John xi. 26. Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die, or fhall not die for ever. xx. 31. Thefe are written that ye might believe that Jefus is the Chrift the Son of God, and that believing ye might have Life through his Name. Acts xvi. 31. Paul and Silas faid to the Jaylor, believe in the Lord Jefus Chrift, and thou shalt be faved. xxvi. 18. That they might receive an Inheritance among them that are fanctified by Faith in me. Rom. x. 9. If thou fhalt confefs with thy Mouth the Lord Jefus, and. fhalt believe in thine Heart that God raised him from the Dead, thou shalt be faved. Eph. ii. 8. By Grace ye are faved through Faith. 2 Theff. ii. 13. God hath chofen us to Salvation, through Sanctification of the Spirit and Belief of the Truth. 1 Tim. i. 16. I Paul obtained Mercy, that in me Jefus Chrift might fhew forth all Long-fuffering, for a Pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to Life everlasting. vi. 12. Fight the good Fight of Faith, lay hold on eternal Life. 2 Tim. iii. 15. The Scriptures are able to make thee wife unto Salvation through Faith which is in Christ Jesus. iv. 7. I have fought a good Fight, I have finished my Course, I have kept the Faith. Ver. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness which the Lord the Righteous Judge fhall give me at that Day, and not to me only, but unto all them that love his appearing. Heb. 4. 3. We which have believed do enter into Rest. vi. 12. Be ye Followers of them who through Faith and Patience inherit the Promises. x. 39. We are not of them who draw back to Perdition, but of them who believe to the faving of the Soul. 1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the Power of God through Faith unto Salvation. Ver. 9. Receiving the End of your Faith, the Salvation of your Souls. 1 John v. 13. Thefe Things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God, that ye might know that ye have eternal Life. tians. 35. Things extraordinary promised to the Faith of fome primitive ChrifMatt. xxi. 21. If ye have Faith as a Grain of Mustard Seed, and doubt not, ye fhall not only do this that is done to the Fig-tree, but also if ye shall fay to this Mountain be thou removed, and be thou caft into the Sea, it fhall be done, Luke 17. 26. 1 Cor. 13. 2. Ver. 22. And all Things whatsoever ye fhall ask in Prayer, believing, ye fhall receive, Mark 11. 24. Mark xvi. 17. These Signs fhall follow them that believe, in my Name fhall they caft out Devils, they fhall fpeak with new Tongues. Ver. 18. They fhall take up Serpents, and if they fhall drink any deadly Thing, it shall not hurt them, they fhall lay Hands on the Sick and they shall recover. John xiv. 12. He that believeth on me, the Works that I do fhall he do alfo. 36. These 36. Thefe Promifes were fulfilled in the following Inftances. Acts ii. 4. The Disciples of Chrift fpake with new Tongues, 1 Cor. 14. 21. iii. 2. to 8. and xiv. 10. They cured the Lame. xvi. 18. They caft out unclean Spirits, Ch. 5. 16.—7. 8. xix. 11, 12. They healed the Sick, Ch. 25. 8. ix. 36. 37. 40. They raised the Dead, Ch. 20. 12. v. 5. 10. Lying Hypocrites die at their Rebuke. xxviii. 3, 5. Paul thakes a Viper off his Hand, and is not hurt by it. xiii. 11. Enemies of the Faith are struck with Blindness. ix. 12. 17. 18. They reftore Sight to the Blind. viii. 15. 17. The Holy Ghoft is given at laying on of their Hands. v. 12. They do great Miracles, Signs and Wonders, Ch. 6. 8.15. 12. 2 Cor. 12. 12. viii. 6. The People gave the more Heed to them and embraced the Faith, Ch. 5. 4. 37. Inftances of Miracles wrought for Perfins of eminent Faith. Matt. viii. 8. 10. 13. Luke 7. 9. At the Centurion's Faith his Servant is healed. ix. 28, 29, 30. Two blind Men reftored to Sight, Mark 10. 52. Mark ii. 5. One fick of the Palfy cured, Matt. 9. 2. 6. 7. v. 34. A Woman cured of a bloody Iffue. ix. 20. 25. A dumb Spirit is caft out of a Child at the Faith of the Child's Father. v. 36. At the Faith of the Ruler of the Synagogue, his Daughter who had been dead is restored to Life. Luke xvii. 19. A Leper cleanfed. John v. 50. At a Nobleman's Faith his Son is healed of a Fever. xi. 40. to 46. At Martha's Faith her Brother Lazarus is restored to Life. Acts iii. 16. By the Faith of a lame Man he is healed by Peter. xiv. A Cripple from the Womb healed by Paul. 38. Other Inftances of approved Faith. In Abraham. Gen. xv. 6. Compared with John 8. 56. Rom. 4. 18. 20-The Virgin Mary, Luke 1. 45-The Woman who washed Christ's Feet, with Tears, Luke 7. 37. to 50.-The Difciples, John 2. 22.-The Samaritans, John 4. 39.-The Jews, John 8. 31.-11. 45-A Man born blind, John 9. 35. 38.-The chief Rulers, John 12. 11. 42.-Thofe given to Chrift, John 17. 8-About five thoufand, Acts 4. 4. 32.—Many Priefts, Acts 6. 7. Stephen, Acts 6. 8.-The Eunuch, Acts 8. 13.— They of the Circumcifion, Acts 10. 45.-A great Number, Acts 11. 21.-14. 1. 23.—Many at Lyftra.-Greeks and devout Women, Acts 17. 4. Crifpus the Ruler of the Synagogue, Acts 18. 8. Ver. 27.Many in Achaia, Acts 19. 18.-Many Thousands of Jews, Acts 21. 20. Ver. 25. the Gentiles.-Some among all Nations, Rom. 1. &c. &c. Infidelity. 5. 16. 39. Want of Faith reproved. Matt. vi. 30. Jefus faid, if God fo cloath the Grafs of the Field, will he not much more cloath you, O ye of little Faith. Mark Mark xvi. 14. Jefus upbraided the Difciples with their Unbelief and Hardness of Heart, because they believed not those who had seen him after he was rifen.--Chrift upbraided the Disciples afraid upon Sea, with their want of Faith. Matt 8. 26. Peter upon Sea. Matt. 14. 31-The Difciples folicitous about Bread. Matt. 16. 8, 9, 10. The Disciples at their not being able to caft out a Devil. Matt. 17. 17. 19. 20. Matt. xiii. 58. Jefus did not many Miracles there because of their Unbelief. Mark 6. 5. 6. 40. Exhortations against Unbelief. John xx 27. Jesus said to Thomas, be not faithlefs but believing. Heb. iii. 12. Take heed left there be in any of you an evil Heart of Unbelief. iv. 11. Let us labour to enter into that Reft, that remaineth to the People of God, left any Man fall after the fame Example of Unbelief. 41. Threatnings against Unbelief. Unbelief towards God. Threats. Numb. xiv. 11. The Lord faid, how long fhall this Peop'e provoke me? How long fhall it be ere they believe me, for all the Signs I have fhewed among them? Ver. 12. I will scatter them with the Peftilence and difinherit them. Ver. 37. 38. Heb. 3. 17, 18.-4.6. Jude Ver. 5. xx. 12. The Lord fpake unto Mofes and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to fanctify me in the Eyes of the Children of Ifrael, therefore ye fhall not bring this Congregation into the Land which I have given. them. Deut. i. 32. Mofes faid, ye did not believe the Lord your God. Ver. 35. Surely there fhall not one of thefe Men, of this evil Generation, fee that good Land which I fware to give unto their Fathers. Heb. 3. 19.4.6. 2 Kings xvii. 14. 18. 20. Because they did not believe, the Lord rejected the Seed of Ifrael. Ifa. vii. 9. If ye will not believe, ye shall not be established. liii. 9. Who hath believed our Report. –106. 24. 26. 29. 42. Unbelief toward Chrift; Threats. See Pf. 78. 21. 22. 32. 33. Matt. xxi. 31. Jefus faid, verily I fay unto you, the Publicans and Harlots enter into the Kingdom of Heaven before you. Ver. 32. For ye believed not John Baptift, but the Publicans and Harlots believed him. Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth not fhall be damned. Luke xii. 46. The Lord of the wicked Servant will appoint him his Portion with Unbelievers. John iii. 18. He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed on the Name of the only begotten Son of God. Ver. 36. He that believeth not, the Son fhall not fee Life, but the Wrath of God abideth on him. 1 John 5. 10. viii. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, ye fhall die in your Sins. Ver. 48. He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my Words, hath one one that judgeth him, the Word that I have spoken, the same shall Judge him in the last Day. Rom. ix. 31. Ifrael hath not attained to the Law of Righteousness Ver. 32. Because they sought it not by Faith, but as it were by the Works of the Law. xi. 20. Because of Unbelief the Jews were broken off. xiv. 23. He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of Faith, for whatfover is not of Faith, is Sin. 2 Theff. ii. 10. They received not the love of the Truth, that they might be faved. Ver. 11. For this Cause God shall send them ftrong Delusion that they might believe a Lye. Ver. 12. That they all might be damned who believed not the Truth, but had Pleasure in Unrighteousness. 1 Tim. v. 8. If any provide not for his own, he hath deny'd the Faith. 