MENT. continue in that Innocence in wch he was created, how can SUPPLEit possibly without the Grace of God recover that Innocency wch it hath lost? 213. Propag" of ye Gospel. Rom. iii. 29; Rom. v. 21. Unconverted Gentiles. Acts xi. 29. [Quesnel.] Math. viii. 11. Acts xiii. 46, 47; Rom. iii. 21. Q. [ie. Quesnel in loc.] True Xns think y"s oblig'd (bound) to help those who are utterly unknown to ym. This is peculiar to Xns.-To know yt any of our fellow-creatures are in Darkness and under ye Power of ye Devil is motive sufficient. 214. Resurrection. Acts xiii. 30. But God rais'd Him from the Dead. See Quesnel, [in loc.] "The Resur. of Xts Human Nature an Indubitable proof of His Divine-Of ye Truth of His Relig"-Of His Gospel, and of every thing He taught on Earth-It was the Seal of all ye Truths He deliver'd." 215. God's Providence. Txt. Esther vi. 1. "In yt night ye K. could not sleep, &c." From the surprising occurrences (to be first set forth) of this mystery, proceed to shew y every thing yt befalls us is by God's Ordering or Permission. -"A Sparrow falls not, &c." Math. x. 30; Lu. xii. 6, 7. See Acts xxv. 12; xxvii. 44. Quesnel. Wicked men generally execute upon yms ye sentence of Divine JusticeLame, Blind, Idiots-not so by chance-Let those yt are free fr. these Infirmitys Praise God, Acknowledge His mercy to ym, &c. (224.) [p. 227.] 216. Christmas Day. "To this end was I born, yt I might bear witness to the Truth," i. e. that I might lead [p. 228.] men to ye True Good-To their true Happiness-To know God, &c. And this by setting up His Kingdom amongst men-The World is a Lye, it leads men into Error and Death. Acts xiv. 15. "We preach unto you yt ye shd turn fr. these vanitys unto ye Living God." 217. "There is a Way weh" "Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways." Acts xiv. 16. And if God shd suffer us to do so now, we shd fall into as great Follys, as ever the Heathen did. The Light of ye Gospel wch we have had might make us a little more refin'd in our [These four entries are headed with ("Txt.")] MENT. SUPPLE- Folly, but we shd be as much estrang'd from God, and ye way to Heaven and Happ", as they were-It is ye Spt of God. can only keep us in ye right way. [Back, 112–135, or 263.] 218. Religious Melancholy. Cast all yor care upon Him; for He careth for you. A full Trust in God ye only Comfort of dejected soules"The very Haires of yo' Head are all numbered." N.B. The disorders of ye soul, as well as those of ye Body, are both fr. God.-Both Signes of His Love and care of us. [p. 229.] -We cannot see the Reason of Things, but God can. [p. 230.] "Trust in the Lord and be doing good"-i. e. Go on in ye way of yo1 Duty, and leave yo' self in God's Hands, for 'tis the work of God. God afflicts the Soul as well as the Body, yt we may learn to look up to Him-wean our affections fr. ye world, and see ye vanity of every thing besides. God will eith Remove ye Sorrow or give Gr. to bear it. Wicked or Careless, Thoughtless people-Tis fit, and a Blessing, w they fall into trouble of mind. Good people have no reason to suspect yt they are forsaken bec. &c. God's Love is ye same w" He hides His Face, as wh He Smiles and both shd have this effect, to make us keep close to Him-Joy is not always proper-God only knows it-He sees yt Pride, Negligence or Self-Sufficiency wd be ye effect. A man is certainly more acceptable to G. who pursues and perseveres in his duty under disconsolat", than he, &c. "My soul is sorrowful even unto Death"-It was then "He was heard in yt He feared." Blasphemous Thoughts, no sins if we reject ym, no sign of God's displeasure; no more our Fault than w1 we are dirty'd in going [along] ye streets.-They are such afflictions as sickness, Loss of Goods, &c. Employ yor Thoughts upon good Subjects-Converse wth yo Friends-Be ever employ'd-Despise yTM-Strive not wth ym-Beg of God to deliver you fr. evil, and leave it to Him to chuse how long this affliction shall [last,] as you wd if you pray'd to be deliver'd fr. pain of Body. f Is. xxxii. 17: ["The work of Righteousness shall be peace," ] &c. MENT. Now you see how much you want God's Help, how little SUPPLEany body els can help you—these are real Blessings got by this dispensation, as irksome as it is. "Is any afflicted? let him pray." Be sure forbear not yt duty-Yo' perseverance in duty is most acceptable, bec. you have no sensible pleasure in doing it. But let yo1 Prayers be short. 219. Two Kingdomes of God and Sat". (Ecclus. xxxix. 28.) The Devils are a body Politick, or Kingdom-To deny this, or their Power, Malice, Being, &c., is in effect to deny the X" Relig"-wch enables us to overcome ym 8, Promises Help, Rewards, Punishmts, as we oppose, or are led by ym. (Backward, 225 and 233.) As ye power of ye Devil was every where lessen'd, as ye K. of Xt prevailed; so now Xty begins to decline, and as that [p. 231.] day approaches when ye Son of God shall come and scarce find Faith, Satan begins to enlarge His power and His K. ag". Saducism-Deism-Atheism. Greater is He yt is with us, &c. He yt Soweth Tares is ye Devil. Why is this permitted? To exercise our virtues; as ye Canaanites were left-Twill redound to y' benefit in the end. As ye Holy G. makes ye Soules of Good men His Temple, so dos ye Devil those of Bad. Satan entered into Judas; see Math. viii. 16. Q[uesnel.] The Discipline of ye Primitive Ch. aim'd at this, to keep up the knowledge of these 2 Kingd. in ye minds of Xns. 220. Justification. No man can be Justify'd, yt is, Counted Righteous by God, till he is really Righteous; now no man is really so, till he is Sanctify'd, in Body, Soul and Sp*. 