Graphautarkeia, or, The Scriptures sufficiency practically demonstrated wherein whatsoever is contain'd in Scripture, respecting doctrine, worship or manners is reduced to its proper head, weighty cases resolved, truths confirmed, difficult texts illustrated and explained by others more plain.

To walk with God heartily, uprighty, sincerely, and to follow him fully and zealously: The reasons thereof.

Enoch walked with God, Gen. 5. 22, 24.

Noah was a just man and perfect (or, upright) in his generation: Noah walk∣ed with God, &c. according unto all which God commanded him, so did he, Gen. 6. 9, 22.

The Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, &c. so Abram de∣parted as the Lord had spoken unto him, Gen. 12. 1, 4.

The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be thou perfect (or, upright), Gen. 17. 1, 2.

God said unto Abraham, Take thy son, &c. and offer him, &c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning to go about it, &c. Gen. 22. 1, 2, 3, 4, &c.

The Lord said to Moses, Go, I will be with thy mouth, &c. and he said, O my Lord, Send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, Exod. 4. 12, 13, 14.

My servant Moses who is faithful in all mine house: with him will I speak mouth to mouth, Num. 12. 7, 8. Heb. 3. 2, 5.

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land, Num. 14. 24. Chap. 32. 12. Josh. 14. 8, 14.

Take heed to thy self, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget, &c. lest they depart from thine heart, &c. thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thine heart and with all thy soul, Deut. 4. 9, 29.

The Lord said, They have well said all that they have spoken: O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear, &c. Deut. 5. 28, 29.

What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but, &c. to serve the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul? Deut. 10. 12. 1 Sam. 12. 20.

Thou shalt be perfect (or, upright, or sincere) with the Lord thy God, Deut. 18. 13.

The Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all all thine heart, and with all thy soul, Deut. 26. 16.

Cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day, Josh. 23. 8.

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth, Josh. 24. 14.

Because Israel did not destroy all the inhabitants of the land, according to command, God said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you, Judges 2. 2, 3.

Jephthah concerning his vow, said, I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back, &c. Judges 11. 31, 35, 39.

The Lord is a God of knowledg, and by him all actions are weighed, 1 Sam. 2. 3.

God had said to Saul, Go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all which they have, &c. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, &c. Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandment, 1 Sam. 15. 3, 8, 9, 10, 11.

The Lord seeth not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appear∣ance, but the Lord looketh on the heart, 1 Sam. 16. 7.

I was also upright before him, &c. With the upright thou wilt shew thy self upright, 2 Sam. 22. 24, 26.

Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercies, accor∣ding as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness, and in upright∣ness of heart with thee, 1 Kings 3. 6.

Thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men, &c. Let your hearts therefore be perfect with the Lord your God, 1 Kings 8. 39, 61. Psal. 44. 21.

If thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all, &c. Then I will establish, &c. 1 Kings 9. 4, 5.

It came to pass that when Solomon was old, &c. his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David, &c. 1 Kings 11. 4.

Asa did that which was right, &c. but the high places were not removed: ne∣vertheless Asa his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days, 1 Kings 15. 11, 14.

How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him, 1 Kings 18. 21.

Thy servant will not offer, &c. to any other gods but the Lord: In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant: When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship, &c. and I bow my self, &c. 2 Kings 5. 11, 18.

Many kings of Israel did that which was right, &c. but yet did not take away the high places, 2 Kings 14. Chap. 15.

Josiah turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, &c. 2 Kings 23. 35. Chap. 18. 3, 4, 5, 6.

Know thou the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth, &c. 1 Chron. 28. 9.

I know also my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness: As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly of∣fered all these things, 1 Chron. 29. 17. Prov. 17. 3. Rom. 8. 27.

The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of (or, strongly to hold with) them, whose heart is perfect to∣wards him, 2 Chron. 16. 9.

Amaziah did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: but not with a per∣fect heart, 2 Chron. 25. 2.

Hezekiah, &c. wrought that which was good and right, &c. he did it with all his heart: and prospered, 2 Chron. 31. 20, 21.

Job was a perfect and upright man, and one who feared God, &c. Job 1. 1, 8.

Still he holdeth his integrity, although thou movest me against him, &c. Job 2. 3.

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Job 8. 20.

My foot hath held his steps; his way have I kept, and not declined, &c. Job 23. 11.

My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live, Job 27. 6.

Doth not he see all my ways, and count all my steps? Job 31. 4.

God, who saveth the upright in heart, Psal. 7. 10.

The Lords throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eye-lids try the chil∣dren of men, Psal. 11. 4, 5.

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle, &c? he who walketh uprightly, Psal. 15. 1, 2.

I have set the Lord always before me, Psal. 16. 8.

The Lord preserveth the faithful, Psal. 31. 23.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace, Isa. 37. 37.

Forget also thine own people, and thy fathers house: so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty, Psal. 45. 10, 11.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave, &c. and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Psal. 49. 14.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inner parts, Psal. 51. 8.

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand, &c. Psal. 63. 1.

All the upright in heart shall glory, Psal. 64. 10. Psal. 97. 11.

I will pay my vows which my mouth hath uttered, &c. when I was in trouble, Psal. 66. 13. 14. Psal. 116. 14. 18.

The Lord God, &c. will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly, Psal. 84. 11.

They say, the Lord shall not see, &c. He who planteth the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see, &c? The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, Psal. 49. 7, 8, 9, 11, 15.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart, Psal. 97. 11.

I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way, &c. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart, Psal. 101. 2.

Unto the upright there shall arise a light in the darkness, Psal. 112. 4.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments: I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, &c. My zeal hath consumed me, &c. Psal. 119. 6, 7, 139.

Do good, O Lord, unto, &c. them who are upright in their hearts: as for such who turn aside to their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity, Psal. 125. 4, 5.

O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me: thou knowest my down-sitting and up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts afar off: thou compassest my path, and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways: for there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether, Psal. 139. 1, 2, 3, 4. Ezek. 11. 5.

The upright shall dwell in thy presence, Psal. 140. 13.

The Lord is a buckler to them who walk uprightly, Prov. 2. 7.

My son, &c. let thine heart keep my commandments, Prov 3. 1. chap. 23. 26.

Keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life, Prov. 4. 23.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings, Prov. 5. 21.

He who walketh uprightly, walketh surely, &c. Prov. 10. 9.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, &c. the righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, &c. The rigteousness of the upright shall de∣liver him, &c. Such as are upright in the way, are his delight, Prov. 11. 3, 5, 6, 20.

He who walketh in his uprightness, feareth the Lord, Prov. 14. 2.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good, &c. the prayers of the upright is his delight, &c. A man of understanding walketh up∣rightly, Prov. 15. 3, 8, 21.

All the ways of man are clean in his own eyes: but the Lord weigheth the spi∣rits, Prov. 16. 2.

The just man walketh in his integrity, Prov. 20. 7.

Every way of man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts, Prov. 21. 2.

My son, give me thine heart, Prov. 23. 26.

If thou sayest, Behold, we know it not: doth not he who pondereth the heart consider? Prov. 24. 12.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: Prov. 28. 20.

The way of the just is uprightness: thou most upright, dost weigh the path of the just, Isa. 26. 7.

Hezekiah, &c. Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked be∣fore thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, &c. Isa. 38. 2.

Hearken unto me, &c. the people in whose heart is my Law: fear ye not, Isa. 51. 7.

Is it such a fast I have chosen, &c? to bow down his head as a bull-rush, &c. Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness? Isa. 58. 5, 6, 7, 8.

From the Prophet to the Priest, every one dealeth falsly: for they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, &c. Jer. 8. 20, 11.

O Lord of Hosts who judgest righteously; who tryest the reins, and the heart, Jer. 11. 20.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desparately wicked, who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, and try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways: according to the fruit of his doings, Jer. 17. 9, 10. chap. 32. 19. Rom. 8. 27.

〈◊〉〈◊〉 God at hand, &c. not a God afar off: Can any hide himself in secret pla∣•…•… •…•…hat I shall not see him, saith the Lord? Do not I fill heaven and earth? Jer. 23. 23, 24. Heb. 4. 12. 13.

Cursed be he who doth the work of the Lord deceitfully (or, negligently) Jer. 48. 10.

I know the things which come to your mind every one, Ezek. 11. 5.

Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the Kings meat, &c. Dan. 1. 8.

Beh•…•…ld, his soul which is lifted up, is not upright in him, Habbak. 2. 4.

Ye brought that which was torn: and the lame and the sick, &c. sacrificed to the Lord a corrupt thing, &c. Mal. 1. 13. 14.

Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart, Matth. 5. 28.

When thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth, &c. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: ye cannot serve God and Mammon, Matth. 6. 3, 24.

Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, &c. Not

every one who saith, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom, &c. Matth. 7. 13, 14, 21.

Because they had not root, they withered away, Matth. 13. 5. 6.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out, &c. those things which proceedeth out of the mouth, cometh from the heart: and they defile the man, Matth. 15. 11. 18.

Jesus said, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me, Matth. 16. 24, 25.

The Lord said unto him who had impro•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…ts: Well done thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou •…•…to the joy, &c. Matth. 25. 20. 21.

Watch, &c. the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak, Matth. 26. 41.

Teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you, Matth. 28. 20.

When Jesus had called the blind man, he cast away his garment, rose and came unto Jesus, Mark 10. 50.

Zacharias and Elizabeth walked in all the Ordinances and Commandments of the Lord, blameless, Luke 1. 5, 6.

Mary, &c. kept all these sayings in her heart, Luke 2. 51.

Simon, James and John, they forsook all, and followed Christ, &c. Levi left all, rose up, and followed Christ when he had called him, Luke 5. 10, 11, 27, 28.

Jesus said unto another, Follow me; but he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father, &c. Another said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go and bid them farewel, &c. Jesus said unto him, No man having put his hand to the Plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God, Luke 9. 59, 61, 62. chap. 8. 14.

If any man come to me and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and chil∣dren, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my dis∣ciple; and whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple, &c. Whosoever he be among you who forsaketh not all he hath, cannot be my disciple, Luke 14. 26, 27, 33.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, &c. you cannot serve God and Mammon. Ye are they who justifie your selves before men, but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed amongst men, is abomination in the sight of God, Luke 16. 13. 15.

Jesus saw Nathaniel, &c. and said of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile, John 1. 47.

God is a Spirit: and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth, John 4. 24.

Amongst the chief Rulers also many believed on him: but because of the Pha∣risees, they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the Synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more then the praise of God, John 12. 42, 43.

The Eunuch said, Here is water, what hinders me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest, Acts 8. 36, 37.

Barnabas exhorteth them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord, Acts 11. 23.

None of these things move me: neither count I my life dear unto my self, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the Ministry, &c. Acts 20. 24.

I was not disobedient unto the heavenly Vision: but shewed, &c. Act. 26. 17, 18, 19.

He is not a Jew, who is one outwardly, neither is that Circumcision which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew which is one inwardly, and Circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter: whose praise is not of men, but of God, Rom. 2. 28, 29.

Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine whereto ye were deli∣vered, Rom. 6. 17.

Let love be without dissimulation: abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good, &c. Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, Rom. 12. 9, 11.

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power, 1 Cor. 4. 20.

Let us keep the feast, &c. with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, 1 Cor. 5. 8.

Ye are bought with a price: be ye not the servants of men, &c. let every man wherein he is called, therein abide with God, 1 Cor. 7. 33, 34.

So run, that ye may obtain, 1 Cor. 9. 24.

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ, 1 Cor. 11. 1.

Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, &c. and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing, 1 Cor. 13. 1, 2, 3.

Our rejoycing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, &c. we have had our conversation in the world, 2 Cor. 1. 12.

We are not as many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we, &c. 2 Cor. 2. 17.

We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in crastiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, 2 Cor. 4. 2.

Let us cleanse our selves, &c. perfecting holiness in the fear of God, 2 Cor. 7. 1.

If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not, &c. 2 Cor. 8. 12.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, &c. God loveth a chear∣ful giver, 2 Cor. 9. 7.

Be perfect, &c. 2 Cor. 13. 11.

When it pleased God, &c. to reveal his Son in me, &c. immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood, &c. but I went, &c. Gal. 1. 15, 16, 17.

