and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care
of him.
ROM. IX, 1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2. That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
2 COR. VIII, 9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through
his poverty might be rich.
LEV. XXVI, 41. And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and
have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their
uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the
punishment of their iniquity:
42. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I
will remember the land.
43. The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her Sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the
punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they despised my
judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
JOB XXIX, 12. Because I delivered the poor that crieth, and the
fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
(2.) _Christian Moderation._
1 COR. IX, 25. And every man that striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown;
but we an incorruptible.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts.
2 PETER I, 5. And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6. And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to
patience godliness.
PROV. XXIII, 20. Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of
flesh.
PROV. XXIII, 31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it
giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright:
32. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
ISAIAH V, 11. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that
they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine
inflame them!
ISAIAH V, 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of
strength to mingle strong drink!
ISAIAH XXVIII, 1. Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of
Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the
head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
ROM. XIII, 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and
drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and
envying.
1 COR. VI, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
GAL. V, 19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest; which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies,
21. Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, 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, 18. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be
filled with the Spirit.
PROV. VI, 27. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be
burnt?
DAN. I, 11. Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs
had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
12. Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us
pulse to eat, and water to drink.
13. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the
countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's
meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
14. So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
15. And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the
king's meat.
16. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that
they should drink; and gave them pulse.
17. As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in
all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions
and dreams.
18. Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring
them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before
Nebuchadnezzar.
19. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none
like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they
before the king.
20. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king
inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the
magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
21. And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
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. V, 11. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if
any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a
one no not to eat.
LEV. X, 8. And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,
9. Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,
when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it
shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
10. And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and
between unclean and clean;
11. And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes
which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
NUM. VI, 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either
man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to
separate themselves unto the Lord;
3. He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall
drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he
drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
4. All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of
the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
PROV. XXXI, 4. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to
drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5. Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of
any of the afflicted.
1 THESS. V, 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.
PROV. XXIII, 1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider
diligently what is before thee:
2. And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
LUKE XXI, 34. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
1 COR. VIII, 13. Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will
eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to
offend.
(3.) _Self-Government._
LUKE XIV, 26. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and
mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and
his own life also, he can not be my disciple.
LUKE XIV, 33. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not
all that he hath, he can not be my disciple.
ROM. XV, 1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of
the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to
edification.
3. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The
reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
1 COR. IX, 27. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:
lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway.
PROV. 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.
9. FAITH.
(1.) _Belief in God's Word._
ROM. IV, 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened.
HEB. XI, 7. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as
yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by
the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness
which is by faith.
8. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which
he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,
not knowing whither he went.
9. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange
country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise:
10. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.
11. Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive
seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she
judged him faithful who had promised.
12. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so
many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by
the seashore innumerable.
13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced
them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the
earth.
HEB. XI, 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
ROM. VI, 9. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no
more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth,
he liveth unto God.
11. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but
alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
HEB. XI, 3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by
the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear.
ROM. X, 17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but
ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was
delivered you.
ROM. IV, 5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that
justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
HEB. XI, 6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he
that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder
of them that diligently seek him.
HEB. X, 23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without
wavering; for he is faithful that promised.
2 TIM. I, 13. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard
of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
GAL. II, 20. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not
I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself
for me.
GAL. III, 22. But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the
promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
GAL. III, 26. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ
Jesus.
GAL. III, 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith.
PHIL. III, 9. 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.
LUKE XXII, 32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:
and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
(2.) _Trust in God._
1 TIM. I, 18. This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according
to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them
mightest war a good warfare;
19. Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away,
concerning faith have made shipwreck.
1 TIM. VI, 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal
life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses.
1 THESS. II, 13. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,
because, when ye received the Word of God which ye heard of us, ye
received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the Word
of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
HEB. IV, 2. For unto us was the Gospel preached, as well as unto them:
but the Word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith
in them that heard it.
ROM. IV, 16. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to
the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only
which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham, who is the father of us all.
HEB. VI, 12. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who
through faith and patience inherit the promises.
ROM. V, 2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
EPH. III, 12. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth
them shall live in them.
GAL. III, 26. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ
Jesus.
JOHN I, 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.
GAL. V, 6. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any
thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
ACTS XVI, 34. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat
before them, and rejoiced, believing in God, with all his house.
ROM. 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.
ISAIAH XXVIII, 16. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in
Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone,
a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
1 PETER II, 6. Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture,
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he
that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them
which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the
same is made the head of the corner.
EPH. III, 17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
being rooted and grounded in love.
MATT. XXI, 22. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing, ye shall receive.
GAL. II, 20. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not
I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself
for me.
ROM. XI, 20. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou
standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.
2 COR. I, 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are
helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
ROM. IV, 12. And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the
circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our
father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
2 COR. V, 7. (For we walk by faith, not by sight.)
HEB. XI, 2. For by it the elders obtained a good report.
1 JOHN V, 4. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that
Jesus is the Son of God?
1 PET. V, 9. Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same
afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
EPH. VI, 16. Above all, taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
PSALM XXVII, 13. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
1 TIM. IV, 10. For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach,
because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men,
especially of those that believe.
ACTS VI, 5. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a
proselyte of Antioch.
ACTS XI, 24. For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of
faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
1 TIM. I, 5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure
heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.
2 COR. VIII, 7. Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and
utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to
us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
ACTS XIV, 22. Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting
them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much
tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
COL. I, 23. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be
not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye have heard, and
which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I,
Paul, am made a minister.
ROM. IV, 20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief;
but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.
1 COR. XVI, 13. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men,
be strong.
1 TIM. I, 19. Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having
put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck.
LUKE XVII, 5. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
2 TIM. I, 12. For the which cause I also suffer these things:
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I
am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto
him against that day.
HEB. X, 22. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of
faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our
bodies washed with pure water.
JAMES II, 18. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works:
show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by
my works.
19. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils
also believe, and tremble.
20. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered
Isaac his son upon the altar?
22. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was
faith made perfect?
23. And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God,
and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the
Friend of God.
24. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith
only.
25. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when
she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
26. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works
is dead also.
MATT. XVII, 20. And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief:
for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place;
and it shall remove: and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
MATT. XXI, 21. Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto
you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which
is done to the fig-tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
MARK IX, 23. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things
are possible to him that believeth.
1 PET. I, 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if
need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold
that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise, and honor, and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
(3.) _Faith exemplified._
NUM. XIII, 30. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said,
Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome
it.
JOB XIX, 25. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall
stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh
shall I see God:
27. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another; though my reins be consumed within me.
DAN. III, 17. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us
from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine
hand, O king.
DAN. VI, 10. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went
into his house; and, his windows being open in his chamber toward
Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed,
and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
11. Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making
supplication before his God.
12. Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the
king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that
shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of
thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered
and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and
Persians, which altereth not.
13. Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is
of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king,
nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three
times a day.
14. Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with
himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he labored
till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
15. Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king,
Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no
decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
16. Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him
into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy
God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17. And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and
the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his
lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
18. Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting:
neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep
went from him.
19. Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste
unto the den of lions.
20. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto
Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of
the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to
deliver thee from the lions?
21. Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever.
22. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that
they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in
me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23. Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that
they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out
of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he
believed in his God.
MATT. XVI, 16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God.
LUKE VII, 50. And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go
in peace.
JOHN I, 49. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the
Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
JOHN XI, 27. She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art
the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
JOHN XVI, 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and
needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou
camest forth from God.
JOHN XX, 28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God.
ACTS VI, 5. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a
proselyte of Antioch.
ACTS VI, 7. And the Word of God increased; and the number of the
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the
priests were obedient to the faith.
ACTS VIII, 37. And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine
heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God.
ACTS XI, 24. For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of
faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
ACTS XIII, 12. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed,
being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
ACTS XVI, 31. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32. And they spake unto him the Word of the Lord, and to all that were
in his house.
33. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their
stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before
them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
ROM. I, 8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,
that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
COL. I, 4. Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the
love which ye have to all the saints.
1 THESS. I, 3. Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and
labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the
sight of God and our Father.
2 TIM. I, 5. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in
thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother
Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
2 TIM. IV, 7. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I
have kept the faith.
HEB. XI, 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
2. For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word
of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do
appear.
4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than
Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God
testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was
not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation
he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of
them that diligently seek him.
7. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he
condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by
faith.
8. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which
he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,
not knowing whither he went.
9. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange
country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise:
10. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.
11. Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive
seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she
judged him faithful who had promised.
12. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so
many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by
the sea-shore innumerable.
13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced
them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the
earth.
14. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a
country.
15. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence
they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly:
wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.
17. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that
had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead:
from whence also he received him in a figure.
20. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of
Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of
the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not
afraid of the king's commandment.
24. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called
the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25. Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than
to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures
in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
27. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for
he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28. Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood,
lest he that destroyed the first-born should touch them.
29. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land: which the
Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed
about seven days.
31. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed
not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32. And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of
Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also,
and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33. Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out
of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight
the armies of the aliens.
35. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were
tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better
resurrection:
36. And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea,
moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain
with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being
destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38. Of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered in deserts, and in
mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,
received not the promise:
40. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us
should not be made perfect.
