14. He caufeth the GRASS to grow for the Cattle, and HERB for the Service of Man: that he may bring forth FooD out of the Earth.

21. The young LIONS roar after their Prey, and feek their Meat from GOD.

24. O Lord, how manifold are thy WORKS! in WISDOM haft thou made them all: the Earth is full of thy Riches.

25. So is this great and wide Sea, wherein are Things creeping innumerable, both fmall and great Beafts.

26. There go the Ships; there is that Leviathan, whom thou haft made to play therein.

27. Thefe WAIT all upon thee: that thou mayft give them their MEAT in due Season.

28. That thou giveft them, they gather thou openest thine hand, they are filled with GOOD.

Jer. xxxii. 17. Ah, Lord God, behold, thou haft made the Heaven and the Earth by thy great Power and stretched out Arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.

27. Behold,

am the Lord, the GoD of all FLESH: Is there any thing too hard for me ?

Acts xvii. 24. GOD that made the World, and all things therein, feeing that he is Lord of Heaven Earth, and dwelleth not in Temples made with Hands:

25. Neither is worshipped with Mens Hands, as though he needed any thing; feeing he giveth to all LIFE, and BREATH, and ALL THINGS.

Not to be ashamed of Chrift and his Words, but openly to confefs him.

Ver.8.

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FESS me before Men, him fhall the Son of Man alfo CONFESS before the ANGELS of GOD.

9. But he that DENIETH me before Men, fhall be DENIED before the ANGELS of God.

(e) Pfalm xxxvii. 19. They fhall not be ASHAMED in the evil Time and in the Days of Famine they fhall be fatisfied. Pf. cxix. 5. O that my Ways were directed to keep thy Statutes!

6. Then fhall I not be ASHAMED, when I have respect unto all thy Commandments.

46. I will speak of thy Teftimonies alfo before Kings, and will not be ASHAMED.

Dan. iii. 16. Shadrach, Mefbech, and Abednego answered and faid to the King, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to anfwer thee in this Matter.

17. If it be fo, our GoD whom we ferve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery Furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine Hand, O King.

Matt. x. 32. Whofoever therefore fhall CONFESS me before Men, him will I CONFESS alfo before my Father which is in Heaven. 33. But whofoever fhall DENY me before Men, him will I also DENY before my Father which is in Heaven.

Mark viii. 38. Whofoever therefore fhall be ASHAMED of me, and of my Words, in this adulterous and SINFUL Generation, of him alfo fhall the Son of Man be ASHAMED, when he cometh in the GLORY of his FATHER With the holy Angels.

John xii. 42. Among the chief Rulers alfo, many believed on him; but because of the Pharifees they did not CONFESS him, left they should be put out of the Synagogue.

43. For they loved the PRAISE of Men, more than the PRAISE of GOD.

Rom. i. 16. For I am not ASHAMED of the GOSPEL of Cbrift: for it is the PoWER of GOD unto SALVATION, to every one that believeth; to the Jew firft, and alfo to the Greek.

17. For therein is the RIGHTEOUSNESS of GOD revealed from FAITH to FAITH: as it is written, The JUST fhall live by FAITH. Chap. x. 8. But what faith it? The WORD is nigh thee, even in thy Mouth and in thy Heart: that is the WORD of FAITH which we preach,

9. That if thou fhalt CONFESS with thy Mouth the Lord Jesus, and fhalt believe in thine Heart, that God hath raised him from the Dead, thou shalt be faved.

10. For with the Heart Man BELIEVETH unto Righteoufnefs. and with the Mouth, CONFESSION is made unto SALVATION. 11. For the Scripture faith, Whofoever believeth on him, shall not be ASHAMED.

Acts v. 28. Did not we ftraitly command you, that you should not teach in this Name? And behold, ye have filled Jerufalem with your Doctrine, and intend to bring this Man's Blood upon us.

29. Then Peter and the other Apostles anfwered and said, We ought to OBEY God rather than Men.

Chap. xxiv. 14. But this I CONFESS unto thee, that after the Way which they call Herefy, fo worship I the God of my Fathers, believing all Things which are written in the Law and the PROPHETS.

Phil. ii. 10. That at the Name of Jefus every Knee fhould bow, of Things in Heaven, and Things in Earth, and Things under the Earth;

11. And

11. And that every Tongue fhould CONFESS, that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.

2 Tim. i. 8. Be not thou therefore ASHAMED of the Teftimony of our Lord, nor of me his Prifoner: but be thou Partaker of the AFFLICTIONS of the Gospel, according to the Power of God.

12. For the which Caufe I alfo SUFFER thefe Things: nevertheless, I am not ASHAMED: for I know whom I have believed, and I am perfwaded that he is ABLE to keep that which I have committed unto him against that Day.

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Chap. ii. 12. If we SUFFER, we fhall alfo reign with him if we DENY him, he alfo will DENY US.

1 Pet. iv. 16. Yet if any Man SUFFER as a Chriftian, let him not be ASHAMED; but let him GLORIFY God on this behalf.

1 John iv. 15. Whofoever fhall CONFESS that Jefus is the Son of GoD, GOD dwelleth in him, and he in GoD.

Rev. ii. 13. I know thy Works, and where thou dwellest, even where SATAN'S Seat is, and thou holdet faft my Name, and haft not DENIED my Faith..

