, and prayed to
God always. Ver. 3, 4. He saw an angel
coming unto him, saying unto him, Cornelius,
thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a
memorial before God. See Prov. xxi. 13.
CLXXIII. Prayer must be frequent, fer-
vent, and importunate. Ps. v. 3. My voice
shall thou hear in the morning, Lord, in the
morning will I direct my prayer to thee, and
will look up.
Iv. 17. Evening and morning, and at noon,
will I cry aloud ; and he shall hear my voice.
Ixxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me. O Lord,
for I cry unto thee daily.
Ixxxviii. 1. O Lord God of my salvation, I
have cried day and night before thee.- Ver. 9.
I have called daily upon thee.
Ver. 13. Unto thee have I cried, Lord ;
in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
cxvi. 2. He hath inclined his ear unto me ;
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Ver. 13. 17.
cxix. 147. I prevented the dawning of the
morning, and cried unto thee. Ver. 164.
Seven times a day do I praise thee.
Dan. vi. 10. Daniel kneeled upon his knees
three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks.
Ver. 11.
Matt, xx vi. 41. Watch and pray, that ye
enter not into temptation.
Luke ii. 37. Anna served God, with fastings
and prayers night and day. 1 Tim. v. 5.
v. 33. The disciples of John fast often and
make prayers.
vi. 12. Jesus continued all night in prayer
to God.
xviii. 1. Jesus spake a parable that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint. Ch.
xi. 5 to 14.
CHAP. XIV.
PRAYER.
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Acts i. 14. The apostles continued with one
accord in prayer and supplication.
ii. 42. The primitive Christians continued
steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellow-
ship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
vi. 4. The apostles said, We will give our-
selves continually to prayer and to the ministry
of the word.
x. 2. Cornelius prayed to God always.
Ver. 31.
xii. 5. Prayer was made without ceasing of
the church for Peter.
Rom. xii, 12. Continue instant in prayer.
1 Thess. v. 17. Pray without ceasing.
1 Cor. vii. 5. Give yourselves to fasting and
prayer.
Eph. vi. 18. Praying always, with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplica-
tion for all saints.
Col. iv. 2. Continue in prayer, and watch
in the same.
1 Thess. iii. 10. Night and day praying ex-
ceedingly.
Heb. v. 7. In the days of his flesh Christ
offered up prayers and supplications, with
strong crying and tears, and was heard.
1 Pet. iv. 7. The end of .all things is at
hand ; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto
prayer. Eph. vi. 18. See more instances,
1 Sam. i. 10, 12. Matt. xxvi. 44. 2 Cor. xii.
7, 8, 9.
CLXXIV. Prayers and tears. See Heb.
v. 7, in the former section.
2 Kings xx. 2, 3. Hezekiah prayed unto the
Lord and wept sore. Ver. 5. Thus saith the
Lord to Hezekiah, I have heard thy prayer, I
have seen thy tears : behold I will heal thee.
Isa. xxxviii. 5.
Jer. xxxi. 9. They shall come with weep-
ing, and with supplications will I lead them ;
I will cause them to walk in a straight way
wherein they shall not stumble : for I am a
father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
Ver. 12. See Job xvi. 20. Ps. vi. 7, 8, 9.
xxxix. 1 2. xlii. 3, 4.lvi. 8, 9. Acts xx. 1 9.
CLXXV. Private prayer. Matt. vi. 6.
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and
when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret, and thy Father
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
xiv. 23. Jesus, when he had sent the mul-
titudes away, went up unto a mountain to
pray, and v/as there alone. Luke vi. 12.
xxvi. 36. Jesus saith to his disciples, Sit ye
here till I go and pray yonder. Ver. 39. And
he went a little farther, and fell on his face,
and prayed. Ver. 42. 44.
Mark i. 35. In the morning, Jesus rising up
a great while before day, went out and depart-
ed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Luke v. 16. Jesus withdrew himself into
the wilderness, and prayed. Ch. ix. 18.
Acts x. 9. Peter went up to the house top
to pray. Ver. 30.
CLXX VI. Public prayer, being a part of
public worship. 1 Kings viii. 27. But will
God indeed dwell on the earth ] Behold the
heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot
contain thee.
Ver. 28 30. Yet have thou respect unto
the prayer of thy servant : that thine eyes
may be open toward this house night and
day, even toward the place of which thou
hast said, My name shall be there. Hearken
unto the supplication of thy servant, and of
thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward
this place ; and hear thou in heaven, and for-
give.
2 Chron. vii. 12. I have chosen this place
to myself, for a house of sacrifice. Ver. 15.
Mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent
unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Ps. Ixxxvii. 2. The Lord loveth the gates
of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
cxvi. 18, 19. I will pay my vows unto the
Lord in the presence of all his people, in the
courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of
thee, O Jerusalem.
Isa. Ivi. 7. I will make them joyful in my
house of prayer ; their burnt-offerings and
their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine
altar : for my house shall be called a house
of prayer for all people.
Zech. viii. 21. Let us go speedily to pray
before the Lord.
Joel i. 14. Call an assembly, gather the
elders, and caliche inhabitants of the land,
unto the house of the Lord your God, and
cry unto the Lord. Ver. 19. Neh. xi. 17.
ii. 15 17. Sanctify a fast, call a solemn
assembly. Gather the people, sanctify the
congregation, assemble the elders, gather the
children and those that suck the breasts. Let
the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
between the porch and the altar, and let them
say, Spare thy people, Lord.
Matt, xviii. 19. If two of you shall agree
on earth as touching any thing that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of my Father
which is in heaven. Ver. 20. For where two
or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.
Heb. x. 25. Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together as the manner of some
is. See instances, Luke i. 10. Acts i. 14.
ii. 4. 46. iii. 1. xvi. 13.
CLXXVII. Directions concerning tht
2
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words or expressions to be used in prayer.
Eccl. v. 1, 2. Keep thy foot when thou goest
to the house of God, and be more ready to
hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. Be
not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy
heart be hasty to utter any thing' before God ;
for God is in heaven and thou upon earth ;
therefore let thy words be few.
Hos. xiv. 2. Take with you words, and
turn to the Lord, and say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and receive us graciously ;
so will we render the calves of our lips.
Matt. vi. 7. Use not vain repetitions as the
heathen do. See 1 Kings xviii. 26, 27.
1 Cor. xiv. 14. If I pray in an unknown
tongue my understanding is unfruitful. Ver.
19. In the church I had rather speak five
words with my understanding, that by my
voice I might teach others, than ten thousand
words in an unknown tongue.
CLXXVIII. Of the gestures of body used
in prayer. The hands lifted up, spread
abroad, spread forth : so prayed Moses, Exod.
ix. 29. David, Ps. Ixiii. 4. Solomon, 1 Kings
viii. 22. The church, Isa. i. 15.
Standing: so prayed Phinehas, Judg. xx.
28. Solomon, 1 Kings viii. 22. The humble
publican, Luke xviii. 11. 13.
Kneeling : so prayed Solomon, 2 Chron. vi.
13. Jesus Christ, Luke xxii. 41. Saint Paul,
Acts xx. 36. xxi. 5. Daniel, Dan. vi. 10.
Stephen, Acts vii. 60. Peter, Acts ix. 40.
See Ps. xcv. 6.
Falling on the face: so prayed Moses, Deut.
ix. 18. 25. David and the elders, 1 Chron.
xxi. 16. Job, Job i. 20. Ezekiel, Ezek. ix.
8. Jesus Christ, Matt. xxvi. 39.
Sitting: so prayed David, 2 Sam. vii. 18.
Nehemiah, Neh. i. 4.
Head uncovered, 1 Cor. xi. 4.
CLXXIX. The things to be prayed for,
being as numerous and various as the gifts
of God for the supply of the wants of man,
spiritual and temporal, they cannot be fully
exhibited under this head. However, a few
of the principal of them may be set forth in
the following order.
CLXXX. The Lord's prayer as to words,
matter and method, affords a good, tliough
brief model of things to be prayed for. Matt. ,
vi. 9. After this manner pray ye, Our Father
which art in heaven, &c.
CLXXXI. Spiritual blessings,- wisdom
and grace to be asked. Ps. xc. 12. So teach
us to number our days, that we may apply
our hearts to wisdom. James i. 5. If any lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, and it shall be
given him.
2 Chron. i. 10, 11, 12. See Solomon's
prayer for wisdom accepted.
Matt. vi. 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness.
Luke xi. 13. If ye know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to
them that ask him ! Matt. vii. 11.
1 Cor. xii. 31. Covet earnestly the best
gifts.
xiv. 1. Desire spiritual gifts.
Col. iii. 1, 2. Seek those things which are
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand
of God. Set your affection on things above,
not on things on earth. Heb. iv. 16. Let us
come boldly to the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in
time of need.
CLXXXII. For such earthly things as are
agreeable to God's will, and with submission
to it. Example. Luke xxii. 42. Jesus
prayed, Father, if thou be willing, remove this
cup from me: nevertheless not my will but
thine be done. Matt. xxvi. 39. Not as I will,
but as thou wilt.
1 John v. 14. If we ask any thing accord-
ing to his will he heareth us. Ver. 15. See
2 Sam. vii. 27.
James iv. 3. Ye ask and receive not, be-
cause ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it
upon your lusts.
CLXXXIII. For daily bread. Matt, vi.
11. Give* us this day our daily bread.
1 Tim.iv. 5. Every creature of God is good ;
it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
See 1 Kings viii. 37, 38. 2 Chron. vii. 13.
CLXXXIV. For health and deliverance
from sickness. 2 Kings xx. 2. Hezekiah
prayed to the Lord in his sickness. Ver. 5.
Thus saith the Lord [to him], I have heard
thy prayer, I have seen thy tears ; I will heal
thee. (Isa. xxxviii. 1.) Ver. 7. Isaiah said,
Take a lump of figs and they took, and laid
it on the boil, and he recovered.
Job xxxiv. 28. God heareth the cry of the
afflicted. Isa. xxvi. 16.
, Acts xxviii. 8. Publius lay sick of a fever,
to whom Paul entered in and prayed, and laid
his hands on him, and healed him.
James v. 13 15. Is any among you afflict-
ed 1 let him pray. Is any sick 1 let him send
for the elders of the church, and let them
pray over him ; And the prayer of faith shall
save the sick.
2 Chron. xvi. 12. Asa in his disease sought
not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
CLXXX V. The prayer of the poor heard.
CHAP. XIV.
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Ps. xxxiv. 6. This poor man cried ; the Lord
heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Ixxii. 12. God shall deliver the needy when
he crieth, the poor also, and him that hath no
helper. Job xxxiv. 28.
cii. 17. The Lord will regard the prayer of
the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
See Prayers for deliverance from enemies ;
for Deliverance from trouble.
CLXXXVI. Intercessory prayer, or prayer
for others.
CLXXXVII. For whom toe ought to pray.
1 Tim. ii. 1. I exhort that supplications,
prayers and intercessions, and giving of
thanks, be made for all men.
CLXXXVIII. For the church of God.
Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusa-
lem : they shall prosper that love thee.
Isa. Ixii. 6, 7. Ye that make mention of the
Lord, keep not silence. Give him no rest till
he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a
praise in the earth.
Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the har-
vest, that he will send forth labourers into his
harvest.
Eph. vi. 18. Praying always, with all prayer
and supplication for all saints.
James v. 16. Pray one for another.
1 John v. 16. Pray for a brother that sin-
neth.
CLXXXIX. Instances of such prayers.
Ps. li. 18. Do good in thy good pleasure to
Zion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Ixxx. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God
of hosts ; look down from heaven, and behold
and visit this thy vine.
cxviii. 25. Lord, I beseech thee, send pros-
perity.
cxxii. 7. Peace be within thy walls, and
prosperity within thy palaces.
cxxxii. 9. Let thy priests be clothed with
righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.
Ver. 16. I will also clothe her priests with
salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for
joy.
Amosvii. 2. O Lord God, forgive, I beseech
thee : by whom shall Jacob arise, for he is
small 1
Hab. iii. 2. O Lord revive thy work in the
midst of the years, in the midst of the years
made known ; in wrath remember mercy.
Matt. vi. 10. Thy kingdom come; thy will
be done on earth, &c.
See in Command. 5th, the duties of minis-
ters and people, &c. to pray one for another,
&c.
CXC. For enemies. Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the
peace of the city whither I have caused you to
be carried away captives, and pray unto the
Lord for it. Ezra vi. 10.
Matt. v. 44. Pray for them that despitefully
use you, and persecute you.
CXCI. Instances of such prayers. Luke
xxiii. 34. Jesus upon the cross prayed for his
persecutors, saying, Father, forgive them ; for
they know not what they do.
Acts vii. 60. Stephen prayed for them that
put him to death, saying, Lord, lay not this sin
to their charge.
2 Tim. iv. 1 6. Paul, being forsaken by Chris-
tians in his distress, said, I pray God that it
may not be laid to their charge.
See more instances of such prayers : Abra
ham for Abimelech, Gen. xx. 7. 14. 17. Moses
for Pharaoh, Exod. viii. 8. ix. 28. x. 18.
Job for those who wronged him, Job xlii. 8, 9.
David for his enemies, Ps. xxxv. 12, 13, 14.
cxli. 5.
CXCII. Motives to prayer. It is a com-
manded duty. Ezek. xxxvi. 37. Thus saith
the Lord, I will be inquired of by the house of
Israel.
Matt. vii. 7. Ask and ye shall receive, seek
and ye shall find, &c. John xvi. 24.
Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing ; but in
every thing by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known
to God.
James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will
draw nigh to you.
CXCIII. God promiseth that he will hear
prayer. Deut. iv. 7. What nation hath God
so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is, in
all things that we call upon him for ]
Ps. Ixv. 2. O Thou that hearest prayer, unto
thee shall all flesh come.
Ixxxvi. 5. Thou art good, and ready to for-
give, and plenteous in mercy to all that call
upon thee. Rom. x. 12.
Isa. xxx. 1 9. He will be gracious ; at the
voice of thy cry he will answer thee.
Ixv. 24. Before they call I will answer ; while s
they are yet speaking, I will hear, saith the Lord.
Jer. xxix. 12. Ye shall go and pray unto me, ^
and I will hearken unto you.
xxxiii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, Call upon X
me, and I will answer thee.
Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord, shall be delivered. Rom. x. 13.
Zech. xiii. 9. They shall call on my name, s..
and I will hear them.
Matt. vii. 8. Every one that asketh receiveth.
Ver. 11.
Rom. x. 12. The Lord is rich in mercy to
all that call upon him. See Rev. v. 8. viii.
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3, 4. Exod. xxii. 23. 27. 2 Chron. vii. 14,
&c.
See the Qualifications of those whose pray-
ers shall be heard, for to them the above pro-
mises do belong.
CXCIV. Declarations of God that he hath
heard prayer. 1 Kings ix. 3. The Lord said
to Solomon, I have heard thy prayer. See 2
Kings xx. 5. 2 Chron. vii. 12. Isa. xxxviii. 5.
2 Kings xix. 20. Thus saith the Lord to
Hezekiah, That which thou hast prayed against
the king of Assyria, I have heard. Ch. xxii.
19. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 27.
Isa. xlix. 8. In an acceptable time I have
heard thee.
CXCV. The testimony of God's people that
J their prayers were heard. Deut. ix. 19. Moses
said, The Lord hearkened to me. Ch. x. 10.
xxvi. 7. We cried unto the Lord God of our
fathers ; the Lord heard our voice, and looked
on our affliction and our labour and our op-
pression. Numb. xx. 16.
2 Sam. xxii. 7. In my distress I called upon
, the Lord, and cried to my God : he heard my
* voice out of his holy temple, and my cry did
enter into his ears. Ps. iii. 4. xviii. 6.
Ps. vi. 9. The Lord hath heard my suppli-
cation, the Lord will receive my prayer. Ver.
8. Ps. xxviii. 6. xxxi. 22.
xxii. 21. Thou hast heard me. Ver. 24.
Ps. xl. 1. cxviii. 21. cxx. 1.
xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord ; he heard me
and delivered me from all my fears. Ps. Ixi.
5. Ixvi. 19. Ixxvii. 1. cxvi. 1 to 4. cxix.
26. Lam. Hi. 56.
Jonah ii. 2. Out of the belly of hell I cried,
and thou heardest my voice.
John xi. 41. Jesus said, Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me.
CXC VI. Their confident expectations that
their prayers shall be heard. Ps. iv. 3. The
Lord will hear when I call on him.
x. 17. Lord, thou wilt cause thine ear to
* hear.
xvii. 6. Thou wilt hear me, O God. Ps.
*"' xxxviii. 15.
Iv. 17. I will pray and cry aloud, and he
shall hear my voice.
CXCVII. Their entreaties that they may
be heard. 2 Kings xix. 16. O Lord, bow down
thine ear and hear, &c.
2 Chron. vi. 40. O God, I beseech thee, let
thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent
to the prayer that is made in this place. 1
Kings viii. 30. 50. Neh. i. 6. 11. Ps. cxxx. 2.
Ps. v. 1. Give ear unto my words, O Lord.
Ps. liv.2.
xvii. 1. 6. God, incline thine ear unto
me. Ps.lv. 1. Ixxi. 2. Ixxxvi. 6. Ixxxviii.
2. lea. xxxvii. 17. Dan. ix. 18.
xxxix. 1 2. Hear my prayer ; give ear to my
cry. Ps. Ixxxiv. 8. cxli. 1. cxliii. 1.
iv. 1. Hear my prayer. Ps. xiii. 3. xx. 9.
xxvii. 7. xxx. 10. xxxviii. 16. liv.2.
Iv. 2. Ix. 5. Ixi. 1. Ixix. 13. Ixxxiv. 8.
cii. 1. 20. cxli. 2. cxliii. 1. Neh. iv.
4. Dan.ix. 19.
CXCVHI. Their grief at not being an-
swered. Job xix. 7. I cry, but am not heard.
Ch. xxx. 20.
Ps. xxii. 2. I cry, but thou hearest not.
Hab. i. 2. How long shall I cry, and thou
wilt not hear ?
CXCIX. Of the efficacy of prayer. Mira-
cles wrought by it. Bitter waters made sweet,
Exod. xv. 25. Waters brought out of a rock,
ch. xvii. 4. 6. The sun and moon made to
stand still, Josh. x. 12, 13. The shadow made
to return backwards on a sun-dial, 2 Kings xx.
1 1. The dead raised to life, 1 Kings xvii. 21,
22. 2 Kings iv. 32. 35. Acts ix. 37. 40. Jo-
nah delivered from the fish, Jonah ii. 1. 10.
Rain withheld and given, James v. 17, 18. 1
Kings xvii. 1. xviii. 42. 45. Devils cast out
by prayer and fasting, Matt. xvii. 21.
CC. Armies of enemies defeated,and God's
people delivered upon their prayer. Exod. ii.
23. The children of Israel (in Egypt) sighed
by reason of their bondage, and they cried, and
their cry came up to God. Ch. iii. 7. 9. Numb.
xx. 15, 16.
xiv. 9, 10. The Egyptians pursued after
Israel and overtook them. And they were sore
afraid, and cried unto the Lord. Ver. 30. Arid
the Lord saved Israel out of the hand of the
Egyptians. Josh. xxiv. 7. Ps. cvi. 44. cvii.
throughout.
Judg. iv. 13, 14, 15. Israel delivered from
Jabin, and Sisera his captain.
Judg. x. 6 to 16. Ch. xi. 33. 1 Sam. vii. 8.
10, 11. Israel delivered from the Philistines.
2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Delivered from the Sy-
rians. Ch. v. vi. xviii.
2 Chron. xiii. 14, 15. Delivered from Jero-
boam.
2 Chron. xiv. 2 to 12. Delivered from the
Ethiopians,
2 Chron. xxxii. 20, 22. Delivered from the
Assyrian army. 2 Kings xix. 35. See Pray-
er with humility, confession and turning
from sin. See also Prayers of kings and
prophets, Command. 5th, which afford in-
stances of prayer prevailing for deliverance
from enemies.
CHAP. XIV.
PRAYER.
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CGI. Prayers against evil from enemies.
Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou a help to Judah from
his enemies.
Ps. iii. 1. Lord, how are they increased that
trouble me ! Ver. 4. 1 cried unto the Lord,
and he heard me.
v. 8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteous-
ness, because of mine enemies.
vi. 7. Mine eye is consumed because of
grief : it waxeth old because of all mine ene-
mies. Ver. 10. Let them be ashamed.
vii. 6. Lift up thyself because of the rage of
mine enemies.
xvii. 9. Keep me from my deadly enemies.
xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord ; so
shall I be saved from mine enemies. Ver.
4, 5, 6. 40.
xxvii. 11, 12. Teach me thy way, Lord,
and lead me in a plain path, because of mine
enemies. Deliver me not over to the will of
mine enemies.
xxx. 1. Thou hast not made my foes to re-
joice over me : I cried unto the Lord. Ver.
8. Lord, be thou mine helper. Ver. 10.
xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all mine
enemies. Ver. 15. 18. Ps. xxxviii. 19. 21.
xli. 5. I said unto the Lord, Deliver me from
the hand of mine enemies.
xliv. 4. God, command deliverances for
Jacob. Ver. 5. 23.
Iv. 1. 3. Give ear unto my prayer, God ;
because of the voice of the enemy. Ver. 18.
He hath delivered my soul from battle that
was against me.
Ivi. 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall
mine enemies turn back.
lix. 1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O
my God. Ps. cxliii. 9.
cxliii. 1. 3. Hear my prayer, for the enemy
hath persecuted my soul.
Acts iv. 18. The rulers of the Jews com-
manded the apostles not to speak nor teach in
the name of Jesus. Ver. 29. The disciples
prayed and said, Lord, behold their threaten-
in gs, and grant unto thy servants, that with
boldness they may speak thy word. Ver. 31.
And when they had prayed, the place was
shaken where they were assembled together,
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and spake the word of God with boldness.
Rev. vi. 9, 10. Under the altar in heaven,
John saw the souls of them that were slain for
the word of God, and for the testimony which
they held. And they cried with a loud voice,
saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
that dwell on the earth. See also, Ps. ix. 13.
x. 1. 12. xiii. 2,3,4. xxv. 2. 19. xxxv.
19. xxxvi. 1 1. xlii. 9, 10. xliii. 2. Ixi. 3.
!xiv. 1. Ixvi. 12. 17. 19. Ixix. 12, 13. 18.
Ixxi. 10. 12. Ixxiv. 3. 10. 18. Ixxx. 6.
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Ixxxiii. 16. Ixxxvi. 17. Ixxxix. 42. cii. 8.
cix. 1. cxix. 98. 157. cxxxviii. 7.
CCII. P r ay er in trouble ; instances thereof .
Neh. ix. 32. O God, let not all the trouble
seem little before thee, that hath come upon us.
Ps. iv. 1. Hear me when I call, God of
my righteousness : thou hast enlarged me in
distress.
xx. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of
trouble.
xxii. 1 1 . Be not far from me, for trouble is
near ; for there is none to help.
xxv. 17. The troubles of my heart are en-
larged : bring thou me out of my distresses.
Ver. 22. Redeem Israel, God, out of all
his troubles.
xxx. 7, 8. Thou didst hide thy face, and I
was troubled ; I cried unto the Lord. Thou
hast girded me with gladness. Ver. 11.
xxxi. 9, 10. Have mercy upon me, O Lord,
for I am in trouble. My life is spent with
grief.
xl. 1. I waited for the Lord : he brought me
out of a horrible pit. Ver. 2.
1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble,
and I will deliver thee.
Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble, for vain
is the help of man.
Ixi. 2. I will cry unto thee when my heart
is overwhelmed.
Ixix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy ser-
vant, for I am in trouble.
Ixxi. 20. Thou hast shewed me great and
sore troubles : thou wilt quicken me again.
Ixxvii. 2. In the day of my trouble I sought
the Lord. Ver. 14. Thou art the God that
doest wonders.
Ixxxi. 7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I de-
livered thee.
Ixxxvi. 7. In the day of trouble I will call
upon thee ; for thou wilt answer me.
Ixxxviii. 2. Let my prayer come before
thee; for I am full of trouble. Ver. 3.
xci. 15. He shall call upon me, I will an-
swer him : I will be with him in trouble.
cii. 2. Hide not thy face from me, in the
day when I am in trouble.
cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he delivered them out of their dis-
tresses. Ver. 13. 19. 28.
cxvi. 3, 4. I found trouble and sorrow.
Then called I on the name of the Lord : O
Lord, I beseech thee deliver my soul. Ver. 7.
The Lord dealt bountifully with me.
cxviii. 5. I called upon the Lord in distress,
and the Lord answered me.
cxx. 1. In my distress I cried unto the Lord,
and he heard me.
cxxx. 1, 2. Out of the depths have I cried
unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice ; let
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thine ears be attentive to the voice of my sup-
plications.
cxxxviii. 3. In the day when I cried thou
answeredst me. Ver. 7. Though I walk in
the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.
Ver. 8. Forsake not the works of thine own
hands.
cxlii. 2, 3. I poured out my complaint ; I
shewed before him my trouble. When my
spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou
knewest my path.
cxliii. 1 1 . For thy righteousness' sake, bring
my soul out of trouble.
Isa. xxvi. 16. O Lord, in trouble have they
visitedfthee ; they poured out a prayer when
thy chastening was upon them.
xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us : be
thou our salvation in time of trouble.
Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the Sa-
viour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest
thou be as a stranger in the land 1 Ver. 20.
Lam. iii. 55, 56. I called upon the name of
the Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou
heard st my voice.
Jonah i. 6. The ship-master in danger said
unto Jonah, Arise and call upon thy God.
CCIII. Of prayerless persons ; or of not
praying. Job xxi. 15. The wicked say, What
is the Almighty, that we should serve him 1
and what profit shall we have if we pray unto
him 1 Mai. iii. 14.
xxx vi. 13. Hypocrites cry not when he
bindeth them.
Ps. x. 4. The wicked through the pride of
his countenance will not seek after God : God
is not in all his thoughts.
xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity no
knowledge I who eat up my people as bread,
and call not upon the Lord ? Ps. liii. 4.
Isa. xliii. 22. Thou hast not called upon
me, O Jacob ; thou hast been weary of me, O
Israel, &c. Ver. 28. Therefore have I pro-
faned the princes of the sanctuary, and have
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to re-
proaches.
Jer. x. 25. Pour out thy fury upon the
heathen that know thee not, and upon the fa-
milies that call not on thy name. Ps. Ixxix. 6.
Dan. ix. 13, 14. All this evil is come upon
us, yet made we not our prayer before the
Lord our God ; that we might turn from our
iniquities, and understand thy truth. There-
fore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and
brought it upon us.
Hos. vii. 7. There is none among them that
calleth unto me.
Ver. 13, 14. Woe unto them, for they have
fled from me. They have not cried unto me,
when they howled upon their beds.
Zeph. i. 4. 6. I will cut off them that turned
back from the Lord, and those that have not
sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.
James iv. 2. Ye have not, because ye ask
not.
CCIV. The prayers of hypocrites. Ps.
Ixxviii. 34. When God slew them, then they
sought him, and inquired early after God.
Ver. 36, 37. Nevertheless they flattered him
with their mouth : Their heart was not right
with him. Ps. 1. 16.
Ezek. xxxiii. 31. With their mouth they
shew much love, but their heart goeth after
their covetousness. Isa. xxix. 13. Jer. xii. 2.
Matt vi. 5. When thou prayest, thou shalt
not be as the hypocrites are ; for they love to
pray standing in the synagogues, and in the
corners of the streets, that they may be seen
of men.
xv. 8, 9. This people draweth nigh unto me
with their mouth, and honoureth me with their
lips, but their hearts are far from me. In vain
do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men.
xxiii. 14. Woe unto you hypocrites, for ye
devour widows' houses, and for a pretence
make long prayers. Mark xii. 40.
CCV. Prayers of the wicked not acceptable
to God. Job xxxv. 13. God will not hear
vanity.
Ps. Ixvi. 18. If I regard iniquity in my
heart, the Lord will not hear me.
cix. 7. Let the prayer of the wicked become
sin.
Prov. i. 27, 28. When distress and anguish
cometh, then shall they call upon me, but I
will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but
they shall not find me. Ver. 29. For that
they hated knowledge, and did not choose the
fear of the Lord.
xv. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abo-
mination to the Lord. Ch. xxi. 27.
Isa. i. 4. Ah ! sinful nation, a people laden
with iniquity. Ver. 11. To what purpose is
the multitude of your sacrifices to me, saith
the Lord 1 Ver. 15. When ye spread forth
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ;
when ye make many prayers I will not hear :
your hands are full of blood.
lix. 1, 2. The Lord's hand is not shortened
that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy that it
cannot hear : But your iniquities have sepa-
rated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he will
not hear. Isa. Ixvi. 3.
Jer. vi. 19, 20. Behold I will bring evil
upon this people, even the fruit of their
thoughts; because they have not hearkened
unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected
it. Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable,
CHAP. XIV.
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nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. Ch. vii.
20, 21, 22. Amos v. 22, 23.
xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to the
iniquities of their forefathers, which refused
to hear my words. Therefore thus saith the
Lord, I will bring evil upon them, and though
they cry unto me I will not hearken unto
them.
Ver. 14. Pray not thou for this people,
neither lift up a cry nor a prayer for them ;
for I will not hear them in the time that they
cry unto me for their trouble. See Ch. xiv.
11, 12. Ezek. viii. 18. Mic. iii. 4. Zech.
vii. 13. Job xxvii. 9. Lam. iii. 42. 44.
Matt. xv. 8, 9. John ix. 31.
The prayers of the wicked answered with
reproofs and threatenings. Ps. 1. 16. Jer.
xxxii. 16 to 25. 44. xxxvii. 3 to 6. xlii. 2
to 9. Zech. vii. 2. 4 to 14.
OF PRAISING GOD.
CCVI. Praise and thanks due unto God,
and required by him from the righteous.
Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders ?
1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and
greatly to be praised. Ps. xlviii. 1.
Ps. xlvii. 7. God is King of all the earth ;
sing ye praises with understanding.
1. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving, and
pay thy vows to the most High. Ver. 23.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me.
Ixvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name ;
make his praise glorious. Ver. 4. All the
earth shall sing to thy name.
Ixviii. 4. Sing unto God ; sing praises to
his name ; extol him that rideth upon the
heavens by his name JAH. Ver. 32. Sing
unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth.
Ixix. 30, 31. I will praise the name of God
with a song; I will magnify him with thanks-
giving. This shall please the Lord better
than an ox or bullock.
xcii. 1,2. It is a good thing to give thanks
unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy
name, 6 Most High. To shew forth thy
loving-kindness every morning, and thy faith-
fulness every night. Ps. cxxxv. 3.
xcvi. 2. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name,
shew forth his salvation from day to day.
cvii. 22. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices
of thanksgiving, and declare his works with
rejoicing.
cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to
be praised ; his greatness is unsearchable. Ps.
xcvi. 4.
cl. 6. Let every thing that hath breath
praise the Lord.
Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to an-
other, nor my praise to graven images.
Ver. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth. Ch.
xliii. 21. Jer. xx. 13.
Phil. iv. 6. In every thing, by prayer and
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your re-
quests be made known to God.
Col. ii. 7. Abounding in faith, with thanks-
giving.
iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your
hearts, to which ye are called ; and be ye
thankful.
1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, to
shew forth the praises of him that called you.
PRAISE.
CCVII. Praises from the wicked unac-
ceptable to God. Amos iv. 2. The Lord will
take you away with hooks. Ver. 5. Offer a
thanksgiving with leaven : for this liketh you.
Ver. 6. I have given you cleanness of teeth,
and want of bread, &c.
v. 22. Though ye offer burnt-offerings and
meat-offerings, I will not accept them. Ver.
24. But let judgment run down like waters,
fec.
Luke xviii. 11. The Pharisee said, God, I
thank thee, that I am not as other men : yet
he went not to his house justified.
CCVIII. The wicked unthankful. Rom.
i. 21. When they knew God they glorified
him not as God, neither were thankful.
2 Tim. iii. 2. Men shall be lovers of their
own selves, &c. unthankful, unholy.
CCDC. Praise must be frequent. Ps.
xxxiv. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall be continually in my mouth.
xxxv. 28. My tongue shall speak of thy
righteousness, and of thy praise all the day
long.
Ixiii. 4. I will bless thee while I live.
cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my
whole heart. Ps. cxxxviii. 1.
cxix. 164. Seven times a day do I praise
thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
cxlv. 2. Every day will I bless thee, and
will praise thy name for ever and ever.
CCX. With sincerity. Ps. cxi. 1. I will
praise the Lord with my whole heart.
1 Cor. xiv. 15. I will sing with the spirit,
and I will sing with the understanding. Ps.
xlvii. 7.
Eph. v. 19. Speaking to yourselves in
psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, sing-
ing and making melody in your hearts to the
Lord.
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Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord.
CCXI. God prepareth his people for his
praise, or divine influences therefor. Ps.
li. 15. O Lord, open thou my lips, and my
mouth shall shew forth thy praise. N
cxix. 171. My lips shall utter praise when
thou hast taught thy law to me. Ver. 175.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee.
Isa. xliii. 21. This people have I formed for
myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Ixi. 11. The Lord will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth.
Jer. xiii. 11. I have caused to cleave unto
me the whole house of Israel, and the whole
house of Judah, saith the Lord, that they
might be unto me for a people, and for a
name, and for a praise, and for a glory ; but
they would not hear.
xxxiii. 8, 9. I will cleanse them from all
their iniquity, and will pardon all their ini-
quities, whereby they have sinned, and where-
by they have transgressed against me. And
it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise,
and an honour before all nations of the earth.
Ver. 11.
Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all our iniquity,
&c. so will we render the calves of our lips.
Matt. xxi. 16. Out of the mouth of babes
and sucklings thou hast perfected praise. Ps.
viii. 2.
CCXII. Thanking God through Christ.
Rom. i. 8. I thank my God through Jesus
Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken
of through the whole world.
vii. 24, 25. Who shall deliver me from the
body of this death 1 I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord ; 1 Cor. xv. 57, who
giveth us the victory : 2 Cor. ii. 14, which
causeth us to triumph in Christ.
Phil. i. 1 1. The fruits of righteousness are
by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of
God.
Heb. xiii. 15. By him let us offer the sa-
crifice of praise to God continually, that is,
the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.
Eph. v. 20. Give thanks always for all
things unto God, and the Father, in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
CCXIII. Praise is a part of public wor-
ship. Ps. ix. 11. Sing praises to the Lord
which dwelleth in Zion ; declare among the
people his doings. Ver. 13, 14. Have mercy
upon me, Lord, that I may shew forth thy
praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
xxiL 22. In the midst of the congregation
will I praise thee. Ver. 25. My praise shal
i>e of thee in the great congregation.
xxvi. 8. Lord, I have loved the habita-
ion of thy house, and the place where thine
lonour dwelleth. Ver. 12. In the congrega-
tions will I bless the Lord.
xxvii. 4. One thing have I desired of the
that will I seek after ; that I may
dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of
my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and
nquire in his temple. Ver. 6. I will offer in
lis tabernacle sacrifices of joy : I will sing
praises unto the Lord.
xxxv. 18> I will give thee thanks in the
great congregation : I will praise thee among
much people.
xiii. 2. When shall I come and appear be-
bre God ? Ver. 5. I shall yet praise him.
Ivii. 9. I will praise thee among the people ;
[ will sing unto thee among the nations.
Ver. 10. For thy mercy is great unto the hea-
vens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Ps. cviii. 3. cix. 30.
Ixv. 1. Praise waiteth for thee, God, in
on.
Ixxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in
thy house ; they will be still praising thee.
Ixxxix. 5. The heavens shall praise thy
wonders, O Lord ; thy faithfulness also in the
congregation of the saints. Ver. 7. God is
greatly to be feared in the assembly of the
saints, and to be had in reverence of all that
are about him.
zcv. 2. Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving, &c. Ver. 3.
c. 4. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and
his courts with praise.
cii. 21, 22. Declare the name of the Lord
in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem ; when
the people are gathered together to serve the
Lord.
cvii. 32. Let them exalt him in the congre-
gation of the people, and praise him in the
assembly of the elders.
cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord in the assem-
bly of the upright.
cxvi. 18, 19. I will pay my vows unto the
Lord in the presence of all his people, in the
courts of the Lord's house.
cxviii. 19. Open to me the gates of righteous-
ness ; I will go into them, and I will praise the
Lord.
cxxxiv. 2. Lift up your hands in the sanc-
tuary, and bless the Lord.
cxxxv. 1 9. Bless the Lord, O house of Israel ;
Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron. Ver. 21.
Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwell-
eth in Jerusalem : praise ye the Lord.
cxxxviii. 1. I will praise thee with my whole
heart ; before the gods will I sing praise unto
thee. See Neh. viii. 6. ix. 5. Ps. cxlvii. 7.
12. cxlix. 1. cl. 1, 2. 6. Isa. Ixiv. 11. Heb.
ii. 12. Rev. vii. 12.
CHAP. XIV.
PRAISE.
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See regulations made for the order of pub-
lic thanks and praise. 1 Chron. xvi. 4. 7.
xxiii. 30. xxix. 13 to 20. Ps. cv. 1. 2 Chron.
v. 13. Neh. xi. 17. xii. 8. 24, &c.
CCXIV. Of singing the praises of God.
Job xxxviii. 6, 7. When the foundations of the
earth were laid, the morning stars sang to-
gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.
Ps. xiii. 6. I will sing unto the Lord, because
he hath dealt bountifully with me.
xviii. 49. I will give thanks unto thee,
Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto
thy name. Rom. xv. 19.
xxi. 13. Be thou exalted in thine own
strength, so will we sing and praise thy power.
Ps. lix. 16, 17.
xxx. 4. Sing unto the Lord, ye saints of
his ; give thanks at the remembrance of his
holiness. Ver. 12. Ps. vii. 17.
xxxiii. 3. Sing unto him a new song ; play
skilfully with a loud noise.
li. 14. I will sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Ver. 15.
Ixvii. 4. O let the nations be glad and sing
for joy. Ps. ix. 2. 11. xlii. 4. Ixxxi. 1.
xcv. 1, 2. xcvi. 1, 2. xcviii. 8, 9. c. 2.
Ixxxix. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the
Lord for ever. Ps. Ixi. 7, 8. ci. 1. cviii. 3.
civ. 33. I will sing unto my God while I
have being. Ps. ixxv. 9. cxlvi. 2. Isa.
xxxviii. 20.
cv. 2. Sing psalms unto him ; talk of all his
wondrous works.
cxxxviii. 5. Kings of the earth shall sing in
the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of
tlie Lord.
cxlvii. 1. 7, 8, 9. Sing unto the Lord with
thanksgiving ; who covereth the heaven with
clouds, who giveth the beast his food.
ex lix. 1. Sing unto the Lord a new song.
Ps. cxliv. 9.
Ver. 5, 6. Let the saints be joyful in glory ;
let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the
high praises of God be in their mouth.
Isa. xii. 5. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath
done excellent things.
xxiv. 14. They shall sing, for the majesty
of the Lord.
.xxvi. 19. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in
dust, for thy dew is as the dew of herbs.
xxxv. 6. The tongue of the dumb shall
sing. Ver. 10. The ransomed of the Lord
shall return and come to Zion with songs, and
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. Ch.
11. 11.
xlii. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth. Ver.
1 2. Let them give glory to the Lord, and de-
clare his praise in the islands.
xlviii. 20. Go forth with the voice of sing-
ing: the Lord hath redeemed his servant
Jacob.
xlix. 13. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful,
earth, for the Lord hath comforted his peo-
ple. Ch. xliv. 23. lii. 9. Iv. 12. Ps. cxxvi.
1,2.
Acts xvi. 25. At midnight Paul and Silas
prayed, and sang praises to God in the prison.
James v. 13. Is any merry 1 let him sing
psalms.
CCXV. The subjects of praise and thanks
to God are so many and various that they
cannot be enumerated. Let therefore a brief
view of the principal of them suffice, under
the following heads, viz.:
God's goodness and mercy acts thereof
towards mankind. Ps. xvi. 7. I will bless the
Lord, who hath given me counsel.
xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my
shield, my heart trusted in him and I am help-
ed : therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and
with my song will I praise him.
xxxiii. 2. Praise the Lord. Ver. 5. The
earth is full of his goodness.
xlii. 5. I shall yet praise him for the help of
his countenance.
Ivii. 9, 10. I will praise thee, O Lord, for
thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy
truth reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 3, 4.
Ixiii. 3. Because thy loving-kindness is bet-
ter than life, my lips shall praise thee. Ver. 5.
Ps. cxxxviii. 1, 2.
Ixvii. 1. God be merciful unto us, and bless
us, and cause his face to shine upon us. Ver.
3. Let the people praise thee, O God.
Ixviii. 19. Blessed be the Lord, who daily
loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our
salvation. Ver. 35. The God of Israel is he
that giveth strength and power to his people :
blessed be God.
Ixxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up from
the womb ; thou art he that took me out of
my mother's bowels. My praise shall be con-
tinually of thee. Ver. 14. I will hope con-
tinually, and praise thee more and more. Ver.
8. 23.
Ixxxvi. 12, 13. I will praise thee, O Lord
my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify
thy name for evermore. For great is thy mer-
cy toward me; and thou hast delivered my
soul from the lowest hell.
Ixxxix. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the
Lord for ever. Ver. 2.
c. 4, 5. Be thankful unto him, and bless
his name. For the Lord is good ; his mercy
is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all ge-
nerations. Ps. cxvii. 1, 2.
ciii. 2, 3. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and
forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all
thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases.
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cvi. 1. Praise ye (he Lord. O give thanks
unto the Lord, for he is good ; for his mercy en-
dureth for ever. Ps'. xlvii. xlviii. cvii. 1. 8.
15. 21.31.
Isa. xii. 2. The Lord Jehovah is my strength
and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Ver. 4, 5. Praise the Lord, declare his doings
among the people, make mention that his name
is exalted. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath
done excellent things.
Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kindnesses
of the Lord. &c. See also Ps. cxii. 1. 4.
cxv. 12. 18. cxviii. 19. 21. 28, 29. cxxxiv.
1, 2, 3. cxxxv. 2, 3. 19 21. cxxxviii. 2. 4.
cxlv. 1. 8, 9. cxlvi. 1. 8. 10. cxlviii. 1. 7.
14. Jer. xxxiii. 11.
CCXVI. For Christ. Luke i. 6870.
Blessed be the God of Israel, for he hath visit-
ed and redeemed his people ; and he hath
raised up a horn of salvation for us ; as he
spake by the mouth of his holy prophets.
ii. 10, 11. The angel said, Behold, I bring
you glad tidings of great joy. Unto you is
born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Isa. ix. 6.
Ver. 13, 14. And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the heavenly host,
praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward
men.
Ver. 2833. Simeon [at seeing Christ]
blessed God : And said, Now lettest thou thy
servant depart in peace ; for mine eyes have
seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared
before the face of all people ; a light to lighten
the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Ch. ii. 38. xxiv. 52, 53.
2 Cor. ix. 15. Thanks to God for his un-
speakable gift.
CCXVII. For blessings from God by and
through Christ. 1 Cor. i. 4, 5. 7. I thank my
God always on your behalf, for the grace of
God which is given you by Jesus Christ ; that
in every thing ye are enriched by him, so that
ye come behind in no gift.
xv. 57. Thanks to God who giveth us the
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor. ii. 14. Thanks to God, who always
causeth us to triumph in Christ.
Eph. i. 3, 4. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ ; according as he hath chosen us in
him before the foundation of the world.
Ver. 6. And hath made us accepted in the
beloved.
1 Pet. i. 3, 4. Blessed be the God, and Fa-
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according
to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again
to a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead ; to an inheritance incor-
ruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you. Rom. i. 8.
vii. 25.
CCXVIH. For God's will reveakd. Matt,
xi. 25. Jesus said, I thank thee, O Father
Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes.
CCXIX. For the obedience and faith of
Christians, as oiving to God. Rom. vi. 17.
God be thanked, ye have obeyed from the
heart that form of doctrine which was deli-
vered unto you.
2 Cor. viii. 16. Thanks be to God, which
put the same earnest care into the heart of
Titus for you.
Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, and love to all the
saints, I cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my prayers.
Phil. i. 3. I thank God upon every remem-
brance of you. 1 Cor. i. 4.
Col. i. 3, 4. We give thanks to God, and
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, since we
heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the
love which ye have to all the saints.
1 Thess. ii. 13. We thank God without
ceasing, because when ye received the word of
God, ye received it not as the word of men,
but (as it is in truth) the word of God.
iii. 9. What thanks can we render to God
for you, for the joy wherewith we joy for your
sakes before God 1
2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God
always for you, brethren, because that your
faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of
every one of you toward each other aboundeth.
1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jesus our Lord, who
hath enabled me, for that he counted me faith-
ful, putting me into the ministry.
2 Tim. i. 3. I thank God, whom I serve with
a pure conscience, that without ceasing I have
remembrance of thee in my prayers.
God thanked for charitable contributions of
saints to others in distress. 2 Cor. ix. J 1.
CCXX. For God's care of his church. Ps.
ix. 11. Sing praises to the Lord which dwell-
eth in Zion. Ver. 15. The heathen are sunk
down in the pit that they made.
Ixix. 30. I will praise the name of God with
a song, and will magnify him with thanks-
giving. Ver. 35. For God will save Zion.
cii. 16. When the Lord shall build up Zion,
he shall appear in his glory. Ver. 18. And
the people that shall be created shall praise the
Lord.
CHAP. XIV.
PRAISE.
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cxlvii. 1, 2. Praise the Lord The Lord
doth build up Jerusalem. Ver. 12. Praise the
Lord, O Jerusalem ; praise thy God, O Zion.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy
gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Ver. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders,
and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Ps. cxlix. 1 to 6. See xlviii. 1. cxlvi. 1. 7,
8, 9, 10. Isa. xii. 1, 2. li. 3. Ix. 6. 8, 9.
Ixiii. 7, 8, 9. Jer. xxx. 18, 19. Acts ii. 47.
CCXXI. For God's great and marvellous
works. Ps. xxvi. 7. That I may publish with
the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy
wondrous works. Ps. cxlv. 4. 10.
Ixvi. 1 3. Make a joyful noise unto God,
all ye lands. Sing forth the honour of his
name ; make his praise glorious. Say unto
him, How terrible art thou in thy works !
Ixxv. 1. Unto thee, O God, we do give
thanks : for that thy name is near, thy won-
drous works declare.
civ. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord
my God, thou art very great : thou art clothed
with honour and majesty. Ver. 24. How
manifold are thy works ! in wisdom thou hast
made them all.
cvii. 22. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of
thanksgiving, and declare his works with re-
joicing. Ver. 8.
cxi. 1 3. I will praise the Lord with my
whole heart. The works of the Lord are great.
His work is honourable and glorious.
cxxxix. 14. I will praise thee, for I am fear-
fully and wonderfully made: marvellous are
thy works. Rev. xv. 3.
cxlviii. 5. Praise the name of the Lord : for
he commanded and they were created.
cl. I, 2. Praise the Lord. Praise him for
his mighty acts : praise him according to his
excellent greatness. Ver. 6. Let every thing
that hath breath praise the Lord.
Isa. xlii. 12. Let them give glory to the
Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
See Ps. ix. 1. xl. 5. Ixviii. 4. 26. 33. Ixxiii.
28. Ixxviii. 4. Ixxxvi. 8. xcii. 5. cv. 5.
CCXXIL For God's marvellous acts upon
the bodies and minds of men. Dan. iv. 34.
37. Nebuchadnezzar praised God for being
restored to the use of reason.
Jonah ii. 8, 9. Jonah for his being delivered
from the fish.
Luke i. 64. Zacharias for his being restored
to the use of his speech.
xviii. 43. The blind for being restored to
the use of sight.
Acts iii. 6. The lame for being healed.
Isa. xxxviii. 20. Hezekiah praised God for
his recovery from sickness. See Ps. cxviii.
19. 21.
CCXXIII. For daily bread. Deut. viii.
10. When thou hast eaten and art full, then
thou shalt bless the Lord thy God.
Isa. Ixii. 9. They that have gathered in the
corn and wine, shall eat and praise the Lord.
Joel ii. 26. Ye shall eat in plenty, and be
satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your
God, that hath dealt wondrously with you.
Mark viii. 6. Jesus took the seven loaves,
and gave thanks. John vi. 11. 23.
Acts xxvii. 35. Paul took bread and gave
thanks.
Rom. xiv. 6. He that eateth to the Lord,
giveth God thanks.
1 Tim. iv. 3. Meats God hath created to be
received with thanksgiving, of them that know
the truth. Ver. 4. Every creature of God is
good, if it be received with thanksgiving. See
1 Cor. x. 30, 31.
CCXXIV. For deliverance from trouble
and affliction. Ps. xxii. 23, 24. Ye that fear
the Lord, praise him : all ye seed of Jacob,
glorify him ; and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.
For he hath not despised the affliction of the
afflicted, neither hath he hid his face from him,
but when he cried unto him he heard.
xxx. 11, 12. Thou hast turned for me my
mourning into dancing ; thou hast put off my
sackcloth and girded me with gladness. O
Lord, my God, I will give thanks to thee for
ever.
xxxiv. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise shall be continually in my mouth.
Ver. 4. He delivered me from all my fears.
xlii. 11. I shall praise him, who is the
health of my countenance, and my God. Ps.
xl. 3.
liv. 6, 7. I will praise the Lord, for it is
good. For he hath delivered me out of all
trouble.
Ivi. 12, 13. I will render praise unto thee,
for thou hast delivered my soul from death.
Ps. cxvi. 8.
Ixvi. 8, 9. bless our God, ye people;
make the voice of his praise to be heard. Who
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our
feet to be moved.
xcii. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks
unto the Lord, and to sing praise unto the
name of the Most High. Ver. 2, 3.
Ver. 4. For thou Lord hast made me glad
through thy work. See Ps. xxvi. 12. xxxi.
7. 21. cxlii. 7. cxliv. 7. 9.
CGXXV. For deliverance from enemies.
Gen. xiv. 20. Melchizedek said to Abraham,
Blessed be the most high God, that hath deli-
vered thine enemies into thy hand.
Exod. xviii. 10. Jethro said, Blessed be the
Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand
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HONOURING GOD.
CHAP. XIV.
of the Egyptians. See Exod. xv. 1 to 22. Pa.
Ixxviii. 4. 12.
Deut. x. 21. The Lord, he is thy praise ; he
is thy God, which hath done for thee these
great and terrible things, which thine eyes
nave seen.
2 Sam. xxii. 2. The Lord is my rock and
my fortress, and my deliverer. (Ps. xviii. 2.)
Ver. 47. Blessed be my rock, and exalted be
the God of my salvation.
1 Chron. xvi. 34. give thanks unto the
Lord, for he is good. Ps. cvii. 1. cxviii. 1.
cxxxvi. 1.
Ver. 35, 36. Say ye, Save us, God of our
salvation, and gather us together ; and deliver
us from the heathen, that we may give thanks
to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
The people said, Amen, praised be the Lord.
Ps. vii. 6. Arise, O Lord, lift up thyself,
because of mine enemies. Ver. 10. My de-
fence is of God, who saveth the" upright in
heart. Ver. 17. I will praise the Lord ac-
cording to his righteousness, and sing praise
to the name of the Most High. Ps. ix. 2.
ix. 1 3. I will praise the Lord with my
whole heart, and shew forth thy marvellous
works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee.
"When mine enemies are turned back, they
shall fall and perish at thy presence. Ver.
14.
xxi. 8. Thy hand shall find out all thine
enemies. Ver. 13. Be thou exalted, Lord, in
thine own strength; so will we sing and
praise thy power.
xxii. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword.
Ver. 25. My praise shall be of thee. Ps.
xxxv. 18. 28.
xxx. 1. I will extol thee, Lord, for thou
hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes
to rejoice over me. Ver. 12. I will give
thanks unto thee for ever.
xlii. 9. Why go I mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy? Ver. 11. O my
soul, hope in God, for I shall yet praise him.
xliii. 1. 4. God, plead my cause against
the ungodly I will praise thee.
xliv. 7, 8. Thou hast saved us from our
enemies, and put them to shame that hated
us. In God we boast all the day long ; and
praise thy name for ever.
Ivi. 4. In God I will praise his word, in
God I have put my trust. Ver. 9. When I
cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn
back.
Ivii. 3. He shall send from heaven, and save
me from the reproach of him that would
swallow me up. Ver. 5. Be thou exalted,
Lord, above the heavens, and let thy glory be
above the earth. Ver. 7. I will sing and give
praise.
Ixi. 3. Thou hast been a shelter for me, a j
strong tower from the enemy. Ver. 8. I will
sing praise to thy name for ever.
Ixxi. 10. Mine enemies speak against me,
and they that wait for my soul take coun.se!
together, &c. Ver. 22. I will praise thee,
my God, O thou Holy One of Israel. Ver.
24. My tongue shall talk of thy righteousness
all the day long; for they are brought into
shame that seek my hurt.
Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name. Ver. 13. So we
will give thee thanks for ever and ever, and
will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
xcviii. 2. The Lord hath made known his
salvation ; his righteousness hath he openly
shewed in the sight of the heathen. Ver. 4.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the
earth ; rejoice and sing praise.
cxi. 6. He hath shewed his people the
power of his works, that he may give them
the heritage of the heathen.
Ver. 9, 10. He sent redemption unto his
people. His praise endureth for ever.
cxxiv. 2. Men rose up against us. Ver. 6.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us a
prey to their teeth.
Rev. xix. 1,2. I heard a great voice of much
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia ; salvation,
and glory, and honour, and power, unto the
Lord our God : For true and righteous are his
judgments ; for he hath judged the great
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her
fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his
servants at her hand. See Exod. xv. 1.
Compare Rev. xv. 2. Judg. v. 3. 2 Chron.
xx. 22. 26. 28. Ps. xviii. 46. xxviii. 6.
xli. 9. 13. cvi. 12. cxviii. 14, 15. cxliv. 1,
2. Isa. xxv. 1. 4.
HONOURING GOD.
CCXXVI. Honour due to God, and claim-
ed by him. Mai. i. 6. A son honoureth his
father, and a servant his master : if I then be
a Father, where is mine honour ? if I be a
Master, where is my fear 1 saith the Lord of
hosts. John viii. 49. Jesus said, I honour
my Father.
1 Sara. ii. 30. The Lord saith, Them that
honour me, I will honour.
CCXXVII. God is to be honoured by acts
of worship, praise and thanks. Ps. xxvi. 8.
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house,
and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Ixvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name ;
make his praise glorious.
Ixxi. 8. Let my mouth be filled with thy
praise, and with thy honour all the day.
xcvL 6. Honour and majesty are before
CHAP. XIV.
GLORIFYING GOD.
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him ; strength and beauty are in his sanc-
tuary. 1 Chron. xvi. 27.
civ. 1. Thou art clothed with honour and
majesty.
cxlv. 5. I will speak of the glorious honour
of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
Isa. xliii. 20. The beast of the field shall
honour me, the dragon, and the owls: Be-
cause I give waters in the wilderness, and
rivers in the desert, to give drink to my peo-
ple, my chosen.
Dan. iv. 37. I extol and honour the King
of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his
ways judgment. Ver. 34.
1 Tim. i. 17. To the only wise God, be
honour and glory, &c. Ch. vi. 16.
Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, Lord, to
receive glory, and honour, and power, &c.
Ch. vii. 12. xix. i. 7.
CCXXVIII. By holiness of life. Jer.
xxxiii. 8. I will (saith the Lord) cleanse them
from all their iniquity.
Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a name of
joy, a praise and an honour before all the na-
tions of the earth.
CCXXIX. By keeping the Sabbath. Isa.
Iviii. 13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot from
the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my
holy day, and call the Sabbath a Delight, the
holy of the Lord, honourable ; and shalt ho-
nour him ; not doing thine own ways, nor
finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking
thine own words: Then shalt thou delight
thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places of the earth, and
feed thee with the heritage of Jacob.
CCXXX. By acts of charity and mercy
to the poor. Prov. iii. 9, 10. Honour the
Lord with thy substance, and with the first-
fruits of all thine increase : so shall thy barns
be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst
out with new wine.
xiv. 31. He that oppresseth the poor re-
proacheth his Maker : but he that honoureth
him hath mercy on the poor. Ver. 21.
CCXXXI. Honouring Christ motives to
it. John v. 22, 23. The Father hath com-
mitted all judgment unto the Son : that all
men should honour the Son, even as they
honour the Father. He that honoureth not
the Son, honoureth not the Father that sent
him. See Rev. v. 12, 13. The Father and
Son honoured.
viii. 54. Jesus said, It is the Father that
honoureth me.
2 Pet. i. 1 7. He received from God the Fa-
ther honour and glory, when there came such
24
a voice from the excellent glory, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matt. xvii. 5.
For the honours due and paid to Christ by
the church in heaven and upon earth, see
Chap, concerning the Dignity and Offices of
Jesus .Christ.
CCXXXII. The wicked dishonour God,
and are punished.- Isa. xxix. 13. This peo-
ple draw near me with their mouth, and with
their lips do honour me, but have removed
their heart far from me : wo unto them. Ver.
14. Ch. xliii. 23. 28. Iviii. 2. Matt. xv. 8.
Rom. ii. 23.
1 Sam.ii. 29. The Lord said to Eli, Where-
fore honourest thou thy sons above mel to
make yourselves fat with the choicest of the
offerings of Israel? Ver. 36. It shall come
to pass, that every one that is left in thy
house, shall come and crouch to the priest for
a piece of silver, and a morsel of bread, and
shall say, Put me (I pray thee) into one of
the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of
bread.
Ver. 30. For them that honour me I will
honour, and them that despise me shall be
lightly esteemed.
GLORIFYING GOD.
CCXXXIII. To glorify God commanded,
1 Sam. vi. 5. Ye shall give glory to the God
of Israel. 1 Cor. vi. 20. x. 31.
Isa. xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, Israel,
in whom I will be glorified. Ch. xliii. 7.
CCXXXI V. Christ glorified God on earth.
John xiii. 31. God is glorified in him. Ver. 32.
xvii. 4. I have glorified thee on earth ; I
have finished the work which thou gavest me
to do. Ch. vii. 18. He sought God's glory.
CCXXXV. Men glorify God by praise
and thankfulness. 1 Chron. xvi. 28. Give
unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give
unto the Lord glory and strength. Ver. 24.
Ver. 29. Give unto the Lord, the glory due
unto his name : come before him ; worship
the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Ps. xxix.
1, 2. 9. xcvi. 3. 7, 8. Ixxii. 19.
Ps. xxii. 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise
him ; all ye seed of Jacob, glorify him.
1. 23. Whoso offereth praise, glorifieth me.
Ver. 15.
Ixxxvi. 9. All nations whom thou hast made
shall come and worship before thee, O Lord,
and shall glorify thy name.
cxv. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us,
but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy
and for thy truth's sake. Isa. xxv. 3. 4.
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GLORIFYING GOD.
CHAP. XIV.
, Isa xlii. 12. Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare his praise in the islands. Ch.
xxxiv. 15.
Luke ii. 20. The shepherds returned, glo-
rifying and praising God.
Acts xi. 18. The brethren glorified God for
the conversion of the Gentiles.
Gal. i. 24. The apostles glorified God, in
Paul, for his conversion. Acts xxi. 20.
CCXXXVI. By faith. Rom. iv.20. Abra-
ham was strong in faith, giving glory to God.
Eph. i. 12. We being predestinated, that
we should be to the praise of his glory, who
first trusted in Christ. Ver. 5, 6.
Phil. ii. 11. Confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
CCXXXVII. By good works. Matt. v. 16.
Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet. ii. 12.
John xv. 8. Herein is my Father glorified,
that ye bear much fruit.
Phil. i. 11. Being filled with the fruits of
righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto
the glory and praise of God.
CCXXXVIII. Various branches of duty
whereby God is to be glorified. Josh. vii. 19.
Joshua said to Achan, Give glory to the God
of Israel, and make confession of thy secret
sin.
Hag. i. 7, 8. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts,
Bring wood and build the house, and I will
take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified.
John xxi. 19. This spake Jesus, signifying
by what death Peter should glorify God.
Rom. xv. 5, 6. Be ye like-minded one to-
ward another ; that ye may with one mind,
and with one mouth glorify God, even the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor. iv. 15. All things are for your sakes,
that the abundant grace might, through the
thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of
God.
viii. 19. This grace [or gift to the poor
saints] is administered by us to the glory of the
same Lord. Ch. ix. 13.
1 Pet. iv. 11. If any speak, let him speak as
the oracles of God, that God in all things may
be glorified through Jesus Christ. Ver. 16.
If any suffer as a Christian, let him glorify
God on this behalf.
Rev, xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory to
him. Ch. xi. 13. xv. 4.
1 Cor. x. 31. Whether ye eat or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
CCXXXIX. Doxologies, or glory ascribed
to God in worship. Luke ii. 14. Glory to God
in the highest, and on earth, peace, good-will
toward men.
Rom. xvi. 27. To God only wise be glory,
through Jesus Christ, for ever. Amen. Jude
25;
Eph. iii. 2 1 . Unto him be glory in the church
by Jesus Christ, throughout all ages, world
without end. Amen. Gal. i. 5.
Phil. iv. 20. Now unto God and our Father,
be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me
unto his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory
for ever and ever. Amen.
Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace,
that brought again from the dead our Lord
Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
make you perfect in every good work, to do
his will ; working in you that which is well-
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Pet. v. 10, 11. The God of all grace, who
hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, make you perfect, establish, strengthen,
settle you. To him be glory and dominion,
for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ : to whom be glory both now and for
ever. Amen.
Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to
receive glory, and honour and power : for thou
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure
they are and were created. Rom. xi. 36.
Rev. vii. 12. Blessing and glory, and wis-
dom, and thanksgiving, and honour and power
and might, be unto our God for ever and ever.
Amen.
Note. The reader may observe in the above
scriptures, that the things mentioned along
with glory, are reasons for ascribing it to God ;
also that glory is in some of them directly
ascribed to Christ, and in others to God the
Father through Christ. See Christ's glory be-
fore and in his incarnation, and after it. Chap,
upon the Dignity and Offices of Jesus Christ.
CCXL. God is glorified in the restoration
and prevalence of true religion among his
people. Ps. Ixxii. 19. Let the whole earth be
filled with his glory. Ps. xcvii. 6.
Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed Ja-
cob, and glorified himself in Israel. Ch. xlix. 3.
Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upon
thee. Ver. 21. Thy people shall be all right-
eous, that I may be glorified.
Ixi. 3. To give unto them that mourn in
Zion, beauty for ashes, &c. That they might
be called trees of righteousness, the planting
of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Ixvi. 18. I will gather all nations and
CHAP. XIV.
GODLINESS.
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tongues, and they shall come and see my
glory.
Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled with
the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea.
Rom. 'xv. 7. Receive ye one another as
Christ received us, to the glory of God.
2 Cor. i. 20. All the promises of God in
Christ are Yea, and in him Amen, unto the
glory of God.
iv. 6. God hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.
Eph. i. 6. God having predestinated us to
the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, to
the praise of the glory of his grace. Ver. 12.
See Christ's glory before his incarnation on
earth, and after his resurrection.
God glorified by those who saw miracles
wrought by Christ's power ; as, When the
palsy was cured, Matt. ix. 8. The dumb made
to speak, Matt. xv. 31. The dead raised to
life, Luke vii. 16. The lame healed, Luke
xiii. 13. Acts iv. 21. The leper cleansed,
Luke xvii. 15. Sight given to the blind, Luke
xvii. 43. The appearances at Christ's birth,
Luke ii. 20. At his death, xxiii. 47.
CCXLI. The wicked glorify not God, and
are punished. Dan. v. 22. Thou hast not
humbled thine heart. Ver. 23. Daniel said to
Belshazzar, Thou hast lifted up thyself against
the Lord of heaven, &c. and the God in whose
hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways,
hast thou not glorified. Ver. 26 28. God
hath numbered thy kingdom. Thou art weigh-
ed in the balance and art found wanting. Thy
kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and
Persians.
Mai. ii. 2. If ye will not lay it to heart, to
give glory to my name, saith the Lord of
hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and
I will curse your blessings. Jer. xiii. 16.
Acts xii. 23. An angel smote Herod, be-
cause he gave not God the glory ; and he was
eaten of worms.
Rom. i. 21. When they .knew God, they
glorified him not as God, neither were thankful.
Ver. 24. Wherefore God gave them up, &c.
iii. 23. All have sinned and come short of
the glory of God.
Rev. xvi. 9. The men that were scorched
with fire repented not to give glory to God.
CCXLII. God is glori/ied in the destruc-
tion of the wicked. Exod. xiv. 4. I will be
honoured upon Pharaoh and his host. Ver.
17, 18.
Lev. x. 2, 3. There went out fire from the
Lord, and devoured Nadab and Abihu. The
Lord spake, saying, Before all the people will
I be glorified.
Isa. xxvi. 14, 15. Thou hast visited and de-
stroyed them, and made all their memory to
perish. Lord, thou art glorified.
Ezek. xxviii. 22. Thus saith the Lord God,
Behold I am against thee, O Zidon, and I
will be glorified in the midst of thee. Ch.
xxxix. 11. 13.
CCXLIII. Sanctifying God. Lev. x. 3.
The Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in
them that come nigh me, and before all the
people I will be glorified.
Isa. v. 16. God that is holy, shall be sanc-
tified in righteousness.
viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself,
and let him be your fear, and let him be your
dread.
xxix. 23. They shall sanctify my name, and
shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob.
Ezek. xx. 41. I will be sanctified in you
before the heathen. Ch. xxxvi. 23. xxviii.
25. xxxix. 21.
1 Pet. iii. 15. Sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts. See Ezek. xxviii. 21. xxxviii. 16.
CCXLI V. Threats against those that sanc-
tify not God. Numb. xx. 12. The Lord
spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye be-
lieved me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the
children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring
this congregation into the land which I have
given them. Ch. xxvii. 14. Deut. xxxii. 51.
CHAPTER XV.
CHARACTERS GOOD AND BAD, WITH PROMISES AND THREATS.
I. GODLINESS in heart and life. Ps.
xxxii. 6. For this shall every godly one pray
unto thee.
2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, The
testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity
and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom,
but by the grace of God, we have had our
conversation in the world.
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RIGHTEOUSNESS.
CHAP. XV.
vii. 9. Ye were made sorry [for sin] after a
godly manner. Ver. 10, 11.
xi. 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you with
a godly jealousy.
1 Tim. ii. 2. Pray that we may lead a quiet
and peaceable life, in all godliness and ho-
nesty.
Ver. 10. Good works become women pro-
fessing godliness.
iv. 7. Exercise thyself unto godliness.
vi. 11, 12. O man of God, follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness ; fight the good fight of faith.
Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, live soberly, righteously and godly, in
the present world.
Heb. xii. 28. Let us serve God, with rever-
ence and godly fear.
2 Pet. i. 6. Add to patience, godliness, &c.
Ver. 7.
iii. 11. What manner of persons ought ye
to be, in all holy conversation and godliness 1
II. Promises to the godly. Ps. iv. 3. The
Lord hath set apart him that is godly for him-
self.
1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto
all things, having promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come.
vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great
gain.
2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to de-
liver the godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment
to be punished.
III. Means of godliness given. Rom. xi.
26. Christ shall turn away ungodliness from
Jacob.
1 Tim. iii. 16. The gospel contains the
mystery of godliness.
vi. 3. Th gospel contains the doctrine
which is according to godliness.
Tit. i. 1. The truth [in the gospel] is ac-
cording to godliness.
IV. Godliness misrepresented. 1 Tim. vi.
5. Corrupt men suppose that gain is godliness.
2 Tim. iii. 5. Hypocrites have a form of
godliness, but deny the power thereof.
V. The ungodly described by their practice.
Ps. xviii. 4. Floods of ungodly men made me
afraid.
Prov. xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up
evil.
xix. 28. An ungodly witness scorneth judg-
ment.
2 Tim. ii. 1 6. Vain babblings increase unto
ungodliness.
Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of God
into lasciviousness. Ver. 18. They walk
after their own ungodly lusts.
VI. Threats against the ungodly. 2 Chron.
xix. 2. Shouldst thou help the ungodly, and
love them that hate the Lord! therefore is
wrath upon thee from the Lord.
Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly.
Ver. 4 6. The ungodly are like the chaff
which the wind driveth away. They shall
not stand in judgment. The way of the un-
godly shall perish.
iii. 7. Thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
xliii. 1. Plead my cause against an ungodly
nation.
Ixxiii. 12. The ungodly prosper in the world,
they increase in riches. Ver. 18. Thou didst
set them in slippery places ; thou castedst them
down into destruction.
Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and un-
righteousness of men.
1 Pet. iv. 18. If the righteous scarcely be
saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner
appear ?
2 Pet. ii. 5, 6. God spared not the old world,
bringing in the flood upon the world of the
ungodly ; and turning the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with
an overthrow, making them an example unto
those that after should live ungodly.
iii. 7. The heavens and the earth which are
now, are reserved unto fire against the day of
judgment, and perdition of ungodly men.
Jude 14, 15. Behold the Lord cometh, to
execute judgment upon all, and to convince
all that are ungodly, of all their ungodly deeds,
which they have ungodly committed, and of
all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him.
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
VII. Righteousness required. Deut vi. 25.
It shall be our righteousness, if we observe to
do all these commandments before the Lord
our God, as he hath commanded us.
Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by righteous-
ness.
Amos v. 24. Let judgment run down as
waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, seek righteous-
ness, seek meekness, &c.
Matt. iii. 15. Jesus said, It becometh us to
fulfil all righteousness.
v. 20. Jesus said, Except your righteous-
ness shall exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven. . .
CHAP. XV.
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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vi. 33. Seek first the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness.
Luke i. 75. Serve God in holiness and
righteousness.
Acts xxiv. 25. Paul reasoned of righteous-
ness, temperance, and judgment to come.
Rom. vi. 13. Yield your members as instru-
ments of righteousness unto God. Ver. 1 9.
1 Cor. xv. 34. Awake unto righteousness.
2 Cor. vi. 4. 7. Approving ourselves by the
armour of righteousness.
Ver. 14. What fellowship hath righteous-
ness with unrighteousness ]
Eph. iv. 24. Put on the new man, which
after God is created in righteousness.
v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all right-
eousness, goodness and truth.
vi. 14. Stand, therefore, having your loins
girt about with truth, and having on the breast-
plate of righteousness.
Phil. i. 10, 11. Approving things that are
excellent, being filled with the fruits of right-
eousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the
glory and praise of God.
1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
2 Tim. ii. 22.
2 Tim. iii. 16. The Scripture is profitable
for instruction in righteousness.
Tit. ii. 11, 12. The grace of God that
bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men ;
teaching us, that denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right-
eously, and godly, in this present world.
Heb. xi. 33. The prophets through faith
wrought righteousness.
1 Pet. ii. 24. We being dead to sin, should
live unto righteousness.
1 John ii. 29. Every one that doeth right-
eousness is born of God.
iii. 7. He that doeth righteousness is right-
eous. Ver. 10. Whosoever doeth not right-
eousness is not of God.
VIII. Promises to the righteous of peculiar
favour from God. Ps. i. 6. The Lord
knoweth the way of the righteous. Ps. cxlvi.
8. The Lord loveth the righteous. Ps. xi. 7.
xxxiii. 5.
v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ;
with favour thou wilt compass him as with a
shield. Ps. cvi. 3. Matt. v. 6.
xi. 5. The Lord trieth the righteous.
xiv. 5. God is in the generation of the right-
eous. Isa. Ixiv. 5.
xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon
the righteous, and his ears are open unto their
cry. Job xxxvi. 7. Ps. xxxiii. 18. 1 Pet.
iii. 12.
Ver. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord
heareth and delivereth them out of all their
troubles. Ps. xviii. 24. xv. 1, 2. James v.
16. iPet. iii. 12.
xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the right-
eous. Ps. Iv. 22. He shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved. Ps. xv. 2.
Ver. 39. The salvation of the righteous is
of the Lord. Gen. vii. 1. Prov. xviii. 10.
Isa. xxxiii. 15, 16. Ixiv. 5. 2 Pet. ii. 5.
Prov. ii. 7. The Lord layeth up sound wis-
dom for the righteous. Jer. xx. 12.
iii. 32. The secret of the Lord is with the
righteous. Ps. xxv. 14.
Job xxxiii. 26. God will render unto man his
righteousness. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. 1 Kings viii.32.
Ps. vii. 8. Judge me according to my right-
eousness. Ps. xviii. 20. 24. 2 Sam. xxii. 2 1 .
Ver. 11. God judgeth the righteous: God
is angry with the wicked every day.
xxxvii. 6. He shall bring forth thy right-
eousness.
Iviii. 11. Verily there is a reward for the
righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in
the earth.
IX. Promises of blessings to the righteous,
as the consequence of righteousness, by the
appointment of God. Job iv. 7. Who ever
perished being innocent 1 or where were the
righteous cut off?
xvii. 9. The righteous shall hold on his
way, and he that hath clean hands shall be
stronger and stronger.
Ps. xxxvii. 29. The righteous shall inherit
the land, and dwell in it for ever.
Ixxii. 7. In his [the good King's] days the
righteous shall flourish.
Ixxv. 10. The horns of the righteous shall
be exalted.
xcii. 12. The righteous shall flourish like
the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Le-
banon. Ps. i. 3. Hi. 8. Prov. xi. 28.
xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart.
cvi. 3. Blessed is he that doeth righteous-
ness at all times.
Prov. x. 2. Righteousness delivereth from
death. Ch. xi. 4. 6.
Ver. 24. The desire of the righteous shall
be granted. Ver. 28. The hope of the right-
eous shall be gladness; but the expectation
of the wicked shall perish.
xi. 8. The righteous is delivered out of
trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Ch. x. 30. xii. 3.
Ver. 18, 19. To him that soweth righteous-
ness shall be a sure reward. Righteousness
tendeth to life : he that pursueth evil, pursueth
it to his own hurt. Ch. xii. 28.
Ver. 30, 31. The fruit of the righteous is a
tree of life. The righteous shall be recom-
pensed in the earth.
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UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
CHAP. XV.
xii. 3. A man shall not be established by
wickedness : but the root of the righteous
shall not be moved. Ch. x. 25.
Ver. 7. The wicked are overthrown, and
are not ; but the house of the righteous shall
stand. Ch. xi. 21.
Ver. 26. The righteous is more excellent
than his neighbour. Ver. 28. In the way of
righteousness is life; and in the pathway
thereof is no death. Ch. xiii. 6.
xiii. 9. The light of the righteous rejoiceth ;
but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Ver. 21. Evil pursueth sinners; but to the
righteous good shall be repaid.
xiv. 34. Righteousness exalteth a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
xvi. 12. The throne is established by right-
eousness.
Ver. 31. The hoary head is a crown of
glory, if it be found in the way of righteous-
ness.
xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteous-
ness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness and
honour.
xxviii. 1. The wicked flee when no man
pursueth ; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous and the wise, and
their works, are in the hand of God.
Isa. iii. 10. Say ye to the righteous, It shall
be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit
of their doings.
xxiv. 16. From the uttermost part of the
earth have we heard songs, even glory to the
righteous.
xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness shall
be peace; and the effect of righteousness,
quietness, and assurance for ever.
xxxiii. 15, 16. He that walketh righteously,
&c. he shall dwell on high, his place of de-
fence shall be the munitions of rocks ; bread
shall be given him, his waters shall be sure.
Ixiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth
and worketh righteousness, those that remem-
ber thee in thy ways.
Ezek. xiv. 14. Though Noah, Daniel and
Job were in the city, [devoted to destruction
for iniquity] they should deliver but their own
souls by their righteousness. See Gen. vii.
1. xvi'ii. 23.
xviii. 20. The righteousness of the right-
eous shall be upon him. Ver. 22. In his right-
eousness that he hath done he shall live.
Mai. iii. 18. Ye shall discern between the
righteous and the wicked.
X. The righteous shall be delivered from
enemies. Ps. xxxiv. 21. They that hate the
righteous shall be desolate.
Iii. 6. The righteous shall see [the destruc-
tion of the wicked] and fear, and shall laugh
at him.
Iviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice when
he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his
feet in the blood of the wicked.
cxxv. 3. The rod of the wicked shall not
rest on the lot of the righteous.
Prov.xiv. 19. The evil bow before the good,
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for
the righteous.
Zech. xiv. 12. This shall be the plague
wherewith the Lord will smite all the people
who have fought against Jerusalem. Their
flesh shall consume away while they stand
upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume
away in their holes, and their tongues shall
consume away in their mouth.
XI. The death of the righteous blessed.
Numb, xxiii. 10. Let me die the death of the
righteous, and let my last end be like his.
Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in
his death.
Isa. Ivii. 1. The righteous is taken away
from the evil to come.
XII. The righteous blessed after death.
Ps. xv. 1, 2. Lord, who shall dwell in thy
holy hill! He that worketh righteousness.
Ps. xxiv. 4.
cxii. 6. The righteous shall be in everlast-
ing remembrance.
Isa. Ivii. 2. He shall enter into peace ; they
shall rest in their beds, each one walking in
his uprightness.
Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament, and they
that turn many to righteousness, as .the stars
for ever and ever.
Matt. xiii. 43. The righteous shall shine
forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father.
xxv. 46. The righteous shall go into life
eternal.
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
XIII. Unrighteousness forbidden. Rom.
vi. 13. Neither yield ye your members as in-
struments of unrighteousness unto sin ; but
yield yourselves unto God, as those that are
alive from the dead, and your members as in-
struments of righteousness unto God.
2 Cor. vi. 14. What fellowship hath right-
eousness with unrighteousness 1 What com-
munion hath light with darkness ?
XIV. Threats against the unrighteous.
Deut. xxv. 16. All that do unrighteously are an
abomination to the Lord.
Job xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the
wicked, and he that riseth up against me as
the unrighteous.
CHAP. XV;
ZEAL UPRIGHTNESS.
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Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness arid un-
righteousness of men. Ver. 29. Being filled
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wicked-
ness, &c. Ver. 32. They who commit such
things are worthy of death.
ii. 8, 9. Unto them that obey unrighteous-
ness, God will render indignation and wrath,
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of
man that doeth evil.
1 Cor. vi. 9. Know ye not, that the un-
righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of
God?
2 Thess. ii. 10. The Wicked [man of sin]
is filled with all deceivableness of unrighteous-
ness in them that perish. Ver. 12. That they
all might be damned who believed not the
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Pet. ii. 13. They shall receive the reward
of unrighteousness. Ver. 14. Cursed children.
Ver. 17. To whom is reserved the mist of
darkness for ever.
XV. Pardon promised to those that for-
sake unrighteousness. Isa. Iv. 7. 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.
Heb. viii. 12. I will be merciful to their un-
righteousness, and their sins and their iniqui-
ties will I remember no more.
ZEAL.
XVI. Zeal a duty. Gal. iv. 18. It is good
to be zealously affected in a good thing.
Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous
of good works.
Rev. iii. 19. Be zealous and repent.
Instances. In Phinehas, Num. xxv. 11. 13.
In Christ, Isa. lix. 17. Ps. Ixix. 9. In
David, Ps. cxix. 139. In the Corinthians,
1 Cor. xiv. 12. 2 Cor. vii. 11. ix. 2. In
Epaphras, Col. iv. 13.
Erroneous Zeal. Instances: In Saul's
slaying the Gibeonites, 2 Sam. xxi. 1, 2. In
Paul for the law of Moses, before his conver-
sion. Acts xxii. 3. Gal. i. 14. Phil. iii. 6.
In the Jews, Acts xxi. 20. Rom. x. 2. See
Jehu boasting of his zeal, 2 Kings x. 16.
Want of zeal. Rev. iii. 1 5. Because thou
art neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out
of my mouth.
UPRIGHTNESS.
XVII. Upright. Prov. xv. 21. A man of
understanding walketh uprightly.
xvi. 17. The highway of the upright is to
depart from evil.
xxi. 29. As for the upright, he directeth his
way. See ch. xiv. 2.
XVIII. Promises to the upright. 1 Chron.
xxix. 17. I know, my God, that thou triest the
heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.
Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in heart.
xi. 7. The righteous Lord loveth righteous-
ness ; his countenance doth behold the up-
right.
xv. 2. He that walketh uprightly shall abide
in thy tabernacle.
xviii. 25. With an upright man thou wilt
shew thyself upright.
xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the days of
the upright, and their inheritance shall be for
ever. Ver. 37. Mark the perfect man, and
behold the upright, for the latter end of that
man is peace.
xlix. 14. The upright shall have dominion
over the wicked.
Ixxxiv. 1 1. The Lord will withhold no good
from them that walk uprightly.
xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart.
cxii. 2. The generation of the upright shall
be blessed. Ver. 4. Unto the upright there
ariseth light in darkness.
cxl. 13. Lord, the upright shall dwell in thy
presence.
Prov. ii. 7. The Lord is a buckler to them
that walk uprightly. Ver. 21. The upright
shall dwell in the land, &c.
x. 9. He that walketh uprightly walketh
surely. Ver. 29. The way of the Lord is
strength to the upright.
xi. 3. The integrity of the upright shall
preserve them. Ver. 6. The righteousness of
the upright shall deliver them. Ver. 11. By
the blessing of the upright the city is exalted.
Ch. xxix. 8. Gen. xviii. 23 to 28.
Ver. 20. The upright in their way are God's
delight.
xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall de-
liver them.
Ver. 22. They that deal truly are God's
delight.
xiii. 6. Righteousness keepeth the upright
in the way.
xiv. 11. The tabernacle of the upright shall
flourish.
xv. 8. The prayer of the upright is God's
delight.
xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for
the righteous, and the transgressor for the up-
right.
xxviii. 6. Better is the poor that walketh in
his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his
ways, though he be rich. Ver. 10. The
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INTEGRITY SINCERITY PERFECTION. CHAP. XV.
upright shall have good things in posses-
sion.
Ver. 18. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be
saved ; but he that is perverse in his ways
shall fall at once.
Ver. 20. A faithful man shall abound with
blessings.
Isa. Ivii. 2. The righteous shall enter into
peace ; they shall rest in their beds, each one
walking in his uprightness.
Mic. ii. 7. My words do good to him that
walketh uprightly. See Rom. xiv. 22. John
iii. 21.
XIX. The upright prayed for, and prayer
for uprightness. Ps. xxv. 21. Let integrity
and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee.
cxliii. 10. Lead me unto the land of up-
rightness.
cxxv. 4. Do good to them that are upright
in heart.
xxxvi. 10. Continue thy righteousness to
the upright in heart.
INTEGRITY.
XX. Integrity. Ps. vii. 8. Judge me, O
Lord, according to mine integrity.
xxv. 21. Let integrity and uprightness pre-
serve me.
xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine inte-
grity-
Prov. xix. 1 . Better is the poor that walketh
in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his
lips and is a fool. Ch. xxviii. 6.
xx. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity.
Jobxxvii. 6. My heart shall not reproach me.
XXI. Particular instances of integrity.
Gen. xx. 6. God said to Abimelech, I know
that thou didst this in the integrity of thy
heart, for I withheld thee from sinning against
me.
Job ii. 3. Job holdeth fast his integrity. Ver.
9. Ch. xxvii. 5. xxxi. 6. 1 Kings ix. 4.
Ps. xxvi. 1. David said, I walked in mine
integrity. Ver. 11. Ps. Ixxviii. 72.
SINCERITY.
XXII. Sincerity. Josh. xxiv. 14. Fear and
serve the Lord in sincerity.
1 Cor. v. 8. Keep the feast with the unlea-
vened bread of sincerity.
2 Cor. i. 12. In simplicity and godly sin-
cerity we have had our conversation.
ii. 17. As of sincerity in the sight of God
speak we.
Phil. i. 10. I pray that ye may be sincere,
and without offence, until the day of Christ.
Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with them that love
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Tit ii. 7. In doctrine shewing uncorrupt-
ness, gravity, sincerity.
1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of the
word, that ye may grow thereby.
PERFECTION.
XXIII. Perfection a commanded duty.
Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord said unto Abraham, I
am the Almighty God : walk before me and
be thou perfect.
Deut. xviii. 13. Thou shall be perfect with
the Lord thy God.
Matt. v. 48. Be ye perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Rom. xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the re-
newing of your mind, that ye may prove what
is that good and acceptable and perfect will of
God.
2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.
xiii. 11. Be perfect, be of one mind.
Col. iii. 14. Put on charity, which is the
bond of perfectness.
Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfection.
XXIV. Directions for attaining perfection.
Matt. xix. 21. If thou wilt be perfect, keep the
commandments. 1 John ii. 5. iv. 12.
