They're of the devil who fin amain :t 1 John iii. 8, He that committeth fin, is of the devil; for the devil finneth from the beginning. 1 John i. 8, If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. Rom. vii. 23, But 1 fee another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin which is in my members. w Pfalm lxv. 3, Iniquities prevail against me: as for our tranfgreffions, thou fhalt purge them away. Rom. vi. 14, For fin fhall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace. * John i. 42, Jefus faw Nathaniel coming to him, and faith of him, Behold an Ifraelite in whom is no guile. Pfalm xxxii. 2, Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. y Pfalm xix. 12, Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from fecret faults. z Pfalm li. 6, Behold thou defireft truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. a Matth. xv. 19, For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witness, blafphemies. 6 Matth. vi. 24, No man can ferve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and defpife the other. Ye cannot ferve God and mammon. c Hof. x. 1, Ifrael is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself; according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath increafed the altars; according to the goodnefs of his land, they have made goodly images. Matth. xvi. 24, Then faid Jefus unto his difciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himfelf, and take up his crofs and follow me. d Ifa. xxvi. 13, O Lord our God, other lords befide thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. John xx. 28, And Thomas answered and faid unto him, My Lord, and my God," I feek myself inceffantly, e In this vain world I live, yet fee e James iv. 3, Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amifs, that ye may confume it upon your lufts. Jer. xlv. 2, 5, Thus faith the Lord the God of Ifrael unto thee, O Baruch, and seekest thou great things for thyfelf? Seek them not; for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, faith the Lord; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goeft. f Matth. xvi. 24, See letter c. g Lev. xix. 18, Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf-I am the Lord. Eph. v. 29, For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church. John xii. 25, He that loveth his life fhall lofe it and he that lofeth his life in this world, fhall keep it unto life eternal. Job xlii. 6, Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. b Col. iii. 3, For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Chrift in God. Gal. vi. 14, But God forbid that I should glory, fave in the crofs of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. i John xvi. 22, And ye now therefore have forrow; but I will fee you again, and your heart fhall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 2 Theff. ii. 16, Now our Lord Jefus Chrift himself, and God the Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting confolation, and good hope through grace, &c. Pfalm xxx. 7, Lord, by thy favour, thou haft made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. Ifa. xlix. 13, 14, Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into finging, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. But Zion faid, The Lord hath forfaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. SECT. III. Myfteries about the Saints' work and warfare, their fins, ferrows, and joys. THE work is great I'm call'd unto,a To works, but not to working dead : e a Phil. ii. 12, Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my prefence only, but now much more in my abfence; work out your own falvation with fear and trembling. Phil. ii. 13, For it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleafure. Lev. xx. 7, 8, Sanctify yourfelves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the Lord your God. And ye fhall keep my ftatutes, and do them: I am the Lord which fanctify you. Rom. vi. 23, For the wages of fin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Chap. xi. 6, And if by grace, then is it no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace; otherwife work is no more work. d Pfalm xix. 11, Moreover, by them [the judgments of the Lord] is thy fervant warned; and in keeping of them there is a great reward. Pfalm lviii. 11, Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. e Rom. vii. 4, Wherefore, my brethren, ye alfo are become dead to the law by the body of Chrift; that ye fhould be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Gal. ii. 19, For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. f 1 John i. 8, If we fay we have no fin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Chap. iii. 9, Whofoever is born of God, doth not commit fin, for his feed remaineth in him; and he cannot fin, because he is born of God. g Rom. vii. 18, For I know, that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing; for to will is prefent with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. Pfalm xxvi. 6, I will wash mine hands in innocence; fo will I compafs thine altar, O Lord. My Father's anger burns like fire,i Were gain'd before they were begun.s i 1 Kings xi. 9, And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Ifrael, which had appeared unto him twice. * Ifa. xxvii. 4, Fury is not in me. Chap. liv. 9, 10, For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have fworn that the was ters of Noah fhould no more go over the earth: fo have I fworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains fhall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindnefs fhall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, faith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. /Hab. i. 13, Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Jer. xliv. 4, Howbeit, I fent unto you all my fervants the prophets, rifing early, and fending them, saying, Ó do not this abominable thing that I hate. m Matth. iii. 17, And lo, a voice from heaven, faying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleafed. Rom. v. 10, When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son. n 2 Cor. ii. 14, Now thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. o Rom. vii. 23, But I fee another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin, which is in my members. p Rom. vii. 23, See letter o. 1 Tim. vi. 12, Fight the good fight of faith, &c. Gal. v. 17, For the flesh lufteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; fo that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 9 Rom. v. 1, Therefore being juftified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ifa. liv. 10, See letter k. Rom. vii. 23, See letter o. Chap. viii. 37, Nay, in all those things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. /1 Cor. xv. 57, But thanks be to God, which giveth us the vic tory, through our Lord Jefus Christ. I'm still at eafe, and ftill oppreft; Have conftant trouble, conftant reft ;s s 2 Cor. iv. 8, We are troubled on every fide, yet not diftreffed; we are perplexed, but not in defpair. John xvi. 33, These things have Ifpoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye fhall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. Heb. iv. 3, For we which have believed, do enter into rest. t Zech. xiv. 6, 7, And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light fhall not be clear, nor dark. But it shall be one day, which fhall be known to the Lord, not day nor night; but it fhall come to pafs, that at evening time it fhall be light. Mic. vii. 8, Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I fit in darkness, the Lord fhall be light unto me. John viii. 36, If the Son therefore fhall make you free, ye fhall be free indeed. Acts xx. 23, The Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, faying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. 2 Cor. vi. 9, As dying, and behold we live. Col. iii. 3, For ye are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. w Matth. xviii. 11, For the Son of man is come to fave that which was loft. Pfalm cxix. 176, I have gone aftray like a loft fheep, feek thy fervant. Phil. iii. 9, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Chrift, the righteousness which is of God by faith. * Rom. viii. 28, And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Chap. xi. 11, I fay then, Have they ftumbled, that they fhould fall? God forbid; but rather through their fall falvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealoufy. y Pfalm lxxxix. 31, 32, If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments, then will I visit their tranfgreffions with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. z Pfalm cxix. 67, Before I was afflicted, I went aftray: but now have I kept thy word. v. 71, It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy ftatutes. James i. 2, My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations. a Matth. x. 39, He that lofeth his life for my fake, shall find it. 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