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are three days. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place; and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

THE CHIEF BAKER. Gen. xl, 16-19. When the chlef baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head.

And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. And Joseph answered and said, This is the inbaskets are three days. Yet withterpretation thereof: The three in three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

unto Joseph, In my dream, be-
hold, I stood upon the bank of
the river: And, behold, there came
up out of the river seven kine,
fat-fleshed, and well-favoured;
and they fed in a meadow: And,
behold, seven other kine came up
after them, poor and very ill-fa-
voured and lean-fleshed, such as I
never saw in all the land of Egypt
for badness: And the lean and the
ill-favoured kine did eat up the
first seven fat kine. And when
they had eaten them up, it could
not be known that they had eaten
them; but they were still ill-fa-
voured, as at the beginning. So
I awoke. And I saw in my dream,
and, behold, seven ears came up in
one stalk, full and good: And, be-
blasted with the east wind, sprung
hold,seven ears, withered, thin and
up after them: And the thin ears
devoured the seven good ears.
And I told this unto the magi-
cians; but there was none that
could declare it to me. And Jo-

terpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

SOLOMON.

1 Kings iii, 5, 8-15. In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a bered nor counted for multitude. great people, that cannot be numGive therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. judge this thy so great a people? And God said unto him, Because

thou hast asked this thing. and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of

Gen. xl, 21, 22. And he restored seph said unto Pharaoh, The thine en mies; but hast asked for

the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: But he hang

ed the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Gen. xli, 11-13. And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. And there was there with us a to the captain of the guard; and young man, an Hebrew, servant we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams: to each man according to his dream he did interpret. And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

PHARAOH.

Gen. xli, 1--7 17-32. And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed; and, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favoured kine, and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-tavoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine, upon the brink of the river. And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he slept, and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. And the seven thin ears devoured the And seven rank and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. And Pharaoh said

dream of Pharaoh is one: God

hath shewed Pharaoh what he is
The seven good
about to do.
kine are seven years; and the
seven good ears are seven years:
the dream is one. And the seven

thin and ill-favoured kine that
came up after them, are seven
years; and the seven empty ears,
blasted with the east wind, shall
be seven years of famine. This is
uuto Pharaoh: What God is about
the thing which I have spoken
to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.
Behold, there come seven years
of great plenty throughout all the
land of Egypt: And there shal:
arise after them seven years of
famine; and all the plenty shall
be forgotten in the land of Egypt;
and the famine shall consume the
land; And the plenty shall not be
known in the land by reason of
that famine following, for it shall
be very grievous. And for that
the dream was doubled unto Pha-
raoh twice; it is because the thing
is established by God, and God
will shortly bring it to pass.

And when

thyself understanding to discern judgment; Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour: among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt so that there shall not be any walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. And So lomon awoke; and, behold, it was

a dream.

NEBUCHADNEZZAB.

Dan. ii, 1, 31--45. And in the second year of the reign of NeNebuchadnezzar buchadnezzar, dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep sawest, and behold a great image. brake from him. Thou, O king, This great image whose brightness was excellent, stood before MIDIANITE SOLDIER. thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image's head was Jud. vii, 13--15. Gideon was come, behold, there of fine gold, his breast and his was a man that told a dream unto arms of silver, his belly and his his fellow, and said, Behold, I thighs of brass, His legs of iron, dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake his feet part of iron and part ม stone was cut out without of barley bread tumbled into the of clay. Thou sawest till that host of Midian, and came uno a tent, and smote it that it fell, and hand-, which smote the image overturned it, that the tent lay upon his teet that were of iron along. And his fellow answered and clay, and brake them to and said, This is nothing else save pieces. Then was the iron, the the sword of Gideon the son of clay, the brass, the zilver, and the Joash, a man of Israel: for into gold, broken to pieces together, his hand hath God delivered an became like the chalf of the Midian, and all the host. And it summer thrashing-floors; and the was so, when Gideon heard the wind carried them away that ro telling of the dream, and the in-place was found for them; and 724

