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Ver. 28. Therefore we conclude that a man XXII. Adoption, or being the sons of God, is justified by faith without the deeds of the promised. John i. 12. To as many as relaw. Ver. 30. God shall justify the circum-ceived Christ, to them gave he power to becision by faith and the uncircumcision through come the sons of God, even to them that faith. believe on his name.

iv. 5. He that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted to him for righteousness, (or justification.)

v. 1. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

x. 4. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness (or justification) to every one that believeth.

xi. 20. Thou standest by faith. 2 Cor. i. 24.

Ver. 23. The Jews, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in.-Ver. 26. And so all Israel shall be saved. Ver. 30. 31, 32.

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.-Ver. 21. If righteousness came by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

iii. 8, 9. The scripture foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel to Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blest. (Gen. xii. 3.) So they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Ver. 11. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident; for, The just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i. 17. Heb. x. 38.

Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith; but, The man that doeth these things shall live in them.

Ver. 22. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

Ver. 24. The law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness (or justification) by faith.

Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Rom. viii. 17,

XXIII. God's love promised to believers in Christ. John xvi. 27. The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

XXIV. Christ prayeth for believers. John xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.

XXV. The sins of believers pardoned. Acts x. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. Ch. xiii. 38.

Rom. iii. 25. Him hath God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins.

XXVI. The holy Spirit is given to believers. John vii. 38, 39. Jesus said, He that believeth on me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive.

Gal. iii. 13, 14. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles, through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

XXVII. They have light and direction. John xii. 36. Believe in the light: (that is, in Christ.) Ch. i. 9.-viii. 12.—ix. 5.

Ver. 46. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

XXVIII. They have grace and peace. Pet. i. 1, 2. To them that have obtained like precious faith with us, grace and peace be multiplied. Rom. v. 1.

Ver. 6. In Jesus Christ neither circumci-2 sion availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.

Phil. iii. 8-10. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith; that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death.

XXIX. They have joy and comfort. John xiv. 1. Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Rom. xv. 13. The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. 1 Pet. i. 8. In whom [Christ] believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

1 John v. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself.

John viii. 56. Abraham saw Christ's day and was glad.

XXX. Christ is precious to them. 2 Thess. i. 10. He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe.

1 Pet. ii. 7. To them that believe he is precious.

XXXI. They have access to God in prayer. Eph. iii. 12. In Christ we have boldness, and access with confidence by the faith of him.

XXXII. Sanctification by faith. Acts xv. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith.

xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

XXXIII. Salvation by faith in God. Dan. vi. 23. No manner of hurt was found upon Daniel, [in the lion's den,] because he believed in his God.

XXXIV. Salvation to Christians by faith in Christ. Isa. xxviii. 16. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste. Rom. ix. 33.-x. 11. He that believeth shall not be ashamed. 1 Pet. ii. 6. He that believeth shall not be confounded.

Ver. 26. Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die, [or shall not die for ever.]

xx. 31. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Acts xvi. 31. Paul and Silas said to the jailor, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

Rom. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, through faith.

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

1 Tim. i. 16. I [Paul] obtained mercy, that in me Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.

2 Tim. iii. 15. The Scriptures are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Mark xvi. 15, 16. Jesus said, Preach the iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I have gospel: He that believeth and is baptized, shall finished my course, I have kept the faith: be saved; he that believeth not shall be damned. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of John iii. 14-16. As Moses lifted up the righteousness, which the Lord the righteous serpent in the wilderness, even so must the judge shall give me at that day, and not to me Son of man be lifted up; that whosoever be-only, but unto all them that love his appearing, lieveth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Ver. 17, 18. God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Ver. 36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

vi. 35. Jesus said, He that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Heb. iv. 3. We which have believed do enter into rest.

vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

x. 39. We are not of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.-Ver. 9. Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1 John v. 13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life.

XXXV. Things extraordinary promised to the faith of some primitive Christians. Ver. 40. This is the will of him that sent Matt. xxi. 21. If ye have faith as a grain of me, that every one that seeth the Son and be- mustard-seed, and doubt not, ye shall not only lieveth on him, may have everlasting life: and do this that is done to the fig-tree, but also if I will raise him up at the last day.—Ver. 47. ye shall say to this mountain, Be thou reHe that believeth on me hath everlasting life.moved, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall xi. 25. He that believeth in me, though he be done. Luke xvii. 6. were dead, yet shall he live.

