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testified against them: but they become wind, and the word is not would not give ear. in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. Lo, I will O house of Israel, saith the LORD: bring a nation upon you from far. it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

Jer. vii, 25-28 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early, and sending them: Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck; they did worse than their fathers. Therefore then shilt speak all these words unto them: but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Jer. xxv. 3, 4. From the thirteenth year of Joshua the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, (that is the three and twentieth year) the word of the LORD hath conie unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

Jer. xliii, 1-4. And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah bad made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, eren all these words. Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely; the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say. not into Egypt to sojourn there: But Baruch the son of Neriah, setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captius of the forces, and all the people obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

Jer. xxix, 18, 19. And I will persecute thein' with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the king doms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an

bissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early, and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

VII.

FALSE PROPHETS. WARNINGS AGAINST THEM.

Neh. vi, 8. 9. Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work. that it be not done Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Jer. xiv. 14. Then the LORD said unto me, The prophe's pro

Gophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

ITз PUNISHMENT. Neh. Ix. 30. Yet many years dist thou forbear them, and

Jer. xxiii, 14-16, 21, 22. 25-28. I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. Therefore thus 8ith the LORD of hosts concerning them with wormwood, and make

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own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran:

have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words then they should have and from the evil of their doings. turned them from their evil way, I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying. I have dreame 1, I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prop! ets of the dec it of their own heart; Which think to cause my people to forget my tell every man to his neighbour, name by their dreams, which they as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. The prophet that

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Jer. xxvii, 14-17. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananih, The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie: Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, bec use thon hast taught rebellion against the Lond. So Hananiah the prophet died the same year, in the seventh month.

Jer. xxix. 8. For thus saith the

LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to be dreamed. to your dreams which ye caused

Matth. vil, 15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matth. xxiv, 11. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

false prophets also among the 2 Peter i, 1. But there were people, even as there shall be

tes illedst against them by thy the prophets, Behold, I will teed false teachers among you, who Spirit in thy prophets; yet would they not give ear: therefore gav

privily shall bring in daninable

heresies, even denying the Lord

est thou them into the hand of the them drink the water of gall: for that bought them, and bring upon

people of the lands.

Jer. v. 12-15 They have belied the LORD and said, It is not he; neicher sill evil come upon us; heith il we see sword nor famine; And the prophets shall

from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their

themselves swift destruction

1 John iv, 1. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

THEIR CHARACTER.

MERCENARY.

Neh. vi, 10-14. Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mele

thee upon the necks of them that | sumed them. And all the pro-
are slain, of the wicked, whose
shall have an end.
day is come, when their iniquity

Ezek. xxii, 28. And her prophets have daubed them with utempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the LORD hath not spoken.

FLATTERERS.

Jer. xxiii, 17, 18. They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

tabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there. that, being as I am. would go into the temple to save his lit? I will not go in. And, lo. I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobial and Sanballat had hired him. Therefore cas he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. My God think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these theired works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

Ezek. xxii. 25. There is a con

Lam il, 14. Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discover.

thine iniquity, to turn away thee false burdens, and causes of thy captivity; but have seen for banishment.

Ezek. xiii. 4-9. O Israel, thy

phets prophesied so, saying. Go up to Ranioth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's haud.

2 Chron. xviii, 5. 10, 11. Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and saith unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horus of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syrie until they be consumed. And all the prophets prophesied so, saying. Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

Jer. xiv, 13. Then said I. Ah Lord them, Ye shall not see the sword, Goo! behold, the prophets say unto I will give you assured peace in neither shall ye have famine; but this place.

Jer. xxviil, 1-4. 10. 11. And it came to pass the same year, in the king of Judah in the fourth year, beginning of the reign of Zedekiah upiah the -on of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto

spiracy of her prophets in the Prophets are like the foxes in the and in the fifth month, that 11a

mi st thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in

the midst thereof.

FALSE.

1 Kings xxii, 24 25. But Zedekiah the son of Chenannah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said. Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

Isa. ix. 15. The ancient and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Jer. xxvil, 15. For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

Jer xxix, 9. For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: 1 have not sent them saith the LORD.

zel xiii, 22. Because with lies ye have made the rear of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sid; and strengthened the hand of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life.

Ezek xxi. 29. Whiles they see Vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee to bring

deserts. Ye have not gone
he ge for the house of Israel to
into the gaps, neither made up the
stand in the battle in the day of
the LORD. They have seen vanity
and lying divination, saying, The
LORD saith; and the LORD hath not
sent them: and they have made
others to hope that they would
confirm the word. Have ye not
seen a vain vision, and have ye
not spoken a lying divination,
whereas ye say, The LORD saith
it; albeit I have not spoken?
Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gon, Because ye have spoken
vanity, and seen lies, therefore,
behold, I am against you, saith
the Lord God. And mine hand
shall be upon the prophets that
see vanity, and that divine lies:
they shall not be in the assembly
of my people, neither shall they
house of Israel, neither shall they
be written in the writing of the
enter into the land of Israel, and
ye shall know that I am the Lord

GOD.

