grace of our Lord Jesus Christ | shall the thing framed say of him be with your spirit. Amen. that framed it, He had no underHeb. xiii, 20, 21, 25. Now the God standing? of peace, that brought again from the dead. . . . . Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Grace be with you all. Amen. 1 Peter v, 10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 2 Peter 1, 1, 2. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied. Rev. xxii, 21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Job xv, 13, 25, 26. That thou turneth thy spirit against God. and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and streng heneth himself against the Almighty. He runneth upon him even on his neck upon the thick bo-ses of his bucklers. Job xxxiv, 37. For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. Job xl, 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Job xlii, 7. And it was so, that, after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as iny servant Job hath. Isa. xxix, 16. Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or Isa. xlv, 9. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? Col. iii, 8. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 2 Kings xix, 4-6, 10, 11, 22. It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 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. 2 Chron. xxxii, 10, 14-20. Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuale you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation, or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers; how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? And his servants spake yet mors against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying. As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver bis people out of mine hand. Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech, unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them, that they might take the city. And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. of man. Ps. lxxiv, 10, 18 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. Isa. xxxvii, 4--6. It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath beard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD. Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Ezek. xx, 27. Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed trespass against me. Ezek. xxxv, 12. And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasPhemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. is blasphemed among the Gentiles Rom. ii, 24. For the name of God through you, asit is written. VARIOUS FORMS OF IT. DENIAL OF PROVIDENCE. Job xxi, 13-15. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Job xxii, 17. Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? Job xxxiv, 9. For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. Ps. x. 13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart,Thouwilt notrequire it. Ps. 1, 21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. Ezek. ix. 9. Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. Zeph. i, 12. And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees; that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. Mal. ii, 13, 14. Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD: yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 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? Job xix, 6, 7. Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. Job xxxiv, 5, 6. For Job hath said, I am righteous; and God hath taken away my judgment. Should lie against my right, my wound is incurable without transgression. equal. When the righteous turn- THE DIVINE KNOWLEDGE. Ps, x, 11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Ps. lxxiii, 11. And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most high? Ps. xciv, 7. Yet they say. The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Isa. xxix, 15. Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD; and their works are in the dark! and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Isa. xl, 27. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? held their peace, and answered, Isa. xxxvii. 10. Thus shall ye Neither let will THE DIVINE TRUTH. Isa. xxxvi, 15. Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD surely deliver us; this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 2 Peter ill. 3, 4. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the And saying, last days scoffers, walking after Where is the promise of his comtheir own lusts. ing? for since the fathers tell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. Jer. iv, 10. Then said I, Al, ly deceived this people and JeruLord GOD! Surely thou hast greatsalem,saying. Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul Jer. xvii, 15. Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. Jer. xx, 7. O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. Ezek. vill, 12, 13. Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou AND ALSO THE DIVINE GOODNESS seen what the ancients of the houseof Israel do in the dark,every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD THE DIVINE POWER. Ps. lxxviii, 19, 20. Yea, they spake against God: they said. Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? Isa. xxxvi, 18, 20, 21. Beware Yet the hand of the king of Assyria? Who IMPUGNED Job vll, 19. How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? Job ix, 84, 85. Let him take his fear terrify me; Then would I his rod away from me, and let not speak, and not fear him: but it is not so with me. Hast Job x, 2-7 I will say unto God, Do not condemn m; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? thou eyes of flesh, or seest thou as man seeth. Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? Thou knowest that none that can deliver out of thine I am not wicked; and there is hand. Job xili, 25, 26. Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and will thou pursue the dry stubble? For 2 N thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Job xvi, 11, 12. God had delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. Job xix, 21, 22. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? Job xxxiii, 10, 11. Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy; He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. Job xxxvii, 20. Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. PENALTY OF BLASPHEMY. Lev. xxiv, 15, 16, 23. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. And Moses spake Buto the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. 2 Kings xix, 27, 28. But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. (Omitted in its Proper Place.) EARNEST desire of BEING HEARD. 1 Kings vill, 28. Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day. 2 Chron. vi, 19. Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee. things unto me; then will I not Job xiii, 20-22. Only do not two hide myself from thee: Withdraw thine hand far from me; and let not thy dread make me afraid: Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer thou me. 663 Ps. v, 1, 2. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. Ps. xxvili, 1. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Ps. liv, 2. Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. Ps. lv, 1. Give ear to my prayer O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Ps. Ixi, 1. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, Ps. lxxxiv, 8. O LORD God of O God of Jacob. Selah. Ps. lxxxvi, 6. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications. may be delivered: save with thy Ps. cviii, 6. That thy beloved right hand, and answer me. Ps. cxix, 149. Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. Ps. cxl, 6. I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. Ps. cxliii, 1. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. THE COMMISSION. 2 Chron. xxxvi, 15. And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place. Isa. vi, 8. Also I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. Jer. i, 10. See, I have this day Bet thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Ezek. il, 7. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious. Ezek. iii, 4. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. Ezek. xi, 4. Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. Rev. x, 11. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. To SAMUEL. 1 Sam. ili, 4-10. That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am 1; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed. unto him. And LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for tuy servant heareth, 1 Chron. xxi, 9. And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying. SHEMAIAH. 2 Chron. xi, 2. But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying DAVID. 2 Sam. xxil, 1. And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul. 2 Sam. xxiii, 1, 2. Now these be the son of Jesse said, and the man the last words of David. David who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. Isa. xiil, 1. The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Isa. xiv, 28. In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. Isa. xxxviii. 4. Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying. JEREMIAH. Jer. 1, 4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Jer. vii, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Jer. xi, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Jer. xili, 8. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Jer. xvi, 1. The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying. Jer. xviii, 1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. of Immer the priest, who was Jer. xx, 1. Now Pashur the son also chief governor in the house prophesied these things. of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah Jer. xxv, 1, 2. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of the first year of Nebuchadrezzar Josiah king of Judah, that was king of Babylon; The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the people of Judah, and to saying. Jer. xxvi, 1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, came this word from the LORD, saying. Jer. xxvii, 1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jer. xxx, 1, 24, 30 Now these are the words of the letter that Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying. Jer. xxx, 1, 4. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah. Jer. xxxii, 1, 6, 26. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying. Jer. xxxiii, 1, 19, 23. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto Jerem ah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison,) saying. And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying. Jer. xxxiv, 12, 13 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 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. Jer. xxxv, 12. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, Baying. Jer. xxxvi, 1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Jer. xxxvii, 6. Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying. Jer. xl, 1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzir-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah,when he had taken him, being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. Jer. x, 8. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tabpanties, saying. Jer. xliv, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying Jer. xlvi, 1, 2. The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohi-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. Jer. xlix 34. The word of the LORD at ease to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the be ginning of the reign of Zedekiah | first day of the month, that the king of Judah, saying. word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Jer. 1, 1. The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. EZEKIEL. Ezek. iii, 16. And it came to pass at the end of seven days,that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. vi, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. vii, 1. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying Ezek. xi, 14. Again the word of LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xii, 1, 8, 17, 21. The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying. And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto ine saying. Ezek. xiil, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek xiv, 12. The word of the LORD came again to me, saying. the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xv, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xvi, 1. Again the word of Ezek. xvii, 1, 11. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xviii, 1. The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying. Ezek. xx, 45. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxi, 1, 8, 18. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying. Ezek. xxii, 1, 17, 23. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxiii, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. Ezek. xxiv, 1, 15, 20. Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxv, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. Ezek. xxvi, 1. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the Ezek. xxvi, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. Ezek. xxviii, 1, 11, 20. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxix, 1, 17. In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. the LORD came again unto me, eleventh year, in the first month, saying. And it came to pass in the in the seventh day of the mouth, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxx, 1, 20. The word of Ezek. xxxi. 1. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxxii, 1,.17. And it came twelfth mouth, in the first day of to pass in the twelfth year, in the the mouth, that the word of the LORD caine unto me, saying. It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxxili,1, 23. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxxiv, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxxv, 1. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxxvi. 16. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xxxvii, 15. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. Ezek. xxxvii. 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. AMOS. Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was JONAH. |