and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which being interpreted, is, God with us. 1 Cor. xv. 47. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 1 Peter i. 18. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 2 Tim. i. 9, 10. Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began; But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Luke x. 17. And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 1 John iii. 8. He that committeth sin, is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 2 Cor. xi. 3. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, John viii. 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 1 Peter v. 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about secking whom he may devour.

SECTION II.

Psalm xlix. 8. For the redemption of their soul is precious. Job xxii. 2—4. Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him thou makest thy ways perfect? Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgement? Job ix. 32, 33. For he is not a man, as I

am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgement. Neither is there any days-man betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Rom. vii. 11. 13. For sin taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. Heb. ix. 26. For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once, in the end of the world, hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Rev. xiii. 8. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

SECTION III.

Jer. xxxi. 31, 32. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. Heb. ix. 15. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Heb. xii. 24. And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Heb. viii. 6. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. Rom. v. 18, 19. Therefore as by the offence of one judgement came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of

one shall many be made righteous. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 2 Cor. i. 20. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him amen, unto the glory of God by us.

SECTION IV.

Heb. viii. 7. 13. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth, and waxeth old, is ready to vanish away. Jer. xxxi. 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Rom. iii. 23— 25. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. Rom. vi. 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 1 Cor. x. 13. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Gal. iii. 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me. 1 John ii. 1. My little children, these things write I unto you,

that ye sin not.

with the Father,

And if any man sin, we have an advocate Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 Cor. ii. 9. But, as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor car heard,

neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. Deut. xxvii. 26. Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.

SECTION V.

Heb. i. 1, 2. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. 1 Peter i. 10. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you. Gen. xii, 1 -3. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Gal. iii. 16. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ, Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Num. xxiv. 17. 19. I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. Job xix. 25, 26. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though, after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Psalm 1xxii. 17. His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun;

and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. Isaiah lii. 7. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Hag. ii. 7. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. Jer. xxxi. -34. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Dan. vii. 13, 14. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Mal. iii. I. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

SECTION VI,

Deut. xxxi. 9. And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israek Rom. iv. 13. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Rom. vii. 12. Wherefore the law is holy; and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 1 Kings viii. 53. For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be