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BOOK III.

FIRST PART.

193. Of those that return to GOD, or desire to return; and that after grace bestowed, the devil is wont to assault us grievously.

Genesis 14:17 | 26:14 | 31:22 | 37:4 || Exodus 1:9 | 5:8 | 9:31 | 14:5 | 17:8 || Joshua 10:3 ,4 || 1 Samuel 7:10 || 1 Kings 19:1 || Ezra 4:1 || Job 3:8 | 7:18 | 40:23 || Psalms 3:1 || Isaiah 54:11 | 59:15 || Habakkuk 1:10 || Tobit 6:2 || Jude 1:11 | 11:1 || Ecclesiasticus 2:1 || 1 Maccabees 5:1 || S. Matthew 4:1 j 8:28 || S. Mark 9:25 || Acts 20:9 l | 28:3 .

194. Of the first motions to sin.

Deuteronomy 7:2 || Joshua 17:13 | 23:12 || Judges 1:21 | 3:1 || Psalms 19:13 | 29:7 || Proverbs 1:10 || Song of Solomon 2:15 || Isaiah 52:1 l || Ecclesiasticus 18:30 || Romans 8:13 | 13:14 || 1 Corinthians 9:27 || Galatians 5:24 || S. James 4:7 || 1 Peter 2:11 .

195. Of temptation.

Genesis 22:1 | 39:9 || Deuteronomy 9:22 | 13:1 || Job 1:11 | 2:4 | 5:19 || Judith 8:12 || Ecclesiasticus 34:10 || 1 Maccabees 2:52 1| S. Matthew 4:1 | 7:25 1 14:30 || S. Mark 1:13 | 4:37 | 10:2 || S. Luke 4:2 | 8:23 | 10:20 || 1 Corinthians 10:9 ,13 || S. James 1:2 ,13 | 4:7 || 1 Peter 5:8 .

196. Against those that tempt GOD.

Exodus 17:7 || Deuteronomy 6:16 || Judith 8:12 || S. Matthew 4:7 .

197. Of the perseverance of the devil.

Job 38:30 || Ecclesiasticus 27:10 | 43:18 || 2 Corinthians 11:14 || 1 Peter 5:8

198. That the power of the devil is small if a man resist.

Genesis 31:24 || Job 1:10 || Isaiah 51:23 || Ecclesiasticus 10:4 || S. Matthew 4:6 || S. Mark 5:12 || S James 4:7 || S. John 5:4 .

199. That the devil is always desirous of rejecting heavenly, and keeping earthly, things.

Genesis 14:13 || 1 Samuel 11:2 || Proverbs 17:24 || Ecclesiastes 2:14 || Jeremiah 4:22 || Zechariah 11:17 || S. Luke 23:18 .

200. That the devil is cruel, and his ways are hard.

Deuteronomy 6:21 || Judges 2:19 || Psalms 38:4 || Proverbs 5:9 | 15:19 || Isaiah 19:4 || Jeremiah 2:19 m | 9:51 | 6:13 l || Lamentations 5:5 || Hosea 12:14 || Wisdom of Solomon 5:7 || Ecclesiasticus 21:10 || Acts 8:23 .

201. That the way of the LORD is narrow at the beginning, but in the end, broad and pleasant.

Exodus 25:31 || Job 6:7 || Psalms 119:32 , 103 || Proverbs 3:17 | 4:11 | 8:31 l | 15:19 || Song of Solomon 5:1 || Isaiah 51:3 | 58:14 | 61:1 l || Wisdom of Solomon 8:1 ,16 | 10:10 || S. Matthew 11:28 || S. Luke 13:24 || S. John 2:10 .

202. That men are sold to the devil on account of their sins.

Isaiah 44:22 l | 52:3 || Romans 6:12 | 7:14 l || 1 Peter 1:18 .

203. Of the devil and his fall.

Job 1:6 | 2:1 | 40:15 || Isaiah 14:12 || Ezra 28:16 | 31:8 || Habakkuk 1:4 l || S. Luke 10:18 j| 1 Peter 5:8 .

