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Shall we go to Ramoli-gileari to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said. Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides. that we might enquire of him? And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.

Jer. xxi. 2--4. Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us, (for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us,) if so be

that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from 118. Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say unto Zedekiah, Thu saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Jer. xxxvii, 17. Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is; for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

Jer. xxxviii, 14. Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD; and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing, hido nothing from me.

DANGER OF OMISSION. Josh. ix, 14. And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

Zeph 1, 6. And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

ENQUIRIES UNANSWERED.
1 Sam. xiv, 35-38. And Saul
built an altar unto the LORD: the
same was the first altar that he
built unto the LORD. And Saul
said, Let us go down after the
Philistines by night, and spoil
them until the morning-light, and
let us not leave a man of them.
And they said, Do whatsoever
seemeth good unto thee. Then
said the priest, Let us draw near
hither unto God. And Saul asked
counsel of God, Shall I go down
after the Philistines? wilt thou
deliver them into the hand of
Israel? But he answered him not
that day. And Saul said, Draw
ye near hither all the chief of the
people: and know and see wherein
this sin hath been this day.

PRAYER FOR THE DIVINE
GRACE.

Ps. xvii, 4, 5. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Ps. xix, 11-13. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion ever me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Ps. xxv, 19-21. Consider mine enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Ps. xl, 11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Ezek. xiv, 1-3, 7-10. Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling Ps. li, 9-13. Hide thy face from block of their iniquity before my sins, and blot out all mine their face: should I be enquired iniquities. Create in me a clean of at all by them? For every one heart, O God, and renew a right of the house of Israel, or of the spirit within me. Cast me not stranger that sojourneth in Israel, away from thy presence; and take which separateth himself from not thy Holy Spirit from me. Reme, and setteth up his idols in his store unto me the joy of thy salheart, and putteth the stumbling-vation; and uphold me with thy block of his iniquity before his free Spirit: Then will I teach face, and cometh to a prophet to transgressors thy ways; and enquire of him concerning me; I sinners shall be converted unto the LORD will answer him by thee. myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And it 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. 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.

1 Sam. xiv, 18. 19. And Saul said unto Abiah, Bring hither the ark of God: (for the ark of God Ezek. xx, 1-3. And it came to was at that time with the children pass in the seventh year, in the of Israel.) And it came to pass,ith month, the tenth day of the while Saul talked unto the priest, month, that certain of the elders that the noise that was in the of Israel came to enquire of the host of the Philistines went on LORD, and sat before me. Then came the word of the LORD auto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GoD, Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

1 Chron. x, 14. And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

Ps. Ixviii, 28. Thy God hath commandedthystrength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Ps. 1xxi, 3. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

Ps. lxxx, 18. So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

Ps. lxxxvi, 11. Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy

name.

Ps. cxix, 5, 6, 8. 35-40, 43-45, 80, 87, 88, 116, 117, 133, 134, 156, 159, 160, 175. Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes

from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. And I will walk at liberty: for I Beek thy precepts. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. They had almost consumed me upon earth: but I forsook not thy precepts. Quicken me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Order my steps in thy word; and let uot any iniquity have dominion over me. Deliver me from the oppression of man: 80 will I keep thy precepts. Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy loving kindness. Thy word is true from the beginning; and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help

me.

Ps. cxx, 2, 3. Deliver my soul, O LORD. from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue.

Ps. cxli, 3. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

Acts iv, 29. And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word.

FOR DELIVERANCE FROM
ENEMIES.

Ps. iii, 7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Ps. vii, 1, 2. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me; Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending

it in pieces, while there is none
to deliver.

Ps. xiii, 4. Lest mine enemy
say, I have prevailed against him;
and those that trouble me rejoice
when I am moved.

Ps. xvii, 8, 9, 13. Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings, From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword.

Ps. xxvi, 9, 10. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men; In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Ps. xxviii, 3. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Ps. xxxi, 15. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Ps. xxxv, 1-3, 24, 25. Plead my cause, O LORD. with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice. over me. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Ps. xxxvi, 11, 12. Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Ps. xxxviii, 16. For I said, Hear
me, lest otherwise they should
rejoice over me: when my foot
slippeth, they magnify themselves
against me.

to deliver me: O LORD, make haste
Ps. xl, 13. Be pleased, O LORD,
to help me.

Ps. xliii, 1, 2. Judge me, O God,
and plead my cause against an
ungodly nation: O deliver me
from the deceitful and unjust
man. For thou art the God of
my strength: why dost thou cast
me off? why go I mourning be-
cause of the oppression of the
enemy?

Ps. lix, 1, 2. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the work

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ers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

Ps. Ixiv, 1, 2. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel tion of the workers of iniquity. of the wicked; from the insurrec

Ps. Ixix, 18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me, because of mine enemies.

Ps. 1xx, 1--3. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. Let them be ashamed and confounde i that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha!

