L. Natural conscience; instances of the force thereof. John viii. 9. In the accusers of the woman before Christ. Rom. ii. 15. In the Gentiles, who have not the law. Acts xxiv. 25. In Felix, hearing Paul preach. 1 Sam. xxiv. 5. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. David's heart smote him. LI. A weak conscience not to be wounded. 1 Cor. viii. 12. When ye sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. See ver. 7 to 25. 27. Ch. x. 28, 29. LII. Of an evil conscience. 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2. Some shall depart from the faith; speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared. Tit. i. 5. Unto them that are defiled and unbelieving there is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. SERVING GOD. LIII. Commanded. Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him. x. 12. O Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee? but to fear the Lord thy God, and 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. Ver. 13. Ver. 20. The Lord thy God, him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave. Matt. iv. 10. LIV. With the heart. quoted text. Deut. x. 12. that we should serve in newness of spirit. xii. 1. Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Ver. 11. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. 2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure conscience. Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God. xii. 28. Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God with reverence and godly fear. Ps. ii. 11. Ps. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness. Eccl. ix. 10. With all thy might. Acts xxvi. 7. Serving God instantly. Rev. vii. 15. In heaven they serve God day and night. GOD'S SERVANTS. LVI. God's servants. Promises to them. Exod. xxiii. 25. Ye shall serve the Lord, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water. Ch. xv. 26. Deut. xi. 13, 14. 1 Kings viii. 23. Thou keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart. Gen. xxxii. 10. Job xxxvi. 11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasure. Ps. cxix. 165. Prov. iii. 17. Ps. xxxv. 27. Let the Lord be magnified, that hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servants. Ps. cxlvii. 11.-cxlix, 4. See the last shall continue, and their seed shall be cii. 28. The children of thy servants 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. Eph. vi. 6. Doing the will of God from the heart.-Ver. 5. With singleness of heart, as unto Christ. Ver. 7. With good will doing service to the Lord. See Deut. xi. 13, 14.-xiii. 4.-xxvi. 6.-xxxii. 46. Josh. xxii. 5. xxiv. 14, 15. 1 Sam. vii. 3.-xii. 14. 20. 24. 1 Kings xi. 4.-—xiv. 8. Ps. cxix. 69. LV. With suitable dispositions of heart. Josh. xxiv. 4. Fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth. Ver. 24. 31. Acts xx. 19. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Ch. xxvi. 7. Luke i. 74. Serve him in holiness, and righteousness. Rom. i. 9. I serve God with my spirit in the gospel of his Son. vii. 6. We are delivered from the law, established before thee. Ps. lxix. 36. cv. 6, 7. O ye seed of Abraham, his servant; ye children of Jacob his chosen: He is the Lord your God. Ver. 42. Isa. xli. 8, 9. servant, Isa. xliv. 1, 2. Fear not, O Jacob, my him that is thirsty, and floods upon the For I will pour water upon dry ground. Ver. 26. I have called thee by name. xlviii. 20. The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. liv. 17. No weapon formed against thee shall prosper; every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn: this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. Isa. lvi. 6, 7. The sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, &c. even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. lxv. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. And mine elect shall inherit my holy mountain, and my servants shall dwell there. Ver. 13, 14. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, drink, and rejoice. They shall sing for joy of heart. lxvi, 13, 14. I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted. And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb; and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. Jer. xxx. 10, 11. Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return and be in rest and quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee. Ch. xxix. 10.-xlvi. 27, 28. Joel ii. 29. Upon my servants and upon my hand-maids, will I pour out my Spirit. Isa. xliv. 3. Acts ii. 17. Zeph. iii. 9. 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. Matt. xxiv. 45. Blessed is the faithful and wise servant. Ver. 46. 48. 50. xxv. 21. Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Ver. 23. 26. 30. Luke xii. 37. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Gal. iv. 7. Thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God, through Christ. Rev. vii. 3. Hurt not the earth, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. xix. 2. The Lord our God hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. Deut. xxviii. 43. 2 Kings ix. 7. Ps. lxxix. 10.-cxvi. 15. LVII. Prayers for them. 2 Sam. vii. 29. With thy blessing, let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. xxiv. 10. O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant. Neh. i. 11. Let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name. Job xlii. 8. Dan. ix. 17. Ps. xix. 13. Keep back thy servant from presumptuous sin. xxvii. 