The Library University of California, Los Angeles The gift of Mrs. Cummings, 1 963 FOOTSTEPS IN THE WAY OF LIFE. FOOTSTEPS WAY OF LIFE. A COLLECTION OF APPKOPEIATE TEXTS FOR GUIDANCE AND COMFORT HOLY SCRIPTURE. BY ANNETTE A. SALAMAN. "Thou wilt shew me the path of Hfe : in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." — Psalm xvi. 2. TRUBNER & CO., 57 & 59. LUDGATE HILL. 1873- All Rights Reserved. BRIGHTON: PRINTED BY CURTIS BROS. AND TOWNER, 150, NORTH STREET. Entered at Stationers^ Hall. 1^5 /of/ TO THE BARONESS LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD THIS COLLECTION OF TEXTS (by permission) IS KESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. 2106iifii PREFACE. In my early youth, during years of ill-healtli, when long hours threw me upon religious study for support and guidance, I found deep interest in searching out, comparing and classifying under their respective headings, the following collection of Scripture Texts. Years have passed away, and I now venture to offer this small volume to the Public, with the earnest desire that the Holy Verses selected may help others, as they have helped me, to find comfort and consolation under every circumstance of earthly trial. A. A. S. ERRATA. Verse oa Title Page — Ps. xvi. — instead of verse 2 read 11. Page 175 — P.s\ xxxiv. 6. — after the word liim, read and saved him out of all liis troubles. CONTENTS. PAGE. 1. The Word of God to be our only guide . . 1 2. The Greatness, Unity, and Glory of God . 17 3. The Omniscience and Omnipresence of God . 28 4. God our Father and Protector 42 5. God's Goodness, Mercy, and Faithfulness . 47 ■ 6. Strive to be perfect and holy 58 7. God seeth the heart : His Power toucheth it. 65 8. Watchfulness: keep the heart pure ... 72 9. Love to God should rule our actions . . 77 10. The fear of God will restrain us from sinning. 80 11. Admire, and meditate on the wonderful works OF THE Creator 91 12. With the Almighty nothing is impossible . . 100 13. God' s overruling Providence and Interposition. 100 14. Eejoice in the Lord : serve Him cheerfully. 123 15. None but a willing service is pleasing to God. 136 16. Heart worship and good acts, more acceptable to God than forms 139 X CoiiteJifs. PAGE. 17. Trials are for our good, and to prove our ■FATTTT TN (tOD ........••• 146 18. The sin of murmuring: the virtue of sub- mission 153 19 Prayer in trouble 159 20. Comfort and support in affliction .... 173 21. Faith in God : believe and trust in Him. . 181 22. God our best friend : seek counsel and guidance of Him 196 23. The Favour of God a shield and a blessing . 205 24. Gratitude to God : praise and thanksgiving. 213 25. The wickedness of ingratitude to God . . 223 26. The Justice and Judgment of God .... 227 27. Conscience. Self-examination 234 28. Kepentance : God is willing to pardon . . 237 29. Prayer: God heareth and answereth. . . 248 30. It is good to bless and pray for each other . 259 31. Spiritual longings. Joys for the godly-minded. 263 89, Religious Zeal ... 272 278 33. God gives us strength 34. God requires of us justice and judgment . . 283 35. Be truthful and upright, honest and faithful. 290 j 1 Contents. xi PAGE. 36. The sin of deceit and hypocrisy 295 37. The duty of reproving sin 298 38. God protects the helpless and poor, the widow and fatherless 301 39. Be CONSIDERATE TO THE POOR, THE SUFFERING and helpless 307 40. Sympathise and be kind : return good for evil. 312 41. God's care for animals : be kind to them . . 318 42. The beauty of humility and meekness . . . 322 43. The sin of pride and haughtiness .... 327 44. The folly of conceit 334 45. "We must control our angry passions . . . 336 46. Guard the tongue : avoid strife and quarrels 340 47. Be not led away by the ungodly 346 48. Work and industry enjoined. Idleness and sloth a shame 351 49. A contented bund 356 50. The value of a good name 859 51. The influence of good persons 362 52. Respect old age 364 53. Honour and respect due to parents . . . 366 xii Contents. PAGE. 54. The sacred tie of marriage 371 55. a good man 374 56. a good woman 378 57. Train up children in the Way of God . . 380 58. True friendship and constancy 386 59. The Religious use of music, and its influence. 891 60. The frailty of life. Preparation for death. 398 61. Comfort and support in the hour of death . 402 62. Life after death. Future happiness . . . 405 63. CONCLUSION. GOD WILL FULFIL HIS PROMISES 412 THE WORD OF GOD TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE. ...Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. — Gen. xxvi. 5. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth. — Ex. xiii. 9. And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua. — Ex. xvii. 14. And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. — Ex. xviii. 20. If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. — 23. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall bo a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine. — Ex. xix. 5. THE WORD OF GOD And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. — 8. And he took the hook of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. — Ex. xxiv. 7. And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written ; that thou mayest teach them. — 12. Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordi- nances, to walk therein : I am the Lord your God. — Lev. xviii. 4. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judg- ments : which if a man do, he shall live in them : I am the Lord. — 5. And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee : have I now any power at all to say anything ? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall 1 speak. — Num. xxii. 38, But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, all that the Lord sjieaketh, that I must do ? — 'Sum. xxiii. 26. If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak ? — Num. xxiv. 13. TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE. Now therefore hearken, Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. — Dent. iv. 1. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you — 2. Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.— 5. Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and under- standing peop^.e.— 6. And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day ? — 8. Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go wsll with thee, and with thy children after thee. — 40. Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say : and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and do it. — Dent. y. 27. THE WORD OF GOD that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever 1 — 29. Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. — 32. Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you. — 33. And these words, which I command thee this day, shaU be in thine heart : — Deat. vi. 6. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. — 7. Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. — 17. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these c'ommandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. — 25. And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways. — Devt. x. 12. To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good ?— 13. TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE. These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. — Beat. xii. 1. What thing soever I command vou, observe to do it : thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. — 32. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. — Deut. xiii. 4. This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments : thou shalt there- fore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. — Dent. xxvi. 16. Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice : — 17. ...Thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. — Dent, xxviii. 14. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. — Deut. xxix. 29, For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. — Deut. XXX. 11. 6 THE WORD OF GOD It is not in heaven, that thou shouldst say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it '? — 12. Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldst say. Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. — 14. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; — 15. In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his com- mandments and his statutes and his judgments, that that thou mayest live and multiply. — 16. Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak : and hear, earth, the words of my mouth. — Deut. xxxii. 1. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. — 2. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou guest — Josh. i. 7. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein : for then thou shalt make TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE. 7 tli}^ way prosperous, and then thou slialt have good success. — 8. Eemember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. — 13. But take dihgent heed to do the commandment and the hiw, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. — Josh. xxii. 5. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days. — 1 Sam. iii. 1. Samuel said to Saul,... Stand thou still awhile, that 1 may shew thee the word of God. — 1 Sam. ix. 27. And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee : for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. — 1 Sam. xiii. 13. ...Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord. — 1 Sam. xv. 13. And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me. — 20. And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned : for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and 8 THE WORD OF GOD tliy words : because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. — 24. And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him. — 2 Sam. v. 25. And Nathan said to David... Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight ? — 2 Sam. xii. 9. I have kept the ways of the Lord. — 2 Sam. xxii. 22. For all his judgments were before me : and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. — 23. ...And he (David) charged Solomon his son, saying, — 1 A7»//.s ii. 1. ...Keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his command- ments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: — 3. That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me. — 4. And the king (Josiah) stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. — 2 Kin. xxiii. 3. And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE. 9 and to keep his commandments, and liis testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. — 2 Ch. xxxiv. 31. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. — Ezr. vii. 10. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding. — Keh. viii. 2. And he read therein... and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. — 3. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people ; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. — 5. And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered. Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands : and they bowed their heads, and wor- shipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. — 6. And they stood up in theii' place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day ; and another fourth part they con- fessed, and worshipped the Lord their God. — Neh. ix. 3. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. — Job. xxiii. 11. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. — 12. 10 THE WORD OF GOD Blessed is tlie man that walketli not in the counsel of the tingodly, — Ps. i. 1. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. — 2. The words of the Lord are pure words : as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. — Ps. xii. 6. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. — P.s. xix. 7. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. — 8. ...The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.— 9. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. — 10. Morever by them is thy servant warned : and in keeping of them there is great reward. — 11. The Lord gave the word : great was the company of those that published it. — Ps. Ixviii. 11. Give ear, my people, to my law : incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — Ps. Ixxviii. 1. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children. — 5. TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE, 11 ...A good understanding have all they that do his commandments. — Ps. cxi. 10. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the way of the Lord. — Ps. cxix. 1. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies. — 2. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. — 4. that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! — 5. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. — 6. 1 will keep thy statutes. — 8. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his ways ? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. — 9. ...0 let me not wander from thy commandments. — 10. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. — 11. Blessed art thou, Lord, teach me thy statutes. — 12. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. — 14. I will delight myself in thy statutes : I will not forget thy word. — 16. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. — 18. Thy testimonies are my delight, and my coun- sellors. — 24. ...Quicken thou me according to thy word. — 25. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts. — 27. Teach me, Lord, the way of thy statutes ; and I shall keep it unto the end. — 33. 12 THE WORD OF GOD Make me to p:o iu tlie path of ihy commandments ; for therein do I dehght. — Vs. cxix. 35. ...I trust in thy word. — 42. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. — 44. And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy pre- cepts. — 45. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. — 47. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. — 49. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. — 54. I have remembered thy name, Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. — 55. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy com- mandments. — 60. ...Thy law is my delight. — 77. All thy commandments are faithful. — 86. I will never forget thy precex3ts: for with them hast thou quickened me. — 93. I have seen an end of all perfection : but thy com- mandment is exceeding broad — 96. how I love thy law ! it is my meditation all the day.— 97. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies. — 98. 1 understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. — 100. TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE. 13 How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth ! — Ps. cxix. 103. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. — 105. I have sworn and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. — lOG. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever : for they are the rejoicing of my heart. — 111. I hate vain thoughts : but thy law do I love. — 113. Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live.— IIG. Therefore I love i\\y commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. — 127. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right. — 128. Thy testimonies are wonderful : therefore doth my soul keep them. — 129. The entrance of thy words giveth light ; it giveth iinderstanding unto the simple. — 130. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. — 138. Thy word is very pure : therefore thy servant loveth it.— 140. Order my steps in thy word. — 133. ...Thy law is the truth. — 142. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.— 162. Great peace have they which love thy law : and nothing shall offend them. — 105. 14 THE WORD OF GOD Lord, I have hopetl for thy salvation, aucl done tliy commandments. — Ps. cxix. 1G6. My soul liatli kept thy testimonies ; and I love tliem exceedingly. — 1G7. My tongue shall speak of tliy word : for all tliy commandments are righteous. — 172. Let thine hand help me ; for I have chosen thy precepts. — 173. He sheweth his word unto Jacoh, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. — Ps.cxlvii. 19. My son forget not my law ; but let thine heart keep my commandments. — Prov. iii. 1. For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light. — Prov. vi. 23. Keep my commandments, and live ; and my law as the apple of thine eye. — Prov. vii. 2. He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul. — Prov. xix. 16. ' Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son. — P/-r>i'.xxviii.7 ...He that keepeth the law, happy is he. — Prov. xxix. 18. Every word of God is pure •....Prov. xxx. 5. Add thou not unto his words. — 6. "Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing. — Ecd. viii. 5. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and ]ceep his commandments : for this is the whole duty of man. — Ecd. xii. 13. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord... and he TO BE OUR ONLY GUIDE. 15 will teacli us of liis ways, and we will walk in his paths : for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. — 7.sYt. ii, 3. Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. — Isa. xxviii. 14. Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for a time to come for ever and ever. — Im. xxx. 8. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. — hti. xxxiv. IG. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever. — ha. xl. 8. that thou hadst hearkened to my command- ments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. — Isa. xlviii. 18. Hearken unto me, my people ; and give ear unto me,... and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. — ha. li. 4. Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, say- ing. Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. — Jer. xxx. 2. Therefore, go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord's house upon the fasting day. — Jer. xxxvi. 6. ...And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh. — Eze. xi. 19. IG THE WORD OF GOD That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them ; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. — 20. He that... — Eze. xviii. 8. Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly ; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God. — 9. And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. — Eze. xx. 11. I am the Lord your God ; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them. — 19. Eemember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. — Mai. iv. 4. THE GREATNESS, UNITY, AND GLORY OF GOD. ...There is none like me in all tlie earth — Ex. ix 14. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. — Ex. xv. 18. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount c[uaked greatly. — Ex. xix. 18. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — Ex. xx. 3. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouiing fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. — xxiv. 17. ...Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live. — Ex. xxxiii. 20. And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : — 21. And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by.— 22. 18 THE GREATNESS, UNITY, And the Lord descended in tlie cloud, and stood with him there* and proclaimed the name of the Lord. — Ex. xxxiv. 5. The Lord he is God, in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else. — Dent. iv. 39. Hear, Israel : the Lord our God is one Lord. — Dent. vi. 4. For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God. ..Dent. x. 17. The Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange God with him. — Dcut. xxxii. 12. See now that I, even I, am he, and tliere is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. — 39. ...He shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of s&ints.... Dei(t. xxxiii. 2. The eternal God is thy refuge... 27. Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. — Jud. v. 4. The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel. — 5. There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee : neither is there any rock like our God. 1 Sfnn. ii. 2. ...Prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only....l Savu vii. 3. AND GLORY OF GOD. 19 ...Thou art great, LonT Gotl : for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee.... 2 Sam. vii. 22. For who is God, save the Lord ? and who is a rock, save onr God? — 2 Sam. xxii. 32. ...There is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath....! K'ukjh viii. 23. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ?— 27. That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else. — 60. ...Him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. — 2 Kin. xvii. 36. ...Thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. — 2 Km. xix. 15. Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. — 1 Chron. xvi. 28. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name... 29. ...The Lord God of Israel, (he is the Qo^)...Ezra i. 3. ...Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever : and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. — Neh. ix. 5. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone,... and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. — 6. He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer 20 THE GREATNESS, UNITY, liim, and we should come together in judgment. — Job ix. 32. Is not God in the height of heaven ? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are ! — ,Job xxii. 12. Is there any number of his armies ? and upon whom doth not his light arise ? — Job xxv. 3. Look unto the heavens, and see ; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. — Job xxxv. 5. Behold, God is great, and we know him not... Job xxxvi. 26. ...With God is terrible majesty. — Job xxxvii. 22. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out... 23. Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. ^Ps. viii. 1. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. ...P.s. xi. 4. The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament shew^eth his handiwork. — Ps. xix. 1. The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof ; the world, and they that dwell therein. — Ps. xxiv. 1. Lift up your heads, ye gates ; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of Glory shall come in. — 9. "Who is this King of Glory ? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory. — 10. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. — Ps. xxix. 2. AND GLORY OF GOD. 21 Be still, and know that I am God :...! wil] be e3.alted iu the earth. — Ps. xlvi. 10. The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. — Ps. 1. 1. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. — 2. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. — 3. Be thou exalted, God, above the heavens : let thy glory be above all the earth. — Ps. Ivii. 11. Ascribe ye strength unto God : his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. — Ps. Ixviii. 34. ...The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. — 35. Thy righteousness also, God, is very high, w^ho hast done great things : God, who is like unto thee ! — Ps. Ixxi. 19. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. — Ps. Ixxii. 18. And blessed be his glorious name for ever : and let the whole earth be filled with his glory ; Amen, and Amen. — 19. Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord ; neither are there any works like unto thy works. — Ps. Ixxxvi. 8. 22 THE GREATNESS, UNITY, For tliou art great, and doest wondrous tilings : tbou art God alone. — 10. ...Who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord ?—Ps. Ixxxix. 6. God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. — 7. Lord, how great are thy works ! and thy thoughts are very deep. — Fs. xcii. 5. The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty ; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved. — Ps. xciii. 1. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. — Ps. xcvi. 3. For all the gods of the nations are idols : but the Lord made the heavens. — 5. Honour and majesty are before him : strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. — 6, Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. — 7. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name... 8. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. — P.s-. xcvii. 6. For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods.— 9' The Lord reigneth ; let the people tremble : he AND GLORY OF GOD. 23 sittetli between the chervibims ; let tLe earth be moved. — Ps. xcix. 1. The Lord is great in Zion ; and be is bigh above all people. — 2. Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is boly. — 3. ...0 Lord my God, tbou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.— Ps. civ. 1. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain :— 2. "Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind.— 3. The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works. — 31. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? who can show forth all his praise ? — Ps. cvi. 2. The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. — Ps. cxiii. 4. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, — 5. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth ! — 6. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and ' his greatness is unsearchable. — Ps. cxlv. 3. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. — 5. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.— 13. 24 THE GREATNESS, UNITY, The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. — 17. Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel. — Isa, i. 24. ...I saw also the Lord sitting ui^on a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. — Isa. vi. 1. Above it stood the seraphims :...2. And one cried unto another, and said. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of his glory. — 3. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion : for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. — Isa. xii. 6. And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm.... Isa. XXX. 30. The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high.... Isa. xxxiii. 5. Now will I rise, saith the Lord, now will I be exalted ; now will I lift up myself. — 10. All nations before him are as nothing ; aod they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. — Isa. xl. 17. To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal ? saith the Holy One. — 25, I am the Lord : that is my name : and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. — Isa. xlii. 8. AND GLORY OF GOD. 25 ...That ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he : before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. — ha. xliii. 10. I, even I, am the Lord ; and beside me there is no saviour. — 11. ...I am the first, and I am the last ; and besides me there is no God. — Isa. xliv. G. ...There is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. — Im. xlv. 21. Look vmto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for 1 am God, and there is none else. — 22. So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun..../.sv7. lix. 19. ...The Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. — /s7/. Ix. 2. ...Let the Lord be glorified. ...5. Forasmuch as there is none like uuto thee, Lord ; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. — Jer. x. 6. "Who would not fear thee, King of nations ? for to thee doth it appertain : forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their king- doms, there is none like unto thee. — 7. But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king.... 10. A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. — Jo: xvii. 12. 26 THE GREATNESS, UNITY, ...The Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, — Jet: xxxii. 18, Great in counsel, and mighty in work.... 19. Thou, Lord, remainest for ever ; thy throne from generation to generation. — Lam. v. 19. ...Ahove the firmament that was over their heads was the Hkeness of a throne. — Eze. i. 26. As the appearance of the how that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.... 28. ...Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place. — Eze. iii. 12. ...I will be glorified in the midst of thee : and they shall know that I am the Lord, ...xxviii. 22. And I will sanctify my great name, and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God. ...Eze. xxxvi. 23. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east ; and his voice was like a noise of many waters : and the earth shined with his glory. — Eze. xliii. 2. ...This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it.... Eze. xliv. 2. ...I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. — Dan. iv. 34. AND GLORY OF GOD. 27 ...For lie is the living God, and steadfast for-ever, and bis kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and bis dominion shall be even unto the end. — Dan. vi. 26. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else. ...Joel ii. 27. ...His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. — Hnb. lii. 3. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth : in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. — Zech. xiv. 9. Have we not all one Father ? hath not one God created ns?...Mal. ii. 10. THE OMNISCIENCE AND OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. — Geii. i. 31. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. — Geii. iii. 8. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth.... Gen. vi. 5. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt.... 12. And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, — Gei^. viii. 1. And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. ...Gen. ix. 15. ...The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. — Gen. xi. 5. And she (Hagar) called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me : for she THE OMNISCIENCE, &c. 29 said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? — Gen. xvi. 13. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is iu this place ; and I knew it not. Gen. xxviii. 16. And God remembered Eachel, and God hearkened to her... Gen. xxx. 22. And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night.... (re». xxxi. 24. Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham ...had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yester- nitrht. — 42. ...Make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. — Gen. xxxv. 1. And the Lord was with Joseph,... Crt'». xxxix. 2. And his master saw that the Lord was with him. ... 3. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night.... Gi'». xlvi. 2. I will go down with thee into Egj-pt ; and I will also surely bring thee up again.... 4. And Jacob said uuto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed -me.... Gen. xlviii. 3. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. — Ex. ii. 25. 30 THE OMNISCIENCE AND Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now slialt thou see what I will do to Pharoah,...£'.i\ vi. 1. And I^ have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, ...and I have remembered my covenant. — 5. ...To the end thou mayest know that I am the ]ijord in the midst of the earth. — Ex. viii. 22. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn... and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment : I am the Lord. — Ex. xii. 12. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians.... Ex. xiv. 24. ...Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmurings. — Ex. xvi. 9. And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, is the Lord among us, or not ? — Ex. xvii. 7. ...In all places Avhere I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. — Ex. xx. 24. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the Lord their God— Ex. xxix. 46. ...He knoweth thy walking through this great wil- derness : these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee.. ..Deut. ii, 7. OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. 31 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else. — Dent. iv. 39. These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire.... Deut. v. 22. And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire.... 24. Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say : and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and do it. — 27. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, ...to know what was in thine heavt... Deut. viii. 2. Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee. ...Dfiut. ix. 3. Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people.... 13. And I stayed in the mount,.., and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also Deut. x. 10. For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you. ... Deut. XX. 4. When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. — Deut. xxxii. 8. 32 THE OMNISCIENCE AND He found liim in a desert land... he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. — Deut. xxxii. 10. So the Lord alone did lead him.... 12. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee.... Jnd. vi. 12. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us 9...13. And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might,... 14. And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee... 16. ...The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. — 1 Sam. ii. 3. ...The Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am L — 1 Scan. iii. 4. And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.— 19. And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh : for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh. ...21. ...The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.... 1 Sam., xiii. 14. ...The Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. — 1 Sam. xvi. 7. ...Thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. — 2 Sam. vii. 20. It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, ...2 Sam. xvi. 12. OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. 83 In my distress I called upon the Lord,... and be did hear my voice.... 2 Sa))i.. xxii. 7. In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night.... 1 Kings iii. 5. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. — 1. Kiiigs vi. 13. Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that be would dwell in the thick darkness. — 1 Kiutjs viii. 12. I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. — 13. But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ? —27. Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant,... — 28. That thine eyes may be open towards this housa night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, thy name shall be there. — 29. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, ...and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place :...30. ... [For thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men.] — 39. ...The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. — 1 Kings ix. 2. And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me : . . . and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. — 3. 34 THE OMNISCIENCE AND ...The Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter,... 2 K'uujs xiv. 26. It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Eab-shakeh, whom the King of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God ; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard. ...2 Kings xix. 4. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear : open, Lord, thine eyes, and see.... 16. ...I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. — 27. ...The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts...! Ch. xxviii. 9. Eor the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.... 2 Ch. xvi. 9. ...Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good. — 2 Ch. xix. 11. ...OLord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven ? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen ?...2 Ch. xx. 6. For God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me.... 2 Ch. XXXV. 21. ...For thou knowest that they dealt proudly against them....AW(. ix. 10. With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. — Job xii. 13. OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. 35 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringetli out to light the shadow of death. — Job xii. 22. ...Thou numherest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin ? — Job xiv. 16. Shall any teach (iod knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. — Job xxi. 22. But he knoweth the way that I take.... Joi xxiii. 10. . . . Times are not hidden from the Almighty, . . . Job xxiv. 1. ...His eyes are upon their ways. — 23. ...His eye seeth every precious thing. — Job xxviii. 10. God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. — 23. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven. — 24. Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps ? — Job xxxi. 4. For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man per- ceiveth it not. — Job xxxiii. 14. ...His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. — Job xxxiv. 21. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. — 22. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:... Job XXX vi. 5. He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous : but with kings are they on the throne ; yea, he doth establish them for ever.... 7. Then he sheweth them their work, and their trans- gressions that they have exceeded. — 9. 30 THE OMNISCIENCE AND He openeth also tlieir ear to discipline, and com- mandetb that they return from iniquity. — Job xxxvi. 10. Dost thou know... the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge ? — Job xxxvii. 16. I know that thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. — Job, xlii. 2. For the Lord kuoweth the way of the righteous... Fs. 1-6. ...The Lord will hear when I call unto him. — Ps. iv. 3. What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that thou visitest him ? — Ps. viii. 4. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble.... 17. For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness ; his countenance doth behold the upright. — Ps. xi. 7. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. — Ps. xiv. 2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. — Ps, xvii. 2. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thuu art with me....Ps. xxiii. 4. The Lord looketh from heaven ; he belioldeth all the sons of men. — Ps. xxxiii. 13. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. — 14. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. — 18. OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. 37 This thou hast seen, Lord: keep not silence: Lord, be not far from me. — Ps. xxxv. 22. The Lord kuoweth the days of the upright.... Ps. xxxvii. 18. The ste^js of a good man are ordered by the Lord.. ..23, Shall not G od search this out ? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. — Ps. xliv. 21. God, thou knowest my foolishness ; and my sins are not hid from thee. — Ixix. 5. Thou hast known my reproach,... mine adversaries are all before thee. — 19. JFor the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. — 33. ...Thy thoughts are very deep. — Ps. xcii. 5. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? he that formed the eye, shall he not see ? — Ps. xciv. 9. ...He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know ?— 10. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. — 11. For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust, — Ps. ciii. 14. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high. — Ps. cxiii. 5. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth ! — 6. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that keex^eth thee will not slumber. — Ps. cxxi. 3. 38 THE OMNISCIENCE AND Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. — Ps. cxxi. 4. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, ■who shall star'l ? — P.<). cxxx. 3. Lord, thou has searched me, and known me. — Ps. cxxxix. 1. Thou knowest my down sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. — 2. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. — 3. For there is not a word in my tongue, hut lo, Lord, thou knowest it altogether. — 4. , "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? — 7. If I ascend up to heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. — 8. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. — 10. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; but the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. — 12. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, ...15. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imper- fect ; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. — IG. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, God ! how great is the sum of them ! — 17. OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. 39 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou kuewest my path. — Ps. cxlii. 3. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. — Ps. cxlv. 18. He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth them all by their names. — Ps. cxlvii. 4. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens. — Prov. iii. 19. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. — 20. For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. — Prov. v. 21. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. — Prov. xv. 3. ...Doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it ? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it ? ...Prov. xxiv. 12. Who hath wrougth and done it, calling the genera- tions from the beginning ? I the Loid....Isa. xli. 4. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee... Zsrt. xliii. 2. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people ? and the things that are coming, and shall come,... Zsa. xliv. 7. I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight. — Jsa. xlv. 2. 40 THE OMNISCIENCE AND I have even from the Ijeginniug declared it to thee ; before it came to pass I showed it thee :...lsa. xlviii. 5. ...I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.— 6. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.— 7sa. xlix. 16. For thus saith the high and lofty One that in- habiteth eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a con- trite and humble spirit..,. /.sa. Ivii. 15. Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save : neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. — ha. lix. 1. Thus saith the Lord, the heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool : where is the house that ye build unto me ? and where is the place of my rest ? Isa. Ixvi. 1. ...I know their works and their thoughts.... 18. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off ? — Jer. xxiii. 23. Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord. — 24. Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men ; ....Jer. xxxii. 19. OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. 41 ...I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. — Ez. xi. 5. ...The name of the city from that day shall be, the Lord is there. — Ez. xlviii. 35. He revealeth the deep and secret things : he knovveth - what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. — Dan. ii. 22. ...And I blessed the most High. ..whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. — Dan. iv, 34. my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name....Drt/i. ix. 18. ...Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish. from the presence of the Lord....Jo;i. i. 3. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way.... Jo?;, iii. 10. The Lord is good,... and he knoweth them that trust in him.- — Nah. i. 7. Thus saith the Lord ; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.... Zee. viii. 3. ...I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah....Zec. xii. 4. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth. ...Zee. xiv. 9. GOD OUR FATHER AND PROTECTOR. ...Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my first-born : — Ex. iv. 22. And I say unto thee, let my son go, that lie may serve me, — 23. Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare' you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. — Ex. xix. 4. And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. — Dent. i. 31. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. — Dent. viii. 5. Ye are the children of the Lord your God. ...Deut. xiv. 1. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children.... De!«f. xxxii. 5. Do ye thus requite the Lord, foolish people and unwise ? is not he thy father that hath bought thee ? hath he not made thee, and established thee '? — 6. GOD OUR FATHER, &c. 43 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, flutteretli over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them ou her wings : — Dent, xxxii. 11. So the Lord alone did lead him.... 12. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men.... 2 Sam. vii. 14. ...I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. — 1 Ch. xxviii. 6. ...Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. — 1 CIi. xxix. 10. ...The Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Bon; this day have I begotten thee. — Ps. ii. 7. The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. — Ps. xxiii. 1. "When my father and mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. — Ps. xxvii. 10. Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. — Ps. Ixxvii. 20. He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds. — Ps. Ixxviii. 70. He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. — Ps. Ixxxix. 20, Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. — 27. Know ye that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made i;s, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. — Ps. c. 3. 44 GOD OUR FATHER Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. — ciii. 13. For the Lord hath chosen Jacoh unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. — Ps. cxxxv. 4. ...Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth ; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.— Proi-. iii. 12. Now therefore hearken unto me, ye children : for blessed are they that keep my ways.— Pror. viii. 32. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence : and his children shall have a place of refuge.— P/-or. xiv. 26. But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacoh whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. — ha. xli. 8. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant ; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. — 9. Behold my servant, whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom my soul delight eth....Jsa. xlii. 1. ...Thus saith the Lord that created thee, Jacob, and he that formed thse, Israel, Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. — Isa. xliii. 1. I will say to the north. Give up ; and to the south, Keep not back : bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; — 6. Even every one that is called by my name : for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him ; yea, I have made him. — 7. This people have I formed for myself.... 21. AND PROTECTOR. 45 Can a woman forget lier sucking cliiltl, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — Isa. xlix. 15. For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name....7.srt. liv. 5. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken ;... for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. — Isa. Ixii. 4. ...As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. — 5. For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie : so he was their Saviour. — /,sr^lxiii. 8. Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not : thou, Lord, art our Father, our redeemer. — 16. But now, Lord, thou art our Father ; we are the clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are the work of thy hand. — Isa. Ixiv. 8. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me. My father, thou art the guide of my youth ? — Jer. iii. 4. ...Thou shalt call me, my father ; and shalt nob turn away from me. — 19. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. — Jtr. XXX. 22. ...For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. — Jer. xxxi. 9. Is Ephraim my dear Son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remem- ber him still.... 20. 46 GOD OUR FATHER, S-c. ...Yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with tbee, saith the Lord God, and thou Lecamest mine. — Kz. xvi. 8. For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. — A-c. xxxiv. 11. ...And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,... 31. ...And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them. Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sous of the living God. — Has. i. 10. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever ; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness,... Hos. ii, 19. ...I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people ; and they shall say. Thou art my God.— 23. "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. — Ho'i. xi. 1. A son hououreth his father, and a servant his master : if then I be a father, where ife mine honour ? ...saith the Lord of hosts. — MaL i. 6. Have we not all one father ? hath not one God created us ^...Mal. ii. 10. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, ...and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. — jilal. iii. 17. GOD'S GOODNESS, MERCY, AND FAITHFULNESS. ...Anil the Lord said in liis heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake,... neither will I again smite any more every thing living... Gen. viii. 21. While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. — 22. Behold 'now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed imto me in saving my \\{e...Gen. xix. 19. And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel... E'se. xviii. 9. ...Blessed be the Lord who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians... 10. ...I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee ; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. Eze. xxxiii. 19. 48 GOD'S GOODNESS, MERCY, ...The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. Eze. xxxiv. 6. Keeping mercy for thousands...?. [For the Lord thy God is a merciful God ;] he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee. ..Deal. iv. 31. ...Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. — Deiit. v. 10. Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him... to a thousand generations. Dent. vii. 9. ...The Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers... DewL xxx. 9. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merci- ful.— 2 Sam. xxii. 26. And David said unto God, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for his mercies are great... 2 Scuiu xxiv. 14. ...There is no God like thee in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart.- — 1 Ki)i(/s viii. 23. ...And they blessed the king and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. — 66. give thanks unto the Lord : for he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever. — 1 Ch. xvi. 34. AND FAITHFULNESS. 49 ...The IjOi-cI your God is gi-acious and merciful, aud will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. — 2 Cli. xxx. 9. For we were bondmen ; yet our God hath not for- saken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us iuthe sight of the kings of Fevsisi...Ezra ix. 9. ...Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. — AWi. ix. 17. Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. — 20. Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, aud broughtest them into the land ; con- cerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. — 23. ...So they did eat, and were filled,... and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. — 25. ...Eemember me, my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. — Neh. xiii. 22. For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Ps. xxi. 7. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life... Ps. xxiii. 6. Eemember, Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses ; for they have been ever of old. Ps. XXV. 6. 50 GOD'S GOODNESS, MERCY, ...According to thy mercy reraeraber tliou me for thy goodness' sake, Lord. — Ps. xxv. 7. Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he teach sinners in the way. — 8. For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes... Ps. xxvi. B. I had fainted, imless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. — Ps. xxvii. 13. For his anger endureth ' but a moment ; in his favour is liie. ..Ps. xxx. 5. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble ; thou hast known my soul in adversities. — Ps. xxxi. 7. Oh lioAv great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men ! — 19. taste and see that the Lord is good...P.s. xxxiv. 8. continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. — Ps. xxxvi. 10. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, Lord : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth con- tinually preserve me. — Ps. xl. 11. Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake — Ps. xliv. 20. Have mercy upon me, God, according to thy AND FAITHFULNESS. 51 loviugkiiidness : according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — P.s. li. 1. ...I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning... Ps. lix. IG. ...Unto thee, Lord, helongcth mercy. — P.s. Ixii. 12. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. — Ps. Ixiii. 3. ...Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. — Ps. Ixv. 8. Thou visitest the earth, and Avaterest it: thou greatly eurichest it :...thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. — 9. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly :.,. thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof. — 10. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. — 11. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing. — 13. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. — P.s. Ixvi. 20. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. — P.s. Ixviii. 5. ...Thou, God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. — 10. Hear me, Lord ; for thy lovingkindness is good : turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. — P.s. Ixix. IG. 52 GOD'S GOODNESS, MERCY, Truly God is good to Israol, even to such as are of a clean heart. — Ps. Ixxiii. 1. For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive : and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. — Ps. Ixxxvi. 5. For great is thy mercy toward me... 13. ...Thou, Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.— 15. I will sina- of the mercies of the Lord for ever : ■with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. — Ps. Ixxxix. 1, For I have said, Mercy shall he built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. — 2. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. — 14. My Mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. — 28. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night. — Ps. xcii. 2. The Lord hath made known his salvation : his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. — Ps. xcviii. 2. He haih remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel : all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.— 3. For the Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; and his truth endurcth to all generations. — Ps. c. v. AND FAITHFULNESS. 53 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to auger, and plenteous in mercy. — Ps. ciii. 8. He will not alwaj's cliide : neither will he keep his anger for ever. — 9. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded iis according to our iniquities. — 10. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. — 13. For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. — 14. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children.— 17. Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. — Ps. cvii. 43. For thy Mercy is great above the heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. — Ps. cviii. 4. Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. — Ps. cxv. 1. The Lord hath been mindful of us : he will bless us. ..12. ..Return unto thy rest, mj' soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. — Ps. cxvi 7. For his merciful kindness is great toward us : and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. -Ps cxvii. 2. Let them now that fear the Lord say. that his mercy endureth for ever. — P s. cxviii. 4. 54 GOD'S GOODNESS, MERCY, I know, Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. — Ps. cxix. 75. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to tliy word unto thy servant. — 76. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live... 77. • Quicken me after thy lovingkinduess ; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. — 88. Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteovis redemp- tion. — Ps. cxxx. 7. give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever. — Ps. cxxxvi. 1. Who remembei'ed us in our low estate : for his mercy endureth for ever ; — 23. And hath redeemed us from our enemies : for his mercy endureth for ever. — 24. Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy en- dureth for ever. — 25. 1 wdll worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkinduess and thy truth... Ps. cxxxviii. 2. ...In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteous- ness. — Ps. cxliii. 1. • Cause me to hear thy lovingkinduess in the morn- ing.— 8. It is he that giveth salvation... P.s. cxliv. 10. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy AND FAITHFULNESS. 65 great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. — Ps. cxlv. 7. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy. — 8. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. — 9. The eyes of all wait upon thee ; and thou givest them their meat in due season. — 15. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. — IG. The Lord is righteous in all his ways.— 17. And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may he gracious unto you, and therefore will he he exalted, that he may have mercy upon you :... blessed are all they that wait for him. — Im. xxx. 18. For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; hut with great mercies will I gather thee. — ha. liv. 7. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. — 8. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace he re- moved, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.— 10. ...Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he xmder- standeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. — Jcr. ix. 24. 56 GOD'S GOODNESS, MERCY, The Lord liath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love : therefore with lovingkinduess have I drawn thee. — Jer. xxxi. 3. Is Ephraim my dear son ?...! will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. — 20. But fear not thou.... and be not dismayed, Israel : for, behold, I will save thee from afar off ;...and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. — Jer. xlvi. 27. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not con- sumed, because his compassions fail not. — Lam. iii. 22. They are new every morning : great is thy faith- fulness.— 23. For the Lord will not cast off for ever : — 31. But though he cause grief, yet will he have com- passion according to the multitude of his mercies. — 32. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. — 33. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive- nesses, though we have rebelled against him. — Dan. ix. 9. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever ; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkinduess, and in mercies. — Hos. ii. 19. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness. — 20. ...Turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious AND FAITHFULNESS. 57 and merciful, slow to auger, and of great kindness... Joel ii, 13. ...He retainetli not his anger for ever, because lie deliglitetli in mercy. — Mkak vii. 18. He will turn again, lie will have compassion upon us. ..19. - The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble. — Xa/mm i. 7. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty j he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy ; he will rest in his loye. ..Zcph. in. 17. For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty ! corn shall make the young men cheer- ful... i^^'f/*. ix. 17. ...And I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them.... Zech. x. 6. For I am the Lord, I change not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. — ]\IaL iii. 6. ^V^ STRIVE TO BE PERFECT AND HOLY. And Enoch walked with God : and he was not ; for God took him. — Gen. v. 24. ...Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. — Gen. vi. 9. ...The Lord appeared to Ahram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk hefore me, and be thou perfect. — Gen. xvii. 1. ...Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.... E'j;. xix. 6. And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people ; and they washed their clothes. — 14. And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves... 22. And ye shall be holy men unto me...i?.r. xxii. 31. ...This is it that the Lord spake, sapng, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me... Lev. x. 3. For I am the Lord your God : ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy ; for I am holy... Lev. xi. 44. STRIVE TO BE PERFECT, ^c. 59 Speak ixnto all tlie congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. — Lev. xix. 2. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them : I am the Lord which sanctify you. — Lev. xx. 8. And yer shall be holy unto me : for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. — 26. They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God... Lei', xxi. 6. ...But I will be hallowed among the children of Israel : I am the Lord which hallow you. — Lev. xxii. 32. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. — Lev. xxvi. 2. ...That ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes... Num. xv. 39. That ye may remember, and do all my command- ments, and be holv unto vour God. — 40. ...The Lord will shew who are his, and who is ho\j... Num. xvi. 5. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. — Deut. xiv. 2. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. — Deut. xviii. 13. ...That thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. — Deut. xxvi. 19. 60 STRIVE TO BE PERFECT ...The Lord came from Sinai. .-he came with ten thousands of saints... Z)(??