Ver. 31. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock, that hath horns and hoofs.

Ps. xcii. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to fing praises unto thy name, O Moft High!

Ver. 2. To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.

3.

Ps. cxxxv. Praise ye the LORD, for the LORD is good: Sing praises unto his name, for it is pleasant.

Matt. v. 6. Blessed are they which do

Defires of hunger and thirst after righteousness: for Grace. they shall be filled.

If. lv. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money: Come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk, without money, and without price.

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John vii. 37. Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

Ver. 38. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath faid, out of his belly shall flow rivers of water.

Rev. xxi. 6. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end; I will give unto him that is athirst, of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Rev. xxii. 17. And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Pf. lxxxi. 10. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

IX. TO WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE, and the STUDY of it.

To the Wife.

Ver. 14. For

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Prov. iii. 13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom; and the man that getteth understanding. the merchandise of it is better than

the

the merchandise of filver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Ver. 15. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst defire, are not to be compared unto her.

Ver. 16. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Ver. 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Ver. 18. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Ver. 35. The wise shall inherit glory.

Prov. iv. 6. Forfake her not, and she shall preserve thee: Love her, and she shall keep thee.

Ver. 8. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: She shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Ver. 9. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. Prov. i. 5. A wife man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wife counsels :

Ver. 6. To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wife, and their dark fayings.

Prov. viii. 35. Whoso findeth me [Wisdom] findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

Prov. ix. 12. If thou be wife, thou shalt be wife for thyself.

Prov. x. 17. He is in the way of life, that keepeth instruction; but he that refuseth reproof, erreth.

Prov. xii. 8. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom.

Prov. xiii. 15. Good understanding gives favour. Prov. xv. 24. The way of life is above to the wife, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Prov. xix. 8. He that getteth wisdom, loveth his own foul: He that keepeth understanding, shall find good.

Prov. xvi. 20. He that handleth a matter wifely, fall find good.

Ver. 22. Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it.

Prov. xi. 29. The fool shall be fervant to the wife in heart.

Prov. xxi. 20. There is a treasure to be defired, and oil in the dwelling of the wife..

Prov. xxiv. 3. Through wisdom is an house builded, and by understanding it is established.

Ver. 4. And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Ver. 5. A wife man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Ver. 13. My fon, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy tafte.

Ver. 14. So fhall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy foul: When thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectations shall not be cut off.

Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wifely, fshall be delivered.

Eccle. viii. 1. A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Eccle. vii. 12. Wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wifdom giveth life to them that have it.

Dan. ii. 21. He giveth wifdom unto the wife, and knowledge to them that know understanding.

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament.

Ver. 10. The wife shall understand.

Hof. xiv. 9. Who is wife, and he shall understand these things? Prudent, and he shall know them?

Pf. cvii. 43. Whoso is wife, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.

Eccle. x. 10.

To the Love and
Study of Wisdom.

Wisdom is profitable to direct.

Prov. ii. 3. If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Ver. 4. If thou seekest her as filver, and searchest for her as for hid treafures; Ver. 5. Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of Gon.

Prov. iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go, keep her, for she is thy life.

Prop. viii. 17. I love them that love me, and those that feek me early shall find me.

Prov. xix. 20. Hear counsel, and receive inftruction, that thou mayest be wife in thy latter end. Hof. vi. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD.

2 Chron. i. 11. And GOD faid to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not afked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet haft thou asked long life; but haft asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

Ver. 12. Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour.

To the Knowledge

of God and Christ.

eternal, that they

Ps. xci. 14. I will fet him on high, because he hath known my name.

John xvii. 3. And this is life might know thee the only true

GOD, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto

you, through the knowledge of GOD, and of Jesus our LORD.

Ver. 3. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.

To Learning of
Chrift.

Matt. xi. 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your fouls.

X. To a due REGARD to the WORD of GOD.

To Hearing and
Reading the Word.

Prov. viii. 34. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

If. ii. 3. Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the GOD of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.

If. lv. 2. Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your foul delight itself in fatness.

Ver. 3. Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your foul shall live: And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the fure mercies of David.

Ver. 10. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give feed to the fower, and bread to the eater ::

Ver. 11. Soshall my word be, that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall profper in the thing whereto I fent it.