THE TRUE CATHOLIC Collected out of the Oracles, and Psalteries of the holy Ghost.  
for 

Instruction, and  
Devotion.    1 TIM. 2.4. 
God will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.  JOH. 14.17. 
The world cannot receive the spirit of truth, because it seethe him not, neither knoweth him.  1 COR. 2.10. 
The spirit searcheth all things; yea the deep things of God.  EPHES. 5.9. 
For the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.  
LONDON, Printed for E. BLACKMORE. 1628.   

THE PREFACE OF DOCTOR FRA. RIBERA 〈◊〉, 
In Comment. in Amos: Prophet:  touching the Excellency, Dignity & profit of finding the holy Scriptures.  
THAT there is no study either more Excellent, more profitable: or more worthy of Man, than the study of the holy Scriptures; he shall best know and judge that applieth himself wholly thereunto; and shall perceive that man to be worthily called blessed, Which meditateth in the law of God day and night. 
Psal. 1, 2.  I do verily confess that all the sacred books, especially those of the Prophets, are wrapped and encumbered with many difficulties; by which (as it were by certain strict keepers of a most stately Temple) The holy Ghost hath straight prohibited the access and mysteries unto profane and proud men; and that it is rightly spoken of them which Socrates is reported to have said when he happened upon Heraclitus books of nature: That those things which he understood seemed excellent unto him; and that he thought so also of them which he understood not; but that it was needful to have an Interpreter to them. No where can you see more evidently, no where can it more appear which is spoken in the old Greek proverb; Those things which are excellent are difficult: Or, that saying which passeth far & near from Hesiodus concerning virtue, That it is situate in a steep and high place, and that it hath a passage in the beginning, hard, and full of pain and labour. But doubtless although the labour be great, and continual, it doth sufficiently recompense with profit, the pain with ease; the earnest endeavour of the mind with rest. For although they seem to have much hardness; yet without doubt they have fare more of true and perfect delight. For how great a matter is it to be led by a King into a wine-Cellar? 
Cant. 2.4.  For Charity to be rightly ordered? How great a matter is it to suck those breasts better than wine, savouring sweetly with the best ointments? 
Cant. 1.2.  To hold wisdom (as the Apostle speaketh) among those that be perfect? 
1. Cor. 2.6.  Yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the Princes of this world which come to nought; but the wisdom of God in a mystery, which none of the Princes of this world knew? 
7.  
8.  To be present at the distribution of heavenly treasures? To behold the glory of God with open face? Certainly the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the future glory, which (when we well understand the sacred books) shall be revealed in us. But the men of our time are quick and ready to other studies, unto these for the most part they are slow and do imagine that these are to be left to idle men, and such as tarry at home, or else unto Preachers. Whereby it happens that such as are unfit for sermons, though they have leisure enough, do rather bestow their labour, and endeavour in any other matter.  
How much the holy Scriptures do profit preachers, I have often said; and how greatly they stand in need of them which are exercised in School disputations, I could say, and perchance will hereafter show. Now this I avouch, that (albeit these Scriptures be most profitable to help others) they judge very ill, who think they are to be studied only for other men's sakes. For if we read with great profit the books of the holy fathers, and of other learned men which are called, and are spiritual, and by reading them do find ourselves much bettered; shall there be any book so spiritual which may be compared with those which the spirit of God itself (by the choicest, and wisest men) hath delivered unto us? If the small brooks do help and (as it were) satisfy; what shall that great River do which Ezechiell saw, 
Ezec. 47.1.  issuing forth under the threshold of the Lords house? which he could not go through because the waters of that deep river were risen so that they could not be passed over. And when I had returned, 
5.  said he, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on either side, 
7.  what are those many trees on either side the bank of the river, but the ancient writers joined to the Law and the Prophets, and the new writers, who sitting together by the streams of the Evangelists and Apostles; do always wax green as most beautiful trees and abound with pleasant fruit: the river is the same, because it is the same author of the Scriptures, and the scope the same, but the ages and times diverse, which are resembled by both the banks.  
Of these trees and of these waters it is said, and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters that bringeth forth his fruit in his season, 
Psal. 1.3.  his leaf also shall not fall away, and whatsoever be doth it shall prosper.  
I was wont to marvel with myself as often as I did read in Saint Jerome, that the study of the Scriptures had wonderful power to change the mind of man, to quench the desires of the flesh, to procure the contempt of the world, and briefly to gain all kind of virtue; until I perceived he spoke those things whereof he had made trial in himself; and that it is a wrong, not to believe him that hath experience. He that believeth not, let him first read the Scripture, not as though he would interpret it to others, but to be turned wholly to his own profit: let him meditate therein day and night; he shall feel a stony heart to be mollified, a cold heart to be inflamed, with heavenly fire: for the words of the Lord are like fire, 
●er. 23.29.  and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces. He shall perceive the love of the world to vanish away, the desire of eternal good things to be stirred up in himself, his mind filled with a certain incredible delight; which he that felt it cried out, how sweet are thy words unto my taste? 
Psal. 119.103.  yea sweeter than honey to my mouth.  
O wisdom guide of the heavenly life, teacher of virtues, bane of vices, fountain of light, expeller of darkness, what should we, nay what should the whole life of man be without thee▪ Thou art the companion in labour, thou art the comforter in adversity, the overseere and guide in prosperity, the instructor of youth, the foundation of manhood, the most sweet rest of old age. Come therefore let us ascend up to the hill of the Lord, 
Isa. 2.3.  to the house of the GOD of jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we shall walk in his paths, and let not obscurity discourage us.  
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The heads contained are these, viz.  

A Preparation. Fol. 2  
God. Fol. 5  
The Scriptures. Fol. 12  
The Church. Fol. 23  
Traditions. Fol. 28  
Images. Fol. 38  
Invocation. Fol. 47  
Adoration. Fol. 53  
Faith. Fol. 61  
Repentance. Fol. 64  
Confession. Fol. 68  
Faith and works. Fol. 73  
justification. Fol. 81  
Fasting. Fol. 90  
Meats. Fol. 98  
Love and Charity. Fol. 105  
Prayer. Fol. 111  
One Mediator. Fol. 116  
Our propitiation, Purgatory, and satisfaction. Fol. 118  
Sins. Fol. 124.  
Will. Fol. 130  
Hypocrisy. Fol. 135  
Riches. Fol. 139  
Patience. Fol. 145  
Humility. Fol. 149  
The holy Eucharist. Fol. 155  
The happiness of God's servants. Fol. 164  
The vanity of the world. Fol. 167  
The end of the world. Fol. 171  
The judgement. Fol. 179   

Psalms.  

Of Confession. Fol. 200  
Of contrition. Fol. 203  
For remission. Fol. 206  
For mercy and direction. Fol. 209  
For understanding. Fol. 212  
In trouble. Fol. 215.  
For deliverance. Fol. 217  
Against our Enemies. Fol. 220  
Of Confidence in God's mercy. Fol. 225  
Acknowledging Gods mercy. Fol. 228  
Magnifying Gods mercy, and goodness. Fol. 233  
Of praise. Fol. 236    

Psalms in Sickness.  

1 Psalm in sickness. Fol. 242  
2 Psalm. Fol. 244  
3 Psalm. Fol. 246  
4 Psalm. Fol. 248  
A Prayer. Fol. 252  
The soul's Comfort. Fol. 254     

AN EPISTLE GENERAL.  
Beloved,  
1. 
1. Tim. 4.  THe Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall departed from the Faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.  
2. Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron.  
3. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe, and know the truth:  

1. Tim 4.  4. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.  
5. For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.  

Tit. 1.  10. There are many unruly, and vaine-talkers, and deceivers.  
11. Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake.  
14. Give not heed to jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn from the truth.  
5. 
1. joh. 4.  They are of the world, therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.  
6. We are of God; he that knoweth God, heareth us; he that is not of God, heareth not us: hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.  
8. Beware, 
Col. 2.  lest any man spoil you through philosophy, and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, & not after Christ.  
9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.  
10. And we are complete in him which is the head of all principality, & power.  

2. Tim. 2.  14. Strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.  
23. Foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.  

Phil. 1.  27. Stand fast in one spirit with one mind, striving together for the faith of the Gospel.  
28. And in nothing terrified by your adversaries, which is to them an evident token of perdition; but to you of salvation, & that of God.  
29. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.  
12. 
Col. 3.  Put on therefore (as the elect of God, holy, and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering.  
13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.  
14. And above all things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.  
15. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts to the which also ye are called in one body, and be ye thankful.  
17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord jesus, giving thankes to God and the Father by him.  
6. 
Phil. 4.  Be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer, and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.  
23. 
Col. 1.  Continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven.  
14 That ye henceforth be no more children tossed too and fro, 
Ephes. 4.  and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.  
15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things which is the head, even Christ.  

Phil. 1.  9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge, & in all judgement.  
10. That ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere, and without offence till the day of Christ.  
11. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Amen.   

ORACLES AND PSALTERIES OF THE HOLY GHOST.  
WHat Nation is there so great, 
Deut. 4.8.  that hath Statutes, & judgements so righteous, as all this Law, which I set before you this day?  
This is the way; 
Isa. 30.21.  walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.  

Deut. 12.34.  Thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.  

Preparation.  

Amos 4.  12. PRepare to meet thy God o Israel.  

1. Sam. 12.  23. I will teach you the good and the right way:  
24. Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart.  

Mat. 6.  33. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you.  

Psal. 37.  4. Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  
5. 
Pro. 3.  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.  
6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  
4. 
Psal. 91.  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wing shalt thou trust, his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.  
8. 
34.  O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in him.  
5. 
146.  Happy is he that hath the God of jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God.  

Psal. 27.  14. Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: Wait I say on the Lord.  

125.  1. They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.  
2. As the mountains are round about jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people; from henceforth even for ever.   

God.  
8. Hear o my people, 
Psal. 8 1.  and I will testify unto thee; o Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me:  
9 There shall no strange God be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any strange God.  
3. 
Isa. 43.  For I am the Lord thy God, the holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.  
10. Before me there was no God form, neither shall there be after me.  
11. I, even I am the Lord; and besides me, there is no Saviour.  

44.  6. I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.  
24. Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer, and he that form thee from 〈◊〉 womb; I am the Lord that maketh all things, that stretcheth forth the heavens alone, that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.  

48.  12. Harken unto me O jacob, and Israel my called; I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.  

Act. 7.  49. Heaven is my Throne, and earth is my footstool.  

Isa. 45.  22. Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.  
6. 
1. Cor. 8.  To us there is but one God, the Father of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord jesus Christ by whom are all things, and we by him.  
6. 
Ephe. 4.  There is one God & Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  
28. In him we live, 
Act 17.  and move, and have our being, for we are all his of spring.  
29. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone graved by 〈◊〉, and man's device.  
30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.  
31. Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.  

Reuel. 4.  11. Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory, and honour, and power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.  
3. This is eternal life, 
joh. 17.  that we might know thee the only true God, and jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.  
27. 
Psal 73.  They that are fare from thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.  
4. 
16.  Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another God.  
5. 
96.  All the Gods of the Nations are Idols, but the Lord made the heavens.  
6. Honour and Majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his Sanctuary.  

89.  6. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?  

95.  7. He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hands.  

Iosh. 2●.  16. God forbidden that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods.  
23. Put away the strange gods which are among you & incline your hearts unto the Lord God of Israel.  
24. The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.  
18. 
Isa. 30.  The Lord is a God of judgement, blessed are they that wait for him.  
10. 
Psal. 34.  They that seek the Lord, shall not want any good thing.  
13. For he is gracious, 
joel 2.  and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.  
50. 
Luke 1.  And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.  
12. 
Psal 33.  Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.  

Rom. 11.  36. For of him, and through him, and to him are all things: To whom be glory for ever. Amen.   

The holy Scriptures.  

Mat. 22.  29. YE do err, not knowing the Scripture, nor the power of God.  

jer. 23.  29. Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord? & like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?  

joh. 5.  39 Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.  
〈◊〉. Receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.  
31. These are written, 
joh. 20.  that ye might believe that jesus is the Christ the Son of God: and that believing, ye might have life through his name.  
4. 
Rom. 15.  For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.  
3. 
1. Tim. 6.  If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness.  
4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions, and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, raylings, evil surmises;  
5. Perverse dispute of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness; from such withdraw thyself.  

joh. 8.  31. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.  
32. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  
8. 
Pro. 8.  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness: there is nothing froward, or perverse in them.  
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.  
47. He that is of God, 
joh. 8.  heareth Gods words.  
9 
2. joh. 1.  Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.  
10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed.  

2 Chron. 17.  9 The Levites and the Priests sent by jehosaphat, taught in juda, & had the book of the Law of the Lord with them; and went about throughout all the Cities of juda, and taught the people.  

34.  31. josiah made a covenant before the Lord to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, & his testimonies, and his Statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.  
32. And he caused all that were present in jerusalem & Benjamin to stand to it: And the Inhabitants of jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.  
35. 
Act. 15.  Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch teaching and preaching the word of the Lord with many others also.  
11. 
17.  The jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so.  
12. Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men not a few.  

Acts. 17.  1. When Paul and Silas had passed throrough Amphipolis & Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a Synagogue of the jews.  
2. And Paul as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures.  
17. 
Ephe. 6.  Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  
12. 
Heb. 4.  The word of the Lord is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the deuiding asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts, and intents of the heart.  
2. 
1. Pet. 2.  As new borne babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.  
15. 
1  The word of the Lord endureth for ever, and this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.  

2. Tim. 3.  16. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.  
17. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.  

2. Pet. 1.  20. No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.  
21. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; But holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the holy Ghost.  
7. 
Psal. 19  The law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul, the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.  
6. 
12.  The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth purified seven times.  
104. 
119.  Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.  
100 I understand more than the ancients; because I keep thy precepts.  
118. Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes for their deceit is falsehood.  

Psal. 119.  105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.  
165. Great peace have they which love thy law; And nothing shall offend them.  
130. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.  

Phillip 3.  16. Whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.  

Gal. 6.  16. As many as walk according to this rule, Peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.   

The Church.  
23. 
Ephes. 5  CHrist is the head of the Church, and he is the Saviour of the body.  
18. 
Col. 1.  He is the head of the body the Church who is the beginning, the first borne from the dead, that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.  
24. I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body's sake which is the Church.  

1. Cor. 12.  14. The body is not one member but many.  
18. GOD hath set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased him.  
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body.  
20. But now are they many members, yet but one body.  
24. God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.  
25. That there should be no schism in the body: but that the members should have the same care one for another.  
26. And whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it: or one member be honoured all the members rejoice with it.  
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.  
25. 
Ephe. 5.  Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it.  
26. That he might sanctify, and cleanse it, with the washing of water, by the word.  
27. That he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should he holy and without blemish.  

1. Tim. 3.  15. The Church of God is the house of the living God, the pillar, and ground of truth.  

Acts 2.  47. The Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved.  
42. And they continued steadfast in the Apostles doctrine, and fellowship: and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.  

joh. 10.  27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.  
28. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.  
5. A stranger will they not follow, but fly from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.  
37. 
joh. 18.  Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice.  
19 
Ephes. 2.  Now therefore ye are no more strangers, and foreigners, but fellow Citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.  
20. And are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, jesus Christ being the chief corner stone.  
21. In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord.  
22. In whom you also are builded together, for an habitation of GOD, through the Spirit.   

Traditions.  

Col. 2.  8. BEware lest any man spoil you through Philosohie, and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.  
17. 
2. Pet. 2.  These are wells without water; clouds that are carried with a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.  
4. My speech, 
2. Cor. 2.  & my preaching, was not with enticing words, of man's wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit, and of power.  
5. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of Men, but in the power of God.  
6. We speak wisdom among them that are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the Princes of this world that come to nought.  
7. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery; even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world, to our glory.  

2. Cor. 3.  19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, he taketh the wise in their own craftiness.  

jer. 23.  28. The Prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully: what is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord.  

Mat. 16.  6. Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces.  
13. 
Isa. 29.  Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart fare from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men.  
14. The wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.  
7. 
Mar. 7.  In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  

Isa. 8.  20. To the law, and to the Testimony: If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.  

66.  3. They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.  

jer. 6.  10. Their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken; the word of the Lord is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.  

Ier 2.  13. They have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.  
8. But though we, 
Gal. 1.  or an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel to you, then that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.  
11. The Gospel which was preached of me, was not after man.  
12. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it but by the revelation of jesus Christ.  
17. 
2. Cor. 2.  We are not as many, which corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.  
2. 
4.  Not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth; commending ourselves unto every man's conscience in the sight of God.  
3. But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost.  
4. In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of men which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.  

Ezek 20.  18. Walk not in the statutes of your Fathers, neither observe their judgements, nor defile yourselves with their Idols.  
19 
Ezech 20.  I am the Lord your God, walk in my statutes, and keep my judgements, and do them.  
2. 
Deut. 4.  Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish aught from it; that ye may keep the cammandements of the Lord your God, which I command you.  
32. 
12.  What thing soever I command you, observe to do it; Thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.  

Deut. 5.  32. Ye shall observe to do as the Lord your God hath commanded you, you shall not turn aside to the right hand, or to the left.  

28.  14. Thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other Gods to serve them.  
16. Ask for the old paths, 
jer. 6.  where is the good way, and walk therein; and you shall find rest for your souls.  

Num. 15.  39 Remember all the commandments of the Lord and do, them; and seek not after your own heart, and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring.  
17. 
jer. 6.  Harken to the sound of the trumpet.  
4. 
Mal. 4.  Remember ye the Law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to you in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes, and judgements.  
6. 
Pro. 30.  Add not thou unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.  
15 Though it be but a man's covenant, yet, 
Gal. 3.  if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.  

Reuel. 22.  18. I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the Prophecy of this book; If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.  
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this Prophecy; God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.   

Images.  
21. LIttle children, keep yourselves from Idols. 
1. joh. 5.   
1. 
Levit. 26.  Ye shall make you no Idols, nor graved Image, neither rear you up a standing Image, neither shall you set up any Image of stone in your land to bow down unto it, for I am the Lord your God.  
8. 
Deut. 5.  Thou shalt not make thee any graved Image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth.  
9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them.  

Isa. 40.  18. To whom will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?  

Deu. 4.  15. Ye saw no similitude on the day that the Lord spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.  
12. Ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude, only ye heard a voice.  
13. And he declared unto you his covenant which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.  
8. I am the Lord, 
Isa. 42.  that is my name, and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graved Images.  
14. 
jer. 10.  Every founder is confounded by the graved Image: for his molten Image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.  
15. They are vanity, and the work of errors, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.  
8. The stock is a doctrine of vanities.  
29. 
Isa. 41.  Their molten Images are wind, and confusion.  

Psal. 97.  7. Confounded be all they that serve graved Images, that boast themselves of Idols.  

Isa. 44.  9 They that make a graved Image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses, they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.  

45.  16. They shall be ashamed, and also confounded all of them; they shall go to confusion together that are makers of Idols.  

Deut. 4.  23. Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your GOD which he made with you, and make you a graved Image, or the likeness of any thing which the Lord thy GOD hath forbidden thee.  
29. 
Acts 17.  We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone graved by art, and man's device.  
19 
Habak. 2●  Woe unto him that saith to the wood awake; to the dumb stone arise, it shall teach; Behold it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.  

Deut. 4.  3. Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal Peor; for all the men that followed Baal Peor the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from you.  

Numb. 33.  52. Ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten Images, and quite pluck down all their high places.  

Deut. 7.  5. Ye shall destroy their Altars, and break down their Images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graved Images with fire.  
3. 
2 Cro. 34.  josiah while he was yet young, began to seek after the God of David his father, and began to purge judah and jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved Images, and the molten Images.  
4. And they broke down the Altars of Baalim in his presence, and the Images that were on high above them be cut down, and the groves, and the carved Images, and the molten Images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.  
5. And he burned the bones of the Priests upon their altars, and cleansed judah and jerusalem.  

1. Sam. 7  3. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts; then put away the strange Gods, and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only.  
4. The children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.  
10. 
jer. 10.  The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King; at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.   

Invocation.  
13. 
Rom. 10.  Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.  
15. 
Psal. 50.  Call upon me in the day of trouble, I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.  
9 
Zepha. 3  I will turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.  

Act. 7.  59 They stoned Steven calling upon God, and saying, Lord jesus receive my spirit.  

Luk. 11.  2. When ye pray, say; Our father which art in heaven; hallowed be thy name: Thy kingdom come: thy will be done, as in heaven so in earth.  
3. Give us day by day our daily bread.  
4. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  
23. 
Io. 16.  Whatsoever ye shall ask the father in my name he will give it you.  
28. 
Mat. 11.  Come unto me all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  
16. 
Heb. 4.  Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.  
14. 
Psal. 50.  Offer unto GOD thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most high.  
3. 
18.  I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be saved from mine enemies.  
6. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God; He heard my voice out of his Temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.  

5.  3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.  

13.  3. Consider, and hear me o Lord my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death.  

1. King. 8.  39 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, & forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest: for thou, even thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men.  
16. 
Isa. 63.  Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not; thou o Lord art our father, our redeemer, thy name is from everlasting.  
5. 
Eccle. 9  The living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.  
6. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the Sun.  

job 14.  21. His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.  

Psal. 99  6. Moses and Aaron among his Priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name, they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.  
7. He spoke unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.  
12. 
Rom. 10.  The same Lord over all is rich to all that call upon him.   

Adoration.  
18. 
Psal. 145.  THe Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him; to all that call upon him in truth.  
23. 
Io. 4.  The true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth: for the father seeketh such to worship him.  
24. God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.  

Psal. 51.  17. The Sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart o God thou wilt not despise.  

1. Cor. 6.  20. Ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods.  

1. Pet. 2.  5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy Priesthood to offer up spiritual Sacrifices acceptable to God by jesus Christ.  

Philip. 3.  3. We are the circumcision which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.  
20. 
jer. 6.  To what purpose cometh there to me Incense from Sheba? and the sweet cane from a fare country? your  offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.  
23. 
Amos. 5.  Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.  
24. But let judgement run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.  
8. 
Micha. 6.  What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?  

Isa. 1.  16. Wash ye, make ye clean, put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes, cease to do evil;  
17. Learn to do well, seek judgement, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.  

Deut. 13.  4. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, & obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.  
12. 
10.  What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul?  
13. To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good.  
30. 
Mar. 12.  Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.  

Iosh. 22.  5. Take diligent heed to do the commandment, and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you; to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul.  

Col. 2.  18. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility, and worshipping of Angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.  
8. When I had heard, 
Reuel. 22.  and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the Angel, which shown me these things.  
9 Then saith he unto me, see thou do it not; for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the Prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book; worship God.  
10. 
19  And I fell at his feet to worship him, and he said unto me; see thou do it not; I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of jesus; Worship God.  
2. The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high above all people.  
5. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool, for he is holy.  

Iosh. 24.  14. Fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity, and in truth, and put away the Gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt, and serve ye the Lord.  

Isa. 8.  13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.  

Revel 14.  7. Worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.  
8. 
Luke 4.  Thou shalt worship the Lord thy GOD, and him only shalt thou serve.   

Faith.  
1. 
Heb. 11.  FAith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen.  
6. He that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.  
46. 
Io. 12.  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.  

john. 3.  36. He that believeth on the son, hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the son shall not see life: but the wrath of God shall abide on him.  

Galat. 3.  26. Ye are the children of God by faith in Christ jesus.  
22. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.  

Act. 10.  43. To him give all the Prophet's witness, that through his name, whosoever believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins.  
22. 
Heb. 10.  Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith.  
23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, for he is faithful that promised.  
9 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord jesus, 
Rom. 10.  and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  
10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  

Gal. 3.  9 They that be of faith are blessed, with faithful Abraham.  

1. Pet. 1.  9 The end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.   

Repentance.  

Hos. 14.  1. O Israel return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.  

Act. 3.  19 Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.  
23. 
Ezech. 18.  Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, saith the Lord God? and not that he should return from his ways and live.  
30. Repent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity shall not be your 〈◊〉.  
31. Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby you have transgressed; and make you a new heart, and a new spirit.  
11. Turn ye, turn ye, 
33.  from your evil ways, for why will ye die, 〈◊〉 o house of Israel?  

Isa. 1.  18. Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.  

Heb. 6.  9 The Lord is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  

Isa. 55.  7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our GOD, for he will abundantly pardon.  
40. Let us search, 
Lam. 3.  and try our ways and turn again to the Lord.  
25. The Lord is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.  
27. 
job. 33.  If any say I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;  
28. He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall fee the light  
7. 
Psal. 130.  Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.  
8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.   

Confession.  

Pro. 28.  13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but who so confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.  

Luke 15.  18. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,  
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son.  
5. 
Psal. 32.  I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid, I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.  
4. 
Dan. 9  I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said; O Lord the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant, and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;  
5. We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts, and from thy judgements.  

Dan 9  6. Neither have we harkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.  

Nehem. 1  5. O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant, and mercy for them that love him, and observe his commandments;  
6. Let thine ear be now attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayst hear the prayer of thy servant which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants; and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee, both I, and my father's house have sinned.  
7. We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgements, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.  
10. 
2 Sam. 24.  David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done; and now I beseech thee O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly.  

Luke 18.  13. The publican standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful unto me a sinner.  

1. john 1.  9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  

Rom. 14.  11. As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.  
12. So then every one of us shall give account of himself unto God.  
4. 
Psal. 41.  Lord be merciful unto me heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.   

Faith and works.  
22. 
james 1.  BE ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.  
23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:  
24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and strait way forgetteth what manner of man he was.  

jam. 1.  25. But who so looketh into the perfect law of liberty, & continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.  
26. If any among you seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart; this man's religion is vain.  
27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the father is this; to visit the fatherless, and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.  

Rom. 2.  13. Not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.  
21. 
Mat. 7.  Not every one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my father which is in heaven.  
24. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock:  
25. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blue, and beat upon that house, and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.  

Math. 7.  26. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doth them not; shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand:  
27. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blue, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of that house.  

5.  16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven.  

