LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. GIF*T OF" Mrs. SARAH P. WALSWORTH. Accessions Received October, 1894. Class No. ' , \ \ * y SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT OF THB CONSISTING OF AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF PERTINENT TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE, ILLtfSTUATiVJfc "* THE VARIOUS ARTICLES OF REVEALED RELIGION : REDUCED INTO DISTINCT SECTIONS, SO AS TO EMBRACE ALL THE BRANCHES OF EACH SUBJECT, THE MOTIVES TO THE BEJ.IE1 i PRACTICE OF THE DOCTRINES TAUGHT, AND THE THREATENINGS, PROMISES, REWARDS, PUNISHMENTS, EXAMPLES, ETC. ANNEXED. * 1 ADDRESSED TO THE UNDERSTANDING, THE HOPES, AND THE FEARS OF CHRISTIAN* s~ THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE ALL THE ARTICLES OF FAITH AND PRACTICE TAUGHT IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. BY HUGH GASTON, V. D. M. NEW EDITION, CORRECTED AND REVISED, BY THE REV. JOHN HALL. PHILADELPHIA: HOGAN & THOMPSON, 30 NORTH FOURTH STREET. STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON. 1843. **&** ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by HOOAN & THOMPSON, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ADVERTISEMENT. ALTHOUGH the former Philadelphia editions of GASTON'S COLLECTIONS embraced very material corrections and revisions of the original work, yet experience has shown that it was still in want of a searching re- examination. In preparing to issue this new edition, the publishers provided for the most accurate revision ; and the result has been the correction of a multitude of errors in the references and citations, that have defaced all former impressions, both British and American. It is believed to be now as perfectly correct as the most minute care can make it ; and the publishers have great confidence, that the present edition of this important work will be received as the only standard one that has ever appeared ; and that its hitherto acknowledged usefulness will be greatly enhanced by the labours of the present editor. PREFACE THE sacred Scriptures, after the strictest researches of an en- lightened and inquiring age, are still allowed by the wise, judicious, and thinking part of mankind, who are acquainted with them, to be the only books in the world which truly and fully show the way of salvation to all those who take any serious thought about it. The Scriptures, from the solid principles of truth contained in them, have the strongest tendency to improve and perfect human nature in every branch of personal and social duty, and to make mankind wiser and better in every station and relation of life. This effect they have produced, and will still produce, wherever they are duly attended to. An attempt, if well executed, to promote the knowledge and practice of the truths they contain, must therefore be of real service to society ; and though the attempt should fail, the undertaker may, nevertheless, enjoy the pleasure of a heart ready and disposed to do good, while the candid part of mankind will, on account of the goodness of the design, make the most favourable allowances. With these views, the author of the following work offers it to the public ; confident that it will be found, upon perusal, as well as by the following account of it, to be entirely new, and different, at least in method, from any thing of the kind hitherto published. METHOD. In this work, the several articles of revealed religion are ranged under distinct heads, or Chapters. The subject of each chapter is only mentioned at the beginning of it ; and the Scripture vii Vlll PREFACE. account of the subject is afterwards given at large, in a numerous collection of express and pertinent texts of Scripture, with which the chapter is filled up. Care is taken to insert every article of revealed religion, and every express and pertinent text upon each article, in order to make it full and complete. The several different words by which any article of religion is expressed in the Bible, are ex- hibited under distinct Sections ; and these sections are filled up with those texts in the Bible, where the word occurs upon that subject, and introduced mostly in the order in which they lie in the sacred books : So this work, in some measure, answers the ends both of a Common-place Book, and Concordance, upon the various articles of religion. Thus, in chap. i. page 34, the ETERNITY of God is expressed by the different wokls, eternal, everlasting, for ever, the first and the last, which make so many distinct sections. In like manner, every doctrine or duty of revealed religion is laid down first, and the motives to the belief or practice of them are made so many distinct sections in each chapter, and generally come under the heads of threatening, promises, rewards, punishments, examples, S?c. In this respect the work differs from any book of the kind hitherto published. So much is transcribed of the places quoted, as expresses the principal part of the text, while at the same time it directs the reader to the places themselves, as they lie in the Bible, to be con- sulted at large upon the subject: more would have needlessly increased the size of the book, and not have left sufficient room for inserting every express and pertinent text upon each subject. OCCASION AND DESIGN OP THE WORK. It might easily be made appear, that the reading of the Holy Scriptures, a*fter a method which the nature of their composition seems to require, must be highly useful and proper, for our acquiring from the Scriptures themselves the true knowledge of every article of religion contained in them. Every one who is acquainted with the sacred Scriptures knows, that the complete account which they contain of any one article PREFACE. IX of religion, is never to be met with altogether in one place, without other subjects intermixed with it ; but is to be collected from many different places of the Bible, where the sacred writers have touched upon it. In every one of the many different places of the Bible, where any one article of religion is touched upon, it is still placed in some useful light for instruction, so that none of these places are su- perfluous. All these places, taken together, do make up the com- plete Scripture account of the subject ; and contain all the light which the Spirit of revelation has afforded upon it, as needful for our instruction: whoever, therefore, will view any Scripture truth in all that light afforded, must search the Scriptures for the different places in which it is contained, or where the subject is mentioned. In these places it will be found sufficiently explained, enforced by all its proper motives, applied to all its proper uses, and set in every advantageous light needful for being rightly understood, and properly applied, even after extraordinary inspiration hath ceased. Our blessed Saviour, who best knew the most profitable method of our reading the Scriptures, directed [John v. 39] to search them for the knowledge of his character and offices, taught, not all in one, but in different places of the Scriptures ; which being taken altogether, fully and plainly described him to the world, and left unbelievers inexcusable. Those have succeeded best in ascertaining the true sense of many portions of Scripture, and in answering objec- tions against them, and setting several Scripture doctrines in a clear light, who have first searched the Scriptures for the whole and complete account of the subject : hereby they were enabled to show that what was doubtful, by being briefly expressed in one place, was sufficiently enlarged upon and explained in others. Besides such explications of Scripture truths as are to be found in the Scriptures themselves, none else are to be depended upon: for the sacred writers, being sufficiently qualified for their work, did not leave it to be mended by inferior hands ; but left the Scriptures a finished performance, con 2 X PREFACE. taining a system of religion from God, which, like all his other works, is good and perfect in its kind ; being full and complete in all its parts, plain and proper in its terms and expressions, and efficacious- or sufficient to answer the ends for which it was written. If it fails, no other writing will prove effectual for reforming the world, and making mankind wise to salvation. Every hopeful method ought to be tried for assisting Christians to reap from the Holy Scriptures all the benefit they are suited to afford. The dividing of the books of the Bible into chapters and verses, [though not first written in that form,] is of great use for finding any particular place the reader is directed to consult. A work, pointing out to the reader the various places of the Bible where may be found the complete and full account which the sacred writers have given of every article of religion, it is presumed, might be of great use to many who have not leisure or proper helps for such a research; and also to others, on many occasions, who would hereby be furnished with all the express and pertinent Scriptures before them, at once, upon any subject they had occasion to treat of, without the pains of collecting them. Such a work might likewise be of service to those who have not ability to purchase many books, and to others who have not leisure to read many upon religion, or any other subject; as by it they would be assisted to find in the Bible those places, that, taken together, do contain the best, the fullest, and plainest, though brief account, that is to be expected, or anywhere to be found, of every article both of faith and prac- tice. A work that would answer this end, might be the means of occasioning proper places of the Bible to be consulted upon every article of religion, and of use for direction in every circumstance of life ; and well calculated for turning the attention of readers from books wherein error is often conveyed along with truth, to the great danger or hurt of their souls ; and thus engaging their attention more to the Holy Scriptures, which are the most useful and improving writings for all Christians. And when it shall please God to turn the attention of Christians chiefly to the Bible, and to enable them . PREFACE. XI to make a right use of it, it may be expected that the blessed Re- deemer's kingdom, of knowledge and righteousness, truth and holi- ness, peace and love, shall be more enlarged and strengthened in the earth. It was thus, at the first spreading of the gospel, and also at our happy Reformation, that heathens and Papists were turned from the worship of creatures to the worship of the one living and true God, through the one only Mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ ; and the security of the Protestant religion against Popery, and every other error, does, under God, depend on the knowledge and use Pro- testants make of their Bible. In hopes of answering, in some measure, some of the valuable ends above stated, the following work is composed, upon the fore- going plan or method mentioned. All possible care has been taken to render it satisfactory to the reader, by making it more full and complete than any thing of the kind hitherto published ; and by inserting the true Scripture account of the subjects mentioned, without regard to the private distinguishing opinions of any party or denomi- nation of Christians ; so that it is presumed it may be useful at least to some of every denomination ; and can be offensive or hurtful to none, who are not prejudiced against Scripture truth. CONTENTS. CHAP. I. Of the Being and Attributes of God. Sect. 1 That there is a God, asserted, and proved by his works. 2 The perfection of God. 3 The unity of God. 4 He is God and Lord alone. 5 There is none else. 6 There is none besides him. 7 There is none with him. 8 None before him. 9 None like him. 10 None to be compared unto him. 1 1 No likeness of God among the creatures. 12 He is the living God. 13 The true God. 14 God is a Spirit. 15 invisible. unsearchable. eternal. everlasting. for ever. - the First and the Last. immortal. incorruptible. 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 unchangeable. 25 present everywhere. 26 God's greatness. 27 God is exalted. 28 God's excellency. 29 God's majesty. 30 God is glorious He is the God of glory. 31 He is glorious in favours spiritual and temporal. 32 God's knowledge is perfect. 3'J It is underived. Sect. 34 Extendeth to all things. 35 Things which God only knoweth. 36 Secret things which God will discover. 37 God's knowledge of man and all his ways. 38 God knoweth the hearts of all men. 39 of the righteous. 40 of the wicked. 41 God knoweth his people. 42 their religious principles and practice. 43 God knoweth their works Their wants, their sorrows, their afflictions, their wrongs from oppressors. 44 God's knowledge of the wicked and their sins. 45 God knoweth the proud. 46 47 48 sons. the impenitent, hypocritical professors, liars and uncharitable per- envious persons, wicked works, whoredom, natural and spi- ritual. 52 He knoweth murderers. 53 Sins of the wicked against God's know- ledge. 54 The wisdom of God in general. 55 God's wisdom in creation. 56 In redemption by Jesus Christ. -. 57 The wisdom of creatures, nothing in com- parison of God's wisdom. 58 The power of God. 59 Might ascribed to God. 60 He is the Almighty God. 61 God's strength. 62 God's arm. 63 The hand of God. B 13 14 CONTENTS. Beet. 64 Finger of God. 65 God called a Rock. 66 Nothing hard to God. 67 All things possible to God. 68 He is able to do every thing. 69 God's power in his wonderful doings. 70 The prosperity and adversity of man in God's hand. 71 God's power in the creation of heaven and earth. 72 in the government of the heavens and the earth. 73 Acts of God's power toward his church. 74 God's power towards the righteous. 75 in spiritual blessings toward his people. 76 against the wicked. 77 Sins of the wicked against the attribute of power. Duties resulting from, or founded upon the doctrine of God's power. 78 God's power manifested in the miracles recorded in the Old Testament, in- stanced under eleven different heads. 79 The righteousness of God. 80 In punishing the wicked. 81 In men's reaping as they sow. 82 In rewards to the righteous. 83 Things of God declared to be right. His judgments, statutes, precepts, tes- timonies, commands, words, ways. 84 The justice of God. 85 Injustice and iniquity denied of God. 86 God's truth Truth ascribed to him. 87 Things of God called truth. 88 Lying denied of God. 89 The faithfulness of God. 90 Things of God called faithful. His commands, testimonies, word, counsels Christ. God is to be praised for his faithfulness. 91 God's faithfulness in fulfilling his pro- mises. 32 in fulfilling his threat enings. 93 God's purity. God is pure. 94 God's holiness. 95 God's holiness otherwise expressed. 96 God is the Holy One by way of emi- nence. 97 Things pertaining to God called holy. His name, throne, heaven, place, hill, &c. &c. 98 The goodness of God. 99 The Lord doth good. 100 The mercy of God. He is merciful. 101 Mercy promised. L02 Persons to whom mercy is promised. Those who obey, repent, fear, love, and trust in God. L03 Mercy prayed for. 1 04 Mercy acknowledged in various instances. 105 Thanks for mercy. 106 Mercy in the pardon of sin. 107 Pardon and forgiveness prayed for. 108 Compassion ascribed to God. God ex- cited to compassion towards his people. 109 Compassion to whom promised. 110 Instances of God's compassion. 111 Compassion ascribed to Christ. In- stances. 112 Pity ascribed to God. He hath pity on his people. 113 God will not pity the wicked. 114 Long-suffering of God. 115 Forbearance ascribed to God. 116 Kindness ascribed to God, and promised and exercised toward his people. 117 Kindness prayed for. 118 Thanks for God's kindness. 119 Grace of God. He is gracious. 120 God's throne is a throne of grace. 121 God's Spirit is a Spirit of grace. 122 Christ is gracious. 123 The grace of God in the economy of man's salvation. In election. 124 Our calling is of grace. 125 Justification is of grace. 126 Pardon of sin is through grace. 127 Adoption through grace. 128 Sanctification through grace. 129 The Gospel is of grace given. 130 Giving alms called grace. 131 Ministerial abilities are of grace. 132 Effects of the Gospel in a sanctified na ture and practice, called grace. CONTENTS. 15 Sect. 133 Faith through grace. 134 Hope through grace. 135 Prayer and praise through grace. 136 Salvation is of grace. 137 Grace prayed for. 1 38 God's favour. 139 denied to the wicked. 140 God giveth the favour of men. 141 He withholdeth the favour of men. 142 God is bountiful. 143 Men ought to be bountiful. 144 God's blessing. He blesseth his people. 145 Persons pronounced blessed ; their graces and duties. 146 God's blessing promised by way of cove- nant ; or covenant blessings. 147 God's anger. 148 threatened against the wicked. 149 Wrath of God threatened against sinners. 150 God is wrath. Prayers deprecating his wrath. Promises. 151 God's indignation against sinners. 152 Fury ascribed to God. 153 His vengeance. 154 God abhorreth. 155 loatheth despiseth. 156 hateth. 157 The Lord is a terrible God. 158 The dreadful God. 159 God is jealous for his people. Promises. His jealousy in threats against sinners. 160 Zeal ascribed to God. CHAP. II. Of Creation. 1 God created all things. 2 He created the heavens and the earth. 3 Sun, moon, and stars. 4 The sea. 5 Summer and winter. 6 North and south. 7 Clouds, wind. 8 Rain. 9 Creatures in the sea. 10 Inferior creatures on the dry land. 1 1 Grass, herbs and trees. 12 Man created. His body. Sect. 13 His soul. 14 Man's spiritual state after his creation. 15 Man's first disobedience or fall from his happy state. 1 6 His first sin and its consequences referred to. 17 Angels. Their number. 18 Their names Cherubim, &c. 19 Their nature. Superior to man. 20 They excel in strength. 