204. That tribulation is to be embraced for the sake of GOD.

Job 5:17 || Psalms 23:4 l || S. Matthew 5:10 || S. James 1:2

205. That GOD chastens those whom He loves.

Deuteronomy 32:39 || Job 1:8 ,12 | 7:18 || Psalms 60:3 | 66:11 | 89:31 ,32 || Proverbs 3:11 || Isaiah 49:2 || Jeremiah 30:11 | 46:28 || Hosea 6:1 || Micah 4:13 || Wisdom of Solomon 2:20 || Ecclesiasticus 30:1 || Baruch 4:26 || 2 Maccabees 6:13 || S. Matthew 10:16 || S. Luke 10:3 || S. John 2:15 || 2 Corinthians 7:5 1 11:23 || Ephesians 2:14 || Hebrews 12:5 ,7 || Revelation 3:19 .

206. That the LORD sometimes spares out of anger.

Job 21:7 ,9 || Isaiah 5:6 | 14:29 | 26:10 f || Ezra 16:42 || Hosea 4:14 || Hebrews 12:8 .

207. That the Saints consider temporal affliction to be a blessing and rejoice in it.

Exodus 15:24 || Leviticus 11:9 || Deuteronomy 33:18 1| Judges 7:20 || Job 6:8 ,9 | 39:21 || Psalms 18:35 | 23:4 | 77:3 || Song of Solomon 1:5 ,13 || Jeremiah 15:18 || Lamentations 3:30 || Ecclesiasticus 29:10 || 2 Maccabees 6:20 || Acts 5:41 | 20:22 ,23 | 21:13 || Romans 5:3 || 2 Corinthians 4:8 | 6:10 | 8:2 | 12:9 || Hebrews 10:34 || S. James 1:2

208. That GOD is often sought in tribulation.

Genesis 7:17 | 19:16 || Exodus 12:33 || Deuteronomy 30:1 || Judges 10:10 | 11:4 ,6 || 1 Samuel 22:2 | 30:10 || 2 Chronicles 33:12 || Job 42:5 1| Psalms 60:3 || Isaiah 26:9 l,16 | 43:6 || Jeremiah 46:15 || Lamentations 1:8 l || Hosea 2:7 ,14 || Zechariah 3:3 || S. Luke 14:23 | 15:16 , 17:209 That tribulation instructs. 2 Chronicles 33:13 l || Proverbs 22:15 ,29f || Isaiah 8:11 f || Ecclesiasticus 31:2 || Baruch 2:18 ,30l

210. That tribulation increases and fertilizes.

Genesis 9:1 || Exodus 1:12 f || 2 Kings 2:20 || Job 9:8 l || Isaiah 54:16 || Daniel 3:24 ,25 || S. John 15:2 || 2 Corinthians 4:16

211. That tribulation examines and purges.

Deuteronomy 8:16 l || Job 6:4 | 23:10 | 33:19 || Psalms 17:3 || Isaiah 1:25 | 4:4 | 40:2 || Malachi 3:2 | Wisdom of Solomon 2:19 || Ecclesiasticus 27:5 || S. Matthew 3:12 || 1 Peter 1:7 .

212. That tribulation defends.

Exodus 14:22 l || 1 Samuel 27:4 || 1 Kings 17:3 || Job 2:13 || Psalms 60:11 || Song of Solomon 2:14 .

213. That tribulation crowns.

Genesis 35:10 || Job 12:5 || Proverbs 20:14 | 31:25 || Isaiah 14:3 | 54:7 || Jeremiah 30:17 || Hosea 14:7 || S. Matthew 5:10 | 16:2 || S. Luke 24:26 || S. John 7:8 || Romans 8:18 || 2 Corinthians 4:10 ,17 || 2 Timothy 2:5 || Hebrews 12:11 || S. James 1:12 || 1 Peter 4:17 .

