cover them. Let burning coals, fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. Jer. xi, 20. But, O LORD of hosts that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause. Jer. xv, 15, 16. O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy long-suffering: know that for thy sake. I have suffered rebuke. Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. Ps. ix, 20. Put them in fear, O LORD; that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Ps. lix, 11. Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Luke xxiii, 34. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. Acts vil, 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Jer. xviii, 21, 22. Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly THE FORM UNDER THE OLD TESTAupon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. Lam. i, 22. Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. Lam. ill, 64. Render unto them 1 recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 1 Cor. xvi, 22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha. Gal. 1, 9. As we said before, so Jay 1 now again, If any man breach any other gospel unto you han that ye have received, let aim be accursed. 2 Tim. iv, 14. Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil; he Lord reward him according to his works. EARNEST DESIRE OF BENEDICTION. MENT. Num. vi, 22-27. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The LORD bless thee, and keep thee; The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; upon lift up his countenance thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. The LORD OFFICIAL BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS. Deut. xi, 29, 30. And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. Are they not on the other side Jordan, 2 Sam. xvi, 12. It may be that by the way where the sun goeth the LORDwill look on mine afflic-down, in the land of the Canaanion, and that the LORD will re-ites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the quite me good for his cursing this plains of Moreh? jay. Ps. xxxvil, 22. For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the Deut. xxvii, 11-13. And Moses charged the people the same day, their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. FORMS UNDER THE NEW TESTA Rom. xv, 13, 33. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. 1 Cor. i, 3. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. xvi, 23, 24. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. 2 Cor. i, 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. i, 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. vi, 23, 24. Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Grace be Lord Jesus Christ. with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. Phil. 1, 2. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. iv, 23. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 1 Thess. i, 1. Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thess. v, 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 2 Thess. ii, 5, 16, 18. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient Now the waiting for Christ. Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The earth; and they that be cursed of saying, These shall stand upon Lord be with you all. The grace him shall be cut off. Eccles. vii, 22. For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. PRAYER FOR ENEMIES. 1 Sam. xxvl, 24, 25. And, behold, mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Josh. viii, 33. And all Israel, and of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 2 Tim. iv, 22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. Philemon 3, 25. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. Heb. xiii, 20, 21, 25. Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead..... Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Grace be with you all. Amen. 1 Peter v, 10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 2 Peter i, 1, 2. Simon Peter, a us, servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied. Rev. xxii, 21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. BLASPHEMY. ITS SEVERE REPROBATION. Job xiii, 7-9. Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk d ceitfully for him? Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock Lim? Job xv, 13, 25, 26. That thou turneth thy spirit against God, and lettest such wor is go out of thy mouth? For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. He runneth upon him even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers. Job xxxiv, 37. For he addeth rebelliou unto his s.n; he clappeth his hands among us, and multi plieth his words against God. Job x1, 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Job xlii, 7. And it was so, that, after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kincile against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath Isa. xxix. 16. Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or And 2 Kings xix, 4-6, 10, 11, 22. It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his living Ged; and will reprove the master hath sent to reproach the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 2 Chron. xxxii, 10, 14-20. Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation, or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers; how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? And his servants spike yet mov against the LORD God, and agai his servant Hezekiah. He wro also letters to rail on the Les God of Israel, and to speak agains him, saying. As the gods of th nations of other lands have p delivered their people out mine hand, so shall not the G of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech, unto the people Jerusalem that were on the wa to affright them, and to tree them, that they might take the city. And they spake against th gods of the people of the ear God of Jerusalem, as against the which were the work of the band of man. And for this o Hezekiah the king, and the pr phet Isaiah the son of Am prayed and cried to heaven. Ps. lxxiv, 10. 18. O God, b long shall the adversary reproac shall the enemy blaspheme name for ever? Remember t LORD, and that the fo that the enemy hath reprnt people have blasphemed name. Isa. xxxvii, 4-6. It may be t LORD thy God will hear the wh of Rabshakeh, whom the king Assyria his master hath reproach the living God, and reprove the words which LORD thy God hath heard: fore lift up thy prayer for remnant that is left. So these vants of king Hezekiah cam? Isaiah. And Isaiah said them, Thus shall ye say unicy master, Thus saith the Lond not afraid of the words that hast heard, wherewith the vants of the king of Assyria blasphemed me. Ezek. xx, 27. Therefore, man, speak unto the house Israel, and say unto them, Th saith the Lord GoD, Yet in the your fathers have blasphemed in that they have committed trespass against me. Ezek. XXXV, 12. And thou s know that I am the LOD that I have heard all thy ba phemies which thou hast sp against the mountains of is saying, They are laid des they are given us to consume is blasphemed among the Gea Rom. ii, 24. For the name of through you, as it is written VARIOUS FORMS OF IT DENIAL OF PROVIDENCE Job xxi, 13-15. They their days in wealth, and a moment go down to the g Therefore they say unto t Depart from us; for we desire the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Job xxii, 17. Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? Job xxxiv, 9. For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. Ps. x, 13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart,Thouwilt notrequireit. Ps. 1, 21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. Ezek. ix, 9. Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. Zeph. i, 12. And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees; that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. Mal. ii, 13, 14. Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD: yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mourn; fully before the LORD of hosts? DIVINE JUSTICE DOUBTED. Job ix, 16, 17. If I had called, and he had answered me, yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. Job xix, 6, 7. Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. Job xxxiv, 5, 6. For Job hath said, I am righteous; and God hath taken away my judgment. Should I lie against my right, my wound is incurable without transgression. Ezek. xviii, 25. Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel, Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? Ezek. xxxiii, 17-20. Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the LORD is not equal: but, as for them, their way is not equal. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. THE DIVINE KNOWLEDGE. Job xxii, 12-14. Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. Ps, x, 11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Ps. Ixxiii, 11. And they say, HOW doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most high? Ps. xciv, 7. Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Isa. xxix, 15. Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD; and their works are in the dark! and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Isa. xl, 27. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Ezek. viii, 12, 13. Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the houseof Israel do in the dark,every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again,and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do, THE DIVINE Power. Ps. lxxviii, 19, 20. Yea, they spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? held their peace, and answered, him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Isa. xxxvii, 10. Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. LORD will THE DIVINE TRUTH. Isa. xxxvi, 15. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The surely deliver us; this city shall not be delivered into the band of the king of Assyria. 2 Peter iii, 3, 4. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. Jer. iv, 10. Then said I, Ab, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. Jer. xvii, 15. Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. Jer. xx, 7. O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. AND ALSO THE DIVINE GOODNESS IMPUGNED. Job vil, 19. How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? Job ix, 34, 35. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me; Then would I speak, and not fear him: but it is not so with me. Hast Job x, 2-7. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? thou eyes of flesh, or seest thou as Isa. xxxvi, 18, 20, 21. Beware man seeth. Are thy days as the lest Hezekiah persuade you, say-days of man? are thy years as ing, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? But they man's days, That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Job xiii, 25, 26. Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and will thou pursue the dry stubble? For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Job xvi, 11, 12. God had delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set mo up for his mark. Job xix, 21, 22. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? Job xxxiii, 10, 11. Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy; He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. Job xxxvii, 20. Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. PENALTY OF BLASPHEMY. Lev. xxiv, 15, 16, 23. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that 2 Kings xix, 27, 28. But I know (Omitted in its Proper Place.) EARNEST DESIRE OF BEING respect unto the prayer of thy 2 Chron. vi, 19. Have respect things unto me; then will I not 562 Ps. v, 1, 2. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, al my God: for unto thee will I pray. Ps. xxviii, 1. Unto thee wl! cry, O LORD my rock; be not se to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Ps. liv, 2. Hear my prayer, God; give ear to the words of my mouth. Ps. lv, 1. Give ear to my prayer O God; and hide not thyself t my supplication. Ps. lxi, 1. Hear my cry, O God, attend unto my prayer. hosts, hear my prayer, give Ps. lxxxiv, 8. O Lord God d O God of Jacob. Selah, unto my prayer, and attend to t Ps. lxxxvi, 6. Give ear, O Lo voice of my supplications. may be delivered: save Ps. cvili, 6. That thy bebr right hand, and answer me. Ps. cxix, 149. Hear my voi according unto thy lovingness: O LORD, quicken me accord ing to thy judgment. Ps. cxl, 6. I said unto the Lo Thou art my God: hear the va of my supplications, O LORD. LORD, give ear to my suppl Ps. cxliii, 1. Hear my prayer. tions: in thy faithfulness answe me, and in thy righteousness. PROPHECY. T. THE COMMISSION. 2 Chron. Xxxvi, 15. And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place. Isa. vi, 8. Also I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. Jer. i, 10. See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Ezek. ii, 7. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious. Ezek. ii, 4. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. Ezek. xi, 4. Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. Rev. x, 11. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. To SAMUEL. 1 Sam. ill, 4-10. That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And he ran unto Ell, and said, Here am 1; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. And LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant beareth, Jer. 1, 4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Jer. vii, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Jer. xi, 1. The word that came spake unto Gad, David's seer, to Jeremiah from the LORD, saysaying. SHEMAIAH. 2 Chron. xi, 2. But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying. DAVID. 2 Sam. xxii, 1. And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul, 2 Sam. xxiii, 1, 2. Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. David the son of Jesse are ended Ps. lxxii, 20. The prayers of SOLOMON. Prov.xxx, 1. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal. ing. Jer. xiii, 8. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Jer. xvi, 1. The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying. Jer. xviii, 1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Jer. xx, 1. Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Jer. xxv, 1, 2. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth Josiah king of Judah, that was year of Jehoiakim the son of the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the people of Judah, and to saying. Jer. xxvi, 1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, came this word from the LORD, saying. Jer. xxvii, 1. In the beginning Prov. xxxi, 1. The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that of Josiah king of Judah, came of the reign of Jehoiakim the son his mother taught him. Isa. ii, 1. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Isa. viii, 5. The LORD spake also unto me again, saying. this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Jer. xxix, 1, 24, 30 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying. Jer. xxx, 1, 4. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, |