19 And it fhall come to pafs, that whofoever will not hearken unto my Words, which he fhall fpeak in my Name, I will require it of him. s And Mofes verily was faithful in all his Houfe as a Servant, for a Teftimony of thofe Things which were to be spoken after ; 6 But CHRIST as a Son over his OWN HOUSE: whofe Houfe are we, if we hold faft the CONFIDENCE, and the REJOYCING of the HOPE, firm unto the End. 7 Wherefore as the Holy GHOST voice, faith, To day if ye will hear his 1 20 But the Prophet which fhall prefume to fpeak a Word in my Name, which I have not commanded him to fpeak, or that fhall fpeak in the Name of other Gods, even that Prophet fhall die. proved me, and faw my Works forty Years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that Generation, and faid, They do als ways err in their Heart; and they have not known my Ways. 8 HARDEN not your HEARTS, as in the Provocation, in the Day of Temptation in the Wilderness: 9 When your Fathers tempted me, 11 So I fware in my Wrath, They shall not ENTER into my REST. 12 Take heed, Brethren, left there be in any of you an EVIL HEART of UNBELIEF, in DEPARTING from the LIVING GOD. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called, To day; left any of you be HARDNED through the DECEITFULNESS of SIN. 14 For we are made PARTAKERS of CHRIST, if we hold the Beginning of Our CONFIDENCE ftedfaft unto the End; 15 While it is faid, TO-DAY if ye will hear his Voice, HARDEN not your HEARTS, as in the PROVOCATION. 16 For fome when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17 But with whom was he grieved forty Years? was it not with them that had finned, whofe Carcafes fell in the Wilderness? 18 And to whom fware he that they should not enter into his REST, but to them that BELIEVED NOT? 19 So we see that they could not enter in, because of UNBELIEF. 21 And if thou fay in thine Heart, How fhall we know the Word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a Prophet fpeaketh in the Name of the LORD, if the Thing follow not nor come to pafs, that is the Thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the Prophet hath spoken it prefumptuoufly: thou fhalt not be afraid of him. John vii. 17 If any Man will do CHAP. XIX. 1 The Cities of Refuge. 16 The Punishment of a falje Witness. CHA P. XXVIII. 1 The Bleffings for Obedience. 15 The Curfes for Difobedience. 3 f BLESSED fhalt thou be in the CITY, and BLESSED fhalt thou be in the FIELD. с Ver. 1 AND it fhall come to pafs, if thou shalt hearken unto the Voice of the LORD thy. GOD, to OBSERVE and to do all his COMMANDMENTS which I command thee this Day; that the LORD thy GOD will fet thee on high above all Nations of the Earth. 2 And all these Bleffings fhall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou fhalt hearken unto the Voice of the LORD thy GOD. 4 Bleffed fhall be the Fruit of thy Body, and the Fruit of thy Ground, and the Fruit. of thy Cattle, the Increase of thy Kine, and the Flocks of thy Sheep. Matth. vi. 33 SEEK уe first the KINGDOM OF GOD, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS, and all these Things fhall be ADDED unto you. Matth. v. 3 Bleffed are the Poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. s Bleffed are the Meek: for they fhall inherit the Earth. for they shall fee GOD. L1 5 Bleffed 5 Bleffed fhall be thy Basket and thy Store. 6 Bleffed fhalt thou be when thou comeft in, and bleffed fhalt thou be when thou goeft out. 7 The LORD fhall caufe thine Enemies that rife up against thee to be fmitten before thy Face: they fhall come out against thee one Way, and flee before thee feven Ways. 88 The LORD fhall command the BLESSING upon thee in thy Store-houses, and in all that thou fetteft thine Hand unto: and he fhall BLESS thee in the Land which the LORD thy GOD giveth thee. 9 The LORD fhall eftablish thee an holy People unto himself, as he hath fworn unto thee, if thou fhalt keep the Commandments of the LORD thy GOD, and walk in his Ways. 10 And all People of the Earth fhall fee that thou art called by the Name of the LORD, and they fhall be afraid of thee. 13 That our GARNERS may be full, AFFORDING all manner of forth Thoufands, and Ten thousands STORE; that our Sheep may bring in our Streets. 14 That our OXEN may be ftrong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no coMPLAINING in our Streets. IS HAPPY is that PEOPLE that is in SUCH a CASE; yea, HAPPY is that Pfal. cxxxii. 15 I will abundantly her Poor with BREAD. Pfal. cxxxvi. 25 Who giveth Food to all FLESH: for his MERCY endureth for EVER. 26 O give THANKS unto the God of HEAVEN: for his MERCY endureth, for EVER. • 11 And the LORD fhall make thee plenteous in Goods, in the Fruit of thy Body, and in the Fruit of thy Cattle, and in the Fruit of thy Ground, in the Land which the LORD fware unto thy Fathers to give thee. 8 Pfal. ciii. 2 BLESS the LORD, O my SOUL, and forget not all his Be nefits. 