Luke vi. 40. Every one that is perfect shall
be as his master.
Phil. iii. 12. Not as though I were already
perfect, or had already attained. Ver. 14, 15.
1 press forward toward the mark, for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Let as many as be perfect, be thus minded.
James i. 4. Let patience have her perfect
work, that ye may be perfect and entire, want-
ing nothing.
iii. 2. If any offend not in word, the same
is a perfect man.
XXV. Perfection from God and Christ.
2 Sam. xxii. 33. God maketh my way perfect.
Ps. xviii. 32.
Ps. cxxxviii. 8. The Lord will perfect that
which concerneth me.
Ezek. xvi. 14. Thy beauty was perfect
through my comeliness which I put upon thee.
1 Cor. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ 1
John xvii. 23. I in them, and thou in me,
that they may be made perfect in one.
2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee,,
my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, (viz.
Christ.)
iv. 12. Praying fervently for you, that ye
may stand perfect and complete in all the will
of God.
CHAP. XV.
HYPOCRISY.
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Heb. x. 14. By one offering Christ hath
perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
xiii. 21. God make you perfect, working in
vou that which is well-pleasing in his sight.
1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace make
you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.
See Heb. xi. 40. xii. 23.
XXVI. The holy Scriptures a mean of per-
fection. 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. AH scripture is
given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and in-
struction in righteousness. That the man of
God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to
all good works.
Ps. cxix. 11. Thy word have I hid in my
heart, that I might not sin against thee. See
Gal. iii. 3. See the Spirit's influences upon
all Christians.
XXVII. Also the ministry. Eph. iv. 11
13. He gave apostles, prophets, evangelists,
pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting of the
saints : Till we all come in the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, to a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ.
Col. i. 28. We preach Christ, warning
every man, and teaching every man, in all
wisdom, that we may present every man per-
fect in Christ Jesus.
1 Thess. iii. 9, 10. We joy before God for
your sakes ; praying that we might see your
face, and might perfect that which is lacking
in your faith.
XXVIII. Promises to the perfect. Job viii.
20. God will not cast away a perfect man.
Ps. xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and
behold the upright, for the end of that man is
peace.
Prov. ii. 21. The upright shall dwell in the
land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
XXIX. Instances of persons called perfect.
Noah, Gen. vi. 9. Job, Job i. 1. 8. ii. 3.
David, Ps. ci. 2. 6. Persons called righteous :
Noah, Gen. vii. 1 . David, 1 Kings iii. 6.
Job, Job xxix. 14. Zacharias and Elisabeth,
Luke i. 6. Abel, Heb. xi. 4.
HYPOCRISY.
XXX. Hi/pocrisy forbidden. Luke xii. 1.
Jesus said, Beware of the leaven of the Pha-
risees, which is hypocrisy.
James iii. 17. The wisdom which is from
above is without partiality, and without hypo-
crisy.
XXXI. Marks of hypocrites. 2 Kings x.
25
1 6. They say, come and see my zeal for the
Lord.
Job xii. 2. No doubt but ye are the people,
and wisdom shall die with you.
xv. 8. They restrain wisdom to themselves.
Jer. viii. 8.
Ps. xii. 2. They speak with a double heart.
Jer. xii. 2.
Prov. xx. 6. They proclaim their own good-
xxx. 12. They are pure in their own eyes,
yet are not washed from their filthiness.
. Isa. Ixv. 5. They say, Stand by thyself,
come not near to me, for I am holier than thou.
Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that
they are righteous, and despise others.
Ixvi. 5. They hate their brethren, and cast
them out, and say, Let the Lord be glorified.
Matt. vii. 4. They say, Let me pull the mote
out of thine eye, &c.
Matt. vi. 5. They pray standing in the syna-
gogues, and in the corners of the streets, that
they may be seen of men. Luke xviii. 1L In
prayer they say, God, I thank thee, I am not
as other men are, extortioners, &c. Matt.
xxiii. 14. They devour widows' houses, and
for a pretence make long prayers.
Ver. 16. When they fast they disfigure their
faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Luke xviii. 12. I fast twice in the week, said
the Pharisee.
Ver. 2. When they give alms they sound a
trumpet, that they may have glory of men.
Luke xvi. 15. They justify themselves be-
fore men.
John v. 44. They receive honour one of
another, and seek not the honour that cometh
from God only.
Matt, xxiii. 25. They make clean the out-
side of the cup and platter, but within are full
of extortion and excess. Ver. 27. Like whited
sepulchres, outwardly beautiful, but within are
full of rottenness. Ver. 28. Outwardly they
appear righteous unto men, but within are full
of hypocrisy and iniquity.
xv. 8, 9. They honour God with their lips,
but their heart is far from him. In vain they
worship God, teaching for doctrines the com-
mandments of men.
xxiii. 13. They shut up the kingdom of hea-
ven against men ; they neither go in themselves
nor suffer others to go in.
Ver. 15. They compass sea and land to
make one proselyte, and make him two-fold
more the child of hell than themselves.
Ver. 23. They pay tithe of mint, anise and
cummin, (all manner of herbs, Luke xi. 42,)
and omit the weightier matters of the law,
judgment, mercy, and faith. Luke xviii. 42.
Ver. 24. They strain at a gnat and swallow*
a camel.
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CHAP. XV.
XXXII. Threats. Job viii. 13. The hypo-
crite's hope shall perish.
xiii. 16. A hypocrite shall not come before
God. Ps.v. 5.
xv. 34. The congregation of hypocrites
shall be desolate.
xvii. 8. The innocent shall stir up himself
against the hypocrite.
xx. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a
moment.
xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypocrite,
when God taketh away his soul 1
xxxvi. 1 3. The hypocrites heap up wrath ;
they cry not when God bindeth them.
Isa. ix. 1 7. The Lord shall have no pleasure
in their young men, neither shall he have mer-
cy on their fatherless and widows ; for every
one is a hypocrite and an evil-doer.
x. 6. A hypocritical nation, the people of
God's wrath.
xxxiii. 14. Tearfulness hath surprised the
hypocrites ; who among us shall dwell with
devouring fire ? who among us shall dwell
with everlasting burnings 1
Matt, xxiii. 33. Ye serpents ! ye generation
of vipers ! how can ye escape the damnation
of hell 1
xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant shall
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites ;
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
XXXIII. Hypocrites hurtful to men. Job
xxxiv. 30. That the hypocrite reign not, lest
the people be ensnared.
Prov. xi. 9. The hypocrite with his mouth
destroyeth his neighbour. See Isa. xxxii. 6.
Mark xii. 14, 15. Prov. xxvii. 14.
THE HEART.
XXXIV. The heart of the righteous is to-
ward God. Whole heart signifying sincerity
in duties. Deut. xi. 1 3. Love the Lord your
God, and serve him with all your heart, and
with all your soul. Ch. xiii. 3. xxx. 6. Matt
xxii. 37. Josh. xxii. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 20. 24.
xxvi. 16. Thou shall keep and do these
statutes and judgments, with all thy heart and
with all thy sou!. 1 Kings ii. 4. viii. 23.
xxx. 2, 3. When thou shall return to the
Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul ; then the Lord will turn thy cap-
tivity, &c.
2 Kings xxiii. 3. Josiah the king made a
covenant before the Lord, to walk after the
Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his
testimonies and his statutes, with all their heart
and all their soul. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 31.
xv. 12.
Ps. ix. 1. I will praise thee, Lord, with
my whole heart. Ps. Ixxxvi. 12. I will praise
thee with all my heart.
cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep the Lord's
testimonies, and seek him with the whole heart.
Ver. 10.
Ver. 34. Give me understanding and I shall
keep thy law ; yea, I shall observe it with my
whole heart. Ver. 69.
Ver. 58. I entreated thy favour with my
whole heart Ver. 145.
Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all
thy heart, and lean not to thine own under-
standing.
Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return to me with
their whole heart.
xxix. 13. Ye shall seek me, and find me
(saith the Lord) when ye search for me with
all your heart 2 Chron. xv. 12. xxii. 9.
Acts viii. 37. If thou believest with all thy
heart, &c.
Col. iii. 23. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily
as to the Lord.
XXXV. Pure heart. Ps.xxiv. 3,4. Who
shall ascend into the hill of the Lord 1 and
who shall stand in his holy place 1 He that
hath clean hands and a pure heart.
Matt. v. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God. See 1 Tim. i. 5. 2 Tim.
ii. 22. 1 Pet. i. 22.
XXXVI. Perfect heart. 1 Kings viii. 61.
Let your heart be perfect with the Lord your
God, to walk in his statules, and keep his com-
mandments. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve God
with a perfect heart and with a willing mind ;
for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under-
standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.
1 Chron. xxix. 9. With a perfect heart the
people offered willingly.
2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run
to and fro through the whole earth, to show
himself strong in behalf of those whose heart
is perfect with him.
Ps. ci. 2. I will walk within my house with
a perfect heart.
Luke viii. 15. But that on the good ground,
are they, which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth
fruit with patience.
See Instances. Asa, 1 Kings xv. 14. 2
Chron. xv. 17. Hezekiah, 2 Kings xx. 3.
Isa. xxxviii. 3. Want of a perfect heart in
Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 4. xv. 3. And in Ama-
ziah, 2 Chron. xxv. 2.
XXXVII. Upright heart. Ps. vii. 10. God
saveth the upright in heart
xxxii. 11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice,
ye righteous ; and shout for joy, all ye that are
upright in heart. Ps. Ixiv. 10.
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xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving-kindness
to them that know thee, and thy righteousness
to the upright in heart.
xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart.
cxix. 7. I will praise thee with uprightness
of heart, when I shall have learned thy right-
eous judgments. See Job xxxiii. 3.
XXXVIII. Singh heart. Acts ii. 46. Eph.
vi. 5. Col. iii. 22.
XXXIX. Clean heart. Ps. li. 10. Create
in me a clean heart, O God.
Ixxiii. 1. God is good to such as are of a
clean heart.
Prov. xx. 9. Who can say I have made my
heart clean 1
XL. Broken and contrite heart. Ps. xxxiv.
18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a
broken heart, and saveth such as be of a con-
trite spirit.
li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit; a broken and contrite heart, God,
thou wilt not despise.
cix. 16. See prayers against those who
would slay the broken in heart. Ver. 1 15.
cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in
heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell
with him that is of a contrite and humble
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and
to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Ixi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up
the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18.
Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him
that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trem-
bleth at my word.
XLI. Duties respecting the heart. Deut.
xxxii. 46. Set your hearts unto all the words
which I command you.
Josh. xxiv. 23. Incline your heart unto the
Lord God of Israel.
1 Sam. vii. 3. Prepare your hearts unto the
Lord, and serve him only. Job xi. 13.
2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. Lord, pardon every
one that prepareth his heart to seek the Lord
God of his fathers.
Ezra vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to
seek the law of the Lord, and to do it.
Job xi. 13. 15. If thou prepare thy heart,
and stretch out thy hands towards him, then
shalt thou lift up thy face with joy.
Ps. Ixxvii. 6. I commune with mine own
heart. Ps. iv. 4.
Prov. iv. 23. Keep thy heart. Ch. xxiii.
19. Guide thy heart, &c.
Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the
Lord, and take away the foreskins of your
heart. Ver. 14. Wash thy heart from wicked-
ness, that thou mayest be saved. Isa. i. 16.
xxx. 21. Who is this that engaged his heart
to approach unto me, saith the Lord 1 Ver.
22. Ye shall be my people, and I will be your
God.
Ezek. xviii. 31. Make you a new heart, and
a new spirit ; for why will ye die, house of
Israel ?
Joel ii. 13. Rend your heart and not your
garments, and turn again to the Lord.
See James iv. 8. Purify your hearts. Ch.
v. 8. Establish your hearts.
Apply the heart. To wisdom, Ps. xc. 12.
To understanding, Eccl. vii. 25. Prov. ii. 2.
To knowledge, Prov. xxii. 17. To instruc-
tion, Prov. xxiii. 12.
XLII. God taketh notice of the heart. This
is to 'be considered as a motive to the forego-
ing duties. Jer. xx. 12. O Lord of hosts,
that triest the righteous, and seest the reins
and heart.
1 Kings viii. 39. Lord, thou only knowest
the hearts of the children of men. 2 Chron
vi. 30.
Ps. xliv. 21. God knoweth the secrets of the
heart
Prov. xv. 11. Hell and destruction are be-
fore the Lord ; how much more the hearts of
the children of men.
Luke xvi. 15. God knoweth your hearts.
Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, knowest the hearts
of all men.
Heb. iv. 12. The word of God is a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord searcheth all
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations
of the thoughts.
Jer. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the heart
and try the reins. Rom. viii. 27. He that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind
of the Spirit Rev. ii. 23. I am he which
searcheth the reins and hearts.
1 Chron. xxix. 17. I know, my God, that
thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in up-
rightness. Ver. 18, 19.
Ps. vii. 9. The righteous God trieth the
hearts and reins.
xxvi. 2. Examine me, O Lord, and prove
me, try my reins and my heart.
Jer. xii. 3. Thou hast tried my heart to-
ward thee. 1 Thess. ii. 4. God trieth the
hearts.
Ps. xvii. 3. Thou hast proved my heart,
thou hast tried me.
Prov. xxi. 2. The Lord pondereth the
hearts. Ch. xxiv. 12.
XLin. God influenceth the hearts of the.
righteous. Ps. li. 10. Create in me a clean
heart, O God, &c.
Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them a heart to
know me, that I am the Lord.
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CHAP. XV.
xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart, and
one way, that they may fear me for ever.
Ezek. xi. 19. I will give them one heart, and
1 will put a new spirit within you, and I will
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will
give them a heart of flesh. Ver. 20. That they
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine or-
dinances and do them ; and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God. Ch. xxxvi.
26. See 1 Sam. x. 9. 2 Chron. xxx. 12.
1 Chron. xxix. 18. O Lord, prepare their
heart unto thee. Ps. x. 17. Thou, Lord, wilt
prepare their heart. Prov. xvi. 1. The prepa-
rations of the heart in man, and the answer
of the tongue is from the Lord. Ver. 9. Ch.
xix. 21.
Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy God will cir-
cumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed,
to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
2 Thess. iii. 5.
1 Sam. x. 26. There went with Saul a band
of men, whose hearts God had touched.
Acts xvi. 14. The Lord opened the heart
of Lydia, that she attended to the things spoken
by Paul.
xv. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith.
Ps. cxix. 32. I will run the way of thy com-
mandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
1 Kings iv. 29. God gave unto Solomon wis-
dom and understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart
xxxiii. 15. He fashioneth their hearts.
1 Kings viii. 57, 58. The Lord our God be
with us, as he was with our fathers ; let him
not leave us nor forsake us ; That he may in-
cline our hearts unto him, to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and his sta-
tutes, and his judgments. Ps. cxix. 36. In-
cline my heart unto thy statutes. Ver, 8. Ps.
cxli. 4.
Ps. Ixxxvi. 11. Unite my heart to fear thy
name.
Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the high and lofty
One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is
Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy place,
with him also that is of a contrite and humble
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and
to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, and he
shall strengthen thy heart. Ps. xxxi. 24.
Ixxiii. 26. Isa. xxxv. 4.
1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord establish
your hearts unblameable in holiness, before
God, even our Father, at the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 2 Thess.
ii. 17.
Prov. xxi. 1. The king's heart is in the
hand of the Lord, he turneth it, &c. Job xii.
24. Ezra vi. 22. The Lord turned the heart
of the king of Assyria unto his people.
Ps. ex. 25. He turned their heart to hate his
people.
Mai. iv. 6. He shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children, &c. Luke i. 17.
Ezra vii. 27. Ezra said, Blessed be the I ord
God of our fathers, who hath put this in the
king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord.
Neh. ii. 12. I told no man what God had put
in my heart to do at Jerusalem.
Jer. xxxii. 40. I will put my fear in their
hearts, &c. Ch. xxxi. 33. I will put my law
in their inward parts, and write it in their
hearts. Heb. viii. 10.
2 Cor. iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ,
written with the Spirit of the living God in
fleshly tables of the heart.
XLIV. Go ffs judgments on the. heart of the
wicked. Exod. vii. 13. The Lord hardened
Pharaoh's heart. Ch. ix. 12. x. 1. 20. 27.
xi. 10. xiv. 8. Exod. ix. 14. I will send
my plagues upon thy heart.
Deut. ii. 30. The Lord hardened the spirit
of Sihon, king of Heshbon, and made his
heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into
the hand of Israel.
xxviii. 28. The Lord shall smite thee with
madness, and blindness, and astonishment of
heart. Lev. xxvi. 16.
xxix. 4. The Lord hath not given you a
heart to perceive.
Isa. xliv. 1 8. He hath shut their eyes that
they cannot see, and their hearts that they
cannot understand.
Job xvii. 4. Thou hast hid their heart from
understanding ; therefore shalt thou not exalt
them.
Eccl. iii. 11. He hath set the world in their
heart.
XLV. Satan's influences on the heart of
the wicked. Instances thereof. See Satan's
tempting Eve, Gen. iii. 1 to 6. Tempting
David to number the people, 1 Chron. xxi. 1.
He taketh away the word out of their heart,
Matt. xiii. 19. He put into the heart of Judas
to betray Christ, John xiii. 2. Put into the
hearts of Ananias and Sapphira to lie, Acts v
3. He blinds the minds of unbelievers, 2 Cor.
iv. 4. Eph, iv. 18.
XLVI. An evil heart described. Gen. vi.
5. Every imagination of the thoughts of man's
heart, was evil continually.
Prov. xx. 9. Who can say, I have made
my heart clean 1
Jer. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately wicked, who can
know it 7
Matt, xv. 19, 20. Out of the heart proceed
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication,
CHAP. XV.
CONSCIENCE SERVING GOD.
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thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are
the things which defile a man. Mark vii. 21,
22, 23.
XLVII. In Scripture the hearts of the
wicked are described as wicked. Prov. xxvi.
23. Deut. xv. 9. 1 Kings ii. 44.
Uncircumcised. Jer. ix. 26.
Hard. 1 Sam. vi. 6. Prov. xxviii. 14.
Zech. vii. 12. Mark xvi. 14.
Stony. Ezek. xi. 19. xxxvi. 26.
Set to do evil Eccl. viii. 1 1. Full of evil.
Eccl. ix. 3.
Froward. Prov. vi. 14. xi. 20. Isa.
Ivii. 17.
Perverse. Prov. xii. 8. xxiii. 33. Eccl.
xi. 9.
Backsliding. Prov. xiv. 14. Far from
God. Isa. xxix. 13.
Departing from God. Jer. xvii. 5. Not
right with God. Acts viii. 2 1 .
Wkorish, idolatrous. Ezek. vi. 9. xi. 21.
xiv. 4.
Rebellious. Jer. v. 23.
Full of iniquity. Ps. xii. 6. Isa. xxxii. 6.
Full of evil imaginations. Deut xxix.
19. Ps. cxl. 2.
Full of hypocrisy. Job xxxvi. 13. De-
ceit. Prov. xii. 20. Ps. xii. 2.
Fretting against God. Prov. xix. 3. Im-
penitent. Rom. ii. 5.
Full of pride. 2 Chron.xxvi. 16. Covet-
ousness. Jer. xxii. 17. 2 Pet. ii. 14.
CONSCIENCE.
XL VIII. Keeping a good conscience. Acts
xxiii. 1. Paul said, I have lived in all good
conscience before God until this day.
Rom. ix. 1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie
not, my conscience also bearing me witness
in the Holy Ghost.
xiii. 5. Ye must needs be subject [to ma-
gistrates] not only for wrath, but also for con-
science' sake.
2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the tes-
timony of our conscience, that in simplicity
and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom,
but by the grace of God, we have had our
conversation in the world.
iv. 2. By manifestation of the truth, com-
mending ourselves to every --man's conscience,
in the sight of God. Ch. v. 1 1.
1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment
is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good
conscience, and of faith unfeigned. Ver. 18,
19. War a good warfare, holding faith and a
good conscience. Ch. iii. 9. Holding the
mystery of faith in a pure conscience.
2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure con-
science.
Heb. x. 22. Having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience.
xiii. 18. We trust we have a good con-
science, in all things willing to live honestly.
1 Pet. ii. 19. This is thank- worthy, if a
man for conscience toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully.
iii. 15, 16. Sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts. Having a good conscience; a good
conversation in Christ.
XLIX. A good conscience, how attained.
Acts xxiv. 16. I exercise myself to have al-
ways a conscience void of offence toward God
and toward men.
Heb. ix. 9. Gifts and sacrifices were offered
[under the law] which could not make him
that did the service perfect, as pertaining to
the conscience. (Ch. x. 2.) Ver. 14. How
much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself
without spot unto God, purge your conscience
from dead works, to serve the living God.
1 Pet. iii. 21.
x. 22. Having the heart sprinkled from an
evil conscience.
L. Natural conscience instances of the
force thereof. John viii. 9. In the accusers
of the woman before Christ.
Rom. ii. 15. In the Gentiles, who have not
the law.
Acts xxiv. 25. In Felix, hearing Paul
preach.
1 Sam. xxiv. 5. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. David's
heart smote him.
LI. A weak conscience not to be wounded.
1 Cor. viii. 12. When ye sin against the
brethren, and wound their weak conscience,
ye sin against Christ. See ver. 7 to 10. Ch.
x. 28, 29.
LIT. Of an evil conscience. 1 Tim. iv. 1,
2. Some shall depart from the faith ; speaking
lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience
seared.
Tit. i. 15. Unto them that are* defiled and
unbelieving there is nothing pure, but even
their mind and conscience is defiled.
SERVING GOD.
LIII. Commanded. Deut. vi. 13. Thou
shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him.
x. 12. O Israel, what doth the Lord thy
God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy
God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him ;
and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul ] Ver. 13.
Ver. 20. The Lord thy God, him shall thou
serve, and to him shalt thou cleave. Matt.
iv. 10.
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GOD S SERVANTS.
CHAP. XV.
LIV. With the heart. See the last quoted
text. Deut. x. 12.
1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve him with a per-
fect heart, and with a willing mind.
Eph. vi. 6. Doing the will of God from the
heart. Ver. 5. In singleness of heart, as unto
Christ.
Ver. 7. With good will doing service, as to
the Lord. See Deut. xi. 13, 14. xiii. 4.
xxvi. 16. xxxii. 46. Josh. xxii. 5. xxiv.
14, 15. 1 Sam. vii. 3. xii. 14. 20. 24.
1 Kings xi. 4. xiv. 8. Ps. cxix. 69.
LV. With suitable dispositions of heart.
Josh. xxiv. 14. Fear the Lord, and serve him
in sincerity and truth. Ver. 24. 31.
Acts xx. 19. Serving the Lord with all hu-
mility of mind. Ch. xxvi. 7.
Luke i. 75. Serve him in holiness, and
Kom. i. 9. I serve God with my spirit in
the gospel of his Son.
vii. 6. We are delivered from the law, that
we should serve in newness of spirit.
xii. 1. Present your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy and acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
Ver. 11. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure con-
science.
Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge
your conscience from dead works, to serve the
living God.
xii. 28. Let us have grace, whereby we may
serve God with reverence and godly fear. Ps.
ii. 11.
Ps. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness.
Eccl. ix. 10. With thy might.
Acts xxvi. 7. Serving God instantly.
Rev. vii. 15. In heaven they serve God day
and night
GOD'S SERVANTS.
LVI. God's servants. Promises to them.
Exod. xxiii.^25. Ye shall serve the Lord, and
he will bless thy bread, and thy water. Ch.
xv. 26. Deut. xi. 13, 14.
1 Kings viii. 23. Thou keepest covenant
and mercy with thy servants, that walk before
thee with all their heart. Gen. xxxii. 10.
Job xxx vi. 11. If they obey and serve him,
they shall spend their days in prosperity, and
their years in pleasure. Ps. cxix. 1 65. Prov.
iii. 17.
Ps. xxxv. 27. Let the Lord be magnified,
that hath pleasure in the prosperity of his
servants. Ps. cxlvii. 11. cxlix. 4.
cii. 28. The children of thy servants shall
continue, and their seed shall be established
before thee. Ps. Ixix. 36.
cv. 6, 7. ye seed of Abraham, his servant ;
ye children of Jacob, his chosen: He is the
Lord your God. Ver. 42. Isa. xii. 8, 9.
Isa. xliv. 1, 2. Fear not, O Jacob, my ser-
vant. For I will pour water upon him that
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry grpund.
Ver. 26.
xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake I have
called thee by name.
xlviii. 20. The Lord hath redeemed his ser-
vant Jacob.
xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, O Israel, in
whom I will be glorified.
liv. 17. No weapon formed against thee
shall prosper; every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn :
this is the heritage of the servants of the
Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith
the Lord.
Ivi. 6, 7. The sons of the stranger that
join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, &c.
even them will I bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer.
Ixv. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord, as the new
wine is found in the cluster, and one saith,
Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it : so will I
do for my servants' sakes, that I may not de-
stroy them all. And mine elect shall inherit
my holy mountain, and my servants shall
dwell there.
Ver. 13, 14. Thus saith the Lord God, Be-
hold, my servants shall eat, drink, and rejoice.
They shall sing for joy of heart.
Ixvi. 13, 14. I will comfort you, and ye shall
be comforted. And when ye see this, your
heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flou-
rish like an herb ; and the hand of the Lord
shall be known toward his servants, and his
indignation toward his enemies.
Jer. xxx. 10, 11. Fear thou not, my ser-
vant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed,
Israel ; for I will save thee from afar, and
thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and
Jacob shall return and be in rest and quiet, and
none shall make him afraid. For I am with
thee, saith the Lord, to save thee. Ch. xxix.
10. xlvi. 27, 28.
Joel ii. 29. Upon the servants and upon the
hand-maids, will I pour out my Spirit. Isa.
xliv. 3. Acts ii. 17.
Zeph. iii. 9. I will turn to the people a pure
language, that they may all call upon the name
of the Lord, to serve him with one consent
Matt xxiv. 45. Blessed is the faithful and
wise servant. Ver. 46. 48. 50.
xxv. 21. Well done, thou good and faithful
servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Ver. 23. 26. 30.
Luke xii. 37. Blessed are those servants,
whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find
watching.
CHAP. XV.
NOT SERVING GOD OBEDIENCE.
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Gal. iv. 7. Thou art no more a servant, but
a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God,
through Christ.
Rev. vii. 3. Hurt not the earth, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their fore-
heads.
xix. 2. The Lord our God hath judged the
great whore, which did corrupt the earth with
her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of
his servants at her hand. Deut. xxviii. 1 14.
2 Kings ix. 7. Ps. Ixxix. 10. cxvi. 15.
LVII. Prayers for them. 2 Sam. vii. 29.
With thy blessing, let the house of thy ser-
vant be blessed for ever.
xxiv. 10. O Lord, take away the iniquity of
thy servant.
Neh. i. 11. Let thine ear be attentive to the
prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy
name. Job xlii. 8. Dan. ix. 17.
Ps. xix. 13. Keep back thy servant from
presumptuous sins.
xxvii. 9. Put not thy servant away in anger.
xxxi. 16. Make thy face to shine upon thy
servant : save me for thy mercy's sake.
Ixix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy ser-
vant, for I am in trouble : hear me speedily.
Ixxxvi. 2. O my God, save thy servant, that
trusteth in thee. Ver. 16. Dan. iii. 17. 28.
vi. 16.
Ixxxix. 50. Remember, Lord, the reproach
of thy servants.
xc. 13. Let it repent thee concerning thy
servants. Ps. cxxxv. 14. Deut. xxxii. 36.
Ver. 16. Let thy work appear unto thy ser-
vants, and thy glory unto their children.
NOT SERVING GOD.
LVIII. Not serving God. Threats. Deut.
xxviii. 47, 48. Because thou servedst not the
Loid thy God with.joyfulness and gladness of
heart, for the abundance of all things : There-
fore shall thou serve thine enemies, in hunger
and thirst, and nakedness and want of all
things. Jer. xvii. 1 to 5. Neh. ix. 35, 36.
Mai. iii. 14. Ye have said, It is vain to serve
God : and what profit is it that we have kept
his ordinance? Ver. 18. Ye shall discern be-
tween him that serveth God, and him that
serveth him not. Job xxi. 15.
Matt. xxiv. 50, 51. The Lord of the wicked
servant, shall come in a day when he look-
eth not for him, and in an hour when he is not
aware, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint
him his portion with hypocrites : there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Ch. xxv.
30. Cast the wicked and unprofitable servant
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth. See ver. 26.
Luke xii. 47. That servant which knew his
Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither
] did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes.
Rom. i. 25, 26. They served the creature
more than the Creator. For this cause God
gave them up to vile affections, &c. See
Omission of good works.
OBEDIENCE.
LIX. Commanded. Eccl. xii. 13. Fear
God, and keep his commandments : for this is
the whole duty of man.
Jer. vii. 23. This thing commanded I your
fathers, saying, Obey my voice ; and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people. Lev.
xix. 37. 1 Sam. xv. 22. Jer. xi. 4. Deut.
vi. 24, 25. vii. 12.
Ezek. xx. 19. I am the Lord your God;
walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments,
and do them. Ch. xxxvii. 24.
1 Cor. vii. 19. Circumcision is nothing, and
uncircumcision is nothing,', but keeping the
commandments of God. Ps. cxix. 4.
LX. Universal obedience required. Deut.
xxviii. 14. Thou shalt not go aside from any
of the words which I command thee this day,
to the right hand or to the left.
Josh. i. 7. Observe to do according to all the
law ; turn not from it to the right hand or to
the left ; that thou mayest prosper whitherso-
ever thou goest.
1 Chron. xxviii. 8. Keep and seek for all
the commandments of the Lord your God.
Ps. cxix. 1. Blessed are the undefiled in the
way.
Ver. 6. I shall not be ashamed when I have
respect unto all thy commandments.
Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall teach
men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of
heaven.
Gal. iii. 10. It is written in the law, Cursed
is every one that continueth not in all things
that are written in the book of the law to do
them. Deut. vii. 26. Jer. xi. 3.
Col. iv. 12. I pray that ye may stand per-
fect and complete in all the will of God. 1 Pet.
iv. 2.
James ii. 10. Whosoever shall keep the
whole law, and yet offend in one point, is guilty
of all.
LXI. With an high esteem of God's law.
Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy precepts right.
Prov. iii. 17. Ways of pleasantness and paths
of peace. 1 John v. 3. Not grievous.
Ver. 173. I have chosen thy precepts.
Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an
heritage for ever ; for they are the rejoicing of
my heart. See Rejoicing in God, in his
word.
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CHAP. XV.
Ver. 97. O how I love thy law. Ver. 159.
See Love to God.
Ver. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing
it hath unto thy testimonies at all times. Ver.
40. See Longing for God and the things of
God.
Ver. 1 1. Thy word have I hid in my heart,
that I might not sin against thee. Ver. 15. I
will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect
unto thy ways. See Meditation.
Ver. 83. I do not forget thy statutes. Ver.
55. 93. Ps. xviii. 22.
Rom. vii. 22. I delight in the law of God
after the inward man. Ps. i. 2. xl. 8. cxix.
16. 70. 72. 77. 92. 143. 174. See Delight.
LXII. With resolution of heart. Josh. xxiv.
15. Joshua said, As for me and my house, we
will serve the Lord. Ver. 24. The people
said, The Lord our God will we serve, and his
voice will we obey.
Ps. cxix. 57. O Lord, I have said that I
would keep thy words. Ver. 69. I will keep
thy precepts with my whole heart.
Ver. 106. I have sworn and I will perform
it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Ver. 112. I have inclined my heart to per-
form thy statutes. Ver. 117. I will have re-
spect unto thy statutes continually. Ver. 145.
See 2 Kings xxiii. 3. 2 Chron. xv. 12. 15.
xxxiv. 31. Where the king and the people
enter into a covenant, an oath and curse, to
seek God.
LXIII. Ability for obedience promised.
Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy God will circum-
cise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and
with all thy soul. Ver. 8. And thou shalt
obey the voice of the Lord, to do all his com-
mandments.
2 Chron. xxx. 12. The hand of God was to
give them one heart, to do the commandment
by the word of the Lord. Ps. ex. 3. Thy peo-
ple shall be willing in the day of thy power.
Isa. ii. 3. He will teach us of his ways, and
we shall walk in his paths. Mic. iv. 2.
Ezek. xi. 19, 20. I will give them one
heart, and I will put a new spirit within them;
and I will take the stony heart out of their
flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh :
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep
my commandments and do them ; and they
shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Ch. xxxvi. 26, 27. Jer. xxiv. 7. xxxi. 33.
xxxii. 39.
Zeph. iii. 9. I will turn to the people a pure
language, that they may all call upon the
name of the Lord, to serve him with one
consent.
John xv. 5. Jesus said, Without me ye can
do nothing.
Acts v. 32. The Holy Ghost God hath
given to them that obey him.
2 Cor. xii. 9. The Lord said to Paul, My
grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is
made perfect in weakness.
Phil. ii. 13. God worketh in you, both to
will and to do of his good pleasure. 1 Pet. iv.
11. The ability God giveth.
LXIV. Ability prayed for. 1 Kings viii.
57, 58. Solomon prayed, The Lord our God
be with us ; That he may incline our hearts
unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep
all his commandments, and his statutes, and
his judgments. Ver. 61.
1 Chron. xxii. 11, 12. David prayed, The
Lord be with thee, my son. (Ch.xxix. 19.)
And give thee wisdom and understanding,
that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord.
1 Kings iii. 9.
xxix. 13, 14. David said, Our God, we
thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. For
all things come of thee, and of thine own
have we given thee. See ver. 11, 12.
Ver. 18, 19. Keep this for ever in the ima-
gination of the thoughts of the heart of thy
people, and prepare their heart unto thee, to
keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and
thy statutes.
Ps. Ix. 12. Through God we shall do va-
liantly. Ps. cviii. 13.
cxix. 5. that my ways were directed to
keep thy statutes. Ver. 32. I will run the
way of thy commandments, when thou shalt
enlarge my heart.
Ver. 33. Teach me, O Lord, the way of
thy statutes, and I shall keep it. Ver. 34.
Give me understanding, so shall I keep thy
law.
Ver. 36. Incline my heart unto thy testi-
monies. Ver. 43, 44. 80. Let my heart be
sound in thy statutes.
Ver. 88. Quicken me, so shall I keep the
testimony of thy mouth.
cxliii. 10. Teach me to do thy will; for
thou art my God.
2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus
Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who
hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting
consolation, and good hope through grace;
comfort your hearts, and establish you in
every good word and work. Col. i. 9.
2 Thess. i. 11.
Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace,
that brought again from the dead our Lord
Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
make you perfect in every good work to do
his will ; working in you that which is well
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ;
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
CHAP. XV.
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LXV. Ability from God acknowledged.
1 Cor. xv. 10. Paul said, By the grace of God
I am what I am ; and his grace which was
bestowed on me was not in vain : but I la-
boured more abundantly than they all ; yet
not I, but the grace of God, which was with
me.
2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God.
Ch. xii. 10. Joel iii. 10. Isa. xxxv. 4.
Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me.
Eph. vi. 10. Be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might.
2 Tim. ii. 1. Be strong in the grace that is
in Christ Jesus. See God doth lead, guide,
strengthen, and uphold, &c.
LXVI. Instances of obedience. Ps. cxix.
22. I have kept thy testimonies. Ver. 60. I
made haste and delayed not to keep thy com-
mandments.
Ver. 63. I am a companion of them that
fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Ver. 87. I forsook not thy precepts.
Ver. 101. I have refrained my feet from
every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Ver. 102. I have not departed from thy judg-
ments, for thou hast taught me. Ver. 129.
Ver. 110. I erred not from thy precepts.
Ver. 168. I have kept thy precepts and thy
testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.
John iv. 34. Jesus said, My meat is to do
the will of him that sent me.
viii. 29. I do always the things that please
him.
xv. 10. I have kept my Father's command-
ments.
xvii. 4. I have finished the work which
thou gavest me to do.
Phil. ii. 8. He became obedient unto death.
Heb. v. 8.
Heb. x. 7. I come to do thy will. Ps. xl.
7, 8.
John xiii. 15. Jesus said, I have given you
an example.
1 John ii. 6. He that saith he abideth in
him, ought himself to walk even as he walked.
Rom. vi. 17. Ye have obeyed from the heart
that form of doctrine delivered unto you.
Rev. iii. 8. I know thy works : thou hast
kept my word. Ver. 10.
xii. 17. The dragon went to make war
with them which keep the commandments of
God, and have the testimony of Jesus.
xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the com-
mandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Examples. Abraham, Gen. xviii. 19.
\xii. 1 8. The children of Levi, Deut. xxxiii.
9. 11. Noah, Daniel, and Job, Ezek. xiv. 14.
20. Job i. 8. xxiii. 11. Shadrach, Me-
shach, and Abednego, Dan. iii. 26. David,
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1 Kings xiv. 8. Jehoshaphat, 1 Kings xxii.
43. Hezekiah, 2 Kings xviii. 6. Josiah,
2 Kings xxiii. 3. Ps. Ixxviii. 7.
LXVII. Promises to the obedient. Exod.
xix. 5. If ye will obey my voice indeed, and
keep my covenant, then shall ye be a peculiar
treasure unto me above all people ; for all the
earth is mine.
xx. 6. I am the Lord, shewing mercy unto
thousands of them that love me, and keep my
commandments. Deut. v. 10. vii. 9. Neh.
i. 5. Jer. xxxii. 18. Dan. ix. 4.
Lev. xviii. 5. Ye shall keep my statutes and
my judgments ; which if a man do he shall
live in them. Neh. ix. 29. Prov. iv. 4.
vii. 2. Ezek. xx. 11. 13. 21. Rom. x. 5.
Gal. iii. 12.
xxvi. 3 7. If ye walk in my statutes, and
keep my commandments, and do them, then
will I give rain in due season, and the land
shall yield her increase. Ye shall eat bread
to the full, and dwell in your land safely. I
will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie
down and none shall make you afraid. (Isa.
i. 19.) And ye shall chase your enemies, and
they shall fall before you by the sword. See
to ver. 12, and Chap. xxv. 18, 19.
Deut. iv. 1. Hearken, O Israel, to the
statutes and judgments which I teach you, for
to do them, that ye may live, and go in and
possess the land. Ver. 6. Keep and do them,
for this is your wisdom and understanding in
the sight of the nations. Ver. 7, 8. 30.
Ver. 40. Thou shalt keep his statutes, that
it may go well with thee, and with thy child-
dren after thee. Ch. vi. 1, 2. 17, 18. 25.
xii. 28.
v. 29. that there were such a heart in
them, &c. Ver. 33.
xiii. 4. Ye shall keep his commandments,
and obey his voice. Ver. 17. That the Lord
may turn from the fierceness of his anger,
and shew thee mercy, and have compassion
upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath
sworn unto thy fathers.
xx viii. 1. If thou shalt hearken diligently
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to ob-
serve and to do all his commandments, the
Lord thy God will set thee on high, above all
nations of the earth. See various blessings
promised to ver. 14th of this chapter, and in
Lev. xxvi. 3 to 14, and Deut. vii. 12, 13, 14,
15. xi. 9. 13, 14, 15. xxx. 8, 9.
xxix. 9. Keep the words of this covenant
and do them, that ye may prosper in all that
I' ye do. 1 Kings ii. 3, 4. Jer. xxx viii. 20.
xxx. 19, 20. I have set before you life and
j death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose
j life, that both thou and thy seed may live.
j That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and
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DISOBEDIENCE OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. CHAP. XV.
that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou
mayest cleave unto him, (for he is thy life and
the length of thy days.) Ver. 16. Ch. v. 1.
10. viii. 2. 6. 11. 20. xii. 1. 25. xxx. 8 to
16. 1 Sam. xii. 14. 1 Kings iii. 14. Prov.
iii. 2.
Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are
right. Ver. 11. In keeping them there is a
great reward.
xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are
mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant
and his testimonies.
xxxvii. 34. Keep his way, and he shall
exalt thee.
1. 23. To him that ordereth his conversa-
tion aright, I will shew the salvation of God.
cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep his tes-
timonies.
Prov. iii. 1, 2. Let thy heart keep my
commandments, for long life and peace shall
they add to thee.
viii. 32. Blessed are they that keep my
ways.
xix. 16. He that keepeth the commandment,
keepeth his own soul.
xxix. 18 He that keepeth the law, happy
is he.
Isa. xlviii. 18. Thus saith the Lord, O that
thou hadst hearkened to my commandments,
then had thy peace been as a river, and thy
righteousness as the waves of the sea.
Jer. vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye
in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths,
where is the good way, and walk therein ; and
ye shall find rest for your souls.
vii. 23. This thing commanded I your fa-
thers, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people ; walk
ye in all my ways, that it may be well unto you.
xxvi. 13. Obey the voice of the Lord your
God, and he will repent him of the evil that
he hath pronounced against you.
Ezek. xviii. 5. 9. If a man be just, and do
that which is right, and hath walked in my
statutes, and kept my judgments, he shall
surely live. Ver. 18, 19. Ch. xxxvii. 24.
Matt. vii. 21. Jesus said, Not every one
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth
the will of my Father which is in heaven.
xii. 50. Whosoever shall do the will of my
Father which is in heaven, the same is my
brother, and sister, and mother.
xix. 17. If thou wilt enter into life, keep
the commandments.
Luke xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear the
word of God and keep it.
John ix. 31. If any man be a worshipper
of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
xiii. 17. If ye know these things, happy are
ye if ye do them.
Rom. ii. 13. Not the hearers of the law are
just before God, but the doers of the law shall
be justified.
1 John ii. 17. He that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
iii. 22. Whatsoever things we ask we re-
ceive of him, because we keep his command-
ments, and do those things that are pleasing
in his sight.
Rev. xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to
the tree of life, and may enter in through the
gates into the city.
DISOBEDIENCE
LXVIII. Threats against the disobedient.
Deut. xxviii. 15 1 9. If thou wilt not hearken
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe
and to do all his commandments, and his sta-
tutes, all these curses shall come upon tbee
and overtake thee : Cursed shall thou be in
the city, and cursed shall thou be in the field.
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the
fruit of thy land, and the increase of thy kine,
and the flocks of thy sheep. Cursed shall
thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shall
thou be when thou goest out.
Ver. 20. The Lord shall end upon thee
cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all thai thou
settest thy hand unto for to do, until thou be
destroyed, and until thou perish quickly, be-
cause of the wickedness of thy doings, where-
by thou hast forsaken me. See to the end of
this chap. ; also the parallel place, Lev. xxvi.
14 to 40., containing threatenings of many
dreadful calamities. See also the following
scriptures, wherein the disobedient are threat-
ened with the evils of war, famine, pestilence,
sickness, death, &c. &c. Neh. ix. 26. Isa.
xxiv. 1 to 13. xliii. 27, 28. Ixv. 12. Jer.
vi. 19. 22, 23. xxv. 4 to 9. xxvi. 4, 6.
xxix. 17.
Eph. ii. 2. The prince of the power of the
air worketh in the children of disobedience.
v. 6. The wrath of God cometh upon the
children of disobedience. Col. iii. 6.
1 Tim. i. 9. The law is made for the law-
less and disobedient
1 Pet. ii. 7, 8. To them which be disobe-
dient, Christ is a stone of stumbling and a
rock of offence. See the threatenings against
the wicked, ungodly, and other sins mentioned.
OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.
LXIX. Obedience to Christ's commands.
Matt, xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye and teach all na-
tions, to observe all things whatsoever I have
CHAP. XV.
DISOBEDIENCE TO CHRIST WORKS.
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commanded you : and, lo, I am with you
always, unto the end of the world.
John xiv. 15. If ye love me, keep my com-
mandments. Ver. 24. He that loveth me not
keepeth not my sayings. Ver. 21. 23.
xv. 14. Ye are my friends if ye do whatso-
ever I command you. Ver. 10.
1 Cor. ix. 21. Being under the law to
Christ.
James i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, and
not hearers only. Ch. ii. 8. 12. 17.
1 John ii. 3 5. Hereby do we know that
we know him, if we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not
his commandments, is a Rar, and the truth is
not in him. But whoso keepeth his word,
verily in him is the love of God perfected.
John viii. 31. If ye continue in my word,
then are ye my disciples indeed.
LXX. Promises to them that obey Christ.
Matt. vii. 24, 25. Whosoever heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken
him unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock: And the rain descended, and
the floods carne, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house, and it fell not, for it was
founded upon a rock.
John viii. 51. If a man keep my sayings he
shall never see death.
xii. 26. If any man serve me, let him follow
me; and where I am there shall also my ser-
vant be. If any man serve me, him will my
Father honour.
Heb. v. 9. Christ became the author of
eternal salvation to them that obey him.
Rev. ii. 26. He that keepeth my words unto
the end, to him will I give power over the na-
tions. Ver. 28. I will give him the morning
star. Ver. 17.
xi. 1 8. The time is come that thou shouldst
give a reward unto thy servants the pro-
phets, &c.
LXXI. Promises to them that overcome
temptations in their obedience to Christ.
Rev. ii. 7. He shall eat of the tree of life.
Ver. 11. Shall not be hurt of the second death.
Ver. 17. Hidden manna, and a white stone,
and a new name, shall be given him. Ver.
26. Power over the nations given to him.
iii. 5. He shall be clothed in white. Ver.
12. Shall be a pillar in the temple of God.
Ver. 21. Shall sit with Christ in his throne.
xxi. 7. Shall inherit all things.
DISOBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.
LXXII. Disobedience to Christ. Threats.
Matt. vii. 26, 27. Every one that heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be
likened unto a foolish man, which built his
house upon the sand, and the rain descended,
and the floods carne, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house, and it fell ; and great
was the fall thereof.
Luke vi. 46. Why call ye me, Lord, Lord,
and do not the things that I say 1
xix. 27. Those mine enemies that would
not that I should reign over them, bring hither
and slay before me.
Rom. x. 16. They have not all obeyed the
gospel. Isa. liii. 1.
xvi. 18. Some serve not our Lord Jesus
Christ, but their own belly.
Gal. iii. 1. Who hath bewitched you, that
ye should not obey the truth 1
2 Thess. i. 710. The Lord Jesus Christ
shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on
them that know not God, and that obey not
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : who
shall be punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, and from the
glory of his power ; when he shall come to be
glorified in his saints, and admired in all them
that believe.
1 Pet. iv. 17. What shall be the end of them
that obey not the gospel? See Ps. ii. 12.
Deut. xviii. 18, 19. Rev. xii. 5. xix. 15.
See Christ's kingly office.
WORKS.
LXXIII. God will render to mankind ac-
cording to their works, good or bad. Job
xxxiv. 10, 11. Far be it from God that he
should do wickedness. For the work of a man
will he render unto him, and cause every man
to find according to his ways.
Ps. Ixii. 12. The Lord rendereth unto every
man according to his work.
Eccl. xii. 14. God will bring every man's
work into judgment.
1 Cor. iii. 13. Every man's works shall be
made manifest.
Isa. iii. 10, 11. Say ye to the righteous, that
it shall be well with him ; for they shall eat
the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the
wicked ! it shall be ill with him ; for the re-
ward of his hands shall be given him.
Jer. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the heart
and try the reins ; even to give every man ac-
cording to his ways, and according to the fruit
of his doings. Prov. xxiv. 12.
xxxii. 1.9. Thine eyes are upon all the ways
of the sons of men, to give every one according
to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings.
Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall come
in his glory, with his angels ; and then shall
he reward every man according to his
works.
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CHAP. XV.
Rom. ii. 6. God will render to every man
according to his deeds.
2 Cor. v. 1 0. We must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may
receive the things done in his hody, according
to that he hath done, whether it be good or
bad.
Gal. vi. 7. Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap.
Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any
man doeth, the same shall he receive of the
Lord.
1 Pet. i. 17. God, without respect of per-
sons, judgeth according to every man's work.
Rev. ii. 23. All the churches shall know
that I am he which searcheth the reins and
hearts ; and I will give unto every one of you
according unto your works.
xx. 12. I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God ; and the books were opened,
and another book was opened, which is the
Book of Life ; and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
xxii. 12. Behold I come quickly, and my
reward is with me, to give every man accord-
ing as his work shall be. See this reward
prayed for against the wicked, Neh. vi. 14.
Ps. xxviii. 4. 2 Tim. iv. 1 4. Threatened
against the wicked, Jer. xxi. 14. xxv. 14.
Ezek. vii. 27. xxiv. 14. Mic. vii. 13. 2 Cor.
xi. 15.
LXXIV. Good works commanded. Matt.
v. 16. Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet. ii. 12.
15.
Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord unto
all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work.
John xv. 8. Herein, saith Christ, is my Fa-
ther glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; so shall
ye be my disciples.
1 Tim. ii. 8 10. I will that women adorn
themselves with good works.
v. 10. Let a widow be taken into the num-
ber, having followed every good work.
2 Tim. ii. 21. If a man purge himself from
these sins, he shall be a vessel sanctified unto
honour, and meet for the master's use, and pre-
pared unto every good work.
Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thyself a
pattern of good works.
iii. 1 . Put them in mind to be ready to every
good work. Ver. 8. These things I will that
thou affirm constantly, that they who have be-
lieved in God, might be careful to maintain
good works : these things are good and pro-
fitable unto men. Ver. 14. Let ours also
learn to maintain good works for necessary
uses.
Heb. x. 24. Let us consider one another, to
provoke unto love and to good works. See
James iii. 13.
LXXV. Ability for performing good
works, promised. Isa. xxvi. 12. Lord, thou
wilt ordain peace for us, for thou hast wrough
all our works in us. 2 Cor. v. 5.
Ixi. 8. I will direct their work in truth, saith
the Lord.
2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace
abound toward you. that ye always, having
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to
every good work.
Eph. ii. 10. We are God's workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them.
iii. 20. His power worketh in us. Eph.
i. 19.
Phil. i. 6. He that hath begun a good work
in you, will perform it until the day of Christ.
ii. 12, 13. Work out your salvation with fear
and trembling ; for it is God that worketh in
you, both to will and to do of his good plea-
sure.
2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Our Lord Jesus Christ,
and God, even our Father, comfort your hearts,
and establish you in every good word and
work.
2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. The Scripture is profit-
able for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and
instruction in righteousness, that the man of
God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto
all good works.
iv. 18. The Lord will deliver me from every
evil work, and preserve me to his heavenly
kingdom.
Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous
of good works.
Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge
your conscience from dead works, to serve the
living God.
xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, that
brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the
blood of the everlasting covenant, make you
perfect in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is well-pleasing in
his sight, through Jesus Christ : to whom be
glory for ever and ever. Amen. See Ability
for obedience. Also see, God doth strengthen,
lead, guide, &c.
LXXVI. Promises to the performance of
good works. Heb. vi. 10. God is not un-
righteous, to forget your work and labour of
love.
Rom. ii. 10. Glory, honour and peace, to
every one that worketh good.
HAP. XV.
DOING GOOD EVIL-DOERS.
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Gal. vi. 4. Let every man prove his own
work, and then shall he have rejoicing in him-
self, and not in another.
James i. 25. A doer of the work shall be
blessed in his deed.
ii. 17. Faith without works is dead. See
ver. 14 to 24.
Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead that die
in the Lord ; they rest from their labours, and
their works do follow them. See 2 Chron. xv.
7. xxxi. 20. 2 1. Isa. xlix. 4. Jer. xxxi. 16.
Rev. ii. 2. 9. 13. 19. 26. 28. iii. 1. 8. 15.
LXXVII. Examples of good works. Acts
x. 38. Jesus went about doing good. John x.
32. See examples of obedience in Ch. 2d and
3d of Rev.
LXXVIII. Omission of good works.
Threats. Luke xii. 47. That servant which
knew his Lord's will and did it not, shall be
beaten with many stripes.
James i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, and
not hearers only, deceiving your ownselves.
See the parable of the talent hid in the
earth, Matt.xxv. 25, 26. 30. Christ's sentence
against the wicked, for omitting duty, Matt.
xxv. 41, 42. The unfruitful tree cut down,
Matt. iii. 10. vii. 19. Luke iii. 9. xiii. 6, 7.
John xv. 2. The barren fig-tree cursed, Matt,
xxi. 19. The parable of the seed sown not
bearing fruit, Matt. xiii. 19. Mark iv. 4.
Luke viii. 5. The servant's professing obe-
dience, but not working, Matt. xxi. 30. The
sin and folly of not being rich toward God,
Luke xii. 20, 21. James iv. 17. Jude 12.
Deut. xxxii. 32. Heb. vi. 8.
DOING GOOD.
LXXIX. Shunning evil and doi,ng good
commanded. Ps. xxxiv. 14. Depart from evil,
and do good. Ps. xxxvii. 3. 8. 27. Isa. Ivi.
2. i. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 11.
Ps. xcvii. 10. Ye that love the Lord hate
evil.
Matt. xii. 12. It is lawful to do well on the
sabbath days.
2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray God that ye do no evil.
1 Pet. ii. 15. It is the will of God, that with
well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance
of foolish men.
iii. 11. Eschew evil and do good. Ver. 17.
iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an evil-
doer.
3 John ver. 11. Follow not that which is
evil, but that which is good.
Examples. Job i. 1. Job feared God and
eschewed evil. Ver. 8. Ch. ii. 3.
Ps. cxix. 101. I have refrained my feet from
every evil way.
Acts x. 38. Jesus went about doing good.
LXXX. Promises to them that do good,
that do well. Gen. iv. 7. If thou doest well,
shall thou not be accepted 1
Matt. xxiv. 46. Blessed is that servant,
whom his Lord shall find so doing.
Rom. ii. 7. To those who seek for glory,
honour, and immortality, by a patient continu-
ance in well-doing, God will give eternal life.
Ver. 1 0. Glory, honour, and peace to every
man that worketh good.
Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in well-
doing, for in due season we shall reap if we
faint not.
Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good thing any man
doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord.
1 Pet. iv. 19. Let them that suffer according
to the will of God, commit the keeping of their
souls to him in well-doing.
EVIL-DOERS.
LXXXI. Evil-doers and their works to be
avoided. Exod. xxiii. 2. Thou shall not fol-
low a multitude to do evil. Ver. 24. Thou
shall not do after their works. Lev. xviii. 3.
Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congregation
of evil-doers ; I will not sit with the wicked.
ci. 3. I hate the work of them that turn
aside ; it shall not cleave to me. Ver. 8.
cxix. 115. Depart from me, ye evil-doers, for
I will keep the commandments of my God.
cxli. 4. Incline not my heart to any evil
thing, to practise wicked works with men that-
work iniquity.
Isa. Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that keepeth
his hands from doing evil.
Matt, xxiii. 3. Do ye not after the works of
the Scribes and Pharisees, for they say and do
not.
Rom. xii. 2. Be not conformed to this world.
Eph. iv. 17. Walk not as other Gentiles.
1 Pet. iv. 3. The time past of our life may
suffice us, to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles.
Rev. xviii. 4. I heard a voice, saying, Come
out, my people, that ye be not partakers of her
sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
See Isa. Iii. 11. 2 Cor. vi. 17. Where we are
commanded to avoid evil company. See also
Ps. i. 1, 2. cxxv. 5. Prov. i. 15. iv. 14.
xvi. 29. xxii. 25.
LXXXII. Doing evil, the character of the
wicked. Ps. xxxvi. 3. The wicked hath left
off to be wise, and to do good. Ps. xiv. 3.
liii. 1. 3. Rom. iii. 12.
Prov. ii. 14. The wicked rejoice to do evil.
Mic. vii. 3. They do evil with both hands.
Eccl. viii. 11. Because sentence against an
evil work is not executed speedily ; therefore
the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them
to do evil.
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CHAP. XV.
Jer. iv. 22. My people are wise to do evil,
out to do good they have no knowledge.
xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
or the leopard his spots ! then may ye also do
good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Rom. vii. 19. The good that I would I do
not ; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Ver. 21. I find a law in my members, that
when I would do good evil is present with me.
LXXXIII. Threats against evil-doers.
2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord shall reward the doer
of evil according to his wickedness.
Job viii. 20. God will not help evil-doers.
Ps. xxxiv. 16. The face of the Lord is
against them that do evil. 1 Pet. iii. 12. Mic.
iii. 4.
xxxvii. 9. Evil-doers shall be cut off.
Isa. i. 4. A seed of evil-doers, children that
are corrupters.
Ver. 15. When ye make many prayers I
will not hear. See threats from ver. 5 to 16.
xiv. 20. The seed of evil-doers shall never
be renowned.
xxxi. 2. God will arise against the house of
evil-doers. Ps. xciv. 1 6.
Jer. iv. 4. Thus saith the Lord, Circumcise
yourself to the Lord, lest my fury come forth
like fire, and burn that none can quench it,
because of the evil of your doings. Ch. xxi.
12. Ezek. xxxvi. 17. Jer. xxvi. 3. xliv.
22. 2 Kings xxii. 17.
xviii. 10. If a nation do evil in my sight, I
will repent me of the good wherewith I said I
would benefit them.
Ezek. xxxvi. 19. According to their way,
and according to their doings, I judged them.
Hos. iv. 9. xii. 2. Zech. i. 6.
Hos. vii. 2. Their own doings have beset
them about. Jer. iv. 18.
Rom. ii. 9. Tribulation and anguish shall
be upon every soul of man that doeth evil.
See Deut. iv. 25, 26. xxxi. 29. Isa. i. 4. 18.
20. 22. -lix. 6. Ixvi. 18. Jer. vii. 13. 20.
xxx ii. 30. xliv. 8. Ezek. xxi. 24. xxxiii.
26. 29.
WORKS OF DARKNESS.
LXXXI V. Dnrkness and the works thereof.
Ps. Ixxxii. 5. The wicked walk in darkness.
Prov. ii. 13. Evil men leave the paths of
uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness.
iv. 1 9. The way of the wicked is as dark-
ness.
John iii. 19. Men love darkness rather than
light, because their deeds are evil.
Rom. i. 21, 22. Their foolish heart was
darkened. They became fools.
Eph. iv. 18. Having the understanding
darkened. Matt. vi. 23.
1 John ii. 9. 11. He that hateth his brother
is in darkness.
Rev. xvi. 10. The kingdom of the beast was
full of darkness.
LXXXV. Threats. Isa. v. 20. Woe to
them that call evil good, and good evil ; that
put darkness for light, and light for darkness.
xxix. 15. Woe to them whose works are in
the dark.
1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring to light
the hidden things of darkness.
NOT IN DARKNESS.
LXXXVI. The righteous walk not in
darkness. John viii. 12. He that followeth
Christ shall not walk in darkness. Ch. xii. 35.
Acts xxvi. 18. The Lord said to Paul, I
send thee to open men's eyes, and turn them
from darkness to light, and from the power of
Satan unto God.
Rom. xiii. 12. Let us cast off the works of
darkness.
2 Cor. vi. 14. What communion hath light
with darkness 1
Eph. v. 11. Have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness.
vi. 12. We wrestle against the rulers of the
darkness of this world.
Col. i. 1 3. God hath delivered us from the
power of darkness. 1 Pet ii. 9.
1 Thess. v. 4, 5. Ye are not in darkness.
Ye are all the children of light, and of the day.
1 John i. 6. If we say that we have fellow-
ship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth.
DEAD WORKS.
LXXXVII. The wicked, and their works,
called dead ; the righteous are alive from the
dead. Rom. vi. 13. Yield yourselves unto
God as those that are alive from the dead.
Eph. ii. 1. You hath he quickened who
were dead in trespasses and sins.
v. 14. Awake, thou that sleepest, arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Col. ii. 13. You being dead in your sins,
hath he quickened.
1 Tim. v. 6. She that liveth in pleasure is
dead while she liveth.
Heb. vi. 1. Repentance from dead works.
ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall nurge your
onscience from dead works, to servB the living
God.
Jude 12. The wicked are as trees twice
dead.
Rev. iii. 1. Thou hast a name that thou
livest, and art dead.
CHAP. XV.
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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WORKS OF THE DEVIL, CHILDREN
OF THE DEVIL.
LXXXVIII. Works of the devil, children
of the devil, John viii. 44. To the wicked
Jesus said, Ye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father ye will do.
Actsxiii. 10. Paul said, O thou child of the
devil, thou enemy of all righteousness.
1 Tim. iv. 1. Some will depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc-
trines of devils.
1 John iii. 8. He that committeth sin is of
the devil. Ver. 10. In this the children of
God are manifest, and the children of the
devil ; whosoever doeth not righteousness is
not of God.
LXXXIX. The righteous have no fellowship
with the children of the devil. 1 Cor. x. 20.
I would not that ye should have fellowship
with devils. Ver. 21.
Eph. iv. 27. Neither give place to the devil.
James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you.
WORKS OF THE FLESH.
XC. Works of the flesh, living after the
flesh. Rom. vii. 5. When we were in the
flesh, the motions of sin did work in our. mem-
bers to bring forth fruit unto death.
Ver. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good
thing. Ver. 25. With the flesh I serve the
law of sin.
viii. 6. To be carnally minded is death.
Ver. 7. The carnal mind is enmity against
God. Ver. 13. If ye live after the flesh, ye
shall die.
xiii. 14. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the
lusts thereof.
2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from
all filthiness of flesh and spirit.
Gal. v. 17. The flesh lusteth against the
Spirit. Ver. 19. The works of the flesh are
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lascivious-
ness, &c. Ver. 24. They that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh.
vi. 8. He that soweth to his flesh, shall of
the flesh reap corruption.
Eph. ii. 1 3. Ye were dead in trespasses
and sins, wherein in time past ye walked, ac-
cording to the course of this world, in the lusts
of your flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh
and of the mind ; and were by nature children
of wrath. Ver. 11.
Col. ii. 11. Putting off the body of the sins
of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.
Ver. 13. You being dead in your sins hath he
quicken sd.
Ver. 18. Let no man beguile you, vainly
puffed up by his fleshly mind.
1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshly lusts
which war against the soul.
iv. 2. Live not in the flesh, to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.
2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world, through the know-
ledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they are again entangled therein and overcome,
the latter end is worse with them than the be-
ginning.
1 John ii. 1 6. The lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eye, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father.
XCI. Lusts of the flesh forbidden to
Christians. Rom. vi. 12. Let not sin reign
in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in
the lusts thereof. Ver. 13.
xiii. 14. Put ye on the Lord Jesus, and
make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the
lusts thereof.
Gal. v. 16, 17. Walk in the Spirit, and ye
shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. For the
flesh lusteth against the Spirit. Ver. 24.
They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts.
Eph. iv. 22. Put off the old man, which is
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.
2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but fol-
low righteousness, faith, &c.
Tit.ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and
godly, in this present world.
1 Pet. i. 14. As obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves according to the formej
lusts in your ignorance.
ii. II. I beseech you, as strangers and pil
grims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which wai
against the soul.
iv. 2. Live no longer to the lusts of men
but to the will of God. Ver. 3. The time
past of our life may suffice us to have wrought
the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelling,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries.
2 Pet. i. 4. There are given to us exceeding
great and precious promises ; that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature, hav-
ing escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust.
1 John ii. 16. All that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the
world. Ver. 17. The world passeth away
and the lust thereof.
XCII. Lusting after women. Prov. vi.
25. Lust not after beauty in thy heart.
Matt. v. 28. Whosoever looketh on a wo
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CHAP. XV.
man to lust after her, hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart.
XCIII. Lusting after meats and drinks.
See instances in the Jews punished. Numb.
xi. 4. 34. Ps. Ixxviii. 18. 30. Ixxxi. 12.
cvi. 14. 1 Cor. x. 6.
XCIV. The evil of lusts. John viii. 44.
They are of the devil. 1 John ii. 1 6. They
are of the world. Mark iv. 19. They choke
the word.
Eph. ii. 2, 3. They prevail in the children
of disobedience and wrath.
1 Thess. iv. 5. In those who know not God.
Tit. iii. 3.
James i. 14. By them men are drawn away
to sin, and enticed. Ver. 15. 2 Pet. ii. 18.
iv. 1. From them proceed wars and fight-
ings among men. Ver. 2, 3. 5. Because of
them prayers are not answered.
2 Tim. iv. 3. Through them men pervert
the gospel. Ch. iii. 6. 2 Pet. iii. 3. Jude
16. 18.
1 Tim. vi. 9. They drown men in destruc-
tion and perdition.
CORRUPTION OF SIN.
XCV. Corruption prevailing. Gen. vi.
11. The earth was corrupt before God. Ver.
12. For all flesh had corrupted their way upon
the earth.
Exod. xxxii. 7, 8. The Lord said unto
Moses, Thy people have corrupted themselves.
(Deut. ix. 12.) They have turned aside
quickly out of the way. Deut. xxxi. 29.
Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted them-
selves; their spot is not the spot of God's
"/- children ; they are a perverse and crooked
generation. Ver. 6. Do ye thus requite the
i Lord 1 O foolish people, and unwise. Judg.
,0+ ii. 19.
- Matt. vii. 17. A corrupt tree bringeth forth
X evil fruit. Ver. 18. Ch. xii. 33.
Rev. xix. 2. The great whore did corrupt
the earth, with her fornication. See Isa. i. 4.
Hos. ix. 9. Zeph. iii. 7.
XC VI. Confession of corruption. Neh. i
7. We have dealt very corruptly against
thee, and have not kept thy commandments,
&c. Ezek. xx. 44. Pardon promised.
THE RIGHTEOUS NOT CORRUPT.
XCVII. The righteous not corrupt. Eph
iv. 22 24. Put off the old man, which is
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, ant
^ put on the new man, which after God iis
created in righteousness and true holiness.
2 Pet. i. 4. God hath given to us exceeding
great and precious promises, that by these ye
night be partakers of the divine nature, hav-
ng escaped the corruption that is in the world
hrough lust. See 1 Pet. i. 22, 23.
DEFILEMENT OF SIN.
XCVIII. Defilement of sin. Matt.xv. 18.
Those things whlcTTproceed out of the mouth,
come forth from the heart, and defile the man.
Ver. 11.
Ver. 19, 20. For out of the heart proceed
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica-
tions, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These
are the things which defile a man.
XCIX. Threats. Lev. xviii. 25. The land
s defiled, therefore I do visit the iniquity
thereof upon it. Ver. 28. The land shall
spue you out, when ye defile it, as it spued
out the nations before you.
Num. xxxv. 34. Defile not the land where-
n I dwell, for I the Lord dwell among the
children of Israel. Ezek. xliii. 7, 8.
Isa. xxiv. 5, 6. The earth is defiled under
the inhabitants thereof, because they have
transgressed the law, changed the ordinance,
&c. Therefore hath the curse devoured the
earth.
Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise enter
into the kingdom of heaven any thing that
defileth, &c. See Ezek. xxxvi. 17, 18. Hos.
v. 3. 6. Tit. i. 15. Heb. xii. 15. Rev. iii.
4. Thou hast a few names, which have not '
defiled their garments.
UNCLEANNESS.
C. Uncleanness of sin. Isa. vi. 5. I dwell
in the midst of a people of unclean lips.
Ezek. xliv. 23. Cause them to discern he- X
tween the clean and unclean. Ch. xxii. 26.
Matt, xxiii. 27. Ye are full of all unclean- x
ness.
Rom. vi. 19. Ye yielded your members ser- *
vants to uncleanness.
Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh, are un ,\
cleanness.
Eph. iv. 19. Who being past feeling, have
given themselves over to lasciviousness, to
work all uncleanness with greediness. Rom.
i. 24.
2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to
deliver the godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment
to be punished. But chiefly them that walk
after the flesh, in the lust of uncleanness.
CI. Confession of uncleanness Isa. lxi\.
6. We are all as an unclean thing, and our
righteousnesses as filthy rags. Ch. i. 5, 6.
CHAP. XV.
POLLUTION ABOMINABLENESS.
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CII. Promises against unckanncss of sin.
Isa. xxxv. 8. A highway shall be in the
land, called the way of holiness, the unclean
shall not pass over it.
Hi. 1. Put on thy beautiful garments, Je-
rusalem, the holy city ; there shall no more
come into thee, the uncircumcised and the
unclean.
Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will save you from all
your uncleannesses.
Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain
opened for sin and uncleanness.
CIII. Directions. Eph. v. 3. Uncleanness,
let it not be named among you.
Col. iii. 5. Mortify fornication, uncleanness.
1 Thess. iv. 7.
CIV. Threats. Ezek. xxxix. 24. Accord-
ing to their uncleanness have I done unto
them.
Eph. v. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man who is an idolater
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
and of God.
POLLUTION.
CV. Pollution. Ezek. xvi. 6. 22. I saw
thee polluted in thine own blood, and said
unto thee, Live.
4- Zeph. iii. 1. Woe to the city that is filthy
and polluted.
2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the
^ pollutions of the world, through the know-
ledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they are again entangled therein and over-
come, the latter end is worse with them than
the beginning.
The wicked pollute God's name. See
Ezek. xx. 9. Isa. xlviii. 11. Jer. xxxiv. 16.
Ezek. xiii. 19. xxxix. 7. Mai. i. 7. They
polluted God's house. See 2 Chron. xxxvi.
14. Ezek. xliv. 7. Zeph. iii. 4. They pol-
luted God's Sabbaths. See Isa. Ivi. 2. Ezek.
xx. 13 to 24.
FILTHINESS.
CVI. Filthiness. Ezra ix. 11. The land
is unclean, with the filthiness of the people.
Lam. i. 9.
Prov. xxx. 12. There is a generation that
are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not
washed from their own filthiness. Rev.xvii.4.
CVII. Directions. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh
"" and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Eph. y. 4. Let not filthiness be once named
amongst you.
7~ Col. iii. 8. Put off all filthy communication.
James i. 21.
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2 Pet. ii. 7. Lot was vexed with the filthy
conversation of the wicked.
Ezra vi. 2 1. The children of Israel separated
themselves from the filthiness of the heathen,
to seek the Lord God of Israel.
CVIII. Promises. Isa. iv. 3, 4. Every one
in Zion shall be called holy, when the Lord ^
shall have washed away the filth of the
daughters of Zion.
Ezek. xxxvi. 25. From all your fiithiness /
will I cleanse you. Ch. xxii. 15. xxiv. 13.
CIX. Threats. Rev. xxii. 11. He that is
filthy let him be filthy still.
Ezek. xxiv. 13. Thou shalt not be purged
from thy filthiness.
VILENESS.
CX. Vileness of sin. 1 Sam. iii. 13. I
will judge Eli's house for ever, for the iniquity
which he knoweth ; because his sons made
themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Ps. xii. 8. The wicked walk on every side
when vile men are exalted. Ps. xciv. 20.
xv. 4. In the eyes of the righteous, a vile
person is despised.
Jer. xv. 19. Take forth the precious from
the vile.
Rom. i. 26. 28. They did not like to retain y
God in their knowledge, wherefore God gave
them over to vile affections. He gave them
over to a reprobate mind.
CXI. Confession of vileness. Job xl. 4.
Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee ?
I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Gen.
xxxii. 10. Ezra ix. 6.
ABOMINABLENESS.
CXII. Abominableness of sin. Jobxv. 16. ~,
How abominable and filthy is man, that drink-
eth iniquity like water !
Ps. xiv. 1. They have done abominable
works : none doeth good. Ps. liii. 1.
Jer. xliv. 4. I sent unto you my servants,
the prophets, saying, Do not this abominable
thing that I hate. (Ezek. xxiii. 36.) Ver. 7.
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against
your souls ?
Ezek. xviii. 24. When the righteous doeth
according to the abominations that the wicked
man doeth, he shall die.
xxxiii. 29. They shall know that I am the
Lord, when I have laid the land desolate foi
all their abominations.
Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving,
and the abominable, &c. shall have their part V
in the lake that burneth with fire and brim-
stone. Ver. 27. There shall in no wise enter
into the kingdom of heaven, any thing that de-
fileth or worketh an abomination,
s 3
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THE JUST UNJUSTGOOD MEN.
CHAP. XV.
These things are an abomination in the
sight of God, viz. The sacrifice, the way, the
thoughts of the wicked, Prov. xv. 8, 9. 26.
He that justifieth the wicked, Prov. xvii. 15.
The froward, Prov. iii. 32. xi. 20. He that
turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
Prov. xxviii. 9. Those that deny God in
works, Tit. i. 16.
THE JUST.
CXIII. Promises to the just, and prayers
for them. Ps. vii. 9. O let the wickedness
of the wicked come to an end, but establish
the just.
Prov. iii. 33. The curse of the Lord is in
the house of the wicked, but he blesseth the
habitation of the just.
iv. 18. The path of the just, is as the shining
light, that shineth more and more unto the
perfect day.
x. 6, 7. Blessings are upon the head of the
just, but violence covereth the mouth of the
wicked. The memory of the just is blessed,
but the name of the wicked shall rot.
xi. 9. Through knowledge shall the just be
delivered.
xii. 13. The just shall come out of trouble.
Ver. 21. There shall no evil happen to the
just.
xiii. 22. The wealth of the sinner is laid up
for the just. Job xxvii. 16, 17.
xvii. 15. He that justifieth the wicked, and
he that condemneth the just, even they both
are an abomination to the Lord. Ver. 26.
To punish the just is not good.
xxiv. 16. A just man falleth seven times,
and riseth up again : but the wicked shall fall
into mischief.
Isa. xxvi. 7. Thou dost weigh the path of
the just.
Ezek. xviii. 5. 9. If a man be just, and do
that which is lawful and right, he shall surely
live.
Hab. ii. 4. The just shall live by faith.
Rom. i. 17. Gal. iii. 11. Heb. x. 38.
Luke i. 17. He shall turn the disobedient to
the wisdom of the just.
xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call the
poor, &c. Thou shalt be recompensed at the
resurrection of the just. Ver. 14.
Heb. xii. 23. The spirits of just men made
perfect.
2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed
with the filthy conversation of the wicked.
THE UNJUST.
CXIV. Threatening^ against the unjust.
Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth his ex-
jectation shall perish ; and the hope of unjust
men perisheth.
xxix. 27. An unjust man is an abomination
to the just.
2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to
deliver the godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment
;o be punished. But chiefly them that walk
after the lusts of the flesh.
CXV. The unjust hurtful in the earth.
Ps. xliii. 1. O God, deliver me from the unjust
man.
Isa. xxvi. 10. In the land of. unrighteous-
ness will he deal unjustly.
Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no shame.
Luke xvi. 10. He that is unjust in that
which is least, is unjust also in much.
1 Cor. vi. 1. Dare any of you go to law be-
fore the unjust?
N. B. Just and unjust, in the above-men-
tioned passages, are taken from a more uni-
versal character than merely acts of civil
justice between man and man.
GOOD MEN.
CXVI. The general character of a good
man's walk or life. Gen. v. 22. He walketh
with God. Gen. vi. 9.
xvii. 1. Walketh before God. Ch. xxiv.
40. xlviii. 15. 1 Sam. ii. 35. 1 Kings iii.
. viii. 25. ix. 4. Ps. Ivi. 13. cxvi. 9.
Isa. xxxviii. 3.
Matt. vi. 10. He doeth the will of God.
Heb. x. 36.
Ps. xl. 8. He delighteth to do God's will.
Eph. vi. 6. He doeth God's will from the
heart.
Col. iv. 12. He stands complete and perfei t
in the will of God.
1 Pet iv. 2. He lives to the will of God.
Exod. xvi. 4. He walked in God's law.
Ezek. xi. 20. In God's commandments, sta-
tutes and judgments. Ps. Ixxxix. 30. Ezek.
xviii. 9. xx. 19. xxxvii. 24. Zech. x. 12.
Luke i. 6. Gal. vi. 16.
Ps. cxxviii. 1. In God's ways. Ps. cxix. 3.
cxliii. 8. Isa. ii. 3. Jer. vi. 16. Hos. xiv. 9.
xxvi. 3. In God's truth. Ps.lxxxvi.il.
Isa.ii. 5. xxxviii. 3. 2 John 4. 6. 3 John 3, 4.
Col. i. 10. Worthy of God, to please him.
1 Thess. iv. 1.
ii. 6. Walk in Christ. 1 John ii. 6. Walk
as Christ walked.
Gal. v. 16. Walk after the Spirit. Rom
viii. 14. Led by the Spirit.
Eph. v. 8. In the light. John viii. 12.
xii. 35. 1 John i. 7.
iv. 1. Worthy of his vocation. 1 Cor. vii. 17.
Rom. vi. 4. Walkein in newness of life.
Gal. vi. 16.
CHAP. XV.
EVIL MEN FROWARDNESS.
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Prov. xxviii. 26. Walketh wisely. Eph.
v. 15. Col. iv. 5.
Rom. xiii. 13. Honestly, or honourably.
1 Thess. iv. 12.
To which may be added the several dispo-
sitions of the heart, and duties of life toward
God and man, to which promises are made.
CXVII. Promises to the good. 2 Chron.
xix. 1 1. The Lord shall be with the good
man. Ps. i. 3. Whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.
Ps. xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good man
are ordered by the Lord.
cxii. 5, 6. A good man sheweth favour, and
lerideth ; he will guide his affairs with discre-
tion. He shall not be moved for ever.
Prov. ii. 20, 21. Walk in the way of good
men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and
the perfect shall remain in it.
xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the
Lord, but a man of wicked devices will he
condemn.
xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance
to his children's children, and the wealth of
the sinner is laid up for the just.
xiv. 14. The backslider in heart shall be
filled with his own ways, but a good man shall
be satisfied from himself. Ver. 19. The evil
bow before the good, and the wicked at the
gates of the righteous.
Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is
good in his sight, wisdom and knowledge, and
joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to
gather and to heap up, that he may give to
him that is good before God.
Matt. xxv. 21. Christ will say, Well done,
good and faithful servant, enter into the joy
of thy Lord.
Rom. v. 7. For a good man some would
even dare to die.
EVIL MEN.
CXVIII. Evil men. Ps. x. 15. Lord,
break thou the arm of the evil man.
cxl. 1. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil
man.
Prov. ii. 10 12. When wisdom entereth
into thy heart, discretion shall preserve thee ;
to deliver thee from the way of the evil man.
iv. 14, 15. Enter not in the path of the
wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn away from it and
xvii. 1 1 . An evil man seeketh only rebellion.
xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against evil
men, neither desire to be with them. Ver. 1 9, 20.
xxviii. 5. Evil men understand not judg-
ment.
xxix. 6. In the transgression of an evil man
is a snare.
Matt. xii. 35. An evil man, out of the evil
treasure of his heart, bringeth forth evil
things.
2 Tim. iii. 13. Evil men shall wax worse
and worse.
PERVERSENESS.
CXIX. Perversen ess charged upon sinners.
Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted them-
selves, their spot is not the spot of God's child-
ren : they are a perverse and crooked genera-
tion.
1 Kings viii. 47. We have sinned and done
perversely, we have committed wickedness.
Job ix. 20. If I say I am perfect, my mouth
shall prove me perverse.
xxxiii. 27. I have sinned and perverted that
which was right, and it profited me not.
Jer. iii. 21. They have perverted their way,
and have forgotten the Lord their God.
xxiii. 36. They have perverted the words
of the living God.
Ezek. ix. 9. The city is full of perverseness,
for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth,
and the Lord seeth not.
Matt. xvii. 1 7. Jesus said, faithless and
perverse generation.
CXX. Tlireat. Numb. xxii. 32. The angel
said to Balaam, I went out to withstand thee,
because thy way is perverse.
Prov. x. 9*. He that perverteth his ways
shall be known.
xi. 3. The perverseness of transgressors
shall destroy them.
xii. 8. He that is of a perverse heart shall
be despised.
xxviii. 6. Better is the poor that walketh in
his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his
ways, though he be rich.
Ven 18. He that is perverse in his ways
shall fall at once.
Mic. iii. 9. Hear ye that pervert all equity.
Ver. 12. Zion for your sakes shall be plough-
ed as a field.
Perverse lips. Prov. iv. 24. viii. 8. xv.
4. xix. 1. xvii. 20. Isa. lix. 3.
FROWARDNESS.
CXXI. Threats against the froward.
Deut. xxxii. 20. I will hide my face from
them; they are a very froward generation,
children in whom is no faith.
Job v. 13. The counsel of the froward is
carried headlong.
Ps. xviii. 26. With the pure thou wilt show
thyself pure, and with the froward thou wilt
shew thyself froward. 2 Sam. xxii. 27.
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STUBBORNNESS REBELLION.
CHAP. XV.
Prov. iii. 3%. The froward is abomination
to the Lord. Ch. xi. 20.
xvii. 20. He that hath a froward heart find-
eth no good.
xxi. 8. The way of man is froward and
strange ; but as for the pure, his work is right.
xxii. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way
of the froward ; but he that doth keep his soul
shall be far from them.
Isa. Ivii. 17. I smote him, he went on fro-
wardly in the way of his heart.
CXXII. The righteous not froward. Ps.
ci. 4. A froward heart shall depart from me.
Prov. viii. 8. All the words of wisdom's
mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing
froward or perverse in them. Ch. vi. 12. A
wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
See froward tongue, froward mouth.
x. 31. The froward tongue shall be cut
out.
Ver. 32. The mouth of the wicked speaketh
fro ward ness. Ver. 30.
xvi. 28. A froward man soweth strife. See
Ch. xvii. 20.
STUBBORNNESS
CXXTIT. Stubbornness, the stiff-necked in
their own ways, and ways of their own sight
and eyes. Exod. xxxii. 9, 10. The Lord said,
it is a stiff-necked people. Let me alone, that
my wrath may wax hot against them, that I
may consume them*
xxxiii. 3. 5. The Lord said, I will not go
up ia the midst of thee, lest I consume thee,
for thou art a stiff-necked people. Deut. ix.
6. 13.
Deut, xxix. 19, 20. If any say, I shall have
peace, though I walk in the imagination of
my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst, the
Lord will not spare him, but the anger of the
Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that
man, and all the curses that are written in this
book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall
blot out his name from under heaven.
1 Sam. xv. 23. Stubbornness is an iniquity
and idolatry.
Jer. vii. 24. They hearkened not, nor in-
clined their ear, but walked in the counsels
and in the imagination of their evil heart, and
went backward and not forward. Ver. 25, 26.
Vet. 29. The Lord hath rejected and for-
saken the generation of his wrath.
xxxi. 18. Ephraim said, Thou hast chas-
tised me as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke.
Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircum-
cised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the
Holy Ghost. Deut. x. 16. 2 Chron. xxx. 8.
The same thing implied in the expres-
sion of walking after the counsel or the
imagination of an evil heart / as in the fol-
lowing scriptures. Eccl. xi. 9. O young man,
walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the
sight of thine eyes; but know, that for al 1
these things God will bring thee into judg-
ment.
Jer. iii. 17. Neither shall they walk any
more after the imagination of their evil heart.
Ch. ix. 14. xi. 8. xiii. 10. xvi. 12. xvii.
23. xxiii. 17.
REVOLTING.
CXXIV. The wicked are revollers. Isa. i.
5. Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye
will revolt more and more.
xxxi. 6. The children of Israel have deep-
ly revolted.
Jer. v. 23. This people hath a revolting and
rebellious heart. Ch. vi. 28.
Hos. ix. 15. I will love them no more ; all
their princes are revolters.
REBELLION.
CXXV. Rebellion against God forbidden.
Numb. xiv. 9. Rebel not against the Lord ;
the Lord is with us. Ps. Ixxviii. 8.
Josh. xxii. 29. The people said, God forbid
that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn
from following him.
Threats. 1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye will rebel
against the commandment of the Lord, then
shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as
it was against your fathers.
xv. 23. Rebellion is as the sin of witch-
craft ; stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Neh. ix. 26, 27. They were disobedient and
rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind
their backs, and wrought great provocations.
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the
hands of their enemies, who vexed them.
Ps. Ixviii. 6. Rebels dwell in a dry land.
cvii. 11, 12. Because they rebelled against
the words of God, and contemned the counsels
of the Most High ; therefore he brought down
their heart with labour ; they fell down, and
there was none to help. See Numb. xx. 24.
xxvii. 14. Deut. i. 26. 43. ix. 7. 23, 24.
xxxi. 27.
Isa. i. 2. I have nourished and brought up
children, and they have rebelled against me.
Ver. 9. Except the Lord had left us a very
small remnant, we should have been as Sodom,
and like unto Gomorrah. Ver. 19, 20.
xxx. 1. Woe to the rebellious children, saith
the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me :
and that cover with a covering, but not of my
Spirit. Ver. 9. This is a rebellious people,
lying children, that will not hear the law of
the Lord.
Isa. xlv. 9. Woe to him that striveth with
his Maker.
CHAP. XV.
ENEMIES THE WICKED.
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Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his holy
Spirit, therefore he was turned to be their
enemy, and he fought against them.
Ixv. 2, 3. I have spread out my hands all
the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh
in a way that was not good, after their own
thoughts. A people that provoketh me to
anger continually to my face. Ver. 6. I will
recompense into their bosom their iniquities.
