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Job xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity.

Ps. v. 4. Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, 'neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Ver. 5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight, thou hatest all the workers of iniquity.

Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of the Most High, proceedeth not evil and good.

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

Jam. i. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.

1 John i, 5. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

XCVI. God is the holy one by way of eminency. Isa. xliii, 15. I am the Lord your holy one.

Hab. i. 12. Art not thou from everlasting, O Lord, my holy one. See 2 King xix. 2. Isa. xxix. 23.-xxxvii. 23. xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29.

The holy one of Israel. Ps. lxxi. 22. I will praise thee, O thou holy one of Israel. Ps. lxxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4.x. 20.-xii. 6.—xvii. 7. xxix. 19.-xxxi. 1. Jer. li. 5. Ezek. xxxix. 7.

XCVII. Things pertaining to God declared holy.

His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. Lev. xxii. 32. Ps. xcix. 3. Isa. lvii. 15. Ezek. xxxix. 7.

Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth on the throne of his holiness. Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27.

Place. Ps. xxiv. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, who shall stand in his holy place?

Ver. 4. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. Ps. xlvi. 4. Ixviii. 17, 35.

Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cry'd, God heard me out of his holy hill, Ps. ii. 6.—xv. 1.-xliii. 3.-xcix. 9.

Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people. Ps. Ixviii. 5. Jer, xxv. 30. Zech. ii. 13.

Mountain. Isa. xlv. 25. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. Ch. xi. 9.-lvi. 7.—lvii. 13. Ezek. xx. 40. Deut. xi. 45. Joel iii. 17. Zech. viii. 3.

House. Ps. xciii. 5. Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord. 1 Chr. xxix. 3.

Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thine holy oracle. Isa. xxvii. 13.-lxiv. 11.

Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered his holy promise.

Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remembered his holy covenant. Dan. xi. 28, 30.

Law. Rom. vii. 12. The law and the commandment is holy, just and good.

Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. God promised in the holy scriptures. 2 Tim. iii. 15.

Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.

Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath. Ch. xxxi. 14, 15. Neh. ix. 14. Isa. lviii. 13.

Peofile. Deut. vii. 6. God. Ch. xiv. 2, 21. See Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor. iii. 15.—ii. 5.—2 Pet. iii. 11.

Thou art an holy people to the Lord your Exod. xix. 6. and 1 Pet. ii. 1. Lev. x. 10. 17. Eph. i. 4.—v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i.

Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. iii. 2. Rev. xxii. 6.

Priests. Exod. xxii. 51. Ye priests shall be holy unto me. Isa. lii. 11. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders done by the holy child Jesus. Heb. vii. 26. Ps. xvi. 10-lxxxix. 19. Acts ii. 27.-iii. 14.--xiii. 35. Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit away. Isa. Ixiii. 10, 11. Luke xi. 13. Rom. i. 4. Eph. i. 13.-iv. 30.-1 Thess. iv. 8.

Angels. Mark viii. 38. The Son of man cometh with his holy angels. Acts x. 20. Rev. xiv. 10.

GOODNESS OF GOD.

XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13.-vii. 3. Ezr. iii. 11. Ps. c. 5.-cvi. 1.-cvii. 1.-cxviii. 1, 29.—-cxxxv. 3.-cxxxvi. 1.—cxlv. 9. Jer. xxxiii. 11. Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7.

Ps. xxv. 8. Good and upright is the Lord, therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

lii. 1. The goodness of God endureth continually.

lxxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 68.

cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Zech. ix. 17. How great is his goodness! how great is his bounty! Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but one, that is God. Luke

xviii. 19.

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God, leadeth to repentance.

xi. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God.

XCIX. The Lord doth good. Gen. xxxii. 12. The Lord said to Jacob, I will surely do thee good, &c.

1. 20. Joseph said to his brethren, ye thought evil against me, but God meant it for good.

Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee.

Deut. xxx. 9. The Lord will rejoice over thee for good.

xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush.

2 Sam. vii. 28. O Lord, thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant. Ver. 29.

1 Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced for all the goodness the Lord had done, for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him. Ver. 18. Ch. vii. 9. Neh. ii. 8, 18.

Neh. v. 19. Think upon me, O my God, for good. Ch. xiii. 31. ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

Ps. iv. 6. Many say, who will shew us any good, Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Ps. xxi. 3. Thou preventest, with the blessings of thy goodness. xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

xxv. 7. According to thy mercy, remember me for thy goodness

sake.

xxvii. 13. I had fainted unless I had believed, to see the goodness of the Lord, in the land of the living.

xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord, shall not want any good thing. Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is good.

Ixxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord God is a sun and shield, he will give grace and glory, no good thing will he with-hold from them that walk uprightly.

Ixxxvi. 17. Shew me a token for good.

ciii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who satisfieth thy mouth with good things.

cvii. 8. O that men would praise the Lord, for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men. Ver. 15, 21, 31. cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for good.

cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness. cxliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, my fortress, and high tower, &c.

Isa. lxiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kindness of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them.

Jer. xxiv. 5. I sent them captives out of this place, for their good. Ver. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will build them, and plant them.

xxix. 32. The wicked shall not behold the good that I will do for my people.

xxxi. 12. 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, &c.

Ver. 14. My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them.

Ver. 42. I will bring upon this people all the good that I have promised.

Jer. xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall hear the good that 1 do unto my people, and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness, and for all the prosperity.

Ver. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel. See Jos. xxi. 45.-xxiii. 14.-xxiv. 20. and I Kings viii. 56. Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall fear the Lord, and his goodness, in the latter days.

Mat. vii. 11. If ye being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him.

xx. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am good.

Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with good things.

ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace and good will towards men.

xii. 32. It is your Father's good pleasure, to give you the kingdom.

Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons. Ps. civ. 28. lxviii. 10.-lxxxv. 12.

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to his purpose.

Jam. i. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights.

MERCY OF GOD.

C. God is merciful. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Ver. 7. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin.

Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is long suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity.

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. Ver. 19, 27, 28, 31.

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

Ivii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 4.

lxii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy.

lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gra elous, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 5. c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations.

ciii. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Ps. cxi. 4.

cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous, yea, our God is merciful.

cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. 'cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever.

Ps. cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy.

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Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him.

Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lords mercies, that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Ver. 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

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

Mic. vii. 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 for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, and God of all comfort. Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy.

Jam. ii. 13. Mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

i Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

CI. Mercy promised. Ps. v. 7. I will come unto thy house, in the multitude of thy mercy.

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

lix. 10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me.

Ps. lxxxix. 2. Mercy shall be built for ever, thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the heavens.

Ver. 14. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Ver. 28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore.

cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on Zion.

Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will choose Israel.

xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy

upon you.

liv. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.

Ver. 8. 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.

Ver. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the cove nant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. xlii. 21. The Lord is well pleased for his mercies sake, he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

İsa. lv. 3. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them, shall lead them, even by the springs of water, shall he guide them.

lx. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

Jer. xxx. 18. I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and will have mercy on his dwelling places. Ch. xxxiii. 26. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Hos. i. 7.-xii. 23.

xlii. 21. I will shew mercies unto you, that the king of Babylon may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

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