9 Rom. i. 32. Who knowing the judgment of God, (that they who commit fuch things are worthy of death) not only do the fame, but have pleasure in them that do them. With 1 Cor. v. 1. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and fuch fornication as is not fo much as named amongst the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. v. 5. To deliver fuch an one unto Satan, for the deftruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be faved in the day of the Lord Jesus. v. 11. But now I have written unto you, not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with fuch an one, no not to eat. v. 13. But them that are without, God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourfelves that wicked perfon. 2 John 10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. v. 11. For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds. And 2 Theff. iii. 14. And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. And 1 Tim. vi. 3. If any man teach otherwise, and

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confent not to wholsom words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; v. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questionsand strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil furmisings, v. 5. Perverse difputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from fuch withdraw thyself. And Tit. i. 10. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcifion, v. II. Whose mouths must be stopped, who fubvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's fake. v. 13. This witness is true: wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be found in the faith. And Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an heretick, after the first and second admonition, reject. With Mat. xviii. 15. Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou haft gained thy brother. v. 16. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. v. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tellit unto the church; but but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 1 Tim. i. 19. Holding faith and a good confcience: which fome having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck. v. 20. Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander: whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blafpheme. Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canft not bear them who are evil; and thou haft tried them, who say they are apostles, and are not; and haft found them liars. v. 14. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Ifrael, to eat things facrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. v. 15. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. v. 20. Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee, because thou fufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach, and seduce my fervants to commit fornication, and to eat things facrificed unto idols. Rev. iii. 9. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, (who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie, Behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

(Deut. xiii. 6. to the 12.) Rom. xiii. 3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the fame. v. 4. For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which

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is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain; for he is the minifter of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil. With 2 John 10, 11. (See in the letter g.) Ezra vii. 23. Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done, for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his fons? v. 25. And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all fuch as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. v. 26. And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprifonment. v. 27. Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerufalem: v.28. and hath extended mercy unto me, before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes: and I was strengthened, as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Ifrael, chief men to go up with me. Rev. xvii. 12. And the ten horns which thou fawest, are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet, but receive power as kings one hour with the beast, v. 16. And the ten horns which thou fawest upon the beaft, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her defolate, and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. v. 17. For God hath H 3

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put in their hearts to fulfil his will, an i to agree, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. Neh. xiii. 15. In those days faw I in Judah so ne treading wine-presses on the fabbath, and bringing in theaves, and lading affes; as alfo wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerufalem on the fabbath-day: and I teftified against them in the day wherein they fold victuals, v. 17. Then I contended with the nobles of judah, and faid unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the fabbath-day? v. 21. Then I teftified again't them, and faid unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall if ye do to again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the fabbath. v. 22. And I commanded the Leyites, that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to fanctify the fabbath-day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this alfo, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. v. 25. And I contended with them, and curfed them, and smote certain of them, and pluckt off their hair, and made them swear by God, faying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their fons, nor take their daughters unto your fons, or for yourselves. v. 30. Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests, and the Levites, every one in his bufiness. 2 Kings xxiii. 5. And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incenfe in the high places, in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerufalem, them alto that burnt incenfe unto Baal, to the fun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of

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heaven. v. 6. And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerufalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and stampt it small to powder; and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. v. 9. Nevertheless, the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerufalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. v. 20. And he flew all the prieits of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burnt mens bones upon them, and returned to Jerufalem. v. 21. And the king commanded all the people, faying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 2 Chr. xxxiv, 33. And Jofiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Ifrael, and made all that were present in Ifrael to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. 2 Chron. xv. 12. And they entered into a covenant to feok the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their foul; v.13. that whosoever would not feek the Lord God of Ifrael, should be putto death, whether small or great, whether man or woman, v. 16. And also concerning Maachah the mother of Afa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Afa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. Dan. iii. 29 29. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses

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houses shall be made a dunghil; because there is no other god that can deliver after this fort. 1 Tim. ii. 2. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. Ifa xlix. 23. And kings shall be thy nurfing fathers, and their queens thy nurfing mothers: they shall bow down to thee, with their faces toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Zech. xiii. 2. And it shall come to pass in that day, faith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembred: and also I will cause the prophets, and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. v. 3. And it shall come to pass, that when any thall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother, that begat him, shall fay unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother, that begat him, shall thrust him through when he prophefieth. I. a Rome i. 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without

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excuse. Acts xvii. 24. God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Pfal. cxix. 68. Thou art good, and dost good; teach me thy flatutes. Jer. x. 7. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wife men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. Pfal. xxxi. 23. O love the Lord, all ye his faints: for the Lord preferveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Pfal. xviii, 3. I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be faved from mine enemies. Rom.x. 12. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the fame Lord over all, is rich unto all that call upon him. Pfal.lxii. 8. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Joshua xxiv. 14. Now therefore, fear the Lord, and ferve him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers ferved on the other fide of the flood, and in Egypt: and serve ye the Lord. Mark xii. 33. And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the foul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himH4 felf self, is more than all whole burnt offerings and facrifices.

b Deut, xii. 32. What thing foever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Mat. xv. 9. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Acts xvii. 25. Neither is worshipped with mens hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. Mat iv. 9. And faith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. v. 10. Then faid Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou ferve. (Deut. xv. to the 20. verse.) Exod. xx. 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. v. 5. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor ferve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: v. 6. and shewing mercy unto thoufands of them that love me, and leep my commandments. Col. ii. 23. Which things have indeed a

shew of wisdom in will-worship and humility, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the fatisfying of the flesh.

II. c Mat. iv. 10. (See before in letterb.) With John v. 23. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who hath fent him. And 2 Cor. xiii. 24. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

d Col. ii. 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward, in a voluntary humility, and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not feen, vainly puft up by his flethly mind. Rev. xix. 10. And I fell at his feet to worship him: and he faid unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the teftimony of Jefus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rom. i. 25. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

• John xiv. 6. Jesus faith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father but by me. I Tim. ii. 5. For there is one God, and one Mediator be