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TURN to the LORD thy GOD, he is, and that he is a REWARDER and fhalt be obedient unto his of them that DILIGENTLY SEEK Voice.

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31 (For the LORD thy GOD is a MERCIFUL GOD) he will not FORSAKE thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the COVENANT of thy Fathers which he fware unto them. 32 n For afk now of the " 1sa lxiv. 1 Oh that thou wouldst Days that are paft, which RENT the HEAVENS, that thou wouldft were before thee, fince the COME DOWN, that the Mountains might flow down at thy Pretence, Day that GoD created Man upon the Earth, and afk from the one fide of Heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any fuch thing as this GREAT THING is, or hath been HEARD like it.

33 Did ever People HEAR the VOICE of GOD fpeaking out of the midft of the FIRE, as thou hast heard, and LIVE?

34 Or hath GOD affayed to go and take him a NATION from the midst of another Nation, by TEMPTATIONS, by SIGNS, and by WONDERS, and by WAR, and by a MIGHTY HAND, and by a ftretched out Arm, and by great TERRORS, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your Eyes?

35 Unto thee it was fhewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is GOD; there is none clfe befides him.

36 Out of Heaven he made thee to hear his Voice, that he might infruct thee, and upon Earth he fhewed thee his great Fire, and thou

2 As when the melting FIRE burneth, the FIRE caufeth the Waters to boyl, to make thy NAME known to thine Adverfaries, that the NATIONS may TREMBLE at thy PRESENCE.

3 When thou didst TERRIBLETHINGS,

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MEST DOWN, the MOUNTAINS FLOWED down at thy PRESENCE

4 For fince the BEGINNING of the WORLD MEN have not heard not PFR

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Es bef. i. 3 Bleffed be the God and
Father of our LORD JESUS CHRIST,
who hath bleffed us with all SPIRITUAL
BLESSINGS in HEAVENLY PLACES in
CHRIST.

4 According as he hath CHOSEN US in him, before the FOUNDATION of

the WORLD, that we fhould be holy, and without Blame before him in Love.

the ADOPTION of Children by Jesus s Having Fredefinated us unto CHRIST to himself, according to the good Pleafure of his Will.

6 To the Praife of the GLORY of

his GRACE wherein he hath made us

accepted in the Beloved :

7 In whom we have Redemption through his B100D, the FORGIVENESS OF SINS, according to the Riches of his Grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded to wards us in all Wisdom and Phudence,

9.Having made known unto us the MYSTERY of his Will, according to his good Fleasure, which he hath purpofed in himself.

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heardeft his Words out of the ther together in one all Things in CHRIST, both which are in Heaven, and which are on Earth, even in him:

37 And because he loved thy Fathers, therefore he chofe their Seed after them, and brought thee out in his Sight with his mighty Power out of Egypt:

38 To drive out Nations from before thee GREATER and MIGHTIER than thou art, to bring thee in to give thee their Land for an Inheritance, as it is this Day.

39 Know therefore this Day, and confider it in thine Heart, that the LORD he is GOD in Heaven above, and upon the Earth beneath: there is none else..

40 Thou shalt keep therefore his Statutes, and his Commandments which Icommand thee this Day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy Children after thee, and that thou mayeft prolong thy Days upon the Earth, which the LORD thy GOD giveth thee for ever.

Ephe. ii. 4 But GoD who is rich in he loved us,

II In whom alfo we have obtained according to the Purpofe of him who an INHERITANCE, being predeftinated Worketh all Things after the Counfel of his own Will.

12 That we fhould be to the PRAISE of his GLORY, who first TRUSTED in CHRIST.

17 That the GOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the Father of Glory, may give unto you the Spirit of Wi'dom and Revelation, in the Knowledge of

him:

18 The EYES of your UNDERSTANDING being enlightned; that ye may know what is the HOPE of his CAL1ING, and what the Riches of the

GLORY of his INHERITANCE in the
SAINTS.

19 And what is the EXCEEDING GREATNESS of his PowER to us waid

who BELIEVE, according to the WORK

ING of his MIGHTY POWER;

20 Which he wrought in CHRIST when he RAISED him from the Dead,

and fet him at his own Right Hand in the heavenly Places,

21 Far above all PRINCIPALITY, and POWER, and MIGHT and DOMINION,

and every NAME that is named, not only in this WORLD, but also in that

which is to COME:

22 And hath put all Things under his FEET, and gave him to be the HEAD Over all Things to the Church,

23 Which is his Body, the Fulnefs of him that filleth all in all. Mercy, for his GREAT LOVE wherewith

s Even when we were dead in Sins, hath QUICKNED us together with CHRIST, (by GRACE ye are SAVED)

6 And hath raifed us up together, and made us fit together in HEAVENLY PLACES in CHRIST JESUS.

7 That in the AGES to come he might fhew the EXCEEDING RICHES of his GRACE, in his Kindnefs towards us. through CHRIST JESUS

8 For by GRACE are ye faved, through FAITH; and that not of your SELVES: it is the GIFT of GOD:

9 Not of WORKS, left any Man fhould BOAST:

To For we are his WORKMANSHIP, CREATED in CHRIST JEsus unto GOOD WORKS, which God hath before ordained that we fhould WALK in them. II Wherefore remember that ye being in time palled GENTILES in the FLESH, who are called Uncircumcifion by that which is called the Circumcifion in the Flesh made by Hands;

That at that Time ye were without CHRIST, being ALIENS from the

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Commonwealth of Ifrael, and STRANGERS from the COVENANTS of PROMISE, having no HOPE, and without GOD in the WORLD.

13 But now in CHRIST JESUS, ye who fometimes were far off, are made NIGH by the Blood of CHRIST

14 For he is our PEACE, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle Wall of Partition between us;

15 Having abolished in his Flesh the Enmity, even the Law of Commandments contained in ORDINANCES, for to make in himself, of twain, one new Man, so making Peace.

Ephef. iii. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all SAINTS, is this Grace given, that I fhould PREACH among the GENTILES the UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST.

9 And to make all Men fee, what is the Fellowship of the MYSTERY, which from the BEGINNING of the WORLD, hath been hid in GoD, who CREATED ALL THINGS by JESUS CHRIST.

to To the INTENT that now unto the PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS in heavenly Places might be known by the Church the manitold Wisdom of GOD. II According to the eternal Purpose which he PURPOSED in CHRIST JESUS Our LORD:

12 In whom we have Boldness and Access with Confidence by the Faith of him.

14 For this Caufe I bow my Knees unto the Father of our LORD JESUS CHRIST,

15 Of whom the whole FAMILY in Heaven and Earth is named,

16 That he would GRANT you according to the Riches of his Glory, to be STRENGTHNED with Might by his SPIRIT in the INNER MAN ;

17 That CHRIST may DWELL in your HEARTS by FAITH; that ye being rooted and grounded in Love,

18 May be able to COMPREHEND with all SAINTS, what is the BREADTH, and LENGTH, and DEPTH, and HEIGHT;

19 And to know the LOVE of CHRIST, which PASSETH KNOWLEDGE, that ye might be filled with all the FULNESS OF GOD.

Col. 1. 12 Giving Thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet to be Partakers of the INHERITANCE of the Saiots in LIGHT:

13 Who hath DELIVERED us from the PowER of DARKNESS, and hath 'TRANSLATED Us into the KINGDOM of his DEAR SON:

14 In whom we have REDEMPTION through his BLOOD, even the FORGIV ENESS of SINS.

15 Who is the IMAGE of the INVISIBLE GOD, the FIRST BORN of every Creature:

16 For by him were ALL THINGS CREATED that are in Heaven, and that are in Earth, VISIBLE and INVISIBLE, whether they be THRONES, or DOMINIONS, OF PRINCIPALITIES, OI POWERS: all Things were cleared by him, and for him.

17 And he is before all Things, and by him all Things confift.

1 John iii. 1 Behold, what manner of Love the FATHER hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the Sons of GoD: therefore the World knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

2 Beloved, now are we the Sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be. but we know, that when he fhall appear, we fhall be like him; for we fhall fee him as he is.

3 And every Man that hath this Hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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CHAP. V.

i The Covenant in Horeb. 6 The Ten Commandments. 22 At the Peoples Request Mofes receiveth the Law from GOD.

CH A P. VI.