Jer. iv. 17, 18. Enemies are against her
round about, because she hath been rebellious
against me, saith the Lord. Thy way and thy
doings have procured these things unto thee.
Lam. i. 13. From above he hath sent fire
into my bones, &c. Ver. 18. The Lord is
righteous, for I have rebelled against his com-
mandment.
iii. 42, 43. We have transgress-ed and re-
belled. Thou hast covered with anger, and
persecuted us.
Ezek. xx. 8. They rebelled against me ;
then I said, I will pour out my fury upon
them, to accomplish my anger against them.
Ver. 13. 21. 38.
Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have com-
mitted iniquity, and have done wickedly, and
have rebelled even by departing from thy pre-
cepts, and from thy judgments.
Hos. vii. 13, 14. Woe unto them that rebel
against me. Ch. xiii. 16.
ENEMIES, ADVERSARIES.
CXXVI. Enemies, adversaries of the
Lord. Deut. xxxii. 43. God will render ven-
geance to his adversaries.
1 Sam. ii. 10. The adversaries of the Lord
shall be broken to pieces.
Ps. xxxvii. 20. The enemies of the Lord
shall be as the fat of lambs, into smoke shall
they consume away.
Ixviii. 1. Let God arise, let his enemies be
scattered. (Ps. Ixxxiii. 1, 2.) Ver. 21. God
shall wound the head of his enemies.
xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, and
burneth up his enemies round about.
Isa. i. 24. I will ease me of mine adversa-
ries, and avenge me of mine enemies, saith
the Lord.
lix. 18. According to their deeds, he will
repay fury to his adversaries.
Ixiv. 2. Make thy name known to thine ad-
versaries.
Ixvi. 6. A voice of noise from the city, a
voice of the Lord, that rendereth recompense
to his enemies. Ver. 14. The indignation of
the Lord shall be known toward his enemies.
Jer. xlvi. 10. This is the day of the Lord
God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he
may avenge him of his adversaries,
Nah. i. 2. The Lord will take vengeance
on his adversaries ; he reserveth wrath for his
enemies. Ver. 8. Darkness shall pursue his
enemies.
Heb. x. 27. Fiery indignation shall devour
the adversaries. Ver. 13.
CXXVII. Deliverance from enmity against
God. Rom. v. 10. When we were enemies,
we were reconciled by the death of his Son.
Col. i. 21. You who were enemies in your
mind by wicked works, hath he reconciled.
THE WICKED.
CXXVIII. God's threatenings against the
wicked. Exod. xxiii. 7. I will not justify the
wicked. Nah. i. 3. The Lord will not, acquit
the wicked.
Deut. xxviii. 20. The Lord shall send upon
thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that
thou settest thy hand unto for to do ; until
thou be destroyed, and until thou perish
quickly, because of the wickedness of thy
doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord will reward the
doer of evil, according to his wickedness. Ps.
xxviii. 4. xciv. 23. Isa. xiv. 16.
2 Chron. vi. 23. Judge thy servants, by re-
quiting the wicked, by recompensing his way
upon his own head.
Job x. 3. God will not shine upon the
counsel of the wicked.
xx. 23. God shall cast the fury of his wrath
upon the wicked, and rain it upon them.
xxi. 17. How oft is the candle of the wicked
put out ! and how oft cometh their destruction
upon them ! God distributeth sorrows in his
anger.
Ver. 19, 20. God layeth up his iniquity for
his children ; he rewardeth him, and he shall
know it. His eyes shall see his destruction,
and he shall drink of the wrath of the Al-
mighty.
xxvii. 13. This is the portion of a wicked
man from God. See to ver. 22, For God
shall cast upon him, and not spare.
xxxvi. 6. God preserveth not the life of
the wicked.
Ps. v. 4. Thou art not a God that hast
pleasure in wickedness. Ps. xi. 5.
vii. 11. God is angry with the wicked every
day.
ix. 5. Thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for ever.
x. 15. Break thou the arm of the wicked.
Ps. xxxvii. 17. The arms of the wicked shall
be broken.
xi. 6. Upon the wicked God shall rain
snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible
tempest; this shall be the portion of their
cup. Jer. xxiii. 19. xxx. 23.
xxviii. 3. Draw me not away with the
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THE WICKED.
CHAP. XV.
wicked. Ver. 4. Give them according to their
deeds. Ver. 5. The Lord shall destroy them
and not build them up.
Ixxiii. 18. Thou didst set the wicked in
slippery places.
Ixxv. 8. For in the hand of the Lord there
is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of
mixture, and he poureth out of the same ; but
tne dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth
shall wring them out, and drink them.
xciv. 3. Lord, how long shall the wicked
triumph ? Ver. 23. God shall bring upon
them their own iniquity.
cvii. 34. God turneth a fruitful land into
barrenness, for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein. Jer. xii. 4.
cxix. 1 1 9. Thou puttest away all the wicked
of the earth like dross.
cxxix. 4. The Lord hath cut asunder the
cords of the wicked.
cxxxix. 19. Surely thou wilt slay the
wicked, O God.
cxl. 8. Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the
wicked.
cxlv. 20. All the wieked will the Lord
destroy.
cxlvi. 9. The way of the wicked he tumeth
upside-down.
cxlvii. 6. The Lord casteth the wicked
down to the ground.
Prov. iii. 33. The curse of the Lord is in
the house of the wicked.
vi. 18. The Lord doth hate a heart that de-
viseth wicked imaginations. Ch. xii. 2.
x. 3. God casteth away the substance of
the wicked.
xv. 8, 9. 26. The sacrifice of the wicked,
the way of the wicked, the thoughts of the
wicked, are an abomination to the Lord. Ch.
xxi. 27.
Ver. 29. The Lord is far from the wicked.
xvi. 4. The Lord hath made the wicked for
the day of evil. Mai. iv. 1.
xxi. 12. God overthroweth the wicked for
his wickedness. Isa. xiii. 11.
Isa. xi. 4. With the breath of his lips, God
shall slay the wicked. 2 Thess. ii. 8.
xiv. 5. The Lord hath broken the staff of
the wicked.
Ivii. 21. There is no peace, saith my God,
to the wicked. Ch. xlviii. 22. lix. 8.
Jer. i. 16. I will utter my judgments (saith
the Lord) against them, for all their wicked-
ness.
ii. 33. Thou hast taught the wicked ones
thy ways. Ver. 35. Behold, I will plead with
thee, saith the Lord.
vii. 12. See what I did to Shiloh, for the
wickedness of my people.
xiv. 16. I will pour their wickedness upon
them.
xxv. 31. God shall give them that are
wicked to the sword. Ezek. xxxi. 1 1 .
xxxiii. 5. For their wickedness I have hid
my face from this city.
xliv. 9. Have ye forgotten the wickedness
of your fathers, and the wickedness of your
kings'? &c. Ver. 1 1. I will set my face agabst
you for evil.
Hos. vii. 1, 2. I remember all their wicked-
ix. 1 5. For the wickedness of their doings
[ will drive them out of my house.
Joel iii. 13. Put ye in the sickle, &c. for
their wickedness is great.
Jonah i. 2. Cry against Nineveh, for their
wickedness is come up before me.
Hab. iii. 13. Thou woundedst the head out
of the house of the wicked.
Zeph. i. 3. I will consume man and beast,
and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked.
Mai. iv. 1. Behold, the day cometh that
shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea,
and all that do wickedly shall be stubble ; and
the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith
the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch. Prov. xvi. 4.
Matt. xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his
portion with hypocrites ; there shall be weep-
ing and gnashing of teeth. Ch. xviii. 32. 34.
CXXIX, Threatening against the wicked,
of evils as the consequences of wickedness
under the providential government of God.
Job iv. 8. They that plough iniquity and sow
wickedness, reap the same. Prov. xxii. 8.
Gal. vi. 7, 8.
viii. 22. The dwelling-place of the wicked
shall come to nought. Ch. xxi. 28.
xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall fail.
xv. 20. The wicked man travaileth with
pain all his days. Ver. 24. Trouble and an-
guish shall make him afraid. See to ver. 31.
xviii. 5, 6. The light of the wicked shall be
put out, and the spark of his fire shall not
shine. The light shall be dark in his taber-
nacle. See to ver. 21.
Ver. 21. Surely such are the dwellings of
the wicked.
xx. 5. The triumphing of the wicked is
short. See to ver. 29.
Ver. 12. Though wickedness be sweet in
his mouth. Ver. 16. He shall suck the poison
of asps.
Ver. 29. This is the portion of a wicked
man from God, and the heritage appointed
unto him by God. Ch. xxvii. 13 to 23.
xxi. 7. Wherefore do the wicked live, be-
come old, yea, are mighty in power? Ver.
16, Ch. xxii. 18. Ch. xxiv. 24. They are
exalted for a little, but are gone and brought
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THE WICKED.
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low : they are taken out of the way, and cut
off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Ver. 17. How oft is the candle of the wicked
put out. (Prov. xiii. 9. xxiv. 20.) Ver. 30.
The wicked is reserved to the day of destruc-
tion ; they shall be brought forth to the day of
wrath. Prov. xvi. 4.
xxii. 15, 16. Hast thou marked the old way,
which wicked men have trodden] Which
were cut down out of time, whose foundation
was overthrown with a flood.
xxiv. 20. The worm shall feed sweetly on
him, and he shall be no more remembered ;
and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked.
Ver. 13. This is his portion.
Ver. 14 17. If his children be multiplied,
it is for the sword ; and his offspring shall not
be satisfied with bread. Though he heap up
silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the
clay : (Hab. ii. 5.) He may prepare it, but
the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall
divide the spoil.
Ver. 1 8. He buildeth his house as a moth,
and as a booth that the keeper maketh. Ver.
20, 21. Terrors take hold on him as waters, a
tempest stealeth him away in the night. The
east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth;
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
xxxi. 3. Is not destruction to the wicked ]
and a strange punishment to the workers of
iniquity 1 Ps. liii. 5.
xxxviii. 1 5. From the wicked their light is
withholden.
Ps. ix. 16. The wicked is snared in the
work of his own hands. Ps. x. 2.
Ver. 17. The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget God.
xxxi. 1 7. Let the wicked be ashamed ; let
them be silent in the grave.
xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked.
xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked, and
they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
xxxvii. 1 0. Yet a little while and the wicked
shall not be. Ver. 17. The arms of the wicked
shall be broken.
Ver. 20. The wicked shall perish, and the
enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of rams.
Ps. Iviii. 7.
Ver. 28. The seed of the wicked shall be
cut off.
Ver. 35. I have seen the wicked great in
power. Ver. 38. But the end of the wicked
shall be cut off. Ver. 34.
lv. 15. Let death seize upon the wicked.
Iviii. 10. The righteous shall wash his feet
in the blood of the wicked.
xcii. 7. When the wicked spring as the
grass ; it is that they shall be destroyed for
ever. Ver. 11. Ps. xciv. 3. 13.
cvi. 18. A fire was kindled, the flame burned
up the wicked.
cxix. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked.
cxli. 10. Let the wicked fall into their own
nets.
Prov. ii. 22. The wicked shall be cut off
from the earth, and the transgressors shall be
rooted out of it. 1 Sam. xii. 25.
iv. 19. The way of the wicked is as dark-
ness, they know not at what they stumble.
v. 22. His own iniquity shall take the
wicked himself, and he shall be holden with
the cords of his sin.
x. 2. Treasures of wickedness profit no-
thing. Ver. 3.
x. 7. The name of the wicked shall rot.
Ver. 24. The fear of the wicked shall come
upon him. Ver. 27. His years shall be short-
ened. Ps. lv. 23.
Ver. 30. The wicked shall not inhabit the
earth.
xi. 5. The wicked shall fall by his own.
wickedness.
Ver. 8. The righteous is delivered out of
trouble ; but the wicked cometh in his stead.
Ver. 21. The wicked shall not be unpunish-
ed. Ver. 31. The wicked and the sinner
shall be recompensed in the earth.
xii. 3. A man shall not be established by
wickedness. Ver. 7. The wicked are over-
thrown, and are not.
Ver. 13. The wicked is snared by the trans-
gression of his lips.
Ver. 21. The wicked shall be filled with
mischief.
Ver. 26. The way of the wicked seduceth
them.
xiii. 5. A wicked man is loathsome, and
cometh to shame.
Ver. 6. Wickedness overthroweth the
sinner.
Ver. 25. The belly of the wicked shall want.
xiv. 11. The house of the wicked shall be
overthrown.
Ver. 17. A man of wicked devices is hated.
Ver. 19. The wicked bow at the gates of the
righteous.
Ver. 32. The wicked is driven away in his
wickedness.
xv. 6. In the revenues of the wicked is
trouble.
xviii. 3. When the wicked cometh, then
cometh contempt.
xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for
the righteous.
xxiv. 16. The wicked shall fall into mis-
chief. Ver. 20. The candle of me wicked
shall be put out.
xxvi. 26. The wickedness of the wicked
shall be shewed before the whole congrega-
tion.
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SINNERS.
CHAP. XV.
xxviii. 1. The wicked flee when no man
pursueth. Job xv. 21.
Ver. 4. Such as keep the law contend with
the wicked.
Eccl. viii. 8. Wickedness shall not deliver
those given to it.
Ver. 10. I saw the wicked buried, and they
were forgotten. Ver. 13. It shall not be well
with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his
days.
Isa. iii. 11. Woe to the wicked, it shall be
ill with him ; the reward of his hands shall be
given him.
ix. 18. Wickedness burneth as the fire.
xlvii. 10, 11. Thou hast trusted in thy
wickedness. Therefore shall evil come upon
thee.
Ivii. 20. The wicked are like the troubled
sea when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up
mire and dirt.
Jer. ii. 19. Thine own wickedness shall
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall re-
prove thee.
iii. 2, 3. Thou hast polluted the land with
thy wickedness : therefore there hath been no
latter rain.
iv. 1 8. Thy ways and thy doings have pro-
cured these things unto thee: this is thy
wickedness because it is bitter.
v. 25, 26. Your iniquities and your sins
have withholden good things from you. For
among my people are found wicked men.
vi. 6, 7. This is the city to be visited : for
as a fountain casteth out her waters, so she
casteth out her wickedness.
xii. 1. Wherefore doth the way of the
wicked prosper?
Ver. 4. How long shall the land mourn, and
the herbs of the field wither ? for the wicked-
ness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are
consumed, &c.
xliv. 2, 3. The cities are a desolation, be-
cause of their wickedness.
Ezek. iii. 18. The wicked man shall die in
his wickedness. Ver. 1 9. Ch. xxxiii. 8, 9. 13.
xviii. 20. The wickedness of the wicked
shall be upon him. Ver. 24. When the
righteous turneth away from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, and doeth according
to all the abominations that the wicked man
doeth, shall he live ? all his righteousness that
he hath done shall not be mentioned : in his
trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his
sins that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Ver. 26, 27.
xxxiii. 8. wicked man, thou shalt surely
die.
Hos. x. 13, 14. Ye have ploughed wick-
edness, ye have reaped iniquity. Therefore
shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all
'by fortresses shall be spoiled.
Nah. i. 19. There is no healing of thy
bruise, for on whom hath not thy wickedness
Matt. xiii. 49, 50. At the end of the world,
the angels shall sever the wicked from among
the just ; and shall cast them into a furnace
of fire ; there shall be wailing, and gnashing
of teeth.
SINNERS.
CXXX. Sinners; God's threatening*
against them. Exod. xxxii. 33, 34. The
Lord said to Moses, Whosoever hath sinned
against me, him will I blot out of my book. I
will visit their sin upon them.
xxxiv. 7. God will by no means clear the
guilty.
Josh. xxiv. 19. He is a jealous God, he will
not forgive their transgressions nor their sins.
2 Chron. vi. 22, 23. If a man sin against
his neighbour ; then judge thy servants by re-
quiting the wicked.
Ps. xc. 7, 8. We are consumed by thine
anger, and by thy wrath we are troubled.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our
secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Prov. viii. 36. He that sinneth against me,
w'rongeth his own soul. Numb. xvi. 38.
Eccl. ii. 26. To the shiner God giveth
travail.
Isa. xiii. 9. The Lord shall destroy the sin-
ners of the land out of it
xxx. 1. Woe unto rebellious children, saith
the Lord, &c. who add sin to sin.
Jer. ii. 35. I will plead with thee, saith the
Lord, because of thy sins.
xv. 13. Thy substance will I give to thine
enemies, because of thy sins. Ch. xvii.
3. 1. 14.
Ezek. xiv. 13. When the land sinneth, I
will break the staff of bread.
xviii. 4. The soul that sinneth it shall die.
Ver. 20.
xxi. 24. In all your doings, your sins ap-
pear, &c. ; ye shall be taken, &c.
xxviii. 16. Thou hast sinned, therefore I
will cast thee as profane out of the mountain
of God.
Hos. iv. 7. They sinned against me, there-
fore will I change their glory into shame.
Ver. 9. I will punish them for their ways.
ix. 9. I will visit their sin.
Amos v. 12. I know your manifold trans-
gressions, and your mighty sins.
ix. 8. The eyes of the Lord are upon the
sinful kingdom, and he will destroy it from
off the face of the earth. Ver. 10. The sin-
ners of my people shall die by the sword.
Mic. vi. 13. I will make thee desolate be-
cause of thy sins.
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TRANSGRESSORS.
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John xvi. 8. The Spirit shall reprove the
world of sin.
2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast them down to hell.
Jude 15. The Lord cometh to execute judg-
ment, and to convince ungodly sinners of their
ungodly deeds.
CXXXI. Sinners threatened with various
evils under the providence of God. Deut.
xxiv. 16. Every one shall die for his own sin.
Lev. xxii. 9. 2 Kings xiv. 6. 2 Chron. xxv.
4. Ezek. xviii. 20.
Job xx. 11. His bones are full of the sin
of his youth, which shall lie down with him
in the dust.
Ps. i. 5. Sinners shall not stand in the con-
gregation of the righteous.
xxxviii. 3. There is no rest in my bones
because of my sins.
Prov. xiii. 21, 22. Evil pursueth sinners.
Their wealth is laid up for the just.
xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any people.
xxiv. 9. The scorner is an abomination
among men.
Isa. i. 28. The destruction of the transgres-
sors, and of the sinners shall be together, and
they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
xxxiii. 14. The sinners in Zion are afraid :
who among us shall dwell with everlasting
burnings 1
Ixv. 20. The sinner being an hundred years
old, shall be accursed.
Jer. xl. 3. Because ye have sinned against
the Lord, this is come upon you. Ch. xliv. 23.
1. 7. Their enemies prevailed, and said, We
offend not, because they have sinned. Zeph.
i. 17.
Lam. i. 8. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned,
therefore she is removed, all that honoured her
despise her. Ezek. xvi. 52.
v. 7. Our fathers have sinned and are not,
and we have borne their iniquities. Ver. 1.6.
Woe unto us that we have sinned.
Ezek. xxxiii. 10. If our sins be upon us,
&c. how should we live] Ver. 12. The
righteous shall not be able to live in the day
that he sinneth.
Hos. xiii. 2, 3. They sin more and more.
They shall be as the morning cloud, and the
early dew that passeth away ; as the chaff
that is driven with the whirlwind out of the
floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Mic. i. 5. For the sins of the house of Is-
rael is all this evil.
Rom. ii. 12. As many as have sinned with-
out law shall perish without law.
v. 14. Death reigned from Adam to Moses,
even over them that had not sinned after the
similitude of Adam's transgressions. Ver. 12.
21. Sin reigned unto death.
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vi. 23. The wages of sin is death.
vii. 5. The motions of sins did work in
our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Ver. 9. Sin revived and I died. Ver. 11.
Sin slew me.
1 Cor. xv. 56. The sting of death is sin.
2 Thess. ii. 3. The man of sin is the son
of perdition.
1 Tim. i. 9. The law is made for sinners.
Heb. x. 26, 27. If we sin wilfully after we
have received the knowledge of the truth,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin : but
a certain fearful looking-for of judgment, and
fiery indignation, that shall devour the adver-
saries. Ch. vi. 4 6.
James i. 15. Sin when finished bringeth
forth death.
1 John v. 16. There is a sin unto death.
Matt. xii. 31.
TRANSGRESSORS.
CXXXII. Transgressors ; threatening
against them. Prov. xi. 3. The perverseness
of transgressors shall destroy them. Ver. 6.
xiii. 2. The soul of the transgressors shall
eat violence. Ver. 15.
xx vi. 10. The great God that formed all
things, rewardeth transgressors.
Isa. xxiv. 5, 6. The earth is defiled under
the inhabitants thereof, because they have
transgressed: Therefore hath the curse de-
voured the earth. Ver. 20. The transgres-
sion of the earth shall be heavy upon it.
Ixvi. 24. The men that have transgressed
against me, their worm shall not die, neither
shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be
an abhorring to all flesh.
Jer. xxxiv. 18. 20. I will give the men that
have transgressed into the hand of their
enemies.
Ezek. xiv. 10, 11. They shall bear the
punishment of their iniquity ; that they may
no more go astray, nor be polluted with their
transgressions.
xx. 38. I will purge from among you the
rebels, and them that transgress.
xxxix. 24. According to their uncleanness,
and according to their transgressions have I
done unto them, and hid my face from them.
Hos. vii. 13. Woe unto them, for they have
fled from me ; destruction unto them, for they
have transgressed against me.
Matt. xv. 3. Why do ye transgress the
commandments of God by your tradition ]
Acts i. 25. Judas by transgression fell from
the ministry.
Heb. ii. 2, 3. If the word spoken by angels
was steadfast, and every transgression received
a just recompense of reward ; how shall we
escape if we neglect so great salvation 1
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INIQUITY.
CHAP. XV.
1 John iii. 4. Sin is the transgression of
the law.
2 John 9. Whosoever transgresseth, and
abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not
God.
See particular calamities threatened against
transgressors in the civil state, Prov. xxviii.
2. In the church, Isa. xliii. 27. Destruction
by wild beasts, Ezek. v. 17. From famine
and pestilence, Amos iv. 2 to ver. 10.
INIQUITY.
CXXXIII. Iniquity forbidden. Job xxii.
23. Put iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
xxxvi. 10. God commanded that they re-
turn from iniquity.
Jer. xxxvi. 3. It may be that they will re-
turn every one from his evil way, that I may
forgive their iniquity.
Ezek. xviii. 8. 17. He that hath withdrawn
his hands from iniquity, he shall not die for
the iniquity of his father.
Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by right-
eousness, and thine iniquity by shewing mercy
to the poor.
Zeph. iii. 13. The remnant shall not do
iniquity.
Acts iii. 26. God sent his Son to bless you,
in turning every one from his iniquity.
Rom. vi. 19. Yield your members servants
to righteousness.
2 Tim. ii. 19. Let every one that nameth
the name of Christ, depart from iniquity.
Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity.
Heb. i. 9. Thou hast loved righteousness,
and hated iniquity.
CXXXIV. God's threatenings against the
workers thereof. Gen. xliv. 16. Judah said
unto Joseph, God hath found out the iniquity
of thy servants.
Lev. xviii. 25. The land is denied, therefore
I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it ; the
land doth vomit out her inhabitants.
2 Sam. vii. 14. If he commit iniquity I will
chasten him with the rod of men. Ps.lxxxix.32.
Job xiii. 26. Thou writest bitter things
against me, and makest me to possess the ini-
quity of my youth.
xiv. 17. My transgression is sealed up in a
bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Ps. v. 5. Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
xc. 8. Thou settest our iniquities before
thee, our secret sins in the light of thy coun-
tenance. Job x. 6. 14. xxxiv. 22.
xciv. 1 6. Who will stand up for me against
the workers of iniquity ? Ver. 23. God shall
bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall
cut them off in their own wickedness.
cxxv. 5. Such as turn aside, God shall lead
forth with the workers of iniquity.
Isa. xiii. 11. I will punish the wicked for
their iniquity.
xxii. 14. This iniquity shall not be purged
from you, till ye die, saith the Lord of hosts.
xx vi. 21. The Lord cometh out of his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
iniquity.
xxxi. 2. God will arise against the house of
evil-doers, and against the help of them that
work iniquity.
lix. 2. Your iniquities have separated be-
tween you and your God, and your sins have
hid his face from you.
Ixiv. 7. Thou hast consumed us because of
our iniquities.
Jer. ii. 22. Thine iniquity is marked before
me, saith the Lord.
ix. 5. They weary themselves to commit
iniquity. Ver. 9. Shall not my soul be avenged
on such a nation ?
xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to the ini-
quities of their forefathers. I will bring evil
upon them that they shall not escape.
xiv. 10. I will now remember their iniqui-
ty, and visit their sins. Hos. viii. 13. ix. 9.
xvi. 10. Wherefore hath the Lord pro-
nounced all this great evil against us ? Ver.
17,18. Mine eyes are upon all their ways,
neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
I will recompense their iniquity.
xxv. 12. I will punish that nation for their
iniquity, and make it a desolation.
xxx. 14, 15. I have wounded thee for the
multitude of thine iniquity, and because thy
sins are increased. For the multitude of thine
iniquity, I have done these things unto thee.
Hos. ix. 7.
xxxvi. 31. I will punish him [Jehoiachim]
and his seed, and his servants, for their ini-
quity.
Ii. 6. Flee out of Babylon ; be not cut off
in her iniquity ; for this is the time of the Lord's
vengeance. Gen. xix. 15.
Ezek. ix. 9, 10. The iniquity of the house
of Israel and Judah is exceeding great. Mine
eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity.
xvi. 49, 50. This was the iniquity of thy
sister Sodom, pride, idleness, fulness of bread,
&c. Therefore I took them away as I saw
;ood. Ver. 52.
xxi. 23. God will call to remembrance the
iniquity, that they may be taken. Ver. 24, 25.
29. Chap. xxix. 16.
xxviii. 18. Thou hast defiled thy sanctua-
ries by the multitude of thine iniquities ; there-
fore I will bring forth a fire, and it shall de-
vour thee, and bring thee to ashes.
Amos iii. 2. I will punish you for all your
iniquities.
CHAP. XV.
COMMANDMENT FIRST.
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Hab. i. 3. Why dost thou shew me iniqui
ty'! Ver. 13. The Lord cannot look on ini
quity.
Matt. vii. 23. Christ will say in the day of
judgment, Depart from me, ye that work
iniquity.
xiii. 41, 42. He shall cast them who do
iniquity into a furnace of fire.
Rev. xviii. 5, 6. Babylon's sins have reach-
ed unto heaven, God hath remembered her
iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded
you, and double unto her double.
CXXXV. The punishment of iniquity
threatened under the providential government
of God, intermixed with instances thereof.
Gen. iv. 13. Cain said, My punishment (or
iniquity) is greater than I can bear.
xv. 16. The iniquity of the Amorites is not
yet full.
Lev. xxvi. 39. They shall pine away in their
iniquity, in your enemies' lands, and the ini-
quities of their fathers. Ezck. xxiv. 23.
Job xx. 27. The heaven shall reveal the
wicked man's iniquity, and the earth shall rise
up against him.- Ver. 22. Every hand of the
wicked shall come upon him.
xxi. 1 9. God layeth up his iniquity for his
children.
Ps. vii. 14. The wicked travaileth with ini-
quity.
xxxi. 1 0. My life is spent with grief, and
my years with sighing; my strength faileth
because of mine iniquity.
xxxvii. 1, 2. The workers of iniquity shall
be cut down. Ps. xxxvi. 12.
xcii. 7, When the wicked spring as the
grass, and the workers of iniquity do flourish,
it is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
Ver. 9.
cvi. 43. They were brought low for their
iniquity.
cvii. 17. Fools because of their transgres-
sion, and because of their iniquities are af-
flicted.
Prov. v. 22. His own iniquities shall take the
wicked himself, and he shall be holden with
the cords of his sins.
x. 29. Destruction shall be to the workers of
iniquity.
Isa. v. 18. Woe unto them that draw ini-
quity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were
with a cart-rope.
xxix. 20. All that watch for iniquity are
cut off.
xxx. 13. Iniquity shall be to you as a breach
ready to fall.
1. 1. For your iniquities ye have sold your-
selves.
Ixiv. 6. Our iniquities like the wind have
taken us away.
Jer. v. 25. Your iniquities have turned away
these things, and your sins have withholden
good things from you.
xiii. 22. For the greatness of thine iniquity
are thy skirts discovered, &c.
xxxi. 30. Every one shall die for his own
iniquity. Ezek. iii. 18, 19,&c.
Lam. iv. 6. The punishment of the iniqui-
ty of my people is greater than the sin of
Sodom.
Ezek. iv. 16, 17. They shall drink water by
measure, and with astonishment. They shall
want bread and water and consume away for
their iniquity.
xxxii. 27. Their iniquity shall be upon their
bones.
xxxiii. 6. He is taken away in his iniquity.
Ver. 8. He shall die in his iniquity. Ver.
9. 13. 18.
xxxix. 23. The house of Israel went into
captivity for their iniquity.
Dan. ix. 16. For our sins, and the iniqui-
ties of our fathers, we are become a reproach.
Hos. xiv. 1 . Israel, return unto the Lord ;
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Mic. ii. 1. Woe to them that devise iniquity,
and work evil upon their beds.
Hab. ii. 12. Woe to him that buildeth a
town with blood, and establisheth a city by ini-
quity. Mic. iii. 10.
Matt, xxiii. 28. Ye are full of hypocrisy and
iniquity. Ver. 30. Woe unto you.
COMMANDMENT FIRST.
CXXXVI. Idolatry forbidden. Exod. xx.
3. Thou shall have no other gods before me.
Ch. xxxiv. 14. Ps. Ixxxi. 9. Hos. xiii. 4.
1 Cor. viii. 4, 5.
xxiii. 13. Make no mention of the name of
other gods. (Josh, xxiii. 7.) Ver. 24. Thou
shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve
hem.
Deut. iv. 15. Take good heed unto your-
selves. Ver. 19. Lest when thou seest the
sun and the moon, and the stars, even all the
lost of heaven, thou shouldst be driven lo wor-
ship and serve them.
vi. 14. Ye shall not go after the gods of the
people which are round about you. Judg.
d. 10.
xii. 30. Inquire not after their gods, saying,
low did Ihese nations serve their gods 1 even
so will I do likewise. Jer. v. 7.
CXXXVII. Enforced by threatenings as
preventives. Exod. xxii. 20. He that sacrifi-
jeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only,
le shall be utterly destroyed. Lev. xx. 5.
Deut. viii. 19. If thou at all do forsake the
Lord your God, and walk after other gods and
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serve them, and worship them, I testify against
you this day, that ye shall surely perish.
1 Kings ix. 6, 7. If you or your children
shall turn aside, and serve other gods, and wor-
ship them, then will I cut off Israel out of the
land which I have given them. Ver. 9. See
Deut. xxviii. 15. 36. 64. xxix. 18 to 28.
xxx. 17, 18. xxxi. 16, 17. Josh, xxiii. 16.
xxiv. 20. 2 Chron. vii. 19, 20. Ps. xvi. 4.
xliv. 20, 21. Jer. xvi. 13. xxii. 9.
CXXXVIII. Judgments inflicted upon
transgressors of thin command. Deut. xxxii.
15. Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked ; he for-
sook God that made him.
Deut. xxxii. 16, 17. They provoked him to
jealousy with strange gods. They sacrificed
to devils, to gods whom they knew not, to
new gods that came newly up.
Ver. 19, 20. And the Lord abhorred them,
and said, I will hide my face from them.
Ver. 22, 23. A fire is kindled in mine anger.
I will heap mischiefs upon them. Ver. 24,
25, 26. 35.
Judg. ii. 11, 12. The children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the Lord. They followed
other gods, of the gods of the people round
about them, and bowed themselves unto them.
Ver. 14. And the anger of the Lord was
against Israel, and he delivered them into the
hands of the spoilers that spoiled them, and
he sold them into the hands of their enemies
round about, so that they could no longer
stand before their enemies. Ver. 15. Whi-
thersoever they went out the hand of the
Lord was against them for evil, and they were
greatly distressed. Ver. 17. 20. 23. Ch. iii.
7, 8. x. 6, 7. 13, 14. Jer. xi. 10. xiii. 10.
v. 8. They chose new gods ; then was war
in the gates.
x. 6, 7. The children of Israel did evil in
the sight of the Lord, and served the gods of
the Philistines. And the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Israel, and he sold them
into the hands of the Philistines.
Ver. 10. They cried unto the Lord. Ver.
13, 14. The Lord said, Ye have forsaken me,
and served other gods. Let the gods which
ye have chosen deliver you in the time of your
tribulation.
2 Kings xvii. 7, 8. The children of Israel
feared other gods, and walked in the statutes
of the heathen. (Jer. xliv. 3 to 28.) Ver.
18. Therefore the Lord was very angry with
Israel, and removed them out of his sight.
xxii. 17. Because they have forsaken me,
and have burnt incense to other gods, there-
fore my wrath shall be kindled against this
place, and shall not be quenched. Jer. i. 16.
xix. 4.
Ps. cvi. 28. They joined themselves to
Baal-peor. Ver. 29. The plague brake in
upon them.
Jer. v. 19. As ye have served other gods in
your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land
not yours.
vii. 9, 10. Will ye walk after other gods,
and come and stand before me in this house ?
Ver. 15. I will cast you of my sight. Ver.
20. Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Be-
hold mine anger and my fury shall be poured
out upon this place, &c. Ver. 30 to 34. Ch.
viii. 2. xix. 3 to 14.
xi. 10. They went after other gods to serve
them. Ver. 1 1. Thus saith the Lord, I will
bring evil upon this place. Ver. 14. There-
fore pray not for this people. Isa. Ivii. 3. 5.
13. Jer. xliv. 21, 22, 23. iii. 3. 6. 8. 20.
Ezek. xx. 32, 33. Ye say, We will be as
the heathen, as the families of the countries.
As I live, saith the Lord, surely with a stretch-
ed-out arm, and with fury poured out, will I
rule over you. Ch. viii. 16 18. Zeph. i.
3, 4, 5.
CXXXIX. God's judgments upon parti-
cular transgressors of this command. On
Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 1. 9. 11. 33. Jero-
boam, 1 Kings xii. 28. xiv. 2. 17. Baasha,
1 Kings xvi. 3. 1 2. Ahab, 1 Kings xvi. 30.
xxi. 21. xxii. 34. 38. 2 Kings x. 1 1.
Ahaziah, 2 Kings i. 2. 16, 17. Jehoram,
2 Chron. xxi. 1 1. 14. 19. Manasseh, 2 Kings
xxi. 3, 4, 5, 6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 2 to 15.
Amaziah, 2 Chron. xxv. 14 to 20.
CXL. Covenants and intermarriages with
the heathen inhabitants of Canaan forbidden
to the Jews, lest they should thereby be en-
snared to their idolatry. Exod. xxiii. 32.
Thou shall make no covenant with them, nor
with their gods. Ver. 33. Deut vii. 2.
Numb, xxxiii. 55.
xxxiv. 12. Take heed to thyself, lest thou
make a covenant with the inhabitants of the
land, lest it be a snare unto thee. Ver. 15.
And go a-whoring after their gods, and do
sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and
thou eat of his sacrifice. Ver. 1 6. And thou
take of their daughters unto thy sons, and
their daughters go a-whoring after their gods,
and make thy sons go a-whoring after their
gods. Deut. vii. 3, 4. Ch. xx. 17, 18. Josh,
xxiii. 12, 13. Judg. ii. 1, 2. iii. 5. to 8.
Transgressed in making a covenant with
the Gibeonites, Josh. ix. 14, 15. This cove-
nant confirmed for their punishment 2 Sam.
xxi. 1.
CXLI. Making covenants and intermar-
riages with the transgressors of this command
punished. Numb. xxv. 2, 3, 4. They called
the people unto the sacrifices of their gods,
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and the people did eat, and bowed down to |
their gods. And Israel joined himself to |
Baal-peor, and the anger of the Lord was j
kindled against Israel. And the Lord said to
Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and
hang them up before the Lord. Ver. 8, 9.
The plague was stayed. Those that died in
the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Judg. i. 21. 27 to 34. They did not drive
out the inhabitants.
ii. 14. The angel of the Lord said, Ye
have not obeyed my voice ; wherefore I will
not drive them out before you, but they shall
be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall
be a snare unto you. When the angel of the
Lord spake these words, the children of Israel
lifted up their voice and wept.
iii. 6. The children of Israel dwelt among
the Canaanites, and they took their daughters
to be their wives, and gave their daughters to
their sons, and served their gods. Ver. 8.
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled
against Israel, and he sold them into the hand
of the king of Mesopotamia.
1 Kings xi. 1. Solomon loved many strange
wives. Ver. 4. When he was old his wives
turned away his heart after other gods. Ver.
9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon,
and said, I will rend the kingdom from thee.
Ver. 11.33.
xvi. 31. Ahab took to wife Jezebel, the
daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians.
Ch. xxi. 25. There was none like unto Ahab,
which did sell himself to work wickedness,
whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
2 Kings v. 17, 18. Naaman asks pardon
for being present at idolatrous worship, though
he joined not in it.
CXLII. Strange gods to be put away.
Gen. xxxv. 2. Jacob said unto his household,
Put away the strange gods that are among
you. Ver. 4. Jos. xxiv. 14. 23. 1 Sam.
vii. 3.
Judges x. 16. They put away the strange
gods, and served the Lord ; and his soul was
grieved for the misery of Israel.
2 Kings xxiii. 4, 5. Josiah put down the
idolatrous priests. See to ver. 26.
2 Chron. xxxiii. 15. Manasseh put away
the strange gods.
Hos. xiv. 3. Neither will we say to the
work of our hands, Ye are our gods. See
Deut. xxxii. 12. Dan. iii. 12.
CXLIII. Transgressors of this command-
ment among the people f Israel, and the en-
ticers thereto, to be put to death by the hands
of men.
Deut. xiii. 1, 2. 5. If there arise among
you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and
giveth a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the i
wonder come to pass, whereof he spake, say-
ing, Let us go alter other gods ; that prophet,
or that dreamer, shall be put to death. Ch.
xviii. 20. 1 Sam. xxvi. 19.
xiii. 6. 8, 9. If thy brother, the son of thy
mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the
wife of thy bosom, or thy friend which is as
thine own soul, entice thee, saying, Let us go
and serve other gods ; thou shall not consent
unto him, neither shalt thine eye pity him,
neither shall thou spare, neither shalt thou
conceal him, but thou shall surely kill him ;
thy hand shall be first upon him to put him
to death, and afterward the hand of all the
people.
Ver. 12 16. If thou shalt hear say, in one
of thy cities, Certain men, the children of Be-
lial, are gone out, and have withdrawn the in-
habitants of the city, saying, Let us go serve
other gods ; then thou shall make search dili-
gently, and if it be truth, thou shalt smite the
inhabitants of that city with the edge of the
sword, and destroy it utterly ; it shall be an
heap for ever. Deut. xvii. 2 to 8. 1 Kings
xviii. 40. Job xxxi. 2628.
CXLIV. Threatenings against strange
gods. Exod. xii. 12. Against the gods of
Egypt will I execute judgment. Numb,
xxxiii. 4. Upon the gods of Egypt the Lord
executed judgments.
Zeph. ii. 11. The Lord will famish all the
gods of the earth.
CXLV. Strange gods are vanity. Judg.
vi. 31. Joash said, If Baal be a god, lei him
plead for himself.
1 Kings xviii. 21. Elijah said, If the Lord
be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then follow
him.
Ver. 27. Elijah mocked the priests of Baal,
saying, Cry aloud : for he is a god : either he
is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a
journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth and
must be awaked. Ver. 29. There was neither
voice nor any to answer.
2 Kings xix. 18. They were no gods. Ch.
xviii. 35.
1 Chron. xvi. 26. All the gods of the peo-
ple are idols.
Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things to come here-
after, that we may know that ye are gods.
Ver. 24.
Acts xix. 26. Paul persuaded, saying, That
they are no gods that are made with hands.
Rom. i. 25. They worshipped and served
the creature.
Gal. iv. 8. Did service to them which by
nature are no gods.
CXLVI. Against inquiring concerning
future events, from those who by nature are
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770 gods. Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things lo
come hereafter, lhal we may know that ye are
gods.
2 Kings i. 2. Ahaziah sent to inquire of Ihe
god of Ekrpn if he should recover. Ver. 4.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shall
surely die.
Instance. Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7. His
punishment. 1 Chron. x. 13.
COMMANDMENT SECOND*
CXLVII. Images, the use of them forbid-
den, with preventive threatenings. Exod.
xx. 4, 5. Thou shall not make unto thee any
graven image, nor any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or thai is in the water under the earth :
Thou shall not bow down to them, nor serve
them : for I the Lord thy God, am a jealous
God. Ch. xxxiv. 17. Lev. xix. 4. xxvi. 1.
30. Deut. iv. 16, 17, 18, 19. 25. v. 8.
xvi. 22.
Deut. xxvii. 15. Cursed be the man that
maketh a graven or a molten image, an abomi-
nation to the Lord.
Ps. xcvii. 7. Confounded be all they that
serve graven images.
Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to an-
other ; nor my praise to graven images.
Rev. xiv. 9, 10. If any man worship the
beast and his image, the same shall drink of the
wine of the wrath of God, which is poured oul
without mixture into the cup of his indigna-
tion, and he shall be tormented with fire and
brimslone, in Ihe presence of Ihe holy angels,
and in Ihe presence of the Lamb, &c.
CXLVIII. God's judgments upon the
breakers of this commandment.
Exod. xxxii. 4. Aaron made a mollen calf.
Deut. ix. 12. 16. Neh. ix. 18. Ps. cvi. 19.
The Lord plagued the people, because of the
calf which Aaron made. Exod. xxxii. 35.
1 Kings xiv. 9. Thou [Jeroboam] hast made
thee molten images, to provoke me to anger.
Ver. 10. I will bring evil upon the house of
Jeroboam. Ch. xvi. 3.
xiv. 22, 23. Judah did evil in the sight of
the Lord, anil they provoked him to jealousy
with their sins. They buill them high places,
and images, and groves, on every high hill,
and under every green Iree. Ver. 25, 26.
And il came lo pass lhal Shishak, king of
Egypl, came againsl Jerusalem : And he took
away the treasures of the house of Ihe Lord,
and Ihe treasures of the king's house ; he look
away all the shields of gold, which Solomon
had made.
2 Kings xvii. 16 18. They made molten
images, even two calves, and made a grove,
and worshipped all the host of heaven, and
served Baal. They caused their sons and
their daughters to pass through the fire, and
used divination and enchantmenls. Therefore
the Lord was angry with Israel, and removed
them out of his sight. Ver. 20.
2 Chron. xxviii. 2, 3. Ahaz made molten
images for Baalim. He burnt his children in
the fire, after the abomination of the heathen,
&c. Ver. 5. Wherefore the Lord delivered
him into the hands of the king of Syria.
xxxiii. 7. Manasseh sel a carved image in
the house of God. Ver. 9. He made Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err. Ver.
11. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them
the captains of the host of the king of Assyria,
which took Manasseh and bound him with
fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 2 Kings
xxi. 7. 12.
Ver. 22. Amon sacrificed to all carved
images. Ver. 24. And his servants conspired
against him, and slew him.
Ps. Ixxviii. 58, 59. They provoked him to
anger with their high places, and moved him
to jealousy with their graven images. And
God was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel.
Ver. 62. He gave his people over to the sword.
Jer. viii. 19. 22. Why have they provoked
me to anger with their graven images 1 Why
is not the health of the daughter of my people
recovered ?
I. 37, 38. A sword is upon their treasures.
For it is a land of graven images ; they are
mad upon their images.
Ezek. vii. 20. They made the images of
their abominations in the house of the Lord.
Ver. 21. I will give it into the hands of the
wicked for a spoil, and they shall pollute it.
Ch. vi. 4. v. 13.
viii. 12. Seest thou what the ancients of Is-
rael do in the dark, every one in the house of
his imagery ? Ver. 18. Therefore will I deal
in fury, mine eye shall not spare, neither will
I have pity ; though they cry in mine ears
wilh a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
xvi, 17. 27. Thou madest Ihyself images,
(See lo ver. 30.) Therefore I have delivered
Ihee into the hand of them that hate thee.
See Ezek. xxiii. throughout ; Israel's apos-
tasy and punishment.
Dan. iii. 1. 5. The king made an image.
He commanded to worship it. Ch. iv. 25.
They shall drive thee from among men ; thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field.
Hos. x. 1. According to the goodness of his
land they have made goodly images. Ver. 10.
It is my desire that I should chastise them.
Ch. ii. 13.
xi. 2. They sacrificed unto Baalim, and
burnt incense to graven images. Ver. 5. The
Assyrian shall be his king.
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xiii. 2. They sin more and more, and have
made them molten images of their silver.
Ver. 3. Therefore they shall be as the chaff
that is driven with the whirlwind.
Amos v. 26. Ye have borne the tabernacle
of your Moloch, and Chiun, your images.
Ver. 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into
captivity.
Rom. i. 23, 24. They changed the glory of
God into an image. Wherefore God gave
them up, &c.
See Rev. xiii. 14. xix. 20. xvi. 2. See
also Lev. xxvi. 14. 30. Isa. xxi. 9. xxvii. 9.
Jer. xliii. 10. 13. 1. 2. li. 47. 52. Ezek. vi.
4. 6. xxx. 13. Hos. iii. 4. Mic. i. 7. v. 13.
CXLIX. Images, no representation of God.
Deut. iv. 12. The Lord spake unto you out
of the midst of the fire, ye heard the voice of
the words, but saw no similitude. Ver. 15,
16. Take therefore heed unto yourselves, lest
ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven
image, the similitude of any figure, the like-
ness of male or female. Ver. 17, 18, 19.
Isa. xl. 18. To whom will ye liken God, or
what likeness will ye compare unto him ]
Ver. 25. Ch. xlvi. 5.
Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that
the Godhead is like unto gold or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device.
Images are vanity. Isa. xl. 19, 20. xli. 29.
xliv. 9, 10 to 18. xlv. 20. Jer. x. 8. 14.
Hab. ii. 18, 19.
CL. They were commanded to be broken.
Deut. vii. 5. Ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their
groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Numb, xxxiii. 52. Ye shall drive out all the
inhabitants of the land from before you, and
destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their
molten images, and quite pluck down all their
high places. Exod. xxiii. 24. xxxiv. 13.
Deut. vii. 5. 25. Isa. xxx. 22. xvu. 8.
CLI. Images were broken down. Exod.
xxxii. 20. Moses burnt the calf which they
had made in the fire.
2 Sam. v. 21. David burnt their images.
2 Kings iii. 2. Jehoram put away the images
of Baal.
x. 26. Jehu and his men burnt the images
of Baal. Ch. xi. 18.
xviii. 4. Hezekiah removed the high places,
and brake the images, and cut down the groves,
and brake in pieces the brazen serpent which
Moses had made, for the children of Israel did
burn incense to it.
xxiii. 14. Josiah brake in pieces the images,
and cut down the groves, &c. Ver. 19. 24.
2 Chron. xiv. 3. Asa brake down the
images. Ver. 5.
CLII. Instances of images used by apos-
tates, as outward symbols in worship offered
to the true God. The golden calf, Exod. xxxii.
4, 5. Neh. ix. 18. Micah's image, Judg. xvii.
3. ver. 13. Ch. xviii. 31. Jeroboam's calves,
1 Kings xii. 26 to 33.
CLIII. Worship to images refused, though
commanded by kings. Dan. iii. 18. Refused
by Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
1 Kings xix. 18, By seven thousand in Is
rael. Rom. xi. 4. Rev. xv. 2. xx. 4.
CLIV. Threats against idols and idolaters.
Isa. ii. 8, 9. Their land is full of idols : they
worship the work of their own hands, that
which their own fingers have made. The
mean man boweth down, and the great man
humbleth himself, therefore forgive them not.
Ch. xxvii. 11.
Ver. 18. The idols he shall utterly abolish.
Ver. 20, 21. In that day shall a man cast
his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which
they made, each one for himself to worship, to
the moles and to the bats; to go into the
clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the
ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the
glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake
terribly the earth.
xix. 1. The Lord rideth upon a swift
cloud, and shall come into Egypt : the idols of
Egypt shall be moved at his presence. Ver. 3.
They shall seek to the idols, and to the charm-
ers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and
to the wizards. See to ver. 18. Their pu-
nishment.
xlv. 16. They shall go to confusion that are
makers of idols.
Zeph. i. 3. I will consume, saith the Lord,
the stumbling-blocks with the wicked. Ezek.
xiv. 4. 7.
Ver. 4, 5. I will cut off the remnant of Baal
from this place, and them that worship the
host of heaven, and that swear by the Lord,
and that swear by Malcham. See threats to
ver. 18.
Zech. xiii. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I will
cut off the names of idols out of the land of
Egypt. Ezek. xxx. 13.
1 Cor. vi. 9. Idolaters shall not enter the
kingdom of God. Eph. v. 5.
Rev. xxi. 8. Idolaters shall have their por-
tion in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone.
xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jerusalem]
are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters, &c.
CLV. Promises, warnings, and exhorta-
tions against idolatry. Ezek. xviii. 5, 6. 9.
If a man be just, and hath not lifted up his
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eyes to idols, he shall live. Ver. 17. He shall
not die for the iniquity of his father.
xxxvi. 25. From all your idols will I
cleanse you. Ch. xxxvii. 23. Isa. xxxi. 7.
xxvii. 9.
Acts xv. 20. "Write to them that they ab-
stain from idolatry. Ver. 29. That they ab-
stain from meats offered to idols. Ch. xxi. 25.
Rev. ii. 14. 20.
1 Cor. v. 11. I have written unto you, If
any man that is called a brother, be a fornica-
tor, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a
drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one
do not eat.
Against eating with idolaters at their sacri-
fices, see 1 Cor. viii. 4 to 13. Ch. x. 19, 20.
x. 7. Neither be ye idolaters, as some of the
Jews were. Ver. 14. Flee from idolatry.
2 Cor. vi. 16. What agreement hath the
temple of God with idols ?
1 John v. 21. Little children, keep yourselves
from idols.
Idols are vanity. See Isa. xlvi. 1. xlviii.
5. Zech. x. 2. Idolatries abominable, Ezek.
viii. 6. 1 Pet. iv. 3. Sacrificing to devils,
ICor. x. 20. Rev.ix.20,
CLVI. God's judgments upon idolaters.
Ps. cvi. 35, 36. They learned the works of the
heathen; and served their idols. Ver. 40.
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled
against his people. See Isa. ii. 8, 9, and to
ver. 22.
Isa. Ivii. 4, 5. Are ye not children of trans-
gression, a seed of falsehood ; inflaming your-
selves with idols 1 Ver. 10. Thou art wearied
in the greatness* of thy way. Ver. 12. Thy
works shall not profit thee.
Ezek. vi. 5. I will lay the dead carcasses of
the children of Israel before their idols. Ver.
6. 9. 13.
viii. 10. I saw the idols of Israel pourtrayed
upon the wall. Ver. 18. I will deal in fury;
mine eye shall not spare.
xiv. 3. These men have set up their idols in
their heart. Ver. 4, 5. Thus saith the Lord,
every man of the house of Israel, that setteth
up his idols in his heart, and cometh to the
prophet, I the Lord will answer him that
cometh, according to the multitude of his
idols : that I may take the house of Israel in
their own heart, because they are estranged
from me through their idols. Ver. 6. 8. 9.
xvi. 36. 38. Thus saith the Lord God, Be-
cause thy filthiness was poured out, and thy
nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms
with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine
abominations : I will judge thee as women that
Dreak wedlock. Ver. 37.
xx. 7. Then said I, Defile not yourselves
with idols; but they rebelled against me.
Ver. 8. Then said I; I will pour out my fury
upon them. See to ver. 40.
xxii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, The city
maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
Ver. 4. Therefore have I made thee a re-
proach. See chap, xxiii. throughout.
xxxiii. 25. Thus saith the Lord, Ye lift up
your eyes unto your idols, and shall ye pos-
sess the land 1 See also ver. 27, 28.
xxxvi. 18. I poured out my fury upon them
because of their idols.
xliv. 10. Israel went astray from me after
their idols. Ver. 12. Therefore have I lifted
up mine hand against them.
Hos. iv. 17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let
him alone.
In the following places, and most of those
quoted from Ezek. idolatry is reproved and
threatened under the name of whoredom, fil-
thiness, and abomination, viz. Hos. i. 2. ii. 2.
iv. 10. 13. v.3. vi. 10. ix. 1. Nah.iii.
4. Rev. xvii. 1. 15. xix. 2. Idolatry to be
purged. See Commandment first.
CLVII. Upon magicians. Exod. 7th, 8th,
and 9th chapters. Dan. ii. 2.
Sorcerers. Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers.
Rev. xxi. 8. Sorcerers shall have their por-
tion in the lake that burneth with fire and brim-
stone.
xxii. 15. Without [the new Jerusalem] are
dogs and sorcerers. Isa. xlvii. 9. Ivii. 3. Jer.
xxvii. 9, 10. Rev. ix. 21. xviii. 23. Acts
viii. 9. Simon. Acts xiii. 6. 8. Ely mas.
CLVIII. Enchanters. Lev. xix. 26. Ye
shall not use enchantments nor observe times.
Numb, xxiii. 23. No enchantment against
Jacob ; no divination against Israel.
CLIX. Soothsayers. Isa. ii. 6. Thou hast
forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, be-
cause they are replenished from the east, and
are soothsayers like the Philistines, and please
themselves in the children of strangers.
Mic. v. 12. Thou shalt have no more sooth-
sayers. Josh. xiii. 22. Dan. ii. 27. v. 7. 1 1 .
Acts xvi. 16.
CLX. Observers of times. Lev. xix. 26.
Ye shall not observe times.
Deut. xviii. 10. There shall not be found
among vou an observer of times. Ver. 14.
These nations hearkened to observers of
times, and to diviners, but the Lord thy God
hath not suffered thee to do so.
Gal. iv. 10, 11. Ye observe days and months,
and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest
I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 2
Kings xxi. 6.
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CLXI. Witches. Exod. xxii. 18. Thou [ in my name ; I have not sent them, saith the
shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Deut. xviii. 10 12. There shall not be
found among you, one that useth divina-
tion, or an observer of times, or an enchanter,
or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with
familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer :
for all these things are an abomination to the
Lord.
See Instances. Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 1.
Israel, 2 Kings xvii. 17. Isa. xlvii. 9. 12.
Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. 6. Exod. vii. 1 1. 22.
viii. 7. 18. Jer. xxvii. 9.
Gal. v. 20. The works of the flesh are
witchcraft. See 1 Sam. xv. 23. 2 Kings ix.
22. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. Mic. v. 12. Nah.
iii. 4, 5.
CLXII. Wizards. Lev. xix. 31. Regard
not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek
after wizards to be defiled by them.
xx. 6. The soul that turneth after such I will
surely cut him off'. (Isa. viii. 19.) Ver. 27. A
wizard shall surely be put to death. Deut.
xviii. 11. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3. 9. 2 Kings xxi.
6. xxiii. 24. Isa. xix. 3.
To which may be added as breaches of this
command. Col. ii. 18. Worshipping of an-
gels. Rev.' xix. 10.
Acts xii. 23. Giving undue honours to men.
xiv. 13. Sacrificing unto men.
1 Cor. x. 20. Sacrificing to devils. Lev.
xvii. 7.
Col. iii. 5. Covetousness is idolatry
Phil. iii. 19. Whose God is their belly.
It is called going a-whoring. Lev. xvii. 7.
Ezek. xvi. 15. 28. xx. 30. xxiii. 8. 17. 43.
And in many other places, as may be observed
from the Scriptures in the foregoing sections.
CLXIII. Diviners; instances thereof.
Numb. xxii. 7. The elders of Moab departed
with the rewards of divination in their hand,
and came to Balaam.
Ezek. xxi. 21. The king of Babylon stood
to use divination.
Deut. xviii. 14. These nations hearkened to
diviners. 1 Sam. vi. 2.
Ver. 10. There shall not be found among
you one that useth divination. Gen. xliv. 5.
1 Sam. xxviii. 8. Acts xvi. 16.
CLXIV. They are deceivers and false pro-
phets. Jer. xiv/]- r
a false divination.
xxvii. 9. 10. Hearken not to your diviners,
your dreamers, your enchanters, your sorce-
rers. They prophesy a lie unto you.
xxix. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
Let not your diviners deceive you, neither
hearken to your dreams, which ye cause to be
dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you
29
hey prophesy unto you
Lord. Ezek.
Mic. iii. 7. 11.
xn. 24. xxi.
Zech. x. 2.
29. xxii. 28.
CLXV. Threatenings against them. Isa.
xliv. 25, 26. The Lord, that frustrateth the
tokens of liars, and maketh diviners mad, that
turneth wise men backward, and maketh their
knowledge foolish ; that confirmeth the word
of his servant, and performeth the counsel of
his messengers.
Ezek. xiii. 9. My hand shall be upon the
prophets that see vanity, and divine lies.
Ver. 23.
CLXVI. Familiar spints forbidden, with
threatenings against them, and those that
consult them. Lev. xix. 31. xx. 6. 27. Isa.
viii. 19.
They were put away by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviii.
3. 9. By Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 24. They
were consulted by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviii, 7, 8.
1 Chron. x. 13. By Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi.
6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. By the Egyptians,
Isa. xix. 3. They mutter and peep out of
the dust, Isa. xxix. 4.
COMMANDMENT THIRD.
CLXVII. Profaning the .name of God.
Exod. xx. 7. Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his
name in vain. Deut. v. 1 1.
Lev. xviii. 21. Neither shalt thou profane
the name of thy God. Ch. xix. 12. xx. 3.
xxi. 6. xxii. 2. 32.
CLXVIII. Swearing falsely. Lev. xix.
12. Ye shall not swear by my name falsely.
Jer. vii. 9, 10. Will ye swear falsely, and
come and stand before me in this house ]
Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight.
xxiii. 10. Because of swearing the land
mourn eth.
Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, and
killing, and stealing, and committing adultery,
they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every
one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with
the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of
heaven ; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall
be taken away.
Zech. v. 3, 4. This is the curse that goeth
forth ; every one that sweareth shall be cut
off* according to it. It shall enter the house
of the thief, and into the house of him that
sweareth falsely ; and it shall remain in the
midst of his house, and shall consume it with
the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.
viii. 17. Love no false oath It is an abo-
mination to the Lord.
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CHAP. XV.
Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against
the sorcerers and adulterers, against false
swearers, saith the Lord of hosts. Isa. xlviii.
1. Jer. v. 2. 9. Hos. x. 4. 1 Tim. i. 10.
Instance, Matt. xxvi. 72. 74.
Lev. v. 1 to 6. Fake swearers enjoined to
make confession, offer sacrifice. Ch. vi. 2 to
6, and to make restitution to those they have
injured.
CLXIX. Swearing by the creatures. Matt.
y . 34 36. Swear not at all ; neither by hea-
ven, nor by the earth, nor by Jerusalem, nor
by thy head. Ver. 33. Jam. v. 12. Matt,
xxiii. 16 to 22.
Instances. Gen. xlii. 15, 16. By the life of
Pharaoh. 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth.
Ch. xxv. 26. 2 Sam. xi. 11.
CLXX. Swearing by other gods. Josh,
xxiii. 7. Neither make mention of the name
of their gods, nor cause to swear by them.
Jer. v. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this 1
thy children have forsaken me, and have
sworn by them that are no gods. Hos. iv. 15.
Amos viii. 14. Zeph. i. 4, 5.
CLXXI. Swearing in common conversa-
tion forbidden. Matt. v. 34. Swear not at
all ; neither by heaven, &c. Ver. 35, 36.
James v. 12. Above all things, my brethren,
swear not ; neither by heaven, neither by the
earth, neither by any other oath : but let your
yea be yea ; 4 and your nay, nay, &c.
CLXXII. Swearing to commit sin, or to
encourage it.
Instances. 1 Sam. xxviii. 10. Saul to the
witch of Endor.
Ps cii. 8. David's enemies
Acts xxiii. 21. Paul's enemies.
CLXXIII. Rash, unnecessary swearing.
Instances. Israel, Judg. xxi. 1 to 18. Saul,
1 Sam. xiv. 24. 39. 45. David, 1 Sam. xxv.
22. Joab, 2 Sam. xix. 7. Herod, Mark
vi. 23.
CLXXIV. The positive part of this com-
mandment .- God only is to be sworn by.
Deut. vi. 13. Thou shall fear the Lord thy
God and serve him, and shall swear by his
name. Ch. x. 20.
Isa. Ixv. 16. He that sweareth shall swear
by the God of truth.
Jer. xii. 16. If they learn the ways of my
people, to swear by my name, &c. then shall
they be built, &c.
Heb. vi. 16. Men verily swear by the
greater. 1 Kings viii. 31. Ps. Ixiii. 11.
CLXXV. The nature and duty of an
iath. Jer. iv. 2. Thou shall swear, the Lord
iveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteous-
ness.
Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is an
end of all strife. ' 2 Chron. vi. 22.
CLXXVI. Such oaths to be carefully kept.
Ps. xv. 1. Lord who shall abide in thy taber-
nacle ] who shall dwell in thy holy hill 1
Ver. 4. He that sweareth to his own hurt,
and changeth not.
xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord ? and who shall stand in his holy
place ? He that hath clean hands and a pure
heart ; who hath not lifted up his soul unto
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
CLXXVII. The things to be sworn to, are,
truth and duty. Deut. xxix. 10. You stand
this day all of you before the Lord your God.
Ver. 12. That thou shouldst enter into the
covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his
oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with
thee this day. Ver. 13, 14.
2 Chron. xv. 12. They entered into a cove-
nant to seek the Lord God of their fathers,
with all their heart, and with all their soul.
Ver. 14, 15. And they sware unto the Lord
with a loud voice. And all Judah rejoiced at
the oath ; and the Lord gave them rest on
every side.
Ezra x. 5. Ezra made the chief priest and
Levites, and all Israel, to swear to a covenant
with God. Ver. 3.
Neh. x. 29. They entered into a curse and
into an oath, to walk in God's law.
Isa. xix. 18. Five cities in the land of
Egypt shall speak the language of Canaan,
and swear to the Lord of hosts.
xlv. 23. Unto me, every knee shall bow,
and every tongue shall swear. See Neh. xiii.
25. Ps. cxix. 106. cxxxii. 2. Ezek. xvi.
59. Dan. ix. 11. Hab. iii. 9.
CLXXVIII. Duty towards men sworn to.
Articles of peace ratified by oath. Gen. xxi.
23. Abraham and Abimelech sware both.
Ver. 24. 31.
xxvi. 31. Abimelech and Isaac sware one
to another.
xxxi. 53. Jacob sware [to Laban] by the
fear of his father Isaac.
Josh. ii. 12. The spies sware to Rahab. Ch.
vi. 22.
ix. 15. Joshua and the princes of the con-
gregation, sware to the Gibeonites. Ver. 19,
20. 2 Sam. xxi. 2.
1 Sam. xix. 6. Saul sware that he would
not slay David.
xx. 42. Jonathan and David sware. 2 Sam.
xxi. 7. See also Judg. xv. 12. 1 Sam. xxx.
15. 2 Sam. xix. 23. 2 Kings xxv. 24. Jer.
xxxviii. 16. xl. 9.
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COMMANDMENT THIRD.
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CLXXIX. The breach of such oaths pu-
nished. 2 Sam. xxi. 1.9. 2 Chron. xxxvi.
13. Ezek. xvii. 16.
CLXXX. Private compacts ratified by
oath. Gen. xxiv. 2. 9. 37. 41. Abraham
takes an oath of his servant, concerning a wife
to his son Isaac.
xxv. 33. Esau sells his birth-right upon oath.
xlvii. 29, 30, 31. Jacob takes an oath of
Joseph concerning his burial.
1. 25. Joseph takes an oath of the children
of Israel to carry his bones out of Egypt.
Exod. xiii. 19.
1 Kings i. 13. 29. David by oath fixed So-
lomon to be his successor.
2 Kings xi. 4. Jehoiada takes an oath of
the rulers to conceal Joash from his enemies.
Neh. v. 12. Nehemiah takes an oath of the
priests to do justice to injured persons.
CLXXXI. Oaths sworn to kings. Eccl.
viii. 2. I counsel thee to keep the king's com-
mandment, and that in regard of the oath of
God.
Oaths exacted by kings from the people.
See 1 Kings ii. 42. xviii. 10.
CLXXXII. The oath of a single person de-
cides controversy. Exod. xxii. 10, 11. In
cases of property, where no other evidence
can be had.
Numb. v. 12 to 22. A woman's oath in
case of jealousy, without evidence against her.
CLXXXIII. The duty and laivfulness of
swearing upon proper occasions, is urged not
only from the foregoing Scriptures, but also
from the following examples.
CLXXXIV. God promised upon oath, to
bless Abraham, and to multiply his offspring.
Gen. xxii. 15 17. The angel of the Lord
called unto Abraham, and said, By myself
have I sworn, saith the Lord, that in blessing
I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and
as the sand which is upon the sea-shore.
Exod. xxxii. 13. Deut. xiii. 17.
CLXXX V. To give the land of Canaan.
Gen. xxiv. 7. Abraham said, the Lord God of
heaven sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed
will I give this land. Ch. xii. 7.
xxvi. 2, 3. The Lord appeared unto Isaac,
and said, I will be with thee, and will bless
thee ; for unto thee and unto thy seed, will I
give all these countries, and I will perform the
oath which I sware unto Abraham, thy father.
Ch.xxii. 16. 1. 24.
CLXXXVI. To fulfil his covenant. Deut.
vii. 12. If ye hearken to these judgments,
and keep and do them, the Lord thy God will
keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy,
which he sware unto thy fathers. Ch. iv. 31.
vii. 8. viii. 18. ix. 5. xxviii. 9.
To continue the seed of David, Ps. Ixxxix.
3, 4. I have sworn unto David my servant :
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and will
build up thy throne to all generations. Ver.
35. 49.
CLXXXVII. TJie perpetuity of Christ's
priesthood. Heb. vii. 21. The Lord sware,
and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever,
after the order of Melchizedek. Ps. ex. 4.
See Isa. xlv. 22, 23.
CLXXXVIII. To fulfil his threatenings
against the unbelieving and disobedient. Heb.
iii. 1 8. To whom sware he, that they should
not enter into his rest, but to them that be-
lieved not 1 See Numb. xiv. 23. xxxii. 10,
11. Judg. ii. 15. Jer. xlix. 13. li. 14.
Amos vi. 8 ; also Lev. xxvi. and Deut. xxviii.
referred to in these threatenings.
CLXXXIX. Example 2d. Jesus Christ
answers upon oath, Matt. xxvi. 63, 64, ten-
dered to him by the high priest.
CXC. Example 3d. The angel. Rev. x. 5,
6. The angel lifted up his hand to heaven,
and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever,
That there shall be time no longer, &c.
CXCI. Example tth. Asseverations of
sincerity, which are equal to an oath among
Christians. Rom. i. 9. God is my witness.
Phil. i. 8. God is my record.
2 Cor. i. 23. I call God for a record upon my
soul.
xii. 19. We speak before God, in Christ.
Ch. ii. 17.
Gal. i. 20. Behold, before God, I lie not.
1 Tim. v. 21. I charge thee before God.
CXCII. Ancient forms of swearing among
men were By lifting up the hand. Gen
xiv. 22. Abraham said, I have lifted up my
hand to the Lord. See Deut. xxxii. 40. Rev
x. 5.
By putting the hand under the thigh of
him that administereth the oath. Gen. xxiv.
2, 3. 9.
The usual expressions were : iSam. xxv.
34. 1 Kings xvii. 1. As the God of Israel liveth.
1 Kings xviii. 15. 2 Kings iii. 14. As the
Lord of hosts liveth. Ch. v. 16. 2 Kings it
2. As the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth,
Ch. iv. 30. 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth
Ch. xxvi. 16. 2 Sam. xi. 11.
CXCIII. Blasphemy forbidden. Col. iii
8. Put off all these, anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communications.
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CXCIV. Occasions of it to be avoided.
2 Sam. xii. 14. Nathan said to David, Because,
by this deed, thou hast given great occasion
to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the
child that is born unto thee shall surely die.
Isa. lii. 5. Ezek. xxxvi. 20. Mai. ii. 17.
Rom. ii. 24.
1 Tim. vi. 1 . Let as many servants as are
under the yoke, count their masters worthy of
all honour, that the name of God and his doc-
trine be not blasphemed. Tit. ii. 5.
CXCV. From whence it proceeds. Matt.
xv. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, thefts, false witness, blas-
phemies. Mark vii. 21, 22. Gen. vi. 5.
yiii. 21.
CXC VI. Instances of blasphemers and their
punishments. Lev. xxiv. 10. The son of an
Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyp-
tian, and a man of Israel strove together. Ver.
11. And the Israelitish woman's son blas-
phemed the name of the Lord, and cursed.
Ver. 14. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the
camp, and let all the congregation stone him.
v Ver. 16. He that blasphemeth the name of
the Lord shall surely be put to death.
2 Kings xviii. 32, 33, and xix. 10. The
king of Assyria's blasphemy. Ch. xix. 35,
36, 37. His punishment.
Ps. Ixxiv. 10. Lord, shall the enemy
blaspheme thy name for ever ? Ver. 18. Re-
member, O Lord, that the foolish people have
blasphemed thy name.
Isa. Ixv. 7. Your iniquities, and the iniqui-
ties of your fathers together, saith the Lord,
which have burnt incense upon the mountains,
and blasphemed me upon the hills ; therefore
will I measure their former work into their
bosoms. Ezek. xx. 27. xxxv. 12.
Luke xxii. 65. Many other things blas-
phemously spake they against Jesus.
Acts xxvi. 11. I [Paul] compelled them to
blaspheme. 1 Tim. i. 13. I was a blasphemer,
and a persecutor, and injurious ; but I ob-
tained mercy, because I did it ignorantly.
xviii. 6. The Jews opposed and blasphemed.
Ch. xiii. 45.
1 Tim. i. 20. Of whom is Hymeneus and
Philetus, whom I have delivered unto Satan,
that they may learn not to blaspheme.
2 Tim. iii. 1, 2. In the last days perilous
times shall come. For men shall be lovers of
their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers.
James ii. 7. Do not rich men blaspheme
that worthy name by the which ye are called 1
Rev. ii. 3. I know the blasphemy of them,
which say they are Jews and are not.
xiii. 1 TJae beast had upon his heads the
name of blasphemy. Ver. 5, 6. There was
iven to him a mouth, speaking great things,
and blasphemies. And he opened his mouth
n blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his
name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell
n heaven.
xvi. 9. Men were scorched with great heat,
and blasphemed the name of God. Ver. 11.21.
CXCVII. Blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost; its punishment. Matt. xii. 31. All
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven
unto men ; but the blasphemy against the
ioly Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Mark iii. 29. Luke xii. 10. 1 John v. 16.
CXCVIII. Persons unjustly accused and
put to death for blasphemy. 1 Kings xxi. 10.
3. Naboth. Acts vi. 11. 13. Stephen.
esus Christ: See Matt. ix. 3. xxvi. 65.
Mark ii. 7. Luke v. 21. John x. 33. 36.
CXC IX. Of vows : they are religiously
be fulfilled. Numb. xxx. 2. If a man vow a
fow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind
ris soul with a bond, he shall not break his
word ; he shall do according to all that pro-
ceedeth out of his mouth.
Deut. xxiii. 21, 22. When thou shall vow
a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not
je slack to pay it ; for the Lord thy God will
surely require it of thee, and it would be a
sin in thee. But if thou shalt forbear to
vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Prov. xx. 25. It is a snare after vows to
make inquiry.
Eccl. v. 4, 5. When thou vowest a vow
unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no
pleasure in fools ; pay that which thou hast
vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow,
than that thou shouldst vow and not pay. See
Job xxii. 27. Ps. xxii. 25. 1. 14. Ivi. 12.
Ixi. 5. 8. Ixxvi. 11. cxvi. 14. 18. Jer. xliv.
25. Nah. i. 15.
CC. Vows to do duty. Instances. Gen.
xxviii. 20. Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God
will be with me, and keep me in the way that
1 go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment
to put on, then shall the Lord be my God
Ver. 21. Ch. xxxi. 13. Numb. xxi. 2. 1 Sam
i. 1 1. 28. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Jonah i. 16. ii. 9
CCI. Sinful vows. Judg. xi. 30 to 39.
Jephtha's vow. Mai. i. 14. To vow a corrupt
thing.
Lev.xxvii. The redemption of things vowed.
Numb. xxx. 3, &c. A woman's vow in
her virginity, and married state, in what cases
binding.
vi. 2, &c. Of a Nazarite's vow. See also
Judg. xiii. 5. 7. xvi. 17. Lam. iv. 7. Amos
jii. 11, 12.
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COMMANDMENT FOURTH.
CCII. Of the Sabbath. Exod. xx. 8.
Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy,
&c. Ver. 9, 10, 11.
xxxi. 13. Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep;
for it is a sign between me and you, that ye
rnay know that I am the Lord that doth sanc-
tify you. Gen. ii. 2, 3. Deut. v. 1215.
Ezek. xx. 12. xliv. 24.
CCIII. The Sabbath a day of rest from ser-
vile work. Exod. xx. 10. In it thou shall riot
do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh-
ter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor
thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy
gates. Ver. 11.
xvi. 23. The Lord said, To-morrow is the
rest of the holy Sabbath. Ver. 29. Let no
roan go out of his place on the seventh day, to
gather manna.
xxiii. 12. Six days shalt thou do thy work,
in the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine
ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy
handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.
Ch. xxxiv. 21. xxxv. 2, 3. Deut. v. 14, 15.
Jer. xvii. 21, 22. Thus saith the Lord, Take
heed to yourselves, and bear no burthen on
the Sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gates
of Jerusalem. Neither carry forth a burthen
out of your houses on the Sabbath-day, neither
do ye any work. Luke xxiii. 56. Heb. iv. 9.
CCIV. The duties of the Sabbath,- wor-
shipping God, reading, hearing his word,
4-c. Lev. xix. 30. Ye shall keep my Sab-
baths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the
Lord. Ch. xxvi. 2.
Ezek. xlvi. 3. The people shall worship be-
fore the Lord in the Sabbaths.
Mark vi. 2. When the Sabbath-day was
come, Jesus began to teach in the synagogue.
Luke iv. 16. Jesus, as his custom was, went
into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day, and
stood up for to read. Ver. 31. He came to
Capernaum and taught them on the Sabbath-
days. Ch. xiii. 10.
Acts xiii. 14 16. The disciples went into
the synagogue on the Sabbath-day. After the
reading of the law and the prophets, Paul stood
up and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear
God, give audience.
Ver. 27. The prophets are read every Sab-
bath-day.
Ver. 42. The Gentiles besought that these
words might be preached unto them the nex
Sabbath. Ver. 44. The next Sabbath-day
came almost the whole city together to hea
the word of God.
xv. 21. Moses hath in every city them tha
preach him, being read in the synagogues
every Sabbath-day.
xvii. 2, 3. Paul, as his manner was, went
in unto them, and three Sabbaths reasoned
with them out of the Scriptures ; opening and
alleging that Christ must needs have suffered.
Ch. xviii. 4. Paul reasoned in the synagogue
very Sabbath.
CCV. Works of charity and mercy to be
done on the Sabbath-day. Instances. Matt,
xii. 1. Jesus went on the Sabbath-day through
he corn ; and his disciples, being an hungered,
>egan to pluck the ears of com and to eat.
Mark ii. 23.
xii. 2, 3. The Pharisees said, Thy disciples
do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath.
Jesus said, Have ye not read what David did ?
Ver. 5. Have ye not read in the law, &c.1
Ver. 7. I will have mercy and not sacrifice.
Ver. 12. It is lawful to do well on the Sab
sath-days. Ver. 13. He healed the withered
land. Mark iii. 2. 4. Luke vi. 9.
Mark ii. 27. The Sabbath was made for
man, and not man for the Sabbath.
Luke xiii. 15, 16. The Lord said, Doth not
each of you loose his ox or his ass on the
Sabbath-day 1 (Ch. xiv. 3. 5.) And ought
not this woman to be loosed from her bond on
the Sabbath-day 1 See John v. 8, 9, 10. 18.
vii. 22. ix. 14.
CCVI. Promises to them that keep the
Sabbath. Isa. Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that
keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it.
Ver. 4, 5. Thus saith the Lord to the eu-
nuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the
things that please me, and take hold of my
covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine
house, and within my walls, a place and a
name, better than of sons and of daugh-
ters, &c.
Ver. 6. 7. Also the sons of the stranger that
join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and
to love the name of the Lord, to be his ser-
vants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath
from polluting it, and taketh hold of my cove-
nant; even them will I bring to my holy
mountain, and make them joyful in my house
of prayer.
Iviii. 13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot
from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on
my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight,
the holy of the Lord, honourable ; and shalt
honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor
finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine
own words ; then shalt thou delight thyself in
the Lord, and I will cause thec to ride upon
the high places of the earth, and feed thee
with the heritage of Jacob.
CCVII. The care of God's people to sanc-
tify the Sabbath themselves, and to prevent
the profaning of it by others. Neh. x. 29.
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COMMANDMENT FOURTH.
CHAP. XV.
The)' entered into an oath and into a curse,
to walk in God's law. Ver. 31. And if the
people of the land bring ware, or any victuals,
on the Sabbath-day to sell, not to buy it of
them on the Sabbath.
xiii. 15. In those days I saw in Judah,
some treading wine-presses on the Sabbath,
and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses ; as
also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of
burthens which they brought into Jerusalem
on the Sabbath-day ; and I testified against
them, in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Ver. 1618. There dwelt men of Tyre also
therein, which brought fish, and all manner of
ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the child-
ren of Judah, and in Jerusalem. Then I con-
tended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto
them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and
profane the Sabbath-day ] Did not your fathers
thus, and did not our God bring all this evil
upon us, and upon this city ? yet ye bring
more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sab-
bath.
Ver. 19 21. And it came to pass, that
when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark
before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates
should be shut, and not be opened till after the
Sabbath ; and some of my servants I set at the
gates, that there should no burthen be brought
in on the Sabbath-day. So the merchants and
sellers of all kind of ware, lodged without Je-
rusalem once or twice. Then I testified against
them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about
the wall ] if ye do so again I will lay hands on
3 T ou. From that time forth came they no more
on the Sabbath.
Ver. 22. And I commanded the Levites, that
they should cleanse themselves, and that they
should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the
Sabbath.
CCVIII. Threat enings against Sabbath-
breakers. Exod. xxxi. 14. Ye shall keep the
Sabbath : every one that defileth it, shall surely
be put death. Ver. 15. Whosoever doeth any
work on the Sabbath-day, he shall surely be
put to death. Ch. xxxv. 2.
Numb. xv. 3236. W T hile the children of
Israel were in the wilderness, they found a
man that gathered sticks on the Sabbath-day,
and they brought him to Moses and Aaron,
and they put him in ward. And the Lord said
unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to
death ; all the congregation shall stone him
with stones without the camp. And all the
congregation brought him without the camp,
and stoned him with stones, and he died as
the Lord commanded Moses.
Jer. xvii. 27. If ye will not hearken unto
me, to hallow the Sabbath, &c.
Ezek. xx. 15, 16. I would not bring them
into the land which I bad given them ; be-
cause they walked not in my statutes, but
polluted my Sabbaths.
Ver. 23, 24. I lifted up mine hand unto
them in the wilderness, that I would scatter
them among the heathen, and disperse them
through the countries ; because they had
despised my statutes and polluted my Sab-
baths.
xxii. 8. Thou hast profaned my Sabbaths.
Ver. 14. Can thy heart endure, or can thy
hands be strong, in the days that I will deal
with thee 1
Ver. 26. Her priests have hid their eyes
from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among
them. Ver. 31. Therefore have I. poured out
mine indignation upon them, I have consumed
them with the fire of my wrath ; their own
ways have I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord.
xxiii. 38. They have defiled my sanctuary,
and have profaned my Sabbaths. Thus saith
the Lord God, I will give them to be removed
and spoiled. Ver. 46.
CCIX. Sabbath privileges withdrawn.
Lam. ii. 6. The Lord hath caused the Sab-
baths to be forgotten in Zion.
Hos. ii. 11. I will cause her Sabbaths to
cease.
Lam. i. 7. The adversaries did mock at her
Sabbaths. See Isa. i. 13. Amosviii. 11.
CCX. The. change of the Sabbath from the
seventh to the first day of the week. Gen. ii. 3.
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it,
because that in it God rested from all his
works. Exod. xx. 11.
Col. ii. 16, 17. Let no man judge you, in
meat or in drink, or in respect of an holy day,
or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath-days :
which are a shadow of things to come, but the
body is of Christ. Rom. xiv. 6.
Luke xxiv. 1. 6. Christ rose from the dead
on the first day.
Acts xx. 7. Upon the first day of the week,
when the disciples came together to break
bread, Paul preached unto them. John xx.
19.
1 Cor. xvi. 2. On the first day of the week
let every one lay by him, as God hath pros-
pered him, that there be no gatherings when
I come.
Rev. i. 9, 10. I was in the Spirit on the
Lord's day.
CEAP. XVI,
LOVE TO MANKIND.
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CHAPTER XVI.
DUTIES TOWARDS MANKIND.
I. LOVE. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shall not
avenge nor bear any grudge against the child-
ren of thy people, but thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. Ver. 34. The stranger
that dwelleth with you shall be as one born
among you, and thou shalt love him as thy-
self.
Matt. v. 44, 45. Love your enemies ; bless
them that curse you, do good to them that
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you and persecute you. That ye may be
the children of your Father which is in heaven :
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and
on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and
on the unjust.
Ver. 46, 47. For if you love them which
love you, what reward have ye 1 Do not even
the publicans the same 1 And if you salute
your brethren only, what do ye more than
others 1 Do not even the publicans the same !
Ver. 48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
xxii. 37, 38. Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind. This is the first and
great commandment. Ver. 39, 40. And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. On these two command-
ments hang all the law and the prophets.
Rom. xiii. 9. James ii. 8.
John xiii. 34. A new commandment I give
unto you, That ye love one another : as I
have loved you, that ye love one another.
(Ch. xv. 12.) Ver. 35. By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love
one to another.
Rom. xii. 9. Let love be without dissimu-
lation.
xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love
one another : he that loveth another, hath ful-
filled the law. -Ver. 10. Love worketh no ill
to his neighbour : therefore love is the fulfil-
ling of the law.
Gal. v. 14. All the law is fulfilled in one
word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neigh-
bour as thyself. Ver. 15.
Eph. v. 2. Walk in love, as Christ hath
loved us, and hath given himself for us.
Phil. i. 9. I pray that your love may abound
more and more.
Heb. x. 24. Let us consider one another,
to provoke unto love and to good works.
xiii. 1. Let brotherly love continue. 1 Pet.
Hi. 8. Love as brethren.
1 Pet. i. 22. See that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently.
ii. 17. Honour all men ; love the brother-
hood.
1 John ii. 10. He that loveth his brother
abideth in the light, and there is none occasion
of stumbling in him.
iii. 11. This is the message that ye have
heard from the beginning, That we should
love one another.
Ver. 14. We know that we have passed
from death unto life, because we love the bre-
thren. Ver. 18. My little children, let us not
love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed
and in truth.
Ver. 23. This is God's commandment,
That we should believe on the name of his
Son Jesus Christ ; and love one another, as he
gave us commandment.
iv. 10. God loved us, and sent his Son to be
the propitiation for our sins. Ver. 11. Be-
loved, if God so loved us, we ought also to
love one another.
Ver. 20, 21. If a man say, I love God,
and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he
that loveth not his brother, whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he hath not
seen 1 and this commandment have we from
God, That he who loveth God, love his bro-
ther also.
2 John 5. This commandment we have
from the beginning, That we love one another.
II. Of the cause of love, and how it is
produced. Prov. xvii. 9. He that covereth a
transgression seeketh love.
xviii. 24. A man that hath friends must
show himself friendly : and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.
Heb. x. 24. Let us provoke one another
to love and to good works.
Gal. v. 6. Faith worketh by love. Ver.
22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
&c.
1 Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught of God to love
one another.
1 John iv. 7, 8. Let us love one another ;
for love is of God. He that loveth not,
knoweth not God ; for God is love.
Ver. 12. If we love one another, God dwell-
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CHAP. XVI.
eth in us. Ver. 1 6, God is love ; and he
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and
God in him.
v. 2. By this we know that we love the
children of God, when we love God and keep
his commandments.
III. Prayers and thanks to God for Chris-
tian love, as being his gift. 1 Thess. iii. 12.
The Lord make you to increase and abound in
love one toward another, and toward all men,
even as we do toward you. Col. ii. 2.
Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your faith
in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
I cease not to give thanks for you, making"
mention of you in my prayers.
IV. The influence and effects of love Apon
the temper and behaviour of Christians
one toward another ; or how love is evidenced.
Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly aflectioned one to an-
other, with brotherly love.
xiii. 10. Love worketh no ill to his neigh-
bour.
Gal. v. 13. By love serve one another.
Eph. iv. 2. Forbearing one another in love.
Ver. 15. Speaking the truth in love. Ver.
16. Edifying in love.
Phil. ii. 2. Be like minded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Philem. 9. For love's sake, I beseech thee.
1 John iii. 18. Let us not love in word, nor
in tongue, but in deed, &c. See duties of
husbands and wives, ministers and people,
Commandment Fifth.
CHARITY.
V. Charity, with other graces, enjoined.
1 Cor. viii. 1. Knowledge puffeth up, but cha-
rity edifieth.
xiii. 1 3. Though I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift
of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge ; and though I have all
faith, so that I could remove mountains, and
have not charity, I am nothing. And though
I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and
though I give my body to be burned, and have
not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Ver. 4 7. Charity suffereth long and is
kind ; charity envieth not, charity vaunteth
not itself, is not puffed up ; doth not behave it-
self unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easi-
ly provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things. Ver. 8. Charity never
faileth.
Ver. 13. Now abideth faith, hope, charity,
these three ; but the greatest of these is charity.
xiv. 1. Follow after charity ; and desire spi-
ritual gifts.
xvi. 14. Let all your things be done with
charity.
Col. iii. 14. Above all these things put on
charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment
is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good
conscience, and of faith unfeigned.
ii. 15. The woman shall be saved in child-
bearing, if they continue in faith and charity,
and holiness, with sobriety.
iv. 12. Be thou an example of the believers,
in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit,
in faith, in purity.
2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; hut fol-
low righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with
them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Tit. ii. 1, 2. Speak the things that become
sound doctrine ; that the aged men be sober,
grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in
patience.
1 Pet. iv. 8. Above all things have fervent
charity among yourselves ; for charity shall
cover the multitude of sins. Prov. x. 12.
v. 14. Greet ye one another with a kiss of
charity.
2 Pet. i. 5 7. Add to your faith, virtue,
knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness,
brotherly-kindness, charity.
Jude 12. Feasts of charity.
VI. Approved examples of charity, and
other graces. 2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound
to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is
meet; because that your faith gfoweth ex-
ceedingly, and the charity of every one of you
all toward each other aboundeth. 1 Thess.
iii. 6.
2 Tim. iii. 10. Thou hast fully known <my
doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-
suffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflic-
tions, &c.
Rev. ii. 18, 19. To the angel of the church
of Thyatira write, These things saith the Son
of God : I know thy works and charity, and
service, and faith, and patience. See ver. 3.
2 John 6.
See instances of charitable conduct toward
others, 1 Cor. viii. 9. 12, 13.
HATRED.
VII. Hatred ; threatenings against it.
Lev. xix. 17. Thou shall not hate thy brother
in thy heart.
Ps. xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked
and they that hate the righteous shall be
desolate.
CHAP. XVI.
ENVY.
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Prov. xxix. 10. The bloodthirsty hate the
Upright.
Ezek. xxxv. 5, 6. Because thou [mount
Seir] hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast
shed the blood of the children of Israel ; there-
fore, as I live, saith the Lord, I will prepare
thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee.
Amos v. 10. They hate him that rebuketh
in the gate ; they abhor him that speaketh up-
rightly.
Mic. iii. 2. Who hate the good, and love the
evil.
Matt. x. 22. Jesus said, Ye shall be hated
of all men, for my name's sake. Ch. xxiv. 9.
xxiv. 10. They shall betray one another,
an shall hate one another.
John vii. 7. The world hateth me, because
I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
xv. 18, 19. If the world hate you, ye know
that it hated me before it hated you. If ye
were of the world, the world would love his
own ; but because ye are not of the world, but
I have chosen you out of the world, therefore
the world hateth you. Ver. 20.
xvii. 14. Jesus said [of his disciples,] The
world hath hated them, because they are not
of the world, even as I am hot of the world.
Tit. iii. 3. We ourselves were sometimes
foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers
lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy,
hateful and hating one another.
1 John ii. 9. He that hateth his brother is
in darkness. Ver. 11.
iii. 13. Marvel not, brethren, if the world
hate you.
Ver. 14, 15. He that loveth not his brother
abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his bro-
ther, is a murderer ; and we know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
iv. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth
his brother, he is a liar : for he who loveth not
his brother whom he hath seen, how can he
love God whom he hath not seen 1
VIII. The duty of the righteous toward
those that hate them. Exod. xxiii. 5. If thou
see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under
his burthen, thou shalt surely help with him.
Matt. v. 44. Do good to them that hate you.
Rom. xii.21. Overcome evil with good.
IX. Prayers and complaints to God,
against the hatred of the wicked. Ps. ix. 13.
O Lord, consider my .trouble, which I suffer
of them that hate me.
Ixix. 14. Let me be delivered from them
that hate me. See also Ps. xxv. 19. xxxv.
19. xxxviii. 19. xli. 7. Iv. 3. Ixxxvi. 17.
X. Promises to those that are unjustly
hated, and threatenings against their haters.
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| Job viii. 22. They that hate thee shall be
I clothed with shame.
Ps. xviii. 17. God hath delivered me from
them that hated me.
xxxiv. 21. They that hate the righteous
shall be desolate.
xliv. 7. Thou hast put them to shame that
hated us.
Ixxxix. 23. I will. plague them that hate
him.
cvi. 10. He saved his people from the hand
of him that hated them.
cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part, there-
fore I shall see my desire on them that hate me.
Isa. Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye
that tremble at his word, Your brethren that
hated you, and cast you out for my name's
sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified : but he
shall appear to your joy, and they shall be
ashamed.
Luke yi. 22, 23. Blessed are ye, when men
shall hate you. and when they shall separate
you from their company, and shall reproach
you, and cast out your name as evil, for the
Son of man's sake. Rejoice and be exceeding
glad, for behold your reward is great in heaven.
See Gen. xxiv. 60. Deut. vii. 15. xxx. 7.
xxxiii. 11. The righteous hate only the
haters of God. 2 Chron. xix. 2. Ps. xxvi. 5.
xxxi. 6. Ixviii. 1. cxxxix. 21, 22. xv. 4.
ENVY
XI. Envy forbidden to the righteous.
Prov. xxiii. 17. Let not thy heart envy sinners,
but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day
long.
xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against evil
men, neither desire to be with them. Ver. 19.
Ps. xxxvii. 1. Fret not thyself because of
evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the
workers of iniquity.
Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, riot in
strife and envying.
2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be envyings
amongst you.
Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-
glory, provoking one another, envying one an-
other.
1 Pet. ii. 1 , 2. Laying aside all malice, and
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all
evil-speakings ; as new born babes, desire the
sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow
thereby. See Ps. Ixxiii. 3. Compare Job
xxi. 7. Jer.xii. 1. Hab. i. 3. Prov. iii. 31.
Isa. xi. 13.
XII. The wicked, their envy hurtful to
themselves. Job v. 2. Envy slayeth the silly
one.
Prov. xiv. 30. Envy is the rottenness of the
bones.
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MALICE ANGER.
CHAP. XVI.
XIII. Envy toward others, a mark of an
unconverted state. Prov. xxvii. 4. Who is
able to stand before envy ]
Matt, xxvii. 18. The Jews for envy deli-
vered Jesus to be put to death. Mark xv. 10.
Acts v. 17, 18. The Jews, filled with envy,
laid their hands on the apostles, and put them
into the common prison.
vii. 9. The patriarchs, moved with envy,
sold Joseph.
xiii. 45. The Jews, filled with envy, spake
against the things that were spoken by Paul,
contradicting and blaspheming. Ch. xvii. 5.
Rom. i. 29. The reprobate mind is filled
with all unrighteousness, envy, &c.
Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of envy.
1 Tim. vi. 4. Doting about questions and
strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, &c.
Tit iii. 3. We (in our unconverted state)
were foolish, living in malice and envy.
James iv. 5. The spirit that dwelleth in us,
lusteth to envy.
1 Cor. iii. 3. W T hereas there is among you
envying, and strife, &c. are ye not carnal ]
Gal. v. 1 9. The works of the flesh are envy-
ings, murders, &c. Ver. 21.
James iii. 14 16. If ye have bitter envy-
ing and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie
not against the truth. This wisdom descend-
eth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,
devilish. For where envying and strife is,
there is confusion and every evil work.
MALICE.
XIV. Malice forbidden to the righteous.
1 Cor. v. 8. Let us keep the feast, not with
the old leaven, neither with the leaven of ma-
lice and wickedness, but with the unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth.
xiv. 20. In malice be ye children, but in
understanding be men.
Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath,
and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be
put away from you, with all malice.
Col. iii. 8. Put off anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communications, &c. 1 Pet.
ii. 1.
XV. Malice in the wicked. Rom. i. 28, 29.
A reprobate mind, filled with all unrighteous-
ness, maliciousness.
Tit. iii. 3. Foolish, living in malice and envy.
3 John 9, 10. Diotrephes, who loveth the
pre-eminence, receiveth us not; prating against
us with malicious words.
ANGER.
XVI. Anger forbidden. Ps. xxxvii. 8. Cease
from anger, and forsake wrath ; fret not thyself
in any wise to do eviL
Prov. xiv. 17. He that is soon angry deal-
eth foolishly ; and a man of wicked devices is
hated.
xv. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath :
but grievous words stir up anger. Ver. 18.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife ; but he that
is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
xvi. 32. He that is slow to anger, is better
than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit,
than he that taketh a city.
xix. 11. The discretion of a man deferreth
his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a
transgression. Ch. xiv. 29.
xxi. 14. A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and
a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an angry
man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go.
xxv. 28. He that hath no rule over his own
spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and
without walls.
xxvii. 4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is out-
rageous ; but who is able to stand before envy 1
xxix. 22. An angry man stirreth up strife,
and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Eccl. vii. 9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be
angry, for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Matt. v. 22. Whosoever is angry with his
brother without a cause, shall be in danger of
the judgment.
Eph. iv. 26, 27. Be ye angry and sin not ;
let not the sun go down upon your wrath :
neither give place to the devil. Ver. 31. Let
all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and cla-
mour, and evil-speaking, be put away from
you, with all malice. Col. iii. 8.
Tit. i. 7. A bishop must be blameless ; not
self-willed, not soon angry. See the Govern-
ment of the tongue; Commandment ninth.
XVII. Instances of the anger of the right-
eous against sin. Gen. xxx. 1, 2. Rachel
envied her sister ; and said unto Jacob, Give
me children or else I die. And Jacob's anger
was kindled against Rachel.
Exod. xi. 8. Moses went out from Pharaoh
in great anger.
xxxii. 1 9. When Moses saw the golden calf,
and the Israelites dancing before it, his anger
was kindled.
Mark iii. 5. Jesus looked on them with an-
ger, being grieved for the hardness of their
hearts.
XVIII. Sinful anger, instances of it. Gen.
xlix. 5 7. Simeon and Levi are brethren,
instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
O my soul, come not thou into their secret;
unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou
united : for in their anger they slew a man.
(Ch. xxxiv. 26.) Cursed be their anger, for
it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel.
See Isa. xiv. 6. Amos i. 11. Jonah iv. 1.
CHAP. XVI.
WRATH CONTENTION PEACE.
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John vii. 23. Are ye (said Christ) angry at
me, because I have made a man whole on the
Sabbath-day] Rev. xi. 18.
WRATH.
XIX. Wrath. Ps. Ixxvi. 10. The remain-
der of wrath shall thou restrain.
Job v. 2. Wrath killeth the foolish man.
Prov. xii. 16. A fool's wrath is presently
known, but a prudent man covereth shame.
xiv. 29. He that is slow to wrath is of great
understanding, but he that is hasty of spirit
exalteth folly.
xix. 19. A man of great wrath shall suffer
punishment.
xxi. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is his
name that dealeth in proud wrath.
xxvii. 3. A stone is heavy, and the sand
weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than
them both. Ver. 4.
Rom. xii. 19. Avenge not yourselves, but
rather give place to wrath.
Gal. v. 20. The works of the flesh are,
wrath, &c.
2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be among
you wrath, strifes.
Eph. iv. 26. Let not the sun go down upon
your wrath. Ver. 31. Let all wrath be put
away, &c. Col. iii. 8.
vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your children to
wrath.
1 Tim. ii. 8. Pray, lifting up holy hands
without wrath.
James i. 19. Let every man be slow to
wrath. Ver. 20. For the wrath of man work-
eth not the righteousness of God.
Rev. xii. 12. The devil is come down, hav-
ing great wrath, &c.
Isa. xvi. 6, 7. We have heard of the pride
of Moab, and his wrath. Therefore shall Moab
howl. Jer. xlviii. 30.
CONTENTION.
XX. Contention forbidden. Prov. xiii. 10.
Only by pride cometh contention ; but with
the well-advised is wisdom.
xvii. 14. The beginning of strife is as when
one letteth out water ; therefore leave off con-
tention before it be meddled with.
xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention,
and his mouth calleth for strokes. Ver. 19.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a
strong city ; and their contentions are like the
bars of a castle.
xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and conten-
tion shall go out ; yea, strife and reproach shall
cease.
xxiii. 29, 30. Who hath woe T who hath
sorrow 1 who hath contentions ? who hath
babbling 1 who hath wounds without cause ]
who hath redness of eyes 1 They that tarry
long at the wine.
xx vi. 21. As coals are to burning coals, and
wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle
strife.
xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a fool-
ish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no
rest.
Hab. i. 3. There are that raise up strife and
contention.
Rom. ii. 8. Unto them that are contentious,
and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteous-
ness, God will render indignation and wrath.
1 Cor. i. 11. It hath been declared unto me
that there are contentions among you. Ver.
12. Every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and
I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.
xi. 16. If any man seem to be contentious,
&c.
Tit. iii. 9. Avoid contentions about the law,
for they are vain.
XXI. Promises against contention. Isa.
xii. 12. Thou shall not find them that con-
tended with thee ; they that war against thee
shall be as nothing.
xlix. 25. I will contend with him that con-
tendeth with thee.
XXII. The righteous contend only against
sin. Prov. xxviii. 4. Such as keep the law
contend with the wicked.
Neh. xiii. 11. I contended with the rulers,
and said, Why is the house of God forsaken 1
Ver. 17. Then I contended wilh the nobles
of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing
is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath-
day 1 Ver. 25. I contended with them that
had married strange wives, and cursed them,
and srnote certain of them, and plucked off
their hair, &c.
1 Thess. ii. 2. We were bold to speak the
gospel with much contention.
Jude 3. Contend for the faith delivered to
the saints.
PEACE.
XXIII. Peace commanded with promises to
it. Ps. xxxiv. 14* Do good, seek peace, and
pursue it. 1 Pet. iii. 11.
cxx. 7. I am for peace ; but they are for war.
Prov. xii. 20. To the counsellors of peace is
joy.
Zech. viii. 19. Love peace.
Matt. v. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers,
for they shall be called ihe children oi God.
James iii. 18.
v. 25. Agree wilh thine adversary quickly.
Mark ix. 50. Have peace one with another.
Rom. xii. 18. If it be possible, as much aa
lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
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PEACE.
CHAP. XVI.
xiv. 1 9. Let us follow after the things which
make for peace.
1 Cor. vii. 15. God hath called us to peace.
2 Cor. xiii. 11. Live in peace, and the God
of love and peace shall be with you.
Eph. iv. 3. Keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace.
Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in
. your hearts, to the which ye are called in one
body, and be ye thankful.
1 Thess. v. 13. Be at peace among your-
selves.
2 Tim. ii. 22. Follow after righteousness,
faith, charity, peace, with them that calNon the
Lord out of a pure heart.
Heb. xii. 14. Follow peace with all men,
and holiness, without which no man shall see
the Lord.
XXIV. Motives to peace among Christians.
John xiv. 27. Jesus said, Peace I leave with
you, my peace I give unto you. Luke xxiv. 36.
Rom. x. 15. How beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the gospel of peace ! Isa.
Iii. 7. Nah. i. 15. Eph. vi. 15.
xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is not meat
and drink, but righteousness and peace, and
joy in the Holy Ghost.
xv. 33. The God of peace be with you. 2
Cor. xiii. 11. Phil. iv. 9.
xvi. 20. The God of peace shall bruise Sa-
tan under your feet.
1 Cor. xiv. 33. God is not the author of
confusion, but of peace.
Eph. vi. 15. The gospel is the gospel of peace.
I Thess. v. 23. The very God of peace sanc-
tify you wholly.
Gal. v. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace.
Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace make you
perfect.
James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from
above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and
easy to be entreated.
XXV. Peace prayed for, as a desirable
gift of God. Num. vi. 26. The Lord lift up
his countenance upon thee, and give thee
peace.
Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusa-
lem. Ver. 7, 8.
Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city
where I have caused you to be carried away
captive, and pray unto the Lord for it.
Luke x. 5, 6. Jesus said, Into whatsoever
house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this
house. If the son of peace be there, your
peace shall rest upon it ; if not, it shall turn to
you again. Matt. x. 13.
Rom. i. 7. Grace to you and peace, from
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
lCor.i.3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal.i. 3. Eph.i.2,&c.
xv. 13. The God of hope fill you with joy
and peace in believing.
Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to
this rule, peace be upon them and mercy, and
upon the Israel of God.
Eph. vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, and
love with faith, from God the Father, and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
Phil. jv. 6, 7. In every thing by prayer and
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your re-
quests be made known unto God. And the
peace of God, which passeth all understand-
ing, shall keep your hearts and minds, through
Christ Jesus.
2 Thess. iii. 1 6. Now the Lord of peace him-
self give you peace always, by all means. The
Lord be with you all.
1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to you, and peace be
multiplied. 2 Pet i. 2.
v. 14. Peace be with all that are in Christ
Jesus. Amen.
Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and peace,
from him which is, and which was, and which
is to come, and from the seven Spirits which
are before his throne.
XXVI. Peace the gift of God ; promises
and instances thereof. Lev. xxvi. 3. 6. If ye
will walk in my statutes, I will give peace in
your land. Isa. xlviii. 18.
2 Kings xx. 19. Hezekiah said unto Isaiah,
Good is the word of the Lord, which thou hast
spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace
and truth be in my days ?
1 Chron. xxii. 9. The Lord said, I will give
peace and quietness unto Israel in Solomon's
days.
Job v. 23. The beasts of the field shall be
at peace with thee. Ver. 24. Thou shalt
know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace.
Ps. xxxvii. 11. The meek shall inherit the
earth, and shall delight themselves in abun-
dance of peace.
Iv. 1 8. He hath delivered my soul in peace
from the battle that was against me.
Prov. xvi. 7. When a man's ways please
the Lord, he maketh his enemies to be at peace
with him.
Isa. xiv. 7. I form light and create darkness ;
I make peace, and create evil ; I the Lord do
all these things. Ch. Ivii. 19.
XXVII. Peace with God is the blessed re-
ward of the righteous or good man. Job xxii.
21. Acquaint now thyself with God, and be at
peace.
Ps. xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man and
behold the upright : for the end of that man
is peace.
cxix. 165. Great peace have they that love
thy law.
CHAP. XVI.
UNITY DESPISING OTHERS.
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Prov. iii. 17. Wisdom's ways are ways of
pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because
he trusteth in thee.
xxvii. 5. Let him take hold of my strength ;
that he may make peace with me, and he shall
make peace with me.
. xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness shall
be peace, and the effect of righteousness quiet-
ness and assurance for ever.
Ivii. 2. He shall enter into peace ; they
shall rest in their beds, each one walking in
his uprightness.
Rom. ii. 10. Glory, honour, and peace, to
every one that worketh good.
viii. 6. To be spiritually minded is life and
peace.
2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent, that ye may be
found of him in peace without spot and blame-
XXVIII. Peace promised to the Church of
God. Ps. xxix. 11. The Lord will bless his
people with peace. Ps. Ixxxv. 8. 10.
Ixxii. 3. The mountains shall bring peace to
the people. Ver. 7.
cxxv. 5. Peace shall be upon Israel. Ps.
cxxviii. 6.
cxlvii. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders.
Job xxv. 2. He maketh peace in his high
places. See Ps. xlvi.
Isa. ii. 4. They shall beat their swords into
plough-shares, and their spears into pruning
hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
xi. 6. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
and the calf and the young lion, and the fat-
ling together, and a little child shall lead them.
Ver. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in
all my holy mountain. Ver. 7, 8. 13.
xxvi. 1 2. Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us.
xxxii. 18. My people shall dwell in a peace-
able habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in
quiet resting-places.
liv. 10. The mountains shall depart and the
hills be removed, but my kindness shall not
depart from thee, nor my covenant of peace
be removed. Ver. 13. All thy children shall
be taught of God, and great shall be the peace
of thy children.
lv. 12. Ye shall go out with joy, and be led
forth with peace.
Ix. 17. I will make thy officers peace, and
thine exactors righteousness.
Ixvi. 12. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will
extend peace to her like a river.
Jer.xxxiii. 6. I will reveal unto them abun-
dance of peace and truth.
Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a
covenant of peace, and they shall dwell safely.
Ch. xxxvii. 26.
Hag. ii. 9. In this place will I give peace,
saith the Lord of hosts.
Zech. vi. 13. The council of peace shall be
between them both.
UNITY.
XXIX. Unity. Ps. cxxxiii. 1. Behold how
good and how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity.
Amos iii. 3. Can two walk together ex-
cept they be agreed ]
John xvii. 20. Jesus said, I pray for those
that shall believe on me. Ver. 21. That they
all may be one. Ver. 22, 23.
Acts iv. 32. The multitude that believed
were of one heart.
Rom. xv. 5. Be like-minded, one toward
another.
1 Cor. i. 10. Be perfectly joined together in
the same mind, and in the same judgment.
2 Cor. xiii. 11. Be of one mind.
Gal. v. 15. If ye bite and devour one an-
other, take heed that ye be not consumed one
of another.
Phil. i. 27. Let us stand fast in one Spirit.
HONOUR.
XXX. Honouring one another. Lev. xix.
32. Thou shalt honour the face of the old
man.
Ps. xv. 4. The righteous honoureth them
that fear the Lord.
Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned, in ho
nour preferring one another.
xiii. 7. Render honour to whom honour is
due.
Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let each es-
teem others better than themselves.
1 Tim. v. 3. Honour widows that are widows
indeed.
vi. 1. Let servants count their masters wor-
thy of all honour.
1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Fear God.
Honour the king. See Luke xiv. 8.
DESPISING OTHERS.
XXXI. Despising others. Prov. xi. 12.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neigh-
bour.
xiv. 21. He that despiseth his neighbour sin-
neth.
Luke xviii. 9. Jesus spake a parable to cer-
tain that trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and despised others.
1 Tim. vi. 2. Servants that have believing
masters, let them not despise them.
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STRIFE OFFENCES.
CHAP. XVI.
2 Tim. iii. 1. Perilous times shall come.
Ver. 2, 3. Men shall be lovers of their own-
selves, and despisers of those that are good.
James ii. 5, 6. Hath not God chosen the
poor of this world, rich in faith? But ye
have despised the poor.
STRIFE.
XXXII. Strife forbidden to the godly, and
to be avoided by them. Gen. xiii. 8. Abra-
ham said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I
pray thee, between thee and me, for we be
brethren. Ver. 9.
Prov. ili. 30. Strive not with a man with-
out cause, if he have done thee no harm.
xx. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease
from strife, but every fool will be meddling.
xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and conten-
tion shall go out; yea, strife and reproach
shall cease.
xxv. 8. Go not forth hastily to strive, lest
thou know not what to do in the end thereof.
xxvi. 17. He that passeth by, and meddleth
with strife belonging not to him, is like one
that taketh a dog by the ears.
Ver. 20. Where no wood is, there the fire
goeth out : so where there is no tale-bearer,
the strife ceaseth.
Ver. 21. As coals are to burning coals, and
wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle
strife.
Matt. xii. 19. My servant [Christ] shall not
strive nor cry, neither shall any man hear his
voice in the streets. Isa. xlii. 2.
Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in
the day not in strife and envying,
1 Cor. iii. 3, 4. Whereas there is among
you envying and strife, and divisions, are ye
not carnal, and walk as men ] While one
saith, I am of Paul ; and another, I am of
Apollos ; are ye not carnal 1
2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be debates,
envyinge, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisper-
ings, swellings, tumults.
Gal. v. 20. The works of the flesh are,
wrath, strife.
Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through
strife or vain-glory.
1 Tim. vi. 4. Proud, knowing nothing, but
doting about strifes of words, whereof cometh
envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, &c.
2 Tim. ii. 23, 24. Foolish and unlearned
r'stions avoid ; they do gender strifes. And
servant of the Lord must not strive. Ver.
14. Titus iii. 9.
Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation [of
truth] is an end of strife.
James iii. 14 16. If ye have bitter envy-
ing and strife in your hearts, glory not, and
lie not against the truth. This wisdom is
earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envy-
ing and strife is, there is confusion and every
evil work.
FIGHTINGS.
XXXIII. Fightings, quarrels. Mark vi
18, 19. John said to Herod, It is not lawful
for thee to have thy brother's wife. There-
fore Herodias had a quarrel against him.
2 Cor. vii. 5. Without were fightings, with-
in were fears.
Col. iii. 13. If any man have a quarrel
against any, even as Christ forgave you, so
do ye.
James iv. 1. From whence come wars and
fightings among you 1 Come they not hence,
even of your lusts, that war in your members]
DIVISIONS.
XXXIV. Divisions forbidden. Judg. v.
15. For the divisions of Reuben there were
great thoughts of heart. Ver. 16. Great
searchings of heart.
Matt. xii. 25. Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation ; and
every city or house divided against itself shall
not stand.
Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause di-
visions, and avoid them.
1 Cor. i. 10. Now I beseech you, brethren,
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
ye all speak the same thing, and that there be
no divisions among you ; but that ye be per-
fectly joined together in the same mind and
in the same judgment.
iii. 3. Whereas there is among you envying
and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal,
and walk as men] Ch. xi. 18.
xii. 25. There should be no schism in the
body ; the members should have the same
care one for another.
OFFENCES.
XXXV. Offences forbidden. Isa. xi. 13.
Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Matt. xvii. 25 27. Jesus said to Peter, Of
whom do the kings of the earth take custom
or tribute 1 of their own children or of
strangers ? Peter said unto him, Of strangers.
Jesus saith unto him, then are the children
free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend
them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and
take up the fish that first cometh up; and
when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shall
find a piece of money, that take, and give
unto them for me and thee.
Acts xxiv. 16. Paul said, Herein do I ex-
ercise myself, to have always a conscience
void of offence toward God and toward men.
CHAP. XVI.
DOING GOOD EVIL WRONG.
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Rom. xiv. 21. It is good neither to eat flesh,
nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy
brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made
weak.
1 Cor. x. 32. Give none offence, neither to
the Jews nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church
of God. 2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving no offence.
Ver. 33. Even as I please all men in all
things, not seeking mine own profit, but the
profit of many. 2 Cor. xi. 29.
Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-
glory, provoking one another.
Phil. i. 10. I pray that ye may be sincere,
and without offence, till the day of Christ.
1 Thess. iv. 11, 12. We beseech you that
ye study to be quiet ; that ye may walk ho-
nestly toward them that are without.
XXXVI. Threats against offenders. Matt,
xiii. 41. The Son of man shall send forth his
angels, and they shall gather out of his king-
dom all things that offend, and them which do
iniquity, and cast them into a furnace of fire,
&c. Ver. 42.
xviii. 6. Whoso shall offend one of these
little ones which believe in me, it were better
for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth
of the sea.
Ver. 7. Woe to that man by whom the
offence cometh.
DOING GOOD.
XXXVII. Doing good to others. Ps.
xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good ;
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily
thou shalt be fed.
Eccl. iii. 12. Rejoice, and do good.
Amos v. 15. Hate evil, and love the good.
Mic. iii. 2. The wicked hate the good and
love the evil.
Luke vi. 31. As ye would that men should
do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Ver.
33. If ye do good to them which do good to
you, what thanks have ye 1 For sinners also
do even the same.
Ver. 35. Do good and lend, hoping for
nothing again ; and your reward shall be
great, and ye shall be the children of the
Highest; for he is kind unto the unthankful
and the evil.
Gal. vi. 9, 10. Let us not be weary in well-
doing. As we have opportunity let us do
good unto all men, especially to them who are
of the household of faith.
Eph. vi. 9. Whatsoever good thing any
man doeth, the same shall he receive of the
Lord, whether he be bond or free. Col. iii. 24.
1 Thess. v. 15. See that none render evil
for evil unto any man ; but ever follow that
which is good, both among yourselves and to
all men.
1 Tim. vi. 17, 18. Charge them that are
rich, that they do good ; that they be rich in
good works.
Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communi-
cate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is
well-pleased.
1 Pet. iii. 13. Who is he that will harm
you, if ye be followers of that which is good ]
DOING EVIL.
XXXVIII. Doing evil. 2 Sam. iii. 39.
The Lord shall reward the doer of evil ac-
cording to his wickedness.
Job viii. 20. God will not help evil-doers.
Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congregation
of evil-doers.
xxxiv. 14. Depart from evil. Isa. i. 4. 16.
1 Pet. iii. 11.
Ver. 16. The face of the Lord is against
them that do evil.
Prov. xxiv. 8. He that deviseth to do evil
shall be called a mischievous person.
Isa. xiv. 20. The seed of evil-doers shall
never be renowned.
xxxi. 2. The Lord will arise against the
house of evil-doers.
John iii. 20, 21. Every one that doeth evil
hateth the light. He that doeth truth cometh
to the light.
Rom. xiii. 4. If thou do that which is evil,
be afraid of the power. 1 Pet. fi. 12. 14.
2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that ye do no
evil.
Phil. iii. 2. Beware of evil- workers.
1 Thess. v. 22. Abstain from all appearance
of evil.
1 Pet. iii. 12. The face of the Lord is against
them that do evil.
iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an evil-
doer.
3 John 11. Follow not that which is evil,
but that which is good : he that doeth good is
of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen
God.
DOING WRONG.
XXXIX. Doing wrong. Acts vii. 26, 27.
He that did the wrong, thrust Moses away,
saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge
over us? Exod. ii. 13.
1 Cor. vi. 7, 8. There is utterly a fault
among you, because ye go to law one with
another. Why do ye not rather take wrong ?
why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be
defrauded 1 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud,
and that your brethren.
Col. iii. 25. He that doeth wrong shall re-
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DOING MISCHIEF MERCY.
CHAP. XVI.
BLAMELESS.
XLII. Blameless. 1 Cor. i. 8. God shall
confirm you unto the end, that ye may be
blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Eph. i. 4. God hath chosen us in Christ,
that we should be holy and without blame be-
fore him in love.
1 Thess. v. 23. The very God of peace
sanctify you wholly: and I pray God that
your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be pre-
served blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
1 Tim. v. 7. These things give in charge,
that they may be blameless.
2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent, that ye may be
found of him without spot, and blameless. See
Luke i. 6.
ceiye for the wrong that he doeth. See Jer. I sons of God without rebuke, in the midst of a
xxii. 3. 13. 2 Cor. vii. 2. 1 Pet. ii. 19. j crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye
shine as lights in the world.
DOING MISCHIEF.
XL. Doing mischief, the character of the
wicked. Exod. xxxii. 22. Aaron said, The
people are set on mischief.
Job xv. 35. They conceive mischief, and
bring forth vanity.
Ps. xxvi. 10. In their hands is mischief.
xxviii. 3. They speak peace to their neigh-
bours, but mischief is in their hearts.
xxxvi.4. The wicked deviseth mischief upon
his bed : he setteth himself in a way that is
not good, he abhorreth not evil.
xxxviii. 12. They that seek my hurt, speak
mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the
day long.
Iv. 10. Mischief and sorrow are in the midst
of the wicked.
Prov. iv. 16. The wicked sleep not, except
they have done mischief.
vi. 14. A wicked man deviseth mischief
continually.
x. 23. It is as sport to a fool to do mischief.
xvii. 20. He that hath & perverse tongue
falleth into mischief. Ch. xiii. 17. xxiv. 2.
8. 16. xxviii. 14.
Eccl. x. 13. The end of a fool's talk, is mis-
chievous madness.
Isa. lix. 4. They conceive mischief, and
bring forth iniquity. See Ezek. xi. 2. Dan.
xi. 27. Mic. vii. 3. Acts xiii. 10.
Threats. Ps. vii. 14. The wicked hath
conceived mischief, and brought forth false-
hood. Ver. 16. His mischief shall return
upon his own head.
x. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and spite to
requite it
xxi. 11, 12. They imagined a mischievous
device against me : Therefore shall thou make
them turn their back.
ML 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischief: God
shall destroy thee. Ver. 5. Ps. Ixii. 3.
xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have
fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief
by a law ]
cxl. 1,2. Deliver me from the evil man;
which imagine mischief in their heart. Ver. 9.
Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Prov.xi. 27. He that diligently seeketh good
procureth favour: but he that seeketh mis-
chief it shall come unto him.
HARMLESS.
XLI. Of being harmless. Mattx. 16. Be
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Rom.
xvi. 19.
Phil. ii. 15. Be blameless and harmless, the
MERCY.
XLIII. Promises to the merciful Ps.
xviii. 25. With the merciful thou wilt shew
thyself merciful.
xxxvii. 21. The righteous sheweth mercy.
Ver. 26. He is ever merciful.
Prov. iii. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake
thee ; bind them about thy neck, write them
upon the table of thine heart.
xi. 17. The merciful man doth good to his
own soul ; but he that is cruel troubleth his
own flesh.
xvi. 6. By mercy and truth iniquity is
purged.
xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteous-
ness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness and
honour.
Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by right-
eousness, and thine iniquities by shewing
mercy.
Hos. vi. 6. I desired mercy and not sacri-
fice, and the knowledge of God more than
burnt offerings. Matt. ix. 13. xii. 7.
xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment.
Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord require of
thee, but to do justly and love mercy, and to
walk humbly with thy God ?
Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of hosts,
saying, Execute true judgment, and shew
mercy and compassions every one to his brother.
Matt. v. 7. Blessed are the merciful, for
they shall obtain mercy.
Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful, as your Father
is merciful.
Rom. xii. 8. He that sheweth mercy let
him do it with cheerfulness.
CHAP. XVI.
UNMERCIFUL WICKED.
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Phil. ii. 1. If there are any bowels and
mercies, fulfil ye my joy. Ver. 2.
Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God,
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies.
James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from
above is full of mercy.
UNMERCIFUL.
XLIV. Unmerciful. Threats. Ps. cix.
12. Let there be none to extend mercy unto
him. Ver. 16. Because he remembered not
to shew mercy.
Hos. iv. 1. The Lord hath a controversy
with the inhabitants of the land, because there
is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God
in the land.
Matt, xxiii. 23. Woe to you, ye have omitted
the weightier matters of the law, judgment,
mercy, and faith.
Rom. i. 28, 29. The reprobate mind is filled
with all unrighteousness, implacable, unmerci-
ful. Ver. 31.
James ii. 13. He shall have judgment with-
out mercy, that shewed no mercy. Matt. vii. 2.
COMPASSION AND PITY.
XLV. Compassion and pity. Zech. vii. 9.
Thus spake the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute
true judgment, and shew mercy and compas-
sions every man to his brother.
Matt, xviii. 33. Shouldest thou not have had
compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I
had pity on thee.
Luke x. 33. A Samaritan had compassion
on him that fell among thieves. Ver. 37.
Jesus said, Go thou and do likewise.
1 Pet iii. 8. Brethren, be all of one mind,
having compassion one of another.
1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this world's
good ; and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from
him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ?
See Heb. xiii. 3. x. 32, 33, 34. Phil. iv. 14.
Job xxx. 25. Ps. xxxv. 13, 14.
Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do
rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Gal. vi. 2. Bear ye one another's burdens,
and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Job vi. 14. To the afflicted pity should be
shewed.
xix. 21. Have pity upon me, ye my
friends, for the hand of God hath touched rne.
1 Pet. iii. 8. Be pitiful, be courteous. Eph.
iv. 32.
Matt. xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's sentences,
at the last day, to the compassionate and un-
com passionate. Amos i. 11.
See persons not to be pitied, Deut. vii. 16.
xiii. S. xix. 13. 21. Ezek. ix. 5, 6.
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CRUELTY OF THE WICKED.
XL VI. Cruelly of the wicked. Gen. xlix.
5. Instruments of cruelty are in their habita-
tions. Ver. 7.
Deut. xx xii. 33. Their wine is the poison of
dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Prov. xii. 10. The tender mercies of the
wicked are cruel.
Ps. Ixxiv. 20. Earth's dark places are full
of the habitations of cruelty.
Lam. iv. 3. The daughter of my people is
become cruel.
Prayers. Ps. Ixxi. 4. Deliver me, O my
God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the
hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. Ps.
xxv. 19. xx vii. 12.
Threats. Zech. i. 15. Thus saith the Lord,
I am very sore displeased with the heathen,
that are at ease, for I was but a little displeased,
and they helped forward the affliction. Amos
i. 11. Obad. i. 15. Gen. xiii. 21. Amos vi.
1. 3. 6. Isa. xlvii. 6. Judg. ix. 24. Ezek.
xviii. 18. xxxiv. 4.
FORGIVENESS.
XLVII. Forgiveness. Matt. vi. 9. After
this manner pray ye : Our Father which art
in heaven. Ver. 12. Forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
Ver. 14, 15. If ye forgive men their tres-
passes, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. But if ye forgive not men their tres-
passes, neither will your Father forgive you
your trespasses.
xviii. 15. If thy brother shall trespass against
thee, go and tell him his fault between thee
and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou
hast gained thy brother.
Ver. 21, 22. Peter said, How oft shall my
brother offend and I forgive him ] till seven
times 1 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto
thee, till seven times, but until seventy times
seven.
Ver. 27. The Lord of that servant [who
could not pay] forgave him the debt.
Ver. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Fa-
ther do also to you, if ye from your hearts for-
give not every one his brother their trespasses.
Mark xi. 25, 26. When ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have aught against any, that
your Father also which is in heaven may for
give you your trespasses. But if ye do not
forgive, neither will your Father which is in
heaven forgive your trespasses.
Luke vi. 37, 38. Forgive and ye shall be
forgiven. For with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured to you again.
xvii. 3, 4. Take heed to yourselves : If thy
brother trespass against thee, rebuke him j and
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REVENGE GOOD COUNSEL.
CHAP. XVI.
if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass
against thee seven times in a day, and seven
times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I re-
pent, thou shalt forgive him.
Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, ten-
der-hearted, forgiving one another; even as
God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Col. iii. 12, 13. Put on (as the elect of God,
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one an-
other, if any man have a quarrel against any ;
even as Christ forgave you, so do ye. See
2 Cor. ii. 7. 10. Gal. vi. 1.
REVENGE.
XL VIII. Revenge. Lev. xix. 18. Thou
shall not avenge nor bear any grudge against
the children of thy people.
Prov. xx. 22. Say not thou, I will recom-
pense evil.
xxiv. 29. Say not, I will do to him as he
hath done to me ; I will render to the man
according to his work. 1 Thess. v. 15. 1 Pet.
iii. 9.
xii. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that
imagine evil.
Zech. vii. 10. Let none of you imagine evil
against his brother in your heart. Ch. viii. 17.
Rom. xii. 19, 20. Dearly beloved, avenge
not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath ;
for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will re-
pay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy
hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ;
for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on
his head.
Ver. 21. Be not overcome of evil, but over-
come evil with good.
Prayers and complaints. Ps. cxl. 1,2. De-
liver me, O Lord, from the evil men, which
imagine mischief in their heart. Hos. vii. 15.
Lam. iii. 60. Ps. x. 2. xxi. 10, 11. See
revenge punished, Ezek. xxv. 12 to 17.
GOOD COUNSEL.
XLIX. The duty of giving and receiving
good counsel. Ps. Iv. 14. We took sweet
counsel together, and walked to the house of
God in company.
Prov. i. 5. A wise man will hear and will
increase learning ; and a man of understand-
ing will attain unto wise counsels.
xi. 14. Where no counsel is, the people fall ;
but in the multitude of counsellors there is
safety. Ch. xv. 22. xx. 18. xxiv. 6.
xii. 5. He that hearkeneth to counsel is
wise.
xiii. 10. With the well-advised is wisdom.
xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruc-
tion, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter
end.
xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the
heart ; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend
by hearty counsel.
Instances of good counsel received. By Mo-
ses, Exod. xviii. 19. By Bathsheba, 1 Kings
1. 12. By the king of Israel, 2 Kings vi. 9, 10.
By the king of Judah, 2 Chron. xxx. 2, 23.
By the princes of Judah, Ezra x. 3. 8.
L. Rejecting evil counsel ,- the duty and
safety thereof. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.
Job xxi. 16. xxii. 18.
Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee, consent
thou not.
xii. 5. The counsels of the wicked are de-
ceit
xix. 27. Cease to hear the instruction that
causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Followers of evil counsel punished. In-
stances thereof. Those who followed the
counsel of Balaam, Numb. xxxi. 16. Reho-
boam for following the counsel of the young
men, 1 Kings xii. 8, 14. Ahaziah for follow-
ing the evil counsel of his mother, 2 Chron.
xxii. 3, 4, 5.
LI. Mutual obligations to giving and re-
ceiving instruction from one another. Prov.
iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruction; let her
not go : keep her, for she is thy life. Ch. i.
2, 3, v. 1. vi. 23.
viii. 10. Receive my instruction, and not
silver ; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Ver. 33. Hear instruction and be wise, and
refuse it not.
ix. 9. Give instruction to a wise man, and
he will be yet wiser ; teach a just man, and
he will increase in learning.
x. 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth
instruction ; but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth
knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is
brutish.
xv. 32. He that refuseth instruction de-
spiseth his own soul; but he that heareth
reproof getteth understanding.
xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruc-
tion, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Ver. 27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruc-
tion that causeth to err from the words of
knowledge.
xxi. 11. When a scorner is punished the
simple is made wise, but when the wise is in-
structed he receiveth knowledge.
xxiii. 12. Apply thy heart unto instruction,
and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Ver. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not; also,
wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
CHAP. XVI.
GOOD COUNSEL.
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Job iv. 3. Thou hast instructed many, and
hast strengthened the weak hands.
Dan. xi. 33. They that understand among
the people shall instruct many. See Prov. i.
2,3.
LII. Of refusing instruction. Prov. i. 7.
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Ch.
xv. 5.
v. 23. The wicked shall die without in-
struction, and in the greatness of his folly he
shall go astray. Ver. 12, 13.
xiii. 18. Poverty and shame shall be to him
that refuseth instruction, but he that regardeth
reproof shall be honoured.
xvi. 22. Understanding is a well-spring of
life to him that hath it, but the instruction of
fools is folly. See Heb. v. 12.
LIII. To edify one another. Rom. xiv. 19.
Let us follow after the things which make for
peace, and things wherewith one may edify
another.
xv. 2. Let every one please his neighbour
for his good to edification.
1 Cor. viii. 1. Charity edifieth.
xiv. 26. Let all things be done to edifying.
Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it may minis-
ter grace to the hearers.
1 Thess. v. 1 1. Comfort yourselves together,
and edify one another. See Eph. iv. 16. 1
Cor. x. 23. xiv. 3, 12.
LIV. To exhort one another. Heb. iii. 13.
Exhort one another daily, while it is called
To-day, lest any of you be hardened through
the deceitfulness of sin.
x. 24. Let us consider one another, to pro-
voke to love and to good works. Ver. 25.
Exhorting one another.
LV. To warn one another. I Thess. v. 14.
Warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-
minded, support the weak, be patient toward
all men.
LVI. To admonish one another. Eccl. iv.
13. Better is a poor and wise child, than an
old and foolish king, that will no more be ad-
monished.
xii. 11, 12. The words of the wise are as
goads, and as nails fixed by the masters of
assemblies. By these, my son, be thou ad-
monished.
Rom. xv. 14. I myself am persuaded of
you, my brethren, that ye are full of goodness,
filled with all knowledge, able also to ad-
monish one another.
Col. iii. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell
in you, in all wisdom, teaching and admonish-
ing one another.
2 Thess. iii. 14, lo. If any man obey not our
word by this epistle, note that man, and have
no company with him, that he may be
ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy,
but admonish him as a brother.
LVII. To rebuke one another, and to
hearken to rebuke. Lev. xix. 17. Thou shall
in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not
suffer sin upon him.
Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a man,
afterwards shall find more favour than he that
flattereth with the tongue. Ch. xxvii. 5.
xxiv. 25. To them that rebuke the wicked
shall be delight, and a good blessing shall
come upon them.
Mark viii. 33. Jesus rebuked Peter. Luke
xxiii. 40. One of the malefactors rebuked the
other.
1 Tim. v. 20. Them that sin rebuke before
all, that others may fear.
LVIII. Of not giving and receiving re-
buke. Prov. ix. 7, 8. He that reproveth a
scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that
rebuketh a wicked man getteth to himself a
blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee ;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke.
Amos v. 10. The wicked hate him that re-
buketh in the gate, and they abhor him that
speakelh uprightly.
Matt. vii. 6. Give not that which is holy
unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls be-
fore swine ; lest they trample them under their
feet, and turn again and rend you.
1 Tim. v. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but en-
treat him as a father.
LIX. To reprove one another. Ps. cxli. 5
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kind-
ness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an
excellent oil, which shall not break my head.
Prov. xxvii. 6.
Prov. vi. 23. Reproofs of instruction are
the way of life.
xiii. 18. He that regardeth reproof shall be
honoured.
xv. 5. He that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Ver. 31, 32. The ear that heareth the re-
proof of life, abideth among the w^e. He
that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into a
wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool.
xix. 25. Reprove one that hath understand-
ing, and he will understand knowledge.
xxv. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an or-
nament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover on
an obedient ear.
Eph. v. 11. Have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather re-
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CHAP. XVI.
prove them. Ver. 13. All things that are re-
proved, are made manifest by the light.
LX. Of not hearkening to reproof . Prov.
x. 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth
instruction, but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth
knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is
brutish.
xv. 10. Correction is grievous to him that
forsaketh the way, and he that hateth reproof
shall die. Ver. 12. A scorner loveth not one
that reproveth him, neither will he go unto
the wise.
xxix. 1. He that being often reproved,
hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroy-
ed, and that without remedy.
Isa. xxix. 20, 21. The terrible one is brought
to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and
all that watch for iniquity are cut off: that
make a man an offender for a word, and lay a
snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and
turn aside the just for a thing of naught.
Hos. iv. 4. Let no man strive, nor reprove
another ; for thy people are as they that strive
with the priest.
Luke iii. 19, 20. Herod being reproved by
John, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's
wife, and for all the evils he had done, shut
up John in prison.
John iii. 20. Every one that doeth evil
hateth the light ; neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.
LXI. Gentleness, Gal. v. 22. The fruit of
the Spirit is gentleness, goodness.
James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is
pure, peaceable, gentle, &c.
Examples. Isa. xl. 11. Christ will gently
lead those that are with young.
2 Cor. x. 1. I beseech you by the gentle-
ness of Christ.
1 Thess. ii. 7. We [the apostles] were
gentle among you.
2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord
must be gentle. Tit. iii. 2.
KINDNESS.
LXII. To show kindness commanded.
Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to
another.
1 Cdt. xiii. 4. Charity suffereth long, am
n kind.
2 Cor. vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the
Blisters of God. Ver. 6. By pureness, by
kindness, &c.
Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another
tender-hearted.
Col. iii. 12. Put on, as the elect of God
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness
humbleness of mind, meekness, &c.
2 Pet. i. 7. Add to godliness brotherly kind-
ess.
LXIII. To give comfort. Job xxix. 25.
ob said, I sat as one that comforteth the
mourners.
Isa. xl. 1. Comfort ye, comfort ye, my peo-
)le, saith your God.
2 Cor. i. 4. God comforteth us, that we
may be able to comfort them that are in
rouble.
ii. 7. Ye ought to forgive and comfort him,
the* offender,] lest perhaps such a one should
>e swallowed up of too much sorrow.
1 Thess. iv. 18. Comfort one another.
v. 11. Comfort yourselves together.
Ver. 14. Comfort the feeble-minded.
Instances of comfort. Shewn by Joseph,
Gen. 1. 21. By Job's friends, Job ii. 11
xlii. 11.
FRIENDSHIP.
LXIV. Friendship, and faithfulness there-
in. Job xix. 21. Have pity upon me, O ye
my friends, for the hand of God hath touched
me. Ch. vi. 14.
Prov. vi. 3. Make sure thy friend.
xvii. 17. A friend loveth at all times; and
a brother is born for adversity.
xviii. 24. A man that hath friends, must shew
himself friendly; and there is a friend that
sticketh closer than a brother.
xx. 6. Most men will proclaim every one
his own goodness ; but a faithful man who
can find ?
xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the
heart ; so doth the sweetness of a man's
friend, by hearty counsel.
Ver. 10. Thine own friend and thy father's
friend forsake not, neither go into thy brother's
house in the day of thy calamity ; for better
is a neighbour that is near, than a brother
far off.
Ver. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man
sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
John xv. 13. Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends. 1 John iii. 16. Acts xv. 26.
LXV. Unfaithfulness in friend-ship. Job
vi. 14. To him that is afflicted, pity should be
shewed from his friend ; but he forsaketh the
fear of the Almighty. Ver. 27. Yea, ye
overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for
your friend. Ch. xvi. 2. xxi. 34.
xvi. 20. My friends scorn me, but mine eye
poureth out tears unto God.
xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his
friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
xix. 14. My kinsfolk have failed, and my
familiar friends have forgotten me. Ver. 19.
CHAP. XVI.
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All my friends abhorred me, and they whom
I loved are turned against me.
Ps. xxxviii. 11. My lovers and my friends
stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen
stand afar off.
xli. 9. Mine own familiar friend in whom I
trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted
up his heel against me.
Iv. 12 14. If it was an enemy that re-
proached me, then I could have borne it. But
it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide and
mine aojuaintance. We took sweet counsel
together, and walked to the house of God in
company.
Ixix. 20. I looked for comforters, but I found
none.
Ixxxviii. 18. Lover and friend thou hast put
far from me.
Prov. xiv. 20. The poor is hated even of
his own neighbour, but the rich hath many
friends.
xix. 4. Wealth maketh many friends, but
the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Ver. 6, 7.
xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an angry
man.
xxv. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful man
in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and
a foot out of joint.
xxvii. 14. He that hlesseth his friend with
a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it
shall be counted a curse to him.
Lam. i. 2. All her friends have dealt trea-
cherously with her.
Mic. vii. 5. Trust ye not in a friend, put ye
not confidence in a guide.
Zech. xiii. 6. I was wounded in the house
of my friends.
Of bearing with one another's weaknesses
in matters of religion. Rom. xiv. 1. Him
that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to
doubtful disputations.
xv. 1 . We then that are strong ought to bear
the infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves.
1 Cor. xiii. 7. Charity beareth all things,
endureth all things.
Gal. vi. 1, 2. Brethren, if a man be over-
taken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore
such a one in the spirit of meekness ; con-
sidering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil
the law of Christ.
FORBEARANCE.
LXVI. Forbearance. Forbearing to judge
one another on account of differences. Isa. Ixv.
2. 5. A rebellious people, which walketh in a
way not good, after their own thoughts ; which
say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for
I am holier than thou : these are a smoke i$
my nose.
Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye
that tremble at his word. Your brethren that
hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake,
said, Let the Lord be glorified ; but he shall
appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Compare Matt. v. 11. Luke vi. 22, 23.
Matt. vii. 1, 2. Judge not, and ye shall not
be judged. (Luke vi. 37.) For with what
judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged ; and
with what measure ye mete, it shall be mea-
sured to you again.
Ver. 3 5. And why beholdest thou the
mote that is in thy brother's eye, but consider-
est not the beam that is in thine own eye 1
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me
pull out the mote out of thine eye ; and be-
hold, a beam is in thine own eye ! Thou
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine
own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to
cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
John viii. 7. Jesus said, He that is without
sin among you, let him first cast a stone.
Rom. ii. 1 3. Thou art inexcusable, O
man, whosoever thou art that judgest, for
wherein thou judgest another thou condemn-
est thyself, for thou that judgest dost the same
things. We are sure that the judgment of
God is according to truth, against them that
commit such things. Thinkest thou, O man,
which judgest them which do such things, and
doest the same, that thou shalt escape the
judgment of God 1
xiv. 2 4. One believeth that he may eat
all things ; another who is weak, eateth herbs.
Let not him that eateth despise him that eat-
eth not ; and let not him which eateth not,
judge him that eateth. Who art thou that
judgest another man's servant 1 ? to his own
master he standeth or falleth.
Ver. 5. One man esteemeth one day ahove
another ; another esteemeth every day alike :
let every man be fully persuaded in his own
mind.
Ver. 10. Why dost thou judge thy bro-
ther! or why dost thou set at naught thy
brother? for we shall all stand before the
judgment-seat of Christ. Ver. 12, 13. Every
one of us shall give an account of himself to
God. Let us not therefore judge one another
any more. Gal. vi. 5. Every man shall bear
his own burden.
1 Cor. iv. 5. Judge nothing before the time,
until the Lord come.
James iv. 11, 12. He that judgeth his bro-
ther judgeth the law : but if thou judge the
law, thou art not a doer of the law but a judge.
There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save
and to destroy ; who art thou that judgest
another! See 1 Cor. v. 10. 13.
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TEMPERANCE.
CHAP. XVII.
See those that despised Christ, Luke xvi. 15.
See also the proud Pharisee. Ch. xviii. 11.
GOOD EXAMPLES.
LXVIT. Setting good example. Matt. v. 16.
Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.
Col. iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them
that are without. 1 Thess. iv. 12. Neh. v. 9.
1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of be-
lievers.
OF ENTICING OTHERS.
LXVIII. Of enticing others, and being
enticed to sin. Jer. xx. 10, 11. My familiars
watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure
he will be enticed, and we will prevail against
him, and we will take our revenge on him.
But the Lord is with me ; therefore they shall
not prevail
Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee, consent
thou not. (Ver. 11 to 14.) Ver. 15. Walk
not thou in the way with them ; refrain thy
foot from their path.
xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the righteous to
go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself
into his own pit.
Hab. ii. 15. Woe to him that giveth his
neighbour drink, and maketh him drunken, &c.
Rom. xiv. 13. Let no man put a stumbling-
block, or an occasion to fall in his brother's
way. Ver. 21. 1 Cor. viii. 9. 12, 13. 2 Cor.
xi. 29.
1 Tim. v. 22. Be not partaker of other men's
sins : keep thyself pure.
Rev. ii. 14. I have a few things against thee,
because thou hast there them that hold the doc-
trine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a
stumbling-block before the children of Israel,
to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to com-
mit fornication. Numb. xxv. 1. See False
Teachers deceive the people : Commandment
Fifth. Instance, Neh. vi. 13.
OF GRATITUDE.
LXIX. Of gratitude, or returns of friend-
ship. Instances thereof. Exod. ii. 20. Reuel
to Moses.
1 Sam. xv. 6. Saul to the Kenites.
2 Sam. x. 2. David to Hanun.
ix. 1. 7. David to Jonathan's family.
xix. 32 to 38. David to Barzillai. 1 Kings
ii. 7.
OF INGRATITUDE.
LXX. Ingratitude. Instances. Gen. xl. 23.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph,
but forgat him.
Judg. viii. 35. The children of Israel did
not shew kindness to the house of Gideon,
according to all the goodness which he had
shewed unto Israel.
Ps. xxxv. 1 2. They rewarded me evil for
good, to the spoiling of my soul. (Ps. xxxviii.
20. cix. 5.) Ver. 13. But as for me, when
they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
Ver. 13, 14, 15. I humbled my soul with
fasting, I behaved myself as though he had
been my friend or brother ; I bowed down hea-
vily, as one that mourneth for his mother. But
in my adversity they rejoiced. Ps. cix. 4, 5.
Prov. xvii. 13. Whoso rewardeth evil for
good, evil shall not depart from his house.
See 1 Sam. xxiii. 5. 12. xxv. 21. Jer. xviii.
20, 21. Eccl. ix. 14, 15.
CHAPTER XVII.
DUTIES TOWARD OURSELVES.
TEMPERANCE.
I. THE temperate use of meat and drink
allowed. Eccl. ii. 24. There is nothing better
for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good
in His labour. Ch. iii. 13. v. 18, 19, 20.
1 Tim. iv. 3 5. Meats God hath created to
be received with thanksgiving, of them which
believe and know the truth. For every crea-
ture of God is good, and nothing to be refused
if it be received with thanksgiving. For it is
sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
v. 23. Use a little wine for thy stomach's
sake, and thine often infirmities.
II. Intemperance in meat and drink for-
bidden. Deut. xxi. 20, 21. If the parents
shall say to the elders of the city, This our son
is stubborn and rebellious, he is a glutton and
a drunkard ; all the men of the city shall stone
him with stones that he die.
CHAP. XVII.
TEMPERANCE.
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Prov. xxi. 17. He thatloveth pleasure shall
be a poor man ; he that loveth wine and oil,
shall not be rich.
xxiii. 1 3. When thou sittest to eat with
a ruler, consider diligently what is before
thee ; and put a knife ,to thy throat, if thou be
a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of
his dainties, for they are deceitful meat.
Ver. 20, 21. Be not amongst winebibbers,
amongst riotous eaters of flesh. For the
drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.
xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of riotous
men shameth his father.
xxx. 22. The earth cannot bear a fool when
he is full of meat.
Matt.xxiv.48 51. If the evil servant shall
say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming;
and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants,
and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the
Lord of that servant shall come in a day when
he looketh not for hirri, and in an hour that he
is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder,
and appoint him his portion with hypocrites :
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you that are full,
for ye shall hunger.
xxi. 34. Take heed to yourselves, lest at any
time your hearts be overcharged with surfeit-
ing and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares.
Rom. xiii. 13, 14. Let us walk honestly, as
in the day ; riot in rioting and drunkenness,
not in chambering and wantonness : But put
ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 Cor. vii. 31. Use this world as not abus-
ing it.
ix. 25. Every man that striveth for the mas-
tery is temperate in all things. Ver. 27. I
keep under my body, and bring it into subjec-
tion, lest that by any means when I have
preached to others, I myself should be a cast-
away.
Phil. iii. 19. Whose end is destruction,
whose god is their belly, whose glory is in
their shame ; who mind earthly things.
1 Thess. v. 7, 8. They that sleep, sleep in
the night, and they that be drunken, are
drunken in the night. But let us who are of
the day, be sober. Tit. ii. 12. Live soberly, &c.
1 Pet. iv. 4. The wicked think it strange
that ye run not to the same excess of riot.
2 Pet. i. 6. Add to knowledge temperance.
ii. 13. They shall receive the reward of un-
righteousness that count it pleasure to riot in
the day-time ; spots they are, and blemishes,
sporting themselves with their own deceivings.
Jude 12. Feeding themselves without fear.
See Amos vi. 6.
IH Drunkenness ; the evils thereof. Prov.
xx. 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is
raging ; and whosoever is deceived thereby is
not wise.
xxiii. 29, 30. Who hath woe 1 who hath
sorrow 1 ? who hath contentions? who hath
babbling ] who hath wounds without cause 1
who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry
long at the wine, they that go to seek mixed
wine.
Ver. 31 33. Look not on the wine when
it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup,
when it moveth itself aright ; at the last it
biteih like a serpent, and stingeth like an ad-
der. Thine eyes shall behold strange women,
and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Ver. 34, 35.
Isa. v. 1 1. Woe unto them that rise up early
in the morning, that they may follow strong
drink ; that continue until night, till wine in-
flame them. Ver. 22. Woe unto them that
are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength
to mingle strong drink. Ch. Ivi. 12. Come
ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill
ourselves with strong drink, and to-morrow
shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
1 Cor. v. 11. I have written to you, If any
one that is called a brother, be a drunkard,
with such a one not to keep company, nor to
eat with him.
vi. 10. Drunkards shall not inherit the
kingdom of God.
Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh are these,
adultery, &c. Ver. 21. Drunkenness, revel-
lings, and such like : they that do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Ver. 23.
Eph. v. 18. Be not drunk with wine, where-
in is excess, but be filled with' the Spirit.
IV. Of .making others drunk. Esther i.
3. 5. King Ahasuerus made a feast unt.o the
nobles and princes, and to all the people that
were present. Ver. 7. And gave them drink,
&c. Ver. 8. The drinking was according to
law, none did compel ; for so the king had ap-
pointed to all the officers of his house, that
they should do according to every man's plea-
sure.
Hab. ii. 15. Woe unto him that giveth his
neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him,
and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest
look on their nakedness ! Ver. 1 6. Thou art
filled with shame for glory : drink thou also,
and let thy foreskin be uncovered, the cup of
the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto
thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy
glory. See 2 Sam. xi. 13. Isa. Ivi. 12.
Unhappy instances of drunkenness. In
Noah, Gen. ix. 21. In Lot, Gen. xix. 32.
Nabal, 1 Sam. xxv. 36. Elah, 1 Kings xvi. 9,
10. Benhadad, 1 Kings xx. 16 to 22.
See Wicked ministers, their drunkenness.
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SLEEPS-LABOUR THE SLUGGARD. CHAP. XVII.
Also, Magistrates perverting judgment
through drunkenness.
SLEEP.
V. Sleep. Prov. vi. 9 11. How long wilt
thou sleep, O sluggard 1 when wilt thou arise
out of sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slum-
ber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so
shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
xx. 13. Love not sleep, lest thou come to
poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shall be
satisfied with bread.
xxiii. 21. Drowsiness shall clothe a man
with rags.
xxvi. 14. As the door turneth upon his
hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
LABOUR COMMANDED.
VI. Labour commanded, and promises to
the laborious, the diligent and industrious.
Gen. iii. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground.
Exod. xx. 9. Six days shalt thou labour and
do all thy work.
Prov. x. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth
with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent
maketh rich.
xii. 11. He that tilleth his land shall have
plenty of bread ; but he that followeth vain
persons is void of understanding. Ch. xxviii. 19.
Ver. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear
rule ; but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Ver. 27. The slothful roasteth not that which
he took in hunting ; but the substance of a
diligent man is precious.
xiii. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth
and hath nothing ; but the soul of the diligent
shall be made fat.
Ver. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be
diminished ; but he that gathereth by labour
shall increase.
xiv. 23. In all labour there is profit; but
the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
xxi. 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend
only to plentcousness ; but of every one that
is hasty, only to want.
xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his
business, he shall stand before kings, he shall
not stand before mean men.
xxxi. 27. A good wife eateth not the bread
of idleness.
Eccl. v. 12. The sleep of a labouring man
is sweet.
xi. 6. In the morning sow thy seed, and in
the evening withhold not thy hand.
Rom. xii. 11. Be not slothful in business,
Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole steal no
more, but rather let him labour, working with
his hands the thing which is good, that he may
have to give to him that needeth.
1 Thess. iv. 1 1, 12. We beseech you, that
ye study to be quiet, and to do your own busi-
ness, and to work with your own hands : That
ye may walk honestly towards them that are
without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
2 Thess. iii. 10 12. We commanded you,
That if any would not work, neither should he
eat. For we hear that there are some which
walk among you disorderly, working not at
all, but are busy-bodies. Now them that are
such, we command and exhort, by our Lord
Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work
and eat their own bread. Ver. 14. And if any
man obey not our word by this epistle, note
that man, and have no company with him,
that he may be ashamed. 1 Tim. v. 13.
OF THE SLUGGARD.
VII. Of the sluggard, the slothful and
idle. See several of the foregoing texts, where
these persons are compared with the diligent,
<5fc. Prov. vi. 6 8. Go to the ant, thou
sluggard, consider her ways and be wise :
which having no guide, overseer or ruler, pro-
videth her meat in the summer, and gathereth
her food in the harvest
x. 26. As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke
to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that
send him.
xv. 19. The way of the slothful man is as
a hedge of thorns, but the way of the right-
eous is made plain.
xviii. 9. He that is slothful in his work, is
arother to him that is a great waster.
xix. 15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep
sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Ver. 24. A slothful man hideth his hand in
lis bosom, and will not so much as bring it to
lis mouth. Ch. xxvi. 15.
xx. 4. The sluggard will not plough by
reason of the cold ; therefore shall he beg in
larvest, and have nothing.
xxi. 25. The desire of the slothful killeth
lira, for his hands refuse to labour. Ch.xiii.4.
xxii. 13. The slothful man saith, There is
a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
h. xxvi. 13. There is a lion in the way, a
ion is in the streets.
xxiv. 30 32. I went by the field of the
slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void
of understanding ; and lo ! it was all grown
over with thorns, and nettles had covered the
ace thereof, and the stone wall thereof was
Droken down. Then I saw and considered it
well, and looked upon it and received instruc-
tion.
Eccl. x. 18. By much slothfulness the
CHAP. XVII.
WISDOM.
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building decay eth, and through idleness of the j iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, than
hands the house droppeth through. , an old and foolish king.
Ezek. xvi. 49. This was the iniquity of
Sodom, Pride, fulness of bread, and abun-
dance of idleness.
and apply thy heart to my
WISDOM.
VIII. TJie study and pursuit of wisdom
recommended. Job xxxii. 7. Days should
speak, and multitude of years should teach
wisdom.
Prov. i. 2. Know wisdom and instruction,
and perceive the words of understanding.
Ver. 20. Wisdom crieth without, in the
chief places of concourse. Ver. 21. 23, Ch.
viii. 1 to 12. 14. 33.
ii. 2. Incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply
thy heart to understanding. Ver. 3, 4, 5.
iii. 21. Keep sound wisdom and discretion.
Ver. 21.
iv. 5. Get wisdom, get understanding.
v. 1. My son, attend to my wisdom. Ver. 7.
vii. 4. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my
father; and call understanding thy kinswo-
man. Ver. 5.
xviii. 1. Through desire a man having
separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth
with all wisdom. Eccl. i. 13. 16, 17. ii. 3.
9. 12. vii. 23. 25. viii. 16. ix. 13.
xxii. 17. Bow down thine ear to the words
of the wise
knowledge.
xxiii. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not ;
also wisdom, and instruction, and understand-
ing.
xxvii. 11. My son, be wise, and make my
heart glad. Ch. xxix. 3.
Matt. x. 16. Be wise as serpents, and harm-
less as doves.
James iii. 13. Who is a wise man among
you ] let him shew, out of a good conversa-
tion, his works with meekness of wisdom.
IX. The excellency of wisdom above all
other endowments. Job xxviii. 13. Man
knoweth not the price of wisdom. Ver. 15.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver
be weighed for the price thereof. See ver. 16
to 20.
Prov. iii. 14, 15. The merchandise of wis-
dom is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold. (Ch.
xvi. 16.) She is more precious than rubies,
and all the things thou canst desire are not to
be compared unto her
iv. 7. Wisdom is the principal thing : there-
fore get wisdom ; and with all thy getting, get
understanding.
Eccl. ii. 13. Wisdom excelleth folly, as far
as light excelleth darkness.
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ix. 16. Wisdom is better than strength.
Prov. iii. 21, 22, 23.
Ver. 18. Wisdom is better than weapons
of war.
X. Wisdom is profitabk, pleasant, and
honourable. Job xxii. 2. He that is wise
may be profitable unto himself.
Prov.ii. 10, 11, 12. When wisdom entereth
into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant
unto thy soul ; discretion shall preserve thee,
understanding shall keep thee, to deliver thee
from the way of the evil man.
iii. 13. Happy is the man that findeth wis-
dom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Ver. 16, 17. Length of days is in her right
hand, and in her left hand, riches and honour.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all
her paths are peace. Ch. xxiv. 13, 14.
Ver. 18. Wisdom is a tree of life, to every
one that findeth her ; and happy is every one
that retaineth her. Ver. 35. The wise shall
inherit glory.
iv. 8, 9. Exalt wisdom, and she shall pro-
mote thee ; she shalhbring thee to honour
when thou dost embrace her. She shall give
to thy head an ornament of grace ; a crown
of glory shall she deliver to thee.
ix. 1. Wisdom hath builded her house.
Ch. xxiv. 3, 4. xiv. 1.
Ver. 12. If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise
for thyself.
xi. 29. The fool shall be servant to the wise
in heart.
xii. 8. A man shall be commended accord-
ing to his wisdom.
xvi. 20, 21. He that handleth a matter
wisely, shall find good. The wise in heart
shall be called prudent.
xviii. 4. The well-spring of wisdom is a
flowing brook.
Eccl. vii. 11. Wisdom is good, with an in-
heritance : and by it there is profit to them
that see the sun.
Ver. 12. Wisdom is a defence, and money
is a defence ; but the excellency of knowledge
is, that wisdom giveth life. Ver. 19. Wis-
dom strengtheneth the wise more than ten
mighty men that are in the city. Ch. ix. 15,
16. 18. Prov. iii. 21.
viii. 1. A man's wisdom maketh his face to
shine.
Ver. 5. A wise man's heart discerneth both
time and judgment.
x. 10. Wisdom is profitable to direct,
xii. 1 1. The words of the wise are as goads
and nails.
XI. Wisdom is the gift of God. Exod.
xxxi. 6. In the heart of all that are wise-
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FOLLY
CHAP. XVII.
hearted, I have put wisdom, saith the Lord.
Ver. 3.'
Job xxviii. 12. Where shall wisdom be
found 1 and where is the place of understand-
ing '{ Ver. 23. The Lord knoweth the place
thereof, and the way thereof. Ver. 20.
Ps, li. 6. In the hidden part thou shall
make me to know wisdom. Ps. cxix. 98,
99, 100.
Prov. ii. 6, 7. The Lord giveth wisdom ;
out of his mouth cometh knowledge and un-
derstanding. He layeth up sound wisdom
for the righteous.
Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is
good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge,
and joy.
ix. 1. The righteous and the wise, and their
works, are in the hand of God.
Dan. ii. 21. God giveth wisdom unto the
wise, and knowledge to them that know un-
derstanding. Ver. 23. See Acts vii. 10.
Luke xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth and
wisdom. 2 Pet. iii. 15.
James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is
pure, &c. Ver. 13.
XII. Wisdom prayed for. 1 Chron. xxii.
12. For Solomon, David prayed thus: The
Lord give thee wisdom, that thou mayest
keep the law of the Lord. Ps. Ixxii. 1 .
1 Kings iii. 9. Solomon prayed thus : Lord,
give thy servant an understanding heart, that
he may judge thy people, and that he may
discern between good and bad. Ver. 11 13.
And God said, Because thou hast asked this
thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life,
neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor the
life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy-
self understanding to discern judgment, be-
hold I have done according to thy words, I
have given thee a wise and an understanding
heart. I have also given thee that which
thou hast not asked, both riches and honour.
Ver. 28. Ch. iv. 29. v. 12. 2 Chron. i. 10.
Ps. xc. 1 2. So teach us to number our days
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
Col. i. 9. I pray that you may be filled with
the knowledge of his will in all wisdom.
James i. 5. If any man lack wisdom, let
him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally
and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him.
Ver. 17.
XIII. Wisdom and religion the same.
Deut'iv. 5, 6. I have taught you statutes and
judgments. Keep and do them, for this is
your wisdom and understanding.
xxxii. 29. that they were wise, that they
understood this ; that they would consider
their latter end.
Job xxviii. 28. Behold, the fear of the Lord,
that is wisdom ; and to depart from evil is un-
derstanding. Ps. cxi. 10. Prov. i. 7.
Ps. ii. 10, 11. Be wise, O ye kings; be in-
structed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the
Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
xxxvii. 30. The mouth of the righteous
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of
judgment. Prov. viii. 8.
Ixiv. 9. They shall wisely consider the
Lord's doings.
ci. 2. I will behave myself wisely in a per-
fect way.
cvii. 43. Whoso is wise, and will observe
these things, even they shall understand the
loving-kindness of the Lord. Hos. xiv. 9.
Prov. x. 8. The wise in heart will receive
commandments.
xv. 24. The way of life is above to the wise,
that he may depart from hell beneath. Ch.
xiii. 14.
xix. 8. He that getteth wisdom loveth his
own soul, and he that hath understanding
shall find good. Ch. viii. 36. He that sinneth
against me [Wisdom] wrongeth his own soul:
all they that hate me love death.
xxi. 12. The righteous wisely considereth
the house of the wicked.
Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament.
Ver. 10. The wise shall understand.
Mic. vi. 9. The Lord's voice crieth unto the
city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy
name.
Matt. vii. 24. He that heareth Christ's say-
ings, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a
wise man. See the parable of the ten virgins,
Matt. xxv. 1 to 13.
Rom. xvi. 19. I would have you wise unto
that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Eph. v. 15, 16. Walk circumspectly, not as
fools, but as wise ; redeeming the time, be-
cause the days are evil.
Col. iii. 16. Let the word of God dwell in
you richly, in all wisdom.
iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that
are without, redeeming the time.
2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy Scriptures are able
to make thee wise to salvation. See Prov.
xxviii. 26. Luke xii. 42.
FOLLY.
XIV. A fooVs vain pretences to wisdom ,
he is wise in his own conceit. Job xi. 12.
Vain man would be wise.
xii. 2. Ye are the people, and wisdom shall
die with you.
xv. 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to thy-
self? Prov. xxiii. 4. Cease from thine own
wisdom.
CHAP. XVII.
FOLLY.
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xxxii. 9. Great men are not always wise
neither do the aged understand judgment.
Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes
xii. 15. The way of a fool is right in his own
eyes.
xiv. 12. There is a way that seemeth righ
unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways
of death.
xxvi. 12. Seest thou a man wise in his own
conceit ; there is more hope of a fool than of
him. Ver. 1 6. The sluggard is wiser in his
own conceit, than seven men that can render
a reason.
xxviii. 11. The rich man is wise in his own
conceit.
Ver. 26. He that trusteth in his own heart
is a fool.
Isa. v, 21. Woe to them that are wise in
their own eyes, and prudent in their own
sight.
Jer. via. 8. How do ye say, We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us 1
Rom. i. 22, 23. Professing themselves to be
wise, they became fools ; and changed the
glory of the uncorruptible God into an image.
xi. 25. I would not have you ignorant, &c.
lest ye be wise in your own conceit.
xii. 16. Be not wise in your own conceits.
See Isa. x. 12, 13. xix. 11. 1 Cor. iii. 18.
2 Cor. x. 12. Col. ii. 23.
XV. A fool receiveth not instruction.
Prov. i. 7. Fools despise wisdom and instruc-
tion. Ch. v. 12, 13.
xvii. 1 6. He hath no heart to get wisdom.
Ch. i. 7. 22.
xviii. 2. He hath no delight in understand-
ing. Ch. xxiv. 7.
xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into a
wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool.
xxvii. 22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool
in a mortar, yet will not his foolishness depart
from him.
x. 21. Foci's die for want of wisdom.
XVI. He discovereth his folly. Prov. xiii.
16. A fool layeth open his folly.
xxvi. 11. As a dog returneth to his vomit,
so a fool returneth to his folly.
Eccl. x. 2. A wise man's heart is at his
right hand, but a fool's heart is at his left.
Ver. 3. When a fool walketh by the way,
his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every
one that he is a fool.
XVII. Toward his parents. Prov. x. 1.
A wise son maketh a glad father ; but a foolish
son is the heaviness of his mother. Ch. xv.
20. He despiseth his mother.
xv. 5. A fool despiseth his father's instruc-
tions.
xvii. 21. He that begetteth a fool, doeth it
to his sorrow ; and the father of a fool hath no
joy. Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his
father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
xix. 13. A foolish son is the calamity of his
father. See Disobedient and undutiful
children , Commandment Fifth.
XVIII. A fool is mischievous. Prov. x. 23.
It is sport to a fool to do mischief.
xiii. 19. It is abomination to fools to depart
from mischief.
xvii. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps
meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
XIX. Wrathful. Job v. 2. Wrath killeth
a foolish man.
Prov. xii. 16. A fool's wrath is presently
known.
xiv. 16. A fool rageth and is confident.
xxvii. 3. A fool's wrath is heavier than both
the sand and a stone.
xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a fool-
ish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no
rest.
Eccl. vii. 9. Anger resteth in the bosom of
fools. See Anger, Wrath.
XX. Contentions. Prov. xviii. 6. A fool's
lips enter into contention.
xx. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease
from strife ; but every fool will be meddling.
See Contention, Strife.
XXI. His words. Prov. xv. 2. The mouth
of fools poureth out foolishness. Ver. 28.
r xviii. 6, 7. The fool's lips enter into con-
tention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. A
fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips
are the snare of his soul. Ch. x. 14. xii. 13.
xiii. 3.
xxix. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind.
Eccl. v. 3. A fool's voice is known by mul-
titude of words.
x. 12, 13. The lips of a fool will swallow
up himself. The beginning of his words is
foolishness, and the end of his talk is mis-
chievous madness.
Ver. 14. A fool is full of words. See Talka-
tiveness, Rashness. See Prov. xvii. 7. xxvi. 7.
XXII. His folly is his pleasure. Prov. xv.
21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of
wisdom, &c.
xvii. 24. His eyes are in the ends of the
earth.
xxx. 22. The earth is disquieted, and can-
not bear a fool when he is filled with meat.
Eccl. vii. 6. His laughter is like the crack-
ing of thorns under a pot.
vii. 4. His heart is in the house of mirth.
XXIII. Treatment for fools. Prov.iiv. 7.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when
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CHAP. XVII.
thou perceivest not in him the lips of know-
ledge.
xxiii. 9. Speak not in the ears of a fool, for
he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Matt. vii. 6. Cast not your pearls before swine.
xxvi. 1. Honour is not seemly for a fool.
Ver. 3. A rod for the fool's back. Ch. x.
13. xix. 29. xxix. 15.
Ver. 4. Answer not a fool according to his
follji, lest thou be also like unto him. Ver. 5.
Lest he be wise in his own conceit. See
Eccl. x. 5, 6, 7.
XXIV. Folly and wickedness the same.
Deut. xxxii. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord,
O foolish people and unwise 1
Job v. 3. I have seen the foolish taking
root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. Ps.
Ixxiii. 3. 9. 11. 17, 18.
Ps. v. 5. The foolish shall not stand in thy
sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
xiv. 1. The fool hath said in his heart, There
is no God. Ps. liii. 1.
xxxvi. 3. The wicked hath left off to be
wise, and to do good.
xxxviii. 5. My wounds stink, and are cor-
rupt, because of my foolishness.
Ixix. 5. O God, thou knowest my foolish-
ness, and my sins are not hid from thee.
Ixxiv. 18. O Lord, the foolish people have
blasphemed thy name. Ver. 22.
Ixxv. 4. I said unto the fools, Deal not fool-
ishly ; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
Ixxxv. 8. The Lord will speak peace to his
people, and to his saints; but let them not
turn again to folly.
xciv. 7 10. They commit wickedness, and
say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the
God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye bru-
tish among the people; and, ye fools, when
will ye be wise 1 He that planted the ear, shall
he not hear 1 he that formed the eye, shall he
not see ] he that chastiseth the heathen, shall
not he correct ] he that teacheth man know-
ledge, shall not he know 1 Ps. ix. 5.
cvii. 17. Fools, because of their transgres-
sions and iniquities, are afflicted.
Prov. i. 7. The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge ; but fools despise
wisdom and instruction.
Ver. 32. The prosperity of fools shall de-
stroy them.
ix. 6. Forsake the foolish and live ; and go
in the way of understanding.
xiv. 9. Fools make a mock at sin.
xv. 21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute
of wisdom ; but a man of understanding walk-
eth uprightly.
xix. 3. The foolishness of man perverteth
las way, and his heart fretteth against the
Lord.
xxi. 30. There is no wisdom nor understand-
ing, nor counsel against the Lord.
xxiv. 9. The thought of foolishness is sin.
xxvi. 10. The great God, that formed all
things, rewardeth the fool and transgressors.
xxx. 2, 3. I am more brutish than any man,
and have not the understanding of a man. I
neither learned wisdom, nor have the know-
ledge of the holy.
Eccl. v. 1. In the house of God, be more
ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools.
Ver. 4. God hath no pleasure in fools.
vii. 25. I applied mine heart to know the
wickedness of folly.
Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish ; they have
not known me : they are wise to do evil, but
to do good they have no knowledge. Ch. v.
4. 21. x. 8.
viii. 9. They have rejected the word of the
Lord; and what wisdom is in them? Ch.
xxiii. 13.
Matt. vii. 26. He that doeth not Christ's
sayings, is like unto a foolish man. *
xxv. 3. See the parable of the foolish vir-
gins.
Luke xii. 20. God said, Thou fool, this
night thy soul shall be required of thee.
Ver. 21. So is he that layeth up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God. See
Numb. xii. 11. 1 Sam. xiii. 13. 2 Sam.
xxiv. 10. Matt, xxiii. 17. 19. Mark vii. 22.
Luke xi. 40. xxiv. 25. Rom. i. 21. Gal.
Hi. 1, 3. 1 Pet. ii. 15.
PATIENCE.
XXV. Patience toward God. Ps. xxxvii.
7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for
him ; fret not thyself because of him who pros-
pereth in his way, because of the man who
bringeth wicked devices to pass.
xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, and
he heard me.
Luke viii. 15. The seed sown on the good
ground, are they which in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep it, and
bring forth fruit with patience.
xxi. 19. In your patience possess your souls.
Rom. ii. 7. To them who by patient continu-
ing in well-doing, seek for glory, honour, and
immortality, God will give eternal life.
v. 3, 4. We glory in tribulations ; knowing
that tribulation worketh patience ; and patience,
experience; and experience, hope. Ch. xii. 12.
viii. 25. If we hope for that we see not, then
do we with patience wait for it.
xii. 12. Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribu-
lation ; continuing instant in prayer.
xv. 4. Whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning, that
we through patience and comfort of the Scrip-
tures might have hope.
CHAP. XVII,
CONTENTMENT GRUDGING.
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2 Cor. vi. 4. In all things approving our-
selves as the ministers of God, in much
patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in dis-
tresses.
xii. 12. The signs of an apostle were wrought
among you in all patience, in signs, and won-
ders, and mighty deeds.
Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all might, ac-
cording to his glorious power, unto all pa-
tience and long-suffering with joyfulness.
1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks, remem-
bering your work of faith, and labour of love,
and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the sight of God our Father.
2 Thess. i. 4. We glory in you for your pa-
tience and faith, in all your persecutions and
tribulations.
iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts into the
love of God, and into the patient waiting for
Christ.
Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them, who
through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Ver. 15. Abraham, after he had patiently
endured, obtained the promise.
x. 36. Ye have need of patience, that after
ye have done the will of God ye might re-
ceive the promise.
xii. I. Let us run with patience the race set
before us, &c.
James i. 3, 4. The trying of your faith
worketh patience. Let patience have her per
feet work, that ye may be entire, wanting
nothing.
v. 7, 8. Be patient unto the coming of the
Lord. The husbandman hath long patience.
Be ye also patient, stablish your hearts ; for
the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Ver. 10, 11. Take the prophets, who have
spoken in the name of the Lord, for an exam-
ple of suffering affliction with patience. Ye
have heard of the patience of Job, and have
seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very
pitiful and of tender mercy.
1 Pet. ii. 20. If when ye do well and suffer
for it, ye take it patiently, this is accepted with
God.
Rev. i. 9. I John am your brother and com-
panion in tribulation, and in the kingdom ant
patience of Jesus Christ.
ii. 2, 3. I know thy works, and thy labour
and thy patience, and how thou hast borne
and hast patience for my name's sake, ant
hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Ver. 19. I know thy works, and charity, ant
service, and faith, and patience.
iii. 10. Because thou hast kept the word oi
my patience, I also will keep thee from th
hour of temptation.
xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith of the
saints.
xiv. 12. Here is the patience of the saints
Y
iere are they that keep the commandments of
Jod, and the faith of Jesus.
XXVI. Patience toward men. Eccl. vii. 8.
The patient in spirit is better than the proud
n spirit.
1 Thess. v. 14. Be patient toward all men.
1 Tim. iii. 2, 3. A bishop must be blameless,
patient.
vi. 1 1. O man of God, follow after righteous-
ness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord must
>e gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient.
iii. 10, 11. Thou hast fully known my doc-
;rine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffer-
ing, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions.
Tit. ii. 1, 2. Speak thou the things that be-
come sound doctrine, that the aged men be
sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in
charity, in patience.
2 Pet. i. 57. Add to your faith, virtue,
inowledge, temperance, patience, godliness,
brotherly kindness, and charity.
CONTENTMENT.
XXVII. Contentment. Luke iii. 14. John
Baptist said to the soldiers, Be content with
your wages.
Phil. iv. 11. Paul said, I have learned in
whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
I Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is
great gain. Ver. 8. Having food and raiment,
let us therewith be content.
Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation be with-
out covetousness, and be content with such
things as ye have; for he hath said, I will
never leave thee nor forsake thee.
DISCONTENT, MURMURING.
XXVIII. Discontent, murmuring. Lam.
iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain,
a man for the punishment of his sins 1
1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye as some
of the Jews murmured, and were destroyed.
See the murmurings of the Jews and their
punishments : Exod. xv. 24. For drink. Ch.
xvi. 2 to 12. For bread. Numb. xiv. 2. 27. 29.
36. When they heard an evil report of the
promised land. Ch. xvi. 11.41. Korah and
his company about the priesthood.
Phil. ii. 14. Do all things without murmur-
ings and dispu tings.
Jude 16. Murmurers, complainers, walking
after their own lusts.
GRUDGING.
XXIX. Grudging. Lev. xix. 18. Thou
shall not avenge nor bear any grudge against
the children of thy people.
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MEEKNESS HUMILITY.
CHAP. XVII.
2 Cor. ix. 7. Give to the poor, not grudg-
ingly.
James v. 9. Grudge not one against another,
lest ye be condemned.
1 Pet iv. 9. Use hospitality one to another,
without grudging.
MEEKNESS
XXX. The exercise of meekness required.
Gal. vi. 1. If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye
which are spiritual restore such a one in the
spirit of meekness.
Eph. iv. 1, 2. Walk worthy of the vocation
wherewith ye are called ; with all lowliness
and meekness, and long-suffering.
1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those
that oppose themselves.
Tit. iii. 2. Shewing all meekness to all men.
James iii. 13. Who is a wise man and en-
dued with wisdom among you ? let him shew
out of a good conversation his works, with
meekness of wisdom.
1 Pet. iii. 15. Be ready always to give an
answer to every man that asketh you a reason
of the hope that is in you, with meekness and
fear.
XXXI. How produced. Gal. v. 22, 23. The
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suf-
fering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance.
XXXII. Examples of meekness. Numb,
xii. 3. Moses was very meek.
Matt. xxi. 5. Behold thy King [Jesus]
cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an
ass. Isa. Ixii. 11. Zech. ix. 9.
2 Cor. x. 1. I beseech you by the meekness
and gentleness of Christ, &c.
Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God)
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of
mind, meekness, long-suffering.
XXXIII. Promises to the meek. Ps. xxii.
26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied.
xxv. 9. The meek will he guide in judg-
ment, and the meek will he teach his way.
xxxvii. 1 1. The meek shall inherit the earth,
and shall delight themselves in abundance of
peace.
xlv. 4. In thy majesty ride prosperously, be-
cause of truth and meekness, and righteous-
ness.
Ixxvi. 9. God arose to judgment, to save all
the meek of the earth.
cxlvii. 6. The Lord lifteth up the meek, and
casteth the wicked down to the ground.
cxlix. 4. The Lord will beautify the meek
with salvation.
Isa. xi. 4. With righteousness shall he judge
the poor, and reprove with equity, for the meek
of the earth.
xxix. 1 9. The meek shall increase their joy
in the Lord.
Ixi. 1. The Lord hath anointed me to preach
glad tidings to the meek.
Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, all ye meek of
the earth, which have wrought his judgments ;
seek righteousness, seek meekness, it may be
ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.
Matt. v. 5. Blessed are the meek, for they
shall inherit the earth.
1 Pet. iii. 4. The ornament of a meek and
quiet spirit is in the sight of God of great
price.
HUMILITY.
XXXIV. Humility toward God. Deut. viii.
2, 3. The Lord thy God led thee forty years
in the wilderness to humble thee. He hum-
bled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed
thee with manna. .
Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord thy God
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God 1
James iv. 10. Humble yourselves in the
sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
1 Pet. v. 6.
1 XXXV. Humility toward men. Prov. vi.
3. Humble thyself, make sure thy friend.
xxv. 6, 7. Put not forth thyself in the pre-
sence of the king, and stand not in the place
of great men. For better it is that it be said
unto thee", Come up hither, than that thou
shouldst be put lower. Luke xiv. 8. 10.
Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things for
thyself] Seek them not.
Matt. xx. 26 28. Whosoever will be great
among you, let him be your minister. Who-
soever will be chief among you let him be
your servant. Even as the Son of man came
not to be ministered unto, but to minister.
Rom. xii. 3. I say, through the grace given
unto me, to every man that is among you, not
to think of himself more highly than he ought
to think ; but to think soberly, according as
God hath dealt to every man the measure of
faith. Ver. 16. Mind not high things, but
condescend to men of low estate.
Eph. v. 21. Submit yourselves one to an-
other, in the fear of God.
1 Pet. v. 5. All of you be subject one to
another ; and be ye clothed with humility.
Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let each
esteem other better than themselves.
XXXVI. Promises to the humble. Jobxxii.
29. God shall save the humble person.
CHAP. XVII.
HUMILITY.
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Ps. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the cry of the
humble.
x. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of
the humble ; thou wilt prepare their heart, thou
wilt cause thine ear to hear.
cxxxviii. 6. Though the Lord be high, yet
hath he respect to the lowly.
Prov. xv. 33. Before honour is humility. Ch.
xviii. 12.
xvi. 19. Better is it to be of an humble
spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil
with the proud.
xxii. 4. By humility and the fear of the
Lord, are riches, and honour, and life.
xxix. 23. Honour shall uphold the humble
in spirit.
Isa.lvii. 15. The Lord saith, I dwell with
him that is of a contrite and humble spirit.
Ch. Ixvi. 2.
Matt. v. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit ;
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
xviii. 4. Whosoever shall humble himself
as this little child, the same shall be greatest in
the kingdom of heaven.
xxiii. 12. Whosoever humbleth himself shall
be exalted. Luke xiv. 11.
James iv. 6. God resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace to the humble. Prov. iii. 34.
XXXVII. Promises to humbled sinners.
Lev. xxvi. 41, 42. If their uncircumcised hearts
be humbled, and they accept of the punish-
ment of their iniquities, then will I remember
my covenant. 2 Chron. vii. 14.
2 Kings xxii. 19, 20. Because thy heart
[Josiah] was tender, and thou hast humbled thy-
self before the Lord, and hast rent thy clothes,
and wept before me, I also have heard thee,
saith the Lord. Behold, therefore, I will gather
thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gather-
ed into thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes
shall not see all the evil which I will bring
upon this place.
2 Chron. xxxii. 25. Hezekiah rendered not
again according to the benefit done unto him,
for his heart was lifted up ; therefore there was
wrath upon him. Ver. 26. Hezekiah hum-
bled himself for the pride of his heart ; so the
wrath of the Lord came not upon him. See
Ahab, 1 Kings xxi. 29. Rehoboam, 2 Chron.
xii. 6, 7. 12. Manasseh, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 12.
19. Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. iv. 30 to 37.
XXXVIII. Examples of humility. Jesus
Christ. Matt. xi. 29. Jesus said, Take my
yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls.
xx. 28. The Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.
John xiii. 5. Jesus poured water into a
bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet.
Ver. 12 15. After he had washed their feet,
he said unto them, Know ye what I have
done unto you? Ye call me Master and Lord,
and ye say well, for so I am : If I then, your
Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye
also ought to wash one another's feet. For I
have given you an example, that ye should do
as I have done to you.
Phil. ii. 5 8. Let this mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being
in the form of God, thought it not robbery to
be equal with God : yet made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men ;
and being found in fashion as a man, he hum-
bled himself, &c.
XXXIX. The Elect. Col. iii. 12. Put on, as
the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meek-
ness, long-suffering, forbearing one another in
love. Eph. iv. 2.
XL. Humbled saints: their expressions.
Gen. xviii. 27. Abraham said, Behold, now I
have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
who am but dust and ashes.
xxxii. 9, 10. Jacob said, God, I am not
worthy of the least of thy mercies, and of all
the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy
servant.
xli. 1 6. Joseph said, It is not in me to give
an answer ; God shall give an answer of peace.
Dan. ii. 30.
Exod. iii. 1 1. Moses said unto God, Who am
I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I
should bring forth the children of Israel out of
Egypt]
1 Chron. xxix. 14. David said, Who am I,
and what is my people, that we should be able
to offer so willingly after this sort 1 All things
come of thee, and of thine own have we given
thee. See 2 Sam. vii. 19. Thou hast spoken
of thy servant's house for a great while to
come, &c.
Job vii. 17. Job said, What is man that thou
shouldest magnify him, and that thou shouldest
set thy heart upon him 1
viii. 9. We are but of yesterday, and know
nothing. Ch. iv. 19. Crushed before the
moth.
xl. 4. Behold I am vile ; I will lay my hand
upon my mouth.
xlii. 5, 6. Mine eye seeth thee : wherefore
I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Ps. viii. 3, 4. When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars
which thou hast made, I say, What is man,
that thou art mindful of him ] and the son of
man, that thou visitest him 1
xxxv. 13. I humbled my soul with fasting.
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PRIDE.
CHAP. XVII.
cxv. 1. Not unto us, Lord, not unto us,
but unto thy name give glory ; for thy mercy,
and for thy truth's sake.
cxliv. 3, 4. Lord, what is man, that thou
takest knowledge of him 1 or the son of man,
that thou makest account of him? Man is
like to vanity.
Matt. viii. 8. The centurion said to Jesus,
I am not worthy that thou shouidest come
under my roof.
Luke v. 8. Simon Peter said to Jesus, De-
part from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
xviii. 13, 14. The publican, standing afar
off, would not so much as lift up his eyes unto
heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying,
God be merciful to me a sinner. This man
went down to his house justified rather than
the other.
Acts iii. 12. The apostles said, Why look
ye on us, as though by our own power or ho-
liness we had made this man to walk ] Ver.
16. The name of Jesus, through faith in his
name, hath made this man strong.
xx. 19. Serving the Lord with all humility
of mind.
Rom. vii. 18. I know that in me (that is,
in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing.
1 Cor. xv. 9. I am the least of the apostles,
and am not worthy to be called an apostle.
Eph. iii. 8. To me, who am less than the least
of all the saints, is this grace given.
2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of
ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves,
but our sufficiency is of God.
xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I strong.
Gal. ii. 20. I live ; yet not I, but Christ
Hveth in me.
Phil. iii. 1214, Not as though I had al-
ready attained, either were already perfect I
count not myself to have apprehended, I press
toward the mark, for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.
PRIDE.
XLI. Pride against God. Exod. xviii. 11.
The Lord is greater than all gods : for in the
thing wherein they dealt proudly, he was
above them. Compare Exod. ix. 17.
Ps. x. 4. The wicked through the pride of
his countenance will not seek after God : God
is not in all his thoughts. See Jer. xliii. 2.
Ixxiii. 6. The pride of the wicked com-
passeth them about as a chain. Ver. 9.
They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Yer. 11. They say, How doth God know 1
and is there knowledge in the Most High 1
Ver. 18. Thou castedst them down.
cxix.21. Thou hast rebuked the proud that
are cursed, which do err from thy command-
ments. Isa. xiv. 4 to 24. See the pride and
fall of Babylon.
XLII. Pride against men. Ps. x. 2. The
wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor.
xvii. 10. With their mouth they speak
proudly.
Ver. 11. They have compassed us in our
steps.
Ixxxvi. 14. God, the proud are risen
against me. Ver. 17.
cxix. 51. The proud have had me greatly
in derision. Ver. 69. They forged a lie
against me. (Ver. 78. 122.) Ver. 85. They
have digged pits for me. Ps. cxl. 5.
cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the con-
tempt of the proud.
Prov. xxi. 24. He dealeth in proud wrath.
xxviii. 25. The proud in heart stirreth up
strife. Ch. xiii. 10.
XLIII. Spiritual pride Such seem to be
righteous. Deut ix. 4. Speak not in thy
heart, saying, For my righteousness the Lord
brought me in to possess this land.
2 Kings x. 16. Come, see my zeal for the
Lord, said Jehu.
Isa. Ixv. 3. A people that provoketh me to
anger continually. Ver. 5. Say, Stand by
thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier
than thou : these are a smoke in my nose, a
fire that burneth all the day.
Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that
they are righteous, and despise others. Ver.
11, 12. The Pharisee said, God, I thank thee
that I am not as other men are, extortioners,
unjust, adulterers ; or even as this publican :
I fast twice in the week, I pay tithes of all
that I possess, &c.
Rom. x. 3. Being ignorant of God's right-
eousness, they go about to establish their own
righteousness.
1 Cor. x. 12. They think they stand, but
should take heed lest they fall.
XLIV. They are proud of their supposea
wisdom and knowledge. Job xii. 2. No
doubt ye are the people, and wisdom shall die
with you.
xv. 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to thyselfl
Jer. viii. 8. How say ye, We are wise, and
the law of God is with us 1
1 Cor. iii. 18. They deceive themselves;
they seem to be wise.
iv. 6. They are puffed up. Ver. 8. They
are full, they are rich, they reign as kings
without instructors.
viii. 1 . Their knowledge puffeth them up.
Ver. 2. If they think they know any thing,
they know nothing as they ought to know.
2 Cor. x. 12, 13. They commend them-
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selves but they, measuring themselves by
themselves, and comparing themselves among
themselves, are not wise. They boast of
things without their measure.
1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. Proud, knowing nothing ;
doting about questions, &c. 2 Tim. iii. 2.
Rev. iii. 17. They know not that they are
poor, and miserable, and wretched, and blind,
and naked. See Korah and his company,
Numb. xvi. 3.
XLV. The proud seek honour front men.
Prov. xxv. 6, 7. They put themselves in the
place of great men.
Matt, xxiii. 6. They choose the uppermost
rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues. Luke xiv. 7.
Ver. 7. They love to be called of men,
Rabbi, Rabbi.
John v. 44. They seek honour of men, and
not the honour that cometh from God only.
xii. 43. They love the praise of men more
than the praise of God. See instances : Ha-
man, Esther iii. 5. v. 5, &c. And Naaman
the Syrian, 2 Kings v. 1.1 to 15.
XL VI. Threats and prayers against the
proud. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Talk no more so ex-
ceeding proudly : let not arrogancy come out
of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job ix. 13. If God will not withdraw his
anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
xxvi. 12. By his understanding he smiteth
through the proud.
Ps. xii. 3. The Lord shall cut off the tongue
that speaketh proud things. Ps. xxxi. 18.
xl. 4. xvii. 10.
xxxi. 23. The Lord plentifully rewardeth the
proud doer.
xxxvi. 11. Let not the foot of pride come
against me.
lix. 12. Let them be taken in their pride.
xciv. 2. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the
earth ; render a reward to the proud. Luke
i. 51.
cxxxviii. 6. The proud the Lord knoweth
afar off.
Prov. viii. 13. Wisdom saith, Pride and
arrogancy do I hate. Ch. vi. 16, 17.
xvi. 5. Every one that is proud is an abo-
mination to the Lord. Ver. 18. Pride goeth
before destruction ; and a haughty spirit be-
fore a fall. Ch. xi. 2. When pride cometh,
then cometh shame; but with the lowly is
wisdom.
xxi. 4. A high look, a proud heart, and the
ploughing of the wicked is sin.
xxix. 23. A man's pride shall bring him
low.
Isa. ii. 11, 12. The lofty looks of man shall
be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall
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be bowed down ; and the Lord alone shall be
exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord
of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud
and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted
up; and he shall be brought low. Ch. v. 15,
16. xxvi. 5.
xiii. 11. I will cause the arrogancy of the
proud to cease, and will lay low the haughti-
ness of the terrible.
xxiii. 9. The Lord hath purposed it, to
stain the pride of all glory.
xxv. 1 1 . He shall bring down their pride.
xxviii. 1. Woe to the crown of pride.
Jer. xiii. 15, 16. Hear ye ; and give ear ; be
not proud ; for the Lord hath spoken : Give
glory to the Lord your God, before he cause
darkness, and before your feet stumble on the
dark mountains. Ver. 18.
Dan. iv. 37. Those that walk in pride, he is
able to abase.
Zeph. ii. 10, 11. This shall they have for
their pride : The Lord will be terrible unto
them.
Mark vii. 22. Out of the heart proceed pride,
foolishness ; and these defile the man. Ver. 23.
Rom. i. 28 30. God gave them over to a
reprobate mind who did not like to retain God
in their knowledge : Being filled with all un-
righteousness ; proud, boasters, &c.
1 John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
ARROGANCY.
XLVII. Arrogancy. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth.
Prov. viii. 13. Pride and arrogancy, and the
evil way, do I hate, saith Wisdom.
Isa. xiii. 11. I will cause the arrogancy of
the proud to cease, saith the Lord.
LOFTINESS.
XLVIII. Loftiness. Ps. Ixxiii. 8. The
wicked speak loftily. (Prov. xxx. 13.) Ver.
18. Thou castedst them down to destruction.
cxxxi. 1. Lord, my heart is not haughty
nor mine eyes lofty.
HAUGHTY.
XLIX. Haughty. 2 Sam. xxii. 28. Thms
eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayesi
bring them down. Ezek. xvi. 50.
Prov. xviii. 12. Before destruction the heart
of man is haughty. Ch. xvi. 18.
Isa. iii. 16, 17. Because the daughters of
Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched
forth necks, the Lord will smite them with a
scab, &c.
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BOASTING SCORNING.
CHAP. XVII.
xiii. 11. I will lay low the haughtiness of
the terrible.
Zeph. ill 1 1. Thou shalt no more be haughty.
Mic. ii. 3.
L. Exalting one's self. Ps. Ixvi. 7. Let
not the rebellious exalt themselves. Ps. cxl. 8.
Prov. xvii. 19. He that exalteth his gate,
seeketh destruction.
Matt, xxiii. 12. Whosoever exalteth him-
self shall be abased. Luke xiv. 11.
2 Thess. ii. 4. The man of sin and son of
perdition opposeth and exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or is worshipped. Ver.
8. Whom the Lord will consume with the
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming.
LI. Lifting up one's self. Deut. viii. 11.
14. Beware that thy heart be not lifted up,
and thou forget the Lord thy God. Ver. 11,
12. 17.
xvii. 18 20. The king shall write him a
copy of the law. He shall read therein, that
he may learn to fear the Lord his God, that
his heart be not lifted up above his brethren.
2 Chron. xxvi. 16. When Uzziah was
strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruc-
tion ; for he transgressed against the Lord his
God. Ch. xxv. 19, 20.
Ps. Ixxxiii. 2. They that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
1 Tim. iii. 6. A bishop must not be a no-
vice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into
the condemnation of the devil. See Prov.
xxx. 32.
LII. Magnifying one's self. Ps. xxxv. 26.
Let them be clothed with shame that magnify
themselves. Ps. xxxviii. 16. Iv. 12. Lam.i. 9.
LIII. Glorying. Jer. xlix. 4, 5. Wherefore
gloriest thou, backsliding daughter, that
trusted in her treasures 1 Behold I will bring
a fear upon thee, saith the Lord of hosts, from
all that are about thee.
Prov. xxv. 27. For men to search their own
glory, is not glory.
1 Cor. i. 2729. God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to confound the
wise ; and weak things to confound the mighty ;
and base things, and things that are despised,
and things that are not, hath God chosen to
bring to naught things that are ; that no flesh
should glory in his presence.
iii. 21, Let no man glory in men. Ch. v. 2. 6.
iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ 1 and what
hast thou, that thou didst not receive ] Now
if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory
9S if thou hadst not received it ?
2 Cor. v. 1 2. Some glory in appearance,
xi. 18. Many glory after the flesh.
xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but in
mine infirmities.
Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-
glory.
Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through
strife or vain-glory.
iii. 19. Some glory in their shame.
James iii. 14. Glory not, and lie not against
the truth.
Prov. xxvii. 2. Let another man praise thee,
and. not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not
thine own lips. Ch. xxv. 27. 2 Cor. xii. 5.
BOASTING.
LIV. Boasting. 1 Kings xx. 11. Let not
him that girdeth on his armour boast himself
as he that putteth it off.
Ps. x. 3. The wicked boasteth of his heart's
desire. James iii. 5.
xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the mul-
titude of their riches. Luke xii. 16 to 20.
Iii. 1. They boast of mischief. Ps. xciv. 4
Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-mor-
row. James iv. 14, 15, 16.
Rom. i. 30. The wicked are proud, boast-
ers, &c.
iii. 27. Boasting [against God] is excluded
by the law of faith.
Eph. ii. 8, 9. Ye are saved through faith,
not of works, lest any man should boast.
SCORNING
LV. Scorning. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is he that
sitteth not in the seat of the scornful.
cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the scorn-
ing of those that are at ease.
Prov. i. 22. How long, ye simple ones, will
ye love simplicity 1 and the scorners delight in
their scorning, and fools hate knowledge ?
iii. 34. The Lord scorneth the scorners;
but he giveth grace to the lowly.
ix. 7. He that reproveth a scorner getteth
to himself shame. Ver. 8. Reprove not a
scorner, lest he hate thee. Ver. 12. If thou
scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke.
xiv. 6. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and
findeth it not.
xv. 12. A scorner loveth not one that re-
proveth him.
xix. 25. Smite a scorner and the simple will
beware.
Ver. 29. Judgments are prepared for
scorners.
xxi. 1 1 . When the scorner is punished, the
simple is made wise.
Ver. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is bis
name, that dealeth in proud wrath.
xxii. 10. Cast' out the scorner, and conten-
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tion shall go out ; yea, strife and reproach shall
cease.
xxiv. 9. The scorner is an abomination to
men.
xxix, 8. Scornful men bring a city into a
snare.
Isa. xxviii. 14. Hear the word of the Lord,
ye scornful men, that rule this people. Ver.
15, 16.
Hos. vii. 5. The king stretched out his hand
with scorners.
LVI. Threats against kings and nations,
for their pride, haughtiness, $c. Pharaoh,
Exod. ix. 17. Ch. x. IV. 14. 27. Neh. ix.
10, 11. Ezek. xxix. 15. Isa. xix. 11.
Assyria, 2 Kings xix. 22 to 36. Compare
Isa. xxxvii. 23. x. 5 to 17. xiv. 4 to 24.
Jer. 1. 29. 31. Ezek. xxxi. 3 to 18. Dan.
iv. 30, 31, 32. v. 20. Hab. ii. 4 to 1 2. Zech.
x. 11.
Israel, Neh. ix. 1 6, 1 7. 27. 29. Isa. ix. 8 to
10. Hos. v. 5. 14. vi. 7.
Judah, Jer. xiii. 9 to 27.
Tyre, Isa. xxiii. 8, 9. Ezek. xxviii. 2 to 18.
Zech. ix. 3, 4.
Moab, Isa. xvi. 6 to 14. Jer. xlviii. 26 to
42. Zeph. ii. 8 to 15.
Ammon, Jer. xlix. 16.
Edom, Ezek. xxxv. 1315. Obad.4. 12. 15.
OF MARRIAGE.
LVII. Of marriage. Gen. i. 27. God
created man, male and female. Matt. xix. 4, 5.
ii. 18, The Lord said, It is not good that the
man should be alone ; I will make him a help-
mate for him.
Ver. 23, 24. Adam said of the woman, This
is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife ; and
they shall be one flesh. 1 Cor. xi. 12.
John ii. 1, 2. There was a marriage in Cana
of Galilee. Jesus was called, and his disci-
ples, to the marriage.
1 Cor. vii. 2. To avoid fornication, let every
man have his own wife, and every woman her
own husband. See ver. 9. 28. 36.
ix. 5. Have we not power to lead about a
wife as well as other apostles, and as the bre-
thren of the Lord, and Cephas 1
1 Tim. iv. 1. In the latter times some shall
depart from the faith. Ver. 3. Forbidding to
marry.
v. 14. I will therefore that the younger wo-
men marrv, bear children, &c.
Heb. xiii. 4. Marriage is honourable in all,
and the bed undefiled ; but whoremongers, and
adulterers, God will judge.
LVIII. Divorce was permitted by the law
of Moses. Deut. xxiv. 1 to 4.
LIX. Divorce was disapproved. Mai. ii. 15.
LX. Divorce is expressly forbidden in the
New Testament. Matt. xix. 4 6. Jesus said,
He which made them at the beginning, made
them male and female : For this cause shall
a man leave father and mother, and cleave
unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
(Gen. ii. 24. 1 Cor. vi. 16. Eph. v. 31.)
What therefore God hath joined together, let
not man put asunder.
Ver. 8, 9. Moses, because of the hardness
of your hearts, suffered you to put away your
wives ; but from the beginning it was not so.
I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
marry another, committeth adultery. And
whoso marrieth her that is put away, doth
commit adultery. Ch. v. 32. Whosoever shall
put away his wife, saving for the cause of for-
nication, causeth her to commit adultery.
Rom. vii. 2, 3. The woman which hath a
husband, is bound by the law to her husband,
so long as he liveth. If while her husband
liveth she be married to another man, she
shall, be called an adulteress ; but if her hus-
band be dead, she is no adulteress, though she
be married to another man. 9
1 Cor. vii. 10, 11. Let not the wife depart
from her husband : or if she depart, let her re-
main unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her
husband : And let not the husband put away
his wife. Ver. 34.
LXI. Of marriage with unbelievers. 2 Cor.
vi. 14, 15. Be ye not unequally yoked together
with unbelievers. For what part hath he that
believeth with an infidel? Ver. 17. Where-
fore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord.
LXII. The Jews were forbidden to make
marriages with the heathen inhabitants of
Canaan, lest they should be thereby enticed
to idolatry. Exod. xxxiv. 16. Take heed,
lest thou take of their daughters unto thy sons,
and their daughters make thy sons go a-whor-
ing after their gods.
Deut. vii. 3, 4. Thy daughter thou shall not
give unto his son, nor his daughter shall thou
take unto thy son. For ihey will turn away
thy son from following me. Josh, xxiii. 12,
13. See instances of such unhappy marriages,
Judg. iii. 5 to 8. 1 Kings xi. 1 to 12. Ezra
ix. 2. 12.
This sin reformed. Neh. xiii. 23 to 27.
Ezrax. 2, 3. 11.
did
with
LXIII. The embracing of Christianity
not dissolve marriage already contracted u
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DUTIES TOWARDS CHILDREN.
CHAP. XVII.
unbelievers. 1 Cor. vii. 12, 13. If any bro-
ther hath a wife that believeth not, and she be
pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her
away. The woman that hath a husband that
believeth not, if he be pleased to dwell with
her, let her not leave him. See to ver. 17.
LXIV. The husband, his duties. Prov. v.
18, 19. Rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
(Eccl. ix. 9.) Be thou ravished always with
her love, Ch. xix. 1 4. xviii. 22.
1 Cor. vii. 3 5. Let the husband render
to the wife due benevolence; likewise also
the wife to the husband. The wife hath not
power over her own body, but the husband ;
likewise also the husband hath not power over
his own body, but the wife. Defraud not one
another.
Eph. v. 23. The husband is the head of the
wife, even as Christ is the head of the church.
Ver. 25. Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ loved the church.
Ver. 28. So ought men to love their wives,
even as their own bodies. Ver. 33. Let every
one of you love his wife, even as himself.
Col. iii. 19. Husbands, love your wives, and
be not bitter against them.
1 Pet. iii. 7. Husbands, dwell with your
wives according to knowledge, giving honour
unto the wife as the weaker vessel, and being
h*s together of the grace of life : that your
prayers be not hindered. Ver. 9.
LXV. The wife, her duties. Prov. xi. 16.
A gracious woman retaineth honour.
xii. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband ; but she that maketh ashamed is as
rottenness in his bones.
xiv. 1. Every wise woman buildeth her
house, but the foolish plucketh it down with
her hands.
xix. 14. A prudent wife is from the Lord.
xxxi. 10 12. Who can find a virtuous
woman ? for her price is far above rubies. The
heart of her husband doth safely trust in her.
She will do him good, and not evil, all the
days of her life. See to the end of this
chapter.
1 Cor. vii. 34. She that is married careth for
the things of the world, how she may please
her husband.
Eph. v. 2224. Wives, submit yourselves
unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
(Col. iii. 18.) For the husband is the head of
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church. As the church is subject to Christ,
so let the wives be unto their own husbands in
every thing.
Ver. 33. Let the wife see that she reverence
her husband.
1 Tim. ii. 11 13. Let the woman learn in
silence with all subjection. I suffer not a wo-
man to teach, nor to usurp authority over the
man, but to be in silence. For Adam was
first formed, then Eve.
v. 14. I will that the younger women mar-
ry, bear children, guide the house, give none
occasion to the adversary to speak reproach-
fully.
Tit. ii. 4, 5. That the aged women teach
the young women to be sober, to love their
husbands, to love their children ; to be discreet,
chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their
own husbands ; that the word of God be not
blasphemed.
1 Pet. iii. 1. Wives, be in subjection to your
own husbands. Ver. 6. Even as Sarah obey-
ed Abraham, calling him lord.
Concerning woman's apparel. See 1 Tim.
ii. 9. 1 PeU iii. 3, 4.
DUTIES TOWARDS CHILDREN.
LXVI. To provide for their support. Gen.
xxx. 30. Jacob said, And now when shall I
provide for mine own house also 1
Prov. xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an in-
heritance to his children's children. 1 Chron.
xxviii. 8.
2 Cor. xii. 14. The parents ought to lay up
for their children.
1 Tim. v. 8. If a man provide not for his
own, specially for those of his own house, he
hath denied the faith, and is worse than an in-
fidel.
LXVII. To defend them. Neh. iv. 14.
Fight for your sons and your daughters, your
wives and your houses. See Numb. xi. 12.
LXVIII. To pray for them. Instances.
Gen. xvii. 18. Abraham prays for Ishmael.
Ver. 20.
2 Sam. xii. 16. David for his child. Ver. 21.
Job i. 5. Job for his sons.
LXIX. To instruct them. Gen. xviii. 19.
I know Abraham, that he will command his
children and his household after him, and they
shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice
and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon
Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Exod. x. 2. Tell in the ears of thy son, and
of thy son's son, what things I have wrought
in Egypt, that ye may know how that I am
the Lord.
Deut. vi. 6, 7. These words which I com-
mand thee this day shall be in thy heart : And
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy
children, and talk of them when thou sittest
in thy house, and when thou walkest by the
way, and when thou liest down, and when
thou risest up. Ver. 8. 20, 2 1 . Ch. xi. 1 8, 1 9.
CHAP. XVIL CHILDREN A PROMISED BLESSING.
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xxxii. 46. Ye shall command your children
to do all the words of this law.
Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a child in the way
he should go, &c.
Isa. xxxviii. 1 9. The father to the children
shall make known thy truth. Ps. Ixxviii. 4, 7
Joel i. 2, 3. Give ear, all ye inhabitants o
the land. Tell ye your children of it, and lei
your children tell their children, and theii
children another generation.
Eph. vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your child-
ren, but bring them up in the nurture and ad-
monition of the Lord. Col. iii. 21. See also
Deut. iv. 9, 10. xxxi. 12, 13.
LXX. Particular heads of instruction.
Exod. xii. 26, 27. When your children shall
ask, What mean ye by this service! Ye
shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's pass-
over, who passed over the houses of the child-
ren of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians.
xiii. 8. Thou shalt shew thy son, saying,
This is done because of that which the Lord
did to me when I came out of Egypt. Ver. 14.
Josh. iv. 20 23. Those twelve stones
which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua
pitch in Gilgal ; saying, W 7 hen your children
shall ask their fathers, What mean these
stones 1 then ye shall let your children know,
saying, The Lord your God dried up the wa-
ters of Jordan before you. Ver. 24. That all
the people of the earth might know the hand
of the Lord, that it is mighty.
LXXI, Parents careful to instruct children,
were.- Gen. xviii. 19. Abraham. 1 Chron.
xxviii. 9. Prov. iv. 3. David. Prov. xxxi. 1.
Lemuel's mother. 2 Tim. i. 5. Timothy's
mother and grandmother.
LXXII. Correcting children, Prov. xiii.
24. He that spareth the rod hateth his son,
but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
xix. 18. Chasten thy son while there is
hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
xxii. 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart
of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive
it far from him.
xxiii. 13, 14. Withhold not correction from
the child. Thou shalt beat him with a rod,
and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
xxix. 15. The rod and reproof give wisdom;
but a child left to himself bringeth his mother
to shame. V.er. 17. Correct thy son and he
shall give thee rest ; yea, he shall give delight
unto thy soul. See Deut. viii. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 4.
This duty neglected by David, 1 Kings i. 6.
By Eli, 1 Sam. ii. 22, &c.
LXXIII. Parents careful to marry their
children into religious families. Gen. xxiv.
2, 3. Abraham said to his servant, Swear by
the God of heaven and earth, that thou shalt
not take a wife to my son of the daughters
of the Canaanites, &c. Ver. 4. 38.
See also, Ch. xxvii. 46. xxviii. 1. 6.
xxxviii. 6. Transgressed by Esau, Gen. xxvi.
34, 35. xxviii. 8, 9.
Marriage with the heathen inhabitants of
Canaan forbidden, for the ill consequences of
such marriages: Ex. xxxiv. 16. Deut. vii. 3.
Josh, xxiii. 12, 13. Judg. iii. 5, 6, 7. 1 Kings
xi. 1 to 12. Ezra ix. 2. 12. Neh. xiii. 23
to 27.
LXXIV. Portions given to children by
parents. Gen. xxv. 5, 6. Abraham gave all
that he had to Isaac. But unto the sons of
the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham
gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac.
xlviii. 21, 22. Israel said to Joseph, I have
given thee one portion above thy brethren.
The oldest son, by the law of Moses, was
to have a double portion, Deut.xxi. 15, 16, 17.
CHILDREN AMONG THE PROMISED
BLESSINGS.
LXX V. Children are among the promised
blessings of God to mankind. Gen. i. 28.
God blessed Adam and Eve, and said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth.
viii. 1517. God spake unto Noah, say-
ng, Go forth of the ark, thou and thy wife,
and thy sons and thy sons' wives with thee ;
and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.
~. ix. 1. 7.
xiii. 14. 16. The Lord said unto Abram, I
will make thy seed as the dust of the earth ;
so that if a man can number the dust of the
earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
~h. xxii. 16, 17.
xv. 5. The Lord said to Abram, Look to-
ward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able
o number them : and he said unto him, So
hall thy seed be.
xvii. 1. 5, 6. The Lord appeared unto
Abrarri, and said unto him, Thy name shall
)e called Abraham ; for a father of many na-
ions have I made thee. I will make thee ex-
.eedirig fruitful, and will make nations of thee,
nd kings shall come out of thee. See Hagar,
"h. xvi. 10. xvii. 20. xxi. 13.
xxvi. 2. 4. The Lord appeared unto Isaac,
nd said, I will make thy seed to multiply as
tie stars of heaven.
xxviii. 14. The Lord said unto Jacob, Thy
eed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and
hou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to
tie east, and to the north and to the south.
See Ch. xxxv. 9. 11. xxxii. 12. xlviii. 3,4.
xxxiii. 5. Jacob said, These are the children
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CHILDREN A PROMISED BLESSING. CHAP. XVII.
that God hath graciously given thy servant.
Isa. viii. 18.
LXXVI. Children promised. Gen. xlviii.
19. Jacob said, Ephraim's seed shall become a
multitude of nations.
xlix. 22. Joseph is a fruitful bough. Ver.
25. iThe Almighty shall bless thee, with the
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Lev. xxvi. 9. I will make you fruitful, and
will multiply you.
Numb. xxiv. 7. It is said of Jacob, His
seed shall be upon many waters.
Deut. vii. 13, 14. The Lord thy God will
love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee.
Thou shall be blessed above all people ; there
shall not be male nor female barren among
you. Ex. xxiii. 26.
xx viii. 4. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy
body. Ver. 11.
Josh. xxiv. 3. I took your father Abraham,
and multiplied his seed.
Neh. ix. 23. Their children thou multi-
pliedst as the stars of heaven.
Job v. 25. Thine offspring shall be as the
grass of the earth. Isa. xlviii. 18, 19.
xlix. 20.
Ps. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman
to be a joyful mother of children.
cxv. 14. The Lord shall increase you more
and more, you and your children.
cxxvii. 3. Children are a heritage of the
Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
cxxviii, 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine
by the sides of thy house ; thy children like
olive plants round about thy table. Ver. 6.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children.
cxliv. 12. That our sons may be as olive
plants, our daughters like corner-stones.
See also, Deut. i. 10. x. 22. xiii. 17.
xxviii. 62, 63. Josh. xxiv. 3. Job xlii. 12,
13. Ps. cvii. 38. Prov. xiv. 28. Jer. iii.
16. xxx. 19. xxxiii. 22. Ezek. xvi. 7.
xxxvi. 10, 11. xxxvii. 26.
LXXVII. A desire of having children is
natural to mankind. Instances. Prov. xxx.
16. The grave and the barren womb are not
satisfied.
Gen. xi. 30. Sarah, Abram's wife, was bar-
ren. Ch. xvi. 1, 2, 3. She gave her hand-
maid to Abram, and said, It may be that I
may obtain children by her.
xv. 2, 3. Abram said, Lord, what wilt thou
give me, seeing I go childless 1 To me thou
hast given no seed. Ch. xviii. 10. 12. The
angel said, Sarah shall have a son. (Ch. xvii.
19.) Sarah heard it and laughed.
xxiv. 60. They blessed Rebekah, and said,
Be thou the mother of thousands of millions.
xxv. 21. Isaac entreated the Lord for his
wife, because she was barren ; and the Lord
was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife
conceived.'
xxviii. 1. 3. Isaac blessed Jacob, and said,
God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruit-
ful, and multiply thee.
xxx. 13. Leah said, Happy am I, for the
daughters will call me blessed. Ver. 20. I
have borne six sons.
xxix. 31. Rachel was barren. Ch. xxx. I.
23. She envied her sister, and said unto Ja-
cob, Give me children, or else I die. Rachel
conceived and bare a son. and said, God hath
taken away my reproach.
1 Sam. i. 2. Hannah had no children.
Ver. 10. 19. She was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore;
and the Lord remembered her. Ver. 20. She
conceived and bare a son, and called his name
Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of
the Lord. Ver. 27. For this child I prayed,
and the Lord hath given me my petition.
Luke i. 7. Elisabeth was barren. Ver. 13.
The angel said unto Zacharias, Thy prayer is
heard, thy wife shall bear thee a son. Ver.
24. Elisabeth conceived, and said, Thus hath
the Lord dealt with me, to take away my re-
proach. Ver. 25.
LXXVIII. God's care of mothers. Gen.
iii. 16. Unto the woman the Lord said, I will
greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy concep-
tion ; in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children.
1 Tim. ii. 1 5. Nevertheless she shall be saved
in child-bearing, if they continue in faith and
holiness, with sobriety.
xlix. 25. The Almighty shall bless thee
with the blessings of the breasts and of the
womb.
Deut. vii. 1 3. He will bless the fruit of thy
Womb. See Exod. xxi. 22. Hurt not a wo-
man with child.
LXXIX. God's care of children. Exod.
i. 17. The mid wives saved the men-children
alive. Ver. 21. And God made them houses.
Ps. xxii. 9, 10. Thou art he that took me
out of the womb, and didst, make me hope
when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was
cast upon thee from the womb : thou art my
God from my mother's belly. Ps. Ixxi. 6.
Jonah iv. 11. God said, Should not I spare
Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more
than six score thousand persons that cannot
discern between their right hand and their left .'
Mark x. 14. Jesus said, Suffer little children
to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of
such is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 16.
And he took them in his arms, and blessed
them.
LXXX. The grief of parents at parting
with their children. Gen. xliii. 14. Jacob
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said, If I am bereaved of my children, I am
bereaved. Ch. xiii. 38. xliv. 29. 31.
Job xxix. 2. 5. Job said, that I were a
in months past ; when the Almighty was ye
with me, when my children were about me.
LXXXI. Godly parents blessed in the hap-
piness of their children. Deut. iv. 40. Thou
shall keep his statutes, that it may be well with
thee, and with thy children after thee. See
ch. v. 29. xii. 25. 28.
Ps. xxv. 12, 13. He that feareth the Lord
his seed shall inherit the earth.
xxxvii. 25, 26. Yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
His seed is blessed.
cii. 28. The children of thy servants shall
continue, and their seed shall be established
before thee.
cxlvii. 13. He hath blessed thy children
with thee.
Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour my blessing upon
thine offspring. See ch. Ixi. 9. Ixv. 23.
Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart
and one way, that they may fear me for ever ;
for the good of them and of their children after
them.
THE WICKED PUNISHED IN THEIR
CHILDREN.
LXXXII. The wicked punished in the ca-
lamities of their children. Exod. xx. 5. I
am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the
fathers upon the children, unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me. Ch.
xxxiv. 7. Numb. xiv. 18. Deut. v. 9.
Numb. xiv. 33. Your children shall wander
in this wilderness forty years, and bear your
whoredoms.
Job xxi. 19. God layeth up the iniquity of
the wicked for his children. Isa. xiv. 21.
Jer. ii. 9. With your children's children
will I plead, saith the Lord.
xxxii. 18. Thou recompensest the iniquity
of the fathers into the bosom of their children
after them. See an instance, 2 Sam. xii. 14, 15.
LXXXIII. Particular calamities threatened
against the children of the wicked. Captivity.
Deut. xxviii. 32. Thy sons and thy daughters
shall be given to another people, and thine
eyes shall look and fail for them all the day.
2 Chron. xxix. 6. Our fathers turned away
their faces from the habitation of the Lord.-^-
Ver. 9. Our sons and our daughters, and our
wives, are in captivity for this.
Jer. xlviii. 46. Woe be unto thee, thy sons
and thy daughters are taken captives.
Lam. i. 5. For the multitude of her trans-
gressions her children are gone into captivity.
Joel iii. 8. I will sell your sons and your
daughters into the hand of the children of Ju-
dah. Ch. ii. 16. See also Jer. x. 20.
xxxviii. 23. xlvii. 3. Lam. v. 13. Ezek.
xxx. 18. Mic. i. 16.
LXXXIV. To be slain by an enemy. Isa.
xiii. 16. Their children shall be dashed in
pieces before their eyes. Ps. cxxxvii. 9. Hos.
xiii. 16.
Jer. xvi. 3, 4. Their children shall die of
grievous deaths.
xviii. 21. Deliver up their children to the
famine, and pour out their blood by the force
of the sword. Ps. cix. 10.
xliv. 7. Thus saith the Lord, Wherefore
commit ye this great evil against your souls,
to cut off from you man and woman, child and
suckling 1
Ezek. xxiii. 47. The enemy shall slay their
sons and their daughters.
xxiv. 21. Your sons and your daughters
shall fall by the sword. Ch. xxv. Amos
vii. 17.
See also Lev. xxvi. 22. 1 Sam. xv. 33.
2 Kings xxv. 7. 2 Chron. xxi. 14. Job xxvii.
13, 14. Isa. xlvii. 9. Ii. 18. Jer. xiv. 16.
xv. 7. Ezek. ix. 6. 1 Kings xxi. 19. 21, 22.
compared with 2 Kings ix. 25, 26.
LXXXV. That they shall su/er by famine.
Jer. v. 15. I will bring a nation upon you, and
they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread
which thy sons and thy daughters should eat.
Ver. 17. Job v. 5.
xi. 22. Their sons and their daughters shall
die by famine.
Hos. iv. 6. Thou hast forgotten the law of
thy God ; I also will forget thy children. Ver.
10. They shall eat and not have enough. See
Ps. cix. 9, 10. 12. Jer. xviii. 21. Lam. iv. 4.
LXXXVI. Other evils upon the children
of the ivicked. Job v. 4, 5. His children are
far from safety, and they are crushed in the
gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
The robber swalloweth up their substance.
xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his
friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
xx. 10. His children shall seek to please the
poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
LXXXVII. Erroneous principles in reli-
gion have destroyed the natural affection of
parents toward their children. 2 Kings xvi.
3. Ahaz made his son to pass through the fire.
2 Chron. xxviii. 3. Ahaz burnt his children
n the fire. See also, 2 Kings xvii. 17. 31.
xxi. 6. Jer. xxxii. 35. Ezek. xvi. 21. xx.
26. Matt. x. 21. Forbidden, Lev. xviii. 21.
xx. 2, 3, 4. Deut. xviii. 10.
LXXXVIII. Calamities upon wicked pa-
rents and children. Lev. xxvi. 29. Ye shall
eat the flesh of your sons and of your daugh-
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COMMANDMENT FIFTH.
CHAP. XVII.
ters. See Deut. xxviii. 53. Jer. xix. 9.
2 Kings vi. 29. Lam. ii. 20. iv. 10.
LXXXIX. Want of children to the wicked.
Hos. ix. 14. Give them a miscarrying womb
and dry breasts. 2 Sam. vi. 23. Lev. xx. 20.
Jer. xxii. 30.
XC. Promises to the godly who are child-
less. Ps. Ixviii. 6. Yet setteth he the solitary
in families.
cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman to
keep house, and to be a joyful mother of
children.
Isa. Ivi. 4. To the eunuchs, &c. will I give a
name, and a place within my walls, &c.
COMMANDMENT FIFTH.
XCI. Duties of children towards parents.
Exod. xx. 12. Honour thy father and thy
mother, that thy days may be long upon the
land. Deut. v.l 6. Matt. xv. 4. Eph. vi. 2.
Lev. xix. 3. Ye shall fear every man his
mother and his father.
Prov. i. 8, 9. My son, hear the instruction
of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy
mother. They shall be an ornament of grace
unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
iii. 1, 2. My son, forget not my law, but let
thy heart keep my commandments : for
length of days, and long life, and peace, shall
they add to thee.
v. 1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and
bow thine ear to my understanding.
vi. 20, 21. Keep thy father's commandment,
and forsake not the law of thy mother. Bind
them continually upon thy heart, and tie them
about thy neck. Ver. 22.
x. 1. A wise son maketh a glad father, but
a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
xiii. 1. A wise son heareth his father's in-
structions, but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
xv. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father,
but a foolish son despiseth his mother.
xxiii. 22. Hearken to the father that begat
thee, and despise not thy mother when she is
old.
xx ix. 3. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his
father.
Mai. i. 6. A son honoureth his father. Ch.
iii. 17.
Matt. xix. 19. Jesus said, Honour thy fa-
ther and thy mother.
Eph. vi. 1. Children, obey your parents in
the Lord, for this is right. Col. iii. 20.
Ver. 2, 3. Honour thy father and thy mo-
ther, (which is the first commandment with
promise,) that it may be well with thee, and
thou mayest live long on the earth. Exod.
xx. 12.
1 Tim. iii. 4. Having his children in sub-
jection.
v. 4. Let them learn to show piety at home,
and to requite their parents.
XCII. Instances of dutiful children blessed.
Gen. ix. 23. Shem and Japheth. Ver. 26, 27.
~ Ch. xxviii. 3,4. Jacob. Ch. xlvii. 12.
xlix. 26. 1. 10. Joseph. Ruth i. 15, 16, 17.
Ruth. Luke ii. 51. Jesus. Jer. xxxv. 8. 18,
19. The sons of Jonadab.
XCIII. Disobedient and undutiful child-
ren: threats against them. Exod. xxi. 15.
He that smiteth his father or mother, shall be
surely put to death.
xxi. 17. He that curseth his father or his
mother shall surely be put to death. Lev.
xxiv. 15. xx. 9. Matt. xv. 4, 5, 6. Prov.
xx. 20.
Deut. xxi. 18. 21. If a man have a stub-
born and rebellious son, that will not obey the
voice of his father or the voice of his mother,
all the men of his city shall stone him with
stones that he die.
xxvii. 16. Cursed be he that setteth light
by his father or his mother : and all the people
shall say, Amen. Ezek. xxii. 7. 14.
Prov. xv. 5. A fool despiseth his father's
instruction. Ver. 20.
xvii. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it
to his sorrow ; and the father of a fool hath no
joy. Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his
father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Ch. x. 1.
xix. 13. A foolish son is a calamity to his
father.
Ver. 26. He that wasteth his father, and
chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth
shame, and bringeth reproach.
xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of riotous
men, shameth his father.
Ver. 24. Whoso robbeth his father or his
mother, and saith, It is no transgression ; the
same is the companion of a destroyer.
xxx. 11. There is a generation that curseth
their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Ver. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father
and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of
the valley shall pluck it out, and the young
eagles shall eat it.
Isa. xlv. 10. Woe unto him that saith
unto his father, What begettest thou ] and to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth ?
Mic. vii. 6. The son dishonoureth- the
father, and the daughter riseth up against her
mother. Luke xii. 53.
2 Tim. iii. 1, 2. Perilous times shall come ;
men shall be disobedient to parents, &c.
XCIV. Particular instances of undutiful
disobedient children cursed. Gen. ix. 22. 25.
Ham is cursed of his father.
CHAP. XVII.
DUTIES OF MASTERS, ETC,
2G5
1 Sam. ii. 25. The sons of Eli are punished.
Ver. 31 to 36.
DUTIES OF MASTERS.
XCV. Duties of masters towards servants.
Lev. xix. 1 3. The wages of him that is hired
shall not abide with thee all night until the
morning. See Deut. xxiv. 15. Jer. xxii. 13.
Mai. iii. 5. Jam. v. 4. Luke x. 7. ^
xxv. 43. Thou shall not rule over him with
rigour. Ver. 46. 53.
Deut. xxiv, 14. Thou shalt not oppress a
hired servant that is poor and needy, whether
he be of thy brethren or of strangers.
Job xxxi. 13 15. If I did despise the
cause of my man-servant or of my maid-ser-
vant, when they contended with me ; what
shall I do when God riseth up 1 and when he
visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not
he that made me in the womb make them 1 did
not one fashion us both 1
Matt. viii. 6. The centurion besought Jesus
to heal his servant.
Eph. vi. 9. Ye masters, do the same things
unto your servants; forbearing threatening;
knowing that your Master also is in heaven ;
neither is there respect of persons with him.
Col. iv. 1.
Prov. xxx. 10. Accuse not a servant to his
master.
Exod. xxi. 20. 26. Beating servants the
law thereof.
xxi. 2. A Hebrew servant, when to go
free. Lev. xxv. 39, 40, 41. 54. Jer. xxxiv. 14.
Lev. xxv. 44 46. Concerning slaves.
Deut. xxiii. 15, 16. The fugitive servant.
DUTIES OF SERVANTS.
XCVI. Duties of servants. Prov. xiv. 35.
The king's favour is toward a wise servant.
xvii. 2. A wise servant shall have rule over
a son that causeth shame.
xxvii. 18. He that waiteth on his master
shall be honoured.
Mai. i. 6. A servant honoureth his master.
Matt. x. 24. Neither is the servant above
his master. Ver. 25.
Prov. xix. 10. For a servant to haye rule
over princes is not seemly.
Luke iii. 14. Be content with your wages.
xvii. 7, 8. Who of you having a servant
ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to him by
and by when he is come from the field, Go sit
down to meat 1 And will not rather say unto
him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and
afterward thou shalt eat and drink ]
1 Cor. vii. 21, 22. Art thou called, being a
servant ? care not for it : but if thou mayest
be made free, use it rather. He that is called
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in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's
freeman.
Eph. vi. 5 8. Servants, be obedient to them
that are your masters according to the flesh :
not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but as
the servants of Christ, doing the will of God
from the heart ; with good will, doing service
as unto the Lord, and not to men ; Knowing
that whatsoever good thing any man doeth,
the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether
he be bond or free.
Col. iii. 22. Servants, obey in all things
your masters according to the flesh ; not with
eye-service as men-pleasers, but in singleness
of heart, fearing God. See ver. 23, 24, 25.
1 Tim. vi. 1. Let as many servants as are
under the yoke count their masters worthy of
all honour ; that the name of God and his doc-
trine be not blasphemed. Ver. 2.
Tit. ii. 9, 10. Exhort servants to be obe-
dient to their masters, and to please them well
in all things, not answering again. Not pur-
loining, but showing all good fidelity ; that
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour
in all things.
1 Pet. ii. 18.. Servants, be subject to your
masters with all fear ; not only to the good and
gentle, but also to the froward. Ver. 19, 20, 21.
Servants are called faithful. Matt. xxiv. 45.
xxv. 21. Instances.- Abraham's servant,
Gen. xxiv. Jacob, Gen. xxxi. 6. See Ps.
cxxxii. 2.
Servants are wicked, slothful, unprofitable,
Matt. xxv. 26. 30. Who knew his Lord's will
and did it not, Luke xii. 47.
MAGISTRATES.
XC VII. Duties of the civil magistrate, to
administer justice impartially. Deut. i. 16.
Judge righteously between every man and his
brother, and the stranger that is with him.
John vii. 24.
xvi. 18. Judge the people with just judg-
ment. Ezek. xviii. 8.
xix. 18. Make diligent inquisition. Job
xxix. 16, 17. Prov. xxi. 3.
xxv. 1 . Justify the righteous, and condemn
the wicked.
Ps. Ixxxii. 3, 4. Defend the poor and
fatherless ; do justice to the afflicted and needy.
(Ps. Ixxii. 2.) Deliver the poor and needy out
of the hand of the wicked.
Prov. xx. 8. A king that sitteth in the
throne of judgment scattereth away all ^evil ^
with his eyes. Ver. 26. A wise king scatter-
eth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over
them. Ps. ci. 4.
Ver. 28. Mercy and truth preserve the king ;
and his throne is upholden by mercy. Ch. xvi.
12. Is established by righteousness.
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CHAP. XVII.
xxi. 3. To do justice and judgment is more j
acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
xxix. 14. The king that faithfully judgeth the
poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Isa. i. 17. Seek judgment, relieve the op-
pressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the wi-
dow. Ver. 18. Though your sins be as scar-
let, they shall be as snow or as wool.
Ivi. 1, 2. Thus saith the Lord, Keep judg-
ment and do justice. Blessed is the man that
doeth this.
Iviii, 6. 8. Loose the bands of wickedness,
undo the heavy burdens ; let the oppressed go
free, break every yoke. Then shall thy light
break forth as the morning.
Ixi. 8. I the Lord love judgment ; I hate
robbery.
Jer. xxii. 3, 4. Thus saith the Lord, Exe-
cute judgment and righteousness, and deliver
the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor,
and do no wrong: do no violence to the stranger,
to the fatherless, nor to the widow ; neither shed
innocent blood in this place. (Ch. xxi. 12.)
Then shall there enter in by the gates of this
house, kings sitting upon the throne of David,
&c.
Ver. 16. He judged the cause of the poor
and needy ; then it was well with him.
Ezek. xlv. 9. Thus saith the Lord God,
Remove violence and spoil, and execute judg-
ment and justice ; take away your exactions
from my people, saith the Lord.
Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment:
wait on thy God continually. Isa. xvi. 5. In
mercy shall the throne be established.
Amos v. 24. Let judgment run down as
waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Zech. viii. 16. Execute the judgment of
truth and peace in your gates. Ch. vii. 9.
Exod. xviii. 16. xxiii. 6, 7, 8. Deut. xvi.
19. See Lev. xix. 15. Amos v. 15.
XC VIII. Qualifications of the civil magis-
trate. Exod. xviii. 21. Thou shall provide
out of all the people able men, such as fear
God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and
place such to be rulers.
Deut. i. 13. Take you wise men, and un-
derstanding, and known among your tribes,
and I will make them rulers over you. Ver. 15.
xvii. 18, 19. The king shall write him a
copy of this law in a book. He shall read
therein all the days of his life, that he may
learn to fear the Lord his God, and to keep
all the words of this law, and these statutes,
to do them. Ver. 15, 16, 17. 20. Josh. i. 8.
2 Sam. xxiii. 3. He that ruleth over men
must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
2 Chron. xix. 6, 7. 9.
Neh.v. 9, Ought ye not to walk in the fear
of God ?
Ps. ii. 10, 11. Be wise, ye kings: be in-
structed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the
Lord with fear.
Prov. xxix. 2. When the righteous are in
authority the people rejoice.
Examples. Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. xx. 3.
Nehemiah, Neh. v. 15.
XCIX. TJte magistrate's concern with re-
ligion. Numb. xiv. 17. Moses the chief ma-
gistrate prayeth for the people. Deut. ix. 26.
He inquireth of God for the people. Exod.
xviii. 15.
Josh. vii. 6. Joshua prayeth for the people.
Ver. 7.
xxiv. 1 to 28. His religious exhortation to
the people.
2 Sam. vi. 2. David's care of the ark of God.
1 Chron. xxiii. 6. He divides the priests into
courses.
vii. 2. He resolves to build a house for the
worship of God. Ver. 7, 8. 1 Kings viii. 18.
1 Chron. xxii. 3. He prepares materials
for building the temple.
2 Sam. vi. 18. He blesses the people in the
name of the Lord.
xxiv. 17. He prayeth for the people. Ver. 25.
1 Chron. xxix. 19. He prayeth for Solomon.
2 Sam. iii. 1. David waxed stronger and
stronger. Ch. v. 10. He grew great, and the
Lord established him. Ver. 12.
viii. 14. The Lord preserved him whither-
soever he went.
1 Kings iii. 3. Solomon loved the Lord.
Ver. 9. He prayed to God for qualifications to
govern the people. Ver. 11. His prayer was
answered. Ch. iv. 29.
vi. 14. He built the house of God.
viii. 23. His prayer and exhortation at the
dedication of the temple. 2 Chron. viii. 14.
He appoints the courses of the priests.
1 Chron. xxix. 25. The Lord magnified
Solomon exceedingly.
2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Jehoahaz besought the
Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him, and
gave Israel a saviour.
2 Chron. xiv. 2. 4. Asa reforms abuses in
religion. Ver. 11. He prayeth against the
Ethiopian army. Ver. 12. The Lord smote
the Ethiopians before Asa.
xv. 8. He farther reforms the nation, and
takes an oath of the people to reform, and to
seek the Lord. Ver. 12, 13, 14.
xvii. 7, 8, 9. Jehoshaphat enjoins the princes
and the Levites to teach the law of the Lord.
xix. 4. He reforms abuses and gives a reli-
gious charge to the judges. See to ver. 1 1.
xx. 3. He appoints a fast, prays against the
enemies of the nation, and is heard. See to
ver. 24.
xxx. 2. Hezekiah took counsel with the
CHAP. XVII.
MAGISTRATES.
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princes to celebrate the passover, which had
been long neglected.
Ver. 5, 6, 7. He writes letters, and makes
proclamation to assemble the people. Ver.
18. He prays for the people.
xxxi. 2. He appoints the courses of the
priests.
xxxii. 20, 21. He prayed to God against
the Assyrian army ; and the Lord sent an
angel which cut off all the mighty men of
valour, and the leaders and captains in the
camp of the king of Assyria. 2 Kings xix.
15. 20. Isa. xxxvi. 1.
Ver. 22, 23. God saved Hezekiah ; and he
was magnified in the sight of all nations.
2 Kings xxii. 3. Josiah's care for the house
of God. Ver. 13. He sends to inquire of the
Lord.
xxiii. 2, 3. He reads the law to the people,
and takes an oath of the people to keep it ;
and reforms abuses in religion. Jer. xxii. 15.
God was with him.
Ezra ix. 6. Ezra prays and reforms abuses
in religion. Ch. viii. 21.
x. 1.5. He takes an oath of the people to
reform.
Neh. i. 4 to 11. Nehemiah's prayer and
confession ; on which deliverance is obtained.
See chapters 2d, 3d, 4th.
v. 6 to 9. He reforms abuses in religion.
Ch. xiii. 10 to 31.
viii. 9. He teacheth the people.
ix. 1, &c. A remarkable fast is kept, with
acknowledgment of mercies, humiliation and
confession of sins.
x. 29. The people enter into a curse and
into an oath, to walk in God s law.
Jonah iii. 7. The king of Nineveh appoints
a fast. Ver. 9, 10. God approves thereof, and
is entreated, and averts the evil which he had
threatened against Nineveh.
C. Good magistrates, a blessing promised
to God's people. Isa. i. 26, 27. I will restore
thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors
as at the beginning. Zion shall be redeemed
with judgment, and her converts with right-
eousness.
xxviii. 6. The Lord shall be for a spirit of
judgment to them that sit in judgment.
xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in the wil-
derness, and 'righteousness in the fruitful field.
xxxiii. 5. The Lord hath filled Zion with
judgment and righteousness.
xlix. 23. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers,
and queens thy nursing mothers.
Ix. 16, 17. Thou shall suck the breast of
kings. I will make thine officers peace, and
thine exactors righteousness.
Jer. xxx. 20, 21. I will punish all that op-
press niy people. Their nobles shall be of
themselves, and their governor shall proceed
from the midst of them ; and I will cause him
to draw near, and he shall approach unto me :
for who is this that engaged his heart to ap-
proach unto me ? saith the Lord.
Ezek. xlv. 8. Princes shall no more oppress
my people.
Zech. ix. 8. No oppressor shall pass through
them any more.
CI. Magistracy is of divine appointment.
Deut. xvi. 18. Judges and officers shalt thou
make in all thy gates, and they shall judge the
people. Ch. xvii. 5. Numb. xi. 16, 17.
Prov. viii. 15. By me kings reign and
princes decree justice.
Rom. xiii. 1. There is no power but of
God ; the powers that be are ordained of God.
Ver. 2. The ordinance of God. Ver. 4.
The magistrate is the minister of God.
CII. Sins of Magistrates. Perverting of
judgment, respect of persons, partiality, &c.
Exod. xxiii. 6. Thou shalt not wrest the judg-
ment of thy poor in his cause. Ver. 2.
Ver. 7. The innocent and righteous slay
thou not ; for I will not justify the wicked.
Lev. xix. 1 5. Thou shalt do no unrighteous-
ness in judgment, thou shalt not respect the
person of the poor, nor honour the person of
the mighty. Prov. xxiv. 23.
Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not respect persons in
judgment ; ye shall not be afraid of the face
of man ; for the judgment is God's. 2 Chron.
xix. 6. The Lord is with you in judgment.
Ver. 7. Rom. ii. 11. There is no respect of
persons with God. Eph. vi. 9. Col. iii. 25.
Prov. xvi. 1 2. It is an abomination to kings
to commit wickedness.
Zech. vii. 10. Oppress not the widow nor
the fatherless, the stranger nor the poor. Job
xxxi. 21.
Isa. x. 1, 2. Woe unto them that decree
unrighteous decrees, and that write grievous-
ness which they have prescribed ; to turn aside
the needy from judgment, and to take away
the right from the poor of my people, that
widows may be their prey, and that they may
rob the fatherless. Jer. xxii. 3. 5.
Ver. 3. What will ye do in the day of visi-
tation ! See Deut. xix. 15. Job xxxii. 21.
Ps. xciv. 20. Eccl. v. 8. Isa. i. 10. iii. 12
to 15. xxviii. 14 to 18. Mic. m. 1 to 4.
Acts xxiii. 3.
CIII. Perverting of judgment through
covefousness, taking gifts, fyc.
Exod. xxiii. 8. Thou shalt not take a gift ;
for a gift blindeth the wise and perverteth the
words of the righteous. Deut. xvi. 19.
Prov. xxix. 4. He that receiveth gifts, over-
throweth the land.
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xvii. 23. A wicked man taketh a gift out
of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment.
See persons threatened for this sin : 1 Sam.
viii. 3. Isa. i. 23, 24. v. 22, 23. Jer. xxii.
17, 18, 19. Ezek. xxii. 27. 31. Hos. iv. 18.
Amos v. 12. Mic. iii. 11, 12. vii. 3, 4. See
persons free from it : 1 Sam. xii. 3. Neh. v.
14, 15. Promises to such. Isa. xxxiii. 15.
Ezek. xviii. 17.
CIV. Perverting of judgment through
drunkenness. Prov. xxxi. 4. It is not for
kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong
drink, lest they drink and forget the law, and
pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Isa. xxviii. 1. Woe to the drunkards of
Ephraim. Ver. 3. They shall be trodden
under foot.
Ver. 7. They have erred through wine, and
through strong drink are out of the way.
Ver. 8.
v. 22. Woe to them that are mighty to
drink wine, and men of strength to mingle
strong drink. See Eccl. x. 16, 17.
CV. The misery of being governed by
weak or wicked rulers. Ps. xii. 8. The
wicked walk on every side when the vilest
men are exalted. Eccl. x. 5, 6.
xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have
fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief
by a law ?
Prov. xxviii. 15. As a roaring lion, and a
raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor
people.
Ver. 16. The prince that wanteth under-
standing is a great oppressor.
xxix. 2. When the wicked beareth rule, the
people mourn.
Ver. 12. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his
servants are wicked.
Eccl. iii. 16.1 saw the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there, and the place of right-
eousness that iniquity was there. Mic. vii. 3, 4.
x. 16. Woe unto thee, O land, when thy
king is a child.
iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, than
an old and foolish king, that will no more be
admonished.
Isa. lix. 14. Judgment is turned away back-
ward, and justice standeth afar off, for truth
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Amos vi. 12. Ye have turned judgment
into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into
hemlock. Hos. x. 4.
CVI. Such set over a people, as a punish-
ment for sin. Neh. ix. 37. The kings whom
thou hast set over us for our sins have domi-
nion over our bodies, &c.
Ps. cvi. 41. They that hated them, ruled
over them.
Prov. xxviii. 2. For the transgressions of a
land many are the princes thereof.
Isa. iii. 4. I will give children to their
princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Ver. 5. The child shall behave himself
proudly against the ancients, &c.
Ver. 12. Children are their oppressors, wo-
men rule over them. Ver. 13, 14.
Jer. li. 46. There shall come ruler against
ruler.
Lam. v. 8. Servants have ruled over us.
Neh. v. 15.
Hos. xiii. 11. I gave thee a king in mine
anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Joel ii. 17. Give not thy heritage to the
heathen, that they should rule over them.
Ezra ix. 7. For our iniquities have we, our
kings and our priests, been delivered into the
hand of the kings of the land, to the sword,
captivity, spoil and confusion of face. Neh.
ix. 24. See 1 Sam. viii. 11 to 19.
CVII. Wicked rulers enemies to religion.
Ps. ii. 2. The kings of the earth set them-
selves, and the rulers lake counsel against the
Lord, and against his anointed. Ver. 9. Acts
iv. 26.
Luke xxiii. 35. They derided Christ. John
vii. 48. Acts iv. 26. xiii. 27. See also Ezra
ix. 2. Neh. v. 7. xiii. 11. Rev. xvi. 14.
CVIII. God's providence over kings and
rulers, exalting or abasing them. Job xii.
17. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and
maketh the judges fools. Isa. xliv. 25.
Ver. 18. He looseth the bond of kings and
girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Ver. 2 1. He poureth contempt upon princes.
Ps. cvii. 40.
xxxiv. 19. He accepteth not the persons of
princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the
poor.
Ver. 24. He shall break in pieces mighty
men without number, and set others in their
stead.
Ps. Ixxv. 7. He putteth down one and
setteth up another. Ps. Ixx viii. 70. Dan. ii. 2 1 .
Ixxvi. 12. He shall cut off the spirit of
princes, he shall be terrible to the kings of
the earth.
Ixxxii. 1. God standeth in the congregation
of the mighty, he judgeth among the gods.
cxxxv. 10. Who smote great nations, and
slew mighty kings.
Isa. xl. 23. He bringeth the princes to
nothing.
CIX. Particular instances of God's provi-
dence in exalting w debasing rulers. Acts
xiii. 20. God gave them judges until Samuel
the prophet.
Ver. 21. Afterward he gave them Saul.
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Ver. 22. When he had removed him, he
raised up unto them David. 1 Sam. xx. 30.
Ps. Ixxviii. 70. Ixxxix. 19, 20.
1 Chron. xxix. 1. Solomon whom alone
God hath chosen.
Isa. xix. 13. The princes of Zoan are be-
come fools. Ver. 14. The Lord hath mingled
a perverse spirit in the midst of Egypt.
xxii. 3. All thy rulers are fled together. Ver.
5. for it is a day of trouble and of treading
down, and of perplexity from the Lord.
xxix. 10. The Lord hath poured upon you
the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your
eyes, your rulers hath he covered.
Ver. 14. The wisdom of their wise men
shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hid.
xlv. 1. Thus saith the Lord to his anoint-
ed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden
to subdue nations before him. Ch. xliv. 28.
2 Chron. xxxvi. 22. Ezra i. 1 to 7.
Jer. xxi. 7. Thus saith the Lord, I will de-
liver Zedekiah king of Judah and the people
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Ver. 5, 6.
xxvii. 6. I have given all these lands into
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Ba-
bylon my servant.
Ver. 7. All nations shall serve him, and his
son, and his son's son. Jer. xxviii. 14. See
further, concerning Nebuchadnezzar. Dan. ii.
37. iv. 17. 30 to 33. v. 18, 19. 23. 28. Isa.
xiv. 12.
Ezek. xxviii. 2. Say unto the prince of
Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God, Because thy
heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am
a god.
Ver. 7. I will bring strangers upon thee,
ver. 8, and they shall bring thee down to
the pit.
CX. Duties toward governors; praying for
them. Ps. Ixxii. 15. Prayer shall be made
for him continually.
1 Tim. ii. 1. I exhort, that supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks
be made for all men.
Ver. 2. For kings, and for all that are in
authority, &c.
Ver. 3. This is good and acceptable in the
sight of God.
CXI. Honour and respect to be shown to
their persons in words and actions. Exod.
xxii. 28. Thou shall not revile the gods, nor
curse the ruler of thy people. Acts xxiii. 5.
1 Sam. xxvi. 9. David said, destroy not
Saul, the Lord's anointed. Ver. 11. Ch.
xxiv. 6, 7, 8.
Prov. xx. 2. The fear of a king is as the
roaring of a lion.
xxiv. 21. Fear thou the Lord and the king,
and meddle not with them that are given tr
change.
Eccl. x. 20. Curse not the king, no, not in
thy thought.
1 Pet. ii. 17. Fear God, honour the king.
2 Pet. ii. 9* The Lord knoweth how to re-
serve the unjust to the day of judgment, to be
punished.
Ver. 10. But chiefly them that despise
government, and are not afraid to speak evil
of dignities.
Jude ver. 8. These filthy dreamers despise
dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Ver.
11. See Prov. xxv. 6, 7. 15. Eccl. viii. 4.
x.4.
See the respectful behaviour of Nathan to
David. 1 Kings i. 23, 24. Of Daniel to
Darius. Dan. vi. 21. And of Paul to
Agrippa. Acts xxvi. 1, 2, 3. Miriam and
Aaron, their disrespectful language to Moses,
Numb. xii. 1, 2. Their punishment. Ver. 9.
10, 11.
CXII. Obedience to magistrates. Eccl.
viii. 2. Keep the king's commandment, and
that in regard of the oath of God. See Ezek.
xvii. 12 to 20.
Ver. 5. He who keepeth the command-
ment shall feel no evil thing.
Matt. xvii. 26. Jesus said, Then are the
children free.
Ver. 27. Notwithstanding, lest we offend,
give that piece of money for me and thee.
xxii. 21. Render unto Cesar the things
which are Cesar's.
Rom. xiii. 1. Let every soul be subject to
the higher powers.
Ver. 5. Be subject not only for wrath, but
also for conscience' sake.
Ver. 7. Render to all their dues, tribute to
whom tribute is due, &c.
Tit. iii. 1. Put them in mind to be subject
to principalities and powers, to obey magis-
trates.
1 Pet. ii. 13, 14. Submit yourselves to every
ordinanceof man for the Lord's sake, whether
it be to the king as supreme, or unto go-
vernors that are sent by him, for the punish-
ment of evil doers, and for the praise of them
that do well. See Deut. xvii. 11. Matt.
xxiii. 2, 3. Prov. xxv. 15. Eccl. x. 4.
CXIII. Rebellion against magistrates in
lawful authority, the sin and punishment
thereof. Deut. xvii. 12. The man that will
not hearken unto the priest, or unto the judge
shall die.
Josh. i. 18. Whosoever will not hearken
unto thy words, he shall be put to death.
Judg. ii. 17. They would not hearken to
their judges.
Ezra vii. 26. Whosoever will not do the
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law of God and of the king, let judgment he
executed speedily upon him, whether it be
unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation
of goods, or to imprisonment. Ch. x. 6, 7, 8.
Rom. xiii. 2. Whosoever resisteth, resist-
eth the ordinance of God ; and they that re-
sist shall receive to themselves damnation.
See the rebellion of Korah and his company,
Numb. xvi. 1, &c. Of the Jews, Ezek. xvii.
12 to 20. See also Prov. xvi. 14, 15. xix.
12. xx. 2.
CXI V. Disobedience to magistrates a duty,
wlien they abuse their power, by commanding
things contrary to God's law. Instances.
Exod. i. 15 to 20. The midwives in Egypt.
1 Sam. xiv. 45. Saul's army. Ch. xxii. 17.
Saul's footmen.
2 Chron. xi. 16. Those who refused to wor-
ship Jeroboam's calves.
Esther iii. 1, 2, 3. Ch. v. 9. Mordecai.
Dan. iii. 15 to 18. Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego.
vi. 7 to 10. The prophet Daniel.
Acts iv. 18, 19, 20. Ch. v. 27, 28, 29.
The Apostles. Heb. xi. 27. Moses.
Obeying in such cases a sin : See 1 Sam.
xxii. 17. 2 Kings xvii. 7, 8.19. 1 Kings
xii. 28.
MINISTERS OF CHRIST.
CXV. Ministers of Christ, their duties.
The commission given to the apostles. Matt,
v. 1. Jesus's disciples came unto him. Ver.
13. He said, Ye are the salt of the earth, the
light of the world. Ver. 14.
ix. 38. Pray the Lord of the harvest that
he will send forth labourers.
x. 5. 7, 8. These twelve Jesus sent forth ;
and commanded them, saying, Go preach;
heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,
cast out devils. Ver. 14, 15. Whosoever shall
not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye
depart out of that house or city, shake off the
dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, it
shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than
for that city. Ver. 40.
xxviii. 18 20. Jesus said, All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go
ye, therefore, and 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 com-
manded you : and, lo, I am with you always,
even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark iii. 14, 15. Jesus ordained twelve
apostles, that they should be with him. And
that he might send them forth to preach, and to
have power to heal sickness, and to cast out
devils. Ch. vi. 8. See Luke vi. 13. ix. 1.
6. x. 1.16. xxi. 15.
John xiii. 20. He that receiveth whomsoever
I send, receiveth me.
xvii. 18. As thou hast sent me into the
world, even so have I also sent them into the
world. Ver. 6, 7, 8. 14. 26.
xx. 21. As my Father hath sent me, so send
1 you.
Acts i. 24. For filling Judas's place, the
apostles prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which
knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether t
of these two thou hast chosen, that he may
take part of this ministry, &c. Ver. 25.
ix. 15. The Lord said of Paul, He is a
chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name be-
fore the Gentiles, and kings, and the children
of Israel. Ver. 17.
xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, Separate me
Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I
have called them.
xxii. 21. Paul said, Jesus said unto me, I
will send thee far hence, unto the Gentiles.
xxvi. 16 18. Jesus said to Paul, I have
appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make
thee a minister and a witness, both of these
things which thou hast seen, and of those
things in the which I will appear unto thee,
delivering thee from the people, and from the
Gentiles ; to whom I now send thee, to open
their eyes, and to turn them from darkness
unto light, and from the power of Satan unto
God.
Rom. i. 1. Paul, called to be an apostle, se-
parated unto the gospel of God.
x. 14, 15. How shall they hear without a
preacher 1 and how shall they preach except
they be sent 1
xv. 15, 16. I have written the more boldly
unto you, putting you in mind, because of
the grace that is given to me of God, that I
should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the
Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, &c.
2 Tim. i. 11. iv. 17.
1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to
preach the gospel. Ver. 27.
iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us, as of
the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the
mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in
stewards, that a man be found faithful.
ix. 17. A dispensation of the gospel is com-
mitted unto me.
xi. 23. Paul said, I have received of the
Lord that which I delivered unto you.
xv. 3. I delivered unto you, that which I
received, how that Christ died for our sins, ac-
cording to the Scriptures.
2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. Our sufficiency is of God ,
(1 Tim. i. 12 ;) who hath made us able minis
ters of the New Testament.
iv. 7. We have this treasure in earthen
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vessels, that the excellency of the power may
be of God and not of us. Ver. 1.
v. 18. God hath given to us the ministry of
reconciliation. Ver. 20. We are ambassadors
for Christ, as though God did beseech you by
us : we pray you in Christ's stead be ye re-
conciled to God.
xii. 1. I will come to visions and revelations
of the Lord.
Gal. i. 1. Paul, an apostle, (not of men,
neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God
the Father.) 1 Tim. i. 1.
Ver. 15, 16. It pleased God, who separated
me from my mother's womb, and called me
by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I
might preach him among the heathen.
Eph. Hi. 7. I was made a minister of the
gospel, according to the gift of the grace of
God given unto me, by the effectual working
of his power. (Col. i. 23. 25.) Gal. i. 11, 12.
Neither was I taught the gospel but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
iv. 11,12. He gave some apostles, and some
prophets, and some evangelists, and some pas-
tors and teachers ; for the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ. 1 Cor. xii. 28.
Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have
the rule over you, who have spoken unto you
the word of God. Phil. ii. 12.
Rev. i. 1 1. What thou seest write in a book,
and send it to the seven churches. See The
Spirit's influence upon the Apostles.
CXVI. Power committed to the apostles.
Matt, xviii. 18. Whatsoever ye shall bind on
earth, shall be bound in heaven ; and whatso-
ever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in
heaven. Ch. xvi. 19.
John xx. 23. Whose soever sins ye remit,
they are remitted ; and whose soever sins ye
retain, they are retained.
1 Cor. ix. 18. I abuse not my power in the
gospel.
2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have dominion
over your faith, but are helpers of your joy.
x. 8. Our authority the Lord hath given us
for edification, and not for destruction.
1 Pet. v. 3. Neither as being lords over
God's heritage ; but being ensamples to the
flock.
CXVII. Excommunication. Matt, xviii.
15 17. If thy brother trespass against thee, go
tell him his fault between thee and him alone :
If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy
brother. If he will not hear thee, then take
with thee one or two more : and if he neglect
to hear them, tell it unto the church ; but if he
neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee
as a heathen man and a publican.
Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause divi-
sions, contrary to the doctrine which ye have
learned, and avoid them.
1 Cor. v. 1 5. It is reported that there is
fornication among you, and such fornication
as is not so much as named among the Gen-
tiles, &c. I have judged concerning him that
hath done this deed. In the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together,
and my spirit, with the power of our Lord
Jesus Christ, to deliver such a one unto Sa-
tan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the
spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
Ver. 11. 13. I have written to you not to
keep company, if any man that is called a bro-
ther, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idola-
ter, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner,
with such a one, no, not to eat. Therefore
put away from amt>ng yourselves that wicked
person.
2 Cor. ii. 6. Sufficient to such a man is the
punishment inflicted of many. Jude 22.
2 Thess. iii. 6. Withdraw yourselves from
every brother that walketh disorderly.
Ver. 14. If any man obey not our word by
this epistle, note that man, and have no com-
pany with him, that he may be ashamed.
2 John 10. If there come any unto you, and
bring not this doctrine [of Christ] receive him
not into your house, neither bid him God speed.
See Lev. x. 10. Put a difference between the
holy and profane. See Deut. xvii. 12. Ezek.
xxii. 26. xliv. 23.
For persons unjustly excommunicated and
hated, see Suffering for religion, and Sup-
ports of ministers, and others, under suffer-
ings for religion.
CXVIII. None may intrude into the minis-
terial office. Numb, xviii. 7. The Lord said,
I have given your priest's office unto you, as a
service of gift. Ver. 22. Neither must the
children of Israel henceforth come nigh the ta-
bernacle of the congregation, lest they bear
sin and die.
Deut. x. 8. The Lord separated the tribe of
Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, and to stand before the Lord, and to
minister unto him, and to bless in his name.
Ch. xxi. 5.
Jer. xxiii. 21. I have not sent these pro-
phets, yet they ran. Ver. 30. I am against
the prophets, saith the Lord.
xxix. 31, 32. I sent him not, and he caused
you to trust in a lie ; therefore I will punish, &c.
John x. 1. He that cometh not in by the
door is a thief and a robber.
Rom. x. 1 5. How shall they preach except
they be sent?
Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ even of envy.
Heb. v. 4. No man taketh this honour to
himself, but he that is called of God as was
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Aaron. See the punishment of intrusion into
the priest's office upon Korah and his com-
pany, Numb. xvi. 1 to 36. Upon king Saul,
1 Sam. xiii. 13 to 16. Upon Uzziah, 2 Chron.
xxvi. 16 to 22.
CXIX. Teaching truth, the duty of mi-
nisters. Exod. xviii. 20. Thou shalt teach
them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them
the way wherein they must walk, and the
work they must do.'
xxiv. 12. The Lord said unto Moses, I will
give thee a law and commandments, which I
have written, that thou mayest teach them.
Lev. x.. 10, 11. Take heed that ye put a
difference between the holy and unholy, and
between the clean and the unclean. (Ezek.
xliv. 23.) And teach the children of Israel the
statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto
them. Deut. iv. 14. v. 31. vi. 1. xxxi. 19.
Deut. xxxiii. 10. The children of Levi shall
teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law.
2 Kings xvii. 28. 2 Chron. xxx. 22. xvii. 9.
Ezra vii. 10.
1 Sam. xii. 23. Samuel said, I will teach
you the good and the right way.
Neh. viii. 8. The Levites read in the book
of the law of God distinctly, and gave the
sense, and caused them to understand the
reading. See ver. 5, 6.
Isa. viii. 20. To the law and to the testi-
mony, &c.
xxviii. 10. Precept must be upon precept,
line upon line, here a little and there a little.
1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the
tongue of the learned, that I should know how
to speak a word to him that is weary.
li. 1 6. I have put my words in thy mouth,
and have covered thee in the hollow of my
hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the
foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion,
Thou art my people. Jer. i. 9.
Iviii. 1. Cry aloud, spare not: lift up thy
voice like a trumpet, shew my people their
transgressions, and the house of Jacob their
sins. Ezek. xvi. 2. Cause Jerusalem to know
her abominations. Ch. xx. 4. Cause them to
know the abominations of their fathers.
Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors accord-
ing to my heart, that shall feed you with
knowledge and understanding.
xxiii. 28, 29. The prophet that hath a
dream, let him tell a dream ; and he that hath
my word, let him speak my word faithfully :
what is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.
Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord,
and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in
pieces 1 Ch. xx. 9.
Ezek. ii. 7. Thou shalt speak my words
unto them, whether they will hear or whether
they will forbear.
iii. 17 19. I have made thee a watchman
unto the house of Israel ; therefore hear the
word at my mouth, and give them warning.
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt
surely die, and thou givest him not warning,
nor speakest to warn the wicked from his
wicked way, to save his life, he shall die in
his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy
hand. If thou warn the wicked, and he turn
not from his wickedness, he shall die in his
iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Hab. ii. 1.
xvi. 2. Cause Jerusalem to know her abo-
minations.
Hos. viii. 1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth.
Mic, iii. 8. I am full of power by the Spirit
of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to
declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to
Israel his sin.
Mai. ii. 7. The priest's lips should preserve
knowledge, and the people should ask the law
at his mouth ; for he is the messenger of the
Lord of hosts.
Matt. xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed into
the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder,
that bringeth forth out of his treasure things
new and old.
xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye, and teach all nations ;
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
I have commanded you ; and, lo, I am with
you always, even unto the end of the world.
John xxi. 15, 16. Jesus said to Peter, Feed
my lambs, Feed my sheep.
Acts v. 42. Daily in the temple, and in every
house, the apostles ceased not to teach and
to preach Jesus Christ.
vi. 4. The apostles said, We will give our-
selves continually to prayer, and to the ministry
of the word.
xiv. 21, 22. When they had preached the
gospel, and taught many, they returned again,
confirming the souls of the disciples, and ex-
horting them to continue in the faith.
xvi. 40. Paul and Silas comforted the bre-
thren and departed.
xviii. 6. Paul said, I am free from the blood
of all men.
xx. 17 20. Paul called the elders of the
church of Ephesus, and said, Ye know after
what manner I have been with you at all sea-
sons ; serving the Lord with all humility. I
kept back nothing that was profitable unto
you. Ver. 24.. I have testified the gospel of
the grace of God. Ver. 26, 27. I take you to
record that I am pure from the blood of all
men. (Ch. xviii. 6. Ezek. iii. 18.) I have
not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel
of God.
Ver. 28. Take heed, therefore, unto your-
selves, and to all the flock, over the which the
Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed
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the church of God. Ver. 31. Watch, and re-
member that I ceased not to warn every one,
night and day, with tears.
xxviii. 31'. Paul continued preaching the
kingdom of God, and teaching those things
that concern the Lord Jesus, with all confi-
dence.
