Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to repentance.

Promises of God that he will lead his people. Isa. xlii. 16. I will bring the blind by a way they knew not, I will lead them in paths they have not known. See Ch. xlviii. 17.-xlix. 10.-lvii. 18. Jer. xxxi. 9.

LVIII. Christ doth lead. Isa. xl. 11. He shall gently lead those that are with young.

Isa. lv. 4. I have given him for a leader to the people. See John x. 3. Rev. vii. 17.

LIX. God doth guide. Ps. xxv. 9. The meek will he guide in judgment.

Ps. xxxi. 3. For thy name's sake, lead me and guide me.

xxxii. 8. I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go I will guide thee with mine eye.

xlviii. 14. This is our God, he will be our guide even unto death.

Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me unto glory.

John xvi. 13. The Spirit of truth shall guide you into all truth. See Isa. lviii. 11. Jer. iii. 4. Luke i. 79.

STRENGTHEN.

LX. God doth strengthen. Gen. xlix. 24. Joseph's bow abode in strength; the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.

1 Sam. ii. 4. The bows of the mighty are broken, and they that stumbled are girt with strength.

xv. 29. The Strength of Israel will not lie. Ch. xxiii. 16. Josh. xiv. 12. 1 Chron. xvi. 27. Strength and glad ness are in his holy place..

xxix. 14. Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is your strength.

Job xxiii. 6. Will God plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.

Ps. viii. 2. Out of the mouth of babes thou hast ordained strength.

xxxvii. 39. The Lord is the strength of the righteous.

lxviii. 35. The God of Israel is he that giveth strength unto his people.

lxxxiv. 5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. Ver. 7.

lxxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of their strength.

xcix. 4. The king's strength loveth judgment.

cxlvii. 13. O Zion, he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates.

Prov. viii. 29. The way of the Lord is strength to the upright.

Isa. xxv. 4. O Lord, thou hast been a strength to the poor, and to the needy in his distress.

xl. 29. He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Dan. ii. 37. The God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and power, and strength, and glory. Ezek. xxx. 24, 25. Judg. iii. 12.

Hos. vii. 5. I bound and strengthened their arms.

Amos v. 9. The Lord strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong.

2 Cor. xii. 9. My strength is made perfect in weakness.

Heb. xi. 11. Through faith, Sarah received strength to conceive.

Ver. 34. Many out of weakness were made strong.

1 Pet. iv. 11. If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability that God giveth.

Strength promised. 1 Sam. ii. 10. The Lord shall give strength to his king. Judg. vii. 11. Ps. xxi. 10.

Job xvii. 9. He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Ps. xx. 6. God will hear with the saving strength of his right hand.

xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.

xxix. 11. The Lord will strengthen his people.

xli. 3. The Lord will strengthen him [that considereth the case of the poor,] upon a bed of languishing.

cx. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion.

Isa. xxvii. 2. Let him take hold of my strength, and he shall make peace with me.

xl. 31. They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.

xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee; I am thy God, I will strengthen thee.

xlv. 24. Surely shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength. Mic. v. 4.

CHAP. III.

Isa. lii. 1. Put on thy strength, O Zion. liv. 2, 3. Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes: for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left.

Ezek. xxxiv. 16. I will strengthen that which was sick.

1 Cor. x. 13. God will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear. See Joel iii, 16. Zech. x. 6.xii. 5.

Strength prayed for. 1 Chron. xvi. 11. Seek the Lord and his strength. Ps. cv. 4.

Neh. ix. 6. O God, strengthen my hands. See Judg. xvi. 22.

Ps. xx. 2. The Lord strengthen thee out of Zion.

lxviii. 28. Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought in us.

lxxxvi. 16. Give thy strength unto thy

servant.

cxix. 28. Strengthen thou me according to thy word.

