your uncleannesses.

Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain opened for sin and uncleanness.

CIII. Directions. Eph. v. 3. Uncleanness, let it not be named among you.

Col. iii. 5. Mortify fornication, uncleanness. 1 Thess. iv. 7.

CIV. Threats. Ezek. xxxix. 24. According to their uncleanness have I done unto them.

Eph. v. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man who is an idolater hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Prov. xxx. 12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filthiness. Rev. xvii. 4.

CVII. Directions. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Eph. v. 4. Let not filthiness be once named amongst you.

Col. iii. 8. Put off all filthy communication. James i, 21.

CX. Vileness of sin. 1 Sam. iii. 13. I will judge Eli's house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

Ps. xii. 8. The wicked walk on every side when vile men are exalted. Ps. xciv. 20. xv. 4. In the eyes of the righteous, a vile person is despised.

Jer. xv. 19. Take forth the precious from the vile.

Rom. i. 26. 28. They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, wherefore God gave them over to vile affections. He gave them over to a reprobate mind.

CXI. Confession of vileness. Job xl. 4. Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Xxxii. 10. Ezra ix. 6.

ABOMINABLENESS.

Gen.

CXII. Abominableness of sin. Job xv. 16. How abominable and filthy is man, that drinketh iniquity like water!

Ps. xiv. 1. They have done abominable works: none doeth good. Ps. liii. 1.

Jer. xliv. 4. I sent unto you my servants, the prophets, saying, Do not this abominable thing that I hate. (Ezek. xxiii. 36.) Ver. 7. Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls?

Ezek. xviii. 24. When the righteous doeth according to the abominations that the wicked man doeth, he shall die.

xxxiii. 29. They shall know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land desolate for all their abominations.

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, &c. shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brim-Ver. 27. There shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven, any thing that defileth or worketh an abomination.

stone.

These things are an abomination in the sight of God, viz. The sacrifice, the way, the thoughts of the wicked, Prov. xv. 8, 9. 26.— He that justifieth the wicked, Prov. xvii. 15.The froward, Prov. iii. 32.—xi. 20.-He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Prov. xxviii. 9.-Those that deny God in works, Tit. i. 16.

THE JUST.

CXIII. Promises to the just, and prayers for them. Ps. vii. 9. O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just.

Prov. iii. 33. The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

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

x. 6, 7. Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.

xi. 9. Through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

xii. 13. The just shall come out of trouble. -Ver. 21. There shall no evil happen to the just.

xiii. 22. The wealth of the sinner is laid for the just. Job xxvii. 16, 17.

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xvii. 15. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are an abomination to the Lord.-Ver. 26. To punish the just is not good.

xxiv. 16. A just man faileth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Isa. xxvi. 7. Thou dost weigh the path of the just.

Ezek. xviii. 5. 9. If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live.

Hab. ii. 4. The just shall live by faith. Rom. i. 17. Gal. iii. 11. Heb. x. 38.

Luke i. 17. He shall turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the just.

xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call the

poor, &c. Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Ver. 14.

Heb. xii. 23. The spirits of just men made perfect.

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.

THE UNJUST.

CXIV. Threatenings against the unjust. Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth his ex

pectation shall perish; and the hope of unjust inen perisheth.

xxix. 27. An unjust man is an abomination to the just.

2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. But chiefly them that walk after the lusts of the flesh.

CXV. The unjust hurtful in the earth. Ps. xliii. 1. O God, deliver me from the unjust man.

Isa. xxvi. 10. In the land of unrighteousness will he deal unjustly.

Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no shame. Luke xvi. 10. He that is unjust in that which is least, is unjust also in much.

1 Cor. vi. 1. Dare any of you go to law before the unjust?

N. B. Just and unjust, in the above-mentioned passages, are taken from a more universal character than merely acts of civil justice between man and man.

Prov. xxviii. 26. Walketh wisely. Eph. v. 15. Col. iv. 5.

Rom. xiii. 13. Honestly, or honourably. 1 Thess. iv. 12.

To which may be added the several dispositions of the heart, and duties of life toward God and man, to which promises are made.

CXVII. Promises to the good. 2 Chron. xix. 11. The Lord shall be with the good man. Ps. i. 3. Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Ps. xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.

cxii. 5, 6. A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth; he will guide his affairs with discretion. He shall not be moved for ever.

Prov. ii. 20, 21. Walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord, but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

xiv. 14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man shall be satisfied from himself.-Ver. 19. The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.