Rom. xii. 7, 8. Let us wait on ministering,
on teaching, on exhortation.
xv. 16. Ministering the gospel of God.
xvi. 12. Tryphena, and Tryphosa, and
Persis, laboured much in the Lord.
1 Cor. iii. 9 11. We are labourers together
with God. According to the grace of God,
given unto me, as a wise master-builder I have
laid the foundation. Other foundation can no
man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
See to ver. 15.
iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us as of
the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the
mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required in
stewards, that a man be found faithful. Ver.
4. 1 Pet. iv. 10.
Ver. 14. As my beloved sons I warn you.
ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel, I have
nothing to glory of, for necessity is laid upon
me ; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the
xiv. 3. He that prophesieth, (i. e. preacheth,)
speaketh unto men to edification, and exhorta-
tion, and comfort.
xv. 10. I laboured more abundantly than
they all ; yet not I, but the grace of God which
was with me.
xvi. 10. Timotheus worketh the work of
the Lord, as I also do. 2Cor.vi. 1. We then,
as workers together with God, beseech you,
that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 Cor. ii. 17. We are not as many which
corrupt the word of God, but as of sincerity,
but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in
Christ.
iv. 2. We have renounced the hidden things
of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully ; but by
manifestation of the truth commending our-
selves to every man's conscience in the sight
of God.
v. 19, 20. God hath committed to us the
word of reconciliation. Now then we are
ambassadors for Christ ; as though God did
beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's
stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Eph. vi. 21. Tychicus, a beloved brother,
and faithful minister in the Lord. Col. iv. 7.
Phil. ii. 16. Holding forth the word of life,
&c.
Col. i. 28. Christ, whom we preach, warn-
ing every man, and teaching every man in all
wisdom, that we may present every man per-
fect in Christ Jesus.
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iv. 17. Take heed to the ministry which
thou hast received in the Lord, that thou
fulfil it.
1 Thess. ii. 3. Our exhortation was not of
deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile.
Ver. 9. Labouring night and day, because
we would not be chargeable unto you, we
preached the gospel of God.
Ver. 11. Ye know how we exhorted, and
comforted, and charged every one of you as a
father doth his children.
iv. 1. We beseech and exhort you by the
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us
how ye ought to walk, and please God, so ye
would abound more and more.
2 Thess. iii. 12. We command and exhort
by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness
they work, and eat their own bread.
1 Tim. i. 3, 4. Charge some that they teach
none other doctrine. Neither give heed to
fables, and endless genealogies, which minister
questions rather than godly edifying, which is
in faith. Ch. vi. 4, 5. 2 Tim. ii. 14. 16. Ch.
iv. 4. Tit. i. 14. iii. 9.
ii. 7. I am ordained a preacher, and an
apostle ; a teacher of the Gentiles in faith arid
verity. 2 Tim. i. 11.
iv. 6. If thou put the brethren in remem-
brance of these things, thou shall be a good
minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the
words of faith and of good doctrine. Ver. 11.
These things command and teach. Ver. 16.
Take heed unto thyself and to the doctrine.
Ver. 13.
v. 17. Labour in the word and doctrine.
Ver. 2022. Them that sin, rebuke before
all, that others may fear. Observe these
things without preferring one before another,
doing nothing by partiality. Lay hands sud-
denly on no man. Ch. iii. 2 to 10. Tit. i.
to 10.
vi. 2. These things teach and exhort.
Ver. 3, 4. If any man teach otherwise, and
consent not to wholesome words, even the
words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the
doctrine which is according to godliness, he
is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about
questions, &c.
2 Tim. ii. 2. The things which thou hast
heard of me among many witnesses, the same
commit thou to faithful men, who shall be
able to teach others also.
Ver. 15. Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Ver. 25. In meekness instructing those that
oppose themselves.
iv. 2. Preach the word, be instant in season,
and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all long-suffering and doctrine. Tit. i. 13.
Ver. 5. Watch in all things, endure afflic-
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lions, do the work of an evangelist, make full
proof of thy ministry.
Tit i. 9. By sound doctrine convince gain-
sayers.
ii. 1. Speak the things that become sound
doctrine.
Ver. 7, 8. In doctrine shewing uncorrupt-
ness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech that can-
not be condemned. Ver. 15. These things
speak and exhort, and rebuke with all au-
thority.
Heb. x. 11. Every priest standeth daily
ministering.
xiii. 17. Ministers watch for souls, as they
that must give account.
1 Pet. v. 2. Feed the flock of God ; taking
the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but
willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready
mind.
iv. 11. If any man speak, let him speak as
the oracles of God ; 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 Christ.
2 Pet. i. 12. I will not be negligent to put
you always in remembrance of these things,
though ye know them, and be established in
the present truth. Ver. 13. I think it my
duty to stir up your pure minds by way of re-
membrance. (Ch. iii. 1.) Ver. 15. I will
endeavour, that after my decease, ye may have
these things always in remembrance. Phil.
in. 1.
1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and
heard declare we unto you.
Jude 3. It was needful that I should write
to you and exhort you.
CXX. The good effects of preaching. Matt,
xii. 41. The men of Nineveh repented at the
preaching of Jonas. Jonah iii. 2. 5.
Acts ii. 41. At Peter's sermon there were
added to the church about three thousand
souls.
xxi. 19, 20. Paul declared what things God
had wrought by his ministry among the Gen-
tiles. And the brethren glorified the Lord.
1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the foolish-
ness of preaching to save them that believe.
iii. 5. Who is Paul, or who is Apollos but
ministers by whom ye believed, even as the
Lord gave to every man ?
CXXI. A good ministry promised. 1 Sam.
ii. 35. I will raise me up a faithful priest, that
shall do according to that which is in my
heart, and in my mind.
Isa. xxx. 20, 21. Though the Lord give you
the bread of adversity, and the water of afflic-
tion, yet shall not thy teachers be removed
into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall
see thy teachers. And thine ears shall hear
a word behind thee, saying, this is the way,
walk ye in it.
Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors accord-
ing to my heart, that shall feed you with
knowledge and understanding.
xxiii. 4. I will set up shepherds over them,
which shall feed them ; and they shall fear no
more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be
lacking, saith the Lord. Isa. Ixii. 6.
CXXII. A faithful ministry. Promises
to them, and prayers for them. Deut. xxxiii.
8. Let thy Urim and thy Thummim be with
thy holy one.
Ver. 11. Of Levi Bless, Lord, his sub-
stance, and accept the work of his hands :
smite through the loins of them that rise
against him.
Ps. cxv. 12. The Lord hath been mindful
of us; he will bless the house of Israel, he
will bless the house of Aaron. Ps. cxxxv. 19.
cxxxii. 13. 16. The Lord hath chosen Zion.
I will clothe her priests with salvation, &c.
Isa. xlix. 4. I said, I have laboured in vaip,
I have spent my strength for naught, and in
vain; yet surely my judgment is with the
Lord, and my work with my God.
Jer. xv. 19. Thus saith the Lord, If thou
take forth the precious from the vile, thou
shall be as my mouth : let them return unto
thee, but relurn not thou unto them.
xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of the
priests with fatness, and my people shall be
satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
xxxiii. 20, 21. If ye can break my cove-
nant of the day and of the night, then may
also my covenant be broken with the Levites,
the priests, my ministers.
Ezek. xliv. 15. The priests that kept my
charge when the children of Israel went astray
from me, they shall come unto me, and minis-
ter unto me.
Dan. xii. 3. They thai be wise shall shine
as Ihe brighlness of Ihe firmament, and they
that turn many to righteousness as the stars
for ever and ever. Prov. xi. 30. James v. 20.
Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall do and teach
these commandments, the same shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke xii. 42, 43. Who then is that faithful
and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make
ruler over his household, to give them their
portion of meat in due season 1 Blessed is
that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh,
shall find so doing.
xxii. 29. Jesus said, I appoint unto you a
kingdom. Matt. xix. 28.
John iv. 36. He that reapeth receiveth
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal.
See 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. Rev. ii. 10.
CXXIII. Holy and unblameable in life
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and conversation. Lev. xxi. 6. The priests
shall be holy unto their God. Ezek. xliv. 24.
Lam. iv. 7. Her Nazarites were purer than
snow, &c.
Isa. Hi. 11. Be ye clean that bear the ves-
sels of the Lord.
Matt. v. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth.
Ver. 14. The light of the world. Ver. 16.
Let your light so shine before men, that -they
may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.
x. 16. Be wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves.
Acts xx. 28. Take heed unto yourselves.
Rom. ii. 21. Thou that teachest another,
teachest thou not thyself?
1 Cor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep under my
body, and bring it into subjection : lest by
any means, when I have preached to others, I
myself should be a cast-away. Matt. vii. 22.
2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving no offence, that the
ministry be not blamed.
Ver. 4. In all things approving ourselves as
the ministers of God, in much patience, &c.
Ver. 6, 7. By pureness, by knowledge, by long
suffering, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeign-
ed, by the word of truth, by the power of God,
by the armour of righteousness on the right
hand and on the left.
viii. 20. Avoiding this, that no man should
blame us.
xi. 12. I cut off occasion from them that
seek occasion.
Phil. iii. 1 7. Ye have us for an example.
iv. 9. Those things which thou hast heard
and seen in me, do, &c.
1 Thess. ii. 10. Ye are witnesses, and God
also, how holily and justly, arid unblameably
we behaved ourselves among you.
2 Thess. iii. 7. We behaved not ourselves
disorderly among you. Ver. 9. To make our-
selves an ensample to you to follow us.
1 Tim. iii. 1 6. If a man desire the office
of a bishop he desireth a good work. A bishop
must be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good be-
haviour, given to hospitality. Not given to
wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but
patient, not a brawler, not covetous : one that
ruleth well his own house. Not a novice, lest,
being lifted up with pride, he fall into the con-
demnation of the devil. Ver. 7. He must have
a good report of them that are without, lest he
fall into reproach.
Tit. i. 7, 8, 9. A bishop must be blameless as
the steward of God, not self-willed, not soon
angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given
to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a
lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ;
holding fast the faithful word, that he may be
able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and
convince gainsayers.
Ver. 8. Likewise must the deacons be grave,
&c. See to ver. 14.
iv. 12 16. Let no man despise thy youth,
but be thou an example of the believers, in
word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in
faith, in purity. (Tit. ii. 15.) Give attend-
ance to reading, &c. Neglect not the gift that
is in thee. Meditate on these things, give thy-
self wholly to them. Take heed unto thyself
and to the doctrine; continue in them ; for in
doing this thou shall both save thyself, and
them that hear thee.
v. 22. Keep thyself pure.
vi. 11. Thou, O man of God, follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness. Ver. 12. Fight the good fight of
faith. Ver. 14. Keep this commandment with-
out spot, unrebukeable. Ver. 20. Keep that
which is committed to thy trust. 2 Tim. i. 14.
2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound
words, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but follow right-
eousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that
call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Ver. 24, 25. The servant of the Lord must
not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to
teach, patient ; in meekness instructing those
that oppose themselves.
iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my doctrine,
manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering,
charity, patience. Ver. 14. Continue in the
things which thou hast learned, and hast been
assured of.
Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thyself a
pattern of good works.
1 Pet. v. 3. Being ensamples to the flock.
See Instances: Acts vi. 3. The seven dea-
cons. Ch. xvi. 2. Timotheus. Ch. xxii.
12. Ananias. Heb. xi. 2. The elders. 3 John
12. Demetrius.
CXXIV. Their humility, self-denial, and
condescension for the good of mankind, in
their office. Rom. i. 1 1 . I long for you, that I
may impart some spiritual gift unto you.
xi. 13. I magnify my office.
1 Cor. ix. 12. We suffer all things, lest we
should hinder the gospel.
Ver. 19. I made myself servant of all, that
I might gain the more. Ver. 22, 23. I am
made all things to all men, that I might by all
means save some. This I do for the gospel's
sake.
x. 33. I please all men in aM things, not
seeking my own profit, but tho profit of many,
that they may be saved.
2 Cor. i. 24 We are helpers of your joy.
Acts xvi. 40,
ii. 4. The love I have for you ^l.
v. 20. We pray you, be ye rccv>nciled to
God.
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vi. 1. We beseech you, that ye receive
not the grace of God in vain. Ver. 13. I
speak as to my children.
vii. 4. Great is my glorying of you ; I am
comforted. (Acts xi. 23.) Ver. 13. We were
comforted in 'your comfort.
xi. 2, 3. I am jealous over you with a godly
jealousy. I fear lest your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
(See ver. 23 to 29.) Ver. 11. Wherefore] be-
cause I love you not 1 God knoweth.
xii. 15. I will very gladly spend and be
spent for you, though the more I love you, the
less I be loved. Ver. 19. We do all things,
dearly beloved, for your edifying. ch. xi. 29.
Who is weak and I am not weak 1 who is of-
fended and I burn not 1
Gal. iv. 1 1. I am afraid lest I have bestowed
iiSour on you in vain. Ver. 19. My little
children, of whom I travail in birth till Christ
be formed in you.
Phil. i. 8. God is my record, how greatly I
long after you in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
ii. 17. If I am offered upon the sacrifice and
service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with
you all.
Ver. 20. Timotheus will naturally care for
your state.
iv. 1. Dearly beloved and longed for, my
joy and crown ; stand fast in the Lord, my
dearly beloved.
Col. i. 24. I rejoice in my sufferings for
you, and fill up that which is behind of the
afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body's
sake which is the church.
ii. 1,2. I would that ye knew what great
conflict I have for you, and for them of Laodi-
cea, and for as many as have not seen my face in
the flesh ; that their hearts might be knit together
in love, and unto all riches of the full assur-
ance of understanding, &c. Ver. 5. Though
I be absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in
the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and
the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
iv. 8. I sent Timotheus to comfort your
hearts. 1 Cor. iv. 17. 1 Thess. iii. 2.
1 Thess. ii. 7, 8. We were gentle among
you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.
Being affectionately desirous of you, we were
willing to have imparted to you, not the gos-
pel of God only, but also our own souls, be-
cause ye were dear unto us.
Ver. 9. Labouring night and day, we preach-
ed the gospel unto you. Ver. 11. We exhort-
ed and comforted, and cherished every one of
you, as a father doth his children. Ver. 19.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of re-
joicing 1 are not even ye in the presence of
our Lord Jesus Christ ]
iii. 7, 8. Brethren, we were comforted over
you in all our affliction and distress, by your
faith. For now we live, if ye stand fast in the
Lord.
Ver. 9. What thanks can we render to God
lor you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for
your sakes before our God ? Ver. 10, 11.
2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for the
leet's sake, that they may obtain the salvation
which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
3 John 4. I have no greater joy than to hear
that my children walk in the truth. 2 John 4.
CXXV. They seek nqt applause from
men , they flatter not men in their vices and
prejudices. 1 Thess. ii. 4 6. We speak not
as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our
hearts. Neither used we flattering words.
Nor of men sought we glory.
Gal.i. 10. If I yet pleased men I should not
be the servant of Christ.
CXXVI. They seek not riches of men ;
neither are covetous. 2 Cor. xii. 14. Paul
said, I seek not yours, but you.
1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must not be greedy
of filthy lucre. Ver. 8. Tit. i. 7.
1 Pet. v. 2. Feek the flock of God, taking
the oversight, not for filthy lucre's sake. See
Luke ix. 62. 2 Tim. ii. 4. See instances :
Samuel, 1 Sam. xii. 1, 2, 3. Paul, 1 Cor. ix.
14, 15. 2 Cor. vii. 2. ix. 11. xii. 13.17,
18. 1 Thess. ii. 5. Phil. iv. 11, 12.
CXXVII. Their duty and encouragement
to speak boldly the truths of religion with-
out fear. Isa. 1. 4. The Lord God hath given
me the tongue of the learned, that I should
know how to speak a word in season to him
that is weary.
Jer. i. 7, 8. The Lord said to me, Say not,
I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I
send thee, and whatsoever I shall command
thee, that thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of
their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee,
saith the Lord. (Ver. 5. 9.) Ver. 17. Be
not afraid of their faces, lest I confound thee
before them. Ch. vi. 27. xv. 20, 21. xx.
11. Ezek. ii. 6, 7.
Ezek. iii. 8. I have made thy face strong
against their faces. Ver. 9.
Matt. x. 28. Fear not them which kill the
body. Ver. 26. 31.
Acts iv. 29. Lord, grant unto thy servants,
that with all boldness they may speak thy
word.
xviii. 9, 10. Then spake the Lord to Paul
in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but
speak and hold not thy peace. For I am with
thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt
thee; for I have much people in this city.
Ver. 11.
xxviii. 31. Paul taught those things that
concern the Lord Jesus, with all confidence.
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Eph. vi. 19, 20. Paul said, Pray for me,
that utterance may be given me, that I may
open my mouth boldly, to make known the
mystery of the gospel; that I may speak
boldly as I ought to speak. Prov. xxix. 25.
The fear of man bringeth a snare.
Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving
shall have their portion in the lake that burneth
with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death. See Moses's excuse, and God's reply
to him, Exod. iv. 10 to 13.
CXXVIII. Instances of becoming boldness
in reproving sinners, and declaring the
truths of religion. 1 Sam. xiii. 13. Samuel
said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly, thou
hast not kept the commandment of the Lord
thy God. 2 Chron. xvi. 7. 9.
2 Sam. xii. 7. Nathan said to David, Thou
art the man [that hast done wickedly]. Ver.
9. Wherefore hast thou despised the Lord, to
do evil in his sight 1
1 Kings xxi. 20. Elijah said to Ahab, Thou
hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of
the Lord. See more instances : In a prophet,
2 Chron. xxv. 16. Daniel, Dan. iv. 27. v.
22, 23. John Baptist, Matt. xiv. 4. Peter
and John, Acts iv. 13. 18, 19,20. Paul, Acts
ix. 29. xix. 8. 2 Cor. x. 1, 2. xi. 21. Rom.
xv. 15. 1 Thess. ii. 2. Barnabas and Paul,
Acts xiii. 46. xiv. 3. Apollos, Acts xviii.
25, 26. Many brethren, Phil. i. 14.
CXXIX. The sufferings of the apostles, $c.
for religion. Acts v. 41. The apostles de-
parted from the presence of the council, rejoic-
ing that they were counted worthy to suffer
shame for the name of Christ.
ix. 16. The Lord said of Paul, I will shew
him how great things he must suffer for my
name's sake.
xx. 23, 24. Paul said, The Holy Ghost
witnesseth in every city, saying, That bonds
and afflictions abide me. But none of these
things move me ; neither count I my life dear
unto myself, so that I might finish my course
with joy, and the ministry which I have re-
ceived of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
of the grace of God.
1 Cor. ii. 3. I was with you in weakness
and in fear, &c.
iv. 9, 10. God hath set forth us the apostles
last, as it were appointed to death ; for we are
made a spectacle unto the world, to angels and
to men. We are fools, we are weak, we are
despised.
Ver. 11 13. We hunger and thirst, are
naked, buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-
place : being reviled, we bless ; being perse-
cuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat:
we are made as the filth of the world, and are
the offscouring of all things unto this day.
2 Cor. i. 5. The sufferings of Christ abound
in us.
Ver. 8, 9. In Asia, we were pressed out of
measure, above strength, insomuch that we
despaired even of life. We had the sentence
of death within ourselves. Ver. 10. God de-
livered us.
vi. 4, 5. In all things approving ourselves as
the ministers of God, in much patience, in af-
flictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes,
in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in
watchings, in fastings. Ver. 8 10. By ho-
nour and dishonour ; by evil report, and good
report ; as deceivers, and yet true ; as unknown,
and yet well known ; as dying, and behold we
live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrow-
ful, yet always rejoicing ; as poor, yet making
many rich ; as having nothing, yet possessing
all things.
xi. 23. In labours abundant, in stripes above
measure, in prisons frequent, in deaths oft.
Ver. 25, 26.
Ver. 27. In weariness and painfulness, in
watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fast-
ings often, in cold and nakedness.
Eph. vi. 20. For the gospel I am an ambas-
sador in bonds.
1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour and suffer re-
proach.
2 Tim. ii. 3. Endure hardness as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ. Ch. iv. 5.
iii. 11, 12. Thou hast known what persecu-
tions I endured. All that will live godly in
Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Acts
xiv. 22.
Heb. xi. 25. Moses chose rather to suffer
affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season. Ver. 26.
Ch. xiii. 13.
Ver. 36, 37. Others had trial of cruel mock-
ings, and scourgings. They were stoned, they
were sawn asunder, &c. Ver. 38.
Rev. xvi. 6. They shed the blood of saints
and prophets, and thou hast given them blood
to drink, for they are worthy.
xi. 7. The beast that ascendeth out of the
bottomless pit, shall make war against the
witnesses, and shall overcome them, and shall
kill them. Ch. xvii. 6. I saw the woman
[Babylon, the mother of harlots,] drunken with
the blood of the saints, and with the blood of
the martyrs of Jesus.
xii. 6. The woman [the church] fled into
the wilderness. Ver. 14.
CXXX. Their temperance. Lev. x. 8, 9.
The Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not
j drink wine, nor strong drink, thou nor thy
sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle
of the congregation, lest ye die. Ezek. xliv.
21. Luke i. 15.
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MINISTERS OF CHRIST.
CHAP. XVII.
Luke xxi. 34. Jesus said unto his disciples,
Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and
drunkenness, and cares of this life.
1 Cor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep my body
under. Jer. xxxv. 6.
1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must not be given
to wine. Tit. i. 7. See wine forbidden to
Nazarites, Numb. vi. 3. Amos ii. 12.
CXXXI. They pray for the people. Numb,
vi. 23 26. On this wise ye shall bless the
children of Israel, saying unto them, the Lord
bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his
face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto
thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon
thee, and give thee peace.
Joel ii. 1 7. Let the priests, the ministers of
the Lord, weep between the porch and the
altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O
Lord, and give not thy heritage to reproach.
Rom. i. 9. Without ceasing, I make men-
tion of you always in my prayers.
x. 1. My heart's desire and prayer to God
for Israel is, that they might be saved.
xv. 13. Now the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing ; that ye may
abound in hope, through the power of the
Holy Ghost.
1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on your
behalf, for the grace of God which is given you
by Jesus Christ.
2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that ye do no
evil.
Eph. i. 16, 17. I cease not to give thanks
for you, 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 knowledge of
him, &c. Ver. 18, 19.
Phil. i. 3 6. I thank my God on every re-
membrance of you, always in every prayer of
mine, for you all, making request, that he that
hath begun a good work in you, will perform
it until the day of Christ.
Ver. 9 11. This I pray, that your love
may abound yet more and more; in know-
ledge, and in all judgment ; that ye may ap-
prove the things that are excellent ; and that
ye may be sincere .and without offence until
the day of Christ ; being filled with the fruits
of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ
unto the glory and praise of God.
Col. i. 9 11. We cease not to pray for you,
and to desire that ye might be filled with the
knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spi-
ritual understanding ; that ye might walk
worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being
fruitful in every good work, increasing in the
knowledge of God ; strengthened with all
might, according to his glorious power, unto
| all patience and long-suffering with joyful-
ness.
iv. 12. Labouring fervently for you in
prayers, that ye may stand perfect and com-
plete in all the will of God.
1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord make you to
increase and abound in love, one toward an-
other, and toward all men : To the end that
he may establish your hearts unblameable in
holiness before God, even our Father, at the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his
saints.
v. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you
wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit, and
soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thess. i. 11, 12. We pray always for
you, that our God would count you worthy
of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure
of his goodness, and the work of faith with
power; that the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him,
according to the grace of our God and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ him-
self, and God even our Father, which hath
loved us, and given us everlasting consolation,
and good hope through grace, comfort your
hearts, and establish you in every good word
and work.
James v. 14. Is any sick among you * let
him call for the elders of the church, and let
them pray over him. Ver. 15.
See more instances of such prayers .
Exod. xxxii. 11. Moses for the Israelites,
when they offended in making the golden
calf. Deut. ix. 20.
Numb. xi. 2. For the people, when a fire
from the Lord consumed many of them.
xiv. 13 20. For the people, when they
murmured.
xxi. 6, 7, 8. For the people, when bitten
with fiery serpents.
1 Sam. xii. 19. 23. Samuel for the people,
offending by asking a king.
Neh. ix. 6. The priests for the people, to
ver. 37. Ch. x. 28 to 39. On which a refor-
mation ensues. Ch. xii. 43.
Dan. ix. 4 to 20. Daniel for the people.
Amos vii. 2 to 7. Amos for the people.
Hab. iii. 2 to 17. Habakkuk for the people.
Ver. 17, 18, 19. Christ for the disciples,
John xiv. 16. xvi. 26. xvii. 9. 15. 20. For
Peter, Luke xxii. 32. For children, Matt.
xix. 13.
CXXXII. The supports of Christians in
general, and of the Lord's ministers in parti-
cular under sufferings for religion. Isa. Ixvi.
5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that trem-
ble at his word, Your brethren that hated you,
CHAP. XVII.
WICKED MINISTERS.
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that cast you out for my name's sake, said,
Let the Lord be glorified : but he shall appear
to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. Luke
vi. 22, 23.
Matt. v. 10. Blessed are they which are
persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 1 1 .
x. 39. He that loseth his life for my sake
shall find it.
xix. 29. Every one that hath forsaken
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my
name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and
shall inherit everlasting life.
Rom. v. 3 5. We glory in tribulations :
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
and patience, experience ; and experience,
hope : and hope maketh not ashamed. James
i. 2.
viii. 17, 18. If so be that we suffer for
Christ, that we may be also glorified together.
The sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory that
shall be revealed in us.
Ver. 35 37. Who shall separate us from
the love of Christ 1 shall tribulation, or dis-
tress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword 1 (As it is written, For
thy sake we are killed all the day long ; we
are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.) In
all these things we are more than conquerors,
through him that loved us.
2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted, but not
forsaken. Ch. vi. 8, 9, 10.
xii. 10. I take pleasure in infirmities, in re-
proaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in
distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am
weak, then am I strong. Ver. 9. He said
unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for
my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in
my infirmities, that the power of Christ may
rest upon me.
1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour and suffer re-
proach, because we trust in the living God.
Heb. x. 34. Ye took joyfully the spoiling
of your goods, knowing that in heaven ye
have a better and an enduring substance.
xi. 26, 27. Moses had respect to the re-
compense of reward. He endured as seeing
him who is invisible.
Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not accept-
ing deliverance, that they might obtain a bet
ter resurrection.
xii. 1, 2. Seeing we are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run
with patience the race set before us : Looking
unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith ; who for the joy that was set before
him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the
throne of God. Ch. ii. 9. xiii. 13. Matt. x.
24. James v. 10. 1 Pet. ii. 21. iv. 1. 13,
14. 16. 19. Rev. ii. 10.
WICKED MINISTERS.
CXXXIII. Wicked ministers, their sin
and punishment. Lev. x. 1,2. Nadab and
Abihu offered strange fire before the Lord,
which he commanded them not. And there
went out fire from the Lord and devoured
them.
1 Sam. ii. 12. The sons of Eli were sons of
Belial ; they knew not the Lord : see to ver.
17. Their covetousness. Ver. 22. Their
uncleanness, and the punishment of Eli's
house, ver. 27, to the end.
Isa. xliii. 27, 28. Thy teachers have trans-
gressed against me. Therefore I have pro-
faned the princes of the sanctuary ; I have
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to re-
proaches.
Jer. ii. 8, 9. The priests said not, Where
is the Lord ? and they that handle the law
knew me not: the pastors also transgressed
against me, &c. Wherefore I will yet plead
with you, saith the Lord, and with your
children's children.
x. 21. The pastors are become brutish, and
have not sought the Lord ; therefore they
shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be
scattered.
xxiii. 11, 12. Both prophet and priest are
profane, &c. Wherefore I will bring evil
upon them, even the year of their visitation,
saith the Lord.
Ver. 14, 15. They commit adultery, and
walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of
evil-doers, that none doth return from his
wickedness; they are all of them to me as
Sodom. Thus saith the Lord, I will feed
them with wormwood, and make them drink
the water of gall ; for from the priests is pro-
fan eness gone forth to all the land.
Ver. 22. If they had stood in my counsel,
and had caused my people to hear my words,
then they should have turned them from the
evil of their doings. Ver. 27. They cause
my people to forget my name by their dreams.
Ver. 30. Therefore I am against the pro-
phets, saith the Lord.
Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated
my law, and have profaned my holy things.
Ver. 31. Therefore I poured out my indigna-
tion upon them, their own way have I recom-
pensed upon their heads.
Zeph. iii. 4, 5. Her prophets are light and
treacherous persons, her priests have polluted
the sanctuary, they have done violence to the
law. The just Lord is in the midst thereof, &c.
Mai. i. 6 9. O ye priests that despise my
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CHAP. XVII.
name ; ye offer polluted bread upon my altar.
If ye offer the blind, and the lame, and the
sick, is it not evil 1 Will he regard your
persons, saith the Lord 1
ii. 8, 9. O ye priests, ye have departed out
of the way, ye have caused many to stumble
at the law. Therefore have I made you con-
temptible before all the people, according as
ye have not kept my ways.
Matt. vii. 22, 23. Many will say to me in
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils,
and in thy name done many wonderful works ?
Then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Ch. xxv. 44, 45.
2 Tim. iii. 5. Having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof; from such
turn away. Ver. 13.
CXXXIV. Their covetousness. Isa. Ivi.
11. Her watchmen are all greedy dogs, which
can never have enough ; they all look to their
own way, every one for his gain from his
quarter. See the covetousness of Eli's sons,
1 Sam. ii. 12 to 17.
Jer. viii. 10. Every one, from the least even
to the greatest, is given to covetousness. Ch.
\i. 13.
Ezek. xiii. 19. Will ye pollute my name
for handfuls of barley, and pieces of bread 1
Hos. vi. 9. As troops of robbers the priests
murder in the way, they commit lewdness.
Mai. i. 10. Who is there among you that
would shut the doors for naught 1 ? neither do
they kindle fire on mine altar for naught. I
have no pleasure in you, neither will I accept
an offering at your hands, saith the Lord of
Micah iii. 11, 12. The priests teach for hire,
and the prophets divine for money. There-
fore shall Zion for your sakes be ploughed as
a field.
John x. 12, 13. He that is a hireling, whose
own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming,
and leaveth the sheep and fleeth. The hire-
ling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth
not for the sheep.
Acts xx. 29. After my departure shall griev-
ous wolves enter in among you, not sparing
the flock.
1 Tim. vi. 5. Men of corrupt minds, sup-
posing that gain is godliness.
2 Tim. iv. 10. Demas hath forsaken us,
having loved this present world.
Tit. i. 11. Teaching things which they
ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
2 Pet. ii. 3. Through covetousness shall
they make merchandise of you.
Jude 11. They ran greedily after the error
of Balaam for reward. 2 Pet. ii. 14, 15.
CXXXV. Their intemperance. Isa. xxviii.
7. The priest and the prophet have erred
through wine, and through strong drink they
are out of the way. Ver. 8. Ch. Ivi. 12.
Luke xii. 45, 46. If that servant shall begin
to eat, and to drink, and to be drunken, the
Lord of that servant will cut him in sunder,
and appoint him his portion with unbe-
lievers.
Rom. xvi. 18. Such serve not our Lord
Jesus Christ, but their own belly.
Phil. iii. 19. Whose god is their belly,
whose glory is in their shame, who mind
earthly things.
2 Pet. ii. 13. They count it pleasure to riot
in the day-time.
Jude 12. 19. Feeding themselves without
fear. Sensual, having not the Spirit.
CXXXVI. Their slothfulness. Isa. Ivi. 10.
His watchmen are all dumb dogs, they can-
not bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to
slumber.
Jer. xxiii. 1, 2. Woe be unto the pastors
that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pas-
ture, saith the Lord. Ye have scattered my
flock, and driven them away, and have not
visited them : behold, I will visit upon you
the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
Ezek. iii. 18. When I say unto the wicked,
Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him
not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked
from his wicked way, to save his life ; the
same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but
his blood will I require at thy hand.
xxxiv. 2. Thus saith the Lord, Woe be to
the shepherds ; should not the shepherds feed
the flocks ? See to ver. 11.
xliv. 8. Ye have not kept the charge of my
holy things, but ye have set keepers of my
charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. Ver.
12. They shall bear their iniquity.
Hos. iv. 6. My people are destroyed for lack
of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou
shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast
forgotten the law of thy God, I will also for-
get thy children. Ver. 9. There shall be. like
people like priest; and I will punish them
for their ways, and reward them for their
doings.
Luke xi. 52. They have taken away the
key of knowledge.
Matt, xxiii. 3, 4. They say and do not ;
they bind heavy burdens on men's shoulders,
but they themselves will not touch them with
one of their fingers.
xxv. 26. Thou wicked and slothful servant,
&c.
1 Cor. ix. 1 6. Woe is unto me if I preach
not the gospel.
CHAP. XVII. FALSE PROPHETS AND TEACHERS.
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OF FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE
TEACHERS.
CXXXVII. They deceive the people with
flatteries and false doctrine. Isa. ix. 14 16.
The Lord will cut off from Israel head and
tail. The prophet that teacheth lies, he is the
tail. For the leaders of this people cause them
to err. Ch. iii. 12.
Jer. v. 30, 31. A wonderful thing is com-
mitted in the land ; the prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their
means ; and my people love to have it so.
xiv. 14. The prophets prophesy lies in my
name ; I sent them not, neither have I com-
manded them, neither spake unto them : they
prophesy unto you a false vision and divina-
tion, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of
their heart. (Ch. xxvii. 9, 10, &c.) Ch. vi.
14. They have healed the hurt of the daughter
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace ;
when there is no peace. Ch. viii. 11. Ezek.
xiii. 10. 18. Mic. iii. 5.
xii. 10. Many pastors have destroyed my
vineyard. Ver. 11.
xxiii. 16. The prophets speak a vision of
their own heart, and not out of the mouth of
the Lord. Ver. 21. I have not sent them, yet
they ran. Ver. 25. They say, I have dream-
ed, I have dreamed. Ver. 27, 28. Ch. xxviii.
9. 15. xxix. 8, 9. 31, 32. 1. 6. Zech. x. 2.
Lam. ii. 14. Thy prophets have seen vain
and foolish things for thee, and have not dis-
covered thy iniquity.
Ezefc. xiii. 10. Ye have seduced my people,
saying, Peace, and there was no peace : one
built the wall, and another daubed it with un-
tempered mortar. ,(Ch. xxii. 28 to 31.) Ver.
14. Thus saith the Lord, I will break down
the wall which ye have daubed with untem-
pered mortar ; it shall fall, and ye shall be
consumed in the midst thereof. Ver. 15.
xiii. 18. Woe unto them that sew pillows to
all arrn-holes. See to ver. 23. Ch. xxii. 28.
xxii. 26. They have put no difference be-
tween the holy and profane, between the un-
clean and the clean.
xxxiv. 4. The diseased have ye not strength-
ened, neither have ye healed that which was
sick, neither have ye bound up that which was
broken, neither have ye brought again that
which was driven away, neither have ye
sought that which was lost : but with force
and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
xliv. 10. 12. The Levites that are gone
away far from me, when Israel went astray ;
because they ministered unto them before their
idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into
iniquity, therefore have I lifted up my hand
against them, saith the Lord God, and they
shall bear their iniquity. Ch. xiv. 9, 1 0.
36
Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall teach
men so, shall be called least in the kingdom
of heaven.
xv. 9. In vain do they worship me, teaching
for doctrines 'the commandments of men.
xxiii. 16. Woe unto you, ye blind guides.
Ch. xv. 14.
xxiv. 11. Many false prophets shall rise,
and shall deceive many. Ver. 24. If it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mark xiii. 22.
Luke XL. 52. They have taken away the key
of knowledge, &c.
Acts xx. 30. OF your ownselves shall men
arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away
disciples after them. Ch. xv. 1. 24. Gal.i.7.
Rom. XVL 17, 18. Mark them which cause
divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine
which ye have learned, and avoid them. By
good words and fair speeches they deceive the
hearts of the simple.
2 Cor. xi. 13. Such are false apostles, de-
ceitful workers, transforming themselves into
the apostles of Christ. Ver. 14, 15. 20.
Gal. ii. 4, 5. False brethren came in privily
to spy out our liberty, that they might bring
us into bondage ; to whom we gave place, by
subjection, no, not for an hour, that the truth
of the gospel might continue with you.
Eph. iv. 14. They lie in wait to deceive.
v. 6. Let no man deceive you. 1 John iii. 7.
Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of envy.
iii. 2. Beware of dogs, beware of evil work-
ers. Ver. 18. They are enemies of the cross
of Christ.
Col. ii. 8. Beware lest any man spoil you,
through philosophy and vain deceit ; after the
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the
world, and not after Christ. Ver. 18. Let no
man beguile you of your reward, in a volun-
tary humility, and worshipping of angels.
Ver. 22. After the commandments and doc-
trines of men.
2 Thess. ii. 3. Let no man deceive you by
any means. Ver. 4. The man of sin exalteth
himself. Ver. 9, 10. Whose coming is after
the working of Satan, with all power and
signs, and lying wonders; and with all de-
ceivableness of unrighteousness.
1 Tim. iv. 1 3. Some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc-
trines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy,
having their conscience seared with a hot
iron ; forbidding to marry, and commanding to
abstain from meats.
vi. 3. They consent not to wholesome
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Ver. 4.
2 Tim. ii. 18. Who concerning the truth
have erred, and overthrow the faith of some.
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lii. 6. They creep into houses, and lead cap-
tive silly women. Ver. 8. They resist the
truth.
Ver. 13. Evil men and seducers wax worse
and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Tit. i. 10, 11. Unruly and vain talkers and
deceivers subvert whole houses, teaching
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's
sake.
Heb. xiii. 9. Be not carried about with
divers and strange doctrines.
2 Pet. ii. 1, 2. There were false prophets
among the people, even as there shall be false
teachers among you, who privily shall bring
in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord
that bought them, and bring upon themselves
swift destruction. Many shall follow their
pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way
of truth shall be evil spoken of. Jude 4 to 20.
1 John ii. 18, 19. Even now are there
many antichrists. They went out from us,
but they were not of us. Ver. 26. These
things I have written unto you concerning
them that seduce you.
iv. 1. Many false prophets have gone out
into the world.
2 John 7, 8. Many deceivers are entered
into the world ; look to yourselves. 3 John 10.
Rev. ii. 2. Thou hast tried them which say
they are apostles, and are not, and hast found
them liars. Ver. 9. I know the blasphemy
of them which say they are Jews, and are not.
xviii. 23. By thy sorceries were all nations
deceived. Ch. xix. 20. xx. 10. Gal. vi. 13.
DUTIES TOWARDS THE MINISTRY.
CXXXVIII. To receive their instructions.
Deut. xvii. 9 11. Thou shalt come unto the
priests the Levites, and inquire ; and thou
shalt do according to the sentence which they
shall shew thee. According to the sentence of
the law which they shall teach thee, and accord-
ing to the judgment which they shall tell thee,
thou shalt do : thou shalt not decline from the
sentence which they shall shew thee, to the
right hand nor to the left. 1 Sam. ix. 9.
2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe his prophets, so
shall ye prosper. Ch. xxx. 22.
Mai. ii. 7. The priest's lips should keep
knowledge, and they should seek the law at
his mouth: for he is the messenger of the
Lord of hosts.
John viii. 47. He that is of God heareth
God's words.
Matt, xxiii. 2, 3. The scribes and Pharisees
sit in Moses' seat: all therefore whatsoever
they bid you observe, that observe and do.
Luke x. 16. He that heareth you heareth
me. Matt. x. 40. John xiii. 20.
1 Cor. iv. 6. Be not puffed up for one
against another. Ver. 16. Be ye followers of
me. Phil. Hi. 17.
xi. 1. Be ye followers of me, even as I am
of Christ
xvi. 16. Submit yourselves to such as have
addicted themselves to the ministry, and to
every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have
the rule over you, who have spoken unto you
the word of God : whose faith follow, consi-
dering the end of their conversation. Ver. 17.
Obey them which have the rule over you, and
submit yourselves: for they watch for your
souls, as they that must give account; that
they may do it with joy and not with grief,
for that is unprofitable for you.
CXXXIX. To esteem and love them. 1 Cor.
iv. 1. Let a man so account of us as of the
ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mys-
teries of God.
xvi. 1 1. Let no man despise him, [Timothy,]
but conduct him forth in peace.
2 Cor. viii. 7. Ye abound in love to us.
Ver. 24. Shew the proof of your love.
Gal. iv. 14. Ye received me as an angel of
God. Phil. ii. 2. Fulfil ye my joy.
1 Thess. v. 12, 13. Know them which la-
bour among you, and are over you in the
Lord, and admonish you. Esteem them
highly in love for their work's sake. Phil,
ii. 29.
1 Tim. v. 17. Let the elders that rule well
be counted worthy of double honour, especially
they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Tit. Hi. 15. Greet them who love us in the
faith.
CXL. To pray for them. Acts xii. 5.
Prayer was made without ceasing, of the
church unto God, for Peter in the prison, and
he was delivered. Ver. 7.
Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the har-
vest, that he would send forth labourers into
the harvest.
Rom. xv. 30. I beseech you, brethren, for
the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love
of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me
in your prayers to God for me. Ver. 31, 32.
2 Cor. i. 10, 11. God delivered us from
death ; you helping together by prayer for us.
Phil. i. 19. Philem. 22.
1 Thess. v. 25. Brethren, pray for us. Heb.
xiii. 18.
2 Thess. iii. 1, 2. Brethren, pray for us, that
the word of the Lord may have free course
and be glorified ; and that we may be deli-
vered from unreasonable and wicked men.
Eph. vi. 19, 20. Pray for me, that utter-
ance may be given to me, that I may open my
mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of
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the gospel ; that I may speak boldly as I ought
to speak. Col. iv. 3, 4.
CXLI. To give them support. Deut. xii.
19. Take heed that thou forsake not the Le-
vite, so long as thou shall live upon the earth.
Ch. xiv. 29 xvi. 17.
2 Chron. xxxi. 4. Hezekiah commanded the
people to give the portion of the priests and
the Levites, that they might be encouraged in
the law of the Lord. See Neh. xiii. 10, II.
Ezek. xliv. 30. Mai. iii. 10.
Matt. x. 10. Jesus said, The workman is
worthy of his meat.
1 Cor. ix. 11. Paul said, If we have sown
unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if
we reap your carnal things? Ver. 13, 14.
Do ye not know, that they which wait at the
altar are partakers with the altar 1 Even so
hath God ordained, that they which preach
the gospel, should live of the gospel. See
ver. 4. to 9. Deut. xxv. 4.
Gal. vi. 6. Let him that is taught in the
word, communicate to him that teacheth, in
all good things.
Phil. iv. 16, 17. Paul said, Ye sent once
and again to my necessity. Not because I
desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound
to your account. Ver. 18. Heb. x. 34.
CXLII. Despising them, and not hearken-
ing to their instructions ; Threats. Deut.
xvii. 12. The man that will do presumptu-
ously, and will not hearken to the priest that
standeth to minister before the Lord, even that
man shall die.
2 Chron. xxxvi. 15, 16. The Lord sent by
his messengers the prophets; but they mocked
the messengers of God, and despised his words,
and misused his prophets, until the wrath of
the Lord rose against his people, and there
was no remedy. Jer. vii. 25. xxv. 3, 4.
xxvi. 5. xxix. 19. xxxv. 15.
Isa. xxx. 9, 10. This is a rebellious people,
which will not hear the law of the Lord :
which say to the seers, See not ; and to the
prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things ;
speak unto us smooth things. 1 Kings xxii.
8. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 15, 16. Jer. xi. 21.
Mic. ii. 6.
liii. 1. Who hath believed our report ? Ch.
xlix. 4.
Jer. ii. 25. Thou saidst, I have loved
strangers, and after them I will go.
v. 31. Prophets prophesy falsely, and the
people love to have it so.
vi. 10. The word of the Lord is unto them
a reproach, they have no delight in it.
Ver. 17. I set watchmen over them, saying,
Hearken to tne sound of the trumpet; but
they said, We will not hearken.
xviii. 18. They said, Come, let us smite
the prophet with the tongue, and let us not
give heed to any of his words. See Ch. xxvi.
9. Lam. iii. 61, 62.
Lam. iv. 1 6. The Lord will no more regard
them ; they respected not the person of the
priests, they favoured not the elders.
Ezek. iii. 7. The house of Israel will not
hearken unto thee, for they will not hearken
unto me, saith the Lord.
xxxiii. 30. The children of thy people are
talking against thee by the walls, and in the
doors of the houses.
Ver. 31, 32. They come unto thee as the
people cometh, and they sit before thee as my
people ; they hear my words, but they will
not do them. Thou art to them as a lovely
song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and
can play well on an instrument : for they hear
thy words, but do them not. Ver. 33. They
shall know that a prophet hath been among
them.
Dan. ix. 6. We have not hearkened to thy
servants the prophets, which spake in thy
name.
Hos. iv. 4. Thy people are as they that
strive with the priest.
Zech. vii. 11, 12. They refused to hearken,
and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped
their ears, that they should not hear the words
which the Lord hath sent in his Spirit by the
prophets ; therefore came wrath from the Lord
of hosts.
Matt, xviii. 17. If one neglect to hear the
church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man
and a publican.
x. 11. 14. Into whatsoever city ye enter,
and they receive you not, shake the dust off
your feet. Ver. 15. It shall be more tolerable
for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judg-
ment than for that city .T Luke x. 16. He
that, despiseth you despiseth me.
John i. 11. Christ came to his own, and
his own received him not.
iii. 11. Jesus said, Ye receive not our wit-
ness.
v. 43. Jesus said, I am come in my Father's
name, and ye receive me not; if another come
in his own name, him ye will receive.
xii. 48. Jesus said, He that rejecteth me,
and receiveth not my words, hath one that
judgeth him; the word that I have spoken,
the same shall judge him at the last day.
Eph. iv. 14. Be no more children, tossed to
and fro with every wind of doctrine.
1 Thess. iv. 8. He that despiseth, despiseth
not men, but God, who hath given unto us his
Holy Spirit. See Matt, xxiii. 37. Luke xiii. 34.
2 Tim. i. 15. Paul said, all that are in Asia
be turned away from me.
iv. 3, 4. The time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own
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Justs shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears. And they shall turn away
their ears from the truth, and shall be turned
unto fables.
1 Cor. iii. 4. One saith, I am of Paul ; an-
other, I am of Apollos, &c. Ch. i. 12.
Jv. 6. Puffed up for one against another.
CXLIII. Not supporting them. Mai. iii. 9.
Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed
me, even this whole nation. Ver. 10. Neh.
xiii. 10. 12.
SIXTH COMMANDMENT.
CXLIV. Of murder. Exod. xx. 13. Thou
shall not kill. Matt. xix. 18. 1 Tim. i. 9.
Death the punishment of murderers. Gen.
ix. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man
shall his blood be shed. Ver. 5.
Exod. xxi. 12. He that smiteth a man, so
that he die, shall surely be put to death. Ver.
13, 14. Lev. xxiv. 17.
Numb. xxxv. 16. The murderer shall sure-
ly be put to death. Ver. 17, 18. 21. 30.
Ver. 31. Ye shall take no satisfaction for
the life of a murderer ; he shall surely be put
to death. Ver. 33. Blood defileth the land ;
and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood
that is shed therein, but by the blood of him
that shed it.
Deut. xix. 1 1. 13. If a man hate his neigh-
bour, and lie in wait for him, and smite him
mortally that he die ; thine eye shall not pity
him, but thou shall put away ihe guill of in-
nocent blood.
CXLV. Cases excepted, wherein the kill-
ing of a man was not to be punished with
death. Exod. xxi. 20. If a man smite his ser-
vanl wilh a rod ; and he die under his hand,
he shall be surely punished.
xxii. 2, 3. If a ihief be found breaking up,
and he be smillen lhal he die, there shall no
blood be shed for him. But if the sun be
risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for
him.
Deut. xix. 4. 6. Whosoever killeth his
neighbour ignoranlly, whom he haled not, he
is nol worthy of death. Numb. xxxv. 15. 22.
CXLVI. Threatenings against murderers.
Ps. v. 6. The Lord will abhor the bloody man.
See Ps. li. 14. Jonah i. 14.
Iv. 23. Bloody men shall not live half iheir
days.
cvi. 38. The land was polluted with blood.
Ver. 40. Therefore the wralh of ihe Lord
was kindled
cix. 31. The Lord shall stand at the right
nand of the poor, to save him from those that
condemn his soul.
Prov. vi. 17. The Lord doth hate hands that
shed innocent blood.
xxviii. 17. A man that doth violence to the
blood of any person, shall flee to the pit, let
no man stay.him.
Isa, lix. 3. 10. Your hands are defiled with
blood. (Ver. 7.) We are as dead men.
Jer. ii. 34. Also in thy skirts is found the
blood of the souls of the poor innocents.
v'ii. 9. 15. W T iIl ye steal, murder, commit
adultery, &c. 1 I will cast you out of my
sight. Ver. 1 6. Pray not for this people.
xix. 3, 4. I will bring evil upon this place.
They have filled it with ihe blood of innocents.
Lam. iv. 14. 16.
Ezek. xxiv. 6. Woe to the bloody city. Ver.
9. Nah. iii. 1.
xxxv. 6. As I live, saith the Lord God, I
will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall
pursue thee ; since thou hast nol haled
even blood shall pursue thee.
Hab. ii. 10, 11. Thou hast consulted shame
to thy house by cutting off many people, and
hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone
shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of
the limber shall answer it.
John viii. 44. The devil was a murderer
from the beginning.
Gal. v. 21. The works of the flesh are, mur-
ders, &c. James iv. 1.
1 John iii. 15. No murderer hath eternal
life abiding in him.
Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers shall have their part
in Ihe lake that burneth with fire and brim-
stone, which is the second death.
xxii. 15. Withoul [the heavenly Jerusalem]
are murderers, &c. See Hos. iv. 2, 3. Malt,
xxiii. 35.
CXLVII. Instances of the punishment of
murder. Upon Cain, Gen. iv. 11, 12. Upon
Simeon and Levi, Gen. xlix. 5, 6, 7. xxxiv.
25, 26. Upon David, 2 Sam. llth and 12th
chapters. Upon Ahab, 1 Kings xxii. 38.
Upon Manasseh, 2 Kings xxiv. 3, 4.
CXLVIII. Striking, wounding, maiming /
how to be punished. Exod. xxi. 18 to 25.
Lev. xxiv. 1 9. Deut. xxvii. 24.
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.
CXLIX. Adultery and fornication. Exod.
xx. 14. Thou shall nol commit adultery.
Markx. 19. James ii. 11.
Deut xxiii. 17. There shall be no whore of
the daughters of Israel. Lev. xix. 29.
CL. Threatenings ; or the evil consequences
of adultery, fornication, &c. Gen. xii. 17.
The Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with
great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife,
who was taken into Pharaoh's house. Ver. 15
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SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.
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xx. 2, 3. Abimelech took Sarah, Abraham's
wife. God said to him, Thou art a dead man,
for she is a man's wife. Ver. 7. If thou re-
store her not, thou shall surely die. Ver. 9.
Abimelech said to Abraham, Thou hast brought
on me and on my kingdom a great sin. Ch.
xxvi. 7. 10, 11
xxxv. 22. Reuben lay with Bilhah, his fa-
ther's concubine. Ch. xlix. 4. Jacob said,
Thou shall not excel, because thou wentest up
to thy father's bed, and didst defile it.
Exod. xxii. 16, 17. If a man entice a maid,
that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall
surely endow her to be his wife. If her father
refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins.
Lev. xviii. 20. Thou shall not lie carnally
with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with
her. Ver. 28. That the land spue you not out.
xx. 10. The man that committeth adullery
with another man's wife, the adulterer and the
adulteress shall surely be put to death. See
to ver. 22.
xx i. 7. The priest shall not take a wife that
is a whore or profane. Ver. 9. And the daugh-
ter of the priest, if she profane herself by play-
ing the whore, she profanelh her father ; she
shall be burnt.
JMumb. v. 12, 13. 19. If a man's wife go
aside, and commit a trespass against him, and
a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from
the eyes of her husband, and there be no wit-
ness against her ; the priest shall charge her
with an oath of cursing. Ver. 27. And if
she be defiled, her belly shall swell and her
thigh shall rot
Deut. xxii. 22. If a man be found lying
with a woman married to a husband, they shall
both of them die.
Ver. 23, 24. If a damsel that is a virgin, be
betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her
in the city, and lie wjth her, ye shall stone
them both with stones that they die ; the dam-
sel because she cried not, being in the city ;
and the man because he halh humbled his
neighbour's wife. Ver. 25. But if a man find
a betrothed damsel in the field and force her
and lie with her, then the man only shall die.
Ver. 28, 29. If a man find a damsel that is
a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold
on her, and lie with her, and they be found ;
then the man shall give unto the damsel's fa-
ther fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his
wife, because he hath humbled her; he may
not put her away all her days.
xxiii. 2. A bastard shall not enter into the
congregation of the Lord, even to his tenth ge-
neration.
Ver. 18. Thou shall not bring the hire of
a whore, or the price of a dog into the house
of the Lord thy God for any vow.
2 Sam. xii. 4. David's sin with the wife of
Uriah. Ver. 11. See the punishment thereof.
Job xxiv. 15. The eye of the adulterer wait-
eth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see
me. Ver. 17, 18. The morning is to them as
the shadow of death. Their portion is cursed
on the earth.
xxxi. 9 12. If my heart hath been deceived
by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my
neighbour's door ; then let my wife grind to
another, and let others bow down upon her.
For it is a heinous crime ; it is an iniquity to
be punished by the judges. It is a fire that
consumeth lo destruction, and would root out
all my increase.
Prov. v. 3 6. The lips of a strange wo-
man drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is
smoother than oil : But her end is bitter as
wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her
feet go down to death ; her steps take hold on
hell. Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of
life, her ways are moveable. Ver. 8 11.
Remove thy way far from her, come not nigh
the door of her house. Lest thou give thine
honour to others, and thy years unto the cruel :
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth ; and
thy labours be in the house of a stranger; and
thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and
thy body are consumed.
Ver. 20, 21. Why wilt thou be ravished
with a strange woman, and embrace the bo-
som of a stranger ? For the ways of man are
before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth
all his goings.
vi. 24. Keep thee from the evil woman,
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange
woman.
Ver. 25, 26. Lust not after her beauty in
thy heart ; neither lei her take thee with her
eyelids. For by means of a whorish woman
a man is brought to a piece of bread ; and the
adulteress wilj hunt for the precious life.
Ver. 27 29. Can a man take fire in his
bosom, and not be burnt ? Can he go upon
hot coals, and his feet not be burnt ? So he
that goeth in to his neighbour's wife ; whoso-
ever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Ver. 32 35. Whoso committeth adultery
with a woman, lacketh understanding; he
that doeth il destroyeth his own soul. A
wound and dishonour shall he get; and his re-
proach shall nol be wiped away. For jealousy
is the rage of a man : he will not regard any
ransom.
vii. 5 to 26. See the description of a
whorish woman, and the fool taken by her
snares. Ver. 27. Her house is the way to
hell, going down to the chambers of death.
ix. 17, 18. She saith, Stolen waters are
sweet. But know that the dead are there, and
that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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CHAP. XVII.
xxii. 14. The mouth of a strange woman
is a deep pit ; he that is abhorred of the Lord
shall fall therein.
xxiii. 27, 28. A whore is a deep ditch, and
a strange woman is a narrow pit. She lieth
in wait as for a prey, and increaseth trans-
gressors among men.
xxx. 20. An adulterous woman saith, I have
done no wickedness.
xxxi. 3. Give not thy strength unto women,
nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Eccl. vii. 26. I find more bitter than death,
the woman whose heart is snares and nets,
and her hands as bands ; whoso pleaseth God
shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be
taken by her.
Jer. vii. 9, 10. Will ye steal, murder, and
commit adultery, and swear falsely, &c. ; and
come and stand before me in this house 1
Ver. 1 5. I will cast you out of my sight.
v. 7 9. When I fed them to the full, they
then committed adultery, and assembled them-
selves by troops in the harlots' houses. They
were as fed horses in the morning, every one
neighing after his neighbour's wife. (Ch.
xiii. 27.) Shall I not visit for these things ?
saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be
avenged on such a nation as this 1
ix. 2. 9. They be all adulterers. Shall not
my soul be avenged, &c. 1
xxiii. 10. The land is full of adulterers.
The land mourneth.
xxix. 23. Because they have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives ; even
I know and am a witness, saith the Lord.
Ezek. xxii. 1 1. One hath committed abo-
mination with his neighbour's wife, another
hath defiled his daughter-in-law, and another
hath humbled his sister. Ver. 14. Can thy
heart endure, or thy hands be strong in the
day that I will deal with thee 1
Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, and
killing and stealing, and committing adultery,
they break out. Therefore shall the land
mourn.
Ver. 11. Whoredom and wine taketh away
the heart.
Ver. 13, 14. Your daughters shall commit
whoredom, and your spouses shall commit
adultery. I will not punish your daughters
nor your spouses; for themselves are separated
with whores.
vii. 4. They are all adulterers, as an oven
heated. Ver. 7. There is none among them
that calleth unto me.
Mai. hi. 5. I will be a swift witness against
the adulterers and false swearers, &c.
Rom. i. 28, 29. As they did not like to re-
tain God in their knowledge, God gave them
over to a reprobate mind : Being filled with
all unrighteousness, fornication, &c.
1 Cor. iii. 16, 17. Know ye not that ye are
the temple of God ? If any man defile the
temple of God, him shall God destroy.
v. 1. It is reported that there is fornication
among you, and such fornication as is not so
much as named among the Gentiles. Ver. 9.
I wrote to you, not to keep company with for-
nicators. Ver. 11. If any man that is called
a brother be a fornicator, with such a one,
no, not to eat. Ver. 13. Put away from
among you that wicked person.
vi. 9. Neither fornicators nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, &c., shall inherit the kingdom of
God. Ver. 10.
Ver. 13. The body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord. Ver. 15. Know ye not that
your bodies are the members of Christ 1 Shall
I make them members of a harlot? Ver. 16.
He that is joined to a harlot is one body with
her. Ver. 18. He that committeth fornica-
tion sinneth against his own body.
x. 8. Neither let us commit fornication, as
some of them did, and fell in one day three
and twenty thousand. Numb. xxv. 1. 9.
2 Cor.xii. 20, 21. I fear lest I shall not find
you such as I would ; and that I shall bewail
many who have sinned, and have not repented
of their fornication, lasciviousness, &c.
Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh are,
adultery, fornication, uncleanness. Ver. 21.
They that do such things shall not inherit the
kingdom of God.
Eph. v. 5, 6. No whoremonger, nor unclean
person, hath any inheritance in the kingdom
of Christ and of God. Because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the
children of disobedience.
Col. iii. 5, 6. Fornication, uncleanness, in-
ordinate affection, &c. For which things'
sake cometh the wrath of God upon the child-
ren of disobedience.
1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for whore-
mongers, &c.
Heb. xiii. 4. Whoremongers and adulterers
God will judge.
2 Pet. ii. 14. Having eyes full of adultery,
cursed children.
Jude 7. Sodom and Gomorrah, and the
cities about them, giving themselves over to
fornication, and going after strange flesh, are
set forth for an example, suffering the ven
geance of eternal fire. Ver. 8.
Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers and whoremongers,
&c. shall have their part in the lake that
burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the
second death.
xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jerusalem]
are dogs, sorcerers, whoremongers, &c.
Matt. v. 28. Whosoever looketh on a wo-
man, to lust after her, hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart.
CHAP. XVII.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT.
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xv. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
&c. ; these defile a man. Ver. 20.
CLI. Examples, exhortations, promises,
S(C. against adultery and fornication. Gen.
xxxix. 7 9. His master's wife cast her eyes
upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me. But he
refused ; and said, How can I do this great
wickedness, and sin against God 1
Job xxxi. 1. I made a covenant with mine
eyes, why then should I think upon a maid ?
Ezek. xviii. 5, 6. If a man be just, and do
that which is lawful and right ; and hath not
defiled his neighbour's wife, &c. ; he shall
live. Ver. 9.
John viii. 1 1 . Jesus said to the woman taken
in adultery, Sin no more.
Acts xv. 20. Abstain from fornication.
Ver. 29.
Rom. xiii. 13, 14. Let us walk honestly, as
in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness;
not in chambering and wantonness. Make
not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
thereof.
1 Cor. vi. 15. Know ye not that your bo-
dies are the members of Christ! Ver. 18. Flee
fornication.
vii. 9. If they cannot contain, let them
marry.
ix. 27. I keep my body under, lest I should
be a cast-away.
x. 8. Let us not commit fornication.
Eph. v. 3. Fornication, and all uncleanness,
let it not be once named among you, as be-
cometh saints. Ver. 4.
Col. iii. 5. Mortify your members which
are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, &c.
1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the will of God,
even your sanctification, and that ye abstain
from fornication.
Ver. 4, 5. Every one of you should know
how to possess his vessel in sanctification and
honour. Not in the lust of concupiscence, as
the Gentiles which know not God.
Ver. 7. God hath not called us to unclean-
ness, but unto holiness.
1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for whore-
mongers, for them that defile themselves with
mankind.
2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts.
1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT.
THEFT FORBIDDE3T.
CLII. Precepts concerning property and
the use of riches in society. Exod. xx. 15.
Thou shalt not steal. Lev. xix. 11. 13. Deut.
v. 19. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 9. Eph.
v. 28. 1 Pet, iv. 15.
CLIII. Threatening^ against theft. Exod.
xxi. 16. He that stealeth a man, shall surely
be put to death. Deut. xxiv. 7. 1 Tim. i. 10.
xxii. 1. If a man steal an ox or a sheep he
shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four
heep for a sheep.
Ver. 2. If a thief be found breaking up, and
be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be
shed for him. Ver. 4. If the theft be found in
his hand, he shall restore double. Ver. 7.
Prov. vi. 30.
Josh. vii. 11, 12. Israel hath sinned, they
have stolen and dissembled also. Therefore
they could not stand before their enemies, &c.
Ps. 1. 18. When thou sawest a thief, thou
consentedst with him. Ver. 21. But I will
reprove thee.
Prov. xxix. 24. Whoso is partner with a
thief, hateth his own soul.
xxx. 8, 9. Feed me with food convenient :
Lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name
of God in vain.
Jer. vii. 9. Will ye steal, &c. Ver. 15. I
will cast you out of my sight.
Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, kill-
ing and stealing, they break out. Therefore
shall the land mourn.
Zech. v. 4. The curse [of the Lord] shall
enter into the house of the thief, and shall con-
sume it.
Luke xii. 33. In the heavens, where no
thief approaches.
1 Cor. vi. 10. Neither thieves, nor covetous,
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of
heaven.
CLIV. Robbery forbidden, with threaten-
ings. Lev. xix. 13. Thou shalt not defraud
thy neighbour, neither rob him.
Ps. Ixii. 10. Become not vain in robbery.
Ver. 12.
Prov. xxi. 7. The robbery of the wicked
shall destroy them.
Isa. Ixi. 8. I the Lord hate robbery. Ch.
x. 2. xvii. 14.
Ezek. xxii. 29. The people have used rob-
bery, &c. Ver. 31. Therefore have I powred
out my indignation upon them, saith the Lord.
Ch. xviii. 10. 13.
Amos iii. 10, 11. They store up violence
and robbery in their palaces. Therefore (saith
the Lord) thy palaces shall be spoiled.
Nah. iii. 1. Woe to the bloody city, it is full
of robbery.
CLV. Fraud and cheating in commerce
forbidden. Lev. xix. 11. Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely. Prov. xx. 14.
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OPPRESSION FORBIDDEN.
CHAP. XVII.
Ver. 35, 36. Ye shall do no unrighteousness
in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in
measure. Just balances, just weights, a just
ephah, and a just hin shall ye have.
xxv. 14. If thou sellest aught unto thy
neighbour, or buyest aught of thy neighbour's
hand, ye shall not oppress one another. Prov.
xi. 26.
Deut. xxv. 13, 14. Thou shall not have in
thy bags divers weights; a great and a small.
Thou shalt not have in thy house divers mea-
sures, a great and a small.
Ver. 15, 16. Thou shalt have a perfect and
just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt
thou have ; that thy days may be lengthened
in the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee. For all they that do unrighteously are
an abomination to the Lord.
Prov. xi. 1. A false balance is an abomina-
tion to the Lord, but a just weight is his de-
light. See Prov. xvi. 11. xx. 10. 23. Hos.
xii. 7, 8. 14. Amos viii. 6. Mic. vi. 10 14.
Hab. ii. 6.
1 Thess. iv. 6. This is the will of God, that
no man go beyond or defraud his brother in
any matter; because that the Lord is the
avenger of all such.
CLVI. Concerning property in lands. The
law thereof. Deut. xix. 14. Thou shalt not
remove thy neighbour's land-mark.
xxvii. 17. Cursed be he that removeth his
neighbour's land-mark: and all the people
shall say, Amen. See Job xxiv. 2. Prov.
xx ii. 28. xxiii. 10, 11.
Exod. xxii. 5. If a man cause a field or a
vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast
into another man's field, of the best of his own
vineyard and of his own field shall he make
restitution.
xxii. 6. If a fire break out and catch in
thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the stand-
ing corn of the field be consumed, he that
kindled the fire shall make restitution.
CLVII. Concerning things found, lent, or
entrusted with a neighbour to keep. The law
thereof. Lev. vi. 1 to 6. xxiv. 18. Exod.
xxii. 9 to 16.
OPPRESSION FORBIDDEN, &c.
CLVIII. Oppression forbidden, and duties
to the oppressed. See Duties of magistrates.
Duties of masters.
Ps. Ixii. 10. Trust not in oppression.
Prov. iii. 31. Envy not the oppressor, and
choose none of his ways.
Isa. i. 17. Relieve the oppressed.
xxxiii. 15, 16. He that despiseth the gain
of oppressions, &c. : He shall dwell on high.
Ezek. xviii. 5. 7. 9. 16.
Iviii. 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen
to let the oppressed go free, &c. ?
Jer. xxi. 12. Deliver him that is spoiled out
of the hand of the oppressor.
Luke iii. 13. John said to the publicans,
Exact no more than that which is appointed
you. Ver. 14. To the soldiers he said, Do
violence to no man, and be content with your
wages.
CLIX. Restitution to the injured to be
made. Lev. vi. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 3. Luke xix. 8.
Ps. xxxvii. 21. Gen. xliii. 12. xliv. 8.
CLX. Threatenings against oppressors.
Job xxvii. 13, 14. This is the heritage of op-
pressors, which they shall receive of the
Almighty. If his children be multiplied, it is
for the sword : and his offspring shall not be
satisfied with bread. See to ver. 19.
Prov. xx. 21. An inheritance may be gotten
hastily at the beginning, but the end thereof
shall not be blessed.
xxii. 16. He that oppresseth the poor to in-
crease his riches, shall surely come to want.
Ver. 22, 23. Rob not the poor, neither op-
press the afflicted ; For the Lord will plead
their cause, and spoil the soul of those that
spoiled them.
xxviii. 3. A poor man that oppresseth the
poor, is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no
food.
Ver. 8. He that by usury and unjust gain
increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for
him that will pity the poor.
Ver. 20. 22. He that maketh haste to be
rich, shall not be innocent. He hath an evil
eye, and considereth not that poverty shall
come upon him.
Isa. v. 8. Woe unto them that join house to
house, that lay field to field, till there be no
place, that they may be placed alone in the
midst of the earth. Mic. ii. 1, 2.
xvi. 4. The oppressors are consumed out of
the land.
xxx. 12, 13. Because ye trust in oppression
and perverseness, &c. therefore this iniquity
shall be to you as a breach.
xlix. 26. I will feed them that oppress you
with their own flesh, &c.
Ii. 23. I will put the cup of trembling into
the hand of them that afflict thee.
lix. 13. In transgressing and lying against
the Lord, in departing away from our God ;
speaking oppression and revolt. Ver. 15. The
Lord saw it and it displeased him, &c.
Jer. vi. 6. This is the city to be visited [by
an enemy] ; she is wholly oppression.
xvii. 11. He that getteth riches, and not by
right, shall leave them in the midst of his days,
and at his end shall be a fool.
xxii. 17 19. [Speaking of Jehoiakim]
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Thine eyes and thy heart are not but for co-
vetousness and oppression. They shall not
lament for him : He shall be buried with the
burial of an ass.
xxx. 20. I will punish all that oppress them.
Ezek. xviii. 12, 13. 18. He hath oppressed
the poor and needy, &c. hath given forth
upon usury hath spoiled his brother by vio-
lence : he shall die in his iniquity.
Mic. ii. 2, 3. They covet fields, and take
them by violence. Therefore, saith the Lord,
Against this family do I devise evil. Isa. v. 8.
See Eccl. v. 8. Also Isa. i. 17. Hos. xii. 7.
Amos iv. 1, 2. Hab. ii. 6. Zeph.i. 9. Acts
vii. 26. 1 Cor. vi. 8.
CLXI. Prayers for the oppressed. Ps.
xvii. 9. Keep me from the wicked that op-
press me.
xlii. 9. Why go I mourning, because of the
oppression of the enemy 1 Ps. xliii. 2. Iv. 3.
xliv. 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
and forgettest our affliction and our oppres-
sion!
liv. 2, 3. Hear my prayer, God, For op-
pressors seek for my soul.
Ixxiv. 21. O let not the oppressed return
ashamed.
cxix. 121. Leave me not to my oppressors.
Ver. 122.
Ver. 134. Deliver me from the oppression
of man.
Isa. xxxviii. 14. Lord, I am oppressed,
undertake for me.
CLXII. Promises to the oppressed. Ps.
ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the op-
pressed.
x. 18. Thou wilt judge the oppressed.
xii. 5. For the oppression of the poor, for
the sighing of the needy, will I arise, saith the
Lord.
xxxv. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee, which
deliverest the poor from him that is too strong
for him, and from him that spoileth him 1
Ixxii. 4. He shall save the children of the
needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Ver. 14. He shall redeem their soul from
deceit and violence, and precious shall their
blood be in his sight.
ciii. 6. The Lord executeth judgment for
all that are oppressed. Ps. cxlvi. 7.
Isa. ix. 4. Thou hast broken the rod of his
oppressor, &c.
xiv. 2. They shall rule over their oppressors.
xix. 20. They shall cry to the Lord, because
of the oppressors, and he shall deliver them.
liv. 14. Thou shall be far from oppression
and from terror.
.Ten 1. 33, 34. They were oppressed. Their
Redeemer will plead their cause. See Ezek.
xiv. 8. Zech. ix. 8.
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See deliverances from national oppression :
Exod. iii. 9. Deut. xxvi. 7. Judg. ii. 16. 18.
iv. 3. vi. 9. Ch. vii. and viii. x. 8. 12.
2 Kings xiii. 4. 23. Isa. Iii. 4.
DUTIES OF THE RICH TOWARD
THE POOR.
CLXIII. Hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. Given
to hospitality. Ver. 8. 1 Tim. iii. 2.
1 Pet. iv. 9. Use hospitality one toward
another, without grudging. Ver. 10.
Heb. xiii. 2. Be not forgetful to entertain
strangers.
1 Tim. v. 10. If she have lodged strangers.
See instances of hospitality, Gen. xviii. 1 to
19. Acts x. 23. xxviii. 7. 3 John 5, 6.
CLXIV. Lending without usury. Exod.
xxii. 25. If thou lend to any of my people that
is poor, thou shall not be to him as a usurer,
neither shall thou lay upon him usury. See
Lev. xxv. 35, 36, 37. Deut. xv. 7 to 11.
xxiii. 19, 20. Ps. xv. 5. Prov. xxviii. 8.
Ezek. xviii. 8. 13. 17. xxii. 12, 13.
Ver. 26. If thou take thy neighbour's
raiment to pledge, thou shall deliver it to him
by that the sun goeth down. Deut. xxiv. 6.
Job xxxi. 16.
Ps. xxxvii. 26. The righteous is ever mer-
ciful and lendeth ; his seed is blessed.
cxii. 5. A good man sheweth favour and
lendeth. Ver. 9. His righteousness endureth
for ever. 2 Cor. ix. 9.
Prov. iii. 28. Say nol to thy neighbour, Go,
and come again ; when thou hast it by thee.
Gal. vi. 10.
Matt. v. 42. Give to him thai askelh thee ;
and from him that would borrow of ihee, turn
not Ihou away.
Acls iv. 32. They lhal believed had all things
common.
CLXV. Giving alms.- promises. Ps.
xxxvii. 21. The righteous sheweth mercy and
giveth. Ver. 24. The Lord upholdeth him.
xii. 1. Blessed is he thai considereth the
poor. Ver. 2, 3.
cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to
the poor ; his righteousness endureth for ever.
2 Cor. ix. 9.
Prov. iii. 9. 27. Honour the Lord with thy
substance. Withhold not good from them lo
whom il is due, when il is in the power of thy
hand lo do il. Ver. 10. So shall thy barns be
filled with plenty, &c.
xi. 24. There is thai scattereth, and yet in-
creaseth, &c. Ver. 25. The liberal soul shall
be made fat : and he thai walereth shall be
watered himself also.
xiv. 21. He that hath mercy on the poor,
happy is he.
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GOD'S CARE OF THE POOR.
CHAP. XVII.
Ver. 31. He that honoureth his Maker, hath
mercy on the poor.
xix. 17. He that hath pity on the poor,
lendeth to the Lord ; and that which he hath
given will he repay him.
xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall
be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the
poor.
xxviii. 27. He that giveth to the poor shall
not lack.
xxix. 7. The righteous considereth the cause
of the poor.
Eccl. xi. 1. Cast thy bread upon the waters;
for thou shalt find it after many days.
Isa. xxxii. 8. The liberal deviseth liberal
things, and by liberal things shall he stand.
Iviii. 6, 7. Is not this the fast that I have
chosen 1 [saith the Lord :] To deal thy bread
to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house] when thou
seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that
thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ]
Ver. 9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will
answer.
Ver. 10, 11. If thou draw out thy soul to
the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then
shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy dark-
ness be as the noon-day. And the Lord shall
guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou
shalt be like a watered garden, and like a
spring whose waters fail not. Ver. 12. See
Job xxxi. 16 to 20, and ver. 32.
Ezek. xviii. 7. Hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a
garment. Ver. 9. He shall surely live, saith
the Lord.
Mark x. 21. Jesus said, Sell whatsoever thou
hast, and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven. Luke xii. 33. xviii. 22.
xii. 42 44. A poor widow threw in two
mites. Jesus said, This poor widow hath cast
in more than they all. She did cast in all
that she had. 2 Cor. viii. 12.
Luke iii. 11. Jesus said, He that hath two
coats, let him impart to him that hath none ;
and he that hath meat let him do likewise.
vi. 38. Give, and it shall be given unto you.
xi. 41. Give alms of such things as you have ;
and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
xiv. 13, 14. When thou makest a feast, call
the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.
And thou shalt be blessed ; for thou shalt be
recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
xvi. 9. Make to yourselves friends of the
mammon of unrighteousness.
Acts x. 2. Cornelius gave much alms to the
people, and prayed to God always. Ver. 4.
The angel said unto him, Thy prayers and
thine alms are come up as a memorial before
God.
xx. 35. Support the weak. It is more blessed
to give than to receive.
Eph. iv. 28. Give to him that needeth.
1 Tim. vi. 17 19. Charge them that are
rich in this world, that they be rich in good
works, ready to distribute, willing to commu-
nicate ; laying up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to come, that
they may lay hold on eternal life.
Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communi-
cate forget not ; for with such sacrifices God is
well pleased.
CLXVI. Alms to be done in secret. Mattvi.
1. Do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them.
Ver. 3, 4. When thou doest thine alms, let
let not thy right hand know what thy left hand
doeth, &c. ; that thine alms may be in secret ;
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall
reward thee openly.
Rom. xii. 8. He that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity.
CLXVII. To be given to the poor of every
denomination. Luke vi. 30. Give to every
man that asketh.
Ver. 35, 36. Love your enemies, and do
good, and ye shall be the children of the High-
est ; for he is kind to the unthankful and the
evil. Be ye therefore merciful as your Father
is merciful. See an instance, chap. x. 29 to 38.
Horn. xii. 20. If thine enemy hunger, feed
him.
Gal. vi. 10. Let us do good unto all men,
especially to them who are of the household
of faith.
CLXVIII. To be given to poor Christians
especially. Matt. x. 42. Whosoever shall
give to drink unto one of these little ones, a
cup of cold water only, in the name of a dis-
ciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise
lose his reward. Mark ix. 41. See above,
Gal. vi. 10.
Matt. xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's remarka-
ble sentence at the day of judgment, and the
reasons given for it.
Rom. xii. 13. Distributing to the necessity
of saints.
1 Cor. xvi. 2. Upon the first day of the
week, let every one of you lay by him in store,
as God hath prospered him. Mark iii. 4. For
it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.
See instances of such liberality to Saint
Paul, and other saints : Rom. xvi. 2. Phil,
iv. 10. 2 Tim. i. 16. 18. Heb. vi. 10. 3 John
5, 6. Collections made for the saints at Jeru-
salem ; Rom. xv. 26. 1 Cor. xvi. 3. 2 Cor.
8th and 9th chapters.
GOD'S CARE OF THE POOR.
CLXIX. Promises to the poor. Job v. 15,
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16. He saveth the poor from the sword, from
their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth
her mouth.
xxxvi. 1 5. He delivereth the poor in his af-
fliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Ps. ix. 18. The needy shall not always be
forgotten ; the expectation of the poor shall
not perish for ever.
Ixviii. 10. Thou, O God, hast prepared of
thy goodness for the poor.
Ixix. 33. The Lord heareth the poor.
Ixxii. 3. He shall judge thy people with right-
eousness, and thy poor with judgment. Ver.
12, 13. He shall deliver the needy when he
crieth ; the poor also, and him that hath no
helper. He shall spare the poor and needy,
and shall save the souls of the needy.
cii. 17. He will regard the prayer of the
destitute, and not despise their prayer.
cvii. 41. He setteth the poor on high from
affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
cix. 31. He shall stand at the right hand of
the poor, to save him from those that condemn
his soul.
cxiii. 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the
dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dung-
hill.
cxxxii. 15. I will satisfy her poor with
bread.
cxl. 12. The Lord will maintain the right
of the poor.
Isa. xiv. 30. The first-born of the poor shall
feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety.
Jer. xx. 13. Sing unto the Lord ; praise ye
the Lord, for he hath delivered the soul of the
poor from the hand of evil-doers.
Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said, Son, remem-
ber, that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things ;
but now he is comforted, and thou art tor-
mented.
James i. 9. Let the brother of low degree
rejoice in that he is exalted.
ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of
this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the king-
dom, which he hath promised to them that
love him I Ps. Ixxiv. 21.
CLXX. Of the uncharitable to the poor.
Deut. xv. 9. Beware of hardness of heart to-
ward thy poor brother. Ch. xxiv. 15.
Prov. xi. 26. He that withholdeth corn, the
people shall curse him.
xvii. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproach-
eth his Maker.
xxi. 13. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry
of the poor, he also shall cry himself and shall
not be heard. Ver. 10. 26.
xxviii. 27. He that hideth his eyes from the
poor, shall have many a curse.
Isa. xxxii. 7. The instruments of the churl
are evil to destroy the poor. Prov. xxiii. 7.
Eat, saith he, but his heart is not with thee.
James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister be
naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of
you say unto him, Depart in peace, be you
warmed, and filled ; notwithstanding ye give
them not those things that be needful, what
doth it profit 1
1 John iii. 1 7. Whoso hath this world's
good, and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from
him, how dwelleth the love of God in him !
THE STRANGER, WIDOW, AND FA-
THERLESS.
CLXXI. Duties toward them, and threat-
enings against those that oppress them. Exod
xxii. 21. Thou shall not vex a stranger nor op-
press him ; for ye were strangers in the land
of Egypt. Ch. xxiii. 9. 12. Lev. xix. 33.
Exod. xxii. 2224. Ye shall not afflict any
widow or fatherless child. If thou afflict them
in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will
surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax.
hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and
your children shall be fatherless.
Lev. xix. 10. Thou shalt not glean thy vine-
yard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of
thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the
poor and the stranger. Deut. xxiv. 20, 21.
xxvii. 12.
Ver. 34. The stranger that dwelleth with
you, shall be unto you as one born among you,
and thou shalt love him as thyself.
xxiii. 22. When ye reap the harvest of your
land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the
corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather
any gleaning of thy harvest ; thou shalt leave
them unto the poor, and to the stranger. Ch.
xxv. 6. Deut. xxiv. 19. Ruth ii. 2, 3.
Deut. i. 16. Judge righteously between every
man and the stranger.
x. 19. Love the stranger; for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
xxiv. 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judg-
ment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor
take a widow's raiment to pledge. Ch. xxvii.
1 9. Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment
of the stranger, of the fatherless, and widow :
and all the people shall say, Amen.
Job xxiv. 3. 9. The wicked drive away the
ass of the fatherless, and take the widow's ox
for a pledge. They pluck the fatherless from
the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
(Ver. 21.) Ver. 23, 24. God's eyes are upon
their ways : They are exalted for a little while,
but are gone and brought low ; they are taken
out of the way, and cut off as the tops of the
ears of corn.
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NINTH COMMANDMENT.
CHAP. XVII.
xxix. 12, 13. I delivered the poor that cried,
and the fatherless, and him that had none to
help him. The blessing of him that was ready
to perish came upon me ; I caused the widow's
heart to sing for joy.
xxxi. 16, 17. 21, 22. If I have withheld
the poor from their desire, or have caused the
eyes of the widow to fail. If I have eaten my
morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten
thereof If I have lifted" up my hand against the
fatherless : Then let my arm fall from my
shoulder blade. Ver. 32. The stranger did
not lodge in the street, but I opened my door
to the traveller.
Ps. xciv. 6. The proud slay the widow and
the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Ver.
10. He that chastiseth the nations, shall he
not correct you 1
Prov. xxiii. 10, 11. Enter not into the fields
of the fatherless : For their Redeemer is migh-
ty ; he will plead their cause.
Isa. i. 17. Judge the fatherless; plead for
the widow. Ver. 23, 24. They judge not the
fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow
come unto them. Therefore, saith the Lord, I
will ease me of mine adversaries. Jer. v. 28, 29.
x. 1,2. Woe unto them that decree unright-
eous decrees. That widows may be their prey,
and that they may rob the fatherless. Matt,
xxiii. 14.
Jer. vii. 6, 7. If ye oppress not the stranger,
the fatherless and the widow ; then will I cause
you to dwell in this place. Ch. xxii. 3. Zech.
vii. 10.
Ezek. xxii. 7. In thee have they dealt by
oppression with the stranger, they vexed the
fatherless and widow. Ver. 15. I will scatter
them among the heathen. Ver. 29. 31.
xlvii. 22. Give the stranger his inheritance.
Ver. 23.
Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against
those that oppress the widow and the father-
less, and that turn aside the stranger from his
right.
1 Tim. v. 3. Honour widows that are wi-
dows indeed.
Ver. 16. If they have widows, let them re-
lieve them.
James i. 27. Pure religion and undefiled be-
fore God and the Father, is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to
keep himself unspotted from the world. See
Luke iv. 25.
CLXXII. Promises to the stranger, father-
less and widow. Deut.x. 18. The Lord doth
execute the judgment of the fatherless and
widow, and loveth the stranger in giving him
food and raiment.
Ps. x. 14. Thou art the helper of the father-
less. Ver. 18.
Ixviii. 5. A father of the fatherless, and a
judge of the widow, is God in his holy habi-
tation.
cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers,
and relieveth the fatherless and widow.
Prov. xv. 25. The Lord will establish the
border of the widow.
Ezek. xi. 16. Thus saith the Lord God,
Although I have cast them far off among the
heathen, and scattered them among the coun-
tries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary
in the countries where they shall come.
Jer. xlix. 11. Leave thy fatherless children,
I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows
trust in me.
Hos. xiv. 3. In thee the fatherless findeth
mercy.
Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city,
whither I have caused you to be carried away
captives ; and pray unto the Lord for it : for
in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Ps.
xxvii. 10. See 1 Kings viii. 43. 2 Chron.
vi. 33.
NINTH COMMANDMENT.
WITNESS-BEARING.
CLXXIII. Of witness-bearing; false
swearing, $c. Exod. xx. 16. Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Deut. v. 20. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 9.
Numb. xxxv. 30. One witness shall not
testify against any person to cause him to die.
Deut. xvii. 6.
