Phil. ii. 1. If there are any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy. Ver. 2.

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies.

CRUELTY OF THE WICKED. XLVI. Cruelty of the wicked. Gen. xlix. 5. Instruments of cruelty are in their habitaVer. 7.

UNMERCIFUL.

XLIV. Unmerciful. Threats. Ps. cix. 12. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him.-Ver. 16. Because he remembered not to shew mercy.

Hos. iv. 1. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Matt. xxiii. 23. Woe to you, ye have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith.

Rom. i. 28, 29. The reprobate mind is filled with all unrighteousness, implacable, unmerciful. Ver. 31.

James ii. 13. He shall have judgment without mercy, that shewed no mercy. Matt. vii. 2.

COMPASSION AND PITY.

XLV. Compassion and pity. Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother.

Matt. xviii. 33. Shouldest thou not have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee.

Luke x. 33. A Samaritan had compassion on him that fell among thieves.-Ver. 37. Jesus said, Go thou and do likewise.

Deut. xxxii. 33. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Prov. xii. 10. The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Ps. lxxiv. 20. Earth's dark places are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Lam. iv. 3. The daughter of my people is become cruel.

Prayers. Ps. lxxi. 4. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. Ps. xxv. 19.-xxvii. 12.

Threats. Zech. i. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I am very sore displeased with the heathen, that are at ease, for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Amos i. 11. Obad. i. 15. Gen. xlii. 21. Amos vi. 1. 3. 6. Isa. xlvii. 6. Judg. ix. 24. Ezek. xviii. 18.-xxxiv. 4.

FORGIVENESS.

XLVII. Forgiveness. Matt. vi. 9. After this manner pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven.-Ver. 12. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Ver. 14, 15. If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.

1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this world's good; and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? See Heb. xiii. 3.-x. 32, 33, 34. Phil. iv. 14. Job xxx. 25. Ps. xxxv. 13, 14.

Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Gal. vi. 2. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Job vi. 14. To the afflicted pity should be shewed.

xix. 21. Have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me. 1 Pet. iii. 8. Be pitiful, be courteous. Eph. iv. 32.

Matt. xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's sentences, at the last day, to the compassionate and uncompassionate. Amos i. 11.

See persons not to be pitied, Deut. vii. 16. -xiii. 8.-xix. 13. 21. Ezek. ix. 5, 6.

hast gained thy brother.

Ver. 21, 22. Peter said, How oft shall my brother offend and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, till seven times, but until seventy times seven.

Ver. 27. The Lord of that servant [who could not pay] forgave him the debt.

Ver. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Mark xi. 25, 26. When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any, that your Father also which is in heaven may for give you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Luke vi. 37, 38. Forgive and ye shall be forgiven. For with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

xvii. 3, 4. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and

Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another; even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Col. iii. 12, 13. Put on (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so do ye. See 2 Cor. ii. 7. 10. Gal. vi. 1.

REVENGE.

XLVIII. Revenge. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people.

Prov. xx. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil.

xxiv. 29. Say not, I will do to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. 1 Thess. v. 15. 1 Pet. iii. 9.

xii. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil.

Zech. vii. 10. Let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. Ch. viii. 17. Rom. xii. 19, 20. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Instances of good counsel received. By MoIses, Exod. xviii. 19.-By Bathsheba, 1 Kings i. 12.-By the king of Israel, 2 Kings vi. 9, 10. By the king of Judah, 2 Chron. xxx. 2, 23. -By the princes of Judah, Ezra x. 3. 8.

L. Rejecting evil counsel; the duty and safety thereof. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. Job xxi. 16.-xxii. 18.

Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

xii. 5. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.

xix. 27. Cease to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Followers of evil counsel punished. Instances thereof. Those who followed the counsel of Balaam, Numb. xxxi. 16.-Rehoboam for following the counsel of the young men, 1 Kings xii. 8, 14.-Ahaziah for following the evil counsel of his mother, 2 Chron. xxii. 3, 4, 5.

LI. Mutual obligations to giving and receiving instruction from one another. Prov. iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life. Ch. i. 2, 3.-v. 1.-vi. 23.

viii. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. -Ver. 33. Hear instruction and be wise, and

GOOD COUNSEL.

