thirsty land, &c. Hide not thy face from me.-Ps. cxliii. 6, 7. The Lord my strength, (or rock,) &c. my goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, &c. Happy is that people whose God is the Lord.-Ps. cxliv. 1, 2. 15; cxlvi. 5. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is excellent (or exalted:) his glory is above the earth and the heaven.-Ps. cxlviii. 13. As the apple tree is among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved, &c. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.-Cant. ii. 3. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth, but found him not: I will rise now and go about the city, &c. I found him, I held him, and would not let him go, &c.-Cant. iii. 1, 2. 4. I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, &c. I am sick of love, &c. My beloved is white, &c. This is my beloved.-Cant. v. 6. 8. 10. 16; viii. 6, 7. : In the way of thy judgments have we waited for thee the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night: yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early.-Isa. xxvi. 8, 9. In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people.-Isa. xxviii. 5. The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.-Isa. xxxiii. 22. As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.-Isa. xlvii. 4. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall be joyful in my God.Isa. lxi. 10. Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and have hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, &c. Have I been a barren wilderness unto Israel? &c. Can a maid forget her ornaments? a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. Jer. ii. 11. 13. 31, 32. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom; neither let the mighty man glory in his might, &c. But let him who glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, &c.-Jer. ix. 23, 24; 2 Cor. x. 17; 1 Cor. i. 29. 31. The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things, &c. The Lord of hosts is his name.-Jer. x. 16; li. 19. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble! why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land? and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside, to tarry for a night? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished? &c. Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us and we are called by thy name, &c.—Jer. xiv. 8, 9; xvii. 13. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.Lam. iii. 24. Woe also to them when I depart from them.-Hosea ix. 12. Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice; for the Lord will do great things. Be glad then, ye children of Zion; and rejoice in the Lord your God.-Joel. ii. 21. 23. But the Lord will be the hope (or harbour) of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.-Joel iii. 16. Arise ye and depart; for this is not your rest, because it is polluted.— Micah ii. 10. Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vine, &c. yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, &c.-Hab. iii. 17-19. Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.-Luke i. 46, 47. Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.-Luke x. 20. Zacchaeus came down, and received Christ joyfully.-Luke xix. 5, 6. Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life, &c. Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.-John vi. 68, 69. Philip saith unto him, Shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.-John xiv. 8. ing, shall keep your hearts and minds, &c.-Phil. iv. 4. 7. Rejoice evermore.-1 Thess. v. 16. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation; who have fled for refuge, to lay hold upon the hope set before us.— Heb. vi. 18. In whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory.-1 Pet. i. 8; 1 John i. 4. I will give unto him who is athirst, of the fountain, &c.-Rev. xxi. 6. 2. To obey and hearken to the Laws and Word of God, in Christ. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.THERE is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy.-James iv. John xv. 11. Peter said, Lord, thou knowest that 12. I love thee.—John xxi. 17. The Eunuch went on his way rejoicing. Acts viii. 38, 39. The gaoler rejoiced, believing in God.-Acts xvi. 34. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace, wherein we stand; and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, &c. We also joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom. v. 2. 11. Rejoicing in hope.-Rom. xii. 12. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing.-Rom. xv. 13. Our consolation also aboundeth by Jesus Christ.-2 Cor. i. 5. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. -2 Cor. ii. 14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. -Gal. vi. 14. My brethren, rejoice in the Lord, &c. We are the circumcision, &c. who rejoice in Christ, &c. I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.—Phil. iii. 1. 3. 8. Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, rejoice. And the peace of God, which passeth all understand Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee, &c. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him.-Gen. xii. 1. 4, 5; Heb. xi. 8. So in putting away Ishmael and Hagar.-Gen. xxi. 11-—14. God said unto Abraham, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest; and offer him there for a burnt-offering, &c. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took Isaac, &c. He stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son, &c. In blessing, I will bless thee, &c. because thou hast obeyed my voice.-Gen. xxii. 1-3. 10. 17, 18. : In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.-Gen. xxvi. 4, 5. God bid Moses go; and said, he would be with his mouth, &c. He refused: God was angry.-Exod. iv. 13, 14. Thus did all the children of Israel: as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.-Exod. xii. 50. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear unto his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee.-Exod. xv. 26; Deut. xxviii. 1, &c. I will rain bread, &c. that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no, &c. How long refuse ye to keep my commandments? &c.-Exod. xvi. 4. 28. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me, above all people, &c. And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do.-Exod. xix. 5. 7, 8; xxiv. 3.7; Deut. xxvi. 16-18. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.-Exod. xx. 6. | Behold, I will send an Angel before thee, &c. Beware of him, and obey his voice provoke him not, for he will not pardon you, &c. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak, then, &c.-Exod. xxiii. 20-22. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee.-Deut. vi. 3. The Lord thy God, he is a faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.-Deut. vii. 9; Levit. xx. 22; 1 Kings vi. 12. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments alway. And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments, &c. then will I give you, &c.-Deut. xi. 1, 13, 14; x. 12, 13; Levit. xxvi. 3, &c. God hath commanded thee, that thou do these statutes, &c. and that with all thy heart, and with all thy whole soul.-Deut. xxvi. 16. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, &c. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life; that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him; for he is thy life, &c.-Deut. xxx. 15, 16. 19, 20; xiii. 4; xxxii. 46, 47; Prov. xix. 16; Isa. i. 19, 20. That ye seek not after your own heart, &c. but do all my commandments, and be holy.-Numb. xv. 39, 40. Many promises to obedience, and Take diligent heed to do the comthreatenings against disobedience.-mandment and the law, &c. to love the Deut. iv. 26, &c.; xi. 8, &c.; xxviii; Levit. xxvi. 3, &c. Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him, with all your heart, &c. O-Josh. xxii. 5; Deut. x. 12, 13. We will hear it, and do it. And the Lord said, &c. They have well said all that they have spoken. that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children for ever, &c. Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand, or to the left; ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you.-Deut. v. 2729. 32, 33; Levit. xviii. 3, 4. 26. If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord; then shall both ye, and the king that reigneth over you, continue, &c.-1 Sam. xii. 14. Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams: for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, &c.—1 Sam. xv. 22, 23. David charged Solomon to keep the charge of the Lord, his statutes, his commandments, &c. as it is written in | hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.-Prov. xxviii. 9. the law of Moses.-1 Kings ii. 1-3; ix. 4, 5. Hear, O my people; and I will testify unto thee, O Israel; if thou wilt hearken unto me, &c. But my people would not hearken unto my voice; and Israel would none of me: so I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and they walked in their own counsels. O that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways: I should soon have subdued their enemies, &c.-Ps. lxxxi. 8. 11-14. 16; 2 Kings xxi. 8, 9. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High; therefore he brought down their heart with labour.-Ps. cvii. 11, 12. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently, &c. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments, &c. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart, &c. O how love I thy law! &c. I love thy testimonies, &c. It is time for thee, O Lord, to work; for they have made void thy law. Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, &c. Rivers of waters run down nine eyes, because they keep not thy law, &c. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. --Ps. cxix. 4. 6. 32. 97. 119, 120. 126, 127. 136. 158. 167. Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh, &c.-Prov. i. 24-26. 30, 31. My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments. Prov. iii. 1. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.-Prov. viii. 34. He that turneth away his ear from Thus saith the Lord, Thy Redeemer, &c. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: then had thy peace been as a river, &c.-Isa. xlviii. 17, 18. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts.-Isa. lxv. 2. I will bring their fears upon them, because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear, but they did evil, &c.-Isa. lxvi. 4; Jer. xxxv. 17. Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, &c. Their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken.-Jer. vi. 8. 10. I spake not unto your fathers, &c. But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, and in the imaginations of their evil heart, &c.-Jer. vii. 22-24; xi. 4. 7, 8. Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant.-Jer. xi. 3, 4. 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, &c. -Jer. xxv. 4; xliv. 4, 5. Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord. The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment : notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early, and speaking, but ye hearkened not unto me. Jer. xxxv. 13—15. As for the word thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.-Jer. xliv. 16. Thou shalt speak my words unto Yea, rather, blessed are they that them, whether they will hear, or whe-hear the word of God, and keep it.— ther they will forbear.-Ezek. ii. 7; Luke xi. 28; Rom. ii. 13; James i. 25. iii. 11. 27. For they hear thy words, but they do them not.-Ezek. xxxiii. 32. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, &c. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears that they should not hear; yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit, by the former prophets, &c. Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, &c. -Zech. vii. 9-13. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock, &c. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand, &c.-Matt. vii. 21. 24-27; James i. 23-25; Matt. v. 18-20; John ix. 31. Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words; when ye depart, &c. shake off the dust of your feet. It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, &c.-Matt. x. 14, 15. Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. -Matt. xii. 50. Zacharias, &c. walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.-Luke i. 5, 6. Why call ye me Lord, and do not the things which I say?-Luke vi. 46, &c. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against (or within) themselves.-Luke vii. 30. And that servant which knew his Lord's will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes.-Luke xii. 47; James iv. 17. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God, &c.--John vii. 17. He that is of God, heareth God's words; but ye hear not my word, because ye are not of God, &c. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death. -John viii. 47. 51. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.-John xiii. 17; James i. 22, 23. 25. If ye love me, keep my commandments, &c. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me, &c. Jesus said, If a man love me, he will keep my words, &c. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings.-John xiv. 15. 21. 23, 24. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love, &c. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.-John xv. 10. 14. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.Acts x. 33. Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you.-Rom. vi. 17. The law is holy, and the commandment holy, just, and good. — Rom. vii. 12. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.-1 Cor. vii. 19. Do all things without murmurings and disputings.-Phil. ii. 14. To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.-Heb. iv. 7; Ps. xcv. 7, 8. He became the author of eternal |