a in his Law doth he (c) MEDITATE Day and Night. And he shall be like (d) TREE planted by the Rivers of Water, that bringeth forth his FRUIT in his Seafon; his Leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall (e) profper. SALVATION (f) belongeth unto the Lord: Thy BLESSING is upon thy People: Thou hast put Gladness in my Heart, more than in the time that their (g) Corn and their Wine increased. Let all & those that put their Trust in thee (b) REJOICE, let them ever shout for Joy, because thou defendest them; let them also that love thy Name be joyful in thee. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the RIGHTEOUs; with thy Favour wilt thou compass him, as with a Shield. The Lord alfo will be a (i) REFUGE for the Oppreffed, a Refuge in times of Trouble: And they that know thy Name will put their (k) TRUST in thee; for thou, Lord, haft not forsaken them that feek thee. Lord, thou hast (1) heard the Defire of the Humble: Thou wilt prepare their Heart, thou wilt cause Ear to hear. thine (c) Ifai. XXVI. 9. With my Soul have I defired thee in the Night; yea, with my Spirit within me, will I feek thee early. (d) John xv. 5. I am the Vine, ye are the Branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much FRUIT: For without me ye can do nothing. (e) 1 Tim. IV. 8. But Godliness is profitable unto all things; having promife of the Life that now is, and of that which is to come. (f) Matt: 1.21. And thou shalt call his Name Jesus, for he small save his People from their Sins. (g) Matt. 6. 33. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS, and all these things shall be added unto you. (b) John XVII. 13. And these things I speak in the World, that they might have my Joy fulfilled in themselves. Chap. xvI. 22. And your Heart shall rejoice; and your no Man taketh from you. (i) Prov. XVIII. 10. The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower; the Righteous runneth into it, and is fafe. (k) Ifai. xxvI. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfest Peace, whose Mind is stayed on thee, because he TRUSTETH in thee. Heb. x111. 5. Let your Conversation be without Covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he hath said, I will never LEAVE thee, nor FORSAKE thee. (1) John XIV. 13, 14. And whatfoever ye shall ask in my Name, that will I do, that the Father may be GLORIFIED in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my Name, I will do it. For the righteous Lord loveth RIGHTEOUSNESS; his Countenance doth (m) behold the Upright: Thou shalt keep them, O Lord; thou shalt preserve them from this Generation for ever. (m) John x1v.21. He that hath my COMMANDMENTS, and keepeth them, he it is that LOVETH me; and he that LovETH me, shall be LOVED of my Father; and I will LOVE him, and will manifest my felf to him. For (2) Godh is in the Generation of the RIGH- is (n) Matt. XXV111. 20. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the End of the World. Ifai. LV11. 15. Thus faith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth Eternity, whose Name Holy; I dwell in the high and holy Place, with him also that is of Lord, i who shall abide a CONTRITE and HUMBLE SPIRIT; to revive the Spirit of the Humble, in thy (0) TABERNACLE? and to revive the Heart of the conwho shall dwell in thy holy trite Ones. TEOUS. Hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh Righteoufnefs, that speaketh the Truth in his Heart. Thou k wilt not (p) leave their Soul in Hell, but wilt shew them the Path of Life: For in thy Prefence is fulness of Jor; at thy right Hand there are Pleasures for ever more. They shall BEHOLD thy (9) Face in Righteousness, and shall be fatisfied with thy (r) LIKENESS. The m Lord is their (s) SHEPHERD, and they shall not want. He maketh them to lie down in green Pastures; he (0) John XIV. 2. In my Father's House are many MANSIONS; if it were not fo, I would have told you. I go to prepare a Place for you. (p) John 111. 16. God so LOVED the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever be lieveth in him should not PERISH, but have everlasting LIFE. (9) 2 Cor. tv. 6. God, who hath commanded LIGHT to shine out of DARKNESS, hath shined into our Hearts, to give the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Chrift. (r) 1 John 111.2. Now are we the Sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when we shall appear, we shall be LIKE him as he is. Rev. XXII. 4. And they shall fee his FACE. Phil. 111. 