and for the Lamps thereof: and for the Candlesticks of Silver by weight, both for the Candlesticks, and alfo for the Lamps thereof, according to the Ufe of every Candleftick. 16 And by weight he gave Gold for the Tables of Shewbread, and likewife Silver for the Tables of Silver. 17 Alfo pure Gold for the Fleth-hooks, and the Bowls, and the Cups and for the golden Bafons: 18 And for the Altar of Incense, refined Gold by weight, and Gold for the Pattern of the Chariot of the Cherubims, that fpread out their Wings, and covered the ARK of the COVENANT of the LORD. [III] Pfal. cx. 3 Thy People shall be WILLING in the Day of thy Power, in womb of the Morning : thou haft the Dew of thy Youth. the Beauties of Holine.s from the Ifa. i. 19 If ye be wILLING and obedient, ye fhall eat the Good of the Land. [IV] Jer. xvii. 9 The Heart is deceit. ful above all Things, and defperately wicked, who can know it? Heb. iv. 12 For the Word of God 10 I the LORD SEARCH the Heart, I try the Reins, even to give to every Man according to his way, and according to the Fruit of his Doings. is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two edged Sword, piercing even to the dividing afunder of Soul and Spirit, and of the Joints and Marrow, and is a Difcerner of the 19 All this, faid David, the Thoughts and Intents of the Heart. LORD made me UNDERSTAND in WRITING by his Hand upon me, even all the Works of this Pattern. 20 And David faid to Solomon his Son, Be ftrong and of good Courage, and do it: fear not, nor be difmayed, for the LORD GOD, even my Gop, will be with thee, he will not FAIL thee, nor FORSAKE thee, until thou haft finifhed all the Work for the Service of the House of the LORD. 21 And behold, the Courfes of the Priests and the Levites, even they fhall be with thee, for all the Service of the [V] Pfal. ix. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their Truft in thee; for thou, LORD, haft not FORSAKEN them that SEEK thee. Pjal. xxiv. 6 This is the Generation of them that SEEK him, that SEEK thy Face, O Jacob. Fjal. Ixiii. 1 O GOD, thou art my GoD, early will I SEEK thee: my Soul thirfteth for thee, my Fleth longerh for thee in a dry and thirsty Land where no Water is. Pfal. 1xx. 4 Let all those that SEEK thee rejoice, and be glad in thee: and let fuch as love thy Salvation fied. fay continually, Let God be magai Pal. cxix 2 Bleffed are they that keep his Teftimonies, and that sazk him with the whole HEART. Prov. viii. 17 I love them that love me, and thofe that SEEK me ear y fhall FIND me. Cant. iii. 2 I will rife now, and go about the City in the Streets, and in Houle Houfe of GOD, and there fhall be with thee for all manner of Workmanship, every willing fkilful Man, for any manner of Service: alfo the Princes and all the People will be wholly at thy Command ment. the Broad ways I will SEEK him whom my Soul LOVETH. Ifa. xi. 10 And in that Day there fhall be a Root of Jeffe, which fhall ftand for an Ensign of the People; to it fhall the GENTILES SEEK, and his Reft fhall be glorious. 14. xxvi. 9 With my Soul have I DESIRED thee in the Night, yea, with my Spirit within me wiil I SEEK thee early. Ifa, xlv. 19 I have not spoken in fecret, in a dark Place of the Earth: I faid not unto the Seed of Jacob, SEEK ye me in VAIN. Amor V4 For thus faith the LORD, unto the House of Ifrael, SEEK ye me, and ye shall live. 8 SEEK him that maketh the feven Stars and Orion, and turneth the Shadow of Death into the Morning, and maketh the Day dark with Night: that calleth for the Waters of the Sea, and poureth them upon the Face of the Earth, the LORD is his Name. Matth. vi. 33 SEEK ye firft the Kingdom of GOD and his RIGHTEOUSNESS, and all thefe Things thall be ADDED unto you. Rom. ii. 7 To them, who by patient Continuance in well-doing SEEX for Glory, and Honour, and Immortality, ETERNAL LIFE. Heb. xi. 6 But without Faith it is impoffible to pleafe him, for he that cometh to GOD muft BELIEVE that he is, and that he is a Rewarder of them that diligently SEEK him. Col. iii. If ye then be rifen with CHRIST, SEEK thofe Things which are ABOVE, where CHRIST fitteth on the Right Hand of God. [VI] Ifai.i. 28 And the Deftruction of the Tranfgreffors, and of the Sinners hall be together, and they that FORSAKE the LORD fhall be confumed. Jer xvii 13 O LORD, the Hope of Ifrael, all that FORSAKE thee fhall be afhamed, and they that depart from me fhall be written in the Earth, becaufe they have FORSAKEN the LORD, the Fountain of living Waters. Jer. ii, 13 For iny People have committed two Evils: they have FORSAKEN me the Fountain of living Waters, and hewed them out Cfterns, broken Cifterns that can hold no Water. Pfal. ix. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their Truft in thee, for thou LORD haft not FORSAKEN them that feek thee. * This Charge and Inftruction given by David to his Son, was at the Time when he was about to refign his Crown and Kingdəm to him, and when he had in his View the near Approach of his own Death. It containing in Miniature many of the principal Duties that are requifice to eternal Salvation, as may appear by the References thereto annexed, is therefore a very proper Leffon for Paren's, Maßters, and Mistresses to tea.h the Children under their Care; and that it may be imprinted in their Mimories, they should be required often to repeat the fame. CHAP. XXIX. 1 David by his Example and Intreaty, 6 caufeth the Princes and People to offer willingly. 10 David's Thanksgiving and Prayer. 20 The People having blessed GOD, and facrificed, make Solomon King. GOD hath chofen, is yet young and tender, and the Work is great for the PALACE is not for MAN, but for the LORD GOD. 2 Now I have prepared with all my Might for the House of my GoD, the Gold for Things to be made of Gold, and the Silver for Things of Silver, and the Brafs for Things of Brafs, the Iron for Things of Iron, and Wood for Things of Wood; Onyx-ftones, and Stones to be fet, Glifteringftones, and of divers Colours, and all manner of precious Stones, and Marble-stones in abundance. 3 Moreover, because I have fet my AFFECTION to the House of my GOD, I have of mine own proper Good, of Gold and Silver, which I have given to the House of my GOD, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy House, 4 Even three thoufand Talents of Gold, of the Gold of Ophir, and feven thoufand Talents of refined Silver, to overlay the Walls of the Houfes withal. 5 And who then is willing to confecrate his Service this Day unto the LORD? 6 Then the chief of the Fathers and Princes of the Tribes of Ifrael, and the Captains of Thousands, and of Hundreds, with the Rulers over the King's Work, offered willingly, 7 And gave for the Service of the Houfe of God, of Gold, five thousand Talents, and ten thousand Drams; and of Silver, ten thoufand Talents; and of Brafs, eighteen thoufand Talents; and one hundred thoufand Talents of Iron. 8 And they with whom precious Stones were found, gave them to the Treasure of the House of the LORD, by the Hand of Jehiel the Gerfhonite. 9 Then the People rejoyced, for that they offered willingly, becaufe with PERFECT HEART they offered willingly to the LORD and David the King alfo rejoyced with great Joy. 10 Wherefore David bleffed the LORD before all the CONGREGATION and David faid, BLESSED be thou LORD GOD of Ifrael our Father, for EVER and EVER. 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 Rev. iv. 11 Thou art woRTHY, O LORD, to receive GLORY, and HoNOUR, and POWER; for thou haft CREATED all Things, and for thy PLEA SURE they are and were CREATED. Rev. v. 13 And every Creature which is in HEAVEN, and on the EARTH EARTH is thine; thine is the 12 Both RICHES and HONOUR Come of thee, and thou REIGN EST Over all, and in thine Hand is Power and Might, and in thine Hand it is to make GREAT, and to give Strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our GOD, we thank thee, and PRAISE thy GLORIOUS NAME. EARTH, and under the EARTH, and fuch as are in the SEA, and all that are in them, heard I, faying, BLESSING, and HONOUR, and GLORY, and POWER, be unto him that fitteth upon the THRONE, and unto the LAMB for EVER and EVER. Matth. vi. 13 For thine is the KINGDOM, and the POWER, and the GLORY, for EVER. Amen. 1 Tim. i. 17 Now unto the KING ETERNAL, IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, the only WISE GOD, be HONOUR and GIO RY for EVER and EVER. Amen. Col. i. 15 Who is the Image of the INVISIBLE GOD, the Firft-born of every Creature: 16 For 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, OF POWERS: all Things were created by and by him all Things CONSIST. Dan, iv. 34 And at the End of the ftanding returned to me, and I BLES SED the MOST HIGH, and I PRAISED and HONOURED him that liveth for ever, whose Dominion is an EVERLASTING DOMINION, and his KINGDOM is from Generation to Generation. 