Matt. xxv. 21. Christ will say, Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord.

Rom. v. 7. For a good man some would

even dare to die.

EVIL MEN.

CXVIII. Evil men. Ps. x. 15. O Lord, break thou the arm of the evil man. cxl. 1. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil

man.

Prov. ii. 10-12. When wisdom entereth into thy heart, discretion shall preserve thee; to deliver thee from the way of the evil man.

iv. 14, 15. Enter not in the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn away from it and pass away.

xvii. 11. An evil man seeketh only rebellion. xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. Ver. 19, 20. xxviii. 5. Evil men understand not judg

ment.

CXIX. Perverseness charged upon sinners. Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of God's children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

1 Kings viii. 47. We have sinned and done perversely, we have committed wickedness. Job ix. 20. If I say I am perfect, my mouth shall prove me perverse.

xxxiii. 27. I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.

Jer. iii. 21. They have perverted their way, and have forgotten the Lord their God.

xxiii. 36. They have perverted the words of the living God.

Ezek. ix. 9. The city is full of perverseness, for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

Matt. xvii. 17. Jesus said, O faithless and perverse generation.

CXX. Threat. Numb. xxii. 32. The angel said to Balaam, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse.

Prov. x. 9. He that perverteth his ways shall be known.

xi. 3. The perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

xii. 8. He that is of a perverse heart shall

be despised.

xxviii. 6. Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Ver. 18. He that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Mic. iii. 9. Hear ye that pervert all equity. Ver. 12. Zion for your sakes shall be plough

ed as a field.

Perverse lips. Prov. iv. 24.-viii. 8.—xv. 4.-xix. 1.-xvii. 20. Isa. lix. 3.

FROWARDNESS.

CXXI. Threats against the froward. Deut. xxxii. 20. I will hide my face from them; they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

Job v. 13. The counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Ps. xviii. 26. With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure, and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 2 Sam. xxii. 27.

to the Lord. Ch. xi. 20.

eth no good.

xxi. 8. The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right. xxii. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Isa. lvii. 17. I smote him, he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

CXXII. The righteous not froward. Ps. ci. 4. A froward heart shall depart from me.

Prov. viii. 8. All the words of wisdom's mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing froward or perverse in them. Ch. vi. 12. A wicked man walketh with a froward mouth. See froward tongue, froward mouth.

x. 31. The froward tongue shall be cut

out.

Ver. 32. The mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Ver. 30.

xvi. 28. A froward man soweth strife. See Ch. xvii. 20.

STUBBORNNESS.

CXXIII. Stubbornness, the stiff-necked in their own ways, and ways of their own sight and eyes. Exod. xxxii. 9, 10. The Lord said, it is a stiff-necked people. Let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, that I may consume them.

xxxiii. 3. 5. The Lord said, I will not go up in the midst of thee, lest I consume thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people. Deut. ix. 6. 13.

Deut. xxix. 19, 20. If any say, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst, the Lord will not spare him, but the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

1 Sam. xv. 22. Stubbornness is an iniquity and idolatry.

Jer. iii. 17. Neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. Ch. ix. 14.—xi. 8.—xiii. 10.—xvi. 12.—xvii. 23.-xxiii. 17.

REVOLTING.

CXXIV. The wicked are revolters. Isa. i. 5. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more.

xxxi. 6. The children of Israel have deeply revolted.

Jer. v. 23. This people hath a revolting and rebellious heart. Ch. vi. 28.

Hos. ix. 15. I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.

REBELLION.

CXXV. Rebellion against God forbidden. Numb. xiv. 9. Rebel not against the Lord; the Lord is with us. Ps. lxxviii. 8.

Josh. xxii. 29. The people said, God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn from following him.

Threats. 1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye will rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.

xv. 23. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft; stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

Neh. ix. 26, 27. They were disobedient and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and wrought great provocations.

-Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hands of their enemies, who vexed them.

Ps. Ixviii. 6. Rebels dwell in a dry land. cvii. 11, 12. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsels of the Most High; therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. See Numb. xx. 24.— -xxvii. 14. Deut. i. 26. 43.-ix. 7. 23, 24.

Isa. i. 2. I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.Ver. 9. Except the Lord had left us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and like unto Gomorrah. Ver. 19, 20.

xxx. 1. Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me: and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit.-Ver. 9. This is a rebellious people, lying children, that will not hear the law of the Lord.

Isa. xlv. 9. Woe to him that striveth with his Maker.