be devoured by the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Rev. i. 11.-Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last and, what thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

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Amos viii. 4.-Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail

Amos ix. 2.-Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

129th Stanza.

Rom. ii. 9, 10, 11.-Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; but glory, honour, and power to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile for there is no respect of persons with God.

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Deut. xxxii. 2.-My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.

Heb. viii. 10.-For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord. I will put my laws into their minds, and write them in their hearts and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

John vi. 33.-For the bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

131st Stanza.

Eccles. iii. 15, 16.-That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

Job viii. 3.-Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Luke ii. 34.-And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, behold this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be spoken against.

Rom. ix. 32.-Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone.

Heb. vii. 28. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

132d Stanza.

Heb. xi. 24, 25.-By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

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Luke xiii. 28.-There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and ye yourselves thrust out.

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Luke xxiv. 27.—And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures, the things concerning himself.

135th Stanza.

Isaiah v. 20.-Woe unto them that call e vil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

136th Stanza.

Num. xxiv. 17.-I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

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Heb. xi. 27. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

138th Stanza.

Heb. xi. 26.-Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.

John v. 46.-For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

139th Stanza.

Exodus xxxiv. 33, 34, 35.—And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face, but when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

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Heb. iii. 19.-So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

140th Stanza.

2 Cor. iii. 9.-For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

Isaiah xi. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

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Isaiah xxv. 1.-Oh Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Jerem. vi. 17.—Also I set watchmen over you, saying, hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, we will not hearken.

Psalm xix. 7.-The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalm 1. 21.-These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

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Psalm ix. 16.-The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his hands.

Psalm cxxx. 6.-My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

143d Stanza.

Prov. iv. 18.-But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more, unto the perfect day.

Jerem. xxxi. 34.-And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord for they shall all know me, from the least of them, unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Heb. x. 18.-Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Rev. xxi. 22. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

144th Stanza.

Levit. xvi. 26.—And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat, shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

Malachi iii. 3.-And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi; and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

Heb. viii. 10.-For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts. I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

145th Stanza.

Heb. xii. 23.-To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge. of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.

Lam. i. 4.-The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.