NOTICES OF THE WORK.
From Dr. Woods.
DEAR SIR-After attending very carefully to your Scripture Manual,
I am free to say, that the work appears to me to be one of uncommon
importance; and I shall be much gratified, if the thought and time I
have devoted to it may contribute to render it more acceptable to the
public, and more permanently useful. I consider your Text Book to be
remarkably well suited to the object in view, and likely to be the book
which will satisfy not only common people, but ministers, and all men
of logical minds and a cultivated taste. It is my confident opinion, that
it will take the place of all other works of the kind, and that nothing
else will be called for or attempted for a great while to come.
LEONARD WOODS.
Theol. Seminary, Andover, Feb. 3, 1845.
From Dr. Weeks.
Having spent considerable time il a careful examination of the
third edition of Mr. Simmons's Scripture Manual, I am happy to state,
that I think it contains important improvements upon the former editions. The statement and arrangement of the great subjects of doctrine
and duty, and the selection of the most appropriate texts on each subject, cannot fail, I think, to render this work highly acceptable and
useful.  Ministers of thl, gospel, instructors in Sabbath Schools, and all
who make the Bible their study, will find their labors greatly facilitated
by it. As a family book, I know of no work of human compilation so
full of instruction, admonition, and consolation, and so worthy of a place
in every house.                               WM. R. -WEEKS.
Newark, Feb. 1845.
From a Notice by Dr. Ide of lMedway, Ms.
The diligent author of the Scripture Manual deserves the thanks of
the Christian public, for his seasonable and valuable work, so well suited,
not only to aid Christians and ministers in the investigation and defence
of the truth, but to meet and counteract a host of destructive errors,
now prevalent in our land. It is hoped that he will receive the liberal
patronage of the public in this very commendable effort to do good.
From a Notice by Dr. Storrs, Braintree, Ms.
The Scripture Manual is a work of unquestionable value.  None of
the questions it proposes are unimportant,-and the answers given to
them in the words of the Holy Spirit are select, full, and judicious.  I
know of no other compilation of God's truth, prepared by uninspired
mind, that I should so heartily rejoice to find in the hands of every
family of my charge-indeed, in every family in the land.
From Dr. Pond.
I have run my eye over your Scripture Manual, and think it an excellent book of reference for ministers and private Christians.  As a
help in the selection of proof texts, on almost any subject in the Bible,
I know of nothing of equal value.               ENOCH  POND
Theo. Seminary, Bangor, Me.
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NOTICES OF THE WORK.
From Dr. Nott, President of Union College.
A work in which the teaching of the Bible, on the great questions
of faith and practice are fully and impartially presented, has long been
a desideratum.  The Scripture Manual (so far as I have been able to
examine it) appears in an eminent degree to be such a work; and presuming that it is so throughout, I do not hesitate to recommend it as a
useful Manual, to all who desire to become acquainted with the teachings of unerring wisdom on questions of this sort; especially to Ministers of the Gospel, to Sabbath School teachers, and heads of families.
From Dr. Humphrey, late President of Amherst College, April 14,
1845.
I have looked over the Rev. Charles Simmons's Scripture Manual
with some care, and am free to say, I consider it eminently adapted to
the use for which it is designed.  I have seen no Scripture "help" of
this class, which I regard as so happily conceived and admirably arranged. It bears the marks throughout, of great industry and good
judgment, in the selection and arrangement of appropriate texts, under
their proper heads.
I do not know where to find any young Timothy, who has " known
the Holy Scriptures so well from a child," as not to be aided and benefited, by keeping this Manual upon his table. Nor ought the help
which it affords, to be confined exclusively to ministers' studies.
Teachers of Bible Classes and Sabbath Schools, as well as other pious
laymen in the church, who love to study the word of God, ought to
possess it.
From Rev. Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia, April 11, 1845.
I have examined with some care Mr. Simmons's "Scripture Manual," and regard it as a very valuable work. It is evidently composed
with great care, and much judgment has been evinced in the arrangement of the topics, and in the selection of texts of Scripture. It is incomparably superior to any thing of the kind with which I am acquainted, and its extensive circulation and use cannot but have a happy influence. It is in itself an admirable system of theology, in which
there can be no error, and in which Christians may learn, in a short
compass, what are the leading doctrines of religion, and what are their
own duties and privileges. I have no doubt that the work will soon
supersede every other of the kind, as I am clearly of the opinion that
it should.
From Rev. Dr. Eddy, of Newark, N. J., April 8, 1845.
I have examined the "Scripture Manual," by the Rev. Charles
Simmons, and can most cheerfully recommend it as unquestionably the
best work of the kind that has been published. It will be found useful, not
only to clergymen and Sabbath School teachers, but to all who seek to
make themselves familiar with the truths of the sacred Scriptures.
From Dr. Cogswell, of Gilmanton, N. H.
The Scripture Manual, by Rev. Charles Simmons, is the best work
of the kind I have ever seen. The subjects which it presents are important; and are well illustrated by the passages of Scripture selected.
This book should be the companion of all, as it affords great facility
for ascertaining the mind and will of God on the greatest subjects in
morals and religion.
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NOTICES OF THE WlORK.
From Dr. Krebs, of New York.
I have examined and used the Scripture Manual, and I am sure it
will be a valuable auxiliary to all who engage in the systematic study
of the Scriptures.
From Rev. 1Mri. McEwen, of New London, Ct.
In order and symmetry, I think the Scripture Manual is not surpassed by any other work. The importance of the book, and the ingenuity of the author in treating articles of theology, and prevalent
questions in ethics, will be more and more apparent to the reader, as
he progresses in reading the volume.
From  Rev. Dr. Spring, E. Hartford, Ct.
The Scripture Manual is one of the fewbooks which I can heartily
commend. It is an able and judicious arrangement of those passages
which teach the doctrines and inculcate the duties of the word of God.
To the diligent, and especially to the systematic reader of the Bible,
and to the Sabbath school teacher, the aid it will render is above
price.
From Professor Goodrich, of New Haven.
I have.examined your Scripture Manual, and am  pleased with the
plan. There is a great deal of judgment and discrimination in the
selection of topics, and the development of truth. You have succeeded
excellently in avoiding the trammels of human systems, and bringing
out the mind of God on almost every important topic.
From Rev. Dr. Edwards, of New London, Ct.
The Scripture Manual is remarkable for its order, its adaptedness to
the times, and the practical aspect in which it presents the great truths
of God's word. On all important subjects it is an ample concordance
of the Scriptures, and a clear and authoritative commentary of the
Bible upon itself; and in the selection and arrangement of its topics,
it goes further than any similar work towards presenting the teachings
of Revelation as a well-digested science. I know of no work of the
kind as thoroughly and judiciously prepared, or as well fitted to interest and profit in the study, the closet, the family, or the Sabbath School.
From Professor Stowe.
I like your plan, and think it far preferable to Gaston's. In this day
of unbelief and fanaticism, of death slumber and convulsive fits, I hope
your book will be an efficient help in bringing men back to the only
God-given rule of faith and practice, the BIBLE.
Front Rev. Calvin E. Park.
The somewhat careful attention which I have had occasion to pay
to the Scripture Manual has convinced me of its great utility. Its superiority to other works of a similar character, is, to my own mind, very
apparent. The clear light in which it places the most important truths
of religion, the ample evidence it exhibits in their favor, and especially
the prominence which is given to the duties of religion, together with
tile close connection which is made to apppear between the doctrines
of the gospel and its practical precepts, are striking excellences of the
work. My earnest wish is, that it may have a wide circulation
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EDITORIAL NOTICES OF THE SCRIPTURE MANUAL
From the New Engkander.
The design of this work is, to furnish scripture proofs of the doctrines of Revelation, the duties of morality and religion, and of all the institutions of Christianity;
and, on the other hand, to refute religious errors by the same authority.* * * The
sound judgment and accurate discrimination with which this plan has been carried out, are worthy of praise. Diligent care appears to have been taken to avoid
Irrelevant quotations, and to select as proof those passages only which directly
assert, or at least plainly imply, the truth of the points to be established. The
work is the best of the kind within our knowledge.
From the New York Observer.
This is a work which must have cost the compiler a vast amount of labor, and
will therefore, as its title slows, be a labor saving machine. * * * Such an
arrangement, executed with immense toil and much skill, must be of greatassistance, both to ministers and private Christians, and we are not surprised that distinguished biblical students bestow upon the work their highest praise.
From the New York Evangelist.
The design of this volume is something like that of Gaston's Collection, though
a far more complete and able work. It arranges passages of Scripture under appropriate heads, in a systematic form, covering the whole field of didactic theology. It is most full on the most important points, and evinces in its arrangement
a very nice skill, and great familiarity with theological systems. The author has
shown great industry and accuracy in the compilation, and has a right to congratulate himself upon the successful performance of a much-needed and long-desired
work.
From the Newark Daily Advertiser.
This is one of the most valuable volumes ever offered to the Christian reader;
certainl.y and beyond comparison, the most useful compilation of Scripture teachings of which we nave any knowleage. It presents, in fact, a methodical and
entire system of Christian duty and doctrine, drawn exclusively from the sacred
volume, without mutilation or a word of comment, and so arranged, with an
alphabetical index, that the reader may sec at a glance the whole teaching of the
Scriptures upon tne leaauag topics of theological and moral inquiry -the doctrines and duties which are generally held to be of primary importance to us all.
With this Manual in his hands,no man need hesitate for a moment as to the teaching or requirements of the Bible on any of the leading subjects affecting our religious duties and interests.
The compiler has been engaged upon the work for many years, and his labors
have been carefully revised by some of the first divines of our country, who give
the work now before us their most unqualified approbation.
From a Notice in the Christian Watchman, Boston.
In selecting and arranging texts of Scripture, the author has had particular reference to the prevailing errors of the times, and has adjusted his texts to meet
them, so that it is, to a great degree, a book for the times.
From the Boston Recorder.
This hook has met with a measure of public favor and patronage which indicates
its value. Its preparation evinces sound judgment, as well as protracted and patient labor. It is an epitome of the Bible, and the passages illustrative of any
particular subject are so arranged as greatly to facilitate the study of the Scriptures. To ministers, Sabbath school teachers, and families, the Manual will be of
essential service, as the experience of many has already proved. In the notices
of the work which accompany this edition, we believe all will concur who use the
Scripture Manual sufficiently to know its worth.
From the Christian Intelligencer, (N. Y.)
Mr. Simmons, in executing this work, has expended a treasure of toil, and
exerted much skill. The tribute he has thus paid to the doctrines of Inspiration,
fully entitles him to the gratitude of all who reverence alid study the Bible. It is
a complete system of Divinity, exhibited in the very language of the Holy Spirit,
and the collation is so extensive as to form a synopsis of sacred text. The boot
will be of great value to ministers of the gospel, students of theology, Sabbath
school teachers and scholars, and is calculated to afford much facility to Christian
families in the study of the Bible.
From the C.hristian Observer, Philadelphia.
This is a rich, copious, well-selected and well-arranged text book, exhibiting the
results of great labor, in bringing together numerous proof texts, strictly allied in
their meaning, on a very large number of subjects -so formed as to present in
their beautiful symmetry the features ol evangelical truth. It is justly regarded
as the most valuable work of the kind ever published in our language, and we
commend it to the attention of ministers, Sunday school teachers, and all persons
who desire the aid of a manultl in acquiring the most important knowledge.




SCRIPTURE MANUAL.
ALPHABETICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED,
DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE FINDING OF
PROOF TEXTS.
BY CHARLES SIMMONS.
SECOND STEREOTYPE REVISION.
First Edition, 2000.
NEW YORK:
M. W. DODD, BRICK CHURCH CHAPEL.
BOSTON: CROCKER & BREWSTER AND JOHN P. JEWETT & CO.
NORTH WRENTIIAM, MASS.: CHARLES SIMMONS, PROPRIETOR.
CINCINNATI: J. A. BRAINERD
185 0.




Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by
CHARLES SIMMONS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
ANDOVER: JOHN D. FLAGt,
STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER.




INTRODUCTION,
BY DR. SPRING.
THE object of the present work is clearly announced in
its title. It is to collect within a small compass the instructions of unerring wisdom upon a great variety of subjects which relate to the present and eternal interests of
men, and comprising the doctrines and duties of a supernatural revelation. A reference to the list of subjects
which the work contains, will show that the author's researches have been extensive; while a comparison of the
work with others of the same general character evinces
patient labor, and cannot fail to give it pre-eminence.
While the track pursued is not new, it is more thorough,
and more easily followed than that marked out by any previous compiler known to myself.  The work contains not
merely the proof texts on the subjects to which it refers;
but, what appears to my own mind one of its excellences,
the texts that illustrate these great subjects. The work is
truly an epitome of the Bible, presenting its great truths in
that order in which they will be most easily found by the
reader.  Though the arrangement of the subjects is alphabetical, in the illustration of the subjects themselves the
author has observed that connection between one truth and
another which gives to each its proper place. To ministers, Sabbath School teachers, Sabbath Schools, and families
the work is of great value. It is fit on every account that
the author should be encouraged in this production; but
chiefly for its own intrinsic worth. The work is an unpresuming, yet dignified tribute to the word of God, worthy
the acceptance of the church, and one which every man
may prize.
GARDINER SPRING.
Brick Church Chapel, New York, March, 1845








PREFACE TO TiE SECOND STEREOTYPE REVISION.
THE Bible furnishes very ample materials for all needful
moral instruction, reproof, and encouragement. But the compilation of a convenient Manual of proof texts from its pages
has been unaccountably neglected. The loose manner in which
Gaston, and others, have thrown together texts of Scripture
for this purpose, has essentially defeated their aims.- The
SCRIPTURE MANUAL owes its origin to a conviction of the
need of a Text-Book, that should assume a more convenient
order, bear more effectually against the modern forms of error
and vice, and more fully and fearlessly declare "all the counsel
of God."  The Editor is greatly obliged to the friends of this
enterprise, who have aided in the preparation or circulation
of the several editions and revisions of the work. The present
revision has been stereotyped sooner than was otherwise necessary, in order to embrace the improvements and additions made
during the last five years. It has over one hundred additional
topics, a much more full and perfect index, a triple or quadruple number of references to kindred subjects, together with
no little improvement in the relevancy of its proof texts, and
order of the work. Happy would it have been for the purchasers, had all these additions and improvements been secured
at an earlier period. But this was impracticable. To atone
in some measure for this evil, I will instruct my publishers and
agents to exchange copies of the present improved and somewhat enlarged revision, for copies of former editions, on very
favorable terms, with those who desire it.
The copy for this work was cut from the pages of Bibles,
lately issued from the American Bible Society, and the Manual
may be depended upon as accurate Scripture. The italic words
are also preserved. The number of the verses is given, that
the reader may discover any omissions made, of passages not




10                      PREFACE.
in point, in any particular extract. Explanatory words are in
brackets.
In selecting topics, care has been taken to embrace those
which have a prominence in the Bible, and which in all ages
have been considered of primary importance in theological and
moral inquiry. Such manifestly are those which relate to the
perfections, prerogatives, designs, providence, and law of Godthe character, rights, and destiny of man- the economy of
grace, or way and terms of salvation through Christ- our
essential duties towards God and each other, and civil and
religious institutions.
Christian nations are far more indebted to the Bible for their
elevation above heathenism, than is commonly believed. The
revealed facts respecting God and his designs and governmentthe precepts of his law, clothed with infinite authority-the
promises of his grace, and the threatenings of his justice, are
the best safeguards against disgraceful and ruinous vices.
It is believed that a convenient and faithful compilation of
proofs from the Bible, upon its weighty and practical subjects,
may prove one of the most effective auxiliaries to the cause of
Christian enterprise. The impressions made upon the public
mind in favor of pure and undefiled religion, by a copious and
systematic array of proof texts, in a convenient and popular
form, must prove a most powerful incentive to virtue, and
restraint upon destructive errors, sins and vices.
I now commit the success of this work to the overruling
providence of that Being who has mercifully sustained and
helped me during its preparation. If it shall tend to confirm
the public mind in revealed truth, and become a guard against
those errors and vices which lead to death, as is confidently
hoped, the labor of preparing it will not have been in vain.
CHARLES SIMMONS.
North Wrentham, Mass., April, 1850.
NOTICE.
Travelling and Sabbath School agents, and especially those who may
desire this book by the quantity for gratuitous distribution, will do well
to communicate with me by mail.                     C. S.
In this first edition of the present revision I have used the old plates
for the notices of the work.




INDEX.
N. B. The figures in this Index, and those in brackets at the end of many of the
sections in this work, both refer to the number of the sections, or topics, which, to
avoid confusion, is placed on the top of the pages, and correspond with those that occur
upon the pages. The usual paging is placed at the bottom, and will not be used. A
dash between figures, signifies inclusive: for example, 496-8, includes the numbers
496, 497, and 498. An occasional figure in a parenthesis, refers to some specification
under the foregoing numbers, which rarely occurs: for example, 17,(2,) refers to
the second specification under the seventeenth topic, or section. The reader will be
more sure to find the subject desired, by looking for the principal word first - by looking for the noun before the verb, and both noun and verb before the adjective: for
example, for Divine Teaching, look for Teaching, Divine; and for Perfections of God,
look for God's Perfections.
Ability of God to sanctify, 588.       Apostasy, original, 13, 157.
" of man to do right, 421.': general, to come, 86. 
Abrahamic church, 116.                APOSTATES warned, 19.
" covenant, 117-121.                   " hard to reclaim, 20.
Acceptance with God, 583-4.            " were they regenerated? 21.
ACTIVITY required, 1.                 Apostles, 97-100.
"in conversion, 600.                  ATHEISM, 22.
Adam's fall, 157.                     Atonement, 576-9.
" effects of, 158.                    Backbiting forbidden, 729.
Adoption of believers, 584.           BACKSLIDERS, 23.
Adultery forbidden, 402-5.            " Prone to murmur, 24.,AFFLICTIONS, common, 2.               " insensible of their state, 25.
" from God, 3.                        "walk' in darkness, 26.
"benefits of, 4.                      "threats against, 27.
" of the righteous, short, 5.         "called to repentance, 28.
"divine support under, 6.             "need re-conversion, 29.
"demand sympathy, 7.                  "when turned, heartily confess, 30.
"try mankind, 8.                      BAPTISM, Mosaic, 31.': often misimproved, 9.              "figurative, 32.
AGED PERSONS, 10.                     " of John, 33, 34.
Agency of God, 264-7.                 " of Christ, by John, 35.
" of the Spirit, 347, 594-6.          " instituted by Christ, 36.
" moral, 271, 329, 373, 600.'; proper administrators of, 37.
Almsgiving required, 406-7, 526.    "proper subjects of, 38.
Amusement, see Mirth, 479.             "mode of, 39
ANGELS, numerous, 11.                 Beauty of God, 229.
"how employed. 12.                    "of Zion, 672.
ANGELS, APOSTATE, 13.                  Beneficence required, 406.
" expressive names of, 14.            Benevolence of God, 224.
"character and employment Qf, 15. "of Christ, 56-60.
"devices of, 16.                       "of saints, 661.
"suggestions of, 17.                   " enjoined upon all, 406.
"to be resisted, 18.                   " disinterested, 413.
Anger, sin and folly of, 735.




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BIBLE inspired, 40.                  "  deadness to the world, 59.
"the everlasting truth, 41.          Christ's love to man, 60.
" will all be fulfilled, 42.' condescension, 61.
" proved by miracles, 43.            " meekness, etc, 62.
" proved by prophecy, 44.            "diligence, 63.
" its internal evidence, 45.         " prayerfulness, 64.
"our standard of faith, 46.          " preaching, 65.' the true means of grace, 47        " reproving, 66.' to be studied and taught, 48.      "temporary reputation, 67.
" a written revelation, 49.          "sufferings and death, 68.
"not to be perverted, 50.            CHRIST'S HUMANITY, 69.' all of it profitable, 51.          " dependence, 70.
Bishops, to instruct, etc., 101, 447.  " son-ship, 71.
Blasphemy forbidden, 718-720.    "subjection to God, 72.
Blessedness of God, 215, 223,        "preeminence, 73.'; of heaven, 339, 340, 672.         CHRIST'S DIVINITY, 74.
Blindness of sinners, 707.           "equality with God, 75.
Boasting exemplified, 703.           "divine attributes, 76.
" of saints excluded, 668.           " divine works, 77, 78.
Boldness exemplified. 460.           " divine honors, 79, 80.
Brotherly love required, 111.        " mystery asserted, 81.
Call to preach, 449.                 "final triumph, 82.
Calling, effectual, 597.             CHRlST'S KINGDOM, 83.
CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS: " nature of, 84.
" against apostasy, 19.              "generally opposed, 85, 86.
"   "    backsliding, 23.           "will overthrow its enemies, 87.
"   covetousness, 137.              "and excite joy, 88.
"    bad company, 179.           "warns the wicked, 89.
"   "    error and errorists, 177.   "its certain triumph, 90.
"   "    intemperance, 366.          "its duration, 91.
L"   "    lewdness, 405.             CHURCH, design of, 92.
"   "    perverting Scripture, 50.  "foundation of. 93.
" "  false teachers, 477.          "is greatly beloved, 94.
L"   "    the devices of Satan, 18.  "is safe, 95.
" "    soul-murder, 555.            "its Head. 96.
"   "    suretyship, 717.           CHURCH OFFICERS:
"   "    tempters and temptation, "apostles, 97-100.
724.                   "pastors, teachers, etc., 101.; "  trusting in man, 170.          " deacons, 102.:'  "  self-deception, 704.         "elders, plurality of, 103.
"    unrighteousness, 733.     CHURCH ORDINANCES:
" worldly idols, 741-2.       " baptism  and the Lord's Supper,
See also Threats, in this Index.            104.
Censoriousness forbidden, 729.       " preparation for, 105.
Charity, see Love, 412-414.          "privilege of, 106.'; see also Liberality, 406-408.     "should be observed, 107.
Chastisement of saints, 2-4.         CHURCH ORDER, ETC.:': of children, 494.                 " an early Convention, 108.
Chastity required, 404-5.            " discipline, 109.
CHEERFULNESS, 52.                    "rules for edification, 110.
CHILDREN, duties of, 53.             "love and fellowship, 111.
" correction of, 54.                 " difellowship, 112.
" sometimes pious, 55.               CHURCH UNITY, 113.
CHRIST'S EXAMPLE, 56.                " not to be rudely broken, 114.
" obedience to God, 57.              " its proper limits, 115.
" self-denial, 58.                  i'root and branches, 116.




INDEX.                              13
CHURCH ABRAHAMIC:                  Cruelty to servants forbidden, 679.
" its covenant, 117, 118.            of warriors, 734.
" its seal, 119.  Custom, its power, 143.
" its covenant blessings, 120.     Darkness, works of, 167.' its covenant permanent, 121.     Day of judgment, 383-390.
Circumcision, 119.                 Deacons appointed, 102.
Civil government, 310-319.         DEATH, by sin> 144.
Commandments, ten, 281.            " the lot of all, 145.
COMPANIONS, 122.                   " time of appointed, 146.
Compassion to sufferers, 7, 526.   " ordered by God, 147.
" of God, 225. 522.                " soon approaches, 148.
" of Christ, 60.                   " often sudden, 149.
Complacency of God, 504.           "the end of earth, 150.
" of saints in God, 657.           "late in life, desirable, 151.
"of saints in each other, 111.     " destroys not the soul, 152.
Condescension required, 123.       "fear of overcome, 153.
" of God, 228.                     " to be patiently waited for, 154.
" of Christ, 61.                   "dreadful to the wicked, 155.
Conditions, see Terms.             "demands preparation, 156.
Confession of sin, 124.            Death, spiritual, 165.
CONSCIENCE, 125.                   Death, the second, 563.
" may be seared, 126.              " in impenitence, 564.
" often misinformed, 127.          "of false hopes, 590.
"-will not always sleep, 128.      Decalogue, 281-3.
"demands obedience, 129.           Deceivers, 16, 474.
" should be respected, 130.        Deceit of sinners, 702.
" causes comfort or pain, 131.     Deceiving ourselves, 704.
Consequences, belong to God, 659.  Decrees of God, 249-258.
Consideration required, 132.       Dependence on God, 261-3.
Contempt and scorn, 673.           " for sanctification, 594-6.
Contending for truth, 188.         " in using means, 434.
Contention sinful, 735-7.          "consistent with freedom, 271.
Contentment, a duty, 133.          "of Christ, 70.
Contrast, (law and gospel,) 306.    DEPRAVITY-the fall, 157.
" saints and sinners, 645-656.     " consequences of, 158.
Controversy, God's, 230.           "guilt of, personal, 159.
" with God, 272, 695.              "its hateful nature, 160.
Conversion necessary, 589.         " its connection with law, 161.
" of the Jews, 382.                "not founded in mere ignorance,
Conviction of sin, 590.                   162.
COURAGE required, 134.             "its universality, 163.
COURTESY required, 135.            "its native origin, 164.
Covenant of redemption, 575.       "its total dominion, 165.
" with Abraham. 117-121.           " its strength and obstinacy, 166.
Covenanting with God, 502.         "its works of darkness, 167.
COVETOUSNESS, 136.                 "its restraints, 168.
"prohibited, 137.                  "its perpetuity, 169.
"punished, 138.                    "makes men untrusty, 170.
"evils of, 408.                    N. B. — See also Sinners, 688-710.
CREATION produced, 139.            Despondency reproved, 171.
"time employed in, 140.            Devices of Satan, 16.
"of the orbs, for lights, 141.     Devil, character of, 14-17.
"indicates wisdom, 142.            " to be resisted, 18.
Crimes, capital, 315, 316.         " will be defeated, 277.
Crucifixion of Christ, 68.         Devotion to God required, 295.
Cruelty of sinners, 701.           Diet, see Food, 199.
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Dignity of man, 419-422.           Faith in Christ necessary, 183.
" of the saints, 672.              " exemplified, 184.
Diligence, see Activity, 1.        " effects of, 185.
Directions to sinners, 601.        " evidence of, 186.
Discipline df the church, 109.     " should be strong, 187.
Discretion required, 172.          " contending for, 188.
Disfellowship, 112, 177, 477.      " of miracles, 189, 190.
Dishonesty forbidden, 732.         " often spurious and ruinous, 1l1.
Disinterestedness, 413-15.         Fall of man, 157.
"of Christ, 56.                    Falsehood, see Lying, 416.
"of saints, 661.                   FASTING acceptable, 192.
Disobedience of sinners, 691.      " examples of, 193.
" to parents, punished, 494.       " often spurious, 194.
Divinity of the Father, 212-248.   Faults reproved, 610, 611.
"of the Son, 74-82.                Fear of God, required, 290.
"of the Spirit, 346.               " of man forbidden, 460.
Divisions and separations, 114.    Fellowship with God, 657.
Divorce discountenanced, 427.      " with saints, 111-113.
Dress, precepts on, 173.           "with errorists, 177, 477.
Drunkenness forbidden, 366.        FEMALE INDUSTRY, 195.
Earth, to be destroyed, 386.       "piety and kindness, 196.
Economy required, 172.             "subordination and speaking, 197.
Effectual calling, 597.            Fighting forbidden, 735, 736.
Edification, rules for, 110.       Fight of faith, 738.
Egotism forbidden, 703.            Firmness required, 712.
Elders, to teach, 101.             FLATTERY, common, 198.
"authority of, 455.                " characteristic of sinners, 702.
" plurality of, when needed, 103.    FOOD, precepts on, 199.
Election, national, 253.           Folly of sin, 733.
"individual, 254.                  FOOLS described, 200.
Enmity against God, 690, 740.      FORBEARANCE, 201, 737.
ENVY forbidden, 174.               " of God, 227.
Equality, ministerial, 101.        " often abused, 202.
" of rights, 631~ 5.               Forgetting God reproved, 692.
ERROR corrupting, 175.             FORGIVENESS, DIVINE, 583.
" tries mankind, 176.              " required, 203.
Errorists to be avoided, 177.      Formality unavailing, 191.
Evangelists, 101.                  Fornication forbidden, 404.
Evidence of piety, 602.            Fraud forbidden, 732.
" f true faith, 186.               Free agency, 271, 329, 555-6, 600.
Evil, moral. overruled, 267-8.     Free inquiry, 632.
EXAMPLE required, 178.             FRIENDSHIP, true, 204.
" precepts on, 179.                "spurious, 205.' of Christ, 56-66.                Gentleness required, 499.
Excommunication, 109.              " exemplified, 62, 660.
Excuses of sinners, 373, 706.      Glorifying God, 300, 301.
Exercises of the heart, 329.       Glory of God, 214, 277.
" sinful or holy, 505.             " of Christ, 82.
Expediency of doing right, 286, 630. " of saints in heaven, 672.
"' of maintaining truth, 433.      Gluttony reproved, 199.
" of civil government, 311.        GOD seen by intuition, 206.
Expostulations divine, 371.        " made known by his works, 207.
Extortion forbidden, 733.          "a moral agent, 208.
Extravagance forbidden, 180.       "his chief end, 209.
FAITH, nature of, 181.             " his mode of existence, 210, 211.
"counted for righteousness, 182.




INDEX.                              15
GOD'S ATTRIBUTES:                  " uses moral instruments, 265.
"eternity, 212.                    " controls popular favor, 266.
" foreknowledge, 213.              " controls moral evils, 267.
" greatness and supremacy, 214.    "brings good out of evil, 268.
"essential happiness, 215.         " approves not sin, 269.
"invisibility, 216.                " has motives above ours, 270.
"immutability, 217.                " disturbs not our freedom, 271.
"omnipotence, 218.                 "objections against, 272-3.
"omniscience, 219.                 "wonders of, 274.; omnipresence, 220.               "incomprehensible, 275.
" self existence, 221.             " makes men know the Lord, 276.
" natural wisdom, 222.             " will secure his glory, 277.
GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION: " a solid ground of joy, 278.
" blessedness, 223.                " demands attention, 279.
" benevolence, 224.                GOD'S LAW, supreme, 280.
" compassion, 225-                 " the Decalogue, 281.
" faithfulness, 226.               " its promulgation, 282.
" forbearance, 227.                "summaries of, 283.
" goodness, 228.                   "very sacred, 284.
"holiness and beauty, 229.         "requires perfection, 285.
"holy hatred of iniquity, 230.     "is reasonable, 286.
"impartiality, 231.                 its penalty, 287.
" justice and righteousness, 232.    "requires true love to God, 288-9.
"mercy and kindness, 233.          "requires the fear of God, 290-1.
"sovereignty and independence, 234. "requires trust in God, 292-4.
"truth, 235.                       " requires supreme devotion, 295.
"vindicative justice, 236-7.       " requires joy in God, 296-7.' zeal, 238.                       "requires submission, 298-9.
GOD'S PREROGATIVES:                "requires honoring God, 300-1.
"to own us as his property, 239.    GOD'S    MORAL   GOVERN"to fix natural law, 240.            MENT:
"to give supreme moral law, 241.  "requires obedience, 302.
"to regenerate or not, 242.        " punishes disobedience, 303.
" to employ tempters, 243.         GOSPEL, its origin, 304.
"to require human life, 244.       " its gracious design, 305.
"to set up rulers to scourge us, 245. " its distinctive terms, 306.
"to visit iniquity, 246.           "its plan comprehensive, 307.
"to use men instrumentally, 247.   "its high standard of duty, 308.
" to vindicate himself, 248.       " its fearful penalty, 309.
GOD'S PURPOSES, best, 249.    "its provisions, 576-585, 672.
" eternal and immutable, 250.      Government moral, 302.
" universal and particular, 251.   GOVERNMENT CIVIL, 310.
" include moral evils, 252.        "expedient and necessary, 311.
"include national election, 253.   "demands qualified rulers, 312.
"include individual election, 254.   "includes duties for rulers, 313.
"place election prior to faith, 255.  "includes duties for subjects, 314.
"include vessels of wrath, 256.    "its penalty for crimes, 315, 316.
"include means and ends, 257.      "its penalty for treason, 317.
"encourage the use of means, 258.  "its wicked rulers injurious, 318.
GOD'S PROVIDENCE:                  " sometimes to be resisted, 319.
"nature and efficacy of, 259.      Grace of God, 233, 305, 586.
"extent of, 260.                   "opposed by sinners, 696
" supplies our wants, 261.         Gratitude exemplified, 320.
" upolds all creatures, 262.       Gravity required, 711.
"preserves all, 263.               Grief, divine, 230.
"governs the heart, 264.           "of saints, 662.




16  INDEX.
Habit, see custom, 143.             IDLENESS reproved, 358.
Hands, laying on of, 399-400.        -of sinners, 709.
HAPPINESS sensual, 321.             IDOLATRY portrayed, 359.
intellectual, 322.                 "its gods a cheat, 360.
"of self-denial, 323.               "its worship forbidden, 361.
"of holy obedience, 324.            "provoking to God, 362.
"of loving God, 325.                "of sinners, 698-9.
"of trusting in God, 326.           "worldly, 742.'of a good conscience, 327.         IGNORANCE, sin of; 363.
of heaven, 328, 339, 672.          "of sinners, 707, 739.
"of God, 215, 223.                  Illumination of saints, 598.
HEART, voluntary, 329.              Image worship forbidden, 361.
"sometimes divided, 330.            Immortality of the soul, 422.
"has moral qualities, 331.          Impartiality required, 629.
"its controlling influence, 332.    Imperfection of saints, 507.' sincerity of demanded, 333.       Inability, moral, 166.
"divine control of, 264.            Inactivity reproved, 1.
Heathenism described, 359.          Incarnation of Christ, 69.
HEAVEN, a place, 334.               Inconsideration reproved, 132.'; its pure light, 335.             Indolence reproved, 1, 358.
"its perfect holiness, 336.         Industry required, 1.
"its everlasting rest, 337.         " of Christ, 63.
" its nearness to God, 338.         Inexpediency of sin, 733.
" its pure happiness, 339.          Infidelity and Atheism, 22.
"its high rewards, 340, 672.        Ingratitude, 205.'its perpetuity, 341.               " of sinners, 701.
" its rewards, unmerited, 342.      Inspiration of Bible, 40.
HELL, a place of fire, 343.         Instability, 364.
" its dreadful misery, 573.         INTEMPERANCE, 365.
" its degradation, 574.             " forbidden -penalty of, 366.
Heresies, see error, 176.           " liquor-sellers reproved, 367.
HOLINESS, value of, 344.            " wisdom of abstinence, 368.
"of Gd, 229, 230.                  "public men especially charged, 369.
HOLY  SPIRIT, 345.                  Intercession of Christ, 516.
his divinity, 346.                 INVITATIONS, 370.
" his official work, 347.           " with expostulations, 371.
sinning against, 348.              " sincerely made, 372.
judicial departure of, 349.        " rejected by sinners, 373.
" promised believers, 350.          Irony, examples of, 374.
outpouring of, 620.                Jesus, see Christ, 56.
"agency of. 594-6.                  JEWS, numerous, 375.
Home, keeping at, 351.              " their territory, 376.
Honesty required, 629               " their dispersion, 377.
rewards of, 630.                   " their return to Palestine, 378.
"of saints, 659.                    "obstacles removed, 379.
Honoring God required, 300.         "enlarged possessions, 380.
HIOPE IN GOD, 292-4 352.            "their future trials, 381.; full assurance of. 353.           " their conversion, 382.
HOSPITALITY, a duty, 354.           Joy in God required, 296.
"examples of, 355.                  JUDGMENT, general, 383.
HIumaity of Christ, 69.'; its design, 384.
Human nature, untrusty, 170.          its suddenness, 385.
HUMILITY, nature of, 356.; its final conflagration, 386.
" required and encouraged, 357.     "its final separations, 387.
Hypocrisy exemplified, 702.' its final Judge, 388.
" its particular disclosures, 389.




INDEX.                            17' its final decisions, 390.       MARRIAGE, 423.
Judicial visitations, 349, 497.   " directions respecting, 424.
Justice and equity required, 629.    " its mutual duties, 425.
" towards servants required, 679.   " forbids polygamy, 426.
" of God, 232.                    " forbids divorce, 427.
"vindicative, 236-7.              MEANS OF GRACE, 428.
Justification by faith, 583.      " use of indispensable, 429.
Kindness required, 354, 610, 715.   "preaching, the principal. 430.
Kingdom of Christ, 83.            " use of encouraged, 431.
KNOWLEDGE required, 391.          " success in using, 432.
" benefits of, 392.               " superiority of the true, 433.
"essential to true love, 393.     "made effectual by God's Omnipo"admits of certainty, 394.              tence, 434.
"how attained, 395.               "their effects, different, 435.
"to be imparted, 396.             "use of sometimes hopeless, 436.
"of ourselves required, 397.      Means and ends connected, 257.
"more perfect hereafter, 398.     Meditation exemplified, 665.
"intuitive, 206, 420.             MEEKNESS required, 437.
Laughter and mirth, 479.          "encouraged, 438.
Law of God, 280-287.              "examples of, 439.
LAYING ON OF HANDS, 399. "of Christ, 62.
" in working miracles, 400.       " of saints, 660.'; in giving charges, 401.        Mercy of God, 233.
Levity, sinful, 479.              MILLENNIUM  on earth, 440.
LEWDNESS, frequent, 402.          "its holiness, 441.
"deceitful and alluring, 403.     "its peace and unity, 442.
" sinful and forbidden, 404.      " its light and knowledge, 443.
" guilt and condemnation of; 405.   "its general prosperity, 444.
LIBERALITY, duty of, 406.         "its great enjoyment, 445.' examples of, 407.              "contrasted with former times, 446.
"rewards of, 408.                 MINISTRY, design of, 447.
Licentiousness, 402.              " divinely appointed, 448.
Light, sinning against, 309.      "call to preach, 449.
"of nature, 207.                  "ordination of ministers, 450.
Long suffering of God, 227.       "oriental priesthood, 451.
Lord's supper, 104.               "primitive preaching, 452.
LOVE TO GOD, 288.                 " qualifications for, 453.
" our primary duty, 409.          "expressive names of, 454.
" reasons for, 410.               "authority of, 455-6.
" often spurious, 411.            MINISTERS' DUTIES,
LOVE TO MAN, 412.                 "to take heed to themselves, 369,
LOVE DISINTERESTED, 413.                457.
" examples of, 414.-              "to preach faithfully, 458.
" rewards of, 415.                "to be inoffensive, 459.
" of God, 94, 224, 585, 672.      "to be fearless, 460.
" of Christ, 60, 370-372.         "to point out sins, 461.
"to the brethren required, 111.   "to discriminate. 462.
Lowliness required, 482.          "to pray for others, 463.
" of Christ, 62.                  "to be devoted to the calling, 464.
LYING prevalent, 416.             Ministerial parity, 101.
" forbidden, 417.                 MINISTERIAL CALLING.
"offensive to God, 418.           " responsibleness, 465.
MAN'S COMMON ORIGIN, 419. "temptations, 466.
" power of intuition, 420..       "trials, 467.
"power of reason, 421.            "success in preaching, 468-9.
"immortality, 422.                 rewards, 470.




18                             INDEX.
"demands prayer and  sympathy, Ordination of ministers, 450.
471.                         Ornaments in dress, 173.
" pecuniary support, 472.          Ostentation exemplified, 703.
MINISTERS OF SATAN,                Overcoming evil with good, 737.
"very numerous, 473.               PARENTAL DUTIES,
very deceitful, 474.              "to set good examples, 492.
"cruel and dangerous, 475.           to instruct and govern children,
"much sought after, 476.                  493.
"to be avoided, 477.               "to chastise for disobedience, 494.
"' ruin themselves, and others, 478.  "to provide for children, 495.
Miracles, prove the Bible, 43.     "happy result of faithfulness, 496.
MIRTH AND LAUGHTER, 479. "sad result of unfaithfulness, 497.
MISSIONS appointed, 480.           Partiality forbidden, 526.
"encouraged, 481.                  PATIENCE required, 498.
MODESTY required, 482.             " of Christ, 62.
"in good works, 483.               PEACE required, 499.
"of Christ, 62.                    "in believing, 666.
Moral agency of God, 208.          "with God, 582.
" of mankind, 271.                 Peace-makers, (false,) 500.
Moral evils controlled, 267.       PENALTY OF THE LAW, 287.
" government, 302-3.               " of the gospel, 309.
"inability, 166.                   " of civil laws, 315, 316.
" necessity, 271.                  " of disobeying parents, 494.
Murmurs of sinners, 700.           PERFECTION, duty of, 501.
Mystery of Christ and gospel, 81.   "pledged in covenants, 502.
" of Providence, 275.              " of saints, 503-4.
Names of Christ, 74.               " of true love, 505.
" of ministers, 454.               " millennial, 506.
" of saints and sinners, 646.      "inconstancy of, in saints, 507.
" of angels apostate, 14.          " united with trials, 508-9.
NATIONAL BODIES, 484.              "in pretence, 510.
" promises to the good, 485.       PERSECUTION, 511.
" threats to the bad, 486.         " of Christ, 68.
Natural ability, 600, 601, 421.    "of faithful ministers, 467.
Necessity, moral, 271.             "followed by a triumph, 512.
Neutrality, a mere pretence, 487.    Persecutors humbled, 513.
Oaths of confirmation, 720.        PERSEVERANCE, 514.
Obedience of Christ, 57.           "divinely promised, 515.
" to God, evidence of piety, 602.    "prayed for by Christ, 516.
"our title to pardon and life, 302.   "sealed by the Spirit, 517.
"of children to parents, 53.       Piety, evidence of, 602.
" to magistrates enjoined, 313.    "in early life, 55.'Objections against God, 272.       Pity, divine, to the poor, 522.
Objectors reproved, 273.           Pleasures, sensual, 675.
Obligation denied, 705.            "mirthful, 479.
Offence to be avoided, 459.        Politeness and courtesy, 135.
Opposition to God, 740.            Polygamy forbidden, 426.
"to.Christ. 85, 86.                Poor, see poverty, 521.
"to ministers, 467.                POPERY predicted, 518.
"to saints, 511, 7-40.             *' false claim of, 519.
OPPRESSION, 488.                   " fearful end of, 520.
"effects of, 489.                  Popular favor from God, 266
"displeasing to God, 490.          " bestowed upon Christ, 67.
"infatuates oppressors, 491.       POVERTY, its evils, 521.
"threats against, 523.             "excites God's pity, 522.
Ordinances of the gospel, 104-7.   "oppression of, forbidden, 523.




INDEX.                               19' united with grace, 524.           " to perseverance, 514.
" will triumph over tyrants, 525.    " to prayer, 545.
" calls for present aid, 526.       "to repentance, 607.
*" relieving it encouraged, 527.'to reprovers, 610.
PRAISE TO  GOD, 528.                "to righteousness, 630>
" with devout feelings, 529.        "to sabbath keeping, 642.
PRAYER, important, 530.             "to searching the Bible, 48.
" in secret, required, 531.         "to self-denial, 674.
"mental, exemplified, 532.          "to sympathy with the oppressed,
"verbal and audible required, 533.         686.
"with love to God, 534.             " to trust in God, 293.
"with faith in God, 535.            " to using means, 431.
"with submission to God, 536.       PROMISES ABSOLUTE:
"with humble confession, 537.       " to bind Satan, 440.
with a supreme regard for God, 538. " to -convert the Jews, 382.
"with forgiveness, 539.             "to keep saints from final ruin, 515.
"with perseverance, 540.' to aid them under temptation, 725.
"in Christ's name, 541.             "to raise saints above angels, 672.
"with godly sincerity, 542.           to the persecuted, 512.
" with devout sympathy, 543.        Prophecy confirms the Bible, 44
" postures in, 544.                 Prosperity of the wicked. 565.
"efficacy of, 545.                  "corrupting and dangerous, 625.
"of sinners, not heard, 546.        Providence of God, 259-271.
"neglected by sinners, 547.         Provisions of the gospel, 576-585.
"neglect of, threatened, 548.       Prudence required, 172.
Prayerfulness of Christ, 64.        Public worship, 745.
" of saints, 665.                   P(JNISHMENT FUTURE:
PREACHING, by Christ, 65.           " deserved by sinners, 557.
"faithfully, 458.                   " the prerogative of God, 558.
" primitive mode of, 452.           "consistent with love, 559.
"the primary means of grace, 430. " heaven lost. 560.
"success of, 468-9.                 "banishment to hell, 561.
Prejudice forbidden, 526.'unpardonable sin, 562.
Presumption of sinners, 710.        "the second death, 563.
PRIDE, common, 549.                 " death in impenitence, 564.
" offensive to God. 550.            " evinced by prosperity, 565.
" tends to a fall, 551.             " evinced by temporal judgments,'; of sinners, 696.                        566.
PROBATION, 552.                     "to continue forever, 567.
"limited to this life, 553.         " denied by some, 568.
"includes dangers eternal, 554.'will fail to purify, 569.
"determines our final state, 555.    "why inflicted, 570.
"its awards accord with deeds, 556. " approved by the righteous, 571.
Procrastination, 710, 727.          " cries for relief unavailing, 572.
Prodigality forbidden, 180.         " sources of, 573.
Profanity forbidden, 718.           "degradation of, 574.
Profession of religion, 107.        Punishment capital, 315.
PROMISES CONDITIONAL:   Purposes of God, 249-258.
"to faith in Christ, 183.           Railing forbidden, 729, 730.
"to the fear of God, 291.           Reason, power of, 421.
"to humility, 357.                  Rebuke of sin, 66, 461, 610.
"to liberality, 408.                Reconciliation by Christ, 582.'to loving God, 289.                "to God, 306.
"to meekness, 438.                  REDEMPTION, covenant 575.
"to obedience, 302, 485.            " requires atonement, 576.
"to parental fidelity, 496.         " through Christ's death, 577.




20                            INDEX.
"made effectual, 578.              "not to be eagerly sought, 626.
"through a perfect sacrifice, 579.     vain and transitory, 627.
"through "a ransom for all," 580.  "proper use of, 628.
" the Father's agency in, 581.     RIGHTEOUSNESS, 629.
" includes peace with God, 582.    " present and future rewards of, 630.
" includes forgiveness, 583.       "of Christ, 56, 578.
" embraces adoption, 584.,    " of saints, 503-4, 659.
"its signal mercies, 585.          RIGHTS OF GOD, 239-248.
"its astonishing grace, 586.       RIGHTS OF MAN, 631.
"honorable to God, 587.            " to inquire freely, 632.
REGENERATION, ETC., 588    "to mental culture, 633.
" indispensable, 589.              "to his own labor and family, 634-5.
" preceded by conviction, 590.     ROBBERY forbidden, 636.
" a radical change, 591.           Romanism, 518.
" a moral change, 592.             Rule of faith, 46.
"alarming to sinners, 593.         Rulers civil, 310-313.
" creative power in, 594-5.        Ruling elders, 101, 103, 455.
" dependence in, 596.              SABBATHs, instituted, 637.
" an effectual call, 597.          " enrolled in the Decalogue, 638.
" its illumination, 598.           " recognized by Christ, 639.
" its divine teaching, 599.        "appropriate duties of, 640.
" human activity in, 600.          "to be kept holy, 641.
" required as a duty, 601.         "rewards for keeping it, 642.
" evidences of, 602.               "its profanation punished, 643.
REPENTANCE, nature of, 603.   "the first day of the week, 644.
"its moral dignity, 604.           SAINTS, renewed, 645. 
"its signal effects, 605.          " contrasted with sinners, 646-656.' its necessity, 606.              " rejoice in God, 657.
" encouraged by promises, 607.' delight in truth, 658.
" ascribed to God, 608.            " practise honesty, 659.
" is often spurious, 609.          "are meek and forgiving, 660.
Reprobation, 256.                  "are disinterested, 661.
REPROOF required, 610.             " grieve when God is dishonored,662.
examples of, 66,\ 461, 611.      "feel their own guilt, 663.' received by the humble, 612.     "live by faith, 664.
" rejected by the proud, 613.      "delight in prayer, 665.
" wisdom of receiving, 614.        "have internal peace, 666.
"demands self-correction, 615.     "make progress, 667.
REPUTATION, value of, 616.    "cannot boast, 668.
Requirements, divine, 288-300.    "not numerous, but will be, 669.
Resolution required, 134.          "the light of the world, 670.
Respect of persons avoided, 231.   "their singularity, 671.
Responsibility of man, 555.        "their final dignity, 672.
Rest of heaven, 337.               Salvation, way of, 575-586.
RESURRECTION, 617.                   conditional, 555.
" bodies changed, 618.             "by grace, 586.
Retaliation forbidden, 737.        SANCTIFICATION, 588-597.
Revenge ffrbidden, 735-6.          "by the Spirit, 594-6.
REVIVALS, ancient, 619.            SATAN, character of, 15.
"by the Holy Spirit, 620.          "will be defeated, 277.
"happy effects of, 621.            "his devices, 16, 17.
"to be prayed for, 622.            " his ministers, 473-8.' sometimes spurious, 623.         SCORN AND CONTEMPT, 673.
Rewards future, 556.               Sealing of the Spirit, 517.
RICHES idolized, 624.              Self-conceit, 510, 549.
" are corrupting. 625.             Self-deception. 704.




INDEX.                              21
SELF-DENIAL, 674.                   Slavery, see Servitude, 676-687.
" of Christ, 58.                    Slaying of witnesses, 86.
Self-examination, 105, 397.         Sleep and sloth, 1, 358.
SELFISHNESS, 136-138.               Snares laid by sinners, 702.
" of sinners, stupid, 689.          Sobriety required, 711.
SELFISH  RELIGION, 191, 194, Soul, immortal, 422.
411.                         " sleeps not, after death, 152.
Self-justification, 706.            Sovereignty of God, 234, 240-6.
Self-knowledge, 397.                Spirituality required, 156.
Self-righteousness, 550, 696.      " manifested by saints, 664.
SENSUALITY, reproved, 675.          Spirit, Holy, 345-350.
" of sinners, 698.                  "outpouring of, 620.
Separations final, 387.             " agency of, 594-596.
Seriousness, see Sobriety, 711.     Spurious faith and religion, 191.
SERVITUDE, oriental, 676.          "fasting, 194.
" laws to regulate, 677-9.         " love to God, 411.
" apostolic precepts, 680.         " repentance, 609.' ancient sale of men, 681.  revivals, 623.
" manstealing forbidden, 682.       Stability required, 712.
" freedom of the Jubilee, 683.      Standard of faith, 46.
" freedom desirable, 684.          Standards, false, condemned, 46.
"general precepts, 685.             Steadfastness required, 712.
"promises to kindness, 686.         STEALING forbidden, 713.
"duty to the oppressed, 687.       " punishment of, 714.
Sin, see Depravity, 157.           Strangers, duty to, 715.
" cannot be blended with good, 505. Stupidity of sinners, 693.
" its ill desert, 557.             Submission to God, 278, 298.
"its destructive tendencies, 733.  "unconditional, 298-9.
" overruled for good, 267-8.       Sueing at the law, 716.
" what kind is unpardonable, 562.   Supper of our Lord, 104.
Sins and vices. See Threats.       Suretyship discouraged, 717.
SINNERS, unholy, 688.              SWEARING  forbidden, 718.
"full of selfishness, 689.         " rashly, 719.
" enemies to God, 690.'" oaths of conformation, 720.
"disobedient to God, 691.          Sympathy in afflictions, 7.' prone to forget God, 692.       "'for the oppressed, 687.
" stupid and inattentive to God, 693. " fob the poor, 526.
"depart from God, 694.             " of females, 196.
hate the divine government, 695.  Tattling forbidden, 729.
"opposed to grace, 696.            Teachers, false, 473, -477.
"rather die than submit, 697.      Teaching, divine, 599.
"inclined to sensuality, 698.      TEMPERANCE, a duty, 721.
"prone to idolatry, 699.           " in food, 199.
"apt to murmur, 700.               TEMPTATION, common, 722.
" ungrateful and cruel, 701.       "not of God, 723.' deceitful, 702.                  "watching against, 724.
"boastful, 703.                    "overcome through grace, 725.
"fond of deception, 704.           TERMS OF SALVATION:
"deny obligation, 705.             "faith in Christ, 183.
"excuse their sins, 706.           " forgiveness, 203.
"cherish blindness, 707.           "love to God, 288.
"cherish unbelief, 568, 708.       "love to man, 412.
"inclined to idleness, 709.        "love disinterested, 413.
"are presumptuous, 710.            " obedience to God, 302.
SLANDER, See Lying, 416.           " perseverance, 514.'" forbidden, 729.                 " reconciliation to God, 306.




22                             INDEX.
regeneration, 589, 601.            "required of all, 629.
"repentance, 606.                   Unbelief of sinners, 708.
"righteousness, 629.                " in future evils, 568.
" submission to God. 278, 298.      Inion, Unity, 111-115.
Terms of the Jaw and gospel, 306.  " of God, 210.
THREATS OF EVIL:                    "during the millennium, 442.
"to backsliders, 27.                Unpardonable sin, 562.
"to disobedience, 303.              Unregenerate works, 546. 589.
"to capital offenders, 315,316.     Unrighteousness, 732.
" to covetousness, 138.             " tends to ruin, 733.
"to despisers of the gospel, 309.    Utility of the right, 630.
"to idolaters, 362.                 " of the truth, 47, 51, 279, 433, 458.
" to the implacable, 203.           Vanity of life, 148.
" to the intemperate, 366-7.        " of riches, 627.
" to the lewd, 405.                 Vessels of wrath, 256.
" to liars, 418.                    Vices, see Threats.
" to manstealers, 682.              Vindicative justice, 236-7.' to murderers, 315, 316.           Visiting the flock, 463.
"to nations, for vices, 486.        WAR, common, 734.
"to oppressors, 490, 523.           "sin and folly of, 735, 736.
" to Papists, 520.                  "how to prevent it, 737.
" to parents, unfaithful, 497.      Warfare, Christian, 738.
" to persecutors, 513.              Warning, general, 89.
" to the proud, 550.                " against the second death, 554.' to sabbath breakers, 643.         "against self-deception, 704.
"to sacrilege, 50, 301.             WATCHFULNESS, 738.
"to slanderers, 729.                " against temptation, 724.
"to swearers, 718.                  Wickedness of sinners, 690.
"to teachers, false, 475.           Widow and fatherless, 522-7.
"to thieves, 714.                   Wisdom of God, 222.
"to unbelievers, 708.               " in creation, 142.
"to the unrighteous, 733.           Witness of the word, 347, (3.)
"to warriors, 736.                  " of the Spirit, 347, (4.)
" to works of darkness, 167.        Women, see Females, 195.
TIME, short, 726.                   Works of darkness, 167.
" to be improved, 727.              WORLD, ignorant, 739.
Title to life, 302.                 " opposed to God, 740.
TONGUE, mischievous, 728.           "corrupting and dangerous, 741.
" its sins forbidden, 729, 730.     "its idols forbidden, 742.
" should be bridled, 731.           "overcome by grace, 743.
Tradition, false, 46.               WORSHIP of God, 744.
Trials, see Afflictions, 2.         "should be public, 745.' of ministers, 467.                "with proper instruction, 746.
" of the Jews, to come, 381.        "with prayer and praise, 747.
Trinity, 210, 211.                  Worship of creatures forbidden, 80.
Trust in God, 292-4.                Wresting scripture, 50.'" not in man, 170.                 Youth, see Children, 53.
TRUTIof God, 235.                   ZEAL, false, 748.
"belief in, indispensable, i83.     "the true exemplified, 749.
" the means of grace, 47.           "is indispensable 750.




