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saith.

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4 Be ye merciful, and ye shall obtain mercy forgive, and ye shall be forgiven; as ye do, so shall it be done unto you; as ye give, so shall it be given unto you; as ye judge, so shall ye be judged; as ye are kind to others, so shall God be kind to you; with what measurc ye mete, with the same shall it be measured to you again.

5 By this command, and by these rules, let us establish ourselves, that so we may always walk obediently to his holy words; being humble minded:

6 For so says the Holy Scripture; upon whom shall I look, even upon him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembles at my word.

7 It is, therefore, just and righteous, mcn and brethren, that we should become obedient unto God, rather than follow such as 'through pride and sedition, have made themselves the ring-leaders of a detestable emulation.

8 For it is not an ordinary harm that we shall do ourselves, but rather a very great danger that we shall run, if we shall rashly give up ourselves to the wills of men, who "proPrick on to. mote strife and seditions, to turn us aside from Ann. that which is fitting.

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9 But let us be kind to one another, according to the compassion and sweetness of him that made us.

10 For it is written, The merciful shall inherit the earth; and they that are without evil shall be left upon it: "but the transgressors shall perish from off the face of it.

11 And again he saith, I have seen the

wicked in great power, and spreading himself like the cedars of Libanus. I passed by, and lo he was not; I sought his place, but it could not be found.

12 Keep innocency, and do the thing that is right; for there shall be a remnant to the peaceable man.

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14 For he saith in a certain place, people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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15 And again, They bless with their mouth, 'but curse in their heart.

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16 And again he saith, They loved him with their mouth, and with their tongue they fied to him. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his cov

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17 'Let all deceitful lips become dumb, and Psalm xii.3. the tongue that speaketh proud things. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; magnify our our lips are our own, who is Lord over us? tongue.

18 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety, I will deal confidently with him.

CHAP. VIII.

He advises them to be humble; and that, from the examples of Je. sus and of holy men in all ages.

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FOR Christ is theirs who are humble, and not who exalt themselves over his flock. The sceptre of the majesty of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, came not in the show of pride and ar-"1

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2 For thus he saith, Lord, who hath be-lieved our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up be-fore him as a tender plant, and as a root out. of a dry ground.

3 He hath no form nor comeliness, and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

4 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

5 And we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him

not.

6 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

7 But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

8 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

9 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

10 He was taken from prison, and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

11 And he made his grave with the wicked,

and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

12 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days; and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

13 He shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many: for he shall bear their iniquities.

14 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the transgressors, and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

15 And again he himself saith I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out their lips, they shake their head, saying, He trusted in the Lord that he would deliver him, let him deliver him seeing he delighted in him.

Psalm xxii

16 Ye see, beloved, what the pattern is that has been given to us. For if the Lord thus humbled himself, what should we do who are brought by him under the yoke of his M. ỗi avgrace?

17 Let us be followers of those who went about in goat-skins and sheep-skins, preaching the coming of Christ.

18 Such were Elias and Elisæus, and Ezekiel, the prophets. And let us add to these such others as have received the like testimony.

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19 Abraham has been greatly witnessed of; having been called the friend of God. And yet he, steadfastly beholding the glory of God, Gen. xviii. says with all humility, "I am dust and ashes.

• Job i. 1.

20 Again, of Job it is thus written, That he was just and without blame, true; one that served God, and abstained from all evil. Yet P Job. xiv. 4. he, accusing himself, says, "No man is free from pollution, no, not though he should live but one day.

21 Moses was called faithful in all God's 9 MS.EXPIVEY House; and by his conduct the Lord punΙσραηλ ished Israel by stripes and plagues.

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των μαστι γων.

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22 And even this man, though thus greatly honored, spake not greatly of himself; but when the oracle of God was delivered to him Exod. iii. Out of the bush, he said, Who am I that thou dost send me ? I am of a slender voice, and a slow tongue.

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23 And again he saith, I am as the smoke of the pot.

24 And what shall we say of David, so highly testified of in the Holy Scriptures? To Psalm whom God said,. 'I have found a man after my own heart, David the son of Jesse; with my holy oil have I anointed him.

lxxxix. 20.

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25 But yet he himself saith unto God, "Psalm li, to "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to ing to the thy loving kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Hebrew:

26 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

27 Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest.