Ps. xix. 4. In the heavens hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. civ. 19. He hath appointed the moon for seasons, and the sun knoweth his going down. Nah. i. 3, 4. The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers. V. Summer and winter. Ps. lxxiv. 16, cxlviii. 3. Praise ye him sun, moon and stars: praise him all ye stars of light.-17. The day is thine, the night also is Ver 5. For he commanded, and they thine: thou hast prepared the light and were created. Ver. 6. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. Jer. xxxi. 35. He giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and stars for a light by night; which divideth the sea, when the waves thereof do roar: the Lord of hosts is his name. IV. The sea. Gen. i. 9, 10. God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he seas: and God saw that it was good. Job xxvi. 10. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. xxxviii. 8-11. Who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb? I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; and brake up for it my decreed place, and a set bars and doors; and said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. See Ver. 16. 22. 25. 28. the sun. VI. North and south. Job xxvi. 7. He stretcheth out the north over the empty places, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. Ps. lxxxix. 12. The north and south thou hast created them. VII. Clouds and wind. Job xxxi. 8. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them. Ver. 9. xxxvi. 29. Can any understand the See Ps. civ. 3.-cxlvii. 8. Prov. viii. 28. spreading of the clouds? Ver. 30. 32. Job xxviii. 25. He maketh the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. Ch. xxxvii. 16. The balancing of the clouds. Prov. xxx. 4. Amos iv. 13. VIII. Rain. Job xxviii. 26. He made decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder. Ps. cxxxv. 7. He maketh lightnings of his treasures. Jer. li. 16. for the rain, and bringeth the wind out Jer. x. 13. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the lay-heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. Ps. xxxiii. 7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap, and eth up the depth in store-houses. xcv. 5. The sea is his, and he made it: his hands formed the dry land. civ. 10. He sendeth the springs into the valleys. Prov. viii. 27-29. He prepared the heavens: he set a compass upon the face of the depth: He established the clouds above: he strengthened the fountains of the deep: he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not his commandment. pass Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand. xliii. 16. The Lord maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.-Ver. 20. give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Ch. xlviii. 21. Jonah i. 9. I fear the Lord God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. K Ch. xiv. 22. Ch. li. 16. IX. The inhabitants of the sea. Gen. i. 20, 21. God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly, the moving creature that hath life; and fowl that may fly above the earth, in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind; and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Ps. viii. 8. X. The inferior creatures of the dry land. Gen. i. 24, 25. God said, let the earth bring forth the living creature af. ter his kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind: and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. XI. Grass, herbs, and trees. Gen. i. 11, 12. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass and herb, yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit whose seed was in itself after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Gen. ii. 4, 5, CREATION OF MAN. XII. Creation of Man's body. Gen. ii. 7. God formed man of the dust of the ground. Job xxxiii. 6. iii. 19. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Job x. 9. Job x. 8. Thine hands have made me, and fashioned me together round about. Ps. cxix. 73.-cxxxviii. 8. Ver. 11. Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Ps. cxxxix. 14-16. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members are written: which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. Acts xvii. 20. He made of one blood all nations that dwell on the face of the earth. Job xxxi. 15. XIII. His soul. Gen. ii. 7. The Lord breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Job X. 12. Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Isa. xlii. 5. Isa. lvii. 16. I will not contend for ever, (saith the Lord,) for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. Jer. xxxviii. 16. The Lord made us this soul. Zech. xii. 1. He formed the spirit of man within him. 1 Cor. xv. 14. Adam was made a ing soul. XIV. Man's spiritual state after XV. Man's first disobedience, or fall from his happy state. Gen. ii. 16, 17. The Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. iii. 6. The woman took of the fruit thereof and did eat, and gave also unto. her husband with her, and he did eat. 2 Cor. xi. 3. See sentence pronounced against the offenders, ver. 14 to 20. XVI. See the above sin and its consequences referred to, Rom. v. 12. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin. v. 15. Through the offence of one many be dead.-Ver. 17. By one man's offence death reigned.-Ver. 18. By the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation.-Ver. 19. By one man's disobedience many were made sinners. ANGELS. XVII. Number of the Angels. Gen. xxxii. 1, 2. They are God's host. 1 Kings xxii. 19. 2 Chron, xviii. 18. Heavenly host. Luke ii. 13. Ps. lxviii. 