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thou shalt know that I am the Lord: For they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Ezek. xxxiv. 27. The tree shall yield her fruit, the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe.

xxxvi. 37. I will increase them with men like a flock.

Ver. 38. So shall the waste cities be filled with men. Ver. 11, 24. xxxvii. 6. I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath into you; and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ver. 13. Ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves. xxxix. 6. When I have brought them from captivity then shall they know, that I am the Lord, which caused them to be led into captivity.

Ver. 7, 22, 28. See Isa. xliii. 9, 10, 11, 12.-xlv. 3.-iv. 6.— Ixvi. 14. Ezek. xvi. 62.

11. Miracles in Babylon. Dan. ii. 31. Daniel tells the king his dream, and the interpretation thereof.

Ver. 47. The king answered, of a truth it is, that your God is a God of Gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets. iii. 25. Three men live in the fire unhurt by it.

Ver. 29. The king made a decree, that whosoever should speak against God who delivered them, should be cut to pieces.

iv. 19. Daniel explains the king's dream, which being accomplished, the king praised and honoured the King of heaven. Ver. 34, 37. v. 25. Daniel explains the writing upon the wall, concerning Belshazzar, and

Daniel's visions.

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.

LXXIX. Righteousness ascribed to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. All his ways are judgment, a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Job xxxvi. 3. Elihu said, I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Ps. xi. 7. He is the righteous Lord, that loveth righteousness. Ps. xxxiii. 5.

xxxvi. 6. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains, thy judgments are a great deep.

xlviii. 10. Thy right hand is full of righteousness. lxxi. 19. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high. xcii. 15. There is no unrighteousness in the Lord.

xcvii. 2. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his

throne.

cxi. 3. His righteousness endureth for ever. Ps. cxii. 3, 9. cxix. 137. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. Jer. xii. 1.

Ver. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

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Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise loving kindness, judgment and righteousness in the earth.

LXXX. God is righteous in punishing the wicked. Gen. xviii. 23. Abraham said, wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked.

Gen. xviii. 25. That be far from thee, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee, shall not the judge of all the earth do right?

Exod. ix. 27. Pharaoh said, the Lord is righteous, I and my people are wicked.

Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us, for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Lam. i. 18. Dan. ix. 14. Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon man inore than right.

Ps. xcviii. 2. His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

cxxix. 4. The Lord is righteous, he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Isa. xxviii. 17. Judgment will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet.

Dan. ix. 7. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day. Ver. 14. Mic. vi. 5.

Rev. xvi. 5. The angel said, thou art righteous, O Lord, because thou hast judged thus. Ch. xviii. 6.

LXXXI. Men shall reap as they sow. For this see the following texts. Job. iv. 8. Prov. xxii. 8. Jer. ii. 19. Hos. x. 13. Gal. vi. 7, 8. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

LXXXII. In rewards to the righteous. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. The Lord render to every man his righteousness, and his faithfulness. 2 Sam. xxii. 21. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness. Ps. xviii. 20. See 1 Kings viii. 32. Job xxxiii. 26.

Matt. xx. 4. What is right, that shall ye receive.

LXXXIII. Things of God declared to be right, and righteous are his judgments.

Neh. ix. 13. Thou gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments. See Deut. iv. 8. Ps. xix. 9.cxix. 7, 62, 106, 137, 160, 164. Jer. xii. 1.

Statutes. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are right. Precepts. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right.

Testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy testimonics thou hast commanded, are righteous. Ver. 144.

Commands. Ps. cxix. 172. All thy commandments are righteous

ness.

Word. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done in truth. Isa. xlv. 19.

Ways. Hos. xiv. 9. The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk therein. Acts xiii. 10.

JUSTICE OF GOD.

LXXXIV. Justice ascribed to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. A'God of truth without iniquity, just and tight is he.

Nch. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us. Lam. i. 18:

Job iv. 47. Shall mortal man be more just than God.

vii. 3. Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

xxxvii. 23. He is excellent in power, and in judgment and in plenty of justice.

Ps. lxxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of his throne, mercy and truth shall go before his face. Ps. xcvii, 2. Isa. xlv. 21. I the Lord, a just God, and Saviour.

Jer. 1. 7. They have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice.

Zeph. iii. 5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof.

1 John i. 9. He is just to forgive us our sins.

Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, O thou King of saints. LXXXV. Injustice and iniquity denied concerning God. Deut. xxxii. 4. See above.

2 Chron. xix. 7. There is no iniquity with the Lord.

Job xxxiv. 12. Surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. See Jer. ii. 5. Zeph. ii. 5.

GOD'S TRUTH.

LXXXVI. Truth ascribed to God. Exod. xxx. 6. The Lord God merciful and gracious, abundant in goodness and truth. Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, without iniquity, just and right is he.

Ps. xxv.

10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

lvii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Ver. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

lxxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace.

lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

lxxxix. 15. Justice and judgment, are the habitation of thy throne, mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

xci. 4. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with his righteousness, and the people with his truth.

xcviii. 3. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel.

c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations. Ps. cxvii. 2.

cxlvi. 6. He keepeth truth for ever.

See Gen. xxiv. 27. xxxii. 10. Ps. xxxi. 5.-cxv. 1.-cxxxviii. 2. Numb. xxiii. 19. John vii. 28.-viii. 26. 2 Cor, i. 8. Rev. iii. 7.— vi. 10.

LXXXVII. Things of God called truth. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done in truth. Ps. cxi. 8. Dan. iv. 37. All his works are truth, and his ways judgment. Ps. cxix. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Ps. xix. 9.-cxix, 160.

Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, O thou King of saints. LXXXVIII. Lying denied of God. Numb, xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie.

1 Sam. xv. 29. The Strength of Israel will not lie. Ps. lxxxix. 35. Tit. i. 2. God cannot lie. Heb. vi. 18.

GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.

LXXXIX. The faithfulness of God. Deut. vii. 9. He is the faithful God which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him, and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

lxxxix. 8. O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee, or unto thy faithfulness round about thee. Ver. 2.

Ver. 33. My loving kindness will I not take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. Ver. 24.

cxix. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. Ver. 75. cxliii. 1. In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. Isa. xlix. The Lord is faithful.

Lam. iii. 23. Great is thy faithfulness.

1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ. Ch. x. 12.

1 Thess. v. 24. Faithful is he, that calleth you.

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you and keep you from evil.

2 Tim. ii. 13. He abideth faithful.

Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that hath promised.

1 Pet. iv. 19. he faithful Creator.

1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.

XC. Things of God called faithful. Commands and testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy commandments are righteous, and very faithful. Ver. 86.

Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are the faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5. -xxii. 6.

Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Christ. Rev. i. 5. He is the faithful witness. Ch. xix. 11.

GOD TO BE PRAISED FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS.

Ps. xl. 10. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. lxxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness. Ver. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord, and thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew forth thy loving kindness every morning, and thy faithfulness every night. Ps. lxxviii. 11.

XCI. God's faithfulness in fulfilling his promises. Jos. xxi. 45. There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: all came to pass. Ch. xxiii. 14, 15. 1 Kings viii. 5, 20, 24.

Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of old. Jer. xi. 5. Compare Gen. xxvi. 3. Deut. ix. 5.

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Acts iii. 18. Those things which God shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath fulfilled. Ch. xiii. 32. Luke i. 72, 73. Ps. lxxxix. 34.

XCII. Fulfilling threatenings. Lam. ii. 17. The Lord hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old, he hath thrown down and hath not pitied, he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, &c. See Isa. lxvi. 11. Jer. i. 12.-xxxix. 16.-li. 29. Ezek. xii. 25. GOD'S PURITY.

XCIII. God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall man be more pure than his Maker. Ver. 18.

xv. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not clean in his sight.

xxv. 5. Behold to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight.

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity.

1 John iii 3. God is pure.

Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is pure.

Ps. xii. 6. Ps. cxix. 140. Prov. xxx. 5. His word is pure.

GOD'S HOLINESS.

XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.

Lev. xi. 44. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Ch. xix. 2.-xx. 26.-xxi. 8.

Jos. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a jealous God.

1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the Lord.

"Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he is holy. Ver. 9.

cxlv. 17. The Lord is holy in all his works.

Isa. v. 16. God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8.

Ixiii. 15. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness, and of thy glory.

Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by his holiness.

John xvii. 11. Holy Father keep through thine own name, those whom thou hast given me.

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy.

vi. 10. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth.

xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, for thou only art holy, for all nations shall come and worship before thee.

XCV. The same otherwise expressed thus. Job iv. 17. Shall man be more pure than his Maker. Ch. ix. 2.

Ver. 18. Behold he putteth no trust in his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly.

xv. 15. He putteth no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not clean in his sight.

xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight.

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