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1 Thess. v, 14. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

1 Tim. vi, 11, 12. But thou, man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meek

ness.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Titus il, 12. Teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly live soberly, lusts, we should righteously, and godly, in this present world.

1 Peter ii, 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

OBEDIENCE ALWAYS INVOLVING

SINCERITY.

Job xi, 13. If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him.

Job xxii, 22. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Ps. li. 6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Ps. lxxiii, 1. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

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Ps. cxix, 59, 60, 111, 112. thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to Thy keep thy commandments. testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

Prov. iv, 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are

the issues of life.

Prov. xxii, 11. He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Prov. xxiii, 19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Lam. ill, 40. Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Haggai i, 5-7. Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways.

Matth. v, 8. Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

2 Cor. viii, 12. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

2 Tim. ii, 7. Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Heb. x, 32. But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions.

OFTEN INVOLVING SELF

DENIAL.

Matth. v, 29, 30. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matth. x, 38. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Matth. xvi, 24-26. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For who soever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matth. xviii, 8. 9. Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands, or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.

Mark vill, 34. And when he had called the people unto him, with 625

his disciples also, he said unto
me, let him deny himself, and take
them, Whosoever will come after
up his cross, and follow me.

Luke ix, 23. And he said to them
all, If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up
his cross daily, and follow me.

Luke xiv, 27. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, caunot be my disciple.

Luke xvii, 33. Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it.

Luke xviii, 27-30. And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

John xii, 25. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall

keep it unto life eternal.

kom. vill, 12, 13. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Gal. v, 24. And they that are Christ's have crucifled the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

Col. iii, 5-7. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanconcupiscence, and covetousness, ness, inordinate affection, evil For which which is idolatry: things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. In the which ye also walked sometime, when ye lived in them.

DEMANDING ZEAL.

1. Cor. xiv, 12. Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spirit nal gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

Gal. iv, 17, 18. They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

Jude 3. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you, that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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Rev. 1, 15, 16. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

the law of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day.

Rom. x, 2. For I bear them re-
but not according to knowledge.
cord that they have a zeal of God,

Phil. iii, 6. Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.

Titus iii 8. This is a faithful saying, and these things 1 will that thon affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

CONSCIENCE.

ITS UNIVERSAL POWER,

Num. xxv, 11--13. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, AND UNIVERSAL CHARITY. while he was zealous for my sake Rom. xiv, 1-3. Him that is among them, that I consumed Rom. ii, 14, 15. For when the not the children of Israel in my weak in the faith receive ye, but Jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold, not to doubtful disputations. For Gentiles, which have not the law, I give unto him my covenant of one believeth that he may eat all do by nature the things contained peace: And he shall have it, and things: another, who is weak, eat-in the law, these, having not the his seed after him, even the cove-eth herbs. Let not him that eateth, law, are a law unto themselves nant of an everlasting priesthood; despise him that eateth not; and Which shew the work of the law because he was zealous for his et not him which eateth not written in their hearts, their conGod, and made an atonement for judge him that eateth: for God science also bearing witness, and the children of Israel. their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one

2 Chr. xxxi, 20, 21. And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good, and right, and truth, before the LORD his God. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

2 Cor. vil. 11. For behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what careful ness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea. what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

2 Cor. xi. 28 30. Besides those

things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

hath received him.

ful unto me, but all things are not
1 Cor. vi, 12. All things are law.
expedient: all things are lawful
for me, but I will not be brought
under the power of any.

1 Cor. x, 23. All things are law.
ful for me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are lawful
for me, but all things edify not.

another.

AN EVIL CONSCIENCE. Gen. xlii, 21, 22. And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when be besought us, and we would not hear, therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying. Do not sin against the child and ye would not hear, therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

1 Kings ii, 44. The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou know. thine heart is privy to, that thou est all the wickedne-8 which fore the LORD shall return thy didst to David my father; therewickedness upon thine own head.

1 Kings xxi, 20. And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thon found me, 0 mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

1 Cor. xiil, 1-10, 13. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy; and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in believeth all things, hopeth all the truth; Beareth all things, things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be For we know in part, and we proknowledge, it shall vanish away. phesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then iniquity shall abound, the love of that which is in part shall be done ready to the battle.

Col. iv, 13. For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.

2 Kings x, 16. And he said.

Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him

ride in his chariot.

Matth. xxiv, 12. And because

many shall wax cold.

Acts xxii, 2, 3. And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith, I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of

away. And now abideth faith,
hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is charity.

