DEAD WORKS. LXXXVII. The wicked, and their works called dead, the righteous are alive from the dead. Rom. vi. 13. Yield yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead. Eph. ii. 1. You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins. Eph. v. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Col. ii. 13. You being dead in your sins hath he quickened. 1 Tim. v. 6. She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. Heb. vi. 1. Repentance from dead works. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God. Jude 12. The wicked are as trees twice dead. Rev. iii. 1. Thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead. WORKS OF THE DEVIL, CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL. LXXXVIII. Works of the devil, children of the devil. John viii. 44, To the wicked Jesus said, ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of will do. father your ye Acts xiii. 10. Paul said, O thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness. 1 Tim. iv. 1. Some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. John iii. 8. He that committeth sin is of the devil. Ver. 10. In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil, whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God. LXXXIX. The righteous have no fellowship with the children of the devil. 1 Cor. x. 20. I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ver. 21. Eph. iv. 27. Neither give place to the devil. James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. WORKS OF THE FLESH. XC. Works of the flesh, living after the flesh. Rom. vii. 5. When we were in the flesh, the motions of sin did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. Ver. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good thing. Ver. 25. With the flesh I serve the law of sin. viii. 6. To be carnally minded is death. Ver. 7. The carnal mind is enmity against God. Ver. 13. If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die. xiii. 14. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. Gal. v. 17. The flesh lusteth against the Spirit. Ver. 19. The works of the flesh are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, &c. Gal. v. 24. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh. vi. 8. He that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption. Eph. ii. 1. Ye were dead in trespasses and sins. Eph. ii. 2. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world. Ver. 3. In the lusts of your flesh fulfilling the desires of flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath. Ver. 11. Col. ii. 11. Putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ. Ver. 13. You being dead in your sins hath he quickened. Ver. 18. Let no man beguile you vainly puffed up by his fleshy mind. 1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshy lusts which war against the soul. iv. 2. Live not in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 1 John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, is not of the Father. XCI. Lusts of the flesh forbidden to Christians. Rom. vi. 12. Let not sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts' thereof. Ver. 13. xiii. 14. Put ye on the Lord Jesus, and make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof. Gal. v. 16. Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. Ver. 17. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit. Ver. 24. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Eph. iv. 22. Put off the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts. 2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts, but follow righteousness, faith, &c. Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world. 1 Pet. i. 14. As obedient children not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance. ii. 11. I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from flesh. ly lusts which war against the soul. iv. 2. Live no longer to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. Ver. 3. The time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries. 2 Pet. i. 4. There are given to us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 1 John ii. 16. All that is in the world, the lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world. Ver. 17. The world passeth away and the lust thereof. XCII. Lusting after women, Prov. vi. 25. Lust not after beauty, in thine heart. Matt. v. 28. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. XCIII. Lusting after meats and drinks. See instances in the Jews punished. Numb. xi. 4, 34. Ps. lxxviii. 18, 30.-lxxxi. 12.-cvi. 14. 1 Cor. x. 6. XCIV. The evil of lusts. John viii. 44. They are of the devil. 1 John ii. 26. They are of the world. Mark iv. 19. They choak the word. Eph. ii. 3. wrath. They prevail in the children of disobedience and 1 Thess. iv. 5. In those who knew not God. Tit. iii. 3. James i. 14. By them men are drawn away to sin, and enticed. Ver. 15. 2 Pet. ii. 18. iv. 1. From them proceed wars and fightings among men. Ver. 2, 3, 5. Because of them prayers are not answered. 2 Tim. iv. 3. Through them men pervert the gospel. Ch. iii. 6. 2 Pet. iii. 3. Jude ver. 16, 18. 1 Tim. vi. 9, They drown men in destruction and perdition. CORRUPTION OF SIN. XCV. Corruption prevailing. Gen. vi. 11. The earth was corrupt before God. vi. 12. For all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Exod. xxxii. 7. The Lord said unto Moses, thy people have corrupted themselves. Deut. ix. 12. Ver. 8. They have turned aside quickly, out of the way. Deut. xxxi. 29. Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of God's children, they are a perverse and wicked genera tion. Ver. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord? O foolish people, and unwise. Judges ii. 19. Matt. vii. 17. A corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Ver. 18. Ch. xii. 23. Rev. xix. 2. The great whore did corrupt the earth, with her fornications. See Isa. i. 4. Hos. ix. 9. Zeph. iii. 38. XCVI. Confession of corruption. Neh. i 7. We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept thy commandments, &c. Ezek. xx. 44. Pardon promised. THE RIGHTEOUS NOT CORRUPT. XCVII. The righteous not corrupt. Eph. iv. 22. Put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 2 Pet. i. 4. God hath given to us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world, through lust. See 1Pet. i. 22, 23. DEFILEMENT OF SIN. XCVIII. Defilement of sin. Matt. xv. 18. Those things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and defile the man. Ver. 11. Ver. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Ver. 20. These are the things which defile a man. XCIX. Threats. Lev. xviii. 25. The land is defiled, therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it. Ver. 28. The land shall spue you out, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations before you. Numb. xxxv. 34. Defile not the land wherein I dwell, for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel. Ch. xliii. 7, 8. Isa. xxiv. 5. The earth is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, because they have transgressed the law, changed the ordinances, &c. Ver. 6. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth. Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven any thing that defileth, &c. See Ezek. xxxvi. 17, 18. Hos. v. 3, 6. Tit. i 15. Heb. xii. 15. Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names, which have not defiled their garments. UNCLEANNESS. C. Uncleanness of sin. Isa. vi. 5. I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. Ezek. xliv. 23. Cause them to discern between the clean and unclean. Ch. xxii. 26. Matt. xxiii. 2. Ye are full of all uncleanness. Rom. vi. 19. Ye yielded your members servants to uncleanness. Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh are uncleanness. Eph. iv. 19. Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Rom. i. 24. 2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. Ver. 10. But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lusts of uncleanness. CI. Confession of uncleanness. Isa. Ixiv. 6. We are all as an unclean thing, and our righteousness as filthy rags. Ch. i. 5, 6. CII. Promises against uncleanness of sin. Isa. xxxv. 8. An high way shall be in the land, called the way of holiness, the unclean shall not pass over it. iii. 1. Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, there shall no more come into thee, the uncircumcised and the unclean. Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will save you from all your uncleanness. Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain opened for sin and un cleanness. CIII. Directions. Eph. v. 3. Uncleanness let it not be named amongst you. Col. iii. 5. Mortify fornication, uncleanness. 1 Thess. v. 7. CIV. Threats. Ezek. xxxix. 24. According to their uncleanness have I done unto them. Eph. v. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. POLLUTION. CV. Pollution. Ezek. xvi. 6, 22. I saw thee polluted in thine own blood, and said unto thee, live. Zeph. iii. 1. Woe to the city that is filthy and polluted. 2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. See the wicked pollute God's name. Isa. xx. 9.-xlviii. 11. Jer. xxxiv. 16. Ezek. xiii. 19.-xxxix. 7. Mal. i. 7. They pollute God's house. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 14. Ezek. xliv. 7. Zeph. iii. 4. They pollute God's Sabbaths. Isa. Ivi. 2. Ezek. xx. 13. to 24. FILTHINESS. CVI. Filthiness. Ezra ix. 11. The land is unclean, with the filthiness of the people. Lam. i. 9. Prov. xxx. 12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filthiness. Rev. xvii. 4. CVII. Directions. 2 Cor. vii.1. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Eph. v. 4. Let not filthiness be once named amongst you. Col. iii. 8. Put off all filthy communications. James i. 21. 2 Pet. ii. 7. Lot was vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. Ezra vi. 21. The children of Israel, separated themselves from the filthiness of the heathen, to seek the Lord God of Israel. CVIII. Promises. Isa. iv. 3. Every one in Zion shall be called holy, Ver 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion. Ezek. xxxvi. 5. From all your filthiness will I cleanse you. Ch. xxii. 15. xxiv. 13. CIX. Threats. Rev. xxii. 11. He that is filthy let him be filthy still. Ezek. xxiv. 13. Thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness. VILENESS. CX. Vileness of sin. 1 Sam. iii. 13. I will judge Eli's house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth, because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. Ps. xii. 8. The wicked walk on every side when vile men are exalted. Ps. cxiv. 20, xv. 4. In the eyes of the righteous, a vile person is despised. |