SCRIPTURE MIAN IUAL.
ACTIVITY AND DILIGENCE.
1. Activity and diligence required and encouraged- inactivity reproved.
Gen. 3: 19 In the sweat of thy, face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground.
Ex. 20: 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work.
Jud. 5: 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord,
curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came
not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against
the mighty.
I Ch. 22: 16 Arise, therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be
with thee.
r. 10: 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest
isa son that-causeth shame.  12: 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. —
13: 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing:
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.  22: 29 Seest
thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before
kings; he shall not stand before mean men. — 27: 23 Be thou
diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy
herds: 24 For riches are not forever.- 28: 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth
after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Ec. 5: 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he
eat little or much.-9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,
do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the graXe, whither thou goest.
Is. 52: 1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, 0 Zion; put
on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city.
Am. 6: 1 Wo to them that are at ease in Zion.
Rom. 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; servr
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2-4    AFFLICTIONS -TRIALS - CHASTISEMENTS.
Afflictions common-from God.
ing the Lord.- 13: 11 Knowing the time, that now it is high
time to wake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than
when we believed.
Ep. 4: 28 Let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let
him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that
he may have to give to him that needeth.
1 Th. 4: 11 Study to be quiet, and to do your own business,
and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and
that ye may have lack of nothing. [See 63, 358, 738, 749.]
AFFLICTIONS -TRIALS - CHASTISEMENTS.
2. Afflictions common to man.
Job 5: 7 Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
-7: 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and
that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that
thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every
moment? -14: 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days,
and full of trouble.
3. Afflictions from God.
I S. 2: 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he
bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Job 5: 6 Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground. 18 For he maketh sore, and
bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Ps. 39: 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because
thou didst it. - 66: 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou
laidest affliction upon our loins. - 89: 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they
break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then
will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity
with stripes. -102: 10 Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me
down. 23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened
my days.
2 Cor. 12: 7 Lest I should be exalted above measure through
the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn
in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should
be exalted above measure. [See 147, 260.]
4. Benefit of afflictions and fatherly chastisements.
Dt. 8: 2 Thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD
thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart,
whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
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AFFLICTIONS- TRIALS -CHASTISEMENTS.         4
Benefit of.
2.Ch. 33: 12 When he was in affliction, he besought the
LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God
of his fathers, 13 And prayed unto him: and he was entreated
of him, and heard his supplication, and. brought him again to
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the
LORD he was God.
Job 5: 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:
therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. -
23: 10 He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried
me, I shall come forth as gold.
Ps. 78: 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and
they returned and inquired early after God. 35 And they
remembered that God was their Rock, and the high God their
Redeemer. - 94: 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest,
O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law, 13 That thou
mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit
be digged for the wicked. -119: 67 Before I was afflicted I
went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 71 It is good for
me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that
thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Pr. 3: 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD;
neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD
loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth.
Is. 26: 9 When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.- 27: 7 Hath he
smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain
according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 9
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and
this is all the fruit to take away his sin. —48: 10 Behold, I
have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in
the furnace of affliction.
Jer. 24: 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like
these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried
away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into
the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
Lam. 3: 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in
his youth.
Dan. 11: 35 Some of them of understanding shall fall, to try
them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time
of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.- 12: 10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the
wicked shall do wickedly.
Hos. 5:15 In their affliction they will seek me early.
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5       AFFLICTIONS  TRIALS  CHASTISEMENTS.
Benefit of-shoit.
Zec. 13: 9 I will bring the third part through the fire, and
will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold
is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I
will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is
my God.
Rom. 5: 3 We glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience experience; and
experience, hope.
1 Cor. 11: 32 When we are judged, we are chastened of the
Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
2 Cor. 4: 17 Our light affiction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but
at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen
are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.12: 10 I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I
am weak, then am I strong.
Heb. 2: 10 It became him, for whom are all things, and by
whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make
the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.- 12:
10 They verily for a few days chastened us after their own
pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of
his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth
to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth
the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Jam. 1: 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into
divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your
faith worketh patience. 12 Blessed is the man that endureth
temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of
life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1 Pet. 1: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with
fire, might be found unto praise, and honor, and glory, at the
appearing of Jesus Christ. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke
and chasten. [See 508, 512, 515.]
5. The afflictions of the righteous short.
Job 11: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away.
Ps. 30: 5 His anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is
life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the
morning.
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AFFLICTIONS- TRIALS- CHASTISEMENTS.    6, 7
Support under- demand sympathy,
sion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth
not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
2 Cor. 4: 17 Our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory. [See 225, 585.]
6. God, the believer's support and helper under afflictions.
Ps. 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy
rod and thy staff they comfort me.-31: 7 I will be glad and
rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble;
thou hast known my soul in adversities; 8 And hast not shut
me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a
large room.-46: 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.
Is. 25: 4 Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength
to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow
from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm
against the wall.-49: 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O
earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains. for the LORD
hath -comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his
afflicted.
Jer. 16: 19 0 LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my
refuge in the day of affliction.
2 Cor. 1: 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and.the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may
be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
[See 657, 725.]
7. Afflictions demand sympathy-examples.
Job 6: 14 To him that is afficted pity should be skewed from
his friend.
Ps. 35: 13 As for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer
returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though
he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as
one that mournethfir his mother.
Rom. 12: 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep
with' them that weep.
Ph. 4:14 Ye have well done that ye did communicate with
my affliction.
Heb. 13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with
them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves
also in the body. [See 526.]
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8, 9    AFFLICTIONS — TRIALS- CHASTISEMIENTS.
Often misimproved.
8. Afflictions try mankind.
Dt. 8: 2 Thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD
thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart,
whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And
he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee
with manna. [See 4.]
9. Afflictions often misimproved and magnified.
Job 10: 15 I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine
affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce
lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?
Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!16: 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath
also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set
me up for his mark.
Is. 1: 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt
more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart
faint.- 9: 13 The people turneth not unto him that smiteth
them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Jer. 5: 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou
hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they
have made their faces harder than'a rock; they have refused
to return.
Lam. 1: 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold,
and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is
done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the
day of his fierce anger. 13 From above hath he sent fire into
my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a
net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me
desolate and faint all the day.-3: 10 He was unto me as a
bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 11 He hath
turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made
me desolate. 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark
for the arrow.
Am. 4: 6 I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all
your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye
not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 7-11.
[See 569, 700.]
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ANGELS.                  10-12
Duties to the aged - Angels numerous - their employment.
AGED PERSONS.
10. Duties to the aged.
Lev. 19: 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and
honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the
Lord,
1 Tim. 5: 1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father,
and the younger men as brethren;  2 The elder women as
mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
1 Pet. 5: 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto
the elder. [tee 730.]
ANGELS.
11. Angels numerous.
Heb. 12: 22 Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city
of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.
Rev. 5: 11 I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels
round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and
the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and
thousands of thousands.
12. Employment of good angels.
2 S. 24: 16 The angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem
to destroy it.
2 K. 19: 35 It came to pass that night, that the angel of the
LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a
hundred four score and five thousand.
Job 38: 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the
sons of God shouted for joy?
Ps. 91: 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to
keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in
their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Dan. 6: 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the
lions' mouths. —9: 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer,
even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the
time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and
talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to
give thee skill and understanding.
Mat. 13: 39 The harvest is the end of the world; and the
reapers are the angels. 41 The Son of man shall send forth
his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things
that offend, and them which do iniquity. - 18: 10 Take heed
that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you,
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13-15             ANGELS APOSTATE.
Their apostasy - names - character - employment.
that in heaven their angels do always. behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.
Lk. 16: 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.
Heb. 1: 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation?
ANGELS APOSTATE.
13. Apostasy of angels.
2 Pet. 2: 4 God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast
them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness,
to be reserved un'to judgment.
Jude 6 The angels which kept not their first estate, but left
their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains,
under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Rev. 12: 7 There was war in heaven: Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and
his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven.
14. Names of apostate angels.
Is. 27: 1 Leviathan, the piercing and crooked serpent.Mat. 4: 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If
thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made
bread.-10: 1 Unclean spirits.- 13: 38 The field is the world;
the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are
the children of the wicked one;  39 The enemy that sowed
them is the devil. -Mk. 5: 9 Legion. —Lk. 11:15 Beelzebub. - Jn. 8: 44 Murderer, liar. -14: 30 The prince of this
world. —2 Cor. 4: 4 The god of this world. —Ep. 2: 2 The
prince of the power of the air.- 6: 12 The rulers of the darkness
of this world.- 1.Pet. 5: 8 Your adversary the devil. - Rev.
9: 11 Abaddon, (Heb.) Apollyon, (Gr.) —12: 9 Great dragon, old serpent, devil, and Satan.- 9: 10 The accuser of the
brethren.
15. Character, employment and agency of evil spirits.
Job 1: 7 The LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and
fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Mat. 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one,
and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. 38 The
field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39
The enemv that sowed them is the devil.
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ANGELS APOSTATE.                 15
Their character and employment.
Lk. 4: 5 The devil, taking him up into a high mountain,
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of th'e world in a moment
of time.-8: 12 Those by the way-side, are they that hear;.
then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their
hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.-22: 31 The
Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have
you, that he may sift you as wheat.
Jn. 8: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth; because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it.-13: 2 Supper being ended, (the
devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's
son, to betray him.)
Ac. 5: 3 Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the
price of the land?
2 Cor. 2: 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for
we are not ignorant of his devices.-4: 4 In whom the god of
this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Ep. 2: 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.-6:12 We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.
2 Tim. 2: 26 That they may recover themselves out of the
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
1 Pet. 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour.
Rev. 2: 24 Unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira,
As many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known
the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none
other burden.-12: 9 The great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole
world. 10 I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is
come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God,
and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren
is cast down which accused them before our God day and
night, 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in
them. Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea! for
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16, 17             ANGELS APOSTATE.
Their devices - Suggestions of.
the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because
he knoweth that he hath but a short time.- 20: 7 When the
thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his
prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations.
16. By what means and devices do apostate angels lead mankind into sin
and death?
Gen. 3: 13 The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
I Ch. 21: 1 Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked
David to number Israel.
2 Cor. 11: 3 I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled -Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 14 And no
marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light.
2 Th. 2: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of
Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders. 10 And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish.
1 Tim. 4: 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils.
2 Tim. 2: 26 That they may recover themselves out of the
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Rev. 16: 13 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out
of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they
are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto
the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them
to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
[See 474, 702.]
17. Suggestions of the adversary.
1. That sinners will escape threatened punishment.
Gen. 3: 4 The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not
surely die: 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil.
2. That there is nothing but selfishness in religion.
Job 1: 9 Satan answered the LORD and said, Doth Job
fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made a hedge about
him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every
side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands and his substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth thine hand
now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy
face.
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ANGELS APOSTATE-APOSTATES.              18, 19
To be resisted - Cases of apoPtasy.
8. That means are useless, where the end is divinely appointed.
Mat. 4: 5 The devil taketh him  up into the holy city, and
setteth him  on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto
him, If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down, for it is
written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and
in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou
dash thy foot against a stone. [See 257.]
4. Forbidding matrimony and the use of meats.
1 Tim. 4: 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in
hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to' abstain from meats,
which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of
them which believe and know the truth.
18. Apostate angels to be resisted.
Ep. 4: 27 Neither give place to the devil. —6: 12 We
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be
able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.
Jam. 4: 7 Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Pet. 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour.  9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith.
[See 477, 738.]
APOSTATES.
19. Cases of real and supposed apostasy- warnings-fearful end of
apostates.
1 S. 15: 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be
king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not
performed my commandments.
1 Ch. 28: 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a
willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek
him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will
cast thee off for ever.
Ezk. 3: 20 When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit, iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block
before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him
warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he
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20                   APOSTATIS.
End of-Hard to reclaim.
hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.-18: 24, 13.-13: 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity,
he shall even die thereby.
Hos. 6: 4 0 Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Jtldah,
what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning
cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Mat. 25: 8 The foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your
oil: for our lamps are gone out.
Lk. 9: 62 Jesus said unto him, No man having put his
hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of
God.
Jn. 6: 66 From that time many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him.
Gal. 5: 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever
of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
1 Tim. 1:19 Holding faith and a good conscience; which
some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck.
2 Tim. 1: 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in
Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and'Hermogenes.
2 Pet. 2: 20 If after they have escaped the pollutions of the
world through the knowledge of the Lord and.Saviour Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the
latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it
had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto
them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his
own vomit again; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. [See 23, 27.]
20. Apostates hard to reclaim.
Heb. 6: 4 It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good
word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  6 If
they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance;
seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and
put him to an open shame.- 10: 26 If we sin wilfully after
that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,  27 But a certain fearful
looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall
devour the adversaries.
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ATHEISM.                  21, 22
Theoretical and practical.
21. Were Apostates ever truly regenerated?
Mat. 7: 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Mat. 15: 13 Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up.
Mk. 4: 16 These are they likewise which are sown on stony
ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately
receive it with gladness;  17 And have no root in themselves,
and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or
persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are
offended.
Jn. 6: 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you
twelve, and one of you is a devil? —17: 12 While I was with
them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou
gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son
of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
1 Jn. 2: 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us;
for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued
with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest
that they were not all of us. [See 515-517.]
ATHEISM.
22. Theoretical and practical Atheism.
Ex. 5: 2 Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should
obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither
will I let Israel go.
Job 21: 14 They say unto God, Depart from us; for we
desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we
have, if we pray unto him?
Ps. 10: 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. —14:
1 The tool hath said in his heart, There is no God.-59: 7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their
lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Is. 22: 13 Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we shall
die.
Ezk. 8: 12 They say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD
hatb forsaken the earth.
R6m. 3: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Ep. 2:12 At that time ye were without Christ, being aliens
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23                   BACKSLIDING.
Exemplified - Cautions.
from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the
covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the
world.
2 Pet. 3: 3 There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things
continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
[See 200, 568, 692 (3), 695, 705, 708.]
BACKSLIDING.
238 Examples of backsliding -cautions.
Ex. 32: 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to
come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves
together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods
which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that
brought us up out of the land. of Egypt, we wot not what is
become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the
golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your
sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And
all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which were in
their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received
them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after
he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before
it, and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a
feast to the LORD. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow,
and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings: and
the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
2 S. 12: 7 Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. 9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD,
to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with
the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain
him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
1 K. 11: 4 It came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his
wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart
was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of
David his father.
2 Ch. 16: 7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king
of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the
king of- Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore
is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with
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Backsliders prone to murmur.
very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst
rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. 9
Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth
thou shalt have wars. 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer,
and put him in a prison-house; for he was in a rage with him
because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people
the same time.
Jer. 8: 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back
by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse
to return.
Hos. 11: 7 My people are bent to backsliding from me:
though they called them to the Most High, none at all would
exalt him.
Mat. 16: 6 Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
[See 19, 695.]
24. Backsliders prone to murmur, despond, and distrust providence.
Gen. 42: 36 Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye
bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not,
and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against
me.
1 K. 19: 4 Elijah went a day's journey into the wilderness,
and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested
for himself that he might die: and said, It is enough; now, O
LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Job. 3: 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his
day.
Ps. 73: 2 As for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps
had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 13 Verily I have
cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened
every morning.
Is. 49: 14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and
my Lord hath forgotten me.
Jer. 20: 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born.
Lam. 3: 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness,
but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 7 He hath hedged me
about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Jonah 4: 1 It displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was
very angry. 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I
pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet
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25 -27               BACKSLIDING.
Backsliders insensible - in darkness - threatened.
in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish; for I
knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 3
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from
me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 4 Then said
the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
[See 9, 171, 272, 700.]
25. Backsliders insensible of their state.
Hos. 7: 8 Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have
devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs
are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Rom. 2: 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the
law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will,
and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in
darkness.
Rev. 3: 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased
with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that
thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and
naked. [See 704.]
26. Backsliders walk in darkness.
Job 23: 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and
backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand,
where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Is. 59: 1 Your iniquities have separated between you and
your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he
will not hear.
Mat. 6: 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how
great is that darkness! [See 707.]
27. Backsliders threatened and visited with evils.
Ex. 32: 9 The LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this
people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them,
and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a
great nation.
Ezra 8: 22 The hand of our God is upon all them for good
that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them
that forsake him.
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BACKSLIDING.                 28, 29
Backsliders called to repentance - hard to reclaim.
Pr. 14: 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his
own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Jer. 2: 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and
thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see
that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the
LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord
GOD of hosts.
Hos. 6: 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah,
what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning
cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have
I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words
of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth
forth.
Zep. 1: 4 I will cut off the name of the Chemarims with
the priests: 6 And them that are turned back fromn the LORD.
Heb. 10: 38 The just shall live by faith: but if any man
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. [See 19.]
28. Backsliders called to repentance.
Jer. 3: 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD;
for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city,
and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
Hos. 10: 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in
mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the
LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.- 14: 1 0
Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by
thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD:
say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously:
so will we render the calves of our lips.
Rev. 2: 4 I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast
left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou
art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will
come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of
his place, except thou repent. —3: 1 I know thy works, that
thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful,
and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to
die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and
hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will
come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I
will come upon thee.
29. Baclksliders hard to reclaim- need re-conversion.
Lk. 22: 31 The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
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Backsliders sometimes repent-Mosaic baptisms.
desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art
converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Gal. 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth
again, until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present
with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt
of you. [See 143, 166.]
30. Backsliders, when reclaimed, heartily repent and confess their sins.
Job 40: 3 Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, I
am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon
my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea,
twice; but I will proceed no further.
Ps. 102: 3 My days are consumed like smoke, and my bones
are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered
like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of
the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I
am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the
desert. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the
house-top. [See 124, 356, 603.]
BAPTISM.
31. Mosaic baptisms.
Ex. 29: 4 Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with
water.
Lev. 8: 5- Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing
which the LORD commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought
Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
Num. 8: 5 The LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take
the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them:
Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all
their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
Mk. 7: 2 When they saw some of his disciples eat bread with
defiled (that is to say, with unwashen) hands, they found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their
hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And
when they come from the market, except they wash [Gr. Baptisontai,] they eat not. And many other things there be, which
they have received to hold, as the washing [Gr. baptismous]
of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and tables.
Lk. 11: 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he
had not first washed [Gr. ebaptisthe] before dinner.
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BAPTISM.                     32
Figurative baptism.
Heb. 9: 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers
washings [Gr. baptismois,] and carnal ordinances, imposed on
them until the time of reformation.
32. Figurative baptism and circumcision.
Ps. 51: 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall
be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Is. 4: 4 When the LORD shall have washed away the filth
of the daughters of Zion.
Mat. 3: 11 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and
with fire. —20: 22 Jesus answered and said, Ye know not
what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall
drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
Lk. 12: 50 I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how
am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Jn. 3: 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God.
Ac. 1: 5 John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither
is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he
is a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not
of men, but of God.- 6: 3 Know ye not that so many of us as
were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory
of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his
death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
I Cor. 10: 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should
be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and
all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto
Moses in the cloud and in the sea. —12: 13 By one Spirit are
we all baptized unto one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free, and have been all made to drink
into one spirit.
Gal. 3: 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ, have put on Christ.
Col. 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, inputting off the body of the sins
of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 Buried with
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83, 34                  BAPTISM.
John's baptism - design of- nature of.
him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through
the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the
dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses.
Tit. 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
33. John's baptism, a token of repentance, inward purity, and preparation
for Christ's advent.
Mal. 3: 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall
prepare the way before me.
Mk. 1: 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the
baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins.
Lk. 1: 17 He shall go before him in the spirit and power of
Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the
disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord.- 3: 3 He came into all the country
about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the
remission of sins; 4 As it is written in the book of the words
of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight. [Is. 40: 3.]
Jn. 1: 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a
man which is preferred before me; for he was before me. 31
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to
Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
34. Was John's baptism in the name of the Holy Ghost?
Ac. 18: 24 A certain Jew, named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to
Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the
Lord: and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught
diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism
of John. —19: 1 And it came to pass, that while ApollQs was
at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came
to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto
them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?
And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard
whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them,
Unto what then were ye baptized?  And they said, Unto
John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with
the baptism of repentance, saying'unto the people, that they
should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on
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Baptism of Christ - Christian baptism - proper administrators.
Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in
the name of the Lord Jesus.
35. Did Christ solicit baptism, to be introduced into the Aaronic priesthood,
or to sanction the divine ordinance of John's baptism, and " be made manifest
to Israel?"
Mat. 3: 13  Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto
John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbade him, saying,
I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now:
for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he
suffered him.
Heb. 7: 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what
further need was there that another priest should rise after the
order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of
Aaron?  12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made
of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom
these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which
no man gave attendance at the altar.  14 For it is evident
that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake
nothing concerning priesthood.
36. Christian baptism instituted, and enjoined upon believers.
Mat. 28: 18 Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; 20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end
of the world.
Mk. 16: 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved;
but he that believeth not, shall be damned.
Ac. 2: 38 Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.- 10:
48 And he [Peter] conmanded them  to be baptized in the
name of the Lord.- 22: 16 Why tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the
Lord.
37. The proper administrators of Christian baptism.
Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost.
Jn. 3: 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples
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Proper subjects of
into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and
baptized.
Ac. 8: 12 When they believed Philip, preaching the things
concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ,
they were baptized both men and women.
38. The proper subjects of baptism.
Ac. 2: 38 Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all
that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41 Then
they that gladly received his word, were baptized: and the
same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls.- 8: 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto
a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what
doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou
believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered
and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. -10:
46 Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water,
that these should not be baptized, which have received the
Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to
be baptized in the name of the Lord. —16: 14 A certain
woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord
opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken
of Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household,
she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful
to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there: And she
constrained us. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in,
and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas;
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do
to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they
spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were
in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the
night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all
his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into
his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing
in God with all his house.- 18: 8 Crispus, the chief ruler
of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house:
and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were
baptized.
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BAPTISM-BIBLE.                39, 40
Mode of- Bible - inspiration of.
1 Cor. 1:16 I baptized also the household of Stephanas;
besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
[See 117-121.]
39. Mode of baptism.
1. Passages referred to by those who immerse.
Mat. 3: 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea,
and all the region round about Jordan, 6 And were baptized
of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 16 And Jesus, when
he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water.
Jn. 3: 23 John also was baptizing in lEnon, near to Salim,
because there was much water there: and they came, and were
baptized.
Ac. 8: 38 He commanded the chariot to stand still: and
they went down both into the water, both Philip and the
eunuch; and he baptized him. 39 And when they were come
up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip,
that the eunuch saw him no more.
Col. 2: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are
risen with him through the faith of the operation of'God, who
hath raised him from the dead.- Rom. 6: 4. [See 32.]
2. Passages referred to by those who sprinkle or pour.
Is. 44:.3 I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and
floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy
seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. — 52: 15 So shall
he sprinkle many nations.
Ezk. 36: 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and
ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your
idols, will I cleanse you. [Num. 8: 7.]
Heb. 10: 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. -12:
24 To Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of
Abel.
1 Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. [See 31, 620.]
BIBLE.
40. Bible, the inspired word of God.
2 S. 23: 1 The sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit
of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
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40                      BIBLE.
Inspiration of.
2 K. 17: 13 The LORD testified against Israel and against
Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn
ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, and
my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded
your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the
prophets.
2 Ch. 34: 21 Our fathers have not kept the word of the
LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. -36: 21 To
fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah.
Neh. 9: 30 Many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets.
Jer. 1: 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched
my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put
my words in thy mouth.- 36: 1 And it came to pass in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah,
that this word came hnto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words
that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah,
and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee,
from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
Zec. 7: 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant
stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the
LORD of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets:
therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
Lk. 1: 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been since the world began.
Ac. 1: 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs
have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of
David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to
them that took Jesus. -3: 18 Those things which God before
had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ
should suffer, he hath so fulfilled — 28: 25 And when they
agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul
had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias
the prophet unto our fathers.
Rom. 3: 2 Unto them were committed the oracles of God.
[1 Pet. 4: 11.]
I Cor. 2: 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know
the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Gal. 1: 11 I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which
was preached of me is not after man:' 12 For I neither
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BIBLE.                    41, 42
Inspired - everlasting truth - will be fulfilled.
received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Th. 2: 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye
heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as
it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also
in you that believe.
2 Tim. 3: 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Heb. 1: I God, who at sundry times and in divers manners
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son.
2 Pet. 1 18 This voice which came from heaven we heard,
when we were with him in the holy mount.  19 We have
also a more sure word of prophecy: whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts;
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of
any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in
old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as
they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
41. Bible, the everlasting truth of God.
Ps. 19: 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
- 93: 5 Thy testimonies are very sure. - 119: 142 Thy law
is the truth.
Is. 25: 1 Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.40: 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of
our God shall stand for ever.
42. Bible will be Jitlfilled.
Mat. 5: 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or
the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For
verily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- 24: 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words
shall not pass away.
Lk. 16: 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than
one tittle of the law to fail. — 24: 44 He said unto to them,
These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet
with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written
in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
concerning me.
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43, 44                  BIBLE.
Confirmed by miracles - confirmed by prophecy.
Jn. 10: 35. The scripture cannot be broken.
Ac. 1: 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David
spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that
took Jesus. -3: 18. But those things which God before had
shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should
suffer, he hath so fulfilled. [See 284.]
43. Miracles wrought to confirm the word of God.
Exod. 4: 4. The LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine
hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and
caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: 5 That they
may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. - 14: 31 Israel saw that great work which
the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the
LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. - 19:
9 The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick
cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and
believe thee for ever.
1 K. 18: 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed
the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust,
and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when
all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said,
The LORD, he is the God; the LORD he is the God.
Mk. 16: 20 They went forth, and preached every where,
the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with
signs following.
Jn. 3: 1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by
night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a
teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles
that thou doest, except God be with him.
Ac. 8: 6. The people with one accord gave heed unto those
things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did. - 14: 3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word
of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by
their hands.
Heb. 2: 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs
and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy
Ghost. [See 77.]
44. Bible confirmed by prophecy.
Gen. 49: 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a
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BIBLE.                        45
Confirmed by prophecy - its internal evidences.
lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come: and unto
him shall the gathering of the people be.
See also David's prophecy of the resurrection of Christ,
(Ps. 16: 10;) - and Isaiah's' prediction of Christ, (Is. 7: 14,
and 35: 3-6; and 53d chap. entire;) — and his prophecy
against Babylon, (Is. 13: 17-22, and 14: 22, 23; and 47th
chap. entire;) and his prophecy of Cyrus, (Is. 45: 1-3;)
and Jeremiah's prophecy against Babylon, (Jer. 50: 23-40,
and 51: 30-44;) and Ezekiel's prophecy respecting the
overthrow of Tyrej (Ezk. 26: 7 —11;) and Nebuchadnezzar's
invasion of Egypt, (Ezk. 29: 18-20;) and Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, (Dan. 2: 31-35;)and his prophecy respecting the rise and power of antichrist,
(Dan. 7: 24, 25, and chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, entire;)
- and Nahum's prophecy respecting the overthrow of Nineveh, in the 2d and 3d chapters of Nahum; and Zephaniah's
prophecy against Nineveh, (Zep. 2: 13-15;) —and Zechariah's prediction respecting the 30 pieces of silver paid Judas,
(Zec. 11: 12, 13;) -and Christ's prophecy respecting the
Temple, (Mat. 24: 1, 2, 15, 16, 21;) and respecting Jerusalem, (Lk. 19: 43,44;) and Paul's prophecy respecting the man
of sin, (2 Th. 2: 3, 4.)
45. Bible confirmed by its internal evidences.
1. By revelations above reason and human capacity.
Gen. 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
Ps. 19: 12 Who can understand his errors?-49: 11 Their
inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and
their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands
after their own names.
Pr. 16: 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea,
even the wicked for the day of evil.
Is. 40: 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they
are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Jer. 17: 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
1 Cor. 15: 35 Some man will say, How are the dead raised
up? and with what body do they come? 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual body.
2 Tim. 1: 10 But it is now made manifest by the appearing
of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and
hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
2 Pet. 3: 10 The day of the Lord will come as a thief in
5                     49




46                      BIBLE.
The true standard.
the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a
great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the
earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
I Jn. 4: 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for. God
is love.-5: 7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one.
Rev. 20: 11 I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on
it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and
there was found no place for them.-22: 16 I am the root and
the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star.
2. By the purity of its requirements.
Ps. 119: 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the
soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the
simple. 8 The statutes of.the LORD are right, rejoicing the
heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening
the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Pr. 30: 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto
them that put their trust in him. [See 47, 285.]
46. Bible, the true standard of faith and practice - danger of false standards.
Is. 8: 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak
not according to this word, it is because there is no light in
them.
Mat. 15: 3 He answered and said unto them, Why do ye
also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother:
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother,
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And honor not his father or his- mother, he shall be free.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect
by your tradition.
Mk. 7: 7 In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines
the commandments of men. 8 For, laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 He said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment
of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Jn. 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words,
hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the
same shall judge him in the last day.
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BIBLE.                    47, 48
True means of grace - to be taught and studied.
Rom. 2: 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of
men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
2 Cor. 10: 12 We dare not make ourselves of the number,
or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves:
but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing
themselves among themselves, are not wise.
Col. 2: 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy
and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments
of the world, and not after Christ.
47. Bible, the true means of grace.
Ps. 19: 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the
soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the
simple. —119: 93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with
them thou hast quickened me.
Jn. 15: 3 Ye are clean through the word which I have
spoken unto you-17: 17 Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself,
that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Rom. 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. —10: 17 Faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Ep. 6: 17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God.
2 Tim. 3: 15 From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through
faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Jam. 1: 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of
truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is
able to save your souls.
1 Pet. 1: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth
for ever. [See 428-432.]
48. Studying and teaching the Bible required and encouraged.
Dt. 11: 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in
your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon
your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them
when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by
the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine
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49                       BIBLE.
A writtc  revelation.
house, and upon thy gates: 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the
LORD sware unto.your fathers to give them, as the days of
heaven upon the earth.
Jos. 1: 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success.
Ps. 1: I Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of
the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Pr. 4: 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:
keep her: for she is thy life. 20 My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart
from  thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to
all their flesh.
Mat. 22: 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye doerr,
not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Jn. 5: 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: And they are they which testify of me.
Ac. 17: 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of
mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things
were so.
Rom. 15: 4 Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were
written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort
of the scriptures might have hope.
1 Th. 5: 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be
read unto all the holy brethren.
Heb. 2: 1 We ought to give the more earnest heed to the
things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let
them slip.
1 Pet. 2: 2 As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of
the word, that ye may grow thereby.
Rev. 1: 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the
words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. [Ps. 19, and 119, entire.]
[See 279, 458, 493.]
49. Bible a written revelation, and intelligible.
Dt. 9: 10 The LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone
written with the finger of God; and on them was written ac52




BIBLE.                   50, 51
Sin of wresting - rofitable.
cording to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the
mount, out of the midst of the fire.
Ps. 102: 18 This shall be written for the'generation to
come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the
LORD.
Ps. 119: 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light
unto my path. 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light;
it giveth understanding unto the simple.
2 Pet. 1: 18 This voice which came from heaven we heard,
when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 We have also
a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the
day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts.
50. Sin and danger of altering or wresting the Bible.
Dt. 4: 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command
you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep
the commandments of the LORD your God which I command
you.
Pr. 30: 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee,
and thou be found a liar.
2 Pet. 3: 15 And account that the long-suffering of our
Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things;
in which are some things hard to be understood, which they
that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other
scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Rev. 22: 18 I testify unto every man that heareth the words
of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these
things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in
this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the
things which are written in this book. [See 284.]
51. The whole Bible profitable and important.
Dt. 29: 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God:
but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our
children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
2 Tim. 3: 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
[See 47, and 279 and 433.]
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52, 53         CHEERFULNESS-CHILDREN.
Duty and advantages of —Duties of to parents.
CHEERFULNESS.
52. Duty and advantages of cheerfulness.
Neh. 8: 10 Neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is
your strength.
Pr. 14: 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy
the rottenness of the bones. [Ps. 119: 80.]- 15: 13 A merry
heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the
heart the spirit is broken. 15 He that is of a merry heart
hath a continual feast.-17: 22 A merry heart doeth good like
a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Jn. 16: 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.
1Th. 5: 16 Rejoice evermore. [See 296, 634.]
CHILDREN.
53. Duties of children to parents.
Ex. 20: 12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy
days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Lev. 19: 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother and his
father.
Pr. 1: 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. -6:
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not
the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine
heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it
shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and
when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.-13: 1 A wise son
heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
-23: 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise
not thy mother when she is old.
Mat. 15: 4 God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and
mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die
the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father
or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;  6 And honor not his father or his mother, he
shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God
of none effect by your tradition.
Lk. 2: 51 IIe [Christ] went down with them, [his parents]
and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.
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CHILDREN.                   54, 55
Disobedient children punished - Early piety.
Ep. 6: 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this
is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother, (which is the first
commandment with promise,)  3 That it may be well with
thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Col. 3: 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this
is well-pleasing unto the Lord. [See 10.]
54. Penalties for disobeying and abusing parents.
Ex. 21: 15 He that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall
be surely put to death. 17 And he that curseth his father or
his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Dt. 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son,
which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of Idis
mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not
hearken unto them:  21 And all the men of his city shall
stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away
from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and fear-27: 16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother:
and all the people shall say, Amen.
Pr. 20: 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp
shall be put out in obscure darkness. —30: 17 The eye that
mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the
ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles
shall eat it. [See 494.]
55. Early piety exemplified and encouraged.
1 S. 3: 8 The LORD called Samuel again the third time.
And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou
didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called
the child.
2 Ch. 34: 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to
reign. 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet
young, he began to seek after the God of David his father.
Pr. 8: 17 I love them that love me: and those that seek me
early shall find me.-22: 6 Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ec. 12: I Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
Is. 28: 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall
he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from
the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
2 Tim. 3: 15 And that from a child thou hast knows the
holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith vwhich is in Christ Jesus.
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56, 57                CHRIST JESUS.
Christ's moral character -obeyed his Father.
CHRIST JESUS.
56. His holiness, righteousness,frank-ness. and disihtcrestedness.
Is. 11: 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Pr. 8: 50 I seek not mine own glory.
Jn. 18: 19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.  20 Jesus answered him, I spake
openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in
the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have
I said nothing.  21 Why askest thou me? ask them which
heard me, what I have'said unto them: behold, they know
what I said.
Ac. 3: 14 Ye denied the Holy One,-and the Just.
2 Cor. 5: 21 He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew
no sin.
Heb. 4: 15 We have not an high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet without sin.-7: 26 Such an high
priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate
from sinners, and made higher than the heavens,  27 Who
needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice,
first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did
once, when he offered up himself.
I Pet. 2: 21 Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:  22 Who did no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was
reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened
not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
[See 229, 630.]
57. Christ obeyed, pleased and honored God.
Ps. 40: 7 Then- said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the
book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my
God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Mat. 3: 17 Lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Jn. 4: 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will
of him that sent me, and to finish his work.-5: 30 I seek not
mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
-6: 38 I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but
the will of him that sent me.-8: 29 He that sent me is with
me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those
things that please hiim. 49 Jesus answered, I have not a
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CHRIST JESUS.               58-60
His poverty, etc.- Deadness to the World- Love and Compassion.
devil, but I honor my Father, and ye do dishonor me.-17: 4
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work
which thou gavest me to do.
58. Christ's poverty and self-denial.
Mat. 8: 20 Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and
the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not
where to lay his head.
Rom. 15: 2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his
good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself;
but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached
thee fell on me.
2 Cor. 8: 9 Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Heb. 12: 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who, for the joy [Gr. Anti-instead of the joy] that
was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
59. How did Christ regard the world and its honors?
Jn. 5: 41 I receive not honor from men.  16: 33 I have
overcome the world. - 18: 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is
not of this world. [See 626, 743.]
60. Christ's love and compassion towards mankind.
Mat. 9: 35 Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing every sickness, and every disease among
the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved
with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.-14: 14 Jesus
went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. —15: 32
Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion
on the multitude, because they continue with me now three
days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away
fasting, lest they faint in the way.- 23: 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which
are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!
Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another.-15: 9 As the Father hath loved, me, so have I loved
you: continue ye in my love.
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61                   CHRIST JESUS.
A Pattern of Condescension.
Ac. 10: 38 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and
healing all that were oppressed of the d6vil; for God was with
him.
Rom. 5:6 When we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would
even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us,
in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.-8: 37
In all these things we are more than conquerors, through him
that loved us.
Ep. 5: 2 Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for
a sweet-smelling savor.
[See 224-5, 228, and Invitations and Redemption.]
61. Christ a pattern of condescension.
Mat. 9: 11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his
disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that
bewhole need not a physician, but they that are sick. -19:
14 Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to
come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And
he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.-20: 27 Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Lk. 22: 27 Whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat or he
that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among
you as he that serveth.
Jn. 13: 13 Ye call me Master, and Lord: and ye say well;
for so I am. 14 If I then your Lord and Master have washed
your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Ph. 2: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made
in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a
man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
Heb. 2: 11 Both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call
them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my
brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto
thee. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham. [See 228.]
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CHRIST JESUS.               62-64
His Meekness, Modes:,y, etc. - diligent in his work - Prayerful.
62. Christ's meekness, forbearance, forgiveness, lowliness, modesty, and
patience.
Is. 42: 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to
be heard in the street. [Mat. 12: 17-20.] - 50: 6 I gave
my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked
off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. -
53: 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet bhe opened
not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and
as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his
mouth.
Mat. 11: 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for
I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto
your souls. -21: 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy
King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a
colt the foal of an ass.
Mk. 15: 4 Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou
nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
5 But Jesus yet answered nothing: so that Pilate marvelled.
Lk. 23: 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they
know not what they do.
2 Cor. 10: 1 I Paul myself beseech you, by the meekness
and gentleness of Christ.
1 Pet. 2: 21 Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an exam
ple, that ye should follow his steps: 23 Who, when he was
reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened
not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
[See 482, 498, 660.]
63. Christ diligent in his work.
Lk. 2: 49 Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's
business?
Jn. 5: 17 Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto,
and I work.- 9: 4 I must work the works of him that sent
me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
[See 1.]
64. Christ's prayerfulness, and prevalence in prayer.
Ps. 21: 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast
not withholden the request of his lips.
Mat. 14: 23 When he had sent the multifudes away, he
went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening
was come, he was there alone. - 26: 36 Sit ye here, while I
go and pray yonder. 39 And he went a little further, and
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from  me: nevertheless, not as I
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65                  CHRIST JESUS.
A Preacher.
will, but as thou wilt. 42 He went away again the second
time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not
pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 44
And went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the
same words.
3k. 6: 46 When he had sent them away, he departed into a
mountain to pray.
Lk. 5: 16 He withdrew himself into the wilderness, and
prayed. - 6: 12 He went out into a mountain to pray, and
continued all night in prayer to God. —9: 18 As he was
alone praying, his disciples were with him. 28 He took
Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a mountain to
pray.  11: 1 It came to pass, that as he was praying in
a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said
unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his
disciples.
Jn. 11: 41 Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I
thank thee that thou hast heard me: 42 I knew that thou
hearest me always.- 14: 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments: 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for
ever. [See 516.]
65. Christ a preacher.
Ps. 40: 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou
knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my
heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I
have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the
great congregation.
Is. 6k 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because
the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to
them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of
the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God. [Lk. 4: 18.]
Mat. 4: 23 Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom.- 7:
28 It came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings, the
people were astonished at his doctrine. 29 For he taught
them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. —13:
54 When he was come into his own country, he taught them
in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and
said, Whence hath thi~ man this wisdom, and these mighty
works?
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CHRIST JESUS.                 66, 67
A Reprover- his popular favor.
Jn. 7: 14 About the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into
the temple and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying,
How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?  46
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
66. Christ a searchiny reprover.
Is. 11: 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the
fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of
his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But
with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth
with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall
he slay the wicked.
Mal. 3: 2 Who may abide the day of his coming? and who
shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire,
and like fullers' soap. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and
purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the
LORD an offering in righteousness.
Lk. 11: 52 Wo unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away
the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and
them that were entering in ye hindered. - 12: 49 I am come
to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be already
kindled?
Jn. 18: 37 To this end was I born, and for this cause came
into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.
See Mat., chapters 5th and 23d, throughout.] [See 610-11.]
67. Christ secured some popular favor.
Mat. 21: 8 A very great multitude spread their garments in
the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed
them in the way. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and
that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David:
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna
in the highest.  [Mk. 11: 8-10.]
Mk. 12: 12 They sought to lay hold on him, but feared the
people.
Lk. 4:14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit int?
Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the
region round about. o1 And he taught in their synagogues,
being glorified of all. -5: 15 So much the more went there a
fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to
hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
Jn. 6: 15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would
come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed
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68                   CHRIST JESUS.
Ilis cru ifixiln.
again into a mountain himself alone.-11: 47 Then gathered
the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What
do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him
thus alone, all men will believe on him. —12: 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye
prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
68. Christ reviled and persecuted unto death.
Ps. 2: 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine
a vain thing?  2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and
the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against
his Anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder,
and cast away their cords from us.
Is. 53: 2 He shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we
should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a
man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it
were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed
him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted.
Mat. 10: 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the
servant above his lord. 25' It is enough for the disciple that
he be as his master, and the servant as his lord: if they have
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more
shall they call them of his household? -13: 55 Is not this the
carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his
brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And
his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this
man all these things? 57 And they were offended in him.
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor,
save in his own country and in his own house. - 26: 66 What
think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffetted him; and
others smote him with the palms of their hands, 68 Saying,
Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
- 27: 29 When they had platted a crown of thorns, they put
it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they
bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail,
King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the
reed, and smote him on the head. 31 And after that they
had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his
own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. 34
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CHRIST'S HUMANITY.                 69
Ills humanity.
They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall: and when
he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Mk. 15: 27 With him they crucify two thieves, the one on
his right hand, and the other on his left. 28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with
the transgressors. 29 And they that passed by, railed on
him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest
the temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself,
and come down from the cross. 31 Likewise also the chief
priests mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, He
saved others; himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ, the
King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see,
and believe. And they that were crucified with him, reviled
him.
Lk. 4: 2 All they in the synagogue, when they heard these
things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust
him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill
(whereon their city was built,) that they might cast him down
headlong.- 16:14 The Pharisees also, who were covetous,
heard all these things, and they derided him.
Jn. 10. 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is
mad; why hear ye him? 31 Then the Jews took up stones
again to stone him.-19: 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing
the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith
unto them, Behold the man! 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him,
crucify him. [See 467, 511, 690.]
CHRIST'S HUMANITY.
69. Christs human soul and body.
Mat. 1: 1 Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham.-8: 20 The Son of Man hath not where to lay his
head.*
Lk. 2: 52 Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favor mwith God and man.
Jn. 1: 14 The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father,) full of grace and truth.
1 Tim. 2: 5 There is one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Heb. 2: 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the
* Christ calls himself the Son of Man more than sixty times.
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70                CHRIST'S HUMANITY.
His depeilde.ce.
same; that through death he might destroy him that had the
power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver-them, who,
through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in
all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren;
that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things
pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted,
he is able to succor them that are tempted. -4: 15 We have
not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities: but was in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin.
1 Jn. 4: 3 Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ
is come in the flesh, is not of God.
70. Christ's dependence for preservation, knowledge, etc.
Is. 42: 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and
will hold thy hand, and will keep thee.
Mk. 13: 32 Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the
Father. [Mat. 24: 36.]
Jn. 5: 19 Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but
what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth,
these aiso doeth the Son likewise. 30 I can of mine own self
do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just;
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me.- 6: 57 As the living Father hath sent
me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he
shall live by me.- 8: 28 Then said Jesus unto them, When
ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I
am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath
taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is
with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always
those things that please him. - 14: 10 Believest thou not that
I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that
I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father, that
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.- 20: 17 I ascend unto my
Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
2 Cor. 13: 4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.
[See his Prayerfulness, 64.]
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CHRIST'S HUMANITY.                 71
His Sonship-his official subjection.
71. Christ called the Son of God in reference to his incarnation.
Ps. 2: 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto
me,- Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Lk. 1: 35 The angel answered and said unto her, The Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
Jn. 1: 14 The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father,) full of grace and truth. 18 No man hath seen
God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom
of the Father, he hath declared him.
Rom. 1: 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which
was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And
declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the
Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
Gal. 4: 4 When the fulness of the time was come, God sent
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.
Heb. 1: 5 Unto which of the angels said he at any time,
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again,
I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?  6
And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the
world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
72. Christ's official subjection to his Father.
Jn. 6: 38 I came down from heaven, not to do mine own
will, but the will of him that sent me.-7: 16 Jesus answered
them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, lut his that sent me.8: 29 And he that sent me is with me. —10: 36 Say ye of him
whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? —
12: 49 I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which
sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and
what I should speak. —14: 28 I go unto the Father: for my
Father is greater than I.- 17: 3 This is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
thou hast sent. 8 I have given unto them the words which
thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known
surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that
thou didst send me.
Rom. 1: 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which
was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And
declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the
Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
1 Cor. 3: 23 Ye are Christ's: and Christ is God's.  11: 3
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73,74     CHRIST'S HUMANITY-HIS DIVINITY.
IIis preeminence - names, titles, offices, etc.
The head of Christ is God.- 15: 27 He hath put all things
under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under
him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things
under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto
him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that
put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
73. Preeminence of " the man Christ Jesus."
Ps. 89: 27 I will make him my first-born, higher than the
kings of the earth.
Jn. 1: 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This
was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me, is preferred
before me; for he was before me. —3: 31 He that cometh from
heaven is above all.
Col. 1: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature. 18 And he is the head of the body,
the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Heb. 1: 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he
hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art
my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be
to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again,
when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith,
And let all the angels of God worship him.
Rev. 1: 5 The Prince of the kings of the earth.-3: 14 The
beginning of the creation of God.
CHRIST'S DIVINITY.
74. CiSrist's divine names, titles, and offices.
Advocate, 1 Jn. 2: 1-Almighty, Rev. 1: 18-Alpha and
Omega, Rev. 22: 13- Bishop of souls, 1 Pet. 2: 25- Captain
of salvation, Heb. 2: 10 — Counsellor, Is. 9: 6 -Emmanuel,
Mat. 1: 23- Eternal life, 1 Jn. 5: 20- Father everlasting,
Is. 9: 6 —God, and the true God, Ps. 45: 6, and Heb. 1: 8, and
I Jn. 5: 20 - God over all, Rom. 9: 5- God, only wise, Jude
25-Governor, Mat. 2: 6 - Head of all principality and power,
Col. 2: 10-Head over all things to the church, Eph. 1: 22Heir of all things, Heb. 1: 2-High Priest, Heb. 3: 1-Interccssor, Is. 59: 16, and Heb. 7: 25- King, Mat. 21: 5- King
of glory, Ps. 24: 7 - King of Israel, Jn. 1: 49-King of kings,
Rev. 17: 14, and 19: 13 -Lamb of God, Jn. 1: 29- Lion of
Juda, Rv. 5: 5 - Lord of lords, Rev. 17: 14, and 19: 13Lord of g!ory, 1 Cor. 2: 8- Lord of hosts? Is. 44: 6- Lord
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CHRIST'S DIVINITY.              75, 76
HIis divine claims, attributes, and prerogatives.
of all, Ac. 10: 36- Lord and Master, Jn. 13: 14- Mediator,
1 Tim. 2: 5- Messenger of the covenant, Mal. 3: 1- Mighty
God, Is. 9: 6- Most mighty, Ps. 45: 3- Passover, 1 Cor. 5:
7-Prince of life, Ac. 3: 15-Prince and Saviour, Ac. 5: 81Prince of peace, Is. 9: 6- Prince of kings, Rev. 1: 5- Prophet, Dt. 18: 15, and Ac. 3: 22 —Redeemer, Is. 44: 6-Rock,
1 Cor. 10: 4 —Root of David, Rev. 5: 5-Ruler in Israel,
Mic. 5: 2- Saviour, Lk. 2: 11, and Jude 25- Shepherd, Jn.
10: 11, and 1 Pet. 2: 25-Son of God, Jn. 1: 49 —Son of
righteousness, Mal. 4: 2 - True God, 1 Jn. 5: 20- Witness,
Rev. 1: 5, and 3: 14 —Wonderful, Is. 9: 6-Word, Jn. 1: 1Word of God, Rev. 19: 13.
75. Christ's claim to equality and unity with God.
Jn. 5: 17 My Father worketh hitherto, and. I work. 18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill lim, because he
not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also, that God was
his Father, making himself equal with God. *   10: 30 I and
my Father are one. 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For
a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy, and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 36 Say
ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of
God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works:
that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I
in him. —14: 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he
that hath seen me, hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou
then, Shew us the Father? —17: 5 0 Father, glorify thou me
with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before
the world was. 10 All mine are thine, and thine are mine;
and I am glorified in them.
Ph. 2: 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus:  6 Who, being in the form  of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God.
76. Divine attributes andprerogatives claimed and exercised by Christ and
ascribed to hin.
1. Authority supreme.
Mat.-10: 1 When he had called unto him his twelve disciples,
he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out,
and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease.
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His divine Attributes and Prerogatives.
Mk. 2: 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick
of the palsy,'Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6 But there were
certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their
hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who
can forgive sins but God only?  8 And immediately, when
Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your
hearts? 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy,
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy
bed, and walk?  10 But that ye may know that the Son of
man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick
of the palsy,) 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed
and go thy way into thy house.
Col. 1: 18 He is the head of the body, the church: who is
the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things
he might have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father
that in him should all fulness dwell. - 2: 10 Ye are complete
in him, which is the head of all principality and power.
Rev. 1: 18 Iam he that liveth, and was dead; and behold,
I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell
and of death.
2. Authority to seek his own glory supremely.
Col. 1: 16 All things were created by him and for him.
[See 209, 346.]
8. Eternity.
Jn. 1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the
beginning with God.-8: 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Rev. 1: 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is
to come, the Almighty. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his
feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying
unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last.
4. Immutability.
Heb. 13: 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day,
and for ever.
5. Omnipotence.
Jn. 1: 3 All things were made by him; and without him was
not anything made that was made. 10 He was in the world,
and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
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pie, and in three days I will raise it up. —5: 21 As the Father
raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son
quickeneth whom he will. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the
voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. - 10:
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my
life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from
me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to take it again. -11: 2  Jesus said unto
her, I am the resurrection, and the life.
I Cor. 1: 24 Unto them  which are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. -
8: 6 To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all
things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
are all things, and we by him.
Ph. 3: 20 Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also
we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even
to subdue all things unto himself.
Col. 1: 16 By him were all things created, that are in heaven,
and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. 17 And he
is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Heb. 1: 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the
express image of his person, and upholding all things by the
word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. [See 218.]
6. Omnipresence.
Mat. 18: 20 Where two or three are gathered together in
my name, there am I in the midst of them.-28: 20.1 am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Jn. 3: 13 No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that
came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in
heaven. [See 220.]
7. Omniscience.
Mat. 9: 4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore
think ye evil in your hearts?- 11: 27 All things are delivered
unto me of my Father; and no man knoweth the Son, but the
Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son,
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Lk. 10: 22.
Jn. 2: 24 Jesuis did not commit himself unto them, because
he knew all men, 25 And needed not that any should testify
of man: for he knew what was in man.-10: 15 As the
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His Miracles.
Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father. - 21: 17 He
said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest
that I love thee.
Gal. 1: 11 I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was
preached of me is not after man: 12 For I neither received
it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus
Christ.
Col. 2: 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge. 9 For in him  dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily. [See 219.]
77. Christ wrought miracles, in his own name, to confirm his diinity and
mission.
Mat. 8: 3 I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Mk. 4: 39 He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto
the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was
a great calm. 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one
to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind
and the sea obey him?
Lk. 4: 35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and
come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the
midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. 36 And they
were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What
a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth
the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Jn. 2: 23 Many believed in his name, when they saw the
miracles which he did. —5: 36 I have greater witness than
that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me
to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the
Fatherhath sent me.- 7: 31 Many of the people believed on
him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles
than these which tlis man hath done?   10: 37 If I do not
the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do,
though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.  11:
42 I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the
people which stand by, I said it, that they may believe that
thou.hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried
with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was
dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes: and
his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,
Loose him, and let him go. 45 Then many of the Jews which
came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed
on him. 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees
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Others wrought miracles, not in their own names - His Divine Honors.
a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many
miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on
him. - 20: 30 Many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31
But these are written that ye Mnight believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God. [See 43.]
78. The prophets and apostles acceptably wrought miracles, not in their own
names.
Num. 20: 10 Hear now ye rebels; must we fetch you water
out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with
his rod he smote the rock twice; and the water came out
abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye
believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the
land which I have given them.
Ac. 3: 6 Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such
as I have give I thee: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. 11 As the lame man which was
healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto
them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye
men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so
earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we
had made this man to walk?-9: 34 Peter said unto him,
Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole. - 16: 18 Paul being
grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the
name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.
79 Divine honors paid Christ, and received and claimed by him.
Ps. 2: 12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Mat. 2: 1 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in
the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from
the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born
King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and
are come to worship him.- 8: 2 Behold, there came a leper,
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst
make me clean.- 14: 32 When they were come into the
ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship
came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son
of God. —28: 9 As they went to tell his disciples, behold
Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held
him by the feet, and worshipped him. 16 The eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had
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His Divine Honors - Mere creatures not divinely honored.
ped him: but some doubted. 19 Go ye therefore and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Lk. 24: 51 It came to pass, while he blessed them, he was
parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52 And they
worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
Jn. 5: 22 The Father judgeth no man; but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honor
the Son, even as they honor the Father.  He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him.
Ac. 7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
2 Cor. 13: 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with
you all.
Ph. 2: 9 God also hath highly exalted him, and given him
a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
Heb. 1: 6 When he bringeth in the first-begotten into the
world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
2 Pet. 1: 17 He received from God the Father honor and
glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.- 3: 18 Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now
and for ever.
Rev. 5: 11 I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels
round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and
the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and
thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy
is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and
wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. 13
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and
under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in
them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and
power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb, for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen.
And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him
that liveth for ever and ever.
80. Mere creatures not to be divinely honored or worshipped.
Mat. 4: 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence,
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Mere creatures not divinely honored - Mystery of Christ.
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve.
Ac. 14:13 The priest of Jupiter, which was before their
city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would
have done sacrifice with the people. 14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and
ran in among the people, crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs,
why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions
with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these
vanities unto the living God, which made heaven and earth,
and the sea, and all things that are therein.
Col. 2: 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a
voluntary humility and worshipping of angels.
Rev. 22: 8 I John saw these things, and heard them. And
when I had heard and seen, I fell'down to worship before the
feet of the angel which showed me these things. 9 Then saith
he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow-servant,
and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the
sayings of this book: worship God. [Rev. 19: 10.]
81. Mystery respecting Christ.
Mat. 1: 23 Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, God with us. - 22: 41 While the
Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They
say unto him, The son of David. 43 He saith unto them,
How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I
make thine enemies thy footstool? 45 If David then call him
Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no man was able to answer
him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask
him any more questions.
Eph. 6:19 That I may open my mouth boldly, to make
known the mystery of the gospel.
1 Tim. 3: 16 Without controversy, great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.
Rev. 19: 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his
head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no
man knew, but he himself.- 22: 16 I Jesus have sent mine
angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am
the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star.
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His final Triumph and Glory.
82. Christ's final triumph and glory.
Ps. 24: 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up
ye everlasting doors; and the-King of glory shall come in.
Zee. 6: 13 He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule
upon his throne: and he shall be a priest upon his throne.
Matt. 24: 30 Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man
in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of -man coming in the clouds of
heaven, with power and great glory. - 25: 31 When the Son
of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with
him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from
the goats.
Ep. 1: 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power
to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty
power. 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him
from'the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. 21 Far above all principality, and power, and
might, and dominion, and every name that,is named, not only
in this world, but also in that which is to come.
Ph. 2: 9 God also hath highly exalted him, and given him
a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name
of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
of God the Father.
Heb. 1: 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things hy the word of his
power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on
the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 Being made so much
better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a
more excellent name than they.
Rev. 17: 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the
Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King
of kings; and they that are with him are called, and chosen,
and faithful. [See 96.]
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CHRIST'S KINGDOM.
83. Christ a King.
Ps. 2: 6 Yet have I4set my King upon my holy hill of Zion.
-45: 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
liic. 5: 2 Thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little
among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come
forth unto me that is to be Ruler in IsrZael; whose goings forth
have been from of old, from everlasting.
Zec. 9: 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee.
MIat. 27: 11 Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And
Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
Jn. 1: 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi,
thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Rev. 1: 5 Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness, and the
First-begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of
the earth. [Is: 9: 6. Jer. 23: 5, 6, and 30: 9. Hos. 3: 5. Lk.
1: 32.]
84. Nature of Christ's kingdom.
Jn. 18: 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world:
if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants
fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is
my kingdom not from hence.
Rom. 14: 17 The kingdom of God is not meat and drink,
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
85. General opposition to Christ's kingdom, before the flood, and before the
first coming of Christ.
Gen. 6: 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.
Is. 53: 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our
faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
86. Will there be another "falling away," or general opposition to Christs
kingdom before the Aillenium?
Is. 24: 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants
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gressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from
our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is
turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth
faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey:
and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no
judgment.
Dan. 12: 7 I heard the man clothed in linen, which was
upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand
and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth
for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when
he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy
people, all these things shall be finished.
Joel 3: 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe:
come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow;
for their wickedness is great.
Am. 8: 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that
I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a
thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.
Mat. 24: 24 There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that,
if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Lk. 18: 8 Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall
he find faith on the earth?
2 Th. 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple
of God, shewing himself that he is God. 7 For the mystery
of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will
let, until he be taken out of the way.
2 Tim. 3: 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous
times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy.  3 Without natural affection,
truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of
those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of
godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away.
2 Pet. 2:1 There were false prophets also among the people,
even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily
shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that
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Its Enemies to be destroyed.
bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of
whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.-3: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the
promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all
things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Jude 17 Beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 How
that they told you there should be mockers in the last time,
who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.  19 These
be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the
Spirit.
Rev. 3: 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience,
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
-11: 3 I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they
shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days,
clothed in sackcloth. 7 And when they shall have finished
their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless
pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them,
and kill them. 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall
rejoice over them; and make merry, and shall send gifts one
to another; because these two prophets tormented them that
dwelt on the earth. — 12: 12 Wo to the inhabiters of the earth,
and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having
great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
-13: 3 I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;
and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered
after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which
gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast,
saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war
with him?- 16: 13 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they
are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto
the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them
to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
87. IVill the foes of Christ's kingdom be cut off before the millennium?
Ps. 2: 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou
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Its Enemies to be destroyed,
doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD,
they shall inherit the earth. [10 —13.]-82: 8 Arise, O God,
judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Is. 1: 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her
converts with righteousness. 28 And the destruction of the
transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that
forsake the LORD shall be consumed.-2: 12 The day of the
LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty,
and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought
low. [17-20.] -13: 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh,
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. -24:1
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and makethrit
waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the
inhabitants thereof. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and
utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4 The
earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and
fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,
broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse
devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein -are desolate:
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men
left. 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are'upon thee, O
inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he
who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit;
and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be
taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open,
and the foundations of the earth do shake. 19 The earth is
utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is
moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a
drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and
not rise again. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and
the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount
Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
[See the whole Chap.] -26: 20 Come, my people, enter thou
into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself
as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: theearth
also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
-28: 21 The LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he
shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his
work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange
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act. 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be
made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a
consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.-34: 1
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let
the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things
that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is
upon all nations, and His fury upon all their armies: he hath
utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall
come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be
melted with their blood. 4 And all the host of heaven shall
be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll:
and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from
the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. 8 For it is
the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.  [See verses 5-7, 9, 10 and
the following chap.]  63:1 Who is this that cometh from
Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious
in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I
that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore
art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that
treadeth in the wine-fat? 3 I have trodden the wine-press
alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will
tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and
their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will
stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine
heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. —66: 15 Behold,
the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a
whirlwind, to rendef his anger with fury, and his rebuke with
flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD
plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be
many.
Jer. 25: 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth;
for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will
plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the
sword, saith the LORD. 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great
whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one
end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they
shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall
be dung upon the ground.
Ezk. 38 [An account of the general gathering of the nations under Gog, upon the mountains of Israel, which concludes
thus.]  21 I will call for a sword against him throughout all
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87                CHRIST'S KINGDOM.
Its Enemies to be destroyed.
my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall
be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with
pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon
his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an
overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.39: 1 Thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 2 And I will turn thee
back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee
to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the
mountains of Israel: 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy
left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right
hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou
and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give
thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts
of the field, to be devoured. 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open
field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 6 And I
will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my
people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name
any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD,
the Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is come, and it is done,
saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth,
and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields,
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand-staves,
and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither
cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and
rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. 12 And
seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that
they may cleanse the land. 17 And, thou son of man, thus
saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to
every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come;
gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel,
that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Joel 3: 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare
war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw
near; let them come up:  13 Put ye in the sickle, for the
harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the
fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes,
multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD
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CHRIST'S KINGDOM.                87
Its Enemies to be destroyed.
is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon
shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice
from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake:
but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength
of the children of Israel. 17 So shall ye know that I am the
LORD your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then
shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass
through her any more.
Zep. 1: 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land,
saith the LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast; I will
consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea,
and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off
man from off the land, saith the LORD. [17, 18.]-3: 8 Wait
ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to
the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that
I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be
devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 9 For then will I
turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon
the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. 12 I
will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 13 The
remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither
shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall
feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Mal. 4: 1 Behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an
oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall
be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith
the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor
branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of
righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall
go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall
tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles
of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD Of
hosts.
Rev. 16: 17 The seventh angel poured out his vial into the
air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven,
from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices,
and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city
was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell:
and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give
unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
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88, 89             CHRIST'S KINGDOM.
Occasions joy- Christ  warrs tie wickeld.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not
found. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of
heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men
blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the
plague thereof was'exceeding great.- 19: 19 [Contains a
description of a general destruction of the kings of the earth,
and their armies, by one who sat on a white horse, which concludes thus.] 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword
of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of
his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. -
20: 1 I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key
of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he
laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil,
and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. 1 S. 2: 10, Pr.
2: 21, Is. 11: 1-6, and 29: 7, 8, Dan. 12: 1.
[See 381, 486, 513, 566, 630, 733.]
88. Joy in view of the overthrow of Christ's enemies
Is. 24: 13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land
among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olivetree, and as the gleaning-grapes when the vintage is done.
14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of
the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16 From the
uttermost part. of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to
the righteous.
Zep. 3: 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, 0 Israel; be
glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast
out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even the LORD, is in
the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
[See 237, 571.]
89. Christ and his friends warn the wicked before their overthrow.
Mat. 24: 14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
in all the world, for a witness unto all nations; and then shall
the end come.
Rev. 11: 3 I will give power unto my two witnesses, and
they shall prophecy a thousand two hundred and three-score
days, clothed in sackcloth.- 14: 6 I saw another angel fly in
the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach
unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and
kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice,
Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment
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Its Final Triumph.
is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and the fountains of Waters.
90. Progress and final triumph of Christ's kingdom upon earth.
Ps. 72: 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and
from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in
the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall
lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall
bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall
serve him.
Is. 9: 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there
shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment, and with
justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD
of hosts will perform this.
Dan. 2: 35 The stone that smote the image became a great
mountain, and filled the whole earth. 44 And in the days of
these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to
other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou
sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without
hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay,
the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to
the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. -7: 13 I saw in the
night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came with
the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations,
and languages should serve him.
Zec. 14: 9 The LORD shall be king over all the earth: in
that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Mat. 13: 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed,
which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed
is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the
air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto
leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of
meal, till the whole was leavened.
Rev. 11: 15 The seventh angel sounded; and there were
great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world
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91-93              CHURCH OF GOD.
Design of —Foundation of.
are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he
shall reign for ever and ever. - 20: 4 And I saw thrones, and
they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and
Isaw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of
Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped
the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark
upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years. [See 440.]
91. Duration of Christ's kingdom.
Ps. 45: 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.
Dan. 7: 14 His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which
shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.
Lk. 1: 33 He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
CHURCH OF GOD.
92. Design of the church of, God.
Mat. 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have
lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under
foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that
is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick: and it
giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light
so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Ep. 3: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Tim. 3: 15 The church of the living God, the pillar and
ground of the truth.
93. Foundation of the church.
Mat. 16: 16 Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God. 18 Thou art Peter, and
upon this rock [Christ] I will build'my church: and the gates
of hell shall not prevail against it.- 21: 42 Did ye never read
in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the
same is become the head of the corner. [Ps. 118: 22. Is.
28: 16. 1 Pet. 2: 7.]
1 Cor. 3: 9 Ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
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CHURCH OF GOD.                 94, 95
Greatly beloved - safe.
11 Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ.
Ep. 2: 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth
unto an holy temple in the Lord.
94. The church an object of love and of prayer.
Ps. 51: 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build
thou the walls of Jerusalem.-87: 2 The LORD loveth the
gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. —122: 6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love
thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy
palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will
now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the
LORD our God I will seek thy good. - 137: 5 If I forget thee,
O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do
not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy:
Song 7:10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Is. 62: 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that
make mention of the LORD, keep not silence. 7 And give him
no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise
in the earth.
Ep. 5: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it. 29 No man ever
yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it,even
as the Lord the church. [See. 1, 504, 585, 672.]
95. The church safe.
Ps. 46: 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the
earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into
the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and
be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling
thereof. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make
glad the city of God, the holy place of the Tabernacles of the
Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be
moved: God shall help her, and that right early.  6 The
heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his
voice, the earth melted. 7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.- 125: 2 As the mountains
are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his
people from henceforth even for ever.
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96, 97             CHURCH OFFICERS.
Apostles.
Pr. 18: 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the
righteous runneth into It, and is safe.
Is. 43: 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be
with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be
burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I
am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:
I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 4
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee,
and people for thy life. 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I
will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the
west: 6 I will say to the north, Give up: and to the south,
Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters
from the ends of the earth. —54: 14 In righteousness shalt
thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for
thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come
near thee. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the
LORD. [See 515 —517,585.]
96. Christ the head of the church.
Mat. 23: 8 Be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your Master,
even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your
father upon the earth: for one is your Father which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even
Christ.
Ep. 1: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave
him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which
is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. [See 76.]
CHURCH OFFICERS.
97. Apostles, or extraordinary officers, called directly by Christ.
Mat. 4: 18 Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two
brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting
a net into the sea; for they were fishers. 19 And he saith
unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. —
10: 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth.
Gal. 1: 1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but
by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the
dead.)
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CHITRCH OFFICERS.             98-100
Apostles.
98. The apostles, instructed by direct revelations.
Mat. 10: 19 When they deliver you up, take no thought how
or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same
hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but
the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Gal. 1: 11 I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which
was preached of me is not after man.  12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation
of Jesus Christ.- 2: 8 (He that wrought effectually in Peter
to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in
me toward the Gentiles.)
99. Apostles, eye-witnesses of Christ's resurrection.
Ac. 1: 21 Of these men which have companied with us,
all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us.
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day
that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained, to be a
witness with us of his resurrection. -13: 30 God raised him
from the dead: 31 And he was seen many days of them which
came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
1 Cor. 15: 8 Last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born
out of due time.
100. Miraculous gifts and authority of the apostles.
Mat. 10: 1 When he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them
out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease. - 16: 19 I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be
bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth,
shall be loosed in heaven.- 18:18 Verily I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven:
and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in
heaven.  19 If two of you shall agree on earth, as touching
anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven.
Jn. 20: 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted
unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Ac. 8:17 Then laid thcy their hands on them, and they
received the Holy Ghost.  18 And when Simon saw that
through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was
given, he offercd them money,  19 Saying, Give me also this
power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the
Holy Ghost.- 15: 28 It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and
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101, 102           CHURCH OFFICERS.
Teachers and Pastors- Deacons.
to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary
things:  29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and
from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication:
from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare
ye well.
2 Cor. 12: 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought
among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty
deeds. [See 189.]
101. Elders, Overseers, Ministers, Bishops, Preachers, Teachers, Pastors,
Evangelists, (one office,) to instruct, admonish, edify, lead and guide.
Jer. 3: 15 I will give you pastors according to mine heart,
which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Lk. 1: 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from
the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word.
Ac. 15: 6 The apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 23 They wrote letters by them after this
manner; The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting
unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and
Syria, and Cilicia. —20: 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath
made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath
purchased with his own blood.
Ep. 4: 11 He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ.
Ph. 1: 1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ,
to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the
bishops and deacons.
1 Tim. 2: 7 Whereunto I am  ordained a preacher and an
apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not,) a teacher of
the Gentiles in faith and verity.- 3: 1 This is a true saying,
If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 Tim. 1: 11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an
apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
I Pet. 5: 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and
also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed
the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight
thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but
of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage,
but being ensamples to the flock. [See 447.]
102. Deacons, to distribute alms, serve tables, etc.
Ac. 6: 1 In those days, when the number of the disciples
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Elders- Baptism and Lord's Supper.
was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians
against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in
the daily ministration. 2 Then the twelve called th9 multitude
of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we
should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore,
brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint
over this business. 4 But we will give ourselves continually
to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 5 And the saying
pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man
full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus,
and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch.  6 Whom they set before the apostles: and
when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
I Tim. 3: 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office
of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their
wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their
children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have
used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a
good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ
Jesus.
103 IHad any primitive churches a plurality of elders?
Ac. 14: 23 When they had ordained them elders in every
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them
to the Lord. -20: 17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and
called the elders of the church.
Tit. 1: 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain
elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.
Jam. 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him  call for the
elders of the church.
CHURCH ORDINANCES.
104. Baptism and Lord's Supper appointed.
Mat. 26: 26 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and
blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said,
Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and
gave thanks, and gave it to them, sa ing, Drink ye all of it:
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed
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105, 106         CHURCH ORDINANCES,
Preparation for -a privilege.
for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I
will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that
day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the
mount of Olives. Mk. 14: 22-25. Lk. 22: 14-20. -   at.
28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.
I Cor. 11: 23 I have received of the Lord, that which also
I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in
which he was betrayed, took bread: 24 And when he had
given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body,
which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had
supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood:
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For
as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew
the Lord's death till he come.
105. Preparation required of partakers at the Lord's Supper.
1 Cor. 5: 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may
be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our
passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the
feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice
and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth. -11: 27 Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink
this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body
and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself,
and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For
this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep. [See 397.]
106. Church ordinances a privilege.
Ps. 27: 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I
seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the
days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.-36: 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied
with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink
of the river of thy pleasures. —63: 1 O GOD, thou art my
God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh
longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in
the sanctuary. - 65: 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,
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Profession of Religion.
and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy
courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
even of thy holy temple.- 84: 1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth
for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out
for the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her
young, even thine altars, OLORD of hosts, my King, and my
God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will
be still praising thee. 10 For a day in thy courts is better
than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house
of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.- 87: 5
Of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:
and the Highest himself shall establish her. 6 The LORD
shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was
born there.- 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of
the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They
shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing. [See 658.]
107. Profession of religion and observance of Christian ordinances exemplified and required.
Dt. 26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy
God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his
commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his
voice: 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be
his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou
shouldest keep all his commandments.
Is. 44: 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall
call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe
with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name
of Israel.
Mat. 5: 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under
a bushel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light unto all that
are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which
is in heaven.-10: 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me
before men, him will I confess also before my Father which
is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men,
him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Lk. 12: 8, 9.- Mat. 26: 27 He took the cup, and gave thanks,
and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it.
Mk. 8: 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and
of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the
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Early Convention.
glory of his Father with the holy angels.  16: 16 He that
believeth and is baptized, shall be saved.
Lk. 22: 19 He took bread, and-gave thanks, and brake it,
and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given
for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Rom. 10: 9 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart, man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession
is made unto salvation.
1 Cor. 11: 26 As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this
cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
2 Tim. 2: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if
we deny him, he also will deny us.
1 Jn. 4: 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of
God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
CHURCH ORDER, DISCIPLINE, FELLOWSHIP, ETC.
108. An early ecclesiastical convention.
Ac. 15: 5 There rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees,
which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them,
and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 6 And the
apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole
church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch,
with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas,
and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 23 And they wrote
letters by them- after this manner; The apostles, and elders,
and brethren, send greeting unto the brethren which are of the
Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia. 24 Forasmuch
as we have heard, that certain which went out from us, have
troubled you* with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye
must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no
such commandment: 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you, with
our beloved Barnabas and Paul: 26 Men that have hazarded
their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We
have sent therefore Judas and Silas who shall also tell you the
same things by mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these
necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered
to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from
fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Fare ye well.
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Discipline.
109. Church discipline.
Ps. 141: 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:
and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall
not break my head.
Mat. 18: 15 If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go
and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall
hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not
hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth
of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church:
but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a
heathen man and a publican.
1 Cor. 5: 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye
are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our
Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in
the day of the Lord Jesus. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle,
not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with
the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then must ye needs go out of the
world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator,
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an
extortioner: with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have
I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge
them that are within?  13 But them that are without God
judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that
wicked person.
Gal. 6: 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which
are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 Th. 3: 6 We command you, brethren, in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every
brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition
which he received of us. 14 And if any man obey not our
word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with
him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an
enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Tit. 3:10 A man that is an heretic, after the first and
second admonition, reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such, is
subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
Rev. 2: 2 I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience,
and how thou canst not bear them which are evil; and thou
hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not; and
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Rules for Edification.
hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience,
and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted.
[See 610.]
110. Directions for the edification of churches.
Rom. 12: 4 As we have many members in one body, and
all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many,
are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts, differing according to the grace that is
given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching: 8 Or he that exhorteth,
on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity:
he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
cheerfulness. 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor
that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly
affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor Preferring one another.  14: 19 Let us therefore follow after the
things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may
edify another. -l1: 1 We then that are strong ought to bear
the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let
every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.
3 For even Christ pleased not himself.
Ep. 4: 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into
him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by
that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual
working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the
body unto the edifying of itself in love. 29 Let no corrupt
communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto
the hearers.
Col. 3: 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts
to the Lord. [Heb. 10: 24, 25.]
1 Th. 5: 11 Comfort yourselves together, and edify one
another, even as also ye do.
Heb. 3: 13 Exhort one another daily, while it is called
To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness
of sin.- 10: 24 Let us consider one another, to provoke unto
love, and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting
one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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Brotherly Love, Fellowship and Unity.
111. Brotherly love, fellowship, and unity in churches, required and exemplfied.
1 S. 18: 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
2 S. 1: 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:
very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was
wonderful, passing the love of women.
Ps. 133: 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard,
even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments.
Is. 52: 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the
voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye,
when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. -l5: 12 This is my
commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
-17: 20 Neither pray I for these alone; but for them also
which shall believe on me through their word: 21 That they
all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that
they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that
thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me,
I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are
one.
Ac. 4: 32 The multitude of them that believed were of one
heart, and of one soul.-20: 37 They all wept sore, and fell
on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 38. Sorrowing most of all for
the words which he spake, that they should see his face no
more.
Rom. 12: 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another.  15: 5 The God
of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one
toward another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may
with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor. 1: 10 I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that
there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined
together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
2 Cor. 13:11 Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one
mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be
with you.
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Brotherly Love, Fellowship and Unity.
Gal. 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good
unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household
of faith.
Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 "Endeavoring to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace.-5: 2 Walk in love, as
Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
Ph. 1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making
request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel. 27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of
Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I
may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with
one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.-2: 1
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort
of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and
mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having
the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Ph. 3: 16 Whereto we have already attained, let us walk by
the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
1 X2h. 4: 9 As touching brotherly love ye need not that I
write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love
one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren
which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren,
that ye increase more and more.
Heb. 13: 1 Let brotherly love continue.
1 Pet. 1: 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit unt6 unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.
-2: 17 Love the brotherhood.
2 Pet. 1: 5 Besides this; giving all diligence, add to your
faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6 And to knowledge,
temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience,
godliness; 7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness, charity.
1 Jn. 3: 11 This is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.  12 Not as Cain,
who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. 14 We
know that we have passed from death unto life, because we
love the brethren. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God,
because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's
good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his
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Limits of Fellowship - Disfellowship.
bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God
in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither
in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know
that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before
him. 23 And this is his commandment; That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.-4: 7 Beloved, let us love
one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is
born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love. 10 Herein is love, not that
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us,
we ought also to love one another. 21 This commandment
have we from him, That he who loveth God, love his brother
also.
2 Jn. 5 Now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a
new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the
beginning, that we love one another. [See 94, 114, 412.]
112. Limits of Christian fellowship prescribed - Disfellowship.
2 Ch. 19: 2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to
meet him, and said to king Jehosaphat, Shouldest thou help
the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is
wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
Mat. 10: 11 Into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter,
inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
12 And when ye come into a house, salute it.  13 And
if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if
it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And
whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when
ye depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust of your
feet. 
1 Cor. 5: 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle, not to company
with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators
of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with
idolaters: for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But
now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man
that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a
one no not to eat. —10: 20 I would not that ye should have
fellowship with devils.
Ep. 5: 11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them.
2 Th. 3: 6 We command you, brethren, in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every
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Church one body - Unity important.
brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition
which he received of us. 14 And if any man obey not our
word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with
him, that he may be ashamed; 15 Yet count him not as an
enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
2 Tim. 3: 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof: from such turn away.
2 Jn. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God
speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker
of his evil deeds. [See 115, 122, 177, 477.]
CHURCH-UNITY.
113. The Church of Christ one body.
1 Cor. 12:13 By one Spirit are we all baptized into one
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Ep. 4: 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are
called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith,
one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.
114. Church unity not to be broken by hatred, and selfish divisions.
Mat. 12: 25 Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them,
Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation;
and every city or house divided against itself, shall not stand.
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself;
how shall then his kingdom stand?
Rom. 16:17 I beseech you, brethren, mark them which
cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which
ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are
such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly;
and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple.
I Cor. 1:11 It hath been declared unto me of you, my
brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there
are contentions among you. 12 Now this I say, that every
one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of
Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided?-3: 3 Ye
are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and
strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of
Apollos; are ye not carnal?-12: 24 Our comely parts have
no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having
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Limits of union - Church root and branches.
given more abundant honor to that part which lacked: 25
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And
whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or
one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Gal. 5:15 If ye bite and devour one another, take heed
that ye be not consumed one of another.
1 Jn. 3: 14 He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know
that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.-4: 20 If a
man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. For
he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he
love God, whom he hath not seen?
Jude 18 They told you there should be mockers in the last
time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These
be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
[See 111.]
115. Church unity and fellowship not to be extended to unbelievers.
Lk. 12: 51 Suppose ye that I am  come to give peace on
earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.
2 Cor. 6: 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part
hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be
my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and
be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you;  18 And will be a Father
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the
Lord Almighty.
Rev. 18: 4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins,
and that ye receive not of her plagues. [See 112, 122, 177.]
116. Christian churches, branches of the Abrahamic church.
Rom. 11: 16 If the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some
of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olivetree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of
the root and fatness of the olive-tree; 18 Boast not against
the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but
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Abrahamic Covenant.
the root thee.  19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were
broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well; because of
unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be
not high-minded, but fear:  21 For if God spared not the
natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 23 And
they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in:
for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert
cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wert
graffed contrary to nature into a goo'd olive-tree; how much
more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into
their own olive-tree?
Gal. 3: 7 Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith,
the same are the children of Abraham.  8 And the scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee
shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith
are blessed with faithful Abraham. [Rom. 4: 11-25. Ac.
7: 38. Ep. 2: 12.]
CHURCH ABRAHAMIC.
117. God's covenant-with the Abrahamic church.
Mic. 7: 20 Thou wilt perform  the truth to Jacob, and the
mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers
from the days of old.
Gal. 3: 9 They which be of faith are blessed with faithful
Abraham.  14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on
the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak
after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant,
yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth thereto.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And
to thy seed, which is Christ.  17 And this I say, That the
covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law,
which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul,
that it should make the promise of none effect.  18 For if the
inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God
gave it to Abraham  by promise. 29 And if ye be Christ's,
then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise.
118. God's covenant with the Abrahamic church involves true religion.
Ex. 19: 5 If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above
all people.
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Circumcision - Covenant Blessings for Children.
Lev. 26: 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled,
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also
my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham
will I remember; and I will remember the land.
1 K. 8: 23 He said, 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.
Ps. 78: 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused
to walk in his law.
Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29
But he is a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is
that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose
praise is not of men, but of God.
Gal. 3: 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with
faithful Abraham.  29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
[See 502.]
119. Circumcision, the seal of the Abrahamic Covenant.
Gen. 17: 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep,
between me and you, and thy seed after thee; every manchild among you shall be circmncised.  11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of
the covenant betwixt me and you.  12 And he that is eight
days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in
your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with
money of any stranger which is not of thy seed. 13 He that
is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your
flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Rom. 4: 11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of
the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe,
though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be
imputed unto them also.
120. Did the Abrahamic covenant include blessings for the posterity of
believers?
Gen. 17: 7 I will establish my covenant between me and
thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee.  19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son
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121, 122             COMPANIONS.
Good and Bad.
indeed: and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and
with his seed after him. -26: 24 The LORD appeared unto
him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy
father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and
multiply thy seed, for my servant Abraham's sake.
Dt. 30:19 Choose life, that both thou and thy seed may
live.
2 K. 13: 23 The LORD was gracious unto them, and had
compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of
his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not
destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
Ps. 103: 17 The mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto
children's children; 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to
those that remember his commandments to do them.
Is. 59: 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith
the LORD; Mly Spirit that is upon thee, and my words
which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy
mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the
mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and
for ever.
Ac. 2: 39 The promise is unto you and to your children.
Gen. 26: 24. [See 496.]
121. The covenant between God and the Abrahamic church permanent.
Rom. 15: 8 Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision
for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the
fathers.
Gal. 3: 17 This I say, That the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should
make the promise of none effect. 29 If ye be Christ's, then
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
COMPANIONS.
122. Good companions to be chosen - bad to be avoided.
Ex. 34: 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant
with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be
for a snare in the midst of thee.
Ps. 1: I Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. -26: 4 I have not sat with vain
persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated
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COMPANIONS.                    122
Good and Bad,
the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the
wicked.- 101: 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within
my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. -
119: 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will keep the
commandments of my God. - 139: 19 Surely thou wilt slay
the wicked, O God: depart from me, therefore, ye bloody
men.
Pr. 1: 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us
lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go
down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance,
we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among
us; let us all have one purse:  15 My son walk not thou in
the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For
their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood: 18 And
they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their
own lives. -4: 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and
go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it,
turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except
they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless
they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. -7: 24 Hearken unto
me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of
my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go
not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many
wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of
death.- 12: 11 He that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. - 13: 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be
wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. —14: 7
Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest
not in him the lips of knowledge. -22:24 Make no friendship
with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not
go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
-24: 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire
to be with them: 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and
their lips talk of mischief. 21 My son, fear thou the LORD
and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to
change.- 28: 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he
that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that
followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.- 29: 3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth
company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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123,124  CONDESCENSION- CONFESSION OF SIN.
Condescension required - Duty of Confessing sin.
1 Cor. 15: 33 Evil communications corrupt good manners.
[See 112, 115.]
CONDESCENSION.
123. Condescension required.
Lk. 14:13 When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the
maimed, the lame, the blind; 14 And thou shalt be blessed:
for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Jn. 13: 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed
your feet, ye also ought jo wash one another's feet.
Rom. 12: 16 Be of the same mind one toward another.
Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
[See 61, 228.]
CONFESSION OF SIN.
124. Duty and encouragement to confess sin.
Lev. 26: 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed
against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have
brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the
punishment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember my
covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and
also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
remember the land.
Pr. 28: 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Dan. 9: 20 While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting
my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer,
even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the
time of the evening oblation.
Hos. 5: 14 I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young
lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I
will take away, and none shall rescue him. 15 I will go and
return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and
seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Jam. 5: 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one
for another, that ye may be healed.
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CONSCIENCE.              125-127
Belongs to all - Sometimes seared; or misinformed.
1 Jn. 1: 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. [See 537, 603.]
CONSCIENCE.
125. The faculty of conscience belongs to all.
Pr. 20: 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Is. 5: 3 O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah,
judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Jn. 8: 9 They which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one.
Rom. 2: 14 When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do
by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the
law, are a law unto themselves.  15 Which show the work of
the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else
excusing one another.
2 Cor. 4: 2 Have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty;
not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves
to every man's conscience in the sight of God. [See 632.]
126. A seared and defiled conscience.
Jer. 6: 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could
they blush.
Zep. 3: 5 The unjust knoweth no shame.
1 Cor. 8: 7 Their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Heb.
9: 14.
1 Tim. 4: 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
Tit. 1: 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them
that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their
mind and conscience is defiled.
127. Conscience, when misinformed, misleads.
Jn. 16: 2 The time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will
think that he doeth God service.
Ac. 26: 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do
many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints
did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the
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128-130               CONSCIENCE.
Will awake - To be obeyed - Conscientious feelings.
chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my
voice against them. 11 And I punished them oft in every
synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto
strange cities. [See 363.]
128. Conscience will not always sleep.
Gen. 42: 21 They said one to another, We are verily guilty
concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul,
when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this
distress come upon us.
Ex. 9: 27 Pharaoh sent and 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.
Mat. 22: 11 When the king came in to see the guests, he
saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: 12
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not
having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.
Rom. 3: 19 Now we know that what things soever the law
saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth
may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before
God. [See 573(2.)]
129. Conscience should be enlightened and obeyed.
Ac. 23: 1 Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men
and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God
until this day. - 24: 16 Herein do I exercise myself, to have
always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward
men.
Rom. 13: 5 Ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath,
but also for conscience' sake.
1 Tim. 1: 19 Holding faith and a good conscience; which
some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck.
Heb. 13: 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
1 Pet. 2: 19 This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.- 3: 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you,
as of evil doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your
good conversation in Christ.
130. Conscientious feelings of others to be respected.
1 Cor. 8: 10 If any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at
meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which
is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered
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CONSIDERATION.             131-132
Conscience - Consideration - Inconsideration.
to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak
brother perish, for whom Christ died?  12 But when ye sin
so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye
sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother
to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I
make my brother to offend.- 10: 27 If any of them that
believe not bid you to afeast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience'
sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in
sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for
conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness
thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the
other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
131. Conscience, the cause of great comfort or sorrow.
Pr., 14: 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his
own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. -
18: 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a
wounded spirit who can bear?
2 Cor. 1: 12 Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world. [See 573.]
CONSIDERATION.
132. Consideration required -inconsideration reproved.
Dt. 4: 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine
heart, that the LORD he is God. - 32: 29 Oh that they were
wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their
latter end!
Job 37: 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Ps. 28: 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. -50: 21 These things hast thou done, and I
kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one
as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before
thine eyes. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I
tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. -111: 4 He
hath made his wonderful works to be remembered..
Pr. 4: 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways
be established.- 6: 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider
her ways, and be wise.
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133, 134       CONTENTMENT - COURAGE.
Duty and Advantages of Contentment- Courage required.
Ec. 7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make
that straight, which he hath made crooked?  14 In the day of
prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
Is. 1: 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's
crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
5: 12 The harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine,
are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD,
neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore my
people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge.
Hos. 7: 2 They consider not in their hearts, that I remember
all their wickedness.
Hag. 1: 5 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your
ways. [See 693.]
CONTENTMENT.
133. Duty and advantages of contentment.
Ph. 4: 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have
learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
1 Tim. 6: 6 Godliness with contentment is great gain. 7
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment, let us be
therewith content.
Heb. 13: 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness;
and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said,
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. [See 626.]
COURAGE.
134. Courage and resolution required and exemplified -promises.
Dt. 31: 6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be
afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go
with thee, he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Josh. 1: 9 Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid,
neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
1 Ch. 28: 20 David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and
of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed, for the
LORD God, even my God will be with thee; he will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for
the service of the house of the LORD.
2 Ch. 19: 11 Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with
the good.
Ezra 10: 2 Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of
Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed
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COURTESY   COVETOITSNESS.         135-137
Courtesy required - Covetousness prevalent -forbidden.
against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people
of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this
thing. 3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God
to put' away all the wives, and such as are born of them,
according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble
at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to
the law. 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also
will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose
Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to
swear that they should do according to this word.
Neh. 6: 11 I said, should such a man as I flee? and who is
there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his
life? I will not go in.
Ps. 27: 14 Wait on the LORD.: be of good courage, and he
shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
31: 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your
heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. [See 460, 461.]
COURTESY.
135. Courtesy exemplified and required.
Mat. 26: 50 Jesus said unto him, [Judas] Friend, wherefore
art thou come?
Ac. 27: 3 Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him
liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
28: 7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief
man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us,
and lodged us three days courteously.
1 Pet. 3: 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous,
[See 459.]
COVETOUSNESS.
136. Prevalence of covetousness.
Ph. 2: 21 All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus
Christ's. [See 689, and " Spurious" in the Index.]
137. Covetousness forbidden- cautions.
Ex. 20: 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man servant, nor
his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is
thy neighbor's.
Pr. 28: 16. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a
great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong
his days.
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138                  COVETOUSNESS.
Threatened and punished.
Lk. 12: 15 He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of
covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance
of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought
forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying,
What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my
fruits? 17 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my
barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits
and my goods.  19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast
much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink
and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this
night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those
things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth
up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Ep. 5: 3 Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints.
Ph. 2: 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every
man also on the things of others.
Col. 3: 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Heb. 13: 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness;
and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said,
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. [See 174, 413.]
138. Threats and punishmentfor the covetous.
Ps. 10: 3 The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and
blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Is. 57: 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth,
and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Mic. 2: 2 They covet fields, and take them by violence; and
houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his
house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith
the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil,
from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye
go haughtily: for this time is evil.
Hab. 2: 9 Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be
delivered from the power of evil!
1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such an one no not to eat.
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CREATION.                f39, 140
The effect of divine Power.
6: 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Ep. 5: 5 This ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritancein the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Jude 11 Wo unto them! for they have gone in the way of
Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward,
and perished in the gainsaying of Core. [See 733.]
CREATION.
139. Creation, the effect of divine power.
Gen. 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
Neh. 9: 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth,
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein,
and thou preservest them all.
Ps. 33: 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens
made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
9 For he spake and it was done; he commanded, and it stood
fast.
Is. 42: 5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the
heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the
earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath
unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.
Jn. 1: I In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God.  3 All things were
made by him; and without him was not anything made that
was made. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us.
Ep. 3: 9 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.
Col. 1: 16 By him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether
they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all
things were created by him, and for him.
Heb. 3: 4 Every house is builded by some man.; but he that
built all things is God.
Rev. 4: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and
honor, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for
thy pleasure they are and were created.
140. How long was God in creating the world?
Gen. 2: 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and
all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended
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141-143           CREATION -CSTOM.
Use of the Stars - Wisdom of Creation - Power of Custom.
his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh
day from all his work which he had made. 4 These are the
generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were
created, in the day that the LORD GoQ made the earth and the
heavens.
Ex. 20: 11 In six days the LORD made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that in them is.
141. Use of the heavenly bodies, or, astronomic divinity.
Gen. 1: 14 God said, Let there helights in the firmament of
the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be
for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. 15 And
let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two
great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God
set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth, 18 And to rule over the day, and over the night, and
to divide the light from the darkness.
Jer. 31: 35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for
a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars
for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves
thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name.
142. The works of creation indicate wisdom.
Ps. 19: 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament sheweth his handy-work. 2 Day unto day uttereth
speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.- 104: 24 O
LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made
them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Pr. 3: 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his
knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down
the dew.
Jer. 10: 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. [See 222.]
CUSTOM.
143. Power of sinful customs.
Jer. 10: 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the
heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the
people are vain.- 13: 23 Can the Ethiopian- change his skin,
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DEATH.                 144-146
Death by Sin- all must die- time of appointed.
or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are
accustomed to do evil.
Rom. 7: 19 The good that I would, I do not; but the evil
which I would, not, that I do. 20 Now if I do thAt I would
not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21
I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present
with me. 23 But I see another law in my members warring
against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to
the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched. man
that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
[See 166, 507.]
DEATH.
144. Death, the consequence of sin.
Roin. 5: 12 As by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned.  17 For if by one man's offence death reigned
by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace,
and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one,
Jesus Christ.
145. All men must die.
Gen. 3: 19 Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Job 16: 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the
way whence I shall not return. -30: 23 I know that thou wilt
bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
2Ps. 89: 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see
death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?
Ec. 8: 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to
retain the spirit: neither hath he power in the day of death:
and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness
deliver those that are given to it.
Zech. 1: 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets,
do they live for ever?
Heb. 9: 27 It is appointed unto men once to die, but after
this the judgment.
146. The time of our death appointed.
Job 7: 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?
are not his days also like the days of a hireling?- 14: 5 Seeing
his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee,
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn
from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a
hireling, his day. 14 All the days of my appointed time will
I wait, till my change come.
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147, 148                 DEATH.
God's Agency in - Soon approaches.
147. God giveth and taketh away human 1?fe.
Dt. 32: 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god
with me: I kill, and I make alive: I wound, and I heal: neither
is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
1 S. 2: 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth
down to the grave, and bringeth up.
Ps. 68: 20 Unto God the Lord belong theissues from death.
Dan. 5: 23 The God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose
are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. [See 3.]
148. Shortness and vanity of life.
Gen 47: 9 Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years
of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil
have the days of the years of my life been.
I Ch. 29: 15 We are strangers before thee, and sojourners,
as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow,
and there is none abiding.
Job 8: 9 (We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.) —9: 25 My days
are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that
hasteth to the prey.-14: 1 Man that is born of a woman is
of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a
flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Ps. 39: 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every
man at his best state is altogether vanity.- 90: 10 The days
of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of
strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and
sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. - 103: 15 As
for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so
he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is
gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. - 144: 4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth
away.
Is. 40: 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I
cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the
flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the
people is grass.- 64: 6 We all do fade as a leaf; and our
iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Jam. 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for
a little time, and then vanishetl away.
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DEATH.                 149-151
Often sudden - Closes intercourse with earth - In old age.
1 Pet. 1: 24 All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man
as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower
thereof falleth away. [See 726-7.]
149. Death often sudden and unexpected.
1 S. 20: 3 Tlere is but a step between me and death.
Ps. 102: 23 He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the
midst of my days.
Ec. 9: 12 Man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that
are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the
snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it
falleth suddenly upon them. [See 385.]
150. Death closes intercourse with earth.
Job 7: 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no
more. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he
that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He
shall return no more to his house, neither shall -his place know
him any more. - 14: 7 There is hope of a tree, if it be cut
down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch
thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in
the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;  9 Yet
through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs
like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man
giveth up the ghost, and where is he?  11 As the waters fail
from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So
man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more,
they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 19
Thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever
against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance,
and sendest him  away. 21 His sons come to honor, and he
knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it
not of them.
Lk. 16: 27 He said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou
wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five
brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come'
into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They
have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
151. A late death, or old age desirable.
Gen. 15: 15 Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace: thou shalt
be buried in a good old age.
Ps. 91: 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him
my salvation. - 102: 24 I said, O my God, take me not away
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152,153                   DEATH.
The soul dies not- Desirable to the righteous.
in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Pr. 3: 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her
left hand riches and honor.
Is. 38: 18 The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy
truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do
this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
152. Death does not destroy, or hold the soul in slumber.
Ec. 3: 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward,
and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?12: 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the
spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Mat. 22: 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead,
but of the living.
Lk. 16: 22 It came to pass, that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man
also died, and was buried: 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in
his bosom.- 23: 43 Jesus said unto him,- Verily I say unto
thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 
Ac. 7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
2 Cor. 5: 8 We are confident, Isay, and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Ph. 1: 23 I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to
depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.
Heb. 12: 23 The spirits of just men made perfect.
Rev. 6: 9 When he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under
the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God,
and for the testimony which they held. [See 422.]
153. Death desirable to the righteous-fear of, overcome.
Job 3: 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there
the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together;
they hear not the voice of the oppressor.- 7: 16 I would not
live alway.
Ps. 23: 4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and
thy staff they comfort me. — 31: 5 Into thine hand I commit
my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. -
37: 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the
end of that maln s peace.-  16: 15 Precious in the sight of the
Lord is the death of his saints..
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DEATH.                  154, 155
Waiting for - Dreadful to the wicked.
Pr. 14: 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but
the righteous hath hope in his death.
Is. 57: 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to
heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that
the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall
enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking
in his uprightness.
I Cor. 3: 22 Or life, or death, or things present, or things to
come; all are yours. - 15: 54 So when this corruptible shall
have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is
written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 0 death, where
is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  56 The sting
of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But
thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor. 5: 1 We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 8 We are confident,
I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be
present with'the Lord.
Ph. 1: 21 To me to-live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Rev. 14: 13 I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors; and their works do follow them.
154. Patient waiting for death.
Job 14: 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of
my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Lam. 3: 26 It is good that a man should both hope and
quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Ph. 1: 23 I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to
depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:  24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And
having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue
with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith. [See 498.]
155. Death dreadfil to the wicked.
Job 27: 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not
be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors
take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in
the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him  away, and he
departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee
out of his hand.
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156                      DEATH.
Preparation for.
Lk. 12: 20 God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul
shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be
which thou hast provided?
Heb. 10: 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the
living God. [See 564.1
156. Preparation for death required and exemplZfied.
Ps. 90: 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Ec. 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy
might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Mat. 24: 44 Be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye
think not, the Son of man cometh.
Lk. 12: 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights
burning;  36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for
their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that, when
he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh
shall find watching.
1 Cor. 1: 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:  8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor. 4:18 While we look not at the things which are
seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things
which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not
seen are eternal
Ph. 3: 20 Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also
we look for the Saviour.
Tit. 2:11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed
hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ.
1 Pet. 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore
sober, and watch unto prayer.
2 Pet. 3: 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness.  [See 727.]
N. B.- For Spiritual Death, see 165; and, for the Second
Death, see 563.
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DEPRAVITY.               157-159
The fall and its effects - Guilt personal.
DEPRAVITY.
157. Fall of man, and its immediate effects.
Gen. 3: 4 The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not
surely die: 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil.  6 And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also unto her husband
with her, and he did eat. 14 The LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle,
and above every beast of the field. 16 Unto the woman he said, I
will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow
thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy
husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he
said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,
and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns
also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field: 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it
wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return.
Ec. 7: 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made
man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
158. Consequences of Adam's fall upon his posterity.
Rom. 5: 12 As by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned. 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of
life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
1 Cor. 15: 22 As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive.
159 Ill-desert not imputed, without personal transgressien.
Dt. 24:16 The father shall not be put to death for the
cnildren, neither shall the children be but to death for the
fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
[2 LK 14: 6.]
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160 —163               DEPRAVITY.
Nature of- implies knowledge- is universal.
Ezk. 18: 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour
grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 20 The
soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity
of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon
him and the wickedness of the "wicked shall be upon him.
[Jer. 31: 29, 30.]
160. Nature of moral depravity.
Hos. 10: 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit
unto himself.
Col. 3: 5 Covetousness, which is idolatry.
I Jn. 5: 17 All unrighteousness is sin. [See 689.]
161. No sin, without law and knowledge.
Jn. 9: 41 If ye were blind, ye should have no sin. - 15: 22
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had
sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin.
Rom. 3: 19 We know that what things soever the law saith,
it saith to them who are under the law  that every mouth
may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.
-4:15 Where no law is, there is no transgression. —5: 13
(For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed
when there is no law.)
Jam. 4: 17 To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it
not, to him it is sin. [See 309.]
162. Depravity, not founded in mere ignorance.
Rom. 1: 21 When they knew God they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful. [See 690.]
163. Human depravity universal.
Gen. 6: 12 God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was
corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Ps. 14: 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable
works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked
down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there
were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all
gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none
that doeth good, no, not one.
Rom. 3: 9 What then, are we better than they? No, in no
wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that
they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none
righteous, no, not one:  11 There is none that understandeth,
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DEPRAVITY.               164-165
Native Depravity- Total Sinfulness by Nature.
there is none that seeketh after God.  12 They are all gone
out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there
is none that doeth good, no, not one. 23 All have sinned, and
come short of the glory of God. -5: 12 As by one man sin
entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned.
Gal. 3: 21 If there had beernt law given which could have
given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the
promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that
believe. [See 576.]
164. Native depravity.
Job. 11: 12 Vain man would be wise, though man be born
like a wild ass's colt. - 14: 4 Who can bring a clean thing out
of an unclean? not one.- 15: 14 What is man, that he should
be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be
righteous?
Ps. 51: 5 Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did
my mother conceive me. -58: 3 The wicked are estranged
from  the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born,
speaking lies.
Pr. 22: 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child.
Is. 48: 8 I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously,
and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Jn. 3: 6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that
which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
Rom. 3:10 There is none righteous, no not one. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified
in his sight. 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God. —5: 12 Death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned.  14 Death reigned from  Adam to Moses, even
over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's
transgression.
2 Cor. 5:14 If one died for all, then were all dead.
Ep. 2: 3 And were by nature the children of wrath, even as
others.
165. Total sinfulness by nature.
Gen. 6: 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.
Ps. 5: 9 There is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward
part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre;
they flatter with their tongue.
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166                    DEPRAVITY.
Strength of, or moral inability.
Pr. 21: 4 The ploughing of the wicked is sin.
Ec. 8: 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully
set in them  to do evil.-9: 3 This is an evil among all things
that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all:
yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil.
2 Cor, 5:14 If one died for all, then were all dead.
Ep. 2: 1 You hcth he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins;  2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:  3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even as others. 12 That at that time ye were without
Christ, being aliens from  the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers from  the covenants of promise, having no hope, and
without God in the world.
Col. 2: 13 You, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened.
[See 546, 589, 688-690.]
166. Strength and obstinacy of human depravity- Moral inability.
Gen. 37: 4 When his brethren saw that their father loved
him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not
speak peaceably unto him.
Ex. 32: 9 The Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. [Dt. 9: 6, 13.]
Jos. 24:19 Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve
the LORD: for he is an holy God.
Pr. 5: 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.-27: 22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat
with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Ec. 9: 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the
heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their
heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Is. 48: 4 I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an
iron sinew, and thy brow brass.
Jer. 2: 22 Though thou wash- thee with nitre, and take thee
much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the
Lord God.-3: 5 Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil
things as thou could6st.- 6: 10 Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD
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DEPRAVITY.                     167
Works of darkness.
is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. - 13: 23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil.- 17: 1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the
point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart,
and upon the horns of your altars.  9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can
know it?
Mat. 7: 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.- 12: 34 O generation
of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out
of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.- 17: 17
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer
you?-23: 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can
ye escape the damnation of hell?
Jn. 6: 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which
hath sent me draw' him.  65 And he said, Therefore said I
unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given
unto him of my Father.
Rom. 8 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
[See 689, 690, 740.1
167. Works of darkness described and denounced.
Sob 24: 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the
poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye
also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye
shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they
dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in
the day-time: they know not the light.  17 For the morning
is to them  even as the shadow of death: if one know thelm,
they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Pr. 7: 6 At the window of my house I looked through my
casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned
among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the
way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the
black and dark night.
Is. 29: 15 Wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they
say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Ezk. 8: 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou
seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark,
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168-170                 DEPRAVITY.
Restraints - Identity of sin - IIuman nature untrusty.
every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The
LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Ep. 5: 11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 It is a shame even to
speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
168. Removing restraints develops depravity.
Ex. 8:15 When Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he
hardened his heart. -32: 22 Aaron said, Let not the anger of
my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set
on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods which
shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought
us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become
of him.
Jud. 2: 7 The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua,
and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had
seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died.
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which
knew not th. LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for
Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of
the LORD, and served Baalim.
Ec. 8: 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully
set in them to do evil.
169. Human nature essentially the same in all ages.
Pr. 27: 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart
of man to man.
Mat. 23: 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves,
that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
[See 163.]
170. Human nature untrusty — Cautions.
Ps. 146: 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of
man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he
returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Pr. 25: 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.-28: 26 He that
trusteth in his own heart is a fool.
Is. 2: 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils:
for wherein is.he to be accounted of?
Jer. 17: 5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that
trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart
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DESPONDENCY-DISCRETION, ETC.   171, 172
IDespondency reproved - D)uy of discrletion.
departetil from the LORD.  6 For he shall be like the heath
in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall
inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and
not inhabited.
Mic. 7: 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in
a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in
thy bosom.
DESPONDENCY.
171. Despondency exemplified and reproved.
Gen. 37: 34 Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon
his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his
sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into
the grave unto my son mourning.
Jos. 7: 6 Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon
his face before the ark of the LORD until the even-tide, he and
the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And
Joshua- said, Alas! 0 Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over'Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of
the Amorites, to destroy us?  10 And the LORD said unto
Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Ps. 42: 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why
art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet
praise him for -the help of his countenance.
Pr. 12: 25 Heaviness in the heart of "man maketh it stoop.
Jer. 18: 11 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil
against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now
every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your
doings good. 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we
will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the
imagination of his evil heart.
Mat. 27: 5 He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple,
and departed, and went and hanged himself. [See 24, 700.]
DISCRETION-PRUDENCE -ECONOMY.
172. Duty and advantage of discretion, etc.
Pr. 2: 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall
keep thee:  12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
from the man that speaketh froward things.-3: 21 My son,
let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and
discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace
to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and
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173, 174             DRESS —ENVY.
Plain Dress —Envy to be avoi led.
thy foot shalt not stumble.-8: 12 I Wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. —11: 22
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion. —12: 16 A  fool's wrath is presently
known: but a prudent man covereth shame. —19: 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to
pass over a transgression.
Jn. 6: 12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples,
Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
DRESS.
173. Plain dress recommended.
1 Tim. 2: 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety;
not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, 10
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good
works.
1 Pet. 3: 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of
putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the
heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great
price. 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women
also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands.
ENVY.
174. Envy a common and foolish sin -prohibitions.
Gen. 30: 1 When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me
children, or else I die.
Job 5: 2- Wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth
the silly one.
Ps. 37: 1.Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be
thou envious against the workersof iniquity. —106: 16 They
envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the
LORD. 
Pr. 3: 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of
his ways.-14: 30 A  sound heart is the life of the flesh, but
envy the rottenness of the bones. -23: 17 Let not thy heart
envy sinners.-24: 1 Be not thou envious against evil men,
neither desire to be with them: 2 For their heart studieth
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ERROR.                       175
Prevalent and destructive.
self because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle
of the wicked shall be put out.-27: 4 Wrath is cruel, and
anger is outrageous; -but who is able to stand before envy?
Ec. 4: 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right
work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor.
Mat. 27: 17 Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus, which is called Christ? 18 (For he knew that
for envy they had delivered him.)
Ac. 7: 9 The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into
Egypt.- 13: 45 When the Jews saw the multitudes, they were
filled with envy, and spake against those things which were
spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 17: 5 The
Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them
certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company,
and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of
Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Rom. 18:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not
in strife and envying.
Tit. 3: 3 We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in
malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Jam. 3: 14 If ye have bitter envying and strife in your
hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.  15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.  16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion
and every evil work.
1 Pet. 2: 1 Laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, 2 As new-born
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow
thereby. [See 137.]
ERROR.
175. Error prevalent, corrupting and ruinous.
Ps. 19: 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me
from secret faults.'Pr. 19: 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth
to err from the words of knowledge.
Ec. 7: 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made
man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Mat. 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them
not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
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176, 177                 ERROR.
Tries mailkind - Errorists to be avoided.
1 Cor. 15: 33 Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt
good manners.
Gal. 1: 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him
that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you,
and would pervert the gospel of Christ. —5: 9 A little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump.
2 Th. 2: 11 For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:  12 That they all might
be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.
2 Tim. 2: 16 Shun profane and vain babblings: for they
will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will
eat as doth a canker; of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.
Jam. 5: 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the
sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death,
and shall hide a multitude of sins.
2 Pet. 2: 1 There were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord
that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
-3: 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the
wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. [See 183, 477.]
176. Heresies and errors designed and adapted to try mankind.
1 Cor. 11: 19 There must be also heresies among you, that
they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
[See 243.]
177. Fellowship with errorists to be avoided.
Gal. 1: 8 Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto
you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now
again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that
ye have received, let him be accursed.
1 Tim. 6: 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds,
and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:
from such withdraw thyself.
Tit. 3: 10 A man that is a heretic, after the first and second
admonition, reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
[See 112, 115, 477.]
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EXAMPLE - EXTRAVAGANCE.          178-180
Example, good, required and to be followed -Extravagance sinful.
EXAMPLE.
178. Good examples required.
Mat. 5: 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in
heaven.
Col. 4: 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
I Tim. 4: 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity,
in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Tit. 2: 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good
works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he that is of
the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say
of you.
179. Good examples to be followed- bad, to be avoided.
Ex. 23: 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.
Mat. 23: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,
that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they
say, and do not.
1 Cor. 11: 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of
Christ.
Ph. 3: 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark
them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
Heb. 6: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them
who through faith and patience inherit the promises. —13: 7
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have
spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Jam. 5: 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken
in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction
and of patience.
1 Pet. 2: 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps.
3 Jn. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that
which is good.
EXTRAVAGANCE  PRODIGALITY.
180. Extravagance and prodigality sinful -Examples.
1 K. 11: 1 King Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
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181, 182                  FAITH.
Nature of —counted for righteousness.
Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: 3 He had
seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines:
and his wives turned away his heart.
Ec. 2: 10 Whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy.
Lk. 15: 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered
all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there
wasted his substance with riotous living. 17 And when he
came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before
thee. -16: 19 There was a certain rich man, which was
clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every
day: 22 The rich man also died, and was buried: 23 And in hell
he lifted up his eyes; being in torments. [See 173, 199, 625.]
FAITH.
181. Nature of true faith.
Rom. 10: 9 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  10 For with the
heart, man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth,
confession is made unto salvation.
Heb. 11: 1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and
the evidence of things not seen.
182. Faith counted for righteousness.
Rom. 4: 3 What saith the scripture?  Abraham  believed
God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now
to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but
of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the
man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and
whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the- man to whom the
Lord will not impute sin. 11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet
being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all of
them that believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed unto them also.
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FAITH.                       183
Its necessity.
183. Faith in Christ, and beief of the truth, required as necessary to salvation.
Mk. 16: 15 He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.  16 He that believeth and
is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be
damned.
Jn. 1: 12 As many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them  that believe on his
name. -3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not
perish, but have everlasting life. 18 He that believeth in him,
is not condemned: but he that believetl4 not, is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son, shall not
see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. - 6: 28 Then
said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the
works of God?  29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This
is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
40 This is the will of him that sent me, that every one which
seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:
and I will raise him up at the last day. 53 Then Jesus said
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the
flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in
you.  54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath
eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. -8: 24 If
ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 47 He
that is of God, heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them
not, because ye are not of God.- 11: 25 Jesus said unto her,
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever
liveth, and believeth in me, shall never die.
Ac. 10: 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission
of sins.- 16: 31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved, and thy house.
Rom. 10: 4 Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
every one that believeth.
Gal. 2: 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have
believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith
of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works
of the law shall no flesh be justified.
2 Th. 2: 10 With all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
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184                     FAITH.
Examples of.
them that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a
lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Heb. 11: 6 Without faith it is impossible to please him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is
a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
1 Jn. 2: 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
the Father: [but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father
also.] -5: 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the
witness in himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him
a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of his
Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us
eternal life: and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the
Son, hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not
life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on
the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have
eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son
of God.
2 Jn. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the
doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive
him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For
he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds.
3 Jn. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth. [See 175, 601.]
184. Examples of faith.
Rom. 4: 20 He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of
God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to
God; 21 And being fully persuaded, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
2 Cor. 5: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are
confident, I say, and willing rather to absent from the body, and
to be present with the Lord.
Gal. 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who
loved me, and gave himself for me.
Heb. 11:'7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things
not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving
of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and
became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith
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FAITH.               1 85   187
Effects and Evidence of- Strong Fai'h  required.
Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he
should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went
out not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned
in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the
same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 13 These all died in
faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them
afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
[See 664.]
185. Effects offaith.
Heb. 11: 32 What shall I more say? for the time would
fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and
of Jephthae, of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword,
out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight,
turned to flight the armies of the aliens. [See the whole
chapter.]
1 Pet. 1: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though
now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even
the salvation of your souls.
I Jn. 5: 4 Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the
world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even
oui faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he
that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
186. Evidence of fiith.
Jam. 2: 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man
say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily fhod,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye
warmed and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those
things which are needful to the body: what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works:
shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee
my faith by my works. [See 302, 602.]
187. Strength of ftith required.
Ep. 6: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and
in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God,
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188, 189                FIlTH.
Contending for- of miracles.
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places:
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that
ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done
all, to stand. [See 712.]
188. Contendingfor the faith exemplified and required.
Jn. 18: 37 Jesus answered, To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness
unto the truth.
Ac. 6: 9 There arose certain of the synagogue, which is
called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and
Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia, and of Asia, disputing
with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. —9: 29 He [Paul]
spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed
against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. - 17: 16
While Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred
in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and
with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them
that met with him.- 19: 8 He went into the synagogue, and
spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But
when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil
of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and
separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one
Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years;
so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord
Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
Ph. 1: 27 Stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving
together for the faith of the gospel.
Jude 3 Earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints. [See 458.]
189. Faith of miracles, and the peculiar promises to it.
Mat. 14: 29 When Peter was come down out of the ship, he
walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the
wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried,
saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched
forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of
little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? —21: 20 When the
disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig-tree
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FAITH.                 190,191
Of Miracles - Spurious Faith and Religion.
withered away! 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily,
I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not
only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into
the sea; it shall be done. 22 And all things whatsoever ye
shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Mk. 11: 23 Verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into
the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe
that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall
have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you,
What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them.    16:17 These signs
shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast
out devils; they shall speak with new tongues: 18 They shall
take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall
not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover.
Jn. 14: 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth
on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works
than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the
Father may be glorified in the Son.
Jam. 5: 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders
of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall
save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. [See 100.]
190. Was the faith of miracles saving faith?
Mat. 7: 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
i Cor. 13: 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and
of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass,
or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though
I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have
not charity, I am nothing.
191. Spurious faith, formalism, and selfish religion common and ruinous to
the soul.
Ps. 106: 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his
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191                     FAITH.
Spurious Faith and Religion.
praise. 13 They soon forgat his works, they waited not for
his counsel.
Is. 29: 13 This people draw near me with their mouth, and
with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far
from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept
of men. - 58: 2 They seek me daily, and delight to know my
ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the
ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice: they take delight in approaching to God. 3 Wherefore
lave we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we
ffiicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
Jer. 3: 10 Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto
me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
Ezk. 33: 31 They come unto thee as the people cometh, and
they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but
they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much
love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Mat. 13: 20 He that received the seed into stony places, the
same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth
it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth fbr a while:
for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word,
by and by he is offended-l1: 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias
prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me
with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their
heart is far from me.
Jn. 6: 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but
because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Ac. 8: 13 Simon himself believed also: and when he was
baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding
the miracles and signs which were done. 21 Thou hast neither
part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the
sight of God.
Rom. 10: 2 I bear them record that they have a zeal of God,
but not according to knowledge.
1 Cor. 13: 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or
a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though
I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not
charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods
to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and
have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Gal. 1: 13 Ye have heard of my conversation in time past
in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted
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FASTING.                 192,193
Directions for - exenplifiel.
the church of God, and wasted it;  14 And profited in the
Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being
more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. -5: 6
In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
2 Tim. 3: 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof: from such turn away.
Jam. 2: 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest
well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
[See 194, 333, 411, 609, 623, 689,702, 704.]
FASTING.
192. Directions for fasting.
Is. 58: 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite
with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do. this day,
to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast
that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it
to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and
ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable
day to the LORD?  6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring
the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the
naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from
thine own flesh?
Mat. 6: 16 When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may
appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you, They have
their reward.  17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine
head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men,
to fast, but unto thy Father, which is in secret: and thy Father,
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
193. Fasting exem.plified.
Ezra 8: 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of
Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek
of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all
our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king
a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy
in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The
hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but
his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
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193                    FASTING.
Exemplified.
23 So we fasted End besought our God for this: and he was
entreated of us.
Dan. 9: 3 I set my face unto the Lord GOD, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Jonah 3: 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them
even to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king
of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe
from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through
Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let
neither man nor beast; herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them
not feed, nor drink water: 8 But let man and beast be covered
with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn
every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in
their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and
turn away fiom his fierce anger, that we perish not?' 10 And
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and
God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do
unto them; and he did it not.
Mat. 4: 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had
fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards an
hungered.
Lk. 2: 36 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter
of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and
had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; 37
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which
departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and
prayers night and day.
Ac. 10: 30 Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting unto
this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and
behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said,
Cornelius, thy prayer is heard. —13: 2 As they ministered to
the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands
on them, they sent them away.- 14: 23 When they had
ordained them elders in every chuich, and had prayed with
fasting, they commended them to the Lord.
2 Cor. 6: 5 In labors, in watchings, in fastings. -11: 27 In
weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Besides
those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily,
the care of all the churches.. 




