Ifaiah xl.

12-17.

xlv. 5--S.

Ver. 18.

Ifaiab.] Who hath measured the Waters in the Hollow of his Hand? And meted out Heaven with the Span, and comprehended the Duft of the Earth in a Meafure, and weighed the Mountains in Scales, and the Hills in a Balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his Counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he Counfel, and who inftructed him, and taught him in the Path of Judgment, and taught him Knowledge, and fhewed to him the Way of Understanding? Behold, the Nations are as a Drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the fmall Duft of the Balance: Behold, he taketh up the Ifles as a very little Thing. And Lebanon is not fufficient to Burn, nor the Beafts thereof fufficient for a Burnt-Offering. All Nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lefs than Nothing, and Vanity.

I am the Lord, and there is none elfe, there is no God befides me: I girded thee, though thou haft not known me: That they may know from the rifing of the Sun, and from the Weft, that there is none befides me, I am the Lord, and there is none elfe. I form the Light, and create Darkness: I make Peace, and create Evil: I the Lord do all thefe Things. Drop down, ye Heavens, from above, and let the Skies pour down Righteoufnefs! Let the Earth open, and let them bring forth Salvation, and let Righteoufnefs fpring up together: I the Lord have created it. --- For thus faith the Lord that created the Heavens, God himself that formed the Earth and made it, he hath eftablished it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited, I am the Lord, and there is none elfe.

Thus faith the Lord, the Heaven is my lxvi, 1, 2. Throne, and the Earth is my Footstool: Where is the Houfe that ye build unto me? And where is the Place of my Reft? For all thofe Things hath mine Hand made, and all thofe Things have been, faith the Lord: But to this Man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite Spirit, and trembleth at my Word.

Jeremiah.] Fear ye not me? Saith the Lord: Jeremiah Will ye not tremble at my Prefence ; which v. 22. have placed the Sand for the Bound of the Sea, by a perpetual Decree that it cannot pafs it; and though the Waves thereof tofs themfelves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pafs over it?

But the Lord is the true God, he is the living x-10-15. God, and an everlafting King: At his Wrath the Earth fhall tremble, and the Nations fhall not be able to abide his Indignation. Thus fhall ye fay unto them, the Gods that have not made the Heavens, and the Earth, even they fhall perifh from the Earth, and from under thefe Heavens. He hath made the Earth by his Power, he hath eftablished the World by his Wisdom, and hath ftretched out the Heavens by his Difcretion. When he uttereth his Voice, there is a Multitude of Waters in the Heavens, and he caufeth the Vapours to afcend from the Ends of the Earth: He maketh Lightnings with Rain, and btingeth forth the Wind out of his Treasures.

Am I a God at hand, faith the Lord, and xxiii. 23, not a God afar off? Can any hide himfelf in 24 fecret Places that I fhall not fee him? faith the

Lord Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? faith

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xxxi. 35.

xxxii. 17.

Daniel iv. 34, 35.

V. 22, 23.

Amos v.

S.

Thus faith the Lord, which giveth the Sun for a Light by Day, and the Ordinances of the Moon and of the Stars for a Light by Night, which divideth the Sea when the Waves thereof roar; the Lord of Hofts is his Name.

Ah Lord God, Behold thou haft made the Heaven and the Earth, by thy great Power and ftretched-out Arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.

Daniel.] And at the End of the Days, I Nebuchadnezzar lift up mine Eyes unto Heaven, and mine Understanding returned unto me,and I bleffed the most High,and Ipraifed and honoured him that liveth for ever, whofe Dominion is an Everlafting Dominion, and his Kingdom is from Generation to Generation. And all the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing: And he doth according to his Will in the Army of Heaven,and among the Inhabitants of the Earth: And none can stay his Hand, or fay unto him, What doft thou?

And thou his Son, O Belshazzar, haft not humbled thine Heart, though thou knewest all this: But haft lifted up thy felf against the Lord of Heaven, and they have brought the Veffels of his House before thee, and thou, and thy Lords, thy Wives and thy Concubines have drunk Wine in them, and thou haft praised the Gods of Silver and Gold, of Brafs, Iron, Wood and Stone, which fee not, nor hear, nor know. And the God in whofe Hand thy Breath is, and whofe are all thy Ways, haft thou not glorified.

Amos.] Seek him that maketh the Seven Stars and Orion, and turneth the Shadow of Death into the Morning, and maketh the Day dark

with Night: That calleth for the Waters of the Sea, and poureth them out upon the Face of the Earth, the Lord is his Name.

Jonah.] And he faid unto them, I am an Jonah i.9. Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of Heaven, which hath made the Sea and the Dry Land.

iii. 1--19.

Habakkuk.) A Prayer of Habakkuk the Pro- Habakkuk phet upon Sigionoth. O Lord, I have heard thy Speech and was afraid: O Lord revive thy Work in the midst of the Years, in the midst of the Years make known; in Wrath remember Mercy. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His Glory covered the Heavens, and the Earth was full of his Praife. And his Brightness was as the Light, he had Horns coming out of his Hand, and there was the hiding of his Power. Before him went the Peftilence, and burning Coals went forth at his Feet. He ftood and measured the Earth: He beheld, and drove afunder the Nations, and the everlasting Mountains were fcattered, the perpetual Hills did bow: His Ways are everlasting. I faw the Tents of Cushan in Affliction: And the Curtains of the Land of Midian did tremble. Was the Lord difpleafed against the Rivers? Was thine anger against the Rivers? Was thy Wrath against the Sea, that thou didst ride upon thine Horses, and thy Chariots of Salvation? Thy Bow was made quite naked, according to the Oaths of the Tribes, even thy Word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the Earth with Rivers. The Mountains faw thee, and they trembled: The overflowing of the Water paffed by: The Deep uttered his Voice, and lift up his Hands on high. The Sun and Moon ftood ftill in their Habitation: At the Light

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Eccl.xlii.

15--25.

Light of thine Arrows they went, and at the fhining of thy glittering Spear. Thou didst march through the Land in Indignation, thou didft thresh the Heathen in Anger. Thou went¬ eft forth for the Salvation of thy People, even for Salvation with thine Anointed; thou woundedft the Head out of the House of the Wicked, by difcovering the Foundation unto the Neck. Selah. Thou didst strike through with his Staves the Head of his Villages: They came out as a Whirlwind to fcatter me: Their Rejoycing was as to devour the poor fecretly. Thou didst walk through the Sea with thine Horses, through the Heap of great Waters. When I heard, my Belly trembled: My Lips quivered at the Voice: Rottennefs entred into my Bones, and I trembled in my felf, that I might reft in the Day of Trouble: When he cometh up unto the People, he will invade them with his Troops. Although the Fig-tree fhall not bloffom, neither shall Fruit be in the Vines, the Labour of the Olive fhall fail, and the Fields fhall yield no Meat, the Flock fhall be cut off from the Fold, and there fhall be no Herd in the Stalls: Yet I will rejoyce in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my Salvation. The Lord God is my Strength, and he will make my Feet like Hinds Feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high Places. To the chief Singer on my ftringed Inftru

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Sirach.] I will now remember the Works of the Lord, and declare the Things that I have feen: In the Words of the Lord are his Works. The Sun that giveth Light, looketh upon all Things, and the Work thereof is full of the Glory of the Lord. The Lord hath not given

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