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all the Work of thine Hand. The Lord will make thee plenteous in every Work of thine Hand for Good. The Lord will rejoice over thee for Good. Bleffed fhalt thou be when thou comest in, and bleffed fhalt thou be when thou goeft out. For the Lord fhall guide thee on every Side.

Thou shalt make thy Prayer unto him, and he fhall hear thee. Thou shalt alfo decree a Thing, and it fhall be eftablished unto thee; and the Light fhall fhine upon thy Ways.

The Bleffing of the Lord, it maketh rich; and he addeth no Sorrow with it.

n The juft Man walketh in his Integrity; his Children are bleffed after him. The Generation of the Upright thall be bleffed.

• Let not Mercy and Truth forfake thee: Bind them about thy Neck, write them upon the Table of thine Heart. So fhalt thou find Favour and good Understanding in the Sight of God and Man.

P The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wifdom. A good Understanding have all they that do his Commandments; and unto the Upright there arifeth Light in the Darkness.

The Righteous fhall hold on his Way, and be ftronger and ftronger. And they that love the Lord fhall be as the Sun, when he goeth forth in his Might.

Mark the perfect Man, and behold the Upright: For the End of that Man is Peace.

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The Work of Righteoufnefs fhall be Peace, and the Effect of Righteoufnefs, Quietnefs, and Affurance for ever.

The Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the Soul. The Testimony of the Lord is fure, making wife the Simple. The Statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the Heart. The Commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the Eyes. The Judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether: More to be defired are they than Gold, yea, than much fine Gold; fweeter alfo than Honey and the Honeycomb; and in keeping of them there is great Reward.

In the Multitude of my Thoughts within me, thy Comforts, O Lord, delight my Soul. For thou fhalt guide me with thy Counsel, and afterwards receive me to Glory.

w A good Man fhall be fatisfied from himself. For his Rejoicing is this: The Testimony of his Confcience, that in Simplicity and godly Sincerity he hath had his Converfation in the World.

* He fhall not much remember the Days of his Life; because God answereth him in the Joy of his Heart.

He fhall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him, and he thall fee his Face with Joy. Happy is that People, whofe God is the Lord. For the Lord taketh Pleasure in his

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People; and they fhall be fatisfied with his Goodnefs.

They shall take Delight in approaching to God; and rejoice in his Salvation. For his Loving-kindness is better than Life.

Ye are my Friends, (faith Chrift) if ye de whatsoever I command you. And if any Man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Having Peace with God, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, we rejoice in the Hope of the Glory of God.

We know that if our earthly Houfe of this Tabernacle were diffolved, we have a Building of God, a Houfe not made with Hands, eternal in the Heavens. For which Caufe we faint not; but though our outward Man perish, yet the inward Man is renewed Day by Day. And though the World paffeth away, and the Lufts thereof; nevertheless we, according to the Promise of God, look for new Heavens and a new Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteousness.

e Henceforth there is laid up for those that have kept the Faith, fought a good Fight, and finished their Course, a Crown of Righteoufnefs, which the Lord the righteous Judge fhall give unto them at his appearing. Wherefore comfort one another with thefe Words.

Bleffed are the Dead which die in the Lord :

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For they reft from their Labours; and are taken away from the Evil to come; and their Works do follow them.

And when the Time of the Dead is come, that they should be judged; thou, O Lord God Almighty, wilt give Reward unto thy Servants the Prophets, and to the Saints, and them that fear thy Name, finall and great.

Then fhall the Righteous fhine forth as the Sun, in the Kingdom of their Father: and they that be wife fhall fhine as the Brightness of the Firmament; and they that turn many to Righteoufnefs, as the Stars for ever and ever.

Jefus, who is gone to prepare a Place for his Difciples, that love him and keep his Commandments, will come again, and receive them unto himfelf, that where he is, there may they be alfo; and may behold his Glory, which the Father hath given him.

The Spirits of juft Men fhall be made perfect; and they thall fee God; and thall ever be with the Lord.

Now we fee through a Glafs darkly; but then Face to Face. Now we know in part; but then fhall we know, even as alfo we are known.

m The Ranfomed of the Lord fhall come to Zion with Songs, and everlasting Joy upon their Heads. They fhall obtain Joy and Gladness; and Sorrow and Sighing thall flee away.

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Their Inheritance fhall be for ever: And they fhall receive a Crown of Glory that fadeth not away.

• He that fitteth on his Throne in Heaven fhall dwell among them. They fhall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither fhall the Sun light on them, nor any Heat: For the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne fhall feed them, and shall lead them unto living Fountains of Waters; and God fhall make them drink of the River of his Pleafures. God fhall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes; and there thall be no more Death, neither Sorrow, nor Crying, neither fhall there be any more Pain: For the former Things are paffed away; and behold all Things

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Bleffed are they that do the Commandinents. of God; that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the Gates into the Holy City, new Jerufalemn. There fhall be no Night there, and they need no Candle, neither Light of the Sun; for the Lord giveth them Light, and they fhall reign for ever and ever."

Eye hath not feen, nor Ear heard, neither have entered into the Heart of Man, the Things which God hath prepared for them that love him. Having therefore thefe Promifes, dearly beloved, let us cleanfe ourselves from all Filthinefs of Flesh and Spirit; perfecting Holinefsi in the Fear of God.

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