XIV. The inconsideration of the wick- they hear not Moses and the prophets, ed. Deut. xxxii. 29. O that they would neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. consider their latter end. Ps. 1. 22. Consider, ye that forget God; lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Eccl. v. 1. They consider not that -they do evil. Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Ch. v. 12. Ps. lxxxii. 5.-xciv. 8. xliv. 19. None considereth in his heart. Ch. xlvii. 7. Ver. 20. A deceived heart hath turned him aside; he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Jer. ii. 10. Consider, hath a nation changed their gods? but my people have changed their glory. x. 8. They are altogether brutish. Ver. 14. Ch. li. 17. 21. xix. 41, 42. Jesus wept over Jerusalem, saying, If thou hadst known, in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace? But now they are hid from thine eyes. Rom. ii. 5. After thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath. Heb. vi. 4-6. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to open shame. xii. 17. Esau found no place for re Hos. vii. 2. They consider not in their hearts, that I remember all their wicked-pentance, though he sought it carefully ness. Matt. vii. 3. Thou considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye. with tears. Matt. xxvii. 7. Gen. vi. 3. God saith, My Spirit shall not always strive with man. Ps. xcv. 8. Luke ix. 55. Ye know not what man- Harden not your hearts. Heb. iii. 8. 15. ner of spirit ye are of. xix. 42. If thou hadst known the things that belong to thy peace, but now they are hid from thine eyes. Rev. iii. 17. Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not, that thou art wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. XV. The case of those who withstand the appointed means of repentance. Matt. xiii. 13, 14. Jesus said, I speak to them in parables; because they seeing, see not; and hearing, they hear not; neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: (Isa. vi. 9.) Ver. 15. For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Mark iv. 12. Luke viii. 10. John xii. 40. Acts xxviii. 26. Rom. xi. 8. Luke xvi. 30. Dives said, If one went from the dead unto my brethren they will repent.-Ver. 31. Abraham said, If -iv. 7. Ezra x. 6. Ezra mourned because of the transgressions of those that had been carried captive. Neh, i. 4. Nehemiah wept and mourned, fasted and prayed, and said, &c. Job v. 11. God doth great things, that those that mourn may be exalted. Ver. 8, 9. Ps. xxxviii. 6. I go mourning all the day. Ps. xlii. 9.-xliii. 2. Iv. 2. Attend unto me and hear me; 1 mourn in my complaint. Isa. xxxviii. 14. Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove. Isa. lix. 11. lvii. 18. I will restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. lxi. 2, 3. The Lord hath sent me to comfort all that mourn. To give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garments of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourn ing into joy; I will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. Ezek. vii. 16. They shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, mourning every one for his iniquities. Ver. 27. ix. 4. Set a mark on the fore-heads of them that sigh and mourn for the abominations. Rev. vii. 3. Dan. x. 2. I Daniel was mourning three full weeks, &c. Joel i. 9. The priests, the Lord's ministers mourn. ii. 12. Turn ye unto me, (saith the Lord) with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping and mourning. Ver. 13. Rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God. Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on him whom they have pierced, and mourn. Ver. 12. The land shall mourn, every family apart. Matt. v. 4. Blessed are they that mourn; they shall be comforted. Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you that laugh; ye shall mourn. 1 Cor. v. 2. Ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned. James iv. 9. Be ye afflicted, and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness. XIX. Heaviness for sin. Ezra ix. 5. I arose from my heaviness. Ps. xxxviii. 4. Mine iniquities are as an heavy burden. cxix. 28. My soul melteth for heaviness. Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Isa. Ixi. 3. XX. Grief for sin. 2 Chron. vi. 29. house of God, grieved me sore. Ps. cxix. 158. I beheld transgressors and was grieved. hardness of their hearts. XXI. Not being grieved for sin. Jer. v. 7. Thou hast stricken them; they were not grieved. Isa. lvii. 10. XXII. Weeping for sin. Judg. ii. 4. The Israelites being reproved by an angel for their sins, they lift up their voice and wept. 2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 26. Ezra x. 1. Ezra confessed, weeping. Ps. vi. 8. The Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. cii. 9. I have mingled my drink with weeping. cxxvi. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall come again with rejoicing. Jer. xiii. 17. My soul shall weep in secret for your pride. XVIII. Reproofs and threats for not mourning for sin. Isa. xxii. 12, 13. In that day did the Lord God of hosts calling and supplications. to weeping and mourning, and baldness, and to girding with sackcloth. But behold joy and gladness. xxxi. 9. They shall come with weep Zech. vii. 5. When ye fasted and mourned, did ye at all fast unto me, even unto me? I. 4. The children of Israel shall go together weeping, to seek the Lord their God. Joel ii. 12. Turn ye unto me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping and mourning. Ver. 17. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar; and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord. Luke vi. 21. Blessed are ye that weep. Ver. 25. vii. 38. A woman stood weeping, and began to wash Jesus' feet with tears. xxiii. 28. Jesus said, Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves. James iv. 9.-v. 1. XXIII. Tears for sin. 2 Kings xx. 5. I have seen thy tears; behold I will heal thee. Isa. xxxviii. 5. Job xvi. 20. Mine eye poureth out tears unto God. Ps. vi. 6. I water my couch with my tears. xxxix. 12. Hold not thy peace at my tears. Acts xx. 19. Serving the Lord with many tears. Rev. vii. 15. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. cix. 16. See prayers against those who would slay the broken in heart. cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. Isa. lvii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit; to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. lxi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18. Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. XXVI. Shame the portion of sinners. tion of fools. Prov. iii. 35. Shame shall be the promo xiii. 5, A wicked man cometh to shame. xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any peo ple. Dan. xii. 2. Some (at the last day) shall awake to shame, &c. XXVII. Shame enjoined as a mark of true penitents. Jer. xxii. 22 Thou shalt be ashamed; yea, even confounded, for all thy wickedness. Ezek. xliii. 