12 h The LORD fhall OPEN unto thee his GOOD TREASURE, the Heaven to give thee Rain unto thy Land in his Season, and to BLESS ALL the WORKS of thine Hand: and thou fhalt lend unto ma 3 Who forgiveth all thine Iniquities who healeth all thy Diseases. :: 4 Who REDEEMETH thy LIFE from DESTRUCTION who CROWNETH thee with Loving kinduefs and TENDER MERCIES. Pfal. cxliv. 9 I will fing a new Song unto thee, O GOD: upon a Pfaltery, and an Inftrument of ten Strings will I fing Praifes unto thee. 12 That our SoNs may be as Plants grown up in their Youth; that our DAUGHTERS may be as Corner-ftones, polished after the Similitude of a Pa lace: Pfal. i. I BLESSED is the Man that WALKETH not in the Counsel of the Ungodly, nor ftandeth in the Way of SINNERS, nor fitteth in the Seat of the Scornful. of the LORD, and in his Law doth he 2 But his DELIGHT is in the LAW MEDITATE DAY and NIGHT. 3 And he fhall be like a Tree ny ny Nations, and thou fhalt planted by the Rivers of Water, that not borrow. bringeth forth his Fruit in his Seafon; his Leaf alfo fhall not wither, and whatfoever he doth shall PROSPER. 13 And the LORD fhall make thee the HEAD, and not the TAIL; and thou fhalt be above only, and thou fhalt not be beneath if that thou HEARKEN unto the COMMANDMENTS of the LORD thy GoD, which I command thee this Day to obferve and to do them : 14 And thou shalt not go afide from any of the Words which I command thee this Day, to the Right Hand or to the Left, to go after other Gods to ferve them. i teous. s For the LORD knoweth the WAY 15 But it shall come to pafs, if thou wilt not HEARKEN unto the VOICE of the LORD thy GOD, to obferve to Do all his COMMANDMENTS and his Statutes which I command thee this Day, of the RIGHTEOUS: but the Way of that all thefe CURSES fhall come upon thee, and overtake 16 CURSED fhalt thou be in the CITY, and curfed fhalt thou be in the FIELD. the UNGODLY fhall PERISH. thee. 17. Curfed fhall be thy Bafket and thy Store. 18 Curfed fhall be the Fruit of thy Body, and the Fruit of thy Land, the Increase of thy Kine, and the Flocks of thy Sheep. Pfal. i. 4 The UNGODLY are not fo: but are like the Chaff which the Wind driveth away 5 Therefore the UNGODLY fhall not ftand in the JUDGMENT, nor SINNERS in the Congregation of the Righ Pfal. v. 10 Deftroy thou them, O GOD; let them fall by their own Counfels caft them out in the mul titude of their TRANSGRESSIONS, for they have REBELLED against thee. Pfal. vii. 11 GOD JUDGETH the RIGHTEOUS, and GOD is ANGRY with the WICKED every Day. 12 If he TURN not, he will whet his Sword; he hath bent his Bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath alio prepared for him the Inftruments of DEATH; he ordaineth his Arrows against the Perfe cutors. 19 Curfed fhalt thou be when thou comeft in, and curfed fhalt thou be when thou goeft out. 20 The LORD fhall fend upon thee Curfing, Vexation, and Rebuke, in all that thou fetteft thine Hand unto, for to do; until thou be deftroyed, and until thou perifh quickly; because of the RIGHTEOUS: but the WICKED and him Wickedness of thy Doings FORGET GOD. Pfal. xi. s The LORD TRIETH the whereby Heathen, thou haft DESTROYED the 17 The LORD is known by the JUDGMENT which he EXECUTETH: the WICKED IS SNARED in the Work of his own Hands. 17 The WICKED fhall be turned into HELL, and all the Nations that L1 2 whereby thou haft forfaken that loveth VIOLENCE, his Soul hateth. 6 Upon the WICKED he thall rain Snares, FIRE and BRIMSTONE, and an horrible Tempeft: this fhall be the PORTION of their Cup. Pal. xvi. 4 Their SORROWS fhall be multiplied, that haften after another GOD. Pfal. xxi. 8 Thine Hand fhall find Hand thall find out thote that hate out all thine ENEMIES, thy Right thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a FIERY Oven in the Time of thine ANGER: the LORD fhall fwallow them up in his Wrath, and the FIRE fhail devour them. 10 Their Fruit fhalt thou destroy from the Earth, and their Seed from among the Children of Men. Pfal. xxviii. 3 Draw me not away with the Wicked, and with the Wor-, kers of Iniquity: which fpeak Peace to their Neighbours, but Mischief is in their Hearts. me. 21 The LORD fhall make the Peftilence cleave unto thee, until he have confumed thee from off the Land, whither thou goeft to poflefs it. 22 The LORD fhall fmite thee with a Confumption, and with a Fever, and with an Inflammation, and with an extreme Burning, and with the Sword, and with Blafting, and with Mildew and they fhall pursue thee until thou perifh. 23 And thy Heaven that is over thy Head fhall be Brafs, and the Earth that is under thee fhall be Iron. Ifa. xxiv. 1 Behold, the LORD ma keth the Earth empty, and maketh it wafte, and turneth it upside down, and SCATTERETH abroad the INHABI TANTS thereof. 2 And it fhall be, as with the PEOPLE, fo with the PRIEST; as with the SERVANT, fo with his MASTER; as with the MAID, fo with her MISTRESS; as with the BUYER, fo with the SELLER; as with the LENDER, fo with the BORROWER; as with the Taker of Ufury, to with the Giver of Ufury to him. 3 The LAND fhall be utterly empried, and utterly SPOILED: for the LORD hath fpoken this Word 4 The Earth MOURNETH and fadeth fadeth away, the haughty People of away, the World languisheth and the Earth do languish Itch, |