Peter, &c. was to be blamed: for before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing them of the Circumcision: and the other Jews dis∣sembled likewise with him; insomuch, that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. But when I saw they walked not uprightly accor∣ding to the truth of the Gospel, I said unto Peter, &c. Gal. 2. 11, 12, 13, 14.

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good matter, and not only when I am present with you, Gal. 4. 18.

Speaking the truth (or, being sincere) in love, may grow up in him, Ephes. 4. 15.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children, &c. We are mem∣bers of his body, &c. for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joyned unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh: this is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and his Church, Ephes. 5. 1, 30, 31. 32.

Servants, be obedient, &c. in singleness of your heart as unto Christ; not with eye-service as men-pleasers: but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart with good will, doing service as to the Lord, not unto men, Ephes. 6. 5, 6, 7. Col. 3. 22, 23.

This I pray, &c. that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, Phil. 1. 9, 10.

Do all things without murmuring or disputing, &c. that ye may be blame∣less, and harmless (or, sincere) and without rebuke, &c. All seek their own things, few the things of Christ, Phil. 2. 14, 15, 21.

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead; not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I fol∣low after, if that I may apprehend, &c. This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before: I press towards the mark, &c. Phil. 3. 11, 12, 13, 14.

Epaphras, &c. always labouring (or, striving) fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God: for I bear him record that he hath a great zeal for you, Coloss. 4. 12. 13.

They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved, 2 Thes. 2. 10.

I charge you before God, &c. that you observe these things without pre∣judice (or, preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality), 1 Tim. 5. 21.

No man who warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a Souldier, 2 Tim. 2. 4.

In all things shewing thy self, &c. in doctrine, uncorruptness, gravity, since∣rity, &c. who gave himself for us, that he might, &c. purifie unto himself a pe∣culiar people zealous of good works, Titus 2. 7, 14.

All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do, Heb. 4. 2.

Let us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repen∣tance from dead works, &c. We desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: that ye be not sloth∣sul, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the pro∣mises, Heb. 6. 1, 11, 12.

The wisdom which is from above is pure, &c. without partiality, and with∣out hypocrisie, &c. James 3. 17.

Know ye not, that the friendship of the world is enmity with God: whoso∣ever therefore will be a friend unto the world, is the enemy of God, &c. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you, &c. Purifie your hearts ye double∣minded, James 4. 4, 8.

Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying, &c. unto unfeigned love of the brethren: See that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently, 1 Pet. 1. 22.

Wherefore laying aside, &c. all guile and hypocrisie, &c. Neither was guile found in Christs mouth, 1 Pet. 2. 1, 22.

Whose adorning, let it not be that outward, &c. but the hidden man of the heart, 1 Pet. 3. 3, 4.

Give all diligence to add to your faith virtue, &c. wherefore the rather brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall, &c. 2 Pet. 1. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Seeing that ye look for such things, &c. be diligent, that ye may be found of him in peace without spot and blemish, &c. but grow in grace, and in the knowledg of our Lord Jesus, &c. 2 Pet. 3. 14, 18.

If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lye, and do not the truth, 1 John 1. 6.

Let us not love in word, &c. but in deed and in truth, &c. If our hearts con∣demn us, God is greater, &c. 1 John 3. 18, 19, 20, 21.

I rejoyce greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, 2 John verse 4.

I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in truth: Beloved, thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou dost to the brethren and to strangers, 3 John verse 4, 5.

But, ye beloved, building up your selves in your most holy faith, &c. Jude, verse 20.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life, Revel. 2. 10.

Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead; be watchful, and streng∣then the things which remain: I have not found thy work perfect before God, &c. Thou hast a few names in Sardis, who have not defiled their gar∣ments, &c. I know thy work, that thou art neither hot nor cold: I would thou wert cold or hot; so then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth; Because thou sayest I am rich, &c.

and knowest not that thou art wretched, &c. As many as I love, I rebuke, &c. be zealous therefore, &c. Rev. 3. 1, 2, 4, 15, 16, 17, 19.

These are they who were not defiled with Women, for they are Virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, Revel. 14. 4.

Let every man prove his own work, &c. for every man shall bear his own burthen, &c. Be not deceived, God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap, &c. Gal. 6. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

See the spirits and practises of Hypocrites; and the danger of Hypocrites, Chap. 28.