Ver. 10. AND whofoever fhall SPEAK a WORD against

but unto him that BLASPHEMETH against the HOLY GHOST, it fhall not be FORGIVEN.

11. And when they bring you unto the Synagogues, and unto Magiftrates, and Powers, take ye no Thought how or what thing ye fhall anfwer, or what ye fhall fay.

12. For the HOLY GHOST fhall teach you in the fame Hour, what ye ought to fay.

13. And one of the Company faid unto him, Mafter, fpeak to my Brother, that he divide the Inheritance with

me.

14. And he faid unto him, Man, who made me a JUDGE, or a DIVIDER over you?

15. And he faid unto them, * Take heed, and beware of COVETOUSNESS: for a Man's Life confifteth not in the Abundance of the Things which he poffeffeth.

See the References pag. 79,82. Of Heavenly-mindedness, and against Covetousness.

16. And he fpake a Parable unto them, faying, The Ground of a certain rich Man brought forth plentifully.

17. And he thought within himself, faying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to beltow my Fruits? 18. And he faid, This will I do : I will pull down my Barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my Fruits and my Goods.

19. And I will fay to my SouL, Soul, thou haft much GooDs laid up for many Years; take thine Eafe, eat, drink, and be merry.

20. But God faid unto him, Thou FooL, this Night thy Soul fhall be required of thee: then whofe fhall those Things be which thou haft provided?

21. So is he that layeth up TREASURE for himself, and is not RICH towards GoD.

22. And he faid unto his Difciples, Therefore I fay unto you, Take no Thought for your Life, what ye fhall eat; neither for the Body, what ye fhall put on.

23. The Life is more than Meat, and the Body is more than Raiment,

24. Confider the Ravens: for they neither fow nor reap; which neither have Store-house nor Barn; and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than the Fowls? 25. And which of you with taking Thought, can add to his Stature one Cubit?

26. If ye then be not able to do that Thing which is leaft, why take ye Thought for the rest?

27. Confider the Lilies, how they grow: They toil not, they fpin not: and yet I fay unto you, that Solomon in all his Glory was not arayed like one of thefe.

28. If then God fo clothe the Grafs, which is to-day in the Field, and to-morrow is caft into the Oven:' how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little FAITH?

29. And feek not ye what ye fhall eat, or what ye fhall drink, neither be ye of doubtful Mind.

30. For all thefe Things do the Nations of the World feek after and your Father knoweth that ye have need of thefe Things.

31. But rather feek ye the KINGDOM of GOD, and all thefe Things fhall be added unto you.

32. Fear not, little Flock; for it is your Father's good Pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

33. Sell that ye have, and give ALMS: provide your felves Eags which wax not old; a Treafure in the

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HEAVENS that faileth not; where no Thief approacheth, neither Moth corrupteth.

34. For where your TREASURE is, there will your Heart be alfo (ƒ).

(f) Ifai. Ixiii. 10. But they REBELLED, and VEXED his Holy Spirit; therefore he was turned to be their Enemy, and he fought against them.

Ephef. iv. 30. And GRIEVE not the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD, whereby ye are fealed unto the Day of Redemption.

Heb. x. 16. This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those Days, faith the Lord; I will put my Laws in their Hearts, and in their Minds will I write them:

17. And their SINS and INIQUITIES will I remember no

more;

18. Now, where REMISSION of these is, there is no more Offering for SIN.

19. Having therefore, Brethren, Boldness to enter into the Holieft by the BLOOD of Jejus,

20. By a new and living Way which he hath confecrated for us, through the Vail, that is to fay, his Flesh;

23. Let us hold faft the Profeffion of our Faith without wavering (for he is FAITHFUL that promifed)

24. And let us confider one another to provoke unto Love, and to GOOD WORKS:

25. Not forfaking the affembling of our felves together, as the manner of fome is; but EXHORTING one another: and fo much the more, as ye fee the Day approaching.

26. For if we SIN WILFULLY after that, we have received the Knowledge of the TRUTH, there remaineth no more Sacrifice for SINS,

27. But a certain fearful looking for of JUDGMENT, and fiery INDIGNATION which fhall devour the Adverfaries.

28. He that defpifed Mofes Law, died without Mercy, under two or three Witneffes:

29. Of how much forer PUNISHMENT, fuppofe ye, fhall he be thought worthy, who hath TRODEN under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the BLOOD of the Covenant wherewith he was fanctified, an UNHOLY Thing, and hath done pESPITE unto the SPIRIT of GRACE?

30. For we know him that hath faid, VENGEANCE belongeth unto me, I will recompenfe, faith the Lord. And again, the Lord fhall JUDGE his People.

31. It is a fearful Thing to FALL into the Hands of the LIVING GOD.

John v. 16. If any Man fee his Brother fin a SIN which is not unto DEATH, he fhall ask, and he fhall give him LIFE for them that in not unto Death. There is A SIN UNTO DEATH: I do not fay that he fhall PRAY for it.

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