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neither can the number of his mainest for ever; thy throne from years be searched out.

Ps. ix, 7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

Ps. xc, 1, 2. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Ps. xciii, 2. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

Ps. cil, 12, 24-27. But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever, and thy remembrance unto all generations. I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy

years shall have no end.

P3. civ, 31. The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.

P3. cxxxv, 13. Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.

Ps. cxlv. 13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

Ps. cxlvi, 10. The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O

Zion, unto all generations. Praise

ye the LORD.

Isa. xxvi, 4. LORD for ever: JEHOVAH strength.

Trust ye in the
for in the LORD
is everlasting

Isa. xli, 4. Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

Isa. xlviii, 12. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Isa. Ivil, 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy.

Isa. lxiii, 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our Father, our Redeemer, thy name is from everlasting.

Jer. x. 10. But the LORD is the true God he is the living God, and an everlasting King..

Lam. v, 19. Thou, O LORD, re

generation to generation.

Daniel iv, 3, 34. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.

Dan. vi, 26. I make a decree,
That in every dominion of my
kingdom men tremble and fear
before the God of Daniel; for he
is the living God, and stedfast for
ever, and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed, and his
dominion shall be even unto the
end.

and dominion, and the greatness
Daniel vii, 27. And the kingdom
of the kingdom under the whole
heaven, shall be given to the
people of the saints of the most
High, whose kingdom is an ever-
lasting kingdom,and all dominions
shall serve and obey him.

Hab. i, 12. Art thou not from
everlasting, O LORD my God, mine
Holy One?

Hab. ill, 6. He stood, and measdrove asunder the nations; and ured the earth: he beheld, and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

Rom. 1, 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being made, even his eternal power and understood by the things that are Godhead.

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2 Peter iii, 8. But, beloved. be
that one day is with the Lord as
not ignorant of this one thing,
a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day.

Rev. 1, 4, 8. John to the seven
churches which
Grace be unto you, and peace,
are in Asia:
from him which is, and which
was, and which is to come; and
before his throne. I am Alpha
from the seven Spirits which are
and Omega, the beginning and
the ending, saith the Lord, which
is, and which was, and which is
to come, the Almighty.

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darkness pavillons round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

1 Kings viii, 12. 27. Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick dark

ness. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded.

to build him an house, seeing the 2 Chron. ii, 6. But who is able heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain him? who am then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

mon, The LORD hath said that 2 Chron. vi, 1. Then said Solohe would dwell in the thick darkness.

Job v, 9. Which doeth great lous things without number. things and unsearchable; marvel

searching find out God? canst Job xi, 7-9. Canst thou by thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Job xxvi, 14. Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

great, and we know him not. . . . Job xxxvi, 26. Behold, God is

Job xxxvii. 5, 23. God thundergreat things doeth he, which we eth marvellously with his voice: cannot comprehend. the Almighty, we cannot find Touching and in judgment, and in plenty of him out: he is excellent in power, justice: he will not afflict.

Ps. xviii, 11. He made darkness round about him his secret place; his pavilion waters and thick clouds of the dark skies.

were

Ps. lxxvii, 19. Thy way is in the waters, and thy footsteps are not sea, and thy path in the great known.

eousness and judgment are the Ps. xcvil, 2. Clouds and darkness are round about him: righthabitation of his throne.

Ps. civ, 2, 3. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Ps. cxlv, 8. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

Eccles. ill, 11. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their

heart; so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Isa. xl, 12-17. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or, being his counsellor, hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge,and shewed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burntoffering. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Isa. xlv, 7, 11, 15, 19. I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker. Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands Command ye me. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself. O God of Israel, the Saviour. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Isa. Ixvi, 1. Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

Nahum i, 3. .... The LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Hab. iii, 3, 10. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overdowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

Rom. xi, 33, 34. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the

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Deut. ii, 24. O Lord God, thou of him [Christ] that filleth all in hast begun to shew thy servant all. thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

HIS OMNIPRESENCE.
(See under Previous Head.)
Gen. xvi, 13. And she called the
name of the LORD that spake unto
her, Thou God seest me: for she
said, Have I also here looked
after him that seeth me?

1 Kings viii, 27. But will God
indeed dwell on the earth? Be-
hold, the heaven, and the heaven
of heavens, cannot contain thee:
how much less this house that I
have builded.

Neither

Deut. xxxii, 39.. is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

2 Sam. xxil, 33. God is my strength and power; and he maketh my way perfect.

1 Chron. xvi, 27. Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.

1 Chron. xxix, 11, 12. Thine, O Ps. cxxxix, 1-12. O LORD, thou LORD, is the greatness, and the hast searched me, and known me. power, and the glory, and the Thou knowest my down-sitting victory, and the majesty: for all and mine up-rising, thou under- that is in the heaven and in the standest my thought afar off earth is thine; thine is the kingThou compassest my path, and dom, O LORD, and thou art exalted my lying down, and art acquainas head above all. Both riches ted with all my ways. For there and honour come of thee, and thou is not a word in my torgue, but, reignest over all; and in thine lo, O LORD, thou knowest it alto-hand is power and might; and in gether. Thou hast beset me bethine hand it is to make great, and hind and before, and laid thine to give strength unto all. hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say. Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Jer. xxiii, 23, 24. Am I a God at
hand, saith the LORD, and not a
God afar off? Can any hide him-
self in secret places that I shall
not see him? saith the LORD: do
not.I fill heaven and earth? saith
the LORD.

Acts xvii, 27, 28. That they should
seek the Lord, if haply they might
feel after him, and find him,
though he be not far from every
For in him we live
one of us.
and move and have our being....

HIS OMNIPOTENCE.

Gen. xvii, 1. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Exod. vi. 3. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Amighty; but by my name JE

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2 Chron. xx, 6. And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

Job ix, 4, 12, 13, 19. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong; and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

Job xi, 10. If he cut off, and shut "P, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

Job xii, 14. Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Job xxv, 2. Dominion and fear are with him; he maketh peace in his high places.

Job xxvii, 22. For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Job xxxiii, 13. Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Job xxxiv, 29. When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only.

Job xxxvi, 5. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. Job xlii, 2. I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

Ps. xxi, 13. Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Ps. xxvii, 1. The LORD is my light, and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

P3. xxviii, 8. The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

P3. xxix, 1, 4, 11. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty; The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

Ps. xlvi, 7. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Ps. 1, 1. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth, from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Ps. lxii, 11. God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God.

Ps. Ixvi, 3. 7. Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee, He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes be hold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

LORD God, the God of Israel, who P3. 1xxii, 18. Blessed be the only doeth wondrous things.

Ps. lxxxix, 8, 13, 17, 18. O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. For thou art the glory of

and of great power: his under-
standing is infinite.

Eccles. vi, 10. That which hath
been is named already, and it is
known that it is man: neither may
he contend with him that is
mightier than he.

Isa. xl, 29. He giveth power to
the faint; and to them that have
no might he increaseth strength.

was, I am he; and there is none
Isa. xliii, 13. Yea, before the day
that can deliver out of my hand:
I

will work, and who shall let it?
striveth with his Maker! Let the
Isa. xlv, 9. Woe unto him that
potsherd strive with the potsherds
of the earth. Shall the clay say
to him that fashioneth it, What
makest thou? or thy work, He
hath no hands?

came, was there no man? when I
Isa. 1, 2. Wherefore, when I
called, was there none to answer?
Is my hand shortened at all, that
it cannot redeem? or have I no
power to deliver? behold, at my
rebuke I dry up the sea, I make
the rivers a wilderness: their fish
stinketh, because there is no
water, and dieth for thirst.

Jer. xxxii, 17-19, 27. Ah Lord
GOD! behold, thou hast made the
heaven and the earth by thy
great power and stretched-out
arm, and there is nothing too
hard for thee; Thou shewest
loving-kindness unto thousands,
and recompensest the iniquity of
the fathers into the bosom of their
children after them: The Great.
the Mighty God, The LORD of
hosts, is his name;
counsel, and mighty in work: (for
every one according to his ways,
thine eyes are open upon all the
ways of the sons of men; to give
and according to the fruit of his
doings:) Behold, I am the LORD,
the God of all flesh: is there any
thing too hard for me?

Great in

Jer. 1, 44. Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong; but I will make them

and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Hab. iii, 4. ness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

And his bright

Matth. xix, 26. But Jesus beheld men this is impossible; but with them, and said unto them, With God all things are possible.

Luke i, 37. For with God nothing shall be impossible.

ness of God is wiser than men; 1 Cor. i, 25. Because the foolishand the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Eph. iii, 20, 21. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask that worketh in us, Unto him be or think, according to the power glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Eph. vi, 10. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Rev. i, 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Rev. xi, 17. Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

Rev. xix, 6. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multithe Lord God omnipotent reigntude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for

eth.

HIS OMNISCIENCE.

1 Sam. ii, 3. Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogacy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge,

their strength; and in thy favour suddenly run away from her: and and by him actions are weighed.

our horn shall be exalted. For

the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our King.

Ps. xc, 11. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

Ps. xciii, 4. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty

waves of the sea.

Ps. cxv, 3. But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Ps. cxxxvi, 4. To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. cxlvii, 5. Great is our Lord,

appoint over her? for who is like
who is a chosen man, that I may
me? and who will appoint me the
time? and who is that shepherd
that will stand before me?

Ezek. xxii, 14. Can thine heart
endure, or can thine hands be
strong. in the days that I shall
deal with thee? I the LORD have
spoken it, and will do it.

Dan. ii. 20. Daniel answered
and said, Blessed be the name of
God for ever and ever, for wisdom
and might are his.

tants of the earth are reputed as
Dan. iv, 35. And all the inhabi-
nothing: and he doeth according
to his will in the army of heaven,

dom and strength, he hath counJob xii, 13, 16. With him is wissel and understanding. With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Job xxi, 22. Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

Job xxvi, 4, 6. To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Job xxviii, 24. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven.

