law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them. Deut. xxvii. 26. Jam. ii. 10. Ver. 11. That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i. 17. Heb. x. 38. Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith; but, The man that doeth them, shall live in them. Lev. xviii. 5. Neh. ix. 29. Ezek. iii. 21.— xviii. 9. 17.—xx. 11. 13. 21.—xxxiii. 13. 15, 16. Matt. xix. 17. Rom. x. 5. James ii. 10. He that shall offend in one point is guilty of all. Compare Rom. iii. 19. Isa. Ixiv. 6. Ps. cxliii. 2. Gal. v. 4. Christ is become of no effect to you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. XIX. Men are justified freely, and by grace, through Christ. Isa. liii. 11. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities. Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. SANCTIFICATION. XX. God sanctified the Jews. Exod. xxxi. 13. The sabbath is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Lev. xx. 8.-xxi. 8. 15. Ezek. xx. 12. Ezek. xxxvii. 28. The heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them. XXI. Jews were commanded to sanctify themselves. Lev. xi. 44. I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy: for I am holy. Ch. xx. 7. See Numb. xi. 18. Josh. iii. 5.-vii. 13. 1 Sam. xvi. 5. Joel ii. 16. XXII. God doth sanctify Christians. 1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the will of God, even your sanctification. v. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you wholly and I pray God, your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Rom. xv. 16. That the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 2 Cor. iii. 18. We are changed into the image of Christ by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Thess. ii. 13. God has chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. Acts xx. 32. 1 Pet. i 2. XXIV. Justification and sanctification expressed in other words. God doth wash. Ps. li. 2. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.-Ver. 7. Wash thou me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isa. iv. 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughter of Zion. Ezek. xvi. 4. Thou wast not washed.Ver. 9. I washed thee with water. Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him [Christ] that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever. vii. 14. These have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. will wash my hands in innocency. Duty to wash ourselves. Ps. xxvi. 6. I xxiii. 13. Ps. Isa. i. 16. Wash you, make you clean. from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thy heart Acts xxii. 16. Be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near [unto God] having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. XXV. God doth cleanse. Ps. xix. 12. Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Ps. li. 10. Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me. Ezek. xxxvii. 23. Ezek. xxxvi. 25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness. See Efficacy of Christ's blood. Eph. v. 26. That he might cleanse the church, &c. 1 John i. 9. Ps. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord will give grace Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which Duty to cleanse ourselves. Matt. xxiii. 26. and glory. XXIII. God sanctifieth Christians by his is within. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from I word and Spirit. John xvii. 17, Sanctify all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. See Isa, them through thy truth. Ver. 19. i. 16.—lii. 11. James iv. 8. Ps. cxix. 9. Promises to the cleansed. Job xvii. 9. xviii. 20. 24.-xxiv. 3, 4, 5.—lxxiii. 1. Ps. he is with them and among them. Exod. xxix. 45, 46. I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. (Ch. xx. 2.) And they shall know that I am the Lord their God. XXVI. God doth purge. Ps. lxv. 3. As for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away. Sce Ps. li. 7.—lxxix. 9. Isa. i. 25. I will purely purge away thy dross. vi. 7. He said, thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. xxvii. 9. By this [affliction] shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the fruit to take away his sin. Ezek. xxiv. 13. Because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged any more till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. Dan. xi. 35. Some of them shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make white. Mal. iii. 3. He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Matt. iii. 11, 12. John the Baptist said, Jesus shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner. John xv. 2. Jesus said, Every branch in me that beareth fruit, my Father purgeth, that it may bring forth more fruit. Heb. i. 3. Christ by himself purged our sins. See Christ's blood. Duty. 1 Cor. v. 7. 2 Tim. ii. 21. \ XXVII. God purifieth. Acts xv. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith. Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. See Mal. iii. 3. above. Duty. James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 1 Pet. i. 22. Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth, through the Spirit. 1 Tim. i. 5. Charity out of a pure heart. 1 John iii. 3. Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of a pure heart. XXVIII. God doth refine. Isa. xlviii. 10. Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Zech. xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. Mal. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. Ver. 3. XXIX. The Lord is a God unto his people; Lev. xxvi. 11, 12. I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Ps. xlviii. 14. This is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed, for I am thy God. Jer. vii. 23. Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Ch. xxx. 18. 22. Zech. viii. 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I was jealous for Zion.-Ver. 8. I will be their God in truth and in righteousness. 2 Cor. vi. 16. I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Heb. xi. 16. God is not ashamed to be called their God. Rev. xxi. 3. Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them: and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. XXX. God forsaketh not his people. Deut. iv. 31. The Lord thy God is a merciful God; he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers. See ch. xxxi. 6. 8. Josh. i. 5. 1 Chron. xxviii. 20. Neh. ix. 17. 19. 31. 1 Sam. xii. 22. The Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people. Ezra ix. 9. God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia. Ps. ix. 10. Thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee. xxxvii. 28. He forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever. Ver. 25. xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. fore them, and crooked things straight, &c. Isa. xlii. 16. I will make darkness light be These things will I do, and not forsake them. xliv. 21. Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou for thou art my servant: I have formed shalt not be forgotten of me. xlix. 14, 15, 16. But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her suck ing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee on the palms of my hands; thy | my covenant be not with day and night, and walls are continually before me. liv. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. Ver. 8, 9, 10. 2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted, but not forsaken. Heb. xiii. 5. Be content, for he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. XXXI. Prayers that God would not forsake his people. 1 Kings viii. 57. The Lord be with us: let him not leave us nor forsake us. Ps. xxvii. 9. Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. See Ps. xxxviii. 21. lxxi. 9. 18.-cxix. 8.-cxxxviii. 8. XXXII. God forsaketh the wicked. Deut. xxxi. 16, 17. The Lord said, This people will forsake me, and break my covenant. Then mine anger shall be kindled against them, and I will forsake them. Judg. vi. 13. The Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of enemies. 2 Kings xxi. 14. Thus saith the Lord, I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because of their sins. 2 Chron. xii. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I left you in the hand of your enemies. xv. 2. If ye forsake the Lord, he will forsake you. Ch. xxiv. 20. if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, then will I cast away the seed of Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. Ver. 20. Ch. xxxi. 37. Lam. iii. 31, 32. Zech. x. 6. They shall be as though I had not cast them off; for I am the Lord their God. Ezek. xi. 19. Mic. iv. 7. Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Ver. 4. XXXIV. Prayers against being cast off. Ps. xliii. 2, 3. Why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning? O send out thy light and truth: let them lead me, &c. xliv. 23. O Lord cast us not off for ever. Ps. lxxiv. 1. Ps. lxxvii. 7. Jer. xiv. 19. 21. li. 11. Cast me not away from thy presence. lxxi. 9. Cast me not off in the time of old age. XXXV. God casteth off and rejecteth the wicked. 2 Kings xvii. 20. Because of their wickedness the Lord rejected the seed of Israel, and afflicted them. Ch. xxiii. 27. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou forsake the Lord he will cast thee off for ever. Ps. xliv. 9. Thou hast cast off and put us to shame. Ps. lx.1.10.—lxxxix. 38.—cviii. 1 1. lxxiii. 18. Thou castedst the wicked down to destruction. Ps. v. 10. lxxxix. 44. Thou hast made his glory to Ps. lxxviii. 60. He forsook the tabernacle cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. of Shiloh. Ver. 61. Jer. xii. 7. I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. xxiii. 39. I will utterly forget you, and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers. Ver. 33. XXXIII. God doth not cast off nor reject his people. Lev. xxvi. 43, 44. When they accept the punishment of their iniquity, I will not cast them away, neither abhor them, to destroy them utterly. 2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord had compassion on his people, and would not destroy them, neither cast them off. Neh. i. 9. If ye turn unto me and keep my commandments, though ye were cast out, I will gather you. Job viii. 20. God will not cast away a perfect man. Ps. cxlvii. 6. Jer. vi. 30. Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. vii. 15. Because ye have done these evil works, saith the Lord, I will cast you out of my sight. Ver. 20. Ch. xv. 1, 2.—xxiii. 39.-lii. 3. xvi. 12, 13. Ye have done evil. Therefore I will cast you out of this land, into another land, where I will show you no favour. Ch. xxii. 26. Lam. v. 22. Thou hast utterly rejected us, and art wroth against us. Ezek. xxviii. 16. I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God. xxxii. 4. I will cast thee forth upon the open field.-Ver. 8. The bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee. Hos. ix. 17. God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him. Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into Ps. xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his the fire. people. Lam. iii. 31. viii. 12. The children of the kingdom shall Isa. xli. 9. I have chosen thee, and not cast be cast into outer darkness. thee away. xiii. 47. See the parable of the net and Jer. xxxiii. 25, 26. Thus saith the Lord, If fishers casting the bad fish away. Luke ix. 25. What is a man advantaged if | come the sons of God, even to them that behe gain the whole world, and lose himself, or lieve on his name. Who were born, not of be cast away? blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the John xv. 6. If a man abide not in me, he is will of man, but of God. cast forth as a branch, and is withered. 1 Cor. ix. 27. I keep my body under, lest I be cast away. Heb. vi. 8. That ground which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned. xii. 17. Esau was rejected. GOD A FATHER, XXXVI. God a father to his people. Exod. iv, 23. Let my son go. Isa. xliii. 6. Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. Ch. xlv. 11. Ixiii. 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer. Ver. 8. Ixiv. 8. Thou, Lord, art our Father: we are the clay, and thou our potter; we are all the work of thy hand. Jer. xxxi. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? Hos. i. 10. In the place where it was said, Ye are not my people, there shall it be said unto you, Ye are the sons of the living God. Mal. ii. 10. Have we not all one Father? hath not one God created us? iii. 3. Jesus said, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.— Ver. 5, 6. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (Tit. iii. 5, 6.) That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Ver. 7, 8, Marvel not that I said, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God, by faith in Jesus Christ. iv. 4, 5. God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law; that we might receive the adoption of sons. Eph. i. 4, 5, 6. God hath chosen us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ, to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will; to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 1 Pet. i. 22, 23. Love one another with a pure heart fervently: Ye being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. James i. 18. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a Matt. vi. 9. Our Father which art in kind of first-fruits of his creatures. heaven. xxiii. 9. One is your Father which is in heaven, John xx. 17. Jesus said, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; to my God and your God. 1 Cor. viii. 6. To us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all things. 2 Cor. vi. 18. I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Jer. xxxi. 1. 9. Hos. i. 10. Eph. iv. 6. There is one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. XXXVII. How any of mankind come into the relation of children, of sons and daughters unto God, besides that of being created by God. John i. 12, 13. As many as received Christ, to them gave he power to be 1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Luke xx. 36. The children of the resurrection. 1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God! XXXVIII. Blessings from God as a Father, to his people as his children. Matt. vi. 6. Thy Father shall reward thee openly, Ver. 8. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him. Ver. 14. Your heavenly Father will forgive your trespasses. x. 29, 30, 31. A sparrow shall not fall on the ground without your Father. The very hairs of your head are numbered. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. xiii. 43. The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. xviii. 14. It is not the will of your Father | maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the that one of these little ones should perish. Luke xii. 32. Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. John xi. 51, 52. The high priest prophesied, that Jesus should die; and gather together in one the children of God. Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father. viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Gal. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. good, and he sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Luke vi. 35. vi. 14. If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful as your Father also is merciful. Matt. v. 48. Be ye perfect as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. John iv. 23. The true worshippers shall Eph. v. 1, 2. Be ye followers of God as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us. Ver. 20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. James iii. 9. With the tongue bless we God, even the Father. Phil. iv. 20. Unto God our Father, be glory for ever and ever. Ver. 16, 17. The Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. Gal. iv. 7. If a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Rom. viii. 19. The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (1 John iii. 2.) Ver. 21. Phil. ii. 14, 15. Do all things without murThe creature shall be delivered from the hond-murings, and disputings; that ye may be age of corruption, into the glorious liberty of blameless and harmless, the sons of God withthe children of God. out rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. 2 Cor. i. 3. God is to us the Father of mercies, the God of all comfort, Eph. ii. 18. Through Christ we have access, by the Spirit unto the Father. 2 Thess. ii. 16. Our Father hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace. Heb. ii. 10. Bringing many sons unto glory. James i. 17. Every good and perfect gift cometh from the Father of lights. 1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. ii. 1. We have an advocate with the Father. iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. Jude 1. Sanctified by God the Father, preserved in Jesus Christ, and called. XXXIX. Marks and characters of God's children, in the exercise of the graces, and practice of the duties of religion. Mal. i. 6. If I be a Father, where is mine honour? saith the Lord of hosts. Matt. v. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of God. Ver. 16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Ver. 44, 45. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he Heb. xii. 5, 6. The exhortation speaketh unto you as unto children, My son despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him; for whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." Ver. 7, 8. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? If ye be without chastisement, whereof all are par takers, then are ye bastards and not sons. Ver. 9. Shall we not be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? Ver. 10. He chasteneth us for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 1 Pet. i. 14, 15. As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Ver. 17. Call on the Father, and pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. Ver. 22, 23. Love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 John ii. 29. Every one that doeth righteousness is born of God. iii. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin because he is born of God. (Ch. v. 18.) Ver. 10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the |