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the stone that smote the image visions of mine head in my bed: I became a great mountain, and saw. and behold a tree in the Alled the whole earth. Thou, midst of the earth, and the height O king, art a king of kings: thereof was great. The tree for the God of heaven hath given grew, and was strong, and the thee a kingdom, power, and height thereof reached unto heastrength, and glory. And where- ven, and the sight thereof to the Boever the children of men dwell, end of all the earth. The leaves the beasts of the field, and the thereof were fair, and the fruit fowls of the heaven, hath he given thereof much, and in it was meat into thine haud, and hath made for all: the beasts of the field had thee ruler over them all. Thou shadow under it, and the fowls of art this head of gold. And after the heaven dwelt in the boughs thee shall arise another kingdom thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. inferior to thee, and another third I saw in the visions of my head kingdom of brass, which shall upon my bed, and, behold, a bear rule over all the earth. And watcher and an holy one came the fourth kingdom shall be strong down from heaven: He cried as iron: forasmuch as iron break- aloud, and said thus. Hew down eth in pleces and subdueth all the tree, and cut off his branches, things; and as iron that breaketh shake off his leaves, and scatter all these, shall it break in pieces his fruit: let the beasts get away and bruise. And whereas thou from under it, and the fowls from Bawest the feet and toes, part of his branches: Nevertheless, leave potter's clay, and part of iron, the the stump of his roots in the king tom shall be divided; but earth, even with a band of iron there shall be in it of the strength and brass, in the tender grass of of the iron, forasmuch as thou the field; and let it be wet with Bawest the iron mixed with miry the dew of heaven, and let his Clay. And as the toes of the feet portion be with the beasts in the were part of iron, and part of clay; grass of the earth: Let his heart 80 the kingdom shall be parily be changed from man's, and let a strong, and partly broken. And beast's heart be given unto him; whereas thou sawest iron mixed and let seven times pass over with miry clay, they shall mingle him. This matter is by the dethemselves with the seed of men; cree of the watchers, and the but they shall not cleave one to demand by the word of the holy another, even as iron is not mixed ones; to the intent that the living with clay. And in the days of may know that the most High these kings shall the God of hea- ruleth in the kingdom of men, ven set up a kingdom, which shall and giveth it to whomsoever he never be destroyed: and the king-will, and setteth up over it the dom shall not be left to other basest of men. This dream I king people, but it shall break in pieces Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now and consume all these kingdoms, thou, O Belteshazzar, declare and it shall stand for ever. For- the interpretation thereof, forasasmuch as thou sawest that the much as all the wise men of my stone was cut out of the mountain kingdom are not able to make without hands, and that it brake known unto me the interpretation: in pieces the iron, the brass, the but thou art able; for the spirit of clay, the silver, and the gold; the the holy gods is in thee. Then great God hath made known to Daniel (whose name was Beltethe king what shall come to pass shazzar) was astonied fr one hereafter; and the dream is cer- hour, and his thoughts troubled tain, and the interpretation thereof him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream,

Bure.

Dan. iv, 4, 5, 10-24. I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. Thus were the

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the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was 125

strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatnes is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of hea-, ven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field till seven times pass over him; This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High which is come upon my lord the king.

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Ps. cxx, 6.7. My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace, I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

Ps. cxl, 1, 2. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man: Which imagine mischiefs in their heart: continually are they gathered together for war.

Prov. xil, 20. Decelt is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is

joy.

Ezek. vil, 25. Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

Amos i. 11. Thus saith the LORD. For three transgressions of Edom and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

Obad. 14. Neither shouldest thou have stood in the cross-way. to cut off those of his that did esc pe; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

Matth. xxiv, 6. And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must como to pass, but the end is not yet.

Mark xiii,7,8. And when ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall

WAR

be earthquakes in divers places,
and there shall be famines and
troubles: these are the beginnings
of sorrows.

Luke ill, 14. And the soldiers
likewise demanded of him, saying,
And what shall we do? And he

said unto them, Do violence to no
man, neither accuse any falsely;
and be content with your wages.

Luke xx1,9,10. But when ye shall
hear of wars and commotions, be
not terrified: for these things must
first come to pass; but the end is
not by and by. Then said he unto
them, Nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against king-
dom.

James iv, 1, 2. From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Josh. xi, 18. Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. Judges x1, 4. And it came to pass, in process of time, that the children of Ammoni made war against Israel.

2 Sam. iii, 1. Now there was
long war between the house of
Saul and the house of David: but
David waxed stronger and strong-
er, and the house of Saul waxed
weaker and weaker.

1 Kings xiv, 30. And there was
and
between Rehoboam
war
Jeroboam all their days.

1 Kings xv, 6, 16, 32. And there
was war between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all the days of his life.
And there was war between Asa
and Baasha king of Israel all their
days. And there was war be-
tween Asa and Baasha king of
Israel all their days.

1 Kings xxii, 30, 31, 33. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. And it came to pass, when the captains of 726

tne charlots perceived that it 1079 not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

1 Chron. v, 19. And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

2 Chron. xxviii, 9. But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out

before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

And

WAB FOR CONQUEST. Num. xxxii, 6, 7, 20-23. Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the And LORD hath given them? Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,And will go all of you armed over Jordan be fore the LORD, until he bath driven out his enemies from before him, And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.