5. Peter 1.  5. Add to your faith virtue, & to virtue knowledge,  
6. And to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness:  
7. And to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity:  
8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren, nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord jesus Christ.  
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind & cannot see fare off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.  

2. Pet. 1.  10. Wherefore the rather brethren, give diligence to make your calling, and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.  
11. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour jesus Christ.  

Tit. 3.  8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works: these things are good and profitable unto men.  
14. 
jam. 2.  What doth it profit my brethren, though a man say, he hath faith, and have not works, can faith save him?  
15. If a brother, or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food;  
16. And one of you say unto them, depart in peace, be you warmed, and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful for the body; what doth it profit?  
17. Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone.  

james 2.  21. Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the Altar?  
22. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works? and by works was faith made perfect.  
23. And the Scripture was fulfiled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of GOD.  
24. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.  
26. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.   

justification.  
19 NOw we know, 
Rom. 3.  that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.  
20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.  

Rom. 3.  21. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law, and the Prophets.  
22. Even the righteousness, of God, which is by faith of jesus Christ unto all, and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference.  
23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;  
24. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in jesus Christ.  
28, Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.  
31. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbidden: yea we establish the law.  
4 To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 
Rom. 4.   
5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ; his faith is counted for righteousness.  
13. The promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.  

Rom. 4.  14. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of none effect.  

Rom. 5.  1. Being justified by faith we have peace with God, through our Lord jesus Christ:  
2. By whom also we have access by faith into his grace, wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.  
18. As by the offence of one judgement came upon all men to condemnation: even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.  
5. 
Titus 3.  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Ghost:  
6. Which he shed on us abundantly, through jesus Christ our saviour.  
7. That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.  
8. 
Ephe. 2.  By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:  
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.  

Galat. 5.  4. Christ is become of none effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.  
5. For we through the spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.  
6. For in jesus Christ, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.  

Luk. 17.  10. When ye shall have done all those things, which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.  
8. 
Phil. 3.  I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ jesus my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung that I may win Christ;  
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.  
11. Be not slothful, 
Heb. 6.  but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promise.  

Gal. 3.  2. This only would I learn of you, received ye the spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?  
3. Are ye so foolish, having begun in the spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?  
11. That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident; for the just shall live by faith.  
18. If the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.  
21. 
Gal. 3.  For if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.  
22. But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin; that the promise by faith of jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.  
23. But before faith came, we were kept under the Law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.  
24. Wherefore the law was our Schoolmaster, to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.  

Gal. 3.  25. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a Schoolmaster.  
26. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ jesus.   

Fasting.  

Matth. 6.  16. WHen ye fast, be not as the Hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.  
17. But thou when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face:  
18. That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy father which is in secret, & thy father which seethe in secret, shall reward thee openly.  
5. 
Isa. 58.  Is it such a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth, and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?  
6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to lose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?  
7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?  

Zechar. 7.  5. When ye fasted, and mourned in the fift and seaventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me.  
9 Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts, saying, execute true judgement, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother?  
10. And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor, and let not any of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.  
3. 
Dan. 9  I set my face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer, and supplication, with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes.  
4. 
Nehem. 1.  I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the Lord of heaven.  

1. Sam. 7.  6. The Israelites fasted and said, We have sinned against the Lord.  

Luke. 2.  37. Anna was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the Temple; but served God with fasting, and prayers day and night.  

udg 20.  26. All the children of Israel, and all the people went up, and came unto the House of God and wept, and sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings, and peace offerings before the Lord.  
12. 
joel. 2.  Turn ye even to me saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping, and with mourning.  
13. And rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.  
15. Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemme assembly:  
16. Gather the people; sanctify the Congregation; assemble the Elders; gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.  

joel 2.  17. Let the Priests, the Ministers of the Lord weep between the Porch and the Altar, and let them say, Spare thy people O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach; that the heathen should rule over them.  

jonah 3.  5. The people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them, to the least of them.  
6. And the king of Nineveh arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.  
7. And he caused it to be proclaimed, and published through Nineveh (by the decree of the king and his nobles) saying, let neither man nor beast, heard nor flock taste any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water.  
8. But let man, and beast be covered with sakcloth, and cry mightily unto God; yea let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.  

jonah 3.  9 Who can tell if God will ●●●ne, and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?  
10. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way: and God repent of the evil that he had said, that he would do unto them, and he did it not.   

Meats.  

Col. 2.  16. LEt no man judge you in meat or in drink;  

Rom. 14.  17. For the kingdom of God is not meat, and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the holy Ghost.  
8. 
1. Cor. 8.  Meat commendeth us not to God, for neither if we eat, are we the better; neither if we eat not, are we the worse.  
25. 
10.  Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, making no question for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof.  
14. 
Rom. 14.  There is nothing unclean of itself, but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.  

Tit. 1.  15. Unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure, but even their mind, and conscience is defiled.  

Mat. 15.  11. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.  
18. Those things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and they defile the man.  

Mar. 7.  15. There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.  
21. For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders.  
22. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.  
23. All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.  
31. 
1. Cor. 10.  Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.  

1. Tim. 4.  4. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.  
5. For it is sanctified by the Word of God and prayer.  

1. Cor. 8.  9 But take heed least by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak.  

Rom. 14.  15. If thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably; destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.  
20. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.  
21. It is neither good to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.  
13. 
1. Cor. 8.  If meat make my brother offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.  
2. 
Rom. 14.  One believeth that he may eat all things, another, who is weak, eateth herbs.  
3. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.  

Rom. 14.  6. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thankes: and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.  
23. He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.  
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.   

Love and Charity.  
7. Beloved, 
1. john. 4.  let us love one another, for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.  
8. He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.  
12. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.  
16. God is love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.  
10. 
2.  He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.  
11. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, 
1. johh 4.  and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whether he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.  
20. If a man say, I love GOD, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?  
21. And this commandment have we from him, that he that loveth GOD, love his brother also.  
10. 
Rom. 13.  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour, therefore love is the fullfilling of the law.  
14. 
Gal. 5.  For all the law is fulfiled in one word, even in this, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  
15. But if ye bite, and devour one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another.  
9 
1. Thes. 4.  Ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.  
22. 
1. Pet. 1.  See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.  

1. Tim. 1.  5. The end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.  

1. john 3.  18, Let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.  

Deut. 15.  7. Thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother.  
8. But thou shalt open thy hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.  
10. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved, when thou givest unto him, because that for this thing, the Lord thy GOD shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest ●hine hand unto.  
27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; 
Pro. 28.  but he that hideth his eyes, shall have many a curse.  
17. 
19  He that hath pity upon the poor dareth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given, will he pay him again.  
1. 
Psal. 41.  Blessed is he that considereth the poor, & needy, the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.  

Rom. 12  8. He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that showeth mercy with cheerfulness.  

1. john 3.  17. Who so hath this world's good, and seethe his brother hath need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?  

1. Peter 4.  8. Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  

1. Cor. 16.  14. Let all your things be done with charity.  

1. Thes. 3.  12. And the Lord make you to increase and to abound in love one towards another, and towards all men.   

Prayer.  
8. 
1. Tim. 2.  I Will that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands without wrath, and doubting.  
18. 
Ephe. 6.  Praying always with all prayer, and supplication in the spirit.  
20. 
jude  Build up yourselves in your most holy faith praying in the holy Ghost.  
24. 
Mark 11.  What things soever ye desire when ye pray; believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.  
25. And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have aught against any, that your father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.  
26. But if you do not forgive, neither will your father which is in heaven forgive you your trespasses.  

Mat. 6.  5. When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the Hypocrites are; for they love to stand praying in Synagogues, and in the corners of the street, that they may be seen of men: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.  
6. But thou when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy father which is in secret, and thy father which seethe in secret, shall reward thee openly.  
7. When you pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  
41. 
Lam. 3.  Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.  
14. 
1. Cor. 14.  If I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but mine understanding is unfruitful.  
15. I will pray with the spirit, and will pray with understanding also.  
19 In the Church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, then ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.  
8. For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle.  
6. So likewise you, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye speak into the air.  
2. Continue in prayer, 
Col. 4.  and watch in the same with thanksgiving.  
10. 
Dan. 6.  Daniel kneeled upon his knees three times 1 day and prayed, and gave thankes before his God.  
17. Evening, 
Psal. 55.  and morning, and at noon will I pray, and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice.  
16. 
james 5.  Pray one for another, that ye may be healed; the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.  
13. Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.   

One Mediator.  

1. john 2.  1. IF any man sin, we have an advocate with the father JESUS CHRIST the righteous.  

1. Tim. 2.  5. There is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ jesus.  

Rom. 8.  34. Christ is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.  

Hebr. 7.  25. He is able also to save them for evermore that come unto God by him; seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.  
24. 
9  Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true 〈◊〉, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.  
6. I am the way, 
john 14.  the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the father but by me.  
1. 
10.  He that entereth not in by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief, and a robber.  
9 I am the door, by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.  

