The Comforter.

Who is a God like unto thy God? Mich. 17.18. Gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kind­ness, Exod. 34.6. Chap. 30.9. Nehem. I have sinned against thee. 9.17. Ps. 86.15.111.4.103.8.112.4.116.5.145.8. & 117.2. who pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by transgression. He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delight­eth in mercy; he will turn again, [Page 3]he will have compassion upon thee, and subdue thine iniquities; he will cast all thy sins in the depths of the Sea, Mich. 7.18, 19. for as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards thee; As far as the East is from the West, so far hath he removed thy trans­gressions from thee, Psal. 103.11, 12. he will cleanse thee from all thine iniquities, and pardon all thy sins, Psal. 103.2. Jer. 33.8. & 37.23. & 1 Joh. 17.9. Rev. 1.5. Thou hast Jesus Christ the Righteous Advo­cate with the Father, 1 Joh. 2.1. and the Father himself loves thee also, Joh. 16.27. He will not deal with thee after thy sins, nor ac­cording to thy wicked ways, and corrupt doings; know that he is God the Lord, Who by no means, &c. that works with thee for his own Names sake, Ez. 20.9, 14. whereunto whosoever flies, Prav. 18.10. And upon which, who­soever calls shall be saved, Act. 2.21. [Page 4] Rom. 10.13. It is his glory to pass over a Transgression, Prov. 19.11. By Grace shalt thou be saved, Eph. 2.5. And by hope. Rom. 8.24. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, VVhat shall I do? &c. and thou shalt be saved, Act. 16.31. For He, even He it is, that blotteth out thy transgressions, as a thick Cloud, Isa. 43.25. &c 44.22. He casteth all thy sins in the depths of the Sea, Mic. 7.19. He putteth away thine iniquities for his own sake, and wil not remember thy sins any more, Jer. 31.34. Heb. 10.17. Is. 103.11, 12. He beholdeth no iniquity in Jacob, and seeth no transgression in Israel, Thou hast set my in­iquities, &c. Num. 23.21. For in his Name (through whom God was recon­ciling the world to himself, 2 Cor. 5.19. Thou hast Remission of sins, Act. 10.43. Yea, thou hast recei­ved abundance of Grace, and of the gift of Righteousness unto Eternal Life, through Jesus Christ, Rom. 5.15, 16, 17. hope in the Lord; [Page 5]for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him there is plenteous Redemption, Psal. 130.7. Behold the Lamb which taketh away the sins of the World, Joh. 1.29. who bare thine iniquities, Isa. 53.11. whom God hath exalted with his right hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance and forgiveness of sins, Act. 5.31. to put away thy sins by the sacri­fice of himself, Heb. 9.26. The Blood of Christ Jesus cleanseth thee from all sin 1 Joh. 1.7. Which he purged by himself, Heb. 1.3. For he loved thee, and washed thee from they sins by his own blood, Rev. 1.5. And became the propitia­tion for thy sins, 1 Joh. 2.2. which are forgiven thee for his name sake, O that thou wouldest pardon, &c. 1 Ioh. 2.12. He will abundantly pardon, Is. 55.7. Jer. 33.8. Fear not, for it is thy Fathers pleasure to give thee a Kingdom, Luk. 12.32. Rejoyce, for thy name is written in Heaven, [Page 6] Luk. 10.20. And in the Lambs Book, Rev. 22.27. O Bless the Lord that forgiveth all thine ini­quities, Psal. 113.3.8.: Col. 2.13. Which though they were, as Crim­son and Scarlet, yet stall they be made as white as Wooll and Snow, Isa. 1.18.

The Comforter.

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his Coun­cellour hath taught him? Isa. 40.13. Rom. 11.34.1 Cor. 2.16. Why hast thou suf­fered me to erre from, &c. Though darkness encompass his Throne, Psal. 18.9, 11. and he gives no account of any of his ma­ters, Job 33.12. Yet all the wayes [Page 8]of the Lord are mercy and truth, Psal. 25.10. He is only wise, I Tim. 1.17. There is no searching of his understanding, Isa. 40.28. and his love passeth all knowledge, Eph. 3.19. He has left thee to declare un­to thee the thoughts of thy heart, Amos 4.13. And that he might humble thee, and prove thee, and do thee good in the later end, Dent. 8.16. But he will give thee a new heart, and write his fear up on it, that thou maist not be able to depart from him, Take thine Holy Spi­rit from me, &c. Isa. 32.40. He will pour out his Spirit upon thee, Joel 2.28. Act. 2.17, 18. He will put a new Spirit within thee, Ez. 11.19. and 18.31. and 36.26, 27. Thou hast received of the Spirit of God, 1 Cor. 2.12. even the Spirit of Adoption, Rom. 8.15. and the Spirit of his Son, Gal. 4.6. in whom are hid all the Treasures of VVisdom, Col. 2.3. The pro­mise of the Spirit, Gal. 3.14. and [Page 9]the Spirit of promise, whereby thou art sealed, Eph. 1.13. even the Spirit of Truth, and the Com­forter, who shall abide with three for ever, Joh. 14.16, 17. That by the spirit of VVisdom that he has given thee, Eph. 1.17. Col. 1.9. and 1 Cor. 12.8. Thou maist be able to comprehend what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and heighth of his love, O that I knew where to find thee! Eph. 3.18. And know when to find him on the Throne of Grace, and cry Abba, Father, Rom. 8.15. For he calls thee, Matth. 11.28. and 25.34. Joh. 7.37.1 Cor. 1.9. Rom. 8.28. And will not hide himself from his own flesh, Isa. 58.7. Yea, he has de­scended from the Heavens, and came out of the bosom, Fo. 1.28. of the Father, Eph. 4.9, 10.1 Tim. 1.15. Joh. 16.17. and 17.8. to seek thee, Luk. 19.10. Ez. 34.11, 16. to finde thee, Ma. 18.12, 14. Luk. 15.24. and to save thee, Ma. 1.21. and 18.11. [Page 10] Joh. 3.15, 16. and to take thee where he is, that thou mayst dwell with him, and be one with him for ever, Joh. 17.21. Let not therefore his dread, Job 13.21. nor thine own trouble and anguish, Job 15.24, make thee afraid, and think that his faithfulness and loving kindness shall ever fail, And re­member thee of the word Psal. 89.33. Isa. 54.10. For, he who is abundant in good­ness and truth, Exod. 34.6. the Lord God of Truth, Psal. 31.5. whose words are Truth, Ioh. 17.17. enduring to all Generations, Psal. 100.5. and who is Truth, Ioh. 14.6. will not deny himself, 2 Tim. 2.13. nor give his glory to another, Isa. 42.8. and 48.11. for he will bear testimony to the word of his Grace, My hope is as the giving up of the, &c. Act. 14.3. and albeit thy hopes be well nigh lost, Ez. 37.11. yet thy faithful Creator, 1. Pet. 2.19. who formed thee, Isa. 43.1. and 44.2. and 21.24. the God of hope, Rom. 15.13. who has begotten thee to a [Page 11]lively hope, I Pet. 1.3. which hope thou hast, as an Anchor of the Soul, Heb. 6.19. will sustain thee with the right hand of his righteousness, Isa. 41.10. He giveth strength to him that fainteth, and to him that hath no strength he encreaseth power, Isa. 40.29. He will not forget thee, Isa. 49.15, 19. The needy shall not always be forsaken: the expecta­tion of the poor shall not perish for ever, Psal. 9.18.

VVill he destroy? No: He loveth the works of his own hand, Wilty thou destroy Iob 14.15. Though he cause grief, yet will he shew compassion, ac­cording to the multitude of his mercies, Lam. 3.32. He is the Sove­reign preserver of mankind, de­lights not in the destruction of sin­ners, Iob 7.20. Psal. 36.6. and 33.11. 2 Pet. 3.9. for mercy pleaseth him, Mich. 7.18. and precious in his sight is the death of his Saints, Psal. 16.15.

The Comforter.

He that believes makes no haste, At my wits end Isa. 28.16. Stand still and thou shalt see the salvation of the Lord, Exod. 14.13. who will perfect and per­form all things for thee, Psal. 57.2. Psal. 138.8. And make thee like­wise able to do all things through his strength, Phil. 4.13. Stay thy self upon the Name of the Lord, [Page 13]and he will keep thee in perfect peace, Isal. 26.3. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, he will not suffer thee to be moved, Psal. 55.22. For, All resuge fails me. he who is thy resuge and thy por­tion in the land of the living, Psal. 142.5. well knows how to deliver his own out of troubles, 2 Pet. 2.9. Thy help is in the Name of the Lord, who created the Heavens and the Earth, the Sea, and all that therein is; and keeps fidelity for every Psal. 124.8. He is thy help and thy shield, Psal. 115.9, 10, 11. Psal. 121.2. Isa. 41.10, 13, 14. Isa. None at the right hand— 44.2. Hosea 13.9. His left hand is under thy head, and his right hand doth embrace thee, Cant. 2.6. Trust thou always in the Lord, for with the Lord Jehovah there is everlast­ing My strength and my hope continually, Psal. 71.5, 14. For the hope of Israel, Ier. 14.8. And thy hope in the evil day, Ier. 17.17. VVho is the strength of thy heart, [Page 14] Psal. 27.1. and 73.26. VVill fill thee with all joy and peace in believing, that thou mayst abcund in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost, Rom. 15.13. Let Christ who is the hope of all the ends of the Earth, Psal. 65.5. Be in the hope of glory, Col. 1.27. VVherefore guird up the loyns of thy mind, and hope unto the end, 1 Pet. 1.13. And let not the consolations of God be small with thee, Refuseth to be comforted Iob. 15.11. For the God of all consolation, 2 Cor. 1.3, 4, 5. who comforteth all that are cast down, 2 Cor. 7.6. who sent his Son: to (revive, Isa. 57.15.) And bind up the broken hearted, to give unto them that mourn Beauty for Ashes, the Oyl of Joy for Mourning, the garment of praise, for the spirit of heaviness, Isa. 61.1, and 3. Bids thee arise and shine, and put or brightness and glory, for the Lord shall be a light unto thee in darkness, Isa. [Page 15]60.2. As one, whom his mother comforteth, so will he comfort all that mourn, Isa. 66.13. VVhy should thy Soul then be disquieted? for the Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, 2 Cor. 1.3. speak­eth comfortably unto thee, Isa. 40. Hos. 2.14. Isa. 40.1. He will com­fort Zion and her Mourners, Isa. 51.3. and 61.2. The Lord thy God will have thee to serve him with joyful­ness and gladness of heart, Deut. 28.47. and always to rejoyce in him, Phil. 4.4. Isa. 41.16. For there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoyce in his affairs, because that is his portion, Eccles. 3.12.22. &c 5.17. & 2.24.

The Comforter.

