74 COUNSELS-WILL-ORDINATIONS OF GOD. CHAP. III. The Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king. James iv. 12. He is the one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. III. God is the judge of the earth. Gen. xviii. 25. The judge of all the earth. Ps. xciv. 2. Heb. xii. 23. Deut. xxxii. 36. The Lord shall judge his people. Eccl. iii. 17. He shall judge the righteous and the wicked. 1 Sam. ii. 10. The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth. Ps. ix. 4. Thou satest in the throne judging right. 1. 6. God is judge himself. Ps. lxxvi. 8. xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. COUNSELS OF GOD. IV. God has his counsels. Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever; the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Prov. xix. 21. cording to election might stand, it was said, The elder [brother] shall serve the younger.— Ver. 17. Concerning Pharaoh, God said, For this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee. Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. iii. 11. According to the eternal purpose, which God purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. WILL OF GOD. VI. God doth will. Job xxiii. 13. He is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth that he doeth. Ps. xxxiii. 11. Dan. iv. 35. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and he doeth according to his will, in the army of heaven, and Prov. viii. 14. Counsel is mine, and sound among the inhabitants of the earth; and none wisdom; I am understanding. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. Jer. xxxii. 19. xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him?-Ver. 17. All nations before him are as nothing. can stay his hand, or say unto him, What dost thou? Job xxxiii. 13. Isa. xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. lv. 11. My word shall accomplish that which I please. VII. Determinations of God. Job xiv. 5. Man's days are determined, the number of his xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, and I will months are with thee; thou hast appointed do all my pleasure. his bounds that he cannot pass. Ver. 14. Jer. xxxii. 19. The Lord of hosts, great in Acts xvii. 26. counsel and mighty in work. Acts ii. 23. Jesus was delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. iv. 27, 28. Against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together; for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Isa. x. 23. The Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. Ch. xxviii. 22. Zeph. iii. 8. Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to Heb. vi. 17. God, willing to shew the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [his pro-anoint the most holy. Ver. 26, 27. mise] by an oath. V. Purpose of God. Jer. li. 29. Every purpose of God shall be performed. See purposes of God concerning particular nations. Isa. xiv. 24. 27.-xix. 12.-xxiii. 9.-xlvi. 11. Jer. xlix. 20. Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ix. 11, 12. That the purpose of God ac xi. 36. That that is determined shall be done. Zeph. iii. 8. My determination is to gather the nations, to pour upon them mine indignation. Matt. xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth as it is written [determined] of him. Acts iv. 28. cxxxii. 17. I have ordained a lamp for mine] anointed. Jer. i. 5. I ordained thee a prophet to the nations. 1 Tim. ii. 7. Hab. i. 12. Thou hast ordained them, [the enemy,] for judgment; and, O mighty God,| thou hast ordained them for correction. John xv. 16. Jesus said, I have ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit. Eph. ii. 10. Acts i. 21, 22. Of those men must one be ordained, a witness with us of Christ's resurrection. Ver. 23-26. And the apostles appointed two, Joseph and Matthias. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen; that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship. And they gave forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Jude 4. There are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of God into lasciviousness, &c. DECREES OF GOD. IX. Things decreed of God. Job xxviii. 26. He made a decree for the rain. Ps. cxlviii. 6. xxxviii. 10. He broke up for the sea his decreed place, and set bars and doors. Prov. viii. 29. Jer. v. 22. 1 Pet. ii. 8. Christ is a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed. Jude 4. PREDESTINATION. viii. 29, 30. Whom God did foreknow he did XI. Things predestinated of God. Rom. predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. Moreover, whom he did precalled them he also justified; and whom he destinate, them he also called; and whom he justified, them he also glorified. the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, acEph. i. 5. God having predestinated us to cording to the good pleasure of his will. Ver. 11, 12. In him we have obtained an the purpose of him who worketh all things inheritance, being predestinated according to after the counsel of his own will; that we should be to the praise of his glory. ELECTION. XII. Election of the Jews. Neh. ix. 7, 8. Thou art the Lord, the God who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham And madest a covenant with him. Compare Gen. xi. 31.-xii. 1, 2, 3. Acts xiii. 17. Deut. iv. 37. Because the Lord loved thy Dan. iv. 24. This is the decree of the most fathers, therefore he chose their seed after high God, that is come upon the king. Zeph. ii. 2. Before the decree bring forth, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. X. Things appointed of God. 2 Sam. xvii. 14. The Lord had appointed to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed time for man upon the earth? are not his days like the days of an hireling? Ch. xiv. 5. 