1 Tim, v. 11, They have begun to wax wanton againft Chrift. Ver. 12. Having Damnation because they have caft off their firft Faith. Tit. i. 15. To them that are undefiled and unbelieving is Nothing Pure, but even their Mind and Confcience is defiled. Heb. iv. 2. Unto us was the Gospel preached as well as unto them, but the Word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with Faith in them that heard it. Heb. x. 38. The Juft shall live by Faith, but if any Man draw back my Soul fhall have no Pleasure in him. Ver. 39. We are not of them that draw back to Perdition, but of them who believe to the Saving of the Soul. xi. 31. By Faith Rahab perished not with them that believed not. 1 John ii. 23. Whofoever denieth the Son, the fame hath not the Father. Rev. xxi. 8. The Fearful and Unbelieving, and the Abominable, and Murderers, and Whoremongers, and Sorcerers, and Idolaters, and all Liars fhall have their Part in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimftone, which is the second Death. See lsa. 66. 24. . 43. The following Caufes of Unbelief are affigned in Scripture by Chrift, and his Apoftles. Luke viii. 12. The Devil taketh away the Word out of their Hearts, left they fhould believe and be faved. See Ver. 13. 14. John v. 44. How can ye believe which receive Honour one of another, and feek not the Honour that cometh from God only? Ver. 46. Had ye believed Mofes, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me. Ver. 47. But if ye believe not his Writings, how fhall ye believe my Words? 2 Cor. 3. 14. 15. John viii. 45. Because I tell you the Truth, ye believe me not. X. 26. Ye believe me not because ye are not of my Sheep. 2 Cor. iv. 4. Because the God of this World hath blinded their Minds. 1 Tim. iv. 4. Giving heed to feducing Spirits, and Doctrines of Devils. vi. 10. The Love of Money, Ver. 20. 21. Profeffing Science, falfely fo called.Hence is applied to Unbelievers the Prophecy of Ifa. vi 9. Compared with John 12. 40. 41. Acts 28. 26. 27. Rom. 11.7. 8. 44. Looking Looking to God. 44. Look to God. PI. xxxiv. 5. They looked unto God and were lightened. Pf. 5. 3.—123.2. Ifa. xvii. 7. At that Day fhall a Man look to his Maker, and his Eyes fhall have Refpect to the holy One of Ifrael. Ch. 8. 17. xlv. 22. Look unto me and be ye faved all the Ends of the Earth, for I am God, and there is none else. Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my Salvation, my God will hear me. See Ifa. 33. 14. Remembering God. 45. Remembering God. Neh. iv. 14. Remember the Lord which is great and terrible. Pf. 20.7. Job xxi. 6. When I remember him I am afraid. Pf. xlii. 6. My God, my Soul is catt down in me, therefore will I remember thee. Pf. 20. 7.-77. 10. Ixiii. 5. My Soul fhall be fatisfied as with Marrow and Fatness, and my Mouth fhall praise thee with joyful Lips Ver. 6. When I remember thee upon my Bed, and meditate on thee in the Night-watches. Eccl. xii. 1. Remember thy Creator in the Days of thy Youth. Ifa. xxvi. 9. The Defire of our Soul is to thee, and to the Remembrance of thy Name. Jonah ii. When 7. my Soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord, and my Prayer came unto thee, even unto thine holy Temple. See Zech. 10. 9. Not remembering God. Ifa. 57. 11. Of whom haft thou been afraid that thou haft lied, and haft not remembered me? nor laid it to thy Heart? Ch. 51. 12, 13 Judg. 8. 34. Pf. 78. 42. Forgetting God. 46. Forgetting God. Pf. cvi. 21. Ifrael forgat God their Saviour which had done great things in Egypt for them. Jer. ii. 32. My People have forgotten me Days without Number. Ch. 13. 25. 18. 5. iii. 21. They have perverted their Way, and have forgotten the Lord their God. Ezek. xxii. 12. Thou haft gain'd of thy Neighbour by Extortion, and haft forgotten me, faith the Lord. Ver. 14. Jer. 24. 27. Hof. 2. 12. 47. Threatenings against thofe that forget God. Deut. xxxii. 18. Of the Rock that begat thee, thou art unmindful and haft forgotten God that formed thee. Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. See to Ver. 26. Judge iii. 7. The Children of Ifrael forgat the Lord. Ver. 8. Therefore the Anger of the Lord was hot against Ifrael, &c. 1 Sam. xii. 9. They forgat the Lord their God, and he fold them into the Hand of thelr Enemies. Pf. ix. 17. The Wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the Nations that forget God. Job 8. 11. 12. 13. B b PL |