Eph. iii. 16. We pray that God would grant you to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man. Col. i. 11. 1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Strength obtained. Exod. xv. 2. The Lord is my strength and my song: he is become my salvation. 2 Sam. xxii. 33. Ps. xviii. 2.-xxvii. 7.-cxviii. 14. Isa. xii. 2.

2 Sam. xxii. 40. Thou hast girded me with strength. Ps. xviii. 39.

Ezra vii. 28. I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me. Ps. xviii. 32. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

xix. 14. O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. Ps. xviii. 1.-xxviii. 7. xxvii. 1. The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Ps. xliii. 2.

xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength. lxii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my refuge is in God.

lxxi. 16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God.

lxxiii. 26. God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

lxxxi. 1. Sing aloud unto God our strength.

cxxxviii. 3. Thou strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

cxl. 7. O God, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. Ps. cxliv. 1.

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Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction.

Hab. ix. 3. The Lord is my strength. 2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I strong.

1 Tim. i. 12. Jesus Christ our Lord hath enabled me.

2 Tim. iv. 17. The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me.

UPHOLD.

LXI. God doth uphold. Ps. xvii. 6. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

xviii. 35. Thy right hand hath holden me up. Ps. lxiii. 8.

xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the righteous.

xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine integrity.

li. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. lxvi. 9. The Lord holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

lxxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up from the womb.

cxix. 117. Hold thou me up, so shall I be in safety.

cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall; he raiseth all that are bowed down.

Isa. xli. 13. I the Lord will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, for I will help thee. Ps. lxxiii. 23.

xlii. 6. I the Lord will hold thine hand, and will keep thee.

Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking him by the arms, but they knew me not. Ch. vii. 15.

Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up; for God is able to make him stand.

Rev. ii. 1. He holdeth the seven stars in his right hand.

SAFETY.

LXII. God giveth safety. Exod. xxxiv. 24. I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thrice in the year.

Lev. xxv. 18. Ye shall keep my statutes and my judgments, and do them, and shall dwell in the land safely. Ver. 19. Deut. xii. 10.

Job v. 11. The Lord doth set on high those that be low, that those that mourn may be exalted to safety. Ch. xi. 14. 18.

Ps. iv. 8. Thou, Lord, makest me to

dwell in safety. Ps. cxix. 117. 1 Sam. xii. 11.

Ps. xii. 5. I will set the poor in safety from him that puffeth at him. Isa. xiv. 30. The needy shall lie down safely.

Prov. i. 23. Whoso hearkeneth to wisdom shall dwell safely. Ch. iii. 21. 23.

xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Ch. xxi. 31. Safety is of the Lord.

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, shall be safe. See safety promised to God's church and people, Jer. xxiii. 6.-xxxii. 37. Ezek. xxviii. 26.xxxiv. 25. 28.-xxxviii. 11. Zech. xiv. 11, 12, 13.

LXIII. God called a shield, rock, fortress, refuge, &c. Gen. xv. 1. The Lord said to Abram, Fear not, I am thy shield and exceeding great reward.

Deut. xxxii. 4. The Lord, he is the rock, his work is perfect; all his ways are judgment: a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is he.-Ver. 31. Their rock is not as our rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 1 Sam. ii. 2.

xxxiii. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.-Ver. 29. The Lord, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thine excellency.

2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; the God of my rock, in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower, and my refuge, and my Saviour. Ver. 32. 47. 51. Ps. xviii. 2. 31. 35. 46. -iii. 3.-cxliv. 2.

Ps. v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour thou wilt com pass him about as with a shield.

ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed; a refuge in time of trouble.

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise him.

xxxi. 3. Thou art my rock and my fortress; and therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. Ps. lxi. 2. -lxxi. 3. 7.

xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth on the Lord: he is our help and shield. Ps. lix. 11. lxxxiv. 9.