21 Their employment for the good of God's people. 22 Instances of the care and services of an- gels for God's people. 23 Revelations of God's will, and directions, given by angels. 24 Angels inflict God's judgments on the wicked. 25 Their attendance on, and services to Christ on earth. 26 They shall attend Christ at his coming to judgment. 27 Their employment at the day of judgment. 28 They are worshippers of God the Father. 29 They worship Christ, and are subject to him. 30 Devils are angels that sinned, and are re- served unto punishment. 31 What their sin is supposed to have been. 32 Names given to them in scripture. 33 They are enemies to all good, and pro- moters of sin and misery. 34 Satan's enmity to Christ and his servants. 35 Devils believe that there is a God. They knew Christ. 36 They knew Christ's servants. 37 They know the sacred scriptures. 38 Satan was overcome by Christ. 39 He is overcome by Christians through di- vine power communicated. 40 Promises to them that overcome Satan. 41 Duties exhorted to in opposition to Satan. CHAP. III. God's Government. 1 God is King, Ruler and Governor of the world ; having a throne, kingdom, do- minion, government. 16 CONTENTS. Sect. 2 God is the Law-giver. 3 He is the Judge of the earth. 4 Counsels of God. He hath his counsels. 5 Purpose of God. 6 God doth will. 7 Determinations of God. 8 Ordinations of God. Things ordained of God. 9 Decrees of God. Things decreed. 10 Things appointed of God. 11 Predestination. Things predestinated. 12 Election of the Jews. 13 Election of Christians. 14 Persons chosen or elected of God to fill offices in church and state. 15 Calling. God doth call; his people are called. 16 Particular persons called to offices. Priests, &c. 17 Justification. God justifieth. 18 Men not justified by the works of the law. 19 Men are justified freely, and by grace through Christ. 20 Sanctification. God sanctified the Jews. 21 Jews were commanded to sanctify them- selves. 22 God doth sanctify Christians. 23 God sanctifieth Christians by his word and Spirit. 24 Justification and sanctification otherwise expressed. God doth wash, &c. 25 God doth cleanse. Duty to cleanse our- selves. Promises to the cleansed. 26 God doth purge. Duty. 27 God purifieth. Duty. 28 God doth refine. 29 The Lord is a God unto his people ; he is with them and among them. 30 God forsaketh not his people. 31 Prayers that God would not forsake his people. 32 God forsaketh the wicked. 33 God doth not cast off nor reject his people. 34 Prayers against being cast off. 35 God casteth off and rejecteth the wicked. 36 God a Father. He is a Father to his people. Sect. 37 How any of mankind come into the rela- tion of children unto God, besides that of being created by him. 38 Blessings from God as a Father to his people as his children. 39 Marks and characters of God's children, in the exercise of the graces, and practice of the duties of religion. 40 The wicked styled children of whatever principle reigns in them. 41 Under God, their heavenly Father, Chris- tians are brethren and sisters, and owe to each other the duties of that relation. 42 Christ is their elder brother. 43 Salvation. God is a Saviour. He saveth his people. 44 Persons to whom salvation is promised. Salvation prayed for. 45 Salvation is of grace. 46 The word of God a mean of salvation. 47 Ministry a mean of salvation. 48 God a defence. He is the defence of his people. 49 Redemption. God a Redeemer. 50 God redeemeth his people from enemies and other evils. Threats. Redemption of particular persons from evils. 51 God a counsellor. He giveth counsel to the righteous. 52 He depriveth the wicked of counsel. 53 God a teacher; he doth teach his people. Teaching from God prayed for. 54 The Holy Ghost teacheth. 55 God doth instruct. 56 God doth direct. 57 God doth lead. Promises that God will lead his people. 58 Christ doth lead. 59 God doth guide his people. 60 God doth strengthen. Strength promised. Prayed for. Obtained. 61 God doth uphold. 62 God giveth safety. 63 God a shield, rock, fortress, refuge, &c. 64 God is a helper to his people. Help from God promised. Prayed for. Help ac- knowledged. 65 Help from the creatures vain. CONTENTS. 17 Sect. 66 God a deliverer. He delivereth from sick- ness. 67 God delivereth from enemies, &c. and op- pression. 68 Christ a deliverer. Deliverance prayed for. 69 Persons that shall be delivered. The poor and needy. 70 Prophets and apostles. 71 All God's faithful servants. 72 Deliverance from moral evil. 73 God delivereth into natural evil. The wicked into their enemies' hands. Heathens into the hands of the Israel- ites. 74 The Lord doth keep his people. He keep- eth his servants from evil. 75 God preserveth his people. 76 God is the creator of his people. Threats against those who apostatized. 77 He is the creator of Christians ; they are new creatures, God's workmanship. 78 Duty of Christians as new creatures. 79 God is to his people their planter, builder, &c. ; they are his planting, his vineyard which he watereth, &c. God planted the Jewish nation in Canaan. 80 The Lord planted, watered, and made fruitful the Jewish church. 81 Apostasy or unfruitfulness ; threats and re- proofs against it. 82 The fruitful, whether Jews or Gentiles, are God's planting. CHAP. IV. Prophecies concerning Christ, his Sufferings, Death, Resurrection, SfC. Miracles of Christ. 1 The testimony of prophecy appealed to as a foundation of faith in Christ. 2 The testimony of prophecy urged by the 3 Prophecies concerning Christ, fulfilled in his incarnation, life, death, resurrection and ascension. 4 The nation, tribe and family he was to de- scend from. Sect. 5 The time of his life and death fixed by other events foretold in prophecy. 6 The country and town where Christ should be born. 7 Prophecies concerning his forerunner, John Baptist. 8 Christ's purging the temple. 9 His working miracles. 10 That the Spirit of the Lord should be upon him. 1 1 That he should be a prophet. 12 That he should preach or teach. 13 That he should not seek the applause of men. 14 That he should be a sufferer. Infirmities he endured. 15 That he should be despised of men. 16 That he should be hated. 17 . reproached. 18 Reproaches that were cast upon him. 19 That he should be persecuted. 20 That the Jews and Gentiles should join against him. 21 That he should be sold for money. 22 The use they apply the money to foretold. 33 Prophecies concerning his betrayer. 24 Concerning the miserable end of Judas. How this is expressed by Christ. 25 That Christ should be forsaken. How ex- pressed by him. 26 Peter's denying him. 27 That Christ should be beaten and spit on. 28 Christ's own testimony of this. 29 What kind of death he should die. 30 Christ's silence. 31 They gave sentence against him. 32 They gave him gall. 33 mock him on the cross. 34 part his garments. 35 His words on the cross. He prays for his enemies. 36 His death. 37 That a bone of him should not be broken. 38 That he should be buried with the rich. 39 arise from the dead. 40 Christ rests the credit of his pretensions on the event of his rising from the dead. 41 The witnesses of his resurrection. 18 CONTENTS. Sect. 42 Other evidences of his resurrection ; his appearances, &c. 43 He was raised by the power of God. 44 Prophecies concerning his ascension. 45 That he should sit at God's right hand. 46 The Holy Ghost promised. 47 Promised by Christ. 48 Prophecies of Christ concerning the per- secution of Christians. 49 Miracles of Christ. The evidence of mi- racles appealed to as a foundation of faith in him. 50 New Testament miracles a foundation of faith in Christ. Those attending the birth of Christ and that of John his fore- runner. 51 Miraculous cures performed by Christ, and the effects thereof. 52 Devils cast out. 53 Sicknesses healed. Blindness, deafness, lameness, &c. 54 The dead raised to life. 55 He calms the wind and sea, walks on the water, feeds thousands, &c., &c. 56 Miracles accompanying the death of Christ. 57 Christ empowers his disciples to work mi- racles. 58 Miracles wrought by the apostles. CHAP. V. Christ's Glory and Exaltation. 1 Christ's glory before his incarnation. 2 His glory on earth. 3 His glory after his resurrection. 4 Christ's exaltation at God's right hand. 5 He is exalted above mankind. 6 The church is subject to him. 7 He is exalted above angels. CHAP. VI. Divine Titles given to Christ. 1 Christ is the Son of God. Hence the title of Father, so often given to God. Sect. 2 He is distinguished from the created sons of God. 3 Christ is called the image of God. 4 God. 5 Lord. 6 Christ is one with the Father. 7 The same things spoken of the Father, and of Christ. Christ's titles in general, arranged alphabetically. CHAP. VII. Christ' s Works. 1 He created all things. 2 He will raise the dead. 3 Will change the bodies of men. 4 He will judge the world. 5 He will dispense suitable rewards and pu nishments. 6 Rewards from Christ to the righteous. 7 Punishments to be inflicted on the wicked by Christ. CHAP. VIII. Worship offered to Christ. 1 Acts of worship offered to Christ jointly with the Father. 2 Acts of worship offered to Christ alone. CHAP. IX. Perfections of Christ. 1 Christ's knowledge. 2 wisdom. 3 Power and dominion. 4 Acts of Christ's power towards his peo- ple. 5 Acts of power against his enemies. 6 Christ's righteousness. 7 He promoted righteousness. 8 Christ's holiness. 9 justice. 10 truth. 11 goodness. 12 eternity. CONTENTS. 19 CHAP. X. Christ's benefits to men, or blessings they re- ceive through him as a Saviour, Redeemer, Deliverer, 4 With the heart. 55 With suitable dispositions. 56 God's servants. Promises to them. 7 Prayers for them. 58 Not serving God. Threats. 59 Obedience to God commanded. 60 Universal obedience required. 61 Obedience required, with a high esteem of God's law. 62 With resolution of heart. 63 Ability for obedience promised. 64 prayed for. 65 Ability from God acknowledged. 66 Instances of obedience. 67 Promises to the obedient. 68 Threats against the disobedient. 69 Obedience to Christ commanded. 70 Promises to them that obey Christ. 71 Promises to them that overcome tempta- tions in obeying Christ. 72 Disobedience to Christ. Threats. 73 Works. God will render to mankind ac- cording to their works, good or bad. 74 Good works commanded. 75 Ability for good works promised. 76 Promises to the performance of good works. 77 Examples of good works. 78 Omission of good works. Threats. 79 Doing good. Shunning evil and doing good commanded. 80 Promises to them that do good. 81 Evil-doers; their works to be avoided. 82 Doing evil, the character of the wicked. 83 Threats against evil-doers. 84 Darkness, and the works thereof. 85 Threats against them. 86 The righteous walk not in darkness. 87 Dead works. The wicked, and their works, called dead; the righteous are alive from the dead. 88 Works of the devil, children of the devil. 89 The righteous have no fellowship with the children of the devil. 90 Works of the flesh. Living after the flesh. 91 Lusts of the flesh forbidden to Christians CONTENTS. 25 Sect 92 Lusting after women. 93 Lusting after meats and drinks. 94 The evil of lusts. 95 Corruption prevailing. 96 Confession of corruption. 97 The righteous not corrupt. 98 Defilement of sin. 99 Threats against it. 100 Uncleanness of sin. 101 Confession of uncleanness. 102 Promises against uncleanness. 103 Directions against it. 104 Threats against it. 105 Pollution. 106 Filthiness. 107 Directions. 108 Promises. 109 Threats. 110 Vileness. 111 Confession of vileness. 112 Abominableness. 113 Promises to the just, and prayers for them. 114 Threatenings against the unjust 115 The unjust hurtful in the earth. 116 The general character of a good man's walk and life. 117 Promises to the good. 118 Evil men. 119 Perverseness. 120 Threats. 121 Threats against the froward. 122 The righteous not froward. 123 Stubbornness, the stiff-necked in thei own ways, and ways of their own sight and eyes. 124 The wicked are revolters. 125 Rebellion against God forbidden. 126 Enemies, adversaries of the Lord. 127 Deliverance from enmity against God. 1 28 God's threatenings against the wicked. 129 Threats against the wicked of evils, the consequences of wickedness, unde the providential government of God. 130 God's threatenings against sinners. 131 Sinners threatened with various evil under the providence of God. 132 Transgressors, threatenings against them 4 ect. 33 Iniquity forbidden. 34 God's threatenings against the workers thereof. 135 Iniquity, the punishment thereof threat- ened under the providential govern- ment of God, with instances thereof executed. First Commandment. 136 Idolatry, or the worship of strange gods forbidden. 137 Threatenings against idolaters. 138 Judgments inflicted upon idolaters. 139 God's judgments upon particular trans- gressors of this commandment. 140 Covenants and intermarriages with the inhabitants of Canaan forbidden to the Jews. 141 Making covenants and intermarriages with transgressors of this command- ment punished. 142 Strange gods to be put away. 143 Transgressors of this commandment among the people of Israel, and the enticers thereto, to be put to death. 144 Threatenings against strange gods. 145 Strange gods are vanity. 146 Inquiring concerning future events of those who by nature are no gods for- bidden. Second Commandment. 147 Images, the use of them forbidden. 148 God's judgments on the breakers of this commandment. 149 Images no representation of God. 150 Images were commanded to be broken. 151 Images were broken. 152 Instances of images used by apostates as outward symbols in worship offered to the true God. 153 Worship to images refused though com- manded by kings. 154 Threats against idols and idolaters. 155 Promises, warnings, and exhortations against idolatry C 26 CONTENTS. Sect. 156 God's judgments upon idolaters. 157 Upon magicians. 158 Enchanters. 159 Soothsayers. 160 Observers of times. 161 Witches. 162 Wizards worshipping angels, &c. 163 Diviners; instances. 164 Diviners are deceivers, and false prophets. 165 Threat enings against them. 166 Familiar spirits; threats against those that consult them. Third Commandment. 167 Profaning the name of God. 168 Swearing falsely. 169 Swearing by the creatures. 170 Swearing by false gods. 171 Swearing in common conversation. 172 Swearing to commit sin, or to en- courage it. : 73 Rash unnecessary swearing. 1 74 The positive part of this commandment . God only is to be sworn by. 175 The nature and duty of an oath. 176 Such oaths to be carefully kept. 177 Things to be sworn to, are, truth and duty. 178 Articles of peace ratified by oath. 179 Breach of such oaths punished. 180 Private compacts ratified by oath. 181 Oaths sworn to kings. 182 The oath of a single person decides con- troversy in certain cases. 183 The duty and lawfulness of swearing. Examples, viz. 184 God swears to Abraham. 185 To give the land of Canaan. 186 To fulfil his covenant. To continue the seed of David. 187 To the perpetuity of Christ's priesthood. 188 To fulfil his threatenings against the unbelieving and disobedient. 189 Jesus Christ answers upon oath. 190 The angel swears. 191 Asseveration of sincerity, equal to an oath among Christians. Sect. 192 Ancient forms of swearing. 193 Blasphemy forbidden. 194 Occasions of it to be avoided. 195 From whence it proceeds. 196 Instances of blasphemers and their pu- nishment 197 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost: its punishment 198 Persons unjustly accused of blasphemy. 199 Of vows: they are religiously to be fulfilled. 200 Vows to do duty. 201 Sinful vows. Fourth Commandment. 202 Of the Sabbath 203 The Sabbath a day of rest from servile work. 204 Duties of the Sabbath ; worshipping God, reading, hearing his word, &c. 205 Works of charity and mercy to be done on the Sabbath. 206 Promises to them that keep the Sabbath. 207 The care of God's people to sanctify the Sabbath, and to prevent the profaning of it by others. 208 Threatenings against Sabbath-breakers. 209 Sabbath privileges withdrawn. 210 The change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day of the week. CHAP. XVI. Duties towards Mankind. 1 Love. 2 How love towards mankind is produced. 3 Prayers and thanks to God for Christian love, as being his gift 4 The influence and effects of love upon Christians, &c. 5 Charity, with other graces, enjoined. 6 Approved examples of charity. 7 Hatred ; threatenings against it 8 Duty of the righteous towards those that hate them. CONTENTS. Sect. 10 Promises to those that are unjustly hated, and threatenings against their haters. 1 1 Envy forbidden to the righteous. 12 The wicked, their envy hurtful to them- selves. 13 Envy a mark of an unconverted state. 14 Malice forbidden to the righteous. 15 Malice in the wicked. 16 Anger forbidden. 17 Instances of the anger of the righteous against sin. 18 Sinful anger, instances thereof. 19 Wrath. 20 Contention forbidden. 21 Promises against contention. 22 The righteous contend only against sin. 23 Peace commanded, with promises to it. 24 Motives to peace among Christians. 25 Peace prayed for. 26 Peace the gift of God ; promises and instances thereof. 27 Peace with God the reward of the right- eous. 28 Peace promised to the church of God. 29 Unity. 30 Honouring one another. 31 Despising others. 32 Strife forbidden to the godly. 33 Fightings, quarrels. 34 Divisions forbidden. 35 Offences forbidden. 36 Threats against offenders. 37 Doing good to others. 38 Doing evil. 39 Doing wrong. 40 Doing mischief, the character of the wicked. 41 Of being harmless. 42 Blameless. 43 Promises to the merciful. 44 Unmerciful. Threats. 45 Compassion and pity. 46 Cruelty of the wicked. 47 Forgiveness. 48 Revenge. 49 Duty of giving and receiving good counsel. 50 Rejecting evil counsel ; the duty and safety thereof. Sect. 51 Mutual obligation to giving and receiving instruction. 