"Therefore with joy shall they draw waters out of the wells of salvation.

"And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things.

"Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of

prayer.

"Ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

"So will I comfort you, and ye shall be comforted.

"And when you see this, your hearts shall rejoice.

"The fast of the tenth month shall be unto the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts."

That God will give his children hearts to fear and serve him.

"They shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the holiness of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israela

"They shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king.

"That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and rightousness before him all the days of our life.

a Isa. xxix. 23. Jer. xxx, 9. Luke i. 74

That God will give his children hearts to seek him by prayer.

"He shall call upon me, and I will hear him.a

"Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall pray unto me, and I will hear you.

"And ye shall seek me and find me: search for me with all your hearts.

"I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication."

That God will hear the prayers of his children.

"Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee.b

"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him.

"He will hear their cry, and will save them.

"Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall

answer.

"Before they call, I will answer; and while they are speaking, I will hear.

"He shall seek me and shall find me; when you shall seek, I will be found of you. "Ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

aPsalm xci, 15. Jer. xxix. 12, 13. Zach. xii. 10. b Psalm 1, 15. xci. 15. 24. Jer. xxix, 13, 14. xxi, 22.

cxlv, 19. Isa. lviii, 9. lxv. John xv, 7. Mat. xii. 7.

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find.

"Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive,"

That we may persevere in grace.

"They shall bring forth fruit in their old age.a

"His leaf shall not wither.

"The Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring whose waters fail not.”

That God will give unto his children the good things of this life.

"But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.b

"There is no want to them that fear him. "They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing,

"No good thing shall he withhold from them that walk uprightly."

That God will guide his children by his special providence in all their ways.

"I will not leave thee nor forsake thee.c "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble; for the Lord shall be thy confidence.

aPsalm xcii, 14. i. 3. Isa, Iviii. 11. Psalm xxxvii, 11. xxxiv, 9, 10. lxxxiv. 11. cHeb. xiii, 5. Prov. iii, 23, 26. Psalm xci, 11. cxxi, 8. Isa. xlvi. 4.

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"He will give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

"The Lord shall preserve thy going-out and thy coming-in.

"And even to your old age, I am He; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you."

That God will bless those who are diligent in their calling.

"The Lord will command the blessing upon thee in all thou settest thy hand untoa "Thou shalt eat the labour of thy hand; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

"The hand of the diligent maketh rich. "He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread."

That God will bless those that keep his sabbaths.

"Blessed is the man that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it.b

"If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight;

"Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father.

"Then this city shall remain for ever."

aDeut. xxviii, 8. Psalm cxxviii, 2. Prov. x, 4. xii, 11. blsa. lvi, 2. Isa, lviii. 13, 14. Jer. xvii, 24,25.

That God will reward those that are fruitful in good works.

"He hath given to the poor, his righteousness endureth for ever.a

"The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself.

"Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of thine increase: "So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst with new wine. He that bath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. "He that giveth to the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his shall have many

a curse.

eye

"Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

"Whosoever shall give to drink, unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

"Then shall the king say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

aPsalm cxil, 9. Prov. xi, 25. ii, 9. iii, 10. xxii, 9. Xxviii. 27. Eccles. xi, i. Mat. v. 7. x, 42. xxv, 34.