Isa xlii. 12. Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands. Ch. xxxiv. 15. Luke ii. 20. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God. Acts xi. 18. The brethren glorified God for the conversion of the Gentiles. in the highest, and on earth, peace, good-will toward men. Rom. xvi. 27. To God only wise be glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever. Amen. Jude 25. Eph. iii. 21. Unto him be glory in the church by Jesus Christ, throughout all ages, world Gal. i. 24. The apostles glorified God, in without end. Amen. Gal. i. 5. Paul, for his conversion. Acts xxi. 20. CCXXXVI. By faith. Rom. iv. 20. Abraham was strong in faith, giving glory to God. Eph. i. 12. We being predestinated, that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. Ver. 5, 6. Phil. ii. 11. Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. CCXXXVII. By good works. Matt. v. 16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet. ii. 12. John xv. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. Phil. i. 11. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. CCXXXVIII. Various branches of duty whereby God is to be glorified. Josh. vii. 19. Joshua said to Achan, Give glory to the God of Israel, and make confession of thy secret sin. Hag. i. 7, 8. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Bring wood and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified. John xxi. 19. This spake Jesus, signifying by what death Peter should glorify God. Rom. xv. 5, 6. Be ye like-minded one toward another; that ye may with one mind, and with one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. iv. 15. All things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God. viii. 19. This grace [or gift to the poor saints] is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord. Ch. ix. 13. 1 Pet. iv. 11. If any speak, let him speak as the oracles of God, that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ.-Ver. 16. If any suffer as a Christian, let him glorify God on this behalf. Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory to him. Ch. xi. 13.-xv. 4. 1 Cor. x. 31. Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. CCXXXIX. Doxologies, or glory ascribed to God in worship. Luke ii. 14. Glory to God Phil. iv. 20. Now unto God and our Father, be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work, to do his will; working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Pet. v. 10, 11. The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ: to whom be glory both now and for ever. Amen. Rev. iv. 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. Rom. xi. 36. Rev. vii. 12. Blessing and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour and power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. Note. The reader may observe in the above scriptures, that the things mentioned along with glory, are reasons for ascribing it to God; also that glory is in some of them directly ascribed to Christ, and in others to God the Father through Christ. See Christ's glory before and in his incarnation, and after it. Chap. upon the Dignity and Offices of Jesus Christ. CCXL. God is glorified in the restoration and prevalence of true religion among his people. Ps. lxxii. 19. Let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Ps. xcvii. 6. Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. Ch. xlix. 3. lx. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.-Ver. 21. Thy people shall be all righteous, that I may be glorified. Ixi. 3. To give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty for ashes, &c. That they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. lxvi. 18. I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see my glorified him not as God, neither were thankful. glory. -Ver. 24. Wherefore God gave them up, &c. iii. 23. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Rom. xv. 7. Receive ye one another as Christ received us, to the glory of God. 2 Cor. i. 20. All the promises of God in Christ are Yea, and in. him Amen, unto the glory of God. iv. 6. God hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 6. God having predestinated us to the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, to the praise of the glory of his grace. Ver. 12. See Christ's glory before his incarnation on earth, and after his resurrection. God glorified by those who saw miracles wrought by Christ's power; as, When the palsy was cured, Matt. ix. 8.-The dumb made to speak, Matt. xv. 31.-The dead raised to life, Luke vii. 16.-The lame healed, Luke xiii. 13.-Acts iv. 21.-The leper cleansed, Luke xvii. 15.-Sight given to the blind, Luke xvii. 43.-The appearances at Christ's birth, Luke ii. 20.-At his death, xxiii. 47. CCXLI. The wicked glorify not God, and are punished. Dan. v. 22. Thou hast not humbled thine heart.—Ver. 23. Daniel said to Belshazzar, Thou hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven, &c. and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.-Ver. 26-28. God hath numbered thy kingdom. Thou art weighed in the balance and art found wanting. Thy | kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians. Mal. ii. 2. If ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Jer. xiii. 16. Acts xii. 23. An angel smote Herod, because he gave not God the glory; and he was eaten of worms. Rom. i. 21. When they knew God, they Rev. xvi. 9. The men that were scorched with fire repented not to give glory to God. CCXLII. God is glorified in the destruction of the wicked. Exod. xiv. 4. I will be honoured upon Pharaoh and his host. Ver. 17, 18. Lev. x. 2, 3. There went out fire from the Lord, and devoured Nadab and Abihu. The Lord spake, saying, Before all the people will I be glorified. Isa. xxvi. 14, 15. Thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. O Lord, thou art glorified. Ezek. xxviii. 22. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I am against thee, O Zidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee. Ch. xxxix. 11. 13. CCXLIII. Sanctifying God. Lev. x. 3. The Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. Isa. v. 16. God that is holy, shall be sanctified in righteousness. viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. xxix. 23. They shall sanctify my name, and shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob. Ezek. xx. 41. I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. Ch. xxxvi. 23.-xxviii. 25.-xxxix. 21. 1 Pet. iii. 15. Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. See Ezek. xxviii. 21.-xxxviii. 16. CCXLIV. Threats against those that sanctify not God. Numb. xx. 12. The Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. Ch. xxvii. 14. Deut. xxxii. 51. CHAPTER XV. CHARACTERS GOOD AND BAD, WITH PROMISES AND THREATS. I. GODLINESS in heart and life. Ps. xxxii. 6. For this shall every godly one pray unto thee. 2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, The testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world. vii. 9. Ye were made sorry [for sin] after a godly manner. Ver. 10, 11. xi. 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. 1 Tim. ii. 2. Pray that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. Ver. 10. Good works become women professing godliness. iv. 7. Exercise thyself unto godliness. vi. 11, 12. O man of God, follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness; fight the good fight of faith. Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, live soberly, righteously and godly, in the present world. into lasciviousness.-Ver. 18. They walk after their own ungodly lusts. VI. Threats against the ungodly. 2 Chron. xix. 2. Shouldst thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from the Lord. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. Ver. 4-6. The ungodly are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. They shall not stand in judgment. The way of the ungodly shall perish. iii. 7. Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. xliii. 1. Plead my cause against an ungodly Heb. xii. 28. Let us serve God, with rever- nation. ence and godly fear. 2 Pet. i. 6. Add to patience, godliness, &c. Ver. 7. iii. 11. What manner of persons ought ye to be, in all holy conversation and godliness? II. Promises to the godly. Ps. iv. 3. The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. 1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. III. Means of godliness given. Rom. xi. 26. Christ shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. 1 Tim. iii. 16. The gospel contains the mystery of godliness. vi. 3. The gospel contains the doctrine which is according to godliness. Tit. i. 1. The truth [in the gospel] is according to godliness. IV. Godliness misrepresented. 1 Tim. vi. 5. Corrupt men suppose that gain is godliness. 2 Tim. iii. 5. Hypocrites have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof. V. The ungodly described by their practice. Ps. xviii. 4. Floods of ungodly men made me afraid. Prov. xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil. xix. 28. An ungodly witness scorneth judg ment. 2 Tim. ii. 16. Vain babblings increase unto ungodliness. Ixxiii. 12. The ungodly prosper in the world, they increase in riches.—Ver. 18. Thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into destruction. Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. 1 Pet. iv. 18. If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 2 Pet. ii. 5, 6. God spared not the old world, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly. iii. 7. The heavens and the earth which are now, are reserved unto fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men. Jude 14, 15. Behold the Lord cometh, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly, of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. RIGHTEOUSNESS. VII. Righteousness required. Deut. vi. 25. It shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by righteous ness. Amos v. 24. Let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, seek righteousness, seek meekness, &c. Matt. ii. 15. Jesus said, It becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. v. 20. Jesus said, Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of God into the kingdoin of heaven. vi. 33. Seek first the kingdom of God, and troubles. Ps. xviii. 24.-xv. 1, 2. James v. his righteousness. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 12. Luke i. 75. Serve God in holiness and righteousness. Acts xxiv. 25. Paul reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. Rom. vi. 13. Yield your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. Ver. 19. 1 Cor. xv. 34. Awake unto righteousness. 2 Cor. vi. 4. 7. Approving ourselves by the armour of righteousness. Ver. 14. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? Eph. iv. 24. Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness. v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all righteousness, goodness and truth. vi. 14. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness. Phil. i. 10, 11. Approving things that are excellent, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. 1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 2 Tim. ii. 22. 2 Tim. iii. 16. The Scripture is profitable for instruction in righteousness. Tit. ii. 11, 12. The grace of God that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men; teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world. Heb. xi. 33. The prophets through faith wrought righteousness. 1 Pet. ii. 24. We being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness. 1 John ii. 29. Every one that doeth righteousness is born of God. iii. 7. He that doeth righteousness is righteous.-Ver. 10. Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God. VIII. Promises to the righteous of peculiar favour from God. Ps. i. 6. The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous. Ps. cxlvi. 