52 Of refusing instruction. 53 To edify one another. 54 To exhort one another. 55 To warn one another. 56 To admonish one another. 57 To rebuke one another, and to hearken to rebuke. 58 Of not giving and receiving rebuke. 59 To reprove one another. 60 Of not hearkening to reproof. 61 Gentleness. 62 To show kindness, commanded. 63 To give comfort. 64 Friendship, and faithfulness therein. 65 Unfaithfulness in friendship. Bearing with one another's weaknesses, &c. 66 Forbearing to judge one another. 67 Setting good example. 68 Of enticing others, and being enticed to sin. 69 Of gratitude, or returns of friendship. 70 Ingratitude. CHAP. XVII. Duties toward ourselves. 1 Of temperance in meat and dnnk. 2 --Intemperance in meat and drink. 3 Drunkenness ; the evils thereof. 4 Of making others drunk. 5 Sleep. 6 Labour commanded, and promises to the laborious, &c. 7 Of the sluggard, the slothful, and idle. 8 The study and pursuit of wisdom recom- mended. 9 The excellency of wisdom above all other endowments. 10 Wisdom is profitable, pleasant, and ho- nourable. 11 Wisdom is the gift of God. 12 Wisdom prayed for. 13 Wisdom and religion the same. 28 CONTENTS. Sect. 14 A fool's vain pretences to wisdom. 15 He receiveth no instruction. 16 He discovereth his folly. 17 His conduct towards his parents. ISA fool is mischievous. 19 He is wrathful. 20 Contentious. 21 A fool's words 22 His folly is his pleasure. 23 Treatment for fools. 24 Folly and wickedness the same. 25 Patience toward God. 26 Patience toward men. 9 27 Contentment. 28 Discontent, murmuring. 29 Grudging. 30 Meekness ; the exercise of it required. 31 How produced. 32 Examples of meekness. 33 Promises to the meek. 34 Humility toward God. 35 Toward men. 36 Promises to the humble. 37 Promises to humbled sinners. 38 Examples of humility. 39 The elect are humble. 40 Humbled saints ; their expressions. 41 Pride against God. 42 Pride against men. 43 Spiritual pride such seem to be right- eous. 44 They are proud of their supposed wisdom and knowledge. 45 The proud seek honour from men. 46 Threats and prayers against the proud. 47 Arrogancy. 48 Loftiness. 49 Haughtiness. 50 Exalting one's self. 51 Lifting up one's self. 52 Magnifying one's self. 53 Glorying. : 54 Boasting. 55 Scorning. 56 Threats against kings and nations for their pride, &c. 57 Of marriage. 58 Divorce by the law of Moses. Sect. 59 Divorce was disapproved. 60 is expressly forbidden in the New Testament. 61 Of marriage with unbelievers. 62 The Jews were forbidden to marry with the heathen." 63 Embracing Christianity did not dissolve marriage contracts. 64 Husbands' duties. 65 Duties of wives. Women's apparel. 66 Duties towards children. To provide for their support. 67 To defend them. 68 To pray for them. 69 To instruct them. 70 Particular heads of instruction. 71 Instances of parents careful to instruct their children. 72 Correcting children. 73 Parents careful to marry their children into religious families. 74 Portions given to children. 75 Children are among the promised blessings of God to mankind. 76 Children promised. 77 A desire of children natural to mankind. 78 God's care of mothers. 79 God's care of children. 80 Grief of parents at parting with their children. 81 Godly parents blessed in the happiness of their children. 82 The wicked punished in the calamities of their children. 83 Particular calamities threatened against the children of the wicked. Captivity. 84 That they shall be slain by enemies. 85 Suffer by famine. 86 Other evils upon the children of the wicked. 87 Erroneous principles in religion have destroyed the natural affection of parents. 88 Calamities upon wicked parents and children. 89 Want of children to the wicked. 90 Promises to the godly who are child- less. CONTENTS. 29 Fifth Commandment. Sect. 91 Duties of children toward parents. 92 Dutiful children blessed. 93 Disobedient and undutiful children; threats against them. 94 Undutiful children cursed. 95 Duties of masters towards servants. 96 Duties of servants. 97 Duties of the civil magistrate, to ad- minister justice impartially. 98 Qualifications of the magistrate. 99 The magistrate's concern with religion. 100 Good magistrates, a blessing promised to God's people. 101 Magistracy is of divine appointment. 102 Sins of magistrates : perverting of judg- ment, respect of persons, &c. 103 Perverting of judgment through covet- ousness, taking gifts, &c. 104 Through drunkenness. 105 The misery of being governed by weak or wicked rulers. 106 Wicked rulers set over people as a punishment for sin. 107 Wicked rulers enemies to religion. 108 God's providence over kings and rulers. 109 Particular instances of God's providence exalting or abasing rulers. 110 Duties toward governors. Praying for them. 111 Honour and respect to be shown to magistrates. 112 Obedience to magistrates. 113 Rebellion against magistrates, the sin and punishment thereof. 114 Disobedience to magistrates a duty, when they command things contrary to God's law. 115 Ministers of Christ, their duties. The commission given to the apostles. 116 Power committed to them. 117 Excommunication. 118 None may intrude into the ministerial office. 1 19 Teaching truth the duty of ministers. 120 The good effects of preaching. 121 A good ministry promised. Sect. 122 A faithful ministry. Promises to, and prayers for them. 123 They are holy and unblameable in life and conversation. 124 Their humility, self-denial, and con- descension in their office. 125 They seek not applause from men; they flatter not, &c. 126 They seek not riches; neither are co- vetous. 127 Their duty and encouragement to speak boldly the truths of religion without fear. 128 Instances of becoming boldness in re- proving sinners, and declaring the truth. 129 The sufferings of the apostles, &c. for religion. 130 Their temperance. 131 They pray for the people. 132 The supports of Christians in general, and of the Lord's ministers in par- ticular, under sufferings for religion. 133 Wicked ministers, their sin and punish- ment 134 Their covetousness. 135 Their intemperance. 136 Their slothfulness. 137 Of false prophets and false teachers. They deceive the people. 138 Duties toward the ministry. To receive their instructions. 139 To esteem and love them. 140 To pray for them. 141 To give them support. 142 Despising and not hearkening to their instructions. Threats. 143 Not supporting them. Sixth Commandment. 144 Of murder. 145 Cases wherein killing of a man was not to be punished with death. 146 Threatenings against murderers. 147 Instances of their punishment. 148 Striking, wounding, maiming; how to be punished. 30 CONTENTS. Seventh, Commandment. Sect. 149 Of adultery and fornication. 150 Threatenings ; or the evil consequences of adultery and fornication. 151 Examples, exhortations, promises, &c., against adultery and fornication. Eighth Commandment. 152 Precepts concerning property, and the use of riches. "53 Threatenings against theft. 1 54 Robbery forbidden ; with threats. 155 Fraud and cheating in commerce for- bidden. 156 Concerning property in lands; the law thereof. 157 Things found, lent, or entrusted with a neighbour ; the law thereof. 158 Oppression forbidden, and duties towards the oppressed. 159 Restitution to the injured to be made. 160 Oppressors threatened. 161 Prayers for the oppressed. 162 Promises to the oppressed. 163 Duties of the rich toward the poor. Hos- pitality. 164 Lending without usury. 165 Giving alms. 166 Alms to be done in secret. 167 To be given to the poor of every deno- mination. 168 To poor Christians especially. 169 Promises to the poor. 170 Of being uncharitable to the poor. 171 The stranger, widow, and fatherless: duties toward them, and threatenings against those that oppress them. 172 Promises to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. Ninth Commandment. 173 Of witness-bearing. False swearing, &c. 174 Lying forbidden. Sect. 175 Abhorred by God and good men. 176 Satan and his children are liars. 177 Threatenings and prayers against liars. 178 The words of the wicked injurious. 179 Words of the wicked against God. 180 Evil speaking. 181 Talkativeness ; rashness with the tongue. 182 Flattery. 183 Talebearing. 184 Whispering. 185 Backbiting. 186 Slandering, &c. 187 Reproach: prayers and complaints against it. 188 God will bring it upon the wicked. 189 Promises against reproach. 190 Reviling practised by the wicked, and endured by the godly. 191 Railing. 192 Evil communications. 193 Unprofitable disputes about religion. 194 Cursing forbidden, and avoided by the righteous. 195 Practised by the wicked. 196 The righteous; their care of their words. 197 They praise God with their mouths. 198 The words of the righteous toward men. Tenth Commandment. 199 Of covetousness. 200 Threats against the covetous. Instances of their punishment. 201 An insatiable desire of riches. , 202 Threats against unjust acquiring of riches. 203 Riches are not a lasting possession. 204 They cannot be carried hence to the other world. 205 Possessing riches but not using them; the vanity thereof. 206 Riches are attended with care and trouble. 207 They recommend no man to the favour of God. CONTENTS. 31 Sect. 208 The advantages which one man hath over another by means of riches. 209 Trusting in riches and abusing them, the sin of the wicked, and avoided by the godly. 210 Riches take the heart and thoughts off from God and religion. 211 The wicked rich man, his portion. 212 The use of riches in the hand of a wise and good man 213 Godmaketh rich. 214 Riches promised to the righteous. 215 Instances of good men that were rich. 216 Riches not regarded by good men. 217 Things necessary to the support of life promised to the righteous. Food. 218 Deliverance from famine. 219 Spiritual riches, or the interests of the soul, the chief object of a wise man's desires and pursuits. 220 Raiment promised. 221 Supports of life miraculously supplied. CHAP. XVIII. Of Repentance. 1 Repentance the first doctrine preached at publishing the gospel. 2 The duty of repentance enforced by threatenings. 3 Encouraged by promises 4 Promises to those that return to God. 5 Remarkable instances of returning sinners obtaining mercy. 6 Turning to God enjoined by commands, and enforced by threatenings. 7 The cause and means of repentance and conversion. 8 Jesus Christ giveth repentance. 9 God's law a mean of conversion. 10 The ministry a mean of converting sin- ners. 1 1 Repentance promised. 12 Self-examination needful to repentance. 1 3 Consideration needful thereto. 14 Inconsideration of the wicked. Sect. 15 The case of those who withstand the means of repentance. 1 6 Sorrow for sin. 17 Mourning for sin. 18 Reproofs and threats for not mourning for sin. 19 Heaviness for sin. 20 Grief for sin. 21 Not grieving for sin. 22 Weeping for sin. 23 Tears for sin. 24 The heart affected for sin. 25 A broken and contrite heart. 26 Shame the portion of sinners. 27 Shame enjoined as a mark of true peni- tents. 28 Avoiding sin is avoiding shame. 29 Reproofs for not being ashamed of sin. 30 Abhorring and loathing one's self for sin. 31 & 32 Confession and acknowledgment of sin. Promises to it. 33 Exhortations to confession. 34 Instances of confessing penitents obtaining mercy. 35 Confessions made in Scripture expres- sions. 36 Amendment. 37 Fruitfulness in religion. CHAP. XIX. Of Death and the Resurrection. 1 The shortness of human life. 2 The term or boundary of human life. 3 The time of life is in God's hand. 4 Death prevailing over all mankind, of every character, rank, and station. 5 Preparative duties for death. 6 No preparative duties are to be performed after death. 7 The death of the righteous happy. 8 The death of the wicked. 9 The dead leave all their possessions behind them. 10 Of the resurrection of the dead. CONTENTS. CHAP. XX. Of a Future Judgment, and the State of the Righteous and the Wicked. Beet. 1 Of a future judgment and its conse- quences. 2 God is judge. 3 The persons and things that shall be judged. 4 When the day of judgment shall be. 5 Uses to be made of the doctrine of future judgment, for encouraging steadfastness and perseverance, &c. 6 The dissolution of the heavens and the earth. 7 Happiness of the righteous in heaven inconceivably great. 8 Christians are heirs ; they have an in- heritance, a kingdom, &c. 9 The righteous have rest. 10 They enjoy mansions, a new heaven, a heavenly temple, light, &c. 1 1 They are present with Christ. Sect. 12 Are in a state of joy. 1 3 Are free from pain and sorrow. 14 Eternal life is from God. 15 Life promised to sundry graces and duties. 16 To righteousness. 17 To the spiritually minded. 18 To seeking God. 19 To godliness. 20 To the fear of God. 21 To loving God. 22 To mortification, dying unto sin. 23 To suffering for Christ's sake. 24 To perseverance. 25 To those that overcome. 26 To repentance. 27 To the wise. 28 Future punishments. Sinners that shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 29 The greatest suffering in this life set forth in language expressive of future pu- nishments. 30 The punishment of the wicked in a future state. For INDEX seepage 325 A SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT, &c. CHAPTER I. CONCERNING THE BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. I. HTHAT there ^ a God, asserted, and -* proved by his works. Exod. iii. 14. God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judg- ment which he executeth. xix. 1. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth his handy work. Ver. 2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. Job xii. 7, 8, 9. Iviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. c. 3. The Lord he is God, he made us. 2 Cor. i. 21. He that hath anointed us is God. Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. Rom. i. 20. II. God is perfect. Matt. v. 48. Your Fa- ther in heaven is perfect. 1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. III. God is one. Deut. vi. 4. Hear, Is- rael, the Lord our God is one Lord. 1 Cor. viii. 4. There is none other God, but one. (Mark xii. 29.) Ver. 6. To us there is but one God. Gal. iii. 20. God is one. Eph. iv. 6. One God and Father of all. Matt, xx iii. 9. John viii. 41. 1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one God, and one Mediator. James ii. 19. Thou believest there is one God, thou doest well. IV. He is God and Lord alone. 2 Kings xix. 15. Thou art God alone. Ps. Ixxxvi. 10. Isa. xxxvii. 16. 20. Neh. ix. 6. Thou art Lord alone. Ps. Ixxxiii. 18. Whose name alone is Jehovah. V. There is none else. Deut. iv. 35. The Lord he is God, there is none else. Isa. xlv. 5, 6. 14. 18. 22. xlvi. 9. 5 VI. None besides him. 2 Sam. vii. 22. Neither is there any God besides thee. xxii. 32. Who is God save the Lord] 2 Kings v. 15. Isa. xliv. 6. -8. Besides me there is no God ; I know not any. Ch. xlv. 5. 14. 21. Hos. xiii. 4. Thou shalt know no God but me. Exod. xx. 3. VII. None with him. Deut. xxxii. 39. I am he, and there is no God with me. VIII. None before him. Isa. xliii. 10. Be- fore me there was no God formed. IX. None like him. Exod. viii. 10. There is none like unto the Lord our God. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods] who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders] Ps. xxxv. 10. Mic. vii. 18. 1 Kings viii. 23. Lord God of Israel, 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. Exod. ix. 14. Deut. xxxiii. 26. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 1 Chron. xvii. 20. Ps. Ixxxvi. 8, Isa. xlvi. 9. Jer. x. 6, 7. 16. X. None to be compared unto him. Ps. Ixxxix. 6. Who in the heaven can be com- pared unto the Lord ] XI. No likeness of Godamong the creatures. Isa. xl. 18. What likeness will ye compare to him] Ch. xlvi. 5. Deut. iv. 12. Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. XII. He is the living God. Dan. iv. 34. That liveth for ever, whose dominion is" an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. 33 34 ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. CHAP. I. vi. 26. He is the living God, and steadfast forever. Acts xiv. 15. lThess.i.9. Heb. ix. 14. x. 31. XIII. He is the true God. Jer. x. 10. The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King. Ver. 11. The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, anil from -under these heavens. See John xvii. 3. 1 Thess. i. 9. 1 John v. 20. XIV. God is a Spirit. John iv. 24. God is a Spiri^ and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. 2 Cor. iii. 17. XV. God is invisible. Exod. xxxiii. 20. There shall no man see me and live. John i. 18. No man hath seen God at any time. 1 John iv. 12. v. 37. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God, are his eternal power and Godhead. Col. i. 15. Christ is the image of the invi- sible God. Heb. xi. 27. Moses endured as seeing him who is invisible. 1 Tim. vi. 16. God, whom no man hath seen, nor can see. Ch. i. 17. Job ix. 11. Other expressions to the same purpose. Isa. xlv. 15. Verily thou art a God that hidest thy- self. 2 Sam. xxii. 12. He made darkness pavi- lions round about him, dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. Ps. xviii. 11. 1 Kings viii. 12. 2 Chron. vi. 1. Ps. xcvii. 2. Clouds and darkness are round about him. Ixxvii. 19. Thy way is in the sea, and thy footsteps are not known. Nah. i. 3. The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. XVI. God is unsearchable. Job xi. 7. Canst thou by searching find out God 1 Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection T Ver. 8, 9. Ps. cxlv. 3. His greatness is un- searchable. Job v. 9. He doeth great things, and un- searchable, marvellous things without number. Ch. ix. 10. Eccl. iii. 11. No man can find out the work that God makethfrom the beginning to the end. Rom. xi. 33. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Ps. xxxvi. 