SELECTIONS FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, &c. 1. THE WORD OF GOD. SEARCH the Scriptures: for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.-JOHN v. 39. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.JOHN vi. 63. Deut. iv. 2-vi. 6-9—viii. 3—xi. 18-20-xxx. 11-15-xxxi. 12, 13-xxxii. 1, 2, 46, 47-xxxiii. 3—Josh. i. 8-Job xxii. 21, 22 -Psalm i. 2-xii. 6—xix. 7, 8, 10, 11–xxix. 4—xxxiii. 4—xxxvii. 31-xl. 8-cxi. 7, 8-cxix. 11, 15, 18, 24, 30, 40-48, 54, 72, 86, 89, 92, 93, 96-99, 103-105, 111, 113, 114, 127-131, 133, 135, 136, 138, 140, 151, 152, 159-162, 165, 167-Prov. iv. 20-22—vi. 22, 23-vii. 1-3-xiii. 13–xxx. 5, 6-Isaiah v. 24-viii, 20-xxix. 18-lv. 8-11-lix. 21-lxvi. 2-Jer. xv. 16-xx. 9-xxiii. 29— xxxi. 33-Ezek. ii. 7-iii. 10-Mic. ii. 7. Matt. iv. 4-v. 17, 18—xxii. 29–xxiv. 35—Mark ii. 2—iv. 3-9, 14-20-Luke iv. 16-22-x. 38, 39, 42-xvi. 16, 17—xxiv. 25-27, 32, 44, 45—John i. 4, 18—iv. 41, 42—v. 39—vi. 63, 68— vii. 46—viii. 31, 32, 47-xii. 48-50—xv. 22—xvii. 8, 17-Acts B viii. 27-35-xiii. 12—xvii. 2, 11-xviii. 11, 24, 26-28-xx. 27. 32 -xxi. 20-xxiv. 14-xxvi. 27-Rom. ii. 15—iii. 1, 2—vii. 12— x. 17—xv. 4—1 Cor. i. 18-20-Eph. vi. 17-Phil. ii. 16-Col. iii. 16-1 Thes. i. 5, 6-ii. 13-1 Tim. vi. 3, 4—2. Tim. i. 13— ii. 9, 15-iii. 15-17-Heb. i. 1-3—ii. 1-4—iv. 12—xi. 3—xii. 25— Jas. i. 18, 21-1 Pet. i. 23-25-ii. 2-2 Pet. i. 19-21-iii. 1, 2, 15, 16-1 John i. 1, 3, 4-ii. 7, 24—v. 9-11, 13-2 John 9Jude 3. 17-Rev. i. 3, 19—ii. 29—iii. 10—xix. 10–xxii. 7, 18, 19. Say, would'st thou live? this hallow'd page shall tell This book, this holy book, on every line POLLOK. O, how unlike the complex works of man, No clust'ring ornaments to clog the pile : Stand the soul-quick'ning words-Believe and live! COWPER. O child of sorrow, be it thine to know, Cowper. Son of God! to Thee I look, ! Wisdom from above impart, WESLEY. Great Prophet of Thy church, 'tis Thine My God! one lesson taught by Thee And now this blessed truth I see, I'll never leave Thy feet again. EAST. Father of all, in whom alone We live, and move, and breathe ; While in Thy Word we search for Thee, (We search with trembling awe) Open our eyes, and let us see The wonders of Thy law. Now let our darkness comprehend It is the one true light, That when all other lamps grow dim, Of One who knows us, and can best With what will make them blest. There age and sorrow love to go; And in her other hand she fast did hold A booke, that was both sign'd and seal'd with blood; Wherein dark things were write, hard to be understood. That of her heavenly learning he might taste, And heare the wisdom of her wordes divine, She then him taught celestiall discipline, And opened his dull eyes, that light might in them shine. And that her sacred booke, with blood ywritt, That none could reade except she did them teach, And heavenly documents thereout did preach And rayse againe to life the heart that she did thrill. |