This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
| identifier | question |
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| A09972 | But what is the way to get assurance of the forgivennes of our sins may some say? |
| A09972 | Lord what wilt thou have me to doe? |
| A09972 | Whence wee may learne? |
| A55751 | If the Will be indifferent in it selfe, and equally inclined unto either part; whence is that facility and promptitude in working? |
| A10027 | 2. and saith vnto himthus: Oh Iehosaphat, wilt thou help the wicked? |
| A10027 | 37. after the Sermon of Peter, it is said, They were pricked in their hearts, and cryed out; Men and brethren, what shall we do to be saued? |
| A10027 | And are they not as deere to God? |
| A10027 | Are they not i the same Church of God that we are? |
| A10027 | Are they not the same piece? |
| A10027 | For why should we not? |
| A10027 | What kind of infusion? |
| A10027 | What kind of transmission? |
| A10027 | You will say vnto me, how shall we know it? |
| A10027 | You will say, This is some- what obscure; What kind of virtue is this? |
| A10027 | before, as the sands, because hee rested on the Lord, he gaue him the victorie ouer them: afterwards a small army escaped his hands, why? |
| A10027 | wilt thou loue those that hate the Lord? |
| A09956 | But you will say, doe you altogether condemne naturall, and morall vertues? |
| A09956 | Dost thou thinke hee will not heare thee? |
| A09956 | I say if you have the forme of godlynes and not the power, will that save you? |
| A09956 | I therefore now aske thee, wouldst thou turne to God? |
| A09956 | Many will say, I am but flesh and blood, and what will you have me to doe? |
| A09956 | Thirdly, the reasons why some have but the forme? |
| A09956 | and to saye, Lord, I desire but the power and strengeh to goe through with thy owne worke? |
| A55750 | And if they be more publique, there are prayers before and after Sermon, wherein the Minister is left at more liberty? |
| A55750 | But it wil be said this is a hard case, although a man would repent, yet he can not? |
| A55750 | But what is this else but to put God into such streights as Darius was in, who would faine have saved Daniel, but because of his Decree he could not? |
| A55750 | He was full of all the Treasures of wisedom and knowledge? |
| A55750 | Steven and other Saints are said in Scripture to be full of the Holy Ghost, and how differs this from the Fulnesse of Christ? |
| A55750 | That which is chiefely to b ● ● ● prehended, is of a secret disesteem of publique prayers? |
| A55750 | What else distinguished Iohn from Iudas, Simon Peter, from Simon Magus? |
| A55750 | What hast thou, that thou hast not received? |
| A55750 | What shall we now deduce hence for Application to our selves? |
| A55750 | Why do we not with David turn away our eyes, hearts, and affections from beholding vanity, and pitch them all on him? |
| A55750 | if thou hast received it, why dost thou boast, as though thou hadst not received it? |
| A09967 | As David reasoneth, He that made the eye, shall not he see? |
| A09967 | Better it were that men would come to this disjunction: either it is lawfull to use them, or not: if not, why doe they not wholly abstaine? |
| A09967 | But if it proceed from love to God, why is it not done sooper, why not in the flower of youth? |
| A09967 | For what have we that we have not received? |
| A09967 | How many thousands are in hell, who thought to have repented, and did not, because they neglected the breathings of the spirit when they were offered? |
| A09967 | So he that made these things shall he not have them more eminently in himselfe? |
| A09967 | That repentance which men take up in age, or times of extremity, whence proceeds it? |
| A09967 | What shall we now deduce from hence for our benefit? |
| A09967 | Who knowes whether ever it will be had againe or no? |
| A09967 | Why doe we not then with Saint Paul, trample on the glory of the world, for the excellent knowledge of Christ? |
| A09967 | Why doe wee not with David turn our hearts, eyes, and affections from beholding vanities, and pitch them all in him? |
| A09967 | and he that made the eare, shall not he heare? |
| A09967 | if so, why doe they not use them lawfully in a reverend manner? |
| A09967 | or shall the wall that glistereth with the Sun- beames, exalt it selfe against another that standeth in the shadow? |
| A09967 | shall our purse or vessell boast it selfe against another, because the owner hath put more gold, and more precious liquor into it? |
| A09967 | yea, when it is done soonest, would we not be heartily sorry that it is not done sooner? |
| A10015 | 7 ver 6 When yee did eate and when yee did drinke, did you not eat ● for your selves, and drink ● for your selves? |
| A10015 | But by what means may these corruptions and lusts lying in a mans heart be removed? |
| A10015 | But how shal we attaine to this spirit will some say? |
| A10015 | But some may object, that grace is a very good thing, and therefore a man may trust in his owne grace? |
| A10015 | But whether is any man able to have this fulnesse of Conversation here required? |
| A10015 | Doth not hee see my wayes, and count all my steps? |
| A10015 | For although a man have never so many spots about him, yet if he have not a glasse to looke in, how will he espie them? |
| A10015 | I made a covenant with mine eyes, there is his resolution, for not reasoning or disputing with his corruptions; why then should I thinke upon a maid? |
| A10015 | If the Devill were not our enemie why should the Apostle here exhort us to resist him? |
| A10015 | If the heart must be renewed, how comes it to passe that there are many rebellions both of heart and life in the best men? |
| A10015 | Is it such a fast that I have chosen? |
| A10015 | Is it such a fast that I have chosen? |
| A10015 | Is it to bow downe his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? |
| A10015 | Is not this great Babel, which I have built for the house of the kingdome, by ● he might of my power ● nd for the honour of my Majestie? |
| A10015 | O Ierusalem wash thy heart from wickednesse that thou mayst be saved, how long shall thy vaine thoughts lodge within thee? |
| A10015 | Secondly, they who beare this yoake delight in it, it becomes easie, what will not become easie to a man if he delight in it? |
| A10015 | Their lusts which fought in their members, from whence come warres saith hee, and fightings among you? |
| A10015 | What? |
| A10015 | Who sees himselfe thus beset with his adversary, and desires not to have strength and weapons wherby he may resist him? |
| A10015 | Why should Satan every day grow more and more subti ● e to tempt us, and wee not grow more and more acquainted with his policies to resist him? |
| A10015 | a day for a man to afflict his soule? |
| A10015 | a day for a man to afflict his soule? |
| A10015 | can any such man be so fearelesse and so voyd of reason, as to cast himselfe into hell which he seekes to shunne? |
| A10015 | he that made the understanding shall not he know? |
| A10015 | know yee not that your ● ody is the temple of the holy Ghost which is in you, which yee have of God, and yee are not your owne? |
| A10015 | or cast himself into the water, that he might not be drowned? |
| A10015 | saith hee, and a strange punishment to workers of iniquity? |
| A10015 | there is his resolution for not staring upon the object, For what portion of God is there from above? |
| A10015 | would any man standing by the fire, voluntarily throw himselfe into the fire that he might not be burnt? |
| A09971 | & yet if not that? |
| A09971 | And dowe not say of light it is most pleasant? |
| A09971 | But I make no such bargaine with Christ you will say? |
| A09971 | But are there none that finde this pleasure? |
| A09971 | But how shall a man bring his heart to this hard thing? |
| A09971 | But is Christ our rule? |
| A09971 | But why is flesh called a mans selfe? |
| A09971 | Did Abraham loose by it, by denying himselfe in his sonne Isaack? |
| A09971 | First, what it is to follow? |
| A09971 | I but this is to such as are indiscreet, that know not when to speake, and when to hold their peace? |
| A09971 | I but what motive is this? |
| A09971 | If the wayes of God bee so full of difficulty and crosses, how can a man undergoe them? |
| A09971 | If we have not beene faithfull in the unrighteous Māmon, who wil trust us in the true treasure? |
| A09971 | In shunning sin may he not have an eye unto hell; and in walking the wayes of God, may he have an eye to heaven? |
| A09971 | It is true the Law is our rule? |
| A09971 | The heart is deceitfull and wicked above all things, who can know? |
| A09971 | There must bee Pauls disposition in us, Lord what wilt thou that I doe? |
| A09971 | Thus Paul argues this, I saith that every one of you saith, I am Paul, I am Apollo, I am Cephas,& I am Christ: is Christ divided? |
| A09971 | Why should hee not rejoyce of himselfe? |
| A09971 | but will not discretion helpe me? |
| A09971 | hee is no good souldier that resolves not to dye in battell: shall a Pilote goe to Sea and not resolve for a tempest? |
| A09971 | how can himselfe deny himselfe? |
| A09971 | no his sonne was given him; was Salomon a looser by denying himselfe in riches and honour, when he asked wisedome to governe the commonwealth? |
| A09971 | the Law is our rule; have we two rules? |
| A09971 | was Paul circumcised for you, that is, those men are not to bee named with Christ, hath not hee beene crucified for you? |
| A09971 | what though the flesh doe get the superioritie and the Spirit decay? |
| A09971 | will not a mans innocency and good parts helpe him out? |
| A09984 | And what is the nature and property, the quality and condition of it? |
| A09984 | But I answer, is it so? |
| A09984 | But I answer, what dost thou tell him of that? |
| A09984 | But let me aske thee one question; dost thou know what it is to bee so accursed? |
| A09984 | But thou wilt say, I have often offended him, will he then yet heare me, or accept of my love for all that? |
| A09984 | But thou wilt say, durus est hic sermo, this is an hard saying, how shall I be able to doe this? |
| A09984 | But thou wilt say, how doth prayer beget love? |
| A09984 | But thou wilt say, how shall I know that? |
| A09984 | But thou wilt say, how shall I know whether this that I doe, I doe it out of love to his name, rather then out of any hypocrisie, or love to my selfe? |
| A09984 | But thou wilt say, why? |
| A09984 | But what is that to thee? |
| A09984 | But you will say, we are not able to fulfill the law of our selves; and how then shall we doe it? |
| A09984 | But( thou wilt say againe yet further) what, must wee love nothing else but him then? |
| A09984 | But( thou wilt say) how shall I come to be acquainted with God? |
| A09984 | But( thou wilt say) will God then be content with any love? |
| A09984 | Dost thou so? |
| A09984 | Fourthly, wee shall receive much comfort by loving the Lord: now what is that keepes us from loving of him but our pleasures? |
| A09984 | How? |
| A09984 | I answer, no truely that he will not neither; what then? |
| A09984 | Is it not so? |
| A09984 | Now doe but thinke how good a thing it is to love one that is but like thee? |
| A09984 | Oh, but how shall I know that? |
| A09984 | Thirdly, dost thou love his appearing at the last day, canst thou say in the uprightnesse of thy soule, come Lord Iesus, come quickly? |
| A09984 | Thou wilt say, these are indeede good motives to make us to love him, but how shall I come by this love? |
| A09984 | What if thou be, yet he is long suffering, so that he will not cast thee off, if so be thou wilt cleave to him? |
| A09984 | What''s that? |
| A09984 | canst thou deny him such a small thing as that is? |
| A09984 | dost thou thinke it long first? |
| A09984 | hast thou no such occasions? |
| A09984 | if he thinke thee worthy; as so he doth, for he sues unto thee, what needst thou stand upon that, why shouldst thou care for any more? |
| A09984 | is it not a great griefe for a man to be confind to his house, so that hee must never come to the Court, nor see the Kings face any more? |
| A09984 | is this such a loadstone of love? |
| A09984 | now this is all the dowry and duty he askes of thee, for what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, ô Israel, but that thou love him*? |
| A09984 | or by what meanes shall I get this love into my heart? |
| A09984 | so wouldest thou say out of love to the love of God; what doe I here, since I can not behold the faire beauty of the Lord? |
| A09984 | why? |
| A09958 | ( that is) men take much travell and paines to bring their purposes& ends to passe; when they doe not take Gods time, and what profit have they by it? |
| A09958 | 12, there we see that the first groūd forgat the Word: why? |
| A09958 | A time to love,& c. what profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth? |
| A09958 | And he trembling and astonish''d, saying, Lord, what wilt thou have mee for to doe? |
| A09958 | And what made him to doe so? |
| A09958 | Another case may be this, whether a sin against knowledge, and with deliberation may be said to be a sin of infirmity, or no? |
| A09958 | Another question is, whether a Regenerate man may not fall into some presumptuous sins, and so commit a sinne that is not of infirmity? |
| A09958 | But how should we doe to contend thus? |
| A09958 | But it will be heere demanded, how one may know when his heart is truely qualified and fitted for a duty? |
| A09958 | But some will say, oh but my heart is so untoward, that I feare I never shall overcome? |
| A09958 | But what are those things which nature can not superficially enable a man to doe? |
| A09958 | First consider that you are but strangers and Pilgrimes: for if you take the pleasures in the world, you can not sit by them, why? |
| A09958 | If a King should say at his Coronation, he would open all the prison doors: would not offenders take that opportunity? |
| A09958 | Is it so? |
| A09958 | Is it thus? |
| A09958 | Kings 5. saith Elisha to him, is this a time to take gifts? |
| A09958 | Now for the use of this it may serve to comfort weake Christians; what though thou art not at that growth as other Christians are? |
| A09958 | Now there is a dead faith spoken of: and how shall wee know it to bee dead? |
| A09958 | Oh, but this were some comfort, if I had assurance that I had but one sparke of true grace in me: therefore how shall I know that? |
| A09958 | On the cōtrary, what was it that strengthned Daniel, the three Children, and infinite others? |
| A09958 | So the Lord hath compassion on them that feare him: Why? |
| A09958 | They honour mee with their lips, but their hearts are remooved far from me: And what then became of all their worship? |
| A09958 | Thus, when it stirs us not up to good works: And howshall wee know it is living? |
| A09958 | What is that? |
| A09958 | Why weepeth my Lord? |
| A09958 | Why, what did they with the Tabernacle, and all their furniture? |
| A09958 | and David when hee dissembled, and Peter when hee denied his Master; but when hee was strengthned through faith, how bold was hee before the councell? |
| A09958 | that Christ teacheth in judgement, and that with much compassion, and rendernesse? |
| A09958 | through weaknesse only? |
| A09958 | what made Ieroboam so weake, but onely want of faith: What was it that overcame Eve? |
| A09958 | who should stand: If God should cast off all that have infirmities, then none should be saved, and then wherfore hath Christ dyed? |
| A09981 | 8. cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purifie your hearts yee double minded: How is that done? |
| A09981 | 90. and say, Who knowes the power of his wrath? |
| A09981 | And why so? |
| A09981 | Are not they our brethren, and sonnes of the same father? |
| A09981 | As new borne babes to desire the sincere milke of the Word: and why? |
| A09981 | But every one will be ready to say; This is a hard saying, and who can indure it? |
| A09981 | But here some man will be ready to say, Why can not that be without these extremities? |
| A09981 | But some man will here bee ready to make a question, and askeme, what I would have him doe for the Church now? |
| A09981 | Doe not my words doe good to him that walketh uprightly? |
| A09981 | Doe wee thinke to stand now others fall? |
| A09981 | Ester delivered all the Jewes by this meanes: it was not Esters word that did it; for what made the King not to sleepe that night? |
| A09981 | For their beauty, they have none that is true beauty: what beauty have dead men in them? |
| A09981 | Further, consider, hast thou not made thy nature worse? |
| A09981 | I but some may here object and say, have not some men many excellent morall vertues, such as even the godly themselves have not? |
| A09981 | I but what shall I be good for? |
| A09981 | I, but what if that bee wounded too? |
| A09981 | I, but what if the tryals bee many? |
| A09981 | I, but what is that good? |
| A09981 | I, but will some say, what shall I get by it? |
| A09981 | If the fire be at one end of the building, shall we be safe which are at the other end? |
| A09981 | In these earthly things men are not so foolish, why therefore are they so ignorant in this point of spirituall wisdome? |
| A09981 | Iohn cryes in the wildernesse, Prepare the way of the Lord,& c. but how? |
| A09981 | See what great sinnes those were, how can you name greater? |
| A09981 | Some there be that say, If all men are dead in sinne, as you say they are, then to what end is all our Preaching, and your hearing? |
| A09981 | Tell me, ye that are under the Law, doe ye not desire to heare the Law? |
| A09981 | The fifth question is this; What is the least degree of Humiliation that must be in one that will be saved? |
| A09981 | The first question is, Wherein consists this true Humiliation? |
| A09981 | The second question is, What kinde of sorrow is required in this Humiliation? |
| A09981 | The sixth question is this, How shall we come to be thus humbled? |
| A09981 | The third question is, How shall he know whether these sorrowes of his be true or no? |
| A09981 | Try therefore whether now you doe that that others will not doe; wherein else doth the power of Religion consist? |
| A09981 | Try whether you have denied your selves, and throughly mortified your dearest lust, and what soever the fl ● sh desireth? |
| A09981 | We may doe much by our prayers; hee that knoweth not his strength, useth it not: Did not one Moses, one Eliah stand in the gappe? |
| A09981 | We see how David doth recollect himselfe together when h ● ● soule was disquieted within him, asking himselfe why it was so? |
| A09981 | What hast thou to doe with mercy, which seest not thy misery? |
| A09981 | What is God but infinite? |
| A09981 | When then the spirit blowes, why wilt thou be so foolish as to deferre thy repentance unto another time? |
| A09981 | Wherein note wee in the first place, That the Lord will be seene: why, what strange thing is that? |
| A09981 | Who shall deliver me from this body of death? |
| A09981 | Why, did hee not know that before? |
| A09981 | and whether you bee sicke of sinne? |
| A09981 | are they not of the same profession? |
| A09981 | have they not the same spirit? |
| A09981 | how came he to call for the booke of the Chronicle? |
| A09981 | how light hee on that place of Mordecay? |
| A09981 | let me be of such as be in prosperity and have friends, and some that will provide for mee: but what is the reason of this? |
| A09981 | shall wee not then bee ready to helpe them? |
| A09981 | what is his wrath but infinite? |
| A09981 | which hee would not have done, if the other had not beene a fault in him; and therefore why doe wee so cast downe our soules? |
| A09981 | who growes any fatter, any better liking than before? |
| A09963 | Affections are alwayes a signe of this, have yee received the Word with them? |
| A09963 | Are yee to strong in faith as yee need it not? |
| A09963 | Are yee tractable? |
| A09963 | As the young man that came to Christ, Christ looked on him, and loved him; what distinguished him? |
| A09963 | But after what manner is this effectuall perswasion done? |
| A09963 | But from whom is this hidden? |
| A09963 | But how can Christ bee the end of our cal ● ● ● gs, eating drinking, and recreations? |
| A09963 | But how shall we distinguish them? |
| A09963 | But how shall we doe to beleeve this? |
| A09963 | But how shall wee know whether we walke in the Spirit or no? |
| A09963 | But in what is it hidden? |
| A09963 | But may we may not minde them? |
| A09963 | But what actions are there, that holy men doe, but that wicked men and others doe them? |
| A09963 | But what is it to live and to reigne? |
| A09963 | But what is this voyce of the Sonne of God that translateth men from death to life? |
| A09963 | But what workes are those that we can not see them doe? |
| A09963 | But with what is this hidden? |
| A09963 | But yee will obiect, Men are not quite dead, there are some reliques of Gods Image still left in them; how are they then dead? |
| A09963 | But you will say, what benefit is this? |
| A09963 | Christ asking his Disciples whether they also would goe away? |
| A09963 | Christ comming to teach her the doctrine of salvation; Art thou greater, said shee, than our father Iacob that gave us this Well? |
| A09963 | Doe yee abide still in the same place, or go on in the same tract? |
| A09963 | Doe you good workes with such a desire as men eate and drinke? |
| A09963 | Fiftly, what did morrall men? |
| A09963 | Go yee the broad way? |
| A09963 | God disposeth of all things in the world; is it not wisedome then to have him your friend? |
| A09963 | God harkned whether any would say, What have I done? |
| A09963 | God hath commanded us, not to cast Pearles before Swine; and will hee himselfe doe it? |
| A09963 | Hath sinne ever bin alive in you by the commandement to slay you? |
| A09963 | Have yee an experimentall knowledge? |
| A09963 | How beautifull are the feete of them that preach the Gospel of peace? |
| A09963 | How doe yee affect the Word, and Image of God in the lives of the Saints? |
| A09963 | If a master bid his servant doe a thing, and he goes and is drunken, so that he can not doe it, will it excuse him? |
| A09963 | If you sommon up your lives according to this computation, to how short a reckoning will they come? |
| A09963 | In the last time shall come mockers, walking after their owne lusts, and saying, where is the promise of his comming? |
| A09963 | Is it a duty to come to heare the Word, or it is Arbitrary, to come or not to come? |
| A09963 | Is there such a change in you as if yee were other creatures, as if yee lived an other life? |
| A09963 | Know ye the passages and working of regeneration and repentance? |
| A09963 | Let us make the life to come sure; our life is uncertaine here; but have wee this spirituall life, are wee living men? |
| A09963 | Looke to this in the acts and the effects: what have you done when the Word crosseth you in your aymes, estates, names, friends? |
| A09963 | Men what ever they professe, beleeve not this, because it is a hidden life; what course then shall wee take to make you beleeve it? |
| A09963 | No man repented him of his wickednesse, saying, what have I done? |
| A09963 | Now from hence see the necessity of this life of grace: how can yee come to the Sacrament, if yee are dead men? |
| A09963 | Now hearing that all are dead in trespasses and sinnes, yee may obiect; If wee are dead, why doe you preach unto us? |
| A09963 | Now what is this inward speaking of life to the heart? |
| A09963 | Paul preaching at Athens, the Athenians asked, What new doctrine is this that thou preachest? |
| A09963 | Paul speaking to Peter, saith, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live after the manner of the Iewes? |
| A09963 | Peter made this answer; Lord, whither shall we goe? |
| A09963 | Repentance makes a dead man to be a living man: What is it that makes you deferre repentance? |
| A09963 | Secondly, are yee made alive againe? |
| A09963 | Sickenesse and death yee feare, why then doe you neglect the Sacrament, why doe you receive it unworthily? |
| A09963 | Simon Magus sinned, in thinking that the holy Ghost might be bought with mony; doe not they also sinne, who doe lesse than hee? |
| A09963 | Suppose yee had Ezekiahs warning, is it in your power to make your selves live? |
| A09963 | The daily sacrifice being taken away, it was the greatest desolation that could be; and can men live there with comfort where the Word is wanting? |
| A09963 | Thinke seriously, am I dead, or alive? |
| A09963 | Thirdly, yee may know them by their end; looke yee to Christ? |
| A09963 | This fellow came in to sojorne here, and will he now be a Iudge? |
| A09963 | To helpe you therefore in this Quere, whether you are dead or alive? |
| A09963 | To this I answer, see how yee can excuse your selves to God: How angry was Christ with those that came not to the marriage? |
| A09963 | What are your lives and actions? |
| A09963 | What is repentance, but consideration? |
| A09963 | When God said to Adam, Hast thou not eaten of the tree whereof I said thou shouldest not eate? |
| A09963 | When as Paul was humbled, hee then cried out, Lord what wilt thou have me to doe? |
| A09963 | Whence are those Epidemicall diseases amongst us? |
| A09963 | Why labour yee for foode, but to maintaine life? |
| A09963 | Why will yee dye, O yee house of Israel? |
| A09963 | approve yee Gods Image, his waies in the Word, or in the lives of the Saints? |
| A09963 | are your hearts opened At the hearing of the Word? |
| A09963 | doe yee all in sincerity to him or no, or to your selves? |
| A09963 | doe yee justifie wisedome? |
| A09963 | doe yee like it? |
| A09963 | doe you delight in God? |
| A09963 | doe you delight in your owne wayes, and yet continue the same men, keepe the same company? |
| A09963 | doe you hunger and thirst after them, desiring for to doe them? |
| A09963 | find yee the Word as fire, and as a hammer? |
| A09963 | fulfill yee the will of the flesh, or of the Spirit, what are your actions? |
| A09963 | have yee sorrowed for your sinnes? |
| A09963 | how doe yee finde holy affections in them? |
| A09963 | oportet Sanctos vadere per diverticula, the Saints doe not so: follow yee the streame? |
| A09963 | speaking of riches saith; Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? |
| A09963 | the Iewes being humbled cried out, Men and brethren what shall wee doe? |
| A09963 | then we are happy: but are we dead? |
| A09963 | when as Christ demanded of the twelve, whether they also would goe away? |
| A09963 | why live ye but to serve your soules? |
| A09997 | 2. what portion shall I have with God Almighty? |
| A09997 | Againe the Apostle saith in another place: What if God will suffer with great patience, the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction? |
| A09997 | And he trembling and astonished, said, Lord, What wilt thou have me to doe? |
| A09997 | And hee said Lord, what wilt thou haue mee to doe? |
| A09997 | And now behold true Repentance in substance and concomitants; what can you finde more in it? |
| A09997 | And you must continue in all estates, and keepe as the Apostle saith, your profession without wavering? |
| A09997 | Art thou an hypocrite? |
| A09997 | But beloved there is a great losse and basenesse in it: for what is Gold, or honour, or pleasure to Christ, grace, and holinesse? |
| A09997 | But for to be strong in the inward man who seekes or enquires after it? |
| A09997 | But some may say, that many men that are worthy Instruments of Gods glory, find envie and hatred here amongst men? |
| A09997 | But some men will say, this is too much, what must I so receive Christ, that I must forsake all things for him? |
| A09997 | But you may say, How can I know this love of God? |
| A09997 | But you will further object, that godly men both have and doe often relapse? |
| A09997 | But you will say, What must I forsake father and mother, and wife for Christ, or else I can not have him? |
| A09997 | But you will say, how shall I know whether I am truely humbled or no? |
| A09997 | By what meanes is this horror of conscience wrought? |
| A09997 | Doe you delight to pray, to heare, to receive, doe you love God and Christ, and the Communion of Saints? |
| A09997 | Fifthly, to receive the Gospell, is, to doe and suffer what is commanded him, as Paul in this place, Lord, what wilt thou have mee to doe? |
| A09997 | For example, take a man that is troubled in conscience; who more humble, who more willing to be reconciled, who more willing to obey then he? |
| A09997 | For first, they might demand this of Paul, you pray, That we might be strong in the Inward man, but how shall we? |
| A09997 | Fourthly, they might demand, I but what shall we be the better for this strength if we get it? |
| A09997 | How earnestly prayes hee to be freed from it, to haue the sting of it taken away, to feele the favour of God againe, which then he felt not? |
| A09997 | How may wee know whether God intends this for a punishment, or for a preparation of grace? |
| A09997 | If he tempt thee to lying, then say, had Annanias and Saphira peace, who lyed to the Lord? |
| A09997 | If then thou hast committed any sinne either in secret or openly, wilt thou have thy good name recovered before thou dye? |
| A09997 | Now followes the carriage of the Elders towards Iudas; they excused themselves,( saying, What is that unto us, Looke thou to it?) |
| A09997 | Now what greater enemy can any man have then hee, that drawes away the heart of his spouse after him, from her owne husband? |
| A09997 | Now who would not thrive in the things of the world? |
| A09997 | Secondly, they might demand, I, but how shall we doe to get the Spirit? |
| A09997 | See this in Christ, when God did but charge our sinnes on him, how intollerable werethey? |
| A09997 | Some may here say, How shall wee doe to get pardon? |
| A09997 | They excule themselves, saying, What is that to us? |
| A09997 | Thirdly, they might demand, but what should moove God to give us his Spirit, and to heare our prayers? |
| A09997 | We usually labour and strive against evill company, to abstaine from them; why should we then meddle with the divell, or be in his company? |
| A09997 | What a condition such are in? |
| A09997 | What fruit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed: what will it availe you to doe that thing, that afterwards will shame you? |
| A09997 | What is to bee thought of such a condition? |
| A09997 | What makes us to recover, but a sight of our sins? |
| A09997 | What shall wee then thinke of those that never had this horror and trouble of conscience? |
| A09997 | When the Iewes would have perswaded him from going to Ierusalem: he answers them, What doe you meane to breake my heart? |
| A09997 | Wherefore canst not thou delight in them that are good? |
| A09997 | Wherefore doe you weaken my desire? |
| A09997 | Whether comes this horror from mellancholly, or how shall wee disceme it from mellancholly? |
| A09997 | Whether may it befall the childe of God to be in this case after he is in the estate of grace, or not? |
| A09997 | a man may be able to beare any outward trouble, but the griefe of a troubled mind who can? |
| A09997 | and why doe you not rather labour for the meate that perisheth not? |
| A09997 | and will hee not surely require our vowes at our hands? |
| A09997 | art thou richer or more honourable, or wise, or more beautifull or strong then others are? |
| A09997 | for indeed, what is our portion, or what can yeeld us any sound and solid joy and comfort, but God and Christ? |
| A09997 | nay, where are the generation of these men? |
| A09997 | on the contrary take a man, that is at peace with God, who so joyfull and comfortable as he? |
| A09997 | or what meanes shall we use to get this strength? |
| A09997 | p. 190 Whether Humiliation bee absolutely necessary or no? |
| A09997 | that is, what if God will beare with some a great while, and punish some presently? |
| A09997 | was it because the prison doores were opened? |
| A09997 | what a base thing were it that an Eagle should stoop at flies? |
| A09997 | what spirituall heate is there in us, where are these men that at such a time would have beene hot and zealous? |
| A09997 | will hee hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine? |
| A10030 | Art thou so to Christ? |
| A10030 | Beloved, there is much knowledge among us, but who practiseth according to his knowledge? |
| A10030 | Besides, doth he not looke to his glory in all those that belong to him? |
| A10030 | But it will bee objected, why is this said so generally? |
| A10030 | But now here you will demand,( the proposition being but nakedly laid downe in the Scriptures) what will enable a man to beleeve it? |
| A10030 | But that is an argument that wee trust not to it, seing we use it, onely in the time of extremity: for if it be not effectuall, why do we use it then? |
| A10030 | But you will say, to what purpose is this efficacy, and what doth it in my heart when it comes there? |
| A10030 | Did not Paul pray to be delivered from such a temptation, and was not heard? |
| A10030 | Did not hee goe to the Lord, and seeke to him by Prayer? |
| A10030 | Dost thou fly to Christ, to comfort thy selfe in him, when thou art in a doubtfull case, that concernes thee as much as thy life? |
| A10030 | Dost thou flye to Iesus Christ? |
| A10030 | Doth it not helpe us, when we see the Rainebowe which the Lord hath appointed to put him in mind of his covenant? |
| A10030 | Hath there gone out a vertue from him to enable thee to beleeue? |
| A10030 | I aske not what thou art possest of, but what thou most esteemest? |
| A10030 | If Christ dwell in thy heart, thou mayst easily know it; for dost thou thinke, that Christ will dwell in a foule and uncleane place? |
| A10030 | If it be effectuall, why do not wee use it till that accident? |
| A10030 | Is it not all one whether a man be hindred from striking me, or if I have a helmet to defend the blow? |
| A10030 | Is it not to knit the knot stronger betweene Christ and us, to make the union more full and perfect? |
| A10030 | Is it so with thee when thou commest to Christ Iesus? |
| A10030 | Is it so with thee? |
| A10030 | Is it to Christ, or to somewhat else? |
| A10030 | Is thy heart and affections more bestowed upon him? |
| A10030 | Likewise he doth it for the Spectators sake; Moses often presenteth that Reason, c Lord doe it, What will the Heathen say? |
| A10030 | May not a man pray to have his Child sanctified, to have him brought to better order? |
| A10030 | Now if that were the end of Christs comming, dost thou thinke that hee will loose his end? |
| A10030 | Now what is a man to examine himselfe of? |
| A10030 | Psalmes: Lord I love thee dearely: he can not prayse enough, and why? |
| A10030 | See( as David exercised it) whether be they thy m songs in the night time? |
| A10030 | So did the 3 children( as you call them) they t cared not for the fiery furnace of Nabucadnezar, nor for all that hee was able to doe; and why? |
| A10030 | So likewise consider, whether there hath gone a power from him to mortifie thy lusts? |
| A10030 | That we must in nothing be carefull, but in all thinges make our request knowne? |
| A10030 | The second reason is this; z what man among you, if his Son aske bread, will give him a stone; or if be aske a fish, will give him a serpent? |
| A10030 | Well, it may be thou hast not for the present, but hast thou stayed the Lords leasure? |
| A10030 | What was Iacobs refuge when he fled from his brother Esau? |
| A10030 | What? |
| A10030 | When he fled from his sonne Absolon, was not the Lord his refuge? |
| A10030 | Why, you will say, There were many prayed that were not heard; Did not David pray for his Childe, and was not heard? |
| A10030 | You will say how shall I know that? |
| A10030 | You will say, How shall I know it? |
| A10030 | You will say, how is this increased and how is it intended? |
| A10030 | You will say, this is strange, must all be new? |
| A10030 | You will say, what is that? |
| A10030 | You will say, what is the Covenant? |
| A10030 | art thou willing to bee at more cost and paines to get him, than any thing besides? |
| A10030 | doe you not thinke hee is ready to heare his Children when they call upon him? |
| A10030 | from which fountaine dost thou fetch thy comfort? |
| A10030 | hadst thou rather part with any thing than with Christ? |
| A10030 | hath he not g pure eyes? |
| A10030 | hath the Lord vouchsafed mee this favour, that I may come to his Table, I may come and renew the nuptials and my covenant with him? |
| A10030 | is hee thy succour when thy heart is dejected at any time and faints within thee? |
| A10030 | is it not to increase our willingnesse to take and receive Christ? |
| A10030 | is it to Christ, to beseech him to guide thee, and direct thee, when thou art pressed hard? |
| A10030 | or whether,( if thou wouldest deale impartially with thy selfe) is it not some other excellency that thy heart runnes upon? |
| A10030 | that thy thoughts and affections are most set upon? |
| A10030 | when you are admitted to the familiarity and presence of the Lord, hee lookes for it, he askes what request you have to put up to him? |
| A10030 | whither dost thou goe for counsell and direction? |
| A10030 | whither doth thy heart goe for succour and for helpe to keepe thy selfe safe? |
| A10030 | would it not bee said, Like men, like Master? |
| A10030 | would it not reflect upon him? |
| A09999 | 9. and why? |
| A09999 | A man must haue a praying time; is it not as necessary? |
| A09999 | Againe, if there be an indisposition in me, why do I hazard my selfe? |
| A09999 | Againe, on the other side, he hath prayed for such and such things, and yet they haue not bin granted? |
| A09999 | Againe, this is another case, what a man is to doe in the private performance of this duty, whether he be bound alwayes to vse his voice? |
| A09999 | And if you obiect now, I, but it will cost vs much time to doe this? |
| A09999 | And likewise Ezekias, and David, they vse the same Argu ● … nt to God, shall the ● … st praise thee? |
| A09999 | Another Case is, what it is to pray in faith? |
| A09999 | Another case is whether wee may vse a set forme of prayer? |
| A09999 | Besides, doe you not say, when you haue great businesse in hand, that a man must haue a dining time, and a sleeping time,& c? |
| A09999 | But may I not stay till I bee more fitted, till my heart bee more softened, and more humbled? |
| A09999 | But now you will say this to me,( that may be obiected) why? |
| A09999 | But now, if you aske; whether that be sufficient? |
| A09999 | But you will say, how shall we be clensed? |
| A09999 | But you will say, it may be, God will not accept it? |
| A09999 | But you will say; what faith is it then that is required? |
| A09999 | But, now, al the question i ● … what thi ● … fervency is? |
| A09999 | But, say it bee some ● … 〈 ◊ 〉 noble then that, as learning, and knowledge, yet, what is that to the renewing of Gods image in vs? |
| A09999 | But, should the sacrifice be offered without incense? |
| A09999 | But, you will say, every man doth so, and how shall we know it? |
| A09999 | But, you will say, how shall a man know, when he prayeth to bestow that, which he prayeth for, vpon his lusts? |
| A09999 | But, you will say, why may not both bee accommodated? |
| A09999 | First, a man is ready to say, what need I spend so much time, and bee so large in the expression of my wants to God, when he knowes them? |
| A09999 | For what is our health, but the peace of our humours within? |
| A09999 | Hath not the Lord commanded you to pray constantly, at all times? |
| A09999 | I can not make them better knowne to him, hee knowes them well enough already, and therfore what needeth it? |
| A09999 | I, but you will say to me, if this be required, who shall be heard in his prayers? |
| A09999 | If we goe to the Lord, and say, Lord, thou art a father, thou art a Master, thou art a husband, whither should the children goe, but to their father? |
| A09999 | If you aske how it can be? |
| A09999 | If you make conscience of one commandemēt, why doe you not of another? |
| A09999 | Is it not the key that openeth all Gods treasures? |
| A09999 | Last of all consider this, when thou commest to offer sacrifice to God, wouldest thou offer that which cost thee nothing? |
| A09999 | Let vs draw neere, saith the Apostle, in assurance of faith: but how? |
| A09999 | Lord, saith he, shalt thou haue glorie from the graue? |
| A09999 | Now do we not need protection from outward dangers, from day to day? |
| A09999 | Secondly, put the case it were, yet is it not the greater businesse? |
| A09999 | They are written for our learning? |
| A09999 | Thirdlie, it will bee obiected, I but, al ● … s, what can the endeavours or the prai e ● … s of a weake man doe? |
| A09999 | Thirdly, a man is ready to say againe, but I find many difficulties, how shall I doe to remove them? |
| A09999 | This is a thing commonly knowne, you will say, who knowes not that, except we come in the name of Christ, no petition can be acceptable? |
| A09999 | What is it to haue Armour, and not to haue it ready? |
| A09999 | What is the reason? |
| A09999 | What was the reason that he wrestled? |
| A09999 | When a man saith thus with him selfe, thus, and thus much good I haue received, at the Lords hands, what though I want such a thing? |
| A09999 | Why may wee not say as wel ● …? |
| A09999 | Why so? |
| A09999 | Why will you not trust God, that goes so much beyond vs, that hath an infinite wisedome, and an infinite power? |
| A09999 | Why? |
| A09999 | You know, it was Vzziahs fault to offer incense, when it was proper to the Priest to doe it? |
| A09999 | You will say vnto me what is this holinesse? |
| A09999 | a peace offering: what was that? |
| A09999 | and do you thinke, that this is a true sound and hearty profession? |
| A09999 | and likewise whether it bee sufficient? |
| A09999 | can they change the purpose of Almightie God, if he doe not intend ● … o doe this thing for ● … oe, shall I hope to alter him? |
| A09999 | can you expect it at his hands? |
| A09999 | doe wee not need to be kept from the inward danger of sinne and temptation? |
| A09999 | for who can say his heart is pure, and his hands are innocent? |
| A09999 | is not that the way to bring in more ● … in, and to suffer those good things that are in the heart to steale out? |
| A09999 | is not that very dangerous? |
| A09999 | shall any glory be given thee in the graue ▪ shall we be able to doe any thing for thy honour, when we are dead? |
| A09999 | shall we not therfore pray? |
| A09999 | what is it that you g ● … by all your labours, and trauailes? |
| A09999 | what is our cheerefulnesse, and ioy, but the peace of conscience within? |
| A09999 | what though I be prest with such an affliction, and calamitie? |
| A09999 | when heaven was shut vp, was not this the key that opened? |
| A09999 | when the wombes were shut vp, was not this it that opened? |
| A09999 | when thou desirest vvealth, and successe in thine enterprizes, that tend to mend thy state, is it not out of some ambition? |
| A09999 | when thou wast earnest for health, was it not that thou mightest liue more deliciously? |
| A09999 | whether he be bound alwayes to vse such a kinde of gesture? |
| A09999 | whither should the servants goe, but to their Master, to their Lord? |
| A09999 | whither should the wife goe, but to her husband? |
| A09999 | whither should the wife goe, but to their father? |
| A09999 | will a man serue himselfe altogether, to come meerely to aske the thing hee wants? |
| A09999 | you know, that desire is condemned, if any man will be rich: is it not a desire of greatnesse? |
| A10018 | & c. But what came of it? |
| A10018 | 1. Who knowes what a day may bring forth? |
| A10018 | 2. after the sermon of Peter, who were pricked in their hearts, and cried out, Men and brethren, what shall wee doe to be saved? |
| A10018 | 2. and saith thus to him, Oh Iehosaphat, wilt thou helpe the wicked? |
| A10018 | Againe, to be guided by God, who is the wisest, is it not the wisest way? |
| A10018 | Againe, with what is it hid? |
| A10018 | And are not all these things arguments enow that God hath begunne with us? |
| A10018 | And as in feeding, so in cloathing so many creatures; if men should cloath them, how would they beginne to doe it? |
| A10018 | And who knowes whether we be not now upon the very Tropicks and turnings of Times? |
| A10018 | And why? |
| A10018 | As for example: had God made the eye, and not colour for a fit object of the eye, to what end had the eye beene made? |
| A10018 | But how proveth hee that? |
| A10018 | But is this all the use that is to be made of it? |
| A10018 | But what saith God? |
| A10018 | But who is the cause of these causes? |
| A10018 | But you will aske me, how we shall resist the inordinacy of them? |
| A10018 | But you will aske mee, how shall I know mine affections are inordinate? |
| A10018 | But you will say, Must a man come in presently into the presence of God after hee hath so grosly offended him? |
| A10018 | But you will say, how shall I know when such obiections are from Satan, they may arise from a right iudgement of what mine estate is? |
| A10018 | Come to the keeping of the Sabbath, I would but aske this question, Whether the day be not holy? |
| A10018 | Esau when the blessing was past helpe and recoverie, he could seek it with teares: But why did they doe it no sooner while it was yet time? |
| A10018 | For of what materials shall any middle course bee framed, when neyther side can spare the smallest piece of timber in their building? |
| A10018 | For why should we not? |
| A10018 | From whom is it hid? |
| A10018 | Hee that hath my word let him speake my word faithfully; for what is the chaffe to the wheat? |
| A10018 | How is the faithfull Citie become an har lot? |
| A10018 | How oft have generall Councels, beene distracted into factions, leavened with malice, puft up with pride,& c? |
| A10018 | I will forgiue their sinnes; and what then? |
| A10018 | If there were but a towne, or a village to bee planted, how many things were necessarie to maintaine it? |
| A10018 | If we will not beleeve his word, yet shall we not beleeve his actions? |
| A10018 | If you aske me, how we shall doe that? |
| A10018 | In a word, have not our enterprizes beene blasted, and withered under our hands for the most part? |
| A10018 | In that when the people had here committed this great sinne, and Samuel bids them not feare; they might haply aske him, what would you haue vs doe? |
| A10018 | Oh that my people were wise: what to doe? |
| A10018 | Outward Calamities that befall a Church, or a State, or a particular Person, are terrible; but who considers them in time to prevent them? |
| A10018 | So Nadab and Abihu, when they offered sacrifice, you would thinke it to bee no great matter, a circumstance, and will not common fire serue the turne? |
| A10018 | Take but a small family, if there be but a little improvidence, how soone doth the whole family feele the want of it? |
| A10018 | Well, but what if circumcision the ancient character bee still retained, and joined unto Christ? |
| A10018 | What is the vse then and benefit of generall Councels, if they could be obtained? |
| A10018 | When there was a great multitude came against him, he feared, saith the Text; and what did this fear set him on work to doe? |
| A10018 | Where you shall observe, that where God once begins to doe it, all the Churches come in, in the end; and whence was it? |
| A10018 | Whose oxe or whose asse haue I taken? |
| A10018 | You will say this is impossible, must a man stand considering euery act on that he doth? |
| A10018 | You will say vnto mee, How shall we know it? |
| A10018 | You will say, But this is somewhat obscure, what kinde of vertue is this? |
| A10018 | and do not wee say now that such an accident, and such a miscarriage of such a businesse, and such men are the causes? |
| A10018 | and doe you not reckon that the finest flesh that is sensible of the least pricking? |
| A10018 | and how doe wee thinke that the great family of the world could bee kept, without a speciall providence to order it? |
| A10018 | and if it be holy, is not a holy day to be kept holy? |
| A10018 | and if it bee not holy, why doe you doe any thing at all? |
| A10018 | and is not that the brightest light that shewes the least moats? |
| A10018 | and passeth by the transgression of his heritage? |
| A10018 | are not many branches of the Church cut off already,& more in hazzard? |
| A10018 | are not our Allies wasted? |
| A10018 | are not these crackes to give warning before the fall of the house? |
| A10018 | are not these the gray haires which Hosea speakes of, that are here and there upon us, and we discerne them not? |
| A10018 | are they not bought with the same price,& are they not as dear to God? |
| A10018 | are they not the same Church of God as we are? |
| A10018 | are we infatuate, and see nothing? |
| A10018 | at this time are not present enemies, not only stirred up, but united together, and we dis- joyned to resist them? |
| A10018 | doe wee not see the whole bodie of those that professe the truth are besieged round about through Christendome? |
| A10018 | doth he approve this mixture? |
| A10018 | hath he not begunne? |
| A10018 | have not things been long going down the hill, and are even now hastening to a period? |
| A10018 | is it not better to be sure of both? |
| A10018 | is it not he without whose providence a Sparrow fals not to the ground? |
| A10018 | is this all the Prophet driveth to in this place? |
| A10018 | no, but will returne rather, and will you turne aside from following the Lord too? |
| A10018 | secondly, whither shall it be that you would goe? |
| A10018 | what kinde of infusion and transmission is it? |
| A10018 | when a man is out of his way, will he goe on? |
| A10018 | whether it be laid vpon them of such necessity or no, to keepe such exactnesse in their conuersation? |
| A10018 | whether it differ not from other daies that are common daies? |
| A10018 | whom haue I wronged? |
| A10018 | why doe you not keepe it exactly to God? |
| A10018 | why doth hee set limits to himselfe, for God requires that we should doe his will on earth as it is done in Heauen? |
| A10018 | why, to the Lord, but what hope is there that hee should accept vs? |
| A10018 | will he leave his worke in the middle? |
| A10018 | wilt thou love those that hate the Lord? |
| A55748 | 25. so the promise runnes there, verse 12. what man is he that feareth the Lord? |
| A55748 | 3. when hee had said, there is a certaine day, he brings his proofe, saith hee, did not the Lord doe so with your fathers in the Wildernesse? |
| A55748 | And is it not God that sets up whom he will, pulls downe whom he will? |
| A55748 | And what is the end of that sap, but that the tree may bring forth fruit? |
| A55748 | And what is the end of this exercise, but to bow the heart to subjection, that we may be ready to obey him in all things? |
| A55748 | And who would not be religious, if he thought it an easie thing to be religious? |
| A55748 | As Balak said to Balaam, Am I not able to preferre thee? |
| A55748 | As Saint Paul sayes, who is offended, and I burne not with griefe and sorrow for it? |
| A55748 | As in the body of nature; so politicall; if servants should not be subject to their masters, inferiours to superiours, what confusion would it breed? |
| A55748 | But how shall we know that, you will say? |
| A55748 | But say, is not liberty an excellent thing? |
| A55748 | But what is the reason of that? |
| A55748 | But yet men will still say, are not these hard conditions that goes with this match? |
| A55748 | But you will say then, there is none but may doubt himselfe, for who can say his obedience is perfect? |
| A55748 | But you will say, How shall we doe to keepe it? |
| A55748 | But you will say, how may I come to know it? |
| A55748 | But you will say, how shall I live in this world then? |
| A55748 | But you will say, it is grace that doth it: how can this custome that is but the act of a man doe it then? |
| A55748 | But you will say, it is hard to discerne, when a man doth obey the commandement, whether it be to the Lord or no: how therefore shall we know it? |
| A55748 | But you will say, what if they be put into prison? |
| A55748 | Can Kings give you what God can give you? |
| A55748 | Consider whether thou be a member of his body, one that is guided by his Spirit or no: but how shall we know that? |
| A55748 | Consider, wilt thou refuse now? |
| A55748 | Doe you provoke him to anger? |
| A55748 | First, consider whether thou bee able to live without a husband or alone? |
| A55748 | For the first of these, you will say, what is it to take out the pardon? |
| A55748 | God saith to Cain, If thou doe well, shalt thou not be accepted? |
| A55748 | Hence many a woman will say, shall I not doe that which my husband would have me to doe? |
| A55748 | How shall I bee usefull to God and man? |
| A55748 | I that have an heart so hard, such lusts? |
| A55748 | I, but is there not some bayle, may not a man flee from this arrest? |
| A55748 | I, but my sinnes are great, as red as skarlet? |
| A55748 | If the Lord hath said, He that doth his worke negligently, shall be cursed, what shalt thou be, that dost it not at all? |
| A55748 | If they aske fish, will you give them a serpent? |
| A55748 | If thy heart be hard, he can take away that stonie heart, and give thee a fleshy heart; this hee hath promised: Why now what hast thou to doe? |
| A55748 | If you aske how can that be, that a man with persecution shall receive an hundred fold in this life? |
| A55748 | If you doe thus, will the Lord deny you? |
| A55748 | If you say to me what needs the witnesse of the spirit? |
| A55748 | In the third place, all this is for thy profit, if thou be obedient to him, for thou mightest say, why should I obey him? |
| A55748 | Is he a Head in regard of excellency; not onely because God hath put him into the highest place, but because he hath a fitnesse in him, all fullnesse? |
| A55748 | Is the match made betweene me and him? |
| A55748 | Is there no more to doe? |
| A55748 | It is an usuall thing for men to bethinke with themselves, how shall I bestow this day? |
| A55748 | Know you not brethren, that the Law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? |
| A55748 | Know you not that your bodies are members of Christ? |
| A55748 | Lord( saith he) What am I and my father? |
| A55748 | Marke, the Apostle speakes of the Church, as it is in this life, my endeavour is to present you as a Virgin, what is that? |
| A55748 | Marriage affection what? |
| A55748 | My beloved, what if it bee? |
| A55748 | Now how doth the Word doe it, but by revealing truth, new truths? |
| A55748 | Now how should any man in the world know that, except he declare himselfe? |
| A55748 | Now ordinarily when a man considers this seriously, What, must I forsake my pleasure for ever? |
| A55748 | Now therefore when he shall be a suitor to thee, consider what thou hast to say, art thou able to live without him? |
| A55748 | Now what is the wedding garment? |
| A55748 | Saul thought he had good reason on his side, to spare the kine for sacrifice, but did not I command thee the contrary? |
| A55748 | See how it followes upon it: Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the womans head, as is before in the Chapter, what followes upon that? |
| A55748 | Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? |
| A55748 | Shall wee continue in sinne,& c. how shall wee that are dead& c. live any longer therein? |
| A55748 | So I say to you, if you aske him counsell, will he give you poyson? |
| A55748 | So all the wit, and learning thou hast, those excellencies thou hast, whence hast thou them? |
| A55748 | So the Lord sometimes sets our consciences to expostulate with us, why doe you refuse such a course, and why doe you take such a course? |
| A55748 | Students that loose their time, and will not be obedient to that command, hath not the Lord commanded you here to be subject in all things? |
| A55748 | The other is from disproportion: if a man have a great burthen, and a little strength, the burthen proves heauy, why? |
| A55748 | Therefore that you bee not deceived, you must looke on this as the ground of all your comfort: am I married to Christ? |
| A55748 | This was the case of the Iewes, when the Apostles had shewed them the Lord Iesus, and they saw all was rejected, what followed? |
| A55748 | Thus the obedience of Christ, you shall see what kind of one it was, Shall I not drink the cup which my Father hath given me? |
| A55748 | Vnto us a child is borne& c. But what are the benefits wee shall have by that child? |
| A55748 | We have received good of the Lord, and shall we not receive evill? |
| A55748 | What can the members doe? |
| A55748 | What else is the end of our preaching, our planting, and watering, but that the trees may be filled with sap? |
| A55748 | What if they be? |
| A55748 | What if thou have? |
| A55748 | What is it, he will give me( you will say?) |
| A55748 | What is the end of every grace, but to mollifie the heart, and make it plyable to some commandement or other? |
| A55748 | What will you say, when Satan chargeth you with this? |
| A55748 | When the Lord would have David goe out of Keilah, saith David, will the Lords of Ketlah deliver me up? |
| A55748 | Where is any man but is too well conceited of his owne wisdome? |
| A55748 | Who knowes whether ever thou shalt bee invited more? |
| A55748 | Why are men so willing to be subject to Kings, and doe them service? |
| A55748 | Why what say you to Davids case, that fell into adultery? |
| A55748 | You will say, but how shall we doe to obtaine it? |
| A55748 | You will say, hath every one this secret testimony? |
| A55748 | You will say, here is the Word, but where is the miracle to confirme this? |
| A55748 | You will say, how may it be deaded? |
| A55748 | You will say, how shall I know it? |
| A55748 | You will say, what ground is there for this, that there is such another time, that is onely knowne to the Lord? |
| A55748 | You will say, what is that time? |
| A55748 | You will say, what is this marriage affection? |
| A55748 | You will say, what is this witnesse of the Spirit? |
| A55748 | You will say, where is this word? |
| A55748 | and dost thou thinke that he will deny thee the lesse, if it be good for thee? |
| A55748 | and the Wife, but unto her Husband? |
| A55748 | are they not from Christ? |
| A55748 | are you stronger then he? |
| A55748 | art thou able to pay thy ransome? |
| A55748 | certainely thou art not able, and is it not then a madnesse in thee to refuse? |
| A55748 | doth whatsoever he will in the earth, and in the sea? |
| A55748 | hast thou applied this word to thy selfe? |
| A55748 | hath he given thee the great? |
| A55748 | hee is one of the poorest in Manasses Tribe, and I am the least in my fathers family, and is it possible that I should be raised to such honour? |
| A55748 | if Christ declare himselfe so farre that in plaine tearmes he is willing to match with us, what need the speciall witnesse of the Holy Ghost? |
| A55748 | if you aske what that day was? |
| A55748 | is hee not able to bring you downe? |
| A55748 | is it not better to live as a man lists? |
| A55748 | is it not from the head? |
| A55748 | is not the Word enough? |
| A55748 | must I bestow all my time upon him, and have no more liberty? |
| A55748 | must I live to Iesus Christ, and no more to my selfe? |
| A55748 | no, why saith he, you, if your Children aske you bread, will you give them a stone? |
| A55748 | shall they then have an hundred fold in this life? |
| A55748 | so in Baptisme it was ask''t: Will you bee content to deny ungodlinesse, and worldly lusts, to renounce the world, the flesh and the Devill? |
| A55748 | so may I say of God, and of others, even of Kings, as Saul said of David, Can David give you Vineyards,& c? |
| A55748 | that thou darest not aske any thing of, or if thou dost, thou knowest not whether thou shalt obtaine it? |
| A55748 | there is a certaine boldnesse and familiarity goes along with this, is there such a disposition put into thy heart? |
| A55748 | there is agility in them to doe many actions, but where have they all their vigour? |
| A55748 | vvill he turne you into a vvrong vvay and misguide you when you aske the right? |
| A55748 | were it not the most miserable of all other? |
| A55748 | what careth the husband- man for leaves or barren trees? |
| A55748 | what is all this his excellency to me? |
| A55748 | where is thy obedience therein, when thy company is idle, thy speeches vaine? |
| A55748 | why is there such seeking to the Court, but that men are perswaded of getting profit and honour? |
| A10024 | 2. Who shall stand when he appeares? |
| A10024 | 29. now what thinke ye shall be done unto such? |
| A10024 | Againe, doth the Lord send any creature to comfort thee? |
| A10024 | Ahab is rich enough, and Haman hath a wife and children, and yet what comfort and joy had they in them? |
| A10024 | And Christ himselfe saith, that it is more blessed to lend then to borrowe, to give then to receive, may wee not then desire them? |
| A10024 | And lastly, if a pardon be granted, see, Is there a love and a delight in Christ? |
| A10024 | Art thou in favour with a great man, Who promoted thee? |
| A10024 | Art thou in honour, Who exalted thee? |
| A10024 | Art thou poore, who can enrich thee? |
| A10024 | Art thou weake, who can strengthen thee? |
| A10024 | But how farre may a man desire wealth, where must hee set limits to his desires, where must they be restrained? |
| A10024 | But some man will be ready to say, what needes all this? |
| A10024 | But this may seeme a strange thing, a thing of impossibility to get the Spirit; for you will say, How is it in our power to get the Spirit? |
| A10024 | But whether may not a man take care to get wealth, is not a man to care for his estate, to increase it, and to settle it? |
| A10024 | But will not wealth and friends profit us? |
| A10024 | But you will say unto me, How shall we doe to get this loathing of earthly things? |
| A10024 | But you will say unto mee, How shall I know that my heart is renewed by the Spirit, and that there is a new life put into me? |
| A10024 | But you will say unto mee, How shall wee attaine this worke of Mortification? |
| A10024 | But you will say unto mee, May wee not use Eloquence and Science in the Preaching of the Word? |
| A10024 | But you will say unto mee, What must we doe with our learning? |
| A10024 | But you will say unto mee, Wherein is the regenerate man able to doe more than another man, or more then he could doe? |
| A10024 | But you will say, How can the Spirit of Christ, which is the holy Ghost, dwell in the heart, seeing he is in heaven? |
| A10024 | But you will say, The heart is of a great depth, and who can search it? |
| A10024 | But you will say, there are divers kindes of Faith, What Faith is this then that thus purifieth the heart? |
| A10024 | Come unto me all you that are weary and heavie laden, and I will ease you: Now what will hee ease them of, the guilt? |
| A10024 | Every man is ashamed of indiscreetnesse in his carriage, now, what is the cause of indiscreetnesse? |
| A10024 | Except the Lord speake once and twice to us, we will not regard it: Paul was troubled with a strong affection, what doth he? |
| A10024 | For the first; What is meant by Members? |
| A10024 | Fourthly, it makes us unfaithfull; If you have beene faithfull in a little wicked riches, how will you be faithfull in the true riches? |
| A10024 | Have wee not reason to distinguish betwixt things which wee know are of a contrary nature? |
| A10024 | Here may a question be asked, why men doe abstaine from murther and Idolatry? |
| A10024 | Hereby then examine your selves what are the things you most delight in? |
| A10024 | How can ye beleeve, seeing ye seeke honour one of another, and not the honour that commeth of God? |
| A10024 | I am strong and well, in good and perfect health, is it likely the evill day is neere me? |
| A10024 | If then Gods blessing be all in all, if that onely can administer comfort, and make us happy, I would aske you this question? |
| A10024 | In temporall things, who knoweth what shall bee to morrow? |
| A10024 | In the dayes of his flesh, who had more good by him than the Publicans and sinners? |
| A10024 | Is he the only joy and comfort of thy soule? |
| A10024 | It is a glorie unto God when the Professors of the Word live a holy life; for what is the nature of the Word but to cleanse? |
| A10024 | It is, because their nature is to doe so; Wil you know why a sinful man is subject to affect things inordinately? |
| A10024 | Know you not that the love of the world is enmitieto God? |
| A10024 | Now what should move us to morifie these earthly members? |
| A10024 | Reason? |
| A10024 | Secondly, what is meant by earthly members? |
| A10024 | Secondly, what is meant by grieving of the Spirit? |
| A10024 | So that the men which were converted at Peters Sermon, did aske, What shall wee doe to be saved? |
| A10024 | So, what if thy affections be changed from earthly to heavenly things, so as thou dost feele the burthen of immoderate cares cast off thee? |
| A10024 | Take the deare Saints of God, and take but this Spirit from them, how would it be with them? |
| A10024 | The blessing of the creature( as we call it) is of God: Doth the Lord send any creature to hurt thee? |
| A10024 | The first Question is, Whether sinne may not seeme to bee mortified when it is not mortified, but onely asleepe? |
| A10024 | The second motive is taken from that of Salomon, A mans spirit will beare his infirmities, but a wounded spirit, who can beare? |
| A10024 | Therefore art thou weake? |
| A10024 | Therefore try, is thy excessive care constant? |
| A10024 | Thirdly, what is meant by quenching of the Spirit? |
| A10024 | Wee now come to a third poynt, and that is, what are those things that are to bee mortified? |
| A10024 | What is the reason of this? |
| A10024 | What is the reason, a man takes to heart the death of his friend, or the like accident? |
| A10024 | What, are they earthly things, how to bee rich or honourable? |
| A10024 | When is a man covetous? |
| A10024 | Whether after true mortification a man may fall into the same sinne againe or no? |
| A10024 | Will not a man willingly part with drosse for gold? |
| A10024 | Will you know the reason, why Beares and Wolves, and Lyons, carry themselves so cruelly? |
| A10024 | Will you perswade men that honie is not sweet, who have tasted of it? |
| A10024 | Wilt thou set thine eye on that which is not? |
| A10024 | and if thou hast no knowledge of heaven, and heavenly things, how canst thou desire them? |
| A10024 | and what is Prayer, but a praying or begging of grace, or for the preservation of grace, and power against corruptions? |
| A10024 | art thou cold in holy performances? |
| A10024 | endeavour to be humbler and meeker then other men; Is your nature more inclined to desire of gain? |
| A10024 | it is the defect of wisedome, either the forgetfulnesse or not heeding of the time, place or action we are about; and what makes this forgetfulnes? |
| A10024 | no surely, I will therefore goe on still in my sinne; what need I repentance, that am so well in all things? |
| A10024 | or what must we not learne Sciences, or must we shew no learning in Preaching? |
| A10024 | that is, wherefore art thou so restlesse with mee, that thou wilt have no deniall till I grant thee thy desire? |
| A10024 | them he called, them he saved: the poore diseased wretches, how ready was hee to heale them? |
| A10024 | when thou art going to hell, who can save thee? |
| A10024 | when thou art sicke, who can heale thee? |
| A10024 | who is able to know whether the heart be renewed or no, by the speeches? |
| A55754 | Adultery was punished with death; and what punishment then is enough for the going a whoring from such a God, after such vanties? |
| A55754 | Againe by reason, if a small sinne be a sinne against God, then why make you no conscience of the least? |
| A55754 | Againe consider, he hath planted this love in thy heart: shall hee not have his owne then when hee requires? |
| A55754 | Againe, doe you hate sinne in all? |
| A55754 | Againe, on whom would you bestow it, if you will not give it to the Lord? |
| A55754 | And dare you say that you love the Lord, and yet yee will grieve and vexe him? |
| A55754 | And doe you thinke that Christ now in Heaven hath put off these kinde affections which he had on the earth? |
| A55754 | And dost thou love the Lord, and canst not feele it? |
| A55754 | And if they be more publique, there are prayers before and after Sermon, whe ● e in the Minister is left at more liberty? |
| A55754 | And in this sense what thanks deserve you? |
| A55754 | And is this then nothing? |
| A55754 | And now, how f 〈 … 〉 will bae found hat love Christ? |
| A55754 | And shall Christ be denied that which he hath so dearely bought? |
| A55754 | And shall it be thus with me, O thou that wilt not the death of poore sinners, who pant after thee? |
| A55754 | And when he hath given us him, will hee not with him give us all things also? |
| A55754 | And why? |
| A55754 | Are you able to doe thus? |
| A55754 | Are you hen apt to speake well of God? |
| A55754 | Are you in your naturall element when you are among them? |
| A55754 | Are you willing then to take much paines for the Lord? |
| A55754 | Are you willing to suffer any thing for the Lord? |
| A55754 | Art thou a Student? |
| A55754 | Art thou not in the tents of the Sheperds? |
| A55754 | Art thou still in dealings with him? |
| A55754 | Art thou willing to take Christ for thy husband, for better and worse, with a crowne of Thornes, as well as Glory? |
| A55754 | Besides, is not every thing best in its owne place, conformed to its owne rule, carried to its owne end? |
| A55754 | Bu ● let mee aske thee this question, Doe you all out of love? |
| A55754 | But canst thou answere this question, Lovest thou me? |
| A55754 | But hast thou prayed importunately, as the woman to the unjust Iudge without giving over? |
| A55754 | But how can he( you will say) be wholly mine, seeing so many have their parts in him? |
| A55754 | But how doth prayer doe this? |
| A55754 | But how shall I know that he will love me? |
| A55754 | But how shall I know this adulterous love? |
| A55754 | But how shall we doe it my brethren? |
| A55754 | But it may be he stands thus and thus affected to such and such persons, and how shall I know that the Lord loves mee and is willing to take mee? |
| A55754 | But this is an act of the Lord, what shall I doe to it? |
| A55754 | But this, you will say, is but a small matter, who doth not? |
| A55754 | But what can I bestow upon the Lord, thou wil ● say? |
| A55754 | But what if I take not the Lord at this instant? |
| A55754 | But what is this else but to put God into such streights as Darius was in, who would faine have saved Daniel, but because of his Decree he could not? |
| A55754 | But what terrour is there in the preaching of the Gospel, you will say? |
| A55754 | But what would you have mee to hate men then? |
| A55754 | But what? |
| A55754 | But you will say I love them well enough, doe you so? |
| A55754 | But you will say, Doe you altogether condemne naturall and morall vertues? |
| A55754 | But( O thou chiefest of ten thousand) why hast thou kept thy selfe at such a distance? |
| A55754 | Can I then expect either to have the blessing of Love, or to avoide the curse of not loving? |
| A55754 | Can any man doe for thee that which he doth? |
| A55754 | Can love come to enmity, heaven to hell? |
| A55754 | Can you endure to be pointed at, scoffed and mocked, for the Lord? |
| A55754 | Canst thou be content to fare as I doe? |
| A55754 | Christ our Saviour, when he came unto his Country, it is said, He would not put forth his power to work many miracles there: Why so? |
| A55754 | Consider this: if you did repent out of love, your repentance would bee present, and what repentance is it which is not out of love? |
| A55754 | Couldest thou not wish that thou mightest ever here enjoy these pleasures, and never come at him? |
| A55754 | Do men deserve it? |
| A55754 | Do you set limits to your performances? |
| A55754 | Do''st thou think hee will not heare thee? |
| A55754 | Doe not I hate those that hate thee? |
| A55754 | Doe these retaine the Sacraments, and the like? |
| A55754 | Doe ye do much, and suffer much for the Lord? |
| A55754 | Doe yee take care for the things of Christ, plod how ye may glorifie him? |
| A55754 | Doe you delight then in their company? |
| A55754 | Doe you feele this love in you? |
| A55754 | Doe you then delight in his presence? |
| A55754 | Doe you then feare and quake at his comming? |
| A55754 | Doe you then hate sinne as in dislike, and distate in regenerate men and their societie, bee it never so pleasant, so profitable? |
| A55754 | Doest thou feed the lambes of Christ? |
| A55754 | Doest thou love his company? |
| A55754 | Doest thou love his presence, to walke with God? |
| A55754 | Doest thou love the Lord? |
| A55754 | Doest thou not dwell in the hearts of men by faith? |
| A55754 | Doest thou observe all his dealings to thee from morning to night, refer all still unto him? |
| A55754 | Dost thou feele thy heart working towards God? |
| A55754 | Dost thou not walke in the midst of the golden Candlestickes? |
| A55754 | Dost thou then feele, that thou art never well, but when thou art with him, and yet dost thou not love him? |
| A55754 | Dost thou then love the Lord, and hate evill in other men? |
| A55754 | Dost thou then love the appearing of the Lord Iesus? |
| A55754 | Dost thou walke with God, as Enoch did? |
| A55754 | Doth he bring good tidings? |
| A55754 | Doth hee sup with thee, dwell with thee? |
| A55754 | Doth thy wealth deserve it? |
| A55754 | Hast thou then this communion with Christ? |
| A55754 | He was full of all the Treasures of wisedom and knowledge? |
| A55754 | How high might hee have flowne in the curious extracts of every word of this Text? |
| A55754 | How might he have hid himselfe in the thornes of speculation? |
| A55754 | How much was hee in the praising of him? |
| A55754 | How would this prevaile, how could God put off such a request? |
| A55754 | I say, if you have the forme of godlines, and not the power, will that save you? |
| A55754 | I therefore now ask thee, Wouldst thou turne to God? |
| A55754 | If men looke not for him, will hee come to them to salvation? |
| A55754 | If one should bring you newes that you must goe to the Lord, or he would come to you to morrow, would this be acceptable newes to you? |
| A55754 | If therefore thou hast any thing to doe in religion, set on it; Hast thou any lust to overcome? |
| A55754 | If thou art a Minister, or if thou art in the way to that calling, art thou diligent to fit they selfe for it? |
| A55754 | If you did love the Lord you would not stand, saying, is it necessary to keepe the Lords day so strictly? |
| A55754 | If you love not your brother whom you see daily, how can yee love the Lord whom yee never see? |
| A55754 | Is hee not your Master? |
| A55754 | It is very observant in this kinde, Quis fallere possit amantem? |
| A55754 | It may be thou art able to serve God when thou art poore, but what art thou when the world comes in upon thee? |
| A55754 | It may be you are lovers of pleasure more than of God, and doth not this deserve a Curse? |
| A55754 | It may be you love your Wealth more than Christ: And are you not worthy to be cursed for it? |
| A55754 | It may bee you love the praise of men, before that of God; and is not this to bee accursed? |
| A55754 | Know you not that no unrighteous man shall inherit the Kingdome of God? |
| A55754 | Let me speake unto you as Iames doth, If you say yee have faith, and not works, can your faith save you? |
| A55754 | Many will say, I am but flesh and blood, and what will you have me to doe? |
| A55754 | Nay, thou hatest him, doe you not wish that there were no such Lord to come to judgement, that thou mightest live as thou pleasest? |
| A55754 | No, and why? |
| A55754 | No? |
| A55754 | Now doe not deceive thy selfe; thou lovest the Lord, thou wil say, but is this love to his person, or to his kingdome, his goods? |
| A55754 | Now to wish that one were not, what is it but to hate him? |
| A55754 | Now what a Loadstone of love is this? |
| A55754 | Now when the whole man shall go from the Lord, is not such a one worthy to bee cursed, yea to bee had in execration to the death? |
| A55754 | Now when we preach thus unto the world, what answere doe wee finde? |
| A55754 | Now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare him, to love him? |
| A55754 | Paul that loved the Lord, how was hee affected? |
| A55754 | Put all these together, Are ye bountifull, that if the Lord should put you to any cost, cost of purse, labours of life, hee should willingly have it? |
| A55754 | Put the case a Woman should have her Husband at the East- Indies, how welcome would a letter bee to her from him? |
| A55754 | See who it is that requires this? |
| A55754 | Shall I not be able to doe this through him that loveth thee and me? |
| A55754 | Shall not he that made the eye see? |
| A55754 | So do you hunger after the Word, which is the character of Christ his Will, his Love- letter? |
| A55754 | So for a family prayer, thou wouldest not aske, can it not be omitted without sinne? |
| A55754 | Steven and other Saints are said in Scripture to be full of the Holy Ghost, and how differs this from the Fulnesse of Christ? |
| A55754 | Suppose a Prince should come and aske this at thy hands, wouldest thou deny him? |
| A55754 | Take heed, thou mayest persecute Christ under the person of an hypocrite: what if thou strike at an hypocrite in seeming? |
| A55754 | Take up the same practise with your soule; the Lord hath done thus and thus for mee, and shall I not love him? |
| A55754 | That which is chiefely to be reprehended, is of a secret disesteem of publique prayers? |
| A55754 | The Apostle, as Moses, gets him up to the Mount Ebal; and whom doth he curse? |
| A55754 | This can not bee altered, it is the Word of God; aske then thy selfe this question, whether thou lovest the Lord, or no? |
| A55754 | This is the description of himselfe, such a one is Iesus Christ, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, and is hee not worthy to be beloved? |
| A55754 | Thou that livest in the Church, and hast gone farre, examine thy selfe in his, Hast thou done all out of Love? |
| A55754 | Though he say so, how shall I know that he will doe it? |
| A55754 | Thus hath the Lord done unto thee, with this Nathan urges David, and aggravates his sinne? |
| A55754 | What avails it mee that I enjoy( saith he) my lands, and that I live in Ierusalem, so long as I may not see the Kings face? |
| A55754 | What doe you preach damnation to me? |
| A55754 | What else distinguished Iohn from Iudas Simon Peter, from Simon Magus? |
| A55754 | What hast thou, that thou hast not received? |
| A55754 | What is that which keepes you from loving the Lord? |
| A55754 | What shall we now deduce hence for Application to our selves? |
| A55754 | What then becomes of all unregenerated men? |
| A55754 | What? |
| A55754 | When men therefore think to excuse themselves by saying, I am not able to doe such a thing, what will you have me to do? |
| A55754 | When such a God shall aske thy love, sue for it, shall he be denied? |
| A55754 | When thou presentest Iesus Christ alone to thy selfe, canst thou then love him? |
| A55754 | When you pray, then pray you formally, as one that is glad when the duty is over? |
| A55754 | Whence came this, but out of the abundance of his love to Christ, and mankinde? |
| A55754 | Why do we not with David, turn away our eyes, hearts, and affections from beholding vanity, and pitch them all on him? |
| A55754 | Why then stick you? |
| A55754 | Why? |
| A55754 | Will any of you say, that a Wife loves her Husband, which with her good will, will never be with him? |
| A55754 | Would you then doe no more then just will bring you to heaven as you thinke? |
| A55754 | Wouldst thou overcome such and such a lust of uncleannesse, drunkennesse? |
| A55754 | You are now therefore to examine your selfe, Whether you love or no? |
| A55754 | You will say, you wil go to Christ,& he shall do it for you: But when the Gospel curses such as love not Christ, to whom will you goe to love God? |
| A55754 | [ 2 In Humility towards men] For what have wee that wee have not received? |
| A55754 | are not many Churches desolate? |
| A55754 | have you a sense of it? |
| A55754 | hee that made the eare heare? |
| A55754 | if thou hast received it, why dost thou boast, as though thou hadst not received it? |
| A55754 | is he not your Father? |
| A55754 | is he not your Friend, where then is your love? |
| A55754 | it is thy Soveraigne Lord that might have required thee to sacrifice thy children, thy life, thy goods, for his honour, and can he not have thy love? |
| A55754 | it may be all these signes are not in me; Am I then so accursed? |
| A55754 | must I so love the Lord, that I may, not love earthly things? |
| A55754 | must they doe nothing? |
| A55754 | shall not hee that gave these perfections to the creatures have them in himselfe more eminently? |
| A55754 | shall not hee which gave this fountaine of love taste of the waters of it? |
| A55754 | shall not hee which planted the tree, eate of the fruit? |
| A55754 | to be rejected& scorned in the world as I am? |
| A55754 | what hinders your faith? |
| A55754 | when thou hast sowed thy seed, hast thou not prepared the former and latter raine? |
| A55754 | when thou studiest and takest paines in thy books, see whether thou do''st it for thy selfe or for thy credit, or doest thou make God thy utmost end? |
| A55754 | when you see Popery increasing, and the Saints wallowing in their bloud? |
| A55754 | when you see so many Churches ransacked beyond the Seas, doe you not see the Arke of God taken in a great measure? |
| A55754 | where then is your feare? |
| A55754 | where then is your reverence? |
| A55754 | why hast thou not been formed in me? |
| A55754 | will hee not also heare, if you should pray to him? |
| A55754 | would wee not hate that man that should not love and respect him from whom hee hath his whole maintenance? |
| A09970 | 1 Dost thou not hate the law? |
| A09970 | 10. for a new and a cleane heart? |
| A09970 | 12. lest Saint Paul should be exalted, there was given him a thorne in the flesh: if Saint Paul needed humility, who doth not? |
| A09970 | 12. of the thorne in the flesh? |
| A09970 | 13. was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized into the name of Paul? |
| A09970 | 15, 16, 17. who( seeing an army comming against him and his master Elisha) he cries out, Alas, what shall we doe, if we goe on? |
| A09970 | 18. Who is a god like unto our God, that pard ● ● ● 〈 ◊ 〉 iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of thine heritage? |
| A09970 | 3 Againe, dost thou hate those that are like the Lord? |
| A09970 | 3. last, All things are yours; but upon what ground? |
| A09970 | 37. of those who were prickt in their hearts, crying out, what shall we do to bee saved? |
| A09970 | 4 Againe, dost thou not desire that there were no God? |
| A09970 | 5 Againe, dost thou not lie in some sin which thou knowest is a sinne? |
| A09970 | 5. and bidden us come with an empty hand? |
| A09970 | 51. cries out of his broken bones, and why? |
| A09970 | 51. how doth he hate it? |
| A09970 | 6 where we find him trembling and astonished, and saying, Lord what wil ● thou have me doe? |
| A09970 | 6. and the three last verses, and the beginning of the seventh Chapter, he is conversant among them; But you will say, is he not every where else? |
| A09970 | 9. the Apostle says, Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdome of God? |
| A09970 | A carnall man and a regenerate man differ mainely, in this; that a carnall man, when hee is to doe any thing, askes what good will this bring to me? |
| A09970 | Againe secondly, I aske thee who is thy husband? |
| A09970 | Againe, Art thou fallen into poverty, into sicknes, into disgrace? |
| A09970 | Againe, I aske thee, what is it makes thee resolve to come in at death? |
| A09970 | Againe, I would aske thee, if this bee not also thy disposition, that thou hast no great delight to be where the Lord is? |
| A09970 | Againe, hath hee not beene satisfied and paid for our sinnes by CHRIST? |
| A09970 | Againe, if thou beest persecuted, and hast enemies to deale with( as who hath not that liveth godlily? |
| A09970 | Againe, secondly what doest thou, when there is a separation made, a partition betwixt the businesse of the Lord, and thine owne credit? |
| A09970 | And as CHRIST said, shall not I drinke of the Cup which my Father hath mingled? |
| A09970 | And doe you thinke that a little cast time spent upon it will be enough? |
| A09970 | And if you aske how you shall discerne you doe any thing faithfully? |
| A09970 | And let not any man complaine that he loseth a daies work; for is there any work so necessary, as the salvation of the soule? |
| A09970 | And now what rests, but that these Treatises crave shadow& protection from you, nay owne you for their Patron? |
| A09970 | And secondly, how much is there in that Word[ Crucified for you?] |
| A09970 | And shall we be discouraged for this? |
| A09970 | And the tryall of that lyeth especially upon this, what you make your utmost end? |
| A09970 | And what are the reasons why God respecteth humble men so? |
| A09970 | Art not thou the Lords servant? |
| A09970 | Art thou a Scholler, and hast studies to bring to perfection? |
| A09970 | As if he should have said to Moses, wouldest thou know the very inward disposition and frame of my soule? |
| A09970 | As if he should say, will you not believe? |
| A09970 | As if thou hast such a journey to go, say, yea but what sayes my husband to it? |
| A09970 | Aske thy heart, is it for the Lord, or for thy selfe? |
| A09970 | Be not discouraged then: what though the storme grow great and violent? |
| A09970 | Besides the things without, that which commeth on me daily, the care of all the Churches; who is offended, and I burne not? |
| A09970 | But I may pray? |
| A09970 | But here the great objection is, how it is possible for a man, not to seeke his owne happinesse, safety and advantage? |
| A09970 | But how shal that be done? |
| A09970 | But how shall I know what opinion I have of my selfe? |
| A09970 | But how shall a man be perswaded of this Gods readinesse to forgive? |
| A09970 | But how will he do it? |
| A09970 | But is a man bound to seeke God in every thing? |
| A09970 | But may not a man in his actions have an eye to God, and himselfe also? |
| A09970 | But may not a man make his owne happinesse his end, and doe what hee doth for his owne perfection? |
| A09970 | But may not a man provide for himselfe? |
| A09970 | But now the maine question is, how shall wee know whether we make the Lord our utmost end or no? |
| A09970 | But that you may doe this the more willingly, consider why men are ashamed of this profession, why? |
| A09970 | But then how should wee bee sanctified? |
| A09970 | But then if this objection come, why? |
| A09970 | But what is this turning with a mans whole heart? |
| A09970 | But you wil say, how may I bring my heart to feare the Lord? |
| A09970 | But you will aske, what it is to stirre up our graces? |
| A09970 | But you will object and say, can sinnes that have been committed cease to have beene committed, or cease to have been sins? |
| A09970 | But you will say, how can wee doe this, seeing it is the LORD that workes in us the will and the deed, and wee can doe nothing without the Spirit? |
| A09970 | But you will say, how is it, that calamities thus follow upon sinne? |
| A09970 | But you will say, how shall we doe to bring our heart to this? |
| A09970 | But you will say, is it not good to get that sensible stirring sence and sight of sinne? |
| A09970 | But you will say, is it possible, that I should bee forgiven, that have committed so many sinnes, so great, so hainous, and continued so long in them? |
| A09970 | But you will say, what doe you preach damnation to me? |
| A09970 | But you will say, what is to be put in? |
| A09970 | But you will say, who are those wicked men? |
| A09970 | But you will say: how shall wee get downe our stubborne hearts? |
| A09970 | By truth: but what truth? |
| A09970 | Can any unregenerate man in the world say, it is not I, but sin? |
| A09970 | Can the wall say, it hath brought forth the beames that the Sun hath cast upon it? |
| A09970 | Cleanse your hearts yee sinners,& c. but how should we doe it, would some say? |
| A09970 | Consider further the equity of it; for did not he the same for thee, which he requires of thee? |
| A09970 | Consider therefore in any busines thou doest, why thou doest it? |
| A09970 | Consider therefore these things seriously, and bring them home to your hearts; for to what end doe we preach? |
| A09970 | Consider whether thou doest them faithfully? |
| A09970 | Consider whether thou seekest thine owne things, or the things of IESUS CHRIST? |
| A09970 | Couldst thou not bee content that there were no heaven, no GOD, no Iudge at the last? |
| A09970 | Couldst thou not bee content to live for ever in this world, so that thou were happy here, and so there were no hell? |
| A09970 | Did it come from Gods providence, or not? |
| A09970 | Do you think it a small matter, to take an oath of God partly and in any degree in vaine? |
| A09970 | Doe you provoke the Lord to anger? |
| A09970 | Doest thou doe it diligently? |
| A09970 | Dost thou not know, that every such refusall of such an offer is so dangerous, as it may put thee into hazard of never having the like againe? |
| A09970 | Dost thou therefore live in some evill way or other, wherein thou dost allow thy selfe? |
| A09970 | Doth not the low and humble posture of your mind intitle you unto the first? |
| A09970 | First, are you not ashamed of the strictest ways of religion? |
| A09970 | For what are affections, but divers positions and scituations of the will and the feete it walkes upon? |
| A09970 | GOD saies there, it is true indeed, that if you come to any man in the world when his wife hath played the harlot, will he receive her againe? |
| A09970 | Had it not beene wisedome in him to have seene and acknowledged it before? |
| A09970 | Had not Ahab better have bee ● e without his Vineyard? |
| A09970 | Hast thou a healthfull body, a sure estate, many friends? |
| A09970 | Hath the LORD said it, and that from heaven; that if a man doe humble himselfe hee will forgive him? |
| A09970 | Have not wee cause then to spend o ● r time in feare, if hee dealt thus with David? |
| A09970 | How much more shall the bloud of Christ, who through the eternall spirit offered up himselfe to God, purge your consciences from dead workes? |
| A09970 | How much more wonderfull things are there to be seene in the Lord, if if he doth but reveale himselfe, and open your eys? |
| A09970 | I aske thee this question, whether art thou content to quit all thy sinnes presently upon assurance of being received, if thou dost? |
| A09970 | I doubt not but that Christ is willing, but what will God the Father do? |
| A09970 | I will aske you first whose servant art thou? |
| A09970 | I ● the Lord then so full of pitie and bowells to his owne people? |
| A09970 | If a man that is of an honest disposition should promise you a thing, you would believe him: and will you not believe me? |
| A09970 | If love to Christ, then it would sooner; if to thy selfe, how shall such conversion be accepted? |
| A09970 | If one come against you with ten thousand, and you meete him but with two thousand, who is like to get the victory? |
| A09970 | If the gate of heaven stood thus alwayes open, why then did God sweare in his wrath of some Israelites, that they should never enter into his rest? |
| A09970 | If you aske now what it is to be afflicted in measure? |
| A09970 | If you say, how shall I know for what sinne it is? |
| A09970 | Is all our labour lost, except we seeke Gods face, though otherwise a man goe never so farre? |
| A09970 | Is he not bound by promise to performe these to you that believe, as well as the other? |
| A09970 | Is hee not upon equall termes with thee, nay most unequall on his part? |
| A09970 | Is it easie to build a Temple to the Lord, and to keepe it cleane and in repaire? |
| A09970 | Is it easie to change and turne the course of nature? |
| A09970 | Is it of so much consequence to seeke God for himselfe? |
| A09970 | Is not the Lord Iesus? |
| A09970 | Is there a secret dislike of them, though thou knowest not why, an antipathy, though happily thou canst not give a reason of it? |
| A09970 | Is this the exercising of your callings, for the good of men? |
| A09970 | It hath indeed a contrary effect almost in all in the world; for whom doe not GODS mercies leade from him rather then to him? |
| A09970 | It is our fault to say, when we are afflicted, that we shall never see better daies: why so? |
| A09970 | It is well if it be so: But consider, hath thy humiliation brought thee home? |
| A09970 | Lastly, is the Lord thus mercifull to the humble? |
| A09970 | Let a man take paines with his heart from day to day, and consider what reasons there are by which a mans heart may be taken off from his sin? |
| A09970 | Lord spare them( sayes hee) and if it be, but for thy Names sake, for what will all the Nations say? |
| A09970 | Neither complaine, that a daies study is lost, for is there any excellency to the saving Image of God stampt on the heart? |
| A09970 | Now if they should aske how it comes to passe that they are his? |
| A09970 | Now if you aske the reasons why it is so, that God deales thus with his Children in afflictions? |
| A09970 | Now to love a mans selfe, what is it but to seeke a mans owne good? |
| A09970 | Now what is said of one grace, is true of all: so then examine thy selfe, how comes sinne in into thee? |
| A09970 | Now what is the end of all husbandry? |
| A09970 | Put case, any of the old Prophets should come to thee, or any man in particular, and say, wilt thou bee content now to turne to GOD? |
| A09970 | Seest thou a man given up to a lust, his heart so cemented to it, as hee can not live without it? |
| A09970 | So Christ, when he would humble Paul, he tells him of his persecution, Why persecutest thou me? |
| A09970 | So God aggravated to Adam his sin, did not I command thee the contrary? |
| A09970 | So when all the people murmured at the red Sea, what was the reason that Moses was quiet all that while when they murmured? |
| A09970 | Take a man accustomed to idlenesse, is it easie for him to become laborious and diligent in his calling? |
| A09970 | Take a man that makes wealth or honour his God, take that prop from him, and how doth his heart sinke within him? |
| A09970 | That place may encourage us, Iames 4, 5, 6. doe you thinke the Scripture sayes in vaine, The spirit that is in us lusteth after envie? |
| A09970 | The Prophet had exhorted them to learne to doe well,& c. But the people might object: What shall wee bee the nearer for all this? |
| A09970 | The question is how shall we doe to distinguish this? |
| A09970 | There are two arguments more to helpe us in this, If hee should marke what is done amisse, who should stand? |
| A09970 | Thirdly sayes he, who is offended, and I burne not? |
| A09970 | This evill is of the Lord, and what should I wait on the Lord any longer? |
| A09970 | What cause have we then to feare? |
| A09970 | What is a serpent without a sting? |
| A09970 | What is faith, but a laying hold of Christ? |
| A09970 | What is it able to procure for us? |
| A09970 | What is the reason why to men in jeopardy, as in a storme at Sea and in the time of sicknesse their sins then appeare so terrible and fearefull? |
| A09970 | What therefore shall wee say, to set an edg upon your affections, to seeke the Lords person? |
| A09970 | What though God hath used thee in some great worke, and not others? |
| A09970 | What though your sinnes bee great and in their owne thoughts unpardonable, and you thinke them greater then can bee forgiven? |
| A09970 | What was Pauls making, but his going from prison to prison? |
| A09970 | What was the reason Abraham and Moses sought the Lord thus for himselfe? |
| A09970 | What was the reason of Salomons troubles? |
| A09970 | What was the reason, that the Spouse in the Canticles, Chapter 5. was so sicke of love, that she could not containe her selfe? |
| A09970 | What wayes? |
| A09970 | When therefore thou commest to preach the Gospell or studiest, consider thine end, whether for God or no? |
| A09970 | Why doe we trouble our selves so much about the creatures, feare this man and that man, and thinke a little credit or preferment a great matter? |
| A09970 | Yea shall I goe further? |
| A09970 | You will aske what hurt? |
| A09970 | You will say, how shall we know that? |
| A09970 | a Tradesman, and hast enterprises to bring to passe? |
| A09970 | and after thy recovery, didst thou not returne to them againe with as much greedinesse as ever? |
| A09970 | and besides this his first buying of thee, who gives thee thy wages, and provides for thee, meat, drinke, and cloathing? |
| A09970 | and didst thou not know thou shouldest not? |
| A09970 | and how did Rebecca also for all that while want the comfort of a sonne shee loved, and had none to live with but Esau? |
| A09970 | and if so, what cause is there wee should now seek the Lords presence? |
| A09970 | and if thou beest his wife, oughtest thou not to seek his things? |
| A09970 | and is there not reason thou shouldest serve him alone? |
| A09970 | and open and breake the clods of his ground, when hee hath made plaine the face thereof? |
| A09970 | and should not the servant seek the profit of his master? |
| A09970 | and to some disadvantage in thy wealth? |
| A09970 | and was fenced against it? |
| A09970 | and what is it hee calls thee to deny thy selfe in? |
| A09970 | and what is the motive of his permission but sinne? |
| A09970 | and what is the reason that God said of those that were invited to the feast, but refused to come, that they should never taste of it? |
| A09970 | and when it is come in, does it continue master? |
| A09970 | and will make every one to consider, to what end have I done all, have I knowne the Lord, and been acquainted with him? |
| A09970 | and your holy and spotlesse carriage, to the third? |
| A09970 | are not all times in Gods hands? |
| A09970 | are thy affections troubled, that thou hast offended God in it, that something is gone from God in it, or rather that something is gone from thy self? |
| A09970 | are you harlots or Virgins? |
| A09970 | are you stronger than hee? |
| A09970 | art in straights? |
| A09970 | art thou yet then as carefull? |
| A09970 | because men doe speake evill of you, but is this a good reason? |
| A09970 | but I am still haunted, and I doe not overcome? |
| A09970 | but yet what do these hornes serve for but to push them home to the Lord? |
| A09970 | comes it in by stealth, or by violence onely? |
| A09970 | consider them, canst thou not speake and confesse them? |
| A09970 | did not hee make him selfe poore to make thee rich? |
| A09970 | doe they not often suffer a storm; are they not often scortched with the heate of reproach? |
| A09970 | doe we not see them afflicted? |
| A09970 | doe you thinke that any but a sound hearted man, can come as he did with teares to Christ, that cryed out so to him, Lord helpe my unbeliefe? |
| A09970 | doest thou thinke that thou art plowed longer then thouneedest? |
| A09970 | dost thou desire to have it done, though another man doe it? |
| A09970 | dost thou not wish that the Law were not so strict, and that it gave more liberty? |
| A09970 | doth he not cast abroad the fetches? |
| A09970 | doth not God observe all, look on, and with approbation? |
| A09970 | doth not he give thee thy wages? |
| A09970 | for did not hee empty himselfe of that eternall glory and happinesse, which he enjoyed with his Father and might have then enjoyed? |
| A09970 | hath it driven thee to the City of refuge? |
| A09970 | have I sought Gods face in all that I have done? |
| A09970 | how canst thou looke to have thy prayers heard, thy sinnes forgiven? |
| A09970 | how could you have the face to doe it? |
| A09970 | how did Abraham save his sonne, but by being content to offer him? |
| A09970 | how much more, when the true God shall bee departed from a man? |
| A09970 | if a man sees a company of sheep, and he askes whose sheep are these? |
| A09970 | if hee calls thee to beare the crosse for him, did not hee beare a greater crosse for thee? |
| A09970 | if none, he layes it a side: but a godly man( so farre as he is godly) asketh this question, whether it is commanded by God? |
| A09970 | if thou answerest no, art thou not worthy to bee destroyed? |
| A09970 | if wee be such great sinners as you have even now declared us to bee? |
| A09970 | if yes, is not this great comfort? |
| A09970 | if you aske grace, will he give you up to your lusts? |
| A09970 | in the Low countries? |
| A09970 | is it for his glory and advantage? |
| A09970 | is it not fruit? |
| A09970 | is it not the Lord? |
| A09970 | is it that thou hast got some discredit to thy selfe in the performance of it? |
| A09970 | is not God able to remove it? |
| A09970 | may he have no respect to himselfe? |
| A09970 | may wee have no hope left? |
| A09970 | not to aske forgivenesse onely, but to aske such a kindnesse, such a favour at my hands also? |
| A09970 | or doest thou looke for all thy happinesse from the Lord alone? |
| A09970 | or that God hath had no more glory by it? |
| A09970 | perhaps it hath brought thee out of Aegypt, but hath it brought thee into Canaan? |
| A09970 | sanct ● fied me, and redeemed me and set me at liberty, when I was a bond slave of sinne and Sathan, and have I not reason to love him? |
| A09970 | sayes another to him, such a mans; for he hath bought and paid for them; and hath not Christ bought thee? |
| A09970 | scatter the cummin, the wheat, and the rie? |
| A09970 | shall the pen boast it selfe, because it hath written a faire Epistle? |
| A09970 | should it seeme strange to us? |
| A09970 | that is, was not Christ crucified? |
| A09970 | the wall is the same: so if God hath shined upon thee, and left others in darknesse, art thou the better of thy selfe? |
| A09970 | to forsake a friend or two? |
| A09970 | to prevent this the Prophet tells them, what though their sinnes bee great and bloudie sins, of the deepest dye of guilt? |
| A09970 | to the hornes of the Altar? |
| A09970 | to thy fathers house? |
| A09970 | turne from our evill wayes? |
| A09970 | was there ever any duty which thou hadst a thought to doe, that thou couldest say, thou couldest not doe it? |
| A09970 | what are the impediments? |
| A09970 | what if he should do it in France? |
| A09970 | what if in England? |
| A09970 | what is a great bulk, if it have no waight? |
| A09970 | what profit, what credit shall I have by doing it? |
| A09970 | when any thing is to bee done for the Lord Iesus, doest thou doe it with all thy might? |
| A09970 | who brings it? |
| A09970 | who gives it? |
| A09970 | who made it? |
| A09970 | who put inke into it, guided it? |
| A09970 | why do I do it thus and thus, and not in a better manner? |
| A09970 | why thou art at so much paines and cost in it? |
| A09970 | why thou undertakest it? |
| A09970 | will you leave us desperate? |
| A09970 | your high opinion of free grace, unto the second? |
| A09965 | 6.68 ▪ Christ asking his Disciples whether they also would goe away? |
| A09965 | A friend that adventures his life for us, is worthy of all wee can doe: Is not CHRIST then worthy of all you can doe and more? |
| A09965 | Affections are alwayes a signe of this life: have yee received the Word with them? |
| A09965 | And Christ himselfe saith, That it is more blessed to lend than to borrow, to give than to receive; may wee not then desire them? |
| A09965 | And this thing although you thinke it common,( and who is there that know not this?) |
| A09965 | Are ye willing to undergoe the crosse? |
| A09965 | Are yee angry with your selves, when ye neglect Gods businesse? |
| A09965 | Are yee so strong in faith as ye need it not? |
| A09965 | Are yee tractable? |
| A09965 | Are you affected as hee was? |
| A09965 | Are you content to be despised and hated as he was? |
| A09965 | Are you like David? |
| A09965 | Are you men after Gods owne heart, which will fulfill all his will; or are you of your father the Divell, and fulfill his lusts? |
| A09965 | Are you restrained? |
| A09965 | Are you zealous for Gods Glory? |
| A09965 | Are your Soules vexed for the uncleane conversation of others? |
| A09965 | Art thou so to Christ? |
| A09965 | As the young man that came to Christ, Christ looked on him, and loved him; what distinguished him? |
| A09965 | Beloued, there is much knowledge among us, but who practiseth according to his knowledge? |
| A09965 | Besides, doth hee not looke to his glory in all those that belong to him? |
| A09965 | Besides, if yee have not these things from his favour, what is it to you? |
| A09965 | But after what manner is this effectuall perswasion wrought? |
| A09965 | But from whom is this life hidden? |
| A09965 | But here may be some objections raised: you will say, that the Law is the rule of a mans life, how then is Christ the rule? |
| A09965 | But how can Christ be the end of our callings, eating, drinking, and recreations? |
| A09965 | But how can a man possiblie deny himselfe? |
| A09965 | But how farre may a man desire wealth? |
| A09965 | But how is it possible for a man in his projects, and the thoughts of his heart, not to seeke himselfe? |
| A09965 | But how shall I know Gods Will, and what my portion is? |
| A09965 | But how shall we doe to beleeve this? |
| A09965 | But how shall we know whether we walke in the Spirit or no? |
| A09965 | But how shall wee distinguish them? |
| A09965 | But how shall wee know if hee doth so? |
| A09965 | But how shall wee know it? |
| A09965 | But how shall wee know whether the desire be from the Spirit, or from the Flesh? |
| A09965 | But in what is it hidden? |
| A09965 | But is it not best to have other things with GOD? |
| A09965 | But it may be wee may not minde these things? |
| A09965 | But it will be objected, why is this said so generally? |
| A09965 | But may not a man use his calling to increase his wealth? |
| A09965 | But now here you will demand,( the proposition being but nakedly laid downe in the Scriptures) what will enable a man to beleeve it? |
| A09965 | But now how shall we distinguish these? |
| A09965 | But now you will object, that riches are blessings; and demand of me whether you may not desire riches as they are blessings? |
| A09965 | But what actions are there, that holy men doe, but that wicked men and others doe them? |
| A09965 | But what if thou art alone? |
| A09965 | But what is it to deny our selves? |
| A09965 | But what is it to live and to reigne? |
| A09965 | But what is this voyce of the Sonne of God that translateth men from death to life? |
| A09965 | But what workes are those that we can not see them doe? |
| A09965 | But when is a man a covetous man? |
| A09965 | But whether may not a man take care to get wealth? |
| A09965 | But why is this reckoned a mans selfe? |
| A09965 | But will not health, wealth and friends profit us? |
| A09965 | But with what is it hidden? |
| A09965 | But ye will object, men are not quite dead, there are some reliques of Gods Image still left in them; how are they then dead? |
| A09965 | But you will object, why should any man suffer for the Gospel, seeing that the Gospell brings glad tidings of peace? |
| A09965 | But you will say, how shall wee know when the Spirit speakes? |
| A09965 | But you will say, must it needs be so, can not Christ take and comprehend me, but there must be this wonderfull change wrought, who can be saved then? |
| A09965 | But you will say, this is a hard saying, who can beare it? |
| A09965 | But you will say, to what purpose is this efficacy, and what doth it in my heart when it comes there? |
| A09965 | But you will say, what benefit is this? |
| A09965 | But you will say; Who is there that can come to perfect health? |
| A09965 | Christ comming to teach her the doctrine of salvation; Art thou greater, said shee, than our father Iacob that gave us this Well? |
| A09965 | Consider this yee that come to the Sacrament; ye must not doe all for your selves, but for CHRIST, and what advantage will this bring to Christ? |
| A09965 | Consider, if one aske you this question, Will yee bee as a pibble or a pretious stone? |
| A09965 | Did not Paul pray to be delivered from such a temptation, and was not heard? |
| A09965 | Did not he goe to the Lord, and seeke to him by Prayer? |
| A09965 | Do you delight in your owne wayes, and yet continue the same men, keepe the same company? |
| A09965 | Doe these interruptions hinder us from Christ? |
| A09965 | Doe yee abide still in the same place, or goe on in the same tract? |
| A09965 | Doe yee choose the light, without seeking any ● istinctions, or evasions? |
| A09965 | Doe yee it for your credit and advantage? |
| A09965 | Doe you good workes with such a desire as men eate and drinke? |
| A09965 | Doe you hate those things that he hateth? |
| A09965 | Doe you it with a perfect heart or no? |
| A09965 | Doe you not onely abstaine from them, but also hate them? |
| A09965 | Doe your actions second your desires? |
| A09965 | Dost thou fly to Christ, to comfort thy selfe in him, when thou art in a doubtfull case, that concernes thee as much as thy life? |
| A09965 | Dost thou fly to Iesus Christ? |
| A09965 | Doth it not helpe us, when wee see the Rainebowe which the Lord hath appointed to put him in mind of his covenant? |
| A09965 | Fifthly, what did mortall men? |
| A09965 | Fiftly, compare it with other things, and you will finde it difficult; to get an art or liberall science, what paines and difficulty must be used? |
| A09965 | Fiftly, how doe you doe, that you doe? |
| A09965 | First, are ye willing to be informed? |
| A09965 | First, are you contented to bee divorced from all else, and to make Christ your selfe? |
| A09965 | For what is it to have a God, without worshipping him as God? |
| A09965 | Fourthly, what doe you doe? |
| A09965 | Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for mee; least I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? |
| A09965 | God disposeth of all things in the world; is it not wisedome then to have him your friend? |
| A09965 | God harkned whether any would say, What have I done? |
| A09965 | God hath commanded us, not to cast Pearles before Swine; and will hee himselfe doe it? |
| A09965 | God sayth, Why will yee dye O yee house of Israell? |
| A09965 | God will give you longer and larger liberty from the yoake of Sinne: lose you a momentany delight? |
| A09965 | Gods graces are beyond the one, and contrary to the other: must we make these duties of religion to be onely in the by? |
| A09965 | Goe ye the broad way? |
| A09965 | Hath Christ need of the same thing, that you your selves have need of; will yee bestow it on him? |
| A09965 | Hath sinne ever beene alive in you by the commandement to slay you? |
| A09965 | Have ye an experimentall knowledge? |
| A09965 | How beautifull are the feete of them tha ● preach the Gospel of peace? |
| A09965 | How doe yee affect the Word, and Image of God in the lives of the Saints? |
| A09965 | I would but aske this question of you; doe you make God your utmost end or no? |
| A09965 | If Christ dwell in thy heart, thou mayest easily know it; for dost thou thinke, that Christ will dwell in a foule and uncleane place? |
| A09965 | If a master bid his servant do a thing, and he goes and is drunken, so that he can not doe it, will it excuse him? |
| A09965 | If it be effectuall, why do not wee use it till that accident? |
| A09965 | If one should aske you, how know you colour? |
| A09965 | If some trouble follow such a duty, what doe yee? |
| A09965 | If that which we doe bee but hypocrisie, why doe you not it in reality? |
| A09965 | If then Gods blessing be all in all, if that onely can administer comfort and make us happy, I would aske you this question? |
| A09965 | If wee consult with our treasures, doe not we thinke that if we have such wealth and such friends, that wee should live more comfortably and happily? |
| A09965 | If ye beleeve God to be the Rewarder of all those that trust in him, as you say he is, why rest you not on him? |
| A09965 | If you summe up your lives according to this computation, to how short a reckoning will they come? |
| A09965 | In the last time shall come mockers, walking after their owne lusts, and saying ▪ Where is the promise of his comming? |
| A09965 | In your selves it can not bee; for how many things doe yee want? |
| A09965 | Is it a duty to come to heare the Word, or is it Arbitrary, to come or not to come? |
| A09965 | Is it an easie thing to turne nature? |
| A09965 | Is it easie to get ground of a raging lust? |
| A09965 | Is it not all one whether a man bee hindred from striking me, or if I have a helmet to defend the blow? |
| A09965 | Is it not to knit the knot stronger betweene Christ and us, to make the union more full and perfect? |
| A09965 | Is it so with thee when thou 〈 … 〉 to Christ Iesus? |
| A09965 | Is it so with thee? |
| A09965 | Is it to Christ, or to some what else? |
| A09965 | Is not a man to take care for his estate, to in ● rease it and fit it? |
| A09965 | Is there not a new priesthood; is there not a new covenant, and hath not the Lord said, there must be a new heaven and a new earth? |
| A09965 | Is there such a change in you as if yee were other creatures, as if yee lived an other life? |
| A09965 | Is thy heart and affections 〈 … 〉 upon him? |
| A09965 | Know yee the passages and working of regeneration and repentance? |
| A09965 | Let us make the life to come sure; our life is uncertaine here; but have we this spirituall life, are we living men? |
| A09965 | Like wise he doth it for the Spectators sake; Moyses often presenteth that Reason, Lord doe it, What will the Heathen say? |