1 The End of the Law is Obedience. 3 An Exhortation thereto.

Ver. 1

TOW thefe are the Commandments, the Statutes, 'N and the Judgments which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the Land whither ye go to poffefs it :

2 That thou mighteft fear the LORD thy GOD, to keep all his Statutes, and his Commandments which I command thee; thou and thy Son, and thy Son's Son, all the Days of thy Life, and that thy Days may be prolonged.

3 Hear therefore, O Ifrael, and obferve to do it, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD GOD of thy Fathers hath promised thee, in the Land that floweth with Milk and Honey.

4 Hear, O Ifrael, The LORD our GoD is one Lord. 5 And thou shalt love. THE LORD THY GOD with all thine HEART, and with all thy SOUL, and with all thy MIGHT.

• Luke & 25 A certain Lawyer Mafter, what fhall I do to inherit ftood up, and tempted JESUS, faying, ETERNAL LIFE?

6 And thefe Words which

I command thee this Day,

fhall be in thine Heart.

7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy CHILDREN, and fhalt TALK OF THEM when thou SITTEST IN THINE HOUSE, and when thou WALKEST BY THE WAY, and when thou LIEST pown, and when thou R1

SEST UP.

26 He faid unto him, What is WRITTEN in the LAW? how readeft thou?

27 And he answering, faid, Thou fhalt LOVE the LORD thy GOD with

all thy HEART, and with all thy SOUL,

and with all thy STRENGTH, and with all thy MIND; and thy NEIGHBOUR as THY SELF.

28 And he faid unto him, Thou haft ANSWERED RIGHT: this Do, and thou shalt LIVE.

1 Cor. xvi 22 If any Man love not the LORD JESUS CHRIST, let him be an ANATHEMA, MARAN-ATHA *.

2 Cor. v. 14 The Love of CHRIST CONSTRAINETH us, because we thus judge, that if one DIED for all, then were all DEAD:

* That is, Let him be accursed,

8 And thou shalt bind them for a Sign upon thine Hand, and they shall be as Frontlets between thine Eyes.

9 And thou fhalt write them upon the Potts of thy House, and on thy Gates.

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Zech. ix. 17 For how great is his GOODNESS, and how great is his BEAUTY?

Solomon's Song viii. 6 Set me as a Seal upon thine Heart, as a Seal upon thine Arm: for Love is STRONG AS DEATH

10 And it fhall be when the LORD thy GOD fhall have brought thee into the Land which he fware unto thy Fathers, to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly Cities which VED ME, to have 1 LOVED YOU: CONthou buildedit not,

11 And Houses full of all

good Things which thou filledft not, and Wells digged which thou diggedit not, Vineyards and Olive-trees which thou plantedft not, when thou fhalt have eaten and be full;

12 Then beware left thou forget the LORD the LORD which brought thee forth out of the Land of Egypt, from the House of Bondage.

7 MANY WATERS CANNOT QUENCH LOVE, NEITHER Can the FLOODS DROWN

IT.

John xv. 9 As the Father hath 10

TINUE ye in my Love

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10 If YE KEEP my COMMANDMENTS, ye fhall ABIDE in MY LOVE; even as

have kept my Father's Commandments, and abide in his Love than this, that a Man LAY DOWN his LIFE for his FRIENDS

13 GREATER LOVE hath no Man

14 Ye are my FRIENDS, if ye Do whatfoever I COMMAND you.

Pfal. Ixxiii 25 Whom have I in HEAVEN but THES? and there is none upon EARTH I DESIRE betides thee.

Pfal. xvi 11 Thou wilt fhew me

the PATH of LIFE: in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS of Joy, and at thy Right Hand there are PLEASURES for EVER MORE.

13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy Gop, and ferve him, and fhalt fwear by his Name. 14 Ye fhall not go after other Gods, of the Gods of the People which are round about you:

15 (For the LORD thy GOD is a JEALOUS GOD among you) left the Anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from the Face of the Earth.

16 Ye fhall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Maffah.

17 You fhall DILIGENTLY keep the COMMANDMENTS of the LORD your God, and his Teftimonies, and his Statutes which he hath commanded thee.

18 And thou fhalt do that which is right and good in the fight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayeft go in and poffefs the good Land which the LORD fware unto thy Fathers.

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