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and love the other; or elfe he will hold to the one, and defpife the other. Ye cannot SERVE GOD and MAMMON.

25 Therefore I fay unto you, Take no THOUGHT for your LIFE, what ye fhall EAT, or what ye fhall DRINK; nor yet for your BODY, what ye fhall put on Is not the Life more than Meat, and the Body than Raiment ? 26 Behold the FowLs of the Air: for they fow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into Barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much BETTER than they?

27 Which of you by TAKING THOUGHT can add one Cubit unto his Sta

ture.

Matth. xvi. 26 For what is a Man PROFITED, if he fhall GAIN the WHOLE WORLD, and lofe his own SouL? or what shall a Man give in EXCHANGE for his SOUL?

Luke xii. 15 And he faid unto them, Take heed, and beware of Cove TOUSNESS: for a Man's LIFE confifteth not in the ABUNDANCE of the Things which he POSSESSETH.

16 And he spake a Parable unto them, faying, The Ground of a certain rich Man brought forth plentifully

17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no Room where to bestow my Fruits?

18 And he faid, This will I do I will pull down my Barns and build greater; and there will I beftow all my Fruits, and my Goods.

19 And I will fay to my Soul, Soul, thou haft much Good laid up for many Years; take thine Eafe, eat, drink, and be merry.

20 But God faid unto him, Thou Foot, this Night fhall thy Soul be REQUIRED of thee: then whose shall those Things be which thou hast provided?

21 So is he that layeth up Treasure for himself, and is not RICH towards God.

1 John ii. 15 LOVE not the WORLD, neither the Things that are in the World. If any Man LOVE the WORLD, the LOVE of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the WORLD, the LUST of the FLESH, and the LUST of the Eyes, and the PRIDE of LIFE, is not of the Father, but is of the World.

17 And the WORLD paffeth away, and the Luft thereof: but he that doth the WILL of GOD abideth for ever.

Cel. iii. 2 Set your AFFECTIONS on Things ABOVE, not on Things on the Earth.

3 For ye are dead, and your LIFE is hid with CHRIST in GOD.

4 When CHRIST who is OUR LIFE fhall APPEAR, then fhall ye also appear with him in GLORY.

5 MORTIFY therefore your Members, which are upon the Earth; FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, INORDINATE AFFECTION, EVIL CONCUPISCENCE, and COVETOUSNESS, which is IDOLATRY:

6 For which Things Sake, the WRATH of GOD cometh on the Children of DISOBEDIENCE.

7 In the which ye alfo walked fome Time, when ye LIVED in them. 8 But now you also put off all thefe ; ANGER, WRATH, MALICE, BLASPHEMY, FILTHY COMMUNICATION out of your Mouth.

9 LIE not one to another, feeing that ye have jut off the OLD MAN with his DEEDS:

10 And have put on the NEW MAN, which is renewed in KNOWLEDGE, after the IMAGE of him that CREATED HIM.

Rom. ii. 13 Not the HBARERS of the Law are just before God, but the DOERS of the LAW fhall be JUSTIFIED.

21 Thou therefore which TEACHEST another, teacheft thou not thyself? thou that preacheft a Man should not feal, doft thou STEAL?

22 Thou

22 Thou that fayeft a Man fhould not commit Adultery, doft thou COMMIT ADULTERY? thou that abhorreft IDOLS, doft thou commit SACRILEDGE?

23 Thou that makeft thy Boaft of the Law, through breaking the Law DISHONOUREST thou GOD?

Gal. V. 16 This I fay unto you, WALK in the SPIRIT, and ye fhall not fulfil the Luft of the Flesh.

17 For the FLESH lufteth against the SPIRIT, and the SPIRIT against the FLESH and thefe are contrary the one to the other; fo that ye cannot do the Things that ye would.

