CHAPTER XIII. OF THE TRINITY. THE SAME THINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON AND TO THE I. THE Father is, Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God. Isa. xl. 28. The everlasting God. The Son is, Col. i. 17. Before all things. Heb. xiii. 8. The same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Rev. i. 8. The beginning and the ending.Ver. 17. The first and the last. The Spirit is, Heb. ix. 14. The eternal Spirit. II. The Father is omnipresent. Jer. xxiii. 24. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I flee from thy presence? Dan. ii. 20. Wisdom and might are his. Rev. vii. 12. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom be unto our God. The Son's wisdom. Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, &c. The Spirit's wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. He is the Spirit of wisdom. Acts vi. 3. Full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom. Eph. i. 17. The Spirit of wisdom and revelation. V. The power of God. Ps. lxii. 11. Power The Son. John iii. 13. The Son of man, belongeth unto God. which is in heaven. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. Christ's power. Isa. ix. 6. His name is, The mighty God. Matt. xxviii. 18. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God. See The power of Christ. The Spirit's power. Rom. xv. 13. Abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Ver. 19. Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. VI. Goodness of God. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son but The Lord is good. the Father. The Son's knowledge. Matt. xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. John ii. 24. He knew all men-he knew what was in man. Ver. 25. Acts i. 24. They prayed and said, Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men. Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Ch. v. 6. The Spirit's knowledge, 1 Cor. ii. 10. The Spirit searcheth all things; yea the deep things of God. Ver. 11. The things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. IV. The wisdom of God. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Christ. Acts x. 38. He went about doing good. Spirit. Ps. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good. VII. Works of God-Creation. Isa. xl. 28. The Creator of the ends of the earth. Gen. i. 27. God created man. Works of Christ. John i. 3. All things were made by him. Col. i. 16. By him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth. Works of the Spirit. Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me. Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created. VIII. God sendeth teachers to his church. Jer. vii. 25. I have sent unto you my servants the prophets. Ch. xxv. 3, 4.-xxvi. 5.—xxix. 19. xxxv. 14, 15.-xliv. 4. Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. See Acts ix. 15. 17. Gal. i. 15. Eph. iv. 11, 12. Acts xxii. 14. Christ sendeth them. Matt. x. 5-8. These twelve Jesus sent forth, saying, Go, preach; heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils, &c. Acts xxvi. 16, 17, 18. He said, I have appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister. I send thee to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, &c. See Ch. xxii. 14. 21. 1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to preach the gospel. 2 Cor. v. 20. We are ambassadors for Christ. The Holy Ghost sendeth them. Isa. xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me. Acts xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.-Ver. 4. They being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia. xx. 28. Paul said, Take heed unto your selves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers-(or bishops, as in the original.) IX. Teachers receive their knowledge from God. John vi. 45. They shall be all taught of God. Isa. liv. 13. Jer. xxxi. 34. Phil. iii. 15. God shall reveal this unto you. From Christ. Gal. i. 12. Neither was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. From the Spirit. Luke ii. 26. It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost. John xiv. 26. The Holy Spirit shall teach you all things. X. God spake by those who were sent. Heb. i. 1. God spake unto the fathers by the prophets. Christ spake by them. 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me. The Holy Ghost spake by them. Mark xiii. 11. It is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. XI. God is in his people as his temple. Acts vii. 48. The most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Ch. xvii. 24. 1 Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God! Ver. 17. 2 Cor. vi, 16. Ye are the temple of the living God: God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them. Christ is in them. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Christ is in you, The Holy Ghost is in them. John xiv. 17. The spirit of truth that dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Rom. viii. 11. His spirit that dwelleth in you. 1 Cor. vi. 19. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? To them that are sanctified by God the Father. sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of sanctified by the Holy Ghost. XIII. God leadeth his people. Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God, which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest go. Christ leadeth. John x. 3. He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them. The Spirit leadeth. Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. XIV. God is life, and giveth life. Deut. 1 John v. 12 He that hath the Son hath life. XV. God raiseth the dead. John v. 21. The Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them. Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead. 2 Cor. i. 9. Christ raiseth the dead. John v. 21. The Son quickeneth whom he will. x. 18. I have power to lay down my life, and power to take it again. ii. 19. Destroy this temple, (viz. his body, ver. 21,) and in three days I will raise it up. Matt. xi. 5. The dead are raised up.-Persons raised by Christ, were, Lazarus, John xi. 43.-xii. 1. A daughter. Matt. ix. 25. A widow's son. Luke vii. 11. The Spirit raiseth the dead. 1 Pet. iii. 18. XVI. The Son and Spirit joined with the Father in worship. Matt. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Eph. iii. 17. That Christ may dwell in your Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. hearts. CHAPTER XIV. DUTIES TOWARDS GOD, ENFORCED BY THREATS AND PROMISES. KNOWLEDGE. I. TO know God and Christ commanded, with its fruits. Deut. iv. 39. Know and consider in thine heart, that the Lord he is God, in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. Ps. xlvi. 10. Be still, and know that I am God. Ps. c. 3. Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which exercise lovingkindness and judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Hos. vi. 6. I desired the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 2 Pet. i. 8. Neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. II. Denying God. Tit. i. 16. Some profess to know God, but in works deny him. See 2 Pet. ii. 1. III. Prayers for them that know God, and promises to them. Ps. xxxvi. 10. Continue thy loving-kindness to them that know thee. thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy Irising. Ch. xlii. 7. 16. Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. xxxi. 33, 34. I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts. And they shall all know me, from the least unto the greatest. Hos. ii. 19, 20. I will betroth thee to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies, and in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord. vi. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Isa. xi. 9. Mal. i. 11. From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering. God is made known by his works. Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judgment he executeth. xix. 1, 2. The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament sheweth his handy-work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood Dan. xi. 32. The people that know God by the things that are made, even his eternal shall be strong and do exploits. xci. 14. I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. John xvii. 3. This is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 1 John ii. 13. IV. God will be known by his people. Ps. xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of Zion for a refuge. lxxvi. 