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 give power and ability to persevere in faith and obedience, through straits and tentations, to eternal life.

The Lord thy God he will go over before thee, &c. Be strong, and be of good courage: fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is who doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, Deut. 31. 3, 6, 8.

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart, Psalm 27. 14.

The steps of a good man are ordered (or, established) by the Lord, &c. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand, Psal. 37. 23, 24.

Renew a constant (or, right) spirit in me, &c. uphold me with thy free spirit, Psal. 51. 10, 12.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be removed, Psal. 55. 22.

Those who are planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God: they shall still bring forth fruit in old age: they shall be fat, &c. Psal. 92. 13, 14.

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raifeth up all that are cast down, Psal. 145. 14.

Be not afraid, &c. for the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken, Prov. 3. 25, 26.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble, Prov. 4. 12.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is staid on thee, Isa. 26. 3.

A vineyard of red-wine, I the Lord do keep it: I will water it every moment, I will keep it night and day, Isa. 27. 2, 3.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk•…•… ye in it: when ye turn to the right-hand, and when ye turn to the left, Isa. 30. 21.

The everlasting God, &c. fainteth not, neither is weary, &c. He giveth power to the faint, and to them who have no might he encreaseth strength: even th•…•… youths shall faint, &c. but they who wait on the Lord, shall renew (or, change) their strength; they shall mount up with wings as Eagles: they shall run, and not be weary: and walk, and not faint, Isa. 40. 28, 29, 30, 31.

I will bring the blind by a way they know not, &c. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them, Isa. 42. 16.

Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, &c. When thou passest through the wa∣ters, I will be with thee: and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, &c. for I am the Lord thy God, Isa. 43. 1, 2, 3.

The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should

know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary, Isa. 50. 4.

Thus saith the high and lofty one, &c. I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones: for I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wrath; for the spirit should fail before me, and the soul I have made, Isa. 57. 15, 16.

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and I will not turn away from them to do them good: but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me, Jer. 32. 40.

Rejoyce not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me, Micah 7. 8.

Ye shall be brought before governours, and before kings for my sake, &c. take no thought how, or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak, Matth. 10. 18, 19, 20. Luke 21. 15.

Simon, Simon, Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not, Luke 22. 31, 32.

Whosoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give them, shall never thirst: but the water which I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life, John 4. 14.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand: my father who gave them me is greater than I, and no man is able to pluck them out of my fathers hands: I and my father one, John 10. 27, 28, 29, 30.

Holy father, keep through thine own name those thou hast given me, &c. while I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name, &c. I pray, &c. that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one, John 17. 11, 12, 15.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation, or distress, &c? nay, in all these things we are more than conquerours through him who loved us: for I am perswaded, that neither death, nor life, &c. shall be able to sepa∣rate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, Rom. 8. 25, 36, 37, 38, 39.

Who art thou who judgest another mans servant? yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand, Rom. 14. 4.

The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly, &c. Now to him who is of power to establish you, according to my Gospel, &c. To God only wise, &c. Rom. 16. 20, 25, 27.

Jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be also blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ; God is faithful, &c. 1 Cor. 1. 7, 8, 9.

There hath no tentation taken you but what is common (or, moderate) unto man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it, 1 Cor. 10. 13.

Now he who establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, &c. 2 Cor. 1. 21, 22.

I sought the Lord, &c. and he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness: most gladly therefore will I glory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me; for when I am weak, then am I strong, 2 Cor. 12, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might: Put on the whole ar∣mour of God, that ye may be able to stand, &c. Ephes. 6. 10, 11, 13.

Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect (or, finish) it, until the day of Christ, Phil. 1. 6.

Every where, and in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hun∣gry, &c. I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me, Phil. 4. 12, 13.

And I pray God, your whole spirit, soul and body, be preserved blameless, until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; faithful is he who called you, who also will do it, 1 Thess. 5. 23, 24.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, &c. stablish you in every good word and work, 2 Thess. 2. 17.

The Lord is faithful who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil, 2 Thess. 3. 3.

I know whom I have believed; and am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day, 2 Tim. 1. 12.

No man stood with me, &c. notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, &c. and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom, 2 Tim. 4. 16, 17, 18.

To an inheritance, &c. reserved for you (or, for us) who are kept by the power of God, through faith to salvation, 1 Pet. 1. 4, 5.

But the God of all grace who hath called us, &c. after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect: stablish, strengthen, settle you, 1 Pet. 5. 10.

Whosoever is born of God, doth not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God, 1 John 3. 9. chap. 5. 18.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because, greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world, 1 John 4. 4.

Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you fault∣less before the presence of his glory, &c. to the only wise God, &c. Jude, verse 24. 25.