and for thy Righteousness (6) 1 John 111.8. For this purfake bring my Soul out of pose the Son of God was MANI Trouble; and (b) destroy all RESTED, that he might DESTROY de Works of the Devil. them that afflict my Soul, for I am thy Servant. Lord, (i) what is & Man, that thou takeft Knowledge of him? or the Son of Man, that thou makest account of him? Manis like to (k) VANITY; his Days are as a SHADOW that paffeth away. Bow (1) thine Heavens, O Lord, and come down; fend thine Hand from above, and deliver me from the Hands of the Wicked, whose Mouth speaketh VANITY, and their right Hand is full of FALSHOOD. (i) Job v11. 17, 18. What is Man, that thou shouldst MAGNIFY thy HEART upon him, and that him; and that thou shouldest ser thou shouldest visit him every Morning, and try him every Moment? Heb. 11. 6. What is Man, that thou art MINDFUL of him? or the Son of Man, that thou VISITEST him? 2 Chron. VI. 18. But will God in Behold, Heaven, and the Heaven o is none abiding. (1) 2 Cor. v 1. 16. I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shail O Lord, by thy Bleffing let our Sons be as Plants grown up in their Youth; be my People. and our Daughters be as Cor-(m) Luke x11.24. Confider the ner-Stones. That our Granaries may be full, (m) affording all neceffary Stores : That our Sheep may the Fowls? be fruitful, and our Oxen strong to labour: That there be no breaking in, nor going out, nor no complaining in our Streets. Ravens, for they neither fow nor reap; which neither have Storehouse nor Barn; and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than Matt. VI. 31,32,33. Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or what shail wedrink ? or wherewithal shall we be cloathed? For your heavenly FATHER knoweth you have need TEOUSNESS, and all these things shall be added unto you. Heb. XIII. Happy is the People that is in such a Cafe; yea, happy is the People whose God is the Lord. Therefore will I fing a new Song unto thee, O God, who art my SAL- 7. Cafting all your Care upon him, VATION, my GOODNESS, and for he careth for you. my DELIVERER, my d Pfalm CXLIV. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, to 15. SHIELD, in whom I will truft for evermore. And I will (n) LIFT up my Eyes unto thee, O Lord, from whom alone cometh my Salvation; for my Help is in thee, O Lord, who hast made Heaven and Earth; he will not fuffer my Foot to be moved; (0) he that keepeth me will not slumber. Thou, O Lord, art my Keeper, my (P) SHADE on my right Hand; thou wilt preserve me from all Evil; thou wilt preserve my Soul, and wilt (1) preserve my going out and my coming in, from this time forth, and for ever (n) Ifai. xL. 26, 29, 30, 31.. Lif up your Eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their Host by Number; he calleth them all by Names, by the greatness of his MIGHT, for that he is strong in PowER, not one faileth. He giveth POWER to the Faint, and to them that have no Eight the youth all increaseth STRENGTH. weary, and the young Men shall utterly fall; but they that WAIT Upon the Lord, shall renew their Strength, they shall mount up with Wings as Eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint. (0) 1 John v. 14, 15. And this is the CONFIDENCE that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his Will, he HEARETH us; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the Petitions that we defired of him. (p) Ifai. xxx11. 2. He fshall be as an HIDING PLACE from the Wind, and a COVERT from the Tempest; as Rivers of Water in a dry Place, as the Shadow of a great Rock in a weary Land. (9) Acts XVII. 28. For in him we LIVE, and MOVE, and have our BEING. Matt. X. 30. But the very Hairs of your Head are all numbred. (r) 1 Tim. 1. 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wife God, be Honour and GLORY for ever and ever. Amen. Rev. IV.II Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive Glory, and HoNOUR, and POWER; for thou haft created all things, and for thy Pleafure they are and were created. Chap. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb that was flain, to receive POWER, and RICHES, and WISDOM, and STRENGTH, and Honour, and GLORY, and BLESSING. Chap. xxır. 20. He which teftifieth these things, faith, Surely I come quickly. A men. Even so, Come, Lord Jesus. • Pfalm CXXI. 1,to 5, 7, 8. I do not present these Supplications for my Righteousness, but for his great Mercy's Sake, who has exalted his only Son Chrift Jesus, to be a Prince and Saviour, to give Repentance and Remission of Sins. Amen. Rom Rom. xv. 4. For whatsoever things were written afore time, were written for our Learning; that we through Patience and Comfort of the Scriptures might have Hope. 2 Pet. 1. 3, 4. According as his divine Power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto Life and Godliness, through the Knowledge of him that hath called us to Glory and Virtue. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious Promises; that by these you might be Partakers of the divine Nature, having escaped the Corruption that is in the World through Luft. DIFFERENT STATES OF THЕ Righteous and the Ungodly, As they are represented in the PSALMS; Compared with other Parts of the Scripture. The Blessedness of the LESSED (a) is the Ungodly, nor standeth in the WAY of Sinners, nor fitteth in the Seat of the Scornful. But his (b) DELIGHT is in the Law of the Lord, and Psalm 1. 1, 2, 3. but Loss for the Excellency of the (b) Phil. 111.8. I count all things Knowledge of Chrift Jesus my Lord. |