214. That by tribulation a man is known.

Exodus 1:12 f || Judges 3:1 || Psalms 17:3 | 94:12 || Proverbs 20:30 ' | 25:4 || Ecclesiastes 1:18 || Zechariah 13:9 || Wisdom of Solomon 3:5 || Ecclesiasticus 2:5 | 27:5 .

215. If the righteous are afflicted in this present life, how great shall be the punishment of the wicked in the life to come,

Proverbs 11:21 || Isaiah 9:17 f | 32:13 || Jeremiah 12:1 l | 25:29 | 49:12 || Ezra 9:6 || Joel 3:16 || Malachi 3:21 || S. Luke 23:31 || 1 Peter 4:17 .

216. Of the comparison of prosperity with adversity.

Genesis 40:14 ,23 || Exodus 13:21 || Job 3:20 || Psalms 42:10 | 66:11 || Proverbs 30:8 || Isaiah 43:6 || Jeremiah 48:11 || Ecclesiasticus 32:10 || S. James 4:4 l

217. That in evil prosperity we must not be puffed up, and in good adversity we must not despair.

Genesis 12:8 || Deuteronomy 24:6 || Job 11:17 || Ecclesiasticus 11:27 | 18:25 | 38:9 || S. Luke 21:28

218. Against those who call upon GOD in adversity and not in prosperity.

Exodus 8:8 | 10:7 || Lev. 8 35 || 1 Samuel 6:12 || Psalms 119:43 || Isaiah 20:12 | 29:9 ,16 | 38:13 | 57:10 | 62:6 || Jeremiah 31:21 || Hosea 5:15 || Habakkuk 2:1 .

219. That prosperity is the cause of pride, luxury, and forgetfulness of the mercies of GOD.

Genesis 13:6 || Numbers 11:33 || Deuteronomy 6:10 ,12 | 8:10 ,11 | 20:13 | 32:15 || Judges 11:2 || 1 Samuel 15:12 || Job 12:6 || Ps 73 12 || Proverbs 1:32 | 30:9 f || Isaiah 2:7 ,8 || Jeremiah 2:7 | 46:6 | 48:11 || Ezekiel 16:14 ,15 || Hosea 10:1 m || Micah 6:11 || Habakkuk 1:10 || Ecclesiasticus 47:20 .

220. That many are the afflictions of the righteous but the LORD delivereth him. out of all.

Genesis 31:29 | 32 11 || Exodus 10:10 || 1 Samuel 23:26 ,27 || 1 Kings 19:4 || 2 Kings 7:6 || Psalms 3:1 . 6 17:3 | 18:3 | 31:8 l | 50:15 | 55:5 | 57:4 | 60:3 | 66:9 ,11 | 71:18 | 86:14 | 88:15 | 89:31 ,32 | 94:19 | 102:4 ,17 | 120:1 || Jeremiah 38:13 || Susanna 1:62 || Bel_and_the_Dragon 1:38 || 2 Maccabees 10:29 || S. John 16:33 || Acts 5:19 | 12:6 | 27:22 .

221. That GOD comforts the afflicted and distressed, and in his wrath remembers mercy.

Genesis 5:29 || 2 Chronicles 34:27 || Psalms 34:18 | 91:15 || Proverbs 12:25 || Isaiah 61:1 l 66:13 || Micah 5:5 || S. John 16:1 || 2 Corinthians 1:3 .

222. That the LORD fights for them that are His.

Exodus 14:14 ,25 | 15:3 | 23:22 || Deuteronomy 1:30 | 3:22 | 4:3 l | 20:2 | 31:3 || Joshua 6:20 | 10:11 l | 23:10 || Judges 4:15 | 5:30 || 1 Samuel 7:10 || 2 Kings 19:35 || 2 Chronicles 32:8 || Nehemiah 4:15 || Psalms 3:7 | 24:8 | 35:2 | 44:8 || 3:26 || Isaiah 37:36 || Jeremiah 20:11 f || Judges 5:21 || 2 Maccabees 3:25 | 10:29 | 11:8 | 12:22 | 15:16 || Revelation 2:16

223. That all victory, temporal or spiritual, is to be ascribed to GOD.

Exodus 15:3 || Judges 15:18 || 1 Samuel 17:17 || 2 Chronicles 14:11 | 28:8 f || Psalms 3:8 | 18:40 || Proverbs 21:31 || Judges 9:11 | 16:6 || 1 Maccabees 3:18 || Romans 16:20 f.

