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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 fhall 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.

15 i But it fhall 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

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s For the LORD knoweth the WAY

the UNGODLY fhall PERISH.

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. 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.

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 Wickedness of thy Doings

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O GOD; let them fall by their own
Pfal. v. 10 Deftroy thou them,
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 alto prepared for him the Inftruments of DEATH; he ordaineth his Arrows against the Perfecutors.

Heathen, thou haft DESTROYED the
Pfal. ix. s Thou haft rebuked the
WICKED, thou haft put out their Name
for ever and ever.

JUDGMENT which he EXECUTETH: the
17 The LORD is known by the
WICKED is SNARED in the Work of his

own Hands.

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whereby thou haft forfaken that loveth VIOLENCE, his Soul hateth.

me.

21 The LORD fhall make the Peftilence cleave unto thee, until he have confumed thee from off the Land, whither thou goeft to poffefs 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 they fhall pursue thee until thou perish.

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23 And thy Heaven that is over thy Head fhall be Brafs, and the Earth that is under thee fhall be Iron.

24 The LORD fhall make the Rain of thy Land Powder and Duft: from Heaven fhall it come down upon thee, until thou be deftroyed.

25 The LORD fhall caufe thee to be fmitten before thine Enemies thou shalt go out one Way against them, and flee feven Ways before them; and fhalt be removed into all the Kingdoms of the Earth.

26 And thy Carcafe fhall be Meat unto all Fowls of the Air, and unto the Beafts of the Earth, and no Man fhall fray them away.

27 The LORD will fmite thee with the Botch of Egypt, and with the Emerods, and with the Scab, and with the

6 Upon the WICKED he fhall rain Snares, FIRE and BRIMSTONE, and an horrible Tempeft: this shall be the PORTION of their Cup.

Pfal. xvi. 4 Their SORROWS fhall be multiplied, that haften after another GoD."

Pfal. xxi. 8 Thine Hand fhall find out all thine ENEMIES, thy Right Hand fhall find out those that hate thee.

9 Thou fhalt make them as a FIERY Oven in the Time of thine ANGER: the LORD fhall swallow them up in his Wrath, and the FIRE thall devour them.

10 Their Fruit shalt thou deftroy 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 Workers of Iniquity: which fpeak Peace to their Neighbours, but Mischief is

in their Hearts.

4 Give them according to their DEEDS, and according to the WICKEDNESS of their Endeavours : give them after the Work of their Hands,

render to them their Desert.

5 Because they REGARD not the Works of the LORD, nor the OPERATION of his Hands, he thall DESTROY

them, and not build them up.

Pfal. xxxii to Many SORROW's shall be to the Wicked: but he that TRUSTETH in the LORD, Mercy thall compass him about.

Ifa. xxiv. 1 Behold, the LORD ma

keth the Earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upfide down, and SCATTERETH abroad the INHABI TANTS thereof.

2 And it hall 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 u.terly emptied, and utterly SPOILED: for the LORD hath fpoken this Word

4 The Earth MOURNETH and fadeth away, the World languifheth and fadeth away, the haughty People of the Earth do languish.

Itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28 The LORD fhall fmite thee with Madness, and Blindnefs, and Aftonishment of Heart.

29 And thou fhalt grope at Noon-day, as the Blind gropeth in Darknefs, and thou shalt not profper in thy Ways and thou fhalt be only opprefied, and spoiled evermore, and no Man fhall fave thee.

30 Thou shalt betroth a Wife, and another Man fhall lie with her thou shalt build an Houfe, and thou shalt not dwell therein thou fhalt plant a Vineyard, and fhalt not gather the Grapes thereof.

31 Thine Ox fhall be flain before thine Eyes, and thou fhalt not eat thereof: thine Afs fhall be violently taken away from before thy Face, and fhall not be restored to thee thy Sheep fhall be given unto thine Enemies, and thou fhalt have none to refcue them.

32 Thy Sons and thy Daughters fhall be given to another People, and thine Eyes fhall look, and fail with longing for them all the Day long and there fhall be no Might in thine Hand.

33 The Fruit of thy Land, and all thy Labours, fhall a Nation which thou knoweft not, eat up; and thou fhalt

s The Earth alfo is DEFILED under the INHABITANTS thereof: becaufe they have TRANSGRESSED the LAWS, CHANGED the ORDINANCE, BROKEN the EVERLASTING COVENANT.

6 Therefore hath the CURSE DEVOURED the EARTH, and they that dwell therein are DESOLATE: therefore the Inhabitants of the Earth are

burned, and few Men left.

7 The new Wine mourneth, the

vine languifheth, all the MERRYHEARTED do SIGH.

8 The MIRTH of Tabrets ceafeth, the Noise of them that rejoyce endeth, the Joy of the Harp ceafeth.

9 They fhall not drink Wine with a Song, Strong drink fhall be bitter to them that drink it.

10 The CITY of Confufion is broken down: every House is fhut up, that no Man may come in.

II There is a crying for Wine in the Streets, all Joy is DARKNED, the MIRTH of the Land is gone.

12 In the City is left DESOLATION,

and the Gate is fmitten with Deftrution.

13 When thus it fhall be in the midst of the Land among the People, there fhall be as the fhaking of an Olive tree, and as the gleaning Grapes when the Vintage is done.

14 They fhall lift up their Voice, they fhall fing for the MAJESTY of the LORD, they fhall cry aloud from the Sea.

in the Fires, even the Name of the Is Wherefore glorify ye the LORD LORD GOD of Ifrael in the Ifles of the Sea.

