James i. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. 1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. XCVI. God is the holy one by way of eminency. Isa. xliii. 15. I am the Lord, your holy one. Hab. i. 12. Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord, my holy one! See 2 Kings xix. 22. Isa. xxix. 23. xxxvii. 23.—xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29. The holy one of Israel. Ps. lxxi. 22. I will praise thee, O thou holy one of Israel. Ps. lxxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4.-x. 20.-xii. 6.-xvii. 7.-xxix. 19.-xxxi. 1. Jer. li. 5. Ezek. xxxix. 7. XCVII. Things pertaining to God declared holy. His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. Lev. xxii. 32. Ps. xcix. 3. Isa. Ivii. 15. Ezek. xxxix. 7. Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27. Place. 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. Ps. xlvi. 4.-lxviii. 17. 35. Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cried, God heard me out of his holy hill. Ps. ii. 6.-xv. 1.—xliii. 3.—| xcix. 9. Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people. Ps. lxviii. 5. Jer. xxv. 30. Zech. ii. 13. Mountain. Isa. lxv. 25. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. Ch. xi. 9.—lvi. 7.—lvii. 13.-Ezek. xx. 40. Dan. xi. 45. Joel iii. 17. Zech. viii. 3. House. Ps. xciii. 5. Holiness becometh thy house, O Lord. 1 Chron. xxix. 3. Isa. Ixiv. 11. Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered his holy promise. Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remembered his holy covenant. Dan. xi. 28. 30. Law. Rom. vii. 12. The law is holy, and the commandment holy, just and good. Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. Promised in the holy scriptures. 2 Tim. iii. 15. Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling. Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath. Ch. xxxi. 14, 15. Neh. ix. 14. Isa. lviii. 13. People. Deut. vii. 6. Thou art an holy people to the Lord your God. Ch. xiv. 2. 21. See Exod. xix. 6, and 1 Pet. ii. 9. Lev. x. 10. Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor. iii. 17. Eph. i. 4.— v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 15.—ii. 5.—2 Pet. iii. 11. Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. iii. 2 Rev. xxii. 6. Priests. Exod. xxii. 31. Ye priests shall be holy unto me.-Isa. lii. 11. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. Heb. vii. 26. Ps. xvi. 10.-lxxxix. 19. Acts ii. 27.-iii. 14.-xiii. 35. Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit from me. Isa. Ixiii. 10, 11. Luke xi. 13. Rom. i. 4. Eph. i. 13.-iv. 30.—1 Thess. iv. 8. Angels. Mark viii. 38. The Son of man cometh with the holy angels. Acts x. 22. Rev. xiv. 10. GOODNESS OF GOD. XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13.-vii. 3. Ezra iii. 11. Ps. c. 5.-cvi. 1.-cvii. 1.-cxviii. 1. 29.cxxxv. 3.-cxxxvi. 1.—extv. 9. Jer. xxxiii. 11. Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7. Ps. xxv. 8. Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the way. xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. lii. 1. The goodness of God endureth continually. lxxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy, to all that call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 68. cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. Zech. ix. 17. How great is his goodness! how great is his beauty! Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but one, that is, God. Luke xviii. 19. Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to repentance. xi. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God. XCIX. The Lord doth good. Gen. xxxii. 12. The Lord said to Jacob, I will surely do thee good, &c. 1.20. Joseph said to his brethren, Ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good. Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bemake all my goodness pass before thee. Istowed on us, and the great goodness toward Deut. xxx. 9. The Lord will rejoice over the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed thee for good. xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush. 2 Sam. vii. 28. O Lord, thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant. Ver. 29. 1 Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced for all the goodness the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him. Ver. 18. Ch. vii. 9. Neh. ii. 8. 18. Neh. v. 19. Think upon me, my God, for good. Ch. xiii. 31. ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in thy great goodness, Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? on them. Jer. xxiv. 5. I sent them captives out of this place for their good.-Ver. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will build them, and plant them. xxix. 32. The wicked shall not behold the good that I will do for my people. xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing in the height of Zion; and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat and for wine, &c.-Ver. 14. My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. xxxii. 39. 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 after them.-Ver. 42. I will bring upon this people all the good that I have promised. Ps. iv. 6. Many say, Who will shew us xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy hear the good that I do unto my people, and countenance upon us. they shall fear and tremble, for all the goodxxi. 3. Thou preventest with the blessingsness, and for all the prosperity. of goodness. xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. xxv. 7. According to thy mercy, remember me for thy goodness' sake. xxvii. 13. I had fainted unless I had believed, to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Ver. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel. See Josh. xxi. 45.-xxiii. 14.-xxiv. 20. and 1 Kings viii. 56. Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the latter days. Matt. vii. 11. If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness more shall your Father which is in heaven, of the Lord. give good things to them that ask him? xx. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. lxv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy lovingkindness is good. Ixxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield; he will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. lxxxvi. 17. Show me a token for good. ciii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things. cvii. 8. O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men. Ver. 15. 21. 31. cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for good. exliii. 10. Thy spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness. exliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, my fortress, and high tower, &c. Isa. lxiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the good! Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with good things. ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. xii. 32. It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons. Ps. civ. 28. lxviii. 10.-lxxxv. 12. Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. James i. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, MERCY OF GOD. C. God is merciful. Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity. Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. Ver. 19. 27, 28. 31. Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Ivii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Ps. eviii. 4. Ixii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy. lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 5. c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations. ciii. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Ps. exi. 4. cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever. cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.-Ver. 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. Ps. lix. 10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me. lxxxix. 2. Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the heavens.-Ver. 14. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.-Ver. 28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore. cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on Zion. Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel. xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you. liv. 7, 8. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.-Ver. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. xlii. 21. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. lv. 3. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. lx. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. Jer. xxx. 18. I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling-places. Ch. xxxiii. 26. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Hos. i. 7.—ii. 23. xlii. 12. I will shew mercies unto you, that the king of Babylon may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. Lam. iii. 32. Though the Lord cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving 2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, and the kindness, and in mercies. God of all comfort. Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy. ment. James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. CI. Mercy promised. Ps. v. 7. I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy. Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers. Zech. i. 16. Thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies. x. 6. I will bring them again to place them, for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off. Rom. ix. 15. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. (Exod, xxxiii. 19.) Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. CII. Persons to whom mercy is promised. | multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my Mercy is promised to the obedient. See the transgressions. following texts on promises to the obedient: Exod. xx. 6. Deut. v. 10.-xiii. 17, 18. Ps. XXV. 10. To the penitent. See in promises to conversion, or turning to God, the following texts: 2 Chron. xxx. 9. Prov. xxviii. 13. Isa. lv. 7. Jer. iii. 12.-xxxi. 19, 20. To them that fear God See in promises to them that fear God, the following texts: Ps. ciii. 11. 13. 17. Luke i. 50. To them that love God. See in promises to loving God, the following texts: Exod. xx. Deut. v. 10. Ps. cxix. 132. Jude 21. 6. To them that trust in God. See in promises to them that trust in God, the following texts: Ps. xxxii. 10.-xxxiii. 22. CIII. Mercy prayed for. Numb. vi. 24, 25, 26. On this wise the priests shall bless (or pray for) the people: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy mercy. Deut. xxi. 8. Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people, whom thou hast redeemed. Neh. xiii. 22. Remember me, O my God, and spare me, according to the greatness of thy mercy. Ps. iv. 1. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. vi. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, heal me.-Ver. 4. O save me for thy mercies' sake. Ps. xxx. 10.Ixix. 13, 14. 16, 17.-lvii. 1.-xliv. 26.--lvi. 1.-cxxiii. 3. Ps. ix. 13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble. Ixi. 7. O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve the king. lxxix. 8. O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us.-Ver. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and purge away our sins for thy name's sake. lxxxv. 7. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. lxxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I cry unto thee daily.-Ver. 5. For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. Ps. xxvii. 7. xc. 14. O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. cix. 21, 22. Because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me, for I am poor and needy.Ver. 26. Help me, O Lord my God, O save me according to thy mercy. cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.-Ver. 58. Be merciful unto me, according to thy word.-Ver. 77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live. -Ver. 124. Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy; and teach me thy statutes.— Ver. 132. Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously. Hab. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years; in wrath remember mercy, Mal. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gracious unto us. Luke xviii. 13. God be merciful to me a sinner. Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. xxv. 6, 7. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they have been ever of old.-Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: accord-2 ing to thy mercy remember thou me. Ps. lxxxvi. 6. Ver. 7. 16. For thy goodness' sake, O Lord, turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. Ps. lxxxvi. 16. xxvi. 11. I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. xl. 11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me. xli. 4. Lord, be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. 1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 2 John 3. 2 Tim. i. 16. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus.-Ver. 18. The Lord grant that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day. Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied. CIV. Mercy acknowledged in various instances. Gen. xix. 16. The Lord being mer li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, accord-ciful unto Lot, they brought him forth, and set ing to thy loving-kindness; according to the him without the city.-Ver. 19. Lot said, Thou hast magnified thy mercy in saving my life. Exod. xv. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed. 2 Sam. xxii. 51. He sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. Ps. xviii. 50. 1 Kings iii. 6. 2 Chron. vi. 42. Ezra vii. 27, 28. Blessed be the Lord, who hath extended mercy unto me, before the king and his counsellors. Ch. ix. 9. lxxxv. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. ciii. 3. The Lord forgiveth all thine iniquities; he healeth all thy diseases.-Ver. 10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins. cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet or crimson, they shall be as snow, or as wool. xxxiii. 24. The inhabitants shall not say, I Ps. xciv. 18. When I said, My foot slip- am sick; the people that dwell therein shall be peth; thy mercy, Lord, held me up. xcviii. 3. The Lord hath remembered his mercy, and his truth, toward the house of Israel. Luke i. 54. 72. 78. cvi. 45. He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. cxix. 64. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy. Rom. ix. 23. That God might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. 1 Cor. vii. 25. Paul said, I obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 1 Tim. i. 13. Paul said, I who was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, obtained mercy. Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he saved us. 1 Pet. i. 3. His abundant mercy. ii. 10. Ye have obtained mercy. CV. Thanks for mercy. Gen. xxiv. 27, Abraham's servant said, Blessed be the Lord God, who hath not left destitute my master, of his mercy and his truth. forgiven their iniquity. xliii. 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins. 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. See promises to repentance and turning to God. Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Ver. 22. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought 1. 20. In those days, and in that time, saith for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I reserve. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good for his mercy endureth 2 Chron. v. 13.-vii. 3.-xx. 21. Ezek. xxxiii. 15, 16. If the wicked restore Ezra iii. 11. Ps. cvi. 1.—cvii. 1.—exviii. 1.—the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk for ever. cxxxvi. 1. Jer. xxxiii. 11. Ps. lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy mercy. Ps. lxxxix. 1. lxvi. 20. Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. ciii. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul.-Ver. 4. Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies. cxv. 1. Not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's sake. CVI. Mercy in the pardon of sin. See in Sect. c. texts, Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. Numb. xiv. 18. Neh. ix. 17. Ps. lxxxvi. 5. Dan. ix. 9. Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. Ixv. 3. As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. in the statutes of life, none of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him; he shall surely live. Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? &c.-Ver. 9. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not man. xiv. 4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. Matt. xii. 31. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.-Ver. 32. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. Heb. x. 17. Their sins and their iniquity will I remember no more. Ch. viii. 12. Jer. xxxi. 34. |