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Ver. 22. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace.

John v. 39. Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.

Mark iv. 14. Unto you that hear, shall more be given.

Ver. 25. For he that hath, to him shall be given : and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

Rom. i. 16. The gospel of Christ is the power of GOD unto falvation, to every one that believeth.

Rom. x. 17. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of GOD.

1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased GOD by the foolishness of preaching, to save them that believe.

Jam. i. 21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to fave your fouls.

2 Pet. i. 19. We have also a more fure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light shining in a dark place until the day dawn, and the day-star arife in your hearts.

Rev. i. 3. Blessed be he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.

2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wife unto salvation, through faith which is in Chrift Jefus.

Heb. iv. 12. For the word of GOD is quick and powerful, and harper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the foul and fpirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a difcerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Pf. xix. 7. The law of the LORD is perfect, converting

verting the foul; the teftimony of the LORD is fure, making wife the fimple.

Ver. 8. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ver. 11. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward. Ps. cxix. 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Ver. 130. The entrance of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Prov. vi. 23. The commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.

Loving the Word.

Ps. cxix. 165. Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them. Blessed is the man that feareth the delighteth greatly in his command

Ps. cxii. 1. LORD, that

ments.

1 Pet. ii. 2. As new-born babes, defire the fincere milk of the word,

that ye may grow thereby.

Prov. xiii. 13. He that feareth Trembling at the the commandment, shall be reWord.

warded.

If. lxvi. 2. To this man will I loook, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite fpirit, and trembleth at my word.

XI. TO MEDITATION.

Deut. xi. 18. Ye shall lay up these words in your heart, and in your foul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes;

Ver. 21. That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD LORD fwear unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

Josh. i. 8. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayeft obferve to do according to all that is written therein: For then shalt thou make thy way profperous, and then thou shalt have good fuccefs.

Pf. cxix. 9. Wherewith shall a young man cleanfe his ways? By taking heed thereto, according to thy

word.

Pf. xxxvii. 31. The law of GOD is in his heart; none of his steps-shall flide. Pf. i. 2. His delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Ver. 3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his feafon: His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth fhall profper.

Pf. lxiii. 5. My foul shall be fatisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;

Ver. 6. When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

Pf. ciii. 17. The mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting, upon them that fear him ; and his righteousness to children's children:

Ver. 10. To fuch as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Prov. iv. 26. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established (or, All thy ways shall be ordered aright.)

Prov. xiv. 22. Mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

If. lxiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways.

XII. TO FASTING.

Joel ii. 15. Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a folemn assembly.

Ver. 16. Gather the people; fanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, and those that fuck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her clofet.

Ver. 17. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them fay, Spare thy people, O LORD, &c.

Ver. 18. Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

Fafting in Secret.

Matth. vi. 17. Thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face:

Ver. 18. That thou appear not to men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in fecret: And thy Father which feeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

XIII. To BAPTISM.

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, fhall be faved.

Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remiffion of fins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts xxii. 16. Arife, and be baptized, and wash away thy fins, calling upon the name of the LORD. Rom. vi. 3. Know ye not, that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death.

Ver. 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even fo we also should walk in newness of life.

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1 Cor. xii. 13. By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free.

Gal. iii. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.

Col. ii. 12. Buried with him in baptifm, wherein also you are rifen with him through the faith of the operation of GOD, who hath raised him from the dead.

1 Pet. iii. 20. Wherein (i. e. the ark) few, that is, eight fouls, were saved by water.

Ver. 21. The like figure whereunto even baptifm doth alfo now fave us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good confcience towards GOD) by the refurrection of Jesus Christ..

XIV. To the LORD'S SUPPER.

Matth. xxvi. 26. Jesus took bread, and bleffed it, and brake it, and gave it to the difciples, and faid, Take, eat; this is my body.

Ver. 27. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, faying, Drink ye all of it :

Ver. 28. For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many, for the remiffion of

fins.

1 Cor. x. 16. The cup of bleffing, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Chrift ?

1 Cor. xii. 13. We have been all made to drink into one fpirit.

John vi. 54.

* Whofo eateth my flesh, and drink

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* Though this be a figurative expression of faith in Chrift's death, yet it. is applicable to the particular exercise of it at the Lord's table.

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