before God, we shall find no other than our reception of gratuitous
righteousness from his free gift. Let us always remember the inquiry of
Solomon—“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my
sin?”(2003) It is certain that there is no man who is not covered with
infinite pollution. Let a man of the most perfect character, then, retire
into his own conscience, and enter into a scrutiny of his actions, and
what will be the result? Will he feel a high degree of satisfaction, as
though there were the most entire agreement between God and him? or will
he not rather be lacerated with terrible agonies, on perceiving in himself
such ample cause for condemnation, if he be judged according to his works?
If the conscience reflect on God, it must either enjoy a solid peace with
his judgment, or be surrounded with the terrors of hell. We gain nothing,
therefore, in our discussions of this point, unless we establish a
righteousness, the stability of which will support our souls under the
scrutiny of the Divine judgment. When our souls shall possess what will
enable them to appear with boldness in the presence of God, and to await
and receive his judgment without any fear, then, and not before, we may be
assured that we have found a righteousness which truly deserves the name.
It is not without reason, therefore, that this subject is so largely
insisted on by the apostle, whose words I prefer to my own: “For if they
which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made
of none effect.”(2004) He first infers, that faith is annulled and
superseded, if the promise of righteousness respect the merit of our
works, or depend on our observance of the law. For no man could ever
securely rely on it, since he never would be able to determine with
certainty for himself that he had fulfilled the law, as in fact no man
ever does completely satisfy it by any works of his own. Not to seek far
for testimonies of this fact, every individual may be his own witness of
it, who will enter unprejudiced into an examination of himself. And hence
it appears in what deep and dark recesses hypocrisy buries the minds of
men, while they indulge themselves in such great security, and hesitate
not to oppose their self‐adulation to the judgment of God, as though they
would stop the proceedings of his tribunal. But believers, who sincerely
examine themselves, are troubled and distressed with a solicitude of a
very different nature. The minds of men universally, therefore, ought to
feel first hesitation, and then despair, while considering, every one for
himself, the magnitude of the debt with which they are still oppressed,
and their immense distance from the conditions prescribed to them. Behold
their confidence already broken and extinguished; for to confide is not to
fluctuate, to vary, to be hurried hither and thither, to hesitate, to be
kept in suspense, to stagger, and finally to despair; but it is, to
strengthen the mind with content, certainty, and solid security, and to
have somewhat upon which to stand and to rest.
IV. He adds likewise another consideration, that the promise would be void
and of none effect. For if the fulfilment of it depend on our merit, when
shall we have made such a progress as to deserve the favour of God?
Besides, this second argument is a consequence of the former, since the
promise will be fulfilled to those alone who shall exercise faith in it.
Therefore, if faith be wanting, the promise will retain no force.
“Therefore the inheritance is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the
end the promise might be sure to all the seed.”(2005) For it is abundantly
confirmed, when it depends solely on the Divine mercy; because mercy and
truth are connected by an indissoluble bond, and whatever God mercifully
promises, he also faithfully performs. Thus David, before he implores
salvation for himself according to the word of God, first represents it as
originating in his mercy: “According to thy word unto thy servant, let thy
tender mercies come unto me, that I may live.”(2006) And for this there is
sufficient reason, since God has no other inducement to promise than what
arises from his mere mercy. Here, then, we must place, and, as it were,
deeply fix, all our hopes, without regarding our own works, or seeking any
assistance from them. Nor must it be supposed that we are advancing a new
doctrine, for the same conduct is recommended by Augustine. “Christ,” says
he, “will reign in his servants for ever. God has promised this, God has
said it; if that be insufficient, God has sworn it. Since the promise,
therefore, is established, not according to our merits, but according to
his mercy, no man ought to speak with anxiety of that which he cannot
doubt.” Bernard also says, “The disciples of Christ asked, Who can be
saved? He replied, With men this is impossible, but not with God. This is
all our confidence, this our only consolation, this the whole foundation
of our hope. But certain of the possibility, what think we of his will?
Who knows whether he deserve love or hatred?(2007) Who has known the mind
of the Lord, or who has been his counsellor?(2008) Here, now, we evidently
need faith to help us, and his truth to assist us; that what is concealed
from us in the heart of the Father, may be revealed by the Spirit, and
that the testimony of the Spirit may persuade our hearts that we are sons
of God; that he may persuade us by calling and justifying us freely by
faith; in which there is, as it were, an intermediate passage from eternal
predestination to future glory.” Let us draw the following brief
conclusion: The Scripture declares that the promises of God have no
efficacy, unless they be embraced by the conscience with a steady
confidence; and whenever there is any doubt or uncertainty, it pronounces
them to be made void. Again, it asserts that they have no stability if
they depend on our works. Either, therefore, we must be for ever destitute
of righteousness, or our works must not come into consideration, but the
ground must be occupied by faith alone, whose nature it is to open the
ears and shut the eyes; that is, to be intent only on the promise, and to
avert the thoughts from all human dignity or merit. Thus is accomplished
that remarkable prophecy of Zechariah: “I will remove the iniquity of that
land in one day. In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every
man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig‐tree;”(2009) in which
the prophet suggests that believers enjoy no true peace till after they
have obtained the remission of their sins. For this analogy must be
observed in the prophets, that when they treat of the kingdom of Christ,
they exhibit the external bounties of God as figures of spiritual
blessings. Wherefore also Christ is denominated “the Prince of peace,” and
“our Peace;”(2010) because he calms all the agitations of the conscience.
If we inquire, by what means; we must come to the sacrifice by which God
is appeased. For no man will ever lose his fears who shall not be assured
that God is propitiated solely by that atonement which Christ has made by
sustaining his wrath. In short, we must seek for peace only in the terrors
of Christ our Redeemer.
