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Pf. cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly blefs her Provifion, and will fatisfy her Poor with Bread.

Prov. iii. 9. Honour the Lord with thy Subftance, and with the firft Fruits of all thine Increase.

Ver. 10. So fhall thy Barns be filled with Plenty, and thy Preffes fhall burst out with new Wine.

x. 3. The Lord will not fuffer the Soul of the Righteous to famish. Prov. xiii. 25. The Righteous eateth to the Satisfying of his Soul, but the Belly of the Wicked shall want.

Ifa. xxxiii. 15. He that walketh righteously, Bread fhall be given him, and his Waters fhall be fure. Ver. 16.

lxv. 13. Behold my Servants fhall eat but ye fhall be hungry, behold my Servants fhall drink but ye shall be thirsty.

Ver. 21. They shall build Houses and inhabit them, and they shall plant Vineyards, and eat the Fruit of them.

Ver. 22. They shall not build and another inhabit, they shall not plant, and another eat, for as the Days of a Tree are the Days of my People, and mine Elect shall long enjoy the Work of their Hands.

Ver. 23. They fhall not labour in vain, nor bring forth Trouble, for they are the Seed of the bleffed of the Lord, and their Offspring with them.

Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will fave you from your Uncleanneffes, I will call for the Corn and will encrease it.

Ver. 30. And I will multiply the Fruit of the Tree, and the Encrease of the Field.

Joel ii. 19. I will fend you Corn and Wine. Hof. 2. 22.

Ver. 26. Ye fhall eat in Plenty and be fatisfied. See Zech. 9. 17. See Ifaac's Bleffing to his Sons, confifting chiefly, Zech. 8. 12. Of the Fruits of the Earth. Gen. 27. 28. 37. 39. See Acts 14. 17. See Promises to Obedience.

Deliverance from Famine.

218. Deliverance from Famine. Job v. 20. In Famine he shall redeem thee from Death.

Ver. 22. At Destruction and Famine thou fhalt laugh.

Pf. xxxiii. 18. Behold the Eye of the Lord is on them that fear him, in them that hope in his Mercy.

Ver. 19. To deliver their Soul from Death, and to keep them alive in Famine.

xxxvii. 19. They shall not be afhamed in the evil Time, and in the Days of Famine they fhall be ftisfied.

cvii. 9. He fatisfieth the longing Soul, and filleth the hungry Soul with Goodness.

Pf. cxlvi. 7. Which giveth Food to the Hungry. Ver. 7.

Ifa. xli. 17. When the Poor and Needy feek Water, and there is none, and their Tongue faileth for Thirft, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forfake them.

Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will call for the Corn and will encrease it, and will lay no Famine upon you.

Ver. 30. Ye hall receive no more Reproach of Famine among the Heathen.

Hab. iii. 17. Though the Fig-tree fhall not bloffom, neither shall Fruit be in the Vines, the Labour of the Olive shall fail, and the Fields

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shall yield no Meat, the Flock shall be cut off from the Fold, and there shall be no Herd in the Stalls.

Hab iii. 18. Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my Salvation.

Matt. iv. 4. Man fhall not live by Bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the Mouth of God,

Spiritual Riches.

219. Not earthly, but fpiritual Riches, or the Interefts of the Soul, the chief Object of a wife Man's Defires and Purfuits. Pf. xxxvii. 16. A little that righteous Man hath is better than the Treasures of many

Wicked.

Prov. xv. 6. Better is a little with the Fear of the Lord, than great Treafures and Trouble therewith.

xxiii. 4. Labour not to be Rich.

Jer xlv. 5. Seekest thou great Things for thyself? seek them not, Matt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what Things ye have need of. Ver 9. After this Manner pray ye,

Ver. 11. Give us this Day our daily Bread.

Ver. 19. Lay not up for yourselves Treasures on Earth, &c.
Ver. 20. But lay up for yourfelves Treasures in Heaven.
Ver. 24. Ye cannot ferve God and Mammon.

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Ver. 25. Therefore take no thought for your Life, what ye shall eat or what ye fhall drink, nor yet for your Body what fhall ye not the Life more than Meat, and the Body more than Raiment ? Matt. vi. 26. Behold the Fowls of the Air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into Barns, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them; are ye not much better than they?

Ver. 27. Which of you by taking Thought can add one Cubit to his Stature.

Ver. 31. Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have Need of all thefe Things

Ver. 33. But feek ye firft the Kingdom of God and his Righteouf nefs, and all these things fhall be added unto you.

