viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither confider the operation of his hands. m 2 Kings xix. 22. Whom haft thou reproached and blafphemed ? and against whom haft thou exalted they voice, and lift up thine eyes on high? even against the holy one of Ifrael. Lev. xxiv. II. And the Ifraelitish woman's fon blafphemed the name of the Lord, and curfed: and they brought him unto Mofes.

n Zech. v. 4. I will bring it furth, faid the Lord of hofts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief,and into the house of him that fweareth falfely by my name: and it fhall remain in the midst of his house, and fhall confume it, with the timber thereof, and the ftones thereof. Zech. viii. 17. And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour, and love no falfe oath : for all thefe are things that I hate, faith the Lord.

1 Sam. xvii. 43. And the Philiftine faid unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comeft to me with ftaves? and the Philistine curfed David by his gods. 2 Sam. xvi. 5. And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the houfe of Saul, whose name was Shimei the fon of Gerar; he came forth, and curfed ftill as he

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Jer. v. 7. How fhall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forfaken me, and fworn by them that are no gods; when I had fed them to the full, they then committed a dultery, and affembled themselves by troops in the harlots houfes. Jer. xxiii. 10. For the land is full of

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adulteries, for because of fwearing the land mourneth; the pleafant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their courfe is evil, and their force is not right.

Deut. xxii. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both thefe are abomination unto the Lord they God. Acts xxii. 12. And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themfeves under a curfe, faying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. v. 14. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and faid, We have bound ourselves under a great curfe. that we will eat nothing until we have flain Paul.

r Esth. iii. 7. In the first month (that is, the month Nifan) in the twelfth year of King Ahafuerus, they caft Pur, that is, the lot before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is the month Adar. Efth. ix. 24. Because Haman the fon of Hamedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devifed against the Jews to deftroy them, and had caft Pur (that is, the lot) to con fume them, and to deftroy them. Pfal. xxii. 18. They part my garments among them, and caft lots upon my vesture.

Pfal. xxiv. 4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart: who hath not lift up his foul unto vanity, nor fworn deceitfully. Ezek. xvii. 16. As I live,faith the Lord God, furely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whofe oath he defpifed; and whofe covenant he brake, even with him, in the midst

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of Babylon he shall die. v. 18. See ing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant,(when lo, he had given his hand), and hath done all thefe things, he shall not escape. v. 19. Therefore thus faith the Lord God, As I live, furely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompenfe upon his own head.

t Mark. vi. 26. And the king was exceeding forry, yet for his oath's fake, and for their fakes which fat with him, he would not reject her 1 Sam. xxv. 22. So and more alfo do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him, by the morning-light, any that piffeth against the wall. v. 32. And David faid to Abigail, Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael, which fent thee this day to meet me: v. 33. And Bleffed be thy advice, and bleffed be thou, which haft kept me this day, from coming to fhed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. v. 34. For in very deed, as the Lord God of Ifrael liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hafted and come to meet me, furely there had not been left unto Nabal,by the morning-light, any that piffeth against the wall.

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v Rom. ix. 14. What fhall we fay then? Is there unrighteoufnefs with God? God forbid. Thou wilt fay then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath refifted his will? v. 20. Nay, but Oman, who art thou that replieft againít God? fhall the thing formed fay to him that formed

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it, Why haft thou made me thus?

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

x Rom. iii. 5. But if our unrigh teoufnefs commend the righteousnefs of God, what shall we fay? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I fpeak as a man.) v. 7. For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a finner? Rom. vi. 1. What shall we fay then? fhall we continue in fin, that grace may abound? God forbid.

y Eccl. viii. 11. Because fentence against an evil work is not excecuted fpeedily; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil. Eccl. ix. 3. This is an evil among all things that are done under the fun, that there is one event unto all alfo the heart of the fons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. ¡ fal. xxxix. thoroughout. I faid, I will take heed to my ways, that I fin not with my tongue:

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z Matth. v. 21. To the end. (See Queft. 99. letter o.)

a Ezek. xiii. 22. Becaufe with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous fad, whom I have not made fad, and ftrengthened the hands of the wicked, that he thould not return from his wicked way, by promifing him life.

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b2 Pet. iii. 16. As alfo in all his epifles, speaking in them of thofe things in which are fome things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wreft, as they do alfo the other fcriptures, unto their own deftruction. Matth. xxii. 24. to the 31. Saying, Mafter, Mofes faid, If a man die, having no children, his brother fhall marry his wife, and raise up feed unto his brother. v. 25 Now there were with us feven brethren, and the first-v. 28. There fore in the refurrection, whofe wife fhall he be of the feven? for they all had her. v. 29. Jefus answered and faid unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the fcriptures, nor the pow of God. v. 30. For in the refurrec tion

c If. xxii. 13. And behold, joy and gladnefs, flaying oxen, and killing fheep, eating flesh and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die. Jer. xxiii. 34. And as for the prophet, and the prieft, and the people that fhall fay, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his houfe. v. 36. And the burden of the Lord fhall ye mention no more for every man's word fhall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hofts our God. v. 38. But fith ye fay,The burden of the Lord; therefore thus faith the Lord, because you say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have fent unto you, faying, Ye fhall not fay, The burden of the Lord.

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d1 Tim. i. 4. Neither give heed to fables, and endless genealogies,

which minister questions, rather than godly edifying, which is in faith: (so do. v. 6. From which faith), fome having fwerved, have turned afide unto vain jangling; v. 7. Defiring to be teachers of the law, underftanding neither what they fay, nor whereof they affirm. 1 Tim. vi. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and ftrifes of words, whereof cometh envy, ftrife, railings, evil furmifings, v. 5. Perverfe difputings of men of corrupt minds, and deftitute of the truth, fuppofing that gain is godliness: from fuch withdraw thyfelf. v. 20. O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy truft, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppofitions of fcience falfely fo called. 2 Tim. ii. 14. Of these things put them in remenibrance, charging them before the Lord, that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the fubverting of the hearers. Tit. iii. 9. But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

e Deut. xviii. 10-14. There fhall not be found among you any one that maketh his fon or his daugther to pafs through the fire, or that ufeth divination, or an obferver of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. v. 11. Or a charmer, or a confulter with familiar fpirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. v. 12. For all that do thefe things are an abomination unto the Lord, &c. Acts xix, 13. Then certain of the vaga bond Jews, exorcifts, took upon them, to call them, to call over them which had

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evil fpirits, the name of the Lord Jefus faying, We adjure you by Jefus whom Paul preacheth.

f 2 Tim. iv. 3. For the time will come when they will not endure found doctrine; but after their own lufts fhall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. v. 4. And they fhall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honeftly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkennefs, not in chambering and wantonnefs, not in ftrife and envying. v. 14. But put ye on the Lord Jefus Chrift and make not provifion for the flesh, to fulfil the lufts thereof. 1 Kings xxi. 9. And fhe wrote in the letters, faying, Proclaim a faft, and fet Naboth on high among the people: v. 10. And fet two men, fons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, faying, Thou didst blafpheme God and the king and then carry him out, and stone him that he may die. Jude v. 4. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lafcivioufnefs, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jefus Chrift.

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g Acts xiii. 45. But when the Jews Taw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and fpake against those things which were fpoken by Paul, contradicting and blafpheming. 1 John iii. 12. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one and flew his brother and wherefore flew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

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walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor ftandeth in the way of finners, nor fitteth in the feat of the fcornful. 2 Pet. iii. 3. Knowing this firft, that there fhall come in the laft days fcoffers, walking after their own lufts.

i 1 Pet. iv. 4. Wherein they think it ftrange that you run not with them to the fame excess of riot, fpeaking evil of you.

k Acts xiii. 45. But when the Jews faw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blafpheming. v. 46. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was neceffary that the word of God fhould firf have been fpoken to you: but feeing ye put it from you, and judge yourfelves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. v. 50. But the Jews ftirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised perfecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coafts. Acts iv. 18. And they called them, and commanded them not to fpeak at all, nor teach in the name of Jefus. Acts xix. 9. But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but fpake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and feparated the difciples, difputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Theff. ii. 16. Forbidding us to fpeak to the Gentiles, that they might be faved, to fill up their fins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. Heb. x. 29. Of how much forer punishment, fuppofe ye, fhall he be thought

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worthy, who hath trodden under foot the fon of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was fanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done defpite unto the Spirit of grace?

72 Tim. iii. 5. Having a form of godlinefs, but denying the power thereof; from fuch turn away. Matth. xxiii. 14. Wo unto you, fcribes and Pharifees, hypocrites; for ye devour widows houfes, and for a pretence make long prayers; therefore ye fhall receive the greater damnation. Matth. vi. 1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be feen of them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. v. 2. Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not found a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the fynagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward. v. 5. And when thou prayeft, thou fhalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the fynagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be feen of men. Verily I lay unto you, they have their reward. v. 16. Moreover, when ye fast, be pot as the hypocrites, of a fad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to faft. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward.

m Mark. viii. 38. Whofover therefore fhall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and fiaful gene ation, of him allo fhall the Son of man be afham

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n Pfal. Ixxiii. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chaftened every morning. v. 15. If I fay, I will speak thus: behold, I fhould offend against the generation of thy children.

1 Cor. vi. 5. I fpeak to your fhame. Is it fo that there is not a wife man amongst you? no not one that fhall be able to judge between his brethren? v. 6. But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Eph. v. 15. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,but as wife, v. 16. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. v. 17. Wherefore be ye not unwife, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

pIf. v. 4. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Wherefore when I looked that it fhould bring. forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes. 2 Pet. i. 8. For if thefe things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye fhall neither be barren, nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jefus Chrift. v. 9. But he that lacketh these things, is blind, and cannot fee far off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old fins.

q Rom. ii. 23. Thou that maketh thy boast of the law, through breaking the law, difhonoureft thou God? v. 24. For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it si written.

r Gal. iii. 1. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you

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