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.

Generals.

UNder sharp affli∣ctions sin is very troublesome unto us, Job 13.23.

We drink up iniquity like water, Iob 15.16.

It is a wretched thing, like Adam to cover our sin and our iniquity, Job 31.33

Our sinning hurts not God, nor our righteous∣nes gives nothing to him: but doth profit our selves, Job 35.6.

Sin is a most intole∣rable and heavy burden Ps. 38.4.

It is God who must cleanse us from our sin, and wash us from our iniquity, Ps. 51.7.

We were shaped in iniquity, and in sin our mother conceived us, Ps. 51.5.

Our sins are not hid from God, Ps. 69.5.

It is wofull to have our sins and our iniqui∣ties set before God, and our secret sins in the

light of his countenance Ps. 90.8.

If God should mark iniquities, none should stand before him, but forgivenes is with him that he may be feared, Ps. 130 3.

Wicked men make a mock at it, Pro. 14.9.

Such who cover a transgression, seek love, Pro. 17.9.

There is no just man that doth good upon earth, but he sinneth, Eccles. 7.20.

Both Jew and Gentile are all under sin, Ro. 2.9

It should not reigne in our mortal bodies, Rom. 6.12.

The best fruit thereof is shame and in the end death, Rom. 6.21.

Open sins must be open¦ly rebuked, that others may fear, 1 Tim. 5.20.

It is a high provoca∣tion of God, not to acknowledge our sin, Jer. 2.35.

Great punishments usually come for great sins, Jer. 13.22.

Multitude of sins bring multitude of crosses, Jer. 30.17.

Man suffers for his si••, Lam. 3.39.

In our sinful estate God sees nothing in us to pity us for, Eze. 16.45