XXXII. Threats. Job viii. 13. The hypocrite's hope shall perish.

xiii. 16. A hypocrite shall not come before God. Ps. v. 5.

xv. 34. The congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate.

xvii. 8. The innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

xx. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a

moment.

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypocrite, when God taketh away his soul?

xxxvi. 13. The hypocrites heap up wrath; they cry not when God bindeth them.

Isa. ix. 17. The Lord shall have no pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evil-doer.

x. 6. A hypocritical nation, the people of God's wrath.

xxxiii. 14. Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites; who among us shall dwell with devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Matt. xxiii. 33. Ye serpents! ye generation of vipers! how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant shall appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

XXXIII. Hypocrites hurtful to men. Job xxxiv. 30. That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Prov. xi. 9. The hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour. See Isa. xxxii. 6. Mark xii. 14, 15. Prov. xxvii. 14.

THE HEART.

XXXIV. The heart of the righteous is toward God. Whole heart signifying sincerity in duties. Deut. xi. 13. Love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. Ch. xiii. 3.-xxx. 6. Matt. xxii. 37. Josh. xxii. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 20. 24.

xxvi. 16. Thou shalt keep and do these statutes and judgments, with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 1 Kings ii. 4.-viii. 23.

xxx. 2, 3. When thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul; then the Lord will turn thy captivity, &c.

2 Kings xxiii. 3. Josiah the king made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soul, 2 Chron. xxxiv. 31.xv. 12.

my whole heart. Ps. lxxxvi. 12. I will praise thee with all my heart.

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep the Lord's testimonies, and seek him with the whole heart. Ver. 10.

Ver. 34. Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Ver. 69.

Ver. 58. I entreated thy favour with my whole heart. Ver. 145.

Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not to thine own understanding.

Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return to me with their whole heart.

xxix. 13. Ye shall seek me, and find me (saith the Lord) when ye search for me with all your heart. 2 Chron. xv. 12.-xxii. 9.

Acts viii. 37. If thou believest with all thy heart, &c.

Col. iii. 23. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord.

XXXV. Pure heart. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart.

Matt. v. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. See 1 Tim. i. 5. 2 Tim. ii. 22. 1 Pet. i. 22.

XXXVI. Perfect heart. 1 Kings viii. 61. Let your heart be perfect with the Lord your God, to walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve God with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.

1 Chron. xxix. 9. With a perfect heart the people offered willingly.

2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in behalf of those whose heart is perfect with him.

Ps. ci. 2. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Luke viii. 15. But that on the good ground, are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

See Instances. Asa, 1 Kings xv. 14. 2 Chron. xv. 17.-Hezekiah, 2 Kings xx. 3. Isa. xxxviii. 3.-Want of a perfect heart in Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 4.-xv. 3. And in Amaziah, 2 Chron. xxv. 2.

xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever.

Ezek. xi. 19. I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you, and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh.-Ver. 20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Ch. xxxvi. 26. See 1 Sam. x. 9. 2 Chron. xxx. 12.

1 Chron. xxix. 18. O Lord, prepare their heart unto thee. Ps. x. 17. Thou, Lord, wilt prepare their heart. Prov. xvi. 1. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. Ver. 9. Ch.

xix. 21.

Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 2 Thess. iii. 5.

1 Sam. x. 26. There went with Saul a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

Acts xvi. 14. The Lord opened the heart of Lydia, that she attended to the things spoken by Paul.

xv. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith. Ps. cxix. 32. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 1 Kings iv. 29. God gave unto Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart.

xxxiii. 15. He fashioneth their hearts.

1 Kings viii. 57, 58. The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not leave us nor forsake us; That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments. Ps. cxix. 36. Incline my heart unto thy statutes. Ver. 8. Ps. cxli. 4.

Ps. lxxxvi. 11. Unite my heart to fear thy

name.

Isa. lvii. 15. Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, and he shall strengthen thy heart. Ps. xxxi. 24.— lxxiii. 26. Isa. xxxv. 4.

1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord establish your hearts unblameable in holiness, before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 2 Thess. ii. 17.

Prov. xxi. 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, he turneth it, &c. Job xii. 24. Ezra vi. 22. The Lord turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto his people.

Ps. cv. 25. He turned their heart to hate his people.

Mal. iv. 6. He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, &c. Luke i. 17.

Ezra vii. 27. Ezra said, Blessed be the I ord God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord. Neh. ii. 12. I told no man what God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem.

Jer. xxxii. 40. I will put my fear in their hearts, &c. Ch. xxxi. 33. I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts. Heb. viii. 10.

2 Cor. iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, written with the Spirit of the living God in fleshly tables of the heart.

XLIV. God's judgments on the heart of the wicked. Exod. vii. 13. The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart. Ch. ix. 12.-x. 1. 20. 27.— xi. 10.-xiv. 8. Exod. ix. 14. I will send my plagues upon thy heart.

Deut. ii. 30. The Lord hardened the spirit of Sihon, king of Heshbon, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into the hand of Israel.

xxviii. 28. The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart. Lev. xxvi. 16.

xxix. 4. The Lord hath not given you a heart to perceive.

Isa. xliv. 18. He hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and their hearts that they cannot understand.

Job xvii. 4. Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Eccl. iii. 11. He hath set the world in their

heart.

XLV. Satan's influences on the heart of the wicked. Instances thereof. See Satan's tempting Eve, Gen. iii. 1 to 6.-Tempting David to number the people, 1 Chron. xxi. 1. -He taketh away the word out of their heart, Matt. xiii. 19.-He put into the heart of Judas to betray Christ, John xiii. 2.-Put into the hearts of Ananias and Sapphira to lie, Acts v 3. He blinds the minds of unbelievers, 2 Cor. iv. 4. Eph. iv. 18.

XLVI. An evil heart described. Gen. vi. 5. Every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart, was evil continually.

Prov. xx. 9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean?

Jer. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?

Matt. xv. 19, 20. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication,

thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man. Mark vii. 21, 22, 23.

XLVII. In Scripture the hearts of the wicked are described-as wicked. Prov. xxvi. 23. Deut. xv. 9. 1 Kings ii. 44. Uncircumcised. Jer. ix. 26.

Heb. x. 22. Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.

xiii. 18. We trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 1 Pet. ii. 19. This is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

Stony. Ezek. xi. 19.—xxxvi. 26.

Set to do evil. Eccl. viii. 11. Full of evil.

Departing from God. Jer. xvii. 5. Not right with God. Acts viii. 21. Whorish, idolatrous. Ezek. vi. 9.-xi. 21. -xiv. 4.

Rebellious. Jer. v. 23.

Full of iniquity. Ps. xli. 6. Isa. xxxii. 6. Full of evil imaginations. Deut. xxix. 19. Ps. cxl. 2.

Full of hypocrisy. Job xxxvi. 13. ceit. Prov. xii. 20. Ps. xii. 2.

Fretting against God. Prov. xix. 3.

penitent. Rom. ii. 5.

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Im

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world.

iv. 2. By manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God. Ch. v. 11.

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.-Ver. 18, 19. War a good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. Ch. iii. 9. Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.

2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure conscience.

conversation in Christ.

XLIX. A good conscience, how attained. Acts xxiv. 16. I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.

Heb. ix. 9. Gifts and sacrifices were offered [under the law] which could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience. (Ch. x. 2.) Ver. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot unto God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God. 1 Pet. iii. 21.

x. 22. Having the heart sprinkled from an evil conscience.

L. Natural conscience; instances of the force thereof. John viii. 9. In the accusers of the woman before Christ.

Rom. ii. 15. In the Gentiles, who have not the law.

Acts xxiv. 25. In Felix, hearing Paul preach.

1 Sam. xxiv. 5. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. David's heart smote him.

LI. A weak conscience not to be wounded. 1 Cor. viii. 12. When ye sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. See ver. 7 to 10. Ch. x. 28, 29.

2. Some shall depart from the faith; speaking LII. Of an evil conscience. 1 Tim. iv. 1, lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience

seared.

Tit. i. 15. Unto them that are defiled and

unbelieving there is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

SERVING GOD.

LIII. Commanded. Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him.

x. 12. O Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him; and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul? Ver. 13.

Ver. 20. The Lord thy God, him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave. Matt. iv. 10.

Josh. xxii. 5.-xxiv. 3.-xii. 14. 20. 24. Ps. cxix. 69.

reasonable service.

Ver. 11. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. 2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure conscience.

Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God.

xii. 28. Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God with reverence and godly fear. Ps. ii. 11.

Ps. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness. Eccl. ix. 10. With thy might.

Acts xxvi. 7. Serving God instantly. Rev. vii. 15. In heaven they serve God day and night.

GOD'S SERVANTS.

LVI. God's servants. Promises to them. Exod. xxiii. 25. Ye shall serve the Lord, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water. Ch. xv. 26. Deut. xi. 13, 14.

Kings viii. 23. Thou keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart. Gen. xxxii. 10.

Job xxxvi. 11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasure. Ps. cxix. 165. Prov. iii. 17.

Ps. xxxv. 27. Let the Lord be magnified, that hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servants. Ps. cxlvii. 11.-cxlix. 4.

cii. 28. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. Ps. lxix. 36.

cv. 6, 7. O ye seed of Abraham, his servant; ye children of Jacob, his chosen: He is the Lord your God. Ver. 42. Isa. xli. 8, 9.

Isa. xliv. 1, 2. Fear not, O Jacob, my servant. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. Ver. 26.

xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake I have called thee by name.

xlviii. 20. The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

shall prosper; every tongue that shall rise liv. 17. No weapon formed against thee this is the heritage of the servants of the against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn: the Lord. Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith

Ivi. 6, 7. The sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, &c. even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer.

lxv. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord, as the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. And mine elect shall inherit my holy mountain, and my servants shall dwell there.

Ver. 13, 14. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, drink, and rejoice. They shall sing for joy of heart.

Ixvi. 13, 14. I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted. And when ye see this, your rish like an herb; and the hand of the Lord heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall floushall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

Jer. xxx. 10, 11. Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return and be in rest and quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee. Ch. xxix. 10.-xlvi. 27, 28.

Joel ii. 29. Upon the servants and upon the hand-maids, will I pour out my Spirit. Isa. xliv. 3. Acts ii. 17.

Zeph. ii. 9. I will turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

Matt. xxiv. 45. Blessed is the faithful and wise servant. Ver. 46. 48. 50.

xxv. 21. Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Ver. 23. 26. 30.

Luke xii. 37. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching.