They're of the devil who fin amain : t t1 John iii. 8, He that committeth fin, is of the devil; for the devil finneth from the beginning. u I John i. 8, If we say that we have no fin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. v Rom. vii. 23, But 1 fee another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin which is in my members. w Pfalm lxv. 3, Iniquities prevail against me: as for our tranfgreffions, thou shalt purge them away. Rom. vi. 14, For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace. * John i. 42, Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and faith of him, Behold an Ifraelite in whom is no guile. Pfalm xxxii. 2, Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. y-Pfalm xix. 12, Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me from fecret faults. z Pfalm li. 6, Behold thou defirest truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. a Matth. xv. 19, For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witness, blafphemies. 6 Matth. vi. 24, No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or elfe he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ve cannot serve God and mammon. • Hof. x. 1, Ifrael is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself; according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land, they have made goodly images. Matth. xvi. 24, Then faid Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. d Ifa. xxvi. 13, O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. John xx. 28, And Thomas anfwered and faid unto him, My Lord, and my God. I feek myself incessantly, e In this vain world I live, yet fee e James iv. 3, Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may confume it upon your lufts. Jer. xlv. 2, 5, Thus faith the Lord the God of Ifrael unto thee, O Baruch, and feekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not; for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, faith the Lord; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goeft. f Matth. xvi. 24, See letter c. g Lev. xix. 18, Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself-I am the Lord. Eph. v. 29, For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church. John xii. 25, He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal. Job xlii. 6, Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in duft and afhes. b Col. iii. 3, For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Gal. vi. 14, But God forbid that I should glory, fave in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. i John xvi. 22, And ye now therefore have forrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 2 Theff. ii. 16, Now our Lord Jesus Chrift himself, and God the Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting confolation, and good hope through grace, &c. & Pfalm xxx. 7, Lord, by thy favour, thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didit hide thy face, and I was troubled. Ifa. xlix. 13, 14, Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into finging, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. But Zion faid, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. SECT. III. Mysteries about the Saints' work and warfare, their fins, forrows, and joys. THE work is great I'm call'd unto, a Yet nothing's left for me to do: b To works, but not to working dead : e a Phil. ii. 12, Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my abfence; work out your own falvation with fear and trembling. b Phil. ii. 13, For it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Lev. xx. 7, 8, Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the Lord your God. And ye shall keep my ftatutes, and do them: I am the Lord which fanctify you. Rom. vi. 23, For the wages of fin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Chrift our Lord. Chap. xi. 6, And if by grace, then is it no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace; otherwife work is no more work. d Pfalm xix. 11, Moreover, by them [the judgments of the Lord] is thy fervant warned; and in keeping of them there is a great reward. Pfalm Iviii. 11, Verily there is a reward for the righteous ; verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. e Rom. vii. 4, Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Chrift; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raifed from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Gal. ii. 19, For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. f 1 John i. 8, If we say we have no fin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Chap. iii. 9, Whofoever is born of God, doth not commit fin, for his feed remaineth in him; and he cannot fin, because he is born of God. g Rom. vii. 18, For I know, that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing; for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. b Pfalm xxvi. 6, I will wash mine hands in innocence; fo will I compafs thine altar, O Lord. My Father's anger ger burns like fire, i i 1 Kings xi. 9, And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Ifrael, which had appeared unto him twice. 4 Ifa. xxvii. 4, Fury is not in me. Chap. liv. 9, 10, For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have fworn that the warers of Noah should no more go over the earth: fo have I fworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, faith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. Hab. i. 13, Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Jer. xliv. 4, Howbeit, I fent unto you all my fervants the prophets, rising early, and sending them, faying, O do not this abominable thing that I hate. m Matth. iii. 17, And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Rom. v. 10, When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son. n 2 Cor. ii. 14, Now thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Chrift. o Rom. vii. 23, But I fee another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin, which is in my members. p Rom. vii. 23, See letter o. 1 Tim. vi. 12, Fight the good fight of faith, &c. Gal. v. 17, For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. g Rom. v. 1, Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ifa. liv. 10, See letter k. r Rom. vii. 23, See letter o. Chap. viii. 37, Nay, in all those things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. /1 Cor. xv. 57, But thanks be to God, which giveth us the vice tory, through our Lord Jesus Chrift. I'm still at ease, and still opprest; My losses still increase my gain.a s 2 Cor. iv. 8, We are troubled on every fide, yet not distreffed; we are perplexed, but not in despair. John xvi. 33, These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. Heb. iv. 3, For we which have believed, do enter into rest. t Zech. xiv. 6, 7, And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark. But it shall be one day, which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. Mic. vii. 8, Rejoice not againft me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I fit in darkness, the Lord shall be light unto me. u John viii. 36, If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Acts xx. 23, The Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. v2 Cor. vi. 9, As dying, and behold we live. Col. iii. 3, For ye are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. το Matth. xviii. 11, For the Son of man is come to fave that which was lost. Pfalm cxix. 176, I have gone aftray like a loft sheep, feek thy servant. Phil. iii. 9, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. * Rom. viii. 28, And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Chap. xi. 11, I say then, Have they stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid; but rather through their fall falvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealoufy. y Pfalm lxxxix. 31, 32, If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments, then will I vifit their tranfgreffions with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. z Pfalm cxix. 67, Before I was afflicted, I went aftray: but now have I kept thy word. v. 71, It is good for me that I have been afficted; that I might learn thy statutes. James i. 2, My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations. a Matth. x. 39, He that loseth his life for my fake, shall find it. 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