V. But why do I use such an obscure testimony? Paul invariably denies that
peace or tranquillity can be enjoyed in the conscience, without a
certainty that we are justified by faith.(2011) And he also declares
whence that certainty proceeds; it is “because the love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost;”(2012) as though he had said that
our consciences can never be satisfied without a certain persuasion of our
acceptance with God. Hence he exclaims in the name of all believers, “Who
shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ?”(2013) For till
we have reached that port of safety, we shall tremble with alarm at every
slightest breeze; but while God shall manifest himself as our Shepherd, we
shall fear no evil even in the valley of the shadow of death.(2014)
Whoever they are, therefore, who pretend that we are justified by faith,
because, being regenerated, we are righteous by living a spiritual life,
they have never tasted the sweetness of grace, so as to have confidence
that God would be propitious to them. Whence also it follows, that they
know no more of the method of praying aright, than the Turks or any other
profane nations. For according to the testimony of Paul, faith is not
genuine unless it dictate and suggest that most delightful name of Father,
and unless it open our mouth freely to cry, “Abba, Father;”(2015) which he
in another place expresses still more clearly: “In Christ we have boldness
and access with confidence by the faith of him.”(2016) This certainly
arises not from the gift of regeneration; which, being always imperfect in
the present state, contains in itself abundant occasion of doubting.
Wherefore it is necessary to come to this remedy; that believers should
conclude that they cannot hope for an inheritance in the kingdom of heaven
on any other foundation, but because, being ingrafted into the body of
Christ, they are gratuitously accounted righteous. For with respect to
justification, faith is a thing merely passive, bringing nothing of our
own to conciliate the favour of God, but receiving what we need from
Christ.
FOOTNOTES
1 It is not uncommon, among persons of a certain class, to represent
the leading principles of Calvin as unfavourable to practical
religion, and to that kind of preaching which is adapted to affect
the hearts and consciences of the hearers. A reference to the most
able and intelligent theologians and preachers who have held those
principles, and upon whom they may reasonably be concluded to have
exerted their genuine and fullest influence, will amply evince the
inaccuracy of this representation. Of the excellent divine quoted
above, King Charles I. was wont to say, that “he carried his ears to
hear other preachers, but his conscience to hear Mr. Saunderson.”
2 Prov. xxix. 18.
3 Dan. ii. 34. Isaiah xi. 4. Psalm ii. 9.
4 Rom. xii. 6.
5 Jer. ii. 13.
6 Rom. viii. 32.
7 1 Tim. iv. 10.
8 John xvii. 3.
9 Rom. iv. 25. 1 Cor. xv. 3, 17.
10 Isaiah i. 3.
11 Mark xvi. 20.
12 Acts xiv. 3.
13 Heb. ii. 3, 4.
14 John vii. 18. viii. 50.
15 In Joan. tract. 13.
16 Matt. xxiv. 24.
17 2 Thess. ii. 9.
18 2 Cor. xi. 14.
19 Hierom. in præf. Jerem.
20 2 Thess. ii. 10, 11.
21 1 Cor. iii. 21, 23.
22 Prov. xxii. 28.
23 Psalm xlv. 10.
24 Acat. in lib. 11. cap. 16. Trip. Hist. Amb. lib. 2. de Off. c. 28.
25 Spiridion. Trip. Hist. lib. 1. c. 10.
26 Trip. Hist. lib. 8. c. 1. August. de Opere Mon. c. 17.
27 Epiph. Epist. ab. Hier. vers. Con. Eliber. c. 36.
28 Amb. de Abra. lib. 1. c. 7.
29 Gelas. Pap. in Conc. Rom.
30 Chrys. in 1 Cap. Ephes. Calix. Papa de Cons. dist. 2.
31 Gelas. can. Comperimus de Cons. dist. 2. Cypr. Epist. 2. lib. 1, de
Laps.
32 August. lib. 2. de Pec. Mer. cap. ult.
33 Apollon. de quo Eccl. Hist. lib. 5. cap. 11, 12.
34 Paphnut. Trip. Hist. lib. 2. c. 14. Cypr. Epist. 2. lib. 2.
35 Aug. cap. 2. contr. Cresc. Grammatic.
36 Isaiah viii. 12, 13.
37 Epist. 3. lib. 2. et in Epist. ad Julian. de Hæret. baptiz.
38 Matt. xxviii. 20.
39 1 Kings xix. 14, 18.
40 Contr. Auxent.
41 2 Tim. ii. 19.
42 Exod. xxxii. 4.
43 1 Kings xxii. 6, 11‐23.
44 Jer. xviii. 18.
45 Jer. iv. 9.
46 Matt. xxvi. 3, 4.
47 1 Kings xviii. 17.
48 Luke xxiii. 2, 5.
49 Acts xvii. 6. xxiv. 5.
50 2 Pet. iii. 16.
51 Rom. v. 20. vi. 1, 14, 15.
52 Phil. i. 15, 16.
53 Phil. ii. 21.
54 2 Pet. ii. 22.
55 1 Pet. ii. 8.
56 Luke ii. 34.
57 2 Cor. ii. 15, 16.
58 Rom. i. 16.
59 1 Cor. xiv. 33.
60 1 John iii. 8. Gal. ii. 17.
61 Acts xvii. 2.
62 Judg. xiii. 22.
63 Gen. xviii. 27.
64 1 Kings xix. 13.
65 Isaiah vi. 2; xxiv. 23.
66 Rom. i. 20.
67 Cicer. de Natur. Deor. lib. i. Lactant. Inst. lib. iii. cap. 10.
68 Cicer. de Nat. Deor. lib. 1 & 3. Valer. Maxim. lib. 1, cap. 1.
69 In Phæd. & Theæt.
70 Rom. i. 22.
71 Psalm xiv. 1.
72 Isaiah vi. 9.
73 Psalm xxxvi. 1.
74 Psalm x. 11.
75 2 Tim. ii. 13.
76 Gal. iv. 8.
77 Eph. ii. 12.
78 Statii Thebaid. lib. 3.
79 Psalm civ. 2.
80 Heb. xi. 3.
81 Psalm xix. 1, 3.
82 Rom. i. 20.
83 Macrob. lib. 2. de Somn. Scip. c. 12. Boet. de Defin. Arist. lib. 1.
de Hist. Animal.
84 Acts xvii. 27.
85 Psalm viii. 2, 4.
86 Acts xvii. 28.
87 Æneid vi. Pitt’s Translation.
88 Georg. iv. Warton’s Translation.
89 De Rerum Natur. lib. 1.
90 Psalm cxlv. 9.
91 Psalm cvii.
92 Psalm cvii. 43.
93 Psalm cxiii. 7.
94 1 Cor. iii. 19.
95 Acts xvii. 27.
96 Psalm cxlv. 6.
97 Aug. in Psal. cxliv.
98 De Civit. Dei. lib. 1, cap. 8.
99 Psalm xcii. 6.
100 Psalm xl. 12.
101 Plut. de Philosoph. placitis, lib. 1. Plato in Timæo. Cic. lib. 1,
de Natur. Deor.
102 Lactant. Institut. div.
103 Seneca, lib. 4, de benef., &c.
104 Plutarch. lib. 1, de Isid. & Osirid. Cic. lib. 1, de Nat. Deor.
105 Cic. lib. de Nat. Deor.
106 Ephes. ii. 12.
107 Rom. i. 21.
108 Hab. ii. 18, 20.
109 John iv. 22.
110 1 Cor. ii. 8.
111 Xenoph. de Dict. et Fact. Socrat. lib. 1. Cic. de Legib. lib. 2.
112 Heb. xi. 3.
113 Rom. i. 19.
114 Rom. i. 20.
115 Acts xvii. 27.
116 Acts xiv. 16, 17.
117 Rom. x. 4.
118 1 Tim. vi. 16.
119 Ps. xciii. xcvi., &c.
120 Ps. xix. 1, &c.
121 Ps. xciii. 5.
122 John iv. 22.
123 Eph. ii. 20.
124 Contr. Epist. Fundam. cap. 5.
125 Isaiah lix. 21.
126 Isaiah xliii. 10.
127 Isaiah liv. 13.
128 Deut. xxx. Rom. x.
129 Isaiah liii. 1.
130 1 Cor. ii. 4.
131 Gen. xlix. 5.
132 Num. xii. 1.
133 Exod. xxiv. 18; xxxiv. 29; xix. 16; xl. 34. Num. xvi. 24, &c.; xx.
11; xi. 9.
134 Lev. xx. 6.
135 Exod. xvi. 7.
136 Gen. xlix. 10.
137 Deut. xxxii.
138 Isaiah xxxix. 6.
139 Isaiah xlv. 1.
140 Jer. xxv. 11, 12.
141 Isaiah xlii. 9.
142 2 Kings xxii. 8.
143 Deut. xvii. 18.
144 Lib. de Util. Credend.
145 Isaiah lix. 21.
146 1 Tim. iv. 13.
147 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17.
148 John xvi. 13.
149 2 Pet. i. 19.
150 2 Cor. iii. 6.
151 Psalm xix. 7.
152 2 Cor. iii. 8.
153 Luke xxiv. 27, &c.
154 1 Thess. v. 19.
155 Exod. xxxiv. 6.
156 Psalm cxlv.
157 Jer. ix. 24.
158 Lib. de Idolol. Vid. Aug. Epist. 43 et 44.
159 Hab. ii. 20.
160 Maximus Tyrius, Plat. Serm. 38.
161 Deut. iv. 15.
162 Isaiah xl. 18; xli. 7, 29; xlvi. 5, &c.
163 Acts xvii. 29.
164 Exod. xxxiii. 11.
165 Deut. iv. 11.
166 Exod. xxxiii. 20.
167 Matt. iii. 16.
168 Exod. xxv. 17, 18, &c.
169 Isaiah vi. 2.
170 Psalm cxxxv. 15.
171 Hor. Sat. lib. 1, 8.
172 Isaiah xliv. 9‐20.
173 Isaiah xl. 21.
174 Psalm cxv. 8.
175 Jer. x. 8.
176 Hab. ii. 18.
177 Gal. iii. 1.
178 Wisdom xiv. 15.
179 Gen. xxxi. 19.
180 Joshua xxiv. 2.
181 Exod. xxxii. 1.
182 Exod. xxxii. 4‐6.
183 In Psalm cxiii.
184 In Psalm cxiii.
185 Epist. 49. De Civ. Dei. lib. iv. cap. 31.
186 Gal. iv. 8.
187 Matt. iv. 10.
188 Rev. xix. 10; xxii. 8, 9.
189 Acts x. 25.
190 Zech. xiv. 9.
191 Seneca, Præf. lib. 1. Quæst. Nat.
192 John i. 1.
193 1 Pet. i. 11.
194 Heb. i. 2, 3.
195 John v. 17.
196 James i. 17.
197 Gen. i. 3.
198 John xvii. 5.
199 John i. 2.
200 Exod. vii. 1.
201 Isaiah ix. 6.
202 Jer. xxiii. 6.
203 Isaiah xlii. 8.
204 Ezek. xlviii. 35.
205 Exod. xvii. 15.
206 Jer. xxxiii. 16.
207 Judges xiii. 22, 23.
208 Hosea xii. 5.
209 Gen. xxxii. 29, 30.
210 Isaiah xxv. 9.
211 Mal. iii. 1.
212 Isaiah viii. 14.
213 Rom ix. 33.
214 Rom. xiv. 10, 11.
215 Isaiah xlv. 23.
216 Eph. iv. 8. Psalm lxviii. 18.
217 John xii. 41. Isaiah vi. 1.
218 Heb. i. 6, 10.
219 John i. 1, 14.
220 2 Cor. v. 10.
