fhalt thou put away evil from Ifrael. Compared with verfe 28. If a man find a damfel that is a virgin which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and ly with her, and they be found; forth in Words and Actions P, fcandalize others 9, and admit of no Reparation; if against Means, Merthe door of her house; v. 9. Left God? v. 24. For the name of God thou give thine honour unto others, is blafphemed among the Gentiles and thy years unto the cruel. v. 1o. through you, as it is written. Left ftrangers be filled with thy Deut. 22. 22. Ifa man be found wealth,--- 0.11. And thou mourn lying with a woman married to an at the laft, when thy flesh and thy husband, then they fhall both of body are confumed. v. 12. And fay; them die, both the man that lay with How have I hated Inftruction, and the woman, and the woman: fo my heart despised reproof! Prov, 6. 32. But whofo committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh underfanding: he that doth it, de ftroyeth his own soul, b. 3305A Wound and dishonour thall heget, Josh. 7. 29. When 1 faw among the fpoils a goodlyBabylonifh-garment and two hundred thekels of filver, and a wedge of gold of fifty the kels weight, then I coveted them, and took them,b-ving sơn (usb P James 14 But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lufts, and enticed. v. 15. Then when tuft hath conceived it bringeth forth fins and fin when it is finished, bringeth forth death Mat. 5. 22. But I lay unto you, that whofoever is angry with his brother without a caufe Thall be in danger of the judgment and whofoever fhall fay to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council;but who foever fhall fay,Thoufool,fhall be in danger of hell-fire. Mic.2.1.Wountö them that devife iniquity, and work evil upon their beds when the morn ing is light, they practise it, becaufe it is in the power of their hand. : Mat 18.7. Wo to the world be eaufe of offences for it muft needs be that offences come; but wo' to that man by whom the offence cometh. Rom. 2. 23. Thou that makest thy boast ofthe law,through breaking the law dishonoureft thou 29. Then the man that lay with her, fhall give to the damfels father fifty yhekels of filver, and the fhall be his wife, because he hath hum · bled her; he may not put her away all his days. Prov. 6.32: But whofo committethadultery with a woman, lacketh understanding hebat doth it, destroyeth his own foul. v. 336 A wound and dishonour shall he ger, and his reproach fhall not be wiped away. v. 94. For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not fpare in the day of vengeance. v.35. He will not regard any ranfom ; neither will he reft content, though thou givest many gifts. 107 108 Mat. 11. 21. Wolunto thee Corazin, wo unto thee Bethfaida: for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in fackcloth and ashes, 22. But I fay unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. v.23. And thou Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it Mercies, Judgments, Light of Nature, Conviction of Conscience, Publick or private Admoni tion, Cenfures of the Church, Civil Punishments 2; t and to receive corrections they haye made their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to return. W Rom. I. 26. For this caufe God gave them up unto vile affections: For even their women did change the natural ufe into that which is against nature; v. 27. And likewise alfo the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their luft one toward another, men with men working that which is unfeemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. it would have remained until this day. v. 24. But I fay unto you, that it fhall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom,--- John 15.22% IfI had not come, and spoken unto them, they had not had fin: but: now they have no cloak for their fin, Ifai. 1. 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his masters crib but Ifrael doth not know, my people doth not confider. Deut. 32.6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwife is not he thy father that hath bought thee hath he not made thee,and established thee? Amos 4. 8. So two or three cities wandred unto one city, to drink water; but they were not fatisfied; yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. v. 9. I have fmitten you with blafting, and mil-dewa when your gardens and vineyards, and your fig-trees, and your olive trees increased, the palmer-worm devoured them: Yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. v. 10. I have fent among you the peftilence after the manner of Egypt your young men have I flain with the fword, and have taken away Prov, 29, 1. He that being often your horfes, and I have made the reproved, hardneth his neck, shall ftink of your camps to come up un fuddenly be destroyed, and that to your noftrils yet have ye not without remedy... returned unto me, faith the Lord. v. 11. I have overthrown fame of you, as God overthrew Sodomand Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire. brand pluckt out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. Fer. 5. 3. O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou haft ftricken them, but they have not grieved; thou haft confumed them, but they have refufed : Rom. 1. 32. Who knowing the judgment of God, (that they which commit fuch things are worthy of death) not only do the fame, but have pleasure in them that do them. Dan, s.22. And thou his fon, O Belhazzar, haft not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this Titus 3. 19, A man that is an heretick, after the first and fecond admonition, reject: v. 11. Knowing that he that is fuch, is fubverted, and finneth, being condemned of himself, & Josmply Titus 3. 10. A man that is an heretick, after the firft and fecond admonition, reject. Mat. 18. 17: And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.d Prov. 27. 22. Though thou fhouldeft bray a fool in a mortar ora among b and our Prayers, Purposes, Promises ; Vows, Covenants, and Engagements to God or Men : if done deliberately, wilfully 8, prefumptuoufly h among wheat with a Peftil, yet will not his foolishnefs depart from him. Prov. 23. 35. They have ftriken me, fhalt thou fay, and I was not fick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. b Pfalm 78. 34. When he flew them, then they fought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. v. 35. And they remembred that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. v. 36. Nevertheless, they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lyed unto him with their tongues. v. 37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they ftedfast in his covenant. Jer. 2. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou faidft, I will not tranfgrefs: when upon every high hill, and under every green tree thou wandreft, playing the harlot. Ver. 42. s. Then they faid to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for which the Lord thy God fhall fend thee to us. v. 6. Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we fend thee --- v. 20. For ye diffembled in your hearts, when ye fent me unto the Lord your God, faying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God, and according unto all that the Lord our God will fay, fo declare unto us, and we will do it. v. 21. And now I have this day declared it to you, but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. Eccl. s. 4. When thou voweft a vow unto God, defer not to pay it : for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou haft vowed. v.5. Better is it that thou fhouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. v. 6. Suffer not thy mouth to caufe thy flesh to fin, neither fay thou before the angel, that it was an error:wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and deftroy the work of thine hands? Prov. 20. 25. It is a fnare to the man who devoureth that which is holy: and after vows to make enquiry. d Lev. 26. 25. And I will bring a fword upon you, that fhall avenge the quarrel of my covenant :-- • Prov. 2. 17. Which forfaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Ezek. 17. 18. Seeing he defpifed the oath by breaking the covenant (when lo, he had given his hand) and hath done all these things, he fhall not escape. v. 19. Therefore thus faith the Lord God, As I live, furely mine oath that he hath defpifed, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. f Pfalm 36. 4. He devifeth mifchief upon his bed, he fetteth himfelf in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. 8 Jer. 6. 16. Thus faith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways and fee, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find reft for your fouls: but they said, We will not walk therein. La Numb. lyh, impudently, boaftingly, malicionfly, frequently, Obftinately"; with Delight, Conti nuance P, or relapfing after Repentance 9. 4. From h Numb. 15.30. But the foul that P Ifai. 57. 17. For the iniquity of doth ought prefumptuously, (whether his covetoufness was I wroth, and be be born in the land, or a ftranger) fmote him: I hid me, and was the fame reproacheth the Lord; and wroth, and he went on frowardly that foul fhall be cut off from among in the way of his heart. his people. Exod. 21. 14. But if a man come prefumptuously upon his neighbour, to flay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. i fer. 3. 3. Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain, and thou hadft a whores forehead, thou refufedft to be ashamed. Prov. 7. 13. So fhe caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face faid unto him. Pfalm 52. 1. Why boafteft thou thy felf in mischief, O mighty man? 3 John 10. Wherefore ifi come, I will remember his deeds which he doth, prating against us with malicious words:- m Numb. 14. 22. Because all thofe men which have seen my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkned to my voice. a Zech. 7. 11. But they refufed to hearken, and pulled away the fhoulder, and stopped their ears, that they fhould not hear. v. 12. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant-ftone, left they fhould hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hofts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hofts. • Prov. 2. 14. Who rejoyce to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked. fer. 34. 8. This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerufalem, to proclaim liberty unto them. v. Ië That every man fhould let his manfervant, and every man his maidfervant, being an Hebrew, or an Hebrewefs, go free, that none should ferve himself of them, to wit, of V. 1o. Now a Jew his brother. when all the princes, and all the people which had entred into the covenant, heard that every one fhould let his man-fervant, and every one his maid-fervant go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyv. 11. But ed, and let them go. afterwards they turned and caused the fervants and the hand-maids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for fervants and for handmaids. 2 Pet. 2. 20. For if after they have efcaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge ofthe Lord and Saviour JefusChrift, they are again intangled therein, and overcome; the latter end is worfe with them than the beginning. v. 21. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. v. 22. But it is happened unte 4. From Circumstances of Time and Place ; if on the Lord's Day, or other Times of Divine Worship; or immediately before or after these *, unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and, The fow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. r 2 Kings 5.26. And he faid unto him, (Gehazi) Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and fheep, and oxen, and men-fervants, and maid-fervants? Jer. 7. 10. And come and ftand before me in this house which is called by my name, and fay, We are delivered to do all these abominations. Ifai. 26. 10. Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteoufnefs: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjuftly, and will not behold the majefty of the Lord. Ezek. 23. 37. That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery,-- v. 38. Moreover, this they have done unto me: they have defiled my fan&tuary in the fame day, and have profaned my fabbaths. v. 39. For when they had flain their children to their idols, then they came the fame day into my fanctuary to profane it; and lo, thus have they done in the midst of my house. V Ifai. 58.3. Wherefore have we fafted, fay they, and thou feeft not? wherefore have we afflicted our foul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold in the day of your faft you find pleasure, and exact all your labours. v. 4. Behold, ye fast for W or ftrife and debate, and to fmite with the fifts of wickedness; ye shall not faft as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. v. 5. Is it fuch a faft that I have chofen? a day for a man to afflict his foul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread fackcloth and afhes under him? Wilt thou call this a faft, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Numb. 25. 6. And be hold, one of the children of Ifrael came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitifh woman, in the fight of Mofes, and in the fight of all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. v. 7. And when Phineas the son of Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the priest, faw it, he rofe up from amongst the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand. w I Cor. II. 20. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lords fupper. v. 21. For in eating every one taketh before other, his own fupper and one is hungry, and another is drunken. Fer. 7. 8. Behold, ye truft in lying words, that cannot profit. v. 9. Will ye fteal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falfly, and burn incenfe unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; v. 1o. And come and ftand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and fay, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Prov. 7. 14. I have peace-offerings with me; this day have |