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ll Scripture is given by inspiration of God,j 
 and is profitable for doCtrine, for reproof] 
 for correction, for inftru£Hon in righteous- 
 
 earch the Scriptures; for in them ye think: 
 ye have eternal life : and they are they which j 
 teftify of me. j h*v. 3 q. 
 
 ROM a child thou haft known the holy 
 Scriptures, which are able to make thee 
 
pen thou mine eyes, that I may behold! 
 
 wondrous things out of thy law. 
 
 Psalm cxix. 18. 
 
 hy word is a lamp unto my feet, and 
 light unto my path. P SALMC xix. «*. 
 
 he word of God is quick and powerful, and 
 (harper than any two-edged fword, piercing 
 even to the dividing afunder of foul and 
 fpirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is 
 a difcerner of the thoughts and intents o 
 the heart. 
 
 Heb. iv. 12. 
 
 ife and immortality are brought to light by 
 the gofpel. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 10. 
 
 o prophecy of the fcripture is of any private 
 interpretation, For the prophecy came not 
 in old time by the will of man: but holy 
 men of God fpake as they were moved by 
 the Holy Ghoft. 
 
 2 PETEB i. 20, 21. 
 
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hou (halt love the Lord thy God with all 
 thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with 
 all thy mind. This is the firft and great 
 commandment. And the fecond is like 
 unto it. Thou malt love thy neighbour as! 
 thyfelf. On thefe two commandments 
 hang all the law and the prophets. 
 
 Matt. xxii. 37 — 40. 
 
 y this mall all men know that ye are myl 
 difciples, if ye have love one to another. 
 
 John xiii. 35. 
 
 e kindly affedlioned one to another with bro- 
 therly love ; in honour preferring one another.] 
 
 Kom. xii. 10. 
 
 harity fuffereth long, and is kind ; charit 
 envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itfelf, is 
 not puffed up, doth not behave itfelf un- 
 feemly, feeketh not her own, is not eafily 
 provoked, thinketh no evil \ rejoiceth not 
 
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in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth | 
 beareth all things, believeth all things,! 
 hopeth all things, endureth all things. Cha- 
 rity never faileth : but whether there be 
 prophecies, they {hall fail ; whether there 
 be tongues, they {hall ceafe ; whether therei 
 be knowledge, it fhall vanifh away. And! 
 now abideth faith, hope, charity, thefej 
 three ; but the greateft of thefe is charity. 
 
 i Cob. xiii. 4—8, 13. 
 
 less the Lord, O ntyf$)ul : and all that is 
 within me blefs his holy name. Blefs the 
 Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his be- 
 lefits : who forgiveth all thine iniquities - y 
 ho healeth all thy difeafes ; who re- 
 eemeth thy life from deftru&ion ; who 
 rowneth thee with lovingkindnefs and ten- 
 er mercies -> who fatiffieth thy mouth with 
 ood things ; fo that thy youth is renewed 
 ike the eagle's . ... , g 
 
 t> VsAJLU cm. I — 5. 
 
H that men would praife the Lord for hisl 
 [goodnefs, and for his wonderful works to 
 I the children of men. 
 
 Psalm evii. 8. 
 
 en ought always to pray and not to faint. 
 
 Luke xviii. i . 
 
 |e careful for nothing : but in every thing by 
 [prayer and fupplication with thankfgivingJ 
 I let your requefts be made known unto God. 
 [And the peace of God, which pafTeth all I 
 underftanding, mall keep your hearts and 
 I minds through Chrift Jefus. Phil . y 6j 7 
 
 sk, and it mall be given you ; feek, and ye 
 [mail find ; knock, and it fhall be opened unto 
 /ou : for everyone that afkech receiveth;] 
 I and he that feeketh findeth ; and to him that| 
 [knocked! it mall be opened. Matt vii ?> 8 
 
eek. ye the Lord while he may be found, eall 
 ye upon him while he is near. 
 
 Isaiah lv. 6. 
 
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 he Lord is good unto them that wait for 
 him, to the foul that feeketh him. It is 
 good that a man (hould both hope and 
 quietly wait for the falvation of the Lord. 
 
 Lam. iii. 2$, 26. 
 
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 A it on the Lord : be of good courage : and W 
 le fhall ftrcngthen thine heart : wait, I fay, | 
 on the Lord. PsALM xxvii ^ 
 
 est in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : 
 fret not thyfelf becaufe of him who prof- 
 pereth in his way, becaufe of the man who 
 bringeth wicked devices to pafs. 
 
 Psalm xxxvii. 7. 
 
H ether therefore ye eat, or drink, or what- 
 soever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 
 
 , I COK. X. 31. 
 
 I OR ye are bought with a price: therefore I 
 [glorify God in your body, and in youri 
 jfpirit, which are God's. 1 CoE> vL zo _ 
 
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 I onsider the ravens: for they neither fow 
 nor reap ; which neither have ftorehoufe 
 nor barn; and God feedeth them: how 
 [much more are ye better than the fowls ? 
 And which of you with taking thought can 
 I add to his ftature one cubit ? If ye then be 
 [not able to do that thing which is leaft, why 
 take ye thought for the rest ? Confider the 
 [lilies how they grow : they toil not, they 
 fpin not ; and yet I fay unto you, that 
 Solomon in al! his glory was not arrayed 
 like one of thefe. T 
 
 Luke xii. 24 — 2*. 
 
HE Lord is good to all : and his tender mer- 
 cies are over all his works. 
 
 VSAIiM Cxlv. 9. 
 
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 re not two fparrows fold for a farthing 
 and one of them lhall not fall on the ground 
 without your Father. But the very hairs ol 
 your head are all numbered. 
 
 Matt. x. 29, 30. 
 
 hey that truft in the Lord mail be as mount 
 Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth 
 for ever. 
 
 Psalm exxv. i. 
 
 he Lord is good, a ftrong hold in the da)j 
 of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trufl 
 
 111 him ' NAHUMi.7. 
 
 as ting all your care upon him ; for h 
 careth for you. lPEmM . 
 
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 aith is the fubftance of things hoped for, 
 the evidence of things not feen. 
 
 Heb. xi. i. 
 
 Esus anfwered and faid unto them, This is 
 the work of God, that ye believe on him 
 whom he hath fent. - w . 
 
 John vi. 29. 
 
 ooking unto Jefus the author and finifher 
 of our faith ; who for the joy that was fet 
 before him endured the crofs, defpifing the 
 mame, and is fet down at the right hand of 
 the throne of God. 
 
 Heb. xii. 2. 
 
 ithout 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 feek him. 
 
 Heb. xi. 6. 
 
|y grace are ye faved through faith ; and that 
 Inot of yourfelves : it is the gift of God. 
 
 Eph. ii. 8. 
 
 Ior in Jefus Chrift neither circumcifion 
 lavaileth anything nor uncircumcifion, but 
 [faith which worketh by love. Gal 6 
 
 Iven fo faith, if it hath not works, is dead, 
 ■being; alone. T 
 
 I o James 11. 17. 
 
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 or godly forrow worketh repentance to 
 falvation not to be repented of ; but the 
 forrow of the world worketh death. 
 
 2 Coe. vii. 10. 
 
say unto you, that likewife joy (hall be in 
 heaven over one firmer that repenteth, more 
 than over ninety and nine juft perfons, 
 which need no repentance. 
 
 Luke xv. 7. 
 
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 e that covereth his fins fhall not profper : 
 but whofo confeffeth and forfaketh them 
 fhall have mercy, ^ 
 
 acknowledged my fin unto thee, and mine 
 iniquity have I not hid : I faid, I will con- 
 fefs my tranfgreffions unto the Lord ; and 
 thou forgaveft the iniquity of my fin. 
 
 Psalm xxxii. 5. 
 
 F we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft 
 I to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from 
 jail unrighteoufnefs. iJohni o 
 
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 E fhall therefore be holy, for I am holy 
 
 ut as he which hath called you is holy, fol 
 be ye holy in all manner of converfation ;I 
 becaufe it is written, Be ye holy ; for I amj 
 
 n °ty* i Petek i." ifj, 16. 
 
 Lev. xi. 4$ 
 
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 lthough affliftion cometh not forth of] 
 the duft, neither doth trouble fpring out oil 
 the ground ; yet man is born unto trouble, 
 [ as the fparks fly upward. JoB v ^ ? 
 
 ut though he caufe grief, yet will hel 
 have companion according to the multitude! 
 of his mercies. For he doth not affli£r| 
 willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 
 
 Lam. iii. 32, 33. 
 
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£ mull, through much tribulation, enter 
 into the kingdom of God. 
 
 Acts xiv. 22. 
 
 ok I reckon that the fufferings of this prefent 
 time are not worthy to be compared with 
 the glory which (hall be revealed in us. 
 
 Rom. viii. 18. 
 
 or our light affliction, which is but for a 
 moment, worketh for us a far more ex- 
 ceeding and eternal weight of glory. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 17. 
 
 ehold, happy is the man whom God 
 correc~r.eth : therefore defpife not thou the 
 haftening of the Almighty. 
 
 lessed are they that mourn : for they fhall 
 be comforted. 
 
 OR whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, 
 even as a father the fon in whom he de- 
 ligbteth. 
 
F ye endure chaftening, God dealeth with 
 you as with fons ; for what fon is he whom 
 the father chafteneth not ? „ 
 
 s many as I love, I rebuke and chaften ; be 
 zealous therefore, and repent. Rjjv m z 
 
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 nd Samuel faid, Hath the Lord as great 
 delight in burnt offerings and facrifices, as 
 in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, 
 to obey is better than facrifice, and to 
 hearken than the fat of rams. 
 
 I 8AM. XV. 22. 
 
 F ye keep my commandments, ye mail abide 
 in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's 
 commandments, and abide in his love. 
 
 John xv. io. 
 
 e are my friends, if ye do whatfoever I 
 command you. 
 
 John xv. 14. 
 
ut I fay unto you, That whofoever is angry 
 with his brother without a caufe fhall be 
 n danger of the judgment : and whofoever 
 mall fay to his brother, Raca, fhall be in 
 danger of the council : but whofoever fhall 
 say, Thou fool, (hall be in danger of hell 
 fire. 
 
 1UATT. V. 22, 
 
 e that is flow to anger is better than the! 
 mighty; and he that ruleth his fpirit than! 
 he that taketh a city. 
 
 Peov. xvi. 32. 
 
 soft anfwer turneth away wrath : butl 
 I grievous words ftir up anger. Prov xv } 
 
 QJftssiitji. 
 
 now ye not that ye are the temple of God, 
 and that the fpirit of God dwelleth in you ? 
 If any man defile the temple of God, him 
 
(hall God deftroy ; for the temple of God 
 is holy, which temple ye are. 1 CoR m l6> i? 
 
 lee fornication : Every fin that a man doeth 
 is without the body ; but he that committeth 
 fornication finneth againft his own body. 
 
 i Cor. vi. 18. 
 
 ortify therefore your members which are 
 upon the earth ; fornication, uncleannefs, 
 inordinate affection, evil concupifcence, and 
 covetoufnefs, which is idolatry. 
 
 Col. iii, g. 
 
 o ye think that the fcripture faith in vain, 
 The fpirit that dwelleth in us lufteth to 
 
 envy r 
 
 James iv. 5. 
 
 I rath is cruel, and anger is outrageous - y but 
 who is able to ftand before envy? 
 
 Prov. xxvii. 4. 
 
 sound heart is the life of the flefti : but 
 envy the rottennefs of the bones. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 30. 
 
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hou (halt not covet thy neighbour's houfeJ 
 thou (halt not covet thy neighbour's wife, 
 nor his manfervant, nor his maidfervant, 
 nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is 
 [thy neighbour's. E „ xx i? 
 
 OR the love of money is the root of all evil : 
 which while fome coveted after, they have 
 erred from the faith, and pierced themfelves 
 through with many forrows. 
 
 i Tim. vi. 10. 
 
 E that hafteth to be rich hath an evil eye, 
 and confidereth not that poverty mall come 
 upon him. 
 
 Phov. ixvui. 22. 
 
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 nd be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, 
 forgiving one another, even as God for 
 ChriiPs fake hath forgiven you. 
 
 Eph. iv. 32. 
 
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 nd when ye Hand praying, forgive, if ye 
 have ought againft any: that your Father 
 alfo which is in heaven may forgive you 
 your trefpaffes. But if ye do not forgive, 
 neither will your Father which is in heaven 
 forgive your trefpaffes. Mahk xi ^ 26 
 
 hen came Peter to him, and faid, Lord, howl 
 [oft fhall my brother fin againft me, and I 
 forgive him? till feven times? Jefus faith 
 unto him, I fay not unto thee, Until feven 
 times ; but, Until feventy times feven. 
 
 Matt, xviii. 21, 22. 
 
 OR if ye forgive men their trefpaffes, your 
 heavenly Father will alfo forgive you : But! 
 if ye forgive not men their trefpaffes, neither! 
 will your Father forgive your trefpaffes. 
 
 Matt. vL 14, 1$. 
 
 j say unto you, Love your enemies, blefs 
 \ them that curfe you, do good to them that | 
 
ate you, and pray for them which defpite- 
 fully ufe you and perfecute you ; that ye 
 may be the children of your Father which 
 s in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife 
 
 n the evil and on the good. 
 
 Matt. v. 44, 45. 
 
 thine enemy be hungry, give him bread 
 ^o eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him water 
 o drink : for thou fhalt heap coals of fire 
 pon his head, and the Lord mall reward 
 
 hee. 
 
 Pbov. xxv. 21, 22. 
 
 en faid Jefus, Father, forgive them; for 
 hey know not what they do. 
 
 Luke xxiii. 34. 
 
 t flothful in bufinefs ; fervent in fpirit ; 
 erving the Lord. bok.xu.h. 
 
 alfo that is flothful in his work is brother 
 to him that is a great waller. 
 
 Pbov. xviii. 9. 
 
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 ove not fleep, left thou come to poverty ; 
 open thine eyes, and thou {halt be fatiffied 
 with bread. 
 
 PfiOV. xx. 13. 
 
 ealth gotten by vanity {hall be diminifhed : 
 but he that gathereth by labour {hall increafe. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 11. 
 
 o to the ant, thou fluggard ; confider her 
 ways, and be wife : which having no guide, 
 overfeer, or ruler, provideth her meat in 
 the fummer, and gathereth her food in the 
 harveft. v n . , _ 
 
 Pbov. vi. 6 — 8. 
 
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 ow long wilt thou fleep, O fluggard? when* 
 wilt thou arife out of thy fleep ? Yet a little 
 L fleep, a little flumber, a little folding of the 
 hands to fleep : fo {hall thy poverty come as 
 one that travelleth, and thy want as an 
 armed man. Pbov ^ 
 
nd in the morning. 
 
 before day, he went out, and departed into 
 la folitary place, and there prayed. 
 
 Maek i. 3«j« 
 
 nd all the people came early in the morning 
 to him in the temple, for to hear him. 
 
 Luke xxi. 38. 
 
 edeeming the time, becaufe the days are 
 
 eV ^' Eph. v. 16. 
 
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 ho hath woe ? who hath forrow ? who hath 
 contentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath 
 wounds without caufe ? who hath rednefs of 
 eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; 
 they that go to feek mixed wine. Look 
 not thou upon the wine when it is red, 
 when it giveth his colour in the cup, when 
 it moveth itfelf aright. At the laft it biteth 
 like a ferpent, and ftingeth like an adder. 
 
oe unto them that rife up early in the 
 morning, that they may follow ftrong drink: 
 that continue until night, till wine inflame 
 them. 
 
 Isaiah v. ii. 
 
 ine is a mocker, ftrong drink is raging : 
 and whofoever is deceived thereby is not 
 wife. 
 
 Prov. XX. 1 
 
 or the drunkard and the glutton (hall come 
 to poverty. p RO v. xxiii. 2J . 
 
 s it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and 
 that thou bring the poor that are caft out to 
 thy houfe ? when thou feeft the naked, that 
 thou cover him ; and that thou hide not 
 thyfelf from thine own flefh ? 
 
 Isaiah lviii. 7. 
 
 |se hofpitality one to another without 
 grudging. i peter iv. 9. 
 
E not torgetful to entertain ftrangers : for 
 I thereby fome have entertained angels un- 
 
 aWareS - HEB.xiii. 3 . 
 
 vt when thou mukeft a feafi, call the poor, 
 | the maimed, the lame, the blind : and thou 
 malt be blefled ; for they cannot recompenfe 
 | thee : for thou malt be recompensed at the 
 [ refurredtion of the juft. 
 
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 Luke xiv. 13, 14. 
 
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 ake my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; 
 for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye 
 fhall find reft unto your fouls. 
 
 Matt. xi t 29. 
 
 f I then, your Lord and Mafter, have 
 warned your feet ; ye alfo ought to warn 
 lone another's feet. For I have given you 
 •vSI an example, that ye mould do as I have 
 \fcJ|done toyou. John mu 
 
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hough the Lord be high, yet hath he refpe&I 
 unto the lowly ; but the proud he knowethj 
 afar off. 
 
 Psalm cxxxviii. 6. 
 
 OR thus faith the high and lofty One that! 
 inhabiteth eternity, whofe name is Holy ; l| 
 dwell in the high and holy place, with hi ml 
 alfo that is of a contrite and humble fpiritJ 
 to revive the fpirit of the humble, and toj 
 revive the heart of the contrite ones. 
 
 Isaiah toil i£. 
 
 OR whofoever exalteth himfelf mail bej 
 abafed ; and he that humbleth himfelf mallf 
 be exalted. 
 
 ehold, thou defireft truth in the inward 
 parts : and in the hidden part thou fhalt 
 make me to know wifdom. 
 
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 ie not one to another, feeing that ye have 
 put oft' the old man with his deeds, 
 
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 YiNG lips are abomination to the Lord : but 
 I they that deal truly are his delight. 
 
 Pttnv xii. 22. 
 
 etter is the poor that walketh in his up- 
 rightnefs, than he that is perverfe in his 
 ways, though he be rich. 
 
 J ' & Pbot. xxvm. 6. 
 
 is feed (hall be mighty upon earth: the 
 I generation of the upright fhall be blefled. 
 
 Psalm cxii. 2, 
 
 I he Lord knoweth the days of the upright : 
 I and their inheritance fhall be for ever. 
 
 ' Psalm xxxvii. 18. 
 
 hoso walketh uprightly (hall be faved : but 
 he that is perverfe in his ways (hall fall at 
 once. 
 
 Prov xxviii. 18. 
 
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 1 j — \W' ye therefore merciful, as your Father alfo 
 s merciful. 
 
 Luke n. 36. 
 
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 xecute true judgment, and {hew mercy 
 and compaffions every man to his brother. 
 
 Zec vii. 9. 
 
 righteous man regardeth the life of his 
 beaft : but the tender mercies of the wicked 
 are cruel. 
 
 Peov. xii. 10. 
 
 less ed are the merciful : for they mail 
 obtain mercy. 
 
 Matt. v. 7. 
 
 o do juftice and judgment is more acceptable 
 to the Lord than facrifice. « ^ . 
 
 Fbov. xxi. 3. 
 
 vst balances, juft weights, a juft ephah, and 
 4 juft hin, mall ye have : I am the Lord 
 your God, which brought you out of the 
 land of Egypt. 
 
 Lev. xix. 36. 
 
 false balance is abomination to the Lord- 
 but a juft v eight is his delight. 
 
 Psov. xi. 
 
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asters, give unto your fervants that which 
 is juft and equal , knowing that ye alio have 
 la Matter in heaven. 
 
 emember the words of the Lord Jefus, how 
 he faid, It is more blefied to give than to 
 receive. 
 
 Col. iv. l 
 
 Acts xx, 
 
 he liberal foul mail be made fat; and he 
 I that watereth mall be watered alfo himfelf. 
 
 Vroy. xi. 2<. 
 
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 I or ye know the grace of our Lord Jefus 
 IChrift, that, though he was rich, yet for 
 lyour fakes he became poor, that ye through 
 ■his poverty might be rich. 
 
 2 Cob. viii. 9. 
 
 I very man according as he purpofeth in his 
 ■heart, fo let him give ; not grudgingly or of 
 Ineceffity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. 
 
 2 Cor. ix. 7. 
 
lessed is he that coniidereth the poor : the! 
 Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 
 
 Psalm xli. i . 
 
 E that hath a bountiful eye {hall be blefl'ed 
 for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 
 
 Pro v. xxii. q