Rom. xiv. 21. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 1 Cor. x. 32. Give none offence, neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God. 2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving no offence. Ver. 33. Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many. 2 Cor. xi. 29. Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vainglory, provoking one another. Phil. i. 10. I pray that ye may be sincere, and without offence, till the day of Christ. 1 Thess. iv. 11, 12. We beseech you that ye study to be quiet; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without. XXXVI. Threats against offenders. Matt. xiii. 41. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity, and cast them into a furnace of fire, &c. Ver. 42. xviii. 6. Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Ver. 7. Woe to that man by whom the offence cometh. DOING GOOD. XXXVII. Doing good to others. Ps. xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Eccl. iii. 12. Rejoice, and do good. Amos v. 15. Hate evil, and love the good. Mic. iii. 2. The wicked hate the good and love the evil. Luke vi. 31. As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.-Ver. 33. If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thanks have ye? For sinners also do even the same. Ver. 35. Do good and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest; for he is kind unto the unthankful and the evil. Gal. vi. 9, 10. Let us not be weary in welldoing. As we have opportunity let us do good unto all men, especially to them who are of the household of faith. Eph. vi. S. Whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Col. iii. 24. 1 Thess. v. 15. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men. 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18. Charge them that are rich, that they do good; that they be rich in good works. Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communicate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased. 1 Pet. iii. 13. Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? DOING EVIL. XXXVIII. Doing evil. 2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. Job viii. 20. God will not help evil-doers. Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congregation of evil-doers. xxxiv. 14. Depart from evil. Isa. i. 4. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 11. Ver. 16. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil. Prov. xxiv. 8. He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. Isa. xiv. 20. The seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned. xxxi. 2. The Lord will arise against the house of evil-doers. John iii. 20, 21. Every one that doeth evil hateth the light. He that doeth truth cometh to the light. Rom. xiii. 4. If thou do that which is evil, be afraid of the power. 1 Pet. ii. 12. 14. 2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that ye do no evil. Phil. iii. 2. Beware of evil-workers. 1 Thess. v. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1 Pet. iii. 12. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil. iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an evildoer. 3 John 11. Follow not that which is evil, but that which is good: he that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. DOING WRONG. XXXIX. Doing wrong. Acts vii. 26, 27. He that did the wrong, thrust Moses away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? Exod. ii. 13. 1 Cor. vi. 7, 8. There is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Col. iii. 25. He that doeth wrong shall re ceive for the wrong that he doeth. See Jer. | sons of God without rebuke, in the midst of a xxii. 3. 13. 2 Cor. vii. 2. 1 Pet. ii. 19. DOING MISCHIEF. XL. Doing mischief, the character of the wicked. Exod. xxxii. 22. Aaron said, The people are set on mischief. crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. BLAMELESS. XLII. Blameless. 1 Cor. i. 8. God shall confirm you unto the end, that ye may be Job xv. 35. They conceive mischief, and blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus. bring forth vanity. Ps. xxvi. 10. In their hands is mischief. Eph. i. 4. God hath chosen us in Christ, that we should be holy and without blame be xxviii. 3. They speak peace to their neigh-fore him in love. bours, but mischief is in their hearts. xxxvi. 4. The wicked deviseth mischief upon his bed he setteth himself in a way that is not good, he abhorreth not evil. xxxviii. 12. They that seek my hurt, speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. lv. 10. Mischief and sorrow are in the midst of the wicked. Prov. iv. 16. The wicked sleep not, except they have done mischief. vi. 14. A wicked man deviseth mischief continually. x. 23. It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. xvii. 20. He that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. Ch. xiii. 17.-xxiv. 2. 8. 16.-xxviii. 14. Eccl. x. 13. The end of a fool's talk, is mischievous madness. Isa. lix. 4. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. See Ezek. xi. 2. Dan. xi. 27. Mic. vii. 3. Acts xiii. 10. Threats. Ps. vii. 14. The wicked hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.-Ver. 16. His mischief shall return upon his own head. sanctify you wholly and I pray God that 1 Tim. v. 7. These things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent, that ye may be Luke i. 6. found of him without spot, and blameless. See MERCY. XLIII. Promises to the merciful. Ps. xviii. 25. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful. xxxvii. 21. The righteous sheweth mercy. Ver. 26. He is ever merciful. Prov. iii. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thine heart. xi. 17. The merciful man doth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. xvi. 6. By mercy and truth iniquity is xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteous x. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and spite to purged. requite it. xxi. 11, 12. They imagined a mischievousness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness and device against me: Therefore shalt thou make honour. them turn their back. lii. 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischief: God shall destroy thee. Ver. 5. Ps. lxii. 3. xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? cxl. 1, 2. Deliver me from the evil man ; which imagine mischief in their heart. Ver. 9. Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Prov. xi. 27. He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief it shall come unto him. HARMLESS. XLI. Of being harmless. Matt. x. 16. Be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Rom. xvi. 19. Phil. ii. 15. Be blameless and harmless, the Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy. Hos. vi. 6. I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Matt. ix. 13.-xii. 7. xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment. Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every one to his brother. Matt. v. 7. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful, as your Father is merciful. Rom. xii. 8. He that sheweth mercy let him do it with cheerfulness. Phil. ii. 1. If there are any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy. Ver. 2. Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies. CRUELTY OF THE WICKED. XLVI. Cruelty of the wicked. Gen. xlix. 5. Instruments of cruelty are in their habita James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from tions. Ver. 7. above is full of mercy. UNMERCIFUL. XLIV. Unmerciful. Threats. Ps. cix. 12. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him.-Ver. 16. Because he remembered not to shew mercy. Hos. iv. 1. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. Matt. xxiii. 23. Woe to you, ye have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. Rom. i. 28, 29. The reprobate mind is filled with all unrighteousness, implacable, unmerciful. Ver. 31. James ii. 13. He shall have judgment without mercy, that shewed no mercy. Matt. vii. 2. COMPASSION AND PITY. XLV. Compassion and pity. Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother. Matt. xviii. 33. Shouldest thou not have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee. Luke x. 33. A Samaritan had compassion on him that fell among thieves.-Ver. 37. Jesus said, Go thou and do likewise. Deut. xxxii. 33. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Prov. xii. 10. The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Ps. lxxiv. 20. Earth's dark places are full of the habitations of cruelty. Lam. iv. 3. The daughter of my people is become cruel. Prayers. Ps. lxxi. 4. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. XXV. 19.-xxvii. 12. Ps. Threats. Zech. i. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I am very sore displeased with the heathen, that are at ease, for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Amos i. 11. Obad. i. 15. Gen. xlii. 21. Amos vi. 1. 3. 6. Isa. xlvii. 6. Judg. ix. 24. Ezek. xviii. 18.—xxxiv. 4. FORGIVENESS. After XLVII. Forgiveness. Matt. vi. 9. this manner pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven.-Ver. 12. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Ver. 14, 15. If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. xviii. 15. If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee 1 Pet. iii. 8. Brethren, be all of one mind, and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou having compassion one of another. 1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this world's good; and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? See Heb. xiii. 3.-x. 32, 33, 34. Phil. iv. 14. Job xxx. 25. Ps. xxxv. 13, 14. Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Gal. vi. 2. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Job vi. 14. To the afflicted pity should be shewed. xix. 21. Have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me. 1 Pet. iii. 8. Be pitiful, be courteous. Eph. iv. 32. Matt. xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's sentences, at the last day, to the compassionate and uncompassionate. Amos i. 11. See persons not to be pitied, Deut. vii. 16. -xiii. 8.—xix. 13. 21. Ezek. ix. 5, 6. hast gained thy brother. Ver. 21, 22. Peter said, How oft shall my brother offend and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, till seven times, but until seventy times seven. Ver. 27. The Lord of that servant [who could not pay] forgave him the debt. Ver. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Mark xi. 25, 26. When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any, that your Father also which is in heaven may for give you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. Luke vi. 37, 38. Forgive and ye shall be forgiven. For with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. xvii. 3, 4. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass | tion, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter against thee seven times in a day, and seven end. times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him. xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another; even as Instances of good counsel received. By MoGod for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. ses, Exod. xviii. 19.-By Bathsheba, 1 Kings Col. iii. 12, 13. Put on (as the elect of God, | i. 12.—By the king of Israel, 2 Kings vi. 9, 10. holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, -By the king of Judah, 2 Chron. xxx. 2, 23. humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;-By the princes of Judah, Ezra x. 3. 8. forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so do ye. See 2 Cor. ii. 7. 10. Gal. vi. 1. REVENGE. XLVIII. Revenge. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people. Prov. xx. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil. xxiv. 29. Say not, I will do to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. 1 Thess. v. 15. 1 Pet. iii. 9. L. Rejecting evil counsel; the duty and safety thereof. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. Job xxi. 16.-xxii. 18. Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee, consent thou not. xii. 5. The counsels of the wicked are de ceit. xix. 27. Cease to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. Followers of evil counsel punished. Instances thereof. Those who followed the counsel of Balaam, Numb. xxxi. 16.—Rehoboam for following the counsel of the young men, 1 Kings xii. 8, 14.-Ahaziah for followxii. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that ing the evil counsel of his mother, 2 Chron. imagine evil. xxii. 3, 4, 5. Zech. vii. 10. Let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. Ch. viii. 17. Rom. xii. 19, 20. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. LI. Mutual obligations to giving and receiving instruction from one another. Prov. iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life. Ch. i. 2, 3.—v. 1.—vi. 23. viii. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. -Ver. 33. Hear instruction and be wise, and Ver. 21. Be not overcome of evil, but over- refuse it not. come evil with good. Prayers and complaints. Ps. cxl. 1, 2. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil men, which imagine mischief in their heart. Hos. vii. 15. Lam. iii. 60. Ps. x. 2.-xxi. 10, 11. See revenge punished, Ezek. xxv. 12 to 17. GOOD COUNSEL. XLIX. The duty of giving and receiving good counsel. Ps. lv. 14. We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company. ix. 9. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. x. 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction; but he that refuseth reproof erreth. xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish. xv. 32. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. Prov. i. 5. A wise man will hear and will Ver. 27. Cease, my son, to hear the instrucincrease learning; and a man of understand-tion that causeth to err from the words of ing will attain unto wise counsels. xi. 14. Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Ch. xv. 22.-xx. 18.-xxiv. 6. xii. 5. He that hearkeneth to counsel is wise. xiii. 10. With the well-advised is wisdom. xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruc knowledge. xxi. 11. When a scorner is punished the simple is made wise, but when the wise is instructed he receiveth knowledge. xxiii. 12. Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.Ver. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not; also, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. GOOD COUNSEL. Job iv. 3. Thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the weak hands. Dan. xi. 33. They that understand among the people shall instruct many. See Prov. i. 2, 3. LII. Of refusing instruction. Prov. i. 7. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Ch. xv. 5. v. 23. The wicked shall die without instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Ver. 12, 13. xiii. 18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction, but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. xvi. 22. Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it, but the instruction of fools is folly. See Heb. v. 12. LIII. To edify one another. Rom. xiv. 19. Let us follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. xv. 2. Let every one please his neighbour for his good to edification. 1 Cor. viii. 1. Charity edifieth. xiv. 26. Let all things be done to edifying. Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers. 1 Thess. v. 11. Comfort yourselves together, and edify one another. See Eph. iv. 16. Cor. x. 23.-xiv. 3, 12. 1 LIV. To exhort one another. Heb. iii. 13. Exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. x. 24. Let us consider one another, to provoke to love and to good works.-Ver. 25. Exhorting one another. LV. To warn one another. 1 Thess. v. 14. Warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. LVI. To admonish one another. Eccl. iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, than an old and foolish king, that will no more be admonished. xii. 11, 12. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fixed by the masters of assemblies. By these, my son, be thou admonished. Rom. xv. 14. I myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. Col. iii. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another. 243 2 Thess. iii. 14, 15. If any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. hearken to rebuke. Lev. xix. 17. Thou shalt LVII. To rebuke one another, and to in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. Ch. xxvii. 5. xxiv. 25. To them that rebuke the wicked shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. Mark viii. 33. Jesus rebuked Peter. Luke xxiii. 40. One of the malefactors rebuked the other. 1 Tim. v. 20. Them that sin rebuke before all, that others may fear. LVIII. Of not giving and receiving rebuke. Prov. ix. 7, 8. He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth to himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke. Amos v. 10. The wicked hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Matt. vii. 6. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 1 Tim. v. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father. Prov. vi. 23. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life. xiii. 18. He that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. xv. 5. He that regardeth reproof is prudent. Ver. 31, 32. The ear that heareth the reproof of life, abideth among the wise. He that heareth reproof getteth understanding. xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into a wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool. xix. 25. Reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. xxv. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover on an obedient ear. Eph. v. 11. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather re |