Math. 11.  28. Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  

28.  18. all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.   

Our Propitiation, Purgatory, and Satisfaction.  

Rom. 3.  25. GOd hath set forth Christ jesus to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.  
2. 
1. john. 2.  And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.  
6. 
1. Tim. 2.  He gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time.  
4. 
Isay. 53.  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.  
5. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes are we healed.  
25. 
Rom. 4.  He was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification.  

1. Pet. 2.  24. His own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes we were healed.  
25. For ye were as sheep going astray, but now are returned to the shepherd and Bishop of your souls.  

Rom. 5.  11. We also joy in God through our Lord jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.  
10. When we were enemies, we were reconciled unto God, by the death of his son.  
9 
Heb. 5.  Being made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation unto all that obey him.  
3. 
1.  When he had by himself purged our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high.  
12. 
9  By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.  
26. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the Sacrifice of himself.  

Heb. 9  28. Christ was offered once, to bear the sins of many.  

2. Cor. 5.  18. All things are of God who hath reconciled us unto himself by jesus Christ.  

1. john. 4.  10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  

john. 8.  36. If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.  

1. john 1.  7. If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.  
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  
18. 
1. Pet. 1.  Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers.  
19 But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish, and without spot.  
14. 
Heb. 10.  For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.  

Rom. 4.  7. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.  
8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.   

Sins.  

Pro. 20.  9 WHo can say, I have made my heart clean? I am pure from my sin?  

1. john. 3.  4. Sin is the transgression of the Law.  

Gal. 3.  10. As many as are of the works of the Law, are under the curse: for it is written, cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the Law to do them.  
10. 
ja. 2.  Whosoever shall keep the whole Law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.  
36. 
Math. 12.  Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgement.  
22. 
5.  Whosoever is angry with his brother, without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement, and whosoever shall say unto his brother, Racha, shall be in danger of the Council: But whosoever shall say thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.  

Rom. 6.  23. The wages of sin is death.  

7.  11. Sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me, and by it slew me.  

Ezech. 18.  20. The soul that sinneth shall die.  

Rom. 5.  12. As by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin: so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.  

Ephe. 5.  5. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man who is an Idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God.  
6. Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.  
30. 
Ezech. 18  I will judge you o house of Israel, every one according to his ways saith the Lord God: repent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity shall not be your ruin.  

Gen. 19  26. Lot's wife looked back from behind him, & she became a pillar of salt.  

Num. 15.  36. All the congregation brought the man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord commanded Moses.  

Levit. 24.  13. The Lord spoke unto Moses saying;  
14. Bring forth him that hath cursed, without the camp, and let all that heard him, lay their hands upon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him.  
6. 
2. Sam. 6.  Vzzah put forth his hand to the Ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen shaken it.  
7. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Vzzah, and God smote him there for his error, and there he died by the Ark of God.  
19 
1. Sam. 6.  And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the Ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people threescore thousand, and threescore, and ten men.  
30. 
Math. 25.  Cast ye the unprofitable servant into utter darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  

jam. 3.  2. In many things we offend all.  

1. john. 1.  7. And the blood of jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.   

Will.  

Gen. 6.  5. GOd saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  

8.  21. The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.  
23. 
jer. 10.  O Lord I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.  
18. 
31.  Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned, thou art the Lord my God.  
24. 
Pro. 20.  Man's doings are of the Lord; how can a man than understand his own way.  
1. 
16.  The preparations of the heart of man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.  
5. 
john 15.  I am the vine ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without me ye can do nothing.  

Psal. 32.  8. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way that thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.  

Hosea 13.  9 O Israel thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thine help.  

john 6.  44. No man can come to me, except the father which hath sent me, draw him.  

2. Cor. 3.  5. We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves: for our sufficiency is of God.  
13. 
Philip. 2.  It is God which worketh in you both to will, and to do of his good pleasure.  
17. 
james 1.  Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the father of lights; with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.  
18. Of his own will begat he us, with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.  
15. Ye ought to say, 
james 4.  if the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.  

Acts 18:  21. I will return again unto you, if God will.  

1. Cor. 4.  19 I will come unto you shortly if the Lord will.  

Heb. 6.  3. This will we do if God permit.  

Ezech. 36.  26. A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.  
17. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements, and do them.  
45. 
Luke 24.  Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures.  
12. 
john. 1.  As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.  
13. Which were borne not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man but of God.   

Hypocrisy.  
8. 
james 4.  CLeanse your hands ye sinners; and purify your hearts ye double minded.  

Luke 12.  1. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharises which is hypocrisy.  

Pro. 30.  12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.  

job 36.  13. The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath.  

Isay. 58  2. They seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me the ordinances of justice, they take delight in approaching to God.  
5. 
Mat. 23.  But all their works they do, for to be seen of men.  
23. Woe unto you Scribes and Pharises, Hypocrites; for ye pay tithe of mint and anise, and cummyne, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgement, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.  
27. Ye are like to whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of uncleanness.  
28. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.  

Luk. 11.  39 Ye Pharisees do make clean the outside of the cup and platter, but your inward part is full of ravening, and wickedness.  

Mat. 23.  26. Cleanse first that which is within the cup, and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.  

Luk. 11.  40. Ye fools, did not he which made that which is without, make that which is within also?  
41. Rather give alms of such things as you have; & behold all things are clean unto you.   

Riches.  
1. 
Eccles. 6.  THere is an evil which I have seen under the Sun, and it is common among men.  
2. A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.  

1. Tim. 6.  17. Charge them that be rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.  
18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate.  
19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.  

james 5.  1. Go to now ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.  
2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments motheaten.  
3. Your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire; ye have heaped up treasure together for the last days.  
24 Woe unto you that are rich, 
Luke 6.  for ye have received your consolation.  
19 
Mar. 4.  The cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.  

Luk. 16.  13. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.  

1 Tim 6.  6. Godliness with contentment is great gain.  

Psal. 62.  10. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.  

1 Tim. 6.  7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.  
8. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.  
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish, and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction, and perdition.  
10. For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.  
20. Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; 
Luk. 12.  than whose shall those things be which thou hast provided.  
21. So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.  

Pro. 18.  11. The rich man's wealth is his strong city; and as an high wall in his own conceit.  

11.  4. Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.  

Zepha. 1.  18. Neither their silver, nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lords wrath.  

Luke 12.  15. A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of things which he possesseth.  
31. Rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.   

Patience.  
14. 
1. Thes. 5.  BE patiented towards all men.  
15, See that none render evil for evil unto any man, but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.  
19 
Rom. 12.  Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath; for it is written, vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.  
3. 
james 1.  The trying of your faith worketh patience.  
4. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect, and entire, wanting nothing.  

Rom. 5.  3. Tribulations work patience.  
4. And patience experience, and experience hope.  

Luk. 21.  19 In your patience possess ye yourselves.  

Phil. 4.  5. Let your moderation be known unto all men.  

jam. 1.  19 Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.  
20. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.  

Pro. 16.  32. He that is slow to anger, is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.  
29. 
14.  He that is slow to wrath, is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit, exalteth folly.  
4. Wrath is cruel, 
27.  and anger is outrageous.  
9 
Eccles. 7.  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.  
7. 
jam. 5.  Be patiented unto the coming of the Lord; behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early, and later rain.  
8. Be ye also patiented, establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.  
10. Take the Prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.  
11. Behold we count them happy which endure: ye have heard of the patience of job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is pitiful, and of tender mercy.  

1. Pet. 5.  10. The GOD of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.  
11. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.   

Humility.  
6. 
1. Pet. 5.  HVmble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.  
5. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.  

●●o. 16.  19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, then to divide the spoil with the proud.  

11.  2. When pride cometh, then cometh shame, but with the lowly is wisdom.  

Mat. 11.  29. Learn of me, for I am lowly in heart.  

●uk. 14.  11. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.  

●phes: 4.  1. Walk worthy of the vocation wherein ye are called.  
2. With all lowliness, and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love.  
3. 
Phillip 2.  Let nothing be done through strife, or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.  
5. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ jesus.  
7. Who made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.  
8. He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.  

Phil. 2.  9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.  
10. That at the name of jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.  
11. And that every tongue should confess, that jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father.  

Psal. 138.  6. Though the Lord be high, yet he hath respect unto the lowly, but the proud he knoweth afar off.  
9 
25.  The meek will he guide in judgement, and the meek will he teach his way.  
34. 
Pro. 3.  Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.  
6. 
Psal. 147.  The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the  down to the ground.  
10. 
Luke 18.  Two men went up into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican.  
11. The Pharise stood & prayed thus with himself; God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, exortioners, unjust, adulterers, and even as this Publican.  

Luke 18.  12. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.  
13. And the Publican standing a fare off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven; but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.  
14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.   