Job xxxiv, 22. There is no dark

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Ps. cxxxix, 11, 12. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Prov. xv, 3. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Prov. xxii, 12. The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge; and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Isa. xl, 14, 28. With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, finteth not, neither is Weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Dan. ii, 22. He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

Acts xv, 18. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Rom. xi, 33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways pasting finding out!

Heb. iv, 13. Neither is there any

creature that is not manifest in

his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

1 John iii, 20. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

SEEN IN HIS FOREKNOWLEDGE

AND REVELATIONS. Gen. xl, 8. And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

Exod. iii, 19. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Deut. xxix, 29. The secret things belong unto the LORD our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Job xxiv, 1. Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Job xxviii, 11. He bindeth the floods from overflowing, and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

P3. cxxxix, 1, 2. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Eccles. xii, 14. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Isa. xlil, 9. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Isa. xliv, 7. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them.

Isa. xlvi, 10. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my

pleasure.

clared the former things from the Isa. xlviii, 3, 5, 6. I have debeginning, and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou should

and my graven image, and my est say, Mine idol hath done them; molten image, hath commanded them. Thou hast heard, see all this: and will not ye declare it I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

Ezek. xxxviii, 10. Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind,

and thou shalt think an evil thought.

Daniel ii, 28. 29, 47. But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and ma eth known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; (As for thee, thy mind upon thy bed, what O king, thy thoughts came into should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

Matth. x, 26. Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and bid, that shall not be known.

Matth. xi, 27. All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son

will reveal him.

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Acts 1, 7. And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Rom. ii, 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

1 Cor. iv, 5. Therefore judge nothing before ... time, until the to light the hidden things of darkLord come, who both will bring

ness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God.

ALSO IN HIS KNOWLEDGe of HUMAN THOUGHTS. Gen. xx, 6. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten, and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them

Deut. xxxi, 20. 21. For when I

as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 1 Sam. xvi, 7. But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on

the outward appearance, but the

LORD looketh on the heart.

1 Kings vill, 39. Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men:)

2 Chron. vi, 30. Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:

Job x, 4. Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? Ps. vii, 9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

P3. xi, 4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Ps. xix, 14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my re

deemer.

P3. xxxviii, 9. LORD, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not lid from thee.

P3. xliv, 21. Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Ps. xciv, 11. The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

P3. cxxxix, 23, 24. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Prov. xv, 11. Hell and destruction are before the LORD; how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Prov. xvii, 3. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the

hearts.

Prov. xxi, 2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Isa. Ixvi, 18. For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall

come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

the heart, I try the reins, even to Jer. xvii, 10. I the LORD search give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

that triest the righteous, and Jer. xx, 12. But, O LORD of hosts, seest the reins and the heart, let for unto thee have I opened my ine see thy vengeance on them:

cause.

the LORD fell upon me, and said Ezek. xi. 5. And the Spirit of unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD. Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

formeth the mountains, and creatAmos iv, 13. For, lo, he that eth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

Matth. vi, 6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

OF HUMAN CHARACTER. Gen. vi, 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in

the earth. ......

Gen. vii, 1. And the LORD said unto Noali, Come thou, and all thy house, into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this

generation.

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said unto Moses, I have seen this Exod. xxxii, 9. And the LORD people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.

Deut. xxxii, 19. And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, sons and of his daughters. because of the provoking of his

2 Sam. vil, 20. And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

people thou wilt save: but thine 2 Sam. xxii, 28. And the afflicted thou mayest bring them down. eyes are upon the haughty, that

1 Chron. xvii, 18. What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 241

LORD 2 Chron. xii, 7. And when the saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shenaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Job xi, 11. For he knoweth vain will he not then consider it? men: he seeth wickedness also;

Ps. xiv, 2. The LORD looked dren of men, to see if there were down from heaven upon the chilany that did understand, and seek God.

the LORD is upon them that fear Ps. xxxiii, 18. Behold, the eye of him, upon them that hope in his mercy.

LORD are upon the righteous, and Ps. xxxiv, 15. The eyes of the his ears are open unto their cry.

Ps. xxxvii, 18. The LORD knowtheir inheritance shall be for ever. eth the days of the upright; and

my foolishness; and my sins are Ps. Ixix, 5. O God, thou knowest not hid from thee.

Ps. 1xxx, 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit

this vine.

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Prov. xxiv, 12, 17, 18. If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it and shall not he render works? Rejoice not when thine to every man according to his enemy falleth; and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth; Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

also, and restore comforts unto and will heal him: I will lead him Isa. Ivil, 18. I have scen his ways, him, and to his mourners.

Isa. Ixiii, 15. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Jer. xvii, 16. As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor sired the woeful day; thou knowto follow thee: neither have I deest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

Jer. xxiv, 6. For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to

this land.

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