Deut. xix. 15. One witness shall not rise
up against a man for any iniquity, or for any
sin that he sinneth ; out of the mouth of two
witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses,
shall the matter be established. Matt, xviii.
16. 2 Cor. xiii. 1. 1 Tim. v. 19.
Ver. 16. 19. If a false witness rise up
against any man, to testify against him that
which is wrong; (Ver. 17, 18.) Then shall
ye do unto him, as he thought to have done
unto his brother ; so shalt thou put the evil
away from among you. Ver. 21. Life shall
go for life, eye for eye, &c.
Lev. v. 1. If a soul sin, and hear the voice
of swearing, and is a witness whether he hath
seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, then
he shall bear his iniquity.
Prov. vi. 16. 19. These things doth the
Lord hate: A false witness that speaketh
lies, &c.
xiv. 5. A faithful witness will not lie ; but
a false witness will utter lies.
Ver. 25. A true witness delivereth souls,
but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
xix. 5. A false witness shall not be un-
punished. Ver. 9.
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xxi. 28. A false witness shall perish.
xxiv. 28. Be not a witness against thy
neighbour without a cause. See Prov. xii.
17. xix. 28. xxv. 18. Matt. xv. 19.
Instances : Of false witness given against
Naboth, I Kings xxi. 7, &c. Against David,
Ps. xxvii. 12. xxxv. 11. Against Christ,
Matt.xxvi. 60. Against Stephen, Acts vi. 13.
CLXXIV. Lying forbidden ; truth com-
manded. Lev. xix. 11. Ye shall not lie one
to another. Zech. viii. 16, 17.
Ps. xxxiv. 1 3. Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips that they speak no guile. 1 Pet.
iii. 10.
Prov. iv. 24. A froward mouth and perverse
lips put far from thee.
Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in love,
grow up unto Christ.
Ver. 25. Putting away lying, speak every
man truth with his neighbour.
Col. iii. 9. Lie not one to another, seeing
ye have put off the old man. See Ps. xv. 2.
Isa. xxxiii. 15. Prov. xii. 17. 19.
CLXXV. Lying abhorred by God and
good men. Prov. vi. 16, 17. These things
doth the Lord hate : A lying tongue, &c.
xii. 22. Lying lips are abomination to the
Lord ; but they that deal truly are his delight.
Job xxvii. 4. Job said, My lips shall not
speak wickedness, neither my tongue utter
deceit.
Ps. ci. 7. David said, He that telleth lies
shall not tarry in my sight.
cxix. 29. Remove from me the way of
lying. Ver. 163. I hate and abhor lying.
Prov. viii. 7. Wisdom said, My mouth shall
speak truth ; wickedness is an abomination
to my lips.
xiii. 5. A righteous man hateth lying.
Isa. Ixiii. 8. My people (saith God) are
children that will not lie.
CLXXVI. Satan, and his children, are
liars. John viii. 44. The devil abode not in
the truth ; he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ver. 45.
Acts v. 3. Why hath Satan filled thy heart
to lie to the Holy Ghost 1 See Isa. xxviii. 15.
17. lix. 3, 4. Jer. xxiii. 14.
CLXXVII. Threatenings and prayers
against liars. Ps. v. 6. Thou shall destroy
them that speak leasing.
xxxi. 18. Let lying lips be put to silence,
which speak grievous things, proudly and
contemptuously against the righteous.
xxx vi. 1. There is no fear of God before
his eyes. Ver. 3. The words of his mouth
are iniquity and deceit. Ver. 12. They are
cast down, they shall not arise. Ps. x. 7.
I 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and
thy tongue frameth deceit. Ver. 21. I will
reprove thee, saith the Lord.
Iii. 2 4. Thy tongue deviseth 'mischief
like a sharp razor working deceitfully. Thou
lovest evil more than good, and lying rather
than to speak righteousness. Thou lovest all
devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Ver. 5. God shall destroy thee for ever.
Iv. 21. The words of his mouth were
smoother than butter, but war was in his
heart : his words were softer than oil, yet were
they drawn swords. (Ver. 12, 13. 15.) Ver.
23. Thou, God, shalt bring them down into
the pit of destruction.
Iviii. 3, 4. The wicked are estranged from
the womb, they go astray speaking lies. Their
poison is like the poison of a serpent. (Ps.
cxi. 3. 9.) Ver. 6, 7. Break their teeth, O
God, in their mouth. Let them melt away
like waters.
lix. 7. They belch out with their mouth ;
swords are in their lips.
Ver. 12, 13. For the sin of their mouth,
and the words of their lips, let them even be
taken in their pride; and for cursing and
lying which they speak, consume them in
wrath.
Ixii. 4. They delight in lies; they bless
with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.
Ver. 3. Ye shall be slain all of you.
Ixiii. 1 1. The mouth of them that speak
lies shall be stopped.
cix. 2. They have spoken against me with
a lying tongue : let them be condemned.
Ver. 7.
cxx. 3, 4. What shall be given unto thee ?
or what shall be done unto thee, thou false
tongue 1 ? Sharp arrows of the mighty with
coals of juniper.
Prov. x. 18. He that hideth hatred with
lying lips is a fool.
xii. 13. The wicked is snared by the trans-
gression of his lips. Ch. xvii. 20.
Ver. 19. A lying tongue is but for a mo-
ment.
xvii. 7. Lying lips become not a prince.
xix. 5. He that speaketh lies shall not
escape ; he shall perish. Ver. 9.
Ver. 22. A poor man is better than a liar.
Ver. 1.
xxi. 6. Getting treasures by a lying tongue,
is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek
death.
xxvi. 18, 19. As a madman who casteth
firebrands, arrows, and death : so is he that
deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I
in sport?
Ver. 23. Lying lips and a wicked heart are
like a potsherd covered with silver dross. Ver.
24, 2(, 26. 28.
Isa. Ivii. 11. Of whom hast thou been afraid,
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CHAP. XVII.
that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered
me, saiih the Lord ]
lix. 2, 3. Your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your sins
have hid his face from you. For your hands
are defiled with blood, and your fingers with
iniquity ; your lips have spoken lies, your
tongue hath muttered perverseness. Ver.
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Jer. ix. 5. They will deceive every one his
neighbour, and will not speak the truth ; they
have taught their tongue to speak lies, and
weary themselves to commit iniquity. Ver. 7.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Be-
hold, I will melt them and try them.
Ver. 8, 9. Their tongue is as an arrow shot
out, and speaketh deceit: one speaketh peace-
ably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in
heart he layeth his wait. Shall I not visit
them for these things 1 saith the Lord : Shall
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as
this?
Hos. iv. 1, 2. The Lord hath a controversy
with the inhabitants of the land, because there
is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God
in the land. By swearing, and lying, and
killing, and stealing, they break out. Ver. 3.
Therefore shall the land mourn.
1 Tim. iv. 2. Seducing spirits, speaking lies
in hypocrisy.
Rev. xxi. 8. Liars shall have their portion
in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone.
Ver. 27. There shall in no wise enter into
heaven any thing that defile th or worketh abo-
mination, or that maketh a lie.
xxii. 15. Without are dogs, and sorcerers,
and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
See the death of Ananias and Sapphira,
Acts v.
CLXXVIII. The words of the wicked, in-
jurious and offensive. Ps. v. 9. There is no
faithfulness in their mouth ; their throat is an
open sepulchre. Ver. 10. Destroy them, O
God.
xxii. 7. They shoot out the lip, they shake
the head.
lix. 7. They belch out with their mouth,
swords are in their lips ; for who (say they)
doth hear us 1 Ver. 8. Thou, God, shalt
laugh at them. Ps. Ixiv. 3. Ixix. 26.
cxl. 3. They have sharpened their tongues
like a serpent ; adders' poison is under their
lips. Ver. 9. Let the mischief of their own
lips cover them.
Prov. xii. 18. There is that speaketh like
the piercing of a sword; but the tongue of
the wise is health.
xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil,
and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Ver. 30.
xvii. 4. A wicked doer giveth heed to false
lips, and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Ver. 7.
xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention,
and his mouth calleth for strokes. Ver. 7.
His mouth is his destruction, and his lips are
the snare of his soul.
xxiv. 2. Their heart studieth destruction,
and their lips talk of mischief.
Eccl. x. 12. The words of a wise man's
mouth are' gracious, but the lips of a fool will
swallow up himself.
Lam. iii. 61, 62. Thou hast heard the lips
of those that rise up against me.
Matt. xii. 34, 35. How can ye, being evil,
speak good things 1 An evil man out of the
evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth evil
things. Ver. 37. By thy words thou shalt be
condemned.
xv. 18. The things that proceed out of the
mouth, come forth from the heart, and defile
the man.
1 Cor. xv. 33. Evil communications corrupt
good manners.
James iii. 5, 6. The tongue is a little mem-
ber, and boasteth great things. The tongue
is a fire, a world of iniquity ; it defileth the
whole body. Ver. 8, 9, 10.
2 Pet. ii. 12. These, as natural brute beasts,
speak evil of the things they understand not.
CLXXIX. Words of the wicked against
God. Jude 14, 15. The Lord cometh with
ten thousand of his saints ; to execute judg-
ment, and to convince all that are ungodly,
of their ungodly speeches which they have
ungodly spoken against him.
CLXXX. Evil speaking. Ps. xii. 3, 4.
The Lord shall cut off the tongue that
speaketh proud things : who have said, With
our tongue will we prevail ; our lips are our
own, who is Lord over us ?
xii. 5. My enemies speak evil of me. Ver. 6.
1. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil. Ver.
21. I will reprove thee, saith God.
Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath,
and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away
from you, with all malice.
Tit. iii. 2. Speak evil of no man. Be not
brawlers. 1 Pet. iii. 9.
James iv. 1 1. Speak not evil one of another.
1 Pet. ii. 1, 2. Laying aside all malice, and
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil
speaking; as new-born babes desire the sin-
cere milk of the word.
iii. 10. He that will love life, and see good
days, let him refrain his tongue from evil. Ps.
xxxiv. 13. See Ps. cxl. 11.
TALKATIVENESS.
CLXXXI. Talkativeness; rashness with
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the tongue. Job xi. 2. Should a man of much
talk be justified ?
xlii. 3. Job said, Who is he that hideth
counsel without knowledge? therefore have I
uttered that I understood not; things too won-
derful for me, which I knew not.
Ps. cvi. 33. They provoked Moses's spirit,
so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Prov. x. 8. A prating fool shall fall. Ver.
19. In the multitude of words there wanteth
not sin, but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Job xiii. 5.
xiii. 3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth
his life; but he that openeth wide his lips
shall have destruction.
xiv. 23. The talk of the lips tendeth only
to penury.
xvii. 27. He that hath knowledge spareth
his words. Job xiii. 5.
Ver. 28. Even a fool when he holdeth his
peace is accounted wise.
xviii. 13. He that answereth a matter before
he heareth it, it is folly and shame to him.
xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his
tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles.
xxix. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind: but
a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. Ver.
20. Seest thou a man hasty in his words?
there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Eccl. iii. 7. There is a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak.
v. 2, 3. Be not rash with thy mouth. A
fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
x. 14. A fool is full of words.
Amos v. 13. The prudent shall keep silence
in the evil time.
Mic. vii. 5. Keep the doors of thy mouth
from her that lieth in thy bosom.
James i. 19. Let every man be swift to
hear, slow to speak.
Ver. 26. If any man among you seemeth
to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue,
that man's religion is vain.
FLATTERY.
CLXXXII. Flattery. Job xvii. 5. He
that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the
eyes of his children shall fail.
xxxii. 21, 22. Let me not accept any man's
person, neither give flattering titles to men.
(1 Thesis, ii. 5.) In so doing my Maker
would soon take me away.
Ps. v. 9. They flatter with their tongues.
Ver. 10. Destroy them, O God. Ps. xli. 6.
xii. 2. With flattering lips and a double
heart they do speak. Ver. 3. The Lord shall
cut off all flattering lips.
Ixxviii. 36, 37. They did flatter God with
their mouth, and lied unto him. For their
heart was not right with him. Isa. xxix. 13.
Prov. xx. 19. Meddle not with him that
flattereth with his lips.
xxvi. 28. A flattering mouth worketh ruin.
xxix. 5. A man that flattereth his neigh-
bour spreadeth a net for his feet. See Prov.
ii. 16. vi. 24. vii. 21. xxviii. 23. Ezek.
xii. 24. Dan. xi. 21. 32. 34.
TALE-BEARING.
CLXXXm. Tale-bearing. Lev. xix. 16
Thou shall not go up and down as a tale-
bearer among t\iy people.
Prov. xi. 13. A tale-bearer revealeth secrets,
but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the
matter.
xvii. 9. He that covereth a transgression
seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter
separateth very friends.
xviii. 8. The words of a tale-bearer are as
wounds, they go down into the innermost
parts of the belly. Ch. xxvi. 22.
xx. 1 9. He that goeth about as a tale-bearer
revealeth secrets ; therefore meddle not with
him that flattereth with his lips.
xxvi. 20. Where there is no tale-bearer the
strife ceaseth.
WHISPERING.
CLXXXIV. Whispering. Ps. xli. 7. All
that hate me, whisper together against me.
Prov. xvi. 28. A whisperer separateth chief
friends.
Rom. i. 29. They [the wicked] are full of
envy, murder, debate ; whisperers.
2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be among
you whisperings, swellings, &c.
BACKBITING.
CLXXXV. Backbiting. Ps. xv. 1. Lord,
who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall
dwell in thy holy hill? Ver. 3. He that
backbiteth not with his tongue.
Prov. xxv. 23. An angry countenance
driveth away a backbiting tongue.
Rom. i. 28. The wicked have a reprobate
mind. Ver. 29. Filled with all unrighteous-
ness. Ver. 30. Backbiters, &c. See 2 Cor.
xii. 20.
SLANDERING, &c.
CLXXXVI. Slandering, #c. Ps. ci. 5.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him
will I cut off.
Prov. x. 1 8. He that uttereth a slander is a
fool.
Ps. xxxi. 13. I have heard the slander o
many, while they took counsel against me.
REPROACH REVILING.
CHAP. XVII.
1. 20, 21. Thou slanderest thy own mother's
son. I will reprove thee, saith God.
Jer. vi. 28. Grievous revellers, walking with
slanders.
ix. 4. Every neighbour will walk with
slanders. Ver. 7.
1 Tim. iii. 11. Deacons' wives must not be
slanderers. See Ps. xxxi. 13. Rom. iii. 8.
REPROACH.
CLXXXVII. Prayers and complaints
against it. Neh. iv. 4. Hear, O our God, for
we are despised; turn their reproach upon
their own head, and give them for a prey.
Job xvi. 10. They have smitten me re-
proachfully.
Ps. xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.
xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all my
enemies, and especially among my neighbours.
xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my enemies ;
make me not the reproach of the foolish.
xlii. 10. As with a sword in my bones my
enemies reproach me.
xliv. 1 3. Thou makest us a reproach to our
neighbours, a scorn, and a derision to them
that are round about us.
Iv. 12. It was not an enemy that reproached
me, then I could have borne it. Ver. 15. Let
death seize upon them.
Ixix. 7. For thy sake, I have borne re-
proach, &c.
Ver. 9, 10. The reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me. (Rom.
xv. 3.) When I wept and chastened my soul
with fasting that was to my reproach.
Ver. 19. Thou hast known my reproach,
my shame and dishonour. Ver. 23. Let their
eyes be darkened.
Ixxiv. 1 0. O God, how long shall the adver-
sary reproach 1 Ver. 18. Remember that the
enemy hath reproached, O Lord.
Ixxix. 4. We are become a reproach to our
neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that
are round about us. Ver. 12. Render unto
our neighbours seven-fold into their bosom
their reproach.
Ixxxix. 41. He is a reproach to his neigh-
bours.
Ver. 50, 51. Remember, O Lord, the re-
proach of thy servants, wherewith thy enemies
have reproached.
cii. 8. My enemies reproach me all the day.
cix. 25, 26. I became also a reproach unto
them. Help me, O Lord my God.
cxix. 22. Remove from me reproach and
contempt.
Ver. 39. Turn away my reproach which I
fear.
Lam. iii. 61. Thou hast heard their reproach,
Lord, and all their imaginations against me.
Ver. 64. Render unto them a recompense,
Lord.
Joel ii. 1 7. Spare thy people, O Lord, and
give not thy heritage to reproach.
CLXXXVIII. Reproach. God will bring
it upon the wicked. Jer. xxiv. 9. I will deli-
ver them to be removed into all the kingdoms
of the earth, for their hurt ; to be a reproach
and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all
places whither I shall drive them. Ch. xxix.
18. xlii. 18. xliv. 12. Ezek. v. 14, 15.
xxii. 4.
Isa. xliii. 27, 28. Thy first father hath sin-
ned, and thy teachers have transgressed against
me. Therefore have I profaned the princes
of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the
curse, and Israel to reproaches.
Dan. ix. 16. For the iniquities of our fathers,
Jerusalem and thy people are become a re-
proach to all that are about us.
CLXXXIX. Promises against reproach.
Ps. Ivii. 3. He shall save me from the reproach
of him that would swallow me up.
Isa. li. 7. Fear ye not the reproach of men,
neither be afraid of their revilings; for the
moth shall eat them, &c. Ver. 8.
Ezek. xxxvi. 3. Ye are taken up in the lips
of talkers, and are an infamy of the people.
Ver. 7. Thus saith the Lord, The heathen
that are about you shall bear their shame.
Joel ii. 19. I will no more make you a re-
proach.
Zeph. ii. 8, 9. I have heard the reproach of
Moab, and the revilings of the children of Am-
mon. As I live, saith the Lord God of Israel,
surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the child-
ren of Ammon as Gomorrah. Ver. 10, 11.
Luke vi. 22. Blessed are ye, saith Christ,
when men shall reproach you for my sake.
2 Cor. xii. 10. I take pleasure in reproaches
for Christ. Heb. x. 33.
1 Pet. iv. 14. If ye be reproached for the
name of Christ, happy are ye. See Job v. 21.
Ps. xxxi. 20. cxx. 2.
REVILING.
CXC. Reviling practised by the wiclced,
and endured by the godly^ Exod. xxii. 28.
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the
ruler of thy people. Acts xxiii. 4, 5.
Matt. v. 11. Blessed are ye when men shall
revile you, &c.
xxvii. 39. They that passed by reviled
Christ.
Mark xv. 32. They that were crucified with
him reviled him.
John ix. 28. The Pharisees reviled him
whose eyes Christ opened.
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1 Cor. iv. 12. Being reviled we bless.
vi. 10. Neither thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, &c. shall inherit the
kingdom of God.
1 Pet. ii. 23. Christ, when he was reviled
reviled not again. See Isa. li. 7. Zeph. ii. 8,
in the foregoing section.
RAILING.
CXCI. Railing. 1 Cor. v. 11. Keep not
company with a railer.
1 Tim. vi. 4. Strifes of words, whereof
cometh envy, strife, railings, &c.
1 Pet. iii. 9. Love as brethren, not rendering
railing for railing.
2 Pet. ii. 1 1. Angels bring not a railing ac-
cusation against the wicked.
Jude 9. The angel durst not bring a railing
accusation against the devil. Ver. 13.
Instances of the wicked's railing. Sen-
nacherib, 2 Chron. xxxii. 17. Nabal, 1 Sam.
xxv. 14. Persons at Christ's crucifixion,
Mark xv. 29. A malefactor, Luke xxiii. 39.
EVIL COMMUNICATIONS.
CXCII. Evil communications. Isa. ix. 17.
Every mouth speaketh folly. God's anger is
not turned away, &c.
1 Cor. xv. 33. Be not deceived, evil com-
munications corrupt good manners.
Eph.iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
grace unto the hearers.
v. 3, 4. Fornication and uncleanness, let it
not be once named amongst you ; neither filthi-
ness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which
are not convenient. Matt. xii. 36. For every
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
an account thereof in the day of judgment.
Col. iii. 8. Put off all these, anger, wrath,
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your
mouth.
iv. 6. Let your speech be always with grace.
2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed
with the filthy conversation of the wicked.
See Isa. ix. 17.
CXCIII. Unprofitable disputes about reli-
gion. ITim. i. 4. Neither give heed to fables,
which minister questions rather than godly
edifying. See 1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. 2 Tim. ii. 14.
16, 17. Tit. iii. 9.
CURSING.
CXCIV. Cursing forbidden in Scripture,
and avoided by the righteous. Exod. xxii. 28.
Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people.
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Lev. xix. 14. Thou shalt not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling-block before the blind.
Job xxxi. 30. Job said, Neither have I suf-
fered my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to
his soul that hated me.
Eccl. x. 20. Curse not the king in thy
thought ; curse not the rich.
Matt. v. 44. Bless them that curse you.
Rom. xii. 14. Bless and curse not.
James iii. 10. Out of the same mouth pro-
ceedeth blessing and cursing. These things
ought not so to be,
CXCV. Cursing practised by the wicked.
Gen. xii. 3. The Lord said to Abram, I will
curse him that curseth thee. Ch. xxvii. 29.
Judg. xvii. 2. Micah's mother cursed about
her silver.
2 Sam. xvi. 5. 12. Shimei cursed David.
He is punished. 1 Kings ii. 8. 46.
Ps. x. 7. The mouth of the wicked is full
of cursing.
lix. 12. For the sin of their mouth, for
cursing and lying, consume them in wrath.
Ver. 13. Ps. Ixii. 4.
cix. 17. As he loved cursing, let it come
unto him. Ver. 28. Let them curse, but bless
thou.
Prov. xxvi. 2. The curse causeless shall not
come.
xxix. 24. The wicked heareth cursing, and
bewrayeth it not.
Isa. viii. 21. The wicked shall fret them-
selves, and curse their king and their God.
Jer. xv. 10. Every one of them doth curse me.
xxiii. 10. Because of cursing the land
mournethi
Acts xxiii. 12. The Jews bound themselves
with a curse, neither to eat nor drink, till they
had killed Paul.
See Numb. xxii. 6 to 17. xxiii. 1 to 25.
Deut. xxiii. 4. Josh. xxiv. 9. Neh. xiii. 2.
Where Balak hires Balaam to curse Israel.
See Matt. xxvi. 74. When Peter denied his
Master.
THE RIGHTEOUS.
CXCVI. The righteous, their care of their
words. Job ii. 10. In all this Job sinned not
with his lips.
xxvii. 4. Job said, My lips shall not speak
wickedness.
xxxiii. 3. My words shall be of the upright-
ness of my heart.
Ps. xxxix. 1. David said, I will take heed to
my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I
will keep my mouth with a bridle while the
wicked is before me.
cxli. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my
mouth ; keep the door of my .lips.
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CHAP. XVII.
Prov. viii. 6. Wisdom saith, The opening
of my lips shall be right things.
xvi. 23. The heart of the wise teacheth his
mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Mai. ii. 6. Iniquity was not found in Levi's
lips.
CXCVII. They praise God with their
mouths. Ps. xvii. 1. My prayer goeth not
out of feigned lips.
xl. 9. I preached righteousness ; I refrained
not my lips.
Ixiii. 3. My lips shall praise thee.
Ixvi. 14. I will pay my vows, which my lips
have uttered when I was in trouble.
Ix'xi. 23. My lips shall greatly rejoice when
I sing unto thee.
cxix. 13. With my lips have I declared all
the judgments of thy mouth. Ver. 171. My
lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught
me thy statutes.
Hos. xiv. 2. We will render the calves of
our lips.
Heb. xiii. 15. Let us offer the fruit of our
lips, giving thanks to his name. See Mai. iii.
16. Matt. xiii. 52.
CXCVIII. The words of the righteous, the
just, <$rc. toward men. Job vi. 25. How for-
cible are right words. Prov. xv. 23. Eccl.
xii. 10, 11.
Ps. xxxvii. 30. The mouth of the righteous
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of
judgment.
Prov. x. 11. The mouth of the righteous is
a well of life. Ver. 13. In the lips of him
that hath understanding, wisdom is found.
Ver. 20, 21. The tongue of the just is as
choice silver. The lips of the righteous feed
many, but fools die for want of wisdom.
Ver. 31 , 32. The mouth of the just bringeth
forth wisdom, but the froward tongue shall be
cut out. The lips of the righteous know
what is acceptable, but the mouth of the
wicked speaketh frowardness.
xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall de-
liver them. Ver. 14. A man shall be satisfied
with good by the fruit of his mouth. Ch.
xiii. 2.
Ver. 18. There is that speaketh like the
piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise
is health.
xiv. 3. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod
of pride, but the lips of the wise shall pre-
serve them.
xv. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
Ver. 2. The tongue of the wise useth know-
ledge aright, but the mouth of fools poureth
out foolishness.
Ver. 4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of
Life, but perverseness therein is a breach in the
spirit. Ver. 7. The lips of the wise disperse
knowledge, but the heart of the foolish doeth
not so.
Ver. 28. The heart of the righteous studieth
to answer, but the mouth of the foolish
poureth out evil things.
xvi. 13. Righteous lips are the delight of
kings, and they love him that speaketh right.
Ver. 21. The sweetness of the lips in-
creaseth learning. Ver. 24. Pleasant words
are as a honey-comb ; sweet to the soul, and
health to the bones.
xviii. 20, 21. A man's belly shall be satis-
fied with the fruit of his mouth, and with the
increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death
and life are in the power of the tongue, and
they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
xx. 15. The lips of knowledge are a pre-
cious jewel.
xxii. 1 1. He that loveth pureness of heart, for
the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Ver. 17, 18. Hear the words of the wise.
They shall be fitted in thy lips.
xxiii. 16. My reins shall rejoice when thy
lips speak right things.
xxiv. 26. Every man shall kiss his lips that
giveth a right answer.
Eccl. ix. 17. The words of the wise are
heard in quiet, more than the cry of him that
ruleth among fools.
x. 12. The words of a wise man's mouth
are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swal-
low up himself. Ver. 13, 14.
Matt. v. 37. Let your communication be,
Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more
than these cometh of evil.
xii. 35. A good man, out of the good trea-
sure of his heart, bringeth forth good things.
xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed unto the
kingdom of heaven, is like a man that is a
householder, which bringeth forth out of his
treasure things new and old.
Luke iv. 22. Gracious words proceeded out
of Jesus's mouth.
Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth ; but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it may minis-
ter grace unto the hearers.
v. 3, 4. Fornication and all uncleanness, let
it not be once named amongst you : neither
filthiness nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which
are not convenient ; but rather giving of
thanks.
Col. iii. 8. Put off filthy communication
out of your mouth.
iv. 6. Let your speech be always with
grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know
how ye ought to answer every man.
James i. 26. If any man seem to be reli-
gious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's
religion is vain.
CHAP. XVII.
COVETOUSNESS.
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Hi. 2. If any man offend not in word, the
same is a perfect man.
TENTH COMMANDMENT.
COVETOUSNESS.
CXCIX. Of covetousness. Exod. xx. 1 7.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shall not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor
his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor
his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy
neighbour's. Deut. v. 21. Rom. vii. 7.
xiii. 9.
Ps. cxix. 36. Incline my heart unto thy
testimonies, and not to covetousness.
1 Cor. v. 11. I have written to you, if any
one that is called a brother, be covetous, &c.
with such a one, no, not to eat.
Eph. v. 3. Covetousness, let it not be once
named among you, as becometh saints.
Col. iii. 5. Mortify your members, &c. and
covetousness, which is idolatry.
Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation be with-
out covetousness.
CC. Threatening against covetous per-
sons. Ps. x. 3. The wicked blesseth ihe
covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
Isa. Ivii. 17. For the iniquity of his covet-
ousness was I wroth, and smote him.
Jer. vi. 12, 13. Their houses shall be turned
unto others, with their fields. For from the
least of them even to the greatesl, every one
is given to covetousness. Ch. viii. 10.
xxii. 17 19. Thine eyes and thy heart are
not but for thy covetousness. Therefore, saith
the Lord, they shall not lament for him, (viz.
Jehoiakim.) He shall be buried with the
burial of an ass.
li. 13. O Babylon, thine end is come, and
the measure of thy covetousness.
Mic. ii. 1,2. Woe to them, they covet fields,
and take them by violence.
Hab. ii. 9. Woe to him that coveteth an
evil covetousness to his house, that he may
set his nest on high, that he may be delivered
from the power of evil.
Mark vii. 22, 23. Thefts, covetousness, &c.
defile the man.
Rom. i. 29. Being filled with all unrighte-
ousness, covetousness, &c. Ver. 32. They
that commit such things are worthy of death.
1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Know ye not that the un-
righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of
God 1 neither thieves, nor covetous, shall in-
herit the kingdom of God.
Eph. v. 5. No covetous man hath any in-
heritance in the kingdom of Christ and of
God. See Ezek. xxxiii. 28. 31.
See instances of covetous persons punish-
ed. Balaam, Numb. Chap. xxii. and xxiii.
Compare 2 Pet. ii. 15. Jude 11. Rev. ii. 14.
His death, Num. xxxi. 8. 16. Achan,
Josh. vii. 5 to 25. Ahab, 1 Kings xxi. 1 to
16. 19, &c. 2 Kings ix. 25.
CCI. An insatiable desire of riches. Prov.
xv. 27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth
his own house.
xxvii. 20. Hell and destruction are never
full ; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Eccl. iv. 8. There is one alone, and there
is not a second; yea, he hath neither child
nor brother ; yet there is no end of his labour,
neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither
saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave
my soul of good 1 This is also vanity ; it is
a sore travail.
v. 10. He that loveth silver, shall not be
satisfied with silver ; neither he that loveth
abundance with increase.
CCII. Threats against unjust measures
of acquiring riches. Prov. i. 18, 19. They
lay wait for their own blood, they lurk privily
for their own lives. So are the ways of
every one that is greedy of gain, which taketh
away the life of the owners thereof.
Matt. xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if
he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?
or what shall a man give in exchange for his
soul ] Job xxvii. 8, 9. For what is the hope
of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when
God taketh away his soul ? Will God hear
his cry when trouble cometh upon him 1
1 Tim. vi. 9, 10. They that will be rich fall
into temptation, and a snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in
destruction and perdition. For the love of
money is the root of all evil ; which while
some coveted after, they have erred from the
faith, and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows. Ver. 11. But thou, O man
of God, flee these things. See James iv.
13. 16.
CCIII. Riches are not a lasting possession.
Prov. xxiii. 5. Riches make themselves wings
and fly away.
xxvii. 24. Riches are not for ever ; and doth
the crown endure to every generation 1 1 Cor.
vi. 13.
Matt. vi. 1 9. They are treasures which moth
and rust do corrupt, and which thieves break
through and steal. 1 Tim. vi. 17. They are
uncertain.
xiii. 22. They are deceitful. Mark iv. 19.
Heb. x. 34. Ye have in heaven a better and an
enduring substance.
CCIV. Riches cannot be carried hence to
the other world. Ps. xlix. 16, 17. Be not afraid
when one is made rich, when the glory of his
house is increased ; for when he dieth he shall
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carry nothing away; his glory shall not de-
scend after him.
Eccl. v. 15. As he came forth of his mo-
ther's womb, naked shall he return to go as he
came ; and shall take nothing of his labour,
which he may carry away in his hand.
Job i. 21. Naked came I out of my mother's
womb, and naked shall I return.
1 Tim. vi. 7. We brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing
out.
CCV. Possessing riches but not using
them , the vanity thereof. Prov. xiii. 7. There
is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing.
There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath
great riches. Eccl. vi. 1, 2. ii. 26.
CCVI. Riches are attended with care and
trouble. Eccl. ii. 4. I made me great works,
I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards,
&c. (to ver. 10.) Ver. 11, I looked on all
the works that my hands had wrought, and on
the labour that I had laboured to do ; and be-
hold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and
there was no profit.
Ver. 22, 23. For what hath man of all his
labour, and of the vexation of his heart where-
in he hath laboured? For all his days are
sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart
taketh not rest in the night.
v. 11,12. When goods increase, they are
increased that eat them ; and what good is
there to the owners thereof, saving the behold-
ing of them with their eyes 1 The abundance
of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ver. 13. I have seen riches kept for the
owners thereof to their hurt. Ver. 16, 17.
What profit hath he that laboureth for the
wind 1 All his days he eateth in darkness,
and hath much sorrow and wrath with his
sickness.
ix. 11. Riches are not to men of understand-
ing, &c.
Prov. xv. 6. In the revenues of the wicked
is trouble.
xxii. 1. A good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches.
CCVII. Riches recommend no man to the
favour of God. Job xxxiv. 19. God accept-
eth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth
the rich more than the poor.
xxxvi. 19. Will he esteem thy riches ? No,
not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the day of
wrath.
xxii. 2. The rich and poor meet together ;
ihe Lord is the maker of them all.
Ezek. vii. 19. Their silver and their gold
shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of
the wrath of the Lord. Zeph. i. 18.
Mark xii. 41 44. Many that were rich cast
much into the treasury of the temple. A
poor widow cast in two mites, which make a
farthing. Jesus said, This poor widow hath
cast in more than they all : For they did cast
in of their abundance; but she did cast in all
that she had, even all her living.
Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with
good things, and the rich he hath sent empty
away.
See the parable of the rich fool, Luke xii.
20, &c. And of the rich man and Lazarus,
Lukexvi. 19 to 25.
CCVIII. The advantages which one man
hath over another by means of riches. Prov.
x. 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city ;
the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Chap, xviii. 1 1.
xiii. 8. The ransom of a man's life are his
riches. Eccl. vii. 12.
xiv. 20. The poor is hated even of his
neighbour, but the rich hath many friends.
Chap. xix. 4.
Ver. 24. The crown of the wise is their
riches.
Eccl. ix. 16. The poor man's wisdom is de-
spised and his words are not heard.
Prov. xxii. 7. The rich ruleth over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
xviii. 23. The poor useth entreaties, but the
rich answereth roughly
CCIX. Trusting in riches and abusing
them, the sin of the wicked, and avoided by
the good. Job xxxi. 24, 25. 28. If I have made
gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold,
Thou art my confidence If I rejoiced be-
cause my wealth was great, and because my
hand had gotten much I should have denied
the God that is above.
Ps. xlix. 6, 7. They that trust in their wealth,
and boast themselves in the multitude of their
riches; none of them can by any means re-
deem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for
him. Ver. 8. 14.
lii. 5. God shall destroy thee for ever. Ver.
7. Lo, this is the man that made not God
his strength, but trusted in the abundance of
his riches.
Ixii. 1 0. If riches increase, set not your heart
upon them.
Prov. xi. 28. He that trusteth in his riches
shall fall.
x. 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong
city, and a high wall in his own conceit. Chap,
xviii. 1 1 .
xxviii. 11. The rich man is wise in his own
conceit.
Jer. ix. 23. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the
[wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the
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mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich
man glory in his riches.
Mark x. 24. How hard is it for them that
trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of
God ! Ver. 25.
1 Tim. vi. 17. Charge them that are rich in
this world, that they be not high minded, nor
trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,
who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.
James ii. 6. Do not rich men oppress you,
and draw you before the judgment-seats?
OCX. Riches take the heart and thoughts
off from God and religion. Deut. viii. 12.
Beware, lest when thou hast eaten and art full,
and when thy herds and thy flocks are multi-
plied, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied ;
then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget the
Lord thy God, and thou say in thy heart,
My power and the might of my hand hath
gotten me this wealth. Ver. 13, 14. 17, 18.
xxxii. 13, 14. The Lord made Jacob ride on
the high places of the earth, that he might eat
the increase of the fields ; and he made him
to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of
the flinty rock ; butter of kine and milk of
sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed
of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys
of wheat ; and thou didst drink the pure blood
of the grape. Ver. 15. But Jeshurun waxed
fat and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ;
then he forsook God which made him, and
lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Hos. ii. 8, 9. She did not know that I gave
her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her
silver and gold. Therefore will I return and
take away my corn, &c. Ezek. xvi. 6 to 20.
Amos viii. 5. The wicked say, When will
the Sabbath be gone, that we may set forth
wheat "?
Matt. viii. 34. Those who lost their swine,
entreated Jesus to depart out of their coasts.
xiii. 22. The cares of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, arid
he becometh unfruitful.
xix. 21. Jesu^said to the young man, If
thou wilt be perfect, go sell that thou hast and
give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure
in heaven, and come and follow me. Ver. 22.
When the young man heard that saying, he
went away sorrowful, for he had great posses-
sions.
Ver. 24. Jesus said, It is easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mark x. 2325.
xxii. 2, 3. Jesus said, The kingdom of hea-
ven is like unto a certain king, which made a
marriage for his son ; and sent forth his ser-
vants to call them that were bidden to the wed-
ding, and they would not come. Ver. 5. They
made light of it, and went their ways, one to
his farm, another to his merchandise. Luke
xiv. 16 to 20.
Luke xvi. 14. The Pharisees, who were co-
vetous, heard these things spoken by Christ
against covetousness, and derided him.
Acts xvi. 19. Those who lost their worldly
gain by Paul's casting out a spirit of divina-
tion, raise a tumult against him.
xix. 24. Demetrius and his craftsmen do the
same, for Paul's preaching against idolatry, by
which they had their wealth.
2 Cor. iv. 4. Satan is called the god of this
world. Luke iv. 7. He tempted Christ with
riches, to worship him.
Phil. iii. 1 9. The wicked, whose end is de-
struction, mind earthly things.
1 Tim. vi. 10. The love of money is the root
of all evil ; which while some coveted after,
they erred from the faith.
2 Tim. iv. 1 0. Demas hath forsaken me,
(saith Paul) having loved this present world.
James iv. 4. Whosoever will be a friend of
the world, is the enemy of God.
1 John iv. 5. They are of the world ; there-
fore speak they of the world, and the world
heareth them. See Prov. xxx. 9. Hab. i. 16.
CCXI. The wicked rich man; his portion.
Job xx. 15. He hath swallowed down riches,
and shall vomit them up again : God shall cast
them out of his belly.
xxvii. 16, 17. Though they heap up silver
as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay ;
(Hab. ii. 6.) he may prepare it, but the just
shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide
the silver.
Ver. 1 9. The rich man shall lie down, but
he shall not be gathered ; he openeth his eyes,
and he is not. Ver. 20. 23.
Ps. xvii. 14. Lord, deliver my soul from
men of the world, which have their portion in
this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy
hid treasure.
xxxix. 6. He heapeth up riches, and knoweth
not who shall gather them.
Ixxiii. 3. I was envious at the foolish, when
I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Ver. 7.
Their eyes stand out with fatness ; they have
more than their heart could wish. Ver. 12.
These are the ungodly ; they prosper in the
world, they increase in riches. Ver. 17, 18.
I went into the sanctuary of God ; then I un-
derstood their end. Surely thou didst set them
in slippery places ; thou castedst them down
into destruction. Ps. xxxvii. 1. Job xxi. 7.
Jer. xii. 1. Hab. i. 4.
Luke vi. 24. Woe unto you that are rich,
for ye have received your consolation.
xvi. 19. A rich man, clothed in purple and
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CHAP. XVII.
fine linen, fared sumptuously every day. Ver.
22, 23. He died ; and in hell he lifted up hi?
eyes, being in torment, &c.
James i. 10, 11. As the flower of the grass,
the rich man shall fade away.
v. 1 3. Ye rich men, weep and howl, for
your miseries that shall come upon you. Your
riches are corrupted, and your garments are
moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ;
and the rust of them shall be a witness against
you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have
heaped treasure together for the last days. See
Rev. vi. 15. xviii. 3. 8. 15. 17. Eccl. xi. 9.
THE USE OF RICHES.
CCXII. The use of riches in the hands of
a wise and good man towards himself. Eccl.
iii. 12. There is no good in them, but for a
man to rejoice and do good in his life.
v. 18. Behold that which I have seen ; it is
good and comely for one to eat, and to drink,
and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he
taketh under the sun all the days of his life,
which God giveth him ; for it is his portion.
Ver. 19, 20. Every man also to whom God
hath given riches and power to eat thereof, and
to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour ;
this is the gift of God. For he shall not much
remember the days of his life ; because God
answereth him in the joy of his heart. Ch. ii.
24. iii. 13. viii. 15.
For the other uses which riches answer, see
in Commandment bth, Duties of parents
toward children, and Of people toward mi-
nisters And Commandment 8th, Duties of
the rich.
CCXIII. God maketh rich. Deut. viii. 18.
The Lord thy God, it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth.
1 Sam. ii. 7. The Lord maketh poor, and he
maketh rich.
1 Kings iii. 13. The Lord said to Solomon,
I have given thee both riches and honour.
1 Chron. xxix. 12. Solomon said to God,
Both riches and honour come of thee.
Job i. 21. Job said, The Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name
of the Lord.
Prov, x. 22. The blessing of the Lord it
maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Eccl. ii. 26 % God giveth to a man that is
good in his sight, wisdom and knowledge, and
joy : but to the sinner he giveth travail, to
gather and to heap up, that he may give to
him that is good before God. Ch. iii. 13. See
Gen. xxiv. 35.
CCXIV. Riches promised to the righteous.
Ps. cxii. 2, 3. The generation of the upright
shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be
in his house.
Prov. iii. 16. Length of days is in her
[Wisdom's] right hand, and in her left hand
riches and honour. Ch. viii. 18, 19. xxii. 4.
xxiv. 3, 4.
xv. 6. In the house of the righteous is much
treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is
trouble.
xxii. 4. By humility, and the fear of the
Lord, are riches, and honour, and life.
^ CCXV. Instances of good men that were
rich. Abram, Gen. xiii. 2. Lot, Gen. xiii.
5. Isaac, Gen. xxvi. 12, 13, 14. Jacob, Gen.
xxx. 43. xxxvi. 7. David, 1 Chron. xxix.
28. Solomon, 1 Kings iii. 13. x. 23. Eccl.
ii. 4 to 10. Job, ch. i. 3. Jehoshaphat,
2 Chron. xvii. 5. Hezekiah, 2 Chron. xxxii.
17 to 31.
CCXVI. Instances of riches not regarded
by good men. Gen. xiv. 21. The king of So-
dom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and
take the goods to thyself. Ver. 23. Abram
said, I will not take any thing that is thine.
xxviii. 20, 21. Jacob said, If God will be
with me, and keep me in the way that I go ;
and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to
put on, so that I come again to my father's
house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my
God.
1 Kings iii. 11. Solomon asked wisdom, and
not riches.
Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Agur prayed, Give me
neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food
convenient for me : Lest I be full, and deny
thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be
poor, and steal, and take the name of my God
in vain.
Gal. vi. 14. Paul said, The world is cruci-
fied unto me, and I unto the world.
CCXVII. Those things that are necessary
for the support of man's life, promised to the
righteous. Food promised. Gen. i. 29. God
said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the
earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit
of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for
meat.
ix. 3. Every moving thing that liveth shall
be meat for you ; even as the green herb have
I given you all things.
Exod. xxiii. 25. Serve the Lord your God,
and he shall bless thy bread and thy water.
Deut. vii. 12, 13. If ye hearken to these
judgments, and keep and do them, the Lord
thy God will bless the fruit of the land ; thy
corn and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase
of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Ver.
14. Isa. xxx. 23.
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viii. 7 9. The Lord thy God bringeth thee
into a good land, a land of brooks of water,
of fountains and depths that spring out of the
valleys and hills ; a land of wheat and barley,
and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a
land of oil and honey ; a land wherein thou
shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shall
not lack any thing in it ; a land whose stones
are iron, and out of whose hills thou raayest
dig brass. Ver. 10. When thou hast eaten
and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord, for
the good land which he hath given thee.
xi. 13 15. If ye shall hearken diligently
unto my commandments, to love the Lord
your God, and to serve him with all your heart
and with all your soul ; I will give you the
rain of your land in due season, the first rain
and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in
thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And
I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,
that thou mayest eat and be full.
xxviii. 2. These blessings shall come on
thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the
Lord thy God.
Ver. 3 5. Blessed shalt thou be in the city,
and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed
shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of
thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, and the
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
store. Ver. 8. The Lord will command his
blessing upon thee in thy store-houses. Ver.
12. The Lord shall open unto thee his good
treasure ; the heaven to give the rain unto thy
land in his season, and to bless all the work
of thy hands ; and thou shalt lend unto many
nations, and thou shalt not borrow. Ch. xxx.
9. xxxiii. 28. Isa. xxx. 23.
Ruth i. 6. The Lord hath visited his people,
in giving them bread.
Ps. xxiii. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd, I
shall not want. Ver. 5. Thou prepares! a
table for me, my cup runneth over.
xxxiv. 9. There is no want to them that
fear God. Ver. 10. The young lions do lack
and suffer hunger; but they that seek the
Lord shall not want any good thing.
xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good ;
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou
shalt be fed.
Ver. 16. A little that a righteous man hath,
is better than the riches of many wicked.
(Prov. xvi. 8.) Ver. 25. I have not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
cvii. 38. He blesseth them, so that they are
multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle
to decrease.
cxi. 5. He hath given meat unto them that
fear him ; he will ever be mindful of his co-
venant.
cxxviii. 1, 2. Blessed is every one that
feareth the Lord ; that walketh in his ways.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands :
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with
thee.
cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless her pro-
vision, and will satisfy her poor with bread.
Prov. iii. 9, 10. Honour the Lord with thy
substance, and with the first fruits of all thine
increase. So shall thy barns be filled with
plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with
new wine.
x. 3. The Lord will not suffer the soul of
the righteous to famish.
xiii. 25. The righteous eateth to the satisfy-
ing of his soul ; but the belly of the wickec
shall want.
Isa. xxxiii. 15. He that walketh righteously,
bread shall be given him, and his waters shali
be sure. Ver. 16.
Ixv. 13. Behold, my servants shall eat, but
ye shall be hungry ; behold, my servants shall
drink, but ye shall be thirsty.
Ver. 2123. They shall build houses and
inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards
and eat the fruit of them. They shall not
build and another inhabit, they shall not plant
and another eat; for as the days of a tree are
the days of my people, and mine elect shall
long enjoy the work of their hands. They
shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for
trouble ; for they are the seed of the blessed
of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
Ezek. xxxvi. 29, 30. I will save you from
your uncleanness : I will call for the corn, and
will increase it ; and I will multiply the fruit
of the tree, and the increase of the field.
Joel ii. 19. 26. I will send you corn and
wine. (Hos. ii. 22.) Ye shall eat in plenty
and be satisfied. See Zech. ix. 17.
See Isaac's blessing to his sons, consisting
chiefly, (Zech. viii. 12.) of the fruits of the
earth, Gen. xxvii. 28. 37. 39. See Acts xiv. 17.
See Promises to obedience.
DELIVERANCE FROM FAMINE.
CCXVIII. Deliverance from famine. Job
v. 20. In famine he shall redeem thee from
death. Ver. 22. At destruction and famine
thou shalt laugh.
Ps. xxxiii. 18, 19. Behold the eye of the
Lord is on them that fear him, on them that
hope in his mercy ; to deliver their soul from
death, and to keep them alive in famine.
xxxvii. 19. They shall not be ashamed in
the evil time, and in the days of famine they
shall be satisfied.
cvii. 9. He satisfieth the longing soul, and
filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
cxlvi. 7. Which giveth food to the hungry.
Isa. xli. 17. When the poor and needy seek
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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.
Ezek. xxxvi. 29, 30. I will call for the corn
and will increase it, and lay no v famine upon
you. Ye shall receive no more reproach of
famine among the heathen.
Hab. iii. 17, 18. Though the fig-tree shall
not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ;
the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields
shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off
from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the
stalls : Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will
joy in the God of rny salvation.
Matt. iv. 4. Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God.
SPIRITUAL RICHES.
CCXIX. Not earthly, but spiritual riches,
or the interests of the soul, the chief object of
a wise man's desires and pursuits. Ps.
xxxvii. 16. A little that a righteous man hath
is better than the riches of many wicked.
Prov. xv. 16. Better is little with the fear of
the Lord, than great treasure and trouble there-
with.
xxiii. 4. Labour not to be rich.
Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things for
thyself! seek them not.
Matt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of.
Ver. 9. 11. After this manner pray ye:
Give us this day our daily bread.
Ver. 19, 20. Lay not up for yourselves
treasures on earth, &c. But lay up for your-
selves treasures in heaven. Ver. 24. Ye can-
not serve God and mammon.
Ver. 25 27. Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink,
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on :
Is not the life more than meat, and the body
more than raiment] Behold the fowls of the
air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them ; are ye not much better than
they 1 Which of you by taking thought can
add one cubit to his stature. Ver. 32. Your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things. Ver. 33, 34. But seek ye
first the kingdom of God and his righteous-
ness, and all these things shall be added unto
you. Take therefore no thought for the mor-
row, for the morrow shall take thought for the
things of itself; sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof. Luke xii. 21 to 35.
Luke x. 41, 42. Jesus said, Martha, Martha,
thou art careful and troubled about many
things ; but one thing is needful, and Mary
hath chosen that good part that shall not be
taken away from her.
xxi. 34. Take heed lest your hearts be
overcharged with the cares of this life, and so
that day come upon you unawares.
John vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that
perisheth, but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man
shall give unto you.
1 Cor. iii. 22. All things are yours. 2 Cor.
viii. 9. Our Lord Jesus Christ, though he was
rich, for your sakes became poor, that ye
through his poverty might be rich.
Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing, but in
every thing, by prayer and supplication, let
your requests be made known to God. 1 Cor.
vii. 31, 32.
Col. iii. 1, 2. Seek those things which are
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand
of God. Set your affections on things above,
not on things on the earth.
James i. 10. Let the rich rejoice that he is
made low.
ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of this
world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom,
which he hath promised to them that love him ?
1 Pet. v. 7. Casting all your care upon God,
for he careth for you. Ps. Iv. 22.
1 John ii. 15. Love not the world, neither the
things that are in the world : if any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
v. 4. Whosoever is born of God overcometh
the world. See 2 Cor. ix. 8. 10.
CCXX. Raiment promised. Matt. vi. 25.
Is not the body more than raiment 1
Ver. 28 30. Why take ye thought for
raiment 1 Consider the lilies of the field : they
toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say
unto you, That even Solomon, in all his glory,
was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore,
if God so clothe the grass of the field, which
to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven,
shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of
little faith 1
Clothes miraculously supplied to Adam and
Eve, Gen. iii. 21. To the Jews in the wilder-
ness, Deut. viii. 4. Neh. ix. 21. A gourd for
Jonas, Jonah iv. 6.
CCXXI. Supports of life miraculously
supplied to the Jews. Exod. xvi. 13, 14, 15.
Quails and manna.
Deut. viii. 3. The Lord thy God fed thee
with manna, that he might make thee know,
that man doth not live by bread only : but by
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of the Lord, doth man live. Neh. ix. 21.
Matt. iv. 4.
1 Kings xvii. 6. The ravens brought to
Elijah, bread and flesh in the morning, and
bread and flesh in the evening.
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OF REPENTANCE.
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Ver. 14. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,
the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall
the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the
Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. Ver. 16.
The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did
the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of
the Lord.
Mark vi. 43. Christ feeds five thousand
with five loaves and two fishes.
viii. 8. Christ feeds four thousand with
seven loaves and a few fishes.
John ii. 8. Christ turns water into wine.
See Contentment, Submission, and Resig-
nation.
CHAPTER XVIII.
OF REPENTANCE.
I. REPENTANCE, the first doctrine
preached at the publishing of the Gospel.
Matt. iii. 1, 2. John the Baptist came preach-
ing, and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand. Acts xiii. 24. xix. 4.
Ver. 8. Bring forth fruits meet for repentance.
Ver. 10. The axe is laid unto the root of
the trees ; every tree which bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
iv. 17. Jesus began to preach, and to say,
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
ix. 13. Jesus said, I came to call sinners to
repentance. Mark ii. 17.
Mark vi. 12. The disciples being sent forth
by Christ, preached that men should repent.
Ver. 7.
Acts xx. 21. Paul said, I taught, testifying
both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, re-
pentance toward God, and faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ.
xxvi. 20. I shewed first to the Jews and
then to the Gentiles, that they should repent
and turn to God, and do works meet for re-
pentance. See above, Matt. iii. 8.
II. The duty of repentance enforced by
threatenings in the New Testament. Matt.
xi. 20 22. Then began Jesus to upbraid the
cities wherein most of his mighty works were
done, because they repented not: saying, Woe
unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Beth-
saida ! for if the mighty works which were
done in you, had been done in Tyre and Si-
don, they would have repented long ago in
sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It
shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at
the day of judgment than for you. Ver. 23.
See Capernaum threatened. Ver. 24.
xii. 41. The men of Nineveh shall rise in
judgment with this generation, and shall con-
demn it : because they repented at the preach-
ing of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than Jonas
is here. Luke xi. 32. Compare Jonah iii. 5.
xxi. 31, 32. The publicans and harlots go
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into the kingdom of God before you. For
John came to you in the way of righteous-
ness, and ye believed him not ; but the publi-
cans and harlots believed him; and ye re-
pented not.
Acts xvii. 30. The times of ignorance God
winked at, but now commandeth all men
every where to repent.
Rev. ii. 5. Remember from whence thou
art fallen, and repent ; or I will come and re-
move thy candlestick out of his place, except
thou repent. See ver. 16. 21, 22. Ch. iii. 3.
ix. 20. xvi. 9.
III. The duty of repentance encouraged
by promises in the New Testament. Luke
xxiv. 46, 47. It behoved Christ to suffer, and
to rise from the dead, that repentance and re-
mission of sins should be preached in his
name among all nations.
Acts ii. 38. Repent and be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of
sins ; and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost.
iii. 19. Repent and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out.
viii. 22. Repent of this thy wickedness, and
pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart
may be forgiven thee.
IV. Promises to those that return to God.
Deut. iv. 30, 31. When thou art in tribula-
tion, and all these things are come upon thee,
if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shall be
obedient to his voice, he will not forsake thee.
Ch. xxx. 1 to 10. 2 Chron. xv. 4.
1 Sam. vii. 3. If ye return unto the Lord
with all your hearts, and prepare your hearts
unto the Lord, and serve him only, he will
deliver you. 1 Kings viii. 33 to 38. 48, 49.
2 Chron. vi. 37. Neh. ix. 33. Ps. cvi. 6.
Dan. ix. 5. 15.
Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Al-
mighty, thou shall be built up.
Isa. Iv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts ; and
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let him return unto the Lord, and he will have |
uiercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel,
saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine
anger to fall upon you. (Ver. 1. 10. 14.)
Ver. 22. Return and I will heal your back-
lidings. Ch. iv. 1. xv. 19.
xviii. 7, 8. At what instant I shall speak
concerning a nation, and concerning a king-
dom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to
destroy it : If that nation turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do
unto them. Ch. xxvi. 2, 3. xxxvi. 3.
Ezek. xviii. 2123. If the wicked will
turn from all his sins that he hath committed,
and keep all my statutes, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall
not die. They shall not be mentioned unto
him : in his righteousness that he hath done
he shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that
the wicked should die? saith the Lord God;
and not that he should return from his ways,
and live 1 Ver. 27, 28.
Ver. 30. 32. Repent, and turn from all
your transgressions ; so iniquity shall not be
your ruin. For I have no pleasure in the
death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God :
wherefore turn and live.
xxxiii. 11. As I live, saith the Lord God,
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ;
but that the wicked turn from his way, and
live. Turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways ;
for why will ye die, house of Israel ? Ver.
14.19. 2 Pet. iii. 9.
Hos. vi. 1. Let us return unto the Lord ;
for he hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath
smitten, and he will bind us up. Lam. iii. 40.
xiv. 1, 2. O Israel, return unto the Lord:
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity; take
with you words, and say unto him, Take away
all iniquity, and receive us graciously. Ver.
4. I will heal their backslidings, I will love
them freely, saith the Lord. Ch. xii. 6.
Joel ii. 12, 13. Therefore also now, saith
the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your
heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and
with mourning ; and rend your heart, and not
your garments, and turn unto the Lord your
God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth
him of the evil.
Zech. i. 3. Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
Turn ye unto me, and I will turn unto you.
Mai. iii. 7.
ix. 12. Turn to the strong-hold, ye prisoners
of hope.
V. Remarkable instances of penitent re-
turning sinners obtaining mercy. 2 Chron
*v. 4. When they ua their trouble did turn
unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him,
he was found of them. Ch. xxx. 6. 9. Neh.
i. 9. ix. 28.
Ps. Ixxviii. 34. They returned, and inquired
early after God. Ver. 38. He forgave their
niquity.
cxix. 59. I turned my feet unto thy testi-
monies. Ver. 65. Thou hast dealt well with
thy servant, according to thy word. 2 Kings
xxiii. 25.
Jonah iii. 10. God saw the works of the
Ninevites, that they turned from their evil
way : and God repented him of the evil that
he had said he would do unto them, and he
did it not. Matt. xii. 41.
VI. Turning to God enjoined by com'
mands, and enforced by threatenings against
those who turn not from sin. 2 Kings xvii.
13, 14. The Lord testified against Israel and
Judah, by the prophets and seers, saying, Turn
ye from your evil ways. But they would not
hear. Ver. 18. The Lord was angry, and re-
moved them out of his sight. Jer. xliv. 4, 5, 6.
Neh. ix. 26, 27. They slew the prophets,
which testified against them, to turn them to
thee. Therefore thou deliveredst them into
the hand of their enemies.
Ver. 35. They have not served thee, in thy
great goodness, neither turned from their wick-
edness. Ver. 36. Behold, we are servants
this day, &c. Ver. 37.
Job xxxvi. 10 12. He openeth their ear
to discipline, and commandeth that they return
from iniquity. If they obey and serve him,
they shall spend their days in prosperity, and
their years in pleasures. If they obey not, they
shall perish by the sword, and die without
knowledge.
Ps. vii. 12, 13. If the wicked turn not, God
will whet his sword : he hath bent his bow and
made it ready. He hath also prepared for him
the instruments of death.
Isa. xxxi. 6. Turn ye to him from whom
the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
Jer. v. 3, 4. Thou hast stricken them, but
they have not grieved ; thou hast consumed
them, but they have refused to receive correc-
tion. They have made their faces harder than
a rock, they have refused to return. There-
fore I said, Surely these are poor, they are fool-
ish. Ver. 6. A lion out of the forest shall
slay them, &c.
viii. 5, 6. Why is this people slidden back
with a perpetual backsliding 1 ? they refuse to
return. No man repenteth him of his wicked-
ness, saying, What have I done ? Every one
turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into
the battle. Hos. xi. 5.
xv. 7. I will destroy my people, since they
return not from their ways.
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OF REPENTANCE.
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xviii. 11. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
frame evil against you ; return ye now every
one from his evil way, and make your ways
and your doings good. Ch. xxxv. 15.
xxiii. 14, 15. The false prophets strengthen
the hands of evil-doers, that no man doth re-
turn from his wickedness. Therefore, thus
saith the Lord of hosts, concerning the pro-
phets, Behold, I will feed them with worm-
wood, and make them drink the water of gall.
Ezek. xiii. 22.
xxv. 4, 5. The Lord sent unto you his ser-
vants the prophets. They said, Turn ye
every one from his evil way, and from the
evil of your doings, and dwell in the land, &c.
Ver. 7. Yet ye have not hearkened unto
me, saith the Lord. See threats to ver. 12.
Ch. xxvi. 3. xxxvi. 3. 7.
Ezek. iii. 19. If thou warn the wicked, and
he turn not from his wickedness, he shall die
in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy
soul. Ch. xxxiii. 9.
Dan. ix. 13, 14. All this evil is come upon
us, yet made we not our prayer before the
Lord our God, that we might turn from our
iniquities. Therefore hath the Lord watched
upon the evil, and brought it upon us. Zech.
i. 4. 6.
Hos. v. 3, 4. I know Ephraim, and Israel is
not hid from me. They will not frame their
doings to turn unto their God. Ver. 14. I
will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young
lion to the house of Judah ; I will tear, and I
will take away, and none shall rescue.
vii. 9, 10. Gray hairs are here and there
upon Ephraim, and he knoweth it not. The
pride of Israel doth testify to his face, and
they do not return to the Lord their God, nor
seek him for all this. Ver. 13. 16. Woe unto
them, destruction unto them, they return, but
not to the Most High. Ch. xi. 5.
xiv. 1. Israel, return unto the Lord thy
God ; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Amos iv. 6. I have given you cleanness of
teeth, and want of bread ; yet have ye not re-
turned unto me, saith the Lord. Ver. 8 11.
Jer. iv. 3, 4. Thus saith the Lord to them
of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fal-
low ground ; and sow not among thorns. Cir-
cumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away
the foreskins of your hearts ; lest my fury
come forth like fire, and burn that none can
quench it. Hos. x. 12.
Matt, xviii. 3. Except ye be converted, and
become as little children, ye shall not enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
VII. The cause and means of repentance
and cmiversion. God the cause,- this im-
plied in prayers made to God for it, and
other expressions ascribing it to God as his
gift. Ps. Ixxx. 3. Turn us again, God,
and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be
saved. Ver. 7. 19.
Ixxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of our salvation,
and cause thine anger towards us to cease.
Song i. 4. Draw me, I will run after thee.
Jer. xxxi. 18, 19. Turn thou me, and I
shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my
God. After that I was turned, I repented ;
and after that I was instructed, I smote upon
my thigh : I was ashamed ; yea, even con-
founded, because I did bear the reproach of
my youth.
Lam. v. 21. Turn thou us unto thee,
Lord, and we shall be turned.
Acts xi. 18. They said, Then hath God
also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto
life.
Ver. 21. The hand of the Lord was with
the disciples, and a great number believed,
and turned unto the Lord.
Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth
to repentance.
2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those
that oppose themselves; if God peradventure
will give them repentance, to the acknow-
ledgment of the truth.
VIII. Jesus Christ giveth repentance. Acts
iii. 26. God having raised up his son Jesus,
sent him to bless you, in turning away every
one of you from his iniquities.
v. 3 1 . Him hath God exalted, a Prince and
a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and
forgiveness of sins.
IX. God's law a mean of converting sin-
ners. Ps. xix. 7. The law of the Lord is per-
fect, converting the soul.
Luke xvi. 30. And he said, Nay, father
Abraham ; but if one went unto them from
the dead, they will repent. Ver. 31. If they
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead.
X. The ministry a mean of converting
sinners. Ezek. iii. 19. If thou warn the
wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness,
he shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast
delivered thy soul. Ch. xxxiii. 9.
Dan. xii. 3. They that turn many to right-
eousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and
ever. James v. 19. Prov. xi. 30.
Luke i. 16. Many of the children of Israel
shall John Baptist turn to the Lord their God.
Matt. xxi. 32.
Acts xxvi. 17, 18. The Lord said to Paul,
I send thee to open men's eyes, to turn them
from darkness to light, and from the power of
Satan unto God ; that they may receive the
forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among
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all them that are sanctified, by faith that is
in me.
XL Repentance promised. Ps. xxii. 27.
All the ends of the world shall remember, and
turn to the Lord. Ps. li. 3. ex. 3.
Lsa. i. 27. Zion shall be redeemed with
judgment, and her converts with righteous-
ness.
x. 21. The remnant shall return unto the
mighty God. Mic. v. 3.
Ix. 5. The abundance of the sea shall be
converted unto thee, and the forces of the
Gentiles ?hall come unto thee. Ch. Iv. 7.
Jer. xx iv. 7. They shall return unto me
with their whole heart.
Hos. ii. 7. The church shall say, I will re-
turn to my first husband.
xiv. 7. They that dwell under his shadow
shall return ; they shall revive as the corn,
and grow as the vine.
XII. Self-examination needful to repent-
ance. 1 Kings viii. 38. Know every man the
plague of his own heart.
Ps. iv. 4. Commune with your own heart
on your bed, and be still.
Ixxvii. 6. My spirit made diligent search.
cxix. 59. I thought on my ways, and turned
my feet unto thy testimonies.
Lam. iii. 40. Let us search and try our
ways, and turn again to the Lord.
1 Cor. xi. 28. Let a man examine himself.
2 Cor. xiii. 5. Examine yourselves, prove
your own selves.
Gaf. vi. 4. Let every man prove his own
work.
XIII. Consideration needful to repent-
ance. Deut. iv. 39. Consider in thy heart,
that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and
in the earth beneath.
1 Sam. xii. 24. Consider how great things
the Lord hath done for you.
Job xxiii. 15. When I consider him, I am
afraid.
Ps. cxix. 95. I will consider thy testimonies.
Eccl. vii. 14. In the day of adversity, con-
sider.
Isa. xli. 20. Consider that the hand of the
Lord hath done this.
Ezek. xii. 3. It may be they will consider,
though they be a rebellious house. Ch.
xviii. 14.
Hag. i. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Consider
your ways.
2 Tim. ii. 7. Consider, and the Lord give
thee understanding in all things. For consi-
dering God's works, see Job xxxvii. 14. Ps.
viii. 3. Ixiv. 9. EccL vii. 13. Isa. Iii. 15.
Jer. xxx. 24.
XIV. The inconsideration of the wicked.
Deut. xxxii. 29. that they would consider
their latter end.
Ps. 1. 22. Consider, ye that forget God ; lest
I tear you in pieces, and there be none to de-
liver.
Eccl.v. 1. They consider not that they do evil.
Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my people
doth not consider. Ch. v. 12. Ps. Ixxxii. 5.
xciv. 8.
xliv. 19. None considereth in his heart.
Ch. xlvii. 7.
Ver. 20. A deceived heart hath turned him
aside ; he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is
there not a lie in my right hand 1
Jer. ii. 10, 11. Consider, hath a nation
changed their gods? but my people have
changed their glory.
x. 8. They are altogether brutish. Ver. 14.
Ch. li. 17.
Hos. vii. 2. They consider not in their hearts
that I remember all their wickedness.
Matt. vii. 3. Thou consideredst not the beam
that is in thine own eye.
Luke ix. 55. Ye know not what manner of
spirit ye are of.
xix. 42. If thouhadst known the things that
belong to thy peace, but now they are hid from
thine eyes.
Rev. iii. 17. Thou sayest, I am rich, and
increased with goods, and have need of no-
thing ; and knowest not that thou art wretch-
ed, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and
naked.
XV. The case of those who withstand the
appointed means of repentance. Matt. xiii.
13, 14. Jesus said, I speak to them in para-
bles ; because they seeing, see not ; and hear-
ing, they hear not ; neither do they understand.
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,
which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see,
and shall not perceive : (Isa. vi. 9.) Ver. 15.
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and
their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes
they .have closed ; lest at any time they should
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
and should understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them.
Mark iv. 12. Luke viii. 10. John xii. 40.
Acts xxviii. 26. Rom. xi. 8.
Luke xvi. 30. Dives said, If one went from
the dead unto my brethren they will repent.
Ver. 31. Abraham said, If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be
persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
xix. 41, 42. Jesus wept over Jerusalem,
saying, If thou hadst known, in this thy day,
the things which belong to thy peace ! But
now they are hid from thine eyes.
Rom. ii. 5. After thy hardness and impeni-
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tent heart, thou treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath.
Heb. vi. 4 6. It is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted of the
heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the
Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of
God, and the powers of the world to come, if
they fall away, to renew them again to repent-
ance; seeing they crucify to themselves the
Son of God afresh, and put him to open
shame.
xii. 17. Esau found no place for repentance,
though he sought it carefully with tears. Matt.
xxvii. 3.
Gen. vi. 3. God saith, My Spirit shall not
always strive with man. Ps. xcv. 8. Harden
not your hearts. Heb. iii. 8. 15. iv. 7.
XVI. Sorrow for sin. Ps. xiii. 2. How long
shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow
in my heart daily 1
xxxviii. 17. I am ready to halt ; my sorrow
is continually before me. Ver. 18. I will de-
clare my iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin.
Ixix. 29. I am poor and sorrowful ; let thy
salvation, God, set me on high. Ps. cxvi.
3,4.
Eccl. vii. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter.
Prov. xiv. 13.
Jer. xxxi. 25. I have satiated the weary
soul ; I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Zeph. iii. 18. I will gather them that are
sorrowful for the solemn assembly.
John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be turned
into joy.
Rom. ix. 2. I have continual sorrow in my
heart.
2 Cor. vi. 10. As sorrowful, yet always re-
joicing.
vii. 9 to 12. Ye sorrowed to repentance.
XVII. Mourning for sin. Exod. xxxiii.
4. When the people heard God's threatenings
against them, they mourned. Numb. xiv. 39.
Ezra x. 6. Ezra mourned, because of the
transgression of those that had been carried
captive.
Neh. i. 4. Nehemiah wept and mourned,
fasted and prayed, and said, &c.
Job v. 11. God doth great things, that those
that mourn may be exalted. Ver. 8, 9.
Ps. xxxviii. 6. I go mourning all the day.
Ps. xlii. 9. xliii. 2.
Iv. 2. Attend unto me and hear me ; I mourn
in my complaint.
Isa. xxxviii. 14. Like a crane or a swallow,
so did I chatter ; I did mourn as a dove. Isa.
lix. 11.
Ivii. 18. I will restore comforts unto him and
to his mourners.
Ixi. 2, 3. The Lord hath sent me to comfort
all that mourn. To give unto them that mourn
in Zion, beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, and the garments of praise for the
spirit of heaviness.
Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourning
into joy : I will comfort them, and make them
rejoice from their sorrow.
Ezek. vii. 16. They shall be on the moun-
tains like doves of the valleys, mourning every
one for his iniquity. Ver. 27.
ix. 4. Set a mark on the foreheads of them
that sigh and cry for the abominations. Rev.
vii. 3.
Dan. x. 2. I Daniel was mourning three full
weeks, &c.
Joel i. 9. The priests, the Lord's ministers
mourn.
ii. 12. Turn ye unto me (saith the Lord)
with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping
and mourning.
Ver. 13. Rend your heart and not your gar-
ments, and turn unto the Lord your God.
Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on me whom
they have pierced, and mourn.
Ver. 12. The land shall mourn, every fami-
Matt. v. 4. Blessed are they that mourn ;
they shali be comforted.
XVIII. Reproofs and threats for nolmourn-
ing for sin. Isa. xxii. 12, 13. In that day did
the Lord God of hosts call to weeping and
mourning, and baldness, and to girding with
sackcloth. But behold joy and gladness.
Zech. vii. 5. When ye fasted and mourned,
did ye at all fast to me, even to me 1
Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you that laugh ; ye
shall mourn.
1 Cor. v. 2. Ye are puffed up, and have not
rather mourned.
James iv. 9. Be ye afflicted, and mourn and
weep ; let your laughter be turned to mourning,
and your joy to heaviness.
XIX. Heaviness for sin. Ezra ix. 5. 1 arose
from my heaviness.
Ps. xxxviii. 4. Mine iniquities are as a
heavy burden.
cxix. 28. My soul melteth for heaviness.
Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me, all ye that la-
bour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. Isa. Ixi. 3.
XX. Grief for sin. 2 Chron. vi. 29, 30.
When every one shall know his own sore, and
his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands
and pray ; Hear thou, and forgive. 1 Kings
viii. 38, 39. When he shall know the plague
of his own heart ; Hear thou, and forgive.
Neh. xiii. 8. Their profaning the house of
God, grieved me sore.
Ps. cxix. 158. I beheld transgressors and
was grieved.
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OF REPENTANCE.
CHAP. XVIII.
Mark iii. 5. Jesus was grieved for the hard-
ness of their hearts.
XXI. Not being grieved for sin. Jer. v. 3.
Thou hast stricken them ; they have not
grieved. Isa. Ivii. 10.
XXII. Weeping for sin. Judg. ii. 4. The
Israelites being reproved by an angel for their
sins, they lifted up their voice and wept.
2 Kings xxii. 1 9. Because thy heart was
tender, and thou hast rent thy clothes, and
wept before me, I also have heard thee, saith
the Lord. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 27.
Ezra x. 1. Ezra confessed, weeping.
Ps. vi. 8. The Lord hath heard the voice of
my weeping.
cii. 9. I have mingled my drink with weep-
ing.
cxxvi. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall come again with
rejoicing.
Jer. xiii. 17. My soul shall weep in secret
for your pride.
xxxi. 9. They shall come with weeping and
supplications.
1. 4. The children of Israel shall go together
weeping, to seek the Lord their God.
Joel ii. 12. Turn ye unto me with all your
heart, with fasting, weeping and mourning.
Ver. 1 7. Let the priests, the ministers of the
Lord, weep between the porch and the altar ;
and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord.
Luke vi. 21. Blessed are ye that weep.
Ver. 25.
vii. 38. A woman stood weeping, and began
to wash Jesus' feet with tears.
xxiii. 28. Jesus said, Weep not for me, but
weep for yourselves. James iv. 9. v. 1.
XXIII. Tears for sin. 2 Kings xx. 5. I
have seen thy tears ; behold I will heal thee.
Isa. xxxviii. 5.
Job xvi. 20. Mine eye poureth out tears
unto God.
Ps. vi. 6. I water my couch with my tears.
xxxix. 12. Hold not thy peace at my tears.
xlii. 3. My tears have been my meat day
and night.
Ivi. 8. Put my tears in thy bottle.
cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears shall reap
in joy.
Jer. ix. 1. O that my head were waters, and
mine eyes a fountain of tears. Ver. 18.
xiii. 17. Mine eye shall run down with tears.
Lam. ii. 11. Mine eyes do fail with tears.
Ver. 18. Let tears run down like a river day
and night; give thyself no rest. Jer. xiv. 17.
Acts xx. 19. Serving the Lord with many
tears.
Rev. vii. 17. God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes.
XXIV. The heart affected for having sin-
ned. 1 Sam. xxiv. 5. David's heart smote him.
1 Kings viii. 38. Know the plague of his
own heart. 2 Chron. vi. 29. His own sore.
2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thy heart was
tender.
Isa. xlvii. 7. Lay to heart. Dan. v. 22.
Humble the heart. Joel ii. 13. Rend the
heart. Acts ii. 37. They were pricked in their
hearts. Ch. ix. 6. xvi. 30. Ps. cix. 22.
Heart wounded.
XXV. A broken and contrite heart. Ps.
xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that
are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be
of a contrite spirit.
Ii. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit ; a broken and a contrite heart, God,
thou wilt not despise.
cix. 16. See prayers against those who
would slay the broken in heart. Ver. 17, &c.
cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in
heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell
with him that is of a contrite and humble
spirit ; to revive the spirit of the humble, and
to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Ixi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up
the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18.
Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to
him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and
trembleth at my word.
XXVI. Shame the portion of sinners.
Prov. iii. 35. Shame shall be the promotion of
fools.
xiii. 5. A wicked man cometh to shame,
xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any people.
Dan. xii. 2. Some (at the last day) shall
awake to shame, &c.
XXVII. Shame enjoined as a mark of true
penitents. Jer. xxii. 22. Thou shalt be
ashamed and confounded, for all thy wicked-
ness.
Ezek. xliii. 10. Show the house of Israel,
that they may be ashamed of their iniquities.
Ver. 11. Hos. iv. 19.
Rom. vi. 21. What fruit had ye in these
things whereof ye are now ashamed ] Jer.
xxxi. 19. iii. 25.
XXVIII. Avoiding sin is avoiding shame.
Ps. cxix. 6. Then shall I not be ashamed
when I have respect unto all thy command-
ments. See Rev. iii. 18. xvi. 15. Compare
Gen. iii. 7, 8.
Job xi. 14, 15. If iniquity be in thy hand,
put it far away ; and let not wickedness dwell
in thy tabernacles. For then thou shalt lift
up thy face without spot, &c.
XXIX. Reproofs for not being ashamed
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of sin. Jer. vi. 15. When they had commit-
ted abomination they were not ashamed,
neither could they blush. Ch. viii. 12.
Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no shame.
Phil. iii. 19. The wicked glory in their
shame.
Jude 13. Foaming out their own shame.
XXX. Abhorring and loathing one's self
for sin. Job xlii. 6. Job said, I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.
Ezek. vi. 9. They shall loathe themselves
for the evils which they have committed, in all
their abominations. Ch. xx. 43. xxxvi. 31.
XXXI. Confession and acknowledgment
of sin required of penitents.
XXXII. Promises to confessing and ac-
knowledging sin. Lev. xxvi. 40 42. If they
shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of
their fathers ; if their uncircumcised hearts be
humbled ; then will I remember my covenant.
1 Kings viii. 33. 35.
i Ps. xxxii. 5. I said, I will confess my trans-
gressions ; thou forgavest the iniquity of my
sin.
Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his sins
f shall not prosper ; but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them, shall have mercy. Job xxxi. 33.
1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he is
. faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
XXXIII. Exhortations to confession. Josh,
vii. 19. Give glory to God, and make confes-
sion.
Jer. iii. 13. Acknowledge thine iniquity,
7 that thou hast transgressed against the Lord
thy God. Ezra x. 11. Hos.v. 15.
Rom. xiv. 11. Every knee shall bow, and
every tongue shall confess to God.
XXXIV. Instances. Matt. iii. 6. They
were baptized, confessing their sins.
Acts xix. 18. Many that believed, confessed
and shewed their deeds.
XXXV. Confessions made in Scripture
expressions. Ezra ix. 6. O my God, I am
ashamed, and blush to lift up my face to thee,
_/ my God ; for our iniquities are increased over
our heads, and our trespass is grown up unto
the heavens. Ver. 7. 13. 15. Ps. xxxviii. 4.
xl. 12. Jer. xiv. 20.
Neh. i. 6, 7. Both I and my father's house
have sinned. (Ps. cvi..6.) We have dealt
very corruptly against thee.
ix. 16. They dealt proudly and hardened
their necks, and hearkened not to thy com-
mandments.
Ver. 26. They were disobedient and rebelled
against thee, and cast thy law behind their
backs.
Ver. 35. They have not served thee in thy
great goodness, neither turned they from their
wicked works.
Job xiii. 23. How many are my iniquities
and my sins : make me to know my transgres-
sion and my sin.
xiv. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of
an unclean ?
xv. 14. What is man that he should be
clean 1 and he that is born of a woman, that
he should be righteous] 1 Kings viii. 46.
Ver. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his
saints, and the heavens are not clean in his
sight.
xl. 4. Behold I am vile, what shall I answer
thee 1 I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Ps. xxxviii. 18. I will declare mine iniquity ;
I will be sorry for my sin. Ps. xxxii. 5.
li. 3. I acknowledge my transgressions ; my
sin is ever before me.
Ver. 5. Behold I was shapen in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Ixix. 5. O God, thou knowest my foolish-
ness, and my sins are not hid from thee. Ps.
cxxx. 3. If thou, Lord,shouldst mark iniquities,
Lord, who shall stand ]
Prov. xx. 9. Who can say, I have made my
heart clean, I am pure from my sin 1 1 John
i. 8. If we say we have no sin, we deceive our-
selves, and the truth is not in us.
Eccl. vii. 20. There is not a just man upon
earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Isa. lix. 12. Our transgressions are multi-
plied before thee, and our sins testify against us.
Ixiv. 6. We are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags ;
and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities
like the wind have taken us away.
Jer. xiv. 7. Our backslidings are many ; we _J
have sinned against thee. Ver. 20. Luke
xv. 21.
Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have com-
mitted iniquity, and have done wickedly and
have rebelled ; even by departing from thy -7
precepts, and from thy judgments. Ver. 8.
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to
our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers ;
because we have sinned against thee.
Rom. vii. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good
thing. Ver. 21. I find a law, that when I
would do good, evil is present with me. Ver.
23. I see a law in my members, warring
against the law of my mind, and bringing me
into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my
members.
XXXVI. Amendment. Deut. x. 16. Cir-
cumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be no
more stiff-necked. Jer. iv. 4.
Job xxxiv. 32. If I have done iniquity, I
will do no more.
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FRUITFULNESS DE A TH.
CHAP. XIX.
Isa. i. 16, 17. Cease to do evil, learn to do |
well.
Jer. vii. 3. Amend your ways and your
doings. Ver. 5. Ch. xxvi. 13. xxxv. 15.
Matt. iii. 8. Bring forth fruits meet for re-
pentance. Luke iii. 8.
John v. 14. Sin no more. Ch. viii. 11. Ps.
iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not.
Rom. vi. 1. Shall we continue in sin, &c.
God forbid.
Eph. v. 14. Awake, thou that sleepest, arise
from the dead. See Dead ivorks.
James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, purify
your hearts.
FRUITFULNESS.
XXXVIT. Fruitfulness in religion. Ps.i.
3. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers
of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season.
xcii. 14. They shall bring forth fruit in old
age ; they shall be fat and flourishing. See
ver. 12, 13. Ps. Ixxxiv. 7.
Prov. iv. 18. The path of the just is as the
shining light, that shineth, &c.
Isa. v. 4. What could have been done more
to my vineyard that I have not done in it, to
make it fruitful ]
Jer. xxxi. 12. Their soul shall be as a
watered garden. Mai. iv. 2.
Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Is-
rael ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth
his roots as Lebanon. Ver. 8. I am like a
green fir-tree ; from me is thy fruit found.
Matt. vii. 16. Ye shall know them by their
fruits. Ver. 20. Ch. xii. 33.
Ver. 17. Every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit. Ch. xiii. 23. Mark xii. 2.
John xv. 2. Every branch that beareth fruit
he purgeth, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Matt. xiii. 12.
Ver. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches :
he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit ; for without me ye
can do nothing.
Ver. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that
ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Ver. 16. I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.
Rom. vi. 22. Being made free from sin, ye
have your fruit unto holiness, and the end
everlasting life. Ch. vii. 4.
Eph. iv. 15. Grow up unto Christ in all
things.
v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all good-
ness, righteousness, and truth.
Phil. i. 11. Being filled with the fruits of
righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to
the glory and praise of God.
Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord to all
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work.
Ch. ii. 6, 7.
James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is
full of good fruits.
1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of the
word, that ye may grow thereby.
2 Pet. i. 8. If these things be in you, and
abound, they make you that ye shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the know-
ledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Jude 20. Building yourselves up in your
most holy faith.
CHAPTER XIX.
OF DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION.
I. THE shortness of human life. Gen.
xlvii. 9. Jacob said, Few and evil have the
days of the years of my life been. Job xiv. 1.
Man that is born of a woman, is of few days.
1 Sam. xx. 3. There is but a step between
me and death.
1 Chron. xxix. 15. Our days on earth are
as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Job
viii. 9. Ps. cii. 1 1. cxliv. 4. Zech. i. 5.
Job vii. 6. Our days are swifter than a
weaver's shuttle.
ix. 25, 26. Our days are swifter than a post,
they fly away. They are passed away as the
swift ships, and as the eagle that hasteth to
the prey.
xvi. 22. When a few years are come, then
I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
xvii. 1. My breath is corrupt, my days are
extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Ps. xxxix. 4, 5. Lord, make me to know
my end, and the measure of my days, what it
is, that I may know how frail I am. Behold,
thou hast made my days as a handbreadth,
and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily
every man at his best estate is altogether
sanity. Ver. 13. spare me, that I may
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recover strength before I go hence and be no
more. Ps. xc. 3. 5, 6. 10. 12.
ciii. 15, 16. Man's days are as grass; as a
flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the
wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the
place thereof shall know it no more. Isa. xl.
6, 7, 8. James i. 10. 1 Pet. i. 24.
James iv. 14. Our life is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time, and then
vanisheth away. Heb.xiii. 14. Here we have
no continuing city. 1 Chron.xxix. 15. There
is none abiding.
II. Of the term or boundary of human
life. Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed
time for man upon earth 1 Are not his days
like the days of a hireling 1
xiv. 5. Man's days are determined ; the
number of his months are with thee, thou
hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.
Ver. 14. All the days of my appointed
time will I wait, till my change come.
Ps. xc. 10. The days of our years are three-
score and ten ; and if by reason of strength
they be fourscore years, yet is their strength
labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off and
we fly away.
Eccl. iii. 2. A time to be born, and a time to die.
Matt. vi. 27. Which of you can add one
cubit to his stature ? [or age.]
Acts xvii. 26. God hath made of one blood
all nations of men to dwell on the face of the
earth ; and hath determined the times, before
appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.
III. The time of life is in God's hand.
Job v. 18. The Lord maketh sore, and bindeth
up ; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
1 Sarn. ii. 6. The Lord killeth, and he
maketh alive; he bringeth down to the grave,
and he raiseth up. Deut. xxxii. 39.
Ps. Ixviii. 20. Unto God the Lord belong
the issues from death. Ps. ix. 13. ciii. 4.
Dan. v. 23. God, in whose hand thy breath
is, and whose are all thy ways.
Acts xvii. 28. In him we live, and move,
and have our being.
Rev. i. 18. I have the keys of hell and of
death, saith Christ.
IV. Death prevailing over all mankind, of
every character, rank and station. Josh,
xxiii. 14. Joshua said, I am going the way of
all the earth. 1 Kings ii. 2.