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XXXVIII. Other instances of approved faith. In Abraham, Gen. xv. 6, compared with John viii. 56. Rom. iv. 18. 20.-The virgin Mary, Luke i. 45.-The woman who washed Christ's feet with tears, Luke vii. 37 to 50.-The disciples, John ii. 22.-The Samaritanış, John iv. 39.—The Jews, John viii. 31.-xi. 45.-A man born blind, John ix. 35. 38. The chief rulers, John xii. 11. 42.Those given to Christ, John xvii. 8.-About five thousand, Acts iv. 4. 32.-Many priests, Acts vi. 7.-Stephen, Acts vi. 8.-The eunuch, Acts viii. 37.-They of the circumcision, Acts x. 45.-A great number, Acts xi. 21.—xiv. 1. 23.—Many at Lystra, Greeks and devout women, Acts xvii. 4.-Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, Acts xviii. 8. Ver. 27.-Many in Achaia, Acts xix. 18.-Many thousands of Jews, Acts xxi. 20. Ver. 25.The Gentiles: some among all nations, Rom. i. 5. 16. &c. &c.

INFIDELITY.

XXXIX. Want of faith reproved. Matt. vi. 30. Jesus said, If God so clothe the grass

xiii. 11. Enemies of the faith are struck of the field, will he not much more clothe with blindness.

ix. 12. 17, 18. They restore sight to the blind.

viii. 15. 17. The Holy Ghost is given at laying on of their hands.

v. 12. They do great miracles, signs, and wonders. Ch. vi. 8.-xv. 12. 2 Cor. xii. 12. viii. 6. The people gave the more heed to them, and embraced the faith. Ch. v. 14.

XXXVII. Instances of miracles wrought for persons of eminent faith. Matt. viii. 8. 10. 13. Luke vii. 9. At the centurion's faith his servant is healed.

ix. 28, 29, 30. Two blind men restored to sight. Mark x. 52.

Mark ii. 5. One sick of the palsy cured. Matt. ix. 2. 6, 7.

v. 34. A woman cured of a bloody issue. ix. 20. 25. A dumb spirit is cast out of a child at the faith of the child's father.

v. 36. At the faith of the ruler of the synagogue, his daughter, who had been dead, is restored to life.

Luke xvii. 19. A leper cleansed. John iv. 50. At a nobleman's faith his son is healed of a fever.

xi. 40 to 46. At Martha's faith her brother Lazarus is restored to life.

Acts iii. 16. At the faith of a lame man he is healed by Peter.

xiv. 9. A cripple from the womb healed by Paul.

you, O ye of little faith?

Mark xvi. 14. Jesus upbraided the disciples with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who had seen him after he was risen.-Christ upbraideth the disciples afraid upon the sea, with their want of faith, Matt. viii. 26.-Peter upon the sea, Matt. xiv. 31.-The disciples solicitous about bread, Matt. xvi. 8, 9, 10.-The disciples at their not being able to cast out a devil, Matt. xvii. 17. 19, 20.

Matt. xiii. 58. Jesus did not many miracles there because of their unbelief. Mark vi. 5, 6.

XL. Exhortations against unbelief. John xx. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not faithless, but believing.

Heb. iii. 12. Take heed lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief.

iv. 11. Let us labour to enter into the rest that remaineth to the people of God, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

XLI. Threatenings against unbelief. Unbelief towards God; threats. Numb. xiv. 11. The Lord said, How long will this people provoke me? How long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs I have shewed among them?-Ver. 12. I will scatter them with the pestilence and disinherit them. Ver. 37, 38. Heb. iii. 17, 18.-iv. 6. Jude 5.

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. Deut. i. 32. Moses said, Ye did not believe the Lord your God.

Ver. 34, 35. And the Lord was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men, of this evil generation, see that good land which I sware to give unto your fathers. Heb. iii. 19.—iv. 6.

2 Kings xvii. 14. 18. 20. Because they did not believe, the Lord rejected the seed of Israel. Isa. vii. 9. If ye will not believe, ye shall not be established.

liii. 1. Who hath believed our report? See Ps. lxxviii. 21, 22. 32, 33.—cvi. 24. 26. 29.

XLII. Unbelief towards Christ; threats. Matt. xxi. 31. Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, The publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of heaven before you.-Ver. 32. For ye believed not John the Baptist, but the publicans and harlots believed him.

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth not shall be damned.

Luke xii. 46. The Lord of the wicked servant will appoint him his portion with unbelievers.

John iii. 18. He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. -Ver. 36. He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 1 John v. 10.

viii. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

xii. 48. He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Rom. ix. 31, 32. Israel hath not attained to the law of righteousness; because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.

