You that have devoted this child to God, and engaged it in covenant to

him, must be thankful for so great a mercy to the child, and must be

faithful in performing what you have promised on your parts, in

instructing and educating this child in the faith and fear of God,

that he may own and perform the covenant now made, and receive all the

blessings which God hath promised. Hear what God hath made your duty,

"Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the

nurture and admonition of the Lord." "Train up a child in the way he

should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." "The rod

and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself bringeth his

mother to shame." "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy

heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might: and these words

which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart; and thou shalt

teach them diligently unto thy children, and thou shalt talk of them

when thou sittest in the house, and when thou walkest by the way, and

when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Joshua saith, "As for

me and my house, we will serve the Lord." And Paul saith of Timothy,

"From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to

make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ

Jesus."[266]

_Then say to the People thus, or to this sense._

You have heard, beloved, how great a dignity we were advanced to in

our baptism, to how great duty we are all engaged. O search and try,

whether you have kept or broken the covenant which you made, and have

lived according to the dignity of your calling. And if any of you be

atheists, unbelievers, or ungodly, and love not God above all, and

neglect Christ and his salvation, and are yet unsanctified, and live

after the flesh, the devil, and the world, which you here renounced;

as you love your souls, bewail your perfidious covenant-breaking with

God. Trust not the water of baptism alone: if you are not "born again

of the Spirit also, you cannot enter into the kingdom of God." Baptism

will not save you, if you have not the answer of a good conscience

unto God. "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, the same is none

of his." Much less those wretches that hate sanctification, and

despise and scorn a holy life, when they were by baptism engaged to

the Holy Ghost the Sanctifier. Can you think to be saved by the

covenant which you keep not? O no! Your perfidiousness aggravateth

your sin and misery. "When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay

it, for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed:

better it is that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow

and not pay." O bless the Lord, that it is a covenant of such grace

which is tendered to you. That upon true repentance and conversion,

even your covenant-breaking shall be forgiven; and therefore

penitently cast down yourselves before the Lord, and believingly cast

yourselves on Christ, and yield to the teachings and sanctifying

operations of the Holy Ghost. Yet know the day of your visitation, and

forsake the flesh, the devil, and the world, and turn to God with all

your hearts, and give up yourselves entirely to your Creator,

Redeemer, and Sanctifier, and he will have mercy upon you, and will

abundantly pardon you. But if you still live after the flesh, you

shall die: and if you continue to neglect this great salvation, there

remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for

of judgment, and fire, which shall devour the adversaries.[267]

Let no children be privately baptized, nor any Minister forced to

baptize them any where, besides in the public assembly, unless upon

some special weighty cause. If there be occasion for baptizing the

adult, let the minister accordingly suit his expressions.

OF CATECHISING, AND THE APPROBATION OF THOSE THAT ARE TO BE ADMITTED

TO THE LORD'S SUPPER.

Seeing none can be saved at years of discretion, that do not actually

believe, and personally give up themselves in covenant to God the

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; therefore as parents must do their

parts, so ministers must catechise the ignorant, and diligently

labour to cause them both to learn the form of wholesome words, (even

the Lord's prayer and the ten commandments, and some brief, yet full

and sound catechism,) and to understand the meaning of them, and to

engage their hearts into the love of God, and a holy obedience to his

laws.

To this end, let the minister, either every Lord's day, before the

evening prayers, or at some convenient hour, or on some other day of

the week, as oft as he can, examine publicly such as are not admitted

to the Lord's supper, and take an account of their learning, and

understanding the creed, the ten commandments, the Lord's prayer, and

the catechism. And let him by questioning and explication, help them

to understand them. And let such of the several families of the

parish come in their turns, when they are called by the minister to

be thus catechised. Also let the minister either go to their houses,

or rather appoint the persons aforesaid in their courses at a certain

hour and place, (in the church or any other fit place,) to come to

him for personal instructions, where he may confer with those that

are unmeet to be catechised publicly, or unwilling to submit to it;

and there with humble, prudent, serious instruction and exhortation,

let him endeavour to acquaint them with the substance of christian

faith and duty, and to help them to make sure their calling and

election, and to prepare for death and judgment, and exhort them to

love and to good works, and warn them lest they be hardened through

the deceitfulness of sin. But let him not in public or private meddle

with impertinencies, or spend the time about smaller matters, or

singular opinions, nor sift people to know things unfit or

unnecessary to be disclosed, nor meddle with matters that do not

concern him as a minister to inquire after; but help them to learn,

and understand, and practise the christian religion expressed in the

catechism.

_The Catechism._

[Sidenote: See the Rubric for Catechism and Confirmation in the Common

Prayer, and also his Majesty's Declaration concerning ecclesiastical

affairs.]

Let none be admitted by the minister to the sacrament of the Lord's

supper, till they have at years of discretion understood the meaning

of their baptismal covenant, and with their own mouths, and their own

consent openly before the church, ratified and confirmed, and also

promised, that by the grace of God, they will evermore endeavour

themselves faithfully to observe and keep such things as by their

mouth and confession they have assented to; and so being instructed

in the christian religion, do openly make a credible profession of

their own faith, and promise to be obedient to the will of God.

A profession is credible, when it is made understandingly, seriously,

voluntarily, deliberately, and not nullified by contradiction in word

or deed. And that profession is incredible, that is made ignorantly,

ludicrously, forcedly, rashly, or that is nullified by verbal or

practical contradiction. And it must be practice first, that must

make words credible, when the person by perfidiousness hath forfeited

his credit. It is not private persons only, but the pastors of the

church that must approve of this profession. Therefore, before any

are admitted to the Lord's supper, they shall give a good account of

their knowledge, faith, and christian conversation conformable

thereunto, unto the pastors of their respective congregations, or

else shall produce a certificate, that they have been approved or

admitted to the Lord's supper in another congregation, of which they

were members, and that by an allowed minister, upon such approved

profession as aforesaid.

If the person be able and willing, let him before the congregation

give the aforesaid account at large, of his knowledge, faith, and

obedience; but if through backwardness, or disability for public

speech, he shall refuse it, let him make the same profession

privately to the minister, and own it in the assembly, when the

minister shall declare it, and ask him whether he owns it. But unless

it be in case of some extraordinary natural imperfection, and

disability of utterance, let him at least openly recite the creed,

and profess his consent to the covenant with God the Father, Son, and

Holy Ghost.

Let the minister of every parish keep a double register: one of the

names of all that are there baptized; another of the names of all

that are approved upon their foresaid credible profession, and so

admitted into the number of communicants, or that have a certificate

of such approbation, regularly elsewhere performed.

And if confirmation be continued, let his Majesty's Declaration be

observed, requiring, That confirmation be rightly and solemnly

performed, by the information, and with the consent, of the minister

of the place.

Let no minister be enforced to admit any himself to the Lord's

supper, who hath been clancularly and irregularly approved.

Those that after this approbation prove scandalous offenders, shall

not by the minister be suffered to partake of the Lord's table, until

they have openly declared themselves to have truly repented, and

amended their former naughty lives.

OF THE CELEBRATION OF MATRIMONY.

Before the solemnizing of marriage between any persons, their purpose

of marriage shall be published by the minister, three several Lord's

days in the congregation, at the place or places of their most usual

abode respectively. And of this publication, the minister who is to

join them in marriage shall have sufficient testimony, before he

proceed to solemnize the marriage; the parents' consent being first

sufficiently made known.

At the celebration, the minister shall either by a sermon, or other

exhortation, open to them the institution, ends, and use of marriage,

with the conjugal duties which they are faithfully to perform to each

other. And then shall demand of them whether it be their desire and

purpose to be joined together in the bond of the marriage covenant;

and if they answer affirmatively, he shall say to them,

I require and charge you, as you will answer at the dreadful day of

judgment, (when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed,) that if

either of you do know any impediment by pre-contract or otherwise, why

you may not lawfully be joined together in marriage, you discover it,

and proceed not.

If no impediment be discovered by them or others, he shall proceed to

pray.

[Sidenote: If they be young, it may be said, Bless them with children,

and let them be devoted, &c.]

Most merciful Father, who hast ordained marriage for mutual help, and

for the increase of mankind with a legitimate issue, and of the church

with a holy seed, and for prevention of uncleanness; bless thy own

ordinance to these persons, that entering this state of marriage in

thy fear, they may there entirely devote themselves unto thee, and be

faithful in all conjugal affections and duties unto each other; [and

if thou bless them with children,] let them be devoted unto thee, and

accepted as thine own, and blessed with thy grace, and educated in thy

fear. Subdue those corruptions that would make their lives unholy or

uncomfortable, and deliver them from temptations to impiety,

worldliness, unquietness, discontent, or disaffection to each other,

or to any unfaithfulness to thee or to each other. Make them meet

helps to each other in thy fear, and in the lawful management of the

affairs of this world. Let them not hinder, but provoke one another to

love and to good works; and foreseeing the day of their separation by

death, let them spend their days in a holy preparation, and live here

together as the heirs of life that must rejoice at the great marriage

day of the Lamb, and live for ever with Christ and all the holy angels

and saints in the presence of thy glory.[268] Amen.

_The woman if she be under Parents or Governors, being by one of

them, or some deputed by them, given to be married, the man with his

right hand shall take the woman by the right hand, and shall say,_

I A. do take thee B. to be my married wife, and do promise and

covenant in the presence of God, and before this congregation, to be a

loving and faithful husband to thee, till God shall separate us by

death.

_Then the woman shall take the man by the right hand with her right

hand, and say,_

I B. do take thee A. to be my married husband, and I do promise and

covenant in the presence of God, and before this congregation, to be a

loving, obedient, and faithful wife unto thee, till God shall separate

us by death.

_Then let the Minister say,_

These two persons, A. and B. being lawfully married according to God's

ordinance, I do pronounce them husband and wife. And those whom God

hath conjoined, let no man put asunder.

_Next he may read the duty of Husbands and Wives out of Eph. v. 2;

Col. iv. 2; 1 Pet. iii.; and Psalm cxxviii. or some other pertinent

Psalm, may be said or sung: and let the minister exhort them to their

several duties, and then pray:_

Most merciful Father, let thy blessings rest upon these persons now

joined in lawful marriage; sanctify them and their conversations,

their family, estates, and affairs, unto thy glory. Furnish them with

love to thee and to each other, with meekness, patience, and

contentedness. Let them not live unto the flesh, but unto the Spirit,

that of the Spirit they may reap everlasting life, through Jesus

Christ our Lord and Saviour.[269] Amen.

_Then let him conclude with a Benediction._

God Almighty, the Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, bless you in your

souls and bodies, families and affairs, and preserve you to his

heavenly kingdom. Amen.

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK, AND THEIR COMMUNION.

The visitation of the sick being a private duty, and no part of the

public Liturgy of the church, and the case of the sick being so

exceeding various, as to soul and body; and it being requisite that

ministers be able to suit their exhortations and prayers to the

condition of the sick, but the words of such exhortations and prayers

be left to their prudence.

So urgent is the necessity of the sick, and so seasonable and

advantageous the opportunity, that ministers may not negligently

overpass them, but in love and tenderness instruct them according to

their several conditions; endeavouring the conversion of the

ungodly, the strengthening of the weak, and comforting such as need

consolation; directing them how to improve their afflictions, and

helping them to be sensible of the evil of sin, the negligences and

miscarriages of their lives, the vanity of the world, their necessity

of a Saviour, the sufficiency of Christ, the certainty and excellency

of the everlasting glory; exhorting them to repentance and to faith

in Christ, and to set their affections on the things above; and (if

they are penitent believers) comfortably to hope for the kingdom

which God hath promised to them that love him, committing their souls

to their Redeemer, and quietly resting in the will, and love, and

promises of God; resolving if God shall recover them to health, to

redeem the time, and live the rest of their lives unto his glory; and

being willing, if it be their appointed time, to depart and be with

Christ. And they must be exhorted to forgive such as have wronged

them, and to be reconciled to those with whom they have been at

variance, and to make a pious, just, and charitable disposal of their

worldly estates.

THE ORDER OF SOLEMNIZING THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

It is agreeable to nature and religion, that the burial of christians

be solemnly and decently performed. As to the cases, Whether the

corpse shall be carried first into the church, that is to be buried

in the church-yard; and whether it shall be buried before the sermon,

reading, or prayer, or after, or in the midst of the reading, or

whether any prayer shall be made at the grave, for the living; let no

christians uncharitably judge one another about these things. Let no

people keep up groundless usages, that being suspicious grieve their

minister and offend their brethren. Let no minister that scrupleth

the satisfying of people's ungrounded desires in such things, be

forced to do it against his conscience; and let ministers that do use

any of these customs or ceremonies, have liberty, when they suspect

that the people desire them upon some error, to profess against that

error, and teach the people better.

Whether the minister come with the company that brings the corpse

from the house, or whether he meet them, or receive them at the

burial-place, is to be left to his own discretion. But while he is

with them, let him gravely discourse of man's mortality, and the

useful truths and duties thence to be inferred: and either at the

grave, or in the reading place, or pulpit, by way of sermon,

according to his discretion, let him (at least if it be desired)

instruct and exhort the people concerning death, and the life to

come, and their necessary preparation; seeing the spectacle of

mortality, and the season of mourning, do tend to prepare men for a

sober, considerate entertainment of such instructions: and he may

read such scriptures as may mind them of death, resurrection, and

eternal life, as 1 Cor. xv. or from verse 10 to the end, and Job i. 21;

xix. 25, 26, 27; John xi. 25, 26; v. 28, 29. And his prayer shall

be suited to the occasion.

Whenever the rain, snow, or coldness of the season, make it

unhealthful to the minister or people to stand out of doors, at least

then let the reading, exhortation, and prayers, be used within the

church.

OF EXTRAORDINARY DAYS OF HUMILIATION AND THANKSGIVING, AND ANNIVERSARY

FESTIVALS.

When great afflictions lie upon the church, or any special part or

members of it, or when any great sins have been committed among them,

it is meet that in public, by fasting and prayer, we humble ourselves

before the Lord, for the averting of his displeasure; and on such

occasions it is the pastor's duty to confess his own and the people's

sins, with penitence, and tenderness of heart, and by his doctrine

and exhortation, to endeavour effectually to bring the people to the

sight and sense of their sin, and the deserts of it, and to a firm

resolution of better obedience for the time to come, being

importunate with God in prayer for pardon and renewed grace.

Upon the receipt of great and extraordinary mercies, the church

(having opportunity) is to assemble for public thanksgiving unto God,

and the minister to stir up the people to a lively sense of the

greatness of those mercies, and joyfully to celebrate the praises of

God, the author of them. And it is not unmeet on these days to

express our joy in feasting and outward signs of mirth, provided they

be used moderately, spiritually, and inoffensively, and not to

gratify our sensual desires, and that we relieve the poor in their

necessities (which also on days of humiliation and other seasons we

must not forget). The occasions of such days of humiliation and

thanksgiving being so various, as cannot be well suited by any

standing forms, the minister is to apply himself to the respective

duties, suitable to the particular occasions.

Though it be not unlawful or unmeet to keep anniversary commemoration

by festivals, of some great and notable mercies to the church or

state, the memory whereof should be transmitted to posterity; nor to

give any persons their due honour who have been the instruments

thereof: yet because the festivals of the church's institution now

observed, are much abused, and many sober, godly persons, ministers,

and others, are unsatisfied of the lawfulness of the celebrating them

as holidays, let the abuse be restrained; and let not the religious

observation of those days by public worship, be forced upon any that

are thus unsatisfied, provided they forbear all offensive behaviour

thereupon.

OF PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING FOR PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.

Besides the petitions that are put up for all in such distresses, in

the general prayer, it is meet that persons in dangerous sickness, or

other great affliction of body or mind, and women that are near the

time of child-bearing, when they desire it, shall be particularly

recommended to God in the public prayers of the church. Because all

the members constitute one body, and must have the same care one for

another, as suffering all with one that suffereth, and rejoicing all

with one that is honoured. And the effectual fervent prayer of the

righteous, especially of the whole congregation, availeth much with

God. But because diseases, distresses, and grief of mind, are so

various that no forms that are particular can suit them all; and

because every minister should be able to suit his prayers to such

various necessities of the people; we desire that it may be left to

his discretion to pray for such according to their several cases,

before or after sermon. But we desire that except in case of sudden

necessity, they may send in their bills of request to him the night

before, that he may consider of their cases, and may publish only

such, and in such expressions, as in prudence he shall judge meet for

the ears of the assembly.

In the more ordinary cases of persons in sickness, danger, and

distress, and that are delivered from them; these following prayers

may be used, or such like.

_A Prayer for the Sick, that is in hopes of Recovery._

Most merciful Father, though our sin doth find us out, and we are

justly afflicted for our transgressions, yet are we not consumed in

thy wrath; but thou punishest us less than our iniquities do deserve:

though thou causest grief, yet wilt thou have compassion according to

the multitude of thy mercies, for thou dost not willingly afflict and

grieve the children of men. Thou revivest the spirit of the humble,

and the heart of the contrite ones, for thou wilt not contend for

ever, neither wilt thou be always wroth, for the spirit would fail

before thee, and the soul which thou hast made. Look down in tender

mercy on the affliction of this thy servant. O Lord, rebuke him not in

thy wrath; neither chasten him in thy hot displeasure. All his desire

is before thee, and his groaning is not hid from thee; have mercy upon

him, O Lord, for he is weak. O Lord, heal him, whose bones and soul is

vexed. In death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who

shall give thee thanks? Remember that we are but flesh; a wind that

passeth away and cometh not again. Wilt thou break a leaf driven to

and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Remember not the

iniquities of his youth, or his transgressions: look upon his

affliction, and his pain, and forgive all his sins. Though the sorrows

of death do compass him about, yet if it be for thy glory and his

good, recover him, and let him live and praise thy name. Rebuke his

sickness; direct unto such means as thou wilt bless. In the time of

his trouble we call upon thee, do thou deliver him, and let him

glorify thee: however, show him the sin that doth offend thee; let him

search and try his ways, and confess and turn from his iniquity, and

let it be good for him that he was afflicted. Let this be the fruit of

it, to purge and take away his sin, that being chastened of the Lord,

he may not be condemned with the world. And though chastisement for

the present seemeth not to be joyous, but grievous, yet afterwards let

it yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness to this thy servant,

that is exercised therein. In the mean time, O Lord, be thou his

portion, who art good to the soul that seeketh thee, and waiteth for

thee. Let him patiently and silently bear thy yoke; let him hope and

quietly wait for thy salvation: considering that thou wilt not cast

off for ever; that thy anger is but for a moment, but in thy favour is

life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning:

and that whom thou lovest, thou chastenest, and scourgest every son

whom thou receivest; and that if he endure chastening, thou dealest

with him as a son. If he be recovered, let him devote himself

entirely to they glory: that when thou hast put off his sackcloth and

mourning, and girded him with gladness, he may speak thy praise, and

give thee thanks. If he receive the sentence of death in himself, let

it cause him to trust in thee that raisest the dead, knowing that as

thou didst raise up the Lord Jesus, thou wilt raise him up also by

Jesus: therefore suffer not his hope to faint; but though his outward

man perish, yet let his inner man be renewed from day to day; and let

him live by faith, and look at the things which are not seen, ever at

the exceeding eternal weight of glory. Let him be found in Christ, not

having his own righteousness, but that which is of God by faith.

Restrain the tempter, and deliver thy servant from the sinful fears of

death, by Christ, who, through death destroyed the devil that had the

power of death; that he may find that death hath lost its sting, and

triumph over it by faith in him, through whom we are made more than

conquerors. That, by faith and love, his soul may now ascend unto his

Father and our Father, and to his God and our God; and is gone to

prepare a place for us; and hath promised, that where he is, there his

servants shall be also, that they may behold the glory which thou hast

given him. Magnify thyself in his body, whether by life or death, and

safely bring him into thy glorious presence, where is fulness of joy,

and everlasting pleasures, through Jesus Christ our Life and

Righteousness.[270] Amen.

_A Prayer for Women drawing near the time of Child-bearing._

Most merciful Father, who hast justly sentenced woman, that was first

in the transgression, to great and multiplied sorrows, and

particularly in sorrow to bring forth children; yet grantest

preservation and relief, for the propagation of mankind. Be merciful

to this thy servant; be near her with thy present help, in the needful

time of trouble; and though in travail she hath sorrow, give her

strength to bring forth. Being delivered, let her remember no more the

anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world. Bless her in the

fruit of her body; and being safely delivered, let her return thee

hearty thanks, and devote it and the rest of her life to thy service,

through Jesus Christ our Saviour.[271] Amen.

_A Thanksgiving for those that are restored from Dangerous

Sickness._

We thank thee, O most gracious God, that thou hast heard us when we

cried unto thee, for thy servant in his weakness and distress; that

thou hast not turned away our prayer nor thy mercy from him. We cried

to thee, and thou hast delivered and healed him, thou hast brought him

from the grave, thou hast kept him alive, that he should not go down

into the pit, thou hast forgiven his iniquity, and healed his

diseases, thou hast redeemed his life from destruction, and hast

crowned him with loving-kindness and tender mercies, thou hast not

deprived him of the residue of his years, thou hast repented thee of

the evil. His age is not departed; thou hast renewed his youth, and

given him to see man, with the inhabitants of the world; and to see

the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Day and night thy

hand was heavy upon him, but thou hast turned away thy wrath, and hast

forgiven the iniquity of his sin: for this every one that is godly

shall pray unto thee in a time of trouble. Thou art a hiding-place,

thou preservest us from trouble: when our flesh and our heart faileth

us, thou art the strength of our heart, and our portion for ever;

indeed, Lord, thou art good unto thine Israel; even to such as are

clean of heart. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but thou

deliverest them out of all: though all the day long they be afflicted,

and chastened every morning, yet are they continually with thee; thou

holdest them by thy right hand; thou art a present help in trouble,

when all the help of man is vain. Let thy servant love thee, because

thou hast heard his voice and supplication. Let him offer unto thee

the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay his vows to the Most High; and

take the cup of salvation, and call upon thee all his days. Let him be

wholly devoted to thy praise, and glorify thee in soul and body, as

being thine, and seasonably depart in peace unto thy glory; through

Jesus Christ, our Life and Righteousness.[272] Amen.

_A Thanksgiving for the Deliverance of Women in Child-bearing._

We return thee thanks, most gracious God, that thou hast heard our

prayers for this thy handmaid; and hast been her help in the time of

her necessity, and delivered her from her fears and sorrows. Death and

life are in thy power; thou killest, and thou makest alive; thou

bringest down to the grave, and thou bringest up; thou makest the

barren to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. We thank

thee, that thou hast given thy servant to see the fruit of her womb,

and that thou hast brought her again to thy holy assembly, to go with

the multitude to thy house, and worship thee with the voice of joy and

praise, that she may enter into thy gates with thanksgiving, and into

thy courts with praise, and we may all be thankful to thee on her

behalf, and speak good of thy name. Thou art good, O Lord, to all, and

thy tender mercies are over all thy works; thou preservest them that

love thee; thou raisest up them that are bowed down; thou fulfillest

the desire of them that fear thee; thou also dost hear their cry, and

save them. Command thy blessing yet upon thy servant and her

offspring; let her not forget thee and thy mercies, but let her devote

the life which thou hast given her to thy service, and educate her

offspring, as a holy seed, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And as thou hast said, that thy curse is in the house of the wicked,

but thou blessest the habitation of the just; let her and her house

serve thee, and let holiness to the Lord be written upon all wherewith

thou blessest her: let her make thee her refuge and habitation. Give

her the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in thy sight is of

great price. Let her not love the world, nor mind earthly things, but

use the world as not abusing of it; seeing the time is short, and the

fashion of this world passeth away. Restore her soul, and lead her in

the paths of righteousness: though she must walk through the valley of

the shadow of death, let her fear no evil. Let thy goodness and mercy

follow her all the days of her life, and let her dwell for ever in thy

glorious presence, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.[273]

Amen.

If the Child be dead, those passages which imply its living must be

omitted; and if the Woman be such as the Church hath cause to judge

ungodly, the Thanksgiving must be in words more agreeable to her

condition, if any be used.

OF PASTORAL DISCIPLINE, PUBLIC CONFESSION, ABSOLUTION, AND EXCLUSION

FROM THE HOLY COMMUNION OF THE CHURCH.

The recital of the curses are said in the book of Common Prayer, to

be instead of the godly discipline of the primitive church, till it

can be restored again, which is much to be wished, which is the

putting of notorious sinners to open penitence. His Majesty's

Declaration concerning ecclesiastical affairs, determineth that all

public diligence be used for the instruction and reformation of

scandalous offenders, whom the minister shall not suffer to partake

of the Lord's table, until they have openly declared themselves to

have truly repented and amended their former naughty lives, provided

there be place for due appeals to superior powers.

And the law of Christ commandeth, that if thy brother trespass

against thee, go and tell him his faults between him and thee alone:

if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother, but if he will

not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth

of two or three witnesses, every word may be established; and if he

shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he shall

neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man, or

as a publican. And it is the office of the pastors of the several

congregations, not only to teach the people in general, and guide

them in the celebration of the public worship, but also to oversee

them, and watch over each member of their flock particularly; to

preserve them from errors, heresies, divisions, and other sins,

defending the truth, confuting gainsayers and seducers, instructing

the ignorant, exciting the negligent, encouraging the despondent,

comforting the afflicted, confirming the weak, rebuking and

admonishing the disorderly and scandalous, and directing all

according to their needs in the matters of their salvation; and the

people in such needs should have ordinary recourse to them, as the

officers of Christ, for guidance, and resolution of their doubts; and

for assistance in making their salvation sure; and in proving,

maintaining, or restoring the peace of their consciences, and

spiritual comfort.[274]

If therefore any member of the church be a scandalous sinner, and the

crime be either notorious or fully proved, let the pastor admonish

him, and set before him the particular command of God which he

transgresseth, the supreme authority of God which he despiseth, the

promises and mercies which he treadeth under foot, and the curse and

dreadful condemnation which he draweth upon himself. Let this be done

with great compassion and tender love to the offender's soul, and

with gravity, reverent and serious importunity, as beseemeth men

employed on the behalf of God, for the saving of a soul; and yet with

judgment, and cautelous prudence, not taking that for sin which is no

sin, nor that for a gross and scandalous sin, which is but an

ordinary human frailty; not dealing as unreverently with a superior

as with an inferior; not making that public which should be

concealed; nor reproving before others when it should be done more

secretly; nor unreasonably speaking to those who through drink or

passion are incapable of the benefit; nor yet offending by

bashfulness, or the fear of man, or lukewarmness, negligence, or

slighting over great offences, on the other extreme.

