a. Why then doth thy Heart carry thee away, that thou turneft thy Spirit against God? Haft thou an Arm like God, or canft thou thunder with a Voice like him? Can thine Heart endure, or can thy Hands be strong in the Days that he fhall deal with thee? Deck thy felf now with Majesty and Excellency, and array thy felf with Glory and Beauty; Caft abroad the Rage of thy Wrath: Behold every one that is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the Wicked in their Place; then will I also confefs unto thee, that thine own right hand can save thee. b. God giveth Strength and Power unto his People, and in all Trials and Difficulties his Grace is fufficient for us. c. He giveth Power to the Faint, and to them that have no Might he increaseth Strength. a. He is good to all, and his tender Mercies are over all his Works. b. He is the Lord which exercifeth Loving kindness. The Earth is full of the Goodness of the Lord. c. God is Love. He is the God of Peace the Father of Mercies, and the God of all Comfort, and Confolation. d. The Goodnefs of God endureth continually. e. There is none good, but one, that is, God. f. Every good Gift, and every perfect Gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights. g. He openeth his Hand, and satisfieth the Defire of every living thing; but his Delights are with the Sons of Men; who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. h. God is the Father of us all: We are all his People; and of his fulness have we all received. i. Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also ? (b) Jer. 9. 24. PL. 33. 5. Rom. 15. 33. 2 Cor. 1.3. (a) Pf. 145. 9. (c) 1 Joh. 4. 8. Rom. 15. 5. (d) Pf. 52. 1. (f) Jam. 1. 17. (i) Rom. 3. 29. (e) Mat. 19. 17. (g) Pf. 145. 16. Prov. 8. 31. 1 Tim. 6. 17. (b) Eph. 4. 6. Pf. 100 3. Joh.1. 16. a. He a. He maketh his Sun to rife on the Evil, and on the Good, and fendeth Rain on the juft and on the unjust: He is kind unto the unthankful, and to the evil. b. He is our Shield and our exceeding great Reward: He is our Refuge and Strength: He hath done great things for us. c. He hath fhewn us the Path of Life; and he inclineth our Hearts unto him, to walk in his ways. d. He is the Lord our God, which teacheth us to profit, which leadeth us by the way that. we thould go. e. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord ; and he is a very prefent help in trouble. f. He is a Father of the Fatherlefs, and a Judge of the Widows. He hath prepared of his Goodness for the Poor. g. He delivereth the Poor and Needy, and him that hath no helper. He is a Strength to him in his Diftrefs, a Refuge from the Storm, a Shadow from the Heat. b. Herein is the Love of God to Man, perfected, that he fpared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all; who will have all Men to be fav'd, and to come unto the Knowledge of the Truth (b) Gen. 15. I. (c) PL.16. 11. 1 Kin. 8.58. č) (e) Pf. 3. 8. PL. 46. I.. (a) Mat 5.45. Luk. 6. 35. PL. 46. r. Pi. 126. 3. (d) If 48. 17. (f) Pf. 68. 5, 10. (b) 1 Joh. 10. 12. (g) Pf. 72. 12. If. 25.4. Rom. 8. 32. 1 Tim. 2. 4. 4. Bleffed 4. Bleffed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with Benefits. b. God giveth to all Men liberally, and upbraideth not. c. Behold God is Mighty, and defpifeth not any. d. I will be gracious, faith the Lord, to whom I will be gracious, and will fhew Mercy on whom I will fhew Mercy. e. The Eyes of the Lord run too and To the fro throughout the whole Earth, to Righfhew himself strong in the behalf of teous. them whose heart is perfect towards him. He withdraweth not his Eyes from the Righteous. f. He preventeth them with the Bleffings of Goodness; and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. g. If they obey and ferve him, they fhall spend their Days in Prosperity, and their Years in Pleafures: Their Soul fhall be at eafe. b. Thou Lord wilt blefs the Righteous, and with Favour wilt thou compass him as with a Shield. (a) Pf. 68. 19. (d) Ex. 33. 19. (f) Pf. 21. 3. Pl. 25. 13. (b) Jam. 1.5. (c) Job. 36.5. (e) 2 Chr. 16. 9. Job. 36. 7. (g) Job. 36. 11. Pf. 84. 11. (b) Pf. 5. 12. a. The a. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, and fuch as are upright in their way are his delight. b. He will fulfil the defire of them that fear him. 2.c. God giveth to a Man that is good in his fight Wisdom, and Knowledge, and Joy; and him fhall the teach in the way that he fhall chufe. d. The Secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will fhew them his Covenant. e. He will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear him for ever, for the good of them, and of their Children after them. f. All the Paths of the Lord are Mercy, and Truth, unto fuch as keep his Covenant. g. The Lord fhall open unto them his good Treasure, and blefs all the Work of their Hand. b. How great is thy Goodness, O Lord, which thou haft laid up for them that fear thee, which thou haft wrought for them that truft in thee, before the Sons of Men! Thou shalt hide them from the Pride of Man, thou shalt keep them from the ftrife of Tongues. Prov. 11. 20. (a) Pf. 147. 11. Pf. 25. 12. (b) PL. 145. 19. a. The |