| A09965 | Looke to this in the acts and effects: what have you done when the Word crosseth you in your aymes, estates, names, friends? |
| A09965 | May not a man pray to have his Child sanctified, to have him brought to better order? |
| A09965 | No man repented him of his wickednesse, saying, What have I done? |
| A09965 | Now from hence see the necessitie of this life of grace: how can yee come to the Sacrament, if yee are dead men? |
| A09965 | Now hearing that all are dead in trespasses and sinnes, yee may object; If wee bee dead, why doe you preach unto us? |
| A09965 | Now if that were the end of Christs comming, dost thou thinke that hee will loose his end? |
| A09965 | Now what arguments shall I use to make men follow the truth, notwithstanding these crosses and difficulties? |
| A09965 | Now what is a man to examine himselfe of? |
| A09965 | Now what is this inward speaking of life to the heart? |
| A09965 | Or, were you Baptized in the name of Paul? |
| A09965 | Out of GOD there is no fullnesse: If you would bee happy, I woul ● aske you where you would finde your happinesse out of GOD? |
| A09965 | Paul preaching at Athens, the Athenians asked, What new doctrine is this that thou preachest? |
| A09965 | Paul reasons thus with the Corinthians; Is Christ divided? |
| A09965 | Paul speaking to Peter, saith, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live after the manner of the Iewes? |
| A09965 | Peter made this answer, Lord whither shall wee goe? |
| A09965 | Peter made this answer; Lord, whither shall we goe? |
| A09965 | Psalmes; Lord I love thee dearely: hee can not prayse enough, and why? |
| A09965 | Repentance makes a dead man to be a living man: What is it that makes you deferre repentance? |
| A09965 | Secondly, are yee made alive againe? |
| A09965 | Secondly, consider what choise yee make when as these things come in competition with God and spirituall things: what Bils of Exchange doe you make? |
| A09965 | Secondly, for what end doe ye doe it? |
| A09965 | See( as David exercised it) whether be they thy songs in the night time? |
| A09965 | Shall a Souldier goe into the warres, and not looke for enemies? |
| A09965 | Shall a man goe to sea, and not looke for stormes? |
| A09965 | Sicknesse and death yee feare, why then doe you neglect the Sacrament, why doe you receive it unworthily? |
| A09965 | Simon Magus sinned, in thinking that the holy Ghost might be bought with mony; doe not they also sinne, who doe lesse than hee? |
| A09965 | So did the 3 children( as you call them) they cared not for the fiery furnace of Nabucadnezar, nor for all that hee was able to doe; and why? |
| A09965 | So if one aske you, how know you whether such a weight bee true, you answeare, by the standard: but how know you the standard to be true? |
| A09965 | Suppose yee had Ezekiahs warning, is it in your power to make your selves live? |
| A09965 | That all the waies of wisedome are waies of pleasure? |
| A09965 | That his yoake is easie and his burthen light? |
| A09965 | That is, new graces from heaven, and a new company of men wrought on, and changed by those graces? |
| A09965 | That wee must in nothing be carefull, but in all things make our request knowns? |
| A09965 | The Saints goe off and on, and so do wicked men, what is the difference betweene them? |
| A09965 | The daily sacrifice being taken away, it was the greatest desolation that could be; and can men live there with comfort where the Word is wanting? |
| A09965 | The second reason is this; What man among you, if his Son aske bread, will give him a stone; or if he aske a fish, will give him a serpent? |
| A09965 | Then thinke with thy selfe, is all new in me? |
| A09965 | Thinke seriously, am I dead or alive? |
| A09965 | Thirdly, for what end doe yee it? |
| A09965 | Thirdly, ye may know them by their end; looke ye to Christ? |
| A09965 | This fellow came in to sojorne here, and will he now bee a Iudge? |
| A09965 | To crucifie the flesh for Christ? |
| A09965 | To helpe you therefore in this Quere, whether you are dead or alive? |
| A09965 | To what end is the Spirit and regeneration given you, if it stir you not up to doe more than others can or will doe? |
| A09965 | Try ye if the thing be lawfull which yee desire? |
| A09965 | Was Paul Crucified for you? |
| A09965 | Well, it may be thou hast not for the present, but hast thou stayed the Lords leasure? |
| A09965 | What are your lives and actions? |
| A09965 | What doe yee weeping and breaking my heart? |
| A09965 | What good did all that Amafiah did to him; seeing that he did it not with a sincere& perfect heart? |
| A09965 | What if ye did leave your children onely Gods blessing, would it not be sufficient though you leave them little or nothing else? |
| A09965 | What is in man, in common or corrupt nature? |
| A09965 | What is repentance, but consideration? |
| A09965 | What meane all these if you keepe the commandements? |
| A09965 | What needed there such a multitude of them if they were not empty? |
| A09965 | What needs there a change and vicissitude of things, if there were not an emptinesse in the Creature? |
| A09965 | What shall we say? |
| A09965 | What was Iacobs refuge when he fled from his brother Esau? |
| A09965 | What? |
| A09965 | When Christ demanded of the twelve, whether they would likewise goe away; Peter makes this answer; Lord, whither shall we goe? |
| A09965 | When God said to Adam, Hast thou not eaten of the tree whereof I said thou shouldest not eate? |
| A09965 | When Ioab would have perswaded David to slay Abner, David gives him a peremptory deniall; saying, What have I to doe with you, yee sonnes of Servia? |
| A09965 | When as Paul was humbled, hee then cryed out, Lord what wilt thou have me to doe? |
| A09965 | When he fled from his son Absolon, was not the Lord his refuge? |
| A09965 | Whence are those Epidemicall diseases amongst us? |
| A09965 | Whence is it that religion is so hard? |
| A09965 | Where must hee set limits to his desires? |
| A09965 | Why are yee not contented with him for your portion? |
| A09965 | Why doe you heare and pray, and are just in many things, and not in all? |
| A09965 | Why is there so little change in men, but because they thinke that lesse will serve the turne? |
| A09965 | Why labour yee for foode, but to maintaine life? |
| A09965 | Why live ye but to serve your soules? |
| A09965 | Why promise yee so much joy and peace in Religion, if there be so many crosses following it? |
| A09965 | Why then should not wee rejoyce in them? |
| A09965 | Why thinke yee not him sufficient? |
| A09965 | Why will ye die, O ye house of Israel? |
| A09965 | Why will you defend your selves? |
| A09965 | Why, you will say, There were many prayed that were not heard; Did not David pray for his Childe, and was not heard? |
| A09965 | Will ye try and sift thing to the bran? |
| A09965 | Will you part with every thing, with every sinne and vanity for Christ? |
| A09965 | Wilt thou set thine eye on that which is not? |
| A09965 | Yea but this rule is too high for us, who is there that can reach it? |
| A09965 | Yea but you will say, you doe practise what you heare? |
| A09965 | You answer by the light: but how know you the light? |
| A09965 | You will say how shall I know that? |
| A09965 | You will say, how is this increased and how is it intended? |
| A09965 | You will say, this is strange, must all be new? |
| A09965 | You will say, what is that? |
| A09965 | You will say, what is the Covenant? |
| A09965 | and who is there that being a man as I am, will flee to the temple to save his life? |
| A09965 | approve yee Gods Image, his wayes in the Word, or in the lives of the Saints? |
| A09965 | are your hearts opened at the hearing of the Word? |
| A09965 | art thou willing to 〈 … 〉 more cost and paines to get him, than any 〈 … 〉 besides? |
| A09965 | doe ye like it? |
| A09965 | doe yee all in sincerity to him or no, or to your selves? |
| A09965 | doe yee justifie wisedome? |
| A09965 | doe you delight in God? |
| A09965 | doe you hunger and thirst after them, desiring for to doe them? |
| A09965 | doe you not thinke hee is ready to heare his Children when they call upon him? |
| A09965 | doth your conscience whisper within you? |
| A09965 | finde yee the Word as fire, and as a hammer? |
| A09965 | from which fountaine dost thou fetch thy comfort? |
| A09965 | fulfill yee the will of flesh, or of the Spirit? |
| A09965 | hadst thou rather part with any thing than with Christ? |
| A09965 | hath hee not pure eyes? |
| A09965 | hath the Lord vouchsafed mee this favour, that I may come to his Table, I may come and renew the nuptials and my covenant with him? |
| A09965 | have yee sorrowed for your sinnes? |
| A09965 | how do yee realish holy affections in them? |
| A09965 | is he thy succour when thy heart is dejected at any time& faints within thee? |
| A09965 | is it not to increase our willingnesse to take and receive Christ? |
| A09965 | is it to Christ, to beseech him to guide thee, to direct thee, when thou art pressed hard? |
| A09965 | oportet Sanctos vadere per diverticula, the Saints doe not so: Follow yee the streame? |
| A09965 | speaking of riches saith; Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? |
| A09965 | that will not give mony for to have the Gospel brought unto them? |
| A09965 | the Iewes being humbled cried out, Men and brethren what shall wee doe? |
| A09965 | then resolve to suffer for the truth: Consider what a person ye take upon you: and that ye must do nothing unbeseeming your selves? |
| A09965 | then wee are happy: but are we dead? |
| A09965 | then you will say with Nehemiah, shall such a man as I flee? |
| A09965 | to worke a change? |
| A09965 | what are your actions? |
| A09965 | when as Christ demanded of the twelve, whether they also would goe away? |
| A09965 | when thou art admitted to the familiarity and presence o ● the Lord, he looks for it, he asks what request you have to put up to him? |
| A09965 | where must they be restrained? |
| A09965 | whither dost thou goe for counsell and direction? |
| A09965 | whither doth thy heart goe for succour and for helpe to keepe thy selfe safe? |
| A09965 | would it not be said, Like men, like Master? |
| A09965 | would it not reflect upon him? |
| A09965 | would yee be worth 1000. others? |
| A09977 | 1 First, why doth GOD produce no infinite thing, no infinite effect? |
| A09977 | 2 Though the immediate cause produceth the effect; yet, who is the first cause? |
| A09977 | 3 If there be such a God that made the Heaven and the Earth; what is the reason then, that wee see things are brought to passe by naturall causes? |
| A09977 | 4 If things had no beginning, if the world was from eternitie; what is the reason there are no monuments of more ancient times, than there are? |
| A09977 | 4, and 8, 9. together: In the latter dayes there shall come scoffers,& c. saying, where is the promise of his comming? |
| A09977 | 40. he addes, To whom will you liken GOD? |
| A09977 | 5 Besides, consider what it is that troubles thee? |
| A09977 | 7 From whence doest thou looke for wages? |
| A09977 | 90. Who knowes the power of his wrath? |
| A09977 | A man will be ready to say, shall I take this? |
| A09977 | Afterwards it pleased him to bedew the Gentiles, when the Israelites were dry; well, he hath done this, sayes Paul, and what hast thou to say to him? |
| A09977 | Again, doth not the Scripture reckon them so? |
| A09977 | Againe, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? |
| A09977 | Againe, are not wee commanded to pray for outward blessings? |
| A09977 | Againe, can not he fill thy heart with joy and comfort? |
| A09977 | Againe, suppose one should come from either of those two places, would you beleeve him? |
| A09977 | Againe, the Spirit whereby the Prophets and Apostles spake to us, was it not sent from heaven? |
| A09977 | Againe, what is the reason that we are so readie to please, and loth to displease men, as a potent friend or enemie, rather than God? |
| A09977 | Alas, saith Moses, who am I: Shall I go unto Pharaoh, and bid him let the children of Israel goe? |
| A09977 | Alas, what is the body to it? |
| A09977 | Am I not a creature? |
| A09977 | And againe, is it not comfort to consider that hee is with your enemies( it may be) in a distance place? |
| A09977 | And all this is for want of this faith, would this bee, if you did beleive this Allmighty power of GOD? |
| A09977 | And how will he meet thee? |
| A09977 | And it is called, Compassions that faile not: why are they called so? |
| A09977 | And said, hee can not doe this and this: and why? |
| A09977 | And shall a man take on, because a vapour is scattered, and a flower withered, and a shadow vanished? |
| A09977 | And so for Gods promises and rewards; Why will you not forbeare sinne, that you may receive the promises, and the rewards? |
| A09977 | And this is a thing to be observed out of the 19. and 20. verses, where the same reason is given that we now speake of, Who hath? |
| A09977 | And what followed that? |
| A09977 | And what is the ground of that? |
| A09977 | And when the Lord is with us from day to day, will you not take notice of him? |
| A09977 | And why doe they doe so? |
| A09977 | And will you have it to lie dead, when you have it? |
| A09977 | And, how am I prest under your abominations, even as a cart is pressed with sheaves? |
| A09977 | Are not men in this kinde, like to beasts, subject to sensualitie, that eate that they may play, and play that they may eate? |
| A09977 | Are we stronger than he? |
| A09977 | As for example, though folly be the cause, that such a businesse doth miscarry, yet who is the cause of that folly? |
| A09977 | As for example; to what end, and for what occasion is this Doctrine of election delivered? |
| A09977 | As for this Doctrine of Gods unchangeablenesse, what is the end, why it is revealed? |
| A09977 | As if he should say, what Atheisme is this in the hearts of men? |
| A09977 | As if you would choose a right jewell;( you know there are many counterfeit ones) how should you know a true one? |
| A09977 | As to Paul, what was all his persecution? |
| A09977 | As when a man is in any miserable condition, wherein hee desires pitty, and would bee respected and relieved, what wilt thou doe in this case? |
| A09977 | As, againe, what are all pleasant things, if a man hath not a heart to apprehend them? |
| A09977 | As, is it not matter of great comfort, that in all places wee should have a GOD to doe all our businesses? |
| A09977 | Aske that Church, that Synod of men, what is that which makes the Church to beleeve that the Scripture is the Word of God? |
| A09977 | Be it that thy desire is to be delivered from such or such an affliction; consider this: Is it meete Gods will should yeeld to thine, or thine to his? |
| A09977 | Be ready to say in this case, as Haman of Mordecai; what availeth it me, if Mordecai yet live? |
| A09977 | Because they doe something? |
| A09977 | Because we expect something; because we thinke we are not well dealt with; and why doe we thinke so? |
| A09977 | Because when Peter said they had left all; Christ tels them they should have an hundred fold, and why? |
| A09977 | Besides, doe wee not heare this speech of man? |
| A09977 | Besides, what makes a man to depart from his profession? |
| A09977 | Boast not of time; why doest thou deferre the time? |
| A09977 | But how shall I come to get such a desire? |
| A09977 | But how shall I conceive of a Spirit? |
| A09977 | But how shall I doe to know this? |
| A09977 | But how shall I know it, you will say? |
| A09977 | But how shall I know this, whether my soule doth rule or no? |
| A09977 | But how shall a man get his minde to such a frame? |
| A09977 | But how shall we doe this? |
| A09977 | But how should we know that the Iewes are true? |
| A09977 | But is not this rule too strait? |
| A09977 | But may wee not love him, and love other things also? |
| A09977 | But must it be a bare and empty thought of him onely? |
| A09977 | But my inclinations are strong, and I can not rule them: what must I doe then? |
| A09977 | But needeth hee, or this relict of his, Epistles of commendation from us unto your Honour, who knew him so well? |
| A09977 | But seeing it is not so, therefore labour to goe to God in faith, and when thou goest, thinke with thy selfe; why may I not have it aswell as another? |
| A09977 | But the creatures are of great moment, experience shewes them to be something: for, who lives without them? |
| A09977 | But what if the Iewes were moved with the calamity when it came, should cry, and be importunate with the Lord, would not their teares move him? |
| A09977 | But what if they fast and pray? |
| A09977 | But what is that more particularly? |
| A09977 | But what is that pollution of spirit, or what is that which doth defile it? |
| A09977 | But what use is there of this Doctrine? |
| A09977 | But when men consider that they have the great God on their side, to beare themselves upon, why should not they have great mindes? |
| A09977 | But when they are gone, they are a weake and a naked people, how shall they doe to live? |
| A09977 | But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven of heavens can not containe him? |
| A09977 | But will not you have us to use such things? |
| A09977 | But you shall see how prone men are to this; are we not ready to say; Why am I not in so great a place as another? |
| A09977 | But you will say, I doe all for this end, to serve God and men? |
| A09977 | But you will say, What is this to walke with the Lord? |
| A09977 | But you will say, how can they be lesse than nothing? |
| A09977 | But you will say, this is against sence: GOD is All- sufficient, it is true, it is good to have him: but, doe we not need many hundred things besides? |
| A09977 | But you will say, what if I fall into sin? |
| A09977 | But you will say, why then is it that they are brought so low? |
| A09977 | But you will say; What is the meaning of that? |
| A09977 | But you will say; they are perfect in their kinde, how then are they imperfect? |
| A09977 | But, you will say, If it be of so much moment, then what is the way to strengthen our faith in them? |
| A09977 | But, you will say, this is a principle, that needs not to be thus urged, or made question of; therefore, what need so many reasons to prove it? |
| A09977 | Can any man hide himselfe in secret places, that I shall not see him, saith the Lord? |
| A09977 | Can wee live without friends, estate convenient? |
| A09977 | Can wee live without them? |
| A09977 | Did ever any man upon his death- bed say so? |
| A09977 | Did he any wrong? |
| A09977 | Doe not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord? |
| A09977 | Doe not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord? |
| A09977 | Doe not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord? |
| A09977 | Doe we provoke the Lord to jealousie? |
| A09977 | Doe you finde it so easie a thing, to believe in difficulties, as in facility? |
| A09977 | Doe you thinke, if things had beene from eternitie, there would be no monuments of them, if you consider the vastnesse of eternitie, what it is? |
| A09977 | Doe you thinke, that Paul never prayed before, when he was a Pharise? |
| A09977 | Doe you thinke, that there you shall have a worse condition than here? |
| A09977 | Doth not hee see my wayes and count all my steps? |
| A09977 | Every accident is but as a cup, as Christ saith of the cup that was brought to him by others, Shall not I drinke of the cup, which my Father gives me? |
| A09977 | Every creature hath his severall bounds and limits, thus farre shall they goe, and no further; but who hath set bounds to him? |
| A09977 | Eye- service is, when a man doth it in the outward shew, and appearance onely, and what is the other, to doe a thing heartily? |
| A09977 | For can not GOD doe it, when things are not probable, as well as when there are the fairest blossomes of hope? |
| A09977 | For what can Satan do to him? |
| A09977 | For what is faith? |
| A09977 | For what is it that makes the minde great? |
| A09977 | For what is the reason that man is so fickle? |
| A09977 | For what is this body, wherein the soule is? |
| A09977 | For why doe wee thinke men to bee present, but because they see and heare? |
| A09977 | For, for what end hath he revealed to us that he is unchangeable? |
| A09977 | From whence come warres and fightings among you? |
| A09977 | Hast thou not begun many good workes, and never finished them? |
| A09977 | Hast thou not found that property of folly in thee, To begin stil to live? |
| A09977 | Hath not God chosen the poore of this world, rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he hath promised to them that love him? |
| A09977 | He is full of being, and though thou perish, what is that to him? |
| A09977 | Hee that made the eye, shall he not see? |
| A09977 | Hence I reason thus: the wisedome of GOD, the largenesse and infinitenesse of his understanding and knowledge, what is it not able to conceive? |
| A09977 | Hence likewise it is, that men are so easily wrought vpon by pleasure, profit, and the like, that they are ready to transgresse: why is it? |
| A09977 | How a man shall come to this greatnesse of mind, what rise it hath from the greatnesse of God? |
| A09977 | How can we see him that is invisible? |
| A09977 | How doest thou conceive of the soule of another man when thou speakest to him? |
| A09977 | How doth the Lord speake to us now? |
| A09977 | How the Lord imployed himselfe before the creation of the World? |
| A09977 | How? |
| A09977 | I have made a covenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke upon a maid? |
| A09977 | I have much credit and estate, but what glory hath it brought to IESVS CHRIST? |
| A09977 | I say, what is the reason of this, if there be not some grounds of secret Atheisme in men? |
| A09977 | If God will take a few out of a Nation, and destroy all the rest, who can say any thing to him? |
| A09977 | If one of us were to suffer, as the Martyrs did, what is it that would establish our soules? |
| A09977 | If there be a God, what is the reason that this comes to passe? |
| A09977 | If there bee a freind that thou lovest, doest thou not desire to bee with him? |
| A09977 | If thou hast a friend all- sufficient, hast thou not need to walke with him? |
| A09977 | If thou wouldest shew thy love to God, why doest thou not walke with him? |
| A09977 | If you say, May not a man pray sometimes, when he is walking, or lying, or riding by the way, or the like? |
| A09977 | In the beginning was the Word,& c. Where doth any booke expresse it selfe, in a manner, in the relation of any stories? |
| A09977 | Indeed he made but one world to our knowledge, but who knoweth what he did before, and what he will doe after? |
| A09977 | Is he not free? |
| A09977 | Is it a great thing for him to die, when he hath the same company, and the same friends with him still? |
| A09977 | Is it not from hence, that they have no being of their owne? |
| A09977 | Is it not, because our affections are set upon changeable objects, vpon the creatures? |
| A09977 | Is not he then the worthiest and the highest object, on whom they should bestow their thoughts? |
| A09977 | Is not this an argument of secret Atheisme and impiety in the heart of every man, more or lesse? |
| A09977 | It is a thing that we come short of, for the most part, for we are ready to aske, what is God to us? |
| A09977 | It is for himselfe? |
| A09977 | It is one thing to beleive GODS Allmighty power, and who doubts of it? |
| A09977 | It is sin that bringeth destruction, and doth precipitate a man thereunto; but who is it that leaveth men to their sins and lusts? |
| A09977 | It is true, he doth it by meanes: and if you say, what are those meanes? |
| A09977 | It might be a false relation, would you beleeve him without further ground? |
| A09977 | Know ye not, that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? |
| A09977 | Knowest thou what is in the wombe of the day? |
| A09977 | May not I doe what I will with mine owne? |
| A09977 | May not he doe what he will? |
| A09977 | Must we not have friends, house, wife,& c.? |
| A09977 | My trade hath brought me home much, but how serviceable have I been with it? |
| A09977 | Now come to a beleever going out of the world, and aske him what hope hee hath to be saved, and what ground for it? |
| A09977 | Now if they did so, doe you not thinke it is hard for you to doe otherwise? |
| A09977 | Now learne thou to doe so with thy selfe, to aske thy selfe that question: Hast thou not had many resolutions, that never came to any endeavours? |
| A09977 | Now shall they not finde this in the Lord more than in any creature? |
| A09977 | Now what use should we make of this? |
| A09977 | Now, I aske, if the world was from eternitie, what is the reason that there is but one fountaine, one bloud whereof we are all made? |
| A09977 | Now, if thou saist, I have thus behaved my selfe, and have not beene answered? |
| A09977 | Now, whence comes this uneven walking, this exorbitance of the wheeles, but from the weaknesse of the maine spring, that sets all on motion? |
| A09977 | Now, whence comes this? |
| A09977 | Now, who was it that did drie the earth againe, and now reserveth it to the day of Iudgement to be destroyed by fire? |
| A09977 | Oh but, you say, the world hath continued very long, and there is a promise of his comming, but we see no such thing? |
| A09977 | Onely this question may be asked, Whether he be without the world, as well as he is in the world? |
| A09977 | Or Moses to lead the children of Israel into the Land of Canaan, but Ioshua must have the glory of it? |
| A09977 | Or shall the Sunne be beholding to him that hath the use of his light? |
| A09977 | Or unto others, besides this Inscription of, and Dedication to your Name? |
| A09977 | Riches take to themselves wings, and fly away; And, why doest thou set thy heart upon that which is nothing? |
| A09977 | Saith our Saviour, It is impossible for a rich man to enter into the kingdome of heaven: why, say the Disciples, Who then can be saved? |
| A09977 | Secondly, he considers the greatnesse, and strength and power of God; and from thence he drawes this conclusion, whom shall I feare? |
| A09977 | Shall he say, and not doe it? |
| A09977 | Shall hee be present with us, wheresover wee are; when we goe by the way, or lie in our beds, or sit in our houses? |
| A09977 | Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, what makest thou? |
| A09977 | Shall the clay say to him that maketh it, why doest thou so? |
| A09977 | So God, because hee is the first cause, hee may have what end he will, and no man can say, why doest thou so? |
| A09977 | So he that is a Minister; it is true, I have enough, enough credit, enough for estate; but what is this? |
| A09977 | So if I should aske another, whether grace, or outward excellency were better? |
| A09977 | So if any condition befall you, if you can bee content with GOD alone, you are well, what if your friends deceive you? |
| A09977 | So likewise for the beginning of Arts and Sciences; what is the reason that the originall of them is knowne? |
| A09977 | So what is the reason, that the praise, and credit of men, doe so much affect you? |
| A09977 | So when he staid his hand from killing Nabal, did not the Lord bring it to passe in a better manner than hee could have done? |
| A09977 | So, who can implant holy affections in thee, but he alone? |
| A09977 | Stultitia semper incipit vivere? |
| A09977 | That which is said of man, may be said of every thing else; What hast thou, that thou hast not received? |
| A09977 | The LORD is my light, and my salvation, whom shall I feare? |
| A09977 | The LORD is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? |
| A09977 | The Lord answeres him; Is the Lords hand shortened, that he can not helpe? |
| A09977 | The Lord is my light, and my salvation, whom shall I feare? |
| A09977 | The objection then is; there are many that doe not trust in God, and yet they bring their things to passe? |
| A09977 | There is the objection, that which is in the hearts of men: Now you shall see what answer is made to it in the following verse, Hast thou not knowne? |
| A09977 | Therefore learne to magnifie God, for he is all; thou wantest nothing, if thou hast him; he is all in heaven, and why should hee not be so here? |
| A09977 | Therefore let men consider this, and looke to it; have I not chosen this course of life, and have I not an end appointed to me? |
| A09977 | Therefore, why is he forgotten? |
| A09977 | Therfore do not thou dispute with God, and aske, why are so many damned? |
| A09977 | Therfore say, what a foole was I? |
| A09977 | Thinke with thy selfe, that when he first chooseth a man, he doth it freely; and thinkest thou that he is not the same afterwards? |
| A09977 | To compare him, with the greatest of men, Kings, what are they unto him, who is the King of Kings? |
| A09977 | To what end are more lights brought, but that you should see things more clearely, which you did not before? |
| A09977 | To which I may adde this; that, who knoweth what the Lord hath done? |
| A09977 | What am I to be sent on this errand? |
| A09977 | What art thou that contendest with him? |
| A09977 | What better are they? |
| A09977 | What doe you thinke they would have said to men that offered them riches? |
| A09977 | What if God will not have David to build a Temple, but his sonne must doe it? |
| A09977 | What if you should bee shut up in a close prison? |
| A09977 | What is his name, or what is his Sonnes name, if thou canst tell? |
| A09977 | What is it for, then? |
| A09977 | What is it to that God, with whom I must live for ever? |
| A09977 | What is your meaning then to have GOD alone for our portion? |
| A09977 | What though it never breakes forth into outward actions? |
| A09977 | Whence come those complaints of the unthankfulnesse of friends and pupils, and those we doe good to? |
| A09977 | Whence comes this, but because we forget the Allmighty power of GOD? |
| A09977 | Whence comes this, but because we have not beene wonted to walke with the LORD? |
| A09977 | Whence comes this? |
| A09977 | Whence is it that men are so fearefull to holde out the light of a holy profession? |
| A09977 | Whence is this stupiditie both wayes? |
| A09977 | Whereas this objection might be made; Will he cast men to hell? |
| A09977 | Wherefore doe you spend money for that, which is not bread? |
| A09977 | Who can dwell with everlasting burnings? |
| A09977 | Who hath ascended up to heaven, or descended? |
| A09977 | Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servants, that walketh in darknesse, and hath no light? |
| A09977 | Who should aske, why deales GOD thus with his Church? |
| A09977 | Why am I thus subject to diseases and crosses? |
| A09977 | Why are these set downe? |
| A09977 | Why are we as beasts, led with sensuality, that we will not be drawne to that which belongs to God ▪ and his Kingdome? |
| A09977 | Why doest thou boast of to morrow? |
| A09977 | Why doth he put these two together thus? |
| A09977 | Why have I not greater imployments? |
| A09977 | Why have I such imperfections? |
| A09977 | Why have not I more gifts? |
| A09977 | Why is such a corporall gesture noted in the text? |
| A09977 | Why is this Attribute revealed to you? |
| A09977 | Why sayest thou O Iacob, and speakest O Israel; My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgement is passed over from my GOD? |
| A09977 | Why should they not be made all together? |
| A09977 | Why the Church of the Grecians, those famous Churches; why the golden Candlestickes were removed from them? |
| A09977 | Why was not the earth peopled together, and in every Land a multitude of inhabitants together, if they had beene from eternitie, and had no beginning? |
| A09977 | Why? |
| A09977 | Why? |
| A09977 | Why? |
| A09977 | Why? |
| A09977 | Wilt thou dispute with God? |
| A09977 | Wilt thou goe to weake man, and have him to pitty thee? |
| A09977 | Would they not have slighted them? |
| A09977 | Yea, but how doest thou bestow thy labour? |
| A09977 | Yea, but these were but weake women, and we hope our faith may be stronger than theirs? |
| A09977 | Yea, but will Pharaoh be moved with words? |
| A09977 | You will say, this is a mans naturall condition indeed, but how shall this be helped? |
| A09977 | and how long hath he continued that expensive worke of governing the world, to shew forth the riches of his goodnesse, patience& forbearance? |
| A09977 | and is not this thine end, to serve God and men? |
| A09977 | and is there any then that thou shouldest choose to walke with more than with him? |
| A09977 | and shall not we take notice of his presence, and direct our thoughts to him, and apply our selves to him? |
| A09977 | and what need had he of riches, or lands, or friends? |
| A09977 | and when any alterations come to passe, who is he that stoppeth them? |
| A09977 | and who is able to judge of him or of his actions? |
| A09977 | and why doe men joyne other things with him? |
| A09977 | and your labour for that, which satisfieth not? |
| A09977 | are they brought home to him? |
| A09977 | art thou not a creature? |
| A09977 | art thou not made? |
| A09977 | as if he should say; he is a great God, who can come neere him? |
| A09977 | as the former and latter raine: doth not God give more or lesse, according to his good pleasure? |
| A09977 | but because we have so litle mindes? |
| A09977 | but what hast thou to- doe with the Lord? |
| A09977 | come they not hence, even of your lusts that warre in your members? |
| A09977 | doe their hearts get any thing? |
| A09977 | every one would say, that to have Gods image renewed in them, were the best: but then why doest thou not busie thy selfe about it? |
| A09977 | from God or from men? |
| A09977 | hast thou not heard that the everlasting GOD the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not, neither is weary? |
| A09977 | have I brought any glory to the Lord? |
| A09977 | have I converted any? |
| A09977 | have I no other end, but my selfe? |
| A09977 | have I such a heart that will carry me to sinne? |
| A09977 | he findes his heart so disposed, that he begins to quarrell with his heart, and to fall out with it; and to say; What? |
| A09977 | he that made the eare, shall not he heare? |
| A09977 | he would say, grace: but then why doe you not bestow some time about it, to get it? |
| A09977 | how carefull would he be to spend this houre well? |
| A09977 | how farre is this required in his worship? |
| A09977 | how shall men deale with him? |
| A09977 | if he will heale us, what needs the Physitian? |
| A09977 | if hee will cloath us, and give us meat and drinke, then what needs wealth? |
| A09977 | is it enough for thee to live, and no more? |
| A09977 | is it in vaine? |
| A09977 | is it not for our use? |
| A09977 | is it not for this, that men might make use of this power of his? |
| A09977 | is it not from hence, that they are pusillanimous, that they doe too much esteeme the face of men? |
| A09977 | is not he onely wise to give thee direction upon all occasions? |
| A09977 | is not the Lord as well able to helpe in desperate cases, if he be Allmighty? |
| A09977 | it hath that part of it selfe originally? |
| A09977 | or what likenesse will you compare unto him? |
| A09977 | shall I bee trampled under foot? |
| A09977 | shall he speake, and not make it good? |
| A09977 | so they that have their estates provided for them, they care not for learning, they say, they can live without it; but art not thou made? |
| A09977 | that will not onely carry me to sinne, but to hell? |
| A09977 | the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? |
| A09977 | to get our spirits thus cleansed? |
| A09977 | was it not the Lord? |
| A09977 | what is the reason, that things are of no greater antiquity than they are? |
| A09977 | what profit, what good is it to us? |
| A09977 | what shall I say unto them? |
| A09977 | what shall I say unto them? |
| A09977 | what shall I say unto them? |
| A09977 | what shall I say unto them? |
| A09977 | when the times are bad, doe not men say; oh, wee shall never see better dayes? |
| A09977 | whereas, if God were knowne in his greatnesse, what would the praise of great men be to the praise of the great GOD? |
| A09977 | who can converse with him? |
| A09977 | who hath bounded the waters in a garment? |
| A09977 | who hath established all the ends of the earth? |
| A09977 | who hath gathered the winds in his fist? |
| A09977 | who is he that sets bounds to them, but only the Lord? |
| A09977 | who knowes his counsels? |
| A09977 | why are so many damned? |
| A09977 | why are so many swept away? |
| A09977 | why are there any alterations at all? |
| A09977 | why are they not sooner perfected? |
| A09977 | why doe these things goe so far, and no further? |
| A09977 | why doe you studie much, and pray so little? |
| A09977 | why doest thou not labour for it? |
| A09977 | why doth the sea over- flow some places, and goe no further? |
| A09977 | why so? |
| A09977 | why were they no sooner found out? |
| A09977 | why will you not hearken, and obey? |
| A09977 | wil he take away his pleasure from him, his wealth, or his credit? |
| A09977 | will hee damne them for his owne glory? |
| A09977 | with this: Can any man hide himselfe in secret places, that I shall not see him, saith the Lord? |
| A09977 | yet this is not enough; Did there follow hereupon a generall change within thy heart, and a new heart, and a new spirit given thee? |
| A55752 | 10. when men offer to come to this Sacrament without grace, what saith the Apostle? |
| A55752 | 11 Have you not heard of the patience of Iob? |
| A55752 | 12. where he saith, Lord who can understand his errours? |
| A55752 | 16, 17. some interpret it in all works of the Ministery; what is there that can be desired, that is not here? |
| A55752 | 2 is marvellous inquisitive to find Christ: and what is the reason there is in men such a want of holy desires, but because they have not the spirit? |
| A55752 | 6 10. be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might: What is that? |
| A55752 | 6. where God descended in a cloud, and proclaimed the name to Moses, and what was that? |