Prudence also requireth them to be cautelous of over-meddling, where

the magistrate's honour or concernment, or the church's unity or

peace, or the reputation of others, or the interest of their

ministry, requireth them to forbear.

These cautions observed, if the scandalous offender continue

impenitent, or unreformed, after due admonitions and patience, let

the pastor in the congregation, when he is present, rebuke him before

all, that the church may sufficiently disown the crime, and others

may see the odiousness and danger of the sin. But let this also be

with the love and prudence before mentioned.

If the offender in obstinacy will not be there, the pastor may open

the crime before the congregation: and present or absent, (in case he

remain impenitent,) if the case will bear so long a delay, it is

convenient, that the pastor publicly pray for his conviction and

repentance, that he may be saved.

And this he may do one, or two, or three, or more days, as the nature

of the case and prudence shall direct him.

If during these means for his recovery (after the proof of the crime)

there be a communion of the church in the Lord's supper, let the

pastor require him to forbear, and not suffer him to partake of the

Lord's table.

If yet the offender remain impenitent, let the pastor openly declare

him unmeet for the communion of the church, and require him to

abstain from it, and require the church to avoid communion with him.

And let him bind him by the denunciations of the threatenings of God

against the impenitent.

But before this is done, let no necessary consultation with other

pastors, or concurrence of the church, be neglected: and after let

there be place for due appeals, and let ministers consent to give

account when they are accused of mal-administration.

But if, after private admonition, (while the offence is such as

requireth not public confession,) the sinner be penitent, let the

minister privately apply to his consolation the promises of the

gospel, with such cautelous prudence, as is most suitable to his

condition.

And if he repent not till after public admonition, or that the

scandal be so great and notorious, as that a public confession is

necessary, let him, at a seasonable time appointed by the pastor,

with remorse of conscience, and true contrition, confess his sin

before the congregation, and heartily lament it, and clear the honour

of his christian profession which he had stained, and crave the

prayers of the church to God for pardon and reconciliation through

Christ, and also crave the ministerial absolution and restoration to

the communion of the church, and profess his resolution to do so no

more; but to live in new obedience to God, desiring also their

prayers for corroborating and preserving grace.

It is only a credible profession of repentance, that is to be

accepted by the church.

The foregoing cautions must be carefully observed in such

confessions, that they be not made to the injuring of the magistrate,

or of the church, or of the reputation of others, or of the life,

estate, or liberty of the offender, or to any other shame than is

necessary to the manifesting of his repentance, and the clearing of

his profession, and the righting of any that he hath wronged, and the

honour and preservation of the church.

When he hath made a credible profession of repentance, it is the

pastor's duty, ministerially to declare him pardoned by Christ, but

in conditional terms. [If his repentance be sincere.] And to absolve

him from the censure of non-communion with the church, if he was

under such a censure before his penitence, and to declare him meet

for their communion, and to encourage him to come, and require the

church to entertain him into their communion with gladness, and not

upbraid him with his fall, but rejoice in his recovery, and endeavour

his confirmation and preservation for the time to come: and it is his

duty accordingly to admit him to communion, and theirs to have loving

communion with him: all which the penitent person must believingly,

lovingly, and joyfully receive. But if any by notorious perfidiousness,

or frequent covenant-breaking, have forfeited the credit of their

words, or have long continued in the sin which they do confess, so

that their forsaking it hath no proof; the church then must have

testimony of the actual reformation of such as these, before they may

take their professions and promises as credible: yet here the

difference of persons and offences is so great, that this is to be

much left to the prudence of pastors that are present, and acquainted

with the persons and circumstances of the case. In the transacting of

all this, these following forms, to be varied as the variety of cases

do require, may be made use of.

_A Form of Public Admonition to the Impenitent._

[Sidenote: The sin may be named and aggravated when it is convenient.]

A. B. you are convict of a gross and scandalous sin; you have been

admonished and entreated to repent. The promises of mercies to the

penitent, and the threatenings of God against the impenitent, have not

been concealed from you. We have waited in hope of your repentance, as

having compassion on your soul, and desiring your salvation; but we

must say with grief, you have hitherto disappointed us. We are certain

from the word of God, that you must be penitent, if ever you will be

pardoned, and that except you repent, you shall everlastingly perish.

To acquaint you publicly with this, and yet here to offer you mercy

from the Lord, is the next duty laid upon us for your recovery. Oh!

blame us not, if, knowing the terrors of the Lord, we thus persuade

you, and are loth to leave you in the power of Satan, and loth to see

you cast out into perdition, and that your blood should be required at

our hands, as not having discharged our duty to prevent it.[275]

Be it known unto you therefore, that it is the God of heaven and

earth, the great, the jealous, and the terrible God, whose laws you

have broken, and whose authority you despise. You refuse his

government, who is coming with ten thousands of his saints, to execute

judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly of their

ungodly deeds and speeches; who hath told us that "evil shall not

dwell with him." "The foolish shall not stand in his sight." "He

hateth all workers of iniquity." "The ungodly shall not stand in

judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous." God hath

not his laws in vain. "Though the wicked contemn God, and say in their

hearts he will not require it;" "yet their damnation slumbereth not,

they are reserved to the day of judgment, to be punished." "And he

seeth that their day is coming." If men cut off the lives of those

that break their laws, will God be outfaced by the pride and

stubbornness of sinners? He will not; you shall know he will not; he

threateneth not in jest. "Who hath hardened himself against him, and

hath prospered?" "Are you not as chaff and stubble? and is not our God

a consuming fire?" "If briers and thorns be set against him in battle,

will he not go through them, and burn them up together?" "Can your

heart endure, or your hands be strong, in the day when God shall deal

with you? It is the Lord that hath spoken it, and he will do it." What

will you do, when you must bear with the pains of hell from God, that

now can scarce endure to be thus openly and plainly warned of it? If

we to please you should be silent and betray you, do you think the God

of heaven will fear or flatter you to please a worm? "Do you provoke

the Lord to jealousy? are you stronger than he?" O man! for your

soul's sake, let not Satan abuse your understanding, and sin befool

you. Must you not die? And doth not judgment follow, when all secrets

shall be opened, and God will no more entreat you to confess. "Behold,

the Judge standeth at the door." Will sin go then with you for as

light a matter as it doth now? Will you then deny it, or will you

stand to all the reasonings, or excuses, by which you would now

extenuate or cover it? Will you defend it as your friend; and be angry

with ministers and reprovers as your enemies? Or will you not mourn at

last, (with weeping and gnashing of teeth,) and say, "How have I hated

instruction, and my heart despised reproof; and have not obeyed the

voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed

me!" "Oh that you were wise, that you understood this, and that you

would consider your latter end!" Believe God's wrath before you feel

it: be convinced by the word and servants of the Lord, before you are

confounded by the dreadfulness of his majesty. Yet there is hope; but

shortly there will be none, if you neglect it. Yet "if you confess and

forsake your sins, you shall have mercy; but if you cover them, you

shall not prosper. And if, being oft reproved, you harden your neck,

you shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy." "Be not

deceived, God is not mocked. Whatsoever you sow, that shall you also

reap." O man! you know not what it is to deal with an offended and

revenging God. Nor what it is to hear Christ say, "Depart from me, ye

workers of iniquity; I never knew you: depart from me, ye wicked, into

everlasting fire." You know not what it is to be shut out of heaven, and

concluded under utter desperation; and in hell to look back upon this

obstinate impenitence, and rejecting of the mercy that would have

saved you; and there to have conscience telling you for ever, what it

is that you have done. Did you know what this is, could you, think a

penitent confessing and forsaking your sin to be a condition too hard

for the preventing of such a doleful state? O no! You know not what a

case you are casting your immortal soul into. The Lord give you

repentance, that you may never know it by experience. To prevent this,

is our business with you: we delight not to displease or shame you.

But God hath told us, "That if any do err from the truth, and one

convert him, let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the

error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a

multitude of sins." I do therefore by the command, and in the name of

Jesus Christ, require and beseech you, that you do, without any more

delay, confess your sins and heartily bewail them; and beg pardon of

them, and resolve and promise by the help of God to do so no more. And

bless God that you have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the

righteous, whose blood will cleanse you from your sins, if you

penitently confess them; and that mercy may be yet had on so easy

terms. If you had any sense of your sin and misery, or any sense of

the dishonour done to God, or of the wrong that you have done to

others, and of the usefulness of your penitent confession, and

amendment, to the reparation of all these, you would cast yourself in

the dust, in shame and grief before the Lord, and before the church.

"To-day, therefore, if you will hear his voice, harden not your heart,

lest God forsake you, and give you over unto your own heart's lust, to

walk in your own counsels, and resolve in his wrath, you shall never

enter into his rest." And then God and this congregation will be

witnesses that you were warned; and your blood will be upon your own

head. But if, in penitent confession, you fly to Christ, and loathe

yourself for your iniquities, and heartily forsake them, I have

authority to promise you free forgiveness, and that your iniquity

shall not be your ruin.[276]

_A Form of Confession, to be made before the Congregation._

[Sidenote: * Here the sin must be named and aggravated, when by the

pastor it is judged requisite.]

I do confess before God and this congregation, that I have greatly

sinned. * I have offended and dishonoured God, wronged the church, and

the souls of others. I have deserved to be forsaken of the Lord, and

cast out of his presence and communion of saints, into desperation,

and remediless misery in hell. I am no more worthy to be called thy

son, or to have a name or place among thy servants. I do here declare

mine iniquity, and am sorry for my sins; they are gone over my head as

a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me, they take hold upon me. I

am ashamed, as unworthy to look up towards heaven, but my hope is in

the blood and grace of Christ, who made his life a sacrifice for sin,

and came to seek and save that which was lost; whose grace aboundeth

where sin hath abounded. The Lord be merciful to me a sinner. I humbly

beg of the congregation that they will earnestly pray, that God will

wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sins;

that he will forgive them, and blot them out, and hide his face from

them, and remember them no more; that he will not cast me away from

his presence, nor forsake me as I have forsaken him, nor deal with me

according to my deserts: but that he will create in me a clean heart,

and renew a right spirit in me, and grant me the joy of his salvation.

And I beg pardon of the church, and all that I have wronged; and

resolve by the grace of God to do so no more; but to walk more

watchfully as before the Lord. And I desire all that are ungodly, that

they think never the worse of the laws, or ways, or servants of the

Lord for my misdoings; for if I had been ruled by God, and by his

servants, I had never done as I have done. There is nothing in

religion that befriendeth sin; there is nothing so contrary to it, as

God and his holy laws, which I should have obeyed. Rather let all take

warning by me, and avoid temptations, and live not carelessly, and

hearken not to the inclinations or reasonings of the flesh, nor trust

their weak and sinful hearts; but live in godly fear and watchfulness,

and keep under the flesh, and keep close to God, and hearken to the

faithful counsel of his servants. And I entreat your prayers to God,

that I may be strengthened by his grace, that I may sin thus no more,

lest worse befall me.[277]

_A form of Prayer for a Sinner impenitent, after Public Admonition._

Most gracious God, according to thy command we have warned this

sinner, and told him of thy threatenings, and foretold him of thy

certain terrible judgments, that he might flee from the wrath to come;

but alas, we perceive not that he repenteth or relenteth, but

hardeneth his heart against reproof; as if he were able to contend

with thee, and overcome thy power. O let us prevail with thee for

grace, that we may prevail with him for penitent confession and

reformation. O pity a miserable sinner! so miserable, as that he

layeth not to heart his misery, nor pitieth himself. O save him from

the gall of bitterness, and from the bonds of his iniquity. Give him

repentance unto life, that he may recover himself out of the snare of

the devil, who is taken captive by him at his will. Give him not up to

a blind mind, to a seared conscience, a heart that is past feeling,

nor to walk in his own counsels, and after his own lusts. Let him no

longer despise the riches of thy goodness, and forbearance, and

long-suffering, nor with a hardened, impenitent heart, treasure up

wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of thy righteous

judgment; who wilt render to every man according to his deeds, even to

them that are contentious and obey not the truth, but obey

unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon

every soul of man that doeth evil. Let him be sure that the judgment

of God is according to truth against them that commit such things; and

let him not think in his impenitency to escape thy judgment. O suffer

him not, when he heareth the threatenings of thy word, to bless

himself in his heart, and say, I shall have peace, though I walk in

the imaginations of my heart, and add sin to sin; lest thy anger and

jealousy smoke against him, and thou wilt not spare him, but blot out

his name from under heaven, and all thy curses lie upon him, and thou

separate him to evil, even to the worm that dieth not, and to the fire

that is not quenched. O save him from his sins, from his impenitency,

and the pride and stubbornness of his heart. O save him from the

everlasting flames, and from thy wrath, which he is the more in danger

of, because he feeleth not, and feareth not his danger. Let him know

how hard it is for him to kick against the pricks, and how woeful to

strive against his Maker. Lay him at thy footstool in sackcloth and

ashes, in tears and lamentation, crying out, Woe unto me that I have

sinned; and humbling his soul in true contrition, and loathing

himself, and begging thy pardoning and healing grace, and begging the

prayers and communion of thy church, and resolving to sin wilfully no

more, but to live before thee in uprightness and obedience all his

days. O let us prevail with thee for the conversion of this impenitent

sinner, and so for the saving of his soul from death, and the hiding

and pardoning of his sins; that he that is lost may be found, and he

that is dead may be alive, and the angels of heaven, and we thy

unworthy servants here on earth, may rejoice at his repenting. Let us

see him restored by thy grace, that we may joyfully receive him into

our communion, and thou mayst receive him at last into thy heavenly

kingdom, and Satan may be disappointed of his prey; for thy mercy'

sake, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour.[278] Amen.