ESPECIALLY IN TIME OF WAR.
1 Kings xxii 6. 11, 12. Then the
king of Israel gathered the pro-
Phets together, about four hun-
dred men, and said unto them,
Shall go against Rmoth-gilead
to battle, or shall I forbear? And
they said, Go up; for the LORD
shall deliver it into the hand of
the king. And Zedekiah the son
of Chenaamali made tam horns of
iron; and he said. Thus saith the
LORD, With these shalt thou push
the Syrians, until thou have con-

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me in the house of the LORD in

the presence of the priests and of eth the LORD of hosts, the God of all the people, saying. Thus speakIsrael, saying I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. within two full years will I bring of the LORD's house, that Neonagam into this place all the vessels chadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: and I will bring again to this place Jeconial the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke neck, and brake it. And Hananiah from off the prophet Jereman's people, saying, Thus saith the spake in the presence of all the LOBD, Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of ali nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiali went his way.

THE CRITERION. Deut. xi, 1-3. If there ariso among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder and the sign or the wonder come to pas, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that

dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether you love the Lond your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deut. xviii, 20-22. But the prophet, whichshall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

1 Kings xxii, 28. And Micaiah said, if thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

2 Chron. xviii, 27. And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

Isa. xli, 21, 22. Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

Isa. xliii, 8, 9. Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Jer. xxviil, 7-9. Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; the prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly

sent him.

Ezek. xiv. 9. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezek. xxiv, 24. Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all

that he hath done shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

2 Kings ill, 13. And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

neighbour. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

Jer. xxviii, 15-17. Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah Jer. xxxvii, 19. Where are now the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; your prophets which prophesied The LORD hath not sent thee; but unto you, saying, The king of Ba-thou makest this people to trust bylon shall not come against you, in a lie. Therefore thus saith the nor against this land? LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. So Hananiah the prophet died the same year, in the seventh month.

THE PENALTY.

Deut. xviii, 20. But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have that shall speak in the name of not commanded him to speak, or other gods, even that prophet shall die.

Because ye have said, The LORD Jer. xxix, 15-17, 20-22, 31, 32. hath raised us up prophets in Zech. xili, 2, 3. And it shall come Babylon; Know that thus saith to pass in that day, saith the LORD the LORD of the king that sitteth of hosts, that I will cut off the upon the throne of David, and of names of the idols out of the land, all the people that dwelleth in this and they shall no more be remem-city, and of your brethren that bered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

REPROOF.

the LORD concerning the prophets Jer. xiv, 15. Therefore thus saith that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Jer. xx, 6. And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house, shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

Jer. xxiii, 9, 13, 30-32. Mine heart within me is broken because shake: I am like a drunken man, of the prophets; all my bones and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his

are not gone forth with you into captivity; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which name, Behold, I will deliver them prophesy a lie unto you in my into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes: And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire. Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in LORD, Behold, I will punish Shea lie; Therefore thus saith the maiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

Ezek. xiii, 2, 3, 8, 9. Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou

unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD: Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Therefore thus saith the Lord Gon; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD

Micah ii, 11. Ir a man, walking in the spirit and falsehood, do lie; saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he ⚫ shall even be the prophet of this people.

PUNISHMENT OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR DUPES.

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Ezek. xiii, 23. Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. xiv, 10, 11. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him, That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my 576

people, and I may be theh God, saith the Lord GOD.

Micah iii, 5-7. Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him: Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips: for there is no answer of God.

Zech. xiii, 4, 5. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth,

1st-TIE DIVINE GOVERNMENT IN TEMPORAL THINGS.

IN INDIVIDUALS.

Gen xxxi, 29. It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thon heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Gen. xlv, 5-8. Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that sold ye hither: for God did send me

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Eccles. ii, 1-9. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted: A time to kill, and a time to heal: a time to break down, and a time to build up: A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn,

John vil, 30. Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

John vill, 20. These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

him up another adversary, Rezon 1 Kings xi 23. And God stirred from his lord Hadadezer king of

before you to preserve life. For and a time to dance: A time to the son of Ellidah, which fled

these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be caring nor harvest, And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now, it was not you that sent me hither, but

God; and he hath made me a father to Pharaol:, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Gen. 1, 19, 29. And Joseph said unto them. Fear not; for am I in

the place of God? But as for you. ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

1 Sam. xxv, 29. Yet a man is ris n to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

Job xxili, 14. For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Prov. xvi, 9. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Frov. xix, 21. There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD,

that shall stand.

Prov. xx, 21, 23. Man's goings are of the LOR; how can a man then understand his own way? It is a share to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after Vows to make enquiry.

Prov. xxi, 1. The king's heart is in the band of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it

Whithersoever he will.

cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together: a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing: A time to get, and a time to lose: a time to keep, and a time to cast away: A time to rend, and a time to sew: a time to keep silence, and a time to speak: A time to love, and a time to hate: a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Isa. x, 5-7. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

Jer. x, 23. O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Dan. xii, 1. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as

never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Matth. x, 29, 30. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Luke xii, 6, 7. Are not five and not one of them is forgotten sparrows sold for two farthings? before God: But even the very Prov. xxix, 26, 27. Many seek hairs of your head are all numthe ruler's lavour; but every man's l bered. Fear not therefore: ye are |

Zobah.

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Ps. 1x, 6-8. God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

Ps. cxxvii, 1, 2. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vaiu that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain tor you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Prov. xxi, 30. There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, against the LORD.

Isa. x, 15. Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as it the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Isa. xiv, 26, 27. This is the pur whole earth; and this is the hand pose that is purposed upon the that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the LORD of hosts

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