FASTING-FEMALES.               194, 195
Spurious Fasting - Female industry.
194. Spurious fasting.
Is. 58: 3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest
not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no
knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure,
and exact all your labors. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and
debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not
fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict
his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread
sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and
an acceptable day to the LORD?
Zec. 7: 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the
priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and
seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto
me, even to me?  6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did
drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Lk. 18: 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast
twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
[See 191, 411, 609, 623, 689.]
FEMALES.
195. Female industry and enterprize.
Pr. 31: 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly
with her hands.  14 She is like the merchants' ships; she
bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet
night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her
maidens.  16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the
fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth
her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She
perceiveth that her merchandize is good: her candle goeth not
out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her
hands hold the distaff. 21 She is not afraid of the snbw for
her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh'herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing iZ
silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when
he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine
linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice
in time to come.
Ac. 9: 39 And all the widows stood by him weeping, and
shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she
was with them.
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196, 197               FEMALES.
Female sympathy- Subordination.
196. Female piety, sympathy, and kindness.
Pr. 31: 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 26 She openeth her
mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth
not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and call
her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Mat. 27: 55 Many women were there (beholding afar off)
which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
Mk. 12: 43 He called unto him his disciples, and saith unto
them, Verily, I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast
more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury. 44
For all they did cast in of their abundance: but she of her want
did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Lk. 24: 1 Upon the first day of the week, very early in the
morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices
which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 10 It
was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of
James, and other women that were with them.
197. Female subordination and speaking.
Gen. 3: 16 Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
rule over thee.
Num. 30: 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict
the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may
make it void.
1 Cor. 11: 3 I would have you know, that the head of every
man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the
head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying,
having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. 5 But every
woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered,
dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were
shaven. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be
shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven,
let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover
his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but
the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of
the woman, but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the
man created for the woman, but the woman for the man. 13
Judge in yourselves: Is it comely that a woman pray unto God
uncovered?  14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that
if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?  15 But
if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is
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FEMALES  FLATTERY.                  198
Female Subordination- Flattery Common and Dangerous.
given her for a covering. —14: 34 Let your women keep
silence in the churches; for it is not permitted unto them to
speak: but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also
saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them
ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for women to
speak in the church.
Eph. 5: 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is
the Saviour of the body.  24 Therefore as the church is
subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands
in every thing.
Col. 3: 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands,
as it is fit in the Lord.
1 Tim. 2: 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp
authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam
was first formed, then Eve.
1 Pet. 3: 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own
husbands  that, if any obey not the word, they also may
without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with
fear. 6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him  lord:
whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not
afraid with any amazement. 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell
with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the
grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. [See 425.]
FLATTERY.
198. Flattery a common and dangerous sin.
Job 17: 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the
eyes of his children shall fail. 32: 21 Let me not, I pray you,
accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles
unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so
doing my Maker would soon take me away.
Ps. 12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the
tongue thatSpeaketh proud things.
Pr. 20: 19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth
secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his
lips. —24: 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him.
26: 28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and
a flattering mouth worketh ruin.-28: 23 He that rebuketh a
man, afterwards shall find more favor than he that flattereth
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199                       FOOD.
Directions for food-Gluttony.
with the tongue.-29: 5 A man that flattereth his neighbor
apreadeth a net for his feet.  [See 474-5,702,728.]
FOOD.'199. Instructions respectingfood-gluttony reproved.
Gen. 1: 29 God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon- the face of all the earth, and
every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to
you it shall be for meet.-9: 3 Every moving thing that liveth
shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given
you all things.  4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the
blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Dt. 21: 20 This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will
not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And
all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die.
Pr. 23: 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat,
if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his
dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard
and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall
clothe a man with rags.
Dan. 1: 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and
let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.  15 And at
the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion
of the king's meat.
Mat. 6: 31 Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,
what shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Lk. 16: 19 There was a certain man, which was clothed in
purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day: 25
But Abraham  said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:
but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.-21: 34 And
take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenn'ess, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares.
Rom. 14: 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink
wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth,or is offended, or is made weak.
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FOOLS.                       200
A looking-glass.
1 Cor. 8: 13 If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat
no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to
offend.
1 Tim. 4: 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. [368, 721.]
FOOLS.
200. Who are fools? [A looking-glass.]
1. Atheists.
Ps. 14: 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
94: 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the
fatherless.  7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither
shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish
among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise. [See 22.]
2. Blabbers.
Pr. 13: 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge; but
a fool layeth open his folly. — 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the
heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the
midst of fools is made known.  18: 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. -29: 11 A fool
uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there
is more hope of a fool than of him.  [See 729.]
3. Blasphemers.
Ps. 74: 18 The foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
22 ArIse, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the
foolish man reproacheth thee daily. [See 718.]
4. Boasters.
Rom. 1: 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools. [See 703.]
5. Children, disobedient.
Pr. 15: 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction. 20 A
wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his
mother.- 22: 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;
but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. [See 54.]
6. Deceivers-self-deceivers-hypocrites.
Pr. 12: 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but
he that hearkenethunto counsel is wise. -14:8 The wisdom of
the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is
deceit.  26: 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
there is more hope of a fool than of him. —28: 26 He that
trusteth in his own heart is a fool.
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200                      pooes.
A looking-glass.
Lk. 11: 39 The Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees
make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your
inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools,
did not he that made that which is without, make that which is
within also?
Tit. 3: 3 We ourselves were sometimes foolish, disobedient,
deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice
and envy, hateful, and hating one another. [See 702.]
7. Obstinate offenders.
Dt. 32: 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not
the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and
unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he
not made thee and established thee?
Pr. 13: 19 It is abomination to fools to depart from evil. —
27: 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among
wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from
him. [See 488.]
8. Drunkards.
Pr. 20: 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
9. Gossips.
Pr. 10: 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments:
but a prating fool shall fall.- 15: 2 The tongue of the wise
useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out
foolishness.- 18: 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his
lips are the snare of his soul.
Ec. 5: 3 A fool's voice is known by multitude of words. —
10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips
of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the
words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is
mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words.
[See 729.]
10. Ignoramuses.
Ps. 92: 5 0 LORD, how great are thy works! and thy
thoughts are very deep.  6 A brutish man knoweth not:
neither doth a fool understand this.
Pr. 1: 7 Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 22 How
long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? —15: 14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge:
but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. -18: 2 A fool
hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. [See 363.]
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FOOLS.                       200
A looking-glass.
11. Knaves.
Jer. 17: 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
not; so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them
in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
12. Libertines.
Pr. 7: 6 At the window of my house I looked through my
casement, 7 And behold among the simple ones, I discerned
among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way
to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black
and dark night: 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox
goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the
stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastethto the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. [See 405.]
13. Medrdlers.
Pr. 20: 3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife; but
every fool will be meddling.
14. Misers.
Pr. 1: 32 The turning away of the simple shall slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Lk. 12:19 I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be
merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy
soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things
be which thou hast provided?  21 So is he that layeth up
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. [See 625-6.]
15. Mockers.
Pr. 14: 9 Fools make a mock at sin.
16. Rovers.
Pr. 17: 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding;
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
17. Slanders.
Pr. 10: 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips,?nd he that
uttereth a slander, is a fool.
18. Sots.
Pr. 17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool
to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Jer. 4: 22 My people is foolish, they have not known me;
they are sottish children, and they have none understanding:
they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
[See 693.]
19, Spendthrifts.
Pr. 21: 20 There is treasure to be desired, and oil in the
dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
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201                   FORBEARANCE.
Required and commended.
20. Sportsmen.
Pr. 10: 23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief.
Ec. 7: 4 The heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
[See 479.]
21. Warriors.
Job 5: 2 Wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth
the silly one.
Pr. 12: 16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. —14: 16 The fool rageth, and is
confident. - 18: 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his
mouth calleth for strokes.  20: 3 It is an honor for a man
to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. - 27: 3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty: but a fool's wrath is
heavier than them both.
Ec. 7: 9 Anger resteth in the bosom of fools. [See 735.]
FORBEARANCE.
201. Forbearance required and commended.
Pr. 19: 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger;
and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
1 Cor. 13: 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not
easily provoked, thinketh no evil: 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.
1 Pet. 2: 18 Servants, be subject to your masters, with all
fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.  20 For what glory
is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it
patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto
were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us
an example, that ye should follow his steps. 23 Who, when
he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.-3: 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
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FORGIVENESS.               202, 203
Forbearance abused - Forgiveness required.
trariwise, blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that
ye should inherit a blessing.
[See 203, 437-9, 498, 499, 737.]
202. Sinners abuse forbearance.
Ec. 8: 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully
set in them to do evil.
FORGIVENESS.
203. Duty toforgive, as we hope to be forgiven - Threats to the implacable.
Mat. 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  14 For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not
men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.- 18: 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord,
how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
till seven timhes? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee,
Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 27 Then
the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and
loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which
owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and
took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29
And his fellow-servant fell down/at his feet, and besought him,
saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30
And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he
should pay the debt. 32 Then his lord, after that he had
called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave
thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33 Shouldest
not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even
as I had pity on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was
due unto him. 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do
also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his
brother their trespasses.
Mk. 11: 25 When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have
aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven
may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive,
neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Lk. 6: 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn
rot, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be
forgiven.- 17: 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother
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204, 205              FRIFENDSHIP.
True Friendship - Stpurious Friendship.
trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive
him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent;
thou shalt forgive him.
Ep. 4: 32 Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christs sake, hath forgiven
you.
Col. 3: 12 Put on therefore, as the.elect of God, holy and
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, long-suffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any:
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
[See 62, 539, 737.]
N. B.-For Divine Forgiveness, see 583.
FRIENDSHIP.
204. True friendship desirable - how to make friends.
2 S. 1: 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:
very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was
wonderful, passing the love of women.
Pr. 17: 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is
born for adversity. —18: 24 A man that hath friends must
show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer
than a brother. -19: 6 Many will entreat the favor of the
prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. -
27: 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. [See 737.]
205. Spirious friendship - Ingratitude.
Job 19: 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends
have forgotten me. 19 All my inward friends abhorred me;
and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Ps. 38: 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my
sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.- 55: 12 It was not an
enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it;
neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against
me; then I would have hid myself from him: 13 But it was
thou, a man mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance. 14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of
God in company.
Mat. 26: 56 Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
2 Tim. 4: 16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but
all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to
their charge. [See 701.]
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GOD.                 206-208
How made known - a moral agent.
GOD.
206. Have mankind any intuitive knowledge of God?
Job 32: 8 There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of
the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Ac. 17: 28 In him we live, and move, and have our being;
as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also
his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of
God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto
gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Rom. 1: 19 Because that which may be known of God is
manifest in them: for God hath shewed it unto them.-2: 14
When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the
things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law
unto themselves.  15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and
their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one
another. [See 394.]
207. God made known by his works.
Ps. 19: 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament sheweth his handy work. 2 Day unto day uttereth
speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.-75: -1
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give
thanks: for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.
Ac. 14:17 He left not himself without witness, in that he
did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Rom. 1: 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so
that they are without excuse. —11: 36 Of him, and through
him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.
Heb. 3: 4 Every house is builded by some man; but he that
built all things is God. Ps. 9 16.
208. God, a moral agent, with affections and passions.
Gen. 6: 6 It repented the Lord that he had made man on
the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Ps. 7: 11 God is angry with the wicked every day. - 103: 13
As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that
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209                      GOD.
His chief end. - His regard for himself.
fear him. — 147: 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that
fear him.
Hos. 11: 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall
I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how
shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me,
my repentings are kindled together.
Zep. 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is
mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy: he
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Mat. 3:17 This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
1 Jn. 4: 8 God is love. [See 223, 230, 238.]
209. God's chief end-his regard for himself.
Ps. 106: 8 He saved them for his name's sake, that he
might make his mighty power to be known.
Pr. 16: 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea,
even the wicked for the day of evil.
Is. 42: 8 I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory
will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
- 43: 7 Even every one that is called by my name; for I
have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I
have made him. 21 This people have I formed for myself;
they shall shew forth my praise.- 48: 11 For mine own sake,
even for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name
be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Ezk. 20: 9 I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not
be polluted before the heathen. -36: 32 Not for your sakes
do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be
ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of
Israel.
1 Cor. 15: 28 When all things shall be subdued unto him,
then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put
all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Col. 1: 16 All things were created by him and for him.
Rev. 4: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and
honor, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were they created. [See 276-7, 570.]
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GOD'S MODE OF EXISTENCE.          210, 211
His Unity - Trinity of Persons.
GOD'S MODE OF EXISTENCE.
210. Divine unity, or only one true God.
Dt. 4: 35 The Lord he is God: there is none else beside
him. [39.] -  6: 4 The Lord our God is one Lord.- 32: 39
See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god with me.
2 S. 7: 22 There is none like thee, neither is there any God
beside thee.
2 K. 19: 15 Thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms of the earth.
Neh. 9: 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone.
Is. 44: 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. 8 Is there a God besides
me?  Yea, there is no God; I know not any. -  45: 5 I
am the Lord, aid there is none else, there is no God besides
me.
Jn. 17: 3 This is life eternal, that theykmight know thee the
only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
1 Cor. 8: 6 To us there is butone God, the Father, of whom
are all things, and we in him.
1 Tim. 1: 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever.
Jam. 2: 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest
well.
211. Are there more persons than one in the Godhead?
Gen. 1: 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness. Gen. 3: 22, andl: 7, Is. 6: 8.
Dan. 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers,
and the demand by the word of the holy ones.
Mat. 28: 19 Teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
2 Cor. 13: 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with
you all. Amen.
Ep. 2: 18 Through him we both have access by one Spirit
unto the Father. 1 Pet. 1: 2.
1 Jn. 5: 7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one. [See 75-6, 346.]                          1
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212-214       GOD'S NATURAL ATTRIBUTES.
Eternity of God - Foreknowledge - Greatness and Majesty.
GOD'S NATURAL ATTRIBUTES.
212. Eternity of God.
Dt. 33: 27 The eternal God is thy refuge.
Ps. 90: 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.-93: 2 Thy throne is
established of old: thou art from everlasting. - 102: 27 Thou
art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Is. 44: 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. -57: 15 Thus saith the
high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is
Holy.
Hab. 1: 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my
God, mine Holy One?
1 Tim. 1: 17 Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the
only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever- 6: 15
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of'kings and Lord of lords; 16 Who
only hath immortality. [See 76,(3.)]
213. Foreknowledge of God.
Is.'46: 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God,
and there is none else; lam God, and there is none like me,
10.Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient
times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all my pleasure.
Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified and slain.- 15: 18 Known unto God are
all his works from the beginning of the world. [See 219.]
214. Greatness, majesty, and supremacy of God.
1 Ch. 29: 11 Thine, O 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,
O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both
riches and honor 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.
Neh. 9: 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth,
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein,
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Greatness and Majesty.
and thou preservest them aSl; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Job. 11: 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou
find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as
heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst
thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth,
and broader than the sea.-26: 14 Lo, these are parts of his
ways; but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand.-36: 26 Behold, God
is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his
years be searched out.-37: 22 With God is terrible majesty.
23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice.
Ps. 29: 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of
the LORD is full of majesty.-47: 7 For God is the King of
all the earth.- 93: 1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with
majesty.-104: 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my
God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and
majesty: 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:
who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 3 Who layeth
the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the
clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire.
-145: 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and
his greatness is unsearchable.
Is. 40: 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 balance? 13 Who hath
directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath
taught him?  14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and
taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket,
and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he
taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon is
not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a
burnt-offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing, and
they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18 To
whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? [Dan. 4: 35.]
Nah. 1: 3 The LORD kath his way in the whirlwind and in
the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers:
Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon
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215-217       GOD S NATURAL ATTRIBUTES.
Essential divine happiness - Invisibilitfy; and hinllutabiiity of God.
languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills
melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world,
and all that dwell therein.  6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his
fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by
him. [See 45, 234, 275.]
215. Essential happiness of God.
Rom. 1: 25 Who is blessed for ever.  9: 5 Whose are the
fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who
is over all, God blessed for ever.
2 Cor. 11: 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which is blessed for evermore.
1 Tim. 1: 11 The glorious gospel of the blessed God.-6: 15
The blessed and only Potentate. [See 223.]
216. Invisibility of God.
Jn. 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath
declared him.-4: 24 God is a spirit.
Col. 1: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.
1 Tim. 6: 16 Whom no man hath seen, nor can see; to whom
be honor and power everlasting.
Heb. 11: 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the
wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
217. Inmmutability of God.
Num. 23: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither
the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and
shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make
it good?
1 S. 15: 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor
repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Job 23: 13 He is in one mind, and who can turn him?
Ps. 102: 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall
perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old
like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they
shall be changed:  27 But thou art the same, and thy years
shall have- no end.
Mal. 3: 6 I am the LORD, I change not.
Heb. 13: 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and
for ever.
Jam. 1: 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
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Omnipotence; and Omniscience of God.
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom
is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. [See 250.]
218. Omnipotence of God.
Gen. 17: 1 I am the Almighty God.
Job 9: 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him?
Is. 43: 13 There is none that can deliver out of my hand:
I will work, and who shall let it?
Jer. 32: 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the
heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out
arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.
Mat. 19: 26 With God all things are possible.
Rev. 1: 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is
to come, the Almighty.-11: 17 We give thee thanks, 0 Lord
God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
-19: 6 The Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
[See 76,(5) 234, 259, 588.]
219. Omniscience ofGod.
1 S. 2: 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.- 16: 7 The Lord
seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 K. 8: 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place,
and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his
ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only,
knowest the hearts of all the children of men.)
1 Ch. 28: 9 The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth
all the imaginations of the thoughts.
Job 11: 11 He knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also;
will he not then consider it — 34: 21 His eyes are upon the
ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22 There is no
darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity
may hide themselves.
Ps. 11: 4 The Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold,
his eyelids try the children of men.-44: 21 Shall not God
search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.94: 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that
formed the eye, shall he not see?-139: 1 O LORD, thou hast
searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thought afar
off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art
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220           GOD'S NATURAL ATTRIBUTES.
Omnipresence of God.
acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in
my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. 5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand
upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is
high, I cannot attain unto it. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness
shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth
as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
-147: 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Pr. 5: 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the
Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. —15: 3 The eyes of the
Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 11
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more
then the hearts of the children of men? 17: 3 The fining-pot
is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the
hearts.-21: 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes:
but the Lord pondereth the hearts.-24: 11 If thou forbear
to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are
ready to be slain; 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?
Is. 40: 28 There is no searching of his understanding.
Jer. 23: 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a
God afar off?  24 Can any hide himself in secret places that
I shall not see him? saith the LORD.-32: 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for 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.
Ezk. 11: 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and
said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye
said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into
your mind, every one of them.
Ac. 1: 24 Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men,
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen.
Heb. 4: 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 Jn. 3: 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater
than our heart, and knoweth all things. [See 76,(7) 213.]
220. Omnipresence of God.
Ps. 139: 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
and art acquainted with all my ways. 5 Thou hast beset me
behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 7 Whither
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Self-existence; and Wisdom.
shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy
presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I
make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the
wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the
sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right
hand shall hold me.
Jer. 23: 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a
God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that
I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven
and earth? saith the LORD.
Mat. 18: 20 For where two or three are gathered together
in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Ep. 1: 23 The fulness of him that filleth all in all.
[See 76,(6).]
221. Self-existence of God.
Ex. 3: 14 God said unto Moses, I AM  THAT I AM:
And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,
I AM hath sent me unto you.
Dt. 32: 40 I lift my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Jer. 10: 10 The Lord is the true God, he is the living God,
and an everlasting King.
Jn. 5: 26 As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he
given to the Son to have life in himself. —6: 57 The living
Father hath sent me.
Ac. 17: 24 God that made the world, and all things therein,
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;  25 Neither is worshipped with
men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth
to all life, and breath, and all things.
1 Tim. 6: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of
lords;  16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light
which no man can approach unto: whom no man hath seen,
nor can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting.
222. Wisdom of God.
Job. 5: 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and
the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Ps. 104: 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Is. 28: 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts,
which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Rom. 11: 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments,
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223, 224       GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION.
Blessedness of God- His Benevolence.
and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?16: 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for
ever. Amen.
1 Cor. 1: 25 The foolishness of God is wiser than men.
Ep. 1: 8 He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and
prudence.-3: 9 To make all men see what is the fellowship
of the nystery, which from the beginning of the world hath
been bid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in
heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold
wisdom of God. -
Col. 2: 2 The mystery of God and of the Father, and of
Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.
Jude 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever, [See 142, 275.]
GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION.
223. Blessedness or joy of God, arising from his benevolent designs and
works.
Ps. 104: 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever:
the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
Is. 62: 5 As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall
thy God rejoice over thee.-65: 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people.
Jer. 9: 24 1 am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness,
judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things
I delight, saith the Lord.
Ezk. 5: 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I
will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted:
and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my
zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
Zep. 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is
mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
[See 208, 215.]
224. Benevolence of God —he desires good, and deprecates evil.
Dt. 5: 29 O that there were such a heart in them, that they
would fear me,-and keep all my commandments always, that it
might be well with them, and with their children for ever!32: 29 0 that they were wise,,that they understood this, that
they would consider their latter end!
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GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION.              225
Compassion of God.
Ps. 119: 68 Thou art good, and doest good.
Ezk. 18:32 I have no pleasure in the death of him that
dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and
live ye.
Mat. 5: 44 I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for
them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That
ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Jn. 3: 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up. 15 That whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but
have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world, but that the world through him
might be saved.
Rom. 5: 8 God commendeth his love toward us, in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. - 8: 32 He that
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how
shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
1 Th. 4: 3 This is the will of God, even your sanctification.
1 Tim. 2: 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come
unto the knowledge of the truth.
2 Pet. 3: 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.
1 Jn. 4: 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of
God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God. 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is
love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that
we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we
loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
[See 60, 228, 233, 254, 370-2, 585, 672.]
225. Compassion of God.
Ex. 32: 14 The Lord repented of the evil which he thought
to do unto his people.
Jud. 10:16 His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Ps. 25: 6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy
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226            GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION.
His faithfulness.
loving-kindness; for they have been ever of old. - 36: 7 How
excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children
of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wing. - 69: 16
Hear me, O Lord; for thy loving-kindness is good: turn unto
me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. -78: 38
He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away,
and did not stir up all his wrath. -86: 15 Thou, O Lord, art
a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and
plenteous in mercy and truth. —103:13 Like as a father
pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. -
145: 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to
anger, and of great mercy. 9 The LORD is good to all: and
his tender mercies are over all his works.
Lam. 3: 22 It is of the Lord's mercies, that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 32 But though he
cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor
grieve the children of men.
Hos. 11: 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall
I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how
shall I set thee as Zeboim? my heart is turned within me,
my repentings are kindled together.
Lk. 6: 35 He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Jam. 5: 11 The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
[See 233, 522, 585.]
226. Faithfulness of God.
Dt. 7: 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is
God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with
them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand
generations.
Jos. 21: 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which
the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to
pass.- 23: 14 Behold, this day I am going the way of all the
earth; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls,
that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the
LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass
unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
Ps. 36: 5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy
faithfulness reacheth anto the clouds. -89: 2 Thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 33 Nevertheless, my
loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my
faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor
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Forbearance of God - His goodness and condescension.
alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.- 119: 90 Thy
faithfulness is unto all generations.
1 Th. 5: 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do
it. [See 4, 235, 515-517, 725.]
227. Forbearance and long-suffering of God.
Neh. 9: 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and
testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets; yet
would they not give ear.
Ec. 8: 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not
executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is
fully set in them to do evil.
Rom. 2: 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and
forbearance, and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? -9: 22 What if God,
willing to show  his wrath, and to make his power known,
endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction?
1 Tim. 1: 16 Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that
in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for
a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life
everlasting.
1 Pet. 3: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the
spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when
once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight
souls, were saved by water.
2 Pet. 3: 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance. [See 67.]
228. Goodness and condescension of God.
Ex. 34: 6 The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,
The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
1, Ch. 16: 34 O give'thanks unto the LORD; for he is good;
for his mercy endureth for ever.
Ps. 8: 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy
fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him?- 33: 5 He loveth righteousness
and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
-52: 1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O  mighty
man? the goodness of God endureth continually.- 107: 8 Oh
that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
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Holiness and beauty of God.
wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For he satisfieth
the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. -
113: 4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above
the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who
dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things
that are in heaven, and in the earth?- 119: 68 Thou art good,
and doest good; teach me thy statutes.- 145: 7 They shall
abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall
sing of thy righteousness. 9 The LORD is good to all: and
his tender mercies are over all his works.
Is. 57: 15 Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit.
Zec. 9: 17 How great is his goodness, and how great is his
beauty!
Mat. 19: 17 He said unto him, Why callest thou me good?
there is none good but one, that is, God.
[See 60, 61, 224, 233, 254, 372, 672.]
229. Holiness and beauty of God.
Ex. 15: 11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the
gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises,
doing wonders?
Lev. 11: 44 Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
1 S. 2: 2 there is none holy as the LORD.
Job 4: 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a
man be more pure than his Maker?  18 Behold, he put no
trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.34: 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:
far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; andfrom the
Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Ps. 5: 4 Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall
not stand in'thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. -
22: 3 Thou art holy, 0 thou that inhabitest the praises of
Israel. — 27: 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that
will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the
LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the
LORD, and to inquire in his temple.-45:7 Thou lovest
righteousness, and hatest wickedness. —71: 22 I will also
praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto
thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. -
90: 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us.
- 99: 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy
hill; for the LORD our God is holy. —111: 9 Holy and
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Holy grief and displeasure of God.
reverend is his name.- 145: 17 The LORD is righteous in all
his ways, and holy in all his works.
Is. 6: 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy,
holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his
glory.- 28: 5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a
crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue
of his people. —33: 17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his
beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Hab. 1: 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and
canst not look on iniquity.
Zec. 9: 17 How great is his goodness, and how great is his
beauty!
Rev. 15: 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy
name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and
worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.56.]
230. God's holy grief displeasure and controversy with sinners.
Gen. 6: 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. 6 And it repented the LORD
that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart.
Num. 32: 14 Behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead,
an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of
the LORD toward Israel.
Dt. 25: 16 All that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Ps. 7: 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with
the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his
sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 lHe hath
also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth
his arrow against the persecutors.- 10: 3 The wicked boasteth
of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous whom the LORD
abhorreth. —11: 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the
wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. -78: 40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve
him in the desert? - 95: 8 Harden not your heart, as in the
provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my
work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation.
Pr. 11: 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination
to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
- 15: 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the
LORD; but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
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Impartiality of God.
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the
LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Jer. 12: 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest;
it crieth out against me; therefore have I hated it.
Hos. 7: 2 They consider not in their hearts, that I remember
all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them
about; they are before my face- 9: 15 All their wickedness
is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of
their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love
them no more: all their princes are revolters. —12: 2 The
LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish
Jacob according to his ways: according to his doings will he
recompense him. -13: 7 I will be unto them as a lion: as a
leopard by the way will I observe them. 8 I will meet them
as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul
of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion.
Nah. 1: 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who
can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out
like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Mic. 6: 2 Hear ye, 0 mountains, the LORD'S controversy,
and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a
controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Mk. 3: 5 When he had looked round about on them with
anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith
unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.
Heb. 3: 17 With whom was he grieved forty years? was it
not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter
into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Rev. 6: 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on
us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of
his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?
[See 208, 236, 362, 418, and Punishment, Future.]
231. Impartiality of God.
Gen. 18: 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner
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?
Dt. 10:17 For 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 reward:  18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the
stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
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Justice and Righteousness.
2 Ch. 19: 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be
upon you: take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with
the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of
gifts.
Ezk. 18: 25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal.
Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not
your ways unequal?
Ac. 10: 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a
truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.
Rom. 2: 11 There is no respect of persons with God.
Ep. 6: 9 And ye, masters, do the same things unto them,
forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in
heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
1 Pet. 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without
respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass
the time of your sojourning here in fear. [See 556.]
232. Justice and righteousness of God.
2 Ch. 19: 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be
upon you: take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with
the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of
gifts.
Job 8: 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty
pervert justice? - 34: 12 Yea, surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. -37: 23
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice; -he
will not afflict.
Ps. 33: 4 The word of the LORD is right; and all his works
are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment.
-48: 10 Thy right hand is full of righteousness.- 92: 15
To show that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is
no unrighteousness in him.   97: 2 Clouds and darkness are
round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. —111: 3 His work is honorable and glorious, and his righteousness endureth for ever.-119: 137
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous
and very faithful. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and thy law is the truth.- 145: 17 The LORD
is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Jer. 9: 24 Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise
loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for
in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
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233           1GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION.
Mercy, Grace, and Kindness.
Rev. 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are
thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways,
thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and
glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; fbr all nations shall
come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made
manifest. [See 236.]
233. Mercy, grace, and kindness of God.
Ex. 34: 6 The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,
The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy
for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and
that will by no means clear the guilty.
Num. 14: 18 The LORD is long-suffering, and of great
mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means
clearing the guilty.
Dt. 4: 31 (The LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will
not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant
of thy fathers, which he sware unto them.
Ps. 25: 6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy
loving-kindnesses; for they have been ever of old. —36: 7
How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the
children of men put their trust under-the shadow of thy wings.
- 86: 5 Thou, LORD, art good, and ready to forgive; and
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. - 100: 5
The LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth
endureth to all generations. - 103: 8 The LORD is merciful
and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy. 9 He
will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us
according to our iniquities.-106: 44 He regarded their
affliction when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered
for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude
of his mercies. -116: 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
yea, our God is merciful. —119: 64 The earth, O LORD, is
full of thy mercy.- 138: 8 The LORD will perfect that which
concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake
not the works of thine own hands.
Dan. 9: 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses; though we have rebelled against him.
Joel 2: 13 Rend your heart, and not your garments, and
turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful,'slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of
the evil.
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Sovereignty.
Jonah 4: 2 I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou
art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and repentest^thee of the evil.
Lk. 6: 35 Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend,
hoping for nothing again; and your reward shat  be great, and
ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto
the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful,
as your Father also is merciful.
Ep. 2: 4 God,who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ; (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together
in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to
come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his
kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus.
[See 225, 228, 372, 585, 672.]
234. Sovereignty,freedom, and independence of God.
Job 23: 13 He is in one mind, and who can turn him? and
what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.- 33: 13 Why dost
thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of
his matters.
Ps. 115: 3 Our God is in the heavens; he hath done whatsoever he pleased.- 135: 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased,
that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep
places.
Is. 55:10 As the rain cometh down, and the snow from
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto I sent it.
Dan. 4: 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as
nothing: and he doeth 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 doest thou?
Mat. 11: 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed
them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good
in thy sight. - 20: 12 These last have wrought but one hour,
and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the
burden and heat of the day. 13 But he answered one of them,
and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with
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Truth.
me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is and go thy way: I will
give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for
me to do what I will with mine own'? is thine eye evil because
I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for
many be called, but few chosen. *
Rom. 9: 15 He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom
I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion. 16 So then, it is not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 17
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in
thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the
earth. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Ep. 1: 11 Who worketh all things after the counsel of his
own will.
Ph. 2: 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will
and to do of his good pleasure. [See 240-8.]
235. Truth of God.
Ex. 34: 6 The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,
The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
Num. 23: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither
the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and
shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not meke
it good?
Dt. 32: 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his
ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just
and right is he.
1 S. 15: 29 The Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent:
for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Ps. 19: 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
-89: 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy
throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. —100: 5
The LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth
endureth to all generations. -119: 142 Thy righteousness is
an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.-146: 6
Which keepeth truth for ever.
Is. 25: 1 Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Dan. 4: 37 I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor
the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and Jis ways
judgment.
Rev. 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,
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Vindicative Justice.
and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are
thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways,
thou King of saints. [See 226.]
236. Vindicative justice of God.
Ex. 15: 3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name,
Dt. 4: 24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a
jealous God. - 32: 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their
calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them
make haste. 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no
god with me: I kill, and I make alive: I wound, and I heal:
neither is there any that can deliver out of. my hand. 40 For
I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I
whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will
reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk
with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the
blood of the slain and of the captives from the beginning of
revenges upon the enemy.
Ps. 78: 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,
wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels
among them. 50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not
their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt; the chief of their
strength, in the tabernacles of Ham.-97:3 A fire goeth before
him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Is. 30: 27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far,
burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his
lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.
-35: 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong,
fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even
God with a recompense; he will come and save you.- 59: 17
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of
salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18
According'to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his
adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will
repay recompense. 19 So shall they fear the name of the
LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun.
-66: 14 The hand of the LORD shall be known toward his
servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.  15 For
behold the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like
a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with
flames of fire.
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237           GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION.
Vindicative Justice amiable.
Lam. 2: 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood
with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were
pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion:
he poured out his fury like fire.
Ezk. 7: 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee,
and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee
according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine
abominations.
Nah. 1: 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth: the
LORD revengeth, and is furious: the LORD will take vengeance
on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 6
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in
the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire,
and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Rom. 3: 5 Is God unrighteous, who taketh vengeance? (I
speak as a man,)  6 God forbid: for then how shall God
judge the world?-11: 22 Behold therefore the goodness and
severity of God: on them which fell, severity: but toward thee,
goodness, it thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also
shalt be cut off. — 12: 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
2 Cor. 5: 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we
persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I
trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
2 Th. 1: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to themthat trouble you, 7 Andtoyou, who are
troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb. 12: 29 Our God is a consuming fire. [Ps. 18: 6-14.]
[See 230, 232, and Punishment future.]
237. God's vindicative justice amiable, desirable and comforting.
Dt. 32: 43 Rejoice, 0 ye nations, with his people: for he will
avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance
to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to
his people.
Ps. 28: 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according
to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work
of their hands; render to them their desert. 6 Because they
regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his
hands. — 48: 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of
Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. — 58: 9 He shall
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Zeal of God.
take them away as with a whirlwind, both living and in his
wrath. 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the
vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.97: 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah
rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. — 136:1 0 give
thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever. 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born:
for his mercy endureth for ever: 11 And brought out Israel
from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever. [See the
whole Psalm.]
Jer. 11: 19 I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to
the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices
against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit
thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that
his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, O LORD
of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the
heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I
revealed my cause.
Ezk. 5: 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I
will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted:
and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my
zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
[See 88, 571.]
238. Zeal of God.
Dt. 7: 10 He will not be slack to him that hateth him, he
will repay him to his face.
Is. 9: 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there
shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom
to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice
from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts
will perform this.- 40: 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou
not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of
the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?-59: 17
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance
for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Ezk. 5: 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I
will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted:
and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my
zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
2 Pet. 3: 9 The Lord is not slack concerning'his promise, as
some men count slackness. [See 208.]
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239-241           GOD'S PREROGATIVES.
Of Property in us -over Natural Law - To give Moral Law.
PREROGATIVES, OR RIGHTS OF GOD.
239. Gods right of property in his creatures.
1 Ch. 29: 11 All that is in the heaven and in the earth is
thine.!
Ps. 24: 1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.- 50: 10 Every beast
of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.  11
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of
the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:
for the world is mine and the fulness thereof.-95: 5 The sea
is his, and he made it: and his hands formedthe dry land. 6
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the
LORD our maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. - 100: 3 The Lord
he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Ezk. 18: 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine.
Rom. 14: 8 Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the
Lord's.
240. God's right to establish and control natural law.
Job 38: 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?
Ps. 119: 90 Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances.
Pr. 3: 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens.
Jer. 31: 35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a
light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for
a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof
roar; The LORD of hosts is his name. —33: 25 Thus saith the
LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have
not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then
will I cast away the seed of Jacob.
241. God's riglt to give supreme moral law.
Ex. 20: 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.
1 Ch. 29: 11 Thine is the kingdom, 0 LORD, and thou art
exalted as head above all.
Mat. 4: 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and
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GOD'S PREROGATIVES.                242
To Regenerate or not.
him only shalt thou serve.-22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and
great commandment. [See 280.]
242. God's right to regenerate, or not —to give or withhold success to
means -and to form, turn and control the hearts of men.
Dt. 29: 4 The LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive,
and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
1 S. 26: 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king
hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee
up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the
children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have
driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the
LORD, saying, Go serve other gods.
Ps. 33: 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon
all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts
alike; he considereth all their works.
Is. 45: 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let
the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.' Shall the
clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy
work, He hath no hands?
Mlat. 13: 10 The disciples came, and said unto him, Why
speakest thou unto them in parables?  11 He answered ari
said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. -
20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine
own? is thlne eye evil because I am good?  16 So the last
shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few
chosen.
Rom. 9: 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest
against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed
it, Why hast thou made me thus?  21 Hath not the potter
power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto
honor, and another unto dishonor?  22 What if God, willing
to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured
with much lonrg-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his
glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared
unto glory.
2 Tim. 2: 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose
themselves: if God peradventure will give them repentance to
the acknowledging of the truth.
[See 234, 264, 435.]
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243, 244         GOD'S PREROGATIVES.
To try us by Tempters - To require Human Life.
243. God's right to try us by tempters, temptations, and stumbling-blocks.
Dt. 13: 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer
of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign
or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying,
Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let
us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of
that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your
God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul.
1 K. 22: 20 The LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that
he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?  And one said on
this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there
came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will
persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade
him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Behold, the
LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy
prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
Job 2: 6 The LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine
hand; but save his life. 7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole
of his foot unto his crown.
Jer. 6: 21 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together
shall fall upon them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
Ezk. 3: 20 When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block
before him, he shall die.
Mat. 4: 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
1 Cor. 11: 19 There must be also heresies among you, that
they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
244. Gods right to require human life at his pleasure.
Gen 22: 2 He said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and
offer him there as a burnt-offering.
Dt. 20: 16 Of the cities of these people which the LORD thy
God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive
nothing that breatheth: 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them,
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the
Perizzites, the Ilivites, and the Jebusites, as the LORD thy God
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GOD'S PREROGATIVES.           245-248
To appoint Rulers - to visit Iniquity - to use Men- to Vindicate.
hath commanded thee: 18 That they teach you not to do after
all their abominations which they have done unto their gods;
so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
1 S. 15: 3 Go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that
they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman,
infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
245. God's right to appoint rulers and statutes in judgment.
1 K. 19: 15 The LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way
to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint
Hazael to be king over Syria.
2 K. 8: 12 Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord?  And he
answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the
children of Israel.
Ezk. 20: 24 Because they had not executed my judgments,
but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my Sabbaths,
and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 25 Wherefore
I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments
whereby they should not live; 26 And I polluted them in their
own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that
openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end
that they might know that I am the LORD.
Dan. 4: 17 The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men,
and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it thl
basest of men.
Hos. 13: 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him
away in my wrath.
246. God's right to visit the iniquity of fathers upon children, etc.
Ex. 20: 5 I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me: 6 And shewing mercy
unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. [See 497.]
247. God's right to use men instrumentally.
1 Ch. 6: 15 Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD
carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of. Nebuchadnezzar. [See 265.]
248. God's right to vindicate himself and servants.
Dt. 32: 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense.
[See 558.]
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249-252             GOD'S PURPOSES.
Perfect- Immutable - Universal - include evils.
PURPOSES OF GOD.
246. God has a perfect plan of operations.
Dt. 32: 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect.
Ec. 3: 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be
for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from
it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
[See 304.]
250. The purposes of God eternal and immutable.
Ps. 33: 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the
thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Pr. 19: 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Is. 14: 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as
I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and -as I have purposed, so shall it stand. 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched
out, and who shall turn it back?  46: 9 I am God, and there
is none else; Iam God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things
that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will
lo all my pleasure.
Ep. 3: 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. [See 217.]
251. The purposes of God universal and particular.
Job 14: 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his
months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he
cannot pass.
Is. 14: 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the
whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon
all the nations.
Ac. 17: 26 Hath made of one blood all nations of men for
to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the
times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.
Ep. 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance,
being predestinated according to the purpose of him  who
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. See [307.]
252. Purposes of God include natural and moral evil.
Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified and slain.- 4: 27 Of a truth against thy
holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and
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GOD'S PURPOSES.             253, 254
National Election-Individual Election.
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel,
were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand
and thy counsel determined before to be done. -13: 29 When
they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him
down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
1 Pet. 2:8 A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to
them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto
also they were appointed.
Jude 4 There are certain men crept in unawares, who were
before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men,
turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying
the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev. 17: 17 God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will,
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until
the words of God shall be fulfilled. [See 3, 264-7.]
253. National eection.
Dt. 4: 20 The LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth
out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a
people of inheritance, as ye are this day. —7: 6 Thou art an
holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
chosen thee to.be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. - 32: 9 The LORD'S
portion is his people; Jocob is the lot of his inheritance. 10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the
apple of his eye.
Ps. 33: 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD;
and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Is. 45: 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect,
I have even called thee by thy name.
Rom. 3: 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what
profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly,
because unto them  were committed the oracles of God. -
9: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and
the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and
the service of God, and the promises.
254. Individual election.
Mat. 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for
many be called, but few chosen. —24: 22 For the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened.
Jn. 13: 18 I speak not of you all; I know whom I have
chosen.- 15: 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,
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254                 GOD'S PURPOSES.
Individual Election.
and that your fruit should remain. 19 If ye were of the world,
the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the
world hateth you.
Ac. 13: 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad,
and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were
ordained to eternal life, believed.
Rom. 8: 28 We know that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are called according to his
purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might
be the first-born among many brethren. - 9:10 Not only this;
but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our
father Isaac. 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither
having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that
calleth;) 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the
younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau
have I hated. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses:
I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will halve
compassion on whom I will have compassion. -11: 5 Even so
then at this present time also there is a remnant according to
the election of grace. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained
that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it,
and the rest were blinded.
Ep. 1: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before
the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before him  in love: 5 Having predestinated
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself;
according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of
the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in
the Beloved. 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.
1 Th. 1: 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
- 5: 9 God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Th. 2: 13 We are bound to give thinks always to God for
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the
beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of
the Spirit, and belief of the truth.
1 Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. [See 234, 242, 584.]
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GOD'S PURPOSES.           255 -257
Election before faith- Vessels of Wrath - Means and Ends.
255. Election previous to faith.
Ep. 1: 2 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love.
Rev. 17:8 The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:
and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose names
were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world,) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and
yet is.
256. Purposes respecting the " vessels of wrath" -reprobation.
Ex. 9: 16 In very deed for this cause have I raised thee
up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be
declared throughout all the earth.
Pr. 16: 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea
even the wicked for the day of evil.
Mk. 4: 11 He said unto them, Unto you it is given to know
the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are
without, all these things are done in parables: 12 That seeing
they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted,
and their sins should be forgiven them.
Rom. 9: 17 The Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this
same purpose have I raised the up, that I might shew my
power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath,
and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he
might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.
2 Cor. 13: 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in thefaith;
prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 6 But
I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
2 Pet. 2:12 These, as natural brute beasts, made to be
taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption.
[See 252, 260, 267, 435, 436, 560.]
257. God's purposes include means and ends.
Ac. 27: 22-Now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for
there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the
ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God,
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258, 259     GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
Nature and efficacy of.
whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul;
thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath given
thee all them that sail with thee. 30 And as thelshipmen were
about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat
into the sea, under color as though they would have cast
anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion, and
to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be
saved.
2 Th. 2: 13 We are bound to give thanks always to God for
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the
beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the
Spirit, and belief of the truth.
I Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. [See 17, (3).]
258. God's purposes encourage the use of means.
Dan. 9: 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by
books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD
came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my
face unto the Lord GOD, to seek by prayer and supplications,
with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Ac. 18: 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a
vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee, to hurt thee:
for I have much people in this city. 11 And he continued
there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among
them. [See 431.]
PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY OF GOD.
259. Nature and efficacy of Gods providence.
Gen. 1: 3 God said, Let there be light: and there was
light.
Ps. 29: 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of
the LORD is full of majesty.  5 The voice of the LORD
breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of
Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon
and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the LORD
divideth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the LORD shaketh
the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve. -33: 6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the
host of them by the breath of his mouth. 8 Let all the earth
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GOD'S PROVIDENCE- OR AGENCY.            260
Particularity and extent of.
fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in
awe of him. 9 He spake and it was done; he commanded,
and it stood fast. - 66: 7 He ruleth by his power for ever;
his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt
themselves.
Heb. 11: 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word of God, so that things which are
seen were not made of things which do appear. [See 218.]
260. Particularity and extent of GCods providence.
1 Ch. 29: 12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou
reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and
in thine hand it is to make greats and to give strength unto
all.
Ps. 135: 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in
heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 7 He
causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he
maketh lightnings for the rain: he bringeth the wind out of his
treasuries. - 147: 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who
prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon
the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the
young ravens which cry. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth
snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 17 He
casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his
cold?  18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Pr. 16: 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Is. 26: 12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also
hastwrought all our works in us. -45: 7 I form the light, and
create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD
do all these things.
Jer. 10: 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude
of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend
from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain,
and bringeth forth the wind o4u of his treasures.
Am. 3: 6 Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not
done it?
Mat. 10: 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and
one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
80 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Rom. 11: 36 For of him, and through him, and to him are
all things: to whom be glory for ever.
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261, 262    GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
Provision for all - Dependance of creatures,
1 Cor. 12: 6 There are diversities of operations, but it is the
same God, which worketh all in all.
Ep. 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance,
being predestinated according to the purpose of him  who
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.
Ph. 2: 13 It is God which vorketh in you both to will and
to do of his good pleasure.
Heb. 13: 20 The God of peace, that brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in
every good work, to do his will, working in you that which is
well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be
glory for ever and ever. [gee 3, 264-7.]
261. Providence supplies temporal wants.
Ps. 104: 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and
herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out
of the earth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and
seek their meat from God. 27 These wait all upon thee; that
thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 28 That thou
givest them, they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are
filled with good.
Mat. 5: 45 He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.- 6: 26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth
them. 28 And why take ye thought for raiment?  Consider
the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do
they spin; 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of thefield, which to-day is, and
to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, 0 ye of little faith?
262. All creatures dependant upon God's providence.
Job. 12: 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind. [Dan. 5: 23.]
Ps. 22: 29 None can keep alive his own soul. - 87: 7 All
my springs are in thee.
Jer. 10: 23 0 LORD, I know that the way of man is not in
himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. —
18: 6 Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in
my hand, O house of Israel.
Jn. 15: 5 Without me ye can do nothing.
Ac. 17: 26 Hath made of one blood all nations of men
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GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.    263, 264
Preserves creatures- Controls the Ieart.
for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel
after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one
of us: 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being;
as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also
his offspring.
2 Cor. 3: 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think
any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.
263. All-creatures preserved by God's providence.
Neh. 9: 6 Thou, eve?; thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth,
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein,
and thou preservest them all.
Job. 7: 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou
Preserver of men? —10: 12 Thy visitation hath preserved
my spirit.  34: 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather
unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish
together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Ps. 36: 6 0 Lord, thou preservest man and beast. - 63: 8
Thy right hand upholdeth me.-66: 8 0 bless our God, ye
people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
- 121: 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall
preserve thy soul.
Pr. 24: 12 He that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?
Heb. 1: 3 Upholding all things by the word of his power.
264. God forms, turns and governs the heart.
1 Ch. 5: 26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul
king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of
Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
2 Ch. 18: 31 They compassed about him  to fight: but
Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God
moved them to depart from him.
Ezra 6: 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven
days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and
turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen
their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of
Israel. -7: 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which
hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the
house of the LoRD which is in Jerusalem.
Pr. 16: 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the
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265         GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
Employs men instrumentally.
answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.-21: 1 The
king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Is. 64: 8 Now, 0 LORD, thou art our Father; we are the
clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy
hand.
Zec. 12: 1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel,
saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth
the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man
within him.
Ac. 16: 14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us:
whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things
which were spoken of Paul. [See 242 — 6.]
265. God employs men as his instruments.
2 S. 7: 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If
he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men,
and with the stripes of the children of men.
2 K. 5: 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of
Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because
by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria.
1 Ch. 6: 15 Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD
carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
Job 1: 15 The Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away.
17 The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the
camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword. 21 The Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Ps. 17: 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down:
deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: 14 From
men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world,
whicA have their portion in this life.
Is. 10: 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff
in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against
a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will
I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and
to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit
he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in
his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the LORD hath performed
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will
punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and
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In controlling popular favor.
the glory of his high looks. 15 Shall the axe boast itself
against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify
itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake
itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift
up itself, as if it were no wood —13: 5 They come from a far
country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the
weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.-37: 7
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall
by the sword in his own land.
Jer. 27: 8 It shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom
which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of
the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD,
with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence,
until I have consumed them by his hand.-50: 9 For lo, I
will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly
of great nations from the north country: and they shall set
themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be
taken.
Ezk. 25: 14 I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the
hand of my people Israel.
Hab. 1: 6 For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the
land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. 12 0
Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment: and, O mighty
God, thou hast established them for correction. [See 278.]
266. Gods control of popular favor and frowns.
Gen. 39: 21 The LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him
mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the
prison.
Ex. 3: 21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the
Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, then, when ye go, ye
shall not go empty.
Ps. 75: 6 Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from
the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he
putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Dan. 1: 9 God had brought Daniel into favor and tender
love with the prince of the eunuchs.
Ac. 7: 9 The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into
Egypt: but God was with him, 10 And delivered him out of
all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight
of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over
Egypt, and all his house.
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267         GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
In Moral Evils and Delusions.
267. God's providence in moral evils and delusions.
Ex. 7: 3 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my
signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.-9: 12 The Lord
hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened -not unto
them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses. —10: 1 The Lord
said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened
his heart, and the heart of his servants; that I might shew
these my signs before him. —14: 8 The Lord hardened the
heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the
children of Israel. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts
of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get
me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host.
Dt. 2: 30 Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by
him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his
heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thine hand, as
appeareth this day.
Jos. 11: 19 There was not a city that made peace with the
children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon:
all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of the LORD to
harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in
battle, that he might destroy them.
Jud. 7: 22 The Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host.
2 S. 24: 1 Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number
Israel and Judah.
1 K. 22: 23 Behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of all these thy prophets.
Job 17: 4 Thou hast hid their heart from understanding;
therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Ps. 28: 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the
workers of iniquity. —105: 25 He turned their heart to hate
his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.-119: 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
-141: 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise
wicked works with men that work iniquity.
Is. 19: 14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the
midst thereof.- 29: 10 The Lord hath poured out upon you
the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.-44: 18 They
have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes,
that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.-45: 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make
peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.  63: 17
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Brings Good out of Evil.
O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and
hardened our heart from thy fear?
Ezk. 14: 9 If the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken
a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will
stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the
midst of my people Israel.
Zec. 8: 10 Before these days there was no hire for man, nor
any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that
went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men
every one against his neighbor.
Lk. 10: 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou
hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed
good in thy sight.
Jn. 12: 39 They could not believe, because that Esaias
said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened
their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal
tiem. 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory,
and spake of him.
Rom. 9: 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have
mercy, and wholn he will he hardeneth. —11: 7 What then?
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the
election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 (Accoring as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of
slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they
should not hear;) unto this day.
2 Thes. 2: 10 They received not the love of the truth, that
they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
Rev. 17: 17 God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will,
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the
words of God shall be fulfilled. [See 252, 256, 435.] -
268. God brings good out of evil- or sin the occasion of good.
Gen. 45: 5 Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that
ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve
life.
Ex. 9: 16 In very deed for this cause have I raised thee up,
for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. —10: 1 The LORD said unto
Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart,
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269         GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
Not the author of confusion.
and the heart of his servants; that I might shew these my
signs before him: 2 And that thou mayest 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.
Ps. 76: 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the
remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Mat. 18: 7 Wo unto the world because of'offences! for it
must needs be that offences come; but wo to that man by
whom the offence cometh!
Rom. 3: 5 If our unrighteousness commend the righteousness.of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who
taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man,)  6 God forbid: for
then how shall God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of
God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why
yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8 And not rather (as we
be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say) Let
us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. —
5: 20 Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
-6: 17 God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin; it
ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which
was delivered you.-8: 28 We know that all things work togetherfor good, to them that love God.
1 Cor. 11: 19 There must be also heresies among-you, that
they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
[See 277.]
269. God, not the actor, or instigator of sin.
Jer. 7: 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and
swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other
gods whom ye know not;  10 And come and stand before me
in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are
delivered to do all these abominations?
I Cor. 14: 33 God is not the author of confusion, but of
peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Jam. 1: 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when
he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then, when
lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is
finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved
brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom
is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.-3: 14 If ye
have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie
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Different motives.
not against the truth.  15 This wisdom descendeth not from
above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying
and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But
the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
1 Jn. 2: 16 All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,
but is of the world.
270. God and mankind often have different motives in effecting the same
events.
Gen. 45: 4 Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me,
I pray you: and they came near: and he said, I am Joseph
your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be
not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither:
for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these
two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are
fine years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.-50: 19 Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in
the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against
me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this
day, to save much people alive.
Is. 10: 5 0 Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in
their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a
hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I
give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and
to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit
he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in
his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will
punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and
the glory of his high looks.
Mk. 15: 9 Pilate answered them saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 10 (For he knew that
the chief priests had delivered him for envy.)
Jn. 3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified and slain.
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271         GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
Freedom and activity under.
271. Freedom and activity, under the providence of God.
Ex. 8: 32 Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time. also,
neither would he let the people go. —9: 27 And Pharaoh sent
and 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.  10: 16 Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in
haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God,
and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my
sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God that he may
take away from me this death only.
Dt. 30: 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against
you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and
cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed
may live.
Jos. 24: 15 If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose
you this day whom ye will serve.
2 S. 24: 1 Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number
Israel and Judah. 10 And David's heart smote him after that
he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD,
I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech
thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I
have done very foolishly.
Pr. 1: 29 They hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear
of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they
despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the
fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.16: 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth
his steps.-23: 26 My son, give me thy heart.
Song 1: 4 Draw me, we will run after thee.
Is. 66: 3 Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their
soul delighteth in their abominations.
Hos. 13: 9 0 Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself.
Mat. 13: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed.18: 7 Wo unto the world because of offences! for it must
needs be that offences come; but wo to that man by whom the
offence cometh!
Lk. 22: 22 Truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined: but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
Jn. 5: 40 Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Ac. 4: 27 Of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the
Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
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GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.    272, 273
Objections - Objectors reproved.
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined
before to be done.
Rom. 2: 15 (Which shew the work of the law written in
their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their
thoughts the meanwhile acclsing, or else excusing one another.)
Ph. 2: 12 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and
to do of his good pleasure. [See 128,329, 073, 556, 600-1.]
272. Objections against God's providential government.
Ezk. 33: 20 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal.
O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his
ways.
Mat. 25: 24 Then he which had received the one talent
came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man,
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou
hast not strewed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy
talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Rom. 3: 7 If the truth of God hath more abounded through
my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8 And not rather (as we be slanderously reported, and as some
affirm that we say) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose
damnation is just.- 9: 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth
he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will?  20 Nay,
but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the
thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made
me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the
same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto
dishonor? [See 373, 695, 706.]
273. Objectors against Providence reproved.
Job 40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty
instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Is. 45: 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let
the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the
clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy
work, He hath no hands?  10 Wo unto him that saith to his
father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou
brought forth?
Mat. 20: 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with
mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
Lk. 19: 27 Those mine enemies, which would not that I
should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Rom. 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against
God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why
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274, 275    GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
Wonderful; and incomprehensible.
hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over
the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and
another unto dishonor?
274. The works and ways of Providence wonderful.
Ex. 15: 11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?
who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders?
Dt. 4: 32 Ask now of the days that are past, which were
before thee, 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? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and
live? 34 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 terrors, according to all that
the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Job 5: 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I
commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number.
Ps. 77: 11. I will remember the works of the LORD: surely
I 41il remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also
of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God,
is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God! 14
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy
strength among the people.
Dan. 4: 3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are
his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his
dominion is from generation to generation.
275. The Providence of God incomprehensible.
Ps. 36: 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains;
thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man
and beast. —77: 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in
the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.- 97: 2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and
judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Pr. 25: 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Ec. 3: 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time:
also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can
find out the work that God maketh from thebeginning to the end.
Rom. 11: 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
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GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.             276
His Revelations make men know Iim.
and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments,
and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord? or who hath'been his counsellor? 35 Or
who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto
him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him are
all things: to whom be glory for ever. [See 214, 222.]
276. Revelations and wonders of Providence make men know the Lord.
Ex. 8: 22 I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in
which my people dwell, that no swarms offlies shall be there;
to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst
of the earth. -9: 16 In very deed for this cause have I raised
thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may
be declared throughout all the earth.
Dt. 4: 34 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 terrors, according to all that
the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the
LORD he is God: there is none else beside him. 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. 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after
them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power
out of Egypt; 38 To drive out nations from  before thee,
greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee
their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 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.
Jos. 4: 23 The LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD
your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before
us, until we were gone over: 24. 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.
1 K. 18: 37 Hear me, 0 LORD, hear me, that this people
may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast
turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the LORD
fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the
stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and
they said, The LORD he is the God.the LORD, he is the God.
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277, 278    GOD'S PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY.
Will glorify him -is desirable, et3.
Ezk. 25: 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand
upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen;
and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee
to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou
shalt know that I am the LORD.
Dan. 4: 25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with
the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till
thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men,
and giveth it to whomsoever he will. [See 4, 207, 570.]
277. God will be glorified by all his works - Satan defeated.
Num. 14: 20 The LORD said, I have pardoned according to
thy word: 21 Butas truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled
with the glory of the LORD.
Ps. 46: 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be
exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. -
86: 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship
before thee, O LORD; and shall glorify thy name.-104:31 The
glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall
rejoice in his works.-145: 10 All thy works shall praise
thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. 11 They shall
speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and
the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Lk. 10: 18 He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
1 Jn. 3: 8 For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that he might destroy the works of the devil.
[See 209, 268, 587.]
278. The providential government of God desirable, and afoundation for
hope, joy, and submission.
1 S. 3: 18 It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.
2 S. 16:10 The king said, What have I to do with you, ye
sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath
said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore
hast thou done so? 11 And David said to -Abishai, and to all
his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth from my bowels,
seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do
it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden
him.
Job 1: 15 The Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away;
yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword;
and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 21 The LORD gave,
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God the rightful Lawgiver.
and the Lorr hath taken away; blessed be the name of the
LORD. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Ps. 39: 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because
thou didst it. - 97: 1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
Is. 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the fee; of
him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that
bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that
saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Jn. 18; 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword
into-the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me,
shall I not drink it?  [See 296-9.]
279. The wisdom of studying and exhibiting the perfections, purposes, and
providential government of God.
Dt. 32: 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech
shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb,
and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish
the name of the LORD.
Ps. 36: 9 With thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall
we see light.
Jn. 17: 25 0 righteous Father, the world hath not known
thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou
hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name,
and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved
me, may be in them, and I in them.
2 Cor. 3: 18 We all, with open face, beholding as in a glass
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from
glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
[See 48, 51, 433, 458.]
LAW OF GOD.
280. God the supreme and rightful Lawgiver and Governor.
Ps. 22: 28 The kingdom is the LORD'S: and be is the governor among the nations. - 47: 2 The LORD Most High is
terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 7 For God is
the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne
of his holiness. -89: 18 The Lord is our defence; and the
Holy One of Israel is our King.-99: 1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims,
let the earth be moved. - 103: 19 The LORD hath prepared
his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. -
146: 10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion,
unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
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281                  GOD'S LAW.
The Decalogue.
Is. 33: 22 The LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our King; he will save us.
* Dan. 4: 34 At the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar
lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding
returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised
and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to
generation.
Rev. 19: 6 The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 16 And
he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING
OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
[See 241, 260, 744.]
281. Decalogue, or comprehensive precepts of the law of God.
Preface.
Ex. 20: 1 God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the
LORD thy God which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
First Commandment.
8 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Second Commandment.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands
of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Third Commandment.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in
vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his
name in vain.
Fourth Commandment.
8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days
shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh
day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not
do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day
and hallowed it.
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GOD'S LAW.'6 2
Promulgation of the Decalogue.
Fifth Commandment.
12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be
long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Sixth Commandment.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
seventh Commandzment.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Eighth Commandmnent.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
Ninth C7omrandment.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Tenth c.-mmandment.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt
not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his
maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy
neighbor's.
Eevetan C(ommanldment.
Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
282. Circumstances connected with the promulgation of the Decalogue:
Ex. 19: 10 The LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people,
and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash
their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for
the third day the LORD will come down in thl sight of all the
people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto
the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that
ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13
There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned
or shot through: whether it be beast or man, it shall not live:
when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to tht
mount.  16 It came to pass on the third day in the morning,
that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud
upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud;
so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And
Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with
God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the
LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof
ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount
quaked greatly.  19 And when the voice of the trumpet
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283                   GOD'S LAW.
The Iecalogue illustrated.
sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and
God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down
upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount; and the LORD
called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went
up. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge
the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze,
and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also which
come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD
break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto the LORD,
The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and
thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the
priests and the people break through, to come up unto the
LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went
down unto the people, and spake unto them.
Dt. 5: 22 These words the LORD spake unto all your
assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the
cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice; and he
added no more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye
heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the
mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even
all the heads of your tribes, and your elders. 24 And ye
said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory,
and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the
midst of the fire.
283. illustrations and summaries of the Decalogue.
Mat. 5: 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: 44 But I say
unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. 45 That ye may be the
children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain
on the just and on the unjust. 46 If ye love them which love
you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the
same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more
than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect-7: 12
All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye
even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.-22: 35
One of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great command198