Deut. ii, 24, 31. Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Silion the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Silion and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

Deut. iil, 18. And I commanded you at that time, saying. The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your bre thren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

Josh. i, 12--15. And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, Remember the word which Moses, the servant of

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Euphrates.

the LORD commanded you, say-lish his dominion by the river | ing, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour and help them; Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising.

AND SOMETIMES FOR SELF-DEFENCE AND FOR REVENGE.

Gen. xlix, 19. Gad, a troop shall Overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

Exod. xvil, 8 14.

king granted the Jews which were Esther vill, 11--13. Wherein the in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of would assault them both little ones the people and province that and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, Upon one day, in all the provinces of king Ahasu erus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. The copy of the writing, for a commandment, to be given in every province, was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

Jer. xlix, 14. I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an Then came ambassador is sent unto the hea

Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

Num. XXV, 16-18. And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Vex the Midianites, and smite them: For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

Num. xxxi. 1--3. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Milanites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

Deut. xxv, 17--19. Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

1 Chron. xviii, 3. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto llamath, as he went to stab

then, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up

to the battle.

Jer. 1, 14. 21. Put yourselves in about: all ye that bend the bow, array against Babylon round shoot at her, spare no arrows; for she hath sinned against the LORD. Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do accord ing to all that I have commanded thee.

Jer. 11, 27. Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz. . . .

Joel iii, 9. Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

RIOTS.

Exod. xxxii, 17, 18. And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

Isa. xxii, 2. Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a a joyslain with the sword, nor dead ous city: thy slain men are not in battle.

Acts xxi, 30. 31. And all the city was moved, and the people ran together, and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. 727

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief salem was in an uproar. captain of the band, that all Jeru

arose a great dissension, the chief Acts xxiii, 10. And when there captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to from among them, and to bring go down, and to take him by force him into the castle.

CIVIL WARS AND PANICS.

hundred blew the trumpets, and Judges vil, 22. And the three the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah. unto Tabbath.

Judges xii, 4. Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Gileadites are fugitives of EphEphraim, because they said, Ye among the Manussites. raim among the Ephraimites, and

1 Sam. xiv, 16, 20. And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

2 Chron. xx, 23. .... And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of S. ir, every one helped to destroy another

Isa. xix, 2. And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

unto me, A conspiracy is found Jer. xl, 9. And the LORD said among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jeru

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the LORD came upon him, and he Judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishashaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishahaim.

Jud. xi, 29. Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah,and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

1 Chr. v, 22. For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

2 Chr. xxi, 16. Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians

Isa. xxvi. 21. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Isa. xxxiv, 2, 3. For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be

melted with their blood.

Jer. xlvii, 5-7. Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be

it a charge against Ashkelon, and

take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Rev. xvi, 10. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

THE BLESSING OF PEACE.

Deut. ii, 5, 9, 16-19, 37. Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. And the LORD sid unto me. Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. So it came to pass, when all the

men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

1 Chr. xxii. 8. But the word of quiet. seeing the LORD hath given That the LORD spake unto me, the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and against the sea-snore? there hath through Ar. the coast of Moab,

hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

Job xix, 29. Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judg

ment.

Isa. ix, 11.12. Therefore the LORD

shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together. The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth.....

he appointed it.

Jer. xlviii, 10. Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Jer. 11, 49. As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain

of all the earth.

Ezek. xxxv, 5, 6. Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end. Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

Isa, xiil, 3--5. I have commanded my sanctifled ones, I have also called my mighty ones for nine anger, even them that reJoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Joel 11, 20. But I will remove like as of a great people; a tumul- far off from you the northern tuous noise of the kingdoms of army, and will drive him into a nations gathered together: the land barren and desolate, with his LORD of hosts mustereth the host face toward the east sea, and his of the battle. They come from a hinder part toward the utmost far country, from the end of hea-sea: an i his stink shall come up, ven, even the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isa. xiv, 5- 7. The LORD hath broken the st ff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into sing1.g.

isa. xvii, 14. And behold at evening-tide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

and his ill savour shall come up,
because he hath done great
things.

Nahum ill, 1, 2. Woe to the
bloody city! it is all full of lies and
robbery; the prey departeth not;
The noise of a whip, and the noise
of the rattling of the wheels, and
of the pranc.ng horses, and of the
jumping chariots.

Hab. ii, 10. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Matth. xxvi, 52. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that

saying, Thou art to pass over

this day: And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any pos-ession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbade us.

1 Kings xxii, 1, 44. And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

1 Chron. xix, 19. And when the

servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

2 Chron. xi, 3, 4. Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

2 Chron. XV, 19. And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

2 Chron. xvil, 10. And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat,

2 Chron. xviii, 16. Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon

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