20,21. Our Conversation is in Heaven, from whence also we look for the SAVIOUR, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile Body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious Body, according to the work ing whereby he is able even to fubdue all things unto himself. (s) John x. 27,28. MY SHEEP hear my Voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal LIFE, and they shall never perish; neither shall any pluck them out of my Hand. Ifai. XL. He hall feed his FLOCk like a SHEPHERD; he shall gather the LAMBS with his Arm, and carry them in his Bosom, and small gently lead those that are with young. 11. 8 Pfalm x1. 7. h Pf. XIV. 5. * Pf. xv1. 10. PS. XVII. 15. i Ps. xv. 1, 2. PS. XXIII. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. leadeth leadeth them beside the still (1) WATERS. Yea, though they walk through the Valley of the SHADOW OF DEATH, they shall (u) FEAR no Evil; For thou art (x) with them; thy Rod and thy Staff comfort them : GOODNESS and MERCY shall follow them all the Days of their Life, and they shall dwell in the (y) HOUSE of the Lord for ever. Who shall ASCEND into the Hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy Place? He that hath clean Hands, and a (2) PURE HEART ; who hath not lift up his Soul to (a) VANITY, nor fworn deceitfully : He shall receive the (b) BLESSING from the Lord, and RIGHTEOUSNESS from the God of his Salvation. This is the Generation of them that (c) SEEK him, that feek thy Face, O Jacob. (t) Rev. xx1. 6. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End; I will give unto him that is athirst, of the Fountain of the WATER OF LIFE freely. (u) Luke x. 19. I give unto you power tread on Serpents and Scorpions, and over all the Power of the ENEMY; and nothing shall by any Means hurt you. Chap. XII. 32. FEAR not, little Flock; for it is your Father's good Pleasure to give you the Kingdom. (x) Matt. XXVIII. 20. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the End of the World. (γ) Rev. 111. 12. Him that overcometh, will I make a PILLAR in the TEMPLE of my God; and he shall go no more out. (z) Matt. v. 8. Blessed are the PURE in HEART, for they shall fee God. (a) 1 Pet. 1. 18. Ye were not re deemed with CORRUPTIBLE things, as Silver and Gold, from your VAIN Conversation, received by Tradition from your Fathers. (b) Heb. VI. 14, 16, 17, 18. Surely bleffing, I will BLESS thee; and multiplying, I will MULTIPLY thee. For Men verily swear by the Greater; wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the Heirs of Promise the Immutability of his Counsel, confirmed it by an Oath; that by two immutable Things, in which it was impossible for God to lye, we might have a strong Confolation, who have filed for REFUGE, to lay hold upon the HOPE set before us; which HOPE We have as an Anchor of the Soul. The (d) MEEK will he guide in Judgment, and the Meek will he teach his Way. All the Paths of the Lord (c) Ifai. LV. 6,7. SEEK ye the Lord while he may be found; CALL are MERCY and TRUTH, ye upon him while he is near: Let unto fuch as keep his (e) Co- the Wicked forsake his Way, and the unrighteous Man his Thoughts; VENANT, and his Testimo- (f) Heb. VIII. 6, 8, 10. He is the and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have Mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Heb. x1.6. He that cometh to God, muft believe that he is, and that he is a Rewarder of them that diligently SEEK him. (d) Matt. v.5. Bleffed are the MEEK, for they shall INHERIT the Earth. (C) 1 Pet. 111. 13. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be Followers of that which is good? • Pf. xxiv. 3, το 6. • Pf. xxv. 9, 10, 140 VENANT, be troubled, neither let it be afraid. nies. The SECRET of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will shew them his (f) COVENANT. In the time of (g) Trouble, he shall hide them in his Pavilion; in the Secret of his Tabernacle shall he hide them; he shall set them up upon a Rock. The Lord will give STRENGTH unto his People, the Lord will bless his People with (b) PEACE. How great is his (i) GOODNESS, which he hath laid up for them that fear him; which he hath wrought for them that trust in him, before the Sons of Men : He shall keep them in the Secret of his Presence from the PRIDE (k) of Man, he shall keep them secretly from the STRIFE of