The Bibles Abstract and Epitome, Part 20
Gods Providence, Mans Purpose, Gods Disposing.
Adam and purpose… To be as God by eating to know good and evill, God so disposed it as thatGen. 3.
Heva purpose… They knew experimentally evill not good,Gen. 3.
Abraham purpose… To sacrifice his Sonne, God provided him a Ramme,Gen 22. Iosh. 7. 2 Sam. 18. 2 Sam. 17.
A…han purpose… To conceale the execrable thing that was found on him,
Absolom purpose… To be King: He was shine for his Treason,
Achitphel purpose… To prevaile in counselling: Hushai …onfounded him,
Ahaziah purpose… To take Elias by sending two Captaines after him,2 King. 1.
Ahaziah purpose… They were both burnt with fire from Heaven,2 King. 1.
Aohish purpose… To have David to battell against the Israelites,1 Sam. 29.
Aohish purpose… To have His mind was changed by his Princes,1 Sam. 29.
Amal…kit purpose… To get Davids favour for untruly reporting that King Saul was staine by him,2 Sam. 1.
Amal…kit purpose… To get He was therefore put to death for slaying him,
Ana…ias and Zaphira purpose… To keep backe Part of the Money made by them, but the Lord discovered it,Acts 5.
Ana…ias and Zaphira purpose… To keep backe To the Apostles to both their destruction,Acts 5.
Balaack purpose… To have Israell by Balaam cursed, he blessed them,Namh …4. 2 Sam. 11.
David purpose… To conceale his Adultery, Nathan discovered it,
David purpose… To build a House to God, the Lord forbad it,
David purpose… To build a Temple for the Lord to dwell therein,1 King. 8. 18.
David purpose… He was commanded to leave it to his sonne Solomon,1 King. 8. 18.
The Divell purpose… To prevaile Against man-kind by Christs passion,Co…. 13. Heb. 2 15. 1 Tim. 2 24. Gen 27. Gen. 33. Fs…h 2. Iudg. 11. 2 King 5.
The Divell purpose… To prevaile Christ thereby over…ame him, and
The Divell purpose… To prevaile To all men beleeving in him, give salvation,
Esau purpose… To have Slaine Iaacob for stealing his blessing, he notwithstanding afterwards kindly received him,Job 17. 11
Eunu…es purpose… To have slaine Ahashuerosh Mordecai discovered them,
Gileadites purpose… To disinherit Iephtah, he became their Captaine,
G…bazi purpose… To have concealed Naamans gifts, Elisha knew them,
Hamor purpose… To have Gotten by circumcising the Shechemites Dinah Iacohs Daughter for his Son Shechem, he wasl…in with all the Shechemites by Le…i & Sim…n.Gen. 34.
Haman purpose… To have hanged Mordecai he was hanged to his Tree…Esth. 2.
Haman and His Men purpose… To Murder The Iewes according to the King▪ Dec…ee, God so disposed it thatEsth 9.
Haman and His Men purpose… To Murder They were all slaine by the Iewes that day,Esth 9.
Herod purposed To Destroy Christ, sending wise-men to seeke him,Mat. 2.
Herod purposed To Destroy They returned not, he was mocked by them,Acts 12. 6.
Isaack purposed To blesse Esau before Iacob his younger Son: He blessed Iacob before Esan the elder one,Jer. 20. 9. Mat. 1. 19.Gen. 27.
Ioseph purposed To have Manasses blessed before Ephraim by his Father,Gen 48. Iacob blessed Ephraim before Manasses the elder,
Ionah purposed To flye From Gods presence to Tharshish: hee wasIon. 1. brought back by a storme and Sea-fish,
Iewes purposed To slay Paul conspiringly, he escapeth safely,Act. 23. 15.
Iehoram purposed To slay Elisha, but he escaped the Murtherer,2 King. 0.
Ioseph purposed To put away Mary an Angell willed him to take her,Mat. 1.
Laban purposed To speake ill to Icob, yet spake good to him,Gen. 31.
Nebuchadnez: purposed To burne the Three Children, but God delivered them,Dan. 3.
Nimrod purposed To Build Babel to get himselfe and his a Name: All Languages were confounded at the same,Gen. 11.
Pharoah purposed To have slaine M…ses but he fled to M…dian,Exod 3. Gen. 39. Ch. …0 20.
Patriarks purposed To doe evill to Ioseph, but it was honour to him,Gen 41.
Potiphars Wise purposed to lye with Ioseph, but Gods feare preserved him,Iudg 16.
Philislines purposed To make sport with Sampson: Justice plagu d… them,Rom 1. 13.
Priests and Scribes purposed To have Entangled Christ in his words, but he preventedLuk. 20. …0. Mat. 27. Mat. 27. them, and to have held him in the grave, but he rose againe,Act. 16. 7. Luk. 12. 17.
Peter purposed To confesse Christs his M…ster, but denyed him,Acts 9.
Paul purposed To persecute Christs Members, yet preached him,Luk 12.
R…ch Man purposed To take his ease, his soule was taken from him,1 Sam. 19. 21.
Saul purposed To have slaine David, but God defended him,N…h. …, (23. Act 27. …3.
Sanba…at purposed To hinder the Iewes building; his counsell was discovered
Souldiers purposed To have slaine Paul, but Paul was preserved,
The Wicked Intend evill against the Lord, and imagine mischiefe, but they shall not prevaile,Psal. 21. 11.
The Lord Scattereth the devices of the crasty, so that their hands cannot accomplish that which they enterprize,Iob 5 12. E…cles 8. 8. Pro.16. 9. I…. 10. …. Pro. 15. 22. Ioh. 1…. …1, Prov 16. 3. Prov 21. 31.
The Heart Of Man, purposeth his way, but the Lord directeth is steps,
The Lot Is cast, but the ordering thereof standeth in the Lord,
The Horse Is prepared for the Battell, but safety is from the Lord,
There is no wisdome, there is no understanding, thee is no counsell against the Lord,Prov. 21. 30.
The Lord of Hostes Hath purposed, who sh…ll disanull it? Hee hath stretched forth his hand, who shall turne it againe? It shall come …. p…sse as he hath determined and devised,Isa 14. 24. 27. Act. 17. 28.
For in him we live and move and have out being, So that neither life, nor death, are in our hands, but in the Lords: and all the motions of our mind and body depend on God.