17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels. Dan. vii. 10. Thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. Heb. xii. 22. An innumerable company of angels. XVIII. Their names. Eph. i. 21. Angels, authorities, principalities, powers, liv-mights, thrones, dominions. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Col. i. 16, &c. his Cherubims. 1 Sam. iv. 4. 2 Sam. vi. 2. 2 Kings xix. 15. Ps. xviii. 10.-1xxx. 1.-xcix. 1. Seraphims. Isa. vi. 2. 6. Angels of God. Gen. xii. 17. Matt. xxii. 30. Sons of God, Job i. 8.-ii. 1.-xxxviii. 7. Christ's angels. Rev. xxii. 16. Michael's angels. Rev. xii. 7. XIX. Their nature; they are superior to men. Ps. viii. 5. Heb.ii. 7. 9. They are spirits. Ps. civ. 4. Heb. i. 7. Holy. Rev. xiv. 10. Elect. 1 Tim. v. 21. They excel in wisdom and knowledge. 2 Sam. xiv. 20. They excel in utterance, or speaking tongues. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. XX. They excel in strength. Ps. ciii. 4. They were created by Christ. Col. i. 16. They are fellow servants to the prophets and apostles, and are not to be worshipped. Judges xiii. 16. Col. ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10.-xxii. 9. They look into gospel mysteries concerning Christ. Eph. iii. 10. They are present in Christian assemblies. 1 Cor. xi. 10. They see the behaviour of Christians. 1 Tim. v. 21. They see the treatment Christians receive in the world. 1 Cor. iv. 9. They behold the face of God, for Christians. Matt. xviii. 10. They rejoice at the conversion of sinners. Luke xv. 10. XXI. Their employment for the good of God's people, in various instances. Gen. xix. 15. An angel hastened Lot out of Sodom. Ver. 29. xxii. 11. An angel saved Issac from being slain. Ver. 12. Isa. lxiii. 9. The Angel of his presence saved them. 1 Kings xix. 5. 7. An angel feeds and refreshes Elijah when persecuted. 2 Kings vi. 17. Angels deliver Elisha from enemies. Ps. xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. xci. 11, 12. He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in thy foot against a stone. their hands, lest at any time thou dash Dan. iii. 25. 28. The angel saved three Jews, viz. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, from being burned in the fiery furnace. vi. 22. An angel saved Daniel from being hurt in the lion's den. Matt. xviii. 10. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Luke xvi. 22. The beggar died, and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. John v. 4. An angel went down at a certain season, and troubled the water, and whosoever stepped in first was healed, Acts v. 19, 20. An angel delivered the apostles from prison. Ch. xii. 7. 11. XXIII. Revelations of God's will and directions given by angels. Gen. xvi. 7. An angel directs Hagar to return home, and informs her of the future greatness of her son's posterity. Ch. xxi. 17, 18. xviii. 2. 10. Angels foretel to AbraAbraham said to his ser-ham the birth of a son, and the destrucvant, the Lord, before whom I walk, tion of Sodom and Gomorrah. will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way. Ver. 7. xxiv. 40. xxviii. 12. Jacob dreamed, and beheld a ladder, and the angels of God ascending and descending. Heb. i. 14 Are they not ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? xlviii. 16. The angel redeemed Jacob out of all evil. Ch. xxxi. 11. XXII. Instances of the care and service of angels for God's people, coming from Egypt. Exod. xix. 20. An angel of God went before the camp of Israel. Ch. xiii. 21.-xxiii. 20. 23.-xxxii. 34 -xxxiii. 2. Numb. xx. 16. God sent his Angel and brought us out of Egypt. Zech. xii. 8. xxii. 17. An angel informs Abraham of the future greatness of his posterity. xxxi. 11. An angel directs Jacob to return to his country. Exod. iii. 2. 10. The Angel directs Moses to deliver Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 16. Acts vii. 30. 35. 38. vi. 11 to 22. An angel directs Gideon to deliver Israel from enemies. xiii. 3 to 21. An angel foretels the birth of Samson. 2 Kings iii. 1. 15, 16. An angel directs Elijah to deliver a message full of reproof to the king of Samaria, for consulting heathen gods about his recovery. Dan. viii. 17. 19. The angel Gabriel explains to Daniel a vision, concerning the delivery of the Jews. Ch. ix. 21. 22. ver. 22. Dan. x. 11. An angel expounds to Daniel, and encourages him. See to Zech. i. 9 to 20. An angel expounds to the prophets. See Ch. ii. iii. iv. Ver. 1 to 8. Ch. v. vi. Ver. 1 to 9. Acts vii. 53. The law was delivered on Mount Sinai by angels. Ver. 38. Gal. iii. 19. Heb. ii. 2. viii. 26. By direction of an angel, Philip joins the eunuch, and instructs and baptizes him. See from ver. 30 to 39. x. 3. By direction of an angel Cornelius sends for Peter, to receive from him the knowledge of Christ. Ver. 4. 6. 22. 30. Ch. xi. 13, 14. xxvii. 24. By information from an angel, Paul declares the safety of him self, and those who sailed with him. Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John. Ch. xxii. 16. xxii. 9. The angel said, I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book. See other revelations by angels Rev. x. 1. 5, 6, 7.—xi. 15.—xiv. 6 to 19. -xvii. 1.-xviii. 1. 21. XXIV. Angels inflict God's judgments on the wicked. Gen. iii. 24. When Adam and Eve had been turned out of paradise, God planted cherubims and a flaming sword to keep the way of the tree of life. xix. 1 to 29. Sodom is destroyed by angels. Exod. xii. 29. The first-born in Egypt slain by a destroying angel. Ver. 23. Numb. xxii. 22. The angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against Balaam. See to ver. 36. Judg. ii. 1.4. An angel is sent to reprove Israel for disobedience. 