Ver.34 Take therefore no Thought for the Morrow, for the Morrow hall take Thought for the things of itself; fufficient unto the Day is the Evil thereof. Luke 12. 21. to 35.

Luke x. 41. Jefus faid, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many Things; but one I hing is needful, and Mary hath chofen that better Part that shall not be taken away from her.

xxi. 34. Take Heed left your Hearts overcharged with the Cares of this Life, and fo that Day come upon you unawares

John vi. 27. Labour not for the Meat that peritheth, but for that Meat which endureth unto everlafting Life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you.

1 Cor. iii. 22. All Things are yours. 2 Cor. 8. 9. Our Lord Jefus Chrift though he was rich, for your Sakes became poor, that ye through his Poverty might be rich,

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for Nothing, but in every thing by Prayer and Supplication, let your Requefts be made known to God. 1 Cor. 7.31.32. Col. iii.. Seek thofe Things which are above, where Chrift fitteth on the right Hand of God,

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Col. iii. 2. Set your Affection on Things above not on Things on the Earth.

Jam. i. 10. Let the Rich rejoice that he is made low.

ii. 5. Hath not God chofen the Poor of this World rich in Faith, and Heirs of the Kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him.

1 Pet. v. 6. Cafting all your Care upon God, for he careth for you. Pf. 55. 22.

1 John ii. 15. Love not the World, neither the Things that are in the World, if any Man love the World, the Love of the Father is not in him.

1 John v. 4. Whofoever is born of God overcometh the World. See 2 Cor. 9. 8. 10.

220. Raiment Promised. Matt. vi. 25. Is not the Body more than Raiment ?

Ver. 28. Why take ye Thought for Raiment ? confider the Lilies of the Field, they toil not neither do they spin.

Ver. 29. And yet I fay unto you, that even Solomon in all his Glory, was not arrayed like one of these.

Ver. 30. Wherefore if God fo clothe the Grafs of the Field which to Day is and to Morrow is caft into the Oven, fhall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little Faith?-Clothes miraculously supplied to Adam and Eve. Gen. 3. 21. To the Jews in the Wilderness. Deut. 8. 4. Neh. 9. 21. A Gourd for Jonas. Jonah 4. 6.

221. Supports of Life miraculously supplied to the Jews. Exod. xvi. 13, 14, 15. Quails and Manna.

Deut. viii. 3. The Lord thy God fed thee with Manna, that he might make thee know, that Man doth not live by Bread only, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the Mouth of the Lord, doth Man live. Neh. 9. 21. Matt. 4. 4.

1 Kings xvii. 6. The Ravens brought to Elijah Bread and Flesh in the Morning, and Bread and Flesh in the Evening.

Ver. 14. Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, the Barrel of Meal shall not waste, neither fhall the Cruse of Oil fail until the Day that the Lord fendeth Rain upon the Earth.

Ver. 16. The Barrel of Meal wafted not, neither did the Crufe of Oil fail, according to the Word of the Lord.

Mark vi. 43. Chrift feeds five Thousand with five Loaves.

viii. 8. Chrift feeds four Thousand with feven Loaves.

John ii. 8. Chrift turns Water into Wine. See Contentment, Submillion, and Refignation.

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CHA P. XVIII.

Of Repentance.

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Matt. iii. 1. John the Baptift came preaching and faying,

repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, "Acts 13. 24.-19. 4.

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Matt. ii. 8. Bring forth Fruits meet for Repentance.

Ver. 10. The Ax is laid unto the Root of the Tree, every Tree which bringeth not forth good Fruit is hewn down and caft into the Fire.

iv. 17. Jefus began to preach, and fay, repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

ix. 13. Jefus faid, I came to call Sinners to Repentance, Mark 2. 17. Mark vi. 12. The Disciples being fent forth by Chrift, preached that Men should repent, Ver 7.

Acts xx. 21. Paul faid, I taught, testifying both to the Jews, and alfo to the Greeks, Repentance toward God, and Faith toward our Lord Jefus Christ.

xxvi. 20. I fhewed first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do Works meet for Repen See above, Matt. 3. 8.

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2. The Duty of Repentance enforced by Threatenings in the New Teftament. Matt. 11. 20. Then began Jefus to upbraid the Cities wherein moft of his mighty Works were done, because they repented not.

Ver. 21. Saying, Wo unto thee Chorazin, Wo unto thee Bethfaida, for if the mighty Works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in Sackcloth and Ashes.

Ver. 22. But I fay unto you, it fhall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Day of Judgment, than for you. Ver. 23. See Caperna um threatened, Ver. 24.

xii. 41. The Men of Nineveh shall rife in Judgment with this Generation, and shall condemn it, because they repented at the Preaching of Jonas, and behold a greater than Jonas is here, Luke 11. 32. Compare Jonah 3.5.

xxi. 31. The Publicans and Harlots go into the Kingdom of God before you.

Ver. 32. For John came to you in the Way of Righteousness, and ye believed him not, but the Publicans and Harlots believed him, and ye repented not.

Acts xvii 30. The Times of Ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all Men every where to repent.

Rev. ii. 5. Remember from whence thou art fallen and repent. I will come and remove thy Candlestick, except thou repent. See Ver. 16. 21. Ch. 3. 3.-9. 20.—16. 9.

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3. The Duty of Repentance encouraged by Promifes in the New Teftament. John. xxiv. 46. It behoved Chrift to fuffer, and to rife from the Dead, that Repentance and Remiffion of Sins fhould be preached in his Name among all Nations.

Acts ii 38. Repent and be baptifed, in the Name of the Lord Jefus Chrift for the Remiffion of Sins, and ye fhall receive the Holy Ghost. iii. 19. Repent and be converted, that your Sins may be blotted

out.

viii. 22. Repent of this thy Wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the Thoughts of thine Heart may be forgiven thee.

4 l'romises to thofe that return to God. Ďeut. iv. 30. When thou art in Tribulation, and all thefe Things are come upon thee, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and all be obedient to his Voice,

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Deut. iv. 31. He will not forfake thee, Ch. 30. 1. to 10. 2 Chron. 15. 4.

1 Sam. vii. 3. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your Hearts, and prepare your Hearts unto the Lord, and ferve him only, he will deliver you, 1 Kings 8. 33. to 38. 48. 49. 2 Chron. 6. 37. Neh. 9. 33.

Pf. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 5. 15.

Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Almighty thou shalt be built up. Ifa. lv. 7. Let the Wicked forfake his Way, and the Unrighteous Man his Thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have Mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backfliding Ifrael, faith the Lord, and I will not cause mine Anger to fall upon you, Ver. 1. 10. 14.

Ver. 22. Return and I will heal your Backflidings, Ch. 4. 1.15. 19.

xviii. 7. At what Instant I fhall fpeak concerning a Nation, and concerning a Kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to deftroy. Ver. 8. If that Nation turn from their Evil, I will repent of the Evil that I thought to do unto them, Ch. 26. 2, 3.-36. 3.

Ezek. 18. 21. If the Wicked will turn from all his Sins that he hath committed, and keep all my Statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Ver. 22. They fhall not be mentioned unto him, in his Righteousness that he hath done he fhall live.

Ver. 23. Have I any Pleasure at all that the Wicked shall die? faith the Lord God, and not that he should return from his Ways and live, Ver. 27, 28.

Ver. 30. Repent and turn from all your Tranfgreffions, fo Iniquity fhall not be your Ruin.

Ver. 32. For I have no Pleasure in the Death of him that dieth, faith the Lord God, wherefore turn and live.

xxxiii. 11. As I live, faith the Lord God, I have no Pleafure in the Death of the Wicked, but that the Wicked turn from his Way and live. Turn turn ye, ye, from your evil Ways, for why will ye die, O House of Ifrael? Ver. 14. 19. 2 Pet. 3. 9.

Hof. vi. 1. Let us return unto the Lord, for he hath torn, and he will heal us, he hath fmitten and he will bind us up, Lam. 3. 40.

Hof. xiv. 1, 2. O Ifrael, return unto the Lord, for thou haft fallen by thine Iniquity, take with you Words, and fay unto him, take away all our Iniquities and receive us graciously.

Ver. 7. I will heal their Backflidings, I will love them freely, faith the Lord, Ch. 12. 6.

Joel iii. 12. Therefore alfo, now faith the Lord, turn ye even to me, with all your Heart, and with Fafting, and with Weeping, and with Mourning,

Ver. 13. And rent your Hearts and not your Garments, and turn unto the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, flow to Anger, and of great Kindness, and repenteth him of the Evil,

Zech. i. 3. Thus faith the Lord of Hofts, turn ye unto me, and I will turn unto you, Mal. 3. 7.

ix. 12. Turn to the ftrong Hold, ye Prifoners of Hope.

5. Remarkable Inftances of penitent returning Sinners obtaining Mercy. 2 Chron. xv. 4. When they in their Trouble did turn unto the Lord

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