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ed you, that it may be well unto you. James iv. 7. Submit yourselves there. fore to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

k1 John iii. 22. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Jer. xxxi. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Psal. cxix. 136. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes; because they keep not thy law.

Micah vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

105. a Psal. xiv. 1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God: they are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. Eph. ii. 12. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

norance,

Jer. ii. 27. Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. Ver. 28. But where are

thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. Compared with 1 Thess. i. 9. For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God.

P Psal. lxxxi. 11. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

9 Isa. xliii. 22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Ver. 23. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings, neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Ver. 24. Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy

sins,

sins, thou hast wearied me with thine, iniquities.

Jer. iv. 22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Hos. iv. 1. Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for 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. Ver. 6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

s Jer. ii. 32. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

t Acts xvii. 23. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Ver. 29, Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Isa. xl. 18. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness. will ye compare unto him?

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Psal. 21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence thou

thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

* Deut. xxix. 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

y Tit. i. 16. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Heb. xii. 16. Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

2 Rom. i. 30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters.

a 2 Tim. iii. 2. For men shall be lovers of their ownselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobe dient to parents, unthankful, unholy.

b Phil. ii. 21. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

c 1 John ii. 15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Ver. 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 Sam. ii. 29. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and at mine offering which I bave commanded in my habitation, and honourest thy

sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? Col. iii. 2. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Ver. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

d 1 John iv. 1. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Heb. iii. 12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

f Gal. v. 20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an heretick, after the first and second admonition, reject.

8 Acts xxvi. 9. I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

b Psal. lxxviii. 22. Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation.

i Gen. iv. 13. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

k Jer, v. 3. O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them,

but they have refused to receive correction they have made their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to return.

1 Isa. xlii. 25. Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Rom. ii. 5. But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

Jer. xiii. 15. Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.

Psal. xix. 13. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

P Zeph. i. 12. And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees; that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.

9 Mat. iv. 7. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Rom. iii. 8. And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. s Jer.

$ Jer. xvii. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

2 Tim. iii. 4. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.

"Gal. iv. 17. They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. John xvi. 2. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. Rom. x. 2. For I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Luke ix. 54. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? Ver. 55. But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

w Rev. iii. 16. So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

* Rev. iii. 1. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven stare; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

y Ezek. xiv. 5. That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged

from me through their idols. Isa. i. 4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward! Ver. 5. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

z Rom. x. 13. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Ver. 14. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Hos. iv. 12. My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. Acts x. 25. And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. Ver. 26. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up, I myself also am a man. Rev. xix.

10. And I fell at his feet to worship him and he said unto me, See thou do it not; I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Mat. iv. 10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou

shalt

shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Col. ii. 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward, in a voluntary humility, and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind. Rom. i. 25. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

a Lev. xx. 6. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7. Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. Ver. 11. Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up. unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. Compared with 1 Chron.

13. So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; Ver. 14. And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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d Deut. xxxii. 15. But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 2 Sam. xii. 9. Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Prov. xiii. 13. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

e Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Eph. iv. 30. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

f Psal. lxxiii. 2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had

well