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Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed | from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.-Ver. 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, &c.-Ver. 32. They who commit such things are worthy of death.

ii. 8, 9. Unto them that obey unrighteousness, God will render indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil. 1 Cor. vi. 9. Know ye not, that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?

2 Thess. ii. 10. The Wicked [man of sin] is filled with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish.-Ver. 12. That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 Pet. ii. 13. They shall receive the reward of unrighteousness.-Ver. 14. Cursed children. -Ver. 17. To whom is reserved the mist of darkness for ever.

XV. Pardon promised to those that forsake unrighteousness. Isa. lv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Heb. viii. 12. I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

ZEAL.

XVI. Zeal a duty. Gal. iv. 18. It is good to be zealously affected in a good thing.

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Rev. iii. 19. Be zealous and repent. Instances. In Phinehas, Num. xxv. 11. 13. -In Christ, Isa. lix. 17. Ps. Ixix. 9.-In David, Ps. cxix. 139.-In the Corinthians, 1 Cor. xiv. 12. 2 Cor. vii. 11.—ix. 2.—In Epaphras, Col. iv. 13.

Erroneous Zeal. Instances: In Saul's slaying the Gibeonites, 2 Sam. xxi. 1, 2.-In Paul for the law of Moses, before his conversion. Acts xxii. 3. Gal. i. 14. Phil. iii. 6.In the Jews, Acts xxi. 20. Rom. x. 2.-See Jehu boasting of his zeal, 2 Kings x. 16. Want of zeal. Rev. iii. 15. Because thou art neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

UPRIGHTNESS.

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xvi. 17. The highway of the upright is to depart from evil.

xxi. 29. As for the upright, he directeth his way. See ch. xiv. 2.

XVIII. Promises to the upright. 1 Chron. xxix. 17. I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.

Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in heart. xi. 7. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

xv. 2. He that walketh uprightly shall abide in thy tabernacle.

xviii. 25. With an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be for ever.-Ver. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the latter end of that man is peace.

xlix. 14. The upright shall have dominion over the wicked.

lxxxiv. 11. The Lord will withhold no good from them that walk uprightly.

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

cxii. 2. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.-Ver. 4. Unto the upright there ariseth light in darkness.

cxl. 13. Lord, the upright shall dwell in thy

presence.

Prov. ii. 7. The Lord is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.-Ver. 21. The upright shall dwell in the land, &c.

x. 9. He that walketh uprightly walketh surely.-Ver. 29. The way of the Lord is strength to the upright.

xi. 3. The integrity of the upright shall preserve them.-Ver. 6. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them.-Ver. 11. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted. Ch. xxix. 8. Gen. xviii. 23 to 28.

Ver. 20. The upright in their way are God's delight.

xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Ver. 22. They that deal truly are God's delight.

xiii. 6. Righteousness keepeth the upright in the way.

xiv. 11. The tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

xv. 8. The prayer of the upright is God's delight.

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

xxviii. 6. Better is the poor that walketh in

XVII. Upright. Prov. xv. 21. A man of his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his understanding walketh uprightly.

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xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine integrity.

Prov. xix. 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Ch. xxviii. 6.

xx. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity. Job xxvii. 6. My heart shall not reproach me.

XXI. Particular instances of integrity. Gen. xx. 6. God said to Abimelech, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, for I withheld thee from sinning against

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XXII. Sincerity. Josh. xxiv. 14. Fear and serve the Lord in sincerity.

1 Cor. v. 8. Keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity.

2 Cor. i. 12. In simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversation.

ii. 17. As of sincerity in the sight of God speak we.

Phil. i. 10. I pray that ye may be sincere, and without offence, until the day of Christ.

Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.

Tit. ii. 7. In doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity.

1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.

PERFECTION.

XXIII. Perfection a commanded duty. Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord said unto Abraham, I am the Almighty God: walk before me and be thou perfect.

Deut. xviii. 13. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

Matt. v. 48. Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Rom. xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

xiii. 11. Be perfect, be of one mind.

Col. iii. 14. Put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfection.

XXIV. Directions for attaining perfection. Matt. xix. 21. If thou wilt be perfect, keep the 1 John ii. 5.-iv. 12. commandments. Luke vi. 40. Every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

Phil. iii. 12. Not as though I were already perfect, or had already attained.-Ver. 14, 15. I press forward toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let as many as be perfect, be thus minded.

James i. 4. Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

iii. 2. If any offend not in word, the same is a perfect man.

XXV. Perfection from God and Christ. 2 Sam. xxii. 33. God maketh my way perfect. Ps. xviii. 32.

Ps. cxxxviii. 8. The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.