XLIX. The duty of giving and receiving good counsel. Ps. lv. 14. We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.

ix. 9. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

x. 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction; but he that refuseth reproof erreth. xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

xv. 32. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

xi. 14. Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Ch. xv. 22.-xx. 18.-xxiv. 6.

xii. 5. He that hearkeneth to counsel is wise.

xiii. 10. With the well-advised is wisdom. xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruc

knowledge.

xxi. 11. When a scorner is punished the simple is made wise, but when the wise is instructed he receiveth knowledge.

xxiii. 12. Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.Ver. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not; also, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

v. 23. The wicked shall die without instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Ver. 12, 13.

xiii. 18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction, but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

xvi. 22. Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it, but the instruction of fools is folly. See Heb. v. 12.

LIII. To edify one another. Rom. xiv. 19. Let us follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify

another.

xv. 2. Let every one please his neighbour for his good to edification.

1 Cor. viii. 1. Charity edifieth. xiv. 26. Let all things be done to edifying. Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.

1 Thess. v. 11. Comfort yourselves together, and edify one another. See Eph. iv. 16. Cor. x. 23.-xiv. 3, 12.

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LIV. To exhort one another. Heb. iii. 13. Exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

x. 24. Let us consider one another, to provoke to love and to good works.-Ver. 25. Exhorting one another.

LV. To warn one another. 1 Thess. v. 14. Warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

LVI. To admonish one another. Eccl. iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, than an old and foolish king, that will no more be admonished.

xii. 11, 12. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fixed by the masters of assemblies. By these, my son, be thou admonished.

Rom. xv. 14. I myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Col. iii. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another.

2 Thess. iii. 14, 15. If any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

LVII. To rebuke one another, and to hearken to rebuke. Lev. xix. 17. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more favour than he that Ch. xxvii. 5.

flattereth with the tongue.

xxiv. 25. To them that rebuke the wicked shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Mark viii. 33. Jesus rebuked Peter. Luke xxiii. 40. One of the malefactors rebuked the

other.

1 Tim. v. 20. Them that sin rebuke before

all, that others may fear.

LVIII. Of not giving and receiving rebuke. Prov. ix. 7, 8. He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth to himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke. Amos v. 10. The wicked hate him that re

buketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Matt. vii. 6. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

1 Tim. v. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father.

Prov. vi. 23. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life.

xiii. 18. He that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

xv. 5. He that regardeth reproof is prudent. Ver. 31, 32. The ear that heareth the reproof of life, abideth among the wise. He that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into a wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool. xix. 25. Reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

xxv. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover on an obedient ear.

Eph. v. 11. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather re

Ps. xxxviii. 11. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

xli. 9. Mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Iv. 12-14. If it was an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.

Ixix. 20. I looked for comforters, but I found

none.

lxxxviii. 18. Lover and friend thou hast put far from me.

Prov. xiv. 20. The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but the rich hath many friends.

xix. 4. Wealth maketh many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbour. Ver. 6, 7.

xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an angry

man.

xxv. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint.

xxvii. 14. He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

Lam. i. 2. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her.

Mic. vii. 5. Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide.

Zech. xiii. 6. I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Of bearing with one another's weaknesses in mutters of religion. Rom. xiv. 1. Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

xv. 1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

1 Cor. xiii. 7. Charity beareth all things, endureth all things.

Gal. vi. 1, 2. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

FORBEARANCE.

LXVI. Forbearance. Forbearing to judge one another on account of differences. Isa. lxv. 2. 5. A rebellious people, which walketh in a way not good, after their own thoughts; which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for

my nose.

Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word. Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake. said, Let the Lord be glorified; but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. Compare Matt. v. 11. Luke vi. 22, 23.

Matt. vii. 1, 2. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged. (Luke vi. 37.) For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Ver. 3-5. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

John viii. 7. Jesus said, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.

Rom. ii. 1-3. Thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest, for wherein thou judgest another thou condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest dost the same things. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them that commit such things. Thinkest thou, O man, which judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

xiv. 2-4. One believeth that he may eat all things; another who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth. Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth.

Ver. 5. One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike: let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Ver, 10. Why dost thou judge thy bro ther or why dost thou set at naught thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ.-Ver. 12, 13. Every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more. Gal. vi. 5. Every man shall bear his own burden.

1 Cor. iv. 5. Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come.

James iv. 11, 12, He that judgeth his brother judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; who art thou that judgest another? See 1 Cor. v. 10. 13.