X.

THERE is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly; but inwardly he is full of deceit,

Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.

And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.

XI.

[Ecclus. xix. 26-28.]

CAN the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish.

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XII.

[Job viii. 11-13.]

MAN that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his house: if he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offence: and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.

[Ecclus. xxiii. 11.]

XIII.

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

THI

Disobedience.

I.

[Jeremiah vi. 10.]

`HEY have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

II.

[Hosea viii. 7, 8.]

THERE is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the High

est.

There be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.

God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.

[2 Esdras vii. 19—21.]

AS

III.

S the fire devoureth the stubble, and the
flame consumeth the chaff, so their root
shall be as rottenness, and their blossom
shall go up as dust because they have
cast away the law of the LORD of hosts,
and despised the word of the Holy One
of Israel.
[Isaiah v. 24.]

IV.

THE waters covered their enemies: there

was not one of them left.

Then believed they his words: they sang his praise.

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

THE

V.

[Psalm cvi. 11-18.]

'HE worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.

[Wisdom xiv. 27.]

IF

VI.

F thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

[Deuteronomy xxviii. 58, 62.]

VII.

ISRAEL shall cry unto me, My God, we

know thee.

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

TR

VIII.

[Hosea viii. 2, 3.]

RULY in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion

covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

[Jeremiah iii. 23—25.]

IX.

THINE own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. [Jeremiah ii. 19.]

X.

THE word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets : therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not.

[Zechariah vii. 8—14.]