The holy Eucharist.  
26. IEsus took bread, 
Mat. 26.  and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the Disciples, and said, take, eat, this is my body.  
27. And he took the cup, and gave thankes, and gave it to them, saying; drink ye all of it.  
28. For this is my blood of the new Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.  
22. jesus took bread, 
Mark. 14.  and blessed, and broke it, & gave to them, and said; take, eat, this is my bod●.  
23. And he took the cup, and when he had given thankes, he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.  
24. And he said unto them, this is my blood of the new Testament, which is shed for many.  

Luke 22.  19 He took bread, and gave thankes, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, this is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.  
20. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying; this cup is the new Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.  
16. 
1. Co. 10.  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion of the blood of CHRIST? The bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the body of Christ?  
17. For we being many, are one bread, and one body; for we are all partakers of that one bread.  
23. The Lord jesus the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread;  
24. And when he had given thankes, he broke it, and said; take, eat, this is my body which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me.  

Cor. 11.  25. After the same manner also he took the cup when he had supped, saying; this cup is the new Testament in my blood: this do, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.  
26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lords death till he come.  
27. Wherefore who soever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.  
28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.  
29. For he that eateth, and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lords body.  
3. 
Cor. 10.  Our fathers did all eat the same spiritual meat.  
4. And did all drink the same spiritual drink; for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.  
35. jesus said, 
joh. 6  I am the bread of life, he that cometh to me, shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.  
51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.  
56. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me and I in him.  
58. Not as your fathers did eat Manna, and are dead; he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever.  
63. 
john 6.  It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.  
28. 
16.  I came forth from the father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and go to my father.  
7. It is expedient for you, that I go away; for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you: but if I depart, I will send him unto you.  
2. 
14.  I go to prepare a place for you.  
3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.  

Mat. 26.  29. I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day, when I drink it new with you in my father's kingdom.  

Mar. 16.  19 After the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.  

Heb. 10.  13. From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.  
14. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.  
1. 
Col. 3.  If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.  
20. 
Phil. 3.  Our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord jesus Christ.  
21. 
Acts 3.  Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began.   

The happiness of God's servants.  

Psal. 37.  37. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace.  

92.  12. The righteous shall flourish like the Palm tree: he shall grow like a Cedar in Lebanon.  

Hosea 14.  6. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the Olive tree; and his smell as Lebanon.  

Psal. 92.  13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the Courts of our God.  
14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age, they shall be fat, and flourishing.  
23. 
37.  The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and he delighteth in his way.  
24. Though he fall, he shall not utterly be cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.  
12. 
25.  What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he reach in the way that he shall choose.  
13. His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the earth.  
14. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.  

●sal. 103.  17. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting, to everlasting upon them that fear him; and his righteousness unto children's children.  
18. To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.  

65.  4. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: he shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy Temple.   

The vanity of the world.  
15. Love not the world, 
1. john 2.  neither the things that are in the world; if any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him.  
16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh; the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  
17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.  

Eccles. 1.  14. I have seen all the works that are done under the Sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.  

Col. 3.  2. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.  

james 4.  4. Whosoever will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God.  

Mat. 6.  24. No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: ye cannot God and Mammon.  
15. 
Luke 16.  That which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God.  
14. What is your life? 
james. 4.  It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.  
4. 
Psal. 144.  Man is like to vanity, his days are as a shadow that passeth away.  
15. 
103.  His days are as grass, as a flower of the field; so he flourisheth.  
16. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone: and the place thereof shall know it no more:  
2. 
job 14.  He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flieth also as a shadow, and continueth not.  

1. Pet. 1.  24. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: the grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.  

Psal. 62.  9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.  

39  5. Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.   

The end of the world.  
3. 
Math. 24.  AS jesus sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, tell us what shall be the sign of thy coming? and of the end of the world?  
4. And jesus answered and said unto them; Take heed that no man deceive you.  
5. For many shall come in my name saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many.  
6. And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars: See that ye be not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  

Math 24.  7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in diverse places.  
8. All these are but the beginning of sorrows.  
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all Nations for my name's sake.  
10. And they shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.  
11. And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.  
12. And because iniquity shall abound; the love of many shall wax cold.  
13. But he that shall endure unto the end shall be saved.  
14. And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all Nations, and then shall the end come.  
21. Then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no not ever shall be.  

Mat. 24.  22. And except those days should be shortened there should no flesh be saved: but for the elects sake, those days shall be shortened.  
24. There shall arise false Christ's, and false prophets, and shall show great signs, and wonders: in so much that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.  

2. Tim. 3.  1. This know also that in the last days perilous times shall come.  
2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to Parents, unthankful, unholy.  
3. Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good.  
4. Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.  
5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof, from such turn away.  
6. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women, laden with sins, led away with diverse lusts.  
7. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 
2. Tim. 3.   
8. Now as jannes' & jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth; men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning faith.  
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifested unto all men; as theirs also was.  

Luke 21.  25. And there shall be signs in the Sun, and in the Moon, and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea, and the waters shall roar.  
26. men's heart failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  
27. And then shall they see the son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  
28. And when these things shall begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh.  
13. 
Mar. 13.  But of that day and hour knoweth no man, not the Angels in heaven, nor the son but the father.  

Luke 21.  36. Watch ye therefore, and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things, that shall come to pass, and to stand before the son of man.  

1. Thes. 4.  15. For this we say, unto you by the word of the Lord; that we which are alive, and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them which are asleep.  
16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.  
17. Then we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.   

The judgement.  
27. 
Heb. 9  IT is appointed unto all men to die; but after this the judgement.  
7. 
Eccles. 12.  The dust shall return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.  
1. 
2. Cor. 5.  We know if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved; we have a building of God, a house not made with hand, eternal in the heavens.  

Rom. 8.  10. The body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.  

Gal. 6.  8. He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting.  

john 5.  24. He that heareth my Word and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life.  
18. 
Psal. 37.  The Lord knoweth the days of the upright; and their inheritance shall be for ever.  
20. But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.  
23. 
Rom. 6.  The wages of sin is death, but the gift of GOD is eternal life through jesus Christ our Lord.  
22. The beggar died, 
Luke 16  and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom, the rich man also died, and was buried.  
23. And in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments, and seethe Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:  
24. And he cried, and said; father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.  
25. But Abraham said, son, remember that thou in thy life time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.  
13. Wide is the gate, 
Mat. 7.  and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.  
14. Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.  
28. 
john 15.  The hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves, shall hear his voice.  
29. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.  

Mat: 25.  46. These shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.  

Dan. 12.  2. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.  

Mat. 25.  31. When the son of man shall come in his glory, and shall the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.  
32. 
Mat. 25.  And before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.  
33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.  
34. Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, come ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.  
41. Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his Angels.  

jude.  24. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless, before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.  
25. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory, and majesty, dominion, and power, now, and ever, Amen.  

Revel 22.  14. Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, & may enter in through the gates into the city.  
15. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and Idolaters, and whosoever loveth, and maketh a lie.    

PSALTERIES OF THE HOLY GHOST  ROM. 14 17. 
The Kingdom of GOD is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.  
LONDON, Printed for E. BLACKMORE. 1628.   

A PREFACE concerning the PSALMS.  
DAVID is said to be the instrumental cause of the Psalms, to whom all things were revealed, and by him set down He is also esteemed the greater, 
2. Samuel 23.2.  and more excellent Prophet, in that he did not Prophesy by certain visions of things, or dark coverings of words, but by the inward motion only of the holy Ghost: which is most evident, because the manifold and most beautiful riches in that treasury contained, are impossible to be matched by any other. Among which the invocation of Almighty God (being the greatest defence for our salvation, against the continual assaults of Satan) is most excellently composed for a president, and direction unto us upon all occasions. 
Eph. 6.18  We are commanded to pray always, with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, which is impossible for us to do, unless we be learned in the exercise of Piety, and guided therein by the holy Spirit of God. The true rule whereof is to be taken out of the Book of the Psalms. For by reading them we are as well stirred up to the understanding of our infirmities, as admonished and taught how to seek a sure remedy for them. They are doubtless the Anatomy of all the parts of the soul: for we cannot find any disposition or affection of the mind in ourselves, the form and proportion whereof, is not in this glass represented. When in this language we prepare ourselves to speak unto God, we are drawn to so strict an examination of our transgressions that all our secret offences being disclosed, and our hearts cleansed from hypocrisy, we cannot but deliver a real account, and full confession of them. By this language (which is Verba spiritus sancti, The words of the holy Ghost) we have not only a familiar access unto God, but do also find it more safe and available for us to acknowledge and confess our sins before him, then before men, 
1. john 1.9.  for he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
Psal. 118.8.  And it is better to trust in him then to put confidence in man. In them we have examples and directions of thanksgiving for blessings received, and dangers escaped. They are most comfortable in all times of temptation, trouble and affliction.  
The Psalms therefore ought to be our meditations in all holy exercises, both private and public; they are the key of knowledge. Almost all holy writ and mysteries are briefly contained in them. Their scope is the right way to eternal felicity.  
Some of the Fathers do counsel the young soldiers of Christ jesus, 
Cassidor  first to learn them, before they learn the other holy Scriptures.  
Others affirm that they are Arma Iwenum, 
Climac. ex sententia Patrum.  The armour and weapons of young men; And I doubt not but they may also truly be accounted, Armentaria senum; The armouries and storehouses of old men. Another saith, 
Basil.  Liber Psalmo●um quidvi, in se complectitur quod usui sit, & omni. bonae doctrinae promptua●ium est; The book of the Psalms containeth in it whatsoever is useful, and is the storehouse of all good doctrine. In them certainly is expressed as in a lively resemblance, the true rule of religious service, and worship; for the example of a godly man assaulted by all manner of temptations, is of more power to move, and encourage us to fly unto God, in time of necessity, than a Commandment alone. 
In proem. in 7. Psal. penitent.  INNOCENT the third saith; Inter omnes orationis species, post orationem dominicam, perfecta in Psalmis forma orandi reperitur. Among all kinds of prayer, next unto the Lord's prayer, the absolute form of praying is sound in the Psalms, yet not only the words are to be read, and rehearsed in our meditations, but our hearts also must be attendant, and elevated unto heaven; for we are taught to lift up our hands with our hearts unto God in the heavens.  
The holy Ghost being the dictator and guide of David's pen, 
Lam. 3.41.  and tongue when they were by him registered, It is most meet and requisite, that in all times of our devotion, they be recited with the assistance of the same blessed Spirit, which we must beforehand invocate, lifting up holy hands, 
1. Tim. 2 8.  without wrath or doubting.  
S. AUGUSTINE in his last sickness appointed DAVID'S Penitential Psalms to be written, 
Possidius in vita August.  and set upon the four sides of the wall, which on his sick days lying on his bed, he did behold and read; always shedding forth tears abundantly. S. BASIL also being in his death bed, desired that the Psalms might be read unto him by GREGORY NAZIANZEN. A man certainly in his greatest sorrow, and anguish of conscience occasioned by God's wrath, and judgement, may by them learn to raise up, and comfort himself. Come then, let us bring our offering of the finest gold to lay upon God's Altar, the least grain whereof is more precious in his sight, than all the Alchemy of the world. Let us drink of the purest fountain and forsake the troubled and muddy rivers.  

Isa. 55.1.  Every one that thirsteth, come ye to these waters, and he that hath no money, yea, come buy wine, and milk without money, and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Harken diligently unto the undoubted testimonies of our God, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto him, hear, and your soul shall live; and he will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of DAVID.   

PSALTERIES OF THE HOLY GHOST.  

A Psalm of Confession.  
VERSE  

Psal. 25.  1. Unto thee O LORD, do I lift up my soul.  

19  14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my strength and my redeemer.  

Psal. 5.  2. Harken unto the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for unto thee will I pray.  
4. 
Psal. 5.  For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.  
3. 
130.  If thou Lord shouldest mark iniquities; O Lord who shall stand?  
4. But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayst be feared.  
5. 
86.  For thou Lord art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.  
5. 
69.  O God thou knowest my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee.  

Psal. 119.  176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.  

51.  3. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.  
4. Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight.  

38.  3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sin.  
4. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head; as an heavy burden, they are two heavy for me.  
5. My wounds stink, and are corrupt; because of my foolishness.  
12. 
Psal. 40.  Innumerable evils have compassed me, mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of mine head; therefore mine heart faileth me.   

Of Contrition.  
1. 
Psal. 38.  O Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.  
2. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.  

Psal. 38.  6. I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly, I go mourning all the day long.  

22.  14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax, it is melted in the midst of my bowels.  

31.  12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.  

41.  4. Lord be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.  

38.  9 All my desire is before thee: and my groaning is not hid from thee.  
18. 
Psal. 38.  For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.  
17. 
51.  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken & a contrite heart o God thou wilt not despise:  
8. 
51.  Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.  
10. Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me.  
11. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me.  

Psal. 51.  12. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.   

For Remission.  

Psal. 51.  1. Have mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.  
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.  
7. Purge me with Hisop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.  
11. 
Psal. 25.  For thy name's sake O Lord pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.  
7. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me, for thy goodness sake o Lord.  
16. Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.  
18 Look upon mine affliction, and my pain; and forgive all my sins.  
20. O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.  

Psal. 39  8. Deliver me from all my transgressions, make me not the reproach of the foolish.  

31.  16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, save me for thy mercy's sake.  

51.  9 Hid thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.  

141.  8. Mine eyes are unto thee o Lord God, in thee is my trust: leave not my soul destitute.   

For mercy and direction.  
16. Hear me o Lord, 
Psal. 69.  for thy loving kindness is good, Turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.  
6. 
25.  Remember o Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness; for they have been ever of old.  
9 
27.  Hid not thy face from me, put not thy servant away in anger; thou hast been my help, leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.  

●sal. 86.  3. Be merciful unto me O Lord, for I cry unto thee daily.  

25.  4. Show me thy ways O Lord, teach me thy paths.  
5. Lead me in thy truth and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation, on thee do I wait all the day.  

43.  2. For thou art the God of my strength, why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?  

43.  3. O send out thy light and thy truth, let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and thy tabernacles.  
8. 
Psal. 143.  Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning for in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee.  
10. Teach me to do thy will for thou art my God, thy spirit is good: lead me into the land of uprightness.  
11. 
40.  Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me O Lord; Let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me  

●sal. 119.  133. Order my steps in thy Word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.  

86.  11. Teach me thy way O Lord, I will walk in thy truth, unite my heart to fear thy name.  

39  4. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days what it is, that I may know how frail I am.   

For understanding  

119.  169. LEt my cry come near before thee O Lord, give me understanding according to thy Word.  
26. 
Psal. 119  I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me; teach me thy statutes.  
27. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.  
18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold the wondrous things out of thy Law.  
73. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments.  
41. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy Word.  

Psal. 119  77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live, for thy Law is my delight.  

119.  175. Let my soul live and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgements help me.  
156. Great are thy tender mercies O LORD; quicken me according to thy judgements.  
144. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding and I shall live.  
160. Thy word is truth from the beginning; and every one of thy righteous judgements endureth for ever.   

In trouble.  
13. 
Psal. 9  Have mercy upon me, O Lord, consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me: thou that liftest me up from the gates of death.  
12. 
10.  Arise O Lord lift up thy hand; forget not the humble.  
11. 
22.  Be not fare from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.  
1. 
31.  In the O Lord do I put my trust, let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.  

Psal. 31.  2. Bow down thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock for an house of defence to save me.  
3. For thou art my rock and my fortress: Therefore for thy name's sake lead me, & guide me.  
16. Turn thee unto me, 
25.  and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate, and afflicted.  
17. The troubles of mine heart are enlarged: O bring me out of my distresses.  
18. 
Psal. 25.  Look upon mine affliction, and my pain; and forgive all my sins.  
20. O Keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.  
21. Let integrity, and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.  
15. 
25.  Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.   

For deliverance.  
1. Save me O God, 
69.  for the waters are come in unto my soul.  

Psal. 69.  2. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.  
13. My prayer is to thee O Lord in an acceptable time, O God in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.  
14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.  
15. Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.  
16. Hear me o Lord, 
Psal. 69.  for thy loving kindness is good; turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.  
17. And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.  
33. The Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.  
13. 
72.  He shall deliver the needy, when he cryeth: the poor also, and him that hath no helper.  
5. 
70.  I am poor and needy, make haste unto me O God: thou art my help and my deliverer, O Lord make no tarrying.  

Psal. 71.  2. Deliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.  
3. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me, for thou art my reck and my fortress.   

Against our enemies.  

35.  1. Plead my cause O Lord with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.  
2. 
Psal. 35.  Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.  
3. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.  
23. 
35.  Stir up thyself and awake to my judgement: even unto my cause my God and my Lord.  
1. 
59  Deliver me from mine enemies. O Lord my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.  

●sal. 36.  25. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it; let them not say, we have swallowed him up.  

9  20. Put them in fear O Lord; that the nations may know themselves to be but men.  

109.  29. Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.  

5.  11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice, let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them; let them also that love thy name, be joyful in thee.  
7. 
Psal. 138  Though I walk in the midst of trouble thou wilt receive me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.  
1. 
7.  O Lord my God in thee do I put my trust; save me from all them that persecute me, & deliver me.  
8. Lead me O Lord, 
5.  in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies: Make thy ways strait before my face.  
28. 
35.  And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness: and of thy praise all the day long.  

Psal. 71.  14. I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.  
15. My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day, for I know no numbers thereof.  
16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.  

18.  3. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.  

84.  12. O Lord of Hosts: Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.   

