9 Only take heed to thyfelf, and KEEP thy SOUL DILIGENTLY, left thou FORGET the Things which thine Eyes have feen, and left they DEPARTT from thy HEART all the Days of thy Life: but teach them thy Sons, and thy Sons Sons: 10 Specially the Day that thou ftoodeft before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD faid unto me, Gather me the People together, and I will make them hear my WORDS, that they may learn to FEAR me all the Days that they fhall LIVE upon the Earth, and that they may TEACH their CHILDREN. 11 And ye came near and ftood under the Mountain, and the Mountain BURNT with Fire unto the midst of Heaven, with DARKNESS, CLOUDS, and THICK DARK NESS. Prov. iii. 1 My Son, forget not my Law; but let thine HEART KEEP my COMMANDMENTS: 2 For length of Days, and long Life, and Peace fhall they add to thee fake thee: bind them about thy 3 Let not Mercy and TRUTH forNeck, write them upon the Table of thine Heart. 4 So fhalt thou find Favour and good Understanding in the fight of GoD and Man. Prov. vi. 20 My Son, keep thy Father's Commandment, and forfake not the Law of thy Mother. 21 Bind them continually upon thine Heart, and tie them about thy Neck. 12 And the LORD fpake unto you out of the midst of the FIRE: ye heard the VOICE of the Words, but faw no SIMILITUDE, only ye heard a Voice. 13 And he declared unto you his COVENANT, which he commanded you to perform, even ten Commandments, and he wrote them upon two Tables of Stone. 14 And the LORD commanded me at that Time, to teach you STATUTES and Judgments, that ye might do them in the Land whither ye go over to poffefs it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves (for ye faw No manner of SIMILITUDE on the Day that the LORD Spake unto you in Horeb, out of the MIDST of the FIRE.) 16 Left ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven Image, the Similitude of any Figure, the Likenefs of Male or Female, Job xxxi. 26 If I beheld the Sus when it shined, or the Moon walking in Brightness : 27 And my Heart hath been fecretly enticed, or my Mouth hath kiffed my Hand: 19h And left thou lift up thine Eyes unto Heaven, and when thou feeft the SUN, and the MOON, and the STARS, even all the Hoft of Heaven, fhouldft be driven to worship them, and ferve them, which the LORD thy GOD hath divided unto all Nations under the whole Hea ven. 20 i But 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. 21 Furthermore, the LORD was angry with me for your Sakes. 22 But I MUST DIE in this Land, but ye fhall go over and poffefs that good Land. 23 Take heed unto yourfelves, left ye FORGET the COVENANT of the LORD your GOD, which he made with you, and make you Image, or the Likeness of any Thing which the LORD thy GOD hath forbidden thee. graven 28 This alfo were an INIQUITY to be PUNISHED by the Judge; for I fhould have DENIED the GOD that is ABOVE. 1 John iii. 16 GOD fo LOVED the World, that he GAVF his ONLY begotten SoN, that whofoever BELIEVETH in him, fhould NOT PERISH, but have EVERLASTING LIFE. 17 For GoD fent not his Son into the World, to condemn the World, might be SAVED. but that the WORLD through him Ephef. ii. 4 GOD who is rich in Mercy, for his great Love wherewith he loved us, s Even when we were DEAD in SINS, hath QUICKNED us together with CHRIST, (by GRACE ye are SAVED.) Heb. iii. Wherefore, holy Brethren, Partakers of the heavenly Calprieft of our Profeffion, CHRIST JEling confider the Apostle, and Highsus. 2 Who was FAITHFUL to him that FAITHFUL in all his Houfe. appointed him, as alfo Moles was 3 For this Man was counted worthy of more Glory than Mofes, in as much as he who hath builded the House. House, hath more Honour than the 14 For we are made Partakers of CHRIST, if we hold the Beginning of Our CONFIDENCE STEDFAST unto the END; Is While it is faid, To day if ye will HEAR his VOICE, HARDEN not your HEARTS, as in the Provocation. Heb. ii. 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the Things which we have heard, left at any time we fhould let them flip. 2 For if the Word Spoken by ANGELS was ftedfaft, and every Tranfgref fion and Difobedience received a juft Recompence of Reward; 3 How fhall we ESCAPE if we negled fo GREAT SALVATION, which at the first began to be spoken by the LORD, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him. 14 Fora much then as the Children are Partakers of Flesh and Blood, he alfo himself likewife took part of the fame: that through Death he might destroy him that had the POWER OF DEATH, that is, the DEVIL; Is And DELIVER them who through FEAR of Death were all their Lifetime fubject to BONDAGE 24 For the LORD thy GOD is a CONSUMING FIRE, even a JEALOUS GOD. 25 When thou shalt beget Children, and Childrens Children, and fhalt have remained long in the Land, and fhall 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. Heb. xii. 28 Wherefore we 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. Ifa. xxxiii. 14 The SINNERS in Zion are afraid, FEARFULNESS hath furprised the HYPOCRITES: who among us fhall DWELL with the DEyoURING FIRE? Who amongst us shall dwell with EVERLASTING BURNINGS? and fpeaketh UPRIGHTLY, he that deSPISETH the GAIN of Oppreffions, that SHAKETH his Hands from holding of BRIBES, that STOPPETH his Ears from 15 He that walketh RIGHTEOUSLY, hearing of BLOOD, and SHUTTETH his Eyes from feeing EVIL, 26 I call HEAVEN and EARTH TO WITNESS against you this Day, that ye fhall foon utterly PERISH from off the Land whereunto ye go over Jordan to poffefs it: ye fhall not prolong your Days upon it, but fhall utterly be DESTROYED. 