Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Ver. 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.

e Exod. xxxiv. 13. But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. Ver. 14. For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

f1 Cor. x. 20. But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ver. 21. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Ver. 22. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he Jer. vii. 18. The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Ver. 19. Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Ver. 20. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Ezek. xvi. 26. Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me Ver. 27. Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Deut. xxxii. 16. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. Ver. 17. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Ver. 18. Of the Rock

to anger.

that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. Ver. 19. And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters. Ver. 20. And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

g Hosea ii. 2. Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; Ver. 3. Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. Ver. 4. And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

h Deut. v. 29. Oh that there were such an 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! 111. i Exod. xx. 7.

112. k Mat. vi. 9. After this manner

therefore pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Deut. xxviii. 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. Psal. xxix. 2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Psal. Ixviii. 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Rev. xv. 3, 4. [See above in letter d.]

I Mal. i. 14. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Eccl. v. 1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

m Psal. cxxxviii. 2. I will worship to

ourselves, and others.

ward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

n 1 Cor. xi. 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. Ver. 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. Ver. 28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. Ver. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

o 1 Tim. ii. 8. I will therefore that men pray every where, fifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

P Jer. iv. 2. And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

a Eccl. v. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few. Ver. 4. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Ver. 5. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Ver. 6. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Acts i. 24. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen. Ver. 26. And they gave forth their lots: and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

s Job xxxvi. 24. Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

Mal. iii. 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.

▾ Psal. viii. 1. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who

hast set thy glory above the heavens. Ver. 3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; Ver. 4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him?Ver. 9. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! [See the Psalm throughout.]

w Col. iii. 17. And 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. Psal. cv. 2. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Ver. 5. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

x Psal. cii. 18. This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

y 1 Pet. iii. 15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. Micah iv. 5. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

z Phil. i. 27. Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ.

a 1 Cor. x. 31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

b Jer. xxxii. 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.

c 1 Pet. ii. 12. Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles; that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

113. d Mal. ii. 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.

e Acts xvii. 23. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

f Prov. xxx. 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.

g Mal. i. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ver. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. Ver. 12. But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Mal. iii. 14. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

h1 Sam. iv. 3. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. Ver. 4. So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. Ver. 5. And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. Jer. vii. 4. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. Ver. 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; Ver. 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? Ver. 14. Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. Ver. 31. And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. Col. ii. 20. Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, Ver. 21. (Touch not, taste not, handle not; Ver. 22. Which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

i 2 Kings xviii. 30. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the

king of Assyria. Ver. 35. Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? Exod. v. 2. And 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. Psal. cxxxix. 20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy

name in vain.

k Psal. l. 16. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Ver. 17. Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

1 Isa. v. 12. And 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.

m 2 Kings xix. 22. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. Lev. xxiv. 11. And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses.

n Zech. v. 4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. Zech. viii. 17. And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.

o 1 Sam. xvii. 43. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 2 Sam. xvi. 5. And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

P Jer. v. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. Jer. xxiii. 10. For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

q Deut. xxiii. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow; for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Acts xxiii. 12. And

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. Ver. 14. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

r Esth. iii. 7. In the first month, (that is, the month Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. Esth. ix. 24. Because Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot) to consume them, and to destroy them. Psal. xxii. 18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my ves

ture.

8 Psal. xxiv. 4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceit fully. Ezek. xvii. 16. As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Ver. 18. Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. Ver. 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

Mark vi. 26. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. 1 Sam. xxv. 22. So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him, by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall. Ver. 32. And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: Ver. 33. And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. Ver. 34. For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal, by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall.

▾ Rom. ix. 14. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. Ver. 19. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Ver. 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?

w Deut. xxix. 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.

x Rom. iii. 5. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man.) Ver. 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? Rom. vi. 1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? ver. 2. God forbid.

y Eccl. viii. 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. Eccl. ix. 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. Psal. xxxix. throughout. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue :

z Mat. v. 21. to the end. [See Quest. 99. letter o.]

a Ezek. xiii. 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 him life.

b 2 Pet. iii. 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. Mat. xxii. 24. to Verse 31. Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Ver. 25. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first-Ver. 28. Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven for they all had her. Ver. 29. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Ver. 30. For in the resurrection

e Isa. xxii. 13. And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die. Jer. xxiii. 34. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. Ver. 36. And

g Mal. i. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ver. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, . Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. Ver. 12. But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Mal. iii. 14. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

h1 Sam. iv. 3. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. Ver. 4. So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. Ver. 5. And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. Jer. vii. 4. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. Ver. 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; Ver. 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? Ver. 14. Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. Ver. 31. And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. Col. ii. 20. Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, Ver. 21. (Touch not, taste not, handle not; Ver. 22. Which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

12 Kings xviii. 30. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the

k Psal. l. 16. saith, What hast thou to statutes, or that thou sh covenant in thy mouth? thou hatest instruction, words behind thee.

1 Isa. v. 12.

And the ha: the tabret and pipe, and w feasts: but they regard_n the Lord, neither consider of his hands.

m 2 Kings xix. 22. Whon proached and blasphemed whom hast thou exalted lifted up thine eyes on high the Holy One of Israel. Le the Israelitish woman's s the name of the Lord, and they brought him unto Mos

n Zech. v. 4. I will bring the Lord of hosts, and it s the house of the thief, and of him that sweareth falsely and it shall remain in the house, and shall consume it ber thereof, and the stones viii. 17. And let none of you in your hearts against his n love no false oath for all th that I hate, saith the Lord.

o 1 Sam. xvii. 43. And the unto David, Am I a dog, th to me with staves? And cursed David by his gods. And when king David cam behold, thence came out family of the house of Sau! was Shimei, the son of G. forth, and cursed still as he

P Jer. v. 7. How shall I p. this? thy children have for sworn by them that are no had fed them to the full, t mitted adultery, and asseml by troops in the harlots' ho 10. For the land is full of because of swearing the la the pleasant places of the dried up, and their course i force is not right.

a Deut. xxiii. 18. Thou the hire of a whore, or the into the house of the Lord vow; for even both these ar unto the Lord thy God. Act