Though his wayes be in the dark, Psal. 18.9, 11. and 97.2. which for the present may seem marvelous in thine eyes, Shewen himself marve­lous. Psal. 118.23. yet in the end shall they bring forth an excellent and eternal weight of glory, 2 Cor. 4.17. For he is only wise, Rom. 16.27. and his love pasleth all knowledge, Eph. 3.19. If sorrow therefore has filled thy heart for a season, My Soul, &c. 1 Pet. 16. [Page 17]yet let not thy heart be troubled, My heart sore pined, &c. neither fear, Isa. 53.4. and 4.10. and 43.5. Ier. 46.27, 28. for thy heart shall live for ever, Psal. 22.26. And rejoyce in the Lord, Zeeh. Ie. 7. Go to the Saviour of the World, the Prince of Life, Act. 3.15. and 5.31. and he will give thee ease to thy soul, Mat. 11.28. He will rejoyce over thee, Isa. 62.5. Ier. 32.41. And thou shalt rejoyce in his salvation, Psal. 9.14. and 13.5. and 20.5. and 35.9. Why is thy soul cast down, and why is it disquieted within thee? Psal. 42.5. and 43.5. For he, even he it is that comforts thee, that upholds and confirms thee by the right hand of his righteousness, Isa. 41.10. Let not thy heart be trouble, Fearful­ness and trambling. Ioh. 14.27. Luk 12.32. Fear not, for thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel is with thee; be not afraid; for he is thy God, Isa. 41.10, 14. Isa. 54.4. and 44.2, 8. and 43.1, 5. [Page 18] Ier. 30.10. Though his wrath ly­ing hard upon thee. Psal. 88.7. should press thee sore, Psal. 38.2. and cast thee down, Psal. 42.6. yet when thou fallest, thou shalt rife again, Psal. 37.24. and 102.10. And through his wrath thou beest now troubled, Psal. 90.7. And his fierce wrath burning like fire, VVo is me be­cause wrath is gone, &c. Psal. 89.46. goeth over thee, Psal. 88.16. yet in wrath will he remember mercy, Hab. 3.2. and take away all his wrath, Psal. 85.3. and turn himself from the fierceness of his anger, Ibid. For when Tribulations have abounded, Consolati­ons shall abound much more, 2 Cor. 15. He will deal with thee bountifully according to his mercy, Psal. 119.17. and 124. Psal. 142.7. Psal. 13.6. Psal. 116.6. And not according to thy corrupt ways and wicked doings, Ez. 20.44. Psal. 103.10. for though he has visited thy transgressions with the rod, and [Page 19]thy iniquities with stripes, never­theless his loving kindness will he not utterly take from thee, nor suf­fer his faithfulness to fail, Psal. 89.32, 33, 34. He will not give thee over unto death, Psal. 118.18. But assuredly shew thee greater and mightier things, than thou art able to speak, or think, Ier. 33.3. Let his rod comfort thee, Dealt bit­terly with me. Psal. 23.4. and it shall shew thee the secrets of wisdom, Iob 11.6. And the paths of life, Psal. 16.11. For the Sta­tutes of the Lord are right, rejoy­cing the heart, Psal. 19.8. Though thou art in heaviness for a season, through manifold temptations, 1 Pet. 1.6. yet will he make thee to drink of the rivers of his plea­sures; for with him is the fountain of life, and in his light shalt thou see light, The joy of my heart is ceased. Psal. 36.8, 9. Then shalt thou know the joyful sound, and walk in the light of his counte­nance. In his name shalt thou walk [Page 20]all the day, and in his righteous­ness shalt thou be exalted, Psal. 89.15, 16. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, Psal. 64.10. Let them rejoyce before God, yea, let them exceedingly rejoyce. Psal. 68.3. and draw waters with joy out of the Wells of Consolation, Isa. 12.3. and Isa. 66. from the 10. to the 16. Thou shalt obtain everlasting joy, Isa. 35.10. and 51. [...]1. and 61.7. which none taketh from thee, Ioh. 16.22. And sorrow and sighing shall fly away, Isa. 35.10. Then shall thy joy be fulfilled, and remain in thee, Ioh. 15.11. For the kingdom of God doth flourish in righteous­ness and peace, with abundance of joy in the Holy Ghost, Rom. 14.17.

The Comforter.

O No: Faithful is he who will not suffer thee to be tempted a­bove what thou art able to bear, Prested above strength. but with the temptation also make a way to escape, 1 Cor. 10.13. He [Page 22]he will correct in mercy and in Measure, No way to escape. Ier. 10.24. and 30.11. When he afflicteth thee, he will teach thee the good old way, Ier. 6.16. wherein thou shouldest walk, Psal. 143.8. For he leadeth the blind by a way that they know not, Isa. 42.16. He will shew thee light, and the way wherein thou shouldest go, Ps. 32.8. Neb. 9.19. and lead thee forth by the right way, Ps. 104.7. and make straight in the desart an high way, Isa. 49.3. For all the wayes of the Lord are mercy and truth, Psa. 25.10. Can a woman forget her suck­ing Child, How long wilt thou forget me? that she should not have compassion on the sor of her womb? Yea, she may forget, but he will never forget thee, Isa. 49.15. If he cannot forget one silly Spar­row, whereof five are sold for two farthings, Luk. 12.17. How much less will he forget thee created af­ter his own Image? Ger. 1.26. Col. 3.10. [Page 23]and Eph. 4.24. dignified with the Honourable Title of a Son, Luk. 20.36. Rom. 8.16. and 9.26. Gal. 3.26.1 Joh. 3.2. Isa. 63.16. and 64.8. and Heir, Gal. 4.7. Heb. 11.7. Rom. 8.17. Heb. 1.14. Why cast­est thou off? Will he cast off his precious Ones? Mal. 3.17. Isa. 43.4. Lam. 4.2. Psal. 49.8. and 72.14. Whom he has bought, 1 Cor. 6.20. and 7.23.2 Pet. 2.1. with that infinite price of his Sons bloud, Act. 20.28.1 Pet. 19. Revel. 5.9. Rom. 8.32. Joh. 3.16. VVill he abandon those of whom the world is not worthy? Heb. 11.38. Nay, he will earnestly remember thee still, Jer. 31.20. Thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it, as waters that are past: Job 11.16. Pro. 31.7. but he will never forget his tender mercies, Psal. 25.6. nor hide him­self from thy supplications, And hid­est thy face. Psal. 55.1. And thou shalt behold his face in righteousness, Psa. 17. last verse. He shall make his face to shine up­on [Page 24]thee, Psa. 31.16. and 119.135. and 80.19. Thou shalt see his face, and his name shall be upon thy forehead, How long wilt thou be angry? Rev. 21.4. Then will he no more cause his anger to fall up­on thee, Jer. 3.5. for he is merciful, 12. and Exod. 34.6. 2 Chr. 30.9. Neb [...]m. 9.17, 31. Psa. 103.8. and Psa. 117.2. And will not reserve his anger for ever, Psa. 30.5. His anger endureth but a moment, he will turn himself from the fierceness of his anger, Psa. 78.38. Jos 7.26. Psa. 85.3. and cause it towards thee to cease, 4. For he retaineth not his anger for ever, And wilt not hear? Jer. 3.5. Mich. 7.18, 19. If thou lockest unto the Lord, and canst wait for the God of thy salvation, thy God will hear thy voice, Mich. ibid. Numb. 20.16. Psal. 3.4. and 107.6, 13. and 120.1. and 4.3. and 20.6. 2 Chr. 7.14. and 20.9. He will answer thee, Psal. 138.3. and 18.6. and 22.5, 24. for he hears the cry of the afflicted, [Page 25] Exod. 22.23. Psal. 106.44. Job 34.28. Psal. 99.6, 8. and it comes near before him, Psal. 145.18. and 88.2. and 102.1. He is nigh to all that call upon him, Psal. 145.18. and 34.18. And his salvation a present help in trouble, Psal. 85.9. and 46.1. When the poor and the needy seek water and there is none, their tongue faileth for thirst, the Lord will hear them, the Good of Israel will not forsake them, Why cast­est thou off, &c. Isa. 41.17. He will never fail thee, he will never, never leave thee, nor forsake thee, Dent. 4.31. Jos 1.5. Psa. 27.10. and 94.14. and 89.30, 32, 33, 34. Heb. 13.5. He has chosen thee, and will not cast thee away, Isa. 41.9. Jer. 33.26. The Lord will help thee, Isa. 41.10, 13, 14. The Lord thy strength will make haste to help thee, From helping. Psal. 22.19. and 38.22. and 40.13. and 70.5. And that right early, Psal. 46.5. He wil regard the prayer of the destitute, [Page 26] Psal. 102.17. He has not despised nor abhorred the afflictions of the afflicted, neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried, he heard him, The voice of my roaring. Psal. 22.24. Yea, be­fore thou callest, he will answer, & while thou art yet speaking, he will hear, Isa. 65.24. Psal. 32.5. and receive thy prayer; he wil hear thy supplication, Psal. 6.9. And the voice of thy weeping, Ps. 6.8.

The Comforter.

Though thou be small and despi­sed, I am brought low. Ps 119.141. Yet his gentleness will make thee great, 2 Sam. 32, 36. He will glorifie thee, and thou shalt not be small, Jer. 30.19. He will remember thee in thy low estate, Psal. 136.23. His lov­ing kindness will make thee to encrease, Psal. 18.35. and bring help to thee, Isa. 41.10, 13, 14. and 50.7. and 44.28. Psal. 116.6. The Lord killeth and maketh alive; [Page 28]He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up; the Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich; he bring­eth low, and bringeth up, 1 Sam. 2.6, 7. By oppression, &c. oppressed have no Comforter, Ecclest. 4.1. yet the Lord is their refuge, Psal. 9.9. and will execute Judgement for them, Psal. 146.7. Jer. 21.12. Yea, the Lord executeth Righteousness and Judgement to all that are opressed, Psal. 103.6. He will deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the op­pressor, Jer. 22.3. He shall break their rods in pieces, Isa. 9.4. Psal. 72.4. and make thee to rule over them, By affli­ction Isa. 14.2. He will undo all that afflict thee, Zeph. 3.19. and make thee glad, according to the time wherein he hath afflicted thee, and the years wherein thou hast seen sorrow, Psal. 90.15. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempests, and not comforted! Isa. 54.11. In righ­teousnesS shalt thou be established; [Page 29]Thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from grief, for it shall not come near thee, By sor­row. 14. He has heard and seen thine affliction, Gen. 16.11. and 29.32. and 31.42. Exod. 3.7. Act. 7.34. Psal. 22.24. and 106.44. and 25.18. And he, who in all thy afflictions is afflicted, Isa. 63.9. will turn thy mourning unto joy, Joh. 16.20. He will comfort thee, and cause thee to rejoyce from thy sorrow, Jer. 31.13. Isa. 51.11. and 61.3. Thy soul shall be as a watered gar­den, Isa. 58.11. And thou shalt sorrow no more at all, Isa. 31.12. Fear not, My con­fusion. for thou shalt not be con­founded, for thou shalt not be put to shame, Isa. 54.4. Thou shalt not be confounded nor ashamd world without end, My shame. Isa. 45.17. Believe and thou shalt not be confounded, 1 Pet. 2.6. Isa. 50.7. For thy shame thou shalt have double, and [Page 30]for thy confusion thou shalt rejoyce in thy portion, Isa. 61.7. Yea, thou shalt be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, when he is pacified towards thee, for all that thou hast done, The Lord has reje­cted, &c. Ezek. 16.63. Cast not away therefore thy con­fidence, Heb. 10.35. But hold it stedfast, Heb. 3.6, 14. For he who is the Confidence of all the ends of the earth, Psal. 67.5. shall be thy confidence, Prov. 3.26. The needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever, Psal. 9.18. God will look on thee, that thou perish not, Jon. 1.6. The Lord thy God will not let thee be ashamed of thy hope, Psal. 119.116. Phil. 1.20. Blessed is the man that trusteth in him, Psal. 34.8. Prov. 16, 20. Psal. 40.4. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be saved, Prov. 29.25. and 28.25. For the satisfieth the longing soul, Psal. 107.9. And ful­filleth [Page 31]the desire of those that fear him, Psal. 145.19. and 20.5. He will not suffer any that wait on him to be ashamed, Psal. 25.3, and 20. Isa. 49.23. Believe in the Lord thy God, so shalt thou be established, 1 Chro. 5.20. 2 Chro. 20.20. and 16.7, 8. The Lord will send his angel with thee, Gen. 24.7. and prosper thy way, 56. The Lord shall be with thee, and that which thou doest, make it to prosper, Gen. 39.3.23. Delight thy self in the Lord, My heart faints, &c. and he will give thee the desires of thy heart, Psal. 37.4. Rest in hope, Psal. 16.9. Act. 2.26. And against hope believe, Rom. 4.18. and rejoyce in hope, Rom. 5.2. and thou shalt not be ashamed, Isa. 45.17. Psal. 119.6. Rom. 5.5. Wait upon the Lord, and thou shalt renew thy strength, and mount up with Wings, as an Eagle, and not faint, Isa. 40.31. For he giveth power to the faint, and to them [Page 32]that have no might he encreaseth strength, My faith fails. Isa. 40.29. Let nothing have dominion over thy faith, 2 Cor. 1.24. For he that is the Spirit of Truth, Joh. 14.17. and 15.26. and 1 John 4.6. has given thee the Holy Spirit of Promise, Eph. 1.13. The World of Truth, John 17.17. Eph. 1.13. The Word of Faith, Rom. 10.8. and the Spirit of Faith, 2 Cor. 4.13. He that dwells in the heart by Faith, Eph. 3.17. The Author and finisher of thy Faith, Heb. 12.2. He lives for ever to intercede for thee, Heb. 7.25. and prayes for thy Faith not fail thee, Luke 22.32. and that thou maist have the end of thy Faith. even Eternal Life, 1 Pet. 1.9. Rom. 6.22. and John. 17.24. And till then has not only promised never to depart from thee, Isa. 54.10. Heb. 13 5. John 14.18. but likewise bound himself by an everlasting Covenant to write his fear on thy heart, that [Page 33]thou shalt never be able to de­part from him, Jer. 32.40. Rom. 8.35, 36.