| A55752 | 8. last, Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no Physitian there? |
| A55752 | 9. he said, Lord what wilt thou that I do? |
| A55752 | A fifth impediment, is a conceit that this is the onely way to open a gap to all licentiousness; but who are they that say thus? |
| A55752 | A sound heart will bear his infirmities, but a wounded conscience who can bear? |
| A55752 | Again he will chuse this man, and that woman, and not another man or the other woman: and what is the reason of it? |
| A55752 | Again many of his children are sorely afflicted, who have worse entertainment in the world then they? |
| A55752 | Again, consider what are your walkes, that is do you follow your old evil haunts now as fast as ever you did? |
| A55752 | Again, when thou seekest thy self and thine own things, what dost thou please? |
| A55752 | Am I able to do more then common nature can do? |
| A55752 | Am not I rich in mercy? |
| A55752 | And again wherefore doe you lay out mony for that which profiteth not? |
| A55752 | And if you object, are they not foyled many times? |
| A55752 | And shall not Christ strengthen and enable those in whom he dwelleth? |
| A55752 | And so for spiritual mercies, hath he not promised to give his spirit to those that aske it? |
| A55752 | And then for the growth of grace, the question is where we shall have it? |
| A55752 | And then he saith, Who is offended, and I burn not? |
| A55752 | And therefore the Apostle said Received you the Spirit by the work of the Law? |
| A55752 | And think if I ought to do for all these, how much more ought I to do for the Lord? |
| A55752 | And what follows? |
| A55752 | And what is it to be crucified for you? |
| A55752 | And what need we add any reason for this? |
| A55752 | And why? |
| A55752 | Are you hot for the things of this world, and cold for grace and holiness? |
| A55752 | Are you in the way of holiness? |
| A55752 | As Luther said, when he was so bold, he gives the reason of his boldness: saith he, What can they take from me? |
| A55752 | As for example, what a base thing were it that an eagle should stoop at flies? |
| A55752 | Besides, consider what he hath done for thee, and see if he have not deservedit? |
| A55752 | But do those that think they have this faith thus carry themselves? |
| A55752 | But for the quoting of humane testimonies,& c. if they be lawful to be used, why should we be restrained? |
| A55752 | But here because they think they feed when they do not, the question may be, what it is to feed them? |
| A55752 | But how is this grace received from Christ? |
| A55752 | But how shall he be strong? |
| A55752 | But if Christ be in you, where he dwelleth, he dwelleth powerfully: shall the Devil think you, powerfully rule those in whom he dwelleth? |
| A55752 | But if it come to this, what do you lose by it? |
| A55752 | But may we not adorn it, it will adde strength to it? |
| A55752 | But now David, how many turnings aside had he? |
| A55752 | But now I have spent so much time in exhortation, the question will be, how you shall do it? |
| A55752 | But some man may say, what is the right line which is index sui& obliqui? |
| A55752 | But some may say, What must they do that their words must be pleasant? |
| A55752 | But the chief thing to be considered is, what it is to seek? |
| A55752 | But to this I answer, to what purpose should the Apostle speak that which he doth here if our own unworthiness or sins could condemn? |
| A55752 | But what are Bellarmines reasons against assurance? |
| A55752 | But what is this faith? |
| A55752 | But when is this love inordinate? |
| A55752 | But whence shall we have this grace? |
| A55752 | But you will say again, how shall I know it, seeing there may be a resistance arising from the natural conscience? |
| A55752 | But you will say to me, What are those occasions, wherein we must in such a special manner stir up this strength? |
| A55752 | But you will say, Is there any man that hath these natural infirmities so wholly healed and cured? |
| A55752 | But you will say, how shall this be done? |
| A55752 | But you will say, how shall we bring our hearts to this, not to seek our own things but the things of Jesus Christ? |
| A55752 | But you will say, how shall we do in the mean time? |
| A55752 | But you will say, how shall we know this? |
| A55752 | But you will say, this is a hard, and difficult thing for a man to seek the things of Jesus Christ after this manner, who is able thus to do them? |
| A55752 | But you will say, what are these things of Jesus Christ which I ought to seek? |
| A55752 | But you will say, what benefit is this: what priviledge is it to have Christ rule us? |
| A55752 | But you will say, what do you cast away nature and civility? |
| A55752 | But you will say, what is it to give a mans self to Christ? |
| A55752 | But you will say, what is this to the Sacrament? |
| A55752 | But you will say, wherein doth this rendring to the Lord according to the mercies received, consist? |
| A55752 | Consider besides, hath not he done as much for thee? |
| A55752 | Consider now what is the end of the duties you do, what is the end of your praying, what is the end of your hearing? |
| A55752 | Consider this, and see if there be not reason that thou shouldest deny thy self? |
| A55752 | Consider what thou art that he doth this for; art thou not in thy self, and every man a more vile wretch then the dust thou treadest on? |
| A55752 | Did not David fall? |
| A55752 | Did you( saith he) receive the Spirit by the work of the Law or else by Faith preached? |
| A55752 | Do we know what the Lord will do yet further? |
| A55752 | Do you hear, as if you heard not, and do you receive the Sacrament as if you received it not, do you pray, as if you prayed not? |
| A55752 | Do you provoke the Lord to anger? |
| A55752 | Every man seeks after excellency, why should we not labor to excel in this? |
| A55752 | First, A true beleevers challenge in these words, Who shall condemn? |
| A55752 | For alas,( my brethren) what is it that we have of all our labors under the Sun? |
| A55752 | For first they might demand this of Paul, you pray that we may be strong in the inward man, but how, or what means shall we use to get this strength? |
| A55752 | For if you look upon faith which is the main grace, and gift,( as it were) the root and foundation to all other graces, is it not an emptying Grace? |
| A55752 | For this objection may be made; Is this proper onely to regenerate men? |
| A55752 | For what would a man desire either for the outward or inward man, but if he have the spirit, he shall obtain it? |
| A55752 | For, my brethren, what do we gain when we take a great deal of pains for Christ? |
| A55752 | Fourthly, they might demand, yea, but what shall we be the better for this strength if we get it? |
| A55752 | Gold is not covered because it is better then iron; and when the Word which is Gold is mixt with humane sayings, why say we that it is adorned? |
| A55752 | Grace What? |
| A55752 | He that hath the sun- shine what cares he for a candle? |
| A55752 | How many are there, that pass not much for the doing of the thing so themselves may have their end? |
| A55752 | How many great actions I say are overthrown? |
| A55752 | How should it be opened? |
| A55752 | I answer with Christ, believe on him whom he hath sent, So also if you ask what is the great Commandement? |
| A55752 | I came to you saith Paul, not in excellency of speech or wisdom; what wisdom doth he mean? |
| A55752 | I say consider that expression, Was Paul crucified for you? |
| A55752 | I will now add but one word more, fully to convince you of the glorious riches of mercy that is in God, because you may object, Is God so merciful? |
| A55752 | I, but may not death come too soon, and do me a shrewd turn by coming on me as a snare? |
| A55752 | I, but saith he, a true believer hath many secret sins, how can he then be assured? |
| A55752 | I, but who can tell, saith he, that he hath sufficient faith and sufficient repentance? |
| A55752 | If God have put this instinct into the Creature will he not do it himself? |
| A55752 | If a man had them now, what would he do? |
| A55752 | If a servant should come to his Master, and say, Sir, I was drunk, and could not do your business, would this excuse him? |
| A55752 | If in this case we say an Heathen Writer saw this, and why should not we? |
| A55752 | If that be of moment, why do we not name all, as well one as another? |
| A55752 | If they do offend in any thing( as what servants are there properly but they do offend?) |
| A55752 | If we may bring in things we find, why should we rob them of their credit, and not name them? |
| A55752 | If you ask what defence it is? |
| A55752 | If you say, this is a hard condition, I will put you to this, saith the Lord; have not I done as much for you, besides that which I will do? |
| A55752 | In the opinion of some men they beautifie the Word; and what is the beauty of pearls but opinion? |
| A55752 | In those three thousand that were converted at one Sermon: who having their case layed open, cryed out, what shall we do to be saved? |
| A55752 | Is it a small thing to suffer death? |
| A55752 | Is it because thou art such a beautiful and great person? |
| A55752 | Is it not better that they should be purged to taste the pure water, then that their food be squared for them? |
| A55752 | Is it not for more reason that those which are of uncircumcised ears, should be healed, then that the Word should be mingled to please them? |
| A55752 | Is it not for our learning? |
| A55752 | Is it not that you may come in and partake of them? |
| A55752 | Is it not the best way? |
| A55752 | Is not the Lord, the great King of heaven and earth? |
| A55752 | Is the Spirit then a free gift, and doth it work freely? |
| A55752 | It is good that it should be so; but is it that which he chiefly regards? |
| A55752 | It is idle and needless, why may not English alone serve? |
| A55752 | It is said, the Scripture is profitable to comfort, why is not that a distinct head? |
| A55752 | It is true, men give him generally an outward worship onely, but doth he look to that? |
| A55752 | It may be wondered why the delivering,& c. is divided into proposition and applycation? |
| A55752 | Know for certain that you have not Christ in your hearts; for if once he were there, he would remove no more, ● ut ● n ● ● le you to? |
| A55752 | Know ye not that they are in the faith, saith the Apostle, except ye be as reprobates? |
| A55752 | Lastly, hath not Christ deserved it at thy hands? |
| A55752 | Let every man therefore ask this question with himself, have I sought the things of Jesus Christ? |
| A55752 | Like that of David, what have I to do with you yee sons of Zerviah? |
| A55752 | Lord if thou shuttest thy hand, and keepest thy mercy within thy self, what glory wilt thou bring to thy self? |
| A55752 | Lord, Who hath believed our report? |
| A55752 | Mark, what is his meaning in this? |
| A55752 | May I not say it is so interpreted, because they agree in it? |
| A55752 | May we not adde something to it to beautefie it and make it acceptable to the ear, and digresse from the standard a little? |
| A55752 | May we not guild it to the pallat of the hearer, that so it may go down the better? |
| A55752 | May we use no art, nor author? |
| A55752 | May you not go in and take changes of raiment and cloath your selyes from top to toe? |
| A55752 | Must it not displease him therefore if you refuse them? |
| A55752 | Now because we are apt to enquire, but in what manner, how shall we finde our selves in such a case? |
| A55752 | Now consider with thy self when the Lord hath a controversie with the Land, who is he that should answer this? |
| A55752 | Now examine what strength above nature, what conjunction of holiness have you with it: what Spirit of discerning have you? |
| A55752 | Now how came he to this love of Christ? |
| A55752 | Now if he had secret sins that he feared might hinder him, how then could he have assurance? |
| A55752 | Now what do we serve for, that are the watch- men of your souls, but to stir you up to a mindfulness of this War? |
| A55752 | Now what if they come never so thick, and roar never so loud? |
| A55752 | Now what is it that brings it near the branches? |
| A55752 | Now what is it to take his mercies in vain? |
| A55752 | Now when you take this Sacrament, you must do this really; for doth the Lord care for the title? |
| A55752 | Now who shall make the true believer guilty before God, being once in Christ? |
| A55752 | Now why hath God appointed prayer? |
| A55752 | On the contrary take a man that is at peace with God, who so joyful and comfortable as he? |
| A55752 | Or whether art thou solicitous whether the business of Christ hath succeeded? |
| A55752 | Perhaps thou wilt ask why this Piece was so long suppressed? |
| A55752 | Perhaps you will say, it is true we would do it, who would not have mercy? |
| A55752 | Remember those compassionate tearmes that he useth, Come unto me, And why will ye dye O house of Israel? |
| A55752 | Said I any such word unto thee that thou mightest not go? |
| A55752 | Saul heard a voice saying, Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? |
| A55752 | Secondly but they might demand, But how shal we do to get the spirit? |
| A55752 | Secondly, Because the native colour of the word is best, when it is without any other tincture, if the face be fair enough what needs it painting? |
| A55752 | Shall one be a favorite to a prince and not make some use of it for his one advantage? |
| A55752 | Shall one have a rich father and make no use of him? |
| A55752 | Shew them the way, the means how they may go on, as if it be demanded what ground of Scripture, for this? |
| A55752 | So I must think with my self, is it so great a thing for me to part with my wealth and liberty for Christs sake, or with life, and all? |
| A55752 | So I say, on the contrary, think you if you pray to your Father in Heaven, that he will not send this peace to guard your souls? |
| A55752 | So Michal said of David, How glorious was the King of Israel to day? |
| A55752 | So this Law in our members, this necessity, this strong inclination to evil, is it not our selves that have brought it upon us? |
| A55752 | So those that were invited to the mariage of the kings son in the gospel, the text saith, they were not worthy: what was that? |
| A55752 | So to do them, in sincerite, and with diligence, and faithfulness, as not to mingle any self- respect, or aim at his own ends? |
| A55752 | So when you come to receive the Sacrament, what is the end of your receiving? |
| A55752 | So, if ● he businesse be to contend for the common truth and faith, a man must be strong: what though it be accompanied with hazzard? |
| A55752 | Take another man, he doth these duties, but to what purpose are they? |
| A55752 | That is a man may be able to speak of any grief, but the grief of a troubled minde who can expresse? |
| A55752 | That is if you prefer, the love of profit and reputation, and credit in the world before grace, how can you believe? |
| A55752 | That is what spiritual heat is there in us? |
| A55752 | That is, if you have the Spirit then tell me how you came by it? |
| A55752 | The Apostle tells them of divisions among them, some were of Paul and some of Apollo,& c. saith the Apostle, Was Paul crucified for you? |
| A55752 | The Apostles in the ship being ready to be overwhelmed with waves, what was the cause? |
| A55752 | The Lord hath removed this sickness, but who knows whether he may not send a greater then this, if we do not render according to the mercies received? |
| A55752 | The Lord will put his strength against him to destroy him, Are ye stronger then he? |
| A55752 | The passeover was appoynted to be taught to their Children, that when they should ask them what they did meane by such a thing? |
| A55752 | Then consider if he do n ● ● deserve it at thy hands, if it were not best for thee, is not he worthy? |
| A55752 | Then is it not the best wisdom to seek it in the best things, that is in the inward man? |
| A55752 | Therefore examine thy self by that, canst thou do more then a man can do by the strength of natural abilities? |
| A55752 | Therefore if you ask how you shall do this; how you shall bring this habitual power to this readiness and nimbleness? |
| A55752 | They may shine as glow- worms in the dark, but having the Scripture, why do we so tenaciously adhere to them? |
| A55752 | They say they speak against the shewes; can not men be religious say they in secret, but they must hang out flags of it, and be so much in appearing? |
| A55752 | Thirdly, They might demand, but what should move God to give us his spirit, and to hear our prayers? |
| A55752 | This is another excellent use we are to make of it: for to what end is it made known that God is rich in mercy, or to what purpose is it manifested? |
| A55752 | This is that we had need to exhort you to, it may be every man will be apt to say, we serve the Lord and who is there that serveth him not? |
| A55752 | This is the best way for a man to look to himself to serve God, not to seek his own things but the things that are Christs, why? |
| A55752 | Verse 34. Who shall Condemn? |
| A55752 | We Preach Christ unto all, and exhort you to believe: but what is the reason, that some believe, and others believe not, but because they do not see? |
| A55752 | We may take examples from the doings of men as we are Ministers, why then may we not illustrate it from their sayings, as Christ did? |
| A55752 | Were you baptized in the name of Paul? |
| A55752 | What a comfortable life might Christans live, if they would do thi? |
| A55752 | What careth a whole man for a medicine? |
| A55752 | What careth the innocent man for a pardon? |
| A55752 | What comfort else could we have at the day of death? |
| A55752 | What constitution of soul shall we have? |
| A55752 | What do you vexing and perplexing your selves a bout triffl ● s? |
| A55752 | What if a man have a counterfeit deed of his Lands? |
| A55752 | What if it be a difficult case? |
| A55752 | What is Baptism? |
| A55752 | What is the advantage we get by a Sabaoth? |
| A55752 | What is the meaning of that, He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved? |
| A55752 | What is the meaning of that? |
| A55752 | What is the reason of this? |
| A55752 | What is the reason that God delights not in nature, or natural vertues, or in moral habits? |
| A55752 | What is the reason that a man useth not the strength he hath? |
| A55752 | What is the reason that men seek so much the favour of Princes and great men but because they may be exalted unto honour? |
| A55752 | What is this thankfulnesse? |
| A55752 | What makes Merchants to take such dangerous voyages to the East and west Indies, and to the furthest parts of the world, but rich Commodities? |
| A55752 | What needs he now care for all his enemies? |
| A55752 | What was the reason of this? |
| A55752 | What was the reason? |
| A55752 | When had Abraham the father of the faithful, those frequent apparitions and revelations from God? |
| A55752 | When he is thus united to Christ by faith, after he hath been humbled, then the Lord soweth seed; what seed? |
| A55752 | Where was heresie so great as in Popery? |
| A55752 | Who can condemn? |
| A55752 | Who then dares stand upon assurance? |
| A55752 | Why did Saint Paul preach the unsearchable riches of Christ, but that men should have their desires stirred up to take part of them? |
| A55752 | Why do men labour all their lives for it, and spend their Estate to get it, when they see so many before them to have lost their labours? |
| A55752 | Why doth he not delight in these? |
| A55752 | Why go we beyond the doors to them, that is in an inordinate course? |
| A55752 | Why is it? |
| A55752 | Why is that noted in the servant of Abraham? |
| A55752 | Why is this Word recorded if not to be imitated? |
| A55752 | Why shouldst thou then fear any thing, when he can make all things easie to thee? |
| A55752 | Why then is not the health of my people recovered? |
| A55752 | Why will he accept of nothing but godliness? |
| A55752 | Will he not avenge his elect that pray day and night unto him? |
| A55752 | Wo to the shepherds that feed themselves, should not the shepherds feed the flock? |
| A55752 | You must get rectified judgements? |
| A55752 | You see Herod was careful about his oath, and why? |
| A55752 | You will say how could this be understood? |
| A55752 | You will say how shall a man do then? |
| A55752 | You will say powerful, in doing what? |
| A55752 | You will say what is the substance? |
| A55752 | You will say, I was not able to run with the foot- men, how shall I hold out with the horse? |
| A55752 | You will say, What is it to do a thing diligently? |
| A55752 | You will say, What is that? |
| A55752 | You will say, What other gods? |
| A55752 | You will say, how shall we do this? |
| A55752 | You will say, how shall we know it? |
| A55752 | You will say, what is that? |
| A55752 | a vile, condemned person, a lump and heap of sin and misery? |
| A55752 | and Peter fall? |
| A55752 | and all the beasts of the field? |
| A55752 | and since also doth not God exact that at their hands which they could not perform, and doth he not look to reap there where he did not sow? |
| A55752 | and what will he not give for remedy? |
| A55752 | and why should we say there is a power in it, if we see not the effects of that power? |
| A55752 | are not these things in you? |
| A55752 | are these nothing worth these moral vertues? |
| A55752 | are ye stronger then he? |
| A55752 | as if he should say, what do you adhere to these men? |
| A55752 | because they doubted, Why did ye doubt O ye of little faith? |
| A55752 | can you love God and the Saints? |
| A55752 | can you tell me of any hope of salvation, and the like? |
| A55752 | do you delight to pray, to hear, to receive? |
| A55752 | do you love God, and Christ, and the Communion of Saints? |
| A55752 | do you love, as if you loved not? |
| A55752 | doth he regard your presenting your selves before him in the congregation? |
| A55752 | hath not he been crucified for you? |
| A55752 | have I any life, any stomack, any taste to feed upon the Lord in the Sacrament? |
| A55752 | have I white raiment to cover my nakedness? |
| A55752 | have not I been crucified for you? |
| A55752 | have you power over them? |
| A55752 | he knows what we have need of before- hand, before we ask, and God is subject to no alteration? |
| A55752 | how many Churches have been ruinated by it? |
| A55752 | how many great infirmities had he? |
| A55752 | how often were you in prayer and holy meditation before? |
| A55752 | how shall I provide for my self, or for my family, and those that depend upon me? |
| A55752 | how shall a man be saved? |
| A55752 | how should the Scripture else be fulfilled? |
| A55752 | how would they rob you of all that that is good? |
| A55752 | how would those rebels wound you? |
| A55752 | if not, what do I here? |
| A55752 | if thou canst not, be sure that grace is not there; for is there not an efficacy and power in grace? |
| A55752 | if you have strong lusts in you what power have you to suppresse, and lust against them? |
| A55752 | is he not worthy? |
| A55752 | is the end of your hearing edification? |
| A55752 | is the end of your praying to be strengthened in grace? |
| A55752 | it seemeth rather to be contrary ▪ it seemeth rather that this is to be restrained, and to be over- ruled; is it not better to have our liberty? |
| A55752 | my credit? |
| A55752 | nay do not your hearts run after them, even now when I am perswading you to the contrary? |
| A55752 | nay what fear had he when he hid himself in the garden? |
| A55752 | onely to come, or to come with some outward reverence, or shews of devotion,& c? |
| A55752 | or about thy riches or honor, what have I gotten by it? |
| A55752 | or are they not now fresh in your memories? |
| A55752 | or by the accession of moral vertues, or good education, or humane wisdom,& c? |
| A55752 | or else by Faith Preached? |
| A55752 | or how have you ca ● t aside your occasions, of businesses in your callings? |
| A55752 | or how often since have you seriously considered on the things that you have heard? |
| A55752 | shall not a man provide best for himself by seeking the things of Christ and not his own? |
| A55752 | should we not look on him altogether? |
| A55752 | suppose they were the words of Angels, are not Ministers the Angels of God? |
| A55752 | that is how can you be strong in the inward man? |
| A55752 | those foolish and hurtfullusts that are in you, how would they drown you in perdition? |
| A55752 | to have his body broken? |
| A55752 | upon whom are afflictions more heaped then upon those that serve God with an upright heart? |
| A55752 | was it not after he had left his countrey? |
| A55752 | what do you mean to hinder me? |
| A55752 | what if it cost thee friends? |
| A55752 | what if it cost thee imprisonment, or whatsoever? |
| A55752 | what if it cost thee much money, that thou lose in thy Estate? |
| A55752 | what if it cost thee somewhat? |
| A55752 | what if it cost thee thy own pains, that thy own business lye still? |
| A55752 | what if the waves threaten to overwhelm us? |
| A55752 | what impediment hast thou? |
| A55752 | what is faith but to teach a man to trust in God? |
| A55752 | what is the reason of that? |
| A55752 | what is the reason that the word wants this effect in you, as not to humble you? |
| A55752 | what is the reason then that he doth so sharply afflict, even his dearest children? |
| A55752 | what is the reason, that you are not more affrighted with the judgements of God then you are? |
| A55752 | what shall we do in the mean time? |
| A55752 | what then shall that great shepherd say to those Ministers, who by idleness, or turning it to their glory and advantage, do not feed his flock? |
| A55752 | what was the reason why Christ would not have his disciples to premeditate before hand what they should say? |
| A55752 | when you are offered the pleasures and profits of the world, what power have you to forsake them, if they may prove hurtful unto the inward man? |
| A55752 | when you hear, what power have you to edification? |
| A55752 | when you see evil, what power have you to avoid it? |
| A55752 | where are the generation of these men? |
| A55752 | where are those men that at such a time would have been hot and zealous? |
| A55752 | why are so many damned, and why do so many perish while it is in his power to save them? |
| A55752 | why do we not name the meanest, as if it were a fault to rob the rich, and none to rob the poor? |
| A55752 | why doth he afflict evil men with such a great affliction as hell i ● selfe? |
| A55752 | why else would he have the Kings burnt, and their ashes cast into the brook Kidron, and their names blotted out of mens memories if it were possible? |
| A55752 | will not Heaven pay for all? |
| A55752 | will not I give you an hundred fold for the present? |
| A55752 | yet men are violent after these, but to be strong in the Inward man who seekes or inquires after it? |
| A09950 | ( And what is that?) |
| A09950 | ( As if hee should say) If you beleeue in him, you shall know it by this, Whether doe you reioyce in him, or no? |
| A09950 | ( that is) Hath hee euer opened the clouds? |
| A09950 | 1 What is the way? |
| A09950 | 1 You professe so much, and how is it done? |
| A09950 | 1 art thou sicke of love, as the Spouse saith in the Canticles, I am sicke of love? |
| A09950 | 4 But, you will say, if we be not justified by workes, to what end are good workes required? |
| A09950 | 4 Let mee adde one word more of the next thing: which is, What are the acts of this faith? |
| A09950 | 5.44 it is euident, How can y ● beleeue which receiue honour one of another& c? |
| A09950 | After this manner comes Christ to vs; we must not say, Am I worthy to make a Spouse for Christ? |
| A09950 | Againe, 2 another end of your life is to doe good to mankinde; shall they be able to fare the better for your purposes, for your good resolutions? |
| A09950 | Againe, Doest thou hate sinne? |
| A09950 | Againe, Doest thou loue CHRIST? |
| A09950 | Againe, Doest thou loue GOD? |
| A09950 | Againe, Doest thou loue the Saints, those that are like him, those that are of such a disposition as God is of? |
| A09950 | Againe, Why should you looke for righteousnesse in your selues? |
| A09950 | Againe, doest thou love none but them; that, where grace is, thou lovest, and where it is not, thou withdrawest thy love? |
| A09950 | Againe, is he not the uttermost end, are not all natures else subordinate? |
| A09950 | Againe, is it not evill in such extraordinary cases to omit such an extraordinary duty? |
| A09950 | Againe, shall men haue such priuiledges as we haue by faith, and shall not wee comfort our selues by them? |
| A09950 | Againe, thirdly, doe you love them as they excell in holinesse? |
| A09950 | Againe, what if such a man be thine enemie? |
| A09950 | Am I fit to receiue so great mercies? |
| A09950 | And If it be Gods Cause, why doe we shrinke? |
| A09950 | And besides this, have you not reason to justifie God in his just judgements upon others, when you shall see God sharply plaguing them? |
| A09950 | And besides( my brethren) what doe you live for, is it not to glorifie God? |
| A09950 | And if they finde it is a thing that will cost them something, and a thing that they shall get nothing by, how colde and backward are men to doe it? |
| A09950 | And if we take an examination of men by this, how few are there that love the Lord? |
| A09950 | And if you haue that which the promise is made vnto, is not that sufficient? |
| A09950 | And if you object, why doe ye preach damnation to us? |
| A09950 | And if you say, who is able to performe this? |
| A09950 | And is there not much reason to move you to it? |
| A09950 | And now what will you say for your selves, that you speake no more upon those severall occasions that you meete withall in the world? |
| A09950 | And seeing it is in generall termes, why will you interline and restraine it? |
| A09950 | And so I say, when a man hath a counterfeit faith, Will such a faith as this saue thee? |
| A09950 | And so for any pleasure, for any lust: dost thou thinke to follow thy pleasure, to seeke that, to satisfie thy flesh, and to haue CHRIST? |
| A09950 | And so for wealth: What is pouerty? |
| A09950 | And so, if a man suffer wrong in his name, what is it, if he haue praise of GOD? |
| A09950 | And therefore I say to thee in this case, as Saint Iames saith; Know ye not what end the Lord made with Iob? |
| A09950 | And therefore consider, and examine thine owne case: Hast thou this reioycing in CHRIST? |
| A09950 | And what were they for? |
| A09950 | And what will hee doe to the other? |
| A09950 | And when he calls for this love againe at thy hands, doth hee call for more than his owne? |
| A09950 | And when he loves not the Lord, he doth love somewhat else: And doth it not deserve a curse to preferre their pelfe before the Lord? |
| A09950 | And when will the Lord pay? |
| A09950 | And when you have done all this, I will adde that further, though you doe bring your hearts to doe it, yet are you willing to doe it? |
| A09950 | Another thing that we are ready to object, 2 is, But what if such a thing should come to passe? |
| A09950 | Are there not such things in that which wee propound in the Gospell? |
| A09950 | Are we stronger then he? |
| A09950 | Are you willing to put your selves to it, to denie your selves in your ease, to take some time from other businesses, and to bestow it this way? |
| A09950 | Art thou willing to part with any thing for his sake? |
| A09950 | At this time you are to consider, you that come to the Sacrament, Is it not a maine thing to consider whether you haue faith or no? |
| A09950 | Besides if we consider who it is that requires this love, 2 is it not the great God of heaven and earth? |
| A09950 | Besides this, Doe you not looke upon God and upon his wayes as contrary to your hearts? |
| A09950 | Besides, I am sure hee hath done for us more than all, as Paul speakes, Was Paul crucified for you? |
| A09950 | Besides, consider who it is that hath planted this loue in the heart, is it not the Lord that giues thee this very affection? |
| A09950 | Besides, doe we not neede all helpes of grace? |
| A09950 | Besides, doe you thinke it is a sinne to neglect comming to the word? |
| A09950 | Besides, what is it a man serves for in all his labour under the Sunne? |
| A09950 | Besides, why are they hypocrites? |
| A09950 | But Christs righteousnesse being offered to men in state of vnregeneration, How shall I know it belongs to me? |
| A09950 | But canst thou come to GOD as to a friend? |
| A09950 | But how can that be? |
| A09950 | But how is it required then? |
| A09950 | But how shall I know that they are sure? |
| A09950 | But if these things be not in you, you doe not loue him: and then, what is your condition? |
| A09950 | But is this enough now to know God and our selves? |
| A09950 | But now what kinde of love is it that wee shall have at their hands? |
| A09950 | But now when we heare that this righteousnesse saues, the Question is, How shall wee come by it? |
| A09950 | But now when you heare that the Lord is thus constant, and thus exceeding in excellencie, a man will be ready to say, what is this to me? |
| A09950 | But now, what is this soft voice? |
| A09950 | But seeing that the will hath a part in faith as well as the vnderstanding, the second thing is to draw the will: But how is that done? |
| A09950 | But the meaning is, How can you beleeue,& take me for your Husband, and yet seeke praise of men too? |
| A09950 | But thou wilt say, How should I know that? |
| A09950 | But to what purpose is this reuealed, if I know not how to come by it? |
| A09950 | But what is it? |
| A09950 | But what is that to be cursed? |
| A09950 | But what is the least degree of faith, the least assent, the least beliefe of the promises, without which it can not bee said to bee faith? |
| A09950 | But what is the reason that God will haue it communicated to the sonnes of men no other way but by gift? |
| A09950 | But what should we doe now to remove it? |
| A09950 | But will Christ doe to me as hee hath promised, is he powerfull and willing to doe it? |
| A09950 | But you will aske, What is that that faith doth empty a man of? |
| A09950 | But you will object, What, to loue God aboue my selfe, how can I doe that? |
| A09950 | But you will object, then to what end is the Doctrine of humiliation? |
| A09950 | But you will say, these generalls are good to exhort us to be doing, but yet in particular what would you have us to doe now? |
| A09950 | But you will say, what is it you would have us to doe? |
| A09950 | But you will say, who is there that is alwayes at the same stay? |
| A09950 | But, when you heare this righteousnesse is giuen, the next Question will be, To whom is it giuen? |
| A09950 | But, you will aske, How doth the Holy Ghost doe it? |
| A09950 | But, you will obiect, My afflictions are great, and many, and therefore how shall I beare them? |
| A09950 | But, you will say, How shall I vse it? |
| A09950 | But, you will say, Is there nothing else required of vs? |
| A09950 | But, you will say, euery body can pray: Is that such a signe, is that such a distinguishing marke and character, to bee able to pray? |
| A09950 | But, you will say, how differs it from opinion? |
| A09950 | But, you will say, this is a hard thing, how shall we discerne it? |
| A09950 | But, you will say, this may be a delusion? |
| A09950 | But, you will say, would you have us to love none but the Saints? |
| A09950 | Can faith save him? |
| A09950 | Can you finde any creature upon whom to bestow it rather than the Lord? |
| A09950 | Canst thou be content to suffer persecution? |
| A09950 | Canst thou come to him as to a Father? |
| A09950 | Canst thou come to him as to one whose fauour thou art assured of? |
| A09950 | Consider of this therefore; Art thou speedy in thy executions? |
| A09950 | Consider that, consider how you carry your selues for the things of this life: doe you thinke that GOD will doe the maine, and will not doe the lesse? |
| A09950 | Consider therefore what your speeches are concerning God, whether you your selues are ready to speak much, and to delight to heare others speake also? |
| A09950 | Consider, if thou loue any creature, or any thing, any man or woman, doest thou not feele thy affection stirring in thee? |
| A09950 | Did hee not make thee King of Iudah and Israel? |
| A09950 | Did not Dauid trust GOD much? |
| A09950 | Did not he give thy Masters wives and thy Masters houses into thy bosome? |
| A09950 | Doe not you reckon it a worke to breake horses, to master coltes? |
| A09950 | Doe we not see it oftentimes? |
| A09950 | Doe wee not see the same daily? |
| A09950 | Doe you not thinke that such a good Word of GOD may make carnall men reioyce in it? |
| A09950 | Doe you professe that you love the Lord Iesus, and doe you neglect him thus? |
| A09950 | Doe you professe to love the Lord, and yet never delight to speake of him? |
| A09950 | Doe you take this paines to draw neere to God, to get grace, to excell in it? |
| A09950 | Doe you thinke that GOD sent his onely Sonne from Heauen, to dye a cursed death, and would hee haue his blood shed in vaine? |
| A09950 | Doe you thinke that he will giue you Christ, and will he not giue you other things? |
| A09950 | Doest thou keepe his Commandements? |
| A09950 | Doest thou reckon matters of greatest difficulty easie to doe; as Iacob did make it a matter of ease because of loue? |
| A09950 | Doest thou thinke that he will prouide for the yong Rauens that call vpon him, and wilt thou not beleeue that he will doe so for thee? |
| A09950 | Doest thou thinke to loue GOD, and not to hate that, which he hateth? |
| A09950 | Dost thou thinke that Christ came from heauen, and tooke flesh, and suffered death, to forgiue small sinnes? |
| A09950 | Doth a man professe to loue GOD, and cares not to vexe him, and anger him? |
| A09950 | Doth not GOD require to finde something in vs, if he giue it vs? |
