looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the peo-

ple fifty thousand and threescore and ten men

I SAM. viii. 7.

135

And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of

the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have

not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should

not reign over them

I SAM. XV. 2, 3.

137

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I remember that which

Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the

way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite

Amalek, &c.

I SAM. XXV.

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143

2 SAM. xxi. 1.

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years,

year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And

the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody

house, because he slew the Gibeonites

2 SAM. xxiv. I.

147

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against

Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go,

number Israel and Judah

150

And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest

certainly recover; howbeit, the Lord hath showed me

that he shall surely die

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PART III.

2 CHRON. xviii. 18-22.

I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of
heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. And
the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel,
that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? &c.
195

2 CHRON. Xxxiv. 28.

Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine
eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants of the same

JOB ii. 1. and compare Joв i. 6.

201

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to pre-
sent themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also
among them to present himself before the Lord

PSALM 1xxxix. 39-49.

ibid.

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant.-Lord,

where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou

swarest to David in thy truth?

PSALM Cix.

PSALM CXXXvii. 8, 9.

204

207

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy

shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones

against the stones

212

ISAIAH i. 18.

Come now, and let

us reason together, saith the Lord:

though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as

snow, &c.

ISAIAH V. 26.

216

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and

will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and, be-

hold, they shall come with speed swiftly

ISAIAH XX. 3, 4.

220

And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked

naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder

upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; so shall the king of

Assyria, &c.

ISAIAH lxiii. 17.

223

O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways?

JEREM. iv. 10.

233

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly de-

ceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have

peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul 234

JEREM. vii. 22, 23.

I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the

day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, con-

cerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: but this thing com-

manded I them, saying, Obey my voice, &c.

JEREM. xiii. 4.

237

Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,

and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of

the rock,-&c.

JEREM. XV. 18.

240

O Lord-wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as

waters that fail?

JEREM. XX. 7.

245

O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou

art stronger than I, and hast prevailed

JEREM. xxvii. 2, 3.

247

Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes,

and put them upon thy neck, and send them to the king of

Edom, &c.

248

EZEK. iv. 1, &c.

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before
thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem, &c.

EZEK. xii. 21, 22.

250

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of

man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of

Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision

faileth? &c.

EZEK. xiv. 9.

256

And if the Prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a

thing, I the Lord have deceived that Prophet, &c. 257

EZEK. XX. 25.

I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judg-

ments whereby they should not live.

HOSEA i. 2.

260

And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of
whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath
committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord

MICAH vi. 7.

264

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of

my body for the sin of my soul?

ZECH. iii. 1, 2.

269

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before

the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right

hand to resist him, &c.

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