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&c. The Pharisees said, He casteth have heard him speak blasphemous out devils by the prince of devils.- words against Moses and against Matt. ix. 2, 3. 34. Luke v. 21. Mark God.--Acts vi. 11. 13. ii. 7.

When Herod had spoken, &c. the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory, &c.-Acts xii.21-23.

The Pharisees said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils, &c. Jesus said, If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you, &c. Where- Paul testified to the Jews, that fore I say unto you, All manner of Jesus was the Christ. And when sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven they opposed themselves, and blasunto men; but the blasphemy against phemed, he shook his raiment, and the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven said unto them, Your blood be upon unto men. And whosoever speaketh your heads, &c. - Acts xviii. 5, 6. a word against the Son of man, it xix. 9. xiii. 45. shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.-Matt. xii. 24. 28. 31, 32. Luke xii. 10.

Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what farther need have we of witnesses? behold, now, ye have heard his blasphemy.-Matt. xxvi. 64, 65.

He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation; because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.-Mark iii. 29, 30.

From within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, blasphemies, &c.—Mark vii. 21, 22.

They, &c. asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.-Luke xxii. 64, 65.

For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God, &c. Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? -John x. 33. 36.

They suborned men, who said, We

I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, &c.-Acts xxvi. 11.

The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you, &c.-Rom. ii. 23, 24.

But now ye also put off all these, anger, &c. blasphemy, &c.-Col. iii. 8.

Putting me into the ministry, who before was a blasphemer, &c. Alexander, whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.-1 Tim. i. 12, 13. 20.

Servants, &c. count your own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God, and his doctrine, be not blasphemed.-1 Tim. vi. 1.

Men shall be lovers of their ownselves, &c. blasphemers, &c.-2 Tim. iii. 2.

Discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.-Titus ii. 5.

Do not rich men oppress you? &c. Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?— James ii. 6, 7.

They think it strange that you run not with them to the same excess of riot (or blaspheming), speaking evil of you.-1 Pet. iv. 4.

I know the blasphemy of them, who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.Rev. ii. 9,

I saw a beast, &c. and upon his heads the name of blasphemy, &c. And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies, &c. and he opened his Exod. xv. 23, 24. mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. —Rev. xiii. 1. 5, 6.

They could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter, &c. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness; and the children of Israel And men were scorched with great said unto them, Would to God we heat, and blasphemed the name of had died by the hand of the Lord, in God, which hath power over these the land of Egypt, when we sat by plagues and they repented not, to the flesh pots, and when we did eat give him glory, &c. They gnawed bread to the full; for ye have brought their tongues for pain, and blas- us forth into this wilderness, to kill phemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores; and repented not of their deeds, &c. Men blasphemed God, because of the plague of hail, &c.--Rev. xvi. 9—12.

ISRAEL'S

CHAP. LI.

AGAINST

MURMURINGS
GOD AND MOSES, WHEN GOD WAS

IN HIS WAY OF REDEEMING THEM.

WHEN Moses and Aaron had been with Pharaoh, and Pharaoh had made their burden heavier, they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh; and they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because you have made our savour to be abhorred (or to stink) in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hands to slay us.Exod. v. 1, 2. 6, 7. 20, 21.

When they were pursued by the Egyptians, they cried unto the Lord: and they said unto Moses, because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. -Exod. xiv. 10-12.

this whole assembly with hunger, &c. Ye shall see the glory of the Lord, for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? &c. Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.-Exod. xvi. 2, 3. 7, 8. 12.

The people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide you with me? wherefore do you tempt the Lord? and the people thirsted there for water: and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this, that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children, and our cattle with thirst? &c. They tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?-Exod. xvii. 2, 3.7.

When the people complained, it displeased the Lord, &c. and his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt, &c. And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again (or murmured and wept), and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely: the cucumbers, and the melons, and the onions, and the garlick; but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all besides this manna, before our eyes, &c. God gave them flesh; but while the flesh was yet

between their teeth, ere it was ye brought us up out of Egypt, to chewed, the wrath of the Lord was die in the wilderness? for there is kindled against the people; and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. Numb. xi. 1. 4—6. 32, 33.

no bread, neither is there any water: and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and much people of Israel died.-Numb. xxi. 4-6.

Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.-Deut. ix. 23, 24.

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Upon the report of the spies, of the difficulty of entering the land, all the congregation of Israel lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against They tempted God in their heart, Moses, and against Aaron: and the by asking meat for their lust; yea, whole congregation said unto them, they spake against God: they said, Would God that we had died in the Can God furnish a table in the willand of Egypt! or, would God we derness? Behold, he smote the rock, had died in this wilderness! And &c. Can he give bread also? wherefore hath the Lord brought us he provide flesh for his people? unto this land, to fall by the sword, Therefore the Lord heard this, and that our wives and our children should was wroth. So a fire was kindled be a prey? were it not better for us against Jacob, &c. because they beto return into Egypt? &c. Let us lieved not in God, nor trusted in his make us a captain, and let us return salvation, &c. They sinned still, into Egypt. Your carcases shall and believed not for his wondrous fall in the wilderness, &c. These works, &c. How oft did they promen, who saw my glory, and my voke him in the wilderness, and signs, have tempted me, &c.-Numb. grieve him in the desert? Yea, they xiv. 1—4. 9, 10. 22, 23. 28—32.

turned back, and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.-Ps. lxxviii. 18-22. 32. 40, 41.

When Korah and his company were swallowed up, all the congregation of the children of Israel mur- I would not that ye should be igmured against Moses, and against norant how that all our fathers were Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the under the cloud, &c. but with many people of the Lord.-Numb. xvi. 41. of them God was not well pleased, There was no water for the con- for they were overthrown in the wilgregation and they gathered them- derness. Now these things were for selves together against Moses, and our examples, to the intent we should against Aaron; and the people chode not lust after evil things, as they also with Moses, and spake, saying, lusted, &c. Neither let us tempt Would God that we had died when Christ, as some of them also tempted, our brethren died before the Lord! and were destroyed of serpents. NeiAnd why have ye brought up the ther murmur ye, as some of them congregation of the Lord into this also murmured, and were destroyed wilderness, that we and our cattle of the destroyer. Now all these should die there? And wherefore things happened unto them for enhave ye made us to come up out of samples (or types), and they are Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil written for our admonition, upon place? It is no place of seed, or of whom the ends of the world are come: figs, or vines, &c.-Numb. xx. 2-5. wherefore, let him who thinketh he The soul of the people was much standeth, take heed lest he fall.— discouraged, because of the way. 1 Cor. x. 1—13.

And the people spake against God,

and against Moses: wherefore have

CHAP. LII.

MOTIVES TO DILIGENCE AND INDUS

TRY IN OUR CALLINGS.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her fruit in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall thy poverty come, as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man.-— Prov. vi. 6-11. xxiv. 33, 34.

so much as bring it to his mouth again.-Prov. xix. 15. 24. xxvi. 15.

The sluggard will not plow, by reason of the cold: therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing, &c. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Prov. xx. 4. 13.

He that loveth pleasure (or sport) shall be a poor man, &c. The desire of the slothful killeth him, for his hand refuseth to labour.-Prov. xxi. 17. 25.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets, &c. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand He becometh poor that dealeth before kings; he shall not stand bewith a slack hand; but the hand of fore mean men.-Prov. xxii. 13. 29. the diligent maketh rich: he that xxvi. 13. gathereth in summer, is a wise son; but he that sleepeth in harvest, is a son that causeth shame, &c. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.-Prov. x. 4, 5. 26.

He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons, is void of understanding, &c. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute, &c. the slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Prov, xii. 11. 24. 27.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.Prov. xiii. 4.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to poverty. Prov. xiv. 23.

The way of the slothful man is an hedge of thorns.-Prov. xv. 19.

He also that is slothful in his work, is brother to him that is a great waster.-Prov. xviii. 9.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep: and an idle soul shall suffer hunger, &c. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.-Prov. xxiii. 21.

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I went by the field of the slothful, &c. and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, &c.-Yet a little sleep, &c. so shall thy poverty come, &c.-Prov. xxiv. 30-34.

By much slothfulness, the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands, the house droppeth down. Eccles. x. 18.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed, &c. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason.-Prov. xxvi. 14. 16.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.-Prov. xxviii. 19.

The industry of a good wife set forth at large. Prov. xxxi. 10, &c.

Rise up, ye women that are at ease: hear my voice, ye careless daughters, &c. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, &c. Tremble, ye women that are at ease: be troubled, ye careless ones, &c.-Isa. xxxii. 9-11.

This was the iniquity of thy sister

Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her, and in her daughters; neither, &c.— Ezek. xvi. 49. Matt. xx. 3.6.

You yourselves know that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me: I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak: and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus; how he said, It is more blessed to give, than to receive.-Acts xx. 33-35. xviii. 1-3. 2 Thess. iii. 7-10.

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.-Eph. iv. 28.

That you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.-1 Thess. iv. 11.

We commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear there are some among you which walk disorderly, working not at all, &c. We command, &c. that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.2 Thess. iii. 10-12.

Withal, they learn to be idle; wandering about from house to house. -1 Tim. v. 13.

That they which have believed in God, might be careful to maintain good works (or honest trades); these things are good and profitable unto men, &c. and let ours also learn to maintain good works (or profess honest trades) for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.-Titus iii. 8. 14.

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After these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abraham in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abraham, I am thy shield, &c.-Gen. xv. 1, &c.

God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man: for the woman which thou hast taken, &c. God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, &c.-Gen. xx. 3-7.

Jacob dreamed, and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, &c. The Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, &c. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. Gen. xxviii. 12, 13.

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob, &c. I have seen all that Laban doth unto thee: I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me, &c. And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.-Gen. xxxi. 11-13. 24.

Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren, &c. And he dreamed yet another dream, &c.— Gen. xxxvii. 5-9. xlii. 6. xliii. 26. 28. xliv. 14. 1. 18.

The dreams of the butler and baker

of Pharaoh, in the prison; and of Pharaoh himself, interpreted by Joseph.-Gen. xl. xli.

God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob, &c. I am the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt, &c. -Gen. xlvi. 1-5.

God called to Moses out of the burning bush.-Exod. iii.

Moses went up unto God: and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, &c. Moses spake: and God answered him by a voice, &c. And the Lord said unto

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