1 Cor. xvi, 14. Let all your
things be done with charity.

Col. ili 14. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

1 Tim. i, 5. Now the end of the

is in his ears: in prosperity the Job xv, 21-24. A dreadful sound He believeth not that he shall destroyer shall come upon him. return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. He wandereth abroad for bread, say ing, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his shall make him afraid; they shall hand. Trouble and anguish prevail against him, as a king

Ps. xiv, 5. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ps. liii, 5. There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God hath scattered the bones of

him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

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deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Acts xxiv, 16. And herein do I conscience void of off nce exercise myself, to have always a toward God, and toward men.

2 Cor. i, 12. For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wi-dom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Heb. ix, 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himseit without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God!

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THE PATRIARCHAL

SABBATH.

Gen. ii, 1-3. Thus the heavens

and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Heb. iv, 3-5. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

2nd.

JEWISHI SABBATH. Erod. xxiii, 12. Six days thon shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

Exod. xxxi, 13, 16, 17. Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that Wherefore doth sanctify you. the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested,

and was refreshed.

Lev. xxiii, 32. It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your

Babbath.

Lev. xxvi, 2. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sauctuary: I am the LORD.

Deut. v, 12, 15. Keep the sabbath-day to sanctity it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded

thee. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day.

Neh. ix, 14. And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant.

Isaiah Ixvi, 23. And it shall come to pass, that from one newinoon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

Ezek. xx, 12, 20. Moreover also, I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

Matt. xxiv, 20. But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath-day.

Mark xv, 42. And now, when the even was come, (because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath.)

Luke xxiii, 54. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

HOW TO BE KEPT IN THE

WILDERNESS.

And

Exod. xvi, 5, 22-30. And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregahe said unto them, This is that tion came and told Moses. which the LORD hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to-day: and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to-day

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ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the LORD said unto Moses, How long retuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day.

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Exod. XXXV, 2, 3. Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD:

whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath-day.

Lev. xxiii, 3. Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Jer. xvii, 21, 22. Thus saith the LORD, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work; but ballow ye the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers.

BUT PUBLIC WORSHIP TO BE ENJOYED. Ezek. xlvi, 1. Thus saith the Lord GOD. The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new-moon it shall be opened.

Acts xiii, 14, 42, 44. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and sat down. And

when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. And the next sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

Acts xvi, 13. And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

Acts xvii, 1, 2. Now, when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they caine to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.

Acts xviil, 4. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

WORKS OF RELIGION, NECESSITY, AND MERCY TO BE DONE.

2 Kings xi, 5, 7, 9. And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house. And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

2 Chron. xxiii, 4, 8. This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors: So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the Jabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the

courses.

Ezek. xlvi, 2-4. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering, and his peaceofferings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this

gate before the LORD in the sab- |
baths, and in the new-moons. And
the burnt-offering that the prince
shall offer unto the LORD in the
sabbath day shall be six lambs
without blemish, and a ram with-
out blemish.

Matth. xii, 5, 10-12. Or have ye
not read in the law, how that on
the sabbath-days the priests in
the temple profane the sabbath,
and are blameless? And, behold,
there was a man which had his
hand withered. And they asked
him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on
the sabbath days? that they might
accuse him. And he said unto
them, What man shall there be
among you, that shall have one
sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the
sabbath day, will he not lay hold
on it, and lift it out? How much
then is a man better than a sheep?
Wherefore it is lawful to do well
on the sabbath days.

Luke vi, 9, 10. Then said Jesus
unto them, I will ask you one
thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath-
days to do good, or to do evil? to
save life, or to destroy it? And
looking round about upon them
all, he said unto the man, Stretch
forth thy hand. And he did so:
and his hand was restored whole
as the other.

Luke xiii, 14-16. And the ruler
indignation, because that Jesus
of the synagogue answered with
had healed on the sabbath-day,
and said unto the people, There
are six days in which men ought
and be healed, and not on the
to work: in them therefore come
sabbath day. The Lord then
answered him, and said, Thou
hypocrite, doth not each one of
you on the sabbath loose his ox
or his ass from the stall, and lead
him away to watering?
ought not this woman, being a
daughter of Abraham, whom
Satan hath bound, lo, these eigh-
teen years, be loosed from this
bond on the sabbath-day?

And

John vii, 22, 23. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbathday circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath-day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath-day?

SUPERSTITIOUS OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Matth. xii, 1, 2. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to

eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbathday.

Mark i1, 23, 24. And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful?

Luke vi, 1, 2, 5-7. And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first,that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them. Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbathdays? And he said unto them,

That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him. whether he would heal on the sabbath-day; that they might find an accusation against him.

Luke xiii, 14. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with inhealed on the sabbath day, and dignation, because that Jesus had said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and day. be healed, and not on the sabbath

John v, 10, 11. The Jews there

fore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk,

Acts i, 12. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

SABBATH PROFANATION.

2 Kings xvi, 18. And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

Neh. xiil, 15-18. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusa lem on the sabbath-day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein,

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