224. Of good habits and perseverance in good.

Genesis 37:3 || Exodus 24:12 | 27:1 || Leviticus 6:21 || Numbers 11:11 || Joshua 5:8 || Judges 5:20 l || Ruth 2:7 l || Job 1:5 ! 27:6 || Psalms 1:3 | 108:2 || Isaiah 21:8 | 54:2 || Jeremiah 3:19 f || Habakkuk 2:1 || Ecclesiasticus 2:1 ,13 | 4:28 | 51:30 || S. Mark 9:5 || S. Luke 22:28 || Romans 8:38 || 1 Corinthians 9:24 l | 16:33 || Galatians 6:9 || Ephesians 3:13 || 2 Thessalonians 3:13 || Hebrews 10:35 .

225. Of maturity or constancy.

Job 28:25 | 29:8 ,24 Psalms 35:18 | 119:147 || Tobit 3:15 || Ecclesiasticus 19:30 | 27:11 || 1 Corinthians 13:11 || 1 Timothy 4:12 || 2 Timothy 2:22 || Titus 2:7 .

220. Of the hope of the everlasting reward ; or that the Saints are fed by the expectation of things eternal.

Exodus 9:32 || Job 14:14 | 19:25 || Proverbs 10:28 | 13:21 I | 20:21 || Isaiah 30:18 Z | 33:2 | 64:4 || Jeremiah 31:30 || Hosea 3:3 | 11:7 || Habakkuk 2:3 || Ecclesiasticus 2:9 | 11:25 | 20:16 m S. Luke 16:25 || Titus 2:13 || Hebrews 11:26 || S. James 5:7 || 2 Peter 3:9 .

227, Of the reward of the good ; or the everlasting vestment of the body and the soul.

Genesis 6:14 || Psalms 87:2 | 89:35 || Haggai 2:9 || Revelation 12:1 | 21:23

228. Of our being arrayed with good works, and of the ornament of grace and glory according to the HOLY GHOST ; or that our garment must be white at all times.

Genesis 24:22 | 27:14 | 41:14 | 45:22 || Exodus 19:10 || Ruth 3:3 || 1 Samuel 2:18 || 2 Samuel 1:24 || Esther 5:1 | 6:8 || Job 29:14 l| Proverbs 31:21 || Ecclesiastes 9:8 || Song of Solomon 1:11 || Isaiah 52:1 | 61:10 || Jeremiah 2:32 | 31:4 || Ezekiel 16:10 || Zechariah 3:4 || Jude 10:3 || Wisdom of Solomon 18:24 || 1 Maccabees 10:20 || S. Matthew 17:2 || S. John 19:40 || Revelation 1:13 | 3:4 ,18 | 7:9 l,13 | 10:1 | 19:8 ,11

229. Of everlasting beatitude ; or, of the ineffableness of eternal joy.

Psalms 31:21 | 42:4 | 73:24 | 84:1 j 102:3 | 122:1 | 126:6 | Isaiah 8:18 | 24:16 | | 30:26 | 33:17 | 35:10 | 51:3 | 60:19 | 61:7 | 64:4 || Daniel 12:3 || Wisdom of Solomon 3:7 | 15:3 || Baruch 3:24 || S. Matthew 22:29 | 25:34 || S. Luke 6:38 | 9:33 | 12:37 | S. John 16:22 | 17:3 || Acts 7:55 || 1 Corinthians 2:9 || Colossians 2:9 || Revelation 2:7 ,17 | 5:8 | 7:16 | 14:2 | 21:4 ,18,23.

SECOND PART.

