the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Isa. v. 12. They regarded not the work of the Lord, neither considered the operation of his hands. Ch. xxvi, 11. -liii. 1.-lxv. 2. v. 25. His anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still, Ch. ix. 12. 17. 21.-4. xxiv. 27. Matt. xxii. 29. Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God, Duties resulting from or founded upon the doctrine of God's power. Isa. xxx. iii. 13. Ye that are near, acknowledge my might. Ps. xviii, 1. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. See Love to God. Luke xii. 5. Fear him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. See Fear of God. Isa. xxvi. 4. Trust in the Lord for ever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. See Trust in God. 1 Chron. xvi. 11. Seek the Lord and his strength. Ps. cv. 4. See Seek God. Ps. xxi. 1. The king shall joy in thy strength. See Joy in God. Ps. lix. 17. To thee, O my strength, will I sing. See Praising God. Ixviii. 34. Ascribe ye strength unto the Lord. xcvi. 7. Give unto the Lord glory and strength. clxv. 6. Men shall speak of the glory of thine acts. Ver. 11. cl. 1. Praise the Lord in the firmament of his power. Jude 25. To the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure, they are, and were created. See Ch. v. 13.-vii. 12.—xix. 1. OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. As Miracles may be considered as uncommon effects, produced by the interposal and exertion of divine power, it is thought proper to give the following miracles a place under this article.(See Miracles, Ch. iv. Sect. 50 to 58.) LXXVIII. 1. Miracles affecting nations, and particular persons. Gen. 7th and 8th chapters. The flood, with all its circumstances: the design thereof, 2 Pet. ii. 5. to destroy the ungodly. Gen. xxi. 2. The birth of Isaac. xxii. 13. He is miraculously delivered from death. xix. 24. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, &c. Deut. xxix. 23. Isa. xiii. 19. Jer. xlix. 18.-1. 4. Exod. iii. 2. An angel appears to Moses in a flame of fire, in a bush. iv. 3. Moses's rod is changed into a serpent.-Ver. 4. His hand becometh leprous, and is restored. vii. 10. Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent before Pharaoh.-Ver. 12. It swallows up the magician's rods, turned serpents also.-Ver. 20. The waters of Egypt are turned into blood. viii. 6. The plague of frogs.-Ver. 17. The plague of lice.-Ver. 21. The plague of flies. ix. 6. A plague upon cattle.-Ver. 10. Plague of boils.-Ver. 23. Thunder, hail, and fire. x. 13. The plague of locusts.—Ver. 22. Darkness sent as a plague. xii. 29. The death of the first-born. --Ver. 31. Israel leaves Egypt. xiii. 21. Israel is guided by a pillar of a cloud and fire. xiv. 20. The pillar is dark toward the Egyptians, and bright toward the Israelites. Ver. 21. The sea is divided.-Ver. 22. Israel passeth through safely.-Ver. 26. The sea returns and overwhelms the Egyptians. 2. These miracles wrought by the power of God. Exod. iii. 20. I will smite Egypt with all my wonders. Ch. iv. 9. 17. 28.-vii. 3.-xi. 9. Deut. vi. 22.vii. 19.-xxvi. 8.-xxxiv. 11. Neh. ix. 10. Thou shewest wonders on Pharaoh. Jer. xxxii. 20, 21. 3. The design of these miracles. Exod. vi. 6, 7. I will redeem you with great judgments, and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. vii. 5. The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt. Ver. 17. Ch. xiv. 4. 18. The waters turned into blood. In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord. viii. 10. By the plague of frogs, that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God. Ch. ix. 14. Ver. 17. Of the plague of lice: The magicians said, It is the finger of God. Ver. 22. No swarms of flies shall be in the land of Goshen; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. Exod. ix. 16. For this cause have I raised thee up, that my name may be known in all the earth. Ver. 27, 28. At the plague of hail, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, I and my people are wicked. Entreat the Lord for me, and I will let you go.-Ver. 29. Moses said, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's. x. 16, 17. At the plague of locusts, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have sinned against the Lord your God. Entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away this death only from me. Ver. 24. At the plague of darkness, Pharaoh said to Moses, Go serve the Lord your God; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed; let your little ones go with you. xi. 7. Against any of the children of Israel, shall not a dog move his tongue against man or beast; that ye may know, how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. xiv. 4. 