6. Thy judgments are a great deep. Job xxvi. 14. How little a portion is heard of him ! the thunder of his power who can understand 1 xxxvii. 23. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out. XVII. God is eternal. Isa. Ivii. 15. The high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity. 1 Tim. i. 17. To the King eternal, immor- tal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. See Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God. Rom. i. 20. Eternal Godhead. 2 Cor. iv. 18. Things not seen are eternal XVIII. Everlasting. Isa.xl.28. The ever- lasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary : there is no searching of his understanding. Ixiii. 16. Thy name is from everlasting. Ps. xc. 2. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. xciii. 2. Thy throne is established of old ; thou art from everlasting. Hab. i. 12. Ps. cxlv. 13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth through- out all generations. Jer. x. 10. He is an everlasting King. Dan. iv. 3. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and his dominion is from generation to generation. Ch. vii. 27. Lam. v. 1 9. 2 Pet i. 1 1. XIX. He is for ever. Ps. ix. 7. The Lord shall endure for ever. xc. 4. A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 8. cii. 12. Thou, Lord, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. Ver. 24. Thy years are throughout all gene- rations. Ver. 27. Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Job x. 5. xxxvi. 26. cxxxv. 13. Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial throughout all generations. Lam. v. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to genera- tion. Ps. civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever. XX. The First and the Last. Isa. xliv. 6. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the First, and I am the Last; and besides me there is no God. Ch. xli. 4. xlviii. 12. Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be- ginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Ver. 4. IV. CHAP. I. GOD'S GREATNESS GOD EXALTED. 35 XXL He is immortal. 1 Tim, i. 17. The King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only \vise God. vi. 16. Who only hath immortality, dwell- ing in the light, which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see. XXII. Incorruptible. Rom. i. 23. The in- corruptible God. XXIII. Blessed. Ps. cxix. 12. Blessed art thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes. Rom. i. 25. The Creator who is blessed for ever. 1 Tim. i. 11. The blessed God. 1 Tim. vi. 15. The blessed and only Poten- tate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. XXIV. Unchangeable. Mai. iii. '6. I am the Lord, I change not. James i. 17. With whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Numb, xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent. XXV. Present everywhere. 1 Kings viii. 27. Behold the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. Ps. cxxxix. 3. Thou compassest my path, and my lying down. Ver. 710. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit ] or whither shall I flee from thy pre- sence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. Jer. xxiii. 23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Ver. 24. Do not I fill heaven and earth 1 saith the Lord. Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all. GOD'S GREATNESS. XXVI. God's Greatness. Deut. x. 17. The Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh re- ward. xxxii. 3. Ascribe ye greatness to our God. 2 Sam. vii. 22. Thou art great, O Lord God, for there is none like thee. 1 Kings viii. 42. They shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand. 2 Chron. vi. 32. 1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; he also is to be feared above all gods. 2 Chron. ii. 5. Exod. xviii. 11. xvii. 2 1 Thou didst make thee a name of greatness and terribleness. Deut. v. 24. xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness* and the power, and the glory. Neh. ix. 32. The great, the mighty and the terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy. Ch. iv. 14. Job xxxiii. 12. God is greater than man. John x. 29. Greater than all. 1 John iii. 20. Greater than our heart. Ch. iv. 4. Greater than he that is in the world. xxxvi. 26. God is great,and we know him not. Ps. Ixxvii. 13. Who is so great a God as our God 1 Tit. ii. 13. Rev. xix. 17. Ixxxvi. 10. Thou art great, and doest wondrous thin;., j. xcv. 3. The Lord is a great God and a great King, above all gods. Ps. cxxxv. 5. xcix. 2. The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high above all people. civ. 1. O Lord, my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and ma- jesty. cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; and his greatness is unsearchable. Ps. xlviii. 1. xcvi. 4. cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name. Isa. xliv. 6. Heb.vi. 13. God could swear by no greater, he sware by himself. See God's perfections of knowledge, wis- dom, power, goodness, mercy, fyc., all called great. GOD EXALTED. XXVII. God is exalted. 1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thou art exalted as head above all. Ps. xxi. 13. xlvii. 9. ex viii. 16. Neh. ix. 5. His glorious name is exalted above all blessing and praise. Ps. xlvi. 10. I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Ivii. 5. Be thou exalted, God, above the heavens ; let thy glory be above all the earth. Ver. 11. Ps. cviii. 5. xcvii. 9. Thou art high above all the earth, thou art exalted far above all gods. Isa. xii. 4. Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. xxxiii. 5. The Lord is exalted, for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness'. See Isa. ii. 11. 17. v. 16. xxx. IS. xxxiii. 10. xlix. 11. GOD'S EXCELLENCY AND MAJESTY. XXVIII. God's Excellency. Job x iii. 11. Shall not his excellency make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you ] 36 GOD S GLORY HIS KNOWLEDGE. CHAP. I. xxxvii. 23. The Almighty is excellent in power, and judgment. Ps. viii. 1. & 9. How excellent is thy name in all the earth. Ps. cxlviii. 13. cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Isa. xii. 5. Isa. xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is won- derful in counsel and excellent in working. See Exod. xv. 7. Deut. xxxiii. 26. Job xxxvii. 4. Ps. Ixviii. 34. XXIX. God's Majesty. I Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible ma- jesty. Ps. xcvi. 6. Ps. xxix. 4. The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. xciii. 1. He is clothed with majesty. Ps.civ. 1. Isa. xxiv. 14. They shall sing for the ma- jesty of the Lord. Ps. cxlv. 5. 12. Jude 25. To the only wise God our Sa- viour, be glory and majesty. See Isa. ii. 10. GOD'S GLORY. XXX. God is glorious. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises ? 1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory. Matt. vi. 13. Ps. viii. 1. Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens. Ps. xix. 1. xcvii. 6. cxiii. 4. cxlviii. 13. Ivii. 5. Let thy glory be above all the earth. Ver. 11. Ps. Ixxii. 19. civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever. cxxxviii. 5. Great is the glory of the Lord. Ps. cxlv. 5. 11, 12. Isa. vi. 3. The whole earth is full of his glory. He is the God of Glory. Ps. xxix. 3. Acts vii. 2. In his name. Deut. xxviii. 58. 1 Chron. xxix. 13. Neh. ix. 5. In his work. Ps. cxi. 3. His work is honourable and glori- ous. In deliverances of his people. Isa. Ixiii. 12. 14. He led his people with his glorious arm. In the overthrow of his enemies. Exod. xv. 1. He hath triumphed gloriously. (Ps. Ixxvi. 4.) Ver. 6. Thy right hand is become glorious in power. Ps. xlv. 3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. See Isa. xxx. 30, and 2 Thess. i. 9. V. XXXI. God is glorious in favours spiritual and temporal, conferred on his people, and in the advancement of. religion among them. Numb. xiv. 22. Those mt'n have seen my glory and my miracles. Deut. v. 24. The Lord ha h shewed us his glory and his greatness. Ps. Ixiii. 2. My soul thirsteth to see thy power and thy glory, as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Ixxix. 9. Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name. xc. 1 6. Let thy work appear unto thy ser- vants, and thy glory unto their children. cii. 16. When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. Zech. ii. 5. I will be the glory in the midst of her. Isa. xxiv. 23. The Lord shall reign in Jeru- salem gloriously. xxxv. 2. They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. xl. 5. The glory of the Lord shall be re- vealed, and all flesh shall see it. Ch. lix. 19. xliii. 7. I have created him for my glory. Iviii. 8. The glory of the Lord shall be thy rear-ward. Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. Ixii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy righteous- ness, and all kings thy glory. Ch. Ixvi. 18, 19. Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Luke ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men. 2 Cor. iv. 6. God hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all might, ac- cording to his glorious power. Eph. iii. 1 6. 1 Pet. iv. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God, resteth upon you. See Isa. xxxiii. 21. xlvi. 13. Hag. ii. 7. Hence, the Gospel is called the glorious Gospel. 1 Tim. i. 11. Future glory. 2 Cor. iii. 18. We behold as in a glass the glory of the Lord. Rom. v. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. God's power called his glory. Rom. vi. 4 Christ was raised up from the dead by. the glory of the Father. John xi. 4. 40. The raising of Lazarus from the dead, is called the glory of God. 1 Cor. xi. 7. Man is the image and glory of God. Heb. i. 3. Christ is the brightness of the Father's glory. GOD'S KNOWLEDGE XXXII. God's knowledge is perfect. 1 Sam. 1. 3. The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. CHAP. I. GOD S KNOWLEDGE. 37 Job xxxvh. 16. He is perfect in knowledge. Ch. xxxvi. 4. Ps. cxlvii. 5. His understanding is infinite. See Rom. xi. 33. Isa. xl. 28. There is no searching of his understanding. Prov. xxii. 12. xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord is the Spirit of knowledge. XXXIII. God's knowledge is underived. Job xxi. 22. Shall any teach God knowledge 1 Ps. xciv. 9, 10. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear 1 he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know 1 Isa. xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him know- ledge, and showed to him the way of under- standing 1 XXXIV. Extendeth to all things. Job xxviii. 10. His eye seeth every precious thing.' Ver. 24. He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven. Ps. cxxxix. 12. The darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Dan. ii. 22. He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. Acts xv. 18. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Heb. iv. 13. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 1 John iii. 20. God knoweth all things. XXXV. Things which God only knoweth. Gen. xl. 8. Joseph said, Do not interpretations belong to God ] Deut. xxix. 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God. 1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men. Job xxiv. 1. Times are not hidden from the Almighty. Acts i. 7. Isa. xlii. 9. New things do I declare ; be- fore they spring forth, I tell you of them. xlvi. 9, 10. I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times, the things that are not yet done. Ch. xlviii. 3. 6. 16. Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son, but the Father. John x. 15. Mark xiii. 32. Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 1 Cor. ii. 11. The things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. XXXVI. Secret things ivht'ch God will dis- cover. Job xx. 27. The heavens shall reveal the iniquity of the wicked, arid the earth shall rise up against him. xxviii. 11. The thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. Eccl. xii. 14. God will bring into judgment every secret thing. Dan. ii. 22. He revealeth the deep and se- cret things. Ver. 28, 29. 47. Matt. x. 26. There is nothing hid that shall not be known. Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets of men. 1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. Eph. iii. 9. The mystery (of redemption") hath been hid in God from the beginning of the world. Ver. 10. Now made known. Col. i. 26. XXXVII. The knowledge of God extendtth to man and all his ways. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. 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 toward him. Job xxxiv. 21. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Chap, xiii. 27. xxxi. 4. Ps. xi. 4. His eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. xxxiii. 13, 14. The Lord looketh from heaven, he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. Ixvi. 7. His eyes behold the nations. ciii. 14. He knoweth our frame, he remem- bereth that we are dust. cxiii. 6. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth. cxxxix. 1 4. O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me. Thou knowest my down- sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path, and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowesl it altogether. Ver. 6. Such knowledge is toe wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Ver. 11. If I say, surely the dark- ness shall cover me, even the night shall be light about me. Ver. 12, 13. Dan. ii. 22. Ver. 15, 16. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect, and in thy book all my mem- bers were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. D 38 GOD'S KNOWLEDGE. CHAP. I. Prov. v. 21. The ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. xv. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Jer. xxiii. 24. Can any hide himself in se- cret places, that I shall not see him 1 saith the Lord. Jer. xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. XXXVIII. God knoweth the hearts of all men. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. The Lord seeth not as man seeth : for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. Jobx.4. Prov. xv. 11. 1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. Jer. xx. 12. Lord of hosts, that seest the reins and the heart. Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men. XXXIX. He knoweth the hearts of the righteous. Gen. xx. 6. I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart. Ps. xix. 14. Let the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. cxxxix. 23, 24. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts ; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Isa. Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Jer. xii. 3. Thou, O Lord, knowest me ; thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee. 1 Pet. iii. 4. The hidden man of the heart, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. See Acts xv. 8. XL. He knoweth the hearts of the wicked. Deut. xxxi. 20, 21. They will provoke me: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now. Ps. xciv. 11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Ezek. xi. 5. I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. Luke xvi. 15. Jesus said, Ye are they that justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. Acts viii. 21. Thy heart is not right in the sight of God. XLI. God knoweth his people. Gen. vii. 1. The Lord said to Noah, Thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. xviii. 19. I know Abraham, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. 2 Sam. vii. 20. Thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. 1 Chron. xvii. 18. Ps. i. 6. The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous. Ps. xxxvii. 18. xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. Ixxx. 14. Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine. Ps. cxix. 132. xxv. 18. Deut. xx vi. 15. Isa. Ixiii. 15. Isa. Ivii. 18. I have seen his ways, and will heal hirn. Jer. xxiv. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them for good. Zech. xii. 4. 2 Tim. ii. 19. The Lord knoweth them that are his. Gal. iv. 9. XLII. God knoweth the religious principles and practices of his people. Rev. ii. 19. I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience. 1 Cor. viii. 3. If any man love God, the same is known of God. Ps. xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. See Gen. xxii. 12. Nah. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them that trust in him. 1 Pet. iii. 4. A meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price. 2. Chron. xii. 7. The Lord saw that they humbled themselves. Col. i. 22. Present you holy and unblame- able, and unreprovable in his sight. Matt. vi. 18. Appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father, which seeth in secret ; and thy Father shall reward thee openly. Ver. 6. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet; and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret , and thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly. Ver. 4. That thine alms may be in secret ; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly. See Acts x. 4. 31. Job xxxiii. 27, 28. He looketh upon man, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not ; he will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. See Jonah iii. 10. Jer. xvii. 16. Thou knowest that which came out of my lips was right before thee. Mai. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened and heard it ; and a book of remem- CHAP. I. GOD'S KNOWLEDGE. 39 brance was written before him, for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. See Ps. cxxxix. 4. Jer. v. 3. Ps. xl. 9. 2 Cor. xi. 31. XLIII. He knoweth their works. 2 Cor. viii. 21. Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy la- bour, and thy patience; and how thou canst not bear them that are evil. Ver. 9. I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty. Ver. 13. 19. Ch. iii. 8. Heb. xiii. 21. 1 John iii. 22. Their wants. Matt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him. Matt. vi. 31, 32. Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat 1 ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed 1 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Luke xii. 30. Their sorrows. Exod. iii. 7. The Lord said of his people, I know their sorrows. Ch. xiv. 24. Neh. ix. 9. Acts vii. 34. Deut. ii. 7. The Lord thy God knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness. Their afflictions. Ps. xxxi. 7. Thou hast known my soul in adversities. Ps. cii. 19, 20. He hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary ; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; to hear the groan- ing of the prisoner. Ps. xxxviii. 9. 2 Sam. xvi. 12. Job x. 15. Ps. xxxix. 11, 12. Their wrongs from oppressors. Gen. xxxi. 12. The Lord said to Jacob, I have seen all that Laban doeth to thee. Ver. 42. Exod. ii. 25. God looked upon the children of Israel, and had respect unto them, under oppression. Ver. 24. Ch. iv. 31. 1 Sam. ix. 16. I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. See 2 Kings xiii. 4. xiv. 26. Ps. x. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it. xxxv. 21. They opened their mouth wide against me. Ver. 22. This thou hast seen, Lord. Ixix. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour ; mine ad- versaries are all before thee. Isa. lix. 15. The Lord saw it, and it dis- pleased him that there was no judgment. Lam. iii. 59. O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause. Dan. ix. 18. my God, incline thine ear and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Jer. xlviii. 30. God saw, in affliction, Hagar, Gen. xvi. 13. Leah, Gen. xxix. 31. Hannah, 1 Sam.i. 11. XLIV. God's knowledge of the wicked and their sins. Gen. vi. 5. God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Exod. xxxii. 9. The Lord said, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Deut. xxxii. 19. Job xi. 11. He knoweth vain men : he seeth wickedness also ; will he not then consider it 1 xxxiv. 22. There is no darkness nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. Amos ix. 2, 3, 4. Ps. xiv. 2, 3. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside. Ps. liii. 2. Ixix. 5. My sins are not hid from thee. xc. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret .sins in the light of thy coun- tenance. Isa. xlviii. 8. I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously. Jer. xvi. 17. Mine eyes are upon all their ways ; neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. Amos v. 12. I know your manifold trans- gressions, and your mighty sins. Ch. ix. 4. I will set mine eyes upon them for evil. Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Luke xv. 21. I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. XLV. God knoweth the proud. . 2 Sam. xxii. 28. Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. See Job xl. 12. Ps. cxxxviii. 6. The proud he knoweth afar off. XLVI. God knoweth the impenitent. Jer. viii. 6. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright : no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done 1 every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. [I. He knoweth hypocritical professors. iii. 11. When the King came in to XLVII. Matt. xxii. see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment. Rev. ii. 9. I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. iii. 1. I know that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. XLVIII. Liars and uncharitable persons. Prov. xxiv. 1 1. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn to death. 40 GOD'S WISDOM POWER. CHAP. I. Prov. xxiv. 12. If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it! and shall not he render to every man according to his works 1 XLIX. Envious persons.^ Prov. xxiv. 17, 18. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth : Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. L. He knoweth wicked works. Job xxxiv. 25. He knoweth their works, and overturneth them. Ch. xxiv. 23. Isa. Ixvi. 18. I know their works, and their thoughts. Rev. iii. 15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. LI. Whoredom natural and spiritual. Jer. xxix. 23. Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words ; even I know, and am a witness, Saith the Lord. Hos. v. 3, 4. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. They will not frame their doings, to turn unto their God ; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them. Ch. vi. 10. LII. He knoweth murderers. 2 Sam. xii. 9. Nathan said to David, Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in his sight 1 Thou hast killed Uriah with the sword, &c. 2 Kings ix. 26. The Lord said, I have seen the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons. See Gen. iv. 10. Ps. Ixxii. 14. Precious shall the blood of the needy be in his sight. Jer. xviii. 23. Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity. LIII. The sins of the wicked against right. Job xxii. 13. Thou sayest, How doth God know ? can he judge through the dark cloud 1 Ps. lix. 7, 8. Ps. x. 11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it. Ixxiii. 1 1. They say, How doth God know ! and is there knowledge in the Most High 1 xciv. 7. They say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. See ver. 8, 9. GOD'S WISDOM. LIV. God's Wisdom asserted. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : who hath hardened himself against him and hath prospered ] Isa. xxxi. 2. xxxvi. 5. God is mighty in strength and wisdom. Ch. xxxviii. 37. Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom and might are his. Prov. viii. 14. Rom. xi. 33. the depth of the wisdom of God ! &c. xvi. 27. To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. 1 Tim. i. 17. Jude 25. Rev. vii. 12. LV. God" s Wisdom in creation. Ps. civ. 24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all. Ps. cxxxvi. 5. Prov. iii. 19, 20. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Jer. x. 12. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. Ch. li. 15. LVI. God's Wisdom in redemption by Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 8, 9. He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence : Having made known unto us the mystery of his will. iii. 10, 11. That now might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, ac- cording to the eternal purpose which he pur- posed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. xi. 33. Col. ii. 3. Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb, to receive wisdom, &c. LVII. The wisdom of creatures nothing in comparison of God's Wisdom. Job iv. 18. Behold he put no trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly. xxxvii. 24. He respecteth not any that are wise of heart. Prov. xxi. 30. There is no wisdom, nor un- derstanding, nor counsel against the Lord. Isa. xliv. 25. He frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad ; he turneth wise men backward, and maketh their know- ledge foolish. Ch. xl. 23. 1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is wiser than men. Ver. 27. God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise. iii. 19. The wisdom of this world is foolish- ness with God : for it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job v. 13. GOD'S POWER. LVIII. Power ascribed to God. 1 Chron, xxix. 11. Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and CHAP. I. GOD S POWER. 41 the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty ; for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth, is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Ver. 12. In thy hand is power and might, and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 2 Chron. xx. 6. Ps. Ixii. 11. Power belongeth unto God. cxlvii. 5. Great is our Lord, and of great power, his understanding is infinite. See Job xxvi. 14. and xxxvii. 23. The thunder of his power. Ps. xxix. 4, and Ixviii. 33. His voice powerful. Hab. iii. 4. The hiding of his power. LIX. Might ascribed to God. Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven, or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and ac- cording to thy might 1 Jer. x. 6. Thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be the name of God, for wisdom and might are his. Mighty. Ps. Ixxxix. 6. Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord 1 Ps. xciii. 4. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his name. Ver. 19. Great in counsel and mighty in work. the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. said, .1 am the Almighty God. LX. He is 1. The Lord Rev. i. 8. Exod. vi. 3. God appeared to Abraham, &c., by the name of God Almighty. Rev. xix. 6. The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. LXI. God's Strength. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against him and hath prospered 1 Ch. xxxvi. 5. 19. ix. 19. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong. xii. 13. With him is wisdom, and strength; he hath counsel and understanding. Ps. Ixxxix. 8. Lord of hosts, who is a strong Lord, like unto thee ? xciii. 1. The Lord is clothed with strength. Isa. xxvi. 4. In the Lord Jehovah is ever- lasting strength. 1 Cor. i. 25. The weakness of God is stronger than men. LXII. God's Arm. Job xl. 9. Hast thou an arm like God 1 or canst thou thunder with a voice like him] Ps. Ixxxix. 13. Thou hast a mighty arm ; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. LXIII. Hand of God. Exod. xv. 6. Thy right hand is glorious in power. LXIV. Finger of God. Exod. viii. 19. The magicians said, This is the finger of God. xxxi. 18. The tables were written with the finger of God. Ps. viii. 3. Thy heavens are the work of thy fingers. Luke xi. 20. Jesus cast out devils with the finger of God. LXV. God called a rock. Deut. xxxii. 4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are judgment, a God of truth and with- out iniquity, just and right is he. 1 Sam. ii. 2. 2 Sam. xxii. 32. Ps. xviii. 31. LXVI. Nothing hard to God. Gen. xviii. 14. Is any thing too hard for the Lord? Jer. xxxii. 17. There is nothing too hard for thee. Ver. 27. LXVII. All things possible to him. Matt. xix. 26. With God, all things, are possible. Mark x. 27. Luke i. 37. With God nothing shall be im- xviii. 27. The things that are impossible with men, are possible with God. Zech. viii. 6. LXVIII. He is able to do every thing. Phil, iii. 21. He is able even to subdue all things to himself. Rom. iv. 21. He was able to perform what he had promised. Eph. iii. 20. Able to do abundantly above all that we ask or think. LXIX. God's power in his wonderful doings. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders'? Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven, or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? xxxii. 4. He is the Rock ; his work is perfect. Job v. 9. He doeth great things, and un- searchable, marvellous things, without number. Ch. ix. 10. xxxvii. 5. Ps. Ixxii. 18. Ixxxvi. 10. cxviii. 23. cxxxvi. 4. Ps. cxi. 7. The works of his hands are ve- rity and judgment. Eccl. iii. 14. Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it. Dan. iv. 3. How great are his signs, and how mighty are his wonders ! his kingdom is D 2 42 GOD S POWER. CHAP. I. an everlasting kingdom, ami his dominion from generation to generation ! Ver. 35. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and he doth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What dost thou] See Job ix. 12. Isa. xlv. 9. LXX. The prosperity and adversity of mankind are in his hand. Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil 1 Job v. 18. He maketh sore, and bindeth up ; he woundeth and bis hands make whole. xii. 10. In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. xxiii. 13, 14. He is in one mind, and who can turn him 1 and what his soul desireth, even that he doth. For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me, and many such things are with him. Isa. xlv. 7. I form the light, and I create darkness; I make peace and create evil; I the Lord do all these things. Amos iii. 6. Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. Dan. v. 23. God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways. Acts xvii. 28. Jam. iv. 12. He is the one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy. See Jer. xviii. 6. Isa. xlv. 9. As clay in the hand of the potter, so are we in his hand. LXXI. God's power in the creation of heaven and earth. Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Ps. xcv. 5. The sea is his and he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. cii. 25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands. Heb. i. 10. Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a ba- lance 1 Prov. xxx. 4. Isa. xl. 26. He calleth the creatures all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth. xlviii. 13. My hand also hath laid the foun- dation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens. Ixvi. 2. All those things hath my hand made. Jer. x. 1 2. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. Ch. li. 15. xxvii. 5. I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power, and by my out-stretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto rne. Ch. xxxii. 17. Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead. LXXII. In the government of the heavens and the earth. Job xxvi. 12. He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. See from ver. 5 to 14, and Ps. Ixxiv. 13. xxviii. 9. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock, he overturneth the mountains by the roots. Ps. Ixv. 6. By his strength he setteth fast the mountains. xcv. 4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth, the strength of the hills is his. Isa. xliii. 16, 17. The Lord maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters. He bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power. 1. 2, 3. At my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. Nah. i. 3, 4, 5. Dan. iv. 35. He doth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inha- bitants of the earth. Heb. i. 3. Upholding all things by the word of his power. LXXIII. Acts of his power towards his Church. Exod. vi. 6. I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments. xiii. 3. By strength of hand, the Lord brought you out of Egypt. Ps. cxxxvi. 12. Exod. xv. 13. Thou hast guided the people in thy strength, unto thy holy habitation. Ver. 17. Thou shalt plant them in the mount of thine inheritance, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. Num. xiv. 13. Thou broughtest up this people, in thy might. Deut. iv. 34. Hath God assayed to go and tak^ him a nation, from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great ter- rors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt? Ch. v. 15. vii. 19, xxvi. 8. Jer. xxxii. 21. Ezek. xx. 5, 6. 22. 28. 42. xlvii. 14. Dan. ix. 15. vi. 2 1: The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Ch. vii. 8, 9. ix. 26. xi. 2. xxvi. 8. xxxiv. 12. Neh. i. 10. Thy people whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. Ch. ix. 32. Exod. xxxii. 11. CHAP. I. GOD S POWER. 43 Ps. Ixxix. 11. Let the sighing of the pri- soner come before thee, according to the greatness of thy power. cvi. 8. He saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. Ps. cxi. 6. Isa. xlix. 26. All flesh shall know that I the Lord, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Ch. Ix. 16. Ixiii. 16. Jer. xx. It. The Lord is with me, as a mighty terrible one, therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and shall not prevail. Ps. xlv. 3. See Numb. xi. 23. Deut. xxxiii. 27. Ps. xliv. 3. Ixxvii. 10. 14. Ixxviii. 54. Ixxx. 15. cxviii. 23. Isa. li. 9. 11. Jer. 1. 34. LXXIV. God's power towards the right- eous. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Hand. 1 Chron. xxix. 12. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all : and in thy hand is power and might ; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Ch. iv. 10. Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him, but his power and wrath is against all them that forsake him. Ver. 31. Ps. xvii. 7. Thou savest by thy right hand them that put their trust in thee. Ps. xviii. 35. xxxvii. 24. Dan. iii. 17. xx. 6. He will hear with the strength of his right hand. Ps. Ix. 5. xxxi. 5. Into thy hand I commit my spirit. (Luke xxiii. 46.) Ver. 15. My times are in thy hand. Ixiii. 8. Thy right hand upholdeth me. Ps. cviii. 6. Ixxx. 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand. Ps. Ixxxix. 21. Isa. i. 25. The Lord saith, I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. See ver. 22. LXXV. God's power in spiritual blessings to his people. Ps. xcv. 7. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Ps. cxxxviii. 8. Isa. xix. 25. xxix. 23. xlv. 11. Ix. 21. Ixiv. 8. Jer. xviii. 6. compare Matt. iii. 9, and Rom. xi. 23. ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. 2 Chron. xxx. 12. Ixiii. 1, 2. My soul thirsteth for thee ; to see thy power and thy glory, as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Ps. xcvi.6. 1 Chron. xvi. 27. Eph. i. 19. The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, 2 Cor. vi. 7. Eph. iii. 7. iii. 20. He is able to do exceeding abun- dantly above all that we ask or think. 2 Pet. i. 3. His divine power hath given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. John x. 29. None is able to pluck his people out of his hand. 2 Tim. i. 12. He is able to keep that com- mitted unto him. Rom. xvi. 25. 27. To him that is of power to stablish you, be glory for ever, amen. Ch. xiv. 4. 2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace abound toward you. Acts xx. 32. I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Jude 24. He is able to keep you from fall- ing and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory, with exceeding joy. 1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation. Duty. Eph. vi. 10. Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. LXXVI. God's power against the wick ed. Ezra viii. 22. God's power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him Nah. i. 6. Ps. xc. 11. Who knoweth the power of thine anger 1 Heb. x. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Nah. i. 3. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. 2 Thess. i. 9. The wicked shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. SeePs.lix.il. Ixvi. 3. Rom. ix. 17. Almighty. Job xxi. 29. The eyes of the wicked shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Ch. xxvii. 13, &c. Job xl. 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him 1 he that reproveth God let him answer it. Isa. xiii. 6. The day of the Lord shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Joel i. 15. ii. 11. Might. Ps. xxiv. 8. The Lord, strong and mighty in battle. Isa. i. 24. Thus saith the Lord, the mighty one of Israel, I will ease me of mine adversa- ries, and avenge me of mine enemies. Jer. xvi. 21.1 will cause them to know my hand and my might, and they shall know that my name is the Lord. Strength. Jer. xxi. 5. I will fight againsf you, with an outstretched hand, and with 9 strong arm ; even in anger and in fury, and in great wrath. 44 OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. CHAP. I Rev. xviii. 8. Strong is the Lord who judges Babylon. Hand. Exod. ix. 3. To Pharaoh Moses said, The hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle, upon the horses, the asses, the camels, the oxen, and the sheep. Exod. ix. 15. I will stretch out my hand that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence. Ch. iii. 20. Ver. 16. For this cause have I raised thee up, to shew in thee my power. xv. 1 6. Fear and dread shall fall upon them, by the greatness of thine arm. Ch. vii. 5. Deut. ii. 15. The hand of the Lord was against those that murmured, to destroy them until they were consumed. xxxii. 20 to 44. How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up 1 Judges ii. 15. Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil 1 Sam. v. 9. vi. 3. vii. 13. 1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye rebel against the com- mandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you. Job x. 7. There is none that can deliver out of thy hand. Ps. 1. 22. Hos. ii. 10. xxvii. 22. God shall cast upon the wicked man, and not spare : he would fain flee out of his hand. Ps. xxi. 8. Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies. Ps. xcviii. 1. cxviii. 15. Ixvi. 5. The Lord is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. Ver. 3. Ixxv. 8. In the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red : it is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. Jer. xxv. 15. 17. Ii. 7. Hab. ii. 16. cvi. 26. He lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness. Ezek. xx. 22, 23. 33. xxii. 1 3, 14, 15. Isa. x. 32. He shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion. Ch. xix. 16. xxv. 11. Jer. vi. 12. xv. 6. xxxi. 3. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth, and he that is helped, shall fail together. 1. 11. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. Id. 10. The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations. Ezek. xiv. 13. When the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it. Ch. vi. 14. xxv. 7. I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to th heathen. Ver. 13. 16. xxxv. 3. Arnos ix. 2. Though they dig into hell, thence shall my hand take them. Zeph. i. 4. I will stretch out my hand upon Judah. Ch. ii. 13. Acts xiii. 1 1. The hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shall be blind for a season. LXXVII. Sins against the power of God. Ps. xxviii. 5. Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Isa. v. 12. They regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. Ch. xxvi. 11. liii. 1. Ixv. 2. v. 25. His anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Ch. ix. 12. 17. 21. x. 4. xiv. 27. Matt. xxii. 29. Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Duties resulting from or founded upon the doctrine of God's power. Isa. xxxiii. 13. Ye that are near, acknowledge my might. Ps. xviii. 1. I will love thee, O Lord my strength. See Love to God. Luke xii. 5. Fear him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. See Fear of God. Isa. xxvi. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever ; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. See Trust in God. 1 Chron. xvi. 11. Seek the Lord and his strength. Ps. cv. 4. See Seek God. Ps. xxi. 1. The king shall joy in thy strength. See Joy in God. lix. 17. To thee, my strength, will I sing. See Praising God. Ixviii. 34. Ascribe ye strength unto God. xcvi. 7. Give unto the Lord glory and strength. cxlv. 6. Men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts. Ver. 11. cl. 1. Praise God in the firmament of his power. Jude 25. To the only wise God, our Sa- viour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou. hast created all things, and for thy pleasure, they are, and were created. See Ch. v. 13. vii. 12. xix. 1. OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. As Miracles may be considered as uncommon effects, produced by the interposal and ex- ertion of divine power, it is thought proper to give the following miracles a place under CHAP. I. OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. 45 this article. (See Miracles, Ch. iv. Sect. 50 to 58.) LXXVIII. 1 . Miracles affecting nations and particular persons. Gen. 7th and 8th chap- ters. The flood, with all its circumstances : the design thereof, 2 Pet. ii. 5, to destroy the ungodly. Gen. xxi. 2. The birth of Isaac. xxii. 13. He is miraculously delivered from death. xix. 24. The destruction of Sodom and Go- morrah, &c. Deut. xxix. 23. Isa. xiii. 19. Jer. xlix. 18. 1. 40. Exod. iii. 2. An angel appears to Moses in a flame of fire, in a bush. iv. 3. Moses's rod is changed into a serpent. Ver. 6. His hand become th leprous, and is restored. vii. 10. Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent before Pharaoh. Ver. 12. It swallows up the magicians' rods, turned serpents also. Ver. 20. The waters of Egypt are turned into blood. viii. 6. The plague of frogs. Ver. 17. The plague of lice. Ver. 24. The plague of flies. ix.6. A plague upon cattle. Ver. 10. Plague of boils. Ver. 23. Thunder, hail, and fire. x. 13. The plague of locusts. Ver. 22. Darkness sent as a plague. xii. 29. The death of the first-born. Ver. 31. Israel leaves Egypt. xiii. 21. Israel is guided by a pillar of a cloud and fire. xiv. 20. The pillar is dark toward the Egyptians, and bright toward the Israelites. Ver, 21. The sea is divided. Ver. 22. Is- rael passeth through safely. Ver. 26. The sea returns and overwhelms the Egyptians. 2. These miracles wrought by the power of God. Exod. iii. 20. I will smite Egypt with all my wonders. Ch. iv. 9. 17. 28. vii. 3. xi. 9. Deut. vi. 22. vii. 19. xxvi. 8. xxxiv. 11. Neh. ix, 10. Thou shewedst wonders on Pharaoh. Jer. xxxii. 20, 21. 3. The design of these miracles. Exod. vi. 6, 7. I will redeem you with great judg- ments, and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. vii. 5. The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt. Ch. xiv. 4. 18. Ver. 17. The waters turned into blood. In this thou shall know that I am the Lord. viii. 10. By the plague of frogs, that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God. Ch. ix. 14. Ver. 19. Of the plague of lice : The magi- cians said, This is the finger of God. Ver. 22. No swarms of flies shall be in the land of Goshen ; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. Exod. ix. 16. For this, cause have I raised thee up, that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. Ver. 27, 28. At the plague of hail, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Entreat the Lord, and I will let you go. Ver. 29. Moses said, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's. x. 1 6, 1 7. At the plague of locusts, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have sinned against the Lord your God. Entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me, this death only. Ver. 24. At the. plague of darkness, Pharaoh said to Moses, Go serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed ; let your little ones also go with you. xi. 7. Against any of the children of Israel, shall not a dog move his tongue against man or beast ; that ye may know, how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. xiv. 4. 17. Concerning the overthrow of Pharaoh and his army, God said, I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host. Ver. 18. The Egyptians shall know- that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. xii. 32. Upon the death of the first-born of Egypt, Pharaoh said, Take your flocks and your herds, and be gone, and bless me also. 4. After the overthrow of Pharaoh. Exod. xiv. 31. Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians ; and the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord. xv. 1. They sang this song to the Lord, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea, &c. xxix. 46. Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them out of the land of Egypt. 5. Miracles in the wilderness and the borders thereof. Exod. xvi. 12, 13. Quails and manna sent for food. Numb. xi. 31. xvii. 6. Water brought from a rock, for drink. Numb. xx. 11. Deut. xxix. 5, 6. Israelites' clothes waxed not old, &c. That ye might know that I am the Lord thy God. Exod. xix. 16. Thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud appear upon Mount Sinai, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud is 46 OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. CHAP. I. heard, so that all the people trembled. Ch. xx. 18. xx. 1. The Jaw is delivered. Ver. 22. The Lord talked with them from heaven. xxiv. 18. Moses tarries forty days on the mount. xxxiv. 28. Moses fasts forty days. Ver. 29. His face shines so that the Israelites could not look upon it. Lev. ix. 24. Fire from the Lord consumes the burnt-offering. x. 2. Fire from the Lord consumes Nadab and Abihu, for offering with strange fire unto the Lord. Numb. xiv. 37. Men who brought an evil report die by the plague. xvi. 1. The rebellion of Korah and his com- pany. Ver. 32. The earth opens and swal- lows them up. Ver. 49. Fourteen thousand die by the plague, for murmuring. xvii. 8. Aaron's rod budded, as a decisive token of the priesthood being fixed in the house of Levi. xi. 25. The spirit of prophecy given to the elders of Israel. xxi. 4. The people for murmuring are bitten by fiery serpents. Ver. 6. And healed by looking on a brazen serpent. Ver. 9. On a pole. xxii. 28. Balaam reproved by an ass speak- ing, and terrified at the sight of an angel, as he went to curse Israel. xxiii. 8. 20. Is forced to bless Israel. Ch. xxiv. 4. 13. Josh. iii. 7. Jordan stops until Israel passeth over. 6. The design and use to lie made of these miracles is thus set forth. Exod. x. 2. Tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. Deut. iv. 32, 33. Ask now of the days that are past, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it : Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live 1 Deut. iv. 34, 35. Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great ter- rors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes 1 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know *bat the Lord he is God ; there is none else oesides him. Ver. 36. Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and upon earth, he shewed thee his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. Ver. 39. 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. Josh. iv. 23, 24. The Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan before you, as he did the Red sea : That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty ; that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever. Ch. iii. 10. xxiv. 31. Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, which had known all the works of the Lord which he had done for Is- rael. Judg. ii. 7. 7. Other miracles and remarkable provi- dences in the land of Israel, wrought for promoting the faith and worship of the one living and true God. Josh. vi. 20. Jericho taken, the walls there- of falling down at the sound of rams' horns. x. 11. Israel's enemies destroyed by hail. Ver. 13. The sun stands still. Judg. vi. 38. A sign given to Gideon by a fleece. vii. 13. Another sign, a Midianitish host miraculously discomfited. xiii. 3. An angel foretells the birth of Samson. Samson's works. Ch. xiv. 6. xv. 14, 15. 19. xvi. 3. 12. 14. 30. 1 Sam. v. 3. Dagon falls before the ark. vi. 12. The ark carried to the land of Israel by cattle without a guide. Ver. 14. vii. 1 0. God thundereth upon the Philistines. xii. 18. Thunder and rain sent at Samuel's prayer. xiv. 15. Enemies struck with groundless fear. Ver. 20. They kill one another. xvii. 49. David kills Goliath. Ver. 46 Saying, the Lord will deliver thee into my hand, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. xix. 20. The spirit of prophecy comes upon Saul's messengers. Ver. 21. And upon Saul. Ver. 24. 1 Kings xiii. 5. The altar rent, and ashes poured out as a sign foretold by the prophet. Ver. 6. Jeroboam's withered hand restoret 1 at the prayer of the prophet. Ver. 28. An ass and lion stand by the carcass of a disobedient prophet, slain by the lion. xvii. 1. Elijah's miracles, viz. A great drought. Ver. 6. He is fed by ravens. Ver. 1 6. Multiplies a barrel of meal, and cruse of oil in famine. Ver. 22. Brings a dead child to life. CHAP. I. OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES, 47 xviii. 38. In a contest with the priests of Baal, to decide whether the God of Israel, or Baal, was the true God, fire consumes Elijah's sacrifice, though much water was poured on it. Ver. 37. Elijah prayed and said, hear me, O Lord, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God. Ver. 39. When the fire consumed the sacrifice, the people fell on their faces and cried, The Lord he is the God, the Lord he is the God. 1 Kings xx. 13. A remarkable victory. Ver. 28. 2 Kings i. 10. Officers sent to lay hold on Elijah, are consumed by fire from heaven. Ver. 12. ii. 8. Jordan struck with Elijah's mantle, divides. Ver. 11. Elijah is carried to heaven. Ver. 22. Waters healed by Elisha. iii. 22. Waters appear like blood to the enemy. Ver. 24. A great slaughter of them. iv. 5. Elisha multiplies a widow's oil. Ver. 35. Restores a dead child to life. Ver. 42. Sons of the prophet miraculously fed. v. 14. Naaman cured of leprosy. Ver. 27. Leprosy entailed upon Gehazi and his off- spring. 2 Kings vi. 6. Iron swims. vi. 12. Elisha discovereth secret counsels. Ver. 18. At his prayer the enemy is smit- ten with blindness. Ver. 20. Their eyes opened. xiii. 21. A dead man is restored to life, on touching the bones of Elisha. xix. 35. An angel smites the host of the Assyrians. Isa. xxxvii. 36. xx. 10. The shadow returns ten degrees on the dial, as a sign to Hezekiah. 1 Chron. xxi. 26. An angel slaying the Is- raelites is stopped at David's prayer. 2 Chron. vii. 1. Fire consumes the sacrifice at Solomon's prayer. xx. 23. Enemies destroy one another. Neh. ix. 21. During forty years' travel in the wilderness, the clothes of the Israelites waxed not old, nor did their feet swell. Deut. viii. 4. xxix. 5. 8. Miraculous judgments by the hand of enemies upon the wicked , the end and de- sign of every one of which is expressly said to be, that God might be known by them. Ezek. vi. 6, 7. Your cities shall be laid waste. Ver. 10. 14. Ch. xxxiii. 29. vii. 4. I will recompense thy ways upon thee. Ver. 9. 27. xi. 10. Ye shall fall by the sword. Ver. 12. xii. 15. I will scatter them among the na- tions. Ver. 16, 20. xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the pro- phets that divine lies. Ver. 14. 21. 23. xiv. 8. Every one that setteth up his idols in his heart, and cometh to a prophet to in- quire of him concerning me, I will set my face against that man. xv. 7. I will set my face against them. Ver. 8. xx. 37. I will cause you to pass under the rod. Ver. 12. 44. Ver. 38. I will purge out the rebels from among you. xxi. 3. 5. Thus saith the Lord, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword : it shall not return any more. xxii. 15. And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. Ver. 22. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you. xxiii. 46. I will give them to be removed and spoiled. Ver. 49. xxv. 7. I will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen. See Ch. xxiv. 21. 24. 27. 9. Judgments upon other nations for the same end. Ezek. xxv. 16. I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines. Ver. 5. 7. 11. 14. 17. xxvi. 3. I am against thee, O Tyrus. Ver. 6. xxviii. 22. Against thee, O Zidon. Ver. 23, 24. 26. xxix. 3. Against thee, O Pharaoh. Ver. 9.16.21. Ch. xxx. xxxii. xxxv. 2. Mount Seir, I will lay thy cities waste. Ver. 4. 9. 15. xxxviii. 16. Thou Gog shall come against my people. Ver. 23. 10. The same is asserted to be the end of the following merciful providences, as the reader will find by consulting at large the places quoted. Isa. xlix. 23. And kings shall be thy nurs- ing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers : They shall bow down to thee, with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : For they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Ezek. xxxiv. 27. The tree shall yield her fruit, the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe. xxxvi. 37. I will increase them with men like a flock. Ver. 38. So shall the waste cities be filled with men. Ver. 11. 23. xxxvii. 6. I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. Ver. 13. Ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves. xxxix. 27. When I have brought them from captivity, then shall they know that I am the 48 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. CHAP. I. Lord, which caused them to be led into cap- tivity. Ver. 7. 22. 28. Seelsa.xliii.9, 10, 11, 12. xlv.3. lx.6. Ixvi. 14. Ezek. xvi. 62. 11. Miracles in Babylon. Dan. ii. 31. Da- niel tells the king his dream, and the inter- pretation thereof. Ver. 47. The king an- swered, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a re- veal er of secrets. iii. 25. Three men in the fiery furnace un- hurt by it. Ver. 29. The king made a de- cree, that whosoever should speak against God who delivered them, should be cut in pieces. iv. 19. Daniel explains the king's dream, which being accomplished, the king praised and honoured the King of heaven. Ver. 34. 37. v. 25. Daniel explains the writing upon the wall, concerning Belshazzar. See also Daniel's visions. RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. LXXIX. Righteousness ascribed to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. All his ways are judgment: a God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is he. Job xxxvi. 3. Elihu said, I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. Ps. xi. 7. For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness. Ps. xxxiii. 5. xxxvi. 6. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy judgments are a great deep. xlviii. 10. Thy right hand is full of right- eousness. Ixxi. 19. Thy righteousness, God, is very high. xcii. 15. There is no unrighteousness in the Lord. xcvii. 2. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. cxi. 3. His righteousness endureih for ever. Ps. cxii. 3. 9. cxix. 137. Righteous art thou, Lord, and upright are thy judgments. (Jer. xii. 1.) Ver. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlast- ing righteousness, and thy law is the truth. cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise loving-kindness, judgment and righteousness in the earth. LXXX. God is righteous in punishing the wicked. Gen. xviii. 23. Abraham said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wick- ed ! Ver. 25. That be far from thee, to slay the righteous with the wicked ; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right 1 Exod. ix. 27. Pharaoh said, The Lord is righteous ; I and my people are wicked. Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Lam. i. 18. Dan. ix. 14. Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon man more than right. Ps. xcviii. 2. His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. cxxix. 4. The Lord is righteous ; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Isa. xxviii. 17. Judgment will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet. Dan. ix. 7. Lord, righteousness belong- eth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day. Ver. 14. Mic. vi. 5. Rev. xvi. 5. The angel said, Thou art right- eous, O Lovd, because thou hast judged thus. Ch. xviii. 6. LXXXI. Men shall reap as they sow. For this see the following texts : Job iv. 8. Prov. xxii.8. Jer.ii. 19. Hos.x. 13. Gal.vi.7,8. Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. LXXXII. In rewards to the righteous. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. The Lord render to every man his righteousness, and his faithfulness. 2 Sam. xxii. 21. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness. Ps. xviii. 20. See 1 Kings viii. 32. Job xxxiii. 26. Matt. xx. 4. Whatsoever is right, I will give you. LXXXIII. Things of God declared to be right. Righteous are his judgments. Neh. ix. 1 3. Thou gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments. See Deut. iv. 8. Ps. xix. 9. cxix. 62. 106. 137. 160. 164. Jer. xii. 1. Statutes. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are right. Precepts. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right. Testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy testimo- nies that thou hast commanded are righteous. Ver. 144. Commands. Ps. cxix. 172. All thy com- mandments are righteousness. Word. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done in truth. Isa. xlv. 19. Ways. Hos. xiv. 9. The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them. Acts xiii. 10. CHAP. I. GOD S JUSTICE TRUTH FAITHFULNESS. JUSTICE OF GOD. LXXXIV. Justice ascribed to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without iniquity : just and right is he. Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us. Lam. i. 18. Job iv. 17. Shall mortal man be more just than God ? viii. 3. Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty pervert justice? xxxvii. 23. He is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice. Ps. Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne ; mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Ps. xcvii. 2. Isa. xlv. 21. I the Lord, a just God, and a Saviour. Jer. 1. 7. They have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice. Zeph. iii. 5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof. 1 John i. 9. He is just to forgive us our sins. Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. LXXXV. Injustice and iniquity denied concerning God. Deut. xxxii. 4. See above. 2 Chron. xix. 7. There is no iniquity with the Lord. Job xxxiv. 12. Surely God will not do wickedly ; neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. See Jer. ii. 5. Zeph. iii. 5. GOD'S TRUTH. LXXXVI. Truth ascribed to God. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gra- cious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth. Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without iniquity ; just and right is he. Ps. xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. Ver. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Ixxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met to- gether ; righteousness and peace, &c. Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. xci. 4. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Ps. xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. 7 xcviii. 3. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. c. 5. The Lord is good ; his mercy is ever- lasting, and his truth endureth to all genera- tions. Ps. cxvii. 2. cxlvi. 6. He keepeth truth for ever. See Gen. xxiv. 27. xxxii. 10. Ps. xxxi. 5. cxv. 1. cxxxviii. 2. Numb, xxiii. 19. John vii. 28. viii. 26. 2 Cor. i. 18. Rev. iii. 7. vi. 10. LXXXVII. Things of God called truth. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. Ps. cxi. 8. Dan. iv. 37* All his works are truth, and his ways judgment. Ps. cxix. 142. Thy righteousness is an ever- lasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Ps. xix. 9. cxix. 160. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faith- fulness and truth. Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. LXXXVIII. Lying denied of God. Numb, xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie. 1 Sam. xv. 29. The strength of Israel will not lie. Ps. Ixxxix. 35. Tit. i. 2. God cannot lie. Heb. vi. 18. GOD'S FAITHFULNESS. LXXXIX. The faithfulness of God. Deut. vii. 9. He is the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. Ps. xxx vi. 5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens ; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Ixxxix. 8. Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee, or to thy faithful- ness round about thee 1 Ver. 2. Ver. 33. My loving-kindness will I not ut- terly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. Ver. 24. cxix. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all gene- rations. Ver. 75. cxliii. 1. In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. Isa. xlix. 7. The Lord is faithful. Lam. iii. 23. Great is thy faithfulness. 1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ. Ch.x. 13. 1 Thess.v. 24. Faithful is he thatcalleth you. 2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. 2 Tim.ii. 13. He abideth faithful. Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that promised. I Pet. iv. 19. A faithful Creator. 50 GOD'S PURITY HOLINESS. CHAP. I. 1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to for- give us our sins. XC. Things of God called faithful. Com- mands and testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy commandments are righteous, and very faith- ful. Ver.86. Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are his faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5. xxii. 6. Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Christ. Rev.i.5. He is the faithful witness. Ch. xix. 11. God to be praised for his faithfu Iness. Ps. xl. 10. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. Ixxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness. Ver. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : thy faith- fulness also in the congregation of the saints. xcii. 2. It is a good thing to show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faith- fulness every night. Ps. Ixxxviii. 1 1. XCI. God's faithfulness in fulfilling his promises. Josh. xxi. 45. There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel : all came to pass. Ch. xxiii. 14, 15. 1 Kings viii. 15. 20. 24, Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and thy mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Jer. xi. 5. Compare Gen. xxvi. 3. Deut. ix. 5. Actsiii. 18. These things which God showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath fulfilled. Ch. xiii. 32, 33. Luke i. 72, 73. Ps. Ixxxix. 34. XCII. In fulfilling threatenings. Lam. ii. 17. The Lord hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old ; he hath thrown down and hath not pitied, he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, &c. See Isa. Ixvi. 14. Jer. i. 12. xxxix. 16. li. 29. Ezek. xii. 25. GOD'S PURITY,. XCIII. God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Ver. 18. xv. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea the heavens are not clean in his sight. xxv. 5. Behold .even to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight. Hab. i. 1 3. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. 1 John iii. 3. God is pure. Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is pure. Ps. xii. 6. Ps. cxix. 140. Prov. xxx. 5. His word is pure. GOD'S HOLINESS XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Lev. xix. 2. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Ch. xi. 44. xx. 26. xxi. 8. Josh. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a jealous God. 1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the Lord. Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that in- habitest the praises of Israel. xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he is holy. Ver. 9. cxlv. 17. The Lord is holy in all his works. Isa. v. 1 6. God that is holy shall be sancti- fied in righteousness. vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8. Ixiii. 15. Look down from heaven, and be- hold from the habitation of thy holiness, and of thy glory. Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by his holiness. John xvii. 11. Holy Father, keep through thine own name, those whom thou hast given me. Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. vi. 10. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth. xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name, for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee. XCV. The same otherwise expressed. Job iv. 17. Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Ch. ix. 2. Ver. 18. Behold he put no trust in his ser- vants, and his angels he charged with folly. xv. 15. He putteth no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not clean in his sight. xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight. xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity. Ps. v. 4, 5. Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good. Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. CHAP. I. GOODNESS OF GOD. 51 James i. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. 1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. XCVI. God is the holy one by way of eminency. Isa. xliii. 15. I am the Lord, your holy one. Hab. i. 12. Art thou not from everlasting, Lord, my holy one ] See 2 Kings xix. 22. Isa. xxix. 23. xxxvii. 23. xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29. The holy one of Israel. Ps. Ixxi. 22. I will praise thee, thou holy one of Israel. Ps. Ixxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4. x. 20. xii. 6. xvii. 7. xxix. 19. xxxi. 1. Jer. li. 5. Ezek. xxxix. 7. XCVII. Tilings pertaining to God declared holy. His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. Lev. xxii. 32. Ps. xcix. 3. Isa. Ivii. 15. Ezek. xxxix. 7. Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27. Place. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? and who shall stand in his holy place 1 He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. Ps. xlvi. 4. Ixviii. 1 7. 35. Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cried, God heard me out of his holy hill. Ps. ii. 6. xv. 1. xliii. 3. xcix. 9. Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people. Ps. Ixviii. 5. Jer. xxv. 30. Zech. ii. 13. Mountain. Isa. Ixv. 25. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. Ch. xi. 9. Ivi. 7. Ivii. 13. Ezek. xx. 40. Dan. xi. 45. Joel iii. 1 7. Zech. viii. 3. House. Ps.xciii. 5. Holiness becometh thy house, O Lord. 1 Chron. xxix. 3. Isa. Ixiv. 1 1. Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when 1 lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered his holy promise. Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remembered his holy covenant. Dan. xi. 28. 30. Law. Rom. vii. 12. The law is holy, and the commandment holy, just and good. Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. Promised in the holy scriptures. 2 Tim. iii. 15. Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling. Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath. Ch. xxxi. 14, 15. JNeh. ix. 14. Isa. Iviii. 13. People. Deut. vii. 6. Thou art an holy people to the Lord your God. Ch. xiv. 2. 21. See Exod. xix. 6, and 1 Pet. ii. 9. Lev x. 10. Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor. iii. 17. Eph.i.4. v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 15. ii. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 11. Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. iii. 2 Rev. xxii. 6. Priests. Exod. xxii. 31. Ye priests shall be holy unto me. Isa. Iii. 11. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. Heb. vii. 26. Ps. xvi. 10. Ixxxix. 19. Acts 11. 27. iii. 14. xiii. 35. Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit from me. Isa. Ixiii. 10, 11. Luke xi. 13. Rom.i.4. Eph.i.13. iv.30. IThess. iv. 8. Angels. Mark viii. 38. The Son of man cometh with the holy angels. Acts x. 22. Rev. xiv. 10. GOODNESS OF GOD. XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. vii. 3. Ezra iii. 11. Ps. c. 5. cvi. 1. cvii. 1. cxviii. 1. 29. cxxxv. 3. cxxxvi. 1. cxlv. 9. Jer. xxxiii. 11. Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7. Ps. xxv. 8. Good and upright is the Lord ; therefore will he teach sinners in the way. xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him, Iii. 1. The goodness of God endureth con- tinually. Ixxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy, to all that call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 68. cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. Zech. ix. 17. How great is his goodness ! how great is his beauty ! Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but one, that is, God. Luke xviii. 19. Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to repentance. xi. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God. XCIX. The Lord doth good. Gen. xxxiv 12. The Lord said to Jacob, I will surely & > thee good, &c. 1. 20. Joseph said to his brethren,Ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto goovf. MERCY OF GOD. CHAP. I. Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee. Deut. xxx. 9. The Lord will rejoice over thee for good. xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush. 2 Sam. vii. 28. Lord, thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant. Ver. 29. 1 Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced for all the goodness the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him. Ver. 18. Ch. vii. 9. Neh. ii. 8. 18. Neh. v. 19. Think upon me, my God, for good. Ch. xiii. 31. ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil 1 ? Ps. iv. 6. Many say, Who will shew us any good 1 Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. xxi. 3. Thou preventest with the blessings of goodness. xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. xxv. 7. According to thy mercy, remember me for thy goodness' sake. xx vii. 13. I had fainted unless I had be- lieved, to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the good- ness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving- kindness is good. Ixxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart. Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield; he will give grace and glory : no good thing will he withhold from them that walk up- rightly. Ixxxvi. 17. Show me a token for good. ciii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things. cvii. 8. O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men. Ver. 15. 21. 31. cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for good. cxliii. 10. Thy spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness. cxliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, my fortress, and high tower, &c. Isa. Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kind- nesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath be- stowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them. Jer. xxiv. 5. I sent them captives out of this place for their good. Ver. 6. I will set mine yes upon them for good, and I will build them, and plant them. xxix. 32. Th wicked shall not behold the good that I will do for my people. xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing in the height of Zion ; and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat and for wine, &c. Ver. 14. My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever ; for the good of them, and of their children after them. Ver. 42. I will bring upon this people all the good that I have promised. xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall hear the good that I do unto my people, and they shall fear and tremble, for all the good- ness, and for all the prosperity. Ver. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Is- rael. See Josh. xxi. 45. xxiii. 14. xxiv. 20. and 1 Kings viii. 56. Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the latter days. Matt. vii. 11. If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him 1 xx. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am good] Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with good things. ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. xii. 32. It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons. Ps. civ. 28. Ixviii. 10. Ixxxv. 12. Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. James i. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, arid cometh down from the Father of lights. MERCY OF GOD. C. God is merciful. Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long- suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving ini- quity, transgression and sin. CHAP. I MERCY OF GOD. 53 Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity. Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to par- don, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. Ver. 19. 27, 28. 31. Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Ivii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the hea- vens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 4. Ixii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy. Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 5. c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is ever- lasting and his truth endureth to all genera- tions. ciii. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and right- eous ; yea, our God is merciful. cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mercies, Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, Lord, endureth for ever. cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are riot consumed, because his com- passions fail not. Ver. 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage 1 he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy. James ii. 13. Mercy rejoiceth against judg- ment. James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. CI. Mercy promised. Ps. v. 7. I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy. Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. Ps. lix. 10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me. Ixxxix. 2, Mercy shall be built up for ever ; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the heavens. Ver. 14. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Ver. 28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore. cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on Zion. Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel. xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you ; and therefore . will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you. liv. 7, 8. For a small moment have I for- saken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kind- ness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. Ver. 10. 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 be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. xlii. 21. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake ; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. Iv. 3. I wilr* make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. Ix. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. Jer. xxx. 18. I will bring again the capti- vity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling-places. Ch. xxxiii. 26. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Hos. i. 7. ii. 23. xlii. 12. I will shew mercies unto you, that the king of Babylon may Jiave mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. Lam. iii. 32. Though the Lord cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving- kindness, and in mercies. Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers. Zech. i. 16. Thus saith the Lord, I am re- turned to Jerusalem with mercies. x. 6. I will bring them again to place them, for I have mercy upon them ; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off. Rom. ix. 15. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. (Exod. xxxiii. 19.) Ver. 1 6. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. E2 54 MERCY OF GOD. CHAP. 1. CII. Persons to whom, mercy is promised. Mercy is promised to the obedient. See the following texts on promises to the obedient: Exod. xx. 6. Deut. v. 10. xiii. 17, 18. Ps. xxv. 10. To the penitent. See in promises to con- version, or turning to God, the following texts: 2 Chron. xxx. 9. Prov. xxviii. 13. Isa. Iv. 7. Jer. iii. 12. xxxi. 19, 20. To them that fear God See in promises to them that fear God, the following texts : Ps. ciii. 11. 13. 17. Luke i. 50. To them that love God. See in promises to loving God, the following texts : Exod. xx. 6. Deut. v. 10. Ps. cxix. 132. Jude 21. To them that trust in God. See in pro- mises to them that trust in God, the following texts: Ps. xxxii. 10. xxxiii. 22. CIII. Mercy prayed for. Numb. vi. 24, 25, 26. On this wise the priests shall bless (or pray for) the people : The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy mercy. Deut. xxi. 8. Be merciful, Lord, unto thy people, whom thou hast redeemed. Neh. xiii. 22. Remember me, O my God, and spare me, according to the greatness of thy mercy. Ps. iv. 1. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. vi. 2. Have mercy upon me, Lord, for I am weak : O Lord, heal me. Ver. 4. O save me for thy mercies' sake. Ps. xxx. 10. Ixix. 13, 14. 16, 17. Ivii. 1. xliv. 26. Ivi. 1. cxxiii. 3. Ps. ix. 13. Have mercy upon me, Lord ; consider my trouble. xxv. 6, 7. Remember, Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions : accord- ing to thy mercy remember thou me. Ps. Lxxxvi. 6. Ver. 7. 16. For thy goodness' sake, Lord, turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for I am desolate and afflicted. Ps. Ixxxvi. 16. xxvi. 11. I will walk in mine integrity : re- deem me, and be merciful unto me. xl. 11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me. xli. 4. Lord, be merciful unto me ; heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, accord- ing to thy loving-kindness ; according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Ixi. 7. O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve the king. Ixxix. 8. O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us. Ver. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name ; and de- liver us, and purge away our sins for thy name's sake. Ixxxv. 7. Show us thy mercy, Lord, and grant us thy salvation. Ixxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, Lord, for I cry unto thee daily. Ver. 5. For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive ; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. Ps. xxvii. 7. xc. 14. O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. cix. 21, 22. Because thy mercy is goocl, deliver thou me, for I am poor and needy. Ver. 26. Help me, Lord my God, O save me according to thy mercy. cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word. Ver. 58. Be merciful unto me. according to thy word. Ver. 77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live. Ver. 124. Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy ; and teach me thy statutes. Ver. 132. Look thou upon me, and be merci- ful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously. Hab. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years; in wrath remember mercy, Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gra- cious unto us. Luke xviii. 13. God be merciful to me a sinner. Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 Tim. i. 2. Tit, i. 4. 2 John 3. 2 Tim. i. 16. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus. Ver. 18. The Lord grant that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day. Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied. CIV. Mercy acknowledged in various in- stances. Gen. xix. 16. The Lord being mer- ciful unto Lot, they brought him forth, and set him without the city. Ver. 19. Lot said, CHAP. I. MERCY OF GOD. 55 Thou hast magnified thy mercy in saving my life. Exod. xv. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed. 2 Sam. xxii. 51. He sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. Ps. xviii. 50. 1 Kings iii. 6. 2 Chron. vi. 42. Ezra vii. 27, 28. Blessed be the Lord, who hath extended mercy unto me, before the king and his counsellors. Ch. ix. 9. Ps. xciv. 18. When I said, My foot slip- peth ; thy mercy, Lord, held me up. xcviii. 3. The Lord hath remembered his mercy, and his truth, toward the house of Is- rael. Luke i. 54. 72. 78. cvi. 45. He remembered for them his cove- nant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. cxix. 64. The earth, Lord, is full of thy mercy. Rom. ix. 23. That God might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. 1 Cor. vii. 25. Paul said, I obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 1 Tim. i. 13. Paul said, I who was a blas- phemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, ob- tained mercy. Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he saved us. 1 Pet. i. 3. His abundant mercy. ii. 10. Ye have obtained mercy. CV. Thanks for mercy. Gen. xxiv. 27. Abraham's servant said, Blessed be the Lord God, who hath not left destitute my master, of his mercy and his truth. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. vii. 3. xx. 21. Ezra iii. 11. Ps. cvi. 1. cvii. 1. cxviii. 1. cxxxvi. 1. Jer. xxxiii. 11. Ps. lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy mercy. Ps. Ixxxix. 1. Ixvi. 20. Blessed be God, who hath not turn- ed away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. ciii. 1. Bless the Lord, my soul. Ver. 4. Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies. cxv. 1 . Not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's sake. CVI. Mercy in the pardon of sin. See in Sect. c. texts, Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. Numb. xiv. 18. Neh. ix. 17. Ps. Ixxxvi. 5. Dan. ix. 9. Ps. xxxii. 1 , 2. Blessed is he whose trans- gression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. Ixv. 3. As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. Ixxxv. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. ciii. 3. The Lord forgiveth all thine iniqui- ties; he healeth all thy diseases. Ver. 10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins. cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet or crimson, they shall be as snow, or as wool. xxxiii. 24. The inhabitants shall not say, I am sick ; the people that dwelt therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. xliii. 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins. Iv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts ; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon hirn : and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. See promises to repent- ance and turning to God. Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you : for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and' I will not keep anger for ever. Ver. 22. Return, ye backsliding child- ren, and I will heal your backslidings. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 1. 20. In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none ; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found ; for I will pardon them whom I reserve. Ezek. xxxiii. 15, 16. If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, none of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him ; he shall surely live. Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? &c. Ver. 9. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim ; for I am God, and not man. xiv. 4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely : for mine anger is turned away from him. Matt. xii. 31. All manner of sin and blas- phemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. Ver. 32. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. Heb. x. 17. Their sins and their iniquity will fremember no more. Ch. viii. 12. Jer. xxxi. 34. 56 GOD IS COMPASSIONATE GOD PITIETH. CHAP. I. CVIL Pardon and forgiveness prayed for. Exod. xxxii. 31, 32. Moses said, This people have sinned a great sin. Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin ; if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written. xxxiv. 9. O Lord, pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. Numb. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the great- ness of thy mercy. Ver. 20. 1 Kings viii. 30. Solomon prays for for- giveness to the people. 2 Chron. xxx. 18. Good Lord, pardon every one, &c. Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, thou preserver of men 1 Ver. 21. Why dost thou not pardon my trans- gression 1 Ps. xxv. 18. Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins. Ver. 11. Ps.li. 1. Dan. ix. 19. O Lord hear, Lord forgive; hearken and do,"defer not for thine own sake, my God. Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive I beseech thee. v Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus said, Father, forgive them ; for they know not what they do. Acts viii. 22. Peter said to Simon Magus, Repent, and pray God, if perhaps, the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. See Naa- man's prayer, 2 Kings v. 18. Hezekiah's prayer, 2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. GOD IS COMPASSIONATE. CVIII. Compassion ascribed to God. Ps. Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious : long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth". cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion ; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. cxii. 4. God excited compassion toward his people in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. cvi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. CIX. Companion, to whom promised, Deut. xxx. 2, 3. When thou shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice ; then the Lord will turn thy captivity and have compassion on thee. Ch. xiii. 17. Jer. xii. 15. After I have plucked them ou I will return, and have compassion on them and will bring them again every man to his heritage, and to his land. Lam. iii. 32. Though he cause grief, ye will he have compassion, according to th< multitude of his mercies. Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity! &c. Ver. 19. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us ; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the i. Rom. ix. 15. I will have compassion on vhom I will have compassion. Ex. xxxiii. 19 CX. Instances of divine compassion. 2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious unto Israel, and had compassion on them, when they were oppressed by enemies. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 15. The Lord God of their "athers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes and sending ; because he had com- )assion on his people, and on his dwelling- )lace. Ps. Ixxviii. 38. He being full of compas- sion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed ,hem not ; yea, many a time, turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed : because his com- passions fail not. Matt xviii. 27. The Lord of that servant, moved with compassion, forgave him the debt. Mark v. 1 9. Jesus said to the man out of whom he had cast a devil, Go tell how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. Luke xv. 20. The father saw the prodigal son returning, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. God excited compassion towards his people in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. cvi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. CXI. Compassion ascribed to Christ. In- stances in which it was excited. Matt. ix. 36. At seeing the multitude scattered as sheep without a shepherd. Mark vi. 34. xiv. 14. At seeing in the multitude, sick persons, whom he healed. xv. 32. At seeing a multitude without bread, whom he fed. Mark viii. 2. xx. 34. At seeing blind men, whose eyes he opened. Mark i, 41. At seeing a leper, whom he healed. ix. 22. 25. At seeing a child possessed of a dumb spirit, which he cast out. Luke vii. 13. At seeing a mother's grief, whose son he restored to life. GOD PITIETH. CXII. God hath pity on his people. Ps. ciii. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Isa. Ixiii. 9. In his love and in his pity he CHAP. I. LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD HIS KINDNESS. 57 redeemed his people ; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Ezek. xxxvi. 21. I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen. * Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his land, and pity his people. James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. CXIII. God will not pity the wicked. Ezek. v. 6. She hath changed my judgments :nto wickedness: they have refused my judg- ments and statutes, and have n