_A Form of Rejection from the Communion of the Church._

Jesus Christ, the King and Lawgiver of the church, hath commanded,

that, If a brother trespass against us, we go and tell him his fault

between him and us alone; and if he will not hear us, we shall then

take with us one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three

witnesses every word may be established; and if he shall neglect to

hear them, that he tell it to the church; and if he neglect to hear

the church, that he be to us as a heathen man, and a publican. And

that we keep no company, if any 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. And that we

withdraw ourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and

note him, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

According to these laws of Christ, we have admonished this offending

brother, who hath greatly sinned against God, and grieved and injured

the church; we have earnestly prayed and patiently waited for his

repentance, but we have not prevailed. But after all, he continueth

impenitent, and will not be persuaded to confess and forsake his sin:

we do therefore, according to these laws of Christ, declare him unmeet

for the communion of the church, and reject him from it; requiring him

to forbear it, and requiring you to avoid him; and we leave him bound

to the judgment of the Lord, unless his true repentance shall prevent

it.[279]

_A Form of Absolution, and Reception of the Penitent._

[Sidenote: * This must be omitted if the person was not first

rejected.]

Though you have greatly sinned against the Lord, and against his

church, and your own soul, yet seeing you humble yourself before him,

and penitently fly to Christ for mercy, resolving to do so no more;

hear now the glad tidings of salvation, which I am commanded to

declare unto you. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,

Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful to forgive us our sins, and to

cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Seek the Lord while he may be

found; call upon him while he is near. 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. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but

whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Brethren, if a

man be overtaken in a fault, restore such a one in the spirit of

meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted. According to

this word of grace, [* I do loose the bonds here laid upon you, and

receive you again into the communion of the church,] requiring to

receive you, and not upbraid you with your sin, but rejoice in your

recovery. And I do declare to you the pardon of all your sins in the

blood of Christ, if your repentance be sincere. And I exhort and

charge you, that you believingly and thankfully accept this great,

unspeakable mercy, and that you watch more carefully for the time to

come, and avoid temptations, and subdue the flesh, and accept

reproofs, and see that you return not to your vomit, or to wallow

again in the mire, when you are washed; but obey the Spirit, and keep

close to God in the means of your preservation.[280]

_A Form of Thanksgiving, or Prayer, for the Restored Penitent._

[Sidenote: * Leave out this if he was not rejected.]

O most merciful Father, we thank thee that thou hast brought as under

so gracious a covenant, as not only to pardon the sins of our

unregenerate state; but also upon our penitent confession, and return,

to cleanse us from all our unrighteousness, and pardon our falls by

the blood of Christ, and to restore our souls, and lead us again in

the paths of righteousness, and command thy servants to receive us. We

thank thee that thou hast thus restored this thy servant, giving him

repentance and remission of sin, [* and returning him to the communion

of thy church.] We beseech thee, comfort him with the believing

apprehensions of thy forgiveness and reconciliation through Jesus

Christ. Restore unto him the joy of thy salvation, and uphold him by

thy free Spirit; stablish, strengthen, settle him, that with full

purpose of heart he may cleave unto thee; and now thou hast spoken

peace to him he may not return again to folly. As he nameth the name

of Christ, let him depart from iniquity, and never more dishonour

thee, thy church or truth, nor his holy profession, but save him from

temptation. Let him watch and stand fast, and sin no more, lest worse

befall him. Let him not receive this grace in vain, nor turn it into

wantonness, nor continue in sin, that grace may abound. But let his

old man be crucified with Christ, and the body of sin be destroyed;

that henceforth he may no more serve sin, remembering what fruit he

had in those things whereof he is now ashamed, and that the end and

wages of sin is death: and let us all take warning by the falls of

others, and be not high-minded, but fear; and let him that thinketh he

standeth take heed lest he fall. Let us watch and pray that we enter

not into temptation, remembering that the flesh is weak; and our

adversary the devil walketh about seeking whom he may devour. And let

none of us hate our brother in our hearts, but in any wise rebuke our

neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him: and confirm us unto the end,

that we may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ; to whom

with thee, O Father, and thy Holy Spirit, be kingdom, and power, and

glory for ever.[281] Amen.

APPENDIX.

A LARGER LITANY, OR GENERAL PRAYER, TO BE USED AT DISCRETION.

O most holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, Father, Son and Holy

Ghost, three Persons and one God, infinite in power, wisdom, and

goodness, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier; our Owner, Governor,

and Father; hear our prayers, and have mercy upon us, miserable

sinners.

O Lord our Saviour, whose incarnation, nativity, subjection, fasting,

temptation, poverty, reproaches, agony and bloody sweat, scourging,

desertion, crucifying, death, and burial, were all undergone to take

away the sins of the world; who being risen, ascended, and glorified,

art the great Priest, and Prophet, and King of thy universal church,

for which thou makest intercession, which thou dost gather, teach, and

guide by thy Spirit, word, and ministers, which thou dost justify and

wilt glorify with thyself, who wilt come again, and raise the dead,

and judge the world in righteousness; we beseech thee hear us,

miserable sinners. Cast us not out that come unto thee. Make sure to

us our calling and election, our unfeigned faith and repentance, that

being justified, and made the sons of God, we may have peace with him

as our reconciled God and Father.[282]

Let our hearts be right with thee our God, and stedfast in thy

covenant. Cause us to deny ourselves, and give up ourselves entirely

unto thee, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, as being not our

own, but thine.[283]

Let thy Holy Spirit dwell in us, and sanctify us throughout, that we

may be new creatures, and holy as thou art holy; let it be in us the

Spirit of adoption and supplication, and the seal and earnest of our

glorious inheritance; and let us know that we are thine, and thou

abidest in us, by the Spirit which thou hast given us.[284]

As thy name, O Lord, is holy, and thy glory covereth the heavens, so

let the earth be filled with thy praises. Let our souls ever magnify

thee, O Lord, and our tongues extol thee. Let us speak of the glorious

honour of thy majesty, of thy greatness, thy power, thy glorious

kingdom, thy wisdom, holiness, truth, and righteousness, thy goodness,

thy mercy, and thy wondrous works. Let all flesh bless thy holy

name.[285]

Let the desire of our souls be to thy name: cause us to love thee with

all our hearts, to fear thee, trust in thee, and to delight in thee,

and be satisfied in thee as our portion, and whatever we do to do it

to thy glory.[286]

Keep us from inordinate self-love; from pride, and vain-glory, and

self-seeking; and from dishonouring thee, thy word, or service in the

world.[287]

Let the world acknowledge thee, the universal King. Give thy Son the

heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for

his possession. Let the kingdoms of the world become his kingdoms.

Convert the atheistical, idolatrous, infidel, Mahometan, and ungodly

nations of the earth, that every knee may bow to Christ, and every

tongue confess him the King of kings, and Lord of lords, to the glory

of God the Father.[288]

Let the word of thy kingdom and salvation be preached to all the

world; let it have free course and be glorified: and by the power of

thy Spirit convert many unto Christ; and let him be thy salvation to

the ends of the earth. Send forth more labourers into the harvest,

which is great, and fit them for so great a work; and deliver them

from unreasonable and wicked men, that (to fill up their sins) forbid

them to speak to the people, that they might be saved.[289]

Deliver the churches that are oppressed by idolaters, Mahometans, or

other infidels and enemies. Give all thy servants prudence, patience,

and innocency, that, suffering as christians, and not as evil-doers,

they may not be ashamed, but may glorify thee, and wait for thy

salvation, committing the keeping of their souls unto thee, in hope of

a reward in heaven.[290]

Deliver the church from the Roman papal usurpations and corruptions.

Dispel the deceits of heresies, and false worship, by the light of thy

prevailing truth. Unite all christians in Christ Jesus, the true and

only universal Head; that by the true christian, catholic faith and

love, they may grow up in him, and may keep the unity of the Spirit in

the bond of peace; the strong receiving and bearing the infirmities of

the weak. Heal the divisions that are among believers. Let nothing be

done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each

esteem other better than himself; and let all men know that we are

Christ's disciples, by our fervent love to one another.[291]

Let us be heartily and entirely thy subjects, believing that thou art

just, and the rewarder of them that diligently seek thee. Keep us from

atheism, idolatry, and disobedience; from infidelity, ungodliness, and

sensuality; from security, presumption, and despair.[292]

Let us study to please thee in all things. Let thy law be written in

our hearts; and let us delight to do thy will. Let our faith and

lives be ruled by thy word, which is able to make us wise unto

salvation; let us love it, search it, and understand it, and meditate

in it day and night.[293]

Let us not please ourselves or other men against thee, nor be led by

the wisdom or desires of the world and flesh, nor regard lying

vanities, nor through carelessness, rashness, or presumption, offend

thee.[294]

As all nations must be judged by thee, let them be ruled by thy laws,

and not make them void by men's traditions, nor worship thee in vain,

teaching for doctrine the commandments of men. But whatever thou

commandest, let them take heed to do; let them add nothing thereto,

nor take aught therefrom.[295]

Let us not take thy holy name in vain, but use it in truth and

reverence. Keep us from all blasphemy, perjury, profane swearing; from

lying before the God of truth; and from contempt and forgetfulness of

thy presence; from false, unworthy, unreverent thoughts or speeches of

God, and holy things; and from neglecting or abusing thy holy word and

worship.[296]

Help us to keep holy thy day, in remembrance of the blessed work of

our redemption, and reverently to attend thee in public worship; and

obediently to receive thy word; and fervently to call upon thy name;

and to delight ourselves in thanksgiving and joyful praises to thy

holiness in the communion of thy saints: and let us carefully see that

our households, and all within our gates, do serve thee, and not abuse

thy holy day.[297]

Have mercy on the kings and rulers of the earth, that they may escape

the temptations of worldly greatness, honours, and prosperity, which

would captivate them to the flesh, and draw their hearts from thee,

thy laws, and ways, and would engage them against thee and thy

servants. And as they are thy ministers, and magistracy is thine

ordinance, sanctify and dispose them to be nursing fathers to thy

church, to own thy interest, and rule for thee.[298]

Especially have mercy on thy servant Charles, our king: illuminate and

sanctify him by thy Holy Spirit, that above all things he may seek thy

glory, the increase of faith and obedience to thy laws, and may rule

us as being thy minister for good, not to be a terror to good works,

but to evil; that under him we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in

all godliness and honesty.[299]

Have mercy upon all the royal family, the lords of the council, and

all the nobility, the judges, and magistrates of these lands. Cause

them to fear thee, and to be eminent in sobriety, righteousness, and

godliness, to protect the innocent, and be a terror to the wicked,

hating injustice, covetousness, and pride.[300]

Let every soul be subject to the higher powers, and not resist. Let

them obey the king, and all that are in authority under him, not only

for wrath, but for conscience' sake, as knowing that they rule by

thee, and for thee.[301]

Give all the churches able, holy, faithful pastors; and cause them

laboriously to preach, and rightly to divide the word of truth, to

feed thy people with knowledge, and lead them in the way of faith and

love, of holiness and peace, and to watch for their souls as those

that must give account; overseeing and ruling them, not by constraint,

but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, not as being

lords over thy heritage, but as the servants of all, and ensamples to

the flock; that when the chief Pastor shall appear, they may receive a

crown of glory.[302]

Let the congregations know those that have the ruling of them, and are

over them in the Lord, that labour among them, preaching to them the

word of God. Let them submissively and obediently hear, and esteem

them very highly in love for their work's sake, and account them

worthy of double honour.[303]

Let parents bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of

the Lord, diligently teaching them thy word, talking of it when they

are in their house, and when they walk by the way, when they lie down,

and when they rise up, that they may know their Creator, Redeemer, and

Sanctifier, in the days of their youth: and cause children to hear,

love, honour, and obey their parents, that they may have the blessing

of thine especial promise unto such.[304]

Let husbands love their wives, and prudently guide them in knowledge

and holiness; and let wives love, honour, and obey their husbands, as

meet helpers to them.[305]

Let masters rule their servants in holiness and mercy, remembering

they have a Master in heaven; and let servants reverently, singly, and

willingly be obedient, and do service to their masters as to the Lord,

from him expecting their reward.[306]

Keep us from murder, violence, and all injury to our neighbour's life

or health; from malice, cursing, reviling, and unadvised anger. Let us

not resist evil with evil, but forbear one another, and not give place

to wrath.[307]

Keep us from adultery, fornication, and all uncleanness, and the

occasions and appearances thereof. Let us take care as becometh

saints, that they be not immodestly named among us, and that no

corrupt communication proceed out of our mouths. Keep us from

chambering and wantonness, from lustful thoughts, and all immodest

attire, behaviour, looks, and actions.[308]

Keep us from theft and oppression, and any way wronging our neighbour

in his property and estate.[309]

Keep us from false witness-bearing, lying, and deceiving; from

slandering, backbiting, unjust, uncharitable censuring or reproaching;

from all perverting of justice, and wronging the reputation of our

neighbour; and from all consent or desire of such wrongs.[310]

Keep us from envy, and from coveting any thing that is our

neighbour's, to his wrong, and from seeking our own, or drawing to

ourselves, to the injury of his welfare; but let us love our

neighbours as ourselves, and do to others as we would they should do

to us.[311]

Teach us to love Christ and his holy image in his members, with a dear

and special love, and to love our enemies, and pray for them that hate

and persecute us, and to do good to all as we are able, but especially

to them of the household of faith.[312]

Cause us with patience to submit to all the disposals of thy will, and

wait thy end, and to love the demonstrations of thy holiness and

justice, though grievous to the flesh; and keep us from impatient

murmurings, and discontent, and arrogant reasoning against thy

will.[313]

Give us our daily bread, our necessary sustentation and provision for

thy service; and let us use it for thee, and not to satisfy the flesh.

