and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ver. 21. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Ver. 22. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? Jer. vii. 18. The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Ver. 19. Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Ver. 20. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured ou upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Ezek. xvi. 26. Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Ver. 27. Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Deut. xxxii. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

Ver. 17. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Ver. 18. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. Ver. 19. And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. Ver. 20. And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

8 Hosea ii. 2. Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; Ver. 3. Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. Ver. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

b. Deut. v 29. O 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!

111. i Exod. xx. 7.

112. k Mat. vi. 9. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy name. Deut. xxviii. 58. If thou wilt

not observe to do all the words of this law, that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD. Psal. xxix. 2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name ; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Psal. lxviii. 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his Dame JAH, and rejoice before him. Rev. xv. 3,4. [See above in letter d.]

/ Mal. i. 14. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Eccl. v. 1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

m Psal. cxxxviii. 2. I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name, for thy loving-kindness, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

n 1 Cor. xi. 24. And, when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me. Ver. 25. After the same manner also he took the cap, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. Ver, 28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. Ver. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

o 1 Tim. ii. 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

p Jer iv. 2. And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment,

and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

q Eccl. v. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few. Ver. 4. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Ver. 5. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Ver. 6. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

r Acts i. 24. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen. Ver. 26: And they gave forth their lots: and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

s Job xxxvi. 24. Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

t Mal. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to ano ther and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon

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u Psal. viii. 1. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Ver, 3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; Ver. 4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him?---Ver. 9, O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! [See the psalm throughout.]

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w Col. iii. 17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.. Psal. cv. 2. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; talk ye of all his wondrous works. Ver. 5. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

x Psal. cii. 18. This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

y 1 Pet. iii. 15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. Micah iv. 5. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

2 Phil. i, 27. Only let your conver. sation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ:

a 1 Cor. x. 31. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

b Jer. xxxii. 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever. for the good of them, and of their children af

ter them.

c 1 Pet. ii.-12. Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

113. d Mal. ii. 2. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the

Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

e Acts xvii. 23. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD, Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

f Prov. xxx. 9. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I he poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

g Mal. i. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, Q priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ver. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the the Lord is contemptible. Ver. 12. But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Mal. iii. 14. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that wehave walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts!

b 1 Sam. iv. 3. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. Ver. 4. So the

people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. Ver. 5. And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. Jer vii. 4. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these. Ver. 9. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; Ver. 10. And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Ver. 14. Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto he place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. Ver. 31. And they have built the high-places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. Col. ii. 20. Wherefore. if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world are ye subject to ordinances, Ver. 21 (Touch not, taste not, handle not: Ver 22. Which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

i Kings xviii. 30. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in The Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Ver 35. Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out

of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? Exod. v. 2. And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice, to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. Psal. cxxxix. 20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

k Psal. l. 16. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Ver. 17. Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

/ Isa. v. 12. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

m 2 Kings xix. 22. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. Lev xxiv. 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed: and they brought him unto Moses.

n Zech. v. 4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. Zech. viii. 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour and love no false oath for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.

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o 1 Sam. xvii. 43. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 2 Sam xvi. 5. And when king David came to Bahurim, behold,

thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gerar; he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

p Jer. v. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this? thy childen have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. Jer. xxiii. 10. For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourn eth? the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

q Deut. xxiii. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Acts xxiii. 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. Ver. 14. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul

r Esth iii 7. In the first month, (that is, the month Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is the month Adar. Esth. ix. 24. Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, (that is, the lot,) to consume them, and to destroy them. Psal. xxii. 18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

s Psal. xxiv. 4. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. Ezek. xvii. 16. As

I live, saith the Lord God, Surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant hebrake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Ver. 18. Seeing he despised the oath, by breaking the covenant, (when, lo, he had given his hand,) and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. Ver. 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

Mark vi 26. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. 1 Sam. xxv. 22. So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him, by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall. Ver. 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Is"rael, which sent thee this day to meet me: Ver 33. And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand Ver. 34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted, and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal, by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall.

u Rom ix. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with. God? God forbid. Ver. 19. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? Ver. 20. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

w Deut. xxix. 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed be