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that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the

Son of man be

2 Sam. xxii. 4. 5. I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from

mine enemies. When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. Job xxx, 14. They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

Nahum 1, 8. But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

THE RAINBOW.

Gen. ix, 12-15, 17. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant be

tween me and the earth. And it

Isa. viii, 6-8. Forasmuch as this shall come to pass, when I bring people refuseth the waters of a cloud over the earth, that the Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice bow shall be seen in the cloud: in Rezin and Remaliah's son; And I will remember my cove Now therefore, behold, the Lord nant, which is between me and bringeth up upon them the waters you and every living creature of of the river, strong and many, all flesh; and the waters shall no ecen the king of Assyria, and all more become a flood to destroy Lis glory; and he shall come up all flesh. And God said unto over all his channels, and go over Noah, This is the token of the all his banks. And he shall pass covenant, which I have establishthrough Judah; he shall overflowed between me and all flesh that and go over; he shall reach even is upon the earth. to the neck: and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Jer. xlvi, 7, 8. Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabi

tants thereof.

Jer. xlvii, 2. Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,

SWIMMING.

Isa. xxv, 11, 12. And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as ne that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

DROUGHT.

Ps. cvil, 33-35. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground; A fruitful land into barreness, for the wickedness of them that Idwell therein. He turneth the 709

wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings..

Isa. xix, 5, 6. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

And I will

Isa. xli, 15, 16. I will make dry up all their herbs; and I will waste mountains and hills, and make the rivers islands, and I will bring the blind by a way that dry up the pools. they knew not; I will lead them known: I will make darkness in paths that they have not light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not for. sake them."

Jer 11, 36. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

Amos vii, 4. Thus bath the Lord GOD showed unto me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Nahum i, 4. He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashian languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Zech. x, 11. And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

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'ANIMALS.

(Page 14.)

Lev. xxii, 28. And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

Prov. xii, 10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the

wicked are cruel.

DISEASE AND DEATH. BOILS.

(Page 166.)

Job II, 8, 9. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. Then sat his wife unto him, Dost

thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

FAMILY.

(Pages 209, 205.)

APPENDIX.

fear, and shall declare the work of God: for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

Ps. 1xxiv, 20, 21. Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy

name.

Ps. xciv, 20. 21. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Ps. cxili, 5. 6. Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

Isa. xlv, 15. Verily thou art a God that Lidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

Gen. xxx, 1, 2. And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob'srael, anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

Gen xlviii, 13, 14. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his ri ht hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and

Jer. xiv, 8. O the Hope of Isthe Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

the world, and all things therein, Acts xvil, 24. God, that made seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples

made with hands.

IDOLATRY-IDOLS. (Page 266, etc.)

hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

Deut. xxviii, 14. And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after cther gods to serve them.

2 Kings xxiii, 24. 25. Moreover, the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his s ul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any

like him.

Acts xil, 22. And the people gave a shout, saying. It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Acts xxviii. 4.6. And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but,after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their

his left hand upon Manassel's thou say, I am not polluted, I minds, and said that he was a

head, guiding his hands wittingly:

for Manassel was the first-born.

Deut v, 29. Oh that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and

with their children for everl

GOD.

(Page 234, etc.) Job xxxvi. 22, 23. Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Ps lviii, 11. So that a man snall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

P3. lxiv, 9. And all men shall

Jer. 11, 23, 26--28, 33. How canst have not gone after Baalim? See thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways. As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me back unto me, and not their face; forth: for they have turned their but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. But where are thy gods that thou last made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore

gud.

JESUS CHRIST.

(Page 285, etc.)

John iv, 25, 26. The woman saith unto him, I know that Christ: when he is come, he will Messias cometh, which is called tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

fore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he de parted again into a mountain himself alone.

John vi, 15. When Jesus there.

John vii, 15-18. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine,

bat his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of my self. He that speaketh of himBelf seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in hin.

Esther i, 2-6. And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him: but Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why John viil, 13, 14, 16. 18. The transgresseth thou the king's Pharisees therefore said unto commandment? Now it came to him, Thon bearest record of thy-pass, when they spake daily unto self; thy record is not true. Jesus him, and he hearkened not unto answered and said unto them, them, that they told Haman, to Though I bear record of myself, see whether Mordecai's matters get my record is true: for I know would stand: for he had told whence I came, and whither I go; them that he was a Jew. And but ye cannot tell whence I come when Haman saw that Mordecai and whither I go. And yet if I bowed not, nor did him reverence, judge, my judgment is true: for I then was Haman full of wrath. am not alone, but I and the And he thought scorn to lay Father that sent me. I am one hands on Mordecal alone; for they that bear witness of myself, and had showed him the people of the Father that sent me beareth Mordecai: wherefore Haman witness of me. sought to destroy all the Jews kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the that were throughout the whole people of Mordecai.

John x, 17. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

John xvll, 25, 23. O righteous Father, the world hath not

known thee: but I have known

thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Acts v. 31, 32. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

2 Peter, 16-18 For we have not followed cunningly-devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

JEWS. (Page 314.)

Exod. xii, 40, 41. Now the so

Esther vii, 3. 4. Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sizht, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petiFor we are sold, I and my people, tion, and my people at my request: to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Esther viii, 16, 17. The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

Esther ix, 1, 4. Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them.) For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for

unto the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

Ezek. xxxvi, 21-21. But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the hea then, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profined among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GoD, when I shall be sanctifled in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, land. and will bring you into your own

Hosea 1, 11. Then shall the chil dreu of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the laul: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Israel shall

Ho-ea ill. 4. For the children of without a king, and with ma abile many days prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod and without teraphim.

Zech. viii, 13-15. And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not; So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

LAW

(Page 334, etc.)

Gen iv,15. Andthe LORD said unto

him. Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. Aud the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any lind ing him should kill him.

Gen. xxxvii, 21-23 26.

And

Journing of the children of Israel this man Mordecai waxed greater Reuben beard it, and he delivered

who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

and greater.

Ps. liii, 6. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Jer. ii, 3. Israel was holiness

him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. And it

came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours, that was on him. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood.

Lev. xx. 19. And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister; for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

Deut. xxxiii, 21. And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

Prov. vi, 1, 3. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger. Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy

friend

Prov. xiv, 31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him bath mercy on the poor.

Prov. xxviii, 2, 3. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolong ed. A poor man that oppresseth the pool is like a sweeping rain, which leaveth no food.

Acts x, 31. And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are bad in remembrance in the sight of God.

Acts xvii, 9. And when they had taken security of Jason, and on the other, they let them go.

Rom, xv, 25, 26. But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achala to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

Eph. iv, 28. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

1 Thess. iv, 11, 12. And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commandcd you; That ye may walk honest ly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of not Ling.

2 Thess. ill, 10, 11. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he cat.

For we hear that there are some
which walk among you disorder-
ly, working not at all, but are
busybodies.

MAN.

(Page 377, etc.)

Job xxix, 11-14. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

P8. lxxxii, 6-8. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High: But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt in herit all nations.

P3. cxliv, 8, 4. LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thon makest account of him! Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Prov. xv, 13. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Eccles. iii, 20, 21. All go unto
one place: all are of the dust, and
all turn to dust again. Who
knoweth the spirit of man that
goeth upward, and the spirit of
the beast that goeth downward to
the earth?

Micah vii, 5, 6. Trust ye not in
a friend, put ye not confidence in
a guide; keep the doors of thy
mouth from her that lieth in thy
bosom. For the son dishonoureth
against her mother, the daughter-
the father, the daughter riseth up
in-law against her mother-in-law
a man's enemies are the men of
his own house.

Matth. xii, 42. The queen of the
south shall rise up in the judgment
condemn it: for she came from the
with this generation, and shall
uttermost parts of the earth to
hear the wisdom of Solomon; and,
behold, a greater than Solomon is

here.

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Mark 1, 32--36. And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. And all the city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him.

DAUGHTER OF SYROPHENICIAN
WOMAN.
(Page 493.)

Mark vii, 25-30. For a certain had an unclean spirit, heard of woman, whose young daughter him, and came and fell at his feet; (The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation;) and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the chilthe dogs. And she answered and dren's bread, and to cast it unto said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the

children's crumbs. And he said
unto her, For this saying go thy
way; the devil is gone out of thy
come to her house, she found the
And when she was
daughter.
devil had gone out, and her
daughter laid upon the bed.

such miracles? And there was a division among them.

John ix, 16. Therefore said some of the Pharisees. This man is not woman that prayeth or prophe-How can a man that is a sinner do 1 Cor. xi, 5-7, 11-13. But every of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath-day. Others said, sieth with her head uncovered, discovereth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but

OCCUPATIONS.
(Page 498.)

Esther i, 22. For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every peo

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