221. Publick Justice. Wn men have no mind to see the Truth, and who is in the right, they Industriously avoid the Settled Courts of Judicature, wch is ye way to discover wt ought to be done, and proceed by violence to oppress those, wm by common course of Justice they cannot condemn. 222. Apparel. See Quesnel, Acts xxv. 23. (Pag. 232.) g 1 St. John iv. 10 [? 4]; Matt. xii. 28–30; xiii. 38. SUPPLE MENT. 223. Propagation of Gosp. Math. v. 14. "Ye are ye Light of ye World," &c. If an Infidel, instead of seeing ye [p. 232.] effects of an Holy Faith shine in Xns, sees nothing but Covetousness, Corruption of Manners, Insincerity, &c., he is confirmed in his Infidelity, instead of being brought out of Darkness to Light, and fr. ye Power of Satan unto God. See Math. viii. 11, 12, Quesnelle; Math. ix. 37, and x. 6— 8; Rom. x. 19; Luk. xiii. 29; Jo. xii. 46. [p. 233.] 224. And they laughed Him to scorn. Math. ix. 24. Thus do Infidels-speak to ym of ye Great Mysteries of Xty, and they laugh us to scorn. Here is Consolation for Xt's Ministers-yt He Himself was laughed at. 225. Luxury in Apparel. Math. xi. 8. wear soft clothing are in King's Houses. Behold they that See Quesnelle. (P. 231.) 226. Excommunication. Tho' one's being in the Ch. dos not infallibly secure his Salvat", yet wh a Person is justly turned out of ye Ch. and obstinately continues so, he is in ye sure way of Perdit". 227. Two Kingdoms of Xt and Sat. (230, back.) It is sure of ye greatest moment to know wheth' we belong to Xt or to Satan. Jo. xiv. 30. The Devil,-the Minister of God's Justice-Wherever God dos not reign, there dos ye D-1. The D. supports his Empire by engaging men to follow their Passions and their worldly Interests.-J. Xt supports His by destroying these Passions, and by obliging men to Renounce ye world. [See K. of X', pag. 240]. 228. Death Bed Repentee. Tis then a man wd give all ye world for salvation. While he has it in his Power, he will not think of it; w" tis (in a manner) out of his Power, then he is for doing everything. W" there is no more time, there is no more Hope for Eternity. 229. Lord's Supper. Do this in remembrance of Me. How is yt to be done? Suppose yo'self at ye Foot of ye Cross-J. X' speaking to you after this manner-"I suffer all these Torments for yo' sake-To Reconcile you to God-To make atonem* for yo' sins-To deliver you fr. Death and Hell, &c."-wt wd yor thoughts be? "I abhorr ye sin for wch you are forc'd to bleed and dye-I will never willingly commit it ag"-I am astonish'd at yo' Love for so contempt MENT. ible, so miserable a Creature-I Thank you wth all my soul- SUPPLEI will depend upon ye Satisfaction, &c." See 1 Cor. xi. 23-28. 230. Providence. This to carnal eyes may seem to be the [p. 234.] effect of meer chance, yet we see tis the Decree of a steddy Providence; and Regulated by the Hand of God. 231. Masquerades and Plays. Quesnel. See Mark vi. 22, 23. 232. Calamities, Publick. Mark xiii. 14. Tis then [&c.] The Generality of people seek how to save their Goods and their Lives more than their soules-and tis bec. men Reflect more upon ye Calamities yms, than upon ye sins yt draw ym down. 233. Repentance, Death Bed. What affliction can be equal to yt man's, who upon his Death bed can find nothing in His whole Life but wt must render him unworthy of mercy? 234. Charity Sermon. Your Almes will oblige those wTM you Relieve to Pray for their Benefactors, and those Pray's will obtain fr. God greater degrees of Grace, &c. 2 Cor. ix. [14.] [p. 235.] 235. Faith. Tis a great mistake and delusion to think yt Miracles are sufficient to oblige men to believe, and to cure Infidelity. Faith is ye gift of God, to those only who Pray for it, and are Disposed to Receive it-To Desire to see Miracles, is no good Disposition. 236. Supper, Lord's. The song of Simeon a pattern of Thanksgiving after ye communion-Lord, now lettest Thou, &c. Quesnel. 237. Repentance. (Luke iii. 3, 4, 5. Quesnel, that whole chapt.) We ought to preach Repentance more than any oth. thing, it being ye foundation of X" Piety. The world dos not love it, bec. they do not love to see their ailments. 238. Angels. See Quesnelle, St. Luke iv. 10, 11, &c. 239. Anti Xt. The absolute necessity of Believing ye Incarnation. 240. Incarnation. Wt Corruption, wt Blindness are we [p. 236.] subject to, since yt God was oblig'd to take upon Him our Flesh to convince us yt He ought to be fear'd above all things for J. Xt gave up His Life to convince us of this ". 241. Confirmation. They run ye hazard of making atheists, [Three entries, mere references to Scripture, omitted.] |