Let us depend on thee, and trust thee for it in the lawful use of the

means. And bless thou our labours, and give us the fruits of the earth

in season, and such temperate weather as tendeth thereunto.[314]

Deliver us and all thy servants from such wants, distresses, griefs,

and sickness, as will unseasonably take us off thy service, and from

untimely death; and teach us to value and redeem our time, and work

while it is day.[315]

Keep us from gluttony, drunkenness, and all intemperance; from sloth

and idleness; from inordinate desires of pleasures or abundance; but

having food and raiment, let us be therewith contented.[316]

Of thy abundant mercy, through the sacrifice and merits of thy Son

according to thy promise, forgive us all our sins, and save us from

thy deserved wrath and condemnation. Remember not, O Lord, our

offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; but though our

iniquities testify against us, spare us and save us for thy mercy's

sake. O let not our sin deprive us of thy Spirit, or of access unto

thee, or communion with thee, or of thy favour or comfort, or the

light of thy countenance, or of everlasting life.[317]

Cause us to forgive from our hearts, the injuries done against us, as

we expect to be forgiven by thee the greatest debt. Keep us from all

revengeful desires and attempts. And do thou convert and pardon our

enemies, slanderers, oppressors, persecutors, and others that have

done us wrong.[318]

Keep us from running upon temptations: suffer not the tempter by

subtlety or importunity to corrupt our judgments, wills, affections,

or conversations. Cause us to maintain a diligent and constant watch

over our thoughts and hearts, our senses and appetites, our words and

actions; and as faithful soldiers, by the conduct and strength of the

Captain of our salvation, with the whole armour of God, to resist and

overcome the world, the devil, and the flesh unto the end.[319]

Save us from the temptations of prosperity and adversity. Let us not

be drawn from thee to sin by the pleasures, profits, or honours of the

world. Strengthen us for sufferings. Let us not forsake thee, or fall

in time of trial. Help us to deny ourselves, and take up our cross and

follow Christ, accounting the sufferings of this present time unworthy

to be compared with the glory to be revealed.[320]

Deliver us from the enmity and rage of Satan and his instruments; and

give not up thy servants, their souls or bodies, their peace or

liberties, estates or names, to their malicious wills; but save us and

preserve us to thy heavenly kingdom.[321]

We ask all this of thee, O Lord; for thou art the universal King, holy

and just, to whom it belongeth in righteousness to judge the world,

and save thy people. All power is thine to execute wrath upon thine

enemies, and to deliver and glorify thy flock; and none is able to

resist thee. Of thee, and through thee, and to thee, are all things,

and the glory shall be thine, for ever.[322] Amen.

THE CHURCH'S PRAISE FOR OUR REDEMPTION, TO BE USED AT DISCRETION.

Our souls do magnify thee, O Lord; our spirits rejoice in God our

Saviour, who remembered us in our low and lost estates, for his mercy

endureth for ever. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by

sin. We kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and judgment

came upon all men to condemnation. But blessed be the Lord God of

Israel, that hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up

a mighty salvation for us in the house of his servant David: as he

spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the

world began. A virgin hath conceived and brought forth: the Holy Ghost

did come upon her; the power of the Highest did overshadow her;

therefore the Holy One that is born of her, is called the Son of God:

his name is called Jesus, for he saveth his people from their sins. To

us is born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord: he is the image of the

invisible God, the firstborn of every creature; for by him all things

were created that are in heaven and in earth, visible and invisible,

whether thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers, all things

were created by him and for him, and he is before all things, and by

him all things do consist. He is the power of God and the wisdom of

God; the true Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the

world. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and men beheld his

glory as the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace

and truth; for it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness

dwell. When the fulness of time was come, God sent his Son, made of a

woman, made under the law, to redeem them that are under the law. This

is the beloved Son in whom the Father is well pleased. For such a High

Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from

sinners. He did no sin, neither was there any guile found in his

mouth; when he was reviled, he reviled not again, leaving us an

example: who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree;

for God laid on him the iniquity of us all, and by his stripes we are

healed. When we were without strength, in due time Christ died for the

ungodly, the just for the unjust: in this was manifest the love of God

towards us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that

we might live by him. Forasmuch as the children were partakers of

flesh and blood, he himself likewise took part with them, that he

might destroy through death him that had the power of death, that is,

the devil; and might deliver them, who through fear of death, were

all their lifetime subject to bondage. Having spoiled principalities

and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in his

cross. He was buried, and rose again the third day according to the

Scriptures; for God raised him, having loosed the pains of death,

because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. He hath

abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light by the

gospel. O death! where is thy sting? O grave! where is thy

victory?[323]

All power is given him in heaven and earth. When he ascended up on

high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. And he gave

some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some

pastors, and some teachers, for the perfection of the saints, for the

work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we

all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of

God, to a perfect man. He is set at God's right hand in the

celestials, far above all principalities, and powers, and might, and

dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but in

that to come. God hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to

be Head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness

of him that filleth all in all.[324]

Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God manifested

in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached to the

Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. This is

the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in

his Son. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son

hath not life. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and

the world knew him not. He came to his own, and his own received him

not. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and

men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.

But as many as receive him, to them gives he power to become the sons

of God, even to them that believe in his name. There is therefore now

no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after

the flesh, but after the Spirit. He forgiveth our iniquities, and will

remember our sins no more. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of

God's elect? It is God that justifieth: who is he that condemneth? It

is Christ that died; yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at

the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who gave

himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify

to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. If any man have

not the Spirit of Christ, the same is none of his. He that nameth the

name of Christ must depart from iniquity. If we regard iniquity in

our hearts, God will not hear our prayers. But we are washed, we are

sanctified, we are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the

Spirit of our God. 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. And being justified by

faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom

also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and

rejoice in hope of the glory of God; and hope maketh not ashamed,

because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost

which is given us. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to

God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled, we shall be

saved by his life. He that spared not his own Son, but gave him up for

us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? He

that is gone to prepare a place for us, will come again and receive us

to himself, that where he is, there we may be also. It is his will

that they that the Father hath given him be with him where he is, that

they may behold the glory that is given him. Because he liveth we

shall live also; for we are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in

God. When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall we also

appear with him in glory; when he shall come to be glorified in his

saints, and to be admired in all them that do believe. Then shall men

discern between the righteous and the wicked, between those that serve

God, and those that serve him not. Then shall the righteous shine

forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that overcometh

shall inherit all things. He shall enter into the joy of his Lord. He

shall be a pillar in the temple of God, and shall go out no more.

Christ will grant him to sit with him in his throne, even as he

overcame and is set down with his Father in his throne. He will

rejoice over us with joy, he will rest in his love, then, in the holy

city, the new Jerusalem, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband,

where the tabernacle of God will be with men, and he will dwell with

them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with

them, their God, and shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and

there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, no crying, nor pain, for the

former things are passed away. And the city needeth not the sun, or

the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God doth lighten it, and the

Lamb is the light thereof. The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be

in it, and his servants shall serve him, and shall see his face, who

is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of

lords. Of him, through him, and to him, are all things; to whom be

glory for ever.[325] Amen.

[176] 1 Tim. 1. 15; Psal. 147. 5; Matt. 19. 17; 1 Tim. 6. 16;

Dan. 7. 10; Isa. 57. 15; Psal. 149. 4; Heb. 10. 19, 20; Isa. 55. 6;

Psal 95. 6; 12. 2; 99. 5; 51. 1, 17; 89. 7; Jer. 32. 40; Heb. 12. 28;

1 Thess. 5. 23; Lev. 10. 3; Zech. 12. 10; Rom. 8. 26; James 5. 16;

1. 6; Isa. 26. 8; Matt. 15. 18; John 4. 23, 24; 1 Thess. 2. 13;

Acts 16. 14; Mark 4. 12; Phil. 1. 29; Prov. 1. 24, 25; Eccles. 5. 1;

John 6. 45; Heb. 4. 22, 13; 2 Cor. 10. 4, 6; Psal. 69. 30; 106. 46;

9. 14; 105. 3; 51. 15; 19. 14; Heb. 13. 21.

[177] Isa. 66. 1; Psal. 111. 9; Luke 2. 13; Psal. 103. 20; Heb. 1. 6;

Psal. 149. 1; Lev. 10. 3; Gen. 18. 27; 2 Tim. 2. 5; Dan. 9. 18;

Hos. 14. 2; Rom. 8. 26; Heb. 12. 28; 2 Thess. 2. 10; Luke 19. 48;

Isa. 1. 19; 2 Cor. 2. 16; James 5. 16; Psal. 63. 5; 1 Cor. 7. 35;

Psal. 84. 10; 73. 28.

[178] Gen. 1. 27.

[179] Rom. 5. 12.

[180] Rom. 3. 23.

[181] John 3. 16.

[182] Ver. 18.

[183] Ver. 19.

[184] Ver. 20.

[185] Gal. 3. 13.

[186] John 3. 5.

[187] Ver. 6.

[188] Matt. 18. 3.

[189] Ezek. 33. 11.

[190] Luke 15. 10.

[191] Ver. 18, 19.

[192] Psal. 5. 5; Rom. 6. 23; Eph. 1. 6, 12; John 4. 42; Rom. 3. 25;

Eph. 1. 5; Luke 24. 47; Acts 5. 37; Prov. 28. 13; Rev. 3. 17;

Psal. 51. 5; Eph. 2. 3; Isa. 48. 8; 53.6; Psal. 100. 3; 1 Cor. 6. 20;

2 Cor. 8. 5; 1 Cor. 10. 31; 7. 32; 1 Thess. 4. 1; 1 John 3. 22;

Rom. 2. 23; 1 Chron. 21. 7; Phil. 2. 21; Luke 18. 14; Rom. 15. 1;

Psal. 47. 7; Rom. 7. 12; Dan. 9. 9, 10; Tit. 1. 7, 10; Rom. 8. 5;

13. 14; 4. 20; Psal. 78. 7, 22; Isa. 51. 7, 8; Luke 12. 4, 5;

Psal. 100. 5; 1 John 4. 16; Psal. 16. 5; Matt. 22. 7, 3; Psal. 37. 4;

1 John 2. 15; 2 Tim. 5. 7; John 6. 27; Luke 10. 21, 22; Matt. 25. 26;

Rom. 12. 11; Eph. 6. 11, 13, 14; Mark 8. 38; 2 Tim. 1. 8; Eph. 5. 15;

Rom. 12. 1, 19; Acts 11. 23; 2 Pet. 1. 10; Luke 1. 71; Heb. 12. 28;

Psal. 111. 9; 2 Tim. 2. 19; Phil. 3. 3; Psal. 29. 2; Rev. 1. 10;

Rom. 13. 7; Tit. 3. 1; Eph. 6; Matt. 29. 39; 7. 12; 1 Cor. 10. 24;

Eph. 4. 2, 32; Matt. 5. 44; Heb. 12. 14; Gal. 6. 10; Psal. 19. 12, 13;

Rom. 2. 4; Psal. 51. 4; Rom. 2. 15; Psal. 78. 32, 37, 42;

Luke 12. 35, 36, 40; Rom. 5. 6, 8, 10; Luke 14. 17; 8. 1; Acts 13. 26;

Rev. 22. 17; 1 John 5. 11, 12; Matt. 22. 5; Heb. 2. 3; Psal. 119. 60;

John 12. 40; Heb. 12. 25; Acts 7. 51; 2 Tim. 3. 8; Luke 15. 18;

Numb. 16. 38; Rom. 1. 18; Eph. 5. 6; Dan. 9. 7, 8; Psal. 51. 1; 41. 1;

143. 2; 51. 9, 11; Lev. 26. 25; Rev. 1. 5; John 1. 29; Eph. 1. 6;

Matt. 12. 18; Gal. 3. 13; Isa. 53. 5; Psal. 85. 4; 67. 1; Acts 11. 18;

Ezek. 20. 43; Psal. 51. 17; Ezek. 36. 26; Gal. 4. 6, 2; 2 Cor. 6. 16;

Jer. 13. 13; Ezek. 11. 20; Psal. 119. 18; Eph. 3. 18; Matt. 13. 11;

Eph. 1. 18; Rom. 2. 18; 2 Tim. 2. 26; Psal. 119. 104; Rom. 5. 5;

8. 35, 39; Jer. 32. 40; Matt. 6. 3; Col. 3. 1; Matt. 6. 20, 21;

Phil. 3. 20; Col. 3. 5; Gal. 6. 14; Rom. 1. 17; Heb. 11. 1; 1 Cor. 4;

1 Pet. 3. 11; Luke 13. 14; 1 Cor. 9. 24; 1 Pet. 4. 2; Col. 1. 10;

2 Cor. 5. 9; John 6. 38; Psal. 40. 8; 1. 2; Tit. 2. 12;

1 Pet. 1. 14, 15; 1. 22; Eph. 4. 2, 32; James 5. 17; Psal. 15. 4;

Eph. 5. 15; Phil. 1. 10; Titus 2. 14; Matt. 5. 44; Rom. 12. 19;

Luke 21. 19; Mark 8. 34; Heb. 11. 26; Rom. 8. 17; Rev. 2. 10, 11.