| A09950 | Euery man thinkes that this is no newes; what need you tell vs that GOD is infinite in mercy? |
| A09950 | Faith makes a man a Fauourite of GOD, a friend to GOD; and will you make no vse of GOD? |
| A09950 | Faith( saith hee:) But what faith must that be? |
| A09950 | First: How doth it saue? |
| A09950 | For if you love the Lord Iesus aright, why doe you not labour to exceed in the duties of obedience? |
| A09950 | For the present occasion of receiuing the Sacrament: What is the end of the Sacrament, but to preach faith? |
| A09950 | For what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, saith Moses, but onely that you love the Lord your God? |
| A09950 | For what is hypocrisie? |
| A09950 | For what is it to haue a light shining, if their eyes be shut to whom it shines? |
| A09950 | For when a man is once in the Couenant, that the match is made betweene him and thee, why doest thou doubt? |
| A09950 | For why doe wee love the Lord, but because we conceive him under such a notion? |
| A09950 | GOD is able to doe the greatest, and is hee not able to doe the lesse? |
| A09950 | Goe and preach the Gospell to euery creature vnder Heauen: What is that? |
| A09950 | Hast thou had the sense of it, and after this hast thou beene reconciled againe? |
| A09950 | Hast thou knowledge of that enmity betweene GOD and thee? |
| A09950 | Hath GOD giuen thee such a stone with a new name written in it, that is the stone of absolution? |
| A09950 | Hath he giuen you such a stone, as you know in the secret of your heart, such as none knowes, but God and your selfe? |
| A09950 | Hath not hee planted in us these affections? |
| A09950 | Have I beene colde and lukewarme? |
| A09950 | Have I beene too much conformable to the times? |
| A09950 | Have I beleeved in Christ? |
| A09950 | He is your Master, and where is his feare then? |
| A09950 | He that made the eye shall hee not see? |
| A09950 | Hee was offered for the sinnes of many, and shall appeare the second time to such as looke for him,& c. For whom was he offered? |
| A09950 | How great things would it doe, what a reward would it bring? |
| A09950 | How proue they that? |
| A09950 | How shall that be done? |
| A09950 | How shall we doe that? |
| A09950 | How shall we know that? |
| A09950 | How will you beleeue in him for the giuing of CHRIST? |
| A09950 | How will you beleeue in him for the raising of you vp at the last day? |
| A09950 | I answer, there is end enough, there are motiues enow: Is not loue a ground strong enough to bring forth good workes? |
| A09950 | I answer, when we haue a sure word that it is giuen to euery man vnder Heauen, without any restraint at all, why should any except himselfe? |
| A09950 | I come to a third tryall: If you love the Lord Iesus, have you your hearts after his owne heart? |
| A09950 | I love the Lord,& c. Why? |
| A09950 | I would aske thee, doest thou hate all sinne, every thing that is called sinne, all that belongs to sinne? |
| A09950 | I would put you to this tryall, 4 and aske you but this question; you shall know it by this: Doe you love all the Saints? |
| A09950 | I, but is it sure to me? |
| A09950 | I, but one may seeke a further ground then that: What foundation haue the Prophets and Apostles? |
| A09950 | If Grace abound, why may wee not sinne the more; for Grace aboundeth, as sinne aboundeth? |
| A09950 | If I bee in the Couenant, why doe I not beleeue perfectly? |
| A09950 | If I had riches, I should be able to doe this or that, they are the meanes to make a man happy, though happinesse consists not in them? |
| A09950 | If I haue GOD, what is the losse of any creature? |
| A09950 | If a man haue a guilded Target, made of paper, a man may say to him, Will that Target defend thee? |
| A09950 | If a man should aske many peop ● e, What is the reason that you are perswaded that your sinnes are forgiuen? |
| A09950 | If a mans wife play the harlot, will hee returne to her? |
| A09950 | If all the Flockes and Heards should be killed, and all the Fishes in the Sea should be gathered together, how should this be done? |
| A09950 | If he be not fully perswaded, it is not faith; if he be fully perswaded, that makes it faith, and how can that admit degrees? |
| A09950 | If he were not God, if he were as man, my brethren, could hee beare with us as he doth? |
| A09950 | If it be onely giuen to some, what comfort is this to me? |
| A09950 | If it had its answer, if that were done, for which the Lord had sent it, would he not remoue it againe? |
| A09950 | If that be the reason, why doest thou not pitch thy hatred upon those that are found to be so? |
| A09950 | If the question be, Whether Abraham was a sinner? |
| A09950 | If thou sayest, No, I had rather enioy the sweetnesse of my lusts still, Art thou not now worthy to be condemned? |
| A09950 | If thou wilt be perfect,( saith CHRIST) take this tryall, Canst thou be content to let thy wealth goe, to follow me? |
| A09950 | If thy Faith be right, it will bring that with it, to make thee humble and vile in thine owne eyes: For what is true faith? |
| A09950 | If we did consider this seriously, how would it alter our course? |
| A09950 | If you be thus affected to the Lord, and to his glory, why doe you not doe the like for him? |
| A09950 | If you love the Lord Iesus, examine your selves by this, are you ready to bestow any thing for his advantage? |
| A09950 | If you receiue the praise of men, how can you beleeue? |
| A09950 | In that it saues, it is good and comfortable, but it may saue some men, and yet I haue no share nor part in saluation? |
| A09950 | Is it an empty Title? |
| A09950 | Is it because there are some shewes of holinesse in them? |
| A09950 | Is it not as a messenger sent vpon an errand? |
| A09950 | Is it such a calme that followed after a storme going before? |
| A09950 | Is not GOD the same GOD? |
| A09950 | Is not the Sonne angry when he is not received? |
| A09950 | Is not this enough to moue vs? |
| A09950 | Is there not something first to bee done? |
| A09950 | Is your disposition such to your sinnes? |
| A09950 | It is a generall Rule in all things, and as true in this, If a man haue an estate, what is he the better to haue it, if he doe not vse it? |
| A09950 | It is but yet in the beginning, and what is the Lords meaning in it? |
| A09950 | It is that which he expects at your hands; will you haue GOD in vaine? |
| A09950 | It is true indeed, it is a businesse that is not ordinary, it is extraordinary: but doe not extraordinary times and occasions call for it? |
| A09950 | It is true, with thy owne heart thou art not able to doe it; but what if GOD giue thee a new heart and a new spirit? |
| A09950 | It is true: But I would aske this Question concerning this peace: Is it a peace that comes after Warre? |
| A09950 | It is well if it be so, but let mee adde this to all that I have said, In what manner doest thou doe that thou doest? |
| A09950 | It is well if you doe, but let us consider that: it may be you may be angry with sinne, but doe you hate sinne? |
| A09950 | It may be, if you were sure to die within a week or a month, what men would you be? |
| A09950 | It would worke another disposition, another affection in vs. A man would consider, that if GOD be sure, what matter is it if a friend die? |
| A09950 | Labour to come to this disjunction, if these things be not so, why doe you beleeue them at all? |
| A09950 | Lastly for your selves, what is it that helpeth you and doth you good? |
| A09950 | Lastly, doe you manifest your loue by delighting in their companie, and by the fruites of love towards them? |
| A09950 | Let no man thinke that this is exaction, that it is a hard thing that the Lord requires it with this exaction: for what is it that he requires? |
| A09950 | Loue is bountifull: Thou sayest thou louest GOD: What if he will haue some of thy wealth? |
| A09950 | Many things are reuealed, but how shall I know that they are mine? |
| A09950 | Marke the answer that Peter giues: No: saith he, Whither should wee goe? |
| A09950 | Marke what the message was that CHRIST sends to Paul, nothing but to preach faith; but what was that? |
| A09950 | May he not taste such sweetnesse, as to take vpon him the profession of Religion, and to bring forth fruit, and to hold out long? |
| A09950 | Men are ready to say, Oh, if had such a Physician, or if I had such ayre, or such meanes, I should doe well enough: How doest thou know that? |
| A09950 | Might it not truely bee said of them, they would not haue beene fit for Canaan? |
| A09950 | Might you not have done much to the setting of a powerfull Minister here and there? |
| A09950 | Must GOD doe all, and must we doe nothing but onely take that righteousnesse that is prepared for vs? |
| A09950 | My brethren, what a condition is that man in, that hath the great God of heaven and earth to be his enemie? |
| A09950 | My soule doth magnifie the Lord: And why? |
| A09950 | No, if thou thinke in good earnest that thou art such a man, why doest thou regard trifles? |
| A09950 | Now doe you doe so with your sinnes? |
| A09950 | Now in the third place, there is one thing remaining, How shall I haue him? |
| A09950 | Now what are the properties of fire? |
| A09950 | Now what is that? |
| A09950 | Now what is the Spirit of Adoption, but the Spirit that tels you that ye are sonnes? |
| A09950 | Now what is there on GODS part that hinders? |
| A09950 | Now whence doth this come but from the love of the world? |
| A09950 | Now, when GOD hath made no exception, why should we make any? |
| A09950 | Now,( saith he) what is Dauid? |
| A09950 | Or else, why is it that you speake of him no more? |
| A09950 | Riches, and honour, and life shall he giue; but to to whom? |
| A09950 | Saith CHRIST to his Disciples, Will you also goe away? |
| A09950 | Saith CHRIST, Doest thou thinke that hee will cloathe the grasse of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the Ouen? |
| A09950 | Salomon saith, Euery man will make shew for fashions sake, of goodnesse, but where can you finde a faithfull man? |
| A09950 | Secondly, If there be no mistake of the person, yet what is this taking? |
| A09950 | See what Paul did, in such a case; you see what danger he was exposed vnto, but he consulted not with flesh and blood, but what did he? |
| A09950 | Sh ● ll a wife professe love to her husband, and ne- never come where he is, never be within dores, and never be in his companie? |
| A09950 | Shall a King regard Cottages and trifles? |
| A09950 | Shall a man be a Fauourite of a Prince, and get nothing by it? |
| A09950 | Shall hee be your GOD, and will you make no vse of his power, of his wisdome, of his ability to hold you vp, to helpe you vpon all occasions? |
| A09950 | Shall hee not gather the grapes of his owne Vineyard? |
| A09950 | Shall the Lyon roare, and shall not the beasts of the field tremble? |
| A09950 | So I may say to every man that heares mee, you are engaged to love the Lord: Why? |
| A09950 | So I say to you, what else doth the Lord your God require of you? |
| A09950 | So Iacob, when hee got the name of Israel, when he preuailed with GOD, certainely it was the greatest blessing that euer he had: Why was that? |
| A09950 | So Paul, did not he trust GOD for his maintenance? |
| A09950 | So againe when thou dost not succeede in thy matters, but art crossed, yet so long as that will doe thee good, what needest thou care? |
| A09950 | So againe, let us not say we must be moderate, for what is that moderation? |
| A09950 | So he that wrought that excellency, shall not he have it in himselfe in a greater measure? |
| A09950 | So may I say of Loue: Euery man saith, hee loues, but where shall one finde one that doth loue indeede? |
| A09950 | So our Sauiour said to Peter, Why doest thou doubt? |
| A09950 | So that when you haue this tract of consequence, I see the promise is sure, Why? |
| A09950 | So that, if the question be, Whether Abraham was an hypocrite? |
| A09950 | So that, wouldst thou know whether thou haue faith? |
| A09950 | So when you come to heare, is this all,( thinke you) that God requires of you, to sit here, and lend us your eares for a little time? |
| A09950 | Such a faith as begets love: And what love must that be? |
| A09950 | Surely no, there must be a fixing of the eyes vpon the person, that must doe it: Doe you loue him? |
| A09950 | Take Dauid, see how he trusted in GOD, how many occasions had he to trust on him? |
| A09950 | Take a couetous man, to saue his life, what will not he doe? |
| A09950 | That is, I am but a poore miserable man, I am but thus borne, what have I done that the Lord should respect me so farre? |
| A09950 | That is, are you grieved when he is absent? |
| A09950 | That is, take me for your GOD and LORD whom you will serue altogether? |
| A09950 | That is, take the most excellent among them, that therefore are reckoned as gods, yet who among them is like unto thee? |
| A09950 | The Converts in the Apostles time, how bountifull were they, laying all their goods at the Apostles feete? |
| A09950 | The Lord exceedes them, as David saith, Who among the gods is like thee? |
| A09950 | The Love of Christ constraines us: What is the meaning of that? |
| A09950 | The question now is, which of these are gainers? |
| A09950 | The same faith, that takes hold of the maine promise, is it not ready to take hold of the lesse, and to depend vpon it? |
| A09950 | Their desolation shall come suddenly, and their destruction as a whirlewind: Why, is it not so with the godly? |
| A09950 | Their hearts are waxed fat, and their eares are dull of hearing, and why? |
| A09950 | There is no Christian, no good man, but he would be content to gaine as well as thou; what is the reason hee takes it not? |
| A09950 | Therefore consider whether you will take him or refuse him; that is the question, Will you take him, or not take him? |
| A09950 | Therefore how should wee examine our hearts by this? |
| A09950 | Therefore there is one Question more: and that is, What is this that is required after the making of the match? |
| A09950 | Therefore, if you would know whether you love the Lord Iesus, try it by this, doe you hate sin? |
| A09950 | Therefore, saith CHRIST, While you seeke the praise of men, how can you beleeue? |
| A09950 | Thinkest thou that GOD can faile thee, when he saith himselfe so often, he will neuer faile thee, nor those that trust in him? |
| A09950 | This is an act of her minde or vnderstanding: But will you take him, and accept of him for your Husband? |
| A09950 | Thou shalt know it by this, as I said before, Dost thou come to him as to a Father? |
| A09950 | Thou shouldest come to this disjunction: If I bee out of the Couenant, why doe I beleeue at all? |
| A09950 | Thou wilt say, because they doe not answer that which in their profession they make shew to be? |
| A09950 | To as many as receiued him, to them he gaue power to become the sonnes of God: What is that? |
| A09950 | To haue a friend, what is a man the better if he doe not vse him? |
| A09950 | To walke with God what? |
| A09950 | Was Gods undeserved, unexpected love such to me, that he spared not his onely begotten Sonne, but gave him to die for mee? |
| A09950 | We labour, and suffer rebuke, what is the reason? |
| A09950 | We receiued the sentence of death, that wee might learne not to trust in our selues, but in God that raiseth the dead? |
| A09950 | Wee vse to say, Oh I will not faile him, for hee trusts in mee; and doest thou thinke that GOD will faile thee in such a case? |
| A09950 | Well now what doth faith? |
| A09950 | Well, what way is there then to regaine this losse? |
| A09950 | What account did Paul make of it? |
| A09950 | What am I, or what is my Fathers house, that thou shouldst regard me thus, that thou shouldst bring me hitherto? |
| A09950 | What are those? |
| A09950 | What can wee say more to perswade you? |
| A09950 | What if he will haue thy credit? |
| A09950 | What if he will haue thy liberty for his sake? |
| A09950 | What if you finde all this in your selves? |
| A09950 | What is it then, when you haue the Charter of GOD himselfe? |
| A09950 | What is musicke, but the practise of it? |
| A09950 | What is patience, but that which enableth us to endure afflictions? |
| A09950 | What is that then thou shouldst doe? |
| A09950 | What is that? |
| A09950 | What is the meaning of that, that he is almighty? |
| A09950 | What is the meaning of that? |
| A09950 | What is the meaning of that? |
| A09950 | What is the meaning of that? |
| A09950 | What is the meaning of that? |
| A09950 | What is the meaning of that? |
| A09950 | What is the reason that the Angels in heaven so love him? |
| A09950 | What is the reason that the seeking praise of men should hinder from beleeuing? |
| A09950 | What is the reason that we shall love him more in heaven than wee doe now, but because we shall know him more? |
| A09950 | What is the reason the Lord calls for obedience rather than sacrifice? |
| A09950 | What is the reason then they doe not? |
| A09950 | What manner of men( saith the Apostle) ought we to be in all godlinesse& holy conversation, looking for and hasting to the appearance of Christ? |
| A09950 | What qualifications are expected? |
| A09950 | What shall make me grow in the fauour of GOD? |
| A09950 | What shall we say then? |
| A09950 | What should I doe? |
| A09950 | What sinnes of commission, and what of omission? |
| A09950 | What then is the reason that they come not to CHRIST? |
| A09950 | What was it that excluded the Iewes? |
| A09950 | What was it that lost all mankind the kingdome of heaven? |
| A09950 | What was the reason that CHRIST, when he was on earth, would doe nothing except they beleeued in him? |
| A09950 | What was the signe of a little faith? |
| A09950 | What was their sinne that killed him? |
| A09950 | What will it profit, my Brethren, if a man say he have faith, and hath not workes? |
| A09950 | When CHRIST came to Peter, and said vnto him, Louest thou me? |
| A09950 | When Christ came to Peter, and asked him that question, Peter l ● vest thou me? |
| A09950 | When men come to haue sicknesse, and to apprehend death, what will not a man doe for his saluation at such a time? |
| A09950 | When the Papists are asked what should moue a man to doe good workes? |
| A09950 | When the better is the suitor, and is rejected, what wrath, what indignation breedes it among men? |
| A09950 | When thy mind goeth a whoring after thy wealth, what hast thou to doe with CHRIST? |
| A09950 | Whence came this, but from their love to the Lord? |
| A09950 | Who is a God like vnto thee, taking away iniquities, delighting to shew mercie,& c. Why so? |
| A09950 | Why are those three words put in? |
| A09950 | Why can not hee forgiue sinnes and transgressions, that in all circumstances are the greatest sinnes, in what nature soeuer? |
| A09950 | Why did not these trust in the Lord while they were rich? |
| A09950 | Why doe the wicked prosper? |
| A09950 | Why should I name any more Instances? |
| A09950 | Why should you not beleeue spirituall priuiledges to be as reall? |
| A09950 | Why should you not reioyce more in them? |
| A09950 | Why sit ye idle here? |
| A09950 | Why so? |
| A09950 | Why so? |
| A09950 | Why then, what is required now? |
| A09950 | Why was Moses a man aboue all the rest? |
| A09950 | Why, now, why doest not thou give thy consent? |
| A09950 | Why? |
| A09950 | Why? |
| A09950 | Why? |
| A09950 | Will a man faile one that trusts in him? |
| A09950 | Will not he call thee to an accompt for it? |
| A09950 | Will you bestow it upon any man? |
| A09950 | Will you professe that you loue the Saints, and that you delight in them, and yet desire to be in any company rather than in theirs? |
| A09950 | Wilt thou say thou lovest God whom thou hast not seene, and yet lovest not thy brother whom thou hast seene? |
| A09950 | Wilt thou wrap that in a Napkin, and let it lye dead by thee? |
| A09950 | Would he not bid the destroying Angell to put up his sword into his sheath? |
| A09950 | You have good purposes in you, why doe you not stirre them up? |
| A09950 | You know what the Prophet said to Hazael:( saith he) Doest thou know what thou shalt be when thou art King of Aram? |
| A09950 | You may examine your selves by that; doe you doe whatsoever he will? |
| A09950 | You that doe these things, will you say you love the Lord? |
| A09950 | You that professe you love the Lord, doe you not grieve him, and vexe him from day to day, and provoke him by your words, and by your workes? |
| A09950 | You will aske me then what it is to trust GOD? |
| A09950 | You will aske me, How shall I doe it? |
| A09950 | You will aske me, what is the meaning of this? |
| A09950 | You will aske, how can that be? |
| A09950 | You will object, I doe love the Saints, but who are they? |
| A09950 | You will say how shall we doe that? |
| A09950 | You will say then, What is it to trust in GOD? |
| A09950 | You will say, How doth this prayer doe it? |
| A09950 | You will say, How shall I know it? |
| A09950 | You will say, How shall wee know this love? |
| A09950 | You will say, How shall wee know whether we hate it or no? |
| A09950 | You will say, May we not love the things of the world? |
| A09950 | You will say, What is that to walke with him? |
| A09950 | You will say, how doth this beget love? |
| A09950 | You will say, how shall we know that? |
| A09950 | You will say, how shall we know this? |
| A09950 | You will say, we may desire long enough, but how shall we be able to doe it? |
| A09950 | You will say, what is the meaning of that, to love the Lord with all my might, and with all my strength? |
| A09950 | You will say, what shall we doe then? |
| A09950 | and if this be the rule we are to be judged by, who shall be saved? |
| A09950 | and is it not as much to neglect this ordinance? |
| A09950 | and is it of necessitie? |
| A09950 | and ought they not to be returned to him, to serve him and to pitch on him? |
| A09950 | and shall he not eate the fruite of his owne Orchard? |
| A09950 | and that shee magnified him so much? |
| A09950 | and to whom shall he appeare? |
| A09950 | and what profit shall I gaine? |
| A09950 | are you content to forsake all, that you may enioy him? |
| A09950 | are you content to put your selves to a harder taske, to forbeare things that are pleasant according to the flesh, to take paines for the Lord? |
| A09950 | are you glad when you have him? |
| A09950 | are you ready to take all opportunities to doe somewhat for his glory? |
| A09950 | are you willing to have sinne so cleane taken away, that you may have any no libertie to have dalliance with it in any kind? |
| A09950 | are your affections aright, that you love what he loves, and hate what he hates? |
| A09950 | art thou as abundant in it, as diligent, and as ready to doe it? |
| A09950 | art thou as forward then as when there are all those respects? |
| A09950 | art thou willing to doe any thing for his sake? |
| A09950 | as he did; how did he behaue himselfe? |
| A09950 | as it is in the Hebrewes, Is he not a mercifull High Priest still? |
| A09950 | because you are not able to doe it as well as others, and therefore you are loath to expresse your selves? |
| A09950 | both may be sicke, and is there not a great difference? |
| A09950 | but how soone were they gone againe? |
| A09950 | do you hate it so as that you can not endure to come neere it, nor to have it within your sight? |
| A09950 | doe not sudden changes come to them as well as to the others? |
| A09950 | doe not they often perish by sudden death? |
| A09950 | doe you desire to have them wholly extirpate and rooted out of you? |
| A09950 | doe you doe it chearfully and readily? |
| A09950 | doe you not dallie with sinne? |
| A09950 | doe you tell us we are in an evill condition for want of this love? |
| A09950 | doest thou not find thy heart thus longing after them whom thou affectest? |
| A09950 | doth it not fall on them? |
| A09950 | doth it not shew that you are dead? |
| A09950 | for why doth the Lord require that as a necessarie condition, that whatsoever is done to him might be done chearfully and willingly? |
| A09950 | hath he cast a good looke vpon you? |
| A09950 | hath he made your hearts glad with the light of his countenance in his Beloued? |
| A09950 | hath hee euer shewed himselfe to you? |
| A09950 | hath not Christ bought you, hath not hee redeemed you, hath not he deserved more than all, and should he not therfore be loved aboue all? |
| A09950 | have you not had ability to doe it? |
| A09950 | hereafter to settle your affections; Consider, is it in your owne power, though you have warning before death, to have this affection of love? |
| A09950 | how perfectly would you walke with God? |
| A09950 | how would you have your hearts weaned from the world more than they be? |
| A09950 | if they be so, why doe you not reioyce in them, proportionable to these priuiledges? |
| A09950 | if you had this love in your hearts, would it not be a ground of much comfort to you? |
| A09950 | is it because you can not speake? |
| A09950 | is it because your understandings are weake and dull? |
| A09950 | is it not the Sonne? |
| A09950 | it is Nathans speech to him, saith he, Did not the Lord doe thus and thus? |
| A09950 | nay, I will goe a step further with you, doe you not hate the Lord? |
| A09950 | nor delight to heare others speake of him? |
| A09950 | or whom will you bestow your love upon, your wealth, or your pleasures or your phantasies? |
| A09950 | so much as you doe, so much you live, your lives are short of themselves, why doe you make them shorter by doing nothing? |
| A09950 | that he should love pleasures more than God? |
| A09950 | that he should love the praise of men more thā the praise of God? |
| A09950 | that is to say, to receiue him in that manner as he hath beene described? |
| A09950 | that when you are among them, you are as if you were out of your element, you move as if you were out of your owne center? |
| A09950 | there the same argument is vsed; If thou, Lord, shouldst marke iniquity, who should stand? |
| A09950 | to have your lusts thorowly and perfectly mortified? |
| A09950 | to what end is the Law preached to be a Schoolmaster, if no qualification be required? |
| A09950 | was it not an opinion of something they had of their owne? |
| A09950 | what aduantage will it bee to vs? |
| A09950 | what doeth the Gospell? |
| A09950 | what have I done to provoke the Lord? |
| A09950 | what if the businesse I goe about proceed not, which is of that moment, I am vndone, if it be not done? |
| A09950 | what if the euill that I feare should fall vpon me? |
| A09950 | what is it that hee desires but pleasure, comfort and contentment? |
| A09950 | what is physicke? |
| A09950 | what is the Tree for, but for fruit? |
| A09950 | what profit will it bring mee? |
| A09950 | when the Spouse is there asked what the reason was that she followed her Beloued so much? |
| A09950 | when thou art put to a hazard art thou content to suffer the losse of thy estate? |
| A09950 | when you can get into his presence? |
| A09950 | wherein doth love and that agree? |
| A09950 | wherein will it be to mine advantage? |
| A09950 | whether we can say, as the Apostle Paul, Wee desire to be at home, and to be with the Lord? |
| A09950 | whether wee desire to be with the Lord? |
| A09950 | whether you be glad of any occasion, as those that love are glad to heare those that they love to be spoken of? |
| A09950 | who is it that doth not at some times preferre his pleasures and profits before the obedience to a command? |
| A09950 | why doe I receiue any comfort? |
| A09950 | why doe such men turne from all sinfull delights, and runne another course? |
| A09950 | why doe we not shrinke? |
| A09950 | why doe wee doe any thing? |
| A09950 | why doe you blame those that goe further than your selves are willing to doe? |
| A09950 | why doe you not fill your lives with many actions? |
| A09950 | why doe you not rise up and bestirre your selves? |
| A09950 | why doe you quarrell with that exactnesse and precisenesse, and strictnesse which is required in walking in the wayes of God? |
| A09950 | why doest thou no more rest on it? |
| A09950 | why go we not thorow? |
| A09950 | why should not wee bee ready to trust in him still? |
| A09950 | why should you limit the holy one of Israel? |
| A09950 | will hee not be angry with such a man? |
| A09950 | would it not put other thoughts into you? |
| A09950 | would you not have some remainders within you? |
| A09950 | you will not stand expostulating the matter, to say must I doe it? |
| A09990 | ( As I said before,) shall I goe vp to Hebron, or shall I not goe at this time? |
| A09990 | ( for it is said to be made to both) how all Nations are blessed in Abraham, and yet it is said, they shall be blessed in thy seed? |
| A09990 | ( it is to that purpose brought in) What are they to the Lord? |
| A09990 | 1. such an expression; there the Disciples aske Christ this question; Master,( say they) who shall bee the greatest in the Kingdome of God? |
| A09990 | 10. what wilt thou doe in such a case? |
| A09990 | 11. what was the reason that he started aside, that he did not beleeue as at other times? |
| A09990 | 11. when Pilate sayth to our Saviour, haue I not power to crucifie thee, or to loose thee? |
| A09990 | 22. you see the difference there, betweene the assurance of faith, and of presumption, Draw neere in assurance of faith: What then? |
| A09990 | 24. sayth the Lord there, Doth the plow- man plowe all the day? |
| A09990 | 30. when he thought his mountaine was made strong and vnderpropped well on each side; What caused now an alteration? |
| A09990 | 34. Who hath given to him, and it shall be recompenced to him? |
| A09990 | 38. you see the holy Ghost reasoning with the sonnes of men, even after this manner; Why, sayth he, doe you doubt him? |
| A09990 | 4. cals the Old Testament, those teachings that the people had then, impotent and beggerly rudiments? |
| A09990 | 6. where this obiection is made, If there be a promise of pardon, and of grace, through Christ, then belike we may liue as we list? |
| A09990 | 9. that the heart of man is exceeding deceit full, who can know it? |
| A09990 | A man againe that withdrawes his heart from them, and trusts in the Lord, may not he wither? |
| A09990 | A perverse and crooked minde, who can make straight? |
| A09990 | Abner how inconstant was he to Ishbosheth? |
| A09990 | Againe, he holds the windes in his fist; who sees him as such a God, that is able to hold the windes in his fist? |
| A09990 | Againe, if thou thinke him to be All- sufficient, why art thou not content to be at his immediate finding? |
| A09990 | Againe, it is not because the Lord will not doe it; for he is as infinite in loue to me, as he is in power: What is the reason of it then? |
| A09990 | Againe, when all the Starres shine, and the Sunne is set, is not that night? |
| A09990 | Againe, who is it that maintaines all the creatures? |
| A09990 | Againe, who is it that restrained thy lusts before? |
| A09990 | Againe, withall, how dangerous it is to refuse it: for who knowes how long the LORD will waite? |
| A09990 | Againe; Who are they that divide the world? |
| A09990 | Alas ▪ you will say, is it euery committing of sinne? |
| A09990 | Alas, I am weake, I finde my selfe too weake already in the Battell, he is too strong for mee? |
| A09990 | And for what end doe you thinke did the Lord it? |
| A09990 | And from whence was that feare, but because he reckoned not God, to be a Buckler strong enough, and sure enough? |
| A09990 | And if you aske now what is the condition that makes euery man partaker of this Covenant of grace? |
| A09990 | And is he not able to bestow it on thee, though there be an emptines in thine heart? |
| A09990 | And might he not well say, he was an exceeding great reward? |
| A09990 | And so Abraham, when he was to offer his onely sonne, what should he doe now? |
| A09990 | And so David, how many hard taskes went he through, with all chearefulnesse, and constancie? |
| A09990 | And so Moses thought it a hard thing, to be barred from comming into the land of Canaan; but what lost he by it? |
| A09990 | And so againe, breathing the holy Ghost, who lookes vpon God, as one that dispenseth it, as it pleaseth him to giue it and withdraw it at his will? |
| A09990 | And so againe, when you see the Church in such a case as it is now in, we are readie to cast away all hope, and to say, What shall we doe? |
| A09990 | And so againe, who lookes vpon him as lapping vp the waters as in a garment? |
| A09990 | And so likewise, what is the reason of the vneven wayes of men, which they take to bring their enterprises to passe? |
| A09990 | And so, likewise, who can supply that which is wanting? |
| A09990 | And therefore why should you not be content to take God alone? |
| A09990 | And therefore why should you not be content with God alone? |
| A09990 | And therefore, Beloved, why should you not be content to haue the Lord alone for your portion? |
| A09990 | And therefore, why should I not be content to haue him alone? |
| A09990 | And therefore, why shouldst thou not be contented to haue God alone for thy portion? |
| A09990 | And what doth this duty doe? |
| A09990 | And what hast thou that thou hast not received? |
| A09990 | And what is that light? |
| A09990 | And what is the reason that we come not with great faith, but because we come not in the name of Christ? |
| A09990 | And what miserie came vpon Gehezi for missing his time? |
| A09990 | And what then? |
| A09990 | And what vse should you make of it? |
| A09990 | And when a man shall object ▪ but this is a hard thing? |
| A09990 | And wherein stands this washing? |
| A09990 | And whither goest thou? |
| A09990 | And whither goest thou? |
| A09990 | And why? |
| A09990 | And, Beloved, what shall I say more? |
| A09990 | Another objection is; If God be All- sufficient for these outward things, why am I thus crossed? |
| A09990 | Another was; What? |
| A09990 | Are not they likewise perfect? |
| A09990 | Are they able to bring it to passe? |
| A09990 | Art thou able to doe so, to see and know him thus in his greatnesse? |
| A09990 | Art thou able to say, that he is holy in all his wayes, and in this to see the greatnesse of God, and thy owne folly and weakenes? |
| A09990 | Art thou not Sarahs maid? |
| A09990 | As if he should say; Lay those two things together, dost thou thinke it an easier thing to make heaven and earth, then to bring that thing to passe? |
| A09990 | Beloued, there are many difficulties in this, how the promise should be made to the seede? |
| A09990 | Beloved, doe you thinke the workes of Redemption should come short of the workes of Creation? |
| A09990 | Beloved, if we did it, why are our hearts discouraged? |
| A09990 | Beloved, if we did see him in his greatnesse, why should Torches and Candles haue so great a light before vs? |
| A09990 | Beloved, what doe you thinke heaven is? |
| A09990 | Beloved, you shall finde it a matter of power: take a man; Is it not a matter of strength in him to forgiue, to passe by an infirmitie? |
| A09990 | Beloved; the meaning of this, is not that you should reach his perfection; for, who can ever doe it? |
| A09990 | Besides this: what is the cause that men seeke after vaine- glory, that they are subiect to enuie? |
| A09990 | Besides, as there is a power in his wrath; Who knowes the power of his wrath? |
| A09990 | Besides, how is it that you see things sitted one to another as they are? |
| A09990 | Besides, is it not a power to be rich? |
| A09990 | But he doth pray sometimes? |
| A09990 | But how came Gehasie to know that? |
| A09990 | But how shall a man know that time? |
| A09990 | But how shall a man know that, whether he haue done this? |
| A09990 | But how shall a man know whether this faith be right or no? |
| A09990 | But how shall this be proved? |
| A09990 | But is that all, that thou shalt want the comfort of God? |
| A09990 | But now who is able to perswade men of this? |
| A09990 | But then comes an objection, I, but I shall leaue it to my Sonne? |
| A09990 | But then this obiection comes in, the Lord dispenseth comforts by such meanes? |
| A09990 | But this will be obiected; I but we finde it otherwise, those that are his children, are they not poore? |
| A09990 | But what doe you say of the Gentiles, that are now come in? |
| A09990 | But what if hee haue valiant men and Souldiers? |
| A09990 | But what is the benefit of this knowl ● d ● e? |
| A09990 | But what is the cause they want grace? |
| A09990 | But where is the true sprinkling vpon the heart and conscience? |
| A09990 | But whereas it may be said, who knowes what he may be? |
| A09990 | But who walkes as seeing him thus in his greatnesse, and in his All- sufficiencie? |
| A09990 | But why is this? |
| A09990 | But you will obiect, Was it not Iobs case? |
| A09990 | But you will say againe, What needs this perswasion of Gods All- sufficiencie in forgiving? |
| A09990 | But you will say to me ▪ may not a man, whose heart is vnsound, keepe a constant course in sacrificing to the Lord, that is, in praying to the Lord? |
| A09990 | But you will say, How can it be, that a naturall man should neuer know these things? |
| A09990 | But you will say, How comes this blood to be a witnesse? |
| A09990 | But, may not a man that trusts not in God, but lookes a little too much to the creature, prosper? |
| A09990 | But, sayth he, you shall come boldly; through whom? |
| A09990 | But, why then is it said, it is a little? |
| A09990 | But, you will say, who doth not know that the creature is emptie? |
| A09990 | Canst thou learne not to murmur against God, in any of his wayes? |
| A09990 | Canst thou learne to captivate, and bring vnder thy thoughts to the wayes of Gods providence? |
| A09990 | Canst thou looke on thy selfe as on a vile Creature, as Peter did, saying, Goe from me: for I am a sinfull man? |
| A09990 | Canst thou say, that thou art but dust, and ashes, and to say it in good earnest? |
| A09990 | Certainely, it was not for himselfe, for he had no neede of it, but he bought it for vs; and will he not make vse of it, when he hath done? |
| A09990 | Certainely, they are most true, I can not doubt of them: but then he begins to consider, As they are true, how fit are they for mee? |