18 But if ye be LED by the SPIRIT, ye are not under the LAW.

19 Now the WORKS of the FLESH are MANIFEST, which are these, ADULTERY, FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, LASCIVIOUSNESS,

20 IDOLATRY, WITCHCRAFT, HATRED, VARIANCE, EMULATION, WRATH, STRIFE, SEDITIONS, HERESIES.

21 ENVYINGS, MURDERS, DRUNKENNESS REVELLINGS, and fuch like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time paft, that they which Do fuch Things, fhall NOT INHERIT the KINGDOM of GOD.

22 But the FRUIT of the SPIRIT is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG-SUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH,

23 MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE: against SUCH there is No Law.

John i. 16 And of his FULNESS have all we received, and GRACE for Gracc.

17 For the Law was given by Moses, but GRACE and TRUTH came by JESUS CHRIST.

Matth. v. 18 Verily I fay unto you, Till HEAVEN and EARTH pass, one Jot or one Tittle fhall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be FUL

FILLED

19 Whofoever therefore fhall BREAK one of these leaft COMMANDMENTS, and fhall TEACH Men fo, he fhall be called the LEAST in the KINGDOM of HEAVEN but whofoever fhall Do, and TEACH them, the fame fhall be called GREAT in the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

Ecclef. xii. 13 Let us hear the Conclufion of the whole Matter, FEAR God, and KEEP his COMMANDMENTS; for this is the WHOLE DUTY of MAN.

14 For GOD fhall bring EVERY WORK into JUDGMENT, with every SECRET THING, whether it be GOOD, or whether it be EVIL.

18 And all the People faw the THUNDERINGS, and the LIGHTNING3, and the Noife of the TRUMPET, and the Mountain SMOKING : and when the People faw it, they removed, and ftood afar off.

Y Habak iii. 2 O LORD, I have heard thy Speech, and was AFRAID: O LORD revive thy Work in the midft of the Years, in the midft of the Years make known; in Wrath

remember MERCY.

3 GOD came from Teman, and the HOLY ONE from Mount Paran. Selah. His GLORY Covered the Heavens, and

the Earth was full of his Praise.

4 And his BRIGHTNESS was as the LIGHT, he had Horns coming out of his Hand, and there was the hiding of his POWER.

19 And they faid unto MOSES, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not GOD fpeak with us, left and BURNING COALS went forth at his we die.

20 And MOSES faid unto the People, Fear not for GOD is come to prove you,

s Before him went the PESTILENCE,

Feet.

6 He flood and MEASURED the EARTH: he beheld, and drove afunder the Nations, and the everlasting Mountains were fcattered, the per

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petual Hills did bow, his Ways are

EVERLASTING.

10 The MOUNTAINS faw thee, and they TREMBLED the Overflowing of the Water paffed by the DEEP uttered his VOICE, and lift up his Hands on high

16 When I heard, my BELLY TREMBLED, MY LIPS QUIVERED at the VOICE: and I TREMBLED in myself, that I Rottennefs entred into my Bones, might REST in the Day of Trouble.

Rev. iv. 1 I looked, and behold, a Door was opened in Heaven: and the first Voice which I heard. was as it were of a TRUMPET talking with me; which faid, Come up hither, and I will fhew thee Things which must be hereafter.

2 And immediately I was in the SPIRIT and behold, a THRONE was fet in HEAVEN, and one fat upon the THRONE.

3 And he that fat was to look upon like a Jafper. and a Sardine ftone: and there was a Rainbow round about the Throne, in Sight like unto an Emerald.

4 And round about the Throne were four and twenty Seats: and upon the Seats I faw four and twenty Elders fitting, clothed in white Raiment ; and they had on their Heads CROWNS of GOLD.

s And out of the THRONE proceeded LIGHTNINGs, and THUNDERINGS, and VOICES, and there were feven Lamps of Fire burning before the THRONE, which are the feven SPIRITS of GOD.

Rev. x. 1 I faw another MIGHTY ANGEL Come down from HEAVEN, clothed with a CLOUD, and a RAINBOW was upon his Head, and his FACE was as it were the SUN, and his Feet as Pillars of Fire.

2 And he had in his Hand a little Book open and he fet his Right Foot upon the Sea, and his Left Foot on the Earth,

3 And cried with a loud Voice, as when a Lion roareth: and when he had cried, feven THUNDERS uttered their VOICES.

CHAP. XXI.

1 Laws for Men-fervants: 7 For Women-fervants: 12 For Manflaughter: 17 And for Curfers of Parents, &c.

CHAP. XXII.

1 Of Theft. 5 Of Damage. 7 Of Trefpaffes. 14 Of Borrowing. 16 Of Fornication. 18 Of Witchcraft, &c.

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CHA P. XXIII.

iOf Slander and Falfe Witnefs. 12 Of the Sabbath. 13 Of Idolatry. 20 A Bleffing promifed to the Obedient.

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9 In all their Affliction he was afflicted, and the ANGEL of his PRESENCE SAVED them: in his Love and in his PITY he REDEEMED them, and he BARE them, and carried them all the Days of old.

10 But they rebelled, and VEXED his HOLY SPIRIT: therefore he was turn ed to be their Enemy, and he fought against them.

21 BEWARE of him, and OBEY his VOICE, provoke him not for he will not pardon your Tranfgreffions: for my Name is in him.

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his Voice, and do all that I fpeak; then I will be an Enemy unto thine Enemies, and an Adverfary unto thine Adverfaries.

Heb. ii. Therefore we ought to

give the more EARNEST HEED to the
THINGS which we have HEARD, left at
any time we fhould let them SLIP.

2 For if the WORD fpoken by AN-
GELS was STEDFAST, and every Trans-
greffion and Difobedience received a
juft Recompence of Reward;

3 How fhall we ESCAPE if we NE-
GLECT SO GREAT SALVATION, which at

the first began to be SPOKEN by the
LORD, and was CONFIRMED unto us
by them that heard him;

4 GOD alfo BEARING them WITNESS,
both with SIGNS and WONDERS, and
with divers MIRACLES, and GIFTS of
the HOLY GHOST, according to his
Own WILL.

23 For mine ANGEL fhall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebufites: and I will cut them off.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their Gods, nor ferve them, nor do after their Works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their Images.

25 And ye fhall SERVE the LORD your God, and he fhall BLESS thy Bread and thy Water: and I will take Sickhefs away from the midst of thee.

26 There shall nothing caft their Young, nor be barren in thy Land: the Number of thy Days I will fulfil.

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27 I will fend my FEAR before thee, and will destroy aff the People to whom thou fhalt come, and I will make all thine Enemies turn their Backs unto thee.

28 And I will fend Hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one Year; left the Land become defolate, and the Beafts of the Field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increafed, and inherit the Land.

1 Kings iv. 21 SOLOMON REIGNED Over ALL KINGDOMS, from the RIVER unto the Land of the Philiftines,

31 b And I will fet thy BOUNDS from the RED SEA even unto the Sea of the Philiftines, and from the Defart even unto the RIVER: for I will deliver the Inhabitants of the Land into your Hand; and thou fhalt drive them out before thee.

and unto the Border of Egypt: they brought Prefents, and ferved Solomon all the Days of his Life.

32 Thou shalt make no Covenant with them, nor with their Gods.

33 They fhall not dwell in thy Land, left they make thee fin against me: for if thou ferve their Gods, it will furely be a SNARE unto thee.

CHA P. XXIV.

1 Mofes is called up into the Mountain. 3 The People promise Obedience. 9 The Glory of GoD appeareth. 14 Aaron

and Hur.

Ver. 1 AND he faid unto Mofes, Come up unto the LORD, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and feventy of the Elders of Ifrael and worship ye afar off.

2 And Mofes alone fhall come near the LORD: but they fhall not come nigh, neither fhall the People go up with him.

3 And Mofes came and told the People all the Words of the LORD, and all the Judgments and all the People anfwered with one Voice, and faid, All the Words which the LORD hath faid, will we do.

That is the River Euphrates,

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