221 Rom ix. 5.
222 1 Tim. iii. 16.
223 Philip. ii. 6.
224 1 John v. 20.
225 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6.
226 John xx. 28.
227 John v. 18.
228 Heb. i. 3.
229 Isaiah xliii. 25.
230 Matt. ix. 6.
231 Matt. x. 8. Mark iii. 15.
232 Acts iii. 6.
233 John v. 36; x. 37.
234 Matt. xix. 17.
235 John xiv. 1.
236 Isaiah xxviii. 16; xi. 10. Rom. x. 11; xv. 12.
237 John vi. 47.
238 Joel ii. 32.
239 Prov. xviii. 10.
240 Acts vii. 59.
241 Acts ix. 13, 14.
242 1 Cor. ii. 2.
243 Jer. ix. 24.
244 Gen. i. 2.
245 Isaiah xlviii. 16.
246 1 Cor. ii. 10, 16.
247 1 Cor. xii. 8.
248 Exod. iv. 11.
249 1 Cor. xii. 4, &c.
250 1 Cor. iii. 16; vi. 19. 2 Cor. vi. 16.
251 Acts v. 3, 4.
252 Isaiah vi. 9.
253 Acts xxviii. 25.
254 Isaiah lxiii. 10.
255 Matt. xii. 31. Mark iii. 29. Luke xii. 10.
256 Psalm xxxiii. 6.
257 Ephes. iv. 5.
258 1 Cor. xii. 11.
259 John v. 32; viii. 16, 18.
260 John i. 18.
261 John xv. 26.
262 John xiv. 16.
263 1 Pet. i. 11.
264 John xiv. 10, 11.
265 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.
266 Joel ii. 28‐32. Acts ii. 16‐21.
267 Gen. i. 2.
268 Isaiah vi. 1.
269 John xii. 41.
270 Isaiah viii. 14.
271 Rom. ix. 33.
272 Isaiah xlv. 23.
273 Rom. xiv. 11.
274 Heb. i. 6, 10. Psalm cii. 25; xcvii. 7.
275 Isaiah xliv. 6.
276 Jer. x. 11.
277 Exod. iii. 14.
278 Matt. xix. 17.
279 1 Tim. i. 17.
280 Phil. ii. 10.
281 Phil. ii. 6, 7.
282 Isaiah xxv. 9.
283 Gen. i. 26.
284 John iv. 24.
285 John xvii. 3.
286 Heb. i. 10; ii. 9.
287 John xiv. 28.
288 1 Cor. xv. 24.
289 1 John v. 20.
290 Isaiah xl. 21.
291 Psalm ciii. 20.
292 Gen. ii. 1.
293 2 Cor. xii. 1, &c.
294 Daniel vii. 10.
295 Ephes. i. 21.
296 Col. i. 16.
297 Gen. xviii. 2; xxxii. 1, 28. Josh. v. 13. Judges vi. 11; xiii. 3,
22.
298 Psalm lxxxii. 6.
299 Psalm xci. 11, 12.
300 Psalm xxxiv. 7.
301 Gen. xvi. 9.
302 Gen. xxiv. 7.
303 Gen. xlviii. 16.
304 Exod. xiv. 19; xxiii. 20.
305 Judges ii. 1; vi. 11; xiii. 3, &c.
306 Matt. iv. 11. Luke xxii. 43. Matt. xxviii. 5. Luke xxiv. 4, 5. Acts
i. 10.
307 2 Kings xix. 35. Isaiah xxxvii. 36.
308 Daniel x. 13, 20; xii. 1.
309 Matt. xviii. 10.
310 Luke xv. 7.
311 Luke xvi. 22.
312 2 Kings vi. 17.
313 Acts xii. 15.
314 Daniel xii. 1. Jude, ver. 9.
315 1 Thess. iv. 16.
316 Daniel x. 13, 21; viii. 16; ix. 21. Luke i. 19, 26. Tob. iii. 17; v.
5.
317 Matt. xxvi. 53.
318 Daniel vii. 10.
319 Psalm xxxiv. 7.
320 Luke xv. 10; iv. 10; xvi. 22. Psalm xci. 12. Matt. iv. 6; xviii. 10.
321 Acts vii. 53. Gal. iii. 19.
322 Matt. xxii. 30; xxiv. 36; xxv. 31. Luke ix. 26.
323 1 Tim. v. 21.
324 Heb. i. 4; ii. 16.
325 Heb. xii. 22, 23.
326 1 Peter i. 12.
327 Heb. i. 6.
328 Mal. iii. 1.
329 Col. i. 16, 20.
330 Rev. xix. 10; xxii. 8, 9.
331 2 Kings vi. 15, 16, 17.
332 Gen. xxviii. 12.
333 John i. 51.
334 Gen. xxiv. 7, 12, 27, 52.
335 2 Cor. iv. 4. John xii. 31.
336 Matt. xii. 29. Luke xi. 21.
337 Ephes. ii. 2.
338 1 Peter v. 8, 9.
339 Ephes. vi. 12, &c.
340 Mark xvi. 9.
341 Matt. xii. 43‐45.
342 Luke viii. 30.
343 Matt. xxv. 41.
344 Matt. xiii. 25, 28.
345 John viii. 44.
346 John viii. 44.
347 2 Peter ii. 4. Jude, ver. 6.
348 1 Tim. v. 21.
349 Job i. 6; ii. 1.
350 1 Kings xxii. 20, &c.
351 1 Sam. xvi. 14; xviii. 10.
352 Psalm lxxviii. 49.
353 2 Thess. ii. 9, 11.
354 Ephes. iv. 27.
355 1 Peter v. 8.
356 2 Cor. xii. 7.
357 Gen. iii. 15.
358 2 Sam. xxiv. 1. 1 Chron. xxi. 1.
