The Son's Wisdom. Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge. Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb to receive Power, and Riches, and Wisdom, &c. The Spirit's Wifdom. Ifa. xi. 2. He is the Spirit of Wisdom. Eph. i. 17. The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. 5. The Power of God. Ff. Ixii. 11. Power belongeth unto God. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory. Chrift's Power. Isa. ix. 6. His Ñame, the mighty God. Matt, xxviii. 18. All Power is given to me in Heaven and in Earth. 1 Cor. i. 24. Chrift the Power of God. See the Power of Christ. The Spirit's Power. Rom. xv. 13. Abound in Hope, through the Power of the Holy Ghost. Ver. 19. Through mighty Signs and Wonders by the Power of the Spirit of God. 6. Goodness of God. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. The Lord is good. Chrift. Acts x. 38. He went about doing Good. Spirit. Pf. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good. 7. Works of God.Creation. Ifa. xl. 28. The Creator of the Ends of the Earth. Gen. i. 27. God created Man. Works of Chrift. John. i. 3. All Things were made by him. Col. i. 16. By him were all Things created that are in Heaven and that are in Earth. me Works of the Spirit. Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made Pf. civ. 30. Thou fendeft forth thy Spirit, they are created. 8. God fendeth Teachers to his Church. Jer. vii. 25. I have fent unto you my Servants the Prophets, Ch. 25. 3, 4.-26. 5.-29. 19.-35. 14, 15-44. 4. Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the Harveft, that he will fend forth Labourers into his Harvest. See Acts 9. 15. 17. Eph. 4. 11, 12. Acts 22. 14. Gal. 1. 15: Chrift fendeth them. Matt. x. 5. These twelve Jefus fent forth, faying, Go, preach, heal the Sick, cleanse the Lepers, raise the Dead, caft out Devils, &c. Acts xxvi. 16, 17, 18. He faid I have appeared unto thee, to make thee a Minifter. I fend thee to open their Eyes, to turn them from Darkness to Light, &c. See Ch. 22. 14. 21. 1 Cor. i. 17. Paul faid,, Chrift fent me to preach the Golpel. 2 Cor. v. 20. We are Ambaffadors for Chrift. The Holy Ghoft fendeth them. Ifa, xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his Spirit hath fent me. Acts xiii. 2. The Holy Ghoft faid, feparate me Barnabas and Saul for the Work whereunto I have called them. Ver. 4.. They being fent forth by the Holy Ghoft, departed into Silefia. xx. 28. Paul faid, take heed unto yourfelves, and to all the Flock, over the which the Holy Ghoft hath made you Overfeers.-Or Bishops -as in the Original. 9. Treachers 9. Teachers receive their Knowledge from God. John vi. 45. They shall be all taught of God. Ifa. 54. 13. Jer. 31. 34. Phil. iii. 15. God fhall reveal this unto you. From Chrift. Gal. i. 12. Neither was I taught it but by the Revelation of Jefus Christ. From the Spirit. Luke ii. 26. It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghoft. John. xiv. 26. The holy Spirit shall teach you all Things. 10. God spake by those who were fent. Heb. i... God fpake unto the Fathers by the Prophets. Chrift fpake by them. 2 Cor. xiii. 3. ing in me. Holy Ghoft fpake by them. Mark xiii. the Holy Ghost. Ye feek a Proof of Chrift fpeak 11. It is not ye that speak, but 11. God is in bis People, as his Temple. Acts vii. 48. The most High dwelleth not in Temples made with Hands, Ch. 17. 24. 1 Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God? Ver. 17. 2 Cor. vi. 16. Ye are the Temple of the living God, God hath faid, I will dwell in them and walk in them. Chrift is in them. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Chrift is in you of a Truth. The Holy Ghoft is in them. John xiv. 17. The Spirit of Truth dwelleth with you, and fhall be in you. Rom. viii. xi. His Spirit that dwelleth in you. 1 Cor. vi. 19. Your Body is the Temple of the Holy Ghoft. iii. 13. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of the Holy Ghost, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. 12. God fan&tifieth his People. Jude 1. To them that are fanctified of God the Father, Chrift fan&tifieth. Heb. ii. 11. He that fanctifieth and they that are fanctified are all of one, wherefore he is not ashamed to call them Brethren. The Spirit fanctifieth. Rom. xv. 16. Being fanctified by the Holy Ghost. 13. God leadeth his People. Ifa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God which leadeth thee by the Way thou shouldest go. Chrift leadeth. John x. iii. He calleth his own Sheep by Name, and leadeth them. The Spirit leadeth. Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God. 14. God is and giveth Life. Deut. xxx. 20. The Lord thy God he is thy Life. Chrift is Life. Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our Life shall Gal. ii. 20. Chrift liveth in me. The Spirit is Life. Rom. viii. 1o. The Spirit is Life. appear. 15. God raifeth the Dead. John v. 21. The Father raiseth up the Dead and quickeneth them. Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the Dead, 2 Cor. 1. 9. Chrift raifeth the Dead. John v. 21. The Son quickeneth whom he will. John John x. 18. I have Power to lay down my Life, and Power to take it again. ii. 19. Deftroy this Temple, (viz. his Body. Ver. 21.) and in three Days I will raife it up. Matt. xi. 5. The Dead are raised up.were Lazarus. John 11. 39 -12. 1. Daughter, Matt. 9. 25. A Widow's Son. -Persons raised by Chrift, Luke 7. 11. The Spirit raifeth the Dead. 1 Pet, iii. 18. Jefus Chrift quickened by the Spirit John vi 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. 16. The Son and Spirit joined with the Father in Worship. Matt. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations baptifing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. The Grace of our Lord Jefus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen. 1. CHAP. XIV. Duties toward God enforced by Threats and Promises. Knowledge. To know God and Chrift commanded, with its Fruits. Deut. iv. 39. Know and confider in thine Heart, that the Lord he is God in Heaven above, and upon the Earth beneath, there is none else. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Know thou the God of thy Father, and serve him with a perfect Heart, and with a willing Mind. Pf xlvi. 10. Be ftill and know that I am God. Pf. 100. 3. Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which exercife Lovingkindness and Judgment, and Righteousnefs in the Earth. Hof. vi. 6. I defired the Knowledge of God, more than Burntofferings. Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of God, encreafing in the Knowledge of God. 2 Pet. i. 8. Neither be ye barren nor unfruitful in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Christ. 2. Denying God. Tit. i. 16. Some profefs to know God, but in Works deny him. See 2 Pet. 2. I. 3. Prayers for them that know God, and Promises to them. Pf. xxxvi. 10. Continue thy loving Kindness to them that know thee. xci. 14. I will fet him on High, because he hath known my Name. Dan. xi. 32. The People that know God, fhall be strong and do exploits. John xvii 3. This is life Eternal to know thee, true God, and Jefus Chrift whom thou haft fent. 4. God will be known by his People. Pf. xlviii. 3. the Palaces of Zion for aRefuge. the only living and 1 John-2.13. God is known in lxxvi. 1. In Judah God is known, his Name is great in Ifrael. Ifa. xix. 21. The Lord fhall be known to Egypt, the Egyptians fhall know the Lord, and do Sacrifice to him. liv. 13. All thy Children shall be taught of the Lord. If. lx.2. Darkness fhall cover the Earth, and grofs Darkness the People, but the Lord fhall arife upon thee, and his Glory fhall be feen upon thee. Ver. 3. The Gentiles fhall come to thy Light, and Kings to the Brightness of thy Rifing. Ifa. 42. 7. 16. Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them an Heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and they fhall be my People, and I will be their God. xxxi. 33. I will put my Law in their inward Parts, and write it in their Hearts. Ver. 34. And they fhall all know me from the leaft even to the greateft. Hof. ii. 19. I will betroth thee to me, in Righteoufnefs and in Judgment, and in Loving-kindness, and in Mercies, and in Faithfulness, and thou fhalt know the Lord. vi. 2. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. Hab. ii. 14. The Earth fhall be full of the Knowledge of the Lord, as the Waters cover the Sea. Ifa. 11. 9. Mal. i. 11. From the Rifing of the Sun to the Going down of the fame, my Name fhall be great among the Gentiles, and in every Place Incense fhall be offered unto my Name, and a pure Offering. Prov. 2. 