GoD'S LAW.                284, 285
His regard for it - Perfection required.
ment in the law?  37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.
Rom. 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love another: for
he that loveth one another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this,
Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt
not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor:
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Gal. 5: 14 All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Jam. 2: 8 If ye fulfil the royal-law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: 9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall
keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of
all. [See 413, 414.]
284. God's regard for his law.
Is. 42: 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness'
sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.- 66: 2
To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Mat. 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be
called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall
do, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [See 42, 50.]
285 The law of God requires moral perfection.
Gen. 17: 1 I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and
be thou perfect.
Dt. 18: 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
1 K. 8'. 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments.
Pr. 23: 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in
the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Mat. 5: 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect. - 22: 37 Jesus said unto him,
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Is realsonable - Obedience a privilege.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and
great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
1 Cor. 10: 31 Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
2 Cor. 7: 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. - 13: 11 Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace.
Jam. 1: 4 Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
1 Pet. 1:15 As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye
holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written,
Be ye holy; for I am holy.
2 Pet. 3: 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the
coming of the day of God.
Jude 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God.
[See 501, 629.]
286. The law of God reasonable- obeying it perfectly our highest happiness
and privilege.
Dt. 6: 24 The LORD commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might
preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our
righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments
before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.-10: 12
Now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee but
to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love
him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thine heart and
with all thy soul. 13 To keep the commandments of the
LoRD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for
thy good?
Neh. 9: 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and
spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
Ps. 19: 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the
soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the
heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening
the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for
ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.  10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than
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Penalty of the Law.
much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them  is thy servant warned: and
in keeping of them there is great reward. - Ps. 33: 4 The
word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in
truth.-119: 86 All thy commandments are faithful.  128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be
right; and I hate every false way.  172 My tongue shall
speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Rom. 7: 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
1 Jn. 5: 3 His commandments are not grievous.
[See Promises in the Index, and 485, 630.]
287. Penalty of the law of God.
Gen. 2: 17 Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die.
Ezk. 18: 4 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. -33: 11 Say
unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure
in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his
way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why
will ye die, O house of Israel?
Mat. 25: 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared
for the devil and his angels.
Jn. 8: 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my
saying, he shall never see death.
Rom. 6: 23 The wages of sin is death: but the gift of God
is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gal. 3:10 As many as are of the works of the law, are
under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that
continueth not in all things which are written in the book of
the law to do them.  13 Christ hath redeemed us from the
durse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written,
Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.
Jam. 1: 15 Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Rev. 2: 11 He that overcometh, shall not be hurt of the
second death. [See 309, 560-3, 567.]
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288,289  GOD'S LAW —PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS.
Love to God -Love to God encouraged.
PRIMARY DUTIES TOWARDS GOD.
288. Love to God required.
Dt. 6: 5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. -1: 1
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and
his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always.
-30: 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good,
and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee this day to
love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his
commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou
mayest live and multiply.
Jos. 22: 5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment
and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged
you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to
serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul.
Pr. 23: 26 My son, give me thine heart.
Mat. 22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. [Mk.
12: 30, and Lk. 10: 27.]
Jude-21 Keep yourselves in the love of God.
[See 283, 601.]
289. Promises to those who love God.
Ex. 20: 6 Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love
me, and keep my commandments.
Dt. 7: 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God,
the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them
that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. -11: 13 It shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken
diligently unto my commandments which I command you this
day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all ypur
heart and with all your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain
of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain,
that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine
oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that
thou mayest eat and be full.
Ps. 91: 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore
will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath
known my name.- 145: 20 The LORD preserveth all them
that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Pr. 8: 17 I love them that love me: and those that seek me
early shall find me.
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GOD'S LAW — PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS.          290
Fear of God required.
Jn. 14: 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest
myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord,
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not
unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a
man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will
love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode
with him.
Rom. 8: 28 We know that all things work together for good,
to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose,
1 Cor. 2: 9 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
Jam. 1: 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for
when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the
Lord hath promised to them that love him. [See 302, 630.]
290. The fear of God required.
Dt. 6: 24 The LORD commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might
preserve us alive, as it is at this day.- 10: 12 Now, Israel,
what doth the LORD thy God require of thee but to fear the
LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and
to serve the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all
thy soul. 20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt
thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his
nathe.
Jos. 2.4: 14 Now therefore, fear the LORD, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth.
2 K. 17: 35 Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves
to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 But the
LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great
power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall
ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
Ps. 33: 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. -89: 7 God is greatly
to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in
reverence of all them that are about him.
Pr. 23: 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in
the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Ec. 12: 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole
duty of man.
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291      GOD'S LAW-PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS.
Fear of God encouraged.
Is. 8: 13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be
your fear, and let him be your dread.
Lk. 12: 5 I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him
which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea I
say unto you, Fear him.
291. Promises to those who fear God.
Job 28: 28 Unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD,
that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Ps. 25: 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him
shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul
shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he
will shew them his covenant.- 31: 19 Oh how great is thy
goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;
which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the
sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy
presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them' secretly
in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. - 33: 18 Behold, the
eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that
hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and
to keep them alive in famine.- 34: 7 The angel of the LORD
encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth
them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the
man that trusteth in him. 9 0 fear the LORD, ye his saints;
for there is no want to them that fear him.  103: 11 As the
heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward
them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like
as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that
fear him. —111: 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear
him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. 10 The fear
of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding
have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth
for ever. [Pr. 9: 10.] 145: 19 He will fulfil the desire of
them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save
them.- 147: 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear
him, in those that hope for mercy.
Pr. 14: 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence:
and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear
of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of
death.
Ec. 8: 12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and his
days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with
them that fear God, which fear before him.
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GOD'S LAW —PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS. 292,293
Trust in God required - encouraged.
Mal. 3: 16 They that feared the LORD spake often one to
another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it: and a book
of remembrance was written before him for them that feared
the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall
be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up
my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own
son that serveth him.- 4: 2 Unto you that fear my name, shall
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and
ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Lk. 1: 50. His mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation.
292. Trust and hope in God required.
Ps. 4: 5 Put your trust in the Lord. - 42: 5 Why art thou
cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his
countenance. - 62: 8 Trust in him at all times; ye people,
pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. -
115: 9 0 Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and
their shield. 10 0 house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is
their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust'
in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Pr. 3: 5 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart; and lean not
unto thine own understanding.
Is. 26: 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. -50: 10 Who is among
you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him
trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
[See 170, 352.]'293. Trust and hope in God encouraged-promises.
2 S. 22: 31 He is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
Ps. 2: 12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. -
17: 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest
by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those
that rise up cagainst them. — 28: 7 The LORD is my strength,
and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped:
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth: and with my song will I
praise him. -31: 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou
hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought
for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 20 Thou
shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of
man: thou shalt keep them.secretly in a pavilion from the
strife of tongues. 24 Be of good courage, and  he shall
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294      GOD'S LAW —-PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS.
Trust in God exemplified.
strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. -32: 10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in
the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.  34: 8 0 taste
and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth
in him. 22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants:
and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.- 37: 3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the
land, and verily thou shalt be fed. -38: 15 In thee O LORD,
do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God. -40: 4 Blessed
is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not
the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.- 112: 6 Surely he
shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings:
his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. 8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his
enemies. - 118: 8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
confidence in princes. — 125: 1 They that trust in the LORD
shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth
for ever.- 146: 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for
his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God.
Pr. 18: 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the
righteous runneth into it, and is safe.- 28: 25 He that putteth
his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. -29: 25 The fear of
man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord
shall be safe.- 30: 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a
shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Is. 26: 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. -57: 13 He that
putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit
my holy mountain.
Jer. 17: 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and
whose hope the LORD is. 8 He shall be as a tree planted
by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river,
and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green;
and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall
cease from yielding fruit.
294. Examples of trust and hope in God.
1 S. 17: 37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered
me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
2 K. 18: 5 He [Hezekiah] trusted in the LORD God of
Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the
kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 6 For he
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GOD'S LAW   PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS.  295, 296
Obedience and Worship required - Joy in God required.
clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but
kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
7 And the LORD was with him: and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
Ps. 7: 1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save
me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. - 56: 4
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I
will not fear what flesh can do unto me.- 71: 5 For thou art
my hope, O Lord Goo: thou art my trust from my youth.
Dan. 3: 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to
answer thee in this matter. 17 If i be so, our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and
he will deliver us out of thine hand, 0 king. 18 But if not,
be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods,
nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
[See 659.]
295. Obedience, homage, and supreme devotion to God required.
Dt. 13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear
him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye
shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Ps. 95: 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us
kneel before the LORD our maker. 7 For he is our God; and
we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
To-day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as
in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the
wilderness. —96:9 0 worship the LORD in the beauty of
holiness: fear before him, all the earth.- 99: 5 Exalt ye
the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is
holy.
Ec. 12: 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole
duty of man.
Rom. 12: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptableinto God, which is your reasonable service.
Col. 3: 23 Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord,
and not unto men; 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall
receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord
Christ. [See 285, 288, 290, 661, 744-5.]
296. Joy in God'required.
1 Ch. 16: 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
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Joy in God. - Examples.
rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
Ps. 5: 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let
them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. -32: 11 Be glad
in the LORD, and rejoice ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye
that are upright in heart. -33: 1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye
righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. - 37: 4 Delight
thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.- 40: 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice
and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, the LORD be magnified. - 68: 3 Let the righteous be
glad: let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly
rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol
him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and
rejoice before him. - 97: 1 The LORD reigneth: let the earth
rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds
and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment
are the habitation of his throne. - 149: 2 Let Israel rejoice in
him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their
King.
Is. 41: 16 Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in
the Holy One of Israel.
Ph. 3: 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. —4: 4
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
[See 52.]
297. Examples of joy in God.
1 S. 2: 1 Hannah prayed, and said, My heart- rejoiceth
in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in thi LORD; my mouth
is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy
salvation.
Neh. 8: 10 He said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat,
and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom
nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD:
neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Hab. 3: 17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither
shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and
the field shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the
fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will
rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord GOD is my strength, and he will make my feet
like hinds'.feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high
places.
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GOD'S LAW —PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS. 298, 299
Submission to God and his Law required and exemplified.
1 Pet. 1: 8 Whom  having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable, and full of glory.
298. Submission to God required - rebellion forbidden.
Lev. 26: 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled,
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also
my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham
will I remember; and I will remember the land. 43 The land
also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while
she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the
punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they
despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my
statutes.
Dt. 27: 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of
this law to do them: and all the people shall say, Amen.
Is. 45: 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Mat. 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
Jam. 4: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.
[See 278, 536.]
299. Submission unconditional to God, exemplified.
Lev. 10: -1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took
either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense
thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he
commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the
LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
3 Moses said unto Aaron, This it is that the LORD spake,
saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me,
and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held
his peace.
1 S. 3: 14 Therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli,
that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 18 And Samuel told him every
whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD:
let him do what seemeth him good.
2 S. 15: 25 The king [David] said unto Zadok, Carry
back the ark of God into the city: If I shall find favor in the
eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it,
and his habitation: 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight
in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good
unto him.
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800      GOD'S LAW — PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS.
Honoring God required.
Job 1: 19 Behold, there came a great wind from  the
wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell
upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am
escaped alone to tell thee. 20 Then Job arose, and rent his
mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground,
and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my
mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: The LORD
gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of
the LORD.
Ps. 39: 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou
didst it.
Mat. 26: 39 He went a little further and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let\this cup
pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Lk. 15: 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before
thee. 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make
me as one of thy hired servants. - 23: 40 The other answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou
art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed, justly;
for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath
done nothing amiss.
Ac. 21: 14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased,
saying, The will of the Lord be done.
Rev. 19: 1 After these things I heard a great voice of much
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia: Salvation, arid glory, and
honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and
righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And
again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever
and ever. [See 356, 414, 674.]
300. Honoring and glorifying God required and exemplified.
1 Ch. 16: 28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the LORD glory and strength. 29 Give unto the
LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and
come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Job 36: 24 Remember that thou magnify his work which
men behold.
Ps. 115: 1 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy
name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Pr. 3: 9 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the
first-fruits of all thine increase.
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God displeased, when we do not honor him.
Jer 13: 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he
cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark
mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the
shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Mal. 1: 6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honor? and if I be a
master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you,
O priests, that despise my name.
Jn. 5: 22 The Father judgeth no man; but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honor
the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth
not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him.8: 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honor my
Father, and ve do dishonor me.
1 Cor. 6: 20 Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.- 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all
to the glory of God.
1 Tim. 1: 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever.
Rev. 4: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and
honor, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created. [See 538.]
301. God displeased with those who will not honor and glorify him.
1 S. 2: 30 Them that honor me I will honor, and they that
despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Dan. 5: 23 The God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose
are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was the
part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE,
TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Mal. 2: 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to
heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I
will even send a curse upon you,'and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay
it to heart.'Ac. 12: 23 Immediately the angel of the Lord smote him,
because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of
worms, and gave up the ghost.
Rom. 1: 21 When they knew God, they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 24 God also gave
them up to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts,
to dishonor their own bodies between themselves. [See 230.]
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Promises to the obedient.
GOD'S MORAL GOVERNMENT.
302. Promises of temporal good and eternal life to the obedient.
Ex. 20: 6 Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love
me, and keep my commandments.
Lev. 18: 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my
judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am
the LORD.
Dt. 32: 46 He said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the
words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall
command your children to observe to do, all the words of this
law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you: because it is your
life.
Neh. 9: 29 And testified against them, that thou mightest
bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and
hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy
judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them.)
Ps. 19: 11 Moreover, by them is thy servant warned, and in
keeping of them there is great reward.- 25: 10 All the paths
of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.- 103: 17 The mercy of the LORD is
from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and
his righteousness unto children's children; 18 To such as
keep his covenant, and to those that. remember his commandments to do them.
Pr. 3: 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart
keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life,
and peace shall they add to thee.
Is. 1: 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good
of the land.  20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be
devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken it.
Ezk. 18: 5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful
and right, 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my
judgments, to deal truly4; he is just, he shall surely live, saith
the LORD GOD.-20: 13 The house of Israel rebelled against
me in the wilderness; they walked not in my statutes, and they
despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live
in them.
Mat. 7: 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the
will of my Father which is in heaven. 24 Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken
him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25
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Punishment of the disobedient - Origia of the Gospel.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was
founded upon a rock. —19: 17 He said unto him, Why callest
thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if
thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Lk. 10: 27 He answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do,
and thou shalt live.
Jn. 12: 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me, and
where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve
me, him will my Father honor.
Rom. 10: 5 Moses describeth the righteousness which is of
the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by
them.
1 Tim. 4: 8 Godliness is profitable unto all things, having
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Rev. 22: 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the city. [See 485, 602, 630.]
303. Threats of present and future evils to the disobedient.
Ps. 34: 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do
evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Is. 1: 20 If ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with
the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Rom. 2: 7 To them  who by patient continuance in welldoing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life:
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the
truth, but obey unrighteousness: indignation and wrath, 9
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth
evil; of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile. 10 But glory,
honor, and peace, to every man that worketh good; to the Jew
first, and also to the Gentile.
1 Cor. 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? [See 486, 561-7, 733.]
GOSPEL, OR PLAN OF REDEMPTION.
304. Its origin in God's eternal purpose.
Ep. 1: 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
heavnenly  larers in  Christ:  4 According as he hath chosen us
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305, 306   GOSPEL, OR PLAN OF REDEMPTION.
Is of grace - its terms.
in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before him in love.-3: 11 According
to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
1 Pet. 1: 19 With the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest
in these last times for you. [See 249-251.j
305. Gospel a scheme of grace.
Ac. 20: 24 None of these things move me, neither count I
my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with
joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus,
to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Rom. 5: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so
might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by
Jesus Christ our Lord. [See 586.]
306. Its terms, as distinguished from those of the law.
Mk. 16: 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that beiieveth not,
shall be damned.
Ac. 2: 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost.
2 Cor. 5: 18 All things are of God, who hath reconciled us
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry
of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's
stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Gad. 3:10 As many as are of the works of the law, are
under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that
continueth not in all things which are written in the book of
the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the
law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live
by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that
doeth them shall live in them.
Col. 1: 20 Having made peace through the blood of his
cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, Isay,
whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21 And
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All-comprehensive - requires perfection - Penalty of.
you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind
by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. [See 183, 606.]
307. Plan of the gospel, all-eompreliensse.
Ep. 1: 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his
will, according to his good pleasure, whichr he hath purposed
in himself:  10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of
times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both
which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all
things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should
be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.3: 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this
grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what
is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of
the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by
Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities
and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church
the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12 In whom
we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of
him. [See 251.]
308. The gospel requires as high moral perfection as the law.
Mat. 5: 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
Roih. 6: 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not
under the law, but under grace?  God forbid. [See 285,501.]
309. Fearful penalty of the gospl for resisting its light.
Mat. 7: 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.11: 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
his mighty works were done, because they repented not. 21
Wo unto thee, Chorazin! wo unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the
mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre
and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth
and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 23
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt
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310               GOVERNMENT CIVIL.
Civil government of God.
be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have
been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you, That it shall
be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for thee.- 12: 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise
in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, a
greater than Jonas is here. [Lk. 11: 31, 32.]
Lk. 12: 47 That servant which knew his lord's will, and
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be
beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did
commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few
stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be
much required; and to whom men have committed much, of
him they will ask the more.
Jn. 3: 19 This is the condemnation, that light is come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil.
Heb. 10: 26 If we sin wilfully after that we have received
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice
for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He
that despised Moses' law, died without mercy under two or
three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose
ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot
the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done
despite unto the Spirit of grace? LSee 161, 348.]
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
310. Divine authority for civil government.
Ex. 18: 25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and
made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they
judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought
unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Num. 11: 11 And Moses said unto the LoRD, Wherefore
hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found
favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people
upon me? 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto
me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to
be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring
them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may
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Expediency of.
stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk
with thee there; and I will take of the spirit which is upon
thee, and will put it upon them: and they shall bear the burden
of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
[Dt. 1: 9-18.]
Num. 27: 15 Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 16 Let
the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over
the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and
which may go in before them, and which may lead them out,
and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the
LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 And the
LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a
man in whom is'the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 19
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou
shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
Dt. 16: 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all
thy gates; which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout
thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not
respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the
eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Pr. 8: 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence. 15 By me kings
reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and
nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
Ac. 13: 20 After that, he gave unto them judges, about the
space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
Rom. 13: 3 Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the
evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that
which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For
he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do
that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in
vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath
upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subs
ject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 6 For,
for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers,
attending continually upon this very thing.
311. Expediency of civil government with penalties.
Dt. 13: 10 Thou shalt stone him with stones that he die;
because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy
God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the
house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and
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812, 313          GOVERNMENT CIVIL.
Qualifications and duties of rulers.
19: 18 The judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold,
if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely
against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had
thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the
evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall
hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such
evil among you.
2 Ch. 9: 8 Blessed he the LORD thy God, which delighted
in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy
God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever,
therefore made he thee [Solomon} king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Pr. 20: 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment,
scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked and bringeth the wheel over them.
Is. 1: 26 I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy
counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called,
The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
1 Tim. 1: 8 We know that the law is good, if a man use it
lawfully; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the
ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers
of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind,
for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be
any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine.
Pr. 26: 3, and 20: 30. [See 494.]
312. Qualifications of civil rulers.
Ex. 18: 21 Thou shalt provide out of all the people, able
men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and
place such over them to be rulers.
Dt. 1: 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known
among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known,
and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and
captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains
over tens, and officers among your tribes.
2 S. 23: 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake
to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear
of God.
313. Duties of civil rulers.
Dt. 1: 16 I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear
the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between
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Duties of Rulers.
every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear
the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the
face of man; for the judgment is God's. [Dt. 16: 19.]
17: 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee whom
the LORD thy God shall choose. 18 And it shall be when
he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall
write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which
is before the priests and Levites.  19 And it shall be
with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life:
that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the
words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his
heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not
aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left. -
19: 18 The judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold,
if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely
against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had
thought to have done unto his brother. -25: 1 If there be a
controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that
the judges may judge them: then they shall justify the righteous,
and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked
man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to
lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault.
Ps. 82: 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
persons of the wicked? 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do
justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and
needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Pr. 16: 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.- 20: 28
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden
by mercy.- 29: 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
his throne shall be established for ever.- 31: 4 It is not for
kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for
princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law,
and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Jer. 22: 2 Say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah,
that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants,
and thy people that enter in by these gates: 3 Thus saith the
LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver
the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong,
do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow,
neither shed innocent blood in this place. 15 Shalt thou
reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father
eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was
well with him?  16 He judged the cause of the poor and
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Duties of Subects.
needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me?
aaith the LORD.
Ezk. 45: 9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O
princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people,
saith the Lord GOD. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a
just ephah, and a just bath. -46: 18 The prince shall not take
of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of
their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of
his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man
from his possession.
314. Duties of subjects toward civil rulers.
Ex. 22: 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the
ruler of thy people. [Ac. 23: 4, 5.]
Dt. 17: 9 Thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and
unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and
they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou
shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place
which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt
observe to do according to all that they inform thee: 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee,
and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou
shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they
shall shew thee, to the right hand nor to the left.
Ec. 8: 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and
that in regard of the oath of God.
Mat. 17: 24 When they were come to Capernaum, they that
received tribute-money, came to Peter, and said. Doth not your
Master pay tribute? 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come
into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou,
Simon? of whom do the kings'of the earth take custom or
tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 26 Peter said
unto him, Of strangers. Jesus said unto him, Then are the
children free. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend
them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish
that first cometh up: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou
shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for
me and thee. —22: 20 He saith unto them, Whose is this
image, and superscription? 21 They say unto him, Cesar's.
Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar, the
things which are Cesar's; and unto God, the things that are
God's..
Rom. 13: 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that
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Civil Penalties.
be, are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth
the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that
resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for
conscience' sake. 6 For this cause pay ye tribute also: for
they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very
thing. 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom
tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear;
honor to whom honor.
1 Tim. 2: 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all
men: 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Saviour.
Tit. 3: 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good
work.
1 Pet. 2: 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for
the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that
do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well-doing
ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As
free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but
as the servants of God. 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
315. Civil penalties divinely appointed.
Gen. 9: 5 Surely your blood of your lives will I require: at
the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of
man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the
life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his
blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Ex. 21: 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be
surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but
God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a
place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt
take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15- And he that
smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 And he that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 And
he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to
death.
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Jewish Capital Offences.
Num. 35: 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall
be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness
shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31
Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to
death. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is
fled to the city of his refugethat he should come again to
dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye
shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood it defileth
the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that
is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34
Defile not, therefore, the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein
I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
Dt. 19: 18 Behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath
testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto
him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother. -25: 1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto
judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall
justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall
be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge
shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face,
according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes
he may give him, and not exceed; lest if he should exceed,
and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother
should seem vile unto thee.
Pr. 20: 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth
the wheel over them.- 28: 17 A man that doeth violence to
the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay
him.
Ac. 25: 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's judgmentseat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews I have done no
wrong, as thou very well knowest. 11 For if I be an offender,
or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to
die: but if there be none of these things whereof these
accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto
Cesar.
Rom. 13: 4 He is the minister of God to thee for good. But
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the
sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to
execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
316 Capital crimes under the Mosaic code.
1. AMurder.-Num. 35: 16 The murderer shall surely be put
to death.
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Penalty for opposing it.
2. Blasphemy. —Lev. 24: 16 He that blasphemeth the name
of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death.
3. Manstealing.- Ex. 21: 16 He that stealeth a man, and
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be
put to death. 1 Tim. 1: 9.
4. Idolatry. — Ex. 22: 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god,
save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. [Dt.
17: 2.] 
5. Enticement to Idolatry. - Dt. 13: 6 If' thy brother -
entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods:
9 Thou shalt surely kill him.
6. Adultery.-Lev. 20: 10 The adulterer and the adulteress
shall surely be put to death.
7. Sodomy and Uncleanness. — Lev. 20: 13 If a man also
lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death.
17-20.
8. Incest.  Lev. 20: 14 If a man take a wife and her
mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire.
[V. 21.]
9. Bestiality. —Lev. 20:15 If a man lie with t beast, he
shall surely be put to death. [16.]
10. Witchcraft. -Ex. 22: 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch
to live.
11. Smiting Parents. - Ex. 21: 15 He that smiteth his
father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. [See 54.}
12. Cursing Parents. -  Ex. 21: 17 He that curseth his
father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. [Lev. 20:9.]
13. Disobeying Parents. - Dt. 21: 20 This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton
and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone
him with stones, that he die.
14. Sabbath Profanation.-Ex. 35: 2 Whosoever doeth work
therein shall be put to death. [Num. 15: 32.]
15. Endangering Human Lif. - Ex. 21: 29 If the ox were
wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath
killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner
also shall be put to death.
317. Opposition to rightful government frequent- its penalty.
Num. 16: 3 They gathered themselves together against
Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too
much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every
one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then
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Wicked Rulers injurious.
lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 5 And
he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even
to-morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy;
and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom
he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This
do; Take you censers, Korah and all his company; 7 And
put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth
choose, he shall be holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons
of Levi. 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed
them up.
Dt. 17: 12 The man that will do presumptuously, and will
not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there
before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man
shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
2 Pet. 2: 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out
of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to b' punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the
flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed; they are not afraid to speak
evil of dignities.
Jude 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh,
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
318. Wicked rule's injurious.
I K. 14: 16 He shall give Israel up because of the sins of
Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
2 Ch. 33: 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom
the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And
the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they
would not hearken. 11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon
them the captains of the host of the king ot Assyria, which
took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters,
and carried him to Babylon.
Ps. 12: 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest
men are exalted. - 94: 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have
fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Pr. 28: 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear: so is a
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Exemplified.
eth understanding is also a great oppressor.-29: 2 When the
righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the
wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
319. Disobeying the wicked commands of civil rulers justifiable.
Ex. 1: 17 The midwives feared God, and did not as the king
of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives.
1 S. 14: 44 Saul answered, God do so, and more also: for
thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto
Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel?- God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall
not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought
with God this day.
Dan. 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to
answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, an[
he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not,
be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods,
nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. - 6: 13
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel,
which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth
not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but
maketh his petition three times a day.
Ac. 4:19 Peter and John answered and said unto them,
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you
more than unto God, judge ye.-5: 27 When they had brought
them, they set them before the council: and the high priest
asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you, that
ye should not teach in this name? and behold, ye have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's
blood upon us. 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered
and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
GRATITUDE.
320. Gratitude exemplified and rewarded.
2 S. 9: 6 David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered,
Behold thy servant! 7 And David said unto him, Fear not:
for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's
sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father: and
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321 —25                HAPPINESS.
Sensual - intellectual - benevolent.
thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. —19: 32 Barzillai
was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had
provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim:
for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto
Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with
me in Jerusalem.
Mat. 25: 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I
was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in: 36
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: — I
was in prison, and ye came unto me.
IAPPINESS.
321. Vaniy of sensual happiness.
Ec. 2: 1 I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee
with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is
vanity. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,
and on the labor that I had labored to do: and behold, all was
vanity and vexation of spirit. [See 627.]
322. Intellectual happiness, invaluable.
Pr. 3: 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man
that getteth understanding.  14 For the merchandise of it is
better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than
fine gold. [See 391-2.]
323. The happiness of self-denial, and of doing good.
2 Cor. 6: 10 As sorrowful,'yet always rejoicing: as poor, yet
making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all
things. [See 408, 527, 630, 674.]
324. The hafppiness of holy obedience.
Ps. 119: 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk
in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are they that keep his
testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Pr. 29: 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but
he that keepeth the law, happy is he. [See 286, 630.]
325. The happiness of loving God.
1 Pet. 1:.8 Wlom  having not seen, ye love; in whom,
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HAPPINESS-HEART.                326-330
In God — in a good conscience - Heart voluntary - a double heart.
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable, and full of glory. [See 289.]
326. The happiness of trusting in God.
Ps. 40: 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his
trust. [See 293-4.]
327. The happiness of an approving conscience.
2 Cor. 1: 12 Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation
in the world. [See 131.]
328. The happiness of Heaven.
1 Pet. 4: 13 Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be
glad also with exceeding joy. [See 339, 672.]
HEART.
329. The heart voluntary, or human activity and responsibility in determining
its moral state and changes.
Ex. 8: 15 When Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he
hardened his heart.
2 S. 15: 6 Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Ch. 30: 18 Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good
Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God.
Ezra 7: 10 Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of
the Lord.
Esther 7: 5 Where is he, that durst presume in his heart to
do so?
Ps. 73: 13 Verily, I have cleansed my heart in vain, and
washed my hands in innocency.-119: 112 I have inclined my
heart to perform thy statutes alway.
Pr. 4: 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence.-23: 26 My
son, give me thine heart.
Mat. 5: 28 Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her,
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
[See 264, 271, 592, 600.]
330. A'divided,''double heart.'
Ps. 12: 2 With flattering lips and with a double heart do they
speak.- 86: 11 Unite my heart to fear thy name.
Hos. 10: 2 Their heart is divided.
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881-333                  HEART.
Its moral qualities- its control-sincerity of demanded.
331. Do moral good and evil lie in the heart?
1 K. 8: 18 Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto
my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart.
2 Ch. 32: 26 Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his
heart.
Ps. 55: 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than
butter, but war was in his heart.-78: 72 He fed them according to the integrity of his heart.-95: 10 It is a people that do
err in their heart.
Pr. 6: 14 Frowardness is in his heart.-23: 7 As he thinketh
in his heart, so is he.
Ec. 9: 3 The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and
madness is in their heart while they live.
Is. 10: 7 It is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not
a few.
Jer. 48: 29 His pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Mat. 5: 8 Blessed are the pure in heart. —15: 18 But those
things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the
heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out-of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false
witness, blasphemies.
Roif. 10: 10 For with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness.
Heb. 3: 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you
an evil heart of unbelief.
332. Controlling influence of the heart.
Job. 15: 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away?
Pr. 4: 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are
the issues of life.- 16: 9 A man's heart deviseth his way.
Mat. 12: 34 Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth
speaketh. 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the
heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man, out of the
evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. [Lk. 6: 45.]
333. Religious duties demand sincerity of heart.
Dt. 26: 16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee
to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep
and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
1 S. 16: 7 The LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man
looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on
the heart.
Jer. 29: 13 Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall
search for me with all your heart.
Mat. 22: 37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
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HEAVEN.                 334 —336
A Place- Its Holiness.
heart.-23: 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is
within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be
clean also.
Jn. 4: 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him, must
worship hiri in spirit and in truth.
Ac. 8: 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 37 If thou believest
with all thy heart, thou mayest.
Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither
is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he
is a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not
of men, but of God. - 10: 10 With the heart, man believeth
unto righteousness.
1 Tim. 1: 5 Now the end 6f the commandment is charity
out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience. and of faith
unfeigned. [See 529, 542.]
HEAVEN.
334. Heaven a place.
Jn. 14: 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place
for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, Iwill come
again and receive you unto myself: that where I am, there ye
may be also.
Ep. 3: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God.
335. Perfection of heavenly light.
Ps. 36: 9 With thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall
we see light.
Is. 2: 5 0 house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the
light of the LORD.
Rev. 21: 23 The city had no need of the sun, neither of the
moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and
the Lamb is the light thereof.- 22: 5 There shall be no night
there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for
the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever
and ever. [See 398.]
336. Universal and perfect holiness in heaven.
Ps. 17: 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness
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337-339                 HEAVEN.
Its rest - Its nearness to God - Its happiness.
Ep. 5: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
be holy and without blemish.
1 Jn. 3: 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he
shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as
he is.
Rev. 21: 27 There shall in no wise enter into it any thing
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie.
337. Heaven a place of rest.
2 Th. 1: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you, who
are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed.
Heb. 4: 3 We which have believed do enter into rest, as
he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into
my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation
of the world. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people
of God.
Rev. 14: 13 I heard a voice from  heaven, saying unto
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,that they may rest from their
labors. [See 512.]
338. Nearness to God and to Christ in heaven.
Jn. 17: 22 The glory which thou gavest me, I have given
them; that they may be one, even as we are one; 23 I in
them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;
and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast
loved them as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that
they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory.
Rev. 22: 4 They shall see his face; and his name shall be
in their foreheads. [See 657.]
339. Perfect and perpetual happiness in heaven.
Ps. 16: 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy
presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures
for evermore.-They36,8shall beabundantlysatisfiedwith the
fatness of thy house; and tho:r shalt make them drink of the
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Its rewards and glory.
river of thy pleasures.- 84: 11 The LORD God is a sun and
shield: the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. - 97: 11 Light
is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in
heart.
Is. 51: 11 The redeemed of the LORD shall return, and
come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon
their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow
and mourning shall flee away.
1 Pet. 4: 13 Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye
may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Jude 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling,
and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory
with exceeding joy.
Rev. 7: 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and
serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on
the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no
more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst
of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living
fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes.- 21: 3 I heardca great voice out of heaven, saying,
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell
with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall
be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain.
340. Possessions, honors, rewards, and glory in heaven.
Mat. 13: 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun
in the kingdom of their Father. -19: 28 Jesus said unto
them, Verily, I say unto you, That ye which have followed me
in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the
throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Lk. 22: 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in
my temptations. 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as
my Father hath appointed unto me; 30 That ye may eat and
drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel.
Rom. 8: 17 If children, then heirs: heirs of God, and jointheirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we
may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon, that the
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341                     HEAVEN.
Spiritual, unfading and eternal.
sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed to us. 32 He that
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how
shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
1 Cor. 2: 9 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. [Is 64: 4.] -3: 21 Let no man
glory in men; for all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or
Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things
present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are
Christ's: and Christ is God's.
2 Cor. 4: 17 Our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory.
Heb. 11: 16 Now they desire a better country, that is, a
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their
God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Rev. 1: 5 Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our
sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests
unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for
ever and ever. -21: 2 I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from  God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband. 7 He that overcometh shall
inherit all things: and I will be his God, and he shall be my
son. -22: 5 There shall be no night there; and they need no
candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth
them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
[See 672.]
341. Heaven spiritual, unfading, and eternal.
Is. 60: 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy
moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting
light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Mat. 6: 20 Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. - 22: 30 In the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are
as the angels of God in heaven. —25: 46 These shall go
away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life
eternal.
1 Cor. 15: 50 This I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption
inherit incorruption.
1 Pet. 1: 4 An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. 5 Who are
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HELL - HOLINESS.             342-344
A Place of Punishment - Hoiiness valuable.
kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready
to be revealed in the last time.
342. Do saints merit their heavenly inheritance?
Ezk. 36: 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord
GOD, be it known unto you; be ashamed and confounded for
your own ways, 0 house of Israel.  [See 586, 663,668.]
HELL.
343. Hell a place of punishment by fire.
Ps. 21: 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time
of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath,
and the fire shall devour them.
Is. 30: 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king
it is prepared; he hath made it'deep and large: the pile
thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the LORD, like a
stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.- 33: 14 Who among us
shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell
with everlasting burnings?
Lk. 16: 24 And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of
his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in
this flame.
2 Th. 1: 8 In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not the gospel.
Rev. 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: whick is the second death.
[See 561.]
HOLINESS.
344. Holiness intrinsically and supremely valuable.
Job 28: 12 Where shall wisdom be found? and where is the
place of understanding?  13 Man knoweth not the price
thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The
depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with
me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be
weighed for the price thereof.  18 No mention shall be made
of coral, or of pearls; for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be
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345, 346             hOLY SPIRIT.
Personality of the Spirit -IIis Divinity.
valued with pure gold. 28 And unto man he said, Behold,
the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil
is understanding.
Pr. 3: 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the
man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it
is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof
than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all
the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand: and in her left hand
riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and
all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that
lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
-4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and
she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when
thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
-8: 11 Wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that
may be desired are noLto be compared to it. [See 630.]
HOLY SPIRIT.
345. Personality of the Holy Spirit.
Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost.
Lk. 3: 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape
like a dove upon him.
Jn. 14: 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.
2 Cor. 13: 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with
you all. Amen.
Ep. 2:18 For through him we both have access by one
Spirit unto the Father.
1 Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience.
1 Jn. 5: 7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three
are one.
346. Divine attributes of the Holy Spirit.
Mic. 2: 7 0 thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the
Spirit of the LORD straitened?
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His Office-work
Jn. 14: 26 The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have
said unto you.
Ac. 5: 3 Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the
price of the land?  4 While it remained, was it not thine
own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?
why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast
not lied unto men, but unto God.
Rom. 15: 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the
power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and
round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel
of Christ.
1 Cor. 2: 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his
Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things
of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save
the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. -12: 3 I give you to
understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth
Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Heb. 9: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living
God? [See 76, 211.]
847. Office-work of the Holy Spirit.
1. To awaken and convince sinners.
Gen. 6: 3 The LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive
with man, for that he also is flesh.
Job 36: 9 He sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. 10 He openeth also their ear
to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Jn. 16: 7 I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I
go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come
unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And
when he is come, he will reprove [convince] the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment.
2. To confer mniraculous gifts.
1 S. 10: 10 When they came thither to the hill, behold, a
company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came
upon him, and he prophesied among them.
Lk. 1: 67 Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and
prophesied.
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847                   HOLY SPIRIT.
His Office-work.
Ac. 2: 4 They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance.-10: 45 They of the circumcision which believed,
were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on
the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
-11: 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them,
as on us at the beginning.
3. To reveal divine truth, as a witness against sinners, and for God and his people.
Dt. 31: 19 Write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a
witness for me against the children of Israel.
Neh. 9: 20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct
them.
Mat. 24: 14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
in all the world, for a witness unto all nations; and then shall
the end come.
Lk. 2: 26 It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost,
that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's
Christ. —12: 11 When they bring you unto the synagogues,
and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or
what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 For
the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye
ought to say.
Jn. 14: 26 The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have
said unto you.
Ac. 11: 28 There stood up one of them named Agabus, and
signified by the Spirit, that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of
Claudius Cesar.
1 Jn. 5: 8 There are three that bear witness in earth, the
spirit, and the water, and the blood; and these three agree in
one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God
is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. [See 40.]
4. To cause holy affections, which become the " witness of the Spirit " that saints
" are the children of God."
Jn. 14: 16 I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;  17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.- 16: 13 When
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HOLY SPIRIT.                   348
Guilt and danger of resisting.
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide yoi into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to
come.
Rom. 8: 14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.  16 The Spirit
itself beareth witness with our Spirit, that we are the children
of God.
Gal. 4: 6 Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit
of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Heb. 10: 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to
us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant
that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I
write them.
I Jn. 2: 5 Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love
of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.3: 24 He that keepeth his commandments, dwelleth in him,
and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us,
by the Spirit which he hath given us.-5: 10 He that believeth
on the Son of God hath the witness in himself.
[See 594-6, 598.]
5. To seal the heirs of glory.
Ep. 4: 30 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye
are sealed unto the day of redemption. [See 517.]
348. Guilt and danger of sinning against the Holy Spirit.
Is. 63: 10 They rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against
them.
Mat. 12: 31 I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in
the world to come.
Ac. 7: 51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did,
so do ye.
Ep. 4: 30 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye
are sealed unto the day of redemption.
1 Th. 5: 19 Quench not the Spirit.
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349, 350             HOLY SPIRIT.
Judicial departure of- promised believers.
Heb. 10: 28 IIe that despised Moses' law, died without
mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer
punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath
trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood
of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing,
and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? [See 309.]
349. Judicial departure of the Holy Spirit.
Gen. 6: 3 The LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive
with man.
Ps. 81: 11 My people would not hearken to my voice; and
Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their
own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had
walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their
enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves
unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
Is. 55: 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye
upon him while he is near.
Hos. 5: 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their
herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath
withdrawn himself from them.-9: 12 Though they bring up
their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a
man left: yea, wo also to them when I depart from them!
Rom. 1: 24 God also gave them up to uncleanness, through
the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into
a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. 26 For this cause God gave
them up unto vile affections. 28 And even as they did not
like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to
a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.
350. The Holy Spirit promised believers.
Lk. 11: 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Jn. 14: 16 I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know
him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
2 Cor. 1: 21 Now he which establisheth us with you in
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HOME    HOPE.             351-353
Keeping at Home - Object of Hope - Full Assurance of.
Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;  22 Who hath also
sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
HOME.
351. Keeping at home recommended- roving disapproved.
Pr. 25: 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house;
lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.- 27: 8 As a bird
that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from
his place.
Tit. 2: 4 Teach the young women to be sober, to love their
husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste,
keepers at home.
HOPE.
352. The proper and chief object of hope.
Ps. 42: 5. Hope thou in God.
Rom. 5: 2 Rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
1 Pet. 1: 21 That your faith and hope might be in God.
353. Full assurance of hope inculcated and exemplified.
Job 19: 25 I know that my Redeemer liveth.
Rom. 8: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword.? 37 Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors, through him that loved us.
2 Tim. 4: 6 I am now ready to be offered, and the time of
my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have
finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, shall give me at that.day: and.not to me only,
but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Heb. 6: 11 We desire that every one of you do shew the
same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end. 12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith
and patience inherit the promises. 17 Wherein God, willing
more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by
two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie,
we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge
to lay hold upon the hope set before us. 19 Which hope we
have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and
which entereth into that within the vail; 20 Whither the
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354, 355              HOSPITALITY.
Required and Exemplified.
forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest
for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
I Jn. 3: 18 My little children, let us not love in word,
neither in tonge, but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby
we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts
before him.
HOSPITALITY.
354. Hospitality required and encouraged.
Rom. 12: 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; 13 Distributing
to the necessity of saints: given to hospitality.
I Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach. [Tit. 1: 8.]
Heb. 13: 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for
thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
1 Pet. 4: 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Mat. 10: 40-42.  [See 715].
355. Hospitality exemplified.
Gen. 18: 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three
men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet
them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight,
pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little
water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree: 5 And I will fetch a morsel of
bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on:
for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So
do, as thou hast said. 6 Abraham hastened into the tent unto
Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine
meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And
Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and
good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress
it.- 19: 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and
Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot-seeing them, rose up to
meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the
ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I
pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and
wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your
ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street
all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they
turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made
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HUMILITY.                356, 357
Nature of- Required and Encouraged.
them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did.eat.
Job 31: 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I
opened my doors to the traveller.
Ac. 28: 7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief
man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us,
and lodged us three days courteously.
3 Jn. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest
to the brethren and to strangers; 6 Which have borne witness
of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward
on their journey after a goodly sort, thou shalt do well.
[See 135, 407.]
HUMILITY.
356. Nature and manifestations of humility.
Jud. 10:15 The children of Israel said unto the LORD, We
have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto
thee.
2 S. 24: 17 David spake unto the LORD when he saw the
angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I
have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done?
Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my
father's house.
Job 2: 10 He said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the
foolish women speaketh. What! shall we receive good at the
hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
Lk. 15: 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before
thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make
me as one of thy hired servants. - 23: 40 But the other
answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed
justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds.
[See 299, 414, 537, 603, 674.]
357. Humility required and encouraged.
Lev. 26: 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled,
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity, 42
Then will I remember-my covenant with Jacob, and also my
covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will
I remember; and I will remember the land.
Job 22: 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say,
There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
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358                   IDLENESS.
Described and Reproved.
bereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.-10: 17
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear.- 138: 6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly:
but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Pr. 3: 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth
grace unto the lowly. - 15: 33 The fear of the LORD is the
instruction of wisdom: and before honor is humility. - 22: 4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor,
and life. —29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but
honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Is. 57: 15 Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to
revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
contrite ones.
Mic. 6: 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and
what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Mat. 5: 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Lk. 18: 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased: and he that humbleth himself shall be
exalted.
Jam. 4: 6 God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
humble. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and
he shall lift you up.
1 Pet. 5: 5 God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to
the humble.  6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
[See 606-7.]
IDLENESS.
358. Idleness described, reproved, and punished.
Pr. 6: 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways,
and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food
in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?- 15: 19 The way of
the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the
righteous is made plain. —18: 9 He also that is slothful in
his work is brother to him that is a great waster.- 19: 15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall
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suffer hunger.- 20: 4 The sluggard will not plough by reason
of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine
eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.- 21: 25 The
desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.
26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous
giveth and spareth not. - 23: 21 The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man
with rags.- 24: 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and
by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And
lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered
the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken
down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon
it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little
slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall
thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an
armed man.
Ec. 10: 18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and
through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
2 Thes. 3: 10 Even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11 We hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busy-bodies. 12 Now them
that are such, we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus
Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own
bread.
1 Tim. 5: 13 They learn to be idle, wandering about from
house to house: and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. [See 1, 709.]
IDOLATRY AND HEATHENISM.
359. Character of heathen idolaters.
2 K. 16: 3 But he [Ahaz] walked in the way of the kings
of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast
out from before the children of Israel.
Rom. 1: 21 When they knew God, they glorified him not
as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools; 23 And
changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts,
and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up
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860, 361      IDOLATRY AND HEATHENISM.
Heathen gods destitute of divinity - Image-worship forbidden.
to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: 29 Being filled
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31
Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful
Ep. 4: 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity
of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in
them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who, being
past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to
work all uncleanness with greediness. [See 480.]
360. Heathen gods destitute of divinity.
Ps. 115: 4 Their idols are silver and gold; the work of
men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes
have they, but they see not:  6 They have ears, but they
hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have
hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk
not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that
make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in
them.
Is. 46: 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver
in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god:
they fall down, yea they worship. 7 They bear him upon the
shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he
standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall
cry unto him yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his
trouble.
361. Idolatry and image-worship forbidden.
Ex. 20: 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for
I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children unto-the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. -23: 24 Thou shalt not bow
down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works:
but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down
their images.- 34: 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
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Commo - Displeasing to God.
Lev. 19: 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves
molten gods: I am the LORD your God.-26: 1 Ye shall
make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone
in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your
God.
Dt. 6: 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the
people which are round about you;  15 (For the LORD thy
God is a jealous God among you;) lest the anger of the LORD
thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the
face of the earth —28: 14 Thou shalt not go aside from any
of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand
or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
362. Idolatry common -- Threats.
Ex. 22: 20 He that sacrificeth unto ang god, save unto the
LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Dt. 8: 19 It shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy
God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship
them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
-27: 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten
image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands
of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place: and all the
people shall answer and say, Amen.-30: 17 If thy heart turn
away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and
worship other gods, and serve them; 18 I denounce unto you
this day, that ye shall surely perish.
Jud. 2: 11 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the LORD God
of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt,
and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were
round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and
provoked the LORD to anger. 13 And they forsook the LORD,
and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of the
LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the
hands of spoilers. —10: 6 The children of Israel did evil again
in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth,
and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of
Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods
of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands
of the children of Ammon.
1 K. 9: 6 If ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or
your children, and will not keep my commandments and my
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Displeasing to God.
statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other
gods and worship them: 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the
land which I have given them; and this house which I have
hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel
shall be a proverb and a bye-word among all people.
2 K. 17: 9 The children of Israel did secretly those things
that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built
them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the
watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And they set them up images
and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did
the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and
wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 12 For
they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye
shall not do this thing. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images,
even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host
of heaven, and served Baal. 18 Therefore the LORD was
very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight:
there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Judah
kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked
in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the LORD
rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered
them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of
his sight.- 22: 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have
burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me
to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my
wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be
quenched.
Ps. 78: 58 They provoked him to anger with their high
places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred
Israel.
Jer. 44: 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem,
and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they
are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein; 3 Because of
their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to
anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other
gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
4 I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early
and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing
that I hate.
Ezk. 36:18 Wherefore, I poured my fury upon them for the
blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols
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Sin and Danger of Ignorance
wherewith they had polluted it:  19 And I scattered them
among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the
countries: according to their way and according to their
doings I judged them.  [See 486, 699.]
IGNORANCE.
363. The sin and danger of ignorance - knowledge required.
Ps. 32: 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have
no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and
bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Pr. 13: 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth
instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. -
15: 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but
he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.- 19: 2 Also,
that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that
hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Is. 5: 13 My people are gone into captivity, because they
have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and
their multitude dried up with thirst.
Hos. 4: 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel:
for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the
land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor" knowledge of
God in the land. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will
also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.
Jn. 16: 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the
time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he
doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you,
because they have not known the Father, nor me.
1 Cor. 2: 7 We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even
the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto
our glory; 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew:
for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord
of glory.-14: 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding:
howbeit, in malice be ye children, but in understanding be
men.
2 Th. 1: 7 To you, who are troubled, rest with us, when
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from  heaven with his
mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengcance on them
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ. [See 127, 200,(10) 391.]
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64, 365      INSTABILITY-  INTEMPERANCE.
Instability reproved- Deceitful and injurious.
INSTABILITY.
364. Instability reproved-Unstable persons to be avoided.
Gen. 49: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.
Pr. 24: 21 Meddle not with them that are given to change.
Ep. 4: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in
wait to deceive.
Heb. 13: 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange
doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established
with grace. [See 712.]
INTEMPERANCE.
365. Intemperance a prevalent, deceitful, loathsome and destructive vice.
Gen. 9: 20 Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted
a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken;
and he was uncovered within his tent.
Pr. 20: 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.-23: 21 The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. 29 Who hath wo?
who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling?
who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek
mixed wine. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in
the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick-;
they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake?
I will seek it yet again.. Is. 28: 7 They also have.erred through wine, and through
strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet
have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of
wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err
in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full
of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. - 56: 12
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves
with strong drink.
Jer. 25: 27 Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and
gpue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I
will send among you.
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INTEMPERANCE.                    366
Forbidden and discounrged.
Dan. 5: 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 4 They
drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver.
Hos. 4: 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away
the heart.
I Cor. 11: 21 In eating every one taketh before other his
own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
366. Intemperance forbidden -penalty of- cautions.
Dt. 21: 20 They shall say unto the elders of his city, This
our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our
voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men
of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt
thou put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear,
and fear.
Pr. 23: 20 Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters
of flesh. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when
it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Is. 5: 11 Wo unto them  that rise up early in the morning,
that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night,
till wine inflame them!  12 And the harp, and the viol, the
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: 22 Wo unto
them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to
mingle strong drink.- 28: 1 Wo to the crown of pride, to the
drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower,
which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are
overcome with wine!
Mat. 24: 48 If that evil servant shall say in his heart, My
lord delayeth his coming;  49 And shall begin to smite his
fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;  50
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh
not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Rom. 13: 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness,
not in strife and envying.
-1 Cor. 6: 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have
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367, 368            INTEMPERANCE.
The liquor eeller condemned - Wisdom of abstinenee.
also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ep. 5: 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess;
but be ye filled with the Spirit. [See 199, 721.]
367. The liqLor seller virtually and explicitly condemned.
Gen. 4: 9 The LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy
brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art
thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to
receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
Ex. 21. 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die:
then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be
eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the
ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath
been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but
that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned,
and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid
on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of
his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Dt. 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the
cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me,
and sealed up among my treasures? 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for
the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall
come upon them make haste.
2 K. 21: 9 Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than
did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children
of Israel. 10 The LORD spake by his servants, the prophets,
saying, 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these
abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to
sin. 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I
am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
Hab. 2: 15 Wo unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that
puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that
thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Jn. 3: 19 And this is the condemnation, that light has come
into the world. [See 685.]
368. The wisdom of total abstinence and watelfulness.
Dan. 1: 8 Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not
defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the
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Founded on the promises of the Gospel.
wine which he drank.  12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee,
ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer
and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Lk. 1: 15 He CJolm] shall be great in the sight of the Lord,
and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink.
Rom. 14: 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine,
nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or
is made weak.
1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or
covetous, or an idolater, or-a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one no not to eat. [See 199.]
369. Priests, Nazarites, and civil rulers specially forbidden the use of strong
drink.
Lev. 10: 8 The LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do not
drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when
ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it
shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and
between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the
children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken
unto them by the hand of Moses.
Num. 6: 1 The LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either
man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a
Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: 3 He shall
separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no
vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he
drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made
of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk..Pr. 31: 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to
drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink,
and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the
afflicted. [See 457.]
INVITATIONS.
370. Invitations, founded upon theprovisions of the Gospd.
Is. 45: 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of
the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. — 55: 1 Ho,
very one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that
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371                  INVITATIONS.
Expostulations.
hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine
and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do
ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor
for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and
eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in
fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and
your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant
with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Mat. 11: 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor, and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye
shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and
my burden is light.- 22: 2 The kingdom of heaven is like
unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And
sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the
wedding, and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth
other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I
have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Lk. 14:17 And sent his servant at supper-time, to say to
them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready.
Jn. 7: 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto
me, and drink.
Rev. 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: If any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him,
and will sup with him, and he with me. - 22: 17 The spirit and
the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him
take the water of life freely. [See 233, 580.]
371. Expostulatory Invitations.
Pr. 1: 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in
the streets; 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in
the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words,
saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?  23 Turn' you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Is. 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the
LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as
wool.
Jer. 22: 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Ezk. 33: 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God,
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INVITATIONS.              372, 373
Sincerity of apparent - Rejected.
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the
wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your
evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Mic. 6: 1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains and let the hills hear thy voice.
2 Hear ye, 0 mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye
strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my
people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I
wearied thee? testify against me. [See 60, 224-5.]
372. Sincerity of God's invitations apparent, or good desired and evil deprecated&
Ps. 81: 13 Oh that my people lhd hearkened unto me, and
Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves
unto him.
Is. 48: 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
Lk. 19: 41 When he was come near, he beheld the city, and
wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at
least in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace! but
now they are hid from thine eyes. [See 224, 228, 233.]
373. Invitations rejected - excuses of sinners.
Ps. 58: 4 They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her
ear: 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers,
charming never so wisely.
Pr. 1: 24 I have called and ye refused, I have stretched
out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at
nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof.
Zec. 7:11 They refused to hearken, and pulled away the
-shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they
should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts
hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore came
a grbat wrath from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it is
come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so
they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mat. 22: 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his
servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and
they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants,
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Ironical Language - Jewish population and wickedness.
saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared
my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light
of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his
merchandise.  6 And the remnant took his servants, and
entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
Lk. 14: 17 And sent his servant at supper-time to say to
them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The
first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I
must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and
I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 20 And
another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot
come. [See 272, 696-7, 706.]
IRONY.
374. Ironical language sometimes used in the Bize.
Jud. 10: 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen;
let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
1 K. 18: 27 It came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked
them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god: either he is talking,
or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he
sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Job 12: 1 Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the
people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Ec. 11: 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways
of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou,
that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
JEWS, OR. SEED OF ABRAHAM.
375. Predicted population of the Jews.
Gen. 13:16 I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth:
s. that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall
thy seed also be numbered. -26: 4 I will make thy seed to
multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all
these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed.
Is. 27: 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take
root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world
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with fruit. -  60: 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and
a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his
time. -37: 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it
shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place
them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the
midst of them for evermore.
Hos. 1: 10 The number of the children of Israel shall be as
the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered;
and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said
unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto
them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
[Gen. 15: 5, and 16: 10, and 22: 17, and 28: 14. Num.
23: 10. Is. 65: 23.]
376. Extent of their territory, and nature of the grant to them.
Gen. 15: 18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant
with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land,
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.- 17: 8 I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their
God.
Dt. 32: 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their
inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the
bounds of the people according to the number of the children
of Israel. 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is
the lot of his inheritance.
Jos. 1: 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto
the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the
sun, shall be your coast.
[Num. 34: 2-12.  Gen. 12: 7, and 13: 14-17. Ex. 6: 4,
and 32: 13.]
377. Wickedness and predicted dispersion of the Jews.
Dt. 28: 65 The LORD shall scatter thee among all people
from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and
there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy
fathers have known, even wood and stone.  65 And among
these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of
thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind.
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee: and thou
shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy
life.
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2 K. 17: 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria
took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed
them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry
with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was
none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept
not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in
the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the LORD
rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered
them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of
his sight. 23 So was Israel carried away out of their own
land to Assyria unto this day.
Ezk. 2: 3 He said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the
children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled
against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against
me, even unto this very day. 7 Thou shalt speak my words
unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. - 5: 5 Thus saith the Lord
Gop; This is Jerusalem; I have set it in the midst of the
nations and countries that are round about her. 6 And she
hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the
nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round
about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. 9 I will do in thee that
which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more
the like, because of all thine abominations. — 9: 9 Then said
he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is
exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full
of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the
earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Hos. 9: 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they
shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay
even the beloved fruit of their womb. 17 My God will cast
them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they
shall be wanderers among the nations.
378. Predicted resuscitation, reunion, and return of the Jews to the promised
land, with peculiar subsequent prosperity.
Is. 11: 11 It shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD
shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from  Cush, and from Elam,
and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of
the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations,
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the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries
of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and
Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 16 And there shall bean highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from
Assyria: like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up
out of the land of Egypt. - 27: 6 He shall cause them that
come of Jacob to take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and
fill the face of the world with fruit. 13 And it shall come to
pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and
they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of
Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. - 49: 22 Thus
saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the
Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall
bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried
upon theirshoulders.  23 And kings shall be thy nursing
fathers, andttheir queens thy nursing mothers.
Jer. 3: 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne
of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to
the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk
any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 18 In
those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of
Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the
north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto
your fathers. - 16: 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 15 But, The
LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the
land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven
them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave
unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers.
saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send
for many hunters, and they shall hunt them  from  every
mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the
rocks.
Ezk. 20: 40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the
height of. Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house
of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept
them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first
fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will
accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from
the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye
have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the
heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I
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shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the
which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. -34: 13
I will bring them  out from  the people, and gather them
from the countries, and will bring them to their own land,
and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers,
and in all the inhabited places of the country. 23 And I
will set up one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them,
even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be
their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and
my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have
spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of
peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land:
and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the
woods. 26 And I will make them and the places round about
my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down
in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 And
the tree of the field shall yield her-fruit, and the earth shall
yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and
shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands
of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those
that served themselves of them. 28 And they shall no more
be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land
devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make
them afraid. 29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the
land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.36: 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains
of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of
the LORD: 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy
hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are
ours in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and
swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession
unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are -taken up in the
lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 4 Therefore,
ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the
rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the
cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to
the residue of the heathen that are-round about; 5 Therefore
thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy
have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against
gll Iduno.e, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to
cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the
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land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to
the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because
ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 7 Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand: Surely the
heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your
branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they
are at hand to come. 9 For behold, I am for you, and I will
turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 10 And I will
multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it:
and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be
builded: 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast;
and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you
after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your
beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 12 Yea,
I will cause men to walk upon you even my people Israel; and
they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance,
and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them  of men.
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you,
Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
14 Therefore, thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave
thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. 15 Neither will I
cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more,
neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more,
neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the
Lord God. 33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I
shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also
cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say,
This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden;
and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced,
and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen that are left round
about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places,
and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it,
and I will do it. - 37: 1 The hand of the LORD was upon me,
and carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down
in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused
me to pass by them round about: and behold, there were very
many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry. 3 And
he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? and I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 11 Then he said unto
me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel:
behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we
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are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will
open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves,
and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And 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, 14 And shall
put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you
in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have
spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. 16 Moreover,
thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then
take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of
Ephraim, andfor all the house of Israel his companions: 17
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall
become one in thy hand. 18 And when the children of thy
people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what
thou meanest by these?  19 Say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in
the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and
will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 20 And
the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before
their eyes.  21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
GoD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among
the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them
on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And
I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains
of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they
shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into
two kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they defile
themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable
things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save
them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have
sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and
I will be their God. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that
I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers
have dwelt, and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their
children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I
will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and
multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them
for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them:
yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify
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Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for
evermore.- 39: 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my
face from them. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy
upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my
holy name; 28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD
their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among
the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land,
and have left none of them any more there. 29 Neither will
I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out
my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Hos. 1: 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall
be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was
said- unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said
unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall
the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered
together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come
up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. -
3: 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without
a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the
LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear
the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. - 14: 5 I will
be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and
cast forth his roots as Lebanon.  6 His branches shall
spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his
smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall
return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine:
the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Am. 9:14 I will bring again the captivity of my people
Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them;
and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof;
they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.  15
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more
be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith
the LORD thy God.
Mic. 2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I
will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them
together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of
their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13 The breaker is come up before them: they
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Obstructions removed - Enlarged possessions predicted.
gone out by it; and their king shall pass before them', and the
LORD on, the head of them. —4: 6 In that day, saith the
LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her
that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 7 And I will
make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a
strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in Mount
Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
Zec. 10: 6 I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will
save the house of Joseph, and 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: for I am the LORD their God,
and will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim  shall be like
a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine:
yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall
rejoice in the LORD. 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them;
for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they
have increased. 10 I will bring them again also out of the
land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will
bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place
shall not be found for them.
Lk. 21: 24 They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
shall be led away captive into all nations: andJerusalem shall
be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles
be fulfilled. [Dt. 30: 1-6, Jer. 23: 6-8, and 46; 27, 28, Mic.
5th chap.]
379. Removal of obstructions to the return of the Jews.
Is. 11: 15 The LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the
Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his
hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams,
and make men go over dry-shod.- 27: 12 It shall come to
pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel
of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered
one by one, O ye children of Israel.
Rev. 16: 12 The'sixth angel poured out his vial upon the
great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up,
that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
380. Enlarged possessions predicted.
Is. 11: 14 They shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together:
they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Am. 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David
that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise
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up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 12 That
they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen
which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
Ob. 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house
of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they
shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be
any remainingof the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken
it. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of
Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall
possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and
Benjamin shallpossess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this
host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem,
which is in Sephared, shall possess the cities of the south.
[See Is. 54: 3.]
381. Trials and revolutions connected with the return of the Jews to Paltestine.
Is. 11: 14 They shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hands upon Edom andMoab; and the
children of Ammon shall obey them.
Jer. 30: 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it:
it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out
of it. 11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee:
though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattared
thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct
thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Ezk. 20: 33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a
mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury
poured out, will I rule over you: 34 And I will bring you out
from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched
out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you
into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with
you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the
wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith
the Lord GOD. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the
rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 38
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that
transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land
of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -38: 8
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shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword,
and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of
Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth
out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a
cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land
of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that
dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having
neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil and to take a prey; to
turn thy hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited,
and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which
have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the
land. 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel,
as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and
I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know
me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their
eyes. 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout
all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword
shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him
with pestilence and with blood; and I Will rain upon him, and
upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him,
an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Joel 3; 1 Behold, in those days, and in that time, when I
shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I
will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my
people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered
among the nations, and parted my land. 12 Let the heathen
be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for
there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 17 So
shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling-in Zion
my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there
shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Mic. 4: 11 Many nations are gathered against thee, that say,
Let her be defiled, and let our. eye look upon Zion. 12 But
they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand
they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into
the floor. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I
will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass:
and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the
Lord of the whole earth.
Zec. 10: 11 He shall pass through the sea with affliction,
and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the
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Trials and Revolutions with their return.
river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought
down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. — 12: 2
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the
people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against
Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make
Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden
themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people
of the earth be gathered together against it. 6 In that day
will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among
the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall
devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on
the left: and Jerusalem  shall be inhabited again in her ownI
place, even in Jerusalem. 9 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against
Jerusalem.- 13: 8 It shall come to pass, that in all the land,
saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but
the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third
part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and
I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall
say, The LORD is my God. -14: 1 Behold, the day of the
LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of
thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to
battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and
the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into
captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off
from  the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight
against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite
all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh
shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their
eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall
consume away in their mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass
in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among
them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his
neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his
neighbor. 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem: and
the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered
together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
16 And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of all
the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up
from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and
to keep the feast of tabernacles. 20 In that day shall there
-be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE
LORD;and thepots in the LORD'S house belike the bowls before
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Conversion of.
the altar. [Zec. 10: 10-12. Jer. 30: 7-11.] — [See 86,
87, 486, 566, 630.]
382. Conversion of the Jews.
Is. 27: 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote
him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are
slain by him? 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob
be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when
he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are
beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Jer. 31: 1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the
God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus;
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned;
for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was
turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote
upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I
did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear
son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, 1
do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are
troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the
LORD. 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the
house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to
bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put
my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and
will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they
shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man
his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know
me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the
LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.-33: 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.
Ezk. 36: 21 I had pity for mine holy name, which the house
of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22 Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but
for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the
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Conversion of.
heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great
name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have
profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know
that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be
sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you
from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries,
and will bring you into your own land.  25 Then will I
sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I
put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of
your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I
will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers;
and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 31 Then
shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that
were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight
for your iniquities, and for your abominations. 32 Not for
your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto
you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house
of Israel.
Hos. 14: 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them
freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 8 Ephraim
shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?
Mic. 4: 2 Many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let
us go up to. the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the
God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will
walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the
word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Zec. 12: 10 I will pour upon the house of David, and upon
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and-of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have
pierced, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his
only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his first-born. 11 In that day shall there be a
great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Rom. 11: 15 If the casting away of them be the reconciling
of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from
the dead?  16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also
holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 24 For if
thou wert cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature,
and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree, how
much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be
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Appointed.
graffed into their own olive-tree?  25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should
be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part is happened
to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And
so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come
out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob:  27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I
shall take away their sins.
2 Cor. 3: 15 Even unto this day, when Moses is read, the
vail is upon their heart.  16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn
to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
GENERAL JUDGMENT.
383. General judgment appointed.
Ps. 50: 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:
a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous
round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above,
and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my
saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with
me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself.
Mat. 11: 24 I say unto you, That jt shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for
thee.
Ac. 17: 31 He hath appointed a day, in the which he will
judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath
ordained: whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in
that he hath raised him from the dead.  24: 25 As he reasoned
of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix
trembled.
Rom. 14: 10 Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost
thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before
the judgment-seat of Christ.  12 So then every one of us
shall give account of himself to God. -
2 Cor. 5: 10 We must all appear before the judgment-seat
of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his
body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at
his appearing and his kingdom.
Heb. 9: 27 It is appointed unto men once to die, but after
this the judgment.
2 Pet. 3: 7 The heavens and tle earth, which are now, by
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Design of- Sudden and Unexpected.
the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the
day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Jude 6 The angels which kept not their first estate, but left
their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Rev. 20: 12 I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God: and the books were opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the books, according
to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were
in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were
in them: and they were judged every man according to their
works.
384. Desqin of the general judgment.
Rom. 2: 5 After thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.
Jude 14 Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand
of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their
hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
385. The Judgment day will come suddenly and unexpectedly.
Mat. 24: 37 As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were
before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all
away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.25: 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the
hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Mk. 13: 32 Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the
Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not
when the time is. 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not
when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight,
or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming
suddenly, he find you sleeping.
Lk. 17: 24 As the lightning that lighteneth out of the one
part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven;
so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 28 Likewise also
as it was in the days of Lot: they did eat, they drank, they
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386, 387             JUDGMENT DAY.
Earth to perish- Final Separation.
bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the
same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 Even thus
shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. —
21: 35 As a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the
face of the whole earth.  36 Watch ye therefore, and pray
always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son
of man.
Ac. 1: 7 He said unto them, It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own
power. [See 149.]
386. Destruction of the material heavens and earth.
Ps. 102: 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:
and the heavens are the work of thy hands.  26 They shall
perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old
like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they
shall be changed.
Is. 51: 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon
the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like
smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they
that dwell therein shall die in like manner.
2 Pet. 3: 7 The heavens and the earth, which are now, by
the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the
day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 10 But the
day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these
things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to
be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and
hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat?
Rev. 20: 11 I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on
it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and
there was found no place for them.
387. The righteous and uicked separated at judgment.
Mat. 13: 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and
in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them:
but gather the wheat into my barn.-22: 11 When the king
came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not
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Christ the Judge - Particular disclosures.
on a wedding-garment:  12 And he saith unto him, Friend,
how earnest thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment?
And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants,
Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into
outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.25: 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations:
and he shall separate them  one from another, as a shepherd
divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Lk. 16: 26 Between us and you there is a. great gulf fixed:
so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot,;
neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
[See 560.]
388. Judgment committed to Christ.
Jn. 5: 22 The Father judgeth no man; but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honor
the Son, even as they honor the Father. 27 And hath given
him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son
of man.
Ac. 10: 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed
him openly: 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the
people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God
to be the Judge of quick and dead.
2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at
his appearing and his kingdom.
389. Particular disclosures at the day of judgment.
Ec. 11: 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth: and let thy
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the
ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know
thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.-12:14 God shall bring every work into judgment,
with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be
evil.
Mat. 12: 36 I say unto you, That every idle word that
men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day
of judgment.
Lk. 12: 2 There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;
neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore, whatsoever
ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light: and that
which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed
upon the house-tops.
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390-392    JUDGMENT DAY-KNOWLEDGE.
Irrevocable Decisions- Knowledge Required- Its Benefits.
Rom. 2: 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of
men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
1 Cor. 3: 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for
the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire;
and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is. -
4: 5 Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who
both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will
make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every
man have praise of God.
390. Irrevocable decisions of the judgment.
Lk. 13: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and
drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are;
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.- 16: 26 Between
us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would
pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us,
that would come from thence.
Rev. 22: 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy
still. 12 And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with
me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
[See 553, 567, 572.]
KNOWLEDGE.
391. True knowledge required and encouraged.
Pr. 4: 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and
she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when
thou dost embrace her.  9 She shall give to thine head an
ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for
she is thy life. - 8: 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver:
and knowledge rather than choice gold. —22: 17 Bow down
thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine
heart unto my knowledge. -23: 12 Apply thine heart unto
instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 23 Buy
the truth, and sell it not, also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding. [See 363, 633.]
392. The benefit of true knowledge.
Pr. 2: 10 When wisdom  entereth into thine heart, and
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KNOWLEDGE.                 393, 394
The foundation of Love - Certain Knowledge.
serve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee
from the way of the evil man, from  the man that speaketh
fioward things. —3: 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain
thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies:
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared
unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her
left riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them
that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth
her. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the
promotion of fools. — 4: 5 Get wisdom, get understanding:
forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and
she shall keep thee. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee:
she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown
of glory shall she deliver to thee. —16: 22 Understanding is
a well-spring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction
of fools is folly.
Ec. 7: 12 Wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but
the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them
that have it.
393. True knowledge, essential to true love.
Ph. 1: 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more
and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may
approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and
without offence till the day of Christ.
2 Pet. 1: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. 3 According
as his divine. power hath given unto us all things that pertaiel
unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath
called us to glory and virtue.. [See 47.]
394. The certain knowledge of divine truth.
Job 19: 25 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he
shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.
Pr. 22: 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in
counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the
certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the
words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Jn. 6: 69 We believe, and are sure that thou art that Christ,
the Son of the living God.
2 Tim. 1: 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things:
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How Attained - To be Imparted - Self-knowledge.
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I
have committed unto him against that day.
1 Jn. 2: 20 Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye
know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye
know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is
of the truth. [See 206, 240.]
395. How can knowledge and wisdom be attained?
Pr. 2: 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up
thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver,
and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou
understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of
God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth
cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound
wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk
uprightly. —18: I Through desire, a man, having separated
himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Jam. 1: 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall
be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.
For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the
wind and tossed.
396. Knowledge should be imparted.
Pr. 27: 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth
the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Mat. 5: 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called
the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do,
and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom
of heaven. [See 110.]
397. Self-knowledge required.
Ps. 4: 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own
heart upon your bed, and be still.
Lam. 3: 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again
to the LORD.
1 Cor. 11: 28 Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat
of that bread, and drink of that cup.
2 Cor. 13: 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith;
prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Gal. 6: 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then
shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
[See 105, 704.]
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KNOWLEDGE-LAYING ON OF HANDS. 398-400
Future Knowledge more Perfect- Laying on of Iands- In working Miracles.
398. Knowledge more perfect hereafter.
Jn. 13: 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou
knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. —16: 25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time
cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I
shall show you plainly of the Father.
1 Cor. 13: 9 We know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is
in part shall be done away. 12 For now we see through a
glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but
then shall I know even as also I am known.
LAYING ON OF HANDS.
399. Laying on of hands in communicating ordinary blessings.
Gen. 48: 14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it
upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand
upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said,
God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk,
the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The
Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and
let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers
Abraham and Isaac: and let them grow into a multitude in the
midst of the earth.
Mat. 19: 13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the
disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the
kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and
departed thence.
Rev. 1: 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And
he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I
am the first and the last.
400. Laying on of hands in working miracles.
Mk. 6: 5 He laid his hand upon a few sick folk, and heeled
them.-16: 18 They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover.
Lk. 4: 40 When the sun was setting, all they that had any
sick with divers diseases, brought them unto him: and he laid
his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Ac. 8:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they
received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that
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401. 402              LEWDNESS.
Common.
through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was
given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this
power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the
Holy Ghost. - 28: 8 Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his
hands on him, and healed him.
401. Lcying on of hands in giving charges and desiqnating to ofice.
Num. 27: 22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and
he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregation: 23 And he laid his hands upon
him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses.
Ac. 13: 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the
Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the
work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had
fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them
away.
1 Tim. 4: 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was
given,thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery. -5: 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither
be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
2 Tim. 1: 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that
thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on
of my hands.
LEWDNESS.
402. Lewdness a common vice.
Jer. 9: 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of
way-faring men; that I might leave my people, and go from
them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous
men.  23: 10 The land is full of adulterers.
Ezk. 22: 9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood:
and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee
they commit lewdness. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled
his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Mat. 12: 39 He answered and said to them, An evil and
adulterous generation.
Jn. 8: 7 When they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let
him first cast a stone at her. 9 And they which heard it being
convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last.
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LEWDNESS.                 403, 404
Deceitful - Forbidden.
Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness.
1 Pet. 4: 3 The time past of our life may suffice us to have
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable adolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run
not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you.
[Gen. 19: 5. Lev. 18: 22-25. 1 S. 2: 22. Hos. 7: 4.
403. Lewdness deceitful and alluring.
Pr. 5: 3 The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb,
and her mouth is smoother than oil.  6: 23 The commandment
is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are
the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from
the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not
after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with
her eyelids. [Pr. 7: 10-18.]
404. Lewdness firbidden.
Ex. 20: 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Mat. 5: 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old
time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I.say unto
you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her,
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Ac. 15: 20 We write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, andfrom things strangled,
and from blood.
Rom. 13: 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness,
not in strife and envying.
Ep. 5: 3 Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not
convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Col. 3: 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For
which things' sak6 the wrath of God cometh on the children
of disobedience.
1 Tim. 1: 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured
persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to
sound doctrine.
1 Pet. 2: 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
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405                   LEWDNESS.
Punishment of.
[Gen. 39: 7-9. Lev. 18: 20-23, and 19: 29. Pr. 31: 3.
Hab. 2: 15, 1 Th. 4: 3-5.]
405. Guilt and condemnation of lewdness - cautions.
Gen. 39: 9 How then can I do this great wickedness, and
sin against God?
Lev. 20: 10 The man that committeth adultery with another
man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's
wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to
death.
Pr. 2: 18 Her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto
the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither
take they hold of the paths of life.-5: 3 The lips of a strange
woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than
oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not
nigh the door of her house: 9 Lest thou give thine honor
unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10 Lest strangers
be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a
stranger;  11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh
and thy body are consumed. 12 And say, How have I hated
instruction, and my heart despised reproof. -*7: 22 He goeth
after her straightway as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a
fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike
through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth
not that it is for his life. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore,
0 ye children, and attend to the. words of my mouth.  25
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her
paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many
strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way
to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Ec. 7: 26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose
heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her: but the sinner shall be taken
by her.
Jer. 23: 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an
horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they
strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return
from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom,
ana the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus
saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I
will feed them with wormwood, and make them  drink the
water of gall.
Mal. 3: 5 I will come near to you to judgment: and I will
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Condemned and punished,
terers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress
the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and
that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me,
saith the LORD of hosts.
1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such an one no not to eat. - 6: 9 Know ye not
that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom  of God. —  10: 8
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
[See Numbers 25: 1-9.]
Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have
also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ep. 5: 5 This ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man
deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Heb. 13: 4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Jude 7 As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them
in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going
after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire.
Rev. 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.22:15 Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
[Pr. 6: 26-34, and 9: 16-18, and 29: 3. Ec. 7: 25, 26.
Jer. 5: 7-9. Hos. 4: 11. Rom. 1: 27.]
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406                   LIBERALITY.
Enjoined.
LIBERALITY.
406. Liberality enjoined.
Ec. 11: 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt
find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also
to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the
earth.
Mat. 10: 8 Freely ye have received, freely give.
Lk. 3: 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath
two coats, let him impart to him that bath none: and he that
bath meat, let him do likewise. —12: 33 Sell that ye have,
and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a
treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - 16: 9 I say unto you,
-Make to yourselves friends of the mamron of unrighteousness,
that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting-habitations. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true
riches?  13 Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 14 And the
Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and
they derided him.
Ac. 20: 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words
of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than
to receive.
2 Cor. 8: 7 As ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to
us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
Gal. 6: 9 Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due
season we shall reap if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore
opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them
who are of the household of faith.
1 Tim. 6: 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that
they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in
the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18
That they, do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate; 19 Laying up in store for
themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that
they may lay hold on eternal life.
Heb. 13: 16 To do good, and to communicate, forget not:
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
[See 412, 526.]
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Exemplified -Rewards of.
407. Liberality exempli fied.
Ac. 10: 4 He said unto him, [Cornelius] Thy prayers and
thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
[See 355, 414, 661.]
408. Rewards of liberality, and evils of covetousness.
2 Ch. 31: 10 Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok
answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the
offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to
eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people: and that which is left is this great store.
Ps. 37: 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be. fed. 25 I have
been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever
merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.  112:5 A good
man sheweth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with
discretion. 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Pr. 3: 9 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the
first-fruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be
filled with plenty, and, thy presses shall burst out with new
wine. — 11: 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;
and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth
to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he
that watereth shall be watered also himself. 26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be
upon the head of him that selleth it. —13: 7 There is that
maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh
himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Is. 32: 8 The liberal deviseth liberal thing; and by liberal
things shall he stand.
Mal. 3: 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed
me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into
the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and
prove me now herewith saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not
open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will
rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy
the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her
fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.  12
And all nations shall call you blessed.
Lk. 6: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
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409-412    LOVE TO GOD-LOVE TO MAN.
Our primary duty —why enjoined- Love to man an essential duty.
shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure
that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.
Ac. 20: 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words
of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than
to receive.
2 Cor. 9:6 This I say, He which soweth sparingly, shall
reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully, shall
reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able
to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
[See 415, 527, 630, 674.]'
LOVE TO GOD.
409. Love to God our primary duty.
Mat. 22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the LORD
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment.
[See 288.]
410. Why should we love God?
Ps. 99: 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy
hill; for the Lord our God is holy.-107: 8 Oh that men
would praise the LoRD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men! 145: 3 Great is the LORD,
and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
148: 13 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name
alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
411. Spurious love to God.
Ps. 106: 12 They sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his
works.
Ezk. 33: 31 With their mouth they shew much love, but
their heart goeth after their covetousness.
[See 191, 194, 609, 623, 689, 702.]
LOVE TO MAN.
412. Love to man an essential duty.
Rom. 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another:
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this,
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LOVE DISINTERESTED.                413
Required as indispensable.
Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt
not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor:
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.'
1 Cor. 13: 13 Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity.-16:14 Let all your
things be done with charity.
Gal. 5: 13 Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve
one another. 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance.
Col. 3: 14 Above all these things put on charity, which is
the bond of perfectness.
1 Th. 3: 12 The Lord make you to increase and abound in
love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do
toward you.
1 Pet. 4: 8 Above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
[See 406, 629, 685, 715.]
LOVE DISINTERESTED.
413. Disinterested love required as indispensable.
Mat. 5: 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: 44 But I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use
you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise
on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and
on the unjust.-6: 33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
-7: 12 All things whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the
prophets.-22: 39 The second is like unto it, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself.
Lk. 6: 35 Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend,
hoping for nothing again.
Rom. 8: 9 Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his, - 15:'1 We then
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414              LOVE DISINTERESTED.
Exemplified.
that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and
not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his
neighbor for his good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased
not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that
reproached thee fell on me.
1 Cor. 10: 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man
another's wealth. 33 Even as I please all men in all things,
not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they
may be saved.-13: 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed
up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
2 Cor. 5: 15 He died for all, that they which live should
not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died
for them, and rose again.
Gal. 5: 14 All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Ph. 2: 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory;
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than
themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but
every man also on the things of others.
Jam. 2: 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: 9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
1 Jn. 3: 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he
laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives
for the brethren.
[See 111, 137-8, 283, 299, 356, 674, 689.]
414. Examples of disinterested love.
Ex. 32: 31 Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh,
this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods
of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin: and if
not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast
written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath
sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
1 S. 24: 16 Saul lifted up his voice and wept. 17 And he
said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast
rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well
with me; forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into
thine hand, thou killedst me not.
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Exemplified.
Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD and said, Doth
Job fear God for nought? 21 The LORD gave, and the LORD
hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. —13: 15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. —29: 12 I delivered the poor
that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help
him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came
upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Dan. 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to
answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and
he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not,
be it known unto thee, 0 king, that we will not serve thy
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.6: 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he
went into his house; and his windows being open in his
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three
times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as
he did aforetime.
Lk. 10: 33 A certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on
him, 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring
in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him
to an inn, and took care of him.
Ac. 2: 44 All that believed were together, and had all things
common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. —4: 32 The multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one
soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which
he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as
many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and
brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35 And laid
them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto
every man according as he had need.
Rom. 9: 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have
great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I
could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
2 Cor. 8: 9 Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.-12: 14 Behold,
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415, 416     LOVE DISINTERESTED-LYING.
Reward of Love- Lying prevalent.
the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be
burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you.
Heb. 11: 24 By faith. Moses, when he was come to years,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the
reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt.
[See 56, 299, 356, 407, 674.]
415. Disinterested love rewarded.
Mk. 10: 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have
left all, and have follewed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and
said, Verily, I say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or
children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 But he
shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands,
with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.
[See 408, 527, 630.]
LYING.
416. Lying a prevalent sin.
Is. 59: 3 Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers
with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath
muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any
pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they
conceive mischief. and bring forth iniquity. 13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our
God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering
from the heart words of falsehood.  14 And judgment is
turned awaybackward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Jer. 9: 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of
way-faring men; that I might leave my people, and go from
them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous
men. 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies:
but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they
proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in
any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every
neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive
every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they
have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves
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LYING.                 417, 418
Forbidden- Displeasing to God.
ceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit:
one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in
heart he layeth his wait.
Hos. 4: 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel:
for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the
land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of
God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and
stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood
toucheth blood.
Mic. 6: 12 The rich men thereof are full of violence, and the
inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Jn. 8: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth; because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it. [See 702.]
417. Lying forbidden.
Ex. 20: 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.
Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither
lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name
falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am
the LORD.
Ps. 34:.13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile.
Pr. 4: 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse
lips put far from thee.
Ep. 4: 25 Putting away lying, speak every man truth with
his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Col. 3: 9 Lie not one to'another, seeing that ye have put off
the old man with his deeds.
1 Pet. 3: 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak
no guile. [See 729, 730.]
418. Lying displeasing to God.
Ps. 5: 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the
LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man- 59: 12 For
the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them
even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which
they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that
they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob
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419                      MAN.
Iis Origin, Powers, and Dignity.
unto-the ends of the earth.- 63: 1I The king shall rejoice in
God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the
mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Pr. 6: 16 These six things doth the LORD hate; yea, seven
are an abomination unto him: 17 A  proud look, a lying
tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that
deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to
mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that
soweth discord among brethren. - 10: 18 He that hideth hatred
with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.12: 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a
lying tongue is but for a moment. 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. -
19: 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that
speaketh lies shall perish.
Is. 28: 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away
the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hidingplace.
Ac. 5: 3 Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the
price of the land? 4 While it remained, was it not thine own?
and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast
thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied
unto men, but unto God. 5 And Ananias hearing these words,
fell down, and gave up the ghost. And great fear came on all
them that heard these things.
Rev. 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. -
22: 15 Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie. [Ps. 62: 3, 4. Pr. 21: 6. Zec. 8: 16, 17.]
[See 230.]
MAN.
419. Jan's common origin and dignity.
Gen. 1: 27 God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he
them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue
it:'and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
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lis Powers, and Immortality.
fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon
the earth.
Ps. 8: 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy
fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a
little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory
and honor. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the
works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet.
Mal. 2: 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God
created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Ac. 17: 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men
for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his
offspring.
420. Man's power of intuition, or perception of self-evident truths.
Job 32: 8 There is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the
Almighty giveth them understanding.
Lk. 12: 57 Why even of yourselves judge ye not what is
right? [See 206.]
421. Man's power of reason, and capacity for knowledge, holiness, and
progress.
Pr. 18: 1 Through desire, a man, having separated himself,
seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Ezk. 12: 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a
rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have
ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
[Jer. 5: 21.]
2 Cor. 8: 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that
he hath not.
Heb. 5: 14 Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full
age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. -6: 1 Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection.
[See 667.]
422. Mlan's immortality.
Jn. 10: 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and
they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and
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423, 424              MARRIAGE.
Instituted and recommended - Matrimonial instructions.
they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them o t of
my hand.
Rom. 2: 6 Who will render to every man according to his
deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing,
seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life.
2 Tim. 1: 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing
of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and
hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
[See 152, 617.]
MARRIAGE.
423. Mlarriage instituted and recommended.
Gen. 2: 18 The LORD God said, It is not good that the
man should be alone: I will make him an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam,
and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the
flesh instead thereof: 22 And the rib, which the LORD God
had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto
the man.
Pr. 18: 22 Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and
obtaineth favor of the LORD.
Ep. 5:-31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall
be one flesh.
1 Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach.- 4: 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that
in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed
to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies
in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot
iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
from  meats, which God hath created to be received with
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. —
5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary
to speak reproachfully. 15 For some are already turned aside
after Satan.
Heb. 13: 4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. [Ps.
68: 6: and 107: 41, 42. 1 Cor. 7: 2.]
424. Matrimonial instructions and warnings.
Gen. 6: 2 The sons of God saw the daughters of men that
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MARRIAGE.                425, 426
Duties of husbands and wives - Polygamy.
they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they
chose.
Dt. 7: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them: thy
daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter
shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy
son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will
the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy
thee suddenly.
Am. 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
1 Cor. 7: 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her
husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty
to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
2 Cor. 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
425. Mutual duties of husbands and wives.
Ep. 5: 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear
of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is
the Saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is
subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands
in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ
also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 28 So ought
men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth
his wife loveth himself. 33 Neverthelesss, let every one of
you in particular so love his wife even as himself: and the
wife see that she reverence her husband.
Tit. 2: 4 That they may teach the young women to be
sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed
[See 197.]
426. Polygamy forbidden- its tendency.
Dt. 17: 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee
whom the LORD thy God shall choose. 17 Neither shall he
multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither
shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
1 K. 11: 1 King Solomon loved many strange women. 3
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Mal. 2: 15 Did not he make one? Yet had he the residue
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Divorce.
of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a
godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none
deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Mat. 19: 9 I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away,
doth commit adultery.
Mk. 10: 11 lie saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
I Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband
of one wife. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one
wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
427. Divorce discountenanced.
Gen. 2: 23 Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and
flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was
taken out of man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father
and his. mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall
be one flesh.'Mal. 2: 15 Did not he make one? Yet had he the residue
of the Spirit. And wherefore one?  That he might seek a
godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none
deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the
LORD, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth putting away:
for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of
hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not
treacherously.
Mat. 19: 4 He answered and said unto them, Have ye not
read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them
male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave
father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain
shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but
one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not
man put asunder. 8 He saith unto them, Moses, because of
the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your
wives: but from the beginning it was not so, 9 And I say
unto, Whosoever shall put away. his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and
whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth commit adultery.
[Mk. 10: 2-12.]
Lk. 16: 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her
that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
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MEANS OF GRACE.             428, 429
Appointed - Use of requi:ed.
Rom. 7: 2 The woman which hath an husband, is bound by
the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3
So then, if while her husband liveth, she be married to another
man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be
dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress,
though she be married to another man.
1 Cor. 7: 10 Unto the married I command, yet not I,
but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his
wife.
MEANS OF GRACE.
428. Means and instruments of grace appointed.
Pr. 6: 23 The commandment is a lamp, and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
Ec. 11: 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall
prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike
good.
Mat. 20: 1 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is
an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire
laborers into his vineyard.
MIk. 4: 14 The sower soweth the word.
Lk. 10: 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is
great, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord
of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his
harvest.
Jn. 4: 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then
cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes,
and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit
unto life eternal: that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth,
may rejoice together.
1 Cor. 3: 8 He that planteth and he that watereth are one:
and every man shall receive his own reward, according to his
own labor. 9 For we are laborers together with God.
[See 47.]
429. Use of means required as indispensable.
Ezk. 33: 8 When I say unto the wicked, 0 wicked man,
thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked
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430, 431           MEANS OF GRACE.
Preaching the principal - Use of encouraged.
from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but
his blood will I require at thy hand.- 36: 37 Thus saith the
Lord GOD; I wil yetfor this be inquired of by the house of
Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a
flock.
Ac. 27: 31 Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers,
Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Rom. 10: 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they
have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom
they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a
preacher?  15 And how shall they preach, except they be
sent? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God. [See 257.]
430. Preaching, the principal means of grace.
I Cor. 1: 17 Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the
gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ
should be made of none effect. 18 The preaching of the cross
is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are
saved, it is the power of God. 21 After that in the wisdom
of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by
the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Ep. 4: 11 He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers: 12 For
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at
his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
long-suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come, when
they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts
shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry. [See 458.]
431. Use of means encourayed by promises and predictions.
Ps. 126: 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He
that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
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MEANS OF GRACE.              432, 433
Successfully used - Superiority of the true.
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him.'
Pr. 11: 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him
that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.  30 The
fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth
souls is wise.
Is. 66: 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such
things? shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or
shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed,
she brought forth her children.
Dan. 12: 3 They that be wise, shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness,
as the stars for ever and ever.
Mk. 1: 17 Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I
will make you to become fishers of men.
Lk. 1: 16 Many of the children of Israel shall he [John]
turn to the Lord their God.
Jn. 17: 20 Neither pray I for these alone; but for them also
which shall believe on me through their word.
Jam. 5: 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and
shall hide a multitude of sins. [See 1, 258, 545.]
432. Mleans, successfully used.
Ac. 14: 1 It came to pass in Iconium, that they [Paul and
Barnabas] went both together into the synagogue of the Jews,
and so spake that a great multitude, both of the Jews, and also
of the Greeks believed.
Gal. 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth
again, until Christ be formed in you.
1 Cor. 4:15 Though ye have ten thousand instructors in
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have
begotten you through the gospel.
Philemon 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I
have begotten in my bonds. [See 468, 545.]
433. Superiority qf the true means of grace.
Jer. 23 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a
dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word
faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a
hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Lk. 16: 31 He said unto him, If they hear not Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose
from the dead.
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434, 435           MEANS OF GRACE.
Depend upon divine power - Different effects.
2 Cor. 10: 4 (The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but
mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.) 5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Heb. 4: 12 The word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart. [See 47.]
434. Use of means made effectual by divine power.
Ps. 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and
uphold me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Zec. 4: 6 He answered and spake unto me, saying, This is
the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might,
nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
2 Tim. 2: 25 In meekness. instructing those that oppose
themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to
the acknowledging of the truth. [See 594-6.]
435. The means of grace have different and sometimes destructive efects.
Is. 6: 9 He'said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed,
but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy,
and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert,
and be healed. 11 Then said I, LORD, how long?  And he
answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and
the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate; 12
And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a
great forsaking in the midst of the land. -28: 13 The word
of the LORD was unto them, precept upon precept, precept
upon precept: line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and
there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be
broken, and snared, and taken.
Jer. 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts,
Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in
thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Mk. 4: 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow.
4 And it, came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the way-side,
and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And
some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
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MEANS OF GRACE-MEEKNESS.            436,437
Discouraging cases —Meekness required.
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it
had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns,
and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang
up, and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and some
sixty, and some an hundred.
2 Cor. 2: 15 We are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in
them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one
we are the savor of death unto death; and to the other the savor
of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Heb. 4: 2 Unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto
them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being
mixed with faith in them that heard it. [Mic. 2: 7.]
[See 242.]
436. Cases of discouragement in using means.
Pr. 9: 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself
shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a
blot. 8 Reprove not a scorners lest he hate thee: rebuke a
wise man, and he will love thee —13: 1 A wise son heareth his
father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.- 14: 7
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest
not in him the lips of knowledge.-23: 9 Speak not in the ears
of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Mat. 7: 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under
their feet, and turn again and rend you.
1 Jn. 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not
say that he shall pray for it. [See 256, 562.]
MEEKNESS.
437. Meekness required.
Zep. 2: 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth,
which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye shallbe hid in the day of the LORD'S
anger.
Mat. 10: 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst
of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves.
Gal. 6: 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which
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438, 439               MEEKNESS.
Encouraged and exemplified.
are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness;
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity
of'the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Col. 3: 12 Put on therefore, a- the elect of God, holy and
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, long-suffering;  13 Forbearing one another, and
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any:
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
1 Tim. 6: 11 Thou, O man of God, flee these things; and
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness.
2. Tim. 2: 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose
themselves.
1 Pet. 3: 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of
putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the
heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
[See 201, 482, 498-9, 737.]
438. Meekness encouraged.
Ps. 25: 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the
meek will he teach his way.    37: 11 The meek shall inherit
the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of
peace. —76: 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from
heaven; the earth feared and was still, 9 When God arose to
judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. - 147: 6 The
LORD lifted up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the
ground.- 149: 4 The LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he
will beautify the meek with salvation.
Ec. 7: 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in
spirit.
Mat. 5: 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the
earth.
439. Mleekness exemplified.
Ac. 7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. fSee 62, 660.]
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MILLENNIUM.                   440
Predicted.
MILLENNIUM.
440. A millennium of holiness and happiness upon this earth predicted.
Ps. 22: 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and
turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall
worship before thee. —37: 11 The meek shall inherit the
earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.72: 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:
as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the
righteous flourish: 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before
him: all nations shall serve him.-86: 9 All nations whom thou
hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD; and
shall glorify thy name.
Is. 2: 2 It shall come to pass in the last days, that the
mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top
of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and
all nations shall flow unto it. 4 And he shall judge among
the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat
their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against- nation, neither
shall they learn war any more. 17 And the loftiness of man
shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be
made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his
idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship,
to the moles and to the bats. -25: 6 In this mountain shall
the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things,
a feast of wines on the lees; of fat things full of marrow, of
wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will destroy in this
mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the
vail that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up
death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears
from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take
away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. -
32: 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and
the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be
counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the
wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.45: 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn
by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness,
and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear. —49: 6 I will also give thee for a light to
the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end
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Pre.icted.
of the earth. - 60: 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy
land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou
shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. [See the
whole chapter.] - 65: 17 Behold, I create new heavens and a
new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come
into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that
which I create: for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and
her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy
in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more
heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20 There shall be no
more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not
filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old:
but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 And they shall build houses and inhabit them; and they
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They
shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and
another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people,
and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.- 66: 23
It shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship
before me, saith the LORD.
Dan. 7: 27 The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness
of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to
the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and
obey him.
Mic. 4:1 In the last days it shall come to pass, that the
mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the
top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills;
and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come,
and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of
his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go
forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Hab. 2: 14 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of
the glory of-the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Mal. 1: 11 From the rising of the sun even unto the going
down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles;
and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and
a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen,
saith the LORD of hosts.
Rom. 11:25 I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits)
that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of
the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved;
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A Time of Joliness.
as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer,
and shall turn away ungodliness fiom Jacob: 27 For this is
my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
2 Pet. 3: 13 We, according to his promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Rev. 20: 1 I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is
the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and
set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no
more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that
he must be loosed a little season. [Num. 14: 21. Ps. 67: 4-7,
and 82: 8.  Is. 49: 8, 9, and 65: 17-23.  Ac. 3: 20-25.
Rev. 15: 4.] [See 90.]
441 M1illennium a time of general lioliness.
Is. 60: 21 Thy peolle also shall be all righteous: they shall
inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work
of my hands, that I may be glorified.- 65: 25 They shall
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Jer. 31: 33 This shall be the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
-and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And
they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every
man his brother, saying, Know the LORD; for they shall all
know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will
remember their sin no more.
Ezk. 36: 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and
ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your
idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you,
and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart
of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause
you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments,
and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave
to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your
God. 29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses;
and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no
famine upon you.-37: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable
things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save
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A Time of Peace and ULitjy.
ned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I
will be their God. 24 And David my servant shall be king
over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall
also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes.
Zep. 3: 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor
speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their
mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make
themn afraid.
Zee. 14: 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the
horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in
the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Rom. 11: 25 I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened to Israel, until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel
shall be saved: as it is written, [Dt. 18: 15,] There shall come
out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from
Jacob:  27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall
take away their sins.  [See 506.]
442. Mlllenniuem a time o' peace and unity.
Ps. 37: 11 The meek shall inherit the earth, and shall
delight themselves in the abundance of peace. - 72: 3 The
mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills,
by righteousness. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish:
and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Is. 52: 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice: with the
voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye,
when the LORD shall bring again Zion. - 60: 17 I will also
make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy'land, wasting nor
destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. —66: 12 Thus saith the
LORD, Behold I will extend peace to her like a river, and
the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye
suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon
her- knees.
Mic. 4: 3 He shall judge among many people, and rebuke
strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into
plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall
not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war
any more. 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and
under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the
mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
[Is. 2: 4. Ps. 72: 4-6.  Is. 2: 4, and 11: 6-9.]
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A Time of True Knowledge and Prosperity.
443. Millennium a time of true knowlede.
Is. 11: 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my -hol
mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the
LORD, as the waters cover the Sea.  [Hab. 2: 14.]-  29: i 8
In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and'the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out or
darkness.  24 They also that erred in spirit shall come io
understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine-.
33: 6 Wisdom  and knowledge shall be the stability of t!.hy
times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is i.:i
treasure.
Jer. 3:15 I will give you pastors according to mine heari,
which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Heb. 8: l1 They shall not teach every man his neighbor, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall
know me, from the least to the greatest.
444. Mlillenniumn a time of' prosperity.
Ps. 72: 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth
upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake
like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of
the earth.
Is. 60: 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine
heart shall fear and be enlarged; because the abundance of
the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles
shall come unto thee. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover
thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they fiorn
Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they
shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of
Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the
pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of' ny
sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Joel 2: 21 Fear not,O land; be glad and rejoice: for the
LORD will do great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the
field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree
beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their
strength. 23 Be glad, then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice
in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former
rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the
rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first mornth.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall
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445, 446              MILLENNIUM.
A Time of Erjoyment -A Contrast to other Times.
overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the
years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the
caterpiller, and the palmer-worm, my great army, which I sent
among you. 26 And ye shall eat inplenty, and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt
wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
-3: 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with
milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a
fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall
water the valley of Shittim. [Is. 25: 6; and 35th entire, and
41: 18.]  [See 446.]
445. Millennium a time of enjoyment.
Is. 25: 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the
Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the
rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the
earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. —35: 10 The ransomed
of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and
everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.-52:9 Break
forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for
the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.- 65: 18 Be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which
I create: for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her
people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in
my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard
in her, nor the voice of crying.
Zep. 3: 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be
glad, and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast
out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even the LORD, is in the
midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that
day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion,
Let not thy hands be slack.  17 The LORD thy God in the
midst of thee is mighty: he will save, he will iejoice over thee
with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with
singing.
446. Millennium a contrast to previous tiies.
Is. 11: 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid-; and the calf and the
young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall
lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their
young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat
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Design and Use of.
straw like the ox. 8 And the suckling child shall play on the
hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on
the cockatrice's den. — 40: 4 Every. valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh
shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken
it. -41: 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains
in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool
of water, and the dry land springs of water.  19 I will plant
in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle,
and the oil-tree: I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the
pine, and the box-tree together:  20 That they may see, and
know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of
the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath
created it.-55: 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the
fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtletree: andl it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. - 65: 25 The wolf and the
lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the
bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. [Is. 35: 6, 7.
Ezk. 47: 8, 9. Ac. 3: 21.]
MINISTRY OF THE WO1RD.
447. Design and use of the Christian miinistry.
Jer. 3: 15 I will give you pastors according to mine heart,
which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.15: 19 If thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt
be as my mouth.
Ezk. 3: 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto
the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and
give them warning from me.
Mat. 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have
lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under
foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hid.
Ac. 26: 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes,
and to turn them from darkness to light, and fro,  the power
of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins,
and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that
is in me.
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448             MINISTRY OF THE WORD.
Divinely appointed.
Rom. 10: 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they
have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom
they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a
preacher?  15 And how shall they preach, except they be
sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good
things! [Is. 52: 7.]
1 Cor. 1: 21 After that in the wisdom of God the world by
wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that believe.
2 Cor. 1: 24 Not for that we have dominion over your
faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. 
5: 20 We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled
to God.
Ep. 4: 11 He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  12 For
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto
a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of
Christ.  [1 Timi. 3: 1. Heb. 13: 17.]  [See 101.]
448. Ministers diviendy appointed and qualijied.
Is. 62: 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make
mention of the LORD keep not silence.
Mal. 2: 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and
they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger
of the LORD of hosts.
Lk. 10: 1 After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every
city, and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore
said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers
are few: pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest, that he
would send forth laborers into his harvest.
Ac. 20: 24 But none of these things move me, neither count
I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course
with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 28 Take
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the
church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- 26: 16 Rise and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared
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Call to preach- Ordination.
ness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those
things in the which I will appear unto thee. 17 Delivering thee
from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send
thee,  18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness
to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may
receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which
are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Rom. 12: 6 Having then gifts, differing according to the
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy,
according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait
on our ministering: or he that teacheth,.on teaching: 8 Or he
that exhorteth, on exhortation.
1 Cor. 1: 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ
through the will of God, and Sosthenes-our brother. 17 For
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel.
2 Cor. 5: 18 All things are of God, who hath reconciled us
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry
of reconciliation.
Col. 4: 17 Say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry
which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
1 Tim. 1: 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath
enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into
the ministry.
Tit. 1: 3 But hath in due times manifested his word through
preaching, which is committed unto me, according to the commandment of God our Saviour. [1 Cor. 12: 7 —11.] [See 480.]
449. Call to preach the gospel.
1 Cor. 9: 16 Though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing
to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, wo is unto me,
if I preach not the gospel!
Gal. 1: 15 When it pleased God, who separated me from my
mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his
Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.
Heb. 5: 4 No man taketh this honor unto himself, but he
that is called of God, as was Aaron.
450. Ordination of ministers.
Mk. 3:14 He ordained twelve, that they should be with
him, and that he might send them forth to preach.
Ac. 13: 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the
Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the
work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had
fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them. they sent them
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451-453         MINISTRY OF TIE WORD.
Oriental priesthood - Primitive mode of preaching -- Ministerial qualifications.
away. -14: 23 When they had ordained them elders in every
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to
the Lord, on whom they believed.
2 Tim. 2: 2 The things that thou hast heard of me among
many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who
shall be able to teach others also.
Tit. 1:5 Forthis cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest
set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in
every city, as I had appointed thee.  [See 401.]
451. Oriental priesthood.
Gen. 47: 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for
the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did
eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they
sold not their lands.
Ex. 3: 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-inlaw, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back
side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even
to Horeb.
452. Primitive mode of preaching.
Ac. 17: 2 Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and
three Sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.
1 Cor. 2:4 My speech and  my preaching was not with
enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit, and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in
the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
2 Cor. 3: 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use
great plainness of speech. — 4: 1 Seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have
renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in
craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; butby
manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every
man's conscience in the sight of God. [See 447, 458, 461.]
453. Miinisterial qualfications.
1 Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy
of filthy lucre; but patient; not a brawler; not covetous; 4
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to
rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of
God?)  6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall
into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must
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Names - Authority and rights.
have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall
into reproach and the snare of the devil.
2 Tim. 2: 2 Tie things that thou hast heard of me among
many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who
shall-be able to teach others also. 24 And the servant of the
Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach,
patient; 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose.
Tit. 1: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife,
having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly. 7 For
a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God: not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given
to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover' of hospitality, a lover of good
men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the faithful
word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound
doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.  [Mat.
13: 52. 1 Cor. 4: 2.]
454. Significant names of ministers.
2 Cor. 5: 20 Ambassadors for Christ.- Tit. 1: 7 Bishops.
- 1 Tim. 5: 17 Elders. - Ep. 4: 11 Evangelists. -2 Cor. 1:
24 Helpers. -1 Cor. 3: 9, and 2 Cor. 6: 1 Laborers with God.
- Lk. 1: 2 Ministers of the Word,- 2 Cor. 11: 15 Ministers
of righteousness. - Mat. 2: 7 Messengers of the Lord. - Ac.
20: 28 Overseers. - Ep. 4: 11 Pastors and teachers. - 1 Tim.
5: 17 Rulers. - Mat. 5: 13 Salt of the earth. -Jam. 1: I
Servants of God. -2 Cor. 4: 5 Servants for Jesus' sake. -
Jer. 23: 4 Shepherds.- Tit. 1: 7 Stewards of God. —Is. 26:
6 Watchmen.  Ac. 26: 16 and Rev. 11: 3 Witnesses.
455..Ministerial authority *and rights.
Ac. 20: 17 And called the elders of the church. 28 Take
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, [bishops] to
feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own
blood.
2 Cor. 10: 8 Though I should boast somewhat more of our
authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not
for your destruction, I should not be ashamed. - 13: 10 I write
these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to
edification, and not to destruction.
1 Tim. 5: 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word
and doctrine.
2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the
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456, 457          MINISTERIAL DUTIES.
Duty to take heed to their own ways.
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at
his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant
in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Tit. 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with
all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Heb. 13: 7 Remember them which have the rule over you,
who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith
follow, considering the end of their conversation. 17 Obey
them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for
they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that
they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
456. Limits of ministeriia authority.
Mat. 20: 25 Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know
that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them,
and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But
it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great
among you, let him be your minister: 27 And whosoever will
be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the
Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many. Mk. 10: 42.- 23: 8
Be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ;
and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father upon
the earth: for one is your father which is in heaven. 10,Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even
Christ.
1 Pet. 5: 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but
being ensamples to the flock.
MINISTERIAL DUTIES.
457. The cultivation of knowledge, piety and wisdom required and exemplified.
Ezk. 2: 8 Son of man, hear what I say unto thee. Be not
thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth,
and eat that I give thee.
Mat. 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst
of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves.
Ac. 6:4 We will give ourselves continually to prayer, and
to the ministry of the word. — 20: 28 Take heed therefore
unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy
Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God
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Duty to take heed to their own ways.
which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know
this, that after my departing shall grevious wolves enter in
among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves
shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples-after them.  31 Therefore watch, and remember, that
by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one
night and day with tears.
Rom. 2: 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest
thou not thyself? thou that preachest, a man should not steal,
dost thou steal?
1 Cor. 9: 25 Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible
crown; but we an incorruptible.  26 I therefore so run, not
as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest
that by any means when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a cast-away.
I Th. 2: 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that
believe.
1 Tim. 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity,
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance
to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift
that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.  15 Meditate upon
these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting
may appear to all.  16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the
doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both
save thyself, and them that hear thee.- 6: 20 O Timothy, keep
that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and
vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
21'Which some professing, have erred concerning the faith.
2 Tim. 1: 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou
hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. -
2: 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with
the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen
him to be a soldier.  22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow
righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the
Lord out of a pure heart.  23 But foolish and unlearned
questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
2 Tim. 4: 5 Watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do
the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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Duty to preach faithfully.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith.
Tit. 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good
works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity.
8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he that is of
the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say
of you. [See 369, 463.]
458. Preaching faithftulg as'; ambassadorsfor Christ " required and erem —
plified.
Dt. 33: 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel
thy law.
Neh. 8:8 Thgy read in the book, in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand
the reading.
Ec. 12: 9 Because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the
people knowledge: yea, he gave good heed, and sought out,
and set in order many proverbs.
Jer. 1: 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and
speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at
their faces, lest I confound thee before them. — 23: 28 The
prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that
hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is
the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.    26: 2 Thus saith
the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak
unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the
LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto
them; diminish not a word.
Ezk. 2: 7 Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether
they will hear, or whether they will forbear:; for they are most
rebellious.- 3:10 He said unto me, Son of man, all my words
that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear
with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity,
unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear.
Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost; 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.
Ac. 5: 42 Daily in the temple, and in every house, they
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.- 20: 18 When
they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the
first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been
with you at all seasons. 20 And how I kept back nothing that
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was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught
you publicly, and from house to house. 26 Wherefore I take
you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all
men, 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the
counsel of God. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and
to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.
1 Cor. 4: I Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers
of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover,
it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. —9: 16
Though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for
necessity is laid upon me; yea, wo is unto me, if I preach not
the Gospel!
2 Cor. 2: 17 We are not as many, which corrupt the word
of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God
speak we in Christ. — 4: 1 Seeing we have this ministry, as
we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have renounced
the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation
of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience
in the sight of God.
Gal. 1: 10 Do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek
to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the
servant of Christ.
1 Th. 2: 3 Our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile; 4 But as we were allowed of God to
be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as
pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5. For neither
at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak
of covetousness; God is witness.
2 Tim. 2: 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth. -4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and
the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the
dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word;
be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all long-suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come,
when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching
ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned into fables. 5 But watch thou in all
things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make
full proof of thy ministry.
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Duty to be inoffensive - To fear not man.
Tit. 2: 1 Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine.
1 Pet. 4: 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles
of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability
which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified
through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever
and ever. [See 48, 65, 188, 279, 430, 462.]
459. Duty to be properly inoffensive.
Mat. 17: 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them,
go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that
first cometh up: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou
shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for
me and thee.
Rom. 14: 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine,
nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended,
or is made weal.
1 Cor. 9: 19 Though I be free from all men, yet I have made
myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And
unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews;
to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might
gain them that are under the law; 22 To the weak became I
as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to
all men, that I might by all means save some. - 10: 32 Give
none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to
the church of God. 33 Even as I please all men in all thinys,
not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they
may be saved.
2 Cor. 6: 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry
be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the
ministers of God,in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,
in distresses.
2 Tim. 2:24 The servant of the Lord must not strive; but
be gentle unto all men. [See 67, 135.]
460. Duty to fear not man -boldness exemplified.
Jer. 1: 7 The LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for
thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I
command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their
faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith LORD. 17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto
them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces,
lest I confound thee before them. 18 For behold, I have made
thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen
walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah,
against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and
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Duty to expose and reprove sin.
against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight
against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am
with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Ezk. 2: 6 Thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither
he afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee,
and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their
words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Ac. 4: 13 When they saw the boldness of Peter and John,
and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had
been with Jesus. 18 And they called them, and commanded
them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it
be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than
unto God, judge ye. 20 For we cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard. 29 And now, Lord, behold
their threatenings; and grant unto thy servants, that with all
boldness they may speak thy word. —6: 10 They were not
able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which they spake.
-9: 29 He spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
disputed against the Grecians: but he went about to slay
him. - 18: 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a
vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee, to hurt thee:
for I have much people in this city.- 19: 8 He went into the
synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months,
disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom
of God.
Ph. 1:20 According to my earnest expectation, and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all
boldness, as always, so now also, Christ shall be magnified in
my body, whether it be by life, or by death, [See 134, 659.]
461. Exposing sins, and reproving transgressors required and exemplified.
1 S. 13: 13 Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly:
thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God,
which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have
established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now
thy kingdom shall not continue.
2 S. 12:7 Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.
1 K. 18: 17 It came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that
Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and
thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments
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of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.- 21: 20 Ahab
said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he
answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to
work evil in the sight of the LORD.
Is. 58: 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of
Jacob their sins.
Ezk. 16: 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem  to know her
abominations.
Mic. 3: 8 Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the
LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob
his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified and slain.- 7: 51 Ye stiff-necked, and
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy
Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain
them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of
whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers; 53
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and
have not kVpt it.
1 Tim. 5: 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others
also may fear.
2 Tim. 4: 2'Preach the word; be instant in season, out of
season: reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and
doctrine.
Tit. 1: 10 There are many unruly and vain talkers and
deceivers, especially they of the circumcision: 11 Whose
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 13 This
witness is true: wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may
be sound in the faith. [See 610, 611.]
462. Du)ty to distin.guish saints from sinners.
Jer. 15:19 If thou take forth the precious from the vile,
thou shalt-be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but
return not thou unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto
this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against
thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I ram with thee
to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Ezk. 44: 23 And they shall teach my people the difference
between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in controversy they
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buty to pray, watch, etc.
shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to
my judgments.
Mal. 3:18 Then shall ye reutrn and discern between the
righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and
him that serveth him not. [See 458, 645.]
463. The duties of praying, watching and visiting required and exemplified
-negligence reproved.
1 S. 12: 23 As for me, God forbid that I should sin against
the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the
good in the right way.
Jer. 23: 2 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the
pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and
driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will
visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the LORD.
Joel 2: 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep
between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy
people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that
the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say
among the people, Where is their God?
Mat. 25: 42 I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I
was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger,
and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick and
in prison, and ye visited me not.
Ac. 20: 31 Watch, and remember, that by the space of
three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with
tears.
Rom. 1: 9 God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit
in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention
of you always in my prayers.
2 Cor. 11: 2 I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for
I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as
a chaste virgin to Christ.- 12: 14 Behold the third time I
am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to
you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought
not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though
the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Gal. 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth
again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present
with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt
of you.
Ph. 1: 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request
with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first
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day until now; 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long
after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Col. 1: 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it,
do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be
filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God: 11 Strengthened with all
might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and
long-suffering with joyfulness: 28 Whom we preach, warning
every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we
may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. -4: 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,
always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand
perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I bear
him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are
in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
1 Th. 2: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor
yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the
apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even
as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately
desirous of you we were willing to have imparted unto you,
not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye
were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor
and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would
not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you
the gospel of God.  10 Ye are witnesses, and God also,
how holily, and justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves
among you that believe: 11 As ye know how we exhorted,
and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father
doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God;
who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. [1 Th.
3: 7-10.]
41;4. Entire devotion to the calling required and exemplified.
Lk. 9: 59 He said unto another, Follow me. But he said,
Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said
unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach
the kingdom of God.
Ac. 6: 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave
the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren,
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ness.  4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer
and to the ministry of the word.
1 Cor. 2: 2 I determined not to know any thing among you,
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Tim. 4: 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself
wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
MINISTERIAL TRUSTS, TRIALS, AND REWARDS.
465. Ministerial responsibility.
Ezk. 33: 7 0 son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto
the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my
mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the
wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not
speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall
die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, of thou warn the wicked of his way to turn
from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his
iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. [Ezk. 3: 17, 19.]
- 34: 8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock
became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast
of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my
shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 9 Therefore, 0 ye shepherds,
hear the word of the LORD; 10 Thus saith, the Lord GOD;
Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my
flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the
flock, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more;
for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and they may not
be meat for them.
1 Tim. 1: 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed
God which was committed to my trust.  6: 20 O Timothy,
keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoding profane
and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so
called; 21 Which some professing, have erred concerning the
faith.
466. Ministerial temptations.
1. To please their hearers.
Num. 24: 10 Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse
mine enemies, and behold, thou hast altogether blessed them
these three times.  11 Therefore now flee thou to thy
place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but lo, the
LORD hath kept thee back from honor.
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2, To avoid the frowns of the influential.
Am. 7: 12 Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go flee
thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and
prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at
Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
Ac. 4: 18 And they called them, and commanded them not
to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.
3. To conceal the true God.
Is.-30: 9 This is a rebellious people, lying children, children
that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to
the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us
right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11
Get ye out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the
Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
4. To countenance popular errors, delusions and vices.
Ex. 32: 21 Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people
unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot:
thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For
they said unto me, Make us gods which shall go before us.
Am. 2: 11 I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your
young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children
of Israel? saith the LORD. 12 But ye gave the Nazarites
wine to drink: and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy
not.
467. Trials and persecutions of faithful ministers.
Jer. 2: 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your
prophets, like a destroying lion. — 15: 10 Wo is me, my
mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of
contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury,
nor men have lent tome on usury; yet every one of them doth
curse me.
Ezk. 33: 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors
of the houses.
Mat. 10: 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst
of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up
to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for
my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he
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that endureth to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they
persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I
say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel
till the Son of man be come. 24 The disciple is not above
his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough
for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his
lord: if they have called the master of the house Beelzebub,
how much more shall they call them of his household?-23: 34
Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes;
and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from
city to city.
Jn. 16: 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world. —*17: 14 I
have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them,
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the
world.
Ac. 5: 40 To him they agreed: and when they had called
the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should
not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 And
they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that
they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Ac. 7: 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of
the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the
betrayers and murderers. —9: 15 The Lord said unto him,
Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my
name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of IsraeL
16 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for
my name's sake.- 20: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth
in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.
1 Cor. 4: 9 I think that God hath set forth us the apostles
last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle
unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 11 Even unto
this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, And are naked,
and are baffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 12
And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we
bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; 13 Being defamed, we
entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the
off-scouring of all things unto this day.
2 Cor. 1: 5 -As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our
consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be
afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also
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suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation
and salvation. 7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of
the consolation.-4: 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not
distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus,
that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for
Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest
in our mortal flesh. - 6: 4 In all things approving ourselves as
the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults,
in labors, in watchings, in fastings; 8 By honor and dishonor,
by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we
live; as chastened, and not killed; 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having
nothing, and yet possessing all things.-11: 23 Are they ministers of Christ?  (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors
more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I
forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods,
once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a
day I have been in the deep;  26 In journeyings often, in
perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own
countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in
perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among
false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings
often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king
kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to
apprehend me: 33 And through a window in a basket was I
let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
gal. 1: 10 Do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek
to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the
servant of Christ.-5: 11 I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of
the cross ceased.
I Th. 3: 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that
we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye
know.
2 Tim. 2: 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good
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Ministerial Suecess.
soldier of Jesus Christ. 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an
evil-doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
-3: 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, what persecutions I endured: but
out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that
will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Rev. 1: 9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion
in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,
was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and
for the testimony of Jesus Christ. [See 68, 511.]
468. Success in preaching promised, encouraged, and exemplified.
Jer. 23: 22 If they had stood in my counsel, and had
caused my people to hear my words, then they should have
turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their
doings.
Dan. 12: 3 They that be wise,shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness,
as the stars for ever and ever.
Mk. 1: 17 Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I
will make you to become fishers of men.
Jn. 4: 36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and ggthereth
fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth, and he that
reapeth, may rejoice together.
Ac. 11: 24 He was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost.
and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.14: 1 It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a
great multitude, both of the Jews, and also of the Greeks,
believed.
I Tim. 4: 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. [See 432.]
469. Is present success always in proportion to fJithfulness?
Is. 49: 4 I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my
strength for nought, and in vain; yet surely my judgment is
with the LORD, and my work with my God. 5. And now,
saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to being Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my
God shall be my strength. —53: 1 Who hath believed our
report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Ezk. 3: 7 The house of Israel will not hearken unto thee;
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470     MINISTERIAL TRUSTS, TR1ALS, REWARDS.
Ministers encouraged.
for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel
are impudent and hard-hearted.
Jn. 12: 37 Though he had done so many miracles before
them, yet they believed not on him: 38 That the saying of
Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord,
who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of
the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe,
because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their
eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted,
and I should heal them.
Ac. 13: 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said,
It was necessary that the word of God should first have been
spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
[See 435.]
470. Faithful ministers encouraged and rewarded by God.
Jer. 1: 18 For behold, I have made thee this day a defenced
city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole
land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof,
against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.- 15: 19 Thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then
will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and
if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as
my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou
unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced
brazen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall
not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and
to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 21 And I will deliver thee out
of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the
hand of the terrible.
Ezk. 3: 8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their
faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 As
an adamant, harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear
them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a
rebellious house.
Mat. 28: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world.
Lk. 6: 22 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and
when they shall separate you from their company, and shall
reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of
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iMinisters to be prayed for - Ministeriai Support.
man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for
behold, your reward is great in heaven.-21: 15 I will give
you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not
be able to gainsay nor resist.
2 Tim. 4: 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto
all them also that love his appearing. [See 630.]
471. Faithful ministers to be prayed for.
Ep. 6: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, that utterance
may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to
make known the mystery of the gospel.
I Th. 5: 25 Brethren, pray for us.
2 Th. 3: 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of
the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is
with you; 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable
and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
472. Faithful ministers should be supported.
Num. 18: 21 Behold, I have given the children of Levi all
the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which
they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Mal. 3: 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in my house.
Mat. 10: 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses;  10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats,
neither shoes, nor yet staves: (for the workman is worthy of
his meat.)
Jn. 13: 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth
whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me,
receiveth him that sent me.
1 Cor. 9: 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it
a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?  13 Do ye
not know that they which minister about holy things live of the
things of the temple, and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?  14 Even so hath the Lord ordained
that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Gal. 6: 6 Let him that is taught in the word, communicate
unto him that teacheth in all good things.
I Th. 5: 12 We beseech you, brethren, to know them which
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473, 474         MINISTERS OF SATAN.
Numerous - deceitful.
labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish
you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their
work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
1 Tim. 5: 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and
doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle
the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy
of his reward.
MINISTERS OF SATAN.
473. False and unfaithful ministers numerous.
I K. 18: 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only,
remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four
hundred and fifty men.
Jer. 10: 21 The pastors are become brutish, and have not
sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all
their flocks shall be scattered.
Mat. 7: 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then I will profess unto them I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.-24: 5 Many shall come
in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
1 Jn. 4: 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the
spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets
are gone out into the world.
2 Jn. 7 Many deceivers are entered into the world, who
confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a
deceiver, and an antichrist.
474. False and unfaithful ministers deceitful.
Jer. 6: 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no
peace.
Ezk. 13: 10 They have seduced my people, saying, Peace;
and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others
daubed it with untempered mortar. 18 Wo to the women that
sew pillows to all arm-holes,-and make kerchiefs upon the head
of every statue to hunt souls! 22 Because with lies ye have
made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made
sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should
not return from his wicked way by promising Em life.
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MINISTERS OF SATAN.                  475
Cruel, dangerous and despicable.
Mat. 7: 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.24: 11 Many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and
shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Rom. 16: 17 I beseech you, brethren, mark them  which
cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye
have learned; and avoid them.  18 For they that are such
serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and
by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple.
2 Cor. 11: 13 Such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And
no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light.  15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end
shall be according to their works.
Ep. 4: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait
to deceive.
2 Tim. 3: 13 Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and
worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Tit. 1: 10 There are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision:   11 Whose
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
2 Pet. 2: 3 Through covetousness shall they with feigned
words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a
long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
[See 15,198, 702.]
475. False and unfait/hful teachers cruel, dang~erous and despicable —
Threats.
Is. 3: 12 O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to
err, and destroy the way of thy paths.-9: 15 The ancient
and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth
lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause
them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Jer. 23: 1 Wo be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter
the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.  2 Therefore thus
saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my
people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away,
and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the
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475              MINISTERS OF SATAN.
Cruel, dangerous and clespicable
evil of your doings, saith the LORD. 14 I have seen also in
the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all
of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as
Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood,
and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets
of Jerusalem is profaneness.gone forth into all the land. 32
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the
LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their
lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all,
saith the LORD.
Ezk. 13: 22 With lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the
hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked
way, by promising him life.-22: 25 There is a conspiracy of
her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening
the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the
treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows
in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law,
and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed
difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid
their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening
the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest
gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying,
Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
31 Therefore, have I poured out mine indignation upon them;
I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own
way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
-34: 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto
the shepherds; Wo be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed
themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?  3 Ye
eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that
are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 4 The diseased have ye
not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick,
neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have
ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have
ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty
have ye ruled them. 10 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold,
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MINISTERS OF SATAN.               475
Cruel, dangerous and despicable.
I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at
their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock;
neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I
will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be
meat for them.
Mal. 2: 8 Ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused
many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore have I
also made you contemptible and base before all the people,
according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial
in the law.
Mat. 23: 14 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long
prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he
is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than
yourselves.  16 Wo unto you, ye blind guides! which say,
Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
17 Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gold, or the
temple that sanctifieth the gold? 23 Wo unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise,
and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the
law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done,
and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides,
which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 27 Wo unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but
are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 33 Te serpents,
ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of
hell?
Lk. 6: 26 Wo unto you, when all men shall speak well of
you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. - 11: 52
Wo unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of
knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were
entering in ye hindered.
Ac. 20: 29 I know this, that after my departing shall grievous
wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also
of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things,
to draw away disciples after them.
2 Pet. 2: 1 There were, false prophets also among the
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who
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476, 477         MINISTERS OF SATAN.
Sought after -To be avoided.
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the
Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways;
by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words
make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long
time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
[See 175-7.]
476. False and unfaithfjl teachers, sought after.
Jer. 5: 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in
the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests
bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so:
and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jn. 5: 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive
me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will
receive.
2 Tim. 4: 2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and
doctrine. 3 The time will come, when they will not endure
sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto
fables. [See 175, 704.]
477. False teachers to be avoided-cautions.
Pr. 19: 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth
to err from the words of knowledge.
Mat. 7: 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.- 15:14
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. —24: 4
Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you.
Mk. 4: 24 He said unto them, Take heed what ye hear.
Lk. 21:'8 He said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the
time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
Rom. 16: 17 I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause
divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have
learned; and avoid them.
I Cor. 15: 33 Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt
good manners.
Gal. 1: 7 There be some that trouble you, and would pervert
the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from
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Common - Nature and tendency of.
heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we
have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Ph. 3: 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil-workers, beware of
the concision; 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship
God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no
confidence in the flesh.
1 Tim. 6: 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, 4 He is
proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes
of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute
of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
2 Jn. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God
speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of
his evil deeds. [See 18, 112, 175-7.]
478. False teachers destroy themselves and others.
Mat 15: 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the
blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the
ditch. —23: 13 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men:
for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are
entering, to go in.  15 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites  for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the
child of hell than yourselves.
MIRTH AND LAUGHTER.
479.  ank-ind prone to mirth- nature and tendency of.
Job 21: 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and
their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and
rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days
in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart fiom us; for we desire not the
knowledge of thy ways.
Pr. 14: 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and
the end of that mirth is heaviness.  21: 17 He that loveth
pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall
not be rich.
Ec. 2: 1 I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee
with mirth; therefore enjoy plea-sure: and behold, this also is
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Needed and appointed.
vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What
doeth it?  10 Whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart
rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my
labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had
wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and behold,
all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit
under the sun. — 7: 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of
all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is
better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance
the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the
house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of
mirth.- 11: 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let
thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in
the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but
know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into
judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and
put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are
vanity.
Lk. 6: 25 Wo unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger
Wo unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
I Cor. 10: 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them:
as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose
up to play.
2 Pet. 2: 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time.
Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their
own deceivings while they feast with you. [See 698, 711.]
MISSIONS.
480. Missions needed and divinely appointed.
Ps. 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God -74: 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations
of cruelty.
Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost; 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoeven I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always,
even unto the end of the world.
Mk. 16: 15 He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creatrtlie.
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MlISSIONS - MODESTY.          481, 482
Missions encouraged -Modesty required.
Rom. 2: 12 As many as have sinned without law, shall also
perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law,
shall be judged by the law. -10: 14 How then shall they call
on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they
believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall
they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach,
except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet
of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tiding
of good things! [See 359, 448.]
481. Encouragement of missions.
Ps. 68: 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall
soon stretch out her hands unto God. — 110: 3 Thy people
shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of
thy youth.
Joel 2: 28 It shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour
out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and
upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.
Ac. 28: 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear
it. [See 90, 440.]
MODESTY.
482. Modesty and lowliness required.
Pr. 25: 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king;
and stand not in the place of great men. 7 For better it is
that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou
shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom
thine eyes have seen.
Mat. 11: 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for
I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto
your souls. - 20: 26 It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister: 27
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. 
Rom. 12: 3 I say, through the grace given unto me, to every
man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly
than he ought to think: but to think soberly, according as God
hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 10 Be kindly
affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another.
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483-485               NATIONAL.
National Orgauizations - Promises.
I Cor. 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.
Gal. 5: 26 Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking
one another, envying one another.
Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.
Ph. 2: 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory;
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than
themselves. [See 62, 437.]
483- Modesty in good works.
Mat. 6: 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men,
to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your
Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore, when thou doest
thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may
have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their
reward. 3 But when thou doest alms,,let not thy left hand
know what thy right hand doeth; 4 That thine alms may be
in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, himself shall
reward thee openly. [See 703.]
NATIONAL.
484. National organizations appointed.
Gen. 21: 13 Of the son of the bond-woman will I make a
nation, because he is thy seed.
Dt. 322: 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their
inheritantce, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the
bounds of the people according to the number of the children
of Israel.
485. Nltional promises and favors to the obedient.
Ex. 19: 5 If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above
all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto
me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Lev. 26: 3 If ye walk in my statutes and keep my comfiandmenrts, and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due
season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of
the field shall yield their fruit: 6 And I will give peace in
the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you
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Promises to the Obedient.
afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall
the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your
eiemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And
five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you
shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall
before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto you,
and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my
covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring
forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be
my people.
Dt. 4: 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments,
even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do
so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore
and do them: for this is your wisdom and your understanding,
in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes,
and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding
people. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may go
well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou
mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy
God giveth thee, for ever. — 28: 1 It shall come to pass, if
thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy
God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day: that the LORD thy God will set thee on
high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings
shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken
unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be
in the city, lnd blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed
shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
store.  6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and
blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The LORD shall
cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten
before thy face; they shall come out against thee one way,
and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The LORD shall command
the blessing upon thee in thy store-houses, and in all that thou
settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 9 The LoRD shall
establish thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto
thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy
God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth
shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and
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Threats to the Disobedient.
they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the LORD shall make
thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the
fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land
which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The
LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to
give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the
work of thine hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations,
and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the LORD shall make thee
the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and
thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this
day, to observe and to do them.
Ps. 81: 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and
Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat:
and with honey out of the rock should I klave satisfied thee.
[Lev. 26: 3-12. Dt. 4: 5, 6, 40, and 28: 1-13.]
[See 302, 630, and Promises in the Index.]
486. National threats and calamities for disobedience.
Lev. 26: 14 If ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do
all these commandments;  15 And if ye shall despise my
statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will
not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you, I will even appoint over you
terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume
the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your
seed in vain; for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will
set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you, and ye shall
flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet, for
all this hearken unto me, fhen I will punish you seven times
more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your
power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth
as brass: 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for
your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees
of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary
unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven
times more plagues upon you, according to your sins. 22 I
will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of
your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in
number, and your high-ways shall be desolate. 23 And if ye
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Thrca's to the Disobedient.
will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;  24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you,
and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I
will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
my covenant; and when ye are gathered together within your
cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be
delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 And when I have
broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake' your
bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again
by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if
ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
to me: 28 Then I will walk contrary into you also in fury;
and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your
daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I will destroy your high
places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses
upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your
sweet odors. 32 And I will bring the land unto desolation:
and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at
it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will
draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate,
and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies'
land: even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not
rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon
them that are left alive of you, I will send a faintness into
their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a
shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing
from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a
sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no powert to
stand before-your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among
the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands: and also in the iniquities of their
fathers shall they pine away with them.
Dt. 4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's
children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and
shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD
thy God, to provoke him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth
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Threats to the Disobedient.
ish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess
it: ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be
destroyed. 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the
nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen,
whither the LORD shall lead you. -28: 15 It shall come to
pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy
God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes
which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall
come upon thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and
cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body,and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest
in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The
LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly: because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The
LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have
consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess
it.  22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption,
and with a.fever, and with an inflammation, and with
an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew: and they shall pursue thee until
thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall
be brass, and the earth that is unde- thee shall be iron. 24
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust:
from heaven, shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before
thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and
flee seven ways before them; and shalt be removed into
all the kingdoms of the earth. 33 The fruit of thy land, and
all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up:
and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. 37 And thou
shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among
all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in:
for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards
and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather
the grapes: for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have
olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint
thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy'
them: for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and
fruit of thy land shall the locusts consume. 43 The stranger
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that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou
shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and
thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt
be the tail. 45 Moreover, all these curses shall come upon
thee, and shall pursue thee, aud overtake thee, till thou be destroyed: because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the
LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes
which he commanded thee. 46 And they shall be upon thee
for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47
Because thou servedstnot the LORD thy God with joyfulness and
with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall
send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness,
and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon
thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 58 If thou wilt not
observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this
book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name,
THE  LORD  THY  GOD; 59 Then the LORD will make
thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great
plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of
long continuance.  62 And ye shall be left few in number,
whereas ye were as the stars of heaven Tor multitude; because
thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. 63
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you
to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice
over you to destroy you and to bring you to nought: and ye
shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess
it. 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee: and thou
shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy
life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were
eyen! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and
for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
2 Ch. 24: 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah
the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people,
and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the
commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because
ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 21
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at
the commandment of the king, in the court of the house of the
LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness
which Jahoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son.
And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. 23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that
the host of Syria came up against him: and they tame to
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Threats to the Disobedient.
Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the
people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them
unto the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians
came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a
very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the
LORD God of their fathers.  So they executed judgment
against Joash.
Neh. 9: 25 They took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full ofall goods, wells digged, vineyards and oliveyards, and fiuit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were
filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great
goodness. 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and, cast thy law behind their backs, and
slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to
thee, and they wrought great provocations. 27 Therefore thou
deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed
them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto
thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy
manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them
out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest,
they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in
the hand of their eneihies, so that they had the dominion over
them: yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them
according to thy mercies: 29 And testifiedst against them, that
thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt
proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but
sinned against thy judgments, (which- if a man do, he shall live
in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck,
and would not hear. 30 Yet many years'didst thou forbear
them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou
them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Jer. 44: 6 My fury and mine anger was poured forth, and
was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of
Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your
souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling,
out of Judah, to leave you none to remain: 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone
to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might
be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9 Have ye forgotten the wickednesss of your fathers, and the
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NEUTRALITY - OPPRESSION.           487, 488
Neutrality to Christ impossible - Specimens- of Oppression.
wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their
wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your
wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and
in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They are not humbled even
unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law,
nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your
fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and
to cut off all Judah.
Ezk. 39: 23 The heathen shall know that the house of Israel
went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed
against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them
into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
[Lev. 26: 14-39.  Dt. 28: 15-67.  Neh. 9: 27-30.  Jer.
25: 8-14, and 44: 6 —11.]
[See 87, 303, 362, 381, 566, 630; 733, and Threats, in the
Index.]
NEUTRALITY.
487. Neutrality towards Christ and his cause apparent, not real.
1 K. 18: 21 Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How
long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow
him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered
him not a word.
Mat. 12: 30 He that is not with me, is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.
Mk. 9: 40 He that is not against us, is on our part.
Rev. 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor
hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.  116 Because thou art
lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth.
OPPRESSION.
488. Specimens of ancient oppression.
Ex. 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came
and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus
with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and behold, thy servants
are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he
said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go, and
do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and work:
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489, 490               OPrRESSION.
Effects of- God h tes it.
for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the
tale of bricks.  19 And the officers of the children of Israel
did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall
not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task.
]zk. 22: 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves
ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get
dishonest gain.  28 And her prophets have daubed them with
untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them,
saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD  hath not
spoken.  29 The people of the land have used oppression, and
exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea,
they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully,
Mic. 3: 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck
off their skin from  off them, and their flesh fiom  off their
bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their
skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them
in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Nah. 3: 1 Wo to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and
robbery; the prey departeth not. [See 200(7), 681, 682.]
489. Effects of oppression upon oppressors.
Pr. 21: 7.The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;
because they refuse to do judgment.
Is. 30: 12 Thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye
despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and
stay thereon: 1, Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a
breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. [See 733.]
490. God notices and hates oppressors - Threats.
Ex. 3: 7 The LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction
of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by
reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows: 9 Now
therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto
me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Job 27: 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage of oppressors, which thay shall receive of
the Almighty.  14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the
sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Ps. 12: 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of
the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in
safety from him that puffeth at him. - 72: 4 He shall judge the
poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and
shall break in pieces the oppressor.
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God hates it - Threats.
Pr. 14: 31  He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his
Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
Ec. 5: 8 If thou seest the oppression of the/poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel
not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Is. 61: 8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for
burnt-offering.
Jer. 5: 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full
of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the
deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of
the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do
they not judge, 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith
the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as
this?
Ezk. 18: 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of
blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 12
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence,
hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the
idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon
usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall
not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely
die; his blood shall be upon him. - 22: 12 In thee -have they
taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase,
and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion,
and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. 13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which
thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst
of thee. 14 Can thy heart endure or can thy hands be strong,
in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LQRD have
spoken it, and will do it. 29 The people of the land have
used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the
poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon
them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their
own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord
GOD.
Jam. 2: 13 He shall have judgment without mercy that hath
shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against "judgment. -
5: 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down
your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud,'crieth; and
the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears
of the Lord of Sabaoth. [See 523, G36, 679.]
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491-494                 PARENTS.
To set an example, insBtuct and govern.
491. Infatuation of oppressors.
Ec. 7: 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad.
Am. 3: 10 They know not to do right, saith the LORD, who
store up violence and robbery in their palaces. [See 707.]
PARENTS.
492. Parents should set a good example.
Jos. 24: 15 As for me and my house, we will serve the
LORD.
Ps. 101: 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.
O when wilt thou come unto me?  I will walk within my
house with a perfect heart.
Tit. 2: 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works.
[See 178.]
493. Parents should instruct and govern their children.
Ex. 10: 2 That thou mayest 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.
Dt. 6: 6 These words which I command thee this day, shall
be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto
thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest
down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them
for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts
of thine house, and on thy gates.  [Dt. 11: 18-21.] - 32: 46
He said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
Pr. 22: 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Is. 28: 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall
lie make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from
the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Ep. 6: 4 Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
[See 48.]
494. Parents should correct children for disobedience.
Pr. 10: 13 A rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.- 13: 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son:
but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. — 19: 18 Chas:
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To provide- Parental faithfulness —Result of parental unfaithfulness.
ten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for
his crying.- 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a
child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. -
23: 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat
him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. - 26: 3
A whip for tle horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's
back. - 29: 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child
left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.  17 Correct thy
son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto
thy soul.
Heb. 12: 9 We  have had fathers of our flesh  which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much
rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
[See 54.]
495. Parents shouldprovidefor their children.
2 Cor. 12: 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to
you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not
yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the
parents, but the parents for the children.
1 Tim. 5: 8 If any provide not for his own, and especially
for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is
worse than an infidel.
496. aIIippy result of parcntal fiithfulness.
Gen. 18:19 I know him, that he will command his children
and his household after him, and they shall keep the way
of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Ps. 37: 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is
blessed. —102: 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Pr. 20: 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children
are blessed after him. -22: 6 Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
2 Tim. 1: 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and
thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
[See 120.]
497. Sad result of parental unfaithfulness -judicial visitation.
Ex. 20: 5 I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third
and fourth generation of them that hate me. Jer. 32: 18.
Num. 14: 33 Your children shall wander in the wilderness
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498                    PATIENCE.
Required.
forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be
wasted in the wilderness.
I S. 3: 13 I have told him, that I will judge his house for
ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: because his sons
made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 1 K. 21: 21.
I K. 16: 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha,
and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like
the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Job 17: 5. He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the
eyes of his children shall fail. -21: 17 How oft is the candle
of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction
upon them?  God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They
are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm
carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children:
he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Is. 14: 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity
of their fathers; that -they do not rise, nor possess the land,
nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Hos. 4: 6 Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I
will also forget thy children. [See 733.]
PATIENCE.
498. Patience required.
Ps. 37: 1 Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be
thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 7 Rest in the
LORD, and wait patiently fQr him: fret not thyself because of
him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Lk. 21: 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
Rom. 2: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life.
-12: 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation: continuing
instant in prayer.
2 Cor. 6: 4 In all things approving ourselves as the ministers
of God, in much patience. 
1 Th. 5: 14 We exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient
toward all men.
Heb. 6: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them
who through faith and patience inherit the promises. —10: 36
Ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of
God, ye might receive the promise. —12: 1 Let us run with
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Required, encouraged, and exemplified.
patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith.
Jam. 1: 4 Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. —5: 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.  Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and
hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter
rain. 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the
coming of the Lord draweth nigh.  10 Take, my brethren,
the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for
an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold,
we count them  happy which endure. Ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the
Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
1 Pet. 2: 20 What glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for
your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well,
and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with
God.
2 Pet. 1: 5 Giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue;
and to virtue, knowledge; 6 And to knowledge, temperance;
and to temperance, patience. [See 201, 437, 737.]
N. 13. For examples of patience, see 62, 154, 660.
PEACE.
499. A peaceable and gentle spirit required, encouraged, and exemplified.
Ps. 34: 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and
pursue it.
Pr. 15: 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous
words stir up anger.
Jer. 29: 7 Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused
you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for
it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Mat. 5: 9 Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be
called the children of God.
Rom. 12: 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; 18 If it be
possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
-14: 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
1 Cor. 7: 15 God hath called us to peace.
2 Cor. 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of
good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace: and the God of
love and peace shall be with you.
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500                      PEACE.
False Peace-makers.
Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 32 And be ye kind one to
another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God
for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ph. 2: 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God,
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Col. 3: 8 Now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 15 And
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye
are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
1 Th. 2: 7 We were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children.-5: 13 Be at peace among yourselves.
2 Tim. 2: 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive;
but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient; 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves.
Heb. 12: 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
Jam. 3: 17 The wisdom that is from above is firstpure, then
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and
good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
1 Pet. 3: 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak
no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good: let him seek
peace, and ensue it.'[See 62, 201, 437, 660, 737.]
500. False peace-makers.
Jer. 6: 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no
peace.
Ezk. 13: 10 They have seduced my people, saying, Peace;
and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others
daubed it with untempered mortar:  11 Say unto them which
daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall
be an overflowing shower; and ye, 0 great hailstones, shall
fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. [See 191.]
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PERFECTION.                   501
Moral Perfection required.
PERFECTION.
501. Commands and exhortations to be perfect in all good works.
Mat. 5: 37 Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay,
nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and
a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not
evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at
the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him
twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that
would borrow of thee, turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard
that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate
thine enemy: 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in
heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For
if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not
even the publicans the same?  47 And if ye salute your
brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the
publicans so?  48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Rom. 12: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And
be not conformed to this world. 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is
good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honor preferring one another;  11 Not slothful in
business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 Rejoicing
in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you; bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
weep. 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind
not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not
wise in your own conceits.  17 Recompense to no man evil
for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with
all men.  19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but
rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is
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501                    PERFECTION.
Moral Perfection required.
mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.  20 Therefore, if thine
enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in
so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not
overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
2 Cor. 7: 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Ep. 4: 25 Putting away lying, speak every man truth with
his neighbor: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye
angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole,
steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands
the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that
needeth.  29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of
your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that
it may minister grace unto the hearers. 31 Let all bitterness,
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speakifig, be put
away from you, with all malice:  32 And be ye kind one to
another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you.-5: 1 Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children;  2 And walk in love, as
Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor. 3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not
be once named among you, as becometh saints;  4 Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove
them. 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,
but as wise.  16 Redeeming the time, because the days are
evil.-6: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and
in the power of his might.  11 Put on the whole armor of
God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.  12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt
about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;  15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace;  16 Above all, taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked.  17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword
of the Spirit, which is the word of God:  18 Praying always
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To be maintained by a covenant.
with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all
saints.
1 Pet. 2: 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye
should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile
found in his mouth. [See 285-6, 629.]
502. Should perpetual moral perfection be pledged in a covenant with
God?
Ex. 24: 7 He took the book of the covenant, and read in
the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD
hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the
blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the
blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you
concerning alf these words.
Dt. 29: 10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD
your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your
officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your
wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer
of thy wood, unto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou
shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into
his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
13 That he may establish thee to-day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto
thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.
2 Ch. 15: 12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD
God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all
Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their
heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was
found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
-34: 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant
before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his
commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all
his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the
covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused
all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant
of God the God of their fathers.
Neh. 10: 29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and
entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law,
which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe
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503, 504              PERFECTION.
Saints called perfect- Saints, objects of divine complacency.
and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his
judgments and his statutes.
Ps. 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God.-119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy
righteous judgments.
Jer. 50: 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces
thitherward, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD
in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Ezk. 20: 37 I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I
will bring you into the bond of the covenant. [2 K. 11: 17,
Is. 56: 4.] [See 118.]
503. The appellation, "perfect," applied to saints.
Gen. 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was
a just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked
with God.
Job 1: 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name
was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that
feared God, and eschewed evil. 8 And the LORD said unto
Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none
like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that
feareth God, and escheweth evil? [Job 2: 3.]
Ps. 37: 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:
for the end of that man is peace.
-Pr. 2: 21 The upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.- 11: 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own
wickedness.
I Cor. 2: 6 We speak wisdom among them that are perfect:
yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this
world, that come to nought.
Ph. 3: 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus
minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall
reveal even this unto you.
504. Do saints attain acny moral perfection in which God delights?
Gen. 5: 24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not: for
God took him.
Jos. 14: 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb
the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day; because that
he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
2 K. 20: 3 I beseech thee, 0 LORD, remember now how I
have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and
have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah
wept sore.
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PERFECTION.                   505
True love, not sinful.
Ps. 11: 7 The righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his
countenance doth behold the upright. —45: 13 The King's
daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
-119: 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in
the law of the LORD. -147: 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in
them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Pr. 8: 17 I love them that love me: and those that seek me
early shall find me. 11: 20 They that are of a froward heart
are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their
way are his delight.
Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another.   16: 27 The Father himself loveth you, because ye
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Rom. 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another:
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 10 Love
worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling
of the law.
1 Th. 2: 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that
believe.
1 Jn. 3: 3 Every man that hath this hope -in him purifieth
himself, even as he is pure.- 4: 12 No man hath seen God at
any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his
love is perfected in us. 17 Herein is our love made perfect,
that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as
he is, so are we in this world.
Rev. 19:8 To her was granted that she should be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness
of saints. [See 94, 505, 584-5, 659, 672.]
505. Can the "perfect love" of saints be blended with sin?
Ps. 119: 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and
that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity:
they walk in his ways.
Ezk. 36: 26 I will take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Mat. 6: 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he
will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon.
Rom. 13: 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore
love is the fulfilling of the law.
Gal. 5: 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against
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506, 507              PERFECTION.
Millennial perfection- Inconstant perfection of saints.
the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other.
I Jn. 2: 15 If any man love the world, the love of the Father
is not in him.- 3: 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born
of God.-4: 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love
casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth,
is not made perfect in love. [See 503.]
506. Millennial perfection.
Dt. 30: 6 The LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart,
and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Jer. 31: 33 This shall be the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people. -32: 39
And 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: 40 And I will made an everlasting covenant with
them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good;
but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart
from me.- 50: 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. [See 441.]
507. Inconstant perfection of saints in this life.
2 Ch. 6: 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man
which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver
them over before their enemies, and they carry them away
captives unto a land far off or near.
Job 9: 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn
me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.40: 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay
my hand upon my mouth.- 42: 5 I have heard of thee by the
hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore
I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Ps. 19: 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me
from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. - 38: 4
Mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden
they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink, and are
corrupt because of my foolishness.  [6-8.]- 119: 96 I have
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Inconstant perfection- Afiictions.
seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Pr. 20: 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am
pure from my sin?
Ec. 7: 20 There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth
good and sinneth not.
Is. 6: 5 Then said I, Wo is me! for I am undone; because
I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the
LORD of hosts.
Mat. 6: 12 Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
-26: 72 Again he denied with an oath, I do not know the
man. 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by,
and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy
speech bewrayeth thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to
swear, saying, I know not the man.
Rom. 7: 14 We know that the law is spiritual: but I am
carnal, sold under sin. 15 F6r that which I do, I allow
not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that
do I. [Verses 16-25.]
Gal. 5: 17 The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other;
so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Ph. 3: 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were
already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend
that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Jam. 3: 2 In many things we offend all. If any man offend
not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle
the whole body.
I Jn. 1: 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [See 166, 663.]
508. Real saints subjected to occasional afflictions and chastisements.
Heb. 12: 5 Ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the
chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked
of him:  6 For whom  the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son whom  he receiveth. 7 If ye endure
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son
is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without
chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards,
and not sons. -
Rev. 3: 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be
zealous therefore, and repent. [See 2, 3, 4.]
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509-511       PERFECTION-PERSECUTION.
Self-deceived Perfectionists- Persecution for Righteousness' sake.
509. Would God afflict his people, had they attained permanent moral
perfection?
Job 36: 8 If they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords
of affliction; 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their
transgressions that they have exceeded.
Is. 27: 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote
him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are
slain by him?  9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob
be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin.
Lam. 3: 32 Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth
not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Heb. 12: 10 They verily for a few days chastened us after
their own pleasure: but he for our profit, that we might be
partakers of his holiness.
510. Self-deceived perfectionists.
Pr. 30: 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own
eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Mat. 19: 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things
have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?  21 Jesus
said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: and come and follow me. 22 But when the young
man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had
great possessions. [See 696, 703-4.]
PERSECUTION.
511. The righteous reproached and persecuted.
Neh. 4: 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised.
Job 16: 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have
gathered themselves together against me.
Ps. 14: 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the
LORD. - 22: 6 I am  a worm, and no man; a reproach of
men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me
laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the
head, saying, 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. -
31: 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance:
they that did see me without fled from me.  13 For I have
heard the slander. of many: fear twas on every side: while
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For Righteousness' sake.
they took counsel together against me, they devised to take
away my life. - 42: 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine
enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where
is thy God?- 44: 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the
day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. - 64: 2
Ijide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the
insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their
tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows,
even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the
perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. - 69: 4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of
mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies
wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not
away. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach: shame
hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my
brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the
zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of
them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I
wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach.. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame,
and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all before thee. 20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:
and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and
for comforters, but I found none. - 79: 4 We are become a
reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that
are round about us. —89: 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach
of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of
all the mighty people; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have
reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the
footsteps of thine anointed.- 102: 8 Mine enemies reproach
me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn
against me.
Dan. 7: 25 He shall speak great words against the Most
High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Jn. 10: 20 And many of them said, He [Christ] hath a
devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Heb. 11: 36 Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 They
were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheep-skins, and
goat-skins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (Of whom
the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in
mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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512, 513              PERSECUTION.
Ultimate Triumph of the Persecuted- Persecutors abased.
Rev. 7:14 I said unto him, Sir, Thou knowest. And he said
to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and
have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb. [See 68, 86, 467, 740.]
512. Ultimate triumph of those perseclrted for riq!tcousnless suke,
Ps. 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and
shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. —
68: 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as
the wings of a, dove covered with silver, and her feathers with
yellow gold.
Mat. 5: 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom  of heaven. 11
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you,
and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my
sake.  12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your
reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which
were before you.
Rom. 8:17 If children, then heirs: heirs of God, and jointheirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we
may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2 Tim. 2: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if
we deny him, he also will deny us.
1 Pet. 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing
happened unto you:  13 Bfit rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.  14 If ye
be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the
Spirit of glory and of God, resteth upon you. On their part
he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Rev. 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb.  [See 4, 337.]
513. God will abase perscc.(torjs.
Ps. 37: 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon Tim with his teeth.  13 The LORD shall laugh at
him; for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The wicked
have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast
down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright
conversation.  15 Their sword shall enter into *their own
heart, and their bows shall be broken.-47: 3 He shall subdue
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Persecutors abased.
Is. 41: 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee
shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;
and they that strive with thee shall perish. [12.]-51: 7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in
whose heart is my law; fdar ye not the reproach of men,
neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth shall
eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like
wool. -54: 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants
of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
60: 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come
bending unto thee: and all they that despised thee shall bow
themselves down at the soles of thy feet. —66: 5 Hear the
word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren
that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let
the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and
they shall be ashamed.
Jer. 20: 11 The LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one:
therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper:
their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Mic. 7: 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because
I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and
execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the
light, and I shall behold his righteousness.  10 Then she
that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her,
which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes
shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire
of the streets.
Mal. 4: 2 Unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of
righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall
go forth and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall
tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles
of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of
hosts.
Rom. 16: 20 The God of peace shall bruise Satan under
your feet shortly.
2 Th. 1: 4 We ourselves glory in you in the churches of
God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and
tribulations that ye endure: 5 Which is a manifest token of
the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy
of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 Seeing it
is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you: 7 And to you, who are troubled, rest with
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Indispensable.
us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on
them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev. 3: 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of
Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold
I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to
know that I have loved thee. - 18: 20 Rejoice over her, thou
heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath
avenged you on her.- 19: 3 And again they said, Alleluia.
And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
[See 87, 525, 550, 573,(7.)]
PERSEVERANCE.
514. Perseverance in holiness indispensable.
Mat. 10: 22 Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's
sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. [Mat.
24: 13.]
Jn. 15: 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a
branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them
into the fire, and they are burned.
Rom. 2: 6 Who will render to every man according to his
deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing,
seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life.
1 Cor. 9: 27 I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means when I have preached to;
others, I myself should be a cast-away. — 10: 12 Let him that
thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.
Col. 1: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled,
and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye
have heard, and which was preached to every creature which
is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.
Heb. 3: 6 Christ as a Son over his own house: whose
house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing
of the hope firm unto the end. 12 Take heed, brethren, lest
there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing
from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily while
it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ,
if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the
end.- 4: 1 Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short
of it. 11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any
man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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Predicted and Promised.
2 Pet. 1: 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence
to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things
ye shall never fall.
Rev. 2: 10 Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee
a crown of life. 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh, shall
not be hurt of the second death. 17 He that hath an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that
overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will
give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it. 26 And
he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to
him will I give power over the nations. - 21: 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he
shall be my son. [Rev. 3: 5, 12: 21, and 2: 7.]
[See 19, 20, 540.]
515. Predictions and promises of saints' perseverance.
Job 17: 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Ps. 37: 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the
Lord: and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he
shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him
with his hand. - 89: 30 If his children forsake my law, and
walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes,
and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their
transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33
Nevertheless, my loving kindness will I not utterly take from
him, nor Buffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will
I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto
David. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as
the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the
moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.
Pr. 4: 18 The path of the just is as the shining light, that
sllineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Is. 54: 10 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.-  55: 3 Incline your ear, and
come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will
make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies
of David.
Jer. 32: 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them,
that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but
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515                 PERSEVERANCE.
Promised and predicted.
I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart
from me.
Mat. 24: 24 There shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Jn. 3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not
perish, but have everlasting life. 36 He that believeth on the
Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son,
shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. —
5: 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death
unto life.- 6: 39 This is the Father's will which hath sent me,
that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but
should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the
will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son,
and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will
raise him up at the last day. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto
you, He that bejeveth on me hath everlasting life. 51 I am
the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I
will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. - 10: 27 My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. 29 My
Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; aid none is
able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Rom. 8: 30 Whom he did predestinate, them he also called;
and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 38 For I am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Ph. 1: 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which
hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day
of Jesus Christ.
2 Th. 2: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb. 6: 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul,
both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within
the vail.
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Christ's intercession for Saints'.
2 Tim. 4:18 The Lord shall deliver me from every evil
work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom; to
whom be glory for ever and ever.
1 Pet. 1: 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible,
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven
for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1 Jn. 5: 18 We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and
that wicked one toucheth him not. [See 95, 667.]
516. Christ's intercession for the saints.
Lk. 22: 31 The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou
art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Jn. 17: 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for
them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 10 And
all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in
them. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are
in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through
thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may
be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I
kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept,
and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the
scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee, and
these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy
fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word; and
the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world,
even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world even
as I am not of the world.  17 Sanctify them through thy
truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the
world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And
for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone;
but for them also which shall believe on me through their word:
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and
I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me.
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517, 518        PERSEVERANCE - POPERY.
Sealing of the Spirit- Popery predicted.
Rom. 8: 34 Whois he that condemneth?  It is [is it] Christ
that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Heb. 7: 25 He is able also to save them  to the uttermost
that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.- 9: 24 Christ is not entered into the holy
places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but
into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
517.'Sealing" and " earnest of the Spirit."
Rom. 8: 23 Not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our
body.
2 Cor. 1: 21 He which establisheth us with you in Christ,
and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us,
and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.-5: 5 He that
hath wrought us for the selfsame thing Zs God, who also hath
given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Ep. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also,
after that ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of
promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his
glory. -4: 30 Grieve not that Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye
are sealed unto the day of redemption.
2 Tim. 2: 19 The foundation of God standeth sure, having
this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. [See 21.]
POPERY.
518. Popery or the Romish hierarchy predicted.
Dan. 7: 8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up
among them another little horn, before whom there were three
of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this
horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking
great things. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are
ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;
and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three
kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the Most
High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion to consume and destroy it unto the end.
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POPERY.                     518
Popery predicted.
2 Th. 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed, tjhe son of perdition; 4 Who
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of
God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not,
that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in
his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:
only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the
way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming
is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and
lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the
love of the truth, that they might be saved.
1 Tim. 4: 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy,
having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to
marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath
created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe
and know the truth.
Rev. 13: 11 I beheld another beast coming up out of the
earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as
a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first
beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was
healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of
men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight
of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a
sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto
the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both
speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image
of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark
in their right hand, or in their foreheads; 17 And that no
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name
of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom.
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his numberis Six
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519                     POPERY.
Its vain Pretence respecting Peter.
hundred threescore and six.- 17: 1 There came one of the
seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me,
saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters; 2
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with
the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the
spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet-color, and decked with gold and precious stones
and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman
drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of
the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with
great admiration. 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore
didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven
heads, and ten horns.  18 And the woman which thou
sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of
the earth.
519. Was Peter made head of the apostles, or universal bishop?
Mat. 16: 23 He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee
behind me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. -
20: 25 Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the
princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they
that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall
not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you,
let him be your minister; 27 And whosoever will be chief
among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of
man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for many.
Ac. 8: 14 When the apostles which were at Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they
sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were
come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy
Ghost. - 15: 6 The apostles and elders came together for to
consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much
disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, Men and brethren,
ye know how that a good while ago, God made choice among
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Dreadful end of.
us, that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of
the gospel, and believe.  12 Then all the multitude kept
silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring
what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 13 And after they had held their peace, James
answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me. 14
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to
this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After
this I will return, and will build again the tabernacleof David
which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof;
and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek
after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is
called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. 18 Known
unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them,
which fiom among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 But
that we write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of
idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, andfrom
blood.
1 Pet. 5: 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and
also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.
520. Dreadful end of Popery.
Dan. 7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great
words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was
slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his
dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
2 Th. 2: 8 Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the
Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
Rev. 17: 16 The ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,
these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and
naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. - 18: 4
I heard another voice fiom heaven, saying, Come out of her,
my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye
receive not of her plagues. 8 Therefore shall her plagues
come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she
shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God
whojuZgethher. —19:1 Afterthesethings I heard a great voice
of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia: Salvation, and
glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For
true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the
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Evils of - God pities the Poor.
great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication,
and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And
again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and
ever. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them
that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a
lake of fire burning with brimstone.
POVERTY.
521. Evils of poverty.
Pr. 10: 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.- 14: 20 The poor is
hated even of his own neighbor, but the rich hath many friends.
- 19: 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much
more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them, with
words, yet they are wanting to him. -22: 7 The rich ruleth
over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Ec. 9: 16 Then said I, Wisdom  is better than strength:
nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words
are not heard.
522 God pities and helps the poor.
Dt. 10: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless
and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and
raiment.
Job 5: 15 He saveth the poor from the sword, from their
mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath
hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Ps. 10: 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and
spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself
unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 17 LORD,
thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the
fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may
no more oppress.- 72: 12 He shall deliver the needy when he
crieth: the poor also, and him that hath no helper.  13 He
shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the
needy.  14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. - 102: 17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their
prayer. - 140: 12 I know that the Lo:D will maintain the cause
of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.- 146: 9 The LORD
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God hates Oppressors.
preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and
widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
[See 224-5.]
523. Oppression of the poor forbidden- Threats.
Ex. 22: 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress
him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 Ye shall
not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Ps. 12: 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of
the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in
safety from him that puffeth at him.- 72: 4 HIe shall judge the
poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and
shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Pr. 21: 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.- 22: 16 He
that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth
to the rich, shall surely come to want. 22 Rob not the poor,
because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate. -
23: 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the
fields of the fatherless.
Is. 3: 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces,
and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
-10:  lWo unto them  that decree unrighteous decrees, and
that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn
aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right
from  the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey,
and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do
in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come
from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye
leave your glory?
Am. 8: 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even
to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the
new-moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath,
that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the
shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That
we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of
shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat.  7 The LORD
hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never
forget any of their works.
Mal. 3: 5 I will come near to you to judgment: and I will
be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless,
and that turn adside the stranger from his right and fear not
me, saith the LORD of hosts. [See 490, 679.]
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Poor subjects of divine grace - A contrast — Duty to aid tile poor.
524. The poor often distinguished by God's special yrace.
Lk. 1: 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats,
and exalted them of low degree.  53 He hath filled the hungry
with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. -
4: 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised.- 10: 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit,
and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it
seemed good in thy sight. — 14:21 So that servant came, and
shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house
being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets
and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the
maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
1 Cor. 1: 26 Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things
of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound the things which are
mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which
are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not,
to bring to nought things that are. 29 That no flesh should
glory in his presence.
Jam. 2: 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God
chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the
kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
525. Future contrast between the humble poor, and their oppressors.
1 S. 2: 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth
up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and
to make them inherit the throne of glory.
Lk. 16: 25 Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil
things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
[See 513, 550.]
526. Duty to help the poor and the afficted, and to avoid prejudice and partiality.
Lev. 19: 9 When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou
shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou
gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not
glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of
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Ielping the Poor encouraged.
thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger:
I am the Lord your God. —25: 35 If thy brother be waxen
poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve
him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner: that he may
live with thee.
Dt. 15: 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall
not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for
this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works,
and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor
shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee,
saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to
thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Dan. 4: 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable
unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine
iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Jam. 1: 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. - 2: 1 My
brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord
of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto
your assembly, a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and
there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have
respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him,
Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou
there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor
of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he
hath promised to them that love him? 6 But ye have despised
the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before
the judgment-seats?  7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy
name by the which ye are called?'8 If ye fulfil the royal law
according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye
commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
1 Jn. 3:17 Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion
from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him.
[See 7, 687.]
527. Encouragements to help the poor.
Ps. 41: 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD
will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve
him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the
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In private and social worship.
earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Ps. 112: 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with
honor.
Pr. 19: 17 He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the
LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
- 22: 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he
giveth of his bread to the poor.
Mat. 5: 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain
mercy.- 25: 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35
For I was an hungerd, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited
me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
[See 354, 408, 630, 686.]
PRAISE TO GOD.
528. Praising God in private and social worship required and exemplified.
Ps. 9: 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion,
declare among the people his doings.- 22: 22 I will declare
thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation
will I praise thee.- 35: 18 I will give thee thanks in the great
congregation: I will praise thee among much people. - 47: 6
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King,
sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing
ye praises with understanding. —95: 1 O come, let us sing
unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our
salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For
the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. -
100: 1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with
singing. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into
his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his
name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations. - 107: 31 O that men
would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men! 32 Let them exalt him also in
the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly
of the elders. - 150: 1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in
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Praise should be devout - Pray er important and necessary.
his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his
excellent greatness.  3 Praise him with the sound of the
trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise
him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.  a Praise him upon the loud cimbals:
praise him upon the high-sounding-cymbals. 6 Let every thing
that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Mat. 26: 30 When they had sung an hymn, they went out
into the mount of Olives.
Ac. 16: 25 At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang
praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Heb. 13: 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of
praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving
thanks to his name. [Ps. 57: 7-11, and 92: 1-4, and 96:1-4.]
[See 747.]
529. Praise should be offered with a devout heart.
Ps. 111: 1 I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in
the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
1 Cor. 14: 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit,
and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with
the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Ep. 5: 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to
the Lord. 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God
and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Col. 3: 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms,
and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord. [See 333.]
PRAYER.
530. Prayer an important and necessary duty.
Job. 42: 8 Take unto you now seven bullocks and seven
rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a
burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for
him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that
ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my
servant Job.
Is. 55: 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye
upon him while he is.near.- 62: 6 I have set watchmen upon
thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day
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Important andrnccessary.
nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7 Aud give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Ezk. 36: 37 Thus saith the.Lord GOD; I will yet for this
be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will
increase them with men like a flock.
Mat. 5: 44 Pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you. —6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in
heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. —26: 41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Lk. 18: 1 He spake a parable unto them to this end, that
men ought always to pray, and not to faint.
Ep. 6: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance
and supplication for all saints.
Ph. 4: 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God.
Col. 4: 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving.
1 Th. 3: 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we
might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking
in your faith?-5: 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every
thing give thanks.
1 Tim. 2: 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all
men: 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Saviour. 8 I will therefore that men pray every where,
lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Heb. 4: 15 We have not a high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities: but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us
therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Jam. 5: 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. 16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed.
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Secret Prayer - Mental Prayer - Audible Prayer required.
1 Pet. 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. [See 64.]
531. Secret prayer required fnd exemplified.
Ps. 119: 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto
thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Mat. 6: 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, shall reward
thee openly. —14: 23 When he had sent the multitudes away,
he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Mk. 1: 35 In the morning, rising up a great while before
day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there
prayed.
Lk. 5:16 He withdrew himself into the wilderness, and
prayed. [See 665.]
532. Mental prayer exemplified.
1 S. 1:12 It came to pass, as she continued praying before
the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.  13 Now Hannah she
spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not
heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And
Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away
thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No,
my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk
neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul
before the LORD. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and
grief have I spoken hitherto.
Neh. 2: 4 The king said unto me, For what dost thou make
request?  So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said
unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have
found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto
Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may
build it.
533. Prayer, verbal and audible, required and exemplified.
1 K. 8: 22 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in
the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread
forth his hands toward heaven: 23 And he said, 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:  28 Yet
have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his
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Audible Prayer required.
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and
to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day:
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and
day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name
shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer
which thy servant shall make toward this place. 30 And
hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
Ps. 55: 16 As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORx
shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I
pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.-86: 3 Be
merciful unto me, O LORD: for I cry unto thee daily.
Dan. 9: 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy
city and thy people are called by thy name. 20 And while I
was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the
sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before
the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21
Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel,
whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused
to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
Hos. 14: 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say
unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously:
so will we render the calves of our lips.
Joel 1: 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather
the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of
the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
Mat. 26: 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this-cup
pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying,
O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except
I drink it, thy will be done.
Mk. 8: 6 He commanded the people to sit down on the
ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and
brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they
did set them before the people.
Ac. 1: 24 They prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast
chosen.-7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled
down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their
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Nature of acceptable Prayer.
charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.-20: 36
When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with
them all. 87 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck,
and kissed him. —27: 35 When he had thus spoken, he took
bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all; and
when he had broken it, he began to eat.
534. Devout prayer includes love and obedience to God.
Ps. 37: 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall
give thee the desires of thy heart.
Pr. 28: 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the
law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Jn. 9: 31 We know  that God heareth not sinners: but if
any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he
heareth.
I Jn. 3: 22 Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because
we keep his commandments, and do those things that are
pleasing in his sight. [See 289.]
535. Acceptable prayer includes faith in God.
Heb. 10: 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. —11: 6
Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder
of them that diligently seek him.
Jam. 1: 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,
that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him.  6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven
with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that
he shall receive any thing of the Lord. [See 293.]
536. True prayer includes submission to God.
Ps. 37: 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him.
-40: 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto
me, and heard my cry.
Mat. 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.26: 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed,
saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from
me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Lk. 22: 41 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's
cast, and kneeled -down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if
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Nature of- acceptable Prayer.
thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not
my will, but thine, be done.
Ac. 21: 14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased,
saying, The will of the Lord be done. [See 278, 298.]
537. Prayer includes humility, confession, and repentance.
2 Ch. 7: 14 If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.-33: 12 When
he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and
humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13
And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and
heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem
into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he
was God.
Ps. 9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Lk. 18: 13 The-publican, standing afar off; would not lift up
so much astis eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast,
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this
man went down to his house justified rather than the other:
for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
[See 124, 356-7, 663.]
538. Prayer includes a supreme regard for God's glory.
1 K. 18: 36 It came to pass at the time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said,
LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known
this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant,
and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear
me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou
art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back
again.
Ps. 25: 11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine
iniquity; for it is great.-79: 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge
away our sins, for thy name's sake.-143: 11 Quicken me, O
LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring
my soul out of trouble.
Is. 37: 20 O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all
the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD,
even thou only.
Dan. 9: 17 O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and
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Nature of acceptable Prayer.
his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline
thine ear, and hear: open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not
present our supplications-before thee for our righteousness, but
for thy great mercies.  19 O Lord, hear; 0 Lord, forgive;
O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my
God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
[See 300, 662.]
539. Acceptable prayer includes a forgiving temper.
Mat. 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 12 And forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Mk. 11: 25 When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may
forgive you your trespasses. 26 But, if ye do not forgive,
neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your
trespasses.
Lk. 23: 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they
know not what they do. [See 203.]
540. Prayer includes imiportunity and perseverance.
Gen. 32: 24 Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man
with him, until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he
saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow
of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint,
as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the
day breaketh: And he said, I will not let thee go except thou
bless me.
Is. 62: 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof
go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that
bureth. 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make
mention of the LORD, keep not silence, 7 And give him no
rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in
the earth.
Lk. 6:12 It came to pass in those days, that he went out
into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to
God. — 11: 5 He said unto them, Which of you shall have a
friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him,
Friend, lend me three loaves: 6 For a friend of mine in his
journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not:
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Nature of acceptable Prayer.
the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I
cannot rise and give thee. 8 I say unto you, though he will
not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because
of his importunity he will rise and give him as, many as he
needeth.- 18: 1 He spake a parable unto them to this end, that
men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 5 Yet, because
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 7 And shall not God avenge
his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he
bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them
speedily.
Rom. 12: 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient-in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
Ep. 6: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints.
Col. 4: 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving.
1 Th. 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we
might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in
your faith?- 5: 17 Pray without ceasing. [See 514.]
541. Prayer should be offered-in C0rist's name.
Jn. 16: 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask,
and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Col. 3: 17 Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father
by him.
542. Prayer implies godly sincerity.
Ps. 145: 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon
him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Is. 29: 13 The Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw
near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me,
but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear
toward me is taught by the precept of men:  14 Therefore
behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this
people.
Jer. 29: 13 Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall
search for me with all your heart. [Dt. 4: 29.]
Mat. 15: 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you,
saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from
me. [See 333.]
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PRAYER.                543-545
Various postures in -Heard and answered.
543. Prayer implies holy sympathy and compassion.
Pr. 21: 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
he also shall cry himself; but shall not be heard.
Is. 58: 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that
thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou
seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not
thyself from thine own flesh? 9 Then shalt thou call, and the
LORD shall answer.
544. Various postures in prayer - (no sitting.)
Ex. 9: 29 Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out
of the city, 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 how that the earth is the LORD'S.
1 K. 8: 22 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in
the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth
his hands toward heaven.
2 Ch. 6:13 (Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five
cubits long, and five-cubits broad, and three cubits high, and
had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and
kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of
Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.)
Mat. 26: 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face, and
prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Mk. 11: 25 When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught
against any.
Lk. 22: 41 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's
cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if thou
be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will,
but thine, be done.
Ac. 20: 36 When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and
prayed with them all.
545. Prayer heard and answered —its efficacy.
Gen. 18: 32 He said, Oh, let not the LORD be angry, and I
will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found
there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.-32: 28
He said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and
hast prevailed.
Hos. 12: 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed:
he wept, and made supplication unto him.
Ex. 32: 11 Moses besought the LORD his God, and said,
LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people,
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545                    PRAYER.
Heard and answered.
which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with
great power, and with a mighty hand?  14 And the LORD
repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
[Dt. 9: 14, 18-20.]
Num. 11: 2 The people cried unto Moses; and when Moses
prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.-14: 19 Pardon,
I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the
greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people,
from Egypt even until now. 20- And the LORD said, I have
pardoned according to thy word.
Dt. 26: 7 When we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers,
the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our'
labor, and our oppression: 8 And the LORD brought us forth
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out-stretched
arm, and with great terribleness,.and with signs, and with
wonders.
1 S. 1: 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given
me my petition which I asked of him. -12: 18 So Samuel
called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and
Samuel.
1 K. 17: 22 The LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the
soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.- 18: 37
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that
thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart
back again. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed
the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust,
and licked up the water that was in the trench.
2 K. 6:18 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed
unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with
blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to
the word of Elisha.  19: 20 Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That
which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of
Assyria I have heard. -20: 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah
the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy
tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go
up unto the house of the LORD. 6 And I will add unto thy
days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of
the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city
for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 11 And
Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the
shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in
the dial of Ahaz.
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PRAYER.                     545
Heard and answered.
1 Ch. 4: 10 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh
that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and
that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep
me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted
him that which he requested.
Ps. 18: 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried
unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my
cry came before him, even into his ears. - 34: 4 I sought the
LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me froi all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces
were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD
heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 10 The
young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the
LORD shall not want any good thing. 34:15 The eyes of the
LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their
cry.  17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.- 50: 15 Call upon me in
the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
me.- 65: 2 0 thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all
flesh come.-66: 19 Verily God hath heard me; he hath
attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, which
hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. -
84: 11 The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will
give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from
them that walk uprightly.- 86: 5 Thou, LORD, art good, and
ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that
call upon thee. -91: 15 He shall call upon me, and I will
answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him,
and honor him.-106: 23 He said that he would destroy them,
had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn
away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.- 118: 5 I called
upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me
in a large place.- 145: 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them
that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He
will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear
their cry, and will save them.
Is. 45: 19 I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in
vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that
are right. - 65: 24 It shall come to pass, that before they call,
I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Jer. 15: 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and
Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this
people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.-33: 3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not.
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545                     PRAYER.
Heard and answered.
Ezk. 14: 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their
righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. [V. 20.]
Dan. 9: 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the
man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the
evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and talked with
me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill
and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications
the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee;
for thou art greatly beloved. - 10: 12 Then said he unto me,
Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set tTline
heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy
words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Joel 2: 32 It shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on
the name of the LORD shall be delivered.
Mat. 7: 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:. 8 For every one
that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to
him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there
of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye
then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good
things to them that ask him?
Lk. 18: 7 Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day
and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell
you that he will avenge them speedily.
Ac. 12: 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer
was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.
7 And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a
light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and
raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly.
Jam. 4: 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss,
that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 8 Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners,
and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. —5: 16 Confess
your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions
as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and
it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six
months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain,
and the earth brought forth her fruit.
1 Pet. 3: 12 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
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PRAYER.                      546
Unregenerate Prayers not acceptable.
and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the
Lord is against them that do evil.
Rev. 8: 3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, having
a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense,
that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints, upon the
golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke
of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
[See 431, 670.]
546. Prayer and worshiji of the ungodly not acceptable.
Ps. 50: 16 Unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to
do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?  17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and
castest my words behind thee. - 66: 18 If I regard iniquity in
my heart, the LORD will not hear me.
Pr. 1: 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not
answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me;
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the
fear of the LORD. -15: 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an
abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is
his delight.  29 The LORD is far from  the wicked: but he
heareth the prayer of the righteous. - 28: 9 He that turneth
away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be
abomination.
Is. 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When
ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your
hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations:
incense is an abomination unto me: the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with: it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.  14 Your new moons and
your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto
me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye
make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of
blood. -59: 1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that
it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your
God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not
hear.
Mat. 7: 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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547-550        PRIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT.
Prevalent evils- Offensive to God.
Jn. 9: 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if
any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he
heareth.
Heb. 11: 6 Without faith it is impossible to please him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him. [See 165, 589.]
547. Prayer not agreeable to the wicked.
Job 27: 8 What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he
hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?  10 Will he
delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon
God?  [See 22.]
548. God displeased with prayerless persons.
Jer. 10: 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that Inow
thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for
they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed
him, and have made his habitation desolate. ESee 230.]
PRIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT.
549. Pride, and self-conceit, prevalent evils.
Gen. 11: 4 They said, Go to, let us build us a city and a
tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us
a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole
earth.
Ps. 10: 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor.
- 73: 6 Pride compasseth them about as a chain: violence
covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak
loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their
tongue walketh through the earth.
Ezk. 16: 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister
Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was
in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the
hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and
committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away
as I saw good. [See 696, 703.]
550. Pride and self-conceit, offensive to God —threats.
2 S. 22: 28 The afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine
eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them
down.
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PRIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT.             550
Offensive to God.
Ps. 12: 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the
tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With
our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord
over us? - 18: 27 Thou wilt save the afflicted people; but
wilt bring down high looks. - 119: 21 Thou hast rebuked the
proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- 138: 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto
the lowly; but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Pr. 8: 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- 15: 26 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud; but
he will establish the border of the widow. -16: 5 Every one
that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; though
hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Is. 2: 12 The day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every
one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted
up; and he shall be brought low. —3: 16 The LORD saith,
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing
as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17 Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head
of the daughters of Zion. 18 In that day the LORD will take
away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet,
and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon. 19 The
chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, 20 The bonnets,
and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the
tablets, and the ear-rings, 21 The rings, and nose jewels,
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the
wimples, and the crisping-pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine
linen, and the hoods, and the vails.- 13: 11 I will cause the
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible. -26: 5 He bringeth down them that
dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it
low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. —
65: 5 Stand by thyself; come not near to me; for I am holier
than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth
all the day.
Dan. 4: 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great
Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by
the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice
from heaven, saying, 0 king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is
spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee: 32 And they
shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the
beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen,
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a51            PRIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT.
Tend to a fall.
and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the
Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever he will.
Mlat. 23: 12 Whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased:
and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted. 29 Wo
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build
the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the
righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our
fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the
blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore, ye be witnesses unto
yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the
prophets.
2 Th. 2: 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all
that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, as God,
sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness of his coming.
Jam. 4: 6 God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto
the humble. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all
such rejoicing is evil. [See 513.]
551. Pride tends to a fall.
Esther 3 5 When Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not,
nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai a].ne; for
they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the
whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. —
7: 9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said. before the
king, Behold also the gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman
had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king,
standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang
him thereon.
Pr. 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty
spirit before a fall.- 18: 12 Before destruction the heart of
man is haughty, and before honor is humility. - 26: 12 Seest
thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of' a
fool than of him. -28: 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is
a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.-29: 23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the
humble in spirit. [See 733.]
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PRnOBATION.               552, 553
Earthly Retribution Iri npcrfcct -Probation Limited.
PROBATION.
552. Retribution imperfect during this life.
Ps. 103: 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Ec. 8: 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully
set in them to do evil.- 9: 1 For all this I considered in my
heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise,
and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth
either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things
come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the
wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to
him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the
good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth
an oath. [See 565.]
553. Probation limited to this life- its immeasurable importance.
Pr. 1: 24 Because I have called and ye refused: I hAve
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded:  25 But ye
have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my
reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock
when your fear oometh:  27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind: when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call
upon me, but I will not answer: they shall seek me early, but
they shall not find me.
Ec. 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy
might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Is. 55: 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye
upon him while he is near.
Jer. 8: 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we
are not saved.
Zec. 9: 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope.
Mat. 25: 10 While they went to buy, the bridegroom came:
and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage:
and the door was shut.  11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and
said, Verily, I say unto you, I know you not.
2 Cor. 6: 2 (He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted,
and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now
is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation.)
[See 390, 572, 727.]
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554, 555               PROBATION.
Involves Dangers - Determines our Future State.
554. Probation includes danger of losing the soul.
Mat. 5: 22 Whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire.-  16: 25 Whosoever will save his life, shall
lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find
it.  26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul?  [Lk. 9: 24.]
Mk. 9: 43 If thy hand offend thee, cut it off; it is better for
thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go
into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if
thy foot offend thee, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter halt
into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire
that never shall be quenched:  46 Where their worm dieth
not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend
thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into
hell-fire:  48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched. [Mat. 18: 8.]
Lk. 12: 4 I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them
that kill the body, and after that, have no more that they can
do. 5 But I will forewarn.you whom ye shall fear: Fearhim,
which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea,
I say unto you, Fear him.  [Mat. 10: 28.] -13: 23 Then
said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?  And
he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate:
for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be
able.
Heb. 4: 1 Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short.
of it.
I Pet. 4: 17 The time is come that judgment must begin at
the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end
be of them that obey not the gospel of God?  18 And if the
righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the
sinner appear?  [See 563.]
555. Probationary conduct determines'our final state; or salvation conditional.
1 Ch. 28: 9 And thou Solomon my son, know thou the God
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a
willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek
him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will
cast thee of for ever.
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PROBATION.                    555
Determines our Future State.
Pr. 1: 29 They hated knowledge, and did not choose the
fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they
despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the
fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and
the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.- 8: 36 He that
sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate
me love death. -9: 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for
thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.-11: 19
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Mat. 5: 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou
art in the way with him: lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer,
and thou be cast into prison. 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou
shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the
uttermost farthing.- 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate; for
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  14 Because,
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.
Mk. 16: 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved:
but he that Jelieveth not, shall be damned.
Rom. 2: 5 After thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of. wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render
to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by
patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor,
and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness:
indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every
soul of man that doeth evil: of the Jew first, and also of the
Gentile:  10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that
worketh good.
Gal. 6: 7 Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that
soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he
that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Rev. 22: 19 If any man shall take away from the words of
the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of
the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book.
[See Terms of Salvation, in the Index, and 567, and Mat.
25, (Parable of the ten virgins and of the talents,) and Lk,
19: 12-27, (Parable of the pounds.)]
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556                   PROBATION.
Its awards accord with moral conduct.
556. Rewards and punishments according to probationary conduct.
Job 34: 11 The work of a man shall he render unto him, and
cause every man to find according to his ways.
Ps. 62:12 Unto thee, O Lord, belongqeth mercy: for thou
renderest to every man according to his work.
Pr. 24: 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?
Is. 3: 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with
him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Wo unto
the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the reward of his hands
shall be given him.
Jer. 17: 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins,
even to give every man according to his ways, and according
to the fruit of his doings. - 32: 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.
Mat. 5: 19 Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called
the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do,
and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom
of heaven.-  16: 27 The Son of man shall come in the glory
of his Father, with his angels, and then he shall reward every
man according to his works.
Lk: 19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound
hath gained ten pounds. 17 And he said unto him, Well, thou
good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little,
have thou authority over ten cities. 18 And the second came,
saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19 And he
said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Gal. 6: 7 Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that
soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but
he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Rev. 22: 12 Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is
with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
[See 231-2.]
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Sin exceeding sinful - God's right and disposition to punish.
PUNISHMENT IN A FUTURE STATE.
557. Sins against God, "exceeding sinful."
Gen. 39: 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me, but thee, because thou
art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and
sin against God?
1 S. 2: 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall
judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall
entreat for him?
Ps. 51: 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done
this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou
speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Rom. 7: 13 Sin, that it might appear sin, working death in
me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might
become exceeding sinful. [See 230, 236.]
558. God's prerogative to punish according to desert.
Dt. 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their
foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at
hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
39 See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god with me:
I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there
any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my
hand to heaven, and say, i live for ever. 41 If I whet my
glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will
render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that
hate me.
Ps. 94: 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O
God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
Rom. 12: 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but
rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is
mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Heb. 10: 30 We know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again,
The Lord shall judge his people.
559. WVill God's love and compassion save unbelievers?
Ex. 34: 6 The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,
The Lord, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 7 Keeping mercy
for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and
that will by no means clear tre guilty.
Is. 27: 11 It is a people of no understanding: therefore he
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560              PUNISHMENT FUTURE.
The wicked shut out from heaven.
that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that
formed them will shew them no favor.
Ezk. 7: 9 Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity:
I will recompense thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that
I am the LORD that smiteth.
Nah. 1: 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power,
and will not at all acquit the wicked. [See 230, 572, 573,(7)3.
560. The finally impenitent to be separated from the saints, and shut out of
heaven.
Ps. 119: 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they
seek not thy statutes.
Mat. 5: 20 I say unto you, That except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye
shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. —7: 21 Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? andin thyname done many wonderful
works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. - 10: 33 Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my
Father which is in heaven. -13: 30 Let both grow together
until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the
reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in
bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall
come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. - 25: 10
While they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that
were ready, went in with him to the marriage; and the door
was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying,
Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered, and said, Verily,
I say unto you, I know you not. 31 When the Son of man
shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with. him, then
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him
shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats
on the left.
1 Cor. 6:9 Know  ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God?  Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
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Loss of the Soul.
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God.
Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have
also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ep. 5: 5 This ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man
deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh
the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Rev. 21: 27 There shall in no wise enter into it any thing
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
[See 256, 287, 387, 390, 554.]
561. The wicked to becast into hell.
Job 21: 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall
drink of the wrath of the Almighty.- 31: 3 Is not destruction
to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of
iniquity? — 36: 13 The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath.
Ps. 1: 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the
Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the
ungodly shall perish. -9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget God. -11: 6 Upon the
wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible
tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Mat. 3: 7 0 generation of vipers, who hath warned you to
flee from the wrath to come?  10 Now also the axe is laid
unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not
worthy to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and
with fire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.- 7: 19 Every
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. 27 The rain descended, and the floods came, and
the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great
was the fall of it: —8:11 I say unto you, That many shall
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561              PUNISHMENT FUTURE.
Loss of the Soul.
come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: 12 But
the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. - 13: 40
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so
shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall
send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 47 Again, The kingdom of heaven
is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of
every kind: 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore,
and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the
bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the
just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. —1: 23 Andthou,Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to
hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee,
had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this
day. 24 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for
the land of Sodom in the day of Judgment, than for thee. -
22: 1 3 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and
foot, and take him away, and cast him into -outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Lk. 16: 22 It came to pass, that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man
also died, and was buried: 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in
his bosom. 24 And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in
this flame.
Jn. 5: 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And
shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. -15: 6 If a man abide not in me, he is
cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them,
and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. - 17: 12 None
of th'em is lost, but the son of perdition. [2 Th. 2: 3.]
1 Cor. 16: 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,
let him be Anathema, Maranatha.
Ph. 3: 18 They are he enemies of the cross of Christ: 19
Whose end is destruction.
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PUTNISHMENT FUTURE.                562
Evinced by the unpardonable sin.
2 Th. 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 9 Even him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power,
and signs, and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness of them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who
believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Heb. 10: 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have recieved the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
[V. 28-31.]
2 Pet. 2: 4 If God spared not the angels that sinned, but
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 9 The Lord knoweth
how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But
chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.  Presumptuous are they, selfwilled; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 17
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a
tempest: to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
-3- 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the
same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day
of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Rev. 19: 20 The beast was taken, and with him the fasle
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he
deceived them that had, received the mark of the beast, and
them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive
into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. -20: 15 Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire. [See 236-7,287, 343, 387.]
562. Future punishment evinced by the unpardonable sin.
Mat. 12: 31 I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in
the world to come.
Mk. 3: 28 Verily, I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven
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563, 564         PUNISHMENT FUTURE.
Evinced by the second death, and death in impenitence.
unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they
shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the
Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal
damnation.
Lk. 12:10 Unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.
Heb. 10: 26 If we sin wilfully after that we- have received
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice
for sins.
1 Jn. 5: 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not
say that he shall pray for it.
563. Future punishment evinced by the second death.
Ezk. 18: 31 Why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For
I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord GOD: wherefore, turn yourselves, and live ye.
Rev. 2: 11 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the
second death. -20: 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in
the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power,
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign
with him a thousand years. 14 And death and hell were cast
into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire.- 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death. [See 287.]
564. Future punishment evinced by death in impenitence.
Gen. 19: 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Lev. 10: 1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either
of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the LORD,
and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 
Num. 16: 22 The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed
them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained
unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth
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Evinced by present prosperity of the wicked.
closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Ps. 58: 9 He shall take them away as with a whirlwind both
living, and in his wrath.
Pr. 14:-32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness:
but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Mat. 27: 5 He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple,
and departed, and went and hanged himself.'
Jn. 8: 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way,
and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sing: whither I go,
ye cannot come.
Ac. 5: 5 Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and gave
up the ghost. And great fear came on all them that heard
these things.
2 Pet. 2: 12 These, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken
and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand
not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption. 13 And
shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count
it pleasure to riot in the day-time.
565. Future punishment evinced by the present prosperity of the wicked, and
sufferings of the righteous.
Job 12: 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that
provoke God are secure: into whose hand God bringeth
abundanty. - 21: 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old,
yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their
sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their
houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice
at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth,
and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they
say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge
of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve
him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand.
Ps. 73: 3 I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death:
but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other
men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore
pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth
them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they
have more than heart could wish.- 12 Behold, these are the
ungodly, who prosper in the world: they increase in riches. -
92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the
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.66              PUNISHMENT FUTURE.
Presaged by temporal evils.
workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed
for ever.
Jer. 12: 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead
with thee; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments.
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?  2
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,
yea, they bring Forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and
far from their reins.
Mat. 6: 5 Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.
Lk. 6: 24 WTo unto you that are rich! for ye have received
your consolation. 25 Wo unto you that are full! for ye shall
hunger. 5Wo unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn
and weep. 26 Wo unto you, when all men shall speak well
of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.- 16: 25
Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but
now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
2 Th. 1: 4 We ourselves glory in you in the churches of
God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and
tribulations that ye endure: 5 Which is a manifest token of
the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy
of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 Seeing it
is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you; 7 And to you, who are troubled, rest with
us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ. [See 511, 552.]
566. Future punishment presaged by tempomal judgments.
Gen. 6: 12 God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was
corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come
before me: for the earth is filled with violence through them:
and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. —18: 20 The
LORD said, because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
and because their sin is very grievous, 21 I will go down now,
and see whetherthey have done altogether according to the cry
of it, which is come untome.- 19: 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD
out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the
plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew
upon the ground.
2 Pet. 2: 4 If God spared not the angels that sinned, but
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Everlasting.
east them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not the old
world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,
condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample
unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered
just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations,
and, to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. [See 87, 486, 630, 733.]
567. Punishment everlasting.
Mat. 25: 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared
for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungered, and
ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal.
Mk. 9: 43 If thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for
thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go
into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.- 14: 21
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but wo
to that man by whom  the Son of man is betrayed! good
were it for that man if he had never been born. [Mat. 26: 24.]
Lk. 3: 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but
the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Jn. 3: 36 He that believeth on the Son, hath everlasting life:
and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him.
Ph. 3: 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often,
and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the
cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly
things.)
2 Th. 1: 7 The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on
them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory
of his power.
Jude 6 The angels which kept not their first estate, but left
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568, 569          PUNISHMENT FUTURE,
Often denied-May not purify.
der darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even
as Sodom and-Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like
manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after
strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming
~out their own shame; wandering stars to whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness for ever.
Rev. 14: 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with
a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence
of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11
The smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever:
and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast
and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
-20: 10 The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake
of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are,
and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
[See 287, 390, 553-5, 572, 573,(1).]
568. Future punishment denied or disbelieved by some.
Gen. 3: 4 The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not
surely die.
Dt. 29: 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words
of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall
have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart,
to add drunkenness to thirst.
Ezk. 13: 22 With lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the
hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked
way, by promising him life.
2 Pet. 3: 5 This they willingly are ignorant of, that by the
word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing
out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the
heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men. [See 22, 708.]
569. The wicked not always purified by punishment.
Pr. 27: 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar
among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart
from him.
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Inflicted on God's account - Approved by the good.
Rev. 16: 9 Men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues:
and they repented not to give him glory. 10 And the fifth
angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his
kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues
for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven, because of
their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 21
And there fell upon. men a great hail out of heaven, every stone
about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because
of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. [See 9.]
570. The wicked punished according to their desert, to make known and glorify God.
Ex. 9: 15 Nbw I will stretch out my hand-that I may smite
thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off
from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I
raised -thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my
name may be declared throughout all the earth.
- 14: 4 I will be honored upon Pharaoh,-and upon all his host;
that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD.
Ps. 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever:
yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18 That men may
know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the
Most High over all the earth.
Ezk. 25: 17 I will execute great vengeance upon them with
furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD,
when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Rom. 9: 17 The scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this
same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my
power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout
all the earth. 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and
to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he
might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us,
whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the
Gentiles?  [See 209, 276.]
571. Punishment approved by the righteous.
Ex. 15: 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this
song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the
LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his
rider hath he thrown into the sea. 6 Thy right hand, O LORD,
is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath
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Approved by the good.
dashed in pieces the enemy.  7 And in the greatness of
thine excellency thou hast overthrown them  that rose up
against thee.
Ps. 28: 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according
to the wickeness of their endeavors: give them after the work
of their hands; render to them their desert. 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.- 94: 1
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom
vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou
Judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Lk. 23: 40 The other answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost
not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of
our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Rev. 6: 9 When he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under
the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of
God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they
cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and
true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth?- 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses the
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and
marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true
are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee,
O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all
nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments
are made manifest. —18: 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven,
and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you
on her. —19: I After these things I heard a great voice of
much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia: Salvation, and glory,
and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true
and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And
again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever
and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four
beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne,
saying, Amen; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the
throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that
fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the
voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters,
and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and
rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb
is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. [See 88, 237.]
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Unavailing cries - Sources of misery.
572. The cries of lost souls unavailing.
Job 27: 8 What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he
hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?  9 Will God
hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Pr. 1: 24 Because I have called and ye refused; I have
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have
set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your
fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and
your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and
anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me,
but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall
not find me; 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not
choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my
counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall
they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their
own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall
slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Lk. 13: 25 When once the Master of the house is risen up,
and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and
to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and
he shall answer and say unto you, I know you-not whence ye
are. —16: 24 And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of
his finger in water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented
in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a
great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to
you, cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from
thence. [See 390, 553-55, 559, 567.]
573. Sources of fJture misery.
1. The loss of all hope, or complete despair.
Job 8: 13 The hypocrite's hope shall perish.-11: 20 The
eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and
their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Pr. 10: 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but
the expectation of the wicked shall perish.- 1: 7 When a
wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope
of unjust men perisheth.
Lam. 3: 64 Render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 65 Give them sorrow of
heart, thy curse unto them.
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Its Sources.
Ezk. 22: 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be
strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD
have spoken it, and will do it. [See 390, 567.]
2. Bitter reflections.
Pr. 5: 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and
thy body are consumed,  12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not
obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them
that instructed me! 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst
of the congregation and assembly.
Jer. 8: 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we
are not saved.
Lk. 16: 25 Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy
life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil
things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
[See 128, 131.]
3. Deprivation of rest.
Ps. 95: 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should
not enter into my rest. [Heb. 3: 18.]
Is. 57: 20 The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it
cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is
no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Rev. 14: 11 The smoke of their torment ascendeth up for
ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night.
4. Banishment from all lovely beings, and suffering  while saints are rejoicing.
Lk. 13: 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust
out.-16: 23 In hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments,
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Jn. 7: 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where
I am, thither ye cannot come.
Rev. 14: 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath
of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of
his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence
of the Lamb. [See 387.]
6. Darkness and gloom.
Jer. 13: 16 Give -glory to the LORD your God, before he
cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark
mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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Its Sources.
Zep. 1: 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and
distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness
and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
Mat. 8: 12 The children of the kingdom shall be cast out
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
2 Pet. 2: 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are
carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
Jude 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when
they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds
they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose
fruit withereth, without fruit twice dead, plucked up by the
roots;  13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own
shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness for ever.
5. Painful fears and terrors.
Job 6: 4 The arrows of the Almighty are within me, the
poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do
set themselves in array against me.
Ps. 73: 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment: they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Pr. 10: 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him:
but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
2 Cor. 5: 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we
persuade men.
Rev. 6: 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us,
and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb.
7. Enduring the just scorn of the universe forever.
Job 22: 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked
men have trodden?  16 Which were cut down out of time,
whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to
scorn.
Ps. 2: 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the
LORD shall have them  in derision. 5 Then shall he speak
unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
- 52: 1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, 0 mighty man?
the goodness of God endureth continually. 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck
thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of
the living. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall
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Present and future degradation of the wicked.
laugh at him. —59: 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth:
swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 8 But
thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the
heathen in derision.
Pr. 1: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock
when your fear cometh;  27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when
distress and anguish cometh upon you.-3: 34 Surely he
scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Dan. 12: 2 Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt. [See 513.]
8. Pains of body by fire.
Is. 33: 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath
surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the
devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting
burnings?
Lk. 16: 24 He cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in
this flame. [See 343.]
574. Degradation of the wiclcd, here and hereafter.
Tit. 3: 3 We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in
malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Rev. 22: 15 Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie. [See 513.]
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Covenant of- Necessity of Atonement.
REDEMPTION OF SAINTS.
575. Redemption- Covenant of.
Ps. 89: 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have
sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish
for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations.
Is. 53: 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because
he hath poured out his soul unto death.
Zee. 6: 12 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold
the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow
up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall
bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne: and he
shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace
shall be between them both.
Jn. 6: 39 This is the Father's will which hath sent me, that
of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but
should raise it up again at the last day. —17: 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of
the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and
they have kept thy word. 11 Holy Father, keep through
thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they
may be one, as we are.
Heb. 13: 20 The God of peace, that brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect
in every good work.
576. Necessity of atonement, or the salvation of sinners through obedience to
the law of God, hopeless.
Ps. 143: 2 Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for
in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Mat. 18:11 The Son of man is come to save that which
was lost.
Ac. 4: 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby
we must be saved. —13: 38 Be it known unto you therefore,
men and brethren, that through this mAn is preached unto you
the forgiveness of sins; 39 And by him all that believe are
justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified
by the law of Moses.
Rom. 3: 19 We know that what things soever the law saith,
it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may
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be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be
justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
-5: 6 When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ
died for the ungodly.-9: 31 Israel, which followed after the
law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.  32 Wherefore?  Because they sought it not by
faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone.
Gal. 2: 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith
of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works
of the law shall no flesh be justified. 20 I am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in
me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for
me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.-3: 10
As many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse:
for it is written, Cursed is every one that contihueth not in all
things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of
God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12 And
the law is not of faith. 18 For if the inheritance be of the
law, it is no more of promise: But God gave it to Abraham by promise.  19 Wherefore then serveth the law?  It
was added because of transgressions, till the seed should
come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained
by angels in the hand of a mediator.  20 Now, a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one. 21 Is the
law then against the promises of God?  God forbid: for if
there had been a law given which could have given life, verily
righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23 But
before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto
the faith which should afterwards be revealed.  24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that
we might be justified by faith.
Ph. 3: 4 If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof
he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5 Circumcised the eighth
day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;  6
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Through the death of Christ.
eousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things
were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Heb. 9: 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of
things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the
heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Jam. 2: 10 Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in one point, he is guilty of all. [See 183.]
577. Redemption through the death or blood of Christ.
Lev. 17:11 The life of the flesh is in the blood; and I
have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for
your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for
the soul.
Is. 53: 5 He was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Mat. 20: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for
many.-26: 28 This is my blood of the new testament, which
is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Jn. 3: 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.-6: 51
The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for
the life of the world.
Ac. 20: 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all
the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with
his own blood.
Rom. 3: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation,
through faith in his blood.  5: 8 God commendeth his love
toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ diedfor
us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through him.  11 We also joy in
God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now
received the atonement.
1 Cor. 5: 7 Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. — 15: 3
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.
Gal. 3: 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the
law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every
one that hangeth on a tree.
Ep. 2:13 In Christ Jesus, ye, who sometimes were far off,
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Heb. 9: 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by
his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having
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Through the death of Christ.
obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the
unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much
more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God? 22 And almost all
things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding
of blood is no remission. 26 But now once in the end of the
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but
after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear
the sins of many.- 10: 10 By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering
oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins,
for ever sat down on the right hand of God-; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For
by one offering he hath perfected for ever them  that are
sanctified. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living
way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is
to say, his flesh.
1 Pet. 1: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your
vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19
But with the precious blood of Christ. -2: 24 Who his own
self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes
ye were healed. —3: 18 Christ also hath once suffered for sins,
the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being
put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.
1 Jn. 1: 7 If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
[Jn. 1: 29, and 10: 15. Gal. 1: 4, and 2: 20. 1 Tim. 1: 1.]
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Efficacy of the Atonement.
578. Efficacy of the atonemenet, or'' the Lord our righteousness."
Is. 53: 6 The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Jer. 23: 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall
dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Dan. 9: 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people
and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make
an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to
bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Jn. 3: 17 God sent not his Son into the world to condemn
the world, but that the world through him might be saved. —
6: 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven:
if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life
of the world. 55 My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is
drink indeed.- 10: 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter
in, he shall be saved.
Rom. 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein
is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it
is written, The just shall live by faith. -3: 21 But now the
righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;  22 Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and
upon all them that believe; for there is no difference. -5: 10
If when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the
death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be
saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God,
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received
the atonement. 15 Not as the offence, so also is the free gift.
For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more
the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man,
Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it
was by one that sinned, so is the gift. For the judgment was
by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences
unto justification.  17 For if by one man's offence death
reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of
grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by
one, Jesus Christ.  18 Therefore, as by the offence of one
judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many
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579, 580              REDEMPTION.
A perfect Redeemer -A ransom for all.
were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be
made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence
might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more
abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might
grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus
Christ our Lord.- 10: 3 They, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness,
have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every
one that believeth.
Ep. 5: 2 Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for
a sweet-smelling savor.
Ph. 3: 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.
1 Jn. 4: 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world,
that we might-live through him.  10 Herein is love, not that
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins. [1 Jn. 3: 5.]
579. Redemption requires a perfect Redeemer.
Lev. 22: 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without
blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But
whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall
not be acceptable for you.
Mal. 1: 8 If ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil?
and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now
unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy
person? saith the LORD of hosts.
Heb. 7t 26 Such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than
the heavens; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests,
to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the
people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
1 Pet. 1: 19 With the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot.
580. The Redeemer "a ransom for all."
Jn. 1: 29 Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the
sin of the world! -3: 17 God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through him might
be saved.-4: 42 This is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the
world.
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The Father's agency in -Peace with God.
Rom. 5:18 As by the offence of one judgment came upon
all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one
the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
2 Cor. 5: 14 The love of Christ constraineth us; because we
thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And
that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth
live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and
rose again.
1 Tim. 2: 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified
in due time.
Heb. 2: 9 We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than
the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and
honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for
every man.
1 Jn. 2: 2 He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. [See 370.]
581. Agency of tie Father in making atonement.
Is. 53: 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all. 10 It pleased the LORD to bruise
him; he hath put him to grief.
Jn. 3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish,
but have everlasting lfe.
Rom. 3: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation.
Gal. 4: 4 When the fulness of the time was come, God sent
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive
the adoption of hons.
1 Jn. 4: 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through him.  10 Herein is love, not that
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
582.. Rederption includes peace with God.
Rom. 5: 1 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God,
through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom  also we have
access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in
hope of the glory of God. 10 For if when we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more,
being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
2 Cor. 5: 18 All things are of God, who hath reconciled us
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of
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Includes Forgiveness, and Access.
reconciliation; 19 To wit, That God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Ep. 2:13 In Christ Jesus, ye, who sometime were far off;
are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our
peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in
his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained
in ordinances: for to make in himself of twain one new man,
so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto
God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off,
and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both
have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore
ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens
with the saints, and of the household of God.
Col. 1: 20 Having made peace through the blood of his cross,
by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say,
whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21 And
you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind
by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled, 22 In the body
of his flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblamable,
and unreprovable, in his sight.
Heb. 2: 17 In all things it behoved him to be made like unto
his brethren; that he might be a merciful and faithful High
Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for
the sins of the people. [See 666.]
583. Redemption includes forgiveness or justification, and access.
Ps. 32: 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose
sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD
imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 
[Rom. 4: 7] —Ps. 85: 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy
people, thou hast covered all their sin. 3 Thou hast taken
away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness
of thine anger.- 130: 4 There is forgiveness with thee, that
thou mayest be feared.
Is. 43: 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions
for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. - 44: 22
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as
a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.55: 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 him; and to our God, for he will abundantly
pardon.
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Includes Forgiveness, and Access.
Mic. 7: 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of
his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he
delighteth in mercy.  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 sea.
Rom. 3: 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through.the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus.- 6: 14 For sin shall not
have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace. — 8: 1 There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and
death. 28 We know that all things work together for good,
to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did
predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he
might be the first-born among many brethren. 30 Moreover,
whom he did predestinate, them he also called, and whom he
called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he
also glorified. 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of
God's elect? It is [Is it] God that justifieth: 34 Who is he
that condemneth?  It is [Is it] Christ that died, yea rather,
that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us. 37 Nay, in all these things
we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.
1 Cor. 6: 11 Ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit of our God. —15: 57 Thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Gal. 5: 18 If ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the
law.
Ep. 1: 6 Ie hath made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In
whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to the riches of his grace.- 2: 18 Through
him we both have access by one Spirit urito the Father. 19
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.3: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by
the faith of him.- 4: 32 Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake
hath forgiven you.
Col. 1: 21 You, that were sometime alienated and enemies
in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled.2: 13 You, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of
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584, 5t5              REDEaMPTION.
Includes Adoption, Mercy, Faithfulness, and Loving-kindness.
given you all trespasses: 14 Blotting out the hand-writing of
ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and
took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.
1 Jn. 2: 12 I write unto you, little children, because your
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
584. Redemption includes adoption as " sons of God."
Jn. 1: 12 As many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name.
Rom. 8: 14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be
also glorified together.
2 Cor. 6:17 I will receive you; 18 And will be a Father
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the
Lord Almighty.
Gal. 3: 26 Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ
Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise.- 4: 4 When the fulness
of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,
made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the
law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art
no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.
Ep. 1: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good
pleasure of his will.
1 Jn. 3: 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God!
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet
appear'what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
[See 254-5, 504, 672.]
585. Redemption includes peculiar mercy,faithfulness, and loving kindness
to Zion.
Dt. 7: 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God he is God,
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Includes Mercy, Faithfulness, and Loving-kindness.
the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them
that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. - 32: 9 The LORD'S portion is his people: Jacob is
the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land,
and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he
instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an'
eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth
abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; 12
So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god
with him.
Neh. 9: 17 Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious, and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest
them not. 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf,
and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt,
and had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar
of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the
way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light,
and the way wherein they should go. 20 Thou gavest also thy
good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna
from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so
that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their
feet swelled not.
Job 36: 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:
but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish
them for ever, and they are exalted.
Ps. 105: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea,
very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one
nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings
for their sakes; 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do
my prophets no harm.
Is. 40: 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
-49: 13 Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, 0 earth; and break
forth into singing, 0 mountains: for the LORD hath comforted
his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But
Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she
should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they
may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold I have
graven thee upon the palms of my hands: thy walls are continually before me. — 54: 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from
thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have
mercy on thee, saith the LORD, thy Redeemer. 10 For the
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A work of Grace.
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. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment
thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the
LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.63: 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of
his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them and carried them all the days
of old.
Hos. 2: 19 I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will
betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in
loving kindness, and in mercies.
Zec. 2: 8 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: After the glory
hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he
that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.
Mat. 28: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even
unto the end of the world.
Jn. 14: 16 I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not
leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Rev. 1: 5 Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our
sins in his own blood,, 6 And hath made us kings and priests
unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for
ever and ever. [See 60, 94-5, 233, 672.]
586. Redemption or salvation by grace.
Ac. 20: 24 The gospel of the grace of God.
Rom. 3: 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus. - 5: 8 God commendeth
his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us. 15 (But not as the offence, so also is the free
gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much
more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one
man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as
it was by one that sinned, so is the gift. For the judgment
was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many
offences unto justification.. 17 For if by one man's offence
death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in
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A Work of Grace - Honorable to God's Law.
life by one, Jesus Christ.) -9: 16 It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
11: 5 At this present time also there is a remnant according to
the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of
works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
1 Cor. 4: 7 Who maketh thee to differ from another? and
what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst
receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received
it?-  15: 10 By the grace of God I am what I am.
Ep. 1: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of-his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein
he hath made us accepted in the Beloved.- 2: 4 God, who is
rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. 5
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
with Christ; (by grace ye are saved;)  6 And hath raised us
up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in
Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through
Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved, through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
2 Tim. 1: 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before
the world began.
Tit. 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
1 Pet. 1: 10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired
and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should
come unto you. [See 305, 668.]
587. Redemption honorable to God and his law.
Ps. 85: 10 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness
and peace have kissed each other.
Is. 42: 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness'
sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Rom. 3: 26 To declare, Isay, at this time his righteousness:
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth
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God able to Sanctify.
in Jesus. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith?
God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
2 Cor. 4: 6 God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ep. 3: 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints
in this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles
the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men
see what is, the fellowship of the mystery, which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created
all things by Jesus Christ:  10 To the intent that now unto
the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be
known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
1 Tim. 1: 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed
God which was committed to my trust.
1 Pet. 1: 12 Which things the angels desire to look into.
[See 277.]
REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION
588. God able to sanctify us, and to keep us from sin.
Ps. 110: 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy
power.
Ezk. 36: 26 I will take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Mic. 2: 7 0 thou that art named The house of Jacob, is the
Spirit of the LORD straitened?
2 Cor. 9: 8 God is able to make all grace abound toward
you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may
abound to every good work.
Ep. 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward wh9 believe, according to the working of his mighty
power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him
from the dead.- 3: 20 Unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us.  21 Unto him be glory in
the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.
Jude 24 Unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and
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Regeneration necessary.
to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with
exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be
glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
[See 218, 234.]
589. Regeneration necessary, or the total sinfulness of unregenerate doings.
Ps. 50: 16 Unto the wicked God saith, what hast thou to do
to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant
in thy mouth?
Is. 1: 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When
ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your
hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations:
incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is
iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and
your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto
me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye
make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of
blood.
Am. 5: 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not
smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me
burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, I will not accept them:
neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. 23
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not
hear the melody of thy viols.
Mat. 15: 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you,
saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their
mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far
from me. — 18: 3 Verily, I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into
the kingdom of heaven. - 23: 25 Wo unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the
cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion
and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which
is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be.
clean also.
Jn. 3: 3 Jesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily,
I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God. 5 Except a man be born of water,
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom  of
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Preceded by Conviction- A Radical Change - Nature of. -
God.  7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again.
Heb. 11: 6 Without faith it is impossible to please him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is
a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
[See 165, 546, 688-9.]
590. Regeneration preceded by conviction, and the death of false hopes.
Ac. 2: 37 When they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men
and brethren, what shall we do?
Rom. 7: 9 I was alive without the law once: but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died.  10 And the
commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto
death.  11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment,
deceived me, and by it slew me.  [See 356.]
591. Regeneration, a radical change.
Ezk. 36: 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new
spirit will I put within you.
Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew which is one outwardly; neither
is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he'is a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not
of men, but of God.
1 Cor. 5:17 If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new.
Gal. 5: 24 They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh,
with the affections and lusts.- 6: 15 In Christ Jesus, neither
circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new
creature. [See 645.]
592. Regeneration a moral or spiritual change.
Jn. 3: 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Gal. 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
Ep. 4: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful
lusts:  23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
1 Jn. 4: 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of
God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God.  [See 329, 600.]
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Alarming to Sinners- Creative Power in.
593. Regeneraticn alarminq to sinners.
Ps. 40: 3 He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise
unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in
the LORD.
Ac. 2: 41 Then they that gladly received his word, were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about
three thousand souls. 42 And they continued steadfastly in
the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul.
594. Creative or omnipotent power exerted in regeneration and sancitificatiorn.
Dt. 30: 6 The LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart,
and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Ps. 51: 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God: and renew
a right spirit within me.
Jer. 24: 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am
the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God;
for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. -31: 33
This shall be the cevenant that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
Ezk. 11:19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a
new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of
their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20 That they
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do
them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. -
36: 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall
be clean:from all your filthiness, and fiom all your idols, will I
cleanse you. 26 A  new heart also will I give you, and a
new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the
stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of
flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you
to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do
them.
Jn. 1:12 As many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Rom. 9: 15 He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom
I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion. 16 So then, it is not of him  that willeth,
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595       REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION.
Holy exercises given.
nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.15: 16 Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
1 Cor. 3: 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every
man?  6 I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the
increase. 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any thing,
neither he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.
- 4: 7 Who maketh thee to differ from another? and what
hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst
receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received
it?
Ep. 2: 4 God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ. 8 For by grace ye
are saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.- 4: 24 That ye put on the new
man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Col. 1: 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
2 Th. 2: 13 God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the
truth.
Tit. 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour.
Heb. 13: 20 The God of peace, 21 Make you perfect in
every good work, to do his will, working in you that which is
well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be
glory for ever and ever.
Jam. 1: 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of
truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
[See 347,(4) 434.]
595. Particular holy exercises the gift of God.
Ac. 5: 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a
Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Rom. 5: 5 Hope maketh not ashamed: because the love of
God is,hed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is
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RRGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 596, 597
Saints dependant- Effectual calling.
given unto us.  12:3 I say, through the grace given unto
me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself
more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Ep. 2: 8 By grace are ye saved, through faith: and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
2 Tim. 2: 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose
themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to
the acknowledging of the truth.
596. Saints as dependant as sinners,for holy affections.
Ps. 17: 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps
slip not. - 51: 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and
take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the
joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. -
68: 35 0 God, thou art terrible out of thy Holy places: the
God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his
people. -119: 32 I will run the way of thy commandments,
when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 117 Hold thou me up,
and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes
continually.
Song 1: 4 Draw me, we will run after thee:
Jn. 15: 5 I am  the vine, ye are the branches: He that
abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth mueh
fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
I Cor. 15: 10 By the grace of God I am what I am: and
his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain; but I
labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me.
1 Pet. 1: 5 Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation. [See 262.]
597. Effectual calling.
Ac. 2: 39 The promise is unto you, and to your children, and
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call.
Rom. 1: 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:
Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ. -8: 30 Whom he did predestinate, them he also
called: and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom
he justified, them he also glorified.- 9: 23 That he might
make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy,
which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom
he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
1 Cor. 1: 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
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598       REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION.
Illumination.
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 23 But we
preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and
unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and
the wisdom of God.
1 Th. 2: 12 Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto
his kingdom and glory. [1 Pet. 2: 9.]
598. Regeneration and sanctification illumirate.
Ps. 25: 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear
him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Pr. 1: 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. - 16: 23 The
heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and addeth learning to
his lips. - 28: 5 Evil men understand not judgment; but they
that seek the Lord understand all things.
Ec. 8: 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no
evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and
judgment.
Dan. 12: 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and
tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the
wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Jn. 7: 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
1 Cor. 2: 14 The natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can
he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But
he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged
of no man.
2 Cor. 4: 6 God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ep. 5: 8 Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light
in the Lord: walk as children of light.
Col. 1: 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
1 Th. 5: 4 Ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all thie children of
light, and the childrenof the day: we are not of the night,
nor of darkness.
1 Pet. 2: 9 Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth
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599, 600  REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION.
Connected with divine Teaching —Activity in.
the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into
his marvellous light.
I Jn. 2: 8 A new  commandment I write unto you, which
thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past,
and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the,
light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is
none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his
brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth
not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his
eyes. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye
know all things. 211 have notwrittenunto youbecauseye-know
not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the
truth. [See 707.]
599. Regeneration connected with divine teaching.
Job 36: 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth
like him?
Ps. 25: 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he
teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgtent: and the meek will he teach his way. 12 What man is
he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that
he shall choose.
Is. 54: 13 All thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and
great shall be the peace of thy children.
Jn. 6: 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and
hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
600. Are men active, under the influence of means and instruments, and the
agency of the Holy Spirit?
Ps. 119: 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto
thy testimonies. 112 I have inclined mine heart to perform
thy statutes always, even unto the end.
Ezk. 18: 27 When the wicked man turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is
lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he
considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that
he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ac. 17: 28 In him we live, and move, and have our being.
1 Cor. 4:15 Though ye have ten thousand instructors in
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I
have begotten you through the gospel.
Col. 3: 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put
off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new
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601       REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION.
Required.
man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him
that created him.
i Pet. 1: 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.
[See 271, 329, 332, 432, 592.]
601. Sinners required to  be converted," and holy.
Dt. 10: 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart,
and be no more stiff-necked.
Job. 22: 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:
thereby good shall come unto thee.
Pr. 23: 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes
observe my ways.
Is. 1: 16 Wash you, make you clean: put away the evil of
your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn
to do well.-42: 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye
may see.-45: 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.-55: 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 him; and to our God, for he will abundantly
pardon.
Jer. 4: 3 Thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and
Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among
thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away
the foreskins of your heart. 14 0 Jerusalem, wash thine heart
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall
thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Ezk. 18: 30 Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away
from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why
will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure
in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore
turn yourselves, and live ye. —33: 11 Say unto them, As I live,
saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn
ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house
of Israel?
Mat. 25: 24 He which had received the one talent came,
and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping
where thou hast not sQwn, and gathering where thou hast not
strewed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent
in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 His lord
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REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION.          602
Evidences of.
answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant,
thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where
I have not strewed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put
my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should
have received mine own with usury. [Lk. 19: 20.]
Ac. 3: 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall
come from the presence of the Lord.- 16: 31 They said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and
thy house.- 26: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus,
and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and
then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God,
and do works meet for repentance.
Rom. 12: 2 Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.-13: 14
Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for
the flesh, to fulJil the lusts thereof.
2 Cor. 5: 20 We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God
did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye
reconciled to God.
Ep. 4: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful
lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind: 24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created
in righteousness and true holiness.
Ep. 5: 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest,
and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Jam. 4: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God and he
will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and
purify your hearts, ye double-minded. [See 183, 288, 606.]
602. Obedience to God, the evidence of regeneration.
Ps. 119: 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect
unto all thy commandments.
Mat. 7: 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth
forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth eyil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. 20 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know
them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
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602      REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION.
Evidenees of.
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven.
Jn. 8: 47 He that is of God, heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.- 13: 35 By
this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have
love one to another.-14: 21 He that hath my commandments,
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. 23 Jesus answered
and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words:
and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and
make our abode with him. 24 He  that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine,
but the Father's which sent me.
Rom. 8: 9 If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none-of his. 14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.
Jam. 2: 17 Faith, if it hath not wvorks, is dead, being alone.
I Jn. 2: 3 Hereby we do know that we know him, if we
keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and
keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not
in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the
love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to
walk, even as he walked.  3: 14 We know that we have passed
from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that
loveth not his brother, abideth in death. 18 Mly little children,
let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in
truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and
shall assure our hearts before him. 24 And he that keepeth
his commandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And
hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he
hath given us.-5: 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the
Christ, is born of God: and every one that loveth him that
begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2 By this we
know that we love the children of God, when we love God,
and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are
not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh
the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith. [See 186.]
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REPENTANCE.                   60
Nature and Manifestations of.
REPENTANCE.
603. Nature and manifestatiows of repentance.
Job 42: 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of 4he ear:
but now mine eye seeth thee:  6 Wherefore I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.
Ps. 38: 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine
anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my
sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an
heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink,
and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled;
I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there
is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken:
I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid
from thee.  10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as
for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone. 18 I will declare
mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.-51: 3 I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in
thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,
and be clear when thou judgest. 17 The sacrifices of God
are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God,
thou wilt not despise. —119: 59 I thought on my ways, and
turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and
delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Ezk. 36: 31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways,
and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abominations. [Ezk. 20: 43.]
Mat. 26: 75 Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which
said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Lk. 15: 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as
one of thy hired servants.-18: 13 The publican, standing
afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven,
but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a
sinner.
2 Cor. 7: 9 I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that
ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a
godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
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604-606              REPENTANCE.
Dignity of- Effeets of- Necessity of.
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to
be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
[See 30, 124, 356-7.]
604. Moral dignity of true penitence for sin.
Is. 57: 15 Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to
revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
contrite ones.
Lk. 15: 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety
and nine just persons which need no repentance. 21 The son
said unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and in
thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe,
and put it on him. [See 672.]
605. Effects of repentance and godly sorrow.
2 Cor. 7: 11 Behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea,
what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what
fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revange! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear
in this matter. [See 602, 621.]
606. Repentance required-its necessity.
Ezk. 14: 6 Say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the
Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and
turn away your faces from all your abominations.-18: 30 I
will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his
ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from
all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Mat. 3: 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in
the wilderness of Judea, And saying, Repent ye; for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. -4: 17 From  that time Jesus
began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom  of
heaven is at hand.
Lk. 13: 3 I tell you, Nay; but except ye repent, ye shall
all likewise perish.
Ac. 2: 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost. —3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing
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REPENTANCE.                   607
Encouraged.
shall come from the presence of the Lord. -8: 22 Repent
therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray:(od, if perhaps the
thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. - 17: 30 The times
of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all
men every where to repent. - 20: 21 Testifying both to the
Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith
toward our Lord Jesus Christ.    26: 20 But shewed first unto
them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the
coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Rev. 2: 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen,
and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto
thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place,
except thou repent. [Mk. 6: 12.]  [See 357, 601.]
607. Repentance encouraged -promises.
2 Ch. 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Ps. 34: 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken
heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. - 51: 17 The
sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. — 147: 3 He healeth the
broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Is. 55: 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 him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon. - 66: 2 All those things hath my hand
made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to
this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite
spirit, and trembleth at my word. 
Hos. 6: I Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he
hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will
bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third
day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then
shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going
forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us
as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Joel 2: 12 Now, saith the LORD, Turn ye even to me with
all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with
mourning. 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments,
and turn unto the LORD youf God: for he is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth
him of the evil.
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608, 609             REPENTANCE.
Ascribed to God -Spurious repentance.
Zec. 1: 3 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts:
Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto
you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mat. 5: 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they
shall be comforted.
Lk. 15: 21 The son said unto him, Father, I have sinned
against Heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to
be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants,
Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring
on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the
fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and be merry. [See 357.]
608. tRepenteuce, as ascribed to God.
Gen. 6: 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man
on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Jer. 18: 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and
to destroy it: 8 If that nation against whom I have pronounced,
turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to
do unto them. 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning
a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I
will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
-26:. 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S
house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to
worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command
thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they
will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may
repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because
of the evil of their doings. 13 Therefore now amend your
ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your
God; And the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you.
Ezk. 33: 14 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely
die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and
right; 15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he
had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Jonah 3:10 God saw their works, that they turned from
their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said'
that he would do unto them: and he did it not.
609. Spurious repentance.
Mat. 27: 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he
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REPROOF.                610, 611
Required and encouraged - Exemplified.
saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought
again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent
blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
2 Cor. 7: 10 The sorrow of the world worketh death.
[See 191, 194, 411, 623, 689.]
REPROOF.
610. Faithful reproof required and encouraged.
Lev. 19: 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart:
thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin
upon him.
Pr. 6: 23 The commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. -19: 25 Reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand
knowledge.- 24: 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art
righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good
blessing shall come upon them. - 28: 4 They that forsake the
law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with
them. 23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more
favor than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Ezk. 16: 1 The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations.
Mat. 18: 15 If thy brother shall trespass,against thee, go
and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall
hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Lk. 17: 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass
against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Ep. 5: 11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them.
Col. 3: 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts
to the Lord.
1 Th. 5: 14 We exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient
toward all men. [See 109.]
611. Reproving others exemplified.
Nel. 13: 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why
is the house of God forsaken?  And I gatheled them together,
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612, 613                REPROOF.
Received by the humble -~Rejected by the proud.
and set them in their place. 17 Then I contended with the
nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing ss this
that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 18 Did not your
fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and
upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Dan. 5: 22 Thou his son, 0 Belshazzar, hast not humbled
thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted
up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought
the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords,
thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron,
wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the
God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways,
hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was the part of the hand
sent from him; and this writing was written.
Hos. 5: 2 The revolters are profound, to make slaughter,
though I have been a rebuker of them all.
Mat. 16: 23 He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind
me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not
the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Lk. 23: 40 The other answering, rebuked him, saying,
Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Gal. 2: 11 When Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood
him to the face, because he was to be blamed. [See 66, 461.]
612. Reproof gratefully received by the humble.
Ps. 141: 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me: it shall be an excellent oil, which
shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in
their calamities.
Pr. 25: 12 As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine
gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. - 28: 23 He
that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more favor than he
that flattereth with the tongue.
613. Reproof rejected by the proud.
Pr. 1: 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 25 But ye
have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof. - 13: 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but
a scorner heareth not rebuke. - 15: 12 A scorner loveth not
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Wisdom of receiving it -I Reprovers should be faultless.
Am. 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and
they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Lk. 3: 19 Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for
Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which
Herod had done, 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up
John in prison.
Jn. 3: 20 Every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. -7: 7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify
of it, that the works thereof are evil.
614. Wisdom of receiving reproof-folly of rejecting it.
Pr. 6: 23 The commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. - 10: 17 He is
in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth
reproof erreth. -12: 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.- 13: 18 Poverty
and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that
regardeth reproof shall be honored. - 15: 5 A fool despiseth
his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way:
and he that hateth reproof shall die. 31 The ear that heateth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 He that
refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. -29: 1 He that, being often
reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and
that without remedy.
Ec. 4: 13 Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and
foplish king, who will no more be admonished.
615. Reprovers should correct their ownftiults..
Mat. 7: 3 Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote
out of thine eye; and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye.
Rom. 2: 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest
thou not thyself? thou that preachest, a man should pot steal,
dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest, a man should not commit
adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols,
dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 Thou that maketh thy boast
of the law, through breaking the law dishonorest thou God?
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616, 617     REPUTATION - RESURRECTION.
Value of Reputation - General Resurrection.
REPUTATION.
616. Value of reputation — sin of abusing it.
Pr. 22: 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. - 25: 18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a
maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Ec. 7: 1 A good name is better than precious ointment;
and the day of death than the day of one's birth
[See 729, 730.]
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
617. General resurrection of the dead.
Job 19: 26 Though after my skin worms destroy this body,
yet in my flesh shall I see God.
Hos. 18: 14 I will ransom  them from  the power of the
grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy
plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction.
Lk. 20: 37 That the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at
the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not a
God of the dead, but of the living.
Jn. 5: 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And
shall come forth. - 6: 40 This is the will of him that sent me,
that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may
have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- 11: 23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in
the resurrection at the last day.
Ac. 4: 1 As they spake unto the people, the priests and the
captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached
through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. - 24: 15 And
have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that
there shall be a resurrection of the dead both of the just and
unjust. - 26: 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible
with you, that God should raise the dead?
Rom. 6: 8 If we be dead with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ, being raised
from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no -more dominion
over him.- 8: 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which
have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan
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Incorruptible Bodies.
within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
1 Cor. 6: 14 God hath both raised up the Lord, and will
also raise up us by his own power. - 15: 21 Since by man
came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made
alive. [See the whole chapter.]
2 Cor. 4: 14 Knowing, that he which raised up the Lord
Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with
you.
1 Tf. 4: 16 The Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
618. The dead raised with incorruptible bodies.
I Cor. 15: 35 Some man will say, How are the dead raised
up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that
which thou sowest is not quickened except it die: 37 And that
which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be. 42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonor, it
is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put
on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory.
2 Cor. 5: 2 In this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be
that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we
that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for
that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality
might be swallowed up of life.
Ph. 3: 20 Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also
we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall
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619                    REVIVALS.
In ancient times.
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able
even to subdue all things unto himself.
REVIVALS.
619. Ancient revivals of reliion.
Gen. 4: 26 To Seth, to him also there was born a son; and
he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the
name of the LORD.
1 K. 18: 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed
the brrnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust,
and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when
all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said,
The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
2 K. 23: 3 The king [Josiah] stood by a pillar, and made a
covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to
keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes,
with all their heart, and all their soul, to perform the words of
this covenant that were written in this book. And all the
people stood to the covenant. 21 The king commanded all
the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your
God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 Surely
there was not holden such a passover from the days of the
judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of
Israel, nor of the kings of Judah.
2 Ch. 30: 11 Divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun
humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 12 Also in
Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the
commandment of the king [Hezekiah] and of the princes, by
the word of the LORD. 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem
much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second
month, a very great congregation. 21 The children of Israel
that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened
bread seven days with great gladness: 22 And Hezekiah
spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good
knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast
seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making confession to
the LORD God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly
took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other
seven days with gladness. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king
of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. 27 Then the
priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their
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In ancient times.
voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwellingplace, even unto heaven.
Neh. 8: 2 Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with
understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3
And he read therein before the street that was before the
water-gate from the morning until mid-day, before the men
and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears
of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 6
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the
people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands:
and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with
their faces to the ground. 9 And Nehemiah, which is the
Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that
taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy
unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the
people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Jer. 2: 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth,
the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the
wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness
unto the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase.
Ac. 2: 41 Then they that gladly received his word, were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about
three thousand souls. 42 And they continued steadfastly in
the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread,
and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many
wonders and signs were done by the apostles. — 4: 4 Many
of them which heard the word, believed, and the number of the
men was about five thousand.- 5: 14 Believers were the more
added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women. —8: 5
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached
Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave
heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing
the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with
loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them:
and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
— 11: 19 They which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenice,
and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto
the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus
and Cyrene, which when they were come to Antioch, spake
unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the
hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed,
and turned unto the Lord. 22 Then tidings of these things
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620, 621               REVIVALS.
Outpouring of the Spirit - Happy Effects of.
came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and
they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was
glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they
would cleave unto the Lord. - 24 For he was a good man, and
full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith: and much people was
-added unto the Lord. —14: 1 It came to pass in Iconium, that
they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so
spake, that a great multitude, both of the Jews, and also of the
Greeks, believed.
620. The influences of the Spirit compared to rain, or the pouring of water.
Ps. 72: 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown
grass: as showers that water the earth.
Pr. 1: 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Is. 32: 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be
counted for a forest.-44: 3 I will pour water upon him that is
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit
upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
Ezk. 39: 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them:
for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith
the Lord GOD.
Joel 2: 28 It shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour
out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and
upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.
Zec. 12: 10 I will pour upon the house of David, and upon
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced,
and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son,
and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness
for his first-born.
1 Pet. 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto us they did minister the things which are
now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel
unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.
621. Happy effects of genuine revivals.
2 K. 23: 24 The workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations
that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did
Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law
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REVIVALS.                    622
To be prayed for.
which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found
in the house of the LORD.' 25 And like unto him was there
no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart,
and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the
law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
2 Ch. 31: 5 As soon as the commandment came abroad, the
children of Israel brought in abundance the first-fruits of corn,
wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field;
and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 8 And
when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they
blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
Ps. 14: 7 When the LowD bringeth back the captivity of his
people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Ac. 2: 44 All that believed were together, and had all things
common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted
them to all men, as every man had need. 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking
bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness
and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favor
with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily
such as should be saved. -8: 8 And there was great joy in
that city.- 19: 18 Many that believed came, and confessed,
and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used
curious arts, brought their books together, and burned them
before all men; and they counted the price of them, and found
it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So mightily grew the word
of God prevailed.
Col. 2: 5 Though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with
you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the
steadfastness of your faith in Christ. [See 605.]
622. Praying for revivals required and exemplified.
Ps. 80: 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look
down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And
the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch
that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire,
it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
-85: 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may
rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant
us thy salvation. - 122: 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
they shall prosper that love thee.
Song 4: 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south;
blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let
my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
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623-625           REVIVALS-RICHES.
Spurious ones - Riches the idol of many - Tendency of.
lence, 7 And give him  no rest, till he establish, and till he
make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. - 64: 1 Oh that thou
wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that
the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As when
the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to
make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations
may tremble at thy presence!
Jer. 14 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and
the iniquityof our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21 Do not abhor us; for thy name's sake, do not disgrace
the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant
with us.
Dan. 9: 17 O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and
his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Hab. 3: 2 0 LORD, I have heard thy speech and was afraid:
O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst
of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Mat. 6: 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth
as it is in heaven.
623. Spurious revivals.
Mat. 23: 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when
he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than
yourselves.
Gal. 4: 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they
would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
[See 191, 194, 411, 609, 689.]
RICHES.
624. Riches, the idol of many.
Mat. 19: 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go
and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven.: and come and follow me. 22 But
when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
2 Tim. 4: 10 Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this
present world.
625. Riches and prosperity have a corruptigl and dclangroues tendency.
Gen. 13: 10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain
of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the
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Tendency of.
LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of
the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the
other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot
dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward
Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners
before the LORD, exceedingly.
Dt. 8: 11 Beware that thou forget not the LORcD thy God,
in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his
statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou
hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt
therein; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and
thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is
multiplied; 14 Then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget
the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land
of Egypt, from the house of bondage.- 32: 13 He made him
ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the
increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of
the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 14 Butter of kine, and
milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of' the breed of
Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou
didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 15 But Jeshurun
waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick,
thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which Iade
him, and, lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
2 Ch. 26: 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to
reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. 5 And
he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding
in the visions of God: and, as long as he sought the LORD,
God made him to prosper. 15 And his name spread far
abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his
destruction.
Ps. 30: 6 In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
- 55: 19 Because they have no changes, therefore they fear
not God. - 92: 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and
when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they
shall be destroyed for ever.
Pr. 1: 32 The turning away of the simple shall slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.-30: 8 Remove
far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full,
and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor,
and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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626                      RIC1ES.
Not to beyeagerly sought.
Ec. 5: 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he
eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not
suffer him to sleep. 13 There is a sore evil which I have seen
under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to
their hurt.
Jer."22: 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou
saidst, I will not hear.
Ezk. 16: 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister
Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was
in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the
hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and
committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away
as I saw good.- 28: 5 By thy great wisdom  and by thy
traffic, hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted
up because of thy riches.
Mat. 19: 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily, I say
unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom
of heaven.  24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man
to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mk. 4: 19 The cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of
riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the
word, and it becometh unfruitful.
1 Tim. 6: 8 Having food and raiment, let us be therewith
content. 9 But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and
a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money
is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows.  11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things;
and follow after righteousness. [See 741.]
626. The eager pursuit of'riches.forbidden and discouraged.
Pr. 23: 4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. - 28: 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but
he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 22 He
that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not
that poverty shall come upon him.
Is. 5: 8 Wo unto them that join house to house, that lay field
to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone
in the midst of the earth!
2 Pet. 2: 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot
cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have
exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which
have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the
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RICHES.                     627
Vain and transitory.
way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb
ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the
prophet. See [133, 742-3.]
627. Riches vain and transitory.
Pr. 23: 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as
an eagle toward heaven.
Ec. 1: 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of
vanities; all is vanity. 14 I have seen all the works that are
done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of
spirit.- 2: 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses;
I planted me vineyards: 5 I made me gardens and orchards,
and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: 6 I made
me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth
forth trees: 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great
and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me;
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure
of kings, and of the provinces: I gat me men-singers and
women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. -9 So I was great, and
increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; also
my wisdom remained with me.  10 And whatsoever mine eyes
desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from
any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was
my portion of all my labor.  11 Then I looked on all the
works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that
I had labored to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under
the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of
spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under
the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall
be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise
man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have shewed myself wise
under the sun. This is also vanity. 10 He that loveth silver
shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance
with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they
are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the
owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes.
[See 148.]
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628, 629             RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Proper use of riches - Righteousness and honesty required.
628. Proper use of ricies.
1 Tim. 6: 17 Charge them that are rich in this- world that
they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in
the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate; 19 Laying up in store for
themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that
they may lay hold on eternal life. [See 406.]
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
629. Righteousness, impartiality, truth, and honesty in spiritual and temporal things required and exemplified.
Lev. 19: 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment;
thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the
person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge
thy neighbor. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah,
and a just hin shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which
brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Dt. 6: 18 Thou shalt do that which is right and good in the
sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee. -  16: 20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
1 S. 12: 1 Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have
made a king over you. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against
me before the LORD, and before his anointed; whose ox have
I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore
it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Ps. 51: 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Pr. 21: 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to
the LORD than sacrifice. - 24: 23 It is not good to have respect
of persons in judgment.
Is. 56: 1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do
justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness
to be revealed.
Mic. 6: 8 He hath shewed thee, 0 man, what is good; and
what doth the LCRD require of thee, but to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Zec. 7: 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute
true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to
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Rewarded, or " Gain of Godliness."
his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless,
the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil
against his brother in your heart.
Lk. 20: 25 He said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar
the things which be Cesar's, and unto God the things which
be God's.
Rom. 13: 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to
whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom
fear; honor to whom honor. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to
love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Ep. 6: 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness.
1 Th. 2: 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that
believe:
1 Tim. 6: 11 Thou, O man of God, flee these things; and
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Tit. 2: 11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
godly, in this present world. [See 56, 501, 659, 732.]
630. Rigltteousness and hcsonestq rewarded, or the' ygti/ of godliness" and
loss by ungodliness.
Gen. 19: 15 When the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters
which are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the
city. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing
till thou be come thither: therefore the name of the city called
Zoar.
2 Ch. 16: 9 The eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of
them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Ps. 1: 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of
the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall
not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.-4: 3
Know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself. - 5: 12 Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor
wilt thou compass him as with a shield.- 15: 1 LORD, who
shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
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630                  RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Eewarded, or " Gain of Godiiness."
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with
his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a
reproach against his neighbor. 5 He that putteth not out
his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent.
He that doeth these things shall never be moved. - 37: 3 Trust
in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed. 9 For evil doers shall be cut off:.but
those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea,
thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD
upholdeth the righteous.  18 The LORD knoweth the days of
the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever. 19 They
shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish,
and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they
shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. 25 I
have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever
merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is blessed. 27-40.
Ps. 58: 11 Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily
he is a God thatjudgeth in the earth. -84:11 The LORD God is
a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory; no good
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. - 92: 12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow
like a cedar in Lebanon.  13 Those that he planted in the
house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat
and flourishing. - 112: 1 Blessed is the man that feareth the
LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His
seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house:
and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Pr. 3: 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them
about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart: 4 So
shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of
God and man. 32 The froward is abomination to the LORD:
but his secret is with the righteous. 33 The curse of the
LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. - 10: 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh
surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. 25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the
righteous is an everlasting foundation.  29 The way of the
LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to
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RIGHTEOUSNESS.                   630
Rewarded, or " Gain of Godliness."
the workers of iniquity. —11: 17 The merciful man doeth
good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own
flesh.  18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him
that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to
his own death. 20 They that are of a froward heart are
abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way
are his delight. 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked
shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the  righteous
shall be delivered. 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. -13: 6 Righteousness keepeth  him  that is upright
in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 21 Evil
pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. -
14: 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach
to any people.- 16: 8 Better is a little with righteousness,
than great revenues without right. - 20: 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. —
21: 21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy, findeth
life, righteousness, and honor.- 28: 16 The prince that wanteth
understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth
covetousness shall prolong his days.  18  Whoso walketh
uprightly shall be saved; but he that is perverse in his ways
shall fall at once.
Is. 33: 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh
his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from
hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him: his waters shall be
sure. -58: 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose
the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to
let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke. 7 Is
it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked
that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine
own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy
rere-ward.
Dan: 3: 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that
we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which
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631                 RIGHTS OF MAN.
To Liberty and Justice.
shach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.- 6: 21
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My
God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that
they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency
was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no
hurt.  28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius;and
in the reign of Cyrus' the Persian.
Mat. 6: 33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these- things shall be added unto you.
1 Tim. 4: 8 Bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is a faithful saying,
and worthy of all acceptation. - 6: 6 Godliness with contentment is great gain.
1. Pet. 3: 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak
no guile:  11 Let him  eschew evil, and do good: let him
seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are
over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers:
but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 13 And
who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which
is good?
[See Promises, in the Index, and 87, 286, 344, 362, 470,
550-1, 566, 733.]
RIGHTS OF MAN.
631. A right to liberty and justice -threats for infringing these rights.
Job 36: 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but
giveth right to the poor.
Is. 10: 1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and
that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To
turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the
right from the poor of my people.
Lam. 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face
of the Most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause the LORD
approveth not.
Am. 5:12 I know your manifold-transgressions and your
mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they
turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Gal. 5: 13 Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty: only
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve
one another. [See 682.]
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RIGHTS OF MAN.              632-635
To Inquire freely - To Mental Culture - To the fruits of his industry, etc.
632. A riyht to inquire fieely, and to express opinions.
Lk. 12: 57 Why even of yourselves judge ye not what is
right?
Jn. 5: 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
1 Cor. 10: 29 Conscience I say, not thine own, but of the
other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
1 Th. 5: 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1 Jn. 4: 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets
are gone out into the world.
633. A right to pursue mental culture.
Pr. 4: 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:
keep her; for she is thy life.- 23: 23 Buy the truth, and sell
it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Lk. 11: 52 Wo unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away
the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them
that were entering in ye hindered. [See 363, 391.]
634. A ri'ght to enjoy the fruits of our own industry.
Ec. 3: 22 I perceive that there is nothing better, than
that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his
portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after
him? -5: 18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and
comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all
his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life,
which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
635. A right to our own wives and children.
Ec. 9: 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all
the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee
under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the
sun.
Mat. 19: 6 They are no more twain, but one flesh. What
therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Ep. 6:'4 Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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636-638           ROBBERY-SABBATH.
Robbery forbidden and denounced - Sabbath instituted in Paradise - Enjoined, etc.
ROBBERY.
636. Robbery forbidden and denounced.
Lev. 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither
rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with
thee all night until the morning.
Pr. 21: 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;
because they refuse to do judgment. -22: 22 Rob not the
poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the
gate:  23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the
soul of those that spoiled them. - 28: 24 Whoso robbeth his
father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same
is the companion of a destroyer.
Is. 61: 8 I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for
burnt-offering.
Ezk. 22: 29 The people of the land have used oppression,
and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy:
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not
destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore, have I poured
out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with
the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon
their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
[See 490, 682, 732-3, 736.]
SABBATH.
637. Instituted in Paradise!
Gen. 2: 2 On the seventh day God ended his work which
he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh
day, and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all
his work which God created and made.
Ex. 20: 11 In six days the LORD made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.
638. Sabbath enjoined and recognized in the Decalogue, and other parts
of the Old Testament.
Ex. 20: 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the
seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.
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SABBATH.                     639
Recognized by Christ.
Dt. 5: 14 The seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy
God.
Neh. 13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine
presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading
asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens
which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: and 1
testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish,
and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended with
the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this
that ye do, and profane the sabbath-day? 18 Did not your
fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us,
and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by
profaning the sabbath.
Ezk. 44: 24 In controversy they shall stand in judgment;
and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they
shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies;
and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
639. Sabbath recognized, and its proper works of mercy asserted by Christ,
the " Lord of the Sabbath."
Mat. 12: 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath-day
through the corn, and his disciples were an hungered, and
began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the
Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do
that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath-day. 3 But
he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did when he
was an hungered, and they that were with him; 4 How he
entered into the house of God, and did eat the shew-bread,
which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which
were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have ye not
read in the law how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the
temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 11 And he
said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall
have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will
he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?  12 How much then is a
man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well
on the sabbath-days. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch
forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. [Mk. 2: 23-28. Lk. 6: 1-10.]
- 24: 20 Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither
on the sabbath-day.
Mk. 2: 27 He said unto them, The sabbath was made for
man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore, the Son of
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640                   SABBATH.
Appropriate Duties of.
man is Lord also of the sabbath. - 3: 4 He saith unto them, Is
it lawful to do good on the sabbath-days, or to do evil? to save
life, or to kill? but they held their peace.
Lk. 13: 11 Behold there was a woman which had a spirit of
infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in
no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called
her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from
thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the
ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that
Jesus had healed on the sabbath-day, and said unto the people,
There are six days in which men ought to work: in them,
therefore, come and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day. 15
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth
not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from
the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not
this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath
bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on
the sabbath-day? 17 And when he had said these things, all
his adversaries.were ashamed.
Jn. 5: 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and
walk. -9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took
up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured,
It is the sabbath-day; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto,
and I work.
640. Appropriate Duties of the Sabbath.
Lev. 19: 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my
sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Ezk. 46: 3 The people of the land shall worship at the
door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the
new-moons.
Mk. 6:2 When the sabbath-day was come, he [Christ] began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were
astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things?
and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even
such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
Lk. 4: 16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the
sabbath-day, and stood up for to read. 31 And came down to
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SABBATH.                    641
To be kept holy.
days.-13: 10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on
the sabbath.
Ac. 13: 14 When they departed from Perga, they came to
Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law
and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them,
saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckaning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God,
give audience. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be
preached to them the next sabbath. 44 And the next sabbathday came almost the whole city together to hear the word of
God.-15: 21 Moses of old time hath in every city them that
preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.
-17: 2 Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and
three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.
-18: 4 He [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath,
and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
I Cor. 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one
of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that
there be no gatherings when I come.
Heb. 10: 25 Nof forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another;
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
[Is. 66: 23. Ps. 84: 1-10, and 132: 7.]
641. Sabbath to be kept holy; secular labor forbidden.
Ex. 16: 23 He said unto them, This is that which the LORD
hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the
LORD: bake that which ye will bake to-day, and seethe that ye
will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to
be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the
morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was
there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to-day;
for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD; to-day ye shall not
find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the
seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people
on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep
my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD
hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the
sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his
place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30
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641                    SABBATII.
To be kept holy.
So the people rested on the seventh day.-20: 8 Rememher
the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor,
and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath
of the LORD thy God; in it thou shalt not do aly work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates:  11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh, day:
wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.
-23: 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and
the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
-31: 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying,
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me
and you thfoughout your generations; that ye may know that
I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the
sabbath therefore: for it is holy unto you. Every one that
defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth
any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his
people. 15 Six days may work be done, but in the seventh is
the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any
work in the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to death. 16
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to
observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children
of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.34: 21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou
shalt rest: in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt rest. —
35: 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon
the sabbath-day.
Lev. 23: 3 Six days shall work be done; but the seventh
day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation: ye shall do no
work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.-26: 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my
sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Dt. 5: 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the LORD
thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days shalt thou labor,
and do all thy work; 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath
of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy
maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt,
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Rewards to Sabbath-keepers - Punishment of Sabbath-breakers.
and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a
mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm: therefore the LORD
thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day.
Jer. 17: 21 Thus saith the LOURD; Take heed to yourselves,
and bear no burden on the sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the
gates of Jerusalem: 22 Neither carry forth a burden out of
your houses on the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work, but
hallow ye the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers. [27.]
Mat. 24: 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath-day.
Lk. 23: 56 They returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath-day, according to the commandment.
642. Rewards to sabbath-keepers.
Is. 56: 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of
man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 6 Also
the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to
serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
and taketh hold of my covenant; - 7 Even them will I bring
to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of
prayer: their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house
of prayer for all people.-58: 13 If thou turn away thy foot
from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day;
and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:  14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause
thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee
with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the
LORD hath spoken it.
Jer. 17: 24 It shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken
unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the
gates of this city on the sabbath-day, but hallow the sabbathday, to do no work therein; 25 Then shall there enter into
the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne
of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their
princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
and this city shall remain for ever.
643. Punislment of sabbath-breakers.
Ex. 35: 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh
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644                    SABBATI.
The First Day of the Week.
day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the
LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Num. 15: 32 While the children of Israel were in the
wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the
sabbath-day. 35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man
shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone
him with stones without the camp.
Jer. 17: 27 If ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the
sabbath-day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the
gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day; then will I kindle a
fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of
Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Ezk. 20: 15 I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had
given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory
of aH lands;  16 Because they despised my judgments, and
walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their
heart went after their idols. 20 And hallow my sabbaths;
and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may
know that I am the LORD your God. 21 Notwithstanding,
the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man
do, he shall even live in them: they polluted my sabbaths:
then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezk. 22: 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have
profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their
eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 31
Therefore, have I poured out mine indignation upon them.
644. The first day of the week distinguished and observed after the resurrection of Christ.
Mk. 16: 9 When Jesus was risen early, the first day of the
week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he
had cast seven devils. [Ps. 118: 24.]
Jn. 20: 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in
the, midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. [Mk. 16: 9.
Mat. 28: 1, 8, 9.]
Ac. 20: 7 Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them,
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Differ from others.
(ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech
until midnight.
1 Cor. 16: 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one
of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that
there be no gatherings when I come.
Rev. 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.
SAINTS.
645. Saints radically differ friom sinners.
Gen. 7: 1 The LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all
thy house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before
me in this generation.
Job 2: 3 The LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered
my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth
evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou
movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Ps. 1: 2 His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his
law doth he meditate day and night. 4 The ungodly are not
so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Jer. 15: 19 Thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will
I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if
thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my
mouth.
Ezk. 44:23 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between
the unclean and the clean.
Jn. 15: 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love
his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Ac. 8: 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for
thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Tit. 2: 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
1 Pet. 2: 9 Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth
the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into
his marvellous light.
1 Jn. 5: 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole
world lieth in wickedness. [See 591.]
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646-651                  SAINTS.
Opposite Appellations of Saints and Sinners
SAINTS DISTINGUISHED FROM SINNERS BY OPPOSITE
APPELLATIONS.
646. The godly and ungodly.
Ps. 1: 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. 4 The ungodly are not so: but
are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore
the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.-4: 3 But know that the LORD
hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
647. The just and the unjust.
Pr. 29: 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and
he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Mat. 5: 45 That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the
unjust.
648. The righteous and wicked.
Ps. 37: 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than
the riches of many wicked.  17 For the arms of the wicked
shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Mal. 3: 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the
righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and
him that serveth him not.
649. Friends of God and enemies of God.
Is. 1: 24 Saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty
One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and
avenge me of mine enemies.
Jam. 2: 23 The scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. [See 690.]
650. Lovers of God-haters of God.
Ex. 20: 6 Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love
me, and keep my commandments.
Rom. 1: 30 Backbiters, haters of God.
651. Believers and unbelievers.
Ac. 5: 14 Believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.
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Opposite Appellations of Saints and Sinners.
lievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
652. Sheep, and wolves or serpents.
Mat. 23: 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can
ye escape the damnation of hell?
Jn. 10: 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and
am knowA of mine.
Ac. 20: 29 I know this, that after my departing shall grievous
wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
653. Children of God, and children of the devil.
Mat. 13: 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the
children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the
wicked one.
1 Jn. 3: 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and
the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness
is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
[See 690.]
654. Children of obedience and children of disobedience.
Ep. 2: 1 You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
1 Pet. 1: 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves
according to the former lusts in your ignorance.
655. Children of light, and children of darkness.
Is. 42: 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Lk. 16: 8 The lord commended the unjust steward, because
he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their
generation wiser than the children of light.
I Th. 5: 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children.of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
656. Child/en of the kingdom and children of wrath.
Mat. 13: 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the
children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the
wicked one.
Ep. 2: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even others.
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657       SAINTS' PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS.
Hope and delight in God.
PECULIAR CARACTERISTICS OF SAINTS.
657. Saints hope and delight in God, hare fellaoship and communion with
him, and desire his presence.
Ex. 15: 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation; he is my God, and I will prepare him an
habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
1 S. 2: 1 Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in
the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is
enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
Ps. 16: 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and
of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 8 I have set the LORD
always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not
be moved.- 18: 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress,
and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- 34: 2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.- 38: 15 In thee, O LORD,
do I hope: thou wilt, hear, O LORD my God. 21 Forsake
me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. [32: 22.]
- 39: 7 LORD, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. - 42: 1
As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living
God: when shall I come and appear before God? — 43: 4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding
joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. -
51: 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy
Holy Spirit from me. - 63: 1 0 God, thou art my God; early
will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth
for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To
see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the
sanctuary. 3 Because thy loving-kindness is better than life,
my lips shall praise thee. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee:
thy right hand upholdeth me.- 73: 25 Whom have I in heaven
but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides
thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. -119: 57 Thou
art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy
words.
Is. 12: 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not
be afraid; for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my
song; he also is become my salvation. - 26: 8 Yea, in the way
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They love God's law and institutions.
sire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of
thee. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea,
with my spirit within me will I seek thee early. — 61: 10 I
will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my
God.
Jer. 14: 8 0 the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time
of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land,
and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty
man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of
us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Lam. 3: 24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Hab. 3: 17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither
shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and
the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from
the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will
rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Rom. 5: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.
1 Cor. 1: 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto
the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Jn. 1: 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we
unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly
our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus
Christ. [See 6, 294.]
658. Saints love and obey God's law, and delight in all his truth and institutions.
Ps. 1: 2 His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his
law doth he meditate day and night.- 119: 20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counsellors.
97 0 how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than
honey to my mouth. 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an
heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 127
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above
fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning
all things to be right; and I hate every false way. 131 I
opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.  162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great
spoil  167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love
them exceedingly.
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659, 660  SAINTS' PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS.
Are honest -Meek and forbearing.
Jer. 15: 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and
thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart.
Rom. 7: 22 I delight in the law of God, after the inward
man. [See 106.]
659. Honesty, integrity, and firmness of saints, leaving consequences to God.
Gen. 22: 10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the
knife to slay his son.
Is. 49: 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent
my strength for nought, and in vain; yet surely my judgment
is with he LORD, and my work with my God. 5 And now,
saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my
God shall be my strength.
Jn. 1: 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of
him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
2 Cor. 1: 12 Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.- 4: 1
Seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we
faint not; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God
deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
[See 56, 294, 460, 504, 629.]
660. Saints have a meek, gentle,forbearing, andforgiving spirit.
Mat. 10: 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst
of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves.
1 Cor. 4: 12 And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being
defamed, we entreat.-13: 4 Charity suffereth long, and is
kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not
puffed up, 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth
all things, endureth all things.
Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Heb. 10: 34 Ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took
joyfully the spoiling Qf your goods, knowing in yourselves that
ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Jam. 5: 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he
doth not resist you. [See 62, 437, 499, 737.]
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They are benevolent, and grieve at sin.
661. Saints are sef-denying, disinterested, and devoted to God and his cause.
Ac. 4: 32 The multitude of them that believed were of one
heart, and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of
the things which he possessed was his own: but they had all
things common.
2 Cor. 12: 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to
you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours,
but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents,
but the parents for the children. 13 And 1 will very gladly
spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love
you, the less I be loved. [See 295, 407, 414, 674.]
662. Saints grieve when sinners dishonor sand offend God.
Ezra 9: 2 They have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled
themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the
princes and rulers hath-been chief in this trespass. 3 And
when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle,
and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat
down astonished. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one
that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of
the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I
sat astonished until the evening sacrifice. 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent
my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread
out my hands unto the LORD my God.-10: 6 Then Ezra
rose up from before the house of God, and went into the
chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and wh4en he came
thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned
because of the transgression of them that had been carried
away.
Ps. 119: 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because
they keep not thy law. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and
was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Ezk. 9: 4 The LORD said unto him, Go through the midst
of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark
upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all
the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Ac. 17: 16 While Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit
was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to
idolatry.
Rom. 9: 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have
great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I
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663, 664   SAINTS' PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS.
They feel their guilt - live by faith.
could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
2 Pet. 2: 7 And delivered Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling
among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul
from day to day with their unlawful deeds.) [See 538.]
663. Saintsfeed their unworthiness, and desire to learn their guilt.
Gen. 32: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies,
and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant.
Job 13: 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make
me to know my transgression and my sin.
Ps. 26: 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my
reins and my heart. - 51: 3 I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me. - 115: 1 Not unto us, O LORD,
not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and
for thy truth's sake. - 139: 23 Search me, O God, and know
my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if
there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Mat. 8: 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not
worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the
word only, and my servant shall be healed. — 25: 37 Then
shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee a hungered, and.fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked,
and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison,
and came unto thee?
Rom. 7: 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver
me from the body of this death?
1 Cor. 15: 9 I am the least of the apostles, that am not
meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church
of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am.
Ep. 3: 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints,
is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles
the unsearchable riches of Christ.  [See 507, 537.]
664. Saints believe in Christ, and live byfaith in him.
Gal. 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who
loved me, and gave himself for me.
1 Pet. 1: 8 Whom  having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable, and full ofglory. [See 184.]
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They delight in prayer - have internal peace - make progress.
665. Saints delight in devout meditation and prayer.
Ps. 1: 2 His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his
law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps. 16:8 1 have set the LORD always before me: because
he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. - 63: 5 My soul
shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon
my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.   77: 11
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wondersof old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work,
and talk of thy doings. —119: 23 Princes also did sit and
speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counsellors.
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which
I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. 97 0 how
love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 99 I have
more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies
are my meditation. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches,
that I might meditate in thy word. - 143: 5 I remember the
days of old, I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work
of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul
thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land.
Dan. 6: 10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed,
he went into his house; and his windows -being open in his
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three
times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as
he did aforetime. [See 64, 531.]
666. Saints have peculiar internal peace.
Ps. 119: 165 Great peace have they which love thy law:
and nothing shall offend them.
Jn. 14: 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,faith.
Ph. 4: 7 The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
[See 582.]
667. Saints make progress in knowledge and holiness.
Ps. 92: 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree:
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.  13 Those that be
planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts
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668, 669  SAINTS' PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS.
They cannot boast- Their oenrative number.
of our God.  14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
they shall be fat and flourishing.
Mat. 13: 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Mk. 4: 26 He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man
should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and
rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he
knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of
herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in
the ear.
-2 Cor. 4: 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our
outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by
day.
2 Th. 1: 3 We are bound to thank God always for you,
brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each
other aboundeth. [See 515.]
668. Saints made to difer - boasting excluded.
Rom. 3: 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By
what law? of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.
1 Cor. 4: 7 Who maketh thee to differ from another? and
what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst
receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received
it?
Ep. 2: 1 You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even as others. 8 For by grace are ye saved, through'faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
[See 482.]
669. Real saints have been comparatively few, but will be very numerous.
Gen. 7: 1 The LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy
house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me
in this generation. [Gen. 6: 11, 12.]
Gen. 18: 32 He said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry and I
will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found
there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Num. 14: 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I
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SAINTS' PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS.  670, 671
They are the light of the world - Their peculiarity.
sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had
another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I
bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall
possess it.
Mat. 7:14 Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - 20: 16 Thelast
shall be first, and the first last: for manybe called, but few chosen.
Lk. 12: 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good
pleasure- to give you the kingdom. —13:23 Then said one
unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?  And he said
unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many,
I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.18: 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
2 Tim. 1: 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in
Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and
Hermogenes.
Rev. 7: 9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude which
no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people,
and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. [See 440.]
670. Saints, the liqht a)d salvation of ihe world.
Jer. 5: 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof,
if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment,
that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
- Ezk. 22: 29 The people of the land have used oppression,
and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy:
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not
destroy it; but I found none.
Mat. 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have
lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth
good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under
foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that
is set on a hill cannot be hid. [See 545.]
671. Singularity of Sainis.
Dt. 14- 2 The LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Rom. 7: 15 That which I do, I allow not: for what I would,
that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do
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672                     SAINTS.
Their future preeminence and glory.
that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth
in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,)
dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but
how to perform that which is good, I find not. 19 For the
good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not,
that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I
that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law,
that when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I
delight in the law of God, after the inward man: 23 But I see
another law in my members warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is
in my members. 24 O'wretched man that I am! who shall
deliver me from the body of this death?  25 I thank God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, with the mind, I
myself serve the law of God: but with the flesh the law of sin.
2 Cor. 6: 8 As deceivers, and yet true; 9 As unknown, and
yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened,
and not killed; 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor,
yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing
all things.
Tit. 2: 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
672. God's delight in saints, and prospective view of their perfection, preeminence and glory.
Num. 23: 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither
hath he seen perverseness in Israel.
Dt. 32: 9 The LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot
of his inheritance.
Job 7: 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him?
and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And
that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every
moment?
Ps. 50: 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath
shined.
Song 4: 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in
thee.
Is. 43: 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast
been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give
men for thee, and people for thy life.   46:13 I will place
salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.- 62: 3 Thou shalt also
be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God..5 For as a young man marrieth
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Their future preeminence and glory.
a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom
rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Zep. 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;
he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in
his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Mal. 3: 16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one
to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it: and a book
of remembrance was written before him for them that feared
the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall
be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up
my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own
son that serveth him.
Mat. 13: 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun
in the kingdom of their Father.
Lk. 7: 42 When they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him
most?  43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to
whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast
rightly judged. 47 Wherefore, I say untc thee, Her sins, which
are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little
is forgiven, the same loveth little. - 15: 7 1 say unto you, that
likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no
repentance. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth
the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand,
and shoes on his feet.
Jn. 14: 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest
myselfto him. 22 Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord,
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto
the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man
love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will loelhim,
and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.15: 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have
called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father,
I have made known unto you.-20: 17 Go to my brethren, and
say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and
to my God and your God.
Rom. 8: 29 Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
first-born among many brethren.
1 Cor. 6: 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
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673              SCORN AND CONTEMPT.
Scorn and contempt reprobated.
2 Cor. 8: 23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my
partner and fellow-helper concerning you: or our brethren be
inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the
glory of Christ.
Ep. 5: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
be holy and without blemish.
Col. 1: 21 You, that were sometime alienated and enemies
in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy,
and unblamable, and unreprovable, in his sight.
Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
and to the spirits of just men made perfect.
Rev. 1: 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and
his Father.- 14: 3 They sung as it were a new song before
the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no
man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four
thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.-21: 9 Come
hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
[See 94, 340, 504, 584-5.]
SCORN AND CONTEMPT.
673. Unhallowed scorn and contempt reprobated.
Pr. 3: 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth
grace unto the lowly. -9: 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be
wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- 12: 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the
needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in
safetyfrom him that puffeth at him. —14: 21 He that despiseth
his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor,
happy is he.- 15: 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a
foolish man despiseth his mother. -19: 29 Judgments are
prepared for scorners.- 22: 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. —
29: 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men
turn away wrath.
Mat. 18: 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these
little ones: for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do
always beLold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
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SELF-DENIAL.                    674
Required, exemplified, and encouraged.
SELF-DENIAL.
674. Self-denial required, exemplified and encouraged.
Gen. 22: 10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the
knife to slay his son. 12 Lay not thine hand upon the lad,
neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou
fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only
son, from me.
Mat. 10: 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me,
is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more
than me, is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not his
cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He
that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for
my sake, shall find it.-  16: 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will
save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for
my sake, shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what
shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  [Mk. 8: 34-37.]
-19: 29 Every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for
my name's sake, shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall inherit
everlasting life.
Mk. 10: 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have
left all, and have followed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and
said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or'father, or mother, or wife, or
children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 But he
shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands,
with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.
[Lk. 18: 28-30.]
Lk. 14: 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father,
and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters,
yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be
my disciple. 33 Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not
all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.- 18: 28 Then Peter
said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. [See 356.]
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675,676  SENSUALITTY-SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.
Sensuality forbidden and reproved -Patriarchal servants.
SENSUALITY.
675. Improper sensual indulgences forbidden and reproved.
Am. 6: 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the
seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory,
and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs
out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves
instruments of music, like David; 6 That drink wine in bowls,
and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7 Therefore, now shall
they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet
of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
Rom. 6: 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.- 13: 13 Let us walk
honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for
the flesh, tofulfil the lusts thereof.
2 Cor. 7: 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Tit. 2: 11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodliness,
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly,
in this present world.
1 Pet. 2: 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers
and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against
the soul. [See 366, 698.J
SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.
676. Were the civil rights and relgious privileges of the patriarchal servants
so secureld as to gain their cotnfidence?
Gen. 14: 14 When Abram heard that his brother was taken
captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house,
three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. —
17: 12 He that is eight days old shall be circumcised among
you, every man-child in your generations, he that is born in the
house, or bought with money of any stranger which is not of
thy seed. - 24: 2 Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his
house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy
hand under my thigh: 3 And I will make thee swear by the
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SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.              677
Mosaic latws, etc.
LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou
shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites among whom I dwell: 4 But thou shalt go unto
my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son
Isaac. 10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of
his master, and departed; (for all the goods of his master were
in his hand,) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the
city of Nahor.
Job 31: 13 If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or
of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; 14 What
then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth,
what shall I answer him?
677. Hebrew laws and usages on procuring, htolding, and releasing servants.
1. Voluntary scrvant,  and servicefor life, orfor a tenn, and laws of release.
Ex. 21: 5 If the servant shall plainly say, I love my master,
my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: 6 Then his
master shall bring him unto the judges: he shall also bring him
to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore
his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Lev. 25: 47 If a sojourner or a stranger wax rich by thee,
and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself
unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of- the
stranger's family: 48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed
again: one of his brethren may redeem him: 49 Either his
uncle, or his uncle's son may redeem him, or any that is nigh of
kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able,
he may redeem himself:  50 And he shall reckon with him
that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto
the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according
unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired
snrvant shall it be with him. 51 If there be yet many years
behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his
redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And
if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he
shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give
him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly
hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule
with rigor over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed
in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both
he, and his children with him.
Dt. 15: 16 It shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go
away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; 17 Then thou shalt take an awl
and thrust itthrough his ear unto the door, and he shall b.t 
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677            SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.
Persons sold for debt, etc.
thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou
shalt do likewise.
2. Hebrews and their children, sometimes sold for debt - laws of release, of reward,
etc.
Ex. 21: 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall
serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were
married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master
have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he
shall go out by himself.
Lev. 25: 39 If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen
poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to
serve as a bond-servant: 40 But as an hired servant, and
as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto
the year of jubilee: 41 And then shall he depart from thee,
both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his
own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants which I brought forth out
of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bond-men.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy
God.
Dt. 15: 12 If thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew
woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the
seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And
when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let
him go away empty: 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out
of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine-press:
of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou
shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou
wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God
redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him
away free from thee: for he hath been worth a double hired
servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy
God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
2 K. 4: 1 There cried a certain woman of the wives of the
sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the
LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons
to be bond-men.
Neh. 5: 2 There were that said, We, our sons, and our
daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that
we may eat, and live. 5 Our flesh is as the flesh of our
brethren, our children as their children: and lo, we bring into
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SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.             678, 679
Permanent servants - Maiming servants - Oppressing servants.
bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some
of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is
it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands
and vineyards.
3. Permanent servants were of the heathen, or of strangers, and not Hebrews
Lev. 25: 44 Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which
thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about
you; of them  shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids.  45
Moreover, of the children of the strangers that do sojourn
among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that
are withyou, which they begat in your land: and they shall
be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession, they shall be your bond-men for ever: but over your
brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over
another with rigor.
678. Mosaic penaltyfor maiming servants.
Ex. 21: 20 If a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a
rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not
be punished: for he is his money.  26 And, if a man smite the
eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he
shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite
out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth; he
shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
679. Justice and kindness to servants enjoined - oppression forbidden.
Dt. 23: 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which has escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall
dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall
choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best: thou shalt
not oppress him. —24:14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired
servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren,
or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: 15
At his day thou shalt give him  his hire, neither shall the
sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and setteth his heart
upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin
unto thee.
Jer. 22: 13 Wo unto him  that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his
neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his
work.
Col. 4: 1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just
and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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680            SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.
Apostolic precepts.
1 Tim. 5: 18 The scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the
ox that treadeti out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of
his reward. [Ezk. 16: 49.] [See 490, 636, 687.]
680. Apostolic precepts respecting the duties of masters and servants.
Ep. 6: 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eye-service,
as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the
will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service,
as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Kowing that whatsoever
good thing tny man doeth, the same shall he receive of the
Lord, whether he be bond or free. 9 And, ye masters, do the
same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that
your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Col. 3: 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in
singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do,
do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24 Knowing
that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance:
for ye serve the Lord Christ.
1 Tim. 6: 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke
count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of
God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that
have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they
are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are
faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things
teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent
not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, 4
He is proud, knowing nothing.
Tit. 2: 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own
masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering
again; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
1 Pet. 2: 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all
fear; not o0ly to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.  20 For what glory is
it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God.
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SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.           681, 682
Ancient traffic in slaves - Penalties for man-stealing.
681. Ancient merchandise in "slaves and the souls of men."
Ezk. 27: 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass
in thy market.
Joel 3: 3 They have cast lots for my people; and have given
a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might
drink.  6 The children also of Judah and the children of
Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Rev. 18: 2 Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.  11 And the
merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for-no
man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise
of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine
linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood,
and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of
most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And
cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and
wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep,
and horses, and chariots, and slaves, [Gr. bodies,] and souls
of men. [See 488, 636.]
682. Penalties for man-stealing, and infringing human liberty, in procuring
and holding servants.
Ex. 21: 16 He that stealeth a mian, and selleth him, or if he
be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Dt. 24: 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren
of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or
selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil
away from among you.
Jer. 5: 26 Among my people are found wicked men: they
lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch
men. - 34: 17 Thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened
unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his- brother, and
every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for
you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the
famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
1 Tim. 1: 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers
of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind,
483




.:3~ —685     SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.
Freedom of jubilee - Freedom desirable - General precepts.
for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be
any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine.
[See 489-491, 631, 636.]
683. Freedom at the year of jubileefbr servants.
Lev. 25: 10 Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim
liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof:
it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man
unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his
family.
634. Freedom recommended as preferable to servitude.
1 Cor. 7: 21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for
it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22 For he
that is.called in the Load, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's
servant.  23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Philemon 15 Perhaps he therefore departed for a season,
that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16 Not now as a
servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to
me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the
Lord?  20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord:
refresh my bowels in the Lord. 21 Having confidence in thy
obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do
more than I say.
685. General precepts respecting the duty of man to man in all the relations
of lfe.
Mal. 2: 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God
created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Mat. 7: 12 All things whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the
prophets. -22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets.
Gal. 5: 13 Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve
one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even
in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 15 But if ye
bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed
one of another.  [See 412-414, 631-5.]
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SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE.           686, 687
Sympathy for those in bonds, required.
686. Encouragement to treat those " in bonds," and in poverty and oppres.
sion, with sympathy and liberality.
Is. 58: 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let
the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?  7 Is it
not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked,
that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine
own flesh?  8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LOKD shall be
thy rere-ward.  9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall
answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou
take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth
of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out
thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall
thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou
shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not.
Heb. 13: 3 Remember them  that are. in bonds, as bound
with them;'and them  which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. [See 527.J
687. Duty to espouse the cause of the injured and oppressed.
Ps. 82: 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the
afflicted and needy, 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them
out of the hand of the wicked.
Pr. 21: 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.- 24: 11 If
thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and
those that are ready to be slain; 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? —
31: 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as
are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Is. 1: 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.- 16: 3
Take counselsexecute judgment; makethy shadow as the night
in the midst of the noon-day; hide the outcasts; bewray not
him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee,
Moab: be thou a. convert to them from the face of the spoiler:
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688, 689                 SINNERS.
Destitute of holiness - Full of selfishness.
for the extortioher is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Jer. 21: 12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled
out of the hand of the oppresor, lest my fury go out like fire,
and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your
doings. [See 490, 526-7.]
SINNERS.
688. Sinners destitute of holiness.
Is. 1: 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart
faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no
soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores:
they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified
with ointment.
Jn. 5: 42 I know you, that ye have not the love of God in
you.
Rom. 6: 20 When ye were the servants of sin, yeswere free
from righteousness. -7: 18 I know that in me (that is, in my
flesh,) dwelleth no good thing. —8: 8 They that are in the
flesh cannot please God.
1 Cor. 2: 14 The natural man receiveth not the things of
the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Ep. 2: 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from
the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in
the world. [See 165, 589.]
689. Sinnersfull of selfishness and unrighteousness.
Job 21: 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve
him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Is. 56: 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have
enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they
all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his
quarter.
Jer. 6: 13 From the least of them even unto the greatest of
them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. - 22: 17
Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness,
and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence to do it.
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SINNERS.                     690
Enemies to God.
Ezk. 22: 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood;
thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily
gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me,
saith the Lord GOD.-33: 31 Their heart goeth after their
covetousness.
Hos. 10: 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit
unto himself.
Mat. 5: 46 If ye love them which love you, what reward
have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye
salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not
even the publicans so?
Lk. 6: 32 If ye love them which love you, what thank have
ye? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And if
ye do good' to them which do good to you, what thank have
ye? for sinners also do even the same. 34 And if ye lend to
them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for
sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Ph. 2: 21 All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus
Christ's.
1 Tim. 6: 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds,
and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:
from such withdraw thyself.
2 Tim. 3: 2 Men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud.
[See 137, 191, 194, 411, 609, 623, 728, 732-3.]
690. Sinners enemies to God, children of the adversary, and prone to
wicked works.
Ps. 36: 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. -53: 1 The
fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they,
and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth
good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of
men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did
seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not
one. -55: 9 I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.  11 Wickedness
is in the midst thereof: deceit aind guile depart not from her
streets.-73: 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a
chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes
stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:
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691                    SINNERS.
Disobedient to God.
they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing,
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth
blood.
Mat. 13: 38 The tares are the children of the wicked one.
-23: 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye
escape the damnation of hell?
Jn. 7: 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.-8: 44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father
ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth; because there is no truth in him. When he
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and
the father of it. —15: 24 If I had not done among them the
works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but
now have they both seen, and hated both mesand my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled
that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Ac. 7: 51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did,
so do ye. —13: 10 0 full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou
child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou
not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Rom. 1: 30 Haters of God. —3: 13 Their throat is an open
sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of
cursing and bitterness. 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the
way of peace have they not known. 18 There is no fear of
God before their eyes. —8: 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be. [See 68, 86, 165-6, 511, 702, 740.]
691. Sinners disobedient to God.
Ex. 5: 2 Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey
his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will
I let Israel go.
Dt. 31: 27 I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold,
while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious
against the Lord; and how much more after my death.
Neh. 9: 26 They were disobedient, and rebelled against
thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they
wrought great provocations.
488




SINNERS.                    692
Prone to forget God.
Ps. 81: 11 My people would not hearken to my voice; and
Israel would none of me.
Pr. 1: 24 Because I have called and ye refused, I have
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye
have set at irought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof.
Is. 1: 2 I have nourished and brought up children, and they
have rebelled against me.-30: 8 Now go, write it before them
in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to
come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people,
lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD.
-65: 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after
their own thoughts; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger
continually to my face.
Jer. 5: 23 This people hath a revolting and a rebellious
heart; they are revolted and gone.-25: 4 The LORD hath
sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and
sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your
ear to hear.
Ezk. 2: 7 Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether
they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most
rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto
thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house.
692. Sinners prone to forget God.
Dt. 32: 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful,
and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Jud. 3: 7 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim,
and the groves.
1 S. 12: 9 When they forgat the Lord their God, he sold
them into the hand of Sisera.
Ps. 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God.-50: 22 Consider this, ye that forget
God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.106: 21 They forgat.God their saviour, which had done great
things in Egypt.
Jer. 2: 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
-3: 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and
supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted
their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Ezk. 22: 12'Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. [See 22.]
489




693-695                 SINNERS.
Stupid and inattentive to God - depart from God- hate his government.
693. Sinners stupid, and inattentive to God.
Ps. 10: 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.50: 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou
thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself. —94: 8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when
will ye be wise?
Pr. 6: 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt
thou arise out of thy sleep?
Is. 5:12 The harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and
wine are in their feasts: but they re'ard not the work of the
LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Jer. 4: 22 My people is foolish, they have not known me;
they are sottish children, and they have none understanding:
they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.-8: 7 The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed
times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe
the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Hos. 7: 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart.
[See 132, 707, 739.]
694. Sinners depart friom God.
Gen. 3: 8 They heard the voice of the LORD God walking
in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst
the trees of the garden.
Job. 11:12 Vain man would be wise, though man be born
like a wild ass's colt.
Jer. 2: 5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your
fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have
walked after vanity, and are become vain?  13 My people
have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain
of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.
Hos. 7: 13 Wo unto them! for they have fled from me.
695. Sinners hate the divine presence, government, and restraints.
Job. 27: 22 He would fain flee out of his hand.
Is. 30: 11 Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Lk. 19: 14 His citizens hated him, and sent a message after
him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 27
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SINNERS.                696, 697
Self-righteous- will not come to Christ.
Those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over
them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
[See 22, 23, 272, 705.]
696. Sinners self-righteous, proud, and opposed to grace.
Ps. 10: 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God.
Mat. 20: 10 When the first came, they supposed that they
should have received more; and they likewise received every
man a penny. 11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, 12 Saying, These
last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal
unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee
no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny? 14 Take
that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even
as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will
with mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good? 16 So
the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called,
but few chosen.
Lk. 15: 28 He was angry, and would not go in; therefore
came his father out, and entreated him. 29 And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee,
neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet
thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my
friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the
fatted calf.
Rom. 10: 3 They, being ignorant of God's righteousness,
and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not
submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
1 Cor. 1: 18 The preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness. 23 We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews
a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness.
[See 373, 510, 549, 550.]
697. Sinners rather perish, than come to Christ.
Pr. 8: 36 He that sinnetli against me wrongeth his own soul:
all they that hate me love death.
Jn. 5: 40 Ye will not come to me that ye might have life.
Ac. 13: 46 Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was
necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken
to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
[See 373.]
491