10. Show the house of Is. rael, that they may be ashamed for their iniquities. Ver. 11. Hos. iv. 19. Rom. vi. 21. What fruit had ye in these things whereof ye are now ashamed. Jer. xxxi. 19.—iii. 25. XXVIII. Avoiding sin is avoiding shame. Ps. cxix. 6. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments. See Rev. iii. 18.xvi. 15. Compare Gen. iii. 7, 8. XXIV. The heart affected for having hand, put it far away; and let not wickJob xi. 14, 15. If iniquity be in thine sinned. 1 Sam. xxiv. 5. David's heartedness dwell in thy tabernacles. For smote him. 1 Kings viii. 38. Know the plague of his own heart. 2 Chron. vi, 29. His own sore. 2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thine heart was tender. Isa. xlvii. 7. Lay to heart. Dan. v. 22. Humble the heart. Joel ii. 13. Rend the heart. Acts ii. 37. They were pricked in their hearts. Chap. ix. 6.-xvi. 30. Ps. cix. 22. Heart wounded. XXV. A broken and contrite heart. Ps. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. then thou shalt lift up thy face without spot, &c. XXIX. Reproofs for not being ashamed of sin. Jer. vi. 15. When they had committed abominations they were not ashamed, neither could they blush. Ch, viii. 12. Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no shame. Phil. iii. 19. The wicked glory in their shame. Jude 13. Foaming out their own shame. XXX. Abhorring and loathing one's self for sin. Job xlii. 6. Job said, I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Ezek. vi. 9. They shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, in all their abominations. Ch. xx. 43.-xxxvi. 31. XXXI. Confession and acknowledgement of sin required of penitents. XXXII. Promises to confessing and acknowledging sin. Lev. xxvi. 40-42. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers; if their uncircumcised heart be humbled; then will I remember my covenant. 1 Kings viii. 33. 35. Ps. xxxii. 5. I said, I will confess my transgressions; thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall have mercy. Job xxxi. 33. quities and my sins: make me to know my transgressions and my sins. xiv. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean. xv. 14. What is man that he should be clean? and he that is born of a wò man, that he should be righteous? 1 Kings viii. 46. Ver. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his saints, and the heavens are not clean in his sight. xl. 4. Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Ps. xxxviii. 18. I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. Ps. xxxii. 5. li. 3. I acknowledge my transgressions; my sin is ever before me. ceive me. Ver. 5. Behold I was shapen in 1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he iniquity, and in sin did my mother conis faithful and just to forgive us our sins, lxix. 5. and to cleanse us from all unrighteous-foolishness, and my sins are not hid O God, thou knowest my Ps. cxxx. 3. If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, O Lord, who should stand? ness. XXXIII. Exhortations to confession. Jos. vii. 19. Give glory to God, and make confession. Jer. iii. 13. Acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God. Ezra x. 11. Hos. v. 15. Rom. xiv. 11. Every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God. XXXIV. Instances. Matt. iii. 16. They were baptized, confessing their sins. Acts xix. 8. Many that believed, confessed and shewed their deeds. XXXV. Confessions made in Scripture expressions. Ezra ix. 6. O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face to thee my God; for our iniquities are increased over our heads, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. Ver. 7. 13. 15. Ps. xxxviii. 4.-xl. 12. Jer. xiv. 20. Neh. i. 6, 7. Both I and my father's house have sinned. (Ps. cvi. 6.) We have dealt very corruptly against thee. ix. 16. They dealt proudly and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments. Ver. 26. They were disobedient and rebelled against thee, and cast thy laws behind their backs. Ver. 35. They have not served thee in thy great goodness, neither turned they from their wicked works. Job xiii. 23. How many are mine ini from thee. Prov. xx. 9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean? I am pure from my sin? 1 John i. 8. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Eccl. vii. 20. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. Isa. lix. 12. Our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us. Ixiv. 6. We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away. Jer. xiv. 7. Our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Ver. 20. Luke iii. 42. Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly and have rebelled; even by departing from thy precepts, and from thy judgments.-Ver. 8. O Lord to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers; because we have sinned against thee. Rom. vii. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good thing.-Ver. 21. I find a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.-Ver. 23. I see a law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into cap Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Luke iii. 8. John v. 14. Sin no more. Ch. viii. 11. Ps. iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not. Rom. vi. 1. Shall we continue in sin, &c. God forbid. branches: he that abideth in me, and I I am the vine, ye are the in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. that ve bear much fruit; so shall ye be Ver. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, disciples. my Ver. 16. I have chosen you, and ordained that you, ye should go and bring forth fruit. Rom. vi. 22. Being made free from Eph. v. 14. Awake thou that sleep- sin, ye have your fruit unto holiness, est, arise from the dead. See Dead works. and the end everlasting life. Ch. vii. 4. Eph. iv. 15. Grow up unto Christ in James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, pu- all things. rify your hearts. FRUITFULNESS. XXXVIII. Fruitfulness in religion. Ps. i. 3. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. xcii. 14. They shall bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing. See ver. 12, 13. Ps. lxxxiv. 7. Prov. iv. 18. The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth, &c. Isa. v. 4. What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it, to make it fruitful. Jer. xxxi. 12. Their soul shall be as a watered garden. Mal. iv. 2. Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.-Ver. 8. I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found. v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all righteousness, goodness, and truth. Phil. i. 11. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the praise and glory of God. Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work. Ch. ii. 6, 7. James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is full of good fruits. 1 Pct. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. 2 Pet. i. 8. If these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Jude 20. Building yourselves up in your most holy faith. |