And the Lord God of their fathers fent to them by his meffengers; because he had compaffion on his people, and on his dwelling place. But they mocked the meffengers of God, and despised his words, and mifufed his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who flew their young men with the fword, in the houfe of their fanctuary, and had no compaffion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that ftooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. And all the veffels of the house of God, great and fmall, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerufalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly veffels thereof. And them that had escaped from the fword, carried he away to Babylon; where they were fervants to him and his fons, until the reign of the kingdom of Perfia."

Ezra i. 1-3. "Now in the firft year of Cyrus, king of Perfia, the Lord flirred up the fpirit of Cyrus, king of Perfia, that he made a proclaination throughout all his kingdom, and put it alfo in writing, faying, Thus faith Cyrus, king of Perfia, The Lord God of Heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerufalem, which is in Judah, Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him

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go up to Jerufalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Ifrael, which is in Jerufalem."

Exodus iii. 13, 14. "And Mofes faid unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Ifrael, and shall fay unto them, The God of your fathers hath fent me unto you; and they shall fay to me, What is his name? what fhall I fay unto them?

"And God faid unto Mofes, I AM THAT I AM : And thus fhalt thou fay unto the children of Ifrael, I AM hath fent me unto you."

Pfalm cxli. "Lord, I cry unto thee: make hafte unto me: give ear unto my voice. Let my prayer be fet forth before thee as incenfe, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening facrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked work with men that work iniquity. Let the righteous fmite me, it fhall be a kindness; and let him reprove me, it fhall be an excellent oil. Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my truft; leave not my foul deftitute. Keep me from the fnares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while that I withal efcape.'

Pfalm cxlii. "I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my fupplication. I poured out my complaint before him: I fhowed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou kneweft my path: in the wherein

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I walked have they privily laid a fare for me, I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me: no man cared for my foul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I faid, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the living. Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my perfecutors; for they are ftronger than I. Bring my foul out of darkness, that I may praise thy name."

Pfalm cxliii. "Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my fupplications: in thy faithfulness anfwer me, and in thy righteoufnefs. And enter not into judgment with thy fervant for in thy fight fhall no man living be juftified. For the enemy hath perfecuted my foul; he hath fmitten my life down to the ground: he hath made me to dwell in darknefs. Therefore is my fpirit overwhelmed within me: my heart within me is defolate. Hear me fpeedily, O Lord; my fpirit faileth; hide not thy face from me, left I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning; for in thee do I truft: caufe me to know the way wherein I fhould walk; for I lift up my foul unto thee. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: bring my foul out of trouble, and of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, for I am thy fervant."

Exodus iv. 1-10. "And Mofes answered and faid, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will fay, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. And the Lord faid unto him, What is that in thine hand?:

And he said, A rod. And he faid, Caft it on the ground; and he caft it on the ground, and it became a ferpent; and Mofes fled from before it. And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand. That they may believe that the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob,. hath appeared unto thee.

"And the Lord faid furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bofom: and he put his hand into his bofom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as fnow. And he said, Put thine hand into thy bofom again and he put his hand into his bofom again, and plucked it out of his bofom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. And it fhall come to pafs, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the firft fign, that they will believe the voice of the latter fign.

"And it fhall come to pafs, if they will not believe also these two figns, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land and the water which thou takeft out of the river, fhall become blood upon the dry land."

Haggai ii. 1-9, 23. "In the feventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, faying, Speak now to Zerubbabel the fon of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the fon of Jofedech, the high prieft, and to the refidue of the people, faying, Who is left among

you that faw this house in her firft glory? and how do you fee it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? Yet now be ftrong, O Zerubbabel, and be strong, O Joshua, fon of Jofedech the high priest, and be ftrong all ye people of the land, and work; for I am with you, according to the word which I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, fo my fpirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. For thus faith the Lord of Hofts, Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land: and I will fhake all nations, and the defire of all nations fhall come, and I will fill this house with glory. The filver is mine, and the gold is mine. The glory of this latter houfe fhall be greater than of the former, and in this place will I give peace.

"In that day will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my fervant, the fon of Shealtiel, faith the Lord, and will make thee as a fignet: for I have chofen thee."

Zechariah iv. 6-10. "This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, faying, Not by might nor power, but by my spirit. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou fhalt become a plain, and he fhall bring forth the head ftone thereof with fhouting, crying Grace, grace, unto it. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this houfe, his hands fhall alfo finish it; and thou fhalt know that the Lord. of Hofts hath fent me unto you. For who hath defpifed the day of fmall things? for they fhall: