95 Duties of masters towards servants. 97 Duties of the civil magistrate, to ad- 103 Perverting of judgment through covet- 130 Their temperance. 107 Wicked rulers enemies to religion. 108 God's providence over kings and rulers. 109 Particular instances of God's providence 110 Duties toward governors. Praying for 188 God will bring it upon the wicked. 155 Fraud and cheating in commerce for- 189 Promises against reproach. bidden. 159 Restitution to the injured to be made. 161 Prayers for the oppressed. 162 Promises to the oppressed. 168 To poor Christians especially. 170 Of being uncharitable to the poor. 171 The stranger, widow, and fatherless: duties toward them, and threatenings against those that oppress them. 200 Threats against the covetous.-Instances 201 An insatiable desire of riches. 202 Threats against unjust acquiring of 203 Riches are not a lasting possession. 204 They cannot be carried hence to the 205 Possessing riches but not using them; 208 The advantages which one man hath 15 The case of those who withstand the 1 Repentance the first doctrine preached at 36 Amendment. Of a Future Judgment, and the State of the 13 Are free from pain and sorrow. Sect. Righteous and the Wicked. 1 Of a future judgment and its conse quences. 2 God is judge. 14 Eternal life is from God. 15 Life promised to sundry graces and duties. 16 To righteousness. 17 To the spiritually minded. 18 To seeking God. 3 The persons and things that shall be 19 To godliness. judged. 4 When the day of judgment shall be. 5 Uses to be made of the doctrine of future judgment, for encouraging steadfastness and perseverance, &c. 20 To the fear of God. 21 To loving God. 22 To mortification, dying unto sin. 23 To suffering for Christ's sake. 24 To perseverance. 6 The dissolution of the heavens and the 25 To those that overcome. 7 Happiness of the righteous in heaven 27 To the wise. inconceivably great. 8 Christians are heirs; they have an inheritance, a kingdom, &c. 9 The righteous have rest. 10 They enjoy mansions, a new heaven, a heavenly temple, light, &c. 11 They are present with Christ. 28 Future punishments.-Sinners that shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 29 The greatest suffering in this life set forth in language expressive of future punishments. 30 The punishment of the wicked in a future state. For INDEX see page 325 A SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT, &c. CHAPTER I. CONCERNING THE BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 1. THA HAT there is a God, asserted, and proved by his works. Exod. iii. 14. God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth. xix. 1. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth his handy work. Ver. 2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. Job xii. 7, 8, 9. lviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. c. 3. The Lord he is God, he made us. 2 Sam. vii. 22. VI. None besides him. Neither is there any God besides thee. xxii. 32. Who is God save the Lord? 2 Kings v. 15. Isa. xliv. 6. 8. I know not any. Besides me there is no God; Hos. xiii. 4. Thou shalt know no God but me. Exod. xx. 3. VII. None with him. Deut. xxxii. 39. I am he, and there is no God with me. VIII. None before him. Isa. xliii. 10. Be 2 Cor. i. 21. He that hath anointed us is fore me there was no God formed. III. God is one. Deut. vi. 4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 1 Cor. viii. 4. There is none other God, but one. (Mark xii. 29.) Ver. 6. To us there is but one God. Gal. iii. 20. God is one. Eph. iv. 6. One God and Father of all. John viii. 41. Matt. xxiii. 9. IX. None like him. Exod. viii. 10. There is none like unto the Lord our God. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Ps. xxxv. 10. Mic. vii. 18. 1 Kings viii. 23. Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart. Exod. ix. 14. Deut. xxxiii. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 1 Chron. xvii. 20. Ps. 26. lxxxvi. 8. Isa. xlvi. 9. Jer. x. 6, 7. 16. X. None to be compared unto him. Ps. 1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one God, and one lxxxix. 6. Who in the heaven can be comMediator. James ii. 19. Thou believest there is one God, thou doest well. V. There is none else. Deut. iv. 35. The Lord he is God, there is none else. Isa. xlv. 5, 6. 14. 18. 22.-xlvi. 9. pared unto the Lord? XI. No likeness of God among the creatures. Isa. xl. 18. What likeness will ye compare to him? Ch. xlvi. 5. Deut. iv. 12. Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. Dan. iv. 34. XII. He is the living God. That liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. 33 |