20 And when thy Son afketh thee in time to come, faying, What mean the TESTIMONIES, and the STATUTES, and the JUDGMENTS which the LORD your God hath commanded you? 21 Then thou fhalt fay unto thy Son, We were Pharaoh's BOND-MEN in Egypt, and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty Hand. 22 And the LORD fhewed Signs and Wonders, great and fore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his Houfhold, before our Eyes. 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these Statutes, to FEAR the LORD OUR GOD, for our GooD always. 25 And it fhall be our RIGHTEOUSNESS, if we obferve to do all thefe COMMANDMENTS, before the LORD our GOD, as he hath commanded us. CHAP. VII. All Communion with the Nations forbidden, 4 for fear of Idolatry. Ver. 1 HEN the LORD thy GOD fhall bring thee into the Land whither thou goeft to poffefs it, and hath caft out many Nations before thee, feven Nations greater and mightier than thou: 2 Thou fhalt make no Covenant with them, nor fhew Mercy unto them: 3 Neither fhalt thou make Marriages with them; 4 For they will turn away thy Son from following me, that they may ferve other Gods: fo will the Anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and deftroy thee fuddenly. 5 But thus fhall ye deal with them; ye fhall deftroy their Altars, and break down their Images, and cut down their Groves, and burn their graven Images with Fire. 6 For thou art a HOLY People unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chofen thee to be a fpecial People unto himself, above all People that are upon the Face of the Earth. 7 The LORD did not fet his Love upon you, nor chuse you, because ye were more in number than any People (for ye were the feweft of all People) 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the Oath which he had fworn unto your Fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty Hand, and re deemed deemed you out of the House of Bond-men, from the Hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy GOD, he is GOD, the FAITFUL GOD, which keepeth COVENANT and MERCY with them that LOVE HIM, and keep his COMMANDMENTS, to a thoufand Generations; 10 P And REPAYETH them that HATE him, to their Face, to destroy them he will not be flack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his Face. II Thou shalt therefore keep the Commandments and the Statutes, and the Judgments, which I command thee this Day to do them. 12 Wherefore it fhall come to pafs, if ye hearken to thefe Judgments, and keep and do them; that the LORD thy GOD fhall keep unto thee the Covenant and the Mercy, which he sware unto thy Fathers. 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee he will alfo blefs the Fruit of thy Womb, and the Fruit of thy Land, thy Corn, and thy Wine, and thine Oil, the Increase of thy Kine, and the Flocks of thy, Sheep, in the Land which he fware unto thy Fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be bleffed above all People: there fhall not be Male or Female bar ren among you, or among your Cattle. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all SICK NESS, and will put none of Rom ii. 2 But we are fure that the JUDGMENT of GOD is according to TRUTH, against them which commit fuch Things. 3 And thinkeft thou this, O Man, that judgeft them which do uch Things, and doeft the fame, that thou shalt ESCAPE the JUDGMENT of GOD? 4 Or DESPISEST thou the RICHES of his GOODNESS, and FORBEARANCE, and LONG SUFFERING, not knowing that the GOODNESS of GOD LEADETH thee to REPENTANCE? 's But after thy Hardness and IMPENITENT HEART, treasureft up unto thy(elf WRATH against the DAY of WRATH, and Revelation of the RIGH TEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD; 6 Who will RENDER to every Man according to his DEEDS: 7 To them, who by PATIENT CONTINUANCE in WELL-DOING, feek for GLORY, and HONOUR, and IMMORTA LITY, ETERNAL LIFE: 8 But unto them that are conten tious and do NOT OBEY the TRUTH, but obey UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, INDIGNA TION, and WRATH; 9 TRIBULATION and ANGUISH uроп every SouL of Man that doeth EVIL, of the Jaw firft, and alfo of the GENTILE. 10 But GLORY, HONOUR, and PEACE to every Man that wORKETH GOOD, to the Jew fiift, and alfo to the Gen tile. 11 For there is no RESPECT of PERSONS with GOD. be REVEALED from Heaven with his 2 Theff. i. 7 The LORD JESUS fhall MIGHTY ANGELS, 8 In FLAMING FIRE, taking VENGRANCE on them that KNOW NOT GOD, and that OBEY NOT the GOSPEL of our LORD JESUS CHRIST : 9 Who fhall be punished with r VERLASTING DESTRUCTION from the PRESENCE of the LORD, and from the GLORY of his POWER; the the evil DISEASES of Egypt upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. To When he fhall come to be GLORIFIED in his SAINTS, and to be AD MIRED in all them that BELIEVE. 17 If thou fhalt fay in thine Heart, Thefe Nations are more than I, how can I difpoffefs them? 18 Thou shalt not be AFRAID of them: but shalt 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 stretched 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 themselves. 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 fhall deliver their Kings into thine Hand, and thou fhalt deftroy their Name from under Heaven: there fhall no Man be able to ftand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 The graven Images of their Gods fhall ye burn with Fire: thou fhalt 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. CHAP. VIII. 1 An Exhortation to Obedience in regard of GOD's dealing with them. Ver. 1 LL the COMMANDMENTS which I command 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 remember all the Way which the LORD thy GOD led thee thefe forty Years in the Wilderness, to HUMBLE thee, and to PROVE thee, to know what was in thine HEART, whether thou wouldest KEEP his COM MANDMENTS or no. in the HIGH and HOLY PLACE; With him alfo that is of a CONTRITE and HUMBLE SPIRIT. TO REVIVE the SPIRIT of the HUMBLE, and to revive the Heart of the CONTRITE Ones James iv. 10 HUMBLE yourselves in the fight of the LORD, and he shall LIFT YOU UP. ↑ Pial. cxxxix 1 O LORD, thou bast SEARCHED me, and known me. 2 Thou knoweft my down-fitting, and mine up rifing, thou understandeft my THOUGHT afar off. 3 Thou compafleft my Path, and my lying down, and art ACQUAINTED with all my WAYS. 4 For there is not a WORD in mŷ 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: bút a'l 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 TEMP TATIONS; 3 Knowing this, that the TRYING of your FAITH worketh PATIENCE. 3 r 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 thatft after RIGHTEOUSNESS: for they fhall be filled. Rev. vii. 16 They fhall HUNGER No more, neither thirt any more. neither fhall the Sun light on them, nor any Heat. 17 For the LAMB which is in the micft of the THRONE fhall FEED them, and fhall LFAD them unto LIVING FOUNTAINS of Waters: and GOD fhall WIPE away all TEARS from their Eyes. ↑ John vi. 48 JESUS said, I am that BREAD of LIFE. 49 Your Fathers did eat MANNA in the Wildeinefs, and are dead. so This is the BREAD which co 4 Thy Raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy Foot fwell thefe forty METH down from HEAVEN, that a Years. Man may eat thereof, and NOT DIE. SI I am the LIVING BREAD, which came down from Heaven: if any Man eat of this Bread, he hall LIVE for EVER and the Bread that I will give, is my Fleth, which I will give for the LIFE of the WORLD. Rei. 17 To him that OVERCOMETH will I give to eat of the HIDDEN MANNA. 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. Pfal. cxxxviii. 2 Thou haft magnified thy WORD above all thy Name. Rom. 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 shalt confets with thy Mouth the LORD JESUS, and fhalt BELIEVE in thine Heart, that God hath raised 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, Whofoever BELIEVETH on him, fhall not be afhamed. Pfal. cxix. 11 Thy WORD have I hid in mine Heart, that I might not fia against thee. 140 Thy WORD is very pure, therefore thy Servant loveth it. 161 My Heart ftandeth in Awe of thy WORD. John 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, becaufe 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 F efh is as Grats, 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 Gofpel is preached unto you. 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 pa's away. 5 Thou shalt alfo confider in thine Heart, that as a Man chaftneth his Son, fo the LORD thy GOD CHASTNETH thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt 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 fcourgeth 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 if 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 Flesh, which correâed us, and we gave them Reverence : fhall not we much rather be in SUB JECTION unto the FATHER of SPIRITS, and LIVE? 10 For they verily for a few Days chaftned us after their own Fleature; 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 GRIvous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceabe Fruit of RIGHTEOUS |