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oners: the LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous. The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

JER. 33: 7. And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them as at the first. And, I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the good ness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

68: 5. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widow, is God in his holy habitation.

ISA. 54: 5. Thy maker is thy husband, 'the LORD of hosts is his name.

V. Grace, or Mercy.

Ex. 22:27. When the poor crieth I will hear, for I am gracious.

33: 19. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.

34: 6. And the LORD passed by before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, gracious and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty.

NUM. 14: 18. The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, for

NEH. 9: 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.

Ps. 36: 5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is great the heavens.

103: 8. The LORD is merciful and gracious; slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

86: 15. Thou, O LORD, art a God full of compassion and gracious; long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

116: 5. Gracious is the LORD and righteous ; yea, our God is merciful. 119: 156. Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD.

31: 9. For I am a father to Is-giving iniquity. rael, and Ephraim is my first-born. Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, he that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priest with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

Ps. 27: 10. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

LAM. 3: 22. It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed; because his compassions fail not. 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.

JONAH 4:2. Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

MIC. 7: 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast

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ISA. 54: 7. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee.

49: 9. For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.

ACTS 15: 11. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved.

EPH. 2: 8. By grace are ye saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.

Rом. 5: 2. By Jesus Christ we have access into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

TIT. 3: 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us; by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. -7. That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

VI. Perfection.

MATT. 5: 48. Your father which is in heaven is perfect.

CHAPTER III.

GOD A SOVEREIGN.

§ 1. OVER MATTER.

JOB 9: 4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

12: 15. Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

87: 6. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likwise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.-9. Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. By the breath of God frost is given; and the breadth

2 SAM. 22: 31. As for God his of the waters is straitened. Also way is perfect. by watering he wearieth the thick cloud : he scattereth his bright

1 JOHN 3: 3. Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

JOB 42: 5. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee: wherefore I abbor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

40: 2. Shall he that contendeth with the ALMIGHTY instruct him?

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36: 27. For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof; which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? Behold, he spreadeth his light

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upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

38: 4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?

40: 15. Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. - 18. His bones are us strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.-9. Hast thou an arm like God; canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

TPs. 65: 5. By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens.

93: 1. The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved. 4. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

107: 23. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 29. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

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ISA. 26: 4. Trust ye in the LORD forever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: for he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

44: 24. I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built; and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers.

50: 2. Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea; I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

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JER. 10: 6. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?-10. But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

14: 22. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou he, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things..

DAN. 3: 16. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in

this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.-23. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king, He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the son of God. Then Nebuchadnez- | zar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

AMOS 5: 7. Ye, who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: the LORD is his name.

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because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: but because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

2 CHRON. 20: 6. O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

2 KINGS 19: 22. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed ? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD.-27. But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

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JOB 12: 16. With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and throweth the mighty. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. - 23. He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

Ps. 98: 9. For he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

99: 1. The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all people. Let them praise thy great and terrible name: for it is holy. The king's strength also loveth

judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

33: 10. The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the LORD standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 20. Our soul waiteth for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

JER. 10: 23. O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Ps. 75: 6. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the Judge. He putteth down one, and setteth up another.

103: 19. The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

PR. 21: 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he will.

ISA. 45: 13. I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my eity, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

44: 28. That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

45: 1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go

before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. For. Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. 7. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

46: 3. Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

48: 11. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted ? and I will not give my glory to another. 15. I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I.

51: 12. I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the LORD thy Maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were

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