Of confidence in God's mercy.  
1. 
Psal. 23.  THe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  
2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.  
3. He restoreth my soul, he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.  
4. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear none evil; for thou art with me, thy red, and thy staff, they comfort me.  

Psal. 61.  4. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.  
7. Because thou hast been my help; therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.  

61.  3. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from mine enemies.  

71.  5. Thou art my hope, O Lord God: Thou art my trust from my youth.  

35.  7. Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.  
7. 
Psal. 5.  I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship towards thine holy temple.  
12. For thou Lord wilt bless the righteous, with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.  
8. 
16.  I have set the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.  
5. 
62.  My soul wait thou only upon GOD, for my expectation is from him.  
6. He only is my rock, and my salvation: he is my defence I shall not be moved.  

40.  4. Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust.   

Acknowledging Gods mercy.  

Psal. 28.  7. THe Lord is my strength, and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth and with my song will I praise him.  

86.  12. I will praise thee O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.  
13. For great is thy mercy towards me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.  
3. 
Psal. 1●3.  In the day when I cried thou answeredst me; and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.  
5. 
32.  I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I have not hid.  
6. I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.  
11. 
16.  Thou wilt show me the path of life, in thy presence is fullness of joy, at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.  

Psal. 18.  32. It is God that girdeth me with strength; and maketh my way perfect.  
31. For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?  

147.  3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.  

●4.  22. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.  

145.  8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.  
9 
Psal. 145.  The Lord is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.  
10. All thy works praise thee, O Lord, and thy Saints bless thee.  
11. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power.  
13. Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.  
5. 
36.  Thy mercy O Lord is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the Clouds.  

Psal. 36.  6. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains, & thy judgements are a great deep, O Lord thou preservest man and beast.  
7. How excellent is thy loving kindness O God? therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.  
8. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house: and thou shalt make them drink of the rivers of thy pleasures.  
9 For with thee is the well of life: and in thy light shall we see light.   

Magnifying Gods mercy and goodness.  
1. I will praise thee, 
Psal. 9  O Lord with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.  
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee, I will sing praise unto thy name, o thou most high.  
10. They that know thy name, will put their trust in thee; for thou Lord hast not forsaken them that seek thee.  
90. 
119.  Thy faithfulness is to all generations: thou hast established the earth and it abideth.  

Psal. 119.  142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness; and thy Law is truth.  

135.  13. Thy Name, o Lord endureth for ever; and thy memorial o Lord thorough out all generations.  

106.  2. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can show forth all his praise?  

33.  5. He loveth righteousness, and judgement; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.  

111.  7. The works of his hands are verity, and judgement; all his commandments are true.  
4. 
Psal. 111.  He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.  
14. 
145.  The Lord upholdeth all that fall; and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.  
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He will also hear their cry, and save them.  
1. 
103.  Bl●sse the Lord O my soul: and all that is within me bless his holy name.  
2. Bless the Lord o my soul: and forget not all his benefits.  

Psal. 103.  3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.  
4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness, and tender mercies.  

113.  2. Blessed be the name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore.   

Of Praise.  

104.  33. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise unto my God whiles I have any being.  

7.  17. I will praise the Lord, according to his righteousness: I will sing praise unto the name of the Lord most high.  
1. O Lord our Lord, 
Psal. 8.  how excellent is thy name in all the earth; who hast set thy glory above the heavens?  
18. 
35.  I will give thee thankes in the congregation: I will praise thee among much people.  
2. 
138.  I will worship towards thy holy Temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.  

Psal. 145.  1. I will extol thee my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.  
2. Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.  
21. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.  

18.  46. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.  

28.  6. Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.  
13. 
Psal. 41.  Blessed be the Lord GOD of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Amen.   
Amen.   

PSALMS IN SICKNESS.  JAMES 5.15. 
The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.  
LONDON, Printed for E. BLACKMORE. 1628.   

THE FIRST PSALM IN SICKNESS.  

Psal. 38.  1. O Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.  
2. For thine arrows stick fast in me; and thy hand presseth me sore.  
3. There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sin.  
14. 
Psal. 22.  I am poured out like water, & all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax, it is melted in the midst of my bowels.  
4. 
38.  For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.  
5. My wounds stink & are corrupt, because of my foolishness.  
4. 
41.  Lord be merciful unto me, heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.  
9 
38.  All my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.  
18. For I will declare mine iniquity; and will be sorry for my sin.  

Psal. 119.  176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy Commandments.  
175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy judgements help me.   

Second Psalm.  

69.  16. Hear me o Lord for thy loving kindness is good: Turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.  

25.  18. Look upon mine affliction, and my pain; and forgive all my sins.  
20. O keep my soul, 
Psal. 25.  and deliver me: let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.  
28. 
119.  My soul melteth for heaviness; strengthen me according to thy word.  
2. 
51.  Wash me throughly from mine iniquity: and cleanse me from my sin.  
3. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.  
7. Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.  
8. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.  

Psal. 142.  5. Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the living.  

31.  16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me for thy mercy's sake.   

Third Psalm.  

6.  2. Have mercy upon me o Lord, for I am weak; o Lord help me for my bones are vexed.  

69.  3. I am weary of crying, my throat is dried, mine eyes fail while I wait for my God  
11. 
Psal. 51.  Cast me not away from thy presence, & take not thy holy spirit from me.  
12. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: and uphold me with thy free spirit.  
8. 
17.  Keep me as the apple of the eye: hide me under the shadow of thy wings.  
94. I am thine save me; 
119.  for I have sought thy statutes.  
174. I have longed for thy salvation O Lord; and thy law is my delight.  
5. My soul, 
62.  wait thou only up in God; for my expectation is from him.  

●sal. 62.  6. He only is my Rock, and my salvation: he is my defence, I shall not be moved.  

40.  4. Blessed is that man, that maketh the Lord his trust.   

Fourth Psalm.  

42.  5. Why art thou cast down O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God.  

27.  1. The Lord is my light, and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?  
4. 
Psal. 23.  Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear none evil: for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  
5. 
13.  I have trusted in thy mercy, my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.  
19 
31.  O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee? which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men?  

Psal. 36.  7. How excellent is thy loving kindness O Lord? Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.  
9 With thee is the fountain of life, and in thy light shall we see light.  

145.  9 The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.  

66.  8. O bless our God ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard.  

103.  2. Bless the Lord O my soul; and forget not all his benefits.  
3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; who healeth all thy diseases.  
4. 
Psal. 103.  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; and crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies.  
13. 
41.  Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting, to everlasting.  
Amen, Amen.   

A PRAYER.  

Ephes. 1.  17. THe GOD of our Lord jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.  
18. That the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, you may know, what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints.  
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward that believe, according to the working of his mighty power.  
20. Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him on his own right hand, in the heavenly place.  
21. Fare above all Principality, and power, and might, and dominion; and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.  
22. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the Church;  
23. Which is his body; the fullness of him that filleth all in all. Amen.   

The Souls comfort.  

AS by the sacred Fountain I did pass,  
The streams sent forth such pleasant melody;  
That, with deep sighs, my soul cried out, Alas  
Why should I wander from this harmony?  
The sound whereof guides to eternal bliss,  
Diverting from those paths which lead amiss.   

The warbling notes resounded still and said,  
Oft hast thou fallen by thine iniquity:  
Yet lift thy heart to heaven, be not afraid,  
Repentance is a constant remedy.  
Then search and try thy ways, return, and know,  
Thy scarlet deeds shall be as white as snow.   

If thou confess thou hast perverted right,  
Yet no advantage hast thereby obtay'nd:  
Thy soul shall live, thy life shall see the light,  
Thy sins seem wool, which were with crimson stained.  
A light is come, and darkness vanished:  
Believe in him alone that promised.   

Afflicted widows and the fatherless  
To visit, is a work of charity;  
The poor to help, and such as in distress  
Want comfort to relieve their misery.  
Yet plead not merit in thy lost account;  
Trust to that mercy which doth all surmount.   

Still dost thou violate the sacred laws,  
And justly heapest wrath upon thine head:  
Yet hast an advo ate to plead thy cause,  
Who only hath the power to interceade.  
He ever life's at the tribunal seat,  
Mercy for our offences to entreat.   

When neither silver, gold, nor earthly price  
Can us redeem, and purge our heinous sin:  
He shed his blood, his life did sacrifice,  
That for us which were lost, he heaven might win  
He loved us, though his statutes we forgot,  
And suffered for our sins; yet had no spot.   

He craves no meed for all that he hath done,  
But with our hearts to fear, to serve to love him:  
His glory is, from death he hath us won,  
That we may know there is no power above him.  
Then let us strive to walk in all his ways;  
And in all things to give his name the praise   

And ever listen to those heavenly streams,  
Which yield such music for the souls delight:  
Abandoning all men's deceitful dreams,  
Who through their pride obscure the clearest light  
Close by this fountain I resolve to dwell,  
Whose warbles do all humane art excel.   
FINIS.   

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