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calleth you.

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

2 Tim. ii. 13. He abideth faithful. Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that hath promised.

1 Pet. iv. 19. The faithful Creator. 1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.

XC. Things of God called faithful.

Commands and testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy commandments are righteous, and very faithful. Ver. 86.

Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are his faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5.-xxii. 6. Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Christ. Rev. i. 5. He is the faithful witness. Ch. xix. 11.

God to be praised for his faithfulness. Ps. xl. 10. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation.

lxxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness.-Ver. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord, and thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew forth thy loving-kindness every morning, and thy faithfulness every night.

Ps. lxxxviii. 11.

XCI. God's faithfulness in fulfilling his promises. Josh. xxi. 45. There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: all came to pass. Ch. xxiii, 14, 15. 1 Kings viii. 15. 20. 24.

Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Jer. xi. 5. Compare Gen. xxvi. 3. Deut. ix. 5.

Acts iii. 18. Those things which God shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath fulfilled. Ch. xiii. 32. Luke i. 72, 73.

Ps. lxxxix. 34.

XCII. In fulfilling threatenings. Lam. ii. 17. The Lord hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; he hath thrown down and hath not pitied, he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, &c. See Isa. lxvi. 11. Jer. i. 12.-xxxix. 16.-li. 29. Ezek. xii. 25.

GOD'S PURITY.

CHAP. I.

XCIII. God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall man be more pure than his Maker. Ver. 18.

xv. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his saints; yea the heavens are not clean in his sight.

xxv. 5. Behold to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight.

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look

upon iniquity.

1 John iii. 3. God is pure.

Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is

pure.

Ps. xii. 6. Ps. cxix. 140. Prov. xxx. 5. His word is pure.

GOD'S HOLINESS.

XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.

Lev. xi. 44. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Ch. xix. 2.-xx. 26.-xxi. 8.

Jos. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a jealous God.

1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the

Lord.
Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel.
xcix. 5.
he is holy.
cxlv. 17.
works.

Worship at his footstool, for
Ver. 9.

The Lord is holy in all his

Isa. v. 16. God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8.

lxiii. 15. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness, and of thy glory.

Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by his holiness.

John xvii. 11. Holy Father, keep through thine own name, those whom thou hast given me.

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy.

vi. 10. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth.

xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee.

XCV. The same otherwise expressed. Job iv. 17. Shall man be more pure than his Maker? Ch. ix. 2.

Ver. 18. Behold he putteth no trust in his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly.

xv. 15. He putteth no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not clean in his sight.

xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight.

xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity.

Ps. v. 4, 5. Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all the workers of iniquity.

Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good.

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.

James i. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any

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.

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. xlv. 25. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. Ch. xi. 9.-lvi. 7.—lvii. 13.— Ezek. xx. 40. Deut. xi. 45. Joel iii. 17. Zech. viii. 3.

House. Ps. xciii. 5. Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord. 1 Chr. xxix. 3.

Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thine holy oracle. Isa. xxvii. 13.-lxiv. 11.

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 and the commandment is 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 xiv. 2. 21. See Exod. xix. 6. and 1 Pet. holy people to the Lord your God. Ch.

ii. 1. Lev. x. 10. Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor.

ii. 17. Eph. i. 4.-v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 15.-ii. 5.-2 Pet. iii. 11.

the mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by

iii. 2. Rev. xxii. 6.

Lord.

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? who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. Ps. xlvi. 4.-lxviij. 17. 35.

Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit away. Isa. lxiii. 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 his holy angels. Acts x. 20. Rev. xiv. 10.

truth.

Neh. v. 19. Think upon me, O my God, for good. Ch. xiii. 31.

ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

the hand of God, and shall we not reJob ii. 10. Shall we receive good at

ceive evil.

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 bounty! 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 for good.

Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will make all my goodness to pass before thee.

Deut. xxx. 9. The Lord will rejoice over 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.

xxi. 3. Thou preventest with the blessings of thy goodness.

xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall 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.

xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

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.

lxix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is good.

lxxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart.

lxxxiv. 11. The Lord God 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.

cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness.

cxliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, my fortress, and high tower, &c.

Isa. lxiii. 7. I will mention the lovingkindness of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Isreal, which he hath bestowed 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.

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.

xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall hear the good that I do unto my people, and they shall fear and tremble, for all the goodness, and for all the prosperity.

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 more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him ?

xx. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am good?

Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with good things.

ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will towards 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 that 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.

Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is longsuffering, 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.

lvii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 4.

lxii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy.

lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, 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. cxi. 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.

2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, and God of all comfort.

Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy. James ii. 13. Mercy rejoiceth against judgment.