CHAPTER IV.
RELATIVE DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD EACH OTHER.
1. TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
ROM. XIII, 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he
that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not
covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.
10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the
fulfilling of the law.
COL. III, 14. And above all these things put on charity, which is the
bond of perfectness.
1 THESS. III, 12. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in
love, one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward
you.
1 COR. XIII, 1. 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.
2. 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.
GAL. V, 13. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use
not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another.
14. For all law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.
JAMES II, 8. If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
9. But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced
of the law as transgressors.
1 PET. IV, 8. And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
MATT. VII, 12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the
prophets.
MATT. XXII, 39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.
ROM. XV, 1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of
the weak, and not to please ourselves,
2. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to
edification.
3. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The
reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
1 COR. X, 33. Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the
Gentiles, nor to the Church of God:
33. Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own
profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 JOHN III, 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid
down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren.
LUKE X, 33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he
was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,
and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care
of him.
2. TO LIVE IN PEACE.
MATT. V, 9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God.
ROM. XII, 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honor preferring one another.
ROM. XIV, 19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for
peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
1 COR. VII, 15. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A
brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath
called us to peace.
2 COR. XIII, 11. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace
shall be with you.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
EPH. IV, 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing
one another in love;
3. Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
EPH. IV, 32. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
PHIL. II, 14. Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye
shine as lights in the world.
COL. III, 8. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man
with his deeds.
1 THESS. II, 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children.
2 TIM. II, 24. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be
gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient.
HEB. XII, 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which
no man shall see the Lord.
JAMES III, 17. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
1 PET. III, 10. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him
refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11. Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
3. CHRISTIAN FORBEARANCE.
PROV. XIX, 11. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is
his glory to pass over a transgression.
1 COR. XIII, 4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth
not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil.
EPH. IV, 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing
one another in love.
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.
19. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure
grief, suffering wrongfully.
20. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye
shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it,
ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for
us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.
1 PET. II, 23. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again: when he
suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth
righteously.
1 PET. III, 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one
of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye
should inherit a blessing.
4. DUTY TO FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER.
MATT. VI, 12. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
MATT. VI, 14. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you:
15. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses.
MATT. XVIII, 21. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall
my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22. Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but,
Until seventy times seven.
MATT. XVIII, 33. Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy
fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
34. And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till
he should pay all that was due unto him.
35. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from
your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
LUKE VI, 37. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and
ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.
LUKE XVII, 3. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against
thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven
times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt
forgive him.
EPH. IV, 32. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
COL. III, 12. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
long-suffering;
13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have
a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
5. TRUE FRIENDSHIP.
PROV. XVIII, 24. A man that hath friends must show himself friendly:
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
PROV. XVII, 17. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born
for adversity.
2 SAM. I, 26. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very
pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing
the love of woman.
PROV. XXVII, 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
6. TO BE BENEVOLENT.
JOB XXIX, 12. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the
fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
ACTS II, 44. And all that believed were together, and had all things
common.
ACTS IV, 34. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many
as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the
prices of the things that were sold,
35. And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was
made unto every man according as he had need.
MATT. X, 8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast
out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
ECCL. XI, 1. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it
after many days.
2. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not
what evil shall be upon the earth.
LUKE III, 11. He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two
coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat,
let him do likewise.
LUKE XII, 33. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves
bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not,
where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
ACTS XX, 35. I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye
ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord
Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
2 COR. VIII, 7. Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and
utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to
us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
GAL. VI, 9. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing
threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is
there respect of persons with him.
10. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of
his might.
HEB. XIII, 16. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with
such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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;
18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
19. Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the
time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
7. LIBERALITY REWARDED.
PSALM XXXVII, 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell
in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
PSALM XXXVII, 25. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not
seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
PSALM CXII, 5. A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide
his affairs with discretion.
6. Surely he shall not be moved forever: the righteous shall be in
everlasting remembrance.
PROV. III, 9. Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the
first-fruits of all thine increase:
10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall
burst out with new wine.
PROV. XI, 24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there
is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
PROV. XIII, 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing;
there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
ISAIAH XXXII, 8. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by
liberal things shall he stand.
MAL. III, 9. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even
this whole nation.
10. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be
meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts,
if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
and there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not
destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her
fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a
delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
LUKE VI, 38. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,
pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give
into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it
shall be measured to you again.
2 COR. IX, 6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap
also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also
bountifully.
7. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give;
not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8. And 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.
LEV. XXV, 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay
with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger,
or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
DEUT. XV, 10. Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be
grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the
Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou
puttest thy hand unto.
11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I
command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother,
to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
JAMES I, 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is
this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to
keep himself unspotted from the world.
JAMES II, 1. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
2. For if there come unto your assembly, a man with a gold ring, in
goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man with vile raiment;
3. And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say
unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand
thou here, or sit there under my footstool:
4. Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of
evil thoughts?
5. Hearken, my beloved brethren, 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 JOHN III, 17. But 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?
8. ENCOURAGEMENTS TO LIBERALITY.
PSALM XLI, 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will
deliver him in time of trouble.
2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be
blessed upon the earth; and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of
his enemies.
PSALM CXII, 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
PROV. XIX, 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord;
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
ISAIAH LVIII, 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7. Is it not 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?
8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health
shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before
thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.
9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry,
and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee
the yoke, and putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy
darkness be as the noonday:
11. 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 of water, whose waters fail not.
MATT. V, 7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
MATT. XXV, 34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world:
35. For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.
CHAPTER V.
DOMESTIC DUTIES.
1. THE MARRIAGE RELATION INSTITUTED AND RECOMMENDED.
GEN. II, 18. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should
be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
GEN. II, 21. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam,
and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof:
22. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
PROV. XVIII, 22. Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and
obtaineth favor of the Lord.
EPH. V, 31. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
1 TIM. IV, 1. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2. Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a
hot iron;
3. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which
God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which
believe and know the truth.
HEB. XIII, 4. Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled; but
whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 TIM. V, 14. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to
speak reproachfully.
2. CAUTIONS AGAINST IMPROPER MARRIAGES.
DEUT. VII, 3. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy
daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou
take unto thy son.
4. For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may
serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against
you, and destroy thee suddenly.
1 COR. VII, 39. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband
liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to
whom she will; only in the Lord.
2 COR. VI, 14. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness?
AMOS III, 3. Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
3. MUTUAL DUTIES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
EPH. V, 21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the
head of the Church; and he is the savior of the body.
24. Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives
be to their own husbands in every thing.
25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church,
and gave himself for it;
EPH. V, 28. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He
that loveth his wife loveth himself.
EPH. V, 33. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love
his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her
husband.
TITUS II, 4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love
their husbands, to love their children.
5. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their
own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
4. DUTY OF PARENTS TO THEIR CHILDREN.
(1.) _To provide for them._
2 COR. XII, 14. Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and
I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for
the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for
the children.
1 TIM. V, 8. But if any provide not for his own, and especially for
those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an
infidel.
(2.) _To administer needful correction._
HEB. XII, 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be
in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
PROV. X, 13. In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is
found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
PROV. XIII, 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that
loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
PROV. XIX, 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy
soul spare for his crying.
PROV. XXII, 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the
rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
PROV. XXIII, 13. Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from
hell.
(3.) _Encouragements to parental faithfulness._
GEN. XVII, 7. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee,
and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
GEN. XVIII, 19. For I know him, 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.
PSA. XXXVII, 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is
blessed.
PSA. CIII, 17. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto
children's children;
18. To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his
commandments to do them.
PROV. XX, 7. The just man walketh in his integrity; his children are
blessed after him.
PROV. XXII, 6. Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he
is old, he will not depart from it.
2 TIM. I, 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2. To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience,
that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night
and day;
4. Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I
may be filled with joy;
5. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee,
which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and
I am persuaded that in thee also.
5. DUTY OF CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS.
EX. XX, 12. Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long
upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
LEV. IX, 3. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and
keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
PROV. I, 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake
not the law of thy mother:
9. For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains
about thy neck.
PROV. XIII, 1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction; but a
scorner heareth not rebuke.
PROV. XXIII, 22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise
not thy mother when she is old.
MATT. XV, 4. For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother;
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is
a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6. And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have
ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
EPH. VI, 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is
right.
2. Honor thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with
promise;)
3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the
earth.
6. DISOBEDIENT CHILDREN PUNISHED.
EX. XXI, 15. And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be
surely put to death.
EX. XXI, 17. And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall
surely be put to death.
DEUT. XXI, 18. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will
not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and
that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto him.
DEUT. XXVII, 16. Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his
mother; and all the people shall say, Amen.
PROV. XX, 20. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall
be put out in obscure darkness.
PROV. XXX, 17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to
obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the
young eagles shall eat it.
7. DIVORCE.
MAL. II, 15. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the
Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore
take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the
wife of his youth.
16. For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth putting
away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of
hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not
treacherously.
MATT. XIX, 4. And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read,
that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,
5. And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and
shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
MATT. XIX, 8. He saith unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of
your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: but from the
beginning it was not so.
9. And 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 which is put away doth commit adultery.
MARK X, 2. And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful
for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
3. And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4. And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and
to put her away.
5. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your
heart he wrote you this precept:
6. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and
female.
7. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave
to his wife;
8. And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain,
but one flesh.
9. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10. And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
11. And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and
marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to
another, she committeth adultery.
LUKE XVI, 18. Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,
committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from
her husband, committeth adultery.
ROM. VII, 2. For the woman which hath a husband is bound by the law to
her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is
loosed from the law of her husband.
3. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another
man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead,
she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be
married to another man.
1 COR. VII, 10. And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the
Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11. But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled
to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
8. POLYGAMY.
MAL. II, 15. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the
Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore
take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the
wife of his youth.
MATT. XIX, 9. And 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 which is put away doth commit
adultery.
MARK X, 11. And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to
another, she committeth adultery.
DEUT. XVII, 17. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his
heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself
silver and gold.
BOOK VII.
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
1. REPENTANCE.
Repentance is sometimes used generally, for a change of mind, and an
earnest wishing that something were undone that has been done. Taken
in a religious sense, it signifies contrition of sin, and sorrow for
it. But there is, 1. A partial, or worldly repentance, wherein one is
grieved for and turns from his sin merely on account of the hurt it
has done or is likely to do him. So a malefactor, who still loves his
sin, repents of doing it because it brings him to punishment. 2. An
evangelical repentance, which is a godly sorrow wrought in the heart
of a sinful person by the Word and Spirit of God, whereby, from a
sense of sin as offensive to God, and defiling and endangering to his
own soul, and from an apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, he,
with grief and hatred of all known sins, turns from them to God as his
Savior and Lord. This is called "repentance toward God," as therein we
turn from sin to him, and "repentance unto life;" as it "leads to
spiritual life, and is the first step to eternal life." (Watson's
Dictionary, page 816.)
2. REGENERATION.
Regeneration--a new birth. It is that work of the Holy Spirit by which
we experience a change of heart. It is designated in the Scriptures as
being _born again_, _born from above_, being quickened, by Christ
being formed in the heart, by our partaking of the Divine nature, by
being risen with Christ. The efficient cause of regeneration is the
Holy Ghost. The change in regeneration consists in the recovery of the
moral image of God upon the human heart, whereby man is enabled to
love God supremely, and serve him as our highest end, to delight in
him as our chief good. The sum of the moral law, as expounded by our
Savior, is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and soul, and
mind, and strength. This is the duty of every rational creature, and
in order to obey it perfectly no part of our inward affection or
actual service ought to be at any time or in the least degree
misapplied. Regeneration consists in the principle of holiness being
implanted in the heart, obtaining the ascendency, and habitually
prevailing over its opposite. Although various phrases are used in the
Scriptures by which to express this change, such as _putting off the
old man_ and _putting on the new man_, as _walking after the Spirit_,
yet it is all effected by the Word of God or the Gospel of salvation
gaining an entrance into the mind through divine teaching, so as to
possess the understanding, subdue the will, and control the
affections. Regeneration should be distinguished from justification,
although connected with it. Justification places us in a new relation
to God. Regeneration places us in a new moral state.
CHAPTER I.
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
1. CONVICTION FOR SIN.
LUKE XV, 17. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired
servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish
with hunger!
18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants.
JOHN XVI, 7. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: It is expedient for
you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come
unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment:
9. Of sin, because they believe not on me.
ACTS II, 37. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and
brethren, what shall we do?
ROM. VII, 9. For I was alive without the law once: but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be
unto death.
11. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by
it slew me.
ROM. VII, 19. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I
would not, that I do.
20. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin
that dwelleth in me.
21. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present
with me.
22. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23. But I see another 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.
24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of
this death?
ROM. V, 21. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace
reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our
Lord.
ROM. III, 19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it
saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped,
and all the world may become guilty before God.
20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be
justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
JOHN III, 18. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in
the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil.
20. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to
the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest that they are wrought in God.
MATT. XXVII, 3. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that
he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty
pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4. Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
2. SINNERS CALLED UPON TO REPENT.
DEUT. X, 16. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be
no more stiff-necked.
JOSHUA XXIV, 23. Now therefore put away (said he) the strange gods
which are among you, and incline your hearts unto the Lord God of
Israel.
1 SAM. VII, 3. And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying,
If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the
strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts
unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the
hand of the Philistines.
PROV. XXIII, 26. My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe
my ways.
ISAIAH LV, 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.
ISAIAH I, 16. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your
doings from before mine eyes: cease to do evil.