[193] Hab. 1. 13; Jude 15. Luke 13. 3; Mark 16. 16; Psal. 51. 5;

Eph. 2. 3; Rom. 3. 22; Ezek. 20. 37; Matt. 28. 19; Eccl. 12. 1;

Deut. 11. 1; Col. 1. 10; 1 Cor. 10. 31; Gen. 5. 22; 2 Cor. 5. 7;

Phil. 3. 20; Rom. 12. 11; Deut. 6. 5; Eph. 2. 3; Rom. 8. 7;

Exod. 20. 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, &c.; 2 Pet. 2. 9; Rom. 13. 8, 9;

Mat. 7. 12; Mark 6. 33. 1 Tim. 6. 8; Luke 10. 41, 42; Rom. 5. 8;

Luke 24. 47; Rom. 3. 25; Matt. 22. 4, 5; Heb. 2. 3; Acts 7. 51;

Prov. 1. 23; Jam. 4. 7; 1 Pet. 5. 9; Psal. 51. 4; Psal. 19. 12, 13;

Isa. 59. 12; Psal. 103. 110; 50. 11; Mark 9. 44; Psal. 52. 8;

Eph. 1. 12, 13; Psal. 71. 5; 78. 7; 119. 81; 51. 1; 2 Cor. 5. 18;

1. 19; John 1. 7; Gal. 4. 6; 1 Thess. 5. 23; Rom. 5. 5; Deut. 30. 6;

Psal. 31. 16; Matt. 1. 21; 1 Thess. 1. 10; Tit. 2. 14; Col. 1. 10;

1 Pet. 2. 3; Ephes. 5. 16; 2 Pet. 1. 10; Matt. 6. 11; 1 Tim. 6. 4;

Heb. 13. 5; Matt. 6. 25; 2 Pet. 3. 11; Matt. 26. 41; James 4. 6;

Gal. 5. 17; 1 John 5: 4, 5; Rev. 2. 17; 2 Pet. 2. 10; Luke 1. 17;

Psal. 73. 24.

[194] 2 Chron. 30. 9.

[195] 1 John 2. 1, 2.

[196] Acts. 13. 38, 39.

[197] Rom. 5. 20, 21.

[198] 1 John 1. 7, 8, 9.

[199] Matt. 11. 28-30.

[200] Rev. 22. 17.

[201] John 6. 37.

[202] Heb. 8. 12.

[203] Rom. 8. 9.

[204] 2 Cor. 5. 17.

[205] Rom. 8. 1, 5.

[206] Ver. 6.

[207] Ver. 7.

[208] Ver. 8.

[209] Ver. 13.

[210] Gal. 5. 19-21.

[211] Ver. 22-24.

[212] Rom. 13. 13, 14.

[213] 1 John 2. 15, 16.

[214] Matt. 7. 13, 14.

[215] Tit. 2. 11-14.

[216] Psal. 1. 1, 2.

[217] Ver. 5.

[218] Heb. 12. 28, 29.

[219] 2 Pet. 3. 11, 12.

[220] 1 Cor. 15. 56.

[221] Luke 4. 16-18.

[222] Acts 13. 27; 1. 2.

[223] Neh. 8. 4, 6; 9. 2-6, 10, 38; Acts 12. 12; 1 Tim. 4. 5;

Acts 1. 14; 16. 13, 16; 1 Tim. 2. 8; 1 Cor. 14, 15, 16; Luke 4. 16, 18;

Neh. 8. 8; Acts 20. 7, 9; 2 Tim. 4. 1, 2; Acts 4. 20; 2 Cor. 4. 13;

John 16. 20; 1 Cor. 2. 7, 13; Matt. 7. 29. Tit. 2. 15; Matt. 21. 45;

Mark 12. 12, 13, 17; Eph. 6. 19, 20; Jude 22, 23; Acts 18. 25;

2 Tim. 2. 24, 25; 1 Tim. 5. 17; Acts 20. 36; Psal. 2; Rev. 11. 15;

1 Tim. 2. 1-3; 2 Thess. 2. 1, 2; 2. 8; 1 Thess. 2. 16; Rev. 18. 19;

Matt. 6. 9; 9. 37, 38; 1 Tim. 2. 3; Eph. 6. 19; 1 Thess. 5;

2 John 17, 20; 1 Sam. 12. 23; 2 Cor. 4. 5; Phil. 1. 15, 16;

James 3. 1, 15-17; Luke 9. 55; 1 Cor. 14. 26; 2 Cor. 10. 8;

Psal. 92. 1; Rev. 1. 10; Acts 20. 7; Col. 3. 16, 17; Psal. 118;

1 Cor. 4. 1, 2; 1 Tim. 3. 5; 3. 15; 2 Tim. 2. 2, 15; Acts 20. 7, 9.

[224] Luke 11. 28.

[225] Num. 6. 24-26.

[226] 2 Cor. 13. 14.

[227] Prov. 8. 15; Dan. 4. 32; Heb. 2. 9; Psal. 65. 11; 93. 14;

65. 4; 60. 5; 80. 13; 59. 1; 61. 6; Isa. 45. 13; Matt. 3. 3;

Isa. 59. 8; 11. 2; 1 Kings 1. 3, 7, 9; Josh. 1. 8; Zech. 12. 8;

2 Sam. 14. 17; Psal. 15. 4; 101. 6. Prov. 25. 5; 1 Tim. 2. 2;

2 Tim. 4. 7, 8; Rev. 21. 5; Zech. 8. 13; Isa. 60. 15; James 3. 17;

2 Sam. 23. 3; John 7. 27; 2 Chron. 19. 6; Amos 5. 24; Rom. 13. 1-3;

Rev. 11. 16; Psal. 68. 28; Jer. 31. 23; Matt. 6. 13.

[228] Matt. 28. 19; John 5. 7; 1 Cor. 8. 4, 6; 1 Tim. 1. 17;

Mal. 2. 10; Heb. 1. 2, 3, 5, 8; 1 Pet. 2. 8; Psal. 22. 28;

1 Cor. 12. 4-6; Psal. 103. 19; Acts 7. 59; Heb. 2. 14, 9;

1 Cor. 15. 4; 1 Tim. 3. 6; John 1. 29; Eph. 1. 20, 22;

Rom. 8. 30, 33, 24; Eph. 5. 1; 1 Thess. 4. 16, 17; 2 Pet. 1. 10;

2 Tim. 1. 5; Rom. 5. 1, 2, 10; 2 Cor. 6. 18; Gal. 4. 6.

[229] 1 Pet. 1. 2; Rom. 8. 11; Matt. 8. 34, 35; 2 Cor. 8. 5;

1 Cor. 6. 19, 20; Rev. 4. 11; John 12. 28; Matt. 5. 16;

Psal. 22. 23, 27, 28; 2 Tim. 3. 2; Matt. 7. 22; Gal. 5. 26; 2. 19.

[230] Psal. 2.; 47. 7; Rev. 11. 15; 2 Tim. 2. 26; Acts 26. 18;

Rom. 11. 25; Matt. 9. 38; 24. 14; 2 Thess. 3. 1, 2; Rev. 2. 3, 19;

3. 10; Luke 18. 7; Rev. 18.; 19.

[231] Eph. 4. 3, 5, 13, 15, 16; Tit. 3. 10; 2 Cor. 2. 17;

1 Cor. 1. 10; Rom. 14. 1; 15. 1; 3 John 9; Rom. 1. 31; Luke 9. 55;

Psal. 77. 10; Phil. 2. 3.

[232] Psal. 14.; Eph. 2. 3, 12; 2 Tim. 3. 2-4; 1 Cor. 6. 9;

2 Thess. 2. 10; Rom. 8. 24; Psal. 40. 8; 1. 2; Isa. 8. 20;

Psal. 119. 97, 27.

[233] Matt. 15. 9; Exod. 20. 4, 7, 8; Mark 7. 21, 22; Jam. 5. 12;

Eccl. 5. 1, 6; Ezek. 2. 26; Neh. 13. 17; Rev. 1. 10.

[234] Prov. 21. 1; Psal. 2. 10-12; Isa. 49. 23; 2 Chron. 19. 6;

Rom. 1. 11; 1 Tim. 6. 9; Matt. 21. 44; John 11. 48; Psal. 2. 2-4.

[235] 1 Tim. 2. 2; Psal. 59. 1; 2 Chron. 1. 10; 29. 3; 15. 12, 13;

Rom. 13. 3, 4; 1 Pet. 2. 14; 1 Tim. 2. 2.

[236] Psal. 72. 1; Prov. 8. 16; Exod. 18. 21. Job 29; Isa. 1. 17, 23;

Psal. 15. 4.

[237] Rom. 13. 1, 2, 5; 1 Tim. 2. 2; 1 Pet. 2. 13.

[238] 2 Cor. 3. 6; Jer. 3. 15; 2 Tim. 4. 2; Eph. 4. 11, 13;

James 3. 17; Ezek. 34.; 1 Pet. 5. 1-4; Matt. 20. 25, 26, 27.

[239] Heb. 13. 7, 17; 1 Thess. 5. 12, 13; 1 Tim. 5. 17.

[240] Eph. 6. 1; Eccl. 12. 1; Exod. 20. 12; Eph. 6. 1, 2; 5. 25, 22;

1 Pet. 3. 7; Col. 4. 1; 3. 22-24.

[241] 1 John 3. 15; Luke 3. 14; 2 Cor. 7. 2; Prov. 29. 22;

Matt. 5. 22.

[242] Matt. 5. 27, 28; 1 Cor. 6. 9; Rom. 13. 13; Eph. 5. 3, 4, 12.

[243] Eph. 4. 28; 1 Thess. 4. 6; Psal. 82. 2; Prov. 19. 5; 10. 18;

Psal. 15. 3; Matt. 7. 12.

[244] Exod. 20. 17; Matt. 22. 39; 7. 12; 25. 40.

[245] 1 Pet. 1. 22.

[246] Matt. 5. 44; Gal. 6. 10; Luke 11. 3; 1 Tim. 6. 8;

Deut. 28. 3, 4; Psal. 112.; 128.; Deut. 11. 14; Phil. 2. 27;

Rom. 13. 13, 14; 12. 11; Mark 8. 36.

[247] 1 John 2. 1, 2; Gal. 6. 1; Jam. 5. 19, 20; Ezek. 6. 9;

Eph. 1. 6, 7; Heb. 7. 25; Matt. 6. 12, 14, 15; 5. 44; Luke 23. 34;

Matt. 26. 41.

[248] Jam. 4. 7; 1 John 2. 13; 5. 4; Rom. 8. 13; Gal. 5. 17;

1 John 2. 16, 17; 2 Tim. 2. 18; Rom. 8. 17.

[249] 1 Pet. 5. 8; Psal. 140. 1-3; 2 Tim. 4. 18.

[250] 1 Tim. 1. 17; Matt. 6. 13; Rom. 11. 36.

[251] Psal. 119. 108; Eph. 1. 6; Psal. 116. 17; 2. Cor. 9. 15;

Psal. 107. 22; 2 Cor. 1. 3; Psal. 86. 15; Exod. 33. 6, 7; Isa. 43. 7;

Rev. 4. 11; Gen. 1. 27; Psal. 8. 5, 6; Deut. 31. 16; 32. 5; Hos. 4. 7;

Psal. 6. 10; Hos. 13. 4; Gen. 4. 4; John 3. 16; Heb. 2. 16; John 1. 14;

Eph. 3. 8; 1 Tim. 3. 16; 1 Pet. 1. 12; Heb. 2. 18; Matt. 4. 10;

2 Cor. 8. 9; 1 Pet. 2. 22; Matt. 4. 10; 1 John 1. 9; Phil. 2. 7;

Heb. 12. 2; Rev. 3. 18; Psal. 32. 1; 1 Pet. 2. 23; Heb. 2. 10;

Isa. 53. 5, 6; 1 Tim. 1. 6; 1 Cor. 15. 3; Heb. 2. 14; Gal. 3. 13;

Matt. 11. 28; Rev. 22. 14; Eph. 1. 22; Psa. 2. 8; Phil. 2. 9;

Matt. 28. 19; John 5. 22; Heb. 8. 6; 2 Pet. 1. 4; 1 John 5. 11;

2 Pet. 1. 19; Psal. 119. 130; Eph. 2. 20; 2 Cor. 5. 19, 20;

Acts 26. 17, 18; Tit. 3. 3-6; 2 Tim. 2. 25; Eph. 4. 18; John 12. 40;

1 Tim. 4. 2; Psal. 81. 11, 12; John 5. 4; Luke 19. 27; 1 Pet. 3. 20;

Rom. 10. 21; Heb. 12. 25; Ezek. 33. 11; Prov. 1. 22, 23; John 6. 44;

Acts 16. 14; 1 John 4. 19; Rom. 10. 20; Amos 5. 12; Rom. 5. 1;

Acts 11. 18; Rom. 8. 14-17; Eph. 5. 30; Gal. 4. 6; Eph. 2. 19;

1 Pet. 1. 3-6; Rom. 8. 28; Eph. 3. 12; Heb. 4. 16; Psal. 50. 15;

1 Tim. 2. 8; Matt. 11. 13; Psal. 89. 7; 28. 6; 31. 22; 86. 13;

Psal. 57. 3; 31. 20; 32. 7; 31. 33; 103. 10; 30. 5; Hab. 3. 2;

Psal. 32. 6; 25. 10; 5. 7; 107. 1; 105. 3; 89. 15, 16; Psal. 84. 4;

90. 14; 73. 24; John 17. 24; Rev. 22. 4.

[252] Psal. 103. 1-4, 12; 1 John 3. 1; Psal. 63. 3, 4;

Psal. 73. 25-27, 23; 94. 19; 73. 24.

[253] Psal. 36. 7-9; 16. 9, 11; 23. 6; 36. 10; 30. 12.

[254] Luke 2. 14; Psal. 149. 1, 4-6; 145. 10-13; Rev. 4. 8, 11;

15. 3, 4; 5. 12; 13. 9, 10.

[255] Psal. 107. 8, 21, 22; 96. 2; 29. 2; 96. 9, 11, 13; 103. 20-22;

145. 21; 150. 6.

[256] Mal. 4. 1; Heb. 12. 29; 1 Sam. 6. 20; Mal. 3. 2; Isa. 1. 4;

Luke 19. 10; Eph. 2. 5; Luke 15. 32; Ezek. 16. 6, 8, 9; Col. 1. 13;

Jer. 6. 28; Deut. 4. 23; 6. 5, 6; 11. 22; Psal. 100. 3, 4;

Heb. 12. 25; Deut. 9. 12; 32. 5; 2 Tim. 3. 2; 1 John 2. 15; Eph. 2. 2;

Gal. 5. 24; Matt. 22. 37, 40; Luke 10. 42; Matt. 25. 30; Rom. 2. 23;

1 Cor. 10. 31; 1 Thess. 4. 1; Luke 8. 18; Matt. 24. 15; Psal. 1. 2;

Deut. 6. 6; Phil. 4. 6; 1 Cor. 11. 27, 28; Isa. 64. 7; Col. 2. 7;

Acts 2. 42, 45-47; 1 Cor. 11. 29; Mal. 1. 7, 10, 12; 2. 10, 11;

Psal. 85. 8; Gen. 4. 16; Psal. 51. 11; 2 Chron. 15. 2; Matt. 22. 12;

7. 23; Mal. 1. 10; 1 Pet. 2. 24; Isa. 53. 10; Psal. 51. 1; Rev. 1. 5;

Hos. 14. 2; Ezek. 18. 38; Heb. 8. 12; Ezek. 33. 11; Hos. 14. 4;

Psal. 35. 3; John 6. 37; Hos. 14. 2; Matt. 22. 4; 5. 6; John 6. 55;

4. 14; Eph. 3. 18, 19; 1 Pet. 1. 8; Matt. 15. 27; John 6. 35, 51;

Psal. 85. 8; Eph. 4. 30; Heb. 3. 13; Col. 3. 5; Eph. 3. 16;

Psal. 119. 175.

[257] Psal. 100. 3; Rev. 4. 11; 1 Tim. 1. 17; Psal. 51. 4;

Deut. 32. 6; 1 John 3. 1; John 3. 16; Luke 22. 20; Heb. 9. 17;

Luke 22. 19.

[258] 1 Cor. 11. 23-26.

[259] Acts 7. 59, 60; Rev. 1. 5; 1 Pet. 3. 18; Luke 22. 2, 19, 20;

1 Cor. 11. 26; Heb. 7. 25, 27; 9. 26; John 4. 10; 6. 63;

Rom. 8. 9, 11; Heb. 2. 17; Col. 2. 19; John 6. 27; Matt. 26. 26;

Heb. 10. 12; John 1. 29.

[260] Matt. 28. 19; John 15. 26; Matt. 1. 20; 2 Pet. 1. 21;

Acts 20. 23; Rom. 8. 9; 1 Cor. 12. 11; 1 Pet. 1. 15; 2. 9; John 14. 16;

Eph. 1. 17, 18; Luke 24. 31; Ezek. 36. 26; Zech. 12. 10; Rom. 8. 5;

John 6. 53-57; Rom. 5. 5; Cant. 1. 4; Eph. 5. 18, 20; Rom. 14. 17;

1 Thess. 4. 9; Rom. 8. 16; 1 Cor. 1. 8; Eph. 1. 13, 14.

[261] 1 Cor. 11. 24.

[262] Matt. 26. 27. 28; 1 Cor. 11. 25.

[263] Rom. 1. 4. 1 Cor. 1. 24. Eph. 3. 10. Rom. 3. 22, 26; Tit. 3. 4;

Rom. 5. 6; Acts 4. 12; 1 Pet. 1. 12; Luke. 2. 13, 14; Rev. 5. 12, 13;

9. 10; Rom. 5. 20; 1 Pet. 1. 19; Matt. 18. 32, 33; Rev. 3. 21; 22. 4;

Rom. 8. 38, 39; Heb. 10. 23; 2 Pet. 1. 4; Heb. 9. 15; Eph. 4. 30;

Luke 7. 47; Matt. 18. 33; 1 John 4. 11; Ezek. 9. 13, 14; Psal. 44. 17;

Rom. 6. 1, 2; Col. 3. 2; Phil. 3. 18-21; Psal. 143. 10; Heb. 5. 9;

Psal. 119. 133; 2 Cor. 5. 15; Eph. 1. 11; Matt. 5. 16; 2 Cor. 1. 12;

Psal. 119. 5; Luke 22. 31; 1 Pet. 5. 8, 10; Eph. 6. 11; Rom. 16. 20;

1 Cor. 6. 20; Rom. 12. 1; 2 Tim. 2. 21; Rom. 6. 22.

[264] Rom. 5. 12; Eph. 2. 3; John 3. 16; Gen. 3. 15; John 4. 42;

Heb. 9. 26; Rev. 1. 15; Rom. 5. 10; Tit. 3. 5; Rom. 16. 10; Heb. 8. 6;

Matt. 28. 19, 20; Gen. 17. 10, 11; Ezek. 20. 37; Rom. 6. 3, 4;

Tit. 3. 5; 1 Cor. 12. 12; Gen. 17.; Rom. 9. 8; Acts 2. 39;

Matt. 23. 37; Deut. 30. 10-12; Matt. 10. 13, 14; 1 Cor. 12. 12, 13;

Rev. 1. 5; Eph. 5. 26; Job 11. 52; Heb. 2. 13; Eph. 2. 19; 3. 15;

Zech. 9. 11, 15, 16; 1 Pet. 5. 7; 2 Tim. 4. 18.

[265] Rom. 5. 12, 18; Gal. 3. 13; 1 John 5. 11; Acts 2. 39;

1 Cor. 12. 12, 13; Psal. 44. 3, 4; 2 Cor. 8. 5; Psal. 119. 94;

Eph. 5. 24; Matt. 22. 37; Deut. 10. 20, 21; 11. 22-30; Psal. 16. 5;

27. 4; Tit. 1. 2; 2. 13; 3. 7; 1 John 2. 5, 6, 17; Gal. 5. 14;

Matt. 6. 13; Psal. 81. 12; James 1. 14; Luke 1. 71; 1 Cor. 10. 16;

1 John 1. 7; 2 Cor. 6. 14; 1 Pet. 1. 2; John 9. 31; Luke 9. 23;

Heb. 2. 10; Rev. 2. 10.

[266] Eph. 6. 4; Prov. 22. 6; 29. 15; Deut. 6. 5-7; Josh. 24. 15;

2 Tim. 3. 15.

[267] John 3. 5, 6; 1 Pet. 3. 21; Rom. 8. 9; Eccl. 5. 4, 5.

[268] Gen. 2. 18, 1. 28; Mal. 2. 15; 2 Cor. 7. 14, 9; Heb. 13. 4;

Luke 1. 6; Eph. 5. 22, &c.; Mal. 2. 15, 16; Psal. 127. 3;

Matt. 19. 13, 14; Deut. 29. 11, 12; Ezek. 16. 8; Prov. 20. 7;

Eph. 6. 4; 1 Pet. 3. 1, 7; 1 Tim. 3. 11; 5. 13, 14; 1 Cor. 7. 5, 29;

Gen. 2. 18; Prov. 5. 18; Heb. 10. 26; 1 Cor. 7. 29; Luke 12. 40;

1 Pet. 3. 7; Rev. 19. 7; John 17. 24.

[269] Gen. 28. 3; Tit. 1. 15; 1 Tim. 4. 5; 1 Cor. 10. 31;

1 Thess. 3. 12; Eph. 5. 25; Gal. 5. 22; Rom. 8. 1, 13; Gal. 6. 8.

[270] Luke 23. 41; Lam. 3. 22; Ezra 9. 13; Lam. 3. 32, 33;

Isa. 57. 15-17; Psal. 25. 18; 6. 1; 38. 9; 6. 2, 3, 5; 78. 39;

Job 13. 25; Psal. 25. 7, 18; 116. 3; Isa. 38. 16, 19; Psal. 119. 175;

Luke. 4. 39; Isa. 38. 21; Psal. 50. 15; Job. 10. 2; Psal. 139. 13;

Lam. 3. 40; Psal. 119. 71, 67; Isa. 27. 9; 1 Cor. 11. 32; Heb. 12. 11;

Lam. 3. 24-27, 31; Psal. 30. 5; Heb. 12. 6, 7; Isa. 38. 19, 20;

Psal. 116.9, 12, &c.; 30. 11, 12; 2 Cor. 1. 9; 4. 16; 5. 8;

Heb. 10. 38; 2 Cor. 4. 18, 17; Phil. 3. 9; 1 Cor. 10. 13; Heb. 2.14;

1 Cor. 15. 55; Rom. 8. 37; Col. 3. 1; John 20. 17; 14. 23; 17. 26;

17. 24; Phil. 1. 2; Psal. 16. 11.

[271] 1 Tim. 2. 14; Gen. 3. 16; 1 Tim. 2. 15; Psal. 46. 1; Isa. 37. 3;

John 16. 12; Deut. 28. 4; 2 Cor. 1. 10, 11; 1 Sam. 2; 1. 28.

[272] Psal. 30. 2; 3. 4; 66. 20; 30. 3; 103. 3, 4; Isa. 38. 10, 12;

Jer. 26. 3, 13; Psal. 103. 5; Isa. 38. 11; Psal. 27. 13; 32. 4, 5;

106. 23; 32. 6, 7; 73. 26; 73. 1; 34. 19; 73. 19, 23; 60. 11; 46. 1;

116. 1, 12, 18, 13, 14; Isa. 38. 20; 1 Cor. 6. 20; Luke 2. 29;

1 Cor. 1. 30.

[273] Psal. 34. 3, 4; Rev. 1. 18; 1 Sam. 2. 6; Psal. 113. 9; 127. 3;

42. 4; 110. 4; 145. 9, 20, 14; 19.; Deut. 28. 8; Psal. 13. 3

Isa. 44. 3; Deut. 8. 11, 14; Psal. 116.; Isa. 83. 10; Mal. 2. 15;

1 Cor. 7. 14; Eph. 6. 4; Deut. 6. 6; Prov. 6. 33; Josh. 24. 15;

Zech. 14. 20, 21; Psal. 91. 4; 1 John 2. 15; Phil. 3. 1, 18;

1 Cor. 7. 31, 29, 30; Psal. 23. 3, 4, 6; Jude 24.

[274] Matt. 18. 15-17.

[275] Luke 13. 3, 5; Acts 5. 31; Luke 12. 47.

[276] Jude 14. 15; Psal. 5. 4, 5; 1. 5, 6; Psal. 10. 13;

2 Pet. 2. 3, 9; Psal. 37. 13; Job 9. 4; Psal. 1. 4; Isa. 5. 24;

Heb. 12. 29; Isa. 27. 4; Ezek. 22. 14; 1 Cor. 10. 22; Matt. 10. 26;

James 5. 9; Matt. 13. 42, 50; Prov. 5. 11-13; Deut. 32. 29;

Prov. 28. 13; 29. 1; Gal. 6. 7; Matt. 7. 23; 25. 41; James 5. 19, 20;

1 John 1. 7, 9; 2. 1, 2; Psal. 95. 8, 12; 81. 11, 12; Luke 24. 4, 7;

Ezek. 18. 30-32.

[277] Josh. 7. 19; Prov. 28. 13; Psal. 32. 5; Exod. 10. 16;

Gal. 1. 13; 2 Chron. 15. 2; Gen. 4. 16; Psal. 51. 11; Matt. 27. 5;

Luke 15. 21; Mark 12. 8; Psal. 38. 18, 4; 40. 12; Luke 13. 13;

1 Tim. 1. 1; Heb. 9. 26; Luke 19. 10; Rom. 5. 10; James 5. 16;

Psal. 51. 2, 1, 9; Heb. 8. 12; Psal. 51. 11, 27; 9.; 103. 10;

51. 10, 12; 2 Cor. 2. 7, 10; John 8. 11; Mark 13. 37; Psal. 73. 1, 15;

Eccles. 8. 12; 2 Chron. 20. 20; James 1. 13, 14; Psal. 5. 5;

1 John 3. 4; Gal. 6. 1; 1 Cor. 10. 11, 12; 2 Sam. 11. 2; Gen. 3. 6;

Matt. 26. 41, 75; Heb. 12. 28; 1 Cor. 9. 25-27; 2 Chron. 25. 16;

Eph. 3. 16; John 5. 14.

[278] 2 Cor. 5. 11; Matt. 3. 7; Prov. 29. 1; 1 Cor. 10. 22;

Acts 8. 22, 23; 11. 18; 2 Tim. 2. 25, 26; 1 Tim. 4. 2; Eph. 4. 19;

Psal. 81. 12; Rom. 2. 4-6, 8, 9; Deut. 29. 19-21; Mark 9. 24;

Matt. 1. 21; Deut. 9. 17; 2 Cor. 6. 2; Luke 19. 41, 42; Prov. 28. 14;

Acts 9. 5; Isa. 45. 9; Joel 2. 1-3; Lam. 5. 16; Psal. 51.;

James 5. 20; Gal. 6. 1; Luke 15. 27; Ezek. 33. 14, 16; 2 Tim. 2. 26.

[279] Luke 19. 27; Micah 4. 2; Matt. 18. 15, 16; 1 Cor. 5. 11;

Tit. 3. 10; Matt. 18. 15-17; 2 Thess. 3. 6, 14, 15; 1 Cor. 11. 5;

2 Sam. 12. 14; 2 Thess. 3. 6, 14; Acts 8. 24; 2 Tim. 2. 25, 26;

1 Cor. 5. 13; Matt. 18. 18.

[280] 2 Sam. 12. 13; 2 Chron. 33. 12, 13; Rom. 10. 15; 1 John 2. 1, 2;

1 John 1. 9; Isa. 55. 6, 7; Prov. 28. 13; Gal. 6. 1; Matt. 18. 8;

Luke 15.; 2 Cor. 2. 7. 10; Acts 13. 38; 8. 8; Luke 15. 25, 27;

Matt. 26. 41; Psal. 85. 8; 1 Cor. 9. 25-27; Psal. 141. 5; 2 Pet. 2. 22.

[281] Rom. 3. 25; 1 John 1. 9; 2. 1, 2; Psal. 23; 103. 3; Matt. 9. 2;

Rom. 5. 1-3; Psal. 51. 12; 1 Pet. 5. 10; Acts 11. 23; Psal. 85. 8;

2 Tim. 2. 19; John 5. 14; 2 Cor. 6. 1; Rom. 6. 1; Matt. 6. 13;

1 Cor. 16. 13; Jude 24.

[282] Matt. 28. 19; 1 John 5. 7; 1 Cor. 8. 4, 6; 1 Tim. 1. 17;

Psal. 139. 7-9; 14. 7, 4; Isa. 40. 17; Neh. 9.; Rev. 4. 8; 15.;

Ezek. 18. 4; Psal. 47. 7; 119. 68; 147. 9; Mal. 2. 10; Deut. 32. 6;

Luke 11. 2; Acts 7. 59, 60; Heb. 2. 11; Phil. 2. 7-9; Luke 2. 51;

Matt. 4. 1, 2; 2 Cor. 8. 9; Matt. 12. 24; Luke 22. 24;

Matt. 27. 26, 28, 30. Mark 14. 50; 15. 34; 1 Cor. 15. 3, 4;

John 1. 29; Heb. 1. 3; 2. 9; 3. 1; 4. 14; Acts 3. 22, 23; Heb. 7. 25;

John 12. 32; Matt. 28. 19, 20; 1 Cor. 12.; Eph. 4.; 5. 26, 27;

John 17. 4; 1 Thess. 4. 14-16; John 5. 22; Acts 17. 31; John 6. 37;

2 Peter 1. 10; 1 Tim. 1. 5; Acts 5. 31; John 1. 12; Rom. 5. 10;

2 Cor. 16. 18.

[283] Psal. 78. 37; Matt. 8. 34; 1 Cor. 8. 6; 6. 19, 20.

[284] Rom. 8. 9; 1 Thess. 5. 23; 1 Cor. 5. 17; 1 Pet. 1. 16;

Rom. 8. 15; Zech. 12. 10; Eph. 1. 13, 14; 1 John 3. 24.

[285] Luke 1. 49; Hab. 3. 3; Luke 1. 46; Psal. 66. 17;

145. 5-8, 11, 12, &c., 21.

[286] Isa. 26. 8; Deut. 11. 22; 10. 12, 20, 21; Psal. 4. 5; 63. 5;

1 Cor. 10. 31.

[287] 2 Tim. 3. 2, 4; Phil. 2. 3, 21; Rom. 2. 23, 24; Matt. 5. 16.

[288] Psal. 47. 2, 7; 2. 8, 12; Rev. 11. 15; 1 Tim. 2. 1, 4;

John 11. 52; 12. 32; Phil. 2. 10, 11.

[289] Matt. 24. 14; 2 Thess. 3. 1; Dan. 12. 3; Isa. 49. 6;

Matt. 9. 38; Eph. 6. 19; 2 Thess. 3. 2; 1 Thess. 2. 16.

[290] Luke 18. 7; Matt. 10. 16; Luke 21. 19; 1 Pet 2. 15;

3. 14, 17; 4. 15, 16, 19; Micah 7. 7; Matt. 5. 11, 12.

[291] Psal. 119. 134; Matt. 15. 9, 13; Rev. 12; 19. 3; John 9. 10;

Luke 22. 25, 26; 2 Pet. 2; Jude; 2 Tim. 3. 9; Eph. 4. 15, 16; 3. 5;

Rom. 14. 1; 15. 1; Jer. 32. 39; 1 Cor. 1. 10; Phil. 2. 3; John 13. 35;

Eph. 5. 2.

[292] Rom. 3. 26; Heb. 11. 6; Eph. 2. 2, 3; 2 Thess. 2. 12;

Rom. 8. 13; Psal. 19. 13; Rom. 8. 24.

[293] Col. 1. 10; Heb. 8. 10; Psal. 40. 8; Isa. 8. 20; Acts 28. 32;

2 Tim. 3. 15; 2 Thess. 2. 10; John 5. 39; Luke 24. 45; Psal. 1. 2.

[294] Rom. 15. 1, 2; Gal. 1. 10; 1 Cor. 3. 19; 2 Cor. 1. 12;

Rom. 8. 13; John 2. 8; Psal. 19. 11-13.

[295] Rom. 2. 16; Micah 4. 2; Matt. 15. 3, 6, 9, 11; Deut. 31.

[296] Exod. 20. 7; Psal. 89. 7; Jer. 4. 2; Matt. 15. 19; James 5. 12;

Rev. 22. 12; Jer. 5. 22; Acts 5. 3; 8. 20; Mal. 1. 6, 7, 12;

2. 2, 7-9.

[297] Rev. 1. 10; Acts 20. 7; 1 Cor. 16. 2; Isa. 58. 13; Heb. 10. 25;

1 Cor. 14; Acts 3. 42, 46; Psal. 98. &c.; 119. 1. Josh. 24. 15;

Exod. 20. 10.

[298] 1 Tim. 2. 2; Psal. 2. Jer. 5; 5, 6. Luke 18. 21, 25;

1 Cor. 1. 26; Luke 21. 12; John 7. 48; Ezra 4. 12, &c.; Rom. 13. 2, 4;

Isa. 49. 23; 2 Chron. 19. 6.

[299] Lam. 4. 20; 1 Kings 3. 19, 11; Psal. 51. 10; 1 Sam. 10. 9;

2 Kings 18. 3, 4, 6; Rom. 13. 4, 5; 1 Tim. 2. 2.

[300] Psal. 72. 1; Prov. 8. 16; Exod. 18. 17; Job 29.; Isa. 17. 23;

Luke 1. 51-53.

[301] Rom. 13. 1, 6; 1 Pet. 2. 13; 1 Tim. 2. 2.

[302] 2 Cor. 3. 6; 1 Tim. 5. 17; 2 Tim. 2. 15; Jer. 3. 15;

2 Tim. 4. 2; 2. 22; 1. 13; Heb. 13. 17; 1 Pet. 5. 1-4.

[303] 1 Thess. 5. 11; Heb. 13. 17; 1 Tim. 5. 17.

[304] Eph. 6. 4; Deut. 6. 6, 7; Eccles. 12. 1; Eph. 6. 1-3.

[305] Eph. 5. 25, 22; 1 Pet. 3. 1, 7; Gen. 2. 22.

[306] Eph. 6. 9, 5.

[307] 1 John 3. 15; Luke 3. 14; 2 Cor. 7. 2; Matt. 5. 22, 39;

Rom. 12. 17.

[308] Eph. 4. 2; Rom. 12. 19; Matt. 5. 27, 28; 1 Cor. 6. 9;

Rom. 13. 13; 1 Thess. 5. 22; Eph. 5. 3; 4. 29; 1 Pet. 3. 2, 3;

Job 31. 1.

[309] Eph. 4. 28; Psal. 62. 10; 73. 8; 1 Thess. 4. 6.

[310] Prov. 19. 5; 12. 17; 10. 10; Matt. 7. 1, 2; Psal. 15. 3; 82. 2;

Lev. 19. 17; Prov. 23.

[311] Gal. 5. 21, 26; Exod. 20. 17; Phil. 2. 21; Matt. 22. 39; 7. 12.

[312] Matt. 15. 40; 1 Pet. 1. 22; Matt. 5. 44-46; Gal. 6. 10.

[313] Psal. 39. 9; Matt. 26. 30; Acts 21. 14; Jam. 5. 7, 8, 11;

2 Kings 20. 19; Mal. 3. 13, 14.

[314] Luke 11. 13; Deut. 28. 45; Rom. 13. 14; Luke 12. 20;

Eph. 5. 16; John 9. 4.

[315] Deut. 28. 6, 8, &c.; Phil. 2. 27; Psal. 102. 24; Luke 12. 20;

Eph. 5. 16; John 9. 4.

[316] Rom. 13. 13; 1 Cor. 9. 25; 1 Tim. 5. 6, 13; Eph. 4. 28;

Prov. 21. 17; 23. 4; 1 Tim. 6. 8, 9.

[317] Psal. 51. 1; 1 John 1. 2; Heb. 8. 12; Dan. 9. 6, 16;

Jer. 14. 7; Psal. 31. 16; 51. 11, 12, 19; Rom. 8. 1.

[318] Matt. 6. 2, 14, 15; Rom. 12. 19; Luke 6. 27-29; Acts 7. 60.

[319] Matt. 26. 41; James 4. 7; Prov. 4. 23; Job 31. 1; Matt. 12. 36;

Heb. 2. 10; 2 Tim. 2. 3; 1 John 2. 13; 5. 4; Rom. 8. 13; 2 Tim. 2. 8.

[320] Prov. 30. 8, 9; 1 John 2. 15, 16; Rom. 8. 17; Matt. 13. 21, 22;

8. 24; Rom. 8. 18.

[321] Matt. 6. 13; Rom. 16. 20; Psal. 140. 1-3; 31. 8; 17. 2, 12;

1 Tim. 4. 18.

[322] 1 Tim. 1. 17; Psal. 145. 17; Acts 17. 31; Psal. 72. 4, 13;

Jude 14, 15; 2 Thess. 1. 10; Psal. 62. 1; 147. 5; Job 9. 4;

Rom. 11. 36.

[323] Luke 1. 46; Psal. 136. 23; Rom. 5. 12; Psal. 78. 10; Rom. 3. 23;

5. 18; Luke 1. 68-70; Isa. 7. 14; Luke 1. 35; Matt. 1. 21; Luke 2. 17;

Col. 1. 15-17; 1 Cor. 1. 24; John 1. 9, 14; Col. 1. 19; Gal. 4. 4;

Matt. 17. 5; Heb. 7. 26; 1 Pet. 2. 22, 23, 24; Isa. 53. 5, 6;

1 Pet. 3. 18; 1 John 4. 4; Heb. 2. 14, 15; Col. 2. 15; 1 Cor. 15. 4;

Acts 2. 24; 2 Tim. 1. 10; 1 Cor. 15. 55.

[324] Matt. 28. 18; Eph. 4. 8-13; Eph. 1. 20-23.

[325] 1 Tim. 3. 16; 1 John 5. 11; John 1. 10, 11; 3. 19; 1. 12;

Rom. 8. 1; Psal. 103. 3; Heb. 8. 12; Rom. 8. 33, 34; Tit. 2. 14;

Rom. 8. 9; 2 Tim. 2. 19; Psal. 66. 18; 1 Cor. 6. 11; Tit. 3. 5;

Rom. 5. 1, 2, 5, 10; 8. 32; John 14. 2, 3; 17. 24; 14. 19; Col. 3. 4;

2 Thess. 1. 10; Mal. 3. 18; Matt. 13. 34; Rev. 21. 7; Matt. 25. 21;

Rev. 3. 12, 21; Zeph. 3. 17; Rev. 21. 2-4, 23; 22. 3, 4; 1 Tim. 6. 15;

Rom. 11. 36.

END OF VOL. I.

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, BUNGAY.