The God of the Spirits of all flesh. Numb. 16.22. by his visita­tion shall preserve thy Spirit, My spirit is over­whelmed. Job 10.12. He will put his Spirit in thee, Ezek. 37.14. Is. 42.1. Ezek. 36.27. When thy spirit is over­welmed, pour out thy com­plaint unto the Lord, Psal. 142.3. who is thy refuge, and thy portion in the Land of the Living, vers. 5. and he will assuredly deal bounti­fully with thee, My bow­els, &c. vers. 7. For his bowels and inward parts do sound for thee, like and Harp, Isa. 16.11. The sounding of his bowels and mercies towards thee shall not be restrained, Isa. 63.15. his bowels are troubled for thee, he will fure­ly have mercy upon thee, Jer. 31.20. And therefore refrain thy voice from weeping, I cannot hold my peace. and thine eyes from tears, Jer. 31.16. For in quietness [Page 34]and confidence shal be thy strength, Isa. 30.15. He looketh upon thy affliction and thy pain, Ps. 25.18. And for thy hurt he is so sore hurt, that astoinshment has taken hold on him, Jer. 8.21. He that wounds and heals, Job 5.18. will heal thee of thy wounds, Jer. 30.17. Psal. 47.3. Hos. 6.1. Luk. 4.18. and 10.34.. Note: The sword of the Lord. He will command his own sword to be quiet, and put up its self into the scabbard, Jer. 47.6. neither shall any weapon that is formed against thee prosper, Isa: 54.17.

The Comforter.

The Lord hath establisht an ever­lasting Covenant with thee and thy posterity, Made my habitation desolate. Gen. 17.7, 9. Act. 2.39. Jer. 32.38, 39, 40. He will bless the fruit of thy womb, Det. 7.13. Prov. 20.7. Thy Childrens Chil­dren to many Generations shall be blessed, Psal. 37.25, 26. Prov. 11.21. Psal. 110.2. The Lord Re­deemeth the souls of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate, Psal. 34.22. He will delight in them, to do them good, and to plant them again, with his whole heart and his whole soul, Jer. 32.37. &c 41.44. He will be merciful unto thy dwelling place, that out of it may proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry, Ier. 30.18, 19. No evil shall befall thee, nei­ther shall any plague come near [Page 37]Thy Tabernacle, Psal. 91.10, 20. Thy children shall be, as aforetime, My inhe­ritance to Reproach. Ier. 30.20. Psal. 128.3. and 90.16. And their Congregation shall be established before the Lord, Ier. 30.20. who will punish all that oppress them, ibid. He will pour his Spirit on thy seed, and his bles­sing on thy offspring, and the glo­ry of the Lord shall appear unto thy children, Psal. 90.16. He will no more make thee a reproach amongst the people, Joel 2.19. Thou shalt be as a Tree planted by the Rivers of Water, whose leaves fade not, Psal. 1.3. After he has caused thee to bear thy shame, and all thy transgressions, then will he be jealous for his holy Name sake; then will he bring again thy capti­vity, and no more hide his face from thee, Ezek. 39.25, 26, 29. Thou shalt no more be termed for­saken, An Out­cast. Isa. 62.4. He will restore health unto thee, and heal thee of [Page 38]thy wound, because they call thee an outcast, Jer. 30.17. Thou shalt not be utterly forsaken, Isa. 62.4. Jer. 51.5. Psal. 9, 10. Lam. 3.3. And whereas thou hast been slan­derously reported, An abo­minati­on— Psalm 31.13. Romans 3.8. yet the Lord knows thy reproach, and thy shame, and thy dishonour, Psalm 69.10. A wholsome tongue indeed is as a Tree of Life, Prov. 15.4. And the anwswer of the Tongue is from the answer of the Tongue is from the Lord, Note: place=marg Spoken against me— Prov. 16.1. But though a lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, Prov. 26.28. Yet the Lord will recompence tribula­tion to them that have troubled thee, 2 Thes. 1.6. Yea, the Lord will deliver thy soul, and hide thee from the scourge of a deceitful tongue, Psal. 120.2. Job 5.21. A froward and lying tongue that speaketh proud thing (devising mischief, Psal. 52.2. & 50.9.) shall be cut off, Psal. 12.3. Prov. [Page 39]10.20. for a lying tongue is but for a moment, Prov. 12.19. if they have spent their Arrows upon thee, made drunk with thy blood, Arrows of the Migh­ty— Deut. 32.23, 42. The gentle and tender-hearted Samaritan will comp­passionate thee, and pouring in Oyl and Wine, bind up thy wounds Luke 10.33. Though they have possibly stript thee of thy Gar­ment, wounded thee fore, and departed, Pierced me. leaving thee hals dead, vers. 30. Yea, though Father and Mo­ther should forsake thee, yet the Lord will gather thee up, Psal. 27.10. He will cover thee with the robes of his righteousness, Isa. 61.10. And bring forth thy righteous­ness, Jer. 51.10. Causing the light of thy Cloud to shine, Job 37.15. The integrity of the upright shall preserve them, Reproach has bro­ken my heart. Psal. 15.21. and Prov. 11.3. It shall be clearer, than the Noon-day; thou shalt shine forth as the Morning, Job. 11.17. [Page 40]and lift up thy face without spot, vers. 15. An then shalt thou know that better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, that he that is perverse in his lips, and a fool, Prov. 19.1. All those that were in­censed against thee shall be asha­med and confounded, they shall be as nothing; and they that strive against thee shall perish, Isa. 41.11. But thou shalt be honoured in the day of Christ, 1 Pet. 1.7. Thy re­ward shall be great in Heaven, Matth. 5.12. In the mean time he will hide thee from the strife of tongues, Psal. 31.20. Job. 5.21. Surely men of low degree are va­nity, I looked for some— and men of high degree are a lye: they are altogether lighter than vanity, Psal. 62.9. and 39.5, 6. But happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, Psal. 146.5. Wait thou only upon God, Psal. 62.5. Trust in him at all times, vers. 8. [Page 41]and Isa. 26.4. for in God is thy salvation, and thy glory, the rock of thy strength, and thy refuge is in God, Psal. 62.7. And now that he hath filled thee with bitterness, and made thee drunk with Worm­wood, Lam. 3.15. Confider this in thine heart, vers. 21. and Eccl. 9.1. Thy way and thy doings have pro­cured all these things unto thee, Ah my Lord! Jer. 4.18. and 50.1. Fools, because of their transgressions and iniquities are afflicted, Psal. 117.17. Yet see­ing no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before him, Eccl. 9.1, 2. Mal. 3.14. Do not thou despise the chastisements of the Almighty; for blessed are they whom he chastneth, Job 5.17. Psal. 94.12. s Prov. 13.24. Heb. 12.6, 7. And if thou wert without chastise­ments, then shouldst thou be a Bastard and no Son, Heb. 12.8. By partaking of the afflictions of the Gospel, 2 Tim. 1.8. And suffering [Page 42]with Christ, thou shalt also be glo­rified with him, Rom. 8.17. Who though he many times takes ven­geance on his Children for their inventions, yet will they find him a favourable God unto them, Psal. 99.6, 8. making every thing won together for their Good in the end, Deut. 8.16. Rom. 8.28. If happi­ly thou knowest not now what thy Lord and Master is doing to thee, yet thou shalt know it afterward, Ioh. 13.7. The man of wisdom shall see the name of the Lord, Mich. 6.9. who has given thee fair warning, that in the world thou shouldest have tribulation (An evident token of his love) Rev. 3.19. Prov. 13.24. Eccl. 12.6, 7. And of thy salvati­on, Phil. 1.28. And that thou art in the right way to the Kingdom of heaven, Act. 14.22.) But in him thou shouldst have peace, Joh. 16.33. And that as a woman after the pain of her labour, forgets he sorrow, [Page 43] Io. 10.16.21. so shalt thou likewise re­joyce, and thy joy shall no man take from thee, Ioh. 16.22. Thy heart shall rejoyce in his salvation, Psal. 13.5. The Lord will have pity for his holy name, Ez. 36.31. Ioel 2.18. He will pity thee, as the fa­ther pitieth his son, Psal. 103.13. And all these evils are but come upon thee, that he may do thee the more good in the later end, Deut. 8.16. And that where sin and sufferings did abound in thee, grace and joy might abound much more, Rom. 5.20. 1 Cor. 1.5.

The Comforter.

When thou sit'st in darkness without light, Into dark­ness, and not into light. stay thy self upon the name of the Lord, Isa. 50.10. And he shall be a light unto thee, Micah 7.8. Isa. 42.6. and 60.19. Light is sown to the righteous, and joy to the upright of heart, Psal. 97.11. He that has delivered thee from the power of darkness, Col. 1.13. will make thy light to break forth, Isa. 58.8. and to rise in obscurity, vers. 10. The Lord shall be thy everlasting light, Isa. 60.19. He that creates darkness, and forms the light, Isa. 45.7. will make darkness light before thee, Isa. 42.16. He will light thy candle, Psal. 18.28. and not quench it, Isa. 42.3.2. Sam. 21.17. The Lord thy God will enlighten thy dark­ness, Psal. 18.28. and it shall break forth, as the light of the morning, [Page 45] Isa. 58.8. The Lord is thy light and thy salvation, Psal. 27.1. He will lift up the light of his coun­tenance upon thee, Psal. 4.6. In his light shalt thou see light, Psa. 36.9. Fear not, Isa. 35.4. Thy Lamp shall not be put out in obscure darkness, Pro. 13.9. Psal. 27.1. Stay a little, Isa. 48.2. Isa. 28.16. and 50.10. An Christ shall give thee light, Eph. 5.16. Act. 26.18, 23. Rev. 22.5, 11. Eph. 5.14. Luk. 1.79. VVatch­man, VVatch­man, &c. The Watch-man saith, the morning cometh, Isa. 21.12. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning, Psal. 30.5. For the eye-lids of the morning, Job. 41.18. shall make thy seed to flourish, Prov. 11.28. and Isa. 66.14. He that turns the shadow of death into the morning, Amos 5.8. shall cause thee to hear his loving kindness, Psal. 143.8. and 92.2. He will bring thee out of darkness, and the sha­dow of death, Psal. 107.14. In the [Page 46]morning thou shalt see the glory of the Lord, Exod. 16.17.