230. Against instability of heart ; or, against inconstancy and wandering of thought.

Genesis 4:14 | 8:7 | 25:27 | 34:1 || Exodus 9:19 | 12:22 l || Joshua 2:19 || 2 Kings 6:9 || Job 29:19 | 31:5 || Psalms 1:5 || Proverbs 27:8 || Isaiah 22:18 | 41:71 | 57:20 || Jeremiah 14:10 | 52:3 || Lamentations 1:8 || Micah 1:13 || Ecclesiasticus 5:9 ,10 | 6:24 | 14:25 | 27:11 | 33:5 | 36:26 || S. Luke 15:13 || 2 Thessalonians 2:2 | 3:11 || Hebrews 13:9 || S. James 1:6 f || S. 1 John 4:1

231. Against idolaters ; or that none can serve GOD and Mammon.

Genesis 35:2 || Exodus 20:3 | Leviticus 26:1 || Deuteronomy 12:3 || 1 Samuel 5:3 || 1 Kings 11:4 || Psalms 81:9 ,10 || Isaiah 28:20 | 49:20 f || Hosea 9:10 || Amos 3:3 || Zephaniah 1:5 || Zechariah 11:8 || Ecclesiasticus 2:12 | 13:18 || S Matthew 6:24 | 8:29 || 1 Corinthians 10:14 || 2 Corinthians 6:15 || Philippians 3:19 || S. James 1:8 .

232. Against those that mix good with evil.

Exodus 14:28 || Leviticus 1:2 | 22:4 || Deuteronomy 18:13 || 1 Samuel 15:3 || Nehemiah 13:15 || Job 31:7 || Psalms 1:4 | 106:11 | 119:101 || Ecclesiastes 9:10 || Song of Solomon 4:7 || Isaiah 1:22 | 5:20 || Ecclesiasticus 33:22 || 1 Maccabees 4:42 | 7:46 I | 9:10 || 2 Maccabees 6:24 || S. Matthew 23:25 || 1 Corinthians 10:21 || S. James 2:10 .

233. Against those who too often frequent the houses of their friends, and of great men.

2 Samuel 19:34 || Proverbs 25:17 || Ecclesiasticus 13:9 | 21:22 .

234. Against the natural desire of often visiting our relations, and dwelling too much with them.

Genesis 12:1 1 13:14 1 19:14 ,16 | 47:24 || Exodus 32:27 || Leviticus 21:1 || Deuteronomy 33:9 || 1 Samuel 6:10 ,12 || 2 Samuel 11:11 || Psalms 45:11 || Proverbs 25:16 || Jeremiah 9:4 || Joel 1:4 || Micah 7:5 || 2 Maccabees 15:18 || S. Matthew 8:21 | 12:47 ,48 | 18:8 || S. Mark 3:32 || S. Luke 2:49 | 8:21 | 9:61 || S. John 2:4 || Hebrews 7:3 .

230. That if me return to him, the devil assaults us more vehemently ; or, against backsliding.

Genesis 19:26 || Exodus 16:2 ,3 || Numbers 11:5 || Job 31:1 || Proverbs 26:11 || Jeremiah 15:6 || Lamentations 1:13 || Ezekiel 1:12 || Daniel 11:13 || Hosea 8:3 ,13 || Amos 4:11 || S. Matthew 12:43 | 24:17 || S. Luke 9:62 | 11:24 | 17:31 ,32 || S. John 5:14 | 8:11 || Galatians 3:3 || Hebrews 6:4 | 10:29 || 2 Peter 2:22

236. That one who has fallen bank into sin may often profit the righteous.

Job 8:7 || Psalms 139:67 ,71 || Ecclesiasticus 4:25 | 42 14 || Romans 5:21 | 8:28 .

237. Concerning evil habit and obstinacy or, that an inveterate custom in with great difficulty given up.

Exodus 16:3 || Numbers 11:5 | 14:3 I Job 18:8 || Proverbs 27:22 || Isaiah 5:18 | 58:6 || Jeremiah 2:32 l | 33:3 | 6:15 | 8:4 | 9:5 l | 13:23 | 17:1 || Lamentations 3:27 ,53 | 4:8 || Ezra 24:12 || Zechariah 5:7 || Ecclesiasticus 26:28 || S. Mark 9:26 || S. Luke 9:39 || S. John 11:43 || Romans 2:4 | 6:21 .