27 And the LORD fhall SCATTER YOU among the Nations, and ye shall be left FEW in Number among the HEATHEN, whither the LORD fhall lead you. 1 Ifa. i. 2 HEAR, O HEAVENS, and give ear, O Earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and the LORD hath fpoken, and called 2 Out of Zion the Perfection of Beauty, God hath fhined. 3 Our GoD fhall come, and shall not keep Silence: a Fire fhall devour before him, and it fhall be very tempeftuous round about him. 4 He fhall CALL to the HEAVENS from above, and to the EARTH, that he may JUDGE his PEOPLE. 6 And the HEAVENS fhall DECLARE his RIGHTEOUSNESS: for GOD is JUDGE himself. Wood and Stone, which nor smell. 28 And there ye shall serve Gods, the Work of Mens Hands, neither fee, nor hear, nor eat, 29 m But if from thence thou shalt SEEK the LORD thy GoD, thou shalt FIND him, if thou seek him with ALL thy HEART, and with ALL thy SOUL. 30 When thou art in Tribulation, and all thefe Things are come upon thee, even in the LATTER Days, if thou m 1 Chren. xxviii. 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 thee; but if thou FORSAKE him, he Heb. xi. 6 Without FAITH it is impoffible to PLEASE GOD: for he that COMETH to GOD, muft BELIEVE that Hh TURN TURN to the LORD thy GOD, he is, and that he is a REWARDER and fhalt be obedient unto his of them that DILIGENTLY SEEK Voice. him. 31 (For the LORD thy GOD is a MERCIFUL GOD) he will not FORSAKE thee, neither deftroy thee, nor forget the COVENANT of thy Fathers which he fware unto them. 32 n For afk now of the "a. Ixiv. I Oh that thou wouldst Days that are paft, which RENT the HEAVENS, that thou wouldft were before thee, fince the COME DOWN, that the Mountains might flow down at thy Prefence, Day that GOD created Man upon the Earth, and afk from the one fide of Heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any fuch thing as this GREAT THING is, or hath been HEARD like it. 33 Did ever People HEAR the VOICE of GOD fpeaking out of the midft of the FIRE, as thou hast heard, and LIVE? 34 Or hath GOD affayed 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 fhewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is GOD; there is none elfe befides him. 36 Out of Heaven he made thee to hear his Voice, that he might inftruct thee, and upon Earth he fhewed thee his great Fire, and thou 2 As when the melting FIRE burneth, the FIRE caufeth the Waters to thine Adverfaries, that the NAto boyl, to make thy NAME known TIONS may TREMBLE at thy PRESENCE. 3 When thou didst TERRIBLE THINGS, which we LOOKED not for, thou ca MEST DOWN, the MOUNTAINS FLOWED down at thy PRESENCE. 4 For fince the BEGINNING of the WORLD MEN, have not heard nor PER CEIVED by the EAR, neither hath the EYE SEEN, O GOD, befides thee, what he hath PREPARED for HIM that WAIT ETH for him. Ephef. i 3 Bleffed be the GoD and Father of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hath bleffed us with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in HEAVENLY PLACES in 4 According as he hath CHOSEN US in him, before the FOUNDATION of the WORLD, that we fhould be holy, and without Blame before him in Love. the ADOPTION of Children by JESUS s Having Fredeftinated us unto CHRIST to himself, according to the good Pleafure of his Will. 6 To the Praife of the GLORY of his GRACE wherein he 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; 8 Wherein he bath abounded towards us in all Wisdom and Prudence, 9 Having made known unto us the MYSTERY of his Will, according to his good Pleasure, which he hath purpofed in himself. 10 That in the DISPENSATION of the Fulnels of TIMES, he might ga heardeft heardeft his Words out of the ther together in one all Things in CHRIST, both which are in Heaven, and which are on Earth, even in him: midst of the Fire. 37 And because he loved thy Fathers, therefore he chofe 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 Dav. 39 Know therefore this Day, and confider it in thine Heart, that the LORD he is GOD in Heaven above, and upon the Earth beneath: there is none elfe. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his Statutes, and his Commandments which Icommand thee this Day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy Children after thee, and that thou mayeft prolong thy Days upon the Earth, which the LORD thy GOD giveth thee for ever. JI In whom alfo we have obtained an INHERITANCE. being predeftinated according to the Purpose of him who Worketh all Things after the Counfel of his own Will. 12 That we should be to the PRAISE of his GLORY, who first TRUSTED in CHRIST. 17 That the GOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the Father of Glory, may give unto you the Spirit of Wildom and Revelation, in the Knowledge of him : 22 And hath put all Things under his FET, and gave him to be the HEAD over all Things to the Church, 23 Which is his Body, the Fulaefs of him that filleth all in all. Ephe. ii. 4 But God who is rich in Mercy, for his GRE AT LOVE wherewith be loved us, s Even when we were dead in Sins, hath QUICKNED us together with CHRIST, (by GRACE ye are SAVED) 6 And hath raifed us up together, and made us fit together in HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST JESUS 7 That in the AGES to come he might fhew the AXCEEDING RICHES of his GRACE, in his Kindnets towards us, through CHRIST ÎNSUS 8 For by GRACE are ye faved, through FAITH; and that not of YOURSELVES: it is the Girr of Gor: 9 Not of WORKS, left any Man fhould BOAST: 10 For we are his WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS Unto GOOD WORKS, which God hath before orained that we thoud WALK in them II Wherefore remember that ye being in time paled GENTILES in the FLESH, who are called Uncircuration by that which is called the Circumcifion in the Flefh mace by Handis ; 12 That at that Time ye were without CHRIST, being ANs from the Commonwealth Hh 2 |