The fort-royal of the Scriptures, or, The vade-mecum concordance presenting unto the world an hundred heads of Scripture, most of them common-placed for publique use : wherein all (especially the weaker sort of Christians) may suddenly command most of all the rarities in the book of God / by an admirer of the word.

L. HOPE.

Generals.

THere is a confoun∣ding and an asto∣nishing hope, Iob 6.20

A Saint may come to complain, that his days are spent without hope, Iob 7.6.

Wicked mens hope is as the giving up of the ghost, Iob 11.20.

The poor hath hope, when iniquity shal stop her mouth, Iob 5.16.

The Saints are some∣times to seek of their hope, asking who shall see it, Iob 17.15.

The Saints may be sometimes driven to complain, that their hope is removed like a tree,

And, in temptations and trials think them∣selves gone, Iob 19.10.

The more our sor∣rows and crosses are, we ought to hope con∣tinually the more, and praise God yet more and more, Ps. 71.14.

It is our happines to have the God of Ia∣cob, for our hope, Ps. 146.5.

Righteous men have hope in their death, Pro. 14.32.

The creature is sub∣jected under hope, Rom. 8.20.

If in this life only we have hope, we are of all men the most miserable 1 Cor. 15.19.

There is hope laid up for the Saints in hea∣ven, Col. 1.5.

We should be ready to give unto every one that asketh us, a reason of the hope that is in us with meeknes and fear, 1 Pet. 3.15.

There is strong con∣solation in flying for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, Heb. 6.18.

God many times de∣lights to destroy the hope of man, Iob 18.19

The Saints make not gold their hope, Iob 32: 24.

Excellencie.

We are saved there∣by, Rom. 8.23.

It is a sure and sted fast anchor of the soul, which entereth within the veil, Heb. 6.19.

It is a helmet of sal∣vation, Eph. 1.8.

Our strength and hope is nothing, that we should seek to pro∣long our life, Iob 6.11.

Continuance.

We should hold fast the confidence of the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end, Heb. 3.6.

The full assurance of hope should be labour∣ed after unto the end, Heb. 6.11.

Trials.

The more we hope and trust in God, the more quiet and peace∣able spirits wee have, Ps. 38.13, 14.15.

In viewing the incer∣tainty of our life times the best way is to hope in God, look up and depend on him, Psalm 39.7.

Under discourage∣ment, the best remedy is to hope and trust in God, Psal. 42.11.

If we hope, our hope it should be in Gods word, Ps. 119.74.

If we hope in Gods salvation, we will do

his commandements, Ps. 119.66.

In all our troubles and exigents we should hope in God, because with him is plentifull redemption, Ps. 130.7.

We must hope in God for ever, Psal. 131.3.

Hope defered makes the heart sick, Pro. 13.12.

If we hope for that we see not, then we wait patiently for it, Rom. 8.24.

It is patient, 1 Thes. 1.3.

Every man who hath this saving hope, pur∣geth himself, even as Christ is pure, 1 Iohn 3.3.

It ought to be sted∣fast, 2 Cor. 1.7.

The Saints at the worst are prisoners of hope, Zech. 9.12.

Attaining.

By declaring Gods wondrous works to po∣sterity to come, to mak them remember his works, Ps. 78.6, 7.

Experience breeds that hope which makes not ashamed, Rom. 5.4, 5.

Former things in Scripture before were written for our learn∣ing, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope, Rom. 15.4.

It is the God of hope that fils us with all joy and peace in believing, & makes us to abound in hope through the Holy Ghost, Ro. 15.13

We are begotten a∣gain in to a lively hope through the resurrecti∣on of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Pet. 1.3.