238. Against obstinate old men.

1 Samuel 3:18 || Job 6:15 || Isaiah 65:20 || Ezekiel 8:12 || Hosea 7:9 .

239. Of the bodies of the wicked ; that they are altogether polluted with sin.

Genesis 6:16 | Exodus 9:9 || Numbers 12:10 || Deuteronomy 27:18 | 28:22 || Job 2:7 | 41:14 || Psalms 109:17 || Isaiah 1:5 ,6 | 53:2 l || 2 Maccabees 9:5 || S. Matthew 8:2 || S. Luke 5:12 | 8:27 .

240. Concerning the bitterness of the life of the wicked.

Exodus 5:6 | 8:24 || Deuteronomy 28:65 || Judges 16:21 || Job 30:7 || Isaiah 42:25 | 57:20 | 59:8 || Jeremiah 2:19 m | 5:3 | 9:5 | 16:13 l || Lamentations 1:20 | 3:5 | 5:5 || Hosea 7:9 | 10:11 l || Wisdom of Solomon 5:7 || S. Mark 5:5 || S. Luke 15:16 || Revelation 8:11 | 14:11 .

241. That the wicked neither feel nor care for the labour which they undergo for the world.

Proverbs 23:34 || Hosea 7:9

242. Of watchfulness.

Deuteronomy 4:9 || 2 Samuel 21:10 || Psalms 59:9 | 119:109 | 127:1 | 130:6 || Proverbs 4:23 | 27:18 f || Isaiah 21:8 || Jeremiah 17:21 f || Habakkuk 2:1 || Baruch 3:34 || S. Luke 11:21 || 1 Thessalonians 4:4 || Hebrews 3:13 .

243. That those who are unfruitful will be cut off or, that we ought to avoid the companionship, counsels, conversation, and example of the wicked.

Genesis 3:4 ,6,12 | 11:3 | 12:1 | 14:11 | 21:9 | 26:23 | 27:43 | 49:5 || Leviticus 18:3 || Numbers 16:26 | 25:1 || 1 Samuel 15:6 || 1 Kings 12:8 || 2 Chronicles 19:2 | 20:37 m | 24:17 || Job 6:27 | 16:2 | 21:16 || Psalms 1:1 | 6:8 | 101:8 ,10 || Proverbs 1:10 | 2:11 ,12 || Proverbs 1:10 | 2:11 ,12 | 4:14 | 1:3 ,20 | 23:6 | 24:1 ,21 l || Jeremiah 48:28 I 49:8 ! 51:6 || Obadiah 1:7 || Ecclesiasticus 8:5 ,18 | 10:2 | 11:32 | 13:1 ,17 | 22:13 | 25:16 | 37:8 | 41:8 || 1 Macc. 2,27 || S. Matthew 2:9 | 18:8 || S. Mark 8:15 | 9:18 || S. Luke 10:11 || Romans 12:2 || 1 Corinthians 5:2 l | 15:33 || 2 Thessalonians 3:6 | 3:10 .

244. That the sin of one man is often visited on many.

Genesis 3:17 and Romans 5:12 || Numbers 32:15 || Joshua 7:24 || Judges 20:1 | 21:1 ; for the sin of Gibeon, the whole tribe of Benjamin is destroyed. 1 Sam. 4, for the sin of the sons of Eli, 30,000 Israelites are slain, and the ark is taken. 2 Samuel 21:1 | 24 ; for the sin of David in numbering the people, 70,000 are slain.

245. That we are sometimes to tolerate the company of the wicked.

Genesis 13:12 l || Job 1:1 | 30:29 || Psalms 31:13 | 41:9 || Song of Solomon 2:2 || Isaiah 6:5 m || Ezra 2:6 || S. Mark 9:19 || S. Luke 22:21 || 2 Peter 2:7 || Revelation 2:13 f 246. That we are to seek for the companionship of the good, and for religious confraternities.