Tit. i. 15. To them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Heb. iv. 2. Unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Ch. x. 38, 39. The just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. We are not of them that draw back unto perdition; but of them who believe to the saving of the soul.

xi. 31. By faith Rahab perished not with them that believed not.

1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. See Isa. lxvi. 24.

XLIII. The following causes of unbelief are assigned in Scripture by Christ and his apostles. Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

John v. 44. How can ye believe which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

Ver. 46, 47. Had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? 2 Cor. iii. 14, 15.

viii. 45. Because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

x. 26. Ye believe me not because ye are not of my sheep.

2 Cor. iv. 4. Because the god of this world hath blinded their minds.

1 Tim. iv. 1. Giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.

vi. 10. The love of money.-Ver. 20. 21.

xi. 20. Because of unbelief the Jews were Vain babblings, and professing false science. broken off.

xiv. 23. He that doubteth is damned, if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith, is sin.

2 Thess. ii. 10-12. They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. For this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteous

ness.

1 Tim. v. 8. If any provide not for his own, he hath denied the faith.

Ver. 5. 11, 12. They have begun to wax wanton against Christ. Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

Hence is applied to unbelievers the prophecy of Isa. vi. 9. compared with John xii. 40, 41. Acts xxviii. 26, 27.

LOOKING TO GOD.

XLIV. Look to God. Ps. xxxiv. 5. They looked unto God, and were lightened. Ps. v. 3.-cxxiii. 2.

Isa. xvii. 7. At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the holy One of Israel. Ch. viii. 17.

xly. 22. Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.

Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord: I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. See Isa. xxxviii. 14.

REMEMBERING GOD.

XLV. Remembering God. Neh. iv. 14. Remember the Lord, which is great and terrible. Ps. xx. 7.

Job xxi. 6. When I remember him I am afraid.

Ps.

Ps. xlii. 6. My God, my soul is cast down in me; therefore will I remember thee. xx. 7.-lxxvii. 10.

lxiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-watches.

Eccl. xii. 1. Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth.

Isa. xxvi. 8. The desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Jonah ii. 7. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple. See Zech. x. 9.

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FORGETTING GOD

. XLVI. Forgetting God. Ps. cvi. 21. Israel forgat God their Saviour, which had done great things in Egypt.

Jer. ii. 32. My people have forgotten me days without number. Ch. xiii. 25.-xviii. 15. iii. 21. They have perverted their way, and have forgotten the Lord their God.

Ezek. xxii. 12. Thou hast gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord. Ver. 14. Jer. xxiv. 27.

XLVII. Threatenings against those that forget God. Deut. xxxii. 18. Of the Rock that begat thee, thou art unmindful; and hast forgotten God that formed thee.-Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. See to ver. 26.

Judg. iii. 7. The children of Israel forgat the Lord. Ver. 8. Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, &c.

1 Sam. xii. 9. They forgat the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hand of their enemies.

Ps. ix. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Job viii. 11, 12, 13.

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1. 21, 22. These things thou hast done and I kept silence; but I will reprove thee, saith the Lord. Consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Isa. xvii. 10. Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, &c.-Ver. 11. But the harvest shall be a heap in the day of desperate sorrow.

Ezek. xxiii. 35. Thou hast forgotten me; therefore bear thy lewdness.

Hos. viii. 14. Israel hath forgotten his Maker. I wilt send a fire upon his cities.

XLVIII. Warnings against forgetting God. Deut. vi. 12. Beware lest thou forget the Lord.

viii. 11-14. Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes. Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God. See to ver. 20. Ps. xliv. 17.

All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten thee.-Ver. 20, 21. If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god, shall not God search out this?

MEDITATION.

XLIX. Meditation upon God and his word. A good man meditates upon God's law day and night. Ps. i. 2.-xlix. 3.-cxix. 97. Josh. i. 8.

Job xxii. 22. Lay up his words in thy

heart.

Ps. xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always before me.

xl. 8. O my God, thy law is within my heart. Ps. xxxvii. 31.-cxix. 11.

lxiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied-when I meditate on thee in the night-watches. Ps. civ. 34.

lxxvii. 12. I will meditate of all thy works, and talk of thy doings. Ps. cxliii. 5.

exix. 15. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. Ver. 78. Ver. 23. Thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. Ver. 48.

Ver. 99. Thy testimonies are my meditation.-Ver. 148. Mine eyes prevent the nightwatches, that I might meditate in thy word.

1 Tim. iv. 15. Meditate upon these things.

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