ISAIAH XLV, 22. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
ISA. XLII, 18. Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
EZEK. XVIII, 30. Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every
one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn
yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your
ruin.
31. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have
transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will
ye die, O house of Israel?
32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
JER. IV, 3. For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem,
Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of
your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury
come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the
evil of your doings.
JER. IV, 14. O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou
mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
EZEK. XXXIII, 11. Say unto them, 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, O house of Israel?
JOEL II, 12. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me
with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with
mourning.
13. 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.
ACTS III, 19. Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
ACTS VIII, 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God,
if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.
23. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the
bond of iniquity.
ACTS XVI, 31. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
ACTS XXVI, 20. But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the
Gentiles, that they should repent and then turn to God, and do works
meet for repentance.
ROM. XII, 2. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect will of God.
ROM. XIII, 14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
EPH. IV, 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the
old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
2 COR. V, 20. Now then we are embassadors for Christ, as though God
did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled
to God.
EPH. V, 14. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise
from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
JAMES V, 7. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
EZEK. XXXIII, 11. Say unto them, 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, O house of Israel?
ISA. I, 18. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord;
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. XLVIII, 17. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which
leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
18. 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.
REV. 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 will sup with
him, and he with me.
MATT. XI, 28. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest.
29. 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.
30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
MATT. XXII, 4. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them
which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my
fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
LUKE XIV, 17. And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that
were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
ISA. XLV, 22. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
ISA. LV, 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and
milk without money and without price.
2. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your
labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and
eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in
fatness.
3. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David.
MATT. XXIII, 37. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I
have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
3. GOD EXPOSTULATES WITH SINNERS.
DEUT. V, 29. O that there were such a heart in them, that they would
fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well
with them, and with their children forever!
DEUT. XXXII, 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this,
that they would consider their latter end!
EZEK. XVIII, 32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that
dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
PSA. XVIII, 13. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the
Highest gave his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
14. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out
lightnings, and discomfited them.
15. Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the
world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the
breath of thy nostrils.
ISA. XLVIII, 18. 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.
LUKE XIX, 41. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
over it,
42. Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day,
the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from
thine eyes.
JOHN V, 40. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
ACTS VII, 51. Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye
do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
MATT. XXII, 2. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king,
which made a marriage for his son;
3. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the
wedding; and they would not come.
4. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are
killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.
5. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,
another to his merchandise:
6. And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully,
and slew them.
LUKE XIV, 17. And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that
were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said
unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see
it; I pray thee have me excused.
19. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to
prove them; I pray thee have me excused.
20. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I can not
come.
4. REPENTANCE DEMANDED.
LUKE XIII, 3. I tell you, nay: except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish.
MARK VI, 12. And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
ACTS II, 38. Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
ACTS III, 19. Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
ACTS VIII, 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God,
if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.
ACTS XVII, 30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men every-where to repent.
ACTS XX, 21. And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you,
but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to
house.
ACTS XXVI, 20. But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the
Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet
for repentance.
REV. II, 5. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and
repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
MATT. III, 1. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judea,
2. And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
EZEK. XIV, 6. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the
Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away
your faces from all your abominations.
EZEK. XVIII, 30. Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every
one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn
yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your
ruin.
31. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have
transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will
ye die, O house of Israel?
32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
5. REPENTANCE INCLUDES SORROW FOR SIN, AND CONFESSION.
PSALM XXXVIII, 4. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a
heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6. I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day
long.
7. For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease; and there is no
soundness in my flesh.
8. I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
PSALM XXXVIII, 18. For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry
for my sin.
PSALM LI, 3. For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever
before me.
4. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy
sight; that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be
clear when thou judgest.
EZEK. XXXVI, 31. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your
doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own
sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
MATT. XXVI, 75. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said
unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went
out, and wept bitterly.
LUKE XV, 18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.
19. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants.
MATT. IV, 17. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
LUKE XIII, 3. I tell you, nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all
likewise perish.
ACTS II, 38. Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
ACTS III, 19. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
ACTS VIII, 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God,
if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
ACTS XVII, 30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men every-where to repent.
ACTS XX, 21. Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
ACTS XXVI, 20. But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the
Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet
for repentance.
JOB XLII, 5. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now
mine eye seeth thee.
PSALM XXXVIII, 4. Give them according to their deeds, and according to
the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their
hands: render to them their desert.
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.
6. Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my
supplications.
7. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusteth in him,
and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my
song will I praise him.
8. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his
anointed.
EZRA IX, 5. And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness;
and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and
spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,
6. And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to thee,
my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our
trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
7. Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto
this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests,
been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword,
to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this
day.
PSALM LI, 3. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever
before me.
4. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy
sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be
clear when thou judgest.
EZEK. XXXVI, 31. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your
doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own
sight for your iniquities, and for your abominations.
LUKE XV, 18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven; and before thee,
19. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants.
LUKE XVIII, 13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying,
God be merciful to me a sinner!
6. GENUINE REPENTANCE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
2 CHRON. VII, 14. If my people, which are called by my name, 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.
PSALM XXXIV, 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken
heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
PSALM LI, 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and
a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
ISAIAH LV, 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.
PSALM CXLVII, 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their
wounds.
ISAIAH LV, 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and
milk without money and without price.
2. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your
labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and
eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in
fatness.
3. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David.
ISAIAH LXVI, 2. For all those things hath mine hand made, and all
those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look,
even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my
word.
HOSEA VI, 1. Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn,
and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us
up, and we shall live in his sight.
3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going
forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the
rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
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.
JOEL II, 12. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me
with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with
mourning:
13. 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. Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of
hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto
you, saith the Lord of hosts.
LUKE XV, 21. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe,
and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and
be merry.
7. REPENTANCE INCLUDES REFORMATION.
EZRA IX, 6. And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my
face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head,
and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
JOB XIII, 23. How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know
my transgression and my sin.
PSALM XXXVIII, 18. For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry
for my sin.
DEUT. X, 16. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be
no more stiff-necked.
JOB XXXIV, 32. That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done
iniquity, I will do no more.
ISAIAH I, 16. Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your
doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil:
17. Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow.
JER. VII, 3. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend
your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this
place.
JER. VII, 5. For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if
ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor.
MATT. III, 8. Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.
LUKE III, 8. Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and
begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for
I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children
unto Abraham.
JOHN V, 14. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto
him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come
unto thee.
ROM. VI, 1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound?
EPH. IV, 14. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and
fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of
men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
JAMES IV, 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
JOB XI, 14. If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not
wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt
be steadfast, and shalt not fear.
DEUT. XXX, 2. And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey
his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy
children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
1 SAM. VII, 3. And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying,
If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the
strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts
unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the
hand of the Philistines.
ISAIAH XIX, 22. And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and
heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be
entreated of them, and shall heal them.
ISAIAH LV, 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.
EZEK. XVIII, 27. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and
right, he shall save his soul alive.
28. Because he considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions
that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
HOSEA VI, 1. Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn,
and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
ISAIAH X, 21. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob,
unto the mighty God.
EZEK. XVIII, 31. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby
ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for
why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
ACTS III, 19. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
8. CONVERSION, INCLUDING PARDON AND REGENERATION.
2 COR. V, 17. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
GAL. V, 24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with
the affections and lusts.
GAL. VI, 15. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any
thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
ROM. VIII, 28. And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose.
29. For 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.
JOHN III, 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit.
EPH. IV, 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the
old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
DEUT. XXX, 6. And 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.
PSALM LI, 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me.
PSALM CXIX, 32. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou
shalt enlarge my heart.
JER. XXIV, 7. And 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: for they
shall return unto me with their whole heart.
JER. XXXI, 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my
law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
EZEK. XI, 19. And 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 a heart of flesh:
20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and
do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
EZEK. XXXVI, 25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye
shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
26. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
27. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
JOHN I, 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God.
JOHN VI, 44. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent
me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
EPH. II, 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us,
5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with
Christ; (by grace ye are saved.)
EPH. II, 8. For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God.
EPH. II, 10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in
them.
EPH. IV, 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.
COL. I, 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to
be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
TITUS III, 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6. Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.
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 COR. XV, 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace
which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more
abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was
with me.
ROM. I, 6. Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace
to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 COR. I, 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 PET. II, 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises
of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
JOHN VII, 17. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
1 COR. II, 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is
judged of no man.
2 COR. IV, 6. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
EPH. V, 8. For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the
Lord: walk as children of light.
COL. I, 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to
be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness
of sins.
1 THESS. V, 4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief.
5. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day; we
are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 JOHN II, 8. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing
is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true
light now shineth.
9. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in
darkness even until now.
10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none
occasion of stumbling in him.
11. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in
darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath
blinded his eyes.
1 JOHN II, 20. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know
all things.
21. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but
because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
JOHN VI, 45. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned
of the Father, cometh unto me.
CHAPTER II.
1. EVIDENCES OF REGENERATION.
ROM. VIII, 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God.
ROM. VIII, 9. But 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.
JOHN VIII, 47. He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore
hear them not, because ye are not of God.
JOHN XIII, 35. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if
ye have love one to another.
JOHN XIV, 21. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is
that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and
I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
JOHN XIV, 23. Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he
will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him.
24. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings; and the word which
ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
1 JOHN II, 3. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his
commandments.
4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him.
5. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God
perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6. He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk,
even as he walked.
1 JOHN III, 14. We know that we have passed from death unto life,
because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth
in death.
1 JOHN III, 18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither
in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our
hearts before him.
1 JOHN III, 24. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him,
and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit
which he hath given us.
1 JOHN V, 1. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of
God; and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is
begotten of him.
2. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God,
and keep his commandments.
3. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his
commandments are not grievous.
4. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
PSALM CXIX, 6. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto
all thy commandments.
MATT. VII, 16. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt
tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18. A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit.
19. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire.
20. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21. 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.
ROM. V, 5. And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is
shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
ROM. XV, 16. That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the
Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
TITUS III, 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
1 JOHN IV, 13. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us,
because he hath given us of his Spirit.
1 JOHN V, 10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar; because he
believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
12. He that hath the Son, hath life; and he that hath not the Son of
God, hath not life.
1 JOHN II, 27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth
in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same
anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and
even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
ROM. VIII, 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God.
15. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but
ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God:
17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with
Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also
glorified together.
GAL. V, 18. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
EPH. I, 5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by
Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the Beloved.
7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of his grace.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the
affections and lusts.
2. CHRISTIAN HOLINESS.
DEUT. XXX, 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and
the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart,
and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
JER. XXIV, 7. And 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; for they
shall return unto me with their whole heart.
JER. XXXI, 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my
law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
PSA. LI, 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me.
EZEK. XI, 19. And 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 a heart of flesh:
20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and
do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
EZEK. XXXVI, 25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye
shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
26. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
EPH. IV, 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.
EPH. V, 8. For ye were some time darkness, but now are ye light in the
Lord: walk as children of light.
1 THESS. V, 4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief.
5. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we
are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 PET. II, 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises
of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
LEV. XI, 45. For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of
Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
LEV. XX, 7. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am
the Lord your God.
EPH. V, 27. That he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not
having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy
and without blemish.
HEB. VII, 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession
for them.
1 PET. II, 21. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also
suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his
steps:
22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he
threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that
we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.
LEV. XIX, 2. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God
am holy.
1 PET. I, 15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation;
16. Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
ROM. VIII, 29. For 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.
1 JOHN II, 6. He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so
to walk, even as he walked.
ISAIAH XXXV, 8. And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall
be called, The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it;
but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not
err therein.
PSALM XXIV, 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who
shall stand in his holy place?
4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
HEB. XII, 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which
no man shall see the Lord.
EPH. I, 4. According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love.
1 THESS. IV, 7. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto
holiness.
1 TIM. I, 9. Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
EPH. IV, 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.
1 COR. III, 17. If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
HEB. III, 1. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly
calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession,
Christ Jesus.
ROM. VI, 22. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to
God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
LUKE I, 74. That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out
of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
75. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our
life.
ROM. VI, 13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of
unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that
are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness unto God:
14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the
law, but under grace.
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but
under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,
his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?
17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin; but ye have
obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of
righteousness.
19. I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and
to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness.
ROM. XII, 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God, which is your reasonable service.
1 PET. I, 15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation.
2 PET. II, 11. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might,
bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
2 COR. VII, 1. Having, therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let
us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
COL. I, 22. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you
holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable in his sight.
1 THESS. III, 13. To the end he may stablish your hearts unblamable in
holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints.
REV. XXII, 11. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy
still.
TITUS II, 3. The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as
becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine,
teachers of good things.
ZECH. XIV, 20. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the
horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD: and the pots in the Lord's house shall
be like the bowls before the altar.
21. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto
the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of
them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the
Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.
1 CHRON. XVI, 29. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name:
bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty
of holiness.
PSALM XXIX, 2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship
the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
PSALM XCIII, 5. Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thy
house, O Lord, forever.
1 TIM. II, 8. I will therefore that men pray every-where, lifting up
holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
TITUS I, 8. But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober,
just, holy, temperate.
ISAIAH LII, 11. Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no
unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear
the vessels of the Lord.
1 TIM. IV, 12. 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.
JOHN XV, 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so
shall ye be my disciples.
PSALM LXXXVI, 2. Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save
thy servant that trusteth in thee.
JER. II, 3. Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the first-fruits of
his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon
them, saith the Lord.
MATT. VI, 20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break
through nor steal:
21. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
LUKE I, 70. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have
been since the world began.
1 THESS. II, 10. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe.
1 PET. III, 5. For after this manner in the old time the holy women
also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto
their own husbands.
THE END.
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