35 And 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 fay unto him, What doeft thou? Dan, vi. 25 King Darius wrote unto all People, Nations, and Languages that dwell in all the Earth, Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 I make a Decree, that in every Dominion in my Kingdom, Men TREMBLE and FEAR before the GOD of Daniel: for he is the LIVING GOD, and STEDFAST for EVER, and his KINGDOM that which fhall NOT be DESTROYED, and his DOMINION fhall be even unto the END. 27 He delivereth and refcueth, and he worketh Signs and Wonders in Heaven and in Earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the Power of the Lions. 1 Pfal. xxxix. 11 When thou with Rebukes doft correct Man for Iniquity, thou makeft his Beauty to confume away like a Moth: furely every Man is VANITY. 12 For I am a STRANGER with thee, and a SOJOURNER, as all my Fathers were. Heb. xi. 13 Thefe all died in Faith, not having received the Promises, but this STORE that we have prepared to build thee an Houfe for thine holy Name, coмETH of thine HAND, and is all THINE OWN. 17 I know also, my GOD, that thou TRIEST the HEART, and haft Pleasure in UPRIGHT NESS. As for me, in the UpRIGHTNESS of mine Heart I have willingly offered all thefe Things and now have I feen with Joy, thy People which are prefent here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18 O LORD GOD of Abraham, Ifaac, and of Ifrael our Fathers, keep this for ever in the IMAGINATION of the THOUGHTS of the Heart of thy People, and PREPARE their HEARTS unto thee. 19 And give unto Solomon my Son a PERFECT HEART to KEEP thy Commandments, thy Teftimonies, and thy Statutes, and to do all thefe Things, and to build the Palace for the which I have made Provifion. having feen them afar off and were perfuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed they were STRANGERS and PILGRIMS on the Earth. 1 Per. ii. 11 Dearly Beloved, I befeech you as STRANGERS and PILGRIMS, ABSTAIN from FLESHLY LUSTS, which war against the Soul. Pfal cii. 14 My Days are like a SHADOW that declineth; and I am withered like Grafs. Pal. cxliv. 4 Man is like to Vanity: his Days are as a SHADOW that declineth. Job iv. 16 I heard a Voice, saying, 17 Shali MORTAL MAN be more JUST than GOD? fhall a Man be more pure than his MAKER? 18 Behold, he put no Truft in his Servants: and his ANGELS he charged with FOLLY. 19 How much lefs in them that dwell in HOUSES of CLAY, whofe Foundation is in the Duft, which are crushed before the Moth. 20 They are deftroyed from Morning to Evening, they perish for ever without any regarding it. Job viii. 9 (For we are but of Yefterday, and know nothing, because our Days on the Earth are a SHADOW) Job xiv. 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 alfo as a SHADOW, and continueth not. 3 And doft thou OPEN thine Eyes upon fuch an one and bringeft me into Judgment with thee. 20 And David faid to all the Congregation, Now BLESS the LORD your God. And all the Congregation bleffed the LORD GOD of their Fathers, and BOWED DOWN their Heads, and WORSHIPPED the LORD and the King. 21 And they facrificed Sacrifices unto the LORD, and of fered Burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the Morrow after that Day, even a thoufand Bullocks, a thousand Rams, and a thoufand Lambs, with their Drink-offerings and Sacrifices in abundance for all Ifrael. 22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that Day with great Gladnefs, and they made Solomon the Son of David King the fecond time, and anointed him unto the LORD, to be the chief Governour, and Zadok to be Priest. 23 Then |