Tongues. The (1) EYE of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his MERCY. To deliver their SOUL from DEATH, and to keep them alive in (m) FAMINE: There is no WANT to them that FEAR him; for though the young Lions do lack, and fuffer Hunger, they MEDIATOR of a better COVENANT, which was established upon better PROMISES. Behold, the Days come, when I will make a new COVENANT with the House of Ifrael, and the House of Judah: I will put my Laws into their Mind, and write them in their Hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shalt be to me a People. (g) John XVI. 33. In the World ye shall have TRIBULATION; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the World. Verse 22. And ye now therefore have Sorrow; but I will fee you again, and your HEART shall REJOICE, and your Joy no Man taketh from you. (b) John XIV. 27. PEACE I leave with you, my PEACE I give unto you; not as the World giveth, give I unto you. Let not your Heart Ephef. 1.2. GRACE be unto you, and PEACE from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Chrift. (i) 1 Cor. 11. 9. Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither have entered into the Heart of Man, the things which God hath prepared for them that LOVE him. (k) Matt. x. 28, 29, 30. FEAR not them which kill the Body, but are not able to kill the Soul; but rather FEAR him, which is able to destroy both Soul and Body in Hell. Are not two Sparrows fold for a Farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the Ground without your Father; but the very Hairs of your Head are all numbered. (1) 1 Pet. 111. 12. The EYES of the Lord are over the RIGHTEOUS, and his Ears are open unto their PRAYERS. (m) Matt. VI. 25, 26. Take no Thought for your Life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your Body, what you shall put on: Is not the LIFE more than Meat, and the Boby than Raiment? Behold the Fowls of the Air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into Barns; yet your heaven'y Father feedeth them: Are ye not much better than they? PP. xxv11.5. 9 PS. XXIX. 11. PfXXXI. 19, 20. PS. XXX111. 18, 19. Pf. XXXIV.9, 10. that that feek the Lord shall want no good thing. u of the (n) Heb. 1. 14. Are they not all for who shall be Heirs The (n) Angel Lord encampeth round about ministring Spirits, fent forth to mithem that fear him, and he of Salvation. delivereth them. The Eyes of the Lord are upon the RIGHTEOUS, and his Ears are open unto their CRY: And the Lord HEARETH, delivereth them out of all their Troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a BROKEN HEART, and saveth such as be of a (0) CONTRITE SPI RIT. Many are the Afflictions of the RIGHTEOUS, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. The Lord redeemeth the Soul of his Servants, and none of them that Trus'r in him shall be defolate. His Mercy is in the Heavens, and his Faithfulness reacheth unto the Clouds. How excellent is thy loving Kindness, O God; therefore the Children of Men put their TRUST under the Sha dow of thy Wings. They shall be abundantly fatisfied with the Fatness of thy House; and thou shalt make them drink of the (p) River of thy PLEASURES: For with thee is the FouNTAIN of LIFE; and in thy Light shall they fee Light. (0) Ifai. LVII. 15. Thus faith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth Eternity, whose Name is holy; I dwell in the high and holy Flace, with him also that is of a contrite and humble Spirit, to revive the Spirit of the humble, and to revive the Heart of the contrite Ones. James Iv. 6, 10. God refift eth the PROUD, but giveth Grace unto the HUMBLE. Humble your selves in the Sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. (p) John 1v. 14. Whofoever drinketh of the Water that I shall give him, shall never thirst: But the Water that I shall give him, shall be in him a Well of Water springing up into EVERLASTING LIFE. John VII. 37, 38, 39. Jesus stood and cried, faying, If any Man THIRST, let him come unto me and drink: He that believeth on me, (as the Scripture hath faid) out of his Belly small flow Rivers of living Water. But this spakc he of the Spirit, which they that be. • Pfalm xxxtv., 15, 17, 18, 19, 22. lieve on receive. Rev. XXII. 17. And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come: And let whosoever will, let him take the Water of LIFE freely. him that is athirst come: And Pf. xxxv1.5,8,9. Bleffed |