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xxvii. 6. I will offer in his tabernacle, sacrifices of joy.

xlii. 4. I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise. Ps. lv. 14.

xliii. 4. I will go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy.

Ixiii. 5. My mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

Ixvi. 1. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. Ps. lxxxi. 1.-xcviii. 4. 6.-c. 1, 2. Ixviii. 4. Sing praises to God, and rejoice before him. Ch. lxxxi. 1.

lxxxix. 15. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. Ver. 16.

cvii. 22. Declare his works with rejoicing. cxviii. 24. This is the day God made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.

cxxii. 1. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the Lord.

Isa. lvi. 7. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.

See instances of this joy. 1 Chron. xv. 16. 2 Chron. xxiii. 18.-xxix. 30. Neh.

xii. 43.

XCIX. God's presence with his people a cause of joy. Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. Ch. ix. 9. Ps. xvi. 8, 9. 11.-xlvi. 4, 5.-xlviii. 2. Isa. xii. 6. Zeph. iii. 14 to 20.

C. God's love and care for his people, a cause of joy. Song i. 4. We will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love more than wine.

Ps. xxxv. 27. Let them shout for joy and be glad; let them say continually the Lord be magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity

of his servants.

CI. God's mercy a cause of joy. Ps. xxxi. 7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, for thou hast considered my trouble, thou hast known my soul in adversity. Ps. li. 8, 9. 12. lxxxv. 6, 7.

CII. Help and strength from God a cause of joy. Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is your strength.

Ps. xvi. 8, 9. Because the Lord is at my XCVIII. Worship of God, fixed and car-right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore ried on among God's people, a cause of their joy. 1 Sam. vi. 13. The people rejoiced to see the ark of God returning to Israel.

2 Sam. vi. 12. The ark of God brought to the city of David with gladness. 1 Chron. xv. 25.

my heart is glad.

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength, and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiced.

CIII. Salvation from God against enemies a cause of joy. 1 Sam. ii. 1. My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I re

1 Chron. xxix. 9. David and the people rejoiced, because that with a perfect heart the people offered willingly to the Lord the mate-joice in thy salvation. rials for building the house of the Lord. 2 Chron. xxiv. 10.

2 Chron. vi. 41. At the dedication of the temple, Solomon prayed, saying, Let thy priests, O Lord, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 1 Kings viii. 66. Ps. lxiii. 2.

Ezra iii. 12. At laying the foundation of the second temple, many shouted aloud for joy. Ver. 13.

vi. 16. They kept the dedication of the second temple with joy.

Ps. ix. 14. I will rejoice in thy salvation. Ps. xiii. 5.-xxxv. 9.

exviii. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Ps. xxi. 1.

Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

CIV. God's vengeance upon his and his people's enemies, a cause of rejoicing. Deut. xxxii. 43. Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his 2 Chron. xxix. 35, 36. The service of the servants, and will render vengeance to his adhouse of the Lord was set in order: And He-versaries, and will be merciful unto his land, zekiah the king, and all the people, rejoiced that God had prepared the people.

xxx. 1. 21. 26. There was great joy in Jerusalem, at holding the passover by the commandment of king Hezekiah. See ch. xv. 12. 14, 15. Ezra vi. 22.

and to his people.

Ps. xlviii. 11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. Ver. 7, 8.

Iviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his Neh. viii. 9, 10. 12. The people rejoiced at feet in the blood of the wicked. Job xxii. 19. hearing the law read.

xii. 27-44. They rejoiced at the dedicating of the wall of Jerusalem, and divine worship restored.

CV. Rejoicing in God's word. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.

cxix. 14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Ver. 77. 92. 174.

Jer. xv. 16. Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.

1 John i. 4. These things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

The word was received with joy. Acts ii. 41.-viii. 8.-xiii. 48. 1 Thess. i. 6.

CVI. Joy in God's providential government. 1 Chron. xvi. 31. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.

Ps. ix. 2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee. -Ver. 4. Thou sattest in the throne judging right.-Ver. S. He will judge the world in righteousness.

Ixvii. 4. Let the nations be glad, and sing for joy; for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

lxxxix. 12. Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.-Ver. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne.

xcvi. 10. Say among the heathen, The Lord reigneth, the world shall be established, that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

Ver. 11. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad.-Ver. 13. For the Lord shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. Ps. xcviii. 4. 9.

xcvii. 1, 2. The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice, let the multitude of the isles be glad. Righteousness and judgment are the habita

tion of his throne.

Rev. xix. 6, 7. The Lord God omnipotent reigneth Let us be glad and give honour to him. See Ps. civ. 34.-cvii. 42.-cxlix. 2.

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CVIII. Spiritual blessings conferred on the church, a cause of rejoicing. Isa. ix. 3. They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest. Ver. 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given. Ch. lv. 4. 12. Zech. ix. 9.

See Rejoicing in Christ.

xii. 2, 3. The Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he is also become my salvation, therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. Ver. 5, 6.

xxxv. 1, 2. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them, and the desert

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shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing: they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee; I am thy God, I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness: thou shalt rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Ver. 13, 14. 16.

xlix. 13. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth; for the Lord hath comforted his people. li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion. Ver.

10. 12. Ver. 11. They shall obtain gladness and joy, &c. Ch. lii. 9. Ch. liv. 1 to 8.

lx. 15. I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. Ver. 16, 17. Ixi. 3 to 11.-lxv. 14. 18.-lxvi. 5. 10 to 15. Jer. xxxi. 13, 14.-xxxiii. 8, 9, 10, 11. Zeph. iii. 17, 18. 20. Zech. ii. 10.

Job xxxviii. 4. 7. When God laid the foundaCIX. The work of creation a cause of joy. tions of the earth, the morning stars sang to

gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.

CX. Worldly prosperity from the hand of God, a cause of joy. Deut. xii. 7. Ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. Ver. 12. 18.

xxvi. 11. Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house.

Joel ii. 23. Be glad, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain, in

the first month.

Ver. 24. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Ver. 26. And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you.

CXI. Rejoicing in God in time of worldly adversity. Hab. iii. 17, 18. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vine; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Ps. xlvi. 1 to 5.

COMFORT IN GOD

CXII. God giveth comfort and consolation. Job xv. 11. Are the consolations of God small with thee?

Ps. xxiii. 4. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

lxxi. 20, 21. O God, thou hast shewed me great and sore troubles: Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. lxxxvi. 17. The Lord hath holpen me and comforted me.

xciv. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul. cxix. 52. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, and have comforted myself.

Ver. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.-Ver. 82. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Isa. xii. 1. O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

xl. 1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.

xlix. 13. The Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his afflicted. Ch. lii. 9.

li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

Ver. 12. I, even I (saith the Lord) am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass?

lvii. 18. I have seen his ways and will heal him; I will lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

Ixi. 3. I appoint, to comfort all that mourn in Zion.

Rom. xv. 4. Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning; that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

Ver. 5. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus.

2 Cor. i. 3, 4. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Ver. 5. Our consolation aboundeth by Christ. Phil. ii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 8.

vii. 6. God that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us.

2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace. (Heb. vi. 18.) Ver. 17. Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

Observe, the foregoing Scriptures represent a Christian's comfort, as proceeding from God the Father, from Christ, the Holy Ghost, and from the holy Scriptures.

SATISFACTION.

CXIII. God satisfieth. Ps. xvii. 15. I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.

xxxvi. 8, 9. They shall be abundantly satis fied with the fatness of thy house, and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life.

lxiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; when I remember thee lxvi. 13. As one whom his mother com- upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the forteth, so will I comfort you.

Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them.

Hos. ii. 14. I will speak comfortably unto

her.

Zech. i. 13. The Lord answered with comfortable words.-Ver. 17. The Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Matt. v. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

night-watches.

lxv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. ciii. 2. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who satisfieth thy mouth with good things.

cvii. 9. The Lord satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless Zion's provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Isa. Iv. 2. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour

Luke xvi. 25. Lazarus is comforted in for that which satisfieth not? hearken diliheaven.

John xiv. 18. Jesus said, I will not leave you comfortless.

Acts ix. 31. The churches walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

gently unto me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Jer. xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.Ver. 25. I have satiated the weary soul.

DELIGHT IN GOD.

CXIV. Delight in God. Job xxii. 21. Acquaint thyself with God.-Ver. 26. Then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and lift up thy face unto God.

Ps, xxxvii. 4. Delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.

Isa. lviii. 14. Keep the sabbath, &c. Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father.

CXV. Things of God delighted in by his people. Neh. ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Ps. i. 2. A good man's delight is in the law

of the Lord.

vii. 22.

Ps. cxix. 70. 77. 92.

Rom.

xciv. 19. Thy comforts delight my soul. cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that delighteth

in God's commandments.

2 Cor. xi. 18. Many glory after the flesh. 1 Cor. v. 6. James iii. 14.

xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but of mine infirmities. Ver. 9. Ch. xi. 30.

BOASTING IN GOD.

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord. CXIX. Boasting in God. Ps. xxxiv. 2. xliv. 8. In God we boast all the day long.

SINFUL BOASTING.

x. 3, 4. The wicked boasteth of his heart's CXX. Sinful boasting of the wicked. Ps. desire. God is not in all his thoughts.

xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the multitude of their riches.

lii. 1. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief?

xciv. 4. How long shall the workers of iniquity boast themselves?-Ver. 7. They say,

cxix. 16. I will delight myself in thy sta- The Lord shall not see nor regard it. tutes. Ver. 47. 143.

Isa, lviii. 13. Call the sabbath a delight.

CXVI. Delight in Christ. Song ii. 3. I sat down under his shadow with great delight. Mal. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in.

GLORYING IN GOD.

Isa. xli. 16.

CXVII. Glorying in God. Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the Holy One of Israel. Ch. xlv. 25. Jer. iv. 2. Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth glory in the Lord. Ps. lxiii. 11.-lxiv. 10.-cv. 3.cvi. 4, 5. 1 Cor. i. 31. 2 Cor. x. 17. Gal. vi. 14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world.

CXVIII. Sinful glorying forbidden. Jer. ix. 23. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches.

1 Cor. i. 29. No man should glory in God's sight. Rom. iv. 2.

iii. 21. Let no man glory in man. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel I have nothing to glory of, for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

him that heweth therewith?
Isa. x. 15. Shall the axe boast itself against

boasted against me.-Ver. 14. Thus saith the
Ezek. xxxv. 13. With your mouth ye have
Lord, I will make you desolate.

Rom. i. 30. Wicked men are boasters. 2 Tim. iii. 2.

ii. 17, 18. Thou makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will.-Ver. 23. Thou that

makest thy boast of the law, through breaking

the law dishonourest thou God?

iii. 27. Boasting is excluded by the law of

faith.

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CXXI. Hope in God and in Christ. Ezra x. 2. We have trespassed against our God, yet now is there hope concerning this.

Job v. 15, 16. God saveth the poor from the sword, and from the hand of the mighty. The poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

xi. 14. Put iniquity far from thee.-Ver. 18. Then thou shalt be secure, because there is hope.

Ps. xvi. 9, 10. My flesh shall rest in hope: For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Acts ii. 26.

xxii. 9. Thou didst make me to hope when | dust, if so be there may be hope.-Ver. 31. I was upon my mother's breasts. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

xxxi. 24. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. Ver. 22. Let thy mercy, Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. Ps. cxlvii. 11.

xxxviii. 15. For in thee, O Lord, do I hope; thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God.

xxxix. 7. Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

xlii. 5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, for the help of his countenance. Ver. 11. Ps. lxxi. 4, 5. 14.

lxxviii. 5. He commanded our fathers, that they should make known to their children his testimony and his law.-Ver. 7. That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.

cxix. 43. I have hoped in thy judgments. Ver. 49. Remember the word on which thou hast caused me to hope.-Ver. 74. I have hoped in thy word. Ver. 81. 114. 116.

Ver. 166. Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

cxxx. 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and plenteous redemption. Ps. cxxxi. 3.

cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, and whose hope is in the Lord his God.

Prov. x. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Jer. iii. 23. In vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

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Hos. ii. 15. The Lord saith, I will give her (the church) the valley of Achor for a door of hope.

Joel iii. 16. The Lord will be the hope of his people.

Zech. ix. 12. Turn you to the strong-hold, ye prisoners of hope.

Acts xxiii. 6. Of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question, said Paul. xxiv. 15. I have hope toward God, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead. Ch. xxvi. 6, 7.-xxviii. 20.

Rom. iv. 18. Abraham believed in hope.
v. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of

God.

Ver. 4, 5. Experience worketh hope: and hope maketh not ashamed.

viii. 24, 25. We are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for? If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

xii. 12. Rejoicing in hope.

xv. 4. Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

Ver. 13. 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.

1 Cor. ix. 10. For our sakes this is written, That he that plougheth should plough in hope, and that he that thresheth in hope should be a partaker of his hope.

xiii. 7. Charity hopeth all things.-Ver. 13 Now abideth faith, hope, charity.

xv. 19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 2 Cor. iii. 12. Seeing we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech.

Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness through faith. Eph. i. 18. Your understanding being en

xiv. 8. O Lord, the hope of Israel and the lightened, that ye may know what is the hope Saviour thereof in time of trouble.

of his calling, and what the riches of the

xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in glory of his inheritance in the saints. the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

Ver. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel.-Ver. 17. Thou art my hope in the day of evil.

xxxi. 17. There is hope, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again from captivity. 1. 7. They sinned against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.-Ver. 29. He putteth his mouth in the

iv. 4. Ye are called in one hope of your calling.

Phil. i. 20. My earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed; but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.

Col. i. 5. The hope laid up for you in

heaven.

Ver. 23. Be not moved away from the hope of the gospel-Ver. 27. Christ in you the hope of glory.

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