17. Concerning the overthrow of Pharaoh and his army, God said, I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host.-Ver. 18. The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen, xii. 32. Upon the death of the first-born of Egypt, Pharaoh said, Take your flocks, and your herds, and be gone, and bless me also. 4. After the overthrow of Pharaoh, Exod. xiv. 31, Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord. xv. 1. They sang this song to the Lord, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea, &c. xxix. 46. Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, which brought them out of the land of Egypt. 5. Miracles in the wilderness and the G borders thereof. Exod. xvi. 12, 13. Quails and manna sent for food. Numb. xi. 31. xvii. 6. Water brought from a rock, for drink. Numb. xx. 11. Deut. xxix. 5, 6. Israelite's clothes waxed not old, &c. That ye might know that I am the Lord thy God. Exod. xix. 16. Thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud appear upon Mount Sinai, and the voice of a trumpet | exceeding loud is heard, so that all the people trembled. Ch. xx. 18. xx. 1. The law is delivered.-Ver. 22, The Lord talked with them from heaven. xxiv. 18. Moses tarries forty days on the mount. xxxiv. 28. Moses fasts forty days.— Ver. 29. His face shines so that the Israelites could not look upon it. Lev. ix. 24. Fire from the Lord consumes the burnt-offering. x. 2. Fire from the Lord consumes Nadab and Abihu, for offering with strange fire unto the Lord. Numb. xiv. 37. Men who brought an evil report, die by the plague. xvi. 1. The rebellion of Korah and his company.-Ver. 32. The earth opens and swallows them up. Ver. 49. Fourteen thousand die by the plague, for murmuring. xvii. 8. Aaron's rod budded, as a decisive token of the priesthood being fixed in the house of Levi. xi. 25. The spirit of prophecy given to the elders of Israel. xxi. 4. The people for murmuring are bitten by fiery serpents.-Ver. 6. And healed by looking on a brazen serpent.-Ver. 9. On a pole. xxii. 28. Balaam reproved by an ass speaking, and terrified at the sight of an angel, as he went to curse Israel.—xxiii, 8. 20. Is forced to bless Israel. Ch. xxiv. 4. 13. Josh. iii. 7. Jordan stops until Israel passeth over. 6. The design and use to be made of these miracles, is thus set forth. Exod. x. 2. Tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done amongst them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. Deut. iv 32, 33. Ask now of the days that are past, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it : Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? Deut. iv. 34, 35. Or hath God assayed to take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretchedout arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord is God; there is none else besides him. vi. 12. The ark carried to the land of Israel by cattle, without a guide. Ver. 14. vii. 10. God thundereth upon the Philistines. xii. 18. Thunder and rain sent at Samuel's prayer. xiv. 15. Enemies struck with groundless fear.-Ver. 20. They kill one another. xvii. 49. David kills Goliah.-Ver. 46. Saying, the Lord will deliver thee into mine hand, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. xix. 20. The spirit of prophecy comes upon Saul's messengers.-Ver. 21. And upon Saul. Ver. 24. 1 Kings xiii. 5. The altar rent, and ashes poured out as a sign foretold by the prophet. Ver. 6. Jeroboam's withered hand restored at the prayer of the prophet. Ver. 28. An ass and lion stand by the carcase of a disobedient prophet, slain by the lion. Ver. 36. Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and upon earth, he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.— Ver. 39. Know, therefore, this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God, in heaven above, and in the earth beneath; there is none xvii. 1. Elijah's miracles, viz. A great else. drought.-Ver. 6. He is fed by ravens. Josh. iv. 23, 24. The Lord your God-Ver. 16. Multiplies a barrel of meal, dried up the waters of Jordan before and cruise of oil in famine.-Ver. 22. you, as he did the Red sea : That all Brings a dead child to life. the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is great; and that we might fear the Lord our God for ever. Ch. iii. 10. 14. xxiv. 31. Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, which had known all the works of the Lord which he had done for Israel. Judg. ii. 7. 7. Other miracles and remarkable providences in the land of Israel, wrought for promoting the faith and worship of the one living and true God. Josh. vi. 20. Jericho taken, the walls thereof falling down at the sound of rams horns. x. 11. Israel's enemies destroyed by hail. Ver. 13. The sun stands still. Judg. vi. 38. A sign given to Gideon by a fleece. vii. 13. Another sign, a Midianitish host miraculously discomfited. xviii. 33. In a contest with the priests of Baal, to decide whether the God of Israel, or Baal, was the true God, fire consumes Elijah's sacrifice, though much water was poured on it.-Ver. 27. Elijah prayed and said, Hear me, O Lord, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God.-Ver. When the fire consumed the sacrifice, the people fell on their faces and cried, The Lord he is God, the Lord he is God. 1 Kings xx. 13. A remarkable victory. Ver. 28. 38. 2 Kings i. 10. Officers sent to lay hold on Elijah, are consumed by fire from Heaven. ii. 8. Jordan struck with Elijah's mantle, divides.-Ver. 11. Elijah is carried to heaven.-Ver. 22. Waters healed by Elisha. iii. 16. Waters appear like blood to the enemy.-Ver. 24. A great slaughter of them. iv. 5. Elisha multiplies a widow's oil. xiii. 19. An angel foretels the birth-Ver. 35. Restores a dead child to life. of Samson. -Ver. 40. Sons of the prophets miracu Samson's works. Ch. xiv. 6.-xv. 14, lously fed. 15. 19.-xvi. 3. 12. 14. 30. v. 14. Naaman cured of leprosy. 1 Sam. v. 3. Dagon falls before the Ver. 27. Leprosy entailed upon Gehazi ark. and his offspring. 2 Kings vi. 6. Iron swims. iv. 12. Elisha discovereth secret counsels.-Ver. 18. At his prayer the enemy is smitten with blindness.-Ver. 20. Their eyes opened. xiii. 21. A dead man is restored to life, on touching the bones of Elisha. xix. 35. An angel smites the host of the Assyrians. Isa. xxxvii. 20. xx. 10. The shadow returns ten degrees on the dial, as a sign to Hezekiah. 1 Chron. xxi. 26. An angel slaying the Israelites is stopped at David's prayer. 2 Chron. vii. 1. Fire consumes the sacrifice at Solomon's prayer. xx. 23. Enemies destroy one another. Neh. ix. 21. During forty years travel in the wilderness, the clothes of the Israelites waxed not old, nor did their feet swell. Deut. viii. 4.-xxix. 5. 8. Miraculous judgments by the hand of enemies upon the wicked; the end and design of every one of which is expressly said to be, that God might be known by them. Ezek. vi. 7. Your cities shall be laid waste. Ver. 10. 14. Ch. xxxiii. 29. vii. 4. I will recompense thy ways upon thee. Ver. 9. 27. xi. 10. Ye shall fall by the sword. Ver. 12. xii. 15. I will scatter them among the nations. Ver. 16, 17. 20. xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that divine lies. Ver. 14. 21. 23. xiv. 8. Every one that setteth up his idols in his heart, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of me, I will set my face against that man. xv. 7. I set my face against you. Ver. 8. xx. 37. I will cause you to pass under the rod. Ver. 12. 44. Ver. 38. I will purge out the rebels from among you. Ezek. xxi. 3. 5. Thus saith the Lord, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword: it shall not return any more. xxii. 15. And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. Ver. 22. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you. xxiii. 46. I will give you to be removed and spoiled. Ver. 47. xxviii. 22. Against thee, O Zidon, Ver. 23, 24. 26. xxix. 3. Against thee, O Pharaoh. Ver. 9. 16. 21. Ch. xxx.-xxxii. XXXV. 2. Mount Seir, I will lay thy cities waste. Ver. 4. 9. 15. Xxxviii. 16. Thou Gog shall come against my people. 10. The same is asserted to be the end of the following merciful providences, as the reader will find by consulting at large the places quoted. Isa. xlix. 23. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: They shall bow down to thee, with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : For they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Ezek. xxxiv. 27. The tree shall yield her fruit, the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe. xxxvi. 