The Comforter.

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercies, To him that is af­flicted — Jam. 5.11. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the mul­titude of his mercies, Lam. 3.32. Thy everlasting friend Ier. 31.3. Iohn 15.13. Rom. 8.23, 31. Isa. 54.10. [Page 47]who changeth not, Mal. 3.6. Iant. 1.17. is afflicted in all thy afflicti­ons, and in his love and pity has he redeemed thee, Isa. 63.9. The God of all pity is full of compassi­on, Psal. 86.5, 15. and 78.38. and 111.4. and 112.4. and 148.5. Ioel 2.13. Psal. 103.8. Deut. 34.6. Num. 14.18. Nebem. 9.17. In him com­passions (which never fail, Lam. 3.42.) do plentifully flow, Psal. 78.38. and 111.4 and 145.8. and 112.4. He will have compassion upon thee, Mich. 7.19. Lam. 3.32. and wipe away all tears from thine eyes Poured out tears Isa. 25.8. Rev. 7.17. He has put thy tears into his bottle, and in his re­gister, Psal. 56.8. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy, Psal. 126.5. And now behold how he loves thee, for he himself, weeps over thee, Iob. 11.35, 36. Lam. 19.41. Neither is the Lord cruel, He is cru­el unto me but meek, Math. 11.29. and 21, 5. slow to anger, Neb. 4.17. Psal. 103.8. [Page 48]And of great kindness, Ioel 2.13. Ion. 4.2. since he spoke against thee, he doth earnestly remember thee still, he will surely have mer­cy upon thee, Jer. 31.20. As the Hen gathereth her Chickens under her wings Matth. 23.37. so will he cover thee with his feathers, Psal. 91.4.

The Comforter.

The faithful God Who keepeth Covenant and mercy He has not set his love, Deut. 7.9. has said that he will love thee free­ly, Hos. 14.4. That he will love thee with an everlasting love, Fer. 31.3. 2. Thes. 2.16. Greater love could no man have, than this love, that made him lay down his lise for his friends, John 15.13. Here­in has he commended his love to­wards thee, in that when thou wast yet a sinner, he died for thee, Rom. 5.8. God so loved thee, that he gave thee his only begotten Son, through whom thou mightest be saved, John 3.16, 17. No man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before him, Eccl. 9.1. But in this was the love of God manifest to thee, that he sent his only begotten into the world, that thou mightest live through him; [Page 50]and that he might be a propitiati­on for thy sins, I John 3.9, 10. Here­by mayst thou well perceive the love of God (who is the God of love, 2 Cor. 13.1. and all love, I John 4.8, 16.) That he laid down his life, and gave himselt for thee, 1 John 3.16. Gal. 2.20. Wherein thou mayst behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed up­on thee, that thou shouldst be cal­led one of the sons God, I Joh. 3.1. He is thy Father doubtless, he is thy Father, 2 Cor. 6.18. Isa. 63.16. and so chastiseth thee, not because he is cruel, but even as a Father doth the Son in whom he delights, Prov. 3.12. Heb. 12.5, 6. Rev. 3.19. He that cannot lye Num. 23.19. has said, That he will be thy Fa­ther, Isa. 9.6. Jer. 3.9. Luke 12.32. Isa. 64.8. Ma. 6.9. Be strong in the Lord therefore, and in the power of his might, Eph. 6.10. And be thou perswaded, that no­thing [Page 51]shall be able to separate thee from the love of the God which is in Christ Jesus, Alienated his mind. Rom. 8.38, 39. In him there is no varriation, nor sha­dow of change, Mal. 3.6. Jam, 1.17. And therefore his loving kindness shall never depart, Psal. 89.32, 33, &c. Isa 54.10, 11. The FAther him­self loves thee, John 16.27. whose good pleasure it is to give thee the Kingdom, Luke 12.32. & 22.19. Seeing therefore his gifts and gra­ces are without repentance, Rom. 11.29. He will not take away his feace from thee, Take a­way his peace. but enlarge it as a River, Isa. 66.12. He will reveal to thee abundance of peace, Fer. 33.6. And none shall take thy joy from thee, John 16.22. and 15.11. For his sure mercies, Isa. 55.3. are everlasting Pfal. 138.8. And his loving kindness shall never fail, Even his loving kind uesss Psal. 89.33. He is of thy flesh and bones, Fohn 1.14. Rev. 1.3.2. COR. 4.11. And no man ever yet hated, [Page 52]but rather cherished his own flesh, Eph. 5.29, 30. So that well mayst thou be perswaded of the Eternal Love of God in Chrifst Jesus, Rom. 8.38, 39. Jer. 31.3. And blessed art thou of the Father, who for thee prepared an everlasting king­dom. Mat. 25.34. Who created thee, VVhere­fore came I out of the womb? and took thee out of the womb, Job 10.18. Psal 22.9. that thou mightest see thae goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living, Psal. 27.13. That being guided by his Council, Psal. 73.29. Through the many Tribulations, Fohn 16.13. Act. 14.22. of an evil world, Gal. 14.22. of an evil world, Gal. 1.4. thou mightest have Grace, Psal. 84.11. Rom. 1.5. Eph. 2.7. to see his manifold wisdom, Eph. 3.11. and afterward be received in­to glory, Psal. 73.24. and 84.11. For he created thee, that thou mighst glorifie him, 1 Cor. 10.31. Rom. 11.36. Psal. 145.1, 2, 21. and be glorified o him, Rom. 8.30. [Page 53] Iohn 17.24. and enjoy him for ever, Psal. 73.24, to the end. That he might so make known the richness of his glory on thee a verssel of mer­cy, whom he had before prepared unto glory, Rom. 9.23.

The Comforter.

No, no: the Lord will not cast off his people, Hast thou utterly re­jected? Psal. 94.14. The purpose of God according to Ele­ction shall stand, Rom. 9.11. He will not abhor thee for his Name sake; He will not disgrace the [Page 55]Throne of his glory; He will re­member, and not break his Cove­nant, Ier. 14.21. The Covenant of his peace shall not be removed, Isa: 54.9, 10. Ier. 33.20, 21, 22. and 31.33, 34, &c. Ezek. 37.26! For he is God, the faithful God, that keepeth Covenant and Mer­cy, Deut. 9.4. His soul delighteth in thee, Isa. 42.1. and 62.4. Deut. 7.8. yea, he will rejoyce over thee, to do thee good, with his whole soul, and his whole heart assured­ly, Ier. 32.41.

The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, Are thy mercies quite gone? and his truth endureth to all Generations, Psal. 100.5. & 103.17. Isa. 45.17. and 54.8. He will not fail thee, Deut 31.8. Ios. 1.5. Heb. 13.5.1. Chr. 18.20. But assuredly remember his holy pro­mise, Psal. 105.42. I Iohn 2.25. Wait thou therefore upon the Lord, and be of good courage, Psal. 27. last. Isa. 25.9. For the [Page 56]Father has put the Times in his own power, Act. 1.7. And will not leave thee comfortless; he will come unto thee, Iohn 14.18. The Prince of peace, Isa. 9.6. has left his peace with thee, Iohn 14.27. despise not therefore the consola­tions of the Almighty, Iob 15.11. For he will restore health unto thee, he will heal thee of thy wounds, Jer. 30.17. His salvation is gone forth, and his righteous­ness shall not be abolished, Isa. 51.6. and 54.10. Jerem. 31.35, 36. He will bring thee health and cure, he will cure thee, and reveal unto thee the abundance of peace and truth, Jerem. 33.6. Behold, the day is come, Has the word of promise sailed? that he will perform the good things that he hath pro­mised, Jer. 33.14, 20. For he sa­tisfieth the longing soul, and sil­leth the hungry soul with goodness, Psal. 107.9. Isa. 41.17. The needy shall not alwayes be forgotten, [Page 57] Psal. 9.18. I looked for peace. He that has made an everlasting Covenant of peace with thee, Ezek. 37.36. Isa. 51.6. and 54.10. and is become thy God, Psal. 63.1. Is the God of Truth, John 14.6. Psal. 31.5. Psal. 146.6. I John 5.6. Rev. 3.7, 14. and 6.10. and no lyar, Num. 23.19. His faith­fulness reacheth to the Clouds, Ps. 36.5. He will be justified in all his sayings, Rom. 3.4. Faithful is he that has promised, VVill he be unto me as a lyar? Heb. 10.23. and I Thes. 5.24. He is full of grace and truth, Joh. 1.14. In him are all the promises, Yea, and Amen, 2 Cor. 1.20. and 17. He will assuredly perform his mercy and his truth, Psal. 138.8. Jer. 33.14. Psal. 146.6. And what he has said, that will he do; what he has spoken, that will he make good, Num. 23.19.

The Comforter.

