for ever.

ped, which were left of the unto the LORD; it shall not be pluckivity, and concerning Jeru-ed up, nor thrown down, any more And they said unto me, remnant that are left of the ivity there in the province in great affliction and rech; the wall of Jerusalem also roken down, and the gates eof are burnt with fire. All,17. Then said I unto them, be the distress that we are in, Jerusalem lieth waste, and ates thereof are burned with ome, and let us build up the Jerusalem, that we be no & reproach. 7., 8. And the Chaldeans at the king's house, and the of the people, with fire, and e down the walls of Jeru

1

Zech. i, 14-17. So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for 1 was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Therefore thus saith the LORD, I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

14. And all the army of haldeans, that were with the in of the guard, brake down walls of Jerusalem round xxxiii, 21. And it came to in the twelfth year of our ty, in the tenth month, in thday of the month, that at bad escaped out of Jeruame unto me, saying, Therusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them

Zech. ii, 12. And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

ITS RESTORATION
PROMISED.

har, 35, 36. For God will save and will build the cities of that they may dwell there, are it in possession. The so of his servants shall inand they that love his shall dwell therein.

13-16. Thou shalt arise, Ive mercy upon Zion: for e to favour her, yea, the set come. For thy servants asure in her stones, and the dust thereof. So the 2 shall fear the name of the and all the kings of the by glory. When the LORD d up Zion, he shall aphis glory.

Zech. xiv, 17. And it shall be. that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Je

shall be no rain.

ITS RESTORATION
ACCOMPLISHED.

Neh. il, 18-20. Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

III, 18. Thus saith the Behold, I will bring again tivity of Jacob's tents, and Neh. vil, 1-4. Now it came to rey on his dwelling-places; pass, when the wall was built, cly shall be builded upon and I had set up the doors, and iheap, and the palace shall the porters and the singers after the manner thereof. and the Levites were appointed, xxl, 39-40. Behold, the days That I gave my brother Hanwith the LORD, that the city ani, and Hananiah the ruler built to the LORD, from the of the palace, charge over JeruHananeel unto the gate salem: for he was a faithful corner. And the measur- man, and feared God above shall yet go forth over many. And I said unto them, it upon the hill Gareb, and Let not the gates of Jerusalem mpass about to Goath. be opened until the sun be whole valley of the dead hot; and while they stand by, and of the ashes, and all let them shut the doors, and ds, unto the brook of Ki-bar them: and appoint watches to the corner of the horse- of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ward the east, shall be holy I every one in his watch, and

every one to be over against his house. Now the city was large and great; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

the people dwelt at Jerusalem: Neh. xi, 1, 2. And the rulers of the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Je rusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

FINAL DESTRUCTION BY
THE ROMANS FORETOLD.

Luke xix, 41-44. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side. And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke xxi, 20. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

JERUSALEM MYSTIC.

Exek. xlviii, 30-35. And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. At the west side four thousand and five

hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

Rev. xxi, 10, 11. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, OR MAN AND MAN, RATIFIED BY OATII AND SACRIFICE, AND SOMETIMES WRITTEN AND SEALED.

Gen. xv, 9-11, 17, 18. And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another; but the birds divided he not. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

Gen. xxi, 23-32. Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto

thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. And Abraham said, I will swear. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing, neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech: and both of them made a cove

nant.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

Gen. xxvi, 28-31. And they said, We saw certainly that the

COVENANT.

LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

Gen. xxxi, 43-55. And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; And Mizpah: for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac. Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his

daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

Neh. ix, 38. And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

Neh. x, 1-27. Now those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirof Hachaliab, shatha, the son and Zidkijah, Seraiah, Azariah, Pashur, Amariab, Jeremiah, Malchijah, Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

And their

Harum, Meremoth, Obadiah, Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henedad, Kadmiel: brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijali, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, Zaccur, She rebiah, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. The chief of the people: Parosh, Pahath - moab, Zatthu, Bani, Bunni, Azgad, Bebal, Adonijah, Bigval, Adin, Ater, Hizkijahı, Azzur, Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, Magplash, Meshal lam, Hezir, Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, Hal lohesh, Pileha, Shobek, Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

Elam,

Ps. 1, 5. Gather my saints to gether unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by

sacrifice.

nant which they had made before me,when theycut the calf in twain.

Jer. xxxiv, 18. . . . . The core

Ezek. xvi, 59. For thus saith the Lord Gop, I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

Hosea x, 4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment spring eth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Gal. ii, 15. Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Thou it be but a man's covenant, yet it be confirmed, no man disannui eth, or addeth thereto.

COVENANT OF SALT. Lev. ii, 13. And every oblation of thy meat-offering shalt thou

Nem. xvili, 19. All the heaverings of the holy things, which le children of Israel offer unto be Loan, have I given thee, and by sons and thy daughters with 258, by a statute for ever: it is a want of salt for ever before be Leen unto thee, and to thy ed with thee.

Cira. xiii, 5. Ought ye not to now in the LORD God of Israel ave the kingdom over Israel to hard fever, even to him and by a covenant of salt? BLOOD OF COVENANT. xxiv, 8. And Moses took 01, and sprinkled it on the , and said, Behold the blood The covenaut, which the LORD made with you concerning Chree words.

i, 11. As for thee also, by Band of thy covenant I have thy prisoners out of the

I is no water. 1. Of how much sorer , suppose ye, shall he gworthy, who hath mler foot the Son of bath counted the blood the arenant, wherewith he acted, an unholy thing, a done despite unto the ved grace?

Mi, 20. The God of peace, *ght again from the dead Lard Jesus, that great shepof the sheep, through the of the everlasting cove

TANCES OF HUMAN COVENANTS. xx, 27, 32. And Abraham deep and oxen, and gave to Abimelech, and both of

Thus

them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

1 Sam. xviii, 3. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul, 1 Sam. xx, 16. So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

1 Sam. xxiii, 18. And they two made a covenant before the LORD.

And David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

1 Kings xx, 34. And Benhadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

2 Kings xi, 4, 17. And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

WITH ABRAHAM.

said unto him, I am the LORD that Gen. xv, 7, 8, 12-16, 18. And he brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years: And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will Í judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

III, 44. Now therefore , let us make a coveI and thou; and let it be for *between me and thee.

Iv, 25. So Joshua made

with the people that -1 set them a statute and an Rate in Shechem.

én xi, 1, 2. Then Nahash Aconite came up, and ened against Jabesh-gilead: and men of Jabesh said unto h Make a covenant with us, we will serve thee. And h the Ammonite answered

Jer. xxxiv, 8. This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them.

COVENANTS OF GOD
WITH MAN.

WITH NOAH. Gen. vi, 18. But with thee will I establish my covenant: and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Gen. ix, 9-11. And I, behold, I

Gen. xvii, 7, 9. And I will esta

thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations.

2 Kings xiil, 23. And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his Covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

Luke 1, 72. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant.

Acts iii, 25. Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Gal. iii, 16, 17. Now to Abraham and bis seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to

thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

WITH ISAAC.

Gen. xvii, 19, 21. And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Gen. xxvi, 3, 4. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the

earth be blessed.

WITH JACOB.

Gen. xxviii, 13, 14. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee, and in thy seed, shall all the families of the

earth be blessed.

1 Chron. xvi, 16, 17. Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant.

WITH ISRAEL.

Exod. vi, 4. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

Exod. xxxiv, 27. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Deut. v, 2, 8. The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

Deut. xxix, 1, 12. These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make

with the children of Israel in the

land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. That thou shouldst enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day.

1 Kings viii, 9. There was nothing in the ark save the two there at Horeb, when the LORD tables of stone, which Moses put made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

2 Kings xvii, 15, 35, 38. And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they and went after the heathen that followed vanity, and became vain, were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

of this covenant, and speak unto Jer. xi, 2-5. Hear ye the words the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God; That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

Jer. xxxiv, 13. Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying.

Ezek. xxxvii, 26. Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Acts ill, 25. Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers.

that I have sent this command ment unto you, that my covenan might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye are de parted out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at law; ye have corrupted the core nant of Levi, saith the Loa hosts.

WITH DAVID.

house be not so with God; yet! 2 Sam. xxiii, 5. Although

hath made with me an everlast

covenant, ordered in all thi and sure: for this is all my saiv tion, and all my desire, althou he make it not to grow.

2 Chron. vii, 18. Then will dom, according as I have c stablish the throne of thy ki nanted with David thy fat saying, There shall not fail a man to be ruler in Israel.

will I not break, nor alter! Ps. lxxxix, 34-37. My cove thing that is gone out of lips. Once have I sworn by holiness, that I will not lie David. His seed shall endure ever, and his throne as the before me. It shall be establis for ever as the moon, and faithful witness in heaven. St

GOD FAITHFUL TO HE
COVENANT.

Deut. iv, 31. (For the Lo God is a merciful God,) be not forsake thee, neither des thee, nor forget the covet thy fathers, which he sware! them.

that the LORD thy God, he t Deut. vii, 9. Know there the faithful God, which ke covenant and mercy with that love him, and keep his mandments, tó a thousand ge tions.

LORD God of Israel, there? 1 Kings viii, 23. And be God like thee, in heaven or on earth beneath, who k covenant and mercy with the vants that walk before ther all their heart.

2 Chron. vi, 14. And LORD God of Israel, there God like thee in the heaven in the earth; which keepest nant, and shewest mercy servants that walk before with all their hearts.

Neh. 1, 5. And said, I t thee, O LORD God of heave great and terrible God, thead = eth covenant and mercy firs that love him, and observ commandments.

WITH LEVI.

trouble seem little before we that bath come upon us, on w kings, on our princes, and on ir priests, and on our prophets, den our fathers, and on all thy ple, since the time of the kings Assyria unto this day.

IIV, 14. The secret of the is with them that fear him; 4 he will shew them his cove

Lev. xxiv, 8. Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

2 Sam. xxiil, 5. Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. . . . . .

Isa. xxiv, 5. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

cv, 8-10. He hath rememred his covenant for ever, the ich he commanded to a asd generations: Which and be made with Abraham, As bath unto Isaac: And conIsa. lv, 3. Incline your ear, and the same unto Jacob for a come unto me: hear, and your and to Israel for an everlast-soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

10. For the mountains depart, and the hills be reat my kindness shall not Ezek. xxxvii, 26. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace from thee, neither shall with them; it shall be an everlastTint of my peace be reaith the LORD, that bathing covenant with them......

PC thee.

xxxii, 20, 21, 25. Thus saith If ye can break my the day, and my covethe night, and that there be day and night in Then may also my A be broken with David , that he should not as to reign upon his

with the Levites the ***inisters. Thus saith If my covenant be not May and night, and if I have inted the ordinances of and earth.

60-62. Nevertheless, remember my covenant in the days of thy youth,

Tid establish unto thee an ag covenant. Then thou

mber thy ways, and be when thou shalt receive rs, thine elder and thy r and I will give them for daughters, but not fr covenant. And I will my covenant with thee; shalt know that I am

11, 37. And I will cause uss under the rod, and I you into the bond of

THEREFORE IT IS HD AN EVERLASTING COVENANT.

, 16. And the bow shall cloud; and I will look that I may remember the ng covenant between God ery living creature of all at is upon the earth. v, 19...... And I will my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, ith his seed after him.

in transgressing his covenant. Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

Deut. xxix, 9, 25. Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt.

Josh. vii, 11, 15. Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgress

nant.

THE OBLIGATION OF KEEPING GOD'S COVENANT, AND DANGER OF VIOLATING IT.

Josh. xxiii, 16. When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

nant.

Judges ii, 20. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; people and he said, Because that this

1 Kings xix, 10. And he said, I have been very jealous for the

LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy thrown down thire covenant, altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take

it away.

2 Kings xviii, 12. Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD com

Deut. xvii, 2, 5. If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God,

Ps. xxv, 10. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto

such as keep his covenant and

his testimonies.

Ps. xliv, 17. All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Ps. lv, 20. He hath put forth his