His nature's mine,k and mine is his ;/ I know him and his name, yet own I have no good but what he gave, p Jerufalem, thou that killeft the prophets, and stoneft them which are fent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! k2 Pet. i. 4, Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promifes; that by thefe ye might be partakers of the divine nature. Heb. ii. 14, Forafmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewife took part of the fame. v. 16, For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the feed of Abraham. m Ifa. xl. 17, All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenefs will ye compare unto him? » Pfalm ix. 16, They that know thy name will put their trust in thee. Prov. xxx. 3, 4, I [Agur] neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath afcended up into heaven, or defcended? who hath gathered the winds in his fifts ? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name? and what is his fon's name, if thou canst tell? Song iv. 16, Awake, O north wind; and come, thou fouth: blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. John iii. 8, The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; fo is every one that is born of the Spirit. p 1 Chron. xxix. 14, And David said,---But who am I, and what is my peeple, that we should be able to offer fo willingly after this fort; for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 2 Cor. iii. 5, Not that we are fufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our fufficiency is of God. g 2 Cor. x. 18, For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. Rom. xii. 1, 2, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living facrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is And though my good to him afcends, r I take hold of his cov'nant free, s your reasonable fervice. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. r Pfalm xxv. 1, Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my foul: and cxli. 2, Let my prayer be fet forth before thee as incenfe; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening facrifice. Eph. iii. 2, In whom [Chrift Jefus] we have boldness and accefs with confidence by the faith of him. Heb. x. 19, Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holieft by the blood of Jefus, &c. ƒ Pfalm xvi. 2, O my foul, thou haft said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord; my goodnefs extendeth not to thee. s Ifa. lvi. 4, Thus faith the Lord unto the eunuchs that—take hold of my covenant, &c. v. 6, Alfo the fons of the stranger that join themfelves to the Lord, to ferve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that—taketh hold of my covenant, &c. Zech. i. 6, But my words and my flatutes which I commanded my fervants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and faid, Like as the Lord of hofts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, fo hath he dealt with us. Pfalm cx. 2, 3, The Lord fhall fend the rod of thy ftrength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people fhall be willing in the day of thy power, &c. Rom. i. 16, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Chrift; for it is the power of God unto falvation, to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and alfo to the Greek. 2 Cor. ii. 16, To the other we are the favour of life unto life: and who is fufficient for these things. a Pfalm ciii. 17, 18, The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteousness unto children's children; to fuch as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. John xvii. 6, I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. : Pfalm lxxxix. 33-36, Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor fuffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have Ifworn by my holinefs, that I will not lie The bond on my part cannot last w Daily, alas! I difcbey, z Yet yield obedience ev'ry day. a That can do all, yet nothing can.c unto David. His feed fhall endure for ever, and his throne as the fun before me. w Pfalm lxxxix. 30, 31, 32, If his children forfake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my ftatutes, and keep not my commandments; then will I visit their tranfgreffion with the rod, and their iniquity with ftripes. Pfalm lxxxix. 2, 3, 4, For I have faid, Mercy fhall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness fhalt thou establish in the very heavens, I have made a covenant with my Chofen, I have fworn unto Da vid my fervant. Thy feed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. v. 28, 29, My mercy will I keep for ever more, and my covenant fhall stand faft with him. His feed alfo will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. Jer. xxxii. 40, And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and I will not turn away from them to do them good; but. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me. y Pfalm lxxviii. 37, Their heart was not right with him, neither were they ftedfast in his covenant. Ifa. liv. 10, The mountains fhall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither fhall the covenant of my peace be removed, faith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. z James iii. 2, In many things we offend all. a Pfalm lxi. 8, So will I fing unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. Heb. iii. 13, But exhort one another daily while it is called, To-day: left any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of fin. 6 Pfalm xxxvii. 37, Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace. Rev. iii. 2, Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die; for I have not found thy work perfect before God. e Phil. iv. 13, I can do all things through Chrift which strengtheneth me. John xv. 5, I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. .g I'm from beneath, d and from above, e I trade abroad, yet stay at home; i I can be prifon'd, yet abroad; Bound hand and foot, yet walk with God. / d John viii. 23, And Jefus faid unto the Jews, Ye are from be neath ye are of this world &c. e Gal. iv. 26, Jerufalem which is from above, is free, which is the mother of us all. v. 28, Now, we, brethren, as Ifaac was, are the children of promife. John i. 13, Which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And iii. 5, 6, Jefus answered, Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, (Nicodemus) Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the Spirit is fpirit. f Eph. ii. 3, We-were by nature the children of wrath, even - as others. g.Rom. iv. 8-The children of the promise are counted for the feed. Heb. xi. 13, Thefe all-confeffed that they were ftrangers and pilgrims on the earth. 1 Pet. ii. 11, Dearly beloved, I befeech you as ftrangers and pilgrims, &c. i Phil. iii. 20, For our converfation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. k 2 Cor. v. 1, 2, For we know, that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were diffolved, we have a building of God, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, carneftly, defiring to be cloathed upon with our house which is from heaven. v. 4, For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be fwallowed up of life. I Aûs xvi. 24, 25, The jailor, having received fuch a charge, thruft them into the inner prifon, and made their feet fast in the ftocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and fang praises unto God. 2 Tim. ii. 9, Wherein I fuffer trouble as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 2 Cor. vi. 4, 5, But in all things approving ourselves as the minifters of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in neceffities, in diftreffes, in ftripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in faftings. SECT. IX. The mystery of various names given to faints and church of Chrift; or the flesh and Spirit defcribed from inanimate things, vegetables and fenfitives. To tell the world my proper name, To various things inanimate; A ftanding lake, c a running flood, d a Hof. i. 9. Then faid God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. And ii. 1, Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi, and to your fifters, Ruhamah. v. 23, And I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy, and I will fay to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they fhall fay, Thou art my God. b Song i. 5, I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerufalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 1 Tim. i. 15, This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Chrift Jefus came into the world to fave finners of whom I am chief. Ifa. lxii. 2, 3, And the Gentiles fhall fee thy righteoufnefs, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord fhall name. Thou shalt alfo be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Jer. xlviii. 11, Moab hath been at cafe from his youth, and he hath fettled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from veffel to veffel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore, his taste remained in him, and his fcent is not changed. d Ifa. xliv. 3, I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy feed, and my bleffing upon thine offspring. e Dan. xii. 3, And they that be wife, fhall fhine as the brightnefs of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteoufnefs, as the stars for ever and ever-And in opposition to thofe called wandering ftars, Jude 13. f Hof. vi. 4, O Ephraim, what fhall I do unto thee? O Judah what fhall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. R |