The Lord will not forsake for ever, The sor­rows of my heart. but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion accor­ding to the multitude of his mer­cies, Lam. 3.31, 32. Sorrow is bet­ter than laughter, Eccles. 7.3. Yet the Lord shall even give thee rest from thy sorrow, Isa. 14.3. Ma. 11.29. which shall be turned unto joy, John 16.20. And thou shalt have no more sorrow, Rev. 21.4. Jer. 31.12. He who beholds thy desolations, I am de­solate. Dan. 9.18. Exod. 3.7. and 4.31. will deliver thy desolate soul, Psal. 22.20. and 25.16. and 35.17. He will give thee a reviving, and repair thy desolations, Ezra 9.9. Count it therefore exceeding joy, when thou fallest into divers tem­ptations, Jam. 1.2. For whom the Lord loveth he chast'neth, Pro. 3.4. And as thou art partaker of these [Page 60]sufferings, so shalt thou be like­wise of the consolations, Sore af­flicted. 2 Cor. 1.4, 7. By afflications art thou magni­fied, Job 17.17. that the trial of thy precious faith may be manifest, 1 Pet. 1.17. and Patience may have her perfect work, James 1.4. and be found unto praise, and honour, 1 Pet. 17. and to thy rejoycing with joy unspeakable, and full of glory, 1. Pet. 18. Like as he has watched over thee to pluck thee up, and cast thee down to afflict and destroy thee, Jer. 31.28. and has brought all this evil upon thee, so will he bring upon thee all the good that he has promised thee, Jer. 32.42. And thou shalt not re­member thy reproach any more, Isa, Chastised me. 54.4. If thou be smitten of God and afflicted, Isa. 53.4. it was good for thee (and also needful, I Pet. 2.) that thou hast been so, Psal. 119.71. He that delivereth the poor in all their afflictions, Job [Page 61]36.15. Psal. 132.1. regardeth, Psal. 102.17. and is sore troubled at thine, Isa. 63.9. He will have mercy upon thee, Isa. 14.1. and 49.13. and 54.8. and 55.7. And hap­py art thou whom he corrects, Job 15.17. For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, as a Father doth the Son in whom he delights, Prov. 3.12. Heb. 12.6. Rev. 3.19. And though thou be now in heaviness for a season, through manifold tri­bulation, I Pet, 1.6. yet the Scor­pion Rods wherewith thou hast been chastised, I King 12.11. and 2 Chro. 10.11, 14. shall blossom as the Rose, Isa. 35.1. shall blossom abundantly, vers. 2. For as the Earth bringeth forth her Buds, and as the Garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord will cause thy righte­ousness, and thy praise to spring forth, Isa. 61.11. Doest thou well then to be angry, that God has [Page 62]prepared a Worm to smite thy Gourd, Taken from me my strength, &c. whereof thou wert so ex­ceeding glad, Jonah 4.6, 7, 8. When he had pity on thee, to deliver thee out of the belly of Hell, Jonah 2.2, 10: And the Lord thy God brought up thy life from corrup­tion, Jonah 2.6. Thy true joy shall no man take from thee, Iohn 16.21. A mans life consisteth not in the abundance of things which he pos­sesseth, Luk. 12.15. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are all vanity, Psal. 94.11. 1 Cor. 3.20. Let him therefore that glorieth, glory in the Lord, Ier. 9.24. 1 Cor. 1.31. In whom all things are ours, 1 Cor. 3.23. And think that blessed is he alone whose God is the Lord, Psal. 144.8. and whose hopes is in the Lord his God, Psal. 146.5. who trusteth in the Lord, in whom there is everlasting strength, Isa. 26.4. For surely good­ness and mercy shall follow him all [Page 63]the dayes of his life, and he shall dwell in the house of God for ever, Psal. 23.6. In the mean time with his Rod will he feed thee, Mic. 7.14. and comfort thee, Pass under the Rod— Psal. 23.4. Many indeed are the Tribulations of the Righteous, but the Lord deivereth them out of them all, Psal. 34.6, 17, 18. Iob 5.19. Though thou walkest in the midst of troubles, Psal. 138.7. yet he who is thy strength in time of trou­ble, Psal. 37.39. and a very present help, Psal. 46.1. is with thee, Psal. 91.15. to give thee help, Psal. 60.11, 12. to deliver thee, I found trouble. Psal. 91.1.1 and 54.7. and 91.15. and bring thy soul out of trouble, Psal. 143.11. Thy sorrows shall fly away, Isa. 35.10. and 51.11. Rev. 21.4. Thou shalt sorrow no more at all, Ier. 31.12. Thy heart shall re­joyce; yea, it shall rejoyce in the Lord, Zech. 10.7. and thou shalt remember thy miseries no more, [Page 64] Psal. 31.7. And though thou be now poor, I am poor and nee­dy. & sorrowful, Ps. 69.23. Ps. 86.1. & 109.22. Though the encrease of thy house be departed, and all thy goods be fled away in the day of Gods angew with thee, Job. 20.28. yet the Lord is able to give thee much more, than all these things, 2 Chro. 25.9. He setteth the poor on high from affliction, Psal. 107.41. He delivereth the needy when he cryeth, the poor also, and him that hath no helper, Psal. 72.12. Jer. 20.13. Seeing then he has freely given thee all things, Rom. 8.32. and has promised to make all things work together for thy good, vers. 28. how can poverty separate thee from the love of God in Christ Jesus? Rom. 8.35. And therefore, although the Fig-true should not blossom, neither should fruit be in the Vine, the labour of the Olive should fail, and the Field should yeeld no meat, the flecks should be [Page 65]cut off from the fold, and there should be no herd in the stalls, re­joyce thou notwithstanding in the Lord, and joy in the God of thy salvation, Habak. 17.18. Nothing shall be wanting, Psal. 34.9. All good things shall be ministred, Mat. 6.33. and God shall supply all thy needs, Phil. 4.19. Psal. 34.8, 9, 10. and 84.11.

The Comforter.

Be of good cheer. John 14.1. and encourage thyself, He has broken me— 1 Sam. 30.6. O thou of little faith! Mat. 8.26. and 14.31. and 16.8. He will not break the bruised Reed, Isa. 42.3. nor a leaf driven to and fro, Iob. 13.25. Believe God that it shall be, even as it was told thee, Act. 27.25. When thou passest through the waters, he will be with thee, Is. 43.2. The water-floods shall not over­flow [Page 65]thee, Sink in deep wa­ters— Psal. 22.6. The deep shall not swallow thee up, he will not let the horrible pit shut her mouth upon thee, Psal. 69.15. Though innumerable evils do com­pass thee about, The wa­ters com­passed me. Psal. 40.12. As the multitude of many waters, Jonah 2.5. Psal. 42.7. and 88.7. yet he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about also, All thy waves. Psal. 32.10. He will rebuke the winds and the waves, and speak unto the sea, Mark 4.39. For he is the confidence of all those that are afar off upon the sea, Psal. 65.5. And when thou cryest unto the Lord, I cryed in my affli­ction: he will restore thee, Psal. 30.2. He will bring thy soul out of the grave, and will revive thee from them that go down into the pit, vers. 3. The Lord thy God will bring up thy life from the pit, Jonah 2.6. The Sea shall render up her dead, Rev. 20.13. The hearer of prayers, Psal. 65.2. will regard, [Page 68]and not despise the prayers of the afflicted, Psal. 102.17. He will hear thy voice; for salvation is of the Lord, Ionah 2.2, 6, 7, 9. Psal. 10.17. and 17.6. Mic. 7.7. and 145.19. Thy heavenly Father, Mat. 6.14. and 26.42. The Sove­reign preserver of men, Iob. 7.20. who delights not in the destructions of sinners, Ezek. 37.11. will hear the groaning of the prisoner, Psal. 102.20. and 10.7. and 17.6. His ears are open to thy cry, Psal. 34.15. When thou cryest he will an­swer thee, Psal. 91.15. and 99.6. and 50.15. Ier. 19.12. He that cannot forget thee, Isa. 49.50. and 49.15. careth for thee, He careth not— 1 Pet. 5.7. He remembreth thee carnest­ly still, therefore his bowels are moved for thee; he will surely have mercy upon thee, Ier. 31.20. He that has so loved thee, as to give his dear Son (who did also pour out even his foul unto the [Page 69]death for thee, That I preish. Isa. 53.10, 12.) that thou mightest not perish, will he now abandon the works of his own hands? Rom. 8.31, Which he has bought with a price of so infi­nite a value, 1 Cor. 6.20. and 7.23. and 2 Pet. 2.1. If he reconciled thee to God his Father, while thou wert yet an enemy, how much more being now joyned to him by affinity, Isa. 9.6. and 63.16. Ier. 31.9. Rom. 8.5. Gal. 4.6. Eph. 5.30. and consanguinity, Ier. 3.14. Hos. 1.10. Can. 4.9. and 5.1. Will he care for thy soul? 1 Pet. 5.7. Rom. 5.10. Now that she is so precious in his sight, Isa. 43.4. pu­rified, beautified with his Graces, Can. 7.1, 2, &c. covered with the Robes of his Righteousness, Isa. 61.10. 1 Cor. 1.3. and 2 Cor. 5.21. and one with himself, Joh. 17.21. And that thou mayest know what manner of love he carrieth to thee, 1 Iohn 3.1, 2. He has given thee [Page 68]the earnest of the Spirit of Adop­tion for a pledge, Rom. 8.15, 16. Eph. 1.5.2. Cor. 1.22. Gal. 4.6. The Oyl of joy for Mourning, the garments of Gladness for Heaviness, Isa. 61.3. And the first fruits of Life Eternal, Rom. 8.23. Yea, if the Son of God dwell in thee him­self, 1 Ioh. 4.13. Eph. 3.17. And the holy Ghost make a Temple of thy body, 1 Cor. 3.16. and 6.19. 2 Cor. 6.16. How canst thou but be beloved, precious and honou­rable in his sight? Isa. 43.4. Psal. 116.15. If a good man regardeth the life of his beast, Pro. 12.10. How much more will he, who pre­serveth man and beast? Psal. 36.6. that feeds the fowls of the air, and cloaths the grafs of the field, Mat: 6.25, 26, 30. who cannot forget the silly Sparrows, Luke 12.4. and has numbred the hairs of thy had, vers. 5. deliver thine eyes from tears, and thy soul from death? [Page 69] Psal. 116.8. seeing he has made thee a little lower than the Angels, crowned thee with honour and glory, and made thee to have do­minion over the works of his hands, putting all things under thy feet, Psal. 8.5, 6.

The Comforter.

And wilt thou indeed thus foo­lishly charge, I have made him my ever­lasting joy, &c. But he made me the off­scouring. Iob. 1.22. the Lord God of Truth, Deut. 32.4. Psal. 31.5. 1 John 5.6. and make one of so glorious, so precious, so near, and so dear relations, Isa. 43.1, 21. and 44.21. Eph. 2.10. Isa. 63.16. a lyar, Num. 23.19. Tit. 1.2, Rom. 3.4. 1 John 5.10. Wilt thou belie the Lord? Jer. 5.12. thy Creator? Isa. 43.1. and 48.12. Rev. 4.11. thy Father, Mat. 6.9. Rom. 1.7. 1 Pet. 4.19. Luke 12.32. Eph. 12. Col. 1.2 Gal. 4.6. thy Redeemer, Psal. 31.5. and 71.23. and 74.2. Isa. 41.14. and 43.14. and 44.22. and 49.26. and 60.16. Tit. 2.14. 1 Pet. 1.18, Rev. 5.9. thy elder Brother, Heb. 2.11. Rom. 8.29. The Husband, and Bridegroom of thy soul, Cant. 4.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, &c. 2 Cor. 11.2. Jer. 3.14. Isa. 54.5 and 62.5. and [Page 72]not stay the self upon his Nature and his Name, Isa. 10.20. and 50.10. 2 Chro. 30.19. Nehem. 9.17. Ps. 86.15. and 111.4. John 2.13. Psal: 145.8. Isa. 42.8. Jer. 16.21. Psa. 54.6. and 79.9. and 138.2. Jer. 11.5. Nor be comforted by the great Oath of the everlasting Co­venant, Heb. 6.13, 14, 17. Isa. 45.23. Gen. 17.2, 4, 7. Isa. 55.3. and 61.8. Jer. 32.40. Ezek. 16.60, 62. Heb. 13.20. Jer. 31.33. Ezek. 37.26, 27. Has he not said, though he be high, yet will he have respect to the lowly, Psal. 138.6. The high and lofty One, who inhabiteth E­ternity, whose name is holy, though he dwell in the high and holy place, he dwells also with him, who is of a broken and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones, Isa. 57.15. He has always heard the desires of the humble, Psal. 10.17. And he will [Page 73]regard the prayers of the destitute, He cover­eth him­self with a cloud and not despise their prayers, Psal. 102.17. Verily God will hear, he will attend to the voice of thy prayer,, Psal. 66.18, 19. In the day when thou cryest, he will an­swer thee, and strengthen thee with strength in thy soul, Psal. 138.3. Wait therefore patiently upon the Lord, and he will incline unto thee, and hear thy cry, Psal. 40.1. He never yet prepared any heart to pray, but the caused also his ear to hear, Psal. 10.17. Whosoever cometh unto him, these will he no ways cast out, Joh. 6.37. though for the present, thou be drunk in­deed, but not with Wine, Isa. 29.9. and 51.21. And through many a sad stroke, Iob. 23.2. Isa. 14.6. staggering like a drunken man, He has made me drunken with worm­wood. Psa. 107.27. yet mayst thou repair when thou wilt to the Wells of Salvation, and draw waters of joy with gladness, Isa. 12.3. Yea, thou [Page 76]shalt one day drink of the rivers, of these pleasures, Psal. 36.3. which are at his right hand, and lasts for evermore, Psal. 16.1 [...]. Of the pure River of the water of Life, clear as Crystal proceeding out of the Throne of God, and of the Lamb, Iob. 4.10, 14. Revei. 22.1. His fruit shall be sweet unto thy taste, Cant. 2.3. His words and his ways shall be sweet to thy soul, as the honey comb, Pro. 3.17. and 16.24. Iohn 6.63, 68. Psal. 25.10. Though thou art become vile, Lam. 1.11. and men now ride over thee, Psal. 66.12. yet art thou honourable in Gods account, Isa. 45.4. He who exalteth the low Tree, making it to flourish, Ezek. 17.24. and lifteth the needy out of the dung-hill, 1 Sam. 2.7, 8.1 [...]sal. 113.7. and 147.6. will cause thee to shine forth, and thou shalt be as the morning, Iob. 11.17. He will bring forth thy r [...]ghteousness [Page 77]as the light, and thy Judgments is the noon-day, Psal. 37.6. Though thou hast been amongst the pots, yet shalt thou—as the wings of a Dove covered with Silver, and their feathers with yellow Gold, Ps. 68.13. For God will bless the name of the righteous, with favour will he compass them, as with a shield, Psal. 5.12. and honour them that honour him, 1 Sam. 2.30. He has but affrayed thee with his storm, Broken me with a tempest. Psal. 93.15. but he will make the storm a calme, Psal. 107.29. He is a covert, Isa. 4.6. and refuge from the storm, Isa. 25.4. His indignati­on and his anger shall cease. Is. 10.2. Psal. 85.3, 4. and 103.9. Jer. 3.5, 12. Mic. 7.18. For he has not said to the house of Jacob, Seek ye my face in vain? Isa. 45.19. Nay, That my prayers cannot pass tho­row. he is found of them that seek him not, Rom. 10.20. And while thou art yet a far way off, he shall meet thee, Luk. 15.20. yea, while thou [Page 76]art speaking and presenting thy supplication before the Lord thy God, he will answer thee, Dan. 9.20, 21. Verily he will hear thee, he will not turn away thy prayer, nor his tender mercies from thee, Psal. 66.20. He will receive thy prayer, Psal. 6.8. and attend to the voice of thy supplication, Psal. 31.22. He will be very gracious to thee at the voice of thy cry, when he shall hear it, Isa. 30.19. For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry, Psal. 34.15. The righteous cry, and the Lord hear­eth them, and deliveteth them out of all their troubles, Psal. 34.17. and 107.6, 13, 19, 28. and 50.15. Shall the Hen gather her Chickens under her wings? Matth. 23.37. Luke 13.34. and the Sea-Monster draw forth her breasts to her young ones? Lament. 4.3. And will thy Emmanuel, Isa. 7.14. Matth. 1.23. [Page 77]hide himself from his own flesh? Did ever man thus hate his own flesh? Isa. 58.7. and 65.4. will he hide his face from thee? Ez. 39.29. Psal. 69.17. Nay, he will rather cause his face to shine, Psal. 31.16. and 67.1. and 80.1, 3. And lift up the light of his countenance upon thee, Psal. 4.6. and 43.3. and 44.3. He will hide thee under the shadow of his wings, Psal. 17.8. and in the secret of his presence, Psal. 31.20. For the Lord despiseth neither thy person, From his presence, to the loathing of my per­son. Psal. 69.33. and 40.17. and 70.5. nor thy prayers, Psal. 102.17. His precious Jewels, Mal. 3.17. will he hide in the secret of his Tabernacle, Psal. 27.5. and his tender Lambs will he carry in his bosome, Isa. 40.11. And though thou shouldst not believe, yet abideth he faithful, and will not deny himself, 2 Tim. 2.13. Heb. 10.23. Lament. 3.23. Psal. 119.138. 1 Tim. 5.24. 2 Thes. 3.3. In the Eternal thy righteousness, [...] [Page 80] Isa. 23.6. to whom righteousness belongeth, Dan. 9.7. shalt thou have righteousness, Isa. 45.24. He is the faithful God which keepeth covenant, Shall his faithful­ness— Deut. 7.9. Isa. 49.7. Heb. 10.23. Rev. 19.11. His faith­fulness reacheth unto the clouds, Psal. 36.5. And he will not suf­fer it to fail, Psal. 89.33. unto all generations, Psal. 119.19. Faith­ful and just is he to forgive they sins, and cleanse thee from all thy un­righteousness, 1 Iohn. 1.9. The Lord is faithful which shall sta­blish thee, 2 Thes. 3.3. and will not take his loving kindness from thee, Psal. 89.33.

The Comforter.

Why shouldest thou, The Lord has pu­nished me. a living man, complain for the punishment of thy sin? Lam. 3.31. and not ra­ther think it exceeding joy when thou fallest into divers temptati­ons, Jam. 1.2. Believing that thou art blessed, because chast'ned, Psa. 94.12. Heb. 12.6.7. If he has chast­ned thee sore, yet has he not given thee over to death, Psal. 118.18. chast'ned thou art indeed of the Lord, that thou mayest not be con­demned with the world, 1 Cor. 11.32. And if thou be without cha­stisement, then art thou a Bastard, and not a Son, Heb. 12.8. Thy God has punished thee, and exacted less than thy iniquities deserve, Ezr. 9.13. Job. 11.6. If thou acceptest of the punishment of thy iniquities, then will he remember his Cove­nant, Levit. 26.41, 42. The Lord [Page 83]will have mercy upon thee after thou hast born thy shame, Ez. 39.25, 26. And will not hide his face any more from thee, vers. 29. The man of sorrows, Isa. 53.3. Upon whom was laid the chastisements of thy peace will wipe away the tears, and take away the rebuke, Isa. 25.8. of those, for whom he was stricken, Isa. 53.8. Sent upon me vexa­tion— He will heal and deliver thy soul from vexation, Psal. 6.2. and 55.18. and keep thee in per­fect peace, Isa. 26.3. He who is thy peace, Eph. 2.14. has sent to thee also the Gospel of peace, Rom. 10.15, 16. Eph: 6.15. The Lord of peace himself, 2 Thes. 3.16. Rom. 15.33. has given to thee the peace of God to rule in thy heart, John 14.27. and 16.33. Col. 1.2. and 1 Thess. 1. Psal. 29.11. and 85.8. Isa. 26.12. and 66.12. Jer. 14.13. and 33.6. He that opened the eyes of the blind, Smitten me with blindness. Psal. 146.8. Mat. 9.30. Mark 8.22, &c. Jo. 9.1, 2, 3, &c. will [Page 84]enlighten thy darkness, Psal. 18.28. and deliver thee from the power thereof, Col. 1.13. that in his light thou mayst see light, Psal. 36.9. and walk through darkness, Job 29.3. and that the eyes of thy understand­ing being enlightned, thou mayest then be astonished at the richness of the glory of his Inheritance in the Saints, With a­stonish­ment. Eph. 1.18. If he has shewed himself marvelous upon thee, My plague wonder­ful. Job 10.16. by great plagues and sore afflictions, Psa. 71.20. and 118.18. and 119.107. Heb. 10.32. by enlarged troubles, and multi­plied vexations, Psal. 25.17. and 34.19 and 42.7 and 88.7 by consuming stroaks, Psal. 39.10. and 37.19. and 90.7. and continued sorrow and grief, Psal. 13.1, 2. and 77.8, 9. yet will he remember the word of Truth which he has given, Psal. 119.49. Heb. 10.16. Ezek. 16.60. Isa. 43.25. Jer. 31.34. Joh. 17.— and make every thing work [Page 85]together for thy good, Rom. 8.28. He will not forget, Isa. 49.15. and 54.9. Psal. 25.6. the greatness of his mercies, Psal. 57.10. and 86.13. and 108.4. Isa. 54.7. and multitude of his compassions, Psal. 69.13. and 51.1. and 78.38. and 86.15. and 111.4. and 145.8. and 112.4. But as thy sufferings abound, so shall thy consolations abound also, 1 Cor. 2.5. And though he should bring thee to nought, Bring me to nought. yet he that creates new Heavens, Isa. 65.17. he that forms the light, Isa. 45.7. will cre­ate thee a rejoycing, Isa. 65.18. The God of thy salvation, Psal. 65.5. and 68.19, 20. and 79.9. and 85.4. to whom belong the issues from death, Psal. 68.20. will create a defence upon all thy glory, Isa. 4.5. And for thy momentany and light afflictions, thou shalt have a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 2 Cor. 4.17. He shall sa­tisfie thy longing soul, Psal. 107.9. [Page 86]and 145.16. and 103.5. with ful­ness of everlasting joy, Isa. 61.7. John 17.13.—For in his presence is fulness of joy, at his right hand there are pleasures for evermore, Psal. 16.11. Be of good courage therefore, and wait upon the Lord, Psal. 27.14. and 31.24. For he has seen, he has seen thy afflictions, Exod. 3.7. Deut. 26.7. Acts 7.24. which have not made thee vile, I am be­come vile. Job 7.17. Jer. 31.20. Yea, thou art precious and honourable in his sight, who loveth thee, created thee for his glory, and formed thee, Isa. 43.3, 4, 7. who thought not the world worthy of thee, Heb. 11.38. and spared not his own Son, but gave him to die for thee, Rom. 8.32. and has made thee Son and Heir of God through Christ, Tit. 3.7. Gal. 4.7.

The Comforter.

Yet the Lord is with thee in trouble, My days are consu­med in vanity— Psa. 91.15: thy refuge in the day of affliction, Psa. 9.9. and 57.1. and 59.16. and 62.7, 8. Is. 25.4. [Page 88]and 4.6. Jer. 16.19. and thy hope the evil day, Jermiah 17.17. Surely mercy and goodness shall follow thee all the days of thy life, Ps. 23.6. In the time of trou­ble he will hide thee in his Pavilion, Psa. 27.5. He will make thee glad, according to the days wherein he has afflicted thee, and the years wherein thou hast seen evil, And my years in sighting. Psa. 90.15. The sighings of the Prisoners shall come before him, Psa. 79.11. For the sighing of the needy will he arise, Psa. 12.5. Though thou faint in thy sighing, and can find no rest, Jer. 45.3. yet there remaineth a rest for the people of God, Heb. 4.9. The Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, Isa. 14.3. Thou shalt find rest for thy soul, Jer. 6.16. Ma. 11.28, 29. He will recompense rest to thee for thy troubles, 2 Thes. 1.6, 7. Innume­rable evils have com­passed me. Wherefore shouldst thou fear in the days of evil, when the iniquities of thy heels do compass thee about [Page 89] Psal. 49.5. For he will chase them away as a cloud, Isa. 44.22. and remove them from thee, as far as the East is from the West, Psal. 103.12. Fear not; for if thine eyes were opened — thou shouldst see more with thee, than against thee, 1 Kings 6.16, 17. The Angel of the Lord encampeth about them that foar him, and delivereth them: Psal. 34.7. He will help and deli­ver thee, Psal. 50.15. and 37.4. The Lord is with thee, to save thee, Isa. 63.1 and 35.4, Jer. 15.20. and 30.11 and 46.27. Thou shalt be saved in the Lord, with an ever­lasting salvation, Isa. 45.17. He will save thee unto the uttermost, Heb. 7.25. Thy sighing shall fly away, Isa. 34.10. My sor­row. And thy sorrow shall be turned unto joy, John 16.20. for be that replenisheth every sorrow­ful soul, Jer. 31.25. will fill thee with joy, John 17.13. and thou shalt sorrow no more at all, Jer. 31.12 [Page 90]O thou of little faith! My soul is cast down. Mat. 8.26. & 14.31. & 16.8. and of a fearful heart, Isa. 35.4. Why is thy soul cast down? why is it disquieted within thee? Psal. 42.5, 11. & 43.11. He will exalt thee in due time, 1 Pet. 5.6. The Lord bringeth low, and lifteth up, 2 Sam. 2.7. Ps. 113.7. & 147.6. He will deliver thy soul from the hand of the grave, Psal. 89.48. & 49.15. The Lord will not cast off for ever, Psal. 77.7. Jer. 31.37. He will not cast off his peo­ple, Psa. 94.14. Lem. 3.31. The Lord thy God shall hear thee, and thou shalt be, as if he had not cast thee off, Zech. 10.6. Thou shalt ne­ver be ashamed, Put to shame. Joel 2.26, 27. Thou shalt not be ashamed in the evil time, Psal. 37.19. Whosoever be­lieveth, Rom. 9.33. and waiteth on him, shall not be ashmed, Isa. 49.33. and 54.4. Thou shalt not be put to shame, ibid. The Lord knows thy reproach & thy shame, Pst 69.19 [Page 91]And for thy shame thou shalt have double, Isa. 61.7. He that made an everylasting Covenant with thee, Jer. 31.35, 36. Ezek. 37.26. Isa. 55.3 & 61.8. Jer. 32.40. Ezek. 16.60. Heb. 13.20. Thy everlasting Light, thy God, and thy Glory, Isa. 60.20. will not hide his face from thee, Hide thy face. Ezek. 39.29. He that sent his only begotten Son out of his bo­some unto the world, Joh. 3.16. Gal: 4.4, 5.1 John 4.9, 10.1 Tim. 1.15. The Sovereign Preserver of men, Job. 7.20. and the Holy One of Israel thy Saviour, Consumed because of mine in­iquities. Isa. 43.3. Jer. 14.8. John 4.14. 1 John 4.14. who redeems thy life from destruction, Psal. 103.4. will not destroy thee, Isa. 45.17. for those sins which he had blotted out, Isa. 43.25. Col. 2.14. and taken away, John 1.2, 36. Thy sins are forgiven thee for his Names sake, 1 John 2.12.

The Comforter.

Encourage thyself in the Lord, 1 Sam. 30.6. whose delights are with the Sons of Men, Pro. 8.31. In the multitude of thy thoughts, A fraid of all my sorrows. let his comforts delight thy soul, Psa. 94.19. For he delighteth, Isa. 62.4. and will have his joy fulfilled in thee, Iohn 17.12. that thou mayest always rejoyce, Phil. 3.1. and 4.4. Psal. 33.1. and 97.12.— Isa. 41.16. [Page 93]The Lord comforts all that mourn, Isa. 61.2 and 66.13. and 49.13. Isa. 51.12. and 66.13. 2 Cor. 1.4. and 7.6. Hold fast thy confidence, and the rejoycing of thy hope firm unto the end, Heb. 3.6. Do not quit the Crown of thy rejoycing in the hour of temptation, Rev. 3.11. If the arrows of the Almighty be within thee, and the poyson there­of drink up thy spirit, Iob. 6.4. Psa. 45.5. 1. Thes. 2.19. There is Balme in Gilead, and a Physician there, Ier. 8.22. The tender-hearted Samaritan will pour in Oyl and Wine into thy wounds, and have compassion upon thee, Luke 10.33, 34. The great Comforter, John 14.16. who in all tribulations, 2 Cor. 14. comforteth those that are cast down, 2 Cor. 7.6. And revives the heart of the contrite ones, Isa. 57.15. will anoint thee with the Oyl of gladness, Isa. 45.7. and cherish thee, Isa. 51.12. with the sweet [Page 94]Wine of his Consolations, Amos 9.13. Can. 2.5. He that was sent to bind up the broken-hearted, and to comfort all that mourn, When I would comfort my self— Is. 61.1, 2. will not leave thee comfortless, Joh. 14.18. He will restore comforts un­to thee, Is. 57.15. and make thy con­solations to abound, 2 Cor. 1.5. in everlasting joy, Is. 61.7. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, Pro. 20.27. which he has quickned, John 6.63. 1 Pet. 3. [...]8. Eph. 2.1. and lighted, Ps. 18.28. And seeing he is become thy everlasting light, Is. 60.19, 20. My heart is faint, and thou art made one spirit with him, 1 Cor. 6.17. and Iohn. 17.21. having received the Spirit of Adoption, My spirit is broken. Rom. 8.15. and the Spi­rit of Faith, 2 Cor. 4.13. Gal. 3.14. and art thereby strengthned with might, Eph. 3.16. Why shouldst thou faint? 2 Cor. 4.16. and suffer thy spirit to be broken? Psa. 42.5, 11. and 143.7. and not rather be glad in the Lord, Psa. 32.11. Phil. 1.4. [Page 95]and 3.1. and rejoyce with him, who (though he was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, Is. 53.35. yet) rejoyced in spirit, that the Fa­ther should have revealed the Eter­nal Counsel of his Good Will to be the matter of thy continual joy, Luk. 10.20, 21.

The Comforter.

Yes verily, He who did bear my iniqui­ties, &c. Is he not able?— he is able and willing also to save thee to the utmost, Heb: 5.7. and 7.25. and 7.18. John 17.24. Eph. 3.20. for he justifies the ungod­ly, Rom. 4.5, 25. Isa. 50.8. Rom. 8.33. and 5.16, 18. and giveth Eternal life unto them, Iohn 1.28. And this is the will of God, That whosoever believes in his Sor, should have life everlasting, Iohn 6.40. & 20.31. In him shalt thou be justified and shalt glory, Isa. 45.25. Rom. 3.24, 28. and 5.1. Tit. 3.7. Thou wast bought with a price, 1 Cor. 6.20.— [Page 97]purchased with the precious blood to Christ, A suffici­ent effer­ing. Acts 20.28.1 Pet. 1.19. Rev. 5.9. and God has given his own Son to be the propitation for thy sins, 1 Iohn 2.2. and 4.10. Rom. 3.25. so that thou maist now joy in God, being reconciled to him through the Lord Jesus Christ, by whom thou hast received the a­tonement, Rom. 5.10, 11. and 3.25. The offering of the body of the Lord Jesus Christ, as an everlasting sacrifice has perfected thee for ever, Is he not able to save me? Heb. 10.10, 14. Thy redeemer is mighty, Pro. 23.11. Isa. 59.1. Dan. 3.17. to deliver thee, Heb. 7.25. and Ia. 1.21. for he is God the Lord, to whom nothing is unpossible, Gen. 18.14. Ier. 32.17, 27. Rev. 1.8. The Lord thy God will deliver thee, Psal. 50.15. 2 Cor. 1.10. He whom God has exalted to be a Saviour, Acts 5.31. and 13.23. by his grace shall save thee, Acts 15.11. Psal. 80.3, 7, 19. Psal. 106.8. Fph. 2.5, 8. [Page 98] Tit. 3.7. Ps. 55.16. 1 Tim. 1.15. Ier. 30.11. & 15.20. Rom. 3.24. He that was anointed to preach the Gospel to the poor, sent to heal the bro­ken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the Captive, Luke 4.18. and the opening of the prison to them that are bound, Isa. 61.1. He will de­liver thee, and honour thee, and thou shalt glorifie him, Psal. 50.15. and 91.5 Rom. 4.25. 2. Cor. 1.10. Col. 1.13. He that was delivered to death for thy offences, Rom. 4.25. is the God of thy Salvation, Ps. 18.46. & 24.5. & 3.8. Ionah 2.9. 2. Sam. 22.4. Acts 4.12. and will deliver thee from the wrath that is to come, 1 Thes. 1.10. Rom. 5.9. Eph. 1.3, 4, 5. Thou shalt be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation, Isa. 45.17. He whose name is Jesus shall save his people from their sins, Matth. 1.21. Luke 3.6. The son of man did come to seek, and to save that which is lost, Luke 19.10. God [Page 99]sent his Son into the world, that the world through him might be saved, Ioh. 3.17. For a faithful say­ing it is, and worthy of all accep­tation, That Christ Jesus came in­to the world to save sinners, 1 Tim. 1.15. in whom thou hast redemption through his blood, even the for­giveness of sins, according to the richness of his Grace, Ephes. 1.7. And the Glory which the Father gave him, has he vouchsafed on thee, Iohn. 17.22. Nor can he have any rest, till thou be, where he is, that thou mayest partake of the fulness thereof, vers. 24.

The Comforter.

Yet a little while, and he that came, When im­mortali­ty— will come and not tarry Heb. 10.37. Behold he comes quickly, Rev. 3.11. and 22.7. and 12.20. to render unto thee Immortality, and Eternal Life, Rev. 2.7.1 Cor. 15.53, 54.2. Tim. 1.10. Thou shalt stand up in thy Lot at the end of thy days, Dan. 12.13. and then shall the Lamb that was killed and redeem­ed thee unto God by his blood, Rev. 5.9. present thee holy and unblameable in the presence of his Fathers glory with exceeding joy, Jude vers. 24. Then shalt thou awake unto everlasting Life, and shine as the brightness of the Fir­mament, and as the Stars for ever and ever, Dan. 12.2, 3. and know the exceeding richness of his Grace through his kindness towards thee in Christ Jesus, That I ma know the bles­sedness— Eph. 2.7. Through [Page 102]whom thou hast entrance unto the Father, and shall be no more a Stranger, but a Citizen with the Saints, and of the Houshold of Faith, Who will bring me into the City? Eph. 2.18, 19. He that has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written (a name which no man knoweth but himself, Rev. 19.12.) The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, vers. 6. The Prince of the Kings of the Earth that loved thee, and washed thee from thy sins with his own blood, Rev. 1.5, 6. The Almighty, vers. 8. who has the key of Hell, and of Death, vers. 18. He that is holy and true; he that hath the key of David, and openeth, and no man shutteth, Rev. 13.7. shall bring thee to the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, Revel. 21.2. As thou hast heard, so shalt thou see in the City of thy God, Psal. 48.8. The gladness of his Nation, and thou shalt glory with his inheritance, [Page 103] Psal. 106.5. Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty, Isa. 33.17. Psal. 27.4. Thou shalt behold the Land, though yet afar off, ibid. There shalt thou be as the Angels of God, Mat. 22.30. Nay, like Christ him­self, 1 John 3.2. to whose Image thou shalt be made conformable, That I may be with him, and see light in his light. Rom. 8.29. With him shalt thou be, John 14.3. and 17.24. 1 Thes 4.17. And see his face, Rev. 22.4. and behold his glory, Ioh. 17.22, 24. and 1 Thes. 2.12. He that is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Iohn 4.6. The bright Morning Star, Rev. 22.16. and the Son of Righteousness, Mal. 4.2. shall lead thee into the land of uprightness, Psal. 143.10. where thou shalt inherit, and par­take all the Promises, Eph. 3.6. Heb. 11.33. and 6.12, 15. which thou shalt then find to be no cun­ningly devised Fables, 2 Pet. 1.16. but the day-spring of that glorioas Light, and the seals of that Harvest [Page 104]of Joy which is sown for the right­teous, Psal. 97.11. 2 Chron. 1.22. Rom. 8.16.13.2 Cor. 5.5. Gal. 3.14. Eph. 1.13. Acts. 20.32. Phil. 2.16. 1. Pet. 1.18, 19, &c. The Word of Truth, Col. 1.5. Iohn 17.17. Iames 1.18. Eccles. 12.10. Pro. 22.21. in the everlasting Gospel, Rev. 14.6. The pouring out of the name of God as a precious Oyntment, Cant. 1.3, The riches of his glo­rious in­heritance. for in that day he will shew thee greater and mightier things, than thou couldest have asked or thought of, Ier. 33.3. Isa. 64.4. Eph. 3.20. He hath promised thee a Kingdom, Mat. 25.34. An Hea­venly Kingdom, Mat. 7.21.2 Tim. 4.18. An Eternal Kingdom, 2 Pet. 1.11. A Crown, Rev. 3.11. A Crown of Life, Iames 1.12. Rev. 2.10. A Crown of righteousness, 2 Tim. 4.8. An immarcessible Crown of Glory, 1 Pet. 5.4. Pro. 4.9. Thus being crowned with glory and honour, Psal. 8.5. Heb. 2.7, 9. [Page 105]And with his loving kindness, Psal. 103.4. And being fill'd with the fulness of God, Eph. 3.19. Thou shalt be more able to comprehend the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of the love of Christ, Eph. 3.19. who is the God of love, 2 Cor. 13.11. and all love, 1 John 4.8, 16. who so loved thee, that he would give himself for thee, VVhen shall I drink of the Ri­ver? — Gal. 2.20. Then shalt thou find how sweet, and how gracious the Lord is, Psal. 34.8.1 Pet. 2.3. Cant. 2.3. who will give thee free­ly to drink of the Waters of life, Rev. 21.6. Isa. 12.3. and 45.8. and to eat of the Tree of Life, Rev. 22.2. and of the hidden Manna, Rev. 2.17. In that day shalt thou drink of the pure Rivers of the Waters of Life, clear as Crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God, Rev. 22.1. Then shall the faithful and true Witness, Revel. 1.5. and 19.11. who chast'ned [Page 106]and rebuked thee in the world, be­cause he loved thee, Rev. 3.19. When he has brought thee through many tribulations and given thee a long and white Robe, made white in his blood, Rev. 6.11. and 7.9, 14. with a Crown of Glory on thy head, Rev. 4.4. And a Palm of victory in thy hand, Rev. 7.9. and set thee down upon the Throne with himself, When shal I know that Love? Rev. 3.21. let thee know what manner of love he hath bestowed upon thee, 1 Joh. 3.1. For thou shalt inherit all things; God shall be thy God, and thou shalt be his Son, Rev. 21.7. And thus being taken up into the New Heavens, Isa. 66.22. Rev. 21.1. 2. Pet. 3.13 the New Jerusalem, Rev. 21.2. When shal I magnifie his Name? He will write upon thy forehead his New Name, Rev. 3.12. He will also put a New Song in thy mouth, which no man can learn but the Redeemed from the Earth, Rev. 14.3. The first [Page 107]fruits unto God, and unto the Lamb, vers. 4. And thus exalted in the righteousness, Psal. 89.16. of him that set his heart upon thee to choose thee, Deut. 7.7. before the foundations of the world were laid, 1 Pet. 1.20. Thou shalt sing the song of Moses, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and mar­velous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, just and true are thy wayes, thou King of Saints, Rev. 15.3. Who will not fear thee, and glorifie thy Name? For thou only art holy, and now thy Judgements are made manifest, verse 4. Thou shalt sing with those who overcame by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the Word of their Testimony, Rev. 22.11. saying, Now is come salvation and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, verse 10. Bles­sing and Glory and Wisdom, and Thanksgiving and Honour, and [Page 108]power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever, Rev. 7.12. and 5.12, 13. We give thanks, O Lord God Almighty, because thou hast taken unto thee thy great power, and has rainged, Rev. 11.17. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and liveth for ever and ever, Rev. 4.8, 9. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive Honour, and Glory, and Power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created, vers. 11. Rejoyce therefore in the hope, How long O Lord? Heb. 3.6. of that Glory, Col. 1.27. whereunto thou art begotten by the in mortal seed of the Word, 1 Pet. 1.23. which is shortly to be revealed, 1 Pet. 1.5. and 5.1. for the time is at hand, Rev. 22.10. wherein thou shalt be, as thou art seen, and know, as thou art known, 2 Cor. 13.12. for, though thine eyes, while thou art in the World, cannot be satisfied with [Page 109]seeing, nor thine ears with hear­ing, Eccl. 18. And it cannot enter into thy heart what great and mighty things God has prepared for his beloved ones, Isa. 64.4. 1 Cor. 2.9. Yet when thou shalt be admitted to sup, Rev. 3.20. with the Eternal, 1 Tim. 1.17. Jer. 10.10. Gen. 21.33. with the Living God, that everlasting King, Jer. 10.10. Isa. 40.28. at the Marriage of the Lamb, Rev. 19.7, 9. thou shalt make an Eternal Feast, Isa. 35.10. and 51.11. and 61.7. of fat things, Isa. 25.6. and eat and drink abun­dantly with the Bridegroom and his friends, Cant. 5.1. Then shall thy-joy be full, Joh. 17.13. Thou shalt rejoyce with Jerusalem, and be glad with her; thou shalt suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her Consolation, and be delighted with the brightness of her glory, Isa. 66.10, 11. Thou shalt be abundantly satisfied with the fat things of his [Page 110]house, and he will make thee to drink of the Rivers of his pleasures, Psal. 36.8. Then shalt thou taste the blessedness of that people, who re­joyce in their God; thou shalt walk in the light of his counte­nance, and rejoyce in his name continually, Psal. 89.15, 16. and with all the Creatures which are in Heaven and in Earth, shalt thou give praise, and honour, and glory, and power, unto him that sits upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever, Rev. 5.13. and 7.13. He that confirmed the Word, Wilt thou forget? and per­formeth the counsel of his Messen­ger, even the Lord that formed thee ha not forgoten thee, Isa. 44.21, 24, 26. The Lerd has sent (thy Lord Psal. 110.1.) to bind up the broken-hearted, and to open the prison to those that are bound, Isa. 61.1, 2. and 42.7. Has he not graven thee on the palms of his hands? Isa. 49.16. and set thee as a [Page 111]Seal on his heart? Cant. 8.6. Thou art continually before him, how can he forget thee? Isa. 49.15, 19. Nay, out of his love to thy Soul, be hath delivered it from the pit of corruption, Isa. 38.17. Psal. 40.3.

The Comforter.

He that hath mercy upon thee will lead thee, I long to see that City— Isa. 49.10. by the way everlasting, Psal. 139.24. into the land of upringhtnness, Psal. 143.10. [Page 113]He will bring thee in through the Gates unto that great, Rev. 21.10. and Holy City, 16.2. And in due season, Gal. 6.9. when thou hast finished thy course, 2 Tim. 7.8. and run the race that is set before thee, Heh. 12.1. he will shew thee the New Jerusalem preparced as a Bride adorned for her Husband, Revel. 21.2, 10. That City of pure Gold, like unto clear Glass, vers. 18. and her great and high Walls, vers. 12. whose foundations are garnished with all manner of pre­cious stones, vers. 19. and her twelve Gates which are twelve Pearls, and the Streets of the City which were of pure Gold, as it were transparent Glass, vers. 21. wherein there is no Temple for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple of it, No Tem­ple. vers. 22. and the City has no need of the Sun, No Sun— neither of the Moon to shine in it, for the glery of God [Page 114]doth light it, and the Lamb is the light thereof, vers. 23. and all the Citizens are children of light; Luk. 16.8. Eph. 5.8. 1 Th [...] 5.5. Rev. 21.23, 24. and 22.4. who have obtained a Crown of life, Jam. 1.12. and the Joy of their salvation, Psal. 16.11. Jo. 16.24. and 17.13. 1 Pet. 1.9. Heb. 9.15. and all tears being wip't from their eyes, Rev. 7.17. Isa. 25.8. do know no more sorrow nor crying. Rev. 21.4. for God himself dwelleth with them, they are his people, and he is their God, Rev. 21.7.3. who has put everlasting joy upon their heads, Isa. 35.10. and 51.11. and 61.7. which is also prepared for thee, when thou comest to thy Fathers Kingdom, Matth. 23.24. and to Mount Zion, and to that City of the Living God, the Celestial Je­rusalem, and to the company of innumerable Angels, and to the Assembly and Congregation [Page 115]The First-born, which are written in Heaven, and to the Spirits of just and prefect men, I long to see theAntient of Dayce. Hebr. 12.22, 23. If thou longest to find out the Al­mighty, Job. 11.7. who is excel­lent in Power, and in Judgment, Job 37.23. and the most High whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, Dan. 7.27. Thou shalt then behold him to thy prefection, [...] John 3.2. 1 Cor. 13.12. He will no more shew himself through the Lattice, Cant. 2.9. but the wall being removed, 2 Cor. 3.18. Heb. 10.20. Thou shalt see his face, Revel. 22.4. as the Sun in the strength of his Glory, Matth. 17.2. with those eyes of thine shalt thou see thy Redeemer, Job 19.25, 27. Thy everlasting joy, Isa. 35.10. and 51.11. and 61.7. thy glory, Isa. 60.19. and thy God. Psal. 18.2, and 22.1, 2, 10. and 48.14. Isa. 61.10. Mitab 7.7. whose delights were with the [Page 116]Sons of Men before he prepared the Heavens, Prov. 8.27, 31. Thou shalt meet with him in the ban­quetting House, To meet with the Bride­groom. Cant. 2.4. In the secret of his Tabernacle, Psal. 91.1. and 27.5. and nothing shall ever be able to separate thee from the Love, Rom. 8.39. of thy Bridegroom, who has married thee to himself in Righteousness and tender Mercies, Hosea 2.19. Then being admitted to that Fellow­ship and Communion with the Father, and the Son, 1 John 1.3.1 Cor. 1.9. and the Holy Spi­rit, Phil. 2.1. thou shalt see and know that Wisedome which the Lord possessed in the beginning of his. Way before his Works of Old, Proverbs 8.22. Thou shalt see the Assembly of Saint, Psal. 89.7. The thou­sands of my bre­threw. Revel. 14.1, 2, 3, &c. joyful in Glory, Psal. 149.5.— and shouting aloud for joy, Psal. 132.9, 16. having the high praises [Page 117]of God in their Mouth, Psalm 149.6. saying, Hallelejah, Sal­vation, and Glory, and Honour, and Power be unto the Lord, Revel. 19.1, 6. He that satisfieth the longing soul, Psalm 107.9. will perfect and perform what­soever concerns thee, Isa. 138.8. and supplying all thy needs according to his glorious Riches in Christ Jesus, Phil. 4.19. If thou delightest thy self in the Lord; he will give thee all the desires of thine heart, Psalm 37.4. and being crowned with loving kindness, Psalm 103.4. Thou shalt reign with him for ever and ever Revel. 22.5. John 17.24. Then shall he be thy portion, Psalm 73.26. Thou shalt be One in him, and he in thee, John 17.21. Thou shalt praise and walk in the Name of the Lord thy God for ever and ever, Micah 4.5. [Page 118] Gal. 1.5. Phil. 4.20. Then shall Christ be All in All, Col. 3.11. 1 Cor. 15.28. And all things shall likewise be thine, 1 Cor. 3.21. Rom. 8.32.