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the evil DISEASES of Egypt upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

10 When he fhall come to be GLORIFIED in his SAINTS, and to be ADMIRED in all them that BELIEVE.

17 If thou shalt fay in thine Heart, Thefe Nations are more than I, how can I difpoffefs them?

18 Thou shalt not be AFRAID of them: but fhalt well remember what the LORD thy GOD did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

19 The great TEMPTATIONS which thine Eyes faw, and the SIGNS, and the WONDERS, and the MIGHTY Hand, and the ftretched out Arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: fo fhall the LORD thy GOD do unto all the People of whom thou art afraid.

20 Moreover, the LORD thy GOD will fend the HORNET among them, until they that are left and hide themfelves from thee, be destroyed.

21 Thou shall not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy GOD is AMONG you, a MIGHTY GOD, and TERRIBLE. 22 And the LORD thy GOD will put out those Nations before thee by little and little: thou mayeft not confume them at once, left the Beafts of the Field increase upon thee.

24 And he shall deliver their Kings into thine Hand, and thou shalt destroy their Name from under Heaven: there fhall no Man be able to stand before thee, until thou have deftroyed them.

25 The graven Images of their Gods fhall ye burn with Fire thou shalt not defire the Silver or Gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, left thou be fnared therein : for it is an Abomination to the LORD thy GOD.

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An Exhortation to Obedience in regard of God's dealing with them.

Ver. 1 ALL the COMMANDMENTS which I command. Ath the DM MAN PEMENTS to do, that ye may thee this Day fhall ye obferve to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and poffefs the Land which the LORD fware unto your Fathers.

29 And thou shalt remem- 9 Ifa. lvii. Is Thus faith the HIGH ber all the Way which the and LOFTY ONE that inhabiteth ETERLORD thy God led thee thefe, whofe Name is HOLY, I DWELL

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2 Thou knoweft my down-fitting, and mine up-rifing, thou understandeft my THOUGHT afar off.

3 Thou compafcft my Path, and my lying down, and art ACQUAINTED with all my WAYS.

4 For there is not a WORD in my TONGUE, but lo, O LORD, thou KNOWEST it altogether.

23 SEARCH me, O GOD, and know my Heart: TRY me, and know my THOUGHTS.

24 And fee if there be any wICKED WAY in me, and lead me in the WAY

EVERLASTING.

Heb. iv. 12 The Word of God is QUICK, and POWERFUL, and fharper than any two-edged Sword, piercing even to the dividing afunder of Soul and SPIRIT, and of the Joints and Marrow, and is a DISCERNER of the THOUGHTS and INTENTS of the HEART.

13 Neither is there any CREATURE that is not MANIFEST in his SIGHT: but all Things are NAKED, and opened unto the EYES of him with WHOM We have TO DO.

James i. 2 My Brethren, count it all Joy when ye fall into divers TempTATIONS;

3 Knowing this, that the TRYING of your FAITH Worketh PATIENCE.

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And he HUMBLED thee, and SUFFERED thee to * HUNGER, and fed thee with MANNA (which thou kneweft not, neither did thy Fathers know) 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.

Matth. v. 6 Bleffed are they which do HUNGER and thirst after

RIGHTEOUSNESS: for they fhail be filled.

Rev. vii. 16 They fhall HUNGER no more, neither thirit any more, nei

ther fhall the Sun light on them, nor any Heat.

17 For the LAMB which is in the midft of the THRONE fhall FEED them,

and fhall LEAD them unto LIVING
FOUNTAINS of Waters: and GOD fhall
WIPE away all TEARS from their
Eyes.

↑ John vi. 48 JESUS faid, I am that BREAD of LIFE.

4 Thy Raiment waxed not the Wilderness, and are dead. old upon thee, neither did thy Foot fwell thefe forty Years.

49 Your Fathers did eat MANNA in

so This is the BREAD which coMETH down from HEAVEN, that a Man may eat thereof, and Not die. 51 I am the LIVING BREAD which came down from Heaven: if any Man eat of this Bread. he fhall LIVE for VER and the Bread that I will give, is my Fleft, which I will give for the LIFE of the WORLD.

Rev. ii, 17 To him that OVERCOMETH will I give to eat of the HIDDEN MANNA

Marth

Matth. iv. 4 JESUS faid unto the Tempter, It is written, Man fhall not live by BREAD alone, but by every WORD that proceedeth out of the Mouth

of GOD

Pal cxxxviii 2 Thou haft magnified thy WORD above all thy Name. Rem. x. 8 The WORD is nigh thee, even in thy Mouth, and in thy Heart: that is the WORD of FAITH which we preach,

9 That if thou fhalt confefs with thy Mouth the LORD JESUS, and fhalt BELIEVE in thine Heart, that God hath railed him from the Dead, thou shalt be SAVED

10 For with the HEART Man BELIEVETH unto RIGHTEOUSNESS, and with the Mouth Confeffion is made unto SALVATION.

11 For the Scripture faith, Wholoever BELIEVETH on him, fhall not be afhamed.

Pal exix. 11 Thy WORD have I hid in mine Heart, that I might not fin against thee.

140 Thy WORD is very pure, therefore thy Servant loveth it.

161 My Heart ftandeth in Awe of thy WORD.

Foun xvii. 11 HOLY FATHER keep through thine own Name, those whom thou haft given me, that they may be one, as we are.

14 I have given them thy WORD; and the World hath hated them, because they are not of the World, even as I am not of the World.

17 Sanctify them through thy Truth: thy WORD IS TRUTH.

1 Per. i. 22 See that ye LOVE one another with a pure Heart fervently; 23 Being born again, not of corruptible Seed, but of incorruptible, by the WORD of GOD, which liveth and abideth for ever

24 For all Fiefh is as Grafs, and all the Glory of Man as the Flower of Grafs. The Grafs withereth, and the Flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the WORD of the LORD ENDURETH for EVER. And this is the WORD which by the Gospel is preached unto you.

1 Fer. ii, 2 As new-born Babes defire the fincere Milk of the WORD, that ye may grow thereby.

Matth. xxiv. 35 Heaven and Earth fhall pass away, but my WORD fhall not pass away.

Thou fhalt alfo confider in thine Heart, that as a Man chaftneth his Son, fo the LORD thy GOD CHASTNETH thee.

6 Therefore thou fhalt keep the Commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his Ways, and to fear him.

7 For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good Land, a Land of Brooks of Water, of Fountains, and Depths that fpring out of Valleys and Hills,

8 A Land of Wheat, and Barley, and Vines, and Fig

Heb. xii. 6 Whom the LORD 10veth, he CHASTNETH, and courgeth every Son whom he receiveth.

7 If ye endure chaftning, GOD dealeth with you as with Sons: for

what Son is he whom the Father CHASTNETH not?

8 But it ye be without CHASTISE MENT, whereof all are Partakers, then are ye Baftards, and not Sons.

9 Furthermore, we have had Fa

thers of our Flefh, which corrected us, and we gave them Reverence: fhall not we much rather be in Sua

JECTION unto the FATHER OF SPIRITS, and LIVE?

10 For they verily for a few Days chaftned us after their own Pleasure; but he for our Profit, that we might be Partakers of his HOLINESS

II Now no CHASTNING for the prefent feemeth to be joyous, but GRIE vous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceabe Fruit of RIGHTEOUS

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trees, and Pomegranates, a NESS unto them that are exercised Land of Oyl-olive, and Ho- thereby.

ney,

Pfal. xciv. 12 Bleffed is the Man whom thou CHASTNEST, O LORD, and teacheft him out of thy Law.

9 A Land wherein thou fhalt eat Bread without Scarcenefs, thou fhalt not lack any thing in it, a Land whofe Stones are IRON, and out of whofe Hills thou mayeft dig BRASS.

10 t When thou haft EATEN, and art full, then thou fhalt BLESS the LORD thy GOD, for the good Land which he hath given thee.

11 Beware that thou FORGET not the LORD thy GOD, in not keeping his COM

MANDMENTS,

12 Left when thou haft eaten and art full, and haft built goodly Houfes, and dwelt therein;

13 And when thy Herds and thy Flocks multiply, and thy Silver and thy Gold is multiplied, and all that thou haft is multiplied:

14 Then thine Heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy GOD (which brought thee forth out of the Land of Egypt, from the Houfe of Bondage;

15 Who led thee through that great and terrible Wildernefs, wherein were fiery Serpents, and Scorpions, and Drought, where there was no Water; who brought thee forth Water out of the Rock of Flint.

16 Who fed thee in the Wilderness with Manna, which thy Fathers knew not, that he might humble thee,

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5 Who fatisfieth thy MOUTH with GOOD THINGS: fo that thy Youth is renewed like the Eagles.

Pfal. civ. 14 He caufeth the Grafs to grow for the Cattle, and Herb for the Service of Man: that he may

bring forth Food out of the EARTH:

15 And Wine that maketh glad the Heart of Man, and Oyl to make his Face to fhine, and BREAD which STRENGTHNETH MAN'S HEART.

27 Thefe wait all upon thee: that thou mayeft give them their MEAT in due Seaton.

28 That thou giveft them, they gather thou openeft thine Hand, they are filled with Good

Fjal. xcii. 1 It is a good Thing to give THANKS unto the LORD, and to

fing PRAISES unto thy Name, O MOST HIGH:

2 To fhew forth thy LoVING KINDNESS in the Morning, and thy FAITHFULNESS every Night.

Pfal. cxv. 1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy Name give GLORY, for thy MERCY, and for thy TRUTH's Sake."

Pfal. cxix. 164 Seven times a Day do I praife thee.

Pfal. cxxxvi. 1 O give THANKS unto the LORD, for he is good: for his MERCY endureth for ever.

for his MERCY endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth Foop to all FLESH:

Theff. v. 18 In every thing give THANKS: for this is the WILL of

and

and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter End.)

17 And thou fay in thine Heart, My Power and the Might of my Hand hath gotten me this Wealth.

EAT, OF DRINK, or whatfoever ye do,

18 But thou fhalt remember the LORD thy GOD: for it is he that giveth thee POWER to get WEALTH, that he may establish his Covenant which he fware unto thy Fathers, as it is this Day.

19 And it fhall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy GOD, and walk after other Gods, and ferve them, and worship them, I teftify againit you this Day, that ye fhall furely perifh.

20 As the Nations which the LORD deftroyeth before your Face, fo fhall ye perifh: because ye would not be obedient unto the Voice of the LORD your GOD.

GOD in CHIST JESUs concerning you. word or Deed, do all in the Name Col. iii. 17 Whatsoever ye do in of the LORD JESUS, giving THANKS to Gop and the FATHER by him. GOD is good, and nothing to be re1 Tim. iv. 4 Every Creature of fused, if it be received with THANKS

GIVING.

1 Cor. x. 31 Whether therefore ye do all to the GLORY of GOD.

"Prov. X. 22 The BLESSING of the deth no Sorrow with it. LORD, it maketh RICH, and he ad

Hof. ii. 8 She did not know that I gave her CORN, and WINE, and OYL, and multiplied her SILVER and GOLD.

Pfal. cxxvii. 1 Except the LORD BUILD the Houfe, they LABOUR in VAIN that build it except the LORD keep the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain.

2 It is VAIN for you to RISE UP of SORROWS: for fo he giveth his Beearly, to fit up late, to eat the BREAD loved Sleep.

Pfal. ixxv. 6 Promotion cometh

neither from the Eaft, nor from the Weft, nor from the South.

7 But God is the JUDGR: he PUTTETH down one, and SETTETH up another.

Pfal. xxxvii. 16 A Little that a RIGHTEOUS Man hath, is better than the Riches of many WICKED.

22 For fuch as be bleffed of him, fhall INHERIT the Earth; and they that be curfed of him, fhall be cut off.

23 The STEPS of a good Man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his Way.

24 Though he fall, he fhall not be utterly caft down, for the LORD UPHOLDETH him with his Hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old: yet have I not feen the RIGHTEOUS forfaken, nor his Seed begging Bread.

34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his Way, and he fhall exalt thee to INHERIT the LAND: when the Wicked are cut off, thou shalt fee it.

Prev, xx 21 An Inheritance may be gotten HASTILY at the Beginning: but the END there of fhall NOT be BLESSED.

1 Tim. vi 17 Charge them that are rich in this World, that they be not high-minded, nor TRUST in UNCERTAIN RICHES, but in the LIVING GOD, who GIVETH US inly all THINGS to enjoy :

18 Tha. they do good, that they be RICH in GOOD WORKS, ready to diAtribute, willing to communicate;

19 Laying in ftore for themselves a good Foundation against the Time to come, that they may lay hold on ETERNAL LIFE.

James iv. 13 Go to now, ye that fay, To-day or To-morrow we will ga

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