Ps. xlii. 9. I will say unto God, my rock, Why hast thou forsaken me?

xlvi. 1. God is our rock and strength; a very present help in time of trouble, Ver. 7. 11.

xlvii. 9. The shields that defend the earth are the Lord's.

xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of Zion for a refuge.

lvii. 1. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. Ps. lxi. 4.

lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy power, and of thy mercy: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of trouble.

lxi. 3. Thou hast been a tower from the enemy.

lxii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Ver. 6. 8.

lxxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield.

lxxxix. 26. Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Ps. xcv. 11.

xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, and my fortress, and my God; in him will I trust. Ver. 4. Ps. xciv. 22.-cxv. 9, 10, 11. cxix. 114. Thou art my hiding place, and my shield: I hope in thy word.

cxlii. 4, 5. Refuge failed me, no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the living.

Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children shall have a place of refuge.

xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Isa. iv. 6. There shall be a place of refuge, and covert from the storm.

xxv. 4. Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress; a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction.

Nah. i. 7. The Lord is a strong hold in the day of trouble.

Heb. vi. 18. We have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us, [i. e. Christ.]

HELP.

LXIV. God is an helper to his people,

Job xxxiii. 25. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall return to the days of his youth.-Ver. 28. God will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Ps, xci. 5. He shall deliver thee; thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon day.

ciii.3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases. Ps. xli. 3. -cxvi. 6.

Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold I will bring health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

LXVII. God delivereth from enemies, oppression, &c. Exod. iii. 8. The Lord said, I am come down to deliver my people out of the hand of the Egyptians.

xii. 27. The Lord smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. Ch. xviii. 4. 8. 10. Judges x. 11.

Deut. xxiii. 14. The Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee.

1 Sam. xvii. 37. David said, The Lord delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear.

2 Sam. xii. 7. The Lord said to David, I anointed thee king, and delivered thee out of the hand of Saul. Chap. xxii. 2. 18. 20. 49.

2 Kings xiii. 17. Elisha said, the arrow of the Lord's deliverance.

xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

xx. 6. The Lord said to Hezekiah, I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. Ch. xix. 34, 35. Mic. v. 6. Isa. xxxi. 5.

1 Chron. xi. 14. The Lord saveth the Israelites from the Philistines, by a great deliverance.

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord said, I will not destroy them, but will grant them a deliverance.

Ezra ix. 13. Thou hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve; and hast given us a deliverance.

Neh. ix. 28. Many times didst thou

Ps. cvi. 43.

Job v. 19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Ps. liv. 7.-lxxxi. 7. xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit. Ver. 28.

Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my deliverer. Ver. 17. 43. 48. 50.

xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou deliveredst them. Ver. 5. xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.

lv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace, from battle that was against me.

lvi. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul from death. Ps. lxxxvi. 13.-cxvi. 8.

lxxviii. 42. They remembered not the day, when he delivered them from the enemy.

Isa. xxxviii. 17. Thou hast, in love to my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption.

xlvi. 3, 4. O house of Jacob, I will carry you, and will deliver you.

Ezek. xiii. 21. I will deliver my people out of your hand: (viz. from the false prophets, ver. 16.) Ch. xxxiv. 12.

Dan. vi. 27. God delivereth and rescueth, and worketh signs and wonders in heaven and earth.

Acts vii. 10. God delivereth Joseph out of all his afflictions.

Col. i. 13. The Father delivered us from the power of darkness.

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.

LXVIII. Christ a deliverer. Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20.

Gal. i. 4. The Lord Jesus gave himself for us, that he might deliver us from this present evil world.

1 Thess. i. 10. Jesus delivereth us from the wrath to come.

Heb. ii. 15. Jesus took part of flesh and blood, that he might deliver them who through fear of death were all their life time subject to bondage.

Rom. vii. 6. By Christ we are delivered from the law. Ver. 24, 25. From the body of death. Ch. viii. 21. From the bondage of corruption.

Deliverance prayed for. Gen. xxxii. 11. Jacob said, Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my brother.