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monition cenfures of the church z, civil punishments a; and our prayers, purposes, promises b, vows c, covenants d, and engagements to God or men e: if done, deliberately

all this. Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject: v. 11. Knowing that he that is fuch, is fubvert ed, and finneth, being condemned of himself.

y Prov. xxix. 1. He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, fhall fuddenly be deftroyed, and that without remedy.

z Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an heretic, after the first and fecond admonition, reject. Matth. xviii, 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man, and a publican.

a Prov. xxvii. 22. Though thou fhouldft bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a peftil, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxiii. 35. They have stricken me, fhalt thou fay, and I was not fick ; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when fhall I awake? I will feek it yet again.

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b Pfal. Ixxviii. 34. When he flew them, then they fought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. v. 35. And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their Redeemer. v. 36. Nevertheless, they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. v. 37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they ftedfaft in his covenant. Jer. ii. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burft thy bands, and thou faidft, I will not tranfgrefs: when upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou wander

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unto the Lord your God, faying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God, and according unto all that the Lord our God fhall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. v. 21. And now I have this day de clared it to you, but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath fent me unto you.

c Eccl. v. 4. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it : for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou haft vowed. v. 5. Better is it that thou fhouldft not vow, than that thou fhouldst vow and not pay. v. 6. Suffer not thy mouth to caufe thy flesh to fin, neither fay thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore fhould God be angry at thy voice, and deftroy the work of thine hands? Prov. xx. 25. It is a fnare to the man who devoureth that which is holy and after vows to make inquiry.

d Lev, xxvi. 25. And I will bring a fword upon you, that fhall avenge the quarrel of my covenant.

e Prov. ii. 17. Which forfaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Ezek.

xvii, 18. Seeing he difpifed the oath

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liberately f, wilfully g, prefumptuously h, impudently i, boastingly k, malicioufly, frequently m, obftinately n, with delight o, continuance p, or relapfing after repentance q.

by breaking the covenant (when lo, he had given his hand) and hath done all these things, he fhall not efcape. v. 19. Therefore thus faith the Lord God, As I live, furely mine oath that he hath defpifed, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompenfe upon his own head.

f Pfal. xxx vi. 4. He devifeth mifchief upon his bed, he fetteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

g Jer. vi. 16. Thus faith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and fee, and afk for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye fhall find reft for your fouls: but they faid, We will not walk therein.

Numb. xv. 36. But the foul that doth ought prefumptuoufly (whether he be born in the land, or a ftranger) the fame reproacheth the Lord, and that foul fhall be cut off from among his people. Exod. xxi. 14. But if a man come prefumptu oufly upon his neighbour, to flay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. i Jer. iii. 3. Therefore the showers have been with-holden, and there hath been no latter rain, and thou hadít a whore's forehead, thou refusedit to be ashamed. Prov. vii. 13. So fhe caught him and kiffed him, and with an impudent face faid unto him.

k Pfal. lii. 1. Why boafteft thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? 1.3. John 10. Wherefore If I come, I will remember his deeds which he doth, prating against us with malicious words-

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m Num. xiv. 22. Because all those men which have feen my glory and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkned to my voice.

n Zech. vii. 11. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the fhoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. v. 12. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, left they fhould hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hofts hath fent in his Spi rit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hofts.

• Prov. ii. 14. Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked.

pIf. lvii. 17. For the iniquity of his covetoufnefs was I wroth, and fmote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

9 Jer. xxxiv. 8. This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerufalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; v. 9. That every man fhould let his manfervant, and every man his maidfervant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewefs, go free, that none should ferve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. v. 10. Now when all the princes, and all the people which had entered into the cove

nant, heard that every one should let his man-fervant, and every one his maid fervant go free, that none

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4. From circumftances of time r, and place: if on the Lord's day t, or other times of divine worship v; or immediately before w or after thefe x, or other helps to

fhould ferve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. v. 11. But afterwards they turned and caufed the fervants and the hand-maids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into fubjection for fervants, and for hand-maids. 2 Pet. ii. 20. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jefus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome; the latter end is worfe with them than the beginning. v. 21. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. v. 22. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and, The fow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

r2 Kings v. 26. And he faid unto him, (Gehazi,) Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-fervants, and maid-fervants?

Jer. vii. 10. And come and ftand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and fay, We are delivered to do all these abominations. If. xxvi. 10. Let favour be fhewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightnefs will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majefty of the Lord.

t Ezek. xxiii. 37. That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adulte

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ry.-v. 38. Moreover, this they have done unto me: they have defiled my fanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths. v. 39. For when they had flain their children to their idols, then they came the fame day into my fanctuary to profane it; and lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.

v If. lviii. 3. Wherefore have we fafted, fay they, and thou feest not? wherefore have we afflicted our foul, and thou takeft no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labours. v. 4. Behold, ye fast for ftrife and debate, and to fmite with the fift of wickedness; ye fhall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. v. 5. Is it fuch a fast that I have chofen? a day for a man to afflict his foul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread fackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a faft, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Numb. xxv. 6. And behold, one of the children of Ifrael came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitifh woman, in the fight of Mofes, and in the fight of all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. v. 7. And when Phinehas the fon of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand.

w I Cor. xi. 20. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's fupper. v. 21. For in eating every one taketh before other, his own fupper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

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Q. 152. What doth every fin deferve at the hands of God? A. Every fin, even the least, being against the fovereignty a, goodness b, and holiness of God c, and against

x Jer. vii. 8. Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. v. 9. Will ye fteal, murder, and commit adultery, and fwear falfely, and burn incenfe unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; v. 10. And come and ftand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Prov. vii. 14. I have peaceofferings with me; this day have I paid my vows. v. 15. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to feek thy face, and I have found thee. John xiii. 27. And after the fop, Satan entered into him. Then faid Jefus unto him, That thou doeft, do quickly. v. 30. He then having received the fop, went immediately out,—

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Ezra ix. 13. And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trefpafs, feeing that thou our God haft punished us Jefs than our iniquities deferve, and haft given us fuch deliverance as this v. 14. Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of thofe abominations? wouldft not thou be angry with us till thou hadst confumed us?

z 2 Sam. xvi. 22. So they fpread Abfalom a tent upon the top of the houfe, and Abfalom went in into his father's concubines, in the fight of all Ifrael. 1 Sam. ii. 22. Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his fons did unto all Ifrael, and how they lay with the women that

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affembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. v. 23. And he faid unto them, Why do ye fuch things? for I hear of your evil dealings, by all this people. v. 24. Nay, my fons: for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lord's people to tranfgrefs.

152. a James ii. 10. For whofoever fhall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. V. 11. For he that said, Do not commit adultery; faid also, Do not kill.

b Exod. xx. I. God fpake all thefe words, faying, v. 2. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, of the houfe of bondage.

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c Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canft not look on iniquity: wherefore lookeft thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? Lev. x. 3. Then Mofes faid unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord fpake, faying, I will be fanctified in them that come nigh me, and be fore all the people I will be glori fied.—Lev. xi. 44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore fanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither fhall ye defile yourselves with any manher of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. V. 45. For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God

his righteous law d, deferveth his wrath and curfee, both in this life f, and that which is to come g; and cannot be expiated but by the blood of Chrift b.

Q. 153. What doth God require of us, that we may efcape bis wrath and curfe due to us by reafon of the tranfgreffion of

the law?

A. That we may escape the wrath and curfe of God due to us by reafon of the tranfgreffion of the law, he requireth of us repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ i, and the diligent use of the outward

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Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his fins? Deut. xxviii. from verf. 15. to the end. But it fhall come to pafs, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to obferve to do all his commandments and his, ftatutes which I command thee this day; that all these curfes fhall come upon thee, and overtake thee. v. 16. Curfed fhalt thou be in the city, and curfed fhalt thou be in the field. v. 17. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy ftore, &c.

g Matth. xxv. 41.-Depart from me, ye curfed, into everlasting fire,

prepared for the devil and his angels.

h Heb. ix. 22. And almost alf things are by the law purged with blood; and without fhedding of blood is no remiffion. 1 Pet. i. 18. Forafmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as filver and gold, from your vain conversation received: by tradition from your fathers; v. 19. But with the precious blood of Chrift, as of a Lamb without blemish and without fpot.

153. ¿ Acts xx. 21. Testifying both to the Jews, and alfo to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jefus Chrift. Matth. iii. 7. But when he faw many of the Pharifees and Sadduces come to his baptifm, he faid unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? v. 8. Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance. Luke xiii. 3. 5. I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent, ye fhall all likewife perish. Acts xvi. 30. And (the jailor) brought them out, and faid, Sirs, what must I do to be faved? v. 31. And they faid, Believe on the Lord Jefus Chrift, and thou shalt be faved, and thine house. John iii. 16. For God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that

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