| A09990 | Crooked Children, who can make them straight? |
| A09990 | Crooked affections, inordinate feares, and inordinate griefes, who can rectifie them? |
| A09990 | David how inconstant did he finde the people, and apt to rebell against him? |
| A09990 | David was at that time not fit to haue done it, he was not able to haue done it, as circumstances were: but was he a looser by it? |
| A09990 | David, in all that he did, he asked counsell of the Lord; shall I stay in such a Cittie, or shall I not stay? |
| A09990 | Did not the Lord recompence it abundantly to him, when Salomon was given to him in his stead? |
| A09990 | Did you not rather receiue it by the hearing of ● aith preached? |
| A09990 | Did you receiue the Spirit by the workes of the Law? |
| A09990 | Doe you not call it so? |
| A09990 | Doe you thinke they would haue regarded them much? |
| A09990 | Doe you thinke, that he will purchase a thing at so deare a rate, and when he hath done, make no vse of it? |
| A09990 | Doest thou( sayth the Lord) know the treasures of snow and hayle that I haue hid? |
| A09990 | Dost thou finde thy lusts as strong, as they were? |
| A09990 | Doth one condition fall to all, both good and bad? |
| A09990 | Doth this tend towards such a Iourney or not? |
| A09990 | First, I say, God doth thus for a time: And why? |
| A09990 | First, art thou able to say, I haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me; That is; Canst thou see the emptinesse, and vanitie of thy owne knowledge? |
| A09990 | First, if a man beleeue that All- sufficiencie that is in God, why doth he terminate his affections in the Creature? |
| A09990 | First, sayth he, the people are rebels, and will the Lord giue them water, that haue carried themselues in such a manner? |
| A09990 | First, the heart must be all sanctified: If you say, how shall wee know that? |
| A09990 | For if they be all vanitie, what a change doe wee make? |
| A09990 | For what causeth this vanitie, that lieth vpon the whole face of the creature? |
| A09990 | For what hope hath the Hypocrite when hee hath heaped vp riches, when God shall come and pull away his soule? |
| A09990 | For, Beloved, what is it, when we haue other men that are strong, and wise, and potent to rest vpon? |
| A09990 | Gehezi, when he tooke a gift of Naaman; The Prophet his Maister reproues him in these words; Gehezi, sayth he, is this a time to receiue gifts? |
| A09990 | God forbid: Shall we that are dead to sinne liue yet therein? |
| A09990 | Hast thou not had the spirit of bondage? |
| A09990 | Hast thou that respect to Gods Commandements, that when other commandements come, thou regardest them little, but thou hast still an eye to that? |
| A09990 | Hath Christ so taught you? |
| A09990 | Hath he not grace enough to put into their hearts, that he might reape the full fruits of righteousnesse? |
| A09990 | Hath he not spirit enough? |
| A09990 | Haue you had experience of this? |
| A09990 | He proues it by this; for, sayth he, he knowes not what shall be; for who can tell him what shall be? |
| A09990 | He that lappes the waters in a garment, is he not able to restraine men that are violent against vs in wrath? |
| A09990 | How can it be said, in Abraham shall all the Nations of the world bee blessed? |
| A09990 | How did that appeare? |
| A09990 | How doe they receiue from Abraham? |
| A09990 | How doth godlines giue contentment? |
| A09990 | How inconstant was he to Ioab, when he had prevailed in that battaile against Absolom? |
| A09990 | How shall we doe that? |
| A09990 | How shall we know that? |
| A09990 | How shall wee know that? |
| A09990 | I say, now looke to thy selfe, art thou able to serue him, without looking to present commoditie? |
| A09990 | I say, surely, if thou hast not t ● sted of this, Christ, hath not sowne the seed of grace in thy heart: doth any man sow before he hath plowed? |
| A09990 | I will giue you,& c. there is an expression of the Couenant, and yet it is a condition that is required on our part? |
| A09990 | I would aske thee in this case, wouldst thou haue it without thy Fathers good will? |
| A09990 | I would aske you but this question; Whether can all that portion make them happy, or make your selues so, or any one else? |
| A09990 | I, but what if hee haue horses and chariots? |
| A09990 | If God be All- sufficient; why are there so many defects in my estate, in my health, this way and that way? |
| A09990 | If I were hungry after them, who could keepe them from me? |
| A09990 | If a man be brought to povertie, it can not be beyond that of Iobs; was it not enough for Iob to haue God for his portion? |
| A09990 | If againe, I were in the lowest ebbe, is not he enough? |
| A09990 | If he made heaven and earth, doest thou not thinke he is able to doe that? |
| A09990 | If the Lord be All- sufficient, why should you not bestow it altogether vpon him? |
| A09990 | If there be enough in him, why should you step out to them? |
| A09990 | If there be nothing in the Creature, but emptines, why doe you loue the Creature? |
| A09990 | If thou be Sarahs maid, whence commest thou? |
| A09990 | If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? |
| A09990 | If thou sinnest, what dost thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes are many, what dost thou to him? |
| A09990 | If we did thinke him to be All- sufficient, when one meanes is broken, can not he finde out another, if he be All- sufficient? |
| A09990 | If we doe implore GOD ● ayde, doe you thinke that God will breake his Couenant? |
| A09990 | If you aske the reason, why will the LORD haue it so? |
| A09990 | If you aske, where this happinesse is to be found? |
| A09990 | If you beleeue, where is your Circumcision? |
| A09990 | If you doe marke the parts of it, hath not Christ redeemed vs from our vaine conversation? |
| A09990 | If you looke vpon the Law without, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God, and shalt feare him,& c. it is a hard Law, who can keepe it? |
| A09990 | If you obiect; But you see sometimes patience, euen in the best of the Saints, hath not a perfect worke, but is sometimes interrupted? |
| A09990 | If you say to me, who doubts of this, that the Lord is able to forgiue? |
| A09990 | In like manner, David had an exceeding great desire to build the Temple, when it was not the Lords will, that he should doe it; was he a looser by it? |
| A09990 | Is he not a Sunne and a Shield, sayth the Psalmist? |
| A09990 | Is it for him? |
| A09990 | Is it not I sayth the Lord? |
| A09990 | Is it not I the Lord? |
| A09990 | Is it not I the Lord? |
| A09990 | Is it not a part of thy Couenant? |
| A09990 | Is it not from hence, that men apprehend not God to be All- sufficient? |
| A09990 | Is it not he that made them? |
| A09990 | Is it not so when you haue the Lord alone? |
| A09990 | Is it not so with vs all? |
| A09990 | Is it not sufficient? |
| A09990 | Is it not the providence of God? |
| A09990 | Is it not to bestow on vs? |
| A09990 | Is it that he might keepe it, and hoard it vp? |
| A09990 | Is it that that moues thee? |
| A09990 | Is not the Lord the Master of them? |
| A09990 | Is not the Lord the cause? |
| A09990 | Is the Law of God thus written in your hearts? |
| A09990 | Is the Law then against the promise of GOD? |
| A09990 | Is there any thing in the world can helpe a man to happinesse to any purpose? |
| A09990 | Is there not enough in him, who is full of all comfort? |
| A09990 | It can not helpe thee to saue thy soule, what wil it profit thee? |
| A09990 | It is said, the Lord helped him vntill hee was mighty, and what then? |
| A09990 | It is sayd there, that, though I sack were the sonne of the promise, yet he willingly offred him; why? |
| A09990 | It may be you haue that outward Circumcision in the flesh, but where is the Circumcision of the heart? |
| A09990 | It was a lawfull thing for them to build houses to dwell in, and to enioy, but, sayth he, is this a time to dwell in your seeled houses? |
| A09990 | Know you not, that as ma ● y as are baptized into Iesus Christ, are baptized into his death? |
| A09990 | Last of all; What doth it? |
| A09990 | Looke to it now, art thou ouercome with sinne? |
| A09990 | Looke vpon David, or Paul, vpon Salomon, Lot, and Noah, and all the Saints, so long as God was with them, how strong were they? |
| A09990 | Marke, this is the thing he prayes for, that they might stand perfect: Why? |
| A09990 | May he not keepe those ordinances constantly? |
| A09990 | Moreover, if God be All- sufficient, why are we then so readie to knock at other mens dores? |
| A09990 | My Beloved, if the water were all in one place, if it were all in one river, in one chamber, what would become of mankinde? |
| A09990 | My Beloved, to what end hath the Father given him all things into his hands? |
| A09990 | Next to this the question will be, well but how shall I finde it? |
| A09990 | No, my beloued, it is not Christ that sups with thee ▪ but it is a delusion of Satan ▪ but how shall we know this? |
| A09990 | No: All the tryall is in this, to trust in him alone: for if you did thinke him All- sufficient; why should you not doe so? |
| A09990 | No; we shall haue more; how shall we haue it? |
| A09990 | Now if there be no man, nor no creature in heaven or earth, that can doe good or hurt,( Beloved) why should we be servants to men? |
| A09990 | Now marke the Lords answer there, is the Lords hand shortened? |
| A09990 | Now what is it to be a childe of Abraham? |
| A09990 | Now what is it to be pure? |
| A09990 | Now what is the end of all motion, and of all labour? |
| A09990 | Now when a man considers this, Are these the promises of the LORD? |
| A09990 | Now, if you aske how one should finde this way? |
| A09990 | Now, what is it that makes the Couenant? |
| A09990 | Now, when a man hath tooke the blood, What? |
| A09990 | Now, you will say, How shall wee know this? |
| A09990 | Now, you will say, how then shall a man know whether it bee the Commandement that moues him, if that be the proper effect of sincerity? |
| A09990 | Paul, sayth he, pressed hard toward the marke, for what purpose? |
| A09990 | Peter, when he denied Christ, was it not from feare? |
| A09990 | Sayth he, if thou sinne, what is that to him? |
| A09990 | Sayth the Lord, I will giue thee that Penny, thou shalt worke in my Vineyard; I but when a man hath it,( marke it) he murmurs, why? |
| A09990 | Secondly it is obiected, that others that are out of the Couenant, they liue in peace? |
| A09990 | Shall I doe it in such a season, or shall I s ● ay another? |
| A09990 | Shall I goe vp to warre to such a place, or shall I not goe? |
| A09990 | Shall a man merit in giving to the Lord the fruits of his owne Vineyard, the Apples of his owne Orchard? |
| A09990 | Shall six hundred thousand men be fed with flesh, shall all the Beeues and Sheepe be slaine, or shall all the fish in the Sea be gathered together? |
| A09990 | Shall we therefore sinne that grace may abound, or because grace hath abounded? |
| A09990 | Should not this free vs, from fearefull perplexities, from vaine hopes, and vaine feares? |
| A09990 | So Dauid, when hee comforted himselfe at Ziglag, what was it that he comforted himselfe in? |
| A09990 | So David, when he would goe out of the way, in his adultery, and murther, did he not goe about towards his happines? |
| A09990 | So againe, after that manner doth the second signe of the Couenant, which is the Passeouer, when the LORD shall aske, Doe you beleeue? |
| A09990 | So againe, sayth he, who is it that enlightens the earth? |
| A09990 | So in all such doubtfull Cases goe to God, shall I doe such a thing, or shall I not? |
| A09990 | So that put these two together, out of the rocke, and vnto rebels, there his fayth fayled, for it was difficult: and whence came this? |
| A09990 | So the Lord deales with his children; But yet, my Beloved, why should you not be content to haue him alone for your portion? |
| A09990 | So then, seest thou a wicked man doing wickedly, and yet not punished? |
| A09990 | So, what if we had never so much, and no beames flowing form him though them, who onely is the God of all comfort, and the Father of all consolation? |
| A09990 | Suppose you haue nothing but him for your portion, shall not the Lord be sufficient to make you happie? |
| A09990 | THE point which we were in handling, was this, How a man may know whether he be in the Couenant or no? |
| A09990 | That is, it is a dangerous thing to admonish Princes; who shall say to a Prince, what doest thou, sayth the Wiseman? |
| A09990 | That is; All the things in the world, all the men in the world? |
| A09990 | That is; All- sufficient, to fill you with comfort of all kindes? |
| A09990 | That is; I may satisfie my selfe,( I doe but apply it by way of allusion) if I would haue Sacrifice in abundance, might I not haue it? |
| A09990 | That is; If he were desirous of perfect and absolute obedience, could he not haue it? |
| A09990 | That is; Why should we regard men so much? |
| A09990 | That is;( as the originall shewes more clearely) as one that hath founded the great and waightie earth vpon nothing? |
| A09990 | That place, you know, Amos 3. shall there be evill in the Cittie, and the Lord hath not done it? |
| A09990 | The Sabbath, that he hath taken for himselfe, and hath called it his day, Some may aske, is not that for his owne sake? |
| A09990 | The Woman might aske, But how can this bee? |
| A09990 | The Word, and meanes of grace, doe they not strike at every rebellion? |
| A09990 | The bloud of Christ, doth it not wash every sinne? |
| A09990 | The holy Ghost, doth not he mortifie every sinfull lust? |
| A09990 | The next question wee had to propound to you, was this, How a man should know whether he be within the Couenant, or no? |
| A09990 | The question now i ●, whether of the ● e he will feare most? |
| A09990 | The question onely is, in what manner Abraham shall be the Lords; how that shall be declared? |
| A09990 | The same may I say of all other comforts in the world; who made them? |
| A09990 | The satisfying of sinfull lusts, doth it not arise from hence? |
| A09990 | There was nothing, you know, when he made the world: when he made ● he Angels, what was it he bestow ● d his riches vpon? |
| A09990 | Therefore thinke with thy selfe, there is no man that hath all, and why should I desire it? |
| A09990 | Therefore, I say, God delights to doe it so much the rather, when men are prepared, and say with themselues, what should hinder me? |
| A09990 | Therfore, thinke with thy selfe, what is the exceeding 〈 ◊ 〉 of his loue? |
| A09990 | This is but to open a dore of liberty, to make men more loose? |
| A09990 | This was the fault of the Iewes; saith he ▪ they returned againe; but to whom was it? |
| A09990 | Thou shouldst be about Sarahs businesse, what dost thou here in the Wildernes, running from thy mistris? |
| A09990 | To know that, vpon good ground, I lay hold of these promises? |
| A09990 | Verses, What shall wee say then? |
| A09990 | Was he not an exceeding great looser by it? |
| A09990 | Was it not Dauids case? |
| A09990 | We haue such an High Priest, as is able perfectly to saue those that come to him: And why? |
| A09990 | Well, but is not that an easie thing, when the mind and the state are put together? |
| A09990 | Well, saith the Lord there, I will make a Couenant with you: and what will I doe? |
| A09990 | Well, you will say, I grant this; but what followes on that? |
| A09990 | Well; what is the conclusion? |
| A09990 | What are these but particulars? |
| A09990 | What can a man desire more but to be satisfied? |
| A09990 | What did he doe? |
| A09990 | What doe a number of those that professe themselues to be within the compasse of the Couenant there? |
| A09990 | What doe we else but reioyce in our selues, and forget to giue all the glory to Christ? |
| A09990 | What doest thou else but giue to him of his owne? |
| A09990 | What if a man had the avre and no light in it? |
| A09990 | What if he will be with thee in disgrace? |
| A09990 | What if he will be with thee in povertie? |
| A09990 | What if he will goe with thee into banishment, or into prison, as he did with Ioseph? |
| A09990 | What if the Lord will be with thee? |
| A09990 | What is it that man so seekes after? |
| A09990 | What is that? |
| A09990 | What is the reason of that? |
| A09990 | What is the reason that Paul exceeded other men in grace? |
| A09990 | What is the reason that men loue riches? |
| A09990 | What is the reason that the New Testament is said to bee stablished vpon better promises? |
| A09990 | What is the reason that wee shall loue him perfectly in heauen, but because we shall know him fully? |
| A09990 | What makest thou here Eliah? |
| A09990 | What makest thou here? |
| A09990 | What man is he that feares the Lord? |
| A09990 | What shall wee gather from that? |
| A09990 | What should keepe me from bringing such an enterprise to passe? |
| A09990 | What so brittle, and so vnconstant? |
| A09990 | What then though you haue nothing but him alone? |
| A09990 | What though he suffer his Church to be over- runne with enemies for a time? |
| A09990 | What though thou be a looser in thy credit? |
| A09990 | What though thou be a looser in thy profit, as Amaziah was? |
| A09990 | What was it to Paul, when he indured that state and condition that he did, when his heart was so fashioned to it as it was? |
| A09990 | What was the issue of it? |
| A09990 | What was the reason else that Peter, Andrew, Iohn, and the rest of the Apostles, were able to forsake all things, when others were not? |
| A09990 | What was the reason that Paul served the Lord with a perfect heart? |
| A09990 | What was the reason the Third Ground did it not? |
| A09990 | What was the reason the second Ground was not perfect with the Lord? |
| A09990 | What was the reason there was more grace dispersed by Iesus Christ than by Moses? |
| A09990 | What was the reason, on the other side, that Demas turned from the Lord? |
| A09990 | What will he doe in this case? |
| A09990 | What would become of the Beasts? |
| A09990 | What? |
| A09990 | When Abraham was an exile from his Countrey, and had not a foote of land, was not the Lord All- sufficient to him? |
| A09990 | When Eliah fled, and had no meate, he had neither money, nor any body to provide any thing for him, did not the Lord provide for him? |
| A09990 | When God sayd to him, that he would giue them flesh for a moneth together; what sayth Moses againe? |
| A09990 | When the Sunne shines to you, though there be never a Starre, is it not day? |
| A09990 | When thou hast gotten all thou wouldst haue, yet what is that, except thy heart be fashioned to it? |
| A09990 | When we come to God with out the Sonne, what doe we els in so doing, but dishonour the Sonne? |
| A09990 | When we come to heavē, shall we haue lesse varieties? |
| A09990 | When you are in heaven, doe you thinke your estate shall be worse? |
| A09990 | When you see a mightie raine, sayth he, who can open the bottles of heaven, and who can shut them? |
| A09990 | Whence comes the light? |
| A09990 | Where the word of the King is, there is power, and who shall say to him, what doest thou? |
| A09990 | Who can stand before wrath, and envie, that is like a violent water, that overflowes all, and that carries all before it? |
| A09990 | Who can vnder ● tand the height, and breadth, and length, and depth of this reward, I am thy exceeding great reward? |
| A09990 | Who is able so fully to beleeue the forgiuenes of his sinnes, as he ought? |
| A09990 | Who is able to doe it when he is put to it? |
| A09990 | Who lookes vpon God, as thus great in power? |
| A09990 | Who lookes vpon him as such a God? |
| A09990 | Who would haue said, that this Church should haue recovered? |
| A09990 | Why doe we not serue him with the losse of all these? |
| A09990 | Why doe wee hang downe our heads vpon every occasion, when troubles come? |
| A09990 | Why doe you thinke the Wiseman would magnifie wisdome so much? |
| A09990 | Why is Israell oppressed? |
| A09990 | Why is he made rich with all treasures? |
| A09990 | Why should we be troubled at it? |
| A09990 | Why should you be so intent vpon them? |
| A09990 | Why should you be so subiect to carnall griefes, and feares, and carnall desires? |
| A09990 | Why should you spend it vpon the creature? |
| A09990 | Why should your minde be occupied about it? |
| A09990 | Why then shouldest thou be vneven in thy wayes, serving me sometimes, by fits, and sometimes the creature? |
| A09990 | Why? |
| A09990 | Will God heare his prayer when he cryes,& c.? |
| A09990 | Will he be lift vp, and puffed vp with all this? |
| A09990 | Will he call vpon God at all times? |
| A09990 | Wouldest thou know then in which of these two ● ankes of men thou art? |
| A09990 | You know Abrahams faith is every ● where commended, and what was his faith? |
| A09990 | You shall know it by this, How did Abraham know whether he was in the Couenant, or how will you know whether Abraham, or any other were? |
| A09990 | You wil say, how shall we do to be perswaded of it? |
| A09990 | You will say to me, how shall I know that? |
| A09990 | You will say to me, how shall we know? |
| A09990 | You will say to me, this is very hard, who is able to be perfect, as his heavenly Father is perfect? |
| A09990 | You will say, How shall a man know whether he know this wisdome or no, whether hee thus iudge of the wayes of God? |
| A09990 | You will say, Is this such a matter? |
| A09990 | You will say, What is this seale, or witnesse of the Spirit? |
| A09990 | You will say, how can that be? |
| A09990 | You will say, how can that be? |
| A09990 | You will say, how shall that be done? |
| A09990 | You will say, what are these things? |
| A09990 | You will say; Is not the creature able to doe good or hurt? |
| A09990 | You willsay, what comfort is there in that? |
| A09990 | a mans heart will goe further, if there be such riches in God, such an All- sufficiency in him, why is it not better with me? |
| A09990 | and if this were all, what should become of the principall part of man, that which is indeede the man himselfe? |
| A09990 | and wh ● drawes the Curtaines of the night? |
| A09990 | and what doth the body serue for but for the soule? |
| A09990 | are these promises true? |
| A09990 | are they confirmed with the blood of the Testator? |
| A09990 | are they not clensed out? |
| A09990 | are they not forsaken many times? |
| A09990 | are they not like servants in the great house of the world, and we as children? |
| A09990 | art thou glad of such an advertisement? |
| A09990 | because it exceedingly increaseth grace; And what is the profit of it? |
| A09990 | did he not provide for him abundantly? |
| A09990 | did he not soone take away that, and turne the River another way, as it were, and fill him with abundance? |
| A09990 | did he not soone turne it? |
| A09990 | did not he himselfe take away Nabals life, and giue Nabals wife and goods, as he did Sauls goods, and his house, and his wiues to him? |
| A09990 | did not the Lord write bitter things against him, and he was a iust man, and one that feared God? |
| A09990 | doe not all things continue alike, since the time of the Fathers? |
| A09990 | doe wee not giue gold away for drosse? |
| A09990 | dost thou commit sinne? |
| A09990 | dost thou obey sinne, when it comes with a command vpon thee? |
| A09990 | dost thou remember what particular calling thou art in? |
| A09990 | doth any man make a new impression before there bee an obl ● t ● ration of the old? |
| A09990 | euery body will be ready to apply the promises of mercy and forgiuenesse, but what warrant haue I to apply them? |
| A09990 | for, what are all the creatures? |
| A09990 | had he not another sonne that was fitter for him, borne of his owne Wife? |
| A09990 | had not he a house built him, as well as if he had built the house of God? |
| A09990 | had not he as great a reward, as if he had performed it? |
| A09990 | hath hee confirmed them with an Oath? |
| A09990 | heere is the outward Passeouer, the outward profession, you come and take the signe and the seale, but where is the inward sprinkling? |
| A09990 | here he was dessolate, poore, and needy, certainely his heart could not but be ready to faile,& what should sustaine him in this case? |
| A09990 | how againe it should be made to Abraham himselfe? |
| A09990 | how can you giue to him? |
| A09990 | how should it be knowne they were perfect? |
| A09990 | is it not happines, and comfort? |
| A09990 | is it not hence, that they apprehend not God to be All- sufficient? |
| A09990 | is it not man? |
| A09990 | is not he able to giue thee fourescore talents, sayth the Prophet to him? |
| A09990 | not to be borne of Abraham according to the flesh, but to be like Abraham; you are the children of the Deuill, Why? |
| A09990 | now he begins to consider these promises, and he begins first to thinke, What? |
| A09990 | or to what end is it vsefull for vs to know, that they are in the hands of the sonne, more then that they are in the hands of the Father? |
| A09990 | or what receiues he at thy hands? |
| A09990 | shall I give you water out of the rocke? |
| A09990 | shall he continue in filthinesse now, and walke after the lusts, of his former ignorance? |
| A09990 | shall the Apostles in their times be able to perswade them? |
| A09990 | shall we continue in sinne that grace may abound? |
| A09990 | should it not keepe our hearts perfect with God, if we were thus perswaded? |
| A09990 | that such a promise as this should be made to mee, that I should goe, and saue Israel? |
| A09990 | that they seeke them, and heape them vp aboue measure? |
| A09990 | thou that art a Minister, what dost thou doing the thing that belongs not to such a one to doe? |
| A09990 | to carnall feares? |
| A09990 | to carnall hopes, and the like? |
| A09990 | vpon what ground haue I done it? |
| A09990 | was he not led into a better Canaan, into Paradise, into a more glorious condition? |
| A09990 | was it not done by the preaching of Christ, and by offering to you the pardon and forgiuenesse of sins through him? |
| A09990 | was it not, because he thought there was not enough in him? |
| A09990 | was not his bones broken, as hee complaines, after the committing of the sinne of adultery? |
| A09990 | what doe these Commandements and precepts doe, when they are applyed to the heart of man? |
| A09990 | what is the goodnes of them? |
| A09990 | what is this to my comfort? |
| A09990 | when the Lord shall looke on that worke, shall he not say likewise, it is very good? |
| A09990 | whether in riches, or in matter of estate? |
| A09990 | whither wilt thou goe? |
| A09990 | who comes not more vnchearfully before God, because of it? |
| A09990 | who is able to doe it? |
| A09990 | who is able to dwell with euer lasting burnings? |
| A09990 | who is it that hath given thee any abilitie to thinke those good thoughts, to doe those good things? |
| A09990 | who knows when he will cease waiting, and shut vp the doore of grace to vs? |
| A09990 | who made the dumbe, and the deafe, and the hearing, and the seeing? |
| A09990 | who made those brothers and sisters, that thou art deprived of in exile, or vpon any such occasion, in povertie and disgrace? |
| A09990 | who made those fathers and mothers? |
| A09990 | why am I no more able to overcome my sinnes? |
| A09990 | why am I not in a higher condition? |
| A09990 | why are they not removed from me? |
| A09990 | why are you not content to consecrate your selues to him, to be to him alone? |
| A09990 | why doe I come short of the performance of such purposes and desires? |
| A09990 | why doe I fall backe so often to the same sinne? |
| A09990 | why doe I finde so many things in my life contrary to the Rules of Sanctification, and so contrary to this All- sufficient power of God? |
| A09990 | why doe I suffer these afflictions? |
| A09990 | why doe I want so many things which I haue need of, and desire to haue? |
| A09990 | why doe you feare the Creature? |
| A09990 | why doe you reioyce in the Creature immediately as you doe? |
| A09990 | why hath he given me but such a measure of gifts, but such a meane place, but such a quantitie of health, of wealth, of vnderstanding? |
| A09990 | why may not a man haue a sufficient habituall strength in himselfe, by which he may be able to out- wrestle lusts, and to ouercome temptations? |
| A09990 | why should we be subiect to carnall delights? |
| A09990 | will he pray? |
| A10010 | & c. are they not fruits and buds that proceed from a sappe within? |
| A10010 | 1 Whence come thy evill words? |
| A10010 | 19. to cry out, Lord, who can understand his faults? |
| A10010 | 2 If indeed we thinke that it is the Lord that doth good and evill; why are we so inobservant and negligent of him? |
| A10010 | 2 It is so in every duty; as in Prayer, when you call on God in private, doth God regard the words of a prayer? |
| A10010 | 2 Secondly, what kinde of wrath is this? |
| A10010 | 22. is better than life; he that is rich in friends, is better than he that is rich in money; and among friends, who is like to God? |
| A10010 | 3 Againe, doe we not need such a day? |
| A10010 | 3 Againe, if we thinke that God only doth good and evill, why have not wee our eyes on him altogether? |
| A10010 | 8.2, 3. you shall find there how God deales with his people, hee carries them thorow the wildernesse, and to what end? |
| A10010 | Againe, 2 did Zeale turne away the wrath of the Lord, then where are our zealous affections? |
| A10010 | Againe, 3 if it be Zeale that turnes away the wrath of the Lord, then where is our boldnesse, our courage, our forwardnesse for the Truth? |
| A10010 | Againe, are not they things which we should entertaine God with? |
| A10010 | Againe, consider, put case thou hast liberty, if sicknesse come and give thee warning, alas how farre art thou from being able to repent? |
| A10010 | Againe, doest thou take him for his kingdom and his wealth only? |
| A10010 | Againe, he should have no service from us; for how can we serve him when we are not healed? |
| A10010 | Againe, how perverse are judgements of men? |
| A10010 | Againe, if a man hates, he hates all the kinde: But why doest thou love one more than another? |
| A10010 | Againe, if it be not so, is it not a slight sorrow? |
| A10010 | Againe, if this were so, we must take away all Election and Reprobation; for what is Election? |
| A10010 | Againe, if thou hatest them, why wilt not thou labour to have them utterly destroyed? |
| A10010 | Againe, if you will say, what use is there of it? |
| A10010 | Againe, riches stand us in stead in the time of need; for, why doe men lay up treasures? |
| A10010 | Againe, the things we should delight in, are they not tedious to us? |
| A10010 | Againe, we are apt to thinke, that though we forsake the Lord, yet hee will not forsake us: else why are wee so bold in sinne? |
| A10010 | Againe, we see that the Angels and Adam in Paradise had grace as true as we, yet they fell from it? |
| A10010 | Againe, what meanes the breaches of the Sabbath? |
| A10010 | Againe, why doe you cease to follow the LORD, but that you set up some other god to follow? |
| A10010 | Alas, what would all this availe without a pardon? |
| A10010 | And after this manner doth Sanctification arise from Iustification? |
| A10010 | And againe, 3 wee thinke it a disparagement, what have wee lived thus long, thus many yeares together in this tract, and shall I now change it? |
| A10010 | And againe, it was once delivered to the Saints, for what? |
| A10010 | And am I your enemie, because I tell you the Truth? |
| A10010 | And are not the hearts of men, to whom we speake, as Tinder, ready to take fire at the least sparke, if you heed it not? |
| A10010 | And as Luther wrote to Melancthon, when he began to faint; Why, Melancthon, if this be the Cause of God, why should we be discouraged? |
| A10010 | And as Nathan taught David to reason, Hath the Lord made thee King over Israel, and done thus and thus for thee, and wilt thou serve him thus? |
| A10010 | And at whose hands must it be required? |
| A10010 | And besides, if you consider what men are, men are reasonable, and to what end is reason given you, but to looke on things past and future? |
| A10010 | And consider what his wrath is, The violence of a Lion is terrible, the wrath of a King is great, but who knowes the power of Gods wrath? |
| A10010 | And doe you thinke the Lord would send his Sonne to suffer death, and to suffer it in vaine? |
| A10010 | And for the Sabbath he bids us Remember to keepe holy the Sabbath day: How apt are we to neglect it, to disobey it? |
| A10010 | And in the hundred and nineteenth Psalme, and the ninth verse, Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? |
| A10010 | And is it then so small a matter to neglect words? |
| A10010 | And is not every thing strongest in the Cause? |
| A10010 | And is not hee the cause of death, which is the journeys end of both the former? |
| A10010 | And is not there the same reason of all other evils? |
| A10010 | And knowest that thou art a New Creature, why wilt thou be discouraged? |
| A10010 | And now, what would you have besides? |
| A10010 | And shall not that wrath take away our head, as Elisha said? |
| A10010 | And so I say to every one, be the sinne never so small, instance in what you will, is it not disobedience? |
| A10010 | And so we may say, Is there any good that he hath not done; where marke the generalitie, Is there any evill that he hath not done? |
| A10010 | And so, why is it said that Manna was Angels food? |
| A10010 | And the new man, is it not the contrary? |
| A10010 | And therefore shall not wee be willing to keepe it, when it was for our owne sakes that the Lord appointed it? |
| A10010 | And thirdly, to a fire, what a great matter will a little fire kindle? |
| A10010 | And what doe you thinke of this Truth? |
| A10010 | And what is Iobs meaning, when he said? |
| A10010 | And what is it that should invite you? |
| A10010 | And what is the answer the Lord lookes for? |
| A10010 | And what is the reason thou runnest not into the same Outrages that others doe? |
| A10010 | And what is the reason? |
| A10010 | And what stronger signe is there in regenerate men, to evidence their regeneration, than this Contention betweene the flesh and the spirit? |
| A10010 | And what then? |
| A10010 | And what were other kingdomes of the world but plenty of all things? |
| A10010 | And what will you have us to doe? |
| A10010 | And when Davids Mountaine was made strong, he sayes, therefore I shall not be moved; and have not wee the same thoughts in us? |
| A10010 | And when it is ingrafted? |
| A10010 | And why are they not so? |
| A10010 | And why doth David say, Thy Law is sweeter to mee than the honey, if there were not somewhat that his soule did feed on? |
| A10010 | And why hath he put this difference, but because he loved us? |
| A10010 | And will not God thinke so, when we bestow the Thoughts in vaine things, which should be occupied about him? |
| A10010 | And will you not regard this that will doe that indeed? |
| A10010 | And you have robbed me, and spoiled me, and you say, Wherein have we robbed thee? |
| A10010 | And you reckon it a wearinesse to serve the Lord, and you say, wherein are we weary? |
| A10010 | And, if you object, we doe not resist this Truth, we obey it in many things? |
| A10010 | Are not religion and zeale the two which hold all up? |
| A10010 | Are not these riches for the same purpose? |
| A10010 | Are not they the rescues that deliver the Citie? |
| A10010 | Are not wee ready to thinke, if I had such an advantage, such a friend, I should do well? |
| A10010 | Are the cures of the soule lesse than the cures of the body? |
| A10010 | Are the times in thine hand? |
| A10010 | Are they not as medicines, or plaisters to heale a Church, or a Nation or a particular person? |
| A10010 | Are they not minted there? |
| A10010 | Are they not the pillars that beare up the Church and Common- wealth? |
| A10010 | Are we able to doe it? |
| A10010 | Are we not content to buy great reversions with the losse of a little money for the present, for we say it will come in? |
| A10010 | Are we not content to endure an Apprentiship of seven or eight yeares, for our greater advantage? |
| A10010 | Are you not bound to that? |
| A10010 | Are you stronger than he? |
| A10010 | Art not thou cut out of the same peece, and made of the same masse, the same clay? |
| A10010 | Art not thou the cause of it? |
| A10010 | As how will you know when a thing is naturall? |
| A10010 | As if he had said, what hast thou done abroad in the world? |
| A10010 | As many as received him he made the sonnes of God: What is that a meere title? |
| A10010 | As when the day is done, the beast wanders abroad; and doe not we finde it so amongst us? |
| A10010 | Because it was luke- warme, and therefore the meanes to continue or procure his favour, is it not heate and zeale? |
| A10010 | Besides, if it were the meaning of Christ, This is my body, what is the reason the Disciples never asked any question about it? |
| A10010 | But againe, I am unfit, if I were fit and ready for this, I might receive fruit from the Sacrament, but I am unfit? |
| A10010 | But besides these, if we shew them Scripture too, what will they have then to say? |
| A10010 | But how doth hee prove that it is the power of God to salvation? |
| A10010 | But how doth it worke this effect in a mans heart? |
| A10010 | But how shall I know it, a little further? |
| A10010 | But how shall we know that God is angry with men? |
| A10010 | But how shall we know whether the frame of our Soules be thus altered or no? |
| A10010 | But how will this appeare? |
| A10010 | But how will this be proved? |
| A10010 | But is not the Spirit sent into our hearts before, when he workes faith? |
| A10010 | But is not this of great Consequence? |
| A10010 | But is this all we shall have by Christ? |
| A10010 | But is this all, that we are subject to death, when we are out of Christ? |
| A10010 | But is this all? |
| A10010 | But is this all? |
| A10010 | But is this all? |
| A10010 | But is this all? |
| A10010 | But is this all? |
| A10010 | But is this all? |