359 2 Tim. ii. 26.
360 Rom. xvi. 20.
361 John xiv. 30.
362 Luke x. 18.
363 Luke xi. 21.
364 John xii. 31.
365 2 Cor. iv. 4.
366 Eph. ii. 2.
367 Rom. ix. 22.
368 John viii. 44.
369 1 John iii. 10.
370 Matt. xii. 43. Jude 6.
371 John viii. 44. 1 John iii. 10.
372 Jude 9.
373 Job i. 6; ii. 1.
374 Matt. viii. 29.
375 Matt. xxv. 41.
376 2 Peter ii. 4.
377 Gen. i. 28; ix. 2.
378 Gen. ii. 7; iii. 19, 23.
379 Eccles. xii. 7.
380 Luke xxiii. 46.
381 Acts vii. 59.
382 Job iv. 19.
383 2 Cor. v. 4.
384 2 Peter i. 13, 14.
385 2 Cor. v. 10.
386 2 Cor. vii. 1.
387 1 Peter ii. 25.
388 1 Peter i. 9, 22; ii. 11.
389 Heb. xiii. 17.
390 2 Cor. i. 23.
391 Matt. x. 28. Luke xii. 4, 5.
392 Heb. xii. 9.
393 Luke xvi. 22.
394 2 Cor. v. 6, 8.
395 Acts xxiii. 8.
396 Gen. i. 27.
397 Ovid’s Metam. lib. 1. Dryden’s Translation.
398 Gen. i. 26.
399 Matt. xxii. 30.
400 1 Cor. xv. 45.
401 Col. iii. 10.
402 Eph. iv. 24.
403 2 Cor. iii. 18.
404 1 Cor. xi. 7.
405 John i. 4.
406 Gen. ii. 7.
407 Acts xvii. 28.
408 2 Cor. iii. 18.
409 Hebrews xi. 3.
410 Matt. vi. 26; x. 29.
411 Psalm xxxiii. 6.
412 Psalm xxxiii. 13.
413 Psalm civ. 27‐30.
414 Acts xvii. 28.
415 Matt. x. 30.
416 Joshua x. 13.
417 2 Kings xx. 11.
418 Psalm cxv. 3.
419 Psalm viii. 2.
420 Jer. x. 2.
421 Gen. xxii. 8.
422 John v. 17.
423 Acts xvii. 28.
424 Heb. i. 3.
425 Psalm cxlvii. 9.
426 Matt. x. 29.
427 Psalm cxiii. 5, 6.
428 Jer. x. 23.
429 Prov. xx. 24.
430 Prov. xvi. 1.
431 Exod. xxi. 13.
432 Prov. xvi. 33.
433 Prov. xxix. 13.
434 Psalm lxxv. 6, 7.
435 Exod. xvi. 13. Num. xi. 31.
436 Jonah i. 4.
437 Psalm civ. 3, 4.
438 Psalm cvii. 25, 29.
439 Amos iv. 9. Haggai i. 6‐11.
440 Psalm cxxvii. 3.
441 Gen. xxx. 2.
442 Deut. viii. 3.
443 Isaiah iii. 1.
444 Psalm cxxxvi. 25.
445 Psalm xxxiv. 15, 16.
446 Job xiv. 5.
447 1 Sam. vi. 9.
448 Psalm xl. 5.
449 John ix. 3.
450 Psalm xxxvi. 6.
451 Deut. xxx. 12‐14. Rom. x. 6, 7.
452 Rom. xi. 33, 34.
453 Deut. xxix. 29.
454 Job xxvi. 14.
455 Job xxviii. 21, 28.
456 Prov. xvi. 9.
457 Psalm lv. 22. 1 Peter v. 7.
458 Psalm xci. 1.
459 Zech. ii. 8.
460 Isaiah xxvi. 1; xlix. 15.
461 Psalm xci. 12.
462 Matt. x. 29, 30.
463 Exod. iii. 21.
464 1 Kings xxii. 22.
465 1 Kings xii. 10‐15.
466 2 Sam. xvii. 7, 14.
467 Job i. 12.
468 Gen. xlv. 7, 8; l. 20.
469 Job i. 21.
470 2 Sam. xvi. 10.
471 Psalm xxxix. 9.
472 Eph. vi. 12.
473 Deut. xxviii. 1, &c.
474 Lev. xxvi. 23, 24.
475 Lam. iii. 37, 38. Amos iii. 6.
476 Isaiah xlv. 7.
477 2 Sam. x. 12.
478 Psalm xci. 3‐6.
479 Psalm cxviii. 6; xxvii. 1, 3; xxiii. 4.
480 1 Cor. xvi. 7. 1 Thes. ii. 18.
481 Psalm xxxi. 15.
482 Isaiah vii. 4.
483 Ezek. xxix. 3, 4.
484 Gen. vi. 6.
485 1 Sam. xv. 11.
486 Jer. xviii. 8.
487 Jonah iii. 4, 10.
488 Isaiah xxxviii. 1, 5.
489 2 Kings xx. 1, 5.
490 1 Sam. xv. 29.
491 1 Sam. xv. 29.
492 Numb. xxiii. 19.
493 Psalm vii. 11.
494 Gen. xx. 3, 7.
495 Isaiah xiv. 27.
496 Psalm cxv. 3.
497 Job i. 21.
498 1 Kings xxii. 20‐23.
499 Acts iv. 28.
500 Acts ii. 23.
501 Acts iii. 18.
502 2 Sam. xii. 12; xvi. 22.
503 Jer. l. 25.
504 Isaiah v. 26; x. 5; xix. 25.
505 2 Sam. xvi. 10.
506 1 Kings xi. 31.
507 1 Sam. ii. 34.
508 Prov. xxi. 1.
509 Isaiah xxix. 14. Psalm cvii. 40. Ezek. vii. 26.
510 Lev. xxvi. 36.
511 1 Sam. xxvi. 12.