2 Sam. xxiv. 16. An angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, after he had slain in other parts seventy thousand men by pestilence. Ver. 15. 2 Kings xix. 35. An angel of the Lord smote in the camp of the Assyrians, an hundred fourscore and five thousand. Isa. xxxvii. 36. Ps. xxxv. 5, 6. Let the angel of the Lord chase the wicked. Let the angel of the Lord persecute them. lxxviii. 49. He cast upon them the dignation and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. Acts xii. 23. An angel of the Lord smote Herod because he gave not God the glory, and he was eaten of worms. Rev. vii. 2. To four angels it was given to hurt the earth and the sea. See chapters 8th and 9th. xv. 1. Seven angels, having the seven last plagues. Ver. 6. See these plagues through the whole 16th chapter. xx. 1. An angel binds Satan. See also Ch. xix. 17. XXV. Their attendance on, and services to Christ. Luke i. 11 to 21. The angel Gabriel fortels the birth, manner of life, and ministry of John, the forerunner of Christ.-Ver. 26. The same an gel fortels to the virgin Mary the conception and birth of Jesus Christ, and his greatness. See to ver. 35. Matt. i. 20. An angel informs Joseph of Christ's conception, by the power of the Holy Ghost. birth of Christ to shepherds, and praise Luke ii. 9 to 14. Angels publish the God on that occasion. Matt. ii. 13. An angel warns Joseph to carry Jesus and his mother into Egypt for safety.-Ver. 19. An angel directs Joseph and Mary to return with Jesus from Egypt. Ver. 28. Jesus when he was tempted of the deMatt. iv. 11. Angels ministered unto vil. Mark i. 13. John i. 51. Luke xxii. 43. When Christ was in an agony, before he was apprehended by enemies, there appeared an angel unto him from heaven strengthening him. Matt. xxvi. 51, 52. When Jesus was fight for him. Jesus said, Put up thy apprehended, Peter drew his sword to sword; thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels. xxviii. 2. At Christ's resurrection, an angel rolls back the stone from the door of the sepulchre, and sat on it. Ver. 5. He declares Christ's resurrecand directs them where to publish it. tion to those who came to the sepulchre, Ver. 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6, 7. John xx. 12, 13. Acts i. 10, 11. At Christ's ascension, ing again. angels declare to the apostles his com XXVI. They shall attend Christ at his fierceness of his anger, wrath, and in-coming to judgment. Matt. xvi. 21. The Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then shall he reward every man according to his work. Ch. xxv. 31, 32. Mark viii. 38. Luke ix. 26. Luke xii. 8, 9. Jesus said, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. He that denieth me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God. Rev. iii. 5. 1 Thess. iv. 16. The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 1 Cor. xv. 52. XXVII. Their employment at the day of judgment. Matt. xiii. 39. The harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. xxiv. 31. The Son of man shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the one end of heaven to the other. Mark xiii. 27. xiii. 41, 42. The Son of man shall send Rev. v. 11, 12. Angels round about the throne said, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and glory, and honour, and blessing. They are not to be worshipped. See Col. ii. 18. Rev. xix, 10, 11.-xxii. 8, 9. DEVILS. XXX. Of the angels some sinned, and are reserved unto punishment. 2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell; and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. Jude 6. The angels that kept not their God hath reserved in everlasting chains first estate, but left their own habitation, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day. the nations, was cast into the lake of fire Rev. xx. 10. The devil that deceived and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Matt. xxv. 41. Everlasting fire is pre forth his angels, and they shall gatherpared for the devil and his angels. XXXI. What their sin is supposed to have been. See above, Jude 6. 2 Thess. i. 7-9. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. - XXVIII. They are worshippers of God the Father. Ps. ciii. 20, 21. Bless the Lord all ye his angels. (Rev. vii. 11.xix. 10.-xxii. 9.) Bless the Lord all ye his hosts, ye ministers of his that do his pleasure. Ps. cxlviii. 2. Isa. vi. 3. The seraphims cried one to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. XXIX. They worship Christ, and are subject to him. Heb. i. 4. Christ was made better than the angels.-Ver. 6. God said, Let all the angels of God worship him. 1 Tim. iii. 6. Pride is called the condemnation of the devil. Job xxxviii. 7. Morning stars, is the name of angels: this name is given to the proud king of Babylon, losing his power, as one of these morning stars falling. Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming.Ver. 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning. Luke x. 18. Jesus said, I beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven. XXXII. Names given to these in scripture. The god of this world, 2 Cor. iv. 4.-The prince of this world, John xiv. 30.-xvi. 11. Beelzebub the prince of devils, Luke xi. 15.-The prince of the power of the air, Eph. ii. 2.-Belial, who hath his sons and children of the wicked. See Deut. xiii. 13. Judg. xix, 22.- The dragon and his angels, Rev. xii. 7.9. The angel of the bottomless pit, Rev. ix. 11. Rev. xii. 9. The great dragon, that old serpent the devil, and Satan, the 1 |