will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt upon thee. fer. xxxiii. 6. Behold, I will bring health and cure ; and I will cure them and will reveal unto them the abund

peace and truth. Ps. xli. 3. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

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[Ye, who like me, are surrounded with implacable enemies, remember, they are intended to constrain us to lean not on man, but God. In order that we may not be terrified by their lofty supercilious frowns, God has given us the following precious promises of deliverance in due time.]

2 Kings vi. 16. Fear not, for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 2 Chron. xiv. 11. Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power. 2 King's xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. Ps. xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which

them out of the hand of the wicked. Ps. cxii. 8. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. Ps. cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me : therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies. Ps. cxxv. 3. The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous.. lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Fob viii. 22. They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought. Prov. xvi. 7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Is. xxv. 5. Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers as the heat in a dry place : even the heat with the shadow of a cloud : the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. Is. liv. 17. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the

heritage of the servants of the Lord, ad their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. Ver. 15. Whosoever shall gather together against thee, shall fall for thy sake. Deut. xxviii. 7. The Lord shall cause thine enemies, that rise up against thee, to be smitten before thy face ; they shall come out against thee, one way, and flee before thee seven ways. Luke xvii. 7, 8. Shall not God avenge his own elect, that cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you he will avenge them speedily. Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee; and no man shall set on thee, to hurt thee. Heb. xiii. 6. So that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Ps. cxviii. 6. Luke i. 71. That we shall be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us. Ver. 74. That he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear. Ver. 75. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

(Let those who groan under the iron rodi of political or ecclesiastical oppression and injustice, recollect that God uses this means to cure them of their servility and idolatry, and will unquestionably deliver them when the cure is eífected. But millions will not be healed, and therefore are not delivered from the galling yoke of despotism.]

Exod. xxii. 26. If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him by that the sun goeth down. Ver. 27. For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: Wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. Ps. xii. 5. For the oppres

. sion of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord : I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. Ps. xxxv. 10. All iny bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee? which deliverest the poor from him who is