Job iv. 1 9 21 . Mortal men dwell in houses
of clay ; their foundation is in the dust, they
are crushed before the moth. They are de-
stroyed from morning to evening ; they perish
for ever, without any regarding it. Doth not
their excellency that is in them go away ]
they die without wisdom.
vii. 9, 10. He that goeth down to the grave
40
shall come up no more. He shall return no
more to his house, neither shall his place know
him any more.
ix. 22. God destroyeth the perfect and the
wicked.
xiv. 2. Man cometh forth like a flower, and
is cut down. Ver. 10. Man dieth and wasteth
away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and
where is he? Ver. 12. Man lieth down, and
riseth not till the heavens be no more, they
shall not awake, nor be raised out of sleep.
Ver. 1 9, 20. Thou destroyest the hope of
man. Thou prevailest for ever against him,
and he passeth ; thou changest his countenance,
and sendest him away.
xvii. 13, 14. If I wait, the grave is my
house. (Ver. 1.) I have said to corruption,
Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou
art my mother and sister. Ver. 15. And
where is now my hope ]
xxi. 23 26. One dieth in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet. His breasts
are full of milk, and his bones moistened with
marrow. Another dieth in the bitterness of
his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. They
shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms
shall cover them.
xxiv. 24. The mighty are exalted for a little
while, but are gone and brought low ; they are
taken eutof the way as all others, and cut ofF
as the tops of the ears of corn. Eccl. viii. 8.
Neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
given to it.
xxx. 23. I know that thou wilt bring me to
death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Eccl. viii. 8. There is no discharge in that war.
xxxiv. 14. If he set his heart upon man,
and if he gather unto him his spirit and his
breath ; all flesh shall perish together, and man
shall turn again to dust.
Ps. xlix. 6, 7. 9, 10. They that trust in
their wealth, none of them can by any means
redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom
for him ; that he should live for ever, and not
see corruption. Wise men die, likewise the
fool and the brutish person perish, and leave
their wealth to others. Ver. 1 1 to 14.
Ixxxii. G, 7. I have said, Ye are gods, and
all of you children of the Most High. But
ye shall die like men. Ps. cxlvi. 4.
Ixxxix. 48. What man is he thatliveth, and
shall not see death 1 Shall he deliver his soul
from the hand of the grave 7
xc. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction.
Ver. 5, 6. Thou carriest them away as with
a flood : they are as a sleep : in the morn-
ing they are like grass that groweth up. In
the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, in
the evening it is cut down and withereth.
Eccl. i. 4. One generation cometh, and an-
other goeth,
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CHAP. XIX.
ii. 1 6. How dieth the wise man 1 as the
fool.
viii. 8. No man hath power over the spirit
to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in
the day of death : and there is no discharge in
that war.
xii. 5. Man goeth to his long home, and the
mourners go about the streets.
Ver. 7. The dust shall return to the earth as
it was, and the spirit shall return unto God
who gave it.
V. Preparative duties for death. Deut.
xxxii. 29. O that they were wise ; that they
would consider their latter end.
Ps. xc. 12. So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Ps.
xxxix. 4.
John ix. 4. I must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day ; the night cometh
when no man can work.
1 Pet. i. 17. Pass the time of your sojourn-
ing here in fear. Matt. x. 28.
VI. No preparative duties are to be per-
formed after death. Isa. xxxviii. 18, 19. The
grave cannot praise thee ; death cannot cele-
brate thee : they that go down to the pit cannot
hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he
shall praise thee, as I do this day. See Ps. vi.
5. xxx. 9. Ixxxviii. 10, 11, 12. cxv. 17.
VII. The death of the righteous happy.
Ps. xxxi. 5. Into thy hand I commit my spi-
rit, O Lord. Acts vii. 59.
xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and be-
hold the upright ; for the end of that man is
peace.
cxvi. 15. Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in
his death. Numb, xxiii. 10. Let me die the
death of the righteous, and let my last end be
like his.
Eccl. vii. 1. The day of his death is better
than the day of his birth.
Isa. Ivii. 1, 2. The righteous is taken away
from the evil to come. He shall enter into
peace. 2 Kings xxii. 19, 20.
Jobiii. 17, 18. There the wicked cease from
troubling, and there the weary be at rest. There
the prisoners rest together ; they hear not the
voice of the oppressor.
Ps. Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with thy
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps.
Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord will give grace and
glory.
Luke xvi. 22. Lazarus died, and was carried
by angels into Abraham's bosom. Ver. 25.
Now he is comforted.
xxiii. 43. Jesus said, This day shall thoube
with me in paradise.
1 Cor. iii. 22, 23.. Whether life or death, all
are yours ; and ye are Christ's.
2 Cor. v. 6. While we are at home in the
body, we are absent from the Lord. Ver. 8.
We are willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord.
Phil. i. 21. For me to live is Christ, and to
die is gain. Ver. 23. I have a desire to depart
and to be with Christ, which is far better.
1 Thess. v. 10. Christ died for us, that
whether we wake or sleep, we should live
together with him. Rom. xiv. 8, 9.
Heb. xii. 23. The righteous go to the spirits
of just men made perfect.
Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord, from henceforth : yea, saith
the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labours, and their works do follow them.
VIII. Death of the wicked. Job xxvii. 20,
21. Terrors take hold on him as waters; a
tempest stealeth him away in the night The
east wind carrieth him away and he departeth,
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Ver. 22, 23. For God shall cast upon him,
and shall not spare. Men shall clap their
hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place. Jer. xxiii. 19.
xxxvi. 6. God preserveth not the life of the
wicked.
Ps. xxxvii. 34. When the wicked are cut
off thou shalt see it. Ver. 38. The end of
wicked men shall be cut off.
Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, his
expectation perisheth. Ver. 10. When the
wicked perish there is shouting.
xii. 7. The wicked are overthrown and are
not Ch. x. 27.
xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away in his
wickedness.
Eccl. viii. 10. I saw the wicked buried ; they
were forgotten.
Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for
thee, to meet thee at thy coming.
xiv. 15. Thou shalt be brought down to
hell, to the sides of the pit.
Ezek. xviii. 18. He shall die in his iniquity,
Ch. xxxiii. 8, 9.
Luke xvi. 23. The rich man died, and was
buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being
in torment. Ps. ix. 17.
IX. The dead have all their possessions
behind them. Ps. xlix. 10. They leave their
wealth to others. Job i. 21. Eccl. ii. 18.
Ver. 14. Their beauty shall consume in,
the grave. Ver. 17. When he dieth he
shall carry nothing away, his glory shall not
descend after him.
Eccl. v. 15, 16. As he came, naked shall he
return, and shall take nothing of his labour,
which he may carry away in his hand. In all
CHAP. XIX.
OF THE RESURRECTION.
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points as he came, so shall he go. Ch. ii. 19.
Who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man
or a fool that shall be after him 1
ix. 5, 6. The memory of them is forgotten.
Also, their love, and their hatred, and their
envy, is now perished ; neither have they any
more a portion for ever in any thing that is
done under the sun.
Job xiv. 21. His sons come to honour, and
he knoweth it not ; they are brought low, but
he perceiveth it not.
1 Tim. vi. 7. We brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing
out.
OF THE RESURRECTION FROM
THE DEAD.
X. That there shall be a resurrection of
the dead. (See Christ shall raise the dead.)
Job xix. 25 27. I know that my Redeemer
liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day
upon the earth. And though after my skin
worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall
1 see God : whom I shall see for myself, and
mine eyes shall behold, and not another;
though my reins be consumed within me. Ps.
xlix. 15.
Ps. xvi. 9. My flesh shall rest in hope. Ver.
10. Ps. Ixviii. 20. Acts ii. 26, 27, 28. 31.
Dan. xii. 2. Many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake ; some to ever-
lasting life, and some to everlasting shame and
contempt. Ps. xvii. 15.
Matt. xxii. 30. In the resurrection they nei-
ther marry nor are given in marriage ; but are
as the angels in heaven. Ver. 31, 32. As
touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye
not read that which was spoken unto you ty
God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God
is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Luke xx. 35, 36.
Luke xiv. 14. Thou shall be recompensed
at the resurrection of the just.
Acts iv. 2. The apostles taught the people,
and preached through Jesus the resurrection
from the dead. Heb. vi. 1, 2.
xxiii. 6. Paul said. Of the hope and resur-
rection of the dead I am called in question.
Ch. xxiv. 21.
xxiv. 15. Paul said, I have hope toward
God, that there shall be a resurrection of the
dead, both of the just and unjust.
xxvi. 8. Why should it be thought a thing
incredible with you, that God should raise the
dead]
Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead.
2 Cor. i. 9. God raiseth the dead.
viii. 1 1. If the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that
raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you.
Ver. 19. The earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation of the
sons of God. Ver. 21. Because the creature
shall be delivered from the bondage of corrup-
tion, into the glorious liberty of the children
of God. Ver. 23. We ourselves, who have
the first fruits of the Spirit, groan within our-
selves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body.
1 Cor. vi. 14. God both raised up the Lord
Jesus, and will also raise up us, by his own
power.
xv. 12 14. How say some of you, that
there is no resurrection of the dead 1 (2 Tim.
ii. 17, 18.) If there be no resurrection of the
dead, then is Christ not risen : And if Christ
be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and
your faith is also vain. Ver. 20. But now is
Christ risen from the dead, and become the
first fruits of them that slept.
Ver. 21 23. Since by man came death, by
man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive. But every man in his
order: Christ the first fruits, and afterward
they that are Christ's, at his coming. Col
i. 18.
Ver. 35. Some man will say, How are the
dead raised! and with what bodies do they
come 1 ? Ver. 38. God giveth a body as it
pleaseth him. Ver. 42. So also is the resur-
rection of the dead : it is sown in corruption,
it is raised in incorruption. Ver. 43. It is
sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory : it is
sown in weakness, it is raised in power. Ver.
44. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a
spiritual body.
Ver. 5254. The dead shall be raised in-
corruptible. For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on im-
mortality. Then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up
in victory. Isa. xxv. 7, 8. xxvi. 19. Hos.
xiii. 14.
2 Cor. iv. 14. He that raised up the Lord
Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and
shall present us with you.
v. 1 3. We know that if our earthly house
of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
building of God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens. For'in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our
house which is from heaven. If so be that
being clothed, we shall not be found naked.
Ver. 4. For we that are in this tabernacle do
groan, being burdened ; not for that we would
be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality
might be swallowed up of life.
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OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT.
CHAP. XX.
Eph. iv. 30. By the Holy Spirit of God ye !
are sealed unto the day of redemption.
1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus
died and rose again ; even so them that sleep
in Jesus, will God bring with him.
Ver. 15 17. For this we say unto you, by
the word of the Lord, That we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall
not prevent them which are asleep. For the
Lord himself shall descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God ; and the dead in
Christ shall rise first. Then we which are
alive and remain, shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air : so shall we ever be with the
Lord.
Heb. xi. 19. Abraham accounted that God
was able to raise Isaac from the dead.
Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not accepting
deliverance, that they might obtain a bettei
resurrection.
Rev. xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection : on such the se-
cond death hath no power ; but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign
with him a thousand years.
Ver. 13. The sea gave up the dead which
were in it. Isa. xxvi. 19. See Christ shall
change the bodies of mankind.
CHAPTER XX.
OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT, AND THE STATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND
THE WICKED.
I. OF a future judgment, and its conse-
quences. Acts xxiv. 25. As Paul reasoned of
righteousness, temperance, and judgment to
come, Felix trembled.
Heb. vi. 1, 2. Let us go on unto perfection.
Not laying again the foundation of the resur-
rection of the dead and of eternal judgment.
ix. 27. It is appointed unto men once to
die, but after this the judgment.
II. God is judge. (See Christ shall judge
the world.} Ps. 1. 6. God is judge. The
judge of all the earth. Gen. xviii. 25.
xcvi. 13. He cometh to judge the earth.
He shall judge the world with righteousness,
and the people with his truth. Ver. 10. Ps.
Iviii. 11. xcviii. 9.
Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a day
wherein he will judge the world in righteous-
ness.
Rom. ii. 2. The judgment of God is accord-
ing to truth. Ch. iii. 5.
Ver. 12. As many as have sinned in the
law, shall be judged by the law.
Ver. 16. In the day when God shall judge
the secrets of men by Jesus Christ
1 Cor. iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the
Lord.
Rev. xx. 1 1, 12. I saw a great white throne,
and him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away ; and there
was found no place for them. And I saw the
dead, small and great, stand before God ; and
the books were opened ; and another book was
opened, which is the Book of Life : and the
dead were judged out of those things which
were written in the books, according to their
works.
III. The persons and things that shall be
judged. Eccl. iii. 1 7. God shall judge the
righteous and the wicked.
xi. 9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth,
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy
youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and
in the sight of thine eyes : but know, that for
all these things God will bring thee into judg-
ment.
xii. 14. God will bring every work into
judgment, with every secret thing, whether it
be good or whether it be evil. Rom. ii. 16.
God shall judge the secrets of men.
Matt. xii. 36. Every idle word that men
shall speak, they shall give account thereof in
the day of judgment. Ver. 37.
Rom. xiv. 12. Everyone shall give account
of himself to God.
1 Cor. iii. 13. Every man's work shall be
made manifest.
Heb. xiii. 17. Ministers watch for your
souls, as they that must give account.
1 Pet. iv. 4, 5. They that run to excess of
riot, shall give account to him that is ready to
judge the quick and the dead.
Ver. 17. Judgment must begin at the house
of God.
IV. When the day of judgment shall be.
Mark xiii. 24 26. The sun shall be darken-
ed, and the moon shall not give her light; and
the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers
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that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then
shall they see the Son of Man, coming in the
clouds with great power and glory. Ver. 32.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man ;
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither
the Son, but the Father. Matt. xxiv. 29 to 44.
1 Thess. v. 2. The day of the Lord so
cometh as a thief in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 10.
2 Thess. ii. 3. That day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that
man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
Ver. 8. Whom the Lord shall consume, &c.
V. Uses to be made of the doctrine of a
future judgment, and its consequences ; for
encouraging steadfastness and perseverance in
sundry graces and duties of the Christian
life. Luke xxi. 34, 35. Take heed to your-
selves, lest at any time your hearts be over-
charged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and
the cares of this life ; and so that day come
upon you unawares. (Compare 1 Pet. iv. 4,
5.) For as a snare shall it come on all them
that dwell on the face of the earth. Ver. 36.
Watch ye, therefore, and pray always ; that
ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of man. See Matt. xxiv. 42.
44 to 51. Mark xiii. 33 to 37.
1 Cor. i. 7, 8. Waiting for the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall confirm you
unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
iv. 4, 5. He that judgeth me is the Lord.
(See Christ shall judge.} Therefore judge
nothing before the time, till the Lord come.
See Matt. vii. 1, 2. Rom. xiv. 3. 10. 13. Col.
ii. 16. James iv. 11.
Acts xvii. 30, 31. The times of ignorance
God winked at, but now commandeth all men
every where to repent. Because he hath ap-
pointed a day wherein he will judge the world
in righteousness, by Jesus Christ.
Col. iii. 4, 5. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye appear with him in
glory. Mortify therefore your members which
are upon the earth ; fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry. Ver. 8. Also
put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth. Ver. 9.
Lie not. Ver. 24. Knowing that of the Lord
ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance.
1 Thess. ii. 19. We who are ministers, what
is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing 1 are
not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus
Christ at his coming ?
iii. 12, 13. The Lord make you to increase
and abound in love one toward another, and
toward all men. To the end he may es-
tablish your hearts unblameable in holiness,
before God, even our Father, at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
iv. 17. We shall be caught up in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air : so shall we be
ever with the Lord. Ver. 18. Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
v. 2. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief
in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 10.
Ver. 4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness,
that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ver. 6. Therefore let us not sleep as do others,
but let us watch and be sober.
Ver. 8. Putting on the breast-plate of faith
and love ; and for a helmet the hope of sal-
vation.
2 Thess. ii. 1, 2. We beseech you, brethren,
by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
by our gathering together unto him, that ye
be not soon shaken in mind.
1 Tim. vi. 14. Keep this commandment with-
out spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of
our Lord Jesus Christ. See Obedience to
Christ.
Tit. ii. 12, 13. Denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right-
eously, and godly, in this present world : Look-
ing for that blessed hope, and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ.
James v. 7. Be patient, brethren, unto the
coming of the Lord. Ver. 8. Establish your
hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
1 Pet. i. 7. That the trial of your faith, being
much more precious than that of gold that pe-
risheth, though it be tried by fire, might be
found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at
the appearing of Jesus Christ. Ver. 9. Ye
receiving the end of your faith, the salvation
of your souls.
Ver. 13 15. Gird up the loins of your
mind, be sober and hope to the end, for the
grace that shall be brought to you at the reve-
lation of Jesus Christ ; As obedient children,
not fashioning yourselves according to the for-
mer lusts in your ignorance : but as he which
hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
manner of conversation.
iv. 7. The end of all things is at hand ; be
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Ver. 13. Rejoice, in as much as ye are par-
takers of Christ's sufferings; that when his
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also
with exceeding joy.
2 Pet. iii. 11, 12. Seeing then that all these
things shall be dissolved, what manner of per-
sons ought ye to be, in all holy conversation
and godliness 1 Looking for, and hasting to
the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved, and
the elements shall melt with fervent heat. Ver.
13, 14.
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HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS-
CHAP. XX.
1 John ii. 28. Little children, abide in Christ,
that when he shall appear ye may have confi-
dence, and not be ashamed at his coming.
iv. 17. Herein is our love made perfect,
that we may have boldness in the day of judg-
ment.
Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory to
him ; for the hour of his judgment is come ;
and worship him that made heaven and earth,
and the fountains of waters.
VI. The dissolution of the heavens and the
earth. Ps. cii. 25. The heavens are the work
of thy hands. Ver. 26. They shall perish,
but thou shalt endure ; yea, all of them shall
wax old like a garment, and as a vesture shalt
thou [Christ] change them, and they shall be
changed. See Heb. i. 10, 11, 12.
2 Pet. iii. 7. The heavens and the earth,
which are now, are kept in store, reserved unto
fire against the day of judgment, and perdition
of ungodly men. Ver. 10. The heavens shall
pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also
and the works that are therein shall be burnt
up. Ver. 12.
Ver. 13. Nevertheless we, according to his
promise, look for new heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteousness. See Rev. vi.
14. Isa. xxxiv. 4. li. 6. Ixv, 17. Ixvi. 22.
HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
VII. The happiness of the righteous in
heaven, inconceivably great. 1 Cor. ii. 9. Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have en-
tered into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him.
Isa. Ixiv. 4.
1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons
of God ; and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be : but we know that when he shall ap-
pear we shall be like him ; for we shall see him
as he is. Rom. viii. 29. Phil. iii. 21.
VIII. Christians are heirs. Rom. viii. 17.
If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
joint heirs with Christ. Ch. iv. 14. 16.
Gal. iii. 29. Heirs according to the promise.
Eph. iii. 6.
Tit. iii. 7. Heirs according to the hope of
eternal life.
Heb. i. 1 4. Heirs of salvation.
vi. 17. Heirs of promise.
xi. 7. 9. Heirs of righteousness by faith.
James ii. 5. Heirs of the kingdom which
God hath prepared for them that love him.
1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life.
Christians have an inheritance, a kingdom,
4-c. Matt. xix. 21.29. Thou shalt have trea-
sure in heaven Shall inherit everlasting life.
xxv. 34. Christ will say, Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world.
Luke xii. 32.
Luke xxii. 29, 30. I appoint unto you a
kingdom, even as my Father hath appointed
unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my
table, in my kingdom.
Acts xiv. 22. We must through much tri-
bulation enter into the kingdom of God.
xx. 32. To an inheritance among them that
are sanctified, by faith in Jesus Christ. Chap,
xxvi. 18.
Rom. v. 17. They which receive abundance
of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall
reign in life by Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. ii. 12. If
we suffer with Christ we shall also reign with
him. Matt. xix. 28.
Gal. iii. 18. An inheritance, not of law but
of promise. Rom. iv. 14.
Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained an
inheritance.
Ver. 14. The Spirit of promise is the earn-
est of our inheritance.
Ver. 18. The glory of God's inheritance in
the saints.
Col.i. 12. The Father hath made us meet
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints
in light.
iii. 24. Of the Lord ye shall receive the
reward of the inheritance ; for ye serve the
Lord Christ.
1 Thess. ii. 12. God hath called us to his
kingdom and glory.
2 Thess. i. 5. That ye may be accounted
worthy of the kingdom, for which ye also
suffer.
2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord shall preserve me
to his heavenly kingdom.
Heb. ix. 15. Christ the mediator, &c. that
they might receive the promise of eternal in-
heritance.
x. 34. An enduring substance. Ch. xii. 28.
A kingdom that cannot be moved.
1 Pet. i. 3, 4. God hath begotten us to a
lively hope ; to an inheritance incorruptible,
undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved
in heaven.
2 Pet. i. 11. An entrance shall be ministered
unto you abundantly, into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.
Rev. i. 6. Jesus Christ hath made us kings
and priests unto God and his Father. Ch. v.
10. xx. 4. 6. See Luke vi. 20. xiii. 28,
29. xiv. 15.
xxi. 7. He that overcometh shall inherit all
things.
1 Cor. vi. 9. The unrighteous shall not in-
herit the kingdom of God. Ver. 10. Gal. v.
21. Eph. v. 5.
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IX. The righteous have rest. Job iii. 1 7.
There [in heaven] the weary are at rest.
Ps. cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my
soul.
Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way, and ye
shall find rest for your souls. Isa. Ivii. 2.
Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me [said Jesus,]
and I will give you rest. Ver. 29. Ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
2 Thess. i. 7. God will give you rest, when
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven.
Heb. iv. 9. There remaineth a rest for the
people of God. Ver. 11. Let us labour to
enter into that rest.
Rev. xiv. 13. The dead which die in the
Lord, rest from their labours, and their works
do follow them.
X. They enjoy mansions, a new heaven, a
heavenly temple, light, $c. John xiv. 2. In
my Father's house are many mansions ; I go
to prepare a place for you. Ver. 3. I will
come again, and receive you unto mysel'f, that
where I am, there ye may be also.
2 Pet. iii. 13. We look for new heavens,
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous-
ness.
Rev. iii. 4. They shall walk with me in
white, for they are worthy.
xxi. 22. The Lord God Almighty, and the
Lamb, are the temple of it. Ver. 23. The
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is
the light thereof.
xxii. 4. They shall see his face, and his
name shall be in their foreheads. Ver. 5.
The Lord God giveth them light; and they
shall reign for ever and ever.
XI. They are present with Christ. John
xvii. 24. I will that they also whom thou hast
given me be with me where I am, that they
may behold my glory which thou hast given
me. Ch. xii. 26.
Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
him in glory. 1 John iii. 2.
1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught up in
the clouds to meet the Lord in the air ; and
so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names even in
Sardis, which have not defiled their garments ;
and they shall walk with me in white, for
they are worthy.
Ver. 21. To him that overcometh will I
grant to sit with me in my throne ; even as I
also overcame, and am set down with my
Father in his throne. Ver. 5.
vii. 15. They are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple ;
and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell
among them.
xiv. 4. These are they which follow the
Lamb whithersoever he goeth : these were re-
deemed from among men; being the first-
fruits unto God and to the Lamb. Ver. 5.
XII. Are in a state of joy. Ps. xvi. 11.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life ; in thy
presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right
hand are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xxxvi.
8, 9. Isa. xxxv. 10.
Matt. xxv. 21. Enter into the joy of thy
Lord.
Jude 24. He is able to present you fault-
less before the presence of his glory, with ex-
ceeding joy.
XIII. Free from pain and sorrow. Isa.
xxxiii. 24. The inhabitant shall not say, I am
sick ; the people that dwell there shall be for-
given their iniquity.
xxxv. 10. Sorrow and sighing shall flee
away.
Ix. 19. The sun shall be no more thy light
by day, neither shall the moon give light unto
thee ; but the Lord shall be unto thee an ever-
lasting light, and thy God thy glory. Ver. 20.
N. B. The above texts from Isaiah, though
prophetical of the happy state of the church
on earth, are more strictly true and expressive
of the happiness of glorified saints in heaven.
Matt. vi. 20. Lay up for yourselves trea-
sures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, nor thieves break through and
steal.
Rev. vii. 1517. They are before the
throne of God, and serve him day and night
in his temple ; and he that sitteth on the
throne shall dwell among them. And they
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more ;
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst
of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters, and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
xxi. 4. God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes ; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow nor crying ; neither shall there
be any more pain ; for the former things are
passed away.
xxii. 3. There shall be no more curse ; but
the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be
in it, and his servants shall serve him.
XIV. Eternal life is from God. Ps. xvi.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life. Acts
ii. 28.
xxxvi. 9. With thee is the fountain of life.
Ixiii. 3. Thy loving-kindness is better than
life.
Rev. xxii. 1. I beheld a pure river of water
of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the Lamb.
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Ver. 2. In the midst of the street, and on I
either side of the river, was the tree of life. |
See Life through Christ. . |
XV. Life promised to sundry graces and
duties. (See Promises to faith in Christ ;
to obedience.} Lev. xviii. 5. Keep my statutes
and my judgments ; which if a man do he
shall live in them. Neh. ix. 29. Ezek. xx.
11.13.21. Rom. x. 5. Gal. iii. 12.
Ezek. xviii. 9. He that hath walked in my
statutes, and kept my judgments, he shall
surely live. Ver. 17. 19. Ch. xxxiii. 13.
Matt. xix. 16, 17. One came, and said unto
Jesus, Good Master, what good thing shall I
do that I may have eternal life '? Jesus said
unto him, If thou wilt enter into life, keep
the commandments. Ver. 18, 19. 21. Mark
x. 17. 19. Lukex. 25, &c.
John ir, 36. He that reapeth receiveth
wages, atvJ gathereth fruit unto life eternal ;
that he that soweth and he that reapeth may
rejoice together.
xii. 50. The Father's commandment is life
everlasting.
Rom. ii. 7. To them who, by patient con-
tinuance in well-doing, seek for glory, honour,
and immortality, God will give eternal life.
vi. 22. Being made free from sin, and be-
come the servants of God, ye have your fruit
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh will I
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God.
xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his com-
mandments, that they may have a right to the
tree of life, and may enter in through the gates
into the city. See Promises to obedience ; to
good works ; well-doing, $c.
XVI. To righteousness. Prov. xi. 19.
Righteousness tendeth to life. Ver. 30. Ch.
xxi. 21.
xii. 28. In the way of righteousness is life,
and in the pathway thereof is no death.
Matt. xxv. 46. The righteous shall go into
life eternal. See Promises to the righteous.
XVII. To the spiritually minded. Rom.
viii. 6. To be spiritually minded is life and
peace. Ver. 10. 13.
Gal. vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit,
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
XVIII. To seeking God. Ps. xxii. 26.
Your hearts shall live that seek him.
Amos v. 4. Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
See Promises to seeking God.
XIX. To godliness. See Promises to god-
liness.
1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness hath the promise
(A the life that now is, and of that which is to
come.
XX. To the ftar of God. See Promises
to fearing God.
Prov. xiv. 27. The fear of the Lord is a
fountain of life, to depart from the snares of
death. Ch. xix. 23. xxii. 4.
XXI. To loving God. See Promises to
loving God.
James i. 12. A crown of life he hath pro-
mised to them that love him.
XXII. To mortification, dying unto sin.
Matt, xviii. 8. If thy hand or thy foot offend
thee, cut them off and cast them from thee : it
is better for thee to enter into life halt or
maimed, rather than having two hands or two
feet to be cast into everlasting fire. Ver. 9.
If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast
it from thee ; it is better for thee to enter into
life with one eye, rather than having two eyes
to be cast into hell-fire.
Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we
shall also live with him. (2 Tim. ii. 11.)
Ver. 11. Reckon ye yourselves to be dead in-
deed to sin, but alive unto God through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live ; yet not I, but Christ liveth
in me. Rom. viii. 2.
XXIII. To suffering for Chrisfs sake.
Matt. x. 39. He that loseth his life for my
sake, shall find it. John xii. 25.
xix. 29. Every one that hath forsaken
houses, or brethren or sisters, or father or mo-
ther, or wife or children, or lands, for my
name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and
shall inherit everlasting life.
XXIV. To perseverance. Rev. ii. 10. Be
thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee
a crown of life. Matt. x. 22.
XXV. To those that overcome. Rev. ii. 7.
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of
the tree of life, which is in the midst of the
paradise of God. See ver. 11. 17. 26. Ch.
iii. 5. 12. 21. xxi. 7.
XXVI. To repentance. See Promises to
repentance, conversion, turning, $c.
Acts xi. 1 8. Then hath God to the Gentiles
granted repentance unto life.
XXVII. To the wise. See Promises to the
love and study of wisdom.
Prov. iv. 4. Wisdom saith, Keep my com-
mandments and live.
CHAP. XX.
FUTURE PUNISHMENTS.
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vih. 35. Whoso findeth wisdom findeth life,
and shall obtain favour of the Lord. Ch.
xvi. 22.
Eccl. vii. 12. Wisdom giveth life. See
Prov. xiii. 14. xv. 24.
FUTURE PUNISHMENTS
XXVIII. Sinners that shall not enter into
the kingdom of heaven. Matt. v. 20. Except
your righteousness shall exceed the righteous-
ness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in
no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
vii. 21 23. Jesus said, Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven. Many will
say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name
cast out devils, and in thy name done many
')C wonderful works] And then will I profess
unto them, I never knew you : depart from me,
ye that work iniquity. Luke xiii. 26, 27.
xviii.3. Except ye be converted, and become
as little children, ye shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven. Mark x. 1 5.
Mark x. 2325. 27. Jesus said, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the king-
dom of God ! how hard is it for them that trust
in riches to enter into the kingdom of God !
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into
the kingdom of God. With men it is impos-
sible, but not with God ; for with God all
things are possible.
/ Luke xiii. 24. Strive to enter in at the strait
jjjte ; for many shall seek to enter in, and shall
not be able. Matt. vii. 13, 14. For wide is the
gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to de-
struction, and many there be which go in
thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow
is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find it.
John iii. 3. Except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God. Ver. 5.
Except a man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of
God.
1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Know ye not, that the un-
righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God 1
Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idola-
ters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind ; nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor ex-
tortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
xv. 50. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God.
Gal. v. 19 21. The works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these ; adultery, fornica-
tion, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
41
strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings and such like, of the
which I tell you before, as I have also told you
in time past, that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ..
Eph. v. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man who is an idolater,
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of God
and of Christ.
Heb. iii. 19. The Jews could not enter into
the promised land, because of unbelief.
iv. 1. Let us fear, lest a promise being left
us of entering into his rest, any of you should
seem to come short of it.
Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise enter
into the heavenly Jerusalem, any thing that ">-
defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomina-
tion, or maketh a lie. Ch. xx. 15.
xxii. 15. Without are dogs, and sorcerers,
and whoremongers, and murderers, and idola-
ters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Ch. xxi. 8.
XXIX. The greatest punishments and
sufferings in this life, set forth in the lan-
guage expressive of future punishments.
Deut. iv. 24. The Lord thy God is a consum-
ing fire. Heb. xii. 29.
xxxii. 22. A fire is kindled in my anger, and
shall burn unto the lowest hell ; and shall
consume the earth with her increase, and set
on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Ps. xi. 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain fire
arid brimstone, and a horrible tempest. Ps. 1. 3.
xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, and
burneth up his enemies round about. See in-
stances hereof, Gen. xix. 24. Exod. ix. 23,
24. Lev. x. 2. 2 Kings i. 10. 12.
Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved, to
meet thee at thy coming.
xxxiii. 14. Who of us shall dwell with de-
vouring fire 1 who of us shall dwell with ever-
lasting burnings'?
xxxv. 4. God will come with vengeance, &c.
Ixvi. 14, 15. The indignation of the Lord
shall be known towards his enemies. For
behold the Lord will come with fire, and with
his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his
anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames
of fire.
Ver. 24. The men that have transgressed
against me, their worm shall not die, neither
shall their fire be quenched.
Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise your hearts to the
Lord, take away the foreskin of your hearts ;
lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn
that none can quench it, for the evil of your
doings. Ch. xxi. 12.
Lam. ii. 4. He poured out his fury like
fire. Ezek. xxxviii. 22.
Amos v. 6. Seek the Lord, and ye shall
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CHAP. XX.
live ; lest he break out like fire, and devour,
and there be none to quench it.
Nah. i. 5. The mountains quake at him, and
the hills melt, and the earth is burnt up at his
presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell
therein.
Hab. iii. 5. Before him went the pestilence,
and burning coals went forth at his feet.
Mai. iii. 2. Who may abide the day of his
coming] and who shall stand when he ap-
peareth ? for he is like a refiner's 'fire, and
fuller's soap.
iv. 1. Behold the day of the Lord cometh
that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud,
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble ;
and the day that cometh shall burn them up,
saith the Lord of hosts.
XXX. The punishment of the wicked in a
future state is thus set forth. Ps. ix. 17.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all
the nations that forget God. Ps. Ixxix. 6.
Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not
forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into
the fire. Ch. vii. 19. John xv. 2. 6.
v. 22. Whosoever shall say to his brother,
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire.
x. 28. Fear him that is able to destroy both
soul and body in hell.
xiii. 40 42. As the tares are gathered, and
burnt in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of
the world. The Son of Man shall send forth
his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that offend, and them
' which do iniquity ; and shall cast them into a
furnace of fire ; there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
xxiii. 29. 33. Woe unto you, hypocrites,
&c. How can ye escape the damnation of helll
xxv. 41 43. Chris); shall say unto them
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
his angels: for I was a hungered, and ye
, gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave
j me no drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took
me not in ; naked, and ye clothed me not ;
sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Ver. 45, 46. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one
of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And
these shall go away into everlasting punish-
ment.
Mark ix. 43. If thy hand offend thee, cut
it off; it is better for thee to enter into life
maimed, than having two hands, to go into
hell. Ver. 45. And if thy foot offend thee,
cut it off; it is better for thee to enter halt
into life, than having two feet, to be cast into
hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.
Ver. 47, 48. And if thine eye offend thee,
pluck it out ; it is better for thee to enter into
the kingdom of God with one eye, than having
two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire ; where their
worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Matt. v. 29. xviii. 8, 9.
Luke iii. 17. He will gather the wheat into
his garner, but the chaff he will burn with
fire unquenchable.
xvi. 23. In hell the rich man lifted up his
eyes, being in torments. Ver. 24. Tormented
in this flame. Ver. 25. 28.
Rom.ix.22. God endureth with much long-
suffering the vessels of wrath, fitted to de-
struction.
Phil. iii. 18, 19. The enemies of the cross
of Christ, their end is destruction.
1 Thess. v. 2, 3. The day of the Lord so
cometh, as a thief in the night. When they
shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden de-
struction cometh upon them, as travail upon
a woman with child ; and they shall not
escape. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 12. Rev. iii. 3.
xvi. 15.
2 Thess. i. 79. The Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not the gospel 7
of our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall be pu-
nished with everlasting destruction, from the
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of
his power.
ii. 8. Then shall that Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit
of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming.
Ver. 12. That they all might be damned,
who believed not the truth, but had pleasure
in unrighteousness.
Heb. vi. 8. The end of the unfruitful is to
be burned. Matt. iii. 10. vii. 19.
x. 27. Fiery indignation shall devour the
adversaries.
Ver. 28, 29. He that despised Moses' law
died without mercy. Of how much sorer
punishment shall he be thought worthy, who
hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and
hath counted the blood of the covenant where-
with he was sanctified an unholy thing, and
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ?
Ver. 30. Vengeance is mine, I will recom-
pense, saith the Lord? Ver. 31. It is a fear-
ful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God. Heb. xii. 29. For our God is a con-
suming fire.
2 Pet. ii. 4. He spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast them down to hell ; and de- /
livered them into chains of darkness, to be re-
served unto judgment.
Ver. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to de-
liver the godly out of temptation, and fo re-
serve the unjust unto the day of judgment to
be punished. But chiefly them who walk
after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness.
CHAP. XX.
FUTURE PUNISHMENTS.
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iii. 7. The heavens and the earth are kept
in store, reserved unto fire, against the day of
judgment, and perdition of ungodly men.
Jude 7. Sodom and Gomorrah are set for
an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal
fire.
Rev. xiv. 9, 10. If any man shall worship
the beast and his image, and shall receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
poured out without mixture, into the cup of
his indignation ; and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone. Ver. 11. The smoke
of their torment ascendeth up for ever and
ever, and they have no rest day nor night.
xviii. 9. They shall see the smoke of her
burning.
xix. 20. The beast and the false prophet
were cast alive into a lake of fire, burning
with brimstone.
xx. 10. The devil was cast into the lake of
fire and brimstone, where the beast and the
false prophet are ; and shall be tormented day
and night, for ever and ever.
Ver. 14, 15. Death and hell were cast into
the lake of fire; this is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the
Lamb's book of life, was cast into the lake
of fire.
xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and
the abominable and murderers, and whore-
mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all
liars, shall have their part in the lake that
burneth with fire and brimstone ; which is the
second death. Ch. xxii. 15.
N. B. The reader may observe the dread-
fulness and duration of the foregoing punish-
ments mentioned : Also, against what sins
they are denounced. See also threats de-
nounced against the various sorts of sinners,
under the words, Wicked, Ungodly, Disobe-
dient, Unbelievers, &c. in this work.
INDEX.
NOTE. In the following Index, the Numerical Letters refer to the Sections, and the
Figures to the Page.
ABHOIIRED of God, who are so, cliv. 65.
Abhorring one's self for sin, xxx. 31 L
Ability for obedience, Ixiii. 200.
For good works, Ixxv. 204.
Able to do every thing, God is so, Ixviii. 41.
Abominableness of sin, cxii. 209.
Access to God in prayer, xxxi. 145.
Admonish one another, Ivi. 243.
Adoption is of grace, cxxvii. 59.
Promised to faith, xxii. 144.
Adversaries of God, cxxvi. 213.
Adversity of man in God's hand, Ixx. 42.
, rejoicing in it, cxi. 157.
Adultery and fornication, cxlix. 284.
Affection, natural, how destroyed, Ixxxvii. 263.
Affliction, deliverance from it, matter of praise
to God, ccxxiv. 183.
Alive, the righteous are only truly so, Ixxxvii.
206.
Almighty God, Ix. 41.
Alms called grace, cxxx. 59.
Must accompany prayer, clxxii. 172.
Required of Christians, clxvii. 290.
Amendment of life, xxxvi. 311.
Angels, their numbers and names, xvii. xviii.
68.
Their employment about mankind, xxi. 69.
They have revealed God's will, xxiii. 69.
They have inflicted God's judgments, xxiv.
69.
Their attendance on Christ, xxv. xxvi. 70.
Their work at the day of judgment, xxvii.
70.
They worship God, xxviii. 70.
They worship Christ, xxix. 70.
They are not to be worshipped, cli. 109.
Anger ascribed to God, cxlvii. 64.
Threatened against sinners, cxlviii. 64.
In men, xvi. xvii. xviii. 234.
Apostasy from God, Ixxxi. 98.
Apostles, their commission, cxv. 270.
Their power, cxvi. 271.
Apostles, their miracles, Ivii. 106.
Their inspiration by the Spirit, ix. 131.
Their writing by the Spirit, xi. 132.
Applause of men not sought by Christ, xiil
100.
Not sought by ministers of Christ, cxxv
276.
Appointments of God, x. 75.
Arm of God, denoting his power, Ixii. 41.
Arrogancy, xlvii. 257.
Ascension of Christ, xliv. 104.
Astray from God, cxlviii. 1 69:
Assistance in prayer from the Spirit, clxiii.
171.
Assurance of faith, cxxxiii. 166.
Atonement of Christ, xxxiv. 126.
Author of faith, xv. xvi. xvii. 142.
B.
Backbiting, clxxxv. 295.
Backsliding from God, cxlvii. 168.
Baptism, i. 127.
Bearing with one another's weaknesses and
infirmities, Ixv. 245.
Being of God, how evidenced, i. 33, and iv.
138.
Believers, promises to them, 143 to 145.
Benefits of Christ to mankind, 119 to 127.
against sin, xvii. 122.
Blameless, xlii. 240.
Blasphemy, cxciii. 227.
Blessedness of God, xxiii. 35.
Blessings of God to his people, cxliv. 61
To whom promised, cxlv. 62.
Promised by way of covenant, cxlvi. 63.
Through Christ, matter of praise, ccxvii.
182.
Spiritual, cause of joy, cvii. 157.
God's power therein, Ixxv. 43.
Blind cured by Christ, liii. 106.
Blood of Christ, its efficacy, xxxii. 125.
Boasting in God, cxix. 159.
Boasting sinfully, cxx. 159, and liv. 258.
Body of Christ formed by the Holy Ghost, iii.
130.
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INDEX.
Bodies of mankind will be changed by Christ,
iii. 113.
Boldness of Christ's servants in speaking his
truth, cxxvii. 276.
Bounty in God, cxlii. 61.
In men, cxliii. 61.
Bread, daily, to be prayed for, clxxxiii. 174.
God to be praised for it, ccxxiii. 183.
Brethren, the duties of Christians, as such,
xli. 84.
Broken heart, xl. 195.
Brother, Christ so called, xlii. 84.
Builder, God is so to his church, Ixxix. 97.
Burial of Christ, xxxviii. 103.
c.
Calamities on wicked parents and children,
Ixxxii. 263.
On the children of the wicked, Ixxxii. 263.
Calling of God's people, xv. 77.
Is of grace, cxxiv. 59.
Is holy, xcvii. 51.
Persons called of God to offices, xvi. 78.
Care of God for his people, cause of joy,' c.
156.
Cause of praise, ccxx. 182.
Of Christ for his people, xviii. 123.
Cast off, who are so, xxxv. 81.
Who are not so, xxxiii. 81.
Charity, v. vi. 232.
Childless, promises to them, xc. 264.
Children, their duties towards parents, xci.
264.
Dutiful, blessed, xcii. 264.
Undutiful, cursed, xciii. 264.
Desired, Ixxvii. 262.
Promised, Ixxvi. 262.
God's care of them, Ixxix. 262.
Duties toward them, Ixvi. 260.
Of God, how made so, xxxvii. 82.
Their duties and marks, xxxix. 83.
Their blessings, xxxviii. 82.
Of the devil, Ixxxviii. 207.
What the wicked are children of, xl. 84.
Chosen of God, see election, xii. 75. xiii. 76.
xiv. 77.
Christ, prophecies concerning him, 98 to 104.
His incarnation, iii. 99.
His miracles, 105, 106.
His glory, i. 107.
His exaltation, iv. 108.
His titles, 109 to 112.
His works, 113 to 115.
His worship, i. 115.
His perfections, 116 to 118.
His benefits, 119 to 127.
Christ, his benefits against sin, xvii. 122.
cause of joy, xcv. 1 55.
cause of praise, ccxvi. 182.
Church of God, prayers for it, clxxxviii. 175.
God's power toward it, Ixxiii. 42.
Clean heart, xxxix. 195.
Cleanse, God doth cleanse his people, xxv. 7
Duty to cleanse ourselves, xxv. 79.
Clouds, wind, and rain, created, vii. viii. 67.
Comfort to believers, xxix. 144.
Is the gift of God, cxii. 157.
Giving it to one another, Ixiii. 244.
Coming to God through Christ, cxlii. 168.
to Christ, cxlii. 168.
Commands of God are right, Ixxxiii. 48.
are faithful, xc. 50.
Communications, evil, forbidden, cxcii. 297.
Compare, nothing to God, x. 33.
Compassion ascribed to God, cviii. 56.
To whom exercised, cix. 56.
Instances thereof, ex. 56.
Ascribed to Christ, cxi. 56.
Compassion in men, xlv. 241.
God excites it toward his people, cviii. 56.
Conceit, being wise therein, xiv. 250.
Confessing Christ, xi. 140.
Confession of sin, xxxii. 311.
To be made in prayer, clxx. 172.
Confidence of the righteous in God,cxxx. 164
of the wicked, sinful, cxxxii. 1 65.
Conscience, good, xlviii. 197.
How attained, xlix. 197.
An evil one, Hi. 197.
Natural, its force, I. 197.
Weak, not to be wounded, li. 197.
Consideration, xiii. 308.
Contention, xx. 235.
Contentious, fools are so, xx. 251.
Contentment, xxvii. 253.
Contrite heart, xl. 195.
Correcting children, Ixxii. 261.
Corruption of sin, xcv. 208.
Covenant of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Covenant blessings, cxlvi. 63.
Covenants with the heathen inhabitants of
Canaan forbidden to the Jews, cxl. 220.
Covenants with them punished, cxli. 220.
Covetousness in general, cxcix. 299.
In magistrates, ciii. 267.
In ministers, cxxxiv. 280.
Counsels of God, iv. 74.
Are faithful, xc. 50.
Counsel, God giveth it to his people, li. 88.
The wicked are deprived of it, Hi. 88.
The duty of giving and receiving it, xlix.
242.
Rejecting evil counsel, the wisdom thereof,
I. 242.
Creation of all things, i. 66.
The wisdom of God therein, Iv. 40.
The power of God therein, Ixxi. 42.
By Christ,i. 113.
The Spirit's work therein, i. 129.
A cause of joy to angels, cix. 157.
INDEX.
327
Creator, God is so to his people, Ixxvi. 96.
Creatures, Christians are new ones, Ixxvii. 97
Creatures in the sea and lanrf made, ix. 67.
Crucifixion of Christ, xxix. 102.
Cruelty, xlvi. 241.
Cures, miraculous, performed by Christ, li. 105,
Cursing, the sin thereof, cxciv. 297.
D.
Darkness, works thereof, Ixxxiv. 206.
David,Christ descended from him, xxxviii. 127.
Dead works, Ixxxvii. 206.
Dead raised by Christ, liv. 106.
Will all be raised by him, ii. 113.
Deaf cured by Christ, liii. 106.
Death prevails over all, iv. 313.
Preparative duties for it, v. vi. 314.
Of the righteous, happy, xi. 190. vii. 347.
Of the wicked, miserable, viii. 348.
Death of Christ, xxxvi. 103.
Its efficacy, xxxi. 125.
Deceiving by false doctrines, cxxxvii. 281.
Decrees of God, ix. 75.
Defence, God is so to his people, xlviii. 87.
Defilement of sin, xcviii. 208.
Delight in God, cxiv. 159.
In Christ, cxvi. 159.
Deliverance from sickness, Ixvi. 93.
From enemies, Ixvii. 93.
From sins, Ixxii. 94.
To whom promised, Ixix. 94.
Of God's church,, cause of joy, cvii. 157.
Deliverer, Christ so called, Ixviii. 93. v. 120.
Denying God, ii. 138.
Christ, xxvi. 102. xii. 140.
Departing from God, cxlvi. 168.
Descent of Christ, iv. 99.
Desiring God, Ixxxiv. 154.
Despising Christ, xv. 101.
ministers of Christ, cxlii. 283.
one another, xxxi. 237.
Destruction of the wicked, ccxlii. 187.
Determinations of God, vii. 74.
Devils, their sin and punishment, xxx. 71.
Their enmity, xxxiii. 71.
Their knowledge, xxxv. 72.
They were cast out by Christ, lii. 105.
They were overcome by Christ, xxxviii. 72.
How to be overcome by Christians, xxxix.
72.
Works, and children of the devil, Ixxxviii.
207.
Diligence and industry, vi. 248.
Direction from God, Ivi. 89.
Promised to believers, xxvii, 144.
Discontentment, xxviii. 253.
Dishonouring God, ccxxxii. 185.
Disobedience to God, Ixviii. 202.
To Christ, Ixxii. 203.
Disobedience to parents, xciii. 264.
To magistrates, cxiv. 270.
To ministers, cxlii. 283.
Disputes about religion, cxciii. 297.
Diviners, clxiii. 225.
Divisions, xxxiv. 238.
Divorce, Iviii. 259.
Dominion of God, i. 73.
Doxologies, or glory ascribed to God in wor-
ship, ccxxxix. 186.
Drawing near to God, cxli. 167.
Dreadfulness of God, clviii. 65.
Drunkenness, iii. iv. 247.
In magistrates, civ. 268.
In ministers, cxxxv. 280.
Duties accompanying faith, xiv. 141.
Toward God and Christ, i. 138, &c.
E.
Edifying one another, liii. 243.
Efficacy of prayer in working miracles, cxcix.
176.
In defeating enemies, cc. 176.
Election of grace, cxxiii. 59.
Of Jews, xii. 75.
Of Christians, xiii. 76.
Of persons to office, xiv. 77.
Enemies of God, cxxvi. 213.
Enemies to be prayed for, cxc. 175.
Overcome by prayer, cc. 176.
Their prevailing occasions fasting and
prayer, clix. 170.
Prayers against evil from them, cci. 177.
God redeemeth his people from them, 1. 87
God delivereth from them, Ixvii. 93.
Deliverance from them, cause of praise to
God, ccxxv. 183.
Salvation from them, cause of joy in God,
ciii. 156.
God excited compassion in them toward his
people, cviii. 56.
The wicked delivered up to their fears of
enemies, Ixv. 152.
The wicked delivered into their enemies'
hands, Ixxiii. 95.
Enlightened persons, their duties, vi. 139.
Enquiring of those who are no gods, forbidden,
cxlvi. 221.
Enticing others to sin, Ixviii. 246.
Envy, xi. xii. xiii. 233, 234.
Known to God, xlix. 40.
Eternal life is from God, xiv. 319.
, to whom promised, xv. 320.
Eternity of God, xvii. 34.
Of Christ, xiii. 118. See Christ's glory
before his incarnation, i. 107.
Everlasting God, xviii. 34.
Evil-doers to be avoided, Ixxxi. 205.
Evil-doing, Ixxix. 205.
328
INDEX.
Evil men, cxviii. 211. Doing evil to men,
xxxviii. 239.
Exaltation of Christ, 108.
Exalted, God is so, xxvii. 35.
Exalting self, the sin and punishment there-
of, 1. 258.
Examination of self, the duty thereof, xii.
308.
Example, giving, Ixvii. 246.
Excellency of God, xxviii. 35.
of Christ, xx. 123.
Excommunication, cxvii. 271.
Exhort one another, liv. 243.
Expectation from God, cxxiii. 161.
That God will hear prayer, cxcvi. 1 76.
Expectation of the wicked, cxxiv. 161.
F.
Faith in God, viii. 139.
In Christ, ix. 139.
God is glorified by it, ccxxxvi. 186.
The author, cause and means of, xv. xviii.
142.
Marks and evidence of true faith, xiv. 141.
Through grace, cxxxiii. 60.
Promises to it, xx. 143. xciii. 155.
Prayer to be made with it, clxv. 171.
Faithfulness of God, Ixxxix. 49.
1 In his promises, xci. 50.
In his threatenings, xcii. 50.
Faithfulness of Christ, xc. 50.
Faithfulness in friendship, Ixiv. 244.
Fall of man into sin, xv. 68.
Familiar spirits, clxvi. 225.
Fasting appointed, cliv. 170.
What kind is acceptable, clvi. 170.
What kind unacceptable, clvii. 170.
Occasions of fasting, clviii. 170.
Voluntary fasting, clxi. 170.
Miraculous fasting, civ. 170.
Father, God is so to his people, xxxvi. 82.
To Christ, i. ii. 109.
Favour of God promised to the righteous,
cxxxviii. 61.
Denied to the wicked, cxxxix. 61.
Favour with men promised to the righteous,
cxl. 61.
Denied to the wicked, cxli. 61.
Fear of God enjoined, 1. 149.
Promises as the gift of God, Iv. 149.
Promises to it, lix. 150. xx. 320.
Duties joined with it,lvi. 149. clxviii. 172.
Its usefulness in life, I viii. 150.
Threats against those that fear not God,
Ixii. 151.
Fear of men, the security against it, cxxxi. 165.
Feeds, Christ feeds thousands, Iv. 106.
Fellowship with the wicked to be avoided,
Ixxxix. 207.
Fig-tree cursed, withers, Iv. 106.
Fightings, xxxiii. 238.
Filthiness of sin, cvi. 209.
Finger of God, denoting his power, Ixiv. 41.
First and last, God so called, xx. 34.
Fishes, a miraculous draught of them, Iv. 106.
Flattery, clxxxii. 295.
Following God, cxliv. 168.
Christ, cxliv. 168.
Folly and wickedness the same, xxiv. 252.
Food promised, ccxvii. 302.
miraculously supplied, ccxxi. 304.
Fools described, xiv. to xxiii. 250.
Forbearance of God, cxv. 57.
Forbearing one another, Ixvi. 245.
Forgetting God, xlvi. 148.
Forgiveness in God. See pardon of sin, cvi. 55.
Promised to believers, xxv. 144.
Promised to penitents, xv. 191.
Prayed for, cvii. 56.
Is of grace, cxxvi. 59. See mercy of God,
c. 52. to cv. 55.
Forgiveness in men, xlvii. 241.
-Required in prayer, clxxi. 172.
Forms of swearing, cxcii. 227.
Fornication, cl. 284.
Forsaking God, cxlv. 168.
God forsaketh the wicked, xxxii. 81.
Forsaketh not his people, xxx. 80.
Forsaken of friends, Christ was so, xxv. 102.
Fortress, God is so to his people, Ixiii. 91.
Fraud forbidden, civ. 287.
Friendship, faithfulness therein, Ixiv. 244.
Frowardness, cxxi. 211.
Fruitfulness in religion required, xxxvii. 312.
From whence it proceeds, Ixxx. 97.
Fulfilment of prophecy concerning Christ,
99 to 104.
Fury ascribed to God against the wicked, clii.
65.
Future punishments, xxviii. 321.
G.
Gall given to Christ, xxxii. 103.
Garments of Christ parted, xxxiv. 103.
Gentleness toward men, Ixi. 244.
Gestures in prayer, clxxviii. 174.
Given, Christ was so, and for what end,
xxviii. 125.
Glory of God, xxx. 36.
In favours to his people, xxxi. 36.
Glory of Christ, i. 107. See his eternity,
xiii. 118.
Glorying of the righteous in God, cxvii. 159.
Of the wicked in sin, cxviii. 159. liii.
258.
Glorifying God, ccxxxiii. 185.
Christ glorified God, ccxxxiv. 185.
How men glorify God, ccxxxv. 185.
INDEX.
329
God, how known, i. 33. iv. 138. v. 138.
God, Christ so called, iv. 110.
Godliness, promises to it, ii. 138. xix. 320.
Goodness of God, xcviii. 51.
God doth good, xcix. 51.
Matter of praise, ccxv. 181.
Goodness of Christ, xi. 118.
Good man, his character, cxvi. 210.
Good men, promises to them, cxvii. 211.
Doing good in general, Ixxix. 205.
Good, doing good to others, xxxvii. 239.
Gospel of grace given, cxxix. 59.
Government of God, i. 73. Cause of joy, cvi.
157.
Over the visible heavens and earth, Ixxii.
42.
Government is of divine appointment, ci. 267.
Governors, then: duties, xcvii. 265.
The Spirit's influence over them, xiv. 135.
Their sins, cii. 267.
Duties toward them, ex. 269.
Sins against them, cxiii. 269.
Grace of God in man's salvation, cxxiii. 59.
Grace prayed for, cxxxvii. 60.
Promised to believers, xxviii. 144.
Promised from Christ, xi. 121.
Graciousness of God, cxix. 58.
of Christ, cxxii. 58.
Grass, herbs, trees, &c. created, xi. 67.
Gratitude, Ixix. 246.
Greatness of God, xxvi. 35.
Grief of parents for children, Ixxx. 262.
Grief for sin, xx. 309.
At prayer not being heard, cxcviii. 176.
Grudging at others' prosperity, xxix. 253.
Guide, God is so, lix. 89.
H.
Habitation of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Hand of God, denoting his power, Ixiii. 41.
Hard, nothing is so to God, Ixvi. 41.
Harmless, xli. 240.
Hated of God, the wicked are so, clvi. 65.
Hated of men, Christ was so, xvi. 101.
Promises to those that are unjustly hated,
x. 233.
Haters, duties toward them, viii. 233.
Prayers against them, ix. 233.
Hating God, Ixxxii. 154.
Christ, Ixxxiii. 154.
Hatred toward men, vii. 232.
Haughtiness, xlix. 257.
Health to be prayed for, clxxxiv. 174.
Heart known to God, xxxviii. 38. xlii. 195.
Of the righteous described, xxxiv. to 1.
194.
Duties respecting the heart, xli. xlii. 195.
Affected for sin, xxiv. 310.
Broken, contrite, xxv. 310. xl. 195.
42
Heart, serving God with the, liv. 198.
God's influences on the hearts of the
righteous, xliii. 195. Ixiii. 200.
Heart, evil, xlvi. xlvii. 196.
Of the wicked, Satan's influence on it,
xlv. 196.
God's judgments on it, xlv. 196.
Heaven and earth, the creation thereof, ii. 66.
The dissolution thereof, vi. 318.
Holy, xcvii. 51.
The happiness of the righteous in it, vii.
318.
Heaviness and grief for sin, xix. 309.
Heirs, Christians are so, viii. 318.
Help from God promised, Ixiv. 92.
Cause of joy, cii. 156.
From creatures vain, Ixv. 92.
Hell. See future punishments, 321.
Hill of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Holy Ghost, his influences and operations
upon the creatures, 129 to 135.
Promised to believers, xlvi. 104. xxvi.
144.
Rejoicing in him, xcvi. 155.
Holiness of God, xciv. to xcvi. 50.
of Christ, viii. 118.
of angels, xix. 68.
in men, God honoured by it, ccxxviii.
185.
directions for attaining it, xxiv. 192.
in ministers of Christ, cxxiii. 274.
Honour due to God, ccxxvi. 184.
How performed, ccxxvii. to ccxxx. 184.
Due to Christ, ccxxxi. 185.
Due to magistrates, cxi. 269.
Due to parents, xci. 264.
Due to one another, xxx. 237.
Hope in God and Christ, cxxi. 159.
Through grace, cxxxiv. 60.
Promises to it, xcii. 155.
Of the wicked perisheth, cxxii. 161.
Hospitality, clxiii. 289.
House of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Humble saints, their expressions, xl. 255.
Humility toward God, xxxiv. 254.
Toward men, xxxv. 254.
Humility of ministers, cxxiv. 275.
Examples of it, xxxviii. 255.
Humility in prayer, clxx. 1 72.
Promises to it, xxxvi. 254. See pride, xli,
256.
Husbands, their duties, Ixiv. 260.
Hypocrisy, xxx. 193.
Marks of it, xxxi. 193.
Hypocrites known to God, xlvii. 39.
Their prayer not accepted, cciv. 178.
Idleness, vii. 248.
i Idolatry, cxxxvi. 219.
Sal
330
INDEX.
Idolatry, threats against it, 219. 221, 222.
Jealousy of God for his people, clix. 65.
against his enemies, clix. 65.
Jesus Christ, prophecies concerning him, i. 98.
His miracles, xlix. 105.
His glory, i. 107.
His exaltation, iv. 108.
His titles, i. 109. vii. 112.
His works, i. 113.
His worship, i. 115.
-~- His perfections, i. 116.
His benefits, i. 119.
Ignorance of God, vii. 139.
Images forbidden, 222.
With threatenings, cxlviii. 222.
Are no representation of God, 223.
Immortality of God, xxi. 35.
Impenitent known to God, xlvi. 39. See
xv. 308.
Importunity in prayer, clxxiii. 172.
Incarnation of Christ, iii. 99.
Inchanters, clviii. 224.
Inconsideration, xiv. 308.
Incorruptible God, xxii. 35.
Indignation ascribed to God, cli. 65.
Industry, vi. 248.
Influences of God's Spirit, 129 to 135.
In prayer, 171.
In praise, ccxi. 180.
Ingratitude, Ixx. 246.
Inheritance of Christians, viii. 318.
Iniquity forbidden, cxxxiii. 218.
Threats against the workers of it, 213.
Iniquity is not in God, Ixxxv. 49.
Injustice not in God, Ixxxv. 49.
Instruction from God, Iv. 89.
From ministers, cxxxviii. 282.
Not receiving it from ministers, cxlii.
283.
Giving and receiving it, li. 242.
Refusing it, Iii. 243.
Fools refuse it, xv. 251.
To be given to children, Ixix. 260.
Integrity, xx. 192.
Intemperance in meat and drink, ii. 246. See
drunkenness, 247.
In magistrates, civ. 268.
In ministers, cxxxv. 280.
Intercession of Christ, vii. 120.
Intreaties that prayer may be heard, cxcvii.
176.
Intruders into the ministerial office, cxviii. 271.
Invisible God, xv. 34.
Joy in God, Ixxxvi. 155.
Joy in God through Christ, Ixxxvii. 155.
In God promised, xciv. 1 55.
Joy and comfort promised to believers, xxix.
144.
Joy in heaven, xii. 319.
Judge of the world, God, iii. 74. ii. 316.
Judge at the last day, Christ, iv. 113.
Judging one another forbidden, Ixvi. 245.
Judgment, future, i. 316.
The time of it, iv. 316.
The persons to be judged, iii. 316.
Employment of angels at it, xxvii. 70
Uses of the doctrine of it, v. 317.
Judgments of God right, Ixxxiii. 48.
Have been inflicted by angels, xxiv. 69.
Threatened, occasioned fasting, clx. 170.
Just, promises to them, cxiii. 210.
Justice of God, Ixxxiv. 49.
Of Christ, ix. 118.
Justice of magistrates, xcvii. 265.
Justification from God, xvii. 78.
Not by works of the law, xviii. 78.
Is of grace, cxxv. 59.
Is free, and by grace through Christ, xix.79.
Is by Christ, xii. 121.
Is promised to faith in God, xx. 143.
Is promised to faith in Christ, xxl 143.
K.
Keep, God doth keep his people, Ixxiv. 95.
Kindness of God, cxvi. 57.
Prayed for, ex vii. 57.
Thanks for it, cxviii. 58.
Kindness in men, Ixii. 244.
King, God is so, i. 73.
Christ is so, xxxv. 126.
King. See magistrates, 265 to 270.
Kings, disobeying them sinful, cxiii. 269.
When not sinful, cxiv. 270. cliii. 223.
Kingdom of heaven, who shall not enter into
it, xxviii. 321.
Who shall enter into it, vii. viii. 318.
Knowing God and Christ, a duty, i. 138.
Not knowing God, a sin, vii. 139.
How God is made known, iv. 138. i. 33.
Knowledge, God's is perfect, xxxii. 36.
Things which God alone knoweth, xxxv.
37.
God knoweth his people, xii. 38.
He knoweth the wicked, xl. 38.
Sins against this attribute of God, liii. 40.
Knowledge, Christ's, i. 116.
L.
Labour, a duty, vi. 248.
Lame cured by Christ, liii. 106.
Lands, the law thereof, clvi. 288.
Law of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
To be esteemed and obeyed, Ixi. 199.
Is a means of conversion, ix. 307.
Lawgiver, God is so, ii. 73.
Leader, God is so, Ivii. 89.
Christ is so, Iviii. 89.
INDEX.
331
Lending, the law thereof, clvii. 288.
Leprosy, cured by Christ, liii. 106.
Liars, clxxvii. 293.
Life of man, short, i. 312.
The term of it, ii. Hi. 313.
Life eternal, the gift of God through Christ,
xvi. 122.
Is from and by Christ, xv. 122.
Life, Christ so called, xiv. 122.
Light, the works and children thereof, Ixxxvi.
206.
Light of the world, Christ is, xxv. 124. v.
138.
Light and direction promised, xxvii. 144.
Likeness, none of God, xi. 33.
Living God, xii. 33.
Loathed of God, who, civ. 65.
Loathing of self, because of sin, xxx. 311.
Loftiness in man, xlviii. 257.
Longing for God, Ixxxv. 154.
Long-suffering of God, cxiv. 57.
Of men, see Ixvi. 245.
Looking to God, xliv. 147.
Lord, Christ so called, v. 110.
Love, God's to Christ, Ixxviii. 154.
to believers in Christ, xxiii. 144.
to his people, cause of joy, c. 156.
Love to God, Ixvi. 152. xxi. 320.
How produced, Ixxi. 153.
How evidenced, Ixxiv. 153.
Prayer to be made with it, clxvii. 1 72.
Love, Christ's to his church, xviii. 123. Ixxx.
154.
The church's to Christ, Ixxix. 154.
To Christ, how enforced, Ixxv. Ixxvi. Ixxvii.
153.
How evidenced, Ixxxi. 154.
To mankind, i. 231.
To ministers of Christ, cxxxix. 282.
Lusts of the flesh, xci. 207.
Lukewarmness. See want of zeal, xvi. 191.
Lying, clxxiv. 293.
M.
Magicians, clvii. 224.
Magistrates, 265 to 270.
Their qualifications, xcviii. 266.
Their duties, xcvii. 265.
Their sins, cii. 267.
Their concern with religion, xcix. 266.
Good ones promised, c. 267.
Evil ones threatened to be given as a pu-
nishment, cvi. 268.
Evil ones, enemies to religion, cvii. 268.
Enemies to civil interest, cv. 268.
Magnifying one's self, lii. 258.
Majesty of God, xxix. 36.
Malice, xiv. 234.
Man, his creation, xii. 67.
His condition after his creation, xiv, 68.
Man, his fall into sin, xv. 68.
Mansions in heaven, x. 319.
Marks and evidences of faith, xiv. 141,
Marriage, Ivii. 259.
Into religious families, Ixxiii. 261
With heathens, forbidden, Ixi. 259.
Masters, their duties, xcv. 265.
Means of conversion, x. 307.
Of faith, xviii. xix. 142.
Of godliness, Hi. 188.
Of perfection, xxvi. 193.
Of salvation, xlvii. 87.
Meat and drink, temperance therein, i. 246.
Mediator, Christ, vi. 1 20.
Meditation upon God and his word, xlix. 148.
Meek, they rejoice in God, Ixxxix. 155.
, promises to them, xxx. 254.
Mercy of God, c. 52.
Promised, ci. 53.
To whom promised, cii. 54.
Prayed for, ciii. 54.
Acknowledged, civ. 54.
Cause of joy, ci. 156.
Cause of praise, ccxv. 181.
Cause of thanks, cv. 55.
Mercy in men, xliii. 240.
Might, ascribed to God, lix. 4
Mind of man influenced by God's Spirit, ii.
129.
Mind of Christ, was influenced by it, iv. 130.
Ministerial abilities are of grace given, cxxxi. 59
Ministers, their duties, cxv. 270.
They are means of conversion, x. 307.
Of faith, xix. 142.
Of perfection, xxvii. 193.
Of salvation, xxvii. 193.
Good ones promised, cxxi. 274.
Promises to them, cxxii. 274.
Wicked ones, threats against them, cxxxiii.
279.
Duties towards ministers, 282.
Sins against them, ex lii. 283.
Miracles recorded in the Old Testament, God's
power therein, Ixxviii. 45.
The design thereof, Ixxviii. 45.
The evidence thereof appealed to by Christ,
xlix. 105.
Attending the birth of Christ, 1. 105,
Wrought by Christ, ix. 100.
Wrought by the influence of the Spirit,
Iviii. 107.
Attending the death of Christ, Ivi. 106.
Of the apostles, 107 and 146.
Wrought by prayer, cxcix. 176.
Wrought for persons of eminent faith,
xxxvii. 146.
Miraculous gifts of the Spirit, xii. 132.
Mischief, doing it, xl. 240.
Mischievous, fools are so, xviii. 251.
Money in a fish's mouth, Iv. 106.
Christ was sold for it, xxi. 101.
332
INDEX.
Mortification, promises to it, xxii. 320.
Mothers, God's care of them, Ixxviii. 262.
Motives to prayer, cxcii. tocxcviii. 175.
Mountain of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Mourning for sin, xvii. 309.
Murder forbidden, cxliv. 284.
Murderers known to God, lii. 40.
Threats against them, cxlvi. 284
Murmuring, xxviii. 253.
N.
Name of God is holy, xcvii. 51.
Name of Christ, prayer to be made in it, clxiv.
171.
New creatures, Christians are, Ixxvii. 97.
Their duty as such, Ixxviii. 97.
North and south created, vi. 67.
0.
Oath, the nature and duty thereof, clxxv. 226.
Obedience to God, lix. to Ixvii. 199. xv. 320.
Must accompany prayer, clxix. 172.
Thanks for it, ccxix. 182.
Obedience to Christ, Ixix. 202.
Obedience is an evidence of love to Christ,
Ixxxi. 154.
Obedience to parents, xci. 264.
To magistrates, cxii. 269.
To ministers, cxxxviii. 282.
Oblation of Christ, vii. 131.
Observers of times, clx. 224.
Offences forbidden, xxxv. 238.
Offices of Christ, as prophet, 124.
, as priest, 124.
, as king, 126.
One with the Father, Christ, vi. 111.
Operations of the Spirit, 129 to 135.
Oppression forbidden, clviii. 288.
Deliverance from it, Ixvii. 93.
Oppressors, threats against them, clx. 288.
Oppressed, promises to them, clxii. 289.
Oracle of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Ordination of God, viii. 74.
Overcome, promises to such as do, xl. 72.
Ixxi. 203. xxv. 320.
P.
Pain, freedom from it in heaven, xiii. 319.
Palsy cured by Christ, liii. 106.
Pardon of sin, cvi. 55.
Promised to faith, xx. 143.
to repentance, xv. 191.
Is of grace, cxxvi. 60.
Prayed for. cvii. 56.
Parents, their duties, Ixvi. 260.
Duties toward them, xci. 264.
Parents, a fool's conduct toward them,xvii.251.
Wicked, cursed, Ixxxii. 263.
Godly, blessed, Ixxxi. 263.
Partiality forbidden, cii. 267.
Patience towards God, xxv. 252.
Towards men, xxvi, 253.
Patience in God. See compassion, 56.
Peace with God, xxvii. 236.
Through Christ, x. 121.
Promised to believers, xxviii. 144.
Promised to the church of God,xxviiL237.
Peace with men, xxiii. xxv. xxvi. 235.
People of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Known to him, xli. 38.
Perfections of God, ii. 33.
Of Christ, i. to xiii. 116.
Perfection required in men, xxiii. 192.
Persecution of Christ, xix. 101.
Of Christians, xlviii. 104.
Perseverance, promises to it, xxiv. 320.
Perseverance in faith, xiii. 140.
Perverseness, 211.
Pity ascribed to men, xlv. 241.
To God, cxii. 56.
Persons that God will not pity, cxiii. 57.
Place of God, holy, xcvii. 5 1 .
Planter, God is so to his people, Ixxix. 97.
Pleasures of fools, xxii. 251.
Pollution of sin, cv. 209.
Poor, promises to them, clxix. 290.
God will deliver them, Ixix. 94.
Their prayer heard, clxxxv. 174.
Duties toward them, clxxi. 291.
Charity to them is honouring God, ccxxx
185.
Portions to children, Ixxiv. 261.
Possible, all things so to God, Ixvii. 41.
Power of God, Iviii. 40.
In creation, Ixxi. 42.
In government, Ixxii. 42.
Toward his church, Ixxiii. 42.
Toward the righteous, Ixxiv. 43.
In spiritual blessings, Ixxv. 43.
Against the wicked, Ixxvi. 43.
Sins and duties respecting God's power,
Ixxvii. 44.
Of Christ, iii. 116.
Toward his church, iv. 117.
Against his enemies, v. 117.
Committed to the apostles, cxvi. 271.
Praise due to God, and required, ccvi. 179.
Subjects of it, 181 to 183.
Divine influence therein, ccxi. 180.
Must be frequent, ccix. 179. .
Must be sincere, ccx. 179.
God is honoured by it, ccxxvii. 1 84.
God is glorified by it, ccxxx v. 185.
Offered by the righteous, acceptable, 298.
By the wicked, unacceptable, ccvii. 1 79.
Prayer, the Lord's, a good model, clxxx. 174.
Promises that it shall be heard, cxciii. 175.
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333
Prayer, persons whose prayer shall be heard,
clxii. 171.
Access to God in it promised, xxxi. 145.
Through grace, cxxxv. 60.
In the name of Christ, 171.
With assistance of the Spirit, 171.
With duties toward God and man, 172.
Public, 173.
Private, clxxv. 173.
Intercessory, for whom, 175.
Of parents for children, Ixviii. 260.
Subjects for governors, ex. 269.
Governors for subjects, xcix. 266.
People for ministers, cxl. 282.
Ministers for people, cxxxi. 278
For what we ought to pray, 174.
Prayerless persons, cciii. 178.
Preacher, Christ one, xii. 100.
Preaching, its good effects, cxx. 274.
Precepts of God, righteous, 48.
Holy, 51.
Predestination, xi. 75.
Presence of God, everywhere, xxv. 35.
With his people, xxix. 80.
A cause of joy, xcix. 156.
Presence of Christ with his people, 123.
Present with Christ, xi. 319.
Preserver, God, is so, Ixxv. 96.
Precious, Christ is so, xxx. 145.
Price. Christ is, 120.
Pride against God, xli. 256.
Against men, xlii. 256.
Spiritual, xliii. 256.
Priest, Christ so called, 124.
Prince, Christ so called, 126.
Procession of the Holy Ghost, xv. 135.
Promises of God, holy, xcvii. 51.
Profaning the name of God, 225.
Prophecy concerning Christ, 98.
Prophet, Christ, xi. 100. xxii. xxiii.xxiv. 123.
Prophets directed by the Spirit, ii. 129.
Were holy, xcvii. 51.
Delivered from enemies, Ixx. 94.
False ones, 225.
Propitiation, Christ, xxxiii. 126.
Prosperity and adversity in God's hand, 42,
From God, cause of joy, ex. 157.
Proud described, xli. 256.
They are known to God, xlv. 39.
Threats and prayers against them, 257. 259.
Provide for children, Ixvi. 260.
Providence towards kings, 268.
Punishments, God righteous in inflicting
them, Ixxx. 48.
Will be inflicted by Christ, vii. 114.
Inflicted by angels, xxiv. xxvii. 69.
Future, xxviii. 321.
Purge, God doth, xxvi. 80.
Purify, God doth, xxvii. 80.
Purity of God, xciii. 50.
Of heart, 194.
Q.
Qualifications of magistrates, 266.
Of ministers, 274.
Quarrels, 238.
R.
Railing, 297.
Raiment promised, 304.
Ransom, Christ, 120.
Rebellion against God, 212.
Against magistrates, 269.
Against ministers, cxlii. 283.
Rebuke one another, 243.
Reconciliation by Christ, 120.
Redemption by Christ, ii. 120.
The wisdom of God in it, Ivi. 40.
Promised to God's people, 1. 87.
Refine, God doth, xxviii. 80.
Refuge, God is, Ixiii. 91.
Rejoicing in God, Ixxxvi. 155.
In things of God, xcv. 155.
Through Christ, Ixxxvii. 155.
In Christ, xciii. 155.
To whom promised, Ixxxviii. 155.
Relying upon God, 163.
Remembering God, 148.
Repentance preached, i. 305.
Enforced by threats, xv. 309.
Enforced by promises, iii. 305. xxxii.
311.
Promised, xi. 308.
Cause and means, God, vii. 307.
Christ, viii. 307.
God's law, ix. 307.
The ministry, x. 307, 308.
Reproach, 296.
Cast on Christ, xvii. 101.
Reprove one another, 243.
Resignation to God, cxxvii. 162.
Resolution to obey God, Ixii. 200.
Restitution, 288.
Resurrection of Christ foretold, 103.
Evidences of it, xli. 103.
How effected, xliii. 104. viii. 131.
Of the dead, x. 315.
Returning to God, 305, 306.
Revelations of God's will by angels, 69.
Revenge, xlviii. 242.
Revilings, 296.
Revolting from God, 212.
Rewards, God righteous therein, 48.
According to works, 203.
Dispensed by Christ, v. 113.
To the righteous, vi. 113.
Rich, their duties, 289.
Their sins, 300, 301.
Riches, their disadvantages, 299, 300.
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INDEX.
Riches, their advantages, 300. 302.
Promised, 302.
Ministers seek them not, 276.
Spiritual, only to be sought, 304.
Righteous, promises to them, 189.
Life promised to them, xvi. 320.
Their happiness in heaven, 318.
Their joy in God, Ixxxviii. 155.
God's power toward them, Ixxiv. 93.
Christ's power toward them, 117.
Righteousness required, 188.
Righteousness of God, Ixxix. 48.
Of Christ, vi. 117.
Robbery forbidden, 287.
Rock, the power of God, Ixv. 41. Ixiii. 91.
Ruler, God is so, i. 73.
Christ is so, 126.
Rulers, their duties, xcvii. 265.
Their sins, cii. 267.
S.
Sabbath, 229230.
Sacraments, or baptism and the supper, 127.
Sacrifice of Christ, 125 and 131.
Safety is from God, 91.
Salvation from God, xliii. 84.
By Christ, i. 119.
To whom promised, xliv. 86.
Promised to faith in Christ, 145.
Through grace, cxxxvi. 60. xlv. 86.
Means of it, 87.
Prayed for, xliv. 86.
Sanctification, 79.
Through faith, 145.
Through and by Christ, 121.
The Spirit's work therein, 133.
Sanctifying God, 187.
Satan's influences on the hearts of the wicked,
196.
Satisfy, God doth, 158.
Saviour, God, 84.
Christ, 119.
Scorning, 258.
Scriptures, holy, 51.
Written under the influence of the Spirit,
132.
Are means of faith, 142.
Of sanctification, xxiii. 79.
Scriptures are means of perfection, 193.
Of salvation, 87.
Sea created, 66.
Secret things known to God, xxxv. 37.
Seeking God, 166.
Promises to it, 166.
Not seeking God, 167.
Servants of God, promises to them, 94. 198.
Serving God, liii. to Iviii. 197.
Servants, their duties, 265.
Shame for sin, xxvii. 310.
Shield, God so called, Ixiii. 91.
Shortness of life, 312. v
Sickness, deliverance from it, 93.
To be prayed for, 174.
Cured by Christ, 106.
Sin, its entrance into the world, xvi. 68.
Called corruption, 208. Defilement, 208.
Uncleanness, 208. Pollution, 209. Filthi-
ness, 209. Vileness, 209. Abominable-
ness, 209. Perverseness, 211.
Benefits of Christ against it, 122.
Sinners, threats against them, 213.
Sincerity, 192. In heart, 194. In prayer,
171. In praise, 179.
Singing God's praise, 181.
Single heart, 195.
Sitting at God's right hand, Christ, 104.
Slander, 295.
Sleep, temperance therein, 248.
Sloth. See sluggard, vii. 248.
Slothfulness in ministers, 280.
Son of God, Christ, 109.
Sons of God. See adoption, 59.
Soothsayers, 224.
Sorrows of God's people known to him, xliii.
39.
None in heaven, xiii. 319.
Sorrow for sin, xvi. 309.
Speaking evil, clxxx. 294.
Spirit of God, Holy, xcvii. 51.
Sanctifieth or maketh holy, 79.
See Holy Ghost, 129 to 135.
Spirit of grace, cxxi. 58.
Was upon Christ, x. 100. iii. 136.
Spirits, familiar, 225.
Spiritual riches to be sought, 304.
Spiritual things to be prayed for, 174.
Spirituality of God, xiv. 34.
Spiritually minded, xvii. 320.
Statutes of God, righteous, Ixxxiii. 48.
Steadfastness in faith, xiii. 140.
Strange gods, 221.
Are vanity, 221.
Worshippers thereof punished, 221.
Strangers, duties toward them, 291.
Promises to them, 292.
Strength of God, 41.
God giveth strength, 89.
Strength of God a cause of joy, 156.
Striking, the law thereof, 284.
Strife, xxxii. 238.
Strong in faith, xiii. 140.
Stubbornness, cxxiii. 212.
Subjection to Christ, vii. 108.
Submission and resignation to God, 162.
Prayer to be made with it, 174.
Sufferings of Christ, xiv. 100.
The benefits thereof, 125.
Sufferings of Christ's servants, 277.
Their supports therein, 278.
Promises to them, 320.
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335
Summer and winter created, v. 67.
Sun, moon, and stars created, iii. 66.
Supper, Lord's, its institution, 128.
Preparation for it, v. 128.
Supports of life promised, ccxvii. 302.
Miraculously supplied, 304.
Supporting ministers, 283.
Not supporting them, 284.
Swearing lawfully, clxxv. 226.
Sinfully, clxvii. 225.
T.
Talebearing, 295.
Talkativeness, 294.
Teacher, God is, 88.
Holy Ghost, 89.
Christ, xii. 100.
Ministers, 272.
Tears for sin, 310.
With prayer, 173.
Temperance, i. 246.
In ministers of Christ, 277,
Temple, heavenly, 319.
Terribleness of God, 65.
Testimonies of God are righteous, 48.
Are faithful, 50.
Thanks due to God, 179.
To be offered through Christ, 180.
For what to be offered, 181, &c.
Theft, 287.
Thirsting for God, 154.
Threats, God's faithfulness therein, 50.
Throne of God, dominion, i. 73.
Is holy, xcvii. 51.
Of grace, 58.
Titles of Christ, 109. xxi. 123.
Transgressors, threats against them, 217.
Treatment for fools, 251.
Trinity, 136.
Trouble, prayers in it, 177.
Deliverance from it, 183.
Trusting in God and Christ, 163.
Joy promised to it, xci. 155.
True God, xiii. 34.
Truth of God, Ixxxvi. 49.
Things of God called truth, Ixxxvii. 49.
Truth of Christ, x. 1 1 8.
Truth, speaking it, 293.
Turning to God, vi. 306.
u.
Unbelief. See want of faith, 146.
Unchangeableness of God, xxiv. 35.
Uncharitableness toward the poor, 291.
Known to God, xlviii. 39.
Uncleanness of sin, 208.
Ungodly, threats against them, 188.
Unity of God, iii. 33.
Of Christ with God, vi. 111.
Among men, 237.
Unjust, threats against them, 210.
Unmerciful, 241.
Unrighteous, threats, 190.
Unsearchableness of God, xvi. 34.
Untharikfulness, 179.
Uphold, God doth, 90.
Upright, xvii. 191.
Upright in heart, 194.
Usury, 289.
V.
Vengeance of God, 65.
Upon the wicked, cause of joy to God's
people, 156.
Vileness of sin, 209.
Vows, 228.
w.
Waiting upon God, 161.
Not waiting upon him, 162.
Wander from God, 169.
Want of children, 264.
Wants of God's people known to him, 39.
Warn one another, 243.
Wash, God doth, 79.
Ways of God right, Ixxxiii. 48.
Ways of man's heart, 212.
Weeping for sin, xxii. 310.
Whispering, 295.
Whoredom, natural and spiritual, known to
God, li. 40.
Wicked, their sins known to God, xliv. 39.
His threatenings against them, 213.
They glorify not God, 187.
God glorified in their destruction, 187.
His power against them, Ixxvi. 43.
Their prayer not heard, 178.
Their praise not acceptable, 179.
Will of God, vi. 74.
Revealed is matter of praise, 182.
Wisdom of God, liv. 40.
In creation, Iv. 40.
In redemption, Ivi. 40.
Wisdom, man's nothing compared to God's,
Ivii. 40.
Wisdom of Christ, ii. 116.
Wisdom, its excellency, ix. 249.
Wisdom and religion the same, 250.
The study of it recommended, 249
Is the gift of God, 249.
Prayed for, 174. 250.
Promises to it, xxvii. 320
Vainly pretended to by fools, 250.
Being proud of it, 256.
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INDEX.
Witches, 225.
Witness-bearing, 292.
Wives, their duties, 260.
Wizards, 225.
Wonderful doings, God's power therein, 41.
Word of God right, Ixxxiii. 48.
Faithful, 50.
A mean of faith, 142. Of sanctification,
79. Of salvation, 87.
Words of prayer, 173.
Words of the righteous, cxcvi. 297.
Of the wicked, 294.
Of fools, 251.
Works, God's, matter of praise, 183.
Works of Christ, 113.
Of God's people known to him, 39.
Of the wicked, known, 40.
Rewards according to them, Ixxiii. 203.
Good, commanded, 204.
God is glorified by them, 186.
Of the devil, 207.
Of the flesh, 207.
Of darkness, 206.
Worship of God, 169.
Of Christ, 115.
Of the Holy Ghost, 137.
Worship offered by angels, xxviii. xxix. 70.
Not due to angels, 71. 169.
God honoured by it, 184.
What kind acceptable, 169.
What kind unacceptable, 170.
Rejoicing in it, 155.
Public. See prayer, 173. Praise, 180.
Private, 173.
Wounding, maiming, 284.
Wrath of God against the wicked, 64.
Prayers and promises to be delivered from
it, 64.
Wrath in men forbidden, 235.
Wrathful, fools are so, 251.
z.
Zeal in God, 66.
In men, 191.
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