1. In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. Isa. xix. 21. The Lord shall be known to Egypt; the Egyptians shall know the Lord, and do sacrifice to him. liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of the Lord. lx. 2, 3. Darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. The Gentiles shall come to power and Godhead. Iviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. c. 3. The Lord he is God; he made us. 2 Cor. i. 21. He which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God. Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. V. Christ called light, as a teacher sent to give the true knowledge of God. Luke ii. 32. A light to lighten the Gentiles. John i. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. Ver. 7, 8. Matt. iv. 16. Ver. 9. The true light, that lighteth every man that cometh into the world. viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. ix. 5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. x. 14. I know my sheep, and am known of mine. xii. 46. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. Ver. 35, 36. Acts xiii. 47. I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for salvation to the ends of the earth. VI. Duties of the enlightened, who know God. Acts xvii. 30. The times of ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent. Rom. xiii. 12. Let us put on the armour of light. Ver. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness. 1 Thess. v. 5, 6. Ye are all the children of light and of the day: we are not of the night | nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober.Ver. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. VII. The wicked know not God. Exod. v. 2. Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. Job xxi. 15. Ps. xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? lxxix. 6. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee. lxxxii. 5. They know not, neither will they understand they walk on in darkness. Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.-Ver. 7. Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire. Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish, they have not known me; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.-Ver. 27. The whole land shall be desolate. v. 4. They are foolish, they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgments of their God. Ver. 5. ix. 3. They proceed from evil to evil, and know not me, saith the Lord.-Ver. 11. I will make Jerusalem heaps. Hos. iv. 1. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. v. 4. The spirit of whoredoms is in them; they have not known the Lord. John viii. 19. Jesus said to the Pharisees, Ye neither know me, nor my Father. Ver. 55. xvi. 3. Jesus said unto his disciples, These things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father nor me. xvii. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee. Rom. i. 28. They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, wherefore God gave them up to a reprobate mind. Ps. x. 4. 1 Cor. xv. 34. Some [Professed Christians] have not the knowledge of God. 1 John iv. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth not God. FAITH. VIII. Faith in God. 2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established. Isa. xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, that ye may know and believe me, that I am the Lord. Mark xi. 22. Jesus said, Have faith in God, John xii. 44. Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance, and of faith toward God. xi. 6. Without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. James ii. 19. Thou believest there is one God; thou dost well. 1 Pet. i. 21. That your faith and hope might be in God. Ps. cxix. 66. I have believed thy commandments. IX. Faith in Christ. John vi. 29. Jesus said, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 1 John iii. 23. This is God's commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. John xii. 36. Believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. xiv. 1. Jesus said, Ye believe in God, believe also in me. xx. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not faithless but believing. X. Faith in Christ: brief summaries thereof. John ix. 35. Dost thou believe in the Son of God? Ver. 38. xi. 27. I believe that thou art Christ the Son of God, that should come into the world. xvi. 30. We believe that thou camest forth from God. xvii. 6. Jesus said, I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world.-Ver. 8. And they have be- | lieved that thou didst send me. Ver. 21. Acts viii. 37. Philip said to the eunuch, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest be baptized and he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.Ver. 38. And Philip baptized him. John iv. 42. We have heard ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. vi. 69. We believe and are sure, that thou art Christ the Son of the living God. xvi. 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things by this we believe that thou camest Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we forth from God. Ver. 31. believe that we shall also live with him. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. XI. Confessing Christ; promises. Matt. x. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father which is in heaven. Rom. x. 9, 10. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in him. xvii. 8. Jesus said, They have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. Ch. xvi. 27. Acts i. 36. Let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus both Lord and Christ. xvii. 31. God 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. Heb. x. 22. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith. xi. 1. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. See Col. ii. 2. 1 Thess. i. 5. 2 Tim. iii. 14. 1 John iii. 19. Of being strong, steadfast, and persevering in faith. Rom. iv. 19. Abraham, being not weak in faith. Ver. 20-22. He staggered not at the pro Rev. ii. 13. Thou holdest fast my name. mise of God, through unbelief; but was strong Ch. iii. 8. XII. Denying Christ; threats. Matt. x. 33. Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Luke xii. 9. He that denieth me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God. 2 Tim. ii. 12. If we deny him, he also will deny us. 2 Pet. ii. 1. False teachers shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them. 1 John ii. 22, 23. Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of God into lasciviousness, denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. See Acts iii. 14. Matt. xxvi. 70. XIII. The certainty and assurance of faith. Luke i. 1. Many have taken in hand to set forth a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.-Ver. 3, 4. It seemed good to me also, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed. in faith, giving glory to God: Being fully persuaded, that what God had promised he was able to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 1 Cor. xvi. 13. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. sight. Cor. v. 7. We walk by faith, not by iv. 18. We look not at the things which are seen and are temporal, but at the things which are not seen, and are eternal. Heb. xi. 27. Moses endured as seeing him who is invisible. xiii. 5. Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Gal. ii. 20. The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith of the Son of God. Eph. iii. 17. I pray that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. vi. 16. Take the shield of faith, whereby ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Phil. i. 27. Stand fast in one Spirit, with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel. Col. i. 23. Continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, ii. 5, 6, 7. I am with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the steadfastness of your |