14. Prov. viii. 29. He appointed the foundations of the earth. Dan. viii. 19. At the time appointed, the end shall be. Ch. xi. 27. 35. Mic. vi. 9. He hath appointed the rod. Hab. ii. 3. The vision is for an appointed time. Luke xxii. 29. He appointed unto Christ a kingdom. Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world by Jesus Christ. Gal. iv. 4. When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son made of a wo man. them, and brought thee out of Egypt. vii. 6. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Ch. xiv. 2. Ver. 7, 8. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you because ye were more in number than any people, (for ye were the fewest of all people :) But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers. Ch. x. 15. 1 Kings iii. 8. Thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen. 1 Chron. xvi. 13, 14. O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen ones: He is the Lord our God. Ps. cv. 6, 7. Ps. xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. lxv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. cv. 43. The Lord brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness. Ps cvi. 4, 5. Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation: That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. Ps. cxxxii. 13. The Lord hath chosen Zion, he hath desired it for his habitation.-Ver. 15. I will abundantly bless her provision, &c. Ps. Ixxviii. 68. cxxxv. 4. The Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. Ch. xlix. 7. Zech. i. 17.-ii. 12. xli. 8, 9. Thou Israel art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen. I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. xliii. 20. I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. xliv. 2—4. Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee, Fear not, O Jacob, my servant, and thou Jeshurun whom I have chosen. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. And they shall spring up, &c. xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name [Cyrus]: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. xlviii. 10. I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.-Ver. 17. I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. lxv. 9. Mine elect shall inherit my mountain, and my servants shall dwell here.-Ver. 22. Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. Ezek. xx. 5. Thus saith the Lord God, I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them. Zech. iii. 2. O Satan, the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem, rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? gether his elect, from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Luke xviii. 7. Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him? John vi. 37. Jesus said, All that the Father giveth me, &c. xiii. 18. Jesus said, I speak not of you all, I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. xv. 16. I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.Ver. 19. I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Rom. viii. 33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. ix. 6. They are not all Israel which are of Israel. Ver. 10-13. When Rebecca had conceived by Isaac, (the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ;) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.-Ver. 18. He hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Ver. 21. Hath not the potter power over the clay? xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Ver. 4-6. Seven thousand were reserved in Israel, who had not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. So at this time there is a remnant according to the election of grace: And if by grace, it is no more of works. Ver. 7. Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.-Ver. 28. As touching the election, the Jews are beloved for the fathers' sakes. Eph. i. 4, 5. God hath chosen us in Christ, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness, &c. 1 Thess. i. 4. Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for the call. elect's sake, that they may obtain the salvation | said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. Tit. i. 1. Paul an apostle, according to the faith of God's elect. James ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. v. 13. The church that is at elected together with you. 2 John, ver. 1. The elect lady. The elect sister. Babylon, Ver. 13. Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the Lamb, are called, and chosen, and faithful. See 1 Tim. v. 21. Elect angels. XIV. Persons chosen or elected of God, to fill offices in the church and state. Deut. xvii. 15. Thou shalt set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose. Kings chosen of God were Saul, 1 Sam. x. 24.David, 2 Sam. vi. 21. 1 Kings viii. 16. Ps. lxxviii. 70. lxxxix. 3. 19, 20.-Solomon, 1 Chron. xxix. 1. 1 Sam. ii. 28. Priests chosen. Levi, Deut. x. 8.-Aaron, Num. xvi. 5.-xvii. 5. 8. 1 Sam. ii. 28. Twelve apostles chosen. Luke vi. 13.Matthias, Acts i. 24. 26.-Stephen, Acts vi. 5. -Paul, Acts ix. 15.-xxii. 14. Place of worship chosen. Deut. xii. 5. 11. 14. 18. 21. 26. The temple, 1 Kings ix. 3.Jerusalem, 1 Kings xi. 13. Neh. i. 9. CALLING. XV. God doth call; his people are called. Isa. xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord, that created thee, O Jacob, that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. xlviii. 12. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel my called, I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. lv. 5. Behold thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee. Ixii. 2. Thou shalt be called by a new name, which the Lord shall name. Joel ii. 32. In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath Matt. xx. 1. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers unto his vineyard.-Ver. 3-6. He went out about the third, the sixth, the ninth, and eleventh hour, and sent those he found into his vineyard.-Ver. 9, 10. They received every man a penny. Ver. 11. When they murmured against the good man of the house, because the first received not more than they who entered last.Ver. 13. He answered, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong.-Ver. 15, 16. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called but few chosen. Ch. xix. 30. xxii. 2, 3. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a king, which made a marriage for his son; and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding. John x. 3. The good Shepherd calleth his own sheep by name. xv. 15. Jesus said, I call you not servants. I have called you friends. Heb. ii. 11. Christ is not ashamed to call them brethren. Acts ii. 39. The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Rom. i. 6. Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ. Ver. 7. To all that be in Rome, called to be saints. iv. 17. God calleth those things that are not as though they were. viii. 28. All things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Ver. 30. Whom God did predestinate them he also called. ix. 11. That the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of him that calleth. Ver. 23, 24. The vessels of mercy he hath prepared unto glory; even us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only but also of the Gentiles. Ver. 25. God saith, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. Hos. ii. 23. xi. 29. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Ver. 24. Unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Ver. 26 27. Ye see your calling brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, | it, and take it patiently, even hereunto were not many mighty, not many noble are called: ye called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. vii. 15. God hath called us to peace. Ver. 17. As the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. See ver. 18. 20, 21. 24. Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ. iii. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. v. 10. The God of all grace hath called us unto his eternal glory, by Christ Jesus. 2 Pet. i. 3. His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and god v. 8. This persuasion cometh not of him liness, through the knowledge of him that that calleth you. Ver. 13. Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty. Eph. i. 16. I cease not to give thanks, and to pray, &c.-Ver. 18. That ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. iv. 1. Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. Ver. 4. Ye are called in one hope of your calling. Phil. iii. 14. I press toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which ye are called in one body. 1 Thess. ii. 12. Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. hath called us to glory and virtue. Ver. 10. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure. Jude 1, 2. To them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied. Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the Lamb, are called, and chosen, and faithful. xix. 9. Blessed are they that are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. Abraham called. See Isa. li. 2. Heb. xi. 8. XVI. Particular persons called to offices. Priests. Christ, Isa. xlii. 6. Heb. v. 10.Aaron, Heb. v. 4. Prophets. Isa. xlix. 1, 2. Apostles. Acts xiii. 2. Rom. i. 1. 1 Cor. i. 1, 2. Gal. i. 15. God's people are called by his name. Deut. iv. 7. God hath not called us unto unclean-xxviii. 10. Jer. xiv. 9.-xv. 16. Dan. ix. ness, but unto holiness. v. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you. 2 Thess. i. 11. We pray that God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power. ii. 14. God hath called you, by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 18, 19. Amos ix. 11, 12. Jam. ii. 7. JUSTIFICATION. XVII. God justifieth. Isa. xlv. 25. In the Lord shall all the seed of Jacob be justified, and shall glory. Rom. iii. 30. Rom. iii. 26. That God might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus. viii. 30, 31. Whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified. If God be for us, who can be against us? Ver. 33, 34. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that Heb. iii. 1. Holy brethren, partakers of the justifieth; who is he that condemneth? heavenly calling. ix. 15. Jesus is the mediator of the New Testament, that they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 1 Pet. i. 15. As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy, in all manner of con versation. ii. 9. Show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness, into his marvellous light. Ver. 20, 21. If ye do well, and suffer for XVIII. Men not justified by the works of the law. Rom. iii. 20. By the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in God's sight. Ver. 28. We conclude that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the law. iv. 15. The law worketh wrath. Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. iii. 10. As many as are of the works of the |