My heart where hellifh legions are l Pfalm Ixxxii. 1, 2, God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjully, and accept the perfons of the wicked? Selah. v. 5, They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darknefs; all the foundations of the earth are out of courfe. / Matth. xv. 19, For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, falfe witnefs, blafphemies. Luke viii. 30, And Jefus afked him, faying, What is thy name? and he faid, Legion; becaufe many devils were entered into him. m Eph. vi. 12, For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against fpiritual wickednefs in high places. n Rev. xvii. 17, For God hath put into their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God fhall be fulfilled. o Eph. ii. 3, Among whom alfo we all had our conversation in times paft, in the lufts of our flesh, and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath even as others. James i. 13, Let no man fay, when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. Acts i. 15, 16, And in thofe days Peter stood up in the midst of the difciples, and faid, Men and brethren, this fcripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghoft, by the mouth of David, fpake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jefus. And ii. 23, Jefus of Nazareth being delivered by the determinate counfel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and flain. And iv. 27, 28, For of a truth, against thy holy child Jefus whom thou haft anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Ifracl, were gathered together, for to do whatfoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. q Hof. v. 11, Ephraim is oppreffed, and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 2 Cor. viii. 11, 12, Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, fo there may be a performance alfo out of that which you have: For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. To duty feldom I adhere, r SECT. XI. The mystery of Chrift, his names, natures, and offices. My Lord appears; awake, my foul, The everlasting Father' ftyl'd, r Pfalm cxix. 176, I have gone aftray like a loft sheep, feek thy fervant; for I do not forget thy commandments. Heb. x. 39, But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition: but of them that believe, to the faving of the foul. s Pfalm xc. 3, Thou turneft man to destruction, and fayeft, Return, ye children of men. John v. 24, Verily, verily, I fay unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that fent me, hath everlasting life, and fhall not come into condemnation: but is paffed from death unto life. Rev. iii. 21, To him that overcometh will I grant to fit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and am fet down with my Father on his throne. And xxii. 5, And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the fun; for the Lord giveth them light; and they shall reign for ever and ever. a Ifa. ix. 6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a fon is given, and the government shall be upon his fhoulders; and his name fhall be called Wonderful. b Pfalm cxlvii. 5, Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite. Luke ii. 52, And Jefus increased in wifdom and ftature, and in favour with God and man. c Gal. iv. 4, But when the fulness of the time was come, God fent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. d Ifa. ix. 6, For unto us a child is born-: and his name fhall be called The everlafting Father. Matth. i. 23, Behold, a virgin fhall be with child, and fhall bring forth a Son, and they fhall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with us. S Nor father he, nor mother had, Yet full with both relations clad. e His titles differ and accord, As David's fon, and David's Lord. f My nature is corruption doom'd: h e Heb. vii. 3, For this Melchifedec-without father, without mother, without defcent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God, abideth a priest continually. Luke ii. 48, 49, And when they faw him, they were amazed; and his mother faid unto him, Son, why haft thou fo dealt with us? behold, thy Father and I have fought thee forrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye fought me? wift ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Matth. xxii. 41-45, While the Pharifees were gathered together, Jefus afked him, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose fon is he? They said unto him, The fon of David. He faith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, faying, The Lord faith unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies my footstoool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his fon, &c. g Matth. xxi. 5, Tell ye the daughters of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and fitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an afs. v. 8, 9, And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and ftrewed them in the way. And the multitude that went before and that followed, cried, faying, Hofannah to the son of David: bleffed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hofanna in the highest. v. 12, And Jefus went into the temple of God, and caft out all them that fold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the feats of them that fold doves. Col. ii. 15, And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a fhow of them openly, triumphing over them in it (his cross.) Rom. iv. 25, Jefus our Lord was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our juftification. Eph. iv. 8, Wherefore he (David) faith, When he afcended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Rom. i. 4, Jefus Christ our Lord, was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness by the refurrection from the dead. b Eph. iv. 22, Put off, concerning the former converfation, the old man which is corrupt, according to the deceitful lufts. He nor on him (to drink the brook) i ; Pfalm cx. 7, He shall drink of the brook in the way; there fore shall he lift up the head. Rom. viii. 3, God fent his own Son, in the likeness of finful flesh, and for fin condemned fin in the flesh. John i. 14, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. Luke i. 35, And the angel answered and faid unto Mary, the Holy Ghoft fhall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest fhall overfhadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Heb. ii. 16, For verily, he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the feed of Abraham. And vii. 26, 27, For fuch an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from finners, and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up facrifice, first for his own fins, and then for the people's; for this he did once, when he offered up himself. Ifa. liii. 5, 6, All we like sheep have gone aftray; we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 2 Cor. v. 21, God hath made Christ to be fin for us, who knew no fin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Matth. xx. 28, The fon of man came to give his life a ransom for many. m Rom. iii. 25, Whom God hath fet forth to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remiffion of fins that are past, through the forbearance of God. Acts xx. 28, Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. I Pet. i. 18, 19, For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as filver and gold, from your vain converfation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without fpot. 1 John iii. 16, Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us. n Rev. i. 4, 5, Grace be unto you, and peace from-Jefus Chrift, who is the faithful witnefs, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. . Zech. vi. 12, 13, Behold, the man whofe name is the Anointed Chief with oil of joy, p Crown'd Chief with thorns of fharp annoy. q Lo, in his white and ruddy face The firft, the laft, the fecond man ; « BRANCH-he fhall build the temple of the Lord, and he fhall bear the glory. Heb. xii. 2, Jefus, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despifing the flame, &c. Psalm xlv. 7, Thou loveft righteousness, and hatest wickednefs, therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. q Matth. xxvii. 29, And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews. Song ii. 1, I am the rofe of Sharon, and the lilly of the valleys. And v. 10, My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefeft among ten thousand. f Rev. xxii. 16, I (Jesus) am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning ftar. Mal. iv. 2, But unto you that fear my name, fhall the Sun of righteousness arife with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up, as calves of the stall. s Col. i. 18, And Chrift is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first born from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence. John iii. 16, God fo loved the word, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoever believeth in him, fhould not perish, but have everlafting life. Gen. iii. 15, And I (the Lord God) will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed; it fhall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.. + Ifa. liii. 8, He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who fhall declare his generation? Prov. xxx. 4, Who hath ascended up into heaven, or defcended? who hath gathered the wind in his fifts? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his Son's name, if thou canst tell? n Rev. i. 11, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. I Cor. xv. 45, The laft Adam was made a quickening fpirit. v. 47, The fecond man is the Lord from heaven. |