37. I will increase them with men like a flock.--Ver. 38. So shall the waste cities be filled with men. Ver. 11. 24. xxxvii. 6. I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath into you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.-Ver. 13. Ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves. xxxix. 6. When I have brought them from captivity, then shall they know that I am the Lord, which caused them to be led into captivity. Ver. 7. 22. 28. See Isa. xliii. 9, 10, 11, 12.-xlv. 3.— iv. 6.-lxvi. 14. Ezek. xvi. 62. 11. Miracles in Babylon. Dan. ii. 31. Daniel tells the king his dream, and the interpretation thereof.-Ver. 47. The king answered, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets. iii. 25. Three men in the fiery furnace unhurt by it.-Ver. 29. The king made 50 Righteousness of God-Justice of God. a decree, that whosoever should speak against God who delivered them, should be cut to pieces. iv. 19. Daniel explains the king's dream, which being accomplished, the king praised and honoured the King of heaven. Ver. 34.37. v. 25. Daniel explains the writing upon the wall, concerning Belshazzar. See also Daniel's visions. RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. LXXIX. Righteousness ascribed to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. All his ways are judgment a God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is he. Job xxxvi. 3. Elihu said, I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. Ps. xi. 7. He is the righteous Lord, that loveth righteousness. Ps. xxxiii. 5. xxxvi. 6. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep. xlviii. 10. Thy right hand is full of righteousness. Ixxi. 19. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high. xcii. 15. There is no unrighteousness in the Lord. xcvii. 2. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. cxi. 3. His righteousness endureth for ever. Ps. cxii. 3. 9. cxix. 137. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. (Jer. xii. 1.) Ver. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth, cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise loving-kindness, judgment and righteousness in the earth. LXXX. God is righteous in punishing the wicked. Gen. xviii, 23.Abraham said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?-Ver. 25. That be far from thee, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Exod. ix. 27. Pharaoh said, The Lord is righteous; I and my people are wicked. Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly.Lam. i.18. Dan. ix. 14. CHAP. I. Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon man more than right. Ps. xcviii. 2. His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. cxxix. 4. The Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Isa. xxviii. 17. Judgment will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet. Dan. ix. 7. O Lord, righteousness beof face, as at this day. Ver. 14. Mic. longeth unto thee, but unto us confusion vi. 5. Rev. xvi. 5. The angel said, Thou judged thus. Ch. xviii. 6. art righteous, O Lord, because thou hast LXXXI. Men shall reap as they sow. For this see the following texts: Job iv. 8. Prov. xxii. 8. Jer. ii. 19. Hos. x. 13. that shall he also reap. Gal. vi. 7, 8. Whatsoever a man soweth, LXXXII. In rewards to the righteous. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. The Lord render to every man his righteousness, and his faithfulness. 2 Sam. xxii. 21. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness. Ps. xviii. 20. See 1 Kings viii. 32. Job xxxiii. 26. Matt. xx. 4. What is right, that shall ye receive. LXXXIII. Things of God declared to be right. Righteous are his judgments. Neh. ix. 13. Thou gavest them right judg ments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments. See Deut. iv. 8. Ps. xix. 9.-cxix. 62. 106. 137. 160. 164. Jer. xii. 1. Statutes. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are right. Precepts. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right. Testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous. Ver. 144. Commands. Ps. cxix. 172. All thy commandments are righteousness. Word. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done in truth. Isa. xlv. 19. Ways. Hos. xiv. 9. The ways of the right, and the just shall walk Acts xiii. 10. Lord are therein. JUSTICE OF GOD. LXXXIV. Justice ascribed to God. |