To be taught and studied.

that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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.

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?

Mat. 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err 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 For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Ep. 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

1 Th. 5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

2 Tim. 3:15 And that 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. 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. 2:1 Therefore 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

A written Revelation-Sin of perverting it.

the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. [Ps. 19, and 119, entire.]

41. Bible a written revelation.

Dt. 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly.

Ps. 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

42. Sin and danger of perverting the Bible.

Pr. 30: 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Mat. 15:3 But 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 Howbeit, 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 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Col. 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philos ophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

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.

Duty and Advantages of-Disposition of Children.

Rev. 22:18 For 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.

CHEERFULNESS.

43. Duty and advantages of cheerfulness.

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.

1 Th. 5:16 Rejoice evermore. [See Joy in God, 270.]

CHILDREN.

44. Ignorance, docility, and confiding disposition of very little children.

Dt. 1:39 Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Is. 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. Mat. 18:3 Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mk. 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Duties of, to Parents-Disobedient Children punished.

16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. [Lk. 18:16.]

45. 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 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.

Lk. 2:51 And he [Christ] went down with them, [his parents] and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.

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. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

[See Aged Persons, 8.]

46. Punishment of disobedient and stubborn children.

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,

Season of Childhood important-His perfect Example.

which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his 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.

Dt. 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.

47. The season of childhood and youth important.

Pr. 8:17 I love them that love me: and those that seek me early shall find me.

Pr. 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Ec. 12:1 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. [See Custom, 128.]

CHRIST JESUS.

48. A perfect example of piety, obedience, and universal right

eousness.

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.

Is. 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 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.

Mat. 27:19 When he was set down on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a