512 Rom. i. 28; xi. 8. Exod. viii. 15.
513 Exod. iv. 21.
514 Deut. ii. 30. Joshua xi. 20.
515 Psalm cv. 25.
516 Isaiah x. 6.
517 1 Sam. xvi. 14.
518 2 Cor. iv. 4.
519 2 Thess. ii. 10‐12.
520 Ezek. xiv. 9.
521 Rom. i. 28.
522 Psalm li. 4.
523 1 John v. 4.
524 Job i. 21.
525 1 Sam. ii. 25.
526 Psalm cxv. 3.
527 Isaiah xlv. 7. Amos iii. 6.
528 Deut. xix. 5.
529 Acts iv. 28.
530 Ephes. iii. 9, 10.
531 1 Tim. vi. 16.
532 Psalm cxi. 2.
533 2 Sam. xvi. 22.
534 2 Sam. xvi. 10.
535 1 Kings xii. 20.
536 Hosea viii. 4.
537 Hosea xiii. 11.
538 1 Kings xi. 23.
539 1 Kings xii. 15. 2 Chron. x. 15.
540 2 Kings x. 7, 8, 9, 10.
541 Rom. v. 19.
542 Rom. viii. 20, 22.
543 Psalm li. 5.
544 Job xiv. 4.
545 Rom. v. 12.
546 Rom. v. 19.
547 1 Cor. xv. 22.
548 Rom. viii. 10.
549 Ephes. ii. 3.
550 John iii. 5, 6.
551 Gal. v. 19.
552 Rom. v. 12.
553 Rom. vii. 18.
554 Ephes. iv. 17, 18.
555 Ephes. iv. 23.
556 Rom. xii. 2.
557 Rom. viii. 6, 7.
558 Eccles. vii. 29.
559 Ephes. ii. 3.
560 2 Cor. iii. 17.
561 2 Peter ii. 19.
562 John xv. 5.
563 Gen. iii. 5.
564 Jer. xvii. 5.
565 Psalm cxlvii. 10.
566 Isaiah xl. 29‐31.
567 James iv. 6.
568 Isaiah xliv. 3.
569 Isaiah lv. 1.
570 Isaiah lx. 16.
571 John i. 5.
572 Exod. xxxi. 2‐11; xxxv. 30‐35.
573 Judges vi. 34; xv. 14.
574 1 Sam. x. 26.
575 1 Sam. x. 6.
576 1 Sam. xvi. 13.
577 Job xii. 24. Psalm cvii. 40.
578 John i. 4.
579 John i. 13.
580 Matt. xvi. 17.
581 Psalm xxxvi. 9.
582 1 Cor. xii. 3.
583 John iii. 27.
584 Deut. xxix. 3, 4.
585 Jer. xxiv. 7.
586 John vi. 44.
587 Heb. i. 3.
588 1 Cor. ii. 14.
589 1 Cor. ii. 9.
590 1 Cor. i. 20.
591 Eph. i. 17.
592 Psalm cxix. 18.
593 James i. 17.
594 John xvi. 14.
595 Rom. ii. 14, 15.
596 2 Cor. iii. 5.
597 Psalm xciv. 11.
598 Gen. vi. 5; viii. 21.
599 Psalm cxix. 34.
600 Col. i. 9. Phil. i. 4.
601 Col. i. 9.
602 Psalm li. 10.
603 Rom. vii. 18, 19.
604 Rom. vii. 20.
605 Rom. vii. 22, 23.
606 2 Cor. iii. 5.
607 Gen. viii. 21.
608 John viii. 34.
609 Phil. ii. 13.
610 Psalm cxix.
611 Psalm li. 10.
612 John iii. 6.
613 Rom. viii. 6, 7.
614 Eph. iv. 22, 23.
615 Ephes. iv. 17, 18.
616 Isaiah lx. 1, &c.
617 Psalm lxii. 9.
618 Jer. xvii. 9.
619 Rom. iii. 10‐18.
620 Isaiah xi. 2.
621 Psalm cxi. 10.
622 Jer. xxxi. 18.
623 Jer. xxxi. 11.
624 Phil. i. 6.
625 Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 27.
626 2 Cor. iii. 5.
627 Phil. ii. 13.
628 1 Cor. xii. 6.
629 1 Cor. i. 30.
630 Eph. ii. 10.
631 Psalm c. 3.
632 John vi. 45.
633 Jer. xxxii. 39.
634 Ezek. xi. 19.
635 1 Kings viii. 56.
636 Psalm cxix. 36.
637 Psalm li. 10.
638 John xv. 1, 4, 5.
639 Matt. xv. 13.
640 Phil. ii. 13.
641 1 Cor. xii. 6.
642 Psalm lxxxvi. 11.
643 Psalm cxix. 133.
644 Ezek. xi. 19, 20; xxxvi. 27.
645 John vi. 45.
646 John vi. 44.
647 1 John iii. 9.
648 Matt. xxv. 23, 29. Luke xix. 17, 26.
649 Phil. ii. 13.
650 1 Cor. xv. 10.
651 Psalm lix. 10.
652 Psalm xxiii. 6.
653 2 Cor. xii. 9.
654 2 Cor. iv. 4.
655 Eph. ii. 2.
656 Job i.
657 Deut. ii. 30.
658 Job xii. 20, 24.
659 Isaiah lxiii. 17.
660 Exod. iv. 21.
661 Exod. vii. 3.
662 Deut. ii. 30.
663 Psalm cv. 25.
664 Isaiah v. 26; vii. 18.
665 Ezek. xii. 13; xvii. 20.
666 Jer. l. 23.
667 Isaiah x. 15.
668 1 Sam. xvi. 14; xviii. 19; xix. 19.
669 2 Thess. ii. 11, 12.