| A10010 | But is this all? |
| A10010 | But marke it, I say, if you keepe the Commandements of God, What meanes this bleating of the sheepe? |
| A10010 | But must all the old building bee pulled downe; Is there nothing to be left there? |
| A10010 | But now all the question is, how shall a man be able to doe this? |
| A10010 | But the naturall man will say, this is impossible; for then wee shall have no sinne? |
| A10010 | But we have no feeling of these things? |
| A10010 | But what is it then? |
| A10010 | But what is it to commit a knowne sin, because it may be I am not convinced sufficiently of that? |
| A10010 | But what is it to meet the Lord? |
| A10010 | But what is this zeale? |
| A10010 | But what kind of misery is it? |
| A10010 | But when a man is in Christ, he is delivered out of the hands of all his enemies; hee need feare nothing; for what should hurt him? |
| A10010 | But when hee shall not tell how to scape the wrath of GOD, if hee sinne against man, man shall judge him; but who shall, when hee sinnes against GOD? |
| A10010 | But wherein consists the new man? |
| A10010 | But you will aske, how is the wrath of God revealed from heaven? |
| A10010 | But you will object; every man thinks there is a God? |
| A10010 | But you will say to me, If this wrath of God be so terrible, and it be sinne that brings this wrath, what shall we doe? |
| A10010 | But you will say to me, Is this so? |
| A10010 | But you will say( and that is a thing that keepes men off) I have done it already, and what need you to presse this? |
| A10010 | But you will say, Is this the case of every man, who then shall bee saved? |
| A10010 | But you will say, What would you have us to doe for it? |
| A10010 | But you will say, this is a small mercy, you shall have your sinnes forgiven, will this move men to come in? |
| A10010 | But you will say, to what end then are the creatures? |
| A10010 | But you will say, what are these riches worth, to bee rich in grace, and to bee rich in good workes? |
| A10010 | But you will say, what are those? |
| A10010 | But you will say, what great newes is there in this? |
| A10010 | But, 3 you will say I feele nothing? |
| A10010 | But, alas, wherefore doe I goe about to enlarge my expressions of this Wrath? |
| A10010 | But, every man will be apt to say,( and indeed they that are most guilty) but I hope we doe practise it, and not detaine it? |
| A10010 | But, if any object; This is the way to discourage men, to make them desperate, to make them fly from Religion by telling them sin is so terrible? |
| A10010 | But, it may be objected, May not a man observe this Truth too much, may he not be too scrupulous, too carefull in regarding it? |
| A10010 | But, it may be objected, when they do things in secret, doe they not doe them to the Lord? |
| A10010 | But, they were wise men, Grecians, Athenians, men excelling in wisdome all other, how did they detaine it, one would thinke they did enlarge it? |
| A10010 | But, you will object, Why should there be those different kinds of working? |
| A10010 | But, you will say these things that you speak are wonderfull things, how shall we have this wrought in us? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, 1 of what use is this to us, that God doth it? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, How shall I doe that, then I shall be free from all sinne? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, How shall I know when my Nature is altered? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, I doe many things in secret out of Conscience, and I hope it is not so much corrupted? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, I feele no burthen of it? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, I should be willing to doe this, but how shall I be able to doe it? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, If we knew they were New Creatures, we would not doe so? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, What shall I doe to have this old Nature made new? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, that is not so, Adam was in Paradice, he had outward contentments in abundance, but to be made a New Creature is not so? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, they doe bring forth fruit, doe they not do many actions in good moods? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, this is a discouraging doctrine, if God must doe all, what shall we doe? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, this is a notion, how shall we see it by experience? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, this was an heard judgement, did not David faile many times as well as he? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, we have knowledge, and, if that would doe it, then they that know most are best men? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, what benefit have I by that? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, what needs that, when we have once done, is it not enough? |
| A10010 | But, you will say, you talke of Impossibilities, which no man is able to performe? |
| A10010 | Can a sicke man doe any service? |
| A10010 | Can any but he cause all things worke together for thy good? |
| A10010 | Can words, can all morall wit make a New Creature? |
| A10010 | Come to Sorrow, how ready are we to exceed in worldly sorrow? |
| A10010 | Come to particulars, doe you not know, it is his Command you should not sweare, not only greater, but lesser oaths? |
| A10010 | Consider that blindnesse in the understanding, that unaptnesse, how quicke and ready men are to bring their owne ends to passe? |
| A10010 | Consider that which Christ saith, Heaven and earth shall passe, but the least jot of this Law shall not passe: What is the meaning of that? |
| A10010 | Consider what you doe? |
| A10010 | Couldest thou not wish that there were no such strict law, as Gods Law is? |
| A10010 | Couldest thou not wish that there were not any Iudge to call thee to account? |
| A10010 | Custome makes the worst things, even grievous things pleasant, how much more, when one fals on that which is good indeed? |
| A10010 | Did they not practice many morall vertues? |
| A10010 | Didst not thou get it first by going to Christ, and shall not thou still regaine and repaire thy strength by that meanes? |
| A10010 | Didst thou beleeve this Scripture and lay it to heart? |
| A10010 | Do we make it straiter than the Holy Ghost doth? |
| A10010 | Do you not so out of love? |
| A10010 | Doe not men willingly serve a Master, or a Mistresse, a long time, for hopes hereafter? |
| A10010 | Doe not say, This Rule is strict, who can heare it? |
| A10010 | Doe not thinke that this is but a notion, doe not say, who is it but doth sinne? |
| A10010 | Doe not we feare men? |
| A10010 | Doe not we feare the Creature, and this and that particular evill? |
| A10010 | Doe not we finde by experience, that riches, and friends, and credit, and wisdome and the like doe comfort us? |
| A10010 | Doe not you hate holinesse in others? |
| A10010 | Doe we not feed them with the things they desire? |
| A10010 | Doe we not lodge them? |
| A10010 | Doe you not offer to God of the worst? |
| A10010 | Doe you not think that Sabbaths are to be kept, and to be kept holy? |
| A10010 | Doe you regard Pearles above Flowers, because they will not wither? |
| A10010 | Doe you thinke that he hath lesse compassion now he is in Heaven, than hee had when he was on Earth? |
| A10010 | Doe you thinke that now he is in heaven, he hath laid aside his mercifull disposition? |
| A10010 | Doest thou thinke it a good excuse to say, I have done it thus long, and therefore will doe it still? |
| A10010 | Doest thou thinke to have thy disease healed before? |
| A10010 | Doth hee not send it for an answer? |
| A10010 | Doth not Christ baptize us with fire and with the Holy Ghost? |
| A10010 | Doth not he make the Heaven as Brasse, and the Earth as Iron? |
| A10010 | Doth not he when he will, open the windowes of Heaven, and unstop the bottels of the clouds, and powre outraine unseasonably? |
| A10010 | Doth not the wrath of God follow? |
| A10010 | Doth one Grace crosse another? |
| A10010 | Else why should Peter say, It had beene better they had never knowne the way of righteousnesse? |
| A10010 | Even to the same exactnesse, though I want ability to performe it? |
| A10010 | Famine is a leane devouring evill, which causes the Land to eate up the inhabitants thereof; but is not the Lord the onely cause of it? |
| A10010 | For if it had beene not of love to God, wouldest thou not have turned sooner? |
| A10010 | For it may be objected, There be many excellent things in men, as your morall Philosophers, had they not much light in their understandings? |
| A10010 | For put case there be a necessity, hast not thou caused it thy selfe? |
| A10010 | For these good purposes, what are they but as blossomes nipt with untimely frosts? |
| A10010 | For to what end serve riches? |
| A10010 | For what doe we do when we preach the Word? |
| A10010 | For what is Sanctification, but a drawing neere to the Lord? |
| A10010 | For what is it that food doth? |
| A10010 | For what is that that keepes a man from comming to Christ, but his discouragements? |
| A10010 | For what is the Plague but a sword in the hand of an Angell, who drawes it out, and puts it into its sheath againe, at his Masters appointment? |
| A10010 | For what is the Sacrament? |
| A10010 | For what is the reason that any man steps out from God? |
| A10010 | For what ● ● it to leane to him? |
| A10010 | For where doth Popery abound so much, as in the darke places of the Kingdome? |
| A10010 | For why is this heape of chaffe preserv''d from burning? |
| A10010 | From what? |
| A10010 | God awakens sinners, but what kinde of awakening is it? |
| A10010 | Grace preferred before all other Excellencies: 2, 38 Grace the proper Excellencie of a man: 2, 40 Knowledge of Christs Excellencie unites us to him? |
| A10010 | Had not Paul a new light? |
| A10010 | Hast not thou the same nature that other men have? |
| A10010 | Hast thou broken my Commandement? |
| A10010 | Hast thou given over thy drinking, thy gaming, thy sinne of uncleannesse, thy breaking of the Sabbath? |
| A10010 | Hath not Christ taken thy nature as well as theirs? |
| A10010 | Hee that obeyes not the Sonne, the wrath of God abides on him: And what is that wrath of God? |
| A10010 | Hee that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death: Why, is it so great a matter? |
| A10010 | Here now no man can complaine, saying, Why is there such an Impediment? |
| A10010 | His love: And why his love? |
| A10010 | How abundant was it in David? |
| A10010 | How corrupt is this sensuall Appetite? |
| A10010 | How did Paul doe to give this Truth liberty to rule in his life? |
| A10010 | How do we know that? |
| A10010 | How full of questions were the Schoole- men? |
| A10010 | How it worketh this in a man? |
| A10010 | How prone to evill? |
| A10010 | How ready to run out? |
| A10010 | How shall it be healed? |
| A10010 | How was that done? |
| A10010 | How wise are they for other things? |
| A10010 | I but, you will say, Christ is mercifull, he is very ready to forgive, I hope I am not out of him, but he is ready to receive me? |
| A10010 | I gave her space to repent, and shee did not; What then? |
| A10010 | I have committed sinne, and yet have no experience of his wrath following so close upon it? |
| A10010 | I have other meat that you know not of: and what is Davids meaning when he saith? |
| A10010 | I will give thee one note of it: Is it such an humiliation as hath brought thee to Christ? |
| A10010 | I will make a covenant with my people, and what is that? |
| A10010 | I will make a new Covenant, saith God: And what is that? |
| A10010 | If God only doth good and evill, why then doe you hasten after outward things and weary your selves in vaine for that which will not profit? |
| A10010 | If God would humble me, and set it on, and convince me by his Spirit, it might be done, but how shal I doe it my selfe? |
| A10010 | If I have Christ for my husband, shall he be my husband in vaine? |
| A10010 | If I have so many sins, how can I be saved? |
| A10010 | If Zeale turne away the wrath of God, then where is our zeale for the Church of God? |
| A10010 | If a man be in strength and in health, what if you put him into a Cottage, what if he be put into prison? |
| A10010 | If any delightfull object be propounded, how ready is it to embrace it? |
| A10010 | If he be united, if he be married to him, how can he be more? |
| A10010 | If he finde there is none, he begins then to think, yea, but is there any comfort to mingle with it? |
| A10010 | If he shall be cut off that came not to the Passeover; shall not he be cut off that comes not to the Sacrament? |
| A10010 | If it be not the Cause of God, why doe not wee desist altogether? |
| A10010 | If riches encrease, set not your heart on them, and why? |
| A10010 | If the Branches be so bitter, what is the Root? |
| A10010 | If the Corne be once out, will not the Lord( as men use to doe after winnowing) set the chaffe on fire? |
| A10010 | If the Dough be sowre, how sowre was the Leaven? |
| A10010 | If the wrath of a King be a messenger of Death, what think you of the wrath of God? |
| A10010 | If there be a command to this or that duty, am not I bound to endeavour to keepe it? |
| A10010 | If this were beleeved, how would it change our joyes into teares? |
| A10010 | If thou dost now take resolution to amend, hast not thou cause to suspect that it proceeds from selfe- love? |
| A10010 | If we thinke God to be the Author of good and evill, why are these things so? |
| A10010 | If wee thinke the Lord onely doth good and evill, why then will not we obey him and serve him, and please him in all things? |
| A10010 | In a word, Why doe we turne the maine into the by, and the by into the maine? |
| A10010 | In all our calamities and dangers, why doe not wee seeke to him, as to one that onely can helpe us, and heale us? |
| A10010 | In the Iubile, every man would not goe out of servitude, some would continue servants still; and why? |
| A10010 | In this sense, Manna is said to bee the food of Angels: why could Manna bee the food of Angels? |
| A10010 | In your youth you shall serve me, and yet how apt is youth to forget God? |
| A10010 | Indeed, if they were of great moment, he lost by it, but, as Iames saith, They are but as flowers of the grasse worth little? |
| A10010 | Is he such a Father that his children should bee ashamed of him? |
| A10010 | Is it a small matter to neglect the Rudder of the Ship? |
| A10010 | Is it a sorrow effectuall to worke any change in thee, to prevent sin for the time to come? |
| A10010 | Is it not a false sorrow? |
| A10010 | Is it not because there is some Corne some Wheate mixed therewith? |
| A10010 | Is it not our wisdome then to provide for another life? |
| A10010 | Is it not repugnant to what the Lord hath commanded? |
| A10010 | Is it not your part to take care and labour as farre as you may, that every Candlestick may have a Candle set in it to give light? |
| A10010 | Is it thus with thee? |
| A10010 | Is it to bow it downe as a Bulrush? |
| A10010 | Is not sinne the first linke of the chaine? |
| A10010 | Is not the Spirit the wind? |
| A10010 | Is there not some exempted place in thy heart and life that is yet old, as old as it was? |
| A10010 | Is there not the same meanes of renuing of it from day to day, Is not the same meanes of renuing it, as there is of receiving of it at the first? |
| A10010 | Is this Religion? |
| A10010 | Is this a Fast, to hang downe your head for a day? |
| A10010 | Is this a good reason to move men to good workes? |
| A10010 | Is this all? |
| A10010 | Is this all? |
| A10010 | Is this the Power of Godlinesse; is this to be Baptized with the Holy Ghost, which is as Fire? |
| A10010 | Is thy heart changed and sanctified by being in him? |
| A10010 | It is Peters speech to Ananias and Saphira, Why hath Satan filled thy heart? |
| A10010 | It is as if the Lord said, what doe you meane? |
| A10010 | It is said that Aaron, when he caused the people to commit that sinne, or was an instrument rather, it is said that he left the people naked, why? |
| A10010 | It is said, the Lilies are much better cloathed than he: And why? |
| A10010 | It is the case of every man out of Christ; What are we out of him? |
| A10010 | It is true, Adam ran in debt, but doe not we pay many debts of our Grand- fathers and Fathers, which wee never drunke for? |
| A10010 | It is true, and we can not deny but knowledge abounds amongst us, as the waters in the Sea: But where is the Salt? |
| A10010 | It is true, but doth this crosse your zeale? |
| A10010 | It is true, they were wise in their owne conceit; but thinking themselves wise, they became fooles, how doth that appeare? |
| A10010 | It is very true, but doe you thinke, when they would have killed Iesus and Lazarus, they knew them to be so? |
| A10010 | It is very true, he is mercifull, but to whom? |
| A10010 | Labour to see this beauty in Christ, to see what he hath done for you; Was he not crucified for you? |
| A10010 | Let me aske you, Doe you obey it in those things that crosse that particular unrighteousnesse wherein you are delighted? |
| A10010 | Let us consider a little; What was it, thinke you, that made Adam happy in Paradise? |
| A10010 | Men will say, you promise for eternity indeed, but what doe ye for the present? |
| A10010 | Might not I have performed this duty, if I would have gone about it? |
| A10010 | Must not the Holy Ghost change thine heart? |
| A10010 | No, it is God; then why doe we make a question? |
| A10010 | Now consider what Disobedience is; Remember that speech, Hast thou eaten of the Tree concerning which I commanded, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it? |
| A10010 | Now do but think with your selves; doe you thinke he lesse pities the diseases of the Soule, than he did the diseases of the Body? |
| A10010 | Now doe we thus trust him? |
| A10010 | Now doe you hate all sinne, all kindes of sinne, one as well as another? |
| A10010 | Now how is the Law a Schoole- master? |
| A10010 | Now is it so with you? |
| A10010 | Now the vse of this is double: First, is this so necessary? |
| A10010 | Now what is so excellent as this? |
| A10010 | Now what is that Covenant? |
| A10010 | Now what is that, you are Christs Epistle not written with Inke, but by the Spirit of God? |
| A10010 | Now when wee come to doe this, doe you thinke that any man in the world is able to worke it in the hearts of men? |
| A10010 | Now, if thou mayest take it, and fall from it againe, thou art as Adam was; how miserable then is thy condition? |
| A10010 | Now, what is it to take it violently? |
| A10010 | Now, what is liberty? |
| A10010 | Now, who can give that but God, who hath the command of all things? |
| A10010 | Now, why should it seeme unreasonable that I should be liable to Adams account? |
| A10010 | On the other side; suppose he had health, put him into a Cottage, if he have strength, would hee not beare it well enough? |
| A10010 | Or secondly, is it needfull for this, the shewing forth the Lords death till he come? |
| A10010 | Our tongues are our owne, we will use them, Who is Lord over us? |
| A10010 | Out of the heart comes Adulteries, Fornications,& c. And if out of the heart, is it not thence as from the cause, the Principle? |
| A10010 | Paul tels the Romans that his intent was To come to them: But what should he doe there? |
| A10010 | Saith the Lord, If one of you have put away his wife, will he returne to her againe? |
| A10010 | Secondly, hast not thou brought on thy selfe that strong Inclination, that strange power of sinne? |
| A10010 | Secondly, if it be Zeale that turnes away the LORDS wrath, then where is the Zeale that should be among us? |
| A10010 | Secondly,( to go no further than this place) The wrath of God is revealed from heaven, but against whom? |
| A10010 | Shall I have him, and not make use of him? |
| A10010 | Shall we have Meate and Drinke, Houses and Vines? |
| A10010 | Since this might be done without a miracle, all that we have by Christ, all that is represented in the Sacrament, what necessity is there? |
| A10010 | So Iohn the Baptist, that came to prepare the way of the Lord, to make way for Christ: How did he make way? |
| A10010 | So the want of Delight in God, who thinkes of it? |
| A10010 | So when we preach the Gospell, there be everlasting doores; can we open the Iron- gates? |
| A10010 | So you know you must renew your repentance; are not these Truthes knowne? |
| A10010 | So, canst thou deny thy selfe? |
| A10010 | So, we see, when the Apostle Paul came to do this businesse with Felix, to have brought him to Christ, if he could, what course takes he? |
| A10010 | Spirituall things must be discerned by spirituall light, A naturall man can not conceive of them; Why? |
| A10010 | Suppose a man ride on an unruly horse, Is it a small thing not to keepe the hand on the bridle, to neglect it? |
| A10010 | Take Paul, he was persecuted and afflicted, had not he an hundred fold? |
| A10010 | Take two men, the one rich in these kinde of riches, another that is rich to the world; when these two die, which of the two riches would you chuse? |
| A10010 | That every man is ready to say, Who is able to practice according to his knowledge? |
| A10010 | That is all in all, indeed it is the sword of the Spirit, but what is it without the Almighty hand of God? |
| A10010 | That is, hast thou beene disobedient? |
| A10010 | That is, where is that Zeale, and holinesse that should season all our knowledge? |
| A10010 | That thou hast a new heart, and yet ploddest in the same old tract that thou didst? |
| A10010 | That thou hast a new heart, and yet usest thy old speeches still? |
| A10010 | The Church of Ephesus fell from her first love, what then? |
| A10010 | The Cup of blessing, that we blesse, is it not the Communion of the bloud of Christ? |
| A10010 | The Cup of blessing, that we blesse, is it not the Communion of the bloud of Christ? |
| A10010 | The Iewes that killed the Prophets, doe you thinke, they thought them to be Prophets when they slew them? |
| A10010 | The Sabbath should be kept with delight, but how burthensome is it to give God his whole time, to keepe it holy, and not to rob him of any part of it? |
| A10010 | The bread that we breake, is it not the Communion of the body of Christ? |
| A10010 | The heart, saith Ieremie is deceitfull aboue all things, who can know it? |
| A10010 | The question, you will aske me, will be, what is that new quality? |
| A10010 | The scope of the place is to shew the power of preaching the Word purely; what is the chaffe to the Wheat? |
| A10010 | The weapons of our warfare are mighty ▪ but how? |
| A10010 | Then see the Condition required on our part; What is that? |
| A10010 | Ther ● fore make this use of the actuall sinnes which you commit, they should be as Rivers to lead you to the Sea of corruption within you? |
| A10010 | Therefore Christ takes up Nichodemus, when he tells him that men must be made New Creatures; he wondering at it, saith, what dost thou meane by that? |
| A10010 | Therefore comfort your selves, my Brethren, with these words, Doe you regard an Inheritance above a Lease, because an Inheritance is a constant thing? |
| A10010 | Therefore in the same Chapter, see how carefully that is put in; Is this an acceptable day to the Lord? |
| A10010 | Therefore make use of this, when any thing is objected that is terrible and grievous, answer it with this, I am in Christ? |
| A10010 | Therefore the Apostle comming to answer that question, If grace abound, why doth not sinne abound? |
| A10010 | Therefore you may see what an Emphasis God puts on that, Hast thou eaten of the tree, of which I bade thou shouldest not eat? |
| A10010 | Therefore, have you prayed, and yet finde not your selves New Creatures? |
| A10010 | Therefore, when you see this to be your case: What makes you secure? |
| A10010 | These acts of disobedience on his owne Day? |
| A10010 | They are deceived in this, for the sinne is so much the greater; if the Sparke be so much, what is the fornace within? |
| A10010 | They are much worth every manner of way: for first, why doe you prize riches, but because they can procure any thing that you need? |
| A10010 | They breed an emnity in men, instance that place of Ahab, Hast thou found mee, Oh mine enemie? |
| A10010 | They have another Nature, what followes on that? |
| A10010 | Thirdly, are they inseparable? |
| A10010 | Thirdly, will you know the meanes how it is revealed? |
| A10010 | This is a turning of the course of Nature, is not your Nature carried as violently to sinne, as the Sunne in his course? |
| A10010 | This is the great miracle that Iohn will have them attend unto; and is not this daily done? |
| A10010 | This you ought to doe; but on the other side, how many hundreds and thousands are there that doe as they did, when they saw the miracles, they envied? |
| A10010 | Thou foole, if thy sins be forgiven thee, shall not all misery be taken away? |
| A10010 | Thou remainest in thy wickednesse; And why is that? |
| A10010 | Thou which judgest another, doest not thou condemne thy selfe? |
| A10010 | Thus Amos concludes it in his third Chapter, Is there any evill in the City that he hath not done? |
| A10010 | To save the shooe, and lose the foot, to save the cloaths, and to have the body destroyed? |
| A10010 | To what use serveth this doctrine? |
| A10010 | Tribulation and anguish on every soule that doth evill, to whom? |
| A10010 | Warre you know is a terrible thing, when Enemies come as Bees on a Land; but doth not the Lord hisse for them? |
| A10010 | Was it the being in a Garden full of pleasant things? |
| A10010 | Was that then which was good, made death unto me? |
| A10010 | Was there ever any man resolved with himselfe, I will live a godly life, if I can? |
| A10010 | We see in all other things, if there be an end propounded and sufficient motives, it is enough: and why should God give different objects? |
| A10010 | Well, though we can not doe it fully, yet we will endevour to doe it a little: You will say, What shall we have by Christ? |
| A10010 | What an alteration would it make in our lives? |
| A10010 | What are Organs without breath? |
| A10010 | What are those lusts? |
| A10010 | What are we, my Brethren? |
| A10010 | What doe we, when we dresse up a Sermon never so well? |
| A10010 | What dost thou here Elijah? |
| A10010 | What else is the end of all his judgements? |
| A10010 | What else is the meaning of it, Whosoever is in Christ is a New Creature? |
| A10010 | What gainers might wee be in grace and holinesse, if wee would sanctifie every Sabbath as we should? |
| A10010 | What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power knowne, endure with much long- suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction? |
| A10010 | What is it in this life you would have, if there were immortality? |
| A10010 | What is it then? |
| A10010 | What is that poverty? |
| A10010 | What is that to come with authority? |
| A10010 | What is that? |
| A10010 | What is that? |
| A10010 | What is the meaning of that? |
| A10010 | What is the reason he should rejoyce that this was made manifest, seeing to some it did no good? |
| A10010 | What is the union betweene Christ and us? |
| A10010 | What is this? |
| A10010 | What is thy end of going to him, but to have thy dis ● ● se healed? |
| A10010 | What meane those Oathes amongst us, for which the Land mournes? |
| A10010 | What meanes Fornication and Whoredome which is so frequent? |
| A10010 | What need or necessity is there that they should be so interpreted? |
| A10010 | What needs such a monstrous fetch as this, to helpe the words to a meaning? |
| A10010 | What reason hath a man to be glad of it? |
| A10010 | What shall we have then, you will say? |
| A10010 | What shall we say when thou hast given us commission? |
| A10010 | What shall we then doe? |
| A10010 | What then is this preaching in evidence of the Spirit? |
| A10010 | What then will God doe in this case? |
| A10010 | What then? |
| A10010 | What then? |
| A10010 | What then? |
| A10010 | What then? |
| A10010 | What use are we to make of this? |
| A10010 | What use is there of it? |
| A10010 | What was Salomons Kingdome? |
| A10010 | What was hid from them? |
| A10010 | What were those great things? |
| A10010 | What wilt thou doe then? |
| A10010 | What wilt thou doe? |
| A10010 | When I have done this, what shal I then do? |
| A10010 | When a man sees the Sun, what is a Candle or torch to him? |
| A10010 | When sicknesse comes, what will other things doe us good? |
| A10010 | When sparkes fly out of the Chimney top, shall we not say, there is fire in the house? |
| A10010 | When we come to the Sacrament, there is a reconciliation, an atonement to be made in a speciall manner; What must you do then? |
| A10010 | When you finde pleasure, and continue in strife and debate? |
| A10010 | Where is the Fire that should adde practice to our knowledge, and make it an acceptable sacrifice to GOD? |
| A10010 | Who amongst the Saints? |
| A10010 | Who knowes the power of thine anger? |
| A10010 | Whose damnation sleepeth not; What is the meaning of that? |
| A10010 | Why are not wee more zealous against sinne? |
| A10010 | Why are we not zealous for the Lord, and zealous against sinne? |
| A10010 | Why are we so fearefull and shie of doing the thing that otherwise we thinke meet to bee done? |
| A10010 | Why doe not we take its case to heart? |
| A10010 | Why doe you labour without being satisfied? |
| A10010 | Why doe you suffer your soules to goe ragged as it were, to be so unequally, so unreverently clad? |
| A10010 | Why doest not thou get grace of all sorts to adorne and beautifie thy selfe withall? |
| A10010 | Why doest thou go starved, hungry and thirsty, drooping all the day? |
| A10010 | Why doth he adde that? |
| A10010 | Why is there so little growth in religion, so much barrennesse in good workes, the price whereof is more than gold and silver? |
| A10010 | Why may not I come in? |
| A10010 | Why mourne we not for the abominations that are amongst us? |
| A10010 | Why should you not come in? |
| A10010 | Why then should not you be perfect with him? |
| A10010 | Why then will you not beleeve it? |
| A10010 | Why will not you urge the Lord with this, and by prayer desire the accomplishment of it? |
| A10010 | Why will you not minde this then? |
| A10010 | Why wilt thou cherish them a little? |
| A10010 | Why? |
| A10010 | Why? |
| A10010 | Why? |
| A10010 | Why? |
| A10010 | Will I accept such a Fast as this? |
| A10010 | Will any man deny to follow that which is good? |
| A10010 | Will there not come a day of need, will there not come a time of spending, when there will be no leasure to gather at the day of death? |
| A10010 | Will this make a New Creature? |
| A10010 | Will you make God all Iustice? |
| A10010 | Will you not from this time crie unto me, Thou art my Father, and the guide of my youth? |
| A10010 | Will you provoke God to jealousie? |
| A10010 | Wilt thou say that thou hast a new heart, and yet keepest thy old company still? |
| A10010 | Woe be to you that laugh; If there were not something in this inordinate mirth and jollity that keepes downe the Truth, why should that be added? |
| A10010 | Wouldest thou not have that removed which restraines thee? |
| A10010 | Yea, but you will say, Is there such a condition in the world? |
| A10010 | Yet doe not wicked men with them, as those that to lop the Tree are still hacking at the boughes? |
| A10010 | You are wo nt to say, Take heed to the fire, for you know not what a sparke may doe, and is it a small matter to neglect your tongues? |
| A10010 | You have despised me, and you say, Wherein have we despised thee? |
| A10010 | You know Manna was a materiall thing, such as a spirituall substance can not feed on, but because by that Manna Christ was represented? |
| A10010 | You see when he appeared to Elias, what majestie he came in? |
| A10010 | You that are to receive the Sacrament, what doe we therein, but offer Christ to you? |
| A10010 | You thinke it a sinne not to heare the Word, and is it not so, not to receive the Sacrament? |
| A10010 | You will aske, how I shall know the difference? |
| A10010 | You will say then, What is a Fast? |
| A10010 | You will say what is that? |
| A10010 | You will say you doe not hate God; but let me aske you this question, Wouldest thou not live at liberty? |
| A10010 | You will say, How doe they differ? |
| A10010 | You will say, How shall that be done? |
| A10010 | You will say, I hope we are perfect with God: But if we be, why are our actions so dissonant? |
| A10010 | You will say, If a man be in Christ, how can he be more? |
| A10010 | You will say, What would you have us to doe more? |
| A10010 | You will say, how can God be your portion? |
| A10010 | You will say, in what consists this taking? |
| A10010 | You will say, we doe depend on God, wee trust in God, and none but him? |
| A10010 | You will say, we finde not this, for who hath the world at will? |
| A10010 | You will say, what are those evils in particulars that we must needs fall into, if we come not in to Christ, and what good shall wee get by him? |
| A10010 | You will say, what is this mark of the Lord? |
| A10010 | You will say, what things should we punish? |
| A10010 | You will say, wherein is this Kingdome; wherein doth this kingdome consist? |
| A10010 | You will say, who doth question it? |
| A10010 | and yet will you commit these sins? |
| A10010 | are they not grievous? |
| A10010 | art not thou more sorry for the effect of sin, than for the evill of sin, for the burning of the coale, than for the blacknesse of the coale? |
| A10010 | consider there, what is the reason why the Lord will spue out the Church of Laodicea, and cast it away? |
| A10010 | doe you not despise God in the prayers that you make, doe not you performe them in a sleight and perfunctory manner? |
| A10010 | doth it not concerne him in private, as well as the Minister in publike? |
| A10010 | doth it not excell it? |
| A10010 | having such a full wardrobe there, why dost not thou goe and sute thy selfe from top to toe? |
| A10010 | how was he affected? |
| A10010 | how would a man be affected in such a case? |
| A10010 | is it not a precious thing? |
| A10010 | is it not the filth, and the foulenesse of the soule? |
| A10010 | is it not the slavery and bondage of the soule? |
| A10010 | is not the hedge broken downe? |
| A10010 | it is but the rigging of the sailes, and what will all this doe without wind? |
| A10010 | it teacheth every man to sit still? |
| A10010 | making Lions Lambes, making you New Creatures? |
| A10010 | may he not have many blossomes? |
| A10010 | may not an hypocrite goe farre? |
| A10010 | much rectitude in their lives? |
| A10010 | not proportionable to thy sin: Is it a sorrow that continues on thy heart? |
| A10010 | or such a Master as we should be ashamed to weare his Livery? |
| A10010 | or what great benefit hath a man by this freedome? |
| A10010 | saith the Prophet there, I rose early, and sent my messengers, but how did you carry your selfe towards them? |
| A10010 | saith the Psalmist there, If thou Lord shouldest marke all that is done amisse, who could stand? |
| A10010 | saith the Psalmist there, Who knowes the power of his wrath? |
| A10010 | see how the Lord reasons, Let not the strong man rejoyce in his strength, nor the wiseman in his wisdome, and why? |
| A10010 | shall not this affright thee somewhat? |
| A10010 | specially where there be thatched- houses and combustible matter neare? |
| A10010 | that are shut up from you, which you have no experience of, but only that I tell you, and therefore you ought to beleeve me? |
| A10010 | the Apostle speaking there of one particular sin, that is, of eating meat offered to Idols, saith, Will you continue to doe it? |
| A10010 | there is no musike made: And what is all our preaching, when the Spirit is absent? |
| A10010 | there is nothing left to shelter us; what are we without him? |
| A10010 | they are told, they shall give in the same number of Brickes that they did before, and yet shall have no straw; Now how should they do this? |
| A10010 | to breake over the Pale, to goe aside the rule? |
| A10010 | to gaze upon it, only to know it? |
| A10010 | to humble them; And how doth he humble them? |
| A10010 | to the light that is in him? |
| A10010 | was there ever any particular sinne, of which thou couldst say, this sinne I could not abstaine from? |
| A10010 | we preach Christ in the Sacrament, he is therein indeed offered more sensibly: Now what have you to doe with Christ, if you are not humble? |
| A10010 | what is the Pen to him that writes the Epistle? |
| A10010 | what shall we doe with our naturall dispositions? |
| A10010 | when he would know, Art thou he, or looke we for another? |
| A10010 | when some had made this objection, If grace abound, why doe we not sinne the more, that grace may more abound? |
| A10010 | when the Lord had that converse with the woman of Samaria, what saith he to cause her to come in? |
| A10010 | who is it that findes himselfe such a New Creature? |
| A10010 | why are we so unequall and uneven in our wayes? |
| A10010 | why do we reckon it a wearinesse to serve him? |
| A10010 | why doe wee not feare him, and nothing els, trust in him and in nothing besides, depend on him, and upon no other? |
| A10010 | why doe wee serve God so by halfes, and by fits? |
| A10010 | why dost thou defer to turne to God? |
| A10010 | why doth not a man sinne more? |
| A10010 | why have not we the bowels of compassion to lament over its condition, as if it were our own? |
| A10010 | why should we goe coldly about it? |
| A10010 | why then art thou bold on? |
| A10010 | why will you start from him at any time, or upon any occasion? |
| A10010 | will it not quickely runne to the Sands? |
| A10010 | will there be any Epistle written? |
| A10010 | you must know that sicknesse is cured, and health is come in the roome; then what matter is it, if you are bound to these duties? |