Ezek. xvi. 14. Thy beauty was perfect through my comeliness which I put upon thee. 1 Cor. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ?

John xvii. 23. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.

2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness.

Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, (viz. Christ.)

iv. 12. Praying fervently for you, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Heb. x. 14. By one offering Christ hath | 16. They say, come and see my zeal for the perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

xiii. 21. God make you perfect, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight.

1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. See Heb. xi. 40.-xii. 23.

Lord.

Job xii. 2. No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

xv. 8. They restrain wisdom to themselves. Jer. viii. 8.

Ps. xii. 2. They speak with a double heart. Jer. xii. 2.

Prov. xx. 6. They proclaim their own goodness.

xxx. 12. They are pure in their own eyes,

XXVI. The holy Scriptures a mean of perfection. 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and in-yet are not washed from their filthiness. struction in righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works.

Ps. cxix. 11. Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. See Gal. iii. 3. See the Spirit's influences upon all Christians.

XXVII. Also the ministry. Eph. iv. 1113. He gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

Col. i. 28. We preach Christ, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

1 Thess. iii. 9, 10. We joy before God for your sakes; praying that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith.

XXVIII. Promises to the perfect. Job viii. 20. God will not cast away a perfect man.

Ps. xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.

Prov. ii. 21. The upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

XXIX. Instances of persons called perfect. Noah, Gen. vi. 9.-Job, Job i. 1. 8.-ii. 3.David, Ps. ci. 2. 6. Persons called righteous: Noah, Gen. vii. 1.-David, 1 Kings iii. 6.Job, Job xxix. 14.-Zacharias and Elisabeth, Luke i. 6.-Abel, Heb. xi. 4.

HYPOCRISY.

XXX. Hypocrisy forbidden. Luke xii. 1. Jesus said, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

James iii. 17. The wisdom which is from above is without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

XXXI. Marks of hypocrites. 2 Kings x.

Isa. lxv. 5. They say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others.

Ixvi. 5. They hate their brethren, and cast them out, and say, Let the Lord be glorified. Matt. vii. 4. They say, Let me pull the mote out of thine eye, &c.

Matt. vi. 5. They pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Luke xviii. 11. In prayer they say, God, I thank thee, I am not as other men are, extortioners, &c. Matt. xxiii. 14. They devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers.

Ver. 16. When they fast they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Luke xviii. 12. I fast twice in the week, said the Pharisee.

Ver. 2. When they give alms they sound a trumpet, that they may have glory of men. Luke xvi. 15. They justify themselves before men.

John v. 44. They receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only.

Matt. xxiii. 25. They make clean the outside of the cup and platter, but within are full of extortion and excess.-Ver. 27. Like whited sepulchres, outwardly beautiful, but within are full of rottenness.-Ver. 28. Outwardly they appear righteous unto men, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

xv. 8, 9. They honour God with their lips, but their heart is far from him. In vain they worship God, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

xxiii. 13. They shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; they neither go in themselves nor suffer others to go in.

Ver. 15. They compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and make him two-fold more the child of hell than themselves.

Ver. 23. They pay tithe of mint, anise and cummin, (all manner of herbs, Luke xi. 42,) and omit the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. Luke xviii. 42. Ver. 24. They strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

XXXII. Threats. Job viii. 13. The hypocrite's hope shall perish.

xiii. 16. A hypocrite shall not come before God. Ps. v. 5.

xv. 34. The congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate.

xvii. 8. The innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

xx. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a

moment.

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypocrite, when God taketh away his soul?

xxxvi. 13. The hypocrites heap up wrath; they cry not when God bindeth them.

Isa. ix. 17. The Lord shall have no pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evil-doer.

x. 6. A hypocritical nation, the people of God's wrath.

xxxiii. 14. Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites; who among us shall dwell with devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Matt. xxiii. 33. Ye serpents! ye generation of vipers! how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant shall appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

XXXIII. Hypocrites hurtful to men. Job xxxiv. 30. That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Prov. xi. 9. The hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour. See Isa. xxxii. 6. Mark xii. 14, 15. Prov. xxvii. 14.

THE HEART.

XXXIV. The heart of the righteous is toward God. Whole heart signifying sincerity in duties. Deut. xi. 13. Love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. Ch. xiii. 3.-xxx. 6. Matt. xxii. 37. Josh. xxii. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 20. 24.

xxvi. 16. Thou shalt keep and do these statutes and judgments, with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 1 Kings ii. 4.-viii. 23.

xxx. 2, 3. When thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul; then the Lord will turn thy captivity, &c.