Ps. lxxi. 2. 4, 5. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked; out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youtu.

my God: O save me according to
Ps. cix, 26-29. Help me, O LORD
thy mercy; That they may know
that this is thy hand; that thou,
LORD, hast done it.
curse, but bless thou: when they
Let them
arise, let them be ashamed; but
let thy servant rejoice. Let mine
adversaries be clothed with shame,
and let them cover themselves
with their own confusion, as with
a mantle.

Ps. cxix, 121, 122, 154. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

from the hands of the wicked; Ps. cxl, 4, 8. Keep me, O LORD preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah,

Ps. cxlii, 6, 7. Attend unto my deliver me from my persecutors; cry; for I am brought very low: for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

from mine enemies: I flee unto Ps. cxliii, 9. Deliver me, O LORD, thee to hide me.

Luke i, 74, 75. That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteous

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Ps. Ivi, 1-3, 6, 7. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: he fighting daily

oppresseth me. Mine enemies would daily swallowme up: forthey be many that fight against me, () thou most High. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Ps. lix, 3-5. For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Ps. Ixix, 4. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took

not away.

Ps. lxxxvi, 14. O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

Ps. lxxxvill, 17. They came round about me daily, like water: they compassed me about together.

Ps. xliii, 1--5. Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my lite down to the ground: he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead,

thee.

Ps. vi, 10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed, let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

their lips let them even be taken in their pride; and for cursing and lying which they speak. Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be; and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

Ps. lxvill, 1, 2. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax

melteth before the fire, so let the

wicked perish at the presence of

God.

Ps. 1xxi, 13. Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Ps. lxxxiii, 18-18. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the

stubble before the wind. As the Ps. x, 13, 14. Wherefore doth fire burneth a wood, and as the the wicked contenin God? he flame setteth the mountains on hath said in his heart, Thou wilt fire. So persecute them with thy not require it. Thou hast seen tempest, and make them afraid it; for thou beholdest mischief with thy storm. Fill their faces and spite, to require it with thy with shame; that they seek thy hand: the poor committeth him-name, O LORD. Let them be conself unto thee: thou art the helper founded and troubled for ever, yea, let them be put to shame, of the fatherless. and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth.

Ps. xxxi, 17, 18. Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Ps. civ, 35. Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

but bless thou:when they arise, let Ps. cix, 28, 29. Let them curse, them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a

mantle.

Ps. XXXV, 4, 8, 9, 20. Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that Ps. cxix, 78. Let the proud be very destruction let him fall. And my soul shall be joyful in the ashamed; for they dealt perverseLORD: it shall rejoice in his salva-ly with me without a cause: but I tion. For they speak not peace; will meditate in thy precepts. but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the

land.

Ps. cxxix, 5-8. Let them all be confounded and turned back that

hate Zion: Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth afore it groweth up; Wherewith the mower filleth not

Ps. xl, 14, 15. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward, his hand, nor he that bindeth and put to shame, that wish me sheaves his bosom. Neither do evil. Let them be desolate for a they which go by say, The blessreward of their shame that saying of the LORD be upon you: we unto me, Aha, aha! bless you in the name of the LORD.

Ps. liv, 5. He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off

in thy truth.

Ps. lv, 9. Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Ps. lix, 12, 13. For the sin of their mouth, and the words of

Ps. cxl, 11. Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent

man to overthrow him.

Ps. cxliil, 12. And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afllict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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Jer. xli, 3. But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Jer. xvii. 18. Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Lam. ii, 65, 66. Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

Num. xxil, 6-12. Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt,

which covereth the face of the

earth: come now, curse me them: peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. And God said unto Balaam,

Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

Num. xxiv, 10. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I

Joshua xxiv, 9-11. Then Balak

the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

Judges xvi, 28. And Samson |
called unto the LORD, and said, O
Lord GOD, remember me, I pray
thee, and strengthen me, I pray
thee, only this once, O God, that
I may be at once avenged of the
Philistines for my two eyes.

1 Sam. xxvi, 19. Now therefore,
I pray thee, let my lord the king
hear the words of his servant. If
the LORD have stirred thee up
against me, let him accept an
offering: but if they be the chil-
dreu of men, cursed be they be-
fore the LORD; for they have
out this day from
driven me
abiding in the inheritance of the
LORD, saying, Go, serve other
gods.

FOR PUNISHMENT TO THEM.

Num. xvi. 15. And Moses was
very wroth and said unto the
LORD, Respect not thou their
offering: I have not taken one ass
from them, neither bave I hurt
one of them.

for we are despised: and turn
Neh. iv, 4, 5. Hear, O our God;
their reproach upon their own
head, and give them for a prey in
the land of captivity. And cover
not their iniquity, and let not
their sin be blotted out from be-
fore thee: for they have provoked
thee to anger before the builders.

O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Ps. Ixix, 27, 28. Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Ps. xciv, 2-4. Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers

of iniquity boast themselves?

Ps. cix, 7- 20. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned; and let his prayer become sin.

other take his office. Let his

children be fatherless, and his Let his days be lew; and let anwife a widow. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg; let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. he hath; and let the stranger Let the extortioner catch all that spoil his labour. Let there be Neh. v, 13. Also I shook my lap, noue to extend mercy unto him; and said, So God shake out every neither let there be any to favour man from his house, and from his his fatherless children. Let bis labour, that performeth not this posterity be cut off and in the promise, even thus be he shaken generation following let their out and emptied. And all the name be blotted out. Let the congregation said, Amen, and iniquity of his fathers be remempraised the LORD. And the peo-bered with the LORD; and let not ple did according to this promise. the sin of his mother be blotted out. Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth: Because that he re

Job xxvii, 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

P8. x, 2. The wicked in his pride membered not to shew mercy. called thee to curse mine enemies, doth persecute the poor: let them but persecuted the poor and and, behold, thou hast altogether be taken in the devices that they needy man, that he might even blessed them these three times. have imagined. slay the broken in heart. As he Ps. xxviii, 4. Give them accord-loved cursing, so let it come unto ing to their deeds, and according him; as he delighted not in blessto the wickedness of their en- ing, so let it be far from him. deavours: give them after the As he clothed himself with curswork of their hands; render to let it come into his bowels like ing, like as with his garment, so them their desert. water, and like oil into his bones. Ps. xli, 10-12. But thou,O LORD, Let it be unto him as the garment be merciful unto me, and raise me which covereth him, and for a By girdle wherewith he is girded up, that I may requite them. this I know that thou favourest continually. Let this be the reme, because mine enemy doth ward of mine adversaries from not triumph over me. And as for the LORD, and of them that speak me, thou upholdest me in mine evil against my soul. integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

Judges v, 23. Curse ye Meroz, (said the angel of the LORD,) curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

Ps. lv, 15. Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Ps. lix, 5, 14, 15. Thou therefore,

Ps. cxix, 84. How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecnte me?

Pз. cxl, 9, 10. As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own ps

cover them. Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits that they rise not up again.

Jer. xi, 20. But, O LORD of hosts that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my

cause.

Jer. xv, 15, 16. O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy long-suffering: know that for thy sake. I have suffered rebuke. Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Jer. xviii, 21, 22. Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Lam. i, 22. Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart

is faint.

Lam. iii, 64. Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according

to the work of their hands.

1 Cor. xvi, 22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.

Gal. i, 9. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

2 Tim. iv, 14. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; the Lord reward him according to his works.

as thy life was much set by this
day in mine eyes, so let my life
be much set by in the eyes of the
LORD, and let him deliver me out
of all tribulation. Then Saul
said to David, Blessed be thou, my
son David: thou shalt both do
great things, and also shalt still
So David went on his
prevail.
way, and Saul returned to his
place.

Ps. ix, 20. Put them in fear, O
LORD; that the nations may know
themselves to be but men.

Selah.

Ps. lix, 11. Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Luke xxiii, 34. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Acts vii, 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

EARNEST DESIRE OF

BENEDICTION.

THE FORM UNDER THE OLD TESTA-
MENT.

Num. vi, 22-27. And the Lord
spake unto Moses, saying, Speak
unto Aaron, and unto his sons,
saying, On this wise ye shall bless
the children of Israel, saying
unto them, The LORD bless thee,
and keep thee; The LORD make
his face shine upon thee, and be
The LORD
gracious unto thee;

thee, and give thee peace. And
lift up his countenance upon
they shall put my name upon the
children of Israel, and I will bless
them.

OFFICIAL BLESSINGS AND
CURSINGS.

their elders and officers and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

FORMS UNDER THE NEW TESTA

MENT.

Rom. xv, 13, 33. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

1 Cor. i, 3. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. xvi, 23, 24. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

2 Cor. i, 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph. i, 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph. vi, 23, 24 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the

Lord

Jesus Christ. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Phil. i, 2. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Phil. iv, 23. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

and Timotheus, unto the church 1 Thess. i, 1. Paul, and Silvanus, of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Deut. xi, 29, 30. And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. Are they not on the other side Jordan, 1 Thess. v, 28. The grace of our 2 Sam. xvi, 12. It may be that by the way where the sun goeth Lord Jesus Christ be with you. the LORD will look on mine afflic-down, in the land of the Canaan-Amen. ites, which dwell in the champaign tion, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this over against Gilgal, beside the day. plains of Moreh?

Ps. xxxvii, 22. For such as be

blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of

him shall be cut off.

Eccles. vii, 22. For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

PRAYER FOR ENEMIES. 1 Sam. xxvi, 24, 25. And, behold,

Deut. xxvii, 11-13 And Moses
charged the people the same day,
saying, These shall stand upon
mount Gerizim to bless the people,
Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and
when ye are come over Jordan;
Issachar, and Joseph, and Ben-
jamin: And these shall stand
upon mount Ebal to curse;
Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and
Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Josh. viii, 33. And all Israel, and

2 Thess. iii, 5, 16, 18. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. The grace you all. Amen. of our Lord Jesus Christ be with

2 Tim. iv, 22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Philemon 3, 25. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The

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