698, 699                SINNERS.
Inclined to sensuality and idolatry.
698. Sinners inclined to sensual pleasures and lusts.
Lev. 18: 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things:
for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before
you: 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and -the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have
also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ep. 2: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even as others.
2 Tim. 3: 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.
Tit. 3: 3 We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in
malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Jam. 5: 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been
wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
1 Pet. 4: 3 The time past of our life may suffice us to have
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and
abominable idolatries:  4 Wherein they think it strange that
ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil
of you. [See 675.]
699. Sinners naturally inclined to idolatry.
Ex. 32: 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come
down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods which
shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought
us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become
of him.
Dt. 31: 16 The LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt
sleep with thy fathers, and this people will-rise up, and go a
whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither
they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my
covenant which I have made with them. 20 When I shall
have brought them  into the land which I sware unto their
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SINNERS.                700, 701
Prone to Murmurs and Cruelty.
fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have
eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn
unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break
my covenant.
Jer. 44: 17 We will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth
forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen
of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we
have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in
the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then
had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
[See 362.]
700. Sinners inclined to murmur.
Ex. 16: 2 The whole congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we
had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when
we sat by the flesh-pots, and when wedid eat bread to the
full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill
this whole assembly with hunger. 8 Moses said, This shall be
when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and
in the morning bread to the full: for that the LORD heareth
yotfr murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what
are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the
LORD.
Num. 17: 10 The LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod
again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the
rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from
me, that they die not.
Mat. 20: 11 When they had received it, they murmured
against the good man of the house, 12 Saying, These last
have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal
unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the
day.
Jude 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after
their own lusts. [See 9, 171, 272.]
701. Sinners ungrateful and cruel.
Gen. 40t 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph,
but forgat him. - 49: 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come
not thou into their secret: unto their assembly, mine honor, be
not thou united! for in their anger they slew a man, and in
their self-will they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their
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701                    SINNERS.
Ungrateful and Cruel.
anger, for it was fierce: and their wrath, for it was cruel: I
will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Dt. 32: 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, 0 foolish people
and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee?
hath he not made thee, and established thee.? 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art.
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook
God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his
salvation..2 Ch. 24: 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his
son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and
require it.
Ps. 35: 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my
charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil
for good, to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when
they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul
with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or
brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his
mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered
themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and
ceased not:  16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they
gnashed upon me with their teeth.-41: 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath
lifted up his heel against me. -74: 20 Have respect unto the
covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Pr. 1: 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for
blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:  12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as
those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast
in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son,
walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from
their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to
shed blood.
Ec. 9: 15 There was found in it a poor wise man, and he by
his wisdom delivered the city: yet no man remembered that
same poor man.
Is. 1: 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the
LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children,
and they have rebelled against me.
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SINNERS.                    702
Deceitful, and fond of Ensnaring.
Rom. 3: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways.
[See 68, 205, 467, 488, 511, 523, 689, 690, 734.]
702. Sinners deceitful, and inclined to flatter, and lay snares.
2 S. 15: 5 When any man came nigh to him, to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the
king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of
Israel.
2 Ch. 24: 17 After the death of Jehoiada came the princes
of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king
hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the house of the LORD
God of their fathers, and served groves and idols.
Ps. 5: 9 There is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.- 10:7 His mouth is
fhll of cursing, and deceit, and fraud. — 12: 2 They speak
vanity every one with his neighbor: withi flattering lips and
with a double heart do they speak. -28: 3 Draw me not
away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which
speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
-38: 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:
and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and
imagine deceits all the day long. - 52: 2 Thy tongue deviseth
mischiefs;like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.-64: 5 They
encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of
laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They
search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both
the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is
deep. -140: 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
they have spread a net by the way side: they have set gins
for me. - 141: 9 Keep me from the snare which they have
laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal
escape.
Pr. 7: 21 With the flattering of her lips she forced him.11: 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work.- 12: 5 The
counsels of the wicked are deceit.- 20: 14 It is naught, it is
naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he
boasteth.
Is. 29: 20 The scorner is consumed, and all that watch for
iniquity are cut off: 21 That make a man an offender for a
word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and
turn aside the just for a thing of nought. - 66: 5 Hear the
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702                    SINNERS.
Deceitful, and fond of Ensuariug.
word of the LORD, -ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said,
Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy,
and they shall be ashamed.
Jer. 3: 10 Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned
unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
- 8: 5 They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. - 9: 2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way-faring
men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for
they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3
And they bend their tongues, like their bow, for lies; but they
are not valiant for the truth upon the earth: for they proceed
from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in
any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every
neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive
every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they
have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves
to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of
deceit: through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the
LORD. 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh
deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in heart he layeth his wait. — 17: 9 The heart is deceitful above all tlings, and desperately wicked: who can
know it?
Ezk. 33: 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors
of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother,
saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 31 And they come unto thee as
the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and
they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their
mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness.
Dan. 11: 21 In his estate shall stand up a vile person, to
whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom: but he
shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall
be strong, and do exploits.
Hos. 11: 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and
the house of Israel with deceit.
Mic. 3: 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem
with iniquity. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and
the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof
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SINNERS.                     703
Prone to Ostentation and Boasting.
divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say,
Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Mat. 26: 48 He that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying,
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast. 49
And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master; and
kissed him.
Rom. 1: 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, 30 Backbiters. - 16: 18
By good words and fair speeches, deceive the hearts of the
simple.
2 Th. 2: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of
Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 10 And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish:
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might
be saved.
Heb. 3: 13 Exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of
sin.
Rev. 18: 23 By thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
[See 191, 194, 198, 411, 416, 474, 728.]
703. Sinners inclined to"ostentation. boasting, and glorying in their shame.
2 K. 10: 16 Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord..
Ps. 39: 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely
they are disquieted in vain.
Pr. 3: 35 Shame shall be the promotion of fools.-20: 6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a
faithful man who can find?
Hab. 2: 16 Thou art filled-with shame for glory.
Mat. 6: 5 When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues,
and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of
men. 16 When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may
appear unto men to fast. —23: 5 All their works they do
for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries,
and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 And love the
uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of
men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Lk. 16: 15 Ile said unto them, Ye are they which justify
yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for
that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in
the sight of God.    18: 9 He spake this parable unto certain,
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704                     SINNERS.
Inclined to Self-deception - Warnings.
which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and
despised others:  10 Two men went up into the temple to
pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank
thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week,
I give tithes of all that I possess.
2 Cor. 10: 12 We dare not make ourselves of the number,
or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves.
Ph. 3: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their
belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly
things. {See 482, 549, 550.]
704. Sinners inclined to self-deception - warnings,
Dt. 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not
deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship
them.
Pr. 16: 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Is. 44: 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath
turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is
there not a lie in my right hand?
Mat. 7: 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I, never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity.-24: 4 Jesus answered,
and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ: and
shall deceive many.
Lk. 21: 8 He said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the
time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
1 Cor. 3: 18 Let no man deceive himself.
Gal. 6: 3 If a man think himself to be something, when he
is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 7 Be not deceived; God is
not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap.
Ep. 5: 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words.
2 Th. 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means. 11 For
this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed
not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
[See 25, 397, 476, 510.]
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SINNERS.               705-707
Prone to deny Obligation and palliate Sin - Voluntary Ignorance and Blindness.
705. Sinners inclined to deng or resist obligation to God.
Ps. 2: 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the
rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his
Anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and
cast away their cords from us. -12: 4 Who have said, With
our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord
over us?
Mat. 25: 24 He which had received the one talent came, and
said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping
where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not
strewed:  25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent
in the earth; lo, there thou hast that is thine. /[See 22, 695.]
706. Sinners prone to deny or palliate their sins.
Gen. 3: 12 The man said, The woman whom thou gavest
to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And
the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me
and I did eat.
1 S. 15: 13 Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him,
Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, what meaneth then
this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the
oxen which I hear?  15 And Saul said, They have brought
them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of
the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God,
and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Pr. 14: 9 Fools make a mock at sin.
Jer. 7: 9 Will'ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and
swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after
other gods, whom ye know not:  10 And come and stand
before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say,
We are delivered to do all these abominations?
Mat. 25: 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
[See 272, 373.]
707. Voluntary ignorance, blindness, and infatuation of sinners.
Job 5: 14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, and
grope in the noon-day as in the night.- 12: 25 They grope in
the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a
drunken man.
Ps. 50: 17 Thou hatest instruction, and eastest mv words
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7J7                     SINNERS.
Their voluntary ignorance and blindness.
behind thee.- 21: Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such
an one as thyselfi -58: 4 They are like the deaf adder that
stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of
charmers, charming never so wisely. - 82: 5 They know not,
neither will they understand: they walk on in darkness: all the
foundations of the earth are out of course.
Pr. 1: 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose
the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel:
they despised all my reproof.- 4: 19 The way of the wicked
is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Jer. 17: 23 They obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but
made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. - 32: 33 They have turned-unto me the back, and
not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Dan. 12: 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and
tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the
wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Zec. 7: 11 They refused to hearken, and pulled away the
shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they
should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts
hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore came
a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
Jn. 3: 19 This is the condemnation, that light is come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be
reproved. —17: 25 0 righteous Father, the world hath not
known thee.
Ac. 26: 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes,
and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of
Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in
me.
Rom. 1: 21 When they knew God, they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 28 And even as
they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave
them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are
not convenient.
I Cor. 2: 14 The natural man receiveth not the things of the
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SINNERS.                    708
Inclined to unbelief.
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can
he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Ep. 4: 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart.
1 Jn. 4:8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is
love. [See 26, 693.]
708. Sinners inclined to theoretical and practical unbelief- Threat,
Num. 1f: 11 The LORD said unto Moses, How long will this
people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe
me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Ps. 10: 11 He heth said in his heart, God hath forgotten:
he hideth his face; he Will never see it. 13 Wherefore doth
the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, thou wilt
not require it. - 73: 9 They set their mouth againsf the heavens,
and their tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore
his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung
out to them. 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is
there knowledge in the Most High?- 94:5 They break in
pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage. 6 They
slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 7
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God
of Jacob regard it.
Ezk. 8: 12 Then said he unto. me, Son of man, hast thou
seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The
LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Zep. 1: 12 I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish
the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart,
The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.
- Mk. 6: 6 He marvelled because of their unbelief. - 16: 16
He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that
believeth not, shall be damned.
Jn. 3:18 He that believeth not, is condemned already. 36
He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath
of God abideth on him.- 5: 44 How can ye believe, which
receive honor one of another, and seek not the honorthat cometh
from God only? - 8: 43 Why do ye not understand my speech?
even because ye cannot hear my word.- 16: 8 When he is
come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness,
and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me.
Rom. 11: 20 Because of unbelief they were broken off, and
thou standest by faith.
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709,710                  SINNERS.
Their idleness -their presumption.
Heb. 3: 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you
an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
[See 22, 568.]
709. Idleness of sinners.
Ezk. 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her
and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of
the poor and needy.
Mat. 20: 6' About the eleventh hour he went out, and found
others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here
all the day idle? 25: 18 He that had received one, went and
digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 26 His lord
answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant,
thou  knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather
where I have not strewed:  27 Thou oughtest therefore to
have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming
I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten
talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and
he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, shall be
taken away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the
unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Lk. 13: 6 He spake also tjiis parable: A certain man had a
fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit
thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of
his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on
this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down, why cumbereth it the
ground?  [See 358.]
710. Presumption and procrastination of sinaers. - death put far away.
Ps. 49: 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall
continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations;
they call their lands after their own names.
Pr. 24: 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands to sleep.
Is. 28: 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant
with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us:
for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have
we hid ourselves. - 56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine,
and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow
shall be as this day, and-much more abundant.
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SOBRIETY - STEADFASTNESS.         711, 712
Sobriety required- Steadfastiess required.
Am. 6: 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the
seat of violence to come near.
Lk. 12:19 I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be
merry.
Ac. 24: 25 As he reasoned of righteousness, temperance,
and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy
way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call
for thee. [See 22, 479, 726-7.]
N. B.-For ether characteristics of sinners, especially for
their vices, see " Threats of Evil," in the Index.
SOBRIETY AND GRAVITY.
711. Sobriety and gravity required.
Tit. 2: 11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ.
1 Pet. 1: 13 Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and
hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ: 14 As obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your
ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be
ye holy in all manner of conversation: — 4: 7 The end of all
things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto
prayer. -5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour. [See 479.]
STEADFASTNESS.
712. Steadfastness and firmness required.
1 Cor. 15: 58 My beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as
ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.- 16: 13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Ph. 1: 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the
gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be
absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel: 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries. - 4: 1
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713,714                 STEALING.
Stealing forbidden- Punishment of.
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy
and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Col. 1: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and
be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. - 2: 5 Though
I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying
and beholdingyour order, and the steadfastness of your faith
in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the
Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and
established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding
therein with thanksgiving.
2 Tim. 1: 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou
hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Heb. 10: 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised.
1 Pet. 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour: 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith.
2 Pet. 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these
things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the
error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
[See 187, 364.]
STEALING.
713. Stealingforbidden.
Ex. 20: 15 Thou shalt not steal.
Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither
lie one to another.
Ep. 4: 28 Let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let
him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good,
that he may have to give to him that needeth.
1 Pet. 4: 15 Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as
a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's
matters.
714. Punishment of stealing — Threats.
Ex. 21: 16 He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he
be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Jos. 7: 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have
even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and
dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own
stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies,
because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any
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STRANGERS.                     715
Duty to Strangers.
more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 15 It
shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought
folly in Israel.
Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing,
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth
blood. 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn, and every one that
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field,
and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of' the sea also
shall be taken away.
1 Cor. 6: 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
STRANGERS.
715. Justice, kindness and hospitality to strangers required.
Ex. 22: 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress
him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt — 23: 9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know  the
heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt.
Lev. 19: 10 Thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither
shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt
leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your
God. 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land,
ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with
you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt
love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt:
I am the LORD your God.
Dt. 1: 16 I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear
the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with
him. - 10: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless
and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and
raiment.  19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
Job 31: 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I
opened my doors to the traveller.
Mat. 25: 35 I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I
was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye
took me in.
Heb. 13: 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. [See 354.]
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716-718       SUING- SURETY - SWEARING.
Suing at the Law - Suretyship -Profane Swearing forbidden.
SUING AT THE LAW.
716. Suing, especially before the unbelieving and unjust, discountenanced.
Mat. 5: 40 If any man will sue thee at the law, and take
away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
1 Cor. 6: 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the
unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among
you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not
rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to
be defrauded?  [Pr. 19: 11.]
SURETY.
717. Suretyship discountenanced- cautions.
Pr. 6: 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast
stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the
words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come
into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure
thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. -11: 15 He
that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that
hateth suretyship is sure.-  22: 26 Be not thou one of them
that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed
from under thee?  [Pr. 17: 18, and 20: 16.]
SWEARING.
718. Profane swearingbfrbidden and punished- Threats.
Ex. 20: 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God
in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh
his name in vain.
Lev. 19: 12 Ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither
shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. —
24: 10 The son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an
Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this son
of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in
the camp; 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the
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SWEARING.                    719
Rash Swearing exemplified.
name of the LORD, and cursed; and they brought him unto
Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter
of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put him in ward,
that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 13 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that
hath cursed without the camp, and let all that heard him lay
their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone
him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,
saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall
surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly
stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land,
when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to
death.
Jer. 23: 10 Because of swearing the land mourneth; the
pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.
Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying and killing, and stealing
and committing adultery, they break out, and.blood toucheth
blood. 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn.
Zec. 5: 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth
forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that
stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, according to it; and
every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side, according to it.
Mat. 5: 34 I say unto you. Swear not at all: neither by
heaven; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is
his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the
great King: 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because
thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your
communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is
more than these cometh of evil.
Jam. 5: 12 Above all things, my brethren, swear not neither
by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath;
but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into
condemnation.
719. Examples of rash swearing.
Jud. 11: 30 Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and
said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon
into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh
forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in
peace from the children of Ammon, shalt surely be the LORD'S,
and I will offer it up for aburnt-offering.
Mat. 14: 6 When Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter
of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.  7
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720, 721              TEMPERANCE.
Oaths to confirm - Temperance a Christian Duty.
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever
she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of her
mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake,
and them that sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be
given her.
Ac. 23: 12 When it was day, certain of the Jews banded
together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that
they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
720. Oaths of confirmation - examples.
Dt. 10: 20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt
thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his
name.
Neh. 5: 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will
require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then
I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should
do according to this promise.
Ps. 15: 1 LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who
shall dwell in thy holy hill? 4 He that sweareth to his own
hurt, and changeth not.
Ec. 8: 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment,
and that in regard to the oath of God.
Mat. 26: 63 The high priest answered and said unto him, I
adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou
be the Christ the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou
hast said.
2 Cor. 1: 23 I call God for a record upon my soul, that to
spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Heb. 6: 16 Men verily swear by the greater: and an oath
for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein
God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise
the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath.
TEMPERANCE.
721. Temperance required —its importance.
1 Cor. 9: 25 Every man that striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptiible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.
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TEMPTATION.               722-725
Temptation common - Not of God - To be resisted - Promises of aid.
Tit. 1: 8 A lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober,
just, holy, temperate.
2 Pet. 1: 5 Giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue;
and to virtue, knowledge; 6 And to knowledge, temperance;
and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness.
[See 199, 368.]
TEMPTATION.
722. Temptation, in the sense of trial, common to man.
Gen. 22: 1 It came to pass after these things, that God did
tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said,
Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of
Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of
the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Gal. 4: 14 My temptation which was in my flesh ye despised
not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as
Christ Jesus.
Heb. 4:15 We have not a high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our'Infirmities: but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Jam. 1: 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into
divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your
faith worketh patience.
723. Temptation, or solicitation to sin, not of God.
Jam. 1: 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he
is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. [See 269.]
724. Duty to pray and watch against tempters and temptations.
Pr. 1: 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
[11-16.]
Mat. 6: 13 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever.-26: 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak,
[See 18, 738.]
725 Believers shall be helped out of all their temptations -promises.
Ps. 71: 20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore
troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again
from the depths of the earth. —138: 7 Thogh I walk in the
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726, 727                 TIME.
Short - Souhld be improved without Procrastination.
midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth
thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right
hand shall save me.
1 Cor. 10: 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: But God is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear it.
Heb. 2: 18 In that he himself hath suffered, being tempted,
he is able to succor them that are tempted.
2 Pet. 2: 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly
out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of
judgment to be punished.
Rev. 3: 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
[See 3-6.]
TIME.
726. Time short.
Ps. 89: 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast
thou made all men in vain?
1 Cor. 7: 29 This I say, brethren, The time is short. It
remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they
had none; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not;
and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they
that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 And they that use
this world, as not abusing it. For the fashion of this world
passeth away. [See 148.]
727. Time should be improved; or procrastination forbidden.
Job 22: 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:
thereby good shall come unto thee.
Ps. 95: 7 He is our God; and we are the people of his
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his
voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as
in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your
fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Pr. 27: 1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow: for thou knowest
not what a day may bring forth.
Ec. 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with
thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
2 Cor. 6: 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time ac510




TONGUE.                       728
Sins of the Tongue.
cepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of
salvation.)
Heb. 2: 1 We ought to give the more earnest heed to the
things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let
them slip. [See 156, 553-6, 710.]
TONGUE.
728. The tongue often very injurious and mischievous.
Ps. 52: 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor,
working deceitfully. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O
thou deceitful tongue.-55: 21 The words of his mouth were
smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words
were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.-57: 4 My
soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on
fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
and their tongue a sharp sword.
Pr. 11: 9 A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.12: 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:
but the tongue of the wise is health.-15: 4 A  wholesome
tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach
in the spirit. —16: 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and
in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28 A froward man soweth
strife; and a whisperer separateth chief friends.-17: 9 He
that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends.- 18: 7 A fool's mouth
is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 8 The
words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into
the innermost parts of the belly. 21 Death and life are in the
power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit
thereof. —25: 18 A man that beareth false witness against his
neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. —26: 20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is
no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.
Jer. 9: 8 Their tongue is as an arrow' shot out; it speaketh
deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in heart he layeth his wait.
Jam. 3: 5 The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great
things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue
among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth
on fire tlihe course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.  7
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729                     TONGUE.
Sins of the Tongue.
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and
of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full
of deadly poison. [Pr. 11: 11.] [See 198, 416, 702.]
729. Censoriousness, railing, tale-bearing, whispering, backbiting, slander,
ani other sins of the tongue forbidden - Threats.
Lev. 19: 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer
among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood
of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.
Ps. 101: 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will
I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will
not I suffer.
Pr. 4: 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse
lips put far from thee.- 10: 8 The wise in heart will receive
commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.-24: 28 Be not
a-witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not
with thy lips.
Rom. 14: 10 Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost
thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before
the judgment-seat of Christ.
1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one no not to eat.
Ep. 4: 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it
may minister grace unto the hearers. 31 Let all bitterness,
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put
away from you, with all malice. —5: 3 Fornication, and all
uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among
you, as becometh saints;  4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish
talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Col. 3: 8 Now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
2 Tim. 2: 16 Shun profane and vain babblings: for they will
increase unto more ungodliness.
Tit. 3: 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good
work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Jam. 4: 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren.
1 Pet. 2: 1 Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile,
and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, 2 As new512




TONGUE.                 730, 731
Railing at Dignities - Brilling the Tongue.
born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
grow thereby.-3: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for
railing: but contrariwise, blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Jude 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with
the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring
against him a railing accusation, but- said, The Lord rebuke
thee. [See 200, 417.]
730. Railing at dignities, and reviling superiors forbidden.
Ex. 22: 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the
ruler of thy people.
Ac. 23: 4 They that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's
high priest? 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he
was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil
of the ruler of thy people.
2 Pet. 2: 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out
of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the
flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed; they are not afraid to speak
evil of dignities.  11 Whereas angels, which are greater in
power and might, bring not railing accusation against them
before the Lord.
Jude 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh,
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. [See 10.]
731. Bridliny the tongue enjoined and exemplified.
Ps. 34: 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile.-39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways,
that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a
bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Pr. 10: 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:
but he that refraineth his lips is wise.-13: 3 He that keepeth
his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips
shall have destruction.-21: 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and
his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles.
Ec. 10: 20 Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and
curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: for a bird of the air
shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the
matter.
Mic. 7: 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in
a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in
thy bosom.
Jam. 1: 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and
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732, 733            UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
Forbidden -Tendency of.
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth' his own heart, this man's
religion is vain.
1 Pet. 3: 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak
no guile.
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
732. Unrighteousness and dishonesty forbidden.
Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither
lie one to another. 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor,
neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide
with thee all night until the morning. 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in
measure.-25: 14 If thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or
buyest aught of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one
another.
Dt. 19: 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's land-mark,
which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which
thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth
thee to possess it. —25: 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in
thine house divers measures, a great and a small:  15 But
thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just
measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be lengthened in
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.- 27: 17 Cursed
be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark: and all the people shall say, Amen.
Ps. 82: 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
persons of the wicked?
Pr. 11: 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but
a just weight is his delight.
1 Th. 4: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother
in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all
such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
[See 629, 636.]
733. Unrighteousness, extortion, etc., inexpedient, or the tendency of sin to
ruin sinners here and hereafter- Threats.
Num. 32: 23 If ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned
against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
2 Ch. 28: 19 The LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz
king of Israel: for he made Judah naked, and transgressed
sore against the LORD.
Job. 21: 17 How oft is-the candle of the wicked put out?
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UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.                 733
Destructive tendency of.
and how oft cometh their destruction upon them?  God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before
the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God
layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and
he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and
he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.- 27: 13 This is
the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If
his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring
shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of
him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment
as the clay;  17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it
on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Ps. 1: 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which
the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the
righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.-9:15 The
heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is
known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is
snared in the work of his own hands.- 34: 16 The face of the
LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance
ot them from the earth. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and
they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.-55: 23 But
thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their
days.-58: 11 Verily, there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.-73: 12 Behold,
these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world. 18 Surely
thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them
down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Pr. 3: 33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the
wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.-11: 31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much
more the wicked and the sinner.  13: 5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to
shame. 15 Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of
transgressors is hard. —28: 8 He that by usury and unjust gain
increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that shall
pity the poor. 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved;
but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
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733                UNRIGHTEOUSN ESS.
Destructive tendency of.
them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall
leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a
fool. —22: 17 Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy
covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. 18 Therefore thus saith the
LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah;
They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah
sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah
his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass,
drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezk. 22: 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood;
thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily
gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten.me,
saith the Lord GOD. 13 Behold, therefore I have smitten
mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at
thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Can thine
heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I
shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will
do it. —28: 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day
that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By
the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst
of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will
cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will
destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones
of fire.
1 Cor. 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God.
Jam. 5: 3 Your gold and silver is canrered; and the rust
of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh
as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last
days. 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped
down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth;
and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the
ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
2 Pet. 2: 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah
the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the
flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an
overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after
should live ungodly. [See 87, 138, 303, 362, 381, 478, 486,
489, 497, 513, 551, 555-6, 630, 735.]
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WAR AND FIGHTING.             734, 735
Have been prevalent - Sin and Folly of.
WAR AND FIGHTING.
734. War and fighting have. been prevalent.
Gen. 6: 11 The earth also was corrupt before God; and the
earth was filled with violence.
2 K. 19: 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of
Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly:
and shalt thou be delivered?
Is. 1: 15 When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide
mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will
not hear: your hands are full of blood.-10: 13 I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants, like a valiant
man.
Ezk. 33: 25 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye
eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols,
and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 26 Ye stand
upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every
one his neighbor's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
[See 488, 701.]
735. Sin and folly of anger, and other warlike passions - wisdom of suppressing them.
Job 5: 2 Wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth
the silly one.
Ps. 37: 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not
thyself in any wise to do evil.
Pr. 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul:
but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.- 14: 16 A wise
man feareth and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and
is confident. 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and
a man of wicked devices is hated. 29 He that is slow to wrath
is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. —15: 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he
that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. — 16: 32 He that is slow
to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his
spirit, than he that taketh a city. —19: 19 A man of great
wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet
thou must do it again. -22: 24 Make no friendship with an
angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go. -
24: 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy
heart be glad when he stumbleth:  18 Lest the LORD see it,
and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.25: 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city
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736               WAR AND FIGHTING.
Sin and Folly of.
that is broken down, and without walls.- 26: 21 As coals are
to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to
kindle strife. - 27: 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
but who is able to stand before envy? —29: 22 An angry
man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Ec. 7: 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger
resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ep. 4: 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.
[See 200,(21,) 733.]
736. Carnal fighting, and returning evil for evil, foolish, and forbidden -
Threats.
Gen. 49: 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of
cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou
into their secret: unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou
united! for in their anger they slew a mar, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it
was fierce: and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide
them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Ex. 20: 13 Thou shalt not kill. [Lk. 18: 20.]
Lev. 19: 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge
against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
Ps. 5: 6 The LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful
man.
Pr. 17: 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth
out water: therefore leave off contention before it be meddled
with.- 18: 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth
calleth for strokes. - 20: 22 Say not thou, I will recompense
evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. - 24: 29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will
render to the man according to his work. — 26: 17 He that
passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is
like one that taketh a dog by the ears. —30: 33 Surely the
churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of
the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth
forth strife.
Ezk. 25: 12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom
hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance,
and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch
out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from
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Sin and Folly of.
dan shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance
upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall
do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my
fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
-35: 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast
shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the
sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their
iniquity had an end: 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord
GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue
thee r since thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue
thee.
Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing,
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth
blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field,
and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also
shall be taken away.
Am. 1: 11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions
of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof: because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and
did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and
he kept his wrath for ever.
Hab. 2: 12 Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood, and
establisheth a city by iniquity!
Mat. 26: 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy
sword into his place: for all they that take the sword, shall
perish with the sword.
Lk. 3:14 The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying,
And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence
to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with
your wages.
Rom. 12: 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. 19 Dearly
beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto
wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith
the Lord.
1 Th. 5: 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that
are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be
patient toward all men. 15 See that none render evil for evil
unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among
yourselves and to all men.
Jam. 2: 11 He that said, Do not commit adultery; said also,
Do not kill. Now, if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill,
thou art become a transgressor of the law.- 3: 16 Where envying and strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work. 
4: 1 Whence come wars and fightings among you? come they
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737              WAR AND FIGHTING.
How to treat Enemies, and to prevent War.
not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 12
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who
art thou that judgest another?
Rev. 13: 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the
sword. [See 488-490, 630, 733.]
737. How to treat enemies, and to prevent war and fighting.
Pr. 10: 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all
sins. - 16: 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh
even his enemies to be at peace with him. -18: 24 A man
that hath friends, must show himself friendly. - 25: 15 By
long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread
to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For
thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall
reward thee. - 29: 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare:
but wise men turn away wrath.
Mat. 5: 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for
an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say unto you, That
ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will
sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy
cloak also. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: 44 But I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use
you, and persecute you: 45 That ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven.
Lk. 6: 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of
him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. 35 But
love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing
again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful
and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father
also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged:
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye
shall be forgiven.
Rom. 12: 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and
curse not. 20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if
he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals
of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good.
1 Pet. 3: 8 Finally, be ye all of one pmind, having compassion
one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9
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WATCHFULNESS.                    738
Fighting the Christian Warfare.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise, blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye
should inherit a blessing. 13 And who is he that will harm
you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
[See 62, 201, 203, 204, 437, 498-9, 660.]
WATCHFULNESS
738. Watchfulness, and fighting the good fight of faith, required, exemplified, and encouraged.
Mat. 26: 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mk. 13: 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not
when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking
a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his
servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye, therefore: for ye know not when
the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at
the cock-crowing, or in the morning:  36 Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you, I
say unto all, Watch.
Lk. 12: 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when
he cometh shall find watching: verily, I say unto you, that he
shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will
come forth and serve them.
I Cor. 10: 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth,
take heed lest he fall.- 16: 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the
faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Ep. 5: 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,
but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are
evil. - 6: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor
of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.
1 Th. 5: 6 Let us not sleep, as do others: but let us watch
and be sober.
1 Tim. 6: 12 Fight the good fight of faith.
2 Tim. 2: 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.- 4: 5 Watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry.
1 Peter 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. [See 18, 477, 724.]
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739-741                  WORLD.
World ignorant; and opposed to God —its dangers.
WORLD.
739. The world, ignorant of God.
Jn. 17: 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known
thee.
1 Cor. 1: 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where
is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the
wisdom of this world?  21 For after that in the wisdom of
God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by
the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
[See 693.]
740. The world opposed to God and to his people.
Ps. 82: 2 Lo, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that
hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty
counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden
ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from
being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in
remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one
consent: they are confederate against thee.
Mat. 10: 22 Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's
sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Jn. 17: 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath
hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am
not of the world. - 18: 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not
of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would Jny
servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but
now is my kingdom not from hence.
Ep. 2: 1 You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to
the course of this world, according to the prince of the power
of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience.
Jam. 4: 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that
the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
1 Jn. 2: 16 All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,
and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
[See 68, 86, 467, 511, 690.]
741. The world corrupting and dangerous-cautions.
Mat. 13: 22 He also that received seed among the thorns
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WORLD.                      742
Its idols forbidden.
is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and
the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh
unfruitful.
Lk. 21: 34 Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and
cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Gal. 1: 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might
deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will
of God and our Father.
Ph. 3: 18 (Many walk, of whom I have told you often, and
now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the
cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly
things.)
2 Tim. 4: 10 Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this
present world. [See 122, 625.]
742. Worldly idolatry forbidden-the contrary required.
Jer. 45: 5 Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them
not: for behold, I will bring evil lpon all flesh, saith the
LORD.
Mat. 6: 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal. 21 For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also. 24 No man can
serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love
the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I
say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat or what ye shall drink; nor yet for. your body, what ye
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body
than raiment? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added
unto you.
Mk. 8: 36 What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul?
Lk. 6: 24 Wo unto you that are rich! for ye have received
your consolation. 25 Wo unto you that are full! for ye shall
hunger.    12: 19 I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much
goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and
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743,744       WORLD-WORSIIP OF GOD.
World overcome- God, to be worshipped in public.
be merry. 20 But God said unto. him, Thou fool, this night
thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those
things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth
up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 33 Sell
that ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which
wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where
no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Jn. 6: 27 Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for
that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the
Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father
sealed.
Rom. 12:2 Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Col. 3: 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things
on the earth.
Jam. 1: 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 Jn. 2: 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in
the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father
is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world. [See 626.]
743. World, overcome by grace.
Gal. 6: 14 God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto
me, and I unto the world.
1 Jn. 5: 4 Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the
world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith. [See 59.]
WORSHIP OF GOD.
744. God the only proper object of religious worship.
Ex. 20: 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Ps. 96: 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised:
he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the
nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 8 Give
unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering,
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WORSHIP OF GOD.             745, 746
Public worship.
and come into his courts. 9 0 worship the LORD in the beauty
of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Mat. 4: 10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him
only shalt thou serve. [See 80, 280, 295.]
745. Public worship of God required, encouraged, and exemplified.
Ps. 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book
it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea,
thy law is within my heart. 9 I have preached righteousness
in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips,
O LORD, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness
within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy
salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy
truth from the great congregation.
Mat. 18: 20 Where two or three are gathered together in
my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Ac. 11: 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek
Saul: 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people.13: 14 When they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch
in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day,
and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the
prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying,
Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for
the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning
with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give
audience.
Heb. 10: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another;
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. [Neh.
8: 1-7, Ac. 13: 42-45.]
746. Public worship with religious instruction exemplified.
Neh. 8: 8 They read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the
reading.
Mk. 2: 1 Again he entered into Capernaum, after some days;
and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway
many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room
to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he
preached the word unto them.
Lk. 4: 43 He said unto them, I must preach the kingdom
of God to other cities also, for therefore am I sent. 44 And
he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
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747,748        WORSHIP OF GOD-ZEAL.
Public worship- False Zeal exemplified.
Jn. 8: 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives: 2 And early
in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people
came unto him; and he sat down and taught them. - 18: 20
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught
in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always
resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
Ac. 18: 4 He [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue every
Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And
when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul
was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews, that Jesus
was Christ. [See 430.]
747. Public worship with social prayer, praise and reverence.
Lev. 18: 30 Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my
sanctuary: I am the LORD.
1 K. 8: 22 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in
the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth
his hands toward heaven.
Ps. 89: 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of
the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are
about him.
Mat. 26: 30 When they had sung an hymn, they went out
into the mount of Olives.
Heb. 12: 28 Receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved,
let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with
reverence and godly fear; 29 For our God is a consuming
fire. [See 528-9.J
ZEAL.
748. False Zeal exemplified.
I K. 18: 28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves after
their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out
upon them.
Mat. 23: 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when
he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than
yourselves.
Ac. 22: 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus,
a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law
of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day.
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ZEAL.                  749, 750
True Zeal exemplified and required- necessary, to overcome.
Rom. 10: 2 I bear them record that they have a zeal of God,
but not according to knowledge.
Gal. 1: 13 Ye have heard of my conversation in time past
in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted
the church of God, and wasted it; 14 And profited in the
Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being
more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. —
4: 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would
exclude you, that ye might affect them.
749. True Zeal exemplified and required.
Num. 25: 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of
Israel (while he was zealous for my sake among them) that
I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the
covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of
Israel.
Ps. 119: 139 My zeal hath consumed me; because mine
enemies have forgotten thy words.
2 Cor 7: 11 Behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed.after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea,
what clearing of ourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what
fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what
revenge!
Gal. 4: 18 It is good to be zealously affected always in a
good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Col. 4: 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ,
saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that
ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13
For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and
them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
Tit. 2: 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works. [See 1.]
750. Zeal necessary, to overcome "'the world, the flesh and the devil," and
obtain the heavenly inheritance.
Lk. 13: 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I
say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
1 Cor. 9: 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight
I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my
body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means
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750                      ZEAL.
Zeal necessary, to overcome.
when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Ep. 6:12 We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13
Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye
may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about
with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of
peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication.
1 Pet. 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore
sober, and watch unto prayer.
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THE END.