2 Kings xxiii. 3. Josiah the king made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soul. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 31.xv. 12.

my whole heart. Ps. lxxxvi. 12. I will praise thee with all my heart.

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep the Lord's testimonies, and seek him with the whole heart. Ver. 10.

Ver. 34. Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Ver. 69.

Ver. 58. I entreated thy favour with my whole heart. Ver. 145.

Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not to thine own understanding.

Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return to me with their whole heart.

xxix. 13. Ye shall seek me, and find me (saith the Lord) when ye search for me with all your heart. 2 Chron. xv. 12.-xxii. 9.

Acts viii. 37. If thou believest with all thy heart, &c.

Col. iii. 23. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord.

XXXV. Pure heart. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart.

Matt. v. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. See 1 Tim. i. 5. 2 Tim. ii. 22. 1 Pet. i. 22.

XXXVI. Perfect heart. 1 Kings viii. 61. Let your heart be perfect with the Lord your God, to walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve God with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.

1 Chron. xxix. 9. With a perfect heart the people offered willingly.

2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in behalf of those whose heart is perfect with him.

Ps. ci. 2. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Luke viii. 15. But that on the good ground, are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

See Instances. Asa, 1 Kings xv. 14. 2 Chron. xv. 17.-Hezekiah, 2 Kings xx. 3. Isa. xxxviii. 3.-Want of a perfect heart in Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 4.-xv. 3. And in Amaziah, 2 Chron. xxv. 2.

XXXVII. Upright heart. Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in heart.

xxxii. 11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are Ps. ix. 1. I will praise thee, O Lord, with upright in heart. Ps. lxiv. 10.

xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving-kindness to them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

cxix. 7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. See Job xxxiii. 3.

xxx. 21. Who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me, saith the Lord?-Ver. 22. Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezek. xviii. 31. Make you a new heart, and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Joel ii. 13. Rend your heart and not your

XXXVIII. Single heart. Acts ii. 46. Eph. garments, and turn again to the Lord.

vi. 5. Col. iii. 22.

See James iv. 8. Purify your hearts. Ch.
v. 8. Establish your hearts.
Apply the heart.—To wisdom,
To understanding, Eccl. vii. 25.

XXXIX. Clean heart. Ps. li. 10. Create
in me a clean heart, O God.
lxxiii. 1. God is good to such as are of a To knowledge, Prov. xxii. 17.
clean heart.
tion, Prov. xxiii. 12.

Prov. xx. 9. Who can say I have made my heart clean?

XL. Broken and contrite heart. Ps. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

cix. 16. See prayers against those who would slay the broken in heart. Ver. 1-15. cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Isa. lvii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

lxi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18.

lxvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

XLI. Duties respecting the heart. Deut. xxxii. 46. Set your hearts unto all the words which I command you.

Josh. xxiv. 23. Incline your heart unto the

Lord God of Israel.

1 Sam. vii. 3. Prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only. Job xi. 13.

2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. Lord, pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek the Lord God of his fathers.

Ezra vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it.

Job xi. 13. 15. If thou prepare thy heart, and stretch out thy hands towards him, then shalt thou lift up thy face with joy.

Ps. lxxvii. 6. I commune with mine own heart. Ps. iv. 4.

Prov. iv. 23. Keep thy heart. Ch. xxiii. 19. Guide thy heart, &c.

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart.-Ver. 14, Wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. Isa. i. 16.

Ps. xc. 12.

Prov. ii. 2. To instruc

XLII. God taketh notice of the heart. This is to be considered as a motive to the foregoing duties. Jer. xx. 12. O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and heart.

1 Kings viii. 39. Lord, thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men. 2 Chron vi. 30.

Ps. xliv. 21. God knoweth the secrets of the

heart.

Prov. xv. 11. Hell and destruction are before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the children of men.

Luke xvi. 15. God knoweth your hearts. Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, knowest the hearts of all men.

Heb. iv. 12. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.

Jer. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the heart
Rom. viii. 27. He that

and try the reins.
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind
of the Spirit. Rev. ii. 23. I am he which
searcheth the reins and hearts.

1 Chron. xxix. 17. I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.

Ver. 18, 19.

Ps. vii. 9. The righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

xxvi. 2. Examine me, O Lord, and prove. me, try my reins and my heart. Jer. xii 3. Thou hast tried my heart toward thee. 1 Thess. ii. 4. God trieth the

hearts.

Ps. xvii. 3. Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast tried me.

Prov. xxi. 2. The Lord pondereth the hearts. Ch. xxiv. 12.

XLIII. God influenceth the hearts of the righteous. Ps. li. 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God, &c.

Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord.

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