9. Put not thy servant away in anger. xxxi. 16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercy's sake. Ixix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. lxxxvi. 2. O my God, save thy servant, that trusteth in thee. Ver. 16. Dan. iii. 17. 28.—vi. 16. lxxxix. 50. Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants. xc. 13. Let it repent thee concerning thy servants. Ps. cxxxv. 14. Deut. xxxii. 36. Ver. 16. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. NOT SERVING GOD. LVIII. Not serving God. Threats. Deut. xxviii. 47, 48. Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, in hunger and thirst, and nakedness and want of all things. Jer. xvii. 1 to 5. Neh. ix. 35, 36. Mal. iii. 14. Ye have said, It is in vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances?Ver. 18. Ye shall discern between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not. Job xxi. 15. Matt. xxiv. 50, 51. The Lord of the wicked servant, shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour when he is not aware, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Ch. xxv. 30. Cast the wicked and unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping aud gnashing of teeth. See ver. 26. Luke xii. 47. That servant which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his pleasantness and paths of peace. 1 John will, shall be beaten with many stripes. Rom. i. 25, 26. They served the creature more than the Creator. For this cause God gave them up to vile affections, &c. See Omission of good works. OBEDIENCE. LIX. Commanded. Eccl. xii. 13. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Jer. vii. 23. This thing commanded I your fathers, saying, Obey my voice; and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Lev. xix. 37. 1 Sam. xv. 22. Jer. xi. 4. Deut. vi. 24, 25.-vii. 12. Ezek. xx. 19. I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them. Ch. xxxvii. 24. 1 Cor. vii. 19. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God. Ps. cxix. 4. LX. Universal obedience required. Deut. xxviii. 14. Thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I commanded thee this day, to the right hand or to the left. Jos. i. 7. Observe to do according to all the law; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left; that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest. 1 Chron. xxviii. 8. Keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God. Ps. cxix. 1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way. Ver. 6. I shall not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy command iii. 5. Not grevious. Ver. 173. I have chosen thy precepts. -Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. See Rejoicing in God, in his word. Ver. 97. O how I love thy law. Ver. 159. See Love to God. Ver. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing it hath unto thy testimonies at all times. Ver. 40. See Longing for God, and the things of God. Ver. 11. Thy law have hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. -Ver. 15. I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. See Meditation. Ver. 83. I did not forget thy statutes.. Ver. 55. 93. Ps. xviii. 22. Rom. vii. 22. I delight in the law of God after the inward man. Ps. i. 2.xl. 8.-cxix. 16. 70. 72. 77. 92, 147. 174. See Delight. LXII. With resolution of heart. Jos. xxiv. 15. Joshua said, As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.Ver. 24. The people said, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. Ps. cxix. 57. O Lord, I have said that I would keep thy word.-Ver. 69. I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. Ver. 106. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. Ver. 112. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes.-Ver. 117. I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Ver. 145. See 2 Kings xxiii. 3. 2 Chron. xv. 12. 15.-xxxiv. 31. Where the king and the people enter into a covenant, an oath and curse, to seek God. LXIII. Ability for obedience promised. Deut. xxx. 6. circumcise thine heart, and the heart of The Lord thy God will thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul.Ver. 8. And thou shalt obey the voice of the Lord, to do all his commandments. 2 Chron. xxx. 12. The hand of God commandment by the word of the Lord. was to give them one heart, to do the Ps. cx. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Isa. ii. 3. He will teach us of his ways, and we shall walk in his paths. Mic. iv. 2. Ezek. xi. 19, 20. I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Ch. xxxvi. 26, 27. Jer. xxiv. 7.-xxxi. 33.-xxxii. 39. Zeph. iii. 9. 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. John xv. 5. Jesus said, Without me ye can do nothing. Acts v. 32. The Holy Ghost God hath given to them that obey him. 2 Cor. xii. 9. The Lord said to Paul, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weak ness. Phil. ii. 13. God worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 1 Pet. iv. 1. The ability God giveth. LXIV. Ability prayed for. 1 Kings viii. 57, 58. Solomon prayed, The Lord our God be with us; That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his statutes, and his judg ments. Ver. 61. 1 Chron. xxii. 11, 12. David prayed, The Lord be with thee, my son. (Ch. xxix. 19.) And give thee wisdom and understanding, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord. 1 Kings iii. 9. xxix. 13, 14. David said, Our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. See ver. 11, 12. Ver. 18, 19. Keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the hearts of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes. Ps. lx. 12. Through God we shall do valiantly. Ps. cviii. 15. Ver. 88. Quicken me, so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. cxliii. 10. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God. 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace; comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. Col. i. 9. 2 Thess. i. 11. Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work; working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. LXV. Ability from God acknowledged. 1 Cor. xv. 10. Paul said, By the grace which was bestowed on me was not in of God I am what I am; and his grace vain: but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God, which was with me. Ch. xii. 10. Joel iii. 10. Isa. xxxv. 4. Christ which strengtheneth me. and in the power of his might. that is in Christ Jesus. LXVI. Instances of obedience. Ps. cxix. 22. I have kept thy testimonies.-Ver. 60. I made haste and delayed not to keep thy commandments. Ver. 63. I am a companion of them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.-Ver. 87. I Forsook not thy precepts. Ver. 101. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.-Ver. 102. I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught cxix. 5. O that my ways were direct-me. ed to keep thy statutes.-Ver. 32. I will run the ways of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Ver. 33. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it.Ver. 34. Give me understanding, so shall I keep thy law. Ver. 36. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. Ver. 43, 44. 80. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes. Ver. 129. Ver. 110. I erred not from thy precepts.-Ver. 168. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee. John iv. 34. Jesus said, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me. viii. 29. I do always the things that please him. xii. 17. I have kept my Father's commandments. John xiii. 15. Jesus said, I have given you an example. 1 John ii. 6. He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself to walk even as he walked. Rom. vi. 17. Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine delivered unto you. Rev. iii. 8. I know thy works: thou hast kept my word. Ver. 10. xii. 17. The dragon went to make war with them which kept the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus. xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Examples. Abraham, Gen. xviii. 19.xxii. 18.-The children of Levi, Deut. xxxiii. 9. 11.-Noah, Daniel, and Job, Ezek. xiv. 4. Job i. 8.-xiii. 11.-Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, Dan. iii. 26.-David, 1 Kings xiv. 8.—Jehoshaphat, 1 Kings xxii. 43.-Hezekiah, 2 Kings xviii. 6.-Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 3. Ps. lxxviii. 7. LXVII. Promises to the obedient. Exod. xix. 5. If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then shall ye be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; for all the earth is mine. Exod. xx. 6. I am the Lord, shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Deut. v. 10.-vii. 9. Neh. i. 5. Jer. xxxii. 18. Dan. ix. 4. statutes and judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land.—Ver 6. Keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the nations. Ver. 7, 8. 30. Ver. 40. Thou shalt keep his statutes, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee. Ch. vi. 1, 2. 17, 18. 25.-xii. 28. v. 29. O that there were such an heart in them, &c. Ver. 33. xiii. 4. Thou shalt keep his commandments, and obey his voice.-Ver. 17. That the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers. xxviii. 1. If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments, the Lord thy God will set thee on high, above all nations of the earth. See various blessings promised to ver. 14th of this chapter, and in Lev. xxvi. 3 to 14. and Deut. vii. 12, 13, 14, 15.-xi. 9. 13, 14, 15.-xxx. 8, 9. xxix. 9. Keep the words of this covenant and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 1 Kings ii. 3, 4. Jer. xxxviii. 20. xxx. 19, 20. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him, (for he is thy life and the length of thy days.) Ver. 16. Ch. v. 1. 10.-viii. 2. 6. 11. 20.-xii. 1. 25. Lev. xviii. 5. Ye shall keep my sta--xxx. 8 to 16. 1 Sam. xii. 14. 2 Kings tutes and my judgments; which if a man iii. 14. Prov. iii. 2. do he shall live in them. Neh. ix. 29. Prov. iv. 4.-vii. 2. Ezek. xx. 11. 13. 21. Rom. x. 5. Gal. iii. 12. xxvi. 3-7. If ye will walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them, then will I give rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase. Ye shall eat bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down and none shall make you afraid. (Isa. i. 19.) And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. See to ver. 12. and Chap. xxv. 18, 19. Deut. iv. 1. Hearken, O Israel, to the Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are right.-Ver. 11. In keeping them there is a great reward. xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. xxxvii. 34. Keep his way, and he shall exalt thee. 1. 23. To him that ordereth his conversation aright, I will shew the salvation of God. cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies. Prov. i. 3. Let thine heart keep my commandments, for long life and peace shall they add to thee. |