4. 5. God is made known by his Works. Pf. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the Judgments he executeth. xix. 1. The Heavens declare the Glory of God, the Firmament fheweth his handy Work. Ver. 2. Day unto Day uttereth Speech, and Night unto Night fheweth Knowledge. Rom. 1. 20. The invifible Things of God, from the Creation of the World are clearly feen, being understood by the Things that he hath made, even his eternal Power and God head. Pf. lviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth in the Earth. c. 3. The Lord he is God, he made us. 2 Cor. i. 21. He which ftablifheth us with you in Chrift, and hath anointed us is God. Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. 5. Chrift called Light as a Teacher fent to give the true Knowlege of God. Luke ii. 32. A Light to lighten the Gentiles. John i. 4. In him was Life, and the Life was the Light of Men. Ver. 7. 8. Matt. 4. 16. Ver. 9. The true Light that lighteth every Man, that cometh into the World. viii. 12. Jefus faid, I am the Light of the World, he that followeth me shall not walk in Darkness, but fhall have the Light of Life. ix. 5. As long as I am in the World, I am the Light of the World. x. 14. I know my Sheep, and am known of mine. xii. 46. I am come a Light into the World, that whofoever believeth on me should not abide in Darkness. Ver. 35. 36. Acts xiii. 47. I have fet thee to be a Light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldft be for Salvation to the Ends of the Earth. 6. Duties of the Enlightened, who know God. A&ts xvii. 30. The Times of Ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all Men every where to repent. Z Rom. Rom. xiii. 12. Let us put on the Armour of Light. Ver. 13. Let us walk honeftly as in the Day, not in Rioting and Drunkenness, not in Chambering and Wantonnefs. 1 Theff. v. 5. Ye are all the Children of the Light and of the Day, we are not of the Night nor of Darkness. Ver. 6. Therefore let us not fleep as do others, but let us watch and be Sober. Ver. 8. Let us who are of the Day be fober, putting on the Breaftplate of Faith and Love, and for an Helmet the Hope of Salvation. 1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye should fhew forth the Praises of him who hath called you out of Darkness, to his marvellous Light. 7. Wicked know not God. Exod. v. 2. Pharaoh faid, who is the Lord? that I fhould obey his Voice. I know not the Lord, neither will I let Ifrael go. Job 21.15. Pf. xiv. 4. Have all the Workers of Iniquity no Knowledge? lxxix. 6. Pour out thy Wrath upon the Heathen that have not known thee. lxxxii. 5. They know not, neither will they understand, they walk on in Darkness. Ifa. i. 3. Ifrael doth not know, my People doth not confider. Ver. 7. Your Country is defolate, your City is burnt with Fire. Jer. iv. 22. My People is foolish, they have not known me, they are wife to do Evil, but to do Good they have no Knowledge. Ver. 27. The whole Land shall be defolate. v. 4. They are Foolish, they know not the Way of the Lord, nor the Judgments of their God. Ver. 5. ix. 3. They proceed from Evil to Evil and know not me, faith the Lord. Ver. 11. I will make Jerufalem Heaps. Hof. iv. 1. The Lord hath a Controverfy with the Inhabitants of the Land, because there is no Truth nor Mercy, nor Knowledge of God in the Land. v. 4. The Spirit of Whoredoms is in them, they have not known the Lord. John viii. 19. Jefus faid to the Pharifees, ye neither know me nor my Father, Ver. 55: xvi. 3. Jefus faid unto his Difciples, thefe Things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father nor me. xvii. 25. O righteous Father, the World hath not known thee. Rom. 1. 27. They did not like to retain God in their Knowledge, wherefore God gave them up to a reprobate Mind. Pf. 10. 4. 1 Cor. xv. 34. Some (profefs'd Chriftians) have not the Knowledge of God. 1 John iv. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth not God. Faith. 8. Faith in God. 2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe in the Lord your God, fo fhall ye be established. Ifa. xliii. 10. Ye are my Witneffes faith the Lord, and my Servant whom I have chofen, that ye may know and believe me, that I am the Lord. Mark |