Luke xiii. 2 JESUS faid unto them, Suppole ye that thefe Galileans were Sinners above all the Galileans, becaufe they fuffered tuch Things?

3 I tell you, Nay but except ye repent, ye fhall all likewife perith.

4 Or thofe eighteen upon whom the Tower in Siloam fell, and flew them, think ye that they were Sinners above all Men that dwelt in Jerufalem?

s I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent, ye fhall all likewife perith.

Matth. x. 28 Fear not them which

kill the Body, but are not able to kill the Soul: but rather FEAR HIM

which is ABLE TO DESTROY both Sout and BoDy in HELL.

be

be only oppreffed and crushed alway.

34 So that thou shalt be mad, for the Sight of thine Eyes which thou shalt fee.

35 The LORD fhall fmite thee in the Knees, and in the Legs, with a fore Botch that

Matth. viii. 11 I fay unto you, that many fhall come from the Eaft and Weft, and fhall fit down with Abra

ham, and Ifaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven.

12 But the Children of the Kingdom fhall be caft out into OUTER

DARKNESS: there fhall be WEEPING and GNASHING of TEETH.

cannot be healed, from the

Sole of thy Foot unto the Top of thy Head.

36 The LORD fhall bring thee, and thy King which thou fhalt fet over thee, unto a Nation which neither thou, nor thy Fathers have known; and there fhalt thou ferve other Gods, Wood and Stone.

37 And thou fhalt become an Aftonifhment, a Proverb, and a By-word among all Nations whither the LORD fhall lead thee.

38 Thou shalt carry much Sced out into the Field, and fhalt gather but little in: for the Locuft fhall confume

it.

39 Thou shalt plant Vineyards and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the Wine, nor gather the Grapes: for the Worms fhall eat them.

40 Thou shalt have Olive-trees throughout all thy Coafts, but thou shalt not anoint thyfelf with the Oyl: for thine Olive fhall caft his Fruit.

41 Thou shalt beget Sons and Daughters, but thou fhalt not enjoy them for they fhall go into Captivity.

42 All thy Trees and Fruit of thy Land fhall the Locust

confume.

43 The Stranger that is within thee fhall get up above thee very high; and thou fhalt come down very low.

44 He fhall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he fhall be the Head, and thou shalt be the Tail.

45 Moreover, all thefe CURSES fhall come upon thee, and fhall purfue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be deftroyed because thou HEARKNEST not unto the Voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his Commandments and his Statutes which he commanded thee.

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46 And they fhall be upon thee for a Sign, and for a Wonder, and upon thy Seed for ever. Because thou SERVEDST not the LORD thy GOD with JOYFULNESS,

47

Ifa. lxv. 14 Behold, my Servants fhall SING for Joy of Heart, but ye

fhall CRY for SORROW of Heart, and hall How for VEXATION of SPIRI

and

and with Gladnefs of Heart, for the ABUNDANCE of all Things.

48 m Therefore fhalt thou SERVE thine ENEMIES which the LORD fhall fend against thee, in HUNGER, and in THIRST, and in NAKEDNESS, and in WANT of all

Jer. xxviii. 14 Thus faith the LORD of Hofts the God of Ifrael, I have put a YOKE of IRON upon the Neck of all thefe Nations that they may ferve Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, and they fhall ferve him; and I have given him the Beafts of the Field alfo.

Things and he fhall put a YOKE of IRON upon thy Neck, until he have deftroyed thee.

49 "The LORD fhall bring a Nation against thee from far, from the End of the Earth, as fwift as the Eagle flieth, a Nation whofe Tongue thou fhalt not understand:

50 A Nation of fierce Countenance, which fhall not regard the Perfon of the Old, nor fhew Favour to the Young.

"Jer. v. 15 Lo, I will bring a NaIfrael, faith the LORD: it is a mightion upon you from far, O House of ty Nation, it is an ancient Nation, a Nation whofe Language thou knoweft not, neither underftandeft what they fay.

Ezek. xvii. 12 Say now to the rebellious Houfe, Know ye not what hold, the King of Babylon is come thefe Things mean? Tell them, Beto Jerufalem, and hath taken the King thereof, and the Princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon.

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Ifa. i. 7 Your Country is DESO-
LATE, your CITIES are BURNT with
Fire: your LAND, Strangers devour
LATE as overthrown by STRANGERS.
it in your Prefence, and it is DESO-

or the Increase of thy Kine, or
have deftroyed thee.

51 And he shall eat the Fruit of thy Cattle, and the Fruit of thy Land, until thou be DESTROYED: which alfo fhall not leave thee either Corn, Wine, or Oyl, Flocks of thy Sheep, until he 52 P And he fhall befiege thee in all thy Gates until thy high and fenced Walls come down, wherein thou truftedft, throughout all thy Land: and he fhall befiege thee in all thy Gates, throughout all thy Land which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

539 And thou shalt EAT the FRUIT of thine own BoDY, the Flesh of thy SONS

r Luke xix. 43 The Days fhall come upon thee, that thine ENEMIES fhall CAST a TRENCH about thee, and compals thee round, and KEEP thee in on every Side.

44 And fhall lay thee even with in thee; and they thall not leave in the Ground, and thy Children withthee one Stone upon another: because thou kneweft not the Time of thy Vifitation.

92 Kings vi. 24 And it came to pafs after this, that Benhadad King of Syria gathered all his Hoft, and went up, and befieged Samaria.

* This was fully accomplished in the Defolation of Jerufalem by the Romans,

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