670 Exod. xi. 3.
671 Gen. xliii. 14.
672 Psalm cvi. 46.
673 1 Sam. xi. 6.
674 2 Sam. xvii. 14.
675 1 Kings xii. 10.
676 Lev. xxvi. 36.
677 Prov. xx. 12.
678 Prov. xxi. 1.
679 Rom. viii. 29.
680 1 Cor. iv. 7.
681 John xv. 5.
682 1 Cor. iii. 3.
683 Rom. ix. 16.
684 1 Cor. iii. 7.
685 Ezek. xi. 19, 20.
686 John vi. 44, 45.
687 2 Cor. ii. 16.
688 Gal. iii. 19. Rom. iii. 20; iv. 15; v. 20.
689 1 Tim. i. 5.
690 1 Thess. iii. 12.
691 Joel ii. 12.
692 Jer. xxxi. 18, 19.
693 Deut. x. 16, and xxx. 6.
694 Jer. iv. 4. Ezek. xxxvi. 26.
695 Acts xiii. 43.
696 Eph. vi. 10.
697 Eph. iv. 30.
698 2 Thess. i. 11.
699 2 Cor. viii. 1, &c.
700 Zech. i. 3.
701 Jer. xxxi. 32.
702 Amos v. 14. Isaiah i. 19, 20.
703 Jer. iv. 1. Deut. xxviii. 1.
704 Numb. xiv. 43.
705 Jer. vii. 13, 14.
706 Jer. vii. 28, 29.
707 Jer. xxxii. 23.
708 Jer. vii. 27.
709 Psalm lxxviii. 8.
710 Psalm xcv. 8.
711 Prov. xvi. 1.
712 Psalm cxix. 112.
713 Psalm cxix. 33‐40.
714 Phil. ii. 12.
715 2 Peter i. 5.
716 1 Thess. v. 19.
717 2 Cor. vii. 1.
718 1 John v. 18.
719 John xvii. 15.
720 1 Peter i. 22.
721 1 John iii. 9.
722 1 John v. 4.
723 Deut. xxx. 11‐14.
724 Rom. x. 8.
725 Deut. xxx. 6.
726 Hos. v. 15.
727 Gen. iv. 7.
728 Rom. ix. 16.
729 Tit. iii. 4, 5.
730 Epist. 107, ad Vital.
731 1 Cor. iii. 9.
732 Ecclus. xv. 14.
733 Eccles. vii. 29.
734 Luke x. 30.
735 Eph. ii. 5; v. 14.
736 John v. 25.
737 1 Cor. i. 21.
738 John xvii. 3.
739 John iv. 22.
740 Ephes. ii. 12.
741 John i. 4.
742 John i. 12.
743 Gal. iii. 16.
744 1 Sam. ii. 10.
745 Psalm ii. 12.
746 John v. 24.
747 1 Kings xi. 13.
748 1 Kings xi. 39.
749 1 Kings xv. 4.
750 2 Kings viii. 19.
751 Psalm lxxviii. 60, 67, 68, 70, 71.
752 Psalm xxviii. 8.
753 Psalm xx. 9.
754 Psalm cxviii. 25, 26.
755 Psalm lxxx. 17.
756 Lam. iv. 20.
757 Hab. iii. 13.
758 Isaiah vii. 14.
759 Isaiah lv. 3.
760 Jer. xxiii. 5, 6.
761 Ezek. xxxiv. 23‐25.
762 Ezek. xxxvii. 24, 26.
763 Hos. i. 11.
764 Hos. iii. 5.
765 Mic. ii. 13.
766 Amos ix. 11.
767 Zech. ix. 9.
768 Psalm xxviii. 8, 9.
769 Matt. xxi. 9.
770 John xiv. 1.
771 Col. i. 15.
772 Rom. x. 4.
773 Lib. 4, c. 8.
774 1 John ii. 23.
775 Acts vii. 44. Heb. viii. 5. Ex. xxv. 40.
776 Exod. xix. 6.
777 1 Peter ii. 9.
778 Gal. iii. 24.
779 Isaiah liii. 5, &c.
780 Dan. ix. 26, &c.
781 Psalm cx. 4.
782 Rom. x. 4.
783 2 Cor. iii. 17.
784 Gal. iii. 19.
785 Deut. xxx. 15, 19.
786 Eccles. vii. 20.
787 Psalm cxliii. 2.
788 Job iv. 17; ix. 2; xv. 14; xxv. 4.
789 Gal. v. 17.
790 Gal. iii. 10.
791 Lib. de Nat. et Grat.
792 Matt. xix. 25, 26.
793 Rom. viii. 3, &c.
794 Rom. vii. 7.
795 Rom. iii. 20.
796 Rom. v. 20.
797 2 Cor. iii. 7. Rom. iv. 15.
798 Rom. iii. 19.
799 Rom. xi. 32.
800 1 Tim. i. 9, 10.
801 Gal. iii. 24.
802 Psalm xix. 7, 8.
803 Psalm cxix. 105.
804 Deut. xxxii. 46, 47.
805 Psalm i. 2.
806 Matt. v. 17, 18.
807 Gal. iii. 10.
808 Gal. iii. 13.
809 Gal. iv. 4, 5.
810 Col. ii. 17.
811 Matt. xxvii. 51.
812 Luke xvi. 16.
813 John i. 17.
814 Col. ii. 13, 14.
815 Ephes. ii. 14, 15.
816 Heb. x. 3‐14.
817 Heb. ix. 15.
818 Lev. xviii. 5.
819 Ezek. xviii. 4.
820 Deut. xii. 28, 32.
821 Deut. iv. 5, 6, 9.
822 Rom. vii. 14.
823 Matt. v. 22, 28.
824 Matt. xxii. 37‐40. Luke x. 27.
825 Rom. xi. 36.
826 Jer. xxxi. 33.
827 Matt. xxii. 32.
828 Deut. vii. 6; xiv. 2; xxvi. 18.
829 Lev. xi. 44.
830 Mal. i. 6.
831 Exod. iii. 6. Amos i. 2. Hab. ii. 20. Psalm lxxx. 1; xcix. 1. Isaiah
xxxvii. 16.
832 Deut. iv. 17.
833 Cap. xi. xii.
834 Jer. iii. 1, 2. Hos. ii. 2.
835 Ezek. xviii. 20.
836 Num. xiv. 18.
837 Jer. xxxii. 18.
838 Isaiah xxxix. 7.
839 Gen. xii. 17; xx. 3.
840 Ezek. xviii. 2.
841 Gen. xvii. 7.
842 Prov. xx. 7.
843 Isaiah xix. 18.
844 Isaiah lxv. 16.
845 Jer. xii. 16.
846 Jer. v. 7.
847 Zeph. i. 4, 5.
848 Lev. xix. 12.
849 Joshua vii. 19.
850 John ix. 24.
851 1 Sam. xiv. 45.
852 2 Kings vi. 31.
853 2 Cor. i. 23.
854 Deut. vi. 13.
855 Exod. xxiii. 13.
856 Heb. vi. 13, 16.
857 Matt. v. 34.
858 Exod. xxii. 11.
859 John x. 30, 18; vii. 16.
860 James v. 12.
861 Heb. vi. 16.
862 Gen. xxi. 24; xxvi. 31; xxxi. 53.
863 Ruth iii. 13.
864 1 Kings xviii. 10.
865 Numb. xiii. 22. Ezek. xx. 12; xxii. 8; xxiii. 38.
866 Jer. xvii. 21, 22, 27. Isaiah lvi. 2.
867 Neh. ix. 14.
868 Exod. xxxi. 13, 14, 16, 17.
869 Ezek. xx. 12.
870 Heb. iv. 9.
871 Isaiah lxvi. 23.
872 1 Cor. xv. 28.
873 Isaiah lviii. 13, 14.
874 Rom. vi. 4, &c.
875 Col. ii. 16, 17.
876 Deut. v. 14, 15.
877 Exod. xxiii. 12.
878 1 Cor. xiv. 40.
879 Col. ii. 16, 17.
880 Gal. iv. 10, 11.
881 Rom. xiv. 5.
882 1 Tim. v. 17.
883 Exod. xxi. 17.
884 Deut. xxi. 18‐21.
885 Matt. xv. 4‐6.
886 Eph. vi. 1. Col. iii. 20.
887 1 John iii. 15.
888 Matt. v. 22.
889 Matt. xix. 11.
890 Matt. xix. 12.
891 1 Cor. vii. 7.
892 1 Cor. vii. 2, 9.
893 1 Cor. vii. 34.
894 1 Cor. vii. 9.
895 Exod. xxiii. 1, 7.
896 Lev. xix. 16.
897 Deut. x. 12, 13.
898 Deut. xi. 22.
899 Luke x. 27.
900 1 Tim. i. 5.
901 Matt. xxiii. 23.
902 Matt. xix. 18, 19.
903 Psalm xvi. 2.
904 Ephes. iii. 17.
905 Rom. xiii. 8.
906 Gal. v. 14.
907 Matt. vii. 12.
908 1 Cor. xiii. 5.
909 Prov. xxv. 21.
910 Exod. xxiii. 4, 5.
911 Rom. xii. 19.
912 Lev. xix. 18.
913 Matt. v. 44, 45.
914 Matt. v. 46.
915 Rom. xiii. 9.
916 Rom. vi. 23.
917 Matt. v. 19.
918 Ezek. xviii. 20.
919 Rom. vi. 23.
920 Mal. iv. 2.
921 1 Peter i. 10‐12.
922 John v. 46.
923 Matt. xiii. 16.
924 Luke x. 24.
925 John viii. 56.
926 John i. 18.
927 Heb. i. 1, 2.
928 Heb. i. 3.
929 2 Cor. iv. 6.
930 2 Cor. iv. 4.
931 1 Tim. iv. 6.
932 Matt. ix. 35.
933 2 Tim. i. 10.
934 2 Cor. i. 20.
935 John i. 51.
936 Col. i. 5.
937 1 John iii. 2.
938 1 Tim. iv. 8.
939 2 Tim. i. 1.
940 2 Cor. vii. 1.
941 Ephes. i. 13.
942 Rom. i. 16; iii. 21.
943 Rom. xvi. 25, 26.
944 John i. 29.
945 Matt. xi. 11.
946 John i. 23.
947 Mal. iv. 5.
948 John v. 35.
949 Rom. i. 1‐3.
950 Rom. iii. 21.
951 Ephes. i. 13, 14.
952 Col. i. 4, 5.
953 2 Thess. ii. 14.
954 Rom. iii. 19.
955 John viii. 56.
956 Heb. xiii. 8.
957 Luke i. 54, 72.
958 1 Cor. x. 1‐11.
959 John vi. 49, 51.
960 1 Peter i. 23, 25.
961 Isaiah xl. 8.
962 Lev. xxvi. 12.
963 Psalm cxliv. 15; xxxiii. 12.
964 Hab. i. 12.
965 Isaiah xxxiii. 22.
966 Deut. xxxiii. 29.
967 Lev. xxvi. 12.
968 Exod. vi. 7.
969 Gen. xvii. 7.
970 Exod. xx. 6.
971 Exod. iii. 6.
972 Matt. xxii. 32‐34. Luke xx. 37‐40.
973 Deut. xxxiii. 3.
974 Gen. iii. 17‐19.
975 Gen. iv. 8, 14.
976 Gen. vi. 14‐21.
977 Gen. vii. 11; viii. 13.
978 Gen. ix. 24, 25.
979 Gen. xii. 1.
980 Gen. xii. 10‐15.