8. The Lord loveth the righteous. Ps. xi. 7. -xxxiii. 5. v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour thou wilt compass him as with a shield. Ps. cvi. 3. Matt. v. 6. xi. 5. The Lord trieth the righteous. xiv. 5. God is in the generation of the righteous. Isa. lxiv. 5. xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. Job xxxvi. 7. Ps. xxxiii. 18. 1 Pet. iii. 12. Ver. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the righteous. Ps. lv. 22. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Ps. xv. 2. Ver. 39. The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. Gen. vii. 1. Prov. xviii. 10. Isa. xxxiii. 15, 16.—lxiv. 5. 2 Pet. ii. 5. Prov. ii. 7. The Lord layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous. Jer. xx. 12. iii. 32. The secret of the Lord is with the righteous. Ps. xxv. 14. Job xxxiii. 26. God will render unto man his righteousness. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. 1 Kings viii.32. Ps. vii. 8. Judge me according to my righteousness. Ps. xviii. 20. 24. 2 Sam. xxii. 21. Ver. 11. God judgeth the righteous: God is angry with the wicked every day. xxxvii. 6. He shall bring forth thy right eousness. Iviii. 11. Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. IX. Promises of blessings to the righteous, as the consequence of righteousness, by the appointment of God. Job iv. 7. Who ever perished being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? xvii. 9. The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Ps. xxxvii. 29. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it for ever. lxxii. 7. In his [the good King's] days the righteous shall flourish. lxxv. 10. The horns of the righteous shall be exalted. xcii. 12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Ps. i. 3.-lii. 8. Prov. xi. 28. xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. cvi. 3. Blessed is he that doeth righteousness at all times. Prov. x. 2. Righteousness delivereth from death. Ch. xi. 4. 6. Ver. 24. The desire of the righteous shall be granted.-Ver. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. xi. 8. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. Ch. x. 30.—xii. 3. Ver. 18, 19. To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Righteousness tendeth to life: he that pursueth evil, pursueth it to his own hurt. Ch. xii. 28. Ver. 30, 31. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. The righteous shall be recompensed in the earth. xii. 3. A man shall not be established by | wickedness but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. Ch. x. 25. Ver. 7. The wicked are overthrown, and are not; but the house of the righteous shall stand. Ch. xi. 21. Ver. 26. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour.-Ver. 28. In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is no death. Ch. xiii. 6. xiii. 9. The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. -Ver. 21. Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid. lviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. cxxv. 3. The rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous. Prov. xiv. 19. The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous. Zech. xiv. 12. This shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people who have fought against Jerusalem. Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume xiv. 34. Righteousness exalteth a nation, away in their holes, and their tongues shall but sin is a reproach to any people. consume away in their mouth. xvi. 12. The throne is established by right eousness. XI. The death of the righteous blessed. Ver. 31. The hoary head is a crown of Numb. xxiii. 10. Let me die the death of the glory, if it be found in the way of righteous-righteous, and let my last end be like his. ness. xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness and honour. xxviii. 1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. Isa. iii. 10. Say ye to the righteous, It shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. xxiv. 16. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness, and assurance for ever. xxxiii. 15, 16. He that walketh righteously, &c. he shall dwell on high, his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure. Ixiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. Ezek. xiv. 14. Though Noah, Daniel and Job were in the city, [devoted to destruction for iniquity] they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness. See Gen. vii. 1.-xviii. 23. xviii. 20. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him.-Ver. 22. In his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. Mal. iii. 18. Ye shall discern between the righteous and the wicked. X. The righteous shall be delivered from enemies. Ps. xxxiv. 21. They that hate the righteous shall be desolate. lii. 6. The righteous shall see [the destruction of the wicked] and fear, and shall laugh at him. Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in his death. Isa. lvii. 1. The righteous is taken away from the evil to come. XII. The righteous blessed after death. Ps. xv. 1, 2. Lord, who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that worketh righteousness. Ps. xxiv. 4. cxii. 6. The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. Isa. lvii. 2. He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever. Matt. xiii. 43. The righteous shall shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. xxv. 46. The righteous shall go into life eternal. UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. XIII. Unrighteousness forbidden. Rom. vi. 13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 2 Cor. vi. 14. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What communion hath light with darkness? XIV. Threats against the unrighteous. Deut. xxv. 16. All that do unrighteously are an abomination to the Lord. Job xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. |